US11975151B2
A patient interface includes a plenum chamber pressurisable to a therapeutic pressure, a seal-forming structure to maintain the therapeutic pressure in the plenum chamber, and a positioning and stabilising structure (PSS) to provide a force to hold a seal-forming structure on a patient's head. The PSS has at least one arm to be positioned adjacent to a cheek of the patient, and a strap removably received around the arm to contact a posterior region of the patient's head. The strap has a first coupling having a mechanical connector to engage the arm and limit movement of the arm into and out of the cavity, a second coupling spaced apart from an outer surface of the first coupling, and a sleeve being folded over the second coupling and positioned between the first and second couplings.
US11975145B2
An endo-tracheal catheter for use in an anesthetic procedure comprises a catheter tube to be inserted into the trachea of a patient, the catheter tube having a tubular wall defining an inner lumen for guiding a gaseous flow, and a connection piece which defines a chamber in fluid connection with the catheter tube and comprising a port for connecting a detection device to the endo-tracheal catheter for detecting at least one substance in the gaseous flow flowing through the catheter tube. An insert tube is received in the inner lumen of the catheter tube for guiding the gaseous flow through the catheter tube and/or a coating covers the tubular wall at a side facing the inner lumen for guiding the gaseous flow through the catheter tube.
US11975134B2
Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for providing negative pressure wound therapy to multiple wounds are disclosed. In some embodiments, presence of blockage in one or more fluid flow paths connecting a negative pressure source to one or more dressings can be performed. Determination of a blockage can be performed based on comparing one or more pressure measurements to at least one threshold. The at least one threshold can be determined based on detected capacities of the one or more dressings.
US11975132B2
The presently disclosed subject-matter provides specific compositions, conjugates, device, kits and systems for depleting fibrinolytic agents from biological fluids. The presently disclosed subject-matter further relates to the resulting biological fluid products that are devoid in fibrinolytic activity, therapeutic methods and uses thereof. The conjugates comprise a particle, at least one linker and at least one amino acid, derivative thereof or analog thereof being at least one of 4-(aminomethyl)-cyclo-hexane-carboxylic acid (tranexamic acid), epsilon-amino caproic acid, lysine, cyclohexanecarboxylic acid and 4-methyl-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid. A plurality of different conjugates (e.g. differing in particle size or type of linker) can be used.
US11975131B2
A medical treatment system includes a disposable fluid circuit that includes a water inlet and a batch container arranged to hold a mixture, the mixture including water that is received from the water inlet and at least one concentrate. The fluid circuit also includes a drain line for draining fluid from the disposable fluid circuit, and a manifold with a plurality of fluid lines, the manifold connecting the water inlet, the batch container, a source of the at least one concentrate, and the drain line. A source of purified water supplies the purified water to the water inlet and a sensor detects a property of fluid in the disposable fluid circuit. A controller controls flowing of a first fluid followed by displacement by a second fluid causing the first fluid to flow to the sensor.
US11975130B2
A system and a method for renal replacement therapy includes a blood treatment unit connected to a blood circuit and a dialysis fluid circuit, the system further including a control unit configured to control the system according to control instructions during a treatment, so as to determine a system parameter value and an indication of membrane fouling of the membrane, and activate an automatic anti-fouling measure that includes a temporary change of the flow rate in the blood circuit and a temporary decrease of the ultrafiltration rate wherein a timing of the temporary change and a timing of the temporary reduction are synchronized.
US11975127B2
A breast milk collection and storage system and methods of use is described. The breast milk collection and storage system may include a milk container operable to hold and store breast milk for an extended period of time. The milk container may include a container wall with an oxygen blocking layer, a light blocking layer, and an inner surface that is non-adherent for lipids and proteins, a container opening surrounded by the container wall, and a foil seal operable to seal the container opening. The milk container may have low oxygen head space and a storage system to enable the rapid cooling of the breast milk.
US11975117B2
A dome-style light is provided for vehicles or other environments and includes one or more sanitizing feature such as light elements and/or a disinfectant dispenser. The light elements may be UVC emitting lights. The disinfectant dispenser may include a container or tank of aerosol or liquid disinfectant. The light includes a control unit for controlling the lights and/or dispenser at certain times. The control unit may receive an output for one or more sensors, such as detectors, for detecting activity in the presence of the light, where the control unit may prevent the illumination of the light(s) or the dispensing of disinfectant when activity is detected. The light may be retrofit into a vehicle for use in disinfecting a vehicle.
US11975111B2
The disclosure provides compositions comprising dactinomycin, formulated for delivery by nanoparticle, and methods for treating a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or cancer, for example, NPM1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML), by administration of the compositions of the disclosure.
US11975107B2
An aqueous composition for making dip-molded comestible hard capsules comprising a film forming capsule base material and one or more colorants each consisting of a hydrophilic coloring foodstuff concentrate.
US11975105B2
The present invention relates to a modified-release composition comprising orlistat and acarbose, comprising individually distinct parts with different release patterns: a) a first part, G1, comprising from about 5 to about 70% w/w of the total dose of acarbose, b) a second part, G2A, comprising from about 30 to about 95% w/w of the total dose of acarbose, c) a third part, G2B, comprising from about 10 to about 90% w/w of the total dose of orlistat, and d) a fourth part, G3, comprising from about 10 to about 80% w/w of the total dose of orlistat, and the total concentration of acarbose and orlistat, respectively, in the composition is 100% w/w.
US11975103B2
This disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising midodrine, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, desglymidodrine, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a combination therefore that can be administered to a human subject in need thereof in a supine position. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions which can be administered once-a-day. This disclosure further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an extended release composition and providing a delayed release period between about 30 min to about 12 hours.
US11975089B2
A composition for conditioning keratin fibers, comprising: (a) at least one (C10-C30)alkylamido(C1-C8)alkyl(di)(C1-C6)alkylamine and their cosmetic salts and their solvates such as hydrates; (b) at least one dicarboxylic acid containing at least one hydroxyl group, preferably two hydroxyl groups, the said dicarboxylic acid not bearing a cyclic group; (c) at least one oil from eater of C6-C20 fatty acid and C6-C20 fatty alcohol; The composition provides to the keratin fibers, in particular the hair, an improved disentangling, and smoothness sensory.
US11975088B2
A personal care composition is provided, comprising: a vehicle; a cosmetically acceptable oil; and a cationic polymer comprising structural units of acrylamide monomer; structural units of N,N-dimethyl acrylamide monomer; and structural units of monoethylenically unsaturated monocationic monomer; wherein the cationic polymer comprises <10 mol % structural units of multiethylenically unsaturated cationic monomer; wherein the cationic polymer comprises <30 wt % structural units of ester containing monomers; wherein the cationic polymer comprises <1 mol % structural units of ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing a moiety selected from the group consisting of epoxy, anhydride, imide, lactone, carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid and isocyanate; wherein the cationic polymer comprises <0.1 mol % structural units of a reactive siloxane; and wherein the personal care composition comprises <0.05 wt % water soluble, organic, ampholytic polymer conditioning agent. Also provided is a method of using a personal care composition.
US11975082B2
The present invention relates to restorative purpose acrylic dental composite filling material which are curable by light and are polymerizable, and which contains only β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP), nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC), hydroxy apatite particles/fibers/whiskers, AI—Sr—OF and AI—Sr—Si—OF and/or mixtures thereof as supportive phase system for conferring regenerative and antibacterial properties to composite filling materials, and relates to production method of said dental composite filling material.
US11975080B2
This invention provides a DNA comprising any of the following (a) to (c): (a) a DNA comprising any of the base sequences of positions 16 to 831 of SEQ ID NO: 1, positions 16 to 822 of SEQ ID NO: 3, positions 16 to 825 of SEQ ID NO: 5, positions 16 to 819 of SEQ ID NO: 7, positions 16 to 834 of SEQ ID NO: 9, and positions 16 to 828 of SEQ ID NO: 11; (b) a DNA encoding a polypeptide comprising any of the amino acid sequences of positions 1 to 272 of SEQ ID NO: 2, positions 1 to 269 of SEQ ID NO: 4, positions 1 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 6, positions 1 to 268 of SEQ ID NO: 8, positions 1 to 273 of SEQ ID NO: 10, and positions 1 to 271 of SEQ ID NO: 12; and (c) a complementary strand of the DNA (a) or (b).
US11975076B2
The present invention relates to antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) wherein a plurality of active agents are conjugated to an antibody through at least one branched linker. The branched linker may comprise a branching unit, and two active agents are coupled to the branching unit through a secondary linker and the branching unit is coupled to the antibody by a primary linker. The active agents may be the same or different. In certain such embodiments, two or more such branched linkers are conjugated to the antibody, e.g., 2-4 branched linkers, which may each be coupled to a different C-terminal cysteine of a heavy or light chain of the antibody. The branched linker may comprise one active agent coupled to the branching unit by a first branch and a second branch that comprises a polyethylene glycol moiety coupled to the branching unit. In certain such embodiments, two or more such branched linkers are conjugated to the antibody, e.g., 2-4 branched linkers, which may each be coupled to a different C-terminal cysteine of a heavy or light chain of the antibody.
US11975065B2
This document relates to methods and materials for making and using viruses (e.g., measles viruses or adenoviruses) having a reduced susceptibility to antibody neutralization (e.g., antibody neutralization by serum from measles virus vaccines). For example, recombinant morbilliviruses (e.g., recombinant measles viruses) having a modified H gene and a modified F gene, as well as methods of using a recombinant virus are provided.
US11975058B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11975038B1
A therapeutic composition including phenolic compounds derived from Opuntia littoralis (OL) includes an extract of Opuntia littoralis and lutein. The Opuntia littoralis extract can be formed by extracting an Opuntia littoralis plant powder with an alcohol to provide an Opuntia littoralis alcohol extract (OLAE) including the phenolic compounds. In an embodiment, the therapeutic composition can be effectively used as an analgesic for the treatment of pain, as an anti-inflammatory, as a treatment for immunological disorders, and/or as a treatment for oxidant conditions.
US11975037B2
The present specification relates to a composition for preventing, alleviating or treating burnout syndrome, containing a natural extract as an active ingredient. According to one aspect of the present invention, the composition contains a ginseng fruit extract, and thus is useful for preventing, treating and alleviating burnout syndrome. In addition, according to one aspect of the present invention, the composition further contains ginseng fruit and one or more selected from the group consisting of red ginseng, Angelica gigas, Cornus officinalis, Cervi parvum corni, and Nigella sativa, so as to maximize the synergistic effect among two or more ingredients, thereby exhibiting excellent effects on the prevention, treatment and alleviation of burnout syndrome. Therefore, there is an advantage of making individuals and society mentally and physically healthy since burnout syndrome can be prevented, treated and alleviated, by using the composition of the present invention.
US11975031B2
Described are macro-capsules and barriers that can be used to prepare therapeutic cell implants, methods of encapsulating therapeutic cells, and methods of using the encapsulated cells in the treatment of disease.
US11975030B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and compositions for treatment of lung disease, including at least chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In particular cases, fibroblasts (including activated fibroblasts) and/or exosomes thereof are provided to an individual for the treatment of COPD. In particular cases the fibroblasts are activated and/or express one or more particular markers.
US11975029B2
Disclosed herein are compositions, methods, and kits for use in treating hematopoietic malignancies, the compositions, methods, and kits comprise a cytotoxic agent targeting cells expressing a lineage-specific cell-surface protein and a population of hematopoietic cells that express the lineage-specific cell-surface protein, the hematopoietic cells being manipulated such that they do not bind the cytotoxic agent.
US11975025B2
A vector containing a first nucleotide sequence S1 encoding a protein Z1, a second nucleotide sequence S2 encoding a protein Z2, a third nucleotide sequence S3 encoding a protein Y1, and a fourth nucleotide sequence S4 encoding a protein Y2, in which Z1 and Z2 form a first dimer and Y1 and Y2 form a second dimer, in which the first dimer Z1Z2 is different from the second dimer Y1Y2.
US11975018B2
Described herein are methods of treating a subject that has been or will be exposed to radiation, trauma or shock, the method comprising identifying a subject that has been or will be exposed to radiation, and treating the subject with a compound that treats, reduces the severity or delays the onset of sepsis or reduces the likelihood of mortality in a subject upon administration of a therapeutically effective amount the compound to the subject.
US11975009B2
The present disclosure provides for a method of inhibiting the growth of a microorganism including contacting the microorganism with zinc porphyrin (ZnPor). The present disclosure also provides for a method of treating or preventing biofilm formation of one or more microorganisms including contacting the biofilm with zinc porphyrin (ZnPor). Further, the present disclosure provides for a method of treating a disease associated with biofilm formation in a subject including administering to the subject a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of ZnPor.
US11975005B2
The present invention relates to compositions, methods and kits for the treatment of respiratory disease. In particular, the compositions, methods and kits are particularly useful, but not limited to, the treatment or prevention of exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The present invention provides a method of treating or preventing a respiratory disease in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of casein kinase 1, thereby treating or preventing a respiratory disease in a subject. The present invention also provides a method of treating or preventing a respiratory disease in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of ALK5, thereby treating or preventing a respiratory disease in a subject, wherein the inhibitor is administered directly to the airway and/or lungs. The present invention also provides a method of treating or preventing a condition of the airway or lung involving fibrosis in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of casein kinase 1 or an inhibitor of ALK5, thereby treating or preventing a condition of the airway or lung involving fibrosis in a subject.
US11975002B2
It is intended to provide a novel method for treating a cancer using an FGFR inhibitor that exhibits a remarkably excellent antitumor effect and has fewer side effects. The present invention provides a combination preparation for the treatment of a malignant tumor comprising a compound represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and one or more additional compound(s) having an antitumor effect or pharmaceutically acceptable salt(s) thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising both the active ingredients. The present invention also provides an antitumor effect enhancer, an antitumor agent, a kit for malignant tumor treatment, etc. comprising a compound represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11974993B2
Provided herein are solution formulations of CX-011 and related methods for making solution formulations of CX-011. Also provided are methods of treating an inflammatory disorder, such as osteoarthritis, or cancer in a subject in need thereof by administering an effective amount of the solution formulations of CX-011.
US11974990B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds and methods for inhibiting the thioredoxin-thioredoxin-interacting-protein (TXNIP-TRX) complex.
US11974978B2
The invention relates to bismuth-thiol compounds and pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention further relates to methods for treating a topical wound, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a bismuth-thiol compound, wherein the composition is applied to the infection. Methods for treating microbial infections such as diabetic foot infections are also provided.
US11974964B2
A therapy system that includes a patient support apparatus and a pneumatic therapy device that is coupleable to the patient support apparatus. The therapy device may receive power and air flow from the patient support apparatus.
US11974961B2
An example of a system for providing emergency care to a patient includes an automated chest compression device configured to engage the patient at the patient's sternum to provide multiple chest compression cycles to the patient's sternum, an automated mechanical ventilation device to induce negative pressure ventilation, and a controller operably coupled to the automated chest compression device and the automated mechanical ventilation device and including one or more processors configured to control the automated chest compression device to cyclically perform chest compressions, and control the automated mechanical ventilation device to cyclically induce the negative pressure ventilation out-of-phase with the chest compressions such that the automated mechanical ventilation device cyclically induces the negative pressure ventilation prior to each compression of the patient's sternum.
US11974953B2
The subject of the invention is a medical device for foot support related to a mechanism for attaching a calf support of the birthing bed, comprising a calf support (3) connected to a foot support (2) and a ball joint (5) connecting the calf support (3) and the foot support (2), wherein the ball part (5) comprises a pin (6) of the ball joint (5), a ball part (7) of the ball joint (5) and a housing (8), wherein the ball part (7) of the ball joint (5) is arranged in the housing (8), the medical device further comprising a pressing element (9) and a pre-biased spring (10), characterized in that the pre-biased spring (10) is arranged between the pressing element (9) and the fixed part (11) of the calf support (3), wherein at the end distant from the ball part (7) of the ball joint (5) the pre-biased spring abuts to adjacent fixed part (11) of the calf support (3) and at the end near the ball part (7) of the ball joint (5) it abuts to the movable pressing element (9) which is connected with the control member.
US11974947B2
Medical devices and methods for removing a predetermined portion of soft tissue from a target tissue layer, thereby creating a channel between two side walls of the target tissue layer, are described. The medical device is a cutting tool comprising: an elongated round body extending along a longitudinal axis and having a uniform outer cross-section at a proximal side thereof; a cutting portion at a distal side of the elongated body, comprising at a distal end thereof a cutting edge of a first cross-section being smaller than said outer cross-section, and a distally and continuously decreasing outer cross-section; and a chamber extending along the longitudinal axis inside the cutting tool from said cutting portion, the chamber having dimensions enabling storing of the removed soft tissue portion inside the chamber thereby providing a validation to the channel creation.
US11974944B2
An improved eye drop dispenser apparatus having a suspension frame or tip configured for retention of an eye drop. The eye drop is suspended on the suspension frame by surface tension and adhesion forces of the liquid, with the suspension frame held proximate to the eye of a user or patient. The eye drop contacts the eye, with the surface tension causing the drop to transfer to the eye. The dispenser apparatus is configured to connect to an eye drop reservoir either by positioning into the opening in the eye drop bottle in a neck of the bottle, by positioning over the exterior of the neck of the eye drop reservoir, or by positioning over a pre-existing dispenser tip of the eye drop reservoir.
US11974938B2
An ostomy system includes an ostomy appliance, a monitor device, and a docking station for docking the monitor device to the docking station.
US11974926B2
The improved endoprosthetic device surface treatment encourages soft tissue attachment thereto. A porous mesh surface treatment creates on an outer surface of the endoprosthetic device a three-dimensional surface structure similar to cancellous bone. Suture attachment features are provided at various locations around the treated surface structure to initially affix a vascularized soft tissue to the treated surface. As the patient heals the soft tissue grows and infiltrates the porous mesh surface to achieve an attachment strength substantially equal to the surrounding tissue.
US11974923B1
The present invention is directed to a method of penile prosthesis implantation that is minimally invasive, particularly in comparison to traditional methods of penile prosthesis implantation. The implantation method utilizes image guidance and a catheter deployment system for implanting a penile prothesis into the corporal body of a penis of a patient. More specifically, the implantation method may utilize the Seldinger technique and/or a modified Seldinger technique for implanting the prothesis. The method of implantation may result in more accurate placement, better cosmetic results, faster healing, and less likelihood for infections and other complications.
US11974922B2
Valve devices, methods of making valve devices, and methods of treating various venous-related conditions, disorders and/or diseases are described. In one embodiment, a valve device includes an expandable support frame and a bioprosthetic valve attached to the support frame. The bioprosthetic valve comprises a leaflet and a contiguous wall portion harvested from a multi-leaflet xenogeneic valve. The contiguous wall portion includes the attachment region where the leaflets attaches to the vessel wall and, in some embodiments, includes the natural margins of attachment between the leaflet and vessel wall.
US11974920B2
A method of repairing a heart valve provides intravascular access for repair of a heart valve through a ventricular trans-septal approach. An external guide catheter can be inserted through a vein of a patient into the right ventricle via the right atrium. An internal guide catheter can be inserted through the external guide and can provide access to the septum for a puncture tool to create an opening through the septum to the left ventricle. The internal guide can then be advanced into the left ventricle and used to guide a deployment catheter that deploys a repair device onto the heart valve.
US11974919B2
Delivery devices for delivery of a stented prosthetic heart valve. Various delivery devices include an outer sheath assembly including an outer sheath connected to a capsule that is advanced proximally to retain the prosthetic valve, which is secured over an inner shaft assembly of the delivery device. The delivery device further includes a bumper to provide a smooth transition of the capsule over the prosthetic valve during loading and recapture procedures. The bumper is expandable from a first position to a second position in which a distal end of the bumper is expanded to increase its diameter. The bumper can be biased in the second, expanded position so that the bumper automatically transitions to the expanded position upon retraction of the outer sheath.
US11974902B2
Apparatus for the application of topical negative pressure therapy to a wound site is described, the apparatus comprising: a wound contacting element for retaining wound exudate fluid therein; a wound covering element that provides a substantially airtight seal over the wound contacting element and wound site; a vacuum connection tube connecting a wound cavity to a vacuum source; and a vacuum source connected to a distal end of the vacuum connection tube.
US11974898B2
Palatal expander apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”) and methods of using and making them. The palatal expanders may include tooth engagement regions connected by a palatal region that is configured to apply force between the tooth engagement regions. At least a portion of the palatal region may be configured to have a clearance from the patient's mid-palatal region when the palatal expander is worn by the patient. The clearance between the palatal region and the patient's palate may decrease from the patient's mid-palatal region laterally toward the tooth engagement regions.
US11974897B2
Palatal expander apparatuses for expanding a patient's palate (“palatal expanders”) and methods of making them. The apparatuses may include a pair of tooth engagement regions connected by a palatal region. A detachment region on at least one of the tooth engagement regions may be defined by one or more first vertical cut-out regions extending from a bottom of a buccal side toward an occlusal side of the tooth engagement region. The buccal side may be more flexible than the occlusal side so that the detachment region flexes when a removal force to release the palatal expander apparatus from the patient's palate is applied to the detachment region.
US11974896B2
An orthodontic appliance including a shell aligner having a portion accommodating movement of a patient's bracketed teeth between a first position and the second position as elicited by force from an orthodontic braces appliance worn by the patient, related systems and methods.
US11974895B2
Dental appliances, materials, and methods of forming such appliances and materials for improved laser marking are provided herein including the use of a particulate material for enhancing laser marking.
US11974893B2
An electric toothbrush charging station platform organizer for an electric powered toothbrush system having an electric powered toothbrush and a charging station, includes a housing. The housing includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion of the housing includes a recess configured to securely retain the charging station, a power cord chamber to secure a power cord of a charging station of an electric powered toothbrush, a recess passage connecting a volume of the recess with a volume of the power cord chamber, and a power cord chamber passage. The lower portion includes a power strip chamber for locating a power strip. The power cord chamber passage connects a volume of the power strip chamber with the volume of the power cord chamber.
US11974890B2
The invention provides an excimer laser system including a means for authenticating laser probes to be used with the excimer laser system via radio-frequency identification techniques.
US11974887B2
A registration marker comprising a radiotransparent substrate and a pattern formed in at least two dimensions, which is disposed on the substrate and is optically visible. The registration marker also has a multiplicity of radiopaque elements, which are disposed in the substrate and are spatially arranged in at least two dimensions to provide a unique pattern.
US11974882B2
An ultrasound apparatus includes: a first display; a second display including a touch panel receiving a user input; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the one or more instructions to: obtain a first raw data and a first TGC information corresponding to the first raw data from a storage medium; obtain a first ultrasound image by applying the first TGC information to the first raw data; control the first display to display the first ultrasound image; control the second display to display the first TGC information and receive a user input for modifying the first TGC information to a second TGC information; update the first ultrasound image by applying the second TGC information to the first raw data; and control the first display to display the updated first ultrasound image.
US11974881B2
A system and method for providing an anatomic orientation indicator with a patient-specific model of an anatomical structure of interest extracted from a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound volume is provided. The method includes extracting the anatomical structure of interest from the 3D volume and generating a patient-specific model of the anatomical structure of interest. The method includes generating an anatomic orientation indicator including at least one mocked patient anatomy model of an anatomical structure adjacent the anatomical structure of interest at a position and orientation relative the patient-specific model. The method includes displaying the anatomic orientation indicator with the patient-specific model at a same first point of view. The method includes receiving an instruction to change a point of view of the patient-specific model to a second point of view and updating the displaying of the anatomic orientation indicator with the patient-specific model to the second point of view.
US11974880B2
Provided are an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus connected to wireless ultrasound probes and a method of operating the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a communicator connected with a plurality of different wireless probes through a wireless communication method by receiving pairing reception signals from the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes; a controller configured to control the communicator to wirelessly connect the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus with the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes and to wirelessly receive status information regarding the connected plurality of wireless ultrasound probes; and a display configured to display a user interface (UI) indicating the received status information regarding the plurality of wireless ultrasound probes.
US11974878B2
An ultrasonic coupling device. The ultrasonic coupling device includes a hydrogel wherein the hydrogel has a water content of at least 10 wt %; and a near field communication device.
US11974874B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for locating a target subject associated with an X-ray system. The X-ray system may include an X-ray source, a detection component, an arm, and a platform. The X-ray system may also include a first positioning component, a second positioning component, or a third positioning component. The first positioning component may be configured to determine a target point where a region of interest (ROI) of the target subject locates. The second positioning component may be configured to locate the target subject. The third positioning component may be configured to obtain location information of a target device associated with the target subject in real-time.
US11974872B2
The present apparatus, system, and method relate to reliably capturing multiple x-ray images for later combination. A radiation detection cabinet is positioned proximally to a radiation emitter. The cabinet includes a detector that is movable and may be locked into a plurality of positions. Indicia on the face of the cabinet provide an indication of radiation detection zones. The zones overlap such that images captured by the detector also overlap.
US11974869B2
A system and method for the placement of a portable x-ray cassette is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the system comprises a planar cassette element, a fabric, a collar element and a rigid sheet. The planar cassette element includes a hollow cavity disposed on a leading edge thereof and the fabric is configured to dispense from the hollow cavity, surround the planar cassette element and slide about the planar cassette element away from and toward the leading edge of the cassette element. The system allows for easy positioning of the portable x-ray cassette underneath a patient to be x-rayed.
US11974868B2
X-ray procedure tables with improved structural strength that enable radiation shielding and integrated medical device and monitoring systems. The design allows the incorporation of an integrated patient support structure, radiation shielding and associated devices and conduits for medical care in procedures that employ X-ray imaging. The X-ray procedure table may be formed from a sled table attachable to a pedestal, with at least one side member extending along a bottom of the sled table to add structural rigidity.
US11974857B2
A biometric sensor array system may include a skin contact layer, a flexible printed circuit board (“PCB”), and a plurality of force sensing resistors (“FSRs”). The flexible PCB may be positioned adjacent the skin contact layer and may have a connector tail. Each FSR may be positioned on the flexible PCB. The connector tail may be adapted to electrically connect the plurality of FSRs to a signal receiving component. The flexible PCB may be configured so that one or more of the plurality of FSRs may be trimmed away from the flexible PCB so that the connector tail is still adapted to electrically connect a remaining one or more of the plurality of FSRs to the signal receiving component.
US11974856B2
A wearable sensor for measuring a parameter of human skin is described and includes a flexible body comprising sensor components formed on, adjacent or within the flexible body and configured to generate a first signal indicative of the parameter of human skin; microfabricated processing circuitry formed within the flexible body, coupled to the sensor components and configured to process the first signal to produce a second signal; and an antenna, formed on, adjacent or within the flexible body, the antenna being coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to transmit the second signal to an external device.
US11974853B2
Systems are provided for generating data representing electromagnetic states of a heart for medical, scientific, research, and/or engineering purposes. The systems generate the data based on source configurations such as dimensions of, and scar or fibrosis or pro-arrhythmic substrate location within, a heart and a computational model of the electromagnetic output of the heart. The systems may dynamically generate the source configurations to provide representative source configurations that may be found in a population. For each source configuration of the electromagnetic source, the systems run a simulation of the functioning of the heart to generate modeled electromagnetic output (e.g., an electromagnetic mesh for each simulation step with a voltage at each point of the electromagnetic mesh) for that source configuration. The systems may generate a cardiogram for each source configuration from the modeled electromagnetic output of that source configuration for use in predicting the source location of an arrhythmia.
US11974851B2
In some embodiments, the present invention provides an exemplary inventive system that includes: an apparatus to record: individual's brain electrical activity, a physiological parameter of the individual, and iii) an environmental parameter; a computer processor configured to perform: obtaining a recording of the electrical signal data; projecting the obtained recording of electrical signal data onto a pre-determined ordering of a denoised optimal set wavelet packet atoms to obtain a set of projections; normalizing the particular set of projections of the individual using a pre-determined set of normalization factors to form a set of normalized projections; determining a personalized mental state of the individual by assigning a brain state; determining a relationship between: the physiological parameter, the environmental parameter, and the personalized mental state; generating an output, including: a visual indication, representative of the personalized mental state, and) a feedback output configured to affect the personalized mental state of the individual.
US11974847B2
An example information processing system executes a game application. The information processing system obtains user information for calculating information relating to sleep of a user, and calculates health information relating to sleep and/or fatigue of the user based on the obtained user information. The information processing system controls a game progress of the game application based on the health information.
US11974842B2
An implantable micro-biosensor a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a chemical reagent layer. The first electrode is disposed on the substrate and used as a counter electrode. The second electrode is disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first electrode. The third electrode is disposed on the substrate and used as a working electrode. The chemical reagent layer at least covers a sensing section of the third electrode so as to permit the third electrode to selectively cooperate with the first electrode or the first and second electrodes to measure a physiological signal in response to the physiological parameter of the analyte.
US11974838B2
An electronic device may include a PPG sensor including a light emitter that applies a current in a specified range and emits a light signal corresponding to the current and a light detector that amplifies a received light signal by applying one of a plurality of gain values, a memory that stores a plurality of sets of PPG models corresponding to the plurality of gain values and including a current value and PPG level data corresponding to the current value, and at least one processor electrically connected to the PPG sensor and the memory.
US11974832B2
Described herein is a multi-dimensional kineticardiography device (300) which comprises a sensor (320) having three accelerometer/gyroscope modules (320X, 320Y, 320Z) mounted in a support which positions it at the centre of mass of a subject whose cardiac function is to be measured. The sensor (320) outputs six degrees of freedom data as linear acceleration along and rotational or angular velocity about x-, y- and z-axes. The sensor (320) is connected to a processor (335) for transmitting the kineticardiography data obtained from the sensor (320) and the electrocardiography data to a mobile computing platform (330), via Bluetooth (350), for further processing and display. An electrocardiography data chip (370) is also present for digitising the electrocardiography data for further processing. The kineticardiography data provides rotational information which can be used to determine torque, rotational kinetic energy, rotational work and rotational cardiac power which have been shown to contribute at least 60% of the total kinetic energy, work and cardiac power values.
US11974831B2
An apparatus for estimating a core body temperature of an object is provided. The apparatus may include a heat flow sensor configured to measure a first heat flux from an object, a first temperature sensor positioned under a thermal conducting material and configured to measure a surface temperature of the object, a second temperature sensor positioned above the thermal conducting material and configured to measure a surface temperature of the thermal conducting material, and a processor configured to obtain a second heat flux by calibrating the first heat flux based on the surface temperature of the object and the surface temperature of the thermal conducting material, and configured to estimate a core body temperature of the object based on the obtained second heat flux and the surface temperature of the object.
US11974826B2
A computer-assisted teleoperated surgical system includes one or more manipulator devices and other components. A manipulator device includes a first link, a second link coupled to a distal end of the first link, a third link coupled to the second link, and an instrument actuator coupled to the third link. A joint that couples the second link to the first link defines a yaw axis. A joint that couples the third link to the second link defines a pitch axis. The instrument actuator defines an insertion axis. The yaw, pitch, and insertion axes are fixed in relation to each other and intersect at a remote center of motion. The instrument actuator may insert a surgical instrument along the insertion axis roll and may roll the surgical instrument around the insertion axis. The proximal end of the first link may be coupled to a repositionable setup structure, which may optionally be mechanically grounded to an operating room table. A user control unit includes a processor that acts as a controller, and user inputs at the user control unit teleoperated the manipulator device via the controller.
US11974812B2
Laser-Speckle Contrast imaging apparatus configured to assess and quantify motion associated with an object and, in a specific case of an eye—retinal vascular anatomy and hemodynamics and generate substantially contrast-free maps of retinal blood flow over a wide field-of-view at up to 590 fps and under short exposure durations (>50 μs), is applicable for diagnosis, study, and management of neurodegenerative conditions (i.e. mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease) and systemic cardiovascular diseases (i.e. athero- and arteriosclerosis, coronary artery occlusion, and hypertension). The apparatus employs a) a set of apertures substantially blocking light, delivered from a source of light to an illumination arm of the apparatus, from impinging onto an axial point of the front surface of the lens of the illumination arm, and b) polarization gating between the illumination and light-collecting arms of the apparatus. In one implementation, the apparatus is configured to allow for irradiation of the object with an optical field a degree of coherence and/or spectral content of which are varied delivered through the same optical train including the set of apertures.
US11974810B2
An imaging system for generating an image of a region of an eye, comprising: an ocular imaging device controlled by a control module to acquire, from a first viewpoint, a first ocular image of the region having an image artefact caused by obstruction from imaging of a part of the region by an object, and a second ocular image from a predetermined second viewpoint, which shows at least a portion of the part of the region that was obstructed from imaging during acquisition of the first ocular image; and an image data processing module for combining the first and second ocular images to generate an enhanced ocular image having an image artefact caused by obstruction from imaging by the object which is smaller in relation to the image artefact in the first or second ocular image, or no such image artefact.
US11974794B2
A subperiosteal syringe assembly for storing, containing and delivering bone graft material to a location within the tissue of a jaw for use in a medical procedure. The syringe assembly has a lumen body that is maneuverable within the subperiosteal tissue to deposit bone graft material at the desired surgical site. Embodiments include a lumen body that has a flat shape, such as an elliptical shape. A plunger is provided to deliver the syringe contents. The syringe may be loaded with bone graft material, and some embodiments may be supplied pre-loaded with bone graft material. An end cap seals the open end of the lumen, and may function as a septum that may be punctured with a needle to introduce a liquid substance, such as a growth factor, into the lumen where the bone material is stored. The syringe may be designed to incorporate surgical navigation and laparoscopic systems.
US11974792B2
Methods for correction of spinal deformities using bone anchors having one or more features configured to actively draw in and/or compact vertebral bone into an inner chamber. In some implementations, a first bone anchor having an inner chamber may be advanced into a first vertebral body of a spinal column. One of more features of the inner chamber may, as the first bone anchor is rotatably or otherwise advanced, actively draw and compact vertebral bone into the inner chamber. A second bone anchor may be advanced into a second vertebral body of the spinal column, after which a tether may be coupled between the first and second bone anchors to apply a corrective force to at least a portion of the spinal column.
US11974788B2
An orthopedic instrument, comprising a pair of pivotally-connected arms, extending beyond a pivot axis of a first pivot; a pair of feet mounted to ends of the pair of pivotally-connected arms; and a quadrilateral linkage configured to maintain parallelism between the pair of feet over a range of angles and to selectively alter a distance between the pair of feet.
US11974784B2
Bone anchor assemblies are disclosed herein that can provide for improved fixation as compared with traditional bone anchor assemblies. An exemplary assembly can include a bracket or wing that extends down from the receiver member and accommodates one or more auxiliary bone anchors that augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Another exemplary assembly can include a plate that is seated between the receiver member and the rod and accommodates one or more auxiliary bone anchors that augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Another exemplary assembly can include a hook that extends out from the receiver member to hook onto an anatomical structure or another implant to augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Surgical methods using the bone anchor assemblies described herein are also disclosed.
US11974777B2
The invention relates to a tissue receiving bag for use in surgery, especially laparoscopic surgery, wherein the bag comprises at least one tissue receiving opening for receiving tissue and/or an instrument opening, especially a morcellator opening, wherein the bag comprises at least one further opening into the bag, wherein a flexible tube extends from said further opening having a free end comprising an insertion opening for inserting an instrument into the bag, wherein the bag preferably is inflatable.
US11974776B2
An arthroscopic port introduction system includes an elongate hollow introducing needle and an elongate stylet sized and adapted to be disposed within the elongate hollow introducing needle together forming a single tissue-penetrating tip. The system also includes an elongate hollow enlarging shaft adapted to be disposed over the elongate hollow introducing needle. An operative tissue-penetrating length of the elongate hollow introducing needle is exposed beyond a distal end of the elongate hollow enlarging shaft. The elongate hollow introducing needle can be removed in a proximal direction from the elongate hollow enlarging shaft. An arthroscopic port sheath is disposed over the elongate hollow enlarging shaft and an operative tissue-penetrating length of the elongate hollow enlarging shaft is exposed beyond a distal end of the arthroscopic port sheath. The elongate hollow enlarging shaft can be removed in a proximal direction from the arthroscopic port sheath.
US11974771B2
The ultrasonic surgical device includes a power source configured to generate power, an ultrasonic transducer having a first resonant frequency, the ultrasonic transducer electrically coupled to the power source and configured to generate ultrasonic motion in response to the generated power, an ultrasonic probe configured to be mechanically couplable to the ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic transducer and the ultrasonic probe having a second resonant frequency when the ultrasonic probe is coupled to the ultrasonic transducer, and a controller configured to determine whether the ultrasonic probe is properly coupled to the ultrasonic transducer based on the first resonant frequency and the second resonant frequency.
US11974766B2
A treatment tool includes a first grasper and a second grasper. The first grasper includes a treatment portion that includes a treatment surface and an opposing surface, and a holder portion that is mounted on the opposing surface. The holder portion is formed of an elastically deformable material, and includes a first region having a first contact surface, a second region having a second contact surface, and a connection region that is arranged between the first contact surface and the second contact surface and that includes a concave portion. The holder portion is mounted on the opposing surface in an elastically deformed state such that the first contact surface and the second contact surface are in contact with the opposing surface and such that a depth of the concave portion is smaller than a depth of the concave portion is a non-elastically deformed state.
US11974764B2
A clot removal device for removing a clot from a body vessel, the clot removal device including: an elongated member sized to traverse vasculature and having a proximal end and a distal end, the elongated member comprising a longitudinal axis; and an engagement structure connected to the distal end of the elongated member, the engagement structure comprising a plurality of pinching cells connected to each other, the at least one pinching cell being configured to engage clot in an expanded deployed configuration and to pinch the clot upon actuation to the clot pinching configuration, a first pinching cell of the plurality of pinching cells being connected to a second pinching cell of the plurality of pinching cells such that the second pinching cell is rotatable respective the first pinching cell substantially about the longitudinal axis.
US11974758B2
A touch/orientation apparatus having, for orienting a saw template: an adjusting element, a moving element having a profiled indentation, a feeler that is movable relative to the adjusting element, a scale for measuring the height of the adjusting element relative to the moving element, at least one first stop formed on the adjusting element, and at least one second stop formed on the scale or acting as a scale and being provided and adapted to function as a resistance to the first stop. The second stop and/or the first stop resiliently deflects the respective other stop.
US11974756B2
Embolic coils with detachable segments that are separated by detachment capsules that are thermolytically degradable such that varying lengths of coil may be implanted into a vascular malformation to occlude same. The capsules are radiotransparent when compared to the adjoining coil segments to the location of the segments is easily seen. The capsules further include protruding electrical contacts that make positive contact with terminals on a delivery catheter. The terminals on the delivery catheter serve as markers so the relationship between the detachment capsules and the terminals is easily visible under x-ray.
US11974755B2
An occlusive implant with a backbone support structure can be delivered into a body vessel using a delivery assembly that can engage with at least a portion of the implant. The assembly can utilize an engagement member and an engagement socket or a catheter or sheath to removably couple the engagement member with the implant. When the implant is advanced to a target location in the body vessel, the implant can be released to restrict flow of a fluid through the vessel and/or promote occlusion of the vessel.
US11974752B2
Retrieval of material from vessel lumens can be improved by electrically enhancing attachment of the material to a medical device. The device can include an elongate core member having a distal portion configured to be intravascularly positioned at a treatment site within a blood vessel lumen, and an interventional element connected to the distal portion of the elongate core member. The interventional element includes a body that is expandable from a first configuration to a second configuration and an electrically conductive radiopaque marker coupled to the body. An electrically conductive lead has a distal portion electrically coupled to the radiopaque marker and a proximal portion configured to be electrically coupled to a current source.
US11974750B2
A staple cartridge is adapted to enhance cell migration towards a wound site when staples are placed in tissue. In order to enhance cell migration, the staples in the staple cartridge are adapted to create an electrical potential within the tissue in the area of a wound or cut line. More specifically, the staples are arranged in spaced rings, wherein the staples in the spaced rings are formed of dissimilar metals having different anodic indexes to create a voltage gradient in the tissue to enhance cell migration toward the cut line.
US11974748B2
A system and method for end-to-side anastomosis to an anatomical passageway is disclosed. The system and method are particularly useful in coupling an LVAD pump to an aorta. The system and method include using a tubular graft member having a skirt flange that engages the side of the aorta, a seating assembly and a flanged stent for securing the tubular graft to the side of the anatomical passageway. An assembly for creating an opening in the side of the anatomical passageway and an assembly for delivering the tubular graft is also disclosed.
US11974739B1
A staple apparatus can include a base member substantially coplanar to a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The base member can include a trapezoidal shape including two substantially equal length sides and two unequal length sides, the two unequal length sides comprising a first side and a second side with the first side being shorter than the second side and the first side being parallel with the second side on the first axis. The base member can include an aperture passing through a center point of the base member, a first indentation in the first side, and a second indentation in the second side. The staple apparatus can include a first pair of legs protruding from the first side of the base member and a second pair of legs protruding from the second side of the base member.
US11974736B2
Devices and methods are disclosed herein for accessing the hip joint. A first device can be securely attached to the capsule of a joint. The first device can tent the capsule to increase the volume of the peripheral compartment. A second device can be biased against the first device to pierce the tented capsule and create a portal. Devices and methods are also disclosed herein for distending the capsule of a joint. A distention device may access a portal established within the capsule. The distention device can expand the capsule by applying an expansive force within the peripheral compartment. The distention device can maintain distention of the peripheral compartment while other devices access the joint.
US11974735B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for retraction of body structures during spinal surgery as well as identification of nerve structures through use of a piezoelectric device.
US11974722B2
An endoscopic device includes a handle body operatively couplable to a shaft housing. The handle body includes an actuator for controlling a distal end of an endoscopic shaft extending from the shaft housing. The device also includes a pull wire attachment configured to operatively couple to a pull wire extending through the shaft housing and the endoscopic shaft to the distal end. Applying tension to the pull wire deflects the distal end of the endoscopic shaft. In addition, the device includes a pulling mechanism coupled to the actuator and having the pull wire attachment extending therefrom. When the pull wire attachment is operatively coupled to the pull wire, actuation of the actuator applies tension to the pull wire and deflects the distal end of the endoscopic shaft.
US11974705B2
A piston pump for dispensing fluid from a reservoir, an improved vacuum relief arrangement in which a passageway for flow of air from the atmosphere into the reservoir is provided at least in part through a piston-forming element of the piston pump.
US11974704B2
There is provided an endcap, connector, sleeve, and rod system lock designs that can be used to form a customizable shower caddy. The endcap can freely spin without axial movement. The connectors can support product holders at different positions along an extendable rod system. The sleeve can securely connect two rods together. The rod system lock provides a more secure connection between rods of the rod system to easily and reliably lock the rods to their desired combined length.
US11974703B2
An apparatus for a portable toilet includes a film storage compartment and a plurality of transport wheels. The film storage compartment is configured to store a liner having a tubular shape. The plurality of transport wheels is configured to transport the liner through a serpentine space. At least one of the plurality of transport wheels includes a high friction area and a hollow area.
US11974696B2
A method for covering an item with a framed cover is disclosed. A rigid tubular frame that is larger than the maximum planar dimensions of the item to be covered is constructed. The rigid tubular frame is built into a cover's opening makes it possible to find the opening, lift the cover evenly, place the cover over the item, rotate the cover to the proper position and drop the cover in an even manner and without snagging. In addition, the tubular frame can be made to fold so that the cover can be stowed away for storage in a controlled manner, and by folding the tubular frame on a larger size cover it makes it easier for the user to control the covers weight because its center of gravity is held closer to the user's body until it is properly positioned and opened on top of the item to be covered.
US11974691B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for preparing foodstuffs accommodated in a vessel (2), the apparatus including a steam-generating unit arranged in a housing (3) and intended for generating steam, a steam-feeding unit (4) connected to the steam-generating unit in a steam-conducting manner via a steam-supply line and having a steam probe (6) containing at least one steam-discharging opening, and a linear drive having a drive train (17) with an electric motor (18) and by means of which a carriage (10), which carries the steam-feeding unit (4) or a vessel holder (7), is adjusted in translatory fashion relative to the housing (3), wherein an overload clutch (28) is integrated in the drive train (17), between the electric motor (18) and a belt drive (13), in the form of a toothed belt drive, for adjusting the carriage (10).
US11974689B2
A cooking appliance, in particular a commercial cooking appliance, comprising a cooking chamber; a motor-driven fan wheel which is arranged in an area which is separated from the cooking chamber by a suction plate having a central suction opening; a heating device which has one, at least two heating coils and is arranged around the fan wheel; an appliance control, the appliance control activating the heating coils independently of one another.
US11974684B2
The present invention relates to an illuminated mailbox device primarily comprised of a mailbox, at least one solar panel, at least one address plate, at least one LED light, at least one motion sensor and at least one light sensor. The at least one solar panel provides power to the LED light, which may be located on the interior surface to illuminate the interior surface and the exterior of the device to illuminate the address plate which displays the address of the house at which the device is being used. The LED light is further activated by the motion sensor that is preferably activated when the front wall is in motion and/or when the light sensor that is activated by a lack of light during dawn, dusk or night.
US11974680B1
Picture hanging apparatuses and methods of use are disclosed herein. An example system can include a first frame having a plurality of struts arranged into a polygon, at least one of the plurality of struts comprises a receiver slot, the first frame being configured to be secured to a wall and receive a first picture; a second frame that is identical to the first frame, the second frame receiving a second picture; and a coupling member spacing the first frame with the first picture from the second frame with the second picture.
US11974679B2
Food orders are divided into components or tasks. Systems and methods of food order preparation communicate instructions for automated actions to devices to carry out the automated actions. A toaster operates to toast a bun according to toaster settings. A bun magazine operates to deliver a bun into the toaster. A condiment dispenser receives the bun from the toaster and operates to dispense at least one portion of at least one condiment onto the bun.
US11974678B2
A furniture restoration kit comprising a support board enclosed within a vinyl casing and received on opposite ends by a first and second rigid cuffs. An adjustable brace comprises a first and second brace arm each configured to connect to one of a first and second rigid cuff and a tensioning mechanism. A tensioning mechanism provides a connection between each opposite pair of brace arm and rigid cuff and is configured to exert an inward force reducing the distance between opposite rigid cuffs in order to flex the support board outwards.
US11974675B1
A seating element as noted herein, is attachable to a folding metal chair, the seating element includes a base portion having front, back, and side edges. The base portion includes an articulating shape from the front edge to the back edge including a convex arcuate rise and fall combined with a concave arcuate descension blending into a flat surface of the base portion such that the front edge of the base portion is lower in height than the back edge of the base portion. The back wall is disposed at the back edge and a front wall is disposed at the front edge. The bottom edges of the base portion are attached to descending outer side walls. The seating element is securable to the metal folding chair by engagement at least two of the back wall, front wall, and side walls over a seat of the chair.
US11974667B2
The present invention relates to a modular storage system for barrels. The modular storage system includes a base rick module, an aisle rick module, and an end rick module, whereby a plurality of each module type may be assembled to construct a rickhouse.
US11974663B2
A folding table includes a table board, a supporting frame, a folding module, two supporting columns and a pair of caster feet. The folding module is fixed between the table board and the supporting frame, so that the table board is able to rotate and fix on the supporting frame. The two supporting columns are installed to the supporting frame, and the caster feet are respectively installed to the supporting columns.
US11974654B2
A wearable pouch operable to hold at least one portable battery pack and other power or communications equipment. The wearable pouch includes a main body with a front side, a back side opposite the front side, at least one sealable opening, and at least one opening for at least one lead from the at least one portable battery pack secured within the wearable pouch.
US11974651B2
The invention relates to a system (10) for dispensing a product, comprising a dispenser that can house at least two cartridges, each of which includes a reservoir containing a base product, a first base product comprising at least 0.1 wt.-% particles having a density differential relative to the medium containing same, preferably of at least 0.5 g/cm3, in particular particles having a density greater than or equal to 2 g/cm3, and a thickening agent. The dispenser allows at least two base products to be dispensed in adjustable proportions, the viscosity of the first base product being preferably greater than 2 Pa·s and more preferably greater than or equal to 4 Pa·s.
US11974647B2
Nail polish remover product for toe or fingernails is applied to a painted or artificial nail and left thereon for a predetermined period of time to dissolve the nail polish and/or nail bonding agent. Preferably a color change occurs to depict the appropriate dwelling time to dissolve the nail polish. Certain embodiments include odor reducing components. Preferably the product is layered and includes an exterior odor impervious material, an encapsulated acetone or nail polish removing agent, an absorbent layer, and optionally a peelable backing, with the product being sized to accommodate contact with a person's nail.
US11974646B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a holder including a first surface, a second surface, a body portion in between the first surface and the second surface, and a protrusion. The first surface is configured to be coupled to a mounting surface. A magnet is disposed within the body such that a portion of the second surface is magnetically attractable to a first portion of an article. The protrusion is configured to engage a second portion of the article. The article being removably coupled to the holder when the first portion of the article is magnetically coupled against the portion of the second surface and the second portion of the article is engaged with the protrusion.
US11974645B2
The invention provides an apparatus for coiling hair having a working end with a plurality of spaced-apart, round monoliths. The invention also provides a method for coiling hair having the steps of bringing an apparatus for coiling hair into contact with hair to be coiled wherein the apparatus for coiling hair has a working end with a plurality of spaced-apart, round monoliths; and moving the apparatus over and through the hair in a circular motion.
US11974644B2
A configurable towel/bag assembly is provided. The configurable towel/bag is especially suitable for both acting like a towel and for converting into a bag orientation for holding items in a cool environment while still maintaining separate use of the towel if desired. The towel/bag assembly may comprise a first surface and a second surface. The first surface may be a moisture-absorbing surface (the “towel” surface) and the second surface may be a moisture-resistant surface. Preferably the first and second surfaces are permanently secured together; however, in one embodiment, the first and second surfaces may be selectively removed from each other for independent use of each surface. In one embodiment, a rough area of the apparatus allows for the scrubbing and cleaning golf balls and golf clubs.
US11974639B2
A connection arrangement for use with a wearable body harness has a first connector with a first fixed buckle configured to connect to a first portion of a first shoulder strap of the harness, and a first adjustable buckle configured to connect to a second portion of the first shoulder strap. The connection arrangement further has a second connector removably connectable to the first connector. The second connector has a second fixed buckle configured to connect to a first portion of a second shoulder strap of the harness, and a second adjustable buckle configured to connect to a second portion of the second shoulder strap. Each of the first adjustable buckle and the second adjustable buckle has an adjustment mechanism configured for adjusting a length of the second portion of the first and second shoulder straps by selective frictional engagement with the second portion of the first and second shoulder straps.
US11974637B2
Boots with fit adjustment systems that are configured to selectively adjust a fit of the boot on the wearer's foot by engaging the foot with more force and/or across a greater surface area relative to a pull-on boot that lacks the fit adjustment system. The fit adjustment system may adjust the fit of the boot without adjusting the external dimensions of the boot. The fit adjustment system includes an instep pad that is positioned interior of the external surface of the upper within an instep region of the boot, a lace that is coupled to the instep pad, and a lace adjustment mechanism. The lace adjustment mechanism includes a lace lock that selectively defines an adjustment length of the lace. Actuating the lace adjustment mechanism to reduce the adjustment length exerts a tightening force on the instep pad and draws the instep pad toward a heel region of the boot.
US11974632B2
Golf shoes having improved outsole constructions are provided. The golf shoes include upper, midsole, and outsole sections. The outsole includes a first set of arc pathways extending along the outsole in one direction. A second set of arc pathways extend along the outsole in a second direction. When the first and second arc pathways are superposed over each other, four-sided tile pieces are formed, and these tiles contain protruding traction members. In one embodiment, the tiles comprise a first protruding traction member, an opposing second protruding traction member, and a non-protruding segment disposed between the first and second traction members. Different traction zones containing different traction members are provided on the outsole. These zones provide improved multi-surface traction. In one embodiment of the outsole, there is no channeling and no trenching of the golf course turf. There is less damage to the golf course for a given amount of traction. In one embodiment, the tile pieces, first and second protruding traction members, and non-protruding segment comprise the same material and form a unitary piece. Preferably, the unitary piece is made of a rubber material. In another embodiment, a heel step region without traction members may be provided on the outsole. Additionally, spike receptacles and spikes may be provided on the outsole in addition to the traction members.
US11974630B2
An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure coupled to the upper. The sole structure defines a ground engaging surface, and includes a cushioning member coupled to the upper and an outsole coupled to the cushioning member. The outsole includes a central portion and a plurality of lobes extending outward from a periphery of the central portion. Each of the plurality of lobes is independently movable relative to one another.
US11974627B2
An apparatus and method for providing cooled clean filtered air to the wearer of this device while allowing them to remain inconspicuous and to do so using inexpensive easily obtainable filtration supplies.
US11974619B2
A smart mask includes a first material layer, at least one display, a first sensor, and a control module. The first material layer is configured to cover a portion of a face of a person. The at least one display is connected to the first material layer and configured to display images over a mouth of the person. The first sensor is configured to detect movement of the mouth of the person and generate a signal indicative of the movement of the mouth. The control module is configured to receive the signal and display the images on the display based on the movement of the mouth.
US11974618B2
The present disclosure relates to an article of clothing that provides storage, more specifically, a continuous tubular welt comprising a first open end and a second open end; an outer surface between the first open end and the second open end, the outer surface continuously separated from an inner surface so as to define a continuous interior volume and at least one pocket providing access to the interior volume.
US11974616B2
A wearable airbag device for protecting the hip of a wearer includes an airbag adapted to be worn around the pelvis and inflatable with an inflation gas. The airbag includes: an inner wall configured to face the wearer at airbag deployment; an outer wall opposite the inner wall and having a circumferential edge jointed with that of the inner wall so that the airbag has a substantially board shape when inflated; a contact portion disposed in an upper reach of a stream of inflation gas and configured to be deployed at a side of the pelvis; a protecting portion configured to be deployed in such a manner as to extend downward from the contact portion for covering an outer side of the trochanter of femur at airbag deployment; and a float-preventing means for preventing the protecting portion from floating away from the body of the wearer at airbag deployment.
US11974614B2
A shirt having a shirt body and a collar connected to the shirt body. The collar is convertible between at least a straight collar orientation and a mandarin orientation. The collar has a first end and a second end each having a slit. The slit allows a portion of each of the first end and the second end of the outer collar portion to fold to a turned under position relative to a base portion of the outer collar portion in the straight collar orientation.
US11974610B2
An electronic smoke comprises a puff detection sub-assembly module. The puff detection sub-assembly comprises a first conductive surface, a second conductive surface and an insulated ring spacer separating the first and the second conductive surfaces at an effective separation distance. The first conductive surface, the second conductive surface and the insulated ring spacer are housed inside a metallic can. The first conductive surface is electrically connected to the metal can by a first conductive ring which is disposed between the first conductive surface and a ceiling portion of the metal can. The second conductive surface is electrically connected to an output terminal through a second conductive ring, the second conductive ring elevating the puff detection sub-assembly above a floor portion of the metal can and urging the first conductive ring against a ceiling portion of the metal can.
US11974604B2
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a fluid-permeable heating element to vaporise a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a transport material to transport the substrate to the heating element and having a thickness defined between a first surface and an opposing second surface thereof, the first surface being in fluid communication with the element and the second surface being arranged to receive the substrate and provided with at least one hole extending into the material to a depth corresponding to at least a part of the thickness to define a formed fluid channel for the substrate, the material including a capillary material having elongate fibres, an average direction of the fibres is substantially parallel to the first and second surfaces, and the hole extends substantially perpendicular to the average direction. A method of manufacturing a heater assembly, a cartridge, and an aerosol-generating system are also provided.
US11974603B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices and cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridge comprises a mouthpiece having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the mouthpiece having an exit portal defined therethrough, a tank defining a proximal end and a closed distal end, the tank being configured to contain a liquid composition that includes a distinctive characteristic, and a heater configured to heat the liquid composition. The distal end of the mouthpiece is configured to engage the proximal end of the tank, and when the cartridge is coupled with the aerosol delivery device at least one feature of the cartridge, or at least one feature of the control device, or at least one feature of both the cartridge and the control device, provides a visual indication of a color associated with the distinctive characteristic.
US11974593B2
A system for processing foodstuff includes a drum and a conveyor for conveying foodstuff to the drum; the drum having a peripheral wall and at least one opening into which, in use, foodstuff enters the drum; the drum having a proximal extremity and a distal extremity; the drum being rotatable about at least one axis of rotation; whereby foodstuff may be tumbled for flavouring and/or seasoning the foodstuff; and the drum being removable; wherein the peripheral wall includes titanium or a titanium alloy.
US11974586B1
The present invention relates to agricultural marc, and food compositions incorporating such agricultural marc to improve the texture, flavor, aroma, mouthfeel, nutritional content, or shelf life of the food composition. In one example, the agricultural marc may be obtained from Chardonnay grapes, which when incorporated into chocolate can give the resulting composition an altered flavor and/or aromatic profile.
US11974582B2
Mollusc processing apparatus and related methods are disclosed. The molluscs have a first shell, a second shell and an adductor muscle attached to the shells. Multiple holders hold a respective mollusc by the first shell of the mollusc. A conveyor is coupled to the holders to move the molluscs between processing stations. One processing station is a shell cut station to cut an opening into the shells of each respective mollusc. Another processing station is a muscle cut station to cut the adductor muscle from the second shell through the opening in the shells of each mollusc. A further processing station is a shell detach station to detach the second shell from the first shell of each respective mollusc.
US11974580B2
Methods and apparatuses for crop cover skin removal are proposed. For example, a method can include receiving a bird in a station. The method can also include grasping crop cover skin of the bird by a pair of peeler rollers. The method can further include tensioning the crop cover skin by the pair of peeler rollers. The method can additionally include slicing the crop cover skin while the crop cover skin is being tensioned.
US11974577B2
A molding machine 1 is provided, which molds a gyoza wrapper by rolling a gyoza wrapper material lump. A first roller 12 rolls the gyoza wrapper material lump vertically downward to form an approximately elliptical semi-finished product. A direction changing device 30 including a pendulum 31 is positioned vertically below the first roller 12. The pendulum 31 includes a fulcrum portion 314 and an edge receiving portion 311 positioned closer to the central portion side of the first roller 12 than a position immediately below the fulcrum portion 31, which receives the front edge of the semi-finished product. When the semi-finished product is received by the edge receiving portion 311, the pendulum 31 changes the direction of the semi-finished product. A second roller 22 positioned vertically below the first roller 12 then rolls the semi-finished product vertically downward, so as to form a gyoza wrapper.
US11974568B2
A portable, ex vivo perfusion system for preserving detached biological tissue includes a receptacle for housing the tissue in a normothermic environment, a perfusion core to pump perfusate through the tissue via at least one conduit, at least one detection device to measure parameters during perfusion, and at least one parameter control device to maintain the parameter in a predetermined threshold. The system also include a controller with instructions to receive the measured parameters, compare the parameters to predetermined thresholds, and when the parameters are outside the thresholds change an output of the at least one parameter control device to get the parameters within the threshold and alert a user that parameters were outside the thresholds.
US11974563B2
An animal trap is provided that includes a plurality of posts and a net structure. The net structure is attached to the posts. The net structure has a width that extends between an upper lateral edge and a lower lateral edge, a first length that extends between a first lengthwise end and a second lengthwise end at the upper lateral edge, and a second length that extends between the first and second lengthwise ends at the lower lateral edge. The net structure includes a net and an upper cord. The upper cord is attached to the net. The net structure is configurable in a set configuration having an interior trap region. In the set configuration, the net structure has a first circumference at the upper lateral edge and a second circumference at the lower lateral edge. The first circumference is greater than the second circumference.
US11974560B2
A fishing hook holder for retaining, storing, and rapidly dispensing a fishing hook is disclosed. The fishing hook holder comprises a base, a plurality of slats spaced apart from each other disposed on a first side of the base, a gap formed between adjacent slats of the plurality of slats, and a biasing element disposed proximate to the plurality of slats. A backstop is disposed proximate to the biasing element. The fishing hook holder comprises a cover positioned above the biasing element and in attachment with the first side of the base. The fishing hook holder further comprises a sharp edge for cutting an object. A portion of a fishing hook is sandwiched by at least one resilient element and an interior portion of a third side opening, and a barb on the fishing hook is received by a fourth side opening on a fourth side of the base.
US11974555B1
A marine animal netting device for catching crabs includes a pole, which is selectively extensible. A net is pivotally attached to the pole proximate to a first end of the pole and a handle attached to a second end of the pole. A line is loopedly positioned on and selectively extensible from a reel, which is attached to the handle, through line guides attached to the pole, and past the net. A connector, which is attached to a terminus of the line, is used to connect a bait. The handle is gripped in a hand of a user to manipulate the net and the bait into a body of water to attract a marine animal. The reel is used to reel in the bait and the marine animal into a position over the net, allowing the user to raise the net to catch the marine animal.
US11974548B2
A method for determining the mated status of female fruit flies, focusing on determining the presence of spermatozoa in a sample fly's ventral receptacle (VR). The ventral receptacle is the organ where eggs become fertilized. The VR is the first and last organ in a mated female fly to contain spermatozoa. The VR is thus the most accurate organ for determining whether a female fruit fly has recently mated. The method is a squash method. The fly's ventral receptacle is isolated, and then squeezed so as to cause spermatozoa stored in the ventral receptacle to be released into the lumen of the VR. This permits use of a microscope to determine the presence or absence of spermatozoa in the female fruit fly, and thus the mated status of the female fruit fly.
US11974527B2
An irrigation and harvesting system includes one or more center pivot irrigation assemblies. The center pivot irrigation assembly includes a hollow shaft attached to an area of land; one end of a hollow member is attached to the hollow shaft, wherein the hollow member pivots around the hollow shaft, and wherein the hollow member carries irrigation water; a second end of the hollow member is connected to a wheel in contact with the ground, and the wheel is driven at a controlled speed; and a traction device including harvesting equipment is attached to the hollow member.
US11974518B2
A device for an for singulating grains based on a pressure difference comprises a chamber for receiving the grains, and a rotatable singulation element. The chamber is delimited in one direction by the singulation element and grains are transported from the chamber to a dispensing region by the singulation element. A first compressed air supply supplies compressed air to the chamber in order to generate at least one pressure difference. The singulation element has a plurality of recesses and the grains can be held in the recesses due to the pressure difference. Individualized grains are dispensed into a grain line in the dispensing region. A second compressed air supply is provided in order to prevent a flow of air out of the chamber into the grain line and in order to transport the grains through the grain line in an accelerated manner by the compressed air.
US11974515B2
An agricultural machine, in particular self-propelled and/or towed agricultural machine and methods for proactively controlling an agricultural machine to maintain a positioning of a boom coupled to the machine over uneven terrain are described. The agricultural machine includes a chassis that bears components of the agricultural machine, a data processing apparatus, a sensor unit for detecting an inclination angle of the chassis relative to a reference plane, and a detection apparatus for detecting a travel speed and/or a travelled route, per time unit. Proactive control of the machine is achieved using the data processing apparatus which is configured to calculate a travelled route, in particular per time unit, using a travel speed and/or to calculate a terrain relief using a travelled route, per time unit, and using an inclination angle of the chassis which changes or remains constant along the route.
US11974513B2
A method for a cylindrical device includes semi-helically oriented teeth, knives, or blades radially outward from an outer surface of the cylindrical device or rotor is provided. Each tooth, knife, or blade is part of a row of teeth, knives, or blades. Each row is oriented with an offset angle such that the spirally orientation completes angular offset of about 90° or less. The knives may have sharpened edges that are oriented to cut on different planes as the cylindrical device rotates. The knives may be held in place by holders that have configurations to oriented the knives at certain angles.
US11980104B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a magnetoresistance effect element including a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a second magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction, a third magnetic layer having a fixed magnetization direction and a nonmagnetic layer, the first magnetic layer being provided between the second and third magnetic layers, and the nonmagnetic layer being provided between the first and third magnetic layers. The second magnetic layer has a superlattice structure in which first element layers and second element layers are alternately stacked. The first element is Co, and the second element is selected from Pt, Ni and Pd, and the second magnetic layer contains Cr as a third element.
US11980095B2
A heat converter according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a plurality of unit modules respectively arranged in a first direction and a second direction that intersects the first direction; and a frame, which supports the plurality of unit modules, allows cooling water to flow in through one surface arranged in the first direction, and allows the cooling water to be discharged through the other surface arranged in the first direction, wherein each unit module includes: a cooling water passage chamber having first and second surfaces arranged to be spaced in the first direction, third and fourth surfaces arranged to be spaced in a third direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction, a fifth surface arranged to be spaced in the second direction such that cooing water flows therein, and a sixth surface from which cooling water is discharged; a first thermoelectric module arranged on the first surface; and a second thermoelectric module arranged on the second surface, the first thermoelectric module includes a plurality of group thermoelectric elements, each group thermoelectric element includes a plurality of thermoelectric elements, which have the same minimum spacing distance from the fourth surface in the third direction, and the plurality of thermoelectric elements in at least one group thermoelectric element of the plurality of group thermoelectric elements are electrically connected to each other.
US11980094B2
A compound useful as a host material in an OLED is provided. The compound includes at least one chemical group selected from the group consisting of triphenylene, carbazole, indolocarbazole, dibenzothiphene, dibenzofuran, dibenzoselenophene, aza-triphenylene, azacarbazole, aza-indolocarbazole, aza-dibenzothiophene, aza-dibenzofuran, and aza-dibenzoselenophene; wherein the compound is substituted by at least one R selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, spiroalkyl, partially or fully deuterated variants thereof, partially or fully fluorinated variants thereof, and combination thereof.
US11980090B2
A novel compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
US11980089B2
A compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
US11980087B2
A triarylamine derivative represented by a general formula (G1) given below is provided. Note that in the formula, Ar represents either a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group; α represents a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group; β represents either hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group; n and m each independently represent 1 or 2; and R1 to R8 each independently represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group.
US11980083B2
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor includes: forming an active pattern on a substrate; forming an insulating layer and a gate electrode layer on the active pattern in order; forming a photoresist pattern on the gate electrode layer; forming a preliminary gate electrode by wet etching the gate electrode layer using the photoresist pattern; forming an insulating pattern by dry etching the insulating layer using the photoresist pattern and the preliminary gate electrode; and forming a gate electrode by wet etching a side surface of the preliminary gate electrode using the photoresist pattern.
US11980082B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a manufacturing method of a display device, including: forming a pixel circuit portion overlapping a display area on a substrate; forming a first electrode that is electrically connected to the pixel circuit portion; forming a partition wall overlapping a portion of the first electrode; forming a dummy line overlapping a peripheral area surrounding the display area by using a dispenser; and forming at least a portion of an intermediate layer in the partition wall by an inkjet process.
US11980071B2
A display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a display region, a first connecting wire, and a second connecting wire. A first display region includes a first sub-pixel array, including a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in an array, and the plurality of light emitting elements include a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element. The second display region includes a first pixel circuit array, including a plurality of first pixel circuit units, and the plurality of pixel circuit units include a first pixel circuit (D10) and a second pixel circuit. The first connecting wire (151) is connected to the first pixel circuit and the first light emitting element. The second connecting wire is connected to the second pixel circuit and the second light emitting element. The second connecting wire extends in a first direction, the first connecting wire extends in a second direction.
US11980070B2
A display panel has a display region and at least one bonding region located beside the display region. The display panel includes: a base; and a plurality of conductive pads provided on the base and located in each bonding region. The plurality of conductive pads are arranged at intervals along a first direction. The plurality of conductive pads include at least one first type of conductive pad configured to transmit a direct current voltage signal to the display region and a plurality of second type of conductive pads configured to transmit a pulse voltage signal to the display region. A dimension of one first type of conductive pad in the first direction is greater than a dimension of one second type of conductive pad in the first direction.
US11980060B2
A display device includes a first lower electrode disposed on a base substrate, a first upper electrode disposed on the first lower electrode, overlapping the first lower electrode in a plan view, including a silicon semiconductor, and constituting a first capacitor together with the first lower electrode, a second lower electrode disposed on the first upper electrode, and a second upper electrode disposed on the second lower electrode, overlapping the second lower electrode in a plan view, including an oxide semiconductor, and constituting a second capacitor together with the second lower electrode.
US11980058B2
A display substrate, a preparation method thereof, and a display apparatus are provide. The display substrate includes: a base substrate, an active layer disposed on the base substrate, a first gate insulating layer disposed on the active layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the first gate insulating layer, and a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer and electrically connected with the first conductive layer; an orthographic projection of the first conductive layer on the base substrate does not overlap with an orthographic projection of the active layer on the base substrate; the second conductive layer includes gates; orthographic projections of the gates on the base substrate and the orthographic projection of the active layer on the base substrate have an overlap area; and the display substrate further includes: at least one insulating layer located between the first conductive layer and the gates.
US11980045B1
Provided are an organic electronic element comprising an anode, a cathode, and an organic material layer between the anode and the cathode, and an electronic device comprising the organic electronic element, wherein the organic material layer comprises each compound represented by Formula 1, Formula 2, or Formula 3, thereby the driving voltage of the organic electronic element can be lowered and the luminous efficiency and lifespan can be improved.
US11980042B2
A method for enhancing the performance of pentacene organic field-effect transistor (OFET): an n-type semiconductor thin film was set as a buffer layer between pentacene and polymer electret in the OFET with the structure of gate-electrode/insulating layer/polymer/pentacene/source (drain) electrode. The thickness of n-type organic buffer layer is 1˜100 nm. The induced electrons at the interface lead to the reduction of the height of the hole-barrier formed at the interface, thus effectively reducing the programming/erasing (P/E) gate voltages of pentacene OFET. The widened distribution region of positive space charges caused by ionized donors in n-type organic buffer layer effectively restricts the back-transfer of holes from polymer to pentacene, thus improving the performance of pentacene OFET, such as the P/E speeds, P/E endurance and retention characteristics.
US11980039B2
A semiconductor device including a second magnetic tunnel junction stack aligned above a spin conductor layer above a first magnetic junction stack, a sidewall dielectric surrounding the second magnetic tunnel junction stack, a vertical side surface of the sidewall dielectric is aligned with vertical side surfaces of the spin conductor layer and the first magnetic junction stack. A method including forming a first magnetic tunnel junction stack, a spin conductor layer and a second magnetic tunnel junction stack, patterning the second magnetic tunnel junction stack, while not patterning the spin conductor layer and the first magnetic tunnel junction stack, forming a sidewall dielectric and a polymer layer on the sidewall dielectric. A method including patterning a second magnetic tunnel junction stack, while not patterning a spin conductor layer below the second magnetic tunnel junction stack nor a first magnetic tunnel junction stack below the spin conductor layer.
US11980037B2
Described herein are ferroelectric (FE) memory cells that include transistors having gate stacks separate from FE capacitors of these cells. An example memory cell may be implemented as an IC device that includes a support structure (e.g., a substrate) and a transistor provided over the support structure and including a gate stack. The IC device also includes a FE capacitor having a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode, and a capacitor insulator of a FE material between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, where the FE capacitor is separate from the gate stack (i.e., is not integrated within the gate stack and does not have any layers that are part of the gate stack). The IC device further includes an interconnect structure, configured to electrically couple the gate stack and the first capacitor electrode.
US11980030B2
Three-dimensional (3D) NAND memory devices and methods are provided. In one aspect, a 3D NAND memory device includes a substrate, core regions, isolation regions, a layer stack, channel structures, and an isolation structure. Each core region is surrounded by one or more of the isolation regions. The layer stack is formed in each core region and includes first dielectric layers and conductor layers that are alternatingly stacked over each other. The channel structures are formed through the layer stack. The isolation structure is formed in one or more of the isolation regions, and includes second dielectric layers and third dielectric layers that are alternatingly stacked over each other.
US11980029B2
An erasable programmable single-poly non-volatile memory cell and an associated array structure are provided. The memory cell comprises a select transistor and a floating gate transistor. The floating gate of the floating gate transistor and an assist gate region are collaboratively formed as a capacitor. The floating gate of the floating gate transistor and an erase gate region are collaboratively formed as another capacitor. Moreover, the select transistor, the floating gate transistor and the two capacitors are collaboratively formed as a four-terminal memory cell. Consequently, the size of the memory cell is small, and the memory cell is operated more easily.
US11980020B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductor manufacturing, and provides a semiconductor structure and a forming method thereof. The forming method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate, where a surface of the semiconductor substrate is provided with a plurality of conductive structures arranged at intervals; forming sidewall dielectric layers on surfaces of the conductive structures, and then depositing sequentially and alternately to form at least two supporting layers and sacrificial layers; etching the supporting layers and the sacrificial layers to form contact holes exposing the surfaces of the conductive structures; and forming an electrode layer on surfaces of the contact holes.
US11979991B2
A display apparatus including an improved chassis and a manufacturing method thereof. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a chassis including a plate provided to cover the display panel and a coupling part on the plate, and stacked structures 3D printed on the plate coupled to the coupling art.
US11979978B2
Monolithic power stage (Pstage) packages and methods for using same are provided that may be implemented to provide lower thermal resistance/enhanced thermal performance, reduced noise, and/or smaller package footprint than conventional monolithic Pstage packages. The conductive pads of the disclosed Pstage packages may be provided with a larger surface area for contacting respective conductive layers of a mated PCB to provide a more effective and increased heat transfer away from a monolithic Pstage package. In one example, the increased heat transfer away from the monolithic Pstage package results in lower monolithic Pstage package operating temperature and increased power output. In another example, a monolithic Pstage package may be provided with an adaptive application-oriented interface and a multi-function pin that allows the same monolithic Pstage package to automatically detect and select between a relatively higher power information handling system application, and a relatively lower power information handling system VR application.
US11979977B2
A method for manufacturing a circuit board including: providing at least one wiring base board, the wiring base board comprising a first conductor layer, an insulation layer, and an alloy layer which are stacked in order, wherein a solder paste layer is formed on a side of the alloy layer, a part of the alloy layer is exposed out of the solder paste layer to form a thermal conductive surface; providing a core layer; and pressing two wiring base boards on two opposite sides of the core layer to form a sealed heat dissipating chamber between the thermal conductive surfaces of the two wiring base boards. The present disclosure further provides a circuit board having a heat dissipation structure.
US11979969B2
An electric fence energizer comprising an energy storage capacitor (2), which is able to be discharged into the primary (3) of a step-up transformer, the secondary (4) of which is connected to the electric fence, and comprising an internal electronic control device for controlling the discharge pulses from the capacitor (2) to the electric fence. The capacitor (2) is discharged into a circuit consisting, in series and in the following order, of a first electronic actuator (5), followed by the primary (3) of the transformer, followed by a second electronic actuator (6), the opening and closing of each one of the two electronic actuators (5, 6) being able to be controlled, and each one of said electronic actuators being able, during discharging, to interrupt the discharge pulses from the capacitor (2) into the primary (3) of the transformer, and then to permit said pulses.
US11979965B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a susceptor for chemical vapor deposition comprising a horizontal component with a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface is configured to support one or more wafers; a vertical component extending from the bottom surface of the horizontal component along a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal component; and a hollow region within the vertical component. Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a susceptor for chemical vapor deposition comprising a horizontal plate with a top surface configured to support one or more wafers, a vertical rod integrated with and perpendicular to the horizontal plate, and a hollow region within the vertical rod for promoting temperature uniformity across the top surface of the horizontal plate.
US11979958B2
Radar-based motion detection systems are widely used in smart home, smart building, and smart city area for automatic control. In this invention, methods, subsystem, systems, computer program are disclosed to achieve power reduction of a radar sensor by operating the radar sensor in a sub-sampling manner in an illumination control system. By combining the information related to the detection area and the state of a lighting device, the sampling frequency of a radar sensor is configured according the user scenario. A balance between power reduction and motion detection performance is achieved therefrom.
US11979956B2
An emergency converter device for lighting applications provides a supply current to a load device such as a lighting module. The emergency converter device has a printed circuit board arranged within a housing. A control circuit such as a microcontroller and a non-volatile memory for storing log data are arranged on the printed circuit board. An interface is configured to connect mechanically and electrically at least one of a status indicator light a test switch or a duration link select switch. The interface has a first connecting element and a second connecting element. The emergency converter device has a connecting means for connecting a data output terminal (USART_TX) and a data input terminal (USART_RX) of the control circuit to the exterior of the housing.
US11979955B2
A load control device for controlling the intensity of a lighting load, such as a light-emitting diode (LED) light source, may include a power converter circuit operable to receive a rectified AC voltage and to generate a DC bus voltage, a load regulation circuit operable to receive the bus voltage and to control the magnitude of a load current conducted through the lighting load, and a control circuit operatively coupled to the load regulation circuit for pulse width modulating or pulse frequency modulating the load current to control the intensity of the lighting load to a target intensity. The control circuit may control the intensity of the lighting load by pulse width modulating the load current when the target intensity is above a predetermined threshold and control the intensity of the lighting load by pulse frequency modulating the load current when the target intensity is below the predetermined threshold.
US11979952B2
A wall-mountable remote control device may be installed in place of an existing light switch and may be configured to transmit wireless signals to an electrical load device, such as a screw-in light-emitting diode (LED) lamp, to provide control of the electrical load device. The remote control device may comprise an air-gap switch adapted to be electrically coupled in series between a power source and the controllable light source, but may not comprise a bidirectional semiconductor switch for controlling the amount of power delivered to the electrical load device using a phase-control dimming technique. The remote control device may have a low-profile enclosure that is smaller than an enclosure of a standard dimmer switch, and thus may be easier to install in an electrical wallbox. The remote control device may comprise two parts including an air-gap switch device and a wireless communication device mounted to the air-gap switch device.
US11979949B2
Efficient Heating of a consumable containing tobacco (or other plant material) without combustion using multiple induction heating zones for smoke free release of pant resins for use with tobacco or cannabis, including utilizing a removable cartridge which may contain metal foil regions. The cartridge is placed removably into a guide wherein heating occurs in zones via conductive and/or inductive heating elements. Such heat being at a sufficient temperature to vaporize resins or oils on plant material such as hemp, tobacco and cannabis, for inhalation from the cartridge.
US11979946B2
A system and a method for a transient gateway, including a storage device storing a set of data, and a gateway engine coupled to the storage device accessing and updating the set of data, the gateway engine configured to share bandwidth and resources, across a plurality of organizations. The transient gateway organizes the set of data to act as a broker amongst the plurality of organizations. The transient gateway is configured to provide resources as a monetized commodity. The transient gateway provides protocols handling capabilities of its connected devices of one organization to another organization from among the plurality of organizations.
US11979935B2
A base station distributed unit receives, by a base station distributed unit, from a wireless device not in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, an RRC request message for a small data transmission (SDT) procedure, and uplink data associated with the SDT procedure. The base station distributed unit receives, from a base station central unit, a message indicating the SDT procedure. The base station distributed unit sends, based on the message, to the base station central unit, the uplink data.
US11979931B2
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Embodiments herein disclose a wireless network and methods to maintain a MA PDU session at a NSACF entity. The method includes determining, by a SMF entity, that a PDU session is the MA PDU session based on an indication from a UE. Further, the method includes indicating, by the SMF entity, that the PDU session is the MA PDU session to the NSACF entity in response to determination. The wireless network may maintain the count accurately even though the PDU session is a MA PDU session.
US11979926B2
Relay service is enabled between a residential gateway and a remote user. For example, a 5G residential gateway (5G-RG) may include a relay user equipment (UE) to enable relay service for a 5G core (5GC)-capable UE behind the 5G-RG to connect to the 5GC. The relay UE of the 5G-RG may provide a trusted/untrusted non-3GPP access network for L2 or L3 transport connection to the 5GC-capable UE.
US11979922B2
A communication device is a device in which a radio connection state with another communication device changes from an unconnected state to a predetermined connected state by performing a predetermined connection procedure. The communication device acquires predetermined information for transmitting data to the another communication device in the unconnected state. The communication device then transmits the data to the another communication device in the unconnected state based on the predetermined information.
US11979915B2
A method for transmitting data by an infrastructure equipment in a wireless communications network to a communications device, the method comprising transmitting by the infrastructure equipment a paging message; receiving by the infrastructure equipment a random access request, the random access request transmitted by the communications device in response to the paging message; in response to receiving the random access request, transmitting by the infrastructure equipment an indication of communications resources allocated for a transmission by the infrastructure equipment and transmitting by the infrastructure equipment an indication that the transmission by the infrastructure equipment comprises data to be transmitted while no radio connection is established between the communications device and the infrastructure equipment; and transmitting by the infrastructure equipment the data using the allocated communications resources.
US11979912B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may use easily detectable transmission parameters to infer difficult-to-detect parameters for communications with a base station. For example, the base station may provide the UE with multiple sets of transmission parameters, and the UE 115 may choose from among these sets of transmission parameters for the communications. In some cases, the UE may be configured with a reference set of transmission parameters, receive one or more transmission parameters that are different relative to the reference set of transmission parameters, and then determine to use the different transmission parameters for the communications. Additionally or alternatively, the multiple sets of transmission parameters may be specified for a certain uplink message (e.g., random access channel messages), where the UE selects the transmission parameter set based on one or more characteristics of the uplink message.
US11979911B2
Current 5G provisions for wireless communications do not allow for the differentiation of channel access by User Equipments (UEs) with different priorities. Approaches are described by which priority access for UEs in a controlled environment using frame based equipment (FBE), and in particular for different UEs or the same UE that has different configured grants. The approaches are particularly helpful for ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) UEs. In one approach, the UE performs a clear channel assessment (CCA) in an idle period before the fixed frame period (FFP), followed by a channel access priority test. In an alternative approach, the UE performs a channel access priority test before the UE performs a clear channel assessment (CCA) in an idle period before the fixed frame period (FFP). Other approaches include setting the fixed frame period length to different sizes for each UE, using a random number of skipped fixed frame periods, and the gNB configuring UEs with multiple semi-static channel access mode parameters.
US11979910B2
A method for transmitting data stream packets within a wireless communication network, includes the following steps: at at least one node: computing, from the signatures Si of the streams Fi to which the node has subscribed and for each of these streams Fi, reserved resources RBres wherein there is no collision, and resources RBcomp potentially in competition, wherein collisions are possible, checking whether the current resource RB is reserved or whether it is in competition, if the current resource RBres is reserved if the node is the packet transmission source or if the node has already correctly decoded the packet, transmitting the packet of the stream associated with the resource, if not, attempting to decode the packet of the stream and, if the decoding is correct, storing the decoded packet in memory, if the current resource RBcomp is in competition, applying a method for managing stream collisions on the resources where n>1.
US11979906B2
In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a first transmission in a first Channel Occupancy Time (COT) for a NR-U sidelink channel. The method also includes reserving, by the UE, a resource in a non-shared portion of a second COT and performing, by the UE, a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) Category (CAT) 4 operation at a start of the second COT, wherein the second COT is associated with the UE. The method includes performing, by the UE, a continuous transmission operation in the second COT based on successfully performing the LBT CAT 4 operation. The method further includes transmitting, by the UE, a second transmission in the reserved resource of the non-shared portion of the second COT based on successfully performing a second LBT CAT 1 or 2 operation. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11979902B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for high priority data scheduling in uplink bursts. Aspects provide a method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving one or more uplink grants scheduling a plurality of transmission occasions for the UE. The method generally includes performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure to attempt to acquire a channel for transmitting in at least one of the plurality of transmission occasions. The method generally includes determining one or more of the plurality of transmission occasions to transmit data based, at least in part, on the LBT procedure.
US11979901B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication that the UE is capable of supporting one or more channels of a first priority and one or more channels of a second priority, where the first priority is higher than the second. The UE may receive signaling indicating a search space set in a control-resource set (CORESET) that corresponds to grant candidates for scheduling the one or more channels of the first priority. The UE may determine a second search space set in the CORESET that corresponds to grant candidates for scheduling the one or more channels of the second priority. The UE may decode, within a search space of the first search space set, a grant for scheduling the one or more channels of the first priority.
US11979892B2
A computer-implemented method for managing radio spectrum in a cellular network including periodically analyzing a local spectrum utilization data to determine spectrum use levels at the local base station. The method may include periodically receiving, at the local base station, neighbor spectrum utilization data from at least one neighbor base station in the cellular network. The neighbor spectrum utilization data is associated with spectrum use levels at the at least one neighbor base station. The method may include receiving a spectrum assignment request from a mobile computing device and, in response, determining a spectrum assignment for the mobile computing device based on at least one of the neighbor spectrum utilization data and local spectrum utilization data. The method may include transmitting the spectrum assignment to the mobile computing device.
US11979886B2
Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of wireless communication, including receiving a configuration of one or more downlink control information (DCI) formats to include a single bit for a redundancy version field. The implementations further include receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating selectable redundancy versions. Additionally, the implementations further include detecting a DCI based on the one or more DCI formats including the single bit for the redundancy version field, the DCI scheduling a transmission. Additionally, the implementations further include selecting a redundancy version from the selectable redundancy versions based on the single bit. Additionally, the implementations further include encoding or decoding the transmission based on the redundancy version.
US11979872B2
A method of transmitting information, applicable to a base station, and comprising: determining a participating terminal group, each participating terminal UE of the participating terminal group sharing a periodic uplink transmission resource in the same grant-free uplink transmission period in an unlicensed spectrum; and determining shared grant-free uplink transmission configuration information for the participating terminal group, wherein the shared grant-free uplink transmission configuration information is configured to instruct each participating terminal of the participating terminal group to perform uplink transmission automatically according to a preset periodic uplink transmission resource in the unlicensed spectrum. A base station is further provided.
US11979865B2
Embodiments include methods, by a user equipment (UE), for receiving physical data channel transmissions from a wireless network. Such methods include receiving, from the wireless network, configuration information including: a first indication of one or more frequency-domain resource allocations for respective corresponding one or more physical data channel transmissions by respective corresponding one or more sources configured by the wireless network, and one or more second indications of further characteristics of the physical data channel transmissions. Such methods also include, based on the second indications, determining the number of frequency-domain resource allocations indicated by the first indication. Such methods also include receiving, from the wireless network, the determined number of physical data channel transmissions based on the respective indicated frequency-domain resource allocations. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a wireless network, and UEs and wireless networks configured to perform such methods.
US11979858B2
A method and apparatus for configuration of scheduling-based sidelink resources for (re-) transmitting sidelink signals during sidelink communications in a wireless communication network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first wireless communication node, includes: transmitting a first message to a first wireless communication device; and receiving a second message from the first wireless communication device, wherein the first message comprises first information of at least one first resource for sidelink transmission and second information of at least one second resource for uplink control information (UCI), wherein the second message is received from the first wireless communication device on the at least one second resource.
US11979850B2
A respective preferred installation height above ground level is determined for each of a plurality of locations for a subscriber module for receiving a radio link from an access point in a wireless network, the access point having a given height above ground level and a specified location, and the subscriber module being situated within a given geographical area including the location of the access point. The method comprises accessing elevation data for the given geographical area, processing the elevation data to generate a preferred height data file representing a preferred height for a subscriber module to be wirelessly visible by the access point at each of the plurality of locations and processing the required height data file to provide output data indicating the preferred height of the subscriber module as a function of location.
US11979840B2
A method and user equipment to select an emission power from a set of possible emission powers depending on their location relative to a base station. In a 5G development scenario, a massive number of user equipment will be deployed. The data exchanged by this user equipment is mainly signalling data whose volume generates an overload of the network resources. A resource access scheme called uncoordinated resource access scheme reduces the volume of the exchanged data. So that the base station can decode all signals emitted by the user equipment, it is necessary to have a number of emission power levels greater than the number of user equipment. By proposing the user equipment to select an emission power from a set of possible emission powers depending on their location relative to the base station, the solution allows the base station to decode the signals emitted by a greater number of user equipment.
US11979835B2
A method of reducing power consumption of a first wireless communication device is described. A charge level of a battery associated with the first wireless communication device is monitored. A wireless communication session between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device is maintained. Based at least in part on the charge level of the battery being within a low battery threshold range, a wireless signal strength associated with the wireless communication session is monitored. Based at least in part on the wireless signal strength reaching a power saving threshold that is above a minimum connection threshold for maintaining the wireless communication session, a power saving action associated with a wireless interface that supports the wireless communication session is performed.
US11979832B2
Eyewear having a high-speed wireless transceiver, including a processor having a high-speed interface for communicating high-speed communications and a low-speed interface for communicating low-speed communications. The high-speed interface is disabled to have no standby current and only the low-speed interface is used when only low-speed communications are needed to save current. When communications are received via the high-speed wireless transceiver, only the low-speed interface is initially used, and the high-power interface is later used if necessary. The high-speed interface can be a high-speed universal serial bus (USB) interface, and the low-speed interface can be a universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter (UART) interface. A USB hub is controlled by the processor to selectively enable the USB interface.
US11979824B2
There is provided a method for handling a service request. The method is performed by a selection node. The method comprises initiating transmission of a first message towards at least a first Network Function (NF) node via a first Service Communication Proxy (SCP) node, wherein the first message is a status request. The method further comprises receiving, from the first SCP node, a second message indicating the status of the first NF node. The method also comprises determining whether or not to initiate transmission of a first request, for the provision of a first service, via the first SCP node to the first NF node, the determination of whether or not to initiate transmission of the first request to the first NF node being made based on the status of the first NF node indicated by the second message.
US11979823B2
The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for processing a network slice by a packet data network gateway control plane (PGW-C) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a session create request message from a mobility management entity (MME), identifying whether information indicating that a user equipment (UE) supports a slice quota-based operation is included in the session create request message, and transmitting, to the MME, a session create response message configured based on a result of the identification.
US11979820B2
Methods and apparatuses of UE for an efficient neighbor cell search in a wireless communication network. A method of a UE comprises: receiving system information including time instance information for performing measurements on neighboring cells; identifying a time instance included in the time instance information; determining, based on a comparison between a current absolute time and the time instance, whether to perform the measurements on the neighboring cells; and skipping performing the measurements on the neighboring cells based on a determination that the current absolute time is before the time instance.
US11979800B2
A device, particularly a hand-held power tool management device, for monitoring and/or managing a plurality of objects, particularly hand-held power tools, includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the objects and a computing unit configured to process electronic data received by the communication unit. The computing unit is configured to output, as a function of swarm information from a swarm that comprises at least some of the objects, commands to at least one of the objects of the swarm and/or information to at least one operator, particularly at least one of the objects of the swarm.
US11979798B2
An access and mobility management function (AMF) sends, to a network repository function (NRF), a query message to select a session management function (SMF) for the group communication session of a wireless device. The query message comprising an identifier associated with the group communication session. The AMF receives, from the NRF, a query response message comprising an identifier of the SMF for the group communication session.
US11979794B2
User equipment (UE) positioning within a 5G New Radio (NR) network may be determined by receiving a downlink (DL) position reference signal (PRS) resource set indicating a plurality of DL PRS resources and receiving a DL PRS report configuration that indicates a set of measurements to be performed by a UE for each of the plurality of DL PRS resources within the DL PRS resource set. Position measurements may be performed for each of the plurality of DL PRS resources within the DL PRS resource set, including generating a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement by estimating a timing of a first arrival path from at least two of the plurality of DL PRS resources and determining a reference signal received power (RSRP) metric or a signal to noise and interference ratio (SINR) metric associated with the at least two DL PRS resources. The performed position measurements may be reported.
US11979790B2
A system for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) of an object in an area includes: at least one base station; at least one user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with the at least one base station; and at least one object to be localized. Each object of the at least one object comprises an identification (ID) tag. The at least one UE and/or the at least one base station is configured to localize a respective object via a respective ID tag. The at least one base station is configured to localize the at least one UE in the area based on 5G communication. The at least one UE is configured to localize the object based on the respective ID tag and configured to transmit a relative position of the respective object with respect to the at least one UE to the at least one base station.
US11979784B2
Handovers in a New Radio-Unlicensed Standalone (NR-U SA) communication system are managed by invoking one of a plurality of handover procedures based on conditions related to the communication device and channel status. One example of one of the plurality of handover procedures includes sending a handover command with an inactivity indicator to the UE device where the UE device transitions to an Inactive State (such as RRC_INACTIVE) in response to a handover failure (HOF) resulting from an occupied unlicensed channel. The UE device provides the I-RNTI allocated by the last serving gNB when resuming from the RRC_INACTIVE to the active state; thereby reducing the latency associated with a new connection from the idle mode. The target gNB uses the I-RNTI to retrieve the UE context from the last serving gNB.
US11979778B2
A source access and mobility management function (AMF) sends, to a target AMF, a first message indicating: a handover of a wireless device; and a source session management function (SMF). A second message causing a release of at least one second session of the wireless device is received from the target AMF. A request for the release of the at least one second session is sent to the source SMF. An indication of completion of the release is received from the source SMF. An indication of the completion of the release is sent to the target AMF.
US11979769B2
A programmable device includes a plurality of first partial reconfiguration slots, a plurality of transceivers and a second partial reconfiguration slot. The plurality of first partial reconfiguration slots are configured to execute one or more applications or network functions. The second partial reconfiguration slot is configured to route data traffic flows between the plurality of first partial reconfiguration slots and the plurality of transceivers.
US11979767B2
An example method includes receiving a first signal indicating that a user of a first user endpoint device wishes to engage in a data transfer with a second device over a communication network, estimating at least one metric associated with the data transfer, sending the at least one metric associated with the data transfer to a remote server, and initiating the data transfer with the second device in accordance with a temporarily adjusted throughput that is adjusted by the remote server in response to the at least one metric associated with the data transfer.
US11979761B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to data detection technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for detecting time series data. A method for detecting time series data is disclosed. The method is applied to a data transmission system and includes: determining, based on data information carried in time series data from a data source device, whether missing of time series data occurs in a data receiving process, where the data information includes time information and/or sequence numbers; if missing of time series data occurs, storing data information of the missing time series data; determining whether a preset trigger condition for a data missing notification is currently satisfied; and if the trigger condition for a data missing notification is satisfied, sending data missing notification information to a target device.
US11979757B2
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for demand-based dynamic carrier scaling. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: determining, at a gateway supporting dynamically created cells in a wireless network, whether there is a requirement for additional capacity; when there is a requirement for additional capacity, then providing, by the gateway, dynamically created cells as needed to handle the requirement for additional capacity; determining, at the gateway, whether there is a requirement for less capacity; and when there is a requirement for less capacity, then turning off, by the gateway, dynamically created cells as needed to handle the requirement for less capacity.
US11979752B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, information indicating a beam switching pattern that indicates beams that are to be used by the UE on a per communication basis in a time domain. The UE may communicate with the base station based at least in part on receiving the information indicating the beam switching pattern. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11979750B2
The disclosure discloses a method and device in a communication node for wireless communication. The communication node receives first information, and performs Q energy detections respectively in Q time sub-pools within a first sub-band, and if energy detected by each energy detection of the Q energy detections is lower than a first threshold, starts to transmit a first radio signal at a first time-instant; the first information is used to determine K candidate time-instant subsets; a target time-instant subset is one of the K candidate time-instant subsets, the first time-instant belongs to the target time-instant subset; a frequency-domain bandwidth of the first sub-band is used to determine the target time-instant subset out of the K candidate time-instant subsets, and frequency-domain resources occupied by the first radio signal belong to the first sub-band. The disclosure can improve access fairness.
US11979739B2
A sound controlling system including a user terminal having a sound source, a wireless communication device, a digital to analog converter (DAC) and first processing electronics. The first processing electronics are configured to: provide data of a backing sound to the sound source; control the sound source to generate a sound signal based on the data; receive a first input instruction including a first instruction to transmit the sound signal and a second instruction to play back the backing sound; provide the sound signal to the wireless communication device as the first input instruction being the first instruction, and provide the sound signal to the DAC as being the second instruction; control the wireless communication device to convert the sound signal to a wireless signal and transmit the wireless signal; and convert the sound signal from a digital signal to an analog signal for play back of the backing sound.
US11979729B2
Disclosed is a sound-producing device including a voice coil, comprising a bobbin and a voice coil body wound outside the bobbin; and a damper having a first connecting part and a second connecting part; wherein the first connecting part is fixedly connected to the voice coil, and the second connecting part is fixed on the sound-producing device; there is provided a planar elastic member between the first connecting part and the second connecting part, the planar elastic member is bent and extends from the first connecting part to the second connecting part; the damper is made of conductive material, and is configured to establish electrical communication with the voice coil; the sound-producing device has a height in a vibration direction thereof ranging from 5 mm to 200 mm.
US11979727B2
Disclosed herein is an earphone module having a speaker capable of reproducing both high- and low-pitched sounds. In an earphone module according to the present invention, two coils and terminal members configured to be electrically connected to the two coils are provided, the two coils and the terminal members are assembled by electrically connecting the two coils and the terminal members to each other, and then the terminal members are connected to an external input circuit through the exposure window of a housing. Accordingly, the manufacturing operation is facilitated and the defect rate is reduced, so that the mass productivity is improved.
US11979724B2
A speaker diaphragm includes a mixed layer. The mixed layer includes cellulose nanofibers, and polyparaphenylenebenzobisoxazole fibers. An average length of the polyparaphenylenebenzobisoxazole fibers is 0.5 mm or more and 4.0 mm or less.
US11979720B2
A system for automatically adjusting a volume of a loudspeaker includes a loudspeaker and a processor. An infrared sensor, which generates a sensing signal when sensing IR radiation from a heat-radiating source, is disposed on the loudspeaker. The sensing signal provides a size information commensurate with a size of the heat-radiating source. The processor receives a plurality of the sensing signals at different time points to obtain a plurality of corresponding size information, realizes a change of distance between the heat-radiating source and the loudspeaker according to a change of the size information, and generates a volume-adjusting signal according to the change of distance between the heat-radiating source and the loudspeaker. The volume-adjusting signal is transmitted to the loudspeaker to adjust the volume of the loudspeaker accordingly.
US11979714B2
An integrated optical transducer for measuring displacement of a diaphragm comprises the diaphragm, a lens element and a substrate body having a waveguide structure and a coupling element. The diaphragm is arranged distant from the substrate body and substantially parallel to a main extension plane of the substrate body. The waveguide structure is configured to guide light from a light source to the coupling element and from the coupling element to a photodetector. The coupling element is configured to couple at least part of the light in the waveguide structure onto a light path between the coupling element and the diaphragm and to couple light reflected by a surface of the diaphragm from the light path into the waveguide structure. The lens element is arranged on the light path such that light on the light path passes through the lens element.
US11979711B2
A speaker unit that has a housing, a lower substrate that is fixed to the housing, a plurality of first ultrasonic vibrators that are arranged on the lower substrate, an upper substrate that is fixed to the housing and has a plurality of openings (OP) formed therein at locations that correspond to the first ultrasonic vibrators, and a plurality of second ultrasonic vibrators that are arranged on the upper substrate.
US11979705B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for adjusting the playback speed of accessories based on the buffer level of the received content. The accessories may receive content from a host device at a certain speed. The incoming speed of the content may be different than the playback speed of the content. Therefore, a buffer level of the received content may be determined using a linear least square (“LLS”) fit of the buffer level, the average of the buffer level, or a phased locked loop (“PLL”) approach. Based on a difference between the buffer level and the playback speed, a speed adjustment may be determined. Instructions may be transmitted from a primary accessory to a secondary accessory to adjust the playback speed by a certain amount at a certain time. This may ensure that the accessories remain in sync. The accessories may then adjust their respective playback speeds.
US11979701B1
Disclosed is an open earphone, comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. The ear hook may include a first portion and a second portion connected in sequence. The first portion may be hung between the auricle of a user and the head of the user, the second portion may extend toward a front outer side of the auricle and connect the sound production component, and the sound production component may be located close to the ear canal but not block the opening of the ear canal; wherein the sound production component and the auricle may have a first projection and a second projection on a sagittal plane, respectively, a centroid of the first projection may have a first distance from a highest point of the second projection in a vertical axis direction, a ratio of the first distance to a height of the second projection in the vertical axis direction may be within a range of 0.25-0.6, the centroid of the first projection may have a second distance from an end point of the second projection in a sagittal axis direction, and a ratio of the second distance to a width of the second projection in the sagittal axis direction may be within a range of 0.4-0.7.
US11979700B2
A display apparatus may include: a display panel configured to display an image, a supporting member configured to support the display panel, a coupling member in the supporting member, and at least one sound-generating device coupled to the display panel by the coupling member, the at least one sound-generating device being configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound.
US11979697B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for obtaining a natural gas energy metering component, including obtaining a temperature and pressure of a natural gas sample to be detected at a first site based on an object platform; obtaining sample data of a natural gas sample at a second site based on the object platform, the sample data including a natural gas component and a temperature and pressure of the natural gas component; obtaining sample data of a natural gas sample at the first site based on the object platform; determining a natural gas component of the natural gas sample to be detected at the first site based on sample data at the first site and the second site aggregated by a sensor network platform and the temperature and pressure of the natural gas sample to be detected at the first site.
US11979691B2
A projection apparatus according to the present invention, includes: a projection optical system configured to project an input image onto a projection plane, and at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a position-detecting unit configured to detect a position pointed to by a pointer on the projection plane; and a control unit configured to perform control so that the projection optical system projects the input image and projects a graphic at the position detected by the position-detecting unit, wherein in a case where an image is scrolled in a specific range of the input image, the control unit performs control so that the graphic corresponding to the specific range moves in a direction in accordance with the scrolling.
US11979688B2
A liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator comprising an array of light-modulating pixels and a controller are disclosed. Each light-modulating pixel of the array comprises liquid crystal and is associated with a respective flip-flop. The controller receives a hologram of an image comprising a plurality of hologram pixels. Each hologram pixel comprises a respective n-bit hologram pixel value. The controller drives each light-modulating pixel in accordance with a respective hologram pixel value of the hologram. There is a one-to-n pixel correlation between the hologram and the light-modulating pixels. The flip-flops of each contiguous group of n light-modulating pixels are connected in series to form a shift register. During operation of the shift register, the n-bit hologram pixel value associated with each contiguous group of n light-modulating pixels is provided to each light-modulating pixel one bit at a time over the course of at least n clock cycles.
US11979687B1
An apparatus and method are described. In at least one embodiment, a premises monitoring system for monitoring a premises is provided. The premises monitoring system comprises a premises device and a power device comprising a rectifier in electrical communication with the premises device. The premises device comprises a video capture element configured to capture video and processing circuitry configured to, in response to a modular wireless transmitter not being removably connected to the premises device, cause transmission of the captured video to the power device via the at least one wired connection. When the modular wireless transmitter is removably connected to the power device, the power device is configured to cause, in response to receiving the captured video, transmission of the captured video via the modular wireless transmitter.
US11979684B2
There is provided a content distribution device including a virtual character arrangement acquisitor that acquires an arrangement in a virtual space of each of a plurality of virtual characters respectively corresponding to a plurality of participants in accordance with an operation of a corresponding participant, a trigger detector that detects a first trigger and thereafter detects a second trigger, and a display control data distributor that generates and distributes display control data for displaying at least a part of the virtual space in which the plurality of virtual characters is arranged.
US11979683B2
A video processing device installable in a vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes: an imaging device imaging an outside of the vehicle and generating a first video signal; and a display device displaying a first video and a second video, the first video being generated based on the first video signal, the second video being generated by performing first processing on the first video signal. The video processing device includes: a first reception circuit to receive the first video signal from the imaging device; a hardware processor to receive the first video signal from the first reception circuit and perform the first processing; and a first transmission circuit to receive the first video signal from the first reception circuit, receive, from the hardware processor, a second video signal for displaying the second video, and transmit the first/second video signals to the display device.
US11979678B2
A sound processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive information including a timecode and a playback speed of video data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a storage unit configured to store a sound signal, sample data obtained by dividing the sound signal, the sample data corresponding to the timecode included in the information received by the reception unit, and an output unit configured to output data obtained by associating the playback speed included in the information received by the reception unit with the sample data acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11979674B2
A method to enhance images, including: receiving, in an image processing logic circuit in an integrated circuit device, first data representative of an input image; generating, by the image processing logic circuit, input data for an inference logic circuit in the integrated circuit device; generating, by the inference logic circuit, a column of bits from the input data; performing, by the inference logic circuit using memory cells in the integrated circuit device having threshold voltages programmed to represent at least one weight matrix, operations of multiplication and accumulation, via reading concurrently rows of the memory cells selected according to the column of bits; generating, by the inference logic circuit, output data based on results of the operations multiplication and accumulation; and generating, by the image processing logic circuit using the output data, second data representative of an output image enhanced from the input image.
US11979671B2
A wearable apparatus including a camera and a method of controlling the same is provided. The method includes determining a vision processing process to be performed on each of image frames obtained at a first frame rate, determining a dummy image frame on which the vision processing process is not to be performed, applying, to a camera, a camera setting corresponding to a vision processing process to be performed on a current image frame, obtaining the current image frame according to the applied camera setting, outputting the obtained current image frame from the camera, and setting an exposure time of the camera setting to be less than or equal to an threshold value or changing the first frame rate to a second frame rate in response to the current image frame being the dummy image frame.
US11979661B1
A method for performing light shaping with aid of an adaptive projector and associated apparatus are provided. The method includes: utilizing an image processing circuit to obtain distance information; utilizing the image processing circuit to determine a distance range according to the distance information; utilizing the image processing circuit to perform projection light-shaping type selection to determine at least one selected projection light-shaping type corresponding to the distance range among multiple predetermined projection light-shaping types; utilizing the adaptive projector to perform projection of the at least one selected projection light-shaping type to perform spatial exposure bracketing, for capturing at least one corresponding image with a camera, to allow the image processing circuit to perform at least one detection operation according to the at least one corresponding image to generate at least one detection result, for performing subsequent processing of the hybrid depth detection device.
US11979653B2
An imaging device includes an image sensor, a blade operable to switch between a closed state to at least partially block light incident on the image sensor and an open state to allow light to be incident on the image sensor, a blade driver that drives the blade, a blade controller that controls the blade driver, an authentication processor that performs authentication based on a result of imaging performed by the image sensor, and an operation detector that detects an operation. The blade controller controls the blade driver to place the blade in the open state in response to a predetermined operation detected by the operation detector and to place the blade in the closed state in response to a predetermined time passing in the open state of the blade and no success in the authentication performed by the authentication processor.
US11979652B2
A camera module according to an embodiment includes a first driving part disposed on a lower surface of an image sensor substrate; and a second driving part disposed on a lower surface of the housing to face a lower surface of the first driving part, wherein the first driving part comprises a first driving part of a first group configured to move the image sensor substrate in a first direction with respect to the lens barrel; and a second driving part of a second group configured to move the image sensor substrate in a second direction intersecting the first direction with respect to the lens barrel, wherein the second driving part comprises a second driving part of a first group disposed overlapping the first driving part of the first group in a vertical direction; and a second driving part of a second group disposed overlapping the first driving part of the second group in the vertical direction.
US11979650B2
An image acquisition device according to an embodiment includes: a body; a seat part provided on a lower part of the body; a substrate disposed on the seat part inside the body and having a plurality of light sources; and a light source angle forming part disposed on the substrate inside the body. The substrate may be provided on the seat part in the form of a planar plate, and an outer peripheral portion of the substrate may be bent so that the light sources are directed toward one focal point by the seat part and the light source angle forming part.
US11979646B2
A system and method of extracting or inspecting a feature of an object using thermal imaging, and a method of inspecting an object of a garment product. The system includes a source of thermal influence arranged to heat or cool an object; an imager arranged to capture a plurality of images of the object when the object is subjected to the thermal influence; and an image processor arrange to processing the plurality of images and to distinguish a feature of interest from the other portions of the object presented on the plurality of images.
US11979638B2
A method of reception and playback of audio and/or audiovisual contents in a receiver device capable of receiving a determined audio and/or audiovisual stream coming from a one-way or two-way network. A determined stream broadcast on a network is received and the contents transmitted by the stream are played back in the receiver device. A first event external to the receiver device is detected. It triggers interruption of the playback of the content in progress and recording of the instant of the interruption. Then a second external event is detected. It triggers determining the availability of the unplayed part of the interrupted content and the display of a menu to a user that he should play back the unplayed part. The introduction of a command then triggers retrieval of the unplayed part and the playback of the retrieved content part.
US11979636B2
Systems and methods for real-time transmission of data streams are disclosed. A controller receives data representing selected stream parameters from a browser residing on a computing device. The controller transmits the received data to a video transmitting device. A transcoder receives a first data stream generated according to the selected stream parameters from the video transmitting device. The transcoder generates a second data stream from the first data stream, the second data stream formatted for browser display; and then transmits the second data stream to the browser. A user may remotely control the video transmitting device using the browser. A user may view data streams from multiple video transmitting devices using the browser.
US11979632B2
A distributed system is run in a device in the method. The distributed system includes a system service, a first-type service located at an upper layer of the system service, and a second-type service located at an upper layer of the first-type service and having an interface display function. Both the first-type service and the second-type service are atomic services. A second device migrates a teaching video to a first device, and the first device plays the teaching video. A second-type service in the first device may call a first-type service in another device, to control the another device to capture a user action picture video, process the teaching video and the user action picture video to obtain teaching guidance, and play the teaching guidance.
US11979628B1
Centralized storage and playback of user-recorded television programming eliminates the need for expensive DVR devices to be deployed in the field. Further, the methods used to initiate storage and provide playback of stored media respect copyright principles.
US11979625B2
Systems and methods are provided for recommending and dynamically scheduling content. A time when a request to consume a content item is likely to be received is identified and an identifier of the content item is displayed on a device. Prior to the identified time, an option to consume, at the identified time, the content item is also displayed on the device. In response to the option being selected, the device stops displaying the identifier of the content item until the identified time.
US11979616B1
One disclosed method involves receiving a first request to establish a first connection between a computing device and a camera, wherein the first connection is configured to allow streaming of video data from the camera to the computing device and the camera is configured to support connections with multiple remote devices at one time. A determination is made that a second connection is already established between an endpoint device and the camera, wherein the second connection is configured to allow streaming of video data from the camera to the endpoint device. Based at least in part on the first request and the second connection already being established, the second connection is terminated and the first connection is established, thus providing the computing device with access to one or more functionalities of the camera free of interference by the endpoint device.
US11979615B1
In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
US11979602B2
To improve a coding efficiency. There are included a PU level search unit configured to search for a motion vector for each prediction block by using a matching process. and a sub-block level search unit configured to search for a motion vector of each of sub-blocks in the prediction block, wherein a precision of a local search by the PU level search unit is lower than a precision of a local search by the sub-block level search unit.
US11979596B2
This disclosure relates generally to video coding and particularly to methods and systems for providing signaling schemes for jointly coding of motion vector difference with adaptive resolution in compound-reference inter-prediction. An example method for processing a current video block of a video stream is disclosed. The method includes receiving the video stream; determining from the video stream whether joint motion vector difference (MVD) coding is applied to the current video block; determining from the video stream whether adaptive MVD pixel resolution is applied to the current video block; and decoding the current video block based on whether joint MVD coding and whether adaptive MVD pixel resolution are applied to the current video block.
US11979595B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for symmetric merge mode motion vector coding. Symmetric bi-prediction (bi-pred) motion vectors (MVs) may be constructed from available candidates in a merge candidate list for regular inter prediction merge mode and/or affine prediction merge mode. Available MV merge candidates may be symmetrically extended or mapped in either direction (e.g., between reference pictures before and after a current picture), for example, when coding a picture that allows bi-directional motion compensation prediction (MCP). A symmetric bi-pred merge candidate may be selected among merge candidates for predicting the motion information of a current prediction unit (PU). The symmetric mapping construction may be repeated by a decoder (e.g., based on a coded index of the MV merge candidate list), for example, to obtain the same merge candidates and coded MV at an encoder.
US11979593B2
Method and apparatus for affine CPMV or ALF refinement are mentioned. According to this method, statistical data associated with the affine CPMV or ALF refinement are collected over a picture area. Updated parameters for the affine CPMV refinement or the ALF refinement are then derived based on the statistical data, where a process to derive the updated parameters includes performing multiplication using a reduced-precision multiplier for the statistical data. The reduced-precision multiplier truncates at least one bit of the mantissa part. In another embodiment, the process to derive the updated parameters includes performing reciprocal for the statistical data using a lookup table with (m−k)-bit input by truncating k bits from the m-bit mantissa part, and contents of the lookup table includes m-bit outputs. m and k are positive integers.
US11979584B2
Arithmetic encoder for encoding a plurality of symbols is configured to derive an interval size information for an arithmetic encoding of one or more symbol values to be encoded on the basis of one or more state variable value, in a first mode of operation, and to update the one or more state variable values and/or the interval size information for an encoding of one or more subsequent symbol values to be encoded in the first mode; in a second mode, the arithmetic encoder is configured to disable an update of the one or more state variable values and/or of the interval size information. Additionally, further embodiments of arithmetic encoders and decoders and video encoders and decoders are described.
US11979583B2
The present disclosure relate to a bit-width control method of bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) for coding a video signal. The method includes obtaining a first reference picture I(0) and a second reference picture I(1) associated with a video block, obtaining first prediction samples I(0)(i,j) of the video block from a reference block in the first reference picture I(0), obtaining second prediction samples I(1)(i,j) of the video block from a reference block in the second reference picture I(1), controlling internal bit-widths of the BDOF by deriving internal bit-widths of intermediate parameters, obtaining motion refinements for samples in the video block based on the BDOF being applied to the video block based on the first prediction samples I(0)(i,j) and the second prediction samples I(1)(i,j), and obtaining bi-prediction samples of the video block based a the motion refinements.
US11979580B2
The present disclosure concerns a method and a device for encoding or decoding video data. It concerns more particularly the encoding according to a particular encoding mode using a decoder side motion vector derivation mode referenced as frame-rate up conversion mode or FRUC mode. It concerns encoding and decoding improvement which reduce the need for memory accesses when using an encoding mode where the motion information is predicted using a decoder side motion vector derivation method.
US11979577B2
This application discloses a video decoding method, a video encoding method, and related apparatuses. The method includes: determining a current video frame; obtaining, from video frames that have been decoded, an energy parameter of an MV in a reference frame associated with the current video frame, the energy parameter including at least one of the following: an average value of the MV and a variance of the MV; determining, according to the energy parameter, a target resolution used for decoding the current video frame; and decoding the current video frame by using the target resolution. In this application, the technical problem of relatively low video encoding and decoding efficiency caused by complex processing operations in the related art is resolved.
US11979576B2
Provided are a method and apparatus, which, during video encoding and decoding processes, obtain chroma intra prediction mode information about a current chroma block, when the chroma intra prediction mode information indicates a direct mode (DM), determine a luma block including a luma sample corresponding to a chroma sample at a lower-right location with respect to a center of the current chroma block, determine a chroma intra prediction mode of the current chroma block based on an intra prediction mode of the determined luma block, and perform intra prediction on the current chroma block, based on the determined chroma intra prediction mode.
US11979573B2
Method for determining color difference component quantization parameter and device using the method
Disclosed are a method for determining a color difference component quantization parameter and a device using the method. Method for decoding an image can comprise the steps of: decoding a color difference component quantization parameter offset on the basis of size information of a transform unit; and calculating a color difference component quantization parameter index on the basis of the decoded color difference component quantization parameter offset. Therefore, the present invention enables effective quantization by applying different color difference component quantization parameters according to the size of the transform unit when executing the quantization.
US11979571B1
Peer-to-peer video streaming software that takes video from a host's Graphical Processing Unit (GPU), moves it to the encoder, manages the color conversions, moves the video into the networking software, and in turn manages the video on a client. This software also handles the inputs from the client and tells the host how to react to the client's inputs. In executing the video streaming, the host broadcasts and renders the video that is or will be streamed. It encodes the video frame with a hardware encoder that is part of the GPU to eliminate latency associated with transferring frames to the central processing unit (CPU). The host transmits compressed video and audio data to the client, and the client uses its hardware decoder and the video streaming software to render the video. The client sends mouse, keyboard, joystick, and controller signals to the host, which varies the bit rate based on the network connection.
US11979569B2
A video decoding method includes obtaining information indicating a first difference between a maximum size of a coding unit having a 1:4 ratio and a size of a largest coding unit, determining the maximum size of the coding unit of having the 1:4 ratio by using the size of the largest coding unit and the first difference, determining a minimum size of the coding unit having the 1:4 ratio based on a minimum size of a coding unit, determining whether a coding having the 1:4 ratio may be generated by splitting a first coding unit based on the maximum size and the minimum size of the coding unit having the 1:4 ratio, and determining a second coding unit including the coding unit having the 1:4 ratio, from the first coding unit, and decoding the second coding unit.
US11979567B2
A method for video processing is described. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a video unit of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, whether to enable a mirrored padding process for padding an unavailable luma sample during an application of a loop filtering tool to the video unit; and performing the conversion based on the determining.
US11979563B2
A picture decoding method which is performed by a decoding apparatus according to an example of the present disclosure includes constructing a Most Probable Modes (MPM) list including intra prediction mode candidates for a current block based on neighboring blocks of the current block, decoding remaining mode information indicating one of remaining intra prediction modes other than the intra prediction mode candidates included in the MPM list from a bitstream, determining an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the decoded remaining mode information, generating prediction samples for the current block based on the determined intra prediction mode, and generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the prediction samples for the current block, wherein the remaining mode information is decoded based on a truncated binary code.
US11979562B2
A picture coding device for coding a moving picture using inter prediction based on inter prediction information in units of blocks into which each picture of moving pictures is divided and forming a bitstream, the picture coding device includes a coding information storage unit configured to add the inter prediction information used in the inter prediction to a history-based motion vector predictor candidate list in a FIFO scheme, a history-based motion vector predictor candidate derivation unit configured to derive history-based motion vector predictor candidates from the history-based motion vector predictor candidate list and add the history-based motion vector predictor candidates to a motion vector predictor candidate list as a motion vector predictor candidate, and a history-based merging candidate derivation unit configured to derive history-based merging candidates from the history-based motion vector predictor candidate list and add the history-based merging candidates to a merging candidate list as a merging candidate.
US11979559B2
An image prediction method and device are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a first reference unit of an image unit, where respective predicted images are obtained for the image unit and the first reference unit by using a same affine model; obtaining motion information of basic motion compensation units at two or more preset positions in the first reference unit; and obtaining motion information of a basic motion compensation unit of the image unit according to the motion information. In this way, motion information of the first reference unit using a same affine motion prediction model is reused, and a more accurate motion vector of a current image unit is obtained, improving prediction accuracy and maintaining encoding and decoding complexity, thereby improving encoding and decoding performance.
US11979544B2
A video transmission method according to embodiments comprises: a pre-processing step for processing video data; a step for encoding the video data; and/or a step for transmitting a bitstream including the video data. A video reception method according to embodiments comprises the steps of: receiving video data; decoding the video data; and/or rendering the video data.
US11979534B2
An image forming apparatus includes a registration unit that registers a speed license for setting an image forming speed, and an image forming unit that performs image formation at an image forming speed corresponding to the speed license registered by the registration unit. In addition, a control unit permits the image formation by the image forming unit in a case where the speed license is registered by the registration unit, and permits the image formation by the image forming unit in a case where an operation mode of the image forming apparatus is a predetermined mode different from a normal operation mode if the speed license is unregistered by the registration unit.
US11979525B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to make a character input into an input field invisible, the input field being displayed on a display, and to display a character image on the display so that the character image is superimposed on the character input into the input field, the character image being drawn with an external font installed in an external apparatus based on the character input into the input field.
US11979523B2
An object of the present disclosure is to create an album layout in accordance with the actual time-series in a case the time-series of the images used in the model album and the time-series of the candidate images used in the album to be created are different. One embodiment of the present invention is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of candidate image; and a selection unit configured to select, based on analysis results of each of a plurality of model images used in a model album and analysis results of each of the candidate images, similar images each of which has a degree of similarity to any one of the model images higher than a predetermined value, from among the plurality of candidate images.
US11979516B2
An audio output method and a system including first and second electronic devices and an audio output device. The first and second devices are connected to a network using a system authentication account, the first device has installed thereon a music application, and the second device has installed thereon a voice call application. When the audio output device outputs an audio signal corresponding to audio data of the music application, in response to the second electronic receiving an incoming call from the voice call application, the first device displays a first prompt corresponding to the incoming call. The first device sends an indication of answering the incoming call to the second device, which answers the incoming call and sends audio data of the incoming call to the first device, and the first device causes the audio output device to output an audio signal corresponding to the audio data of the incoming call.
US11979511B2
A terminal device according to an embodiment includes: a microphone; a communication unit that performs communication via a network; a first sensor that obtains depth information; a first face detecting unit that detects a face and the distance to the face based on the depth information; and a processor. When a communication program, which is meant for making the processor perform transmission and reception of messages including voice messages and which has a sound input mode for enabling collection of sounds using the microphone and transmission of voice messages based on the collected sounds, is executed, and when a message is received by the communication unit under the control of the communication program being executed; the processor performs first-type face detection using the first face detecting unit and controls turning ON and turning OFF the sound input mode according to the result of the first-type face detection.
US11979502B2
A tracking device can use a permanent encryption key pair to encrypt one or more temporary encryption key pairs, which can then be provided to a central tracking system. When a community mobile device subsequently detects the tracking device, the central tracking system provides an encrypted temporary encryption key pair to the community mobile device. The community mobile device uses the encrypted temporary encryption key pair to encrypt location data representative of a location of the community mobile device, and provides the encrypted location data to the central tracking system. When a user subsequently requests a location of the tracking device from the central tracking system, the central tracking system provides the encrypted location data, and a device of the user can decrypt the encrypted temporary encryption key pair using the permanent encryption key pair, and can decrypt the location data using the decrypted temporary encryption key pair.
US11979499B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides protocols, methods and systems which provides advantages such as the resistance of centralisation of mining on a blockchain network, preferably a Proof-of-Work blockchain. A method in accordance with an embodiment may comprise generating a plurality of non-parallelisable challenges (or “puzzles”) and allocating one of said plurality of challenges to each miner on the network. The miner uses an inherently sequential (non-parallelisable) algorithm to find a solution to his allocated challenge. The challenges are generated by a committee of nodes, and a new set of challenges is generated for each block.
US11979496B2
The present technology provides a method to regenerate secrets while a version of the system is operational, thus avoiding the loss of availability that would have resulted from a system shutdown. The technology described herein may work in a computing context that assigns a first secret in an active role and a second secret in the backup role. The technology described herein activates a second instance of the service with the key not being regenerated serving as the active key. The second instance is then moved to the production mode and the first version of the service is moved to the staging mode. A new secret is generated and then assigned to the first instance of the service while it runs in the staging mode. Once the secret rotation is complete, the primary service instance is then moved back to the production mode with the new key configuration.
US11979492B2
A computer-implemented method of distributing a shared secret on a blockchain network. The method comprises mapping a plurality of inputs to elliptic curve points of an elliptic curve of an elliptic curve cryptography system. In a first encryption step, a plurality of the elliptic curve points are encrypted by a public key of a public-private key pair and decryptable by the corresponding private key of the public-private key pair. In a second encryption step, a plurality of parts of one input to a second encryption step are multiplied by terms of a series known to participants. In a secret sharing step, a plurality of shares of an input to a secret sharing step are distributed to a plurality of said participants, and an input is accessible to a threshold number of shares and is inaccessible to less than a threshold number of shares.
US11979489B1
A database stores a document as a plurality of encrypted records, where each record is indicative of an incremental change to the state of the document, and encrypted using a document key. The document key is stored with encryption decryptable using a group key, and the group key is stored with encryption decryptable using a first access key. In response to a request to rotate from the first access key to a second access key, the database decrypts the group key using the first access key, a stores a group key re-encrypted with the second access key.
US11979485B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, and a processor configured to generate at least one hierarchy deterministic path, obtain at least one public key using a root seed and the at least one hierarchy deterministic path, obtain a blockchain address for a blockchain account from the at least one public key, obtain information about the blockchain address from a blockchain network based on the blockchain address, the information about the blockchain address including information about a balance of the blockchain account, and display at least part of the information about the blockchain address through the display, based on the information about the balance of the blockchain account.
US11979484B2
A system is provided for electronic data encryption and decryption using a consensus draft process. In particular, the system may use a custom encryption algorithm that generates an array with a number of entries that is dependent on the number of computing devices that participate in the encryption process. The encryption algorithm may cause a first computing device to open and read the array, randomly select and remove an entry, and pass on the remaining entries to a second computing device. The second computing device may then open and read the array, randomly select and remove an entry, then pass the remaining entries to a third computing device. The process may be executed in a reiterative manner until the entire array is distributed among the participating computing devices. In this way, encryption of data may be performed without revealing shared information among the participating computing devices.
US11979480B2
An integrated circuit communication architecture is provided and includes a clock lane, a clock divider, and a first de-skew circuit. The clock lane is configured to send a clock signal at a first rate from a first chip to a second chip. The clock divider is on the second chip and is configured to receive the clock signal sent via the clock lane and to create and send a first divided clock signal and a second divided clock signal from the received clock signal. The divided clock signals are sent at reduced rates compared to the first rate. The clock divider maintains current mode logic properties for the divided clock signals. The first de-skew circuit is configured to receive and process the divided clock signals to allow for sampling of data transmitted from the first chip to the second chip.
US11979474B2
The described technology is directed towards returning expanded data, beyond the data that was specifically requested, to a client, in order to reduce or eliminate likely subsequent requests for more data. Client requests for data items are processed by expansion rule logic to find an expansion rule set (e.g., file) corresponding to the identified data item. The rule set is used to expand requests for certain data items into expanded requests that return more data items than those requested. Client devices receive, cache and (often) use the cached expanded data items, which thereby reduces the overall number of requests to the data service. Expansion rules may be based upon observations (e.g., machine learned and/or manual) of request patterns, so as to reasonably predict which data item or items clients will likely next need, and return those as expanded data items in anticipation of their need.
US11979466B2
An online software platform (OSP) produces, by applying resource digital rules to previous relationship instance data of a primary entity data associated with one or more secondary entities of the domain, a domain resource regarding the domain. The OSP may then determine, by applying an alignment digital rule of the domain to the relationship instance data and the domain resource, whether or not an alignment condition of the domain is met, which indicates whether resources for relationship instances of the primary entity should have been remitted to the domain. If the alignment condition is not met, then the OSP may assemble proposal components, and communicate some of them to the domain on behalf of the primary entity to remit the resources, without initially communicating those proposal components that would reveal the identity of the primary entity.
US11979449B2
Operations of a method include obtaining a segment of image data that represents a portion of a frame of video image data to be encoded. The operations include determining, based on the segment and a target bitrate, a quantization parameter (QP) value for the segment. The operations include determining a minimum QP value and a maximum QP value that establishes a range of QP values an integrated bit rate control algorithm may use to encode the segment. The operations include encoding the segment with a first QP value that is greater than the minimum QP value and less than the maximum QP value. The operations include adjusting, by the bit rate control algorithm, the first QP value to a second QP value that is greater than the minimum QP value and less than the maximum QP value. The operations include transmitting the encoded segment to a remote device.
US11979448B1
These inventions are directed to creating interactive experiences in remote locations across networks that involve actions by users at either end that solicit reactions at remote ends creating an immersive shared environment and experience that allows users to feel they are within the same space. These experiences manifest in various scenarios of play by different playground structures that are illustrated and described in this application. In particular, these inventions create shared interactive playgrounds for children to participate in and enjoy.
US11979444B1
Systems and methods redistribute online events using mesh management. Prior to initiation of an upcoming virtual meeting, a mesh orchestrator identifies one or more user accounts scheduled to participate in the upcoming virtual meeting. The mesh orchestrator selects multiple client computer systems associated with the one or more user accounts to define a mesh. The mesh includes at least one computer system associated with a first user account for distributing one or more portions of a media stream of the upcoming virtual meeting and at least one client computer system associated with a second user account for receiving the one or more portions of the media stream of the upcoming virtual meeting. The mesh orchestrator also defines a contingency logic for applying one or more changes to the mesh prior to or after the initiation of the upcoming virtual meeting.
US11979435B2
A relay server 31 includes: a detection unit 31A that detects a failure of a subscriber server 21; and a relay unit 31B that relays call connection requests 51, 52, and 53 to another network in which corresponding subscribers may possibly be accommodated according to connection attempt network information indicating networks to attempt a call connection, when a failure of the subscriber server 21 is detected by the detection unit 31A.
US11979434B2
A system and a method for secure operator onboarding and creating an ingest job agent for secure multitenant operations of a distributed computing cluster are provided. Embodiments automate multitenant operations for distributed computing clusters. These operations include automation of operator onboarding, creation of logically segregated distributed data stores within the distributed computing clusters for the on-boarded operator, and creation of ingest agents with security isolation for transfer of large quantities of files into the distributed computing clusters. Embodiments provide multitenant security, in which the same Hadoop cluster serves multiple operators with each operator's data and processes in effective isolation. In this manner, multitenant security keeps each user's data storage and operations on the Hadoop cluster separated from other operators.
US11979432B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a network analytic system for tracking and analysis of network infrastructure for network-based digital assets. The network analytic system can detect and track a relationship between assets based on one or more attributes related or shared between any given assets. The network analytic system can analyze network-based digital assets to determine information about a website (e.g., information about electronic documents, such as web pages) that has be used to detect phishing and other abuse of the website. The network analytic system can analyze data about network-based assets to determine whether any are being used or connected to use of unauthorized or malicious activity or known network-based assets. Based on the relationship identified, the network analytic system can associate or link assets together. The network analytic system may provide an interface to view data sets generated by the network analytic system.
US11979423B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to real-time classification of content in a data transmission. A computing platform may detect, in real-time and via a computing device, a plurality of data transmissions between applications over a communications network. Then, the computing platform may retrieve, for a particular data transmission of the plurality of data transmissions, a content of the particular data transmission. The computing platform may then analyze, via the computing device, the content. Subsequently, the computing platform may determine, in real-time via the computing device and based on the analyzing, a security classification for the content. Then, the computing platform may cause, in real-time via the computing device, the content to be marked with the determined security classification.
US11979415B2
A device receives information identifying a specific host threat to a network, where the information includes a list of network addresses associated with the specific host threat. The device identifies network elements, of the network, associated with the specific host threat to the network, and determines a network control system associated with the identified network elements. The device determines a policy enforcement group of network elements, of the identified network elements, that maps to the list of network addresses associated with the specific host threat, where the network control system is associated with the policy enforcement group of network elements. The device determines a threat policy action to enforce for the specific host threat, and causes, via the network control system, the threat policy action to be enforced by the policy enforcement group of network elements.
US11979414B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a human factors risk operation. The human factors risk operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a human factors framework; and, performing a human factors risk operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.
US11979401B2
A method, node, wireless device and installation device are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a node configured to operate a security virtual local area network (VLAN) and a customer VLAN independent from the security VLAN is provided. The security VLAN is configured to operate using a first network partition different from a second network partition used by the customer VLAN. The node includes processing circuitry configured to receive information from a first device requesting access to the node, determine whether to add a first device to the security VLAN based at least on the received information from the first device meeting a predefined criterion, and configure the first device to access one of the security VLAN and customer VLAN based at least on the determination.
US11979392B2
A method and system for managing device association and access is disclosed. Some embodiments may include receiving, from a user device, a request to access a network device. The request may include a public key of the user device. The request may include a digital certificate, wherein the digital certificate may include the public key of the user device. A distributed database address of the user device may be determined by applying a deterministic function to the public key of the user device. A distributed database entry may include the address of the user device. A distributed database entry may be generated. The distributed database entry may include the address of the user device. Based on the address of the user device, access to the network device may be granted to the user device.
US11979387B2
A method includes obtaining a first plurality of encrypted traffic flows traversing a communication network, performing a first classification, wherein a result of the first classification identifies a traffic type associated with each encrypted traffic flow of the first plurality of encrypted traffic flows, and wherein the first classification is based on a traffic pattern of the each encrypted traffic flow, performing a second classification, wherein a result of the second classification identifies a traffic type associated with each server name indication from which the first plurality of encrypted traffic flows is associated, and wherein the second classification is based on the result of the first classification, and performing a third classification identifying a traffic type associated with each encrypted traffic flow of the first plurality of encrypted traffic flows, wherein the third classification is based on a combination of the results of the first classification and the second classification.
US11979386B2
An automated system comprising a processor and a database are described. The processor executes communication software reading: at least one image corresponding to an identifier of a blood product from a donor; and at least one database storing at least one communication from a receiver of the blood product. The communication software executed by the processor determines an intermediary from the identifier and contacts the intermediary to obtain contact information of the donor.
US11979382B2
A method including configuring a VPN server to utilize a first exit IP address to transmit a query to a host device for requesting data of interest; configuring the VPN server to determine that the host device has blocked the first exit IP address; configuring the VPN server to establish, based on determining that the host device has blocked the first exit IP address, a secure connection with a secondary server to enable communication of encrypted information; and configuring the VPN server to transmit, to the secondary server over the secure connection, an encrypted message identifying the host device and the data of interest to be retrieved from the host device to enable the secondary server to transmit a second query to request the data of interest based on utilizing a second exit IP address, different from the first exit IP address is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11979375B2
Techniques for a context-aware secure access service edge (SASE) engine for generating security profile(s) associated with endpoint device(s) accessing the network and using the security profile(s) to evaluate a traffic flow from the endpoint device(s). The SASE engine may execute on an edge device of a computing resource network and may be configured to maintain a security profile database including an endpoint security profile mapping. Endpoint device(s) accessing the network may share endpoint, application, and/or user specific information with the SASE engine so that the SASE engine may generate a security profile specific to the endpoint, application, and/or user. Additionally, an enterprise network, associated with endpoint device(s) accessing the network, may provide default SASE security profile templates to the SASE engine. Further, a feedback loop may be established between the SASE engine and the endpoint device(s), enabling the SASE engine with the ability to autonomously and dynamically update security profiles.
US11979360B2
The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for responding in a voice conversation by an electronic conversational agent. A voice input may be received in an audio upstream. In response to the voice input, a primary response and at least one supplementary response may be generated. A primary voice output may be generated based on the primary response. At least one supplementary voice output may be generated based on the at least one supplementary response. The primary voice output and the at least one supplementary voice output may be provided in an audio downstream, wherein the at least one supplementary voice output is provided during a time period adjacent to the primary voice output in the audio downstream.
US11979353B2
Methods, wireless device (200) and network node (202), for communication between the wireless device and the network node in a wireless network. The wireless device transmits (2:1, 2:3) a predetermined first pilot P1 associated with the wireless device, to indicate that the wireless device is in idle state. The wireless device further transmits (2:5) transmit a predetermined second pilot P2 associated with the wireless device, to indicate that the wireless device is in active state. Thereby, the network node is able to perform positioning (2:2) of the wireless device based on the first pilot P1, and to allow access (2:7) to the network when receiving the second pilot P2.
US11979351B2
A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that calculates a pathloss based on a reference signal of a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state of a specific downlink resource in a case where a pathloss reference signal and spatial relation information are not configured for specific uplink transmission; and a transmitting section that performs the specific uplink transmission using transmission power based on the pathloss. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a reference signal for at least one of QCL and pathloss calculation for uplink transmission can be appropriately determined.
US11979346B2
A wireless communication link management method includes sending data in a primary uplink data frame from the measuring device (7) to the data collection unit (5) via a primary channel. After sending, the measuring device provides a time-limited primary access opportunity (AO) for receiving a link management downlink frame. A primary signal quality is evaluated. A secondary uplink frame is sent from the measuring device via a secondary channel. A time-limited secondary access opportunity for receiving a link management downlink frame is provided. Secondary signal qualities are evaluated. One among the primary access opportunity and the secondary access opportunities is selected for sending a link management downlink frame from the data collection unit to the measuring device depending on the signal qualities. The associated channel is used as the primary channel for sending data in a primary uplink data frame from the measuring device to the data collection unit.
US11979342B2
This application relates to the field of wireless fidelity technologies, and in particular, to a resource indication method, an access point, and a station. The method includes: An access point generates a PPDU, and sends the PPDU, where the PPDU comprises a preamble puncturing information field; and where when the PPDU is in non-orthogonal frequency division multiple access (non-OFDMA) transmission mode, the preamble puncturing information field is used to indicate a puncturing status of an entire bandwidth corresponding to the PPDU; when the PPDU is in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission mode, the preamble puncturing information field is used to indicate a puncturing status of 80 MHz corresponding to a frequency domain fragment.
US11979341B2
A first set of storage accesses of a storage system are identified. The first set of storage accesses are associated with a first user. A first plurality of storage access notifications is sent to a first message queue associated with the first user based on the first set of storage accesses. A first message queue timeout value of the first message queue is set based on at least one characteristic associated with the first set of storage accesses.
US11979339B1
A method for scheduling data transmission in a communication network includes (1) using a first scheduler module, scheduling first data packets for transmission via a first communication medium, (2) using a second scheduler module, scheduling second data packets for transmission via the first communication medium, and (3) using a coordinator, allocating transmission resources of the first communication medium among at least the first and second scheduler modules.
US11979335B2
A network controller is configured to perform, to a new slice request, resource allocation from a resource of unallocated resource information managed by a resource information management unit, and to reallocate the resource to an existing slice request so that an unallocated resource increases based on unallocated resource information managed by the resource information management unit.
US11979331B2
A first network device implementing a link aggregation group with a second network device, receives a first datagram. The link aggregation group has a plurality of member links coupled to both the first network device and the second network device. The first datagram originates from a first device and is destined for a second device that is communicatively coupled to the second network device. The first network device determines that the first datagram matches a first datagram signature. The first network device determines that datagrams that match the first datagram signature are to be sent to the second network device via a first member link of the plurality of member links. The first network device sends, to the second network device, the datagram via the first member link.
US11979322B2
A method for providing a service for a traffic flow includes a network device receives a first packet; and when a packet feature of the first packet matches a packet feature of the traffic flow, the network device encapsulates an indication identifier of the traffic flow into the first packet to obtain a second packet, and sends the second packet. The second packet is an Internet Protocol (IP) version 6 (IPv6) packet or a Multiprotocol Label Switching MPLS packet. The indication identifier indicates the service provided for the traffic flow.
US11979318B2
The present application relates to egressing traffic from a public cloud network. An egress traffic manager configures routing at hosts and edge routers within the public cloud network. The egress traffic manager determines, for an edge router, a plurality of current border gateway protocol (BGP) sessions with external networks. The egress traffic manager configures a virtual router hosted on the edge router to route a portion of egress traffic to a selected one of the external networks via one of the BGP sessions. A host is configured to route the portion of egress traffic within the public cloud network to the edge router. An edge router configured to route, by the virtual router, the portion of egress traffic from the edge router to the selected one of the external networks.
US11979315B2
Systems and techniques for information centric network (ICN) interworking are described herein. For example, a request may be received at a convergence layer of a node. Here, the request originates from an application on the node. A network protocol, from several available to the node, may be determined to transmit the request. The node then transmits the request via the selected network protocol.
US11979314B2
A network device includes a plurality of network interfaces configured to couple with a plurality of physical network links. A packet processor is configured to process packets received via the plurality of network interfaces. The packet processor includes a path selection engine that is configured to: for each of at least some packets processed by the packet processor, successively make path selection decisions that correspond to respective routing domains within a hierarchical communication network, the path selection decisions for forwarding the packet through the hierarchical communication network.
US11979308B2
A method of determining the presence of a loopback in one or more networks comprises storing information related to a test instance; sending a loopback detection beacon (LPDB) containing information related to the test instance from a port on an originating device; monitoring the port for a predetermined time period to detect LPDBs arriving at the port during the predetermined time period; and determining whether a detected LPDB contains information corresponding to the stored information, to detect the presence of a loopback. The method may determine whether a detected loopback is a port loopback, a tunnel loopback or a service loopback. The stored information related to the test instance may be deleted if an LPDB arriving at the port and containing information corresponding to the stored information is not detected within the predetermined time period.
US11979306B2
Provided are a disposition rule saving unit that saves a disposition rule indicating at least a login method and disposition corresponding to the login method of an agent, a control rule saving unit that saves a control rule indicating at least an OS type and control information corresponding to the OS type of a target device of a network service, a data extraction unit that extracts configuration information including a login method and the OS type of the target device of the network service from a response result of construction processing, an agent disposition unit that determines disposition of an agent based on the login method of the extracted configuration information and the disposition rule, and an agent disposition unit that determines control processing of the agent based on the OS type of the extracted configuration information and the control rule.
US11979303B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may relate generally to platforms for providing software services. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US11979302B2
There is provided mechanisms for enabling discovery of a service-providing NF in a 3GPP communication network. A method is performed by a Network Repository Function. The method comprises registering locality information of service-providing NFs according to locality attribute of each service-providing NF. Each locality attribute comprises structured values of location information of its service-providing NF. The method comprises obtaining a request from a service-requesting NF for one of the service-providing NFs. The request specifies a preferred locality of the requested service-providing NF. The preferred locality indicates, in terms of structured values of location information, geographical location where the service-requesting NF is deployed. The method comprises identifying, out of the service-providing NFs, that service-providing NF which has a locality attribute that best matches the preferred locality, whereby the service-providing NF closest to the geographical location where the service-requesting NF is deployed is identified. The method comprises providing a response to the service-requesting NF. The response comprises the locality attribute of the identified service-providing NF, thereby enabling discovery of the service-providing NF.
US11979293B2
A method and system for centralized network multicast state publication. Specifically, in overcoming the limitation(s) of existing monitoring and/or reporting approaches to ascertaining network multicast state, embodiments disclosed herein deliver a solution for centralized network multicast state publication. To that end, embodiments disclosed herein employ a centralized network controller configured to obtain aggregated network state, including network multicast state, through embedded logical agents interspersed across a network (e.g., on each network device). Thereafter, the network multicast state may be published through one or many notification channel(s) to any number of subscribing consumers interested in the network multicast state. Furthermore, the notification channel(s) may be implemented using an open-source, distributed, in-memory database that also features a message queuing (or messaging) system. Specifically, the network multicast state (or varying contexts thereof) may be packaged as message(s) (or notification(s)) and thus published to any subscribing consumer(s) through the appropriate notification channel(s).
US11979292B1
Network rules established on a device can establish communication protocol between applications running on the device and interfaces connected to the device. For example, a network rule can establish which application(s) can access which interface(s), and when an application is not assigned to an interface, the application is not granted network access to the interface(s). In some instances, interfaces can be aggregated together to create an aggregation (e.g., link aggregation or a bridge aggregation), thus allowing the network rule to use the aggregation for multiple applications. An aggregation, such as a link aggregation, can be established as a shared rule that allows access to the interface by multiple applications. Alternatively, an aggregation, such as a bridge aggregation, can be established as a reserve rule that permits only a particular application, and no other application(s), access to the interface.
US11979289B2
It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a generic objective for a network is received; translating the generic objective into specific objectives based on a behavioral matrix if the generic objective is received, wherein each of the specific objectives is specific for a respective network element; requesting, for each of the specific objectives, an automation function of the respective network element to achieve the specific objective, identifying, for each of the specific objectives, based on a stored association table, a distributed control function controlling the automation function of the respective network element; informing, for each of the specific objectives, the identified distributed control function on the specific objective for the respective network element; supervising if a feedback is received from one of the distributed control functions, wherein the feedback indicates to which degree one of the specific objectives is achieved; adapting the behavioral matrix based on the feedback.
US11979285B2
The technology disclosed can query configuration management system data and includes cross table selection criteria and joined data return.
US11979284B2
Techniques for the transparent rolling of nodes in a cloud-delivered headend service without disrupting client traffic or making users aware of the various nodes in the system being rolled are described herein. The techniques may include receiving an indication that a first node of a network is to be rolled. Based at least in part on the indication, new connection requests may not be sent to the first intermediate node. Additionally, a client device having an existing connection through the first node may be identified. In some examples, a request may be sent to the client device to prompt the client device to establish a new connection. After determining that the new connection has been established such that the new connection flows through a second node of the network, the first node may be rolled.
US11979278B2
A first fabric abstraction layer couples to a data link layer and a physical layer of a network fabric device. The network fabric device is connected to other network elements within a network via at least one network connection, such as a fiber optic connection. A second fabric abstraction layer couples to the data link layer and an application of the network device. The second fabric abstraction layer provides an application programming interface (API) to the application. The API allows the application to generate configuration instructions for configuring the at least one network connection. Upon receiving the configuration instructions generated by the application, the second abstraction layer sends the configuration instructions to the first abstraction layer via the data link layer. The first abstraction layer then configures the at least one network connection to transmit data according to the configuration instructions.
US11979274B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure can provide network management methods and apparatuses, The method can comprise connecting by a first terminal device to a network through a connection mode; and acquiring management configuration information corresponding to the network system.
US11979269B2
A computer-implemented method for detecting anomalous communications in a service oriented communication system. The method includes providing at least one decoy service, hosted by a decoy server communicably coupled to the service oriented communication system, wherein the at least one decoy service is addressable using a corresponding decoy service identifier; detecting, at the decoy server, a request to consume at least one instance of the at least one decoy service, wherein the request originates from a client communicably coupled to the decoy server via the service oriented communication system; and performing, at the decoy server, a response to the request to consume the at least one instance of the at least one decoy service.
US11979262B1
Various embodiments provide for identifying and training a floating tap for decision feedback equalization. For some embodiments, the identification and training of the floating tap described herein can be part of a circuit for receiver block of a system, such as a memory system.
US11979259B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration that indicates to the UE to apply demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling to physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions. The UE may maintain phase coherence across multiple PUSCH transmissions, to which the DMRS bundling is applied, to enable joint channel estimation across the multiple PUSCH transmissions. The UE may transmit, based at least in part on the configuration, uplink control information (UCI) that includes a coherence indication. The UE may multiplex the UCI with a PUSCH transmission of the multiple PUSCH transmissions to which the DMRS bundling is applied. The coherence indication may indicate whether the PUSCH transmission is coherent with one or more other PUSCH transmissions, of the multiple PUSCH transmissions, transmitted by the UE. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11979256B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a route reflector, a subscription request from a first provider edge node in a network and generating a subscription policy for the first provider edge node. The method also includes receiving a first Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) Type 2 Route from a second provider edge node, assigning a sequence number to the first EVPN Type 2 Route, and communicating the first EVPN Type 2 Route with the sequence number to the first provider edge node. The method further includes receiving a second EVPN Type 2 Route from a third provider edge node, generating an updated sequence number in response to receiving the second EVPN Type 2 Route from the third provider edge node, and communicating the second EVPN Type 2 Route with the updated sequence number to the first provider edge node and the second provider node.
US11979247B2
Embodiments of this application provide a message forwarding method and an apparatus, so that a message for joining a multicast group is sent to a multicast user plane network element, and the multicast user plane network element is triggered to establish a tunnel for transmitting multicast data between the multicast user plane network element and an application server. The method may include: a multicast session management network element receives the message that indicates that a terminal is joining the multicast group; and when the terminal is the 1st terminal the multicast group, sends, to the multicast user plane network element, a message that requests to establish the tunnel for transmitting the multicast data between the multicast user plane network element and the application server.
US11979246B2
A technique facilitates interaction among meeting participants for a purpose of verifying meeting attendance. The technique includes the operations of: using a programmatic interface to query a data structure to discover first information regarding meetings that a user is scheduled to attend; using the programmatic interface to query the data structure to discover second information regarding participants of a particular meeting; generating a likelihood measure, based on the second information, that specifies a likelihood that the particular meeting will take place; displaying the first information, second information, and a representation of the likelihood measure in a user interface presentation; generating and presenting a graphical control that invites the user to take a computer-implemented action pertaining to the particular meeting; and, in response to activation of the graphical control, performing the computer-implemented action. In some cases, the action involves sending an electronic message to at least one meeting participant.
US11979240B2
A method of operating a device in a wireless network comprising transmitting a first uplink signal comprising control information in a set of uplink resources, transmitting a second uplink signal, wherein the second uplink signal is to be transmitted a plurality of times, each of the plurality of transmissions of the second uplink signal being a repetition of the second uplink signal, wherein each repetition of the second uplink signal is to be transmitted in a different set of uplink resources to the other repetitions of the second uplink signal, determining that the resources of the first uplink signal at least partially overlap in time with the resources of at least one of the repetitions of the second uplink signal, multiplexing the control information into the resources of a selected one or more of the repetitions of the second uplink signal, and transmitting the multiplexed signal to the wireless network.
US11979239B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to mechanisms for using block acknowledgments to acknowledge semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) occasions from multiple SPS configurations. An example method generally includes identifying a slot or subslot scheduled for reporting acknowledgment feedback for an SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The method identifies that one or more symbols of the identified slot or subslot that are scheduled to transmit a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) containing the acknowledgment feedback are semi-static flexible symbols. The method further monitors for a dynamic slot format indicator (SFI) dynamically configuring one or more of the semi-static flexible symbols of the slot or subslot as downlink, uplink, or flexible. The method then decides whether to report the acknowledgment feedback in the scheduled slot or subslot, in a subsequent slot or subslot, or both, based on the monitoring.
US11979237B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for packet combining for PDCP duplication, e.g., in ultra-reliable low-latency-communication (URLLC) scenarios are provided. One method may include providing, from a network node to at least one second node, a pointer to an earlier or first transmission of a protocol data unit (PDU). The pointer may be used by subsequent transmissions of the protocol data unit (PDU) through the at least one second node to indicate to a user equipment (UE) what transmissions are to be combined.
US11979232B2
A system performs verification of Ethernet hardware. A data frame including a first portion for storing a checksum value and a second portion for storing a timestamp value is received. The second portion of data frame is set to zero. A timestamp value for including in second portion of the data frame is received. A modified checksum value is determined based on the checksum value included in the first portion of the data frame and the timestamp value. A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) value is determined for the data frame by nullifying the checksum value in the data frame and considering the timestamp value. A final CRC value is determined by combining the CRC value for the data frame and a CRC correction value based on the checksum. The modified data frame is sent for processing using an emulator.
US11979229B2
An error rate measuring apparatus includes error counting means for comparing bit string data obtained by converting a signal received from the device under test with error data, counting the number of FEC symbol errors by each codeword length in a case where the number of FEC symbol errors is less than the threshold value, and collectively counting the number of FEC symbol errors of codeword lengths in a case where the number of FEC symbol errors is equal to or greater than the threshold value, and display control means for displaying and controlling a list of collected results of the number of FEC symbol errors of each codeword length.
US11979223B2
An information processing device includes a control unit that determines whether or not a terminal device and an imaging device are associated with each other on the basis of first identification information received from the terminal device and second identification information received from the imaging device, and sets the terminal device as a destination of transmission of a return video image on the basis of a determination result.
US11979208B1
A multi-gateway multi-beam satellite communication system. The system has a satellite a plurality of gateways for providing broadband services to users and being in bilateral communication with the satellite by a like plurality of feeder links and a second plurality of clusters of coverage areas in bilateral communication with the satellite by a like plurality of service links. The system has a precoder for allocating power to either or both of the feeder links and service links. Precoding can be based on signal to noise plus interference ratio or interference temperature. Precoding can be based on discrete-time dynamical feedback system frameworks with real-time feedback signaling comprised of signal-to-noise plus interference ratio, signal-to-leakage-plus-noise ratio, interference temperatures and/or tracking errors.
US11979203B2
A set of stators of a linear induction motor are mounted on a track. A three-phase current is provided to each of the stators, such that a traveling magnetic field (TMF) is created by the stators along the length of the track. The traveling magnetic field includes a magnetic flux corresponding to a stator excitation modulated with a message signal. A rotor includes a series of conductor plates. As the traveling magnetic field passes through the conductor plates, a current is induced in the plates by induction. Such current then generates an opposing magnetic field causing the plates and the vehicle to be propelled. Each phase may first be modulated with a message signal, before being provided to the stator. The current at the rotor is then demodulated to realize the message signal. A doppler shift due to the speed of the rotor relative to the stator is corrected.
US11979199B2
A method is disclosed for a wireless transceiver comprising a plurality of transceiver antenna elements and configured to operate in a communication network. The method comprises dynamically assigning (from the plurality of transceiver antenna elements) a first set of transceiver antenna elements allocated for channel sensing and a second set of transceiver antenna elements allocated for communication, performing channel sensing using the first set of transceiver antenna elements, and operating the wireless transceiver based on a result of the performed channel sensing. For example, dynamically assigning the first and second sets of transceiver antenna elements may comprise (in a non-communication mode of the wireless transceiver) letting the first set comprise all of the transceiver antenna elements and letting the second set be empty, (in a communication transmission mode of the wireless transceiver) letting the first set comprise a first subset of the transceiver antenna elements and letting the second set comprise a second subset of the transceiver antenna elements, wherein the first and second subsets are nonoverlapping, and (in a communication reception mode of the wireless transceiver) letting the first set comprise a third subset of the transceiver antenna elements and letting the second set comprise a fourth subset of the transceiver antenna elements, wherein the third and fourth subsets are non-overlapping or overlapping. Corresponding apparatus, wireless transceiver, access node, user device and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11979190B2
An optical network unit (ONU) used in a passive optical network (PON) includes an optical fiber interface, a sniffer module and a frame format converting module. The optical fiber interface is configured to receive an XGPON Transmission Convergence (XGTC) frame. The sniffer module is configured to output a downstream unprocessed XGEM frame and an upstream unprocessed XGEM frame according to the XGTC frame. The frame format converting module is configured to convert the downstream unprocessed XGEM frame and the upstream unprocessed XGEM frame to respective Ethernet (ETH) frames.
US11979189B2
A radio-frequency data transport infrastructure for transmitting radio-frequency data to and from equipment via optical fibers. Such data transport infrastructure being particularly suitable for equipping an aircraft.
US11979188B2
Apparatus for providing communication between ground-based User Equipment (UE) and at least one core network and a method for providing wireless communication between ground-based User Equipment (UE) and at least one core network are disclosed. The apparatus for providing communication between ground-based User Equipment (UE) and at least one core network comprises a plurality of low earth orbit satellites each comprising at least one satellite-based optical transmitter element and at least one satellite-based optical receiver element for providing at least one optical communication link; and at least one aerial vehicle comprising at least one aerial vehicle based optical transmitter element and at least one aerial vehicle based optical receiver element for providing at least one optical communication link and at least one directional antenna for providing a wireless communication link to a ground-based station and/or mobile UE.
US11979186B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for computing a launch power for an optical node by collecting data for an optical network segment and inputting the collected data and first power spectral density values into a machine learning model which are used to compute a first non-linear interference value. A first generalized-optical signal-to-noise ratio value is computed using the computed first non-linear interference value and amplified spontaneous emission values. At least one second generalized-optical signal-to-noise ratio value is computed using at least one second non-linear interference value, computed using at least one second power spectral density values, and the amplified spontaneous emission values. A highest generalized-optical signal-to-noise ratio value is determined by comparing the first generalized-optical signal-to-noise ratio value and the at least one second generalized-optical signal-to-noise ratio value. A launch power is computed using the power spectral density values associated with the highest generalized-optical signal-to-noise ratio.
US11979180B2
A method for detecting and attenuating the impact of interference in a signal of a radio receiver with multiple tuners. The method includes providing a first input signal RF1 to a first tuner T1; simultaneously providing a second input signal RF2 to a second tuner T2; simultaneously producing a first intermediate high injection signal IFH1, by the first tuner T1, using the first input signal RF1 filtered on a first frequency fE, and a first intermediate low injection signal IFB2, by the second tuner T2, using the second input signal RF2 filtered on the first frequency fE; comparing the first intermediate high injection signal IFH1 and the first intermediate low injection signal IFB2; selecting one out of the first intermediate high injection signal IFH1 and the first intermediate low injection signal IFB2 to be decoded by the radio receiver.
US11979171B2
Reduced complexity encoders and related systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed. An apparatus includes a data storage device and a processing circuitry. The data storage device is to store a first data part of a transmit data frame. The transmit data frame is received from one or more higher network layers that are higher than a physical layer. The transmit data frame includes the first data part and a second data part. The second data part includes data bits having known values. The processing circuitry is to retrieve the first data part of the transmit data frame from the data storage device and determine parity vectors for the transmit data frame independently of the second data part responsive to the first data part.
US11979153B2
A system on chip includes a programmable logic array. The system on chip also includes a signal conditioner coupled to a data input of the programmable logic array and configured to condition a data signal prior to processing the data signal with the programmable logic array. The signal conditioner can selectively condition the signal by one or both of synchronizing the data signal with a clock signal of the programmable logic array and generating a pulse from the data signal with an edge detector.
US11979147B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for memory initiated calibration. The memory includes a termination circuit with a tunable resistor and a calibration detection circuit with a replica tunable resistor. The calibration detection circuit measures a resistance of the replica tunable resistor and provides a calibration request signal if the resistance is outside a tolerance. Responsive to the calibration request signal, a controller of the memory schedules the memory for a calibration operation.
US11979143B2
A circuit includes a high-side transistor pair and a low-side transistor pair having a common intermediate node. The high-side transistor pair includes a first transistor having a control node and a current flowpath therethrough configured to provide a current flow line between a supply voltage node and the intermediate node, and a second transistor having a current flowpath therethrough coupled to the control node of the first transistor. The low-side transistor pair includes a third transistor having a control node and a current flowpath therethrough configured to provide a current flow line between the intermediate node and the reference voltage node, and a fourth transistor having a current flowpath therethrough coupled to the control node of the third transistor. Testing circuitry is configured to be coupled to at least one of the second transistor and the fourth transistor to apply thereto a test-mode signal.
US11979141B2
Embodiments of the invention provide IGBT circuit modules with increased efficiencies. These efficiencies can be realized in a number of ways. In some embodiments, the gate resistance and/or voltage can be minimized. In some embodiments, the IGBT circuit module can be switched using an isolated receiver such as a fiber optic receiver. In some embodiments, a single driver can drive a single IGBT. And in some embodiments, a current bypass circuit can be included. Various other embodiments of the invention are disclosed.
US11979138B2
A quartz crystal resonator includes a quartz crystal resonator element, a thermistor, and a package base having a first principal surface and a second principal surface having an opposed surface relationship with each other, the quartz crystal resonator element is mounted on the first principal surface side, the thermistor is housed in a recessed section of the second principal surface side of the package base, a plurality of electrode terminals connected to the quartz crystal resonator element or the thermistor is disposed on the second principal surface side of the package base, and a distance in a first direction perpendicular to the first principal surface from a mounting surface of the electrode terminals to the thermistor is equal to or longer than 0.05 mm.
US11979137B2
A high-frequency module (1) includes a mounting substrate (90), a duplexer (60L) arranged on the mounting substrate (90), a duplexer (60H) arranged on the mounting substrate (90) and having a pass band with a higher frequency than a pass band of the duplexer (60L), and a semiconductor control IC (40) arranged on the mounting substrate (90) and stacked with the duplexer (60L) of the duplexers (60L and 60H).
US11979136B2
A package structure of an air gap type semiconductor device includes a carrier; a semiconductor chip; and a bonding layer disposed between the carrier and the semiconductor chip. A first cavity is formed in the bonding layer and enclosed by the semiconductor chip and the carrier to at least aligned with a portion of an active region of the semiconductor chip. An encapsulation layer and the bonding layer are on a same side of the carrier to encapsulate the semiconductor chip and an exposed region of the bonding layer. At least one portion of the encapsulation layer is formed between the semiconductor chip and the carrier along a direction perpendicular to a lateral surface of the carrier. Interconnection structures formed on a side of the carrier different from a side with the bonding layer. Each interconnection structure is electrically connected to a corresponding input/output electrode of the semiconductor chip.
US11979131B2
A Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter that reduces the complexity of the hardware required for a filter with a high decimation factor while achieving similar performance of prior art poly-phase filters of greater complexity. The FIR filter includes a small number of multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) units connected in parallel to each other between an input stream and an output stream. The MAC units are provided with coefficients from a memory. In an example implementation, the memory is addressed by a counter and the output of the memory selected by a multiplexer for suppling the coefficients.
US11979126B1
Charge leakage/injection suppression circuitry within a capacitive programmable gain amplifier provides a low-impedance expulsion path for residual carriers within a feedback-path amplifier-mode switch and equalizes a voltage across a critical-leakage-path component of that amplifier-mode switch, reducing charge injection and leakage into an otherwise isolated amplifier input node to yield a low-noise amplifier output.
US11979123B2
An aspect relates to an apparatus including a radio frequency (RF) signal power detector. The RF signal power detector includes a first current source configured to generate a first current based on a power level of a first RF signal; a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) configured to generate a first voltage based on the first current, wherein the TIA is coupled between a first upper voltage rail and a lower voltage rail; and a second current source configured to generate a second current related to the first current, wherein the first and second current sources are coupled in series between a second upper voltage rail and the lower voltage rail.
US11979121B2
A sense amplifier circuit includes: a charge module configured to charge a set signal node and a reset signal node according to a clock signal; and a sense module configured to sense and amplify a differential input signal according to the clock signal; where, the sense module includes a first amplification circuit, a second amplification circuit, and a cross hopping transfer circuit cross-connected between the first amplification circuit and the second amplification circuit. The cross hopping transfer circuit is configured to transfer a valid signal of a newly started amplification circuit to another amplification circuit if sensing is completed and the differential input signal hops, such that a set signal/reset signal remains unchanged. A flip-flop includes the sense amplifier circuit.
US11979114B2
A stacked amplifier circuit includes an input stage having first and second input ports respectively defined by inputs of first and second transistors. A transformer arrangement includes first and second primary windings and first and second secondary windings. The first secondary winding is connected to an output of the first input transistor and the second secondary winding is connected to an output of the second input transistor. Portions of the magnetic fields generated by the primary windings couple to their respective secondary windings. An output stage is AC coupled to the first and second secondary windings and has an output connected to the first and second primary windings. The input stage and the output stage are arranged in a stacked configuration such that a bias current of the output stage is reused as bias current for the input stage.
US11979107B2
A solar module mounting bracket system including a plurality of solar modules including mounting slots formed in a sidewall of the solar module, a torque tube configured to support the solar modules such that they can be rotated, a plurality of mounting brackets configured for integration with the torque tube and to which the plurality of solar modules are mounted, at least one first retainer assembly connected to one of the plurality of mounting brackets, the first retainer assembly including a through bolt, a spring, a mounting tab, and nut. When a solar module is placed on the mounting bracket and supported by the torque tube the mounting tab retainer assembly is received in the mounting slot of the solar module.
US11979101B2
A single-strand EC motor with a winding strand with two winding connections, has a current regulating device in the winding strands between the winding connections. The current regulating device regulates the winding current of the single-strand EC motor during a first commutation phase with a positive current flow and a second commutation phase with a negative current flow. In each case, at a constant value. The value of the average output voltage uw(t) of the current regulator is used to ascertain the commutation time.
US11979100B2
Various aspects include electric generators configured to boost electrical output by leveraging electron avalanche generated by a high energy photon radiation source. In various aspects, an electric generator includes a stator and a rotor positioned within the stator, wherein the stator and rotor are configured to generate electric current when the rotor is rotated, and a high energy photon source (e.g., a gamma ray source) positioned and configured to irradiate at least a portion of conductors in the rotor or stator. In some aspects, the stator generates a magnetic field when the electric generator is operating, and the rotor includes armature windings configured to generate electric current when the rotor is rotated. In some aspects, the high energy photon source includes cobalt-60 and/or cesium-137.
US11979089B2
A Cockcroft-Walton (CW) switching voltage converter is disclosed. This CW switching converter includes a set of capacitors; an inductor coupled between an input voltage source and the set of capacitors; a set of switches; and an N-phase control module coupled to the set of switches. In some embodiments, each switch is controlled by the N-phase control module which is configured to sequentially and periodically effectuate a set of N voltage-conversion phases in a sequence of switching cycles. Note that each switching cycle effectuates a voltage conversion through the set of N voltage-conversion phases, wherein N is the conversion ratio of the CW switching voltage converter. Moreover, the N-phase control module is configured to effectuate a phase transition from a current phase to a subsequent phase when a zero-current switching (ZCS) condition on a given switch is met.
US11979086B2
This application provides a resonant conversion system, including a controller and a resonant conversion circuit. The resonant conversion circuit includes a high frequency chopper circuit, a resonant cavity, a transformer, and a rectification filter network, and the high frequency chopper circuit includes switches S1 and S2. The controller is configured to: detect a bridge arm midpoint voltage VSW, and determine based on the VSW a current threshold signal used to indicate a current threshold; detect a resonant current on a primary side of the transformer, and compare the resonant current with the current threshold signal to control on/off of the switch S1 or S2 based on the second electrical signal, so that the system operates in an inductive mode to ensure zero voltage switching of the switch, while operating in a state close to a capacitive mode to maximize the use of a gain region.
US11979073B2
A four-wheel drive hub lock harness assembly is disclosed. The harness assembly comprises a motor receptacle configured to retain a motor. The motor receptacle comprises a retainer and lead frame assembly configured to house a printed circuit board, a magnetic sensor electrically coupled to the retainer and lead frame assembly, a first and second bracket extending substantially vertically from the retainer and lead frame assembly, the first and second brackets configured to secure corresponding ends of the motor to the retainer and lead frame assembly, and encapsulation material encapsulating the printed circuit board and magnetic sensor for dampening vibrations of the wheels of a vehicle. The harness assembly also comprises a housing assembly situated beneath the motor receptacle, which mechanically connects with the eIWE, and a cable extending from the housing assembly, the cable configured to electrically connect the hub lock harness assembly to a powertrain control module (PCM).
US11979067B2
An electrical machine (10), in particular for the adjustment of movable parts in the motor vehicle, having a stator housing (22) which accommodates a stator (12) and a rotor (14), wherein the rotor (14) has a rotor shaft (20) on which a commutator (18) is arranged, which commutator can be energized by means of electrical brushes (20), and the stator housing (22) has an axial opening (24) with an encircling edge (26), through which axial opening the rotor shaft (16) protrudes out of the stator housing (22), wherein an electronics circuit board (PCB) (30), which is populated with at least one interference-suppression element (44), is arranged transversely in relation to the rotor shaft (16), and the electronics circuit board (30), in its circumferential region (31), bears against the edge (26) in a conductive manner in order to form a ground contact with the stator housing (22).
US11979063B2
A rotating electric machine includes a field system, which includes a magnet section, and an armature. The magnet section includes a plurality of magnets that are arranged at predetermined intervals and in alignment with each other in a circumferential direction. The magnets have easy axes of magnetization oriented such that at locations closer to a d-axis, the directions of the easy axes of magnetization are more parallel to the d-axis than at locations closer to a q-axis. In the magnets, magnet magnetic paths are formed along the easy axes of magnetization. The field system further includes a field-system core that is formed of a soft-magnetic material. The field-system core has protrusions protruding to the armature side. Each of the protrusions is located closer to the q-axis than to the d-axis in the circumferential direction. Circumferential end surfaces of the protrusions respectively abut circumferential end surfaces of the magnets.
US11979062B2
A rotor assembly for a turbomachine having a permanent magnet electric motor that defines an axis of rotation includes a jacket member. The rotor assembly also includes a magnet member that is received within the jacket member. The magnet member has a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end that are separated along the axis of rotation. The rotor assembly also includes a first shaft structure that is attached to the first longitudinal end and a second shaft structure that is attached to the second longitudinal end. The magnet member is solitary and unitary and has a solid core.
US11979058B2
An object is to assemble a housing to a mating bracket with high accuracy and to improve the reliability of a rotating electrical machine. A housing of a rotating electrical machine according to the present invention is a housing of a rotating electrical machine that accommodates a stator of the rotating electrical machine and is supported by a support member, the housing including: a first tab that forms a first through-hole through which a first screw passes; and a second tab that forms a second through-hole through which a second screw passes and forms a fitting portion that fits with a position adjustment member, wherein the first tab is formed such that a first facing surface facing the support member of the first tab is farther from the support member than a second facing surface facing the support member of the second tab.
US11979053B2
A system according to the present invention comprises: a power source which generates a first low voltage from a supplied high voltage; a capacitor which suppresses fluctuations in the high voltage; and a first device which operates by using the first low voltage as an electric power source and which increases its own current consumption when supply of the high voltage to the power source has stopped.
US11979036B2
A system and method for sensorless coil detection that exploits a dead-time effect in a WPT inverter as an indicator of presence of a receiver. In one embodiment, a system described herein may be configured to detect arrival of a moving receiver prior to alignment of the moving receiver with the transmitter for power transmission.
US11979031B2
Transmitter or receiver resonant circuit for carrying out contactless power transmission via resonant inductive coupling to a receiver or transmitter resonant circuit, comprising a first capacitance and a first winding, the first winding comprising an inductance and a first resistance, the transmitter resonant circuit comprising a second capacitance of value C2′ and a second winding, the second winding comprising a second inductance of value L2′ and a second resistance of value R2′, the transmitter resonant circuit having a natural angular frequency u>2 such that w2=1/V(L2′×C2′) and a natural frequency f2 such that f2=w2/(2π), characterized in that the value of the second inductance varies in a predetermined manner.
US11979028B2
Described is a locomotive implant for usage within a predetermined magnetic field. In one embodiment magnetohydrodynamics is used to generate thrust with a plurality of electrodes. In another embodiment, asymmetric drag forces are used to generate thrust.
US11979027B2
A control method. The control method includes determining whether a second electronic device is placed on a touch panel of a first electronic device, the touch panel including a first electrode layer, the second electronic device including a second electrode layer, the second electrode layer being configured to form a charging capacitor unit with the first electrode layer; controlling the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer opposite to the first electrode layer to form the charging capacitor unit when it is determined that the second electronic device is placed on the touch panel; and controlling a first power module of the first electronic device to provide power to the first electrode layer to supply power to the second electronic device through the charging capacitor unit; or, controlling the first power module to receive power transmitted by the second electronic device through the charging capacitor unit.
US11979022B2
Example approaches for power quality monitoring in a power distribution grid are described. In an example, monitoring data is received by a communication gateway from a node coupled to it. In an example, there may be multiple nodes in the power distribution grid. Local insights for power quality monitoring may be estimated, based on the monitoring data, using predictive analytics at the communication gateway. The monitoring data and the local insights associated with each of the plurality of nodes is transmitted to the server. Global insights for power quality monitoring may be estimating, using predictive analytics performed at the server, based on the monitoring data and the local insights. An indication to an operator is generated, based on the estimated local insights, global insights and the monitored data, to carry out preventive or corrective action for maintaining the power quality in the power distribution grid.
US11979016B1
A LCDI power cord circuit is provided. The circuit includes energizing shielded wires and monitoring the energized shields for surges, e.g., arcing, and/or voltage drops, e.g., shield breaks detected by a Power Cord Fault Circuit (PCFC). The PCFC includes one dual purpose amplifying/switch transistor and the LCDI power cord circuit does not include any discrete capacitive components.
US11979012B2
There are provided an electric connection box and a wire harness including: a body including an accommodating portion inside the body, the accommodating portion being configured to accommodate an electronic component. The body includes an electric wire holding portion inside the body, the electric wire holding portion having a slit-shaped groove configured to radially sandwich and hold an electric wire extending from a connector to be connected to the electronic component. The groove of the electric wire holding portion includes: a groove inlet portion; a groove deepest portion; and a narrow portion between the groove inlet portion and the groove deepest portion. A groove width in the narrow portion is narrower than a groove width in the groove inlet portion.
US11979010B2
A wiring harness for coupling electronic components includes a hollow trunk sleeve and a hollow branch sleeve. The trunk sleeve includes one or more notches and bends spaced apart along its length. The branch sleeve is interconnected to the trunk sleeve at each corresponding notch, with each branch sleeve open to the trunk sleeve through the respective notch. A bundle of wires extends through the trunk sleeve, with a sub-set of the bundle extending through each notch and corresponding branch sleeve. A first encapsulation layer is disposed about the trunk and branch sleeve at each interconnection separately secures each branch sleeve to the trunk sleeve. A second encapsulation layer is disposed about each bend to maintain the trunk sleeve in a desired pre-defined pattern with each first and second encapsulation layer being separated such that at least a portion of the trunk sleeve is free of the encapsulation layers.
US11979006B2
An apparatus for interlocking the connection handle of a module for a motor control center (MCC) engages a locking plate to prevent inadvertent motion of the connection handle. When the apparatus is not pressed, it allows the locking plate to fully engage the connection handle, preventing the connection handle from changing position. When the apparatus is in a first angular orientation, it may only be pressed into the module for a first depth. At the first depth, the apparatus engages the locking plate to allow the connection handle to transition between an off position and a test position. When the apparatus is rotated to a second angular orientation, it may be pressed into the module for a second depth. At the second depth, the apparatus causes the locking plate to disengage the connection handle, allowing the connection handle to be moved between any desired position.
US11979003B2
The disclosure relates to a housing for a spark plug, having a bore along the longitudinal axis X of the housing, the housing comprises an outer side and an inner side and a galvanically applied nickel and zinc-containing protective layer is arranged on at least one part of the outer side of the housing. A sealing layer, which contains silicon, is arranged on the nickel and zinc-containing protective layer.
US11978998B2
A substrate for mounting a light-emitting element includes a base and a dam part. The base includes a front surface and a back surface that are principal surfaces thereof where the front surface includes a mounting part that is capable of mounting a light-emitting element thereon. The dam part is arranged on a peripheral part of the front surface to surround the mounting part. The front surface is inclined relative to the back surface at a predetermined angle. The dam part is provided with an opening part at a site where the front surface is inclined to decrease a thickness of the base, in the peripheral part of the front surface. A site of the dam part where the opening part is provided is inclined relative to the back surface in a direction of the front surface.
US11978995B2
The present disclosure provides a laser pulse sequence energy correction system and method. The correction system includes a fundamental frequency light source, a control unit, an energy adjusting unit and a frequency multiplication crystal; the fundamental frequency light source is configured to output a fundamental frequency pulse laser, and the frequency multiplication crystal is configured to convert the fundamental frequency pulse laser into a multiple frequency pulse laser; the control unit prestores an energy-time curve of the multiple frequency pulse laser, and the control unit is configured to control the energy adjusting unit to adjust the intensity of the fundamental frequency pulse laser incident on the frequency multiplication crystal according to the energy-time curve, so that energy of each pulse in the multiple frequency pulse laser is identical. The technical solution of the present disclosure has advantages of simple structure, reliable device, convenient adjustment and the like.
US11978991B2
An insulation displacement contact (IDC) cluster includes a plurality of IDC cluster modular units each having a plurality of receptacles adjacent to one another in a row. Each of the receptacles receives an IDC terminal. A first IDC cluster modular unit of the IDC cluster modular units is coupled to a second IDC cluster modular unit of the IDC cluster modular units to form a modular structure by stacking and fastening together, arranging the receptacles of the IDC cluster modular units in parallel rows.
US11978990B2
An electric energy transmission aluminum part and a machining process therefor including an aluminum conductive device (1) and an aluminum cable, with the aluminum cable including an aluminum conductive core (2) and an insulation layer (3) cladding a surface of the aluminum conductive core (2). An exposed section of the aluminum conductive core (2) with the insulation layer (3) stripped from the aluminum cable and at least part of the aluminum conductive core (2) clad with the insulation layer (3) are crimped inside the aluminum conductive device (1). A transition section (4) with a trapezoidal axial cross-section is provided at a junction between the insulation layer (3) and the exposed section of the aluminum conductive core (2) in the aluminum conductive device (1). Taking the transition section (4) as a demarcation point, an inner diameter of an end of the aluminum conductive device (1) that is crimped with the insulation layer (3) is greater than an inner diameter of an end of the aluminum conductive device (1) that is crimped with the aluminum conductive core (2). At least one concave structure is provided on a periphery of the aluminum conductive device (1). The concave structure provided on the surface of the aluminum conductive device (1) can effectively prevent the aluminum conductive device (1) from moving relative to a clamp, so as to solve the problem of displacement or rotation of the aluminum conductive device (1) in the clamp during welding, and improve the welding efficiency and the yield.
US11978989B2
A card connector, a card holder, and a terminal device, where the card connector includes a plurality of first terminals and one or more second terminals. The first terminals are arranged to form a first card access area that installs a first card, and the first terminals are configured to be electrically coupled to the first card. The one or more second terminals are distributed on a periphery of the first card access area, the first terminals and the one or more second terminals form a second card access area that installs a second card, and the first terminals and the one or more second terminals are configured to be electrically coupled to the second card.
US11978981B2
An opening shield assembly including a body portion that includes a base plate having a front side and a back side and a passageway portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The passageway portion being connected to the base plate at the proximal end. The body portion also includes a passage extending from the distal end of the passageway portion to the back side of the base plate through the passageway portion and the base plate. The passageway portion is bent between the proximal end and the distal end to form a bend.
US11978974B2
An arrangement includes a first modular circuit board plug connector and at least one second modular circuit board plug connector for installation on a printed circuit board, wherein the circuit board plug connectors each include a plurality of individual plug connector modules and the plug connector modules are each arranged in rows on at least one connector and reversibly fastened thereto, wherein the first circuit board plug connector and the at least second circuit board plug connector are reversibly connected together via a coupling element.
US11978969B2
A wireless communication device transmits and receives a high-frequency signal having a first frequency as a carrier frequency. The device includes a base material made of paper, an antenna pattern of an Sn alloy formed on the base material, and an RFIC element connected electrically to the antenna pattern. Moreover, the antenna pattern including a thin wire part and a thick wire part that differ in wire width from each other.
US11978967B2
UWB Antenna comprising: a first substrate layer (10); a second substrate layer (20); a conductive ground layer (300) arranged on a first side of the first substrate layer and connected to a ground terminal; a first conductive layer (100) arranged between the first substrate layer (10) and the second substrate layer (20), wherein a central portion (140) of the first conductive layer (100) is connected to the feed terminal (3), wherein the first conductive layer (100) has a shape with a plurality of arms extending radially from the central portion (140), wherein the plurality of arms (110, 120, 130) is connected in its distal portion (111, 121, 131) with the ground layer (300); a second conductive layer (200) arranged on a second side of the second substrate layer (20, 20′), wherein the layers (10, 20, 100, 200, 300) are realised with a multilayer circuit board.
US11978960B2
A cavity slotted-waveguide antenna array has several waveguide columns disposed in parallel in a housing. Several of the waveguide columns being provided with cavity slots on the front side of the housing. The housing includes a front part secured to a rear part, with a rear portion of the waveguide columns being formed in the rear part, and with a front portion of the waveguide columns being formed in said front part. The waveguide columns can have a rectangular cross-section, with the columns defined by two opposing wide inner surfaces, a narrow inner back surface, and a narrow inner front surface, with the plurality of cavity slots extending from the front side of the housing to said narrow inner front surface. A signal probe is disposed in the columns. Conductive parallel plate blinds are conductively secured to the front side of the housing.
US11978957B2
An antenna arrangement having a stacked layered structure. The antenna arrangement includes a radiation layer including one or more radiation elements, and a distribution layer facing the radiation layer. The distribution layer is arranged to distribute a radio frequency signal to the one or more radiation elements. The distribution layer includes at least one distribution layer feed and a first electromagnetic bandgap, EBG, structure arranged to form at least one first waveguide intermediate the distribution layer and the radiation layer. The first EBG structure is also arranged to prevent electromagnetic propagation in a frequency band of operation from propagating from the at least one first waveguide in directions other than through the at least one distribution layer feed and the one or more radiation elements. The distribution layer includes a plurality of distribution modules and a positioning structure, the positioning structure is arranged to fix the distribution modules in position.
US11978953B2
The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a wireless communication device, comprising a radome comprising a first locking unit and a sealing protrusion formed along at least one side end, a lower case formed along at least one side end and including a sealing protrusion groove which is configured to receive at least part of the sealing protrusion and a second locking unit, and a fastener which is fastened to the first locking unit and the second locking unit to fix the lower case and the radome.
US11978946B2
The present disclosure relates to a clamping apparatus for an antenna, and more particularly, to a clamping apparatus for an antenna including: an arm unit coupled to a support pole and having an upwardly open rotating shaft hole formed in a front end thereof; a rotation unit detachably mounted to the rotating shaft hole of the arm unit and coupled to be rotatable about the rotating shaft hole at a predetermined angle in a left-right direction; and a tilting unit detachably mounted to a tilting shaft hole of the front end of the rotation unit, and coupled to be tiltable about the tilting shaft hole at a predetermined angle in a top-down direction, wherein the rotation unit is configured such that a rotating shaft rod serving as the center of the rotating motion is rotatably fixed to the arm unit through a rotating coupling member, and the tilting unit is configured such that the tilting shaft rod serving as the center of the tilting motion is tiltably fixed to the rotation unit through a tilting coupling member. Thus, the present disclosure provides an advantage of eliminating spatial limitations of a plurality of antenna devices on the support pole and an advantage of improving workability.
US11978917B2
Batteries including electrochemical cells, associated components, and arrangements thereof are generally described. In some aspects, batteries with housings that undergo relatively little expansion and contraction even in cases where electrochemical cells in the battery undergo a relatively high degree of expansion and contraction during charging and discharging are provided. Batteries configured to apply relatively high magnitudes and uniform force to electrochemical cells in the battery, while in some cases having high energy densities and a relatively low pack burden, are also provided. In certain aspects, arrangements of electrochemical cells and associated components are generally described. In some aspects, thermally conductive solid articles that can be used for aligning components of the battery are described. In some aspects, thermally insulating and compressible components for battery packs are generally described.
US11978916B2
A battery pack assembly includes a housing having a plurality of sides and defining an internal cavity, a plurality of battery cells received in the internal cavity, and battery electronics received in the internal cavity. A battery pack interface is supported by the housing and connectable to a device. An injection port is supported by the housing. The injection port includes one or more channels positioned on one or more of the sides of the housing. Each channel connects the internal cavity to an exterior of the battery pack. The injection port is configured to direct a fluid comprising adhesive material from the exterior of the battery pack into the internal cavity. The fluid is configured to cover at least one of a portion of the battery cells and a portion of the battery electronics.
US11978915B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a combustion-powered fastener driving tool fuel cell adapter for a fuel cell for a combustion-powered fastener driving tool, wherein the adapter is configured to reduce the chance of the adapter popping off of a sealing member attached to a fuel cell, wherein the adapter is configured to reduce the chance of the adapter untwisting from the sealing member.
US11978910B2
Provided are an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrical device. The electrode assembly includes first electrode plates and a second electrode plate that are of opposite polarities. The second electrode plate and two first electrode plates are stacked and wound to form the electrode assembly. The second electrode plate is located between the two first electrode plates. Each of the first electrode plates includes a first composite current collector and a first active material layer. The first active material layer is disposed on a surface that is of the first composite current collector and that is oriented back from the second electrode plate. The first composite current collector is configured to dielectrically isolate the first active material layer from the second electrode plate and allow passage of ions transmitted between the first active material layer and the second electrode plate.
US11978881B2
A set of liquid compositions used to form a positive or negative electrode layer is provided. The set of liquid compositions includes a first liquid composition having a first electrode material dissolving or dispersing in a first liquid; and a second liquid composition having a second electrode material dissolving or dispersing in a second liquid, the second electrode material differing from the first electrode material, and the second liquid differing from the first liquid, wherein the second electrode material dissolves or disperses easily in the second liquid than in the first liquid.
US11978874B2
An electronic device low-temperature protection method includes: obtaining, by an electronic device, an environmental temperature and a temperature of a battery of the electronic device; determining, by the electronic device based on the environmental temperature and the temperature of the battery, that the electronic device is in a low-temperature environment; and implementing, by the electronic device, low-temperature protection in response to the determined being in the low-temperature environment. According to the electronic device low-temperature protection method provided in this application, both the environmental temperature and the temperature of the battery are considered, and whether the electronic device is in a low-temperature state is detected based on the environmental temperature and the temperature of the battery.
US11978873B2
The invention provides a battery module with cooling cartridge and battery system thereof. The cooling cartridge is utilized to be disposed between the battery units stacked in a single axis. The supporting portion of the cooling cartridge is directly contacted in a large area to the current collecting sheet of the battery unit. And the wing portions, extended from the two sides of the supporting portion, are directly contacted to the inner sidewalls of the metal housing. Therefore, a large-area heat dissipating path for the battery cell is provided, and the performance and stability of the battery cell are greatly improved.
US11978871B2
Provided is a battery that includes a battery module having a battery cell, and a cooler including an inlet part through which refrigerant flows in from outside, and an outlet part through which the refrigerant flows out, and configured to cool the battery module as the refrigerant circulates inside the cooler. The cooler includes an inlet side flow passage that communicates with the inlet part and is provided at a position overlapping a heating region, and an outlet side flow passage that communicates with the inlet side flow passage and the outlet part, and is provided at a position overlapping a non-heating region.
US11978867B2
A battery monitoring system for a battery pack having battery cells including a test cell and a reference voltage. The battery monitoring system includes built-in-test circuitry associated with the test cell. The built-in-test circuitry has a monitoring control operable to permit electric current between the reference voltage and the test cell and an enabling control operable to permit electric current between the reference voltage and the test cell. The battery monitoring system also includes battery monitoring circuitry having cell monitoring voltage interfaces configured to receive cell voltages associated with the battery cells and a built-in-test interface operable upon actuation by the battery monitoring circuitry to operate the monitoring control. A method for operating circuitry associated with the battery monitoring system is also provided.
US11978864B2
This application relates to the field of battery technologies, and provides a battery module, a battery pack, and an automobile. The battery module includes two or more battery cells; a module frame, including an end plate and a side plate. The end plate and the side plate form the module frame for fixing the two or more battery cells and a cell management unit is disposed on the end plate and connected to a sampling line of the two or more battery cells. The cell management unit is disposed on the end plate inside the module frame, which facilitates wiring of the sampling line of the battery cells, thus ensuring an effective energy density of the battery module and balancing the wiring of the sampling line of the battery cells and the energy density of the battery module.
US11978862B2
An electrochemical device, including a cell and a shell enclosing the cell; the cell includes a jelly roll including a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from each other, a separator is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode are wound to form the cell; the first electrode includes a first current collector, the first current collector includes a first surface and a second surface disposed oppositely; the first surface faces the shell, and includes a coated region coated with a first active material and an uncoated region; the uncoated region includes a first uncoated region disposed at an end of the jelly roll, and the first uncoated region includes alternating bent portions and straight portions; and the bent portions are provided with an insulating layer.
US11978861B2
An apparatus for manufacturing the secondary battery includes a first measurement part photographing unit cells, which are continuously transferred, to measure a position of a first electrode having a relatively large size of the first electrode and a second electrode, which are provided in the unit cells and have polarities opposite to each other, from an image of each of the photographed unit cells; and a first arrangement part disposing the unit cell passing through the first measurement part at a preset position of the separation sheet to adjust an interval between the unit cells disposed on the separation sheet on the basis of the position of the first electrode, which is measured by the first measurement part.
US11978853B2
The present disclosure relates to an electrode for an all solid-state battery and a manufacturing method thereof, and a mixture of a polymer-based solid electrolyte and a conductive material is filled between electrode active material particles that constitute an electrode active material layer, to increase the contact between the electrode active material particles and the conductive material through a solvent annealing process included in a manufacturing process, thereby improving ionic conductivity in the electrode and capacity in the electrode.
US11978846B2
A solid electrolyte membrane for a solid-state battery and a battery comprising the same is provided. The battery may comprise lithium metal as a negative electrode active material. The solid electrolyte membrane comprises an inhibiting layer, which is preferably capable of inhibiting growth of lithium dendrite, because it includes an effective amount of a dendrite growth-inhibiting material, which is capable of ionizing lithium deposited in the form of metal. Thus, when lithium metal is used as a negative electrode for a solid-state battery comprising the solid electrolyte membrane, it is possible to delay and/or inhibit growth of lithium dendrite, and thus to effectively prevent an electrical short-circuit caused by dendrite growth.
US11978843B2
A method of manufacturing a rechargeable battery pouch having three sealed sides, an apparatus for manufacturing the same, and a rechargeable battery manufactured thereby in which a pouch film may be bent, and an uneven portion may then be formed in a bent portion by using a bending knife, thereby reducing a gap between a lower end of the pouch film and an electrode assembly when the electrode assembly is accommodated in the pouch film. In this manner, it is possible to reduce a size of a bat-ear shaped fold to increase a contact area between the battery pouch and a cooling plate, and improve a space efficiency of the rechargeable battery.
US11978842B2
A method of manufacturing an electronics assembly includes forming a base layer, forming a first thermally and electrically conductive intermediate layer onto the base layer using an additive manufacturing process, placing an electronics component onto the first thermally and electrically conductive intermediate layer, the electronics component comprising a plurality of vias, and forming a second thermally and electrically conductive intermediate layer over the first thermally and electrically conductive intermediate layer and over at least a portion of the electronics component using an additive manufacturing process, wherein a material of the second thermally and electrically conductive intermediate layer extends through the vias to contact the first thermally and electrically conductive intermediate layer and the vias, thereby forming a bond therebetween.
US11978839B2
A light-emitting device includes a lead frame, a light-emitting diode (LED) chip, and an encapsulant. The LED chip is disposed on the lead frame, and includes a substrate, a semiconductor light-emitting unit disposed on a surface of the substrate, and a first electrode and a second electrode, which are disposed on the surface of the substrate, and which are located outwardly of the semiconductor light-emitting unit. The first and second electrodes are electrically connected to a lower surface of the semiconductor light-emitting unit, and are respectively connected to a first wiring bonding region and a second wiring bonding region on the lead frame. The encapsulant encapsulates the LED chip on the lead frame.
US11978837B2
A light emitting module unit includes a circuit board and a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting elements electrically coupled through the circuit board, one or more electrodes arranged on a first surface of the plurality of light emitting elements, a surface barrier formed on a second surface of one or more of the plurality of light emitting elements, and an encapsulation portion disposed above a third surface of the plurality of light emitting elements. The surface barrier is disposed between the encapsulation portion and the second surface of one or more of the plurality of light emitting elements.
US11978832B2
A light emitting diode (LED) package includes a substrate, at least one micro LED chip, a black material layer, and a transparent material layer. The substrate has a width ranging from 100 micrometers to 1000 micrometers. The at least one micro LED chip is electrically mounted on a top surface of the substrate and has a width ranging from 1 micrometer to 100 micrometers. The black material layer covers the top surface of the substrate to expose the at least one micro LED chip. The transparent material layer covers the at least one micro LED chip and the black material layer.
US11978821B2
A semiconductor light emitting element can include an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer in a first region on the n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type electrode on the p-type semiconductor layer, an n-type electrode in a second region different from the first region on the n-type semiconductor layer, a magnetic layer under the n-type semiconductor layer, a reflective layer between the n-type semiconductor layer and the magnetic layer, and a passivation layer surrounding the n-type semiconductor layer, the p-type semiconductor layer, the p-type electrode, the n-type electrode, and the magnetic layer.
US11978819B2
An optical sensing device can include: a semiconductor having a photosensitive region; an optical structure located above the photosensitive region; and where the optical structure comprises alternately stacked light-filtering layers and light-transmitting layers, in order to block large-angle incident light from entering the photosensitive region.
US11978812B2
A waveguide photodetector includes a first contact layer of a first conductivity type, a waveguide layer, and a second contact layer of a second conductivity type that are sequentially formed on the semiconductor substrate. The waveguide layer includes a first cladding layer of the first conductivity type disposed on a side of the first contact layer, a second cladding layer of the second conductivity type disposed on a side of the second contact layer, and the core layer disposed between the first cladding layer and the second cladding layer. The core layer includes a light absorption layer and an impurity-doped light absorption layer that has a higher concentration of a p-type impurity than that of the light absorption layer and is disposed on a side of a light incident face.
US11978811B2
A solar cell covered with a transparent plate through a predetermined gap includes a flexible power generating layer which photoelectrically converts light incident thereon through the transparent plate, a resin layer covering a light receiving surface of the power generating layer, and an adhesion preventing layer covering the surface of the resin layer and facing the transparent plate through the gap. The adhesion preventing layer is made of an inorganic material and has a surface roughness Sz of 1 nm or more and 500 nm or less. Thus, the outermost surface of the solar cell is constituted by the adhesion preventing layer, so that no tack mark occurs even when partial contact occurs between the solar cell and the transparent plate which face each other through the gap. As a result, it is possible to prevent deterioration in appearance due to the tack mark.
US11978809B2
A transient voltage suppression device includes at least one P-type lightly-doped structure and at least one electrostatic discharge structure. The electrostatic discharge structure includes an N-type lightly-doped well, an N-type well, a first P-type heavily-doped area, and a first N-type heavily-doped area. The N-type lightly-doped well is formed in the P-type lightly-doped structure. The N-type well is formed in the N-type lightly-doped well. The doping concentration of the N-type lightly-doped well is less than that of the N-type well. The first P-type heavily-doped area is formed in the N-type well. The first N-type heavily-doped area is formed in the P-type lightly-doped structure.
US11978803B2
A substrate for a flexible display is disclosed. The substrate has a film stress range that does not affect an electronic device such as a thin film transistor, and includes a barrier layer having excellent oxygen and moisture blocking characteristics, and a method of manufacturing the substrate. The substrate includes; a plastic substrate having a glass transition temperature from about 350° C. to about 500° C.; and a barrier layer disposed on the plastic substrate, having a inti layer structure, wherein at least one silicon oxide layer and at least one silicon nitride layer are alternately stacked on each other, and having a film stress from about −200 MPa to about 200 MPa due to the at least one silicon oxide layer and the at least one silicon nitride layer.
US11978796B2
Monolithically stacked VTFET devices having source/drain contacts with increased contact area and dielectric isolation are provided. In one aspect, a stacked VTFET device includes: at least a bottom VTFET below a top VTFET, wherein the bottom VTFET and the top VTFET each includes source/drain regions interconnected by a vertical fin channel, and a gate stack alongside the vertical fin channel; and source/drain contacts to the source/drain regions, wherein at least one of the source/drain contacts is in direct contact with more than one surface of a given one of the source/drain regions. A stacked VTFET device having at least a bottom VTFET1 below a top VTFET1, and a bottom VTFET2 below a top VTFET2, and a method of forming a stacked VTFET device are also provided.
US11978795B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device has a substrate in which recess regions are formed and semiconductor regions acting as a source region or a drain region is defined between the recess regions; a gate insulating layer disposed on an inner surface of each recess region; a recess gate disposed on the gate insulating layer in each recess region; an insulating capping layer disposed above the recess gate in each recess region; a metallic insertion layer disposed between a side surface of the recess gate and a side surface of the insulating capping layer and facing with a side surface of the source region or the drain region; and an intermediate insulating layer disposed between the metallic insertion layer and the recess gate to electrically insulate the metallic insertion layer from the recess gate.
US11978794B2
In a SiC power MISFET having a lateral surface of a trench formed in an upper surface of a SiC epitaxial substrate as a channel region, a silicon carbide semiconductor device having low resistance, high performance, and high reliability is realized. As a means therefor, a SiC power MISFET is formed as an island-shaped unit cell on an upper surface of an n-type SiC epitaxial substrate that is provided with a drain region on a bottom surface thereof, the SiC power MISFET including: an n-type current diffusion region that surrounds a p-type body layer contact region and an n-type source region in the indicated order in a plan view; a p-type body layer and an n-type JFET region; a trench that is formed on the body layer so as to span between the source region and the current diffusion region adjacent each other in a first direction and extends in the first direction; and a gate electrode embedded in the trench with a gate insulating film therebetween.
US11978791B2
A semiconductor structure, comprising: a semiconductor substrate, a heterojunction, an in-situ insulating layer and a transition layer, which are arranged in sequence from bottom to top; a groove, passing through the in-situ insulating layer and the transition layer; and a P-type semiconductor layer, disposed in the groove and in a gate region on the transition layer, wherein the P-type semiconductor layer does not fully fill the groove. A method of manufacturing semiconductor structure is further disclosed.
US11978782B2
The present disclosure relates to a hybrid integrated circuit. In one implementation, an integrated circuit may have a first region with a first gate structure having a ferroelectric gate dielectric, at least one source associated with the first gate of the first region, and at least one drain associated with the first gate structure of the first region. Moreover, the integrated circuit may have a second region with a second gate structure having a high-κ gate dielectric, at least one source associated with the second gate structure of the second region, and at least one drain associated with the second gate structure of the second region. The integrated circuit may further have at least one trench isolation between the first region and the second region.
US11978781B2
A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate containing a first active region in a first region of the substrate and a second active region in a second region of the substrate, a plurality of first gate structures over the first active region each including a first gate stack having a first high-k gate dielectric and a first gate electrode and first gate spacers surrounding the first gate stack, and a plurality of second gate structures over the second active region each including a second gate stack having a second high-k gate dielectric and a second gate electrode and second gate spacers surrounding the second gate stack. At least a portion of the second gate electrode comprises dopants.
US11978778B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region made of a material to which conductive impurities are added, an insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor region, and an electroconductive gate electrode formed on the insulating film. The gate electrode is made of a material whose Fermi level is closer to a Fermi level of the semiconductor region than a Fermi level of Si in at least a portion contiguous to the insulating film.
US11978777B2
Structures and methods that facilitate the formation of gate contacts for vertical transistors constructed with semiconductor pillars and spacer-like gates are disclosed. In a first embodiment, a gate contact rests on an extended gate region, a piece of a gate film, patterned at a side of a vertical transistor at the bottom of the gate. In a second embodiment, an extended gate region is patterned on top of one or more vertical transistors, resulting in a modified transistor structure. In a third embodiment, a gate contact rests on a top surface of a gate merged between two closely spaced vertical transistors. Optional methods and the resultant intermediate structures are included in the first two embodiments in order to overcome the related topography and ease the photolithography. The third embodiment includes alternatives for isolating the gate contact from the semiconductor pillars or for isolating the affected semiconductor pillars from the substrate.
US11978773B2
A semiconductor device structure and a method for forming a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a stack of channel structures over a base structure. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first epitaxial structure and a second epitaxial structure sandwiching the channel structures. The semiconductor device structure further includes a gate stack wrapped around each of the channel structures and a backside conductive contact connected to the second epitaxial structure. A first portion of the backside conductive contact is directly below the base structure, and a second portion of the backside conductive contact extends upwards to approach a bottom surface of the second epitaxial structure. In addition, the semiconductor device structure includes an insulating spacer between a sidewall of the base structure and the backside conductive contact.
US11978772B2
A first gate electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate via a first insulating film containing a metal element. A sidewall insulating film is formed on a side surface of the first gate electrode. A second gate electrode is formed on the semiconductor substrate via a second insulating film. The second gate electrode is formed so as to adjacent to the first gate electrode via the second insulating film. The second insulating film is made of a stacked film having a third insulating film, a fourth insulating film having a charge accumulating function, and a fifth insulating film. The third insulating film is formed on the semiconductor substrate as a result of an oxidation of a portion of the semiconductor substrate, and formed on the side surface of the first gate electrode as a result of an oxidation of the sidewall insulating film, by the thermal oxidation treatment.
US11978771B2
A semiconductor gate-all-around (GAA) device may include a semiconductor substrate, source and drain regions on the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of semiconductor nanostructures extending between the source and drain regions, and a gate surrounding the plurality of semiconductor nanostructures in a gate-all-around arrangement. Furthermore, at least one superlattice may be within at least one of the nanostructures. The at least one superlattice may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, with each group of layers including a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions.
US11978763B2
An electrical device that includes a substrate; a 3D capacitor including a capacitor dielectric region of a dielectric material, a capacitor electrode region of a conductive material, the capacitor dielectric region and the capacitor electrode region being arranged at least partially inside a cavity extending in the substrate from a top face of the substrate; and a surrounding through opening in the substrate and which surrounds a surrounded substrate region, the 3D capacitor being outside of the surrounded substrate region, the surrounding through opening extending from the top face to a bottom face of the substrate, wherein inside the surrounding through opening a surrounding dielectric region of the dielectric material and a surrounding conductive region of the conductive material are arranged.
US11978729B2
A semiconductor device package and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device package includes a package substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. Several integrated devices are bonded to the first surface of the package substrate. A first underfill element is disposed over the first surface and surrounds the integrated devices. A first molding layer is disposed over the first surface and surrounds the integrated devices and the first underfill element. A semiconductor die is bonded to the second surface of the package substrate. A second underfill element is disposed over the second surface and surrounds the semiconductor die. A second molding layer is disposed over the second surface and surrounds the semiconductor die and the second underfill element. Several conductive bumps are disposed over the second surface and adjacent to the second molding layer.
US11978723B2
A 3D IC structure includes multiple die layers, such as a top die layer and a bottom die layer. The top die layer and/or the bottom die layer each includes devices such as computing units, Analog-to-Digital converters, analog circuits, RF circuits, logic circuits, sensors, Input/Output devices, and/or memory devices. The devices on the first and the second die layers are laterally surrounded by, or adjacent, vertical interconnect structures (VIS).
US11978720B2
A method includes attaching a die to a thermal compression bonding (TCB) head through vacuum suction, wherein the die comprises a plurality of conductive pillars, attaching a first substrate to a chuck through vacuum suction, wherein the first substrate comprises a plurality of solder bumps, contacting a first conductive pillar of the plurality of conductive pillars to a first solder bump of the plurality of solder bumps, wherein contacting the first conductive pillar to the first solder bump results in a first height between a topmost surface of the first conductive pillar and a bottommost surface of the first solder bump, and adhering the first solder bump to the first conductive pillar to form a first joint, wherein adhering the first solder bump to the first conductive pillar comprises heating the TCB head.
US11978719B2
A metal-dielectric bonding method includes providing a first semiconductor structure including a first semiconductor layer, a first dielectric layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a first metal layer on the first dielectric layer, where the first metal layer has a metal bonding surface facing away from the first semiconductor layer; planarizing the metal bonding surface; applying a plasma treatment on the metal bonding surface; providing a second semiconductor structure including a second semiconductor layer, and a second dielectric layer on the second semiconductor layer, where the second dielectric layer has a dielectric bonding surface facing away from the second semiconductor layer; planarizing the dielectric bonding surface; applying a plasma treatment on the dielectric bonding surface; and bonding the first semiconductor structure with the second semiconductor structure by bonding the metal bonding surface with the dielectric bonding surface.
US11978718B2
A ribbon bonding tool including a body portion is provided. The body portion includes a tip portion. The tip portion including a working surface, the tip portion including two side wall portions on either side of the working surface wherein a ribbon path is defined between the side wall portions.
US11978715B2
A package structure and a formation method of a package structure are provided. The method includes disposing a chip structure over a substrate and forming a first adhesive element directly on the chip structure. The first adhesive element has a first thermal conductivity. The method also includes forming a second adhesive element directly on the chip structure. The second adhesive element has a second thermal conductivity, and the second thermal conductivity is greater than the first thermal conductivity. The method further includes attaching a protective lid to the chip structure through the first adhesive element and the second adhesive element.
US11978712B2
Methods and apparatus for forming a semiconductor device package with a transmission line using a micro-bump layer are disclosed. The micro-bump layer may comprise micro-bumps and micro-bump lines, formed between a top device and a bottom device. A signal transmission line may be formed using a micro-bump line above a bottom device. A ground plane may be formed using a redistribution layer (RDL) within the bottom device, or using additional micro-bump lines. The RDL formed ground plane may comprise open slots. There may be RDLs at the bottom device and the top device above and below the micro-bump lines to form parts of the ground planes.
US11978699B2
An electronic device includes a multilevel package substrate with first and second levels extending in planes of first and second directions and spaced apart from one another along a third direction, the first level having a first side with landing areas spaced apart from one another along the first direction. The multilevel package substrate includes a conductive structure having first and second ends and conductive portions in the first and second levels that provide a conductive path along the first direction from the landing areas toward the second end, where the conductive structure includes indents that extend into the conductive portions in the first level, the indents spaced apart from one another along the first direction and positioned along the first direction between respective pairs of the landing areas.
US11978689B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor dies and methods of forming such dies. In an embodiment, the semiconductor die comprises a semiconductor substrate, an active device layer in the semiconductor substrate, where the active device layer comprises one or more transistors, an interconnect layer over a first surface of the active device layer, a first bonding layer over a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second bonding layer secured to the first bonding layer, and a heat spreader attached to the second bonding layer.
US11978677B2
In an embodiment, a method includes: placing a wafer on an implanter platen, the wafer including alignment marks; measuring a position of the wafer by measuring positions of the alignment marks with one or more cameras; determining an angular displacement between the position of the wafer and a reference position of the wafer; and rotating the implanter platen by the angular displacement.
US11978676B2
A device includes a first semiconductor fin extending from a substrate, a second semiconductor fin extending from the substrate, a dielectric fin over the substrate, a first isolation region between the first semiconductor fin and the dielectric fin, and a second isolation region between the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin. The first semiconductor fin is disposed between the second semiconductor fin and the dielectric fin. The first isolation region has a first concentration of an impurity. The second isolation region has a second concentration of the impurity. The second concentration is less than the first concentration. A top surface of the second isolation region is disposed closer to the substrate than a top surface of the first isolation region.
US11978671B2
A process can be used to allow processing of thin layers of a workpiece including dies. The workpiece can include a base substrate and a plurality of layers overlying the base substrate. The process can include forming a polymer support layer over the plurality of layers; thinning or removing the base substrate within a component region of the workpiece, wherein the component region includes an electronic device; and singulating the workpiece into a plurality of dies after thinning or removing the base substrate. In another aspect, an electronic device can be formed using such process. In an embodiment, the workpiece may have a size corresponding to a semiconductor wafer to allow wafer-level, as opposed to die-level, processing.
US11978663B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first dielectric layer, a first metallic feature over the first dielectric layer, an air gap over the first dielectric layer and adjacent to the first metallic feature, a second dielectric layer disposed above the air gap and on a sidewall of the first metallic feature, and a third dielectric layer disposed above the air gap and on a sidewall of the second dielectric layer. A lower portion of the first metallic feature is exposed in the air gap. The third and the second dielectric layers are substantially co-planar.
US11978660B2
According to one embodiment, an original plate for imprint lithography has a first surface side having a patterned portion thereon. The patterned portion includes a groove having a bottom surface recessed from a first surface to a first depth, and a columnar portion on the bottom surface and protruding from the bottom surface to extend beyond the first surface. The original plate may be used to form replica templates by imprint lithography processes. The replica templates can be used in semiconductor device manufacturing processes or the like.
US11978650B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for transferring a light emitting diode (LED). The apparatus for transferring an LED includes: a pick-up unit configured to pick up at least some of multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged on one substrate, and, according to a received control signal, put down LEDs selected from among the picked-up LEDs on another substrate; and a controller configured to transmit the control signal to the pick-up unit so as to enable the pick-up unit to individually pick up or put down each of the multiple LEDs.
US11978646B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to a semiconductor processing chamber. In one embodiment, semiconductor processing chamber is disclosed and includes a chamber body having a bottom and a sidewall defining an interior volume, the sidewall having a substrate transfer port formed therein, and one or more absorber bodies positioned in the interior volume in a position opposite of the substrate transfer port.
US11978643B2
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a first area and a second area of a peripheral area on a substrate; forming a first lamination structure in the first area, and forming a second lamination structure in an array area and the second area; performing thermal treatment on the substrate so that atoms in a work function layer are diffused into a second dielectric layer, and an interface interaction occurs between the second dielectric layer and a first dielectric layer; removing the first lamination structure to the second dielectric layer, and removing the second lamination structure to the second dielectric layer; forming a fourth barrier layer and a second conductive layer, a content ratio of metallic element to non-metallic element in a first barrier layer being less than a content ratio of metallic element to non-metallic element in a second barrier layer and a third barrier layer.
US11978640B2
In a method of forming a pattern over a semiconductor substrate, a target layer to be patterned is formed over a substrate, a mask pattern including an opening is formed in a mask layer, a shifting film is formed in an inner sidewall of the opening, a one-directional etching operation is performed to remove a part of the shifting film and a part of the mask layer to form a shifted opening, and the target layer is patterned by using the mask layer with the shifted opening as an etching mask. A location of the shifted opening is laterally shifted from an original location of the opening.
US11978638B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure forming a blocking structure in the periphery region over the bottom layer. The method includes covering the middle layer over the bottom layer and the blocking structure. The method includes forming a patterned photoresist layer over the middle layer. The patterned photoresist layer is in the array region and directly over the blocking structure in the periphery region. The method includes transferring the pattern of the patterned photoresist layer to the bottom layer. The pattern of the patterned photoresist layer directly over the blocking structure is not formed in the bottom layer. The first portion of the substrate is in the array region and is an active area array. The second portion of the substrate is in the periphery region and is a guard ring. The third portion of the substrate is in the periphery region and is a periphery structure.
US11978637B2
The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method for semiconductor structure and a semiconductor structure. The manufacturing method includes: providing a substrate; forming first mask patterns and first mask openings on the substrate, the first mask opening being located between the adjacent first mask patterns; forming second mask patterns and second mask openings on the first mask patterns and the first mask openings, the second mask opening being located between the adjacent second mask patterns; and forming first patterns and first openings on the substrate based on the first mask patterns, the first mask openings, the second mask patterns and the second mask openings.
US11978611B2
An apparatus and method to produce a waveform. The apparatus includes a first node, a first power supply coupled to a second node, a first switch that couples the second node to the first node, and responsive to the first switch being closed, a peak voltage is applied at the first node. The apparatus also includes a second switch that couples a third node to the first node, and responsive to the second switch being closed, a voltage step is applied at the first node. In addition, a second power supply is coupled to the first node to produce a ramped voltage at the first node.
US11978610B2
A scanning electron microscope according to the present invention enables a column to be detached from a sample installation unit, thereby addressing issues related to the column, such as simple calibration related to the column, tilt of a beam, replacement of consumables, etc., by replacing the entire column. As such, the scanning electron microscope has the advantage of being simply and easily repaired and maintained.
US11978606B2
A method includes receiving a first set of operational parameters that correspond to one or more semiconductor devices of a solid-state circuit breaker and sending a first command to the solid-state circuit breaker to turn off the one or more semiconductors in response to the first set of operational parameters exceeding a first set of thresholds. The method includes sending a second command to the solid-state circuit breaker to turn on the one or more semiconductors in response to the first set of operational parameters being equal to or less than the first set of thresholds. The method includes receiving a second set of operational parameters that correspond to one or more electrical properties associated with an operation of the solid-state circuit breaker coupled to a load device and generating a baseline profile representative of the first set of operational parameters and the second operational parameters.
US11978599B2
A key structure is stacked on a display panel. The key structure includes a trigger plate, a frame, at least an elastic triggering member, and at least a key. The trigger plate is formed with at least a hollow area for the display panel to partially expose and a solid area. The frame is disposed on the trigger plate and is formed with at least an opening opposite the hollow area. The key includes a key cap and a scissor member connected to the key cap, wherein the key cap has a cap body which is located in the opening and helps directly observing the hollow area and at least two skirts which extend from sides of the cap body and are covered by the frame.
US11978598B2
A keyswitch structure includes a base, a keycap, a lift mechanism and a light-emitting part. The lift mechanism includes a first support, a second support, and a spring structure. The first support and the second support are connected to and between the base and the keycap, so that the keycap can move relative to the base in a vertical direction. The spring structure is a single structural part and is connected to the first support and the second support and drives the first support and the second support to lift the keycap in the vertical direction. The lift mechanism as a whole defines a central space that extends through the whole lift mechanism in the vertical direction. The spring structure does not enter the central space. The light-emitting part is disposed on the base corresponding to the central zone, and emits light to illuminate the keycap.
US11978597B2
A liquid component for an electrolytic capacitor includes at least one central atom selected from the group consisting of boron, aluminum, and silicon, and a ligand having a plurality of ligand atoms bonded to the central atom. The ligand atoms are at least one selected from the group consisting of oxygen and nitrogen, and are bonded to a carbon atom having no oxo group.
US11978592B2
A dielectric composition includes dielectric particles and first segregations. The dielectric particles each include a perovskite compound represented by ABO3 as a main component. The first segregations each include at least Ba, P, and O. A molar ratio (Ba/Ti) of Ba to Ti in the first segregations is 1.20 or more.
US11978587B2
A method of manufacturing an HTS coil is provided. The method comprises winding an ITS coil cable to produce a coil having a plurality of turns. During winding of a turn of the coil, one or more HTS shunt cables are placed adjacent to the previous turn of the coil along a first arc of the coil, and then the turn is wound such that the HTS shunt cable is sandwiched between the turn and the previous turn of the coil such that current can be shared between the HTS shunt cable and the HTS coil cable.
US11978579B2
The coil component includes a magnetic body containing a metallic material and a resin material, a coil conductor embedded in the magnetic body, and a pair of outer electrodes electrically connected to ends of the coil conductor. The coil conductor includes an exposed portion at each end portion of the coil conductor, and a covered portion covered with an insulating substance disposed between the exposed portions. The covered portion is disposed inside a face of the magnetic body on which the outer electrodes are disposed.
US11978574B2
A torque transfer assembly comprising a drive shaft and a driven shaft and a dielectric insert arranged to be positioned between the drive shaft and the driven shaft, the insert assembly comprising a body of dielectric material shaped to form an insulating layer and configured to engage, respectively, with a first shaped engagement feature on the drive shaft and a second shaped engagement feature on the driven shaft, in torque transfer engagement, the insulating layer providing a dielectric barrier between the drive shaft and the driven shaft.
US11978573B2
A coaxial cable includes an inner conductor having one center wire, and six outer wires stranded around the center wire, an insulator covering an outer periphery of the inner conductor, and a shield conductor covering an outer periphery of the insulator, wherein, in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the coaxial cable, a ratio of a total area of first regions which are respectively formed by a gap between the center wire and two adjacent outer wires, with respect to an area of a circumscribed circle of the inner conductor, is 0.5% or higher and 2.0% or lower, and a ratio of a total area of second regions which are respectively formed by a gap between surfaces of the two adjacent outer wires and a surface of the insulator, with respect to the area of the circumscribed circle of the inner conductor, is 2.0% or higher and 5.0% or lower.
US11978566B2
The present application relates to the field of mechanical engineering technologies, and particularly to an unloading device. The unloading device includes a power mechanism, a transmission mechanism, and an execution mechanism that are connected in sequence from top to bottom; wherein the execution mechanism includes a shafting assembly and a turntable assembly that are connected in sequence from top to bottom; wherein the turntable assembly includes an upper auxiliary fence, a middle main disturbance disk, and a lower reclaiming portion that are arranged in sequence from top to bottom. The unloading device provided by the present application is easy to control, and ensures the reclaiming reliability of the spherical materials and the stability of the sphere flow unloading, which can meet the requirements of long life and reliable operation of the unloading device under light load and low speed working conditions and achieve the convenient maintenance.
US11978557B2
A system (10) that provides diagnosis support information (110) relating to a disease of a target subject (5) includes: an acquisition unit (11) that acquires subject information (105) including actual image data (15) of an MR image including at least a reference region including part of an evaluation target region of the subject; and an information providing unit (12) that provides diagnosis support information (110) based on pseudo PET image data (115) of the evaluation target region generated by an image processing model (60) machine learned with training data (70) including actual image data (71) of a MR image of a reference region and actual image data (72) of a PET image including the evaluation target region of a plurality of test subjects so as to generate pseudo PET image data (75) of the evaluation target region from actual image data (71) of an MR image of the reference region, from the actual image data (15) of an individual MR image of the target subject.
US11978554B2
Systems, methods and devices for initiating pairing of wireless surgical instruments to a modular energy system are disclosed herein. In various aspects, a modular energy system includes an a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader that is configured to read an RFID card that is uniquely associated with a surgical instrument. When the RFID reader reads the RFID card, the RFID reader initiates a wireless pairing process with the surgical instrument. Initiating the wireless pairing process may include causing the module energy system to wirelessly search for the surgical instrument and causing a display screen to display instructions for wirelessly pairing the surgical instrument.
US11978547B2
The example systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media described herein help with design treatment plans for orthodontic treatments. Treatment templates expressed according to treatment domain-specific protocols may be processed to provide treatment planning software, including automated or real-time treatment planning software, that accommodates treatment preferences of a practitioner and/or patient data relevant to a treatment plan. These methods and systems may be also be useful for planning, designing and producing as series of dental appliances (e.g., aligners).
US11978536B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods and computer-program products to create synthetic immunohistochemistry (IHC) stained digital slides generated using artificial neural networks (ANNs). In some implementations, the created digital slides can be used as a ground truth to evaluate a method of analyzing IHC stained tissues.
US11978532B2
There is a need for more effective and efficient predictive data analysis solutions for processing genetic sequencing data. This need can be addressed by, for example, techniques for performing predictive data analysis based on genetic sequences that utilize at least one of cross-variant polygenic risk modeling using genetic risk profiles, cross-variant polygenic risk modeling using functional genetic risk profiles, per-condition polygenic clustering operations, cross-condition polygenic predictive inferences, and cross-condition polygenic diagnoses.
US11978531B2
A method and system are provided for tracking and verifying cell populations that constitute a given cell lineage. By tracking the creation of cell populations along the cell lineage as a directed tree, it is possible to verify multiple cell populations using a single cell population. Similarly it is possible to detect potentially anomalous cell populations by performing a verification determination on a single cell population.
US11978528B2
Systems, methods, and devices dynamically determine sensing levels for memory devices. Devices include nonvolatile memory cells included in a plurality of memory sectors, a plurality of static reference cells configured to represent a first reference value for distinguishing between memory states, and a plurality of dynamic reference cells configured to represent the first reference value after a designated amount of memory sector activity. Devices also include a comparator configured to be coupled to at least one memory cell of the plurality of memory cells and to at least two of the plurality of static reference cells and the plurality of dynamic reference cells, and further configured to determine a memory state of the at least one memory cell based, at least in part, on a second reference value determined by a combination of at least two of the plurality of static reference cells and the plurality of dynamic reference cells.
US11978526B2
A data processing circuit and a fault mitigating method are provided. The method is adapted for a memory having at least one fault bit. The memory provides a block for data storage. A difference between an output of a value of a plurality of bits input to at least one computing layer in a neural network and a correct value is determined. The bits are respectively considered the at least one fault bit. A repair condition is determined based on the difference. The repair condition includes a correspondence between a position where the fault bit is located in the block and at least one non-fault bit in the memory. A value of at least one non-fault bit of the memory replaces a value of the fault bit based on the repair condition.
US11978525B2
A base die is configured to: receive first data in a writing phase, perform error correction code encoding processing to generate encoded data, and transmit second data to a memory die in the writing phase, wherein the second data includes the first data and the encoded data; and receive the second data from the memory die in a reading phase, perform error checking and correction processing, and transmit third data in the reading phase, wherein the third data is the first data after the error checking and correction processing.
US11978517B1
A radiation detection system may include a mobile device having a flash memory. The device may monitor various characteristics of the flash memory to determine when damage to the flash memory has occurred from radiation exposure. The device may associate damage to the flash memory with a radiation dose, and determine a level of radiation to which the memory, and thus the device, has been exposed. The device also may determine a length of time and locations where the radiation exposure has occurred. If the device determines that the level of radiation exposure exceeds a threshold associated with a safe level of radiation exposure for a human user, the device may generate an alert to the user.
US11978511B2
A phase-change memory (PCM) cell is provided to include a first electrode, a second electrode, and a phase-change feature disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The phase-change feature is configured to change its data state based on a write operation performed on the PCM cell. The write operation includes a reset stage and a set stage. In the reset stage, a plurality of reset current pulses are applied to the PCM cell, and the reset current pulses have increasing current amplitudes. In the set stage, a plurality of set current pulses are applied to the PCM cell, and the set current pulses exhibit an increasing trend in current amplitude. The current amplitudes of the set current pulses are smaller than those of the reset current pulses.
US11978508B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell, a word line, a bit line, a first transistor, a second transistor and a driver. The word line is electrically coupled to a gate of the memory cell. The bit line is electrically coupled to one end of the memory cell. The first transistor includes a first gate electrically coupled to the bit line. The second transistor is coupled to a first end of the first transistor. The driver is configured to apply a voltage to the first gate of the first transistor. In a read operation, the driver varies a voltage to be applied to the first gate of the first transistor based on a read voltage applied to the word line.
US11978505B2
Provided is a drive circuit, including drive units, a pre-drive module, and a resistance value selection circuit. Pull-up resistors of the drive units are adjustable; the pre-drive module is connected to M drive units and controls the pull-up resistors of the M drive units and resistance values of the pull-up resistors through a drive control signal, the M being an integer greater than 1; the resistance value selection circuit is connected to the pre-drive module and configured to select one of a first code and a second code for outputting as a target code according to a selection signal; and the pre-drive module outputs the drive control signal according to the target code.
US11978499B2
The present disclosure provides a comparator and a decision feedback equalization circuit. The comparator includes: a first sampling circuit provided with an output terminal, and configured to generate, under the control of a first control signal and a clock signal, a first differential signal according to a signal to be compared and a first reference signal; a second sampling circuit provided with an output terminal connected to the output terminal of the first sampling circuit, and configured to generate, under the control of a second control signal and the clock signal, a second differential signal according to the signal to be compared and a second reference signal, where the first reference signal is larger than the second reference signal.
US11978498B2
A method and an apparatus for testing an adjustment circuit is applied to a test platform. The adjustment circuit includes a duty cycle adjuster (DCA) circuit. The method includes: receiving written data at a specified storage address based on a first read/write clock signal; and receiving read data from the specified storage address based on a second read/write clock signal, and generating a test result of the DCA circuit based on the written data and the read data; wherein the DCA circuit is configured to adjust a first initial read/write clock signal to generate the first read/write clock signal and/or adjust a second initial read/write clock signal to generate the second read/write clock signal, and a duty cycle of the first initial read/write clock signal and/or a duty cycle of the second initial read/write clock signal have/has a first deviation.
US11978492B2
The disclosed system and method reduce on-chip power IR drop caused by large write current, to increase the write IO number or improve write throughput and to suppress write voltage ripple at the start and end of a write operation. The disclosed systems and methods are described in relation to stabilizing the bit line voltage for MRAMs, however, the disclosed systems and methods can be used to stabilize the bit line voltage of any memory configuration that draws large currents during short write pulses or, more generally, to selectively assist a power supply generator in supplying adequate power to a load at times of large power consumption.
US11978480B2
There is provided an optical disc drive that can maintain contact between an optical disc and a conveying roller, while allowing the number of components to be reduced. A conveying roller includes a right roller that is rotatable around an axis and a left roller that is rotatable around an axis. The right roller portion and the left roller portion are arranged in a lateral direction. One of a right end portion of the right roller portion and a left end portion of the left roller portion is movable in an up-down direction relative to the other of the right end portion of the right roller portion and the left end portion of the left roller portion, with a relative position between the axis and the axis unchanged.
US11978478B2
A speech recognition system utilizing automatic speech recognition techniques such as end-pointing techniques in conjunction with beamforming and/or signal processing to isolate speech from one or more speaking users from multiple received audio signals and to detect the beginning and/or end of the speech based at least in part on the isolation. Audio capture devices such as microphones may be arranged in a beamforming array to receive the multiple audio signals. Multiple audio sources including speech may be identified in different beams and processed.
US11978476B2
A system and method for detecting anomalous sound are disclosed. The method includes receiving a spectrogram of an audio signal with elements defined by values in a time-frequency domain of the spectrogram. Each of the values corresponds to an element of the spectrogram that is identified by a coordinate in the time-frequency domain. The time-frequency domain of the spectrogram is partitioned into a context region and a target region. The context region and the target region are processed by a neural network using an attentive neural process to recover values of the spectrogram for elements with coordinates in the target region. The recovered values of the elements of the target region are compared with values of elements of the partitioned target region. An anomaly score is determined based on the comparison. The anomaly score is used for performing a control action.
US11978468B2
An audio signal processing method includes measuring a voice signal, wherein the measurement performed by an audio system including first through third sensors. Measuring the voice signal produces first through third audio signals by the first through third sensors, respectively. The audio signal processing method further includes: producing an output signal by using the first audio signal, the second audio signal and the third audio signal, wherein the output signal corresponds to: the first audio signal below a first crossing frequency, the second audio signal between the first crossing frequency and a second crossing frequency, the third audio signal above the second crossing frequency. The first crossing frequency is lower than or equal to the second crossing frequency, wherein the first crossing frequency and the second crossing frequency are different for at least some operating conditions of the audio system.
US11978467B2
A speakerphone includes a processor, a memory device, a power management unit, a first microphone to receive audio waves, a second microphone to receive audio waves, and a third microphone to receive audio waves. The speakerphone may also include a digital signal processor (DSP) to detect a single-user mode activated at the speakerphone, process the audio waves received by the first microphone, second microphone, and third microphone to determine the wave phases of the audio waves received by the first microphone, second microphone, and third microphone, calculate a direction of a voice of a single user relative to the speakerphone; and process the voice of the single user and filter other voices detected by the first microphone, second microphone, and third microphone from the user's voice.
US11978464B2
A method includes receiving sampled audio data corresponding to utterances and training a machine learning (ML) model, using the sampled audio data, to generate a high-fidelity audio stream from a low bitrate input bitstream. The training of the ML model includes de-emphasizing the influence of low-probability distortion events in the sampled audio data on the trained ML model, where the de-emphasizing of the distortion events is achieved by the inclusion of a term in an objective function of the ML model, which term encourages low-variance predictive distributions of a next sample in the sampled audio data, based on previous samples of the audio data.
US11978462B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a process for modifying an audio signal. For example, one process for modifying an audio signal is disclosed including the following steps: determining a compression parameter of the audio signal that should be modified; fractionizing the audio signal into different frequency bands; obtaining the values of the compression parameter for each frequency band; and compressing at least a part of the frequency bands as a function of the determined compression parameter. Various other embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a device for modifying an audio signal. In one embodiment, a device is disclosed including at least one fractionizing unit for fractionizing an incoming audio signal into different frequency bands, a plurality of compression units for compression of at least a part of the frequency bands depending on a determined compression parameter and a control unit for determining the values of a compression parameter and using a single control parameter as input value.
US11978460B2
A method, system, and computer program to encode and decode a channel coherence parameter applied on a frequency band basis, where the coherence parameters of each frequency band form a coherence vector. The coherence vector is encoded and decoded using a predictive scheme followed by a variable bit rate entropy coding.
US11978440B2
Techniques for processing input data for a detected user are described. Received image data is processed to identify an indicated user. Based on the user a machine learning model is implemented. The machine learning model is then used to process input data for a user input. An action is performed using the resulting output data.
US11978437B1
Devices and techniques are generally described for learning personalized concepts for natural language processing. In various examples, a first natural language input may be received. In some examples, a determination may be made that the first natural language input comprises non-actionable slot data. A dialog session may be initiated with the user. In some examples, first slot data that is indicated by the user during the dialog session may be determined. In various examples, data representing the first slot data may be stored in a database in association with the first natural language input.
US11978432B2
Processor(s) of a client device can: identify a textual segment stored locally at the client device; process the textual segment, using a speech synthesis model stored locally at the client device, to generate synthesized speech audio data that includes synthesized speech of the identified textual segment; process the synthesized speech, using an on-device speech recognition model that is stored locally at the client device, to generate predicted output; and generate a gradient based on comparing the predicted output to ground truth output that corresponds to the textual segment. In some implementations, the generated gradient is used, by processor(s) of the client device, to update weights of the on-device speech recognition model. In some implementations, the generated gradient is additionally or alternatively transmitted to a remote system for use in remote updating of global weights of a global speech recognition model.
US11978430B2
A programmable metasurface and method is described having a plurality of parallel slits in an elastic substrate plate defining a plurality of unit cells, each having an actuator beam and a sensing beam with a slit therebetween. Each sensing beam has a pair of sensors for sensing flexural waves in the substrate. The actuator beam has a piezoelectric actuator that is controlled by a control circuit where the control circuit generates an actuator signal and where the control circuit compares the preceding actuator signal to the difference between the sensors and an electrical transfer function to result in the metasurface being able to perform a desired function.
US11978428B2
Systems for magnetoacoustically transferring sound across an acoustic barrier include first and second acoustic resonators positioned on opposite sides of the barrier. Each of the first and second resonators includes an attached magnet. Via magnetic coupling between the magnets, an acoustic oscillation at the first resonator induces an oscillation of the same frequency at the second resonator. Thus sound waves absorbed at the first resonator are magnetically transferred across the barrier to the second resonator, from which they are emitted.
US11978423B2
Mechanisms for managing output of an HDMI source are provided. In accordance with some implementations of the disclosed subject matter, a method for controlling output of an HDMI source is provided, the method comprising: establishing a connection between the HDMI source and an HDMI sink at a first address of a consumer electronic control bus of the HDMI sink; sending a request for an identity of the active source connected to the HDMI sink; monitoring signals on the consumer electronic control bus; receiving a message over the consumer electronic control bus identifying a second address on the consumer electronic control bus different from the first address as an address of an active source; setting a status of the HDMI source as inactive in response to receiving the message; and inhibiting output of video from the HDMI source to the HDMI sink in response to the status being set as inactive.
US11978421B2
Disclosed is a driving circuit for driving a display panel, comprising: a timing controller for providing a start pulse signal and a selection signal; a driving module comprising a plurality of cascaded driver units and configured to control a part of the driver units to receive the start pulse signal according to the selection signal and generate a grayscale voltage according to the start pulse signal and the data signal. In the driving circuit according to the present disclosure, the driving module selects a part of the driver units to receive the start pulse signal according to the selection signal, so that the resolution of the display panel can be arbitrarily changed without exceeding an intrinsic physical resolution, thus reducing research and development cost and cumbersome processes for customization, and speeding up shipment.
US11978411B2
A non-emissive display includes a backlight controller sending a pulse during each sub-frame of a plurality of frames to row and column drivers that drive backlight zones. The row drivers count each pulse to keep a pulse count total, and reset the pulse count total when it is equal to a first number indicating how many row drivers are present. Each row driver activates its channels and waits for a next pulse if the pulse count total is not equal to the first number and if the pulse count total is equal to a second number indicating in which sub-frame that first driver is to be activated. Each row driver waits for a next pulse if the pulse count total is not equal to the first number and the second number. Each column driver activates its channel in response to receipt of each pulse.
US11978409B2
The present disclosure provides a backlight driving circuit and a liquid crystal display device. The backlight driving circuit according to an embodiment of the present application adds a first transistor and a reset signal. The on-off of the second transistor is controlled by the scan signal to charge the storage capacitor, and the on-off of the first transistor is controlled by the reset signal to release the charge in the storage capacitor. The backlight driving circuit of the application can realize the backlight lighting individually row by row and improve the problem of display motion streak effect.
US11978407B2
A display device includes a display panel including a first data line, a second data line, and a pixel, the pixel including a first sub-pixel coupled to the first data line, and a second sub-pixel coupled to the second data line, a light stress compensator configured to generate a first data voltage control signal for the first sub-pixel based on a second data value of input image data for the second sub-pixel, in response to a first data value of input image data for the first sub-pixel being equal to or less than a first reference value, and a data driver configured to generate a first data signal based on the first data value for the first sub-pixel, to provide a first data voltage to the first data line, and to vary the first data voltage based on the first data voltage control signal.
US11978400B2
The present disclosure provides a technology for converting, into digital data, a sensing signal sensed from each pixel of a display panel and compensating for differences between LED elements.
US11978387B2
A display device can include a light-emitting element, a driving transistor providing a driving current to the light-emitting element using a driving voltage, and a plurality of switching transistors controlling driving of the driving transistor are disposed on a display panel. A gate driving circuit supplies scan signals to the display panel through gate lines. An emission driving circuit supplies a plurality of emission signals to the display panel through a plurality of emission signal lines. A data driving circuit supplies a data voltage to the display panel. A timing controller divides the display panel into a plurality of blocks and controls a level of a bias voltage applied to the driving transistor of a corresponding block among the plurality of blocks according to a grayscale of the data voltage supplied to the corresponding block in a low-speed mode operating at a low-speed driving frequency.
US11978385B2
This disclosure provides various techniques for providing fine-grain digital and analog pixel compensation to account for voltage error across an electronic display. By employing a two-dimensional digital compensation and a local analog compensation, a fine-grain and robust pixel compensation scheme may be provided to the electronic display.
US11978377B2
A driving circuit and a driving device for a display panel, and the driving circuit for the display panel includes: a stretching circuit, a control circuit, a bootstrapping circuit, and an output circuit; the control circuit is respectively electrically connected with the stretching circuit, the bootstrapping circuit, and the output circuit, and the bootstrapping circuit is electrically connected with the output circuit. The stretching signal generated by the stretching circuit can enable the bootstrapping circuit to have enough time to be charged, and ensure that the output circuit can reach or exceed the preset potential when receiving the bootstrap signal, thereby the voltage being not stable when the gate driving signal is output is avoided, and the phenomenon that the gate driving signal is stopped in advance is avoided.
US11978375B2
A disclosed example includes a plurality of display pixels; timing controller circuitry; driver circuitry on a same integrated circuit as the timing controller circuitry, the driver circuitry to drive the display pixels; and de-multiplexer circuitry to de-multiplex pixel data to send to the plurality of display pixels.
US11978374B2
A display apparatus including a housing; a display; a roller accommodated in the housing to rotate and roll or unroll the display; and a processor configured to in response to receiving a command to display content, control the roller to rotate and unroll the display from the housing so the display is drawn out and extended from the housing, and control the display to display an entire image of the content while simultaneously expanding a size of the entire image of the content as the display is being extended from the housing so a partial portion of the content is not blocked from being viewed as the display is drawn out and extended from the housing.
US11978372B1
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for synchronized dual eye variable refresh rate update for a VR display. A display processor obtains an indication of a synchronous flush or an asynchronous flush with respect to a first DPU and/or a second DPU. The display processor determines whether a first flush operation and/or a second flush operation is available at a time instance, where the first flush operation and the second flush operation are associated with the first DPU and/or the second DPU. The display processor performs, based on a VSync instance, the first flush operation and/or the second flush operation based on whether the first flush operation and/or the second flush operation are available at the time instance and based on the indication of the synchronous flush or the asynchronous flush.
US11978356B2
Techniques for administering a care plan for a patient. A monitoring device is selected, at a care plan management system based on a care plan, to use in administering the care plan. The care plan specifies biometric data to monitor for a patient. The monitoring device is configured to collect the biometric data, based on the care plan. The biometric data collected using the monitoring device is received at the care plan management system. The biometric data includes a first event initially classified as a first type of event using the monitoring device. The first event is selected for reclassification, based on the initial classification, and in response the first event is reclassified as a second type of event using the care plan management system. The patient is treated based on the care plan and the reclassified first event.
US11978351B2
A beacon unit (2) configured to generate a virtual point (TP) which is moveable along a virtual trajectory (TR), from one or more data item(s) of a kinematics of the aircraft (AC). The device includes a control unit (4) configured to generate an order to move the aircraft towards a dynamic point (TP) and thus along the target trajectory (TR).
US11978350B2
The present disclosure relates to a technical field for airborne navigation and discloses a data acquisition system and method for airborne navigation devices based on unmanned aerial vehicle. The system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle flight control system, a navigation devices test antenna array, a multi-channel signal processing module, a signal acquisition module, an ADS-B transmitting module, a GNSS receiver, a UHF data link receiver, a power module and a ground station. The unmanned aerial vehicle is equipped with corresponding modules to receive signals from ground navigation devices, perform corresponding processing and storage, and transmit data to the ground, at the same time, receive control instructions sent by the ground to complete corresponding monitoring, analysis and inspection.
US11978348B2
Systems and methods of the present invention are provided to generate a plurality of flight trajectories that do not conflict with other aircraft in a local area. Interventions by an air traffic control system help prevent collisions between aircraft, but these interventions can also cause an aircraft to substantially deviate from the pilot's intended flight trajectory, which burns fuels, wastes time, etc. Systems and methods of the present invention can assign a standard avoidance interval to other aircraft in the area such that a pilot's aircraft does not receive an intervention by an air traffic control system. Systems and methods of the present invention also generate a plurality of conflict-free flight trajectories such that a pilot or an automated system may select the most desirable flight trajectory for fuel efficiency, speed, and other operational considerations, etc.
US11978347B2
A method for generating data sets of a UAV, performed by a data set generation apparatus, may comprise obtaining flight environment information including a moving object; obtaining flight data including first physical information and first sensor information of the UAV in a flight environment based on the flight environment information; obtaining second physical information and second sensor information of the UAV when the moving object exists, based on the flight data, and generating a first data set based on the second physical information and the second sensor information; obtaining third physical information and third sensor information of the UAV when the moving object does not exist, based on the flight data, and generating a second data set based on the third physical information and the third sensor information; and combining the first data set and the second data set to generate a third data set.
US11978340B2
The present disclosure relates to identifying vehicles using wireless device identifiers. In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a system for identifying vehicles in a parking structure includes a camera configured to capture images of an area in the parking structure where the camera captures an image containing one or more vehicle(s), a detector configured to scan for wireless device identifiers in the area, and a processing system including an electronic storage. The processing system is configured to execute instructions to access the image containing the vehicle(s) in the area and access one or more wireless device identifier(s) scanned by the detector in the area, process the image containing the vehicle(s) to extract one or more license plate identifier(s) corresponding to the vehicle(s), and store in the electronic storage at least one record associating the license plate identifier(s) with the wireless device identifier(s).
US11978338B2
Provided is an intersection deadlock identification method for a mixed flow of autonomous vehicles. This method considers the reality that the intersection traffic flow is composed of human driven vehicles and connected autonomous vehicles. Firstly, the two-dimensional coordinates, speed and front wheel steering angle information of all vehicles in the intersection are obtained, and the blockage graph of vehicles is constructed on the assumption that the front wheel steering angles of all vehicles are fixed. If there is no ring structure in the blockage graph, there is no deadlock; if there is a ring structure, the evasion distance propagation algorithm is used to calculate the evasion requirement distance of a vehicle in the ring. When the evasion requirement distance is greater than the permitted travelling distance of the vehicle itself, a weak traffic deadlock exists.
US11978336B2
A wireless control device includes a power source, one or more sensors, one or more switches, a wireless transceiver circuit, an antenna connected to the wireless transceiver circuit, and a processor communicably coupled to the power source, the one or more sensors, the one or more switches, and the wireless transceiver circuit. The processor receives a data from the one or more sensors or the one or more switches, determines a pre-defined action associated with the data that identifies one or more external devices and one or more tasks, and transmits one or more control signals via the wireless transceiver circuit and the antenna that instruct the identified external device(s) to perform the identified task(s).
US11978334B2
Vehicular directional alerting system and method using haptic alerts and optional multi-modal alerts
A system may include a vehicle. The vehicle may include an array of haptic devices. The system may further include at least one processor configured to: determine a location of an object or occurrence relative to the user; based at least on the location of the object or occurrence relative to the user, select at least one haptic device of the array of haptic devices to be driven and function as a directional haptic alert to the user, wherein the directional haptic alert is indicative of a direction from the user toward the object or occurrence; and output at least one command to cause a driving of the selected at least one haptic device, wherein the driving of the selected at least one haptic device is perceivable by the user as the directional haptic alert.
US11978333B2
An automatic addressing system for a fire loop and a method for automatically addressing a plurality of remote units electrically connected to a fire panel in a fire loop, the method including: (1) requesting an initial identifier from each remote unit; (2) for each remote unit which responds with a unique initial identifier: (a) assigning a unique address to the remote unit; and (b) silencing the response of the configured remote unit to further identifier requests; (3) for each remote unit which responds with an initial identifier matching the initial identifier of at least one other remote unit: (a) initialising an identifier array with the initial identifier for the remote unit in question; (b) requesting a further identifier and adding it to the identifier array for the remote unit; (c) for each remote unit which responds with a unique identifier array: (i) assigning a unique address to the remote unit.
US11978319B2
Gaming systems and methods that provides a blocking symbol set bypass feature for a play of a game, wherein the player to elect whether or not to employ the blocking symbol set bypass for the symbol evaluation for that play of the game. When a blocking symbol set bypass is employed for a symbol evaluation for a play of the game, for at least part of the symbol evaluation, the gaming system can skip one or more symbols of a blocking symbol set in evaluating the displayed symbols of the displayed outcome of the play of the game to determine any displayed winning symbol combinations and any awards associated with the displayed symbols.
US11978316B2
A gaming machine provides a base game from which a feature game is triggered when a determined number of configurable symbols are displayed in a base game outcome. When the feature game is triggered, the configurable symbols are held in place on the display and the player is provided with more spins during the feature game in which to collect additional configurable symbols. Any additional configurable symbols are retained on the display during subsequent spins until the feature game is completed. The configurable symbols include mystery symbols whose value is not determined until the mystery symbol is displayed. A first valuation game, such as a wheel spin, is used to determine the value for the mystery symbols. At the end of the feature game, the player is awarded a prize based on the values carried by the configurable symbols. A second valuation game, such as a wheel spin, is used to provide an enhanced award if the player collects a determined number of configurable symbols during the feature game.
US11978314B2
A networked computer system for providing promotional awards to casino property patrons is described herein. The networked computer system includes a promotions management computer server including a processor programmed to execute an algorithm to receive an activity signal from at least one player tracking server indicating corresponding patron activity. The processor is programmed to determine whether the patron activity data indicates a qualifying promotional event, and responsively select a promotional award, generate an escrowed award record associated with the corresponding patron activity, and modify the award escrow data file to include the generated escrowed award record. The escrowed award record including a corresponding patron ID, a corresponding session ID, corresponding award fulfilment instructions including the selected promotional award, a property ID, and a device ID, corresponding messaging instructions including an award notification message, and a corresponding qualification status indicator indicating a qualified status.
US11978311B2
Systems and methods that verify an identity of a user in association with a transfer of an amount of funds from a gaming establishment account associated with the user to a gaming table component associated with a gaming establishment gaming table.
US11978301B2
Gaming systems and method that provide a player wheel set selection feature including a displayed wheel having a plurality of displayed player selectable sections for a play of a game, and wherein the quantity of sections selectable by the player is at least one and less than all of the sections of the wheel.
US11978297B2
A money handling method to be executed by a money handling machine including a body and an extension unit. The method includes: instructing the extension unit to replenish the body with money with a specified denomination; replenishing the body from the extension unit in accordance with the instruction; recognizing a denomination of each of the money sent from the extension unit; storing the money in a first storage unit associated with a first denomination in a first case where the denomination recognized is the first denomination identical to the specified denomination; storing money in a second storage unit in a second case where the denomination recognized is a second denomination different from the specified denomination; and continuing the replenishment with the money using the extension unit as instructed in both the first case and the second case.
US11978289B2
A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for driving evaluation are provided. The method includes: collecting a set of performance events during conduction of one or more driving tasks; calculating, based on the collected set of performance events and respective weights for the performance events contained in the collected set of performance events, an aggregated performance indicator.
US11978277B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for under-display fingerprint sensor timing control are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by fingerprint sensor control circuitry, an indication to activate a fingerprint sensor that is located under a display panel of a computing device, the fingerprint sensor attached with respect to the display panel such that the fingerprint sensor is exposed to light produced by the display panel and reflected off a finger placed over the display panel at a location of the fingerprint sensor; outputting, for receipt by the fingerprint sensor, a start-sensing trigger signal at a start time synchronized with a display panel timing signal that is provided to the display panel to control emission of the display panel; and outputting, for receipt by the fingerprint sensor, a stop-sensing trigger signal at a stop time synchronized with the display panel timing signal.
US11978276B2
According to various embodiments, an electronic device is provided and includes a housing, a support frame which is arranged in an internal space of the housing and has a first surface, a second surface facing a direction opposite to the first surface, and a through hole, a display supported by the first surface and arranged to be seen from outside through at least a part of the housing, and an optical sensor module arranged in the second surface to face the through hole.
US11978275B2
Methods and apparatus to monitor environments are disclosed. Example audience measurement devices disclosed herein execute, in connection with a first frame of data, a three-dimensional recognition analysis on an object detected in an environment within a threshold distance from a sensor. Disclosed example audience measurement devices also detect that the object has moved outside the threshold distance from the sensor in a second frame subsequent to the first frame. Disclosed example audience measurement devices further execute a two-dimensional recognition analysis on the object in the second frame.
US11978274B2
A document creation support apparatus comprising at least one processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire an image and a character string related to the image; extract at least one feature region included in the image; specify a specific region that is a region corresponding to a phrase included in the character string, in the feature region; and present information for supporting creation of a document including the character string based on a result of the specifying.
