US11236028B2
Processes are described for separating 3,4′- and 4,4′-dimethylbiphenyl from a mixture comprising at least 3,3′-, 3,4′- and 4,4′-dimethylbiphenyl. In the processes, the mixture is cooled to produce a crystallization product comprising at least of the 4,4′-dimethylbiphenyl from the feed mixture and a first mother liquor product. The first mother liquor product is distilled to produce a bottoms stream enriched in 4,4′-dimethylbiphenyl as compared with the first mother liquor product and an overhead stream deficient in 4,4′-dimethylbiphenyl as compared with the first mother liquor product. The overhead stream is then cooled to produce a second crystallization product comprising at least part of the 3,4′-dimethylbiphenyl from the overhead stream and a second mother liquor product.
US11236016B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a chemically strengthened glass in which reduction in glass surface strength is effectively suppressed even without performing a polishing treatment after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature. The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass having a specific glass composition, wherein: the surface roughness (Ra) is a specific value or greater; the compressive stress layer depth of a surface layer is a specific value or greater; by setting the hydrogen concentration in the glass surface layer to be within a specific range, the surface strength of the glass is dramatically improved even without performing an etching treatment using hydrofluoric acid or polishing the glass surface after a prolonged chemical strengthening treatment has been conducted at a high temperature.
US11236008B2
The present invention pertains to a glass characterized by: containing 72-82% of Li+, 0-21% of Si4+, and 0-28% of B3+ in terms of cation %; and containing at least 70% and less than 100% of O2− and more than 0% and at most 30% of Cl−, containing at least 94% and less than 100% of O2− and more than 0% and at most 6% of S2−, or containing at least 64% and less than 100% of O2−, more than 0% and at most 30% of Cl−, and more than 0% and at most 6% of S2−, in terms of anion %.
US11235997B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for treating a waste in a vehicle. The waste is received from a lavatory in a waste tank through a waste input port connected to the lavatory in the vehicle. Anaerobic bacteria are introduced into the waste such that anaerobic digestion occurs to breakdown a biodegradable material in the waste in the waste tank.
US11235995B2
A pump station arrangement for removing harmful fluids from wastewater and a method for removing harmful fluids from wastewater in such a pump station arrangement. The pump station arrangement includes a pre-chamber, a pump sump, a recirculation channel extending from the pump sump to the pre-chamber, and a gas sensor arranged in the pump sump and configured to measure the content of harmful fluids in the form of gas in the pump sump. The pump station arrangement is configured to recirculate the wastewater via the recirculation channel from the pump sump to the pre-chamber if the measured content of harmful fluids in the form of gas in the pump sump exceed a predetermined value. Also disclosed is.
US11235992B2
Embodiments described herein relate to apparatus and methods for treating bodies of fluid. In an embodiment an apparatus includes a first rod spacer comprising a first rod aperture. Such an apparatus may also include a second rod spacer comprising a second rod aperture, the first rod aperture and the second rod aperture being circumferentially aligned about a centerline axis. Further, the apparatus may include a conductive rod extending between the first rod spacer and the second rod spacer, a first portion of the conductive rod being engaged with the first rod aperture and a second portion of the conductive rod being engaged with the second rod aperture, the conductive rod being configured to generate a magnetic field in response to an electrical current applied to the conductive rod, wherein the conductive rod is submersible in a body of chlorinated fluid for treatment of the body of fluid with the magnetic field.
US11235980B2
The present invention refers to a process for the preparation of an aqueous solution comprising at least one earth alkali hydrogen carbonate and its uses. The process is carried out in a reactor system that comprises a tank (1) equipped with a stirrer (2) and at least one filtering device (4).
US11235972B2
The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, methods and compositions for producing nucleic acid nanostructures having little to no kinetic barriers to self-assembly.
US11235964B2
A sealing system for food applications that provides a housing element with two or more bolts and respective holes for clamping. A flanged element is clamped to a frame of a machine, and a rubber seal placed along the base perimeter of the housing element. The seal includes a first portion of the rubber profile placed in the areas distant from the holes and a second portion of the rubber profile adjacent to the holes. The rubber profile of the second portion has a larger cross section than that of the first portion, such that the deformations of the rubber profile are made virtually uniform to prevent the formation of fractures, and therefore of bacteria traps, in the rubber.
US11235963B2
A fork for an industrial vehicle such as a forklift, and a method of making the same. The fork includes an elongate body portion, a toe portion, and, optionally, a heel portion. The elongate body portion may be formed in any length and coupled to the toe portion (and optionally, to the heel portion) to form a fork.
US11235959B2
Hoists, platforms and davits are described as well as methods of securing same to telecommunication and other towers. The hoists, platforms and davits may be secured to the towers on a temporary basis using clamps. The clamps may include brackets and cables. The cables may be attached to the brackets, may wrap around the outer surface/perimeter of the tower pole/leg and may use tension to keep the bracket in place.
US11235957B2
In embodiments, motion may be arrested and/or dampened using a motion arresting and dampening device comprising a lifting spreader bar, one or more bar mounted winches, deployment wire, a restorative inflation device, restraining wires and winches, hoses and controller, mechanical connection release system circuitry. Multiple restraints from winches mounted strategically on a vessel crane's boom may be applied to the spreader bar to restrain the bar during the lifting operation. The forces induced into the lifted object by the movement of the crane as it deploys the object into installation position are attenuated by the physical restrain of the adjustable wires. These adjustable wires may also be used to provide rotation of the object during final alignment of the object during installation.
US11235951B2
Elevators and elevator car wall panel systems are provided herein. The systems include an elevator car frame, at least two wall panels pivotally connected to the frame, a connecting element operably connecting the at least two wall panels, and an actuation element operably connected to the connecting element, wherein the actuation element is operable to transition the at least two wall panels from a closed state to an open state.
US11235948B2
Methods and systems of controlling elevators including detecting a landing stop for an elevator car, measuring load information associated with the stop, controlling stopping of the elevator at the landing using a machine based on at least one of the detected landing and the measured load information and performing dynamic compensation control of a motion state of the elevator with a computing system and the elevator machine. The dynamic compensation control includes receiving motion state information related to at least one motion state of the elevator car at the computing system, receiving the landing and load information at the computing system, applying a filter to the received information and generating a first control signal, and producing a control output from the first control signal to control the elevator machine to minimize oscillations, vibrations, excessive position deflections, and/or bounce of the elevator car at the detected landing.
US11235947B2
The proposed line guiding system for at least one heavy and/or rigid line, for example a power cable for shore-side power supply for a ship (alternative maritime power), has a winding device which is rotatable about an axis of rotation for coiling and uncoiling the line and a rotary guide for the line from a first point to a relatively rotatable second point. The rotary guide has a helical guiding course having first helical layers, in which the line is wound about the axis of rotation, and second helical layers, in which the line is wound in the opposite direction. A return curve connects the two helical layers. According to the invention, the rotary guide has a tubular support sleeve which is coaxial with respect to the axis of rotation and serves to support the helical layers radially outwards or radially inwards. Furthermore, a rotary decoupling structure is provided, by which helical layers supported on the support sleeve are decoupled from the winding device.
US11235933B2
An apparatus for conveying an object in a conveying direction includes a conveyor comprised of a plurality of modular links adapted for interconnecting to form a chain. At least one of the links comprises a rounded upper portion forming an apical region for contacting and supporting the article for conveyance along at least a forward run in the conveying direction. The at least one link further including a forwardly projecting portion associated with a first transverse connector forming a part of the upper portion and a rearwardly projecting portion associated with a second transverse connector forming part of the upper portion. The first and second connectors may be staggered in the conveying direction and a direction transverse to the conveying direction. Further aspects pertain to a link with an apical engaging structure, and a sprocket with a removable tooth.
US11235932B1
A modular roller conveyor comprising a plurality of conveyor modules interconnected by a plurality of links. Each conveyor module comprises an entry end and an exit end, opposing side rails, and a conveying surface coupled to the opposing side rails. The links are operable to rotate the conveyor modules between a stacked configuration and a coplanar configuration. In alternative embodiments, a plurality of modular roller conveyors may be pivotally connected by hinges disposed along the perimeter of the bottom conveyor module. Each conveyor module may include separators at its entry and exit ends and wheels on the bottom conveyor module. Additionally, a system is disclosed that includes a stacking tool operable to transition the modular roller conveyor between the stacked and coplanar configurations.
US11235929B1
Autonomous vehicles may be deployed to areas where an item is in demand, and configured to fulfill orders for the item received from the areas. The autonomous vehicles are loaded with the item and dispatched to the area under their own power or in a carrier. When an order for the item is received, an autonomous vehicle delivers the item to a location in the area. Autonomous vehicles may also be equipped with a 3D printer or other equipment and loaded with materials for manufacturing the item. When an order for the item is received, the autonomous vehicle manufactures the item from such materials, and delivers the item. Autonomous vehicles may be configured for collaboration, such as to deliver or manufacture items in multiple stages and to transfer the items between vehicles. Autonomous vehicles may also be configured to automatically access locations in the area, e.g., using wireless access codes.
US11235921B2
A collapsible intermodal container includes first and second opposing side walls, the first side wall extending substantially parallel to the second side wall. Each of the first and second side walls having a lower end portion and an upper end portion. An upper wall is hingedly attached to the upper end portion of the first side wall, and a lower wall is hingedly attached to the lower end portion of the second side wall. In an erected configuration of the container, the upper wall extends from the upper end portion of the first side wall to the upper end portion of the second side wall, and the lower wall extends from the lower end portion of the second side wall to the lower end portion of the first side wall, such that the first and second side walls are spaced apart by a first distance to define an interior for storing goods. In a collapsed configuration of the container, the upper wall extends downwardly from the upper end portion of the first side wall to the lower end portion of the first side wall, and the lower wall extends upwardly from the lower end portion of the second side wall to the upper end portion of the second side wall.
US11235920B2
A beverage ingredient pod for releasing beverage ingredients into a bottle to create a mixed beverage includes a liquid-ingredient chamber, a solid-ingredient chamber, a frangible membrane between and separating the liquid-ingredient chamber and the solid-ingredient chamber, and a rigid piercer that extends to a point toward the frangible membrane. Upon a force applied to the beverage ingredient pod, a portion of the pod collapses and drives the rigid piercer through the frangible membrane. This mixes contents of the liquid-ingredient chamber with contents of the solid-ingredient chamber and releases the mixed contents from the beverage ingredient pod into a bottle below that is filled with a liquid, creating a mixed beverage.
US11235917B1
A packaging system and device that includes a container generally defining a rectangular prism configuration, the container including a receptacle including five walls and an opening and a lid that includes a first wall that is configured to cover the opening and four remaining walls that fit around four of the five walls of the receptacle, wherein the container defines a lengthwise direction and widthwise direction, a band that is secured the lengthwise direction of the container and a cable tie fastener that is configured to be secured about the widthwise direction of the container.
US11235909B2
A display container for displaying an aromatic botanical specimen includes: (a) a container body for enclosing the botanical specimen and scented air having a scent of the botanical specimen; (b) at least one scent discharge port in the container body; and (c) an air pump coupled to the container body and operable to discharge the scented air from within the container body to the environment through the scent discharge port.
US11235906B2
A set of nestable and stackable cookware, for example, a set of pots and pans, is maintained in a stable configuration by stops attached to the outer walls of the cookware. Each stacked and nested item of cookware is supported on the rim of the lower item by two stops attached to its outer wall, on opposite sides of the item, so that the wall and base of the item is not contacting the lower item. Either or both of the stops include a handle extending outwardly from the stop.
US11235904B2
The disclosure relates to a package comprising a sleeve and an insert received in the sleeve, where the insert is movable between a retracted and extended configuration. The insert includes a carrier having a passage, and a band extending around a wall of the carrier and through the passage. The insert further includes a first member located within the passage when the insert is in the retracted configuration, the first member being attached to the band, wherein at least a portion of the band that overlies the wall is exposed for attachment to the sleeve of the package at a second coupling location on the exposed portion of the band.
US11235899B2
An apparatus and method for configuring product packaging and removal of the packaging from a product is disclosed. The labeled product packaging includes a shrink wrap packaging adapted for sealing around a product. A predefined point of failure is configured in the packaging and includes a failure mode for when pulled in at least one direction. A label is sealed to the packaging and adhered to the predefined point of failure in covering relation over the predefined point of failure. Lifting the label from the packaging tears open the packaging starting at the predefined point of failure so the product can be removed from the packaging.
US11235898B2
An aseptic packaging machine includes a web-shaped packaging material feed, a sterilizer-filler nozzle assembly with a form section 40, a product supply duct, a sterilization medium supply duct, and an exhaust duct. One or more pre-sterilization medium supply feeds are connectable to a product inlet connector and a sterilization medium inlet connector. A collector cup 70 is movable relative to the nozzle assembly between an inactive and a docking position. The collector cup delimits one or more interior spaces 71a, 72a designed to, in the docking position, enclose a product outlet portion 4 to collect and/or drain away pre-sterilization media during a pre-sterilization of the nozzle assembly get to flow through and along it, and to also enclose the sterilization medium outlet portion 16 and/or exhaust inlet portion 22 in the docking position inside its one or more interior spaces.
US11235897B2
A standing tree baling apparatus includes a main frame and a boom pivotably connected to the main frame. The boom has a first end and a second end. A boom lifter is connected between the main frame and the boom for raising and lowering the boom about a pivot joint at the first end of the boom. A rotation arm has a first arm end and a second arm end. The rotation arm is pivotably connected to the second end of the boom at the first arm end. A driver pivots the arm relative to the boom. A compression ring is sized for loosely encircling a trunk of a standing tree and adapted for forcibly moving a succession of branches of the tree non-destructively inward toward the trunk of the tree as the ring is raised about the tree to facilitate baling of the tree with rope line. The ring is connected to the second arm end.
US11235884B2
The invention relates to an electric drive for an aircraft hybrid system. This electric drive comprises a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator may be connected to a structure of the aircraft and the rotor has an annular flange with a shaft through opening for mounting on a propeller flange, wherein the flange is formed of at least two parts, wherein each of these parts of the flange delimits a section of the shaft through opening.
US11235877B2
A payload mechanism for a vehicle is provided. The payload mechanism comprises: a door (2) operable to be in a closed configuration or an open configuration within a recess of the vehicle, the recess having an aperture (10); a first bearing unit comprising a first bearing (3a) and a second bearing (4a), the first bearing unit being coupled to one end of the door such that the door can rotate about the axis of rotation (y) of the first bearing and wherein the first bearing unit can rotate about the axis of rotation (x) of the second bearing, wherein the axis of rotation of the first bearing is offset from the axis of rotation of the second bearing; and a drive unit arranged to selectively drive either: the first bearing and the second bearing simultaneously at opposite and equal angular rates of motion to rotate the door in a first direction about the axis of rotation of the first bearing and to rotate the first bearing unit in a second direction about the axis of rotation of the second bearing to move the door closer to or away from the aperture, or the first bearing but not the second bearing to rotate the door about the axis of rotation of the first bearing. Methods of operating said payload mechanism are also provided, along with a vehicle having the payload mechanism.
US11235872B2
An apparatus, method and system utilize an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) in order to support the definition and use of routes by bicyclists, pedestrians or scooters. With respect to defining a bicycle route a map database is accessed that represents roads segments in a geographic area. The map database contains map data that indicates attributes of the road segments. The bicycle route is then defined from an origin to a destination based upon the map data indicative of attributes of the road segments. In this regard, the bicycle route is defined to include one or more road segments that allow bicycle traffic unaccompanied by a UAV and one or more road segments for which bicycle traffic is unauthorized unless accompanied by a UAV. The bicycle route is subsequently caused to be provided to the bicyclist or a device accessible to the bicyclist.
US11235870B2
A rotorcraft having a rotor system including a yoke, a plurality of grip assemblies, each of which is hingedly attach a rotor blade to the yoke, a plurality of flap stops, each flap stop attached to a respective grip assembly, a channel bounded by an upper and lower retaining surfaces, and a droop ring slideably disposed in the channel of the droop limiting system. The droop ring has a body with an inner surface, an outer surface, and a first end surface between the inner surface and the outer surface. The droop ring further has a first wear element removably disposed at the first end surface and extending above the first end surface and spaces the first end surface apart from the channel. Each flap stop is arranged to contact the outer surface of the droop ring and limit a downward droop of the respective rotor blade.
US11235869B2
An aircraft includes an airframe, an extending tail, a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly, and a translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail. The translational thrust system provides translational thrust to the airframe. An upper hub fairing is positioned at the upper rotor assembly. A lower hub fairing is positioned at the lower rotor assembly. A shaft fairing is disposed between the upper hub fairing and the lower hub fairing. The upper hub fairing is substantially sealed to the shaft fairing and the lower hub fairing is substantially sealed to the shaft fairing.
US11235858B2
A mechanism for folding a rotor blade that is rotatably coupled to a blade cuff about a blade-fold axis between an extended position and a folded position. The mechanism includes a swash plate configured to translate relative to a mast, a pitch link rotatably coupled to the swash plate, a pitch horn rotatably coupled to the pitch link, a crank coupled to the pitch horn, and a link rotatably coupled to the crank and rotatably coupled to the rotor blade. The pitch horn and the crank being configured to commonly rotate relative to the blade cuff about a crank axis in response to translation of the swash plate, wherein the crank axis passes through the blade cuff.
US11235853B2
A windowed structure includes a body having a frame with an outer wall extending between a first end and a second end. An inner wall extends from the outer wall. The inner wall is connected to the outer wall at the first end to define a proximal joint of the body delimiting a window opening extending through the body. A window element covers the window opening and defines an outer window surface and an inner window surface. The window element has an overlap segment overlaying the outer wall and attached thereto. An unobstructed portion of the window element is defined between the overlap segment and is unobstructed by the frame between the proximal joint.
US11235852B2
A bi-directional egress hatch for a passenger aircraft may allow passengers to rapidly and safely exit an overhead cabin of the aircraft onto the main deck, while allowing cabin crew to safely ascend into the overhead cabin if need be. Hatch panels may blend in with overhead bin doors and ceiling panels of the main cabin; the inner portions of the hatch panels (facing the overhead cabin) may include anti-skid portions and graspable handles for descending passengers. The hatch may be easily activated by a passenger with a single motion (or remotely activated, or autodeployed). Once activated, the hatch panels may swing open and a telescoping ladder may deploy from the inner portion to the main deck, remaining rigid once reaching the floor. Similarly, any barriers protecting the ladder from passengers in the overhead cabin may be released, granting access to the telescoping ladder.
US11235835B2
An aerodynamic assembly for bike handlebars, includes two distinct extension devices (4a, 4b), each of the two extension devices (4a, 4b) having: a first armrest-forming part (5a, 5b), able to be fastened on a transverse bar of a bike handlebars (1) while extending longitudinally forwards and including a longitudinal extension (6a, 6b) forming a free end portion. An upper surface of the first part with its longitudinal extension forming a receiving surface for a forearm part of a cyclist. A second extension-forming part (8a, 8b), able to be fastened, in a removable manner and in the extension of the first part (5a, 5b), to the free end portion, the second extension-forming part (8a, 8b) being able to slide longitudinally relative to said longitudinal extension (6a, 6b) so as to allow an adjustment of a distance separating a free end of the second extension-forming part (8a, 8b) from the first armrest-forming part (5a, 5b).
US11235833B2
In an aspect, a compactable bicycle is provided, comprising a base frame portion and a steering structure, at least one of which has a first and a second frame element. Each frame element has a locking surface, an end, and an aperture. The frame elements are positionable in a first position wherein the first and second apertures are aligned and the locking surfaces face away from one another, and in a second position in which the apertures are unaligned. A plunger has first and second plunger locking surfaces and is movable to a clamping position where it extends in both the first and second apertures and engages the first frame element locking surfaces, and a release position wherein the plunger retracts from the second aperture sufficiently to permit the first and second ends to be separated from one another.
US11235832B2
A straddled vehicle includes a radiator arranged forward relative to an internal combustion engine and an ECU arranged sideward of the internal combustion engine. At least a portion of a tubular air passage through which the air for cooling the ECU passes is formed between a support cover supporting the ECU and an outer cover. A front cover, an upper cover and an under cover form a groove portion, which extends rearward from a front end portion located upward and forward relative to the radiator and is recessed inward in the vehicle width direction. An inlet opening that communicates with the air passage is formed in the groove portion.
US11235820B2
A multi-terrain transport apparatus, such as a motorized wheelchair, that allows adjustment of the terrain-contacting surface area of a continuous track depending on the terrain encountered by the transport apparatus.
US11235816B2
There is provided a double-skin structure in which it is possible to obtain an aesthetic improvement in addition to restricting an increase in the number of manufacturing steps. The structure includes a connection portion connecting together an end portion of a first projection portion of a first mold member and an end portion of a second projection portion of a second mold member; a cover plate that is provided between the first mold member and the second mold member, and that blocks an upper end side of a recessed portion bounded by a first rib, a second rib, the first projection portion, and the second projection portion; and a bonding portion that bonds the cover plate to the first mold member, and the cover plate to the second mold member.
US11235815B2
A vehicle front portion structure includes a hood, a radiator support upper member, a bracket mounted on an upper portion of the radiator support upper member, and a stopper attached to an upper portion of the bracket and configured to be contacted, when the hood is closed, by a protruding portion on a lower surface of the hood, in which the bracket is a member having a channel shape in cross section and protruding upward in a vehicle vertical direction, and is composed of leg plates and a top plate. The bracket is mounted on the upper portion of the radiator support upper member in a state where the leg plates and the top plate extend along a vehicle width direction, and the leg plates also extend in the vehicle vertical direction along a direction in which the protruding portion makes contact with the stopper.
US11235804B2
Automated vehicle lane change systems and methods comprise determining a departing lane in which the vehicle is currently traveling and a merging lane in which the vehicle will be traveling after an automated lane change, determining a desired yaw rate of the vehicle based on a current speed of the vehicle, determining an end control point in each of a departing lane and a merging lane, determining a set of intermediate control points based on the end control points and the desired yaw rate, determining a basis spline (B-spline) defined by the end control points and the set of intermediate control points to obtain a desired path between the end control points, and commanding a steering system configured to control steering of the vehicle such that the vehicle follows the desired path.
US11235802B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect an actual steering column torque and an actual steering wheel angle, predict a steering wheel torque with a state-estimation algorithm that outputs a plurality of vehicle states including the predicted steering wheel torque, adjust the plurality of vehicle states based on an algorithm noise that is based on a steering wheel angular speed to generate estimated vehicle states, output the estimated vehicle states including an estimated user-applied steering wheel torque, and transition from an autonomous mode to a manual mode when the estimated steering wheel torque exceeds a threshold. The state-estimation algorithm accepts input including the actual steering column torque and the actual steering wheel angle and outputs the plurality of vehicle states.
US11235799B2
Systems and methods are provided for limit cycle detection and cessation. A control system generates a drive signal with at least one drive component. An actuator effects a response to the drive signal and a sensor measures the response. Characteristics of the drive signal and of the drive components are accessed by a controller. The characteristics are compared to a predetermined set of characteristics. When the characteristics fall within the predetermined set of characteristics, a magnitude of at least one of the characteristics is evaluated. When the magnitude exceeds a predetermined value indicative of the limit cycle, an action is undertaken to stop the limit cycle.
US11235797B2
A child transporter includes a seat and a canopy. The canopy is disposed above the seat, and includes an air channel configured to direct a wind curtain about the seat.
US11235791B2
Disclosed is a cooler assembly that may be used to attach accessories and/or one or more wheel assemblies to an insulated body of a cooler. The insulated body of the cooler being a container body of a container (i.e., the cooler). The cooler assembly may include any one of or a combination of the following components: the container body (i.e., the insulated body of the cooler); the one or more wheel assemblies with or without adjustable axles for mobility; accessories such as an accessory table and an accessory chair; accessory fastener devices for attaching the accessories to the cooler; and wheel assembly fastener devices for attaching the wheel assemblies to the cooler. The accessory fastener devices and the wheel assembly fastener devices are reusable and may be easily inserted and removed from the cooler or the container for mounting on a second cooler or platform.
US11235789B2
A train control system includes an onboard equipment with a wireless receiver and connected to a railway vehicle, a wayside equipment with a wireless transmitter and assigned to an interlocking entry point, wherein the interlocking entry point includes a home signal, wherein the wayside equipment is configured to wirelessly transmit status data of the home signal to the onboard equipment of the railway vehicle when approaching the interlocking entry point via a wireless communication link, and wherein the onboard equipment is configured to receive the status data of the home signal via the wireless communication link and to determine a distance between the railway vehicle and the interlocking entry point.
US11235786B2
The vehicle allocation apparatus includes a vehicle assignment unit that assigns a self-driving vehicle to a vehicle dispatch request including ride location information indicating a ride location of a prospective passenger wishing for dispatch of the self-driving vehicle, a travel instruction unit that instructs, through a communication unit, the assigned self-driving vehicle to move via the ride location, and a ride confirmation unit that acquires, from the assigned self-driving vehicle, ride information indicating whether the prospective passenger has ridden in the assigned self-driving vehicle after arrival of the assigned self-driving vehicle at the ride location. Before a predetermined vehicle re-allocation grace time passes after receiving the ride information indicating that the prospective passenger has not ridden in the assigned self-driving vehicle, the vehicle assignment unit assigns a self-driving vehicle other than the assigned self-driving vehicle to a vehicle dispatch request from other than the prospective passenger.
US11235783B2
A driving information generating section 20 successively generates as driving information diverse types of information indicative of a driving state of a vehicle. A dangerous driving determining section 31 determines whether dangerous driving is underway on the basis of the driving information generated by the driving information generating section 20. A supplementary information acquiring section 32 acquires state supplementary information manually or automatically upon determination of dangerous driving by the dangerous driving determining section 31, and associates the acquired state supplementary information with the result of the determination of dangerous driving. An information communication section 34 transmits the result of the determination of dangerous driving and the state supplementary information to an information management apparatus 40. The information management apparatus 40 can recognize the state of the case in which dangerous driving is underway based on the state supplementary information, and correctly determine validity of the result of the determination of dangerous driving.
US11235781B2
A vehicle control system is provided. A classification process classifies vehicles into groups based on information related to vehicles. In order to update relationship defining data for each of the classified groups, an update process inputs, into an update map, states of the vehicles belonging to a same group, values of action variables used to operate the electronic devices of the vehicles belonging to the same group, and rewards corresponding to the operation of the electronic devices.
US11235766B2
A device for setting a target vehicle that sets a target vehicle to be subjected to driving assistance control of a host vehicle includes: a detection signal acquisition device capable of acquiring a first detection signal representing an object by an image, and a second detection signal representing the object by a reflection point; and setting control unit, which determines whether to set a forward object as a target vehicle, wherein if a movement history is not associated with the forward object, and a combination history is associated with the forward object, then as a selection threshold of a first determination parameter for determining whether to set the forward object as the target vehicle, a selection threshold is used such that the forward object is less likely to be selected as the target vehicle than with the selection threshold which would be used if a movement history is associated with the forward object.
US11235764B2
A driver assistance system is provided in a motor vehicle, which driver assistance system executes at least active transverse guidance interventions. The driver assistance system can be activated while decoupled from the activation of a longitudinal control system but can also be active both, with and without longitudinal control, and includes both a traffic jam assistance sub-function and a track guiding assistant sub-function. The two sub-functions can be jointly activated and deactivated by a single on-/off-button. The driver assistance system is characterized by a special combination of the sub-functions track guiding assistance and traffic jam assistance. They each take turns depending on the presence of conditions, which are defined differently for each sub-function.
US11235763B2
The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, a device and a readable storage medium for preventing a vehicle collision. The method includes determining a current conservative anti-collision region of a vehicle acquiring the omnidirectional environmental information in the current region in the current conservative anti-collision region; predicting a behavior of an obstacle according to the omnidirectional environmental information in the current region, and controlling the vehicle to conduct an anti-collision behavior according a prediction result, a reasonable prediction may be made to the behavior of the obstacle based on the conservative anti-collision region and the omnidirectional environmental information, thus controlling the vehicle to conduct an accurate anti-collision behavior, thereby preventing collisions effectively, and avoiding an occurrence of traffic accidents.
US11235761B2
Changes in the controlling of an autonomous vehicle are caused based on an operational risk determined for the autonomous vehicle. An operational risk monitor module of the autonomous vehicle uses information about objects detected within an environment in which the autonomous vehicle is located and predicted behaviors of those objects to assess the operational risk of the autonomous vehicle along a planned path. The operational risk is used to determine whether to cause a change in the controlling of the autonomous vehicle, for example, based on a comparison between the operational risk and a previously estimated operational risk or based on a determination that the operational risk exceeds a threshold. The operational risk monitor module transmits a signal to one or more control system modules of the autonomous vehicle to indicate to change the controlling of the autonomous vehicle based on the operational risk.
US11235760B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system in which the reliability of an automatic driving system can be excellently complemented by a different control system while the automatic driving system is effectively used. The vehicle control device outputs to a drive device one of a first control signal generated on the basis of automatic driving control information, and a second control signal generated on the basis of the relative information between a vehicle and a surrounding object. If an abnormality is detected in the automatic driving control information, the second control signal is output to the drive device in place of the first control signal.
US11235754B2
A travel track creation device (2) includes a travel track creator (42) that creates a travel track including an inlet straight track, an inlet clothoid track formed by connecting a first group of clothoid curves, an arc track, an outlet clothoid track formed by connecting a second group of clothoid curves, and an outlet straight track, wherein the travel track creator (42) includes an arc creator (42a) that creates the arc track which is located further on a side opposite to the center side of the arc portion than a passing target point and a radius of which is as large as possible, the passing target point being separated from an inner edge of the arc portion by a predetermined distance toward the side opposite to the center side of the arc portion, and a clothoid creator (42b) that creates the inlet clothoid track in which a radius of a last tangential arc corresponds to a radius of the arc track and a start point of which is in contact with the inlet straight track and in which a direction angle of the start point corresponds to a direction angle of the inlet straight track, and the outlet clothoid track in which a radius of a last tangential arc corresponds to a radius of the arc track and which is in contact with the outlet straight track and in which a direction angle of a start point corresponds to a direction angle of the outlet straight track.
US11235752B2
A vehicle control device aims to ensure more appropriate self-driving based on circumstances around its own vehicle. The vehicle control device controls an engine and a motor such as to drive the vehicle with changing over between motor drive without operation of the engine and hybrid drive with operation of the engine. In the motor drive in a self-driving mode where the vehicle is driven independently of a driver's accelerating or decelerating operation, the vehicle control device maintains the motor drive when an other vehicle condition is not met, where the other vehicle condition is a condition that any other vehicle is present in a predetermined distance at least either ahead of the own vehicle or behind the own vehicle, while allowing for a shift to the hybrid drive when the other vehicle condition is met.
US11235742B2
A method and system include a vehicle control system including a multi-vehicle system. The system includes a controller. The controller determines a slack condition of a multi-vehicle system while the multi-vehicle system is parked. The controller determines the slack condition based on one or more sensor signals received from at least one sensor, the controller configured to control movement of the multi-vehicle system based on the slack condition that is determined while transitioning from being parked to forward motion.
US11235737B2
A temperature control apparatus for controlling the temperature, in particular for the drying, of objects, in particular vehicle bodies, having a housing, in which a cooling zone having a cooling chamber that defines a longitudinal direction is accommodated. The cooling chamber is assigned at least one cooling-air temperature control device, by means of which temperature-controlled cooling air can be produced, which can be fed to the cooling chamber. In the longitudinal direction, the cooling zone comprises a supply chamber on one longitudinal side of the cooling chamber, in which supply chamber the cooling-air temperature control device is arranged.
US11235736B2
A rocker-type assembly device for a wiper includes a wiper fastening base (1), a connection base (2), and a control member (3). The wiper fastening base (1) is fixed to a wiper body (900) and has a shaft (11) and a buckling portion (12). The connection base (2) is combined with the wiper fastening base (1) and has a shaft groove (21) receiving the shaft (11). The connection base (2) swings in a rocker-like manner about the shaft (11) as a pivot. The swing arm (800) is assembled to the connection base (2). The control member (3) includes a buckling body (31) and swings together with the connection base (2) to drive the buckling body (31) to be engaged with the buckling portion (12) or disengaged from the buckling portion (12).
US11235731B2
[Object]. An object is to suitably control the deployment shape of an airbag, thereby improving the occupant restraining performance. Another object is to reduce damage to an occupant located close to a steering wheel or an instrument panel. [Solving Means]. An airbag device according to the present invention includes: a gas generator that generates expansion gas; an airbag that expands and deploys due to the expansion gas to restrain an occupant; and a diffuser disposed inside the airbag to control a flow of the expansion gas. Given that a direction toward the occupant is a first direction, the diffuser includes a receiving surface disposed between the gas generator and the airbag in the first direction to receive the expansion gas discharged from the gas generator; and a plurality of band-like connecting members having one end connected to an edge of the receiving surface and the other end directly or indirectly connected to the gas generator.
US11235719B2
A vehicle seat comprises: a pair of opposed frames disposed opposite to and separately from each other; a pair of connecting frames disposed separately from each other in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to an opposing direction of the pair of opposed frames, the connecting frames being configured to connect the pair of opposed frames; a bridging wire disposed to bridge the pair of connecting frames; a reinforcing wire disposed to cross the bridging wire as viewed from an occupant side; and a plate-shaped plastic member configured to cover the bridging wire and the reinforcing wire at least at their crossover such that the bridging wire and the reinforcing wire are arranged to be spaced apart from and thus kept out of contact with each other, the bridging wire and the reinforcing wire being connected with the plate-shaped plastic member.
US11235716B2
A moveable seat control apparatus with an automatically chargeable battery, may include a seat including a moving motor engaged to the seat and configured to selectively move the seat along a rail, a battery positioned below the seat, and configured to receive power to perform charge, and to supply the charged power, a controller positioned below the seat and connected to the battery, and configured to monitor a state of charge (SOC) value of the battery to generate SOC information, and to control the moving motor to move the seat to a charge position when the SOC is equal to or less than a predetermined SOC, and a charger connected to the battery and coupled to a power supply terminal to receive the power and to charge the battery.
US11235711B2
Disclosed is a structure in which no gap that allows water entry between a weather strip and a glass run is formed in a situation where the weather strip at an upper frame portion of a window frame extends gradually downwardly apart from the glass run. An upper glass run portion is provided with a door panel sealing lip. The door panel sealing lip is provided with a gradually varying portion such that a downward protruding length of the door panel sealing lip increases. The gradually varying portion is disposed so as to contact an outer sealing lip of the weather strip.
US11235706B2
A display system includes: a display that emits light corresponding to image information; a half mirror that receives the light emitted, reflects, as reflected light, a first component of the light received, and transmits a second component different from the first component; and a first reflecting mirror having a concave surface that receives and reflects the reflected light toward the half mirror. The half mirror includes a first retardation film, a first support substrate, and a reflective polarizing film stacked in this order from a side on which the light emitted is received. The first retardation film changes a phase of the light received. The first support substrate is light-transmissive. The reflective polarizing film reflects a first polarized component and transmits a second polarized component different from the first polarized component.
US11235702B2
A device including: a rotary actuator; an electronic pixel matrix display comprising a transparent outer layer; wherein the rotary actuator comprises an actuating part and a detector configured to detect rotational position, wherein the actuating part is rotationally mounted by a bearing so that it can rotate about an axis of rotation along a rotation direction, and the rotary actuator is arranged on the transparent layer; and wherein the rotary actuator also comprises a light guide designed to guide light of several pixels of the pixel matrix display from a light inlet surface of the light guide to a light outlet surface of the light guide either in the direction of or into an illumination surface of at least one of the rotary actuator and the actuating part.
US11235685B2
A vehicle seat (1) having adjustment kinematics, in particular height-adjustment kinematics (6), with movable rockers (12, 14), in particular for adjusting the height of a seat frame of the vehicle seat (1) relative to a connectable vehicle structure, wherein at least one rocker (14) is mounted rotatably about an axis (A), in particular about an axis (A) of a transverse tube (16), and a toothed segment (18) which is connected to the at least one rocker (14) is provided, wherein the vehicle seat (1) has a drive (20) for moving the at least one rocker (14), and the drive (20) is mounted on a seat frame, in particular on a side part (100) of the seat frame, wherein a pinion (26) of the drive (20) meshes with the toothed segment (18), wherein, by aligning the position of the entire drive (20) relative to the side part (100) by means of a compensating body (200), the pinion (26) is positioned relative to the toothed segment (18) in a manner free from play.
US11235682B2
A power supply device for a vehicle includes: a first energy storage device having a first energy storage element; a second energy storage device having a second energy storage element; a switch which switches between a state in which the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device are connected in parallel and a state in which the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device are separated from each other; and a switch controller. Each of the first energy storage element and the second energy storage element is an energy storage element having an SOC-OCV characteristic having a flat region thereon, and the switch controller switches the switch from an off-state to an on-state when each of the first energy storage element and the second energy storage element is in the flat region of the SOC-OCV characteristic.
US11235668B1
The present disclosure provides an efficient control system and method for a brushless motor with a wide working range, which are applied to an aerospace vehicle energy system. The system of the present disclosure includes a power supplying module, a first DC-DC circuit, a battery pack, a second DC-DC circuit, an anti-reverse-connection circuit, an electronic speed control (ESC), a brushless direct current motor (BLDC), an airborne controller and a communication link. Electric energy from the power supplying module is configured to charge the battery pack via the first DC-DC circuit, and electric energy of the battery pack sequentially flows through the second DC-DC circuit and the anti-reverse-connection circuit to energize the ESC, wherein output voltage of the second DC-DC circuit and throttle signal input of the ESC are controlled in real time by the airborne controller according to a power demand of an aircraft.
US11235667B1
A method for multi-speed electric vehicle shift control for damping an acceleration oscillation of the electric vehicle. The method includes determining a percentage of accelerator pedal travel and then retrieving a clutch calibration, a first electric motor calibration, and a second electric motor calibration correlating with the determined percentage of accelerator pedal travel. The method then applies the clutch calibration in actuating a clutch-to-clutch gear ratio change, thereby generating a vibration fluctuation in a first axle, and applies the first electric motor calibration in modulating a first electric motor to dampen the vibration fluctuation. The clutch actuation and first electric motor modulation together produces a first axle torque oscillation. The method applies the second electric motor calibration in modulating the second electric motor to generate a second axle torque oscillation sufficiently out-of-phase with the first axle torque oscillation, thereby dampening the vehicle acceleration oscillation of the electric vehicle.
US11235665B2
A vehicle includes an electric machine and a controller. The electric machine is configured to draw energy from a battery to propel the vehicle and to recharge the battery during regenerative braking. The controller is programmed to, in response to identifying a regenerative braking opportunity along an upcoming road segment based on a classification of driver behavior and a classification of the upcoming road segment, operate the electric machine to recharge the battery along the upcoming road segment.
US11235650B2
This invention is relevant to a steady bed cover of pickup truck. The bed cover includes at least two plates. The adjacent plates are connected by rotating shaft structure. This invention provides a steady bed cover of pickup truck with simple structure and great leading function. The connecting strength of rotating shaft structure is enhanced with the cooperation of the ladder-like hook and strip convex. When the bed cover of pickup truck is laid horizontally, the rotating part and the rotating shaft part are subjected to reverse force and are mutually matched, thus enhancing the stability of the bed cover.
US11235648B2
A truck bed assembly that is fuel efficient, aesthetically pleasing and unique.
US11235647B2
An enclosure for protecting a load comprises a truck bed to hold items, a front wall affixed to a proximal end of a width of the truck bed, and a rear wall affixed to a distal end of the width. A main header member runs along the length of the truck bed connecting the rear and front walls to form a central mounting point along a length of the truck bed that is disposed at a maximum height of the rear wall and the front wall. A passenger side gull wing door and a driver side gull wing door are mounted to the main header member by a plurality of hinges affixed to the main header member and which provide a movable joint for the gull wing doors. One or more hydraulic lift cylinders are operative to raise and lower a respective gull wing door.
US11235643B2
An air vent control system comprises a directional air flow component mounted on a first axis within a first housing, and a second housing defining an inner space in which the first housing is mounted. A first motor moves the directional air flow component to an angular position within the first housing, and a second motor pivots the first housing contained within the second housing. A front and rear opening allows air flow in a direction from the rear opening to the front opening. A controller sets the angular position of the directional air flow component on the first axis, and the angular position of the first housing on the second axis. The respective positions of the directional air flow component relative to the first housing and the first housing relative to the second housing selectively regulate the direction of airflow discharged.
US11235638B2
The invention relates to a thermal management system (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one sensor (13, 113) capable of measuring at least one quantity that can be used to determine at least one thermal comfort data item (TS), a predefined number of actuators (A101, A102, A103, A104), configured, respectively, for adjusting at least one parameter of an associated piece of equipment (3, 5, 7, 9) of said vehicle, and a control device (12) for controlling the actuators (A101, A102, A103, A104) on the basis of the measurements of said at least one sensor (13, 113). According to the invention, the control device (12) comprises at least one processing means (14) for: identifying at least a first and a second piece of equipment for acting on a first and a second part of the occupant's body, respectively, if thermal regulation of the occupant is required, and controlling at least a first and a second actuator configured, respectively, for adjusting at least one parameter of the first and second pieces of equipment identified, so as to act on said parts of the occupant's body. The invention also relates to a thermal management method implemented by such a system (1).
US11235637B1
A recreational vehicle includes an interior space having a floor, a first insulating member located below the floor, a second insulating member located below the floor, a chassis located at least in part between the floor and the first insulating member and the floor and the second insulating member, a first enclosed volume defined by the floor, the chassis and the first insulating member, a second enclosed volume defined by the floor, the chassis and the second insulating member, an air flow path between the first enclosed volume and the second enclosed volume, and an air flow path between the interior of the recreational vehicle and the first enclosed volume.
US11235632B2
The invention relates to an axle assembly of a heavy goods vehicle, comprising a pivot bearing steering rotational axis (X), a wheel support comprising at least one wheel that is mounted thereon so as to be rotatable about a wheel rotational axis (Z), the wheel rotational axis (Z) being arranged behind the steering rotational axis (X), in the travel direction (V), in every deflection state of the axle assembly, during straight travel, and a unit that is adjustable about the steering rotational axis (X) when the wheel support is rotated, the adjustable unit being adjustable between two operating states, specifically a forwards travel operating state in which it damps the rotational movement of the wheel support about the steering rotational axis (X), and a reverse travel operating state in which it introduces a steering force, which steers the axle assembly, into the axle assembly.
US11235631B2
Autonomous craft capable of extended duration operations as lighter-than-air craft, having the ability to alight on the surface of a body of water and generate hydrogen gas for lift via electrolysis using power derived from a photovoltaic system, as well as methods of launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having a deployable envelope from a surface of a body of water.
US11235627B2
A system for measuring parameters of a mounted assembly comprises an electronic device for measuring parameters of the mounted assembly and a bonding interface made of elastomeric material surrounding the electronic device. The measuring electronic device comprises: a UHF radiofrequency antenna; and an electronic board with an electronic chip coupled to the UHF radiofrequency antenna, a sensor for measuring parameters of the mounted assembly, a microcontroller and an electrical circuit. The measuring system comprises a ground plane connected to the electronic board. The electronic board comprises an energy manager and a capacitive element. The coupling between the electronic chip and the UHF radiofrequency antenna is of an electrical nature. The electronic chip, the microcontroller and the measuring sensor are components of low energy consumption.
US11235625B2
A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing tire tread depth and wear patterns monitoring. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is provided with an associated tire to be monitored. A dipole antenna structure is coupled to the RFID tag and routed within a position in the tire tread and routed substantially circumferentially in the associated tire. A resonant frequency of the dipole antenna structure is detected to monitor tire tread wear.
US11235620B2
A pneumatic tire comprising a carcass 11, at least one inclined belt layer 13 having a cord extending inclined at an angle of 30° or more relative to the tire circumferential direction, and a tread 15 arranged outward in the tire radial direction of the inclined belt layer 13, wherein a circumferential cord layer 14 arranged inward in the tire radial direction of the tread 15 has a high-rigidity region and a low-rigidity region and the high-rigidity region has a lower negative ratio in a ground contact width of the tread 15 than the low-rigidity region.
US11235611B2
Paper is disclosed for use in making repositionable or removable adhesive labels. The adhesive can be applied in patches or discrete areas to the paper or to a layer of material that cleans rollers in the manufacturing line and/or in printers. The adhesive can be applied in single or multiple layers. The paper is light weight paper and preferably thermal paper for use in POS printers.
US11235609B2
A method for printing is provided including: applying a pretreatment liquid containing a compound that aggregates an anionic compound on a print medium, and applying an ink containing water, an organic solvent, and a resin particle on the print medium to which the pretreatment liquid has been applied. The resin particle includes a polyurethane resin particle. The ink contains a cyclic ester having a structure represented by the following general formula (I). After the ink is left to stand and stored under a room temperature environment (25±5° C.) for a month, a rate of content of crystals of the cyclic ester having a particle diameter of 1 μm or larger in the ink is lower than 4 ppm.
US11235605B2
There is provided a head module including: a liquid discharging head; a driver IC; a heat sink; and a fan. The head module includes: a channel unit; and an energy-applying mechanism. The heat sink includes: a base part; and a plurality of fins including: a first fin, a second fin, and a third fin. A plane direction of a plane in which the first fin expands crosses a plane direction of a plane in which the second fin expands, and crosses a plane direction of a plane in which the third fin expands. The fan is arranged at a position at which the fan overlaps with the base part in the first direction, and in a space surrounded by the first fin, the second fin, the third fin and the base part.
US11235601B2
A printer for pulling out a paper wound in a form of a wound roll is disclosed. The printer may comprise a cartridge configured to accommodate the paper, a housing in which the cartridge is mounted, a cover moveable between an open position for opening the top surface of the housing and a closed position for closing the top surface of the housing, a first printing unit mounted to the housing, and a second printing unit mounted to the cover. The paper is pulled out between the first printing unit and the second printing unit, and the second printing unit has a decurling part formed thereon. The decurling part comes into surface-contact with the paper on the upper side of the paper in the process of pulling out the paper when the cover is in the closed position.
US11235597B2
An image forming apparatus, in which a method of correcting a positional deviation of a sheet is performed, includes a detecting device to detect a position of the sheet, a pair of sheet conveying bodies to convey the sheet and correct the positional deviation of the sheet, an image forming device to form an image on the sheet, and circuitry to calculate a first positional deviation amount of the sheet based on a first detection result of the detecting device, cause the pair of sheet conveying bodies to correct the positional deviation of the sheet based on the first positional deviation amount, calculate a second positional deviation amount of the sheet based on a second detection result of the detecting device, and cause the image forming device to correct the positional deviation of an image forming position on the sheet based on the second positional deviation amount.
US11235595B2
A printing apparatus includes: a sheet storing part configured to store a sheet; a conveying mechanism configured to convey the sheet taken out from the sheet storing part; a first frame and a second frame arranged in an opposing direction with the conveying mechanism interposed therebetween; a printing part configured to perform printing on the sheet conveyed by the conveying mechanism; a cover composing at least a part of an upstream side, of the printing apparatus, with respect to the printing part in a conveyance direction in which the sheet is conveyed by the conveying mechanism; and a rotational shaft extending in the opposing direction and configured to support the cover to be rotatable. The rotational shaft has a first end and a second end in the opposing direction, and the first end is supported by the first frame and the second end is separated away from the second frame.
US11235592B2
The invention relates to a direct printing device for applying a circumferential print onto containers with at least one container seam, comprising a printhead which is configured to print directly onto a container, a detection device which is adapted such that at least one predetermined feature of the container is detected, a computing device which is configured to determine whether and possibly how the container is to be oriented in order to be moved from an actual container orientation to a predetermined target container orientation, and an orientation device which is configured to orient the container to the target container orientation on the basis of the determination by the computing device. The target container orientation is predetermined such that the container seam is oriented relative to the printhead such that a print seam, which is produced during the application of a circumferential print, substantially coincides with the container seam.
US11235586B2
An ink jet printing method includes scanning a printing medium in a scanning direction a plurality of times with an ink jet head from which inks and a treatment liquid acting to flocculate constituents of the inks are ejected. The ink jet head includes first ink nozzles filled with a first ink and arranged in a sub-scanning direction, second ink nozzles filled with a second ink having a different composition from the first ink and arranged in the sub-scanning direction, and treatment liquid nozzles filled with the treatment liquid and arranged in the sub-scanning direction. At least some of the treatment liquid nozzles are coincident in the sub-scanning direction with the first and second ink nozzles. The first ink nozzles are closest to the treatment liquid nozzles in the scanning direction, and the first ink exhibits a viscosity increase by a factor of 6.0 or less.
US11235584B2
A printing apparatus includes a liquid accommodation body into which liquid contained in a liquid container is configured to be poured, a printing section that performs printing by discharge of liquid supplied from the liquid accommodation body, a counting section that performs counting relating to an amount of consumption of liquid with which a liquid container was contained and counting relating to an amount of consumption of liquid per predetermined period of time, and a delivery request section that, based on a counting result yielded by the counting section, sends the server apparatus a delivery request for a liquid container by a time that is earlier by a delivery period of a liquid container than an estimated timing of completion of consumption of liquid with which a liquid container was contained.
US11235583B2
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a first and second tanks, and a printer section including an inkjet head which ejects ink droplets toward a printing medium. The inkjet printing apparatus includes a first supply system which supplies ink from the first tank to the second tank, a second supply system which includes an ink supply pump and supplies ink from the second tank to the printer section, and a remaining amount detection unit which detects the amount of ink remaining in the first tank. The remaining amount detection unit calculates the amount of ink transferred from the first tank to the second tank in a measurement period during which ink is supplied from the first tank to the second tank, based on an increase in the amount of the ink stored in the second tank in the measurement period and the operation state of the pump in the measurement period.
US11235580B2
There is provided a tank including a liquid inlet port, an atmosphere open port, a liquid outflow port, a first liquid chamber having a first atmosphere communication channel, a second liquid chamber being in communication with the first liquid chamber and having a second atmosphere communication channel, and a liquid channel. The liquid inside the liquid channel is movable along with a liquid consumption of a liquid consuming device connected to the tank. With the tank in a usage posture, when the liquid is stored in the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber, the liquid level of the liquid stored in the first liquid chamber is formed independently from the liquid level of the liquid stored in the second liquid chamber.
US11235577B2
An inkjet printer includes a head including a nozzle configured to eject pigment ink supplied from a tank during a print operation and during a purge operation and a purge mechanism. A controller configured to determine whether to control the purge mechanism to perform the purge operation for discharging the pigment ink from the nozzle and, when determining to control the purge mechanism to perform the purge operation, determine a remaining amount of the pigment ink remaining in the tank. The controller is configured to determine a discharge amount to be discharged from the nozzle when performing the purge operation based on the remaining amount of the pigment ink remaining in the tank and control the purge mechanism to perform the purge operation based on the discharge amount.
US11235576B2
A liquid ejection device includes: a nozzle through which a liquid is ejected; a liquid transfer tube through which the liquid is transferred to the nozzle; and a vibration generation unit configured to generate vibration, in which the vibration generation unit is in contact with one of the liquid, the nozzle, and the liquid transfer tube, and when the liquid ejected from the nozzle flies as a plurality of droplets in a state where the vibration generation unit does not generate vibration, and the number of the droplets passing through a predetermined position in a unit time is defined as a droplet frequency, a frequency of the vibration generated by the vibration generation unit is equal to or less than the droplet frequency.
US11235574B2
A fluid propelling apparatus, including a plastic compound, a MEMS at least partially surrounded by the compound, and a heat sink next to the MEMS, to transfer heat away from the MEMS, wherein the heat sink is at least partly surrounded by the compound.
US11235572B2
A medium ejection apparatus includes a placement mount on which media are placed, a restriction part that moves between a restriction position at which the restriction part restricts media ejected toward the placement mount and a retracted position retracted from the restriction position, and a processor that controls the restriction part by adjusting a restriction frequency on the basis of at least either an amount of movement of the restriction part from the retracted position to the restriction position or ejection intervals at which the media are ejected toward the placement mount, the restriction frequency being a frequency with which the restriction part performs a restriction operation for the media.
US11235564B2
A prismatic mold having a molding surface having a floor and opposing sidewalls and at least one indentation in a three-dimensional shape of a distinguishing device, is described.
US11235563B2
A resin composition is provided. The resin composition includes a styrene-acrylonitrile based copolymer of 75 parts by weight to 90 parts by weight and rubber particles of 10 parts by weight to 25 parts by weight. The resin composition includes an oligomer trimer. The oligomer trimer includes at least one monomer unit selected from the group consisting of a styrene based monomer unit and an acrylonitrile based monomer unit. Wherein, a residual acrylonitrile based monomer is less than 5 ppm of the total weight of the resin composition. The ratio of the peak area of acetophenone to the peak area of air for the resin composition as analyzed by a thermal desorption gas chromatography mass spectrometer (TD-GC-MS) is 100 to 300.
US11235560B2
An electromagnetic wave absorption material comprises: fibrous carbon nanostructures; and an insulating material, wherein a content C of the fibrous carbon nanostructures when a content of the insulating material is 100 parts by mass is 5 parts by mass or more and 15 parts by mass or less, or, in the case where the fibrous carbon nanostructures are fibrous carbon nanostructures that exhibit a convex upward shape in a t-plot obtained from an adsorption isotherm, the content C is 0.3 parts by mass or more and 0.8 parts by mass or less, and the electromagnetic wave absorption material absorbs an electromagnetic wave in a frequency domain of more than 20 GHz.
US11235556B2
A finished composite material having a film layer, a fibrous material layer and a discontinuous adhesive region layer situated between the film layer and the fibrous material layer. The discontinuous adhesive region layer adheres the film layer to the fibrous material layer. The discontinuous adhesive layer forms a number of discrete and non-continuous regions including an interface between the film layer and the fibrous material layer such that the film layer touches the fibrous material layer at the interface. The number of discrete and non-continuous regions forms a number of non-adhesive regions therebetween configured to not resist flexing of the film layer and the fibrous material layer. The finished composite material further includes an upholstery or mattress textile fabric substrate having a thickness of 0.5 to 2.0 millimeters. The front surface of the upholstery or mattress textile fabric substrate is configured to contact a user of the fabric substrate.
US11235551B2
Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
US11235545B2
A press system includes: a press device configured to perform press working on a workpiece; a detection device configured to detect a press load applied for the press working by the press device; a number acquisition device configured to acquire a number of cycles of press loading, for each section of a plurality of sections into which a press loading region over a total length of a slide stroke is divided; a stress calculation device configured to calculate a stress applied to the press device, the stress corresponding to the press load for each section of the press loading region; and a degree-of-fatigue calculation device configured to calculate a degree of fatigue of the press device, based on respective stresses applied to the press device and respective numbers of cycles of press loading, for the plurality of sections of the press loading region.
US11235535B2
Provided is a welding joining method for joining end portions of first and second pipes made of polyamide resin by bonding the end portions to each other by pressure in a molten state. The welding joining method includes: a placing step of placing an infrared radiation lamp between the first and second pipes placed to face each other at an interval; a heating and melting step of heating and melting the end portions of the first and second pipes by emitting infrared; and a pressure bonding step of cooling down the molten end portions in a state where the molten end portions are bonded to each other by pressure.
US11235534B2
Fixtures for industrial tooling that may be made by additive manufacturing techniques, and systems and methods for making the same, are described. A fixture for industrial tooling may include a plurality of support columns that defines an intermediate area having at least 10% empty space between a contoured surface and a base structure. The fixtures may be made through a draping method instead of a slicing technique. A fixture for industrial tooling may alternatively be made by applying an extruded layer over a core of foam, balsawood, or other lightweight material, through a non-slicing process.
US11235530B2
Three-dimensional object bridge between virtual and physical worlds. A method, system, apparatus and/or computer-usable medium includes steps of selecting a three-dimensional item in a first state for subsequent rendering into a second state and rendering the three-dimensional item in the second state via the three-dimensional rendering apparatus. An additional step of locating a three-dimensional rendering apparatus for rendering the three-dimensional item in a second state can be included. The three-dimensional rendering apparatus can be configured as a kiosk (manned or unmanned), Internet-enabled vending machine, and the like. The first state can comprise a virtual state and the second state can comprise a physical state. Likewise, the first state can comprise a physical state and the second state can comprise a virtual state. Additionally, the three-dimensional item/object can be mapped in the first state for rendering in the second state.
US11235523B2
A 3D printer comprising a pump, stepper motor adapted to drive the pump and a printing arm connected to a curing source and nozzle.
US11235522B2
A head is disclosed for an additive manufacturing system. The head may include an outlet configured to discharge a continuous reinforcement at least partially coated in a liquid matrix. The head may also include a low-pressure port located upstream of the outlet and configured to draw out only liquid matrix.
US11235521B2
This disclosure relates to a method of 3-D printing comprising: applying a layer of build material onto a print platform, wherein the build material comprises particles of a polymer comprising polymer chains having at least one reactive group that is protected with a protecting group; printing a de-protecting agent at selected locations on the layer of build material; and coalescing particles of the polymer at the printed locations on the layer of build material to form a coalesced polymer layer.
US11235504B2
A method for manufacturing a resin container part includes: injection-molding of a bottomed resin preform including, on a bottom portion thereof, a thick bulging portion that retains residual heat by which the bulging portion is deformable by being pressed to follow a shape of a blow cavity mold; and a blowing including stretching a body portion of the preform by applying a blow pressure to the preform and forming a joint portion by pressing the bulging portion of the preform with an upper bottom mold to deform the bulging portion to follow the shape of the blow cavity mold.
US11235497B2
A process is presented and described for the production of moldings, comprising the steps of (a) providing a polymer composition comprising from 1 to 99% by weight of polyhydroxyalkanoate and from 1 to 99% by weight of starch-containing polymer; (b) homogenizing the polymer composition with use of thermal and/or mechanical energy; (c) introducing the polymer composition into a mold; (d) molding the molding in the mold; and (e) removing the molding from the mold. The process described is in particular suitable for the production of hard capsules.
US11235495B2
A replica manufacturing apparatus performs imprint processing of forming a pattern of an imprint material on a replica substrate using a master mold, processes the replica substrate with the formed pattern to manufacture a replica mold, and transfers data of a condition concerning the imprint processing to a management apparatus. An imprint apparatus acquires the data from the management apparatus, and performs the imprint processing of forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using the replica mold.
US11235487B2
An apparatus for preparing food is provided, and includes a food-receiving chamber sized to receive at least one food item, a cutting structure configured to cut the at least one food item when pressed into contact therewith, an impeller for impelling the at least one food item into contact with the cutting structure, an oil chamber for storing oil, a heating system for heating the oil, and an oil introduction system in communication with the oil chamber, the oil introduction system being operable to introduce at least one of an oil mist and an oil spray in the frying chamber.
US11235482B2
A drive cap uses snap fasteners to couples with the housing. The drive cap uses joining structures, such as protrusions and recesses, to align with the upper and lower housings. Once correctly aligned, snap fasteners enable a snug fit and enhance the fit and finish of the hair clippers. The snap fasteners can be located on an inner surface of the drive cap, inner housing assembly, and/or upper housing assembly. A snap detent is located on the inner surface of an adjacent surface to receive the snap fastener. Using a combination of protrusions, extensions, voids, and recesses, in addition to the snap fasteners ensures a secure fit for the drive cap between the upper and lower housings. The snap fasteners couple the drive cap to upper and lower housings seamlessly along the outer surface of the hair clippers and facilitate quick release of the drive cap for maintenance or cleaning.
US11235481B2
An oscillatory linear actuator includes: an output movable element which is reciprocated by a periodically varying magnetic field and performs work on an object; and a vibration absorbing movable element which is reciprocated at a phase opposite to a phase of the output movable element and reduces vibration of the oscillatory linear actuator. The vibration absorbing movable element is lighter in weight than the output movable element.
US11235480B2
There is disclosed a cutting unit (14, 60, 80, 100) for a hair cutting device (10), comprising: a blade carrier (16) carrying a cutting blade; a guard (18) comprising: a blade-facing surface engaging the cutting blade at a cut location; a planar guard contact surface (30) for contacting skin of a user, wherein the guard contact surface (30) is angled with respect to the blade-facing surface; and a guard extender (40, 70, 90) separate from the guard (18), wherein the guard extender (40, 70, 90) comprises a planar extension contact surface (46, 76, 96) configured to cooperate with the guard contact surface (30) to provide an extended contact zone (50) across the guard (18) and the guard extender (40, 70, 90) for contacting skin of a user. The blade-facing surface and the guard contact surface (30) converge towards a tip of the guard, wherein a cutting direction extends along the guard contact surface (30) towards the tip. The guard extender (40, 70, 90) is configured so that the extension contact surface (46, 76, 96) is rearward of the guard contact surface (30) with respect to the cutting direction X. The extension contact surface (96) has a transverse extent along an axis perpendicular to the cutting direction, and wherein there is a gap along the cutting direction X between the guard contact surface and at least a transverse portion of the extension contact surface. The extended contact zone may provide for improved stability and reliable orientation of the cutting unit for cutting while limiting material use.
US11235470B2
A control apparatus includes driving means for rotationally driving a predetermined mechanism, braking means for braking the driving means by pressing a pressing unit against a rotation unit of the driving means, and control means for, in order to change rotation position of the predetermined mechanism, controlling the driving means in a braking release period in which the pressing unit is returned to a predetermined position to temporarily maintain the rotation position of the predetermined mechanism, and then driving the predetermined mechanism to thereby change the rotation position. The control apparatus performs at least one of notification to the user, braking of the predetermined mechanism, and stopping of the driving means when a command time for the driving means at the time of temporarily maintaining the rotation position of the predetermined mechanism is longer than or equal to a predetermined time.
US11235466B2
Methods, systems, and platforms for automatic setup planning for a robot. The method includes sampling multiple poses in multiple dimensions within a robotic workspace. The method includes generating one or more candidate configurations based on the multiple poses. The method includes determining a score for each candidate configuration of the one or more candidate configurations. The score represents area coverage of a region of interest and at least one of an amount of setup time of the candidate configuration or an amount of energy used. The method includes determining a set of candidate configurations that has an overall area coverage that covers the region of interest based on the score for each candidate configuration. The method includes controlling a position and an orientation of the object based on the set of candidate configurations.
US11235458B2
A method of manipulating boxes includes receiving a minimum box size for a plurality of boxes varying in size located in a walled container. The method also includes dividing a grip area of a gripper into a plurality of zones. The method further includes locating a set of candidate boxes based on an image from a visual sensor. For each zone, the method additionally includes, determining an overlap of a respective zone with one or more neighboring boxes to the set of candidate boxes. The method also includes determining a grasp pose for a target candidate box that avoids one or more walls of the walled container. The method further includes executing the grasp pose to lift the target candidate box by the gripper where the gripper activates each zone of the plurality of zones that does not overlap a respective neighboring box to the target candidate box.
US11235449B2
A setting tool includes: a body with at least a drive shaft connected to a pull rod designed to be screwed onto the crimp part, to drive the pull rod in rotation along an axis; a draw sleeve fixed to the body and connected to the pull rod, to translate the pull rod along the axis; and a placing nose, to house the pull rod rear end, the drive shaft front end, and the draw sleeve. The draw sleeve front end includes a cavity opening onto a first through hole on the side wall, and a second hole on the drive shaft axis of rotation, the through holes allow the pull rod front end to pass through the holes, to allow the pull rod rear end to pass through the first through hole, and to enable the pull rod to be placed along the drive shaft axis of rotation.
US11235439B2
A tool for adjusting the alignment of a connector carried within slots in one or more components. The tool comprises a first member and a second member, wherein the first member and/or second member includes an alignment feature configured to react against reaction feature(s) of the one or more components to adjust the alignment of the connector within the slots. The first member includes a shaft and a tool head carried thereby. The tool head comprises a body configured to engage a first portion of the connector. The second member is configured to be coupled with the first member, and also includes a shaft and a tool head carried thereby. The tool head of the second member comprises a body configured to engage a second portion of the connector.
US11235437B2
A rough grinding wheel for processing material surfaces includes a wheel-shaped base body having a central recess penetrated by an axis of rotation for direct or indirect connection to a drive shaft of a tool. The rough grinding wheel has a stabilizing core stabilizing the rough grinding wheel. The stabilizing core is associated with at least one abrasive layer circumferentially adjacent to the central recess. The stabilizing core has a higher strength than the at least one abrasive layer.
US11235430B2
The invention relates to a device for detachably securing modules (1), such as tool holders, to a third component (3), such as a rotatable tool disk for a machine tool, including a controllable securing device (51, 53), by which the respective module (1) can be re-secured in a detachable manner in a locked position on the third component (3) by individual securing parts (15). A release device (76, 77) at least partially helps to release the securing device (51, 53) in a release position, such that the release device (76, 77) at least at the beginning of releasing, exerts pressure on the securing device (51, 53) for releasing the individual securing parts (15).
US11235424B2
Methods and systems for laser etching substrates to fine tune antennas for wireless communication are provided. A method includes laser etching an antenna element design into a substrate material. The antenna element design is for receiving conductive material to form an antenna structure. The method also includes laser etching a first area of the substrate material to change an intrinsic property of the substrate material in order to control an electrical characteristic of the antenna structure.
US11235420B2
A radiator in a laser welding apparatus radiates a beam to a main region and an auxiliary region on a welding surface. The auxiliary region is positioned to be adjacent to the main region or to be apart from the main region. A welding direction is a direction in which a beam radiation region moves during laser welding. The auxiliary region includes at least an area positioned on a forward side of the main region in the welding direction. The radiator radiates the beam in a setting such that at least one peak occurs in each of the main region and the auxiliary region.
US11235419B2
A laser machining device includes a first focus movement amount calculation section configured to calculate a focus movement amount based on comparison of a first measurement value obtained by averaging a plurality of measurement values measured by a returning light measurement unit within a first period and a second measurement value obtained by averaging a plurality of measurement values measured by the returning light measurement unit within a second period that is temporally later than the first period; and a focus position correction section configured to correct a focus position during laser machining based on the focus movement amount, and the first period is a period shortly after initiation of laser emission when the external optical system is not warmed up or is a period after correcting the focus position, and the second period is a period after passage of a certain time duration when the external optical system is warmed up.
US11235413B2
The present invention is directed to a remotely controlled welding machine that uses serializing and modulating circuits to transfer modulated data packets to a welding power source across a weld cable. A transmitter transmits the data packets of desired welding operational parameters to a receiver disposed in the power source across a weld cable also designed to carry welding power from the power source to the wire feeder. The transmitter and other electronics of the wire feeder are constructed to use only a small amount of power which, preferably, is supplied by a DC power supply external to the wire feeder. The DC power supply is designed to provide power to the electronics of the wire feeder when the wire feeder is in a standby mode of operation.
US11235412B2
An apparatus includes a welding torch, a laser capable of projecting a beam towards a seam on a surface, a camera directed towards the surface, a memory, and a processor. The processor receives an image of the surface from the camera. Next, the processor determines, based on the reflection of the laser beam from the surface, a vertical distance from the torch to the seam. The processor adjusts the brightness and contrast of the image, applies a gamma correction, and applies at least one gradient filter to the image to produce a new image. Next, the processor determines a horizontal location of the seam in the new image, which it uses to determine a horizontal distance from the torch to the seam. Based on the vertical and horizontal distances from the torch to the seam, the processor adjusts a vertical and a horizontal position of the torch.
US11235411B2
Systems and methods for providing welding power supplies with interleaved inverter circuitry are described. In one embodiment, a welding power supply includes, for example, a first inverter circuit and a second inverter circuit that are arranged in parallel. A voltage source or a current source is coupled to a first same node of the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit. A filter inductor is coupled to a second same node of the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit. The output current of the filter inductor is halved in frequency by disabling one of the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit.
US11235406B2
The high-efficiency soldering apparatus for a winding head of a flat-wire motor includes a support base, a solder tray, a solder spot isolation and limit plate, a shaft lever and a movable tray. The solder tray is provided at the center of the support base. The solder spot isolation and limit plate is provided on the solder tray. The shaft lever is provided on the support base. The movable tray is provided on the shaft lever. The movable tray is located above the solder tray. The movable tray moves vertically along the shaft lever. A stator is placed at the center of the movable tray, and a winding head of the stator extends below the movable tray.
US11235404B2
Disclosed are embodiments of forming porous copper on the end of a copper pillar. The embodiments may be used to remove solder from selected locations on a chip or laminate substrate.
US11235402B2
Saw blades and methods of machining saw blade tooth profiles of saw blades. The saw blades include a blade body and a plurality of teeth defined by the blade body. Each tooth includes a tooth back, a tooth tip, a tooth face, and a tooth gullet. In at least one tooth, a relief region extends toward the tooth back and separates the tooth face from the tooth gullet. The methods include supporting the saw blade with a blade support structure and advancing the saw blade with a blade advance structure. The methods also include dry-machining a finished tooth profile in a working portion of the saw blade in a single pass. The dry-machining includes dry-machining with an end mill by operatively translating the end mill relative to the saw blade and within a plane that is at least substantially perpendicular to an end mill rotational axis of the end mill.
US11235401B2
A guide insert for a saw blade guide for guiding a saw blade, including at least two blade guiding elements held in the guide insert, at least one pair of side blade guiding elements disposed in parallel and at the same height being accommodated in the guide insert, a slot for laterally guiding the saw blade being formed between a first side blade guiding element and a second side blade guiding element in a use position, the blade guiding elements having a rotationally symmetrical shape with respect to an axis of symmetry, including a cylindrical friction surface, the blade guiding elements each being held clamped in a cylindrical recess of the guide insert in a force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner via a loosenable clamp in the use position, and the blade guiding elements being able to be placed from a first rotational position into other rotational positions.
US11235399B2
Hand tools which have an ergonomic using a palm handle and finger handle designs which achieve mechanical efficiency and ease of use. The ergonomic handle is compatible with the muscle movements of an operator using a hand tool reducing muscle strain and pain. Optionally, the palm and finger handles can have ergonomically designed cushions. In an embodiment, the finger handle can have a finger set which has a forward finger flange, a tail finger flange and a pinky grip. The ergonomic handle can also use a relief washer system to achieve a smooth low frictional resistance cutting stroke.
US11235396B2
A self-contained hand-held through-skin (HHTS) sensor for determining the location of an underlying aperture in a support structure suited to mount a skin or surface. In an embodiment, the HHTS sensor includes a sensor disposed in a housing and configured to determine a location of an aperture disposed in an adjacent surface through electromagnetic, x-ray, ultrasonic or other means. The HHTS sensor further includes an alignment assembly having an alignment orifice disposed in the housing and configured to be maneuvered in an x-y plane within the housing. The HHTS sensor also includes a vacuum pump system, a local battery and a processor coupled to the sensor and configured to control first and second actuators to maneuver the alignment orifice within the x-y plane to be co-axially located with the aperture in response to the sensor signal.
US11235390B2
To provide an apparatus for producing a metal powder and a method of producing a metal powder capable of obtaining a metal powder having a finer particle size of excellent quality. A supersonic combustion flame is intensively injected into a downwardly supplied molten metal, the intensive combustion flame is jetted directly downwardly as a focused jet flow, the focused jet flow thrusts into a turning water flow formed along an inner peripheral surface of a pulverization cooling cylinder whose axis line is inclined from a vertical direction, and an intensive position of the combustion flame is in an open space above the turning water flow.
US11235387B2
A workpiece processing method is a method for successively processing a plurality of workpieces including a first workpiece and a second workpiece in a single machining area. The workpiece processing method includes: performing additive manufacturing on the second workpiece in the machining area; and performing subtractive manufacturing on the first workpiece in the machining area while keeping on standby the second workpiece on which additive manufacturing is performed. In this way, the workpiece processing method with improved productivity is provided.
US11235386B2
A debinder provides for debinding printed green parts in an additive manufacturing system. The debinder can include a storage chamber, a process chamber, a distill chamber, a waste chamber, and a condenser. The storage chamber stores a liquid solvent for debinding the green part. The process chamber debinds the green part using a volume of the liquid solvent transferred from the storage chamber. The distill chamber collects a solution drained from the process chamber and produces a solvent vapor from the solution. The condenser condenses the solvent vapor to the liquid solvent and transfer the liquid solvent to the storage chamber. The waste chamber collects a waste component of the solution.
US11235384B2
In a sliding nozzle comprising three plates consisting of an upper plate, an intermediate plate capable of a sliding movement, and a lower plate, it is intended to suppress adhesion and deposition of metal oxides and others on wall surfaces of inner bores of the three plates. The intermediate plate has: a first inclined portion whose surface defines a slidingly closing directional leading-side wall surface of an inner bore thereof and extends obliquely downwardly in a diametrically contracting direction; a second inclined portion whose surface defines an upper part of a slidingly closing directional trailing-side wall surface of the inner bore thereof and extends obliquely downwardly in a diametrically contracting direction, and a third inclined portion whose surface defines a lower part of the slidingly closing directional trailing-side wall surface of the inner bore thereof and extends obliquely downwardly in a diametrically expanding direction.
US11235372B2
In a method of producing a tubular structure for a gas generator, a tubular body is positioned relative to a forming device having inner and outer tools, which are moved relative to an end portion of the tubular body until an inner circumferential surface of a neck of the end portion rests against a support surface of the inner tool to reduce a diameter of the end portion by a tool contour of the outer tool and thereby form a shoulder. The outer tool is held in position upon the end portion and the neck inner circumferential surface is calibrated by a calibrating surface on a calibrating member of the inner tool while an outer circumferential surface of the neck is supported by the outer tool, as the inner tool is removed from the end portion. The outer tool is then removed from the end portion of the tubular body.
US11235370B2
A punch assembly with interchangeable tips includes a punch body and a punch tip releasably coupled to the punch body. The punch body includes a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a cross-sectional shape defined between the proximal end and the distal end. The proximal end includes a flange configured to engage a punch holder. The distal end includes a distal surface defining a lateral direction. The punch tip is coupled to the distal end of the punch body via a magnetic coupling provided by a plurality of magnets. The punch tip includes a working surface and a coupling member. The distal end of the punch body engages the coupling member of the punch tip in a tongue-in-groove arrangement wherein the plurality of magnets are provided within a tongue and cupped within a groove.
US11235369B2
A draw press die assembly includes an upper die, a lower die positioned beneath the upper die, a blankholder for supporting an associated workpiece, and a blankholder drive mechanism connected with at least one of the upper die and the blankholder. The blankholder drive mechanism is configured to provide a pulsating movement of the blankholder with respect to the upper die.
US11235367B2
A method for the calibration or end sizing of a hollow profile component produced by extrusion for automobile manufacturing. The hollow profile component is inserted into the cavity of an opened press tool and closing the press tool. Expandable mandrels are introduced into the open profile ends of the hollow profile component. The hollow profile component is calibrated or end-sized by applying force simultaneously on the outside and on the inside. The expandable mandrels are retracted, opening of the press tool, and removing of the hollow profile component.
US11235362B2
A method to adjust the drawing action on a bar in a rolling and/or finishing train is provided, as well as an adjustment device associated with the train to implement the method. A metal product is made using the method.
US11235361B2
Described herein are embodiments of a control system that automatically (1) determines whether a gas extraction system is in a state in which landfill gas is being released into the atmosphere, and (2) automatically controls landfill gas flow to mitigate, prevent and/or stop the release of landfill gas. The control system may control a valve to control flow of landfill gas through well piping of the gas extraction system. The pressure of landfill gas in the well piping at a location upstream of the valve may indicate whether there is a risk of landfill gas being released into the atmosphere. The control system may adjust a position of the valve in response to determining that the pressure at the location upstream of the valve indicates that there is a risk of landfill gas being released into the atmosphere.
US11235360B2
A drain clearing air gun includes a housing defining a main body, a handle positioned on a first end of the main body, and a nose positioned on a second end of the main body. A tank is at least partially positioned within the housing and includes a chamber for receiving pressurized air. A motor is positioned within a main body of the housing, and a pump is positioned within the main body of the housing and operatively coupled to the motor. The pump is driven by the motor to pump air into the tank. A pressure gauge is supported by the housing and includes an automatic shutoff feature. The pressure gauge is in fluid communication with the tank. When a predetermined pressure within the tank is reached the automatic shutoff feature is activated to stop the motor.
US11235359B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for the selective and controlled removal of debris from specific areas of a substrate outer surface without adversely impacting the substrate outer surface, including substrate outer surface coatings, and returning an actual substrate outer surface profile containing affixed debris to a predetermined substrate outer surface profile by comparing a library of predetermined profiles to an actual substrate outer surface profile in real time.
US11235357B2
A pneumatic cleaning gun according to the present invention comprises a gun housing with a compressed air connection, a liquid nozzle with a nozzle cover, and an air intake tube which leads into the covered flow channel and can also be connected to a suction device via a suction hose in order to suction dirt particles through the flow channel. The cleaning gun is configured such that the air intake tube is not rigidly but pivotably mounted on the cleaning gun. The air intake tube can therefore be mounted in a plurality of different positions of use such that the user can find the most comfortable or convenient position of use and the air intake tube can be correspondingly adjusted.
US11235354B2
The present invention relates to a method of identifying and/or distinguishing materials by means of luminescence, wherein at least one luminescent substance is incorporated into the material and/or applied onto the material and the luminescence behaviour of the substance is analysed after excitation by means of radiation, and the use thereof for identifying and/or sorting and/or recycling and/or authenticating and/or performing a quality check and/or formulation check on materials.
US11235353B2
There is provided a projection instruction device that generates a projection image to be projected on a parcel based on a reading result of parcel identification information included in a label attached to the parcel, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor detects occurrence of an error, and moves the parcel to upstream in a case where the occurrence of the error is detected.
US11235351B2
A tactile stimulation interface comprising a surface explored by touch by means of a finger of a user, actuators applying forces on said surface, and control means of the actuators, said control means sending, to the actuators, signals corresponding to the forces to be applied to said surface, the forces being determined by a time reversal method, means for detecting the contact of the finger with the surface and for monitoring the movement of the finger on the surface. The control means are capable, in order to produce an acoustic lubrication effect in at least one given area of the surface, of generating a signal formed from a convolution of a pulsed response returned by a continuous function representative of the acoustic lubrication effect.
US11235348B2
A system and method for rotating an egg-shaped object for decoration. The system uses a machine with an access opening. An open area exists within the interior of the housing between the access opening and a bottom surface. A support cradle is disposed within the interior. The support cradle has a first plurality of wheels that extend into the open area from a first direction and a second plurality of wheels that extend into the open area from a second direction. A gap space exists between the first plurality of wheels and the second plurality of wheels. The first plurality of wheels, the second plurality of wheels and the gap space form a cradle that receive and rotate an egg-shaped object. When in this cradle, at least half of the egg-shaped object is elevated above the top surface of the housing, where it can be easily decorated.
US11235334B2
Provided is an automated analysis device with which sufficient reaction process data can be acquired irrespective of the scale of the device, and with which it is possible to ensure freedom of the device configuration. An automated analysis device 100 is provided with: a reaction disk 1 which circumferentially accommodates a plurality of reaction vessels 2; a specimen dispensing mechanism 11 which dispenses a specimen into the reaction vessels 2; a reagent dispensing mechanism 7 which dispenses a reagent into the reaction vessels 2; a measuring unit 4 which measures a reaction process of a mixture of the specimen and the reagent in the reaction vessels 2; and a cleaning mechanism 3 which cleans the reaction vessels 2 after measurement. Further, the automated analysis device 100 includes a controller 21 which controls the drive of the reaction disk 1 such that in one cycle the reaction vessels 2 move by an amount A in the circumferential direction in such a way that N and A are mutually prime, B and C are mutually prime, and the relationship A×B=N×C±1 holds, where N is the total number of reaction vessels 2 accommodated in the reaction disk 1, the reaction disk 1 moves through C (where C>1) rotations+an amount equivalent to one reaction vessel after B (where B>2) cycles, and the number of reaction vessels 2 moved in one cycle is A (where N>A>N/B+1).
US11235331B2
A fluid ejection device may include a blank cassette that includes a substrate, a die coupled to the substrate, a number of assigned electrical traces formed on the substrate, and a number of unassigned electrical traces formed on the substrate. At least one wirebond may couple at least one of the unassigned electrical traces to the die thereby assigning at least one function to the fluid ejection device.
US11235330B2
Polymer hydrogels and methods for selective retrieval of microbial targets from microwells and other cell culture devices. The methods use semi-permeable, photodegradable hydrogel membranes that permit exchange of nutrients and waste products but seals motile bacteria and other microbes within microwells. Light exposure can be used to degrade the hydrogel membrane in a targeted manner and release the microbes from targeted microwells for further study.
US11235328B2
An apparatus includes a polymer base layer having a surface. A die that includes a fluid manipulation surface that is substantially coplanar with the surface of the polymer base layer. The die includes a control electrode to generate an electric field to perform microfluidic manipulation of fluid across the fluid manipulation surface of the die.
US11235320B2
A system for manipulating electric fields within a microscopic fluid channel includes a fluid channel with an inlet and an outlet to support fluid flow, at least one controllable electric field producer that applies a non-uniform and adjustable electric field to one or more regions of the fluid channel, one or more sensors that measure one or more parameters of a fluid flowing through the fluid channel, and a controller with hardware and software components that receives signals from the one or more sensors representative of values of the one or more parameters and, based on the parameter values, drives one or more actuators to adjust the electric field produced by the plurality of electric field producers. A complex fluid including at least two components flows through the fluid channel, where at least one of the at least two components comprises particles controllable by the non-uniform and adjustable electric field.
US11235318B2
Pipette tip coupler and a disposable pipette tip for a pipette device comprises a stepped coupler shoulder complementary to an axially stepped pipette tip shoulder; a plurality of circumferentially disposed elements or segments carried by the coupler at a location superior to the coupler shoulder; and a distal elastomeric element carried by the coupler at a location distal to the coupler shoulder wherein the plurality of elements or segments have a circumferential, radially translated state that provides an abutment with a first working surface formed in the interior surface of the tip while compressing the distal elastomeric element into sealing abutment with a second working surface formed in the interior surface of the tip and while abutting the proximally facing axial stop surface of the tip with the distally facing axial stop surface of the coupler to define an axial coupling position of the pipette tip on the pipette device.
US11235315B2
The present invention relates to an oligomerization catalyst including a transition metal or transition metal precursor, a halogen-substituted organic ligand, and a heteroatom ligand, and to a method for selectively preparing 1-hexene or 1-octene from ethylene using the catalyst.
US11235308B2
Provided herein are stationary phase compositions comprising a chromatographic surface of porous or non-porous core material comprising a surface modifier for use in chromatographic separations.
US11235307B2
A synergistic composition can be used to treat water containing nitrogen compounds and phosphorus compounds. The synergistic composition includes iron filings, clay particles, aluminum particles, and sand particles. The iron filings, clay particles, and aluminum particles act synergistically to remove nitrogen compounds and phosphorus compounds from water. Specifically, the clay particles attract the nitrogen compounds and the phosphorus compounds to be absorbed onto a surface of the iron filings and the clay particles. The aluminum particles react with the nitrogen compounds via an oxidation reaction to form ammonia compounds, and react with the phosphorus compounds to produce aluminum phosphate. As such, the synergistic relationship between the iron filings, clay particles, and aluminum particles remove nitrogen and phosphorus compounds from water and recover the compounds in usable forms, namely, ammonia and aluminum phosphate.
US11235298B2
A blending system and method are described for preparing a blended mixture. The blending system includes a control system having at least a processor, and a computer-readable memory, wherein the memory contains software configured to receive a formula defining instructions for preparing a blended mixture. The blending system further includes: a plurality of receptacles to organize and store blending dye containers, the blending dye containers containing blending materials; a pumping system that pumps blending materials into a mixing bowl, wherein the pumping system is controlled by the control system; and a user input device that receives input regarding the preparation of the blended mixture. The control system monitors a weight on the scale as blending materials are added to a mixing bowl on the scale, wherein a desired batch size of the blended mixture is prepared and added to the mixing bowl on the scale.
US11235294B2
A receptacle comprises opposed members, a plurality of chambers having perimeter walls defined by seals formed between the opposed members and portals interconnecting the chambers, and a rigid frame supporting the opposed members at their peripheral edges. The frame comprises a front frame portion and a rear frame portion, and the peripheral edges of the opposed members are retained between the front and rear frame portions. An inlet port extends between the front and rear frame portions and is in fluid communication with one of the chambers.
US11235292B2
The invention relates to a ventilation element for the introduction of a gas into a liquid, having at least one gas port, having at least one carrier plate and having at least one elastically deformable diaphragm which is connected to the at least one gas port and/or to the at least one carrier plate. A space that can be formed between the at least one diaphragm and the at least one carrier plate is connected in terms of flow to the gas port. The at least one carrier plate has a multiplicity of gas outlet openings, and at least one diaphragm is composed at least in sections of a material with a lower density than water, or is equipped with at least one float body which has a lower density than water.
US11235282B2
Systems, methods and apparatuses to concentrate lithium containing solutions using forward osmosis units are provided, which, for example, can include providing at least one forward osmosis unit having at least one lithium containing solution chamber having at least one first inlet and at least one first outlet, at least one brine chamber having at least one second inlet and at least one second outlet, and at least one selectively permeable membrane positioned between the at least one lithium containing solution chamber and the at least one brine chamber, and conveying a lithium containing solution through the at least one lithium containing solution chamber and a concentrated brine solution through the at least one brine chamber, said conveying causing water from the lithium containing solution to be drawn through the at least one selectively permeable membrane and into the concentrated brine solution, such that a concentrated lithium containing solution exits through the first outlet and a less concentrated brine solution exits through the second outlet.
US11235275B2
A filtration system comprising a housing defining a central compartment, an outlet and a housing sealing surface having a first non-planar surface. A cover is removably coupled to the housing. The cover defines an inlet and comprises a cover sealing surface having a second non-planar surface. The filtration system also includes a filter element comprising a filter media and a seal member. The filter element is removably received in the central compartment. The seal member comprising a complimentary non-planar sealing surface that matches the first non-planar surface and the second non-planar surface such that the seal member axially pinched between the housing and the cover by the housing sealing surface and the cover sealing surface to form a first seal between the seal member and the housing and a second seal between the seal member and the cover.
US11235272B2
The present invention provides a smart air filter blockage detection and alert communication system for use with filters in air circulation systems such as HVAC, vehicles, server systems, and dryers. The system attached to the frame of a filter comprises a light source, a light sensor, two actuators and a control unit. The control unit based on a stored program or an external command activates the actuators to place the source and the sensor devices attached to the two arms of the actuators on the two sides of the filter membrane. The sensor measures the light intensity transmitted through the filter. The control unit upon receiving the intensity data determines the filter blockage level and communicates alert to the user when the blockage exceeds a predetermined value. The system uses a 4G or a 5G IoT network capability for data collection and communication with servers and user devices.
US11235266B2
A filter cartridge with easier extraction provided by a roll-out clearance region for a radial seal is provided. The filter cartridge may be a two stage filter with the seal being located between stages and usable in a filtration vessel having a central separation wall with one or more riser pipes. Also, a new vessel is disclosed with multiple diameters for first and second stages of the housing with a larger second stage diameter as compared to the first stage, which can reduce door size and/or cause fluid flow velocities to be slower at the second stage relative to the first stage.
US11235265B2
A suction adapter for filtration systems is disclosed. The suction adapter is useful for filtration systems in which there are screen regions unapproachable by intake openings of nozzles of the suction scanner, such as the case with pleated screens. The suction adapter comprises a partitioning adapted to match within a space-extension of a predetermined size and shape, whereby being useful for tunneling a suction power from an intake opening of the suction scanner to a screen region unapproachable by the intake opening. A method for cleaning a filtration screen having screen regions gapped from a closest approach of an intake opening of a suction scanner is disclosed. The method comprises providing immovable tunneling means between the screen regions and a location of the closest approach, whereby tunneling a suction power of the suction scanner to respective spots on the screen regions when closely approached, respectively, by the intake opening.
US11235260B2
The present invention relates to a method of controlling a concentration of a first component of a rectification column for separating a binary mixture of the first component with a second component on the basis of temperature measurements, wherein a control path defined by temperature sensors (T3, T2, T6) arranged in the longitudinal direction of the column is linearized with the aid of an estimated temperature profile, wherein a real temperature profile T*(h), determined by means of the temperature sensors, is approximated by a function T(h) in dependence on a column height h, wherein the column id divided into two sections along the column height h and the function T(h) is defined section by section on the basis, in each case, of a logistical function.
US11235258B2
Systems and method for generating a vanishing illusion special effect are provided. One approach involves two rooms that mirror each other and are separated by a wall. The wall includes a frame through which the transition glass is configured to move. The transition glass includes a mirrored portion and a transparent portion. A controller may instruct an actuator to move the transition glass such that the mirrored portion is in alignment or out of alignment relative to the frame. In a further embodiment, a first ride vehicle and a second ride vehicle mirror each other and are separated by a transition glass that also includes a mirrored portion and a transparent portion. A controller may regulate the movement of the first ride vehicle and the second ride vehicle from a position in alignment to a position out of alignment relative to the mirrored portion or the transparent portion.
US11235252B2
A first user device is provided. Via the user interface a first computer implemented game within a messaging application can be selected. The first computer implemented game is related, but different, to second computer implemented game. Game play in one of the first and second computer implemented game is dependent on game play in the other of the first and second computer implemented games.
US11235251B2
In esports a game firm has a game played by a gamer and shown on a third party viewing platform. To the firm, the platform is a middleman. The customer of the platform should be a customer of the firm. The gamer guides a viewer to watch the gamer on a read only copy of the game installed on the viewer's computer. The platform is bypassed. The viewer is now the firm's customer. The firm monetizes with ads and subscriptions. A viewer can be a tour guide of the game to other viewers.
US11235248B1
Provided is a method, computer program product, and system for improving online behavior in social networking environments using predictive analytics. A processor may monitor communications and user action data of a plurality of users participating in a social networking environment. The processor may analyze the communications and the user action data to determine a user score related to a set of behavioral characteristics for each of the plurality of users. The processor may compare the user score for each of the plurality of users to a set of corrective action thresholds. In response to a first user score associated with a first user meeting one of the set of corrective action thresholds, the processor may implement a first corrective action related to improving behavior of the first user.
US11235239B2
A computer device has a display, a user interface, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to provide a game board of a computer implemented game. The game board comprising a first dedicated area associated with a first player and a second dedicated area associated with a second player. When it is the first player's turn, the processor is configured to cause the display to display the first dedicated area and the common area. When it is the second player's turn, the processor is configured to cause the display to display the second dedicated area and the common area.
US11235238B2
A game board is displayed on a display of a computer device. When a user engages with one or more game elements in a move, at least one processor of the computer device determines a first characteristic of a game element associated with the triggering of a first game element, a first direction associated with the triggering and a first set of locations along the first direction. The at least one processor is configured to associate each location of the determined first set of locations with a game element having the determined first characteristic.
US11235232B2
Provided is a game machine capable of providing guidance so that, at an appropriate timing, the player performs the action of changing from a contacting state in which he/she is contacting a predetermined region to a non-contacting state in which such contact is not performed. The game machine provides a dance game for providing guidance about the performance timing of a dance step, and evaluating the actual step performance timing. The game machine comprises a stage sensor that detects a contacting state in which a foot of a player is contacting a treading surface of the stage, and detects a non-contacting state where such contact is not performed. The game machine also provides guidance about the time of a foot-lifting action as the step performance timing, and evaluates the time as the actual step performance timing, so that a foot-lifting action changing functions as the dance step.
US11235231B2
A gaming system may include: an infrared signal emitter configured to emit an infrared signal, the infrared emitter being configured to emit a predetermined number of emissions per a simulated reloading action, the infrared signal being configurable to be associated with one of at least a first team, a second team, and a neutral team, the infrared signal emitter including a handle to be grasped by a player and a trigger to effect emission of the infrared signal; and an infrared signal receiver configured to receive the infrared signal associated with one of the at least the first team, the second team, and the neutral team. Optionally, the gaming system may include a stationary receiver and emitter for integrated use with game players in a further modification of the methods and uses herein. The stationary receiver and emitter may receive and transmit signals, store a memory of activities, teams, players, and other game-playing benefits.
US11235221B2
An apparatus includes a pair of support members, a cable, a rolling mechanism and a tackling bag. The pair of support members are fixedly coupled to a surface. The cable is attached to and extends between the pair of support members. The rolling mechanism is connected to the cable and configured to traverse the rod from a first end of the rod toward a second end of the rod. The tackling bag is attached to the rolling mechanism and configured to be propelled from one of the pair of support members toward the other of the pair of support members. The rolling mechanism is permitted to move relative to the cable when a force is applied to the tackling bag.
US11235216B1
A portable sports practice net includes a frame with a base to which removable vertical poles having top side bar supports, such as T-units or L-units, are joined holds a net to create an opening, such as a goal opening. The top side bar supports have a unique shape and extend horizontally from the top of the vertical poles in a manner that reduces the weight placed on the net fabric hung between the vertical poles and creates a goal pocket depth with need for additional vertical posts. Or, the tops of the vertical posts are joined to T-units or L-units, with each T-unit or L-unit having a horizontal bar slidably engaged thereto to create the goal opening depth. Each vertical post creates a pivot point at its bottom end, such that each vertical post is urged apart from the other post to create tension or leverage between the opposite top side bar supports or T-units or L-units, thus creating a net opening with a more realistic goal shape and reducing sag at the top edge. The portable sports practice net may be used with soccer, golf, baseball and other sports.
US11235210B2
A golf club head includes a front body and a rear body coupled to the front body to define a hollow cavity therebetween. The front body includes a strike face that defines a ball striking surface, a hosel, and a frame that at least partially surrounds the strikeface and extends rearward from a perimeter of the strikeface away from the ball striking surface. The strike face and frame are formed from a thermoplastic composite comprising a thermoplastic polymer having a plurality of discontinuous fibers embedded therein. Each of the plurality of discontinuous fibers have a length of less than about 40 mm. The specific gravity of the thermoplastic can range between 1.0 and 2.0. In some embodiments, the thermoplastic composite is 20% to 70% fibers by volume.
US11235204B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent spin performance on approach shots under a wet condition and excellent spin performance on approach shots under a condition that there is grass between the golf ball and the club face. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film composed of at least one layer and formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein an outermost layer of the paint film located at the outermost layer of the golf ball contains a base resin and a porous filer, the base resin contains a polyurethane obtained by a reaction between (A) a polyisocyanate composition and (B) a polyol composition containing a urethane polyol as a polyol component, the porous filler contains SiO2 in an amount of 50 mass % or more as a constituent component, and a loss tangent (tan δ) of the outermost layer of the paint film measured with a dynamic viscoelasticity measuring apparatus under following conditions has a peak temperature in a range of from −40° C. to 40° C.
US11235202B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to carabiners, carabiner retrieval devices and systems, and methods of retrieving a carabiner. In an embodiment, a carabiner retrieval device includes a neck, a retention device, and a retrieval cord retention structure. The neck has a length and includes a first end spaced from a second end along the length. The retention device extends from the first end of the neck at an obtuse angle relative to the length of the neck, and is configured to be attached to a gate of a carabiner. The retrieval cord retention structure extends from the second end of the neck, and is configured to retain a retrieval cord. When the retrieval cord is coupled to the retrieval cord retention structure and the retrieval cord retention device is attached to the gate of the carabiner, the gate opens responsive to the retrieval cord being pulled in a predetermined direction.
US11235201B2
A weight machine sensor includes a force sensor, a position sensor, and a processor. The force sensor is programmed to output a force signal representing a force applied to a pulley-disposed on a cable incorporated into exercise equipment having a stack of weights. The position sensor is programmed to detect motion of the stack of weights and output a position signal representing the motion detected. The processor is programmed to receive the force signal and the rotation signal and determine, from the force signal and the position signal, exercise data including an amount of exercise resistance and a number of repetitions performed.
US11235197B2
An exercise machine creates a simulated continuous resisted climbing motion. The machine includes a floor- or ground-contacting base frame and two or more substantially vertically oriented uprights, wherein at least one upright is rigidly connected to the base frame. The machine further includes two handles and two foot pedals, each handle and each foot pedal being movably engaged with an upright for linear reciprocating motion along the upright. The handles and foot pedals are interconnected so that they move concurrently. An adjustable resistance mechanism may be operatively connected to the interconnection of the handles and foot pedals to provide adjustable resistance for the simulated continuous climbing motion.
US11235196B2
A resistance training glove device having a glove casing for attachment to an individual's hand. The glove casing includes a first member and a second member. The first and second members are attachably connected to one another to collectively form the glove casing. The first member has a body element which includes an enclosed tank for receiving and storing fluid. The second member includes a handle bar element, a cuff element and a reception cavity. The reception cavity receives the individual's hand when the glove casing is attached to the individual's hand. The stored fluid in the glove casing provides a weighted resistance to the individual during movement of the attached glove casing.
US11235195B2
A fitness training apparatus comprising: a base, at least one retractable line provided in or on the base, and a load generator provided in or on the base for applying a selectively adjustable load to the at least one retractable line. The retractable line has a free end region for operation by a user, wherein the at least one retractable line is configured and arranged to be extended from a retracted state in or on the base to an extended state upon application of a force to the free end region of the retractable line by the user. The load applied to the retractable line by the load generator resists or acts against the force applied to the free end region by the user for extending the retractable line from the retracted state to the extended state.
US11235185B1
A system and method for detecting securement of a proximity lanyard system to a bucket anchor in a bucket having a proximity sensor positioned therein. The proximity lanyard system can include an elongated body portion having a first end and a second end; a harness attachment positioned at the first end of the body portion; an anchor attachment positioned at the second end of the body portion; and a sensor substrate section comprising a sensor substrate and being integrated with the second end of the flexible body portion. The proximity sensor can detect the sensor substrate when the anchor attachment is connected to the bucket anchor.
US11235184B1
An intranasal cannula apparatus for use to filter air that enters a nasal cavity of a user is provided. The apparatus includes a pair of elongated bodies coupled together and designed to insert in the nasal cavity of the user. Each elongated body has a front portion, a rear portion, a top portion, a bottom portion and side portions that form an internal cavity therein. Each elongated body has a nasal opening disposed on the bottom portion of the elongated body that aligns with one of the nostrils of the user. A dorsal opening is disposed on the top portion of each elongated body. A pair of filters is disposed within the pair of elongated bodies. The apparatus is designed to permit air from the nostrils of the user to pass entirely through the nasal openings and dorsal openings in the elongated bodies to the nasal cavity of the user.
US11235176B2
Subject positioning systems and methods are provided. A method may include obtaining first information of at least part of a subject when the subject is located at a preset position, and determining, based on the first information, a first position of each of one or more feature points located on the at least part of the subject. The method may include obtaining, using an imaging device, second information of the at least part of the subject when the subject is located at a candidate position. The method may further include determining, based on the second information, a second position of each of the one or more feature points, a first distance between the first position and the second position for each feature point of the one or more feature points, and a target position of the subject based at least in part on the one or more first distances.
US11235175B2
A method and apparatus to automatically control the timing of an image acquisition by an imaging system in developing a correlation model of movement of a target within a patient.
US11235165B2
Described herein are implantable medical devices (IMDs), and methods for use therewith, that enable monitoring of impedance associated with a pathway (e.g., including a lead) used to selectively deliver stimulation pulses to patient tissue. A method involves measuring or storing a first voltage indicative of the energy stored on a reservoir capacitor (Cres) just prior to a stimulation pulse being delivered via the pathway, as well as measuring or storing a second voltage indicative of the energy stored on the Cres just after the stimulation pulse is delivered via the pathway. The method also includes monitoring the impedance associated with the pathway based on a difference between the first and second voltages, which may involve determining a count value indicative of how long it takes to discharge the first voltage to drop to the second voltage, wherein the count value is a surrogate of the impedance associated with the pathway.
US11235160B2
A connector block that permits simultaneous and continuous interconnection of the three leads of the epicardial pacing wires, the pacemaker, and the ECG monitor on clear separately labeled connectors is provided. Circuitry is provided that allows the display of epicardial signals on the telemetry unit, while still preserving the ability to pace the heart from the pacemaker. When pacing the connector block prevents excessive loading of the pacer signals by the ECG monitor and/or damage to the monitor by the high-voltage pacer signals. The connector block may be used universally on all monitors without the need for sophisticated understanding of the electrical characteristics of the ECG monitor or concern for damage or improper signal loading.
US11235152B2
One aspect of the invention provides a computer-implemented method of conveying a visual image to a blind subject fitted with a visual prosthesis. The computer-implemented method includes: mapping a representation of a visual image onto a two-dimensional array of points having a resolution greater than or equal to an electrode resolution of the visual prosthesis; identifying one or more continuous paths along the mapped representation; and controlling the visual prosthesis to sequentially actuate electrodes along the one or more paths. Another aspect of the invention provides a system including: a visual prosthesis comprising multiple electrodes; and an imaging processing device in communication with the visual prosthesis. The imaging processing device can be programmed to receive an image and perform any of the methods described herein.
US11235146B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a system for treating headaches and other pain associated with the occipital nerves. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a system of treating pain by selectively activating specific nerve fibers with a single, fault-resistant contact situated proximate to, but not in direct contact with, portions of one or more the occipital nerves. Additional measures ensure the lead does not migrate or fracture, resulting in long-lasting pain relief.
US11235143B2
A WCD system is configured to detect when a therapy administered to a patient by the WCD system is unsuccessful, and in response determine whether to send notifications to remote non-witness responders. The WCD system may be configured to decide to send such notifications after the WCD system determines it has administered a predetermined number of unsuccessful shocks to the patient. The predetermined number of unsuccessful shocks may be the maximum number of unsuccessful shocks the WCD system will administer to a patient, or every Xth shock (e.g., 3rd shock). The WCD system can be configured to periodically resend the notification. The notifications may be in form of SMS, voice messages, emails, app notifications, etc. sent to cell phones, smartphones, computers, laptops, tablets etc. of the responders either directly, via a server, or via a CAD-coupled server.
US11235140B2
A blood pump for supporting a patient's heart includes a flow cannula having a distal portion including a distal end and a proximal portion including a proximal end opposite the distal end, the distal end of the flow cannula configured to be connected to the patient's heart or a blood vessel to establish fluid communication between the blood pump and the patient's heart and blood vessel, respectively. The flow cannula further includes an intermediate portion attached to the distal portion and the proximal portion, wherein the intermediate portion allows twisting thereof with a lower force than the distal portion and the proximal portion. The intermediate portion can be fully occluded by twisting it. At least a portion of the intermediate portion either alone or in combination with the distal portion is adapted to be permanently attached to the patient's heart or a blood vessel.
US11235139B2
A system for detecting a suction condition in an implantable blood pump including a controller in communication with the blood pump. The controller includes a control circuit configured to calculate a present value during a time period, the present value corresponding to a pump speed divided by a pump current, determine a plurality of data values during the time period based on the present value, and determine a suction detection threshold value using the plurality of data values. The control circuit is also configured to compare the present value during the time period to the suction detection threshold value and generate an alert when the present value exceeds the suction detection threshold value on a plurality of instances during the time period, the alert corresponding to a suction condition.
US11235137B2
Methods and devices for implanting a ventricular assist device employ a coupler that engages an aperture formed in a heart wall and provides a conduit by which blood is pumped from the ventricle via the ventricular assist device. A method includes penetrating a distal end of a delivery device through a wall of a heart into a ventricle of the heart to form an aperture having a diameter in the wall. A coupler is deployed from the delivery device so that the coupler engages the aperture, expands the diameter of the aperture, and forms a conduit for a flow of blood from the ventricle. The delivery device is removed from the ventricle by retracting the delivery device through the conduit. The ventricular assist device is coupled to the coupler to receive the flow of blood from the ventricle and pump the flow of blood to assist circulation in the patient.
US11235135B2
A body-fluid-and-medication leak-proof and closed medical connector has a first connecting assembly and a second connecting assembly. The first connecting assembly has a first sleeve and a first resilient valve. The first resilient valve tends to seal a first opening of the first sleeve. The second connecting assembly has a second sleeve and a second resilient valve. The second resilient valve tends to seal a second opening of the second sleeve. The two resilient valves can avoid leakage of the medication remaining in an injector and a vial, or remaining in a fluid infusion tube and a catheter. The two resilient valves also can seal in two directions to avoid leakage during connecting or separating the two connecting assemblies after supplying medication. Therefore, the transfer of the medication is more hygienic and safe, and the waste of medical resources is effectively reduced.
US11235124B2
A catheter for measuring a fractional flow reserve includes a proximal shaft, a distal shaft coupled to a distal portion of the proximal shaft, and a pressure sensor coupled to the distal shaft. The proximal shaft includes a distal portion configured to extend through a stenosis in a vessel. The distal portion of the proximal shaft includes a radially expanded configuration having a first diameter and a radially collapsed configuration having a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is larger than the second diameter. The distal shaft includes a guidewire lumen configured to receive therein.
US11235122B2
A component useable with one or more tube comprises a body engageable with one or more external surface recesses of the one or more tubes. The component has a pair of jaws extending from the body for gripping an item. The component is configured, such that, in use, in a first orientation of the body relative to the respective tube(s) recesses, the component is movable along a length of the tube(s); and, in a second orientation of the body relative to the respective tube(s) recesses, the component is resistive to movement along a length of the tube(s).
US11235116B2
The invention is a laryngeal mask having a head part and an inlet tube, with a passage formed between a laryngeal opening of the head part and an inlet opening of the inlet tube. The laryngeal mask also includes: (1) a covering element encompassing the annular cushion and connected to the outer part of the head part towards the inlet tube from the connection of the annular cushion, where a releasable connection is formed circumferentially in the covering element or at the connection of the head part and the covering element; and (2) a puller element connected to an inner side of the covering element towards the laryngeal opening, and pullable from the inlet tube through the inlet opening, the puller element adapted for removing at least one part of the covering element through the inlet opening of the inlet tube by releasing the releasable connection.
US11235115B2
A humidifier assembly is configured to humidify a pressurized flow of breathable gas from a flow generator of a CPAP unit and includes a base configured to be attached to the flow generator, the base including a recess portion. A water receptacle is configured to be received within the recess portion of the base and includes a floor and a flange around an opening at the top of the water receptacle. A lid is hingedly attached to the base and is configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position. This lid includes a top wall, an outer depending wall, an inner depending wall in the form of a double wall, and an outlet pipe. A lid seal is attached to an underside of the top wall of the lid by way of a tongue and groove structure. A catch is located on the base and configured to lock the lid in the closed position.
US11235109B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a heater arrangement in a device arranged to heat smokable material is described. The method includes implementing a heater control loop, which control loop performs steps in one or more successive control periods. The control steps include determining a current remaining on time for a heating element of a heater arrangement based on the current rate of change of temperature, a target temperature and a current temperature of a zone of the device arranged to heat smokable material.
US11235106B2
An injection device comprises a housing, a dose indicator positioned within the housing and a dose selector operatively connectable to the dose indicator. The dose selector and the dose indicator are capable of cooperating with one another to set a dose to be ejected from the injection device. The dose indicator comprises an odometer including: i. a units (218) wheel operatively connected to the dose selector so that rotation of the dose selector also rotates the units wheel, and ii. a tens wheel (219) selectively engageable with the units wheel so that rotation of the units wheel also rotates the tens wheel. The dose indicator further comprises an axially-moveable shuttle lock (222) rotationally locked to the tens wheel and selectively engageable with the units wheel and the housing. The tens wheel is selectively engageable with the units wheel via said shuttle lock and, when the tens wheel is not engaged with the units wheel, the shuttle lock is rotationally locked to the housing.
US11235101B2
A gas extraction device for a fluid delivery apparatus includes a first layer and a vent membrane coupled to the first layer. The vent membrane enables a gas to pass through the vent membrane and prevents a fluid from passing through the vent membrane. The gas extraction device also includes a second layer coupled to the vent membrane opposite the first layer. The second layer has a first channel formed therethrough. In addition, the gas extraction device includes an impermeable membrane coupled to the second layer opposite the vent membrane. The first channel is configured to receive a fluid having a gas dispersed therein. The fluid is pressurized to move the fluid through the first channel against the vent membrane and to move the gas through the vent membrane.
US11235100B2
A system for maintaining drug information and communicating with medication delivery devices includes software designed for use in a hospital, pharmacy or biomedical technical service environments. The software may be provided on a computer readable medium. The software allows a facility to customize a drug library with both hard and soft drug limits and other parameters for use with an infuser having a plug and play module removably inserted into a slot within a housing, or for use with an infuser having a connectivity engine enclosed within the housing. The system supports data transfer to one or more infusers connected to one or more computers. The connection between the computer and the pump can be hard wired or wireless.
US11235097B2
A pressure regulation system for discharging a liquid having a predetermined liquid pressure from a liquid opening, including an elastic bag having a liquid phase and a gas phase, where the liquid opening in an operational position of the elastic bag is formed in the lower area of the elastic bag, at least two push elements, at least one drive unit and a control unit. The elastic bag has a gas opening, which extends into the gas phase. The pressure regulation system has a ventilation unit, which is connected to the control unit for communication and which connects to the gas opening of the elastic bag. The ventilation unit regulates the liquid pressure of the liquid discharged through the liquid opening by means of a gas supply into the elastic bag and/or a gas discharge from the elastic bag.
US11235088B1
Dermal filling materials and techniques are disclosed herein. In particular, dermal fillers containing low melt agarose (i.e., agarose having a melting temperature of less than 65° C.) are described. The disclosed dermal fillers can be manipulated after injection by, for example, heating and/or cooling the dermal filler while inside the patient to adjust its positioning or stiffness.
US11235085B2
The present invention is directed to a hemostatic material comprising a compacted, hemostatic aggregates of cellulosic fibers. In some aspects, the hemostatic material further includes additives, such as carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) or other polysaccharides, calcium salts, anti-infective agents, hemostasis promoting agents, gelatin, collagen, or combinations thereof. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of making the hemostatic materials described above by compacting a cellulosic-based material into hemostatic aggregates. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of treating a wound by applying hemostatic materials described above onto and/or into the wound of a patient.
US11235084B2
In some aspects, the disclosure pertains to injectable particles that contain at least one pH-altering agent that is configured to be released from the injectable particles in vivo, upon embolization of an intratumoral artery of a tumor with the injectable particles. In certain instances, the pH-altering agent may be a basic agent having a pH value of 7.5, a buffering agent having a pKa value of 7.6 or more, or both. Other aspects of the disclosure pertain to preloaded containers containing such injectable particles and methods of using such injectable particles.
US11235081B2
A volatile substance evaporation device includes a constant evaporation chamber (2) housing a liquid with volatile substances, an enhanced evaporation chamber (3) and an evaporation membrane (5) through which the volatile substances evaporate. The enhanced evaporation chamber (3) includes an absorbent body (6) therein. The inclusion of the absorbent body (6) enhances the evaporation rate in a simple manner and allows the enhanced evaporation to be substantially constant.
US11235076B2
Siderocalin-metal chelator combinations that bind metallic radioisotopes used in nuclear medicine with high affinity are described. The high affinity siderocalin-metal chelator combinations include a number of chelator backbone arrangements with functional groups that coordinate with metals. The siderocalin-metal chelator combinations can be used to deliver radionuclides for imaging and therapeutic purposes.
US11235075B2
The present invention provides novel hydrogels through peptides, which are designed to self-assemble and produce magnetic resonance (MR) contrast through chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST). The location and integrity of these gels could consequently be tracked using MR imaging. The self-assembly of the peptides into hydrogels can be brought about by a change in pH, ionic strength, temperature, and concentration of ions.
US11235070B2
Nanoparticles comprising protein-polynucleotide complexes and for delivering protein based complexes
This invention provides nanoparticles containing protein-polynucleotide complexes and methods of manufacture and methods of their use. These particles, when administered to a subject in need, are capable of delivering these complexes to target cells and target intracellular locations where they can perform a therapeutic function. In some embodiments, this therapeutic function includes gene editing, induction of gene skipping, and regulation of gene expression. The instant nanoparticles are generally formed by designing and synthesizing the polynucleotide to according to its intended function, combining it with a protein selected for its substrate specificity and enzymatic function in a manner to form a polynucleotide-protein complex, encapsulating the complexes by dispersion into a water-insoluble surfactant system, optionally adding a targeting ligand, and stabilizing the nanoparticles by crystallization of the ligand to the surface of the nanoparticles.
US11235065B2
The present disclosure relates to an antibody-drug conjugate in which a modified antibody comprising a motif having a specific structure at the end of the antibody is conjugated to a drug via a linker, and a composition comprising the same, and more particularly to a modified antibody-drug conjugate (mADC) comprising a modified antibody that has a significantly increased conjugation yield of drug due to a motif bound to the heavy chain or light chain C-terminus of the antibody, and to a composition comprising the same.
US11235064B2
The present disclosure provides various core constructs. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the core construct can be used to configure pharmaceutical molecules. In particular, the core construct may be conjugated with a functional element via the click chemistry.
US11235050B2
This disclosure relates to chimeric respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), live attenuated vaccine and immunogenic compositions, and methods of use. In certain embodiments, the chimeric respiratory syncytial virus has a mutated gene pattern encoding an RSV F protein having M at position 79, R at position 191, K at position 357, and/or Y at position 371.
US11235046B2
Disclosed are capsular polysaccharide (CPS)-protein immunogenic conjugates useful for providing protection against any condition or disease associated with Burkholderia pseudomallei or Burkholderia mallei, such as melioidosis or glanders, respectively. For example, a disclosed CPS-protein immunogenic conjugate includes purified 6-deoxyheptan capsular polysaccharide (CPS) from B. pseudomallei chemically activated and covalently linked to recombinant CRM 197 diphtheria toxin mutant (CRM197) to produce CPS-CRM197. Methods of inducing an immune response are disclosed. The methods include the use of a CPS-protein immunogenic conjugate, alone or in conjunction with other agents, such as Hcp1 and TssM, to prevent infection with B. pseudomallei or B. mallei. Also disclosed are methods for treating a subject having melioidosis or glanders.
US11235040B2
In one embodiment a vaccine composition comprises two or three AChR subunit constructs and an adjuvant. In some embodiments the AChR subunit construct is an AChR α1 subunit construct, an AChR β1 subunit construct, an AChR γ subunit construct, an AChR δ subunit construct, or an AChR ε subunit construct. In another embodiment, the invention provides a method of treating myasthenia gravis in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering a vaccine composition comprising one or more acetylcholine receptor subunit constructs selected from the group consisting of AChR α1 subunit, AChR β1 subunit, AChR γ subunit, AChR δ subunit, AChR ε subunit, a fragment thereof, and a combination thereof, and an adjuvant.
US11235037B2
Arginine deiminase with reduced cross-reactivity toward ADI - PEG 20 antibodies for cancer treatment
The present invention relates generally to isolated to arginine deiminase (ADI) proteins that have reduced cross-reactivity with anti-ADI-PEG 20 antibodies as compared to ADI-PEG 20 (pegylated ADI derived from M. hominis), but which can have functional characteristics comparable to or better than ADI-PEG 20, compositions comprising the ADI proteins, and related methods of treating arginine-dependent diseases or related diseases such as cancer.
US11235032B2
The present disclosure provides a method of treating cancer with a priming dose of combination immunotherapy comprising IL-2 (e.g., extended-PK IL-2), an immune checkpoint inhibitor, a tumor targeting antibody or integrin-binding polypeptide, and optional cancer vaccine, administered prior to maintenance doses of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. The methods of the disclosure can be used to treat a broad range of cancer types.
US11235031B2
The invention relates to treatment of heart failure in a mammal. Accordingly, the invention is directed to establishing a dosing regimen whereby the therapeutic benefits conferred by administration of a neuregulin such as glial growth factor 2 (GGF2) or a subsequence thereof are maintained and/or enhanced, while concomitantly minimizing any potential side effects.
US11235027B2
Compositions and methods are provided for the generation or treatment of chronic tympanic membrane perforation by modulation of HB-EGF activity.
US11235025B2
The present invention relates to an Nkx3.2 fragment with improved stability under a histopathological environment of arthritis and to a pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient. The Nkx3.2 fragment of the present invention has a function to activate NF-κB at the similar level to full-length Nkx3.2 and resistance to proteolysis by Siah1. In addition, the Nkx3.2 fragment exhibited at least a 10-fold improvement in degenerative arthritis treatment effect compared with Nkx3.2 in an animal model-based in vivo efficacy evaluation. Therefore, the Nkx3.2 fragment can be favorably used in the prevention or treatment of arthritis.
US11235024B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical aerosols comprising a β-hairpin peptidomimetic of formula cyclo(-OctG-Glu-Thr-Ala-Ser-Ile-Pro-Pro-Gln-Lys-Tyr-DPro-Pro-), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having inhibitory activity against human neutrophil elastase. It further relates to solid or liquid pharmaceutical compositions and kits for preparing and administering such aerosols. The invention can be used for the prevention, management or treatment of pulmonary diseases, such as alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), cystic fibrosis (CF), non-cystic fibrosis bronchiactasis (NCFB), or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or infections, or diseases, or conditions of the lungs, being mediated by or resulting from human neutrophil elastase activity. Thus, the invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition or a pharmaceutical aerosol comprising the active compound cyclo(-OctG-Glu-Thr-Ala-Ser-Ile-Pro-Pro-Gln-Lys-Tyr-DPro-Pro-), or any pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in a method for the prevention, management or treatment of diseases or conditions of the lungs being mediated by or resulting from human neutrophil elastase activity in a subject.
US11235019B2
Some embodiments comprise dietary supplements for treating or preventing traveler's diarrhea comprising: (a) about 1000 mg green tea extract comprising at least 90% (w/w) catechins; (b) about 4 g partially hydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG); (c) about 100 mg L-theanine; and (d) about 5 g non-sugar sweetener, wherein the sweetener does not contain a polyol. Some embodiments comprise dietary supplement for treating or preventing traveler's diarrhea comprising: (a) from about 250 mg to about 1,500 mg green tea extract comprising at least 90% (w/w) catechins; (b) from about 1 g to about 8 g partially hydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG); and (c) from about 15 mg to about 250 mg L-theanine. Some embodiments comprise methods for treating or preventing traveler's diarrhea, the method comprising: administering to a subject in need therefore a dietary supplement comprising (a) from about 250 mg to about 1,500 mg green tea extract comprising at least 90% (w/w) catechins; (b) from about 1 g to about 8 g partially hydrolyzed guar gum (PHGG); and (c) from about 15 mg to about 250 mg L-theanine.
US11235018B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer, a food composition for enhancing immune functions, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cachexia. The composition of the present invention provides effects of further inhibiting the growth of tumors, increasing immunological activity, and suppressing cachexia caused by tumors. In addition, the composition of the present invention can obtain a synergistic effect when co-administered with an existing anticancer drug.
US11235015B2
An antiviral traditional Chinese medicine composition, a preparation method therefor and a pharmaceutical application thereof. The composition uses Herba Taraxaci, Radix Stemonae, Pseudobulbus Cremastrae Seu Pleiones, Radix Puerariae, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, and Radix Cynanchi Atrati as main active pharmaceutical ingredients, may also optionally and additionally use Cortex Lycii Radicis and Cortex Mori as active pharmaceutical ingredients, and is prepared into a pharmaceutically acceptable dosage form according to needs. The medicine composition is effective against influenza A virus, H1N1, H7N7 and H9N2 viruses, Zika virus, dengue virus I, dengue virus II, and Chikungunya virus.
US11235008B2
The present application relates to nutritional compositions comprising lactic acid-producing bacteria.
US11235006B2
An inhibiting or alleviating agent for amyloid beta (Aβ)-induced damage in hippocampus including an extract from inflamed tissues inoculated with vaccinia virus. Also relates to the use of the extract from inflamed tissues inoculated with vaccinia virus in the preparation of an agent for inhibiting or alleviating Aβ-induced damage in hippocampus.
US11234999B2
It relates to a topical composition comprising specific amounts of: a) a hyaluronic acid or a pharmaceutically or veterinary acceptable salt thereof, b) one or more adhesive agents, and c) a non-absorbable antibiotic; to delivery devices comprising it; and to its uses in medicine, in particular, in the treatment and/or prevention of mucosal lesions; in the prevention of postpolypectomy syndrome; as adjuvant therapy to mechanical treatments in gastrointestinal perforations, and as sealant treatment in surgical anastomoses and leaks or fistulas in gastrointestinal tract.
US11234994B2
The present disclosure relates to RNA interference (RNAi) reagents for treatment of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD), compositions comprising same, and use thereof to treat individuals suffering from OPMD or which are predisposed thereto.
US11234981B2
A pharmaceutical composition is provided comprising combination of antiretroviral drugs optionally in combination of pharmacokinetic boosters. The formulation is used for the treatment of diseases caused by retroviruses. The process of preparation of the formulation is also provided.
US11234972B2
Provided are methods of treating a patient diagnosed with Fabry disease and methods of enhancing α-galactosidase A in a patient diagnosed with or suspected of having Fabry disease. Certain methods comprise administering to a patient a therapeutically effective dose of a pharmacological chaperone for α-galactosidase A, wherein the patient has a splice site mutation in intron 4 of the nucleic acid sequence encoding α-galactosidase A. Also described are uses of pharmacological chaperones for the treatment of Fabry disease and compositions for use in the treatment of Fabry disease.
US11234971B2
Novel methods for treating cancer include: measuring the expression level of a gene; administering a glucocorticoid receptor modulator (GRM) to a patient; again measuring the expression level of a gene; identifying a patient in whom the expression level of the gene is decreased following GRM administration (compared to the baseline gene expression level) as likely to benefit from treatment by combined cancer chemotherapy plus GRM administration; and administering to the identified patient a combination of the GRM and cancer chemotherapy, whereby the cancer is treated in the patient. The GRM may be selected from relacorilant, CORT125281, CORT122928, and CORT113176. The cancer chemotherapy agent may be a taxane. The genes whose expression level is measured may be selected from COX2, DUSP1, GSK3b, MCL-1, PIK3CG, RGS-2, SGK1, and STAT3, and may be selected from FCGRT, C5, MAP3K7, TP53, BBC3, THBD, PRR5, RICTOR, and EIF2B4.
US11234970B2
A compound of formula (1) or a salt thereof, which is effective as a parasitic pest control agent, is provided. In the formula, R1 represents, for example an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 haloalkyl group, R2 represents, for example a halogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkoxy group, R3 represents, for example a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, n represents an integer of 0 to 5, X represents an oxygen atom or sulfur atom, Y represents, for example phenyl substituted at an ortho position, pyridyl, and the bond with a broken line represents a double bond or a single bond.
US11234964B2
The present invention relates to the use of melatonin for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition suitable for intratumoral administration for the treatment of tumors. This composition comprises high concentrations of melatonin, melatonin derivatives or metabolites, such that melatonin exerts an oxidizing effect, increasing the production of free radicals and activating cell death.
US11234959B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the avermectin family, preferably ivermectin, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for use in the treatment and/or prevention of hand eczema.
US11234958B2
Formulations for topical use based on vitamin E or an ester thereof for use in removing, reducing or inhibiting a bacterial and/or fungal biofilm, are disclosed. The ester of vitamin E is an ester with a carboxylic acid of formula R—COOH, in which R is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 19 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl or alkynyl having from 2 to 19 carbon atoms.
US11234954B2
Methods of treating sleep disorders, particularly certain aspects of insomnia, in elderly patients (65 years and older) by administering initial daily dosages of doxepin of 1-3 mg. These ultra-low initial dosages are more effective in elderly versus non-elderly patients in decreasing wake time during sleep, latency to persistent sleep and wake time after sleep, and are particularly efficacious in treating those conditions in the last hour of an 8-hour sleep cycle. Also, the dosages described herein are safe for elderly individuals.
US11234953B2
Described herein is the surprising discovery that ketone bodies protect cell and tissues from ionizing radiation. Based on this finding, methods of protecting animal tissue and cells from damage caused by radiation exposure are disclosed which include, contacting the tissue with a therapeutically effective amount of an agent including at least one ketone ester, thereby protecting the tissue from radiation damage. Ketone esters can be used to minimize, reduce and/or prevent tissue damage following intentional and accidental radiation exposure, as well as increasing the therapeutic efficacy of radiation therapies by protecting non-target tissue from incidental radiation damage.
US11234948B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of preventing and/or treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (II): wherein R1, R2, R3, X and Y are as defined in the specification; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or solvate of such a salt. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method of preventing and/or treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I): wherein R2, R3, and X, are as defined in the specification; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or solvate of such a salt. Further, the present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I) for preventing and/or treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, wherein R2, R3 and X are as defined in the specification; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or solvate of such a salt.
US11234942B2
Pharmaceutical compositions containing a stilbene such as resveratrol, a flavonol such as quercetin, and a TLR4/MD2 receptor antagonist such as naltrexone or curcumin inhibit aggregation of superactivated platelets, block activation of the coagulation cascade, and are useful for treating microvascular diseases including neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and dementia, for treating primary open-angle glaucoma, for reducing scar formation, and like afflictions that involve the coagulation cascade.
US11234941B2
The invention relates to nanoparticles comprising a solid matrix, wherein the solid matrix comprises albumin and certain xanthophylls, and wherein the xanthophyll is distributed throughout the solid matrix. The present invention also relates to the method for obtaining the nanoparticles and to the products and compositions incorporating them.
US11234933B1
Emulsome compositions comprising phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol, tristearin, and one or more lipophilic bioactive agents such as vinpocetine are provided. The emulsomes may further comprise surface modifications of either [N-(carbonyl-methoxypropylethyleneglycol-2000)-1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine, sodium salt] (MPEG-DSPE) for peglyation or stearylamine for cationization. Methods of improving brain delivery of lipophilic bioactive agents by intranasally administering such emulsome compositions are also provided.
US11234932B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to particles having a Bryoid and a HDAC inhibitor for the treatment of latent viral disease.
US11234925B2
The present invention provides a stable, aqueous injectable solution comprising epinephrine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a sulfite antioxidant, butylated hydroxyl anisole, an organic acid and a chelating agent, wherein the solution is free of an inorganic acid and an inorganic base. The invention also provides a method of treating the septic shock by intravenous administration of stable aqueous injectable solution comprising epinephrine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a sulfite antioxidant, butylated hydroxyl anisole, an organic acid and a chelating agent, wherein the solution is free of an inorganic acid and an inorganic base.
US11234911B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing solid microcapsules comprising the following steps: a) preparation of a composition C1, which is either a composition C1a, comprising a single hydrophobic solid particle, or a composition C1b comprising a plurality of hydrophobic solid particles dispersed in a hydrophilic phase, b) addition with stirring of the composition C1 in a polymeric composition C2 at a temperature Tb, whereby an emulsion (E1) is obtained; c) addition, with stirring, of the emulsion (E1) in a composition C3 at a temperature Tc, whereby a double emulsion (E2) is obtained; d) applying a shear to the emulsion (E2), whereby a double emulsion (E3) is obtained; and e) polymerization of the composition C2, whereby solid microcapsules dispersed in the composition C3 are obtained.
US11234908B2
The present invention relates to novel oil-in-water pumpable nanoemulsions. The oil phase contains oil selected from the group consisting of triglyceride oil and/or petrolatum as well as C8 to C18 fatty acid; and the aqueous phase contains sulfoalkyl ester and/or amide of fatty acids as emulsifier.
US11234904B2
A polymerisable dental composite material comprising (i) 70 to 85% by weight of an inorganic filler component comprising at least one dental glass and optionally at least one amorphous metal oxide, (ii) 10 to 30% by weight of at least one monomer comprising 1,3-bis(5′-alkyl-3′,8′-dioxo-2′-aza-4′,7′-dioxa-decyl-9′-en)phenyl and/or 1,3-bis(5′,9′-dialkyl-3′,8′-dioxo-2′-aza-4′,7′-dioxa-decyl-9′-en)phenyl, (iii) 0.01 to 5% by weight of at least one di-, tri-, tetra- or multi-functional monomer not being a urethane (meth)acrylate, (iv) 0.01 to 10% by weight of at least one initiator, of an initiator system and optionally of at least one stabilizer and optionally of at least one pigment, wherein the total composition of the composite material amounts to 100% by weight, and a polymerized composite material having a flexural strength of greater than or equal to 190 MPa and an elastic modulus of 12 to 21 GPa for the production of indirect dentures.
US11234902B2
Patients with substance abuse problems may be prescribed regular medication that dulls the positive effects of the substance. However, one of the largest challenges for substance abuse patients is that many do not regularly take their medication as they want to experience the high of the substance. Accordingly, systems and methods have been developed for medication sessions that distract the patient from taking the medicine by incorporating the reminder and other med actions in close temporal proximity.
US11234901B2
The present invention relates to a device for separating medication packages from a strip of medication packages. The device comprises a cutting base along which the strip of medication packages is to be moved, a circular cutting blade arranged perpendicularly against the cutting base, and an actuator connected to the circular cutting blade and configured to move the circular cutting blade in opposite first and second directions for cutting the strip between two successive medication packages. In the device the actuator is connected to the circular cutting blade with a spring suspension allowing the circular cutting blade to move in opposite third and fourth directions perpendicular to the cutting base.
US11234900B2
Various aspects of the subject disclosure relate to a compounder system having a cartridge that includes fluid pathways controllable by valves of the cartridge. A pump component within the cartridge is actuable to move fluid through the controllable fluid pathways. The cartridge includes a backpack for management of tubing to couple the cartridge to a receiving container. A disposable waste container is contained by the cartridge and the backpack. A syringe holder is provided for use of a syringe as a receiving container to receive a compounded medication.
US11234897B2
Multi-dose packaged over-the-counter antitussive syrups comprise a bottle containing about 75 ml or less of a liquid formulation of dextromethorphan hydrobromide. The liquid formulation provides at least two doses of dextromethorphan hydrobromide. Multi-dose packaged over-the-counter liquid formulations comprise a bottle having a capacity of about 100 ml or less, at least two doses of the liquid formulation carried within the bottle, a cap, a dosage cup releasably carried on the cap and a shrink wrap substantially enveloping the bottle and the dosage cup. Antitussive syrups comprise water, dextromethorphan hydrobromide in amounts from about 6 to about 25 mg/ml, and sweetener in amounts from about 200 to about 800 mg/ml.
US11234890B2
Methods and apparatuses for recognizing a gait task, that may detect a gait pattern of a user based on sensed data, generate a gait feature of the gait pattern based on similarities between the gait pattern and similar gait data extracted from each of a plurality of databases, and estimate a gait task corresponding to the gait pattern by applying the gait feature to a desired learning model, may be provided.
US11234885B2
A limb support comprises a spar, a limb rest, and a coupler. The spar is configured to be supported from a patient support apparatus and adjustable relative to the patient support and has a longitudinal axis. The coupler includes a release that is selectively actuable to release locking mechanisms to permit adjustment of the limb rest relative to the spar.
US11234884B2
A medical apparatus is provided. The medical apparatus comprises an operating table provided with a base and a tabletop for supporting a patient, an x-ray detector attached to the operating table, and at least one x-ray source configured to be attached to the operating table in a manner so as to be movable with respect to the operating table.
US11234882B2
A table pedestal for an operating table, comprising a pedestal base for connecting the table pedestal to the floor; a pedestal head support that is adjustable in height for supporting the head of the pedestal; a lifting drive for adjusting the height of the pedestal head support in relation to the base of the pedestal; a cylindrical main guide connecting the pedestal head support to the pedestal base, and serving to provide a vertical guide of the pedestal head support in its height adjustment. An additional stabilizing guide, which also connects the pedestal head support to the pedestal base and provides a vertical guide for the pedestal head support in its height adjustment, reduces the play in rotation of the main guide.
US11234876B2
Disclosed herein are patient-turning assemblies including a patient-turning assembly for turning a patient, which patient-turning assembly may include: a sling having: a first sling portion having a handle; and a second sling portion extending from the first sling portion; a sleeve fixedly coupled to the second sling portion; a channel disposed between the sleeve and the second sling portion; and a cushion capable of either ingress into or egress from the channel, or both.
US11234871B2
An absorbent article (1) includes a hip hold portion (H) and a main body (8) including a liquid-pervious topsheet (3), a liquid-impervious backsheet (2), and an absorbent member (4) arranged between the topsheet and the backsheet. The main body has a shape with a prescribed length in the front-back direction and a prescribed width in the direction orthogonal to the front-back direction. The hip hold portion includes a side region (10) protruding from a backward side portion of the main body, and the side region includes a first protrusion (41) including a portion having a greatest width from a front-back direction centerline of the main body, a first recess (51) that is in front of and adjacent to the first protrusion, and a second protrusion (42) that is in front of and adjacent to the first recess. The outline of the first recess includes a curved line, and a rigid area (70) including one or more rigid portions (60) with enhanced rigidity is provided on a first imaginary line passing through a bottom point of the first recess and a center of a circle of curvature of a curve at the bottom point of the first recess.
US11234869B2
A guiding device of an apparatus for producing sanitary articles for applying at least one thread onto a substrate intended for producing these sanitary articles, in which said guiding device is able to guide the thread quickly, accurately, and stably without being subject to wear and contamination problems, while ensuring reduced energy consumption. The present invention also relates to a method for applying a thread onto a substrate intended to produce sanitary articles.
US11234867B2
A goggle lens is configured for use with a goggle frame having a frame body and a pair of frame engagement members positioned at respective lateral end portions of the frame body. The goggle lens includes a lens rim, and a lens element that is transparent to allow a user to view through the lens element. A pair of lens engagement members are coupled to respective lateral end portions of the lens rim. The pair of lens engagement members are selectively engageable with respective ones of the pair of frame engagement members. The pair of lens engagement members include a locking lens engagement member comprising a first element coupled to the lens rim, and a second element moveably coupled to the first element for facilitating selective engagement and disengagement with the respective one of the pair of frame engagement members.
US11234859B2
An improved medical pad for contact thermal exchange with a patient includes a fluid circulation layer for containing a thermal exchange fluid circulatable therethrough, a first port and a second port for circulating the thermal exchange fluid in to and out of the fluid circulation layer, and a hydrogel layer interconnected to and extending across one side of the fluid circulation layer to define an adhesive surface for adherence to a patient's skin. The hydrogel layer comprises an ultra violet light-cured composition that includes a cross-linking copolymer in an amount of between about 15% to 30% by weight of the composition, water in an amount of between about 15% to 40% by weight of the composition, and glycerol in an amount of between about 25% to 35% by weight of the composition. The hydrogel layer is provided to have a thermal conductivity of at least about 1.9 cal/hr-cm-° C.
US11234855B2
Disclosed is a shoulder brace for immobilization of the arm and shoulder joint in neutral abduction/adduction. Methods of using the brace and methods of treating shoulder injuries are similarly provided.
US11234851B2
Dynamic arm brace assemblies and methods of use are provided herein. An example device includes a torso connection member securable to a torso of a patient, a forearm support member that couples with at least a forearm of an patient, the forearm support member couples with the torso connection member so as to fix an elbow of the patient proximate the torso, the forearm support member being pivotally coupled to the torso connection member to allow for an angle between the forearm support member and a coronal plane of the patient, and a dynamic tensioning assembly that externally rotates the forearm support member and selectively sets the angle so as to stretch a shoulder capsule (capsule and adjacent tissue(s)) affected with adhesive capsulitis, reducing the adhesive capsulitis.
US11234850B2
An orthopedic device includes a frame, a strap system including first and second straps connecting to the frame, and an adjustment mechanism couples to the first and second straps and simultaneously regulates tension in the first and second straps by moving the first and second straps relative to the frame. The strap system includes a length adjustment system for modifying the length of the strap.
US11234846B2
This guide catheter includes a resin tube having an inner lumen through which a guide wire is insertable; a metal pipe attached to an inside of the tube to be coaxial with the tube; and a metal wire having a distal end portion welded to a region more distal than a proximal end of the pipe on an outer circumferential surface of the pipe. The pipe has a most proximal portion formed in a proximal end surface of the pipe, the most proximal portion is more proximal than other portions of the proximal end surface in a central axis direction of the pipe. A welding region of the wire welded to the pipe is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the pipe and a proximal end of the welding region is positioned apart from the most proximal portion of the pipe in the central axis direction of the pipe.
US11234843B2
A system for performing angioplasty and a method of utilizing same are provided. The system includes a balloon mounted on a catheter shaft and an expandable constraining structure mounted over the balloon. The expandable constraining structure includes a plurality of axial struts crossing a plurality of radially-expandable rings being for constraining said balloon such that isolated balloon regions protrude through openings in said constraining structure when the balloon is inflated.
US11234841B2
An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A method or technique for using the surgical instruments to prepare the bones is also disclosed.
US11234833B2
This present subject disclosure provides a novel implant which is readily adjustable to provide a precise angle of lordosis. The implant may be positioned while in low profile, collapsed geometry, and may be expanded when in place to provide a precise angle of lordosis.
US11234831B2
A Cloward-style cage device for anterior cervical fusion and fixation includes a body and a lateral stabilizer. The device uses the historical Cloward-style approach, and, as such, decompresses the interbody disc. The device can be used with a cylindrical drill bit to drill through the interbody disc to remove a portion of the interbody endplates to decompress a remaining portion of the interbody disc. The lateral portions of the endplates are generally preserved. The device has a cylindrical body formed of a mesh-like material, with lateral stabilizers.
US11234829B2
The description relates to an expandable intervertebral spacer configured to engage an intervertebral disk. An example expandable spacer includes a main body, a first endplate, a second endplate, a driving member, a plurality of pins, and an actuation member. The expandable spacer is configured to transition from a first configuration to a second configuration by various structures (e.g., steps, faceted surfaces, curved surfaces, multi-faceted portions) defined on the first endplate, the second endplate, and the driving member.
US11234827B2
A medical grade thermoplastic or polymer implant with an osteoconductive coating is provided, specifically for corrections of the distal and proximal interphalangeal toe joints of the foot. The implant can be either straight or angled, and can be either solid or cannulated for insertion. The implant is sized and shaped depending on the specific anatomy and desired correction. End portions of the implant may be coated with an osteoconductive coating that promotes bone growth, but may reduce radiolucency. Thus, a central portion of the implant may remain uncoated to increase radiolucency of the implant at the region where two bones come together.
US11234821B2
Systems, devices and methods for repairing a native heart valve. In one embodiment, a repair device for repairing a native mitral valve having an anterior leaflet and a posterior leaflet between a left atrium and a left ventricle comprises a support having a contracted configuration and an extended configuration. In the contracted configuration, the support is sized to be inserted under the posterior leaflet between a wall of the left ventricle and chordae tendineae. In the extended configuration, the support is configured to project anteriorly with respect to a posterior wall of the left ventricle by a distance sufficient to position at least a portion of the posterior leaflet toward the anterior leaflet.
US11234819B2
According to one representative embodiment, a method of treating aortic insufficiency comprises delivering a support structure to a position around the leaflets of a native heart valve. An expandable prosthetic heart valve can be advanced into the native heart valve and into the interior of the annular body. The prosthetic heart valve can be expanded into contact with the leaflets of the native valve, thereby causing the leaflets of the native valve to be frictionally secured between an inner surface of the annular body and an outer surface of the prosthetic heart valve. A delivery apparatus for delivering the support structure can include a first shaft that is allowed to move in a proximal direction relative to a second shaft, when the second shaft foreshortens as a result of an adjustment mechanism being actuated to increase the curvature of the second shaft.
US11234818B2
An annuloplasty device is disclosed comprising first and second support rings being configured to be arranged as a coil in a first configuration around an axial direction, wherein the first and second support rings are configured to be arranged on opposite sides of native heart valve leaflets of a heart valve, a stiffening unit, wherein at least part of the first and second support rings comprises an interior channel configured to receive the stiffening unit, wherein insertion of the stiffening unit into the interior channel increases the stiffness of the first and/or second support rings. A method of repairing a defective heart valve is also disclosed.
US11234815B2
A prosthetic heart valve includes a support frame and a plurality of leaflets disposed inside the support frame. The support frame extends between an inflow end and an outflow end and includes a leaflet frame and a plurality of positioning members coupled to the leaflet frame. The leaflet frame has an undulating shape at the outflow end of the support frame and includes a plurality of commissure regions spaced apart from each other. The positioning members are disposed between the commissure regions of the leaflet frame and extend radially outwardly relative to the leaflet frame. The positioning members are configured to contact native tissue and anchor the support frame relative to the native tissue. The leaflets are coupled to the commissure regions of the leaflet frame. The leaflets are configured to allow flow in a first direction and to substantially block flow in an opposite direction.
US11234810B2
Provided is an intraocular lens including a lens body having a back surface disposed on a retinal side and a front surface disposed on a corneal side, wherein an entire back surface is shaped in such a way as to protrude from a peripheral edge of the back surface toward the retinal side in a direction of an optical axis, in a shape of a truncated cone, and the front surface has any of the following shapes (i) to (iii); (i) the front surface is shaped in such a way as to start to be recessed toward the retinal side in the direction of the optical axis when viewed toward a center from a peripheral edge of the front surface, (ii) the front surface is shaped in such a way that an initial part from the peripheral edge of the front surface toward the center is flat, (iii) the front surface is shaped in such a way as to start to protrude toward the corneal side in the direction of the optical axis when viewed toward the center from the peripheral edge of the front surface, but a rate of rise of a protrusion from the peripheral edge of the front surface is smaller than a rate of rise of a protrusion from the peripheral edge of the back surface.
US11234808B2
Apparatus, including an enclosure, a fluid-tight bag located within the enclosure, and a fluid-tight valve connected to the fluid-tight bag. The apparatus also has a tube, having a first end connected to the fluid-tight bag via the fluid-tight valve, and a second end connected to a balloon within a breast implant fitted to an implantee. The apparatus further includes a spindle, located within the enclosure, connected to the fluid-tight bag, and configured to rotate under control of the implantee so as to roll the fluid-tight bag onto the spindle or to unroll the fluid-tight bag from the spindle, and thus transfer a fluid, contained in the balloon, the tube, and the fluid-tight bag, therebetween.
US11234799B2
A method for manufacturing a dental implant apparatus that comprises an implant and an implant support that can be placed next to one another by contact surfaces and that have contours providing security against rotation that are integrally molded on in one piece. The implant and an implant support have mutually matching contours that prevent a rotation of the implant and the implant support when placed next to one another. A tool system for carrying out the described methods and a dental implant apparatus that is manufactured in a corresponding manner are further disclosed. A contact surface of the implant is ground using a first grinding gauge that has a grinding surface having the shape of the contact surface of the implant attachment but not having the shape of the contour providing security against rotation of the implant. The contact surface of the implant support is ground using a second grinding gauge that has a grinding surface having the shape of the contact surface of the implant but not having the shape of the contour providing security against rotation of the implant support.
US11234798B2
Provided are a system, method, and computer readable storage medium for generating an intra-oral scan of a dentition. A contiguous scan of an occlusal surface of at least a part of one arch of the dentition is generated. At least one additional surface is associated to the contiguous scan of the occlusal surface.
US11234782B2
Active and semi-active damping of systems include a first link supported by a base, a second link, a damper coupling the first link to the second link, the damper having a variable damping coefficient, and a processor. The processor is configured to predict an acceleration or a vibration of the second link expected to result from a commanded movement of the second link and adjust the variable damping coefficient of the damper based on the predicted acceleration or the predicted vibration to reduce vibration in the second link.
US11234779B2
Disclosed herein is a mobile interface device to control a robotically-assisted surgical system. The mobile interface device provides a surgeon with a direct view of the surgical robotic system and allows a surgeon to easily and intuitively select, control, or manipulate various target components of the surgical robotic system. The mobile interface device may capture a live image of the surgical robotic system to automatically identify a robotic arm that appears in the center of the captured live image as the target component selected by the surgeon. Based on the current pose or position of the target component, the mobile interface device may generate a list of target poses and control options. The surgeon may select a control option to select a target pose and to manipulate the target component to command a robotically-assisted movement of the selected robotic arm from the current pose to the target pose.
US11234776B2
Embodiments of a rotating assistant port device are presented. The assistant port device can be utilized to provide for additional assistant instruments in single port robotic surgery. In some embodiments, the assistant port device can be utilized for skin retraction during single port teleoperated robotic surgery.
US11234771B2
A dynamic reference deviation detecting method is used for detecting a deviation of a dynamic reference coordinate system. A coordinate detecting step is for detecting and recording a first initial coordinate and a second initial coordinate. A first coordinate variation calculating step is for calculating a difference between a first instantaneous coordinate and the first initial coordinate to obtain a first difference value. A second coordinate variation calculating step is for calculating a difference between a second instantaneous coordinate and the second initial coordinate to obtain a second difference value. A relative coordinate variation calculating step is for obtaining a relative difference value. A dynamic reference deviation determining step is for determining whether or not the dynamic reference coordinate system is deviated according to the first difference value, the second difference value and the relative difference value.
US11234765B2
A method for forming a resonating structure within a body lumen, the method including advancing a flexible microwave catheter into a body lumen of a patient, the flexible microwave catheter including a radiating portion at the distal end of the flexible microwave catheter, the radiating portion configured to receive microwave energy, and at least one centering device proximate the radiating portion configured to deploy radially outward from the flexible microwave catheter; positioning the radiating portion near tissue of interest; deploying the at least one centering device radially outward from the flexible microwave catheter within the body lumen such that a longitudinal axis of the radiating portion is substantially parallel with and at a fixed distance from a longitudinal axis of the body lumen near the targeted tissue; and delivering microwave energy to the radiating portion such that a circumferentially balanced resonating structure is formed with the body lumen.
US11234760B2
Electrosurgical devices including a shaft, a handle and a distal end portion. The distal end portion is formed of an electrically conductive material and includes an electrically insulating material covering a substantial portion of the distal end portion and leaving an exposed portion which acts as an active electrode for delivery of electrical energy to tissue. A conduit in the shaft extending to an opening in the distal end portion facilitates aspiration of tissue and may provide suction simultaneous with delivery of electrical energy. Systems include an electrosurgical device, a source of electrical energy and may optionally include a source of suction and/or a source of fluid delivery or irrigation.
US11234759B2
A medical device includes an elongated sleeve having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end. A cutting member having a plurality of sharp edges is formed from a wear-resistant ceramic material is carried at the distal end of the elongated sleeve. A motor drive is coupled to the proximal end of the elongated sleeve to rotate the sleeve at cutting member at high RPMs to cut bone and other hard tissue. An electrode is carried in a distal portion of ceramic cutting member for RF ablation of tissue when the sleeve and cutting member are is a stationary position. In methods of use, (i) the ceramic member can be engaged against bone and then rotated at high speed to cut bone tissue, and (ii) the ceramic member can be held in a stationary (non-rotating) position to engage tissue and RF energy can be delivered to the electrode to create a plasma that ablates tissue.
US11234758B2
A surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing having a shaft. An end effector assembly is operatively connected to a distal end of the shaft and has a pair of first and second jaw members that are movable relative to one another. A drive assembly operably couples to a handle assembly associated with the housing and is configured to impart movement of a respective jaw member when the handle assembly is actuated. A spring component operably associated with each of the jaw members is configured to provide a sealing force at the jaw members.
US11234755B2
A surgical instrument (100) includes first and second shaft members (110, 120) defining proximal and distal end portions (112a, 122a, 112b, 122b) and including handles (114, 124) at the proximal end portions (112a, 122a) thereof. A pivot member (130) couples the distal end portions (112b, 122b) with a gap (G) defined therebetween proximally of the pivot member (130). First and second jaw members (210, 220) extend distally from the shaft members (110,120), distally of the pivot member (130). A lockout bar (160, 560, 660, 760) is movable between an unlocked position, withdrawn from the gap (G), and a locked position, disposed within the gap (G). The handles (114, 124) are pivotable between spaced-apart and approximated positions to pivot the jaw members (210, 220) between open and closed positions. The handles (114, 124) are yawable between the approximated position and a yawed position to yaw the jaw members (210, 220) between the closed position and a cutting position. The gap (G) provides clearance to permit yawing such that, when the lockout bar (160, 560, 660, 760) is disposed in the locked position, yawing of the handles (114, 124) is inhibited.
US11234754B2
A smoke evacuation device that evacuates smoke from a surgical site and filters the smoke from the air. The smoke evacuation device can include a fluid trap for removing moisture from the smoke. The smoke evacuation device can also include a filter with a compression mechanism for compressing a filter medium. The smoke evacuation device can also include features for controlling flow parameters, noise, and vibrations of the device. A remote activation device can also be used to activate the smoke evacuation device upon detection of certain system parameters.
US11234753B2
An electrosurgical wand is disclosed. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle that defines a proximal end of the electrosurgical wand. The electrosurgical wand includes an elongate shaft coupled to the handle; the elongate shaft defines a suction lumen therein. The electrosurgical wand also includes an electrically insulative spacer (404) coupled to the distal end of the elongate shaft, whereby the spacer defines a suction channel (412) fluidly coupled to the suction lumen. The electrosurgical wand includes a first means for blocking defined by the spacer, an active electrode (402) coupled on the distal end of the spacer and a second means for blocking associated with the active electrode and in operational relationship to the first means for blocking. In the electrosurgical wand, the first means for blocking includes an annular trough (416) that fully encircles the suction channel of the spacer and the second means for blocking includes an annular wall (414).
US11234748B2
The risk of bone cement extravasation can be reduced by delivering a calcium-dependent polymerizing sealant into a bone structure prior to delivery of bone cement into that structure. The polymerization of the sealant in response to the calcium within the bone structure can fill cracks and any other potential cement leakage paths, thereby minimizing the potential for subsequent extravasation. The benefits of the use of a calcium-dependent polymerizing sealant can be provided in any procedure involving the use of bone cement, such as spinal fixation, vertebroplasty, and kyphoplasty, among others.
US11234745B2
Polyaxial bone screw assembly with partially spherical screw head and twist in place pressure insert
A pivotal bone anchor assembly for a securing an elongate rod to a bone includes a shank having a capture portion and an anchor portion extending distally from the capture portion, and a receiver having an upper portion defining a receiver channel for receiving a rod and a base defining a cavity for receiving the shank capture portion. The assembly also includes a retainer configured to capture and hold the shank capture portion within the receiver cavity, as well as a pressure insert having a central drive tool opening and upright arms forming an insert channel. The pressure insert is loaded into a first position within the receiver channel with the insert channel in a non-alignment orientation with respect to the receiver channel, and then rotated about a longitudinal axis into a second position with the insert channel in alignment with the receiver channel.
US11234737B2
A device includes a plurality of rings. Each ring has a first face, a second face, and at least one slot defined by first and second interior edges of the ring on opposing sides of the slot. The at least one slot penetrates from the first face to the second face. The first face of each ring has a first recess adjacent the slot on the first edge and a second recess adjacent the slot on the second edge. A plurality of posts join each one of the plurality of rings to an adjacent one of the plurality of rings.
US11234731B2
An access sheath is provided. The access sheath comprises: an outer sheath extending in one direction and having a cavity formed along a longitudinal axis of the outer sheath; and an inner sheath arranged in the cavity of the outer sheath, and having a plurality of balloons configured to expand, wherein the outer sheath includes: an outer body formed of a first material; and an elastic connection part formed of a second material which is more flexible than the first material of the outer body, and wherein a diameter of the outer sheath increases by the elastic connection part which expands according to an expansion of the balloons.
US11234728B2
An endoluminal punch system including a sheath and dilator. The endoluminal punch may include energy delivery system capable of being transmitted from the proximal end to the distal end of the endoluminal punch to assist with tissue crossing and incisions. The dilator may include selectively deployable cutting mechanism to create incisions in tissue that are larger than their basic external diameter. The system may also be configured to reduce the risk of generating plastic emboli during insertion of the endoluminal punch.
US11234726B2
A microdebrider comprising: (a) a handpiece; (b) an interchangeable tip connected to the handpiece; (c) an outer tune rotatably connected to the interchangeable tip, the outer tube including an outer tube window; (d) an inner tube extending at least partially through the outer tube, the inner tube including an inner tube window; (e) a lock selector connected to the inner tube; and (f) a bias device; wherein the bias device is movable, and upon movement of the bias device into contact with the lock selector the inner tube is immobilized so that the inner tube window is aligned with the outer tube window, aligned with a wall of the outer tube, or in a condition therebetween.
US11234719B2
An orthopedic device for a shoulder joint includes a patient-specific alignment guide. The alignment guide includes a cap having a three-dimensional engagement surface customized in a pre-operative plan by computer imaging to be complementary and closely mate and conform to a humeral head of a proximal humerus of a patient. The alignment guide includes a tubular element extending from the cap and defining a longitudinal guiding bore for guiding an alignment pin at a patient-specific position and orientation determined in the pre-operative plan, and an orientation feature on the cap. The orientation feature is designed to orient the cap relative to the humeral head when the orientation feature is aligned with a landmark of the proximal humerus.
US11234714B2
A surgical instrument is provided. The surgical instrument has a drill bit employable in drilling procedures wherein the drill bit is made of a plurality of radially positioned drill bits which also may be utilized as a grasping device. As a result, the drill bit may not only drill into bone, but may also be used to grasp an object, such as a portion of the body. The present surgical instrument reduces contamination which may otherwise result from switching surgical instruments from a drill to a grasping mechanism or from the need to drill multiple holes into the patient's body.
US11234708B2
The present invention relates a tourniquet, where tightening of the tourniquet is performed by linear motion by pulling a pull-cord. The tourniquet comprises a tensioning device and a strap. The first end of the strap is coupled to the tensioning device. The second end of the strap is wrapped around a limb and fixed to the tensioning device. The tightening of the tourniquet is achieved by pulling a pull-cord. Linear motion by the pull-cord is translated into winding up the strap inside the tensioning device, and thereby achieving a time-effective tightening of the tourniquet without the need of high forces.
US11234699B2
A buttress assembly is configured to temporarily adhere to a wet surgical stapler end effector. The buttress assembly includes a buttress body and a humidity tolerant adhesive material. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is applied to at least one side of the buttress body. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is configured to hold the buttress body to an underside of an anvil or a deck of a staple cartridge for at least five minutes in an environment of 100% relative humidity at approximately 37° C.
US11234689B2
A method and device for anchoring a length of self-retaining suture. The method of anchoring includes providing for an assembly having a length of self-retaining suture and a suture insertion device. The length of suture includes at least a portion of the length having a plurality of retainers thereon extending in a first direction. The insertion device has a length and a recess to receive a portion of the suture length. The method further includes placing a portion of the suture length in the recess and inserting the device into the body of a mammal until the recess reaches a predetermined location thereby forming an insertion pathway. The method further includes retrieving the insertion device from the body by moving the insertion device in a direction substantially opposed to the insertion pathway.
US11234687B2
Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue engagement device includes a first actuation member including a body coupled to a first jaw and a second jaw at a pivot point, wherein the body is designed to shift between a first configuration and a first compressed configuration and a second actuation member coupled to the first actuation member at the pivot point and at a fixation point, wherein the second actuation member is designed to shift between a second configuration and a second compressed configuration. Further, shifting the first actuation member from the first configuration to the first compressed configuration, shifting the second actuation member from the second configuration to the second compressed configuration, or both, shifts the first jaw and the second jaw between a closed configuration and an open configuration.
US11234686B2
A clipping device includes a capsule including a longitudinal body and a cap mounted over a distal end thereof so that the cap is movable relative to the longitudinal body from a pre-deployed configuration to a deployed configuration in which the cap, is moved proximally relative to the longitudinal body to reduce a length of the capsule. A channel of the cap and a channel of the capsule are substantially aligned with respect to one another. At least proximal portions of a pair of clip arms are received within the channels of the cap and the longitudinal body so that the clip arms are movable relative to the capsule between an open configuration, in which distal ends of the clip arms are separated from one another, and a closed configuration, in which the distal ends of the clip arms are drawn toward one another.
US11234685B2
Disclosed is a flexible surgical instrument system (100), comprising a flexible surgical instrument (10) composed of a distal structural body (11), a proximal structural body (12), a driving transmission mechanism (13) and a middle connecting body (14), wherein a surgical end effector (111) is located at a distal end of the distal structural body (11), a proximal end of the distal structural body (11) is linked to the middle connecting body (14), and the driving transmission mechanism (13) is linked to the proximal structural body (12) via the middle connecting body (14); the distal structural body (11) comprises at least one distal structural segment (112, 113), wherein each distal structural segment (112, 113) comprises a distal fixing disk (115, 118) and structural backbones (116, 119); the proximal structural body (12) comprises at least one proximal structural segment (120, 121), wherein each proximal structural segment (120, 121) comprises a proximal fixing disk (122, 126), structural backbones (124, 128), and driving backbones (125, 129); and the driving transmission mechanism (13) comprises an introducing part, a driving part, and a reversing part.
US11234675B2
A sonar-based contactless monitoring system comprises a sonar system (308), a contactless sensing assembly (310), and a controller (302) configured to read out measurements transmitted by the sonar system and the contactless sensing assembly and calculate posture and activity of a subject. The sonar system may include a microphone (314) and a speaker (316), wherein the microphone is configured to sense a first acoustic signal in a frequency range associated with the sound and/or motion made by the subject, and a second acoustic signal in a frequency range associated with the reflection of an acoustic signal transmitted by the speaker. The contactless sensing assembly senses at least one of vital and environmental conditions, such as a heart rate, respiratory rate, activity, snoring, subject's position, and subject's movement, or noise level, weather condition, light exposure, time and radiation level.
US11234666B2
A deep learning (DL) convolution neural network (CNN) reduces noise in positron emission tomography (PET) images, and is trained using a range of noise levels for the low-quality images having high noise in the training dataset to produceuniform high-quality images having low noise, independently of the noise level of the input image. The DL-CNN network can be implemented by slicing a three-dimensional (3D) PET image into 2D slices along transaxial, coronal, and sagittal planes, using three separate 2D CNN networks for each respective plane, and averaging the outputs from these three separate 2D CNN networks. Feature-oriented training can be implemented by segmenting each training image into lesion and background regions, and, in the loss function, applying greater weights to voxels in the lesion region. Other medical images (e.g. MRI and CT) can be used to enhance resolution of the PET images and provide partial volume corrections.
US11234658B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed that may be used for photoplethysmogram data analysis and presentation. For example, photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal data is received as communicated by a PPG sensor of a wearable device worn by a user. A heartbeat interval may be determined from at least the PPG signal data. Also, an electrocardiogram (ECG)-type waveform spanning the heartbeat interval may be generated at a graphical interface.
US11234652B2
This application relates to physiological monitoring typically for health and fitness purposes. Specifically, this application targets health and fitness monitors that require low noise acquisition of low amplitude biopotential signals. The method herein allows measurement and acquisition of biopotential signals that are normally too small to resolve due to the noise floor limitations of modern low noise amplifiers. Examples of applications that this method enables include monitoring devices located in far proximity from the location in which a biopotential signal originates, such as a wrist worn cardiac monitor, or a device that needs to sense low amplitude, fine muscle or nerve activity in a localized region.
US11234647B2
An apparatus for measuring bio-information such as blood pressure is provided. The bio-information measuring apparatus includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a fingerprint sensor configured to obtain fingerprint information of the object; and a processor configured to estimate a contact area of the object based on the fingerprint information, and obtain bio-information based on the pulse wave signal and the contact area.
US11234646B2
A clamp electrode apparatus comprises first and second clamps which are mechanically connected to form a single integrated device and arranged side by side such that a first edge of the first clamp faces a second edge of the second clamp. A channel is defined between the first and second edges for aligning a visible mark feature of a limb, such as a malleolus or ulnar head, within the opening or channel when the first and second clamps clamp the limb. When the limb is clamped with the clamp electrode apparatus multiple times, the visible mark feature can be aligned with reference to the channel. Thus, electrodes attached to the clamps contact generally the same locations even if the clamp electrode apparatus is removed after each measurement and is not kept on the limb throughout the multiple measurements.
US11234644B2
A method for identifying a change associated with a state of health of a user. In one embodiment, the method includes at least one computer processors receiving monitoring data associated with monitoring a user, where the monitoring data is generated by one or more sensors. The method further includes determining a state of health of the monitored user by analyzing the monitoring data utilizing one or more models. The method further includes determining a level of urgency based, at least in part, upon the determine state of health of the monitored user. The method further includes transmitting one or more respective notifications to one or more devices based, at least in part, on the determined state of health of the user and the corresponding level of level of urgency, and where a notification includes a determined state of health and the corresponding determined state of urgency associated with the monitored user.
US11234640B2
Objective Pulmonary Function (PF) evaluation for respiratory fatigue is vital to the diagnosis and management of many pediatric respiratory diseases in the intensive care, emergency and outpatient settings. A non-invasive PF instrument utilizes sensors and software to access respiratory breathing patterns, vital parameters, asynchrony and measures the work of breathing. Software algorithms predict respiratory fatigue. The hardware includes a microcircuit board that individually links to rib cage (RC) and abdominal (ABD) inductance bands. The bands wirelessly transmit changes in RC and ABD circumference. Point-of-care, real-time indices of respiratory work, breathing patterns and respiratory fatigue indices are developed on a user-friendly graphical user interface. The diagnostic data can later be securely emailed as an attachment for entry into patients' electronic medical records or sent to a caretaker's computer, or used directly to control a respiratory therapy device. The system can also be used for telemedicine homecare.
US11234638B2
An oral appliance for the treatment of sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, in a user is presented. The oral appliance may include a mouthpiece configured to receive a user's dentition. The mouthpiece may include an oxygen sensor, a pressure sensor, an airflow sensor, an actigraphy sensor, a noise detector, and at least one stimulator for providing stimulation to a user's tongue in the event of decreased oxygen saturation levels, increased pressure applied to occlusal surfaces of the user's dentition, decreased actual airflow levels and/or increased noise levels. The mouthpiece or a separate portion of the mouthpiece may be provided with an EEG sensor to determine sleep state based on EEG rhythms. The mouthpiece may be provided with pharmaceutical compound reservoirs that deliver pharmaceutical compounds to the oral mucosa of the user, which compounds treat symptoms of sleep apnea. The mouthpiece may further include a microprocessor that receives data from the oxygen sensor, pressure sensor, airflow sensor, actigraphy sensor and noise detector, and activates the at least one stimulator and/or pharmaceutical compound reservoirs.
US11234636B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods and apparatus for monitoring bone characteristics for various conditions such as osteoporosis and/or periodontitis. In various embodiments, a dental hygiene appliance (100) may include: a handle (102) adapted to be held by a user; a tool (106) secured to the handle to perform a dental hygiene-related task; emitter(s) (114A, 116, 360A) mounted on the dental hygiene appliance to emit wave(s) (252, 362) towards a mandible (250, 350) of the user; sensor(s) (114B, 116, 360B) mounted on the dental hygiene appliance to detect wave(s) (254, 364) propagating away from the mandible, wherein the detected wave(s) originate from or are caused by the emitted wave(s); and a controller (108) communicatively coupled with the emitter(s) and the sensor(s). The controller may: receive, from the sensor(s), signal(s) indicative of the detected waves; and determine, based on the signal(s), bone characteristic(s) of the user.
US11234634B2
Some embodiments are directed to a method for quantitative visualization of uterine strain. The method includes receiving a number of 2D or 3D image frames acquired via an imaging technique and selecting a number of confidential points, determining the orientation of the uterus using the confidential points, selecting a region of interest, generating a grid of tracking points inside the region of interest and tracking and estimating the displacement of tracking points between frames. From a varying distance between each couple or set of tracking points, a strain is calculated. The orientation of the grid of tracking points and of the calculated strain is dependent on the determined orientation of the uterus.
US11234620B2
This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for performing patient parameter measurements. In some examples, a medical device system includes an optical sensor configured to measure ambient light and a tissue oxygen saturation parameter and processing circuitry configured to determine that a current measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter is prompted and control the optical sensor to perform an ambient light measurement associated with the current measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine, based on the ambient light measurement, at least one of whether to control the optical sensor to perform the current measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter, when to control the optical sensor to perform the current measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter, or whether to include the current measurement of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter in a trend of the tissue oxygen saturation parameter.
US11234616B2
The system includes an instrument for determining the anatomical, biomechanical, and physiological properties of a body segment that includes one or more force sensitive probes is provided. A human operator actuates one or more force sensitive probes, wherein the force sensitive probes are positioned at the surface of the body segment. The operator pushes on the force sensitive probes with varying force applied on the body segment to measure tissue deflection forces. The instrument may include one or more of gyroscopes, accelerometers, and magnetometers capable of measuring changes in tissue deflection caused by the force sensitive probes relative to a grounded reference frame in 3-D space, wherein the tissue deflection force data and the change in tissue deflection data are used to compute segment tissue viscoelastic properties. The instrument may also be untethered or wireless.
US11234614B2
A spirometer comprises a housing defining a fluid flow pathway extending between a first end and a second end, a first opening along the pathway and a second opening longitudinally spaced along the pathway from the first opening. A flow chamber defining a fluid flow pathway is disposed within the housing between the first opening and the second opening, the flow chamber including an elongated resistive element along the central longitudinal axis of the flow chamber for defining a flow passage through the flow chamber between the resistive element and the inner surface of the flow chamber. The flow chamber conditions fluid flow for accurate sensing of the fluid flow over a range. A pressure sensor is disposed within the housing in fluid communication with the first opening and the second opening for sensing a pressure differential between the first opening and the second opening and producing an electric signal that corresponds with the rate of fluid flow through the housing. The described spirometer and associated software has a variety of applications in the evaluation, diagnosis, monitoring, and improvement of respiratory conditions as well as digitally-delivered respiratory rehabilitation programs and clinical trials.
US11234606B2
The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition including a silicone bonded to a fluorosulfonic acid salt, wherein the fluorosulfonic acid salt is shown by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 represents an alkylene groups with 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an arylene groups with 6 to 10 carbon atoms; Rf1 and Rf2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an oxygen atom, or a trifluoromethyl group; Rf3 and Rf4 each represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or a trifluoromethyl group, provided that one or more fluorine atoms are contained in Rf1 to Rf4; M is selected from sodium, potassium, and silver. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity even though it is wetted with water or dried.
US11234600B2
This invention is regarding a set of stand-alone or combined-use surgical tools and associated systems and methods for performing surgical procedures such as identifying hidden tissue anatomy and dissecting the periphery tissues. In particular, this invention describes tools and the associated systems and methods for visualizing hidden important structures such as arteries, veins, ureters, bile duct, bowel, nodules, tumors, and performing tissue cutting using energy-based instrument. The tools are to be operated stand-alone or by attaching to existing instruments used for minimally invasive surgery.
US11234597B1
The virtual stethoscope and otoscope includes a head having a hollow internal volume with a diaphragm on one side and an otoscope cone on the opposite side. The head is coupled to one end of the tube and a microphone is coupled to an opposite side of the tube. The microphone is coupled to a cable and connector which is attached to a patient computing device. The diaphragm is placed on the patient and the body vibrations produce sound waves which are detected by the microphone. The microphone converts the sound waves into electrical signals which are high/low pass filtered and amplified before being transmitted to the patient computing device which can then transmit the patient data to a medical professional computing device.
US11234593B2
In a slit lamp microscope, ease of maintenance of an illumination-power-supply cable is improved while preventing the cable from appearing untidy. An illumination support arm of a slit lamp microscope is provided with a groove-shaped cable holder in which the illumination-power-supply cable is disposed along the outer surface of the illumination support arm in an externally exposed state. This configuration facilitates replacement of the illumination-power-supply cable even when a problem, such as breaking of the illumination-power-supply cable, occurs, thus improving ease of maintenance. Furthermore, because the illumination-power-supply cable is disposed along the groove-shaped cable holder, the slit lamp microscope has a neat appearance.
US11234584B2
Medical imaging systems for use in conjunction with an endoscope are described. Generally, the medical imaging system includes an illumination source configured to generate illuminating photons. The illuminating photons are transmitted to one or more filters configured to filter a first plurality of illuminating photons and generate a first plurality of filtered photons comprising a first passband wavelength and a second plurality of filtered photons comprising a second passband wavelength. A sample is then illuminated with the first plurality of filtered photons and the second plurality of filtered photons to generate a first plurality of interacted photons and a second plurality of interacted photons. One or more detectors are configured to detect the first plurality of interacted photons and the second plurality of interacted photons and generate one or more image data sets.
US11234578B2
A receiving apparatus includes: an antenna configured to receive, by a radio wave, an image signal acquired by a capsule-type endoscope; a memory configured to store a determination table or a determination function, each being used for determining an interference level of the radio wave; and a processor comprising hardware, the processor is configured to: acquire a received signal strength of the image signal received by the antenna; generate determination information used for determining the interference level of the radio wave based on one or more synchronization signals included in the image signal; determine the interference level of the radio wave based on the received signal strength and the determination information by using the determination table or the determination function; and control to output information indicating that electromagnetic interference occurs, when the determined interference level of the radio wave is greater than a preset interference level.
US11234571B2
The invention relates to a cleaning robot and a material identification method thereof, which is suitable for cleaning robots. The cleaning robot is pre-set with a threshold comparison table and comprises a plurality of comparison thresholds, wherein each comparison threshold defines an interval of accumulated energy information accumulated by the moving plane of different materials within a predetermined period of time. The cleaning robot generates accumulated energy information during the movement, so that the cleaning robot can find the comparison threshold corresponding to the accumulated energy information from the threshold comparison table, and then determines the material of the moving plane contacted by the cleaning robot.
US11234556B2
Provided is a cooking apparatus in which a heating plate, a frame, and a pocket part are independently provided and which has a structure that is capable of securing use convenience and safety by a coupled structure of the heating plate, the frame, and the pocket part.
US11234543B2
A drinking straw device includes a molded elastic sheet having a curved base portion, a first bent portion, and a second bent portion. The first and second bent portions are disposed at two opposite sides of the curved base portion to permit an inward surface of the first bent portion to overlap an outward surface of the second bent portion. The first and second bent portions are respectively imparted with an inward biasing force and an outward biasing force so as to bring the inward surface of the first bent portion and the outward surface of the second bent portion into frictional and abutting engagement with each other to thereby allow the molded elastic sheet to constitute a straw tube extending along a tube axis.
US11234541B2
Provided herein is a multiple-compartment pitcher. The pitcher in one embodiment comprises openings for downspouts arranged in a bottom portion of the pitcher body, and in which each opening communicates with one of a respective compartment. A lid is provided with openings providing for fluid communication with each compartment to allow venting of air, thereby facilitating discharge of liquid contents from a compartment when a downspout is opened. In another embodiment, the pitcher has spouts formed in the top portion of the pitcher body and in which the spouts are arranged at an angle relate to the handle of the pitcher to facilitate ease of pouring.
US11234532B1
A convertible sofa bed system positionable on a floor. The convertible sofa bed system includes a back support assembly having a frame, and a back cushion assembly connected with the back support assembly and movable between a raised condition and a lowered condition thereof. The system also includes one or more body modules secured to the frame. The body module includes an at least partially planar top surface positionable at a predetermined elevation above the floor. The body module is formed to cooperate with the back cushion assembly in the raised condition to define a seating configuration, and to cooperate with the back cushion assembly in the lowered condition to define a sleeping configuration.
US11234512B2
Cupboard or household appliance and method for opening and closing a cupboard or household appliance
The disclosure relates to a cupboard or household appliance, particularly a wall-mounted cupboard, comprising a carcass on which a door can be pivoted from a closed position into an open position by means of a pivoting device, at least one holder for storing objects being attached to an inner side of the door facing the carcass, the door being lowerable down a guiding device, in an open range of the door. The invention further relates to a method for opening and closing a cupboard or a household appliance.
US11234508B2
Bush applicators including hair brush applicators and containers for dispensing dry shampoo are provided. In one embodiment, a brush applicator includes a body having one or more channels to distribute material to a bristle assembly. The bristle assembly can include a plurality of bristle and brush elements. The brush elements may be interspersed with the bristle elements and can each include a shaft and end (e.g., tip). Another embodiment is directed to a brush applicator including a container coupled to a body. The container retains at least one material including powder, liquids and solutions. Another embodiment is directed to a brush applicator configured for application of dry shampoo to hair.
US11234502B2
Disclosed is a holder for cards, including a housing which tightly fits around a stack of cards and has a card opening for locating and removing cards. Within the housing a card eject feature is provided such that the cards through the card opening can be partly slid from the housing. The card eject feature has an ejector arm which is moved by operating a finger button and forces the cards simultaneously to partly exit the housing. The card eject feature includes a barrel for normal duty operation and a trigger for heavy duty operation to engage and force cards to partly exit the housing.
US11234496B2
The invention relates to a folding buckle clasp for a strap (2) of a timepiece (3), which can take up a closed position for keeping the strap (2) around the wearer's wrist and an open position for removing the strap (2) from the wearer's hand, the clasp (1) being provided with a flexible locking member (4) comprising ends (5) that are mounted in a pivotable manner with first and second folding leaves (6a, 6b) attached in a hinged manner to first and second strands (7a, 7b), respectively, of the strap (2), said flexible member (4) being defined to keep the first and second leaves (6a, 6b) folded in a locked manner in the closed position of the clasp (1) by having two components (8a, 8b) connected together by an elastic connection (9).
US11234494B2
A hook fastener includes a stem having two lateral edges, a first surface, and a second surface. A cap extends from an upper end of the stem, and the cap includes an upper surface, a first end, a second end, and a pair of overhanging portions. The upper surface of the cap is sloped between the first end and the second end. The first and second ends are at opposite longitudinal ends of the cap, and each overhanging portion extends in a lateral direction from the stem.
US11234489B2
The Lace Ratchet System (LRS) is a parallel configuration of two Lace Ratchet Devices (LRD) which facilitate two laces fastening. The LRD has two states: “active” and “inactive”. In the active state the device works as unidirectional lace ratchet allowing the lace to be pulled forwards but restricting any lace motion backwards. After fastening the lace remains fastened until the LRD is switched into inactive state by manually releasing a latch. Each LRD has a turning gate rotatably installed diagonally in a channel with a sharp metallic front end. A resilient plate serves as preloaded spring that keeps the LRD in active position when the spring is not released. The LRD's smooth front end side and smooth channels' floors minimize lace wear. The LRS can be coupled with a clamp which clamps the laces' front ends to prevent dangling. The entire LRS except the blades is made of plastic.
US11234485B2
Foot support systems, e.g., for articles of footwear, include systems for changing the hardness or firmness of the foot support portion (e.g., of a sole structure) and/or systems for moving (e.g., selectively moving) fluid between various portions of the foot support system.
US11234471B1
A hair accessory includes bundled synthetic braiding hair. The bundled synthetic braiding hair can include a first bundle of synthetic hair and a second bundle of synthetic hair strands. Other bundles with different lengths can be included as well. The first bundle and the second bundle can have different lengths and can be bundled at a common center, or alternatively can have a common length and can be bundled with their centers offset by a predefined distance. A binder can be coupled about a waist of the bundled synthetic braiding hair. When the bundled synthetic braiding hair is folded about the binder, the different strand lengths work to define a substantially cardioid shaped perimeter of the bundled synthetic braiding hair.
US11234463B2
The present disclosure relates to atomizers for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The atomizer may include a liquid transport element and a wire extending along at least a portion of a longitudinal length thereof. The wire may define contact portions configured to engage heater terminals and a heating portion configured to produce heat. The heating portion may include a variable coil spacing. In other atomizers, the wire may extend at least partially through the liquid transport element proximate the contact portions. Related inputs, cartridges, aerosol production assemblies, and methods of forming atomizers are also provided.
US11234448B1
A process of forming a confectionery product includes heating a confectionery mixture comprising a sweetened milk product and fat while stirring until the confectionery mixture reaches a predetermined consistency. The process also includes forming the confectionery product upon cooling of the confectionery mixture. The confectionery product has a water activity of about 0.59 or greater, has a sugar content of about 87 degrees Brix or less, and has a shelf life of about three months or greater. A confectionery product includes a confectionery mixture. The confectionery product includes a sweetened milk product, butter, cocoa powder, a sweetener, and a preservative. The sweetener is corn syrup, inulin, tapioca syrup, maltodextrin, pear puree, and/or a combination thereof. The confectionery mixture has a water activity of about 0.59 or greater, has a sugar content of about 87 degrees Brix or less, and has a shelf life of about three months or greater.
US11234425B2
A fish attractant dispersal apparatus may comprise a dispersal pouch encompassing fish attractant. The dispersal pouch may comprise a water-soluble material configured to dissolve in water to release the fish attractant. The dispersal pouch may define an attractant cavity configured to encompass and seal the fish attractant. The attractant cavity may be sealed to at least partially reduce air trapped within the attractant cavity. The attractant cavity may be sealed to remove air within the attractant cavity.
US11234423B2
A double brake structure includes a line reel rotatably provided, at least one set of centrifugal pin, a centrifugal brake ring movably provided in the centrifugal brake ring, a centrifugal assembly for making the centrifugal pin be close to an inner wall of the centrifugal brake ring and making the centrifugal pin rotate in the centrifugal brake ring when the line reel is rotating, and for automatically adjusting the kinetic friction force between the centrifugal pin and the inner wall of the centrifugal brake ring according to the speed of the line reel when the centrifugal pin contacts with the inner wall of the centrifugal brake ring, and a magnetic brake mechanism for adjusting the speed of the line reel. The present disclosure is easy to use with stable brake performance, and can achieve the function of automatic compensatory braking.
US11234419B2
Genetically modified non-human animals and methods and compositions for making and using them are provided, wherein the genetic modification comprises a deletion in an immunoglobulin constant region CH1 gene (optionally a deletion in a hinge region) of an IgG, IgA, IgD, and/or IgE, and wherein the mouse is capable of expressing a functional IgM. Genetically modified mice are described, including mice having a functional IgM gene and modified to have a deletion of a CH1 domain and a hinge region in a heavy chain constant domain that is not an IgM, e.g., in an IgG heavy chain constant domain. Genetically modified mice that make human variable/mouse constant chimeric heavy chain antibodies (antibodies that lack a light chain), fully mouse heavy chain antibodies, or fully human heavy chain antibodies are provided.
US11234418B2
Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating or preventing diseases are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the genetically modified cells and non-human animals.
US11234417B2
A bee feeder assembly including a tank having a bottom portion with an opening, and a cap removably attached to the opening of the tank. The cap includes a center component with a feeder having a plurality of feeding holes extending therethrough, and a rim extending outward from the center component, the rim having an upper surface and a lower surface. The rim may have a plurality of ridges on the lower surface. The feeder may extend below the lower surface of the rim.
US11234410B2
A method of making absorbent granules can include mixing activated carbon with a liquid and a binder to form a slurry; applying the slurry to particles of absorbent core material to at least partially coat the particles of the core material with a first distinct layer containing the activated carbon; and applying a clumping agent to the first distinct layer to at least partially coat the first distinct layer with a second distinct layer containing the clumping agent. The absorbent granules can be used as a deodorizer and/or a pet litter, and each of the absorbent granules can include an absorbent core, a first distinct layer containing activated carbon, and a second distinct layer containing a clumping agent such that the first distinct layer is between an outer surface of the absorbent core and an inner surface of the second distinct layer.
US11234404B1
A soybean cultivar designated 98010233 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 98010233, to the plants of soybean cultivar 98010233, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 98010233, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 98010233. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 98010233. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 98010233, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 98010233 with another soybean cultivar.
US11234395B1
A novel maize variety designated 1DLIB1002 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1DLIB1002 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1DLIB1002 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1DLIB1002 or a locus conversion of 1DLIB1002 with another maize variety.
US11234390B2
A new and distinct lettuce variety NUN 08208 LTL is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof. Lettuce variety NUN 08208 LTL is a leaf lettuce variety of the Frillice type, comprising resistance to Bremia lactucae B1:16-36EU.
US11234381B1
A turf management system for a multi-climate environment including respective micro-climates at different green surfaces that are remote from one another includes a plurality of local control circuits including respective communication interfaces that are configured to receive sensor data from environmental sensors that are locally positioned at the different green surfaces, and a central control circuit that is configured to be communicatively coupled to the local control circuits. The central control circuit includes a network interface that is configured to receive data indicating differing local conditions at the respective micro-climates from the local control circuits, and a processor that is configured to aggregate the data indicating the differing local conditions at the respective micro-climates for output to a user interface. Related circuits, methods of operation, and computer program products are also discussed.
US11234375B2
A method for increasing floral yield of a flowering plant includes positioning the plant between side lights at the onset of a flowering stage of the plant, such that the plant is flanked by the side lights. The method also includes irradiating lateral sides of the flowering plant along the total height via the side lights with light in a predetermined red spectrum range for a duration of the flowering stage, such that at least 80 percent of the light has a wavelength of between 580 nm and 780 nm. The plant may be positioned between first and second sets of equally-spaced elongated side lights on respective first and second lateral sides of the plant. Supplemental lighting devices may be attached to the plant, with an interior of the plant irradiated with the red spectrum light for the duration of the flowering stage using the lighting devices.
US11234372B2
An unloading system for an agricultural vehicle includes: a grain tank; at least one cross auger placed within the grain tank; a discharge tube having an inlet in communication with the grain tank and at least one discharge auger placed therein; and a drive system configured to drive the at least one cross auger and the at least one discharge auger. The drive system includes: a main driver; a discharge coupling continuously coupled to the main driver and the at least one discharge auger; and a variable speed coupling continuously coupled to the main driver and coupled to the at least one cross auger.
US11234371B2
A divider of a header for an agricultural vehicle including a divider body, a receiving member configured for being connected to the frame of the header, and an adjustable connector positionable in between an unfolded work position and a folded transport position. The adjustable connector includes a first member, a second member, and an articulating joint for pivotally connecting the first and second members. The first member mounts the divider body, the second member is slidably connected to and received within the receiving member, and the articulating joint is at least partially received within the receiving member in the unfolded work position such that the first and second members are substantially immobilized and the articulating joint is positioned outside of the receiving member in the folded transport position such that the first and second members are movable relative to one another.
US11234368B2
An agricultural system includes an arm of a header. The arm is configured to rotate about a pivot joint. The agricultural system also includes a fluid-filled biasing member, an actuator, and a controller. The fluid-filled biasing member is configured to couple to the arm and to impart a torque onto the arm. The actuator is coupled to the fluid-filled biasing member and is configured to move the fluid-filled biasing member relative to the actuator to change the torque imparted by the fluid-filled biasing member onto the arm. The controller configured to receive an input indicative of a target flotation pressure of the arm output a signal to instruct the actuator to set a position of the fluid-filled biasing member relative to the actuator based at least in part on the target flotation pressure of the arm.
US11234364B1
An anti-scalp attachment for a weed and grass trimmer preferably includes a tube clamp, a height adjustment tube, an elbow member and a ground support member. The tube clamp preferably includes a two piece tube clamp and a pivot member. The pivot member is preferably secured to a bottom of a first clamp member. The height adjustment tube is retained in the pivot member. The elbow member includes a horizontal leg and a vertical leg. The horizontal and vertical legs include a plurality of adjustment holes. The ground support member preferably includes a ground tube, a contact support member and a tapping projection. The contact support member is attached to a bottom of the ground tube at one end. The tapping projection preferably extends upward from a top of the ground tube. A horizontal adjustment hole is formed in an opposing end of the ground tube.
US11234362B2
Mowing systems include a mower and a remote control unit such as a handheld unit, between which is provided 1- or 2-way communications. Components and features are included in the mower, the remote control unit, or both to enhance the safety, functionality, or user experience of the system's user/operator. One aspect relates to an enable switch on the remote control unit that requires activation within a specified time before activating a drive system or PTO unit. Another aspect relates to sharing diagnostic information between the mower and remote control unit and emitting user-detectable warnings in response to the shared information. Another aspect relates to reducing a danger level of the system, e.g. disabling the PTO unit or slowing a drive speed transform function, when a proximity between the mower and the remote control unit is too small. Another aspect relates to controlling operation of the mower based on tilt angles of both the mower and the remote control unit.
US11234359B2
A method for soil moisture retrieval using multi-channel collaboration algorithm and passive microwave radiometry including: establishing mathematical relationship formula between brightness temperatures at any two channels according to microwave radiative transfer equation; collecting actual brightness temperatures of core channel and collaborative channels; selecting parameters to be retrieved including soil moisture value; giving a series of estimated values of parameters to be retrieved, calculating a series of predicted brightness temperatures of collaborative channels according to actual brightness temperature of core channel, microwave radiative transfer equation and mathematical relationship formula, comparing predicted brightness temperatures with actual brightness temperature, and determining soil moisture value.
US11234357B2
A system for monitoring field conditions during the performance of an agricultural operation by an agricultural machine may generally include a support arm configured to be coupled to and extend from an agricultural machine such that, when the agricultural machine makes a pass across a field along a given swath, a portion of the support arm extends across or is positioned over at least a portion of an adjacent swath within the field. The system may also include a sensor provided in association with the support arm, with the sensor being configured to detect a parameter indicative of a field condition associated with the adjacent swath. In addition, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, with the controller being configured to monitor the field condition based on sensor data received from the sensor.
US11234352B2
A blade tip, and a tool combination having a blade tip, for an agricultural soil cultivation machine. The blade tip has a base part including a cutter, a cutter carrier, a guiding element and a receptacle for fastening the blade tip to a tine of the agricultural soil cultivation machine. The base part has a receptacle covered by covering portion. The guiding element has a plug attachment held in the receptacle, and a form-fitting connection preventing movement of the guiding element out of the receptacle, provided between the blade tip and the guiding element.
US11240951B2
Provided is a method for allocating assemblies to placement lines for placing components on the assemblies, wherein an expected production time is determined for each assembly type of the assemblies to be provided with components and for each placement line, taking into consideration each cycle time for the assembly type on the placement line and the expected number of pieces to be produced for each assembly type. The actual number of pieces to be produced arises according to a predeterminable probability distribution, wherein the possible allocations of assemblies to the placement lines are restricted by the existing infrastructure and/or by user defined specifications, and the allocation of the assemblies to the placement lines is calculated by means of an optimization method.
US11240950B2
The image including both of the component and the nozzle that is being lowered toward the component is captured. The target height at which the nozzle is stopped in the mounting process is controlled based on this image. This enables the target height at the time of lowering the nozzle toward the component to be controlled regardless of a flow rate of air sucked from the nozzle.
US11240948B2
A magazine (200) is described for portion-wise receiving individualized bulk electronic components (298). The magazine (200) comprises (a) a receiving structure (110) which comprises multiple closable receiving cavities (112, 112a), which are arranged along a longitudinal axis (100a) of the receiving structure (110); (b) a cover structure (120) which is arranged at an upper side of the receiving structure (110), displaceable along the longitudinal axis (100a), so that in a closed position of the cover structure (120) all receiving cavities (112, 112a) are covered and in one opening position of multiple opening positions at least one receiving cavity (112) is free; and (c) a closure foil (225) which encompasses the cover structure (120) along the longitudinal axis (100a) in the form of a closed tape, wherein at least a part of the closure foil (225) is releasably connected to the receiving structure (110). Further, a device (430) is described for portion-wise transferring components (298) from one such magazine (200) into a reservoir (490) for a component supply device. Further, a method is described for portion-wise transferring components from one such magazine (200) into the one such reservoir (490).
US11240947B2
The current disclosure describes carrier tape systems, which include a cover tape having adhesion areas and non-adhesion areas which are substantially free of adhesive. Methods for supplying semiconductor devices to an apparatus, which in operation, places the semiconductor devices at desired locations are also described. Methods of forming a semiconductor device carrier system are also described.
US11240944B2
An apparatus includes a screen configured to be positioned on a vehicle exterior and a housing associated with the screen. The housing is comprised of a first material that is electrically conductive and thermally conductive and a second material is positioned to extend between an exterior surface of the housing and a vehicle structure, wherein the second material is thermally conductive.
US11240940B2
A heat radiation structure of an electric parts assembly, a heat conduction sheet, and a method of manufacturing an electric parts assembly are provided that are capable of reducing a gap between neighboring separate sheets after sheet compression while minimizing an unintentional increase in sheet reaction force. A heat conduction sheet (101A) disposed between a cooler and a heat generating element includes a plurality of separate sheets (102), each of the separate sheets (102) includes a plurality of convex sections protruding circumferentially outward from the sheet and a plurality of concave section recessed circumferentially inward on an outer circumferential edge of a shape when seen in a plan view in a state before being pinched between a cooler and a heat generating element, and the convex sections and the concave sections are disposed to be arranged alternately in a circumferential direction of the separate sheets (102) in a shape when seen in a plan view. When the plurality of separate sheets (102) are pinched between the cooler and the heat generating element, the gap between the neighboring separate sheets (102) is reduced by changing a shape of the outer circumferential edge of the plurality of separate sheets (102) to fill the neighboring concave sections.
US11240938B2
A data center cooling system includes an evaporative cooling system. The evaporative cooling system includes fans configured to circulate outside air at ambient conditions through an entry zone of a data center, and atomizers positioned upstream of the entry zone configured to spray atomized water into the circulating outside air. The atomized water evaporates in an evaporation zone and cools the outside air to produce cooled air, which is directed through racks of computers positioned downstream of the evaporation zone.
US11240937B2
A modular chiller system includes a switching and pumping module, one or more drycooler modules, and one or more chiller modules. The switching and pumping module, the one or more drycooler modules, and the one or more chiller modules share same water, power, and signal interfaces. The cooling capacity of the modular chiller system may be increased by adding drycooler modules or chiller modules without additional hydraulic and electrical infrastructures.
US11240936B2
A rack arrangement for a data center includes at least one row of racks including a plurality of computer racks and an air handler rack. Each computer rack includes a computer rack frame including a housing unit for housing computer equipment. The air handler rack includes an air handler rack frame, a heat exchanger and at least one fan. The at least one fan is configured for pulling air into the air handler rack via an air inlet side and discharging air via an air outlet side of the air handler rack, directing air through the heat exchanger. An air inlet side of any one of the computer racks and the air outlet side of the air handler rack are on a cold aisle side of the at least one row of racks. At least one selected rack is stacked atop the air handler rack.
US11240933B2
A heat radiation sheet includes: a film layer; a heat radiation layer on the film layer and having a first area, a second area, and a third area and a plurality of openings therein; and a first adhesive layer on the heat radiation layer. The openings include a plurality of first openings in the first area, a plurality of second openings in the second area, and a plurality of third openings in the third area, and an average distance between adjacent ones of the first openings is smaller than an average distance between adjacent ones of the third openings.
US11240930B2
An air shroud includes first and second channels, a center bypass port, and a center deflector. The first channel directs a first airflow over a first heat sink of a first processor. A first hot airflow leaves a first rear portion of the first channel. The second channel directs a second airflow over a second heat sink of a second processor. A second hot airflow leaves a second rear portion of the second channel. The center bypass port directs a third airflow away from a first set of memory modules. The center deflector is in physical communication with the first and second channels. The center deflector directs a first portion of the third airflow to the first rear portion of the first channel, and a second portion of the third airflow to the second rear portion of the second channel.
US11240918B2
The present invention discloses flip-chip bonding method using an anisotropic adhesive polymer. The method includes applying an adhesive polymer solution containing metal particles dispersed therein onto a circuit substrate to form an adhesive polymer layer such that the adhesive polymer layer covers the metal particles; drying the adhesive polymer layer; and positioning an electronic element to be electrically connected to the circuit substrate on the dried adhesive polymer layer and causing dewetting of the polymer from the metal particles.
US11240906B2
A circuit board heat dissipation system includes circuit board unit that includes a motherboard and a daughterboard, a base seat, and a fastening unit that includes a plurality of first and second fastening components. Each first fastening component extends through the daughterboard and is engaged with the base seat. Each second fastening component includes a long fastener that extends through the base seat and the daughterboard and that is engaged with the motherboard, and a flat washer and a resilient member that are sleeved on the long fastener. The resilient member is disposed between a head portion of the long fastener and the flat washer for biasing the base seat and the daughterboard against the motherboard.
US11240900B2
The remote control device may provide feedback via the status indicator that indicates the present intensity level of a lighting device responsive to the remote control device. The remote control device may provide feedback to indicate a first present intensity level of a first lighting device when the command is a first command type, and a second present intensity level of a second lighting device when the command is a second command type. When the first command type is a raise command and the second command type is a lower command, the first present intensity level may be less than the second present intensity level. In addition, the first lighting device may be a lighting device responsive to the remote control device with a lowest present intensity level and the second lighting device may be a lighting device responsive to the remote control device with a highest present intensity level.
US11240898B2
A method for control of a light fixture, the method including energizing the light fixture to produce a first light output with a first chromaticity and a first spectral power distribution, receiving a user input representative of a desired adjustment of a lighting effect, generating a target spectrum based on the user input, and energizing the light fixture to produce a second light output with the first chromaticity and a second spectral power distribution. The second power distribution approximates the target spectrum.
US11240888B2
The present disclosure provides a timer based protection circuit and a lighting device. The protection circuit is configured to acquire a working current or an output voltage of a protected object, and compare a voltage value converted from a current value of the working current or a voltage value of the acquired output voltage with a predetermined threshold. When the voltage value converted from the current value of the working current or the voltage value of the acquired output voltage is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, the protection circuit resets the timer to cause the timer to output a low voltage level; and when the voltage value converted from the current value of the working current or the voltage value of the acquired output voltage is less than the predetermined threshold, the timer works normally.
US11240879B2
A method for providing stateful proxying is disclosed, comprising: associating a first base station with a first base station identifier at a signaling protocol gateway, and with a first Internet Protocol (IP) address of the signaling protocol gateway; associating a second base station with a second base station identifier at the signaling protocol gateway, and with a second IP address of the signaling protocol gateway; establishing a first signaling protocol connection between a third base station and the first base station via the signaling protocol gateway with the first base station using the first IP address of the signaling protocol gateway; and establishing a signaling protocol connection between the third base station and the second base station with the second base station using the second IP address of the signaling protocol gateway.
US11240873B2
A signaling radio bearer (SRB) transmission method includes: applying, according to configuration, radio link control (RLC) layer unacknowledged (UM) mode for all or part of SRB data.
US11240867B2
Some aspects of the present disclosure introduce a new downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP) and a new uplink (UL) BWP for communication in the RRC_INACTIVE state. In addition, aspects of the disclosure also provide for configuring generic parameters of the BWP, which include, but not limited to, frequency location, bandwidth, subcarrier spacing (SCS), and cyclic prefix (CP). Some aspects of the present disclosure may support a reinterpretation of generic parameters of a BWP, for example which may be configured for the RRC_CONNECTED state, to be used in the RRC_INACTIVE state. Some aspects of the present disclosure are directed to implicit DL BWP switching in the RRC_INACTIVE state where no BWP identifier (ID) indication is needed as part of the switching mechanism.
US11240851B2
Provided is a communication apparatus that includes a control unit that performs control such that a plurality of reference signals associated with pieces of antenna information different from each other is transmitted to a terminal apparatus, and an acquisition unit that acquires control information corresponding to at least any one of the plurality of reference signals from the terminal apparatus after a random access response in a random access procedure is transmitted to the terminal apparatus. The control unit controls following communication with the terminal apparatus on the basis of the antenna information corresponding to the acquired control information.
US11240847B2
A beam determining method performed in an uplink random access procedure, a user equipment, and a base station are disclosed. The user equipment has a plurality of RX beams, the base station has a plurality of TX beams. A beam determining method performed by a user equipment includes: determining an available RX beam among the plurality of RX beams of the user equipment and an available TX beam among the plurality of TX beams of the base station according to downlink synchronization signals transmitted by the base station; notifying the base station of information indicating the available TX beam of the base station implicitly.
US11240845B2
[Problem] To provide a communication device that enable performing radio communication in a more efficient manner. [Solution] A communication device includes a first communication unit that performs frame exchange with another communication device using a first channel and based on the IEEE802.11 standard; a second communication unit that performs communication of data frames with the other communication device using a second channel which has a different frequency band than the first channel; and a control unit that controls communication of the data frames based on the result of the frame exchange.
US11240836B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for making multi-transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state data scheduling more reliable. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a first signal indicative of a plurality of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports. The method may also include receiving, from the BS, a second signal indicative of a first spatial state of a physical channel and a second spatial state of the physical channel. The method may also include communicating data over the second subset and not the first subset, based on which of the plurality of DMRS ports are part of the first subset and which of the plurality of DMRS ports are part of the second subset.
US11240834B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus allowing a simultaneous transmission of control signals in a wireless communication system.
US11240831B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may use one or more antenna subarrays to perform a scheduling request (SR) operation with one or more corresponding transmission reception points (TRPs) while operating in a connected discontinuous reception mode. In some implementations, the UE may receive a configuration indicating a set of its antenna subarrays and a corresponding set of the TRPs with which to perform the SR operation. Based on this configuration, the UE may transmit an SR to the set of TRPs using the set of its antenna subarrays, receive an uplink grant from at least one TRP of the set of TRPs, and transmit uplink data to the at least one TRP. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may determine the sets of antenna elements and TRPs for the SR operation autonomously and transmit an indication of this determination when transmitting the SR.
US11240825B1
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a frequency overlap between a first transmission, with a first base station associated with a first subscription of the UE, on a first bandwidth part, and a second transmission, with a second base station associated with a second subscription of the UE, on a second bandwidth part. The UE may transmit, to the second base station, a request for a new bandwidth part for the second subscription, based at least in part on the frequency overlap satisfying a condition. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11240824B2
Interference on an uplink between user equipment (UE) and a network site can disrupt the communications between the two. An interference mitigation tool can mitigate the effects such interference has on the communications between the UE and the network site by selecting a mitigation action for implementation at the network site. The interference mitigation tool can receive spectrum scan data from the network site to identify the presence of interference in an operating band of the network site. The interference mitigation tool can then determine possible mitigation actions and can select a mitigation action based on a variety of factors or criteria. Additionally, the interference mitigation tool can reverse previously implemented mitigation actions if the interference is no longer impacting the network site. Further, when selecting a mitigation action, the interference mitigation tool can also consider neighboring network sites and how the selected mitigation action would impact them.
US11240819B2
A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives information on a control resource set including a candidate of a downlink control channel, and a processor that assumes a resource corresponding to the downlink control channel is an unavailable resource for downlink data when the control resource set overlaps with the downlink data. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal is also disclosed.
US11240794B2
This application discloses a method for indicating PDSCH receiving information, a data receiving method, and an apparatus. According to this application, a network device generates first indication information, where the first indication information is used to indicate physical downlink shared channel PDSCH receiving information, and the PDSCH receiving information includes information identical to physical downlink control channel PDCCH receiving information; and the network device transmits the first indication information over a PDCCH. This application can be used to improve efficiency of indicating PDSCH receiving information, thereby improving PDSCH receiving performance.
US11240787B2
The present application discloses a method for transmitting uplink control information, a user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: receiving a physical downlink control channel sent by a base station, where the physical downlink control channel includes indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate a physical uplink control channel resource used to transmit uplink control information; obtaining, according to the indication information and whether the uplink control information includes periodic channel state information, a physical uplink control channel resource used to transmit the uplink control information from a semi-statically configured first resource group and/or second resource group; and sending the uplink control information to the base station over a physical uplink control channel corresponding to the physical uplink control channel resource.
US11240786B2
The present invention provides a communication method, network device and terminal, to improve the flexible in transmitting the PUCCH. A communication method is provided, which comprises: determining, by a network device, one or more first slots to be configured for a terminal to carry a first Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH; and, sending, by the network device, a first piece of information to the terminal, to configure the terminal to carry the first PUCCH in the one or more first slots.
US11240779B2
A method and one or more network nodes for use in a wireless communication network to determine whether a wireless device is aerial. The one or more one or more network nodes communicate with the wireless device to instruct to report one or more metrics of wireless device parameters. The one or more network nodes receives from the wireless device a report of the metrics and then compares the reported metrics to terrestrial metrics to determine whether the wireless device is aerial.
US11240775B2
Embodiments of this application provide a wireless communications method and device to implement an inter-system network handover in the case of flexible registration modes of a terminal device. The method includes: determining, by a first network device in a first system, a registration mode and/or a supported registration mode of a terminal device, where the registration mode is a single registration (SR) mode of registration with a single system or a dual registration (DR) mode of registration with dual systems, and a first cell in the first system is accessed by the terminal device; and determining, by the first network device according to the registration mode and/or the supported registration mode of the terminal device, a procedure that needs to be performed or cannot be performed for the terminal device to access a second cell in a second system.
US11240774B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to communication systems, apparatus and methods which enable or support configuring timing advance in a radio access network. The method includes defining a timing advance configuration for a radio access network that employs a modulation scheme with scalable numerology, determining timing advance parameters consistent with the timing advance configuration for a user equipment (UE) that is in communication with the radio access network, and transmitting the timing advance parameters to the UE during an initial access procedure involving the UE or while the UE is in a connected state in the radio access network. The timing advance configuration may be defined to accommodate a numerology used by the radio access network.
US11240749B2
Methods and systems for provisioning unique identifiers to a plurality of access points (APs) in a wireless network and radios associated thereto is provided. By utilizing a testing apparatus in communication via a network with the APs, the methods and systems assign a unique radio test identifier for an AP in the plurality of APs and provisions the AP radio associated with the AP in the plurality of APs with the corresponding unique radio test identifier. The testing apparatus has a provisioning mode that can be switched on or off. Also provided are a system for provisioning the unique identifiers and applications thereof; for example, in testing and providing maintenance of APs.
US11240747B2
A user terminal, method and apparatus receives first redistribution parameters from a first cell as a serving cell of the user equipment, performs an inter-frequency redistribution procedure in which a target cell is selected from a plurality of cells operated at different frequencies based on the first redistribution parameters, starts a predetermined timer, determines the target cell as a serving cell of the user equipment, and receives from the target cell as the serving cell, system information including second redistribution parameters. The inter-frequency redistribution procedure is performed when the predetermined timer expires and the system information received from the serving cell does not include a specific information element. The specific information element indicates that the user equipment shall only wait for a paging message to trigger the inter-frequency redistribution procedure transmitted from the serving cell.
US11240745B2
A network slice instance processing method and apparatus, and a system, the method including receiving, by a first network device, a first message sent by a second network device, where the first message requests that the first network device modify a first network slice subnet instance (NSSI) managed by the first network device, and where the first NSSI is shared by a plurality of network slice instances (NSIs) managed by different network devices, determining, by the first network device, whether the first NSSI is allowed to be modified, and performing, by the first network device, subsequent processing according to a determination of whether the first NSSI is allowed to be modified.
US11240744B2
A method for fee-charging data of an application transmitted on a section of a communication network, implemented in a device for accessing the network. The method includes: detecting an activation of the application; transmitting an identification message including information relating to the identification of the application intended for an entity for managing sections of the network; receiving, from the entity for managing sections of the network, a notification message including at least one identifier of a section of the network and of fee-charging parameters associated with the at least one identifier; and, depending on the received message, initializing the fee-charging of the data of the application.
US11240731B2
Methods, devices and systems that use a control channel to coordinate quality of data communications in software-defined heterogenous multi-hop ad hoc networks are described. In some embodiments, an example apparatus for wireless communication in a network includes performing, using a control plane, network management functions over a control channel that has a first bandwidth, implements a frequency-hopping operation, and operates at in a first frequency band, and performing, using a data plane that is physically and logically decoupled from the control plane, data forwarding functions, based on a routing decision, over at least one data channel that has a second bandwidth and operates in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band.
US11240729B1
An enforcer application is configured to intercept signaling messages in a telecommunications network and select an optimal SGW, PGW, SMF/UPF and application servers in real time. More specifically, the enforcer intercepts and generates GSM MAP, Diameter, GTP-C and HTTP2/JSON signaling messages. The enforcer executes a policy to force the user devices to re-establish the data connection, thus anchoring at different SGW, PGW, SMF/UPF and application server to keep end-to-end routing path optimal, when the impacting factor changes. The enforcer can further feed its performance data and decision matrix into the analyzer and database to further optimize the decision process. Analyzer and KPI metrics databases are installed at central data centers to collect the KPI data from different probes and enforcer, calculate in real-time the optimal routing path with different decision factors considered, and interact with enforcer to update the latest optimal path status based on the data collected.
US11240725B2
According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a memory and one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory. The one or more hardware processors are configured to function as a communication control unit and a determination unit. The communication control unit transmits and receives data to and from a first wireless communication device. The determination unit calculates transmission and reception information based on a transmission and reception result of the data, and variation of received signal intensity of the data, and determines whether to maintain connection to the first wireless device based on the transmission and reception information and the variation. The communication control unit controls communication according to a determination result of the determination unit.
US11240723B2
Systems and methods for dynamic client segregation in 802.11ax networks includes determining, for each access point of a plurality of access points in a network, a ratio comprising a number of fully uplink multi-user capable client devices to a total number of client devices connected to the access point; and steering, based on at least the ratio, client devices of the network to particular access points of the plurality of access points.
US11240718B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for optimizing mobility robustness by controlling an inter-Radio Access Technology (inter-RAT) factor. A method for supporting inter-Radio Access Network (RAN) mobility by a source Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system includes transmitting a handover request message to a target BS, receiving a RAN information request message including a measurement report from the target BS in response to the handover request message, and determining to amend a mobility setting, if it is determined that an unnecessary handover has occurred based on the RAN information request message. The handover request message includes at least one of a Tracking Area Identifier (TAI) of a tracking area to which the source BS belongs, a global BS Identifier (ID), and an E-UTRAN (Evolved-UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) Terrestrial Radio Access Network) Cell Global ID (ECGI).
US11240713B2
A system described herein may provide a technique for ensuring that a User Equipment (“UE”) is provided an opportunity to scan for available cells in a wireless network in a manner that allows the UE to detect cells according to a particular radio frequency (“RF”) band. When receiving a measurement report from the UE that does not include cells implementing the particular RF band, a timer may be initiated during which subsequent measurement reports may be received from the UE. If a subsequent measurement from the UE includes a cell corresponding to the particular RF band, the UE may be instructed to connect to such a cell. Otherwise, the UE may be instructed to connect to another cell that does not implement the particular RF band.
US11240712B2
A data migration method is disclosed. The method includes: performing, by a source base station, a TCP proxy for user equipment; learning, by the source base station, that the user equipment is to be handed over to a target base station; sending, by the source base station to the target base station, context information including a sequence number of a data packet, and the sequence number of the data packet is a largest sequence number of data packets that have been acknowledged by the user equipment or a smallest sequence number of data packets that have not been acknowledged by the user equipment; and migrating, by the source base station by using the SCTP, the data packets that have not been acknowledged by the user equipment to the target base station.
US11240709B2
Embodiments provide a data transmission method and a related device. Under the method, after determining a first data packet to be sent to a receive end, a transmit end may generate a second data packet based on the first data packet, encode the second data packet, and send an encoded second data packet. A length of the second data packet is greater than a length of the first data packet. In various embodiments, when sending a data packet to the receive end, the transmit end may generate a longer data packet from a shorter data packet through combination, and send the longer data packet to the receive end after channel coding. In this way, a relatively high channel coding gain can be obtained during data transmission, and a relatively high bit error rate of short packet transmission is avoided, so that data transmission reliability can be improved.
US11240704B2
A method to operate a road-side network node in a cell-supported radio communications network and in an adhoc radio communications network is provided. The method includes providing data to be transmitted; and determining a transmission instruction for the data, the transmission instruction including a channel selection indicating a) a transmission of the data via a sidelink radio channel of the cell-supported radio communications network, b) a transmission of the data via an adhoc radio channel of the adhoc radio communications network, or c) a transmission of the data via the sidelink radio channel and the adhoc radio channel. The method also includes initiating a transmission of the data via the sidelink radio channel and/or via the adhoc radio channel according to the transmission instruction.
US11240701B2
According to a first exemplary embodiment a method is performed by a first network node for monitoring the QoS of a flow. A session setup message comprising a QoS configuration for the flow and an indication that the flow is subject to QoS notification control is received (1710) from a core network node. Based on the QoS configuration, radio resources to be used for the flow are determined (1720) and a resource setup message comprising an identification of the radio resources and an indication that the flow and/or the radio resources are subject to QoS notification control is sent (1730) to a second network node. A first notification control indication that the QoS configuration the flow and/or the radio resources cannot be fulfilled is received (1740) from the second network node and a resource notification message indicating that the QoS configuration for the flow cannot be fulfilled is sent (1750) to the core network node.
US11240693B2
Presented is a method for detecting link quality and a terminal device. The method includes that: a terminal device receives a first event reported by a first protocol layer in a second protocol layer, the first event being configured to indicate that quality of a signal in a first signal set is poor enough to meet a first condition; and the terminal device determines that a second event occurs in the second protocol layer based on the first event, the second event being configured to indicate that quality of a link corresponding to the signal in the first signal set is poor enough to meet a second condition. The method and terminal device are favorable for improving signal transmission performance.
US11240692B2
An invention to perform a method of cell measurement in a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises a plurality of frequency layers, the invention configured to: determine a Measurement Gap Length, MGL, for each one of the plurality of frequency layers operational in the wireless network; determine a gap bitmap to indicate a measurement gap availability in a time sequence for each one of the plurality of frequency layers of the wireless network; and transmit gap assistance information for each one of the plurality of frequency layers of the wireless network to a User Equipment, wherein the gap assistance information comprises at least the determined Measurement Gap Length and the determined gap bitmap.
US11240691B2
During operation, an access point compares a communication performance metric of the access point and a parameter corresponding to communication performance metrics of one or more second access points. For example, the access point may determine the communication performance metric based on communication with one or more electronic devices and/or may receive information specifying the communication performance metrics of the one or more second access points. Then, the access point selectively provides a recommendation for a first connected electronic device in the one or more electronic devices based at least in part on the comparison and a history of responses of at least the first connected electronic device to one or more previous recommendations, where the recommendation indicates that the first connected electronic device, which is associated with the access point, transition to a different communication channel.
US11240678B2
A system for improving indoor coverage of cellular reception is provided. The system includes an Intelligent receiver and a Pico transmitter. The intelligent receiver demodulates a signal received from a Broadcast radio head (BRH) with a HPHT or a LPLT toplogy through an outdoor high gain rooftop antenna that is externally connected to the intelligent receiver. The intelligent receiver includes an artificial intelligence (AI) or Machine learning (ML) based indoor coverage monitoring unit and a Pico transmitter application. The AI/ML based indoor coverage monitoring unit continuously monitors cellular reception factors of indoor user devices. The AI/ML based indoor coverage monitoring unit predicts an optimal indoor modulation profile and selects a required modulation index required for the indoor user devices. The Pico transmitter application re-broadcasts or relays the demodulated signal, based on an optimal indoor modulation profile required for the indoor user devices.
US11240677B2
Multiple mobile cellular network (MCN) communication systems can be networked together to form a network of MCN communication systems (NOM). Each MCN communication system within the NOM can operate as an independent cellular network to provide communications between user equipment within a covered area. The MCN can be managed by a network management control center (NMCC). The NMCC can be configured generate coverage maps of the NOM and NMC system coverage areas.
US11240676B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for the convergence of IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, and services associated with security and safety) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed is an analysis method and apparatus for performing an analysis procedure for network design at an improved speed while maintaining accuracy and reliability.
US11240673B2
Embodiments herein provide a method for admitting devices to a special access frequency band of a wireless communication network, including: detecting an access request to communicate via the network, the network including at least one priority device communicating via the special access frequency band of the network, wherein the access request is generated by a non-priority device; evaluating whether a portion of the special access frequency band of the network is available for use by the non-priority device, based on communication settings of the non-priority device; transmitting a governing instruction to the non-priority device in response to the portion of the special access frequency band of the network being available for use by the non-priority device; and denying the access request in response to the portion of the special access frequency band of the network not being available for use by the non-priority device.
US11240663B2
A method of authentication in ride hailing situations may include transmitting, to a server by a first device of a passenger, a request for a ride to a destination, receiving an indication that a second device of a driver accepted the ride, and communicating first location data of each respective device to the other respective device. The method may also include determining a first distance between the first and second device based on the first location data of the first and second device. Responsive to determining that the first distance satisfies a threshold condition, the method may also include communicating, via a first point-to-point communication between the first and second device, second location data of each respective device to the other respective device. Further, the method may include presenting, based on the second location data, directions for the first and second device to reach each other.
US11240654B2
Generally, this disclosure provides devices, systems and methods for provisioning of wireless local area network (WLAN) traffic load measurements to third generation partnership project 3GPP wireless cellular networks. A WLAN element manager (EM) may include a polling module to poll a WLAN access point (AP), the polling to request traffic load data from the WLAN AP; a timer module to trigger the polling module to poll at periodic intervals; a logging module to receive and log the requested traffic load data; and an integration reference point (IRP) agent including a reporting module to generate a traffic load report for transmission to a network manager (NM), the traffic load report based on the logged traffic load data.
US11240653B2
The present disclosure relates to a head unit for an infotainment system of a vehicle. The head unit is coupled to a mobile terminal device via a Bluetooth link. The head unit is configured to exchange a digital audio signal adapted for improved audio quality during the hands-free talking, via an additional wireless link, in response to hands-free talking during a phone call with the mobile terminal device coupled via the Bluetooth link based on a hands-free profile.
US11240651B2
A system for tracking objects includes tracking devices each attached to an object to be tracked and including a short range communications module. A server includes a processor and a memory. A mobile communications device (typically a mobile telephone) includes memory for storing an identification of the mobile device, a long range communication module for communication over a cellular communication network and a short range communications module for receiving short range signals transmitted from tracking devices. The mobile telephone also includes a location determination module to determine the location of the mobile telephone. On receipt of a short range distress signal from a tracking device, a location is obtained from the location module and a signal transmitted to the server including at least the identification of the tracking device, a time of receipt of the short range signal from the tracking device and the determined location of the tracking device when the short range signal was received.
US11240646B2
The present invention provides a vehicle-to-X (V2X) operation method performed by a V2X terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: reserving a finite number of resources used for performing a V2X communication; and performing the V2X communication on the finite number of reserved resources.
US11240639B2
Embodiments of this application provide an information transmission method, a network element selector, and a controller. The information transmission method provided in the embodiments of this application includes: receiving, by an NES from an external network element, a first message including identification information of UE; determining, based on the identification information of the UE, a user group to which the UE belongs; determining a controller corresponding to the user group; and then sending the first message to the controller.
US11240627B2
The present invention may include designating one or more potentially dangerous conditions, regions, or objects as risk factors within a venue, tracking the location of the user's mobile devices in relation to the risk factors, and monitoring the risk of damage posed to the mobile devices by the risk factors; if the risk of damage exceeds a threshold, alerting the user to the presence of the risk factor and the potential danger to the mobile device. The present invention may further involve, responsive to the user's actions and the risk of potential device damage, performing one or more precautionary actions to reduce or prevent data loss or damage to the mobile device.
US11240618B2
A method for driving a voice coil of a loudspeaker may include providing a magnetic circuit having an air gap, providing a voice coil suspended in the air gap, and applying an audio signal to the voice coil to move it along a travelling axis. The voice coil comprises a main voice coil section, and a pair of auxiliary voice coil sections arranged along the travelling axis with auxiliary voice coil sections arranged respectively on either side of the main voice coil section. Applying an audio signal comprises continuously coupling a main driving signal based on the audio signal to the main voice coil and selectively coupling an auxiliary driving signal based on the audio signal to the pair of auxiliary voice coil sections. The disclosed embodiments further relate to a voice coil driving system and a loudspeaker comprising a voice coil driving system.
US11240617B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer readable medium containing a computer program is disclosed. The computer program includes commands which cause a processor of an acoustic simulation apparatus to execute steps, and the steps includes: acquiring building structure information related to a building constituting a simulation space; acquiring building material information related to at least one building material used in the simulation space; obtaining speaker information related to at least one speaker installed in the simulation space; obtaining location information on a current location of the acoustic simulation apparatus; recognizing a virtual location corresponding to the current location in the simulation space by analyzing the location information; generating an image viewed from the virtual location based on the building structure information, the building material information, and the speaker information; and generating sound to be heard at the virtual location based on the building structure information, the building material information, and the speaker information.
US11240613B2
An apparatus for a bone conduction implant, comprising a bone fixture including a screw thread configured to screw into a skull, wherein at least a section of the screw thread is non-uniform.
US11240609B2
An audio device that includes a music classifier that determines when music is present in an audio signal is disclosed. The audio device is configured to receive audio, process the received audio, and to output the processed audio to a user. The processing may be adjusted based on the output of the music classifier. The music classifier utilizes a plurality of decision making units, each operating on the received audio independently. The decision making units are simplified to reduce the processing, and therefore the power, necessary for operation. Accordingly each decision making unit may be insufficient to determine music alone but in combination may accurately detect music while consuming power at a rate that is suitable for a mobile device, such as a hearing aid.
US11240604B2
In some examples, a computing device may include one or more planar speakers. Individual planar speakers may include damping material adhered to either a top surface of a front pole or a bottom surface of a cone. The damping material may reduce a noise caused by the cone hitting the front pole (e.g., when reproducing loud passages in media content) to an inaudible (e.g., 30 db or less) level. The noise may be reduced by up to 35 decibels between about 250 Hertz to about 450 Hertz. The damping material may comprise a polyurethane foam and may have a height of between about 0.1 millimeters to about 1.0 millimeters and preferably about 0.2 millimeters.
US11240600B1
A sensor signal processing circuit including a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a control circuit is disclosed. The circuit is configured to adaptively activate one or more segments of current elements for sequential sampling periods based on a digital signal input to a DAC, wherein less than N current elements are allocated to each segment, each current element in an active segment is enabled and either contributes to a feedback signal of the DAC or does not contribute to the feedback signal, and current elements not in an active segment are disabled. The circuit can be integrated with an acoustic or other sensor as part of a sensor assembly.
US11240566B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system directs video flows to a plurality of user devices located at network cells, and determines a first or second data usage priority for each user device. The system detects congestion at a cell of the network and/or in the video flows. The system also performs a first congestion-aware shaping procedure for video flows in the congested cell directed to user devices of a second priority located at the congested cell, and subsequently performs a second congestion-aware shaping procedure for video flows in the congested cell directed to user devices of the first priority located at the congested cell. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11240564B2
Provided is a method for playing a panoramic picture, the method comprising: acquiring a corresponding non-planar panoramic picture according to a picture acquisition instruction; acquiring picture content from the non-planar panoramic picture, and determining a main presentation axis and a presentation centre of the picture content; creating a cylindrical projection plane by using the main presentation axis and the presentation centre, wherein a cylinder extension direction of the cylindrical projection plane is substantially perpendicular to the main presentation axis, and the centre of the cylindrical projection plane essentially overlaps the presentation centre; converting the non-planar panoramic picture into a cylindrical panoramic picture with the cylindrical projection plane; and executing a playing operation on the cylindrical panoramic picture by using a planar display apparatus.
US11240563B1
A system and method for playback control of media content across devices in a MaaS transportation network is provided. The system receives, from a MaaS network, trip details of an ongoing trip and determines a first vehicle by which a user is set to complete an active first leg of the ongoing trip. The system generates media content recommendations based on the trip details and controls a first display device in use inside the first vehicle, to display such recommendations. The system receives a selection of a first content recommendation and controls a playback of first media content associated with the selection on the first display device. The system detects an event which requires the playback to pause and controls the playback to resume on a second display device in use inside a second vehicle, within duration of a second leg of the ongoing trip or a different trip.
US11240549B2
A broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a first receiving unit receiving broadcast data for a first transmission method; a second receiving unit receiving broadcast data for a second transmission method; a first decoding unit decoding the broadcast data received by the first receiving unit; a second decoding unit decoding the broadcast data received by the second receiving unit; a video output unit outputting video, the video being generated based on data decoded by the first or second decoding unit; an operation input unit receiving control information from a remote controller; and a control unit controlling the units based on the control information received by the operation input unit. The remote controller includes a button to output control information for switching between a display state and a non-display state of service, the service being linked with a broadcasting program.
US11240541B2
The present invention provides: a virtual processing server with which comments are randomly posted to the content which has a small number of viewers and comment posts, thereby liven up the content, a control method for a virtual processing server, a content delivery system, and an application program for a terminal device. A virtual processing server 3 in the content delivery system is provided with: a content delivery server 1 which provides a content delivery service to a terminal device 5; a comment delivery server 2 which delivers a comment posted to a content; and a virtual processing server 3 which virtually executes processing to the content, wherein the server accesses to the content, and is provided with: an execution control unit 31 which virtually executes processing; and a first condition determination unit 31 which determines a predetermined first condition for executing the access, wherein the execution control unit 31 executes the access to the content when it is determined that the predetermined first condition has been satisfied.
US11240539B1
Technologies are provided for reporting engaged impressions of directed content. Some embodiments include a computing device that can initiate a screensaver session within a content streaming service. The computing device also can cause presentation of a directed content asset on a display device functionally coupled to the computing device. The computing device can then update a queue to add a record of an impression of the directed content asset, where the queue is retained in a memory device of the computing device. The computing device can receive a signal indicative of user activity. The computing device can determine, using the queue, that the impression of the directed content asset occurred within a defined time interval relative to a time that the user activity occurred. The computing device can then send data identifying the directed content asset.
US11240538B2
Methods and system for managing media clips over a data network. Media streams may be received over a data network and stored by a storage server. Metadata regarding the media streams may be generated and stored at a metadata server. A control station can retrieve media frames originating in the stored media streams from the storage server, based on metadata. Media frames from multiple media streams can be retrieved and displayed in synchronization, based on respective timecodes.
US11240536B2
The present disclosure provides a method for decoding a video signal, the method comprising the steps of: decoding, from a bitstream, a syntax element indicating the last non-zero region, wherein the last non-zero region represents a region including the last non-zero transform coefficient in a scan order; splitting a current block into multiple sub-regions; and based on the syntax element, determining the last non-zero region of the current block among the split sub-regions.
US11240532B2
An apparatus includes circuitry configured to: receive information to cull one or more sets of components belonging to the same atlas from at least one volumetric video bitstream; wherein the information comprises one or more of: atlas-to-view mapping metadata indicating an association between patches in at least one atlas and at least one view; atlas-to-object mapping metadata indicating an association between at least one object and the at least one atlas; patch atlas metadata within a metadata for immersive video master atlas to indicate sub-bitstream culling based on fine-grained patch visibility culling; or partial access metadata, wherein leveraging the partial access metadata comprises storing each of the at least one atlas in its own track, and providing sample grouping information to indicate culling on a file format level; and cull the one or more sets of components from the at least one volumetric video bitstream, based on the information.
US11240530B2
An encoder includes: circuitry; and memory, in which using the memory, the circuitry, in affine motion compensation prediction in inter prediction for a current block, places a limit on a range within which motion estimation or motion compensation is performed, and performs the motion compensation for the current block.
US11240527B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining motion prediction information relating to a current block from a bitstream; generating an affine MVP candidate list for the current block; deriving CPMVPs for CPs of the current block on the basis of the affine MVP candidate list; deriving CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the motion prediction information; deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block on the basis of the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs; and deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the CPMVs.
US11240525B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for video encoding acceleration in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive sensor data from a Head-Mounted Device (HMD) wearable by a user during execution of an xR application, where the sensor data indicates movement of the HMD; modify the sensor data into a motion hint; and provide the motion hint to a video encoder, where the video encoder is configured to use the motion hint to accelerate encoding of video transmitted by the IHS to the HMD during execution of the xR application.
US11240524B2
A video decoder determines whether the current block is coded by using intra block copy mode. The video decoder identifies a list of one or more prediction candidates for the current block. When the current block is not coded by using intra block copy mode, one or more spatial neighbors of the current block that are positioned in a same MER as the current block are excluded from the list of prediction candidates. When the current block is coded by using intra block copy mode and the list of prediction candidates belongs to a predefined subset of multiple different candidate lists, at least one of the identified prediction candidates is a spatial neighbor of the current block that is positioned in the MER. The video decoder reconstructs the current block by using a prediction candidate selected from the list of prediction candidates to generate a prediction of the current block.
US11240523B2
At least one of a vector candidate derivation unit and a merge candidate derivation unit derives a motion vector of each of multiple sub-blocks contained in a decoding target block by referring to motion vectors at multiple control points including two points at an interval which is longer than one side of the target block, and a prediction image generation unit refers to the motion vector of each sub-block to generate a prediction image.
US11240521B2
A method of method of processing an image includes: determining estimates of parameters of an auto-regressive, parametric model of noise, according to which a current noise pixel is computed combining linear combination of previous noise pixels in a causal neighborhood of the current noise pixel weighted by respective model linear combination parameters with a generated noise sample corresponding to an additive Gaussian noise of model variance parameter; performing a convergence check loop, each iteration including: generating a noise template of noise pixels based on the estimated model parameters, the noise template having predetermined pixel size smaller than the image pixel size; estimating a noise template variance; if the estimated variance is below a first predetermined threshold or above a second predetermined threshold, proportionally decreasing the model linear combination parameters with a predetermined correcting factor, and performing another convergence check loop; otherwise exiting the convergence check loop.
US11240520B2
The present invention includes obtaining block type identification information on a partition of the current macroblock when the current macroblock is intra-mixed, specifying a bock type of the current macroblock based on the block type identification information, obtaining an intra prediction mode of the current macroblock according to the block type of the partition of the current macroblock, and predicting the current macroblock using the intra prediction mode and a pixel value of a neighboring block.
US11240510B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for encoding a video sequence comprising a plurality of image frames, by an encoder are described. An image frame is received from a video stream. An input is received, which indicates one or more regions in the received image frame for which a privacy mask should be applied. The one or more regions are represented by one or more coding units. The image frame is encoded into an output frame, wherein image data in the one or more regions is replaced by intra-predicted coding units with transformed coefficients set to zero, the intra-predicted coding units are obtained from a prediction stage in the encoder.
US11240503B2
A method for optimizing a second coding is provided. The method includes: Setting a quantization parameter of a start frame of a video sequence according to a range of an input quantization parameter QP0 of a coder; performing first coding with a simplified method, and calculating a frame-level temporal impact factor ki of a current frame and a block-level temporal impact factor kB,j of all 16×16 pixel blocks in the current frame; restoring reference list information of the coder after the first coding is completed, and then determining whether a scene is switched; and performing the second coding by setting quantization parameters with different strategies according to whether the scene is switched.
US11240500B2
Delay based on WPP processing is reduced. An image decoding apparatus (31) includes: a prediction image generation unit (308) by using decoded data from a first position to a second position, the first position being, in a CTU row immediately above a CTU row including a target CTU, identical to a position of the target CTU, the second position being a position one CTU forward relative to the first position; and an entropy decoding unit (301) that performs decoding of the target CTU by using the decoded data from the first position to the second position, the first position being, in the CTU row immediately above the CTU row including the target CTU, identical to the position of the target CTU, the second position being a position one CTU forward relative to the first position.
US11240498B2
Video coding may include identifying an input frame from an input video stream, generating, by a processor, an output bitstream by encoding the input frame, wherein encoding the input frame includes dividing the input frame into at least a first contiguous area of the input frame and a second contiguous area of the input frame, generating first encoded data by encoding the first contiguous area of the input frame, generating second encoded data by encoding the second contiguous area of the input frame, wherein encoding the second contiguous area of the input frame is performed independently of encoding the first contiguous area of the input frame, and including the first encoded data and the second encoded data in the output bitstream, and outputting the output bitstream.
US11240496B2
A video coding apparatus is described for encoding or decoding a frame of a video, the video coding apparatus comprising a computer program code and a processor configured to carry out operations on the frame of video. The operations include reconstructing the frame, and determining one or more filter parameters and filtering in a frequency domain and a pixel domain a block of the reconstructed frame based on the determined filter parameters to obtain a filtered block of the frame. The determining the one or more filter parameters and filtering in a frequency domain based on the determined filter parameters is performed jointly within a loop, and the one or more filter parameters are based on one or more first parameters that are based on the reconstructed frame and one or more second parameters which are based on a codec signaling information.
US11240494B2
A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: determining an intra prediction mode of a current block, determining, based on the intra prediction mode, a first reference sample of a prediction target sample included in the current block, generating a first prediction sample for the prediction target sample using the first reference sample, and generating a second prediction sample for the prediction target sample using the first prediction sample and a second reference sample located at a position different from the first reference sample.
US11240491B2
A three-dimensional data encoding method of encoding three-dimensional points includes: calculating a new predicted value as a predicted value, using attribute information items of one or more second three-dimensional points neighboring a first three-dimensional point, and assigning the predicted value to at least one prediction mode among two or more prediction modes, the new predicted value being used for calculating an attribute information item of the first three-dimensional point; selecting one prediction mode from the two or more prediction modes; calculating a prediction residual which is a difference between the attribute information item of the first three-dimensional point and the predicted value of the one prediction mode selected; and generating a bitstream including the one prediction mode and the prediction residual.
US11240487B2
A method of stereo image display for a portable device is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining an image, tracking user's eye positions relative to a display area of the portable device, to obtain viewports of the image and view frustums for user's left and right eyes, rendering two projection images respectively for user's left and right eyes according to the view frustums and viewports of the image, and displaying the two projection images for the user.
US11240486B1
Discrete frequencies and time slots of operation are assigned to each of a plurality of time-of-flight cameras. Where two time-of-flight cameras having overlapping fields of view, whether the time-of-flight cameras are operating at the same frequency or time slot is determined by calculating ratios of zero-value pixels to total numbers of pixels for each depth image captured by the time-of-flight cameras over a selected interval. If the time-of-flight cameras operate at the same frequency or time slot, a plot of the ratios of depth images captured using one time-of-flight camera is erratically sinusoidal. Another time-of-flight camera causing the interference may be identified among time-of-flight cameras operating at the frequency or time slot, based on areas of interest that overlap with the time-of-flight camera, or based on a time at which the time-of-flight cameras began capturing depth images, as compared to a time at which the interference is observed.
US11240483B2
A three-dimensional model distribution method includes: distributing a first model, which is a three-dimensional model of a target space in a target time period, in a first distribution mode; and distributing a second model, which is a three-dimensional model of the target space in the target time period and makes a smaller change per unit time than the first model, in a second distribution mode different from the first distribution mode.
US11240480B2
Multiple clients (viewers) are allowed to share their VR spaces for communication with one another. A server-distributed stream including a video stream obtained by encoding a background image is received from a server. A client-transmitted stream including representative image meta information for displaying a representative image of another client is received from another client apparatus. The video stream is decoded to obtain the background image. The image data of the representative image is generated on the basis of the representative image meta information. Display image data is obtained by synthesizing the representative image on the background image.
US11240466B2
A display device configured to communicate with a mobile device for video calling. The display device is configured to activate a camera, based on a video calling request received from a mobile device, obtain image data for a counterpart mobile device through a communication interface, and control a display to display a video calling screen image including a first image for the counterpart mobile device generated based on the image data and a second image obtained by the camera.
US11240459B2
External biasing control unit for a reading circuit of an infrared photodetector element, the control unit being able to adopt: a first configuration wherein it sends a first set of biasing signals to a first stage of the reading circuit so that this first stage adopts a first operating mode corresponding to a first biasing mode of the photodetector, in particular a direct injection mode, a second configuration wherein it sends a second set of biasing signals to said first stage, the signals in the second set being designed so that said first stage adopts a second operating mode corresponding to a second biasing mode of the photodetector, in particular a buffer direct injection mode.
US11240458B2
A pixel cell readout circuit includes a bitline input stage coupled to a bitline to receive an image signal from a pixel cell. A capacitor ratio circuit is coupled to the bitline input stage. A gain of the bitline input stage is responsive to a capacitor ratio provided by the capacitor ratio circuit to the bitline input stage. A switch control circuit is coupled to receive a gain signal. The switch control circuit is coupled to generate a randomized pattern selection signal coupled to be received by the capacitor ratio circuit to select the capacitor ratio provided by the capacitor ratio circuit in response to the gain signal.
US11240449B2
An imaging device includes a plurality of unit pixels or pixels, with each pixel separated from every other unit pixel by an isolation structure. Each unit pixel includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a pixel imaging signal readout circuit, and an address event detection readout circuit. A first transfer transistor selectively connects the photoelectric conversion unit to the pixel imaging signal readout circuit, and a second transfer transistor selectively connects the photoelectric conversion unit to the address event detection readout circuit. The photoelectric conversion unit, the pixel imaging signal readout circuit, the address event detection readout circuit, and the first and second transfer transistors for a given pixel are located within a pixel area defined by the isolation structure. The isolation structure may be in the form of a full thickness dielectric trench isolation structure.
US11240447B2
[Problem] To provide a solid imaging apparatus that is able to shorten the time from the detection of an object to the completion of imaging processing. [Solution] A solid imaging apparatus includes a control unit that controls a shutter operation for a pixel area having a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix, and a reading operation from the pixel area at a first reading speed and a second reading speed. The control unit starts the shutter operation for at least one row of the pixel area after the reading operation at the first reading speed is completed, and during execution of detection processing of an object read from the pixel area.
US11240439B2
An electronic apparatus that can enhance the accuracy of detection of halation by taking into account the influence of halation on visibility of an object, and also effectively suppress the influence of halation independently of the type of a light source. An evaluation unit evaluates the luminance of the object based on an exposure level at which image data of the object is acquired. A detection unit detects t halation based on the luminance of the object, a first luminance area having a higher luminance than a first luminance threshold value, and a distribution status of another luminance area which is an area having a lower luminance than the first luminance area and is distributed around the first luminance area.
US11240438B1
An information handling system camera manages tilt and pan in an automated manner to direct the camera field of view. A shutter slides behind a camera cover to align a shutter opening with a cover opening. Additional sliding of the cover translates to a tilt of the camera from a full down axis to a full up axis. For example, a cam surface formed in the shutter engages the camera for tilt with a spring bias of the camera against the cam. Rotation of the camera housing about a bracket pivot gear is provided through sliding motion of a pan bar within the camera housing.
US11240437B1
The disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling a vehicle camera system. The camera system includes a computer that controls the camera system and one or more cameras that are configured to capture video inside and/or outside a vehicle.
US11240435B2
The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to determine parameters for image acquisition. One or more image sensors are each arranged to capture a set of images of a scene, and each image sensor comprises a set of adjustable imaging parameters. A projector is configured to project a moving pattern on the scene, wherein the projector comprises a set of adjustable projector parameters. The set of adjustable projector parameters and the set of adjustable imaging parameters are determined, based on a set of one or more constraints, to reduce noise in 3D data generated based on the set of images.
US11240428B1
Adjusting camera settings based on a display, including identifying display settings of a display coupled to an information handling system, the display settings including a current color profile of the display; accessing a look-up table (LUT), the LUT identifying, for each color profile of a plurality of color profiles, camera settings parameters associated with a camera coupled to the information handling system; identifying, based on the LUT, one or more camera settings parameters associated with the current color profile of the display; applying the identified camera settings parameters to the camera settings at the camera; obtaining, from the camera, an image that is based on the applied camera settings that corresponds to the current color profile of the display; and providing the image for presentation at the display.
US11240412B2
An imaging apparatus and a text display method capable of checking an imageable range of a subject without displaying a live view image and also capable of displaying a text corresponding to audio around the subject or an ambient sound on the apparatus main body are provided. The imaging apparatus includes a transparent casing, an imaging unit that is arranged in the casing and acquires a captured image of a subject, a transparent display unit that is arranged in the casing and includes a display screen orthogonal to an imaging direction of the imaging unit, a sound collection unit that includes a microphone and acquires audio or an ambient sound, a text generation unit that generates a text based on the audio or the ambient sound acquired by the sound collection unit, and a display control unit that displays the text generated by the text generation unit on the display unit.
US11240405B2
An image capturing apparatus comprises an input terminal for synchronization with another image capturing apparatus; a generating unit that generates a video signal using an image capturing unit; a first detecting unit that detects an input of a first synchronization signal; a second detecting unit that detects an input of a second synchronization signal; a first synchronization unit that carries out a first synchronization process for synchronizing the video signal on the basis of the first synchronization signal; a second synchronization unit that carries out a second synchronization process for synchronizing the video signal on the basis of the second synchronization signal; and a control unit that carries out control so that when the first synchronization signal has been detected while the second synchronization process is being executed, the second synchronization process is stopped and the first synchronization process is executed.
US11240400B2
An image reading apparatus includes a document table, a first generating section, a first assigning section, a second generating section, a second assigning section, and a relating section. The first generating section generates a plurality of first image data pieces representing respective first side images of a plurality of documents. The first assigning section assigns first symbols to the respective first image data pieces based on a reference position of the document table. The second generating section generates a plurality of second image data pieces representing respective second side images of the plurality of documents. The second assigning section assigns second symbols to the respective second image data pieces based on the reference position. The relating section relates the first image data pieces to the respective second image data pieces based on the first symbols and the second symbols.
US11240399B2
An image processing apparatus includes an interface through which scanned image data obtained by scanning a designated region, is acquired, and a processor. The processor extracts a contour line representing a document area from the scanned image data, extracts vertices of the contour line, determines whether a plurality of original documents is present in the document area based on the vertices, extracts document image data of each original document from the scanned image data, and generates one file including the extracted document image data for each original document.
US11240398B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication based on a first wireless communication method, a second wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication based on a second wireless communication method different from the first wireless communication method, and a prioritized control unit that performs a control based on information related to a communication destination of the first wireless communication unit and information related to a communication destination of the second wireless communication unit such that one wireless communication unit of the first wireless communication unit or the second wireless communication unit is operated in a prioritized manner over another wireless communication unit.
US11240395B2
In an information-processing device, a memory is configured to store setting information including an operation setting for the information-processing device. A controller is configured to perform: acquiring; determining; allowing; importing; and encrypting. The acquiring acquires import authentication information including a device password for the information-processing device while a removable storage medium storing import setting information is connected to an input-output interface. The determining determines whether the device password matches a preset device password of the information-processing device. The allowing allows, in response to determining that the device password matches the preset device password, the import setting information to be imported. The importing imports the import setting information from the removable storage medium into the memory as the setting information. The encrypting encrypts the import authentication information using the device password to create encrypted import authentication information and stores the encrypted import authentication information into the removable storage medium.
US11240393B2
An image reading apparatus includes a document feeder, a reading unit configured to read an image of a document fed by the document feeder, a facing member positioned to face the reading unit via a document feeding path, and a detection processing unit configured to perform area detection processing for detecting an area of the document with respect to a read image obtained by the reading unit. The facing member includes a white portion and a gray portion. The reading unit selectively performs normal reading for reading the image of the document with the white portion of the facing member as a background and auto-crop reading for reading the image of the document with the gray portion of the facing member as the background. The detection processing unit performs the area detection processing only in the auto-crop reading.
US11240389B2
An information processing device includes a processor. In a case where a user of a first device cannot use a service provided by a providing device, wherein providing the service requires both of a first setting for the first device and a second setting for the providing device, the processor is configured specify which of the first setting and the second setting is likely not set appropriately based on a usage history of the service, and control to display the specified result.
US11240385B1
A method is disclosed. For example, the method executed by a processor of a multi-function device (MFD) includes executing a defect learning routine to identify defects, cataloging the defects based on a job function, a type of paper, and a machine state, receiving a job request, determining a known defect that has been catalogued based on the job function, the type of paper, and the machine state, and presenting a visualization of the known defect on a display of a user interface before executing the job request.
US11240374B2
Example embodiments of this disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, a server, a storage medium, and a system for call processing. The method includes: monitoring, in real time, a call processing process of an artificial intelligence AI robot, to obtain an interaction text of the call, where the interaction text includes a recognition result of a user question and a reply to the user question; obtaining a service level value of the AI robot for the call based on the obtained interaction text; and when the service level value meets a first condition, performing an intervention operation on the call by using a target agent device.
US11240373B2
Methods and apparatus for improving caller identification in telecommunications services based on general-purpose networks are described. A gateway device may process invitation messages sent from a telephone via a private branch exchange, in which the private branch exchange has replaced the number of the telephone with a customized number. The gateway device may determine that the customized number is mapped to an account-related number, and insert that number into a field of the invitation messages that is examined by a telecommunications provider and associated trunking services for account-related purposes.
US11240372B2
An architecture for assessing and identifying fraudulent contact with client contact systems, such as IVR, includes threshold and machine learning scoring and filtering of calls based on these criteria. The criteria may include behavioral, situational and reputational scoring.
US11240369B2
An approach is disclosed that optically transmit data from a dedicated mobile device (DMD) to another device. Optically transmitting the data is performed by displaying the data on a display screen included in the DMD. The approach further optically receives data at the DMD. The data is received at a digital camera included in the DMD. Based on the exchanged data, the DMD determines if the DMD and the other device are bound to each other.
US11240368B2
Various embodiments provide an electronic device and a method, the electronic device comprising a memory, a communication module, a display, and a processor functionally connected to the memory, the communication module, or the display, wherein the processor is set to determine whether a message received through the communication module includes a message display time and to determine whether to display the message by requesting a message service server to check whether to display the received message when a current time approaches the message display time. In addition, other embodiments are also possible.
US11240364B2
An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) human-machine interface (HMI) device operation of a non-OEM handheld mobile device is provided. A non-OEM handheld mobile device can be coupled with a vehicle network of a vehicle. The vehicle can include a head unit with a display. An OEM HMI can be presented on a display of the non-OEM handheld mobile device. Thus, the non-OEM handheld mobile device provides functionality associated with the head unit and/or functionality not associated with the vehicle. Responsive to receiving an input on the OEM HMI presented on the non-OEM handheld mobile device, a setting or control of a vehicle device can be caused to be adjusted. Alternatively or in addition, responsive to receiving an input on a vehicle OEM HMI, a setting or control of the non-OEM handheld mobile device can be caused to be adjusted.
US11240363B2
Proactive caching, at a client device (e.g., a feature phone), of transient assistant action suggestions for selective rendering by an assistant client application of the client device. A transient assistant action suggestion, when rendered via an assistant client application and selected, causes the assistant client application to initiate performance of a corresponding assistant action. In various implementations, a prefetched transient action suggestion can be a time-constrained suggestion that includes at least associated rendering restriction metadata that defines one or more temporal windows to which rendering of the time-constrained suggestion is restricted. Proactive cache refresh rate metadata can also be associated with transient action suggestion(s) and defines a duration during which the assistant client application is to refrain from interfacing with a remote system to prefetch updated transient assistant action suggestions.
US11240362B2
A portable multifunction device displays a first widget on a touch screen and detects a first gesture on a settings icon on the first widget. In response to the first gesture, the device displays user-adjustable settings for a plurality of widgets, including settings for the first widget. The device detects one or more additional gestures to change one or more settings for one or more widgets in the plurality of widgets. In response to the additional gestures, the device changes one or more settings for other widgets, including changing one or more settings for a respective widget other than the first widget. Upon detecting a widget selection gesture and a finishing gesture on the touch screen, the device displays a second widget in the plurality of widgets other than the first widget.
US11240358B2
An electronic device includes a first touch sensitive display positioned on a first major surface of the electronic device and a second touch sensitive display positioned on a second major surface of the electronic device, or alternatively a single display wrapping about the first major surface and the second major surface. One or more processors cause a presentation of content on the first touch sensitive display while the one or more sensors receive user input. In response to the user input, which can be received by the second touch sensitive display, the one or more processors cease the presentation of the content on the first touch sensitive display and commence another presentation of the content on the second touch sensitive display. The process is reversible to send the content back to the first touch sensitive display.
US11240353B2
There is a provided herein a proxy at a border between two transport domains, the proxy arranged to deliver packets to a communications device in a first transport domain; the packets received from a server in a second transport domain. The proxy is arranged to: receive a packet from the server, the packet directed to the communications device; and forward the packet to the communications device and reply to the server with a traffic handling offer message, the traffic handling offer message including a plurality of traffic handling options. The proxy is further arranged to receive a selection of a traffic handling option from the server; and apply the selected traffic handling option to packets sent from the server to the communications device via the proxy.
US11240346B2
A method and apparatus include a terminal device receiving a first message from a server that hosts a service available to the terminal device. The first message includes information about at least one attribute relating to a changeability of that at least one attribute having been changed. The terminal device sends a second message to the server in response to the first message that includes information identifying the information about the at least one attribute of the first message. The terminal device receives a third message from the server that includes information indicating a changeability setting for each of the at least one attribute identified in the first message. The terminal device updates how a user interface for the service is to be displayed so the user interface is displayed with attributes relating to the service being indicated as changeable or unchangeable in accordance with the third message.
US11240340B2
Provided are techniques for optimized deployment of analytic models in an edge topology. A description of a multi-tiered edge topology with a plurality of nodes, a multimedia stream analytics composition, and performance objectives are received, where the multimedia stream analytics composition includes tasks that use analytic models. The analytic models are optimized and clustered to form clusters of optimized analytic models. A representative optimized analytic model is selected from each of the clusters. A configuration recommendation is determined that indicates deployment of the tasks and of each selected representative optimized analytic model on the plurality of nodes to meet the performance objectives. One or more workflows are generated from the configuration recommendation and executed on the plurality of nodes to generate output for the multimedia stream analytics composition.
US11240332B2
Systems and methods for providing targeted event notifications to subscribers are disclosed. In an example embodiment, events may be received from a publisher. The events may be categorized into a plurality of topics. The events may be distributed among brokers to process a topic selected from the plurality of topics based on the events. Further, it may be determined whether the topic exists in a list of topics handled by the brokers. Authentication credentials of the publisher may be validated, based on the determination. Based on the validation, queues of the events may be formed based on an order of receipt of the events. The events present in the queues may be filtered based on subscriptions of the events. For the fileted events, targeted even notifications may be forwarded to the subscribers.
US11240329B1
In some implementations, a system includes a database comprising program data for each of a plurality of programs that involve monitoring using remote devices. The system includes a server system configured to selectively distribute the configuration data for the respective programs to remote devices over a communication network and monitor incoming data received from the remote devices over the communication network to determine changes to programs active for the remote devices. The server system can be configured to collect, from the respective remote devices, monitoring data that is generated by the programs active for the remote devices and is provided over the communication network. The server system can compare the collected monitoring data with reference levels, select one or more program changes, and distribute, to various remote devices, data indicating appropriate program changes for the remote devices.
US11240313B2
Personal electronic devices are organized into a personal electronic device network. One of the personal electronic devices is designated as a device management hub. Based on contextual information from the personal electronic device network, a current activity of a user is predicted, and based on the predicted current user activity and the contextual information, one or more hierarchy is cognitively derived. The device management hub uses one of the hierarchy to contextually assign user input to one of the personal electronic devices for processing. Cognitively predicting the current user activity can include analyzing, by the device management hub, contextual information from the personal electronic devices.
US11240304B2
An example embodiment may involve receiving, by a web server device and from a client device, a request for web content. The example embodiment may also involve determining, by the web server device, that a web document includes a script containing a synchronous client-side function call matching pre-determined criteria. The web content may be at least in part derivable from the web document. The example embodiment may also involve executing, by the web server device, the synchronous client-side function call to obtain output data. The example embodiment may also involve modifying, by the web server device, the web document to include the output data in a data structure associated with the synchronous client-side function call. The example embodiment may also involve transmitting, by the web server device and to the client device, the web document as modified.
US11240283B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for selecting encoding specifications for encoding audio and/or video data to be streamed from a sender to a receiver via a network. Methods and apparatus for encoding data using a selected encoding specification, and for streaming data which has been encoded using a selected encoding specification from a sender to a receiver via a network are also disclosed. The selecting method comprises selecting an encoding specification (s930) in dependence on performance measures (86) previously obtained using a plurality of different encoding specifications in respect of a monitored network when in each of a plurality of different network conditions (87), respective network conditions being characterised by different combinations of data-transmission characteristics.
US11240281B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for use of cyclic play queues in a media content environment. A cyclic list data structure that can be initially populated with a list of media content items to be played at a media device, exposes a cyclic list of sequences of media content items, and supports operations to modify portions of the cyclic list to provide a cyclic play queue of media content items. When changes are made to an underlying play queue or context, the system performs a three-way merge of sequences of media content items within the cyclic list, to provide a modified play queue, for example with the left sequence being an updated playlist, and the right sequence being a patch window that reflects a user's changes to the play queue.
US11240280B2
Content streaming systems, such as systems that use HTTP compliant requests to obtain media segments for presentation of the content on a device. These content streaming systems can be optimized to reduce latency to a low level so that live events can be streamed to receiving devices in such a manner so that the time between an action in the live event and the presentation of the action on a receiving device that receives the streamed content is less than about 10 seconds. A client device can use rendition reports to tune-in to a new rendition (at a first bit rate) after presenting a prior rendition (of a second bit rate) when switching between the different bit rates; also, for example, a client device can use playlist annotations that indicate independent frames to avoid downloading depending frame media segments when switching between different renditions.
US11240276B2
A communicator device including a network interface for facilitating internet protocol (IP) communication, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) device interface for facilitating communication with a PSTN device and a processor. The processor is configured to communicate with a user application via an IP connection, receive instructions via the IP connection, generate a telephone ring signal based on the instructions, output the telephone ring signal to the PSTN device via the PSTN device interface, in response to the PSTN device providing a response to the telephone ring signal, establish a tip/ring connection between the PSTN device and the communicator device, and perform a data exchange between the user application and the PSTN device via a communication link that includes the IP connection and the tip/ring connection.
US11240275B1
A network device for collecting and distributing cybersecurity intelligence, which features analytics logic and a plurality of plug-ins. The analytics logic is configured to (i) receive a request message to conduct a cybersecurity analysis and (ii) select one of a first set or second set of plug-ins to conduct the cybersecurity analysis. Responsive to selecting a first plug-in of the first set of plug-ins by the analytics logic, the system conducts and completes the cybersecurity analysis while a communication session between the first plug-in and a network device initiating the request message remains open. Responsive to selecting a second plug-in by the analytics logic, the system conducts and completes the cybersecurity analysis while allowing the cybersecurity intelligence to be provided in response to the request message during a different and subsequent communication session than the communication session during which the request message is received.
US11240273B2
In particular embodiments, a data processing data inventory generation system is configured to: (1) generate a data model (e.g., a data inventory) for one or more data assets utilized by a particular organization; (2) generate a respective data inventory for each of the one or more data assets; and (3) map one or more relationships between one or more aspects of the data inventory, the one or more data assets, etc. within the data model. In particular embodiments, a data asset (e.g., data system, software application, etc.) may include, for example, any entity that collects, processes, contains, and/or transfers personal data (e.g., such as a software application, “internet of things” computerized device, database, website, data-center, server, etc.). The system may be configured to identify particular data assets and/or personal data in data repositories using any suitable intelligent identity scanning technique.
US11240269B2
An example first device disclosed herein is to obtain, from a library of the first device, a pre-master secret value and a master secret value associated with a session key for a communication session between the first device and a second device, the library instrumented to log the pre-master and master secret values during handshaking, the session key based on the pre-master secret value, the master secret value and data strings exchanged during the handshaking. The disclosed example first device is also to capture a packet level trace corresponding to the communication session, the packet level trace including the data strings and encrypted data. The disclosed example first device is further to determine the session key based on the pre-master secret value, the master secret value and the data strings without use of a proxy, and decrypt the encrypted data with the session key to obtain decrypted data.
US11240260B2
A method and system for monitoring computer network intrusions, the system comprising at least one security device including a processor and memory. The at least one security device is communicatively coupled to a private network and configured to generate heartbeat pulses comprising operational snapshots of the at least one security device. The system further comprises one or more host systems configured to communicate with the at least one security device from an external network, transmit configuration parameters to the at least one security device, the configuration parameters including instructions for the at least one security device to operate as a given type of network asset, monitor the heartbeat pulse of the at least one security device, determine a change in integrity in the at least one security device based on the monitoring, and send one or more notification messages to a network administrator based on the determination.
