US12030870B2
The invention provides novel benzamides of pyrazolyl-amino-pyrimidinyl derivatives of Formula (I) as selective and potent JAK inhibitors for treating various diseases and disorders. The invention also provides pharmaceutical composition of these compounds and methods of their preparation and use thereof.
US12030856B2
A compound of the general formula (I), and the pharmaceutical composition including a compound of formula (I) and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable additive. Also, the treatment of a cardiac disease, disorder or condition in a mammal, which includes the administration to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of formula (I), or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12030854B2
The invention provides a method for producing a dichloro addition product of an aliphatic olefin by photocatalysis under visible light. The method includes reacting an aliphatic olefin as a substrate with hydrochloric acid as a chlorine source in an organic solvent under visible light irradiation in the presence of copper chloride with visible light absorption ability as a catalyst, to obtain the dichloro addition product of the aliphatic olefin, wherein the reaction is carried out under an oxygen-containing atmosphere, the aliphatic olefin comprises a carbon-carbon double bond and a C9-C15 aliphatic chain connected to the carbon-carbon double bond by a covalent bond. In the invention, visible light is used to provide the energy and a transition metal chloride with visible light absorption ability is used to undergo light-induced electron transfer from chloride with a reaction substrate, thereby initiating an addition reaction to obtain a dichloro addition product.
US12030835B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) or a stereoisomer, a tautomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein Q is a 5-membered heterocyclyl or 5-membered heteroaryl having 1 to 4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O, and S, substituted with zero to 4 R1; and A, X1, X2, X3, X4, Z1, Z2, R1, R2, R3a, R3b, a, b, and d are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using these compounds to modulate the activity of farnesoid X receptor (FXR); pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds; and methods of treating a disease, disorder, or condition associated with FXR dysregulation, such as pathological fibrosis, transplant rejection, cancer, osteoporosis, and inflammatory disorders, by using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions.
US12030833B2
A method for producing a hetero-type monodisperse polyethylene glycol, which includes (A) carrying out a nucleophilic substitution reaction between a compound of formula (2) and a compound of formula (3) so as to satisfy expression (F1) to obtain a compound of formula (4), (B) of carrying out a Michaels addition reaction of a compound of formula (5) to the compound of formula (4) at a temperature condition of 10° C. or lower to obtain a compound of formula (6), (C) detritylating or debenzylating the compound of the formula (6) to obtain a reaction product containing a compound of formula (7), (D) purifying the compound of formula (7) from the reaction product, (E) reacting the compound of formula (7) with phthalimide and performing dephthalimidation to obtain a compound of formula (8), and (F) subjecting the compound of formula (8) to an acid hydrolysis treatment to obtain a compound represented by formula (1).
US12030832B2
The invention relates to a new dialkyl tin oxide catalyst composition and its use for the synthesis of amino alkyl (meth)acrylates by transesterification from an alkyl (meth)acrylates and an amino alcohol, and especially 2-dimethylaminoethyl (meth)acrylate. The invention also relates to polymers made with quaternized amino alkyl (meth)acrylates and use of said polymers in water treatment, sludge dewatering, papermaking process, agriculture, cosmetic and detergency composition, textile process, oil and gas recovery process such as enhanced oil recovery, fracturing, mining operation such as tailings treatment.
US12030829B2
The present disclosure provides a fire starter that does not require oxygen from the air to ignite or maintain a flame and makes it easy to ignite using one or no fingers, such as teeth. A fire starter includes a burnable casing forming a sealed chamber. A first burnable mixture and a second burnable mixture are separately disposed in the sealed chamber. The first burnable mixture can form a flame without oxygen from the air. An igniter is disposed in the sealed chamber adjacent to the first burnable mixture and configured to generate a first thermal event to ignite the first burnable mixture without oxygen from the air. The first burnable mixture combusts during the first thermal event and triggers a second thermal event to ignite the second burnable mixture. An actuator is configured to activate the igniter to generate the first thermal event without using more than one finger.
US12030823B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of ceramic tiles, in particular, to a ceramic tile decorated with a dry particle ink and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method comprises the steps of A: decorating a ground coat; B: decorating to form a pattern; C: drying firstly; D: embellishing with dry particles; E: spraying a protective glaze; and F: firing. The manufacturing method has simple operation steps and convenient control, simplifies the process flow, improves production efficiency, and reduces production difficulty and production cost. By spraying with the dry particle ink, jet printing is carried out on a designated position on the surface of a green body, so that the texture sprayed can accurately correspond to the pattern-decorated texture, and the uniformity and adhesion of the dry particle distribution on the surface of the green body can be improved.
US12030822B2
An article includes a ceramic-based substrate and a barrier layer on the ceramic-based substrate. The barrier layer includes a matrix, diffusive particles, and gettering particles. The gettering particles include at least one of non-gas-evolving particles and porous particles. An article and a method are also disclosed.
US12030820B2
Disclosed is a method of making high temperature fiber including chemically bonding high temperature material to a fiber template at a first temperature to form a precursor fiber and processing the precursor fiber at a second temperature to form the high temperature fiber. The first temperature does not equal the second temperature. Also disclosed are high temperature fibers made by the method.
US12030803B2
A glass plate, containing: a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to each other, wherein an in-plane void region having a plurality of voids is arranged on the first main surface, a plurality of internal void rows each having one void or two or more voids are arranged from the in-plane void region toward the second main surface, and a cut surface obtained by cutting the glass plate to pass through the in-plane void region and the plurality of internal void rows has a compressive stress layer formed by applying a chemical strengthening treatment in the center of the cut surface.
US12030801B2
The present disclosure discloses a saline wastewater treatment system using solar-assisted heat pump. A method of solar thermal collector coupled with a heat pump can treat saline wastewater at low carbon and high efficiency, and industrial salt and fresh water can be obtained by concentration. The system includes a wastewater pretreatment system, a wastewater heating system, and a wastewater evaporation and concentration treatment system. The wastewater pretreatment system is connected to the wastewater heating system; and the wastewater heating system is connected to the wastewater evaporation and concentration treatment system.
US12030800B2
A method of treating water with a combined chlorine-ferrate(VI) mixture to convert reduced nitrogen compounds electively to a nitrogen gas via controlled oxidation processes, and simultaneously generating insoluble precipitates of iron-phosphorus compounds Fex(PO4)y, by addition of said compounds in combination wherein chlorine is added within the range of about a weight ratio (FeO42−/NH3) of 2-25, and ferrate(VI) is added within the range of about a weight ratio (FeO42−/NH3) of 1.0 to 10.0, with pH & Eh adjustment as defined in disclosures, to establish an alkaline environment and oxidation state of between 0 and 6, and reaction kinetics control of between one and twelve minutes, thereby controlling the oxidation process wherein the product of said oxidation process is a nitrogen gas, which is released, while simultaneously generating a settleable precipitate of iron phosphate, thereby yielding a treated effluent with a reduced total nitrogen and phosphorus content in one treatment.
US12030799B2
A peritoneal dialysis system includes a water purifier, a cycler, and a disposable set operable with the cycler. The disposable set includes a pumping cassette including a water inlet port, a heater/mixing container in fluid communication with the pumping cassette, a water accumulator, a first water line segment, and a second water line segment. The first water line segment is in fluid communication with the water inlet port and the water accumulator. Additionally, the second water line segment is in fluid communication with the water accumulator and the water purifier.
US12030795B2
A device (10) for capacitive deionization of an aqueous media containing dissolved ion species, said device comprising a cell with a first primary electrode (2) and a second primary electrode (3) arranged opposite the first primary electrode (2) and preferably separated by at least one non-conductive spacer (4, 4′). A third electrode (7) is arranged between the first and the second electrode. The third electrode (7) is grounded whereas the first and the second electrodes are polarized versus the grounded third electrode.
US12030791B2
The inventive subject matter disclosed herein includes multiple novel filter media made of activated rice husks, as well as filtration systems and methods for removing contaminants from an aqueous solution, such as wastewater produced as a byproduct of various industrial processes, including mining, oil and gas exploration and extraction, farming, manufacturing, and the like.
US12030787B2
The present invention generally relates to a process for synthesizing rare earth-doped cobalt-chromite (CoCr2-xRxO4) pigments for capacitive and resistive humidity sensor applications, the process includes of crushing individually metal nitrates and rare earth material (R) using a hydraulic press to form a powder of metal nitrates and rare earth nitrates; dissolving the powder of metal nitrates and rare earth material (R) with fuels in 30 milliliters of distilled water with constant stirring using a magnetic stirrer to form a green color solution; heating the green color solution at 425 degrees Celsius for half an hour to obtain a green powder; extracting and grinding the green powder in an agate mortar for 1 hour to form a fine green pigment; and annealing the fine green pigment in a muffle furnace for two hours at a temperature of 500-600 degrees to remove organic residue and obtain rare earth-doped cobalt-chromite (CoCr2-xRxO4) pigments.
US12030785B2
Methods of processing magnesium silicate materials are described to produce a number of products including magnesium hydroxide. Related methods of use of processed magnesium silicate and other reaction products are described for energy production, cement manufacture and carbon sequestration. In one embodiment the method comprises subjecting a magnesium silicate source to an acid digestion; increasing the digested liquid pH to produce a magnesium salt solution; subjecting the magnesium salt solution to electrolysis; and recovering magnesium hydroxide produced from electrolysis. By-products such as silica, iron oxy(oxides) and others are also described along with further reaction products such as magnesium oxide and magnesium carbonate.
US12030778B2
In one aspect, provided is a method for producing a semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube dispersion. This method allows semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes to be separated from a single-walled carbon nanotube mixture containing semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes and metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes in an aqueous medium, and yet requires only an easily available separation agent and a simple operation. One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for producing a semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube dispersion. The method includes (A) preparing a single-walled carbon nanotube dispersion to be separated that contains single-walled carbon nanotubes composed of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes and metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes, an aqueous medium and a nonionic polymer containing a constitutional unit A derived from a monomer represented by the following formula (1), and (B) centrifuging the single-walled carbon nanotube dispersion to be separated and then collecting a supernatant containing the semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes from the centrifuged single-walled carbon nanotube dispersion. A content of the constitutional unit A in all constitutional units of the polymer is 2 mol % or more. The polymer is water soluble. CH2CR1—COO-(EO)p(PO)q—R2 (1)
US12030777B2
The invention relates to a millimeter-sized bulk spa amorphous carbon material and a method of preparing the same, and the method comprises a step of performing a high-temperature and high-pressure (HTHP) treatment on C60 powder at a temperature of 450-1100° C., preferably 700-1000° C., more preferably 900-1000° C., and most preferably 1000° C., and a pressure of 20-37 GPa, preferably 20-30 GPa, and most preferably 27 GPa, so as to obtain the millimeter-sized bulk sp3 amorphous carbon material. The sp3 carbon content in the amorphous carbon material is adjustable by changing the temperature and pressure conditions, so that the sp3 content is greater than 80%, and the sp3 content of high-quality samples is close to 100%. The optical band gap and thermal conductivity of the series of amorphous carbon materials can be effectively adjusted. The obtained series of amorphous carbon materials have ultra-high hardnesses, high thermal conductivities, adjustable band gaps (1.90-2.79 eV) which exceed the ranges of the band gaps of amorphous silicon and germanium. As a result, a new space is opened up for the application of amorphous materials.
US12030771B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, system, and method for a microelectromechanical (MEM) device formed on a transparent, insulating substrate. The MEM device may take the form of an electrostatic comb actuator. The fabrication process employs three-dimensional structuring of the substrate to form the actuator combs, biasing elements, and linkages. The combs and other elements of the actuator may be rendered electrically conducting by a conformal conductive coating. The conductive coating may be segmented into a plurality of electrodes without the use of standard lithography techniques. A linear-rotational actuator is provided, which may comprise two perpendicularly-arranged, linear actuators that utilize moveable linkage beams in two orthogonal dimensions. A linear or torsional ratcheting actuator is also provided by using comb actuators in conjunction with a ratcheting wheel or cog. Furthermore, several methods for electrically connecting non-contiguous or enclosed elements are provided.
US12030769B2
A fuel dispensing system includes a fuel tank, a pump that pumps fuel from the fuel tank, and a fuel sentry controlling pumping of the fuel from the fuel tank. The fuel sentry includes a processor, storage storing configuration data, a communication module, and memory operatively coupled to the processor, the storage, and the communication module. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive, from an external device and via the communication module, a request to perform a fuel dispensing operation from the at least one fuel tank, determine, based on the configuration data stored in the storage, whether a user of the external device is authorized to perform the fuel dispensing operation from the at least one fuel tank, and in response to determining that that user is authorized to perform the fuel dispensing operation from the at least one fuel tank, transmit power to the pump from a power source to allow the user to pump fuel.
US12030768B2
A network-controlled dispensing device is provided. The dispensing device may include a display, a scannable device identifier (e.g., QR code, RFID tag, etc.) that uniquely identifies the dispensing device to a scanning device, and a network device to establish communications with a server based, at least in part, on the scannable device identifier. The dispenser includes a controller to control dispensing of a product based on one or more product selections received from the server. The controller generates a dispense code in response to receiving one or more product selections from the server and presents the dispense code on the display. If the code received from the server matches the dispense code, the controller dispenses a product based on the one or more product selections received from the server.
US12030765B2
Disclosed is a corkscrew extraction of a cork from a neck of a bottle, including a body, a propping lever, an extraction screw for extraction of the cork, wherein the corkscrew is provided with an extension element of the extraction screw. An extraction method with two sub-phases of a cork from a neck of a bottle by continuous movement without interruptions is also disclosed.
US12030764B2
A bottle centering device for a capping machine for caps made of compressible material includes a support structure, associated with a compression box at a cap compression seat and defining an opening for passing a compressed cap and a cap insertion punch. The support structure is mountable on the compression box so that the through opening has a central axis axially centered on the cap compression seat. A bottle centerer defining an invitation seat and a central through opening is configured for engagement by a bottle mouth and is shaped to guide the mouth towards the through opening axially aligning with the central axis. The bottle centerer includes pieces angularly distributed about the central axis and each partially defining a portion of the invitation seat. The pieces are radially movable with respect to the central axis to vary radial dimensions of the invitation seat and the central through opening.
US12030762B2
A pallet shelfing apparatus for shelf racking of a pallet in a shelf structure, configured to operate in loading, unloading, and hibernate/transport modes. A transporter thereof transports and positions the platform. On a platform configured for loading and unloading the pallet from a selected shelf of the shelf structure, at least one deployable pallet carrying structure is mounted and configured for carrying, reaching and engaging the pallet. At least one deployable anchor, for temporarily stabilizing the pallet shelfing apparatus against at least one hold is deployed in the loading or unloading mode, to engage the at least one hold for stabilizing, and features the at least one hold located off ground, off ceiling, or inside the volume confined by the convex hull of the shelf structure. This volume may be disposed between the platform and at least one of the at least one hold, while in the loading or unloading mode, at least before changing mode into the hibernate/transport mode. The at least one deployable anchor is configured to change the elevation of the at least one deployable pallet carrying structure, after the carrying structure initially engages the pallet.
US12030750B2
A method for mounting or dismounting components of a wind turbine is provided. The mounting or dismounting is accomplished by fastening at least one retaining rope or guide rope to a component to be mounted by fastening the retaining rope or the guide rope to a rope winch unit and by raising or lowering the component to be mounted or to be dismounted by means of a crane. The component to be mounted or to be dismounted is held or guided by means of the retaining rope or guide rope. The rope winch unit comprises a base, a pivot arm and a retaining unit. The pivot arm is pivot-ably coupled to the base at its first end. A rope winch for receiving the retaining rope or guide rope is provided at its second free end. The retaining unit is pivotably coupled to the pivot arm. The base comprises a plurality of latching units for receiving a first end of the retaining unit.
US12030749B2
An informing device is an informing device mounted on a work vehicle that includes a lower base body, and a swivel body swivelably provided at the lower base body. The informing device includes a first detection unit that detects the actual amount of rotation of a drive device which swivels the swivel body or a driven part driven by the drive device, and a notification unit that issues a notification regarding information corresponding to the amount of rotation detected by the first detection unit.
US12030728B2
A container guiding device has a railing with two guide elements that are spaced from one another, that extend in the transport direction of a container transport device, and that guide containers or packages. At least one guide element can be adjusted transversely to the transport direction relative to the other guide element by an adjusting device. The adjusting device has a drive body which can be rotated about a rotational axis and a coupling element which is connected to the at least one guide element and to the drive body such that a rotation of the drive body produces a translation of the coupling element transversely to the transport direction. The drive body has a control element which is in engagement with the coupling element and which runs in a spiral shape about the rotational axis of the drive body, at least along some sections.
US12030708B2
A frame package including a back panel, an inside panel tab, a front panel, and an inside panel is provided. The inside panel tab extends from the back panel. The front panel extends from the back panel and defines a region to rest upon a corner portion of a frame. The inside panel extends from the front panel and includes an inside panel tab slot. The back panel, the front panel, and the inside panel are arranged with one another to fold about the corner portion of the frame and for the inside panel to extend through a frame opening such that the corner portion of the frame is covered by at least one of the back panel and the front panel. The inside panel tab is received within the inside panel tab slot to secure the back panel to the inside panel without an additional fastener.
US12030703B2
The present invention is a pressure-controlled release dispenser. More particularly, the present invention relates to a blister pack with individual compartments that can contain a fluid, e.g., hand sanitizer, with a piercing mechanism within an individual compartment that enables pressure-controlled release of single use portions of the fluid contained therein. A blister pack of the present invention can also contain single use portions of dry flowable materials or solid materials.
US12030702B2
A can lid made of a resin laminate steel sheet for a resin-metal composite container, includes: a top sheet portion; and a curved portion located at an outer periphery of the top sheet portion, in which the resin laminate steel sheet includes a steel sheet, a thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer provided at a first surface of the steel sheet, a modified polypropylene-based resin layer provided at a second surface of the steel sheet, a polypropylene-based resin layer, and an ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer, a melting point of the ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer is 135° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower, a melting point of the thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer is higher than a melting point of the polypropylene-based resin layer by 40° C. or more, and a range of a proportion of the ethylene component in the ethylene-propylene copolymer in the ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer is 1.0 mass % or more and 45.0 mass % or less.
US12030700B2
A cable tie having a tie body that is provided with slots which are arranged along an extension thereof that is used for tightening. The slots are arranged transversely with respect to the extension. The body has an elongated shape with a plate element at one end and a traction ring at the other end.
US12030699B2
A cross-brace assembly for a package for a household appliance and method of assembling are provided. The cross-brace assembly can include a holder having a body having opposing first and second sides. The body includes first and second inner tabs that include first and second apertures, respectively. A first outer tab projects from the first side of the body, adjacent to the first inner tab, and a second outer tab projects from the second side of the body, adjacent to the second inner tab. A brace having opposing first and second ends can be received within the first and second apertures such that the first end of the brace is disposed adjacent the first outer tab and the second end of the brace is disposed adjacent the second outer tab to retain the brace relative to the holder.
US12030683B2
A filling station includes a transport tray having a plurality of transfer receptacles, an optical detection device configured to generate one or more images of transfer receptacles having drug portions arranged therein and a control device coupled to the optical detection device. The control device causes display of a filling template of which transfer receptacles are to be filled with one or more drug portions and compares an actual filling of the transfer receptacles based on the one or more images of the transfer receptacles generated by the optical detection device to ta target filling. The control device also determines if no deviation exists between the actual filling and the target filling and releases the transport tray for transferring the drug portions to a secondary tray.
US12030682B2
A gripper, an apparatus, and a method for assembling kits of sanitary products in an automated fashion are disclosed. The sanitary products are pre-loaded into containers including a plurality of independent housings for the sanitary products, each of the housings being configured to allow loading of a sanitary product therein and withdrawal of the sanitary product therefrom independently of the other housings, and the kit is assembled in batches on the gripper, and released by the latter into a package.
US12030679B2
A method for producing a cartridge is proposed, where a fluid is filled into an opening of a container and a closure part is inserted into the container, thereby moving a movable piston arranged within the container.
US12030677B2
A system includes a detector attachment member and a communication system. The detector attachment member includes a first end configured to be coupled to an unmanned aerial vehicle; a second end configured to be coupled to a detector; and a body extending between the first end and the second end, the body of a length selected such that an interference of the unmanned aerial vehicle at the detector is less than an interference threshold. The detector attachment member also includes a lift system coupled to the body. The communication system is coupled to the detector attachment member and is configured to provide communication between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the detector.
US12030672B1
A system and method for on-demand retention, release, and positioning of structures including space structures (e.g., solar panels, probes, antennae, scientific instruments, fairings, etc.). The system allows for a lightweight and reliable deployment mechanism utilizing shape memory alloy (SMA) technology that allows for structure transition from a stowed to a deployed configuration. SMAs are used for both the active actuation members (e.g., wires) and passive connecting members (e.g., hinges). The retention and release (R&R) mechanism includes the SMA actuator, a static and detachable plate, a pin puller, and retaining latches/hooks. Once released, the deployment and positioning mechanism consists of SMA preloaded hinges and latches. The innovative system and method may be used for deployment of CubeSat and smallsats solar panels, antennae, and the like where volume and power resources are very limited. The innovative system and method may also be used for deployment of components for other classes of small satellites.
US12030665B2
A ground station for aerial vehicles including a protective casing, at least one charging mechanism, and an extendable landing pad. The extended landing pad is operable to transition between a closed configuration having dimensions suitable to be contained within said protective casing, and an open configuration having dimensions suitable to land the aerial vehicle.
US12030660B2
Systems and methods for noise suppression for aircraft are disclosed. The aircraft may include a fuselage. The aircraft may include a plurality of wings connected to or formed with the fuselage. The aircraft may include at least one engine configured to generate a propulsion force to propel the aircraft. The at least one engine may include a nozzle assembly having a nozzle body with an outlet that releases an exhaust air or a jet flow. The aircraft may include a noise suppression assembly. The noise suppression assembly may be configured to interact with the exhaust air or jet flow to substantially suppress, mitigate, reduce, or otherwise modify noise generated by the aircraft.
US12030656B1
An electric propulsion system for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft having a heat exchanger to cool fluids used in an electrical engine, the electric propulsion system comprising at least one electrical engine mechanically connected directly or indirectly to a fuselage of the VTOL aircraft and electrically connected to an electrical power source. The electrical engine may comprise an electrical motor having a stator and a rotor; a gearbox assembly comprising a sun gear; at least one planetary gear; a ring gear; and a planetary carrier. The electric engine may include an inverter assembly comprising a thermal plate and an inverter assembly housing; an end bell assembly that is connected to the thermal plate of the inverter assembly; and a heat exchanger comprising an array of cooling fins and tubes.
US12030655B2
An aircraft including a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells arranged to vent into a venting region of the battery pack. A path is defined between the venting region and an exterior of the aircraft, whereby thermal products vented by the cells can exit the aircraft via the path. In some embodiments, the venting region is or is in fluid communication with an air channel through which air flows from an aircraft air inlet to an aircraft air outlet. In other embodiments, the path joins the venting region and an opening in an external surface of the aircraft.
US12030652B2
An aircraft comprising a fuselage and an unducted turbine engine. The fuselage having a divot with an upstream edge and a downstream edge. The divot is defined by a straight reference line having a length (L) and a maximum depth (h) relative to the straight reference line. The unducted turbine engine having an engine core, a nacelle, and a set of blades. A first flow ratio (FR1) is equal to: h L .
US12030642B2
The present invention relates essentially to a double-door module for aircraft seats, characterized in that it comprises: a first door that is mobile in translation between a stowed position and a deployed position, a second door that is mobile in translation between a stowed position and a deployed position, the first door and the second door overlapping completely when the first door and the second door are simultaneously in the stowed position, and a control system comprising a device for locking and unlocking the first door and/or the second door.
US12030636B2
The current document is directed to an enclosure for electronic equipment that secures the electronic equipment within a storage space, provides ventilation for the electronic equipment, which generates heat during operation, and protects the electronic equipment from mechanical insults while, at the same time, providing access to control features and display features on the front panel of the electronic equipment. The currently disclosed enclosure includes cooling ports that allow for exchange of air between the external environment and the interior of the enclosure. One implementation of the currently disclosed enclosure can be partly disassembled in order to quickly secure the electronic equipment within the enclosure and can then be quickly reassembled for storage.
US12030635B2
A component (6) for a passenger cabin (2) of a passenger aircraft (4) contains a base body (8) with a surface (10), and a layer structure (12), which is applied to the surface (10) and contains at least two layers in the form of at least one active layer (14) and an adhesive layer (16) arranged between the active layer (14) and the surface (10), wherein the active layer (14) contains at least one surface section (18a-c) which is formed from an electrically controllable colour-changing film (20), wherein at least a part of the colour-changing film (20) forms a visible surface (22) for the intended purpose in the passenger cabin (2).
US12030634B2
The technology relates to payload separation during descent of an aerial vehicle. A flight termination system (FTS) for a lighter than air (LTA) vehicle can include a first, a second, and a third mechanical actuation system. The first mechanical actuation system can be triggered in a first stage, causing an envelope and a payload of the LTA vehicle to separate. The second mechanical actuation system can be triggered in a second stage, causing a parachute to deploy from a component coupled to the payload. The third mechanical actuation system can be triggered in a third stage, causing a parachute to deploy from the envelope. In some cases, one or more of the mechanical actuation systems includes a squib.
US12030631B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has a wing assembly that is coupled to a cargo carrying pod. The pod has a pallet storage volume and an aerodynamic outer surface. The wing assembly has wings that are coupled to rotor booms that include motors and rotors. A tail assembly is coupled to tail booms that extend back from the wings. Rudders are coupled to the rear portions of the tail booms and an elevator is coupled to top portions of the rudders. The elevator is at least 84 inches high and the rudders are at least 48 apart so that a forklift can drive under the elevator and between the rudders to a rear door of the pod to place cargo on a pallet into the storage area of the pod.
US12030620B2
A landing gear for a flight vehicle is used during landing. The landing gear for a flight vehicle includes a first cylinder structure configured to have an upper end which is coupled to be able to roll with respect to the flight vehicle; and a second cylinder structure configured to have a lower end which is able to come into contact with the ground, configured to be able to relatively move in an axial direction along a reference axis with respect to the first cylinder structure, and configured to be able to relatively rotate about the reference axis with respect to the first cylinder structure. The first cylinder structure and the second cylinder structure switch the landing gear between a stowed state and a released state by means of the relative movement and the relative rotation.
US12030619B2
An uplock for the selective retention of a capture pin of a movable element includes a hook, a locking member, and a detector. The hook is movable between a release position and a retaining position for retaining the capture pin. The locking member moves between a locked position, and an unlocked position. The detector detects whether the hook is in the retaining position and the capture pin is in the hook. The detector includes a sensor movable relative to a target. The target or the sensor is carried by the locking member and the other by an indicator lever which is movable between a first position indicating absence of the capture pin in the hook and a second position indicating presence. The target and the sensor are only in the proximate position if the locking member is in the locked position and the indicator lever is in the second position.
US12030618B2
A hinge assembly 8a for an aircraft component comprises first and second hinge plates 9, 10, each hinge plate including a plurality of fingers 13 to 17. The fingers of the first and second hinge plates are interleaved. A seal assembly 28 to 32 is provided between at least some of the fingers. The provision of a hinge including interposed fingers allows for a hinge assembly having a complex aerodynamic profile to be made, while the sealing function is performed by the seals filling the gaps between the fingers.
US12030616B2
The invention relates to a composite blade (5) for a turbine engine rotor, for example, an unducted propeller, comprising a skin (6) made of woven fibres forming the outer profile of the blade and an attachment (11) with cylindrical geometry in the direction of the span emerging from the blade root (9), which attachment is intended to retain the blade (5) on a hub of the rotor, characterised in that it further comprises a spar (16) having a hollow tube structure made of braided carbon fibres, fixed to the attachment (11) and extending inside the skin (6) over at least part of the span of the blade (5). The invention also relates to a propeller comprising said blade and to a method for manufacturing said blade.
US12030614B2
A coupling system and method are configured to secure one or more spars of a wing of an aircraft to one or more struts. The coupling system and method include a plurality of interface joints that secure the one or more spars to the one or more struts. At least a portion of a front surface of the one or more spars is linearly aligned with at least a portion of a rear surface of the one more struts.
US12030610B2
A swivel gyro-mount system for a self-contained air conditioning system, disclosing a unit having a main body with an evaporator having an evaporator cover with an aperture bordered on a side opposite of the evaporator by a plurality of frustum-spherical wall sections, thereby creating a boundary. A frustum-spherical gyro-swivel ring is positioned within the boundary of the frustum-spherical wall sections. A fitment ring is removably affixed to a protruding lip of the frustum-spherical gyro-swivel ring. The frustum-spherical wall sections movably contain the frustum-spherical gyro-swivel ring in a tight periphery, thereby allowing the frustum-spherical gyro-swivel ring to adjust in orientation, whereby the adjustment in orientation influences a direction of airflow in a conical range of orientations to a blower, whereby said blower may expel air in a plurality of selectable directions in a range of angulation resembling a dual conical shape.
US12030607B1
A method of operating a steering system on a marine vessel includes changing a maximum drive angle defining a permitted drive angle range for at least one marine drive and then, based on a steering map correlating wheel positions of a manually rotatable steering wheel to drive angles of the marine drive, adjusting at least one end stop wheel position to an adjusted end stop wheel position based on the changed maximum drive angle. Once it is determined that a current wheel position of the steering wheel is approaching the adjusted end stop wheel position, a resistance device is controlled to apply a resistance force against rotation of the steering wheel in a first rotational direction past the end stop position. The steering actuator associated with the marine drive is then controlled based on the steering map such that a drive angle of the marine drive stays within the permitted drive angle range.
US12030604B2
A propeller (20) for a marine vessel (10), the propeller (20) comprising a plurality of propeller blades (24, 26). The propeller blades comprise a leading edge (30), a trailing edge (32) and an outer edge (34) located between the leading edge and the trailing edge. A transition from the leading edge to the outer edge occurs at a first transition point (36) and a transition from the outer edge to the trailing edge occurs at a second transition point (38). A straight line from the first transition point to the second transition point coincides with the outer edge (34) or is located at least partially outside the propeller blade. A smallest distance (D2) from the second transition point to the axis of rotation (A) is smaller than a smallest distance (D\) from the first transition point to the axis of rotation.
US12030601B2
The invention relates to an underwater device for capturing images of a seabed, comprising at least one sensor for detecting a sensor value, at least one electrical consumer and an electrical energy source for supplying electrical energy to the electrical consumer. The underwater device is characterised in that, based on the sensor value, it is determined whether a hazardous condition exists for the electrical consumer and an energy distribution unit is provided which disconnects the electrical consumer from the electrical energy source if a hazardous condition exists.
US12030597B2
A system for transmission of power offshore comprises two or more power stations operably connected with a high voltage cable system. The high voltage cable system may comprise a dynamic, dry type high voltage submarine cable of varying length configured to transmit at least about 45 megawatts of power. In some cases the dynamic, dry type high voltage submarine cable comprises a first end connected to an offshore power station and second end connected to a static submarine cable system which is connected to an onshore power station. The systems may facilitate transmission of power for applications such as compressing and/or pumping subsea natural gas in deep water.
US12030582B2
A processing device is configured to perform a process of bringing a response speed of a first sensor close to a response speed of a second sensor when a value using a detection value of the first sensor is extracted at a timing determined by using an output value of the second sensor having a response speed different from that of the first sensor.
US12030578B2
A leaning vehicle including a vehicle body frame, at least one steerable wheel, a handlebar, of which the manipulation by a rider generates a steering torque, a steering actuator steering the at least one steerable wheel, a roll rate sensor detecting a roll rate of the vehicle body frame, and a steering actuator controller. The steering actuator controller includes a torque estimation section that receives an input to thereby generate an estimated value of the steering torque, and a current determination section that obtains a control current based on the estimated valued of the steering torque generated by the torque estimation section, and outputs the control current to the steering actuator to control the steering actuator. The input of the torque estimation section includes the roll rate obtained from the roll rate sensor, but is free from any value of the steering torque detected by a torque sensor.
US12030571B2
A locator pin assembly includes a locator pin with a locator portion and a threaded portion and a bracket assembly including a tab portion and a nut portion that receives the threaded portion. A structure includes an opening receiving the locator pin and a slot near the opening that receives the bracket assembly.
US12030562B2
A semi-trailer for transporting a load to be moved has a wheeled front module having a right-hand front row and a left-hand front row of front bogies each provided with a respective hydraulic suspension driven by its own hydraulic cylinder; a wheeled rear module comprising a right-hand rear row and a left-hand rear row of rear bogies each provided with a respective hydraulic suspension driven by its own hydraulic cylinder; a coupling unit of the wheeled front module for the coupling to a tractor and comprising a pair of hydraulic jacks for transferring a part of the load to be moved to the tractor; a first hydraulic unit interposed between the hydraulic cylinders of the front and rear rows of bogies and configured in such a way that the sum of the instantaneous load-supporting pressures acting on the hydraulic cylinders of the right front row and of the cylinders of the left-hand rear row is equal to the sum of the instantaneous pressures controlling the cylinders of the left-hand front row and of the cylinders of the right rear row; and a second hydraulic unit configured to control the hydraulic jacks based on the sum of the instantaneous load-supporting pressures acting on the hydraulic cylinders of said right front row and of said left-hand front row.
US12030555B2
A method of making a roof assembly includes bringing first and second adhesive beads into contact with a roof panel and a roof stiffener to thereby define a chamber. The first adhesive bead forms a continuous perimeter around a first vacuum aperture in the roof stiffener to thereby define a first vacuum chamber. The second adhesive bead defines a second continuous perimeter around a second vacuum aperture in the roof stiffener to thereby define a second vacuum chamber. A vacuum is created in each of the first and second vacuum chambers. An outer periphery of each of the first and second adhesive beads is in direct fluid communication with the surrounding atmosphere through a perimeter opening of the chamber.
US12030550B2
A steering column for a motor vehicle may include an inner casing in which a steering spindle is mounted rotatably about a longitudinal axis that extends in a longitudinal direction and is received in an outer casing in a slidingly adjustable manner in the longitudinal direction. A pretensioning apparatus may have a pressure piece that can be braced from an outside in a tensioning direction transversely to the longitudinal axis against the inner casing. The pressure piece is held in the longitudinal direction on the outer casing and is supported against a fixing element counter to the tensioning direction. The fixing element is fixed in a recess of the outer casing. The fixing element has a forming means that is plastically furrowed into the recess, and/or the recess has a forming means that is plastically furrowed into the fixing element.
US12030549B2
A clamping apparatus may include a stroke-generating disk that is rotatable about a clamping axis and is connected via a first stroke-generating gearing and a second stroke-generating gearing to a pressure disk, which is stationary relative to the rotation of the stroke-generating disk. The first stroke-generating gearing converts a relative rotation of the stroke-generating disk in a first actuating angle range in the clamping direction into a first axial stroke relative to the pressure disk. The second stroke-generating gearing converts a further rotation of the stroke-generating disk following the first actuating angle range in a second actuating angle range into a second axial stroke between the stroke-generating disk and the pressure disk. At least one of the stroke-generating gearings is a tilting pin gearing, with at least one tilting pin supported in the direction of its pin axis between corresponding bearing points on the stroke-generating disk and the pressure disk.
US12030548B2
A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a casing unit in which a steering spindle is mounted such that the steering spindle is rotatable about a longitudinal axis that extends in a longitudinal direction. The casing unit has at least two telescopically guided casing tubes that are adjustable relative to one another in the longitudinal direction, an intermediate element that is movable in the longitudinal direction and is arranged between the casing tubes, and a positioning device for positioning the intermediate element in the longitudinal direction relative to the casing tubes. The positioning device may have elongate guide tracks that are arranged on the casing tubes and the intermediate element and interact with one another such that they position the casing tubes and the intermediate element relative to one another in a defined manner.
US12030547B2
A steering wheel assembly for a vehicle includes a support member connectable to a vehicle steering column. A steering wheel has first and second rim portions. At least one of the first and second rim portions is pivotable about a pivot axis between a steering position and a folded position. At least one linear actuator is connected to the support member and operably connected to at least one of the first and second rim portions. Actuation of the linear actuator pivots at least one of the first and second rim portions about the pivot axis.
US12030545B2
A utility trailer is disclosed. The trailer is a two-wheel trailer with rotating handle and yoke tube that locks to the chassis of the trailer in two positions. The trailer also includes two dump pivot points and a release lever mounted to the tub of the trailer.
US12030543B2
An autonomous luggage cart system and method for transportation of objects in facilities such as hotels, condos, universities, and convention centers, providing a cart having a floor, a bumper, riser pipes, and an underside housing, wheels driven by electric motors, a high-capacity battery and a battery charge manager, front and rear tow hitches and tow-hitch sensors, corner sensors, a camera-sensor package, directional sensors, RFID units, a controller unit applying machine learning and artificial-intelligence methods to sensor data, and a communications unit and a remote unit for external communications with other systems.
US12030535B2
A railway automation network includes a publish/subscribe system with at least one transmitter-end application, at least one transmitter-end message broker, at least one receiver-end message broker and at least one receiver-end application. The at least one transmitter-end message broker is configured to map a message published by the transmitter-end application or one of the transmitter-end applications onto at least two redundant, at least partially physically independent network paths of the railway automation network on the basis of a subject specified in the message. The railway automation network is configured to transmit the message to the receiver-end message broker or at least one of the receiver-end message brokers simultaneously over the at least two network paths. The receiver-end message broker is configured to transmit the message to the at least one receiver-end application. A method for transmitting messages in a railway automation network is also provided.
US12030527B2
A method of controlling an Autonomous Vehicle (AV) 110, comprising the steps of: detecting a fault in a first AV 110-1; in response to detecting said fault, transmitting a communication for alerting an AV of the fault, wherein said communication is a device-to-device wireless communication; receiving said communication at a second AV 110-2; identifying the second AV as being capable of retrieving at least part of the first AV and delivering said at least part to an intended destination; and instructing the second AV to perform the retrieving and delivering.
US12030520B2
Method and system for validating an automated control software, ACS, for a vehicle, wherein the ACS is adapted for operating a vehicle in autonomous driving mode. The method comprises simulating use of the ACS in agent movement scenarios, wherein said simulating includes providing input sensor data to each vehicle agent to which an ACS has been assigned, and wherein movement of each of the other agents in the simulation is controlled to move either according to a replay of a corresponding real-world agent, or by an agent movement model.
US12030518B2
A computer-implemented method comprises: initiating, by an assisted-driving system that is controlling motion of a vehicle, a lane change of the vehicle from an ego lane to a target lane, the lane change to be performed based only on local information of the vehicle; defining, by the assisted-driving system, a parametric representation of the target lane, the parametric representation based on first waypoints of the target lane; receiving, by the assisted-driving system and during the lane change, a first output of a perception component of the vehicle, the first output being the local information and reflecting second waypoints of the target lane; performing, by the assisted-driving system, a comparison based on the first output and the parametric representation; and providing, by the assisted-driving system, references of a first global path to controllers of the vehicle for actuating the lane change, the references selected based on the comparison.
US12030517B2
A method for determining a driving maneuver includes obtaining vehicle parameters (P) from a driving maneuver planning module (22) of the vehicle (10). At least one possible driving maneuver (M) is determined via the driving maneuver planning module (22) based on the vehicle parameters (P) received by means of at least one decision-making submodule of the driving maneuver planning module (22), At least one possible driving maneuver (M) is transmitted to a motion planning module (24) of the vehicle (10). An evaluation variable (B) is obtained from the motion planning module (24) via the driving maneuver planning module (22). The at least one decision-making submodule is adapted based on the evaluation variable (B) obtained. Furthermore, a system for determining a driving maneuver of a vehicle, a vehicle for executing the driving maneuver, a control device for a vehicle and a computer program for executing the method are shown.
US12030516B2
Vehicle advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) techniques include, during an ADAS event where a controller at least partially takes control of the vehicle from a driver, detecting, using at least a driver monitoring system, a driver attentiveness level and a control urgency level indicative of how important it is for the driver to potentially retake control of the vehicle, determining, based on the detected driver attentiveness level and the detected control urgency level, a desired driver alert level for attempting to regain the driver's attention for the driver to potentially retake control of the vehicle from a plurality of predetermined driver alert levels each including at least one of an audio/visual/haptic (AVH) alert and a degree of a braking event, and commanding, according to the desired driver alert level, at least one of an AVH alert system and an anti-lock braking system (ABS).
US12030515B2
A vehicle control apparatus includes an actuator used for traveling, an output device outputting information, and a microprocessor and a memory coupled to the microprocessor. The microprocessor performs capturing an image ahead of the vehicle, recognizing a traffic sign included in an imaging range of the captured image, controlling at least one of the output device and the actuator based on information of the recognized traffic sign, and determining whether the vehicle is traveling in a restricted section in which a predetermined travel restriction including at least one of a vehicle speed limit and overtaking limit is imposed temporarily. The microprocessor performs the controlling including controlling, when it is determined that the vehicle is traveling in the restricted section, at least one of the output device and the actuator without using the information of the traffic sign even if the traffic sign is recognized.
US12030513B2
A vehicular alert system includes at least one sensor disposed at a vehicle and sensing exterior of the vehicle. The at least one sensor captures sensor data. Electronic circuitry of an electronic control unit includes a processor for processing sensor data captured by the at least one sensor to detect presence of objects viewed by the at least one sensor. The vehicular alert system, responsive to determining a likelihood that the vehicle is parking, tracks a position of a detected object until the object leaves a field of sensing of the sensor. The vehicular alert system predicts a position of the object relative to the vehicle and determines the object is a hazard based on the predicted position. The vehicular alert system, responsive to determining that the detected object is a hazard, alerts an occupant of the vehicle of the detected object.
US12030503B2
Vehicle movement sensor for a vehicle travelling on a road surface. An optoelectronic sensor from a first sample area on the road surface at a first location relative to the vehicle and generating a pixel pattern image of road surface irregularities in the first sample area. A processor for sampling pixel pattern images of the first sample area and determining movement of the vehicle using digital image correlation of sequential sampled pixel pattern images of the first sample area.
US12030501B2
A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing exterior of the vehicle. The system, responsive to processing by an image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines presence of a leading vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle and travelling in the same lane as the equipped vehicle. The system, via processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines an indication at the leading vehicle indicative of a safeness of a passing maneuver by the equipped vehicle. The indication is representative of a determination by the leading vehicle that the safeness of the passing maneuver exceeds a threshold safeness level. The system, based on the determined indication, at least in part controls operation of the equipped vehicle to overtake and pass the determined leading vehicle.
US12030494B2
The disclosed subject matter describes a method for setting an automatic distance from and behavior with respect to a vehicle in front. The automatic distance can be optimized based on the situation and energy efficiency. A current traffic situation is detected. A traffic situation on a road section yet to be traveled can be predicted. Energy consumption depending on a variation in the distance from the vehicle in front can be measured. A distance from the vehicle in front can be set depending on the currently detected traffic situation, the predicted traffic situation, and the measured energy consumption.
US12030488B2
The reliability of path planning calculation can be evaluated with low load without using multiplexing of calculation or an additional sensor. The electronic control device includes an integration unit that acquires information around a vehicle as sensor information from a plurality of sensors for each processing cycle, and integrates the acquired sensor information to create vehicle peripheral information for each processing cycle, a path planning unit that calculates a planned path on which the vehicle will travel in the future using the vehicle peripheral information for each processing cycle, and a path evaluation unit that evaluates reliability of the path planning unit, in which the path evaluation unit that uses, in the planned path calculated by the path planning unit in a first processing cycle, a position of the vehicle in a second processing cycle, which is a processing cycle after the first processing cycle, and the vehicle peripheral information created by the integration unit in the second processing cycle to evaluate the reliability of the path planning unit in the first processing cycle.
US12030483B2
The system includes a vehicle information acquisition unit that acquires positional information of target vehicles including the autonomous driving vehicle and a communicative vehicle which is not capable of performing autonomous driving and is capable of performing inter-vehicle communication in the parking place, a condition determination unit that determines whether or not the target vehicles satisfy an inter-vehicle communication traveling condition, and an inter-vehicle communication traveling instruction unit that causes the target vehicles determined to satisfy the inter-vehicle communication traveling condition by the condition determination unit to perform inter-vehicle communication traveling by inter-vehicle communication. In the inter-vehicle communication traveling, the autonomous driving vehicle is caused to preferentially perform vehicle speed adjustment for vehicle approach suppression by the inter-vehicle communication over the target vehicle speed for the automated valet parking.
US12030480B2
Systems and methods to coordinate clunk and shuffle management with engine starts in MHT drivetrains
Systems and methods for starting an internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, the internal combustion is started via closing a driveline disconnect clutch and limiting a torque output rate of an electric machine so that vehicle speed may increase continuously without decreasing during engine cranking and run-up periods.
US12030474B2
A brake pedal module for a brake-by-wire brake system of a vehicle is disclosed. The brake pedal module includes a pivotably mounted brake pedal and a damping unit. The damping unit is mechanically coupled to the brake pedal to generate a resistance when the brake pedal is actuated. The brake pedal module comprises a sensor unit for detecting a braking intention of a driver. The sensor unit comprises at least one sensor for detecting an actuating travel, which is arranged on a pivot bearing of the brake pedal, and at least one further sensor for detecting an actuating force, which is arranged on a rear side of the brake pedal when considered in a plan view of an actuating surface of the brake pedal.
US12030470B2
Disclosed herein a hydraulic supply apparatus includes a motor coupled to a modulator block including flow paths and valves for adjusting brake hydraulic pressure therein, the motor having a stator and a rotor; a sleeve coupled to the rotor to rotate together, and including an accommodating space inside and a first screw thread provided on an inner circumferential surface thereof; a screw shaft provided in the accommodating space, and including a second screw thread meshing with the first screw thread on an outer circumferential surface thereof to convert a rotational motion of the sleeve into a linear motion; and a piston connected to an end of the screw shaft; wherein a central axis of the piston is arranged eccentrically with respect to a central axis of the screw shaft.
US12030468B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods apply, with a fan, a braking force to a vehicle that includes an axle. The fan is rotated at a first rotational speed based on a rotation of the axle that rotates at a second rotational speed. The first rotational speed is different from the second rotational speed. The fan applies the braking force when the fan rotates at the first rotational speed.
US12030464B2
Methods and systems are provided for heat sanitizing a vehicle. In one example, a method may include, responsive to receiving a request for cleaning an interior of a vehicle, adjusting a position of a sun shade based on at least one of an ambient temperature outside of the vehicle and a sun load of the vehicle, and operating a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system to heat the interior above an upper threshold temperature for a first threshold duration. In this way, the HVAC system may be advantageously used to expose the vehicle interior to temperatures that kill or inactive microbes.
US12030455B2
A side air bag apparatus for a vehicle. The side air bag apparatus includes: a first cushion configured to cover and protect an upper body area of a passenger who has adopted a relax mode while tilting rearward a seatback; a second cushion configured to cover and protect a head area; and a valve member configured to open and close a vent hole connecting the first cushion to the second cushion. Accordingly, both the upper body area and the head area of the passenger in the relax mode are efficiently and sufficiently protected.
US12030445B2
A vehicle is electrically connected to one or more accessories. The vehicle includes at least one controller that may be configured to identify the accessory based on accessory identification information. The controller may also be configured to provide one or more commands to control an operation of the accessory.
US12030442B2
The invention relates to an arrangement (10) for providing at least one communication function for electronics (2) of a vehicle (1), preferably for a door handle electronics (2) of the vehicle (1), preferably for a communication interface (40) of the vehicle (1), exhibiting a support element (20) adapted to be mounted at mounting positions (I, II) on different sides of the vehicle (1) to selectively perform the mounting at at least a first (I) or second (II) of the mounting positions (I, II), a first communication means (41) arranged at a first layer (21) of the support element (20), a second communication means (42) arranged at a second layer (22) of the support element (20), said communication means (41, 42) being arranged opposite to each other and electrically connected in parallel to create at least one communication area suitable for different selected mounting positions (I, II).
US12030440B2
Provided is a technology for supporting a wiring member with a rod-like member including a plurality of rod-like portions connected in the radial direction. A support member configured to be attached to a rod-like member including a plurality of rod-like portions connected in a radial direction includes an engagement portion configured to fit over the plurality of rod-like portions and engage with an outer circumferential portion of the rod-like member, wherein a wiring member is provided in an attachable manner on an outer side of the engagement portion.
US12030439B2
A digital license plate comprising includes a display system capable of showing a first image and a power supply rail connected to the display system. A display controller is provided with a data connection to the display system and arranged to measure at least one of power consumption and impedance of the power supply rail. The display controller is further configured to prevent sending a second image to the display system if display failure is indicated by measured power consumption or impedance as being below a defined threshold.
US12030429B2
A light system comprising: a first light blade; a second light blade; a plurality of first light sources directing light into the first light blade in a first direction; a plurality of second light sources directing light into the first light blade, the second light blade, or both so that the light exiting the first light blade, the second light blade, or both extends in a second direction that is substantially normal to the first direction away from a vehicle housing the light system; wherein the plurality of first light sources and the plurality of second light sources provide a light function; and wherein the plurality of first light sources, the plurality of second light sources, or both are configured to illuminate in sequence so that the first light blade, the second light blade, or both are illuminated from a first edge toward a second edge.
US12030419B2
An intermodal container includes a base (100) having a defined number of sides. The base is configured to support products during transport. The intermodal container further includes a removable cover (104) having a top and a defined number of sides matching the defined number of sides of the base. The removable cover is configured to be releasably secured to the base to define an enclosure in a use position and to be removed and flattened in a stored position.
US12030413B2
Rigidity is improved at a part where side frame pieces overlap each other in a side frame. In a vehicle seat provided with a seat back frame, a side frame of the seat back frame has a first side frame piece and a second side frame piece partially overlapping each other in a direction of extension of the side frame. The side frame has an overlapping part where both the first side frame piece and the second side frame piece overlap each other. At the overlapping part, the side frame pieces overlap each other in a state where a plurality of closed regions and closed by being surrounded by both side frame pieces are formed in a cross section of the overlapping part intersecting with the direction of extension of the side frame.
US12030412B1
An integrated cargo and headrest cover includes a headrest cover that conforms to a vehicle headrest and an elongated strap extending downwardly from the headrest cover, the elongated strap being configured to secure cargo to the vehicle seat. The system reduces shifting of cargo while driving, providing protection for the cargo and reducing driving hazards. The strap includes a plurality of couplers positioned in offset relation for releasably securing the strap to the cargo and for adjusting the strap. A cargo cover may be connected to the strap to conceal and provide additional protection for the cargo.
US12030409B2
A seating assembly includes a coupling member, a seat, a seatback, a swivel plate, and a base. The seat is pivotably coupled to the coupling member. The seatback is pivotably coupled to the coupling member. The swivel plate is coupled to the coupling member. The swivel plate includes a plurality of swivel anchors. The base is coupled to the swivel plate. The swivel plate enables rotational movement of the coupling member, the seat, the seatback, and the swivel plate about a vertical axis. The base includes a plurality of base anchors. The plurality of base anchors receive the plurality of swivel anchors.
US12030408B2
A device for unlocking a seat for a vehicle includes a base frame mounted on a movable rail of a seat rail, a seat frame mounted on the base frame to be able to tilt, a lock pin fixed to a side of the seat frame, a support bracket mounted on a floor panel, and a lock plate rotatably mounted on a side of the base frame, and configured to be locked to the lock pin when coming in contact with the support bracket and to be unlocked from the lock pin when coming apart from the support bracket, whereby it is possible to automatically unlock a seat when it is required to tilt the seat through a walk-in mechanism to secure a passage for a passenger to get in/out of a vehicle.
US12030407B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the occupancy status of a seat of a motor vehicle, the method being implemented by a determination system comprising a seat, six interdigitated capacitive sensors, and a controller comprising a reference capacitance value and a threshold value for each interdigitated capacitive sensor, the method comprising a step of measuring three capacitance values for each interdigitated capacitive sensor, the following steps being implemented by the controller for the measured capacitance values: calculating a resulting capacitance value based on the measured capacitance values, calculating the difference between the resulting capacitance value and the reference capacitance value, comparing the calculated difference to the threshold value, determining the occupancy status of the seat, based on the result of the comparison.
US12030398B2
A DC matrix power switch structure electrically connects m DC power modules to n charge dispensers for charging electric vehicles. The matrix includes an input structure having m conducting input busbar pairs and an output structure having n conducting output busbar pairs. A first busbar of m input busbar pairs is connected to a positive voltage terminal and a second busbar of m input busbar pairs is connected to a negative voltage terminal of each of m DC power modules. A third busbar of n output busbar pairs is connected to a positive voltage terminal and a fourth busbar of n output busbar pairs is connected to a negative voltage terminal of each of n charge dispensers. The combination produces two times m×n busbar crossing points. A power switch, when activated, electrically connects to the associated busbar at the busbar crossing point.
US12030392B2
A vehicle body lower structure includes a battery case, a side sill, and a case-mounting frame. The case-mounting frame has a frame main body portion and a battery case reception flange. The battery case reception flange extends to an inward side in a vehicle width direction from the frame main body portion and is joined to a lower surface of a bottom wall of the battery case. A battery support frame extending in a vehicle body forward-rearward direction and supporting a battery is fixed to the bottom wall of the battery case. A recessed portion protruding downward is provided between a joint portion with respect to the battery case reception flange and a joint portion with respect to the battery support frame in the bottom wall of the battery case.
US12030384B1
A hybrid drive system has an internal combustion engine, electric engine, and transmission having a first spur gear section and a second spur gear section, which provide output via at least one layshaft, and a four-shaft planetary transmission, which has a first planetary gear set having a first sun gear, a first planetary carrier and a first annular gear, and a second planetary gear set having a second sun gear, a second planetary carrier and a second annular gear. The first annular gear is couplable with a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. The first sun gear is permanently connected to the second annular gear fixed against rotation. A rotor of the electric engine is couplable with the second annular gear fixed against rotation. The first planetary carrier is permanently connected to the second planetary carrier fixed against rotation. A first input shaft of the first spur gear section rotatable around a main axis of rotation is connected to the second planetary carrier fixed against rotation.
US12030364B2
A method of warming a valve assembly includes receiving an exhaust flow through a first heat exchanger first inlet; heating a coolant received through a first heat exchanger second inlet with the exhaust flow; exhausting the exhaust flow through a first heat exchanger first outlet; and discharging heated coolant through a first heat exchanger second outlet towards a second heat exchanger assembly that is coupled to the valve assembly to heat the valve assembly.
US12030359B1
An active suspension control system for a vehicle includes a mathematical model based on a modal expansion of the vehicle. Model parameters of the vehicle can be extracted from the modal expansion using sensor data generated on the vehicle, e.g., on demand and/or in real time. The model parameters and the modal expansion can be used to determine a vehicle state, predict future vehicle states, and control aspects of an active suspension system based on the predicted future vehicle states. The model parameters may also be used to update the mathematical model, e.g., to account for component wear over time, and/or to detect anomalies or defects in the active suspension system.
US12030358B2
An active suspension device includes: a preview sensor that detects a height of a road surface in front of a wheel; and an ECU that controls a stroke of a suspension to perform a preview control. The ECU includes: a front wheel preview control part that performs a preview control; a preview control success determination part that determines whether the preview control is successful; and a rear wheel control part that controls a stroke of a suspension of a rear wheel. When the preview control of the front wheel is successful, the rear wheel control part performs a preview control and a skyhook control of a rear wheel to control the stroke of the suspension of the rear wheel. When the preview control of the front wheel is unsuccessful, the rear wheel control part cancels the preview control of the rear wheel and perform the skyhook control of the rear wheel.
US12030357B2
This invention pertains to shock absorbers, and a method of controlling their operation. Specifically, this invention relates to use of a user interface allowing to control the sensitivity of various parameters used by a programmed electronic control unit. When in operation, said electronic control unit automatically send calculated and user-adjusted electronic signals to electronic control devices which proportionally regulate flow of fluid within each shock absorbers of a vehicle.
US12030356B2
A method for analyzing and managing a vehicle load carried by a vehicle, the vehicle having a fluid suspension system, the method including sampling, at a manifold of the fluid suspension system, a set of fluid pressure corresponding to a set of fluid springs of the fluid suspension system, wherein the set of fluid springs supports the vehicle load; determining an existing stiffness distribution, the existing stiffness distribution including a stiffness value associated with each of the set of fluid springs; determining a contextual dataset during vehicle operation; determining a desired stiffness distribution based on the contextual dataset; automatically controlling the set of fluid springs at the plurality of actuation points based on the desired stiffness distribution, wherein controlling the set of fluid springs includes setting the stiffness value of the fluid spring associated with each of the plurality of actuation points.
US12030355B2
The unit includes a lower support cap, an upper bearing cap, and at least one bearing disposed between the caps. The unit further includes at least one stiffening insert provided with a plurality of axial through-holes, through which connecting sections of a plastics cap are accommodated.
US12030343B2
A tread of a tire can include a cap layer and a base layer. A loss tangent of the cap layer at 30° C. may be not greater than 0.30, and a loss tangent of the base layer at 30° C. may be less than the loss tangent of the cap layer at 30° C. The base layer can be inward of a reference end of the tread in an axial direction A fixing layer can be between the cap layer and a carcass in a radial direction. A first end of the fixing layer can be outward of an end of the base layer in the axial direction, or a position of the first end of the fixing layer can coincide with a position of the end of the base layer in the axial direction. Adhesiveness of the fixing layer can be higher than adhesiveness of the cap layer.
US12030341B2
The invention provides a caster having a wheel and a wheel lock assembly that is configured to lock the wheel against rotation about a first axis. The wheel lock assembly allows the caster to move between a locked configuration, in which the wheel is engaged by a detent of the wheel lock assembly, and an unlocked configuration, in which the detent is spaced from the wheel. In certain embodiments, the caster moves between its locked and unlocked configurations in response to rotation of a rotatable cam. Other embodiments provide a wheel lock assembly including a rotatable track wall, which comprises a generally cylindrical wall configured to rotate about a second axis. In such embodiments, the caster is configured such that the rotatable track wall rotates about the second axis when the caster moves between locked and unlocked configurations.
US12030333B2
The present invention particularly relates to a method for physical vacuum deposition of a coating (R) comprising at least one material (M) on at least a portion of a front face (10) of a support (1), said at least one material (M) originating from an evaporation source or an atomisation source (2), wherein: —use is made of a support (1), at least a portion of the front face (10) of which is smooth, that is to say, does not have any roughness and/or reliefs and/or recesses; —said vacuum deposition is carried out while varying the thickness distribution of the material (M) on said front face (10), that is, while progressively varying the thickness deposited, from a central region (11) in the direction of at least one lateral region (12) contiguous to the central region (11), without modifying the position of the evaporation source or atomisation source (2) of the material particles (M).
US12030326B2
A system and method for printing and drying flavors and fragrances is provided. The system and method include a source of flavor or fragrance, a print assembly adapted to print the flavor or fragrance, a movable product conveyor that directly receives the printed flavor or fragrance and a drying component. As the movable product conveyor passes through or adjacent to the drying component, the printed flavor or fragrance is dried thereby providing a free-flowing flavor or fragrance product.
US12030316B2
A cleaning liquid, usable for cleaning of an ink-jet recording apparatus, includes: a nonionic surfactant, solubility of the nonionic surfactant in water at 20° C. being less than 0.2% by mass; a first water-soluble organic solvent of which solubility parameter is not less than 13; a second water-soluble organic solvent of which solubility parameter is less than 12; and water. The cleaning liquid satisfies the following conditions (1) to (4): X≥0.1; Condition (1): A−B≥0; Condition (2): B/X≥15; Condition (3): 10≤A+B≤60. Condition (4): X: a content amount (% by mass) of the nonionic surfactant, A: a content amount (% by mass) of the first water-soluble organic solvent, and B: a content amount (% by mass) of the second water-soluble organic solvent.
US12030307B2
An image processing apparatus comprises a first storage and a second, a plurality of image processing units that perform image processing on pixel data of image data read from the first storage or the second storage, and a writing unit that writes the pixel data, processed by the plurality of image processing units, into the second storage. The plurality of image processing units include a directivity image processing unit that performs image processing on the image data in mutually different directions by reading and supplying to an image processing unit of the plurality of image processing units the pixel data written into the second storage. Target pixel data processed by the directivity image processing unit is written into the second storage in an order of arrangement which is different from the order of arrangement of pixels in the image data stored in the first storage.
US12030295B2
A fiber-reinforced resin composite material includes first and second members. The first member includes a first fiber and a first matrix resin. The first fiber includes a reinforcing fiber and is impregnated with the first matrix resin. The reinforcing fiber has a melting point and a tensile strength higher than those of an aliphatic polyamide fiber. The second member includes a stack and a second matrix resin. The stack includes a second fiber and a third fiber filled with the second matrix resin. The second fiber includes the reinforcing fiber. The second matrix resin includes a component common to that of the first matrix resin, and includes a first polyamide resin that includes an aliphatic polyamide resin. The third fiber includes a second polyamide resin that includes an aliphatic polyamide resin and has a melting point higher than that of the first polyamide resin by 7 to 50 degrees centigrade.
US12030294B2
The invention relates to a composite material for use in a face mask. The composite material comprises at least one fabric layer comprising a metallic fiber material; and at least one polymer layer laminated with the at least one fabric layer to form a single composite layer; wherein the at least one polymer layer is of substantially the same shape and size as the at least one fabric layer, such that any air stream passing through the composite layer will be effectively filtered by both the at least one fabric layer and the at least one polymer layer.
US12030283B2
A food packaging film comprising a polymer-based core layer having a food-facing side and an exterior-facing side, a food-facing skin layer on the food-facing side of the core layer, and an exterior skin layer on the exterior-facing side of the core layer, wherein the core layer and the food-facing skin layer each contains a natural or synthetic antioxidant, and the film is free of BHA and BHT.
US12030274B2
An article includes a completed fabric structure that has multiple plies of fiber reinforced fabric. A first portion of the fabric structure has a three-directional fiber reinforced configuration and, exclusive of the first portion, a second portion of the fabric structure having a two-directional fiber reinforced configuration. In the three-directional fiber reinforced configuration there are multiple plies that are bound together via a matrix and a plurality of fibers normal through the multiple plies. In the two-directional fiber reinforced configuration the multiple plies are bound to one another via the matrix and not fibers normal through the multiple plies.
US12030268B2
A manufacturing method for manufacturing a pipe joint including a circular tube-shaped housing and an elastically deformable circular tube-shaped seal member provided at an inner peripheral side of the housing. The pipe joint manufacturing method includes a process of placing the seal member inside a mold in a state in which the seal member is fitted to an outer periphery of a retaining pin, and a process of causing a molten resin to flow into the mold so as to mold the housing in a state in which the seal member is cooled through the retaining pin.
US12030264B2
Equipment for forming a tubular rod from a bundle of fibrous material comprising a mandrel constructed to form a space within the bundle of fibres; the mandrel includes a passage for delivering a treatment fluid to facilitate the formation of the fibres into a tubular structure as the fibre bundle as the bundle passes over the mandrel.
US12030256B2
A coated tubular construct for biological and industrial applications includes a plurality of channels, where each channel is radially surrounded by a wall comprising a first polymer, and a conformal coating comprising a second polymer is disposed on an outer and/or an inner surface of each wall. A method of producing a tubular construct includes 3D printing a template structure comprising a sacrificial material and a photoinitiator, and immersing the template structure in a first prepolymer solution comprising a first prepolymer and a co-initiator. During the immersion, the template structure is exposed to light, and the first prepolymer undergoes radical polymerization to conformally coat the template structure with the first polymer, forming a coated template. The sacrificial material is removed from the coated template, and a tubular construct comprising the first polymer is formed.
US12030254B2
A system and method is provided to construct a structure using three dimensional printing of extrudable building material to a wall surface of a structure. According to one embodiment, a printing assembly is moveably disposed above the surface, and extrudable building material is applied from a nozzle onto the surface. One or more profilometers measure at periodic intervals along a geometric cross-section of a bead of extrudable building material. One or more controllers compare the measured cross-section to a predetermined, target cross section and one or more controllers periodically change, for example, the rate of application and/or the viscosity of the extrudable building material applied along the longitudinal axis. The nozzle direction can change, and the profilometers can be rotated about the nozzle along different longitudinal axes, or directions, depending on the wall locations being formed.
US12030244B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by selective additive manufacturing comprises: a support (140) suitable for supporting at least one layer (150) of additive manufacturing powder, a laser source (110) suitable for emitting a laser beam (111), a scanning device (130) suitable for directing the laser beam onto the powder layer so as to scan at least a portion of the powder layer, and a device (120) for modulating the scanning trajectory, arranged upstream of the scanning device, the modulating device comprising a modulating mirror (121) suitable for reflecting the laser beam emitted by the laser source and for directing it towards the scanning device, the angle of incidence of the laser beam emitted by the laser source on the modulating mirror being between 20 and 45°.
US12030242B2
A method of fabricating an article by fused filament fabrication. The method comprises providing a filament (3) comprising a first set RF of reinforcement fibres (300), including a first reinforcement fibre (300A), surrounded, at least in part, with a first polymeric composition (30); forming a first discontinuity (310A) of a first set D1 of discontinuities (310) in the first reinforcement fibre (300A); and depositing the filament (3), including the first discontinuity (310A) of the first set D1 of discontinuities (310) formed in the first reinforcement fibre (300A), comprising softening, at least in part, the first polymeric composition (30) and solidifying the softened first polymeric composition (30); wherein depositing the filament (3), including the first discontinuity (310A) of the first set D1 of discontinuities (310) formed in the first reinforcement fibre 300A, comprises depositing the filament (30), including the first discontinuity (310A) of the first set D1 of discontinuities (310) formed in the first reinforcement fibre (300A), in a first arc (320) of a set of arcs A.
US12030240B2
A system comprising: a substrate; a fixture for receiving the substrate; and four fasteners. The substrate has two axes, and a build surface. The substrate comprises four slots through the substrate from the build surface to an opposite surface. Lengths of first and second slots are aligned along a first axis. The first and second slots are at opposite sides of the build surface to each other. Lengths of the third and fourth slots are aligned along the second axis. The third and fourth slots are at opposite sides of the build surface to each other. The fasteners fit through respective slots. The lengths of the slots are greater than diameters of portions of the fasteners that are positioned through the slots.
US12030238B2
A method of 3D printing to achieve a desired surface quality on at least one surface of a 3D printed object comprising selecting a base surface having the desired surface quality; and printing the 3D printed object on the base surface, so that the desired surface quality is imparted to one surface of the 3D printed object during printing. The surface quality may be glassiness, roughness, smoothness and texture in general. Objects may thus be manufactured in which electronic components are integrated in or under a glass-like surface.
US12030237B2
Machines are provided for removing masking from regions of glazing panes. Also provided are methods of removing masking from regions of glazing panes. The machines can include a head assembly and a processing station. The head assembly can have various combinations and/or configurations of features, including one or more of a plurality of cutters, a plurality of belts, and at least one pressurized gas nozzle.
US12030232B2
A method and apparatus for thermolysing organic material. The method comprises steps of: A) feeding the material in a single-screw extruder (100), the extruder comprising —a cylindrical rotor member (1) having diameter (D) and length (L) and comprising a feeding zone (14), —the rotor member (1) arranged in a barrel (2), —the cylindrical surface of the rotor member (1) carrying cavity/cavities and/or projection(s) (5) arranged in helically extending rows, —the helically extending row(s) of the rotor member (1) having a pitch (P) and depth (d) in the feeding zone (14) of the rotor member, wherein —the relation of the depth (d) to the diameter (D) of the rotor member, i.e. d:D, is not more than 1:20, and —the relation of the pitch (P) of the rotor member to the diameter (D) of the rotor member, i.e. P:D, is not more than 1:4, B) heating the material in the single-screw extruder (100) to a flowable state, and C) thermolysing the material.
US12030221B2
A system for opening and closing a mixing manifold includes a drive motor, a cam plate, and a valving rod connector. The drive motor imparts movement in first and second directions. Movement imparted in the first direction causes the cam plate to move linearly in a third direction and movement imparted in the second direction causes the cam plate to move linearly in a fourth direction. Movement of the cam plate in the third direction causes the valving rod connector to move linearly in a fifth direction and movement of the cam plate in the fourth direction causes the valving rod connector to move linearly in a sixth direction. Movement of the valving rod connector in the fifth direction causes retraction of a valving rod of the mixing manifold and movement of the valving rod connector in the sixth direction causes extension of the valving rod.
US12030218B2
A fiber-reinforced resin molding material [C] includes a chopped fiber bundle [A] and a matrix resin [B], the material being characterized in that, when divided into n layers along the thickness direction of the fiber-reinforced resin molding material [C], the number-average fiber length [Lk] of the chopped fiber bundle [Ak] constituting each layer Fk (1≤k≤n) gradually increases from one outermost layer F1 of the fiber-reinforced resin molding material [C] toward the other outermost layer Fn. Also provided is a molded article obtained by molding the fiber-reinforced resin molding material. This fiber-reinforced resin molding material exhibits excellent flowability, and can exhibit excellent mechanical properties when made into a molded article.
US12030217B2
A process of forming a non-optically detectable authentication marking (110), includes the step of: applying a marking at a surface of a diamond (200) using a focused ion beam (FIB) writing process so as to provide a non-optically detectable authentication marking (110) which is formed by alteration in the optical characteristics of a portion of the diamond material at the outer surface of the diamond to form a marked portion; wherein the marking is optically invisible, and wherein the marking is viewable by an imaging method which provides an observable contrast between the portion of the diamond having altered optical characteristics and the non-marked portion of the diamond. The marking process can assist in the prevention of the counterfeiting of precious articles, and be of assistance in the incident of theft. A marking, a diamond, a process of viewing a marking on a diamond are further disclosed.
US12030216B2
A method for separating wafers from donor substrates incudes: determining at least one individual property of a respective donor substrate, the at least one individual property including doping and/or crystal lattice dislocations of the respective donor substrate; generating donor substrate process data for the respective donor substrate, the donor substrate process data including analysis data of the analysis device, the analysis data describing the at least one individual property of the respective donor substrate; generating, via a laser device, modifications inside the respective donor substrate to form a separating region inside the respective donor substrate, the laser device being operable as a function of the donor substrate process data of the respective donor substrate; and generating mechanical stresses inside the respective donor substrate to initiate and/or guide a crack for separating at least one wafer from the respective donor substrate.
US12030208B2
The disclosure relates to a cutting device which is adapted for cutting substantially round packaging corners from a film web, wherein the cutting device has at least one cutting tool comprising a cutting punch which has at its outside at least one concavity provided for forming a cutting edge of the cutting punch. According to the disclosure, the cutting edge has a cutting contour extending both transversely and longitudinally along the cutting punch. The disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing a cutting punch.
US12030205B2
In a sheet processing apparatus including a guide member that rotates by contact with a sheet processing unit, collision of the sheet processing unit with the guide member in a rotating state is avoided. A sheet conveyance apparatus includes: sheet processing units that move along one movement path intersecting a conveyance direction of a sheet; guide members that each include a fixed end rotatable about a rotation center line and support the sheet from below; a biasing member that biases the guide member so as to return to an original orientation in which a part of the guide member is located on the movement path; and a collision determination unit that determines, before at least one of the sheet processing units is moved and based on a movement start position and a target position of a movement target sheet processing unit and a size and an orientation before start of movement of the guide member, whether or not there is a possibility of occurrence of collision of the movement target sheet processing unit with the guide member in a rotating state.
US12030204B1
A knife is provided having an interchangeable and replaceable blade. A knife may include: a knife base defining a base protrusion and a base recess; a replaceable knife blade defining a blade protrusion and a blade recess; and a fastener, wherein the knife base is held fixed relative to the replaceable knife blade in a plane along which the replaceable knife blade extends in response to the base protrusion engaging the blade recess and the blade protrusion engaging the base recess; and where the knife is held fixed relative to the replaceable knife blade in an axis orthogonal to the plane of the replaceable knife blade by the fastener securing the knife base to the replaceable knife blade.
US12030181B2
The three-dimensional geometry of an attachment is measured before work is started. A maximum dimension of a take-out head 60 in the X direction, a maximum dimension of the take-out head 60 in the Y direction, and a maximum dimension of the take-out head 60 in the Z direction are measured on the basis of an image of the take-out head 60 captured by at least imaging devices C11 and C12 before the take-out head 60 starts work with the take-out head 60 being mounted to an elevating frame 59B of an apparatus 5 for taking out a molded product, as an orthogonal three-axis robot.
US12030174B2
The machine control system includes: a machine configured to execute a motion according to a machine command; a controller server configured to control the machine; and a communication server. The controller server includes control circuitry configured to repeat operations according to a control cycle, the operations including: executing a motion program to generate the machine command for the machine; adding first cycle information designating a first use timing to the machine command; and transmitting the machine command including the first cycle information to the communication server. The machine includes a machine circuitry configured to repeat local operations for controlling the machine according to a local control cycle. The machine circuitry is further configured to: store the machine command received from the communication server; and call the stored machine command, based on the first cycle information added to the stored machine command, to use the machine command in the local control cycle corresponding to the first use timing.
US12030156B2
A carrier head for holding a substrate in a polishing system has a housing including a carrier plate, a first flexible membrane secured to the housing, and a plurality of independently operable piezoelectric actuators secured to the carrier plate. The first flexible membrane has an upper surface and having a lower surface that provides a substrate mounting surface. The piezoelectric actuators are positioned above the first flexible membrane so as to independently adjust compressive pressure on the upper surface of the first flexible membrane.
US12030147B2
A robot machining system including: a robot in which a hand is attached to a distal end of an arm thereof; a force sensor provided in one of the robot and the machining device and detecting a force acting therebetween when a workpiece is being machined; and a control device that controls the robot or the machining device according to the detected force, wherein one of the machining device and the hand is provided with guide surfaces that extend along a direction in which the machining device and the hand are relatively moved when the workpiece is machined; the other of the machining device and the hand is provided with guided portions that are brought into contact with the guide surfaces when the workpiece is machined; and the control device performs control for maintaining a contact state between the guide surfaces and the guided portions during machining of the workpiece.
US12030145B2
A machine tool including a first cooling unit, such as a fan, that cools at least one of a drive part that drives a component of the machine tool and an amplifier of the drive part, a second cooling unit, such as a Peltier element, that cools the at least one of the drive part and the amplifier, and a cooling control unit that controls the first cooling unit and the second cooling unit, wherein vibration caused by the second cooling unit is less than vibration caused by the first cooling unit, and the cooling control unit switches cooling of the at least one of the drive part and the amplifier, from cooling by the first cooling unit to cooling by the second cooling unit.
US12030144B2
A bolt setting method and device for a nail-shaped bolt with a head and a shaft, ending in a tapered manner. The bolt setting method includes: joining the bolt into a component with a deforming stroke during which the bolt reaches a first joining speed of ≤4 m/s and the shaft completely penetrates the components with a portion of a maximum diameter with respect to a shaft length, without a bottom side of the head abutting the at least one component, and after the deforming stroke, driving the bolt into the at least one component until a head abutment of the bottom side of the head on the at least one component by at least one friction stroke with which a frictional connection between the shaft and the components is overcome and with which the bolt reaches a second joining speed that is smaller than the first joining speed.
US12030131B2
This spot welded joint includes a first steel sheet having tensile strength of 1100 MPa or higher and hard martensitic structure as main structure, a second steel sheet stacked on the first steel sheet, a nugget having diameter D at an interface between the first and second steel sheets and formed between the first and second steel sheets, and a hardness control region occupying, in a cross section of the first steel sheet in sheet thickness direction that passes a nugget center, a region that is the first steel sheet in sheet thickness direction and is from 0.5×D to 1.0×D from the nugget center in sheet surface direction and in which difference between maximum value and minimum value in hardness in the region is 80 HV or less, and the maximum hardness value in the region is lower than the maximum hardness value of the first steel sheet.
US12030122B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a soft magnetic dust core. The method includes: preparing coated powder including amorphous powder made of an Fe-B-Si-P-C-Cu-based alloy, an Fe-B-P-C-Cu-based alloy, an Fe-B-Si-P-Cu-based alloy, or an Fe-B-P-Cu-based alloy, with a first initial crystallization temperature Tx1 and a second initial crystallization temperature Tx2; and a coating formed on a surface of particles of the amorphous powder; applying a compacting pressure to the coated powder or a mixture of the coated powder and the amorphous powder at a temperature equal to or lower than Tx1−100 K; and heating to a maximum end-point temperature equal to or higher than Tx1−50 K and lower than Tx2 with the compacting pressure being applied.
US12030119B2
A process for producing a powder witness coupon including additively manufacturing a container simultaneously with a primary part, filling at least a portion of the container with a feed material employed for the part simultaneously with the additive manufacturing of the primary part, and sealing the container during the additive manufacturing of the primary part. An in-situ feed material powder witness coupon including a container additively manufactured simultaneously with a primary part, and a plurality of individual chambers within the container, at least one of the chambers being removable intact from the container. Further, a method for enhancing examination of feed material in an additively manufactured part including additively manufacturing a container simultaneously with a primary part, capturing feed material, density and environment in the container, and sealing the container.
US12030101B2
Enclosure covers for mobile computing devices are often formed from planar sections of sheet metal that form opposing outer-most layers thereof. The enclosure covers generally enclose and protect internal components. Enclosure covers for mobile computing devices are typically made from planar extrusions of aluminum with subsequent computer numerical control (CNC) machining and other processing steps to achieve complex shapes. Machining can be particularly wasteful of material and numerous processing steps are time-consuming and costly. The presently disclosed variable thickness enclosure covers sourced from extruded sheets of variable thickness reduce or eliminate machining and other processing steps typically required to achieve a desired complex shape. This is accomplished by extruding a shape closer to the desired shape of the variable thickness enclosure cover than presently known.
US12030100B1
A press forming method for a press formed part includes: placing a pre-unbending press formed part on a punch including a top forming surface portion configured to form a top portion of the press formed part, and side-wall forming surface portions configured to form side wall portions, each of the side-wall forming surface portions including a punch side first sloped surface portion, and a punch side second sloped surface portion; relatively moving a die toward the punch, the die including flange unbending portions; and unbending flange portions by the flange unbending portions while punch side ridge line portions are brought into contact with inner surface sides of the side wall portions to form the side wall portions of the press formed part.
US12030098B2
A multistage rolling mill includes: four columns 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d linking, in an up-down direction, four corners of each of an upper mill housing 8, a lower mill housing 9, and a base mill housing 10; a press-down section that is provided on an upper side of the four columns 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d in a vertical direction and that is capable of raising and lowering the upper mill housing 8; and a lower mill housing spacer that is provided between the lower mill housing 9 and the base mill housing 10 and that adjusts the position of the lower mill housing 9 in the vertical direction. With this configuration, a compact multistage rolling mill with a smaller installation space than a conventional cluster-type rolling mill is provided.
US12030095B2
A device and method for protecting an optical sensor of a vehicle are disclosed, wherein the sensor is protected from environmental pollutants which may adhere to an optical surface of the sensor if the sensor is exposed to them, and wherein the environmental pollutants are kept away from the sensor by an ultrasonic cleaning of the sensor surface using an ultrasonic field. The ultrasonic field of the ultrasonic cleaning is emitted by a protection device into the air to provide a protection zone around the optical surface of the sensor such that a contact of the optical surface with the environmental pollutants is avoided, wherein the environmental pollutants are moved and/or destroyed in the air away from the sensor if they enter the protection zone), and wherein the protection zone provides a contactless cleaning of the sensor.
US12030091B2
A cleanup system for the semiconductor storage shelf is provided. A semiconductor storage shelf is provided with a plurality of stalls. The cleanup system for the semiconductor storage shelf includes a conveying device and a cleanup device. The cleanup device is configured to clean up each stall of the semiconductor storage shelf. The cleanup device is detachably connected to the conveying device. The conveying device is configured to convey the cleanup device to each stall of the semiconductor storage shelf.
US12030082B2
Provided is a bilayer composition for surface treatment of a steel plate and a surface-treated steel plate using same. The bilayer composition for surface treatment of a steel plate, comprising an undercoat coating composition including 1 to 12 wt % of a phenoxy resin, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of colloidal silica, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of a silane coupling agent, 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of a corrosion inhibitor, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of a phosphoric acid compound as a long-term corrosion resistance improving agent, and a balance of water; and a topcoat coating composition including 0.1 to 5.0 wt % of an acrylic acid resin, 30 to 50 wt % of colloidal silica, 40 to 60 wt % of alkoxy silane, 5 to 15 wt % of an acrylate-based monomer, 0.01 to 1.00 wt % of an acidity control agent, and a balance of an organic solvent.
US12030077B2
An electrostatic spray head assembly includes a finned rod for electrifying sprayed droplets, which employs a check valve, an angulator and a multiflow selector. The check valve is equipped with a first threaded nipple for attachment to the spray bar and liquid inlet. The finned rod has a fastener element that attaches the angulator to the multiflow selector. The angulator contains an angle adjusting screw.
US12030076B2
A unit dose capsule for use with a sonic generator includes a deformable membrane adapted to releasably engage the distal end of the elongate horn, a nozzle including at least one delivery opening; a nozzle including at least one delivery opening; and a reservoir containing a liquid composition disposed therebetween. When the unit dose capsule is engaged to the distal end of the elongate horn, the nozzle is disposed in an outwardly facing orientation, and the reservoir is in liquid communication with the at least one nozzle. The unit dose capsule can be included in a kit with a handheld misting device comprising a housing having a dispensing window arranged and configured to contain a sonic generator and a power source.
US12030065B2
A cyclone separator arrangement includes a preceding apparatus having an outlet, and a cyclone separator having an inlet. The arrangement further includes a crossover duct connected to the outlet and the inlet for supplying gas flow including particles from the preceding apparatus to the cyclone separator. The preceding apparatus has a horizontal inner diameter (D), and a flow channel having a cross-section having a height (H) and a width (d), said width (d) relating to the inner diameter (D) such that 0.15×D
US12030064B2
A cyclone pre-separator for positioning on a particle collecting container, the cyclone pre-separator including a box-shaped housing and a cyclone unit arranged in the housing. The cyclone unit includes an air inlet, an air outlet, and a particle outlet arranged on a underside of the cyclone pre-separator, where the housing has an air inlet hose port connected to the air inlet and an air outlet hose port connected to the air outlet, and has lower housing couplers, adapted to provide a releasable, vertically tension-proof coupling to the particle collecting container, when the cyclone pre-separator is positioned on the particle collecting container.
US12030062B2
Methods and systems for the flotation recovery of value materials from sulfide mineral sources are disclosed. The flotation recovery of the value materials is performed in a fluidized bed flotation cell utilizing collector materials that include at least one hydrocarbyl group and at least one functional group including sulfur on the hydrocarbyl group, and the hydrocarbyl group includes 2 or more aliphatic carbons and 6 or more total carbons. The methods and systems of the present disclosure advantageously allow for improved recovery of coarse-sized particles, which reduces time and energy expending during sample grinding stages. The methods and systems of the present disclosure also do not exhibit the detrimental frothing behaviors which can be associated with long-chain collectors typically having 6 or more carbon atoms. The systems and methods can be incorporated into existing processing systems to treat samples before or after conventional processing stages.
US12030056B2
The self-contained kit comprises methods for receiving and preparing the biological samples for the nucleic acid amplification and sensing the presence of the target assay. The kit consists of a self-heating pack to provide the heat for nucleic acid sample preparation and amplification processes. The change of the amplification is indicated through colorimetric or turbidity sensing and detected through a mobile phone camera and associated mobile application for photographic scanning of physical or chemical differences of the samples to produce the test results.
US12030053B1
A microfluidic chip with an array of pillars for directing flow of beads is used to measure reaction kinetics. A stream may be continuously drawn from the reaction volume into the microfluidic chip. The bead is attached to a primary antibody. The reaction volume has an antigen. The primary antibody binds to the antigen. A secondary antibody with a label binds to the antigen, creating a sandwich of bead, antigen, and label. The binding reactions occur over time in the microfluidic chip. The beads may be imaged after traversing a laminar wash buffer, and the signal intensity is measured. Each bead provides a kinetic monitoring of the immunoassay over the reaction time at which the bead is removed from the reaction media. Methods and systems are described in this disclosure.
US12030034B1
A multi-layered oil sorbent formed from two superposed polyolefin thin films and a polypropylene (PP) fibrous thin sheet sandwiched between the two superposed polyolefin thin films. Each of the two superposed polyolefin thin films include a plurality of pores defined therethrough and a plurality of swellable cavities extending from a surface thereof. In an embodiment, the cavities of each two superposed polyolefin thin films extend from a respective polyolefin film surface toward the PP fibrous thin sheet. The two superposed polyolefin thin films with the PP fibrous thin sheet sandwiched therebetween are sealed together by a zigzag-shaped heat seal. The plurality of cavities on the surface of the multi-layered sorbent can swell when contacted with oil. The cavities coupled with the zigzag-shaped seal maximize the available volume for uptake of oil and organic pollutants from water.
US12030033B1
A sodium alginate-gelatin based biochar multivariate composite material, a preparation method therefor and a method for removing cadmium in water body are provided and relate to the technical field of biochar adsorbent materials. The sodium alginate-gelatin based biochar multivariate composite material has a high and stable removal efficiency for cadmium divalent cation (Cd2+) in a potential of hydrogen (pH) range of 4-7 in the water body, with a maximum adsorption capacity of 86.25 (milligrams per gram) mg/g. The composite material of the disclosure has good recyclability. After five regeneration tests, the adsorption capacity of the composite material for Cd2+ can still reach 70% of the initial adsorption capacity. The preparation method of the disclosure has simple process, easy control, low manufacturing cost, and is suitable for large-scale production and application.
US12030031B2
An electrostatic spray drying system comprising an electrostatic spray nozzle for directing electrically charged liquid into a drying chamber, a drying gas inlet from which drying gas is simultaneously directed, and a conical powder direction plenum for receiving drying gas and entrained dried powder for direction to a filter containing powder separation plenum via a connecting conduit. The powder direction plenum and connecting conduit each have a surrounding water jacket heat exchanger through which cooling water is directed for cooling the drying gas and powder below damaging temperatures prior to entry into the powder separation plenum. The powder separation plenum has a return line for redirecting separated drying gas to the drying chamber through a condenser, blower, and heater for reuse in the system, with condensed water being selectively redirected to the inlet of the powder direction plenum heat exchanger and/or to the cooling water supply.
US12030018B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for electrically conductive membrane separation from a mixture solution via membrane nanofiltration, electro-filtration, or electro-extraction by: generating an electric field at the membrane filter, holding the membrane filter at a constant electric potential, or driving a constant current through the membrane filter; feeding a mixture solution through the membrane nanofiltration system; and separating a component from the mixture solution into a permeate solution.
US12030017B2
A method of concentrating a lithium-containing aqueous solution, the method comprising: (i) providing a water-permeable structure having an inner surface and outer surface, wherein at least said outer surface is coated with a water-permeable hydrophilic polymer having a thermal stability of at least 100° C.; and (ii) flowing a lithium-containing aqueous feed solution having an initial concentration of lithium over said inner surface while said outer surface is in contact with an aqueous draw solution containing a higher overall ion concentration than said lithium-containing aqueous feed solution, to result in forward osmosis of water from said lithium-containing aqueous feed solution to said aqueous draw solution, and wherein said forward osmosis results in a lithium-containing aqueous product solution having an increased concentration of lithium relative to the initial concentration of lithium in the lithium-containing aqueous feed solution.
US12030016B2
A method for capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) includes receiving and performing an electrochemical process on the input liquid including water and a salt to produce at least one hydroxide-rich stream, and then capturing CO2 from air using the hydroxide-rich stream and a passive air capture system, thereby producing a liquid carbonate solution containing air-captured CO2. Optional steps include disposing of the liquid carbonate solution, precipitating air-captured CO2 from the liquid carbonate solution as solid carbonate and/or a slurry of carbonate, and mixing the liquid carbonate solution with a hydrogen-rich stream produced by the electrochemical process to generate gaseous CO2. Various integrations and synergies among CO2 capture, renewable energy, water desalination, and metal and mineral extraction are provided.
US12030007B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for trapping a reaction by-product created by an etching process, the apparatus being configured to trap a reaction by-product contained in an unreacted gas discharged after a process is performed in an etching process chamber during a semiconductor manufacturing process, trap and stack the reaction by-product in the form of powder at a position between a vacuum pump and a scrubber through multiple flow path switching structures, multiple trapping structures, and multiple stacking structures, and discharge only a gaseous unreacted gas to the scrubber.
US12029994B2
A footwear accessory apparatus and system disposed on and within shoes to facilitate movement of one or more accessories around a pre-established track via an electric motor is described. The track is equipped with an internal chain drive disposed in communication with the motor via at least one gear. Accessories are preferably mounted to the chain via at least one magnet which protrudes through a top of the track via a groove. A remote control is preferably configured to enable the user to command the movement of the accessories around the track of each shoe independently. The remote is equipped with a speaker to facilitate the playback of audio and sound effects pertinent to the movement of the accessory. Accessories may be also equipped with internal batteries to facilitate the illumination of interior lights and/or headlights of the accessory.
US12029993B1
A pop-up toy device that has a housing with at least two sections. A spring-loaded post inside the housing operates between a retracted position and an extended position. The spring-loaded post extends a first section of the housing away from a second section of the housing when in its extended position. A groove and rest are formed in the spring-loaded post. A base is mounted in the housing that supports the spring-loaded post. A locking finger extends from the base and follows the groove in the spring-loaded post as the spring-loaded post moves between its retracted position and its extended position. The locking finger engages the rest in the groove and retains the spring-loaded post in its retracted position when said spring-loaded post is manually manipulated into its retracted position from its extended position.
US12029985B2
A method of changing a virtual world of a computer-implemented game based on real-world locations of players of the computer-implemented game is disclosed. A presence of a player of the computer-implemented game is detected at a physical location. A presence of an additional player of the computer-implemented game is detected at the physical location based on a communication received from the player of the computer-implemented game. An aspect of the virtual world of the computer-implemented game is changed based on the detecting of the presence of the player at the physical location and the detecting of the presence of the additional player of the computer-implemented game at the physical location.
US12029984B2
Data processing/GUIs for NFT block chain data to “tell the story” of ownership or highlight “cool” aspects of a computer game-related NFT in simplified way. Machine learning (ML) may be used to boil down the complexity of data to what people need or want to understand. The displayed timeline of ownership as presented in a GUI can be interactive. Types of metadata to encapsulate in the NFT are discussed.
US12029981B2
A non-fungible token (NFT) platform operates by: accessing, via a network interface, a plurality of game NFTs, each of the plurality of game NFTs including a playable instance of an associated game that is accessible by a user of a client device; generating, via a processor, display data associated with a customized collection display that contains the plurality of game NFTs; sending, via the network interface, the display data associated with a customized collection display to the client device for display via a graphical user interface associated with the client device; receiving, via the graphical user interface, a selection of one the plurality of game NFTs for play of the associated game; and facilitating, via the network interface, play of the associated game in conjunction with the client device.
US12029979B2
An example of an image display system includes a goggle apparatus including a display section. A virtual camera and a user interface are placed in a virtual space. In accordance with the orientation of the goggle apparatus, the orientation of the virtual camera in the virtual space is controlled. For example, in a case where the line of sight of the virtual camera rotates in a left direction in a yaw direction and then reverses in a right direction, and when the amount of change in the right direction is greater than or equal to a threshold, the user interface is moved to the front of the virtual camera.
US12029976B2
This application provides a frame display method in a game application performed by a computer device. The method includes: receiving a frame message within a first cooldown period of a target skill; determining whether the first cooldown period ends, according to a remaining time of the first cooldown period and a frame interval time; determining a compensation time corresponding to the first cooldown period according to an actual time of the first cooldown period and a adjusted cooldown time of the target skill when the first cooldown period ends; and displaying a skill cooling image of the target skill in a next image frame, and entering a second cooldown period of the target skill. In this application, the number of frames overflowed previously is made up each time a skill is released, to ensure that the actual number of frames under acceleration/deceleration is close to the theoretical number of frames.
US12029971B2
A DVS has an array of light-sensitive elements in a known configuration and outputs signals corresponding to events at corresponding light-sensitive elements in the array in response to changes in light output from two or more light sources in a known configuration with respect to each other and with respect to a controller body. The signals indicate times of the events and array locations of the corresponding light-sensitive elements. Filters selectively transmit light from the light sources to light-sensitive elements in the array and selectively block other light from reaching those elements and vice versa. A processor determines a position and orientation of the controller from times of the events, array locations of corresponding light-sensitive elements, and the known light source configuration and determines a position and orientation of one or more objects from signals generated by two or more light-sensitive elements resulting from other light.
US12029968B1
A game table for playing a variant of beer pong uses a playing surface that has a series of openings at either end in the traditional triangular pattern. A ball is rolled from one end toward the other with the goal of sinking the ball into one of the openings. When a ball is so sunk, that hole is plugged, the plug used having a handle that extends above the playing surface creating an obstacle for the ball. A cue that be used the hit the ball. Additional balls can be used so the one ball is the shooting ball and the remainder being shot balls. The outer periphery of the playing surface has a raised wall for shot banking. Gutters can be located at either end of the playing surface.
US12029965B2
Hockey goalkeeper leg pads wearable on legs of a hockey goalkeeper to protect the legs, in which the hockey goalkeeper leg pads may be configured to enhance performance, comfort and/or other aspects of goalkeeping of the hockey goalkeeper, including when the hockey goalkeeper leg pads drop onto a playing surface (e.g., ice) to lie substantially horizontally on the playing surface with their front facing play (e.g., as in a “butterfly” position or otherwise).
US12029956B2
A swing speed training club includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; and a head portion affixed to the distal end of the shaft and having a body having a proximal end and a distal end. The head portion is configured to produce a distinctive sound when the head portion is swung through the air at the distal end of the club shaft at a suitable speed.
US12029954B2
A training apparatus includes a base, a main stem, and an auxiliary arm. The main stem and detachable auxiliary arm create a double batting tee within a single unit. The height of the auxiliary arm is adjustable independent of the main stem and has the ability to swivel around the main stem. The auxiliary arm is curved and situated at a fixed horizontal position from the main stem. The weighted base includes a handle and detachable tee for ease of transport. The base was designed to be able to secure the weight of both tee stems without toppling over. A specially designed clamp was designed to secure and detach the auxiliary arm to the main stem. The clamp can be loosened to adjust the height of the auxiliary arm in relation to the main stem.
US12029953B2
The present invention relates to a sports apparatus (100). The sports apparatus (100) comprises: a ball holder (102); and a motor (110) arranged to rotate said ball holder (102); wherein an axis of rotation of a drive of the motor (110) is offset from the axis of rotation of the ball holder (102). The sports apparatus (100) is used for practicing football kicking skills.
US12029947B1
A golf club head includes a body having a crown that is opposite a sole, a toe region, a heel region, a medial region extending between the toe region and the heel region, and an insert cavity at a front side. The golf club head further includes a face insert that has front wall, a rear wall, and a core. The core includes a plurality of channels extending concavely relative to the sole from the heel region to the toe region.
US12029943B2
An exercise machine includes an aerobic exercise element that is movable relative to a frame of the exercise machine during a performance of a programmed workout, a processor configured to determine a time to instruct a user to perform a set of repetitions of a type of lift with a free weight according to the programmed workout, and a display screen configured to indicate when the time arrives, according to the programmed workout, by presenting written words, and an image, related to the set on the display screen.
US12029929B2
A fire sprinkler head has a valve with an X-brace latch, and includes a flexible conduit. A sprinkler nozzle is secured to a first end of the flexible conduit. The sprinkler nozzle includes a first fitting, a sprinkler orifice and fusible element. A second fitting is secured to the second end of the flexible conduit and includes the valve. The valve has a valve element which is moveable from a latched position to an unlatched position. A flexible link extends from the sprinkler nozzle to the X-brace valve latch. Breaking of the fusible element releases the flexible link to move from the latched position to the unlatched position, releasing the valve for flow there-through.
US12029924B2
Disclosed are a method for increasing the viability of a cell by irradiating the cell with ultrasonic waves, and an ultrasound irradiation apparatus using same, wherein in a state where each of ultrasonic parameters is preconfigured in a predetermined range, the ultrasonic irradiation apparatus places an ultrasonic generation unit within a threshold range from the epidermis of an object to irradiate the epidermis of the object with ultrasonic waves, the ultrasonic parameters include at least a pressure of ultrasonic waves and a duty percentage of the ultrasonic waves, the pressure of the ultrasonic waves is 0.5 MPa to 1 MPa, and the duty percentage of the ultrasonic waves is 1% to 5%.
US12029915B2
The invention provides a laser system and method for administering multiple beams of laser energy in tissue treatment applications. The system administers the beams simultaneously in a distribution pattern of spatially separated overlapping and non-overlapping regions on a tissue. The simultaneous administration and distribution pattern permit the beams to propagate within a tissue without producing the light scattering effects that characterize the sequential application of multiple laser beams to a tissue. The laser system can comprise tissue cooling and laser cooling components.
US12029913B2
The present invention provides a synthetic treatment apparatus which comprises: a connection part in which treatment part modules are replaced and are connected to or separated from each other, the treatment part modules performing inhalation, suction, light emitting, and aerosol functions, respectively, which are required for treatment for a respiratory disease and ear disease; a power part for supplying power to the treatment part modules according to an operation of a power switch; and a control part for controlling the power module and functions of the treatment part modules, wherein a grip part is formed on the outside of a body in which the power part and the control part are embedded. The present invention can treat various ear and respiratory diseases by replacing a head of the apparatus.
US12029912B2
An ocular positioning system for use with a magnetic treatment apparatus for treating an eye of a subject is provided, where the magnetic treatment apparatus includes a magnetic coil for generating a magnetic field and an electric field. The ocular positioning system includes a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the magnetic coil is disposed in the housing near the proximal end. A positioning member is at least partially attached to the housing proximal end, the positioning member including a base and an eyecup coupled thereon, where the eyecup is configured to receive an orbital region of the subject. At least one sensor is connected to the housing and in electrical communication with the magnetic coil, wherein when the at least one sensor detects the positioning member then the magnetic coil is capable of being activated for treatment.
US12029886B2
A syringe with a tube having an open proximal end and a sealed, truncated, distal end fluidly communicating via a stepped lumen. The syringe has a distal intravenous cannula; and a shaft supporting a distal, fluid sealing disc and a finger pad at opposite ends moveably disposed within said tube. The syringe features a syringe body which is economically thermoformed from an extruded tube.
US12029881B2
A pump for pumping fluid includes a tube platen, a plunger, a bias member, inlet and outlet valves, an actuator mechanism, a position sensor, and a processor. The plunger is configured for actuation toward and away from the infusion-tube when the tube platen is disposed opposite to the plunger. The tube platen can hold an intravenous infusion tube. The bias member is configured to urge the plunger toward the tube platen.
US12029880B2
A needle hub including a core mounting structure, a first panel and a second panel each connected to the core mounting structure with an opening formed between the first panel and the second panel, and an introducer needle fixedly attached to the core mounting structure; a first actuation lever disposed within the opening, cantilevered at a central portion thereof from the core mounting structure that has a first actuation button disposed at a proximal free end and a first needle hub latch disposed at a distal free end. A needle tip shield is rotatably connected to one of the first panel and the second panel and rotatable from a first position in which a distal end of the introducer needle is exposed to a second position shielding the distal end of the introducer needle.
US12029879B2
A medical pumping system is provided. The medical pumping system includes a fluid pump having a fluid inlet connection, a fluid outlet connection, an actuator and a backing surface. A tube of an intravenous set is disposed between the fluid inlet connection and the fluid outlet connection of the fluid pump, and disposed between the actuator and the backing surface, and a binding contact interface. The tube and the actuator are coupled together by the binding contact interface. The actuator is configured to actively pull a portion of the tube into an open position during a pump cycle. A medical pump and an infusion set are also provided.
US12029878B2
A medical fluid infusion system includes a peristaltic pump system configured to deliver a fluid drug to a patient. The peristaltic pump system can include a peristaltic pump in communication with a pressure source. In some embodiments, the peristaltic pump system can include a valve body positioned between the peristaltic pump and pressure source for controlling the delivery of pressurized fluid (e.g., air, liquid) to the peristaltic pump. The peristaltic pump can include more than one occluder, with each occluder having a flexible member that can form a collapsed and extended configuration based on a pressure provided to the flexible member.
US12029864B2
A catheter system that is actuatable to a deployed state and includes a catheter body and a dilator positioned at least partially within the lumen of the catheter. A distal end of the dilator can be releasably connected to a distal tip of the catheter body. The dilator can be retractable to expand and invert the distal tip and form a funnel shape in the deployed state.
US12029859B2
A handpiece tip for refrigerant injection of an RF high frequency device for skin treatment including a refrigerant injection nozzle configured to inject a refrigerant for local anesthesia in a plane direction is disclosed. Also disclosed is a handpiece tip for refrigerant injection of an RF high frequency device configured such that a needle is inserted into a projecting piece of the skin, which is projected as the result of being suctioned by a skin adsorption contact unit, whereby the needle is located in a place at a position desired by an operator.
US12029853B2
An intubation device assembly includes an intubation device, an optical imaging device attached to the intubation device, an image display device attached to the intubation device, a first position sensor operatively connected to the image display device, a second position sensor operatively connected to the intubation device, and a force sensor operatively connected to the intubation device. A controller operates the image display device to display a video image of the optical imaging device and at least one parameter corresponding to an operation of at least one of the optical imaging device, the first position sensor, the second position sensor, and the force sensor. The controller further determines an orientation of a screen of the image display device according to an operation of the first position sensor. The controller displays the least one parameter in a position on the screen according to the orientation of the screen.
US12029847B2
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a system to deliver at least one therapeutic gas to a spontaneously breathing patient, wherein the rate of delivery of the at least one therapeutic gas exceeds the patient's inspiratory flow rate, and the amount of the at least one therapeutic gas that is wasted is minimized or eliminated.
US12029846B2
An aerosol delivery device includes a first aerosol generator to generate a first aerosol from a first aerosol precursor and to introduce the first aerosol into a first fluid flow pathway, and a second aerosol generator to generate a second aerosol from a second aerosol precursor and to introduce the second aerosol into a second fluid flow pathway. The first aerosol is sized for pulmonary penetration. The second aerosol generator comprises a Venturi aperture to dispense and aerosolise the second aerosol precursor in the second aerosol generator. The second aerosol precursor is a liquid, and the second aerosol is sized to inhibit pulmonary penetration. The second aerosol is transmissible within a mammalian oral and/or nasal cavity. The second aerosol includes an active component for activating at least one of: one or more taste receptors in the oral cavity and one or more olfactory receptors in the nasal cavity.
US12029838B2
An air filtering and treatment apparatus (10), the apparatus (10) including: a housing (12) having an air inlet (14), an air outlet (16), an air passageway (24) between the inlet (14) and outlet (16), and a fan (18) arranged to urge air through the air passageway (24) between the air inlet (14) and the air outlet (16), wherein the housing (12) includes filter (20) arranged to filter air passing through the air passageway (24), and a receptacle (26) located toward the air outlet (16) relative to filter (20). The receptacle (26) is adapted to hold treatment composition (22) such that an evaporable vapour associated with the treatment composition (22) is able to accumulate in a headspace (41) of the receptacle (26), the headspace (41) including at least one aperture (36). The air passageway (24) may be shaped such that air flows substantially perpendicularly past the at least one aperture (36) of the receptacle (26) such that a pre-determined amount of the evaporable vapour is entrained into the filtered air released from the air outlet (16). A system (100) and method are also disclosed.
US12029836B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include a method of managing scent in an environment, which includes disposing at least one scent diffusion device within an environment, wherein the at least one scent diffusion device comprises a communications facility that enables transmitting signals to and receiving signals from a remote computer, receiving at least one target value of a scent parameter for the environment at the remote computer, and controlling, via the remote computer, diffusion of a liquid from a source of the liquid in fluid communication with the at least one scent diffusion device to achieve the target value of the scent parameter. Controlling a diffusion rate of the liquid includes altering at least one of a voltage and a duty cycle applied to at least one component of the diffusion device.
US12029829B2
The present invention is directed to a biocompatible adhesive system comprising a) a hydrogel comprising a first polymer network and a second polymer network, wherein the first polymer network comprises covalent crosslinks and the second polymer network comprises ionic crosslinks; b) a high density primary amine polymer; and c) a coupling agent. The present invention also provides methods preparing and using the biocompatible adhesive system.
US12029826B2
A coated optical fiber includes an optical fiber having a core and an outer surface, and a homogeneous polymer coating in contact with the outer surface of the optical fiber. The optical fiber and the homogeneous polymer coating are UV transparent, and a refractive index of the outer surface of the optical fiber or the homogeneous polymer coating is up to 15% less than a refractive index of the core. Coating the optical fiber includes coating an outer surface with a polymerizable material and polymerizing the polymerizerable material to yield the coated optical fiber having a homogeneous polymer coating. The optical fiber and the homogeneous polymer coating are UV transparent, and a refractive index of the outer surface of the optical fiber or the homogeneous polymer coating is up to 15% less than a refractive index of a core of the optical fiber.
US12029823B2
An ocular device case with a new structure that can solve unexpected problems in the related art, for example, adverse effects on user's eyes by splashes of treatment liquid upon pouring the treatment liquid into the device case from a separate refill container. In a device case including: a case body accommodating treatment liquid with ocular devices such as a contact lens; and a lid, a container receiving portion is provided such that a spout of a refill container is brought into contact with the refill receiving portion so as to allow the treatment liquid to flow into the device case.
US12029810B2
A hair straightening composition includes an amino acid, a protein, an alcohol, and a vegetable oil. A method for straightening hair using the composition is also provided.
US12029798B2
The present invention provides a method of targeted molecular imaging and/or targeted drug delivery, wherein two components or probes each interacts with one or more biomarkers on a cell and separately interact with each other to form a stable bond, such as a stable covalent bond. In certain non-limiting embodiments, at least one of the probes is photo-triggered to allow for bonding with at least one second probe. In certain non-limiting embodiments, the cell is a tumor or cancer cell. The present invention also relates to compounds, probes, and kits for use in targeted molecular imaging and/or targeted drug delivery.
US12029797B2
Provided is a labeled fatty acid derivative for diagnostic imaging that enables quantification of fatty acid metabolic activity in the heart muscle. [Means for Solution] The present inventors have conducted intensive investigations on a method that enables quantification of fatty acid metabolic activity and thus have found that a labeled fatty acid derivative typified by 3-{[(5Z)-3-[18F]fluorotetradeca-5-en-1-yl]sulfanyl}propanoic acid or a salt thereof has excellent accumulation to the heart muscle and thus enables imaging of fatty acid metabolic activity by positron emission tomography (PET). Therefore, the labeled fatty acid derivative of the present invention can be used as a radiolabeled tracer for rapid and non-invasive quantification of fatty acid metabolic activity in the heart muscle, diagnostic imaging of heart disease typified by an ischemic heart disease, diagnostic imaging of the therapeutic effect of a therapeutic drug for heart disease, and the like.
US12029796B2
Fluorescent probes for silver ion detection include organic, water-soluble compounds having aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics. The probes can sense or detect silver ions through aggregation or a precipitation reaction between the silver ions and the organic compounds which induces fluorescence. The compounds are acidic, soluble in aqueous phase, and provide low background fluorescence in aqueous solutions.
US12029794B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods and compositions for the diagnosis and/or treatment of tumors, such as ocular tumors, using virus-like particles conjugated to photosensitive molecules.
US12029791B2
This disclosure generally relates to therapeutic conjugates that covalently bind to a biological target. Methods of administering the compositions to a subject in need thereof are also provided herein.
US12029788B2
The disclosure provides compositions, kits, and methods of using a GDF-8 inhibitor to increase lean muscle mass. In embodiments, a GDF-8 inhibitor is an antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof that specifically binds GDF-8. In embodiments, a method comprises providing an exercise regimen for the subject, and administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a GDF-8 inhibitor.
US12029783B2
Disclosed is a vaccine containing an MTV transition protein. A further version of the invention is a vaccine comprising MTV polypeptides coupled to a carrier protein. MTV may be treated by providing an MTV vaccine with an MTV transition protein; and, administering said vaccine.
US12029781B2
Provided is a gene for trypsin-like serine protease, a protein encoded thereby and use thereof. The nucleotide sequence of the gene for trypsin-like serine protease is set forth in SEQ ID No. 1, the amino acid sequence of the protein encoded by the gene for trypsin-like serine protease is set forth in SEQ ID No. 2. The protein encoded by the gene provided by the present disclosure is capable of inhibiting P. aeruginosa, A. hydrophila, V. parahaemolyticus and V. harveyi.
US12029780B2
CTP-modified human growth hormone polypeptides and pharmaceutical formulations and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and methods of producing, and using the same are disclosed.
US12029778B2
The present disclosure provides methods of making and methods of using IL-18 mimic polypeptides for use in therapeutic and non-therapeutic applications. The synthetic IL-18 mimics an increase IL-18R signaling activity even in the presence of an inhibitory molecule such as IL-18BP.
US12029777B2
Disclosed herein is are methods of preventing, reducing or inhibiting a viral or immune disorder, comprising administering to a subject at risk or that has acquired a viral or immune disorder an effective amount of a composition comprising a polypeptide derived from a reactive center loop of a serine protease inhibitor or a biologically active variant thereof, wherein the subject has not been administered antibiotics within at least one day of administering the composition. Also disclosed are compositions and kits for preventing, reducing or inhibiting a viral or immune disorder.
US12029767B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for treating or preventing a viral and/or bacterial respiratory infection in a subject, the method comprising administering to the respiratory tract of the subject an effective amount of one or more bacteria from family Pasteurellaceae.
US12029766B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one Corynebacterium sp, Staphylococcus pasteuri and, optionally, Staphyloccocus epidermidis for use as a medicament, in particular for use in the prevention or treatment of S. aureus colonization.
US12029764B2
A method for obtaining epithelial organoids is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises culturing one or more epithelial ducts, epithelial duct fragments and/or epithelial stem cells isolated therefrom in contact with an extracellular matrix in the presence of a basal medium, wherein the medium is free of FGF and/or nicotinamide. Organoids obtained by the methods described herein, and uses thereof, are also provided.
US12029754B2
Provided is an adhesive sheet for affixation to the body which is excellent in enhancement and persistence of the blood circulation promoting action, has high affixability and conformability as a sheet, and is easily and widely applicable to the body in any use situation. That is, the present invention relates to an adhesive sheet for affixation to the body housed in a container, containing the following components (A) and (B): (A) bubbles containing carbon dioxide gas in a bubble fraction of 10% or more and 40% or less, and (B) water, wherein the total area occupied by bubbles having an imaginary diameter of 5 mm or more is 10% or less, in 100% of the surface area of the adhesive sheet for affixation to the body, a content of carbon dioxide gas in the total amount of the adhesive sheet for affixation to the body is from 100 to 20,000 ppm, and the adhesive sheet for affixation to the body is sealed in a low gas-permeable container.
US12029753B2
The present disclosure provides compositions comprising one or more polymers capable of forming a hydrogel and methods for making and using the same. More specifically, the present disclosure provides compositions comprising one or more polymers capable of forming a hydrogel with prolonged mucosal retention, and methods for making and using the same.
US12029750B2
The invention provides compositions and methods to treat diabetic neuropathies. In particular the invention has discovered that, in combination with a folic compound, particular combinations of two types of additional antioxidants have complementary effects for use against diabetic neuropathies. These include antioxidants that comprise stabilizing heteroatoms and antioxidants with an extended conjugated segment, where at least one of the antioxidants that comprises a stabilizing heteroatom also has pro-oxidant effects.
US12029745B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating asthma in a subject in need thereof comprising administering chemically synthesized secoisolaricirecinol diglucoside (SDG), and in particular, a racemic mixture of the SDG (LGM2605), stereoisomers thereof, metabolites thereof, and analogs thereof. Also provided are methods for treating or preventing ozone-induced damage in a subject in need thereof.
US12029744B2
The present disclosure provides certain bicyclic heteroaryl compounds that inhibit ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (ENPP1) enzymatic activity and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases and conditions modulated at least in part by ENPP1. In some embodiments, the bicyclic heteroaryl compounds includes those of Formula (I). Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds.
US12029742B2
Described are oxysterols, pharmaceutical compositions including the oxysterols, and methods of using the oxysterols and compositions for treating diseases and/or disorders related to myelin injury, such as neonatal brain injury, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, seizures, cognitive delay, multiple sclerosis, stroke, autism, leukodystrophy, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
US12029731B2
Disclosed are acyl benzo[d]thiazol-2-amines having a structure according to formula (I): including enantiomers, diastereomers, hydrates, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and complexes thereof. The compounds may be useful for the treatment of various diseases including, for example, neurological disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, bipolar disorder, treatment resistant and major depression, general anxiety disorder, and cancers such as melanoma, breast cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer.
US12029729B2
This invention provides novel compositions comprising an anti-inflammatory agent and a mydriatic agent suitable for intraocular use, particularly ketorolac or pharmaceutically salts thereof and phenylephrine or pharmaceutically salts thereof, which are free of any buffering agent and yet, surprisingly, maintain stability for significant periods of time (e.g., at least about 3 months). The present invention also relates to a process of preparing such compositions and use thereof, e.g., in combination with intraocular ophthalmologic irrigation solutions.
US12029727B2
A method of treatment of neuropathic pain by co-administering alpha lipoic acid and pregabalin, and a pharmaceutical composition including a combination of alpha lipoic acid and pregabalin, the pharmaceutical composition being useful for treatment of neuropathic pain.
US12029725B2
Disclosed herein are methods of administering resiniferatoxin (RTX) for treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) pain, and compositions for use in such methods.
US12029711B1
The present disclosure relates to an oral dosage form, such as a capsule, comprising (a) mirdametinib having a d90 no more than 250 microns, a d50 no more than 50 microns, or both, and (b) one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. These dosage forms are useful in the treatment of tumors and cancers, such as plexiform neurofibromas (PN), plexiform neurofibromas associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1-PN), high grade glioma (HGG), low grade ovarian cancer, Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), brain cancer, and a cancer that has metastasized to a patient's brain. The disclosure also related to improved dosage regimens for mirdametinib treatments.
US12029709B2
The present disclosure relates to an inhalable formulation, suitable for use in a dry powder inhaler, for the delivery of epinephrine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof. The inhalable formulation further comprises a solid carrier and results in a stable formulation with useful physical properties for delivery to the lungs of a subject in need of epinephrine.
US12029699B2
A remote center joint 1 is configured to rotate segment 7 relative to segment 2 along axis 15. Remote center joint 1 comprises a segment 3 coupled to base segment 2 along axis 16. Segment 4 is coupled to segment 3 about axis 17 intersecting axis 16 at first point 22. Segment 4 is coupled to segment 7 about axis 18 intersecting first point 22. Segment 5 is coupled to segment 2 about axis 19 parallel to axis 16. Segment 5 is geared to segment 3. Segment 6 is coupled to segment 5 about axis 20 intersecting axis 19 at second point 23. Segment 6 is coupled to segment 7 along axis 21 intersecting second point 23. Segment 6 is geared to segment 4. Axis 15 of rotation of terminal segment 7 relative to segment 2 connects first point 22 and second point 23.
US12029686B2
Precise concentric, symmetric, and repeatable circular scoring (cutting) of Descemet's membrane is made possible by a handheld surgical ophthalmic device. The precision of the cut is provided by a stabilizing point on a stabilizing arm as well the anchoring insertion point at the limbus. Stabilization through the insertion point and the stabilizing arm provides a two-point fixation thereby establishing a cutting plane. The cutting plane allows for precise depth of cut whereas the rotating blade's consistent radius allows for circularity of the cut. The stabilization arm fixates on tissue, and is then removed when the procedure is completed. Consistent torque and contact pressure of the cutting blade is provided through rotational control via the depression of a button on a handle thereby removing the need to “free-hand” the desemetorhexis.
US12029684B2
In certain embodiments, an ophthalmic surgical system for performing a surgical procedure on an eye comprises a laser device, a camera, and a computer. The laser device comprises a laser source and a scanner. The laser source generates a laser beam comprising pulses, and the scanner directs the pulses towards tissue of the eye according to a laser focal spot pattern. The camera captures surgical images of the eye. The computer instructs the laser device to direct the pulses towards the eye according to the laser focal spot pattern, accesses and monitor the surgical images of the eye, identifies an interfering object from the surgical images of the eye, and modifies the control of the pulses to compensate for the interfering object.
US12029681B2
A therapeutic mask system for treatment of the eyes, including a mask portion for attachment to the head of a patient and an eye coverage pod that is detachably coupled to the mask portion. The mask portion can include an eye coverage portion having a receiver in which the eye coverage pod is releasably secured. Alternatively, the therapeutic mask system includes a mask strap and the eye coverage pod is directly secured to the mask strap. The eye coverage pod includes material for delivering thermal, moisture and/or medication therapy and treatment to the eye. The therapeutic mask system can also include a heat-transmissive treatment pad positioned between the pod and the eye of the user.
US12029672B2
A technical orthopedic device for supporting an extremity of a wearer. The technical orthopedic device includes at least one support element, on which the extremity rests when the technical orthopedic device is applied. The support element features a support structure and a contact element. The contact element includes or is made of a flat, flexible, preferably elastic material. The contact element is fixed to the support structure in such a way that a gap is created between the contact element and the support structure.
US12029671B2
An orthopedic device has various frame elements concealed by a sleeve defining pockets into which such frame elements are located. The orthopedic device includes a strap tightening assembly adapted to secure a plurality of straps simultaneously. The frame may include flexible edge features located along a periphery thereof.
US12029669B2
An anti-shrinkage device for a conveyor and a conveyor thereof, wherein the anti-shrinkage device is sleeved on a sheath core tube of a conveyor and is located between an end head of the conveyor and a push rod. The anti-shrinkage device includes at least two hollow anti-retraction members, and the at least two anti-retraction members are arranged at an interval along the length direction of the sheath core tube. The anti-shrinkage device further includes a connection member that connects any two adjacent anti-retraction members among the at least two anti-retraction members.
US12029661B2
An acetabular cup removal device and method. The removal device can include a mounting ring attachable to an acetabular cup, a rotor rotatably coupled to the mounting ring and rotatable about a first axis, an arm pivotably coupled to the rotor and pivotable about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, an oscillator assembly slidably disposed in a first slit of the arm, and a blade slidably disposed in a second slit of the arm. A rotation of the oscillator assembly causes an oscillation of the blade within the second slit. The removal method includes coupling the device to an acetabular cup, positioning the arm and blade at an initial location, oscillating the blade so as to perform a cut, repositioning the arm at a subsequent adjacent location, repeating the repositioning and oscillating steps until a 360° circumference is cut around the acetabular cup, and removing the acetabular cup.
US12029652B2
An assembly for imaging and/or treating brain tissue, having at least one acoustic window which comprises a plate that is transparent to ultrasonic waves, and at least one positioning marker which facilitates positioning of a probe for generating ultrasonic waves so as to be aligned with said acoustic window.
US12029648B2
Among other things, there are disclosed embodiments of devices used for minimally-invasive treatments, such as treatment of mitral valves. In a system for placing an annuloplasty belt around the heart, embodiments for tensioning a suture associated with the belt are provided, as are embodiments of a suture lock for holding the suture with the applied tension. A delivery device that permits placement and tensioning of such a belt and activation of the suture lock in one procedure is also disclosed. Methods for making and using these features are also disclosed.
US12029647B2
Devices and methods for supplementing and/or replacing native cardiac valve functionality, e.g., the mitral valve with a single prosthetic leaflet. An exemplary device is directed to dysfunctional mitral valves. In some cases, the entire device, including the single prosthetic leaflet, will be arranged entirely above the dysfunctional mitral valves and, therefore, disposed entirely within the left atrium. In other cases, the valve support and/or single prosthetic leaflet may extend a distance into the annulus between the left atrium and left ventricle. In some cases, the device will not physically interact with the native leaflets. In other cases, the device may physically interact with the native leaflets.
US12029645B2
A percutaneous transcatheter valve delivery method for replacing a dysfunctional heart valve; particularly, an atrioventricular (AV) valve, with a prosthetic valve comprising a base valve structure and a stent structure. The transcatheter implantation method accurately positions and securely engages the prosthetic valve in a valve annulus region.
US12029644B2
A prosthetic heart valve includes a frame having an inflow end, an outflow end, and a central portion. The frame is radially expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The inflow end includes a plurality of first strut members having a first strut width and forming a first angle between adjacent first strut members, and the central portion includes a plurality of second strut members having a second strut width and forming a second angle between adjacent second strut members. A plurality of leaflets are positioned within the frame. At least one of the first angle and the second angle, or the first strut width and the second strut width, are different such that when the prosthetic heart valve is crimped onto a cylindrical balloon and expanded using the cylindrical balloon, a diameter of the outflow end is different from a diameter of the central portion.
US12029641B2
Tissue engineering devices and methods employing scaffolds made of absorbable material for use in the human body for tissue genesis and regenerative and cellular medicine including breast reconstruction and cosmetic and aesthetic procedures and supplementing organ function in vivo.
US12029635B2
As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments characterized herein, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an apparatus including first and second filters, a shaft and a frame coupled to the shaft and to the first filter. The frame and shaft operate to seal a perimeter of the first filter around an opening in a sidewall of a tubular structure, by pressing the frame against the perimeter and the sidewall. The second filter is also coupled to the frame and operates with the frame to extend into cross section of the tubular structure away from the frame and the sidewall, with the frame sealing the first filter around the opening, and to filter particles from fluid flowing past the opening and along the length of the sidewall.
US12029629B2
A body surface patch is provided that includes: a substrate having a top face and a bottom face; an adhesive layer covering at least part of the bottom face of the substrate; and a releasable adhesive protecting film covering the adhesive layer. The substrate has a thickness of 20 to 90 μm and the adhesive layer has a thickness of 40 to 160 μm. The adhesive layer at least contains a radiation curable resin and a hydrophilic polymer compound.
US12029621B2
A support is coupled to an appliance to decrease warpage. The support may comprise a plurality of extensions coupled to the appliance to decrease warpage. The extensions can be coupled to the appliance at one or more of many locations, such as on an occlusal surface, a wall, an edge or an interior of the appliance. In some embodiments, the extensions are coupled to walls of the appliance such as a buccal wall and a lingual wall, and the extensions can be coupled to the walls of the appliance near edges of the walls, such as a gingivally facing edges of the walls that are oriented toward the gingiva when the appliance is worn.
US12029615B2
The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a display configured to display a mid-sagittal plane (MSP) image corresponding to the MSP of a head of an object, and an image processor configured to determine a measurement plane based on the MSP and generate a measurement plane image corresponding to the measurement plane. The display is further configured to display the measurement plane image with the MSP image.
US12029613B2
A diagnostic ultrasound apparatus includes a body, a display, a console, a probe port, a battery and a cart configured as separate units. The display, the console, the probe port and the battery are attachable to and detachable from the body. The body, the display and the console are attachable to and detachable from the cart. The body with the probe port and the battery attached, the display and the console are attached to the cart, thereby configuring the diagnostic ultrasound apparatus as a cart style. The display and the console are detached from the body with the probe port and the battery attached, thereby configuring the diagnostic ultrasound apparatus as a desktop style. The display, the console, the probe port and the battery are attached and connected to the body so as to be integrated, thereby configuring the diagnostic ultrasound apparatus as a hand-carry style.
US12029612B2
The present invention discloses an ultrasonic device including an ultrasonic head protruding from a body, a fixing piece and an ultrasonic coupling gel. The fixing piece includes a cover plate and a peripheral wall circumferentially connected with the cover plate. The peripheral wall is sleeved on the ultrasonic head to realize the connection between the fixing piece and the ultrasonic head, and at the same time, an accommodation space is formed between the ultrasonic head and the cover plate. The ultrasonic coupling gel includes a connecting part that is accommodated in the accommodation space and respectively attached to the ultrasonic head and the cover plate. The close connection between the ultrasonic coupling gel and the ultrasonic head is realized by arranging the connecting part between the ultrasonic head and the cover plate, so that the force on the connecting part is more uniform.
US12029605B2
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to determine an indication of contractility of a heart of a patient using received physiologic information, and to determine blood pressure information of the patient using the heart sound information and the determined indication of contractility of the heart. The system can include an assessment circuit configured to determine an indication of contractility of a heart of the patient using first heart sound (S1) information of the patient, and to determine blood pressure information of the patient using second heart sound (S2) information of the patient and the determined indication of contractility of the heart.
US12029599B2
Disclosed herein is a system comprising: a radiation source configured to cause emission of characteristic X-rays of a chemical element in human breast tissues by generating and directing radiation to the human breast tissues; a first image sensor configured to capture a first set of images of the human breast tissues using the characteristic X-rays; a second image sensor configured to capture a second set of images of the human breast tissues using the radiation that has transmitted through the human breast tissues; and a clamp configured to compress the human breast tissues against the second image sensor; wherein the first image sensor is between the clamp and the second image sensor.
US12029596B2
A base for a mobile X-ray imaging system comprises a carriage, a mounting structure mounted to the carriage and that movably holds an imaging device, a wheel base, and a controller. The wheel base comprises at least three wheels mounted to the carriage to be pivotable around a vertical pivot axis and to rotate around a horizontal wheel axis. At least two of the wheels form rearside wheels and at least one of the wheels forms a frontside wheel. Each rearside wheel is independently steerable in its orientation around the vertical pivot axis by a pivot actuator. Each rearside wheel is independently drivable around its horizontal wheel axis by a drive actuator to move the base relative to the floor. The controller steers and drives the rearside wheels.
US12029595B2
A method for manufacturing a criss-cross type X-ray grid may include: forming a plurality of criss-cross type grooves at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction in a substrate made of an X-ray transparent material, through a semiconductor sawing machine, such that the grooves form a checker board shape as a whole; putting the substrate having the criss-cross type grooves formed therein into a storage tank filled with a molten X-ray absorbent material; filing the criss-cross type grooves, formed in the substrate, with the X-ray absorbent material by vacuuming the inside of the storage tank; and taking the substrate filled with the X-ray absorbent material out of the storage tank, and curing the substrate at room temperature.
US12029589B2
In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises obtaining one or more photoplethysmography (PPG) signals from one or more PPG sensors of a monitoring apparatus, the PPG signals being generated based upon optically detecting pulsed variations in blood flow; obtaining a motion sensor signal from a motion sensor in the monitoring apparatus; identifying, based upon the motion sensor signal, one or more periods of motion (e.g., low motion) of the monitoring apparatus; and selectively obtaining and storing segments of the PPG signals based on a temporal relationship between the segments of the PPG signals and the identified periods of motion.
US12029578B2
A skin diagnosing device includes an optical unit including: an optical system that uses OCT; an optical mechanism to guide light from the optical unit to skin to scan the skin; a loading device to apply predetermined deformation energy to the skin; a control computation unit to compute tomographic distribution of predetermined status values relating to the skin by controlling driving of the loading device and the optical mechanism and processing optical interference signals output from the optical unit in response to the driving, to compute an evaluation value of the skin based on the tomographic distribution; and a display device to display the evaluation value of the skin. The control computation unit computes the evaluation value by computing mechanical characteristics and a blood flow condition of the skin as the status values and associating the mechanical characteristics and the blood flow condition at a cross-sectional position of the skin.
US12029575B2
In one embodiment, a method that determine parameters corresponding to shape and volume of the one or more brain structures from the one or more meshes (36) and provides the parameters to a classifier to estimate a probability of a brain abnormality based on the parameters.
US12029573B2
A system and method may be provided for associating bio-signal data (e.g. EEG brain scan data) from at least one user with at least one music data item (e.g. song, or piece of music). By associating bio-signal data, or emotions determined therefrom, with music, the system may establish a data store of music associated with emotions. That database may then be leveraged upon determining that a user is feeling a particular emotion through an EEG scan. When a particular emotion is detected in EEG data of a user, the system may then respond based at least partly on the same or similar emotion being associated with one or more music data items in the system. For example, the system may recommend a particular song associated with the same emotion presently being experienced by the user.
US12029572B2
A system response of an individual listener's brain to a sound signal stimulus is estimated. The system response represents the generation of an electroencephalography signal measured at a given measuring point of the listener's head by the sound signal stimulus. A sound signal with the sound signal stimulus is presented to the ear of the listener. An audio signal corresponding to the sound signal is generated, and audio signal data is extracted from the audio signal with a measuring electrode that measures an electroencephalography training signal. A measurement data set is generated from the first electroencephalography training signal. A noise signal is measured on the listener's head while the first sound signal impinges on the listener's ear. A Gaussian conditional probability density function taken as the system response of the listener's brain to the sound signal stimulus, with respect to the given measurement point.
US12029559B2
A wearable device for monitoring physiological changes in a patient is provided. The device can include a housing adapted to being secured to a patient's body, the housing comprising a needle configured for fluid contact with a bodily fluid under a skin surface; a chamber having a cell layer and configured to monitor physiological changes in the bodily fluid and to generate one or more signals associated with the physiological changes; and a reader for detecting and/or decoding signals from the cell layer to monitor physiological changes in the patient. The device is capable of engaging in a two-way communication with a second device through transmission of one or more signals.
US12029548B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel device for selective collection and condensation of an exhaled breath, and the method of using the novel device. The novel device is portable and capable of collecting and condensing reproducible volumes of exhaled breath under about 10 minutes by using a unique temperature-based algorithm.
US12029546B2
A wireless circuit includes a housing, such as a hermetic housing, and at least one antenna coil wound about a coil axis within the housing. The coil axis may be substantially parallel to at least one wall of the housing, wherein the wall parallel to the coil axis is substantially thinner than other walls of the housing.
US12029544B2
The disclosure relates to techniques for acquiring measured data that has been recorded simultaneously via a magnetic resonance facility from at least two slices from an examination object comprising at least two different spin types. The techniques includes selecting a desired simultaneous recording of measured data from at least two slices in which during recording phases that generate field of view shifts have been imprinted, selecting a compensation factor to compensate for interference signals caused by the different spin types, determining a compensation phase for the phases to be imprinted in the desired recording as a function of the compensation factor, and carrying out the desired recording of measured data and/or reconstruction of image data from the measured data by applying the compensation phase that has been determined to the respective phases to be imprinted.
US12029530B2
An information processing method includes: obtaining first image data indicating an image of at least one portion of a face of a target person from a camera connected to or built into a first computer; obtaining cerebral blood flow information indicating a state of cerebral blood flow of the target person from a detector that is connected to or built into the first computer and that detects the cerebral blood flow information; and displaying, on a display connected to or built into a second computer connected to the first computer through a remote network, an output image including a first image based on the first image data and a second image based on the cerebral blood flow information. The first image is a moving image including the at least one portion of the face, and the second image indicates changes over time in the cerebral blood flow information.
US12029528B2
The present invention relates to a method of disinfecting a region, in particular a skin region of a patient, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) Application of an optically effective substance to the region; and b) Application of a disinfectant to the region, wherein the optically effective substance and the disinfectant are configured such that the optically effective substance is removed by the disinfectant or its optical properties are changed by the disinfectant.
US12029527B2
A computing device and methods for tracking surgical imaging devices stores a preoperative image of patient tissue registered to a frame of reference of a tracking system; and receives, from a first imaging device, a first intraoperative image of a first region of the tissue, with a finer resolution than the preoperative image. The computing device receives a position of the first imaging device from the tracking system, and registers the first intraoperative image with the frame of reference. The computing device receives, from a second imaging device, a second intraoperative image of a second region of the patient tissue, with a finer resolution than the first intraoperative image. The computing device registers the second intraoperative image to the first intraoperative image; and controls a display to present the preoperative image overlaid with the first intraoperative image, and the first intraoperative image overlaid with the second intraoperative image.
US12029521B2
An instrument drive unit for use in a robotic surgical system includes a carriage configured to be coupled to a robotic arm, a plurality of drive shafts rotationally supported in the carriage, a plurality of electric motors disposed about the plurality of drive shafts, and a plurality of drive gears. Each electric motor includes a stator and a rotor disposed within the stator. Each drive gear is fixed to a corresponding drive shaft and is configured for interfacing with a corresponding driven member of the electromechanical surgical instrument. Each rotor is configured to rotate a corresponding drive gear in response to an activation of a respective electric motor to actuate a function of the electromechanical surgical instrument.
US12029520B2
An articulable wrist for an end effector includes a distal linkage provided at a distal end of the articulable wrist, a proximal linkage provided at a proximal end of the articulable wrist, a central channel cooperatively defined at least in part by the distal and proximal linkages and extending between the distal and proximal ends, and flexible member arranged within the central channel and providing one or more lobes arranged about a periphery of the flexible member. One or more stiffening members are arranged within the flexible member and extending at least partially between the distal and proximal ends, wherein at least one of the one or more stiffening members is positioned within a corresponding one of the one or more lobes.
US12029515B2
A robotic surgical tool includes an elongate shaft extendable through a handle that provides a drive input, an actuation system housed within the handle and operatively coupled to the drive input such that actuation of the drive input operates the actuation system, a rocker bar system arranged at a proximal end of the shaft and actuatable to articulate an end effector at a distal end of the shaft, and first and second drive cables extending along a portion of the shaft, each drive cable having a proximal end anchored to the shaft proximal to the handle and a distal end anchored to the shaft distal to the handle, wherein the drive cables are threaded through portions of the actuation and rocker bar systems such that operation of the actuation system acts on the drive cables and thereby actuates the rocker bar system to articulate the end effector.
US12029506B2
A method of improving an operational parameter of a surgical system using data analytics is disclosed. The method includes transmitting, from each of a plurality of surgical hubs of the surgical system, operational data of a plurality of surgical instruments communicatively coupled to the plurality of surgical hubs, to a cloud computing system of the surgical system; aggregating, by the cloud computing system, the operational data into aggregate medical resource data; analyzing, by the cloud computing system, the aggregate medical resource data to determine a recommendation to change the operational parameter based on the analyzed aggregate medical resource data, wherein the aggregate medical resource data comprises one or more of usage data, patient derived parameter data, surgical performance data, and surgical outcome data; receiving, by the plurality of surgical hubs, the recommendation from the cloud computing system; and displaying, by the plurality of surgical hubs, the recommendation.
US12029503B2
Disclosed biopsy markers are adapted to serve as localization markers during a surgical procedure. Adaptation includes incorporation of materials detectable under ultrasound during surgery, as well as features for co-registration with image guidance or other real-time imaging technologies during surgery. Such biopsy markers, when used as localization markers, improve patient comfort and reduce challenges in surgical coordination and surgery time. Additional disclosed biopsy markers are adapted to serve as monitoring and/or detection apparatuses. Localization of an implanted marker may be done with ultrasound technology. Ultrasound image data is analyzed to identify the implanted marker. A distance to the marker or a lesion may be determined and displayed. The determined distance may be a distance between the ultrasound probe and the marker or lesion, a distance between the marker or lesion and an incision instrument, and/or a distance between the ultrasound probe and the incision instrument.
US12029501B2
Systems and methods for image-based guidance using automated instrument tracking. An en face image frame, generated from en face image data captured by a first imaging system (e.g., an SER imaging system), is analyzed to determine a location of an instrument in the first imaging plane. A control signal is then generated for the movement stage to control the scanning movement of a depth-based imaging system (e.g., an OCT imaging system) based on the determined location of the instrument. In some implementations, a trained neural-network is used to determine the location of the instrument based on the en face image frame and, in some implementations, the control signal adjusts the speed of the scanning movement to capture image data at a higher density7 at areas corresponding to the determined location of the instrument.
US12029499B2
Methods and systems providing guidance for operation of a biopsy needle based on ultrasonic imaging. Ultrasonic waves are emitted and detected by a ultrasonic transducer to generate image data. A biopsy needle is identified within the generated image data, and the biopsy needle may be in a pre-fire configuration. Based on the identification of the biopsy needle, the methods and systems may determine a predicted location of the biopsy needle based at least in part on biopsy needle properties. The predicted location of the biopsy needle may be the predicated location of the biopsy needle in its post-fire configuration. At least one indicator may be displayed indicating the determined predicted location.
US12029493B2
An orthognathic system using a 3-dimensional hybrid image constructing program according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a dental clinic server configured to prepare preliminary data for orthognathic surgery based on CT image data acquired by a CT imaging apparatus, transmit the preliminary data to an orthognathic device manufacturer server, perform virtual orthognathic surgery by inputting osteotomy data received from the orthognathic device manufacturer server into the 3-dimensional hybrid image constructing program, and transmit the result of the virtual orthognathic surgery to the orthognathic device manufacturer server; and an orthognathic device manufacturer server configured to merge CT data with gingival data, extract this to generate a jaw-bone 3-dimensional image file, cut the jaw bones within the program by using the generated jaw-bone 3-dimensional image file, and transmit the data to the dental clinic server.
US12029485B2
An ophthalmic microscope including an observation optical system having a first focal point in front of an eye; an objective auxiliary lens positionable on the eye side of an objective lens in the observation optical system or releasable therefrom, a focal point when the objective auxiliary lens is positioned to a second focal point on an anterior ocular eye position; and a front lens positionable further toward the eye side than the first focal point or releasable from the position, a focal point through the eye's crystalline lens when the front lens is set to a third focal point and a posterior ocular segment position of the eye, the objective auxiliary lens set and the front lens released during anterior ocular segment observation, the front lens set and the objective auxiliary lens released during posterior ocular segment observation, without changing a positional relationship between the objective lens and eye.
US12029468B2
A method for the selective elevation and separation of tissues comprised of multiple layers and a surgical instrument for performing the method. The method may be performed without the requirement of a solid mechanical device insertion or transection through the mucosal layer. In particular, the method and surgical instrument may be used for the selected separation and/or resection of selected portions of benign or malignant tissues (e.g. defining tissue planes, polyp elevation and removal, submucosal tissue tunnelling, endoscopic mucosa resection, etc).
US12029457B2
A modular bone fixation linkage includes a plurality of interconnected links that can angulate with respect to an adjacent one of the links in-plane or out-of-plane. The links can further include fixation holes that are configured to receive fixation members that secure the links to an underlying anatomical structure.
US12029453B2
Implants, instruments, and methods for performing surgical procedures on the spine, including one or more of creating an operative corridor to the spine, delivering implants to the spine, fusing one or more segments of the spine, and fixing one or more segments of the spine.
US12029445B2
Instruments and methods for resecting tissue from the interior of a patient's body with a motor-driven rotating tubular cutter.
US12029433B2
A medical apparatus, including a clamp, a work head and a handle; the work head includes a casing, a firing forcing member, a firing rod, a receiving cavity, and a clip-cartridge assembly; an inner cavity communicating with the receiving cavity is formed in the casing; a positioning block is arranged in the inner cavity; the firing forcing member includes a toggle piece and a movable member, the toggle piece having a first connecting part, a second connecting part, and a third connecting part; in condition that the positioning block moves forwards, the toggle piece rotates towards the clamp through the first connecting part to drive the firing rod to control the clamp to open; and in condition that the positioning block moves backwards, the toggle piece rotates towards the handle through the first connecting part to drive the firing rod to control the clamp to close.
US12029432B2
A nonlimiting method for injecting embolics utilizing an optimized “plug and push” technique, using a device having side holes which creates a plug upstream of the distal-most portion of said micro-catheters and thereby ameliorates the suboptimal outcomes associated with creating a plug upstream of a distal end hole via injecting embolics only at the distal-most portion of said catheters.
US12029426B2
A surgical stapler for applying a suture to tissue includes a first jaw and a second jaw configured to receive a cartridge. An actuation mechanism translates a drive member distally through the first and second jaws to apply staples to tissue such that a suture, in combination with the staples, forms a purse string when the stapler activated. The cartridge includes a first upper portion and a second lower portion.
US12029420B2
A surgical stapling device includes a staple reload and a shipping wedge. In embodiments, the shipping wedge is configured to disable the use of a staple reload if the staple reload does not have an actuation sled. In other embodiments, the actuation sled includes a readable identifier that facilitates confirmation of the presence of an actuation sled within a staple reload from a location externally of the staple reload.
US12029412B2
A system for passing suture through biological tissue using a cannula, introducer or other minimally invasive means, to approximate, ligate, fixate, and/or close biological tissue. The system includes a hand actuator mechanism, an elongated tubular member housing a deformable tubular needle therein in operative communication with the hand actuator mechanism, and a jaw mechanism disposed on the tubular member distal end. The jaw mechanism having top and bottom members and a floating pivot mechanism, the top and bottom members in operative communication with the floating pivot mechanism. The floating pivot mechanism providing pivotal and axial articulation of the top member with respect to the bottom member.
US12029399B2
An apparatus for delivery of a biopsy marker to a biopsy site includes a grip, a cannula, at least one biopsy marker, and a sterile guide. The cannula extends distally from the grip and includes a lumen extending at least partially therethrough. A maker exit opening is defined by the cannula and is in communication with the lumen. The at least one biopsy marker is disposed in the lumen for deployment through the marker exit opening. The sterile guide is slidable along the cannula and is configured to selectively fasten to the grip.
US12029398B2
The present invention discloses an apparatus for detecting analyte in a liquid sample, comprising a cup body; a first receiving area for receiving a liquid sample; a flow-guiding channel through which a sample can be added or collected; the flow-guiding channel is in communication with the first receiving area, the bottom surface of the flow-guiding channel is a slope; wherein, the first receiving area and the flow-guiding channel are disposed in the cup body; the apparatus further comprises a secondary sampling port; the flow-guiding channel is a groove, in which is provided with a second receiving area; and the second receiving area includes a corner area for collecting samples for secondary sampling. The present invention further provides a method of using the apparatus for detecting an analyte in a liquid sample. The apparatus of the present invention can be used for detecting the presence or amount of an analyte in a liquid sample. When a liquid sample has extremely poor fluidity and/or the sample size is very small, the apparatus is still capable of detecting liquid samples, to facilitate operators to draw liquid samples for second confirmatory detection.
US12029396B2
A video laryngoscope has a handle and a blade. A chemiluminescent light source is disposed inside the handle, along with one or more photovoltaic cells which are optically coupled to convert chemiluminescence emitted by the chemiluminescent light source into electrical power. An image sensor is disposed on the blade or in the handle and is configured to image the glottis of a patient when the distal end of the laryngoscope blade operatively engages the tongue of the patient. The image sensor is powered by the electrical power produced by the one or more photovoltaic cells. A system for recording tracheal intubation procedures performed by a plurality of video laryngoscopes is also disclosed.
US12029394B2
A cleaning device for a surgical tool includes a housing having at least one opening for accessing an interior of the housing; a sponge and a heater assembly positioned in the interior of the housing; and a connector. The connector includes a first arm and a second arm extending from an outer surface of the housing. An inner surface of the first arm and an inner surface of the second arm define at least a first recess sized to receive a sidewall of a first tubular body having a first diameter, and a second recess sized to receive a sidewall of a second tubular body having a second diameter, different than the first diameter. The connector is configured to removably attach the housing to the sidewall of the first tubular body or to the sidewall of the second tubular body to supporting the housing relative to the tubular body.
US12029393B2
An endoscope system includes a light source that emits illumination light, an image sensor that captures an image of an object toward which the illumination light is emitted, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether a fluid is present in the object. If the fluid is not present in the object, the processor switches to a first observation mode in which to illuminate the object by first illumination light. If the fluid is present in the object, the processor switches to a second observation mode in which to illuminate the object by second illumination light. The second illumination light includes is larger than the first illumination light in a relative ratio of long wavelength components.
US12029392B2
An actuation mechanism for an endoscope is disclosed. The actuation mechanism includes a housing configured to be attached to a handle of the endoscope and a thumbwheel coupled to the housing. Rotation of the thumbwheel causes longitudinal translation of an elongated medical device through a working channel of the endoscope. In some instances, the actuation mechanism includes a drive wheel and/or a roller wheel, wherein the elongate medical device is compressively positioned between the roller wheel and/or the drive wheel. Rotation of the thumbwheel may cause the drive wheel and/or the roller wheel to rotation in opposite rotational directions.
US12029390B2
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for driving a medical instrument having an inner body and an outer body. In one aspect, a system includes a medical instrument comprising an outer body and an inner body configured to be driven through a lumen in the outer body. The system may further include a set of one or more instrument manipulators configured to control movement of the outer and inner bodies and a set of one or more processors configured to: receive a change drive mode command, and in response to receiving the change drive mode command, change a drive mode of the medical instrument from a paired drive mode to an unpaired drive mode.
US12029385B2
An electronic endoscope system includes an electronic endoscope, a processor that includes an evaluation unit, and a monitor. The evaluation unit includes an evaluation value calculation unit that calculates a lesion evaluation value indicating the intensity of lesion in the living tissue in each of the images, an imaging position information acquisition unit that acquires information on the imaging position of each image, a lesion position calculation unit that determines the presence or absence of the lesion based on whether the lesion evaluation value exceeds a predetermined threshold and obtains a start position and an end position of a region of a lesion portion, and an organ lesion evaluation unit that evaluates a degree of lesion in the organ using a length of the lesion portion calculated from the start position and the end position and a representative value of the lesion evaluation value.
US12029384B2
A processor device includes an image signal acquiring unit, an image processing unit, and a display control unit. The image signal acquiring unit acquires a digital image signal corresponding to an observation mode from an endoscope. The image processing unit includes a region-of-interest-detection-mode image processing unit. The region-of-interest-detection-mode image processing unit detects a region of interest from an endoscopic image and outputs a detection result of the region of interest and a cumulative detection time period of the region of interest.
US12029381B2
Disclosed herein is a system for treating skin and/or nails with cold plasma. The system includes a discharge device, which includes a handle and an applicator mounted thereon, and control infrastructure, which includes a waveform generator. The applicator includes an elongated tube housing therein a cathode. The handle includes a flyback amplifier. The waveform generator is configured to induce the flyback amplifier to establish a voltage at the cathode. The voltage produced by the flyback amplifier is configured to allow generating a self-sustaining Townsend avalanche when a distal end of the tube is positioned sufficiently near a target site on a skin surface or a nail of a subject, such as to produce a cold plasma discharge directed at the target site and having an average power between about 0.1 μW and about 10 μW, so that the target site is not heated.
US12029380B2
The present disclosure provides a control method for automatically detecting what kind of nozzle is a nozzle mounted on a cleaner by using different starting current profiles. The cleaner may include a suction unit for suctioning dust, and various nozzles which are detachable from the suction unit. The nozzle may include a rotation cleaning unit which is accommodated in the nozzle to clean a surface to be cleaned, and a nozzle driving unit for driving the rotation cleaning unit. The nozzle may exhibit different starting current profiles depending on the number of rotations or reduction ratio of the nozzle driving unit, or whether an auxiliary control unit is included.
US12029378B2
A vacuum collection vehicle may include a chassis, a vacuum container supported by the chassis, a vacuum source in pneumatic connection with an interior of the vacuum container. A plurality of discharge conduits have a plurality of respective outlets at different locations within the interior of the vacuum container for discharging collected material into different collection receptacles. Inner collection receptacle supports support transmissive flexible and collapsible inner collection receptacles below the outlets. Outer collection receptacle supports support non-transmissive flexible and collapsible outer collection receptacles about and spaced from the transmissive flexible and collapsible inner collection receptacles.
US12029375B2
In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.
US12029372B2
A detergent dispenser may be positioned to dispense detergent into a wash tub of a household appliance. The detergent dispenser may include a detergent cartridge. The detergent cartridge may include a detergent strip having a plurality of detergents. One or more ejection mechanisms may be used to expel the detergent from the detergent strip through an outlet of the detergent cartridge.
US12029366B2
A cleaning device to be worn on footwear of a user includes a shoe attachment means configured to removably connect to the user's footwear, a cleaning element configured to removably connect to the shoe attachment means, and a coupling interface including a first connecting means positioned on the shoe attachment means and a second connecting means positioned on the cleaning element. The first connecting means and the second connecting means are configured to removably connect the shoe attachment means to the cleaning element.
US12029362B2
A cleaning module includes a box body, at least one driving mechanism, and at least one rotating plate assembly. The at least one driving mechanism is positioned on a bottom surface of the box body and includes at least one drive shaft. Each rotating plate assembly is connected to a corresponding drive shaft and includes a cleaning surface, and the cleaning surface is configured to rotate under the drive of the corresponding drive shaft to clean a to-be cleaned surface.
US12029353B2
A mixing bowl assembly includes a bowl that has handles extending outwardly from the bowl. A lid is selectively coupled to the bowl. The lid includes an outer circumferential frame and grasping portions that extend outwardly from the outer circumferential frame. A planar wooden trivet is selectively coupled with the lid, wherein the planar wooden trivet defines at least a servicing position of the lid. A glass dome is selectively coupled to the planar wooden trivet and includes a handgrip that is selectively disposed within the bowl.
US12029350B2
A grilling tool is described herein that has a replaceable tip, and can be used with a variety of other attachments. The grilling tool can be made of a heat-conformable material such that during use grooves are formed in the replaceable tip that correspond to a grilling surface on which it is used. Once the grooves are too deep or the tip is fully used, the tip can be replaced.
US12029339B2
The present invention provides a mailbox device comprising a first right side member, a second right side member, a first left side member, a second left side member, a front member, a back member, a first protective panel, a second protective panel, a top member and a bottom member. The bottom member can be configured to be folded up and locked to the front member and the top member can be configured to fold down. The first and second right sides can be configured to be folded inside. The first and second left sides can also be configured to be folded inside.
US12029332B2
A display case includes multiple walls that define an inner volume, a door, a door actuator, a gesture sensor, and a controller. The door is transitionable between an open position for access to the inner volume and a closed position. The door actuator is configured to transition the door between the open position and the closed position. The gesture sensor is configured to detect a gesture performed by a user. The controller includes a processing circuit configured to obtain sensor data from the gesture sensor that indicates the gesture performed by the user. The processing circuit is further configured to determine if the user has performed a reference gesture using the sensor data. The processing circuit is further configured to operate the door actuator to transition the door between the open position and the closed position in response to determining that the user has performed the reference gesture.
US12029330B2
An enclosure for an infant playpen includes a flexible material installable on a support frame of the infant playpen, the flexible material including at least one pleat comprised of two folds that are folded toward each other over a base region of the flexible material and respectively have two folded edge portions adjacent to each other, each of the two folded edge portions having at least one end affixed to the flexible material. Moreover, some embodiments provide an infant playpen that includes a support frame and the enclosure installed thereon.
US12029327B2
A chair includes a movable part including a seat on which a user sits, a supporting part configured to support the movable part in such a way that the movable part can be moved to the right and to the left; and a restoration unit, which is a biasing member configured to bias the movable part toward the neutral position in the right and the left. The supporting part supports the movable part in such a way that the movable part descends as the movable part is away from the neutral position.
US12029322B2
Described are bed systems having a headboard, backward facing lights positioned at a back side of the headboard, and a controller operably connected to the backward facing lights that can drive the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting. The backward facing lights can be recessed into the back side of the headboard. The backward facing lights can provide ambient lighting when controlled by the controller. The controller can determine when a user of the bed system is waking up and control the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting that corresponds to a wakeup routine for the user. The controller can also determine when the user is going to sleep and control the backward facing lights to provide circadian lighting that corresponds to a sleep routine for the user. The backward facing lights can be LED strips positioned inside an extruded channel in the back side of the headboard.
US12029320B1
A modular furniture assembly has a modular universal base, an armrest module, and a modular recliner. The armrest is modularly coupled to one side of the modular universal base and includes an armrest member, a stepped member, a base horizontal member, and a base vertical plate. The modular recliner is coupled to another side of the modular universal base, and includes a recliner base and a backrest module. The recliner base has a plurality of frames that are interconnected and mechanically attached to each other. The recliner base includes a recessed surface that forms a transverse gap within the recliner base, and a top support having a flat top surface aligned with top edges of the plurality of frames. The backrest module has two backrest sections with end plates configured to move, respectively, along the recessed surface.
US12029316B2
A platform having a plurality of specialized openings shaped to accept specialized pegs to act as immobilizers for objects to be placed on the platform. The pegs have a shaft and at least one pair of nubs protruding from the shaft of each peg. The openings are shaped to allow the first end of the shaft to pass therethrough but not the nubs unless the peg is positioned so that the nubs are aligned with a notched portion of the opening, and the head at the second end stops further movement of the peg through the opening. When the nubs do not pass through the opening, the nubs act as a pivot axis where a portion of the peg remains above the platform. Pegs so adjustably positioned in the openings can be arranged to surround and immobilize an object on the platform.
US12029313B2
An electromotive adjusting device for a piece of furniture, in particular a piece of table furniture, includes a drive unit for adjusting a movable furniture part, and a control device for actuating the drive unit. The control device is configured for fastening to the movable furniture part. A sensor is arranged within a housing of the control device in order to detect a deformation of the furniture part and to switch off the drive unit when deformation is detected. Provision is made for a transmission element which is in contact with the furniture part and transmits the deformation of the furniture part to the sensor.
US12029312B2
A gutter broom is provided. The gutter broom can include a mandrel, one or more carriers, each carrier removably coupled to the mandrel, and one or more bristle strips, each bristle strip removably coupled to one of the carriers. The gutter broom components can be recyclable and modular, requiring no tools for assembly or servicing.
US12029310B2
An oral care system includes a main body, and a brush manually movable between a stowed and a deployed position. The brush includes a head, and bristles having respective first ends attached to the head and distal ends together defining a bristle surface for tooth cleaning in use. A toothpaste dispensing apparatus is carried by the main body and is configured to place toothpaste directly onto the bristle surface defined by the distal ends of the bristles when the brush is in the stowed position. The dispensing apparatus is configured to place toothpaste directly onto the bristle surface defined by the distal ends of the bristles without saturating the bristles at their first ends attached to the head. The toothpaste dispensing apparatus includes a port through which toothpaste is dispensed, and the port aligns with the bristles when the brush is at the stowed position.
US12029309B1
A multi-functional article provides protection from sun/wind exposure when worn as a garment or when converted into a shelter structure. The article may have a stretchy rear panel, side panels, a peak for receiving a pole for supporting the assembled shelter and that lays flat when the article is a garment, and a rear pocket to hold items in the shelter or serve as a collar for the garment or a bag for storing the article when it is not in use. The article may also have a top strap for use as a garment belt or for securing the article to the ground when the article is a shelter, and bottom tiedown straps for shortening side panels when the article is a garment or for securing the article to the ground when the article is a shelter. Multiple articles may be linked together to form a larger shelter.
US12029303B2
A method for preparing a cosmetic kit provides cosmetics which are customized (personalized) for each user and a cosmetic provision device which uses the kit to supply customized cosmetics. The cosmetic kit includes a plurality of cosmetic bases, and is used for customized cosmetics which are prepared by mixing the plurality of cosmetic bases in accordance with recipe information determined on the basis of user unique information. The method provides a cosmetic kit with a container containing at least two cosmetic bases selected from the plurality of cosmetic bases that is rotated at a prescribed speed, and a new-infrared measurement of the bases in the container is performed at prescribed time intervals, the time (T)required to obtain an nth measurement, in which the rate of change between the absorbance in the nth measurement and the absorbance in the previous ((n−1)th)measurement is 100%±5%, and the rate of change with respect to the absorbance in the following ((n+1)th) measurement is 100%±5%, is not more than 35 minutes.
US12029302B2
A cosmetic powder box, belonging to cosmetic powder box, includes a bottom box; a box base, one side of the box base is rotationally connected to the bottom box, and the box base is sleeved in the bottom box through rotating around the bottom box; a box cover, one side of the box cover is rotationally connected to the box base; when the box base is sleeved in the bottom box, the box cover rotates around the bottom box, such that the box cover is buckled with the bottom box, and a mounting hole is defined in a center of the box cover; a mounting component detachably fastened in the mounting hole; wherein the bottom box, the box base and the box cover are of an integrated structure.
US12029301B2
An apparatus for applying a decal to a nail of a human includes a housing having a cartridge recess, a cartridge that includes a supply spool around which a tape is at least partially wound, the tape having at least one decal that is transferrable to a nail of a human digit, and a take-up spool that includes a tape grip that holds an end of the tape, wherein the cartridge is removably mountable in the cartridge recess, an actuator coupled to the housing and moveable between an unactuated position and an actuated position, a tape advancement arrangement and a decal actuation surface are provided. The tape advancement arrangement coupled to the actuator and arranged to rotate the take-up spool to extend the tape from the supply spool during movement of the actuator between the unactuated position and the actuated position.
US12029298B2
A bowl is disclosed having a basin portion having a slanted back wall portion, a bottom portion, a front straight wall portion, a pair of side wall portions, and a top portion, and a handle extending from the top portion.
US12029293B2
A jewelry box is disclosed. The jewelry box may include a base and a plurality of vertical elongated fingers pivotably attached to the base. The plurality of vertical elongated fingers may be placed adjacent to each other and at a first predetermined distance from each other. Further, the plurality of vertical elongated fingers may be configured to pivot around vertical elongated fingers distal ends to move the plurality of vertical elongated fingers between an open position and a closed position. The plurality of vertical elongated fingers is in the open position when the plurality of vertical elongated fingers is perpendicular to a base plane and in the closed position when the plurality of vertical elongated fingers is parallel to the base plane. The jewelry box may further include a plurality of horizontal tension members, which may form an inward binding force and may horizontally couple vertical elongated fingers.
US12029278B2
A footwear device comprising: a sole assembly comprising at least one connective element; at least one protuberance assembly comprising a base and a cap, said base and cap configured to rotatively align; a locking fixture configured to lock and unlock said alignment of said base and cap; and a fastening fixture configured to fasten said base to said track in a selected position in said track.
US12029266B2
A wrist guard and a gloved wrist guard are disclosed for providing coverage and protection of the radiocarpal joint including the distal end of the radius, the ulna and the carpal bones as well as the dorsal aspect of the metacarpals.
US12029261B1
A robe garment provided with an integrated mammary support incorporates support system is provided. The robe may be operable to envelop a torso and features a front and a strategically positioned posterior opening. The support system includes bilateral mammary cups, each tethered to a respective cable. These cables are conjoined to belts emanating from the robe's posterior opening and the actuation of these belts facilitates breast elevation, thereby providing tailored support. Additionally, the robe is equipped with interior guide loops for precise cable navigation, exterior belt loops for belt alignment, and a concealing rear cover to enhance aesthetics and ensure user privacy.
US12029253B2
A method of controlling vaporization of a vaporizer in an inhaler, wherein the vaporizer is heated by means of electric resistance heating, and wherein an electronic control device controls the current flow through the vaporizer, comprises the following steps: determining an initial point corresponding to the start of a draw by a consumer; taking measured values of the current applied to the vaporizer in time sequence from the initial point; determining a transition point between a range of low vaporization and a range of high vaporization in a time-dependent current measurement series corresponding to the measured values; determining a current value Iv corresponding to the transition point; setting a current interval [I1; I2] depending on the determined current value Iv; and controlling the current flow within the set current interval [I1; I2].
US12029243B2
An ultrasonic atomization core (17), an ultrasonic atomizer, and an ultrasonic electronic cigarette are disclosed. The ultrasonic atomization core (17) comprises an atomization sleeve (1). The atomization sleeve is provided with an ultrasonic atomization sheet (2) and e-liquid guide cotton (3) that communicates the outside with an atomization surface of the ultrasonic atomization sheet (2). The atomization surface of the ultrasonic atomization sheet (2) is a concave surface. The e-liquid guide cotton (3) has a convex surface corresponding to the atomization surface. The curvature of the convex surface of the e-liquid guide cotton (3) is greater than or equal to the curvature of the atomization surface of the ultrasonic atomization sheet (2). The convex surface of the e-liquid guide cotton (3) is in contact with the atomization surface of the ultrasonic atomization sheet (2).
US12029239B2
A gel composition and tobacco industry products including the same The present invention relates to a gel composition comprising a gel formed from a liquid gel precursor and a gas. The present invention also relates to tobacco industry products comprising a gel composition, a method of preparing a gel composition comprising a gas, use of a gel composition comprising trapped gas, and a kit for assembling a tobacco industry product comprising a gel composition.
US12029235B2
A shisha, heat-not-burn, or combustion product casing including an active ingredient, a shisha, heat-not-burn, or a combustion product including a casing with an active ingredient, or a method of making the same are disclose herein.
US12029232B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for drying food products, for example fruit or eggs, comprising; •—a tunnel section as dryer compartment (10) with supply unit and discharge unit for dryer gas, with the dryer gas being blown on the products substantially from above, and •—a roller conveyor (1) with at least one row of supply rollers (3) for thereon conveying wet products in a conveying direction T to, through, and away from the dryer compartment (10), wherein the dryer compartment (10) comprises for the row a corresponding at least one ceiling element (14) with a curvature in line with that of the product, while in the ceiling element (14) at least one slit (15) is provided, directed substantially transversely to the conveying direction T, for blowing in the dryer gas.
US12029225B2
The present disclosure generally relates to protein-carbohydrate composites for use as food ingredients, to processes for the preparation of said composites, to their use in the preparation of food products, and food products comprising said composites. In some embodiments the disclosure relates to the use of protein-carbohydrate composites and processes for their production for use in the preparation of meat mimetic food products.
US12029222B2
A shrimp processing method and system, the system comprising a plurality of clamps, wherein each clamp is configured to hold a shrimp proximate a tail of the shrimp, a plurality of processing stations comprising at least one data collection station capable of collecting data regarding a shrimp held in a clamp and at least one functional station capable of changing the shrimp held in a clamp, a conveying system connecting the plurality of processing stations, the conveying system configured to move the plurality of clamps between the processing stations, and a controller operably connected to the conveying system and the processing stations, the controller configured to operate the conveying system and to selectively activate each processing station.
US12029220B2
Compact orienting and transferring device for unitary elongated food products (1) comprising a circular conveyor (10) surrounded by a limitative wall (11) with an extraction opening (12); an extractor device including an extraction path (31, 32, 33) defined on a first conveyor (21) and with an intake end connected to the extraction opening (12), and a circular wheel (40) including a circular groove (50) on the wheel periphery, the first conveyor (21) being a conveyor belt wider than the circular groove entrance (53), a circular portion of the first conveyor (21) being directly supported on the wheel periphery covering the circular groove entrance (53) on a portion of that wheel periphery, defining a circular portion (32) of the extraction path (31, 32, 33) within the circular groove (50).
US12029213B2
The present disclosure relates to a pack bag for transporting at least a head portion of an antlered big-game animal. The pack bag comprises foldable flaps defining an opening for inserting the antlered big-game animal head into the pack bag. Upon insertion, a bottom flap can extend from the opening and at least partially fold onto itself (e.g., to cover hide attached to the head portion). In addition, a top flap opposite the bottom flap can extend from the opening and pass between antlers and over the at least partially folded bottom flap. A fastener connected to at least one of the top or bottom flaps can then compress the top and bottom flaps against the antlered big-game animal head. Additionally, the pack bag is attachable to a backpack, saddle, or other carrying apparatus (e.g., via a loop, eyelet, etc. provided on an outer surface of the pack bag).
US12029211B2
Disclosed herein is a non-spring based lock mechanism, described as a lock and lever, telescoping slide assembly comprising an elongated, stationary, multi-faceted tube. Also disclosed is a snaring tool employing the non spring based lock mechanism for gripping items such as industrial pipe and other large moving items which can be ensnared. An optional locking pin mechanism can be added to the lock and lever slide assembly to avoid accidental release of the gripping means.
US12029202B1
An egg incubator includes an incubator base, an incubator upper cover, a heating assembly, an egg turning assembly, and a water supply assembly. A first water tank and a second water tank are disposed inside the incubator base. The first water tank and the second water tank are communicated with each other. A third water tank communicated with the second water tank is disposed on one side of the incubator base. A mesh plate is lapped inside the incubator base. An inner wall bottom of the first water tank is higher than an inner wall bottom of the second water tank. A water supply assembly is mounted on the third water tank and the water supply assembly (5) is configured to supply water to the first water tank, the second water tank, and the third water tank.
US12029201B2
A bird nest box system is provided that includes a nesting enclosure, a moveable nest floor, and a floor movement mechanism that moves the nest floor between a lowered position and a raised position, the nest floor being mounted over the floor movement mechanism. The floor movement mechanism includes a driveshaft, a gear assembly coupled to the driveshaft and actuatable by rotation of the driveshaft, and a lift arm. The lift arm is actuatable by the gear assembly to rotate the nest floor toward a front opening of the nest enclosure. The gear assembly provides at least one gear reduction between the driveshaft and the lift arm.
US12029196B1
A pet couch includes a base, a main cushion part, and a side cushion part. The base has a plurality of engagement grooves concavely disposed on a top face, and is able to be combined with a base of a human couch. The base of the pet couch and the base of the human couch are modularized. The main cushion part has a cushion body and an anti-scratch cover. The cushion body has a bottom plate having a plurality of engagement bars protruding thereon to be engaged with the engagement grooves. The anti-scratch cover is mounted around one side of the cushion body in opposite to the base and has a first combination member disposed on one side in opposite to the base. The side cushion part has a second combination member, which is detachably combined with the first combination member, whereby the side cushion part is combined with the anti-scratch cover.
US12029192B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PCMB88 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PCMB88, cells from soybean variety 5PCMB88, plants of soybean 5PCMB88, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PCMB88. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PCMB88 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PCMB88, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PCMB88, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PCMB88. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PCMB88 are further provided.
US12029191B2
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PQNK08 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PQNK08, cells from soybean variety 5PQNK08, plants of soybean 5PQNK08, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PQNK08. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PQNK08 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PQNK08, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PQNK08, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PQNK08. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PQNK08 are further provided.
US12029190B2
A soybean cultivar designated 02220412 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02220412, to the plants of soybean cultivar 02220412, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 02220412, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 02220412. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02220412. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02220412, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 02220412 with another soybean cultivar.
US12029185B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011001. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011001, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011001 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011001.
US12029181B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011116. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011116, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011116 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011116.
US12029170B2
A trellis is described herein, including a series of upright posts, cross beams supported by the posts in an elevated state, at least one line holder fitted to each beam, each holder having one or more downwardly facing retaining slot or slots, and vine lines connected to the holders such that they are located in and pass through the retaining slots so that the lines run laterally in rows and can be non-destructively removed from the slots by exerting downward pressure on the lines.
US12029168B2
A continuous round baler forms a cylindrically-shaped bale by spiral, coiled layers created by a conical portion of a bale-forming chamber and protruded upwardly from a cylindrical portion of the bale-forming chamber. The bale is circumferentially supported by netting applied to the bale in the cylindrical portion. A rotary feed table receives crop from the field and feeds the crop into the conical portion. The bale forming process can be interrupted if an insufficient volume of crop is collected on the rotary feed table. The netting material is provided on short rolls to facilitate loading onto the machine. A cutoff mechanism is coupled to the growth of the bale from the cylindrical portion to sever the bale at a predetermined length with end surfaces that are perpendicular to the axis of the bale. A bale density mechanism supports the distal end of the bale as the bale protrudes upwardly.
US12029165B2
A sugarcane harvester may include a base cutter configured to cut sugarcane, a chopping device in communication with the base cutter to receive the sugarcane cut by the base cutter, the chopping device configured to chop the cut sugarcane into billets, an elevator in communication with the chopping device, the elevator configured to transport the billets out of the sugarcane harvester, the elevator having a discharge end, a forward billet deflector beyond the discharge end of the elevator distant the discharge end, a rearward billet deflector proximate the discharge end and spaced from the forward billet deflector such that the billets fall between the forward billet deflector and the rearward billet deflector and a powered actuator to move the rearward billet deflector to adjust a discharge direction of the billets.
US12029163B2
A work machine that has an implement coupled to the frame of the work machine, a first sensor coupled to the implement, a controller, and an implement position system that couples the implement to the frame. The first sensor identifies the orientation of the implement along more than one axis and the controller manipulates the implement position system to reposition the implement relative to the frame based on the orientation of the implement identified by the first sensor.
US12029160B2
A glider assembly for a handheld trimmer includes a glider shaft coupleable at one end with a rotating head of the handheld trimmer, and a glider plate connected to an opposite end of the glider shaft. The glider plate is part-spherical or saucer shaped and includes a concave side and a convex side. A bearing acts between the glider plate and the glider shaft. The assembly enables an operator to rest the weight of the trimmer on the ground during use while controlling a cutting height.
US12029153B2
A seed meter disk includes a body defining a plane of rotation, a seed-side, and a lower-pressure-side. A circumferential array of seed openings are provided on the seed-side of the seed meter disk for seed adherence. A circumferential array of kick-out pockets are provided on the lower-pressure-side of the seed meter disk. A circumferential array of recessed seed agitator pockets may be provided for seed mixing and agitation. A circumferential array of raised agitator pegs or features may be provided for seed mixing and agitation. A kick-out wheel assembly includes a kick-out wheel rotatably held by a kick-out wheel arm. The kick-out wheel has at least one protrusion portion including a plurality of kick-out protrusions each of which is configured to mate with and enter one of the kick-out pockets to facilitate dislodgement of a seed or other particle from within a seed opening.
US12035643B2
The disclosure concerns an electronic component manufacturing method including a first step of etching at least one first layer followed, with no exposure to oxygen, by a second step of passivating the first layer.
US12035635B2
A magnetoresistance effect element includes: a first ferromagnetic layer; a second ferromagnetic layer; and a non-magnetic layer provided between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer, wherein at least one of the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer includes a first layer and a second layer in order from the side closer to the non-magnetic layer, the first layer contains a crystallized Co-based Heusler alloy, at least a part of the second layer is crystallized, the second layer contains a ferromagnetic element, boron element and an additive element, and the additive element is any element selected from a group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Cu, Zn, Zr, Mo, Ru, Pd, Ta, W, Ir, Pt, and Au.
US12035632B2
The disclosure concerns filled a polymer composite comprising a piezoelectric filler and a polymer resin. The composite may exhibit a piezoelectric coefficient d33 of greater than 30 pC/N when measured according to the Berlincourt Method using a d33 piezometer and a density of less than 5 g/cc according to the Archimedes method.
US12035629B2
A thermoelectric conversion material is represented by a composition formula Ag2S(1-x)Sex, where x has a value of greater than 0.01 and smaller than 0.6.
US12035623B2
An organic molecule is disclosed having: a first chemical moiety with a structure of Formula I, and two second chemical moieties, each independently with a structure of Formula II,
US12035618B2
Disclosed is an OLED configuration that although comprises an exciplex that has an emission spectrum that is redder than the emission spectrum of the emitter, the emission from the exciplex is suppressed so that the overall OLED emission spectrum is still dominated by the emission of the emitter.
US12035614B2
Novel ligands for metal complexes containing five-membered ring fused on pyridine or pyrimidine ring combined with partially fluorinated side chains exhibiting improved external quantum efficiency and lifetime are disclosed.
US12035613B2
Provided are organometallic compounds. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.
US12035598B2
A display device includes a first sub-pixel have a square form, a second sub-pixel positioned to face a first side or a second side of the first sub-pixel and having a rectangular form, and a third sub-pixel positioned to face the first side or the second side of the first sub-pixel spaced from the second sub-pixel and having a rectangular form, wherein the first side and the second side of the first sub-pixel come together at an angle, and wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are configured to emit lights of different colors.
US12035596B2
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a device having a substrate, and a plurality of unit areas of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display disposed on the substrate. The unit areas may be repeating, area-filling subdivisions on the substrate that each have an anode and a cathode. The organic film may be disposed over portions of the device other than the unit areas. The device may include at least one pixel having a plurality of sub-pixels disposed within each of the plurality of unit areas. The cathode of at least one pixel of each of the plurality of unit areas may be a common cathode.
US12035589B2
The present disclosure discloses a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate comprises: a display area, a binding area, and a fan-out area located between the display area and the binding area, the fan-out area comprises a touch control lead wire, a data lead wire, and at least one shielded wire located between the touch control lead wire and the data lead wire, and the at least one shielded wire is grounded or connected to a fixed potential.
US12035580B2
A semiconductor apparatus including a layered structure is disclosed. In one example, a first substrate with a light-emitting element and a second substrate with a light-blocking member on a periphery are layered with each other. The layered structure includes a first resin including a photocurable resin that seals a part between the first substrate and the second substrate in a pixel region. A second resin seals a part between the first substrate and the second substrate in a light-blocking region at a periphery. A protrusion structure is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate in a boundary region between the pixel region and the light-blocking region, and includes a transparent or semitransparent material that transmits light.
US12035574B2
Embodiments described herein relate to a sub-pixel. The sub-pixel includes an anode, overhang structures, separation structures, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) material, and a cathode. The anode is defined by adjacent first pixel isolation structures (PIS) and adjacent second PIS. The overhang structures are disposed on the first PIS. The overhang structures include a second structure disposed over the first structure and an intermediate structure disposed between the second structure and the first structure. A bottom surface of the second structure extends laterally past an upper surface of the first structure. The first structure is disposed over the first PIS. Separation structures are disposed over the second PIS. The OLED material is disposed over the anode and an upper surface of the separation structures. The cathode disposed over the OLED material and an upper surface of the separation structures.
US12035554B2
The present disclosure provides an organic electroluminescent device and a manufacturing method thereof. The organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, an electron transport layer and a cathode. The material of the electron transport layer includes a mixture of a first electron transport material and a second electron transport material, the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the first electron transport material is higher than that of the second electron transport material, and the ratio of the first electron transport material to the second electron transport material first decreases and then increases in the direction from the cathode to the anode.
US12035551B2
OLEDs containing a stacked hybrid architecture including a phosphorescent organic emissive unit and two fluorescent organic emissive units are disclosed. The stacked hybrid architecture includes a plurality of electrodes and a hybrid emissive stacked disposed between at least two of the electrodes. The stack contains at least three emissive units and at least two charge generation layers. At least one of the three emissive units is a phosphorescent organic emissive unit and at least two of the three emissive units are fluorescent organic emissive units. More specifically, the two fluorescent organic emissive units may be blue organic emissive units that emit light from the same or different color regions.
US12035550B2
An organic light-emitting device and an electronic apparatus incorporating the same. The organic light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer between the anode and the cathode and comprising an emission region. The emission region includes a first emission layer, a second emission layer, and a first exciton quenching layer. The first emission layer comprises a first host and a first dopant, the second emission layer comprises a second host and a second dopant, and the first exciton quenching layer is disposed between the first emission layer and the second emission layer and comprises a first quenching material.
US12035549B2
A solid state image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate where photoelectric conversion regions for converting light into charges are arranged per pixel planarly arranged; an organic photoelectric conversion film laminated at a light irradiated side of the semiconductor substrate via an insulation film and formed at the regions where the pixels are formed; a lower electrode formed at and in contact with the organic photoelectric conversion film at a semiconductor substrate side; a first upper electrode laminated at a light irradiated side of the organic photoelectric conversion film and formed such that ends of the first upper electrode are substantially conform with ends of the organic photoelectric conversion film when the solid state image sensor is planarly viewed; and a film stress suppressor for suppressing an effect of a film stress on the organic photoelectric conversion film, the film stress being generated on the first upper electrode.
US12035545B2
A mask plate group of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel, a cathode evaporation method thereof and an OLED panel are provided. The OLED panel includes a display area having an imaging area, and the mask plate group includes a first mask plate and a second mask plate. The first mask plate includes a common mask opening area. The common mask opening area covers an entire of the display area. The second mask plate includes a special-shaped mask opening area. The special-shaped mask opening area covers all the display area except the imaging area.
US12035544B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus, including a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas and non-pixel areas in a display area, a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixel areas, a pixel-defining layer including a cover portion and openings, wherein the cover portion covers an edge of each of the plurality of pixel electrodes, and each of the openings exposes a central portion of a pixel electrode among the plurality of pixel electrodes, an auxiliary electrode located such that the auxiliary electrode corresponds to at least a portion of a top surface of the cover portion, and an intermediate layer and a counter electrode, each located in the openings. The pixel-defining layer may have an under-cut structure in which the at least a portion of the top surface of the cover portion is recessed from the auxiliary electrode.
US12035541B2
A selector device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a selector layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a stacked film that is disposed in at least one of a portion between the first electrode and the selector layer and a portion between the second electrode and the selector layer, and includes a first layer including at least one first element selected from the group consisting of carbon and metal and not including nitrogen and a second layer including nitride of the first element. The first layer is in contact with the selector layer.
US12035538B2
A method of forming a memory device includes forming a dielectric structure over a wafer. A bottom electrode via is formed in the dielectric structure. A plasma deposition process is performed to deposit a bottom electrode layer over the bottom electrode via and performing the plasma deposition process includes off-axis rotating a magnet over the wafer to control plasma of the plasma deposition process. A memory material layer and a top electrode layer are formed over the bottom electrode layer. The bottom electrode layer, the memory material layer, and the top electrode layer are patterned to respectively form a bottom electrode, a memory layer, and a top electrode.
US12035535B2
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of source layers and drain layers located over a substrate, a memory opening vertically extending through the alternating stack, a vertical word line located in the memory opening and vertically extending through each of the source layers and the drain layers of the alternating stack, discrete semiconductor channels contacting horizontal surfaces of a respective vertically neighboring pair of a source layer of the source layers and a drain layer of the drain layers, and a vertical stack of discrete memory material portions laterally surrounding the vertical word line.
US12035529B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to forming a completed stack of layers. Forming the completed stack of layers may include forming a first stack of layers on a first substrate and forming a second stack of layers on a second substrate. The first stack of layers may be bonded to the second stack of layers. The first or second substrate may be removed. Prior to bonding the first stack of layers and the second stack of layer, one or more holes may be etched in the first stack of layers. After removing the second substrate, one or more holes may be etched in the second stack of layers, wherein each of the one or more holes in the second stack of layers extend into a corresponding hole in the one or more holes in the first stack of layers.
US12035522B2
In an embodiment a memory cell includes a first doped well of a first conductivity type in contact with a second doped well of a second conductivity type, the second conductivity type being opposite to the first conductivity type, a third doped well of the second conductivity type in contact with a fourth doped well of the first conductivity type, a first wall in contact with the second and fourth wells, the first wall including a conductive or semiconductor core and an insulating sheath, a stack of layers including a first insulating layer, a first semiconductor layer, a second insulating layer and a second semiconductor layer at least partially covering the second and fourth wells and a third semiconductor layer located below the second and fourth wells and the first wall.
US12035519B2
The present invention discloses a semiconductor memory device and a forming method thereof. The semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a plurality of bit lines, a strip-shaped isolation structure, a conductive residue, a plurality of columnar isolation structures and a plurality of conductive plugs. The bit lines are located on the substrate and extend along the first direction. The strip-shaped isolation structure is located at the ends of the bit lines and extends along the second direction, and the strip-shaped isolation structure includes a seam. In particular, the conductive residue is disposed in the seam. The columnar isolation structures are separated from each other and disposed between the bit lines. The conductive plugs are separated from each other and disposed between the bit lines, in which the conductive plugs and the conductive residue include the same conductive material.
US12035518B2
A semiconductor device includes a first region, a second region, a third region, and a fourth region. The first region includes a first portion of an N-well and a plurality of P-type transistors formed over the first portion of the N-well. The first region extends in a first direction. The second region includes a first portion of a P-well and a plurality of N-type transistors formed over the first portion of the P-well. The second region extends in the first direction. The third region includes a second portion of the P-well. The fourth region includes a second portion of the N-well. The first region and the second region are disposed between the third region and the fourth region.
US12035515B2
A robust, reliable, and efficient UHD HDR Internet Protocol IP client device, such as a set top box, receives content, for example, from a cable service provider so that the content can be displayed to a compatible display device with improved visual effect. The content is 4K or higher content that requires UHD/HDR for a satisfactory user experience. The UHD provides for an improved resolution of the content while HDR provides for a more intense or greater contrast range of the content when displayed on a compatible display device.
US12035501B2
A data center cabinet has an equipment rail movably secured to front-to-back beams by a retaining mechanism. The retaining mechanism has a threaded member extending through a front-to-back beam and the equipment rail and a handle rotatable relative to the threaded member. A first cam disk is positioned between the handle and equipment rail and is fixed to the equipment rail and a second cam disk is positioned between the handle and first cam disk and is fixed to the handle. First and second surfaces of the first and second cam disks are engaged with the handle in a first position to provide a clamping force between the equipment rail and front-to-back beam to prevent movement of the equipment rail and the first and second cam surfaces are disengaged with the handle in a second position to remove the clamping force to allow movement of the equipment rail.
US12035496B2
A cable sealing assembly for a cable entry in a cabinet housing electronic equipment. The cable sealing assembly comprises a tongue-shaped protruding member, an elastic cable sealing member configured to be shaped around the edge of the tongue-shaped protruding member and a corresponding recessed member configured to receive the protruding member and the cable sealing member in between. The elastic cable sealing member has a plurality of through holes forming a single row, each hole configured to have a cable extending there through. The cable sealing assembly is configured to seal the cable entry when the protruding member and the recessed member together apply an even pressure on the cable sealing member.
US12035495B1
A computer system includes a chassis comprising location indicating elements, such as springs, magnets, standoffs, or other types of location indicating elements physically attached to the chassis in a configuration that indicates locations in the chassis. Also, the computer system includes multiple printed circuit boards comprising pads configured to interface with the location indicating elements, wherein combinations of sensed or not sensed location indicating elements at the pads of the printed circuit boards provide a physically verified placement location for the printed circuit boards.
US12035478B2
Disclosed is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a reel, a carrier tape wrapped about the reel and a cover tape disposed over the carrier tape. The cover tape and the carrier tape are configured to contain a plurality of electronic components, e.g., integrated circuits. At least one of the carrier tape and the cover tape is made of desiccant entrained polymer, or has desiccant entrained polymer provided on it.
US12035473B2
A circuit assembly includes a flexible card having a main panel and an extension panel foldably connected along a fold line and a card circuit disposed on the flexible card and having one or more contact points disposed proximate the fold line, and a circuit board having one or more electrical contacts formed on a surface of the circuit board. The flexible card and the circuit board can be disposed in face-to-face contact with each contact point of the card circuit is in registry with a respective electrical contact of the circuit board, with the extension panel folded at the fold line over the circuit board. The assembly includes a clip disposed over the folded extension panel and main panel to apply a sandwiching force to secure the circuit board and the card circuit in electrical contact.
US12035467B2
A circuit structure that comprises a substrate and one or more conductive elements disposed on the substrate is provided. The substrate comprises a polymer composition that comprises an electrically conductive filler distributed within a polymer matrix. The polymer matrix contains at least one thermoplastic high performance polymer having a deflection under load of about 40° C. or more as determined in accordance with ISO 75-2:2013 at a load of 1.8 MPa, and the polymer composition exhibits a dielectric constant of about 4 or more and a dissipation factor of about 0.3 or less, as determined at a frequency of 2 GHz.
US12035464B2
A stretchable mounting board that includes: a stretchable substrate; a mounting electrode portion on a main surface side of the stretchable substrate and containing a conductive filler and a resin; a solder portion connected to the mounting electrode portion; and an electronic component electrically connected to the mounting electrode portion with the solder portion interposed therebetween. The mounting electrode portion has a first main surface on a stretchable substrate side thereof, a second main surface on a solder portion side thereof, a first region including the first main surface, and a second region including the second main surface, and wherein, in a cross-section along a thickness direction of the mounting electrode portion passing through the first region and the second region, a sectional area of the conductive filler in the second region is larger than a sectional area of the conductive filler in the first region.
US12035463B2
Disclosed are a display panel, a display device, and a terminal apparatus. The display panel comprises a display substrate having a backlight surface and a main flexible circuit board. The main flexible circuit board comprises a connection section, a fixed section and a test section. The connection section is arranged on the backlight surface, and has an outer peripheral surface comprising a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The fixed section is attached and fixed onto the backlight surface, and having one end connected to the first side and another end extending towards an end of the first side away from the second side. The test section has one end connected to the first side, and another end comprising a connection port.
US12035460B2
A mounting structure for mounting inductors to suppress cross talk and a stub effect due to a mounting land, and reduce deterioration of signal transmission characteristics. A first Bias-T inductor is mounted on a circuit board with one electrode terminal connected to a first mounting land with an axial direction of the first Bias-T inductor oriented perpendicular to the first mounting land and the one electrode terminal extends along the first mounting land. A second Bias-T inductor is mounted on the circuit board in the vicinity of the first Bias-T inductor with one electrode terminal connected to a second mounting land with an axial direction of the second Bias-T inductor inclined by 90° with respect to the axial direction of the first Bias-T inductor and the second Bias-T inductor is oriented perpendicular to the second mounting land and the one electrode terminal extends along the second mounting land.
US12035456B2
A magneto-optical trap method including applying a magnetic field to an atom encapsulated in a vacuum vessel and having a nuclear spin of not less than 3/2 by using an anti-Helmholtz coil. Then generating a laser beam including a first laser beam detuned from a first resonance frequency when the atom transits from a total angular momentum quantum number F in a ground state to a total angular momentum quantum number F′=F+1 in an excited state, and a second laser beam detuned from a second resonance frequency when the atom transits from the total angular momentum quantum number F in the ground state to a total angular momentum quantum number F′=F−1 in the excited state.
US12035454B2
A plasma engine includes a plasma source having a gas input for receiving a first molecular gas species and that generates ions at an output from the received first molecular gas species. An ion extractor positioned proximate to the output of the plasma source extracts ions from the plasma source with an electric field. A housing includes a region that receives ions extracted from the ion extractor, wherein at least some of the extracted ions react with a second molecular gas species present in the housing to generate thrust.
US12035451B2
An x-ray source has a target assembly including a target, an electron source for generating electrons to impact the target, and a flight tube assembly separating the target assembly from the electron source and transporting a coolant to the target assembly. The flight tube assembly includes a flight tube interface ring, a target cartridge tube, and an electrical isolation ring between the flight tube interface ring and the target cartridge tube.
US12035449B2
A plastic keypad with data entry elements and at least one display element is protected from electrostatic discharge by an assembly having an overlay substrate on which an electrically-conductive arrangement is disposed. The overlay substrate has a top side and a back side with a precisely-positioned vias formed through the substrate. A top surface of the top side is a layer of a conductive polymer. The back side is printed with at least one layer of color ink that depict a plurality of alpha-numerical and pictorial elements of the keypad. The electrically-conductive arrangement is disposed on the overlay substrate to collect electrostatic charges on the top side, transfer the electrostatic charges to the back side through the plurality of vias and drain the transferred electrostatic charges to a ground.
US12035447B2
A microwave appliance provides safe heating of packaged food products at an efficiency greater than 90%. A temperature sensor positioned about a product holder is configured to sense a temperature of the package. A product identification scanner identifies a type of food product, a type of packaging, and/or a size of packaging being inserted into the microwave appliance. The product identification may be used to obtain a dielectric constant and/or electrical conductivity of the product. An electric field detector verifies that a suitable product has been inserted into the microwave appliance and is used to estimate a volume of the packaged food product. Accordingly, even partially full packaged food products may be safely re-heated to a desired temperature. As opposed to a time-based operation with traditional microwave appliances, operation of the microwave appliance may be adjusted based on the product identification scanner, temperature sensor, and electric field detector.
US12035438B2
A driving device that includes a temperature monitoring circuit, a headroom voltage monitoring circuit, a power supply voltage monitoring circuit, and a control unit. The temperature monitoring circuit detects a temperature of a drive circuit that drives a light emitting element in a test light emission period of the light emitting element. The headroom voltage monitoring circuit detects a headroom voltage of the drive circuit in the test light emission period. The power supply voltage monitoring circuit detects a power supply voltage supplied to the light emitting element in the test light emission period. The control unit adjusts the power supply voltage in the test light emission period according to an input/output potential difference of the light emitting element varying depending on the temperature of drive circuit so as to obtain a headroom voltage necessary and sufficient for causing a prescribed drive current to flow through the light emitting element.
US12035437B2
A system for adjusting one or more settings of one or more identified light sources is configured to receive input from one or more sensors (21-23, 26-28), determine an attention area of an operator (81) from the input, identify one or more light sources (13,14) illuminating the attention area, and adjust one or more settings of the one or more identified light sources from grow light settings to operator light settings.
US12035426B1
An infrared energy supply system is disclosed including an infrared (IR) energy emitter device including a heat dissipating housing including an internal cavity that houses an IR bulb, an interior reflection unit and a cooling fan, an outer reflection unit coupled to the heat dissipating housing that includes a curved reflection component extending outwardly from the heat dissipating housing and side reflection components that extend outward from the heat dissipating on opposite sides of the curved reflection component, and a guide rail disposed on both sides of the outer reflection unit. The infrared energy supply system further includes a control unit coupled to the infrared energy emitter device via a coupling device. In some instances, the internal cavity houses multiple IR bulbs where emitted IR rays reflect off of the interior reflection unit and the curved reflection component to culminate at a first focal point and a second focal point.
US12035420B2
A Breakout Gateway Control Function (BGCF) determines a geographic location information (e.g., a major trading area (MTA) information) from a SIP INVITE header information (e.g., from a P-Access-Network-Info (PANI) header information) and modifies the SIP URI in the SIP INVITE request by adding, deleting, or modifying values (e.g., prepending a number prefix to the URI) to generate a SIP URI that is based on the geographic location information.
US12035418B2
A method and apparatus for a wireless device of reduced capabilities to access a wireless communication network targeted to operate with wireless device having higher capabilities is disclosed. The device may receive from a base station of the wireless communication network an indication of whether the type of devices that includes the wireless device of reduced capabilities is allowed to access the wireless communication network. The device may transmit to the base station signaling associated with connecting to the base station if the base station indicates that the type of devices with reduced capabilities is allowed to access the wireless communication network. The signaling allows the device to connect to the base station. The device may transmit capability information of the device to the base station. The device may configure its features based on the capability information to communicate with the base station.
US12035413B2
An electronic device discussed herein may communicatively couple to a base station. The base station may receive a first paging cycle assignment corresponding to a first subscriber identification module (SIM) card and determine a second paging cycle assignment for use with a second SIM card. The second paging cycle assignment may be generated based on the first paging cycle assignment. The base station may communicate with the electronic device using the second paging cycle assignment. The second paging cycle assignment may guide the base station to transmit data to the electronic device without interrupting a transmission made according to the first paging cycle assignment.
US12035408B2
A network management system (NMS) is configured to control roaming in a wireless network using a variable mobility threshold. For a first wireless device associated with a current location, the NMS obtains at least one performance metric of a first wireless signal received by the first wireless device at the current location from a first AP of a plurality of APs, compares the at least one parameter of the first wireless signal to at least one performance metric of a second wireless signal received by at least one other wireless device at the current location from a second AP of the plurality of APs, and triggers a roaming operation of the first wireless device from the first AP to the second AP if the comparison satisfies a mobility threshold that varies based on the at least one performance metric of the first wireless signal.
US12035406B2
A method and device for beam determination for Discontinuous reception (DRX), User Equipment (UE) and a network device are provided. The method includes that: the UE measures a plurality of Channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources in a given slot in a DRX on duration; and the UE determines, based on measurement quantities, at least one of a transmitting beam for a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) or a transmitting beam for a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH).
US12035400B2
A disclosure of this specification provides a device configured to operate in a wireless system. The device may comprise: a transceiver configured with an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)-New Radio (NR) Dual Connectivity (EN-DC). The EN-DC may be configured to use three bands. The device may comprise: a processor operably connectable to the transceiver. The processer may be configured to: control the transceiver to receive a downlink signal and control the transceiver to transmit an uplink signal via at least two bands among the three bands. A value of Maximum Sensitivity Degradation (MSD) may be applied to a reference sensitivity for receiving the downlink signal.
US12035398B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for establishing a multi-access data connection. One apparatus includes a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to transmit, over a first access network, a first request to establish a data connection, the first request including a first indication requesting a single-access data connection and a second indication that an upgrade from the single-access data connection to a multi-access data connection is allowed. The instructions are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to receive a third indication that the single-access data connection is to be upgraded to the multi-access data connection for transporting user-plane traffic over the first access network and a second access network and to establish the multi-access data connection over the first access network and the second access network based on the third indication.
US12035395B2
In an embodiment a method includes, after establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection to an access network device on a first supplementary uplink SUL, receiving configuration information of a second (SUL) from the access network device and initiating random access on the second SUL, wherein a frequency of the second SUL is different from a frequency of the first SUL.
US12035394B2
A technique for determining that a wireless device supports using multiple subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to establish multiple connections to wireless networks, generating a multi-SIM capability message, and transmitting the multi-SIM capability message to a first wireless network. In another aspect, a technique for a wireless system to receive a multi-SIM capability message from a wireless device, determine a connection configuration of the wireless device based on the received multi-SIM capability message, and transmit an indication of the configured connection to the wireless device.
US12035390B2
In an embodiment, a method for performing wireless communication by a first device is provided. The method may include: obtaining a default discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for a groupcast or a broadcast, the default DRX configuration including information related to a sidelink (SL) DRX cycle and information related to an active time; and receiving, from a second device, a message for establishing a unicast connection with the second device, wherein the message for establishing the unicast connection with the second device is received based on the default DRX configuration.
US12035387B2
Methods and apparatus for organizing a distributed network based on routine usage data. In one exemplary embodiment, devices analyze routine usage data via e.g., machine learning and/or other heuristics to determine a set of routine rules and/or routine trigger conditions. Multiple devices may be assigned routine rules and/or routine trigger conditions that establish a fog network. Various described embodiments may incorporate time-shifted control plane operation and/or ledger-based control plane operation; these variants do not require central network management. Other optimizations may include dynamic selection of network topologies and/or routing technologies.
US12035385B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of facilitating establishment of a communications path between an open device and a remote device through a communications network; receiving an indication of potentially sensitive information on the communications path; and facilitating establishment of a secure communications path between a secure device and the remote device through the communications network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12035383B2
Embodiments of the disclosed technologies provide a carrier frequency selecting method and apparatus. The method comprises: determining, by UE, whether information of a service carrier frequency sent by a base station is received, wherein the service carrier frequency is the carrier frequency to carry traffic selected by the base station when a target cell carrying the UE is a multi-carrier cell; residing, by the UE, at a carrier frequency corresponding to the information for a service carrier frequency, if so; and, otherwise, residing, by the UE, at an original camped carrier frequency. With the embodiments of the disclosed technologies, the problem that a service carrier frequency selecting strategy in related techniques is to perform selection passively and lacks initiative is solved, and a technical basis for balancing loads on carrier frequencies carrying traffic is provided and further system efficiency is enhanced for an NB-IoT system, which is mainly to transmit small data.
US12035376B2
A wireless communication terminal communicating wirelessly with a base wireless communication terminal and unassociated with the base wireless communication terminal is disclosed. The wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor configured to receive, by using the transceiver, a multi-station Block ACK frame which indicates whether at least one of MAC frames transmitted from at least one of wireless communication terminals is received by using a first field of the multi-station Block ACK frame for indicating an association identifier corresponding to an association of each of the at least one of wireless communication terminals and the base wireless communication terminal, from the base wireless communication terminal, and determine whether a MAC frame transmitted from the wireless communication terminal is received by the base wireless communication terminal based on whether a second field of the multi-station Block ACK frame includes a MAC address of the wireless communication terminal.
US12035371B2
Methods, a base station, and a terminal device for two-step random access procedure are disclosed. The base station transmits a signalling message indicating a waveform of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) without including a waveform of a preamble which is to be used for message A in two-step random access procedure, through an air interface. The base station receives the message A using the waveform of the PUSCH through the air interface in two-step random access procedure.
US12035366B2
The present disclosure relates to data communication methods and apparatuses. The data communication One example method includes when receiving a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU), obtaining, by a network node, a basic service set (BSS) identifier in the PPDU. If the BSS identifier in the PPDU is different from a first BSS identifier and same as a second BSS identifier, the network node determines whether the PPDU meets a preset spatial reuse condition, where the first BSS identifier is an identifier of a first BSS to which the network node belongs, the second BSS identifier is an identifier of an extended BSS to which a target relay belongs, and the target relay and the network node belong to the first BSS. If the PPDU meets the preset spatial reuse condition, the network node contends for an access channel, and communicates with a station other than the target relay in the first BSS.
US12035363B2
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for a user equipment (UE) device that includes one or more processors configured to determine, based on a DL signal in an LTE-TDD radio frame, that an eNB has assessed, based on a Cat-2 listen before talk (LBT) procedure, that a radio frame is valid; and in response to determining that the radio frame is valid, transmitting a UL burst within a predetermined period of time after a DL burst in the radio frame.
US12035350B2
Adaptive pairing of an access point (AP) slice with other computing resource slices is disclosed. Pairing of an AP slice can comprise pairing to a radio access network (RAN) slice and/or to a network core component (core) slice. The pairing can be based on end point device information, AP environment information, user preference information, and state information for a RAN and/or CN slice. Coordinating or synchronization of AP, RAN, and/or core slices can enable streamlining of migration of a device from an AP component to a RAN component. Moreover, AP slice coordination can enable efficient use of network computing resources tailored to needs of devices connecting to an AP device. A determined pairing, e.g., AP-core, AP-RAN-core, RAN-core, etc., can be modified before provisioning or after provisioning in response to changes in device demands and/or AP state/environment.
US12035348B2
Embodiments provide for a channel quality reporting method, an apparatus, and a system. A terminal device determines a first index corresponding to the channel quality, and sends the first index and indication information to a network device. The first index occupies a first field, the first index is an index in an index set corresponding to a case in which a repetition number of a physical downlink control channel and/or a physical downlink data channel is a first repetition number, and the indication information indicates that the first field is occupied by an index corresponding to the first repetition number.
US12035347B2
Wireless communication between a base station and at least one user equipment comprises the following. Each user equipment periodically measures channel quality of communication with the base station and transmits a channel quality indicator to the base station. The base station schedules communication with the at least one user equipment based upon the periodically transmitted channel quality indicators.
US12035343B2
This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a data scheduling method and an apparatus. The data scheduling method includes: sending, by a network device at a first time domain position, scheduling information to a terminal device, and sending or receiving, at a second time domain position, data scheduled by using the scheduling information, where the first time domain position and the second time domain position are located on different carriers, or the first time domain position and the second time domain position are located on different BWPs. The second time domain position may be determined based on an end position of the first time domain position and/or a capability of the terminal device.
US12035339B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station during a connection establishment procedure, a UE message indicating support for a plurality of connected modes, where the plurality of connected modes includes a first connected mode. The UE may receive, based at least in part on the UE message, a configuration message from the base station configuring resources for the UE to use while operating in the first connected mode. The UE may perform a grantless communication with the base station while operating in the first connected mode and using the configured resources.
US12035336B2
In a wireless communication system in which a plurality of wireless stations perform transmission on a shared frequency band, the wireless stations each include means for notifying a wireless station control apparatus of capability and environment information that includes information about capability of a local wireless station and information about a surrounding environment, and the wireless station control apparatus includes control means for selecting, based on capability and environment information collected from the wireless station, a frequency band to be used for the wireless station capable of using a plurality of frequency bands in accordance with a predetermined control index and setting the selected frequency band. Based on an area coverage rate of the wireless station as the control index, a frequency band with which an area coverage rate of the wireless station having an area coverage rate of less than or equal to a predetermined threshold is improved is selected.
US12035335B2
The present application provides a sidelink communication method and apparatus. The method includes: performing, by a terminal device, channel monitoring on shared spectrum; and if the result of the channel monitoring is that a channel is idle, starting, by the terminal device, transmission of a first sidelink channel at a first time domain position, where the first time domain position is one or more of the following: a time domain position indicated by first indication information; and a time domain position determined based on a first time unit, the first time unit being smaller than one slot.
US12035333B2
In response to receiving a signaling message requesting a broadcast of specific system information from a central unit (1) of a base station, a distributed unit (2) of the base station changes an active downlink (DL) Bandwidth Part (BWP) of a plurality of radio terminals from a first DL BWP that is not configured with a search space (SS) for receiving the specific system information to a second DL BWP that is configured with an SS for receiving the specific system information. In addition, the distributed unit (2) broadcasts the specific system information on the second DL BWP.
US12035329B2
A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive resource allocation information of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a number of repetitions for the PUSCH. The UE also includes control circuitry configured to calculate a transport block size (TBS) for the PUSCH. The UE further includes transmission circuitry configured to transmit the PUSCH. The TBS is calculated based on a number of resource elements (REs) for a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), REs for additional DMRS, and REs for a DMRS added right after a slot boundary for a repetition of the PUSCH.
US12035319B2
A wireless device may receive one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising one or more configuration parameters. The one or more configuration parameters may indicate a first sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set with a first SRS resource set identifier (ID) and a second SRS resource set with a second SRS resource set ID, wherein the first SRS resource set ID is lower than the second SRS resource set ID. The wireless device may receive downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. The wireless device may transmit the PUSCH transmission using the first SRS resource set based on the first SRS resource set ID being lower than the second SRS resource set ID.
US12035318B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for uplink transmission and reception in a wireless communication system. A method of performing uplink transmission initiated by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include receiving, from a base station, configuration information including multiple uplink transmission resources related to a triggering event; and based on the triggering event for the uplink transmission, performing the uplink transmission to the base station in a transmission occasion, based on a first uplink transmission resource or a second uplink transmission resource of the multiple uplink transmission resources, wherein the first uplink transmission resource is related to a first control resource set (CORESET) group, and the second uplink transmission resource is related to a second CORESET group.
US12035312B2
The disclosure relates to a communication feedback method. The communication feedback method includes: receiving first sidelink control information (SCI) sent by a sending end, the first SCI containing time indication information; determining estimated transmission time information of target data based on the time indication information; receiving the target data and second SCI associated with transmission of the target data based on the estimated transmission time information; and feeding back non-acknowledgment (NACK) information to the sending end in response to failing to receive the second SCI or failing to correctly receive the target data based on the estimated transmission time information.
US12035309B2
A base station device dynamically adjusts the configuration of a special slot when operating in a time division duplexing (TDD) mode. The base station can initially communicate with a user equipment (UE) using a first frequency in a time division duplexing (TDD) mode. Using, for example, a timing advance procedure, the base station can determine when the UE requires an expanded cell range (e.g., if the UE is at the cell range edge). In response, the base station adjusts a configuration of a special slot for the UE. The adjustment to the special slot can comprise an addition of a gap symbol, a prioritizing of uplink transmissions over downlink transmissions, or a reserving of one or more downlink symbols during scheduling.
US12035302B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein modify and/or instruct a proactive scheduling scheme of a communication network based on service level information associated with one or more UE devices. The service level information of the UE devices may be used to determine a frequency and duration for issuing proactive scheduling grants used to maintain a communication connection between a base station and the UE devices thus improving efficiency, latency, and power consumption for UE devices transmitting uplink data.
US12035301B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may monitor, using a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring behavior, for a first downlink control information (DCI) format that indicates a set of resources associated with at least one of a cross component carrier (CC) scheduling or a multiple CC scheduling associated with a first CC and a second CC. The UE may monitor, using a second PDCCH monitoring behavior based at least in part on a determination that a PDCCH monitoring behavior switch condition is satisfied, for a second DCI format. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12035300B2
The present application provides a control information sending method and receiving method, a terminal, and a network side device. The method comprises: receiving sidelink feedback control information (SFCI) sent by at least one second terminal; and sending uplink control information over first uplink resources according to the received SFCI.
US12035296B2
A wireless device receives a system information block (SIB) comprising a value of a scheduling request (SR) delay timer. The wireless device receives, in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, an RRC message comprising a parameter indicating the SR delay timer is applied to a logical channel. The wireless device initiates a small data transmission (SDT) procedure in an RRC inactive state, wherein at least one radio bearer, associated with the logical channel, is configured for the SDT procedure. The wireless device, in response to triggering, during the SDT procedure, buffer status reporting (BSR) for the logical channel, start the SR delay timer based on the parameter indicating the SR delay timer is applied to the logical channel and the value of the SIB.
US12035288B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a slot configuration that indicates a component carrier comprising a plurality of virtual component carriers. The UE may communicate based at least in part on the slot configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12035284B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a radio unit (RU) may receive, from a distributed unit (DU), a control plane message associated with a section type that is dedicated for information that applies to all resource blocks and spatial layers in a group of carriers or band sectors, wherein the control plane message includes information that applies to all resource blocks and spatial layers in an indicated group of carriers or band sectors. The RU may perform beamforming for one or more communications with a user equipment (UE) based at least in part on the information included in the control plane message. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12035280B2
In a communication system, a plurality of base stations includes an MeNB being a first base station, and a plurality of SeNBs to be connected to the MeNB. At least one of control plane data about control of communication and user plane data about a user is transmitted to and received from a user equipment (UE) via the first base station being the MeNB. The control plane data and the user plane data are contained in information provided by a core network about communication with the UE. The communication system can simplify processing of at least one of control plane data and user plane data when a communication terminal device communicates with a plurality of base station devices.
US12035277B2
An electronic including a transceiver configured to receive, from at least one wearable device, information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether the at least one wearable device that is being worn, based on the received information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn, and to provide a notification to the at least one wearable device in response to determining that the at least one wearable device is being worn.
US12035273B2
A method for positioning a communication device includes: receiving measurement information between a node to be positioned and a set of reference nodes of at least one type, the measurement information including an initial pseudorange and initial orientation angle measurement information between the node to be positioned and a reference node, and the set of reference nodes including at least one reference node; and substituting the measurement information into a preset parametric formula to obtain positioning information of the node to be positioned, the parametric formula being used for indicating a possibility that the positioning information is a value of a preset variable, and the positioning information including position information, clock deviation information and orientation angle information of the node to be positioned.
US12035258B2
This application provides a synchronization signal sending method and a communications device, and provides a synchronization signal receiving method in V2X sidelink transmission communication. A complementary sidelink synchronization signal is sent in a time interval for sending synchronization signal burst sets, and is generated by using a sidelink synchronization identification of a first communications device. The complementary sidelink synchronization signal may be flexibly configured in a data frame following a synchronization signal frame, and may be sent together with sidelink control information or sidelink data. In addition, sending or skipping sending the complementary sidelink synchronization signal is optional. As a supplement to a sidelink synchronization signal, the complementary sidelink synchronization signal occupies a few resources and is sent at high frequency. Therefore, synchronization reliability can be improved when a vehicle moves fast.
US12035251B2
Various techniques are presented to improve phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) performance with respect to very high frequency communications. According to some embodiments, increased power boosting may be applied to improve PTRS performance, while still keeping power spectral density (PSD) within ETSI Broadband Radio Access Networks (BRAN) limits. In some cases, the power boosting may be semi-static and/or dynamic. In other embodiments, the improved performance may be achieved by dynamically changing time and/or frequency density of the PTRS. In other embodiments, a multi-port configuration may be used for the downlink PTRS. In other embodiments, one or more PTRS configurations may be determined per SCS and/or frequency band, e.g., based on traffic type, channel priority, parameters signaled in the slot format indication (SFI), etc. In other embodiments, common phase error (CPE) estimates may be obtained for those OFDM symbols without PTRS by interpolating the available PTRS estimates in the time domain.
US12035250B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a reference signal, power information regarding the reference signal, and maximum power threshold for the communication device from a base station over a communication network. Further embodiments can include measuring a power of reference signal obtained from the base station resulting in a measure power, and determining a path loss between the base station and the communication device based on the measured power. Additional embodiments can include adjusting the antenna array to generate a coarse power adjustment for the communication device based on the path loss and the maximum power threshold, and providing a transmission signal to the base station according to the coarse power adjustment over the communication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12035245B2
Described are a method for controlling the power consumption of a terminal, and a storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining a power consumption rate of the terminal; and in response to the power consumption rate being greater than a power consumption rate threshold, controlling the terminal to disable a dual-connection mode thereof based on a power consumption adjustment strategy; wherein the terminal supports the dual-connection mode; the terminal is configured to communicate with communicates with a first base station and a second base station in the dual-connection mode; the first base station is a primary base station, and the second base station is a secondary base station.
US12035238B2
A user equipment (UE) receives reference signals during a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle to perform frequency and timing tracking or automatic gain control (AGC). The UE receives configuration information corresponding to a reference signal that is to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) when the UE is in a first operating state, receives the reference signal from a cell of a network when the UE is in the first operating state, performs one of frequency and timing tracking or automatic gain control (AGC) using the reference signal and receives a signal from the cell during a time window that the UE is scheduled to utilize an active mode of data exchange processing.
US12035233B2
In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for providing a hybrid low power, high bandwidth media transport protocol between media sinks and media sources by splitting control and synchronization commands to a low power communication interface, and media data to a high bandwidth unidirectional communication interface. Media sinks need not transmit via the high bandwidth unidirectional communication interface, reducing power consumption, which may be particularly beneficial for small devices with limited battery capacity such as wireless earbuds.
US12035231B2
A virtualization management method is disclosed. The method includes: A virtual network function manager (VNFM) receives a first instantiation request message of a virtual network function (VNF) sent by a service orchestrator (SO) or a network functions virtualization orchestrator (NFVO), where the first instantiation request message includes a VNF identifier and virtualised infrastructure manager (VIM) information, and the VIM information includes a VIM type and a supported template language. The VNFM obtains a VNF package based on the VNF identifier. When determining that the supported template language of the VIM information is a first template language, the VNFM obtains first VNF sub-information that is consistent with the first template language from template information, where the first VNF sub-information is used to deploy the VNF. The template information is included in a virtual network function descriptor (VNFD) of the VNF package. The VNFM sends the first VNF sub-information to a multi-cloud platform, so that the multi-cloud platform deploys the VNF on a corresponding VIM.
US12035211B2
A communication method of an edge computing platform in which an application function is deployed is provided. The edge computing platform is connected to a network exposure function-lite. The network exposure function-lite is connected to a network exposure function-central deployed in a core network. In the communication method, a capability invocation request is received from the application function. When the capability invocation request corresponds to a request to acquire wireless network information, a subscription request for the wireless network information is transmitted to an access network side based on the capability invocation request. The wireless network information fed back by the access network side is received in response to the subscription request. Further, the application function is notified of the wireless network information.
US12035208B2
An active data collection mode control system to reduce crowd sourcing signal data collection required for fingerprint database (FPDB) maintenance is provided. The system includes a mobile device that supports a survey mode, a localization mode, and a crowd-sourcing mode, and a server that receives data from the mobile device, generates and updates an FPDB, and controls a data collection mode.
US12035205B2
A network entity, such as a user equipment (UE), may request that a network provide multicast and broadcast services, e.g., where the request includes entity preferences such as network slice selection information. The network may provide information regarding provision of such services, where the information may include, for example, whether a service will be provided via a user plane or a control plane connection, network slice information, additional connections to be formed, separate encryption for such connections, etc. A Multicast/Broadcast Network Function (MBNF) may be used to establish such connections and manage a broadcast and multicast sessions. The MBNF may, for example, manage groups of entities, check an entity's access privileges for services, communicate with a Management and Network Orchestration (MANO) system to reserve resources, and send data to entities over a shared control plane connection.
US12035196B2
A radio communication apparatus includes a communication selecting unit for switching a plurality of communication units from one to another, a storage unit to hold spatial positions of a plurality of fixed stations for the communication means or semi-fixed stations for which position information can be acquired, and a characteristic of a radio wave used by the communication unit; an interference source prediction unit for monitoring a position of an interference source that will interfere with the communication unit, and predicting the position, a moving direction, and a characteristic of the interference source; and an interference determination unit for determining whether or not interference will occur as the spatial position and the characteristic of the radio wave held by the storage unit overlap with the position and the characteristic of the interference source predicted by the interference source prediction unit.
US12035187B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive, from a serving cell based on the measurement report, a conditional reconfiguration message that includes a trigger condition and configuration information for handover to a target cell based on the trigger condition. The conditional reconfiguration message may be stored and the WTRU monitors trigger quantities of the serving cell and the target cell for the trigger condition being met. When the trigger condition is met within a validity period, then the WTRU applies the received configuration information and starts the handover to the target cell.
US12035182B2
A user equipment may be configured to perform cell reselection during a gateway or satellite switch. In some aspects, the user equipment may select a current cell of a satellite device in a radio access network (RAN) and receive, from the satellite device, cell reselection information for identifying a destination cell for selection in response to a link modification. Further, the user equipment may select, via a cell reselection process, the destination cell based on the cell reselection information.
US12035175B2
According to an example implementation, a method may include transmitting, by a user device to a base station in a wireless network, a system information request for on-demand system information during a random access procedure, where the system information request is a request for one or more parameters that enable the user device to communicate in the wireless network, receiving, by the user device from the base station, an indication of a wait period in which the user device waits before obtaining the on-demand system information, waiting, by the user device, a time duration during the wait period, and monitoring, by the user device after expiration of the wait period, a system information window in which a system information message having the on-demand system information is broadcasted by the base station.
US12035169B2
A method and apparatus for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state is provided. Method for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state includes receiving RRC Reconfiguration message, receiving RRC Release message and triggering BSR based on the second BSR configuration and the second LCGs for the logical channels of second set and the first LCGs for the logical channels of the first set.
US12035166B2
A mobile device and user association system can include wireless routers to execute software for capturing data including received signal strength (RSS) values and media access controller (MAC) addresses for a number of mobile devices (MDs) from existing wireless fidelity (WiFi) traffic. The system can also include a server to receive the RSS values and MAC addresses of the MDs to estimate a location of each MD and generate historical location data of each MD, identify and filter out temporary MDs, classify each non-temporary MDs as either a static device (SD) or a mobile phone (MP), and associate a user with each SD and MP.
US12035160B1
A computing system includes a storage device and processing circuitry having access to the storage device. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a sequence of channel state information (CSI) samples, and calculate, based on the sequence of CSI samples, frequency domain information including a set of frequency domain values for each frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands. The processing circuitry is further configured to select a set of frequency bands of the plurality of frequency bands; and calculate, based on the set of frequency domain values for each frequency band of the set of frequency bands, a set of similarity values. Additionally, the processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on the set of similarity values, information indicative of one or more characteristics of a space between a first computing device and a second computing device, and perform an action based on the information.
US12035152B2
A software system for use with a network controller is disclosed. The software system comprises a plurality of modules, wherein some of the modules are specific to the network protocol used by the network controller. Other modules are usable for a variety of network protocols without modification. In this way, the development of the software for a network controller may be simplified resulting in less development time. Further, this system allows for flexibility to add attributes and rules at any time without modification to most of the system. The software system includes an attribute store, a resolver engine, a frame handler, a frame transmitter and a frame receiver.
US12035145B2
Systems and methods are described for automated sector creation in greenfield physical radiofrequency (RF) communication network infrastructures. For example, a network operator is granted licenses to use multiple spectrum blocks in multiple geographic regions for which the network operator does not currently have physical infrastructure. An RF network design defines a number of template antennas located at template site locations to meet a link budget over a target coverage area. For each template site location, embodiments can automatically compute sectors based on the associated template antennas and local spectrum licensing information. The computed sectors can effectively define a physical network deployment, including locations and configurations for sector antennas, by which the network operator can provide a desired quality of coverage to subscribers in the target coverage area.
US12035139B2
An information providing device arranged in a first network is provided including: an association storage section for storing user identification information and session identification information; a confirmation request transmitting section for transmitting, to a relay arranged in a second network, a confirmation request for confirming whether the relay has stored a connection request; an information receiving section for receiving information included in the connection request; a terminal authentication section for determining whether authentication of the communication terminal is permitted if the session identification information is not included in the information received; a session identification information assigning section for assigning session identification information when the authentication is determined to be permitted; a session identification information transmitting section for transmitting the session identification information to the relay; and an information providing section for providing information to the communication terminal if the session identification information is included in the information received.
US12035138B2
A method for defeating media-coordinated attacks on emergency call networks can include receiving, by a first ESRP element, a session initiation request with a session description Protocol (SDP) body wherein the session initiation request deviates from a preconfigured media threshold k from a caller. The sending of an alert notification to a second ESRP element and/or other ESRP elements is provided in response to a logging of the session initiation request which deviates from a preconfigured media threshold k in a set of requests. If there is a transcoding impact in the routing element that will handle the call, alert notifications which have been received using the subscribed/notify mechanism for a potential media-coordinated attacks form other ESRP elements in the network can be gathered and analyzed for processing to defeat a malicious attack on the network.
US12035137B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for security mode integrity verification. One method includes receiving an authentication request message corresponding to a user equipment. The method includes, in response to receiving the authentication request message, determining whether the user equipment has moved from a first public land mobile network to a second public land mobile network within a predetermined period of time. The method includes, in response to the user equipment having moved from the first public land mobile network to the second public land mobile network within the predetermined period of time, determining a likelihood factor that indicates a likelihood that the user equipment moved from the first public land mobile network to the second public land mobile network. The method includes, in response to the likelihood factor being less than a predetermined threshold, transmitting an authentication response message indicating a failed authentication.
US12035134B2
Devices and techniques for authenticating wireless communications are disclosed. In some embodiments, the techniques can be performed by a network access point that includes a receiver to receive a wireless signal from a remote device. The network access point can also include a processor to calculate polarization data for the wireless signal and to determine whether the polarization data includes at least one characteristic that corresponds to a characteristic of a stored authenticated polarization signature.
US12035126B2
This disclosure describes a system and method for Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF) interpolation when an HRTF dataset does not contain a particular direction associated with a desired source. The disclosed HRTF interpolation uses a finite set of HRTFs from a dataset to obtain the HRTF of any possible direction and distance, even if the direction/distance doesn't exist on the current dataset.
US12035118B2
A method for providing audio in a vehicle includes: providing a plurality of audio channels comprising a first audio channel and a second audio channel; processing, by an audio signal processing system, each audio channel of said plurality of audio channels to establish a principal signal and an accommodating signal for each audio channel of said plurality of audio channels; supplying said principal signal of said first audio channel to a forward loudspeaker of a loudspeaker pair and supplying said accommodating signal of said first audio channel to a backward loudspeaker of the loudspeaker pair to generate a forward directional radiation pattern based on said first audio channel; supplying said principal signal of said second audio channel to said backward loudspeaker of said loudspeaker pair and supplying said accommodating signal of said second audio channel to said forward loudspeaker of said loudspeaker pair to generate a backward directional radiation pattern based on said second audio channel; and guiding one or both of said forward directional radiation pattern and said backward directional radiation pattern to one or more locations in said vehicle.
US12035116B2
A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a speaker and a microphone, and more particularly, to a wearable electronic device worn on the user's ear. Various embodiments of the disclosure may provide a wearable electronic device including a first speaker configured to radiate a sound in a first frequency range, a second speaker configured to radiate a sound in a second frequency range higher than the first frequency range, a microphone, and a housing configured to accommodate the first speaker, the second speaker, and the microphone therein. The housing may include a sound path configured to serve as a path through which sounds radiated from the first speaker and the second speaker move, and a recess configured to communicate the sound path with the outside of the housing.
US12035115B2
In a speaker distortion correction device, an input signal passes through a nonlinear-portion correction filter and is input into a linear inverse filter. An output signal from the linear inverse filter is output into a speaker through an amplifier. For the nonlinear-portion correction filter, transfer characteristics (filter coefficients) are set that eliminate distortion due to nonlinear characteristics of the speaker. With a difference, as an error, between vibration of the speaker without distortion relative to an input signal and vibration of a vibration system of the speaker measured by a vibration measurement unit, an adaptive-algorithm execution unit performs an adaptive operation that adaptively updates filter coefficients of the linear inverse filter. When the amplitude of vibration of the vibration system of the speaker measured by the vibration measurement unit deviates from a range that normal relative to an input voltage input into the speaker, a control unit stops the adaptive operation of the adaptive-algorithm execution unit.
US12035114B2
Examples of the disclosure relate to an apparatus comprising means for: using a radiofrequency beam having a wavelength below approximately 10 mm to interrogate one or more acoustic reporters in an audio environment; analysing one or more sound signals reported by the one or more acoustic reporters to determine positions of one or more sound sources providing the one or more sound signals; and using the positions of the one or more sound sources to determine one or more sound propagation paths within the audio environment.
US12035107B2
An ear-worn electronic device comprises a microphone configured to sense sound in an acoustic environment, an acoustic transducer, and a non-volatile memory configured to store a plurality of parameter value sets, each of the parameter value sets associated with a different acoustic environment. A control input is configured to receive a control input signal produced by at least one of a user-actuatable control of the ear-worn electronic device and an external electronic device communicatively coupled to the ear-worn electronic device in response to a user action. A processor is configured to classify the acoustic environment using the sensed sound and determine a listening intent preference of the user. The processor is configured to apply, in response to the control input signal, one of the parameter value sets appropriate for the classification and the listening intent preference of the user.
US12035101B2
A playback device comprises an electroacoustic transducer; an acoustic waveguide in fluid communication with the transducer; and a housing delimiting an opening of the waveguide, the opening extending around an axis passing through the transducer. The opening may have a radial distance from the axis that varies with an azimuthal angle about the axis. An acoustic path length within the waveguide, between the transducer and the opening, is substantially constant and independent of azimuthal angle about the axis.
US12035096B2
A personal acoustic system and flexible mount for the same are disclosed. The flexible mount is comprised of an elastomeric material. The personal acoustic system further includes a band comprising a first mount and an earpiece comprising a second mount. An acoustic element is housed within the earpiece. The elastomeric mount is positioned intermediate the first mount and the second mount to flexibly connect the band to the earpiece.
US12035092B2
The disclosed technology provides solutions for preventing the ingress of potentially harmful materials, such as moisture and debris, into a sensor housing. In some aspects, an ingress-protection sub-assembly is provided. The sub-assembly can include a t-protector mounted to an outer surface of a face-plate, wherein the t-protector is disposed above an inlet in the face-plate, a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted to an inner surface of the face-plate, and a membrane disposed between the PCB and the face-plate. Methods for assembling and mounting a sub-assembly are also provided.
US12035088B2
An example apparatus includes a speaker housing with a recessed portion having a spring-loaded lip and a set of leads to provide power to the speaker when connected to a lead, and a lead interface plate external to the speaker housing with a set of leads to match the leads in the speaker housing, and when press-fitted into the recessed portion, provides a locked position with one side of the lead interface plate secured in front of the spring-loaded lip.
US12035086B2
An electricity usage monitor may include a coupling component to attach the electricity usage monitor to an electrical circuit to monitor electricity usage of the electrical circuit, an analog-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert analog current readings captured by the electricity usage monitor into digital values, a processor operably coupled to the ADC, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor and comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may include determining a standard deviation of the digital values, based on the standard deviation, adjusting a gain of the ADC, and transmitting a signal to a server comprising the digital values.
US12035085B1
The invention provides a multi-period upgrade scheduling method, including: setting a quantity of periods for optical fiber upgrade, and determining a maximum optical fiber length of upgrade in each period; randomly generating an upgrade scheduling sequence, and calculating a total upgrade gain of the sequence; randomly generating a new upgrade scheduling sequence, and calculating a total upgrade gain of the current sequence; calculating a difference obtained by subtracting a gain of the previous sequence from a gain of the current sequence, if the difference is greater than or equal to 0, replacing the previous upgrade scheduling sequence with the current upgrade scheduling sequence, and if the difference is less than 0, accepting the current upgrade scheduling sequence according to a probability value formula; and performing multiple iterations, and if a new upgrade scheduling sequence has not been updated when a set quantity of iterations is reached, terminating iteration.
US12035083B1
An integrated transceiver is provided for a coherent optical communication network. The integrated transceiver includes a first optical transceiver portion configured to receive and transmit coherent optical signals from and to the coherent optical communication network, respectively. The integrated transceiver further includes a second optical transceiver portion configured to receive and transmit non-coherent optical signals respectively from and to a non-coherent optical communication network. The integrated transceiver further includes an integrated media access control (MAC) processor disposed between the first and second optical transceiver portions. The integrated MAC processor is configured to (i) exchange cooperative scheduling information from the first optical transceiver portion to the second optical transceiver portion, and (ii) enable the first optical transceiver portion to schedule data traffic between the coherent and non-coherent optical communication networks using scheduling information obtained from a control plane of the second optical transceiver portion.
US12035079B2
A projection system arranged to receive an image for projection. The image is a colour image comprising a first colour component and a second colour component. The system is arranged to calculate a first hologram of the first colour component and a second hologram of the second colour component. The system is further arranged to add content of the second colour component to the first colour component before calculating the first hologram. The first hologram contains information of the first colour component and information of at least a portion of the second colour component. The system is further arranged to form a first holographic reconstruction by illuminating the first hologram with first colour light and to form a second holographic reconstruction by illuminating the second hologram with second colour light. The first holographic reconstruction changes the chromaticity of the at least a portion of the second colour component.
US12035074B1
One example method includes receiving, by a video conference provider, an indication of a meeting type of a video conference; obtaining, by the video conference provider, multimedia content associated with the meeting type; receiving a request from a client device to join a main meeting of the video conference; connecting the client device to a waiting room associated with the video conference; and providing the multimedia content to the client device in the waiting room.
US12035073B1
One example system for multiple host management of videoconferencing sub-meetings includes a processor and at least one memory device. The processor establishes a main videoconferencing meeting and establishes a host of the main videoconferencing meeting. The host participates using a first host client device. The processor can receive a selection of a participant to be a co-host. The co-host participates in the main videoconferencing meeting from a second host client device. The processor receives a first sub-meeting control input from the second host client device, wherein the first sub-meeting control input identifies an action to perform with respect to a sub-meeting. The system generates a second sub-meeting control input based on the first sub-meeting control input, executes the second sub-meeting control input, and discards the first sub-meeting control input so that the sub-meeting command is associated with the main host.
US12035070B2
A system and method for facilitating communication between an assisted user (AU) and a hearing user (HU) includes receiving an HU voice signal as the AU and HU participate in a call using AU and HU communication devices, transcribing HU voice signal segments into verbatim caption segments, processing each verbatim caption segment to identify an intended communication (IC) intended by the HU upon uttering an associated one of the HU voice signal segments, for at least a portion of the HU voice signal segments (i) using an associated IC to generate an enhanced caption different than the associated verbatim caption, (ii) for each of a first subset of the HU voice signal segments, presenting the verbatim captions via the AU communication device display for consumption, and (iii) for each of a second subset of the HU voice signal segments, presenting enhanced captions via the AU communication device display for consumption.
US12035066B2
An image providing system capable of quickly providing a plurality of different cropped images is disclosed. The image providing system acquires position information about a position of a user designated by the user. The image providing system determines a range of an image that was captured by an image capturing unit, the range corresponding to the position information as a cropping range, before the image capturing unit starts a series of image capturing in which the image capturing unit captures a plurality of images. After the series of image capturing is started, the system applies cropping that cuts out a part of a captured image based on the cropping range. During the series of image capturing, the system provides a cropped image to which the cropping has been applied in a way in which a user can obtain the cropped image.
US12035061B2
An imaging device having a memory function is provided. Alternatively, an imaging device suitable for taking images of a moving object is provided. The imaging device includes a first to third layers; the second layer is provided between the first and the third layer; the first layer includes a photoelectric conversion device; the second layer includes a first and a second circuit; the third layer includes a third and a fourth circuit; the first circuit and the photoelectric conversion device have a function of generating imaging data; the third circuit has a function of reading the imaging data; the second circuit has a function of storing the imaging data read by the third circuit; the fourth circuit has a function of reading the imaging data stored in the second circuit; and the first circuit and the second circuit include a transistor including a metal oxide in a channel formation region.
US12035059B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor including a plurality of normal pixels and OB pixels obtained by dividing each pixel into n, and an image processing circuit. The image sensor can read each pixel row in a first read mode in which a pixel signal is generated and read or in a second read mode in which n signals relating to n divided pixel signals are read in n rows. The image processing circuit performs processing on signals read in the first and second read modes to generate image data and performs OB level correction processing on a normal pixel signal read from the normal pixels in the second read mode using an OB pixel signal read from the OB pixels in the first and second read modes.
US12035057B1
A system and method for high-resolution polarimetric imaging can include an array of micro-cameras to simultaneously capture polarized optical information from a wide area. Polarized illumination sources can be placed below and/or above the sample to direct polarized light to the sample during image capture. Post processing can be performed on the captured images to obtain polarimetric properties of the sample.
US12035056B2
The present invention aims to provide a vehicular exterior member that is excellent in strength and cost, and sufficiently ensures a viewing field of sharpness of a thermal image obtained by a far-infrared camera. A vehicular exterior member that includes a light blocking region and is configured to be attached to a vehicle equipped with a far-infrared camera. The vehicular exterior member further includes, in the light blocking region, a far-infrared ray transmitting region having an opening and a far-infrared ray transmitting member disposed in the opening. An average transmittance of far-infrared rays having a wavelength ranging from 8 to 13 μm of the far-infrared ray transmitting member is equal to or larger than 25%. A length of the longest straight line in straight lines connecting any desired two points on a surface on a vehicle exterior side of the far-infrared ray transmitting member is equal to or smaller than 80 mm. A diameter of the largest circle in circles formed in a projected shape obtained by projecting the far-infrared ray transmitting member in an optical axis direction of the far-infrared camera is equal to or larger than 12 mm. An average thickness of the far-infrared ray transmitting member is equal to or larger than 1.5 mm.
US12035053B2
The present invention relates to image processing. A method for operating an electronic device may comprise: an operation of obtaining a plurality of images; an operation of storing one of the plurality of images as a first representative image; an operation of generating a corrected image by using at least one remaining image among the plurality of images; and an operation of storing the corrected image as a second representative image for substituting the first representative image.
US12035050B2
The present disclosure relates to an information acquisition device, method, patrol robot and storage medium, which relates to the technical field of robots. The information acquisition device includes: a photographing module configured to take an image in response to the acquisition of a photographing instruction; a light source driver configured to drive a light source connected to the light source driver to emit light according to a luminance parameter in the supplementary lighting instruction; an image processor configured to determine the photographing quality of the image; if the photographing quality of the image is greater than a preset value, recognize target information from the image; if the photographing quality is not greater than the preset value, redetermine the luminance parameter according to the image, send the photographing instruction to the photographing module, and send the supplementary lighting instruction including the luminance parameter to the light source driver.
US12035049B2
A method of decoding an image, includes obtaining at least one offset for a picture, deriving a variable for scaling for the picture based on the at least one offset, and performing inter prediction based on the variable for scaling for the picture. The at least one offset is defined with a direction of scaling.
US12035045B2
A processor for an endoscope includes: a determination unit that determines whether a start condition for starting acquisition of a moving image, which is limited to a predetermined time length and has a resolution equal to or higher than that of a still image captured by an endoscope, is satisfied; and a moving image acquisition unit that starts the acquisition of the moving image when the determination unit determines that the start condition is satisfied.
US12035043B2
An information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus via a communication path, the communication path being selected from a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path being different from the second communication path. The apparatus also comprises an operation unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change an apparatus mode and to change a mode of communication performed by the communication unit, depending on a state of the operation unit.
US12035033B2
Systems and methods directed to adjusting an image based on a detected object depicted in the image are described. The method may include receiving an image from an image sensor, receiving statistical information associated with the image, detecting an object depicted in the image using a deep neural network, identifying object-specific statistical information for the detected object, generating a weighted object-specific parameter based on the object-specific statistical information, generating a weighted-image value based on the weighted object-specific parameter, providing the weighted-image value to the image sensor, where the image sensor is configured to update one or more image sensor parameters based on the weighted-image value, and acquiring an image from the image sensor updated with the one or more image sensor parameters.
US12035023B2
A camera angle adjustment device is provided. A camera angle adjustment device according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a bracket; a camera module disposed in the bracket; a viewing angle adjustment member having one side disposed in the bracket and the other side coupled to the camera module so as to control the position of the camera module; and an elastic member disposed in the bracket so as to bring the one side of the viewing angle adjustment member into contact with the bracket.
US12035020B2
An example device for processing extended reality (XR) data includes a processors configured to: parse entry point data of an XR scene to extract information about one or more required virtual objects for the XR scene, the required virtual objects including a number of dynamic virtual objects equal to or greater than one, each of the dynamic virtual objects including at least one dynamic media component for which media data is to be retrieved; initialize a number of streaming sessions equal to or greater than the number of dynamic virtual objects using the entry point data; configure quality of service (QoS) and charging information for the streaming sessions; retrieve media data for the dynamic virtual objects via the streaming sessions; and send the retrieved media data to a rendering unit to render the XR scene to include the retrieved media data at corresponding locations within the XR scene.
US12035018B2
Audio data processor, having: a receiver interface for receiving encoded audio data and metadata related to the encoded audio data; a metadata parser for parsing the metadata to determine an audio data manipulation possibility; an interaction interface for receiving an interaction input and for generating, from the interaction input, interaction control data related to the audio data manipulation possibility; and a data stream generator for obtaining the interaction control data and the encoded audio data and the metadata and for generating an output data stream, the output data stream having the encoded audio data, at least a portion of the metadata, and the interaction control data.
US12035016B2
In one embodiment, a cable distribution system includes a head end connected to a plurality of customer devices through a transmission network that includes a remote fiber node that converts digital data to analog data suitable for said plurality of customer devices. The remote fiber node includes a processor. The remote fiber node resetting software applications of a control plane of the remote fiber node in a manner free from impacting providing services to the customers as a result of resetting software applications. The remote fiber node executing the reset software applications.
US12035012B2
Providing adaptive visual browsing of digital content may be accomplished by presenting a scrolling ticker on a display for browsing of digital content available for viewing by a user of a processing system, the ticker having a plurality of items, each item including an image representing at least one of a content title and a content service provider; receiving a user input selection from a remote control device operated by the user, the user input selection selecting one of the ticker items to indicate the user's interest in the selected item; and changing at least one of the items in the ticker to another item in response to the user input selection, wherein the other item has metatags similar to or related to metatags of the selected item.
US12035011B2
Systems and methods for displaying onboard service information for vessels are described. In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving a user request to add a particular vessel to a user watch list associated with a user; adding a particular vessel identifier of the particular vessel to a set of vessel identifiers of a set of vessels included in the user watch list; and obtaining status of a service type of an onboard service provided on each vessel of the set of vessels. In response to receiving a request to display the user watch list, first graphical interface data is generated. The first graphical interface data represents: the set of vessel identifiers that corresponds to the set of vessels; a service icon for each corresponding vessel of the set of vessels; and a watch list header comprising labels for the set of vessel identifiers and the service type.
US12035002B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for determining the demographics of users. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of execute or instantiate the instructions to extract a first media data pair from first media presentation data from a media provider, identify a second media data pair in second media presentation data based on a comparison of the first media data pair and the second media presentation data, the second media data pair generated in response to a meter accessing streaming data associated with a second media presentation device accessing the streaming media, identify a panelist associated with the second media data pair, and, in response to identifying the panelist, cause a server to associate the second media data pair and demographic data associated with the panelist included in a report by transmitting the report to the server.
US12034991B2
A system and method for identifying unauthorized uploaded content that has been uploaded before a stream has been ingested is disclosed herein. The stream is compared against the indexed uploaded content repeatedly as the stream is received. The matching process is done once per a time period until a match meeting a minimum match duration threshold is identified. The match is then determined to be unauthorized, and a claim is issued against the unauthorized uploaded content. The time period can be based on a utility based analysis that factors the computational costs of repeated matching versus the diminishing value of the stream as time progresses.
US12034980B2
Implementations related to coding and/or decoding image data employing video coding with embedded motion are disclosed.
US12034974B2
An encoder: includes circuitry, and memory coupled to the circuitry; stores a first parameter into a bitstream, the first parameter indicating whether a syntax element related to a chroma tool offset is present in the bitstream; when the first parameter indicates that the syntax element is present in the bitstream, (i) stores, in the bitstream, one or more second parameters that are used in deblocking filtering for a chroma sample of a current image, in addition to the syntax element, (ii) performs the deblocking filtering using the one or more second parameters, and (iii) encodes the current image; and when the first parameter indicates that the syntax element is not present in the bitstream, encodes the current image without storing the one or more second parameters into the bitstream.
US12034971B2
A method for encoding a LUT defined as a lattice of vertices is disclosed. At least one value is of each vertex of the lattice. The method comprises for a current vertex: predicting the at least one value of said current vertex from another value which is for example obtained from reconstructed values of neighboring vertices; and encoding in a bitstream at least one residue computed between the at least one value of the current vertex and its prediction in a bitstream.
US12034953B2
A signalling affine mode in an encoded video stream; in particular determining an inter prediction mode used for a portion of a bitstream and signalling affine motion mode in dependence on said inter prediction mode used in said portion of said bitstream. Related encoding and decoding methods and devices are also disclosed.
US12034952B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for encoding media content based on an ending delay of first media content and a startup delay of second media content. Second media content may be configured for transmission after first media content in a media content stream. The first media content may be associated with an ending delay corresponding to transmission and/or decoding of frames of the first media content. The second media content may be associated with a starting delay corresponding to transmission and/or decoding of frames of the second media content. The first media content and the second media content may be encoded using different encoding formats. Based on comparing the ending delay and starting delay to a threshold, encoding parameters may be selected, one or more frames may be removed from the first media content and/or the second media content, and/or buffers of one or more devices may be adjusted.
US12034951B2
An image decoding apparatus is implemented that can suppress a decrease in coding efficiency in a case that a high compression rate is achieved. The image decoding apparatus includes a parameter decoder, and the parameter decoder decodes a skip flag indicating whether a skip mode is applied, and in a case that the skip flag does not indicate the skip mode, decodes a merge flag indicating whether a merge mode is applied, and in a case that the merge flag does not indicate the merge mode, decodes an MMVD flag indicating whether an MMVD mode is applied.
US12034948B2
In a conventional art, an output layer set having no output layer is sometimes defined. Consequently, even if the decoder decodes a bit stream to obtain each layer in the output layer set without the output layer, there is no picture to be outputted. There is a possibility that such coded data causes the decoder expecting an output to operate unexpectedly. Output layer sets having the same configuration may be defined. Consequently, the amount of code pertaining to the output layer sets defined in an overlapping manner is redundant. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a specification of a bit stream conformance pertaining to the output layer set prevents occurrence of an output layer set without an output layer and a redundant output layer set.
US12034943B2
A set of residual elements useable to reconstruct a rendition of a first time sample of a signal is obtained. A set of spatio-temporal correlation elements associated with the first time sample is generated. The set of spatio-temporal correlation elements is indicative of an extent of spatial correlation between a plurality of residual elements and an extent of temporal correlation between first reference data based on the rendition and second reference data based on a rendition of a second time sample of the signal. The set of spatio-temporal correlation elements is used to generate output data.
US12034942B2
A method for visual media processing, including: using a rule that specifies representing, based on a fixed value, a chroma residual scaling factor for at least one chroma block associated with a current video unit of visual media data, wherein the fixed value is based at least on one or more conditions; and performing a conversion between the current video unit and a bitstream representation of the current video unit.
US12034941B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for encoding and decoding binary sets using adaptive tree selection. In one exemplary encoding method embodiment, picture data is encoded for a block in a picture; in which one of a plurality of trees structures is selected to code a binary set of data for indicating coefficient significance for the block. In another exemplary encoding method embodiment, picture data is encoded for a block in a picture, in which one or more trees are used to encode a binary set of data for indicating coefficient significance for the block, the one or more trees each having a plurality of nodes, at least one of the nodes of the one or more trees being modified responsive to at least one parameter.
US12034937B2
A coding device and a decoding device are configured to include an estimated prediction mode deciding section (122a) including: a reference block selecting section (1223a) for selecting a reference block for use in estimating an intra-prediction mode for a subject block; an estimating number deciding section (1222a) for deciding an estimating number of estimated values to be estimated for the intra-prediction mode; and an estimated prediction mode deriving section (1221a) for estimating, based on a reference block, the estimating number of estimated values of the prediction mode.
US12034932B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video decoding. The apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines whether at least one sample in a first template of the current block is included in an intra coded block that is a spatial neighboring block of the current block. The first template includes one or more samples of top neighboring block(s) and left neighboring block(s) of the current block. If the at least one sample in the first template is included in the intra coded block and a template matching (TM) mode is applied to the current block, the at least one sample is excluded from the first template to generate a second template for the current block. The processing circuitry determines a motion vector (MV) of the current block based on the second template for the current block.
US12034931B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. The image decoding method performed by the image decoding apparatus, according to the present disclosure, may comprise the steps of: determining whether a color space transformation is applied to residual samples of a current block; determining quantization parameter of the current block on the basis of whether the color space transformation is applied; and determining a transformation coefficient of the current block on the basis of the quantization parameter. The step of determining the quantization parameter may be performed by limiting the range of an effective value of the quantization parameter such that a value of the quantization parameter has a value less than or equal to a predetermined upper value and greater than or equal to a predetermined lower value.
US12034925B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory. The circuitry, in operation, generates a first coefficient value by applying a CCALF (cross component adaptive loop filtering) process to a first reconstructed image sample of a luma component. The circuitry generates a second coefficient value by applying an ALF (adaptive loop filtering) process to a second reconstructed image sample of a chroma component. The circuitry generates a third coefficient value by adding the first coefficient value to the second coefficient value, and encodes a third reconstructed image sample of the chroma component using the third coefficient value. In the CCALF process, in response to a coordinate of the second reconstructed image sample being (x, y), coordinates of the first reconstructed image samples are (2x, 2y−1), (2x−1, 2y), (2x, 2y), (2x+1, 2y), (2x−1, 2y+1), (2x, 2y+1), (2x+1, 2y+1), and (2x, 2y+2).
US12034918B2
A method for intra prediction may include obtaining a target block to be encoded in a target image. The method may also include determining a final most probably mode (MPM) list of the target block based on at least one of (a) first intra-prediction modes configured to encode two or more adjacent blocks of the target block, (b) a width and a height of the target block, (c) statistical information of second intra-prediction modes configured to encode a plurality of first encoded blocks associated with the target block, or (d) texture features of a plurality of second encoded blocks associated with the target block. The method may also include determining, based on the final MPM list, a target intra-prediction mode corresponding to the target block. The method may also include encoding, based on the target intra-prediction mode, the target block.
US12034915B2
Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for image encoding and decoding using prediction based on a block shape. Whether a prediction mode is available for a target block is determined. The determination is performed based on the shape of the target block. When the prediction mode is determined to be unavailable for the target block, signaling related to the prediction mode may be omitted, and determination of an additional prediction mode is performed. When the prediction mode is determined to be available for the target block, information indicating whether the prediction mode is to be used for the target block is signaled.
