US11642619B2
Methods of designing zeolite materials for adsorption of CO2. Zeolite materials and processes for CO2 adsorption using zeolite materials.
US11642615B2
Additively manufactured ceramic filters are disclosed. A plurality of pores, each having a uniform geometry, are arranged between an inlet surface and an outlet surface of a single unit of ceramic such that the plurality of pores change in size uniformly from the inlet surface to the outlet surface. The pores are respectively interconnected, and the size, shape, orientation, and/or interconnection of the pores are chosen to provide hydrodynamic features that provide effective filtration for a given liquid and contamination. The pores are additively manufactured with optimized precision.
US11642610B2
A method of concentrating sediment in a water tank involves attaching a vortex inducing device to an opening through the roof of the tank between the central vertical axis and the side walling of the tank. The device has a device inlet which narrows to a device outlet. The device outlet is orientated such that, water flowing out via the device outlet induces a vortex within the pooled water, thereby causing sediment to collect centrally on the floor of the tank.
US11642598B2
A method and system for managing personal virtual space, comprising: establishing at least one threshold distance needed to generate a personal virtual space breach alert; creating a first unique identifying signal; transducing the signal into a transmissible medium; transmitting the signal by a first electronic device; receiving the signal by at least one other electronic device; processing the signal with at least one processor; calculating distance to first electronic device using the processed signal; communicate the distance to at least one management processor; calculating at least one other distance from the first electronic device to the other electronic device; communicate the at least one other distance to the management processor; calculating a personal virtual space breach from the distances; creating a personal virtual space breach alert; transmitting the personal virtual space breach alert; receiving the personal virtual space breach alert at a plurality of physical notification devices; changing the state of at least one of the physical notification devices.
US11642596B2
Within a multiplayer gaming environment, a game mediation infrastructure facilitates the creation and use of multiplayer gaming sessions. The game mediation infrastructure allows leveraging the context of an existing gameplay session within a game (e.g., the game being played, the identities of the participants) to begin a corresponding session in a game mediator application. The session in the game mediator application provides functionality—such as game-related communication capabilities—that is superior to that provided by the game itself. These actions by the game mediation infrastructure reduce or eliminate steps that would otherwise have to be performed by users, thereby greatly simplifying user coordination for multiplayer gaming.
US11642595B2
A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
US11642589B2
One method comprises receiving a hit signal from a device worn by a first player, receiving a position of the device, receiving an orientation of a launch axis of a virtual-projectile launcher, receiving a position of a second player, and outputting a hit assignment on determining, pursuant to receiving the hit signal, that a recognized object and the second player are coincident at an indicated launch of a virtual projectile. Another method comprises receiving an indication of launch of a virtual projectile by a virtual-projectile launcher of a first player, receiving an image aligned to a launch axis of the virtual-projectile launcher, outputting a hit signal to a server on determining, pursuant to receiving the indication of launch, that a recognized object is imaged in a projectile-delivery area of the image, and outputting a position of the device and an orientation of the launch axis to the server.
US11642584B2
A spacer apparatus for maximizing a user's range of motion on a weightlifting exercise machine. The spacer apparatus includes a first interlocking part having a semi-circular body extending between top and bottom portions, and a lock portion extending between first and second ends of the semi-circular body. The first and second ends are spaced and a keyway is between the first and second ends. The spacer apparatus includes a second interlocking part having a body extending, at least partially, between first and second ends, and entirely between top and bottom portions. The body of the second interlocking part has a semi-circular portion with a key portion extending therefrom. In the interlocked configuration, the key portion extends between the keyway such that an outer perimeter of the first interlocking part and an outer perimeter of the second interlocking part are aligned.
US11642578B2
In general, aspects of this invention relate to blade-type iron golf clubs or golf club heads. The blade-type golf club head may comprise a body forged of a metal material. The body may include a hosel, a top surface, a sole, a heel, a toe, a ball striking surface, and a rear surface opposite the ball striking surface. The rear surface may have an upper blade portion and a lower muscle portion with the upper blade portion separated from the lower muscle portion by a blade interface. The lower muscle portion may have a muscle portion surface are that includes a heel muscle surface area measured from the ball striking centerline to the heel and a toe muscle surface area measured from the ball striking centerline to the toe. The toe muscle surface area may make up at least 60% of the muscle portion surface area. The mass distribution of the lower muscle portion moves the center of gravity of the club head closer to the face center location.
US11642575B2
A main body of a ball collecting and discharging machine includes a traveling portion and a ball collecting and discharging portion to collect and discharge balls. A controller causes the ball collecting and discharging portion to collect the balls scattered in a ball scattered area while causing the traveling portion to cause the main body to travel along a ball collecting route in the ball scattered area. When the ball collecting and discharging portion reaches a state of being ready to discharge balls during or after ball collecting work, the controller causes the traveling portion to cause the main body to travel along the ball discharging route and causes the ball collecting and discharging portion to discharge balls at the ball discharging site.
US11642567B1
An end platform for an exercise machine for increased support of an exerciser's spine, neck and head which allows for an expanded scope of exercises that cannot otherwise be performed on the machine without the improved platform. The end platform for an exercise machine generally includes a novel, ergonomically improved stationary platform affixed to at least one opposed end of a substantially longitudinal exercise machine that includes at least a resistance biased reciprocating platform. The improved end platform provides for increased support of exercisers' spine, neck and head, thereby allowing for an expanded scope of exercises that cannot otherwise be performed on the machine without the improved platform, and further provides for the attachment of new and novel exercise equipment accessories to the exercise machine.
US11642565B2
A weight apparatus includes a handle, first and second anchorages mounted to first and second ends of the handle, respectively, the handle and the first and second anchorages having an axially extending opening, first and second rods axially movable inside the axially extending opening and adapted to be moved axially relative to the axially extending opening in opposite directions upon rotation of first and second pinion gears in the first and second anchorages, respectively, that engage with first and second racks on the first and second rods, respectively, and a lock having a locked condition in which rotation of the first and second pinion gears is prevented and an unlocked condition in which rotation of the first and second pinion gears is permitted.
US11642563B2
An adjustable dumbbell includes a base, a grip, and a plurality of sets of dumbbell plate assemblies connected on both sides of the grip. The dumbbell plate assembly includes a rotating member, an adapter, a limiting member and a weight plate. The rotating member rotates with the grip. The limiting member is located between the rotating member and the adapter. The limiting member fits with and is connected to the adapter in a non-rotatable manner. When the rotating member rotates, the rotating member abuts against the abutting rib to drive the limiting member to translate, so that the protrusion is inserted into or separated from the insertion hole to connect or separate the limiting member and the adapter.
US11642561B2
An exercise machine comprises an arm support, including: a carriage configured to slide within a track attached to the exercise machine; and a support assembly that floats the carriage relative to the track, wherein the support assembly is disengaged by the application of force via the arm. An exercise machine comprises a rotatable column, wherein the column supports an arm, and a gear detent mechanism to support a discrete number of positions for the rotatable column. An exercise machine comprises a tiltable arm, and a mechanism to support a discrete number of positions for the tiltable arm.
US11642559B2
A corrosion monitoring device includes a sensor assembly and a detector circuit. The sensor assembly includes at least one sensor portion disposed in an interior of a pipe in a fire sprinkler system for sensing corrosion of a wall of the pipe. The detector circuit transmits an electrical signal through the at least one sensor portion, monitors an electrical characteristic of the at least one sensor portion based on the electrical signal, compares at least one of the monitored electrical characteristic and a change in the electrical characteristic of the at least one sensor portion to at least one of a predetermined value and a previously monitored electrical characteristic, determines a corrosion status indicative of at least one of a corrosion level and a rate of corrosion of the pipe wall based on the comparison, and outputs an indication of the corrosion status.
US11642555B2
A wild fire defense system network for proactively defending homes and properties from wild fires. A GPS system provides GPS-location services to each system component in the wild fire defense system network, supported by a wireless communication network. First and second group of wireless GPS-tracked anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid spraying systems are provided. The first group of wireless GPS-tracked chemical liquid spraying systems are assigned to homes and/or buildings in strategic areas of a specified region, for spraying the outside of homes and surrounding ground cover with environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid, to proactively protect the homes and surrounding ground cover from wild fire. The second group of GPS-tracked chemical liquid spraying systems are assigned to operators in the strategic area for spraying GPS-specified ground cover with anti-fire chemical liquid to create strategic clean-chemistry fire breaks that proactively protect GPS-specified property cover from wild fire. First and second groups of wireless mobile computing systems are deployed with mobile applications installed and configured for receiving messages and instructions from a command center operably connected to the wireless communication network. The command center sends instructions to home owners and/or specified contractors to apply environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid to GPS-specified homes and surrounding areas. The command center also sends instructions to operators to apply environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid to GPS-specified regions to create and/or maintain strategic chemical fire breaks in the region. By virtue of the present invention, the wild fire defense system network is capable of proactively defending homes and properties against wild fire, prior to arrival, by spraying homes and property with environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid using wireless GPS-tracked spraying chemical liquid systems.
US11642554B2
Locking systems and method of manufacturing the same are provided. A locking system for fall protection includes a braking lever. The braking includes a shock absorber. The shock absorber includes a plurality of coils. The shock absorber also includes a plurality of breakaway interfaces coupling the plurality of coils together. Each of the plurality of breakaway interfaces are configured to decouple two of the plurality of coils at a different force. At least one of the breakaway interfaces defines at least one deformable finger defined on one of the plurality of coils of the shock absorber interfacing with another coil of the shock absorber.
US11642551B2
Disclosed are methods and devices for treatment of subcutaneous fat by simultaneously transdermally inducing both ultrasonic transverse vibrations and ultrasonic longitudinal vibrations in subcutaneous tissue, for example for reduction of subcutaneous fat.
US11642547B2
A phototherapy or BRT process and apparatus is provided, which, using a pre-recorded bioresonance frequency or compilation of frequencies, causes an EMR emitter to emit within a biological window of a target organism to positively or negatively affect the organism. The EMR may be generated in one or more LEDs by a device connected to a controller of the EMR emitter which device provides the pre-recorded bioresonance frequency or compilation of frequencies to control the LEDs' emitted light in terms of its intensity and/or a frequency or flicker-rate.
US11642545B2
A method for anti-inflammatory treatment of diabetic retinopathy can include systemic administration of an A2aAR agonist and providing local electric field stimulation to the retina. The electric field stimulation causes translocation of A2aRs from cytosol to the cell membranes and makes them active and available for binding with adenosine and adenosine agonists. Increased numbers of active A2aRs on cellular membranes leads to several-fold increase in the anti-inflammatory signal transduced into the cells. Amplified adenosine-A2aR signaling pathway causes significant inhibition of production of proinflammatory cytokines and other cytotoxic activity of microglia thus protecting the retina from destruction by the immune system and preserving eyesight. A treatment apparatus can include a multicoil applicator with coils adapted for positioning near eyes for stimulating retina, a pulse generator functionally coupled to the applicator and a power supply.
US11642536B2
Embodiments described herein relate to implantable medical devices (IMDs) and methods for use therewith. Such a method includes using an accelerometer of an IMD (e.g., a leadless pacemaker) to produce one or more accelerometer outputs indicative of the orientation of the IMD. The method can also include controlling communication pulse parameter(s) of one or more communication pulses (produced by pulse generator(s)) based on accelerator output(s) indicative of the orientation of the IMD. The communication pulse parameter(s) that is/are controlled can be, e.g., communication pulse amplitude, communication pulse width, communication pulse timing, and/or communication pulse morphology. Such embodiments can be used to improve conductive communications between IMDs whose orientation relative to one another may change over time, e.g., due to changes in posture and/or due to cardiac motion over a cardiac cycle.
US11642534B2
A medical device control unit is provided. The control unit may include a communications interface, a memory, and at least one processing device. The processing device may be configured to cause application of a control signal to a primary antenna associated with a unit external to a subject's body. The processing device may further be configured to monitor a feedback signal indicative of the subject's breathing and store, in the memory, information associated with the feedback signal. The processing device may also cause transmission of the stored information, via the communications interface, to a location remote from the control unit. The processing device may further be configured to receive an update signal, from the location remote from the control unit, and cause application of an updated control signal to the primary antenna based on the update signal.
US11642533B2
Systems and methods are described herein for evaluation and adjustment cardiac therapy. The systems and methods may initially evaluate a first pacing parameter while other pacing parameters are fixed to, for example, nominal values, and determine an effective setting for the first pacing parameter. Then, a second pacing parameter may be evaluated while the first pacing parameter is fixed to the previously-determined effective setting. Each evaluation may not test every possible setting for the pacing parameters, and instead, may utilize various processes to limit the settings to a subset of settings to test.
US11642527B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for treating epilepsy by stimulating a main trunk of a vagus nerve, or a left vagus nerve, when the patient has had no seizure or a seizure that is not characterized by cardiac changes such as an increase in heart rate, and stimulating a cardiac branch of a vagus nerve, or a right vagus nerve, when the patient has had a seizure characterized by cardiac changes such as a heart rate increase.
US11642526B2
A system and method for applying stimulation therapy to a patient, the system including a first stimulation strip that includes a first elongated portion configured to be placed on the upper eyelid of the first eye of the patient and a second elongated portion configured to be placed on the lower eyelid of the first eye of the patient, wherein the first stimulation strip includes: a first plurality of individually controlled electrodes configured to deliver a microcurrent stimulation therapy to the patient, a first plurality of individually controlled light emitters configured to deliver light stimulation therapy to the patient, and a first plurality of individually controlled heat sources configured to deliver heat therapy to the patient; and a controller operatively coupled to the first stimulation strip and configured to control delivery of the microcurrent stimulation therapy, the light stimulation therapy, and the heat therapy.
US11642508B2
A method for thrombus detection comprising employing an elongate tube having at least one opening at a distal end of the elongate tube. A coupling is attached or formed at the proximal end of the elongate tube. The detection of the presence of a thrombus is performed by using a syringe to withdraw blood through the at least one thrombus detection opening at the distal end of the elongate tube. If little or no blood is withdrawn, or if the withdrawal of blood is more difficult than expected, the presence of a thrombus obstructing the openings is indicated.
US11642498B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to catheter assemblies, that include an inner tube component, an outer tube component that fits over the inner tube component, and a disposable layer of film that isolates the otherwise fluid-exposed portions of the catheter from the fluid it drains. This disposable film can be removed at regular intervals and obviates the need for catheter exchanges as the isolating disposable film, rather than the catheter itself, is removed. The principal characteristic of the disposable film is that it is relatively impermeable to fluid, for example, bodily fluids.
US11642487B2
A reusable respirator including a mask adapted for covering and conforming to the face around the nose and a mouth of a user, a strap configured to secure the mask to a face of the user, and a filter component. All components of the respirator are capable of being cleaned, disinfected and sterilized at temperatures in excess of 50° C. An outer surface of the mask is substantially smooth and wettable for easily disinfecting and is shaped with a pair of outer shield portions for housing particulate air filters. The outer shield portions each include a closeable vent through the outer surface that is adapted to provide a user seal check and direct air flow through the outer surface for filtering by the respective particulate air filter, which is adapted to filter at least 95% of airborne particles.
US11642485B2
A connection assembly for a respiratory therapy system, comprising: an outlet assembly, said outlet assembly including an outlet housing and a swivelling disc located on said outlet housing, said outlet housing and said swivelling disc defining, at least in part, a recess; an outlet connector located at an end of a tube portion, said outlet connector including an electrical connector; and a cable having a first end to connect to the electrical connector and a second end to connect to at least one electrical component of the respiratory therapy system, said cable having a slack portion, wherein said outlet connector and said swivelling disc are rotatable in unison between a first position and a second position, and wherein the slack portion of the cable extends from the recess and wraps around the swivelling disc as the swivelling disc is rotated from the first position to the second position.
US11642478B2
A breathing assistance apparatus is configured with features that improve serviceability of the apparatus. The apparatus can include animations to provide instruction regarding correcting easily-identified fault conditions and to provide instruction regarding routine maintenance routines. The apparatus also can be configured with top level control menus that are obscured in a manner to limit manipulation of the top level control elements by unauthorized users.
US11642474B2
The presently disclosed embodiments relate to insufflation and irrigation conduits for vessel harvesting systems and methods of their use. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a system having a combined cabling for providing gases, liquids, and/or electrical power to an attached medical device and method of use.
US11642467B2
A drive assembly includes a drive ribbon that can be retracted and extended. The retracted ribbon defines a spiral and the extended ribbon defines a helix. The drive ribbon is incrementally moveable between the retracted spiral configuration and extended helical configuration to move a piston within a container. A medical delivery device for advancing a piston in a medicament container to expel a medicament can include such drive assembly.
US11642461B2
An infusion pump (18) for delivery of a fluid is disclosed. The infusion pump allows a user to selectively control a flow rate of a fluid and includes a spike member (26) that is connectable to an injection port of an intravenous fluid container (12).
US11642443B2
A breast shield for a breast pump for expressing human breast milk comprises a rigid base part (1) with a tubular connection piece (10) and with a funnel (11), which is integrally moulded in one piece thereon and widens away from the connection piece (10), for receiving a breast. The breast shield additionally comprises a flexible collar (2) which is arranged on the funnel (11) at an end of the funnel (11) remote from the connection piece (10) and which is realized to be placed onto the mother's breast. The named end of the funnel (11) forms a first contact surface (12) and an end of the collar (2) which faces the funnel (11) forms a second contact surface (22) and they both adjoin one another in an obtuse manner in a circumferential connecting joint (4), wherein the connecting joint is a butt joint. The funnel (11) comprises a first wall thickness (14) and the collar (2) comprises a second wall thickness (24), wherein said second wall thickness (24) is approximately the same size as the first wall thickness (14). The breast shield according to the invention can be produced in a simple and cost-efficient manner and nevertheless is very comfortable to wear and can be placed in position on the breast in a sealing manner.
US11642435B2
The present invention relates to water soluble and completely absorbable and/or physiologically degradable hemostatic compositions having a wax or wax-like base effective for tamponade hemostasis of bone or cartilage.
US11642428B2
A sterility-preserving robotic frontend-system, including a flexible trajectory-guide including at least one force- and/or torque-transmitting coupling-member, a baffle-member separating a sterile section from a non-sterile section, and a sterility-sleeve attached to the baffle-member; an actuator unit having a sensor unit that senses at least one of a) whether a trajectory-guide is placed with respect to the actuator unit in a manner that allows engaging-members to accurately engage an actuator interface, and b) whether the engaging-members have accurately engaged the actuator-interface; and a retainer-receptacle adapted to temporarily accommodate the trajectory guide, and to restrain flexibility of the trajectory-guide while it is accommodated. A packaging-container having an inner sterile volume containing the retainer-receptacle and the trajectory-guide and a method of setting up such a sterility-preserving robotic frontend-system.
US11642426B2
A UV sanitizing device including a sanitizing interface having a top surface arranged to support a device positioned above the sanitizing interface where the sanitizing interface includes a translucent material arranged to allow UV light to pass through An adjustable UV emission interface, positioned adjacent to the sanitizing interface, arranged to adjustably conform to the shape of a device facing the sanitizing interface, and arranged to emit the UV light toward the sanitizing interface in the shape of the device. The adjustable UV emission interface includes UV emission interface cells such that, when a first portion of the UV emission interface cells is activated and a second portion of the UV emission interface cells is deactivated, the UV emission interface conforms to the shape of the device. Each cell of UV emission interface cells includes a sensor arranged to detect a portion of the device facing the sanitizing interface.
US11642423B2
The present disclosure relates to nucleic acid promoter sequences that are able to specifically express genes operatively linked to the promoter in brainstem and spinal motor neuron cells, and to methods for using such promoters to selectively express genes in motor neurons in vitro and in vivo. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that the nucleic acid of SEQ ID NO: 1 functioned as a motor neuron-specific promoter and was successful in expressing transgenes in motor neuron cells in vivo. The present disclosure also relates to compositions that can increase the activity or expression level of miR-218 and to compositions that can decrease the expression of miR-218 target nucleic acids.
US11642418B2
Disclosed is the use of a radiolabeled anti-nanobody in the prognosis and diagnosis of cancers. In particular, disclosed is an immunoconjugate for detecting a PD-L1 molecule. The immunoconjugate comprises the VHH chain of a specific anti-PD-L1 nanobody and a radionuclide, and can be used for non-invasive detecting of expression of the object PD-L1 to be detected. The immunoconjugate of the invention has small size and high specificity, and is suitable for systemic detection which simultaneously targets primary and metastatic tumors, and has high accuracy and low radiation dose.
US11642414B2
Provided are macromolecular prodrugs in which camptothecin analogs are covalently bonded to polymers via ester bonds that are labile under physiological conditions. Also provided are methods of treating cancer, especially neuroblastoma with the macromolecular prodrugs.
US11642411B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a photosensitizer use in prevention or treatment of dermatological disease in a patient, wherein the composition is used in the following order of steps: (a) topical application or subcutaneous injection of said composition to an area of the skin of said patient, (b) exposure of at least said area of the skin to light with a wavelength spectrum similar or identical to sun light for a duration of 30 min to 5 hours, and (c) exposure of at least said area of the skin to light of a wavelength spectrum comprising only one maximum in the absorbance spectrum of said photosensitizer as well as to methods of treating dermatological disease using the outlined steps and kits of parts comprising such compositions and light sources suitable to apply the respectively indicated light.
US11642410B2
This invention related to manufactured microbubbles, as well as methods of using manufactured microbubbles, for example, in medicinal applications. The invention pertains to the physical structure and materials of the microbubbles, as well as to methods for manufacturing microbubbles, methods for targeting microbubbles for specific medicinal applications, and methods for delivering microbubbles in medical treatment.
US11642405B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for inducing an immune response to a composition of the invention in a subject. Additionally, the present disclosure generally relates to methods for screening for immune response to a composition of the invention.
US11642395B2
Provided herein are methods for treating a patient having NASH who has been determined to have a particular threshold level of serum Pro-C3 (e.g., greater than 10 ng/ML) by administering to the patient a modified Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF-21) in an amount and with a frequency sufficient to treat NASH. Also provided are methods for monitoring responsiveness of a patient having NASH to treatment with a modified FGF-21, the method comprising: determining the serum Pro-C3 level in a blood sample from the patient obtained during or after treatment, wherein: a decreased serum Pro-C3 level in the blood sample from the patient obtained during or after treatment, as compared to the serum Pro-C3 level in a blood sample from the patient obtained prior to treatment with the modified FGF-21, indicates that the patient is responsive to treatment with the modified FGF-21.
US11642394B2
In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
US11642389B2
The invention is directed to a composition comprising a green tea flower extract and methods for making and using the composition in the management of a healthy body weight. The composition can comprise an aqueous alcohol extract of Camellia sinensis that is administered to a patient to provide a method for maintaining a healthy body weight.
US11642386B2
The present disclosure encompasses compositions prepared from kiwifruit. In particular, the invention encompasses compositions prepared from gold varieties of Actinidia chinensis. Also encompassed are methods of preparing these compositions. Further encompassed are methods of using these compositions, in particular, for treating or preventing disorders of the gastrointestinal system, including amongst others: inflammation, constipation, bowel irregularity, microbiota imbalances, irritable bowel syndrome, and inflammatory bowel disease.
US11642378B2
Embodiments disclosed here provide engineered modified hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), artificially prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)-stimulated HSCs, compositions comprising these HSCs, methods of using these modified HSCs for treating autoimmune diseases and disorders and for suppressing the immune system. In particular, the engineered modified HSCs or PGE2-stimulated HSCs express the surface marker, programmed cell death-1 ligand 1 (PD-L1).
US11642375B2
Genetically modified compositions, such as non-viral vectors and T cells, for treating cancer are disclosed. Also disclosed are the methods of making and using the genetically modified compositions in treating cancer.
US11642371B2
The invention provides compositions and methods that comprise encapsulated silver diamine fluoride or other antimicrobial materials for use in treatment of dental caries, for example.
US11642355B2
The present invention provides stable pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of testosterone or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable oil vehicle, and a stabilizing amount of benzyl alcohol, for example, about 1% to 3% weight/volume of benzyl alcohol. The present invention also provides a process for stabilizing testosterone-containing pharmaceutical compositions by ageing them at a temperature of about 20° C. to about 60° C. for at least 48 hours, e.g., prior to secondary packing and labeling. These compositions were stable over the shelf life of the product, without exhibiting crystal formation, even upon storing at temperatures of about 2° C. to about 8° C. Other aspects of the invention relate to methods for making such pharmaceutical compositions, as well as methods of using such pharmaceutical compositions for hormone replacement therapy, e.g., in a male patient having a condition associated with symptoms of deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone.
US11642353B2
Disclosed is a hair care composition comprising polyquaternium-6 and metal pyrithiones as antidandruff agents, wherein the composition is substantially free of glucan gum, nonionic guar gum and hydroxyethylcellulose. The composition of the present invention provides improved deposition of antidandruff agents such as zinc pyrithione on scalp.
US11642351B2
The present invention relates to orally administered liquid pharmaceutical compositions of eslicarbazepine. The liquid compositions are in the form of ready to use suspension and suspension powder for reconstitution. It also relates to the processes for the preparation of said liquid compositions. The present invention provides liquid compositions of eslicarbazepine with desired technical attributes such as release profile and pH. The prepared compositions are useful in patients having difficulties in swallowing tablets and provide physician with providing a more convenient and less cumbersome posology.
US11642349B2
The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising inhibitor(s) of human histone methyltransferase EZH2, and methods of cancer therapy using the EZH2 inhibitor(s).
US11642346B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of a malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT), a rhabdoid tumor of the kidney (RTK), an atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT), an epithelioid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a myoepithelial carcinoma, and/or a renal medullary carcinoma by using an EZH2 inhibitor in combination with one or more additional treatment modalities.
US11642339B2
The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of all symptoms of gastroparesis in a human patient, the method comprising administering to the human patient between about 0.5 mg/day to about 30 mg/day, about 0.5 mg/day to about 15 mg/day, about 0.5 mg/day to about 5 mg/day, or about 5 mg/day, of velusetrag or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof.
US11642337B2
A novel therapeutic agent effective for the treatment of intellectual disability or autism is disclosed. The therapeutic agent for intellectual disability or autism contains, as an active component(s), at least one selected from the group consisting of tipifarnib and lonafarnib. Examples of the intellectual disability include memory impairment. Examples of the memory impairment include memory impairment caused by abnormality of the Tsc1 gene and/or Tsc2 gene, and epilepsy-induced memory impairment. Also provided is a method of treating intellectual disability or autism, comprising administering an effective amount of at least one selected from the group consisting of tipifarnib and lonafarnib to a patient with intellectual disability or autism.
US11642335B2
A method of synthesizing a clopidogrel metabolite is provided. A piperidone intermediate is formed from a mandelate. An asymmetric ketone reduction of the piperidone intermediate is performed. A mercapto installation is performed on the piperidone intermediate to form a clopidogrel metabolite that includes a 4-carbon chiral center having an (R) configuration.
US11642334B2
Provided are methods for treatment of Fabry disease in patients having HEK assay amenable mutations in α-galactosidase A. Certain methods comprise administering migalastat or a salt thereof every other day, such as administering about 150 mg of migalastat hydrochloride every other day.
US11642328B2
The application describes creatine or its derivatives, compositions comprising the same, and uses thereof for topical or systemic administration to treat pain, itch, or eczema, or inflammation associated with a cosmetic or medical condition, disorder or disease in a human subject, wherein the inflammation causes the pain, itch, or eczema. In addition, the application describes clinical use of these compounds and compositions which can reduce or eliminate erythema, edema and tissue distortions associated with inflammation.
US11642325B2
Various embodiments of this invention are directed to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating disease. The compositions of such embodiments include dicarboxylic acid compounds containing electron withdrawing groups, alkyl esters of dicarboxylic acids containing electron withdrawing groups, or compounds of Formulae I to X. The methods of various embodiments include administering an effective amount of any of these pharmaceutical compositions to a patient in need of treatment.
US11642323B2
A method for modulating metabolism is provided which includes the step of providing a consumable composition including an extract containing a compound of Formula I to a subject in need thereof thereby modulating the subject's metabolism and addressing the underlying pathogenesis of metabolic disorders, such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and type II diabetes mellitus.
US11642314B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of a homogenous mixture of two or more branched chain keto acids wherein in a first step, two or more free keto acids are mixed, and in a second step, the mixed keto acids are co-crystallized with one or more alkaline earth metal salts, and foodstuff, food supplement or pharmaceutical products containing a mixture of branched-chain keto acids for supporting muscle structure, increasing muscle performance and improving general wellbeing with simultaneous relief of nitrogen detoxification metabolism by reduced nitrogen supply compared to the intake of the corresponding amino acids and an improved nitrogen metabolism in the body.
US11642300B2
A method of selecting skin treatment regimens, ingredients and compositions that includes measuring the levels of particular small molecule metabolites on skin both before and after product application and testing for a change in small molecule metabolite levels is disclosed.
US11642299B1
Scleritine is used as a protective agent for cells against toxic agents, in particular chemical or physical agents. One or more embodiments relate to a dermatological and/or cosmetic composition, which protects the skin against toxic agents, characterized in that it comprises Scleritine in at least one excipient or vehicle adapted to a topical application. One or more embodiments concerns the pharmaceutical or cosmetic industry and more specifically the formulation of pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions intended to protect cells against toxic agents.
US11642295B2
Hair care compositions and methods for improving curl retention of hair are provided. The hair car composition may include a carrier and a quaternary ammonium compound. The method for improving curl retention may include contacting the hair care composition with surfaces of the hair of a subject in need thereof.
US11642293B2
A composition comprising at least two visually distinguishable phases, comprises at least one fatty phase with oil, at least one aqueous phase with hydrophilic gelling agent, and at least one compound chosen from N,N-dimethylglycine derivatives, alkyl(poly)glucosides, or a mixture thereof.
US11642292B2
An aqueous cosmetic includes water, a polyhydric alcohol and carminic acid. A content of the carminic acid is greater than or equal to 0.2 mass % and less than 2 mass % based on a total amount of the aqueous cosmetic.
US11642286B2
A modular dispenser includes a cartridge configured to hold a plurality of pills. The cartridge includes an opening through which the at least one pill is configured to pass under an influence of gravity. A dispensing base is configured to removably receive the cartridge. The dispensing base includes a funnel with a funnel inlet proximate the opening of the cartridge and a funnel outlet spaced apart from the funnel inlet. A dispensing assembly is rotatably coupled to the dispensing base. The dispensing base also includes at least one catch configured to receive the at least one pill when the at least one catch is proximate the funnel outlet and to rotate the at least one catch away from the funnel outlet to a position from which the at least one pill is retrievable by a user.
US11642284B2
A carousel configured to house a plurality of pump cartridges for a compounder system is provided. The carousel may include a plurality of cartridge pockets each having an extended portion that covers a portion of a cartridge and a bottom surface Shaving an extension with a recess. The bottom surface recess of each cartridge pocket may be shaped and sized to receive a needle housing of a pump cartridge in the cartridge pocket. A recess may be provided in the extended portion of each pocket that receives a protrusion that extends from a top surface of a backpack coupled to the pump cartridge to secure the pump cartridge in the cartridge pocket. The bottom surface recess may have an additional bottom surface that prevents actuation of the needle housing of the pump cartridge.
US11642282B2
A male-female adapter (21) can be coupled to a hermetically closable connector (1) with external threading (13) and closing plug (6) which can be bored by pressure of a male fitting so as to form a connector (1)—adapter (21) unit which is suitable for using a female fitting. The adapter (21) comprises an external tubular body (22) with an axial extension (24) which can be hooked to the connector (1) in a rotatable and axially slidable manner, an internal tubular body (26) with terminal tangs (27, 37) axially projecting from the extremities of the external tubular body (22), a middle transversal wall (28) which integrally connects the two tubular bodies (22, 26), and two opposite sense threadings (29, 30) formed in internal portions of the external tubular body (22), which threadings are separated by said middle transversal wall (28).
US11642280B2
A sealed pharmaceutical container includes a shoulder, a neck extending from the shoulder, and a flange extending from the neck. The flange includes an inclined sealing surface defining an opening in the sealed pharmaceutical container. The sealed pharmaceutical container also includes a sealing assembly including a stopper extending over the sealing surface of the flange and a cap securing the stopper to the flange. The stopper has a glass transition temperature (Tg) that is greater than or equal to −70° C. and less than or equal to −45° C. The sealing assembly maintains a helium leakage rate of the sealed pharmaceutical container of less than or equal to 1.4×10−6 cm3/s as the sealed pharmaceutical container is cooled to a temperature of less than or equal to −45° C.
US11642279B2
A somatosensation and proprioceptor stimulation surface configured to stimulate rapid-firing nerves in the receptive field of a user's glabrous skin. The somatorsensation and proprioceptor stimulation surface includes a plurality of protuberances disposed thereupon, each protuberance sized and spaced apart appropriately to impress the receptive field when pressed in contact with the glabrous skin of the user. Each protuberance widens from an apex toward a base whereby increased pressure applied to the surface increases an area of contact and stimulation by applying stimulation over a larger area of skin. The protuberances are spaced apart to maximize stimulation of rapid firing nerves while lessening overstimulation. The somatosensation and proprioceptor stimulation surface is rendered in the form of a mat or floor covering and alternatively as an insole for wear in a user's shoes.
US11642278B2
A combination emergency wash and faucet unit includes a base, an emergency wash arm pivotally coupled to the base, and a spout pivotally coupled to the base. The emergency wash arm includes an emergency wash unit that is rotatable relative to the base about a first vertical axis. The spout is rotatable relative to the base about a second vertical axis. The first vertical axis is offset from the second vertical axis.
US11642276B2
A system is disclosed. The system has an accessory control module, comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory, a memory for storing instructions and a processor for executing the instructions, a user device of a user, and an accessory configured to communicate with the user device. The accessory control module, the memory and the processor, the user device, and the accessory are configured to accumulate receipt of one or more input parameters, determine whether an accumulation satisfies a preset condition, wherein the preset condition includes at least one of a preset receiving quantity of the one or more input parameters, a preset receiving sum of values of the one or more input parameters, or a preset time duration of the accumulation, and in response to the accumulation satisfying the preset condition, send a control signal to actuate the accessory to perform a series of predefined acts, wherein the series of predefined acts is configured to sexually stimulate the user.
US11642272B2
A method of controlling a mobility device and related device including at least one actuator component that drives at least one joint component is described. The control method may include executing a control application with an electronic controller to perform: receiving a command in the control system of the mobility device for initiating an automated assessment and adjustment protocol; controlling one or more mobility device components to perform the automated assessment; electronically gathering user performance data associated with the automated assessment and determining user performance metrics; and electronically controlling one or more of the mobility device components in accordance with the performance metrics. The automated assessment includes controlling mobility device components to perform a predetermined assessment activity related to performance of the mobility device and/or user. Automatic adjustments to the device components, including adjusting tension and resistance levels of the joint components, may then be made based the performance metrics.
US11642256B2
An auxiliary drive device for a wheelchair has at least one electrically driven drive wheel and a coupling mechanism for coupling the auxiliary drive device to the wheelchair. The electrically driven drive wheel is supported at a steering shaft and freely pivotable with respect to the auxiliary drive device. The steering shaft is arranged such that, when the auxiliary drive device is coupled at a wheelchair ready to be operated, a castor is provided for the electrically driven drive wheel.
US11642249B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for making elastomeric laminates that may be used as components of absorbent articles. The methods and apparatuses may be configured with a plurality of elastic strands wound onto a beam, wherein one or more elastic strands comprises a spin finish. During assembly of an elastomeric laminate, the beam is rotated to unwind the elastic strands from the beam. A portion of the spin finish may be removed from the advancing elastic strand with a spin finish removal apparatus. The spin finish removal apparatus may be configured to apply detergent to an advancing elastic strand and may also wipe and/or dry the advancing elastic strand. The treated stretched elastic strand may then be connected between a first substrate and a second substrate. In some configurations, adhesive may be applied to the treated the elastic strand, the first substrate, and/or the second substrate.
US11642243B2
Systems and methods for optimizing the application of pulse width modulation (PWM) in a voltage signal for delivering a current in a valve used to alternatively deliver pressurized gas to and vent from chambers in a vitrectomy probe used to drive a cutter.
US11642241B2
Embodiments include a cryogenic device for alleviating pain by cryogenically treating a nerve, the cryogenic device including a handpiece; a needle coupled to a distal end of the handpiece, the needle including a needle lumen, the needle being configured for insertion into a skin of a patient along an insertion axis at a site laterally displaced from a treatment zone proximate to the nerve. The needle is configured to resiliently bend after insertion away from the insertion axis, such that at least a portion of the needle is adapted to traverse a skin layer laterally toward the treatment zone. The device includes a cooling fluid supply tube extending distally into the needle lumen; and a cooling fluid source, wherein the cooling fluid source is coupled to the cooling fluid supply tube to direct cooling fluid into the needle lumen.
US11642234B2
A bariatric device and method of causing at least partial satiety in a recipient includes positioning a body in a recipient, the body having a wall defining a lumen, the wall configured to generally conform to the shape and size of the proximal cardiac portion of the stomach. Force is exerted with the wall on the proximal cardiac portion of the stomach in the absence of food thereby activating receptors located in the proximal cardiac portion of the stomach, thereby influencing a neurohormonal feedback mechanism of the recipient to cause at least partial satiety by augmenting fullness caused by food and simulating fullness in the absence of food.
US11642225B2
A bone fusion implant is provided for treating conditions of Proximal Interphalangeal (PIP), Distal interphalangeal (DIP), and metatarsophalangeal (MTP) foot joints. The bone fusion implant may be a cortical bone allograft sized to fuse the foot joint to be treated. A proximal portion of the implant may be pressed into a hole drilled in a proximal bone portion of the foot joint, and a distal portion of the implant may be pressed into a hole drilled in a distal bone portion of the foot joint. Ramps on the proximal and distal portions facilitate press-fitting the implant into the holes in the bone portions. Side ramps ensure that the bone fusion implant remains substantially aligned with the foot joint while the distal portion is pressed into the hole into the distal bone portion. Grooves on the ramps alleviate pressure and ease inserting the implant into the holes in the bone portions.
US11642222B2
A medical implant includes a body and a porous structure attached to the body. A boss integral with the body extends outwardly from a surface of the body. The porous structure has a surface that cooperates with the boss of the body to prevent pullout of the body from the porous structure. In fabricating the medical implant, the body and the porous structure are formed separately and subsequently secured together.
US11642219B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for removably attaching a drive mechanism handpiece to an intraocular lens (IOL) cartridge that folds the IOL upon removal of a cap, are provided. The IOL cartridge comprises a nozzle and a housing comprising a slide. A compartment configured to receive an IOL is disposed within the housing. An interior portion of the slide is exposed to the compartment. The nozzle is in fluid communication with the compartment. The cap covers the nozzle and the slide. The cap is configured to expose the nozzle and advance the slide to fold the IOL upon removal of the cap.
US11642204B2
A light device includes an elongated arm comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (“LEDs”) disposed at a first end of the elongated arm and configured to be positioned inside an oral cavity and to deliver one of a plurality of types of light treatments to the inside of the oral cavity according to a selected one of a plurality of operating modes. The light device further includes a body coupled to the elongated arm at a second end of the elongated arm. The body includes a battery for providing power to the LEDs. The body further includes a mode module coupled to the battery and the plurality of LEDs and configured to deliver power from the battery to at least one of the plurality of LEDS based on the selected operating mode.
US11642188B2
A tool apparatus and a method for actuating a tool apparatus are disclosed. The tool apparatus includes an actuator housing, and an elongate tool manipulator extending outwardly from the actuator housing and having a plurality of control links extending along a length of the tool manipulator. The control links are operable to cause movement of a distal end of the tool manipulator in response to movement of the control links in an actuating direction generally aligned with the length of the tool manipulator. The apparatus also includes a plurality of actuators, each actuator being associated with at least one of the control links and being mounted in the actuator housing to facilitate a range of travel in a transverse direction substantially orthogonal to the actuating direction, and a plurality of linkages.
US11642183B2
One method for fleet management of robotic surgical systems includes receiving, by a management server from a robotic surgery system, a provisioning request; in response to receiving the provisioning request: generating an encryption key pair for the robotic surgery system, the encryption key pair comprising a private key and a public key, communicating the private key to the robotic surgery system, and communicating a set of secure certificates to the robotic surgery system, at least one of the secure certificates enabling secure communications between the robotic surgery system and the management server; receiving from the robotic surgery system, and using the at least one secure certificate enabling secure communications, a message indicating one or more software packages, each software package indicating a version of an installed software package on the robotic surgery system; communicating one or more software updates to the robotic surgery system based on the message; and registering, at the management server, the robotic surgery system.
US11642182B2
A computer-implemented medical data processing method for controlling a geometric status of a mechatronic articulable arm. Current geometric status data is acquired describing a current geometric status of the mechatronic articulable arm defined by a set of current spatial relationship between connected elements of the mechatronic articulable arm. Changed geometric status data describing a changed geometric status of the mechatronic articulable arm defined by a set of changed spatial relationship between the connected elements is determined based on current device position data, the current geometric status data, changed device position data, and device definition data. Instruction data describing an instruction for changing the geometric status of the mechatronic articulable arm from the current geometric status to the changed geometric status is determined. The instruction describes changes from the current spatial relationship to the changed spatial relationship.
US11642179B2
This invention is a system and method for utilizing artificial intelligence to operate a surgical robot (e.g., to perform a laminectomy), including a surgical robot, an artificial intelligence guidance system, an image recognition system, an image recognition database, and a database of past procedures with sensor data, electronic medical records, and imaging data. The image recognition system may identify the tissue type present in the patient and if it is the desired tissue type, the AI guidance system may remove a layer of that tissue with the end effector on the surgical robot, and have the surgeon define the tissue type if the image recognition system identified the tissue as anything other than the desired tissue type.
US11642176B2
When inserting a catheter or other medical equipment into a child or adolescent or other paediatric patient, ECG signals may be recorded from the catheter and the location of the catheter determined by analysing the ECG signals. A signal processor and user interface may receive recorded signals in real-time from the catheter while the catheter is inserted into the paediatric patient. The signal processor may analyse the ECG signals to determine the location of the catheter in the paediatric patient. The user interface may display the location of the catheter and other pertinent information to a user while the user is inserting the catheter. One method for determining the location may include determining R-wave and P-wave peaks of the ECG signal and determining the location from an average location of the R-wave and P-wave peaks in the ECG signal.
US11642174B2
A system and method that acquire (i) at least a reference image including one of a preoperative image of a surgical site with skeletal and articulating bones and a contralateral image on an opposite side of the patient from the surgical site, and (ii) at least an intraoperative image of the site after an implant has been affixed to the articulating bone. The system preferably generates at least one reference stationary point on at least the skeletal bone in the reference image and at least one intraoperative stationary point on at least the skeletal bone in the intraoperative image. The location of the implant is identified in the intraoperative image, preferably including the position of first and second centers of rotation, which are digitally represented and copied into the reference image to analyze at least one of offset and length differential.
US11642168B2
A pulsed laser skin treatment device is for laser induced optical breakdown of hair or skin tissue. The device has a light exit window to be placed against a surface to be treated such as skin during use. A feedback system is used for determining a state of contact between the light exit window and the surface. To this end the feedback system is capable of detecting a feedback signal representative for the state of contact. If the feedback signal or the state of contact is such that the risk of skin surface or device damage by the device operation is too high, the user or the device has a way to interrupt the treatment or to reduce light output to reduce or eliminate this risk.
US11642167B2
According to some embodiments, a medical instrument (for example, an ablation device) comprises an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, an energy delivery member positioned at the distal end of the elongate body, a first plurality of temperature-measurement devices carried by or positioned within the energy delivery member, the first plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member, and a second plurality of temperature-measurement devices positioned proximal to a proximal end of the energy delivery member, the second plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member.
US11642161B2
The invention relates to a treatment device for dielectric harrier discharge plasma treatment of a wound surface or skin surface, having: a flexible, planar electrode assembly with at least one planar electrode (6, 6′) and a dielectric layer (5) which at least partially embeds the at least one electrode (6, 6′), has a contact side (7) facing the wound surface or skin surface and electrically shields the planar electrode (6, 6′) from the wound surface or skin surface such that only a dielectric barrier current can flow from the electrode (6, 6′) to the wound surface or skin surface; and a control device (2) which has a separate housing (25) and via which the electrode (6, 6′) can be connected to an operating voltage. The treatment device allows simpler wound treatment in that the assembly of electrode (6, 6′) and dielectric layer (5) is designed for uninterrupted contact with the wound surface or skin surface and that the housing (25) of the control device (2) can be fastened with a fastening device (3, 3′) to the body having the wound surface or skin surface.
US11642156B2
An orthopedic instrument for manipulating (e.g., compressing or distracting) one or more patient's bone fragments is disclosed. In one embodiment, the orthopedic instrument includes forceps having first and second arms and first and second handles, respectively. Each arm including a coupling mechanism for selectively engaging removable tips or bell housings. Each tip or bell housing including a first end arranged and configured to mate with a fastener hole or opening formed in a bone plate, a second end arranged and configured to receive a head portion of a bone fastener, and an intermediate portion arranged and configured to couple to the coupling mechanism of the first and second arms. In addition, the orthopedic instrument may include a force sensing mechanism or gauge arranged and configured to measure an amount of force being applied across the bone fracture.
US11642152B2
A cannula holder capable of securing a cannula to the holder at the time of piercing work, and easily removing the cannula from the holder using tweezers or the like. The cannula holder, to which a piercing needle for piercing an eyeball and a cannula are attached when attaching the cannula used in ophthalmic operations to the eyeball, includes claw portions that are formed on a front end of the cannula holder and which press sides of the cannula either at positions where said claw portions face each other or from multiple directions. A depression may be provided in a side of the front end of the cannula holder, allowing visibility of a part of a back end of the cannula from the depression.
US11642142B2
Osteotomy systems, devices, and methods for using the osteotomy systems are disclosed. The osteotomy system including an alignment device, at least one k-wire for insertion into the alignment device, and a cut guide with at least one hole for receiving at least one k-wire and a slot for receiving a saw blade. An osteotomy kit including an alignment device, cut guide, and position rotation device. The alignment device, cut guide, position rotation device, and bone plate are also disclosed. Finally, a method for fusing bones using the osteotomy system is also disclosed.
US11642139B2
Tools for cutting bone, specifically cutting a hemispherical cavity in bone. Preferably, tools including an adaptor device configured to provide independent control of the cutting orientation.
US11642138B2
Disclosed herein is a patella clamp configured to grip a patient's patella. The patella clamp includes a clamping assembly, a ratchet arm assembly, and a handle assembly. The clamping assembly includes first and second patella grip portions mounted in opposing relationship. In use, actuation of the handle assembly moves the second patella grip portion towards the first patella grip portion to clamp the patient's patella. The handle assembly is configured to be moveably adjustable (e.g., rotatable) relative to the clamping assembly. For example, each of the first and second patella grip portions are coupled to mating features mounted on the ratchet arm assembly. Decoupling of the mating features allows the first and second patella grip portions to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the ratchet arm assembly. Thus arranged, the patella clamp is configured to enable the surgeon to reposition the handle assembly to provide increased visibility, etc.
US11642137B2
An orthopedic assembly is disclosed. This orthopedic assembly can include a ring portion, a second portion and indicia. The ring portion can define an aperture configured to allow the ring portion to seat on a head of a bone. The second portion can extend from the ring portion. The second portion can define a slot that is curved along a first length. The indicia can extend along a portion of one or both of the ring portion and the second portion.
US11642136B2
The present invention relates to a surgical clip, comprising a first clamping arm, a second clamping arm, and a biasing element, which first clamping arm defines a first clamping surface, which second clamping arm defines a second clamping surface, and which biasing element holds the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface against each other in a basic position, in particular under bias, wherein the first and the second clamping arm are pivotable against each other counter to the action of the biasing element, wherein the biasing element is configured in the form of a coil spring which defines a coil spring longitudinal axis and has a first coil spring end and a second coil spring end, wherein the coil spring comprises between the first coil spring end and the second coil spring end at least one winding extending over a circumferential angle of more than 360°.
US11642134B2
A method for resetting a stapling apparatus includes providing an apparatus with a cam member in a fired position. A circuit of the apparatus is then changed from a first polarity state to a second polarity state. A motor of the apparatus is then activated to rotate the cam member from a fired position back to a home position while the circuit is in the second polarity state.
US11642122B2
Side bite surgical suturing instruments or portions thereof for endoscopic, laparoscopic, endoluminal, and/or transluminal suturing facilitate the use of larger needles to get a bigger bite while suturing.
US11642112B2
Disclosed are a flexible surgical instrument and a driving unit thereof. The flexible surgical instrument may comprise a flexible continuous body structure composed of a distal structural body, a middle connecting body and a proximal structural body linked in sequence. The driving unit is linked to the flexible continuous body structure. When a structural backbone driving mechanism in the driving unit drives the proximal structural body to turn in any direction, the distal structural body correspondingly turns in the opposite direction. A surgical end effector driving mechanism in the driving unit can drive a surgical end effector linked to the distal end of the distal structural body to implement the action control of the surgical end effector.
US11642108B2
A magnetic robot is provided. The magnetic robot comprises: a moving part which could be moved by means of a control of an external magnetic field; and an inspection part which is coupled to a frontal end of the moving part, wherein the inspection part comprises: a body provided with a tissue sampling needle at the frontal end thereof; a cover for covering the body; and a cover-moving part for moving the cover between a first position and a second position, wherein in the case where the cover is positioned in the first position, the tissue sampling needle is housed within the cover, and in the case where the cover is positioned in the second position, the tissue sampling needle is exposed to the outside of the cover.
US11642103B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a portable ultrasound imaging system. In one example, a portable ultrasound imaging system is disclosed, comprising a support stand with a sliding portion vertically slidable in relation to a stationary portion; a cradle configured to support an ultrasound imaging device and coupled to the sliding portion of the support stand; a tray, positioned below the cradle, coupled to the sliding portion of the support stand; and a case at least partially enclosing an electric power converter including an electric power cable, electrically coupled to the ultrasound imaging device, and positioned at a rear side of the support stand and coupled to the sliding portion of the support stand such that the sliding portion and the case move in unison during sliding movement of the sliding portion.
US11642096B2
A method for postural independent location of targets in diagnostic images acquired by multimodal acquisitions, compensating for deformation of soft tissues due to changing posture, includes generating a transition of a digital image of the inside of a target region from a first to a second position by correlating the position of markers placed on the external surface of the target region in a digital image of the inside of the target region and in a digital representation of the external surface of the target region acquired by optically scanning the external surface; and at a later time registering the diagnostic image of the inside of the target region, transitioned into the second position, with a diagnostic image of the same target region acquired with the target region in the second position by matching a second representation of the external surface of the target region in the second position without markers with the diagnostic image of the inside of the target region transitioned into the second position.
US11642083B2
An extendable biosensing device comprising a robotic structure. The robotic structure comprises a pliable exterior lining and an extendable core. The robotic structure comprises at least one sensor located on or within the pliable exterior lining. The sensor is configured to measure a physiological condition. The extendable core automatically extends from a retracted state to a deployed state in response to a triggering event.
US11642080B2
It is known in the art to use an apparatus to enhance the visual appearance of the veins and arteries in a patient to facilitate insertion of needles into those veins and arteries. This application discloses a number of inventions that add additional data collection and presentation capabilities to a handheld vein enhancement apparatus and a set of processes for the collection of blood and the delivery of IV medicines that use the handheld device to mediate the process.
US11642078B2
A method for heart failure management may include volume overload intervention in response to sensor-based parameters indicating volume overload. The method may include administering non-volume overload intervention in response to the sensor-based parameters not indicating volume overload. Volume overload may be determined based on monitoring sensor-based parameters. Sensor-based parameters may be monitored in response to receiving an alert indicative of a worsening heart failure score or status for a patient.
US11642069B2
A stimulus is displayed in a visual field on a stimulus side (e.g., right or left) of a subject. An input is received from an input side of the subject. Where the input side is contralateral to the first stimulus side, a crossed reaction time is determined as a span of time between displaying the stimulus and receiving the input. Where the input side is ipsilateral to the stimulus side, an uncrossed reaction time is determined as a span of time between displaying the stimulus and receiving the input. A crossed-uncrossed difference time can be determined as a difference between the crossed reaction time and the uncrossed reaction time. The crossed reaction time, the uncrossed reaction time, and/or the crossed-uncrossed difference time can be used to determine a severity of Traumatic Brain Injury of the subject.
US11642067B1
Examples include receiving and storing samples of target frequency bands filtered from EEG measurement of a subject's brain waves in an NFB training session. In an example, upon storing a time window of the samples, unsupervised adaptive adjusting an NFB reward threshold is automatic. The adjusting includes, in examples, determining neuromarker values in the time window, which indicate peak values of the target frequency bands over the time window. The adjusting computes the mean value of the neuromarker values and, utilizing same, automatically proceeds to unsupervised computing an adaptive adjusted reward threshold. The unsupervised computing, in examples, includes a multiplication product of a reward threshold adjustment factor, a training protocol value, and the computed mean value of the neuromarker values. Examples proceed to communicating the adaptive adjusted reward threshold to a controller for threshold based feedback reward to the NBF subject.
US11642065B2
An insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) with induction-based recharging capabilities and a transmitting coil for recharging the same are disclosed. The length of the monitoring performed by the ICM is extended and the functionality of the ICM enhanced, by including an internal energy harvesting module that allows for charging the ICM at a high speed without burning the patient or overheating components of the ICM. Internally, the energy harvesting module includes at least two overlapping receiving coils that are spaced to be orthogonal to each other and that have a tilt angle of substantially 45°. Such overlapping wire combination allows to minimize mutual inductance of the solenoid coils and increase the rate at which energy can be provided to the energy harvesting module. Further, the rate at which the energy is transmitted from the outside can be increased by defining in a transmitting coil a substantially triangular gap.
US11642059B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data from a plurality of sensors at a first point in time, analyzing the data to identify a first level of alertness of a user, predicting a second level of alertness that is required by the user to operate a machine at a second point in time that is subsequent to the first point in time, comparing the first level of alertness to the second level of alertness to generate a first comparison result, identifying a first type of a first notification based on the first comparison result, identifying a third point in time to provide the first notification based on the first comparison result, wherein the third point in time is subsequent to the first point in time and prior to the second point in time, and providing the first notification at the third point in time. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11642057B2
The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to devices, systems and methods for the collection of bodily fluids involving a single-use actuation and retraction mechanism disposed within a collector.
US11642048B2
An analyte sensor system is provided. The system includes a base configured to attach to a skin of a host. The base includes an analyte sensor configured to generate a sensor signal indicative of an analyte concentration level of the host, a battery, and a first plurality of contacts. The system includes a sensor electronics module configured to releasably couple to the base. The sensor electronics module includes a second plurality of contacts, each configured to make electrical contact with a respective one of the first plurality of contacts, and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit a wireless signal based at least in part on the sensor signal. The system includes a first sealing member configured to provide a seal around the first and second plurality of contacts within a first cavity. Related analyte sensor systems, analyte sensor base assemblies and methods are also provided.
US11642042B2
This disclosure describes improved systems and methods for displaying respiratory data to a clinician in a ventilatory system. Respiratory data may be displayed by any number of suitable means, for example, via appropriate graphs, diagrams, charts, waveforms, and other graphic displays. The disclosure describes novel systems and methods for determining and displaying ineffective patient inspiratory or expiratory efforts or missed breaths in a manner easily deciphered by a clinician.
US11642028B2
The present disclosure relates to force reading device. The products are multi-sensor, meaning they operate using two or more independent sensors, and communicate weight distribution and force data to the user in real time. The weight-lifter/user is notified by a visual aid via mobile app display and/or LCD screen and verbal feedback. Through real-time data feedback, the user is able to correct their form/balance as needed, in efforts to center their body weight and/or more evenly distribute their limbs. This in turn allows for the collection of data on how one may perform exercises and job tasks, and also offers a real-time solution for preventing injury and increasing exercise/job task functionality.
US11642026B2
The human body sensing device includes a contact sensing unit that includes a sensing electrode and a signal electrode, an activation module that senses a contact with a body through the sensing electrode when the sensing electrode and the signal electrode contact the body and outputs a wake-up signal in response to the sensing of the contact, and a human body communication unit that provides a ground voltage to the signal electrode and outputs a data signal to the signal electrode when the wake-up signal from the activation module is received.
US11642021B2
A device for measuring eye movement in a human subject comprises a housing, at least one stimulator mounted to the housing, and a sensor. The at least one stimulator is configured to provide stimulus to one or both eyes of the subject. The sensor is configured to collect information related to movement of one or both eyes of the subject. The device also includes a user interface that is configured to control the at least one stimulator and display information collected by the camera.
US11642020B2
A refraction device includes a main body, a spherical power lens coupled to the main body, an astigmatic power lens movably coupled to the main body, and a visual display coupled to the main body and oriented toward an optical pathway extending through the spherical power lens and the astigmatic power lens. The visual display is configured to display an image for testing visual acuity.
US11642018B1
A volumetric depth image is captured. The volumetric depth image includes a front surface of a prescription lens, a back surface of the prescription lens, and a cornea of an eye of a wearer of the prescription lens. Lens-to-eye data is determined from the volumetric depth image. The lens-to-eye data includes measurements of the prescription lens with respect to the eye. A three-dimensional (3D) optical-mechanical fit profile is generated or the wearer based on the lens-to-eye data.
US11642017B2
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for making a determination about an eye in ambient lighting conditions comprising detecting ambient light reflected out of an eye of a subject from a retina of the eye of the subject and making a determination about the eye of the subject based upon the reflected ambient light.
US11642013B2
To provide a method of producing an endoscope flexible tube and the like which can realize an endoscope with high insertability. A method of producing the endoscope flexible tube including: continuously discharging a liquid resin into a film shape from an annular discharge port surrounding an axis and a side surface of a cylindrical substrate; bringing the discharged film-shape resin into contact with the entire periphery of the substrate on the downstream side of the discharge port; covering a side surface of the substrate with the resin while moving the substrate in an axial direction to separate a portion where the resin and the substrate are in contact from the discharge port; and curing the resin covering the side surface of the substrate.
US11642010B2
A method for manufacture of a tip part for an endoscope including providing a camera assembly with an image sensor and a circuit board; providing a distal end segment having a distal end and a circumferential wall enclosing a spacing; providing an exterior housing having a circumferential wall enclosing a spacing; inserting the distal end of the camera assembly in the spacing of the exterior housing; positioning the proximal end of the exterior housing adjacent to the distal end of the distal end segment; injecting an adhesive into the spacing of the distal end segment so that at least parts of the circuit board are embedded in the adhesive; and allowing or causing the adhesive to harden; whereby the distal end segment, camera assembly and exterior housing form an assembled tip part of an endoscope attached to each other by means of the adhesive.
US11642008B2
A detachable endoscope includes an insertion unit including an illuminating and image pickup unit, an operation unit configured to bendingly operate a front end of the insertion unit, and a detachable unit configured to detachably couple the insertion unit and the operation unit to each other, wherein the detachable unit includes: a first detachable module disposed at the insertion unit; and a second detachable module disposed at the operation unit, wherein the first detachable module includes: a first module main body disposed within a rear end of the insertion unit and having first, second, third and fourth rectilinear guide through-bores penetratingly formed longitudinally therein, and a central opening penetratingly formed at a center of the main body in a thickness direction of the main body.
US11642006B2
A detachable endoscope includes: an operation part for operating the front end of an insertion part having a lighting photographing part to be bent and a detachable unit for detachably coupling the operation part and the insertion part, wherein the detachable unit includes: a first detachable module connected to first, second, third, and fourth operation wires arranged parallel to each other so that the respective one ends are connected to the front end inside the insertion part and provided on the rear end of the insertion part, a second detachable module connected to first, second, third, and fourth connection wires of a direction conversion part for converting a rotational motion into a linear motion in the operation part and provided on the front end of the operation part, and a bending control part for adjusting an angle at which the front end of the insertion part is bent and displaced vertically or horizontally.
US11642005B2
A processor of an endoscope system detects from the observation images a lesion area which is an observation target of the endoscope, judges a level of an oversight risk which is a risk that an operator may overlook the lesion area, on the basis of the observation images, and controls notification methods of detection of the lesion area on the basis of the level of the oversight risk. The processor displays the marker image indicating the lesion area only in a second image region of the display apparatus when a level of the oversight risk relating to the lesion area is a first level and displays the marker image in both a first image region and the second image region which is smaller than the first image region when a level of the oversight risk relating to the lesion area is a second level higher than the first level.
US11641989B2
A brushroll dowel for a vacuum cleaner has a bristle stiffener protruding from a brush dowel. A plurality of stiffened bristles protrude from the brush dowel adjacent to the bristle stiffener, and a plurality of unstiffened bristles also protrude from the brush dowel and are non-adjacent to the bristle stiffener.
US11641986B2
Dispensers are capable of being used in one orientation for dispensing paper towels upwardly when situated on a countertop and also in a second orientation for dispensing paper towels downwardly when mounted on a wall or other surface. Moreover, the dispensers can be easily modified to present a different finish by installing the desired outer shell components on the dispenser. The dispenser utilizes an inner cartridge adapted to house a stack of interleaved paper towels. The paper towels are urged by a spring toward a dispensing slot situated on a housing surrounding the cartridge. The spring urges the leading paper towel in the stack toward the dispensing slot in either orientation for convenient access to the towel by a user.
US11641984B2
A commodity dispenser system includes a terminal dispenser device with a container configured to contain a commodity. The terminal dispenser device includes a user-controlled dispenser for selectively dispensing the commodity from the container. The terminal dispenser device includes a sensor and a communication device, and the sensor is configured to detect an inventory condition of the commodity within the container. The system further includes a server configured to communicate with the communication device of the terminal dispenser device, receive a communication corresponding to the inventory condition detected, and initiate an order for a replenishing shipment of the commodity to the dispenser device based, at least partly, on the communication corresponding to the inventory condition detected.
US11641983B2
A travel case for a bar of soap is provided. In various embodiments, the travel case permits accelerated drying of the bar of soap and prolongs the life of the soap. The travel case is designed to maintain the bar of soap in a fixed horizontal and vertical position during transport. The travel case includes a lid and a base with a walled receiving portion. The receiving portion is configured to receive a bar of soap that is attached to a soap support and hold the soap support such that the bar of soap is prevented from contacting the surface of the soap case. A method of reversibly securing a bar of soap within a soap case while maintaining the soap in a fixed horizontal and vertical position is also provided herein.
US11641980B2
A cooking system comprises: a cooking container; a stirring motion mechanism configured to produce a motion in the cooking container as to stir, mix or distribute the food or food ingredients held in the cooking container; ingredient containers to contain food ingredients; an dispensing apparatus to turn an ingredient container to dispense the food ingredients from the ingredient container to the cooking container; a transfer apparatus to transfer an ingredient container; food containers to hold cooked foods; a cooking container unloading mechanism to turn the cooking container to dispense cooked food from the cooking container to a food container; a receiving apparatus to hold food containers; a transfer apparatus to transfer a food container; a cyclic transport apparatus configured to transport food containers; a lid; and, a cleaning apparatus to clean the cooking container.
US11641975B2
A flow delivery system to deliver and monitor a liquid flow, using a pump, and a monitoring device (e.g. a flow meter) are described. A controller determines if the flow is a liquid flow or a gas flow by reducing a drive signal for the pump from a first drive signal to a second drive signal. This changes the characteristics of both the pump drive signal and the characteristics of the resulting flow. Based on the change in the characteristics, the flow is determined to be a liquid flow or a gas flow.
US11641967B2
A self-serve, communion containment, presentation and service device for presenting individual servings of a host and cup of wine that are kept isolated and covered until such a time that they are presented for consumption. The device includes a first end, second end, front side, rear side, top side and bottom side. The device comprises a frame; a platform attached to the frame, the platform including a top surface and defining through slots to receive communion hosts and apertures to receive a wine cup; and hinged covers covering the slots and the apertures, each hinged cover configured to cover only one slot and one aperture when the hinged cover is in a closed position. Each individual serving of one host and one cup of wine is positioned under one of the caps and held stationary in a single respective slot and a single respective aperture, until removed by the communicant.
US11641963B2
An improved beverage holder for supporting a beverage or beverage container while also providing pest repellant properties.
US11641959B2
A pillow may include a pillowcase having a first end, a second end opposing the first end, and first and second opposing sides extending between the first end and the second end. The pillowcase also may include first and second end chambers respectively adjacent the first and second ends, a medial chamber between the first and second end chambers, and baffles extending between the first and second opposing sides and defining the first and second end chambers and the medial chamber. The pillow also may include a pillow insert within one of the first and second end chambers, and the medial chamber.
US11641953B2
The present invention relates to a three-position child carrier that transitions between a front-carry position, a back-carry position, and a hip-carry position. The three-position child carrier is a soft, buckle-style infant carrier that comprises separate components that include a shoulder strap, a waist strap, and a body portion that secures the child. In an exemplary embodiment, the shoulder strap and the waist strap slide through corresponding channels on the top and bottom of the body portion and attach in a variety of configurations. An advantage, in the present invention, is the ability to change the body portion and thus the body portion size to accommodate growing children and usage in different climates and weather conditions.
US11641952B2
A modular cradle system for children's gear includes a modular cradle assembly having a hinge frame, coupling hubs extending from the hinge frame, and a child receiving receptacle connectable with the hinge frame. The modular cradle system can be detachably coupled to various gear product bases such as a rocker base, swing, highchair, bassinet, play yard or other desired product base.
US11641946B2
The present invention provides a unique, compact, soft-cushioned, multi-directional, 360° gliding arm rest pad device which effectively eliminates forearm-to-pad friction during movement of a user's arm in any direction when operating a device, such as a computer mouse, a joystick or any other equipment that may place stress and strain on one's hands, arms, and elbows. The multi-directional gliding arm rest pad device allows free movement of a user's forearm to glide multi-directionally with minimal tension resistance, so that shoulder strain is substantially reduced, development of bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, and elbow pain is greatly diminished, and a user's functional work performance duration time is extended due to reduction of hand and arm fatigue afforded by the smooth and effortless directional movement of the arm rest pad.
US11641937B2
An expandable modular rack for storing at least one magazine and at least one handgun is disclosed. The expandable modular rack includes: a first member; a second member having a base and at least one protrusion extending from a medial portion of the base; and a means for joining a surface of the first member to a surface of the second member, wherein the first member is arranged to maintain the magazine in an upright position, and wherein the base of the second member is arranged to support a base of the magazine and the protrusion of the second member is arrangeable to maintain the magazine in the upright position. The rack can further include: a third member; and a means for joining the first member to the third member, wherein the third member and first member are arranged to support the handgun.
US11641935B2
Attachable Table Apparatus. The attachable table apparatus provides a foldable, movable, removable, serving table, work station, desk, work bench, etc. for the home or work environment or at away from home events such as sporting events and commercial applications such as restaurants, bars, catered events, promotional events, workshops, garages, etc. The attachable table apparatus includes a universal mounting bracket, attachable to deck rails, wall studs, handrails, walls, etc. in a horizontal or vertical mounting orientation, on car or truck tailgates or bumpers, in boats, inside housing, garages, workshops, etc. The attachable table apparatus is folding/collapsible for easy transport and space saving when not in use.
US11641918B2
Provided is a cordless hair dryer. The cordless hair dryer includes a housing including a body part gripped by a user and a head part having a blower tube therein, a battery disposed inside the body part, a blower fan disposed in one end of the head part, a support which is inserted into the other end of the head part and fixed to an inner side of the blower tube, and a planar heating element which is formed as a carbon nanotube sheet and disposed on the support to receive power from the battery.
US11641916B2
A luggage case includes a pair of shoulder hooks mounted on a telescoping assembly that extends from the luggage case to allow the user to place the shoulder hooks over the user's shoulders and tow the luggage case without having need for the user to use their hand(s) to tow the luggage case. The shoulder hooks are configured to swivel so that, when the telescoping assembly is collapsed, the shoulder hooks are received in respective pockets formed the top of the luggage case, and when the telescoping assembly is extended to a desired length, the shoulder hooks can be rotated to hook over the user's shoulders.
US11641913B2
A jewelry chain having a plurality of links including a plurality of connecting links and one or a plurality of decorative links. Each decorative link comprises an outline of an alphanumeric character and becomes part of the chain by connection from at least two connecting links. The connecting links can easily pass through open sections of the alphanumeric character outline to allow rotation and sliding movement in at least two different directions so that the alphanumeric character can provide different appearances when the jewelry chain is worn. The chain can form or be incorporated in necklaces, bracelets or earrings.
US11641908B2
An article of footwear may include a sole assembly and an upper, positioned above the sole assembly, formed from a stretchable material such as a stretchable canvas. The upper may include stitching, with a stretchability of the stretchable canvas being maintained in an area of the upper where the stitching extends. The stitching may include, for example, double needle cover stitching.
US11641898B2
Aspects herein are directed to a pocket structure that facilitates the secure storage of items stowed within the pocket structure. The pocket structure includes inner and outer pocket layers and a funnel-shaped structure positioned in the space between the inner and outer pocket layers. The funnel-shaped structure comprises an inlet opening that forms an opening to the pocket structure and an outlet opening that is in communication with the space between the inner and outer pocket layers. The outlet opening has a smaller circumference compared to the inlet opening.
US11641877B2
Smoking articles are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a smoking article includes a heat source configured to generate heat upon ignition thereof, a first substrate material having an aerosol precursor composition associated therewith and a first end being fixedly engaged with the heat source, and an aerosol delivery component having opposed first and second ends, the first end of the aerosol delivery component being engaged with the second end of the first substrate material. In some aspects, the aerosol delivery component includes a second substrate material having the aerosol precursor composition associated therewith and being disposed about the first end of the aerosol delivery component and a tobacco material disposed between the second substrate material and the mouthpiece, the aerosol precursor composition associated with the first and second substrate materials being configured to produce an aerosol in response to the heat generated by the ignited heat source.
US11641861B2
Proposed is a self-optimizing, adaptive industrial chocolate production system (1), and method thereof. The system comprising a chocolate mass processing line (11) with at least dosing means (2), one or more mixers (3), one or more refiners (4), one or more conches (5), and liquefying and tempering means (6). Appropriate inter-dependent operational parameters of the various devices (2/3/4/5/6) are measured by real-time measuring devices and transmitted to a controller device 12. The measured inter-dependent operational parameters are mutually optimized and dynamically adjusted providing an optimal operation at least in terms of the characteristics of the end chocolate mass 7 and/or throughputs of the chocolate production line 11 and/or other operation conditions as energy consumption.
US11641858B2
The present invention relates to compounds which are of use in the field of agriculture as fungicides.
US11641854B2
A synthetic polymer film (34A), (34B) having a surface which has a plurality of first raised portions (34Ap), (34Bp), wherein a two-dimensional size of the plurality of first raised portions (34Ap), (34Bp) is in a range of more than 20 nm and less than 500 nm when viewed in a normal direction of the synthetic polymer film (34A), (34B); and the surface has a microbicidal effect.
US11641848B1
An aquarium includes a container that contains a liquid. A spout includes a first leg that extends along a first axis from an inlet positioned in a bottom portion of the aquarium space to a bend, and a second leg that extends along a second axis from a flow aperture formed adjacent the bend to an outlet. The spout is arranged to direct a portion of the liquid from the inlet to the outlet. A cap is coupled to the spout and is rotatable between a first position and a second position. The cap includes a seal element positioned to form a seal between the cap and the spout, and a flow control member fixedly attached to the cap and sized to completely block the flow aperture when the cap is in the first position and to completely uncover the flow aperture when the cap is in the second position.
US11641847B2
A device to inject a composition into an egg includes a guide member, a first locking member and a second locking member. The guide member includes an outer casing secured to the injection needle and an inner casing which can move in translation inside the outer casing. The inner casing connected to the trocar and comprising a cup configured to bear on the upper part of the egg. The first locking member configured to block the movement of the trocar. The second locking member configured to block the movement of the injection needle inserted into the trocar.
US11641839B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper line SMR-E718-0959. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line SMR-E718-0959 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line SMR-E718-0959 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11641835B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PACY12 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PACY12 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PACY12 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PACY12 or a locus conversion of 1PACY12 with another maize variety.
US11641834B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PVWP15 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PVWP15 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PVWP15 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PVWP15 or a locus conversion of 1PVWP15 with another maize variety.
US11641829B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PKGP36 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PKGP36 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PKGP36 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PKGP36 or a locus conversion of 1PKGP36 with another maize variety.
US11641823B1
A novel maize variety designated X00P574 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00P574 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00P574 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00P574, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00P574 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00P574 and methods of using maize variety X00P574 are disclosed.
US11641819B2
Provided is a canola variety designated 18GG0721G and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety 18GG0721G with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 18GG0721G through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety are disclosed.
US11641817B2
A pollinating device for pollinating crop plants includes a base mountable on a carriage. At least one pollination unit is mounted on the base and includes a pollen-releasing apparatus configured to release pollen from male flowers of the plants and at least one nozzle for directing fluid along a flow path for delivering at least some of the released pollen to the pollen-receiving rows of crop plants. Certain pollinating devices include multiple pollination units spaced apart along a width of the base. Some pollination units include at least two opposing nozzles. Plants are pollinated by driving the carriage along a field and directing air from the nozzles over the pollen born by some plants to deliver the pollen to female flowers of other plants in the field.
US11641816B2
An irrigation device has a generally arc-shaped housing defining an opening through which a plant can grow when the device is placed on a ground face during use. The device further includes a plurality of stakes that can be fitted to the housing, wherein each stake can be rotated between a deployed state where the stake projects away from the housing in a position suitable for being placed into the ground and a non-deployed state where the stake is oriented sideways projecting into the opening.
US11641815B2
A method of removing debris from an area of turf grass can include providing a grass treatment system including a comb having a leading edge comprising a plurality of comb teeth, wherein the comb is mounted transversely to a direction of travel, and a substantially cylindrical brush positioned above the comb and configured to engage at least a portion of a top surface of the comb, wherein the brush rotates relative to the comb. The method can include positioning the grass treatment system closely adjacent to the turf grass such that the comb engages debris on and around the turf grass surface, and moving the grass treatment so that (i) the comb engages the debris, (ii) the rotating brush removes at least a portion of the debris from the surface of the comb, and (iii) the rotating brush does not come into contact with the turf grass.
US11641814B2
Methods and platforms are provided for maintaining a population of natural enemies on plants, prior and/or parallel to an occurrence of respective prey pests, by associating with the plants platform(s) comprising mechanical support(s) with attached feeding elements for the natural enemies. The platform may be configured to keep the feeding elements close to but not on the plants, protecting them and enhancing the distribution efficiency and life time, while maintaining good availability of the feeding elements to the natural enemies. Various features may enhance supporting the natural enemies' population prior and/or parallel to the occurrence of the pest prey such as olfactory and/or visual cues to the feeding elements as well as sheltering elements such as artificial domatia on the surface of the mechanical support—to enhance biological pest control. Moreover, methods for preparing decapsulated Artemia cysts as feed for predatory arthropods are provided.
US11641807B2
A round baler includes a housing which has a housing part and an ejection flap which is pivotably mounted on this housing part about a bearing axis, and drivable pressing means which are allocated to the housing part and the ejection flap and which define a pressing chamber on the peripheral side, wherein the ejection flap is adjustable by means of a first adjusting apparatus such that when the ejection flap is opened an ejection opening is able to be formed between the housing part and the ejection flap and a dimension of the ejection flap is adjustable. The housing part comprises a retaining roller. The retaining roller is arranged so as to be adjustable between a resting position and a working position in which the retaining roller adopts a position disposed within the ejection opening.
US11641794B2
A walk-behind machine includes a clutch having a driving state where a motor drives wheels to rotate and an unlocked state where the wheels freely rotate relative to the motor. The clutch includes a movable member and a driving member. The movable member is capable of moving between a locked position where the clutch is in the driving state and an unlocked position where the clutch is in the unlocked state. The driving member transfers power to the wheels by means of friction. When the clutch is in the driving state, the motor drives the wheels to rotate in a first direction, when the motor stops rotating, the wheels rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction and can drive the driving member to move by frictional force so that the driving member pushes the movable member to move from the locked position to the unlocked position.
US11641790B2
In accordance with an example embodiment, a vehicle path planning system and a method for planning a path of a vehicle having a work tool are provided. The method includes determining an actual path through a work area, modifying the actual path with a margin to determine a modified path plan through the work area, and passing the work tool through the work area with the vehicle along the modified path plan.
US11647681B2
A phase change memory (PCM) cell in an integrated circuit and a method of fabricating it involve depositing a layer of PCM material on a surface of a dielectric, and patterning the layer of PCM material into a plurality of PCM blocks. Heater material is formed on both sidewalls of each of the plurality of the PCM blocks to form a plurality of PCM cells. Each of the plurality of the PCM blocks and the heater material on both the sidewalls represents a PCM cell. An additional layer of the dielectric is deposited above and between the plurality of the PCM cells, and trenches are formed in the dielectric. Trenches are formed in contact with each side of each of the plurality of the PCM cells. Metal is deposited in each of the trenches. Current flow in the metal heats the heater material of one of the PCM cells.
US11647673B2
An antenna comprising; a substrate; a continuous film of yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) disposed on the substrate having first and second regions, wherein the first region has a first oxygen doping level and wherein the second region has a second oxygen doping level that is different from the first oxygen doping level; a nano-scale conductive structure, shaped to resonate at a terahertz (THz) frequency, disposed on a boundary between the first and second regions; and a conductive path electrically connected to the first and second regions and to the conductive structure such that induced current in the structure due to incoming THz radiation heats the boundary thereby creating a thermal gradient, which results in the generation of Seebeck effect voltage.
US11647671B2
Provided are a compound and an organic electro-optical device containing the same. The compound has a structure represented by Formula I. The organic electro-optical device comprises an anode, a cathode, and at least one organic thin film layer located between the cathode and the anode. The molecule of the compound provided by the present disclosure has higher rigidity, a large conjugated system, a deeper LUMO energy level, a higher triplet energy level and good molecular stability, and is not easy to crystallize, and thus the compound can be used as an electron transport material or a hole blocking material of the organic electro-optical device, facilitating the reduction of the turn-on voltage of the device, the improvement of current efficiency and the increase of service life.
US11647668B2
An organometallic compound is represented by Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device includes the same. The organic light-emitting device includes: a first; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer includes an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1.
US11647667B2
Provided are organometallic compounds. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.
US11647666B2
The present invention relates to a light emitting layer material comprising: a polycyclic aromatic compound (1) in which a plurality of aromatic rings are linked by a boron atom and a oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom; and a specific anthracene-based compound (3) that achieves optimum light-emission characteristics in combination with said polycyclic aromatic compound. With this light emitting layer material having optimum light emitting characteristics, it is possible to provide an excellent organic EL element. Ring A to ring C are an aryl ring or the like, Y1 is B (boron), X1 and X2 are —O— or >N—R (provided that at least one is —O—), X is a group represented by formula (3-X1), (3-X2), or (3-X3), Y is —O—, —S— or >N—R29, R29 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted aryl, Ar1 to Ar4 are phenyl, a group represented by formula (4), or the like, and both Ar1 and Ar3 do not simultaneously represent a phenyl.
US11647656B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area, a non-display area adjacent to the display area, and a pad area arranged in the non-display area; a display portion arranged in the display area and including pixels; a pad portion arranged in the pad area and including pads; and an insulating layer overlapping an edge of each of the pads and exposing a central portion of each of the pads, wherein the insulating layer includes at least one opening arranged between adjacent ones of the pads.
US11647655B2
A display device is provided including a first conductive line disposed on a substrate. A first insulating layer is disposed on the substrate at least partially covering the first conductive line. The first insulating layer has a contact hole, which exposes the first conductive line, and a groove recessed in a direction towards the substrate. The groove has a depth smaller than a depth of the contact hole. A second conductive line is disposed in the groove on the first insulating layer and is connected to the first conductive line through the contact hole.
US11647651B2
A display screen and an electronic device are disclosed. The display screen has a first display region and a second display region. The display screen includes an anode layer, a pixel defining layer disposed on the anode layer, a number of isolation pillars disposed on the pixel defining layer, and a driving layer group. The pixel defining layer and the isolation pillars form a sub-pixel isolation structure, and the isolation pillars, the pixel defining layer, the driving layer group, and the anode layer are disposed in the first display region and the second display region. The second display region has a vacant region corresponding to a region forming the isolation pillar and without the isolation pillar formed therein, and the pixel defining layer is provided with an opening under the vacant region.
US11647650B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode pixels that each have OLED layers interposed between a cathode and an anode. Voltage may be applied to the anode of each pixel to control the magnitude of emitted light. The conductivity of the OLED layers may allow leakage current to pass between neighboring anodes in the display. To reduce leakage current and the accompanying cross-talk in a display, the pixel definition layer may disrupt continuity of the OLED layers. The pixel definition layer may have an undercut to disrupt continuity of some but not all of the OLED layers. The undercut may be defined by three discrete portions of the pixel definition layer. The undercut may result in a void that is interposed between different portions of the OLED layers to break a leakage path formed by the OLED layers.
US11647647B2
Devices and techniques are provided for achieving OLED devices that include one or more enhancement layers formed at least partially from a plasmonic material exhibiting surface plasmon resonance that non-radiatively couples to an organic emissive material in the organic emissive layer, where a majority of excited state energy is transferred from the organic emissive material to a non-radiative mode of surface plasmon polaritons of the enhancement layer.
US11647646B2
A method for encapsulating openings in a display area includes: forming an intermediate layer having an isolation hole and an assembly via on a substrate, the isolation hole dividing the intermediate layer into separate display portion and isolation portion and the assembly via being spaced apart from the isolation hole by the isolation portion; forming a groove on a side of the isolation portion facing the display portion and/or on a side of the isolation portion away from the display portion; forming a light emitting layer including a first light emitting portion, a second light emitting portion, a third light emitting portion, and a fourth light emitting portion, wherein the third light emitting portion is separate from at least one of the second light emitting portion and the fourth light emitting portion; and forming an encapsulation layer that covers the light emitting layer and the isolation portion, and is filled in a groove.
US11647633B2
A method used in forming integrated circuitry comprises forming a stack comprising vertically-alternating first tiers and second tiers. The stack comprises a cavity therein that comprises a stair-step structure. Sidewalls of the cavity and steps of the stair-step structure are lined with an insulator material. Insulative material is formed in the cavity radially inward of the insulator material. An upper portion of the insulative material is removed from the cavity to leave the insulative material in a bottom of the cavity over the stair-step structure. After the removing, insulating material is formed in the cavity above the insulative material. Other embodiments, including structure independent of method, are disclosed.
US11647629B2
A method for forming a 3D memory device is disclosed. A gate electrode having an inverted “T” shape is formed above a substrate. A continuous blocking layer is formed on the gate electrode. A continuous charge trapping layer is formed on the blocking layer. A first thickness of a first part of the charge trapping layer extending laterally is greater than a second thickness of a second part of the charge trapping layer extending vertically. The second part of the charge trapping layer extending vertically is removed to form a plurality of discrete charge trapping layers disposed at different levels on the blocking layer from the first part of the charge trapping layer extending laterally. A continuous tunneling layer is formed on the discrete charge trapping layers. A continuous channel layer is formed on the tunneling layer.
US11647628B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a first semiconductor layer; first and second insulating layers in contact with the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer in contact with the first insulating layer; a third semiconductor layer in contact with the second insulating layer; a first conductor; a third insulating layer in contact with the first conductor; a fourth insulating layer provided between the second semiconductor layer and the third insulating layer; a first charge storage layer provided between the second semiconductor layer and the fourth insulating layer; and a fifth insulating layer provided between the second semiconductor layer and the first charge storage layer. The second semiconductor layer, the first conductor, the third to fifth insulating layers, and the first charge storage layer function as a first memory cell.
US11647627B2
An integrated circuit device includes: a substrate including a plurality of active regions; a bit line extending on the substrate in a horizontal direction; a direct contact connected between a first active region selected among the plurality of active regions and the bit line; an inner oxide layer contacting a sidewall of the direct contact; and a carbon-containing oxide layer nonlinearly extending on a sidewall of the bit line in a vertical direction, the carbon-containing oxide layer contacting the sidewall of the bit line.
US11647618B2
The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave shielding film that can be made thinner and that has a higher folding endurance. The electromagnetic wave shielding film of the present invention is an electromagnetic wave shielding film including: a conductive adhesive layer containing conductive particles and an adhesive resin composition, wherein in a cut surface of the conductive adhesive layer after heating and pressurizing the electromagnetic wave shielding film at 150° C. and 2 MPa for 30 minutes, the conductive particles have an average aspect ratio of 18 or more, and an area percentage of the adhesive resin composition is 60 to 95% relative to a total area of the cut surface.
US11647617B2
Enclosures and corresponding magnetic joints. An apparatus includes an enclosure. The enclosure includes a magnetic panel joint formed by: a first panel carrying a magnet and comprising a first pocket; a second panel including a second pocket; and a ferromagnetic shield coupled within the second pocket and couplable within the first pocket via the magnet.
US11647616B2
The display assembly includes a display module, a flexible printed board, an integrated circuit chip, and a composite tape. The integrated circuit chip and a binding portion of the flexible printed board are respectively in binding connection with the display module. The composite tape includes: a conductive fabric layer comprising a first part and a second part, the first part covering the integrated circuit chip and the binding portion, and the second part covering at least part of a grounding portion of the flexible printed board; and an insulating film layer on a side of the conductive fabric layer facing the integrated circuit chip and the flexible printed board, and including a third part, which is at the first part of the conductive fabric layer and covering the integrated circuit chip and the binding portion, and the insulating film layer avoiding the at least part of the grounding portion.
US11647615B2
An electronic device package is disclosed. The electronic device package includes a board on which an electronic device is mounted, a molded portion formed to cover the electronic device on the board, and a conductive layer disposed on a surface of the molded portion and extended in a trench formed on the board.
US11647605B2
Several transportable datacenters are described. The transportable datacenters include transport systems allowing them to be transported between an assembly location and an operating location. The transportable datacenters also include a ventilation system for cooling processors positioned in racks in the datacenters. The ventilation system draws cold air from the environment, through processor bays containing the processors and then exhausts the air back to the environment.
US11647600B2
Various embodiments of a sealed package and a method of forming such package are disclosed. The package includes a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, a dielectric substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface, and a dielectric bonding ring disposed between the first major surface of the dielectric substrate and the housing, where the dielectric bonding ring is hermetically sealed to both the first major surface of the dielectric substrate and the housing. The package further includes an electronic device disposed on the first major surface of the dielectric substrate, and a power source disposed at least partially within the housing and electrically connected to the electronic device.
US11647593B2
A printed circuit board has an in-pad via. In a first step, a component is mounted on a first surface of a printed circuit board. A screen to be used in a second step has openings at positions corresponding to those of a plurality of pads on a second surface and has a recess positioned to overlap an in-pad via. Solder cream is applied from above the screen, and the screen is removed. Then, a component is mounted on the second surface.
US11647585B2
A flexible printed circuit for bridging is provided. The flexible printed circuit has at least one via, at least one overflow groove is provided at a first distance from an edge of the via, and the overflow groove is provided in a cover layer on a side of a soldering surface of the flexible printed circuit.
US11647584B2
A circuit board includes a first metal layer; a second metal layer that is arranged on the first metal layer; and a sealing resin with which a space between the first metal layer and the second metal layer is filled, wherein the second metal layer includes an electrode that protrudes from an upper surface of the sealing resin and that has an end face on which an electronic part is mountable; and an interlayer connector whose upper surface is exposed in a position lower than the end face of the electrode from the upper surface of the sealing resin and that makes contact with the first metal layer.
US11647579B2
Printed circuit board (PCB) substrates include at least one pre-preg layer interposed between one or more electrically conductive layers, power device stacks, each having a power device embedded within the PCB substrate in a vertical stack configuration, and a flat heat pipe positioned between the power device stacks within the at least one pre-preg layer, one surface of the flat heat pipe directly bonded to a first one of the power device stacks and an opposite surface of the flat heat pipe thermally coupled to a second one of the power device stacks.
US11647563B2
Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with a fifth generation Evolved Node-B (gNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to determine a first parameter set and a second parameter set for establishing Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) resources. The second circuitry may be operable to process a first part of a PDSCH transmission from a first set of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) layers corresponding with a first Multimedia Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) configuration based on the first parameter set. The second circuitry may also be operable to process a second part of the PDSCH transmission from a second set of MIMO layers corresponding with a second MBSFN configuration based on the second parameter set.
US11647560B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. The examples described herein provide a procedure at a user equipment (UE) for determining whether to transmit radio resource control (RRC) configured uplink signals to a base station based on detected slot format indications (SFIs) and/or undetected SFIs in multiple control channels. In particular, a UE may identify multiple control channels configured to include SFIs from a base station, and, as described herein, the UE may determine whether to transmit RRC configured uplink signals in a set of symbols based on a configuration of the set of symbols (e.g., uplink, downlink, or flexible) determined based on detected SFIs and/or undetected SFIs in the multiple control channels. The UE may be able to determine whether to transmit RRC configured uplink signals in a set of symbols based on any combination of detected SFIs and undetected SFIs.
US11647557B2
A master RAN node (1) associated with a master RAT (1) communicates with a secondary RAN node (2) associated with a secondary RAT and provides a radio terminal (3) with dual connectivity that uses the master RAT and the secondary RAT. In response to receiving, from the radio terminal (3) or a core network (4), terminal capability information indicating that the radio terminal (3) supports the split bearer, the master RAN node (1) uses a PDCP entity, which provides unified PDCP functionalities, for a master cell group split bearer for the radio terminal (3).
US11647549B2
A communication apparatus receives a signal that requests for communication parameter(s) from a first other communication apparatus that connects to a wireless network by using the communication parameter(s), determines whether or not the communication parameter(s) have been provided to a second other communication apparatus that constructs the wireless network, upon receiving the signal, and notifies the first other communication apparatus of the fact that the communication parameter(s) have not been provided to the second other communication apparatus in a case where it is determined that the communication parameter(s) have not been provided to the second other communication apparatus.
US11647548B2
A network access method includes receiving, by a first access point, a first network identifier and a first password of a second access point from a server, setting, by the first access point, a first network based on a first network identifier and a first password of the second access point, sending, by an intelligent device, a first network connection request, establishing, by the first access point, a first network connection between the first access point and the intelligent device in response to the first network connection request, sending, by the first access point, a second network identifier or a second password of the first access point to the intelligent device by the first network connection, and sending, by the intelligent device, a second network connection request to the first access point based on the second network identifier or the second password of the first access point.
US11647546B2
A method and a device for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention are characterized by transmitting a PRACH on a RO, receiving, in response to the PRACH, a PDCCH for receiving a RAR, and receiving the RAR on the basis of the PDCCH, wherein the RAR includes a portion of the bits of a frame index of the RO on which the PRACH was transmitted.
US11647545B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a preamble using a physical random access channel (PRACH) and determine a location of a random access response (RAR) based on a parameter of the PRACH. The location may include a subframe and/or a frequency resource on which the RAR is transmitted. The RAR may be received at the location. A device may receive a preamble using a PRACH associated with a coverage enhancement (CE) level and/or a CE mode of a WTRU. The device may determine a location of an RAR based on a parameter of the PRACH. The location may include a subframe and/or a frequency resource on which the RAR is to be transmitted. The device may determine a number of repetitions of the RAR to transmit based on the CE level or CE mode. The RAR may be transmitted at the location with the determined number of repetitions.
US11647523B2
The present disclosure provides a method (200) in a network device for data transmission over a front haul interface between a first unit and a second unit. The method (200) includes: compressing (210), at the first unit, time domain data in frequency domain and/or spatial domain; transmitting (220) the compressed time domain data along with an associated compression parameter over the front haul interface from the first unit to the second unit; and decompressing (230), at the second unit, the compressed time domain data based on the compression parameter.
US11647517B2
An apparatus receives, in a transmission from a second UE, an indication of reserved resources for the second UE. The apparatus measures a received power of the transmission from the second UE. The apparatus excludes the reserved resources indicated by the second UE from a set of candidate resources based on the received power of the transmission from the second UE meeting a threshold, where the threshold is based at least in part on whether the reserved resources are associated with a retransmission.
US11647515B2
A method and an apparatus for receiving a signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: establishing an RNTI associated with an MCS by a terminal; receiving a control channel for scheduling transmission of an uplink data channel or reception of a downlink data channel; and transmitting the uplink data channel or receiving the downlink data channel on the basis of one MCS table of a plurality of MCS tables, wherein the uplink data channel or the downlink data channel has been scheduled by the control channel and the one MCS table is determined on the basis of an RNTI associated with the MCS and an RNTI associated with the control channel.
US11647513B2
A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive system information comprising first information of first time domain resource assignment for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The receiving circuitry is also configured to receive a UE-specific radio resource control (RRC) signal comprising second information of second time domain resource assignment for a PDSCH. The receiving circuitry is also configured to perform, based on a detection of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the PDSCH reception according to either the first information of the first time domain resource assignment or the second information of the second time domain resource assignment.
US11647506B2
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) may include a memory and one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory. The processors may process a scheduling trigger to provide channel state information (CSI) and beam information using extra-large physical uplink shared channel (xPUSCH). The processing device may also generate a reporting message comprising CSI and beam information. The processing device may then encode xPUSCH data to include the reporting message.
US11647505B2
Provided are an uplink signal transmission method and device. The method comprises: a network device determining a physical resource used, in a time domain scheduling unit, for transmitting an uplink control signal; and the network device receiving the uplink control signal on the physical resource used for transmitting an uplink control signal, wherein the uplink control signal is transmitted by using a cyclic prefix-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM) waveform. In the embodiments of the present invention, an uplink control signal is transmitted by using a CP-OFDM waveform, and by using multi-carrier transmission characteristics, the uplink control signal may be configured with continuous or discontinuous physical resources in a frequency domain, so that the problem, in the prior art, where an uplink control signal must be mapped to continuous physical resources in a frequency domain when using a single carrier to perform uplink transmission on the uplink control signal is prevented, thereby improving the flexibility of configuring a physical resource for an uplink control signal.
US11647502B2
A method to operate an apparatus (UE1) comprises: receiving (102) a plurality of radio signals (s0, s2); determining (104) at least one resource conflict indicator (RCI) in dependence on the received radio signals (s0, s2), wherein the at least one resource conflict indicator (RCI) indicates at least one radio resource (rr1) that has a potential risk of a resource conflict; and transmitting (106) the resource conflict indicator (RCI).
US11647500B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first sidelink user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a second sidelink UE via sidelink control information (SCI), a receiving (Rx) beam schedule indicating Rx beams associated with the first sidelink UE in a set of slots, wherein the Rx beam schedule indicates that the first sidelink UE is configured to tune to the Rx beams in the set of slots for possible sidelink receptions. The first sidelink UE may receive, from the second sidelink UE, a sidelink transmission using an Rx beam indicated in the Rx beam schedule. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11647495B2
The present disclosure describes the generation of long sequences from short sequences to support concurrent transmissions of large numbers of machine-type communication devices operating in a wireless communication system. These long sequences may be assigned to devices so that the devices can use the long sequences scramble their transmissions. The use of such long sequences permits many machine-type communication devices to transmit during the same time and frequency resource.
US11647491B2
Arrangement for switching between an active bandwidth part and the target bandwidth part are disclosed. A method includes selecting one or more resource blocks comprised in the target bandwidth part for a transmission or reception between the wireless device and the network node. The selected resource blocks to be used in the target bandwidth part are indicated in a resource allocation field of a downlink control channel information in the active bandwidth part. The allocation field includes information bits and the resource allocation field in the active bandwidth part and the information bits are configured based on a target bandwidth part resource allocation type. The target bandwidth part resource allocation type indicates whether the information bits have a bitmap corresponding to one or more resource block groups or an integer value corresponding to a starting resource block and a length of the allocation in resource blocks.
US11647489B2
Provided is a wireless communication terminal including a transceiver for transmitting/receiving a wireless signal and a processor for controlling an operation of the wireless communication terminal. The transceiver receives a first frame indicating information on a resource that a base wireless communication terminal allocates to a plurality of wireless communication terminals from the base wireless communication terminal, and transmits data to the base wireless communication terminal based on the first frame. The plurality of wireless communication terminals include the wireless communication terminal.
US11647486B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that an availability condition is satisfied, wherein the availability condition relates to an availability of the UE for sidelink communication; identify future available information (FAI) that indicates at least one of a time domain availability of the UE for sidelink communication or a frequency domain availability of the UE for sidelink communication; and transmit the FAI based at least in part on determining that the availability condition is satisfied. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11647483B2
The present disclosure relates to a user equipment that includes a communication interface configured to perform communication with one or more nearby UEs using one or more of a plurality of resources in a cellular communication network, and processing circuitry configured to operate the UE in a first mode and in a second mode. The first mode is a scheduled resource allocation mode, and the second mode is an autonomous resource selection mode or an idle mode. The processing circuitry is configured to switch from the first mode to the second mode based on a first condition relating to an out of coverage event of the UE being met and a second condition related to a further parameter being met.
US11647478B2
A microwave backhaul transceiver comprises a plurality of antenna arrays, positioning circuitry, and signal processing circuitry. The microwave backhaul transceiver may determine, via the positioning circuitry, a location of the small cell backhaul transceiver. The microwave backhaul transceiver may, generate, via the signal processing circuitry, a beacon signal that uniquely indicates the location. The microwave backhaul transceiver may transmit the beacon signal via at least one of the antenna arrays. The beacon signal may be generated using a spreading code generated from a unique identifier of the location. The unique identifier of the location may comprise global positioning system coordinates and/or a street address. During the transmitting, a directionality at which the beacon radiates from a particular one of the antenna arrays may be varied such that the beacon is transmitted in multiple directions from the particular one of the antenna arrays.
US11647469B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a trigger event configuration for power headroom reporting for a first service type that has a lower latency condition and a higher reliability condition than a second service type. For example, the first service type may be for low latency communications, and the second service type may be for mobile broadband (MBB) communications. The UE may detect a trigger event for power headroom reporting for the first service type based on the trigger event configuration. The UE may transmit a power headroom report for the first service type based on detecting the trigger event. By transmitting the power headroom report for the first service type, the UE may indicate whether power boosting for the first service type is available.
US11647464B2
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device (WD) is provided. The network node is configured to configure a wireless device with a wake-up indication, the wake-up indication configured to cause the wireless device to transition out of at least one of a low power mode or connected Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode based on the wake-up indication. The network node is configured to signal the wake-up indication in a search space in a physical downlink control channel.
US11647459B2
The described techniques provide for the identification and utilization of different power consumption categories by a user equipment (UE) in wireless communications system. A power consumption category may correspond to a power consumption level (e.g., a powered circuitry configuration) of the UE. For example, a power consumption category may configure an analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) resolution, a digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) resolution, a number of antennas, etc., that a UE may employ for communications. In some examples, a UE may report capability information to a base station, and the base station may use the information to explicitly or implicitly (e.g., via conveying thresholds or conditions to the UE for power consumption category switching or power consumption category selection) configure the UE with various power consumption categories. As such, the power consumption categories may be used by the base station and UE, in some scenarios, for reducing power consumption.
US11647455B2
A communication apparatus and a communication method that avoid mutual interference between nodes. The communication apparatus includes a communication section and a control section. The communication section sends and receives wireless frames. The control section controls transmission and reception of frames. The control section controls transmission, to one or more target stations and with a transmission parameter (transmission power) specified for each target station, of a trigger frame that induces transmission of a transmission refrainment frame. The communication apparatus functions as a base station, and the control section selects, as target stations, one or more subordinate terminals to which a downlink signal is to be sent and controls the transmission of the trigger frame ahead of the transmission of the downlink signal.
US11647454B2
Resource-sensitive token-based access point selection is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) can generate a request for resources that can be shared with an selection component remote from the UE. The request for resources can be generated independent of the UE receiving information about an access point (AP) in range of the UE. The selection component can pair the UE with an AP resource based on AP data and UE data. The selection component can generate a token comprising information related to the pairing. The UE can receive the token via a device other than the AP or via the AP. The token can be employed by the UE to initiate a link to the AP to enable use of the AP resource by the UE. The link can be resource sensitive in view of the request for resources and available AP resources.
US11647447B2
A link locating assisting device in a wireless communication network (10) obtains search limitation data concerning the wireless communication network and sends the search limitation data (SLD) to the wireless terminal (12) via a serving network node (14) and a serving link (SLK) for use in obtaining limitations for limiting a search for a set of candidate links (CLK1, CLK2, CLK3). The wireless terminal (12) obtains the search limitation data (SLD), sets limitations for a link search based on the search limitation data, search for candidate links starting with a current link search setting used with the serving link (SLK), and continues searching for candidate links with an offset from the current link search setting that grows with every search until the search limitations have been met.
US11647444B2
A method of wireless communication may include monitoring, by a first device, a medium for frames in response to preparing to transmit a first frame to a second device. The method may also include while monitoring the medium and before transmitting the first frame, obtaining a second frame transmitted by a third device in the medium and adjusting a transmission of the first frame to the second device in the medium based on obtaining the second frame.
US11647440B2
An example system includes a cellular base transceiver station having an RF coverage area and configured for RF communication with a first entity that is a transceiver device in the RF coverage area, wherein the cellular base transceiver station is communicatively connected to a server through a communication network, wherein the server comprises a first publish-subscribe broker that is part of a publish-subscribe broker network that comprises one or more publish-subscribe brokers, wherein a second entity connected to any of the one or more publish-subscribe brokers in the publish-subscribe broker network accepts communications from the transceiver device if the second entity subscribes to data packets published by the transceiver device, and wherein the data packets published by the transceiver device are routed through the publish-subscribe broker to which the second entity is connected.
US11647429B2
A call processing method includes: determining that a circuit switched fallback (CSFB) call establishing process performed by the terminal is suspended, and a release message of radio resource control (RRC) connection redirected to a circuit domain is received, and determining a current communication state of the CSFB call; and cancelling transmitting an extended service request (ESR) message to be retransmitted currently, in response to determining that the current communication state of the CSFB call meets a condition for canceling a retransmission mechanism of the ESR message.
US11647428B2
A communication method supports Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) codec performed by a communication terminal apparatus. The method includes performing negotiation to use an EVS codec for communication between a communication terminal apparatus and a counterpart terminal, using an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) signaling including one of a session description protocol (SDP) offer and an SDP answer, and performing negotiation to specify one or more audio-bandwidths of input signals in Hertz (Hz) or kilohertz (kHz) for the EVS codec. In a communication session after the codec negotiation session, the processor causes the receiver to receive a signaling for changing an audio-bandwidth of an input signal to the EVS codec from a network node, changes the audio-bandwidth of the input signal to the EVS codec to another audio-bandwidth without changing the EVS codec based on the signaling, and causes the transmitter to transmit encoded data in the changed audio-bandwidth.
US11647419B2
Various systems, methods, and devices for adjusting window size based on QoE sensitivity are described. An example method includes receiving, from a first device, a data packet that indicates a window size and that is addressed to a second device. The example method further includes identifying a QoE priority associated with the second device and adjusting the window size based on the QoE priority. Further, the example method includes transmitting the data packet to the second device.
US11647418B2
Provided are a resource requesting method and device, and a resource request processing method and device. The method includes: acquiring, by a terminal, a buffer size corresponding to an same frequency point or anchor frequency point in a logical channel group; reporting, by the terminal, an Sidelink BSR to a base station, where the Sidelink BSR includes at least one of: a destination index corresponding to the same frequency point or anchor frequency point; a logical channel group identifier or a logical channel identifier; or a buffer size.
US11647411B2
Disclosed are a beam measurement method, a terminal and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal receiving measurement configuration information sent by a network device, wherein the measurement configuration information is used for indicating a parameter used when measuring at least one beam; the terminal measuring the at least one beam according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a measurement result; and the terminal sending the measurement result to the network device. By means of the beam measurement method in the present application, a terminal receives measurement configuration information sent by a network device and measures a beam according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a more accurate measurement result based on the beam, so that it is beneficial for the network device to configure the terminal more efficiently according to the measurement result.
US11647406B2
Various solutions for user equipment power consumption enhancement for ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) services with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may determine a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring configuration and a second PDCCH monitoring configuration. The apparatus may use the first PDCCH monitoring configuration to perform PDCCH monitoring. The apparatus may determine whether a switch condition is triggered. The apparatus may switch to the second PDCCH monitoring configuration to perform the PDCCH monitoring in an event that the switch condition is triggered.
US11647396B1
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US11647379B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for exposure of monitoring event. According to an embodiment, a network exposure node receives a first request for subscribing to a plurality of monitoring reports for each of a group of terminal devices which include one or more terminal devices having both globally valid identifiers (IDs) and locally valid IDs. The network exposure node obtains, from a subscriber management node, the globally valid IDs and the locally valid IDs of the one or more terminal devices and a correspondence between the globally valid IDs and the locally valid IDs. In response to receiving from a mobility management node a monitoring report for a terminal device in the group of terminal devices, the network exposure node determines, for the terminal device, a current remaining number of monitoring reports based on the obtained IDs and correspondence.
US11647373B2
A load control system may include one or more wireless control devices that may be associated via a programming device. An identifier for a first wireless control device may be determined in response to an actuation of a button on the first wireless control device. An association between the first wireless control device and a second wireless control device may be defined at the programming device. The identifier for the first wireless control device may be transmitted to the second wireless control device, which may cause the first wireless control device to enter a sleep mode. The first wireless control device may enter the sleep mode after an actuation of a button on the first wireless control device. The identifier may be determined in response to the actuation of the button on the first wireless control device and/or prior to the first wireless control device entering the sleep mode.
US11647370B2
When storing captured image data in an information server, a mobile information terminal transmits related information (date and time information, location information, direction angle information, information of a distance to a subject, and user identification information) at the time of imaging to the information server. In addition, when making a request for the image data stored in the information server, current terminal information and image search conditions describing image data replay conditions are transmitted to the information server. The information server searches for corresponding image data based on the current terminal information and the image search conditions and transmits the corresponding image data to the mobile information terminal. The mobile information terminal displays the received image data on the display unit as a related image. Therefore, a user can effectively recall the memories, such as a situation or impression at the time of imaging.
US11647366B2
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium are disclosed relating to abnormal transmission identification. One method comprises, at a receiving device, receiving a V2X message from a transmitting device. The method further comprises determining a signal propagation context for the receiving device and obtaining an RSSI value and a distance value for the V2X message. The method further comprises generating an adjusted RSSI value based on (1) the RSSI value and (2) the signal propagation context for the receiving device. The method further comprises obtaining a predetermined RSSI-to-distance relationship model and comparing an adjusted RSSI-to-distance data pair, comprising the adjusted RSSI value and the distance value, to the predetermined RSSI-to-distance relationship model. The method further comprises, in response to determining that the adjusted RSSI-to-distance data pair fails a criterion for conforming to the predetermined RSSI-to-distance relationship model, identifying the V2X message as an abnormal transmission.
US11647359B2
An electronic device includes a memory circuitry, a processor circuitry, a wireless interface, and one or more sensors. The processor circuitry is configured to obtain sensor data from the one or more sensors. The processor circuitry is configured to determine mobility data based on the sensor data. The processor circuitry is configured to control, based on the sensor data, transmission of a positioning message including the mobility data, via the wireless interface, to a location server device.
US11647357B1
The arrangements of the present disclosure are directed to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for generating a first map, determining that a distance between the first location and the second location is within a first predetermined range, determining that the first asset is located on or adjacent to the second asset in response to determining that the distance between the first location and the second location is within the first predetermined range, in response to determining from a records database that the first asset is assigned to be moved by the second asset and that the first asset is located on or adjacent to the second asset, verifying that the first asset is being moved by the second asset, and updating a second map and a third map based on the first map, the second map being a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) map, and the third map being a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) drawing.
US11647346B2
The present disclosure discloses a hearing aid device. The hearing aid device may comprise at least one sound transmitter configured to collect a sound signal and convert the sound signal into an electrical signal, a signal processing circuit configured to generate a control signal by processing the electrical signal, at least one vibration loudspeaker configured to convert the control signal into a vibration signal, and a housing structure configured to accommodate at least one of the at least one sound transmitter, the signal processing circuit, or the at least one vibration loudspeaker, wherein the control signal may include an original signal and an air-conducted sound leakage signal generated from the at least one vibration loudspeaker, and a difference between the air-conducted sound leakage signal received by the at least one sound transmitter and the original signal may not be larger than −33 dB.
US11647332B2
A Bluetooth communication system is provided, which comprises a Bluetooth host device and a Bluetooth device set. The connections between the Bluetooth host device and the Bluetooth device set complies with the specification of Bluetooth Low Energy Audio technology. The Bluetooth device set comprises at least a first member device and a second member device. The first member device and the second member device may be configured in a first mode wherein uplink audio signal transmission is allowed, and the connections are carried out by isochronous streaming channels respectively. The first member device transmits captured voice data to the Bluetooth host device, while the second member device does not transmit. When an event is triggered, the first member device can notify the second member device through a third-part device, so that the first member device and the second member device can carry out subsequent voice input handover procedures.
US11647329B2
A microphone unit including a tubular case having an opened top and an opened bottom, a waterproof film made of metal that has a thickness of 0.01 mm or more and 0.05 mm or less, a hardness of 100 HV or more, a proof stress of 70 N/mm2 or more, and a tensile strength of 350 N/mm2 or more, the waterproof film being fixed to the bottom of the case so as to block an opening part of the bottom of the case, a substrate arranged in the case, a microphone mounted on the substrate, and a sealing member that seals an opening part of the top of the case.
US11647322B2
The present disclosure provides a TWS earphone communication method and system, and TWS earphones. The method includes: when an audio source sends a data packet and a main earphone correctly receives the data packet, the main earphone sends acknowledgment information in an acknowledgment information slot; when the data packet is incorrectly received by the main earphone, no information is sent in the acknowledgment information slot; and when the data packet is received correctly by a secondary earphone, the secondary earphone does not send any information in the acknowledgment information slot. When the data packet is not received correctly by the secondary earphone, it sends interference information in the acknowledgment information slot.
US11647311B2
An image sensor may include an array of image pixels arranged in rows and columns. The columns of pixels are coupled to corresponding delta sigma modulators. Each group of delta sigma modulators may be coupled to a column memory circuit. The column memory circuit may receive bits serially from each pixel column in the group. Once all bits in a bit stream from each pixel column have been stored into the column memory circuit, the column memory circuit may output one bit stream at a time to a shared filter circuit. The shared filter circuit may process an entire bit stream associated with a given column in one cycle. Sharing the filter circuit among multiple pixel columns can dramatically reduce circuit area for the image sensor.
US11647310B1
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels each including a photosensitive element, and a readout circuit, wherein the pixels are arranged in at least two columns, within each column at least some of the pixels of the column are connected with a common column bus, respectively, for each column the readout circuit includes a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a second ADC, for each column the first ADC is connected with the column bus, and for each column the second ADC is connectable with at least one of the column bus and a reference potential or the second ADC is connected with one optically shielded pixel of the pixel array.
US11647302B2
A method of calibrating an image sensor includes obtaining a plurality of multi-light source images generated from a plurality of image sensor modules, wherein each of the plurality of image sensor modules generates at least three multi-light source images; obtaining, based on the plurality of multi-light source images, a plurality of crosstalk levels and a plurality of color-specific correction coefficients; generating modeling data based on a relationship between a crosstalk level for a first color and the plurality of color-specific correction coefficients; and obtaining, based on a single light source image captured by a first image sensor module and the modeling data, a color-specific correction coefficient for a target pixel of an image sensor, the image sensor being provided in the first image sensor module, and the color-specific correction coefficient being usable for correcting a crosstalk of the target pixel.
US11647301B2
Imaging devices and electronic apparatuses with one or more shared pixel structures are provided. The shared pixel structure includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices or photodiodes. Each photodiode in the shared pixel structure is located within a rectangular area. The shared pixel structure also includes a plurality of shared transistors. The shared transistors in the shared pixel structure are located adjacent the photoelectric conversion devices of the shared pixel structure. The rectangular area can have two short sides and two long sides, with the shared transistors located along one of the long sides. In addition, a length of one or more of the transistors can be extended in a direction parallel to the long side of the rectangular area.
US11647300B2
A pixel array for a high definition (HD) image sensor is disclosed. The pixel array includes a number of split pixel cells each including a first photodiode and a second photodiode that is more sensitive to incident light than the first photodiode. The first photodiode can be used to sense bright or high intensity light conditions, while the second photodiode can be used to sense low to medium intensity light conditions. In the disclosed pixel array, the sensitivity of one or more photodiodes is reduced by application of a light attenuation layer over the first photodiode of each split pixel cell. In accordance with methods of the disclosure, the light attenuation layer can be formed prior to the formation of a metal, optical isolation grid structure. This can lead to better control of the thickness and uniformity of light attenuation layer.
US11647296B2
The subject disclosure relates to techniques for adjusting an exposure setting. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for determining a localization parameter of an autonomous vehicle, the localization parameter including a geographic position of the autonomous vehicle, determining a region of interest based on the localization parameter of the autonomous vehicle, receiving a first image including the region of interest based on the localization parameter of the autonomous vehicle, determining an exposure setting for the region of interest in the first image, and adjusting an exposure setting of the first image to the exposure setting for the region of interest in the first image. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US11647294B2
A method is provided. The method includes: generating a tracking plane image of a next video frame by using reference polar coordinates of a central position of a play plane image of a current video frame as a center based on a panoramic image of the next video frame in a spherical polar coordinate system; determining updated polar coordinates of a central position of a target object in the tracking plane image of the next video frame in the spherical polar coordinate system based on an object feature of the target object; and using the updated polar coordinates as the reference polar coordinates to re-perform the generating a tracking plane image of a next video frame by using reference polar coordinates as a center based on a panoramic image of the next video frame in a spherical polar coordinate system.
US11647288B2
The invention relates to a device for measuring a mask for microlithography, the device including an imaging device and an autofocusing device. The imaging device comprises an imaging optical unit with a focal plane for imaging the mask, an object stage for mounting the mask, and a movement module for producing a relative movement between object stage and imaging optical unit. The autofocusing device is configured to generate a focusing image by way of the imaging of a focusing structure in a focusing image plane intersecting the focal plane, in which the focusing structure is embodied as a gap. Furthermore, the invention relates to an autofocusing method for a device for measuring a mask for microlithography.
US11647253B2
Systems and methods are described for managing presentation of content. A determination may be made, based on user information related to the current media asset, whether the presentation of the current media asset is not likely to be of interest to the user. In response to determining that the presentation of the current media asset is not likely to be of interest to the user, a selectable option may be presented to skip current content (e.g., advertisement content, or another currently presented media asset) and start presentation of a next media asset (e.g., a selected media asset, or a media asset similar to the current media asset).
US11647249B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for testing video data being rendered at or using a media device. A plurality of video frames to be rendered is received, each frame comprising one or more primary screen objects and at least one further screen object. The received frames are rendered at or using the media device wherein the at least one further screen object is superimposed on the one or more primary screen objects of a given frame during rendering. The rendered frames are provided to a data model. Extracted metadata indicating the presence or absence of further screen objects in the rendered video frames is the output of the data model. The data model is also provided with original metadata associated with the video frames prior to rendering. The rendering of each further screen object is then tested based on the original metadata and extracted metadata relating to a given video frame. The disclosure also extends to associated methods and devices for generating training data for testing rendering of video frame and training a data model using the training data.
US11647248B2
A method for initiating synchronized playback within a user interface by requesting a plurality of media data and processing the plurality of data so that the plurality of data is compatible with the user interface. A portion of the data from the plurality of data are stored in an overflow buffer while a source buffer processes the plurality of data. The method may continue by generating a metadata object to facilitate sync playback on the user interface by determining what data is in the source buffer of the user interface that needs to be removed and searching for data using a first time format that is not natively supported by the user interface and converting the first time format into a second time format that is natively supported by the user interface. The method also includes synchronizing between videos using a sync playback controller from the generated metadata object, wherein each video is represented as a sequence in the source buffer of the user interface.
US11647245B2
A method for media presentation in a vehicle includes receiving a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising message from a user interface (UI) device. The method includes: waking an application module of the first wireless device; authorizing the UI device to remotely control media presentation as presented by the application module; and determining whether the first wireless device is paired or in a current cabled connection with a vehicle head unit of the vehicle. The method includes, when the first wireless device is paired or in a current cabled connection with the vehicle head unit, selecting the first wireless device for subsequent communication with the UI device to control the media presentation, and when the first wireless device is not paired with the vehicle head unit and not in a current cabled connection with the vehicle head unit, terminating the authorization of the UI device to remotely control media presentation.
US11647242B2
Methods and systems are described for low latency streaming. A computing device may receive a chunk of content. The computing device may determine whether a transmission duration of the chunk of the content satisfies a threshold. The computing device may determine a bitrate based on the transmission duration satisfying a threshold.
US11647237B1
A method to provide secure delivery of a manifest file for use in playback of a video signal on a video player. The method includes establishing a connection with the video player, wherein the connection has a session identifier identifying the connection with the video player, receiving a request from the video player for the video signal, wherein the video signal is associated with the manifest file created for the video signal, customizing, using the session identifier identifying the connection with the video player, the manifest file created for the video player to provide a customized manifest file that is unique to the video player, the customized manifest file to be used in playback of the video signal on the video player, encrypting the customized manifest file using a manifest encryption key which is based on the session identifier identifying the connection with the video player, and transmitting the encrypted manifest file to the video player.
US11647235B2
A content delivery network includes an overlay network having a plurality of cache servers. Each cache server configured to receive a request from a personal content server to register with the content delivery network, receive a request from a mobile capture device to establish communication with the personal content server, and establish a communication path through the overlay network between the mobile capture device and the personal content server. Each cache server is further configured to transfer content from the mobile capture device along the communication path to the personal content server.
US11647232B2
According to an image coding method according to embodiments of the present document, information related to in-loop filtering may be efficiently signaled, and repetitive procedures for signaling subpicture-related information may be reduced.
US11647229B2
A video processing method includes determining, for a conversion between a block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, that a secondary transform with a reduced dimension dimension (e.g., an inverse low frequency non-separable transform) is applicable to a single sub-block of the block in case a dimension of the block satisfies a condition. The secondary transform is performed between a forward primary transform and a quantization step or between a de-quantization step and an inverse primary transform. The reduced dimension is reduced from a dimension of the block. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
US11647223B2
Dynamic motion vector referencing is used to predict motion within video blocks. A motion trajectory is determined for a current frame including a video block to encode or decode based on a reference motion vector used for encoding or decoding one or more reference frames of the current frame. One or more temporal motion vector candidates are then determined for predicting motion within the video block based on the motion trajectory. A motion vector is selected from a motion vector candidate list including the one or more temporal motion vector candidates and used to generate a prediction block. The prediction block is then used to encode or decode the video block. The motion trajectory is based on an order of video frames indicated by frame offset values encoded to a bitstream. The motion vector candidate list may include one or more spatial motion vector candidates.
US11647216B2
A method and apparatus for video coding comprising computer code configured to cause at least one processor to perform obtaining an input video stream, generating a coded video bitstream based on the input video stream using a neural network, the coded video bitstream including a plurality of supplemental enhancement information (SEI) messages and blocks, determining a plurality of pieces of neural network topology information associated with the neural network, and signaling the determined plurality of pieces of neural network topology information in a plurality of syntax elements associated with the coded video bitstream.
US11647215B2
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for controlling a coding mode for video data. The methods and apparatuses include receiving a bitstream of video data; enabling or disabling a coding mode for a video sequence, based on a first flag in the bitstream; and determining whether controlling of the coding mode is enabled or disabled at a level lower than a sequence level, based on a second flag in the bitstream.
US11647210B2
Provided is a computer-recordable recording medium having stored thereon a video file including artificial intelligence (AI) encoding data, wherein the AI encoding data includes: image data including encoding information of a low resolution image generated by AI down-scaling a high resolution image; and AI data about AI up-scaling of the low resolution image reconstructed according to the image data, wherein the AI data includes: AI target data indicating whether AI up-scaling is to be applied to at least one frame; and AI supplementary data about up-scaling deep neural network (DNN) information used for AI up-scaling of the at least one frame from among a plurality of pieces of pre-set default DNN configuration information, when AI up-scaling is applied to the at least one frame.
US11647207B2
Inter prediction method and apparatus are disclosed to resolve problems in the conventional technology that prediction samples obtained in an inter prediction mode are spatially discontinuous, prediction efficiency is affected, and prediction residual energy is relatively high. The method includes: parsing a bitstream to obtain motion information of a to-be-processed picture block; performing motion compensation on the to-be-processed picture block based on the obtained motion information, to obtain a prediction block of the to-be-processed picture block, where the prediction block of the to-be-processed picture block includes a prediction value of a target sample; and performing weighting calculation on one or more reconstructed values of one or more reference samples and the prediction value of the target sample, to update the prediction value of the target sample, where the reference sample(s) have a preset spatial position relationship with the target sample.
US11647206B2
An intra predictor (181) for performing intra prediction on each of blocks obtained by dividing an original image in the form of a frame, the intra predictor (181) includes; a linear model calculator (1811a) configured to calculate a linear model of the luminance component and the chroma component of the target block using decoded pixel values of the luminance component and decoded pixel values of the chroma component around the target block on which the intra prediction is performed; a chroma component predictor (1811b) configured to predict pixel values of the chroma component of the target block by applying the linear model calculated by the linear model calculator (1811a) to decoded pixel values of a luminance component of the target block; and a chroma component corrector (1812) configured to correct predicted pixel values of the chroma component obtained by the chroma component predictor (1811b) using decoded pixel values that were not used to calculate a linear model by the linear model calculator (1811a) of decoded pixel values around the target block.
US11647202B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: receiving a bitstream including residual information of a current block; deriving a specific number of context-encoding bins for context syntax elements for a current sub-block of the current block; decoding the context syntax elements for the current sub-block included in the residual information on the basis of the specific number; deriving transform coefficients for the current sub-block on the basis of the decoded context syntax elements; deriving residual samples for the current block on the basis of the transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples.
US11647197B2
Technique for initialization of encoders and decoders. In some cases, the decoder receives a slice and identifies if the slice is either a forward predicted B-slice or a backward predicted B-slice, and not both a forward and backward predicted B-slice, and based upon this identification initializes, using a P-slice technique, a context associated with the slice.
US11647196B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding a picture, a method and apparatus for decoding a picture, an electronic device, and a system. The method for encoding a picture includes: determining a prediction value of an encoded block, and calculating a prediction residual between the encoded block and the prediction value; performing a transformation on the prediction residual at least once to obtain transform data, and determining transform coefficients using the transform data; determining a scanning mode of the transform coefficients and a size of the coefficient group of the transform coefficients, dividing the transform coefficients into at least one coefficient group, scanning transform coefficients comprised in each of the at least one coefficient group according to the scanning mode, and converting the transform coefficients into at least one syntax element; and encoding the size of the coefficient group and a value of the at least one syntax element, and writing encoded bits to a code stream.
US11647194B2
Example techniques are described to illustrate multiple transform applied for Intra prediction residual. It may be used in the context of advanced video codecs, such as extensions of HEVC or the next generation of video coding standards. A video encoder and a video decoder may select transform subsets that each identify one or more candidate transforms. The video encoder and the video decoder may determine transforms from the selected transform subsets.
US11647185B2
Methods and devices for intra-prediction of a current block in video encoding or decoding are provided. A method includes: performing intra-prediction processing of the current block according to a directional intra-prediction mode, including applying reference sample filtering or subpixel interpolation filtering to reference samples in one or more reference blocks, wherein the directional intra-prediction mode is classified into one of the following groups: (A) vertical or horizontal modes, (B) directional modes including diagonal modes that represent angles which are multiples of 45 degrees, (C) remaining directional modes; if the directional intra-prediction mode is classified as belonging to group B, a reference sample filter is applied to the reference samples; if the directional intra-prediction mode is classified as belonging to group C, an intra reference sample interpolation filter is applied to the reference samples.
US11647170B2
An image projection device includes a projector configured to project an image; and an operation unit configured to receive an operation performed by an operator. The projector is in a projecting state while the operation unit is receiving a pressing operation performed by the operator, and the projector is in a non-projecting state while the operation unit is not receiving a pressing operation performed by the operator.
US11647166B2
A display control method performed using a system including an information processing server includes: (a) obtaining, using a sensor, a user state indicating whether a user is currently cooking using a cooker, when an image of a delivery person delivering an item to a building in which the user is present is captured by a camera provided at an entrance door of the building; (b) obtaining content information of the item; (c) obtaining at least one suggestion associated with the user state and the content information of the item; and (d) causing a display terminal provided in the building to display the image of the delivery person, the content information of the item, and the at least one suggestion. Here, (a) to (d) are performed by the information processing server.
US11647161B1
An embodiment for resolving visibility discrepancies of virtual objects in extended reality devices is provided. The embodiment may include receiving one or more virtual objects and a setting for each virtual object from one or more users during an extended reality meeting. The embodiment may also include identifying an owner of each virtual object. The embodiment may further include identifying a referenced virtual object. The embodiment may also include in response to determining the referenced virtual object is only visible to the owner, displaying a warning notification to the owner prior to sharing. The embodiment may further include querying the owner as to whether to share the referenced virtual object with the one or more users other than the owner. The embodiment may also include in response to determining the owner wants to share the referenced virtual object, sharing the referenced virtual object.
US11647158B2
A computing system, a method, and a computer-readable storage medium for adjusting eye gaze are described. The method includes capturing a video stream including images of a user, detecting the user's face region within the images, and detecting the user's facial feature regions within the images based on the detected face region. The method includes determining whether the user is completely disengaged from the computing system and, if the user is not completely disengaged, detecting the user's eye region within the images based on the detected facial feature regions. The method also includes computing the user's desired eye gaze direction based on the detected eye region, generating gaze-adjusted images based on the desired eye gaze direction, wherein the gaze-adjusted images include a saccadic eye movement, a micro-saccadic eye movement, and/or a vergence eye movement, and replacing the images within the video stream with the gaze-adjusted images.
US11647155B2
This disclosure describes a video room system that can efficiently and flexibly generate and facilitate video rooms for video chatting between participant devices by prioritizing video streams to provide to participant devices based on performance parameters. For example, the video room system can provide different video room streams to different participant devices based on the performance parameters of the participant devices. In addition, the video room system can customize or tailor video room streams based on identifying dominant speaker devices, determining connections between participant devices as indicated by a social graph of a social networking system, and/or based on join methods utilized by participant devices to join a video room.
US11647140B2
An image forming apparatus to which an external apparatus is connected includes an image forming unit configured to form an image, and a power supply device configured to supply power to the image forming apparatus and the external apparatus. In a case where a value of an alternating current voltage input to the power supply device is a first value, the power supply device supplies first power to the external apparatus. In a case where the value of the alternating current voltage is a second value smaller than the first value, the power supply device supplies second power smaller than the first power to the external apparatus.
US11647139B2
An image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure is an image processing apparatus for automatically transmitting a document file by using a result of a character recognition process on a scan image of a document as a property, and includes: at least one processor that executes the program to perform: extracting a confidence factor indicating a degree of certainty of the result of the character recognition process; in a case where the extracted confidence factor is above a predetermined threshold value, determining that the document file using the result of the character recognition process as the property is allowed to be automatically transmitted; and setting the predetermined threshold value such that an incorrect transmission ratio of document files to be automatically transmitted reaches a target incorrect transmission ratio.
US11647138B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image reading unit. When printing a postcard is selected, a preview screen including a preview image about an image on a communication side of the postcard read by the image reacting unit is displayed on a display. At this occasion, an instruction image indicating an orientation of an address side of the postcard is also displayed. When it is instructed to turn over the preview image on the communication side, the preview screen including the preview image on the address side is displayed on the display. When the orientation of the address side and the orientation of the communication side do not coincide with each other, or when they are not as intended by a user, printing is performed after the image on the communication side is rotated according to the user's operation.
US11647137B2
A print media detection apparatus may include a movable scanner bar for scanning media, a feeder tray for supplying the print media, a print media indicator and a controller. The print media indicator may include a first portion to interact with the print media within the feeder tray and a second portion coupled to the first portion to move in response to movement of the first portion. The scanner bar is to sense the second portion of the media indicator. The controller is to determine a characteristic of the print media within the feeder tray based upon sensing of the second portion by the scanner bar.
US11647132B2
A communication terminal acquires a captured image from an image capturing apparatus and transfers the captured image to a server. The communication terminal includes: a first communication unit configured to communicate with the image capturing apparatus; a second communication unit configured to communicate with the server; a display unit configured to communicate with the image capturing apparatus, acquire, from the image capturing apparatus, a captured image managed by the image capturing apparatus, and display the captured image; a sound input unit configured to accept sound input for generating a terminal sound memo related to the displayed captured image; a storage unit configured to store the generated terminal sound memo in association with the captured image; and a control unit configured to perform control so that the second communication unit transfers, to the server, the acquired captured image and the generated terminal sound memo associated with the captured image.
US11647129B2
An image forming system capable of improving the usability of an interactive agent function. The image forming system receives voice input thereto as an instruction related to execution of a job. The image forming system executes a job based on settings indicated by voice input thereto, and in a case where a specific word is included in the input voice, the image forming system executes the job based on a plurality of types of settings registered in advance in association with the specific word.
US11647124B2
In a method for configuring a policy for user equipment (UE), a PCF network element receives policy information of the UE from a first network element. The policy information of the UE indicates a current policy of the UE. The PCF network element sends configuration information to the UE based on the policy information of the UE, and the configuration information instructs the UE to update the policy of the UE. The policy control function network apparatus then sends to the first network apparatus update information that comprises either the configuration information or an identifier of the configuration information.
US11647121B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, including a processing system for performing operations for determining service requirements of a call session at first user equipment associated with a communication network, determining a first codec to facilitate the call session at the first user equipment according to the service requirements of the call session, searching a session border controller table according to the first codec to obtain a first resource identifier associated with a first session border controller type to facilitate the call session at the user equipment, receiving a first address of a first session border controller associated with the communication network from a domain name server associated with the communication network responsive to a first query including the first resource identifier, and sending a first transport protocol message to the first session border controller according to the first address. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11647114B2
A system for authenticating the calling device used to place a call to an enterprise call center. The system uses a premise component, a cloud-based Call Authentication Service (CAS), and orchestration between these two components. The premise component includes a number of sub-components including servers and probes. The CAS includes a Decision Engine that utilizes a number and variety of authentication plugins. The disclosed system may be used independently or as part of a multi-factor authentication strategy with other techniques such as reduced Knowledge-Based Authentication or voice biometrics.
US11647112B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing call center-based automated interface with network switches for Internet service diagnostics and provisioning. In various embodiments, in response to receiving a request by a call center user to access an Internet service customer account, a computing system may access information regarding the Internet service customer account that is stored in a database, may identify a network switch that is configured to provide Internet service to customer premises equipment (“CPE”) disposed at a customer premises associated with the customer, based at least in part on the accessed information, and may autonomously access, from other databases, information associated with the Internet service customer account and with a network profile. The computing system may integrate the accessed information, may generate and present a user interface (“UI”) displaying the accessed information, and may autonomously initiate one or more diagnosis and repair procedures.
US11647103B1
A compression system is disclosed. A compression service removes compression responsibilities from an application. The compression system can deploy virtual network engines to locations near the applications. The virtual network engines compress the data using a compressor selected from multiple compressors. The compressed data can then be transmitted, decompressed, and delivered to the destination.
US11647084B1
Virtual private network (VPN) service provider infrastructure (SPI) receives a request to access a VPN from a client device. The VPN SPI selects an Internet Protocol (IP) address for access to the VPN by the client device from a pool of IP addresses. The VPN SPI provides access to the VPN for the client device via the IP address. The VPN SPI receives one or more handshake notifications from the client device. The VPN SPI determines that a threshold time period has passed since a latest-in-time handshake notification of the one or more handshake notifications. The VPN SPI disconnects the client device from the VPN in response to determining that the threshold time period has passed. The VPN SPI adds the IP address to the pool of IP addresses in response to disconnecting the client device from the VPN.
US11647075B2
In a running distributed data storage system that actively processes I/Os, metadata nodes are commissioned and decommissioned without taking down the storage system and without introducing interruptions to metadata or payload data I/O. The inflow of reads and writes continues without interruption even while new metadata nodes are in the process of being added and/or removed and the strong consistency of the system is guaranteed. Commissioning and decommissioning nodes within the running system enables streamlined replacement of permanently failed nodes and advantageously enables the system to adapt elastically to workload changes. An illustrative distributed barrier logic (the “view change barrier”) controls a multi-state process that controls a coordinated step-wise progression of the metadata nodes from an old view to a new normal. Rules for I/O handling govern each state until the state machine loop has been traversed and the system reaches its new normal.
US11647074B2
An exemplary edge compute orchestration system that is communicatively coupled with a set of edge compute nodes in a communication network accesses performance data aggregated by a particular edge compute node of the set. The performance data includes a performance metric and geolocation data detected by a user equipment (UE) device communicatively coupled to the communication network. The edge compute orchestration system integrates the performance data into a geolocation-indexed performance dataset representative of detected performance metrics, indexed by geolocation, for the communication network. Then, based on the geolocation-indexed performance dataset, the edge compute orchestration system selects the particular edge compute node for performance of an edge compute task. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11647070B2
Provided are a file sending method, a file receiving method, and a file transceiving apparatus. The file sending method includes: creating a data sending process; acquiring a file to be sent, corresponding to the data sending process, from a data cache region in a user space; constructing metadata for the data sending process, and recording the metadata in a data reading and sending region in the user space; and sending the file to be sent and the metadata to a network adapter by means of a user-mode network device driver, and sending the file to be sent and the metadata by means of the network adapter.
US11647066B2
A method implements an embedded remote desktop in integrated module. An integrated application is received, by a client device, from an integrated server. The integrated application includes an access link to a remote server and integrated application content that references live information from a live application. The live application is executing concurrently with the integrated application and is configured to produce the live information responsive to the integrated application content. A connection is established to the remote application. The remote application establishes a connection to the live application. The live information is received at the client device. A user input is received responsive to the live information. The user input is transmitted to the integrated server.
US11647062B2
A system and method that determines the musical tastes of a plurality of users and subsequently socially connects said plurality of users using said musical tastes is provided. The system also allows a first user to livestream a single audio data source in way such that a plurality of secondary users may access said single audio data source over a network. This may be accomplished by allowing host user to stream music by selecting audio data associated with their user profile via the user interface. The host user may then select a function of the user interface that instructs the system to livestream the audio data over a network. Guest users may access the livestream using functions of the user interface of the system, and the audio data may be presented to the guest users via a display.
US11647055B2
Systems and methods include providing functionality for the user device while operating in background on the user device including providing secure connectivity with a cloud-based system over a network; continuously collecting packets intercepted by the enterprise application over a time interval, wherein the collected packets are collected over the time interval; and responsive to an issue with functionality of the enterprise application, transmitting the collected packets to a back end server for troubleshooting of the issue. The time interval is a set amount of time, and each collected packet is deleted at the expiration of the time interval.
US11647054B2
A system for and a method of regulating the data interconnections between applications running on an infrastructure are provided. The system/method records access permission data into metadata embedded in the source code of each such application that regulates the data that can be received or transmitted by that application. In addition to regulating the receipt or transmission of data, the metadata can serve to provide instruction to firewalls and other regulating systems in order to configure those systems to allow the applications to receive and transmit data for which permissions have been recorded.
US11647039B2
A system and method for network cybersecurity analysis that uses user and entity behavioral analysis combined with network topology information to provide improved cybersecurity. The system and method involve gathering network entity information, establishing baseline behaviors for each entity, and monitoring each entity for behavioral anomalies that might indicate cybersecurity concerns. Further, the system and method involve incorporating network topology information into the analysis by generating a model of the network, annotating the model with risk and criticality information for each entity in the model and with a vulnerability level between entities, and using the model to evaluate cybersecurity risks to the network. Risks and vulnerabilities associated with user entities may be represented, in part or in whole, by the behavioral analyses and monitoring of those user entities.
US11647038B2
Systems and methods described herein provide a cyber risk assessment service. A computing device determines weights for techniques of a cyber security framework based on historical industry impact. The computing device associates an enterprise network with an industry identifier, obtains customer risk data for the enterprise network, and normalizes and/or combines the customer risk data to form normalized risk scores. The computing device maps the customer risk data to corresponding techniques in the cyber security framework, generates technique scores based on the mapping and the normalized risk scores, and generates weighted technique scores using some of the weights selected based on the industry identifier. The computing device calculates an overall security score for the enterprise network based on the weighted technique scores, identifies a corrective recommendation for the overall security score, and provides the overall security score and the corrective recommendation for presentation to a user.
US11647035B2
An indication is received of a security alert. The indication is generated based on a detected anomaly in one of a data plane or a control plane of a computing environment. When the detected anomaly is in the data plane, the control plane is monitored for a subsequent anomaly in the control plane, and otherwise the data plane is monitored for a subsequent anomaly in the data plane. A correlation between the detected anomalies is determined. A notification of the security alert is sent when the correlation exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US11647032B2
The present disclosure relates to an attack group classifying apparatus. The apparatus includes a feature extracting unit configured to extract, from a data set including documents of specific formats, features for identifying attack groups using the documents of the specific formats and an information generating unit configured to generate a machine learning data set based on the extracted features. Further, the apparatus further includes a learning model unit configured to execute a machine learning algorithm on the machine learning data set to generate a classification model for identifying the attack groups.
US11647029B2
A method of probing and responding to a security breach in a computer network security system includes defining first and second rules and defining a model to output a probability that a security breach has occurred based on an input and to generate commands. Data is collected at first nodes according to the first rules and a first portion of the collected data is selected and sent from the first nodes to a second node. The selected first portion is input into the model to obtain an output probability that a security breach has occurred and the following steps are performed: determining signs of a security breach, generating a first command with the model to cause a second portion of the collected data to be selected, and generating a second command with the model to cause a change in settings at one or more of the first nodes.
US11647026B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to account lineage tracking and automatically executing responsive actions upon detecting an account lineage. A computing platform may receive a first account-change message from a source-level interceptor. The first account-change message may include information identifying a source account associated with a first computing device and identifying a first target account. The first target account may be associated with a target application configured to access the target database. The computing platform may receive a second account-change message from a database-level interceptor. The second account-change message may include information identifying the first target account as a database-level source account and identifying a second target account associated with one or more target databases. After receiving the first and second account-change messages, the computing platform may generate a notification comprising information associated with an account lineage between the source account and the second target account.
US11647020B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for access control. Embodiments include receiving, by a satellite component of an access control system, a request from a computing device to verify an identity of the computing device, wherein the request comprises one or more characteristics of the computing device. Embodiments include verifying, by the satellite component, that the one or more characteristics of the computing device are valid, the verifying comprising one or more interactions with a management entity related to the computing device. Embodiments include generating, by the satellite component, a signed document that is trusted by a control component of the access control system. Embodiments include providing, by the satellite component, the signed document to the computing device for use in requesting credentials from the control component to access a secure resource.
US11647014B2
A computer-implemented method for identity authentication in a data processing system, including: receiving, by the processor, an authentication request from a user; receiving, by the processor, real-time data from one or more Internet of Things (IoT) devices associated with the user; generating, by the processor, one or more questions based on the real-time data; receiving, by the processor, one or more responses to the one or more questions from the user; comparing, by the processor, the one or more responses from the user with one or more correct answers identified by the processor. If the one or more responses match the one or more correct answers, providing, by the processor, the user with a successful identity authentication.
US11647009B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an index establishment method and device. The method can include receiving an access request sent by the client, the access request including a uniform resource locator (URL) and parameter information; determining a target service type of the access request according to the URL and the parameter information; converting the access request according to the target service type; and sending the converted access request to a server corresponding to the target service type.
US11647006B2
In method of protecting signaling messages in a hop-by-hop network communication link between a source node and a destination node, a source node public digital signature verification key and a respective source node private digital signature key associated with said public digital signature verification key are provided to the source node. The source node public digital signature verification key associated with the source node private digital signature key is also provided to the destination node. The source node builds a message including a sequence of Information Elements, and calculates, for each Information Element, an Information Element hash value. The source node also calculates a sequence hash value of a concatenation of the calculated Information Element hash values, and generates a source node digital signature by digitally signing the calculated sequence hash value. An intermediate node receives and forwards the signaling message to the destination node.
US11646999B2
In some examples, a method for generating a low data rate signal for transmission from a first network domain to a second network domain, the second network domain logically separated from the first network domain by a firewall, can include encoding a signal from a first device logically positioned within the first network domain to form a data signal, and transmitting the data signal over an out-of-band communications channel from the first network domain to the second network domain.
US11646989B1
Exemplary embodiments provide techniques for promoting and providing subscribed content via a messaging platform. An article may be viewed via a social networking service (such as in a social network's news feed), or on a partner website integrated with the social networking service and/or messaging service. When opening the article (e.g., in a web-based view), a banner may be displayed in association with the article indicating that the article could have been received as part of a messaging-based subscription service. The banner may include a control to subscribe to the publisher with the messaging service. Topics related to an article may be suggested in the message thread for the subscription, with the selection of a topic retrieving additional articles from that publisher related to that topic. These additional articles may be selected using social networking topic determination.
US11646986B2
An apparatus, method and computer program product is provided in accordance with embodiments of the disclosure, for identifying a message of interest exchanged between nodes in a network. The apparatus comprising circuitry configured to: receive information of nodes in a network, the information including at least a unique identifier of each node; receive information of messages which have been exchanged between the nodes, the information comprising at least the unique identifier of the nodes related to each exchange of messages; for each node, transform the information of messages which have been exchanged into an individual set of interactions comprising the unique identifiers of nodes the node has exchanged messages with; determine a level of mutual interaction between nodes in the network using the individual set of interactions of each node, wherein a first node has a mutual interaction with a second node when the unique identifier of the second node is contained in the individual set of interactions of the first node and/or the unique identifier of a third node is contained in the individual set of interactions of each of the first and second node; and identify a message as a message of interest when the message is exchanged between nodes having a level of mutual interaction below a predetermined threshold.
US11646984B2
A system includes a memory and at least one processor to receive text from a client computing device, the text received one character at a time, as each character of the text is received, determine a recommendation in real-time to be added to the text based on at least one of a list of rules, word embedding, an n-gram model, and a co-occurrence model, the recommendation comprising at least one of a word, a list of hashtags, a quotation, and a list of emojis, and send the recommendation to the client computing device.
US11646983B1
Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for improving the speed and rendering quality of an image (e.g., a JPEG), particularly in an end-to-end encrypted environment. The image may be analyzed on the sending-client side and the image data may be broken into a thumbnail and a full-quality image, where the full-quality image data relies on the thumbnail data to render a high-quality image. The image is uploaded to a blob store, and a message is sent to the receiving client with image information. At the recipient side, the JPEG image data is retrieved from the blob store and the thumbnail is first rendered. Subsequently, as the remainder of the image data is received at the receiving client, the image is updated. Consequently, images are rendered faster, and the thumbnail can be automatically downloaded so that a user can determine if they wish to download the full image.
US11646982B2
There is provided a communication system for communicating messages between a group comprising a plurality of user accounts on a plurality of communication channels. At least some user accounts operate on a first communication channel and at least some of the other user accounts operate on at least a second communication channel different to the first communication channel. A plurality of integration modules are provided, associated with a unique communication channel. Data stores retain user account identification information and membership in groups are accessible by a central messaging module to send and receive messages. A method is also provided for performing the same.
US11646981B2
A chatbot server that provides an instant messaging service using a virtual chatbot linked to multiple real chatbots includes a receiving unit that receives, from a messenger server, a question message relevant to a service selected from multiple services by a user device and service account information corresponding to the selected service; a derivation unit that derives an answer to the question message using the virtual chatbot corresponding to the service account information; and a transmission unit that transmits the answer to the messenger server, wherein the virtual chatbot transfers the question message to a selected real chatbot of the multiple real chatbots linked to the virtual chatbot, and the selected real chatbot derives the answer to the question message and transfers the answer to the virtual chatbot.
US11646966B2
Disclosed is a self-contained mesh radio extension unit, comprising a receiving sleeve having an open volume and a first data connector for communicative coupling to a communication device or cellular phone inserted in the open volume. A low-gain internal antenna and a high-gain external antenna are coupled to a digital data link (DDL) with a first DDL operating frequency. The DDL provides bidirectional internet protocol (IP) connectivity between the first data connector and a peer-to-peer meshed communication network, controlling one or more of the antennae as transceivers at the first DDL operating frequency. An integrated power supply system powers the DDL and includes a rechargeable internal battery and an external power interface. A control system automatically routes IP packets received or transmitted by the DDL and includes a network address translation (NAT) router and an IP addressing service for assigning and tracking IP addresses across the peer-to-peer meshed communication network.
US11646957B1
Technologies are provided for analyzing packet loss in network packet streams using windowed loss durations. A computing device can be configured to detect a first loss period in a network packet stream and a second, subsequent loss period in the network packet stream. The computing device can determine a number of packets received in the stream between the two loss periods, and can compare this number of packets to a specified recovery window length. If the number of packets received between the two loss periods is less than the recovery window length, then the computing device can treat the two loss periods, and the packets received between the two loss periods, as a single period of packet loss. The packet loss period can be treated as a single loss event for the purposes of analyzing network packet stream quality of experience and/or tuning packet loss compensation mechanisms.
US11646954B1
Technology is described for receiving time series data to be transmitted to a server. A network connectivity problem may be determined to exist for a computer network with the server which prevents the time series data from being transmitted to the server. A mathematical function that represents the time series data received while the network connectivity problem exists for the server may be calculated and transmitted to the server.
US11646951B1
Methods and systems for managing data processing system are disclosed. A data processing system may include one or more hardware and/or software components. The operation of the data processing system may depend on the operation of these components. To manage the operation of the data processing system, future failures of the hardware components may be predicted and used as a basis for predicted services to reduce the threat of the predicted component failures. To manage performance of the predicted services, the predicted services may be scheduled for performance. To schedule performance of the predicted services, limitations on availability of service professionals that may complete the predicted services may be taken into account.
US11646943B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system or networks beyond 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. A method of a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, configuration information on reporting assistance information associated with an overheating; detecting the overheating; and transmitting, to the base station, the assistance information including first information for controlling a bandwidth associated with at least one of a first frequency range or a second frequency range based on UE's preference, wherein a first frequency corresponding to the first frequency range is smaller than a second frequency corresponding to the second frequency range.
US11646941B2
This disclosure describes techniques for configuring software defined network (SDN) controllers within different cloud computing domains and, in particular, a multi-cluster controller that operates and presents, in some examples, a single interface for seamlessly controlling and configuring SDN controllers in different cloud computing domains. In one example, this disclosure describes a system that includes a plurality of clusters, each of the plurality of clusters including a plurality of configurable endpoints; a storage system; and processing circuitry having access to the storage system and capable of communicating with each of the plurality of configurable endpoints. In some examples, the processing circuitry is configured to receive a plurality of requests, each specifying a configuration operation, identify, for each of the requests, a configuration cluster and a configuration endpoint within the configuration cluster, and perform, for each of the requests, the specified configuration operation.
US11646940B2
The disclosed technology relates to intent driven network management. A system is configured to maintain an inventory store comprising records for a set of network entities in a network, wherein each network entity in the set of network entities is associated with a record in the inventory store. The system receives a user intent statement comprising an action and a flow filter representing network data flows on which the action is to be applied and queries, based on the flow filter, the inventory store to identify a plurality of network entities in the set of network entities to which the user intent statement applies. The system generates a plurality of network policies that implement the user intent statement based on the plurality of network entities and the action and enforces the plurality network policies.
US11646939B2
In a network function (NF) management method, a NF management device receives an NF discovery request sent by a first NF component, where the NF discovery request includes a second NF identifier that indicates a second NF. The NF management device obtains component information of a second NF component based on the second NF identifier, where the second NF component has the second NF, and the component information includes a discovery policy of the second NF component and a second NF component identifier. The NF management device determines, based on the discovery policy in the component information, that the first NF component can access the second NF component, and sends the second NF component identifier to the first NF component.
US11646937B2
A device in an evolved packet core (EPC) which includes a processor and a memory. The processor effectuates operations including receiving from one or more devices residing within a customer premise equipment (CPE) portion of a telecommunications network, sensor data associated with one or more customers and in response to receiving the sensor data, generating a data request for an ecosystem status for the CPE portion of the telecommunications network. The processor further effectuates operations including obtaining customer information for the one or more customers and creating an analytics environment, using the customer information, for the one or more customers. The processor further effectuates operations including performing, within the analytics environment, analytics on the sensor data to determine a state of the CPE portion of the telecommunications network for the one or more customers and in response to performing analytics on the sensor data, optimizing the telecommunications network.
US11646934B2
Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. For example, systems and methods are disclosed for selectively disabling and/or otherwise configuring devices to avoid interference, overlapping service, and/or the like. Signal information for nearby devices can be detected and analyzed to determine device configuration settings.
US11646930B2
The present specification provides a method for transmitting guard symbol information, which is performed by a node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining the guard symbol information, the guard symbol information indicating the number of guard symbols, desired by the node, associated with switching between a mobile terminal (MT) operation and a distributed unit (DU) operation; and transmitting the guard symbol information to a parent node, the guard symbol being a symbol not used on the basis of a transition between the MT operation and the DU operation.
US11646926B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems described herein generally relate to a reference signal generation and mapping. For example, a method comprises determining a first set of antenna ports for a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) transmission; determining, based on the first set, a frequency index associated with four adjacent resource elements, wherein the four adjacent resource elements correspond to two adjacent symbols in a time axis and to two adjacent subcarriers in a frequency axis; generating, based on a first orthogonal cover code and a second orthogonal cover code, a DM-RS associated with the first set of antenna ports; and transmitting, via a mapping to the four adjacent resource elements, the DM-RS associated with the first set of antenna ports.
US11646925B2
The present invention discloses a method for processing a preamble sequence and header for a data packet, comprising the following steps of: using a bit sequence of a fixed pattern to replace a scrambled pseudo-random bit sequence in a SYNC field in the preamble sequence, and spreading the SYNC field by a Barker code; extending a length of a spreading code and spreading an SFD field in the preamble sequence by the extended spreading code; and extending a length of a spreading code and spreading a header field by the extended spreading code. The present invention may significantly improve the performance of reception and detection for the preamble sequence (the SYNC field and the SFD field) and the PLCP header field, better overcome long-distance channel conditions, enhance the signal stability of transmission; and meanwhile the present invention is easy to implement and only requires little modifications to the circuit of a conventional Wi-Fi device.
US11646924B2
Provided are wireless communication devices and methods. A wireless communication device can comprise: circuitry operative to map at least a first type of reference signals (RSs) onto orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol(s) other than the OFDM symbols onto which shortened transmission time intervals (TTIs) are mapped in a subframe, each of the shortened TTIs comprising 1-7 OFDM symbols; and a transmitter operative to transmit a physical channel in one of the shortened TTIs and transmit at least the first type of RSs.
US11646902B2
A system and method include obtaining and authenticating image files from users such as insured users at the request of an entity such as an insurance provider. The requesting entity may supply an electronic address of the user and a unique identifier. The system may transmit a link to the electronic address. When selected, the link causes an image authentication application to be installed on a user device. The application takes the images securely and separately from a native camera application. Each image authentication application may be customized for each requesting entity. The authentication server may identify the requesting entity that made the request and identify a corresponding image authentication application to be provided to the electronic address. The images from the image authentication application may be authenticated via reverse image search, time, geolocation, and/or other information. The authenticated images and/or related data may be provided to the requesting entity.
US11646894B2
A method for securely broadcasting information to a group of undisclosed recipients. The information in an information system is encoded by applying a hash function to a group of messages to form the information stream, wherein portions of the information in the information stream are intended for respective ones of the group of undisclosed recipients. The information is encoded such that that only an intended recipient can decode a portion of the information intended for the intended recipient. The information stream is broadcasted to the group of undisclosed recipients.
US11646866B2
A computer-implemented method, computer system, and computer program product for blockchain enabled service reservation and delegation. The present invention may include receiving one or more first or second trigger conditions defined by a user, detecting an occurrence of the one or more first trigger conditions, deploying a smart contract based on the received one or more first trigger condition, detecting an occurrence of the one or more second trigger conditions, and deactivating the smart contract based on the received one or more second trigger conditions. The present invention may include receiving a subject registration, the subject is the user, a service, or a device. The one or more first trigger conditions may be a condition that upon its occurrence may initiate the deployment of the smart contract. The one or more second trigger conditions may be a condition that upon its occurrence may initiate the deactivation of the smart contract.
US11646861B2
Low-latency, high-availability and high-speed SerDes interface having multiple synchronization modes
A computer-implemented method includes using a transmitter to send data from the transmitter through a plurality of lanes to a receiver using a synchronous operation mode that includes sending the data from the transmitter through the plurality of lanes to the receiver in a synchronous transmission manner that relies on an alignment between a transmitter clock frequency and a receiver clock frequency. A synchronous operation performance analysis (SOPA) is performed during the synchronous operation mode. A switch from the synchronous operation mode to an asynchronous operation mode is made based on a result of performing the SOPA. The asynchronous operation mode includes sending the data from the transmitter through the plurality of lanes to the receiver without requiring alignment between the transmitter clock frequency and the receiver clock frequency.
US11646860B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may determine, for full-duplex mode communication on a first link and a second link, a timing adjustment to at least one of a first timing or a second timing, wherein the timing adjustment is to cause a delay between clutter reflection from a first signal and an occurrence of a second signal to occur during a cyclic prefix of the second signal; cause the timing adjustment to be applied to the at least one of the first timing or the second timing; and communicate in the full-duplex mode with a first node and a second node in accordance with the timing adjustment, wherein communicating includes transmitting the first signal to the first node and receiving the second signal from the second node. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11646847B2
Methods and apparatuses for reduced physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a user equipment includes receiving a configuration for one or more search space sets. The one or more search space sets provide parameters for one or more candidate PDCCH receptions. The method includes determining a first number of candidate PDCCH receptions for a first number of more than one consecutive slots. A candidate PDCCH reception is over a number of control channel elements (CCEs). The first number of candidate PDCCH receptions over a corresponding number of CCEs does not exceed a capability corresponding to the first number of more than one consecutive slots for a maximum number of candidate PDCCH receptions over a corresponding maximum number of non-overlapped CCEs. The method further includes receiving the first number of candidate PDCCH receptions.
US11646831B2
The present invention relates to a hybrid automatic repeat feedback method and a device. The method includes: detecting whether a time-domain resource corresponding to an ACK/NACK signal and configured by a system has an ACK/NACK signal; if an ACK/NACK signal is not detected, sending a feedback scheduling message to user equipment to instruct the user equipment to send an ACK/NACK signal, the ACK/NACK signal corresponding to all downlink transmission resources that do not feed back any ACK/NACK.
US11646827B2
A method includes receiving initial acknowledgement resource information at a user device from a base station. The initial acknowledgement resource information is associated with a subset of acknowledgement resources. The method includes determining in dependence on the initial acknowledgement resource information which of the subset of acknowledgement resources is to be used. The user device transmits an acknowledgement on the determined resource.
US11646825B2
A transmitting node operating with a mobile communications system comprises transmitter circuitry configured to transmit signals representing protocol data units formed from one or more service data units via a wireless access interface of the mobile communications system to a receiving node of the mobile communications system according to an automatic repeat request process, receiver circuitry configured to receive signals from the receiving node via the wireless access interface, controller circuitry configured to control the transmitter circuitry to transmit the signals and to control the receiver circuitry to receive the signals, and a buffer configured to store data conveyed by or representing the protocol data units for transmission to the receiving node according to the automatic repeat request process, wherein each of the protocol data units has a sequence number defining their position in a predetermined order.
US11646821B2
A method and a device for determining time-frequency resources comprise: a first communication node determining at least one piece of the following information about a first resource set: time-frequency resources of a second resource set contained in the first resource set, configuration information of the second resource set, time-frequency resource configuration information of the first resource set, and a dynamic signaling indication used for indicating whether the first resource set is multiplexed to a PDSCH transmission or a PUSCH transmission or whether the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission needs to implement rate matching; and transmitting the information to a second communication node. Therefore, the problem in the related art of how to indicate the time-frequency resources used in the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission is solved, and the time-frequency resources used in the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission are indicated to a user.
US11646818B2
This disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding a channel in a communication or broadcasting system, comprising the steps of: determining an input bit size (CBS); determining a code rate (R); determining a size (Z) of a block; comparing the determined CBS and code rate with predetermined reference values; determining an LDPC sequence to perform LDPC encoding according to the comparison result; and performing LDPC encoding and decoding on the basis of the LDPC sequence and the block size. Further, the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a code rate (R) indicated by a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index; determining a transport block size; and determining either a first basic matrix or a second basic matrix as a basic matrix on the basis of the transport block size and the code rate.
US11646815B2
Provided are a transmission parameter determination method, a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: the terminal device determines a first transmission parameter according to the channel busy ratio (CBR) and the priority of service to be transmitted; and the terminal device sends the service to be transmitted using the first transmission parameter, and further comprises: the terminal device acquires at least one proportion coefficient, the at least one proportion coefficient being configured by a network device or pre-configured in the terminal device, wherein the operation of determining the first transmission parameter according to the CBR and the priority of the service to be transmitted comprises: the terminal device determines a second transmission parameter according to the CBR and the priority of the service to be transmitted, and processes the second transmission parameter using the at least one proportion coefficient to obtain the first transmission parameter.
US11646813B1
A digital receiver is configured to process a polarization multiplexed carrier from a communication network. The polarization multiplexed carrier includes a first polarization and a second polarization. The receiver includes a first lane for transporting a first input signal of the first polarization, a second lane for transporting a second input signal of the second polarization, a dynamic phase noise estimation unit disposed within the first lane and configured to determine a phase noise estimate of the first input signal, a first carrier phase recovery portion configured to remove carrier phase noise from the first polarization based on a combination of the first input signal and a function of the determined phase noise estimate, and a second carrier phase recovery portion configured to remove carrier phase noise from the second polarization based on a combination of the second input signal and the function of the determined phase noise estimate.
US11646808B2
An apparatus, methods and systems for data collection related to an oil and gas process and disclosed. A system may include a multi-sensor acquisition component including a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs, a sensor data storage profile circuit structured to determine a data storage profile including a data storage plan for the plurality of inputs, a sensor communication circuit structured to interpret a plurality of inputs, a sensor data storage implementation circuit structured to store at least a portion of the inputs in response to the data storage profile, a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of inputs and determine a data quality parameter, and a data response circuit structured to adjust at least one of the data storage profile and the data collection routine in response to the data quality parameter.
US11646803B2
An expanded Bell state generator can generate a Bell state on four output modes of a set of m output modes, where m is greater than four. Some expanded Bell state generators can receive inputs on any four of a set of 2m input modes. Subsets of the m output modes can be multiplexed to reduce the number of modes to four. According to some embodiments, a set of 2×2 muxes can be used to rearrange the output modes prior to reducing the number of modes.
US11646796B2
The present disclosure relates to information transmission methods in a passive optical network (PON) system. One example method includes sending, by an optical line terminal (OLT), a first power range and time indication to an unregistered optical network unit (ONU), where the first power range and the time indication indicate the ONU to send a serial number of the ONU to the OLT at a time indicated by the time indication in case a downlink receive power of the ONU is within the first power range, and receiving, by the OLT, the serial number of the ONU.
US11646786B2
A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises in advance of transmitting the data by a child node to a donor node, configuring, by one of the donor node and a parent node, a Buffer Status Report, general BSR timer for the child node, the general BSR timer being common and synchronised among at least a subset of a plurality of infrastructure equipment, receiving, at the parent node, subsequent to expiry of the general BSR timer, a signal comprising a BSR from the child node indicating an amount of uplink data that the child node has ready to transmit to the parent node, and scheduling, by the parent node, in accordance with the BSR received from the child node, communications resources of the backhaul communications link to the child node in which the child node is to transmit the uplink data.
US11646782B2
Carrier aggregation circuit having multi-stage filter combination. In some embodiments, a carrier aggregation circuit can include a first combining stage configured to aggregate a first signal in a first path associated with a first band and a second signal in a second path associated with a second band to provide a first aggregated signal in a first combined path. The carrier aggregation circuit can further include a second combining stage configured to aggregate the first aggregated signal in the first combined path and a third signal in a third path associated with a third band to provide a second aggregated signal in a second combined path.
US11646770B2
Systems and methods for selecting a communication mode in a wireless network (10) include a communication mode selection procedure that may be carried out by the respective devices in an automated manner to identify a desired mode for communication between an electronic device (14) and a network node (12). Determining the desired mode for communication is based on the electronic device's (14) capabilities and/or the channel conditions of the communication channel between the electronic device (14) and the network node (12). The procedures described herein may allow for the high data rates associated with polarization based MIMO (P-MIMO) in capably equipped electronic devices (14) while preventing communication interruptions due to unfavorable channel conditions.
US11646766B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods to implement enhanced sounding reference signaling for uplink (UL) beam tracking in communication systems are described. In one example, an apparatus of an evolved Node B (eNB) comprising processing circuit to broadcast system information about one or more sets of uplink transmit time intervals and bandwidths available for a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission from a first user equipment (UE), configure one or more UE-specific SRS processes for the first UE for uplink beam tracking, and configure one or more millimeter wave access points (mmW APs) to transmit a mmW signal to the first UE and receive a mmW signal from the first UE. Other examples are also disclosed and claimed.
US11646764B2
A method for operating a wireless power transmission system includes providing, a driving signal for driving a transmission antenna. The method further includes receiving, by at least one transistor of an amplifier, the driving signal at a gate of the at least one transistor and inverting a direct current (DC) input power signal to generate an AC wireless signal. The method further includes determining an operating mode for signal damping during transmission or receipt of wireless data signals by selecting one of a switching mode and an activation mode for the operating mode and determining damping signals based on the operating mode. The damping signals are configured for switching the damping transistor to control signal damping during transmission or receipt of wireless data signals. The method further includes selectively damping, by the damping circuit, the AC wireless signals, during transmission of the wireless data signals based on the damping signals.
US11646760B2
An RF filter comprising a resonator element and a polymer composition is provided. The polymer composition contains an aromatic polymer and has a melting temperature of about 240° C. or more. The polymer composition exhibits a dielectric constant of about 5 or less and dissipation factor of about 0.05 or less at a frequency of 10 GHz.
US11646758B2
An emitting method, by an emitting device to at least one receiving station, of UWB messages, the emitting device including a simplex communication module for the emitting of UWB messages, a module for receiving wireless electrical energy suitable for receiving emitted electrical energy and for storing the electrical energy received in an electric accumulator, the method including a charging of the electric accumulator by the module for receiving wireless electrical energy, an evaluation of a criterion of sufficient electrical energy for the emitting of a UWB message, when the criterion of sufficient electrical energy for the emitting of a UWB message is satisfied, a selecting of a random emission delay and an emitting of the UWB message, by the simplex communication module, after the expiration of the random emission delay selected.
US11646757B2
Architectures and techniques relate to selectively implementing certain components to suppress emissions. For example, an emissions-suppression circuit can include a notch filter associated with a first frequency range, a switch assembly coupled to the notch filter, and a duplexer coupled to the switch assembly. The switch assembly can be configured to, in a filter state, couple the notch filter to a transmit path and configured to, in a bypass state, decouple the notch filter from the transmit path. The transmit path can be associated with two or more switch connections in the notch-filter state and associated with one switch connection in the bypass state. The duplexer can include a transmit filter that is associated with a second frequency range.
US11646756B1
Examples relate to determining a sampling threshold of a receiver (e.g., SERDES receiver). In particular, the examples relate to determining an updated sampling threshold of the receiver based on a reference sampling threshold of the receiver. A controller may determine the reference sampling threshold based on the training sequence and determine an upper voltage level and a lower voltage level of a voltage range based on the reference sampling threshold of the receiver. The controller then narrows the voltage range based on upper voltage accumulated hit rate and a lower voltage accumulated hit rate to determine the updated sampling threshold of the receiver.
US11646755B2
Methods and devices are disclosed for amplifying radio signals between a terminal and an antenna or an antenna connection of a circuit having an amplification unit and a detector unit, which has signal branches designed for different frequency ranges, and a power detector. A transmission signal received by the terminal is divided into at least a first signal part and a second signal part. The first signal part is applied to the signal branches of the detector unit. A frequency range of the first signal part is determined by sequential application of the signal branches of the detector unit to the power detector for evaluating a power of the first signal part. For the second signal part, the signal routing in the amplification unit is adjusted based on the frequency range determined by the detector unit. At least the second signal part is amplified by the amplification unit.
US11646750B2
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. In some examples, the ADC includes a first reference voltage supply input, a second reference voltage supply input, a comparator comprising an input node, and a first reference switch coupled between the second reference voltage supply input and the input node of the comparator. The ADC also includes a set of capacitors, where each capacitor of the set of capacitors comprises a first terminal. In addition, the ADC includes a second reference switch coupled between the first reference voltage supply input and the first terminal of each capacitor of the set of capacitors. The ADC further includes a third switch coupled between the input node of the comparator and the first terminal of each capacitor of the set of capacitors.
US11646747B1
An N-channel interleaved Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) has a variable delay added to each ADC's input sampling clock. The variable delays are each programmed by a Successive-Approximation-Register (SAR) during calibration to minimize timing skews between channels. Each channel receives a sampling clock with a different phase delay. The sampling clocks are overlapping multi-phase clocks rather than non-overlapping. Overlapping the multi-phase clocks allows the sampling pulse width to be enlarged, providing more time for the sampling switch to remain open and allow analog voltages to equalize through the sampling switch. Higher sampling-clock frequencies are possible than when non-overlapping clocks are used. The sampling clock is boosted in voltage by a bootstrap driver to increase the gate voltage on the sampling switch, reducing the ON resistance. Sampling clock and component timing skews are reduced to one LSB among all N channels.
US11646743B1
A digital phase-locked loop (PLL) includes a time-to-digital converter (TDC) and a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO). The DCO generates a PLL clock signal and various sampling clock signals that are mesochronous. The TDC samples a phase difference between a reference clock signal and a frequency-divided version of the PLL clock signal based on the sampling clock signals and various enable signals. The enable signals are generated based on a calibration of the digital PLL. Each enable signal is associated with a sampling clock signal and indicates whether the associated sampling clock signal is to be utilized for sampling the phase difference. Further, the TDC generates control data indicative of the sampled phase difference. The DCO generates the PLL clock signal and the sampling clock signals based on the control data until the digital PLL is in a phase-locked state.
US11646742B1
A phase-locked loop (PLL) device includes a first phase detector to receive an in-phase reference clock and an in-phase feedback clock, the first phase detector to output a first phase error; a second phase detector to receive a quadrature reference clock and a quadrature feedback clock, the second phase detector to output a second phase error; a proportional path component to generate first current pulses from the first phase error and second current pulses from the second phase error; an integrator circuit coupled to the proportional path component, the integrator circuit to sum, within a current output signal, the first current pulses and the second current pulses; a ring oscillator to be driven by the current output signal; and a pair of phase interpolators coupled to an output of the ring oscillator, the pair of phase interpolators to respectively generate the in-phase feedback clock and the quadrature feedback clock.
US11646740B2
In a particular implementation, a method to reduce noise/clock jitter and to generate a “stretched” output clock to optimize for jitter of the output clock is disclosed. The method includes: generating two or more clock phases upon detecting a transient voltage by a detector circuit, generating an output clock signal based on one of the two or more clock phases; and altering a phase speed of the output clock signal to correspond to a phase speed of an input clock signal.
US11646738B2
The present invention provides a processor including a core circuit, a plurality of clock signal generation circuits, a multiplexer and a detection circuit is disclosed. The core circuit is supplied by a supply voltage. The plurality of clock signal generation circuits are configured to generate a plurality of clock signals with different frequencies, respectively, wherein a number of the plurality of clock signals is equal to or greater than three. The multiplexer is configured to receive the plurality of clock signals, and to select one of the plurality of clock signals to serve as an output clock signal according to a control signal, wherein the core circuit uses the output clock signal to serve as an operating clock. The detection circuit is configured to detect a level of the supply voltage received by the core circuit in a real-time manner, to generate the control signal.
US11646733B2
In an embodiment, a digital output driver circuit comprises an output stage having first and second transistors. A drive stage is configured to drive control terminals of the first and second transistors and comprising switching circuitry and current generator circuitry. In a first configuration, the driver circuit is configured to connect a control terminal of the second transistor to the reference node to turn off the second transistor; and connect a first capacitance to the current generator circuitry and to a control terminal of the first transistor to turn on the first transistor. In a second configuration, the driver circuit is configured to turn off the first transistor and connect the control terminal of the second transistor to the current generator circuitry and to the second capacitance to turn on the second transistor.
US11646732B1
A power module includes: a GaN transistor, an NMOS transistor, a first capacitor, a first diode and a second diode. The NMOS transistor is electrically connected to the GaN transistor. A negative electrode of the first capacitor is electrically connected to an anode of the first diode and a gate of the GaN transistor. A cathode of the second diode is electrically connected to a gate of the NMOS transistor. The power module further includes a power module control terminal electrically connected to an anode of the first capacitor and an anode of the second diode.
US11646731B2
To provide a technique for detecting a low voltage of a power-on reset circuit. A semiconductor device has a power-on reset circuit including: a first bipolar transistor; a second bipolar transistor formed by connecting a plurality of bipolar transistors in parallel; a detection-voltage adjusting resistance element; a temperature-characteristic adjusting resistance element; a current adjusting resistance element; and a comparator.
US11646726B1
A zero-crossing detector to be installed in a ceiling fan includes: a first terminal; a second terminal; and a rectifier, an adjustor and a feedback generator that cooperatively generate a current signal based on an AC voltage between the first and second terminals. The current signal has a non-zero magnitude when the AC voltage causes a potential at the first terminal to be greater than a potential at the second terminal, and has a zero magnitude when otherwise. An average of the non-zero magnitude of the current signal is greater when the adjustor is in a working state than when the adjustor is in a power saving state. The feedback generator generates a feedback signal based on the current signal.
US11646724B2
Disclosed is a system where indicators of the relative phase differences between combinations of clocks in a multi-phase clock system are developed and/or measured. These indicators convey information regarding which phase difference between a given pair of the clocks is greater than (or less than) the phase difference between another pair of the clocks. This information is used to sort/rank/order phase differences between the various combinations of pairs of clocks according to their phase differences. This ranking is used to select the pair of clocks to be adjusted.
US11646723B2
A pulse stretcher is disclosed comprising, a stretcher input (10) and a stretcher output (20); an asynchronous finite state machine; and a delay generator (40) having a delay input connected to the stretcher output, and a delay output connected to a second input of the FSM. The asynchronous FSM comprises: a first Muller C-element gate (250) having an output connected to the stretcher output, a second Muller C-element gate (260) having an output; and a combinatorial logic circuit (270) connected to the stretcher input, to first and second inputs of each of the first and second C-elements. The first and second Muller C-element gates are cross-coupled via the combinatorial logic, such that the respective outputs of the C-element gates are complementary and, in response to receiving the input pulse at the stretcher input, the output of the first Muller C-element gate provides a stretched version of the input pulse.
US11646716B2
An acoustic resonator filter includes: a series unit including at least one series acoustic resonator electrically connected, in series, between first and second ports configured to pass a radio frequency (RF) signal; a first shunt unit disposed on a first shunt connection path between the at least one series acoustic resonator and a ground, the first shunt unit including a plurality of shunt acoustic resonators connected to each other in series and having different resonance frequencies; and a second shunt unit disposed in a second shunt connection path between the at least one series acoustic resonator and the ground, the second shunt unit including at least one shunt acoustic resonator and having higher inductance than inductance of the first shunt unit.
US11646713B2
An acoustic wave device includes a plurality of interdigital transducer electrodes, in a first interdigital transducer electrode, a first electrode finger includes a wide portion having a greater width in the second direction than a center portion. In the first interdigital transducer electrode, for the first electrode finger, a first distance that is a maximum distance in the second direction between a center line of the center portion in a first direction is shorter than a second distance that is a maximum distance in a second direction between the center line of the center portion and an outer edge, away from a second interdigital transducer electrode, of the wide portion.
US11646709B1
A limiter system for an active speaker may include at least one lowpass filter configured to receive an input signal and output a signal lower than a crossover frequency, at least one highpass filter, configured to receive an input signal and output a signal higher than the crossover frequency, a first allpass filter configured to adjust the phase of the signal lower than the crossover frequency, a second allpass filter configured to adjust the phase of the signal higher than the crossover frequency, a first limiter, configured to receive and limit the signal from the first allpass filter, a second limiter, configured to receive and limit the signal from the second allpass filter, and a mixer, configured to mix the signal lower from the first limiter and the signal from the second limiter.
US11646705B2
In one embodiment, a dual-mode power amplifier that can operate in different modes includes: a first pair of metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) to receive and pass a constant envelope signal; a second pair of MOSFETs to receive and pass a variable envelope signal, where first terminals of the first pair of MOSFETs are coupled to first terminals of the second pair of MOSFETs, and second terminals of the first pair of MOSFETs are coupled to. second terminals of the second pair of MOSFETs; and a shared MOSFET stack coupled to the first pair of MOSFETs and the second pair of MOSFETs.
US11646701B2
A power amplification system comprises a current source configured to provide a bias current, a current mirror configured to mirror the bias current, and a comparator configured to compare the mirrored bias current to a threshold current and, in response to the mirrored bias current exceeding the threshold current, cause a reduction of output power.
US11646698B1
In an integrated circuit device having a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator and a temperature transducer, a clock signal is generated by sensing resonant mechanical motion of the MEMS resonator and a temperature signal indicative of temperature of the MEMS resonator is generated via the temperature transducer. The clock signal and the temperature signal are output from the integrated circuit device concurrently.
US11646694B2
One embodiment provides a drive system that includes a drive device with at least one drum for spooling at least one wire rope. A mounting device is connected to the drive device and a single-axis tracker. At least one partial pulley is connected to a torque tube. The at least one partial pulley is configured to accept the at least one wire rope and to transfer leveraged drive forces to the torque tube.
US11646693B2
A photovoltaic system for generating electrical power on farmland while minimizing reduction of solar radiation incident on ground due to shadowing, including a photovoltaic module having a first photovoltaic face defining a first plane, a normal axis extending from the first plane, a first pivot axis extending through the photovoltaic module, a second pivot axis extending through the photovoltaic module, at least one motor operationally connected to pivot the photovoltaic module about at least one pivot axis, and an electronic controller operationally connected to at least one motor. An incident solar ray strikes the photovoltaic module at an angle of incidence defined as an intersection of the incident solar ray and the normal axis. The electronic controller sends signals to the at least one motor to maintain the angle of incidence as close as possible to ninety degrees.
US11646690B2
A random value integration unit 175 outputs a random value output from a random value generation unit 174 in a diffusion width Rand output from a diffusion width generation unit 173 by a product of an output of the random value generation unit 174 and an output of the diffusion width generation unit 173. A triangular wave signal generation unit 176 generates a triangular wave signal corresponding to a second carrier frequency fc2 which is obtained by adding the random value output from the random value integration unit 175 to a first carrier frequency fc1 which is an output of a carrier frequency setting unit 171. That is, a frequency obtained by increasing the diffusion width of the first carrier frequency fc1 is used as the second carrier frequency fc2, and the second carrier frequency is used as the carrier frequency.
US11646689B2
A control system configured to control a transistor configured to control energy delivery to a load. The control system comprises a system controller to sense an event in the control system and to assert a command signal in response to the sensed event and a switch controller configured to receive the command signal. The switch controller is configured to control the turn on and the turn off of the transistor, wherein the system controller controls the turn on or the turn off, or control both the turn on and the turn off of the transistor with a first drive strength in response to a first command in the command signal and controls the turn on or the turn off, or control both the turn on and the turn off of the transistor with a second drive strength in response to a second command in the command signal.
US11646667B2
A current detection circuit capable of compensating for detection accuracy of a switching current through switching of a connection state of a resistor even when the switching current has a component in a direction opposite to a predetermined direction is provided. A current detection circuit for detecting a value of a component in a predetermined direction of a switching current using a current transformer, wherein, when the switching current flowing in a primary side of the current transformer has a component in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction, a connection state of reset elements on a secondary side of the current transformer is switched such that an impedance of a magnetic reset on the secondary side of the current transformer is decreased.
US11646657B2
In a power converter, a switching network having switches that operate at a common frequency and duty cycle interconnects circuit elements. These circuit elements include capacitors that are in a capacitor network and a magnetic filter. When connected to the capacitors by a switch from the switching network, the magnetic filter imposes a constraint upon inter-capacitor charge transfer between the capacitors to maintain the filter's second terminal at a voltage. The switching network transitions between states. These states include a first state, a second state, and a third state. In both the first state and the third state, the first magnetic-filter terminal couples to the capacitor network. In the second state, which occurs between the first and third state, the switches ground the first magnetic-filter terminal.
US11646653B2
A switching circuit for a voltage source converter includes a string of series-connected switches and a string of capacitors. A first conductor interconnects a first end of the string of series-connected switches with a first end of the string of capacitors at a first switch and a second conductor interconnects a second end of the string of series-connected switches with a second end of the string of capacitors at a second switch. A first string of components is connected between the first end of the string of series-connected switches and the first end of the string of capacitors and includes a snubber component for the first switch. A second string of components is connected between the second end of the string of series-connected switches and the second end of the string of capacitors and includes a snubber component for the second switch.
US11646650B2
Disclosed by the present invention are a swing motor and an electronic device, the swing motor comprising a seat; at least two movable members, comprising a first movable member and a second movable member arranged to be spaced apart, wherein the first movable member and the second movable member bear opposite electromagnetic thrusts; elastic support members that correspond one-to-one to the movable members, comprising a first elastic support member and a second elastic support member, wherein the first movable member is mounted onto the seat by means of the first elastic support member, and the second movable member is mounted onto the seat by means of the second elastic support member; further comprised is a twisting elastic member, one end of the twisting elastic member being connected to the first movable member or the second movable member, and the other end being connected to an executing member.
US11646641B2
A stator of an external rotor motor supports a plurality of excitation windings. At least one heat dissipation means is provided, for discharging heat in an axial direction. The heat dissipation means contacts the end face of at least one excitation winding or a potting compound or insulation enclosing the excitation winding and is also connected to a heat sink, in the form of the stator carrier, a cooling element and/or a housing, for removing the heat.
US11646640B2
In a controller for an AC rotating electric machine, a failure-state determining circuitry determines a failure state of a magnetic-pole position sensor based on an output signal from the magnetic-pole position sensor. A modulation-ratio switching circuitry outputs a target value of a modulation ratio and also changes the target value to be output based on a result of the failure-state determining circuitry. The modulation-ratio switching circuitry sets, when the magnetic-pole position sensor is determined as being abnormal by the failure-state determining circuitry, the target value to be smaller than in a case in which the magnetic-pole sensor is determined as being normal by the failure-state determining circuitry.
US11646625B2
A valve for an electric vehicle for draining condensation from an electric motor, wherein the valve is designed to be controllable electronically. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to an electric motor including at least one valve as described above.
US11646621B2
A cooling device for cooling a stator for an electric machine of a motor vehicle having a coolant-conducting unit and at least one winding groove cooling channel is provided. The coolant-conducting unit and the at least one winding groove cooling channel are connectable to a hollow-cylindrical lamination stack of the stator having, in a circumferential direction, a plurality of winding grooves which extend axially and receive windings of the stator. The coolant-conducting unit is arranged on an end face of the lamination stack, conducts coolant along the end face, and has an inlet for supplying the coolant and an outlet for discharging the coolant, and the at least one winding groove cooling channel extending axially from the coolant unit is arranged in at least one winding groove, conducts the coolant in the at least one winding groove, and is fluid-coupled to the inlet and the outlet.
US11646620B2
A rotor core for an electric machine of an automobile includes a core stack including a plurality of lamination plates, each lamination plate including a plurality of apertures formed therein, the apertures of each of the lamination plates axially aligned to define a plurality of magnet slots extending axially through the core stack, a plurality of magnets stacked axially within each of the plurality of magnet slots along a length of the core stack, at least one of the plurality of magnet slots including a cavity extending axially along the length of the core stack, and a wedge inserted within the cavity adapted to apply a lateral force onto the plurality of magnets within the at least one magnet slot to secure the plurality of magnets within the at least one magnet slot.
US11646619B2
An electronically commutated machine, in particular an electronically commutated electric motor is disclosed. To detect an angle of rotation completed by a rotor shaft of the machine or a rotational speed, this rotor shaft is equipped with a signal generator of a sensor device. This latter component has a magnet element, which is fastened on the rotor shaft by way of a holding element. A clamping body is included, which is arranged on the rotor shaft with force fit and onto which the holding element is pressed.
US11646597B2
A method of charging a lithium-ion battery. It is assumed that the battery has a cooling system. A desired temperature profile for the battery during charging is determined. The charge current is pulse width modulated (PWM), as is the activation of the cooling system. During charging, various parameters of either or both of the PWM signals are adjusted such that the desired temperature profile is maintained.
US11646595B2
A battery pack that is connectable to an electronic device is disclosed. The battery pack includes positive terminals, negative terminals, and a cutting unit. The cutting unit cuts a current that flows from a battery cell to the electronic device in a case where the current flowing from the battery cell to the electronic device exceeds a maximum current value. The battery pack further includes a control unit that changes the maximum current value based on the number of positive terminals and negative terminals that are connected to the electronic device.
US11646590B2
An electrical device, such as a power tool, includes a first battery pack receptacle configured to receive a first battery pack and a second battery pack receptacle configured to receive a second battery pack. The second battery pack is electrically connected in a series-type configuration with the first battery pack. The electrical device also includes circuitry with an electronic processor. The circuitry is configured to alter a first signal output from the electronic processor to at least one selected from a group consisting of the first battery pack and the second battery pack, and to alter a second signal received by the electronic processor from at least one selected from the group consisting of the first battery pack and the second battery pack.
US11646588B2
A battery system, a control method of a cell balance procedure and a calculation method of a balance charge capacity are provided. The battery system includes a plurality of battery units, a communication bus and a host control unit. Each battery unit includes a plurality of cells, an isolated charger, a switch array circuit, a balance slave switch and a balance slave controller. The host control unit includes a balance host controller, a balance host switch and a system current measurement unit. When the error between a balance detection voltage calculated by each balance slave controller and the balance detection voltage calculated by the balance host controller is less than a predetermined value, the balance host switch and the corresponding balance slave switches are in conduction and the specified plurality cells of battery system are charged for keeping cell balance purpose.
US11646586B2
A hybrid power backup system having at least one battery for powering at least one external load; at least one capacitor for powering a controller configured to control power provided from the battery to the at least one external load and to control discharge/charge cycles of the battery.
US11646585B2
USB charger apparatus and chargeable electronic devices are presented in which the device and charger use USB cable data lines to establish a bidirectional communications connection, and the charger provides charger capability information to a master controller of the electronic device via the communications connection. The device controller preferentially selects a fastest charging match between the charger capability information and device charging capability information, and sends configuration information through the communications connection to set the power supply level of the charger. The charger communicates power supply status information to the electronic device, and the device can reconfigure the charger power supply level accordingly.
US11646582B2
A system for managing the distribution of electrical power between at least two distinct buildings each comprising a domestic network connected to a local network is provided, said local network being connected to a public network. Each building comprises a power source, an inverter connected to said power source, a battery supplied with power by the inverter, and at least one apparatus operating using the power from the domestic network. The system comprises, in each building, a domestic module for regulating the power flow through the domestic network. The system comprises a central module connected to each domestic module making it possible to regulate the power flow between the local network and the public network, said central module being arranged so as to regulate the power flow between the buildings in order to allow an exchange of power between a domestic network in excess and a domestic network in deficit.
US11646576B2
Electrical overstress protection of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, a MEMS radio frequency system includes a MEMS device electrically connected along a radio frequency signal path that handles a radio frequency signal, and an electrical overstress protection circuit in shunt with the radio frequency signal path and operable to protect the MEMS device from an electrical overstress event, such as an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event received on the radio frequency signal path. The electrical overstress protection circuit includes a metal conductor configured to resonate about at a fundamental frequency of the radio frequency signal.
US11646574B2
A driving circuit includes at least one first module, an electrostatic charge/discharge module connected to the first module and a grounding module; each first module includes a driving module, a signal transmission module and a gating module; the signal transmission module is connected to and transmits a driving signal to the driving module; the grounding module is grounded; the gating module is connected with the signal transmission module; the gating module is turned on with its turn-on voltage less than or equal to a voltage of the signal transmission module, or turned off with the turn-on voltage greater than the voltage of the signal transmission module; the turn-on voltage of the gating module is greater than that of the driving module; the charge/discharge module is connected to the gating module and the grounding module, and configured to store charges flowing therethrough and release the charges to the grounding module.
US11646567B2
A circuit interrupter including a current sensor having a normal sensor output and an over current detection output, a solid state switch module structured to have a closed state to allow current to flow through the circuit interrupter and an open state to interrupt current flowing through the circuit interrupter, a gate driver structured to control the solid state switch module including a desaturation function output, wherein the gate driver is structured to cause the solid state switch module to interrupt current flowing through the circuit interrupter when the DESAT function output changes to the on state, and an electronic trip circuit structured to output a trip signal to the gate driver when the normal sensor output reaches a first threshold level or the overcurrent detection output changes to the on state.
US11646566B2
In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a polyswitch and a switching device. The polyswitch includes a first resistance. The switching device is in parallel with the polyswitch. The switching device includes a second resistance that is less than the first resistance. The switching device is configured to enable a first current to flow therethrough when the vehicle is in an active mode. The switching device is configured to enable a first current to flow therethrough to power all electrical loads of the vehicle when the vehicle is in an active mode. The first resistance of the polyswitch is configured to enable a second current that is less than the first current to flow to a portion of the loads when the vehicle is in a sleep mode.
US11646556B2
A raceway system that provides a cable routing pathway that is easily configured during installation and reconfigured if modifications are required. The raceway system includes at least one U-shaped channel. The U-shaped channel is defined by a base and sidewalls extending perpendicularly from outer edges of the base. The sidewalls include a plurality of apertures in the sidewalls. At least one insert is secured to the sidewall at one of the apertures in the sidewalls.
US11646555B2
A cable line includes a conduit having a tubular body, the wall of which is made of polymeric material, and an electrical cable provided with an outer sheath made of polymeric material and laid inside the conduit's body along its entire length. Herewith, the body wall is made with the provision of its electrically conductive properties, causing the possibility of current flow through the wall in the direction from its inner surface to the outer surface, furthermore the ratio of the diameter of the inner surface of the body wall to the diameter of the outer sheath of the cable is not less than 1.5.
US11646551B2
A spark plug includes a central electrode member and an outer electrode member. The central electrode member includes a central base and a plurality of electrode prongs extending in an axial direction from the central base. The outer electrode member surrounds the central electrode member. The outer electrode member includes a wall that is radially spaced from the plurality of electrode prongs to allow a series of electric arcs to form between the wall and the plurality of electrode prongs. The outer electrode member and the central electrode member are sized and positioned relative to one another such that a first rate of wear of the outer electrode member, along a longitudinal axis of the spark plug, is substantially equal to a second rate of wear of the central electrode member along the longitudinal axis.
US11646549B2
The invention may be embodied in other forms than those specifically disclosed herein without departing from itMulti-kW-class blue (400-495 nm) fiber-delivered lasers and module configurations. In embodiments, the lasers propagate laser beams having beam parameter products of <5 mm*mrad, which are used in materials processing, welding and pumping a Raman laser. In an embodiment the laser system is an integration of fiber-coupled modules, which are in turn made up of submodules. An embodiment has sub-modules having a plurality of lensed blue semiconductor gain chips with low reflectivity front facets. These are locked in wavelength with a wavelength spread of <1 nm by using volume Bragg gratings in an external cavity configuration. An embodiment has modules having of a plurality of submodules, which are combined through wavelength multiplexing with a bandwidth of <10 nm, followed by polarization beam combining. The output of each module is fiber-coupled into a low NA fiber. In an embodiment a kW-level blue laser system is realized by fiber bundling and combining multiple modules into a single output fiber.
US11646547B2
A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element, a driving element, and a capacitor layer. The light emitting element and the driving element are provided on the substrate. The driving element drives the light emitting element. The capacitor layer is provided in the substrate and supplies electric current to the light emitting element via the driving element.
US11646546B2
The present embodiment relates to a single semiconductor light-emitting element including a plurality of light-emitting portions each of which is capable of generating light of a desired beam projection pattern and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor light-emitting element. In the semiconductor light-emitting element, an active layer and a phase modulation layer are formed on a common substrate layer, and the phase modulation layer includes at least a plurality of phase modulation regions arranged along the common substrate layer. The plurality of phase modulation regions are obtained by separating the phase modulation layer into a plurality of places after manufacturing the phase modulation layer, and as a result, the semiconductor light-emitting element provided with a plurality of light-emitting portions that have been accurately aligned can be obtained through a simple manufacturing process as compared with the related art.
US11646538B2
A power supply connector has a first part and a second part that are connected to each other such that they can turn relative each other within a predefined and/or restricted turning angle. The first part includes a first set of plurality of conductors and the second part includes a corresponding second set of plurality of conductors, wherein the pairs of conductors are electrically connected by electrical connections including a connection tip on one of the first and the second part and a contact surface on the other one, wherein the electrical connections are provided in at least one circular shape around a turn axis of the power supply connector The turning angle between the first part and the second part is limited to the shortest angular extension of the contact surfaces and the contact surfaces are distributed such that the pair of conductors are permanently electrically connected.
US11646535B2
A terminal module includes an insulating member, a number of conductive terminals, and a conductive plastic. Each conductive terminal includes a fixing portion. The conductive terminals include a group of signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The terminal module includes a first rib, a second rib and a groove. The first rib is adjacent to but not in contact with the fixing portion of the first ground terminal. The second rib is adjacent to but not in contact with the fixing portion of the second ground terminal. The present disclosure also relates to a backplane connector having the terminal module. Compared with the prior art, by making the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal non-conducting, it easier to determine the accuracy of the electrical test.
US11646533B2
An electrical connector includes an insulating body and a first terminal module. The first terminal module includes a first insulating portion and a number of first terminals. The first terminals include a number of pairs of first signal terminals and a number of first ground terminals. The first insulating portion has a first side surface and a second side surface. The electrical connector includes a first metal shield mounted to the second side surface. The first metal shield is located between the second side surface and the insulating body. The first metal shield is in contact with the first ground terminals. The present disclosure increases the shielding area and improves the quality of signal transmission. The present disclosure also relates to an electrical connector assembly and an electrical connector module including the above-mentioned electrical connector.
US11646523B1
A powered wall plate may include a face plate comprising an opening extending through the face plate from the first surface to the rear surface. A first keyed interface may be formed at the rear surface of the face plate. An electrical receptacle may comprise a second keyed interface configured to be coupled with the first keyed interface, the electrical receptacle further comprising terminals disposed on sides of the electrical receptacle. Spring-biased terminals may be coupled to the face plate and coupled with the terminals. A powered feature may be coupled to the face plate and configured to be electrically coupled to the electrical receptacle through the spring-biased terminals when the first keyed interface and the second keyed interface are mateably coupled. Power may not be supplied from the electrical receptacle to the powered feature when the first keyed interface is not mateably coupled with the second keyed interface.
US11646519B2
A flat conductor electric connector mounted on a circuit board and electrically connected to a front end side portion of a band-shaped flat conductor extending in a front-back direction, comprising: multiple terminals in such a shape that metal plate members are bent in a plate thickness direction thereof; and a housing holding, by insert molding, the multiple terminals arrayed in a terminal array direction which is a band width direction, wherein each of the multiple terminals has, at least at one end portion in the front-back direction, a holding target portion held on the housing and an extending portion extending from the housing and formed with a mounting portion to be mounted on the circuit board by soldering, and the holding target portions adjacent to each other and the extending portions adjacent to each other are arrayed and positioned in the terminal array direction. The mounting portion includes an opening to receive a pin of a molding device.
US11646510B2
A shielding electrical terminal is presented herein. The shielding electrical terminal includes a securing portion that is configured to attach to an outer shield conductor of a shielded cable and a cylindrical mating portion having an inner surface configured to make electrical contact with a corresponding cylindrical shield terminal inserted within the mating portion. The inner surface of the mating portion defines a plurality of protrusions that extend from the inner surface.
US11646501B2
An electronic device may have an antenna embedded in a substrate. The substrate may have first layers, second layers on the first layers, and third layers on the second layers. The antenna may include a first patch on the first layers that radiates in a first band, a second patch on the second antenna layers that radiates in a second band, and a parasitic patch on the third layers. A short path may couple ground to a location on the first patch that allows the first patch to form a ground extension in the second band for the second patch without affecting performance of the first patch in the first band. The first layers may have a higher dielectric permittivity than the second and third layers to minimize the thickness of the substrate without requiring a separate dielectric loading layer over the substrate.
US11646495B2
An antenna device includes first and second radiating elements, and an antenna coupling element. The antenna coupling element includes a primary coil electrically connected between the first radiating element and a feed circuit and a secondary coil inductively coupled to the primary coil and electrically connected between the second radiating element and a ground. A capacitor is provided between the primary coil and the secondary coil, thus causing current to flow from the primary coil to the secondary coil or the second radiating element via the capacitor even at an anti-resonant frequency of the first radiating element.
US11646492B2
A system includes one or more antennas and a processor to communicate with a predetermined target using 5G or 6G protocols.
US11646486B2
An antenna device includes: an antenna configured to radiate a radio wave; a substrate at which the antenna is provided; and a cover which covers the substrate from a radiation surface side of the antenna, the cover is a dielectric material, a maximum distance between the cover and the substrate in a normal direction to the substrate is smaller than ½ of a free space wavelength of the radio wave, and a thickness of the cover is smaller than ½ of an effective wavelength of the radio wave in the cover.
US11646484B2
The present disclosure describes strand mounts for small cell radios. A strand mount may include a top plate, a bottom plate, and opposing side plates that form a housing having an interior cavity dimensioned to fit around one or more small cell radios, a plurality of mounting members, each mounting member coupled to the top and bottom plates within the interior cavity and configured such that a small cell radio can be mounted thereto, and one or more mounting brackets. The strand mount has the dual-capability of being mounted either horizontally on a cable strand or vertically on a pole. Alternative strand mounts and strand mount assemblies are also provided.
US11646481B2
The present disclosure relates to an MIMO antenna apparatus, and in particular, includes a PCB having at least one heat-generation element provided on one surface thereof, a first heat-dissipation part disposed to cover one surface of the PCB, having a through hole formed in a portion corresponding to the position provided with the heat-generation element, and having a plurality of vertical heat-dissipation fins formed to be extended in a direction perpendicular to the outside surface thereof, and a second heat-dissipation part detachably coupled to the through hole to contact one surface of the heat-generation element to receive heat from the heat-generation element and to dissipate heat at a long distance father than the first heat-dissipation part, thereby enhancing heat-dissipation performance and expanding universality of a product.
US11646479B2
A method for producing a waveguide in a multilayer substrate involves producing at least one cutout corresponding to a lateral course of the waveguide in a surface of a first layer arrangement comprising one or a plurality of layers. A metallization is produced on surfaces of the cutout. A second layer arrangement comprising one or a plurality of layers is applied on the first layer arrangement. The second layer arrangement comprises, on a surface thereof, a metallization which, after the second layer arrangement has been applied on the first layer arrangement, is arranged above the cutout and together with the metallization on the surfaces of the cutout forms the waveguide.
US11646464B2
The present disclosure relates to a battery module and a battery pack including the same, and more particularly, to a battery module and a battery pack having the same, the battery module being formed in a heat transfer structure so that the temperatures of a plurality of battery cells are efficiently adjusted, and formed such that a heat transfer member is formed to have through holes so that the stability of the battery cells increases.
US11646450B2
An electrolyte is provided. The electrolyte includes a solvent containing propylene carbonate (PC); a lithium salt dissolved in the solvent; a first additive dissolved in the solvent, the first additive being configured to stabilize an anode solid electrolyte interphase; a second additive dissolved in the solvent, the second additive being configured to stabilize at least one of an anode, a cathode, or the lithium salt; and a third additive dissolved in the solvent, the third additive being configured to stabilize at least one of an anode, a cathode, or the lithium salt. The first, second, and third additives are chemically distinct. Electrochemical cells including the electrolyte are also provided.
US11646448B2
The electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery includes: a lithium salt; a solvent; and a functional additive, wherein the functional additive includes 1,2-bis(maleimido)ethane, represented by the following formula 1:
US11646443B2
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a lithium solid battery in which the coulomb efficiency of the battery upon deposition and dissolution of a metal lithium is improved. The above object is achieved by providing a lithium solid battery comprising: an anode current collector, a solid electrolyte layer, a cathode active material layer, and a cathode current collector; wherein the lithium solid battery comprises a Li storing layer between the anode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer; an amount of Li storage of the Li storing layer to a cathode charging capacity is 0.13 or more; and a thickness of the Li storing layer is 83 μm or less.
US11646433B2
A continuous automated process and production line for preparing an acid doped polybenzimidazole, PBI, polymer membrane film for use in a fuel cell, the process having a washing stage, a drying procedure, and a doping stage.
US11646432B2
An apparatus including a boiler configured to receive water, sodium hydroxide, and aluminum. A generator adjacent to the boiler and configured to generate electricity based on heat received from the boiler. A hydrogen capture system coupled with the boiler and configured to capture hydrogen from the boiler. A fuel cell communicatively coupled with the hydrogen capture system and configured to receive at least a portion of the hydrogen from the hydrogen capture system to generate electricity. A transformer electrically coupled with the generator and the fuel cell.
US11646414B2
A positive electrode active material for an alkaline storage battery having excellent over-discharge tolerance and high-temperature tolerance, and a method for producing the positive electrode active material. A positive electrode active material for an alkaline storage battery, containing a hydroxide particle containing at least nickel and solid-solubilized cobalt, and a covering layer containing cobalt, the covering layer covering the hydroxide particle, in which cobalt contained in the covering layer and cobalt contained in the hydroxide particle each have a diffraction peak between diffraction angles of 65° and 66°, the diffraction angles each represented by 2θ in a diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement.
US11646398B2
A semiconductor light emitting device including a semiconductor laminate having first and second surfaces, the semiconductor laminate including first and second conductivity-type semiconductor layers, and an active layer between the semiconductor layers; a partition structure on the first surface, the partition structure having a window defining a light emitting region of the first surface of the semiconductor laminate; a wavelength converter in the window, the wavelength converter being configured to convert a wavelength of light emitted from the active layer; and a first electrode and a second electrode on the second surface of the semiconductor laminate and respectively connected to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, wherein the semiconductor laminate includes a plurality of first patterns arranged in the light emitting region of the first surface, and a plurality of second patterns arranged in a covered region of the first surface contacting the partition structure.
US11646397B2
A photocurable composition includes quantum dots, quantum dot precursor materials, a chelating agent, one or more monomers, and a photoinitiator. The quantum dots are selected to emit radiation in a first wavelength band in the visible light range in response to absorption of radiation in a second wavelength band in the UV or visible light range. The second wavelength band is different than the first wavelength band. The quantum dot precursor materials include metal atoms or metal ions corresponding to metal components present in the quantum dots. The chelating agent is configured to chelate the quantum dot precursor materials. The photoinitiator initiates polymerization of the one or more monomers in response to absorption of radiation in the second wavelength band.
US11646395B2
A method of growing an AlGaN semiconductor material utilizes an excess of Ga above the stoichiometric amount typically used. The excess Ga results in the formation of band structure potential fluctuations that improve the efficiency of radiative recombination and increase light generation of optoelectronic devices, in particular ultraviolet light emitting diodes, made using the method. Several improvements in UV LED design and performance are also provided for use together with the excess Ga growth method. Devices made with the method can be used for water purification, surface sterilization, communications, and data storage and retrieval.
US11646379B2
A transistor device and method of making the same, the transistor device including: a substrate; a word line disposed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer disposed on the word line; a dual-layer semiconductor channel including: a first channel layer disposed on the gate insulating layer; and a second channel layer disposed on the first channel layer, such that the second channel layer contacts side and top surfaces of the first channel layer; and source and drain electrodes electrically coupled to the second channel layer. When a voltage is applied to the word line, the first channel layer has a first electrical resistance and the second channel layer has a second electrical resistance that is different from the first electrical resistance.
US11646376B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first dielectric film, a conductive film, at least one ferroelectric film, a second dielectric film, a memory gate electrode, a third dielectric film and a control gate electrode. The semiconductor substrate includes a source region and a drain region. The semiconductor substrate includes a first region and a second region between the source region and the drain region. The first dielectric film is formed on the first region. The conductive film is formed on the first dielectric film. The at least one ferroelectric film is formed on one hart of the conductive film. The second dielectric film is formed on the other part of the conductive film. The memory gate electrode is formed on the ferroelectric film. The third dielectric film is formed on the second region. The control gate electrode is formed on the third dielectric film.
US11646374B2
Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a gate stack with a ferroelectric-oxide layer above a channel layer and in contact with the channel layer, and a top electrode above the ferroelectric-oxide layer. The ferroelectric-oxide layer includes a domain wall between an area under a nucleation point of the top electrode and above a separation line of the channel layer between an ON state portion and an OFF state portion of the channel layer. A resistance between a source electrode and a drain electrode is modulated in a range between a first resistance value and a second resistance value, dependent on a position of the domain wall within the ferroelectric-oxide layer, a position of the ON state portion of the channel layer, and a position of the OFF state portion of the channel layer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11646361B2
A structure includes a semiconductor fin on a substrate. A first fin transistor (finFET) is on the substrate, and a second finFET is on the substrate adjacent the first finFET. The first finFET and the second finFET include respective pairs of source/drain regions with each including a first dopant of a first polarity. An electrical isolation structure is in the semiconductor fin between one of the source/drain regions of the first finFET and one of the source/drain regions for the second FinFET, the electrical isolation structure including a second dopant of an opposing, second polarity. The electrical isolation structure extends to an upper surface of the semiconductor fin. A related method is also disclosed.
US11646360B2
Methods of forming a compact FDSOI OTP/MTP cell and a compact FinFET OTP/MTP cell and the resulting devices are provided. Embodiments include forming a SOI region or a fin over a BOX layer over a substrate; forming a first and a second gate stack, laterally separated, over respective portions of the SOI region or the fin; forming a first and a second liner along each first and second sidewall and of the first and the second gate stack, respectively, the second sidewall over respective portions of the SOI region or the fin; forming a spacer on each first and second liner; forming a S/D region in the SOI region or the fin between the first and the second gate stack; forming a CA over the S/D region; utilizing each gate of the first gate stack and the second gate stack as a WL; and connecting a BL to the CA.
US11646356B2
Describe is a resonator that uses anti-ferroelectric (AFE) materials in the gate of a transistor as a dielectric. The use of AFE increases the strain/stress generated in the gate of the FinFET. Along with the usual capacitive drive, which is boosted with the increased polarization, additional current drive is also achieved from the piezoelectric response generated to due to AFE material. In some embodiments, the acoustic mode of the resonator is isolated using phononic gratings all around the resonator using the metal line above and vias' to body and dummy fins on the side. As such, a Bragg reflector is formed above or below the AFE based transistor. Increased drive signal from the AFE results in larger output signal and larger bandwidth.
US11646352B2
A device is disclosed. The device includes a first epitaxial region, a second epitaxial region, a first gate region between the first epitaxial region and a second epitaxial region, a first dielectric structure underneath the first epitaxial region, a second dielectric structure underneath the second epitaxial region, a third epitaxial region underneath the first epitaxial region, a fourth epitaxial region underneath the second epitaxial region, and a second gate region between the third epitaxial region and a fourth epitaxial region and below the first gate region. The device also includes, a conductor via extending from the first epitaxial region, through the first dielectric structure and the third epitaxial region, the conductor via narrower at an end of the conductor via that contacts the first epitaxial region than at an opposite end.
US11646340B2
A BSI image sensor includes a substrate including a front side and a back side opposite to the front side, a pixel sensor disposed in the substrate, an isolation structure surrounding the pixel sensor and disposed in the substrate, a dielectric layer disposed over the pixel sensor on the front side of the substrate, and a plurality of conductive structures disposed in the dielectric layer and arranged to align with the isolation structure.
US11646339B2
There is provided an image pickup element including a non-planar layer having a non-planar light incident surface in a light receiving region, and a microlens of an inorganic material which is provided on a side of the light incident surface of the non-planar layer, and collects incident light.
US11646337B2
An image sensor with uniform, well-controlled air gaps is provided. A structure that is at least partially filled with organic material may be formed on the image sensor. A hybrid organic/inorganic film layer may be formed over the organic material. The image sensor may then be exposed to energy, which causes the organic material to sublimate through the hybrid film layer, which itself may become a gas permeable layer when exposed to energy. After sublimation, the regions where the organic material was previously filled become air gaps with a low index of refraction. Air gaps formed in this way can be configured over photodiodes as light guides or focusing structures, as concave/convex microlenses, in between photodiodes as isolation structures, in between color filter elements to reduce crosstalk, and/or over microlenses to enhancing focusing power.
US11646336B2
Provided is an image sensor including a semiconductor substrate including a first surface and a second surface and a plurality of pixel regions spaced apart, the plurality of pixel regions including a first region including a plurality of image pixels configured to generate image data and a second region including a plurality of phase difference detection pixels configured to perform autofocusing, a first grid pattern including a plurality of groove portions disposed on the second surface, a plurality of first microlenses selectively disposed on bottom surfaces of the plurality of groove portions corresponding to at least one of the first region and the second region, a plurality of color filters filling the plurality of groove portions, respectively, a second grid pattern superimposed on the first grid pattern, and a plurality of second microlenses separated by the second grid pattern and disposed on the plurality of color filters, respectively.
US11646334B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a metal layer disposed above a surface of the semiconductor layer, a first barrier portion that covers a first portion of a surface of the metal layer, a second barrier portion that covers a second portion of the surface of the metal layer, an insulating film that covers the metal layer and the first and second barrier portions; and a metal member that is disposed in an opening portion provided in the insulating film, the metal member positioned on a third portion of the surface of the metal layer that is between the first portion and the second portion. A part of the insulating film is disposed between the metal member and the first barrier portion and between the metal member and the second barrier portion.
US11646322B2
An object is to provide a semiconductor device with high aperture ratio or a manufacturing method thereof. Another object is to provide semiconductor device with low power consumption or a manufacturing method thereof. A light-transmitting conductive layer which functions as a gate electrode, a gate insulating film formed over the light-transmitting conductive layer, a semiconductor layer formed over the light-transmitting conductive layer which functions as the gate electrode with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween, and a light-transmitting conductive layer which is electrically connected to the semiconductor layer and functions as source and drain electrodes are included.
US11646320B2
A pixel array substrate, including multiple pixel structures, is provided. Each of the pixel structures includes a first common electrode, a thin film transistor, a conductive pattern, a first insulating layer, a color filter pattern, a second insulating layer, and a pixel electrode. The conductive pattern is electrically connected to the thin film transistor. A first portion of the conductive pattern is disposed on the first common electrode. The first insulating layer is disposed on the conductive pattern. The color filter pattern is disposed on the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is disposed on the color filter pattern. The pixel electrode is disposed on the second insulating layer. In a top view of the pixel array substrate, the first portion of the conductive pattern covers all edges of the first common electrode within an opening of the color filter pattern.
US11646317B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a plurality of first TAP cells of a first semiconductor type, and a plurality of second TAP cells of a second semiconductor type different from the first semiconductor type. The plurality of first TAP cells is arranged in at least two columns, the at least two columns adjacent each other in a first direction and extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction. Each of the plurality of first TAP cells has a first length in the first direction. The plurality of second TAP cells includes at least one second TAP cell extending in the first direction between the at least two columns over a second length greater than the first length of each of the plurality of first TAP cells in the first direction.
US11646313B2
A circuit structure is provided. The circuit structure may include a first die area including an output gate, a second die area including a circuit and an input gate and a die-to-die interconnect. The input gate may include a transistor. The circuit may be connected between the die-to-die interconnect and a gate region of the transistor. The circuit may include a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor. A first source/drain region of the PMOS transistor may be connected to a first source/drain region of the NMOS transistor and the die-to-die interconnect.
US11646308B2
A three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) is provided. In some embodiments, a second IC die is bonded to a first IC die. A seal-ring structure is arranged in a peripheral region of the 3D IC in the first IC die and the second IC die. The seal-ring structure extends from a first semiconductor substrate of the first IC die to a second semiconductor substrate of the second IC die. A plurality of through silicon via (TSV) coupling structures is arranged at the peripheral region of the 3D IC along an inner perimeter of the seal-ring structure closer to the 3D IC than the seal-ring structure. The plurality of TSV coupling structures respectively comprises a TSV disposed in the second semiconductor substrate and electrically coupling to the 3D IC through a stack of TSV wiring layers and inter-wire vias.
US11646301B2
A display device includes a circuit board and a plurality of light-emitting units disposed on the circuit board. The circuit board includes a substrate and a plurality of signal lines disposed on the substrate. Each light-emitting unit includes a base board, at least one light-emitting element and a driving circuit layer. The light-emitting element is between the base board and the substrate. The driving circuit layer is between the light-emitting element and the base board, and electrically connected to the light-emitting element and the signal line.
US11646298B2
A light-emitting device includes a base member, conductor wiring on an upper surface of the base member, a reflective member covering the upper surfaces of the base member and the conductor wiring and having apertures to expose part of the upper surface of the base member and part of the upper surface of the conductor wiring, a plurality of light sources bonded to the part of the upper surface of the conductor wiring located in the apertures with bonding members, and a reflector that is disposed on the reflective member and includes a plurality of first surrounding portions and a plurality of second surrounding portions surrounding the first surrounding portions, which respectively surround the light sources in a plan view. Each surrounding portion has inclined lateral surfaces that widen in an upward direction. An aperture in each second surrounding portion is smaller than an aperture in each first surrounding portion in the plan view.
US11646292B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a base wafer comprising a scribing portion; bonding a first stacked die and a second stacked die onto a front surface of the base wafer through a hybrid bonding process; conformally forming a re-fill layer to cover the first stacked die and the second stacked die; forming a first molding layer to cover the re-fill layer and configure an intermediate semiconductor device comprising the base wafer, the first stacked die, the second stacked die, the re-fill layer, and the first molding layer; and dicing the intermediate semiconductor device along the scribing portion to separate the first stacked die and the second stacked die, the re-fill layer, the first molding layer, and the base wafer.
US11646291B2
A method for calibrating a second bonding machine based on a calibrated first bonding machine is disclosed. The first bonding machine includes a first ultrasonic transducer. The second bonding machine includes a second ultrasonic transducer and a power supply. The method includes providing a first electrical calibration supply that causes the first ultrasonic transducer to oscillate at a first calibration amplitude when it is damped by a mechanical damping, providing a second electrical calibration supply that causes the second ultrasonic transducer to oscillate at the same calibration amplitude when it is damped by the same mechanical damping. The second bonding machine is adapted to modify a second control signal based on a first electrical parameter of the first electrical calibration supply and on a second electrical parameter of the second electrical calibration supply in order to generate a modified second control signal, provide the modified second control signal to the power supply in order to cause the second power supply to generate a second electrical supply, and provide the second electrical supply to the second ultrasonic transducer.
US11646289B2
The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device and a process for making the same. According to the process, a precursor wafer, which includes device regions, individual interfacial layers, individual p-type doped layers, and a silicon handle substrate, is firstly provided. Each individual interfacial layer is over an active layer of a corresponding device region, each individual p-type doped layer is over a corresponding individual interfacial layer, and the silicon handle substrate is over each individual p-type doped layer. Herein, each individual interfacial layer is formed of SiGe, and each individual p-type doped layer is a silicon layer doped with a p-type material that has a doped concentration greater than 1E18cm-3. Next, the silicon handle substrate is completely removed to provide an etched wafer, and each individual p-type doped layer is completely removed from the etched wafer.
US11646287B2
A semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a wiring, a semiconductor chip and a resin layer. The wiring is provided on the insulating substrate. The wiring board includes (i) an insulating material and (ii) a pad exposed relative to the insulating material and electrically connected to the wiring. A height of the insulating material in a vertical direction of the wiring board varies along the wiring board. The semiconductor chip includes a bump connected to the pad on a first surface of the semiconductor chip. The resin layer covers a periphery of the bump between the wiring board and the semiconductor chip.
US11646286B2
Solder joints comprising two different solder materials having different melting points, an outer solder material extending over an inner solder material bonded to a conductive pad, the inner solder material having a lower melting point than a melting point of the outer solder material and being in a solid state at substantially ambient temperature. A metal material having a higher melting point than a melting point of either solder material may coat at least a portion of the inner solder material. Microelectronic components, assemblies and electronic systems incorporating the solder joints, as well as processes for forming and repairing the solder joints are also disclosed.
US11646282B2
A bonded assembly includes a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die includes first metallic bonding pads embedded in first dielectric material layers, the second semiconductor die includes second metallic bonding pads embedded in second dielectric material layers, the first metallic bonding pads are bonded to a respective one of the second metallic bonding pads; and each of the first metallic bonding pads includes a corrosion barrier layer containing an alloy of a primary bonding metal and at least one corrosion-suppressing element that is different from the primary bonding metal.
US11646276B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a detection circuit for a laser fault injection attack on a chip and a security chip. The detection circuit includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first switch, a second switch, a photosensitive element, a first NMOS transistor, and a second NMOS transistor. A drain of the first NMOS transistor is configured to output a first voltage signal, and a drain of the second NMOS transistor is configured to output a second voltage signal. The first voltage signal and the second voltage signal are configured to indicate that the chip is attacked by laser fault injection, thereby realizing detection of the laser fault injection attack, and ensuring the robustness and security of the chips.
US11646256B2
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided whereby an interposer and a first semiconductor device are placed onto a carrier substrate and encapsulated. The interposer comprises a first portion and conductive pillars extending away from the first portion. A redistribution layer located on a first side of the encapsulant electrically connects the conductive pillars to the first semiconductor device.
US11646252B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a connection element configured to mechanically and electrically couple the semiconductor device to a circuit board, wherein the connection element is electrically coupled to the semiconductor chip and arranged in a mounting plane of the semiconductor device, and the semiconductor chip is mounted on the connection element. The semiconductor device further includes an extension element mechanically coupled to the connection element and extending in a direction out of the mounting plane, wherein the extension element is configured for air cooling.
US11646233B2
The present application provides a method for manufacturing a fin field-effect transistor, comprising steps of: forming a plurality of strip fins and dummy gates on a substrate, wherein side walls are formed on both sides of the dummy gate; forming a source or a drain on the plurality of strip fins; depositing an interlayer dielectric layer, and performing chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) on the interlayer dielectric layer to expose the top surfaces of the dummy gates; forming a single diffusion break in a single diffusion region; and replacing the dummy gates other than the dummy gate in the single diffusion region with metal gates.
US11646229B2
A processing method of a device wafer includes a mask coating step of coating a front surface of the device wafer with a water-soluble resin, a mask forming step of applying a laser beam along each division line, forming a groove, and removing a protective mask and a functional layer to expose a substrate, a plasma etching step of forming a division groove that divides the substrate along the groove by supplying a gas in a plasma condition, an expanding step of expanding a protective tape in a plane direction to expand a width of the division groove, an adhesive film dividing step of applying a laser beam along the division groove to divide the adhesive film that has been exposed due to the formation of the division groove, and a cleaning step of cleaning and removing the water-soluble resin.
US11646227B2
A method of fabricating air gaps in advanced semiconductor devices for low capacitance interconnects. The method includes exposing a substrate to a gas pulse sequence to deposit a material that forms an air gap between raised features.
US11646225B2
According to some embodiments, a semiconductor device may include gate structures on a substrate; first and second impurity regions formed in the substrate and at both sides of each of the gate structures; conductive line structures provided to cross the gate structures and connected to the first impurity regions; and contact plugs connected to the second impurity regions, respectively. For each of the conductive line structures, the semiconductor device may include a first air spacer provided on a sidewall of the conductive line structure; a first material spacer provided between the conductive line structure and the first air spacer; and an insulating pattern provided on the air spacer. The insulating pattern may include a first portion and a second portion, and the second portion may have a depth greater than that of the first portion and defines a top surface of the air spacer.
US11646222B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of storage elements formed on conductive structures and a cap layer located over the storage elements and the conductive structures. It further includes an interlevel dielectric (ILD) layer over the cap layer, where the ILD layer comprises trenches reaching a top portion of the storage elements, and via openings. The device also has a conductive material formed in the trenches and the via openings, where the conductive material makes contact with the storage elements and forms interlevel vias in the via openings.
US11646216B2
Semiconductor processing systems and method are described that may include flowing deposition precursors into a substrate processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber, where the substrate processing region includes an electrostatic chuck. The methods may further include depositing a seasoning layer on the electrostatic chuck from the deposition precursors to form a seasoned electrostatic chuck. The seasoning layer may be characterized by a dielectric constant greater than or about 3.5. The methods may still further include applying a voltage to the seasoned electrostatic chuck of greater than or about 500 V. The seasoned electrostatic chuck may be characterized by a leakage current of less than or about 25 mA when the voltage is applied.
US11646212B2
A substrate treatment device is provided, including a substrate holding unit holding a substrate and rotating the substrate; plural nozzles each having a discharge port and discharging a treatment liquid from the discharge port at a treatment position; a camera imaging an imaging region from an imaging position to acquire captured images, the imaging region containing the treatment liquid discharged from the discharge port of each nozzle positioned at the treatment position, and the imaging position being above the substrate held on the substrate holding unit and in a plan view, the imaging position being positioned at a central side of the substrate with respect to the nozzles and at an upstream side in a rotation direction of the substrate holding unit with respect to the nozzles; and an image processing unit determining a discharge state of the treatment liquid based on the captured images.
US11646209B2
A method of cleaning a wafer comprises: a scrubbing operation comprising treating a target wafer to be cleaned with a brush at a rotation rate of 200 rpm or less to prepare a brush cleaned wafer; and a cleaning operation comprising cleaning the brush cleaned wafer with a cleaning solution to prepare a cleaned bare wafer, wherein the cleaning operation comprises a first cleaning operation and a second cleaning operation sequentially.
US11646207B2
A method for forming a stair-step structure in a stack on a substrate is provided. The method comprises at least one stair step cycle. Each stair step cycle comprises trimming the mask and etching the stack. Etching the stack is provided in a plurality of cycles wherein each cycle comprises etching a SiO2 layer and etching a SiN layer. Etching a SiO2 layer comprises flowing a SiO2 etching gas into the plasma processing chamber, wherein the SiO2 etching gas comprises a hydrofluorocarbon, an inert bombardment gas, and at least one of SF6 and NF3, generating a plasma from the SiO2 etching gas, providing a bias, and stopping the SiO2 layer etch. The etching a SiN layer comprises flowing a SiN etching gas into the plasma processing chamber, comprising a hydrofluorocarbon and oxygen, generating a plasma from the SiN etching gas, providing a bias, and stopping the SiN layer etch.
US11646199B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to forming a sub-stoichiometric metal-oxide film using a modified atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a first precursor and a second precursor are selected. The first precursor can include a metal and a first ligand. The second precursor can include the same metal and a second ligand. A substrate can be exposed to the first precursor during a first pulse of an ALD cycle. The substrate can be exposed to the second precursor during a second pulse of the ALD cycle. The second pulse can occur directly after the first pulse without an intervening thermal oxidant. The substrate can be exposed to the thermal oxidant during a third pulse of the ALD cycle.
US11646187B2
A surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization method according to an aspect includes: a first process of preparing a sample support (2) having a substrate (21) in which a plurality of through-holes (S) passing from one surface (21a) thereof to the other surface (21b) thereof are provided and a conductive layer (23) that covers at least the one surface (21a); a second process of placing a sample (10) on a sample stage (1) and arranging the sample support (2) on the sample (10) such that the other surface (21b) faces the sample (10); and a third process of applying a laser beam (L) to the one surface (21a) and ionizing the sample (10) moved from the other surface (21b) side to the one surface (21a) side via the through-holes (S) due to a capillary phenomenon.
US11646183B2
Semiconductor chamber components are described herein that includes one or more conduits for carrying a fluid between powered and grounded portions of the chamber component, the conduit configure to be less prone to arcing as compared to conventional components. In one example, a semiconductor chamber component is provided that includes a powered region, a grounded region, and a fluid conduit. The fluid conduit is disposed within the semiconductor chamber component and passes through the powered and grounded regions. The fluid conduit has an end to end electrical resistance of between 0.1 to 100 MΩ.
US11646178B2
A controller of a plasma processing apparatus stores a frequency spectrum related to a first timing into a storage unit, controls a microwave generator to generate a microwave in correspondence to a setting frequency, setting power, and a setting bandwidth at a second timing, controls a demodulator to measure travelling wave power and reflected wave power of the microwave for each frequency, calculates the frequency spectrum related to the second timing on the basis of a measurement result from the demodulator, calculates a correction value for correcting a waveform of the travelling wave power for each frequency such that a difference for each frequency between the frequency spectrum related to the second timing and the frequency spectrum related to the first timing, stored in the storage unit, is small, and controls the microwave generator on the basis of the calculated correction value for each frequency.
US11646174B2
A method for calibrating a scanning charged particle microscope, such as a scanning electron microscope (SEM), is provided. The method includes dividing a wafer into a plurality of regions; preparing, on each of the plurality of regions, a pattern including a first periodic structure interleaved with a second periodic structure, the first and second periodic structures having an induced offset; determining an actual pitch the first and second periodic structures and thereby determining actual induced offset on each of the plurality of regions; selecting a plurality of regions from among the plurality of regions; measuring, by the SEM, a pitch of first and second periodic structures on each of the plurality of regions; and performing linearity calibration on the SEM based on the determining and the measuring.
US11646172B2
A charged particle beam apparatus includes a database that stores a to-be-used-in-calculation device model for use in estimation of a circuit of a sample and an optical condition under which a charged particle beam is applied to the sample, a charged particle beam optical system that controls the beam applied to the sample under the optical condition, a detector that detects secondary electrons emitted from the sample excited by the application of the beam and outputs a detection signal based on the secondary electrons, and a computing unit that generates a to-be-used-in-computation netlist based on the to-be-used-in-calculation device model, estimates a first application result when the beam is applied to the sample based on the to-be-used-in-computation netlist and the optical condition, and compares the first application result with a second application result when the beam is applied to the sample based on the optical condition.
US11646171B2
The present disclosure provides a method to adjust asymmetric velocity of a scan in a scanning ion beam etch process to correct asymmetry of etching between the inboard side and the outboard side of device structures on a wafer, while maintaining the overall uniformity of etch across the full wafer.
US11646158B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; first and second through electrodes penetrating the body, connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively, and including nickel; first and second external electrodes, and connected to the first through electrode; and third and fourth external electrodes spaced apart from the first and second external electrodes, and connected to the second through electrode. Each of the first to fourth external electrodes includes a sintered electrode including nickel, and a first plating layer and a second plating layer stacked on the sintered electrode in order.
US11646154B2
The present invention relates to a composite component including a metal component having a substantially cylindrical shape or a substantially annular shape, and a ring-shaped bonded magnet disposed on the outer periphery of the metal component, the ring-shaped bonded magnet containing a thermoplastic resin, magnetic particles, and rubber particles.
US11646153B2
The method heats the metal foil made of amorphous soft magnetic material while bringing the metal foil into close contact with a placement surface of a metal base such that the metal foil conforms to the placement surface, to crystallize the amorphous soft magnetic material of the metal foil into nano-crystal soft magnetic material. In the crystallization, the metal foil is heated at a heating temperature to crystallize the amorphous soft magnetic material, the heating temperature being higher than or equal to a crystallization starting temperature at which the amorphous soft magnetic material crystallizes into nano-crystal soft magnetic material and allowing a temperature of the placement surface to be lower than a temperature of the metal foil having temperature rise due to heat generated by self-heating during crystallization, and the heat generated by self-heating of the metal foil during crystallization is absorbed by the base.
US11646149B2
A coil module includes a first coil set; a second coil set, including a first coil body, a second coil body and an insulative separator disposed between the first coil body and the second coil body, the separator having an adopting hole, the first coil body having an open winding surrounding the adapting hole and fixed on a side of the separator, the second coil body having an open winding surrounding the adapting hole and fixed on another side of the separator; and a coil base sheathing the second coil set with exposing the adopting hole. The first coil set surrounds the adopting hole and is fixed on the coil base to form a coil module.
US11646144B2
A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body, and first and second outer electrodes. The multilayer body is formed by stacking plural insulating layers in a length direction, and includes a coil incorporated therein. The first and second outer electrodes are electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by electrically connecting plural coil conductors. The multilayer body has first and second end surfaces, first and second major surfaces, and first and second lateral surfaces. Each coil conductor has a line portion, and a land portion. As viewed in plan in the stacking direction, the land portion is not located inside the inner periphery of the line portion, and partially overlaps the line portion. As viewed in plan in the stacking direction, the land portion has a diameter of from about 1.05 times to about 1.3 times the line width of the line portion.
US11646142B2
This application describes creating, modifying, and bending electromagnetic solitons at large scales for the various applications. An electromagnetic soliton generator system controls the magnetic soliton such that the orientation, rotation rate, pitch angle, and magnetic field strength of the solitons are modified to provide the described standing waves and generate a magnetic flux differential.
US11646138B2
A superconducting magnet for producing part of a substantially toroidal field in a device is described. The magnet comprises: a set of conductors comprising one or more first conductors (31f) and one or more second conductors (32f), and a set of joints (33). Each of the joints (33) connects a region of a first conductor (31f) with a region of a second conductor (32f) to form a series of alternating first and second conductors corresponding to at least part of a winding of the magnet. Each of the joints (33) is positioned away from a midplane of the toroidal field. The joints (33) are positioned on alternating sides of the midplane. Each first conductor (3 If) passes through the midplane at a smaller distance from an axis of rotation of the toroidal field than does each second conductor (32f). Each of the regions is elongate and extends in a direction at least partly away from the midplane.
US11646131B2
A cable includes a plurality of substantially parallel conductors extending along a length of the cable and generally lying in a plane of the conductors, and a dielectric film having a plurality of pairs of structures, and folded upon itself along a longitudinal fold line so that the structures in each pair of structures face, and are aligned with, each other, each conductor of the plurality of conductors disposed between the structures in a corresponding pair of structures.
US11646130B2
A wire harness including a plurality of first electric wire members that each have a first flexible electric wire and a hard electric wire electrically connected to the first flexible electric wire: a second electric wire member that is a second flexible electric wire: a tube through which the plurality of first electric wire members and the second electric wire member pass: and a fixing member for bundling the plurality of first electric wire members and the second electric wire member, wherein: the tube includes a bend, and the wire harness is configured to achieve a first arrangement.
US11646126B2
The present invention is directed to electrodepositable compositions comprising: (a) an aqueous medium; (b) an ionic resin; and (c) solid particles comprising: (i) lithium-containing particles, and (ii) electrically conductive particles, wherein the composition has a weight ratio of the solid particles to the ionic resin of at least 17:1, and wherein the weight ratio of the lithium-containing particles to the electrically conductive particles is at least 3:1. The present invention is additionally directed to a battery electrode comprising a substrate and a coating applied to a surface of the substrate. The coating is deposited from the electrodepositable composition described above.
US11646112B2
An imaging and tracking device used for real-time health care inventory intelligence includes an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor captures images of inventory items stored within a furniture unit to which at least a portion of the imaging and tracking device is coupled. The processor processes the images captured using the image sensor to detect a physical retrieval of one of the inventory items from the furniture unit and to generate a signal including data associated with the retrieved inventory item. A software application running on a server device uses the signal to automatically update a database record associated with the retrieved inventory item within a database. Information associated with the updated database record is then transmitted to a client device in communication with the server device. The information may include instructions for rendering a graphical user interface of the software application at the client device.
US11646109B2
A user health profile is created at a personal food item customization system. The personal food item customization system receives a food item recipe including a plurality of ingredients, identifies at least one ingredient that includes a nutritional value that places the food item outside of a nutritional parameter range in the user health profile, modifies one or more identified ingredients in the food item recipe to bring the nutritional value of the nutrient in the food item within the nutritional parameter range, and generates a user specific food item recipe.
US11646107B2
A method and a system for generating medical reports based on medical images are provided. The method and system are characterized by carrying out an imaging examination on a target object; visualizing the image or the sequence of images acquired during the execution of the imaging examination; carrying out a report text generation step in parallel with the visualized image or sequence of images by using a speech recognition process; and saving the report text by associating univocally the report text to the visualized image or to the sequence of images.
US11646103B2
Contemplated systems and methods use high-accuracy in silico HLA analysis of omics data of donor tissue samples to so establish a transplant match database suitable for transplantation, and particularly stem cell and solid organ transplant, including identification of a donor tissue sample as being compatible with a recipient having a matching HLA type.
US11646101B2
A method for global mapping between a first sequence Xp and a second sequence Xg. The method includes receiving the first sequence Xp and the second sequence Xg at a computing device, wherein the first sequence Xp is related to measured raw electrical current signals and the second sequence Xg is related to calculated electrical current signals; applying a continuous wavelet transform (CWT) algorithm to each of the first and second sequences Xp and Xg to obtain raw CWT signals and expected CWT signals, respectively; extracting raw features and expected features from the raw CWT signals and the expected CWT signals, respectively; generating a context-dependent boundary BI around a previous warping path WI, wherein the previous warping path WI is calculated using a dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm that relates the raw features to the expected features and I is an index associated with an element of the previous warping path; calculating a new warping path WI−1 based on the context-dependent boundary BI; and identifying a nucleotide sequence associated with the first sequence Xp and the second sequence Xg, based on the new warping path WI−1.
US11646100B2
Embodiments of a method and/or system for facilitating characterization of one or more conditions can include: generating a set of target-associated molecules; generating a reference-associated set of molecule; facilitating generation of at least one spike-in mixture; determining one or more abundance metrics based on an analysis of the at least one spike-in mixture; and facilitating the characterization of the one or more conditions based on the one or more abundance metrics.
US11646095B2
Systems and methods to perform multiple row repair mode for soft post-packaging repair of previously repaired data groups are disclosed. The devices may have activation circuitry that includes a mode register bit or a control antifuse that sends an input signal upon activation. The devices may also include a logic element that receives the input signal and sends, upon receiving the input signal, a configuration signal that enables a multiple row repair mode.
US11646088B2
The present application relates to the technical field of memories, in particular to a flash memory programming check circuit, comprising: a memory cell, wherein a bit line is led out from the memory cell, and a pulse sequence signal with a gradually increasing voltage amplitude is applied to the bit line, so that during a high level period of the pulse sequence signal, the memory cell undergoes a program operation, and during a low level period of the pulse sequence signal, the memory cell undergoes a read detection operation; a pulse sequence generation unit used to generate the pulse sequence signal with a gradually increasing voltage amplitude to the bit line; and a reset unit used to control, when a programming control signal starts to be generated, a voltage of the bit line to drop.
US11646084B2
A memory device having an improved program performance includes a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and a control logic. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. The peripheral circuit is configured to program each of the plurality of memory cells to a target program state among a plurality of program states. The control logic is configured to control the peripheral circuit to apply a program voltage to a word line that is coupled to the plurality of memory cells and perform a bit line discharge operation of applying program enable voltages to a plurality of bit lines that is coupled to the plurality of memory cells while the program voltage is applied to the word line. Timings for applying the program enable voltages to the plurality of bit lines are determined based on the corresponding target program states.
US11646079B2
Disclosed herein are related to a memory cell including one or more programmable resistors and a control transistor. In one aspect, a programmable resistor includes a gate structure and one or more source/drain structures for forming a transistor. A resistance of the programmable resistor may be set by applying a voltage to the gate structure, while the control transistor is enabled. Data stored by the programmable resistor can be read by sensing current through the programmable resistor, while the control transistor is disabled. In one aspect, the one or more programmable resistors and the control transistor are implemented by same type of components, allowing the memory cell to be formed in a compact manner through a simplified the fabrication process.
US11646078B2
Numerous embodiments of circuitry for a set-while-verify operation and a reset-while verify operation for resistive random access memory cells are disclosed. In one embodiment, a set-while-verify circuit for performing a set operation on a selected RRAM cell in the array applies a combination of voltages or current to a bit line, word line, and source line associated with the selected RRAM cell and stops said applying when the set operation is complete. In another embodiment, a reset-while-verify circuit for performing a reset operation on a selected RRAM cell in the array applies a combination of voltages or current to a bit line, word line, and source line associated with the selected RRAM cell and stops said applying when the reset operation is complete.
US11646074B2
An electronic device includes a memory device receiving a power supply voltage, a data strobe signal, and a data signal, and a system-on-chip that exchanges data with the memory device using the data strobe signal and the data signal. The system-on-chip performs write training that measures a magnitude of a delay of the data strobe signal due to variation in the level of the power supply voltage and adjusts a delay of the data signal using a result of the write training.
US11646072B2
An electronic device includes an intelligent refresh control circuit generating an intelligent refresh pulse with a pulse that has a generation period that is adjusted based on the number of generations of an auto refresh signal during an intelligent refresh operation, and an internal refresh signal generation circuit outputting one of a self-refresh pulse including a pulse that is periodically generated by an enable signal during a self-refresh operation and the intelligent refresh pulse as an internal refresh signal.
US11646069B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure is disclosed. A substrate having a logic device region and a memory device region is provided. A first dielectric layer is formed on the substrate. Plural memory stack structures are formed on the first dielectric layer on the memory device region. An insulating layer is formed and conformally covers the memory stack structures and the first dielectric layer. An etching back process is performed to remove a portion of the insulating layer without exposing any portion of the memory stack structures. After the etching back process, a second dielectric layer is formed on the insulating layer and completely fills the spaces between the memory stack structures.
US11646068B2
A memory controller may include: a request checker identifying memory devices corresponding to requests received from a host among the plurality of memory devices and generating device information on the identified memory devices to perform operations corresponding to the requests; a dummy manager outputting a request for controlling a dummy pulse to be applied to channels of selected memory devices according to the device information among the plurality of channels; and a dummy pulse generator sequentially applying the dummy pulse to the channels coupled to the selected memory devices, based on the request for controlling the dummy pulse. A memory controller may include an idle time monitor outputting an idle time interval of the memory device and a clock signal generator generating a clock signal based on the idle time interval and outputting the clock signal to the memory device through the channel to perform a current operation.
US11646066B2
A memory controller includes a command processor. When an access command is performed by the memory controller, the command processor generates a row address information to the memory before issuing an active command to the memory. The row address information and the active command are issued by the command processor based on the access command.
US11646065B2
An apparatus has a controller and an array of memory cells, including a first section comprising a plurality of rows and a second section comprising a plurality of rows. The controller configured to, in association with wear leveling, transfer data stored in a first row of the first section from the first row to a register, transfer the data from the register to a destination row of the second section while data in a second row of the first section is being sensed.
US11646064B2
Provided are a page buffer and a memory device including the same. A memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; and a page buffer circuit including page buffer units in a first horizontal direction, the page buffer units being connected to the memory cells via bit lines, and cache latches in the first horizontal direction, the cache latches corresponding to the page buffer units, wherein each of the page buffer units includes one or more pass transistors connected to a sensing node of each of the plurality of page buffer units, the sensing node electrically connected to a corresponding bit line. Each sensing node included in each of the page buffer units and the combined sensing node are electrically connected to each other through the pass transistors.
US11646063B2
It is an object of the disclosed technique to provide a novel method and system for shared concurrent access to a memory cell. In accordance with the disclosed technique, there is thus provided a system for shared concurrent access to a memory cell, which includes at least one shared memory cell, an evaluator and a plurality of processing agents coupled to the input of the evaluator. The evaluator is further coupled with the at least one memory cell. The evaluator is configured to evaluate an expression for performing multiple concurrent composite assignments on the at least one shared memory cell. The evaluator further allows each of the plurality of processing agents to perform concurrent composite assignments on the at least one shared memory cell. The composite assignments do not include a read operation of the at least one shared memory cell by the plurality of processing agents.
US11646055B1
A hard disk drive comprises a carriage assembly that comprises a carriage-arm tip with a swaging hole centered about a swaging axis. A first head-gimbal assembly comprises a tension baseplate on a first side of the carriage-arm tip with a tension swage boss located within the swaging hole. A second head-gimbal assembly comprises a compression baseplate on a second side of the carriage-arm tip with a compression swage boss located with the swaging hole. The tension swage boss comprises an uppercut that extends radially outward, away from the swaging axis, from a first backbore diameter to a second backbore diameter and a tension-boss undercut that extends radially outward, away from the swaging axis, from a tension-boss outer diameter to a first undercut diameter. The compression swage boss comprises a compression-boss undercut that extends radially outward, away from the swaging axis, from a compression-boss outer diameter to a second undercut diameter.
US11646041B2
A method for decoding an encoded audio bitstream is disclosed. The method includes receiving the encoded audio bitstream and decoding the audio data to generate a decoded lowband audio signal. The method further includes extracting high frequency reconstruction metadata and filtering the decoded lowband audio signal with an analysis filterbank to generate a filtered lowband audio signal. The method also includes extracting a flag indicating whether either spectral translation or harmonic transposition is to be performed on the audio data and regenerating a highband portion of the audio signal using the filtered lowband audio signal and the high frequency reconstruction metadata in accordance with the flag.
US11646039B2
At least a system or a method is provided for remote delivery or collection of a device such as an audio collection device. For example, a device comprising an aperture collection and retrieval pin is provided. An apparatus is provided having an aperture receiver, an aperture drive gear and a drive motor. The drive motor is configured to drive the aperture drive gear to open or close the aperture receiver of the apparatus for retrieving or releasing the device comprising the aperture collection pin.
US11646029B2
The present disclosure is generally related to a data processing system to selectively invoke applications for execution. A data processing system can receive an input audio signal and can parse the input audio signal to identify a command. The data processing system can identify a first functionality of a first digital assistant application hosted on the data processing system in the vehicle and a second functionality of a second digital assistant application accessible via a client device. The data processing system can determine that one of the first functionality or the second functionality supports the command. The data processing system can select one of the first digital assistant application or the second digital assistant application based on the determination. The data processing system invoke one of the first digital assistant application or the second digital assistant application based on the selection.
US11646028B2
Systems, methods, and devices of a voice-directed inspection system that supports multiple inspectors in the inspection of business assets are described. Inspection plans for large and complex business assets can involve several steps. It is advantageous to split large inspection plans into non-overlapping sections to allow multiple inspectors to perform concurrent inspections. Such sectionalizing is also useful in training new inspectors.
US11646020B2
A method for managing electronic communication notifications includes responsive to receiving a communication from a first user, identifying one or more keywords in the communication based on a plurality of keywords associated with a plurality of queries previously presented by a second user. Determining whether the communication includes a reply to a first open query, wherein the first open query represents a question previously presented by the second user directed to the first user. Responsive to determining the communication from the first user includes the reply to the first open query, notifying the second user utilizing a first alert type for the communication from the first user that includes the reply for the first open query, wherein the first alert type is different from a second alert type for notifying the second user regarding a communication that does not include the reply for the first open query.
US11646015B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for summarizing a call. One of the methods includes generating text corresponding to processing audio produced during an interaction between two participants by executing natural language processing logic. The method includes identifying one or more topics by providing the generated text to a machine learning system, the machine learning system trained to identify topics based on text. The method also includes generating a summary of the interaction based on the one or more topics and the text.
US11646014B1
An ensemble of machine learning models used for real-time prediction of text for an electronic chat with an expert user. A global machine learning model, e.g., a transformer model, trained with domain specific knowledge makes a domain specific generalized prediction. Another machine learning model, e.g., an n-gram model, learns the specific style of the expert user as the expert user types to generate more natural, more expert user specific text. If specific words cannot be predicted with a desired probability level, another word level machine learning model, e.g., a word completion model, completes the words as the characters are being typed. The ensemble therefore produces real-time, natural, and accurate text that is provided to the expert user. Continuous feedback of the acceptance/rejection of predictions by the expert is used to fine tune one or more machine learning models of the ensemble in real time.
