US11260916B2
A front vehicle-body structure includes a floor panel; a side sill; a floor frame extending in a front-rear direction on a vehicle-width-direction inner side of the side sill; a first cross member connecting a front portion of the side sill to the floor frame in a vehicle width direction; and a second cross member connecting the side sill and floor frame in the vehicle width direction on a rear side of the first cross member. The floor panel has a quadrilateral closed region surrounded by the side sill, the floor frame, and the cross members, on a periphery of the closed region, and the closed region has a bead linearly extending in a direction intersecting with a virtual line connecting front and rear portions on vehicle-width-direction outer and inner sides, respectively, of the closed region to each other at an angle of 45 degrees or more in plan view.
US11260915B2
A vehicle side body structure can secure a vibration-damping property of a body regardless of design specification by including a rear wheel house including a wheel house outer and a wheel house inner; a side sill extending forward from a front end of the wheel house outer; and an outer reinforcement extending in a vertical direction along a door opening edge from an intermediate portion in a front-rear direction of the wheel house outer. The wheel house outer includes: an outer overhang overhanging outward; and an outer flange extending upward from an inner end of the outer overhang. A reinforcing member is provided to cooperate with the outer overhang and the outer flange so as to define a closed cross section in a substantially triangular shape. The reinforcing member couples a rear end of the side sill and a lower end of the outer reinforcement.
US11260903B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods that include a variable length linkage for connecting together tie rods. The linkage includes first, second, and third apertures. There is a first distance between the first aperture and the second aperture and a second distance between the first aperture and the third aperture. The apparatus may include a fourth aperture having a third distance between the first aperture and the fourth aperture. The second, third, and fourth apertures may each have a non-circular cross-section. The linkage may include a base, a first finger, a second finger, and a third finger that each extend from the base. The first aperture may be in the base, the second aperture may be in the first finger, the third aperture may be in the second finger, and the fourth aperture may be in the third finger. The first aperture may be oriented vertically with the other apertures oriented horizontally.
US11260890B2
A pallet jack includes a base and a pair of tines extending from the base. The pair of tines including a first tine and a second tine. A load wheel supports an outer end of each of the pair of tines. Each load wheel is configured to move toward and away from the respective tine to raise the tine off a floor on which the load wheel is supported. The first tine including a support surface configured to selectively be a lowermost surface of the tine to facilitate lateral displacement of the first tine.
US11260875B2
Systems and methods are directed to motion planning for an autonomous vehicle. In one example, a computer-implemented method for road surface dependent motion planning includes obtaining, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, surface friction data. The method further includes determining, by the computing system, one or more constraints for motion planning based at least in part on the surface friction data. The method further includes generating, by the computing system, a motion plan for an autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the one or more constraints.
US11260871B2
A road information detection device includes a curve-starting-position identification part configured to identify the starting position of a transition curve according to a road structure upon detecting an attached structure on a road. It further includes an image information capture part configured to capture an image, an attached-structure detection part configured to detect the identification of an attached structure reflected in the image, and a storage media configured to store the position of an attached structure. The curve-starting-position identification part may identify the starting position based on the detected identification of an attached structure, the stored position of an attached structure, and a distance from the attached structure to the starting position of a transition curve.
US11260870B2
A tire (100) rolls on a surface (105). A method (600) for providing maximum traction coefficient between the tire (100) and the surface (105) include steps for detecting a momentary slip of the tire (100) on the surface (105); detecting a momentary traction coefficient; forming a tuple (410, 510) from the slip and the current traction coefficient; choosing a characteristic curve (205, 305) from a number of predetermined characteristic curves (205, 305) on the basis of the tuple (410, 510), whereby each characteristic curve (205, 305) describes a traction behavior of the tire (100) or a corresponding characteristic pitch; determining the maximum traction coefficient on the basis of the selected characteristic curves (205, 305); and thus providing the maximum traction coefficient.
US11260868B2
A system includes an acquisition unit that acquires an operation amount or a duration count, and a switching unit that switches a driving state. The switching unit switches the driving state to the cooperative driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than an intervention threshold and less than a start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold during the autonomous driving state, switches the driving state to the autonomous driving state when the operation amount is less than the intervention threshold or the duration count is less than the first threshold during the cooperative driving state, and switches the driving state to the manual driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than the start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than the second threshold.
US11260865B2
A vehicle control device includes a control instruction unit (ALC switch) that gives an instruction to perform one of lane change assistance control in which guidance of lane change is provided to a vehicle occupant through a notification unit (HMI) and automated lane change control in which travel control required for movement from a travel lane to a target lane is automatically performed as lane change control performed in the lane change in accordance with vehicle occupant's operation.
US11260863B2
A driving assistance apparatus can execute a deceleration assistance control, when there is a deceleration target ahead, of the vehicle in a course thereof. The driving assistance apparatus is provided with: a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of the vehicle; and a controller programed to execute the deceleration assistance control when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The controller is programed to suppress execution of the deceleration assistance control if a road as the recognized surrounding situation has a high extent of a downgrade, in comparison with a situation in which the road has a low extent of the downgrade.
US11260860B2
A vehicle control device executes a cruise control to let a vehicle travel in such a manner that an acceleration is equal to a predetermined acceleration, when an execution condition becomes satisfied, and starts a vehicle speed upper limit control to let the vehicle travel in such a manner that the vehicle speed does not exceed an upper limit value determined based on a shape of a curve section, when a start condition becomes satisfied. The vehicle control device starts displaying a display element in a first display mode, when the vehicle speed upper limit control is started. At a time point at which the vehicle speed upper limit control is ended, the vehicle control device starts displaying the display element in a second display mode different from the first display mode if the execution condition is not satisfied.
US11260857B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode or an autonomous vehicle. For instance, a polygon representative of the shape and location of a first object may be received. A polyline contour representation of a portion of a polygon representative of the shape and location of a second object may be received. The polyline contour representation may be in half-plane coordinates and including a plurality of vertices and line segments. Coordinates of the polygon representative of the first object may be converted to the half-plane coordinate system. A collision location between the polyline contour representation and the polygon representative of the first object may be determined using the converted coordinates. The autonomous vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode to avoid a collision based on the collision location.
US11260848B2
Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes an engine and an integrated starter/generator are described. In one example, torque generated via the engine is based on a requested driveline torque and a torque of an electric machine when degradation of an engine sensor is present. The torque generated via the engine may be adjusted responsive to a requested engine torque and a feedback engine torque that is based on output of an engine airflow sensor.
US11260841B2
The actuating device for a vehicle brake system comprises a force input member, which can be coupled to a brake pedal, and a brake master cylinder. The brake master cylinder has at least one force transmission member. The force transmission member is coupled to the force input member in an articulating fashion. The force transmission member is positioned to transmit a force, which has been exerted onto the force input member, to the brake master cylinder. The actuating device has at least one elastically deformable positioning element. The at least one positioning element produces a holding force with which the at least one positioning element holds the at least one force input member in an installation position relative to the brake master cylinder.
US11260839B2
Provided is a brake control apparatus configured to: set a target slip degree of each of three wheels other than an outer front wheel to a slip degree of the outer front wheel; perform feedback control so that an actual slip degree of each of the three wheels becomes close to the target slip degree; and decrease a feedback control amount of a wheel which is to be controlled to increase an anti-spin yaw moment when an understeer suppression condition is satisfied.
US11260837B2
A tractor controller for controlling trailer brake applications comprises an input for receiving a signal indicative of a trailer brake application and control logic. The control logic receives a signal indicating a trailer brake application is requested, compares the trailer brake signal to a predetermined signal profile, applies the trailer service brakes in response to the trailer brake signal meeting the signal profile and compares a duration of the trailer brake signal to first predetermined time. A warning is provided in response to the duration of the trailer brake signal being greater than a first predetermined time and the control logic discontinues the trailer service brake application in response to duration of trailer brake signal being greater than the second predetermined time.
US11260836B2
Adaptive brake assist system a cyclist on a bicycle by an aptic feedback, includes a first sensor (for measuring the angular speed (ω1) of a first wheel of the bicycle, adapted to generate a signal representative of the angular speed of the first wheel; an actuator mountable to a portion of the bicycle, adapted to generate vibrations; a control module configured to generate a command signal of the actuator, so that the actuator vibrates at a vibration frequency (f), based on at least the signal representative of the angular speed of the first wheel (ω1) and based on one or more reference magnitudes (ηref); and a learning module configured to determine, updating and delivering to the control module the one or more reference magnitudes (ηref) based on at least the signal representative of the angular speed (ω1) of the first wheel.
US11260835B2
A military vehicle includes a passenger capsule, a front module coupled to a front end of the passenger capsule, a rear module coupled to a rear end of the passenger capsule, a front axle coupled to the front module, a rear axle coupled to the rear module, an engine coupled by the front module, a front differential coupled to the front axle, a transaxle, and an actuator. The transaxle is coupled to the engine, the rear axle, and the front differential. The transaxle includes an internal mechanical disconnect that facilitates decoupling the transaxle from the front differential. The actuator is accessible from an exterior of the passenger capsule to engage the internal mechanical disconnect.
US11260830B2
A windshield wiper system (100) includes a pivoting wiper arm (110); a wiper blade (120) for wiping a surface (102); and a connector assembly (128) coupling the pivoting wiper arm (110) to the wiper blade (120), the connector assembly (128) comprising a gear drive (130) including at least one drive gear (132) and at least one positioning cog (136), wherein the gear drive (130) rotates the wiper blade (120) based on an angular position of the pivoting wiper arm (110) such that an arc of a motion path (320) of the wiper blade (120) is reduced.
US11260825B2
A locking and unlocking system includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire a state of locking and unlocking of a vehicle that is locked and unlocked based on locking and unlocking instruction information acquired from a portable terminal, and send a notification to a first device associated with the vehicle, when the vehicle is not locked during a period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the locking and unlocking instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a first timing.
US11260823B2
An airbag for a passenger seat is folded and stored in a storage so as to be deployed towards the passenger seat in such a manner as to enlarge towards the left and right when exiting the storage. The airbag includes a bag body that includes a mount-side portion to be mounted on the storage, and a cover panel that is made of a flexible sheet-shaped material and covers an outer circumference of the mount-side portion of the bag body. The cover panel is configured to cover an edge of a peripheral member of the storage at least in left and right sides of the storage at airbag deployment. The cover panel is joined to the bag body in such a manner that its edge portion is capable of slipping relative to the bag body at least in the left and right portions.
US11260819B2
An airbag apparatus equipped in a vehicle seat having a seat cushion that forms a seating surface and a seat back that forms a backrest includes: an inflator that generates inflation gas; and an airbag housed within at least the seat back and deployed by inflation gas released from the inflator. The airbag includes a pair of left and right side chambers that deploy towards the front from a side portion of the seat back and an upper chamber that deploys above the head of a passenger. The airbag is rolled in a direction that intersects the longitudinal direction from a flat unfolded state prior to being housed or folded to be compressed into a long bar shape. A folded portion is formed by folding at least a location corresponding to the upper chamber of the long bar shaped airbag to house the folded portion above the seat back.
US11260809B2
A new wiring and power and communications system for an automobile that includes a plurality of devices, wherein the devices are connected to a backbone section that has an outer sheathing, a first conductor disposed within the outer sheathing, a second conductor disposed within the outer sheathing, a pair of inner sheathing members disposed within the outer sheathing and located on opposing sides of the at least one conductor, the inner sheathing members configured to electrically insulate the first conductor from the second conductor, and a shield member disposed within the outer sheathing.
US11260803B2
An all-terrain or utility vehicle includes an audio system having at least one speaker. The at least one speaker is positioned at a forward portion of the operator area and is supported by a body panel. More particularly, the body panel may be configured to receive at least a portion of the speaker as well as at least a portion of an upper frame assembly. In this way, the speaker is positioned to direct sound towards the rider, is generally concealed from a front view of the vehicle, and is positioned within available space on the vehicle above at least a portion of the door.
US11260802B2
An entertainment system including a removable seat-back display unit and a docking station. The seat-back display unit can include a rotating latch butterfly release mechanism that prevents unauthorized release of the display unit from the docking station. The system can include a three-point attachment system that provides additional protection against accidental detachment of the display unit, and provide safety in the event of partial dislodging. The system can include a current control pin system that ensures that current is not provided from the docking station to the display unit until the respective connectors have been properly engaged. The system can further include a floating pin connector dock that can allow for installation of the display unit even when the connectors of the display unit and docking station become misaligned. The system can also include a heat dissipation system that employs the docking station to share the heat dissipation load with the display unit.
US11260793B2
A construction machine includes an image capturing device configured to capture an image of the surroundings, an image display part mounted in an operator's cab and configured to display a menu screen showing an operating condition and various settings, or the captured image captured with the image capturing device, an operation part including a menu switch to cause the menu screen to be displayed on the image display part, and a detector configured to detect whether a work element is enabled or disabled. The image display part is configured to display a warning in response to the menu switch being operated while the work element is enabled.
US11260791B2
A vehicular, adaptive brake light to custom light sequencing system generally includes an OEM vehicular brake light circuit electrically connected to OEM brake lights of a vehicle, and an aftermarket flashing circuit electrically connected within or to the OEM vehicular brake light circuit to cause the OEM brake lights to flash. They system further includes an aftermarket directional indicator circuit electrically connected within or to the OEM vehicular brake light circuit and electrically connected to the aftermarket flashing circuit to effectuate a flashing of at least one of an OEM left brake light and an OEM right brake light. The system also includes an aftermarket hazard light circuit that is electrically connected within or to the OEM brake light circuit and to the aftermarket flashing circuit to effectuate a flashing hazard by the OEM brake lights.
US11260789B2
An out-of-vehicle notification device includes a moving person detecting unit configured to detect a moving person who is to be notified of information by means of light based on a result of detection performed by an outside situation detecting unit, a plurality of light emitting units, a light emission control unit configured to cause the light emitting units to emit light, and an operating state detecting unit configured to detect operating states of blinkers of the host vehicle. When an operation of the blinker is detected, the light emission control unit forbids light emission of the light emitting unit that is provided within a predetermined area around the blinker in operation.
US11260785B1
A vehicle cup holder assembly that includes a body, and a housing that is wrapped around a corner periphery of the body. A support panel is slideably coupled to the housing and includes a first member and a second member. The support panel is operable between a recessed position and a deployed position, wherein the support panel is configured to receive a container in the deployed position. A lever arm is coupled to the support panel, wherein the lever arm is movable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the lever arm is configured to support a base of the container in the extended position, and wherein the lever arm is stored within the side portion of the housing in the retracted position.
US11260771B2
A vehicle power supply system is provided. The system includes a first power line connected by a first inverter and a first battery, a second power line connected by a second inverter and a second battery, a voltage converter, and a charging and discharging control device operating the inverters and the voltage converter. The control device charges the second battery with second regenerative electric power that is power supplied from the second inverter to the second power line in a case where a second SOC is equal to or less than the second regeneration permission upper limit during regenerative deceleration, and prohibits the second battery from being charged and supplies at least a portion of the second regenerative electric power to the first battery through the voltage converter and the first power line when the second SOC is larger than the second regeneration permission upper limit.
US11260767B2
A cable retrieving system is disclosed for a charging station adapted for recharging an electric vehicle, the charging station comprising an electric cable and a plug for enabling an electrical connection with the electric vehicle, the system comprising a mechanical wire having a first end secured to the electric cable and a second end; an enclosure comprising an opening suitable for the mechanical wire and a pulling mechanism located in the enclosure, the pulling mechanism comprising a weight member located in the enclosure and mounted on a portion of the mechanical wire to thereby create a pulling force on the mechanical wire to thereby pull the electric cable towards the charging station.
US11260764B2
The invention relates to a plug device for a battery having a battery housing, in particular of an electrically driven vehicle, with a main connection body with at least two plug contours formed thereon which are each provided to receive a plug counter-contour of a plug element, with a number of power rails that are received into the main connection body and that each have at least two connection contacts, of which one connection contact is provided for the electrical connection within the housing to a battery connection and the other connection contact is seated in one of the plug contours for plug contacting on the outside of the housing with the assigned plug element, and with a sealing element for sealing the main connection body on the battery housing in a liquid- and gas-tight manner. Furthermore, the invention relates to a battery with such a plug device as well as a vehicle with such a battery.
US11260761B2
In the fuel cell vehicle provided with the motor and configured to drive the motor with power of at least one of the fuel cell 1 and the battery, the fuel cell having a DC voltage of less than 60 V is disposed in the rear portion of the vehicle and the battery is disposed in the front relative to the fuel cell.
US11260759B2
An electric vehicle that includes a battery pack, a direct current socket, and a controller and a charging method for charging between electric vehicles, where in a process in which the direct current socket is coupled to an alternating current socket of another electric vehicle using a charge/discharge cable, the battery pack is controlled based on a charging request of the other electric vehicle to charge the other electric vehicle. Hence, charging between electric vehicles can be conveniently implemented.
US11260757B2
A method for assisting a power-intensive driving maneuver of an ego vehicle propelled by an electric motor fed from an energy-storage device includes predicting a power-intensive driving maneuver of the ego vehicle, ascertaining a peak-power profile that is needed for a complete execution of the predicted driving maneuver, and determining an available propulsive power of the ego vehicle. The method further includes ascertaining whether the available propulsive power is sufficient for the peak-power profile and, if the available propulsive power is sufficient for the peak-power profile, indicating a recommendation for execution of the predicted driving maneuver. If the available power is not sufficient for the peak-power profile, the method further includes ascertaining whether the available propulsive power is sufficient for a restricted peak-power profile that is needed for a restricted execution of the predicted driving maneuver, indicating a recommendation for restricted execution of the predicted driving maneuver if the available propulsive power is sufficient for the restricted peak-power profile, and indicating a recommendation for non-execution of the predicted driving maneuver if the available propulsive power is not sufficient for the restricted peak-power profile.
US11260750B2
A mobile sensor apparatus includes a capture device for capturing vehicle movements of the vehicle and an interface for transmitting data relating to the vehicle movements to a head-worn visual output device. A display system includes the mobile sensor apparatus and the head-worn visual output device.
US11260742B2
One axle of a hybrid vehicle is powered by an electric motor while a second axle of the vehicle is powered by a powertrain that includes an internal combustion engine. The electrically driven axle can be controlled in a speed control mode or in a torque control mode based on a driver demanded torque. The speed control mode is used when slip is detected at the electrically driven axle. The torque control mode is used when the electrically driven axle has traction. During a transition between these modes, the rate of change of torque is controlled to a predetermined level to mitigate noise, vibration, and harshness.
US11260737B2
A vehicle battery cooling device adapted to cool a battery pack including a plurality of unit batteries includes: a case that contains a cooling fluid for cooling the battery pack; a pipe which runs inside the case and in which a cooling medium for cooling the cooling fluid is caused to flow; and a control valve that is provided in the pipe and discharges the cooling medium in the case in accordance with a temperature of the battery pack.
US11260736B1
A system for overmolding an encapsulation at a perimeter region of a glass window panel includes a mold having a fixed part and a first movable part, and a second movable part. Each of the fixed part and the second movable part has a seal disposed thereat. The fixed part and the first and second movable parts cooperate to receive and support a glass window panel and to define a seal cavity. The second movable part includes an elastomeric or rubber or VITON strip that engages a surface of the glass window panel during overmolding of an encapsulation at the perimeter region of the glass window panel.
US11260735B2
A belt line portion sound insulation structure for an automobile between a door panel and door glass includes a viscoelastic member arranged on a lower portion of one of principal faces of a glass plate of the door glass. The door panel includes two panel plates facing each other, and the door glass is arranged between the two panel plates so as to be movable up and down. A hardness measured on a surface of the viscoelastic member is 10 to 80 in an Asker C hardness defined by SRIS 0101. In a closed state of the door glass, the viscoelastic member is restrained by a portion of a surface of one of the two panel plates facing the one of the principal faces and an area on one of the two panel plates where the viscoelastic member is disposed.
US11260734B2
A trim for a vehicle comprising: an attachment portion including an exterior lateral wall portion, an interior lateral wall portion, and a top wall portion that connects the exterior and interior lateral wall portions; a core embedded in the attachment portion; and a holding lip protruding from an interior surface of at least one of the exterior and interior lateral wall portions, wherein the attachment portion and the holding lip are formed of a foamed polymer material, and wherein among tip end portions of the exterior lateral wall portion and the interior lateral wall portion, the tip end portion of at least one of the exterior and interior lateral wall portions is covered with a covering portion formed of a non-foamed polymer material.
US11260732B1
A disclosed assembly includes a rail and an inner seal fixedly coupled to the rail that is arranged along a length of the rail. The inner seal includes a flap hiding a part of the rail adjacent the flap from view in a vehicle cabin. A shoe slidably coupled to the rail adjacent the flap is movable along the rail to open or close a sunshade held by the shoe. A channel extending through the shoe receives the flap. The shoe is engaged with a first segment of the flap folded in the channel while a second segment of the flap external to the channel is unfolded. Movement of the shoe causing the second segment to pass into the channel and fold therein as the first segment exits the channel and unfolds to prevent the part of the rail from being exposed.
US11260730B2
A cab for a power machine having a side window and a rear window each hingedly connected to the same one of a right rear cab frame post and a left rear cab frame post such that when the side window and rear window are both opened by latches to rotate outward relative to the same rear post an airflow path is created diagonally across the operator between a front corner of the cab and an opposite rear corner of the cab.
US11260729B2
An automobile includes a body side panel including: a first pillar disposed rearward of a door of the automobile; a second pillar disposed rearward of the first pillar; an interior panel connecting the first pillar and the second pillar; a rear quarter panel attached to the exterior of the body side panel and forming a cavity between the rear quarter panel and the interior panel; and a retractable window disposed between the first pillar and the second pillar; wherein the retractable window is configured to move between a first position and a second position, the first position being defined by a roof of the automobile, the first pillar, and the second pillar, and the second position being inside the cavity.
US11260727B2
A vehicle, a refrigerator for a vehicle, and a method for controlling a refrigerator for a vehicle are provided. The method for controlling the refrigerator for the vehicle includes turning on a switch of the refrigerator for the vehicle, measuring a temperature of an interior of the refrigerator for the vehicle a first time, measuring a temperature of the interior of the refrigerator for the vehicle again a second time after a predetermined time has elapsed from the first time, determining a temperature change of the interior of the refrigerator from the first time to the second time, and operating the refrigerator for the vehicle in a quench mode in which the temperature in the interior of the refrigerator is rapidly lowered, unlike a normal mode, if the temperature change in the interior of the refrigerator is in a positive direction.
US11260724B2
A vehicular air conditioning system includes: a heat pump side refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a water-cooled heat exchanger, a heat pump mode expansion valve, an air-cooled heat exchanger, an air conditioner mode expansion valve and an evaporator, the heat pump side refrigerant circulation line configured to generate cold energy in the evaporator in an air conditioner mode and to generate heat in the water-cooled heat exchanger in a heat pump mode, the air-cooled heat exchanger configured to allow a refrigerant to exchange heat with an ambient air in the air conditioner mode and the heat pump mode; and a heat exchange air switching part configured to switch the type of the air heat-exchanged in the air-cooled heat exchanger depending on the air conditioner mode or the heat pump mode.
US11260723B2
A method for power and load management of a transport climate control system using a vehicle electrical system is provided. The method includes a controller determining a power draw of the transport climate control load network, determining an amount of power available from the vehicle electrical system, and determining whether the power draw of the transport climate control load network exceeds the amount of power available from the vehicle electrical system. Also, the method includes shedding one or more loads of the transport climate control load network to reduce the power draw of the transport climate control load network until the power draw of the transport climate control load network matches the power available from the vehicle electrical system. Further, the method includes supplying power from the vehicle electrical system to the transport climate control load network.
US11260720B2
A coupled battery and motor controller thermal management system is disclosed. In various embodiments, a motor controller and a heat sink are coupled thermally to a battery. At least a portion of waste heat generated by the motor controller is transferred to the thermal mass of the battery during at least a first mode of operation in which a relatively low amount of ambient air flows through the heat sink.
US11260694B2
An inner tube comprising a unitary tube segmented into a plurality of chambers, the plurality of chambers interconnected therebetween. A plurality of interconnections may be respectively configured between the plurality of chambers wherein the plurality of interconnections may be operable to control airflow between adjacent ones of the plurality of chambers. A valve coupled to the unitary tube, the valve operable to allow introduction of air into the plurality of chambers through the plurality of interconnections.
US11260692B2
A portal-axle of bogies for light rail vehicles, such as for example trams or light rail metros with street running, is described, the light rail vehicles being characterized by a floor, i.e. a walking surface, lowered with respect to the rails. The portal-axle comprises two shoulders equipped with spindles for mounting wheels and with a central portion for structurally connecting the shoulders. Unlike conventional solutions, the central portion is not made by casting or forging, but advantageously is simply defined by at least two bars coupled thereto during the assembly. The bars are easily available on the market at low cost, have lower weight with respect to a traditional forged/cast component and allow modularity and versatility in dimensioning the portal-axle to be obtained.
US11260689B2
A stable, low-weight wheel which is particularly suitable for high system-weight bicycles, such as electrically powered bicycles and cargo bikes, includes a hub, at least three solid-body spokes disposed rotationally symmetrical to the wheel axis, and a rim. The body of the hub, spokes and rim is made in one piece by injection molding of a glass-fiber reinforced thermoplastic. The spokes have an S-shaped cross-section with an opening angle which increases in the direction of the rim, taper from the rim towards the hub in a central cross-section of the wheel, and taper from the hub towards the rim in a wheel cross-section running through the center of least one spoke. A method for producing the wheel is also provided.
US11260686B2
The invention comprises a mechanical handwriting system linked to a user input system to generate a plotted document, such as a greeting card, note card or document, using a conveyor belt unit to support and move the document, a plotter, and a series of rollers to position and constrain movement of the greeting card, which is optionally and preferably linked to a paper feeder system in an assembly line format, where the rollers are optionally and preferably adjustable in position to accommodate varying paper sizes and to allow movement of the document during a plotting period to avoid positional overlap constraints of the rollers and a plotter head of the plotter in a process of plotting the document/card in sections.
US11260679B2
A holder assembly includes a base, a drive assembly coupled to the base, a motive source connected to the drive assembly, a vertical force applicator connected to the drive assembly along a connection edge thereof, and a gripping member coupled to the base, the gripping member having a contact surface coupled to a vacuum source, wherein the drive assembly has a first position with the flattening member engaged with the contact surface and a second position with the flattening member positioned away from the contact surface.
US11260673B2
A printing apparatus includes a print unit configured to perform printing on the print medium held by a holding unit, the holding unit being capable of holding multiple types of print medium, a detecting unit capable of detecting the print medium and the holding unit, and a movement unit capable of relatively moving the detecting unit and the holding unit in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction. In addition, a control unit controls the detecting unit and the movement unit in a case where a first print medium is held by the holding unit, to obtain position information of the first print medium before the print unit performs printing and, in a case where a second print medium different from the first print medium is held by the holding unit, not to obtain position information of the second print medium.
US11260671B2
A printer includes a print engine and a controller configured to, when a particular condition is satisfied, control the print engine to perform first partial printing to form first dots corresponding to a first portion of a target image without forming second dots corresponding to a second portion of the target image, perform sub scanning over a first distance after the first partial printing and before second partial printing, and perform the second partial printing to form the second dots without forming the first dots, and when the particular condition is not satisfied, control the print engine to perform the first partial printing to form at least a part of the first dots, perform the sub scanning over a second distance different from the first distance after the first partial printing and before second partial printing, and perform the second partial printing to form the second dots.
US11260666B2
A liquid ejection head comprises a plurality of ejection orifices for ejecting liquid, a liquid supply flow path for supplying liquid to the plurality of ejection orifices and a plurality of branch flow paths branched from the liquid supply flow path each being held in communication with corresponding one of the plurality of ejection orifices. The plurality of ejection orifices form a first row and a second row each extending in parallel with each other. The first and second rows of ejection orifices are partially overlapping with each other as viewed in the direction orthogonal relative to the extending direction. The flow rate in the branch flow paths held in communication with the ejection orifices located in the overlapping part is made greater than the flow rate in the branch flow paths held in communication with the ejection orifices located in the non-overlapping part.
US11260661B2
A width of the first nozzle channel in the first direction is larger than a width of the first communication channel in the second direction and a width of the first nozzle channel in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction is smaller than a width of the first communication channel in the third direction.
US11260655B2
An ink-jet printer including a printing part that is provided with a plurality of printing heads and a distribution tank, a buffer tank, a heat exchanger, a manifold, a main flow pipe that successively connects the buffer tank, the heat exchanger and the manifold to one another, a sub-flow pipe that connects the manifold and the buffer tank with each other, a supply flow pipe for connecting the manifold and the printing part with each other, a collection flow pipe for connecting the printing part and the buffer tank with each other, and pumps respectively installed on the sub-flow pipe, the supply flow pipe and the collection flow pipe. The main flow pipe and the sub-flow pipe constitute a first circulation flow passage for circulating ink, and the main flow pipe, the supply flow pipe and the collection flow pipe constitute a second circulation flow passage for circulating the ink.
US11260653B2
In some examples, a fluid ejection device includes a communication interface comprising a plurality of communication channel circuits capable of communicating over respective communication channels, and a configuration controller, responsive to an input, to selectively activate at least one communication channel circuit of the plurality of communication channel circuits, wherein different inputs to the configuration controller are to cause selective activation of different numbers of the plurality of communication channel circuits. The fluid ejection device further includes a nozzle controller responsive to data received through the activated at least one communication channel circuit to cause activation of at least one corresponding nozzle to eject fluid.
US11260646B2
A method of processing a substrate, with a first major surface of the substrate removably bonded to a first major surface of a first carrier and a second major surface of the substrate removably bonded to a first major surface of a second carrier, includes initiating debonding at a first location of an outer peripheral bonded interface between the substrate and the first carrier to separate a portion of the first carrier from the substrate. The method further includes propagating a first debond front from the first debonded location along a first direction extending away from the first debonded location by sequentially applying a plurality of lifting forces to the first carrier at a corresponding plurality of sequential lifting locations of the first carrier.
US11260643B2
In order to provide a laminating apparatus that enables a film to be loaded in a reliable and easy manner without a complicated structure, a laminating apparatus 1 includes a sheet feed mechanism unit 10, a film cassette 20, and a press-bonding mechanism unit 30 configured to perform thermal press-bonding while sandwiching a sheet with a pair of films. The laminating apparatus 1 also includes an openable/closable upper unit 5, and employs a configuration in which the upper unit 5 is provided with one pressing roller 31 of a pair of pressing rollers of the press-bonding mechanism unit 30, and an upper member of another mechanism for performing a process in a state where the sheet is sandwiched between the films.
US11260628B2
Laminated glass contains two glass sheets interlayered with at least one polymer film C which is provided with a coating A comprising a polyvinyl acetal PA and optionally at least one plasticiser WA, and at least one film B containing a polyvinyl acetal PB and at least one plasticiser WB wherein coating A comprises less than 16% by weight of plasticiser, film B comprises at least 16% by weight of plasticiser, and film C comprises polyamide, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyvinyl alcohol, polylactic acid, polyethylen furanoate cellulose acetate, polymethyl methacrylates, polyethylene naphthalate, ionomers, or combinations thereof, wherein film C is located between coating A and film B.
US11260624B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a film. The method may include providing a base layer, wherein the base layer is resistant to one or more of water or oxygen; coextruding a tie layer and a contact layer to provide a coextrusion layer; coating the coextrusion layer to the base layer; allowing the coextrusion layer coated to the base layer to adhere to form the film, wherein the film comprises the tie layer and the contact layer formed as a coextrusion layer coated to the base layer; wherein the tie layer comprises one or more layers, and wherein the tie layer, or the one or more layers of the tie layer, has a loading in the range of 7 to 20 g/m2; wherein the contact layer comprises a cycloolefin copolymer (COC).
US11260623B2
A panel suitable for forming a floor covering by assembling a plurality of said panels adjacent to each other, which is of a substantially planar design, having a planar top side and a planar bottom side, said panel being composed from a layered structure that comprises: a waterproof core layer; a top layer adhered on the top side of said core layer, wherein the top layer comprises at least one ply of cured resin impregnated paper; an adhesive layer between the core layer and the top layer; characterized in that the adhesive layer is a cured mixture which comprises a polymeric adhesive compound, and an additional constituent which is either at least one resin component which is also present in the cured resin impregnated paper, and which is not included in the polymeric adhesive compound, or an epoxy resin.
US11260619B2
A composite panel assembly and method of forming the same includes a core, an inner skin coupled to a first side of the core, and an outer skin coupled to a second side of the core. A peripheral edge including portions of the core, the inner skin, and the outer skin, is compressed to close a path into the core.
US11260618B2
The present invention relates to the use of an aromatic polycarbonate prepared by the transesterification of a bisphenol and a diaryl carbonate and having a viscosity average molecular weight, Mv, of from 22000 to 32000 g/mol, a polydispersity, defined as Mw/Mn, of from 1.8-3.2, a melt-flow index of from 3.0-10 g/10 min as determined in accordance with ASTM D 1238 (1.2 kg, 300° C.), an amount of Fries branching of from 750 to 2500 ppm, for the manufacture of bottles having a volume of at least 15 liter by means of an injection blow moulding or an extrusion blow moulding process.
US11260615B2
A dunnage conversion machine for converting an expandable pre-slit sheet stock material into a relatively less dense dunnage product includes an improved expansion assembly that provides means for adjusting the spacing between axes of rotation of components through which the sheet stock material is drawn. The adjustability enables pre-slit sheet stock materials of differing thicknesses and/or having differing slit patterns to be fed through the expansion assembly with no or minimal compression of an expanded dunnage product, jamming in the conversion machine, bunching, and/or tearing of the pre-slit sheet stock material or expanded dunnage product resulting from expansion of the pre-slit sheet stock material.
US11260614B2
A venting device and a tire mold are disclosed for use in a tire vulcanization process. The venting device includes a core shaft and a sleeve sleeved over the core shaft, a venting passage is formed between the sleeve and the core shaft, the core shaft includes a shaft body, one end of the shaft body is connected to a shaft head, the other end of the shaft body is connected to a shaft end piece provided with a groove extending through the shaft end piece, and an end of the groove facing away from the shaft head is closed. The shaft end piece is used for axially stopping the shaft body, and the shaft end piece is further used for assembling the sleeve and the core shaft by contracting and springing back.
US11260609B2
A composite manufacturing apparatus includes a width determining mechanism and a gas supplier. The width determining mechanism has a body and a gas passage. The body has a path configured to allow a tape material including fibers impregnated with a resin to pass therethrough. The path has a bottom surface and a pair of wall surfaces. The pair of the wall surfaces form a gap that gradually decreases. The gas passage is provided inside the body and formed by the bottom surface having a plurality of through holes, and is in communication with the plurality of through holes. The gas supplier is configured to supply gas to the gas pass age.
US11260608B2
A method and apparatus for constructing a tubular assembly 40 comprising an inner portion (24) and a further portion (23) surrounding the inner portion. The inner portion (24) comprises reinforcement (37) and the further portion (23) being formed from a strip (50) of material comprising two opposed longitudinal marginal side portions (53). The apparatus comprises an assembly station (220) comprising a wall (253). The apparatus comprises means for advancing the inner portion (21) along a first path (231) extending passed the wall (253), and means for advancing the strip (50) along a second path (232) and causing the strip to encircle the wall (253) and thereby wrap about and surround the inner portion (21). The apparatus further comprises means (321) for introducing resinous binder into the reinforcement (37) as the strip (50) is being wrapped about the inner portion (21).
US11260607B2
Forming systems and methods for drape forming a composite charge are disclosed herein. The forming systems include a forming die having a forming surface and a collapsible support having a support surface. The collapsible support is configured to transition from an extended conformation to a collapsed conformation and is configured such that a gap width of a gap between the support surface and the forming surface decreases during the transition. The methods include positioning a composite charge, transitioning the collapsible support from an extended conformation to a collapsed conformation, decreasing the gap width of the gap as the collapsible support transitions from the extended conformation to the collapsed conformation, and deforming the composite charge from an initial conformation to a final conformation.
US11260605B2
A process for forming a flexible composite driveshaft includes providing a mandrel having a rigid region and a compressible region, applying fiber tape to the mandrel using automated fiber placement with in-situ laser curing in the rigid region and without in-situ laser curing the compressible region, and compressing the fiber tape and compressible material in the compressible region to form diaphragms that extend radially outward to a diameter that is at least twice the size of a diameter of the composite driveshaft in the rigid region.
US11260603B2
A pair of mating sealing jaws for forming a seal between opposing heatsealable surfaces includes a first jaw and a complementary second jaw. Each jaw has a sealing surface that includes at least two peaks separated by a valley. Each peak includes a first face and a second face. A phantom line bisecting the valley defines a first angle between the phantom line and the first face and defines a second angle between the phantom line and the second face such that the first angle differs from the second angle.
US11260600B2
Methods for calibrating an irradiation device for an apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects include generating at least two first and two second calibration patterns, in at least two different first positions and at least two different second positions; determining position information relating to the positions of the calibration patterns; generating a calibration quality value relating to a calibration status of the irradiation device; simulating at least two first calibration patterns and at least two second calibration patterns based on at least one changed irradiation parameter; determining a calibration quality value for the simulated calibration patterns; and repeating the simulation and determination of the calibration quality value until a maximum or minimum calibration quality value is reached.
US11260599B2
A control system for a three-dimensional printer includes an energy component interface, an agent depositing component interface, and control logic. The control logic controls the operation of an energy component through the energy component interface and an agent depositing component through the agent depositing component, in forming an output object that is specified in a print job. Additionally, in some examples, the control logic can implement a plurality of modes. Each mode, when selected modulate one or more operational parameters of a least one of the energy component or agent depositing component.
US11260591B2
According to one example there is provided a method of delivering build material from a build material store to a supply module. The method comprises moving, using a rotatable vane, a portion of build material from the supply module to the top of the supply module, and spreading the moved portion of build material across the support platform.
US11260576B2
An object is to provide an injection stretch blow molding machine and a method for molding a polyethylene container capable of molding a favorable hollow container even if its preform is released from an injection mold early. The injection stretch blow molding machine and the method for molding a polyethylene container molds a preform by injecting and filling a molten polyethylene resin into an injection mold, which includes a cavity mold and a core mold both cooled to a temperature range of 5° C. to 25° C., transfers the molded preform to a blow molding mold, and molds a hollow container by blowing the preform within a time range of ±2 sec from a point in time when a temperature of the preform reaches a first minimum point after a point in time when the injection mold completes being opened.
US11260573B2
Provided is an apparatus for heating plastic parisons, including a transport device or transporter, which transports the plastic parisons at least in sections along a predefined transport path, wherein the transport device or transporter has a plurality of holding devices or holders for holding the plastic parisons, with a heating device or heaters for heating the plastic parisons at least at times, while they are being transported by the transport device or transporters, wherein the apparatus has at least one heat shielding device or heat shield which is suitable and intended to counteract the heating of mouth regions of the plastic parisons.
US11260572B2
Provided is an apparatus for molding plastic preforms into plastic containers, with at least one blow molding arrangement, which includes at least a first mold carrier, a second mold carrier and a blow-molding device having at least two blow mold side parts and a base part, wherein the blow molding device can be releasably arranged on the mold carriers via a locking mechanism and forms a cavity inside which the plastic preforms can be molded into the plastic containers, wherein during the molding process, the mold carriers can be latched together by a latching device, and the apparatus includes a changeover robot which is suitable and intended for extracting the blow-molding device in an assembled state from the mold carriers.
US11260559B2
A washout system for a concrete mixer vehicle includes a plurality of valves, a plurality of nozzles, and a controller. The plurality of valves are configured to (i) be fluidly coupled to a pump and a fluid tank and (ii) receive a fluid from the pump. One or more of the plurality of nozzles are fluidly coupled to a respective one of the plurality of valves. Each of the plurality of nozzles are configured to provide the fluid to a respective target when the respective one of the plurality of valves is selectively activated to an open position. The controller is configured to monitor a plurality of washout parameters during operation of the concrete mixer vehicle and initiate one of a plurality of washout modes in response to a subset of the plurality of washout parameters being satisfied for the one of the plurality of washout modes.
US11260553B2
A cutting equipment for radio frequency identification (RFID) tire tags includes: a cling film peeling unit (1) for peeling off the cling film on a material strip; a transport unit (2) for transporting the material strip; a visual detection unit (3) for detecting the position of the material strip; and a cutting and grabbing unit (4) for cutting the material strip and conveying the cutting-formed radio frequency identification (RFID) tire tag to a placement position. The cutting equipment for radio frequency identification (RFID) tire tag can not only improve the processing efficiency and save costs, but also effectively improve the processing accuracy of the radio frequency identification (RFID) tire tags and avoid secondary pollution of the material strip.
US11260547B1
An electric utility knife having a blade which can facilitate manual precision cutting, at a singular consistent speed or varying speeds, without requiring the user to exert extreme or substantial manual pressure to cut through a material. The blade can be configured as a vibrating/oscillating/rotating blade to perform a majority of the cutting tasks. The user may simply guide the blade and exert minimal manual pressure on the knife. This can reduce the potential for injury and other repetitive motion stress injuries to a user. This can also facilitate greater cutting precision and can reduce cutting time.
US11260543B2
A releasable joint between two component flanges is for use in a robot arm. The flanges have a number of teeth on each part that is pressed into contact by clamps, screws or other means. The releasable joint assembly is suitable for establishing a robot joint between a first and second component each having interlocking annular flange with respective contact surfaces, and where these flanges are held in place by a clamp.
US11260542B2
A vacuum cup assembly and a method of lifting an object are provided. The vacuum cup assembly includes a cup structure defining an opening at a proximal end, a recess at a distal end, and a cavity region between the proximal and distal ends, where the cavity region includes at least one cavity. The opening is in fluid communication with the recess and with the cavity region. Inner structures are disposed in the cavity region. The inner structures are configured to hold the cup structure in a gripping position when a negative pressure is applied to the cavity region through the opening in the cup structure. The cup structure is configured to be in a resting position without the negative pressure being applied to the cavity region. The vacuum cup assembly has a first shape in the resting position and a second shape in the gripping position.
US11260528B2
An localization correction method for a robot, comprising acquiring first position information of the robot in a first coordinate system; acquiring second position information of the robot in a second coordinate system after the robot executes a motion command; establishing a transformation model between the first position information and the second position information based on the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system; calculating a compensation value according to the transformation model; and generating a reset command according to the compensation value, and adjusting the localization of the robot according to the reset command.
US11260521B2
A grip element having an elongate grip body with a first end region and a second end region. The grip body has a first surface near the second end region, with a curved subregion for supporting a subregion of the ball of the human hand, and an outwardly curved second surface supporting a subregion of the palm, and an inwardly curved third surface adjacent to the first surface and supporting the extended thumb, and an outwardly curved fourth surface lying substantially opposite the third surface and supporting the middle finger, adjacent to which fourth surface an outwardly curved fifth surface is provided for supporting the ring finger. The grip body has a sixth surface to support the index finger. The sixth surface, starting from a subregion of the second surface spaced apart from the second end region of the grip body, extends in the direction to the first end region and runs longitudinally along the grip body.
US11260519B2
A hand-held tool that is prepared for remote control has a handle region, an actuating button, and a removable attachment part held in the handle region. The attachment part has a handling extension and a collar encompassing the handle region. The collar includes first and second collar parts pivotably connected together. The attachment part acts upon the actuating button. The actuating button is displaced into an actuating position by a housing section of the collar for a duration of an arrangement of the attachment part on the handle region.
US11260514B2
A power tool tracking clip includes a wireless beacon transmitter having a memory that stores an identifier and a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the identifier. A clip body member has a beacon receptacle, and the wireless beacon transmitter is positioned within the beacon receptacle. A first arm member is coupled to a first end of the clip body and has a first inner surface configured to engage a power tool. A second arm member is coupled to a second end of the clip body and has a second inner surface configured to engage the power tool. A mounting feature on the first arm member aligns with a corresponding mounting feature on a corresponding outer wall of the power tool when the power tool tracking clip is mated to the power tool.
US11260511B2
A tool for installation and removal of flexible couplings includes a first plate having a hinge member rigidly extending from the first plate and a shaft engaging feature defined in the first plate opposite the hinge member thereof. A second plate has a hinge member rigidly extending from the second plate and a shaft engaging feature defined in the second plate opposite the hinge member thereof. The hinge members of first and second plates are hinged together for rotation of the first and second plates about a hinge axis to actuate the shaft engaging features toward and away from one another.
US11260510B2
A tool of the present invention includes a tool main body and a matte silver polyester label. The outer surface of the tool main body has a label region. The matte silver polyester label has an indicate surface and a glue surface opposite to the indicate surface. The indicate surface has one or more identification marks represented by words, colors, numbers, patterns or figures. The glue surface is stuck in the label region of the tool main body. As a result, the tool of the present invention provides great identification effect.
US11260501B2
A grinding machine and a method for measuring and producing a target outer contour is disclosed, particularly for a pin-bearing journal of a crankshaft. First, a measurement device acquires measurement values for the dimensions and shape of a workpiece in at least two measurement planes that are spaced apart and extend transversely to a longitudinal extension of a workpiece region. The measurement planes are produced by a relative movement of the workpiece region and the measurement device in a Z axis direction, relative to the movement of a grinding disc in the direction of the Z-axis thereof. These measurement values are transmitted to a CNC system for advancing a grinding disc, such that any deviations from the target contour that may be present are corrected, and the target contour of the workpiece region in question is ground adaptively on the basis of the measurement values.
US11260494B2
A device for surface finishing of parts may include: an annular container configured to receive working media and at least one part, the container having a central axis and bottom surface; vibratory means associated with the container for causing the container to oscillate, wherein the vibratory means is configured to cause the at least one part to circulate in the container along a path; and at least one projection on the bottom surface and having a crest extending along a respective radial direction, an ascending lateral surface from the bottom surface to the crest, and a descending lateral surface from the crest to the bottom surface. The device may further include a plurality of the projections. The projections may change a spatial orientation of the at least one part as it moves on the projections. The crest may be inclined with respect to the radial direction downwards toward the axis.
US11260486B2
In a clamping fixture 1, in particular a vice, with a housing (2) in which a guide track (10) is provided and with at least one base jaw (3, 4) to each of which a clamping jaw (6, 7) can be attached, the cavities or air gaps (21) between the inner wall of the guide grooves (10) and the base jaws (3, 4) should be completely covered. This is achieved in that a seal (11) is inserted into each of the air gaps (21) existing in the housing 2 between the base jaw (3, 4) and the inner wall of the guide track (10) as well as in the parting plane between the base jaws (6, 4) and at the face ends (16) in the area of the guide track (10) running there, and that the particular seal (11) is held in a specified position by means of a support strip (12).
US11260484B2
A tool drive with spindle shaft for a chip-forming machining includes at least one electromagnetic axial actuator and a control and/or regulation apparatus for the operation of the axial actuator for changing the position of the spindle shaft along the longitudinal axis, wherein the control and/or regulation apparatus is designed to drive the axial actuator for the generation of microvibration movement of the spindle shaft, independently of and superimposable on a feed movement, in order to affect the chip size and chip shape of the removed material, wherein at least one axial magnetic bearing and/or one linear motor is provided as at least part of the axial actuator, wherein the regulation and/or control apparatus includes a memory unit and/or a function generation unit, and is configured to specify setpoint values of the oscillation curve of the microvibration movement depending on geometrical and or physical data of the workpiece and/or process variables that are measured or determined indirectly and/or control inputs, so that the control and/or regulation apparatus is configured to adjust an axial microvibration movement of the spindle shaft, independently of and superimposed on a feed movement, in such a way as to affect the chip size and chip shape of the removed material created when drilling.
US11260474B2
A manufacturing machine is capable of subtractive manufacturing and additive manufacturing for a workpiece. The manufacturing machine includes: a first headstock and a second headstock disposed in a machining area and configured to hold a workpiece; a tool spindle and a lower tool rest disposed in the machining area and configured to hold a tool to be used for subtractive manufacturing for the workpiece; an additive manufacturing head configured to discharge a material during additive manufacturing for the workpiece; a workpiece gripper configured to grip the workpiece during transportation of the workpiece into and out of the machining area; and a robot arm on which the additive manufacturing head and the workpiece gripper are mountable. Accordingly, the manufacturing machine improving the productivity in the simple and easy manner is provided.
US11260473B1
Reliable coupling of a high-power laser beam into a liquid-jet in a liquid-jet guided laser system can be achieved with high lifetime performance of the nozzle and the protection window, through setting the parameters of the liquid-jet guided laser system according to an optimum relationship that links the focus point of the laser, the focus cone angle, the laser beam energy distribution profile and the nozzle geometry.
US11260467B1
A method of forming a canister by means of a mechanical bonding of respective layers of a first metal material (tantalum) and a second metal material (niobium) to form a sheet stock, thereby forming the sheet stock into a canister form, wherein the first metal material comprises tantalum and the second metal material comprises at least one of niobium, molybdenum, or steel. The completed canister comprises a first metal material comprising tantalum, and a second metal material mechanically bonded to the first metal material by subjecting the first and second metal materials to at least 1,000,000 psi, to thereby form a canister having an inner diameter of 13-19 millimeters (mm), the second metal material comprising at least one of niobium, molybdenum, or steel.
US11260466B2
Apparatuses, systems, and/or methods for welding systems that provide independent control of a contact tip of a welding torch are disclosed. The welding system can include, for example, a welding torch that includes, for example, a contact tip and a pivot in which the contact tip is coupled to the pivot and is configured to provide wire that is fed through the welding torch during a welding operation. The contact tip and the pivot are configured to independently move the contact tip of the welding torch around the pivot during the welding operation.
US11260463B1
Disclosed is an integrated tapping and drill attachment which includes a predetermined tapping configuration or mode which provides the desired flexibility for tapping, and also a predetermined drilling configuration or mode which provides the desired concentric and axial guidance as well as the desired rigidity for drilling operations.
US11260459B2
Tools and methods for creating a plurality of aligned holes from a plurality of near full-sized holes. The tool includes a cutting member having a first diameter and a pilot member connected to and coaxial with the cutting member. A first section of the pilot member includes a centering member and is positioned between the cutting member and the second section having a second diameter. The centering member may include a cutting surface. The second diameter corresponds to a positional tolerance of misalignment of a plurality of near full-sized holes of the same diameter and a full-size hole diameter. The centering member may have a third diameter between the first and second diameters. The centering member may be tapered. The pilot member may be inserted into a plurality of near-full sized holes and the cutting member may cut through the holes to form a plurality of aligned full sized holes.
US11260458B2
An insert may include a main body. The main body may include a first surface, a second surface, a side surface, a first cutting edge and a through hole. The side surface may be located between the first surface and the second surface. The first cutting edge may be located on at least a part of a ridge line where a first side surface of the side surface intersects with a second side surface adjacent to the first side surface. The through hole may open into the first surface. The main body may further include a first concave part located from the first surface to the side surface. The first concave part may be located away from an imaginary straight line connecting the first cutting edge and a center of the through hole in a front view of the first surface.
US11260452B2
A method for producing nickel nanopowder is introduced. For this, the present invention relates to a method for producing nickel nanopowder, including: (a) a step of preparing nickel oxide configured in the form of an oxide; (b) a nickel oxide nanopowder production step of pulverizing the nickel oxide so as to produce nano-sized nickel oxide nanopowder; (c) a step of drying the nickel oxide nanopowder; (d) a step of heat-treating the nickel oxide nanopowder so as to produce natural metal nickel nanopowder; and (e) a step of crushing the heat-treated nickel oxide nanopowder.
US11260450B2
Provided is a casting sliding gate including a plurality of plates, and at least a portion of the plates includes carbon fibers and carbide and is capable of suppressing damage due to a thermal shock.
US11260442B2
The invention concerns a bending tool (6) with an actuating element (19) accessible outside the tool receptacle, with coupled to it a locking element (20) with a locking catch (21) for securing the bending tool (6) in the tool receptacle. The first end portion (32) of the actuating element (19) has an actuating face (33) arranged on the end side and the second end portion (34) of the actuating element (19) has an actuating recess (35). The invention further concerns a gripping device (14) for manipulating a bending tool (6), comprising a first gripping arm (59) and a second gripping arm (60) displaceable relative to the first gripping arm (59) in the clamping direction (64), said gripping arms (59) being formed to engage in a gripping groove (23, 24) of the bending tool (6) and to clamp the bending tool (6). Also formed is an unlocking member (65) for actuating an actuating element (19) of the bending tool (6), said unlocking member (65) being longitudinally displaceable normally to the clamping direction (64) relative to the gripping arms (59, 60).
US11260434B2
A drain treatment system includes a supply interface, a drainage interface, a water distribution assembly, a pod housing, and a controller. The supply interface is configured to connect to a water supply, the drainage interface is configured to connect to a drain, and the distribution assembly is configured to receive water from the water supply via the supply interface. The pod housing is configured to retain at least one pod containing a drain treatment compound, and the controller is configured to control a transfer of the water from the water distribution assembly to the pod housing, wherein the water is configured to carry the drain treatment compound from the at least one pod to the drainage interface for delivery to the drain.
US11260413B2
An end effector, coupleable to a robot, for delivering a material to a surface, comprises a material applicator assembly, comprising a central shaft and an applicator co-rotatably coupled to the central shaft and configured to apply the material to the surface. The end effector also comprises a material supply carrier, comprising a base and a supply of the material coupled to the base. The material from the supply is feedable to the applicator. The end effector further comprises an actuator that rotatably couples the material supply carrier with the material applicator assembly. The actuator is operable to rotate the material supply carrier relative to the material applicator assembly.
US11260409B2
The present patent application relates to an arrangement for a packaging of a dual liquid component, which comprises a first component and a second component, the arrangement for the packaging that includes a container and an auxiliary device for application of the dual liquid component product. The container may have an upper, tubular part having a frustum-shape, and a lower part. The upper, tubular part may comprise an upper neck, in which the auxiliary device for application of the dual component product is assembled, and an upper wall with an open base, the upper wall being fitted with internal stops located internally near the neck and a seat located internally near the open base. The open base may host a sealing ring with an internal thread. The lower part may store the second component and may comprises a bottom, a lower wall, an upper free end fitted with an external thread and an adjacent seat strip located under the external thread.
US11260390B2
A lateral-flow assay device includes a substrate having a sample addition zone and a wash addition zone downstream thereof along a fluid flow path through which a sample flows. The fluid flow path is configured to receive a wash fluid in the wash addition zone. A hydrophilic surface is arranged in the wash addition zone. Flow constriction(s) are spaced apart from the fluid flow path and arranged to define, with the hydrophilic surface, a reservoir configured to retain the wash fluid by formation of a meniscus between the hydrophilic surface and the flow constriction(s). The fluid flow path draws the wash fluid from the reservoir by capillary pressure. Apparatus for analyzing a fluidic sample and methods of displacing a fluidic sample in a fluid flow path of an assay device are also described.
US11260383B2
In a honeycomb structure, porous partition walls are arranged to surround cells extending from an inflow end face of the honeycomb structure body to an outflow end face thereof, intersection points at which the partition walls arranged in a latticed manner in the inflow end face intersect include a first intersection point that is one intersection point, and second intersection points one of which is the other intersection point in the partition wall including the first intersection point, and which are adjacent to the first intersection point, and the inflow end face has concave/convex portions each including the first intersection point as a bottom portion and the peripheral second intersection points of the first intersection point as top portions, or each including the first intersection point as a top portion and the peripheral second intersection points of the first intersection point as bottom portions.
US11260377B2
This application consists of a method for the synthesis of a type of FER/MOR composite molecular sieve. That method consisting of mixing FER seed crystals, MOR seed crystals, a silicon source, water and an acid or alkali, thus yielding a reaction mixture; by adjusting the proportions of the seed crystals added, the silicon-aluminium proportion, acidity/alkalinity and other reaction conditions, it is possible to obtain a dual phase composite molecular sieve within which the proportions of the crystal phases may be adjusted. In the synthesis process to which the method of this application relates, there is no need to add any organic template, thus reducing the cost of the reaction, in addition to reducing likely environmental pollution, thus having major potential applications.
US11260373B2
A noble metal-free water oxidation electrocatalyst can be stable and obtained from earth-abundant materials, e.g., using copper-colloidal nanoparticles. The catalyst may contain nanobead and nanorod morphological features with narrow size distribution. The onset for oxygen evolution reaction can occur at a potential of 1.45 VRHE (η=220 mV). Such catalysts may be stable during long-term water electrolysis and/or exhibit a high electroactive area, e.g., with a Tafel slope of 52 mV/dec, TOF of 0.81 s−1, and/or mass activity of 87 mA/mg. The copper may also perform CO2 reduction at the cathode side. The Cu-based electrocatalytic system may provide a flexible catalyst for electrooxidation of water and for chemical energy conversion, without requiring Pt, Ir, or Ru.
US11260372B2
A lean gasoline exhaust treatment catalyst article is provided, the article comprising a catalytic material applied on a substrate, wherein the catalytic material comprises a first composition and a second composition, wherein the first and second compositions are present in a layered or zoned configuration, the first composition comprising palladium impregnated onto a porous refractory metal oxide material and rhodium impregnated onto a porous refractory metal oxide material; and the second composition comprising platinum impregnated onto a porous refractory metal oxide material. Methods of making and using such catalyst articles and the associated compositions and systems employing such catalyst articles are also described.
US11260370B2
A composition for exhaust gas purification including first alumina including alumina containing lanthanum and second alumina including alumina containing lanthanum. The first alumina has a higher lanthanum content than the second alumina. The second alumina has a larger particle size than the first alumina. The lanthanum content of the first alumina is preferably 2 to 12 mass %, in terms of oxide, based on the total mass of alumina and lanthanum oxide of the first alumina. The lanthanum content of the second alumina is preferably 9 mass % or less, in terms of oxide, based on the total mass of alumina and lanthanum oxide of the second alumina.
US11260368B2
The present invention relates to a method of reducing a metal oxide comprising the steps of preparing a mixture by mixing a metal oxide and a metal hydride (step 1) and reducing the mixture by heat treatment (step 2) and a method of producing a photocatalyst using the same, and The method of reducing a metal oxide of the present invention can easily reduce such metal oxides as TiO2, ZrO2, V2O3, and Fe2O3.
US11260359B2
The microcapsules and process of making describe a novel core shell microcapsule. The microcapsule incorporates a polysaccharide such as chitosan into the microcapsule wall forming the shell. The microcapsule shell is formed by dissolving chitosan into a material of structure wherein each R is independently selected from hydrogen, C1 to C8 alkyl, or a cyano group; and each y is independently an integer from 1 to 8, and reacting with a multifunctional (meth)acrylate.
US11260358B2
In one aspects of the invention, a microcapsule includes a film encapsulating a material. The film is formed by complexation of at least two mutually attractive components initially present in an aqueous dispersion comprising a continuous phase and a dispersed phase. The at least one first component is initially present in the continuous phase and the at least one second component is initially present in the dispersed phase. According to another aspect of the invention, provided is a process for forming microcapsules including the step of injecting a dispersed phase having at least a first component into a continuous phase having at least a second component, where the first component and the second component are mutually attractive, such that a film is formed by complexation of the first charged component and the second charged component.
US11260357B2
A process and apparatus for fluidizing a catalyst cooler with fluidization gas fed to the cooler below the catalyst bed is disclosed. Fluidization headers extend through an outlet manifold and deliver fluidization gas through distributors protruding through an outlet tube sheet defining said outlet manifold. The outlet manifold collects heated water vapor from the catalyst cooler and discharges it from the catalyst cooler.
US11260346B2
A system is disclosed for providing inerting gas to a protected space. The system includes an electrochemical cell including a cathode, an anode separated by a separator that includes an ion transfer medium, and an electrical connection to a power source or power sink. A cathode fluid flow path is in operative fluid communication with a catalyst at the cathode between a cathode fluid flow path inlet and a cathode fluid flow path outlet, and an anode fluid flow path is in operative fluid communication with a catalyst at the anode, and includes an anode fluid flow path outlet. A cathode supply fluid flow path is disposed between the protected space and the cathode fluid flow path inlet, and an inerting gas flow path is in operative fluid communication with the cathode flow path outlet and the protected space.
US11260343B2
In one embodiment, a method for separating acidic gases from a gas mixture includes exposing the gas mixture to a separation membrane at an elevated temperature, where the separation membrane includes a porous support and at least one molten alkali metal hydroxide disposed within pores of the porous support.
US11260342B2
A fractionation system for removing heavy hydrocarbons in a gas stream. A stripping section receives a predominantly liquid phase of the feed gas stream. A co-current contacting system receives a predominantly vapor phase of the feed gas stream. The co-current contacting system includes a compact contacting bundle disposed within a vessel and including a plurality of substantially parallel contacting units, each of the plurality of contacting units having a droplet generator, a mass transfer section, and a separation system. Each droplet generator generates droplets from a liquid disperses the droplets into a gas stream. Each mass transfer section provides a mixed, two-phase flow having a vapor phase and a liquid phase. Each separation system separates the vapor phase from the liquid phase such that the concentration of heavy hydrocarbons in the vapor phase is lower than in the liquid phase.
US11260341B2
The present invention relates to a gas-filtering system (1000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000) comprising: an input (1100) for the gas, a reactor (1301, 1302, 1303) for filtering the gas at the input (1100) and thus obtaining a filtered gas, an output (1200) for the filtered gas, a vacuum generator (1401, 1402) for generating a vacuum inside the reactor (1301, 1302, 1303), where the vacuum generator (1401, 1402) is configured so as to apply a first predetermined vacuum value (VI) in a first vacuum phase (T2) and so as to apply a second predetermined vacuum value (V2) in a second vacuum phase (T3); the filtering system (1000, 3000, 4000) further comprising a flow controller (1501, 1502, 1503) connected at the output to the reactor (1301, 1302, 1303), where the flow controller (1501, 1502, 1503) is configured so as to block the introduction of the filtered gas into the reactor (1301, 1302, 1303) during the first vacuum phase (T2), and where the flow controller (1501, 1502, 1503) is configured so as to allow the introduction of the filtered gas and/or a second gas into the reactor (1301, 1302, 1303), starting from the output (1200) during the second vacuum phase (T3).
US11260332B2
A product gas filter with a filter housing, into which product gas of a wood gas reactor is supplied, by means of a product gas line, and is discharged as clean gas through a clean gas line. Long-chain hydrocarbons in the product gas stream can be at least substantially reduced, and a high filter performance achieved, where the filter is divided gas-tight into two parts by a separating tray in such a way that the product gas line is delivered to the lower region and the clean gas line exits from the upper collecting space; at least two filter cartridges, each coupled individually to a compressed air line and compressed air source, project into the lower region; and a zeolite container is connected to the lower portion of the filter via a compressed air source connectable, Venturi nozzle and a lockable line.
US11260331B2
A filter cartridge configured to be removably positionable within an inner opening of a housing, wherein the filter cartridge includes a media pack having an inlet end, an outlet end, and an outer surface having an outer peripheral shape, at least one of: (a) a frame member at least partially surrounding the media pack, the frame member including a frame wall having a shape that is different from the outer perimeter shape of the media pack; and (b) a shell at least partially surrounding the media pack, the shell including a shell wall having a shape that is different from the outer perimeter shape of the media pack, and a sealing member extending at least partially around the inlet end of the media pack, wherein the sealing member connects the media pack to at least one of the frame member and the shell.
US11260325B2
The present invention discloses a filtering device used for removing impurities in a mixture of biological diatomite, which relates to the technical field of sewage treatment. This device includes a plurality of deflectors evenly distributed in multiple layers in the vertical direction. Each deflector includes a shell and a top plate. There is a filter unit symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of each deflector. The top of the shell is covered with a top plate hinged with the depressed plate. The bottom of the shell is provided with water inlets which communicate with the shunt pipe, and the upper parts of the left and right side walls of the shell are provided with overflow ports. The shell also has a plurality of diversion folding plates located below the overflow ports and vertically staggered and distributed on the left and right side walls. The filter unit includes an inclined water guiding groove and a filtering plate.
US11260322B1
Various systems, apparatus, and methods used to remove solids from water are provided. A plate assembly for a plate settler assembly is provided which includes a plate body with a plate body thickness. The plate assembly also includes a first support plate attached to the plate body on a first axis extending between the first and second end of the plate body. The plate assembly may further include a second support plate attached to the plate body on a second axis extending between the first and second end. The plate assembly may also include a stiffener or a central stiffener attached to the plate body on a third axis. The plate assembly may still further include a flow control plate along the first end. The thickness of the support plates, stiffener, and flow control plate are greater than the plate body thickness. A corresponding method of manufacture is provided.
US11260318B2
A mass transfer column comprising: a shell (12); an open internal region (14) defined by said shell; and a mass transfer assembly (16) positioned in the open internal region (14), the mass transfer assembly (16) comprising: a dividing wall (18) forming first and second sub-regions; one or more zones of mass transfer structures positioned in the first and second sub-regions (22 and 24); and a liquid flow divider (48) positioned above the dividing wall (18) for delivering a volumetric split of liquid to the first and second sub-regions. The liquid flow divider (48) may comprise a moveable weir (68) or a valve (180) in order the change the ratio of liquid flow between the two sub-regions.
US11260317B2
A mass transfer assembly has at least one dividing wall, zones of mass transfer structures on opposite sides of the dividing wall, and a vapor flow restrictor that is operable to vary the split of vapor ascending through the zones of mass transfer structures on the opposite sides of the dividing wall.
US11260316B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.
US11260315B1
Methods and systems for separating a first metal from a metal-containing feed stream are provided. The method can include applying solar energy, for example, by focusing one or more mirrors in one or more heliostats, to heat a metal-containing feed stream in a heating zone to a first temperature to produce a first vapor including the first metal. The first vapor can be condensed in a condensation zone to produce a first liquid including the first metal, and the first liquid can be collected. The system can include a separation unit include a heating zone in fluid communication with a condensation zone and a means for applying solar energy to heat a metal-containing feed stream disposed in the heating zone.
US11260309B2
A slide feature for an amusement ride adapted to carry a rider or ride vehicle sliding thereon, and a water slide comprising said slide feature are provided. The slide feature has an inrun permitting ingress of the rider or ride vehicle, an outrun permitting egress, and a sliding surface in communication with the inrun and the outrun. The sliding surface may comprise a surface substantially in the shape of a sector of a closed curve and/or may be substantially planar. The slide feature may also include an outer lip and provide that the rider or ride vehicle, at least partially urged by gravity, slides along the sliding surface from the inrun to the outrun in an arcuate path at least partially bounded by the outer lip. The sliding surface may be oriented so an elevation of the rider or ride vehicle increases then decreases along the arcuate path.
US11260308B1
A swingset has a swingset frame. A horizontal member has a first horizontal section, and a second horizontal section. The first horizontal section has a swaged connection to the second horizontal section. The first horizontal section and the second horizontal section are formed of tube metal. A first horizontal section swaged portion fits within the second horizontal section. A pair of first legs support the first horizontal section, and a pair of second legs support the second horizontal section. The pair of first legs engage to a pair of first leg sockets formed on the first horizontal section. The pair of second legs engage to second leg sockets formed on the second horizontal section. A swing is suspended from the horizontal member. A lower tension bracket is mounted on a lower wall of the first horizontal section.
US11260306B2
A matchmaking system matches players for online gaming, when some of the players may be human players and others may be simulated players. The matchmaking system may determine a first skill score associated with a first player for an online game, determine a behavior simulation model for a simulated player is available for the online game, determine a second skill score associated with the behavior simulation model for the online game, and determine the behavior simulation model matches with the first player based at on the first skill score being within a threshold of the second skill score. The matchmaking system may then instantiate a simulated player based on the behavior simulation model and instantiate the online game with the first player and the simulated player.
US11260305B2
A method, a computer program product, and a computer system match players in a turn based game based on player activity. The method includes determining first characteristics of a first player activity of a first player. The characteristics are indicative of first active times that the first player historically took turns while playing the turn based game. The method includes identifying a second player having second characteristics of a second player activity. The second characteristics are indicative of second active times that the second player historically took turns while playing the turn based game. The second active times are compatible with the first active times. The method includes generating an indication for a game server hosting the turn based game to match the second player with the first player.
US11260293B2
An example of an apparatus includes a ring-shaped portion, a detector and a main portion. At least a part of the ring-shaped portion is elastically deformable. The detector detects deformation of the ring-shaped portion. The main portion is secured to the ring-shaped portion. The main portion includes an attachment portion, a terminal and a transmitter. A game controller can be attached to the attachment portion. The terminal is for electrical connection with the game controller. The transmitter transmits data regarding a detection result of the detector to the game controller through the terminal.
US11260280B2
A bicycle trainer, including a base, permitting fore and aft movement and a frame, supported by the base. Also, a seat and a handlebar assembly and a pedaling assembly is supported by the frame. The handlebar assembly is rotatably engaged to the frame, and is supported by a tongue, that is hinged to the base so as to permit horizontal rotation, and the handlebar assembly is attached to the tongue at a position removed from the hinge. Turning the handlebars causes the frame to move laterally.
US11260264B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods of use are disclosed for enhancing upper body exercise. An apparatus includes a domed hand support section, the domed hand support section having a plurality of recesses configured to receive a palm, thumb, and fingers of a user's hand while the user's hand is held in a naturally curved open-position. The apparatus also includes a surface engagement section secured to an underside of the domed hand support section and configured to engage a supporting surface. When the surface engagement section is deployed on the supporting surface and the palm, thumb, and fingers of the user's hand are placed in the plurality recesses on the domed hand support section, the domed face supports the user's hand in the naturally curved open position while the user exerts force against the domed hand support section and that is at least partially directed toward the supporting surface.
US11260262B2
A portable strength training apparatus, system and method. The apparatus can include a platform base having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of base attachment mechanisms. One or more of the plurality of base attachment mechanisms can be removably coupled to a resistance band. A force sensor can be coupled to the resistance band, the force sensor comprising a force transducer that can include electronic circuitry to track, record, and analyze resistance forces applied to the resistance band.
US11260249B2
A method of treating colorectal cancer included placing a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) probe proximate a designated treatment volume at one of the colon and the rectum of a patient. The method further includes delivering HIFU via the HIFU probe at a frequency of at least 1 mHz for at least 3 seconds to raise a temperature of a first portion of the designated treatment volume to above 65° C., thereby ablating the first portion and causing a tissue defect within the designated treatment volume. The method further includes applying a nonablative dose of energy via the HIFU probe to a second portion of the designated treatment volume to provoke stem cell homing in the second portion, thereby encouraging tissue regrowth.
US11260247B2
A passive compression wave imaging system comprises an array of sensor elements arranged in a sparse array and a processor arranged to: store a plurality of samples of the output from each of the sensor elements over a sample period; derive from the stored samples a value for each of a set of image pixels; wherein for each of the image pixels the processing means is arranged to: define a plurality of different sets of weights for the elements of the sparse array; calculate a component of a pixel value from each of the sets of weights and the stored samples; and sum the components of the pixel value to produce a final pixel value.
US11260241B2
A method and computer program product for suppressing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) by irradiating a subject exhibiting the symptoms with a pre-determined dose of UV-containing light from a light source and detecting a suppression of the clinical symptoms of MS. In particular, the detected suppression of the clinical symptoms is disassociated from the vitamin D production within the subject.
US11260236B2
External pulse generator device and affixation device for trial nerve stimulation and methods of use
Systems and methods for providing a trial neurostimulation to a patient for assessing suitability of a permanently implanted neurostimulation are provided herein. In one aspect, a trial neurostimulation system includes an EPG affixation device that secures the EPG to the patient when connected to a lead extending through a percutaneous incision to a target tissue location, while allowing for ready removal of the EPG for charging or bathing. In another aspect, the system includes an EPG provided with a multi-purpose connector receptacle through which the the EPG can deliver neurostimulation therapy to an implanted lead or the EPG can be charged. In yet another aspect, the EPG can include a multi-purpose connector receptacle that is alternatingly connectable with a plurality of differing connector to facilitate differing types of therapies with one or more neurostimulation devices, ground patches or various other devices, such as charging or testing devices.
US11260235B2
The present invention relates to a system for communicating an operational state of a neuronal stimulation apparatus to an individual, comprising: means for determining the operational state of the apparatus; means for transmitting a first neuronal stimulation signal to a neuronal stimulation means of the individual adapted to elicit a sensory percept in the cortex of the individual, wherein the first neuronal stimulation signal is indicative of the operational state of the apparatus. The present invention further relates to a method and computer program comprising the steps of: determining the operational state of the apparatus, transmitting a neuronal stimulation signal to a neuronal stimulation means of the individual adapted to elicit a sensory percept in the cortex of the individual, wherein the first neuronal stimulation signal is indicative of the determined operational state of the apparatus.
US11260234B2
A pacemaker is configured to operate in an atrial synchronous ventricular pacing mode and, after expiration of a conduction check time interval, switch to an asynchronous ventricular pacing mode that includes setting a ventricular pacing interval to a base pacing rate interval. The pacemaker is further configured to determine when atrioventricular block detection criteria are satisfied during the asynchronous ventricular pacing mode and, responsive to the atrioventricular block detection criteria being satisfied, switch back to the atrial synchronous ventricular pacing mode.
US11260225B2
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed that allow a patient to self-treat a medical condition, such as migraine headache, by electrical non-invasive stimulation of a nerve, such as the vagus nerve. A nerve stimulator is configured for coupling to a mobile device configured to receive a wireless signal, such as a mobile phone. The stimulator is further configured to generate an electrical impulse and to transmit the electrical impulse through the contact surface and the outer skin surface of the patient to modulate a nerve within the patient.
US11260223B2
A low-frequency treatment device and a treatment system with enhanced user convenience. An acquisition unit acquires an atmospheric pressure of a position where the low-frequency treatment device is located (step S102), a determination unit determines whether the atmospheric pressure is less than a threshold (step S104), and a treatment portion increases an intensity of low frequency treatment if the atmospheric pressure is less than the threshold (step S108).
US11260212B2
Apparatus and methods are described including a tube configured to traverse a subject's aortic valve. A frame is disposed within a portion of the tube, and an impeller is disposed inside the tube such that, when the impeller and the tube are deployed inside the subject, a gap between an outer edge of the impeller and an inner surface of the tube is less than 1 mm. The impeller rotates such as to pump blood from the left ventricle to the aorta, and is stabilized with respect to the tube, such that, during rotation of the impeller, the gap between the outer edge of the impeller and the inner surface of the tube is maintained. The impeller includes at least one impeller blade defined by a helical elongate element, and a film of material supported by the helical elongate element. Other applications are also described.
US11260211B2
A variable volume infusion port is provided. The infusion port may include a port body having an internal fluid reservoir, a septum, a stem to fluidly couple to a catheter lumen, and a displaceable member disposed in the internal fluid reservoir. In a first position, the displaceable member is disposed proximate the septum, providing a relatively small fluid volume within the infusion port. Insertion of an injection device through the septum causes the displaceable member to move to a second location distal from the septum, providing a relatively large fluid volume within the infusion port for the duration the injection device remains in the infusion port. The displaceable member may include a rigid member operably coupled to a biasing element or a flexible member coupled to a biasing element.
US11260209B2
A microneedling machine for tattooing is disclosed, which has a substantially radially symmetric exterior shape and may include subcomponents that can be disassembled and sterilized. The machine may include an adjustment mechanism for configuring the impact of the microneedle into skin. The machine may also include a motion translation device adapted to change rotational motion of the drive shaft or motor into linear reciprocating motion of the microneedle.
US11260208B2
An apparatus includes a shaft, an expandable dilation member, and a bulbous tip. The shaft has a first outer cross-sectional dimension. The dilation member is positioned proximal to the distal end of the shaft. The dilation member is operable to transition between a non-expanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The dilation member is sized to pass through a passageway associated with drainage of a paranasal sinus or a Eustachian tube when the dilation member is in the non-expanded configuration. The bulbous tip is positioned at the distal end of the shaft. The bulbous tip is distal to the dilation member. The bulbous tip has a second outer cross-sectional dimension. The second outer cross-sectional dimension is larger than the first outer cross-sectional dimension. The bulbous tip is removably secured to the distal end of the shaft.
US11260205B2
A guide wire including a flexible first core wire which has a first plate-shaped portion having a plate shape and a first linear portion having a linear shape that is continuous to the first-plate shaped portion. The width of the first plate-shaped is larger than the width of the first linear portion. The guide wire includes a flexible second core wire which has a second plate-shaped portion having a plate shape and a second linear portion having a linear shape that is continuous to the second-plate shaped portion. The width of the second plate-shaped portion is larger than the width of the second linear portion. The second plate-shaped portion axially overlaps the first linear portion, and the second linear portion axially overlaps the first plate-shaped portion.
US11260198B2
Systems and methods of assisting a subject to reach a target state include obtaining input of the target state of the subject; and generating a transcutaneous vibratory output to be applied to a portion of a body of the subject to assist the subject in achieving the target state, the transcutaneous vibratory output having variable parameters comprising a perceived pitch, a perceived beat, and a perceived intensity wherein the step of generating the transcutaneous vibratory output further comprises the step of modifying the variable parameters to correspond to the target state.
US11260196B2
The present invention generally relates to systems and method for delivery of therapeutic gas to patients in need thereof using enhanced breathing circuit gas (BCG) flow measurement. At least some of these enhanced BCG flow measurements can be used to address some surprising phenomena that may, at times, occur when wild stream blending therapeutic gas into breathing gas that a patient receives from a breathing circuit affiliated with a ventilator. Utilizing at least some of these enhanced BCG flow measurements the dose of therapeutic gas wild stream blended into breathing gas that the patient receives from a ventilator can at least be more accurate and/or over delivery of therapeutic gas into the breathing gas can be avoided and/or reduced.
US11260188B2
An ultrasound scanning apparatus comprises an ultrasound scanning unit, an ultrasound controller for controlling the operation of the ultrasound scanning unit, detecting the operation state of the ultrasound scanning unit, generating a first enable signal when detecting that the operation state of the ultrasound scanning unit is transferred from an operating state to a non-operating state and generating a second enable signal when detecting that the operation state of the ultrasound scanning unit is transferred from the non-operating state to the operating state, and an enable output end for transmitting the first enable signal or the second enable signal to the breathing machine to control the running of the breathing machine.
US11260180B2
The present invention relates to a syringe, and more particularly, to an apparatus obtained by improving a conventional syringe formed with an injection flow passage including an injection needle, so as to share a portion of the injection flow passage except the injection needle or to form a suction flow passage completely independent of the injection flow passage, thereby further smoothing suction of a liquid medicine. The syringe is configured such that the separate suction flow passage bypassing the injection needle is formed in the conventional syringe to more smoothly perform suction of the liquid medicine, thereby maximizing user's convenience and marketability of the conventional syringe, and further configured to forcibly close the suction flow passage upon injection of the liquid medicine.
US11260179B2
A fat-harvesting syringe having a multi-functional plunger assembly. The plunger assembly comprises an outer plunger rod body, an inner central plunger rod and a piston seal assembly. The outer plunger rod body having a first and a second end. The first end having a central lumen all at its finger grip handle and at the second end having flanges that are expandable. Once the central plunger inner rod is inserted fully into central lumen of plunger rod body, the expandable flanges expands and engages with the piston seal assembly. Also when the inner plunger rod is retracted, the plunger body flanges retract back and disengages from piston seal assembly.
US11260178B2
Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
US11260173B2
A needle assembly including a needle having a sharpened end and an opposing end and a needle tip shield for shielding the needle. The needle tip shield includes a needle shield connectable to a base and a needle hub fixedly connected to the opposing end. The needle shield and needle hub displace relative to each other from a first state, in which the sharpened end of the needle is exposed outside the needle shield, to a second state, in which the sharpened end of the needle is shielded by the needle shield. An actuation button is movably connected to the needle hub to maintain the needle shield and needle hub in a releasable locked state in a first button position relative to the needle hub and to permit the needle shield and needle hub to displace relative to each other in a second button position relative to the needle hub.
US11260169B2
Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can provide an alarm and user instructions in response to an ambient air pressure change or ambient air temperature that exceeds an alarm limit parameter. In some circumstances, the infusion pump system can be configured to monitor the actual ambient air pressure and temperature around the infusion pump system.
US11260167B2
An automatic fluid injection device comprising: a base body (1) for coming into contact with an injection zone; a support assembly (2) for supporting an actuator mechanism (5, 6, 7) that is controlled by power supply means (11); at least one fluid reservoir (3), each containing an injection piston (35), arranged in said base body (1); a needle assembly (100) comprising an insertion actuator (8), needle movement means (9, 9′), a priming needle (101) for associating with each reservoir (3) and for penetrating into said reservoir (3) before moving its piston (35), and an injection needle (102) for penetrating into the injection zone and for injecting the contents of said reservoir(s) (3) into said injection zone, said device including at least one actuator button (200) for priming, inserting the injection needle into the injection zone, administering fluid, and then retracting the injection needle.
US11260164B2
A Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) dressing having a sealing layer on a non-wound interfacing surface. Such a sealed surface eases application and reduces the risk of a loss of seal once applied to a patient. Associated adaptors and couplers, which may be universal couplers, allow for simplified use of the disclosed and existing dressings. An optional pressure regulator unit may use existing wall suction available in medical facilities; it may interface with a transportation unit. Embodiments of the regulation unit provide for various monitoring, operation and alarming features that may be accessed using mobile wireless, wireless LAN, and internet based connectivity approaches.
US11260154B2
Dialysis machines comprising a feed arrangement (170) to supply a dialysis fluid to a dialyzer (150) during dialysis treatment and a return arrangement (171) to remove the dialysis fluid from the dialyzer during dialysis treatment and forward it to an exit (129); a feed recirculation circuit (172) to allow a fluid of the feed arrangement to be re-circulated in a fluid loop path comprising, at least a portion of, the feed arrangement and the feed recirculation circuit and a return recirculation circuit (173) to allow a fluid of the return arrangement to re-circulate in an auxiliary fluid loop path comprising, at least a portion of, the return arrangement and the return recirculation circuit. A controller (160) configured to perform disinfection by re-circulating a disinfectant and/or a heated fluid through said fluid loop path and/or through said auxiliary fluid loop path. The dialysis machine (1) further comprises a feed forward arrangement (172) connected to the fluid loop path and arranged to enable a fluid of the feed arrangement (170) to be forwarded to the exit (129) by-passing the auxiliary fluid loop path.
US11260151B2
The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
US11260150B2
Medical devices with a hydrogel layer covalently attached to a portion of the outer surface of the medical device are provided along with methods for applying the coating. The hydrogel layer can include a first polymer species comprising polyethylene glycol (PEG) and a second polymer species. Examples of the second polymer species include PEG and polyacrylamide (PAM). The first and second species can be at least partially cross-linked. Methods for forming the hydrogel coatings on the medical devices are provided including nucleophilic conjugate reactions, such as Click reactions.
US11260148B2
The method of making an implant consists on coating of a supporting structure (1) with synthetic hydroxyapatite by immersing the supporting structure (1) in a suspension (3) and triggering of a cavitation in a portion of the suspension (3) being in contact with the supporting structure (1). The suspension (3) is formed by a liquid external phase, advantageously water, and internal phase, i.e. particles of synthetic hydroxyapatite having an average particle size not exceeding 100 nm and containing structural water in an amount from 2 to 6% by weight. The implant is coated with the above described hydroxyapatite subjected to cavitation and a thickness of 50 nm to 1000 nm, advantageously 50 nm to 300 nm.
US11260143B2
An air purifier including a body including a suction port and a discharge port disposed on opposing surfaces thereof, and having an inner space through which air flows from the suction port to the discharge port, a fan disposed in the inner space and having a side surface separated from an inner wall of the body, at least one light source module disposed in the inner space to emit UV light, a power controller mounted on the inner wall and connected to a power source to supply electric power to the light source module, a cover mounted on the inner wall to cover the power controller, and at least one filter disposed in the inner space of the body, in which the cover includes a tilted air flow guide facet to guide tilted to allow air suctioned through the suction port toward the filter.
US11260137B2
The device uses pulsed electric fields to prevent the growth of biofilm and the attachment of bacteria to targeted surfaces. The device sets up an electric field around or surrounding the surface itself. These pulsed electric fields disrupt biofilm formation and bacterial attachment to surfaces. The device is meant to prevent the formation of biofilm or attachment of bacteria to a surface as opposed to disinfecting the surface.
US11260130B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods of inducing the self-renewal of stem/progenitor supporting cells, including inducing the stem/progenitor cells to proliferate while maintaining, in the daughter cells, the capacity to differentiate into hair cells.
US11260126B2
The present invention provides acoustically activated liposome compositions for use as drug delivery vehicles, and to methods for drug release and drug delivery for therapeutic applications.
US11260123B2
The present disclosure relates to liquid and dried compositions comprising a live, attenuated or genetically modified herpesvirus and methods of preparing such compositions, in one aspect, the composition comprises at least two or more pharmaceutically acceptable exctpients, at least one of which is histidine and at least one of which is a sugar or sugar alcohol. The compositions retain a sufficiently high infectious titre following storage or large-scale manufacturing steps, such as lyophilization.
US11260119B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to an immunogenic composition comprising modified O-polysaccharide molecules derived from E. coli lipopolysaccharides and conjugates thereof. Multivalent vaccines may be prepared by combining two or more monovalent immunogenic compositions for different E. coli serotypes. In one embodiment, the modified O-polysaccharide molecules are produced by a recombinant bacterium that includes a wzz gene.
US11260117B2
The invention also relates to novel bispecific antibodies carrying a different specificity for each binding site of the immunoglobulin molecule, where one of the binding sites is specific for CD47 and the second is specific for mesothelin (MSLN).
US11260115B1
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11260114B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for use in therapeutic procedures. Use of a “fast-acting” botulinum toxin for cosmetic treatment and/or to prevent or reduce scarring. “Fast-acting” refers to a botulinum toxin that produces effects in the patient more rapidly than those produced by, for example, a botulinum neurotoxin type A. The “fast-acting” botulinum toxin, for example, type E.
US11260110B2
A method of treating radiation-induced skin toxicity or skin ulcers with nanoparticles after exposure to ionizing radiation and after an onset of radiation-induced skin toxicity or a radiation-induced skin ulcer by administering intravenously a suspension including fibrinogen-coated albumin nanospheres to a patient. A concentration of the suspension being sufficient to at least one of promote healing of the skin toxicity or reduce a size of the skin ulcer. The suspension can include fibrinogen-coated albumin nanospheres, sorbitol and/or caprylate. The suspension can be utilized for treating a patient to reduce an amount of blood loss in an organ of the patient or for treating a patient to mobilize stem cells or progenitor cells to accelerate healing of a wound.
US11260101B2
Provided are a repair peptide for use in promoting post-traumatic tissue repair and regeneration, and an application thereof. The repair peptide is a linear or cyclic peptide which is 4-15 amino acids in length and which contains four or more consecutive GPANVET core sequences.
US11260096B2
Disclosed herein are methods for creatine supplementation for human subjects, particularly creatine non-responders.
US11260094B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to compositions, kits and methods for minimizing unsightly post-procedural effects associated with an oculoplastic procedure. The composition can include escin, arnica and phytonadione in a pharmacologically acceptable carrier.
US11260075B1
Non-thermal Atmospheric Plasma (NAP) from a plasma source is mixed with a liquid medium and the resulting compound is applied to the scalp to treat hair loss. The NAP-medium compound may be applied to the surface of the scalp, or produced in situ, or injected into the scalp.
US11260070B2
Provided are methods of treating feline Coronavirus infections using carbanucleoside compounds having a 1′-(4-aminopyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazin-7-yl) substituent, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. An exemplary compound is (2R,3R,4S,5R)-2-(4-aminopyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazin-7-yl)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran-2-carbonitrile.
US11260059B2
Methods and compositions for potentiating the effect of an opioid analgesic in a patient undergoing or planning to undergo opioid analgesic therapy using a potentiating amount of iboga alkaloid or pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof that does not prolong the patient's QT interval by more than about 50 milliseconds.
US11260054B2
Provided herein are methods of treating cancer, including colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and cancer associated with a hypoxic tumor. Also provided are methods of treating cancer, including colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and cancer associated with a hypoxic tumor with a combination of treatments.
US11260048B2
There are provided inter alia compounds capable of inhibiting retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) degeneration or geography atrophy (GA) associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and methods of using the same.
US11260044B2
Described are methods of modulating the activation of the TRPV1 ion channel by administering at least one cannabinoid and/or terpene compound.
US11260033B2
Some embodiments pertain to nanoparticle-based compositions and their use in methods for the delivery of CBD to subjects. In some embodiments, the compositions are stable for prolonged periods of time and provide enhanced bioavailability.
US11260032B2
A nano drug delivery system includes a biofilm-coated drug nanocrystal. A drug in a physical form of nanocrystal is directly used as a rigid supporting skeleton, and is filled in a biofilm. The nano drug delivery system has the advantages of high drug loading capacity, good biocompatibility, long systemic circulation time and drug sustained release.
US11260025B1
An in situ gelling composition comprising nanoparticles comprising soy protein and a bioactive agent, and a sodium alginate film, wherein the nanoparticles are encapsulated in the film. The in situ gelling composition maybe incorporated into a solid dosage form or reconstituted with water for oral administration to a subject in need of sustained release of the bioactive agent.
US11260021B2
A novel cosmetic complex for bioactive hydration of the skin, particularly from the body and face, is provided. The cosmetic complex comprises vegetable oil, trehalose, and hydroxyethyl urea.
US11260016B2
Film forming compositions and methods for preventing stains and increasing shine and gloss of teeth. The film forming compositions may include a polymer, such as a hydrophobic polymer, and an orally acceptable solvent. The hydrophobic polymer may include an acrylate component and a hydrophobic group coupled with one another. The hydrophobic group may include an alkyl chain, a polyethylene glycol, a polypropylene, a polyester, a polyorthoester, a phospholipid, a long chain fatty acid, a vinyl chloride, fluorethylene, a siloxane, a urethane, an octylacrylamide, a butylaminoethyl, a styrene, and combinations thereof.
US11260010B2
The present invention relates to cochleates using phosphatidylserine/anionic surfactant/calcium chloride and, more specifically, to cochleates comprising phosphatidylserine, an anionic surfactant, calcium chloride, an active ingredient, and water.
US11260008B2
A hair treatment composition comprising (a) from 0.01 to 10 wt % of surfactant in a solvent, by weight of the total composition, and (b) a mixture of amino acids, wherein the mixture of amino acids comprises glutamic acid, alanine and proline gives damage repair benefits to chemically damaged hair.
US11260005B2
Topical personal care compositions containing amino acids and 4-substituted resorcinols for potentiating glutathione synthesis within skin cells. The compositions can be used to improve skin appearance of chronological aging or photoaging, resulting from exposure to UV light/sunlight, or environmental pollutants. The compositions are also useful for attaining even skin color and reducing pigmentation, age spots and discoloration.
US11260004B2
An oral care composition, including a mixture of antibacterial agents, the mixture of antibacterial agents including oleanic acid and eugenol at a 2:1 to 3:1 weight ratio.
US11259997B2
A dental self-adhesive resin cement is provided comprising a two-component system. A first catalyst component includes one or more acidic monomers. A second base component includes one or more basic fillers. The mixture of the first and second components is polymerizable and has an initial pH that is acidic immediately after mixing and a pH of at least about pH 8 after polymerization.
US11259994B2
An orthodontic adhesive includes components capable of allowing easy debonding of an orthodontic device from a patient's tooth. The adhesive includes an engineered marine mussel protein. The adhesive may include at least one photocleavable moiety. The adhesive is applied in one or more individual layers. One of the components of the adhesive is capable of binding to a tooth and the other component may be capable of binding to an orthodontic device. A method of adhering an orthodontic device to a tooth includes applying a layer of an orthodontic adhesive to either the tooth or the orthodontic device or the tooth and the orthodontic device and affixing the orthodontic device to the tooth with the orthodontic adhesive situated between the tooth and the orthodontic device. The engineered marine mussel protein includes one or more catechol moieties or one or more derivatives of a catechol moiety.
US11259993B2
The present invention comprises a new material used to form semi-rigid shapes. The new material comprises a specific blend of materials and a method of making the blend pertaining to temperatures and conditions. Items made of or comprising the new material in accordance with the invention will exhibit both suitable rigidity and durability along with long-lasting flavor to be used in the construction of a number of items, including teething devices, drinking cups, drinking straws and other utensils. The material itself and the inventive devices may be used to flavor other foods. For example, a teething device made from the flavor infused material encourages the child to use the device for longer periods, thereby providing better relief than prior art teethers. Flavored straws may be employed to add, or provided to blend, the flavor of the straw with the flavor of the liquid pulled through the straw. The flavor character is expected to last a minimum of 6 months and typically at least to 2 years or more.
US11259989B2
Energy stimulated acupuncture, directed to a novel set of acupoints, is implemented to treat hypertension. The disclosed methods and systems are directed toward the application of electrical stimulation, or other forms of energy, to specific acupuncture points, using devices such as transcutaneous electrical stimulation electroacupuncture devices, laser acupuncture devices or ultrasound acupuncture devices, to treat hypertension, particularly in middle-aged women.
US11259987B1
The present disclosure provides a female masturbation device for improving sexual experience. The female masturbation device includes a housing. A cavity is arranged on the housing. A vibrating diaphragm is arranged on a bottom portion of the cavity. The vibrating diaphragm is fixedly connected to the bottom portion of the cavity or is integrally formed with the bottom portion of the cavity. A vibrating driving mechanism is arranged inside the housing. The vibrating driving mechanism is configured to drive the vibrating diaphragm to reciprocate. A swinging head is formed on the vibrating diaphragm. The swinging head extends along a direction of an opening of the cavity.
US11259986B1
A reduced friction massage and exercise device, which includes a base frame and at least one anchoring arrangement for anchoring a first body part of a user. A reduced friction surface is mounted onto the base frame, and includes a plurality of ball transfer units arranged such that adjacent ball transfer units engage one another. The device further includes at least one cable column including a weight stack. Each of the motion transfer balls is adapted for omnidirectional rotation relative to a corresponding housing element and independently of other the motion transfer balls. The reduced friction surface is adapted to have a second body part of the user placed thereon during performing of a physical activity applying force to the second body part, while reducing friction between the second body part and the surface.
US11259983B2
A spring-loaded tip attachment for a walking aid features a compression spring having axially opposing proximal and distal ends, a mount connected to the proximal end of said compression spring and configured for attachment to a shaft of said walking aid at or proximate a bottom end thereof, and a shoe connected to the distal end of said compression spring for spring-loaded contact of said shoe with a ground or floor surface during use of said walking aid. A plurality of attachments are respectively configured with different spring rates intended for users within different body weight categories. Attachments with greater spring rates are given to users in higher-weight categories, and attachments with lesser spring rates are given to users in lower-weight categories.
US11259966B2
A wound dressing for a burn or open wound is formed of a foam material body with an open center area. The thickness of the foam body creates a zone for air circulation and prevents contact with the wound. This may have a mesh, gauze or other air permeable cover over the open center area.
US11259961B2
Devices and methods to remove trabecular meshwork to treat glaucoma and other conditions which may not utilize cutting elements when stripping the trabecular meshwork. The trabeculorhexis parts tissue by applying non-cutting shear and tension to the tissue to disinsert the tissue from its attachments. Reducing or eliminating the need for sharp cutting implements in the eye reduces the likelihood of incisional bleeding, iris and scleral tissue maceration and further inadvertent tissue damage of the gonio structure of the eye. In another aspect, a cutting element may be used to form a circumferential slit in a wall of Schlemm's canal in conjunction with removal of trabecular meshwork or independently.
US11259959B1
Medical devices and methods of treating subjects using such medical devices are described. The medical device may include a housing with at least two chambers including a first chamber adjacent to a second chamber; a barrier between the first chamber and the second chamber; and a soft, flexible base. The first and second chambers may be airtight, the barrier configured to establish fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber upon an application of force to the barrier.
US11259956B2
The present invention provides improved intravaginal drug delivery devices, i.e., intravaginal rings, useful for the prophylactic administration of dapivirine in combination with either an antimicrobial compound or a contraceptive to a human. The present invention also provides methods of blocking DNA polymerization by an HIV reverse transcriptase enzyme, methods of preventing HIV infection in a female human, methods of treating HIV infection in a female human, methods of preventing unintended pregnancy in a female human, and methods of preparing intravaginal rings.
US11259954B2
Condom catheters and condom catheter systems containing a condom catheter are disclosed. The condom catheter systems utilize suction to attach a condom catheter to a patient's penis. Methods of making and using condom catheters are also disclosed.
US11259947B2
An ankle brace including an ankle wrap assembly including a main body having an inner surface, an outer surface, a top, a bottom, a front defining a foot opening, a first side panel, a second side panel, a rear, and a bottom panel. The ankle brace includes first and second ankle pads attached to the main body; a first support attached to the main body first side panel, and a second attached to the main body second side panel, and a bottom support. The ankle brace is configured to be secured to a user's ankle when worn.
US11259946B2
A stent delivery system can include a core member, first and second restraints, and a stent engagement component. The core member can have a distal segment. The first and second restraints can be coupled to the core member distal segment and axially spaced apart from each other to provide an axial gap. The first and second restraints can each have an outer profile that tapers radially inwardly in directions away from the gap. The stent engagement component can be at least partially disposed in the axial gap between the first and second restraints such that the component is slidably and rotatably coupled to the core member distal segment.
US11259943B2
An endoprosthesis has an expanded state and an unexpanded state, the endoprosthesis includes a stent, wherein the stent has a first end, a second end, an inner surface defining a lumen, an outer surface, and a thickness defined between the inner surface and the outer surface; and a stent end covering disposed at one of the first and second ends, the stent end covering including a polymeric coating that includes a base and a plurality of protrusions, the base including a first major surface facing the outer surface of the stent, the base further including a second major surface from which each of the plurality of protrusions extends outwardly, the first major surface opposing the second major surface, wherein the protrusions are arranged in a micropattern. Methods of making and using an endoprosthesis are provided.
US11259940B2
The present invention includes a novel procedure and corresponding medical devices for a Percutaneous Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PePLIF). In PePLIF, the surgeon performs the entire operation percutaneously without the use of a microscope, endoscope, or magnifying loupes. An adjustable retractor system is disclosed that enables the surgeon to percutaneously perform the surgery through accessing the facet joint (and later disc space) that was created by said retractor system. This retractor system provides the surgeon a safe area to work and operate without fear of damaging nerves, blood vessels, or other tissue. An expanding trial may be inserted into and removed from the disc space through the interior of the retractor system to determine the proper size for the expandable cage. The retractor system also enables the expandable cage to be inserted into the disc space.
US11259938B2
A spacer for separating bones of a joint, the spacer includes a first endplate configured to engage a first bone of the joint; a second endplate configured to engage a second bone of the joint; tissue engaging projections, wherein the tissue engaging projections are moveable from a retracted position to a deployed position; and an actuation subassembly that extends between the first endplate and the second endplate, wherein the actuation subassembly comprise a drive nut, a drive screw coupled to the drive nut, and a cam frame coupled to the drive screw, wherein the cam frame is disposed between the first endplate and the second endplate to engage the tissue engaging projections.
US11259934B2
A spine stabilization device having an interbody spacer shaped to be inserted between a vertebral body of an upper vertebra and a vertebral body of a lower vertebra. The device further includes a fixation device to be inserted after placement of the interbody spacer, the fixation device having a support portion securing the interbody spacer against escaping from between the vertebral bodies into a ventral direction. The support portion rests against a portion of an anterior surface of the interbody spacer, and includes an anchor. The anchor has an anchoring material portion that is inserted, in a liquid state, into cancellous bone tissue of at least one of the vertebral bodies of the upper and lower vertebra, to thereby infiltrate the cancellous bone tissue, and to harden thereafter so as to fix the support portion to the vertebral body.
US11259929B2
Various methods and devices are provided for reducing the volume of the ventricles of the heart. In one embodiment, a method for reducing the ventricular volume of a heart chamber is provided including the steps of inserting an anchoring mechanism onto dysfunctional cardiac tissue, deploying one or more anchors into the dysfunctional cardiac tissue, raising the dysfunctional cardiac tissue using the anchors, and securing the anchors to hold the dysfunctional cardiac tissue in place. Further, a device for reducing the volume of the ventricles of a heart chamber is provided where the device has one or more clips for placement on dysfunctional cardiac tissue of a heart, one or more anchors for deployment and securement into the dysfunctional cardiac tissue, and a lifting mechanism for raising the one or more anchors and the dysfunctional cardiac tissue.
US11259923B2
A valve prosthesis and a system for delivering a valve prosthesis are described herein. The system can include a support frame, a valve anchor comprising an anchoring leg and a plurality of U-shaped members, and a suture coupled to the support frame and slidably coupled to the anchoring leg.
US11259922B2
A transcatheter atrio-ventricular valve prosthesis for functional replacement of an atrio-ventricular valve in a connection channel, having a circumferential connection channel wall structure, between atrial and ventricular chambers of a heart, including an inner device to be disposed in the interior of the connection channel, the inner device having a circumferential support structure which is radially expandable and having a valve attached to the circumferential support structure, and an outer device to be disposed on the exterior of the connection channel, wherein the outer device at least partly extends around the inner device at a radial distance to the inner device, wherein the inner and outer devices form a securing mechanism for securing the circumferential connection channel wall structure therebetween.
US11259921B2
A transcatheter atrio-ventricular valve prosthesis for functional replacement of an atrio-ventricular valve in a connection channel, having a circumferential connection channel wall structure, between atrial and ventricular chambers of a heart, including an inner device to be disposed in the interior of the connection channel, the inner device having a circumferential support structure which is radially expandable and having a valve attached to the circumferential support structure, and an outer device to be disposed on the exterior of the connection channel, wherein the outer device at least partly extends around the inner device at a radial distance to the inner device, wherein the inner and outer devices form a securing mechanism for securing the circumferential connection channel wall structure therebetween.
US11259912B2
An adjustable construct for fixation of a tendon or ligament graft in a tunnel. The construct comprises a flexible, adjustable loop connected to tissue (for example, graft, ligament or tendon). The adjustable loop may be integrated with an additional tissue supporting device (for example, a wedge or a plug). The tissue is secured within a bone socket/tunnel by adjusting the length of the flexible adjustable loop.
US11259896B2
Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems include the generation of an overcorrection in the tooth-receiving cavities of an appliance worn in the dentition. The overcorrection may provide an improved and more accurately applied force or moment applied to a tooth. The overcorrected force or moment can move a tooth closer to a desired position than if not overcorrected as sufficient force can still applied to the tooth as it gets closer to the desired position. The overcorrected force or moment may also better target the root of the tooth where the biological response to tooth movement occurs. The overcorrection may be calculated in various ways as described herein.
US11259892B2
A surgical system includes a light source, a sensor for detecting light, and a surgical device including an elongate shaft having a distal part positionable at a surgical working site within a body cavity. A first optical pathway transmits light from the light source to a distal part of the elongate shaft and onto tissue within the body cavity, and a second optical pathway receives light from tissue within the body cavity and transmits the received light to the sensor. A surgical drape, such as one covering a robotic manipulator arm housing components of the system, is positioned such that at least the first or second optical pathway includes an optically transmissive portion of the surgical drape.
US11259890B2
A surgical stapling instrument includes a handle assembly, a surgical loading unit, and an adapter assembly interconnecting the handle assembly and the surgical loading unit. The surgical loading unit includes a memory having stored therein instructions, which when executed by a processor of the handle assembly, override instructions stored in a memory of the handle assembly and implement an operating parameter of the surgical loading unit that is unique to a tissue type or a specific surgical procedure to be performed by the surgical loading unit.
US11259887B2
A handle assembly for actuating an end effector includes a feedback mechanism for providing an audible and/or tactical response to indicate to the user that the handle assembly is fully actuated. The feedback mechanism may include a hammer member configured to strike a surface of the handle assembly to create the audible and/or tactical response.
US11259886B2
Various exemplary methods, systems, and devices for controlling movement of a robotic surgical system are provided. In general, a plurality of surgical instruments can be simultaneously in use during performance of a surgical procedure. One or more of the plurality of instruments can be coupled to a robotic surgical system, which can be configured to control movement of the one or more of the plurality of instruments.
US11259883B2
An electromechanical robotic arm is provided having a distal end with a tool engaging member configured to mate with an electromechanical tool and a trocar holding member configured to mate with a trocar. The trocar holding member can have at least one engagement mechanism configured to engage and orient a trocar to mate the trocar to the trocar holding member in a desired orientation.
US11259880B1
Systems and methods are provided for trajectory guidance during surgical procedures, for example, monitoring and identifying a desired trajectory of surgical access devices and implants for the purpose of preventing unintended injury to surrounding tissues, such as nerves, blood vessels, cartilage, or bone.
US11259876B2
A robotic surgical system employing a treatment catheter (30) (e.g., a thermoablation catheter or a cyroablation catheter), and an articulated robot (40) including a the linkages for navigating the treatment catheter (30) within an anatomical region. The robotic surgical system further employs a robot controller (41) for controlling a navigation by the articulated robot (40) of the treatment catheter (30) along a intraoperative treatment path within the anatomical region relative to the anatomical structure derived from a planned treatment path within the anatomical region relative to the anatomical structure based on a registration between the articulated robot (40) and a preoperative image (21a) illustrative of the planned treatment path within the anatomical region relative to the anatomical structure.
US11259872B2
A method and system are provided to intraoperatively adjust the dimensions of a pre-operatively planned implant cavity to improve implant fit in a bone. The method includes obtaining a preoperative image data set of the bone. A surgical plan is generated using the image data set and/or a three-dimensional (3-D) bone model of the patient's bone generated from the image data set. Intraoperatively, the patient's bone is exposed and registered to the surgical plan and a computer assisted surgical system. The computer assisted surgical system having a cutting tip and a force sensor for sensing actual forces exerted on the cutting tip as an initial cut is created on the bone at a first bone region. Based on the difference between the actual cutting force and the expected cutting force in the plan, the dimensions of the cavity are adjusted accordingly.
US11259869B2
Catheter systems and methods for the selective and rapid application of DC voltage to drive irreversible electroporation are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a voltage pulse generator and an electrode controller. The voltage pulse generator is configured to produce a pulsed voltage waveform. The electrode controller is configured to be operably coupled to the voltage pulse generator and a medical device including a series of electrodes. The electrode controller includes a selection module and a pulse delivery module. The selection module is configured to select a subset of electrodes from the series of electrodes. The selection module is configured identify at least one electrode as an anode and at least one electrode as a cathode. The pulse delivery module is configured to deliver an output signal associated with the pulsed voltage waveform to the subset of electrodes.
US11259865B2
The present invention relates to methods of removing a lesion from a patient. A method of removing a lesion from a patient includes positioning wire loops of a probe device relative to the lesion. The wire loops are simultaneously rotated and expanded to cut material from the lesion. Irrigation fluid is supplied, via the probe device, to irrigate the material cut from the lesion. The supplied irrigation fluid is aspirated, via the probe device, to facilitate removal of the material cut from the lesion.
US11259861B2
An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical instrument and an electrosurgical generator. The generator includes an energy source having an active terminal and a return terminal that outputs electrosurgical energy and a controller that controls the energy source. A cable is coupled between the electrosurgical instrument and the electrosurgical generator where the cable includes a first conductor and a second conductor. The controller is configured to electrically couple the active terminal and/or the return terminal to the electrosurgical instrument using the first conductor and/or the second conductor based on whether the electrosurgical instrument is a monopolar instrument or a bipolar instrument.
US11259860B2
A surgical system includes a power supply, a power stage coupled to the power supply for converting electric energy to a power signal, an audio output device, a sensor, and a controller coupled to the power supply, the power stage, and the audio output device. The controller is operably coupled to the sensor. The power stage is configured to transmit the power signal to a surgical instrument such as an electrosurgical instrument or a microwave instrument. The sensor may be disposed on the surgical instrument. The controller causes the audio output device to output sensory feedback during operation of the surgical generator based on sensor signals received from the sensor during a surgical procedure.
US11259845B2
A bone fixation apparatus includes an insert and a bone anchor. The insert has open ends defining a lumen. A first thread is disposed on an outer surface of the insert and a second thread is disposed in the lumen. The insert is configured for threadably engaging bone. A driving tool is releasably attachable to the insert. The bone fixation apparatus also includes a bone anchor with a bone screw member and a housing. The bone screw member extends from the housing and has a third thread along a shank of the bone screw member. The third thread of the shank is engageable with the second thread of the lumen such that the bone anchor is coupled to the insert.
US11259835B2
Described here are devices and methods for performing atherectomies. Generally, the atherectomy devices may comprise a handle, a cutter assembly, and a catheter or catheter assembly therebetween. The cutter assembly may include a cutter housing and a cutter comprising a first cutting element and a second cutting element, each of which may be rotated relative to the atherectomy device to cut occlusive material.
US11259834B2
A medical device for treating an aneurysm in a blood vessel includes a hollow shaft for insertion into the blood vessel, an exit port at a distal end of the shaft, a deflection element, and a position sensor. The hollow shaft encompasses a wire-insertion channel for leading a wire to be inserted into the aneurysm. The exit port is configured for exiting the wire from the wire-insertion channel and into the aneurysm. The deflection element is located adjacent to the exit port and configured to deflect the wire from the wire-insertion channel to the exit port. The position sensor, which is coupled to the distal end of the shaft, is configured to produce signals indicative of a position and orientation of the exit port in the blood vessel.
US11259824B2
A method of removing clot from a vessel, including delivering a clot retrieval device across the clot, wherein the clot retrieval device includes an inner body having a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration; and an outer body extending along a longitudinal axis and at least partially overlying the inner body. The outer body includes a first scaffolding section, a second scaffolding section hingedly connected distal of the first scaffolding section; the first and second scaffolding sections of the outer body being expandable to a radial extent which is greater than the radial extent of the inner body in the deployed configuration to define a clot reception space between the inner and outer bodies. The method also includes expanding the clot retrieval device; and urging, by the expanding of the first and second scaffolding sections, at least a portion of the clot therebetween.
US11259814B2
There is provided an embolization device for promoting clot formation in a bodily lumen and having a contracted delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration, the embolisation device comprising: a stem comprising a tube having a tube wall; and a plurality of flexible bristles extending radially outwardly from the tube, wherein at least one of the plurality of flexible bristles penetrates through the tube wall.
US11259810B2
An assembly for use in repairing a severed tendon comprises an elongate threading element adapted to transit along a lumen of a tendon sheath, for covering a curved needle and carrying the needle within the lumen. The assembly can also comprise a liner for lining an internal surface of the tendon sheath, defining an internal passage along which a tendon stump coupled to the curved needle can pass. The liner can have a collapsed, rest configuration in which it is adapted to be inserted into the lumen of the tendon sheath, and an expanded, operating configuration, the liner being movable to the expanded configuration by contact with the tendon stump. Once released from the liner, the threading element receives the curved needle, for covering and carrying the curved needle through the liner and along the lumen of the tendon sheath trailing the connected tendon stump.
US11259807B2
A surgical stapling assembly that includes a surgical stapling device that has a lockout that is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The assembly further includes a staple cartridge with a first cam surface configured to cammingly engage a primary portion of the lockout to move the lockout laterally from the locked position and a second cam surface configured cammingly engage a secondary portion of the lockout to further move the lockout laterally into the locked position when the cartridge is operably seated in the device.
US11259804B2
A method is used to manufacture a frame of a curved surgical stapler. The method includes manufacturing a first portion of the frame of the curved surgical stapler separate from the first portion. The first portion includes a first curvilinear portion of an end effector and a first alignment feature. The method also includes manufacturing a second portion of the frame of the curved surgical stapler. The second portion includes a second alignment feature. The method also includes manufacturing a third portion of the frame of the curved surgical stapler separate from either of the first or second portions. The third portion includes a C-shaped track. The method also includes aligning the first and second portions portion with the second portion by aligning the first and second alignment features. The method also includes coupling the first and second portions of the frame of the curved surgical stapler together.
US11259803B2
A surgical system is disclosed including a surgical instrument including a replaceable staple cartridge. The replaceable staple cartridge includes a first RFID tag including a first set of information and a sled including a second RFID tag including a second set of information. A retainer includes a third RFID tag including a third set of information. The first set of information, the second set of information, and the third set of information collectively form a unique combination representative of the replaceable staple cartridge. A remote storage system includes a set of compatible combinations. The controller compares the unique combination to the set of compatible combinations to determine if the replaceable staple cartridge is compatible for use with the surgical instrument. The controller prevents at least one operation of the surgical instrument if the controller determines that said unique combination is not compatible for use with the surgical instrument.
US11259800B2
A retraction mechanism allows the full distal retraction of the firing drive from various positions. The retraction mechanism has been developed for use with a hand held surgical apparatus. An embodiment of the retraction mechanism includes a drive member, a first pulley, a second pulley, and a firing drive. The drive mechanism is configured to be driven by a motor. The first pulley is configured to rotate when the motor drives the drive mechanism. The second pulley is movable relative to the first pulley between a proximal position and a distal position. The firing drive is movable relative to the first pulley between proximal and distal positions. In operation, the first pulley rotates in a first direction in response to a distal translation of the firing drive and wherein the firing drive moves proximally upon rotation of the first pulley in a second direction.
US11259794B2
A suture construction and method for forming a suture construction is disclosed. The construction utilizes a suture having an enlarged central body portion defining a longitudinal passage. First and second ends of the suture are passed through first and second apertures associated with the longitudinal passage to form a pair of loops. Portions of the suture lay parallel to each other within the suture. Application of tension onto the suture construction causes constriction of the longitudinal passage, thus preventing relative motions of the captured portions of the suture.
US11259787B2
A medical instrument includes a tubular cutter extending along an axis and having a windowed outer sleeve and a moveable inner cutting sleeve. An ultrasound transducer is operatively coupled to the inner cutting sleeve in order to induce motion in the inner cutting sleeve to enhance cutting or resection of tissue by the inner cutting sleeve as it is reciprocated or otherwise moved past the cutting window. The instrument typically will include a motor drive configured to reciprocate and/or rotate the inner cutting sleeve relative to the windowed outer sleeve, usually at a reciprocation rate between 1 and 10 Hz.
US11259785B2
A sampling probe, having a housing, with a flange at housing's proximal end, and an internal step ring including a protruding follower tab toward housing's distal end. The sampling probe further includes a shaft inside the housing, with a brush at shaft's distal end and a handle at shaft's proximal end. The shaft includes a solid proximal section, and a spirally grooved distal section, engaging the housing's follower tab. A retracting compression spring is positioned on the spirally grooved distal section of the shaft inside the housing. With the sampling probe distally inserted in a vagina canal for a Pap smear, pushing the shaft handle distally, the brush at the end of the shaft protrudes out of the housing rotationally, taking a cell sample, followed by the retracting compression spring retracting the brush back into the housing when the shaft handle is released, completing the Pap smear.
US11259781B2
The present disclosure describes a therapeutic ultrasound system configured to adaptively transmit ultrasound pulses toward microbubbles in a treatment region to remove an occlusion. In some examples, the system may include a treatment pulse unit configured to transmit an ultrasound pulse to a treatment region of a subject, the treatment region including a plurality of microbubbles. An echo detection unit may be configured to receive one or more echoes responsive to the ultra sound pulse. In some examples, the system may also include a data processor configured to identify, using data associated with the echoes, at least one echo signature indicative of a dynamic state of the microbubbles in response to the ultrasound pulse. A controller may be configured to adjust one or more parameters of an additional ultrasound pulse transmitted to the treatment region via the treatment pulse unit based on the at least one echo signature.
US11259779B2
A body tissue to be detected is automatically detected certainly with high precision. An ultrasonic body tissue detecting device may include a transmission/reception unit, a two-dimensional data acquisition unit, a spatial frequency distribution calculation unit and a determination unit. The transmission/reception unit may transmit an ultrasonic signal into a body of a sample and receive an echo signal of the ultrasonic signal. The two-dimensional data acquisition unit may form two-dimensional echo image in a transmitting direction of the ultrasonic signal and in a scanning direction. The spatial frequency distribution calculation unit may perform a spatial frequency conversion of the two-dimensional echo image and calculate a spatial frequency distribution for a determining position. The determination unit may determine whether the determining position is the body tissue to be detected based on a distribution of amplitude in the transmitting direction of the ultrasonic signal and a distribution of amplitude in the scanning direction of the spatial frequency distribution.
US11259769B2
The present apparatus, system, and method relate to reliably capturing multiple x-ray images for later combination. An exposure shield blocks a portion of the x-rays emitted from a traditional emitter and collimator. The orientation of exposure shield may then be modified to block a second portion of x-rays while ensuring appropriate overlap of the captured images without intentionally moving the emitter or collimator and without the need for a patient to wear protective garb.
US11259768B2
An apparatus for beta-emission two-dimensional imaging including: a beta ray detector configured to receive, from an imaging target containing a first nuclide and a second nuclide, a beta ray based on the first or second nuclide and thereby detect the beta ray, the beta ray detector outputting a beta ray detection signal including location information indicating a detection location of the beta ray on a two-dimensional basis; a gamma ray detector configured to detect a gamma ray, the gamma ray detector detecting the first and second peculiar gamma rays in a discriminable manner; and an imaging processor configured to be capable of generating a distribution image of the first nuclide and a distribution image of the second nuclide in a discriminable manner.
US11259764B2
A multiple frame x-ray imaging system is disclosed with capability of differential x-ray exposure of different input areas of an image intensifier or other x-ray detector. Collimators are provided to control the amount of radiation in various regions of the image and image processing is provided to provide the display of images of different qualities.
US11259749B2
Provided according to embodiments of the invention are photoplethysmography probes designed for use on a user's nasal alar. Methods of using such photoplethysmography probes are also provided herein.
US11259738B2
Methods for the diagnosis, prognosis, patient stratification and prediction of pharmacological response in patients afflicted by psychiatric disorders based on electroretinography (ERG) parameters are described.
US11259737B2
A neuromonitoring system utilizes transcutaneous, trans-abdominal nerve root stimulation to monitor the health and status of the motor neural pathways of the lower extremities during the portions of a surgical procedure in which a tissue retraction assembly is used to maintain an operative corridor. A method of monitoring the status of nerve during a spinal surgical procedure delivers a transcutaneous, trans-abdominal stimulation signal to the spine. A determination is made of a stimulation threshold required to elicit a neuromuscular response from the stimulation signal.
US11259723B2
A sensor (1) for detection of gas, in particular for detection of CO2. The sensor (1) has a contact face (2) which is directed towards a measuring site. The sensor (1) includes at least one radiation source (3), a measurement volume (4) for receiving the gas to be measured, and at least a first detector (5) for detection of radiation transmitted from the source (3) to the first detector (5) through the measurement volume (4). The sensor has a path (6) of the radiation between radiation source (3) and first detector (5). The radiation propagates along the path in a non-imaging way.
US11259722B2
An apparatus and method for non-invasively determining the blood oxygen saturation within a subject's tissue by near-infrared spectroscopy is disclosed. Embodiments of the apparatus and method use the multi-distance method and take into account the attenuation of the light signal due to light absorbers other than hemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin and the scattering properties of a subject's tissue.
US11259720B2
Disclosed herein are devices and methods for detecting blood glucose levels in a subject that involve passively quantifying mid-infrared emissions from the eye of the subject.
US11259711B2
Light is irradiated to a finger of a subject and received from the finger of the subject to extract a pulse wave signal, generates an optimized pulse wave signal in a desired type by sampling the extracted pulse wave signal according to a predetermined sampling condition and normalizes the generated pulse wave signal, the entire segment of the normalized pulse signal is divided into a plurality of window segments to detect a pulse wave amplitude value with respect to a pulse wave signal for each window, a first eigenvector for each subject corresponding to a pulse wave amplitude value of the entire window segment is extracted by using a linear discriminant analysis and then the first eigenvector per subject is compared with a threshold, determines distribution of eigenvectors for each subject compared to the threshold and thus a characteristic of the corresponding subject is diagnosed.
US11259695B2
Endoscopes and methods of their use, where the endoscopes provide a low profile or cross-section which facilitates introduction through small body passages, such as patient's cervix, and into body cavities, such a patient's uterus.
US11259690B2
A variable stiffness apparatus to be installed in a flexible member includes a first elongated member, a second elongated member arranged along the first elongated member, and an inducing member. The first elongated member includes a high bending stiffness portion, and a low bending stiffness portion. The second elongated member includes a shape-memory member that takes a low-stiffness state when in a first phase and a high-stiffness state when in a second phase. The inducing member causes a region of the shape memory member that is arranged around the low bending stiffness portion to transition in phase between the first phase and the second phase, so as to change the stiffness of the region of the second elongated member.
US11259684B2
A dishwasher includes a tub having an air outlet, an airflow conduit fluidly coupling the tub air outlet to ambient air, a blower assembly forcing air to flow from the tub and through the tub air outlet into the airflow conduit, a first reservoir associated with the airflow conduit and collecting liquid condensed from the air forced through the airflow conduit, the first reservoir fluidly coupled to the tub for draining the collected liquid into the tub, and a second reservoir associated with the airflow conduit downstream of the first reservoir and collecting liquid condensed from the air prior to the exhaustion of the air to the ambient air, wherein any liquid not collected by the first reservoir is collected by the second reservoir for evaporation.
US11259675B2
A vacuum cleaner includes: a dust canister; a cover rotatably coupled to the dust canister; an filter assembly mounted inside the dust canister and configured to be exposed by an opening of the cover; and a crevice tool coupling to an air entrance of the dust canister or an extension pipe connected to the air entrance. The filter assembly includes an opening portion opened toward the cover, and a protrusion portion protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the opening portion. The crevice tool includes a catching rib caught on the protrusion portion according to insertion and rotation of the crevice tool in the opening portion. The filter assembly is configured to withdraw from the dust canister together with the crevice tool based on withdrawing of the crevice tool to the outside of the dust canister in a state in which the catching rib is caught on the protrusion portion.
US11259674B2
A hose clip for coupling at least a portion of a suction hose to a support structure of a vacuum cleaning apparatus may include a protrusion and a coupler. The coupler may include a coupler housing having an opening for receiving at least a portion of the protrusion. The opening may transition from an outer surface of the coupler housing into a coupler cavity defined by the coupler housing. The coupler cavity may include a plurality of jaws for engaging at least a portion of the protrusion.
US11259664B2
A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance comprises a cooker body for receiving food and a lid for covering the cooker body. The cooking appliance has a front side for facilitating cooking operations and a rear side spaced apart from the front side. The cooker body comprises at least one latch slot disposed on an inclined rear side of the cooker body. The lid comprises at least one latch bar disposed on a periphery thereof and extending outwardly therefrom. When the lid is detached from the cooker body, the latch bar is operable to be inserted into the corresponding latch slot to secure the lid at the inclined rear side of the cooker body, allowing a user to secure the lid to the latch slot without reaching a rear side of the cooker body by hand, and to retrieve the food without accidentally contacting the lid.
US11259655B1
A one-piece wall mountable wig holder comprising of a long back wall plate with multiple protruding extensions for the wig head to sit onto a dowel. The unit is configured to accommodate multiple heads and attach to the wall thus eliminating the need of occupying floor space and installing additional racks. In an embodiment of the present invention, the long back wall plate has pair of holes drilled for hanging the wig holder on a wall. The long back wall plate has plurality of holes for screwing and attaching the protruding extensions that support the dummy wig head. The protruding extensions have dowels affixed on their surface on which dummy wig heads can be kept.
US11259630B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for controlling movement of a desk or table. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may include a housing arranged with the desk or table and a lever configured to initiate raising or lowering of the desk in response to a force applied by a user.
US11259622B2
An interdental cleaner with a rod-like support which has a cleaning device in an axial end region. The cleaning device includes a cover on the support made of a soft-elastic plastic, and structuring is formed on the outside of the cover having a plurality of fingers protruding with radial components from the cover, which fingers are made of the same material as the cover and are connected as one piece thereto. The structuring additionally has a bristle edging with a plurality of bristle bundles protruding with radial components from the cover and/or individual bristles which are each formed from pre-produced bristles embedded in the cover and/or in the support.
US11259621B2
A system for the application of mascara to both eyes using the dominant hand. The system has a container and an applicator. The applicator is used to transfer mascara from the container to the eyes. The applicator has a handle, a brush head and a rod. The handle progresses along an imaginary midline and supports the brush head in line with, or parallel to, the midline. The rod has at least one offset section. The rod is long enough to enable a person to position the brush head in front of the left eye from the right side of the head, or in front of the right eye from the left side of the head. The offset section of the rod prevents the applicator from blocking the vision from a near eye when applying mascara across the face to a far eye.
US11259618B1
A liquid dispensing container assembly includes a container having a container interior configured to contain a supply of liquid to be dispensed. A rotatable, liquid dispensing head is carried by the container and has a dispensing surface and a dispensing port. An opening in the liquid dispensing head may communicate with the dispensing port. The liquid dispensing head includes one or more rollers disposed in one or more respective sockets. A dispensing adaptor may be disposed in the liquid dispensing head. The liquid dispensing head may be rotatable between a dispensing position wherein the opening in the liquid dispensing head aligns or registers with an opening in the dispensing adaptor to facilitate flow of the liquid from the container onto the dispensing surface of the liquid dispensing head and a closed position wherein the opening misaligns or misregisters with the opening in the dispensing adaptor.
US11259608B2
The present application discloses an adaptive finger size ring. The adaptive finger size ring in the present application includes: a first ring body, a second ring body, and two elastic devices. There is a clamping position between the first ring body and the second ring body, and the clamping position is used to clamp a finger. One end of the elastic device is connected to the first ring body, the other end is connected to the second ring body, and the two elastic devices are respectively located on two sides of the clamping position. The elastic device, the first ring body, and the second ring body form an annular shape. The elastic device is telescopic and has a tendency to shorten in length, so that the first ring body and the second ring body are in close contact with skin of the finger. Thus, a swelling feeling caused due to poor blood flow when the ring is worn for a long time can be avoided, and wearing comfort is improved.
US11259605B2
In this molded surface fastener, plural engaging elements having a stem portion and an engaging head portion formed integrally on the stem portion are standing on the base portion, at least one pawl portion having a pawl width dimension narrower than a width dimension at a boundary between the stem portion and the engaging head portion is protruded on an outer peripheral edge part of the engaging head portion, and a back surface of pawl of the pawl portion is formed at different angles with respect to a back surface of head portion of the engaging head portion. Such a molded surface fastener of the present invention has a substantial engaging force with respect to a female surface fastener and can make a texture of its surface comfortable.
US11259596B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a midsole system with a plurality of cushioning units, each having multiple cushioning layers configured to work together as a system to absorb a compressive load, such as a dynamic compressive load due to impact with the ground, in stages of progressive cushioning according to the relative stiffness values of the layers. Various midsole systems disclosed include isolated cushioning units, linked cushioning units, sole layers having stanchions interfacing with the midsole system, midsole systems with sole layers having keyed and unkeyed portions overlying a bladder, and midsole systems with vertically-stacked cushioning units disposed in inverted relationship to one another.
US11259580B2
A health monitoring garment is provided. The health monitoring garment includes an article of clothing comprising at least one compression section to provide a snug fit against a person wearing the article of clothing and a sensor island. The sensor island includes stretchable circuitry, two or more sensors, one or more power supplies, and optionally one or more wireless communication modules within a self-contained unit. At least one of the sensors comprises a stretchable sensor which may be a respiration sensor. The sensor unit may be provided independent of the health monitoring garment or as a complete system. The sensor island and compression section of the article of clothing also include fasteners of complementary geometries for reversible attachment and disengagement of the sensor island from the compression section.
US11259579B2
A face shield and head covering combination is provided. The head covering comprises a body and an attachment element. The body defines a head opening configured to receive a user's head therethrough. The attachment element is coupled to the body and configured to couple to a face shield positionable on the user's face. The attachment element is configured to transition between a first position on the body and a second position on the body, wherein the second position is spaced from the first position.
US11259572B2
This application relates to a vaporization device including a housing, a top cap and a heating assembly. The housing further has a storage chamber and a channel. The top cap further has a first top cap component and a second top cap component. The first top cap component has at least one through hole configured to suppress a flow rate of tobacco tar flowing from the storage chamber into the heating assembly.
US11259569B2
The present disclosure relates to a flavor delivery device and a cartridge that includes such flavor delivery device. The flavor delivery device includes a flavor substrate that can be formed of a porous material, and further including flavor material included within the flavor substrate. The flavor substrate is surrounded by an outer sleeve which is impermeable to the flavor material. The flavor delivery device may be positioned within a cartridge of an aerosol delivery device where the flavor delivery device is located downstream from a reservoir containing an aerosol precursor composition relative to the mouthend of the cartridge.
US11259567B2
An aerosol generation device may include a first housing comprising an opening at one side, an inner space for accommodating a cigarette inserted through the opening, and a heater disposed in the inner space; a second housing coupled to other side of the first housing and including a controller; a fastening portion configured to couple the first housing to the second housing; a battery coupled to the second housing; and a case coupled to the second housing for accommodating the second housing, the fastening portion, and the battery therein, wherein the fastening portion is prevented, by the case, from being exposed to outside.
US11259559B2
A compaction apparatus for compacting a smokeable product in production of smoking articles includes: (a) a frame for removably receiving a cone pallet. The cone pallet includes a plurality of cavities. Each cavity holds a cone filled with a volume of the smokeable product. The apparatus further includes (b) a compaction mechanism including: (i) at least one pin alignable above an open upper end of a respective cone and movable from a retracted position, in which the pin is spaced apart from the smokeable product in the cone, toward an advanced position for inserting a lower portion of the pin into the volume of the smokeable product. The compaction mechanism further includes (ii) a vibratory drive coupled to the pin and operable to vibrate the pin when the lower portion of the pin is within the volume of the smokeable product for inducing settlement of the smokeable product.
US11259553B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for the dietary management of nephrolithiasis and hypocitraturia through the oral administration of multiple alkali salts including sodium bicarbonate, potassium citrate and/or magnesium citrate. Also provided are kits including compositions for the dietary management of nephrolithiasis and hypocitraturia.
US11259543B2
A novel frozen confection sauce composition comprising from 10 to 18 wt % vegetable fat that is solid at 4° C., from 24 to 32 wt % vegetable fat that is liquid at 4° C., from 5 to 10 wt % nut paste and from 30 to 40 wt % sugar. A novel frozen confection sauce composition for the reduction of sugar bloom.
US11259541B2
There is described an edible particulate material comprising from 80% to 100% by weight based on total weight of the material of a processable, microbially released, flavour acceptable bran-like material, characterized by the following parameters: (i) mean particle size by volume (Vol. MPS) of from 5 to 100 microns; (ii) volume particle size distribution (Vol. PSD) characterized by the parameters: D90,3 less than or equal to 350 microns, and D50,3 less than or equal to 50 microns, and optionally D10,3 less than or equal to 15 microns, (iii) mean particle sphericity as measured by a Smean of greater than or equal to 0.75; (iv) where processable means has oil holding capacity (OHC) of from 0.7 to 1.5; (v) where microbially released means material has common microbes below given limits (preferably free of common microbes) (vi) where flavour acceptable denotes a lipase activity (LA) and a peroxidase activity (PA) both less than or equal to 2 U/g optionally a low degree of roasted flavour notes as defined herein. The bran as described may added to foodstuffs for example be used as a bulk ingredient to replace sugar and/or to provide filling and/or coatings having improved hiding ability when used as layers in multilayer foodstuffs.
US11259524B2
Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as a pesticides, especially as fungicides.
US11259508B2
A fish farm with a float ring, and a net fixed to the float ring. The float is flexible and is designed with an exterior walkway and interior room for personnel. At least one door or hatch provides access between the exterior walkway and the interior room for personnel.
US11259501B2
A vibratory detector for detecting a vibratory signal from one or more feeders. A processor is in communication with the vibratory detector and configured for determining from at least one characteristic of the vibratory signal a possible action event, and for determining from a pattern of possible action events a likely action event. A warning device is in communication with the processor for providing an output in response to the likely action event. In an embodiment, the at least one characteristic of the vibratory signal can comprise the frequency or magnitude of the vibratory signal.
US11259500B2
An edible pet chew has an initially malleable sheet of a hardened chewable material dimensioned large enough and thin enough to be initially malleable for flexing, folding or rolling into a final shape. The sheet is shaped into a final shape by flexing, folding or rolling and then hardened.
US11259496B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHH5137 and pepper line HHA-FD16-1393. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHH5137 and pepper line HHA-FD16-1393 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVHH5137 and pepper line HHA-FD16-1393 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11259495B1
A soybean cultivar designated 90381408 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 90381408, to the plants of soybean cultivar 90381408, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 90381408, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 90381408. 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 90381408. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 90381408, 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 90381408 with another soybean cultivar.
US11259494B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077345. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077345. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077345 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077345 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11259490B2
A soybean cultivar designated 99250287 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 99250287, to the plants of soybean cultivar 99250287, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 99250287, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 99250287. 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 99250287. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 99250287, 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 99250287 with another soybean cultivar.
US11259481B2
An inbred corn line, designated MDS9820, is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line MDS9820, to the plants of inbred corn line MDS9820 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line MDS9820 with itself or with another corn line. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from the inbred MDS9820.
US11259473B2
A TMV resistant tobacco plant containing a short N introgressed segment and a method for breeding the same. A homozygous tobacco plant containing an N introgressed segment is hybridized with a tobacco plant of genotype nn to obtain an F1 progeny tobacco plant of genotype Nn. The F1 progeny tobacco plant is hybridized with the tobacco plant of genotype nn, to obtain population materials for screening to obtain the short N introgressed segment. TMV is inoculated at a seedling stage, and Nn genotype plants showing necrotic lesion are obtained by screening the population materials. The Nn genotype plants are genotyped using a molecular marker TN5.51 primer pair and an N gene-specific molecular marker N1N2 at the right end of the N introgressed segment. A plant found to be negative when tested by the TN5.51 primer pair and to be positive when tested by the N1N2 molecular marker is a plant comprising the short N introgressed segment. The size of non-target genomic components deleted from plants containing the short N introgressed segment is estimated using TN5.34 and TN5.20 and TN4.99 primer pairs. The obtained short N introgressed segment is applicable to germplasma innovation and breeding of TMV resistant tobacco. The invention is helps to reduce linkage drag with the N gene.
US11259471B2
A cover member for an in-store greenhouse is disclosed, with which radiation exiting the in-store greenhouse can be influenced or modified, so that outgoing total radiation has a white color on the Planck curve.
US11259464B2
An agricultural implement includes a first frame member and a second frame member pivotally connected to each other and an actuating assembly configured to rotate the second frame member. The actuating assembly includes a first link pivotally connected to the first frame member, a second link pivotally connected to the second frame member, and a third link attached to an actuator. Two of the first, second, and third links are pivotally connected by a connecting pin, which is received in a slot formed in the third one of the links. The actuating assembly is configured to prevent the pin from moving along the slot and to allow rotation of the second link relative to the third link, when the second frame member is arranged between a retracted position and an expanded position, and to allow the pin to move along the slot, when the second frame member is arranged in the expanded position.
US11259462B2
Systems and methods for geospatial yield mapping by managing and modeling a system-based delay between crop location and crop sensing. The system stores a plurality of yield rate values indicative of crop yield detected by a sensor and a plurality of geospatial location values as time sequence data sets. The system then maps a yield rate value to a geospatial location value by determining an offset indicative of a total delay time from when the crop is cut from the field to when the crop is detected by the yield sensor. In some implementations, the delay value is determined as an integer multiple of a defined sampling frequency and is determined as a sum of a plurality of delay component values each indicative of a portion of the total delay time associated with a different one of a plurality of component systems of the crop harvester.
US11259455B2
In one aspect, a system for controlling the operation of a residue removal device of a seed-planting implement may include a residue removal device configured to remove residue from a path of the seed-planting implement. The system may also include a sensor configured to capture data indicative of a residue characteristic associated with a portion of the field within a detection zone positioned forward of the residue removal device relative to a direction of travel of the seed-planting implement. Furthermore, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor. As such, the controller may be configured to monitor the residue characteristic associated with the portion of the field within the detection zone based on data received from the sensor. Additionally, the controller may be further configured to control the operation of the residue removal device based on the monitored residue characteristic.
US11259453B2
A power hoist equipment crane system to be used with a tractor roll bar, the system including a pivotable support bar configured to be substantially U-shaped having two side portions and a middle portion connecting the two side portions, a cable support member provided to the pivotable support bar and configured to support a cable from a hoist, and bracket assemblies provided respectively proximate each end of the pivotable support bar and configured to couple the pivotable support bar to the tractor roll bar in a pivoting arrangement, the bracket assemblies configured such that the pivotable support bar is pivotable between a substantially vertical stowed position when not in use, and a substantially horizontal use position in which the cable support member is positioned at a point spaced back from the tractor so as to be located over an implement that is attachable to the tractor.
US11266051B2
A component mounting machine includes a tool station and a determination section. The tool station detachably accommodates a holding member including a main body section which can hold a component to be mounted on a board and multiple identification sections which can identify multiple accommodation angles. The determination section determines an angle difference in which the accommodation angle of the holding member differs from a predetermined accommodation angle. At least one identification section of the multiple identification sections is defined as a first identification section, the at least one identification section being exposed when the accommodation angle of the holding member is the predetermined accommodation angle in a close state in which the multiple identification sections are partially covered by a shielding member. When the determination section cannot recognize the first identification section in the close state, the determination section attempts to recognize a second identification section.
US11266049B2
There is provided technology which is a component mounting machine which mounts electronic components onto a circuit substrate and is capable of displaying a movable region of an inner portion of the component mounting machine within a same image. The component mounting machine is provided with a fixed camera which monitors the inner portion of the component mounting machine and a display section which is capable of displaying a captured image of the fixed camera. The fixed camera is capable of imaging a range from a pickup position at which the suction nozzle picks up the electronic component which is supplied from the component feeder to a mounting position at which the electronic component is mounted onto the circuit substrate within the same image.
US11266047B2
Methods and apparatus for acoustically and electronically isolating a smart speaker to prevent unauthorized persons from using the smart speaker microphones to eavesdrop and intrude into a personal space.
US11266034B1
An interface system for functional module and a functional module thereof are provided. The interface system for the functional module includes a main system and a plurality of functional modules. The main system has a mother board. Each of the functional modules has a circuit board, and at least one functional element disposed on the circuit board, and the functional element is an element having various functions and specifications. An expansion assembly is disposed between the mother board of the main system and the circuit board of any of the functional modules, and the expansion assembly is also disposed between the circuit boards of the functional modules. The main system is selectively and electrically connected to the functional modules through each of the expansion assemblies to be connected extendedly.
US11266033B2
A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a first housing including a first surface and a second surface a second housing including a third surface and a fourth surface, and a hinge. The hinge includes a hinge shaft, a sliding device including a portion configured to slide to an inside or an outside of the second housing to be introduced, or slide from the inside or the outside of the second housing in a specific direction to be extracted in correspondence to a hinge operation of the second housing, and a multi-bar disposed between the first surface and the fourth surface and including multi-bar units to be spread or bent in correspondence to a hinge operation of the second housing.
US11266030B2
A hinge member of a display device includes: first, second, and third plates which are spaced apart from each other; a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft to rotate the second plate; a third rotating shaft and a fourth rotating shaft to rotate the third plate; a first shaft support connected to one end of the first rotating shaft and one end of the second rotating shaft; a second shaft support connected to other end of the first rotating shaft and other end of the second rotating shaft; a third shaft support connected to one end of the third rotating shaft and one end of the fourth rotating shaft; a fourth shaft support connected to other end of the third rotating shaft and other end of the fourth rotating shaft. At least one of the first and second rotating shafts and at least one of the third and fourth rotating shafts are linearly movable in response to rotation of one of the second and third plates.
US11266026B2
A component mounting method is provided for mounting a light emitting component on a board by picking up the light emitting component from a pocket formed in a carrier tape by a mount head. The method includes recognizing a reference part formed in the board, recognizing a light emitting part of the light emitting component by imaging the light emitting component from above in a state where the light emitting component is held within the pocket by a holder from below, picking up the light emitting component by the mount head in the state where the light emitting component is held within the pocket by the holder from below, and mounting the picked up light emitting component on the board based on a recognition result of the reference part and a recognition result of the light emitting part.
US11266013B2
A rigid-flex printed circuit board includes an inner circuit substrate, two adhesive sheet layers formed on the inner circuit substrate, two shielding structures, and two outer circuit layers. The inner circuit substrate is divided into a flexible area, a first and second rigid area. Each shielding structure includes a copper layer, a metal seed layer formed on the copper layer, a flexible dielectric layer formed on the metal seed layer, and a backing adhesive sheet layer formed on the flexible medium layer. The backing adhesive sheet layer is pressed on the adhesive sheet layer and the inner circuit substrate located in the flexible area. Each outer circuit layer is formed on the copper layer, located in the first rigid area and the second rigid area and electrically connected to the inner circuit substrate.
US11266012B2
A circuit board includes an electrically insulating part and an electrically conductive part. At least one semiconductor chip is embedded into the electrically insulating part in a part of the circuit board. Through openings in the part of the circuit board provide for passage of a cooling liquid. The through openings extend from a first surface of the circuit board to a second surface of the circuit board. The electrically conductive part includes a first outer conductive layer on the first surface and a second outer conductive layer on the second surface. The electrically conductive part also includes a first inner conductive layer which is electrically connected to the semiconductor chip. The first inner conductive layer is electrically insulated from the first outer conductive layer and from the second outer conductive layer by the electrically insulating part in the part of the circuit board.
US11265986B2
An LED controller is used with a video source and at least one LED unit, and includes a control signal generator and a driver. The control signal generator performs pulse width modulation based on a first clock signal, a second clock signal and a data signal, which is generated by the video source, to generate at least one control signal. The first and second clock signals are independent of a vertical synchronization signal that is generated by the video source. The driver generates, based on the at least one control signal, at least one drive signal that is related to light emission of the at least one LED unit.
US11265984B2
A lighting module may receive control signal having a first control scheme, the lighting module including a driver including at least one channel; and a control module; where the control module translates the received first control scheme into a predetermined second control scheme, when the first control scheme is different from the predetermined second control scheme; wherein the control module generates an identity voltage correlated with the received first control scheme; wherein the control module outputs to the driver a driver control signal including the predetermined second control scheme, and the identity voltage; and wherein the driver generates a driver output based on the identity voltage and the driver control signal.
US11265983B2
The present disclosure provides lighting systems, which may be semiconductor light emitting devices, with two or more of blue, red, short-blue-pumped cyan, long-blue-pumped cyan, yellow, and violet channels. The lighting systems can have a plurality of operational modes that provide different biological effects while having good color rendering capability. The yellow and violet channels can include violet LEDs and be used in operational modes that provide white light with lower EML values relative to operational modes using three or more of the blue, red, short-blue-pumped cyan, and long-blue-pumped cyan color channels. The yellow, red, and violet channels can be used in an operational mode to provide low EML values while providing white light between about 1800K and about 3500K CCT.
US11265981B2
A light emitting element driving device includes, for example, a slope voltage generator generating a slope voltage including information on an inductor current passing through a switching output stage, a sense amplifier generating a sense voltage commensurate with the output current fed to a light-emitting element from the switching output stage, a sense amplifier generating a control voltage commensurate with the difference between the sense voltage and a reference voltage, a comparator comparing the slope voltage with the control voltage to generate a comparison signal, a controller controlling the switching output stage in accordance with the comparison signal, and a clamper limiting the control voltage to equal to or lower than a clamp voltage commensurate with the slope voltage.
US11265980B2
A device includes a plurality of first LEDs, a plurality of second LEDs, at least one controllable current source that is configured to generate at least one bias current for driving the plurality of first LEDs and the plurality of second LEDs, and a plurality of measurement circuits, each of which is configured to measure a current-voltage (I-V) performance characteristic of at least one of the plurality of first LEDs. A property of a first bias current of the at least one bias current is determined as a function of at least two measurements of the I-V performance characteristic of the at least one of the plurality of first LEDs, and the at least two measurements of the I-V performance characteristic are acquired while the first bias current is applied to the at least one of the plurality of first LEDs and the plurality of second LEDs.
US11265974B2
Aerosol delivery devices and aerosol source members are disclosed herein. In one aspect, an aerosol delivery device may comprise a control body having a closed distal end and an open engaging end, a heating member, a control component located within the control body and configured to control the heating member, a power source located within the control body and configured to provide power to the control component, and a removable aerosol source member that includes a substrate portion. The substrate portion may include a continuous heat conductive framework integrated with an aerosol forming material, wherein the continuous thermally conductive framework is configured to enhance heat transfer from the heating member to the aerosol forming material.
US11265973B2
An induction heating device includes: a first board including a first working coil, a first inverter configured to apply a resonant current to the first working coil, a first current transformer configured to adjusting a magnitude of the first resonant current, a first control unit configured to control the first inverter; and a second board including a second working coil, a second inverter configured to apply a resonant current to the second working coil, a second current transformer configured to adjust a magnitude of the second resonant current, a first relay configured to selectively connect the second working coil to the second current transformer or to the first working coil, a second relay configured to selectively connect the second working coil to the first working coil or to the second resonant capacitor, and a second control unit configure to control the second inverter, the first relay, and the second relay.
US11265952B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services.
US11265950B2
Disclosed in the embodiments of the present application are a communication method, a network device, and a terminal device, the method comprising: a first network node receives a radio resource control (RRC) connection recovery request sent by a terminal device in a non-activated state, the RRC connection recovery request comprising indication information, and the indication information being used for indicating whether to change the anchor network node of the terminal device; the first network node is the network node currently serving the terminal device, and a second network node is the anchor network node of the terminal device.
US11265944B1
A wireless access node simultaneously serves wireless User Equipment (UE) over Fifth Generation New Radio (5GNR) and Long Term Evolution (LTE). A baseband unit splits user data into a 5GNR portion and an LTE portion per a dynamic 5GNR/LTE split. A 5GNR radio wirelessly transfers the 5GNR portion to the wireless UE. An LTE radio wirelessly transfers the LTE portion to the wireless UE. The baseband unit corrects LTE and 5GNR transmission errors and determines a 5GNR Block Error Rate (BLER) and an LTE BLER. The baseband unit modifies the dynamic 5GNR/LTE split based on the difference between the 5GNR BLER and the LTE BLER. The baseband unit splits additional user data into 5GNR and LTE portions per the modified 5GNR/LTE split.
US11265943B1
A method and system for controlling an operational mode of a first access node where the first access node provides a first cell and a second access node provides a second cell. An example method could include (i) determining a level of fading of the second cell, (ii) using the determined level of fading of the second cell as a basis to decide whether the first access node should operate in a blind-addition mode or rather a threshold-based-addition mode for adding a secondary connection in the second cell for a UE having a primary connection with the first access node in the first cell, and (iii) causing the first access node to operate in the decided mode.
US11265927B1
A communication device performs a backoff procedure to determine when a first channel in a first radio frequency (RF) band is idle in connection with reserving an aggregate communication channel, which includes a first frequency portion in the first RF band and a second frequency portion in a second RF band, for a frame exchange. In response to determining that the first channel is idle, the communication device transmits a first packet that reserves at least the first channel for a first particular time duration. In connection with determining that the first channel is idle, the communication device performs one or more energy level measurements in a second channel in the second RF band to determine whether the second channel is idle. The communication device transmits a second packet that reserves at least the second channel for a second particular time duration in connection with reserving the aggregate communication channel.
US11265926B2
A method and apparatus is provided to use a value tag in conjunction with transmission and/or processing of system information in a wireless communication network, specifically in conjunction with second type system information or non-essential type system information. An access node may initiate broadcasting second type system information when the second type information content is updated, in order to avoid multiple on-demand delivery requests from wireless terminals. The access node may compress second type system information to be delivered by broadcast.
US11265917B2
Aligned listen before talk (LBT) gaps for single operator frame-based equipment (FBE) mode new radio (NR) shared spectrum (NR-SS) is disclosed. Within the FBE mode network, the base station determines a plurality of potential transmission bursts within a fixed frame period. The base station may then reserve a plurality of LBT gaps prior to the starting position of each such transmission burst. The base station communicates the location of each of the LBT gaps to all neighboring network entities and contends for access to the fixed frame period at the beginning of the frame regardless of whether it has data for transmission during the frame. Each neighboring base station that receives the LBT gaps locations will use the same locations in order to align the LBT gaps over the FBE mode network.
US11265914B2
Disclosed are a method, an apparatus, and a system for adjusting a contention window size for performing channel access. In detail, the method includes: receiving a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) responses for downlink channel(s) of the specific cell; generating a random number N (N≥0) in a contention window size; and performing the downlink transmission in the specific cell after standing by for N slots while the specific cell is idle, wherein when a ratio of negative acknowledgement (NACK) among the plurality of HARQ-ACK responses is equal to or more than a reference value, the contention window size becomes larger than a previous value, and when the ratio of the NACK among the plurality of HARQ-ACK responses is less than the reference value, the contention window size is reset to a minimum value.
US11265903B2
An uplink transmission method includes obtaining control information useable for uplink transmission with dynamic scheduling, determining based on information about a first time-frequency resource allocated to the uplink transmission and configuration information of a first reference signal useable for the uplink transmission, a second time-frequency resource useable to send the first reference signal, obtaining first information of a semi-statically configured resource useable for the uplink transmission, and in response to performing the uplink transmission based on the control information, sending, by the communications apparatus on an overlapping time-frequency resource of a second time-frequency resource and a third time-frequency resource, a reference signal generated based on configuration information of a second reference signal or failing to send a signal. The control information includes information about the first time-frequency resource allocated to the uplink transmission and configuration information of the first reference signal useable for the uplink transmission.
US11265890B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first base station (BS) may detect remote interference, with one or more uplink communications on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) associated with the first BS, caused by propagation of one or more reference signal (RS) communications, transmitted by a second BS, out of a coverage area of the second BS and into a coverage area of the first BS due to reflection of the one or more RS communications. The coverage area of the first BS and the coverage area of the second BS are non-overlapping coverage areas. The first BS may adjust, based at least in part on detecting the remote interference, one or more radio resource allocations of the PUSCH associated with the first BS. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11265883B1
Dedicating antenna elements to specific wireless devices by identifying specific wireless devices that meet a set of criteria, such as relay nodes, stationary wireless devices, data-only wireless devices, and respectively dedicating a separate portion of antenna elements for communicating with each specific wireless device. The separate portion of antenna elements is selected based on being configured to utilize a bandwidth that meets a threshold bandwidth, such as a 40 MHz bandwidth offered in 5G communications.
US11265878B1
Primary component carrier control in a wireless access node that uses multiple radio frequency bands
A wireless access node serves a wireless User Equipment (UE) over a Primary Component Carrier (PCC) and Secondary Component Carriers (SCCs). The wireless access node receives a report from the wireless UE indicating radio frequency bands and their received signal strengths. The wireless access node identifies the radio frequency bands that have adequate received signal strength. The wireless access node determines amounts of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) layers for the identified radio frequency bands. The wireless access node selects one of the identified radio frequency bands that has a larger amount of the MIMO layers. The wireless access node exchanges user data and network signaling with the wireless UE over the selected frequency band to serve the PCC to the UE. The wireless access node transfers additional user data to the UE to serve the SCCs to the UE.
US11265870B2
Systems and methods for wireless communications are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a base station configures a first uplink resource. The first uplink resource is defined using configuration parameters including at least one of a time-domain starting point of the first uplink resource, a time-domain duration of the first uplink resource, or a frequency-domain range of the first uplink resource. The base station transmits to a wireless communication device an indication that uplink transmission on a second uplink resource within the first uplink resource is canceled. The wireless communication device cancels the uplink transmission on the second uplink resource.
US11265869B2
Various devices, methods, and processes are provided for handling conflicting and/or redundant power control and triggering information for transmitting reference signal(s) such as sounding reference signal (SRS) using carrier aggregation (CA). A user equipment (UE) receives a first downlink control information (DCI) and a second DCI including SRS control information that is in conflict with that of the first DCI, for controlling SRS transmission on a component carrier (CC). The UE determines a resolution to reconcile the conflict between the DCIs. Then the UE can transmit an SRS on the CC in accordance with the resolution.
US11265866B2
A configuration of a first search space for monitoring control channel candidates over a first set of symbols can be received. A configuration of an alternative set of search spaces containing at least a second search space for monitoring control channel candidates over a second set of symbols can be received. A DCI scheduling an uplink transmission over a third set of symbols can be received. A determination can be made as to whether the uplink transmission overlaps with the first set of symbols. Control channel candidates in the first search space can be monitored when the uplink transmission does not overlap with the first set of symbols. Control channel candidates can be monitored in the second search space instead of the first search space when the uplink transmission overlaps with the first set of symbols.
US11265862B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for transmitting and receiving a control channel, a base station, and a user equipment, which relate to the communication field, and can solve a transmission problem of available changing transmission resources caused by introduction of an E-PDCCH. A method for configuring a control channel resource includes: determining, by a base station according to a system configuration and/or user configuration, resource elements REs included in an extended control channel element E-CCE, and transmitting an extended physical downlink control channel E-PDCCH to a user equipment, where the E-PDCCH is carried by the E-CCE; and receiving, by the user equipment, the E-PDCCH, and obtaining the REs included in the E-CCE, and receiving, over the REs included in the E-CCE, the E-PDCCH transmitted by the base station. The embodiments of the present invention are used for configuring and detecting a control channel resource.
US11265856B2
A terminal is disclosed including a processor that determines uplink control channel resource indexes based on configuration of an uplink bandwidth part (UL BWP) and determines a resource for an uplink control channel based on an uplink control channel resource index indicated from Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource indicator field in downlink control information out of the uplink control channel resource indexes; and a transmitter that transmits the uplink control channel on the resource for the uplink control channel on an active UL BWP. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal and a base station are also disclosed.
US11265854B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify one or more time slots in which a first communication on a multi-slot physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) overlaps with a second communication on another PUCCH. The UE may transmit, for each time slot of the one or more time slots, the first communication or the second communication based at least in part on a first priority assigned to the multi-slot PUCCH and a second priority assigned to the other PUCCH. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11265850B2
The present solution, in various embodiments, addresses deficiencies in the prior art by providing systems, methods, and devices that enable industrial wireless sensor network nodes, individually or in clusters, to at least: (i) discover quickly and efficiently wireless neighbors that may come within range periodically and/or infrequently, (ii) communicate temporarily with one another in mobile configurations, (iii) transmit and/or receive information and commands from a source to a destination in delay-tolerant network configurations, and/or (iv) transmit and/or receive information and commands from a source to a destination via a mobile cluster that includes a store-and-forward (S&F) surrogate.
US11265841B2
An object is to enable high-accuracy position estimation of a wireless terminal station by efficiently performing connection between a wireless base station and the wireless terminal station using multiple distributed antennas. A position estimation apparatus configured to estimate a position of a wireless terminal station between a wireless base station that can perform transmission and reception by switching between a plurality of distributed antennas arranged in a distributed manner via cables with known lengths, and the wireless terminal station configured to communicate with the wireless base station, includes: a means 1 for measuring a no-delay RTT or measuring a statistical processing RTT when the wireless base station exchanges a measurement signal and a response signal with the wireless terminal station in each of the distributed antennas and measures an RTT, which is a round trip time between the wireless base station and the wireless terminal station, a delay time having been removed from the no-delay RTT using a reception time of the measurement signal and a transmission time of the response signal, and the statistical processing RTT being measured using statistical processing for making the delay time constant using a plurality of instances of exchanging a measurement signal and a response signal; and means 2 for estimating the position of the wireless terminal station based on the no-delay RTT or the statistical processing RTT of each of the distributed antennas.
US11265829B2
A method for a user equipment (UE) to synchronize with a first transmit-receive point (TRP) is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by the UE, beam information of the first TRP from a second TRP; detecting, by the UE, a synchronization signal in a beam from the first TRP based on the beam information; transmitting, by the UE, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble to the first TRP to synchronize with the first TRP; where the first TRP operates in a first frequency, and the second TRP operates in a second frequency lower than the first frequency.
US11265825B2
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to reporting power headroom of an apparatus such as a user equipment (UE). For an apparatus that uses beamforming, the power headroom associated with the beam the apparatus is using for wireless communication (e.g., with a base station) may be lower than the power headroom associated with another beam that the apparatus could use for the wireless communication. The disclosure relates in some aspects to using one beam for wireless communication and using the power headroom for another beam for a power headroom report. In this way, the apparatus may always report its full transmit power capability.
US11265823B2
An arrangement for controlling energy consumption of a network node associated with a cell includes a terminal activity monitor configured to detect active terminals served by the cell. A transmission controller is connected to the terminal activity monitor and is configured to restrict transmission downlink in the cell during time periods when there are no active terminals served by the cell. During these time periods transmission is restricted to intermittent transmission of information assisting active terminals not served by the cell in finding the cell.
US11265821B2
A communication system includes a variable device, which is one of a management device and a terminal device, having a power determination unit and a transmission instruction unit. State information indicates a state of a housing that houses the communication system. A power determination unit is configured to determine a transmission power value as an applicable power value for a transmission of a wireless communication signal to a target device to achieve a predetermined communication quality when the state of the housing has changed based on the state information. The target device, which is the other of the management device and the terminal device, is a device with which the variable device communicates. A transmission instruction unit instructs a wireless communication device in the variable device to transmit the wireless communication signal to the target device at the applicable power value.
US11265820B2
A method for controlling a transmit power of a terminal, and a terminal, where the method and the terminal include, working states of a first antenna and a second antenna may be monitored, and then a transmit power of the first antenna or that of the second antenna may be controlled according to a preset correspondence. Therefore, according to the method and the terminal, a transmit power of an antenna in a working state in the first antenna and the second antenna may be accurately controlled. If the transmit power is less than a standard transmit power, a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) can be reduced.
US11265818B2
A method of closed-loop power control for a user equipment (UE) in multi-panel transmission is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a transmission power control (TPC) command indicating at least a power control adjust value carried by downlink control information (DCI), obtaining antenna panel information for identifying a characteristic of one of a plurality of antenna panels of the UE, and applying the power control adjust value to at least one antenna panel for physical uplink (UL) shared channel (PUSCH)/physical UL control channel (PUCCH) transmission according to the obtained antenna panel information.
US11265805B2
A technique for Time-Sensitive Networking, TSN, over a radio access network, RAN, is described. As to a handling method aspect of the technique, system information is received from a radio base station of the RAN. The system information is implicative or indicative of support for TSN through the radio base station. Depending on the received system information, at least one TSN stream of the TSN through the radio base station is established or initiated to establish.
US11265803B2
A communication method and a communications apparatus are provided. The communication method includes: receiving a first message from a shared channel of a plurality of network slices, where the first message includes a plurality of network IDs, and the plurality of network IDs are in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of network slices; selecting a target network slice from the plurality of network slices; and obtaining access configuration information of the target network slice from network configuration information, and accessing the target network slice based on the access configuration information of the target network slice, where the network configuration information includes a network ID of each of the plurality of network slices and the access configuration information of the target network slice. In this application, a terminal side device may autonomously select and access the target network slice, so that network complexity may be reduced, and a latency in accessing a network may also be effectively reduced.
US11265799B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to low-cost and low-complexity mesh routing method to provide connectivity within a channel-diverse mesh network in which there is no common channel available for the whole network and in which a single transceiver is provided in each node. The mesh routing method includes a procedure for flooding radio resource maps (RRMs), a procedure for determining the operating channel for each mesh node device, a routing procedure for establishing a route for a pair of source device and destination device, and a maintenance procedure for repairing routes and optimize selection of operating channel.
US11265793B2
A method for determining a motion state of user equipment includes: recording information on a neighboring cell that neighbors with a cell where the user equipment is located; determining a number of one or more pieces of the information on the neighboring cell recorded in unit time, and determining the motion state of the user equipment based on relationship between the determined number and one or more preset numbers as well as association of the relationship with at least one motion state.
US11265774B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for handover robustness. In novel aspect, the UE receives a conditional handover (CHO) command from a source gNB containing a set of candidate cells with corresponding triggering conditions; detects a handover conditions for a target gNB belonging to the set of candidate cells; and performs HO procedure towards the target gNB. In one embodiment, the conditional HO command further configures a validity timer that controls a validity of handover conditions for the set of candidate cells. The validity timer is started upon receiving the conditional HO command, the validity timer is stopped upon detecting at least one events comprising a handover condition is met and a normal handover command is received, and the conditional HO command is set to be invalid upon the expiration of the validity timer.
US11265772B2
Methods and apparatus used to facilitate preparation of one or more target base stations for possible UE handoffs, e.g., conditional handoffs, which may or may not occur depending on whether or not various handoff conditions are satisfied are described. A handoff message, e.g., a conditional handoff message, including a validity time is generated and sent to each selected target base stations to which a UE may be handed off. The validity time indicates to the target base station a time window, e.g., a time duration for which the handoff target message is to be considered valid. In response to the handoff message, the target base station, receiving the handoff message, allocates resources to the UE and starts a countdown validity timer based on the indicated length of the validity time. When the validity timer expires without handoff to the target base station, the target base station releases the allocated resources.
US11265771B2
A method of defining ATtention (AT) commands for supporting Service and Session Continuity (SSC) mode 2 and SSC mode 3 of 5G Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session operations is proposed. The AT command can be a notification of an unsolicited result code +CGEV: NW PDN DEACT, +CGEV: NW MODIFY, or +CGEV: ME PDN ACT, or a configuration command +CGDCONT with additional 5G parameters. Additional 5G parameters include an SSC, an old CID, a change reason and a PDU lifetime for the purpose of communicating information regarding the request of PDU session anchor relocation.
US11265766B2
A radio network (6) and a radio terminal (4) are configured to, when the radio terminal (4) is using a first cell (10) served by a first radio station (1) as a primary cell and a second cell (20) served by a second radio station (2) as a secondary cell, change the primary cell from the first cell (10) to a third cell (30) served by a third radio station (3) while keeping communication status information regarding the radio terminal (1) on the second cell (20). It is thus, for example, possible to enable a communication service in the secondary cell to be continued even after the primary cell is changed when the primary cell is changed during execution of carrier aggregation (e.g., Inter-eNB CA) on a plurality of cells served by different radio stations.
US11265764B2
A resource reservation method and device, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes: a first terminal sending a first channel, where the first channel is a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and the PSCCH includes information of a resource selected by the first terminal; the first terminal receives a second channel from a second terminal, and determines, based on the second channel, whether the first terminal can use the selected resource.
US11265760B2
A method and a device for decompressing and compressing uplink data are provided. The method for decompressing uplink data includes: checking, by a decompression end, a UDC header in a PDCP packet after the PDCP packet is received, where the UDC header includes at least: compression context information of a data packet in the PDCP packet and information related to a decompression buffer area, and the information related to the decompression buffer area is for indicating the decompression end to control the decompression buffer area of the decompression end to keep consistent with a compression buffer area of a compression end; and performing, by the decompression end, a corresponding operation on the data packet in the PDCP packet according to the compression context information and the information related to the decompression buffer area.
US11265759B2
A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), of deciphering data in wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) data packet data unit (PDU), determining a RCVD_COUNT of the PDCP data PDU, determining whether integrity protection is performed to the PDCP data PDU, and performing, based on whether the integrity protection is performed to the PDCP data PDU, deciphering of the PDCP data PDU using the RCVD_COUNT, wherein the RCVD_COUNT is determined based on hyper frame number (HFN) of the PDCP data PDU determined according to RCVD_DELIV and sequence number (SN) of the PDCP data PDU, and wherein RX_DELIV is a count value of a first PDCP service data unit (SDU) not delivered to an upper layer of PDCP and waiting to be delivered to the upper layer of PDCP.
US11265752B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein dynamically assign user devices to communicate to cell sites and antenna arrays using either a first wireless communication protocol or a second wireless communication protocol. The sector power ratio (SPR) for a wireless communication protocol is monitored to determine if a key performance indicator (KPI) should be monitored. Once the SPR exceeds a pre-determined threshold, the KPI is monitored to determine to what degree, if any, the KPI has exceeded a threshold value. An upper limit to the number of user devices allowed to communicate to the cell cite using the first wireless communication protocol is then modified at least in part based on the SPR and the KPI values. User devices are then re-assigned from the first to the second wireless communication protocol based on the modified upper limit of user devices allowed to use the first wireless communication protocol.
US11265746B2
According to certain embodiments, a wireless device performs a method for measurement configuration and reporting. The wireless device is associated with a plurality of serving cells. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of measurement configurations from a network node. Each measurement configuration comprises a measurement identifier, a measurement object, and a report configuration. The method further comprises performing measurements on each serving cell of the plurality of serving cells according to at least one measurement configuration. When a measurement report associated with a measurement identifier is triggered, the method further comprises reporting results of the performed measurements for the plurality of serving cells to a network node according to the report configuration of the measurement configuration with the measurement identifier associated with the triggered event.
US11265745B2
Faults along a transmission pathway of a cell tower disrupt or prevent the cell tower from connecting user equipment (UE) to a cellular network. A cell tower monitoring and diagnostic system identify faults that occur along the transmission pathway and provide information regarding the faults to a network management center. The cell tower monitoring and diagnostic system can include multiple monitoring devices that are electrically coupled to portions of the transmission pathway. Each of the monitoring devices outputs an inquiry signal along the portion of the transmission pathway and receives a response signal in return. Each of the monitoring devices generates and transmits an output based on the response signal. A base station analyzes or evaluates the outputs from the monitoring devices to identify a fault on the transmission pathway. The base station can also determine the location and type of the fault based on the output.
US11265739B2
Wireless communications systems supporting selective routing of carrier aggregation (CA) and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) data streams are disclosed. The wireless communications system includes a signal router circuit communicatively coupled to one or more signal sources. The signal router circuit is configured to receive MIMO and CA communications signals for data transmission from the signal source(s) and distribute the communications signals (e.g., data streams) to remote units communicatively coupled to the signal router circuit. The signal router circuit determines whether to route each data stream in a MIMO configuration, a CA configuration, or both to provide an improved wireless communications environment for mobile communications devices connected to the remote units. The improved wireless communications environment may increase throughput, reduce interference and/or noise, and/or improve the transmission quality of wireless communications signals.
US11265735B2
A transmission configuration method includes: determining a candidate transmission configuration information set, where the determined candidate transmission configuration information set includes K types of transmission configuration information, and each of the K types of transmission configuration information is used for implementing transmission configuration of at least one of a signal or a channel, where K is greater than or equal to 1; selecting at least one type of transmission configuration information from the determined candidate transmission configuration information set; and transmitting the selected transmission configuration information to a terminal by using a signaling.
US11265734B2
A method, a base station, and a system for sending radio resource control (RRC) signaling are provided. The method includes a pico base station and a macro base station participate in configuration and generation of an RRC reconfiguration message; the pico base station establishes only one RRC entity that is used to generate a configuration parameter or an RRC entity; the RRC reconfiguration message cooperatively generated by the pico base station and the macro base station is uniformly sent by the macro base station to a user equipment (UE). According to the application, the UE can support an RRC reconfiguration message sent by the pico base station, only by establishing a signaling radio bearer (SRB) corresponding to the macro base station. Accordingly, design complexity and costs are lowered.
US11265730B2
The present disclosure provides a data processing method adapted to access network architecture, and the access network architecture. The data processing method includes: providing a data distribution and reordering module; acquiring, by the data distribution and reordering module, control information, the control information including information about a byte length of the data distributed over an air-interface channel and information about an air-interface link during air-interface cell switch; and distributing, by the data distribution and reordering module, data received from a PDCP layer toward a central RLC layer/a remote RLC layer in accordance with the control information, reordering data from the central RLC layer/remote RLC layer, and transmitting the reordered data to the PDCP layer.
US11265728B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to communications in an unlicensed spectrum with tight frequency reuse color coding are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a first reservation signal to reserve a first transmission opportunity (TXOP) in a spectrum shared by a plurality of network operating entities. The first reservation signal includes a first waveform sequence identifying at least a first network operating entity of the plurality of network operating entities associated with the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, a first communication signal in the spectrum during the TXOP.
US11265704B2
Security key generation for communications between base station and terminal based on beam selection
To enable security enhancement in the case of employing beamforming. A first apparatus according to the present invention includes: an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to beam selection; and a key generating unit configured to generate a security key for radio communication between a base station and a terminal apparatus based on the information related to the beam selection.
US11265695B2
A mobile device, via a roaming platform, can switch IMSIs (e.g., Home IMSI-1, Roamer IMSI-2, etc.) depending on a location of the mobile device. Upon switching IMSIs, the roaming platform can forward the update location to an HLR of the home network and roaming network. If the MMSC on the home network receives an MMS message, the MMSC on the home network may query the HLR for a current location. From the query, if the message recipient is roaming, the MMSC on the home network may communicate with the MMSC on the roaming network to deliver the message. As a result, the roaming network can handle the routing of the message without a data session routed back through the home network.
US11265692B2
A circuit breaker is for protecting a low-voltage circuit when current or current-time limits are exceeded in the low-voltage circuit. The circuit breaker includes an electronic trip unit which initiates an interruption or reduction of the current flow in the low-voltage circuit when first current or current-time limits are exceeded, and second current or current-time limits stored in the electronic trip unit, which are characterized by lower current limits or lower current-time limits, the second limits being activatable by an initiated switchover. A communication unit connected to the electronic trip unit is provided, which enables wireless communication, and the circuit breaker is designed such that when a wireless communication signal is received that exceeds a field strength value, the second limits are activated.
US11265689B1
Asset tracking systems and methods include one or more tracking devices that select one or more hub devices with which to pair or connect based on a state quality value of the hub devices. The tracking device transmits sensor data to a paired or connected hub device, and the paired or connected hub device transmits the sensor data to a network server.
US11265685B1
Complex computing network for establishing audio communication between users on a mobile application
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for connecting users and speakers via audio conversations on a mobile application. For example, a method comprises: providing speaker information associated with a speaker, wherein the speaker accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the speaker; determining a user accesses a mobile application on a second mobile device of the user; initiating an audio conversation between the speaker and the user; broadcasting, using the one or more computing device processors, on the mobile application, to a listener, a first audio conversation involving the speaker and the user, wherein the listener accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the listener.
US11265682B2
A method for determining a location of an electronic device using bilateration is disclosed. The electronic device receives a plurality of signals emitted from a plurality of transmitting devices within a vicinity of the electronic device. A signal quality is determined for the plurality of signals that are received based on 1) a received signal strength indicator or 2) a received signal power and a received signal gain, and signal propagation characteristics based on transmitting device information that comprise manufacturer and type of transmitting device. At least two of the plurality of signals are designated as having highest signal quality by combining the signal propagation characteristics with either 1) the received signal strength indicator or 2) the received signal power and the received signal gain. A distance that the electronic device is from the transmitting devices is determined using the two highest signal quality signals for locating the electronic device. A method of precisely locating an electronic device at an unknown location within a plurality of transmitting devices using bilateration and a method of navigating a vehicle with an electronic device using bilateration to a desired location are also disclosed.
US11265679B2
Systems and methods for registering a location tracking device affixed to an item or other merchandise with a cellular or mobile network provider associated with the purchaser are described herein. In some cases, user equipment in physical proximity to the location tracking device may establish a connection with the location tracking device to facilitate the registration process between the network provider and the location tracking device. Once the registration is complete, the location tracking device may establish a direct connection with the cellular or mobile network of the network provider such that the network provider is able to monitor the location of the location tracking device.
US11265670B2
A binaural sound reproduction system, and methods of using the binaural sound reproduction system to dynamically re-center a frame of reference for a virtual sound source, are described. The binaural sound reproduction system may include a reference device, e.g., a mobile device, having a reference sensor to provide reference orientation data corresponding to a direction of the reference device, and a head-mounted device, e.g., headphones, having a device sensor to provide device orientation data corresponding to a direction of the head-mounted device. The system may use the reference orientation data to determine whether the head-mounted device is being used in a static or dynamic use case, and may adjust an audio output to render the virtual sound source in an adjusted source direction based on the determined use case. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US11265668B1
An electronic apparatus and method for audio reproduction virtualization in an enclosed physical space. The electronic apparatus generates a 3D model of an enclosed physical space based on one or more images and applies a machine learning model on the 3D model, to determine a plurality of objects and one or more acoustic parameters of the plurality of objects. The electronic apparatus controls an audio capturing device to determine a first frequency response for a first sound in the enclosed physical space based on the determined one or more acoustic parameters. The electronic apparatus applies a plurality of combinations of operational modes, and 3D positions of the first audio reproduction device on the 3D model and the first frequency response to generate a second frequency response. The electronic apparatus selects first combination based on the second frequency response and displays output information associated with the selected first combination.
US11265666B2
This disclosure provides methods, systems, and apparatuses, for a microphone. In particular, the microphone includes a housing having an external device interface with a plurality of contacts including a data contact. An electro-acoustic transducer is configured to generate an electrical signal in response to sound. An electrical circuit is coupled to contacts of the interface, the electrical circuit including an ADC having an input coupled to an output of the conditioning circuit and configured to convert the electrical signal to audio data after conditioning. A controller is configured to communicate data, other than the audio data, via the data contact of the external device interface during a start-up transition period of the microphone assembly, wherein the controller is configured to communicate the audio data via the data contact of the external device interface only after the start-up transition period is complete.
US11265664B2
The present disclosure describes examples of systems and methods of wireless remote control of appliances and medical devices using a canal hearing device upon manual activation of a switch placed in the concha cavity behind the tragus. The manual activation of the switch may be by applying a force to the tragus by a finger of a user of the canal hearing device. In one embodiment the lateral end comprises one or more manually activated switches, a wireless antenna, and a battery cell. In some examples, the wireless electronics include low energy Bluetooth. The appliance may be any device with wireless capabilities, for example an electronic lock, a thermostat, an electronic lighting, a telephone, a kitchen appliance, a medical alert system, a television, a medical device, and a smart glass. The inconspicuous and secure wear of the hearing device allows for active lifestyle, including exercise, and more discrete communications.
US11265662B2
The hearing aid includes an end wall having end face adapted to face outwards of an ear canal when the hearing aid is placed in the ear canal, and the hearing aid includes an antenna extending from the end face and having two legs inserted into the end wall and electrically coupled to wireless circuitry arranged inside the hollow housing. Each leg of the antenna is provided with a first coupling part releasably engaging a corresponding second coupling part of the hollow housing, and at least one locking part is movable between a locking position in which the first coupling parts are locked to the corresponding second coupling parts and a release position in which the first coupling parts are free to be removed from the corresponding second coupling parts.
US11265660B2
A speech intelligibility enhancing system for difficult acoustical conditions is disclosed, the speech intelligibility enhancing system comprising at least one ear plug (201) for insertion in an ear canal (218) of a person, the at least one ear plug being arranged with an ear canal facing portion (401) and an environment facing portion (402), and the at least one ear plug comprising an acoustically attenuating path (214; 214, 213) comprising a vent (214) coupling said environment facing portion (402) with said ear canal facing portion (401); and an electroacoustic path (202, 204, 209; 202, 203, 204, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212) comprising a microphone (202) at said environment facing portion (402), a variable gain (204) and a loudspeaker (209) at said ear canal facing portion (401); wherein said acoustically attenuating path (214; 214, 213) is arranged with a transfer function from said environment facing portion (402) to said ear canal facing portion (401) having a low pass characteristic having a low pass cut¬off frequency and said low pass characteristic attenuating sound by a nominal attenuation (Go) for frequencies below said cut-off frequency.
US11265659B2
The invention relates to a method for enhancing the configuration of a hearing aid device (2) of a user, said method using an external configuration unit (3) accessing a database of previously known user records, wherein the hearing aid device (2) is arranged to be configured according to an individual set of configuration parameters.
US11265650B2
The disclosure describes methods, clients, and electronic devices for processing audio signals. One method for processing audio signals comprises: receiving a first audio signal inputted from a first audio acquisition terminal and a second audio signal inputted from a second audio acquisition terminal, wherein the first audio acquisition terminal and the second audio acquisition terminal are located in different positions of a same location; determining a target audio signal and a reference audio signal from the first audio signal and the second audio signal; determining a filter coefficient corresponding to the target audio signal based on the reference audio signal; and eliminating, from the target audio signal, a crosstalk signal determined based on the filter coefficient and the reference audio signal. The effect that a speech path can output speech signals with less interference is achieved.
US11265648B2
Audio circuitry, comprising: a speaker driver operable to drive a speaker based on a speaker signal; a current monitoring unit operable to monitor a speaker current flowing through the speaker and generate a monitor signal indicative of that current; and a microphone signal generator operable, when external sound is incident on the speaker, to generate a microphone signal representative of the external sound based on the monitor signal and the speaker signal.
US11265629B2
Provided is a speaker box, which includes a first damping member fixed to the housing and covering the sound outlet, and a second damping member fixed in the receiving space and fixed to the housing. The second damping member, the base and/or the cover define an extension cavity in communication with the front acoustic cavity. When the speaker produces sound, the extension cavity stabilizes frequency response variation caused by variation in the dynamic height of the air space. When the diaphragm of the speaker is at the lowest and highest positions of the air space, the variation in the final acoustic frequency response of the speaker box is always small, and the final acoustic frequency response of the speaker is also small. Thus, the intermodulation distortion of speakers in mobile devices or other thin devices can be reduced, and a sound quality of the speaker box can be improved.
US11265628B2
[PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED] To uninterruptedly change a band of an optical transmission path in a line IF section, which relays a signal transmitted to an optical transmission path in a client IF section to which a communication terminal is connected, to the same band as a changed band in the client IF section without suspending the communication in the line IF section. [SOLUTION] An optical transmission system 10A performs processing for changing a band of an optical fiber 15 in a line IF section (L section) that relays a signal from an optical fiber 12 in a client IF section (C section) to the same band as that in the C section. Line IF units 24A and 24B provided on both sides of the L section set a temporary evacuation lane p as an optical lane having a band different from those of a plurality of optical lanes 0 to n in the optical fiber 15 in the L section, selects either a change-target optical lane (for example, the optical lane 0) or the temporary evacuation lane p, the change-target optical lane being provided in the optical fiber 15 in the L section and having a band to be changed to a same band as a band in the C section, while causing a buffer unit 46 to absorb a delay difference between a signal received by the change-target optical lane and a signal received by the temporary evacuation lane p, and sets the optical lane not selected to have the same band as the band in the C section.
US11265622B2
The present invention concerns a method for generating media files from video sequences, the method comprising by a server: —obtaining from the video sequences, video data composed of a plurality of samples; —generating a video track based on the obtained video data, each video track comprises samples of a video sequence, and the video track is associated with descriptive metadata, the descriptive metadata comprises: a spatial information related to one or more samples of the associated video track; and a composition information for organizing generated video tracks to get a full picture when displayed by a client; and —generating media files including the generated video tracks.
US11265618B2
A system and method for scheduling at least one advertisement for presentation in connection with at least one media program is presented. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a measure of engagement of at least a portion of the at least one media program, selecting the at least one advertisement from the plurality of advertisements based at least in part upon the determined measure of engagement of the at least a portion of the media program, and scheduling the selected advertisement for presentation in connection with the selected at least one advertisement.
US11265615B2
A transmission apparatus that includes circuitry configured to generate transport protocol selection information used for selecting a transport protocol to be used in a specific service from a plurality of transport protocols conforming to a predetermined standard; and transmit, together with the transport protocol selection information, a content provided by the specific service according to the transport protocol set in the transport protocol selection information, and the plurality of transport protocols include at least ROUTE (Real-Time Object Delivery over Unidirectional Transport) and MMT (MPEG Media Transport).
US11265612B2
Systems and methods are provided for allowing responses to offers displayed with digital content. The responses may be provided on a receiver system via a conventional feedback through the same distribution channel through which the content and offer were provided, or through an alternative channel, with data being transmitted from an alternative channel device to a transacting entity. For time-shifted playback, content is identified and time-adapted offers may be provided, taking into account factors such as the content, the time of play back, the date of play back, and so forth. The alternate response channel may be more suitable for time-adapted offer responses then for contemporaneously transmitted offers.
US11265608B2
A method of presenting electronic media assets may include retrieving metadata for a plurality of electronic media assets over a computer network, determining if one or more media assets is a transactional media asset, adding the transactional media assets to a media asset list, determining if one or more media assets is a subscription media asset, adding the subscription media assets to the media asset list, determining if one or more media assets is a live event media asset, adding the live event media assets to the media asset list, determining if one or more media assets is a current linear media asset, adding the current linear media assets to the media asset list, determining if one or more media assets is a future linear media asset adding the future linear media assets to the media asset list, and presenting the media title list to the consumer.
US11265599B2
In various examples, a media stream may be received by a re-encode system that may leverage a recode engine to convert (e.g., at an interval, based on a request, etc.) an inter-frame associated with the media stream to an intra-frame. The intra-frame may be converted from the inter-frame using parameters or other information associated with and received with the media stream. The converted intra-frame may be merged into an updated segment of the media stream in place of the original inter-frame to enable storage of the updated segment—or a portion thereof—for later use.
US11265588B2
Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributer to process information about COD content selections by Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs). An auction system is communicatively coupled to the CODAID and to a plurality of asset providers to process information about assets of the providers, to provide an auction for asset opportunities in the COD content selections, to receive bids for the asset opportunities, and to rank the auctioned assets according to bid. The CODAID further ranks the auctioned assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the further ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributer to insert the identified one or more further ranked assets into the COD content selection.
US11265571B2
A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block.
US11265569B2
A method of decoding motion information includes: identifying a type of omission motion information not included in a bitstream from among a plurality of pieces of motion information used to decode a current block that is inter predicted; obtaining the omission motion information by using a predetermined method; and decoding the current block based on the plurality of pieces of motion information including the obtained omission motion information.
US11265568B2
A method and system for decoding a coded video sequence may include obtaining the coded video sequence, and decoding the coded video sequence. A value of a temporal sublayer identifier of a video coding layer (VCL) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit in the coded video sequence is constrained to be less than or equal to a value of vps_max_sublayers_minus1, that specifies a maximum number of temporal sublayers that may be present in a layer in each coded video sequence referring to the video parameter set (VPS), in the VPS referred to by the VCL NAL unit.
US11265564B2
Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method of controlling the same, the display apparatus including: a video decoder configured to decode a video signal; and an artificial intelligence (AI) scaler including a plurality of filters provided to make an output of a certain filter be used as an input of another filter, and configured to control a resolution of an image by processing the decoded video signal, each of the plurality of filters being selectively turned on or off based on a control signal, the filter being turned on processing the video signal based on a parameter set by learning, and the filter being turned off bypassing and outputting the input video signal.
US11265563B2
The disclosure lies in the field of coding image data, scalable in image resolution, such that one or more successive downsamplings are performed from a source signal of maximal image resolution to a minimal image resolution, in order to encode a base layer (L0) corresponding to this minimal resolution, the base layer (L0) serving as a reference for one or more enhancement layers (L1, L2) to be used for decoding at a terminal having a screen of higher image resolution than the minimal image resolution. From said successive downsamplings, the base layer (L0) and the one or more enhancement layers (L1, L2) are constructed, and then an encoded bit stream is prepared in order to be transmitted, comprising data of the base layer and of the enhancement layer or layers. In particular, the downsampling step comprises the application of an adaptive low-pass filter to the image data from the downsampling.
US11265558B2
In some examples, a method of decoding video data may comprise reconstructing a block of video data comprising chroma samples, applying an adaptive loop filter to the chroma samples, and applying a cross-component adaptive loop filter to the chroma samples. Applying the cross-component adaptive loop filter may include determining an offset, and applying the offset to a particular chroma sample being filtered, wherein the offset is a function of a difference between a collocated luma sample that is collocated with the particular chroma sample being filtered and a plurality of neighboring luma samples that are spatial neighbors to the collocated luma sample.
US11265557B2
An image decoding method according to the present disclosure includes deriving transform coefficients through dequantization based on the quantized transform coefficients for the target block; deriving modified transform coefficients based on an inverse reduced secondary transform (RST) for the transform coefficients; deriving residual samples for the target block based on an inverse primary transform for the modified transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed samples based on the residual samples, and prediction samples derived based on an intra prediction mode for the target block, wherein the inverse RST is performed based on a transform kernel matrix selected from a transform set including a plurality of transform kernel matrices, the transform set is determined based on a mapping relationship according to the intra prediction mode applied to the target block, and a plurality of intra prediction modes including the intra prediction mode of the target block are mapped to one transform set.
US11265550B2
The present invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for image compression and particularly to an improved block coding apparatus and method for compression for use with the JPEG2000 standard, although not limited to this. Methods for coding and decoding blocks and subbands samples derived from still images video frames or related media, involving three bit-streams and the partitioning of samples from the blocking to define groups, is provided. A first bit-stream encodes the significance of whole groups. A second bit-stream encodes the significance of individual samples within each group. The second bit-stream also encodes an unsigned residual value for each significant group. A third bit stream provides a sign bit and any additional magnitude bits required to represent the significant sample values. Exponent predictors are computal using both exponent bounds and the additional magnitude bits associated with previous samples in the block.
US11265549B2
A method for image decoding performed by a decoding apparatus, according to the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: obtaining residual information for a current block from a bitstream; deriving a prediction sample for the current block; deriving a residual sample for the current block on the basis of the residual information; deriving a reconstructed picture on the basis of the prediction sample and the residual sample; and performing filtering on the reconstructed picture on the basis of a convolution neural network (CNN).
US11265546B2
A method for decoding an image, the method including decoding base block size information on a size of a base block from a bitstream, decoding residual presence information of a decoding object unit from the bitstream, the residual presence information indicating whether the decoding object unit has residual signal or not, when the residual presence information indicates that the decoding object unit has the residual signal, decoding a residual quantization parameter of the decoding object unit from the bitstream, determining a quantization parameter of the decoding object unit based on the residual quantization parameter of the decoding object unit, and performing inverse quantization for the decoding object unit based on the quantization parameter.
US11265545B2
A data encoding method comprises generating an ordered array of data values representing an image region and having an array order; deriving a quantization parameter indicating a quantization degree so that the ordered array of data values, when encoded using that quantization degree, meets one or more predetermined criteria; quantizing the data values using the derived quantization parameter to generate respective quantized values; detecting a number of non-zero quantized values; if no more than a threshold number of first values in the array order are non-zero, selecting a different quantization parameter and quantizing the data values using a quantization degree indicated by the selected different quantization parameter; and entropy encoding at least the non-zero quantized values.
US11265540B2
The present disclosure relates to video encoding or decoding and, more specifically, to an apparatus and a method for applying an artificial neural network (ANN) to video encoding or decoding. The apparatus and the method of the present disclosure are characterized by applying a CNN-based filter to a first picture and at least one of a quantization parameter map and a block partition map to output a second picture.
US11265534B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards controlling the intensity of illumination of a scene or part of a scene, including to conserve illumination power. Quality of depth data in stereo images may be measured with different illumination states; environmental conditions, such as ambient light, natural texture may affect the quality. The illumination intensity may be controllably varied to obtain sufficient quality while conserving power. The control may be directed to one or more regions of interest corresponding to an entire scene or part of a scene.
US11265523B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus of illuminant estimation referencing characterized facial color features in a digital image. Example embodiments of automatic white balance of the digital image leveraging the illuminant estimation are illustrated.
US11265520B2
To provide a solid-state imaging device capable of generating image data exposed by light of different wavelengths in a single imaging. There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a plurality of lenses configured to condense light; a filter unit having a plurality of regions respectively irradiated by light passing through the plurality of lenses, the plurality of regions including transmission patterns configured to transmit different wavelength bands of the light; and an image sensor in which pixels configured to convert light transmitted through the filter unit into electric signals are arranged in a matrix, the image sensor being provided with color filters that correspond to the transmission patterns on a filter-unit side of the pixels.
US11265519B2
A system and method of operating a trail camera assembly. A trail camera assembly comprises a camera casing, a motion sensor configured to provide a motion signal associated with a detected presence of an animal, and a camera configured to take a picture. The trail camera assembly also includes a controller connected to the motion sensor and the camera, the controller including an electronic processor and a memory and configured to operate in a first operating mode and a second operating mode. When in the first operating mode, the controller takes a picture using the camera in response to the motion signal received from the motion sensor. The controller enters the second operating mode in response to a time threshold being reach. When in the second operating mode, the controller takes a picture using the camera in response to a time interval being satisfied.
US11265514B2
A method of calibrating a multi-camera vision system includes moving a vehicle along a vehicle assembly line having targets at respective side regions, with each target including a longitudinal line and a plurality of tick marks that extend laterally from the longitudinal line. As the vehicle moves along the vehicle assembly line it is equipped with a plurality of cameras and an image processor. As the vehicle moves along the vehicle assembly line, the target at a respective side region of the vehicle assembly line is present within the fields of view of front, side and rear cameras. Image data is captured by the cameras and processed to detect the targets and to determine misalignment of at least one of the cameras. The vehicular multi-camera vision system is calibrated by adjusting processing by the image processor of image data captured by the at least one misaligned camera.
US11265505B2
An image sensing device includes first to fourth column lines disposed sequentially in a row direction, first and third unit pixel circuits arranged in a first row and coupled to the first and third column lines, respectively, second and fourth unit pixel circuits arranged in a second row and coupled to the second and fourth column lines, respectively, first to fourth readout circuits, a first path change circuit for changing first and second paths so that the first and second unit pixel circuits are coupled to the first and second readout circuits according to a first relationship during a first unit time, and a second path change circuit for changing third and fourth paths so that the third and fourth unit pixel circuits are coupled to the third and fourth readout circuits according to a second relationship during the first unit time.
US11265502B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: a latch circuit that holds a digital signal of pixel data, the digital signal having 1 bit; a driver circuit that outputs the digital signal held in the latch circuit to a read bit line pair; a sense amplifier connected to the read bit line pair; and a selector circuit that selects whether the digital signal output from the sense amplifier is to be output in normal form or in inverted form.
US11265500B2
A photodetection apparatus according to one embodiment has a photodetection element, first reset circuitry configured to select whether to set on-resistance between a first voltage node and a terminal of the photodetection element to a first value, second reset circuitry configured to select whether to set the on-resistance to a second value smaller than the first value, and control circuitry configured to set the on-resistance to the first value by the first reset circuitry after the photodetection element detects light, and set the on-resistance to the second value by the second reset circuitry after the first reset circuitry select to set the on-resistance to the first value.
US11265483B2
An endoscopic image processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store a threshold THn to determine a dark region in the near-point image inputted, a brightness correction circuit configured to perform brightness correction on the near-point image based on the threshold THn depending on timing of acquiring the near-point image and perform second brightness correction on the far-point image based on a threshold THf on the far-point image, and a light distribution state determination circuit configured to determine whether a light distribution state of a live image from an endoscope is a light distribution state of the near-point image. The brightness correction circuit, in the timing of acquiring the near-point image, performs the first brightness correction when the light distribution state determination circuit determines that the light distribution state of the live image is the light distribution state of the near-point image.
US11265474B2
In general, techniques are described regarding generating, based on zoom settings, various sets of frames of image data (e.g., video data). Cameras comprising one or more camera processors configured to perform the techniques are also disclosed. The camera processor(s) receive a plurality of frames of image data. The camera processor(s) receive, via a user interface, a zoom setting for each of the plurality of frames. The camera processor(s) may generate a first set of frames according to the zoom settings. The camera processor(s) determine a second set of frames, where the second set of frames are different from the first set of frames. The second set of frames may comprise a second zoom that is different than a first zoom applied to the first set of frames.
US11265456B2
A control device includes a processor and a storage medium storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to obtain a reference distance of a photographing device that includes a height of the photographing device or a distance from the photographing device to a target object, determine a range of a focus distance of the photographing device according to the reference distance, and control the photographing device to shoot a plurality of images while changing the focus distance within the range.
US11265453B2
An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a communication path, the communication path being selected from a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path being different from the second communication path. The apparatus also comprises an operation unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change an apparatus mode and to change a mode of communication performed by the communication unit, depending on a state of the operation unit.
US11265446B2
Frame handling an input image in an ML-based upscaling process to produce an output image, including: detecting and extracting boxing edge regions from edges of an active picture area of the input image; extending the extracted boxing edge regions by adding extra pixels around each of the boxing edge regions to produce padded edge regions; upscaling the padded edge regions to produce upscaled padded edge regions; cropping each of the upscaled padded edge regions to a size corresponding to the size of each of the boxing edge regions prior to the upscaling multiplied by an upscaling factor; inserting the cropped edge regions into the edges of the output image; and upscaling a non-edge region of the input image and inserting the upscaled non-edge region into the output image.
US11265441B2
The present disclosure provides a technique to obtain a tilt state occurring between an image capturing unit and a print image having additional information embedded in it without using the visible image. In the technique, an image of a print image in which additional information having a specified frequency characteristic is embedded is captured using an image capturing unit to obtain captured image data. A frequency analysis is performed on partial image data corresponding to a specified area in the obtained captured image data, to obtain distance information on a distance between the specified area and the image capturing unit. Inclination information indicating a state of a relative inclination between the image capturing unit and the print image is obtained based on this distance.
US11265433B2
An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit, an input unit, and an execution unit. The storage unit stores, for each application group, information indicating a range of values that can be set as parameters for executing a function. The input unit receives an input instructing execution of an application. When the application belonging to an application group executes a function, the execution unit executes the function with the parameters in the range.
US11265431B2
An object is to implement deletion of an already-input character string in a UI screen by a simpler operation without using a dedicated deletion button. An input character string is deleted in a case where a user selects the same character string as the character string used for a touch input.
US11265429B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores an application program for creating a workflow including processing for at least one image data. The application program includes instructions readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. The instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the information processing apparatus to: perform a search for devices connected to the information processing apparatus; receive a setting of processing of a workflow through an operation interface of the information processing apparatus; perform extraction of, from among the devices found by the search, devices capable of performing the processing of the workflow with the received setting; receive, through the operation interface, selection of a device to perform the processing of the workflow from among the devices extracted by the extraction; and create the workflow including the selected device and the received setting of the processing of the workflow.
US11265427B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main CPU, and, in an unused period in which the image forming apparatus is not used, the main CPU detects whether or not a person exists within a human detection range, on the basis of an output of a human detection sensor. When a person has been detected, by outputting a notification voice regarding an intruder, which indicates that the intruder has been detected, from a speaker, the main CPU notifies the surroundings of the image forming apparatus and also transmits an electronic mail including a message indicating that the intruder has been detected to an address that has been registered in advance and thereby notifies a user of a terminal of the address of the detection of the intruder.
US11265423B1
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for display-related analysis of call data in an IPBX. In an example embodiment, an apparatus is configured to route data/VoIP calls via a data-communications server. An interface circuit is configured to selected parameters of interest based on capabilities of a set of devices and generate subscription requests to subscribe the devices to the parameters of interest. A processing circuit is configured to generate call summary metrics from call event messages for calls routed by the server and with subscription requests being associated with the parameters of interest. The call summary metrics are evaluated in connection with the parameters of interest as subscribed to by the devices and results of the evaluation are provided to the communication devices.
US11265418B2
A communication apparatus includes a user signal transmission unit that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication; a manager function implementing unit that implements a function provided to a manager of the present apparatus; a license monitoring unit that monitors a license of the present apparatus, and outputs a function limitation signal when the license has expired; and a function limitation unit that limits the function implemented by the manager function implementing unit when receiving the function limitation signal. In a communication apparatus that transmits a user signal required for an end user to perform communication, a function of the apparatus is limited when a relevant license has expired, while preventing an influence of the limitation upon the end user.
US11265416B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide notification management across a plurality of electronic communication devices based on the present situational context of the intended communication recipient. Some types of relevant situational context information include the geographic location of the intended recipient, what electronic communication devices they may have in their possession, calendar or schedule information, the presence of other people, the identity of other people present in their vicinity, their relationship to the communication sender, and context information concerning the sender, such as how frequently the sender has attempted to communicate with the intended recipient and news information relevant to the known or assumed location of the sender. Notifications are managed by adjusting which electronic communication devices emit notifications and what type of notifications are emitted.
US11265413B1
Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for sending ephemeral content messages via a communications service. An interface may be presented to allow a user to initially access ephemeral content functionality and select content for inclusion in the ephemeral content message. The interface may present a streamlined set of use cases without regard to the manner in which the content was initially captured. Different types of content may be used as ephemeral content, including images, videos, weather reports, news stories, text, audio recordings, location tags, etc. The ephemeral content may be sent through the communications service as an end-to-end encrypted message. When a user replies to an ephemeral content message, the reply may trigger a one-to-one conversation between the originating user and the replying user. Alternatively, an ephemeral content message may be initially sent to a selected group, and replies may be sent back to the entire group.
US11265410B2
A communications node includes an apparel item in the form of a shoulder belt that includes an open state, closed state, and main body. A first portion curvingly extends from the main body. A second portion angularly extends from the main body opposite the first portion. A primary fastener demountably couples the first and second portions together when in the closed state. An antenna element and communications device are positioned within the apparel item. An hub is affixed to the apparel item and configured to receive audio/video input. A battery is positioned adjacent to the apparel item. A control circuit is positioned within the apparel item and coupled to the antenna element, hub, communications device, and battery. The control circuit establishes a self-organizing WAN with a plurality of computing devices each directly, dynamically, and non-hierarchically connected to the WAN; and communicates with the computing devices using the self-organizing WAN.
US11265404B2
A mobile device includes a camera unit, a location unit, a transmitting unit, a self-defense mechanism, and a panic button. The camera unit location unit obtains at least one of image data and audio data, and the location unit obtains location data. The transmitting unit transmits at least one of the image data, the audio data, the location data, and specific information including owner identification information. The panic button is adapted to activate the camera, the location unit, the transmitting unit, and the self-defense mechanism.
US11265402B2
Various systems and methods may be used to implement a software defined industrial system. For example, an orchestrated system of distributed nodes may run an application, including modules implemented on the distributed nodes. The orchestrated system may include an orchestration server, a first node executing a first module, and a second node executing a second module. In response to the second node failing, the second module may be redeployed to a replacement node (e.g., the first node or a different node). The replacement mode may be determined by the first node or another node, for example based on connections to or from the second node.
US11265399B2
A computer-implemented system for interfacing a set of one or more communication networks and a second communication network is disclosed. The system may comprise a memory strong instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions may comprise: receiving a first message from a first communication network, the first message comprising a first unknown message header and a first unknown message body; parsing the first unknown message header to determine a first variable corresponding to the identity of the first communication network and a second variable corresponding to a first destination; identifying that the first unknown message header and the first unknown message body are in a predetermined format; converting the first unknown message body into a standardized format for the second communication network through an accelerated conversion process; and transmitting the first standardized message body to the first destination based on the second variable.
US11265389B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for measuring user experience with virtual or hosted desktops or applications, with scores calculated based on weights determined during a supervisory learning process. The scores are multivariate across a number of factors that affect user experience, enabling administrators to easily and efficiently identify trends and degradations or improvements to a system. This allows the administrator to take mitigating actions, fully implement temporary adjustments, or perform other such functions to improve the working of the system based on the real-time measurement and analysis of user experience.
US11265387B2
In one example, a device, computer-readable medium, and method for synchronizing multiple user devices in an immersive media environment using time-of-flight (ToF) light patterns are provided. In one example, a method performed by a processing system of a first device includes detecting a fiducial that is present in a light pattern projected by a second device, wherein the second device is present in a same surrounding environment as the first device, determining an identity of the second device based on an appearance of the fiducial, identifying an expected orientation of the fiducial within the light pattern, based on the identity of the second device, and determining a location of the second device relative to the first device, based on an observed orientation of the fiducial relative to the expected orientation of the fiducial.
US11265386B2
Methods, computing devices, and systems that dynamically determine whether a service request is authorized or fraudulent are described herein. A computing device may receive a request from a user device, and a geographical location of the user device may be determined based on a signal received from the user device. A determination as to whether to activate the service or not may be made based on the determined geographical location of the user device.
US11265379B2
An internet-of-things (IoT) distribution hub enables delivery of formatted IoT data to any of multiple hosting platforms as dynamically configurable by an IoT device owner. A service node in a distributed network provides, to an IoT device, a device key for accessing an IoT distribution network. The service node receives a selection of a hosting platform for the IoT device, wherein the selected hosting platform is one from a group of available hosting platforms available through the IoT distribution network. The service node maps the IoT device to a virtual device proxy for the selected hosting platform and receives a request from the IoT device to forward IoT data. The request includes the device key. The service node forwards the IoT data to the selected hosting platform via the virtual device proxy.
US11265366B2
Example virtual appliances disclosed herein include processor circuitry to accept a resource definition of a custom resource to be executed in a cloud computing environment. Disclosed example virtual appliances also include a lifecycle manager to manage a lifecycle of the custom resource based on a state machine. Disclosed example virtual appliances further include a database to: (i) query the lifecycle manager for a set of operations available to execute in a current lifecycle state of the custom resource; (ii) update a catalog item for the custom resource to present the set of operations available to execute in the current lifecycle state of the custom resource, the catalog item created based on the resource definition of the custom resource; and (iii) in response to selection of a first operation in the set of operations, send a message to cause the processor circuitry to execute the first operation.
US11265349B2
Systems and methods to rotate security assets used to for secure communications are disclosed. The system includes receiving a first certificate that includes a first subject name for the remote servers. The first certificate further includes a first public key. Next, the system receives a second certificate that includes the first subject name for the remote servers. The second certificate further includes a second public key that is different from the first public key. Next, the system stores the first and second certificates in a trust module. Next, the system receive a third certificate from a first server included in the plurality of remote servers. Next, the system identifies the first server is trusted. The identifying is based on the third certificate matching any one of the first certificate and the second certificate. Finally, the system establishes a secure communication session with the first server based on the identifying the first server is trusted.
US11265346B2
Techniques for providing a large scale high-interaction honeypot farm are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/method/computer program product for providing a large scale high-interaction honeypot farm includes sending traffic detected at a sensor to a smart proxy for a honeypot farm that is executed in a honeypot cloud, wherein the traffic is forwarded attack traffic that is sent using a tunneling protocol, and wherein the honeypot farm includes a plurality of container images of distinct types of vulnerable services; selecting a matching type of vulnerable service from the plurality of container images of distinct types of vulnerable services based on a profile of the attack traffic; forwarding the traffic to an instance of the matching type of vulnerable service; and executing a security agent associated with the instance of the matching type of vulnerable service to identify a threat by monitoring behaviors and detecting anomalies or post exploitation activities.
US11265338B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system including defining a training routine for a specific attack of a computing platform. A simulation of the specific attack may be generated by executing the training routine within a controlled test environment. A trainee may be allowed to view the simulation of the specific attack, wherein the trainee is an individual.
US11265336B2
Anomalies can be identified within a network. For example, a system can automatically detect anomalous network-activity using a machine-learning model that can analyzing how network configurations change over time. The machine-learning model may detect anomalies by comparing current and anticipated rates of change and/or types of topological changes in the network.
US11265330B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for comparing the security profile of a particular entity to peer entities. The method can include receiving, for a particular entity, (i) a value for at least one feature and (ii) a number of security records of one or more security risk types. The method can include determining peer entities based on the value of the features; obtaining, for each peer entity, a number of security records; and adjusting the number of peer security records based on the number of entity security records. The method can further include comparing, for one or more security risk types, the received number of security records for the particular entity to the respective adjusted number of security records for each peer entity; and comparing a security profile of the particular entity to security profiles of the population of peer entities based on the comparison for the security risk types.
US11265319B2
A method and system for associating a unique device identifier with a potential security threat are described. In a method conducted at a remotely accessible server, a unique device identifier is received from a computing device. The unique device identifier is associated with a record and is usable in identifying the computing device. An interaction data element is received from the computing device. The received interaction data element is validated including confirming that the received interaction data element matches an expected interaction data element associated with the record. Based on determining that the received interaction data element is not valid, the record is updated to associate the unique device identifier with a potential security threat. The interaction data element is updated periodically according to a sequence. The expected interaction data element changes based on the sequence.
US11265318B2
Mechanisms for authenticating a connection between a user device and a streaming media content device comprising: identifying a collection of candidate streaming media content devices based on beacon(s) detected by a user device; receiving an indication that one of the content devices is to be selected for connection to the user device; transmitting instructions to the content devices to broadcast a signal, wherein the signal broadcast by each of the content devices contains a value that indicates an identity of the content device; receiving, from the user device, an audio signal that includes a detected signal; processing the audio signal to extract the value indicating the identity of a particular content device associated with the detected signal contained in the received audio signal; identifying the particular content device based on the determined value; and transmitting an indication that the user device and the particular content device are authenticated to communicate.
US11265314B1
One or more embodiments of the present specification relate to a data processing method, apparatus, device, and system for code scanning jumps. An example method includes receiving scan data resulting from a client application having been used to scan an identification code, in which the identification code and the client application have been created under different platforms. A domain name is obtained from the scan data, and a target regular expression corresponding to the domain name is obtained from a regular expression library. A jump rule string corresponding to the identification code is determined based on the target regular expression and a resource path of the domain name of the identification code, and a jump address corresponding to the jump rule string is queried from a rule library that includes mapping relationships between jump rule strings and jump addresses.
US11265313B2
An authentication control device includes one or more memories, and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and the one or more processor configured to perform storing of a first authentication key received from a server device in the one or more memories, the first authentication key relating to a second authentication key stored in a terminal of a user, in communication between the authentication control device and the terminal in the state where the authentication control device is uncommunicable with the server device, in response to receiving, from the terminal, first information encoded in accordance with the second authentication key, perform decoding of the first information by the stored first authentication key, and execute an authentication process of the user in accordance with second information acquired by the decoding.
US11265308B2
Disclosed are various approaches for workflow service back end integration. In some examples, a data request is received. The request is associated with a network service. A single sign-on (SSO) token is received. The SSO token represents a user account authenticated with an identity manager. Authentication data for the network service is identified based on the SSO token. The authentication data can specify an authentication site of the network service. A navigation action is automatically performed on the authentication site. The requested data is received. A command to present on a client device the data is transmitted to the client device.
US11265292B1
Technology is described for mapping virtualized infrastructure resources and associated flows in a virtualized infrastructure of a service provider environment. An application dataflow involving a virtualized infrastructure resource may be described using a swim lane model. Controls within the virtualized infrastructure to enforce segmentation and security of the application dataflow may be deduced from how the application dataflow is secured into a corresponding swim lane. An infrastructure mapping service may use information that identifies virtualized infrastructure resources and describes application dataflows in the virtualized infrastructure to generate a map of the virtualized infrastructure in the form of a graph. The graph may provide a visual representation that is easy for an auditor or engineer to understand. In addition, the graph generated by the infrastructure mapping service may be stored in a graph database providing quicker access to a representation or abstraction of the virtualized infrastructure for configuration, management, and auditing.
US11265287B2
A packet sending method includes obtaining, by a client device, an Internet Protocol (IP) anycast address of the anycast server cluster and an IP unicast address of the target server, generating, by the client device, an IP detection packet, where the IP detection packet is used to detect whether the target server is reachable based on the IP anycast address, and the IP detection packet includes the IP anycast address and the IP unicast address of the target server, and instructs the target server to replace the IP unicast address of the target server with the IP anycast address, and sending, by the client device, the IP detection packet to the target server.
US11265283B2
A first electronic device of the present invention comprises at least one communication circuitry, at least one display, at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor operatively coupled with the at least one communication circuitry and the at least one display. The processor is configured to (1) access to a first server for a navigation service through an application for the navigation service linked with a first account for accessing to a second server, (2) receive a user input through the application, (3) transmit, via the first server to a second electronic device of a second user that is authenticated through the application linked with a second account for accessing to the second server, a message, (4) periodically transmit, via the first server to the second electronic device, information, and (5) display a positional relationship between the two electronic devices over an electronic map.
US11265280B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for a content enhancement service are provided. In one embodiment, a method may include identifying at least one key term associated with an item of content provided by a content provider subsystem, generating an issue interface including an issue action element that is associated with the at least one identified key term, and incorporating the issue interface into an online presentation that includes the item of content, where the incorporated issue interface enables selection of the issue action element by a user consuming the item of content via the online presentation while the online presentation is presented to the user, and where selection of the issue action element is operative to automatically carry out an action that is associated with the at least one identified key term while the online presentation is presented to the user.
US11265278B2
Provided are an apparatus of processing a dialog based message object and a method thereof, in which the apparatus of processing a dialog based message object and the method thereof include a memory and a processor electrically connected to the memory. The processor creates a dialog in which at least one user participates, provides the dialog with a message thread including an existing message object spontaneously created by the at least one user, receives an unspecified or specified message object from one of the at least one user and additionally inserts the received unspecified or specified message object into the message thread, detects whether a corresponding specified user reads the specified message object in the message thread to count the number of unread specified message objects, and provides the corresponding specified user with the number of unread specified message objects.
US11265277B2
Techniques for dynamic notifications including generating a machine learning model based on user profiles of a collaboration application. The technique further including receiving a first message from input to a first user interface presenting the collaboration application and associated with a first user profile, the first message including first content and a domain specific language (DSL) condition. The technique further including generating a plurality of notification groups, presenting the plurality of notification groups, and receiving a selected notification group. The technique further includes sending the first content to each user profile in the selected notification group.
US11265274B1
Systems and methods are provided for determining that a message received from a second computing device associated with a second user is an interactive message and causing the interactive message to be displayed. In response to a selection to skip engagement with the interactive message, the systems and methods display a message feed with a list of a plurality of users and cause a selectable engagement indicium to be displayed next to a list entry of the second user in the list. The system and methods further determine that a predetermined amount of time has elapsed since the start time of the display of the interactive message without engagement with the interactive message and cause the interactive message to be deleted from the message feed and the selectable engagement indicium removed from next to the list entry of the second user.
US11265269B2
Each switch unit in a networking system shares its local state information among other switch units in the networking system, collectively referred to as the shared forwarding state. Each switch unit creates a respective set of output queues that correspond to ports on other switch unites based on the shared forwarding state. A received packet on an ingress switch unit operating in accordance with a first routing protocol instance can be enqueued on an output queue in the ingress switch; the packet is subsequently processed by the egress switch unit, operating in accordance with a second routing protocol instance that corresponds to the output queue.
US11265265B2
This application provides a data communications system and method. The system includes a first chassis and a second chassis. The first chassis includes a first high-performance switching module and a first low-performance switching module. The second chassis includes a second high-performance switching module and a second low-performance switching module. The first high-performance switching module is connected to the second low-performance switching module. The first low-performance switching module is connected to the second high-performance switching module. The first high-performance switching module is configured to connect to a third low-performance switching module in a third chassis that is to be added to the communications system. The second high-performance switching module is configured to connect to a fourth low-performance switching module in the third chassis that is to be added to the communications system. During capacity expansion, there is no need to change cables between deployed chassis.
US11265264B2
Methods and systems for controlling process priority for one or more work units having one or more processes. The method includes monitoring a combination of a throughput value and a response time value for each work unit, detecting a change in load level for each work unit based on a correlation between the throughput value and the response time value to adjust a priority level associated with the work unit, and reallocating one or more resources to the work unit when the priority level exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
US11265263B2
Embodiments include methods for managing the processing of data and performing computing tasks of a wireless device using computing resources of a remote network computing device. A wireless device and a network computing device may dynamically track factors affecting a round-trip latency of a computing task. The wireless device and the network computing device may generate and send metadata including the factors and a latency budget for the computing task. The wireless device and the network computing device may adjust a processing time for processing data related to the computing task based the received metadata and the latency budget.
US11265261B2
Access path management is provided based on one or more path conditions in an information processing system. For example, an apparatus comprises a storage system comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The storage system is configured to communicate over a network with one or more host devices. The storage system is further configured to obtain notification from one of the one or more host devices that a first path through the network between the storage system and the given one of the one or more host devices is at least temporarily unreliable. The storage system is further configured to cause a path state change for the first path from a first state to a second state and a path state change for a second path to the first state.
US11265257B2
A solution that provides for increased high-frequency, record exports giving real-time insight of traffic patterns, by splitting a conventional monolithic template into a static template and a dynamic template. Static flow records are sent only at the beginning of a flow, or when ‘almost static’ information elements change. Dynamic records are sent very frequently, and only when there is a dynamic information element change.
US11265229B2
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for validation of services. The method includes one or more processors receiving a request of a service. The method further includes one or more processors parsing the received request of the service to identify information included in the received request of the service. The method further includes one or more processors generating a checklist that corresponds to the received request of the service based on the identified information, wherein the generated checklist includes configuration and security checks that are associated with the received request of the service. The method further includes one or more processors determining a validation result utilizing the generated checklist, wherein the validation result indicates whether the requested service is deployed on a corresponding endpoint according to the configuration and security checks in the generated checklist.
US11265225B2
There is provided a method for adapting components of a network, comprising: providing graphs each indicative of a respective sequential snapshot of a dynamic graph obtained over a historical time interval, wherein nodes of the graphs denote entities, and edges of the graphs denote interactions between the entities over a network, computing community graphs according to the graphs, computing meta-community graphs according to the community graphs, analyzing dynamics of the community graphs to detect changes between two temporally adjacent community graphs, analyzing dynamics of the meta-community graphs to detect changes between two temporally adjacent meta-community graphs, identifying at least one entity corresponding to node(s) of the dynamic graph according to a predicted likelihood of performing an anomalous action during a future time interval, and generating instructions for adapting component(s) of the network for ensuring availability of network resources for interactions between entities during the future time interval.
US11265222B2
A method for deploying and instantiating a Management and Orchestration (MANO) instance of a tenant in a data communication network having a Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI), wherein a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) provides a centralized MANO framework that manages the NFVI and that orchestrates allocation of resources needed by Network Services (NSs) and/or Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) configured in the data communication network, includes requesting, by the tenant, provisioning of the MANO instance. The tenant negotiates with the CSP one or more Management Level Agreements (MLAs) which determine scope of autonomy of the tenant over the MANO instance. The tenant receives an allocation of resources of the NFVI and the MANO instance for being employed by the tenant to implement policies of the tenant independently from the centralized MANO framework provided by the CSP.
US11265221B2
A method is performed by a control device, and the method includes: obtaining a first request and a second request, where the first request includes a bandwidth required by a first service, the second request includes a bandwidth required by a second service; determining the bandwidth required by the first service, and the bandwidth required by the second service, that a bandwidth occupation conflict exists between the first request and the second request; obtaining a plurality of comprehensive allocation modes for the first service and the second service based on the bandwidth provided by the port, the bandwidth required by the first service, and the bandwidth required by the second service; and determining a preferred comprehensive allocation mode from the plurality of comprehensive allocation modes based on a bandwidth allocation policy group including a plurality of bandwidth allocation policies.
US11265219B2
Deployment of arrangements of physical computing components coupled over a communication fabric are presented herein. In one example, a method includes detecting disaggregated computing components communicatively coupled to at least a first communication fabric, and detecting converged computing components communicatively coupled to a second communication fabric. The method includes forming a free pool of computing components comprising the disaggregated computing components and the converged computing components, and receiving user commands to form compute units from among computing components included in the free pool of computing components. Based at least on the user commands, the method includes forming the compute units for use by one or more users.
US11265216B2
In general, techniques are described for communicating state information in distribute operating system. A network device comprises a first hardware node and a second hardware node. The first hardware node may execute a first instance of a distributed operating system, and maintain a first data structure that stores a plurality of objects defining a portion of state information. The second hardware node may execute a second instance of the distributed operating system, and maintain a second data structure that stores synchronized versions of the plurality of objects. The first hardware node may further receive updated state information, update the first data structure to include the updated state information, and synchronize the updated first data structure with the second data structure. The second hardware node may synchronize the second data structure with the updated first data structure.
US11265213B2
Active management of a data network facilitates the high-quality live broadcast of captured digital audio from multiple client devices present in a venue. In various aspects, the system includes a network hub. The network hub transmits and receives data from a plurality of the client devices which may be personal mobile devices. A network manager component manages communications of the client devices with the network hub. The network manager uses measured dynamic network parameters and determines conditions for maintaining audio quality according to configurable rules. The dynamic network parameters may include device qualification(s), live measured audio quality of service metrics, and unwanted data packets. In various aspects, dynamic authentication and de-authentication of client devices as well as data transmission throttling of client devices are techniques utilized for active network management. The network manager maintains audio quality for the client device configured or selected to broadcast over the public address system.
US11265210B2
This application provides a network slice configuration method, apparatus, and system, and pertains to the field of wireless communications technologies. The method includes: after receiving a management request of a network slice, obtaining or determining, by a network slice manager, network resource information corresponding to a subnet included in the network slice, and then sending, in a form of a subnet management request to a subnet manager, the network resource information corresponding to the subnet, so that the subnet manager configures the corresponding subnet based on the network resource information corresponding to the subnet. In this application, network slice configuration efficiency can be improved.
US11265199B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a transmitting device may identify one or more blocks of data for transmission to a receiving device. The transmitting device may map subsets of bits of the one or more blocks of data to a constellation of symbol points of a modulation order to obtain a set of symbols and may then transmit a signal including the set of symbols to a receiving device. In some systems, a receiving device may receive, from the transmitting device, the signal including the set of symbols associated with blocks of data. The receiving device may de-map the set of symbols according to a constellation of symbol points of a modulation order to obtain a plurality of sets of de-mapped data bits and decode a plurality of sets of de-mapped data bits to obtain the blocks of data.
US11265189B2
A gateway provides duplex-directional, multimedia ad hoc mesh networking, peer-to-peer direct communications, power optimization, dynamic configuration, and data management, while operating within various devices and network topologies. A multitasking virtual machine monitor for mobile networked devices, that is capable of functional expandability and portability to various operating environments, interoperability with a variety of operating systems, the Gateway Control System (GCS) performs functional capabilities in both a local and a networked topology using local and remote hardware and software. Software within the GCS is partitioned into sequentially, autonomous code, referred to herein as “modules,” each module being configured to communicate with hardware and other gateway modules. Collectively, all gateway modules are referred to herein as the gateway stack (GS). Each member of the GS can be turned on or off, downloaded from a remote site, and dynamically configured.
US11265180B2
Techniques for concurrent node startup are provided. A first startup instruction is received by a first node of a plurality of nodes, and the first node enters an initial startup state. The first node further transmits a first ping to the plurality of nodes, and determines, based on the first ping, that none of the plurality of nodes are in an active state or in a secondary startup state. Upon determining that no additional pings have been received, the first node enters the secondary startup state. Finally, the first node enters the active state, where the first node enters the active state as an initial node in a new cluster.
US11265177B2
Techniques are described selecting consensus nodes in a blockchain. A voting process is performed by a plurality of shareholder nodes to generate a voting result for each shareholder node. The voting process comprises each shareholder node voting for a plurality of expected nodes, and the expected nodes and the plurality of shareholder nodes comprise a group of nodes associated with a blockchain. A shareholder node is a node that owns at least one share. A voting result is verified for each shareholder node. After the voting process, a number of shares owned by each node of the group of nodes id determined based on the voting result. A plurality of consensus nodes are selected from shareholder nodes based on the number of shares owned by each of the shareholder nodes.
US11265170B2
An in-vehicle computer generates a message authentication code about its own log using its own signature key and thereby transmits a log annotated with its message authentication code to a vehicle information collection device. The vehicle information collection device generates the signature key of the in-vehicle computer, verifies the message authentication code, which is included in the log annotated with its message authentication code received from the in-vehicle computer, using generated signature key, and thereby stores the log relating to the successfully verified message authentication code on storage media.
US11265168B2
In one embodiment, a set of feature vectors can be derived from any biometric data, and then using a deep neural network (“DNN”) on those one-way homomorphic encryptions (i.e., each biometrics' feature vector) an authentication system can determine matches or execute searches on encrypted data. Each biometrics' feature vector can then be stored and/or used in conjunction with respective classifications, for use in subsequent comparisons without fear of compromising the original biometric data. In various embodiments, the original biometric data is discarded responsive to generating the encrypted values. In another embodiment, the homomorphic encryption enables computations and comparisons on cypher text without decryption of the encrypted feature vectors. Security of such privacy enable biometrics can be increased by implementing an assurance factor (e.g., liveness) to establish a submitted biometric has not been spoofed or faked.
US11265167B2
A method is performed at a security device. The method includes establishing a network connection with a client system. After establishing the network connection, the security device receives a first packet from the client system. The first packet includes an identifier, a first counter value, and a first one-time password hash generated by the client system. Based on the identifier received, the security device retrieves from a trusted data store the seed and a second counter value. If the first counter value is larger than the second counter value, the security device generates a second one-time password hash based on the identifier, the first counter value, and the seed. In accordance with a determination that the first and second one-time password hashes match, the security device grants, to the client system, access to one or more network resources protected by the security device via the network connection.
US11265161B2
This document describes a system and method for generating two types of session keys for encoding digital communications between two devices. In particular, the first type of session key possesses escrow properties whereby a trusted third party will be able to generate the first type of session key to decode the digital communications between the two devices while the second type of session key does not possess escrow properties.
US11265144B2
Aspects of the invention include receiving, by a processor, an unencrypted object that includes plaintext and metadata that describes the plaintext. A data encryption key (DEK) and a nonce key for the unencrypted object are obtained by the processor. The nonce key is different than the DEK. The unencrypted object is encrypted by the processor. The encrypting includes generating a nonce based at least in part of the plaintext and the nonce key. The encrypting also includes generating ciphertext and a metadata authentication tag that includes a signature of the metadata. The generating is based at least in part on the plaintext, the metadata, the DEK, and the nonce. An encrypted object that includes the ciphertext, the metadata, and the metadata authentication tag is created.
US11265143B2
A computer-implemented method is for providing processed data. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving, by a first encryption entity, first plaintext data including a matrix of numbers; determining, by the first encryption entity, an encryption key including an integer matrix; homomorphically encrypting, by the first encryption entity, the first plaintext data based on a matrix multiplication of the first plaintext data and the encryption key, to generate first encrypted data; sending, by the first encryption entity, the first encrypted data to a processing entity; receiving, by a decryption entity, encrypted processed data from the processing entity, the encrypted processed data being based on the first encrypted data; decrypting, by the decryption entity, the encrypted processed data based on a matrix multiplication of the processed data and an inverse of the encryption key, to generate processed data; and providing, by the decryption entity, the processed data.
US11265141B2
The present technology relates to a data processing apparatus and a data processing method that can reduce errors of time arising from accuracy of time information. The data processing apparatus generates signaling including time information having accuracy of time according to a frame length of a physical layer frame and processes the signaling so as to be included into a preamble of the physical layer frame to make it possible to reduce errors of time arising from time information. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a transmitter compatible with a broadcasting method of ATSC3.0 and so forth.
US11265140B2
Methods and systems are described for receiving N phases of a local clock signal and M phases of a reference signal, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, generating a plurality of partial phase error signals, each partial phase error signal formed at least in part by comparing (i) a respective phase of the M phases of the reference signal to (ii) a respective phase of the N phases of the local clock signal, and generating a composite phase error signal by summing the plurality of partial phase error signals, and responsively adjusting a fixed phase of a local oscillator using the composite phase error signal.
US11265117B2
A method for transmitting feedback information includes obtaining, by a first terminal, first indication information, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating whether the first terminal needs to send feedback information; receiving, by the first terminal, a first sidelink channel sent by a second terminal; and determining, by the first terminal, whether to send the feedback information for the first sidelink channel to the second terminal according to the first indication information.
US11265112B2
A device for wireless communications includes one or more protocol processors for executing a protocol stack, the one or more protocol processors configured to generate a first RLC (Radio Link Control) PDU (Protocol Data Unit) with data from a first upper-layer PDU and transmit the first RLC PDU to a counterpart base station RLC, generate a second RLC PDU, with its poll bit set, with data from a second upper-layer PDU and transmit the second RLC PDU to the counterpart base station RLC, and receive a status PDU from the counterpart base station RLC that indicates a status of the first and second RLC PDUs.
US11265097B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first transmission/reception point (TRP) may coordinate with a second transmission/reception point to configure code division multiplexing group hopping for a user equipment (UE). The first TRP may transmit a signal to the UE indicating that code division multiplexing group hopping is enabled for the first transmission/reception point and the second transmission/reception point. The first TRP may transmit, during a first instance of the code division multiplexing group hopping, a first reference signal to the UE according to a first code division multiplexing group. The first TRP may transmit, during a second instance of the code division multiplexing group hopping, the first reference signal to the UE according to a second code division multiplexing group.
US11265095B2
A broadcast response system provides, e.g., a radio broadcast listener with the ability to obtain media content such as music or speech while listening to the radio. The user can respond to items in the radio broadcast such as advertisements, fund raising drives, or interactive listener polls during the broadcast. Data such as song title and artist, author or publisher and the IP address for the location where the digital version of the content is stored, can be transmitted using, e.g., the RBDS/RDS data stream. A reference number representing song title and artist, author or publisher and the IP address for the location where the digital version of the content is stored can also be employed for ease of implementation. This reference number can reside in a lookup table to be accessed by broadcast response server.
US11265094B2
A method for decoding the name of detected radio stations, the method being implemented by a receiving system including at least one radio receiver, each of the received radio signals including a digital datum corresponding, at least intermittently, to the name of the radio station, the method including the following steps: for each radio station belonging to a list of radio stations preselected from the detected radio stations, a first decoding of the digital datum at a first sampling frequency, in order to determine a probable name; for any detected radio station not belonging to the list of preselected radio stations, a second decoding of the digital datum at a second sampling frequency lower than the first, in order to determine a probable name; and measuring a quality of the radio signal and inhibiting the first and second decodings if the quality of the signal drops below a preset threshold.
US11265090B2
A method for determining and/or adjusting phases of at least two electrical signals is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: a first frequency and/or a first power level for a first signal is set and a second frequency and/or a second power level for a second signal is set. The first signal and the second signal are superposed, thereby obtaining a superposed signal. A power parameter of the superposed signal is determined via a power measurement unit for several different phase offsets of the first signal and/or of the second signal. A relative phase between the first signal and the second signal is determined and/or set based on the determined power parameters. Moreover, a signal generator system is disclosed.
US11265084B2
A method, system, and apparatus enabled to selectively choose a baud rate for communication of optical data using a modem enabled to operate with an optical signal modulated at plurality of finely tuned baud rates.
US11265073B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to a metastructure reflector in a wireless communication system. The metastructure reflector has a transceiver unit adapted to receive transmissions from a base station, a radiating structure having a plurality of subarrays of radiating cells to radiate the transmissions to at least one user equipment, the at least one user equipment in a non-line-of-sight area of the base station, and a subarray controller to control a plurality of subarrays of the radiating structure to radiate the transmissions in multiple directions.
US11265064B2
A method and apparatus for focused communication is disclosed. The method includes a base transmitter array in communication with at least one client device at the same frequency. The base transmitter array provides a focused data communication to the client device.
US11265063B2
The present disclosure relates to wireless communication methods, network devices, and terminal devices. One example method includes receiving, by a terminal device, configuration information sent by a network device, where the configuration information is used to indicate a beam sweeping type, and determining, by the terminal device, the beam sweeping type based on the configuration information.
US11265061B2
The present disclosure relates to correction apparatus and correction methods. One example correction apparatus includes a first adjustment module, a plurality of second adjustment modules, a correction calculation module, and a plurality of non-ideal channels. One second adjustment module is disposed on one non-ideal channel. The first adjustment module is connected to each non-ideal channel. The correction calculation module is separately connected to the first adjustment module and the plurality of second adjustment modules. The correction calculation module is connected to an output end of each non-ideal channel. The non-ideal channel is a channel that outputs an output signal in response to a drive signal having an error value.
US11265059B2
Methods for data transmission, user equipment and a network device are provided. The method includes: User Equipment (UE) transmits data to a network device by using a first uplink transmission waveform on a first beam; the UE receives a first indication message transmitted by the network device, the first indication message is used for indicating an uplink transmission waveform corresponding to at least one beam; and the UE transmits data to the network device by using a second uplink transmission waveform on a second beam of the at least one beam, the second uplink transmission waveform is an uplink transmission waveform corresponding to the second beam indicated in the first indication message.
US11265058B2
The present invention provides a method and device for feeding back grouping indication information and a method and device for acquiring grouping indication information. The method for feeding back grouping indication information includes: determining M resources from a candidate resource set and dividing the M resources into N first-type resource groups, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M; and feeding back indication information for indicating the M resources and first-type grouping indication information for indicating that the M resources are divided into the N first-type resource groups to a first communication node. Resources in the candidate resource set include at least one of: a transmission beam resource, a transmission antenna resource, a transmission port resource, a transmission frequency domain resource, a transmission sequence resource and a transmission time domain resource.
US11265057B2
A method for transmitting physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) includes: receiving, by a terminal device, downlink control information (DCI) sent by a network device, the DCI including trigger information of aperiodic channel state information (CSI) and configuration information of a PUCCH carrying the aperiodic CSI; and transmitting, by the terminal device, the aperiodic CSI on the PUCCH according to the configuration information of the PUCCH when the trigger information triggers the terminal device to report the aperiodic CSI.
US11265048B2
Systems and methods of transmitting a PPDU to or from a single user station (STA) in an MIMO transmission by using unequal MCSs. An access point (AP) allocates a plurality of spatial streams to the STA and assigned them into groups for the MIMO transmission. Multiple unequal MCSs are assigned to the different spatial stream groups. Correspondingly the STA ID is repeatedly specified in the user block fields of a SIG-B field of a downlink PPDU, or in the user information fields of a trigger frame. Alternatively, multiple AIDs of the STA can be specified in the user block fields or the user information fields instead of repeating the same STA ID. An indication may be inserted in the SIG-A field to indicate that the grouped-based unequal MCSs scheme is used for the MIMO transmission.
US11265034B1
A signal mixing circuit device includes a first mixer, a second mixer and a signal amplifying circuit serially connected to the first mixer; the first mixer includes an RF signal input terminal for receiving an RF signal, LO signal input terminals for sampling a first and second LO signals, a first mixed-signal output terminal for outputting a first mixed signal and a second mixed-signal output terminal for outputting a second mixed signal; the second mixer includes an input terminal connected to a capacitor, two mixed-signal output terminals respectively connected to the first and second mixed-signal output terminals of the first mixer, LO signal input terminals for inversely sampling the first and second LO signals. With the double-balance nature of the second mixer core, the noise at the LO signal input terminals of the first mixer can be cancelled. A receiver includes the signal mixing circuit device is also disclosed.
US11265033B2
A method of operating the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a universal serial bus (USB) connector connectable to an external electronic device including a radio reception circuit configured to receive a radio signal and to convert the received radio signal into a digital signal, and a signal processing circuit configured to generate a sound corresponding to the digital signal based on a control signal transmitted by the electronic device, and a processor. The processor may be configured to: receive information of the external electronic device in response to detecting that the external electronic device is connected to the USB connector, determine whether the external electronic device is capable of processing the radio signal based on the information of the external electronic device, activate a radio framework configured to control a radio reception function of the external electronic device in response to identifying that the external electronic device is capable of processing the radio signal, and control the external electronic device based on the operation of the USB framework, which receives the control signal generated by the radio framework. In addition, various embodiments are possible.
US11265031B2
Systems, methods, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for removing any fixed frequency interfering signal from an input signal without introducing artifacts that are not part of the original signal of interest. An embodiment operates by using a virtual buffer with a length that matches a length of one cycle of an interfering signal. The embodiment extracts the interfering signal into the virtual buffer. For a sample in the next cycle of the interfering signal that corresponds to a virtual memory location for the virtual buffer, the embodiment can update one or more physical memory locations of the virtual buffer that are in the vicinity of the virtual memory location. This use of virtual buffer can remove any interfering signal without creating the artifacts associated with conventional notch filters.
US11265022B2
A memory system includes a memory controller including: a memory core configured to store data and an error correction code corresponding to the data; a syndrome generator configured to generate a first syndrome by substituting the data and the error correction code, read from the memory core, into a first check matrix, and generate a second syndrome by substituting the data and the error correction code, read from the memory core, into a second check matrix; and an error correction unit configured to correct an error of the read data and error correction code by using the first syndrome and the second syndrome, wherein constituents having values of ‘1’ in the first check matrix have values of ‘1’ also in the second check matrix.
US11265021B2
A memory controller performs an error recovery operation. The controller performs a read operation on a select block using a select read level; decodes data associated with the read operation to generate a syndrome value; determines whether to stop, before a maximum number of iterations, the read operation and the decoding at the select read level, using the syndrome value; when it is determined to stop the read operation and the decoding at the select read level, selects a next read level in a sequence of read levels; and uses the next read level for a subsequent read operation.
US11265019B1
The disclosed systems, structures, and methods are directed to encoding and decoding information for transmission across a communication channel. The method includes dividing the information between m parallel polar codes such that each of the m parallel polar codes includes a plurality of information bits, and splitting the information bits in each of the m parallel polar codes into a private part and a public part. The public part includes an information section and a repetition section, wherein the information bits of the public part are arranged in the information section. Bits in the information section of the public part of each of the m parallel polar codes are repeated in the repetition section of the public part of at least a second one of the m parallel polar codes.
US11265018B2
Embodiments of this application provide a method for processing information bits in a wireless communication network. A device obtains a Polar encoded bit sequence, then divide the Polar encoded bit sequence into g groups that are of equal length N/g, wherein g is 32. The device block interleaves the g groups to obtain an interleaved bit sequence according to a sequence S, wherein the sequence S comprises: group numbers of the g groups, wherein a group whose number is 0 is the first element in the sequence S, wherein a group whose number is 12 is the 17th element in the sequence S, wherein a group whose number is 31 is the 32nd element in the sequence S, wherein the S is an integer and output the interleaved bit sequence.
US11265017B2
A modulator and a modulation method using a non-uniform 16-symbol signal constellation are disclosed. The modulator includes a memory and a processor. The memory receives a codeword corresponding to a low-density parity check (LDPC) code having a code rate of 4/15. The processor maps the codeword to 16 symbols of the non-uniform 16-symbol signal constellation on a 4-bit basis.
US11265015B2
Devices, systems and methods for improving the convergence of a bit-flipping decoder in a non-volatile memory are described. An example method includes receiving a noisy codeword that is based on a transmitted codeword generated from an irregular QC-LDPC code, the irregular QC-LDPC code having an associated parity matrix comprising a plurality of columns of circulant matrices, computing a plurality of flipping energies for each column of a first subset of columns from the plurality of columns of circulant matrices, computing, based on the plurality of flipping energies, one or more metrics, selecting, based on the one or more metrics, a second subset of columns from the first subset of columns in an order that is different from a sequential indexing order of the second subset of columns, determining, based on processing the second subset of columns using a vertically shuffled scheduling operation, a candidate version of the transmitted codeword.
US11265010B2
An incremental analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with high accuracy. The incremental ADC has a delta-sigma modulator, performing delta-sigma modulation on an analog input signal to output a quantized signal, and a digital filter, receiving the quantized signal to generate a digital representation of the analog input signal. A loop filter of the delta-sigma modulator has a preset circuit. In the preset circuit, the output terminal of the loop filter is preset rather than being reset during the reset phase of the incremental ADC.
US11265001B1
A DAC current steering circuit includes first and second transistors, respectively coupled to first and second outputs via first and second nodes at their drains, and source coupled to each other and to ground. A gate of the first transistor is coupled to a data input (D), and a gate of the second transistor coupled to a complement of the data input (DB). The circuit further includes first and second bleeder transistors, whose drains are respectively coupled to the first and second nodes, and whose sources are coupled together at a third node, the third node coupled to ground, and first and second bleeder switching transistors, whose drains and sources are each coupled to the third node, a gate of the first bleeder switching transistor coupled to a switching input (S) and a gate of the second bleeder switching transistor coupled to a complement of the switching input (SB).
US11265000B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for magnetoresistive asymmetry (MRA) compensation using a digital compensation scheme. In certain embodiments, a method may comprise receiving an analog signal at a continuous-time front end (CTFE) circuit, and performing analog offset compensation to constrain an extremum of the analog signal to adjust a dynamic range based on an input range of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), rather than to modify the analog signal to have a zero mean. The method may further comprise converting the analog signal to a digital sample sequence via the ADC; performing, via a digital MRA compensation circuit, digital MRA compensation on the digital sample sequence; receiving, via a digital backend (DBE) subsystem, the digital sample sequence prior to digital MRA compensation; and generating, via a DBE, a bit sequence corresponding to the analog signal based on an output of the DBE subsystem and an output of the digital MRA compensation circuit.
US11264993B1
A counting device, including multiple counting circuit stages and a first logic operation circuit, is provided. The counting circuit stages are serially coupled in sequence. A first counting circuit stage performs a counting action according to a first clock signal and generates a first counting result. Second to Nth counting circuit stages perform counting actions according to a second clock signal, where N is a positive integer greater than 2. The first logic operation circuit provides the first counting result to be the second clock signal according to an indication signal.
US11264985B1
A gate driver circuit comprises a gate-driver assembly, a transformer, first and second circuit voltage outputs, first and second switching devices, and a controller. The gate-driver assembly comprises a first and second voltage inputs and a first and second voltage outputs coupled to a primary winding of the transformer. The first and second switching devices are coupled to the secondary winding and respectively coupled to the first and second circuit voltage outputs. The controller is configured to cause the first circuit voltage output to supply a positive output voltage by supplying a higher first input voltage to the first voltage input than to the second voltage input and is also configured to cause the first circuit voltage output to supply a negative output voltage by supplying a higher second input voltage to the second voltage input than to the first voltage input.
US11264983B1
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are described to parallelize transistors. An example apparatus includes a first transistor on a first die and a second transistor on a second die. The example apparatus includes a parallel feedback terminal coupled to the first die and the second die and a current sensor including a first contact and a second contact. The example apparatus includes a resistor coupled to the current sensor and at least one of the switched terminal or a ground terminal. The example apparatus includes an active drive controller including a first input coupled to the resistor, a second input coupled to the parallel feedback terminal, and an output coupled to the parallel feedback terminal. The example apparatus includes an edge delay controller adapted to be coupled to a gate driver and an error amplifier, and a control contact adapted to be coupled to the gate driver.
US11264975B2
A signal generator includes a processing unit. The signal generator is configured to generate at least one periodic output signal. The output signal comprises a triangular-waveform signal. A frequency and an amplitude of the output signal are adjustable. The signal generator is configured to receive an input parameter. The input parameter comprises at least one piece of information about a setpoint amplitude and a setpoint frequency of the output signal. The processing unit is configured to determine a signal direction of the output signal. The processing unit is configured to determine a step size. The processing unit is configured to apply the step size to an actual amplitude based on the signal direction for a number of clock cycles. The number of clock cycles is dependent on the setpoint frequency of the output signal.
US11264970B2
A MEMS resonator is operated at its parallel resonance frequency. An acoustic wave is propagated laterally away from a central region of the MEMS resonator through a piezoelectric layer of the MEMS resonator. The propagating acoustic wave is attenuated with concentric confiners that surround and are spaced apart from a perimeter of an electrode that forms the MEMS resonator.
US11264966B2
Resonator devices, filter devices, and methods of fabrication are disclosed. A resonator device includes a substrate and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. An acoustic Bragg reflector is sandwiched between a surface of the substrate and the back surface of the piezoelectric plate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate. The IDT and the piezoelectric plate are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites a primary acoustic mode within the piezoelectric plate. The acoustic Bragg reflector comprises alternating SiO2 and diamond layers and is configured to reflect the primary acoustic mode.
US11264964B2
The invention relates to a hearing aid a cochlear implant comprising a) at least one input transducer for capturing incoming sound and for generating electric audio signals which represent frequency bands of the incoming sound, b) a sound processor which is configured to analyze and to process the electric audio signals, c) a transmitter that sends the processed electric audio signals, d) a receiver/stimulator, which receives the processed electric audio signals from the transmitter and converts the processed electric audio signals into electric pulses, e) an electrode array embedded in the cochlear comprising a number of electrodes for stimulating the cochlear nerve with said electric pulses, and f) a control unit configured to control the distribution of said electric pulses to the number of said electrodes. The control unit is configured to distribute said electric pulses to the number of said electrodes by applying one out of a plurality of different coding schemes, and wherein the applied coding scheme is selected according to characteristics of the incoming sound.
US11264961B2
A semiconductor circuitry includes a first circuitry having a differential transistor pair and a pair of current sources connected in series to the differential transistor pair, a pair of transmission lines connected to the differential transistor pair at the opposite side to the current sources, and a second circuitry, connected to a node between the differential transistor pair and the current sources, and configured to test operations of at least the differential transistor pair and a latter-stage circuity connected to the transmission lines, in the state where the current outputs of the pair of current sources are stopped.
