US11292749B2
In one aspect, composite carbide compositions are described herein which can facilitate the efficient and/or economical manufacture of articles comprising SiC. Briefly, a composite carbide composition comprises silicon carbide (SiC) particles and a silica interparticle phase covalently bonded to the SiC particles.
US11292744B2
A process for producing a glass article is provided that includes, in order, a first process step in which a surface of the glass article has a temperature of at least 400° C. for at least some of the time, a second process step in which the surface of the glass article has a temperature of more than 10° C. and less than 100° C. and the surface is brought into contact with water or water vapor and the surface of the glass article is supplied with an amount of water which corresponds to a water layer thickness of from 1 to 100 μm, and a third process step in which the glass article is processed further with contact of the surface with foreign materials or other glass articles.
US11292740B2
An optical fiber manufacturing method includes a process of passing a glass fiber through a fiber path before applying a resin. The glass fiber is drawn from a glass preform, the fiber path is formed through a cooling tube, and the cooling tube is housed in a casing and is cooled by a coolant. The process includes supplying a dry gas into a dry space formed between the casing and the cooling tube. The dry gas has a first dew point lower than the temperature of the cooling tube. The process includes measuring, by a dew point meter, a second dew point at one or both of an inlet and an outlet of the fiber path. The process includes controlling the temperature of the coolant in the cooling tube such that the temperature of the cooling tube is higher than the second dew point measured by the dew point meter.
US11292739B2
An apparatus for dewatering sludge comprises a tank having an internal space divided by a dividing wall into an intake chamber and an extract chamber, an intake pipe connected to the intake chamber by an intake valve, a discharge pipe connected to the extract chamber by a discharge valve, and a transfer pipe providing fluid communication between the intake chamber and the extract chamber. The transfer pipe has first opening near the bottom of the intake chamber, and a second opening near the top of the extract chamber. A pump selectively creates positive and negative pressure within the intake chamber. A screen is positioned within the extract chamber between the second opening of the transfer pipe and the discharge pipe. —15—
US11292734B2
Disclosed herein are the water clarification compositions and method of using the disclosed water clarification compositions for clarifying a water system or waste water source. Specifically, the disclosed compositions comprise and methods use multiple charged cationic or anionic compounds that are derived from polyamines through an aza-Michael addition with an activated olefin having an ionic group. The disclosed water clarification methods or compositions are found to be more effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used single quaternary compounds for reducing turbidity in water systems or waste water sources.
US11292731B2
The present disclosure provides for a method of filtering pollutants from a contaminated fluid stream. The method includes disposing unprepared humic shale in a container, contacting the unprepared humic shale with an aqueous solution, maintaining the aqueous composition in contact with the unprepared humic shale for a period of time, drying the humic shale, and then placing polluted water in contact with the humic shale until pollutants have been removed from the fluid.
US11292726B2
Rare earth compound particles are prepared by a step of heating an aqueous solution containing rare earth metal ions and urea to form a rare earth compound by a reaction of a hydrolysis product of urea, and the rare earth metal ions. In the heating step, heating the aqueous solution into which an acetylene glycol-ethylene oxide adduct is added.
US11292724B2
An intensified continuous process for synthesizing zeolite crystals is described, said process comprising a continuous supply of a continuously prepared gel, said gel then being continuously crystallized, said process comprising at least one application of ultrasound.
US11292717B2
A process for preparing methanol from a carbon-containing feedstock by producing synthesis gas therefrom in a synthesis gas production unit, converting the synthesis gas to methanol in a methanol synthesis unit and working up the reaction mixture obtained stepwise to isolate the methanol, wherein the carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, dimethyl ether and methane components of value from the streams separated off in the isolation of the methanol are combusted with an oxygenous gas, and the carbon dioxide in the resultant flue gas is separated off in a carbon dioxide recovery unit and recycled to the synthesis gas production unit and/or to the methanol synthesis unit.
US11292716B2
The present invention discloses a process for the photocatalytic splitting of water using self-assembled metalloporphyrin 2D-sheet of formula (I) to form hydrogen and oxygen.
US11292711B1
The subject of the invention is a dispensing nozzle for dispensing a fluid into a tank of a motor vehicle. The dispensing nozzle comprises the following features: the dispensing nozzle comprises a channel (30) for passing through the fluid, wherein a main valve (5) is arranged in the channel (30), said main valve being movable between a closed position and an open position for controlling a fluid flow, the dispensing nozzle comprises a first maximum volumetric flow rate and a second maximum volumetric flow rate, wherein the second maximum volumetric flow rate is greater than the first, According to the invention it is provided that the dispensing nozzle comprises an adjustable flow limiter (22) which is arranged downstream of the main valve (5) and which is configured to limit the fluid flow selectively to the first or second maximum volumetric flow rate. The dispensing nozzle also comprises an actuating device (20, 21) which is configured for interaction with a signal element (29) which is assigned to the tank of the motor vehicle and for the selective adjustment of the flow limiter (22) to the first or the second maximum volumetric flow rate. By the provision of a flow limiter which is adjustable due to an interaction with the signal element, a rapid and reliable filling of different-sized containers containing liquid is ensured in a structurally simple manner.
US11292709B2
A clamp of the dispensing device may include a container engagement surface arranged to engage and/or disengage the clamp from the container neck when the clamp is pushed downwardly or pulled upwardly relative to the container neck. The container engagement surface may include a surface with a lower portion that slopes upwardly and inwardly, and an upper portion that slopes upwardly and outwardly relative to the container neck and that moves the clamp radially outwardly and away from the container neck as the clamp is moved vertically relative to the container neck. A latch may maintain a body portion of the dispensing device in an upper position, preventing needle insertion, until a container is suitably engaged with the base portion of the device, e.g., by a clamp. Sensors may detect engagement of a container with the device and/or insertion of a needle into the container.
US11292708B2
Disclosed is an automatic isobaric dispensing machine for craft beer and a beer dispensing method by using the same. The automatic isobaric dispensing machine for craft beer comprises a housing; a beer dispensing head installed on the housing and hermetically placed at a container mouth of a container; a carbon dioxide supplying device connecting with a gas inlet of the beer dispensing head through a pre-pressure gas valve, a beer barrel connected with a beer inlet of the beer dispensing head through a beer outlet valve, a flowmeter for measuring a beer flow of the beer barrel, and a processor connected with the pre-pressure gas valve, the beer outlet valve, the flowmeter, the gas exhaust valve and the barometer. The isobaric dispensing machine has a simple machine structure and is convenient to use, and is capable of reducing the time cost and the beer waste thus providing better beer quality.
US11292705B2
A capping chuck assembly having a chuck housing, a retaining assembly and a cap gripping assembly. The chuck housing receives a cap and has longitudinal axis of rotation. The retaining assembly includes a plurality of retaining jaws and a biasing member. The retaining jaws are movable radially, with biasing member inwardly biasing the jaws. The cap gripping assembly includes a plurality of gripper assemblies spaced apart from each other about the axis. Each gripper assembly has a cam arm rotatably mounted to the chuck housing with a lever arm portion extending toward the axis of rotation configured to rotate relative to the cap receiving opening. An engaging jaw is coupled to the gripper assembly. Rotation of the cam arm away from the cap receiving opening directs the engaging jaw radially toward the axis of rotation. An ejection assembly is disclosed as well as a method of retaining a cap.
US11292702B2
A nut to be used as part of a fastener to be used in multiple ways in various industries or methods has a drive mechanism and stud extending from the drive mechanism with a threaded bore. In addition the nut can be specifically used as a method and as part of special fastener that can be used to join cut, hard-wood members, other naturally occurring manufactured mat members or synthetically man made members, referred to as “timber(s)” or “laminated”, in forming a mat used for heavy construction equipment to run on over ground which is not stable. These mats are commonly referred to as “Crane Mats” or “Laminated Mats” in the construction, mining, pipeline, and oil and gas industries among others.
US11292699B2
A remote operation terminal is provided with: a terminal-side control device configured so as to be capable of communicating with a control device, the terminal-side control device being a control unit for controlling the actuation of the remote operation terminal; a suspended load movement operation tool, which is a first operation unit for remotely operating a crane device; and a reference change operation tool, which is a second operation unit for setting an operation direction reference of the suspended load movement operation tool in relation to a vehicle direction reference of a crane. The terminal-side control device calculates the actuation direction of the crane device in relation to the operation of the suspended load movement operation tool, on the basis of a setting value of the reference change operation tool, and transmits the actuation direction to the control device.
US11292696B2
Elevator car (6) comprising an interior space (10) for accommodating passengers and/or cargo, a structural ceiling (20) arranged at the top of the elevator car (6) and comprising at least one rescue opening (21), and a decorative ceiling (22) arranged below the structural ceiling (20) within the interior space (10). The decorative ceiling (22) is movable between a closed position in which it extends basically parallel to the structural ceiling (20) and at least one open position in which it extends into the interior space (10). The elevator car (6) further comprises a control element (30) which is selectively attachable to the structural ceiling (20) and to the decorative ceiling (22), respectively. The control element (30), when attached to the decorative ceiling (22), allows moving the decorative ceiling (22) between its closed position and an open position in a controlled manner.
US11292688B2
A sheet body is gripped (bound) by grip conveyance units, and conveyed as the grip conveyance units are displaced in this state. At the same time as this conveyance, the sheet body is held by delivering units, and delivered by a predetermined amount by the delivering units. After that, the sheet body is cut in predetermined size and shape by cutting molds.
US11292685B2
The present invention relates to a device (1) for automatically cutting a material web (2) with a longitudinal cutting device (60) using a material web (2) in a longitudinal direction (L) separable in at least a partial web (3) and/or at least a remaining web (4), a discharging device (10) for automatically discharging the produced remaining web (4), a transverse cutting device (70) downstream of a longitudinal cutting device (60) for cutting the remaining web (4) transversely to the longitudinal direction (L).
US11292684B2
An unwinder for rolls of paper web material includes: a support frame; a spindle cylinder, rotationally associated with the frame, supporting a parent roll with a longitudinal axis; unwinder to unwind a paper web from the parent roll; actuator keeping the unwindier contacting the parent roll; a command and control unit; first motor rotating the spindle cylinder; two support and drive rollers; units to measure instantaneous radius of the parent roll, rotational speed of the spindle cylinder, quantity of web unrolled from the parent roll per unit time, and weight unloaded from the parent roll onto the support and drive rollers; second motor synchronously rotating the support and drive rollers; and third motor moving the spindle cylinder vertically. The control unit receives and processes values detected by the measurement unit, causing the motor to maintain the weight force unloaded onto the rollers from the roll as the diameter varies.
US11292678B2
In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method for transporting cargo using smart palettes includes determining receipt of a first cargo onto a platform of a first smart palette at a first distribution hub. The method includes generating one or more signals that control a loading of the first smart palette and the first cargo onto a trailer located at the first distribution hub. The method includes determining a coordination with one or more second smart palettes associated with the trailer to determine a first position inside the trailer for the first smart palette and the first cargo. The method includes generating one or more signals that position the first smart palette and the first cargo at the first position inside the trailer.
US11292669B2
When a conveyance abnormality occurs in a driving conveyor, runaway of a conveying member that supports a conveyance object is stopped. An endless conveyor is provided with a plurality of the conveying members spaced apart from each other, and an endless element is provided with a plurality of engaging members spaced apart from each other and engaged with the conveying members from the conveyance direction, in which the endless element receives a driving force with the engaging member from the conveyor via the conveying member to thereby travel. When the conveyance abnormality in which the conveying member travels autonomously is detected, the endless element is stopped by giving of a braking force, and the runaway of the conveying member is stopped by the engaging member.
US11292668B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a vehicle-mounted conveyor system, and more specifically a maneuverable and mobile system interconnected to a motor vehicle, such as a truck, for conveying products and material. In some embodiments, the conveyor system comprises: a first conveyor; a second conveyor; a conveyor mount, wherein the first conveyor is interconnected to the conveyor mount; a first plate; a second plate; a post interconnected to the first plate; an arm member interconnected on one end to the post and interconnected on a second end to the second plate; a first hydraulic cylinder interconnected to the post and the arm member; a rotator gear interconnected to the second plate and the conveyor mount; a second hydraulic cylinder interconnected to the conveyor mount and the rotator gear; and a vehicle stabilizer, wherein the conveyor system has a first travel position and a second deployed position.
US11292667B2
An automated guided vehicle includes a frame forming a payload area, a vacuum case transfer mechanism having one or more degrees of freedom and configured to vacuum-couple with a case, and a friction case transfer mechanism that is configured to grip the case and at least cooperate with the vacuum case transfer mechanism to effect transfer of the case to the payload area.
US11292666B2
Disclosed is a garbage can including a cover turning mechanism, the cover turning mechanism includes a housing, a cover, a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod. Wherein the housing is installed with a motor and a rotating rod is rotatably connected to the housing; the cover covers the housing and the cover is fixedly connected with the rotating rod; the first connecting rod is fixedly connected with the motor; one end of the second connecting rod is rotatably connected to the first connecting rod, and other end of the second connecting rod is rotatably connected to the cover; a torsional spring is arranged on the rotating rod, the torsional spring bears against an inner wall of the housing.
US11292650B2
A corner sleeve cushioning device with a rear-end reinforced structure includes first air and second air column surfaces, and a bottom air column surface connected between bottom portions of the first and second air column surfaces. The first, second, and bottom air column surfaces each have a plurality of air columns, and a receiving space is formed therebetween. An inner fixed portion and a rear-end fixed portion respectively bind an inner surface of an outer end of the first air column surface and an inner surface of an outer end of the second air column surface with each other. The rear-end fixed portion is opposite to the receiving space and located at an outer side of the inner fixed portion, so that the corner sleeve cushioning device has a rear-end reinforced structure with a double layer protection formed at an outer side of the receiving space.
US11292644B2
A closure for a container having an opening for dispensing fluids contained therein. The closure includes a cap and a pivotable top component moveable between a closed and two opened positions. A pair of dispensing openings are in fluid communication with the associated container. A second dispensing opening and its associated channel has a larger cross section, perpendicular to a flow direction, than a first dispensing opening and its associated channel.
US11292642B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provided herein are useful for dispensing a fluid, such as a thixotropic fluid. In some embodiments, a bottle having a closure cap includes a flip top, a base, and a disk, where the base and disk define a mixing chamber configured to facilitate mixing of any serum or liquid separated from the fluid back therein. In some configurations, the base has a central opening through which the fluid exits and an internal shaft with a non-planar end surface opposite the central opening. In some configurations, the non-planar end surface and the disk define channels between the mixing chamber and the internal shaft. In some embodiments, the disk includes a central opening, a plurality of partial annular openings through a planar surface of the disk, and projections extending into the mixing chamber.
US11292640B2
A device is described for facilitating the preparation of therapeutic foam e.g. for the treatment of varicose veins. A pressurised vial contains a sclerosant liquid, e.g., polidocanol solution, and a sterile gas which is readily absorbed by the body, e.g., carbon dioxide, oxygen or a mixture of these gases. The vial is provided either with a specialised stopper/seal into which a syringe nozzle may be inserted or alternatively a septum seal which may be penetrated by a hypodermic needle. The quantities of gas and liquid and the pressure in the vial are pre-set so that, on connection of a syringe to the vial, a predetermined volume of both gas and liquid is transferred to the syringe, with the intention that the syringe is then used to make a foam by known means. The use of the vial ensures that the ratio of gas to liquid in the foam is standardised, and also provides a convenient way of packaging the gas and liquid and of filling the syringe in a sterile manner.
US11292638B2
A reclosable zipper pouch includes a reclosable zipper with interlocking profiles. At least one of the profiles has a grasping flange with a free end positionable both above and below the interlocking profile, and an attachment flange below the interlocking profile and attached to the wall of the pouch at an anchored portion on the attachment flange. The grasping flange is unattached to the first wall between opposite sidewall edges of the pouch. The complementary interlocking profile is attached to the opposite pouch wall. Some pouches can also include an opening in a side wall of the pouch to provide access to a portion of the grasping flange.
US11292627B1
A cable wrapper has a carriage coupled to a main frame with a plurality of twine compartments coupled to the carriage, each twine compartment comprising a roll of twine. The twine of each twine compartment is fed into the carriage. A plurality of cables are pulled through the carriage and the twine of each twine compartment is secured to the cables. As the cable is then pulled through the carriage, the twine is pulled and, via one or more pulley systems, causes the carriage to rotate. As the carriage rotates, the twine from each twine compartment wraps the cables, ensuring they are secured together their entire length.
US11292623B2
A pharmaceutical order filling system includes an order processing device, an automated dispensing device in communication with the order processing device for dispensing a pharmaceutical into a container. The system includes pallets for transporting containers and a container sorting device in communication with the order processing device, the container sorting device for transferring the containers from the pallets to distribution areas. The container sorting device includes a pallet unloading area for retaining a pallet in a pallet unloading position, an exception conveyor, a standard order conveyor, and a container manipulation device including a gripper assembly for moving containers in order from pallets to the exception conveyor or the standard order conveyor.
US11292619B2
Furlable sail devices, systems, and methods are provided in accordance with various embodiments. For example, some embodiments include a system and/or device that may include: a furlable boom; a furlable sail coupled with a distal end of the furlable boom; and/or a shear take-up mechanism coupled with a root end of the furlable sail. In some embodiments, the shear take-up mechanism applies tension to the furlable sail. The shear-take up mechanism may include one or more springs coupled with the root end of the furlable sail. In some embodiments, the furlable sheet includes a structural sheet. The structural sheet may include one or more areas with bending stiffness. The structural sheet may be fabricated to be self-supporting. In some embodiments, the furlable boom includes a slit-tube boom. Some embodiments may be configured as deorbit sails.
US11292616B2
Systems, devices, and methods for precision boom deployment are provided in accordance with various embodiments. The tools and techniques provided may have space and/or terrestrial applications. Some embodiments include a boom deployment system that may include a furlable boom. Some embodiments include: boom reinforcement devices, end fitting devices, contoured support devices, edge support devices, spiral harness devices, latch devices, combined boom spool and tension drive devices, and/or rotary encoder devices. Some embodiments may utilize a composite slit-tube boom. Some embodiments utilize a furlable boom that may be fabricated with curvature along its length.
US11292614B2
A method for producing an aircraft includes determining structural dimensional requirements for mating parts and for assembly tolerances between the mating parts. The method develops a datum specification for the mating parts and develops an index specification for mating the mating parts. The method performs a variation analysis based on the datum specification and the index specification to determine assembly analysis results for the mating parts. The method compares the assembly analysis results for the mating parts with the corresponding assembly tolerances defined in the structural dimensional requirements for the mating parts to verify that the datum specification and the index specification meet the assembly tolerances between the mating parts.
US11292605B2
A system for mounting a gas turbine engine to a pylon on a wing of an aircraft. A temporary forward link, being length-adjustable, and at least one temporary rearward link, being length-adjustable, are provided. These are for temporarily attaching the gas turbine engine to the pylon. The temporary forward link and the temporary rearward link are each adapted to resist tension and compression, to maintain a positional relationship between the gas turbine engine and the pylon in the absence of adjustment of the lengths of the temporary forward link and the temporary rearward link. Adjustment of the length of the temporary links brings engine mounts into alignment with pylon mounts for service attachment of the gas turbine engine to the pylon.
US11292601B2
An anti-icing system at least includes: a precooler that exchanges heat between bleed air and outside air; and an anti-icing unit that receives the bleed air passed through the precooler. A bleed air flow rate adjusting section that adjusts a flow rate of the bleed air supplied to the anti-icing unit adjusts the flow rate of the bleed air to suppress pressure of the bleed air to a pressure upper limit or lower by using relationship r1 and relationship r2. The relationship r1 is a relationship between an altitude and a pressure upper limit of the bleed air. The relationship r2 is a relationship between the pressure upper limit and outside air temperature at which the temperature of the bleed air reaches allowable temperature of ducts and other members through which the bleed air flows. The relationship r2 is provided based on the altitude.
US11292597B2
A gliding sports apparatus, which is preferably controllable by upper body and/or arms and/or hands and/or fingers, extends from a leading edge to a trailing edge in an intended direction of overflow when it is fastened to a user. The gliding sports apparatus comprises at least two shoulder ribs which extend substantially from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and wherein each of the shoulder ribs is connectable fixedly to an upper arm of the user but is rotatable about the axis of the upper arm, two hand ribs which extend substantially from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and wherein each of the hand ribs is connectable fixedly to a hand of the user, a back airfoil which is formed between the two shoulder ribs, and two arm airfoils, which are formed in each case between a shoulder rib and a hand rib.
US11292593B2
The disclosure generally relates to aircraft vehicles, specifically vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that include propellers. A propeller is coupled to a boom and the boom includes a boom control effector. The boom control effector is configured to direct the airflow behind or below the propeller. The boom control effector can be configured to control the yaw movement of the aircraft and mitigate noise from the propeller. A boom control effector can be a single effector or a split effector. The split effector may operate in conjunction with a boom that operates as a resonator to reduce noise produced by the propeller.
US11292591B2
A method of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight includes providing horizontal thrust in-line with the direction of forward flight of the UAV (110) using at least one electric motor (120), providing primary vertical lift for the UAV (110) during the forward flight using a fixed and non-rotating wing (125), repositioning the at least one electric motor (120′) to provide vertical thrust during transition of the UAV (110) to vertical flight (A) for descent (E), landing the UAV (110) on a surface (270) using a vertical approach after the motor repositioning, and deploying an anchor (150) to secure the UAV (110) to a surface (270).
US11292589B2
A method of automatically adjusting lift in a hybrid rotorcraft, the hybrid rotorcraft including a fuselage and at least two half-wings on either side of the fuselage, the at least two half-wings including at least one left half-wing having a left fixed structure secured to the fuselage and at least one left flap mounted to move relative to the left fixed structure, and at least one right half-wing having a right fixed structure secured to the fuselage and at least one right flap mounted to move relative to the right fixed structure. The method determines at least one first deflection angle setpoint δw1 by which the at least one left flap is to be deflected relative to the left fixed structure and at least one second deflection angle setpoint δw2 by which the at least one right flap is to be deflected relative to the right fixed structure.
US11292567B2
A steering load adjustment device for an outboard motor is provided, which stabilizes a steering load of the outboard motor, and obtains good steering performance. In a steering load adjustment device (20) for an outboard motor that is disposed between a steering bracket (15) and a swivel bracket (14), and adjusts a loaded load to a steering operation following steering a steering handle (18), adjustment of the loaded load to the steering operation is performed by a change in frictional force of friction pads (24b, 25b) contacting a friction plate (22), and a shape of a portion above the swivel bracket, of the friction plate is formed into a U-shape (22b, 22f) that protrudes toward the outboard motor side as viewed from a lateral side of an outboard motor (1).
US11292566B2
Provided herein are flotation devices for use with a stand-up paddle and a stand-up flotation paddle. The flotation device has two hemispheres and a pair of stop collars. The hemispheres are secured to each other around the shaft of the stand-up paddle and secured to the shaft via the stop collars. The stand-up flotation paddle has the flotation device secured thereto.
US11292565B2
A laminate (1) delimited by at least a protective skin (30) and provided internally with reinforcing means (10) comprising a plurality of traction members (12, 20) arranged according to lines (L) traced in a given manner; at least one plastic matrix (M) shaped so as to stably embody each traction member (12, 20) to maintain it, under load, stably arranged point to point just as the corresponding line (L).
US11292563B2
Multiple systems and methods for providing supervised control of subsea vehicles for offshore asset management as well as supplemental autonomous control behaviors are described herein. These systems and methods provide offshore support and alternative supervised control of one or more vehicle generally irrespective of where the vehicle resides in an oil and gas offshore field.
US11292562B2
A diving device includes an air pump with a rigid housing including an interior and an opening closed by a sack-shaped flexible part to form a variable pump volume delimited by the housing and the flexible part. The air pump is designed such that if surrounding water causes overpressure, the flexible part is pressed into the interior, thereby reducing the pump volume, and rests against an inner wall of the housing at least partly in a contact section of the interior. The flexible part can be pulled out of the interior against the overpressure by the muscle force of a diver, thereby increasing the pump volume. The air supply line can be releasably secured to a support device, in particular a waist belt of the support device, centrally behind the back of the diver, and a quick ejection device is provided for releasably securing the air supply line.
US11292561B2
A snorkel mouthpiece assembly, including a main body, a mouthpiece, a connecting component and an accessory, is provided. The mouthpiece is connected to the main body. The connecting component includes a connecting portion and a fixing portion opposite to the connecting portion. The connecting portion is detachably connected to the main body, and the accessory is connected to the fixing portion. In this way, the snorkel mouthpiece assembly could be equipped with a variety of accessories during water or diving activities.
US11292559B2
A method and system for positioning a vehicle in relation to each moving target of an ordered set of moving targets. Each of the moving targets moves from an initial position at a constant velocity. Embodiments can compute an estimated time for the vehicle to be positioned within a predetermined proximity of one of the moving targets; compute an estimated location of the moving target at the estimated time, based on a current position of the moving target and the constant velocity of the moving target, and compute a required velocity for the vehicle to move from its current position to reach the estimated location by the estimated time. If the required velocity is less than or equal to a maximum velocity of the vehicle, outputting the estimated time and the estimated location for use in positioning the vehicle.
US11292558B2
The present invention relates to a chest float, comprising a float body; and a support pad, wherein both sides thereof are in detachable connection with both sides of the inner edge of the float body; first and second back limit pads are respectively extended from the two sides of the support pad, the first and second back limit pads are in detachable connection, and a wrapping space is enclosed by the support pad, and first and second back limit pads; when support pad is demounted from the inner edge of the float body from the two sides, the use state of the chest float is switched to the use state of a waist float. By means of the detachable design of the support pad, the chest float realizes the switching between the lying prone state and standing state of an infant, and is adapted to infants of different ages.
US11292552B2
A piston assembly is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The piston assembly includes a main body and a primary seal. The main body is configured to be movable from a rest position to an actuated position along an actuation direction in a cylinder bore. The primary seal includes a primary seal body arranged on the main body. The primary seal body is made of a resin material. The main body includes a first part and a second part. The first part is at least partly arranged upstream of the primary seal with respect to the actuation direction. The second part is coupled to the first part to be at least partly arranged downstream of the primary seal with respect to the actuation direction. The at least one of the first part and the second part includes a support portion supporting the primary seal.
US11292548B2
A fastening system for attaching a component to the monocoque of a motorcycle. The fastening system promotes a plurality of riding configurations for the motorcycle. The fastening system includes an assembly of a track and a movable foot piece. The movable foot piece slides along and is locked in the track to secure the component to the track according to a desired riding configuration of the motorcycle. When the component is the headstock, the fastening system allows for a change in the rake angle.
US11292542B2
Systems and methods for heating a handgrip of a vehicle. One system includes a first handgrip and a second handgrip. The first handgrip includes a first processor, a first heating element, and a first temperature sensor configured to produce a temperature signal indicative of a temperature related to the first heating element. The second handgrip includes a second processor, second heating element, and a second temperature sensor configured to produce a temperature signal indicative of a temperature related to the second heating element. The first processor is configured to receive a temperature signal from the first sensor, compare the signal to a first threshold, and adjust power supplied to the first element based on the signal. The second processor is configured to receive a second temperature signal from the second sensor, compare the signal to a second threshold, and adjust power supplied to the second element based on the signal.
US11292533B1
A deck plate assembly for a truck chassis having first and second elongated frame members. Elongated rail brackets are mounted on the upper ends of the first and second frame members. Each of the rail brackets has an elongated slide slot formed in the inner sides thereof. A storage box and an airline box are positioned between the first and second frame members. A storage box support frame is slidably mounted in the slide slots of the rail brackets so as to be positioned over the storage box. The storage box is bolted to the storage box support frame. An airline box support is slidably mounted in the slide slots of the rail brackets so as to be positioned over the airline box. The airline box is bolted to the airline box support. Metal deck sections may also be slidably mounted in the rail brackets.
US11292521B2
An autonomous driving control device and an autonomous driving path computation method capable of computing a driving path without extremely changing a movement of a steering wheel during autonomous driving. A parking control device computes a parking path for automatically parking a vehicle, and includes an acceleration section transition curve computing unit that computes an acceleration section transition curve based on a target steering speed set in advance and an acceleration section target vehicle speed, a deceleration section transition curve computing unit that computes a deceleration section transition curve based on the target steering speed and a deceleration target vehicle speed, and a parking path computing unit that computes a parking path using the acceleration section transition curve and the deceleration section transition curve. The parking path is computed by setting the deceleration section target vehicle speed faster than the acceleration section target vehicle speed.
US11292518B2
An absolute steering angle sensor includes a single main gear having first gear teeth with a first pitch, second gear teeth with a second pitch, wherein the first and second gear pitches are different. A first magnet gear is driven by the first gear teeth, wherein the first magnet gear has a first gear profile and a first diameter. A second magnet gear is driven by the second gear teeth, wherein the second magnet gear has a second gear profile and a second diameter. The first and second gear profiles are different, and the first and second diameters are different. A first magnet rotates with the first magnet gear and emits a first magnetic field, and a second magnet rotates with the second magnet gear and emits a second magnetic field. A sensor assembly measures strengths of the first and second magnetic fields and calculates an absolute steering angle.
US11292514B2
A method of manufacturing a torsion bar for a steering system is provided. The method includes supporting a torsion bar blank on a cold forming machine with a plurality of dies at a first end region of the torsion bar blank and a second end region of the torsion bar blank. The method also includes rolling the torsion bar blank to form an end region having a cylindrical outer surface extending from an axial end surface and a serrated portion disposed proximate the end region and axially offset from the axial end surface.
US11292511B2
An electronic control unit is for controlling driving of a motor having a winding, and includes a substrate, a plurality of switching elements, a plurality of motor relay elements and a connector. The switching elements are mounted on the substrate, and provide an inverter circuit to switch electric conduction to the winding. The motor relays are mounted on the substrate, and are connected between the inverter circuit and the winding. The connector includes a plurality of motor terminals connected to the winding, and is connected to the substrate. All of the motor relay elements are arranged adjacent to the corresponding motor terminals.
US11292503B2
A steering system for a vehicle includes a hub connected to a steering column of the vehicle, a spoke connected to the hub, a rim disposed around the hub and connected to the spoke so as to be rectilinearly movable, a first gear provided in the spoke and rotated by a power source, and a second gear that is provided on the rim so as to be engaged with the first gear and rectilinearly moved by the rotation of the first gear and that moves the rim relative to the spoke.
US11292500B2
An accommodation device includes a seat assembly, at least one flexible adjustment strap and an accommodating cavity having a bearing portion and a flexible circumferential surrounding portion. The accommodating cavity is rotatable between a lying state and a sitting state. When in the sitting state, a side of the circumferential surrounding portion reaching a topmost point is a first side portion, and a side opposite to the first side portion is a second side portion. The bearing portion has at least two foldable portions forming a first portion close to the first side portion and a second portion far from the first side portion. The adjusting strap is tensioned by the seat assembly and the first side portion when in the sitting state. The second portion is moved to form a seat portion during rotation to the sitting state, and the first portion is supported by the adjusting strap to form a backrest portion.
US11292494B2
An apparatus for determining levels of driving automation includes a controller configured to calculate a driving area of an ego vehicle using predetermined driving route information of the ego vehicle, and a transceiver configured to receive autonomous driving level information and driving information of a plurality of other vehicles in the driving area. The controller selects an overlap vehicle among the plurality of other vehicles based on the driving information, and determines an autonomous driving level of the ego vehicle.
US11292492B2
A driving assistance method includes: extracting a high difficulty point where autonomous driving is difficult on a planned travel route of a host vehicle; determining, at a point located at a predetermined distance or more before the high difficulty point, whether or not a following vehicle traveling on the same lane as a lane of the host vehicle is present within a predetermined range from the host vehicle; and guiding switching of a traveling state of the host vehicle from autonomous driving to manual driving when the following vehicle is present within the predetermined range from the host vehicle.
US11292489B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving event management in a vehicle by aggregating information sources. In one embodiment, a method includes selecting unfiltered events, from a stream of events that are classified and filtered, and a display medium according to a decision policy associated with an operator. The method also includes communicating the unfiltered events selected for the display medium. The method also includes adapting the decision policy according to collected tracking information of operator attention associated with the unfiltered events and reward values associated with the tracking information.
US11292488B2
There is provided a control device configured to perform a collision preventing control based on an output of an obstacle detection unit. A risk level determination unit determines a collision risk level based on a distance between the obstacle and the electric vehicle. A control level adjustment unit adjusts a control level of the collision preventing control based on the collision risk level. The control level adjustment unit lowers the control level when a releasing unit configured to temporarily release the collision preventing control is operated by a driver during the collision preventing control and causes the electric vehicle to display presence of the obstacle.
US11292486B2
A vehicle system in a host vehicle, comprising a vehicle transceiver located in the host vehicle and configured to receive from a remote server a selectable maneuver in response to data indicative of a driving path of one or more remote vehicles identifying one or more hazards. The system may include a processor in communication the vehicle transceiver and programmed to output one or more selectable maneuvers responsive to the data indicative of the driving path of one or more remote vehicles in response to the data indicative of the driving path identifies one or more hazards in a vicinity of the host vehicle, and a display in communication with the processor and configured to display the one or more selectable maneuvers.
US11292474B2
A power generation control device includes: an internal combustion engine of a vehicle; a generator driven by the internal combustion engine to generate electricity; a power storage device charged by the generator; a gear mechanism that interconnects the internal combustion engine and the generator; a detection unit for detecting vehicle information of the vehicle; a power generation controller that sets a target power generation amount of the generator based on the vehicle information and calculates a target rotational speed of the internal combustion engine and a load torque of the generator according to the target power generation amount; and a rattle suppression controller which determines whether a rattle suppression control condition of the gear mechanism is satisfied or not based on the target power generation amount and raises the target rotational speed of the internal combustion engine to a predetermined rotation number when the condition is satisfied.
US11292470B2
A method to establish a lane-change maneuver, the method includes the steps of calculating a plurality of anchor points along a projected vehicle route and, based on the plurality of anchor points, generating a lane-change maneuver trajectory. The plurality of anchor points can include: a first anchor point based on time, a second anchor point where the vehicle would cross a lane boundary from a host lane to a target lane, and a third anchor point where counter steering torque would be applied to center the vehicle in the target lane.
US11292462B1
A trajectory estimate of a wheeled vehicle can be determined based at least in part on determining a wheel angle associated with the vehicle. In some examples, at least a portion of the image associated with the wheeled vehicle may be input into a machine-learned model that is trained to classify and/or regress wheel directions of wheeled vehicles. The machine-learned model may output a predicted wheel direction. The wheel direction and/or additional or historical sensor data may be used to estimate a trajectory of the wheeled vehicle. The predicted trajectory of the object can then be used to generate and refine an autonomous vehicle's trajectory as the autonomous vehicle proceeds through the environment.
US11292459B2
A driving support device executes a limit control to control a vehicle in such a manner that an actual acceleration of when the vehicle is being reversed does not exceed a limit acceleration during a time period from a time point that a start condition becomes satisfied to a time point that an end condition becomes satisfied. The driving support device sets a state of itself to either one of a prohibiting state in which an execution of the limit control is prohibited or an allowing state in which the execution of the limit control is allowed. The driving support device sets the state of itself to the allowing state when a failure that the driving support device cannot detect/receive a request signal occurs.
US11292456B2
A motion planner of an autonomous vehicle's computer system uses reconfigurable collision detection architecture hardware to perform a collision assessment on a planning graph for the vehicle prior to execution of a motion plan. For edges on the planning graph, which represent transitions in states of the vehicle, the system sets a probability of collision with a dynamic object in the environment based at least in part on the collision assessment. Depending on whether the goal of the vehicle is to avoid or collide with a particular dynamic object in the environment, the system then performs an optimization to identify a path in the resulting planning graph with either a relatively high or relatively low potential of a collision with the particular dynamic object. The system then causes the actuator system of the vehicle to implement a motion plan with the applicable identified path based at least in part on the optimization.
US11292448B2
A longitudinal driver assistance system in a motor vehicle includes a capture system configured to detect upcoming relevant events which require adaptation of a predefined maximum permissible top speed, and a functional unit which, upon detecting an upcoming relevant event, is configured to determine, based on a location of the upcoming relevant event, a first location or first time, the reaching of which causes the functional unit to output a notification to a driver of the vehicle relating to an automatic adaptation of the maximum permissible top speed. The functional unit is also configured to determine a second location or time to be reached after the first location or first time, respectively, the reaching of which causes the functional unit to intervene in a longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle in a direction of a new maximum permissible top speed at the location of the upcoming relevant event if there is no driver-initiated refusal of the automatic adaptation of the maximum permissible top speed. Upon detecting the upcoming relevant event, the functional unit is configured to determine a third location or third time to be reached after the second location or second time, respectively, up to which point a driver-initiated refusal of the automatic adaptation of the maximum permissible top speed is permitted.
US11292446B2
A technique is described for the redundant registering of an actuation of a motor-vehicle brake system. A device which is provided for this purpose comprises a first sensor for generating a first sensor signal which indicates a movement of a mechanical input component of the brake system, and a second sensor for generating a second sensor signal which indicates a hydraulic pressure in the brake system. A processing device which is coupled to the two sensors is configured for selectively outputting an actuation signal which is generated on the basis of the first sensor signal or an actuation signal which is generated on the basis of the second sensor signal. The actuation signal indicates an actuation of the brake system.
US11292443B2
A method for functional testing of an electromechanical fill level monitoring device. In order to test the plausibility of a signal emitted by a fill level monitoring device of a first pressure medium chamber, a forced actuation of this fill level monitoring device is carried from time to time. This forced actuation is carried out in that a pressure medium delivery unit in a pressure medium circuit having the first pressure medium chamber is activated for a predefined period. This delivers the pressure medium fill level monitoring device into a second pressure medium chamber via a pressure medium connection. On the basis of the signal profile output by the fill level monitoring device, the proper operation of the fill level monitoring device is inferred in the electronic control unit.
US11292439B2
A trailer mounted proportional brake controller for a towed vehicle and a method of controlling the brakes of a towed vehicle is described. The brake control unit may control the brakes of a towed vehicle. The brake control unit may include a power control unit and a hand control unit. The power control unit may be connected to the brakes of the towed vehicle and the power control unit may be capable of selectively controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle based on a set of braking parameters. The hand control unit may be configured to remotely communicate with the power control unit. The hand control unit may be capable of transmitting information to the power control unit to adjust at least one of the braking parameters and receiving information from the power control unit.
US11292437B2
The present disclosure provides automatic cleaning system and method. The automatic cleaning system includes a control unit, a Micro Control Unit (MCU), a cleaning device and a sensor device. The control unit is configured to determine a cleaning type for cleaning a protective cover of a camera based on an image captured by the camera and the measured temperature and humidity on the outer surface of the protective cover. The control unit is also configured to generate a cleaning instruction based on the cleaning type. The control unit is also configured to send the instruction to the MCU. The MCU is configured to control the cleaning device to clean the protective cover of the camera in accordance with the cleaning instruction in response to receiving the instruction sent from the control unit.
US11292432B2
A vehicle control system includes a terminal device and a vehicle. The terminal device includes a first verification unit that verifies whether the terminal devices matches the vehicle through wireless communication when the terminal device enters an area in which wireless communication between the terminal device and the vehicle is available, and an operation instruction unit that receives an instruction to execute a predetermined operation of the vehicle from the user and the first verification unit has verified that the terminal device matches the vehicle, and transmits a signal according to the instruction to the vehicle, and the vehicle includes a second verification unit that communicates with the first identification unit and verify whether with the vehicle matches the terminal device, and an operation controller that receives the signal from the operation instruction unit and executes the predetermined operation according to the signal.
US11292424B2
Gas generator for a safety system, comprising: at least one pyrotechnic substance arranged to produce gases; a first part; a second part; a third part; and a fourth part separate from the previous parts, the first part and the second part being friction-welded to the third part. The gas generator is characterised in that the fourth part comprises: a first interface for positioning with the first part, and a second interface for positioning with the second part, such as to temporarily block at least one degree of freedom between the first and second parts in order to allow the first and second parts to be simultaneously friction-welded to the third part.
US11292423B2
A side inflatable airbag assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. Inflatable airbag assemblies may provide protection for an occupant in a vehicle collision event. In a side collision event, or other event producing lateral movement of the occupant relative to the vehicle, the disclosed inflatable airbag assembly may receive and support the occupant during ride-down so as to prevent or minimize injury resulting from impact with a vehicle sidewall. An inflatable airbag cushion of the inflatable airbag assembly comprises a valve with an aperture and a vent flap that has a strong connection and a weak connection to the inflatable airbag cushion. The disclosed airbag may differentially support the occupant by providing varied degrees of support for the shoulder, pelvis, and torso, which may be particularly beneficial to an elderly occupant whose bones may be more susceptible to some injury types and modes as a result of age-incident health issues.
US11292422B1
A restraint system includes a reaction surface and an airbag supported by the reaction surface. The airbag is inflatable along an axis away from the reaction surface to an inflated position. The airbag includes an inner portion and an outer portion concentric with the inner portion about the axis. The inner portion and the outer portion define a gap therebetween in the inflated position. The airbag includes a panel extending radially across the gap from the inner portion to the outer portion. The panel is uninflatable.
US11292421B2
An airbag includes at least one panel defining an interior of the airbag, a divider positioned in the interior so as to divide the interior into an upper chamber and a lower chamber, and at least one tethering mechanism positioned within the lower chamber. The at least one tether mechanism is structured and attached to the at least one panel so as to restrict movement of a portion of the at least one panel during airbag inflation such that a first recess is formed along an exterior surface of the airbag when the airbag is inflated.
US11292419B2
An airbag module for protecting an occupant of a vehicle seat. The module includes an inflatable cushion and an inflator. The cushion is configured to inflate into a position inboard of the vehicle seat and includes a first inflatable chamber fluidly connected to a second inflatable chamber. The cushion is configured to inflate into a position in which the first inflatable chamber is in a position to absorb energy resulting from relative movement of the torso of the occupant in a direction lateral to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The second inflatable chamber is configured to inflate into a position to absorb energy resulting from relative movement of the head of the occupant.
US11292416B2
An airbag device includes: an inflator generating gas; a bag-shaped airbag configured to be inflated and deployed, the airbag having a vent hole through which the gas is discharged; and a gas flow adjustment member including: a gas receiving part covering the vent hole; an opening edge portion formed at a portion of an outer peripheral edge of the gas receiving part; and an attachment edge portion for attaching the outer peripheral edge except the opening edge portion to the airbag, the attachment edge portion having an opposite portion which is opposite to the opening edge portion, in which the gas flow adjustment member is provided with at least one pleat portion formed such that a fold extends from the opening edge portion toward the opposite portion, and the at least one pleat portion is configured such that the fold is kept folded at the attachment edge portion.
US11292415B2
An airbag device includes: an airbag body that is configured to deploy toward a front side of a driver; and a control unit that is configured to deploy the airbag body using a first deployment method when a central axis of a rim portion of a steering member of a vehicle is in a first state and a deployment condition is satisfied and deploy the airbag body using a second deployment method in a second state when an inclination angle of the central axis in relation to the central axis in the first state exceeds a threshold and the deployment condition is satisfied.
US11292414B2
In one aspect, an apparatus for protecting an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag having a stored condition in which the airbag is deflated, flattened, and rolled and/or folded. A packaging wrap is formed from a fabric sheet. The packaging wrap includes a cover and an elongated tail that extends from the cover. The cover is configured to be wrapped or folded about the rolled and/or folded airbag to envelope and package the airbag in the stored condition. The tail is configured to be wrapped around the cover and the airbag packaged therein to secure the airbag packaged in the cover.
US11292410B2
An arrangement for a sensor having a sensor-active surface on or behind an exterior attachment part of a vehicle includes a sensor guide. The sensor guide includes a traction element made of a shape-memory alloy and a restoring element. The traction element moves the sensor in the direction of the vehicle interior between an active position and a protected position in response to a detected impending collision in the low-speed range or a detected collision in the low-speed range. The restoring element moves the sensor back to the active position from the protected position.
US11292400B2
The teachings generally provide for a toolbox system comprising a toolbox that includes an upper surface, a lower surface; and one or more sliding assemblies connected to the toolbox at a location proximate to or on the lower surface so that when the one or more sliding assemblies are connected to a bed of a vehicle the lower surface of the toolbox is suspended above a horizontal plane of a top surface of bed walls of the bed. The sliding assembly of the toolbox is adapted to permit movement of the tool box along the horizontal plane so that the tool box is movable between a fore position and an aft position of the bed of the vehicle.
US11292396B2
A bracket for a vehicle mount device includes an attachment member for a vehicle side, and a holding portion for the vehicle mount device. The holding portion includes a receiving portion for receiving at least a part of the vehicle mount device by a sliding operation of the vehicle mount device, and a guide portion for a projecting portion of the vehicle mount device along a sliding direction of the sliding operation. The receiving portion includes a position setting wall for the side of the vehicle mount device, and a holding piece for one side of the vehicle mount device. The guide portion includes an elastic piece, which is elastically deformed by contacting the projecting portion during a sliding movement and returns to an original posture at an end of the sliding movement to engage the projection.
US11292389B2
A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head that is pivotally attached via a pivot joint at a mounting structure and that accommodates a reflective element. A display device is disposed within the mirror head. An actuator is disposed within the mirror head and includes an actuator base attached at a rear portion of the reflective element, an actuator body that is pivotally attached at the actuator base, and an electrically operable motor. When the motor is electrically operated, the actuator body pivots relative to the actuator base to pivot the mirror head relative to a socket element of the pivot joint. Pivotal movement of the mirror head relative to the socket element adjusts the reflective element between a mirror mode orientation and a display mode orientation. When the reflective element is in the display mode orientation, the display device is actuated to display video images.
US11292387B2
A towing assistance apparatus includes an image acquisition unit successively acquiring a rear image and a lateral image serving as a surrounding image captured by an imaging unit that is provided at a towing vehicle to which a towed vehicle is configured to be connected, an angle acquisition unit acquiring a connection angle between the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle, and a display processing unit switching the surrounding image displayed at a display unit from the lateral image to the rear image in a case where the connection angle becomes equal to or greater than a first angle at which a change control for decreasing the connection angle is impossible by a steering of the towing vehicle during a rearward driving thereof in a state where the lateral image is displayed and the towing vehicle to which the towed vehicle is connected is in a rearward driving available state.
US11292381B2
A splash guard for a power buggy bucket. A first bracket member has a first lower end and a first upper end, the first lower end adapted to attach to a bucket interior side wall of a bucket of a power buggy with the first upper end extending upward. A second bracket member has a second lower end and a second upper end, the second lower end adapted to attach to the bucket interior side wall in opposing relation to the first bracket member with the second upper end extending upward. A rod inserts into each bracket member. A non-rigid apron attaches to the rod, wherein the apron partially covers the bucket to deflect the pour.
US11292380B2
An illustrative embodiment of an enclosed boat trailer may be configured to allow loading of a boat in the water for the purpose of removing the boat from the water using the enclosed boat trailer to engage the boat for storage and/or transportation. An illustrative embodiment of an enclosed boat trailer may be comprised of a roller system positioned on the floor and a right and left rear arm adjacent a rear opening in the enclosed boat trailer. In an illustrative method of use, a boat operator may load and/or unload the boat into the water from the enclosed boat trailer without leaving the boat and without additional personnel.
US11292372B2
In a vehicle seat (1), a heater element (40) disposed between the surface of a cushion pad (8) and a skin member (9) includes a pair of main body portions (45-47) and a crossing portion (48, 49) connecting the main body portions to each other, the crossing portion being received in a tuck-in groove (11) formed in the cushion pad and extending through a gap defined between a bottom portion (22) of the tuck-in groove and a tuck-in member (35). The heater element includes a substrate (41) in sheet form, and a heater wire (42) attached to the substrate, and the heater wire in the crossing portion extends in a direction orthogonal to a lengthwise direction of the tuck-in groove in a zigzag pattern, the heater wire including a bent portion (62) of the zigzag pattern located in a bottom region (68) of the tuck-in groove.
US11292370B2
A rear seat for a vehicle is provided, in which when the seat back is reclined. The angle of the seat cushion is adjusted by following the operation of the seat back to provide an optimal posture for fatigue reduction of a passenger. When the seat back is folded, the seat cushion is not operated.
US11292357B2
An intelligent current control apparatus provides a current control for a power supply branch and a load. The intelligent current control apparatus includes at least one power conversion unit and a control unit. The control unit controls a total phase current, which is composed of a single-phase current and a household phase current in the same phase, to be less than or equal to a rated phase current of the power supply branch.
US11292348B2
A method for performing switching synchronization of a bridgeless rectifier in an electric vehicle (EV) wireless power transfer system may include receiving, by an EV control module, an input voltage of a transmission-side resonance circuit from a transmission-side of the EV wireless power transfer system; calculating, by the EV control module, a phase difference between the received input voltage and a voltage or a current selected in the bridgeless rectifier and a reception-side resonance circuit; and controlling, by an EV control module, switching time points of switches included in the bridgeless rectifier to decrease the calculated phase difference. The reception-side resonance circuit may be electromagnetically coupled to the transmission-side resonance circuit, and the bridgeless rectifier may be configured to rectify an output of the reception-side resonance circuit and to output the rectified output.
US11292338B2
A pedal emulator (20, 100) is provided. The pedal emulator includes an emulator piston (28, 102) coupled to a damper (46, D1) that is contained within a housing (22, 104). The damper is surrounded by first (34, S1) and second (38, S2) springs that are carried by a lower spring seat (114), the lower spring seat being upwardly biased by a third spring (S3), for example a wave spring. The first and second springs and the third spring cooperate to provide a counter-force that is tailored to the desired feel of the pedal. First and second sensors measure travel (72, 74) and force in response to downward compression of the emulator piston, and the damper provides hysteresis upon return travel of the emulator piston. A method comprising: providing a brake pedal emulator (100) including an emulator piston (102), the emulator piston (102) being operatively coupled to a brake pedal, wherein the brake pedal emulator (100) is adapted to provide a first force response during a first portion of travel of the emulator piston (102) and a second force response during a second portion of travel of the emulator piston (102); detecting a sequence of actuations of the brake pedal using the brake pedal emulator (100) for conversion into a selected driver input command; and providing vibratory feedback to the brake pedal using a haptic actuator, the vibratory feedback being in response to the selection of a driver input command.
US11292337B2
A vent shut-off assembly configured to manage venting on a fuel tank configured to deliver fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a first liquid vapor discriminator (LVD), a main housing, a poppet valve assembly, a pump and an actuator assembly. The first LVD is disposed in the fuel tank. The main housing selectively vents to a carbon canister. The poppet valve assembly has a poppet valve arranged in the main housing. The pump selectively pumps liquid fuel from the main housing. The actuator assembly is at least partially housed in the main housing and includes a cam assembly having a cam shaft that includes a first cam and a second cam. The first cam has a profile that one of opens and closes a poppet valve fluidly coupled to the first LVD. The second cam has a profile that actuates the pump.
US11292325B2
The invention relates to an electric car with (a) a first axle (12), (b) a second axle (14), (c) an electric motor (18) for driving at least one of the axles, which has an electric motor overall height (hM)t, and (d) a battery (22) for supplying the electric motor (18) with electrical energy, which has a battery overall height (hB), wherein (e) the electric motor overall height (hM) corresponds to the battery overall height (hB). According to the invention, (f) the electric motor (18) is composed of at least two electric motor modules (38.1, 38.2) and (g) the electric motor modules (38.1, 38.2) are arranged one behind the other in relation to a motor rotational axis (D18); (h) the electric motor modules (38.1, 38.2) have a common rotor shaft (4) or coupled rotor shafts (41); (i) the electric motor (18) and the battery are arranged at the same height; and (j) a battery mass centre of gravity (S22) of the battery lies in a central third (Q) between the axles (12, 14).
US11292324B2
A folding tonneau cover apparatus including a cover assembly and a support frame assembly. The cover assembly having a plurality of rigid panels interconnected in series by a series of flexible hinges. Elongated support members having hinge support flanges help to secure the flexible hinges to the rigid panels. In preferred embodiments, the support flanges of the elongated support members cooperate with the underside of the respective rigid panels to which the support members are secured, to form a partial enclosure within which a side portion of the respective flexible hinge is secured. The cover assembly is secured to the support frame assembly to cover a cargo box of a pickup truck by a plurality of locking members when the support frame assembly is secured to sidewalls of the cargo box. Methods of making a tonneau cover apparatus and methods of folding and unfolding the cover assembly are also disclosed.
US11292320B1
A vehicle window apparatus for a vehicle body utilizing a frame having an elongated channel that holds a glass sheet. The glass sheet includes a resilient cover which interacts with the groove of the elongated channel and is held in the groove by a clamp. A gasket and a resilient member form a moisture barrier on either side of the frame.
US11292311B2
A front upper suspension connection for a space frame comprises a bottom surface fixedly attachable to a front lower suspension connection; a top rear mounting surface fixedly attachable to a front upper frame connection; a top front mounting surface fixedly attachable to a first elongate support member; a front strut attachment point located below the top rear mounting surface and the top front mounting surface to pivotably attach a front strut; and a lower rear mounting surface located below the top rear mounting surface fixedly attachable to a second elongate support member. The front strut attachment point can include a hole passing through the top rear mounting surface, a coaxial hole passing through the top front mounting surface, and a front strut attachment pin configured to pass through the top rear mounting surface, the top front mounting surface, and a top mounting hole integral to the front strut.
US11292304B2
A structure for use with a trailer tongue including two pairs of opposed sidewalls interconnected to one another to form an integral hollow rectangular structure that is adapted to receive and be secured to an end of a first rectangular tongue member. Each sidewall rotatably carrying a roller, at least a portion of each roller positioned in the interior space of the rectangular structure to substantially prevent contact between the inside surface of the rectangular structure and an outside surface of the second rectangular tongue member. The rectangular structure including a retainer for retaining a latch in a latch installed position, the retainer permitting selective actuation of the latch between the latch installed position and a latch uninstalled position by hand.
US11292294B1
A mower front caster wheel system that includes a caster wheel assembly that rotates about a caster axis, and a stabilizer to be disposed in a bearing housing coupled to a frame of a mower such that a first portion of the stabilizer is in contact with a component that rotates with the caster wheel assembly and a second portion of the stabilizer is in contact with an internal surface of the bearing housing, to provide resistance to rotation of the caster wheel assembly relative to the bearing housing.
US11292291B2
A method for the production of grounded panels and to a panel having a core made from a wood material board. The method includes provision of a wood material board, application of a grounding in the form of a synthetic resin layer to at least one topside of the wood material board, application of a coating to an underside, lying opposite the topside of the wood material board, of the wood material board, pressing of the layer build-up consisting of the wood material board, grounding and coating under the influence of pressure and, if appropriate, temperature, division of the grounded and coated wood material board into individual panels, cutting machining of side faces of the panels for the incorporation of connection and locking means, and transport-safe packaging of the grounded panels.
US11292287B2
The present invention relates to a decal for producing a decoration, comprising a non-leafing pigment layer and a first protective layer, characterized in that the decal is designed so that the non-leafing pigment layer can be applied closer to a substrate that the first protective layer. Furthermore, the present invention describes a method for producing the decal as well as its use.
US11292286B2
A transport device and a method for producing a coin with use of the transport device. The transport device is used to transport blanks to a minting station. A drivable first transport part having a plurality of first transport pockets is provided. A first clearance exists between the outer contour of the blank and the inner contour of the first transport pocket. The transport device has a second transport part having a plurality of second transport pockets. A second clearance is provided between the outer contour of the blank and the inner contour of the second transport pocket. The second clearance is larger than the first clearance. The blanks are transferred at a transfer location from a particular first transport pocket into a second transport pocket. The blanks are transported in the second transport pocket to the minting station, and a coin is minted there from the blank.
US11292285B1
A writing instrument includes a barrel and a cap capable of being assembled with and secured to the barrel. The barrel carries a writing instrument. The cap carries a clip. A free end of the clip includes a detent that can be received by a corresponding indentation of an exterior surface of an external portion of the barrel when the cap is assembled with the barrel. The detent of the clip and the indentation of the barrel are capable of securing the cap and the barrel in their assembled relationship. The writing instrument may be compact. Methods of using a writing instrument include securing a cap of the writing instrument to a barrel of the writing instrument by causing a detent of a free end of a clip of the cap to engage a corresponding indentation of an exterior portion of the barrel.
US11292282B1
A physical payment card includes hidden features (e.g., textual messages, graphics, emphasis features associated with conspicuous features of the payment card, or the like) undiscernible under only visible light, but discernable under ultraviolet light. A digital version of the physical card can be established on a user device. During setup, the user device can receive data regarding the hidden features that are associated with the physical card. Under a normal state, the user device can display the digital card without displaying the hidden features. However, upon activation (e.g., when the digital card is used, when the physical card is used, when the physical card is in sufficient proximity, or the like), the user device can display the hidden features on the digital card.
US11292271B2
A heating device includes a heat irradiator configured to heat a sheet on which a liquid is applied and is conveyed in a conveyance direction, an ultraviolet irradiator on a downstream of the heat irradiator in the conveyance direction, the ultraviolet irradiator configured to heat a portion of the sheet, and a circuitry configured to control an output of the heat irradiator and an output of the ultraviolet irradiator based on a thickness of the sheet.
US11292270B2
An information processing device includes a processor configured to acquire a first characteristic value indicating a shape characteristic of a surface of a medium, and calculate, based on the first characteristic value, a penetration degree of a droplet into the medium.
US11292265B2
A fluid circulation and ejection system may include a microfluidic die, a single orifice fluid ejector having a drive chamber in the microfluidic die and a pressurized fluid source remote from the microfluidic die to create a pressure gradient across the drive chamber to circulate fluid across the drive chamber.
US11292263B2
Aspects relating to an ink container for an image reproduction device are described herein. The ink container includes a body and an electrical connection. The body is formed by molding a polymer material having a metal seed layer. The electrical connection is formed by metallizing a plurality of traces in the metal seed layer. The electrical connection extends from an inside wall of the ink container to an outer wall. A width of the electrical connection on the inside wall of the ink container gradually varies from a bottom of the ink container to a rim.
US11292262B2
A printing device interface to receive a fluid supply may include a fluid dock arranged on an external surface of a housing of the printing device, the fluid dock further arranged to receive a mechanical interface of a fluid supply wherein the arrangement of the fluid dock on the external surface of the housing enables use of a center of mass and weight of the fluid supply to maintain a mechanical, fluidic, and electrical connection with the fluid supply.
US11292252B2
In a method and a device for synchronizing a first printing device with a second component (e.g. second printing device), based on a property of a print image printed by the first printing device, which the property is detected by an optical sensor, a first print image is printed and at least one part of the first print image is detected using the optical sensor to generate a corresponding sensor signal. A virtual sensor signal is determined based on first print data and a known position of the optical sensor. The virtual sensor signal is compared with a curve of the sensor signal and a position signal is generated based on the result of the comparison. A second component is started depending on the position signal.
US11292242B2
A method of printing composition(s) on a web is disclosed. The method includes the steps of advancing the web and printing a plurality of composition sites on the web. The method further includes the step of forming one or more discontinuities in the web. The discontinuities correspond to the printed composition sites.
US11292236B1
An item such as a fabric-based item may have a layer of fabric such as a layer of woven fabric. The fabric layer may include insulating warp and weft strands. Conductive strands may be woven into the fabric layer and may form electrodes for a touch sensor. Chemical etching or other processing techniques may be used to form an array of openings. In each opening, some or all of the insulating warp and weft strands may be removed so that each opening passes partly or fully through the fabric layer and locally thins the fabric layer. Keys may be formed from key members and switches. The key members may overlap respective locally thinned areas of the fabric layer formed from the openings. The conductive strands may extend across the openings and may be overlapped by the key members and switches.
US11292230B2
A carpet waste composite and method for making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the method, cleaned, unadulterated layers of carpet having a backing side and a tufted side are provided. An initial, unfused carpet layer is made by placing two cleaned, unadulterated layers of carpet tufted side-to-tufted side with homogenous and adhesive contact therebetween. Heat and pressure followed by cooling are applied to furnish an initial, fused carpet layer. An iterative, unfused carpet layer is created by placing two cleaned, unadulterated layers of carpet tufted side-to-tufted side with the initial, fused carpet layer interposed therebetween using adhesive contact. Heat and pressure followed by cooling are applied to furnish an iterative, fused carpet layer. The process of adding layers may continue as required.
US11292229B2
Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
US11292207B2
A joined body includes: a first member having a hole; and a second member that is press-fitted to the hole. The second member has a second abutment surface abutting against a first abutment surface which is an inner wall of the first member forming the hole. A groove portion is defined on one of an inner wall of the first member and an outer wall of the second member, and has a groove formed to extend in a press-fitting direction of the second member to the first member. An insertion portion is formed to protrude in a radial direction from the other of the inner wall of the first member and the outer wall of the second member, and is inserted in the groove. The groove portion has an engagement portion that is able to be engaged with an end portion of the insertion portion in the press-fitting direction.
US11292204B2
A method of induction welding a first thermoplastic composite (TPC) to a second thermoplastic composite (TPC) using an induction coil includes forming a weld interface area between the first TPC and the second TPC, cooling the first TPC with a cooling apparatus before heating by the induction coil, and inductively heating the weld interface area with the induction coil after cooling the first TPC.
US11292186B2
Provided herein according to some embodiments is polymerizable liquid useful for the production of a three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing, said polymerizable liquid comprising a mixture of: (a) at least one photopolymerizable component; (b) a photoinitiator; (c) at least one heat polymerizable component; and (d) heat expandable microspheres. A method of making a three-dimensional object from such a polymerizable liquid by additive manufacturing and objects so produced are also provided.
US11292185B2
A method of additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, comprises: sequentially dispensing and solidifying layers to form on a surface a sacrificial structure. In embodiments the sacrificial structure comprises a bulk volume and heating cells embedded in the bulk volume, where the heating cells release more heat than the bulk volume upon the solidification of the layers. In embodiments, the sacrificial structure comprises pinning structures embedded in the bulk volume. The method also comprises sequentially dispensing and solidifying layers to form the three-dimensional object on a portion of the sacrificial structure.
US11292176B2
The present invention relates to an external cooling system for a molten film tube produced by a blown film tubular extrusion process, comprised of one or more enclosures with one or more respective cavities that directly receive a portion of cooling gas emanating from one or more associated cooling elements. Each enclosure includes a port containing a variable exhaust device and optional flow buffer, acting to maintain a pressure differential between the cavity and an adjacent inside volume of the molten film tube, adjustable to optimize molten film tube stability cooling element efficiency and spaced apart dimension between cooling elements. Additionally, at least one cooling element is provided, comprised of a divergent cooling element with a divergent cooling interface containing a cooling gas deflector spaced adjacent to the molten film tube and providing an expelled cooling gas.
US11292175B2
Disclosed is an asymmetric co-rotating multi-screw extrusion device, an extruder, and a processing method thereof. The barrel is provided with a feed port located at one end of the screw mechanism and a discharge port located at the other end of the screw mechanism, and the barrel comprises a conveying section, a melting section, an exhaust section, and a mixing extrusion section sequentially arranged from a side thereof where the feed port is located, wherein the exhaust section is provided with an exhaust hole. The screw mechanism comprises at least a first screw and a second screw arranged parallel to the first screw, wherein at least one of the first screw and the second screw has a cross-sectional profile comprising an arc forming a radial step between a root and a crest thereof, and the first screw and the second screw are asymmetrically inter-meshed and co-rotated at the same speed.
US11292159B2
Methods for making a microstructured tool having interspersed topographies are disclosed, and the production of articles therefrom. The article has a major surface including first microstructural features and second microstructural features arranged in a pattern visible at least when viewed normal to the first major surface. The first and second microstructural features are different relative to each other, and are selected from the group consisting of cones, diffraction gratings, lenticulars, segments of a sphere, pyramids, cylinders, fresnels, and prisms.
US11292158B2
A method of reprocessing a fiber composite part to form a preform is provided including determining a location having a longest stretch of continuous, unidirectional fibers in the part, determining an axis generally closest to and parallel to the fibers at the location, suspending the part from an anchor point within a heated cavity, heating the part to a temperature above a glass transition temperature and below a melting temperature of the resin of the part, and applying at least one force vector to the composite part, the sum of such vectors being parallel to the axis, wherein fibers of the part realign in a direction generally parallel to the sum of the force vectors, and wherein the composite part yields in the direction of the at least one applied force vector to provide a preform.
US11292157B2
A set of preforms to make a container for beverages, comprising an external preform and an internal preform, each intended to form respectively an external keg and an internal bag of the container. The internal preform is associated internally with the external preform in order to define with the external preform a hollow space. The external preform and the internal preform have respective coupling members suitable to clamp the external preform and the internal preform with respect to each other in a desired reciprocal position.
US11292154B2
A drive apparatus for a mobile operating machine, comprising at least one internal combustion motor, an articulated arm to deliver concrete and a pumping unit to pump the concrete from the drum to the articulated arm. The drive apparatus comprises hydraulic pumps configured to pump a working fluid and to determine the drive of the pumping unit and of the articulated arm. The apparatus also comprises at least one electromechanical machine connected to the internal combustion motor, to the hydraulic pumps, and to an electric accumulator.
US11292150B2
A chain flail debarking apparatus including a flail chamber accommodating at least first and second rotatable flail shafts being supported on a movable flail assembly framework, and both of the first and second rotatable flail shafts having a plurality of chains, a disc chipper for receiving the debarked logs and trees from the flail chamber and generating wood chips having a desired shape and size, and a single drive for driving both the disc chipper and at least the first and second rotatable flail shafts in the flail chamber. A pivotable feed roller is located adjacent an inlet to the flail chamber for sensing a diameter of the logs and trees to be debarked and moving the movable flail assembly framework, relative to the base frame, so as to maintain the logs and trees being debarked in the flail chamber, substantially centered with respect to both the first and second rotatable flail shafts so that both upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces of the logs and trees being debarked are substantially equally treated.
US11292148B2
A saw disc assembly includes a circular plate having a mounting lug defining a V-shaped lug mounting profile extending between first and second sides of a tooth mount. A cutting tooth includes a shank-less body defining a cutting profile at a cutting face of the body and a mounting profile at a mounting face of the body having a configuration for complementary engagement with the lug mounting profile. The tooth mounting profile has first and second flat surfaces engageable with the lug mounting profile so that when the tooth is mounted to the lug, the flat surfaces positively resist rotation of the tooth with respect to the lug about the fastener, while a radially inner side of the tooth extending between the cutting and mounting faces is spaced from the lug and the cutting device.
US11292145B2
A blade changer unit includes a blade chuck for holding a cutting blade, a moving unit for moving the blade chuck, and a control unit for controlling moving unit. The blade chuck has a plurality of electrically conductive grippers for holding the cutting blade. The controller detects conduction between the grippers and a boss. The control unit includes a calculator for calculating the position of a central axis of the mount from coordinates where the conduction between the holder and the boss is detected when the moving unit is controlled to bring the grippers into contact with the mount at at least three points, and a mounting/dismounting controller for mounting and dismounting the cutting blade while the central axis of the blade chuck is aligned with the central axis of the mount calculated by the calculator.
US11292143B2
The present disclosure provides a razor cartridge including at least one shaving blade having a cutting edge, a blade housing configured to accommodate the at least one shaving blade aligned in a transverse direction, a heated area formed at the blade housing, and comprising at least one heating pattern made of a conductive material, and a non-heated area formed at the blade housing made of a material different from the heated area, wherein the conductive material included in the at least one heating pattern is a conductive plastic or metallic material, and wherein the heated area is configured to generate heat by receiving electric power from a power supply.
US11292142B2
A system for treating a part of a body to be treated, comprising a hand-held treating device, the treating device comprising a treating unit; wherein the treating device is configured such that a treating action of each portion of a plurality of portions of the treating unit can be selectively enabled and disabled independently of the treating action of the other portions of the treating unit; and a controller configured to receive information on a predetermined pattern to be created on the part of the body to be treated, and to selectively enable and disable the treating action of the portions of the treating unit according to the received information as the treating device is moved over the part of the body to create the predetermined pattern on the part of the body.
US11292127B2
A method for controlling a mechanical system having a plurality of components interlinked by a plurality of driven joints, the method comprising: measuring torques or forces about or at the driven joints and forming a load signal representing the measured torques or forces; receiving a motion demand signal representing a desired state of the system; implementing an impedance control algorithm in dependence on the motion demand signal and the load signal to form a target signal indicating a target configuration for each of the driven joints; measuring the configuration of each of the driven joints and forming a state signal representing the measured configurations; and forming a set of drive signals for the joints by, for each joint, comparing the target configuration of that joint as indicated by the target signal to the measured configuration of that joint as indicated by the state signal.
US11292123B2
To provide a technology of reducing a difference with respect to a target position of a curvable portion of a continuum robot which is to move forward substantially along a trajectory including a branched trajectory and a space. A continuum robot includes a plurality of curvable portions separately driven by wires, and control units which control positions of a plurality of curvable portions in accordance with a kinematic model. A modification value for modifying the kinematic model based on a target position and a measured position about each of the cases in which the plurality of curvable portions take a plurality of positions having at least one intersection is calculated. Modification uses a modification result in at least one of the plurality of positions as an initial value to modify the kinematic model in another position, and synthesizes the plurality of modification values.
US11292112B2
A setting method for expansion anchors via an impact wrench has a first phase S1 and a second phase S2. In the first phase, a rotary impact is repeatedly exerted on a screw element of the expansion anchor and a torque transmitted from the rotary impact to the screw head is estimated. The first phase S1 is ended when the estimated transmitted torque exceeds a threshold value specified for the expansion anchor. During the second phase, a first number of rotary impacts specified for the expansion anchor are exerted on the screw head. A current rate of change of the estimated torque is monitored at least during the first phase. In response to the current rate of change exceeding a limit value for the rate of change specified for the expansion anchor, a modified second phase is started, in which a second number of rotary impacts specified for the expansion anchor are exerted on the screw head, the second number being less than the first number.
US11292107B1
An engagement structure of a socket wrench contains: a body including a drive head, an accommodation chamber, a ratchet member received, a hexagonal groove, a circular large-diameter notch, multiple recessed, and a hexagonal small-diameter orifice. The hexagonal groove is configured to accommodate a locating sleeve. The locating sleeve includes an upper extension, a hexagonal positioning portion, a hexagonal receiving hole, multiple columns, two opposite central holes, two steel balls, and a slot. The locating sleeve further includes multiple springs fitted on the multiple columns of the multiple cutouts. The upper extension of the locating sleeve is connected with of the hexagonal small-diameter orifice and a hexagonal coupling aperture of a control disc, and a C-shaped retainer is engaged in the slot of the locating sleeve so that the C-shaped retainer abuts against the control disc, thus connecting the ratchet member, the locating sleeve, and the control disc.
US11292095B2
The invention relates to a spindle device (100), comprising: a tool holder (14) for holding a tool or a tool interface; a spindle drive comprising a spindle rotor (130) for rotationally driving the tool holder (14); an electrical load (160), which is arranged on the side of the spindle rotor (130) facing the tool holder (14); and a coil unit (140) for supplying electrical energy to the electrical load (160); wherein the coil unit (140) is arranged on the side of the spindle rotor (130) facing away from the tool holder (14).
US11292088B2
A composite material comprising a plurality of round particles bound together by a binding material. Each of the plurality of round particles includes a wear resistant element, an intermediate coating on the wear resistant element, and a round outer layer encapsulating the intermediate coating and the wear resistant element. The intermediate coating is metallurgically bonded to the wear resistant element, and is metallurgically bondable to the binding material.
US11292087B2
A system for separating the front and back outer glass layer from the casing/body of electronic mobile devices and for cutting mobile device screen protector sheets by way of laser burning and cutting comprises a housing, such housing containing a laser; a mirror galvanometer; a safety chamber enclosure; a metal plate with internal glass sheet; a chamber with opening and closing lid, lid button and lid sensor; a control printed circuit board with processor; a power inlet; a power supply; and an on/off switch.
US11292072B2
An arc start adjustment device adjusting an arc start procedure in a welding process comprises an obtainment unit that obtains welding data indicating a welding state during or after a welding process, and a procedure adjustment unit that adjusts the arc start procedure such that the cycle time of the welding process is shortened based on welding data obtained by the obtainment unit.
US11292070B2
A welding torch includes a torch body including a flow path forming portion that forms a shielding gas flow path into which an inert gas flows and an outer gas flow path communicating with the shielding gas flow path, a first gas lens that straightens the inert gas in the shielding gas flow path and blows the inert gas out as a shielding gas, and a second gas lens that straightens the inert gas in the outer gas flow path and blows the inert gas out as an outer gas. Provided is an all-position welding device that performs butt welding of tubes, and includes the welding torch and a rotation mechanism for rotating the welding torch around the tube.
US11292068B2
The present disclosure comprises a gear manufacturing machine comprising a workpiece holder and a tool holder, which can each be caused to rotate by means of a drive, wherein the tool holder is arranged on a machining head, which can be moved relative to the workpiece holder by one or a plurality of motion axes of the gear manufacturing machine for gear manufacturing machining a workpiece held in the workpiece holder by means of a tool held in the tool holder, the tool holder having a counterholder. According to the present disclosure the counterholder is movable by a motion axis from its working position to an inactive position and/or is arranged on the machining head of the gear manufacturing machine in a releasably connectable manner.
US11292066B2
To provide a tool that ensures improved durability even when a diamond coating containing boron is formed. A diamond coating (40) includes a first layer (41) that is formed as a layer on a surface layer side of the diamond coating (40) and is regarded as containing no boron, and a second layer (42) positioned on a side of a base material (30) with respect to the first layer (41) and contains at least 1000 ppm or more of the boron. Since the first layer (41) with a larger compressive stress is formed on the surface layer of the diamond coating (40), a crack generation from the surface layer side of the diamond coating (40) during the process can be reduced. Consequently, the durability of a tool (1) can be improved even when the diamond coating (40) containing 1,000 ppm or more of boron is formed.
US11292060B2
Additive manufacturing systems may include a laser melting apparatus, a sensor device, and a visualization apparatus. A laser melting apparatus may form a three-dimensional component by exposing a powder bed to a beam of radiation based on build coordinates, with the beam of radiation providing an energy influx that generates a melt pool in a melt region of the powder bed. A sensor device may capture sensor values corresponding to the melt pool and/or the melt region. A visualization apparatus may display a representation of the three-dimensional component, with the display including the build coordinates and the sensor values in respect of a capture location thereof in the three-dimensional component. The displayed representation may be based on a display output that includes sensor values correlated with build coordinates.
US11292056B2
Systems, apparatus, and method for manufacturing are disclosed. In an aspect, the apparatus may be a cold-spray nozzle. The cold-spray nozzle may include a variable diameter convergent part. The cold-spray nozzle may also include a variable diameter divergent part. The variable diameter divergent part may form a diffuser. Additionally, The cold-spray nozzle may include a ring portion. The ring portion may couple the variable diameter convergent part and the variable diameter divergent part. Additionally, the ring portion may control the opening to the diffuser.
US11292053B2
A lead delivery apparatus for a cast on strap machine is arranged to deliver a predetermined volume of molten lead to a mould. The apparatus includes a first needle valve, a second needle valve, and a housing. The housing has a reservoir including an inlet and an outlet. The reservoir inlet is in fluid communication with a molten lead supply. The reservoir is supplied with molten lead during use such that the molten lead in the reservoir is maintained at a constant height.
US11292045B2
A full-electric servo vertical three-counter driving power spinning device includes a rack, and the rack includes a baseplate. A workpiece active rotating mechanism and an inner roller feeding mechanism are provided on the baseplate, an outer roller feeding mechanism is provided on the rack; the outer roller feeding mechanism is provided with an outer roller active rotating mechanism; the outer roller active rotating mechanism includes an outer roller active rotating motor and an outer roller, and the inner roller feeding mechanism includes an inner roller. A stress state of a cylinder material by adopting a combined method of an active rotation of a roller and an active rotation of a workpiece turntable is significantly different from that by a passive spinning of a counter-roller, thus improving a thinning rate of a wall thickness of a cylindrical member and a hardening properties of materials.
US11292029B2
The present disclosure enables high contrast, fast, uniform, and color-neutral dynamic-glass elements based on uniform and reversible electrodeposition of metals a surface of the element. Elements in accordance with the present disclosure include a surface-modified transparent-conductor-based window electrode, wherein the surface modification of the window electrode includes a nucleation layer that is anchored to the transparent conductor via a non-metallic adhesion layer. In some embodiments, a plurality of traces is disposed on and electrically connected to the window electrode to reduce the voltage drop across the total area of the element, where the traces have a core made of a low-resistivity material.
US11292018B2
Methods involving: A) placing one or more solid materials on a skin surface; after step A), B) electrostatically spraying a composition X comprising (a) one or more volatile substances selected from water, an alcohol, and a ketone and (b) a polymer having a coating forming ability directly on the skin to thereby form a coating on the skin surface; and after step B) or before step A), C) applying a composition Y, other than the composition X, comprising one or more components selected from the group consisting of (c) an adhesive polymer and (d) an oil component (d) to the skin, are useful for producing a wearable coating having a solid material fixed on skin.
US11292010B2
A magnetic drum separator is provided. The drum separator includes a drum and a pulley arrangement that rotates the drum. The drum separator includes an end plate coupled to the drive assembly, and the drive assembly rotates the end plate with the drum. The end plate includes a radially oriented slot. A plurality of magnets is disposed in the drum, and the magnets are attached to the end plates and rotatable with the drum. A cam assembly is disposed in the drum and remains stationary during rotation of the drum. The cam assembly includes a cam with a cam track formed therein. The magnets have a cam follower located in the cam track and an end plate follower located in the slot of the end plate. The cam track and the radially oriented slot guide the plurality of magnets to move radially inwards and outwards as the magnets rotate.
US11292005B2
A container for selective transport of samples of biological material or of biological origin suitable for containing at least a fluid or liquid and/or for containing at least a portion of a collecting device, the container having a selective passage portion configured to prevent exit of a fluid or liquid from the container, through the passage portion, at least in at least an operating sealed condition defined at least by a rest state of the container or by a first value of mechanical shaking of the container and/or by a first value of relative centrifugal force to which the container is subjected, and configured selectively to enable exit of the fluid or liquid from the container, across the passage portion, at least in an operating passage condition, defined at least by a corresponding second state of mechanical shaking of the container and/or wherein the container is subjected to a corresponding second relative centrifugal force.
US11292004B2
A method for metering and storing liquids by means of a permanently open container (1), wherein: the container (1) comprises a liquid reservoir (11) in which at least one liquid (2) is contained for storage; the container (1) has at least one opening (15) for the metered discharging of the liquid from the liquid reservoir (11); the opening (15) is permanently open; influencing factors affect at least one change in pressure (4) in the container (1); influencing factors render the system formed of the container (1) and liquid (2) unstable; the pressure (4) is detected in at least one location in the container (1); and, subject to at least one detected change in pressure (4), at least one reaction (9) is initiated that is suitable for maintaining the system of the container (1) and liquid (2) in a stable state or for re-establishing this stable state.
US11292003B2
An apparatus for separating an interlocked cap and receptacle comprises a top wall and a cap removal station. The cap removal station comprises an opening, a raised collar for engaging and releasing interlocking elements of the cap and receptacle, and tabs on a side of the top wall opposite the raised collar for retaining the receptacle within the opening when the cap is separated from the receptacle. A method for separating an interlocked cap and receptacle comprises moving the cap and receptacle in a first direction into a cap removal station, contacting interlocking elements of the cap and receptacle with a raised collar to thereby release the interlocking elements, retaining the receptacle within the cap removal station; and with the interlocking elements released and the receptacle retained within the cap removal station, moving the cap in a second direction opposite the first direction to separate the cap from the receptacle.
US11292000B2
A variety of devices, systems, kits, and methods are provided for separating or enriching circulating tumor cells in a biological sample such as whole blood. In some aspects, the devices are multi-stage devices including at least a filtering stage, and two separation stages for ferrohydrodynamic separation of magnetically labelled white blood cells and for marker-independent and size-independent focusing of magnetically labeled particles so as to separate or enrich unlabeled rare cells in the biological sample. The devices and methods are, in some aspects, capable of high throughput in excess of 6 milliliters per hour while achieving high separation (>97%) of the unlabeled rare cells.
US11291993B2
Provided is a micro-fluid chip that enables reducing contamination between branch channels, has a relatively simple channel structure and facilitates miniaturization. A micro-fluid chip (1) having a channel structure (3) through which a fluid is delivered, wherein the channel structure (3) includes: a main channel (4) having an inflow port (5) and an outflow port (6); a plurality of branch channels (11) to (13) connected to the main channel (4), each branch channel having an inflow end on a side connected to the main channel (4) and an outflow end that is an end portion on an opposite side to the inflow end; and a sub-branch channel (14) connected to the main channel (4) between at least one pair of adjacent branch channels (11) and (12) among the plurality of branch channels (11) to (13), the sub-branch channel (14) having an inflow end on a side connected to the main channel (4).
US11291992B2
A portable and completely self-contained apparatus(20) for detecting analyte and the methods of use thereof is described. The apparatus (20) includes a microfluidic cartridge driver unit (30), an optical inspection unit (32), and a control unit (28) and a power supply unit, which can run the binding and detection of the analyte without any fluidic interfaces to the instrument. The microfluidic cartridge driver unit (30) receives microfluidic cartridge (22) that holds a microarray and integrated microfluidic chip (24) for delivering the analyte to perform different process steps in the detection of analyte. A complete detection of analyte using the invention takes only a few minutes.
US11291987B2
A permanent-magnet piston subassembly (10) for a pipetting apparatus, the piston subassembly (10) extending along a piston axis (K) and comprising a plurality of permanent-magnet arrangements (14a to 14m) that are arranged one behind another along the piston axis (K) with alternatingly opposite polarization directions in such a way that for each two permanent-magnet arrangements (14i, 14j) directly successive along the piston axis, it is the case that magnetic poles located closest to one another along the piston axis (K), of different successive permanent-magnetic arrangements (14a to 14m), are like poles, is characterized in that the piston subassembly (10) encompasses a sheath tube (12), extending along the piston axis (K) constituting a tube axis (H), in which the plurality of permanent-magnet arrangements (14a to 14m) are received.
US11291984B2
Provided herein are transition metal complexes that are useful in the acceptorless dehydrogenation of various substrates, including alkanes. Also provided are methods of dehydrogenating substrates to provide unsaturated products such as olefins.
US11291981B2
A catalytic system for use in olefinic polymerization, includes titanium, magnesium, a halogen, organoaluminium, and a boron-based electron donor.
US11291979B2
Provided is a β-zeolite that has an SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of less than 20 but yet is comparable or superior in heat resistance to conventional β-zeolites having SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of 20 or greater. This β-zeolite is characterized in that: in powder X-ray diffractometry using a CuKα-ray as a ray source, the full width at half maximum of a powder X-ray diffraction peak on the (302) plane is 0.15-0.50 inclusive; and the molar ratio of silica to alumina is less than 20.0. Preferably, the β-zeolite is obtained by a production method which comprises a crystallization step for crystallizing a composition comprising an alumina source, a silica source, an alkali source, a tetraethylammonium cation source and water, characterized in that the composition contains potassium and the molar ratio of potassium to silica exceeds 0.04.
US11291972B2
A method of dissociating hydrogen and oxygen from a water molecule comprises isolating a predetermined volume of water between concentrically-mounted electrodes; applying a magnetic field across the predetermined volume of water, the magnetic field focused radially and attracting diametrically across the electrodes; exciting water molecules in the isolated volume of water to a resonant harmonic frequency; and synchronously applying short burst high voltage, high frequency AC pulse packets to the isolated volume of water to create an electric field. The AC pulse packets have a burst width of up to 1 millisecond and a voltage up to about 10 MV, and generate an oscillating electromotive force which acts on the excited water molecules to dissociate hydrogen and oxygen.
US11291965B2
An apparatus configured for mixing the contents of one or more fluid containers includes a fluid container support platform configured to hold one or more fluid containers. The fluid container support platform is configured to index the container to one or more specified locations and to be moved in an orbital path about an orbital center independently of the rotation about the central axis of rotation. The apparatus further includes an indexing drive system configured to effect indexing movement of the container support platform and a vortex drive system configured to effect powered orbital movement of the container support platform about the orbital center. An evaporation limiting insert placed within containers reduces exposure of the fluid contents of the container to atmospheric air, thereby reducing susceptibility of the fluid contents to evaporation.
US11291954B2
In some examples, a membrane module includes a fiber bundle. The fiber bundle includes a tubular first region and a tubular second region positioned around the tubular first region. One of the first or second regions includes hollow fibers oriented along an axis of the fiber bundle. Another of the first or second regions includes hollow fibers that are not colinear in a radial direction from the axis of the fiber bundle. A void fraction of the second region is different from a void fraction of the first region.
US11291951B2
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst for 2-stroke general-purpose engines, which is characterized in that: the exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes a base and a coat layer on the base; the coat layer contains noble metals and metal oxides; the noble metals include palladium and one or more elements selected from among platinum and rhodium; the zirconia content in the coat layer is 0.07 mole or less per 100 g of the metal oxides contained in the coat layer; and the total content of one or more metal oxides selected from among lanthana and alkaline earth metal oxides in the coat layer is 0.05 mole or more per 100 g of the metal oxides contained in the coat layer.
US11291944B2
A method for removing solvent from a solvent containing sweep gas stream obtained from a fertilizer coating process is disclosed. The method can include directly contacting the solvent containing sweep gas stream with an aqueous composition comprising 50% wt/wt to 100% wt/wt of water, condensing at least a portion of the solvent out of the solvent containing sweep gas stream into the aqueous composition to produce a solvent-enriched aqueous composition and a recovered sweep gas stream, and removing the recovered sweep gas stream from the solvent-enriched aqueous composition.
US11291943B2
An air filter media construction or arrangement is disclosed. The air filter media construction or arrangement includes media comprising opposite inlet and outlet flow faces, with a perimeter housing seal. Also described are serviceable filter cartridges and air cleaners including the filter cartridges. Methods of assembly and use are also provided.
US11291942B2
The invention discloses a condenser for a bioreactor exhaust, comprising: an inlet (1) adapted to be fluidically connected to a bioreactor exhaust port (2), a cooling chamber (3; 103) fluidically connected to the inlet and via a filter device (4) to an outlet (5), a cooling conduit (6; 106) in contact with the cooling chamber, a heating conduit (7) in contact with the filter device and a vortex tube (8) arranged to convey a cold gas stream through the cooling conduit and to convey a hot gas stream through the heating conduit.
US11291941B2
A filter includes filter media and defines an inner plenum. The inner plenum has a cross-sectional dimension extending crosswise of the filter. The cross-sectional dimension decreases from adjacent the upstream side toward to downstream wall to a location disposed intermediate the upstream side and the downstream wall. The cross-sectional dimension of the inner plenum increases from adjacent the intermediate location toward the downstream wall.
US11291939B1
This disclosure relates to aggregating, neutralizing, and filtering ultra-fine particles in fluids such as air and water. Fluid may be drawn from an ambient environment into a neutralization chamber. Within the neutralization chamber, particles in the fluid may be agglomerated. An acoustic field may be applied to the fluid to agglomerate the particles. The agglomerated particles may be exposed to light. The light may denature or deactivate the agglomerated particles. The agglomerated and inert particles may be passed through a filter. After agglomeration and neutralization, the fluid may be released back into the ambient environment.
US11291936B2
A strainer for a fuel pump according to the present invention includes: a communicating pipe including a flow path formed to communicate with a fuel inlet of the fuel pump; a filter including an internal space in which a fuel flows and coupled to the communicating pipe so that the internal space communicates with the communicating pipe; and a rib disposed in the filter and coupled to the communicating pipe, in which the filter includes a first filtering portion extending in a length direction with respect to the communicating pipe, a connecting portion extending in a width direction at an edge of the first filtering portion, and a second filtering portion extending in the length direction at the connecting portion and spaced apart from the first filtering portion in the width direction. Therefore, the strainer may have a relatively large filtering area and a small size.
US11291929B2
A method and a system and a container system for transferring separation resin from at least one first container (3; 3; 3a, 3b; 3a′, 3b′, 3c′, 3d′) to a second container (5; 5′), wherein said first container is a deformable, single-use separation resin storage container, said method comprising the steps of:—preparing (S1) the at least one first container by providing a deformable, single-use container comprising an outlet port (4′) with a predefined volume of separation resin in a storage solution;—fluidizing (S3) the separation resin in the at least one first container to provide a resin slurry, said fluidizing being performed by mechanical interaction to the first container from an outside of the first container to provide a deformation of said first container;—fluidically connecting (S5) the outlet port (4′) of the at least one first container to an inlet port (103) of the second container;—transferring (S7) separation resin from the at least one first container to the second container by generating a pressure difference between an interior of the second container and an interior of the first container where the pressure is lower in the second container.
US11291924B2
A reversible toy has a main body. The main body has a first configured unit and a second configured unit joined with each other. Each of the first and the second configured units is made of elastomer. One of the first and the second configured units is filled in the other one of the first and the second configured units to form a reversible opening formed in a bottom of the main body, and positions of the first and the second configured units are interchangeable via the reversible opening.
US11291923B2
The self-propelled toy includes a vehicle body, wheels connected to the vehicle body, a battery provided at the vehicle body, a motor using electric power stored in the battery to output drive power for running use, an imaging device connected to the vehicle body so as to capture an image of an area in front of the self-propelled toy, an operating part operated by a user so as to make the imaging device operate, and a charging port supplying electric power from an outside power source to the battery. The operating part is provided at a top part of the vehicle body at one side from a centerline of vehicle width of the self-propelled toy, and the charging port is provided at a side part of the vehicle body at the same side as the operating part from the centerline of vehicle width.
US11291913B2
Methods and systems are provided for activating a plurality of haptic sensors of a physical headset of a user playing a video game. The method includes detecting a sound component associated with an audio object in a scene of the video game, the audio object having a three-dimensional (3D) location in the scene. The method includes identifying position and orientation of a character of the user in the scene in relation to the 3D location of the audio object. The character of the user being controlled by the user playing the video game. The method includes associating a virtual headset to a head of the character, the virtual headset moving as the position and orientation of the character moves in the scene. The virtual headset including a plurality of virtual haptic sensors. The method includes applying a magnitude to each of the plurality of haptic sensors of the physical headset based on a directional distance of each of the virtual haptic sensors of the virtual headset to the audio object in the scene. In one example, in addition to magnitude, frequency and audio data related to the audio object is usable as inputs for controlling each of the plurality of haptic sensors.
US11291907B2
A support for supporting a hand has supporting strips including a first support strip and a second support strip and a mounting device connected to the first supporting strip and the second supporting strip. The mounting device is configured to be worn on a user's hand or connected to the user's hand to hold the first support strip and the second support strip in a mounted position relative to the user's hand. In the mounted position, the first support strip extends along an outer side of a palm and along a palmer side of a little finger of the user's hand and the second support strip extends from a central area of a thumb a central area of an index finger of the user's hand.
US11291904B2
A portable pitching mound with a plurality of mound sections. The plurality of mound sections are assembled by inserting a lower edge of one mound section into a receiving slot of another mound section. The configuration of the receiving slot forms an opening larger than the lower edge of the mound section to be received therein. The larger size of the opening allows the lower to be positioned anywhere above the opening of the receiving slot and upon lowering the weight of the mound section and gravity causes the lower edge to slide downwards and towards the adjoining mound section. Assembly does not require any tools or connection members such as screws, bolts, clamps, clasps, pins, adherent or adhesive surfaces, or the like.
US11291902B2
A system for illustrating the flight of a sports ball includes a radar, an imager, and a controller. The imager is configured to image a moving sports ball. The controller is configured to (i) receive, from the imager, an image including the moving sports ball, (ii) receive, from the radar, radar data associated with the moving sports ball, (iii) determine, from the radar data, a portion of a trajectory of the moving sports hall, (iv) alter the image to illustrate the portion of the trajectory relative to the moving sports ball, and (v) output the altered image.
US11291899B1
A swing training device for baseball, softball, golf players, and potentially racquet sports players that provides feedback as to where the ball is hit. The swing training device comprises a first vertical member rigid and columnar in form connecting to a first horizontal member, being rod-like in form, at a first end. A second end of the first horizontal member comprises a ball-shaped end connecting with a swivel joint to a second vertical member. The swivel ball joint connection allows the second vertical member to rotate at an angle such that the player knows whether their hit contacted the ball in the center, or to the left or right of center, thereby allowing the player to make adjustments in their swing based on angle of rotation of the ball around the first horizontal member.
US11291896B1
Hand positioning accessories for bats and other sporting goods are described. The hand positioning accessory may include an exterior surface that is at least partially concave in shape and comprises a base comprising an apex and an interior surface that is at least partially convex in shape and faces the handle of the sporting good. The exterior surface may also include a plurality of longitudinal ribs/protrusions. The hand positioning accessory may create an ovular-shaped handle region for better performance.
US11291893B2
Disclosed herein is an educational golf club comprising a shaft and a head, wherein the shaft has a weight increasing means disposed therein. The educational golf club according to the present invention is in a wide use since being adjusted in weight or length according to the user's height or age. Additionally, the educational golf club according to the present invention generates a hitting sound from the shaft realistically when the user hits the golf ball to arouse interest in golf.
US11291887B2
In a golf ball having a core, an intermediate layer and a cover, the core is formed primarily of a base rubber and has a diameter set in a specific range, and the intermediate layer and cover are each formed of resin materials. The core has an internal hardness such that, regarding the hardness at the core center, the hardnesses at positions located at 2 mm intervals from the core center outward up to 16 mm and the core surface hardness, the hardness differences therebetween are set within a specific range. The ball surface hardness is set so as to be higher than the surface hardness of the intermediate layer-encased sphere. This ball achieves a satisfactory distance on full shots not only with a driver, but also with a long iron or a middle iron, in addition to which it has an excellent durability to repeated impact.
US11291882B2
An exercise machine creates a simulated continuous resisted climbing motion. The machine includes a floor- or ground-contacting base frame and two or more substantially vertically oriented uprights, wherein at least one upright is rigidly connected to the base frame. The machine further includes two handles and two foot pedals, each handle and each foot pedal being movably engaged with an upright for linear reciprocating motion along the upright. The handles and foot pedals are interconnected so that they move concurrently. An adjustable resistance mechanism may be operatively connected to the interconnection of the handles and foot pedals to provide adjustable resistance for the simulated continuous climbing motion.
US11291880B1
A crawling workout apparatus for exercising the back and arms in a natural manner includes a base having a central base bar and a plurality of legs. A pair of crank shafts is rotatably coupled to a pedal support and a pair of pedals with handles is coupled to the pair of crank shafts. A pair of crossbars is coupled to the pair of pedals and arranged in an overlapping X-shape. A pair of leg bars is coupled to the pair of crossbars. A pair of kneepads coupled to the pair of leg bars and a pair of footrests is coupled to the pair of leg bars. A pair of support frames is coupled to a leg support. A pair of leg support rods is coupled to the pair of support frames and extends through a leg bar distal end of each leg bar.
US11291873B2
A sprinkler includes a frame, a deflector member, a sealing assembly, and a releasing mechanism for a controlled actuation. The releasing mechanism includes a hook member, a strut member, a load member, a link member, and an actuator. The link member surrounds or frames the strut and hook members and holds the members in a static relationship of an unactuated configuration. A preferred link member includes a single central slot through which each of the hook member and the strut member extend. The actuator is arranged with respect to the link member to separate the hook and strut members and break the link member upon operation of the actuator.
US11291864B2
The present disclosure provides a method for imaging of moving subjects. The method may include determining a motion range of a region of interest (ROI) of a subject in an axial direction. The method may also include causing a radiation source to emit, at each of a plurality of axial positions relative to the subject, radiation beams to the ROI to generate an image frame of the ROI. The radiation beams corresponding to the plurality of axial positions may jointly cover the motion range of the ROI in the axial direction. The method may further include determining a position of the ROI in the axial direction based on the image frames of the ROI, and determining, based on the positions of the ROI in the axial directions, at least one time bin in which therapeutic beams are to be emitted to the ROI.
US11291859B2
Information that describes a target inside a patient to be treated with radiation is accessed from computer system memory. An arrangement of spots inside the target is determined. Each the spots corresponds to a location inside the target where a respective beam of radiation is to be directed during radiation treatment of the patient. A dose rate for each of the beams is determined. The dose rate for each beam is a dose delivered in less than one second to a spot corresponding to that beam. For example, each beam can deliver at least four grays (GY) in less than one second, and may deliver as much as 20 Gy to 50 Gy or 100 Gy or more in less than one second. A radiation treatment plan, that includes the arrangement of the spots and the dose rate for each of the beams, is stored in computer system memory.
US11291856B2
A method of optimizing a radiotherapy treatment plan is disclosed, comprising the steps of: a. obtaining a deliverable input treatment plan; b. optimizing the deliverable input treatment plan to obtain an optimized treatment plan, using an objective function and at least one constraint, wherein i. the objective function is related to reducing the plan complexity in terms of minimizing the machine output (MU) and/or minimizing the time required to deliver the plan and/or maximizing the segment area, and/or minimizing jaggedness of the MLC shapes, ii. to ensure that the quality is maintained, the at least one constraint is based on the dose distribution of the input plan, related to maintaining an acceptable dose distribution.
US11291837B2
A data transfer apparatus (“DTA”) connects to the field generator in a TTFields therapy system using the same connector on the field generator that is used to connect a transducer interface to the field generator. The field generator automatically determines whether the transducer interface or the DTA is connected to it. When the transducer interface is connected to the field generator, the field generator operates to deliver TTFields therapy to a patient. On the other hand, when the DTA is connected to the field generator, the field generator transfers patient-treatment data to the DTA, and the DTA accepts the data from the field generator. After the field generator and the DTA have been disconnected, the DTA transmits the data to a remote server, e.g., via the Internet or via cellular data transmission.
US11291832B2
Embodiments discussed herein facilitate identification of a target area within a region of a brain for stimulation via one or more BS (Brain Stimulation) electrodes. One example embodiment comprises generating, based on radiological imaging of a region of a brain of a patient and BS electrode lead(s), a patient-specific anatomical model of the region and lead(s); populating the patient-specific anatomical model with neuron models based on associated neuronal densities of at least one of the region or one or more sub-regions of the region; constructing a patient-specific local field potential (LFP) model of the region based on the patient-specific anatomical model and location(s)/orientation(s) of the one or more BS electrode leads; and identifying, via the patient-specific LFP model of the region, a target area within the region for at least one of monitoring or treatment of a medical condition via the one or more BS electrode leads.
US11291830B2
A defibrillation electrode pad includes an electrode section and a CPR administration section. The electrode section and the CPR administration section are positioned in the defibrillation electrode pad relative to each other such that the CPR administration section is located above a sternum of an adult subject and the electrode section is located in a position appropriate for the administration of a defibrillation shock to the adult subject when the defibrillation electrode pad is oriented in a first orientation and such that the CPR administration section is located above a sternum of a pediatric subject and the electrode section is located in a position appropriate for the administration of a defibrillation shock to the pediatric subject when the defibrillation electrode pad is oriented in a second orientation different from the first orientation.
US11291828B2
A topical nerve stimulator patch and system are provided including a dermal patch; an electrical signal generator associated with the patch; a signal receiver to activate the electrical signal generator; a power source for the electrical signal generator associated with the patch; an electrical signal activation device; and a nerve feedback sensor.
US11291818B2
A microneedle for intradermal injection or diagnostics, constructed as a protrusion above a substrate and whose shape is defined by a pair of vertical side surfaces, configured to be symmetrical about a vertical plane of symmetry and to meet along a vertical leading edge, and by an inclined surface, intersecting the side surfaces, the microneedle also including a vertical bore, located centrally between the two side surfaces and substantially near the leading edge, wherein each of the side surfaces is divided, sequentially along the front-to-back direction, into at least two contiguous planar segments, forming pairs of corresponding segments along the respective side surfaces; each pair of corresponding segments mutually form an acute angle, the angle being between 40 and 70 degrees for the pair of segments adjacent the leading edge and less than 35 degrees for the pair of segments farthest from the leading edge and wherein the leading edge is formed so that its profile includes an arc, joined to the side surfaces.
US11291804B2
An access device places a medical article within a body space of a patient. The device has a needle that includes an elongated body and a needle hub. The device further includes a dilator disposed on and slideable along the elongated body of the needle and a medical article. The medical article is disposed on and slideable along the dilator. A track extends in a proximal direction from the dilator. The needle hub slides along at least a portion of the track between a first position and a second position. The device further includes a locking mechanism operably disposed between the track and the needle hub so as to inhibit further axial movement of the needle in the proximal direction when the needle hub is in the second position.
US11291801B2
A patient access site securement system includes a housing with an inlet, an outlet and an internal fluid path between the inlet and the outlet. The housing also has a connecting portion that connects to a catheter and/or a fluid line attached to the catheter. A contact surface is located on an underside of the housing and positions the patient access site securement system on the patient. A first reservoir with an interior holds a liquid and transitions from a first state to a second state. The interior is in fluid communication with the inlet when the reservoir is in the second state to allow the liquid to flow from the inlet, through the internal fluid path and exit the outlet. The liquid interacts with the contact surface and/or the patient to alter a level of securement between the catheter and the patient.
US11291799B2
An interventional catheter for treating an artery includes an elongated body sized and shaped to be transcervically introduced into a common carotid artery at an access location in the neck. The elongated body has an overall length such that the distal most section can be positioned in an intracranial artery and at least a portion of the proximal most section is positioned in the common carotid artery during use.
US11291791B2
A passive valve for use as a fixed leak valve. The valve includes a body having an internal chamber, first and second body ports in fluid communication with the chamber with the first port configured for fluid communication with a patient connection and the second body port configured for fluid communication with a ventilator, a body passageway in fluid communication with the chamber and with ambient air exterior of the body, and a check valve seal positioned to seal the body passageway to permit the flow of gas within the chamber through the body passageway to the exterior of the body and to prevent the flow of ambient air exterior of the body through the body passageway into the chamber. In alternative embodiments, the valve is incorporated into the patient connection or constructed as a separate part connectable to the patient connection.
US11291790B2
Headgear for use with a respiratory mask is described. The headgear can include a continuous and substantially curved elongate member extending in use below a user's nose and at least two headgear straps capable of attachment to the ends of the elongate member. A mask attachment on the elongate member is disposed to sit below or on one of said user's nose, mouth, upper lip and an inlet to the mask. The attachment is capable of receiving the mask.
US11291783B2
A component of an electronic vapor provision device with a reservoir for storing source liquid, an atomizer for vaporizing source liquid from the reservoir and delivering vapor into an air flow path through the device, and an electrical power supply for providing electrical power to the atomizer comprises an absorbent element to collect source liquid escaped from the reservoir and located so as to be upstream of the atomizer with respect to an air flow direction along the air flow path when the component is assembled into the electronic vapor provision device.
US11291763B2
An apparatus comprising a user interface configured to generate an electrical signal to start a basal insulin rate test when prompted by a user, an input configured to receive sampled blood glucose data of a patient that is obtained during a specified time duration, including a time duration during delivery of insulin according to a specified basal insulin rate pattern, and a controller communicatively coupled to the input and the user interface. The controller includes an insulin calculation module configured for determining at least one of an amount of basal insulin over-delivered and an amount of basal insulin under-delivered during the basal insulin rate test in trying to meet a target blood glucose baseline. Other devices and methods are disclosed.
US11291762B2
A disclosed drip chamber for an intravenous (IV) therapy system includes a container configured to hold an IV fluid, a drop former suspended over the container, and an inlet port disposed above the drop former and configured to receive the IV fluid from a reservoir. The drop former has an upper end, a lower tip, and an outer surface extending between the upper end and the lower tip. The inlet port is coupled to the outer surface to permit the IV fluid to descend down the outer surface.
US11291760B2
Methods and devices for treatment of damaged tissue are disclosed, including treatment of wounds by employing non-electrically powered, reduced pressure therapy devices. The devices are capable of generating a substantially constant reduced pressure with low tolerance for pressure fluctuations. Also disclosed herein are reduced pressure therapy systems that comprise an alarm system to detect the depleted state of the suction device and provide an alert to the patient and/or practitioner.
US11291759B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method of cosmetic or biomedical application of a device, comprising a self-contained syringe device comprising an inner syringe included within an outer syringe and wherein a filter is attached inside the outer syringe barrel; wherein the filter comprises a filter material that prevents premature filter collapse where the filter material is optionally coated to increase stiffness, and wherein liposuctioned adipose tissue is collected and purified inside the syringes.
US11291749B2
Inserts can be formed with elution characteristics to cause the inserts to elute an antimicrobial agent when subject to a fluid within a medical device. An insert can be formed with a desired geometry to allow the insert to be compression fit within a medical device to prevent the insert from moving or becoming dislodged once inserted into the medical device. The material may also be hygroscopic so that the insert swells when subject to a fluid thereby enhancing the compression fit of the device within the medical device. In some cases, the material can be reinforced using an internal structure. Inserts can be formed in many ways including by casting, thermoforming, or extrusion. In some cases, the inserts can be formed using a peel-away sleeve or material. The peel-away sleeves can be formed of a non-sticky material which facilitates removal of the inserts once the inserts have cured.
US11291742B1
An air sterilization lamp device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a body in which an intake fan is installed and which suctions outside air through an intake hole provided in the outer surface thereof and is coated with a coating solution containing a photocatalytic material, a lamp which is connected to and installed in the body and through which the outside air suctioned into the body is introduced, and a light emitting source installed inside the lamp and configured to emit light by power supplied from the body. According to the present disclosure, an air sterilization lamp device that can purify indoor air through a function of removing to generated fine dust and performing sterilization treatment as the lamp coated with the coating solution containing the photocatalytic material is irradiated with light, and can simultaneously function as lighting is provided.
US11291738B2
Certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can provide an apparatus and method for generating at least one radiation can be provided. The exemplary apparatus and/or method can selectively kill and/or affect at least one virus. For example, a radiation source first arrangement can be provided which is configured to generate at least one radiation having one or more wavelengths provided in a range of about 200 nanometers (nm) to about 230 nm, and at least one second arrangement can be provided which is configured to prevent the at least one radiation from having any wavelength that is outside of the range can be provided or which can be substantially harmful to cells of the body.
US11291736B2
The pH-responsive ultrasensitive fluorescent nanoprobe is composed of pH-responsive matrix materials and fluorescent organic small molecule dyes. The pH-responsive matrix materials are calcium phosphate, calcium hydroxyphosphate, fluorapatite, calcium carbonate or ZIF series; the fluorescent organic small molecule dyes are positively charged dyes or negatively charged dyes. The preparation method includes: coating a positively charged dye with a negatively charged matrix material; coating a negatively charged dye with a negatively charged matrix material; and coating a negatively charged dye with a positively charged matrix material. Compared with traditional small molecule fluorescent dyes, the present invention can greatly improve the sensitivity and specificity of fluorescence imaging and achieve ultrasensitive detection of tumor microenvironment response; the specific response probe prepared by the unique properties of the tumor microenvironment has the advantages of high targeting efficacy, low background signal, and high signal-to-noise ratio, and can achieve ultrasensitive detection of tiny tumors.
US11291732B1
The present disclosure provides compounds, compositions and methods useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular synucleinopathies.
US11291726B2
The present invention relates to near-infrared-absorbing dye-based composite particles which exhibit a photothermal effect and/or photoacoustic signal upon photoirradiation, a preparation method thereof, and a use thereof. The near-infrared-absorbing composite particles comprise: a water-insoluble salt of a near-infrared-absorbing dye, which comprises anions of the near-infrared-absorbing dye and metal cations capable of forming a precipitation product with the anions of the near-infrared-absorbing dye; and particles of a polymeric surfactant, in which a water-insoluble salt of the near-infrared-absorbing dye is supported in the hydrophobic part of the polymeric surfactant.
US11291720B2
The present invention belongs to the fields of tumor therapy and molecular immunology, and provides an anti-CTLA4 monoclonal antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, a pharmaceutical composition thereof and use thereof. The monoclonal antibody of the present invention can block the binding of CLTA4 to B7, relieve the immunosuppression on the body by CTLA4, and activate T lymphocytes.
US11291710B2
A method of preventing transmission of a retrovirus from a mother to her offspring, by administering to the mother a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR)-associated endonuclease, and the two or more different multiplex gRNAs, wherein each of the at least two gRNAs is complementary to a different target nucleic acid sequence in a long terminal repeat (LTR) of proviral DNA of the virus that is unique from the genome of the host cell, cleaving a double strand of the proviral DNA at a first target protospacer sequence with the CRISPR-associated endonuclease, cleaving a double strand of the proviral DNA at a second target protospacer sequence with the CRISPR-associated endonuclease, excising an entire HIV-1 proviral genome, eradicating the HIV-1 proviral DNA from the host cell, and preventing transmission of the proviral DNA to the offspring.
US11291705B2
Provided are methods of selecting a treatment for a cancer in a subject in need thereof, by analyzing activity of Yes associated protein 1 (YAP) in cancer cells of the subject, and methods of treating cancer using a therapeutically effective amount of an caspase-3 inhibitor. Also provided are methods of improving wound healing by administering a wound healing effective amount of a caspase-3 activator.
US11291702B1
An intra-oral, nanoemulsion blend is provided that enhances liver and toxin excretion performance in mammals when orally administered. A solid powder toxin binding composition also is provided that may be used to irreversibly bind the toxins reaching the bowel so that once the toxins are excreted into the bowel, they may not be reabsorbed, and are thus eliminated. A method of administering the nanoemulsion blend and the toxin binding composition to enhance toxin excretion also is described. The nanoemulsion blend is ingestible and edible.
US11291700B2
A process is provided for improving the water solubility of cannabinoids by combining cannabinoids with fat globules obtained from animals, plants, or synthetic chemistry. The animals can be mammals or non-mammals. The plants can be whole plants, tissue cultures, or genetically engineered plants. The fat globules can be used in their natural environment, and/or following processing, and/or as separated or purified particles.
US11291696B2
A method for growing probiotic organisms wherein the growth media includes prebiotics especially selected and prepared to be paired with the probiotic organisms being grown. The prebiotic formula is optimized to grow the desired probiotic organisms, as well as important byproducts of the growth process. Specialized freeze-drying buffers may also be paired with certain probiotic organisms for the freeze-drying process. Specific products may utilize selected probiotic organisms grown and supported with paired prebiotic formulas to promote and maintain physiological health in a subject.
US11291693B2
Genetically engineered bacteria, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of attenuating metabolic diseases are disclosed.
US11291691B2
Methods are provided for producing a population of hepatocyte-like cells (iHeps) from a population of adipocyte-derived stem cells (ASCs). Aspects of the methods include placing a population of ASCs into a three dimensional culture (e.g., hanging drop suspension culture, high density culture, spinner flask culture, microcarrier culture, etc.), and contacting the cells with a first and second culture medium. Also provided are methods of treating an individual, which include producing a population of iHeps from a population of ASCs, and administering an effective number of iHeps into the individual. Kits for practicing the methods are also described herein.
US11291688B2
Methods are disclosed for reducing the proliferation of a tumor cell, increasing apoptosis of a tumor cell, and/or decreasing migration of a tumor cell. These methods include contacting the tumor cell with an effective amount of solubilized ECM or a soluble fraction of extracellular matrix (ECM), thereby reducing the proliferation of the tumor cell, increasing apoptosis of the tumor cell, and/or decreasing migration of the tumor cell. Methods are also disclosed for treating a subject with a tumor. The methods include administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a soluble fraction of an ECM and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, thereby treating the tumor in the subject. In specific non-limiting examples, the tumor is a glioma and/or the ECM hydrogel is a urinary bladder ECM hydrogel.
US11291684B2
The present embodiments generally relate to dextran sulfate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in treating, inhibiting or preventing glaucoma in a subject. Dextran sulfate of the embodiments achieves a reduction and normalization of intraocular pressure, a neuroprotective effect in terms of preserving retinal ganglion cells and retinal nerve fiber layer and dissolves established trabecular meshwork scar elements.
US11291674B2
The disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing a disease in a subject by conjointly administering to the subject an arginase inhibitor disclosed herein and a composition comprising immune cells disclosed herein.
US11291667B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for treating cancer with a diaryl macrocycle in combination with at least one other cancer therapeutic, such as an EGFR inhibitor.
US11291665B2
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US11291661B2
The present invention relates to the field of pharmacy, particularly to a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration comprising an (a) inert substrate and a (b) mixture comprising a non-bile acid farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist, such as 2-[(1R,3r,5S)-3-({5-cyclopropyl-3-[2-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]-1,2-oxazol-4-yl}methoxy)-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-yl]-4-fluoro-1,3-benzothiazole-6-carboxylic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and at least one binder. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing said pharmaceutical composition for oral administration; and to the use of said pharmaceutical composition in the manufacture of a medicament.
US11291660B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating subjects having heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) with a sustained-delivery formulation of cardiotonic 5-(pyridinyl)-2(1H)-pyridinone compounds.
US11291651B2
Salts of glycopyrrolate, including solid forms and formulations such as topicals thereof, are disclosed. Methods of making glycopyrrolate salts, including formulations such as topicals thereof, and methods of treating hyperhidrosis with salts of glycopyrrolate, and formulations such as topicals thereof, are disclosed.
US11291633B2
Described herein are synthetic progestogens, such as 6β,7β:15β,16β-Dimethylene-3-oxo-17α-pregn-4-ene-21,17-carbolactone, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also described are methods of use.
US11291630B2
The present invention relates to gelling compositions, which changes from liquid state to gel state in function of temperature comprising: at least a poloxamer or mixture of poloxamers; at least a gelling agent; and at least an anticancer agent. Said compositions are advantageously used for local administration of an anticancer agent. Said compositions are useful for size-reduction of a tumour before surgical removal of said tumour, for preventing tumour recurrence after surgical removal of a tumour, and/or treating small tumours. They are therefore useful for the treatment of cancer, preferably a cancer of a wall of the digestive system or a gynaecologic cancer. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing said gelling compositions.
US11291629B2
An object of the invention is to provide a mucoadhesive oral preparation having high drug absorption rate and rapid drug release rate. The means for solving the problem is a mucoadhesive oral preparation having (a) a basal layer substantially consisting of a water-insoluble material, (b) a drug layer locating above the basal layer and containing a drug but not containing mucoadhesive material, and (c) an adhesive portion locating on a portion of the surface of the drug layer side of the oral formulation and containing mucoadhesive material.
US11291626B2
A nasal delivery device for and method of delivering a substance, preferably comprising oxytocin, non-peptide agonists thereof and antagonists thereof, preferably as one of a liquid, as a suspension or solution, or a powder, to the nasal airway of a subject, preferably the posterior region of the nasal airway, and preferably the upper posterior region of the nasal airway which includes the olfactory bulb and the trigeminal nerve, and preferably in the treatment of neurological conditions and disorders.
US11291625B2
The invention relates to the fields of microbiology and health care, in particular to means and methods for minimizing the spread of hospital-acquired (HA) infections e.g. between patients and healthcare workers. Provided is an antimicrobial composition comprising an antimicrobial agent, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier material and a polymer, the polymer being an N-vinyl lactam copolymer, and the composition being capable of forming a slow release antimicrobial film when applied to a skin surface.
US11291620B2
The present invention relates to avobenzone-dendrimer conjugates comprising: a polyamide dendrimer conjugated with 1 to 18 units of avobenzone. Also disclosed are sunscreen formulations comprising an avobenzone-dendrimer conjugate and a dermatologically acceptable vehicle.
US11291619B2
An oil-in-water cosmetic composition is provided. The composition includes an oil-in-water wherein the emulsion includes a) at least one film former, b) at least one oil phase thickener, c) an emulsifying system, d) one or more organic UV filters. The oil-in-water cosmetic composition is water resistant.
US11291612B2
A biomimetic composite material includes a bioactive cement material, an autologous dentin matrix, and an inorganic nano-reinforcement material. A dental implant includes a body including a biomimetic composite material, wherein the biomimetic composite material includes a bioactive cement material, an autologous dentin matrix, and an inorganic nano-reinforcement material.
US11291603B2
The progress of what has previously been considered idiopathic scoliosis it is arrested and corrected by exercises that gradually stretch the spinal cord to catch and keep up with bone growth. An inventive frame enables such exercises by precluding the movement of the spinal column that is a result of the shorter spinal cord.
US11291602B2
An anesthetic equipment storage and waste air management module configured to housing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration. The module can include a housing having a lower section and a tower-like upper section, wherein the lower section is configured to house unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment. The module can also include a cowling that substantially confines waste heat generated by the unrelated waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment, and can include a system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids.
US11291601B2
A wearable working head for a nursing machine includes a front wearing part, where the front wearing part includes a toilet recess and a urine hood. The urine hood includes a hood wall and a recess enclosed by the hood wall, where the recess is located at an inner side of the hood wall. The hood wall is provided with at least one air vent communicating the recess to the outside of the hood wall.
US11291597B2
An assembly for operating a wheelchair is provided. The assembly has a support frame with a planar support surface and a motor support assembly positioned on the planar support surface such as to be able to slide. The motor support assembly supports a motor which is coupled to a pinion gear. The assembly further has a linkage assembly for coupling the motor support assembly to the support frame. A handle member is coupled to the linkage assembly and is adapted to move the motor support assembly along the planar support surface. A method for engaging gears of a motorized vehicle (e.g. a wheelchair) is also provided. The method comprises moving a handle generally upwardly, which causes the linkage assembly to slide the motor support assembly along the planar support surface of the support frame until the pinion gear engages and meshes with a bull gear of the motorized vehicle.
US11291594B2
An absorbent article includes compressed grooves formed in line symmetry with respect to a longitudinal centerline and including a pair of central compressed grooves, and a pair of front lateral side compressed grooves and a pair of rear lateral side compressed grooves formed on the front lateral side and the rear lateral side, respectively, of the central compressed grooves. The front and rear lateral side compressed grooves each includes a first arc-shaped compressed groove and a second arc-shaped compressed groove, positioned more distant from the centerline than the first arc-shaped compressed groove, which are disposed such that their respective inner circular arcs face each other. An extension line of the central compressed grooves passes between an end of the first compressed groove and an end of the second compressed groove, and does not pass between another end of the first compressed groove and another end of the second compressed groove.
US11291592B2
In a trunks-type disposable diaper in which a front around-leg elastic member and a back around-leg elastic member are attached on both sides in a width direction of an intermediate region in a region between an edge of one leg opening and an edge of the other leg opening in a pattern in which at least one front around-leg elastic member and at least one back around-leg elastic member cross each other, the above-described problem is solved by providing an inner member bonded portion that is a region bonding an outer member and an inner member only further to the center side in the width direction than a crossing position between the front around-leg elastic member and the back around-leg elastic member on both sides in the width direction in the intermediate region.
US11291591B1
A smart monitor system to capture information such as a subject's breathing rate, body temperature, daily activities, and/or the status of an absorbent article. The system may alert a parent, care provider or attendant when certain parameters fall outside of a specific range. The system may comprise a housing including at least a sensor and a signal processing unit for wirelessly transmitting signals, and a flexible sensing element which may be stretchable and washable.
US11291590B2
A disposable absorbent article comprising a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region, wherein said absorbent article further comprises at least three discrete elements each comprising at least one visible surface; wherein at least three or more of the visible surfaces comprise an imparted color wherein said colors are color matched. Color matching exists when said colors are contained within a specified CIELab color space volume, have a specified hue difference, or total color difference.
US11291585B2
The present technology relates to intraocular shunting systems and methods. In some embodiments, the present technology includes intraocular shunting systems that include a drainage element having an inflow portion configured for placement within an anterior chamber of the eye outside of an optical field of view of the patient and an outflow portion configured for placement at a different location of the eye. The system can also include a flow control assembly having a rotational control element operably coupled to the drainage element. The flow control assembly can further include an actuation structure coupled to the rotational control element and configured to selectively change an orientation of the rotational control element. An amount of fluid through the inflow portion and/or the outflow portion can vary based on the selected orientation of the rotational control element.
US11291582B2
A system for reversible contraceptive sterilization is described. It is proposed to provide an implantable tube valve for implanting in a human vessel, in particular, the fallopian tube. The implantable tube valve includes: an implantable tube having an inner tube wall extending between two axial tube ends and includes a mount inside the tube; and a valve member mounted in the mount and pivotable between an open position and a closed position. The valve member includes a sealing edge that contacts the inner tube wall, when pivoted in the closed position, with the valve member closing off passage through the implantable tube. The valve member further includes an outer face conformal to the inner tube wall and an inner face conformal to the outer face, thereby providing unobstructed passage through the implantable tube when pivoted in the open position.
US11291579B2
Ostomy appliance components providing filtered release of gasses from a surgical stoma. Filter shape, positioning, and positioning structure relate to potential advantages in manufacturing and operation of components.
US11291572B2
A stent graft delivery system includes a handle, a guidewire catheter extending distally from the handle, at least one tube, and at least one wire extending through the at least one tube, wherein each wire of the stent graft delivery system is configured as a loop at the distal end of the tube. The stent graft delivery system can be employed to implant stent grafts in a patient to thereby treat, for example, an aortic aneurysm spanning a region of an aorta that includes at least one arterial branch.
US11291548B2
A screw suitable for use specifically in the field of oral dental surgery consists of a bioresorbable material and comprises a drive that can be broken off by means of a predetermined breaking point and/or has a thickened shaft below the contact surface of a cap of the head of the screw.
US11291542B2
Described herein are systems and methods from delivering prosthetic devices, such as prosthetic heart valves, through the body and into the heart for implantation therein. The prosthetic devices delivered with the delivery systems disclosed herein are, for example, radially expandable from a radially compressed state mounted on the delivery system to a radially expanded state for implantation using an inflatable balloon of the delivery system. Exemplary delivery routes through the body and into the heart include transfemoral routes, transapical routes, and transaortic routes, among others.
US11291530B2
A dental implant that facilitate insertion and can be used in all bone types. The implant includes a body having a coronal end, and an apical end opposite the coronal end. A tapered region may be adjacent the apical end. On the apical part one or more taps are provided so the tap is cutting when rotating clockwise and counter-clockwise. The implant can have at least one variable profile helical thread that extends along the tapered region. The implant can have also micro-threads below the main threads, a gradual compressing tapered core, a self drilling apical end and a narrow coronal region.
US11291518B2
Apparatus and methods for applying a barrier to a medical scope are provided. An apparatus may comprise a source of film and a housing. The housing may comprise a chamber configured to support therein the source of film, and an opening provided through a wall of the housing to permit a portion of the film to extend out of the chamber when the film is dispensed. The housing may comprise a recess located such that the extended portion of the film is permitted to hang freely in proximity to the recess. The recess may be sized to receive a distal portion of the medical scope. The recess may be adapted to allow the extended portion of the film to be applied to the distal portion of the medical scope when the distal portion is placed into the recess with the portion of the film located therebetween.
US11291507B2
Navigation systems and methods for tracking physical objects near a target site during a surgical procedure are provided, the navigation system comprises a robotic device and an instrument attached to the robotic device; a process of optical registration and calibration can improve operation results by increasing accuracy and speed and eliminate the need for additional reference trackers, such as a pointer.
US11291501B2
The present invention relates to systems for use for radio frequency ablation. The systems can include one or more of an ablation tool, power source for use with the ablation tool and a backstop for use in conjunction with the ablation tool during surgical procedures. Preferred ablation tools comprise a series of three or more blade-shaped electrodes disposed in a linear, curved, curvilinear or circular array. The backstops are useful for reducing direct physical and thermal heat transfer injuries to the patient or surgeon during procedures using radiofrequency (RF) ablation devices.
US11291499B2
A method includes inserting a distal end of an applicator and delivering RF energy inside a mouth, applying one or more electrodes to a treatment area inside the mouth, and applying RF energy to the treatment area to increase its temperature. The method includes measuring tissue surface temperature in the treatment area with a temperature sensor; and adjusting RF energy automatically to achieve collagen remodeling and avoid tissue coagulation or ablation and thereby treat a sleep obstructing disorder.
US11291498B2
A method of producing an array of sharp tips including a biocompatible coating, wherein the biocompatible coating is thicker at a sharp end of the sharp tips than at a broader section of the sharp tips, the method including providing an array of sharp tips, and coating the sharp end of the sharp tips differentially from coating the broader section of the sharp tips. A method of treating skin including producing a hollow in the skin by heating and mechanically compressing epidermis while retaining a covering of stratum corneum. A method of treating tissue including heating a tip to a temperature suitable for producing a crater in the tissue, advancing the tip toward the tissue, detecting when the tip comes into contact with the tissue by detecting a change in mechanical resistance to the advancing, and measuring the mechanical resistance to the advancing. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US11291485B2
The present invention relates generally to implants used in medical procedures such as bone fixation or fusion. More specifically, this application relates to fenestrated implants used in bone fixation or fusion.
US11291477B1
An implant system is disclosed. The system may include an implant receiver having a base and a first arm and a second arm extending from the base in a longitudinal direction towards an open end. The first arm and second arm may define a receiving cavity therebetween. The first and second arm may each include an outside thread pattern for rotatably supporting a nut movable in the longitudinal direction and an inside thread pattern for rotatably supporting a set screw movable in the longitudinal direction. A rod may be selectively positioned within the receiving cavity at an intermediate elevation between the base and the open end and the rod may be supported by the nut. The set screw may be tightened against the rod thereby locking the rod and nut at the intermediate elevation. In some embodiments, the first and second arms may include a plurality of breakoff locations.
US11291466B2
A scar subcision devices comprising a first elongated element comprising a pivotal connection to a second elongated element, the first elongated element having a blunt distal end, the second elongated element having a proximal-facing cutting edge at a distal end thereof, the device having a first state wherein the cutting edge is retracted to a location within an outer perimeter of the first elongated element, and a second state wherein the cutting edge is exposed outside of the outer perimeter of the first elongated element and the device transitioning between the first state and the second state by the first elongated element and the second elongated element rotating relative to each other about the pivotal connection are disclosed. Methods are also disclosed.
US11291453B2
Devices and methods for treatment of a patient's vasculature are described. Embodiments may include a permeable implant having a radially constrained state configured for delivery within a catheter lumen, an expanded state, and a plurality of elongate filaments that are woven together. The implant may include first and second permeable shells. The first permeable shell having a proximal end with a concave or recessed section and a second permeable shell having a convex section that mates with the concave or recessed section. The implant also includes a flexible, articulating joint between the first and second permeable shells.
US11291445B2
A staple cartridge configured for use with a surgical stapling device is disclosed. The staple cartridge includes an authentication ramp that extends from a proximal end of the cartridge body and defines a ramp axis that is transverse to an axis of the cartridge. The authentication ramp is aligned with a sled cavity in the cartridge and comprises first and second cam surfaces that are configured to move a lockout of the surgical stapling device in a direction away from the cartridge axis upon contact therewith when the staple cartridge is seated into the surgical stapling device.
US11291444B2
A surgical stapling assembly is disclosed that comprises a retainer that is configured to be removably mounted to a staple cartridge that is configured to be operably seated in a stapling device. The retainer comprises an authentication key that is configured to defeat a first jaw lockout of the stapling device that is configured to prevent the jaws of the stapling device from closing. The stapling device further comprises a second lockout that is configured to prevent a firing member of the stapling device from advancing through a staple firing stroke when a spent staple cartridge is seated in one of the jaws.
US11291443B2
A surgical apparatus has a clamp and a stapling mechanism. The clamp has a first jaw and a second jaw to clamp on a body tissue at a desired location for a stapling operation. The stapling mechanism is controlled by a trigger handle or a switch assembly. The surgical apparatus has a controller for providing a delay between clamping and actuating of the firing mechanism of the stapling mechanism. The delay provides for a desired amount of time for tissue compression producing a more uniform staple formation. The surgical apparatus also has an indicator. The indicator provides feedback about the status of the stapling mechanism and also displays a time of tissue compression by the clamp.
US11291439B2
[Problem] To rationalize production steps for a medical stapler. [Solution] An anvil (A): that forms a medical staple (3) supported in conjunction with a ram (5) in a medical stapler; sutures biological tissue; has dimensions corresponding to the formed peak section in the staple (3) after forming; and has a support section (11) that supports the crown (3b) of the staple (3), and a chamfered corner section (12) formed along both end sections in a direction along the crown (3b) of the staple (3) in the support section (11), which comes in contact with the crown (3b) when the supported staple (3) is formed and regulates a curved section thereof. The chamfered corner section (12) is cured by plastic working and formed.
US11291432B2
Aspects of present disclosure relates to ultrasonic diagnostic systems. In certain embodiments, ultrasonic diagnostic system includes: a local host in a first location, a mobile information and control terminal, a remote host connected to an ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system in a second location, and a communication network. The mobile information and control terminal is operated by an ultrasonic diagnostic expert located in the first location. The mobile information and control terminal retrieves patient information of a patient from patient databases, provides ultrasonic diagnostic control instructions from ultrasonic diagnostic expert to ultrasonic diagnostic technicians in second location. An ultrasonic diagnostic technician performs ultrasonic diagnostic examination on patient according to the ultrasonic diagnostic control instructions and transmits patient ultrasonic diagnosis information back to the local host and the ultrasonic diagnostic expert in real time. The ultrasonic diagnostic expert then generates and displays the ultrasonic diagnosis reports of the patient.
US11291429B2
Provided are a medical imaging apparatus and a method of generating a medical image that are capable of generating a Doppler image by using a Doppler effect as well as an ultrasound image. The method of generating a medical image includes: acquiring received signals; acquiring an ultrasound image and displaying the acquired ultrasound image; acquiring a Doppler signal corresponding to a sample volume set on the ultrasound image; generating a Doppler image based on the Doppler signal and displaying the generated Doppler image; calculating at least one selected from an average magnitude, a maximum value, and a minimum value of the Doppler signal; and changing image displaying mode by suspending the displaying of the Doppler image and updating the ultrasound image, in response to the at least one selected from the average magnitude, the maximum value, and the minimum value is less than or equal to a threshold value thereof.
US11291421B2
A method is for determining orthogonal slice image data sets of a tomosynthesis recording of an examination region. In an embodiment, the method includes recording a tomosynthesis recording and reconstructing a plurality of first slice image data sets in a first plane based upon the tomosynthesis recording; selecting a first slice image data set from the plurality of first slice image data sets; marking a microcalcification or a region of interest with a punctiform marking in the first slice image data set selected; and determining, from a second slice image data set in a second plane orthogonal to the first plane, and from a third slice image data set in a third plane orthogonal to the first plane and the second plane, wherein a point of intersection of the first plane, the second plane and the third plane includes the punctiform marking.
US11291420B2
Disclosed herein is a method for image tracking using an X-ray imaging system during an interventional radiology procedure on a human or an animal. The method may comprise acquiring a first image of an object inside a human or an animal with a first X-ray detector of the X-ray imaging system; acquiring a second image of the object with the X-ray imaging system during the interventional radiology procedure, at a time later than acquiring the first image; determining a displacement of the first X-ray detector based on the first image and the second image; moving the first X-ray detector by the displacement, with an actuator of the X-ray imaging system. The X-ray imaging system comprises the first X-ray detector, the second X-ray detector and the actuator. A spatial resolution of the first X-ray detector is higher than a spatial resolution of the second X-ray detector.
US11291413B2
Described herein are methods and systems for clustering events in temporal signals, such as physiological signals. In some embodiments, a method for identifying events of interest from noisy physiological signal data is provided, the method comprising: receiving physiological signal data; generating filtered signal using a filter defined by a spectral band; generating signal peak data by identifying, for each of a plurality of time windows, a signal peak in the filtered data; grouping waveforms corresponding to the time windows based on the signal peak data to generate clustered event data; determining parameters for a noise beta distribution; identifying a cluster of waveforms that does not fall within the noise beta distribution; generating a graphical representation based on the waveforms in the cluster; and displaying the graphical representation.
US11291409B2
A wearable device comprises first and second transmitting loops coupled with the wearable device. The first and second transmitting loops being further coupled with a data processing unit. Additionally, the second transmitting loop may be coupled with a sensor outputting a measuring signal. The first and second transmitting loops have a property with a readable value dependent on an aging of the object of a wearable device. In addition, the data processing unit is configured to measure the value of the property of the first and second transmitting loops and determine the effects or amount of aging.
US11291404B2
A method, system and computer readable storage media for defects in images during three-dimensional measurement of teeth. An operator may use a dental camera to scan teeth and a trained deep neural network may automatically detect portions of the input images having defects and generate output information regarding those defects for corrective measures to be taken.
US11291403B2
The present disclosure provides methods for determining an etiology of upper and/or lower eyelid puffiness by examining a subject with squinted eyes; and determining if upper and/or lower eyelid puffiness does not improve, improves, partially improves, or worsens, wherein the etiology of the upper and/or lower eyelid puffiness is diagnosed to be anterior to the orbicularis oculi muscle if the puffiness does not improve, wherein the etiology of the upper and/or lower eyelid puffiness is determined to be posterior to the orbicularis oculi muscle if the puffiness improves, wherein the etiology of the upper and/or lower eyelid puffiness is determined to be anterior and posterior to the orbicularis oculi muscle if the puffiness partially improves, or wherein the puffiness is determined to be secondary to hypertrophy of the orbicularis muscle or if the puffiness worsens.
US11291396B2
According to at least one example, an ambulatory medical device is provided. The device includes a plurality of electrodes disposed at spaced apart positions about a patient's body and a control unit. The control unit includes a sensor interface, a memory and a processor. The sensor interface is coupled to the plurality of electrodes and configured to receive a first ECG signal from a first pairing of the plurality of electrodes and to receive a second ECG signal from a second pairing of the plurality of electrodes. The memory stores information indicating a preferred pairing, the preferred pairing being either the first pairing or the second pairing. The processor is coupled to the sensor interface and the memory and is configured to resolve conflicts between interpretations of first ECG signal and the second ECG signal in favor of the preferred pairing.
US11291392B2
The current invention pertains to an apparatus and method for the determination of excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) and the estimation of blood lactate levels. While these exercise parameters are traditionally determined using indirect calorimetry and blood sampling, this invention provides a method for the determination of these parameters using heart rate data. A wearable photoplethysmography device for measuring heart rate is included as an exemplary embodiment, however, the method of the current inventions can also be used with heart rate data from any heart rate monitor. In an embodiment of the present invention a supply demand differential equation is used to continuously monitor EPOC in real-time. Furthermore, blood lactate levels can also be estimated as a function of EPOC. Importantly, the process of determining EPOC and blood lactate can be linked to a biomathematical model of human physiology to access additional parameters such as hormonal changes, body composition changes or other physiological fluctuations or transient physiological behavior.
US11291387B2
A system for recognizing abnormal activity of human body using wearable electronic device and mixed reality technology, includes a first wearable electronic device, a plurality of second wearable electronic devices, at least one camera, and a judgement module. The system is suitable to be applied in any type of work environment, so as to monitor and determine whether a user (i.e., an operator or an employee) exhibits abnormal activities by referring a document of standard operating procedures (SOP), an operating manual and a document of safety operation standard (SOS), to reduce a rate of user mishandling, thereby achieving the enhancement of work efficiency and productivity.
US11291384B2
Systems and methods for marking the location and extent of an anatomical region-of-interest, such as a tumor, using magnetic seeds whose position and orientation are measured or otherwise detected using a detection device that includes two or more magnetic sensors are described. One or more magnetic seeds are implanted to mark and define the center and extent of an anatomical region-of-interest and a magnetic sensor-based detector system is used to accurately identify the location of the magnetic seeds.
US11291377B2
An implantable medical device is described. In an example, the implantable medical device includes an electromechanical substrate and sensor, such as a pressure sensor, disposed on the substrate. At least a portion of the sensor is packaged via a liquid encapsulation. The packaging includes a shaped flexible outer membrane that surrounds at least the portion of the sensor. The packaging also includes a hydrophobic liquid disposed between at least the portion of the pressure sensor and the flexible outer membrane. The implantable medical device can be a part of a medical system used for monitoring medical conditions or performing medical operations based on the implantable medical device. Additionally, manufacturing methods are described for packaging the sensor in a liquid encapsulation.
US11291371B2
A device to measure with infrared radiation, then make a projection picture of, blood concentration inside the body of animals. Blood concentration in cancer masses increases, when compared to adjoining tissues, as flesh and bones, also with a disorganized capillary distribution. The device disclosed in this invention makes two types of images, a first image, which we call transmitted image, with infrared radiation that suffered no scattering as it propagates through the body or part of the body, and a second image, which we call scattered image, with radiation that suffered one or more scattering events, as it propagates through the body. Finally, a third image can be made from a combination of the first and second image after a suitable mathematical manipulation of the first and/or second images. Each of the three images may be used as an indication of cancer.
US11291363B2
An automatic strabismus detection mechanism includes a housing and an eyepiece arranged on the housing. A lens mechanism located on a same axis as the eyepiece is arranged in the housing. The lens mechanism is provided with a rotating mechanism for adjusting an angle of refraction. The automatic strabismus detection mechanism includes technical effects of being composed of the lens mechanism and automatically controlled to generate 0 to 50 prism degrees; the volume is small and the weight is light, which is lighter than that of a triangular prism block made of ordinary glass; and the manufacturing cost is low, which is about one fifth of the price of a lens row. Therefore, with the automatic strabismus detection mechanism, a variety of equipment and instruments based on the principle of triangular prism spectroscopic detection or dispersion is greatly improved, and development of related instruments and equipment is facilitated.
US11291362B2
The present disclosure provides a gaming system including an application that can be implemented using a dynamic testing game, wherein the system does not require glasses, goggles, or any other headwear. The system enables a test subject to be screened and treated for vision dysfunctions while engaging with a dynamic video game.
US11291358B2
Fluorescence videostroboscopy imaging is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a controller configured to cause the emitter to emit the pulses of electromagnetic radiation at a strobing frequency determined based on a vibration frequency of vocal cords of a user. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm.
US11291357B2
There is provided herein, an endoscope comprising an elongated shaft terminating with a tip section wherein said tip section comprises a permanent section connected to the elongated shaft and a removable section securely connectable to the permanent section, wherein the removable section comprises at least one capture device and at least one light source.
US11291356B2
An insertion apparatus includes an endoscope, a first air feeding apparatus, a first air suction apparatus, a second air feeding apparatus, a second air suction apparatus, a pressure detector, an operation detector and a controller, and the controller performs first control on the second air feeding apparatus and the second air suction apparatus so that the amount of gas per predetermined time period fed from the second air feeding apparatus becomes equal to the amount of gas suctioned by the second air suction apparatus, and when the operation detector detects the operation and the pressure detector detects that the pressure in a subject changes from a first pressure to a second pressure, the controller maintains the first control to perform air feeding/air suction into/from the subject at the second pressure.
US11291353B2
An optical imaging connector connects an optical fiber to a lens located adjacent to an imaging target, such as the brain tissue of a laboratory animal. A fiber assembly of the connector includes a ferrule holding the fiber and a ferrule adapter with a radially-extending coupler. The fiber assembly is removably joined to a lens assembly that holds the lens adjacent to a receptacle in which the ferrule is inserted coaxial to the lens. The lens holder has a radially-extending coupler that engages the coupler of the ferrule adapter to hold the two assemblies together. A focus adjustment mechanism, such as a screw, is manually adjustable by a user to change the position of the second coupler relative to the lens holder, and thereby change the axial position of the ferrule in the ferrule receptacle. One or more magnets may be used to provide a mutual attraction between the couplers.
US11291343B2
Disclosed are a robot cleaner and a maintenance device for the same. The robot cleaner includes a body, a traveling module for moving the body, a bottom portion disposed in front of the traveling module for sliding along a floor when the body is moved, and a collection portion disposed in front of the bottom portion, the collection portion having therein a space for collecting foreign matter on the floor. The maintenance device includes a suction port configured to be inserted into the collection portion and a suction channel for guiding the movement of the air suctioned through the suction port.
US11291331B2
A cooking fume treatment system for cooking machines comprises a sealed cooking cavity (A100), cooking equipment (A101) and a first cooking fume treatment device (A200), the cooking equipment (A101) is arranged in the sealed cooking cavity (A100); the first cooking fume treatment device (A200) is provided with a first fume inlet (A201) and a first fume outlet (A202), the first fume inlet (A201) is communicated with the cooking equipment (A101), and the first fume outlet (A202) is communicated with the external of the sealed cooking cavity (A100). By arranging the sealed cooking cavity (A100), cooking fume generated by the cooking machine is sealed in the sealed cooking cavity, and the cooking fume can be discharged into the environment only after being treated by the first cooking fume treatment device (A200), so that the influence of the cooking fume of the cooking machine on the environment is reduced.
US11291330B2
A rethermalizing station includes a well defined by an exterior wall, a food pan configured to be inserted into the well and to hold a food item, a first induction coil surrounding the exterior wall of the well, the first induction coil configured to warm the food item via inductive heating of the food pan, a first temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the food pan, and a control unit coupled to the first induction coil and the first temperature sensor, the control unit configured to control the first induction coil in response to the temperature of the food pan detected by the first temperature sensor such that temperature of the food pan is maintained at a targeted temperature.
US11291326B2
The present invention relates to a mesh drum and a juice extractor including the same. The mesh drum according to the present invention includes: a mesh plate formed in a cylindrical hollow shape and is gradually reduced in diameter as it goes toward the bottom from the top, and having at least one mesh holes formed on a side wall thereof; at least one wall blades formed on an inner circumferential surface of the mesh plate in the longitudinal direction of the mesh drum in such a manner as to position in proximity to a feed screw rotating inside the mesh plate; and at least one grinding blades formed on the inner circumferential surface of a lower portion of the mesh plate. The juice extractor according to the present invention includes the mesh drum, a main body, a feed screw, a housing, and cover.
US11291325B2
A track hanger (100) includes a hook (103) and an extension (104), a base member (102), and a key (403). The key is detachable from the hook, and the base member is detachable from the extension. The key can include a first major surface (401) and a second major surface (402). The first major surface can define one or more barbs (404) that facilitate one-way insertion of the key into a track (106).
US11291320B2
A bunting bag, particularly well-suited for use with children and child carriers, has a top panel detachably coupled to a bottom panel so that the top panel may be completely removed from the bottom panel. The bottom panel is configured or shaped to nest or mate in the child carrier without folds or substantial overhangs. The bottom panel includes a harness insert interface. A harness insert interface is provided that secures with the bottom panel via the harness insert interface.
US11291315B2
A greeting card displayer having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion perpendicular to the vertical portion, a hook which is attached to the vertical portion of the display, and an insert panel which has a greeting card attached thereto and gets inserted onto the display. The displayer is operative to be inserted onto (over card retainer of) a greeting card display and to highlight specific cards, such as, for example, pop-up greeting cards.
US11291298B2
The present invention has a lifting table, comprising an upper platform, a lower platform, and at least one group of lifting component positioned between the upper and lower platforms and used for adjusting the height of the upper platform relative to the lower platform; the lifting table further comprises elastic elements and sliding components sliding fit on the upper or lower platform; the sliding components are connected with the elastic elements for sliding on the upper or lower platform under the effect of elastic forces from the elastic elements; each sliding component has a push part, the lifting component exerts an acting force to the push part so that the sliding component overcomes the elastic force of the elastic element to slide along the upper or lower platform, and is simple and labor-saving in operation and good in user experience.
US11291290B2
A clothing integrated tab system is disclosed. The clothing integrated tab system may include an anchor panel. The anchor panel may include a first aperture, a second aperture, a channel extending between the first aperture and the second aperture, and a bridge tab. The bridge tab may be disposed between the first aperture and the second aperture as well as extending over the channel. The clothing integrated tab system may include a tab member removably coupled to the anchor panel and extending through the first aperture, the channel and the second aperture.
US11291280B2
A protective case for a bicycle which is an enclosed hollow rectangular cuboid including a top half; a lower half; wherein said top and lower halves releasably connect together to form the enclosed cuboid; and wherein each of said halves has: rigid outer wall sections for each surface of the cuboid so that the cuboid is fully enclosed; wherein at least the lower half has a stand attached thereto and said stand being adapted to connect to a bicycle frame of the bicycle and said case being adapted to support said bicycle when the stand is in, either: a non-extended position; and an extended position.
US11291274B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a pair of magnetic mating buckles including a first buckle (205) and second buckle (210), the first buckle extending beyond the second buckle's outer perimeter forming an extended lip. In an illustrative example, the lip may be manually manipulated to separate the first buckle from the second buckle when the pair of magnetic mating buckles are in a substantially planar magnetic engagement. In some examples, one or more magnets may be fixedly coupled to the first buckle, and/or the second buckle. In some examples, the buckles may be coupled to various webbings. In an engagement example, the first buckle may be inserted through a coupling aperture (215) in the second buckle. The coupling aperture may include one or more corner notches, for example. Various pairs of magnetic mating buckles with overhanging lips may advantageously provide leverage to manually separate the buckles without tools.
US11291268B2
A shoe, in particular a running shoe, may include an upper and a sole unit. The upper is attached to the sole unit such that in a midfoot region there is a gap between a lower side of the upper and a top side of the sole unit. The gap may extend from a lateral side of the shoe to a medial side of the shoe.
US11291264B2
A plastic football helmet has a shell with a left earflap in a left side region and a right earflap in a right side region, each ear flap having a non-circular ear hole, and an offset area defined on a top edge by a top banked portion and on a bottom edge by a bottom banked portion, the offset area extending continuously from the right ear flap, across the rear region, to the left ear flap. The non-circular ear holes are in the offset area. Both the top edge and the bottom edge of the offset area curve upward from the right ear flap to the rear region and curve upward from the left ear flap to the rear region. The top edge and bottom edge do not meet at any point such that offset area begins at an open right end in the right earflap and ends at an open left end in the left earflap. Cheek support are attached to the earflaps to improve retention of the helmet and provide protection to the cheek area against blows.
US11291259B1
A decorative attachment for baseball-style caps includes a plate having a planar body foldable to an arcuate configuration. The plate is detachably secured to the headband size-regulator strap of the cap via a coupling means. The decorative attachment further includes a plate cover embellished with indicia which includes a variety of visual representations such as letters, words, phrases, numbers, formula or formulae, symbols, designs, badges, colors, devices, trademarks, logos, and ornamental elements associated with a particular theme.
US11291258B2
Aspects herein provide for a pocket structure for an apparel item. The apparel item comprises an outer panel of material, an inner panel of material, a pocket panel, and a double-layer trim piece such as a waistband. A top edge of the outer panel is affixed to an outer layer of the waistband, and a top edge of the inner panel is affixed to an inner layer of the waistband. The pocket panel is positioned between the inner panel and the outer panel, and a top edge of the pocket panel is affixed to the outer layer of the waistband, and a bottom edge of the pocket panel is affixed to the inner panel of material. A pocket space is defined between the pocket panel and the inner panel of material. An opening to the space is formed through the outer layer of the waistband.
US11291249B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices and cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridge comprises a mouthpiece having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the mouthpiece having an exit portal defined therethrough, a tank defining a proximal end and a closed distal end, the tank being configured to contain a liquid composition that includes a distinctive characteristic, and a heater configured to heat the liquid composition. The distal end of the mouthpiece is configured to engage the proximal end of the tank, and when the cartridge is coupled with the aerosol delivery device at least one feature of the cartridge, or at least one feature of the control device, or at least one feature of both the cartridge and the control device, provides a visual indication of a color associated with the distinctive characteristic.
US11291239B2
A method for assembling a cigarette involves placing a cigarette starter cone in an internal cavity of a holding fixture carried on a translatable carriage at a first station, moving the carriage to a second station, loading a quantity of content into the cone at the second station by a content loading mechanism, moving the carriage to a third station, packing the loaded content in the cigarette starter cone at the third station by a packing mechanism flowing pressurized gas, moving the carriage to a fourth station, exposing the open end of the cigarette starter cone at the fourth station, clamping an exposed portion of the paper cone at the open end by a twister mechanism, activating the twister mechanism, rotating the twister mechanism at least one full turn, twisting the open end closed, and releasing the paper cone, and opening the holding fixture, releasing the packed and twisted-closed cigarette.
US11291237B2
A container is disclosed which has a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a wall. The separating wall is configured so that at least one substance emitted by a donor product received in the second chamber is conveyed from the second chamber into the first chamber through said separating wall. In this way, a characteristic of the donor product is imparted to a recipient product in said first chamber.
US11291234B2
The present invention relates to a food composition, a process for the production of the food composition, a food composition producible by the method according to the invention, the use of the food composition and products comprising the food composition according to the invention.
US11291224B2
The disclosure provides an improved process for making flour-based food products that have a final moisture content of less than 3%. In particular, the process comprises preparing uncooked dough from at least flour, starch, and water, heat-pressing the uncooked dough to form a heat-pressed dough sheet, and cooking the hot-pressed dough sheet to form a food product that has a final moisture content of less than about 3%. Advantageously, the food products can maintain a light, bubbly, and crisp texture with rapid mouthmelt.
US11291213B2
A bleeding method for a fish includes step of forming a slit SL that connects pericardial cavity 11 to an outer part of the fish by cutting membrane 16 to split a head and an abdomen such that abdominal aorta 19 is not cut and internal organs incorporated in abdominal cavity 12 are not exposed to an outside air, step of spreading the slit such that arterial sphere 18 does not tomozure, and a caudal side surface of ventricle 171 is exposed, step of inserting tubular instrument 2 in heart 17, which runs through the spread slit SL from the caudal side surface of the ventricle toward arterial sphere 18, step of fixing tubular instrument 2 to heart 17, and step of discharging blood of the fish outside by press-fitting liquid into vascular system of the fish via tubular instrument 2.
US11291203B2
A product includes a metallogel material having metal ions dispersed in an assembly having an organic compound. A method includes combining a metal salt, an organic compound precursor, and a glyme for forming a metallogel material having metal ions dispersed in an assembly having an organic compound.
US11291197B1
A trotline deployment apparatus for safely deploying a trotline from a watercraft, the trotline having a plurality of hooks each attached to the trotline via a trotter line and a swivel, comprising a trotline canister, and a support frame having an upper assembly and a base. The trotline canister has an interior space adapted to foldably store the trotline, an opening which allows the trotline to be pulled away from the interior space, and a guide slot which sequentially engages the swivels and prevents the trotline from becoming entangled. The trotline canister is detachably secured to the upper assembly via a retaining collar. A hook holder adapted to selectively enclose the hooks prevents unintentional contact with the hooks. The upper assembly further has one or more hook separator arms from which the hooks are suspended and separated to facilitate application of bait.
US11291185B2
Animal feeding teats are often removed from a feeding receptacle for cleaning or for re-use on a larger receptacle. A nipple end of the teats is typically designed for use in a specific orientation to aid the suckling of a young animal, and therefore the teats need to be fitted to the feeding receptacle correctly. The animal feeding teat has a rectangular connection feature in a base end of the teat that is designed to mate with a similarly shaped feature on a feeding receptacle. It is considered important that the connection feature has only one or two lines of symmetry, so that the teat can only be fitted in one or two orientations relative to the receptacle.
US11291180B1
A novel alfalfa variety designated AFX164041 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing an alfalfa plant comprise crossing alfalfa variety AFX164041 with another alfalfa plant. Methods for producing an alfalfa plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits transgenes or locus conversions introgressed into AFX164041 through backcross conversion and/or transformation are provided and the alfalfa seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Alfalfa seed, plants or plant parts produced by crossing alfalfa variety AFX164041 or a locus or trait conversion of AFX164041 with another alfalfa plant or population are disclosed. Alfalfa populations derived from alfalfa variety AFX164041, methods for producing other alfalfa populations derived from alfalfa variety AFX164041 and the alfalfa populations and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US11291179B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011048. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011048, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011048 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011048.
US11291175B2
A novel canola variety designated CL6109085R and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprise crossing canola variety CL6109085R with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into CL6109085R through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid canola seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the canola variety CL6109085R or a locus conversion of CL6109085R with another canola variety.
US11291174B2
Various methods are provided for determining progeny plant genotypes from a pooled sample. The methods include genotyping marker alleles in two or more progeny plants, each resulting from a different parental cross. The methods utilize in-silico deconvolution implementing Hidden Markov Modeling to determine a probability of each possible genotype for one or more marker loci in at least one progeny plant from the genetic signal generated from the pooled samples. The present methods provide for increased efficiency in genotyping progeny plants.
US11291170B2
The present invention is a system for treating land, either to reclaim or optimize the land. Embedded subsurface pipes deliver water to the land. The water may be loaded with soil-treating additives. As water streams from the pipes, it treats the land before passing into a drainage ditch around the periphery of the land. The water is removed from the ditch and recycled, removing contaminants (in reclamation operations) or adding more additives (in optimization operations), before returning to the pipes for another round of treatment, if necessary.
US11291165B2
The invention provides a horticulture arrangement (1000) for a plant (1), the horticulture arrangement (1000) comprising (i) a horticulture lighting system (100) configured to provide horticulture light (101) to plants (1), (ii) one or more reflective elements (310) configured to reflect part of the horticulture light (101) to the plant (1), and (iii) a control system (200), wherein the control system (200) is configured to control one or more of a light intensity and a spectral distribution of the horticulture light (101) in dependence of the reflection of the horticulture light (101) by the one or more reflective elements (310).
US11291159B2
A device for trimming around stationary objects is disclosed as a rotary mowing attachment with a cutting head assembly slidably coupled to a carrier assembly that is positioned by a slope control circuit and controller. The cutting head assembly has at least two counter-rotating blades, at least one rotator motor configured to rotate the cutting head assembly about a cutting head central axis, at least one blade drive motor configured to drive the at least two counter-rotating blades, and at least one lateral motion drive motor configured to move the cutting head assembly position relative to the carrier assembly.
US11291155B2
A down-pressure system for an agricultural seeder includes single-action hydraulic cylinders connected between a rockshaft assembly and respective opener assemblies. The single-action hydraulic cylinders are connected to a pressure-regulated hydraulic circuit. The regulated pressure from the hydraulic circuit operates to bias the hydraulic cylinders in an extended direction to apply downforce to the opener assemblies when the rockshaft assembly is in its lowered condition with the opener assemblies engaging the soil. A double-acting hydraulic cylinder is provided for rotating the rockshaft assembly between a raised transport position and a lowered field working position. The double-acting hydraulic cylinder and the single-action hydraulic cylinders for applying down-pressure to the opener assemblies can be operated on the same hydraulic circuit, or on separate circuits. Multiple groups of the single-action hydraulic cylinders can be connected in parallel to respective headers to facilitate pressure equalization among the single-action hydraulic cylinders.
US11297750B2
A lifting structure in the form of a release hook configured to conveniently and easily release computer components from their supporting structure by a simple pivoting action in response to lifting of thumbscrews. A typical computer component would be a PCIe card within a GPU tray. The lifting structure does not require the use of tools to release the computer components, and can be used where computer components ordinarily cannot be released by human fingers due to limitations of space. The lifting structure lifts the computer component to a height where the computer component can then be easily grasped by human fingers for removal of the component.
US11297743B2
The invention relates to a cooling circuit, notably for a casing of an electrical equipment, comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first and second portions of the cooling circuit being complementary and respectively comprising hollow parts and projecting parts configured to fit one into the other so as to form by assembly a circulation channel for a coolant, said circulation channel being configured to generate a flow extending over different levels laid out successively one after the other along said circulation channel, said hollow parts and said projecting parts being configured to fit one into the other thanks to a functional clearance enabling the imbrication of said hollow parts and said projecting parts, one at least of said first and second complementary circuit portions comprising at least one deflector configured to divert the coolant from said functional clearance.
US11297742B2
The thermal containment system generally includes an enclosure, a vertical enclosure, a cable management system, integrated cooling unit, a plurality of quick connect couples for the cooling unit, a plurality of VFD fans, a plurality of recessed wheels, a plurality of wireless sensors and a quick lock system for securing the thermal containment system. The thermal containment system may be employed to control air flow in the data center, isolating hot air expelled by a plurality of computer systems therein and conditioning the hot air with integrated cooling units that may be connected to a closed loop geothermal cooling system. The wireless sensors may be employed to collect data for a data center infrastructure management (DCIM) system that may monitor and manage elements of the thermal containment system.
US11297740B2
Disclosed is a storage-type modular data center. The storage-type modular data center includes a box, a dust removing module, an evaporative cooling module, and an air supply module. The box is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet. A server is disposed between the air inlet and the air outlet. The dust removing module is disposed between the server and the air inlet. The evaporative cooling module is disposed between the server and the air inlet, and includes an evaporative media and a water sprinkling tray module. One end of the evaporative media is immersed in liquid contained in the water sprinkling tray module. The air supply module is operative to drive air to flow between the air inlet and the air outlet.
US11297738B2
This disclosure describes systems for cooling one or more data halls of a data center that include one or more sections of a cooling spine. Each section of the cooling spine includes a riser module, a manifold module, and one or more arrays of cooling units. The riser module includes riser piping configured to fluidically couple to a liquid cooling system. The manifold module includes manifold piping fluidically coupled to the riser piping. Each array of cooling units is positioned toward a data hall of the one or more data halls of the data center and includes a heat exchanger assembly and a circulation assembly. The heat exchanger assembly is fluidically coupled to the manifold piping and configured to cool return air from a hot aisle adjacent a row of cabinets. The circulation assembly is configured to discharge supply air to a cold aisle adjacent the row of cabinets.
US11297733B2
A flap for a cage for holding electronic devices in a computing system is disclosed. The flap includes a main segment, a first vertical extension, a second vertical extension, a lateral ledge, and a tapered ledge. The first vertical extension and the second vertical extension extend from a first side of the main segment. The lateral ledge extends from a third side of the main segment. The tapered extensions extend from a second side of the main segment and include a flat section and an angled section. The flap has a deployed position and a stored position in the cage. The flap engages with at least two sides of the cage in the deployed or the stored position. The flap may be in the stored position when an electronic component is present. The flap blocks airflow through the cage in the deployed position.
US11297722B2
A multi-layered circuit board proofed against conductor loss or diminution when heated includes first and second circuit base boards. Each first circuit base board includes a first dielectric layer and a first wiring layer formed thereon and a first stepped paste block as a conductor formed in the first dielectric layer. The first stepped paste block is electrically connected to the first dielectric layer. Each second circuit base board includes a second dielectric layer and a second wiring layer, a second stepped paste block as a conductor is formed in the second dielectric layer. When pressed together for an electrical interconnection, the paste blocks are sealed and thus captive between the first and second circuit base boards.
US11297720B2
A printed circuit board includes an insulating layer, a circuit pattern on the insulating layer, and a surface treatment layer on the circuit pattern. The surface treatment layer includes a bottom surface having a width wider than a width of a top surface of the circuit pattern.
US11297717B2
An embodiment of the invention may include a method, and resulting structure, of forming a semiconductor structure. The method may include forming a component hole from a first surface to a second surface of a base layer. The method may include placing an electrical component in the component hole. The electrical component has a conductive structure on both ends of the electrical component. The electrical component is substantially parallel to the first surface. The method may include forming a laminate layer on the first surface of the base layer, the second surface of the base layer, and between the base layer and the electrical component. The method may include creating a pair of via holes, where the pair of holes align with the conductive structures on both ends of the electrical component. The method may include forming a conductive via in the pair of via holes.
US11297716B2
A device includes a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a first battery connection, a second battery connection, and a mechanical coupling apparatus. The first battery connection is for providing a first electrical connection to a first terminal of a battery. The second battery connection is for providing a second electrical connection to a second terminal of the battery. When the flexible PCB is in a first flex position, the first and second battery connections are at a distance where at least one of the first battery connection and the second battery connection is not electrically coupled to the respective one of the first and second terminals of the battery. When the flexible PCB is in a second flex position, the battery is electrically coupled to the first and second battery terminals and is mechanically held in place by the mechanical coupling apparatus.
US11297712B2
A circuit board for use in a modular electrical connector. Signal pathways is provided on a first surface. First ground pathways is provided on the first surface adjacent at least one of the signal pathways. Second ground pathways are provided on a second surface in line with the signal pathways. Vias extend from the first ground pathways through the circuit board to the second ground pathways, thereby placing the first ground pathways in electrical engagement with the second ground pathways. The first ground pathways, the vias and the second ground pathways extend along multiple pairs of the signal pathways and form cavities around the multiple pairs of the signal pathways to provide electrical shielding for the multiple pairs of the signal pathways.
US11297709B2
A circuit arrangement for controlling an on/off state of an outdoor light, the circuit arrangement comprising an indoor light switch coupled to control the on/off stage of the outdoor light; a motion detector associated with the outdoor light, wherein the motion detector is remote from the indoor light switch; and a mode actuator implemented on a user interface of the indoor light switch, wherein the mode actuator is movable to a position enabling the use of the motion detector.
US11297708B2
The system for lighting control may include a non-transitory storage medium storing executable instructions for lighting control, a communication component operatively connected to the non-transitory storage medium, at least one imaging device configured to capture images related to an area, and one or more illuminating device configured to light the area. The system may also include at least one processor in communication with the non-transitory storage medium. When executing the set of instructions, the at least one processor may cause the system to obtain image data relating to an area captured by the at least imaging device and determine at least one parameter relating to at least one of the one or more illuminating devices. The system may further include a control component configured to operate the at least one of the one or more illuminating devices to light the area based on the determined at least one parameter.
US11297704B2
System and method for controlling one or more light emitting diodes. For example, the system includes: a current regulator including a first regulator terminal and a second regulator terminal, the first regulator terminal being configured to receive a diode current flowing through the one or more light emitting diodes, the current regulator being configured to generate a sensing signal representing the diode current, the second regulator terminal being configured to output the sensing signal; a bleeder controller including a first controller terminal and a second controller terminal, the first controller terminal being configured to receive the sensing signal from the second regulator terminal, the bleeder controller being configured to generate a first bleeder control signal based at least in part on the sensing signal, the second controller terminal being configured to output the first bleeder control signal.
US11297700B2
System and method for providing infrared interior lighting for an airplane video surveillance system
Systems and methods for illuminating an airplane cabin using a light strip comprising a plurality of spectrally-tuned illuminators within a housing are provided. The illuminators include a first visible light illuminator and an infrared illuminator. The light strip is disposed to provide indirect infrared illumination of the cabin via diffuse reflection from a surface of the cabin (wash lighting) from a shrouded location. The illuminators include light emitting diodes (LEDs), and include white and some combination of red, yellow, green, and blue. A controller varies intensities of each illuminator, to emphasize or de-emphasize various colors or infrared illumination throughout an interior of the airplane cabin.
US11297688B2
A local software deployment system, comprising a server, configured to: provide an access point for a wireless network; redirect an incoming request to a web page selectively customized based on characteristics of the requestor; present an option, through the wireless network, on the customized web page, to a device connected to the server through the wireless network, to download a file from the server, selectively dependent on the customized web page; and download the file from the server.
US11297686B2
Methods, systems, and devices related to the convergence of networking and computing capabilities are described. In one representative aspect, a method for application development is described. The method includes making available a first set of services for an application in a domain. The domain corresponds to an industry having a set of business rules, and the first set of services is structured to invoke a second set of services pre-deployed on a first set of communication nodes. The second set of services includes common functionalities according to the set of business rules in the domain. The method also includes deploying the first set of services on a second set of communication nodes to enable an execution of a subset of the business rules in the domain that is specific to the application.
US11297677B2
A wireless device receives a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The first DCI comprises a feedback timing indicator field. In response to the feedback timing indicator field indicating not to transmit a feedback for the PDSCH before receiving a second DCI, a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer is started with a first value. A downlink control channel is monitored for the second DCI while the DRX timer is running.
US11297670B2
Methods performed by a first sink device, a source device, or a second sink device. The first sink device is connected to a source device via a first communication link and a second sink device via a second communication link, wherein the second sink device is configured to eavesdrop on communications between the first sink device and the source device on the first communication link. The methods include determining an occurrence of a trigger event and modifying an operation of at least one of the first sink device, the second sink device or the source device based at least on the trigger event occurring.
US11297667B2
A system is disclosed in which a mobile communication device establishes device-to-device (D2D) communication with another mobile communication device, and searches for a communication network whilst engaged in the D2D communication. When it finds a communication network, the mobile communication device indicates that it is engaged in the D2D communication. The mobile communication device continues, or does not continue, the D2D communication based on an authorisation by the communication network.
US11297659B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described in relation to a Multiple Subscriber Identify Module (MSIM) user equipment (UE). The UE associated with multiple network subscriptions may determine a first timing of a first set of paging occasions associated with a first network subscription of the multiple network subscriptions, wherein the first network subscription is associated with a first network; determine a second timing of a second set of paging occasions associated with a second network subscription of the multiple network subscriptions, wherein the second network subscription is associated with a second network; compare the first timing and the second timing; detect a paging time adjustment condition based on the comparing; and based on the detecting, transmit to the first network, the second network or both a random access signal using a random access resource configured to convey a paging time adjustment request.
US11297654B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and an apparatus to transmit with resources overlapped. For example, the apparatus can include receiving circuitry, processing circuitry, and transmitting circuit. The receiving circuitry receives a grant of an uplink resource for an uplink transmission from a base station at a user equipment (UE). The processing circuitry determines a sidelink resource for a sidelink transmission based on a grant from the base station or an autonomous selection by the UE. The transmitting circuitry prioritizes the uplink transmission with the uplink resource over the sidelink transmission with the sidelink resource when the sidelink resource overlaps the uplink resource and a message of a random access channel (RACH) procedure is to be transmitted.
US11297644B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for increasing the chances that a high reliability packet scheduled to be transmitted in a shared radio frequency spectrum is received by a receiving device. In one example, a wireless device (e.g., a base station or a user equipment (UE)) may duplicate a packet at a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer for transmission on multiple listen before talk (LBT) subchannels of a carrier to improve reliability. In another example, a wireless device may duplicate a packet at a physical (PHY) layer for transmission on multiple LBT subchannels of a carrier to improve reliability, or the wireless device may encode and map the packet to multiple LBT subchannels of a carrier for transmission on the multiple LBT subchannels to improve reliability.
US11297634B2
Scheduling traffic of a communication session between an application on WiFi and another device, by: receiving traffic of a first session; determining that the traffic belongs to a first classification; determining that a time allocated to the first classification times a second classification airtime is less than or equal to a time allocated to the second classification times a first classification airtime; selecting a counter associated with the first session as being the largest of multiple counters each associated with a different communication session of multiple communication sessions (which include the first session); determining that the traffic of the first session is to be scheduled for transmission to the application over WiFi in response to the counter being determined to be the largest of the plurality of counters; and based on the traffic being determined to be scheduled, increasing the airtime associated with the first classification and decreases the counter.
US11297626B2
The present disclosure relates to an information indication method and apparatus, a method and an apparatus for determining a CORESET of RMSI, a base station, user equipment and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: configuring, for a CORESET of RMSI corresponding to an SSB, indication information indicating that the base station has not transmitted the CORESET of the RMSI in a current transmission cycle of the SSB; adding the indication information to the SSB; and transmitting the SSB carrying the indication information to user equipment UE in a beam scanning manner.
US11297603B2
A remote radio head unit (RRU) system for achieving high data rate communications in a Distributed Antenna System is disclosed. The Distributed Antenna System is configured as a Neutral Host enabling multiple operators to exist on one DAS system. The present disclosure enables a remote radio head unit to be field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation-independent), multi-carriers, multi-frequency bands and multi-channels. As a result, the remote radio head system is particularly suitable for wireless transmission systems, such as base-stations, repeaters, and indoor signal coverage systems.
US11297595B2
The present patent application relates to wireless communication networks which may include a radio access network segment functionally associated with an edge computing cloud. Server application may provide digital service to one or more mobile communication devices communicatively coupled to the radio access network segment. A network core including network management appliances and a mobile communication device paging message generator may be a part of the communication network. A networked paging trigger appliance may generate a mobile communication device specific paging trigger, configured to cause the paging message generator to page the specific mobile communication device.
US11297594B2
Locations of cells of a communication network can be estimated, determined, and validated. Cell location component (CLC) can analyze timing advance (TA) measurement data and/or location data associated with devices associated with a base station associated with one or more cells. CLC can estimate a first location of the base station, based on the TA measurement data and/or location data, to facilitate estimating the location of an associated cell. CLC can validate the estimated cell location or recorded cell location of the cell (recorded in a cell location pool) based on analysis of estimated cell location, recorded cell location, TA measurement data, and/or location data, and, based on the validation, can tag the cell location determination as accurate, acceptable, bad, or uncertain. CLC can request additional monitoring of a cell location determination tagged as uncertain, or investigation of a cell location determination tagged as bad.
US11297592B2
A beacon is provided comprising a processor circuit configured to, in dependency on an occupancy signal, switch the radio circuit mode to active mode and periodically transmit the localizing beacon signal through the radio circuit, or switch the radio circuit mode to reduced-energy mode and reduce transmitting of the localizing beacon signal.
US11297588B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a deregistration method, a session handling method, and an apparatus. The deregistration method includes: determining, by a terminal device, that the terminal device enters a deregistration state of a first access network; and setting, by the terminal device, a status of the terminal device to deregistered from the first access network. According to the method, the terminal device is deregistered from the first access network.
US11297587B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a network access method, used to restrict a network access range of a terminal device, to meet a requirement for restricting the terminal device within a specified range. The method in the embodiments of this application includes: receiving, by an access management network element, information about an area accessed by a terminal device; obtaining, by the access management network element, information about an area allowed to be accessed by the terminal device; and determining, by the access management network element based on the information about the area accessed by the terminal device and the information about the area allowed to be accessed by the terminal device, whether to allow access of the terminal device.
US11297575B2
Selectively enabling an amplitude processing circuit and a phase processing circuit of a wireless station's polar receiver with respect to reception of a beacon signal. Such systems and methods may include sequentially demodulating symbols of the received beacon signal using at least the phase processing circuit to detect a traffic indication signal value in a data payload portion of the received beacon signal. Upon detecting a condition indicating no data traffic for the wireless station, the phase processing circuit may be turned off. The polar receiver may demodulate symbols of the received beacon signal and upon detecting a beacon preamble symbol sequence, shut off the amplitude processing circuit and set the amplitude to a fixed value. The phase processing circuit in conjunction with the fixed amplitude value may be used to demodulate symbols of the beacon signal.
US11297564B2
The present disclosure relates to a system (102) for assigning dynamic operation of devices in a communication network (106). The system (102) receives one or more behavioral attributes and one or more contextual attributes associated with one or more devices (232) in a communication network (106). The system (102) further determines one or more clusters (234) associated with each device from the one or more devices (232). The system (102) further determines, dynamically, one or more network slices, from a set of network slices associated with the one or more clusters (234). The system (102) further determines, dynamically, one or more analytics models associated with the one or more clusters (234). The system (102) further assigns dynamic operation of the one or more clusters (234) based on the one or more contextual attributes, the one or more network slices and the one or more analytics models.
US11297563B2
Regarding communication paths between first and second systems and an instrumentation system, a communication path(s) usable by the second system is set from a communication path(s) other than a communication path(s) used by the first system.
US11297544B2
A system and method for determining registration to a packet-switching (PS) domain or a circuit-switching (CS) domain via a single request is discussed herein. A single request includes a query hierarchy to query a node of a first domain and then, if the UE is not registered with the first domain, to query a node of a second domain. The request includes an attribute value pair (AVP) to determine which domain to query first and which node of the first domain to query. The domains of the AVP are acquired from a list to permit multiple domains to be queried with the single request.
US11297532B2
Facilitating flexible maximum transmission unit packet core design in a communications network is provided herein. A system can comprise a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can comprise receiving a first transmission unit setting from a first network device. The first transmission unit setting can indicate a size of a largest network layer protocol data unit that is able to be communicated in a single network transaction by the first network device. The operations can also comprise setting, at the device, a configuration of the first network device to the first transmission unit setting. Further, the operations can comprise sending first communication packets to the first network device using the first transmission unit setting and second communication packets to a second network device using a second transmission unit setting different from the first transmission unit setting.
US11297530B2
An aspect of the disclosure provides a method for handling delayed packets in a mobile wireless network performed by a PCF. The method includes receiving information pertaining to packet handling policy (PHP) parameters for a PDU session; and sending the PHP to other network functions for instructing devices in the user plane of the mobile wireless network how to handle delayed packets.
US11297523B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a measurement method and a measurement apparatus, to perform RMTC measurement and DMTC measurement on an inter-frequency frequency. The method in the embodiments of this application includes: determining an idle component carrier; determining a RMTC measurement periodicity and a DMTC measurement periodicity of a first inter-frequency frequency for LAA; when the RMTC measurement periodicity and the DMTC measurement periodicity of the first inter-frequency frequency have a same time point, separately performing RMTC measurement on the first inter-frequency frequency by using the idle component carrier to obtain a first measurement result, and performing DMTC measurement on the first inter-frequency frequency to obtain a second measurement result; and sending the first measurement result and the second measurement result to a network device, where the first measurement result and the second measurement result are used to indicate the network device to schedule a resource.
US11297520B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communications. A first CSI reporting configuration may be used for communications using TTIs of a first duration and a second CSI reporting configuration may be used for communications using TTIs of a second duration. A determination of whether to report CSI based on the first and/or second configuration may be made, and a CSI report may be transmitted based on the determination. In some cases, CSI for the first CSI reporting configuration is determined differently than CSI for the second CSI reporting configuration. For instance, the CSI reporting configurations may use different reference resources and/or reference signal resources when calculating respective CSI. In some cases, the first and second CSI reporting configurations may be configured as a first CSI process and a second CSI process, which may be operated either independently or jointly.
US11297519B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide procedures for new radio (NR) cell measurement. According to certain aspects, a method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method generally includes receiving one or more downlink signals from a cell, wherein the cell is of a first cell type that supports a first set of functions or a second cell type that supports a second set of functions, wherein the second set of functions is different than the first set of functions; determining a cell type of the cell based on the one or more downlink signals; and communicating with the cell based on the determination.
US11297505B2
A system identifies whether a mobile device is compromised. The system includes mobile devices, a communication network, and a server. Each mobile device includes a processor, a power supply, and a network interface. The processor executes an operating system and applications including a monitor application. The power supply indicates the power consumed by the mobile device during executing the operating system and the applications. The network interface transfers information to and from the mobile device via a communication network. This transferred information includes logs securely collected by the monitor application. The logs can include a log of the system calls, a log of the power consumed, and a log of network activity. The server receives the logs from the mobile devices and generates a correlation among the logs, and the server identifies at least one mobile device that is an outlier in the correlation as a compromised mobile device.
US11297500B2
A digital media authentication system comprises a media processing application executed by a mobile electronic device that computes a robust image hash for media data acquired by the mobile electronic device; a location attestation system that validates a location context of the media data, the location context determined in response to an object scene in a field of view of the mobile electronic device captured for conversion to the media data; and a blockchain network that maintains a ledger entry that includes the robust image hash, an immutable timestamp, and a location certificate validating the location context of the media data.
US11297498B2
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a method and/or system for mobile identity authentication is disclosed. For example, mobile identity authentication may be employed in a variety of situations, including purchases, financial transactions, granted access to accounts, granting access to content, etc.
US11297495B2
A transfer module, such as a single board computer having wireless communication capabilities, may be attached to an image guided surgery (“IGS”) navigation system. Images, video, and data stored on the IGS navigation system may be moved to and stored on the transfer module in an encrypted format. The transfer module may connect to a secure network or other secure wireless communication and transfer encrypted IGS medical procedure data to a physician device, a hospital system device, or other device. After validation, the physician device or other device may decrypt and display the data. The transfer module may be useful for IGS navigation systems having no preexisting wireless capabilities; and for those having wireless capabilities that are less secure than those provided by the modified IGS navigation system. The transfer module may also wirelessly transmit IGS medical procedure data to a cloud storage system for subsequent access by end users.
US11297487B2
The invention provides a method performed by a home public land mobile network, PLMN, of controlling access of a user equipment, UE, device to a non-home PLMN when the UE device has an access to a non-trusted network and thereby a connection with the home PLMN via an interworking function entity, the method comprising in the event of the UE device requesting an attachment to the non-home PLMN, making in the home PLMN a decision as to whether control of the UE device should be handed over to the non-home PLMN; and communicating the decision to the non-home PLMN.
US11297481B2
A wireless communication apparatus/system/method utilizing directional transmission over a mmW band performing transmission of signals on a sub-6 GHz band that aids scanning for mmW mesh network discovery. A new node sends an assistance request on the sub-6 GHz band. The network node responds to the assistance request by sending an assistance response on the sub-6 GHz band. Upon exchanging the discovery assistance request and response with the network node on the sub-6 GHz band, the new node switches to the mmW band to discover neighbor(s). The network node upon exchanging the discovery assistance request and response on the sub-6 GHz band switches to mmW band to discover new nodes. Implementations can provide assistance directly or in response to cooperation between network stations.
US11297477B2
Disclosed is a method for controlling an amount of data that is to be tethered during a tethering operation, including identifying electronic devices to which data is to be tethered, displaying a list of the identified electronic devices, displaying a setting screen for setting a maximum amount of data that is to be tethered during a tethering operation, in response to a user input through the setting screen, setting a maximum amount of data that may be tethered during the tethering operation, providing tethering usage of the data to the electronic devices, determining an amount of data tethered to the electronic devices, and automatically terminating the tethering operation with respect to the electronic devices in response to the amount of data tethered to the electronic devices corresponding to the set maximum amount of data to be tethered during the tethering operation.
US11297471B2
Wireless mobile device functionality can be added to radio devices via a hardware device that comprises wireless network access. Alternatively, radio device functionality can be shared with a wireless mobile device or the hardware device. The functionalities of either device can be shared via a physical or wireless connection. For example, a microphone device comprising a display screen and long-term evolution (LTE) functionality can be connected to a radio device to facilitate LTE functionality for the radio device. Thus, a user of the radio device can utilize the display screen of the microphone device to send text data, which could not previously be sent by the radio device, over the wireless network via the microphone device.
US11297464B2
An object recognition method and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes transmitting a signal to an external object, controlling a wireless communication module to receive a signal reflected from the external object, controlling the wireless communication module to obtain a channel impulse response based on the transmitted signal and the received signal, obtaining information of an orientation of the external object based on the received signal, detecting phase noise caused by a movement of the electronic device, extracting a component matching the orientation of the external object from the detected phase noise, and compensating for phase information in the channel impulse response based on the component matching the orientation of the external object.
US11297459B2
Systems and methods for providing a healthcare provider with an electronic medical record of a patient, a recommendation, or an alert relating to the patient, based on an analysis of the patient's health data. Multiple electronic repositories may store the patient's health data as disaggregated health data. The patient's health data may be organized in a Healthcare Identity Graph providing a comprehensive medical history of the user. A device of the patient may access and analyze the patient's health data in response to detecting an event. The device can generate outputs or trigger actions based on the analysis of the patient's health data, and record the outputs or actions in the patient's Healthcare Identity Graph. Authentication and verification of the outputs or actions are stored at a Healthcare Liability Graph.
US11297455B2
There are two representations for Higher Order Ambisonics denoted HOA: spatial domain and coefficient domain. The invention generates from a coefficient domain representation a mixed spatial/coefficient domain representation, wherein the number of said HOA signals can be variable. An aspect of the invention further relates to methods and apparatus decoding multiplexed and perceptually encoded HOA signals, including transforming a vector of PCM encoded spatial domain signals of the HOA representation to a corresponding vector of coefficient domain signals by multiplying the vector of PCM encoded spatial domain signals with a transform matrix and de-normalizing the vector of PCM encoded and normalized coefficient domain signals, wherein said de-normalizing comprises. The methods may include combining a vector of coefficient domain signals and the vector of de-normalized coefficient domain signals to determine a combined vector of HOA coefficient domain signals that can have a variable number of HOA coefficients.
US11297450B2
A method for operating a hearing system worn by a user, the hearing system being a binaural hearing system including first and second hearing aids and being prepared for processing a sound. The processing includes a beamforming which can be adjusted to at least a first beamforming mode and a second beamforming mode. The method includes receiving sound by the hearing system, determining whether the beamforming is to be adjusted to the first beamforming mode or the second beamforming mode and adjusting the beamforming accordingly and generating a processed sound, and presenting the processed sound to the user.
US11297448B2
A method for picking up body signals from the head of a user comprises a) placing first and second electrodes on first and second different positions at a first side of the user's head in direct or capacitive contact with the user's head, said first side comprising a first eye of the user, the first and second electrodes being configured to pick up first and second electric potentials, respectively, from the user's body, and b) providing an Electrooculography signal representative of a corneo-retinal potential difference of said first eye of the user in dependence of said at first and second electric potentials. The first and second positions may be (substantially) located in a plane including the first eye of the user. A portable electronic device providing an Electrooculography signal, and a hearing device utilizing an Electrooculography signal is further disclosed.
US11297446B2
A bone conduction speaker includes a housing, a vibration board and a transducer. The transducer is located in the housing, and the vibration board is configured to contact with skin and pass vibration. At least one sound guiding hole is set on at least one portion of the housing to guide sound wave inside the housing to the outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interfaces with the leaked sound wave, and the interfacing reduces a sound pressure level of at least a portion of the leaked sound wave. A frequency of the at least a portion of the leaked sound wave is lower than 4000 Hz.
US11297416B2
The present disclosure relates to microphones and electronic devices having the same. A microphone may include a housing for receiving vibration signals; a converting component inside the housing for converting the vibration signals into electrical signals, and a processing circuit for processing the electrical signals. The converting component may include a transducer and at least one damping film attached to the transducer.
US11297414B2
An MEMS microphone is provided, comprising a substrate and a vibration diaphragm supported above the substrate by a spacing portion, the substrate, the spacing portion, and the vibration diaphragm enclosing a vacuum chamber, and a static deflection distance of the vibration diaphragm under an atmospheric pressure being less than a distance between the vibration diaphragm and the substrate, wherein: a lower electrode forming a capacitor structure with the vibration diaphragm is provided on the substrate, and an electret layer providing an electric field between the vibration diaphragm and the lower electrode is provided on the substrate
US11297411B2
According to examples, an apparatus may include a chamber having a hole and a microphone unit. The microphone unit may include a first substrate having a first opening aligned with the hole of the chamber, a second substrate positioned with respect to the first substrate to form a gap between the second substrate and the first substrate, the second substrate having a second opening, and a diaphragm housed within the gap formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the first opening is positioned on a first side of the diaphragm and the second opening is positioned on a second side of the diaphragm.
US11297410B2
An earbud design is disclosed that is configured to sit securely within an ear of a user. The earbud can be secured within the ear by an anchoring feature formed from an elastomeric material. The anchoring feature has a size and shape in accordance with an interior geometry of an ear of a user. Because the anchoring feature positions the earbud with respect to the ear, geometries of the earbud can be focused upon audio performance and/or device aesthetics. In some embodiments, the earbud housing can have a linear design which allows an audio driver within the earbud housing to be positioned close to an opening defined by the earbud housing. In this way, acoustic degradation associated with a long audio path from the audio driver to the opening can be avoided.
US11297403B2
To provide an environmental sensor with reduced power consumption. A semiconductor device includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a control circuit, a transmission amplifier, a modulation circuit, a memory device, an analog-to-digital converter circuit, and an antenna. The memory device and the analog-to-digital converter circuit each include a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor is formed in a channel region. The second sensor is an optical sensor, and has a function of transmitting a trigger signal to the control circuit when receiving laser light. The control circuit has a function of transmitting a control signal to the first sensor, the transmission amplifier, the modulation circuit, the memory device, and the analog-to-digital converter circuit when receiving the trigger signal. The first sensor is a sensor that senses a physical or chemical quantity, and the measured data is subjected to digital conversion by the analog-to-digital converter circuit and stored in the memory device. In addition, the data is transmitted as an electromagnetic wave signal from the antenna through the modulation circuit and the transmission amplifier.
US11297398B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to media devices implementing new television standards, such as ATSC 3.0, which includes audio/video essence and metadata/signaling. The disclosed embodiments include techniques for creating a signaling file that contains metadata and signaling data about the broadcast service being presented. The signaling file may include URLs that can be used to access signaling information for supplementary signaling and content. The signaling also contains a mapping between a first timing system and a second timing system. The first timing system may comprise the watermark timeline represented in interval s and the second timing system may comprise a DASH presentation time.
US11297394B2
Media content is received in a windows management application. The media content is from a set of content including zero or more television signal content and zero or more application content. The media content is incorporated into a television signal containing a window configuration. The television signal is then sent from the windows management application to a television where it is displayed.
US11297393B2
A machine detects a set of first control operations and, in response, causes a display screen to present a graphical interface in which a central window suggests first content by presenting a first preview and a first identifier superimposed on the first preview. The machine then detects a second control operation that indicates dismissal of the first content. In response to the second control operation, the machine causes the display screen to present a transition to an interest-improved version of the graphical interface. The transition includes sliding the first preview, the first identifier, a second preview, and a second identifier together in a shared direction and at a shared speed within the central window. The second preview and the second identifier correspond to second content. In the interest-improved version of the graphical interface, the central window suggests the second content by presenting the second preview and the second identifier.
US11297389B2
A method of providing a notification to a client device is disclosed. The method includes, for example, obtaining data associated with the client device with respect to content provided by a plurality of content sources; creating a viewing preference profile for the client device based on the obtained data, the user preference profile indicating content preferred by the client device; detecting a triggering event concerning a digital content; and in response to the triggering event, determining whether to trigger a notification to the client device based on the viewing preference profile.
US11297385B1
In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first request for first supplemental content for use by a content-presentation device in performing a first content-modification operation, receiving a second request for second supplemental content for use by a tuner device in performing a second content-modification operation. The method also includes determining that the content-presentation device is connected to the tuner device, and based at least in part on the first and second requests, determining that the first and second requests are associated with the same modifiable content-segment, and, in response to the determinations, using one or more parameters as a basis to select for performance an action from a set of actions including a first action that facilitates performance of the first content-modification operation and a second action that facilitates performance of the second content-modification operation.
US11297383B1
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for media consumption gap filling are provided. Notification that a first user has selected a first broadcast channel to view while the first broadcast channel is showing a first program may be received. A desired program scheduled to be presented via the first broadcast channel at a time after an end of the first program may be determined. A first duration may be calculated that starts at a current time and ends at a scheduled time of commencement of the desired program. First gap-filling content that has a duration sufficient to fill the first duration may be identified. The first gap-filling content may be from a first personalized media corpus associated with the first user. The first gap-filling content may be presented.
US11297379B2
Programmable media interfaces, methods and systems for programming a plurality of displays in a multiple display environment are described herein. The media interfaces, methods and systems include processors configured to program a sequence of broadcast content to the plurality of display devices, control pre-set or pre-programmed sequencing of the broadcast of the future content at times, and select particular displays in the plurality of displays to display portions of the broadcast content at the pre-set or pre-programmed times for future playing.
US11297365B2
A processing system may obtain a downscaled version of a reference copy of a video, comprising a plurality of downscaled versions of a plurality of frames of the reference copy of the video, obtain a first recorded frame of a first variant of a plurality of variants associated with the reference copy of the video, where the plurality of variants comprises a plurality of copies of the video encoded at different bitrates, generate a first downscaled version of the first recorded frame, calculate a first plurality of image distances between the first downscaled version of the first recorded frame and the plurality of downscaled versions of the plurality of frames of the reference copy of the video, and determine a first frame index of the first recorded frame in accordance with a first least image distance from among the first plurality of image distances that is calculated.
US11297363B2
A hospitality media system includes a media system controller and a plurality of media devices located in a plurality of rooms and coupled to the media system controller. Each room has one or more in-room media devices located therein for performing a media function. A connection port allows a user of a room to establish data communications between the media system controller and a guest device. The media system controller is coupled to the connection port and configured to catalogue guest content available on the guest device to thereby form a guest content list, associate the guest content with one or more associated rooms at least including the user's room, and perform the media function utilizing content selected from the guest content list only on the in-room media devices located within the one or more associated rooms.
US11297362B2
A receiver of television signals received via air, cable, internet, or by way of connection to an external device. The receiver includes a memory means wherein contents are stored, received through said receiver. The receiver also includes a data management means configured to organize and display the contents of the memory means. The data management means carries out an authentication procedure that allows for a determined user to be associated to his/her profile, that allows for storing and/or accessing private data of said memory means, that are associated uniquely to said determined user, and that do not appear to exist when exploring the contents of said memory means, if beforehand said authentication procedure has not been carried out by said determined user.
US11297358B2
A multimedia content selection system includes at least one processor executing instructions for performing operations. The operations include receiving a playback request from a playback unit, including a content identifier, providing, to the playback unit, a manifest with at least a set of content segment identifiers based on the content identifier, each content segment identifier identifying a content segment associated with a content stream, receiving a content stream request comprising one of the content segment identifiers, and selecting a segment for playback from the content segment associated with the received content segment identifier, determined using a set of content selection rules.
US11297349B2
A video decoding device includes a subpicture decoder(s) configured to decode respective subpictures, and a picture combining unit configured to compose the subpictures decoded into a picture such that the subpictures are allowed to overlap with each other.
US11297348B2
A video coder that implicitly signals a transform setting for coding a block of pixels is provided. The video coder derives a transform setting for a block of pixels based on a block processing setting. The video coder processes the block of pixels according to the block processing setting. For encoding, the video coder transforms a set of residual pixels to generate a set of transform coefficients according to the transform setting. For decoding, the video coder inverse transforms the transform coefficients to generate a set of residual pixels according to the transform setting.
US11297344B2
Disclosed herein is a method for adaptive bidirectional optical flow estimation for inter-screen prediction compensation during video encoding. The method aims to reduce complexity and/or cost of bidirectional optical flow (BIO) at a pixel level or a subblock level.
US11297341B2
A decoder is described, which receives an encoded data stream. The encoded data stream includes data representing a picture and a classification mode parameter. The classification mode parameter specifies a certain classification to be applied to samples in the picture, the certain classification selected from a plurality of classifications. The decoder decodes the encoded data stream to obtain a reconstructed picture and the classification mode parameter, classifies samples of the reconstructed picture into one of a plurality of classes using the certain classification specified by the classification mode parameter, and filters the samples of the reconstructed picture. A sample is filtered using a filter for the class into which the sample has been classified.
US11297339B2
There may be provided a method of decoding a received set of encoded data representing information that has been compressed, wherein the encoded data set is divided into a hierarchy of subsets, the method comprising: decoding at least one first subset to derive a respective set of attribute metadata elements; separately decoding a plurality of second subsets comprising data elements, wherein each second subset describes a region of the information that has been compressed; and, reconstructing the information that has been compressed from the data elements, wherein the region of the information that has been compressed is identified from the attribute metadata elements.
US11297337B2
A method is described to greatly improve the efficiency of and reduce the complexity of image compression when using single-sensor color imagers for video acquisition. The method in addition allows for this new image compression type to be compatible with existing video processing tools, improving the workflow for film and television production.
US11297333B2
An image coding method of coding an image on a per coding unit basis, the method comprising: applying a frequency transform to luminance data and chrominance data of transform units in the coding unit including predetermined blocks each corresponding to one or more of the transform units; and coding the luminance data and the chrominance data to which the frequency transform has been applied to generate a bitstream in which the luminance data and the chrominance data are grouped on a per predetermined block basis.
US11297328B2
A method that is performed by a video encoding device is provided. The method includes identifying N image frames in a sliding window of an image frame sequence, the N image frames including N−1 encoded image frames and a to-be-encoded image frame; obtaining a motion amplitude difference of the N image frames in the sliding window, the motion amplitude difference indicating a difference between a corresponding image frame motion amplitude and a previous image frame motion amplitude; updating a static variable based on the motion amplitude difference of each of the N image frames in the sliding window, the static variable indicating a number of consecutive static image frames; and encoding the to-be-encoded image frame as an I frame based on the updated static variable not being less than a first preset threshold.
US11297326B2
A method for predicting motion information of a picture block and a related product is provided. The method includes: determining a candidate motion information list of a current picture block, where the candidate motion information list includes at least one combined candidate motion information, one combined candidate motion information is obtained by weighting P candidate motion information by using corresponding weighting factors; determining target motion information in the candidate motion information list; and predicting motion information of the current picture block based on the target motion information.
US11297304B2
A virtual image display device has a function of projecting a prescribed virtual image video within a visual field of a user and detects an actual visual recognition distance from the user to an object relating to a visually recognized object at which the user is gazing. A virtual image light generating unit has a function of generating a plurality of virtual image lights independent of each other and a virtual-image-light transmitting and projecting unit that has a function of transmitting and projecting the virtual image light to left and right eyes of the user through substantially the same optical path to allow a prescribed virtual image video to be visually recognized at a prescribed position within the visual field of the user. Additionally, a virtual-image visual recognition distance control unit that has a function of performing variable control of a visual recognition distance of a virtual image.
US11297303B2
A control apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display a virtual viewpoint image on a display unit, an identification unit configured to identify a selected reproduction mode from among a plurality of reproduction modes including a first reproduction mode in which a position of a virtual viewpoint corresponding to the virtual viewpoint image displayed on the display unit is determined regardless of a position of an object in an image-capturing region, and a second reproduction mode in which the position of the virtual viewpoint changes in accordance with the position of the object in the image-capturing region, and a control unit configured to change at least either one of a position and an orientation of the virtual viewpoint in response to a user operation. The change to be made in response to an identical user operation differs between the first reproduction mode and the second reproduction mode.
US11297300B2
A structured-light pattern for a structured-light system includes a base light pattern having a row of a plurality of sub-patterns extending in a first direction. Each sub-pattern is adjacent to at least one other sub-pattern. Each sub-pattern is different from each other sub-pattern. Each sub-pattern includes n dots in a sub-row and n dots in a sub-column in which n is an integer. Each dot is substantially a same size. Each sub-row extends in the first direction, and each sub-column extends in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. The dots that are aligned in a sub-column are offset in the second direction from the dots of the base light pattern that are aligned in an adjacent sub-column. In one embodiment, a size of each sub-pattern in the second direction is larger than a size of each sub-pattern in the first direction by a stretching factor.
US11297294B1
The invention provides an image color enhancement system, method, storage medium and endoscope. Based on that the human skin color and the basic tone of endoscopic image are similar, utilizing a standard data set of Macbeth color card, a color correction matrix for skin color enhancement is generated, which is used by an endoscope for real time image capture, resulting in a vivid expression of the basic tone of an endoscopic image without introducing artifacts in other tonal image parts.
US11297288B2
An operation apparatus through which a user operation is performed to control a plurality of controllable apparatuses includes a detector configured to detect the user operation, and a controller configured to acquire information on an arrangement of the plurality of controllable apparatuses and to switch a control target apparatus among the controllable apparatuses when a user operation is detected which inputs a direction corresponding to an arrangement direction of the plurality of controllable apparatuses indicated by the information on the arrangement.
US11297284B2
A video monitoring system includes a camera head, including an infrared illumination source and an image sensor. A mount is configured to hold the camera head in a fixed location and orientation above a crib, so that the image sensor captures images of the crib and an intervention region adjacent to the crib from a fixed perspective.
US11297282B2
A surveillance system including a fixed camera and one or more temporary cameras and a control means coupled to the fixed camera and the one or more temporary cameras is disclosed. The control means is configured to extend coverage of the fixed camera using the one or more temporary cameras coupled to the fixed camera. Each of the one or more temporary cameras includes one or more sensors and is configured to be deployed and adjusted based on sensor data obtained from the one or more sensors of the one or more temporary cameras and from one or more fixed camera sensors co-located with the fixed camera.
US11297273B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of pixels each having: a photoelectric conversion unit; a first charge holding unit; a second charge holding unit; a first gate; and a second gate. In a period when the photoelectric conversion unit is storing charges to be transferred to the first charge holding unit, the potential of the first gate is set to a first potential, and the potential of the second gate is set to a second potential. Both the first potential and the second potential are higher than the potential of the first gate in a period when the charges of the photoelectric conversion unit are transferred to the first charge holding unit and the potential of the second gate in a period when the charges of the photoelectric conversion unit are transferred to the second charge holding unit. The first potential is lower than the second potential.
US11297271B2
An image sensor comprising pixels each includes, an photoelectric conversion unit, a first inner-layer lens, a second inner-layer lens, and an on-chip microlens. A light-shielding wall around the second inner-layer lens is provided between adjacent pixels. A first positional difference between center positions of the first inner-layer lens and the photoelectric conversion unit, a second positional difference between center positions of the second inner-layer lens and the photoelectric conversion unit, and a third positional difference between center positions of the on-chip microlens and the photoelectric conversion unit satisfy: the second positional difference
US11297269B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor in which a plurality of unit pixels are arranged, each unit pixel including one microlens and at least one light receiving portion that produces a pulse signal when light is incident on the light receiving portion, wherein the unit pixel includes a counting circuit capable of counting the pulse signals of a plurality of the light receiving portions.
US11297268B2
Erroneous detection caused by flicker is suppressed in a solid-state imaging element that detects an address event. solid-state imaging element includes a plurality of pixels, a current detection unit, and a threshold control unit. In the solid-state imaging element, each of the plurality of pixels compares an amount of change in a voltage corresponding to a photocurrent with a predetermined threshold. Further, the current detection unit detects a sum of the photocurrents of the respective plurality of pixels as a total current. Further, the threshold control unit controls the predetermined threshold to a value corresponding to the total current detected by the current detection unit.
US11297264B2
Various techniques are disclosed for providing a device attachment configured to releasably attach to and provide infrared imaging functionality to mobile phones or other portable electronic devices. The device attachment may include an infrared imagining module and a non-thermal imaging module that cooperate with one or more of a non-thermal imaging module in an attached device and a light source in the attached device for capturing and processing images.
US11297261B2
A special effects system for creating a unique walking character effect or illusion. The character appears to the observer to be a physical character or to have dimensionality rather than being two dimensional. The illusion or effect is achieved by mounting a projector and a thin, vertical, flat screen onto an automated cart or sled. The cart is adapted to roll on a track positioned to run from a backdrop or backwall toward a viewing space in which one or more observers or viewers may be located during system operations. The media (or video file) of the character walking is projected on the projection surface of the screen element with the projector. The sled or cart is triggered to roll forward toward the viewing space as the media is playing so that the projected image appears to be moving and getting closer to the viewer.
US11297260B1
Video or image capture device and method of operation of the capture device are described. One example method includes determining, for a video capture by a capture device, a capture orientation mode setting of the capture device, capturing a video using one of a first camera or a second camera based on the capture orientation mode and a current orientation of the capture device, wherein the video is in the capture orientation mode, and storing, after capturing, the video in a video file.
US11297259B2
A finder apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an optical finder for observing an optical image of a subject using an eyepiece portion, a display device that displays information, a half mirror that is arranged on an optical path of the optical finder, an electronically variable ND filter that is inserted on a subject side from the half mirror on the optical path of the optical finder, a brightness information acquisition unit that acquires brightness information of external light, a brightness measurement unit that measures brightness of the incident external light, and a transmittance calculation unit that calculates transmittance of the electronically variable ND filter in real time based on the measured brightness and the acquired brightness information.
US11297254B2
An image processing device includes a memory storing a program, and at least one processor that executes the program. The processor sets an exposure condition for video imaging, acquires an image of the video imaged under the exposure condition, and calculates a brightness distribution from the image. The exposure condition includes a first exposure condition for causing the imaging device to capture an image using a first exposure value, and a second exposure condition causing the imaging device to capture an image using an exposure value higher than the first exposure condition and/or causing the imaging device to capture an image using a lower exposure value than the first exposure condition. The processor sets the first exposure condition or sets the first and the second exposure condition, based on the brightness distribution of the image captured under the first exposure condition after the first exposure condition is set.
US11297250B2
An image recording method (100) and an image recording device (1) for recording a sequence of single images of a scene (3) are provided, wherein the scene (3) is illuminated using an illumination unit (4), a light intensity generated by the illumination unit (4) is characterized by an illumination variable (47), a setting of the illumination variable (47) is performed as long as a regulating reserve (19) of an optimum regulating range (39) of the exposure parameter (46) is present, and a setting of the illumination variable (47) is performed or repeated until the illumination variable (47) is within an optimum regulating range (30) of the illumination variable (47).
US11297245B2
An active calibration device is provided for obtaining parameters that are used to calibrate information contained in images captured by an infrared camera device. The active calibration device includes a base having at least one mounting surface; and a plurality of infrared (IR) light emitting components disposed on the mounting surface of the base. The IR light emitting components are arranged to form a predetermined pattern, and are configured to emit infrared light for receipt by a lens of the infrared camera device.
US11297239B2
Provided are a lens control method and a mobile terminal. The method includes: acquiring a direction of movement of a mobile terminal; determining a target driving direction of a lens in the photographing state according to the direction of movement; and driving the lens to move in the target driving direction.
US11297233B1
Techniques to selectively capture media using a single user interface element are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a touch controller, a visual media capture component, and a storage component. The touch controller may be operative to receive a haptic engagement signal. The visual media capture component may be operative to be configured in a capture mode based on whether a haptic disengagement signal is received by the touch controller before expiration of a first timer, the capture mode one of a photo capture mode or video capture mode, the first timer started in response to receiving the haptic engagement signal, the first timer configured to expire after a first preset duration. The storage component may be operative to store visual media captured by the visual media capture component in the configured capture mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11297223B2
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computer device, image data and distance data from a camera device; detecting, by the computer device, an object in the image data; determining, by the computer device, a condition based on the detected object, wherein the condition is one of a hazardous condition, a dangerous condition, and a spoil condition; and transmitting, by the computer device, an instruction to the camera device based on the determined condition, wherein the instruction causes the camera device to output an alert to a user of the camera device, the alert being based on the determined condition and the distance data.
US11297217B2
In various embodiments, an electronic device includes a main body unit including a grip area for gripping by a user, a first joint portion formed at or connected to one end of the main body unit, a first sub-body unit connected to the main body unit by the first joint portion, and a communication circuit. The main body unit includes a main PCB including a processor, the first joint portion includes a first motor PCB including a control circuit and a first antenna radiator and being electrically connected to the main PCB, the processor allows the control circuit of the first motor PCB to control the first sub-body unit connected by the first joint portion, and the communication circuit transmits and receives signals to and from an external device via the first antenna radiator of the first motor PCB. Above this, various embodiments figured out through the specification are possible.
US11297210B2
A camera module, a method for assembling the camera module, and a mobile terminal are provided. The camera module includes a flexible circuit board; a chip, stacked on the flexible circuit board; an image sensor, stacked on the chip; a connection wire, where one end of the connection wire is connected to a wiring region of the flexible circuit board, the other end of the connection wire is connected to an interface region of a first surface of the chip, and the first surface is a surface of the chip away from the flexible circuit board; and a first protective structure, arranged on the interface region of the first surface of the chip.
US11297208B2
A method of creating teacher data used for creating a color prediction model that predicts a spectral reflectance of a printed matter printed using an ink amount set from the ink amount set that is a combination of ink amounts of inks used for printing, includes, in an ink amount space in which a plurality of lattice points are disposed, selecting an ink amount set from an ink amount set associated with each lattice point, according to a predetermined selection rule, acquiring a spectral reflectance of a color chart printed on a printing medium using the selected ink amount set, and setting the teacher data using the selected ink amount set as an input value and the acquired spectral reflectance as an output value.
US11297204B2
In an image forming device, an image forming engine is configured to form an image. The memory stores configuration information and confidential information. The controller is configured to operate based on the configuration information. In a case where a storage medium is connected to the input output interface, and the storage medium stores import configuration information and import instruction information, the controller imports the import configuration information as the configuration information to the memory by using the import instruction information, encrypts the import instruction information by using the confidential information, and stores the encrypted import instruction information in the storage medium. After the import configuration information is imported, the controller operates according to the import configuration information.
US11297202B2
Provided is a printing apparatus including a cassette configured to be capable of managing a stored paper-sheet by using paper-sheet size information and paper-sheet attribute data, in which an adjustment value of a print position is registered to copied paper-sheet attribute data if an event in which the adjustment value is registered to paper-sheet attribute data in which the paper-sheet size information is not set occurs.
US11297192B2
In an image processing system in which when a paper document is computerized, a file name or the like is set by using a recognized character string obtained by performing OCR processing, so that time and effort of a user when a plurality of documents is computerized en bloc is reduced. Learning data is generated by registering positional information relating to a recognized character string used for setting of a property relating to a scanned image in association with a document form of the scanned image. Then, in a case where the learning data is generated in response to setting of the property being performed for a first scanned image that is selected from a plurality of scanned images included in a list, a scanned image having a document form similar to a document form of the first scanned image is determined among other scanned images included in the list.
US11297179B2
Verification of the identities of parties participating in network-based communication, such as telephone communication, including SMS/text communication, email communication and the like is provided. Communication identifiers (IDs) (e.g., telephone numbers, email addresses or the like) are verified as being associated with one or more communication parties and, in response, a verified communication (ID) database is established. The verified communication ID database is relied upon when a user/communication is selecting a communication ID as an address for an impending communication or receiving a communication for determining whether the communication ID is verifiably associated with a known communication party. If the communication ID is determined to be verifiably associated with a known communication party, a visual or audible output may be provided on the user's device or within the communication that indicates that the communication ID is verifiably associated with the known communication party.
US11297166B2
Systems and methods for transmitting critical data to a server are provided. The data structure intended for transmission to the server is divided up on the client side into a substructure containing critical data (CD) and a substructure not containing CD. The substructure containing CD is further divided up at the client side into at least two substructures and the resulting substructures are sent consecutively to the server via a node with a transformation module. The substructure not containing CD is sent directly to the server, bypassing the node with the transformation module. After receiving the substructures, they are combined at the server side into a single data structure. The critical data are data with respect to which the law of the state in whose jurisdiction the client or an authorized entity is located imposes restrictions on the gathering, storage, accessing, dissemination and processing thereof.
US11297162B2
The invention relates to a control module for use in motor vehicles, comprising a plurality of signal inputs, a plurality of signal outputs, a central storage unit which is connected to at least one functional unit for further processing incoming signals. A signal identification number can be assigned to the at least one signal coming into the central storage unit such that the signal can be identified and further used by the at least one functional unit. The at least one functional unit can be exchanged in a modular manner. The invention additionally relates to a system for configuring the control module, to a method for using the control module, and to a motor vehicle control unit comprising the control module.
US11297156B1
According to the present disclosure, a method of processing data in a data processing system using a distributed messaging system may include acquiring, by a first server, event information associated with at least one item, transmitting, by the first server, a job creation request to a distributed message server based on the acquired event information, acquiring, by a second server, a job request message generated in the distributed message server based on the job creation request, processing, by the second server, event information using at least one processor based on the job request message, and transmitting, by the second server, the processed event information to a front-end-related server.
US11297152B1
Systems and methods to manage and regulate the requests of multiple proxy clients are disclosed. In one aspect, the system and methods disclosed herein aids in configuring proxy server(s) with a rate-limit functionality. Configuration of the rate-limit functionality may be realized by, but not limited to, installing configuration file(s) and/or software application(s) on the proxy server(s). The configuration provides information about the list of restricted and unrestricted domains and their respective request limit specification in a given time frame. Therefore, each time before a proxy server forwards the clients' requests to a target domain, the proxy server checks and ensures that the request count to the particular target domain is well within the limit specified in the request limit specification. Thus, the embodiments described herein aid in preventing the IP addresses of proxy service providers from being blocked or denied from the target websites.
US11297144B2
A framework and a method are provided for monitoring and managing software bots that collectively automate business processes. The method includes interfacing with the bots executing on a bot infrastructure. The method also includes obtaining the bot-specific performance data and the infrastructure-level performance data recorded by the bots and the bot infrastructure. The method further includes generating or modifying a bot dependency chain based on the bot-specific performance data and the infrastructure-level performance data. The bot dependency chain represents at least one of dependencies amongst the bots and dependencies amongst the related business processes. The method also includes generating an outcome for the business processes according to the bot dependency chain and the bot-specific performance data and the infrastructure-level performance data recorded by the bots and the bot infrastructure.
US11297142B2
Systems and methods for evaluating another computer system using temporal discrete event analytics are provided. The method includes generating sentences of discrete event sequences for multiple sensors. The method also includes building a sensor relationship network in response to generating the sentences of discrete event sequences. The sensor relationship network is analyzed to determine relationships between the multiple sensors. The method further includes performing fault diagnosis based on the sensor relationship network and the relationships between the multiple sensors.
US11297138B2
In various embodiments, a benchmarking engine automatically tests a data store to assess functionality and/or performance of the data store. The benchmarking engine generates data store operations based on dynamically adjustable configuration data. As the benchmarking engine generates the data store operations, the data store operations execute on the data store. In a complementary fashion, as the data store operations execute on the data store, the benchmarking engine generates statistics based on the results of the executed data store operations. Advantageously, because the benchmarking engine adjusts the number and/or type of data store operations that the benchmarking engine generates based on any changes to the configuration data, the workload that executes on the data store may be fine-tuned as the benchmarking engine executes.
US11297133B1
A first computer transmits a respective first command to each of a plurality of second computer systems. Each first command includes instructions to initiate one or more virtual machine instances on the respective second computer system. Each virtual machine instance is configured to retrieve data from a third computer system over a communications network, cache the retrieved data, and transmit the cached data to one or more client computers over the communications network in response to a request for the cached data by the one or more client computers. The first computer system also transmits configuration data to each of the second computer systems. The configuration data includes indications of one or more parameters associated with retrieving the data from the third computer system, caching the retrieved data, and/or transmitting the cached data to the one or more client computers.
US11297132B2
An exemplary multi-access edge computing (MEC) orchestration system obtains an operation parameter of a multi-client application that is to execute on a MEC server to be selected from a set of MEC servers located at a first set of locations within a coverage area of a provider network. When executing, the multi-client application serves respective client applications of a set of client devices located at a second set of locations within the coverage area. Based on the operation parameter, the MEC orchestration system identifies a candidate subset of MEC servers from the set of MEC servers and directs the set of client devices to test and report performance capabilities of the MEC servers in the candidate subset. Based on the reported performance capabilities, the MEC orchestration system selects, from the candidate subset of MEC servers, a particular MEC server on which the multi-client application is to execute.
US11297127B2
An information processing system includes: a first information processing device that transmits first data to be retained via a communication path; a second information processing device that calculates first calculation result data that is a calculation result of the first data received via the communication path and second data to be retained and transmits the calculated first calculation result data via the communication path; a third information processing device that transmits third data to be retained via the communication path; and a fourth information processing device that calculates second calculation result data that is a calculation result of the third data received via the communication path and fourth data to be retained and calculates third calculation result data that is a calculation result of the first calculation result data received via the communication path and the calculated second calculation result data.
US11297125B2
A wireless gateway for steering a client device between content streaming apparatuses in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The gateway provides an access point (GW AP) including a gateway steering controller configured to determine whether a client device should be steered to a content streaming apparatus based on at least one sample measurement on received signal strength between the client device and the content streaming apparatus and at least one other content streaming apparatus, and conduct steering logic calculations. The steering logic calculations are compared against predetermined thresholds, and said gateway steering controller provides an instruction to steer the client device to one of the content streaming apparatuses based on a difference between the steering logic calculations and the predetermined thresholds. Optionally, the gateway steering controller may also provide band steering as well as signal strength steering.
US11297123B1
A method includes generating key assignment data indicating assignment of keys to a plurality of feed receiver modules, and processing a plurality of incoming messages via the plurality of feed receiver modules based on the key assignment data. Each of the plurality of feed receiver modules receives a proper subset of the plurality of incoming messages based on the key assignment data, and maintains a queue that includes messages of the proper subset that compare favorably to a time window. Each of the plurality of feed receiver modules identifies owned ones of the proper subset of messages having keys included in an owned subset of keys based on the key assignment data, and emits only the owned ones of the proper subset of messages.
US11297122B2
A method of network-based media processing (NBMP) can include receiving a function description of a media processing function from a function repository at a workflow manager in an NBMP system. The function description can include a configuration descriptor providing configuration information of parameters for the media processing function. The parameters can have logical relationships represented by a parameter representation graph constructed according to a set of rules. The media processing function can be instantiated as a media processing task that is part of a workflow. The media processing task can be configured based on the configuration information of the parameters in the configuration descriptor.
US11297119B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for improved content delivery are described herein. During delivery of content to one or more user devices of a content distribution network (CDN), a content session may be created for each user device. During each content session, each user device may send one or more upstream communications, such as heartbeat signals and bitrate requests, to the CDN. A monitoring module of the CDN may aggregate the upstream communications into session data. The monitoring module may use the session data to determine an impairment associated with content delivery to the one or more user devices.
US11297117B2
Methods, network devices and computer readable media are disclosed for replication and switching of Internet Protocol (IP) packets in professional media networks. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a first node in a network configured for bit indexed explicit replication (BIER), and via a replication fabric within the network, a packet comprising a packet bit array. Each receiver of a plurality of non-BIER-enabled receivers reachable via the replication fabric is represented by a relative bit position in the packet bit array, and a respective IP address is assigned to each receiver. The method further includes determining that an intended non-BIER-enabled receiver of the packet is a local receiver of the first node, obtaining the IP address assigned to the local receiver, removing the packet bit array from the packet and forwarding the packet, without the packet bit array, to the local receiver via unicast IP forwarding.
US11297110B2
Techniques described herein relate to a method for load balancing. In one or more embodiments, the method selects a server from a plurality of servers to process a communication from a host. Network details for the server and the host are saved during a control session to set up the communication. Then, the method stores the network details in a rule in a data plane and relays media traffic between the host and the server for a media session for the communication using the network details in the rule in the data plane.
US11297103B2
A system is described for protecting a cyber-physical system against a potential attacker of the cyber-physical system. The system includes at least one processor configured to: collect historical information about the cyber-physical system, and train, based on the historical information, a machine-learned model to predict future conditions of at least a portion of the cyber-physical system. Responsive to detecting an input signal to the cyber-physical system, the system is configured to output an alert to the cyber-physical system indicative of a potential attacker, and respond to the input signal by simulating, based on the future conditions predicted by the machine-learned model, functionality and communications of the at least a portion of the cyber-physical system.
US11297102B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for using for a simulated phishing campaign, information about one or more situations of a user determined from an electronic calendar of the user. A campaign controller may identify an electronic calendar of a user for which to direct a simulated phishing campaign, determine one or more situations of the user from information stored in the electronic calendar and select either a template from a plurality of templates or a starting action from a plurality of starting actions for the simulated phishing campaign based at least on the one or more situations of the user. The campaign controller may communicate to one or more devices of the user a simulated phishing communication based at least on the respective template or starting action.
US11297087B2
A network connection between a server group of a data intake and query system and each of one or more source network nodes is established. Source data at the server group is received from at least one of the one or more source network nodes via the respective network connections and transformed, by the indexer server, to timestamped entries of machine data. A model management server detects data constraints for a security model. Using the timestamped entries, the data constraints are validated to obtain a validation result, where validating the data constraints includes determining whether the timestamped entries satisfy the availability requirement set for the data element. The model management server determines a data availability assessment of the security model based on the validation result.
US11297086B2
A correlation-based network security for network devices is disclosed. Correlations between a plurality of network devices are mapped based on telemetry from the network devices to determine correlated devices. The behaviors of the correlated devices are monitored based on telemetry received from the correlated devices to determine a deviant device of the plurality of devices. A prioritized alert for the plurality of network devices is generated from a security alert received for the deviant device.
US11297073B2
Activity on an endpoint is monitored in two stages with a local agent. In a first stage, particular computing objects on the endpoint are selected for tracking. In a second stage, particular types of changes to those objects are selected. By selecting objects and object changes in this manner, a compact data stream of information highly relevant to threat detection can be provided from an endpoint to a central threat management facility. At the same time, a local data recorder creates a local record of a wider range of objects and changes. The system may support forensic activity by facilitating queries to the local data recorder on the endpoint to retrieve more complete records of local activity when the compact data stream does not adequately characterize a particular context.
US11297070B2
A monitoring unit verifies authentication information of a packet received and a rule verification unit verifies authentication information of a rule that matches the packet. The monitoring unit generates authentication information for a packet to be forwarded according to the rule having authentication information verified.
US11297065B2
For providing computing resources to a user a liaison service initializes communication for first and second computing resources for the user. The liaison services communicate between the user and the computing resources. The communicating authenticates respective requests by the user for the respective first and second computing resources. Initializing the first and second computing resource services for the user by the liaison service includes providing, to the user via the liaison service, respective first and second account identifiers for the respective first and second computing resource services and includes storing in association with the first and second account identifiers, by the liaison service in a user password vault, respective first and second computing resource key identifiers.
US11297061B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a mobility management node (108) for handling overload in a communications network (100). When overload in the communications network (100) has been detected, the mobility management node (108) receives information indicating at least one blocked IP address to which access should be blocked. The mobility management node (108) receives a communication request message from a UE (101) via a RAN node (105). The communication request message is a request for communication by the UE (101). The mobility management node (108) determines that the UE's (101) request for communication should be rejected when the UE (101) is associated with a blocked IP address.
US11297046B2
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between a contactless card, a client device, and one or more servers are provided. The memory of the contactless card may include one or more applets and a counter. The client device may be in data communication with the contactless card and one or more servers, and the one or more servers may include an expected counter value. The client device may be configured to read the counter from the contactless card and transmit it to the one or more servers. The one or more servers may compare the counter to the expected counter value for synchronization. The contactless card and the one or more servers may resynchronize the counter, via one or more processes, based on one or more reads of the one or more applets. The one or more servers may authenticate the contactless card based on the resynchronization.
US11297044B2
Described herein are methods, systems, and software for encrypting and erasing data objects in a content node. In one example, a method of operating a content node that caches content divided into one or more data objects includes encrypting the one or more data objects using separate encryption keys for each of the one or more data objects, the separate encryption keys comprising a common portion shared by the one or more data objects and an individualized portion unique to each data object. The method further provides receiving a purge request to erase at least one data object and, responsive to the purge request, erasing at least one of the common portion or the individualized portion for the at least one data object based on the purge request.
US11297032B2
Disclosed herein are a method, a device, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for detecting user migration from an enterprise network to a non-enterprise network by using DNS probing. The method includes detecting at least one of a change in state of network connection and change in operational state of a user migration computing device. A domain name system (DNS) query is generated in response to detecting the at least one of a change in state of network connection and change in operational state of a user migration computing device. Further, the DNS query is sent to at least one of a plurality of DNS servers. If an expected DNS response is received, it is determined that the user migration computing device is in the enterprise network. If expected DNS response is not received, that the user migration computing device is outside the enterprise network.
US11297019B2
A message notification device includes an update information acquisition unit and a notification unit. The update information acquisition unit is configured to, when information that uniquely specifies content is contained in a message, acquire update information as to whether or not the uniquely specified content is updated. The notification unit is configured to notify a poster who has posted the message when the update information is acquired by the update information acquisition unit.
US11297018B1
For a user in a social networking system, the social networking system provides photo spaces to facilitate communication between users. Icons represent other users, and the user interacts with an icon to view photos or other media items with which both the user and another user are associated (e.g., in which both users are visually present). When a user interacts with a photo or other media item, the social networking system generates a chat user interface for the user to have a private conversation with the second user with reference to the photo.
US11297016B1
A system and method simulates conversation with a human user. The system and method receive media, convert the media into a system-specific format, and compare the converted media to a vocabulary. The system and method generate a plurality of intents and a plurality of sub-entities and transform them into a pre-defined format. The system and method route intents and the sub-entities to a first selected knowledge engine and a second knowledge engine. The first selected knowledge engine selects the second knowledge engine and each active grammar in the vocabulary uniquely identifies each of the knowledge engines.
US11297012B2
A buffer logic unit of a packet processing device including a power gate controller. The buffer logic unit for organizing and/or allocating available pages to packets for storing the packet data based on which of a plurality of separately accessible physical memories that pages are associated with. As a result, the power gate controller is able to more efficiently cut off power from one or more of the physical memories.
US11297011B2
A data transmission method includes obtaining dequeue information that indicates a queue which requests to output data in a communications device and a target data volume that is output from each queue at a time, and the communications device manages the target data volume based on a burst value, reading, based on the queue, a sub-packet descriptor (PD) that is obtained by segmenting the first PD, the sub-PD includes target description information indicating a target data packet, the first PD includes first description information indicating a first data packet set including the target data packet, the first data packet set and the sub-PD are stored in a packet cache including a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), the first PD is stored in a control cache including a static random access memory (SRAM), and determining, the target data packet based on the sub-PD, and sending the target data packet.
US11297005B2
An example system includes a first network node, a second network node, and a third network node. The first network node is configured to generate a first optical subcarrier representing first data, and transmit the first optical subcarrier to the second network node. The second network node is configured to receive the first optical subcarrier from the first network node, generate a second optical subcarrier representing the first data, where the second optical subcarrier is different from the first optical subcarrier, and transmit the second optical subcarrier to the third network node.
US11297003B1
A technology is described for operating a multi-tiered data processing service. An example method may include receiving a data rule set used to process data generated by a network addressable device included in a multi-tiered data processing service having computing nodes that are connected using one or more networks, where the computing nodes may have computing capacities to execute a portion of the data rule set using a rules engine. A computing node included in the multi-tiered processing service may be selected to host a portion of the data rule set on the computing node and a portion of the data rule set may be deployed to the computing node, where the data rule set may be registered with the rules engine that executes on the computing node and data generated by the network addressable device may be processed using the rules engine and the data rule set.
US11297002B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for bandwidth allocation in multi-track media communication that can include receiving a set of inbound media tracks; resolving track priority configuration for the set of media tracks; resolving media constraints that are at least partially derived from properties of the set of media tracks; producing bandwidth allocation configuration based on at least the track priority configuration and media constraints; and allocating bandwidth to outbound media tracks within a communication link to a client device wherein bandwidth of the outbound media tracks is allocated based on the bandwidth allocation configuration.
US11296997B2
The present disclosure relates to an SDN-based VPN traffic scheduling method and scheduling system. The method includes: configuring an SDN switching device to implement establishment of a communication link between a CE device and a PE device; performing VPN configuration on a controller; distributing, by the controller, a corresponding flow table to the SDN switching device, the flow table being used to translate a repeated address within a VPN to a non-conflict space address to distinguish different VPN traffic; configuring, by the controller, different traffic scheduling paths for the different VPN traffic according to a preset traffic scheduling strategy; and distributing, by the controller, the traffic scheduling paths to the PE device.
US11296996B2
Systems and methods are provided to optimize bandwidth usage associated with a local network. As part of the bandwidth optimization techniques, an authentication entity may receive an indication of an access profile selected by a user of an electronic device. The authentication entity may assign the access profile to the electronic device. Accordingly, when the electronic device transmits data, a network regulation entity may process the traffic in accordance with the access profile. To this end, the network regulation entity may correspond communication sessions within the traffic to an application. The network regulation entity may then query the access profile to determine a priority for each application. When the traffic exceeds a threshold byte volume, the network regulation entity may queue lower priority communication sessions. By processing the traffic based upon a user-indicated access profile, compliance with network neutrality principles may be maintained.
US11296992B2
A method of managing traffic in a communication network is implemented by a network interface of a communicating element during the transmission of a message on a physical link of the network, the message including a transmission priority level. This method includes the steps of: detecting an internal state of a data link layer, as long as the internal state of the link layer does not allow the message to be sent immediately: waiting for the internal state of the link layer to reach a priority state equal to or lower than the transmission priority level, increasing the transmission priority level each time the internal state resumes a busy state signifying that a signal is present on the physical link during this wait time; sending the message when the internal state changes to a priority state equal to or lower than the transmission priority level.
US11296982B2
Techniques for initiator-based data-plane validation of segment routed, multiprotocol label switched (MPLS) networks are described herein. In examples, an initiating node may determine to validate data-plane connectivity associated with a network path of the MPLS network. The initiating node may store validation data in a local memory of the initiating node. In examples, the initiating node may send a probe message that includes a request for identification data associated with a terminating node. The terminating node may send a probe reply message that includes the identification data, as well as, in some examples, a code that instructs the initiating node to perform validation. In examples, the initiating node may use the validation data stored in memory to compare to the identification data received from the terminating node to validate data-plane connectivity. In some examples, the initiating node may indicate a positive or negative response after performing the validation.
US11296979B2
In general, embodiments of the invention relate to managing the processing of network data units (NDUs) received by a network device. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to minimize the use of a peer link between two multichassis link aggregation group (MLAG) peers to transmit NDUs that are to be routed or bridged by the MLAG peers. The aforementioned minimization of the use of the peer link may be achieved, e.g., using a shared media access control (MAC) address.
US11296976B2
A network node (21), which is placed within a core network, stores a list of network elements (24) capable of forwarding a trigger message to a MTC device (10). The network node (21) receives the trigger message from a transmission source (30, 40) placed outside the core network, and then selects, based on the list, one of the network elements to forward the trigger message to the MTC device (10). The MTC device (10) validates the received trigger message, and then transmits, when the trigger message is not validated, to the network node (21) a reject message indicating that the trigger message is not accepted by the MTC device (10). Upon receiving the reject message, the network node (21) forwards the trigger message through a different one of the network elements, or forwards the reject message to transmission source (30, 40) to send the trigger message through user plane.
US11296972B2
A method implemented in a network device to enable scalable network path tracing. The method includes receiving a data packet with operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) information, updating a previous node identifier field in the OAM information, updating a current node identifier field in the OAM information, and sending a copy of the updated data packet with OAM information to a collector to build a packet trace.
US11296969B2
A method for energy saving in a communication network is provided. The method is implemented by a first network device in a communication network. The first network device may be communicatively connected to a second network device by a FlexE group. The method may comprise measuring a traffic rate of one or more FlexE clients carried over the FlexE group, and determining whether one or more PHYs of the FlexE group is to be shut down or activated based on the measured traffic rate and a first shutdown threshold or a first activation threshold.
US11296962B2
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to monitor streaming media are disclosed. Example media monitoring methods disclosed herein include presenting streaming media accessed via a network, extracting metering metadata from a metadata channel associated with a transport stream, the transport stream providing the streaming media to a media presentation device, in response to a detected event, reporting the metering metadata to a server, accessing an identification of secondary media for presentation responsive to the reporting of the metering metadata, and presenting the identified secondary media.
US11296956B2
There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform configured to communicatively couple with a multi-tenant cloud service, the multi-tenant cloud service including an oversubscribable resource; and a service assurance for oversubscribable resource (SAOR) engine configured to: receive tenant subscriptions to the oversubscribable resource, wherein tenant subscriptions exceed available instances of the oversubscribable resource; receive per-tenant quality of service (QoS) metrics for the oversubscribable resource; receive an allocation request from a guest for allocation of an instance of the oversubscribable resource; compare the request to currently-available instances of the oversubscribable resource; determine that the oversubscribable resource has capacity to service the request according to the QoS metrics of the tenant; and allocate an instance of the oversubscribable resource to the guest.
US11296952B2
A network system configured to provide software defined networking is described. The network system comprises networking hardware such as network controllers, memory and other storage devices, and processors. The processors execute instructions to implement various program modules. A user interface permits a user to generate a request for generating an on-demand network connection. A flow module generates a network flow request, based on the received request for generating the on-demand network connection, and transmits the network flow request to a controller module. The controller module controls the network controllers to generate the on-demand network connection based on the generated network flow request.
US11296951B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the processing of network data. During operation, the system obtains a set of event streams from one or more remote capture agents over one or more networks, wherein the set of event streams comprises time-series event data generated from network packets captured by the one or more remote capture agents. Next, the system causes for display, within a graphical user interface (GUI), a first set of user interface elements, wherein the first set of user interface elements includes event stream information for an event stream in the set of event streams and a first graph of a metric associated with the time-series event data in the event stream. The system then updates the first graph in real-time with the time-series event data from the one or more remote capture agents.
US11296950B2
Embodiments include systems and methods comprising a gateway located at a premise forming at least one network on the premise that includes a plurality of premise devices. A sensor user interface (SUI) is coupled to the gateway and presented to a user via a remote device. The SUI includes at least one display element. The at least one display element includes a floor plan display that represents at least one floor of the premise. The floor plan display visually and separately indicates a location and a current state of each premise device of the plurality of premise devices.
US11296944B2
Policy based path management, including: identifying a plurality of data communications paths between a storage system and an entity that issues input/output (‘I/O’) operations to the storage system; selecting, in dependence upon a path selection policy, a subset of data communications paths from the plurality of data communications paths between the entity and the storage system; and issuing, from the entity to the storage system, I/O operations using only the subset of data communications paths.
US11296937B2
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for decentralized data storage and processing for IoT devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory; and a processor to cause storage of a contract in an off-chain datastore; generate a hash value of the contract; cause storage of the hash value on a blockchain to be accessible to multiple nodes in an IoT network; and cause storage of a transaction on the blockchain, the transaction corresponding to an objective of the contract based on data sensed by an IoT device in the IoT network.
US11296936B2
Methods for configuring a self-organizing network (SON) of a cellular telecommunication network are disclosed. A first set of data comprised of substantially real-time data for one or more key performance indicators (KPIs) is collected. A characteristic profile of the KPIs is determined. An instruction is sent to an identifier associated with the selected adjustable antenna, indicative of a command to change an electromagnetic characteristic of the selected adjustable antenna. A second set of data for the KPIs is received, and an updated profile of the KPIs is determined. A statistical probability of a causal relationship between the updated profile and the change to the electromagnetic is determined based on a predetermined threshold. Identifiers for the adjustable antennas are updated or confirmed.
US11296919B2
Device, methods and systems for precoding in wireless systems using orthogonal time frequency space multiplexing are described. An exemplary method for transmitting wireless signals includes mapping data to generate a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signal in a delay Doppler domain, determining a perturbation signal to minimize expected interference and noise, perturbing the QAM signal with the perturbation signal, thereby producing a perturbed signal, generating a pre-coded signal by pre-coding, using a linear pre-coder, the perturbed signal, and transmitting the pre-coded signal using an orthogonal time frequency space modulation signal scheme.
US11296916B2
Methods and devices for assigning sounding reference signals (SRS) resources to UEs in a wireless communication network are provided. Configuration information is sent to a UE, the configuration information pertaining to a first sequence identifier (ID) to be used by the UE to generate a plurality of SRS sequences to be sent by the UE as at least part of a first SRS. Each SRS sequence of the plurality of SRS sequences is a function of a respective SRS sequence root that is a function of the first sequence ID. The first sequence ID may be a UE-specific sequence ID that is a function of a UE-specific ID associated with the UE, such as a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI).
US11296910B2
A method of compensating electromagnetic emissions of a device for use in a communication bus, the method including: transmitting a test signal over the communication bus; receiving, at the device, the test signal after propagation over the communication bus; performing frequency analysis processing of the test signal received to detect a set of harmonic components of the test signal received having an amplitude exceeding a certain threshold; storing respective values of frequency of harmonic components in the set of harmonic components having an amplitude exceeding the certain threshold; and generating and transmitting over the communication bus a set of compensation signals, each compensation signal in the set of compensation signals being a sinusoidal signal having a respective frequency equal to one of the frequencies stored, and being in anti-phase with respect to the harmonic component of the test signal received having the respective frequency.
US11296902B2
An Internet of Things (IoT) system that includes an orchestration device is provided. The orchestration device receives resource requirements and accesses a device/capability map to produce a task deployment map.
US11296897B2
In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a method of reading a marking, comprising a stimulation step, wherein a physical challenge according to a predetermined challenge-response authentication scheme corresponding to the PUF is created and applied to a PUF; a detection step, wherein a response generated by the PUF in accordance with the challenge-response authentication scheme in reaction to the challenge is detected and a digital signal representing the response is generated; a processing step, wherein the digital signal is processed in order to generate a hash value of the response by application of a predetermined cryptographic hash function to the digital signal; and an output step, wherein data representing the generated hash value as a first reading result is output.
US11296887B2
A computing system architecture includes a service server and a first validator. The first validator is communicable to the service server. A validation request is sent from the service server to the first validator for validating a transaction. The validation request including a first facial image of a party of the transaction. The validator performs a facial recognition using the first facial image of the party for validating the transaction.
US11296884B2
An authentication and encryption computer system is disclosed including processing devices, a network interface, and a data store. The authentication and encryption system is configured to maintain in the data store content common to a plurality of entities and content independently specified by each of the plurality of entities. The system is configured to receive a content request from an application executing on a mobile device, the content request comprising a secure access code corresponding to an entity, and the content request encrypted by the mobile device. An interface, comprising the content common to the plurality of entities, is customized to include content independently specified by the entity, wherein the content independently specified by the entity comprises a token value. A user request for an item presented via the interface is received and the token value is transferred to the entity.
US11296864B2
An example operation may include one or more of signing a blockchain transaction by an endorsement peer member of a blockchain, transmitting the blockchain transaction to an ordering service, identifying a blockchain transaction queue length, and receiving a signed promise from the ordering service that the blockchain transaction will be included in an identified block number based on the blockchain transaction queue length.
US11296863B2
Methods and systems for enterprise data management using a blockchain are described herein. A distributed peer-to-peer network may manage a blockchain corresponding to a data field. A first computing device may receive data from the data field. The first computing device may determine the blockchain corresponding to the data field and evaluate blockchain entries of the blockchain. Such blockchain entries may comprise information regarding data lineage, privacy, or the like. Based on the blockchain entries evaluated, the computing device may determine whether to store the data received. In response to determining to transfer at least a portion of the data to a second computing device, the first computing device may generate a blockchain entry and cause it to be added to the blockchain.
US11296860B2
Embodiments of the present invention synchronize multiple synthesizers, such as phase-locked loops (PLLs), in a manner that does not require communication or coordination between the synthesizers. Specifically, each synthesizer is part of a synthesizer circuit that includes a synthesizer (e.g., a PLL), a phase measurement circuit, and a synchronization circuit. A common reference signal (e.g., an alternating clock signal) is provided to the synthesizer circuits. In one exemplary embodiment, in each synthesizer circuit, the phase measurement circuit measures a phase difference between the reference signal and a corresponding output of the synthesizer, and the synchronization circuit adjusts the synthesizer operation based on the measured phase difference in such a way that all of the synthesizers operate in-phase with one another relative to the common reference signal, without having any communication or coordination between the two synthesizer circuits other than provision of the common reference signal.
US11296850B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). Methods and apparatuses are provided in which first sidelink data and second sidelink data are received from one or more terminals. It is determined whether a first resource for transmitting first feedback information for the first sidelink data and a second resource for transmitting second feedback information for the second sidelink data overlap each other. When the first resource and the second resource overlap each other, feedback information corresponding to one of the first feedback information and the second feedback information having a higher priority, is transmitted to the one or more terminals. A priority of each of the first feedback information and the second feedback information is based on sidelink control information scheduling each of the first sidelink data and the second sidelink data.
US11296847B2
Sub-sampled DMRS are utilised in repeated mini-slots for PUSCH transmission. Each sub-sampled DMRS may be multiplex with data in the respective symbol.
US11296838B2
Various aspects described herein relate to techniques for communications in a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) wireless communications system. In an aspect, a method of wireless communications may include receiving a request to form a CoMP cluster set of transmit/receive points (TRPs) for a user equipment (UE), determine the CoMP cluster set of TRPs for the UE based on at least a delay budget and a reliability requirement, and one or more of configuration information and measurements, and coordinate communications for the UE using the CoMP cluster set. The techniques described herein may apply to different communications technologies, including 5th Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) communications technology.
US11296837B2
Techniques for broadcast channel management on a shared communication medium are disclosed. An access terminal may be configured to identify a subframe number associated with a given subframe based not only on a subframe number indicator but also a reference boundary. Conversely, an access point may be configured to set a subframe number indicator for a given subframe based not only on its subframe number but also a reference boundary.
US11296826B2
Method enabling an application server to acknowledge, with a single acknowledgement frame, a set of frames sent by endpoints in a group of endpoints to said application server. Each endpoint in said group communicates with the application server via a gateway and a centralising server. The application server is connected to the centralising server via a first communication network. The centralising server is connected to each gateway by a second communication network. The group of endpoints and each gateway form a LoRa network, each communication between an endpoint in said group and a gateway using the LoRaWAN protocol.
US11296825B2
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus for determining which 5 of a plurality of subframes are repetition subframes, wherein repetition subframes are subframes scheduled for use by abase station to transmit a repetition of a system information block. A method comprises receiving a first mapping comprising information designating a subset of the plurality of subframes as invalid subframes; and determining, based on the first mapping and a second mapping, which of the 0 subframes designated as invalid subframes are repetition subframes, wherein the second mapping comprises information designating at least one of the subset of the plurality of subframes as a repetition subframe.
US11296813B2
Example packet processing methods and devices are described. One example method includes that a first device identifies a received first packet through a first FlexE shim layer disposed in the first device. When identifying that the first packet is a flexible Ethernet (FlexE) packet, the first device performs timeslot mapping on the first packet, then encapsulates the first packet into a first gigabit passive optical network encapsulation mode (GEM) frame. One first identifier is selected by the first device from at least one identifier reserved for a FlexE service, and is allocated to the first GEM frame, where the first identifier is used to indicate that the first GEM frame is a GEM frame corresponding to the FlexE packet. The first device sends the first GEM frame that carries the first identifier.
US11296808B2
An interference canceller comprises a composite interference vector (CIV) generator configured to produce a CIV by combining soft and/or hard estimates of interference, an interference-cancelling operator configured for generating a soft projection operator, and a soft-projection canceller configured for performing a soft projection of the received baseband signal to output an interference-cancelled signal. Weights used in the soft-projection operator are selected to maximize a post-processing SINR.
US11296804B2
An example device may include at least three phased array antennas controllable to provide respective receive beams steerable in azimuth and elevation, where faces of the phased array antennas are arranged to provide a receive beam coverage 360 degrees in azimuth, and at least three radio frequency front ends to receive channel sounding waveforms from a fifth generation base station of a cellular network via the respective receive beams and to generate baseband signals from the channel sounding waveforms. The device may include a processing system including at least one processor in communication with the radio frequency front ends to steer the respective receive beams via instructions to the radio frequency front ends, receive the baseband signals from the radio frequency front ends, determine a plurality of measurements of at least one wireless channel parameter based upon the baseband signals, and record locations and spatial orientation information for the measurements.
US11296800B2
Computational nodes are connected to each other via multiple point to point communication ports to form a mesh network. When a node receives such routing information, it will be a set of {Route ID, Forwarding Ports} pair, where the ports can be multiple targets including the node itself. When all the nodes within the routing path receive such information, the mesh system can handle the packet transfer for the given Route ID. Each node looks up the table with Route ID and determines where to forward the packet.
US11296792B1
An optical signal transceiver in a transistor outline package includes a component base, a laser device, a first wavelength division multiplexing prism and a second wavelength division multiplexing prism, a first photodetector, and a second photodetector. The component base is inside the transistor outline package and supports the laser device, the laser device emitting light to the outside of the transistor outline package. The first and second prisms and the first photodetector and the second photodetector are also located on the component base. Light output as optical signals sequentially pass through the first and second multiplexing prisms. The first input optical signal is transmitted to the first photodetector through the first prism, and the second input optical signal passes through the first prism and is passed on to the second photodetector via the second prism.
US11296790B2
A transmission system formed by connecting sites through an optical fiber stores at least unique information of the transmission functional devices for each site, connection information, and information of wavelength resources that can be accommodated in the optical fiber in a facility DB as DB information D2. When the number of wavelengths of order information for requesting the number of wavelengths required for transmission of optical signals between sites is larger than the number of wavelengths that can be accommodated in the optical fiber of the DB information D2, the number of wavelengths for each of the transmission functional devices required for enabling the number of wavelengths of the order information D1 to be accommodated in the optical fiber is designed using the design unit. Designed numbers of wavelengths are configured in the corresponding transmission functional devices using the configuration unit.
US11296787B2
A monostatic, beaconless fiber transceiver for free-space optical links infers fine tracking information using receiver optoelectronics and an injected pointing dither (nutation). A MEMS steering mirror fine-points the beams and injects the nutation. While this may disturb fiber coupling and transmit beam pointing, link loss becomes negligible for sufficient SNR. The SNR for links without point-ahead correction is about 35 dB to keep dither loss below 0.1 dB and RMS spatial tracking noise below a tenth of the beam divergence. Since the pointing and tracking bandwidth is much smaller than the receiver communication bandwidth, this SNR is achievable with appropriate filtering. For point-ahead correction, a single-mode fiber transceiver can reach up to about 1 beamwidth of correction, while a few-mode fiber transceiver can reach up to about 1.75 beamwidths due to improved coupling sensitivity at higher point-ahead offsets. Using a double-clad fiber with a secondary detector further reduces the incurred coupling loss.
US11296782B2
Access, mobility management and regulatory services are supported for satellite access to a 5G core network. Radio cells supported by a satellite may be moving as the satellite moves and may undergo changes, e.g. when a satellite is transferred from one earth station to another. A base station may broadcast a remaining lifetime for a radio cell (e.g. in a system information block) which indicates to UEs how much longer the radio cell can be accessed before a change occurs. A radio cell may also indicate support for one or more fixed tracking areas (TAs) in coverage of the radio cell. A base station may broadcast a remaining lifetime for each TA to indicate to UEs how much longer a TA will be supported by the radio cell. UEs can use the indications to perform cell change or handover to other radio cells and/or other satellites.
US11296779B2
In an embodiment, a signal repeater includes a master unit and a remote unit that are optically coupled to one another by, e.g., an optical fiber. The master unit includes master-unit circuitry configured to receive an input electrical signal from a satellite-signal receive antenna, and to convert the input electrical signal into an optical signal. And the remote unit includes remote-unit circuitry configured to convert the optical signal into an intermediate electrical signal, to amplify the intermediate electrical signal to generate an output electrical signal, and to couple the output electrical signal to a retransmission antenna. Because an optical channel, such as an optical fiber, typically attenuates an optical signal significantly less per unit of distance than a coaxial cable attenuates an electrical signal, such a signal repeater allows a satellite receive antenna to be located at a significant distance from a retransmit antenna.
US11296774B2
Herein is disclosed an antenna pairing system comprising a first plurality of antennas configured to receive an ordered set of transmissions; a signal strength measuring circuit, configured to measure a received signal strength of transmissions within the ordered set of transmissions as received by the first plurality of antennas; one or more processors, configured to identify a pairing transmission, the pairing transmission being a transmission from the ordered set of transmissions having a received signal strength fulfilling a predefined criterion, according to the signal strength measuring circuit; and identify an antenna of the first plurality of antennas at which the pairing transmission was received.
US11296770B2
A method of transmitting data to a communications device from a wireless communications network comprising one or more infrastructure equipment, the method comprises configuring one or more of the infrastructure equipment for transmitting one or more candidate beams of signals which can be used to transmit the data to the communications device from each of one or more cells of the wireless communications device formed by the infrastructure equipment. Each of the candidate beams is configured with a different directional bias with respect to a location of the one or more cells from which the signals of the candidate beam can be received when transmitted.
US11296767B2
Method for reporting channel state information in wireless communication system, and device therefor
A method for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, configuration information related to the channel state information, wherein the configuration information includes a number of a plurality of subbands allocated to the UE; measuring parameter values related to a channel state of one or more subbands of the plurality of subbands based on the configuration information; and reporting, to the base station, channel state information of the one or more subbands including the measured parameter values, wherein a number of the one or more subbands is determined based on a value of a rank indicator (RI).
US11296763B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining information corresponding to beamforming. One method (1400) includes determining (1402) a grouping arrangement corresponding to a type of beamforming. The type of beamforming includes analog beamforming, digital beamforming, hybrid beamforming, or some combination thereof. The method (1400) includes determining (1404) a set of information corresponding to the grouping arrangement. The set of information includes the type of beamforming. The method (1400) includes transmitting (1406) the set of information to a base unit.
US11296760B2
Disclosed is a method for uplink transmission and reception in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for performing uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving downlink control information (DCI) including sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indication (SRI) and precoding indication from a base station; and transmitting an uplink to the base station by applying precoding indicated by the precoding indication on an antenna port of an SRS transmitted within an SRS resource selected by the SRI.
