US11123201B2
Intervertebral implant systems include spacers that may have solid and porous bodies integrally formed together as a single part. The bone-facing sides of the spacers include asymmetric lobes which may include solid and/or porous portions. Bone anchor holes may extend through the spacers and lobes, to receive bone anchors. A helically fluted bone anchor may be received in the bone anchor holes.
US11123197B2
An artificial intervertebral disc (IVD) is provided for replacement of a degenerated intervertebral disc. The artificial IVD includes two endplates having oppositely-facing outward surfaces configured to engage respective intervertebral surfaces of the spinal column, and a chamber, which is disposed between oppositely-facing inner surfaces of the two endplates, and which includes a lateral wall including an electroosmotic membrane. A plurality of exposed electrode surface includes (i) one or more intra-chamber exposed electrode surfaces, which are located within the chamber; and (ii) one or more extra-chamber exposed electrode surfaces, which are located outside the chamber, in a vicinity of the chamber. Control circuitry is configured to drive at least one of the one or more intra-chamber exposed electrode surfaces and at least one of the one or more extra-chamber exposed electrode surfaces to electroosmotically drive liquid from outside the chamber to inside the chamber. Other embodiments are also described.
US11123193B2
Compositions comprising a cartilage sheet comprising a plurality of interconnected cartilage tiles and a biocompatible carrier are provided. Methods of manufacturing cartilage compositions comprising a cartilage sheet comprising a plurality of interconnected cartilage tiles are also provided.
US11123188B2
Disclosed embodiments of introducer devices provide hemostatic sealing and allow a delivery catheter to be inserted through the introducer seals without the use of a separate loader device that covers a medical device that is mounted on the catheter. Some disclosed introducers comprise a housing, a distal sheath extending distally from the housing and adapted to be inserted into a patient's vasculature, a distal hemostatic seal mounted within the housing and a proximal hemostatic seal mounted within the housing, and a slidable tube positioned within the housing that is movable longitudinally relative to the distal hemostatic seal between a proximal position and a distal position, wherein in the proximal position a distal end of the tube is positioned proximal to the distal hemostatic seal with the distal hemostatic seal closed, and wherein in the distal position the distal end of the tube extends through the distal hemostatic seal.
US11123187B2
Anchor assemblies for endovascular introduction and implantation for tethering a replacement heart valve to a cardiac wall. An anchor delivery system introduces the assembly. The anchor may be either implanted with a tether connected thereto or implanted and then connected to a tether. If the latter, a tether assembly is mounted to the implanted anchor to connect the anchor to the valve. The anchors may be implanted into any cardiac wall including the interventricular septum or the epicardial space and the valve may replace the mitral or tricuspid valve.
US11123184B2
Embodiments of a radially collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. A valve frame can have a tapered profile when mounted on a delivery shaft, with an inflow end portion having a smaller diameter than an outflow end portion. The valve can comprise generally V-shaped leaflets, reducing material within the inflow end of the frame. An outer skirt can be secured to the outside of the inflow end portion of the frame, the outer skirt having longitudinal slack when the valve is expanded and lying flat against the frame when the valve is collapsed. A diagonally woven inner skirt can elongate axially with the frame. Side tabs of adjacent leaflets can extend through and be secured to window frame portions of the frame to form commissures. The window frame portions can be depressed radially inward relative to surrounding frame portions when the valve is crimped onto a delivery shaft.
US11123176B2
An apparatus and method for the repair of disruptions between bones. The apparatus defines a combination of sleeves, strands and crimps are provided to secure the bones, using a dual sided drill guide to prepare the bones for installation of the apparatus, which is adjusted upon installation to suit the appropriate alignment and tension of the apparatus. The method includes the preparation of the bones, the installation of the apparatus and the adjustment of the apparatus to properly align and tension the apparatus for repair of the bone.
US11123175B2
An endograft is provided for a blood vessel having a branch extending from said blood vessel, including a body having a wall defining a lumen and an exterior surface. The endograft body includes a first portion defining or being made to define a non-circular cross-sectional dimension, and a second portion defining a circular cross-sectional dimension. Modular systems including the endograft and methods for creating endografts according to the disclosure are described also.
US11123173B2
An implant for attaching a tendon or ligament to a hard tissue is provided. The implant includes a shaft, a convex first surface, a flat or concave second surface, first pillars for contacting a hard tissue, first slots to be occupied by the hard tissue, second pillars for contacting a tendon or ligament, and second slots to be occupied by the tendon or ligament. The implant has a first surface ratio of the sum of the volumes of the first slots to the sum of the volumes of the first pillars and the volumes of the first slots of 0.40:1 to 0.90:1, and a second surface ratio of the sum of the volumes of the second slots to the sum of the volumes of the second pillars and the volumes of the second slots of 0.60:1 to 0.98:1. The second surface ratio is greater than the first surface ratio.
US11123162B2
A method for producing a bone replacement, a cavity or a bone being detected in a fully automated manner and the bone replacement being produced based on the detection also in a fully automated manner. It is also possible to produce information in relation to medical instruments or navigation information in a fully automated manner.
US11123157B2
A universal attachment device configured to be secured to a tooth for engagement with a removable dental positioning appliance including a base including a lateral surface including a plurality of faces for effecting a plurality of repositioning forces on a tooth, wherein when the device is engaged with the appliance and when the base is secured to the tooth, one of the repositioning forces is effected upon the tooth and at least one of the other repositioning forces are not effected upon the tooth. A method of using the device is also disclosed.
US11123146B2
A surgical instrument apparatus for performing a surgical procedure within a body cavity of a patient is disclosed and includes an elongate manipulator having a distal end for receiving an end effector and including a plurality of control links extending through the manipulator operable to cause movement of the distal end in response to movement of the control links in a longitudinal direction. An actuator chassis is disposed at a proximal end of the manipulator and includes a plurality of actuators slidingly mounted within the actuator chassis for linear movement in the longitudinal direction. Each actuator is coupled to a control link and adjacently disposed about a curved periphery of the actuator chassis. An outwardly oriented portion couples a drive force to the actuator to cause movement of the control link. A proximate end of the manipulator may be laterally offset to facilitate location of the surgical instrument apparatus closely adjacent to another surgical instrument apparatus. The manipulator may include an unactuated articulated portion disposed between the rigid portion and the chassis.
US11123143B2
A method for calibrating a surgical device is provided. The method includes acquiring first data including a position and/or an orientation of a first object disposed on the surgical device at a first location; acquiring second data including a position and/or an orientation of a second object disposed on the surgical device at a second location; determining third data including a position and/or an orientation of the first object relative to the second location; and determining a position and/or an orientation of the second object relative to the second location based at least in part on the first data, the second data, and the third data.
US11123142B2
A method for controlling a robot, which moves an ensemble that includes an arm and a tool, includes receiving from the robot, at one or more times, an arm-tracking signal, which indicates an arm-pose of the arm relative to a robot coordinate system (RCS) of the robot, deriving, from the arm-tracking signal, respective RCS-poses of at least one portion of the ensemble, relative to the RCS, at the times, receiving, from a tracking system, a sensor-tracking signal, which indicates a sensor-pose of at least one sensor, which belongs to the tracking system and is coupled to the ensemble, relative to a tracking-system coordinate system (TCS) of the tracking system, deriving, from the sensor-tracking signal, respective TCS-poses of the portion of the ensemble, relative to the TCS, at the times, registering the RCS to the TCS based on the RCS-poses and the TCS-poses, and, based on the registering, controlling the robot.
US11123140B1
An electronic computing system creates a treatment plan and provides safe and accurate treatment recommendations by obtaining an input image of a face; comparing, using a pattern recognition process, one or more aspects of the input image to corresponding aspects of a plurality of reference images; obtaining, based on a result of the comparing, supplemental information associated with one or more additional characteristics of the face; and creating a treatment plan based on the input image and the additional characteristic.
US11123139B2
A method for determining access to a patient for performing a surgical procedure in an internal location in the patient's body is disclosed. The method includes forming a three-dimensional model of a portion of the patient's body based on a set of medical images, calculating at least one path for a surgeon to follow to perform the surgical procedure, and determining one or more access zones that the surgeon may use to enter the body. Methods for assisting in the performance of a surgical procedure and performing the surgical procedure are also described and claimed.
US11123131B2
A tool (16) for the coagulation and dissection of biological tissue including a counter-bearing (35) that has at least one recess (37) open toward the outside and/or one or more hollow chambers (63). The recess (37) or the hollow chamber (63) is configured to provide a force/path elasticity characteristic curve with a plateau-like region II, V, during compression and reexpansion. The path section x in which the elasticity characteristic curve indicates the plateau II, IV preferably is as long as the tissue to be dissected is thick, and is, for example, in the range of 0.2 to 1.5 mm. As a result, the force exerted on the tissue during the cutting operation remains substantially constant in the effective work region.
US11123126B2
An adapter for putting two incompatible medical systems in fluid communication with each other. The adapter may have a continuous outer diameter and may include two segments: a first segment composed of a rigid material and including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a continuous outer diameter and the second portion defining one or more flanges, the first segment defining a first passage therethrough; and a second segment composed of a flexible material and coupled to the first segment, including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the second segment may have an inner surface configured to surround the flanges of the second portion of the first segment, and the second portion of the second segment having a tapered inner surface, the second segment defining a second passage therethrough that is continuous with the first passage.
US11123118B2
The present disclosure relates to bone plates that are configured for use with bones having periprosthetic fractures. For example, in the event that a proximal femur is fractured in an area that is adjacent to a prosthetic component, such as a femoral stem used in a hip replacement, the periprosthetic bone plates of the present invention may be used. In one exemplary embodiment, the periprosthetic bone plates include a periprosthetic zone having a plurality of central apertures and a plurality of outer apertures that are offset from the central apertures. The periprosthetic zone may further include a plurality of indentations, each indentation extending longitudinally between adjacent outer apertures to narrow a width of the bone plate.
US11123115B2
The orthopedic systems are patient-specific and provided with two types of features for positioning and/or fixing the plate to the bone or bone fragments. A method for generating bone plates comprises: generating a model of the bone defect or envisaged osteotomy based on one or more images of the bone and the surgical plan; designing based on said model a model corresponding to the envisioned repair of said bone defect/envisaged result of the osteotomy; generating a bone plate based on the information above, comprising: one or more patient-specific features corresponding to the surface of a bone fragment in the area close to the defect; and one or more fixation features whose position and/or orientation is such that the fixation elements will enter the bone in areas suitable for fixing the bone plate to each bone fragment.
US11123109B2
A bone anchoring device includes an anchoring element having a shaft and a head, a receiving part having a coaxial bore and a seat for receiving the head, a pressure element configured to be movable within the bore, and a preload element being positionable between the head and the pressure element. When the head is inserted in the receiving part, the head is pivotable with respect to the receiving part, and can be locked at an angle relative to the receiving part by the pressure element. The pressure element can assume a position relative to the receiving part where the pressure element and the preload element are in direct contact, and where the pressure element exerts a force onto the head via the preload element to maintain one of a plurality of releasable angular positions between the head and the receiving part by friction before locking the head.
US11123105B2
A visual insufflation obturator is provided. The obturator includes seals, valves, screens and/or various other tip features to eliminate the ingress of fluids, matter and/or gas that can disrupt the visual field of the laparoscope disposed within the obturator. The obturator provides additional features such as lens and anti-fog features to further increase visibility of the scope, efficiently insufflate the patient and ultimately provide an access channel into the insufflated abdomen once the visual insufflation obturator is removed.
US11123100B2
An ultrasonically actuated medical implement is used in improving medical interventions and in certain instances to the generation of image data, in particular data acquired during a medical intervention or procedure. The medical implement employs a piezoelectric element which causes reciprocation between first and second mass assemblies in order to ultrasonically actuate a probe member and improve the visibility of the probe member to imaging methods. The invention also concerns the visibility of structures in target regions to be imaged and how this may be enhanced using the medical implement of the invention.
US11123094B2
An ultrasonic surgical system includes an ultrasonic generator configured to output a drive signal, an ultrasonic transducer configured to receive the drive signal and output mechanical motion, a waveguide configured to transmit the mechanical motion to a blade disposed at a distal end portion thereof, a sensor, and a controller. The blade is configured to oscillate in response to receipt of the mechanical motion and defines a displacement when oscillating. The sensor is configured to sense a property indicative of tension on tissue and the controller is configured to adjust the drive signal to thereby adjust the displacement based upon the sensed property. A method of treating tissue includes applying a drive signal to an ultrasonic transducer to oscillate an ultrasonic blade, sensing a property indicative of a tension on the tissue, and adjusting the drive signal based upon the sensed property to thereby adjust the displacement of the blade.
US11123092B2
A handle device, in particular a surgical-tool handle device, with a first handle element and a second handle element, and with a shear joint by means of which the two handle elements are connected pivotably and separably, and with a coupling unit, which is configured to keep the two handle elements together counter to a separation direction and which comprises at least one coupling element that is configured to establish, depending on a relative position of the handle elements, a form-fit connection of the handle elements counter to the separation direction. The at least one coupling element is embodied as a centering element for centering the form-fit connection.
US11123084B2
In order to improve a surgical instrumentarium for preparing a femur and a tibia for the implantation of the knee joint endoprosthesis, which instrumentarium comprises a first sawing template with three guidance slots for guiding a saw blade, which three guidance slots define three intersecting cutting planes, in such a way that the number of necessary instruments of the instrumentarium may be reduced, it is proposed that the instrumentarium comprises a second sawing template, that the second sawing template has a fourth guidance slot for guiding a saw blade, and that the first sawing template and the second sawing template are coupled to each other in a force- and/or form-fitting manner in a coupling position and are separated from each other in a separating position.
US11123082B2
Disclosed is an atrial appendage clip delivery system, which includes a handle shell, a push rod, a connection pipe and a support base; a passage is provided in the handle shell along a length direction; one end of the push rod is slidably disposed in the passage; the support base is provided with a mounting window for mounting an atrial appendage clip; the atrial appendage clip includes a first clip arm and a second clip arm capable of opening in parallel or closing; the handle shell, the connection pipe and the support base are sequentially connected and communicate; the first clip arm or the second clip arm is fixedly connected with an upper side or a lower side of the mounting window; the second clip arm or the first clip arm is movably connected with the lower side or the upper side of the mounting window.
US11123079B2
An example medical device for occluding the left atrial appendage is disclosed. The example medical device for occluding the left atrial appendage includes an expandable member having a first end region, a second end region and an inflation cavity. The example medical device includes at least one fixation member having a first end and a second end coupled to the expandable member. The at least one fixation member is configured to move from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration in response to an expansion of the expandable member. Additionally, the example medical device includes a valve member extending at least partially into the inflation cavity and the expandable member is configured to expand and seal the opening of the left atrial appendage.
US11123078B2
The present disclosure relates generally to apparatuses and methods for delivering an occlusion device to a paravalvular leak. In some embodiments, a paravalvular occlusion apparatus includes a catheter having main body including a proximal end and a distal end, a visualization element disposed in the distal end of the main body, and a working channel extending from the distal end of the main body. The catheter further includes an elongate shaft extendable from the working channel, wherein an occlusion device is coupled to the elongate shaft. In some embodiments, an occlusion device includes a leading end including a first section, and a trailing end opposite the leading end, the trailing end including a second section. The first section and the second section of the occlusion device are operable to be positioned along a perimeter of a prosthetic valve for blocking the paravalvular leak.
US11123077B2
Implant deployment systems can generally can include a braided implant that can be detachably attached to a delivery tube by an expansion ring that can be positioned within a notch on an outer surface of the delivery tube near a distal end of the delivery tube. The implant can be positioned within a lumen of the delivery tube and remain attached to the delivery tube as the assembly is fed through a microcatheter to a treatment site. Once the braided implant is implanted, the expansion ring can move from a collapsed configuration that is engaged with the notch of the delivery tube to a deployed configuration that releases the delivery tube, thereby releasing the braided implant from the delivery tube.
US11123074B2
A method is provided for operating a powered surgical stapler having a motor unit, a controller. and a stapling assembly having a closure member, a staple driver member, and a knife member. The controller receives a user input that indicates a tissue gap to be defined by the stapling assembly in a closed state. Based on the user input, the controller controls the motor unit to actuate the closure member to transition the stapling assembly to the closed state to define the tissue gap and clamp tissue therein. The controller then controls the motor unit to actuate the staple driver member to drive staples into the clamped tissue. In response to determining that the staple driver member has reached a predetermined longitudinal position, the controller controls the motor unit to initiate actuation of the knife member to cut the clamped tissue.
US11123069B2
An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, a cartridge, and a staple driver actuator. The end effector is operable to manipulate tissue. The end effector comprises a lower jaw, a pivotable anvil, and a translating cutter. The translating cutter is operable to translate relative to the lower jaw and the anvil when the anvil is pivoted toward the lower jaw to manipulate tissue. The cartridge is insertable into the lower jaw and includes a plurality of staples. The staple driver actuator is disposed within the cartridge. The staple driver actuator comprises a secondary cutting element. The translating cutter of the end effector is operable to drive the staple driver actuator distally to staple and cut tissue substantially simultaneously.
US11123068B2
A staple cartridge is adapted to enhance cell migration towards a wound site when staples are placed in tissue. In order to enhance cell migration, the staple cartridge is adapted to create an electrical potential within the tissue in the area of a wound or cut line. In embodiments, the electrical potential is created within the tissue by using staples in spaced rows formed of dissimilar metals having different anodic indexes to create a voltage gradient in the tissue to enhance cell migration toward the cut line.
US11123065B2
Surgical instruments and end effectors therefor are disclosed. In various implementations, the surgical instrument includes a surgical end effector that comprises a lower jaw and an upper jaw that are supported for movable travel toward and away from each other. The instrument may further include a firing member that is operably supported for selective operable travel within the surgical end effector. The instrument may also include a first jaw closure system that operably interfaces with the lower jaw and is configured to selectively move the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw. A second jaw closure system operably interfaces with the upper jaw and is configured to selectively move the upper jaw relative to the lower jaw. A firing system operably interfaces with the firing member and is configured to apply firing motions to the firing member to move the firing member within the end effector.
US11123036B2
In cardiac roadmapping, a “roadmap”, which is typically a representation of the vasculature of a patient obtained via previously acquired data from a CT scan, is overlaid on live intervention data, showing the position of an intervention device obtained using fluoroscopy. In this way, the intervention device may be tracked inside a realistic representation of the patient. The accurate registration of the fluoroscopic image to the roadmap data is an important step, otherwise the reported live position of the intervention device would not be shown at an accurate position inside the roadmap. Registration can be performed by the injection of contrast medium. In the case of cardiac roadmapping, the small vessel diameters mean that it is possible to register intervention devices directly. However, the behavior of intervention devices in larger vessels is difficult to predict, and so device-based registration is harder to achieve in such a context. By detecting the presence of a specific intervention device and a specific vascular context, an accurate registration of the intervention device to the 3D roadmap can be provided via comparison to a library of known device configurations.
US11123032B2
A breast imaging system comprises: a wide area tissue receptacle adapted to be coupled to an imaging apparatus, the imaging apparatus having an imaging volume, the wide area tissue receptacle defining a wide area tissue volume, the wide area tissue volume at least partially intersecting the imaging volume to form a wide area tissue imaging volume, the wide area tissue receptacle having an opening that is sufficiently wide to accept an entire breast into the wide area tissue receptacle, the wide area tissue receptacle having a sealing interface below the opening adapted to create a seal between tissue and the wide area tissue receptacle; and a pump coupled to the wide area tissue receptacle, the pump adapted to apply negative pressure to the wide area tissue volume to form the seal between the sealing interface and the tissue, and the pump further adapted to apply negative pressure to pull the breast into the wide area tissue volume, a diagnostic volume being defined as a portion of the breast intersecting the wide area tissue imaging volume.
US11123026B2
An x-ray imaging apparatus includes an x-ray source and detector with multiple detector elements. The source and detector are on a support that rotates around a subject, enabling projections at different view angles. The apparatus operates the x-ray source in switched kVp mode for alternately applying different voltages, including lower and higher voltages, during rotation to enable lower-energy and higher-energy exposures over the projections, providing for lower-energy projections and higher-energy projections. The x-ray detector is a photon-counting multi-bin detector allocating photon counts to multiple energy bins, and the apparatus selects counts from at least a subset of the bins to provide corresponding photon count information for both lower- and higher-energy projections. The apparatus performs material basis decomposition for some of the lower-energy projections and higher-energy projections and/or for some combinations of at least one lower-energy projection and at least one higher-energy projection, based on the corresponding photon count information.
US11123024B2
Arrangement to reduce a time until a first image is displayed, to reduce a standby time until the next imaging is started, and to uniformize a time interval in a case where a plurality of images are displayed. An X-ray CT device detects a dose of an X-ray, a storage unit that preserves image data, a calculation unit that generates, as the image data, projection data on the basis of the X-ray data in parallel to an imaging process in the scanner, preserves the projection data, notifies a display control unit of preservation information, performs a reconstruction process, a display unit that displays an image generated per the X-ray data, and the display control unit that controls a display timing of a reconstructed image to be displayed on the display unit on the basis of the preservation information and the reconstruction information.
US11123019B2
Devices, systems, and methods of mapping a vessel system of a patient and identifying lesions therein are disclosed. This includes a method of evaluating a vessel of a patient, the method comprising obtaining image data for the vessel of the patient, obtaining physiological measurements for the vessel of the patient, co-registering the obtained physiological measurements with the obtained image data such that the physiological measurements are associated with corresponding portions of the vessel of the patient, analyzing the co-registered physiology measurements to determine a classification of a lesion within the vessel of the patient, and outputting, to a user interface, the classification of the lesion. Other associated methods, systems, and devices are also provided herein.
US11123000B2
A biocompatible recording system includes a number of input channels for acquiring electronic information from the neural system of a living being. The recording system includes a preamplifier and further amplifier stages. An input of a second amplifier stage is coupled to an output of the preamplifier. A low-pass filter having a capacitance multiplier is connected to the second amplifier stage. The preamplifier of the recording system is designed using P-MOS technology.
US11122985B2
A stimulating section applies stimulation to a living body. A first lead electrode and a second lead electrode are attached on the living body. A first amplifier circuit amplifies potential difference that is evoked between the first lead electrode and the second lead electrode due to the stimulation. A first switch cancels electrical connection between the first amplifier circuit and each of the first lead electrode and the second lead electrode at least while the stimulation is applied. A high-pass filter includes a capacitor (C) and filters a frequency component of an output from the first amplifier circuit that is no less than a predetermined value. A second amplifier circuit amplifies the output from the first amplifier circuit. A second switch stops charging/discharging of the capacitor (C) and decreases a gain of the second amplifier circuit at least while the first switch cancels the electrical connection.
US11122974B2
An ophthalmologic information processing apparatus includes a reference data setting unit, a first region specifying unit, and a second region specifying unit. The reference data setting unit is configured to set, as first reference data, first fundus data among a plurality of fundus data of a fundus of a subject's eye acquired at different acquisition timings using optical coherence tomography. The first region specifying unit is configured to specify one or more first atrophy regions in the fundus by analyzing the first reference data. The second region specifying unit is configured to specify one or more second atrophy regions by analyzing second fundus data based on the one or more first atrophy regions, the second fundus data being acquired after the acquisition timing of the first reference data among the plurality of fundus data.
US11122970B2
Exemplary embodiments of devices and method for affecting at least one anatomical tissue can be provided. A configuration can be provided that includes a structure which is expandable (i) having and/or (ii) forming at least one opening or a working space through which the anatomical tissue(s) is placed in the structure. For example, the structure, prior to being expanding, can have at least one partially rigid portion. In addition, or as an alternative, upon a partial or complete expansion thereof, the structure can be controllable to have a plurality of shapes. Further, the structure can be controllable to provide the working space with multiple shapes and/or multiple sizes.
US11122968B2
Optical fiber waveguide for communicating electromagnetic radiation pulsed by an emitter in an endoscopic imaging system. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an endoscope comprising an image sensor for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a waveguide communicating the pulses of electromagnetic radiation from the emitter to the endoscope. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 513 nm to about 545 nm, from about 565 nm to about 585 nm, and/or from about 900 nm to about 1000 nm.
US11122958B2
A dosing apparatus for dispensing molded cleaning agent bodies into a dishwashing chamber of a household dishwasher includes a reservoir for holding a supply of molded cleaning agent bodies, a cell wheel configured to actively transport the molded cleaning agent bodies from the reservoir into the dishwashing chamber, and a feed facility configured to feed the molded cleaning agent bodies to the cell wheel in parallel relation to an axis of rotation of the cell wheel.
US11122946B2
The present disclosure provides a brushroll for a surface cleaning apparatus. The brushroll includes an agitation element, such as bristles and/or microfiber, and a hollow core brush bar supporting the agitation element. The hollow core brush bar has a cavity at a center of the brush bar located at the brushroll axis. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising the brushroll is also disclosed.
US11122943B2
A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head, an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head, and a portable cleaning unit removably mounted to the upright section and comprising an energy storage member and a portable cleaning unit suction motor. The energy storage member provides the portable cleaning unit suction motor with power at least when the portable cleaning unit is switched on and when the portable cleaning unit is removed from the upright section.
US11122940B1
A dispenser includes a holster having a first ply and a second ply, a reservoir having a first sheet and a second sheet connected at edges thereof, and a dispensing aperture arranged between the first sheet and the second sheet, wherein the second ply forms a pocket on the first ply, and the reservoir is arranged in the pocket between the first ply and the second ply.
US11122939B2
A fluid dispenser includes a dispensation conduit and a refill conduit. A refill system includes a refill reservoir and a refill distribution conduit. The refill distribution conduit is configured for selective fluid coupling with the refill conduit to facilitate refilling of the fluid dispenser.
US11122938B2
A foldable bath tub includes a base, a rim, and a basin wall. The basin wall includes at least one circumferential crease. The basin wall is configured to be positioned in one of a folded condition and an extended condition. When in the extended condition, the basin wall defines opposing lateral sides, a first back rest adjacent a first end of the bath tub and a second back rest adjacent a second end of the bath tub. When in the extended condition, the first back rest extends at a first angle relative to an associated subjacent surface and the second back rest extends at a second larger angle, and respective ends of the opposing sides of the basin wall nearest to the first end of the bath tub are offset a greater width distance as compared to respective ends of the opposing sides of the basin wall nearest to the second end.
US11122937B2
A pot gripper comprises a first lever and a second lever joined at a fulcrum. The first lever has a first jaw extending from the fulcrum, and the second lever has a second jaw extending from the fulcrum. The first jaw and the second jaw define a clamping area for a pot when the first lever and the second lever are rotated from an open position into a closed position. The first jaw has at least one support slot, the support slot being shaped to fit to the contour of a gripping area of the pot to be held in the clamping area. The first lever has a first locking feature and the second lever has a second locking feature. The first locking feature engages with the second locking feature in the closed position so that the first lever and the second lever are locked in the closed position.
US11122932B2
A barbecue lid holder includes a slide rail with a top end, a bottom end, and a hollow slot extending from the top end to the bottom end; an adjustable fastener attachable to the top end of the slide rail; and a shaped support base with an adjustable fastener hingedly attached to the bottom end of the slide rail. Use of the barbecue lid holder involves the steps of securing the support base in a location where the support base may remain in place, adjusting the height and angle of the barbecue grill lid to the desired position, and securing the barbecue grill lid in place by securing the adjustable fastener attachable to the top end of the barbecue by hand tightening the hand tightenable nut and bolt assembly when the desired height for the barbecue lid is achieved.
US11122921B2
A beverage container lighting and insulation device includes a first piece of insulating material. The beverage container lighting and insulation device further includes a spring oriented along a length of the insulating material, such that the spring causes the first piece of insulating material to coil. The beverage container lighting and insulation device further includes a lighting device joined with the first piece of insulating material, such that the lighting device lights the length of the first piece of insulating material.
US11122920B2
An apparatus is described that permits a user to quickly and effortlessly separate an egg shell from the body of a hard-boiled egg. The apparatus has a hollow body into which an egg is inserted, a convex shaped bottom section and a convex shaped top portion. Additionally, the interior surface of the hollow body has a number of protrusions that contribute to peeling action. Eggs are inserted into the apparatus, water is added, the apparatus is sealed, the user agitates the apparatus for a short time, and then pours out the separated egg and egg shell along with the water.
US11122919B2
In an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein a sleeve that has a peel-off appliqué or label that includes desired graphics that can be combined with a drink cup or container. The label or appliqué or “collectable” acts as a “mini-poster” that is removable and repositionable. The label may have graphics of sports starts or other things such as musical performers, super heroes, etc. Particular embodiments include interior die cut images within the main graphic as “collectibles within a collectible.” In another example embodiment, a container appliqué is applied to the container.
US11122909B2
In one example, this disclosure describes a method including receiving, at a central controller of an air mattress system, a plurality of air pressure value, determining a plurality of average values using the plurality of the received air pressure values, calculating a difference value between a first one of the plurality of average values and a second one of the plurality of average values, comparing the difference value to a threshold value, determining, based on the comparison, whether a user of the air mattress system moved.
US11122901B2
A chair support shell has an integral back portion, seat portion, and joining portion between the back portion and the seat portion. At least a major portion of the support shell comprises a compliant structure, the compliant structure having a plurality of cells interconnected by a plurality of resilient members. The compliant structure provides compliance in the seat portion, compliance in the back portion, and compliance in the joining portion. The compliant structure enables recline of the back portion relative to the seat portion.
US11122893B2
A self-opening device includes a motion guide mechanism and a force-creating mechanism. The motion guide mechanism includes a movable slide cover, a base seat and a latch member. The slide cover includes a latch groove unit. The latch groove unit includes a positioning portion. The latch member has a latch pin portion. The force-creating mechanism is able to store elastic energy for providing a restoring force that is oriented in an energy-release direction. The slide cover is associated with the force-creating mechanism. A portion of movement of the slide cover drawn by the force-creating mechanism is able to be damped.
US11122881B2
A chemical solution supply apparatus (1) includes a container (10) and a chemical solution supply implement (20) that, in a state of being connected to a mouth portion (14), can switch over a state where the container (10) is sealed and a state where a chemical solution in a storage portion (12) is allowed to be supplied to the outside of the container (10). The chemical solution supply implement (20) has a base (30) and a supply body (50). The base (30) has a retaining portion (40), a pressing portion (42), and a restricting portion (34) that restricts displacement of the supply body (50) with coming into contact with the supply body (50) when the supply body (50) is pressed against pressing force of the pressing portion (42). The supply body (50) moves away from the retaining portion (40) to thereby form a supply flow passage, and comes into contact with the retaining portion (40) to thereby block the supply flow passage.
US11122878B2
A hair drying device is provided. The hair drying device includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, a power component, a heating element coupled to the power component, an audio component configured to receive audio input and convert the audio input into audio data, a controller in communication with the heating element and the audio component, and a memory configured to store instructions executable by the controller. The instructions, when executed by the controller, are operable to receive the audio data from the audio component, determine that the audio data corresponds to a style setting, and adjust the energy provided by the power component to increase or decrease the heat emitted by the heating element based on the style setting.
US11122873B2
An athletic bag comprising a body having antibacterial, antimicrobial, and antifungal properties on one or both sides of the body and a detachable dual-purpose carrying strap that may also serve as fitness equipment is provided. The bag may be reversible. The body may further comprise a fabric having a silver-treated coating. The body may also further comprise a fabric having an embedded silver component. The bag may also include at least one insert to store various items. The bag may also include a thermal pouch, a compartment to visually and audibly display electronic devices, and an antibacterial monitor that measures the growth of bacteria in the bag. The bag may also include an attachment for an exercise mat.
US11122866B2
An eyelet button and an assembly method thereof, in which the eyelet button is formed of an eyelet button body and a base plate for fastening with the eyelet button body. The eyelet button body is formed from an eyelet tube, a body peripheral portion formed by everything at one end of the eyelet tube in an axial direction, and a plurality of inverted fasteners formed by everting at the other end of the eyelet tube in the axial direction. The base plate is formed of a base plate body, with a mounting hole with an inner wall having a plurality of protruded tooth portions. A gap is formed between two adjacent protruded tooth portions. When the eyelet tube passes through the mounting hole, the inverted fasteners pass through the gaps to rotate with the eyelet tube so as to be connected and fixed to the corresponding protruded tooth portions.
US11122865B2
A rotary closure with a latching system that latches together the components of the rotary closure in a snap-fit engagement is disclosed. The latching system includes a latching extension defining first and second legs each defining a respective tang configured for coupling the latching extension to the distal-most keyway for assembling the components of the rotary closure together.
US11122857B2
A footwear construction includes a sole assembly having a first midsole platform of a first durometer and a second midsole platform of a second durometer, less than the first, so that the second midsole platform is softer than the first, and an outsole having an outsole upstanding cup wall surrounding the second midsole platform so as to protect it from abrasion, and to control a lateral and expansive movement of the softer second midsole platform, when lugs of the outsole are pushed upward toward the second midsole platform due to lug engagement with an underfoot terrain feature. The platforms can be constructed from a different durometer EVA or foam. The first durometer can be about 50-60 Asker C, inclusive and the second durometer can be about 35-45 Asker C, inclusive.
US11122845B2
An interactive sweatband includes a center portion having a first end and an opposing second end. The sweatband includes a first wing portion that extends from and is operably engaged with the first end of the center portion. The sweatband includes a second wing portion that extends from and is operably engaged with the opposing second end of the center portion. The sweatband device may further include a front surface and an opposing rear surface. The sweatband may include an outflow channel that extends along and is defined by at least one of the front and opposing rear surface of the sweatband.
US11122842B2
Disclosed are protective hoods including particle barrier layers to reduce or prevent penetration of the hoods by particulates in the environment of a wearer. The particle barrier layer of a hood is accessible when the hood is intact. A hood described herein optionally includes an aperture for accessing the particle barrier layer. A hood described herein optionally includes a face opening that engages with a face mask to form a protective seal. A hood described herein optionally includes a visual indicator to indicate when the hood is properly positioned with respect to a face mask.
US11122841B2
The present application discloses a mask including a sheet, a first loop, a second loop and an elastic film. The sheet comprises a central portion, a first lateral portion, a second lateral portion and an opening. The first loop is coupled to the sheet. The second loop is coupled to the sheet. The elastic film is coupled to the sheet and covers the opening. A method of manufacturing the aforementioned face mask is also disclosed.
US11122835B2
A device for storing and vaporizing liquid media can comprise an annular liquid media storage tank and a heater configured to vaporize liquid stored in the annular liquid media storage tank.
US11122829B2
The invention discloses novel dietary supplements or herbal product comprising at least one ingredient selected from the extracts or fractions derived from Bauhinia racemosa fruit, Cassia auriculata, Mangifera indica stem bark, Woodfordia fruticosa tender stem and Acacia nilotica fruit or their compositions in combination with at least one compound selected from biological actives, herbal extracts, minerals, amino acids, proteins, vitamins, excipient, diluent or carrier as a natural energy enhancer to provide an onset and steady maintenance of energy and for improving muscle strength, muscle mass and mental alertness, for treating sarcopenia and muscular atrophy in a warm blooded animal or mammal in need thereof.
US11122828B2
A combination is provided comprising an ellagitannin composition, and an enzymatic composition comprising one or more ellagitannin enzymes, where the one or more ellagitannin enzymes comprise a tannin acyl hydrolase enzyme, a gallate decarboxylase enzyme, or a combination thereof. Methods of making and using combinations disclosed herein are also provided.
US11122827B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a fermented seasoning containing 5′-nucleotides derived from fermentation at a high concentration without externally adding 5′-nucleotides and a method of producing the same. In a case where the nucleic acids are externally added, display of additives is indispensable on an ingredients description, and thus it cannot be said that the fermented seasoning have no chemical seasoning additive or made by natural brewing; however, with the fermented seasoning relating to the present invention, it is unnecessary to display additives on the ingredients description, and thus it is possible to appeal an added value to nature oriented or natural oriented consumers.
US11122817B2
The present invention provides a protein material and food ingredient from a sustainable and stable source. The sustainable and stable source of the food or food ingredient is cellular biomass, for example an algal or microbial biomass. The invention discloses that the cellular biomass can be subjected to a series of steps to derive the protein material and food or food ingredient, which has high nutritional content and has pleasing organoleptic properties.
US11122812B1
A shrimp processing machine includes a frame assembly, a drive assembly coupled therewith, a bracket member, and an adjustable cutting assembly. The adjustable cutting assembly is movable between a raised position and a lowered position and includes a cutting device and an adjustable cam plate operably coupled with the cutting device. The adjustable cam plate has a cam body, an adjustment mechanism, and an engagement region having first, second, and third engagement surfaces. The adjustable cutting assembly is adjustable between a first configuration whereby the cutting device has a slow drop-in rate and a second configuration whereby the cutting device has a fast drop-in rate.
US11122805B2
The present embodiments relates to method and an herbicide combination for controlling weed growth in turfgrass while reducing or suppressing phytotoxicity or bleaching, which include contacting the turfgrass with an herbicidally effective amount of (a) the herbicide combination of mesotrione and quinclorac, (b) at least one agronomically acceptable excipient; and (c) optionally, a third herbicide; wherein the quinclorac in the formulation is present in an amount effective to reduce or suppress the phytotoxic or bleaching effect of mesotrione, as compared with mesotrione alone. The present embodiments also provide a method and combination formulation of controlling weed growth in turfgrass while reducing bleaching using a three-component formulation as described herein.
US11122803B2
Methods and compositions for biofilm remediation are disclosed. Biofilm is reduced and removed from soiled surfaces by providing to a surface in need an effective amount of a composition comprising a biocidal surfactant and at least one organic solvent. According to the invention, the biofilm remediation compositions reduce and remove biofilm formation by administering a one-step cleaner and disinfectant. The biofilm remediation compositions are stable and effective in concentrated and diluted ready-to-use formulations comprising an anionic sulfated or sulfonated surfactant that is not an organocarboxylic acid, a sparingly soluble organic solvent and optionally a soluble organic solvent.
US11122796B1
Compositions and methods for cryoprotecting a biological tissue can involve a cryoprotective agent and a metal component that includes a metal foam, a metal foil, or a metal seed. The method allows the biological tissue to be rewarmed at a rate of at least 100° C./min.
US11122790B2
A system for eradication of insects, insect larvae, and insect eggs includes an applicator, a plurality of nozzles, a gas source, and a cold plasma generator. The applicator is adapted to be moved by the user over an area to be treated. The plurality of nozzles are disposed on the applicator. The cold plasma generator is in electrical communication with a power supply. The cold plasma generator is in fluid communication with the plurality of nozzles and the gas source. The cold plasma generator is configured to generate cold plasma from the gas source and configured to expel a plurality of cold plasma plumes through the plurality of nozzles that forms a cold plasma field. The cold plasma field is generated at a power and a volumetric flow sufficient for the eradication of the insects, the insect larvae and the incents eggs from the area to be treated.
US11122785B2
The invention is a system comprising a wire cage trap and wire-cage enclosed lifting subsystem. The two systems are attached and submerged together. When ready to be retrieved, a sound control signal is conveyed to the system. The sound control signal is converted to an electric control signal, which enables inflation of a buoyancy bladder and bringing the wire-cage trap and wire-cage lifting subsystems to the surface. The invention may comprise sensors in the lifting system which can provide information about valve on-off state, gas pressure, depth and location. That information is converted from electric to sound signals and generated through the water.
US11122782B1
A system for cultivating a large quantity of oysters is disclosed herein. The system includes a device that can be placed either on the seabed or the surface of a water environment. The device may be placed at either location and may also be placed further offshore and still be safe from extreme weather conditions. As a result, the benefits of each location are implemented into the system. The system includes an oyster cultivating device including a rectangular frame holding various crates with multiple internal baffles or dividers, and an attached buoyant member for keeping the cultivating frame at or near the surface of the water. The crates are placed such that they fill the volume within the rectangular frame. A buoyant member is then placed on the top end of the rectangular frame. The system provides increased agitation capabilities for oysters to provide a larger and rounder cultivated oyster.
US11122777B2
A retractable pet traction rope is provided. The retractable pet traction rope includes a leash, whose two ends are respectively a pet connection end for connecting a pet and a holding end for a tractor to hold for control, wherein the retractable pet traction rope further includes an elastic leash winding device, into which the leash is wound, with both ends of the leash respectively extending out of the elastic leash winding device. The retractable pet traction rope has the advantage of quick retractable speed, high structural strength, small body size, and convenient carriage.
US11122772B2
An animal feeding apparatus can include a container shaped to hold food or water and a support to which the container can be removably mounted and releasably locked. The support can be configured to prevent the container from tipping while enabling easy removal of the container from the support for cleaning or replacement.
US11122770B2
An automatic and autonomous feeding device comprising a feed kitchen having different feed varieties and a feed fetching device, and a control system for executing a feed composing cycle including receipt or generation of a feed order and controlling of the feed fetching device to fetch feed from the feed kitchen according to the feed order in order to compose a feed mixture, and comprising a feed determining device configured to deteiiiiine quantity information of the feed varieties, wherein the control device further contains fall-back information, for at least one feed variety, which fall-back information specifies what action the feeding device, during and/or after execution of a feed composing cycle, needs to perform if the feed determining device determines that that quantity of this feed variety which is desired in the feed order is greater than the available quantity.
US11122765B1
A soybean cultivar designated 98220804 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 98220804, to the plants of soybean cultivar 98220804, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 98220804, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 98220804. 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 98220804. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 98220804, 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 98220804 with another soybean cultivar.
US11122763B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKEM45 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKEM45, cells from soybean variety 5PKEM45, plants of soybean 5PKEM45, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKEM45. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKEM45 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PKEM45, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PKEM45, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PKEM45. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PKEM45 are further provided.
US11122759B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072870. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072870. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072870 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072870 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11122755B2
The present invention relates to white rust resistant plants of the genus Chrysanthemum and to seeds, plant parts, plant cells and progeny thereof. The present invention further relates to means, and particularly molecular markers for identifying white rust resistant plants of the genus Chrysanthemum. Specifically, the present invention relates to plants belonging to the genus Chrysanthemum, the plants are resistant to white rust and the plants comprise in their genome at least one genomic region, or gene or allele, providing white rust resistance, the at least one genomic region, or gene or allele, providing white rust resistance is genetically linked to a nucleic acid sequence comprised in at least one copy in the genome of the resistant plants and is represented by SEQ ID No. 3.
US11122752B1
A plant cover apparatus includes a bag having an interior encompassed by a wall that extends from a top end of the bag and tapers inwardly to a bottom end of the bag. The bottom end includes a rim that laterally circumscribes a plant-receiving opening formed through the bag. The bag has a slot that extends vertically from the opening through the wall. The slot includes opposed margins having cooperatively interlocking parts that can temporarily be joined and separated to increase the size of the opening. The bag may be vertically suspended from a support member positioned next to the plant. An exterior perimeter of the bag may be rigid enough to help the bag maintain its shape when suspended.
US11122750B1
An in-ground plant container with a watering-well that is open at both ends and is functional and decorative. The above-ground portion in this present embodiment has a round bowl-shaped water well and broadly rounded lip for ease of gripping and placing in an appropriately sized hole. The bowl of the watering-well keeps the plant container above ground. The bottom, below ground portion, has vertical fins for lateral stability in the soil. This embodiment also has external helical threads at its base for ease of placement in loosened soil. The above ground portion of the plant container watering-well can be wider than the base and replaces the organic soil watering-well. This in-ground plant container with watering-well is for conserving water, and the containment of localized water contaminated by pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.
US11122748B2
An automated outdoor modular vertical plant cultivation system forming a vertical structure is provided. The system includes a plurality of shelves, each shelf having a web and flanges; two posts, each post having a web and flanges. Each shelf of the plurality of shelves is mounted between the two posts with incremental spacing between each adjacent shelf along a vertical length of the two posts. The web of each shelf includes a plurality of openings for retaining planter vessels. The flanges of each shelf retain an embedded structural member. The system includes a fluid circulatory system including shelf irrigation piping extending longitudinally above the web of each shelf; and power or power and data and fluid members for the system distributed from vertical risers located in proximity to the web of the posts, wherein the flanges of the shelves have provisions to retain the fluid circulatory system.
US11122746B2
A hand tool includes a first jaw; a second jaw rotatably coupled to the first jaw, the second jaw including a first set of projections and a first bearing surface, the first bearing surface having a first curvature; and a lever coupled to the first jaw, the lever including a second set of projections and a second bearing surface, the second bearing surface having a second curvature. During a movement of the first and second jaws from a full open position to a full close position, the first and second sets of projections are at least partially engaged to prevent a slippage between the first and second bearing surfaces that are in a rolling contact during the movement of the first and second jaws from the full open position to the full close position.
US11122744B2
A combine harvester including a cleaning shoe, having a tailings auger for collection of tailings, a tailings collection bin and apparatus for moving material from the tailings auger to the tailings collection bin.
US11122743B2
The present invention comprises a removable cover plate assembly, which may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies. The cover plate assembly improves the threshing capability of the rasp bar threshing cylinder while simultaneously capturing additional threshed grain. Moreover, the cover plate assembly of the present invention enables a single set of concave grate assemblies to better harvest a wider variety of crop types.
US11122736B2
A roller is connected to a harvesting platform for movement with a combine over a ground surface in a direction of travel. The roller includes a first portion defining a first diameter and including a first material, and a second portion defining a second diameter and including a second material. The second diameter is greater than the first diameter. The second portion substantially surrounds the first portion, the second material has different material properties than the first material. The roller extends in the direction of travel and rotates about a second axis which extends generally parallel to the direction of travel.
US11122733B2
A planter includes a plurality of row units. The row units include metering systems, which can include multiple seed meters at a particular row unit, as well as a queuing system. The metering systems including more than one seed meters are configured such that the seed meters will plant a different seed types or varieties. The operation of one or more of the seed meters at a time will provide for the planting of a particular seed variety. The invention provides for on-the-go changing of a seed being planted by changing the operation of one or more of the seed meters at each of the row units and provides for almost infinite variation among the row units for planting particular seed varieties or not planting at all.
US11122731B2
A row unit for a seeding machine includes a depth sensor coupled to the frame. The depth sensor is configured to generate signals corresponding to a depth of a furrow. The row unit also includes a controller configured to receive the signals, and a downforce adjustment mechanism coupled to the frame and to the controller. The controller is configured to activate the downforce adjustment mechanism to adjust a downforce on the frame based on the signals received by the controller.
US11122729B2
A seeding implement has an implement frame with a lateral frame member. Spoked wheels rotate about a wheel axis that is fixed with respect to the implement frame. Shanks are mounted to the lateral frame member such that each shank is movable with respect to the frame. Each spoked wheel rotates about the wheel axis in a plane that is vertical, aligned with, and forward of, a front face of a corresponding shank, and ends of spokes pass adjacent to a front face of the shank. A spoke clearance distance between the ends of the spokes and the front face of the corresponding shank remains within a trash clearing range as the shank moves with respect to the implement frame from a first operating position to a second operating position that is below the first operating position.
US11122725B2
An apparatus, which may be a tillage apparatus may have a flexible frame. The frame may be made from transverse and longitudinal open members. The frame may support ground engagers and may be supported on wheel assemblies. The ground engagers may be connected to a spring trip mechanism. The ground engagers may be mounted to open members of the frame with a clamping style mechanism. The clamp mechanism may include wedge devices. The frame may be lowered and raised relative to wheels of the wheel assemblies with a lift mechanism. One row of ground engagers may be raised or lowered relative to the frame independent of another row of ground engagers. An anti-skid or skew control system may be employed in association with the independent height adjustment of one row of ground engagers. A system may be provided to maintain and control the height of a tow hitch forming part of the apparatus.
US11122724B1
A tilling apparatus is disclosed. The tilling apparatus includes a central rotating assembly and multiple tiller blades. The tiller blades are attached to the circumference of the central rotating assembly. At least one surface of the tiller blades has an involute curve. A tilling apparatus is also disclosed including a central rotating assembly, multiple tiller blades in circumferential rows, a hitch assembly, and a frame. The central rotating assembly is mounted longitudinally on a horizontal shaft and has a fillable cavity. Each tiller blade has at least one surface with an involute curve. A ratio of the central rotating assembly's radius to a radial length of the tiller blades is at least about 1:1.
US11129310B2
A semiconductor module comprises a semiconductor apparatus and a cooling apparatus. The semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor chip and a circuit board. The cooling apparatus includes: a top plate; a side wall; a bottom plate; a coolant flow portion for causing a coolant to flow defined by the plates and the wall, where a cross section of the portion parallel to a principal surface of the top plate have a substantially rectangular shape with longer sides and shorter sides; an inlet associated with one direction along the shorter sides for letting a coolant into the portion; an outlet associated with another direction along the shorter sides for letting a coolant out of the portion; and a cooling pin fin arranged in the portion, extending between the top plate and the bottom plate, and having a substantially rhombic shape longer along the shorter sides than along the longer sides.
US11129305B2
A liquid cooling system for a circuit board made up of a cold plate and heat sinks connected to the cold plate by flexible connections.
US11129303B1
A cooling system includes a primary heat sink including a primary top base plate, a primary bottom base plate and a primary fin pack including a plurality of fins, where the primary fin pack is disposed between the primary top base plate and the primary bottom base plate. The cooling system further includes secondary heat sink including a secondary top base plate, a secondary bottom base plate and a secondary fin pack including a plurality of fins, where the secondary fin pack is disposed between the secondary top base plate and the secondary bottom base plate. A heat pipe extends between the primary top base plate and the primary bottom base plate, where the heat pipe further extends from the primary heat sink and couples with the secondary heat sink.
US11129302B1
The disclosed apparatus may include (1) a split heatsink assembly that comprises (A) a first heatsink that includes a base for thermally coupling to a first heat-emitting component, wherein the base of the first heatsink forms an opening, and (B) a second heatsink that includes a pedestal for thermally coupling to a second heat-emitting component, wherein the pedestal of the second heatsink fits into the opening formed by the base of the first heatsink, and (2) an EMI absorber that at least partially encompasses the pedestal of the second heatsink and resides between the pedestal of the second heatsink and the base of the first heatsink in the opening. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11129299B2
The invention relates to a improved heat sink. In one embodiment this is accomplished by a base member and a heat radiating portion, wherein heat radiating portion includes a plurality of fins, wherein the distance between rows of the plurality of fins (fluid guide) are arranged such that they don't obstruct the horizontal flow of fluid or change the characteristic of the fluid substantially.
US11129298B2
A two-phase liquid immersion cooling method is described in which heat generating computer components cause a dielectric fluid in its liquid phase to vaporize. The dielectric vapor is then condensed back into a liquid phase and used to cool the computer components. Using a pressure controlled vessel and pressure controller, a cooling system may be operated at less than ambient pressure. By controlling the pressure at which the system operates, the user may influence the temperature at which the dielectric fluid vaporizes and thereby achieve increased performance from a given computer component.
US11129297B2
A cold plate may include a plate body having a thermal conductive side; a plurality of parallel hollow fluid channels running inside the plate body; at least one fluid inlet in direct fluid communication with a first subset of the plurality of parallel hollow fluid channels; at least one fluid outlet in direct fluid communication with a second subset of the plurality of parallel hollow fluid channels; and a porous thermal conductive structure which fluidly connect the first subset of the plurality of parallel hollow fluid channels to the second subset of the plurality of parallel hollow fluid channels, and which is in thermal contact with the thermal conductive side of the plate body. The porous thermal conductive structure may include a plurality of elongate fluid contact surface regions, each may be extending continuously lengthwise along a longitudinal side of respective fluid channel to serve as a fluid interface.
US11129293B2
A bracket for mounting a processor and a support structure for receiving bracket-supported processors for cluster computing are provided. In some embodiments, a bracket may be configured to receive a processor and fasten the processor to the bracket. The bracket may be configured to mount the processor to a support structure. The support structure may be configured to receive an array of brackets. The support structure may be configured to be stacked in combination with additional support structures.
US11129288B2
Disclosed herein is a display apparatus packing material. The display apparatus packing material includes a first area configured to cover a front surface of a display apparatus; a second area configured to cover sides of the display apparatus, and extending from edges of the first area; and a third area disposed between the first area and the second area such that the second area is bendable with respect to the first area, wherein the second area covers sides of the display apparatus when the second area is bent, and includes an adhesive member configured to be attached on the sides of the display apparatus.
US11129282B2
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a ceramic circuit board is disclosed. The ceramic circuit board includes a copper plate bonded to at least one surface of a ceramic substrate via a brazing material layer including Ag, Cu, and a reactive metal. The method includes: preparing a ceramic circuit board in which a copper plate is bonded on a ceramic substrate via a brazing material layer, and a portion of the brazing material layer is exposed between a pattern shape of the copper plate; a first chemical polishing process of chemically polishing the portion of the brazing material layer; and a first brazing material etching process of etching the chemically polished portion of the brazing material layer by using an etchant having a pH of 6 or less and including one type or two types selected from hydrogen peroxide and ammonium peroxodisulfate.
US11129281B2
A flexible circuit film, which is capable of preventing broken portions during an assembly process, and an electronic device comprising the same is disclosed. The flexible circuit film comprises a bonding pad portion, a body portion, and a film bending portion between the bonding pad portion and the body portion, wherein at least some portion of the film bending portion has a thickness that is less than a thickness of the body portion.
US11129279B2
An optical subassembly includes: a support block made of ceramic in front of the first surface, the support block having a substrate mounting surface, the support block having a first side opposite to a surface in front of the first surface; an element-mounted substrate on the substrate mounting surface, the element-mounted substrate having a first conductor pattern; a pedestal made of metal and configured to be the same potential as the eyelet, the pedestal situated in front of the first surface; and a lead pin in the through-hole and for transmitting the electric signal. The support block has a metallization pattern that is electrically connected to the pedestal and is continuous from at least a part of the substrate mounting surface to at least a part of the first side.
US11129278B2
A camera module is provided. The camera includes a circuit board to which an image sensor disposed is disposed, one or more first conductive portions at one or more regions of the circuit board, one or more elastic connectors, including an elastic member and a metal film surrounding at least part of an outer portion of the elastic member, the elastic connector is disposed on the first conductive region, a lens device including one or more lenses and a driver capable of moving the lens device, a housing which accommodates the lens device, and a second conductive portion in one or more regions of the housing. The housing may be disposed above the elastic connector such that the second conductive portion is electrically coupled to the first conductive portion due to a contact with the elastic connector.
US11129271B2
The present invention relates to a motor, a circuit board and an engine cooling module including the motor. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a control module and a heat sink. The control module includes a circuit board and heat generating electronic components mounted on the circuit board. A bottom surface of the circuit board faces the heat sink. The heat generating electronic components are mounted on a top surface of the circuit board. Metal heat conducting members are embedded inside the circuit board at positions corresponding to the heat generating electronic components, and extend along a thickness direction of the circuit board. The heat generated by the heat generating electronic components is conducted from the top surface of the circuit board to the bottom surface of the circuit board. The present invention improves the heat dissipation effect of the motor.
US11129266B2
There is described an optical system (400) for focusing a beam of radiation (B) on a region of interest of a substrate in a metrology apparatus. The beam of radiation comprises radiation in a soft X-ray or Extreme Ultraviolet spectral range. The optical system comprises a first reflector system (410) and a second reflector system (412). Each of the first and second reflector systems (410, 412) comprises a finite-to-finite Wolter reflector system. The optical system (400) is configured to form, on the region of interest, a demagnified image (414) of an object (416) comprising an apparent source of the beam of radiation (B).
US11129265B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a radiation shielding component including a plurality of parts fused together by metal infiltrated through junctions between adjacent, interconnected parts. In one embodiment, members on a side of a panel may be interlocked with indentations on a side of another and then metal may be infiltrated through a junction between the two panels to fuse the adjacent panels.
US11129263B2
A communicative lighting system may comprise a plurality of network connected light sources. Each light source may possess a unique identifier permitting light sources to be associated with one another. An input received by one light source may alter the light output of that light source as well as other light sources associated with the light source. The light output of a light source may be altered by changing color, brightening or dimming, blinking, adjusting which of a plurality of light emitting diodes are activated, or otherwise modifying the type or amount of light output.
US11129260B2
A controller for controlling a lighting system, the controller comprising: an interface arranged to communicate with one or more luminaires at a location to be illuminated; a memory arranged to store information, the information comprising a first illumination status of the location, and information of a first command causing the location to adopt the first illumination status; the interface further arranged to receive a second command comprising an instruction for the at least one luminaire to illuminate the location in accordance with a second illumination status which differs from the first illumination status; and a processor configured to determine whether to execute the second command based upon a comparison between a value associated with the first command and a value associated with the second command, the processor configured to calculate the value associated with the first command based upon a priority level value of the first command and a relevance factor associated with the first command, at a time of receiving the second command; and the processor configured to calculate the value associated with the second command based upon a priority level value of the second command.
US11129251B2
A load control device may be configured to provide a user interface for controlling the intensity and/or color of one or more lighting loads. The user interface may include separate actuation members for setting the intensity and/or color of the lighting loads. The user interface may include one actuation member configured to operate in an intensity and/or color control mode. The control mode of the actuation member may be set via a button, a lever, a rotary switch, a rotary knob, etc. The user interface may include a touch sensitive element capable of sensing a user's touch and translate the touch into a control signal. Feedback may be provided on the user interface to indicate the type of control being adjusted and/or amount of control being applied to the lighting loads.
US11129250B2
The invention provides a lighting system (1) with at least two subsets (SS1, AS1) of light sources, wherein one or more first subsets (SS1, SS2, . . . ) provide first light (111) mimicking the solar light (during the day) and with the first light (111) having a variable direction, and wherein one or more second subsets (AS1, . . . ) provide second light (211) mimicking the sky (without the sun, as the sun is provided by the first subset(s)) 5 (during the day). Especially, the color and/or color temperature of the first light (111) is variable, in addition the variability in direction. The lighting system may further comprise a control system (20) configured to control the color and intensity of the first light and/or second light.
US11129247B2
System and method for providing at least an output current to one or more light emitting diodes. The system includes a control component configured to receive at least a demagnetization signal, a sensed signal and a reference signal and to generate a control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal, and a logic and driving component configured to receive at least the control signal and output a drive signal to a switch based on at least information associated with the control signal. The switch is connected to a first diode terminal of a diode and a first inductor terminal of an inductor. The diode further includes a second diode terminal, and the inductor further includes a second inductor terminal.
US11129246B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for systems and methods that employ a control component and/or power source integrated in an LED based light source to control and/or power the LED light source wirelessly. In embodiments, the LED based light source may take the form of a standard light bulb that plugs into a standard lighting socket or fixture.
US11129245B2
A method for matching an impedance of a system comprising a cavity and one or more feeds to an impedance of one or more sources of electromagnetic radiation irradiating a plurality of frequencies into the cavity via the feeds, comprising: determining a plurality of s-parameter of the system for a frequency band; determining the system impedance based on the s-parameters; and modifying the system impedance according to the difference between the impedance of the system and the impedance of the source.
US11129243B2
Processes and systems for pasteurizing and sterilizing a plurality of articles in a microwave heating system are provided. In certain aspects, groups of articles may be passed by a microwave launcher in a first convey direction and a second, opposite convey direction, so that each group of articles passes the microwave launcher more than once. Processes and systems described herein are also configured to uniformly heat spaced apart groups of articles without disrupting the operation of the microwave generator or distribution system.
US11129237B1
A system for controlling assets via smart power switching devices having at least one beacon, at least one switch, and at least one battery selector. The at least one switch is a power controlling device programmed to control a plurality of assets. The at least one beacon, the at least one switch, and the at least one battery selector connect through a wireless mesh network. The at least one beacon, the at least one switch, and the at least one battery selector each communicate via wireless communication.
US11129236B1
Disclosed is a multiagent system having multiple agents in communication with each other via a communication network. The agents can be tasked with performing a global objective. At least a subset of the agents can also be tasked with performing a local objective in addition to the global objective. Performance of the local objective can occur without deteriorating performance of the global objective.
US11129233B2
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Evolved Node-B (eNB) and methods for communication in accordance with a packet convergence and link control (PCLC) layer are generally described herein. The UE may receive, from a Fifth Generation (5G) eNB, a first group of medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (PDUs) that include PCLC PDUs. In accordance with PCLC sequence numbers (SNs), the UE may reorder the PCLC PDUs and may decipher the PCLC PDUs. The UE may receive, from a legacy eNB, a second group of MAC PDUs that include packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) PDUs encapsulated in radio link control (RLC) PDUs. The UE may reorder the RLC PDUs based on RLC SNs and may decipher the RLC PDUs based on PDCP SNs that are exclusive to the RLC SNs.
US11129207B2
The present disclosure relates to the prioritization of devices taking part in a multi-user random access wireless communication. Based on some known conditions, devices that comply with the conditions are given preferential treatment during the random access period. The preferential treatment may refer to the eligible devices being allowed to access more resource units during the random access, or it may also mean faster access to the medium during the random access. By taking advantage of the methods described in the present disclosure, it is possible to assign higher priority to selected frame types and/or device categories in a multi-user random access wireless communication system.
US11129204B2
A random access method, user equipment, and a network device are provided to reduce interference to a neighboring cell. The method includes: receiving at least two groups of random-access configuration parameters from a network device, where each group of random-access configuration parameters includes a power adjustment step for retransmission of a random access preamble; selecting one group of random-access configuration parameters from the at least two groups of random-access configuration parameters based on a threshold; determining transmit power of the random access preamble based on a power adjustment step for retransmission of the random access preamble in the selected random-access configuration parameters; and sending the random access preamble to the network device at the transmit power.
US11129203B2
A user apparatus in a radio communication system that includes a base station and the user apparatus includes a reception unit that receives, from the base station, information that designates a signal waveform to be used by the user apparatus to transmit a random access preamble; and a transmission unit that transmits the random access preamble with the use of the signal waveform designated by the information received by the reception unit.
US11129202B2
A method by which a terminal transmits an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, includes: transmitting any one of a plurality of preambles; and performing a contention-based transmission of data in consideration of the transmitted preamble, wherein each of the plurality of preambles is linked with a plurality of data resource areas, and when the contention-based transmission of data is performed, the terminal can repeatedly transmit the data through the plurality of data resource areas linked with the transmitted preamble. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
US11129201B2
A method of transmitting data in a telecommunications system comprising a terminal transmitting a first random access request message to the base station in accordance with the first random access procedure for transmitting the data to the base station, the first random access request message comprising at least part of the data and a first preamble; and upon determination that the use of the first random access procedure has been unsuccessful, the terminal transmitting a second random access request message to the base station in accordance with the second random access procedure for transmitting the data to the base station, the second random access request message comprising a second preamble.
US11129200B2
To perform a random access procedure appropriately in communication using beamforming. A user terminal for communicating with a radio base station using a plurality of beams includes: a transmission section that transmits a random access preamble; a reception section that receives a random access response corresponding to the random access preamble; and a control section that controls transmission of the random access preamble and/or reception of the random access response using given resources associated with a plurality of beam patterns.
US11129199B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method, a network device, and user equipment, including: sending, by the network device, first indication information and second indication information to the user equipment, where the first indication information is used to indicate a frequency domain resource of a physical random access channel of the user equipment, the second indication information is physical layer control signaling, the second indication information is used to indicate a time domain resource of the physical random access channel, and a random access resource corresponding to the frequency domain resource and the time domain resource is used to carry random access information of the user equipment. In the embodiments of the present invention, a resource of a random access channel is dynamically indicated by using the physical layer control signaling, to improve random access resource allocation flexibility.
US11129196B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may rate match an uplink transmission around a set of resources reserved by a base station. The base station may indicate a set of reserved resources which overlaps an uplink resource allocation to the UE. The base station may transmit an indicator of the reserved resources, and the UE may identify a location of a clear channel assessment (CCA) gap in a symbol period relative to the reserved resources. By rate matching around the reserved resources and one or more CCA gaps, the UE may transmit uplink information despite the allocated uplink resources colliding with the reserved resources.
US11129194B2
Methods and apparatus may be used for sounding for multi-user (MU) scheduling and for signaling and procedures for sub-channel selection. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive information from an access point (AP) indicating a plurality of sub-channels to use for uplink data transmission as part of uplink MU wireless communications using a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) wireless medium. The WTRU may transmit, using a plurality of sub-channels, a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including a preamble portion and a data portion, and, using at least a subset of the plurality of sub-channels, sounding signals to the AP for scheduling MU communications. The AP may receive sounding information from more WTRUs that the plurality of WTRUS associated with the scheduling information for the uplink data transmission during a time interval, in addition to receiving uplink data from the plurality of WTRUs.
US11129189B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting and receiving data by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The present invention provides a method and a device for: selecting a particular preamble from a preamble set; transmitting the selected particular preamble to a base station by means of resources on the frequency axis and resources on the time axis; receiving from the base station a response message comprising resource information that indicates resources allocated on the basis of a first random connection target of a first terminal; and transmitting, to the base station by means of the allocated resources, verification information of the first terminal for uplink data reception or downlink data reception.
US11129186B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink grant, the method comprising: transmitting the uplink grant by selecting a downlink subframe from a plurality of candidate downlink subframes each of the plurality of downlink subframes enabling scheduling of at least one user equipment to start transmitting burst data in a uplink subframe.
US11129185B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may receive during an active duration, an indication of an opportunity to request uplink (UL) transmission. The wireless device may identify an opportunity to request UL transmission based at least in part on the indication. In some cases, the active duration may be a discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration. The wireless device may then transmit on the UL resources during the opportunity to request UL transmission.
US11129176B2
A method and an apparatus for configuring a signal period are provided. The method includes: configuring a first period for the target base station broadcasting a target signal according to a number of terminals currently accessing the target base station when a terminal currently is to access the target base station, where the target base station is to perform hotspot coverage and managed by the macro base station, and the target signal is to control the terminal to access the target base station; and sending first period configuration information to the target base station and the terminal, so that the target base station broadcasts the target signal in the first period. The first period for the target base station broadcasting the target signal is flexibly configured by the macro base station according to the number of terminals accessing the target base station.
US11129170B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for protecting high priority symbols from beam switching. In some aspects, a method comprises identifying potential beam switching time spots in a time interval. The method further comprises determining a time interval configuration of the time interval based on the identified potential beam switching time spots, wherein the time interval configuration protects one or more high priority symbols from beam switching at the potential beam switching time spots. The method further comprises transmitting the time interval configuration to a user equipment (UE).
US11129164B2
A base station (BS) for handling SI change comprises at least one storage device for storing instructions and at least one processing circuit coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the at least one storage device. The instructions comprise broadcasting a plurality of synchronization signal (SS) blocks (SSBs) and a SI block (SIB) in a first bandwidth part (BWP) of a first carrier; communicating with a first communication device in a second BWP of the first carrier; updating a content of the SIB to an updated content, and broadcasting the SIB comprising the updated content in the first BWP; transmitting a SI change notification in the second BWP to the first communication device; and broadcasting the SIB comprising the updated content in the second BWP.
US11129163B2
Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a frame through the transceiver, determine whether the frame is classified into an Intra-Basic Service Set (BSS) frame or an Inter-BSS frame according to a BSS from which the frame is transmitted, and access a channel according to whether the frame is an Intra-BSS frame or an Inter-BSS frame.
US11129161B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) for a beam indication in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a base station (BS), downlink control information (DCI) including scheduling information for a data transmission on a downlink data channel, wherein the DCI includes an index of a spatial quasi-co-location (QCL) configuration, comparing a time offset between the data transmission and the DCI with a threshold that is pre-configured at the UE, and calculating a receive (Rx) beam based on the index of the spatial QCL configuration or a pre-configured spatial QCL assumption, receiving the data transmission based on the time offset.
US11129155B2
This application provides a method for configuring a transmission direction of a time-frequency resource, and an apparatus. A terminal device receives first configuration information sent by a first access network device and/or second configuration information sent by a second access network device, and transmits data based on the first configuration information and/or the second configuration information. The first configuration information includes configuration information of a transmission direction of the first access network device in at least one resource unit, the second configuration information includes configuration information of a transmission direction of the second access device in at least one resource unit, and the at least one resource unit includes at least one of a frequency domain unit, a time domain unit, and a space domain unit.
US11129151B2
A method for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is performed by a terminal, may comprise the steps of: determining the number of coded symbols according to the payload size of uplink control information to be transmitted; and mapping the uplink control information to an uplink resource according to the determined number of the coded symbols, wherein the number of the coded symbols is determined using a parameter selected according to the payload size of the uplink control information to be transmitted.
US11129147B2
Provided are an uplink signal transmission method and device. The method comprises: a network device determining a physical resource used, in a time domain scheduling unit, for transmitting an uplink control signal; and the network device receiving the uplink control signal on the physical resource used for transmitting an uplink control signal, wherein the uplink control signal is transmitted by using a cyclic prefix-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM) waveform. In the embodiments of the present invention, an uplink control signal is transmitted by using a CP-OFDM waveform, and by using multi-carrier transmission characteristics, the uplink control signal may be configured with continuous or discontinuous physical resources in a frequency domain, so that the problem, in the prior art, where an uplink control signal must be mapped to continuous physical resources in a frequency domain when using a single carrier to perform uplink transmission on the uplink control signal is prevented, thereby improving the flexibility of configuring a physical resource for an uplink control signal.
US11129137B2
A method for selecting one or more resources for use from among a set of resources comprises obtaining (201) a first sub-set of the resources. The resources belonging to the first sub-set are the ones which have, according to occupancy information gathered over a long period of time, highest probabilities of matching requirements related to estimated usage time and/or needed capacity. The method further comprises selecting (202) a second sub-set from among the first sub-set of the resources on the basis of second occupancy information gathered over a short period of time. The resources belonging to the second sub-set are the ones from among the first sub-set which, according to the second information, have highest probabilities of matching requirements related to estimated usage time and/or needed capacity. The subsequent use of the long and short term occupancy information increases the probability of optimal selection. The resources can be, for example, radio channels from which one radio channel is to be selected.
US11129129B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for determining a geo-location are provided. The apparatus comprises a receiver, a sensor, a processor, and a transmitter. The receiver is configured to receive a first geo-location. The sensor is configured to determine a change in a pose of the apparatus. The processor is operatively coupled to memory, the receiver, and the sensor. The processor is configured to determine a second geo-location based on the first geo-location and the sensor utilizing a neural network. The first transmitter is configured to output the second geo-location of the apparatus.
US11129097B2
Methods and circuits for reducing power dissipation in wireless transceivers and other electronic circuits and systems. Embodiments of the present invention use bias current reduction, impedance scaling, and gain changes either separately or in combination to reduce power dissipation. For example, bias currents are reduced in response to a need for reduced signal handling capability, impedances are scaled thus reducing required drive and other bias currents in response to a strong received signal, or gain is increased and impedances are scaled in response to a low received signal in the presence of no or weak interfering signals.
US11129090B2
Embodiments described herein provide methods and apparatus for determining a radio access network notification area, RNA, in a wireless communications network. A method in a wireless device comprises receiving an indication of the RNA, wherein the indication comprises a public land mobile network code, PLMN associated with a plurality of tracking area codes, TACs; and determining based on the RNA indication, a plurality of tracking area identifiers comprising each of the plurality of TACs and their associated PLMN.
US11129082B2
A method of route construction of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network includes: obtaining transmission information of the UAV network; determining a relay set from the UAV network based on the transmission information; wherein, the relay set includes at least one UAV; determining environment state parameters according to the transmission information and the information of the relay set; inputting the environment state parameters into a Deep Q-Learning network (DQN) to obtain an accumulated reward corresponding to each UAV; and selecting a UAV with the largest accumulated reward as a target UAV. This disclosure also discloses a UAV and computer readable storage medium that can be used to construct routes for a UAV network.
US11129074B2
A system may be configured to identify that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology; and to identify that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology. The system may further be configured to instruct the user device to concurrently connect to the second RAN and the first RAN, send or receive a first type of traffic via the first RAN, and send or receive a second type of traffic via the second RAN.
US11129055B2
The proposed technology generally relates to a method for controlling multi-point data transmission between a primary node (100) and a User Equipment, UE, via secondary nodes (101, 102). The method comprises the steps of obtaining (S1) Round-Trip Time, RTT, values (TRTT,backhaul,i) between a primary node (100) and two or more secondary nodes (101, 102). The method further comprises determining (S2) a time value relationship (αi) between uplink and downlink for each of the obtained RTT values; determining (S3) a first queue dwell time (Tref,queue,1) in a first secondary node (101) of the two or more secondary nodes (101, 102); and determining (S4) a second queue dwell time (Tref,queue,2) in a second secondary node (102) of the two or more secondary nodes (101, 102), the second queue dwell time (Tref,queue,2) being determined at least partly based on the RTT values (TRTT,backhaul,i), the time value relationship (αi) and the determined first queue dwell time (Tref,queue,1). The method further comprises initiating control (S5) of the first and second queue dwell times for synchronized data arrival in the UE.
US11129043B2
A device may receive threshold data identifying threshold ranges, and may receive, from a first access point of multiple access points, first network data identifying first quality measurement indicators associated with a first link. The device may determine whether a first quality of the first link is good, fair, or poor based on comparing the first network data and the threshold data, and may provide, to the first access point and when the first quality is determined to be poor, a request for second network data identifying second quality measurement indicators associated with multiple links between the device and the multiple access points. The device may receive, from the first access point, the second network data, and may select one of the multiple access points based on the second network data. The device may utilize a link associated with the one of the multiple access points to receive video data.
US11129040B2
An example method for classifying a service set identifier (SSID) as a vehicle SSID includes determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, that a first SSID detected by a mobile device satisfies a detection threshold, determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, that a counter of non-vehicle SSIDs different from the first SSID satisfies a quantity threshold, the counter to increment when an SSID of the non-vehicle SSIDs satisfies a time threshold, and the non-vehicle SSIDs detected while detecting the first SSID, and classifying, based on the first SSID satisfying the detection threshold and the counter of non-vehicle SSIDs satisfying the quantity threshold, the first SSID as the vehicle SSID.
US11129039B2
A communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided, which may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An uplink transmission method is provided, which can increase an uplink coverage through improvement of reception reliability of uplink control information and data information.
US11129031B2
Systems and methods for enhancing node operation in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for adapting mobile access point coverage, for example adapting a mobile access point of a vehicle (e.g., an autonomous vehicle, a manually locally controlled vehicle, a remotely controlled vehicle, etc.).
US11129030B1
Mobile device applications may be enabled to function with greater reliability and performance with greater network visibility and control over the network infrastructure. A mobile device may be enabled with multiplexing across physical and virtual network interfaces. The mobile device may communicate with a server to access specific IP cell towers with wireless to wired offload capability or access points or define a routing table across with networks including wired and wireless hop switches. The connections may be virtualized to a universal interface.
US11129027B2
Methods and apparatus for automatically reconfiguring network parameters are described. Some embodiments identify communication channels that may interfere with higher priority equipment and deactivate communication channels that may cause harmful interference. Some APs are switched to 2.4 GHz communication channels. In some embodiments, AP operating parameters, such as transmission power are adjusted to reduce interference for higher priority receivers.
US11129023B2
In one embodiment, a router includes one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media include instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the router to perform operations including receiving software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) policies from a component of an SD-WAN network. The operations also include establishing a session with a mobile device and receiving information associated with the mobile device in response to establishing the session with the mobile device. The operations further include filtering the SD-WAN policies based on the information associated with the mobile device to generate SD-WAN device-specific policies and communicating the SD-WAN device-specific policies to the mobile device.
US11129015B2
The invention concerns a method for establishing a bidirectional communication channel between a server and a secure element cooperating with a terminal in a cellular telecommunication network for exchanging data and commands, the method comprising: a—Sending a first attachment request signaling message from the terminal to the server, the first message comprising a MCC and a MNC of the server, and at least a part of a unique identifier of the secure element, the server being provisioned with the unique identifier; b—Sending from the server to the secure element, in at least a first signaling message: At least a command; A correlation identifier if further messages have to be sent from the secure element to the server; A first payload comprising data; c—Executing at the secure element the command.
US11129003B2
In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes (1) prompting a user to identify news content to be filtered; (2) generating filter rules based on the content to be filtered identified by the user; (3) populating a rules database based on the filter rules; (4) retrieving news content from a news server over the internet; (5) filtering the news content based on the filter rules within the rules database; and (6) providing the filtered news content to the user on a mobile device of the user. Numerous other embodiments are provided.
US11128994B1
Methods and systems described in this disclosure are directed to creating a profile for a user that includes information content rules and information delivery rules. Upon detecting a triggering event, a set of information is created for the user based on the information content rules. The information is delivered to the user according to the information delivery rules.
US11128992B2
A communications apparatus, a base station, and a communications method. The communications apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: group users in a 3D beam-forming space of a current cell into multiple space user groups; determine group configuration information of the users in the 3D beam-forming space of the current cell; notify a neighbor cell of the group configuration information of the users in the 3D beam-forming space of the current cell to assist inter-cell interference coordination, wherein the current cell is configured with an antenna array having multiple physical antennas to achieve 3D beam-forming.
US11128988B2
In one illustrative example, a mobility node (e.g. an SMF) may receive a message which indicates a request for creating a session for a user equipment (UE). A user plane function (UPF) instance for the session may be selected based on a set of parameters. The set of parameters may include one or more location(s) of one or more multi-access edge computing (MEC) resources and applications of interest for the UE. Location data associated with the MEC resources and applications may be determined from server addresses obtained from UPF processing of domain name server (DNS) queries associated with the applications. In preferred implementations, the server addresses are client subnet location-dependent server addresses obtained from client subnet-based DNS queries. The server addresses or location data derived therefrom may be regularly submitted to the SMF for improved UPF selection based on locations of MEC resources and applications.
US11128978B2
The present document relates to methods and apparatus for rendering input audio for playback in a playback environment. The input audio includes at least one audio object and associated metadata, and the associated metadata indicates at least a location of the audio object. A method for rendering input audio including divergence metadata for playback in a playback environment comprises creating two additional audio objects associated with the audio object such that respective locations of the two additional audio objects are evenly spaced from the location of the audio object, on opposite sides of the location of the audio object when seen from an intended listener's position in the playback environment, determining respective weight factors for application to the audio object and the two additional audio objects, and rendering the audio object and the two additional audio objects to one or more speaker feeds in accordance with the determined weight factors. The present document further relates to methods and apparatus for rendering audio input including extent metadata and/or diffuseness metadata for playback in a playback environment.
US11128976B2
In general, techniques are described for modeling occlusions when rendering audio data. A device comprising a memory and one or more processors may perform the techniques. The memory may store audio data representative of a soundfield. The one or more processors may obtain occlusion metadata representative of an occlusion within the soundfield in terms of propagation of sound through the occlusion, the occlusion separating the soundfield into two or more sound spaces. The one or more processors may obtain a location of the device, and obtain, based on the occlusion metadata and the location, a renderer by which to render the audio data into one or more speaker feeds that account for propagation of the sound in one of the two or more sound spaces in which the device resides. The one or more processors may apply the renderer to the audio data to generate the speaker feeds.
US11128973B2
A method of pre-processing audio for playback through an audio greeting card having at a speaker array of two or more speakers and an audio control circuit, by defining one or more device parameters associated with the greeting card, measuring an audio response from the greeting card when playing an original audio file, deriving correction gains to correct magnitude response characteristics of the audio response, deriving compressor threshold values to minimize level distortion of the audio response, deriving a virtualization transfer function from the one or more device parameters, and applying the correction gains, compressor threshold values, and the virtualization transfer function to generate an output audio file.
US11128971B2
A tool for arranging voice coil leadouts in a microspeaker comprises a mandrel having a top surface on which a bobbin and voice coil are positioned during formation of helicoidal leadout regions of the voice coil, a bobbin alignment feature for positioning at an inner diameter of the bobbin; a sleeve alignment element at a bottom region of the bobbin alignment feature, the sleeve alignment element having a first surface on which a sleeve of the microspeaker is positioned during the formation of the helicoidal leadout regions, and a gluing ring positioned about the mandrel and on a second surface of the sleeve alignment element for providing guide paths for distal ends of the leadout end regions extending in a direction from the mandrel to the sleeve alignment element.
US11128970B2
An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device, the method including receiving an input of a command to reproduce music contents, determining audio characteristics information on the music contents and situation information on an environment where the music contents are being reproduced; and displaying a visualization effect of visualizing the music contents using the audio characteristics information and the situation information, and reproducing the music contents.
US11128965B2
According to an embodiment, a medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes an external unit and an implantable unit. The external unit includes an electronic unit operationally coupled to a transmitter coil that is configured transmit power and/or data signal over a wireless transcutaneous link, a coil unit comprising a loop structure with the transmitter coil being wound around and along at least a part of length of the loop structure, and a fixation unit configured to attach the loop structure to a user's body i) proximal to an implantable receiver coil that is configured to be implanted within a body part, and ii) around a body part of a user such that a part of the body part is positioned in a hollow section of the loop structure. The implantable unit includes the implantable receiver coil configured to receive the power and/or data signal over the wireless transcutaneous link, a processing unit configured to i) process the received data signal to control functionalities of at least one of the components of the implantable unit, and/or ii) utilize the received power for operation of at least one of the components of the implantable unit. The wireless transcutaneous link includes a coupling between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil, and when the loop structure is attached using the fixation unit, at least a substantial number of magnetic field lines generated in response to excitation of the transmitter coil passes through the implantable receiver coil.
US11128963B1
A hearing aid and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the hearing aid includes a body having various electronic components contained therein, including an electronic signal processor that is programmed with a respective left ear qualified sound range and a right ear qualified sound range. Each of the left ear qualified sound range and the right ear qualified sound range may be a range of sound corresponding to a preferred hearing range of an ear of the patient. The electronic signal processor is also programmed with a tinnitus frequency which is a range of sound corresponding to a sensation of tinnitus in the ear of the patient. Sound received at the hearing aid is converted to the qualified sound range prior to output with the output amplified at 0 dB at the tinnitus frequency or an inverse amplitude signal applied at the tinnitus frequency.
US11128962B2
Systems and methods for controlling hearing devices are disclosed. Each hearing device is worn by a user, the users of the hearing devices having a conversation and the hearing devices being communicatively interconnected with each other for data exchange to form a hearing device system. A method includes acquiring a sound signal of each user with a microphone of the hearing device of the user; acquiring spatial information of each user; determining conversation patterns from the spatial information acquired for all users; determining conversation groups from the conversation patterns; outputting the sound signals from the users with a hearing device, such that sound signals from users of a conversation group that the user of the hearing device is a member of are output to the user and that sound signals from users of conversations groups of which the user is not a member are muted.
US11128960B2
Electronic devices are designed having a housing and are configured to provide an improved degree of protection to electrical and/or mechanical components disposed therein that may be susceptible to damage from environmental elements external from the housing. The electrical device can be one carried or worn by a user, e.g., on the user's head, which can include an external component of a hearing prosthesis. The electrical device can be configured to provide an output signal in the event that a predetermined condition within the housing is detected to alert the user and/or place the electrical device in an alternative state of operation.
US11128945B2
The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker and a method for improving directivity of a sound of a loudspeaker, a head-mounted device and a method for improving a sound effect of a head-mounted device. The loudspeaker comprises: a housing, a magnetic circuit unit that is provided within the housing and is for generating a magnetic force, a voice coil that vibrates by the magnetic force, and a vibrating diaphragm that in response to the vibration of the voice coil vibrates and generates a sound; wherein the loudspeaker further comprises a curved-surface extension structure; the curved-surface extension structure connects to the vibrating diaphragm, and radiating the sound generated by the vibrating diaphragm into a predetermined directivity range.
US11128942B2
A sound transducer arrangement for generating and/or detecting sound waves in the audible wavelength spectrum includes an acoustic unit, which includes a vibratable diaphragm and a MEMS unit coupled to the diaphragm for generating and/or detecting a deflection of the diaphragm. The sound transducer arrangement includes a MEMS structure, which includes a support unit on which the MEMS unit and the acoustic unit are arranged. The support unit includes a metallic lead frame and a plastic body, with which the lead frame is partially circumferentially fused.
US11128936B2
Described is a transformer end-of-life thermal transmitting indicator (thermal transmitting indicator) that is configured and well suited for monitoring the health of a transformer and communicating the health of the transformer to an end user by way of a cellular transceiver. The thermal transmitting indicator can be configured to alert nearby people of an impending transformer explosion if the transformer fails. The thermal transmitting indicator is also arranged to transmit any problems or impending danger from the transformer to the end user who can then respond by preemptively dealing with the failing transformer.
US11128935B2
Methods and systems for processing telemetry data that contains multiple data types is disclosed. Optimum multimodal encoding approaches can be used which can achieve data-specific compression performance for heterogeneous datasets by distinguishing data types and their characteristics at real-time and applying most effective compression method to a given data type. Using an optimum encoding diagram for heterogeneous data, a data classification algorithm classifies input data blocks into predefined categories, such as Unicode, telemetry, RCS and IR for telemetry datasets, and a class of unknown which includes non-studied data types, and then assigns them into corresponding compression models.
US11128921B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for creating a co-watching experience among audience members who are physically apart when watching the media asset. A media guidance application may monitor a sound of the first user. In response to the sound being detected during the monitoring, the media guidance application may determine whether the first user emitted the sound based on an occurrence in the video. In response to determining that the first user emitted the sound based on an occurrence in the video, the media guidance application may store the sound in connection with a timecode of the video corresponding to a time when the sound is detected. When the video is displayed to a second user, the sound of the first user may be played back based on the timecode of the video stored in connection with the sound. In this way, even if users are physically apart, or may watch a media asset at separate times, by sharing and playing back recorded vocal expression of a user, other users may perceive the vocal expression of the user to create a co-watching experience.
US11128919B2
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for creating countdown animations. The countdown animations may alert children that they are approaching their viewing limits, wherein the viewing limits are set by parents and/or guardians. A method may include generating a countdown of an amount of time remaining in a user selected period of time for accessing media content. The method may include identifying a character of a plurality of characters based on a user criterion. The method may include searching a database of a plurality of countdown animations to select a countdown animation associated with the identified character. The method may include generating for display the selected countdown animation simultaneously with the media content.
US11128912B2
A set-top box with enhanced behavioral controls and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectedly includes a television input, a television output, a processor, and memory. The set-top box may pair with an electronic door locking apparatus coupled to a door that is room-collocated with the set-top box in a hospitality establishment. The set-top box may then receive a status signal from the electronic door locking apparatus relative to the open/closed status of the door and locked/unlocked status of the door.
US11128899B2
The present disclosure provides a media data processing method. The method includes obtaining, after determining that a user client performs a service operation with a first service client, first video data from the user client and second video data from the first service client; and synthesizing the first video data with the second video data to generate service operation video data. The method also includes transmitting the service operation video data to the user client and the first service client; obtaining a processing result of the service operation from the first service client; storing the service operation video data and generating storage information; receiving an access request that is transmitted by a second service client and that carries the storage information; and obtaining the service operation video data according to the storage information and returning the service operation video data to the second service client.
US11128896B2
Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses for secondary content delivery via a network. A data stream carrying, for example, a primary content may also carry a network address of a schedule that indicates one or more times at which secondary content should be presented in coordination with the primary content. A user device may receive this data stream, and use it to obtain the secondary content and to present it with the primary content. The user device may also determine whether the schedule has changed by comparing a received network address with a previously-received network address.
US11128892B2
A method for selecting at least one image portion to be downloaded anticipatorily in order to render an audiovisual stream by a rendering device. The method includes: determining the location of a sound source in a spatialized audio component of the audiovisual content, determining a future observation direction on the basis of the determined location, selecting at least one portion of the image on the basis of the determined future observation direction, and downloading the at least one selected image portion.
US11128889B2
To achieve a reduction in the amount of coding taken in the use of an asymmetric partition and to implement efficient encoding/decoding processes exploiting the characteristics of the asymmetric partition. An image decoding device includes a motion compensation parameter derivation unit configured to derive a motion compensation parameter indicating either a uni-prediction scheme or a bi-prediction scheme. In a case that a prediction unit has a size less than or equal to a predetermined value, the motion compensation parameter derivation unit is configured to derive the motion compensation parameter by switching between the prediction schemes.
US11128884B2
A method of video processing is provided to include determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, a mode of operation of an UMVE mode; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the current video block is coded with a merge mode and motion vector differences in an UMVE mode that comprises a motion vector expression that includes a starting point of motion information, a motion magnitude and a motion direction for the current video block, and wherein one or more fields in the coded representation correspond to the mode of operation, and wherein the one or more fields include: a list size field that indicates a size of a base candidate list used by the UMVE mode, or a table field that signals a distance table or a direction table for the UMVE mode.
US11128880B1
A method in which a server recognizes and determines an object in an image may include calculating a feature map including an object feature point within the image by learning the image based on a first model, calculating compression feature information by compressing the feature map based on a first filter, inputting the compression feature information for each at least one layer and calculating respective prediction information by learning the compression feature information for each layer based on a second model, and calculating prediction result information by determining whether the respective prediction information sequentially exceeds a predetermined threshold value in order from a top layer.
US11128873B2
A storage medium storing a program that causes a processor to execute a process, the process includes calculating a prediction residual from a difference between a predicted image generated by intra-screen prediction or inter-screen prediction and the input image to be processed and performing orthogonal transformation processing and quantization processing on the prediction residual, and then performing entropy encoding processing, acquiring a quantization parameter used in the quantization processing, a signal including a quantization error occurring in the quantization processing, and an image including a prediction error occurring in the intra-screen prediction or the inter-screen prediction when encoding the input image to be processed, and acquiring an encoding distortion inferred by a filter unit by separately inputting the quantization parameter, the signal including the quantization error, and the image including the prediction error to the filter unit that has learned an encoding distortion generated, encoding an input image for learning.
US11128870B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry for video decoding. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a current block from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an intra block copy mode. The processing circuitry selects, from a set of multiple candidate resolutions, a resolution of a block vector difference for the current block, and determines a block vector of the current block according to the selected resolution of the block vector difference and a block vector predictor of the current block. Then, the processing circuitry reconstructs at least one sample of the current block according to the block vector.
US11128868B2
Method and apparatus of video coding are disclosed. According to one method, the left reference boundary samples and the top reference boundary samples are checked jointly. According to another method, selected original left reference boundary samples and selected original top reference boundary samples at specific positions are used for predictor up-sampling. According to yet another method, the horizontal interpolation and the vertical interpolation are in a fixed order regardless of a shape of the current block, size of the current block or both.
US11128867B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video coding. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry can decode encoding information for a block of a picture in a coded video bitstream. The encoding information indicates a position of a sub-region in the block and a position of an additional sub-region in each of at least one neighboring block of the block. A combined sub-region includes the sub-region and the additional sub-region in each of the at least one neighboring block. The combined sub-region is at a center of a combined block including the block and the at least one neighboring block. The processing circuitry can reconstruct first samples that are inside the combined sub-region using residue data of the first samples and reconstruct second samples that are outside of the combined sub-region in the combined block without residue data.
US11128862B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method of the present invention comprises deriving an intra-prediction mode for a current block, determining whether or not a left boundary or an upper boundary of the current block is a boundary of a predetermined image region, configuring a reference sample by using at least one reconstructed sample included in at least one reconstructed sample line adjacent to the current block based on the determination result, and performing intra-prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.
US11128850B2
There is provided a video processing apparatus, method, and program to enable electro optical transfer processing on video data to be suitably performed. The video processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire video data obtained by performing high dynamic range optical electro transfer on high dynamic range video data, a processing unit configured to perform processing including electro optical transfer on the acquired video data and obtains display video data, and a control unit. In the processing unit, the characteristic of the electro optical transfer is set to a characteristic corresponding to characteristic information of optical electro transfer associated with the acquired video data. The control unit is configured to switch the characteristic of the electro optical transfer in the processing unit in accordance with a selection operation of a user.
US11128845B2
A display system includes a display screen with at least one servo feedback mark in each of a plurality of display regions, and a plurality of subsystems each subsystem configured to generate an image on an associated display region. Each subsystem generate a plurality of scanning beams including an excitation beam and a servo beam, abeam scanning module, a servo feedback detector, and a controller. The beam scanning module includes a resonant scanning mirror configured to scan the scanning beams along a first scanning direction and a linear scanning mirror to scan the scanning beams along a second scanning direction. The controller is configured to receive image data, to modulate the excitation beam in accordance with the image data, and to control timing of modulation of the excitation beam based on the monitor signal to align the modulation with corresponding pixel positions on the display screen.
US11128844B2
A projection apparatus and a projection method thereof are provided. The projection apparatus includes a frame refresh rate conversion chip, a spatial light modulation circuit and a control circuit. The frame refresh rate conversion chip performs frame refresh rate conversion on a first video signal to generate a second video signal. The control circuit is coupled to the frame refresh rate conversion chip and the spatial light modulation circuit, and adjusts a resolution and a frame refresh rate of a projected image generated by the spatial light modulation circuit according to a frame refresh rate of the second video signal.
US11128836B2
A first input and a second input are received from a front camera and a rear camera respectively of a user device The first input is a video of a first object having a first orientation with respect to the front camera, the second input is a video of a second object having a second orientation with respect to the rear camera. A video output is generated including a first part based on the first input and a second part based on the second input. The video output is presented relative to a viewpoint of a first viewer, such that, at the viewpoint, the first and second parts of the video output are visible at the same time and the first object in the first part of the video output is orientated towards the second object in the second part of the video output.
US11128827B2
In an imaging device that transmits control signals to a large number of pixels, an influence is reduced of delay at the time of signal transmission. An imaging device drive circuit includes a plurality of control signal lines, a control signal distribution line, two control signal transmission units, and two operation units. The plurality of control signal lines each transmits a control signal for each of a plurality of pixels that generates image signals depending on incident light on the basis of the control signal. The control signal distribution line has a shape of a line, and the plurality of control signal lines is connected thereto in a distributed manner, and the control signal distribution line distributes the control signals supplied from both ends of the line to the plurality of control signal lines.
US11128825B2
There is provided an optical navigation device including an image sensor and a processing unit. The image sensor outputs successive image frames. The processing unit calculates a contamination level and a motion signal based on filtered image frames, and determines whether to update a fixed pattern noise (FPN) stored in a frame buffer according to a level of FPN subtraction, the calculated contamination level and the calculated motion signal to optimize the update of the fixed pattern noise.
US11128819B2
A combined imaging and spectral measurement line-scan imaging sensor includes a plurality of pixel lines. Each pixel line includes a plurality of pixels. At least one of the pixel lines is an imaging line designated for acquiring at least one image of an object and other of the pixel lines are spectral measurement lines designated for acquiring a spectral measurement of light received from the object. Each imaging line is associated with a single respective spectral response within a spectral range. Each pixel in each spectral measurement line is associated with a respective spectral band. Each of at least three pixels in each of the spectral measurement lines is respectively associated with different respective pixel spectral bands. The different respective pixel spectral bands are non-identical to any one of the single spectral responses associated with each of the imaging spectral lines.
US11128814B2
Provided is an image processing apparatus that processes a video, including continuous images expressed by a coordinate system which includes at least an angular coordinate around a predetermined axis. The image processing apparatus includes: video data acquisition means that acquires video data; sensor data acquisition means that acquires sensor data corresponding to the video data; and rotation correction means that corrects the image to cancel rotation change around the reference axis based on the sensor data so that a reference of display of the image is fixed to a specific direction during the image capturing throughout a plurality of frames of the video.
US11128813B2
An image processing system includes an image obtaining unit that obtains images based on capturing from plural directions by plural cameras, an information obtaining unit that obtains viewpoint information indicating a virtual viewpoint, and a generation unit configured to generate virtual viewpoint images on a basis of the obtained images and viewpoint information. The generation unit generates a first virtual viewpoint image outputted to a display apparatus that displays an image for a user to specify a virtual viewpoint and a second virtual viewpoint image outputted to an output destination different from the display apparatus by using at least one of data generated in a process for generating the first virtual viewpoint image by image processing using the plural images obtained by the image obtaining unit and the first virtual viewpoint image, the second virtual viewpoint image having a higher image quality than that of the first virtual viewpoint image.
US11128810B2
To enable to easily check a predetermined signal level region of an HDR video signal on an SDR screen displayed on an SDR-compliant display device. Processing at least including gradation compression processing for SDR is performed on the HDR video signal to obtain a standard dynamic range video signal. A predetermined signal level region is detected from the HDR video signal. An SDR video signal for display is obtained by combining a display signal for displaying the predetermined signal level region with an SDR video signal on the basis of a signal indicating the predetermined signal level region.
US11128806B2
A camera system includes an imaging device that acquires a first image by a normal exposure including only one exposure and that acquires a second image by a multiple exposure including a plurality of exposures; and an image processor that extracts a feature value of a first object in the first image and that identifies one or more locations corresponding to the feature value in the second image.
US11128794B2
An apparatus, system and method to ensure accurate and complete video representation of a property. A mobile device receives information from a trusted source of various physical attributes of a property. The mobile device then evaluates digital video captured by the mobile device to determine a particular room or area of the property is being recorded. Once all rooms and areas of the property have been recorded, as determined by the mobile device, the digital videos may be shared with others.
US11128792B2
The present disclosure generally relates to capturing and displaying video with multiple focal planes. The video includes a subject with a predefined portion of the subject identified in a first focal region. When a set of one or more conditions is met, the video is displayed with a focal plane of the video selected to be outside of the first focal region. When the set of one or more conditions is met is no longer met; and the video is displayed with the focal plane of the video selected to be inside of the first focal region.
US11128785B2
The invention relates to a proximal monitoring device comprising a ring defining a volume in which a plurality of cameras is mounted. The cameras have fields that are angularly distributed around said ring and at least one of the cameras is associated with a device for scanning azimuthally in a plane normal to a central axis of the ring.
US11128781B2
An image processing apparatus includes a filtering processing unit that executes a filtering process to suppress background noise of input image data; a threshold setting unit that sets a binarization threshold for the input image data; a background noise determination threshold setting unit that determines that a tone value at which the number of pixels of background noise of the input image data reaches a peak is a background peak tone value and that sets, as a background noise determination threshold, a tone value having a density higher than a density of the background peak tone value and having a number of pixels within a specific range of percentages, of the number of pixels at the peak; a background noise reduction processing unit that executes a background noise reduction process on the input image data and a binarization processing unit that executes a binarization process on the input image data.
US11128777B2
A recording apparatus includes a medium mounting section, a feed mechanism, a recording section, a housing, and a reading unit. The reading unit is provided on top of the housing and includes a document feed opening, a transport section, and a reading section. A back cover moves in tandem with a mounting tray, and moves to a closed position in which the back cover covers the opening when the mounting tray is closed and an open position in which the back cover does not prevent the mounting tray from rotating for stowage in the opening when the mounting tray is open. When in the closed position, the mounting tray covers the document feed opening of the reading unit.
US11128776B2
The present invention provides a mechanism by which an image forming apparatus notifies an apparatus that inputs an image forming job to the image forming apparatus that the image forming apparatus is during remote support service, and suitably restricts acceptance of image forming jobs.
US11128774B2
An image reading apparatus includes a conveying unit configured to convey a document, a reading unit configured to read an image on the conveyed document, a measurement unit configured to measure a distance from an upper portion of a sheet feeding port for the document to an upper surface of the document, and a control unit configured to, according to the distance measured by the measurement unit, suspend the conveyance of the document by the conveying unit. According to a user operation for reading again the document of which the reading is suspended by the control unit, the conveying unit conveys the document and the reading unit reads the image on the document, and while the document of which the conveyance is suspended is conveyed again, the control unit does not suspend the conveyance of the document based on the distance measured by the measurement unit.
US11128770B2
An image processing system includes a processor configured to present all functions provided by plural image processing apparatuses connected to one another on a network, the plural image processing apparatuses providing different functions and receive, as shared setting information, settings of functions to be used by all the plural image processing apparatuses among all the functions presented.
US11128768B2
An information processing apparatus includes a memory; and a processor configured to execute a hiding process of hiding a page on which no icon is to be displayed at all from among a plurality of pages included in a home screen on which a plurality of icons of applications installed on the information processing apparatus are arranged, and a displaying process of displaying the home screen to which the hiding process is applied.
US11128761B2
Provided is an image forming system that can prevent unnecessary down time and spoiled paper from being caused, thereby improving productivity. The image forming system includes an image forming portion, a detecting portion, and a controlling portion. When an abnormality has been detected by the detecting portion, when a reading portion for reading an image formed on a recording medium by the printing operation of the image forming portion is provided, the controlling portion causes the reading portion to function to continue the printing operation, and at the detection of the abnormality on the basis of the read image, stops the printing operation to cause a notifying portion to perform notification related to the abnormality, and when the reading portion is not provided, the controlling portion stops the printing operation to cause the notifying portion to perform the notification related to the detected abnormality.
US11128759B2
Aspects of this disclosure are directed to a method of routing toll-free telephone calls using a toll-free exchange, thereby minimizing the number of hand-offs, increasing the technological capability and reducing the ultimate cost of the toll-free call. Toll-free subscribers are generally assessed a cost based on each exchange plus the duration of the call. Subscribers are also limited to the decades old technological standards of PSTN switching. It is therefore an object of the present disclosure to minimize the number of exchanges, promote technological possibility and simplify the process of directing a toll-free telephone call by providing a toll-free exchange.
US11128750B1
An apparatus includes a memory of a mobile compute device, and a hardware processor of the mobile compute device. The hardware processor is configured to implement an operating system and an authentication module. The operating system is configured to receive a first authentication identifier, and is also configured to authorize use of the mobile compute device based on the first authentication identifier meeting a first criterion. The authentication module is configured to, in response to the operating system authorizing use of the mobile compute device, disable at least one function of the mobile compute device and request a second authentication identifier. The authentication module is also configured to receive the second authentication identifier. The authentication module is also configured to enable the at least one function in response to the second authentication identifier meeting a second criterion.
US11128738B2
A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid). The client then downloads the data from these peers in parts and in parallel, thereby speeding up the Web transfer, releasing congestion from the Web by fetching the information from multiple sources, and relieving traffic from Web servers by offloading the data transfers from them to nearby peers.
US11128737B1
Disclosed herein is an artificial intelligence data model monitoring and management system. The artificial intelligence data model monitoring and management system is configured to monitor and detect any changes in data quality of new data associated with an artificial intelligence data model with respect to historical data used to build the artificial intelligence data model. The system may update the artificial intelligence data model when the data quality of the new data does not satisfy a predetermined threshold.
US11128736B2
A method includes selecting, by one or more servers, a digital component to be presented in an application executed at a client device; obtaining, by the one or more servers, attributes of the digital component, including at least one or more of a destination network location to which the digital component redirects users in response to interaction with the digital component and a reporting network location to which the interaction with the digital component is reported; after selecting the digital component and obtaining the attributes of the digital component, selecting, by the one or more servers and based on the obtained attributes, a config file that specifies a set of operations to be performed by the client device that presents the digital component; and transmitting, to the client device, a payload that includes information specifying the digital component to be presented in the application and the config file that, upon execution by the client device, causes the client device to perform the set of operations specified by the config file.
US11128735B2
The discussion relates to allocating remote computing resources responsive to a user-driven free-form input. One example can receive free-form input from a user relating to remote computing resources. The example can map the free-form input to individual remote computing resources and can allocate the mapped individual remote computing resources for the user.
US11128727B2
A browser receives a web page that includes a script that is configured to control subsequent requests of the browser for at least the web page and caches a first portion of the web page that includes reference(s) to other web resource(s). A subsequent request for the web page is dispatched to the script which returns the cached first portion of the web page to the browser and a request for the full web page is made. Request(s) are also transmitted for the web resource(s) referenced in the first portion of the web page without waiting for the full web page to be received. When the full web page is received, if the first portion of the page matches the corresponding portion of the full page, that corresponding portion is removed from the full page and the remaining page is returned to the browser.
US11128724B1
This disclosure involves performing event analytics on-the-fly based on user input to an analysis interface. An event analytics system correlates a plurality of event datasets to include a common visitor identifier. The system causes display, via the analysis interface, of information about the plurality of event datasets. The system receives, via the analysis interface, user selection of one or more event datasets, of the plurality of event datasets. Based on the selected one or more event datasets, the system generates a combined event dataset. The event analytics system receives, via the analysis interface, user input specifying information requested about the combined event dataset. The system obtains the requested information about the combined event dataset. The system causes display, via the analysis interface, of a visualization of the obtained information, wherein the visualization is based on event data from the combined event dataset in chronological order.
US11128723B2
The present invention is directed to methods and systems for querying a database of geofences, with each geofence in the database being associated with a plurality of IP addresses, preferably IPv6 addresses, and each IP address corresponding to a specific geographic coordinate. The method and system convert location coordinates to IP addresses and determine whether a location anchor point is associated with a geofence.
US11128722B2
A system and method for analyzing media requests and evaluating the authenticity of geographic data associated with the media requests. A mobile device may use media requests to retrieve media items that are displayed to a user. A media request may include geographic data with latitude and longitude information and entity data identifying a user, application, mobile device, or combination thereof. The system may analyze the geographic data to identify locations and may analyze the entity information to identify user activity. The user activity may be internet activity of an application running on another device (e.g., user's desktop). The system may then correlate the user activity (e.g., accessing a venue web site) with the geographic locations (e.g., venue locations) to evaluate the authenticity of the geographic data associated with the mobile requests.
US11128719B2
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to master service orchestration of virtual network functions (“VNFs”). According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a network functions virtualization (“NFV”) platform includes a hardware resources layer including a plurality of hardware resources, a plurality of VNF resource pools, a plurality of service controllers corresponding to the plurality of VNF resource pools, and a master service orchestrator. The master service orchestrator can, when executed by at least a portion of the plurality of hardware resources, causes the master service orchestrator to perform operations. In particular, the master service orchestrator can receive, from a user equipment (“UE”), a service request. The master service orchestrator also can instruct a service controller of the plurality of service controllers to perform service controller-specific operations to provide, at least in part, a service included within the service request received from the UE.
US11128704B2
A content management system provides content item sharing and synchronization for users of client devices. The content items stored by content management system can include any type of data, such as digital data, media, data files and databases, source and object code, recordings, and any other type of data or file. A collaboration content item management system allows users to create, edit and share collaboration content items among a plurality of other users. Collaboration content items are files that a users can create and edit using a collaboration content items editor, and are composed of collaboration content item elements. The content management system and collaboration content item management system provide functionality for linking content items with collaboration content items to keep the contents of each synchronized with one another and allow for access of the same content from both systems.
US11128702B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for providing a failover system and method for one or more collaboration conference web adapters. In general, the system and method allow for the movement of traffic or other communication packets associated with a collaboration conference from one adapter located in a first data center to another adapter located in a second data center. In one embodiment, the failover may occur in response to the detection or determination of a failure or loss of an operational state at an adapter of the system. In another embodiment, the failover may occur in response to a selection from an operations center to move the traffic to the selected adapter or second data center.
US11128700B2
Aspects of the disclosed technology provide methods for automatically tuning load-balancer configurations in a network environment. In some implementations, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for collecting flow records of traffic flow segments at a middle box in a network environment, the traffic flow segments corresponding to one or more traffic flows passing through the middle box, analyzing the flow records to identify one or more traffic patterns in the network environment, and automatically updating a load balancer configuration based on the one or more traffic patterns, wherein updating the load balancer configuration improves at least one traffic flow parameter for at least one of the traffic flows passing through the middle box. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US11128699B1
Techniques are described for scaling resources used by a load balancer service responsive to capacity changes associated with a target group of virtualized computing resources to which the load balancer service distributes application traffic. A load balancer service of a service provider network obtains a resource scaling indication indicating a change in a number of virtualized computing resources in a target group of virtualized computing resources associated with a user of the provider network. The load balancer service determines, based at least in part on the resource scaling indication, a scaling factor indicating a relative increase of the number of the number of virtualized computing resources in the target group. Based on the scaling factor, the load balancer service scales a respective amount of provider network resources available for use by each component of a plurality of components of the load balancer service.
US11128698B2
Processes and systems are disclosed for selecting a producer system from a number of producer systems to lease to a consumer system. A leasing agent, in response to a request from the consumer system for access to a service at a producer system, can identify a producer system to lease to the lease requestor based, at least in part, on a selection weight associated with each producer system that the leasing agent is assigned. The selection weights can be modified based on status information associated with each of the producer systems. This status information may be obtain from the producer systems and/or from a consumer system that has previously accessed the producer system. The consumer system may provide the status information to the leasing agent as part of the consumer system's lease request.
US11128696B2
Techniques for an optimization service of a service provider network to help optimize the selection, configuration, and utilization, of virtual machine (VM) instance types to support workloads on behalf of users. The optimization service may implement the techniques described herein at various stages in a life cycle of a workload to help optimize the performance of the workload, and reduce underutilization of computing resources. For example, the optimization service may perform techniques to help new users select an optimized VM instance type on which to initially launch their workload. Further, the optimization service may monitor a workload for the life of the workload, and determine new VM instance types, and/or configuration modifications, that optimize the performance of the workload. The optimization service may provide recommendations to users that help improve performance of their workloads, and that also increase the aggregate utilization of computing resources of the service provider network.
US11128686B2
A system is provided for streaming media content in a vehicle. The system includes a personal media streaming appliance system configured to connect to a media delivery system and receive media content from the media delivery system at least via a cellular network. The personal media streaming appliance system includes one or more preset buttons for playing media content associated with the preset buttons. Data about the preset buttons and the media content associated with the preset buttons can be stored in the media delivery system.
US11128684B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for scheduling a service. The method includes: obtaining a first configuration status, the first configuration status being a current configuration status of a network resource in a whole CDN when a preset scheduling trigger event is detected; generating a first substitute resource list according to the first configuration status using a trained service scheduling model, where at least one substitute resource and a weight corresponding to each of the at least one substitute resource are recorded in the first substitute resource list; selecting a first substitute resource in the first substitute resource list according to the weight corresponding to each of the at least one substitute resource and a preset first selection policy; and performing service scheduling in the whole CDN based on the first substitute resource.
US11128682B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising sending context information from a mobile wireless device through a control channel to a network server; receiving a policy at the mobile wireless device from the network server, wherein the policy assigns a video streaming bit rate to the mobile wireless device based on the context information; and implementing the policy to control a video streaming session between the mobile wireless device and a media server over a data channel. The context information may include information about the mobile wireless device and/or a user of the mobile wireless device. The policy may be different for each mobile wireless device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11128680B2
Methods and systems of the invention relate to automation of certain fiduciary tasks using machine learning techniques, including generation of corporate meeting minute documents in compliance with legal and organizational requirements. In part, these methods and systems use pre-trained machine learning based data model. The invention monitors and can proactively control meetings to ensure agenda completion among meeting participants and to create meeting minutes, among other tasks.
US11128677B2
A network call method, a server, a call terminal, a network call system, and a storage medium are provided. The network call method includes: receiving a reservation request transmitted by a call reservation terminal, the reservation request including a first communication identifier of a first call terminal; generating a chat room identifier of a chat room in a social network application; generating a call reservation notification, the call reservation notification including an access link generated according to the chat room identifier; and transmitting the call reservation notification to a communication client of the first call terminal according to the first communication identifier of the first call terminal.
US11128670B2
A method for dynamically remediating a security system entity includes establishing a security score for a security system entity (SSE) supporting a trusted network based on a security policy configuration of the SSE. The method further includes receiving, by the SSE, ingress network traffic flows directed to the trusted network and determining an updated security score for the SSE based on the security policy configuration of the SSE and the ingress network traffic flows that are permitted into the trusted network via the SSE. The method also includes remedying the security policy configuration of the SSE if the updated security score differs from the baseline security score by a predefined amount.
US11128657B2
A gateway that notifies a fraud detection server located outside a vehicle of information about an in-vehicle network system including an in-vehicle network includes: a priority determiner that determines a priority using at least one of: a state of the vehicle including the in-vehicle network system; an identifier of a message communicated on the in-vehicle network; and a result of fraud detection performed on the message; a frame transmitter-receiver that transmits and receives the message communicated on the in-vehicle network; a frame interpreter that extracts information about the in-vehicle network based on the message received by the frame transmitter-receiver; and a frame uploader that notifies the fraud detection server of notification information including the priority and the information about the in-vehicle network.
US11128653B1
In some embodiments, a system is provided, and computer-executable instructions cause the system to: obtain a file with instructions for provisioning resources of a service by referencing types of compute resources and including instructions for generating a customized resource of a first type; determine that the file references a first type of compute resources; retrieve threat modeling information associated with the first type of resource, including information identifying a first potential threat; generate a graph with nodes representing the first type of resource, the customized resource, and the first potential threat, and an edge connecting the first node and the second node with a predicate indicative of the relationship them; generate an ontology statement that relate the customized resource and first type of resource; and provide a plurality of ontology statements representing the graph to a reasoner to perform at least a portion of a security review without user intervention.
US11128647B2
A computer implemented method to identify a computer security threat based on communication of a network connected device via a computer network including receiving a plurality of blocks of network traffic from the device, each block including a sequence of network traffic data items being identifiable by a position in the sequence of the block; identifying a subset of positions occurring in every block for which a degree of variability of values of data items in each position of the subset meets a predetermined threshold; and generating executable code for performing a plurality of processing operations based on the identified subset of positions, the executable code consuming a determinate quantity of computing resources when executed for the received network traffic.
US11128646B1
One embodiment of the presently-disclosed invention relates to an intrusion prevention system that includes a plurality of FPGA instances and a plurality of compute instances in a cloud network. The plurality of FPGA instances perform pre-processing that determines whether data packets received from the network gateway are associated with suspicious flows. The data packets associated with the suspicious flows are communicated from the plurality of FPGA instances to a plurality of compute instances in the cloud network. The plurality of compute instances perform post-processing that determines whether a suspicious flow is malicious. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US11128641B2
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to propagating belief information about malicious and benign nodes. In one example, a domain name system (DNS) resolution graph including multiple nodes is determined. In this example, a first subset of nodes is determined based on an initial benign value or an initial unknown value associated with the respective nodes. In the example, benign belief information is propagated for the first subset based on the respective initial benign values. Moreover, in the example, a second subset of the nodes is determined based on an initial malicious value or an initial unknown value. Malicious belief information is propagated for the second subset based on the respective malicious values. The propagated belief information is copied to a DNS resolution graph.
US11128634B1
A system and method provides access to one or more web services requested from a web site by using an app on a smart device, such as a smart phone or tablet, or the smart device itself.
US11128631B2
Systems, devices methods and media are provided for selecting data received from or sent by a client device. In one example, a system is configured to initiate a user-configurable API data endpoint on the client device and issue a request for access to specified data residing on the client device. The specified data resides in a first user-designated storage area on the client device. In response to receiving an authorization by a user of the client device of the access request, the system communicates with the user-configurable API data endpoint on the client device to perform a data-pull of at least some of the requested specified data from a second user-designated data pull portion of data residing on the client device.
US11128627B2
Various aspects of triggering and controlling workflows are disclosed, where a workflow processes data across a plurality of services by performing a predefined operation using predefined parameters when triggered by a predefined input. Specifically, the various aspects include providing access control for workflows triggered using button sharing, encoding workflows and scanning encoded workflows to trigger workflows, using security badges and access control systems used at workplaces to trigger workflows, and enabling workflows to extract information from mobile devices and using the information for subsequent processing.
US11128619B1
Techniques are described for secure access for assisted transactions in an online banking system. A server of the online banking system is configured to establish an assisted session during which both a primary user and an assistant user have secure access to the primary user's account via their respective computing devices. The techniques enable the assistant user to request transactions with the primary user's account on the primary user's behalf, and further enable the primary user to approve the requested transactions prior to performance. The techniques include translating the requested transactions into a natural language description that is understandable to the primary user, and presenting the natural language description to the primary user for approval or denial of the requested transaction. In this way, a primary user may receive the assistance necessary to use an online banking system without giving up all control over the primary user's account.
US11128615B2
A method and system may allow for authenticating a computing device. A computing device may send an authentication request over a network to an authentication computing device. The authentication request may include a user name and a password. The user name may include a credential and the password may be a digitally signed version of the user name. The authentication computing device may authenticate the requesting computing device by decrypting the password and comparing the received user name to the decrypted password.
US11128612B1
Techniques are disclosed for provisioning device-specific credentials to an Internet of Things device that accesses a cloud-based IoT service. The IoT service receives, from the IoT device, a request for device-specific credentials. The request comprises a provisioning certificate including information identifying a group of devices associated with the IoT device. The provisioning certificate is authenticated by evaluating the information with expected information. The device-specific credentials are generated based, at least in part, on the information provided in the provisioning certificate. The device-specific credentials are sent to the IoT device, and the IoT device installs and activates the device-specific credentials. The device-specific credentials are associated with the IoT device in a registry of the IoT service.
US11128610B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to multiway communications. In some embodiments, a first electronic device initiates a multiway call between a plurality of electronic devices and exchanges a first secret with a first set of electronic devices participating during a first portion of the multiway call, the first secret being used to encrypt traffic between the first set of electronic devices. The first electronic device receives an indication that first set of participating electronic devices has changed and, in response to the indication, exchanges a second secret with a second set of electronic devices participating during a second portion of the multiway call, the second secret being used to encrypt traffic between the second set of participating electronic devices. In some embodiments, the indication identifies a second electronic device as leaving the multiway call, and the second secret is not exchanged with the second electronic device.
US11128608B2
In randomized traffic selection in a IPsec network, a source node sends a packet to a destination node. The packet is encapsulated with an application specific metadata header and the source node encapsulates the packet in a transport protocol header (UDP/TCP). The application specific metadata header includes information such as a final destination node, a configured number of hops, a current hop count. A security association associated with an intermediate node is randomly selected by a randomized traffic selector algorithm. The security association is randomly selected from the list of security associations. Upon receiving the packet at the intermediate node, a current hop count is incremented. It is determined that the current hop count is equal to the configured number of hops. The packet is sent to the destination node via the intermediate node based on the randomly selected security association.
US11128607B2
The invention provides a generic operating system for coordinating, controlling and/or influencing the activities of a device. The invention is implemented using a blockchain platform with which the operating system is arranged to interact. The blockchain may be the Bitcoin blockchain. In a preferred embodiment, the device is an Internet of Things (IOT) device. The invention provides a computer-implemented control system and corresponding method for controlling a device, the system comprising a device configured for wireless communication with a network and having an IP address and a public-private key cryptographic key pair associated with the device; a software-implemented control component arranged to monitor the state of a blockchain network and/or transmit blockchain Transactions to the blockchain network; and a set of instructions arranged for execution by the control component to control the functionality of the device. The control component is arranged to access the set of instructions from a stored location which is separate to the device. The instructions may be stored in a Distributed Hash Table (DHT) and accessed for download and installation by the control component from the DHT as and when needed. The location of the DHT and/or instructions may be indicated or provided using metadata provided within a blockchain transaction. The set of instructions may be accessed by the control component using a look-up key which is related to a cryptographic key pair. The control component is provided on or in the device, or in other embodiments can be provided in an off-device location and arranged for wireless communication with the device.
US11128596B2
Methods and apparatuses for acquisition of an address resolution protocol (ARP)/IPv6 Neighbour cache at a user plane function (UPF) entity without performing deep packet inspection for every packet that traverses a network. The ARP broadcast/ICMPv6 Neighbour Solicitation multicast from any Ethernet client (a user equipment (UE) or clients behind the UE or clients in a data network (DN)) is responded to by the UPF entity itself, by looking up the ARP/IPv6 Neighbour cache built in the UPF entity, irrespective of whether the UPF entity acts as the core Ethernet switch or whether the core Ethernet switch is in the DN. The solution is simplified to always intercept ARP at the UPF entity and respond to it based on a local ARP/IPv6 Neighbour cache.
US11128594B2
Techniques are described for managing, drafts of an electronic document (e.g., an electronic note, an electronic message, an electronic calendar invitation, and/or other types of electronic documents) between client devices. Such an electronic document can be composed using different clients, such that composing the document can be continued using different clients. A draft of an electronic document can be stored by clients and/or the message management service as a metadata. A message management service can be implemented as an intermediary computing system to manage a current version of a draft in local storage when a draft is composed using a client device. The message management service can manage version information of a draft that is exists, if any, on each of the client devices. The message management service can synchronize a draft of the message with client devices when a draft is composed using a client device.
US11128586B2
Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: receiving, by a messaging application, input that selects an option to generate a message using an avatar with a caption; presenting, by the messaging application, the avatar and a caption entry region proximate to the avatar; populating, by the messaging application, the caption entry region with a text string comprising one or more words; determining, by the messaging application, context based on the one or more words in the text string; and modifying, by the messaging application, an expression of the avatar based on the determined context.
US11128585B2
A streaming platform reader includes: a plurality of reader threads configured to retrieve messages from a plurality of partitions of a streaming platform, wherein each message in the plurality of partitions is associated with a unique identifier; a plurality of queues coupled to the plurality of reader threads configured to store messages or an end of partition signal from the reader threads, wherein each queue includes a first position that stores the earliest message stored by a queue; a writer thread controlled by gate control logic that: compares the identifiers of all of the messages in the first positions of the queues of the plurality of queues, and forwards, to a memory, the message associated with the earliest identifier; and wherein the gate control logic blocks the writer thread unless each of the queues contains a message or an end of partition signal.
US11128578B2
A storage system switching mediators within a storage system synchronously replicating data, where the switching between mediators includes: determining, among one or more of the plurality of storage systems, a change in availability of a first mediator service, wherein one or more of the plurality of storage systems are configured to request mediation from the first mediator service; communicating, among the plurality of storage systems and responsive to determining the change in availability of the first mediator service, a second mediator service to use in response to a fault; and switching, in dependence upon the change in availability of the first mediator service, from the first mediator service to the second mediator service.
US11128577B2
A relay apparatus relays a frame between communication lines. The relay apparatus includes an item group record portion that records at least one item group that includes classification items for identifying a received frame; a condition record portion that records action conditions each of which includes a setting of whether each of the classification items is set to be valid, and a process content for the frame; a rule generation portion that generates a filtering rule for the received frame by extracting at least one of the classification items set to be valid for each of the action conditions and by associating the extracted classification item with the process content, when receiving the frame; and a process execution portion that executes a process on the received frame in accordance with the filtering rule.
US11128556B2
A device receives virtual network function (VNF) data identifying a VNF to be implemented in a network and configures the VNF data with hardware and software requirements for deploying the VNF in a non-production environment, wherein configuring the VNF data with the hardware and software requirements generates a configured VNF. The device deploys the configured VNF in the non-production environment and performs one or more tests on the configured VNF deployed in the non-production environment. The device receives one or more test results based on performing the one or more tests on the configured VNF, and updates the configured VNF, based on the one or more test results, to generate an updated VNF. The device causes the updated VNF to be deployed in the network.
US11128555B2
Techniques for migration for composite nodes in software-defined infrastructures (SDI) are described. A SDI system may include a SDI manager component, including one or more processor circuits, configured to access one or more remote resources, the SDI manager component may include a partition manager configured to receive a request to create a composite node from an orchestrator component, the request including at least one preferred compute sled type and at least one alternative compute sled type. The SDI manager may create a composite node using a first compute sled matching the at least one alternative compute sled type. The SDI manager may determine, based upon a migration table stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that a second compute sled matching the at least one preferred compute sled type is available. The SDI manager may perform an migration from the first compute sled to the second compute sled. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11128536B2
A system and a method for traffic management on a network. The method including: determining a desired outcome for a network operator's traffic; determining a set of classes for a traffic flow through a link; determining a minimum and target bandwidth for each class in the set of class based on the desired outcome; measure user score and bandwidth use for each class; allocate a bandwidth per class based on the minimum and target bandwidth and measured user score; and shape the traffic flow to the allocated bandwidth.
US11128534B2
In one embodiment, a device classification service receives data indicative of network traffic policies assigned to a plurality of device types. The device classification service associates measures of policy restrictiveness with the device types, based on the received data indicative of the network traffic policies assigned to the plurality of device types. The device classification service determines misclassification costs associated with a machine learning-based device type classifier of the service misclassifying an endpoint device of one of the plurality device types with another of the plurality of device types, based on their associated measures of policy restrictiveness. The device classification service adjusts the machine learning-based device type classifier to account for the determined misclassification costs.
US11128531B2
Systems and methods for dynamically and programmatically controlling hardware and software to optimize bandwidth and latency across partitions in a computing system are discussed herein. In various embodiments, performance within a partitioned computing system may be monitored and used to automatically reconfigure the computing system to optimize aggregate bandwidth and latency. Reconfiguring the computing system may comprise reallocating hardware resources among partitions, programming firewalls to enable higher bandwidth for specific inter-partition traffic, switching programming models associated with individual partitions, starting additional instances of one or more applications running on the partitions, and/or one or more other operations to optimize the overall aggregate bandwidth and latency of the system.
US11128526B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing configuration data and settings on customer premises equipment (“CPE”), and, more particularly, for implementing storage, retrieval, and transfer of configuration data and settings associated with a user and/or a customer premises on CPE. In operation, CPE might set and store one or more configuration settings associated with a user and/or a customer premises. Next, a first CPE might receive a request to set the one or more configuration settings associated with the user or the customer premises on the first CPE or on a second CPE. Based on the request received, the CPE might retrieve from storage and set the one or more configuration settings associated with the user or the customer premises on the first CPE or on the second CPE.
US11128525B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for managing concurrent requests from clients for services. Client computing devices may be permitted to use available capacity beyond their assigned quotas. When backpressure exists, connections with a client exceeding a proportion of excess capacity may be closed before connections with a client not exceeding a proportion of excess capacity.
US11128520B2
A system for providing real-time network engineering control for a network system is provided that includes an agent module for constructing and sending data queries to one or more client modules installed on the network system. The client module evaluates the query from the agent module, retrieves and structures the requested data and sends the structured requested data back to the agent module. The agent module then sends the requested data to at least one engineering control module that analyzes the requested data and responds based on the evaluation of the requested data.
US11128515B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for a common preamble for wireless local-area networks (WLANs). An apparatus of an access point (AP) or station (STA) comprising processing circuitry configured to decode a portion of a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), the first portion of the PPDU including a physical universal signal field (U-SIG), the U-SIG comprising a version independent portion and a version dependent portion, the version independent portion including a version identifier field, the version identifier field indicating a standard version of the PPDU. The processing circuitry is further configured to refrain from decoding the version dependent portion when the standard version indicates a standard version of a later generation than a standard version of the AP or STA, and otherwise decode the version dependent portion in accordance with the standard version.
US11128510B2
This application relates to a data transmission method. The method includes: receiving, in a subframe, first data and first demodulation reference signal(s) that are sent by a first network side device by using n antenna port(s), and second data and second demodulation reference signal(s) that are sent by a second network side device by using m antenna port(s), where time-frequency resources occupied by the first demodulation reference signal(s) are different from time-frequency resources occupied by the second demodulation reference signal(s), and a time-frequency resource occupied by the first data and that occupied by the second data at least partly overlap; and performing demodulation processing on the data based on the first demodulation reference signal(s) and the second demodulation reference signal(s). The data transmission method may be applied to coordinated multipoint transmission/reception in which a plurality of network side devices that are not quasi-co-located simultaneously send data to user equipment.
US11128509B2
An apparatus and method for transmitting broadcast signal to which channel bonding is applied are disclosed. The apparatus according to the present invention includes an input formatting unit configured to generate baseband packets corresponding to a plurality of packet types using data corresponding to a physical layer pipe; a stream partitioner configured to partition the baseband packets into a plurality of partitioned streams corresponding to the plurality of packet types; BICM units configured to perform error correction encoding, interleaving and modulation corresponding to the plurality of partitioned streams, respectively; and waveform generators configured to generate RF transmission signals corresponding to the plurality of partitioned streams, respectively.
US11128506B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes identifying a slot type of a terminal from a first slot type and a second slot type, determining a position of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) based on the slot type, and receiving the DMRS based on the position from a base station.
US11128505B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media include an apparatus of an access point (AP) or station (STA) comprising processing circuitry configured to decode a legacy preamble of a physical layer (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU), determine whether the legacy preamble comprises an indication that the PPDU is an extremely-high throughput (EHT) PPDU, and in response to the determination indicating the PPDU is the EHT PPDU, decode the EHT PPDU. Some embodiments determine a spatial stream resource allocation based on a row of a spatial configuration table, a row of a frequency resource unit table, a number of stations, and location of the station relative to the number of stations in user fields of an EHT-signal (SIG) field. To accommodate 16 spatial streams, some embodiments extend the length of the packet extension field, extend signaling of a number of spatial streams, and/or extend a number of EHT-SIG symbols.
US11128503B2
A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises multiplexing, by a network element, at least one symbol of a PHICH onto at least one resource element of a PCFICH.
US11128502B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a reference signal transmission method, a device, and a system. The method includes: determining, by a first device, at least one reference signal generation sequence corresponding to at least one frequency-domain resource group that is on a symbol carrying a reference signal and that is used to send the reference signal, where one frequency-domain resource group is corresponding to one reference signal generation sequence; and generating, by the first device, the reference signal based on the at least one reference signal generation sequence, and mapping the reference signal to a time-frequency resource whose time domain is the symbol and whose frequency domain is the at least one frequency-domain resource group.
US11128497B1
Decision feedback equalizers and equalization methods may employ fractional tap unrolling and/or probability-based decision threshold placement. One illustrative fractional tap unrolling equalization method embodiment includes: tracking preceding symbol decisions; converting an equalized signal into tentative symbol decisions with a precompensation unit; and selecting from the tentative symbol decisions based on the preceding symbol decisions. The precompensation unit has a decision element for each combination of a first number of speculative preceding symbols, with comparators in each decision element using a first type of symbol decision threshold that accounts for trailing intersymbol interference from the corresponding combination, and with an additional comparator in at least one of the decision elements using a second type of symbol decision threshold that accounts for trailing intersymbol interference from a second number of speculative preceding symbols, the second number being greater than the first.
US11128496B2
A transmitter with low power and high accuracy equalization is shown. The transmitter includes a transmitter driver and a driver bias circuit. The transmitter driver receives data, and generates a positive differential output and a negative differential output to be transmitted by the transmitter. The driver bias circuit is coupled to the transmitter driver to bias the transmitter driver, wherein the driver bias circuit is configured to boost the bias level of the transmitter driver in response to transitions of the data.
US11128495B2
A method for wireless communication involving high-reliability ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) control and data channel transmissions is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), first downlink control information (DCI) in a first control resource set (CORESET), the first DCI providing scheduling information for transmission of first data over a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), receiving, by the UE, second DCI in a second CORESET, the second DCI providing scheduling information for transmission of second data over a second PDSCH. The method also includes receiving, by the UE, the first data over the first PDSCH, and receiving, by the UE, the second data over the second PDSCH, where the first data and the second data are repetition data.
US11128491B2
A GRE tunnel is configured between multiple computing devices of a distributed cloud computing network and a single origin router of the origin network. The GRE tunnel has a first GRE endpoint that has an IP address that is shared among the computing devices of the distribute cloud computing network and a second GRE endpoint that has a publicly routable IP address of the origin router. A first computing device receives an IP packet from a client that is destined to an origin server. The first computing device processes the received IP packet and encapsulates the IP packet inside an outer packet to generate a GRE encapsulated packet whose source address is the first GRE endpoint and the destination address is the second GRE endpoint. The GRE encapsulated packet is transmitted over the GRE tunnel to the single origin router.
US11128489B2
Example methods are provided for a first host to maintain data-plane connectivity with a second host via a third host in a virtualized computing environment. The method may comprise identifying an intermediate host, being the third host, having data-plane connectivity with both the first host and the second host. The method may also comprise: in response to detecting, from a first virtualized computing instance supported by the first host, an egress packet that includes an inner header addressed to a second virtualized computing instance supported by the second host, generating an encapsulated packet by encapsulating the egress packet with an outer header that is addressed from the first host to the third host instead of the second host; and sending the encapsulated packet to the third host for subsequent forwarding to the second host.
US11128488B2
A system and method for full-duplex communications provided by modifying the Media Access Control sub-layer of communication node protocols. The modification allows communication nodes to communicate with one another in full-duplex, where each node transmits and receives data simultaneously with other nodes in a single frequency. A timing of the simultaneous data transmissions, acknowledgments, and short-interframe-space waiting periods can be determined based on network-allocation-vector data transmitted in association with request-to-send or clear-to-send signals.
US11128487B2
A circuit device includes a physical layer circuit coupled to a data bus, and a processing circuit that controls the physical layer circuit and performs communications processing through the data bus. The processing circuit operates with a voltage supplied from a ground line as a power supply voltage VSS on a low potential side, and the physical layer circuit operates based on a power supply voltage VSSA on the low potential side supplied from a power supply line not coupled to the ground line in the circuit device, and a power supply voltage HVDDA on a high potential side set with reference to the power supply voltage VSSA.
US11128485B2
An improved telecommunications network that can reduce the network load on a rich communication services (RCS) server and/or local routers that implement 1-to-N and/or M-to-N services is described herein. In particular, the improved telecommunications network may include an improved RCS server that can route multicast messages instead of and/or in addition to unicast messages. For example, the improved RCS server can create a multicast group for a group of UEs in response to a request from a UE to create a group of UEs. Creation of the multicast group may include assigning a group Internet protocol (IP) address to the multicast group. The improved RCS server can then determine which UEs in the multicast group are capable of sending and/or receiving multicast messages, and send multicast messages instead of unicast messages to these UEs.
US11128482B2
A system meters execution of an application module at an edge computing device. A secure workload package is transmitted securely from a workload provisioning service to the edge computing device. The secure workload package includes the application module, a trusted metering application, and a provisioning service authentication token. The provisioning service authentication token is verified in the secure workload package based on an edge device authentication token generated at the edge computing device. The trusted metering application is executed in a trusted execution environment of the edge computing device, responsive to verifying the provisioning service authentication token. The application module of the edge computing device is executed, wherein the trusted metering application is configured to monitor execution metrics of the application module on the edge computing device. The execution of the application module is managed based on the monitored execution metrics.
US11128477B2
An electronic certification system that can simplify a process for verification of reliability while improving reliability. The electronic certification system guarantees reliability of data using an audit trail registered in a blockchain, the data being provided to a second terminal such as a client by a first terminal such as a server, the first terminal includes audit trail registration for registering information and the data as the audit trail in the blockchain, the information relating at least one of the first terminal, an administrator of the first terminal, and a program configured to run on the first terminal and exchange the data with the second terminal, and an audit trail provider for transmitting the audit trail to the second terminal. The second terminal determines that the data is reliable if the audit trail provided by the audit trail provider has been registered in the blockchain.
US11128467B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for digital identity management and permission controls within distributed network nodes. A network node may receive a request to generate a new digital identity record for an entity. The network node may retrieve a template based on an entity type; and receive information, reference documents, and biometric information for the new digital identity record. The network node may associate and store the received information to the data fields in the new digital identity record, generate respective one directional cryptographic hashes of the reference documents and the biometric information, and store the hashes in the new digital identity record while storing the reference documents and biometric information in a non-blockchain repository. The network node may generate a digital identity record block for the new digital identity record, encrypt the digital identity record block, and append the encrypted block to the latest valid blockchain.
US11128466B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are described providing social networking engines. Specifically, the present specification relates to a method for implementing software containers implementing social network engines that may be configured to act in a zero-knowledge environment. In such implementations, all information pertaining to the social network engine associated with a user that is stored in the container is solely that of a user unless explicitly shared by the user. In some implementations, the containers may be configured to participate in a publish-and-subscribe network in order to share information. In addition, the containers may be provisioned with controls so that global operators may comply with local privacy rules.
US11128461B2
An apparatus computing scalar multiplication of a point on an elliptic curve by a scalar value includes an estimation unit configured to estimate a pre-computation amount based on the scalar value, a pre-computation unit configured to perform pre-computation based on the point on the elliptic curve by using the estimated pre-computation amount, a generating unit configured to generate an internal representation of the scalar value by using the estimated pre-computation amount, and a computation unit configured to output a result of the scalar multiplication of the point based on the result of the pre-computation and the internal representation.
US11128441B2
A method of encryption and decryption of data over a network using an artificial neural network installed on each node of the network. The data protection elements—encryption keys, encryption algorithms, and encryption obfuscation—are generated or selected, respectively, at a new instance of communication across the network and no data protection elements are transmitted across the network. The artificial neural network is trained on a blockchain with the addition of each new block to the blockchain and is used to generate a finite set of encryption keys at each node simultaneously. Such encryption keys, encryption algorithms and encryption obfuscation are associated with the neural network on each node and are then used for decryption of the transmitted data.
US11128437B1
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to implement a first ledger node of a first cloud having a first set of cloud resources. The first ledger node of the first cloud is configured to communicate over one or more networks with a plurality of additional ledger nodes associated with respective additional clouds having respective additional sets of cloud resources, to establish a cloud resource sharing transaction with at least one of the additional ledger nodes of the additional clouds, and to generate a cryptographic block characterizing the cloud resource sharing transaction. The cryptographic block is entered into a blockchain distributed ledger collectively maintained by the first and additional ledger nodes. The first and additional ledger nodes collectively maintain the blockchain distributed ledger on a peer-to-peer basis without utilizing a centralized transaction authority.
US11128436B2
A processor device with a white-box masked implementation of the cryptographic algorithm AES implemented thereon, which comprises a SubBytes transformation. The white-box masked implementation is hardened in that white-box round input values x′ are supplied at the round input of rounds instead of the round input values x, said white-box round input values being formed from a concatenation of: (i) the round input values x that are masked by means of the invertible masking mapping A and (ii) obfuscation values y that are likewise masked with the invertible masking mapping A; wherein from the white-box round input values x′ only the (i) round input values x are fed to the SubBytes transformation T, and (ii) the masked obfuscation values y are not.
US11128433B1
When a first coverage area will use a first TDD configuration and a second coverage area will use a second TDD configuration that is different than the first TDD configuration, a guard band operatively separating the first and second coverage areas (in frequency and/or in space) will be configured with an enhanced TDD configuration that is specially structured to be consistent with both the first and second TDD configurations. Namely, the enhanced TDD configuration could be downlink just when both the first and second TDD configurations are downlink and uplink just when both the first and second TDD configurations are uplink, and can unused at other times.
US11128432B2
An antenna system is described. A main antenna may be configured to receive a first signal, and a first auxiliary antenna may be configured to receive a second signal from a first expected interference direction. An adjustment unit receives the second signal and is configured to adjust the second signal. A combiner unit receives the first signal and the adjusted second signal and is configured to combine the adjusted second signal with the first signal to reduce any contribution of the second signal to the first signal.
US11128431B2
An apparatus including: a communication unit configured to perform radio communication; and a control unit configured to perform control such that control information regarding a resource to which a filter for limiting a width of a guard band in a frequency band to be used in the radio communication is applied is transmitted to an external apparatus through the radio communication. The filter improves frequency use efficiency.
US11128429B2
A control channel can schedule a DL data transmission for a BWP, allocate a set of RBs corresponding to the scheduled DL data, and indicate a first PRB bundling size for the scheduled DL data transmission. A received DL data transmission can be based on each RB of a first PRG having a same precoding applied as other RB of the PRG. The first PRG can partition the BWP with the first PRB bundling size. CSI can be calculated based on at least one DMRS associated with the DL data transmission and based on each RB of a second PRG having a same precoding applied as other RBs of the second PRG. The second PRG can partition the BWP with a determined second PRB bundling size. A CSI report including the calculated CSI can be transmitted on an UL channel.
US11128428B2
A method for a UE in a multiple transmission points communication system, mTRP, scheme, is provided. The method includes receiving downlink control information, DCI, indicating a at least two transmission points scheme for a scheduled data transmission on physical resource blocks, PRBs. The PRBs includes at least a first subsets of PRBs, associated with a first transmission point, and a second subset of PRBs, associated with a second transmission point. The method further includes determining a first PT-RS frequency density for the first set of PRBs based on the number of PRBs in the first set of PRBs and a second PT-RS frequency density based on the number of PRBs in the second set of PRBs. A UE, methods for a base station and a base station are also provided.
US11128425B2
Example transmit devices, receive devices, and related methods are described herein, In one example, transmission burst information is provided to a receive device by downlink control signalling. An example transmit device is configured to transmit a Downlink Control Information, or DCI, the DCI including the transmission burst information. The DCI has the same number of bits as a DCI format used for PDSCH scheduling.
US11128422B2
A narrowband PBCH transmission method and a narrowband PBCH transmission device are provided. A network side device transmits a narrowband PBCH carrying at least CRS transmission indication information. The CRS transmission indication information is to indicate the CRS port number and/or CRS frequency domain position in the LTE system. Through the CRS transmission indication information, it is able to enable the narrowband terminal working simultaneously with the LTE terminal in the LTE bandwidth to obtain the CRS in the LTE system, so that the narrowband downlink transmission may be demodulated through the CRS of the LTE system, and then the signal reception based on the CRS may be realized.
US11128411B2
The present invention relates to a communication technique, which is a convergence of IoT technology and 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond 4G system, and a system for same. The present invention can be applied to smart services (e.g. smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security- and safety-related services and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention provides a method for detecting a downlink control signal when a delay time reduction mode terminal is set to a delay reduction mode.
US11128410B1
Embodiments disclosed are directed to methods for scheduling packets. According to example embodiments the method includes receiving, using a first layer in a communication protocol, a first request from a second layer in the communication protocol. The first request indicates to the first layer to output a data stream that includes a first location for the second layer to include a first control packet. The first layer is at a higher level of abstraction than the second layer. The method further includes transmitting, using the first layer, a first response to the second layer. The first response is based on the first request, and the first response identifies the first location in the data stream and a time of occurrence of the first location in the data stream.
US11128408B2
A terminal apparatus capable of efficiently performing uplink and/or downlink communication is provided. With respect to communication related to transport blocks and code block groups, in a case that a PDSCH and/or a PUSCH is scheduled by a PDCCH detected in a common search space CSS, an operation applied to a transmission process includes a prescribed operation regardless of a prescribed condition and first configuration information. In a case that the PDSCH and/or the PUSCH is scheduled by the PDCCH detected in a UE-specific search space USS, the operation applied to the transmission process is provided, based at least on the prescribed condition and/or the first configuration information.
US11128407B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) for constructing a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook. The method comprises receiving physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) that convey respective downlink control information (DCI) formats, wherein each DCI format includes a counter field and a slot offset field, receiving physical downlink data channels (PDSCHs) that convey data transport blocks, detecting the DCI formats configuring the received PDSCHs, determining locations for HARQ-ACK bits in a HARQ-ACK codebook based on a value of the slot offset field and a value of the counter field in each detected DCI format, determining a time unit for transmission of the HARQ-ACK codebook based on a value of the slot offset field in each detected DCI format, and transmitting the HARQ-ACK codebook.
US11128405B2
According to an aspect, a wireless device identifies system frame numbers (SFNs) that are used for wireless transmissions that use a broadcast channel (BCH) transmission time interval (TTI), where frequency hopping cycles (FHCs) are not aligned with a cycle of the SFNs. The wireless device receives FH information indicating how the FHC used for wireless transmissions relates to the SFN cycle and identifies an SFN timing for the wireless transmissions based on the FH information.
US11128399B2
A receiver processes a data signal and provides an acknowledgement within a turnaround time through use of code block alignment, reduced complexity or increased processing time. In a first embodiment, a radio access network (RAN) node enables encoded information to be segmented into multiple code blocks and maps a group of code blocks to be aligned with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol boundaries such that efficient receiver processing can implement processing pipelining. In a second embodiment, the transmitter can provide more time or reduce the complexity of the packet, such as by repetition of bits of code blocks of the encoded information or by reserving resource elements (REs) such that the receiver has effectively more time (or less complexity) to process the last or last few code blocks of the packet.
US11128394B2
An apparatus includes a tail-end optical switch configured to be coupled to a broadcast star network that couples the tail-end optical switch to a head-end optical switch by a primary bidirectional optical path and a second bidirectional optical path. The tail-end optical switch having a first optical switch and a second optical switch configured to provide active switching.
US11128384B2
Example fiber amplifiers and gain adjustment methods for the fiber amplifiers are described. One example fiber amplifier includes a first power amplifier, a wavelength level adjuster, and a controller, where the first power amplifier and the wavelength level adjuster are sequentially connected. The controller includes a first input end and a control output end. The first input end is configured to receive an input optical signal of the fiber amplifier, and the control output end is configured to output a first amplification control signal to the first power amplifier, and output an adjustment control signal to the wavelength level adjuster. The wavelength level adjuster is configured to perform power adjustment on each wavelength based on the adjustment control signal.
US11128380B2
A signal light interruption detection device includes an optical interleaver to demultiplex wavelength-multiplexed light into light in first frequency ranges corresponding to a first frequency grid including frequencies at regular frequency intervals in which a main signal light component can be arranged and light in second frequency ranges corresponding to a second frequency grid shifted from the first frequency grid by a half cycle of the regular frequency intervals, a first optical detector to detect first light power as total power of the light in the first frequency ranges, a second optical detector to detect second light power as total power of the light in the second frequency ranges, and a judgment unit to output a notification signal based on a difference between the first light power detected by the first optical detector and the second light power detected by the second optical detector.
US11128378B2
The network simulation platform may determine a plurality of potential links to connect a plurality of target nodes to an existing fiberoptic infrastructure. The network simulation platform may determine a set of potential links, of the plurality of potential links, based on one or more criteria. The network simulation platform may determine, based on the set of potential links, an initial fiberoptic network simulation that includes one or more links. The network simulation platform may determine, for each link of the one or more links, a respective weighted highway score associated with the link and may determine, based on the initial fiberoptic network simulation and the respective weighted highway scores associated with the one or more links of the initial fiberoptic network simulation, a final fiberoptic network simulation. The network simulation platform may cause, based on the final fiberoptic network simulation, one or more actions to be performed.
US11128373B1
Various embodiments for a system and method for a range-enhanced high-speed free-space optical communication are described herein. Generally, the optical communication system may include a first modulator, a second modulator and an average-power limited optical amplifier. The first modulator may receive an input optical signal and generate a modulated optical signal. The second modulator may receive the modulated signal and may be operable to turn-off a select number of pulses in each modulated pulse frame of the modulated signal to generate a low-duty cycle modulated signal. The average-power limited optical amplifier may then generate an amplified modulated signal from the low-duty cycle signal, wherein the amplified modulated signal comprises a plurality of amplified pulse frames with each amplified pulse frame defining an amplified version of a corresponding each low-duty cycle pulse frame.
US11128370B2
A device for receiving and re-radiating electromagnetic signals. The device includes at least a wave guide with a first set of slot radiators for receiving electromagnetic signals, and a second set of slot radiators for transmitting electromagnetic signals generated on the basis of the received electromagnetic signals in the waveguide. The first set of slot radiators includes one or more slot radiators, and the second set of slot radiators includes one or more slot radiators. The device also relates to a method for receiving and re-radiating electromagnetic signals by a device including at least a waveguide, and the use of the device as a repeater of electromagnetic signals, for transferring electromagnetic signals through a structure, and/or as a building product.
US11128365B2
This specification provides a method of transmitting an uplink signal based on a codebook in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method performed by a UE includes receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) including a first transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI), determining a codebook subset related to the transmission of the uplink signal based on the first TPMI, and transmitting, to the base station, the uplink signal based on the determined codebook subset. Accordingly, there is an advantage in that flexibility in the transmission antenna design of a UE can be increased because the degree of freedom of antenna port selection is increased.
US11128359B2
Systems, apparatuses, and method are described for wireless communications. A base station may transmit, and a wireless device may receive, one or more messages that may comprise configuration parameters of semi persistent (SP) channel state information (CSI) reporting and an SP CSI skip indicator indicating that skipping SP CSI report transmission is allowed. The wireless device may skip transmitting an SP CSI report based on the CSI skip indicator.
US11128358B2
The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system node (1), where the node (1) comprises at least two antenna ports (P1A, P1B, P1C, P1D; P2A, P2B, P2C, P2D). The node (1) further comprises a beamforming controller (2) and a 5 beamforming network (3) which in turn comprises at least two beam ports (4, 5, 6, 7; 8, 9, 10, 11) that are adapted to provide corresponding beams (12, 13, 14, 15; 16, 17, 18, 19). The beamforming controller (2) is arranged to control the beamforming network (3) such that the beams (12, 13, 14, 15; 16, 17, 18, 19) have a common envelope (20) in a desired plane, where the common envelope (20) is adapted to a 10 desired coverage for a certain communication system sector (37).
US11128352B2
Method and system to dynamically associate spatial layers to beams in a FWA network operating in the millimeter-wave frequency range. A base station and a CPE are willing to wirelessly transmit and receive data through a wireless channel of the FWA network, the base station having beamforming capabilities henceforth generating multiple wireless beams. The base station performs all baseband wireless functions related for creating, keeping and managing the connections between the base station and the CPE at baseband level, wherein information is handled in the form of up to M spatial layer signals, and with no built-in capabilities for creation, detection or management of the beams. The base station also performs all necessary RF functions at millimeter-wave frequencies, including beamforming and conversion from complex baseband signals to RF signals and vice versa, and also couples the RF signals to the wireless channel.
US11128349B2
This application discloses a communication method, a communications apparatus, a network device, and a terminal. Quasi co-location QCL beam information is determined. The QCL beam information includes beam information that has a QCL relationship with a reference signal antenna port. The QCL beam information is sent. A terminal receives the QCL beam information. The QCL beam information includes the beam information that has the QCL relationship with the reference signal antenna port. The terminal determines, based on the beam information that is included in the QCL beam information and that has the QCL relationship with the reference signal antenna port, a beam that has the QCL relationship with the reference signal antenna port.
US11128345B2
A system is provided in which a first waveguide has a first resonator coupled to an end of the first waveguide. A second waveguide has a second resonator coupled to the second waveguide. The first resonator is spaced apart from the second resonator by a gap distance. Transmission of a signal propagated by the first waveguide across the gap to the second waveguide is enhanced by a confined near field mode magnetic field produced by the first resonator in response to the propagating wave that is coupled to the second resonator.
US11128338B2
An apparatus is disclosed that implements a switchable electromagnetic ring. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a wireless transceiver with an electromagnetic circuit and at least one switchable electromagnetic ring. The electromagnetic circuit is configured to generate an electromagnetic field. The at least one switchable electromagnetic ring includes a switch and a conductive element. The switch has a first terminal and a second terminal. The conductive element is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal. At least a portion of the conductive element is positioned within the electromagnetic field.
US11128327B2
An apparatus includes a transceiver circuit, a series capacitor, and a shunt switch. The transceiver circuit may comprise a transmit chain including an output matching network and a receive chain including an input matching network. An output of the output matching network may be connected directly to an input/output of the transceiver circuit. The series capacitor may be connected between an input of the input matching network and the output of the output matching network. The shunt switch may be connected between the input of the input matching network and a circuit ground potential of the transceiver circuit.
US11128322B2
There is presented mechanisms for providing information for determining beamforming weights or decoding user data for terminal devices. A method is performed by an RE of an access node. The RE has an interface to an REC of the access node. The method comprises obtaining information from the terminal devices to be used by the REC for determining the beamforming weights or decoding the user data. The method comprises selecting, according to a selection criterion, a part of the information to be provided to the REC in order for the REC to determine the beamforming weights or decode the user data based on the selected part of the information. The method comprises providing the selected part of the information to the REC over the interface.
US11128316B2
Methods and apparatus for constructing polar codes are provided. A transmitter determines at least one set of parameters corresponding to data to be transmitted, and a set of sorting indices corresponding to bits of the data to be transmitted based on the set of parameters, the set of sorting indices indicating a position set of the bits to be transmitted. The transmitter polar encodes the data based at least on the set of parameters and the set of sorting indices to generate a coded block of the data, and transmits the coded block of the data.
US11128315B2
Devices and methods for error correction are described. An exemplary error correction decoder includes a mapper configured to generate, based on a first set of read values corresponding to a first codeword, a first set of log likelihood ratio (LLR) values; a first buffer, coupled to the mapper, configured to store the first set of LLR values received from the mapper; and a node processor, coupled to the first buffer, configured to perform a first error correction decoding operation using the first set of LLR values received from the first buffer, wherein a first iteration of the first error correction decoding operation comprises refraining from updating values of one or more variable nodes, and performing a syndrome check using a parity check matrix and sign bits of the first set of LLR values stored in the first buffer.
US11128314B2
Techniques related to improving a performance related to at least data reads from a memory are described. In an example, data is stored in a block of the memory as codewords. A data read includes a determination of whether each bit from a portion of the block is a zero or a one based on voltage measurements. Prior to decoding the codewords by performing a decoding procedure by an ECC decoder of the memory, a first number of errors “E01” and a second number of errors “E10” are estimated, where the first number of errors “E01” is associated with bits each being a true zero and erroneously determined as a one, and where the second number of errors “E10” associated with bits each being a true one and erroneously determined as a zero. Thereafter, the decoding of the codewords based on the decoding procedure is performed.
US11128313B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method of decoding a signal in a communication system includes receiving an encoded bit-stream corresponding to message bits and first Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) bits, obtaining a codeword through a traceback for at least part of the encoded bit-stream, generating second CRC bits by performing CRC encoding on the codeword, and performing decoding based on at least part of the second CRC bits.
US11128305B1
The present invention relates to a field programmable gate array system that provides phase control with minimal latency.
US11128294B1
A communication system includes a supply generator configured to generate a modulated supply according to a data transmission; a light emitting diode (LED) emulator including an emulator input coupled to the supply generator and an emulator output configured to output a sense voltage, wherein the emulator input is configured to receive a forward current derived from the modulated supply and translate the forward current into the sense voltage; a voltage comparator coupled to the emulator output and configured to receive the sense voltage and translate the sense voltage into a modulated output signal based on a communication voltage threshold; and a transmitter coupled to a comparator output and configured to receive the modulated output signal and generate a communication signal according to the data transmission based on the modulated output signal.
US11128276B2
A noise filter includes a filter circuit including a noise reduction element that reduces a noise component, a conductive first circuit connection member to which a first connection portion of the noise reduction element is electrically connected, and a conductive second circuit connection member to which a second connection portion of the noise reduction element is electrically connected, a first electric connection structure that electrically connects an intermediate connection portion of a core wire of a first electric wire to the first circuit connection member, and a second electric connection structure that electrically connects an intermediate connection portion of a core wire of a second electric wire whose one end is grounded, to the second circuit connection member.
US11128272B2
Disclosed are a dual-path analog-front-end (AFE) circuit and a dual-path signal receiver characterized by high linearity. The dual-path AFE circuit includes a first reception circuit, a second reception circuit and a multiplexer. The first reception circuit is configured to generate a first analog input signal according to a reception signal in a first mode and configured to be coupled to a first constant-voltage terminal via a first switch circuit in a second mode. The second reception circuit is configured to generate a second analog input signal according to the reception signal in the second mode and configured to be coupled to a second constant-voltage terminal via a second switch circuit in the first mode. The multiplexer is configured to output the first analog input signal in the first mode and output the second analog input signal in the second mode.
US11128271B2
A power supply circuit supplies a variable voltage to a power amplifier that amplifies a radio-frequency signal, and includes a transistor and a current detecting resistor. The transistor includes a collector or drain that is supplied with a fixed voltage from a fixed voltage source, a base or gate that receives an envelope signal tracking an envelope of the radio-frequency signal, and an emitter or source that outputs the variable voltage that is based on the envelope signal. The current detecting resistor is electrically connected between the fixed voltage source and the collector or drain of the transistor.
US11128266B1
Various embodiments relate to an amplifier circuit including: a first transistor having a first and second current conducting terminals and a control terminal; a second transistor having a first and second current conducting terminals and a control terminal, in which the second current-conducting terminal of the first transistor is connected to the first current-conducting terminal of the second transistor; a first inductor with a first terminal coupled to a first current-conducting terminal of the first transistor and a second terminal coupled to an output of the amplifier circuit; a feedback circuit connected between the output and the control terminal of the second transistor, wherein the feedback circuit includes a first resistor, a second inductor, and a first capacitor; and an input of the amplifier circuit connected between the first resistor and the second inductor, wherein a second current-conducting terminal of the second transistor is connected to a first ground terminal, and wherein a control terminal of the first transistor is connected to a second ground terminal via a third capacitor.
US11128253B1
Motor overload protection device is equipped with a thermal monitor that can determine expected rotor temperature rise from rotor resistance estimates. The thermal monitor determines expected rotor temperature rise by using a correlation between rotor temperature rise computed from rotor resistance estimates, and motor thermal state estimates. The correlation can be derived by fitting a line to a plurality of points, with each point defined by an ordered pair composed of a rotor temperature rise estimate and a corresponding motor thermal state estimate, and determining a slope of the line. This rotor temperature slope can then be used by the thermal monitor to determine a rotor temperature rise given a rotor resistance estimate and a corresponding motor thermal state estimate. If the rotor temperature rise exceeds an expected rotor temperature rise by more than a predefined threshold, the thermal monitor issues an alarm and/or takes corrective actions in some embodiments.
US11128249B2
A system for controlling an electrical current flowing between a power source and a multi-phase electromagnetic machine includes a first lane, A, comprising a first plurality of phases capable of providing said current from said power source to said machine, and further comprises a second lane, B, comprising a second plurality of phases capable of providing said current to said machine. The system is configured to provide said current via said first lane, A, while no current is being provided via said second lane, B. Each of said first plurality of phases comprises at least one inverter switch positioned between said power source and said machine. The system further includes means for detecting a fault in one of the first plurality of inverter switches of lane A, and further comprises a first phase isolation means provided on said first lane, A.
US11128247B2
An inverter-converter system includes a DC source, a DC to DC boost converter, a DC link capacitor, an inverter circuit, a variable speed electric machine, and a controller. The DC to DC boost converter receives an input DC voltage from the DC source. The inverter circuit converts the variable boosted voltage to an AC voltage to drive the variable speed electric machine. The controller senses a plurality of parameters from the variable speed electric machine, and controls the DC to DC boost converter to boost up the input DC voltage to a variable output voltage based on the plurality of parameters and/or the voltage (or load) needed by the variable speed electric machine. The design of the inverter-converter system can achieve an electrical efficiency and cost savings for the overall system.
US11128242B2
A motor driving device controls a three-phase motor and a single-phase motor to operate in parallel. The motor driving device includes a dc terminal in which an upper and a lower DC-link capacitor are located. The motor driving device also includes a neutral terminal disposed between the upper and lower DC-link capacitors. The motor driving device includes an inverter that includes three pairs of upper switching elements and lower switching elements. Two pairs of upper switching elements and lower switching elements among three pairs are connected to a-phase terminal and b-phase terminal of the three-phase motor, respectively. The other pair of upper switching elements and lower switching elements among three pairs is connected to a first terminal of the single-phase motor. The neutral terminal is connected to c-phase terminal of the three-phase motor and a second terminal of the single-phase motor.
US11128236B2
A multi-winding single-stage multi-input boost type high-frequency link's inverter with simultaneous/time-sharing power supplies, having the circuit structure formed by connecting a plurality of mutually isolated high-frequency inverter circuits having an input filter and an energy storage inductor, a common output cycloconverter and filter circuit by a multi-input single-output high-frequency transformer. Each input end of the multi-input single-output high-frequency transformer is connected in one-to-one correspondence to the output end of each high-frequency inverter circuit. The output end of the multi-input single-output high-frequency transformer is connected to the input end of the output cycloconverter and filter circuit. The inverter has the following characteristics: multiple input sources are connected to a common ground or a non-common ground. The multiple input sources supply power to load in a simultaneous/time-sharing manner. The output and input high-frequency isolation is performed. The output cycloconverter and filter circuit is shared.
US11128234B2
Provided is a system for seamless power conversion in DC power distribution, the system including power conversion devices connected in parallel, and performing conversion from a AC voltage to a DC voltage between an AC power distribution network and a DC power distribution network, wherein a master power conversion device among the power conversion devices converts the AC voltage supplied from the AC power distribution network into the DC voltage including an AC voltage at a preset level, and supplies the DC voltage to a DC power distribution line of the DC power distribution network, and the remaining power conversion devices that are slave power conversion devices detect the DC voltage at the DC power distribution line in real time, and when the AC voltage is not sensed from the detected DC voltage, one of the slave power conversion devices is converted into a master power conversion device.
US11128225B2
The invention relates to a DC-to-DC converter with reduced losses due to a reverse-recovery-effect. A transformer is provided on an input of the DC-to-DC converter. Due to said transformer, an electric current which is possibly still flowing can be compensated and thus suppressed to enable a current-less commutation by means of said transformer. This allows electric losses due to a reverse-recovery-effect, in particular in a continuous step-up converter, to be reduced or eliminated.
US11128219B1
A control circuit for at least one voltage generator includes a first transistor, a first controller, a second transistor, a second controller and a communicator. The first transistor is coupled to a first output terminal of the at least one voltage generator. The first controller is coupled to a control terminal of the first transistor. The second transistor is coupled to a second output terminal of the at least one voltage generator. The second controller is coupled to a control terminal of the second transistor. The communicator, coupled between the first controller and the second controller, is configured to selectively control the first controller and the second controller to communicate with each other or not according to the at least one voltage generator.
US11128212B1
Systems and methods for current ripple reduction for a direct current (DC) source powering an alternating current (AC) load. In accordance with one embodiment, the system and method involve interleaved operation of a 3×3-phase AC motor having multiple groups of windings. In accordance with another embodiment, the system and method involve interleaved operation of multiple co-shafted 3-phase AC motors. In accordance with a further embodiment, the system and method involve interleaved operation multiple 3-phase AC motors (not co-shafted) of the same level of power. The interleaved operation entails interleaved switching inside a set of inverters which are connected in parallel between a DC bus and the windings of the AC motor (motors).
US11128208B2
A brush motor includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotary shaft with a rotor core and commutator fixed thereto. The commutator includes an insulating base and commutator segments fixed to the insulating base. The stator includes 2P stator poles, where P is an integer greater than 1. The rotor comprises m teeth, where 4P>m>2P, and 2m is an integral multiple of P. The rotor includes a rotor winding, which is a concentrated winding having m first elements and m second elements. Each tooth is wound with one of the first elements and one of the second elements. the m first elements form a plurality of element groups, each having n first elements connected in series, and being connected only to corresponding commutator segments at both ends thereof, where P≥n≥2. Both ends of each second element are connected to corresponding commutator segments.
US11128207B2
An axial flux rotary generator comprising: two magnetic annuli; a coil annulus; the magnetic annuli and coil annulus having a common axis; the two magnetic annuli defining a plurality of magnetic fields around the common axis extending across a gap between the two magnetic annuli and the coil annulus having a sequence of coils around the common axis in the gap such that lines of magnetic flux from the magnetic fields cut the turns of the coils and thus induce electric current in the coils as the magnetic annuli are caused to rotate relative to the coil annulus; characterised in that the coils comprise a wound flat strip conductor.
US11128167B1
A temporary power distribution device for receiving and distributing electrical power from an external power supply on a temporary basis. The temporary power distribution devices can include a plurality of electrical outlets and/or electrical communication outlets and may include additional safety features for the loss of power and/or the notification of an emergency condition. The temporary power distribution device may be portable and is meant to be portable even during use.
US11128164B1
According to an example, an uninterruptible power supply is provided comprising a first input, a backup input, an output to provide output power, an inverter coupled to the first input, the backup input, and the output, a first sensor to detect a voltage at an inverter output, a second sensor to detect a voltage at the first input, a switch coupled between the first input and the output, and a controller coupled to the switch and the first and second sensors, and configured to determine a first voltage difference across the bypass switch using at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor, filter the first voltage difference, determine whether a value derived from the first filtered voltage difference exceeds a threshold, and output an indication of a failure of the bypass switch based on the value derived from the first filtered voltage difference exceeding the threshold.
US11128158B2
A battery management circuit and method for managing a power supply and one or more battery strings includes a current sensing circuit and a battery measurement circuit. The current sensing circuit is configured to: receive a current signal from at least one of the battery strings at a first terminal of the current sensing circuit; measure a magnitude of the current signal; and provide a current sensing signal indicative of the magnitude of the current signal at a third terminal of the current sensing circuit. The battery measurement circuit is configured to: receive a current sensing signal at a third terminal of the battery management circuit; measure one or more characteristics of the at least one of the battery strings; and provide a power supply control signal at a first terminal of the battery measurement circuit.
US11128137B2
This invention is directed to systems and methods that track a specified stored energy level profile for a BESS in a microgrid. The systems and methods including using a control algorithm that tracks the stored energy level profile for the BESS. The controller algorithm includes a Kalman Filter design for a model-based state reconstruction to overcome sensor/communication errors during real-time operation. The latter is important to guarantee the ability of the microgrid to continue its seamless operation during periods of erroneous sensor measurements or flawed communication.
US11128132B2
A system includes a first input line for a first voltage source, wherein the first input line is connected to a first output. A second input line is included for a second voltage source, wherein the second input line is connected to a second output and is in parallel with the first input line. A first series pass element is connected in series with the first input line, and a second series pass element is connected in series with the second input line. A controller is operatively connected to the first series pass element and to the second series pass element to throttle at least one of the first series pass element and the second series pass element to balance output current in the first and second outputs.
US11128130B2
A protection circuit is provided. A control circuit receives an input voltage. In a case that the input voltage is lower than a negative threshold voltage, the control circuit outputs a first control voltage to a surge bleeder circuit through a first output end of the control circuit, to control the surge bleeder circuit to discharge the input voltage and output a first bleeder current. In a case that the input voltage is higher than a positive threshold voltage, the control circuit outputs a second control voltage to the surge bleeder circuit through a second output end of the control circuit, to control the surge bleeder circuit to discharge the input voltage and output a second bleeder current.
US11128128B2
Directional over-current ground relay (DOCGR) using sampled value and method for operating the DOCGR
The present disclosure relates to a directional over-current ground relay (DOCGR) for performing a protective relay of the power source system such as a micro-grid system using communications between an SV-remote terminal unit (SV-RTU) and the DOCGR, wherein the SV-RTU is configured for measuring voltage and current of the distributed power source system and thus generating a sampled value (SV) signal. Further, the present disclosure relates to a method for operating the DOCGR.
US11128125B2
A mobile application includes a motive power circuit, the motive power circuit including a power storage device and an electrical load, where the power storage device and the electrical load are selectively electrically coupled through a power bus; a power distribution unit (PDU) electrically interposed between the power storage device and the electrical load, where the PDU comprises a breaker/relay positioned on one of a high side and a low side of the power storage device; wherein the breaker/relay includes a fixed contact electrically coupled to the power bus, a moveable contact selectively electrically coupled to the fixed contact, an armature operationally coupled to the moveable contact, and a biasing member biasing the armature.
US11128121B2
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a protection circuitry coupled between: a node and a first circuitry that is to selectively output a first voltage, the node coupled to a second circuitry that is to selectively output a second voltage, the protection circuitry comprising: a pair of complementary parallel transistors coupled between the node and the first circuitry, the pair comprising first and second transistors, wherein a gate of the first transistor is to receive a control signal at the first voltage, and a third transistor to selectively couple a gate of the second transistor to the node, a gate of the third transistor to receive the control signal at the first voltage.
US11128116B2
Systems for testing a protective arrangement for an electric power delivery system without disconnecting merging units from a protective device are disclosed herein. For example, an intelligent electronic device (IED) may receive, via a monitoring port, one or more operating measurements of an electrical characteristic of the power delivery system while in an operating mode. The IED may change from operating in the operating mode to operating in a test mode. In the test mode, the IED may receive, via a test port, one or more test measurements that represent measurements of the electrical characteristic. The IED may provide test results based at least in part on the one or more test measurements.
US11128095B2
A method for aligning a crimper of a first tool relative to an anvil of a second tool in a crimping press, wherein a crimp connection is made by jointly by moving the crimper relative to the anvil in a first direction, includes: moving the crimper relative to the anvil in the first direction until the anvil is partially inside a cavity of the crimper; moving the anvil relative to the crimper in a second direction transverse to the first direction until detecting contact between the anvil and the crimper; moving the anvil relative to the crimper opposite to the second direction until detecting contact between the anvil and the crimper for determining a gap width between the anvil and the crimper; and moving the anvil relative to the crimper in the second direction by a distance which is equal to half of the determined gap width.
US11128092B2
A connector assembly configured for compact, high speed electronic systems. The assembly includes a board connector and a cable connector that may be mated by moving the cable connector in a mating direction perpendicular to a printed circuit board to which the board connector is mounted. The cable and board connectors may latch when mated and may be unlatched and unmated by pulling on a tab at a top of the cable connector in a direction opposite the mating direction. As a result, little clearance is required around the board connector to access the latching components. Such a connector may enable an electronic device with high signal integrity because the connector can be mounted close to an electronic component that processes high speed signals, providing a short, and high integrity signal paths for high speed signals.
US11128086B2
An apparatus for inserting and retention testing an electrically conductive contact in an electrical connector. The apparatus includes a connector holder, an insertion tip, an insertion tip displacement assembly, a test probe, and a test probe displacement assembly. The connector holder holds an electrical connector. The insertion tip contacts one end of a contact partially inserted in a hole in the electrical connector while providing clearance for a wire. The insertion tip displacement assembly displaces the insertion tip in a first direction along a first linear path to further insert the insertion tip in the hole in the electrical connector. The test probe contacts another end of the contact after the contact has been inserted further into the hole. The test probe displacement assembly displaces the test probe in a second direction (opposite to the first direction) along a second linear path which partially overlaps the first linear path.
US11128077B1
An electrical connector may include a first connecting member and a second connecting member adapted to be connected together. The first connecting member comprises a socket having a connecting surface, and the connecting surface comprises two first receiving slots and a second receiving slot. An outer surface of the socket has at least a guiding groove, and each of the first receiving slot and the second receiving slot comprises at least a conductive terminal installed therein. The socket is surrounded by an outer ring portion, and a peripheral groove is formed between the socket and the outer ring portion. The second connecting member has a base and an inner ring portion, and the base has two first blades and a second blade which are surrounded by the inner ring portion, and an inner periphery of the inner ring portion has at least a guiding piece.
US11128067B2
An alignment member is provided for an electrical connector that provides electrical communication between a plurality of electrical conductors. The alignment member includes a first portion adapted to engage an opening of the connector block; a passageway for receiving one of the electrical conductors; and a second portion that is movable to adjust a dimension of the passageway.
US11128057B2
A connector includes a first antenna configured to transmit first signals in a first direction and with a first polarization, a second antenna coupled to the first antenna and configured to transmit second signals in a second direction that is parallel to the first direction and with a second polarization that is orthogonal to the first polarization, and a third antenna coupled to the first and second antennas and configured to transmit third signals in a third direction that is parallel to the first direction and with the first polarization, wherein the second antenna is positioned between the first and third antennas.
US11128054B2
An array antenna assembly includes a frame support structure and a plurality of line replaceable units that each include a panel having a front surface on which a plurality of radiating elements are disposed, and a rear surface opposing the front surface, and a bracket that extends from the rear surface and has orthogonal flanges that are engageable with the frame support structure to align the line replaceable unit within the array antenna.
US11128043B2
A liquid crystal cell including multiple antenna units includes a TFT board that includes a first dielectric substrate, TFTs on the first dielectric substrate, and patch electrodes electrically connected to the TFTs, a slot board that includes a second dielectric substrate and a slot electrode having slots on the second dielectric substrate, a conductive alignment film having conductivity on at least one of the patch electrodes and the slot electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the TFT board and the slot board with the patch electrodes and the slot electrode facing each other. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules that are horizontally aligned with respect to the TFT board and the slot board while no voltage is being applied across the patch electrodes and the slot electrode.
US11128041B2
One example includes a phased array antenna system. The system includes a beamforming network to receive a beam signal to generate a plurality of element signals, each being provided to a respective one of a plurality of antenna elements. The system also includes a plurality of modulation controllers, each associated with a respective one of the plurality of antenna elements. Each of the modulation controllers can generate a beam code in response to a beamforming signal and a data code in response to a data signal. The system further includes a plurality of element adjustment circuits, each associated with a respective one of the plurality of antenna elements. Each of the plurality of element adjustment circuits can modulate the beam code and the data code onto a respective one of the plurality of element signals to generate a respective adjusted element signal that is provided to a respective radiating element.
US11128029B2
Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods that include a communication cavity. According to an example a device can include substrate with a first cavity formed therein, first and second antennas exposed in and enclosed by the cavity, and an interconnect structure formed in the substrate, the interconnect structure including alternating conductive material layers and inter-layer dielectric layers.
US11128024B2
A combiner-divider includes a first impedance converter disposed between the first port and the second port, a second impedance converter disposed between the first port and the third port, and an isolation unit disposed between the second port and the third port. The isolation unit includes a balun formed of a first semi-rigid cable and a second semi-rigid cable, and terminating resistors. Each line length of the first impedance converter, the second impedance converter, and the third impedance converter corresponds to ¼ wavelength at a center frequency. A relationship of each impedance Ri of the second port and the third port, an impedance Ro of the first port, and each impedance W of the first impedance converter and the second impedance converters is expressed by W=(2×Ri×Ro)1/2.
US11128017B2
A carrier board element is provided for the cell connectors of a battery having a plurality of battery cells. The carrier board element has a plurality of cell holders uniformly spaced apart from each other. At least one locking element for the locking in of a cell connector is associated with each of the cell holders. The locking element is arranged on the carrier board element. A plurality of cell connectors can be captively locked in one over the other at the locking elements.
US11128014B2
In at least one embodiment, a separator is provided with a fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. New or improved mats, separators, batteries, methods, and/or systems are also disclosed, shown, claimed, and/or provided. For example, in at least one possibly preferred embodiment, a composite separator is provided with a fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. In at least one possibly particularly preferred embodiment, a PE membrane separator is provided with at least one fibrous mat for retaining the active material on an electrode of a lead-acid battery. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, aspects and/or objects, the present invention, application, or disclosure may provide solutions, new products, improved products, new methods, and/or improved methods, and/or may address issues, needs, and/or problems of PAM shedding. NAM shedding, electrode distortion, active material shedding, active material loss, and/or physical separation, electrode effectiveness, battery performance, battery life, and/or cycle life, and/or may provide new battery separators, new battery technology, and/or new battery methods and/or systems that address the challenges arising from current lead acid batteries or battery systems, especially new battery separators, new battery technology, and/or new battery methods and/or systems adapted to prevent or impede the shedding of active material from the electrodes, preferably or particularly in enhanced flooded lead acid batteries, PSoC batteries, ISS batteries, ESS batteries, and/or the like.
US11127990B2
The present invention relates to a battery module, and the battery module includes at least one battery cell, a protection circuit module that includes a rigid printed circuit board, and is electrically connected with the battery cell, at least one temperature sensing element provided at a surface of the battery cell, and a flexible printed circuit board that electrically connects the protection circuit module and the temperature sensing element.
US11127983B2
In one embodiment of the disclosure an electronic device comprising: a display; a first plate having opposing first and second faces, wherein the display is disposed on the first face; a second plate coupled to the second face of the first plate, at least one adhesive layer including a first adhesive layer adhering to the second face of the first plate, a jelly-roll, a roll fixing tape disposed on one region of the jelly-roll, a pouch containing the jelly-roll and the roll fixing tape, wherein the at least one adhesive layer including the first adhesive layer is disposed between and attached to one face of the pouch, and wherein one end of the first adhesive layer and one end of the roll fixing tape face are in the same direction while the first adhesive layer and the roll fixing tape vertically surround the one face of the pouch.
US11127973B2
A method for manufacturing an all-solid battery is provided to press a laminate of a cell becoming a battery unit at a high pressure, and resin-sealing the peripheral thereof. The method includes disposing a laminate, which includes a plurality of cells composed of an anode, a solid electrolyte, and a cathode, and a current collecting plate having the plurality of cells stacked thereon in series and disposed on both end portions thereof in the stacking direction, into a mold in an opened state. The mold is then closed and the laminate is pressed. A battery unit is formed by press-fitting resin from a resin injection port to solidify the resin in the pressed state of the laminate.
US11127967B2
Disclosed is a high temperature-type unitized regenerative fuel cell using water vapor, which exhibits high hydrogen (H2) production efficiency and superior power generation ability.
US11127949B2
A negative electrode including a lithium metal layer, a lithium nitride thin film layer formed on at least one surface of the lithium metal layer, and a carbon-based thin film layer formed on the lithium nitride thin film layer, a method for preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. A lithium nitride thin film layer and a carbon-based thin film layer formed on a lithium metal layer obtains current density distribution uniformly by blocking side reactions caused by a direct contact between the lithium metal layer and an electrolyte as well as increasing a specific surface area of a negative electrode, and enhances cycle performance and reduces an overvoltage by suppressing lithium dendrite formation to improve electrochemical performance of a lithium secondary battery.
US11127945B2
An electrode for a metal-ion battery is provided wherein the active layer of the electrode comprises a plurality of low porosity particles comprising an electroactive material selected from silicon, silicon oxide germanium, tin, aluminium and mixtures thereof and a plurality of carbon particles selected from one or more of graphite, soft carbon and hard carbon. The ratio of the D50 particles size of the carbon particles to the D50 particle diameter of the porous particles is in the range of from 1.5 to 30. Also provided are rechargeable metal-ion batteries comprising said electrode and compositions of porous particles and carbon particles which may be used to prepare the active layer of said electrode.
US11127939B2
Electrode material, for a lithium-ion-based electrochemical cell, containing primary particles of a Mn-containing spinel-type metal oxide selected from the group consisting of spinel-type lithium-nickel-manganese-oxide, spinel-type lithium-manganese-oxide, and mixtures thereof. Mn of the Mn-containing spinel-type metal oxide is partially substituted with a substitution-element selected from the group consisting of Si, Hf, Zr, Fe, Al, V and mixtures thereof and the primary particles are aggregated in order to form secondary particles, with the secondary particles having the shape of a microsphere.
US11127936B2
Disclosed is a coating apparatus for producing an electrode, which has a reduced defect rate in the coating process. The coating apparatus includes a die unit having an inlet through which the electrode slurry is introduced and an inner space for accommodating the introduced electrode slurry; a shim unit mounted in the die unit and configured to form an outlet together with the die unit so that the electrode slurry is discharged therethrough; and a cover member configured to surround an outer surface of the die unit and the shim unit so that the electrode slurry is not leaked at the outer surface, except for the outlet.
US11127930B2
A substrate and a display panel are provided. The display panel adopts an emerging porous metal material, and utilizes excellent characteristics of the material as a composite functional layer of the panel, so that it can simultaneously assume functions of protection, cushioning, and heat dissipation, and achieve a purpose of simplifying a structure of a display device and reducing the thickness of components.
US11127914B2
A light emitting device includes a plurality of unit light emitting regions on a substrate. At least one of the unit light emitting regions includes at least one pair of first and second electrodes that are spaced apart, at least one first bar-type LED in a first layer on the substrate, and at least one second bar-type LED in a second layer on the substrate. At least one of the first bar-type LED or the second bar-type LED is electrically connected between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11127913B2
A quantum-dot light emitting diode includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a QD emitting material layer between the first and second electrodes and including a QD; a hole transporting layer between the first electrode and the QD emitting material layer and including a first hole transporting material; a first electron transporting layer between the QD emitting material layer and the second electrode; and a first electron control layer between the QD emitting material layer and the first electron transporting layer and including a second hole transporting material.
US11127912B2
A light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the emission layer including quantum dots, and an electron auxiliary layer disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode, the electron auxiliary layer including nanoparticles and a small molecule organic compound and a display device including the same. The nanoparticles include a metal oxide including zinc, and an electron mobility of the small molecule organic compound is less than an electron mobility of the nanoparticles.
US11127904B2
The present specification relates to a compound of Chemical Formula 1, a coating composition comprising the compound of Chemical Formula 1, an organic light emitting device using the same, and a method for manufacturing the same.
US11127900B2
Variable resistance memory devices are provided. A variable resistance memory device includes conductive lines and a memory cell including a variable resistance element on one of the conductive lines. The variable resistance memory device includes a first insulating region between the conductive lines. Moreover, the variable resistance memory device includes a second insulating region on the first insulating region between the conductive lines. Methods of forming variable resistance memory devices are also provided.
US11127898B2
Provided is a microswitch including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a porous coordination polymer conductor, in which the porous coordination polymer conductor is represented by the following Formula (1), and a metal forming the first electrode and a metal forming the second electrode have different oxidation-reduction potentials, [MLx]n(D)y (1), where M represents a metal ion selected from group 2 to group 13 elements in a periodic table, L represents a ligand that has two or more functional groups capable of coordination to M in a structure of L and is crosslinkable with two M's, D represents a conductivity aid that includes no metal element, x represents 0.5 to 4 and y represents 0.0001 to 20 with respect to x as 1, n represents the number of repeating units of a constituent unit represented by [MLx], and n represents 5 or more.
US11127887B2
A semiconductor light emitting device (100;200;300;400,400B,400C;500;600;700) may have a reflective side coating (120;220;320;420;520;620;720) disposed on a sidewall (118;215;315;415,435;515) of a semiconductor light emitting device structure. Such a device may be fabricated by dicing a semiconductor structure to separate a semiconductor light emitting device structure and then forming a reflective side coating (120;220;320;420;520;620;720) on a sidewall (118;215;315;415,435;515) of the separated semiconductor light emitting device structure.
US11127882B2
Resonant optical cavity light emitting devices are disclosed, where the device includes an opaque substrate, a first reflective layer, a first spacer region, a light emitting region, a second spacer region, and a second reflective layer. The light emitting region is configured to emit a target emission deep ultraviolet wavelength and is positioned at a separation distance from the reflector. The second reflective layer may have a metal composition comprising elemental aluminum and a thickness less than 15 nm. The device has an optical cavity comprising the first spacer region, the second spacer region and the light emitting region, where the optical cavity has a total thickness less than or equal to K·λ/n. K is a constant ranging from 0.25 to 10, λ is the target wavelength, and n is an effective refractive index of the optical cavity at the target wavelength.
US11127876B2
A method for allowing a reflective layer to abut against an edge of a metal contact while preventing contamination of a metal contact for an LED die is provided. The method includes encapsulating an electrical contact (i.e. metal contact) via with a barrier layer prior to deposition of a reflective film layer. The barrier layer encapsulates the metal contact by defining a mask pattern with a larger size than the metal contact via, which prevents the metal contact from becoming contaminated by the reflective film. This encapsulation reduces contamination of the metal contact and also reduces the voltage drop during operation of the LED die.
US11127868B2
A photon-activated quantum dot capacitor and method of fabrication. A photon-activated quantum dot capacitor photodetector having a read only integrated circuit; and a photon-activated quantum dot capacitor chip hybridized with the read only integrated circuit, wherein said photon-activated quantum dot capacitor chip comprises colloidal quantum dots that detect photons as a change in a dielectric constant of the colloidal quantum dots of the photon-activated quantum dot capacitor chip, including the further implementation of a photodetector.
US11127867B2
A monocrystalline germanium wafer that increases the open-circuit voltage of multijunction solar cells, a method for preparing the monocrystalline germanium wafer and a method for preparing an ingot from which the monocrystalline germanium wafer is prepared. The monocrystalline germanium wafer that increases the open-circuit voltage of the bottom cell of multijunction solar cells is prepared by adjusting the amounts of the co-dopants silicon and gallium in the monocrystalline germanium wafer, the ratio of silicon to gallium in the preparation of the monocrystalline germanium.
US11127860B2
Structures for an extended-drain field-effect transistor and methods of forming an extended-drain field-effect transistor. A source region is coupled to a semiconductor layer, a drain region is coupled to the semiconductor layer, and a first gate structure is positioned over a channel region of the semiconductor layer. An extended drain region is positioned between the channel region and the drain region. The extended drain region includes a portion of the semiconductor layer between the first gate structure and the drain region. A second gate structure is arranged over the portion of the semiconductor layer.
US11127847B2
A semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor layer disposed over a substrate, a protection layer disposed over the compound semiconductor layer, and a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode which penetrate through the protection layer and are disposed on the compound semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device also includes a gate field plate connecting the gate electrode and disposed over a portion of the protection layer between the gate electrode and the drain electrode. The gate field plate has an extension portion extending into the protection layer.
US11127838B2
A method of fabricating a metal gate transistor includes providing a substrate. An interlayer dielectric layer covers the substrate. A dummy gate is embedded in the interlayer dielectric layer. A high-k dielectric layer is disposed between the dummy gate and the substrate. Later, the dummy gate is removed to form a trench, and the high-k dielectric layer is exposed through the trench. After the dummy gate is removed, an ion implantation process is performed to implant fluoride ions into the high-k dielectric layer. Finally, after the ion implantation process, a metal gate is formed to fill in the trench.
US11127833B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, forming a gate structure including a metal gate on the substrate, forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the gate structure, forming a first contact hole extending through the interlayer dielectric layer to expose a surface of the metal gate, and removing a portion of the metal gate using a wet etching process to form a second contact hole having a cross-sectional size larger than a cross-sectional size of the first contact hole.
US11127831B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a transistor structure and methods to form the same. The transistor structure may include an active semiconductor region with a channel region between a first source/drain (S/D) region and a second S/D region. A polysilicon gate structure is above the channel region of the active semiconductor region. An overlying gate is positioned on the polysilicon gate structure. A horizontal width of the overlying gate is greater than a horizontal width of the polysilicon gate structure. The transistor structure includes a gate contact to the overlying gate.
US11127828B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a trench. The semiconductor device further includes a gate electrode disposed in the trench, and a gate insulating film disposed between the substrate and the gate electrode. The gate electrode includes a gate conductor and a metal element, and an effective work function of the gate electrode is less than an effective work function of the gate conductor.
US11127827B2
Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a control gate layout to improve an etch process window for word lines. In some embodiments, an integrated chip comprises a memory array, an erase gate, a word line, and a control gate. The memory array comprises a plurality of cells in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The erase gate and the word line are elongated in parallel along a row of the memory array. The control gate is elongated along the row and is between and borders the erase gate and the word line. Further, the control gate has a pad region protruding towards the erase gate and the word line. Because the pad region protrudes towards the erase gate and the word line, a width of the pad region is spread between word-line and erase-gate sides of the control gate.
US11127826B2
A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor substrate, an upper electrode provided on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, a lower electrode provided on a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a terminal connected to the upper electrode. The semiconductor substrate may include an active region in which switching elements are provided. The switching elements may be configured to pass a current between the upper electrode and the lower electrode. The active region may include a main region located under the terminal and an external region located outside the main region. The external region may include a low current region. A current density in the low current region may be lower than a current density in the main region in a case where the switching elements in the low current region and the main region are turned on.
US11127813B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for fabricating a semiconductor inductor that includes a coil deposited on a stop layer that is deposited on a sacrificial substrate. The semiconductor inductor may be fabricated on a silicon wafer and singulated. The sacrificial substrate beneficially provides structural support for the singulated semiconductor inductor. The singulated semiconductor inductor advantageously requires minimal active die surface area. The removal of the sacrificial substrate after coupling to the active die beneficially reduces the overall thickness (or height) of the semiconductor package, providing a decided advantage in low profile, portable, electronic devices.
US11127812B2
A single metal layer device, such as a display or sensor, comprises a substrate and a patterned metal layer. The patterned metal layer forms a two-dimensional array of spatially separated column line segments that each extend only partially across the display substrate in a column direction and forms a one-dimensional array of row lines extending across the display substrate in a row direction different from the column direction. The row lines and column line segments are electrically separate in the patterned metal layer. Spatially separated electrical jumpers are disposed on the display substrate and electrically connect pairs of column line segments adjacent in the column direction. Each electrical jumper has an independent jumper substrate independent of and separate from the display substrate. In certain embodiments, spatially separated light-emitting pixel circuits are disposed on a display substrate and are electrically connected to at least one row line and one column line.
US11127810B2
A lower base surface of wirings includes a stepped portion with upper surfaces having mutually different heights and stepped surfaces rising from respective upper surfaces. Each upper surface and the stepped surface form a projecting portion rising in each normal direction and constitute a first recessed corner portion immediately below the wirings and a second recessed corner portion at the tip of the projecting portion in the normal direction of the stepped surface. A first interval exists between the adjacent wirings. The first recessed corner portion has a first height. The second recessed corner portion has a second height and a second width in the first direction. The second width is smaller than the first interval, the second height is lower than the first height, or both the second width is smaller than the first interval and the second height is lower than the first height.
US11127806B2
A wiring structure, a display substrate and a display device are provided, which belongs to the field of display technology. The wiring structure includes a plurality of hollow patterns connected successively. Each of the hollow patterns includes a first conductive part having a first pattern and a second conductive part having a second pattern. The first conductive part and the second conductive part are connected with each other, and the first pattern and the second pattern have different shapes. Because the wiring structure includes a plurality of hollow patterns connected successively, and the first conductive part and the second conductive part in each hollow pattern have different shapes, even if the conductive part of one shape in the wiring structure is broken in the process of bending, stretching and twisting, the conductive part of the other shape can also ensure good conductivity for the wiring structure.
US11127801B2
An organic light-emitting diode display substrate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display apparatus are provided. The organic light-emitting diode display substrate includes: a base substrate; a pixel defining layer on the base substrate and defining a plurality of pixel regions, wherein a first electrode, a second electrode and an organic light-emitting functional layer between the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed in each of at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of pixel regions; and a conducting wire on the pixel defining layer and configured to connect the second electrodes located in the at least two adjacent pixel regions.
US11127793B2
A manufacturing method of a three-dimensional vertical memory (3D-MV) includes the steps of: (A) forming a stack of interleaved lightly-doped layers and insulating layers; and, (B) a first photolithography step and an ion-implant step to form first and second regions in each lightly-doped layer. The first region, disposed around and shared by a plurality of memory holes, has a higher resistivity than the second region.
US11127790B2
Present disclosure provides a phase change memory structure, including a transistor region, a phase change material over the transistor region, a heater over the transistor region and in contact with the phase change material, and a dielectric layer surrounding the heater and the phase change material. The heater includes a first material having a first thermal conductivity, the first material disposed at a periphery of the heater, and a second material having a second thermal conductivity greater than the first thermal conductivity, the second material disposed at a center of the heater. Present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the phase change memory structure described herein.
US11127788B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device has a semiconductor layer including a source/drain region, a first magnetic layer over the semiconductor layer, and a first dielectric layer over the source/drain region and adjacent the first magnetic layer. The semiconductor device has a metal structure extending through the first dielectric layer, a second magnetic layer over the metal structure, and a second dielectric layer over the first magnetic layer and adjacent the first dielectric layer.
US11127784B2
Integrated circuits with embedded memory structures, and methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. An exemplary method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes forming from a first metallization layer a first lower conductive interconnect in a first region of a dielectric layer and a second lower conductive interconnect in a second region of the dielectric layer. The method includes forming a memory structure in the first region. Further, the method includes depositing an interlayer dielectric over the first region and over the second region. Also, the method includes forming from a second metallization layer a first upper conductive interconnect over the interlayer dielectric, wherein the first upper conductive interconnect is coupled to the memory structure.
US11127780B2
A display panel including data lines, scan lines, pixel structures, power lines and a fixing layer is provided. The pixel structure includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a light emitting diode device. The first transistor is electrically coupled to a corresponding scan line, a corresponding data line and the second transistor. A first end of the light emitting diode device is electrically coupled to the second transistor. The power lines are electrically coupled to the second transistor of at least one of the pixel structures and a second end of the light emitting diode device of at least one of the pixel structures. The fixing layer is disposed on at least one of the power lines. The light emitting diode device of at least one of the pixel structures is disposed on the fixing layer and overlapped with the at least one of the power lines.
US11127779B2
A light-emitting semiconductor chip and a display device are disclosed. In an embodiment a light-emitting semiconductor chip includes an emission surface formed with a plurality of first emission regions and second emission regions, wherein the first emission regions and the second emission regions are configured to emit light of a predeterminable color location, wherein the first and second emission regions are separately controllable from each other, wherein the first emission regions and second emission regions are arranged next to one another in a first plane, wherein all second emission regions form at least a part of an outer edge of the emission surface, and wherein the first emission regions have a smaller extent than the second emission regions along at least one direction lying in the first plane.
US11127778B2
A light emitting transducer including a flexible sheet having a bottom side and a top side, the flexible sheet including a substrate that is stretchable and compressible, the substrate having a bottom substrate surface at the bottom side, and a top substrate surface facing towards the top side, the top substrate surface comprising a surface pattern of a plurality of raised and depressed micro-scale surface portions which extend in at least one direction; a light emitting diode layer above the substrate and conforming in shape to the top substrate surface, the light emitting diode layer corresponding with the surface pattern of the top substrate surface, wherein the light emitting diode layer has a bottom diode surface facing towards the bottom side, and a top diode surface facing towards the top side, a bottom electrode on the bottom diode surface, and a top electrode on the top diode surface.
US11127773B2
Provided is a semiconductor device including a plurality of substrates that is stacked, each of the substrates including a semiconductor substrate and a multi-layered wiring layer on the semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate having a circuit with a predetermined function formed thereon. Bonding surfaces between at least two substrates among the plurality of substrates have an electrode junction structure in which electrodes on the respective bonding surfaces are in direct contact with each other. The electrode junction structure is for electrical connection between the two substrates. In at least one of the two substrates, at least one of the electrode constituting the electrode junction structure or a via for connection of the electrode to a wiring line in the multi-layered wiring layer has a structure in which a protective film for prevention of diffusion of an electrically-conductive material constituting the electrode and the via is inside the electrically-conductive material.
US11127771B2
Solid-state imaging devices, methods of producing a solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatuses are provided. More particularly, a solid-state image device includes a silicon substrate, and at least a first photodiode formed in the silicon substrate. The device also includes an epitaxial layer with a first surface adjacent a surface of the silicon substrate, and a transfer transistor with a gate electrode that extends from the at least a first photodiode to a second surface of the epitaxial layer opposite the first surface. In further embodiments, a solid-state imaging device with a plurality of pixels formed in a second semiconductor substrate wherein the pixels are symmetrical with respect to a center point is provided. A floating diffusion is formed in an epitaxial layer, and a plurality of transfer gate electrodes that are each electrically connected to the floating diffusion by one of the transfer gate electrodes is provided.
US11127764B2
The present disclosure provides a circuit substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, a display substrate and a tiled display device. The circuit substrate includes: a base substrate; a driving circuit on the base substrate; and conductive connection portions. A plurality of grooves is defined in a lateral side of the base substrate; each of the plurality of grooves extends through a top surface and an opposite bottom surface of the base substrate. The driving circuit includes signal lines on the top surface of the base substrate and signal-line leads on the bottom surface of the base substrate. The plurality of conductive connection portions are corresponding to the plurality of grooves in a one-to-one manner; at least one part of the conductive connection portion is in the corresponding groove. The conductive connection portion is connected with the corresponding signal line and the corresponding signal-line lead, respectively.
US11127758B2
Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate and a plurality of memory decks stacked above the substrate. Each of the memory decks includes a gate electrode, a blocking layer on the gate electrode, a plurality of charge trapping layers on the blocking layer, a tunneling layer on the plurality of charge trapping layers, a channel layer on the tunneling layer, and an inter-deck dielectric layer on the channel layer. The plurality of charge trapping layers are discrete and disposed at different levels. A top surface of the inter-deck dielectric layer is nominally flat. The gate electrode of another one of the memory decks immediately above the memory deck is disposed on the top surface of the inter-deck dielectric layer.
US11127756B2
Provided is a three-dimensional memory device including a substrate, first and second stacked structures and an etching stop layer. The substrate has a cell region and a periphery region. The first stacked structure is disposed on the cell region and the periphery region, and has a first vertical channel pillar on the cell region that penetrates through the first stacked structure. The second stacked structure is located on the first stacked structure, is disposed on the cell region and the periphery region, and has a second vertical channel pillar on the cell region that penetrates through the second stacked structure. The second vertical channel pillar is electrically connected to the first vertical channel pillar. The etching stop layer is located between the first and second stacked structures, is disposed on the cell region and extends onto the periphery region, and surrounds the lower portion of the second vertical channel pillar.
US11127752B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, having cell region and high-voltage region. A memory cell is on the substrate within the cell region. The memory cell includes a memory gate structure and a selection gate structure on the substrate. A first spacer is sandwiched between or respectively on sidewalls of the memory cell structure and the selection gate structure. First high-voltage transistor is on the substrate within the high-voltage region. A first composite gate structure of the first high-voltage transistor includes a first gate structure on the substrate, an insulating layer with a predetermined thickness on the substrate in a -like structure or an L-like structure at cross-section, and a second gate structure on the insulating layer along the -like structure or the L-like structure. The selection gate structure and the second gate structure are originated from a same preliminary conductive layer.
US11127749B2
A single poly non-volatile memory device that includes: a first type lower well; first and second wells separately formed in an upper portion of the first type lower well; a source electrode, a selection transistor, a sensing transistor, and a drain electrode sequentially disposed in an upper portion of the first well. A control gate is formed in an upper portion of the second well with separated on an opposite side of the source electrode from the first well and connected to the gate of the sensing transistor.
US11127748B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer above the first insulating layer, a void space between the first and second insulating layers, and contact electrodes extending through the first insulating layer, the void space, and the second insulating layer. Each of the contact electrodes includes a first end facing the substrate, a second end opposite to the first end, and a first width portion between the first end and the second end. The first width portion has a width in a second direction parallel to the substrate that is greater than a width of the first end in the second direction and a width of the second end in the second direction. The first width portion is within the void space.
US11127740B2
In a method of forming a semiconductor device including a fin field effect transistor (FinFET), a sacrificial layer is formed over a source/drain structure of a FinFET structure and an isolation insulating layer. A mask pattern is formed over the sacrificial layer. The sacrificial layer and the source/drain structure are patterned by using the mask pattern as an etching mask, thereby forming openings adjacent to the patterned sacrificial layer and source/drain structure. A dielectric layer is formed in the openings. After the dielectric layer is formed, the patterned sacrificial layer is removed to form a contact opening over the patterned source/drain structure. A conductive layer is formed in the contact opening.
US11127734B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes an input terminal, a transistor, and an output terminal. The input terminal is configured to receive an input signal. The transistor includes a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, and a drift region that has a resistance in series between the first and second source/drain regions and that is configured to attenuate an ESD voltage in the input signal. The output terminal is connected to the second source/drain region.
US11127729B2
A first wafer including a first substrate, first semiconductor devices overlying the first substrate, and first dielectric material layers overlying the first semiconductor devices is provided. A sacrificial material layer is formed over a top surface of a second wafer including a second substrate. Second semiconductor devices and second dielectric material layers are formed over a top surface of the sacrificial material layer. The second wafer is attached to the first wafer such that the second dielectric material layers face the first dielectric material layers. A plurality of voids is formed through the second substrate. The sacrificial material layer is removed by providing an etchant that etches a material of the sacrificial material layer through the plurality of voids. The substrate is detached from a bonded assembly including the first wafer, the second semiconductor devices, and the second dielectric material layers upon removal of the sacrificial material layer.
US11127726B2
According to a flexible light-emitting device production method of the present disclosure, after an intermediate region (30i) and flexible substrate regions (30d) of a plastic film (30) of a multilayer stack (100) are divided from one another, the interface between the flexible substrate regions (30d) and a glass base (10) is irradiated with lift-off light. The multilayer stack (100) is separated into a first portion (110) and a second portion (120) while the multilayer stack (100) is in contact with a stage (210). The first portion (110) includes a plurality of light-emitting devices (1000) which are in contact with the stage (210). The light-emitting devices (1000) include a plurality of functional layer regions (20) and the flexible substrate regions (30d). The second portion (120) includes the glass base (10) and the intermediate region (30i). The step of irradiating with the lift-off light includes the first light scanning for scanning the interface in a first direction with the light in the form of a line beam, and the second light scanning for scanning the interface in a second direction with the light. In each of the first and second light scanning, the irradiation intensity is modulated such that the intensity for at least part of the interface between the intermediate region (30i) and the glass base (10) is lower than the irradiation intensity for the interface between the flexible substrate regions (30d) and the glass base (10).
US11127723B2
A mass transfer method includes forming a photosensitive layer on a transfer substrate, heating the photosensitive layer at a temperature for the same to be in a partially cured state, disposing micro semiconductor elements on the photosensitive layer in the partially cured state, partially removing the photosensitive layer to form connecting structures, providing a package substrate and metallic support members, subjecting the metallic support members and the micro semiconductor elements to a eutectic process, breaking the connecting structures to separate the micro semiconductor elements from the transfer substrate, and removing the remaining connecting structures from the micro semiconductor elements.
US11127717B2
In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first substrate including first and second regions on its surface, a first control circuit on the first substrate in the first region, a first memory cell array above the first control circuit in the first region and connected to the first control circuit, and a first pad above the first memory cell array in the first region and connected to the first control circuit. The device further includes a second control circuit on the first substrate in the second region, a second memory cell array above the second control circuit in the second region and connected to the second control circuit, a second pad above the second memory cell array in the second region and connected to the second control circuit, and a connection line above the first and second memory cell arrays and connecting the first and second pads.
US11127715B2
An electrical device that includes at least two active wafers having at least one through silicon via, and at least one unitary electrical communication and spacer structure present between a set of adjacently stacked active wafers of the at least two active wafers. The unitary electrical communication and spacer structure including an electrically conductive material core providing electrical communication to the at least one through silicon via structure in the set of adjacently stacked active wafers and a substrate material outer layer. The at least one unitary electrical communication and spacer structure being separate from and engaged to the adjacently stacked active wafers, wherein coolant passages are defined between surfaces of the adjacently stacked active wafers and the at least one unitary electrical communication and spacer structure.
US11127713B2
High bandwidth memories and systems including the same may include a buffer die, a plurality of memory dies stacked on the buffer die, a plurality of dummy bump groups in edge regions of the buffer die and the plurality of memory dies, and a plurality of signal line groups. Each of the plurality of dummy bump groups includes dummy bumps spaced apart from each other between each pair of adjacent dies and configured to connect the two adjacent dies to each other. Each of the signal line groups includes a plurality of signal lines configured to transmit a corresponding signal among an input signal and a plurality of bump crack detection signals applied to an input dummy bump of each of the plurality of dummy bump groups via sequential transmission through the plurality of dummy bumps to an output dummy bump during a bump crack test operation.
US11127710B2
A transfer method includes steps of a) supplying a support layer having a first face, structures being assembled by their front face on the first face, and c) transferring the structures onto a host face of a host substrate. The support layer includes folding regions, between the structures, adapted to pass from a folded state to an unfolded state under the action of an external excitation. Between steps a) and c), a step b) is included of executing the external action in such a way as to make the folding regions pass from the folded state to the unfolded state such that the spacing between the structures varies.
US11127708B2
Provided are a package structure and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes the following processes. A die is provided. An encapsulant is formed laterally aside the die. A first dielectric layer is formed on the encapsulant and the die. A first redistribution layer is formed to penetrate through the first dielectric layer to connect to the die, the first redistribution layer includes a first via embedded in the first dielectric layer and a first trace on the first dielectric layer and connected to the first via. The first via and the first trace of the first redistribution layer are formed separately.
US11127707B2
A semiconductor package structure includes a base material, at least one semiconductor chip, an encapsulant, a depression structure, a redistribution layer and at least one conductive via. The semiconductor chip is disposed on the base material. The encapsulant is disposed on the base material and covers the at least one semiconductor chip. The encapsulant has an outer side surface. The depression structure is disposed adjacent to and exposed from of the outer side surface the encapsulant. The redistribution layer is disposed on the encapsulant. The conductive via is disposed in the encapsulant and electrically connects the semiconductor chip and the redistribution layer.
US11127701B2
The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package. Semiconductor dies having conductive pillars are provided and are encapsulated with an insulating encapsulant. A redistribution circuit structure is formed on the insulating encapsulant and the semiconductor dies, and the redistribution circuit structure is electrically connected to the semiconductor dies. A photosensitive mask pattern having a plurality of openings is formed. A plurality of conductive vias is formed within the openings of the photosensitive mask pattern. A dielectric layer is then formed, and the conductive vias are embedded in the dielectric layer.
US11127698B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a conductive film; a method for producing a conductive film, which enables the achievement of a conductive film or conductive pattern having good electrical conductivity by means of light irradiation of a short period of time without being accompanied by a long-time heat treatment at high temperatures; a method for producing a field effect transistor, which uses this method for producing a conductive film; and a method for producing a wireless communication device. A method for producing a conductive film according to the present invention for the achievement of the above-described purpose comprises: a step for forming a coating film by applying a conductive paste, which contains conductive particles that have surfaces covered by elemental carbon, onto a substrate; and a step for irradiating the coating film with flashing light.
US11127696B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device suppressing a ringing. A semiconductor device in an embodiment 1 includes an IGBT, an SBD connected to the IGBT in series, a PND connected to the IGBT in series and parallelly connected to the SBD, and an output electrode connected between the IGBT and the SBD and between the IGBT and the PND. An anode electrode of the PND is connected to the output electrode by the wiring via an anode electrode of the SBD.
US11127689B2
The present disclosure relates to segmented shielding using wirebonds. In an exemplary aspect, a shield is formed from a series of wires (e.g., wirebonds) to create a wall and/or shielded compartment in an integrated circuit (IC) module. The wires can be located in any area within the IC module. The IC module may be overmolded with an insulating mold compound, and a top surface of the insulating mold can be ground or otherwise removed to expose ends of the wires to a shield layer which surrounds the insulating mold. Some examples may further laser ablate or otherwise form cavities around the ends of the wires to create stronger bonding between the wires of the shield and the shield layer.
US11127683B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a semiconductor structure with a substantially straight contact profile and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a block material comprising an upper oxidized layer at an interface with an insulating material; and an interconnect contact structure with a substantially straight profile through the oxidized layer of the block material.
US11127676B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first interconnect in a first dielectric layer, and forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer. In the method, an etch stop layer is formed on the second dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer is formed on the etch stop layer. The method also includes forming a trench in the third dielectric layer, wherein a bottom surface of the trench includes the etch stop layer. A second interconnect is formed in the trench on the etch stop layer, and a via is formed in the second dielectric layer. The via connects the second interconnect to the first interconnect.
US11127672B2
A busbar assembly according to the present invention includes a first busbar formed by a conductive metal flat plate; a second busbar formed by a conductive metal flat plate, the second busbar disposed in the same plane as the first busbar with a gap being provided between opposing side surfaces of the first and second busbars; and an insulating resin layer filled in the gap so as to mechanically connect the opposing side surfaces of the first and second busbars. Preferably, the opposing side surface of at least one of the first and second busbars is an inclined surface that is closer to the opposing side surface of the other of the first and second busbars from one side toward the other side in the thickness direction.
US11127669B2
A flexible display screen and a flexible device are provided by the present application. The flexible display screen includes a bending area. The bending area includes at least one wiring layer. The at least one wiring layer includes a plurality of conducting wires arranged at intervals. Each of the plurality of conducting wires includes at least two current paths. The at least two current paths are configured to transmit an identical current signal passing through corresponding conducting wire. Since each of the plurality of conducting wires has at least two current paths, the plurality of conducting wires can continue to provide an electrical current when the plurality of conducting wires are damaged during bending. Therefore, the flexible display screen has strong stability and long service life.
US11127667B2
A display device comprises a pad terminal area and a first circuit board attached to the pad terminal area. The pad terminal area comprises a first pad terminal area having a first pad terminal row of first pad terminals and a second pad terminal area having a second pad terminal row of second pad terminals. The first circuit board comprises a first film having a first lead terminal row of first lead terminals and a second film having a second lead terminal row of second lead terminals. The first lead terminals are connected to the first pad terminals, the second lead terminals are connected to the second pad terminals, an end of the second film protrudes outward from an end of the first film, and the second pad terminal area overlaps an area between the end of the first film and the end of the second film.
US11127664B2
A circuit board includes a composite layer of a non-conductor inorganic material and an organic material, a plurality of conductive structures, a first built-up structure, and a second built-up structure. The composite layer of the non-conductor inorganic material and the organic material has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other and a plurality of openings. The conductive structures are respectively disposed in the openings of the composite layer of the non-conductor inorganic material and the organic material. The first built-up structure is disposed on the first surface of the composite layer of the non-conductor inorganic material and the organic material and electrically connected to the conductive structures. The second built-up structure is disposed on the second surface of the composite layer of the non-conductor inorganic material and the organic material and electrically connected to the conductive structures.
US11127662B2
The disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The device includes first and second substrates, first mounting layers, second mounting layers, power supply terminals, an output terminal, electroconductive coupling members and switching elements. The first substrate has first obverse and reverse surfaces facing in a thickness direction. The second substrate has a second obverse surface facing as the first obverse surface faces in the thickness direction and a second reverse surface facing away from the second obverse surface. The second substrate is spaced from the first substrate in a first direction crossing the thickness direction. The first mounting layers are electrically conductive and disposed on the first obverse surface. The second mounting layers are electrically conductive and disposed on the second obverse surface. The power supply terminals are electrically connected to the first mounting layers. The output terminal is connected to one of the second mounting layers. The electroconductive coupling members are connected to the first and second mounting layers. The switching elements are mounted on the first and second mounting layers. Each of the electroconductive coupling members has strip sections and a connecting section. The strip sections extend in the first direction and are spaced in a second direction crossing the thickness direction and the first direction. The connecting section extends in the second direction to interconnect the strip sections. The strip sections are connected at one end to the first mounting layer and connected at another end to the second mounting layer.
US11127658B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package, the method including a first step for forming a primary solder ball on an under bump metallurgy (UBM) structure, and a second step for forming a secondary solder ball on an upper surface of the UBM structure by performing a reflow process on the primary solder ball while a side wall of the UBM structure is exposed.
US11127657B2
A thin stacked semiconductor device has a plurality of circuits that are laminated and formed sequentially in a specified pattern to form a multilayer wiring part. At the stage for forming the multilayer wiring part, a filling electrode is formed on the semiconductor substrate such that the surface is covered with an insulating film, a post electrode is formed on specified wiring at the multilayer wiring part, a first insulating layer is formed on one surface of the semiconductor substrate, the surface of the first insulating layer is removed by a specified thickness to expose the post electrode, and the other surface of the semiconductor substrate is ground to expose the filling electrode and to form a through-type electrode. A second insulating layer is formed on one surface of the semiconductor substrate while exposing the forward end of the through-type electrode, and bump electrodes are formed on both electrodes.
US11127653B2
A latch assembly for latching a heat sink onto a printed circuit board (PCB). The latch assembly includes a clamp having a connector for connecting the latch assembly to the heat sink. A spring is mounted to the clamp for biasing the clamp away from the heat sink. A handle is rotatably connected to the clamp, and a cam extends from the handle. A hook is moveably mounted to the clamp and has a cam surface engaged with the cam. The hook has an engagement portion for engaging the PCB. Rotation of the handle causes (i) rotation of the hook, which causes the engagement portion to engage the PCB, followed by (ii) movement of the cam along the cam surface, which causes translation of the clamp toward the PCB against the bias of the spring, which causes the heat sink to contact an IC for dissipating heat from the IC.
US11127651B2
In one general aspect, a package can include a first submodule including a first semiconductor die coupled to a first substrate and a first spacer, and disposed between the first spacer and the first substrate. The first submodule includes a second spacer disposed lateral to the first semiconductor die. The package includes a second submodule including a second semiconductor die coupled to a second substrate and a third spacer, and disposed between the third spacer and the second substrate. The second submodule includes a fourth spacer disposed lateral to the second semiconductor die. The package includes an inter-module layer disposed between the first submodule and the second submodule. The first spacer of the first submodule is electrically coupled to the fourth spacer of the second-submodule via the inter-module layer. The second spacer of the first submodule is electrically coupled to the third spacer of the second-submodule via the inter-module layer.
US11127645B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an IC die mounted on the substrate, packaging encapsulant on the substrate, a cavity in the packaging encapsulant, a conductive lid attached to the packaging encapsulant over the IC die, an electrical ground path in the substrate, and a first conductive structure in the cavity. The first conductive structure includes a first end electrically coupled to the conductive lid and a second end electrically coupled to the electrical ground path.
US11127644B2
An embodiment method includes encapsulating a semiconductor die in an encapsulant, planarizing the encapsulant, and depositing a polymer material on the encapsulant. The method further includes planarizing the polymer material and forming a metallization pattern on the polymer material. The metallization pattern electrically connects a die connector of the semiconductor die to a conductive feature disposed outside of the semiconductor die.
US11127642B2
A test circuit layout structure for a display panel is disclosed and includes a chip on film (COF) bonding region having two ends connected to two power conductor regions extending toward an active area; a test circuit region located between the COF bonding region and the two power conductor regions; two test pad regions and two electrostatic protection regions are both distributed around two sides of the COF bonding region; wherein a plurality of wires extend from the test pad regions and are configured to couple the electrostatic protection regions, the COF bonding region, and the test circuit region; wherein resistivity of the wires and resistivity of the power conductor regions are the same; and wherein the wires bypass the power conductor regions disposed in the same layer as the wires, alternatively, the wires and the power conductor regions are overlapped in an insulation manner.
US11127640B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate; an n-type transistor including a first junction region positioned on the substrate, a first channel region positioned on the first junction region, a second junction region positioned on the first channel region, and a first gate stack at least partially surrounding the first channel region; and a p-type transistor including a third junction region positioned on the substrate, a second channel region positioned on the third junction region, a fourth junction region positioned on the second channel region, and a second gate stack at least partially surrounding the second channel region, in which the first channel region and the second channel region are epitaxial channel layers.
US11127635B1
The present disclosure relates to a method for forming a multi-dimensional integrated chip structure. In some embodiments, the method may be performed by bonding a second substrate to an upper surface of a first substrate. A first edge trimming cut is performed along a first loop and extends into a first peripheral portion of the second substrate. A second edge trimming cut is performed along a second loop and extends into a second peripheral portion of the second substrate and into the first substrate. A third edge trimming cut is performed along a third loop and extends into a third peripheral portion of the first substrate.
US11127613B2
A substrate treating apparatus and a substrate transporting method. An ID block 2, a coating block 3, a developing block 4, and an IF block 6 are arranged in this order. A platform 13 is placed on the ID block 2, and a platform 47 is placed on the IF block 6. A currently-used carrier platform is provided only on an ID block. Accordingly, a substrate is transported in both a forward path and a return path between the ID block and the IF block. According to the disclosure, a substrate W is transported from the IF block 6 to the developing block 4 in the return path, and thereafter, the substrate W is returned back from the developing block 4 to the IF block 6 without being transported to the coating block 3. Consequently, transportation process by the coating block 3 in the return path is reduced so that an entire throughput of a substrate treating apparatus 1 can be enhanced.
US11127609B2
A collet apparatus is provided including a body. A first adsorption unit is connected to the body. A second adsorption unit is connected to the first adsorption unit. The second adsorption unit adsorbs a semiconductor chip. An illumination unit is disposed inside the body, and provides a light to the semiconductor chip adsorbed onto the second adsorption unit to examine the semiconductor chip.
US11127608B2
A heating element which is made of a material heated by absorbing an electromagnetic wave supplied from a heating device and which has an electromagnetic wave transmission region which transmits the electromagnetic wave and an electromagnetic wave non-transmission region which does not transmit the electromagnetic wave.
US11127596B2
A method includes providing a single crystal substrate having a buffer layer on a surface of the substrate. The buffer layer provides a transition between the crystallographic lattice structure of the substrate and the crystallographic lattice structure of the semiconductor layer and has its resistivity increased by ion implanting a dopant into the buffer layer; and forming semiconductor layer on the ion implanted buffer layer. The semiconductor layer may be a wide bandgap semiconductor layer having a high electron mobility transistors formed therein.
US11127586B2
A method includes forming a dielectric layer over a fin structure, forming a dummy gate crossing over the dielectric layer, forming a spacer on a sidewall of the dummy gate, etching the dielectric layer and the fin structure, such that the dielectric layer and the fin structure are recessed from an outer sidewall of the spacer, and etching the fin structure, such that the fin structure is recessed from an end surface of the dielectric layer.
US11127582B2
A discharge chamber for a deep ultraviolet (DUV) light source includes a housing; and a first electrode and a second electrode in the housing, the first electrode and the second electrode being separated from each other to form a discharge region between the first electrode and the second electrode, the discharge region being configured to receive a gain medium including at least one noble gas and a halogen gas. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a metal alloy including more than 33% and less than 50% zinc by weight.
US11127574B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a conveyance unit that has a rotator in a vacuum container, and circulating carries a workpiece by the rotator along a circular conveyance path, a cylindrical member extended in a direction toward the conveyance path in the vacuum container, a window member that divides a gas space where a process gas is introduced and an exterior, and an antenna causing the process gas to generate inductive coupling plasma for plasma processing when power is applied. The cylindrical member is provided with an opposing part with the opening and faces the rotator, a dividing wall is provided between the opposing part and the rotator so as not to contact the opposing part and the rotator and not to move relative to the vacuum container, and the dividing wall is provided with an adjustment opening that faces the opening, and adjusts a range of the plasma processing.
US11127567B2
A substrate processing system includes: a processing chamber defining a reaction volume; a showerhead including: a stem portion having one end connected adjacent to an upper surface of the processing chamber; and a base portion connected to an opposite end of the stem portion and extending radially outwardly from the stem portion, where the showerhead is configured to introduce gas into the reaction volume; a plasma generator configured to selectively generate RF plasma in the reaction volume; and a collar arranged around the stem portion of the showerhead between the base portion of the showerhead and the upper surface of the processing chamber. The collar includes one or more holes to supply purge gas from an inner cavity of the collar to between the base portion of the showerhead and the upper surface of the processing chamber.
US11127557B1
An ion source including a chamber housing defining an ion source chamber and including an extraction plate on a front side thereof, the extraction plate having an extraction aperture formed therein, and a tubular cathode disposed within the ion source chamber and having a slot formed in a front-facing semi-cylindrical portion thereof disposed in a confronting relationship with the extraction aperture, wherein a rear-facing semi-cylindrical portion of the tubular cathode directed away from the extraction aperture is closed.
US11127553B1
A voltage detection unit includes a wire in which a conductive core wire is coated with an insulating coating that is insulative, a terminal connection portion to be connected to an electrode terminal, a core wire connection portion of a connecting piece that is provided continuously with the terminal connection portion and connected to the core wire that is exposed from the insulating coating at a terminal of the wire, and a second coating holding portion that is provided side by side with the core wire connection portion in an extending direction of the wire and holds the insulating coating of the wire, and the wire arranged between the core wire connection portion and the second coating holding portion includes a fuse portion in which a diameter of the core wire is reduced in a state of being exposed from the insulating coating.
US11127546B2
A keyboard includes an elastic element disposed above a bottom case, a light emitter, a light receiver, a pressing element, and a keycap. When a force toward the bottom case is applied to a top surface of the elastic element, a relationship between a force to move the top surface and a distance from the top surface to the bottom case is in a negative correlation in a path of the top surface from a first position to a second position, and a relationship between a force to move the top surface and a distance from the top surface to the bottom case is in a positive correlation in a path of the top surface from the second position to a third position. The light emitter, the light receiver, and the pressing element are disposed above the elastic element. The keycap is disposed above the pressing element.
US11127542B2
The present invention relates to an electrical switching apparatus having at least one contact point, an arc-quenching device associated with the contact point, and an arc-blowing device to generate a magnetic blowout field. The arc-quenching device comprises a plurality of quenching elements, which are arranged distributed and spaced from each other in a first direction, wherein the quenching elements each comprise a permanent magnet. The arc arising when the contact point is opened is blown away from the contact point towards the quenching elements by the magnetic blowout field. The magnetic blowout field is at least partially generated or supported by the permanent magnets of the quenching elements. According to the invention, the permanent magnets of the quenching elements are offset with respect to each other in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.
US11127538B2
A supercapacitor apparatus within a sealed housing to provide a high-voltage EDLC energy storage unit includes cells stacked on one another, with each cell having a set of supercapacitors that are interconnected within the apparatus in a parallel-series configuration to provide an internally balanced energy storage unit that is capable of stand-off voltages of 10 volts or higher. The energy storage unit does not require balancing resistors or more complicated external balancing circuitry. The electrodes of the supercapacitors are comprised of carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets.
US11127533B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode foil, a dielectric layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode lead-out layer. The anode foil includes a first part and a second part other than the first part. The first part has an etched surface, and a second part has an unetched surface. The dielectric layer is formed on the etched surface of the first part in the anode foil. The solid electrolyte layer is formed on at least a part of a surface of the dielectric layer. The cathode lead-out layer is formed on at least a part of a surface of the solid electrolyte layer. An insulating protective layer covers a boundary part between the first part and the second part as well as an end of the cathode lead-out layer and an end of the solid electrolyte layer.
US11127528B2
A coil component includes a device main body composed of an insulator, a coil conductor which is disposed inside or on a surface of the device main body, and an outer electrode which is disposed on a surface of the device main body and electrically connected to the coil conductor. The outer electrode includes a Ag-containing layer containing Ag grains with an average grain size of 4.2 to 15 μm.
US11127527B2
An inductor includes an annular core, and a first coil and a second coil which are wound around the core. The core has an internal surface, an external surface, a first end surface, and a second end surface. The first coil and the second coil include a first coil piece having a length of one turn and a second coil piece having a length of one turn. The first coil piece and the second coil piece surround the internal surface, the first end surface, the external surface, and the second end surface of the core. The first coil piece has, at its tip, a joint portion to be joined to the second coil piece, and the second coil piece has, at its tip, a joint surface to be in contact with the joint portion. Thus, the resistance value of the coil is reduced.
US11127524B2
An assembly for power converting includes a circuit board, a power switching circuit mounted on the circuit board, an inductor coil that includes a winding and two ends, a magnetic core that is surrounded by the winding of the inductor coil, and a magnetic mixture that encapsulates the circuit board, the power switching circuit, the inductor coil and the magnetic core. The winding of the inductor coil is stacked above the power switching circuit and is sufficiently large to fill up a size of the assembly.
US11127523B2
An inductor includes a body including a support member, a coil, and an encapsulant encapsulating the support member and the coil and external electrodes disposed on an external surface of the body and connected to the coil, wherein the support member includes a through-hole and a via hole spaced apart from the through-hole, the coil includes a first coil disposed on one surface of the support member and a second coil disposed on the other surface of the support member opposing the one surface, the first and second coils are connected to each other by a via filling the via hole, and the via continuously covers an end surface of the first coil and an upper surface of the second coil.
US11127520B2
A voltage converter comprises a second controller as a power switch of the secondary side of the transformer for comparing a detection voltage representing an output voltage and/or load current with a first reference voltage and generating a control signal, and a coupling element for transmitting the control signal generated by the second controller to the first controller on the primary side of the transformer enabling the first controller to generate a first pulse signal driving the power switch to control the on/off state of the primary side winding.
US11127518B2
In one aspect, a tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) element includes a magnesium oxide (MgO) layer, a cobalt iron boron (CoFeB) layer in direct contact with the MgO layer and a cobalt iron (CoFe) layer. The TMR element also includes a tantalum layer in direct contact with the CoFeB layer and the CoFe layer.
US11127504B2
In a general aspect, a customized surgical profile is validated for execution on a surgical system. In some aspects, a customized ophthalmic surgical profile, which includes a surgical pattern and at least one parameter associated with the surgical pattern, is obtained. A pattern definition file executable by a laser-based ophthalmic surgical system is generated based on the customized ophthalmic surgical profile. Execution of the customized ophthalmic surgical profile on the laser-based ophthalmic surgical system is simulated based on the pattern definition file, and the pattern definition file is validated based on an output of the simulation. The validated pattern definition file is provided for execution on the laser-based ophthalmic surgical system.
US11127502B2
A computer apparatus to identify healthcare resources used by a patient given a potential diagnosis, the apparatus comprising: a memory storing instructions for execution by a processor, the processor configured by the instructions to implement an impact estimator to: receive a patient clinical object, PCO, which represents the patient in the form of a graph, and includes previous healthcare resource utilization, HCRU, information of the patient as a patient HCRU subgraph; receive an HCRU knowledge graph, HCRU KG, associating healthcare resources with medical services; receive potential diagnosis information from a clinician; identify and extract potential healthcare resources and services in the HCRU KG associated with the potential diagnosis to form an HCRU subgraph associated with the potential diagnosis; and to perform graph analysis on the HCRU subgraph associated with the potential diagnosis and the patient HCRU subgraph to obtain an updated patient HCRU subgraph taking the potential diagnosis into account.
US11127497B2
A system for providing a visual summary of a condition of a patient when traumatic brain injury (TBI) is suspected or diagnosed includes at least one patient condition sensor configured to sense data representative of a patient condition parameter of interest for a TBI patient; at least one airflow sensor configured to sense data representative of ventilations provided to the patient; at least one visual display for providing the visual summary to a user; and at least one controller. The at least one controller is configured to cause the visual display to provide the visual summary. The visual summary can include at least one visual representation of at least one patient condition parameter for each time interval of a plurality of time intervals, at least one visual representation of ventilation information, and a visual indication of when at least one patient condition parameter is outside of a target range.
US11127496B2
A clinic layout, corresponding computer program and companion mobile device application is provided. A physical layout for a clinic design is provided including a waiting room, reception area, modular pods, exam rooms, pharmacy, laboratory . . . etc. along with a corresponding flow arrow designed to optimize clinic efficiency and patient experience. A corresponding computer program and companion mobile device application is provided to work in combination with the physical layout of the client. The three components (physical design, computer program and companion mobile device application) work together to enhance coordination of care, increase patient involvement in care, while also increasing clinic efficiency by integrating the clinic layout and design such as described herein and above. The problem list, medication list, educational material, appointments, and the associated reminders provided to the patient will also be instrumental in improving health outcomes. This feature is incorporated into the computer program and companion mobile device application. A detailed explanation of each component can be found as described herein.
US11127495B2
A method includes identifying an imaging workflow process and constructing and displaying, in a graphical user interface, a graphical process tree for the imaging workflow process and a plurality of steps thereof. The method further includes identifying a standard of interest and mapping the plurality of steps into the standard of interest in the displayed graphical process tree. The method further includes receiving, via the graphical user interface, an input indicating a potential failure mode information for two or more of the steps, calculating at least one risk priority number for each step, evaluating the numeric assessment of risk based on a risk priority number threshold, and visually highlighting displayed steps corresponding to steps with risk priority numbers that exceed the risk priority number threshold. The method further includes determining a risk management plan to mitigate risk based on the highlighted steps.
US11127492B2
A prescription handling system that takes filled prescription containers in an automated pharmacy and places them into a package for shipment is described. The handling system includes an inflow to feed containers to a turntable and a robot moves containers from the turntable to a container placement section, which places the containers in a pocket of a package for shipping. Each container for a prescription order is tracked to ensure that only associated containers are packaged together.
US11127487B2
Various embodiments for system and methods for cyber-enabled structure elucidation are disclosed.
US11127486B2
Systems and methods are provided for assessing a sample obtained from a subject. The computerized method includes receiving, by receiving circuitry, a dataset associated with the sample, the dataset comprising quantitative expression data for LRRN3, CDKN1C, PALLD, SASH1, RGL1, and TNFRSF17. A processor generates, based on the received dataset, a score that is indicative of a predicted smoking status of the subject. The predicted smoking status may classify the subject as a current smoker or as a non-current smoker.
US11127477B1
An E-fuse circuit comprising: an E-fuse group, comprising a plurality of E-fuse sections, wherein each one of the E-fuse sections comprises a plurality of E-fuses; a multi-mode latch circuit, configured to receive an input signal to generate a first output signal in a burn in mode, and configured to receive an address to be compared to generate a second output signal in a normal mode; a first logic circuit group, configured to receive a first part of bits of the first output signal to generate a control signal in the burn in mode; and a second logic circuit group, configured to receive the control signal and a second part of bits of the first output signal to generate a selection signal in the burn in mode, to select which one of the E-fuse sections is activated.
US11127476B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first memory and a memory controller. The first memory is nonvolatile and includes a plurality of memory cell transistors, each of which stores data corresponding to a threshold voltage. The memory controller causes the first memory to execute a read operation to acquire data corresponding to the threshold voltage from the plurality of memory cell transistors on the basis of a result of comparison between the threshold voltage and a read voltage. The memory controller selects a first candidate value from among a plurality of candidate values for the read voltage in accordance with a degree of stress that affects the threshold voltage; and causes the first memory to execute the read operation using the first candidate value as the read voltage.
US11127467B1
Apparatuses and techniques are described for performing an erase operation for a set of memory cells, where the erase operation includes an all word line erase phase to save time followed by an odd-even word line erase phase to improve data retention. A transition to the odd-even word line erase phase can be triggered when the memory cells pass a first verify test which indicates that the threshold voltages of the memory cells have decreased below a first voltage. Or, the transition can be triggered when a threshold number of erase-verify iterations have been performed. The erase operation may be completed when the memory cells pass a second verify test which indicates that the threshold voltages of the memory cells have decreased below a second voltage which is less than the first voltage.
US11127465B2
A non-volatile memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines, a row decoder configured to selectively control the plurality of word lines, a page buffer including a plurality of latches corresponding to the plurality of bit lines, respectively, and a control circuit configured to control the non-volatile memory device to enter a suspend state after terminating a verify operation of a program loop of a program operation of the plurality of memory cells in response to a suspend request being generated during an execution operation of the program loop.
US11127454B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cells connected a pair of bit lines, a column selection circuit, and a sense amplifier. When the semiconductor memory device is in a data writing operation, the column selection circuit electrically connects a pair of data input and output lines to the pair of bit lines during a first time interval and a second time interval, consecutively arranged, and the sense amplifier electrically disconnects from the pair of bit lines during the first time interval, and senses and amplifies a voltage difference between the pair of bit lines during the second time interval.
US11127453B1
The present technology relates to a memory device and a method of operating the same. The memory device includes a memory block, a first page buffer group and a second page buffer group connected to bit lines of the memory block, and control logic configured to control the first page buffer group and the second page buffer group to perform a sense node precharge operation partially simultaneously.
US11127447B2
The disclosure provides a voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropic magnetic random access memory. The memory comprises a virtual array, a memory array and a peripheral circuit, wherein the memory array comprises memory cells with X rows and Y columns; the virtual array comprises virtual cells with X rows and one column; the peripheral circuit comprises at least one data sampling-decision-output circuit, the data sampling-decision-output circuit comprises a sensitive amplifier circuit and a logic circuit in series, and are simultaneously connected to the data sampling-decision-output circuit in the peripheral circuit at the same time. By changing the width-length ratio of a differential circuit in the sensitive amplifier circuit and adding the virtual array, the problem that the storage state of the voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy magnetic random access memory cannot be determined is effectively solved, and the risk of resistance deviation under different process conditions also can be avoided.
US11127443B2
Methods, systems, and devices for timing chains for accessing memory cells are described to implement some delays at logic circuitry under an array of memory cells. The memory array logic may represent CMOS under array logic circuitry. A bank group logic may generate a first memory operation and a longer delay corresponding to a timing between the first operation and a second operation. The first operation may represent an access operation, a precharging operation, or the like. The memory array logic may be signaled regarding the first operation and may generate one or more smaller delays associated with one or more sub-operations of the first operation. The smaller delays may be tunable, which may support a memory device or controller to implement operations or sub-operations with different timings based on different processes, different memory cell characteristics, or different temperatures, among other examples.
US11127429B2
A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a magnetic recording medium having a jet-black magnetic stripe which is not tinged with red. The present invention is directed to a magnetic recording medium including: a magnetic recording layer on a substrate; and a protective layer (a) on the magnetic recording layer, wherein the protective layer (a) contains an aniline coloring material. The magnetic recording medium is advantageous in that the magnetic stripe is jet-black and has excellent design properties, and therefore can be widely used for credit cards, bank cards and the like.
US11127428B2
The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer, in which an edge shape of the timing-based servo pattern, specified by magnetic force microscopy is a shape in which a difference between a value L99.9 of a cumulative distribution function of 99.9% and a value L0.1 of a cumulative distribution function of 0.1% in a position deviation width from an ideal shape of the magnetic tape in a longitudinal direction is 180 nm or less, and in which a difference between a spacing Safter measured on a surface of the magnetic layer by an optical interferometry after ethanol cleaning and a spacing Sbefore measured on the surface of the magnetic layer by an optical interferometry before ethanol cleaning is greater than 0 nm and 6.0 nm or less.
US11127424B1
A light source-unit includes a laser diode, a sub-mount which the laser diode is joined. The laser diode includes an optical generating layer including an active layer which emits laser-light and cladding layers being formed so as to sandwich the active layer. The active layer includes a quantum dot layer including a plurality of quantum dots, which respectively confine movements of carriers in the three-dimensional directions.
US11127421B1
A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head has a write pole with a chemically-passivated end that substantially prevents oxidation and thus improves corrosion resistance of the write pole. The write pole and near-field transducer (NFT) are supported on a slider and have their ends in a window region of the slider's disk-facing surface. The outer surface region of the write pole is chemically-passivated, preferably by exposure to a nitrogen plasma. The nitrogen plasma has no effect on the NFT end or on the magnetoresistive read head, which is protected because it is located in a non-window region of the slider's disk-facing surface. An optically transparent protective film is formed in the window over the passivated write pole end and NFT end.
US11127418B1
A heat-assisted magnetic recording device includes a write pole positionable adjacent a magnetic recording medium and configured to write data to the medium. A near-field transducer is situated proximate the write pole and configured to produce a thermal spot on the medium. A channel circuit is configured to generate a sequence of symbols having a length of nT, where T is a channel clock rate and n is an integer over a predetermined range. A write driver is configured to apply bi-directional write currents to the write pole to record the sequence of symbols at a location of the thermal spot on the medium, wherein a duration of applying the write currents to the write pole by the write driver is dependent on a length of the sequence of symbols and the effective thermal spot size.
US11127416B2
A method and an apparatus for voice activity detection provided in embodiments of the present disclosure allow for dividing a to-be-detected audio file into frames to obtain a first sequence of audio frames, extracting an acoustic features of each audio frame in the first sequence of audio frames, and then inputting the acoustic feature of each audio frame to a noise-added VAD model in chronological order to obtain a probability value of each audio frame in the first sequence of audio frames; and then determining, by an electronic device, a start and an end of the voice signal according to the probability value of each audio frame. During the VAD detection, the start and the end of a voice signal in an audio are recognized with a noise-added VAD model to realize the purpose of accurately recognizing the start and the end of the voice signal.
US11127415B2
An apparatus or method to allow a user to control an audio processing operation of an internal and/or external microphone(s). The method includes providing a configurable user interface which defines an audio processing operation. The status of the audio processing operation can be defined through interaction with the user interface. Capture of sound with the microphone(s) may be controlled based on the status of the audio processing operation.
US11127413B2
A method and system of estimating human perception of audibility of audio alerts in the presence of background noise. In the audibility estimation system, a microphone generates an input signal corresponding to an audio alert. A processor receives the input signal and generates an audibility metric representing human perception of audibility of the audio alert based on a comparison between a background noise estimate and an audio alert estimate, and causes an action to be taken based on the audibility metric.
US11127405B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for selective requests for authentication for voice-based launching of applications. Example methods may include receiving first audio data representing an utterance, determining that the device is in a first operating mode when the audio data was received, determining that the device is in a locked state when the audio data is received, and receiving, from a remote system, a command to display information based at least on part on the audio data. Certain methods may include receiving an indication that the utterance was spoken by a user authorized to access the information while in the first operating mode and the locked state, and causing presentation of the information by the device.
US11127404B2
The present invention relates to a method and a system for capping incoming transactions in inbound stateful conversations established between a client and a plurality of conversation servers of a service integrator. For each client, a group of conversation servers is allocated to handle the inbound stateful conversations initiated. Each conversation server in the group broadcasts a local traffic value periodically to the other conversation servers in the group. Each conversation server in the group calculates a transaction capping limit based on a client global transaction capping limit and the broadcasted local traffic values from the other conversation servers in the group. Each conversation server limits the rate of incoming transactions received by the client when exceeding the local transaction capping limit.
US11127396B2
There are provided a target area sound extraction unit that, based on input signals input from plural microphone arrays, acquires beam former outputs from each of the microphone arrays, and uses the acquired beam former outputs to perform target area sound extraction processing to extract a target area sound taking a target area as a sound source, so as to thereby acquire an area sound acquisition output, and a restoration device that restores components of the target area sound in a frequency bandwidth having a predetermined range that was suppressed in the target area sound extraction processing.
US11127395B1
Techniques for configuring device-specific skills as top-level skills are described. When a system receives a user input the system performs NLU processing to determine an intent of the user input. In some instances, the system may identify a device-specific skill associated with the device interacted with by the user. At least partially in parallel to performing NLU processing to determine the intent of the user input, the system may also perform NLU processing to determine a likelihood that the user input corresponds to an intent actionable by the device-specific skill. Once the system has finished NLU processing, the system may implement one or more prioritization rules to determine whether the user input should be sent to the device-specific skill or another skill of the system.
US11127394B2
Techniques related to keyphrase detection for applications such as wake on voice are disclosed herein. Such techniques may have high accuracy by using scores of phone positions in triphones to select which triphones to use with a rejection model, using context-related phones for the rejection model, adding silence before keyphrase sounds for a keyphrase model, or any combination of these.
US11127393B2
Systems and methods for identifying content corresponding to a language are provided. Language spoken by a first user based on verbal input received from the first user is automatically determined with voice recognition circuitry. A database of content sources is cross-referenced to identify a content source associated with a language field value that corresponds to the determined language spoken by the first user. The language field in the database identifies the language that the associated content source transmits content to a plurality of users. A representation of the identified content source is generated for display to the first user.
US11127378B2
Display of display objects is changed as appropriate in accordance of situation change. A display control device includes: a display control unit configured to set an arrangement region on a display region of a display and control display of at least one or more display objects arranged in the arrangement region, the arrangement region having a virtual three-or-more-dimensional coordination system; and a situation determination unit configured to determine at least one situation of environment and a user, wherein the display control unit modifies the arrangement region in accordance with change of the situation.
US11127374B2
A bidirectional display device may include: a first transparent display panel outputting a first image in a first direction and transmitting light reflected in a second direction that is an opposite direction of the first direction; a first transparent light panel disposed behind the first transparent display panel and providing light to the first transparent display panel; a transmittance control panel disposed behind the first transparent light panel; a second transparent display panel outputting a second image in the second direction and transmitting light reflected in the first direction; a second transparent light panel disposed between the transmittance control panel and the second transparent display panel and providing light to the second transparent display panel; a transmittance controller and controlling transmittance of at least one object included in the first image or the second image; and an image output controller controlling output of the first image and the second image.
US11127365B2
A gamma voltage generating circuit includes a gamma buffer configured to output a gamma voltage, a first gamma line and a second gamma line providing an output path of the gamma voltage, an output selecting unit configured to connect an output terminal of the gamma buffer to one of the first gamma line and the second gamma line, and an output resistor unit having a first resistor connected to the first gamma line and a second resistor connected to the second gamma line. The second resistor has a resistance value different from that of the first resistor.
US11127361B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel on which first pixels and second pixels are alternately arranged in the columnar direction, and a display controller configured to input a first image signal and to display an image. The first pixels and the second pixels are arranged such that first sub-pixels are adjacent to third sub-pixels in the columnar direction. The display controller is configured to execute conversion of converting the input first image signal into a second image signal, vary the luminance values of the third sub-pixels in the second image signal based on the luminance values of the third sub-pixels in the first image signal which become unable to be represented in the display panel.
US11127357B2
Techniques for implementing and/or operating an electronic device, which includes a display pixel that emits light to facilitate displaying an image during an emission period and a data driver coupled to the display pixel via a data line. The data driver generates a data line voltage signal based on image data that indicates target luminance of the display pixel in the image and supplies the data line voltage signal to the data line during a non-emission period preceding the emission period to facilitate writing the image to the display pixel. Additionally, the data driver supplies an intermediate voltage greater than a ground voltage to the data line during the emission period in which the image is displayed to facilitate reducing luminance variation in the image resulting from a leakage current flowing between an internal node of the display pixel and the data line during the emission period.
US11127356B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for compensating brightness unevenness of a display device. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a display device includes a display screen, a data driving circuit, and a mainboard. The method for compensating brightness unevenness according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes obtaining, by the data driving circuit, first brightness compensation data from the mainboard. Then, the data driving circuit adjusts image data according to the first brightness compensation data.
US11127349B2
A pixel circuit of a display device includes an electro-optical element, a drive transistor, a first transistor including a first conduction terminal connected to an anode terminal of the electro-optical element, a second conduction terminal to which an initialization voltage is applied, and a gate terminal connected to a scanning line, a second transistor including a first conduction terminal connected to a gate terminal of the drive transistor and a gate terminal connected to an immediately preceding scanning line selected in a horizontal interval immediately before the scanning line is selected, and a third transistor being diode-connected and including a drain terminal and a gate terminal to which an initialization voltage is applied and a source terminal connected to a second conduction terminal of the second transistor. Thus, a display device that can suppress both the bright spots and the black floating is provided.
US11127348B2
The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, a display device. The pixel circuit includes a reset sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit, a storage capacitor, a driving transistor, a light emitting control sub-circuit and a light emitting sub-circuit. The compensation sub-circuit may write a threshold voltage of the driving transistor into a gate of the driving transistor in a date writing stage, so that magnitude of a drive current output by the driving transistor is independent of the threshold voltage of the driving transistor in a light emitting stage.
US11127346B2
A pixel circuit including a light emitting device; a driving circuit for controlling a magnitude of a driving current supplied from a first power supply to the light emitting device in response to a potential at a first node; a storage capacitor for causing a change in the potential at the first node in response to a change in a potential at a second node, where the potential at the second node may switch between a first reference voltage from a first reference power supply and a data voltage from a data line; and a compensation capacitor for suppressing a change in the driving current caused by a change in the first reference voltage. A display substrate and a display device are also provided.
US11127336B2
A gate on array (GOA) unit, a gate driver circuit, and a display device are provided. The GOA unit includes a driver circuit, a pull-down circuit, and a pull-down control circuit, the driver circuit is configured to output a first signal from an output end of the GOA unit. The pull-down circuit is connected with the driver circuit and at least one voltage end that provides a voltage signal, the pull-down circuit is configured to input the voltage signal into a control end of the driver circuit to drive the driver circuit to be in an off state when the GOA unit outputs an off signal. The pull-down control circuit is connected with the pull-down circuit and the driver circuit, and is configured to control the pull-down circuit to input the voltage signal to the control end of the driver circuit.
US11127333B1
The invention discloses a method for correcting screen display based on negative feedback. Correction of the G channel value, the B channel value and the R channel value in turn is marked as a correction of the working parameters of the screen. Measuring if the luminance, color temperature y-axis coordinate and color temperature x-axis coordinate of the screen display simultaneously reach the corresponding target values after correcting the working parameters for one time; if yes, the current gray scale correction is ended; otherwise, correcting the working parameters of the current gray scale again by starting from correction of the G channel value. The R channel value, the G channel value and the B channel value are corrected in a separate manner based on the feedback, and the correction process is simplified, such that the accuracy of a single correction is higher and the correction speed is improved.
US11127332B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes a processor, a display panel that includes a plurality of pixels (the plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel), and a display driving circuit that drives the display panel and receives image data to be displayed through the display panel from the processor, and the display driving circuit is composed to identify output data of the first pixel and output data of the second pixel to display the image data, and, when the output data of the first pixel and the output data of the second pixel have more than a specified similarity, is composed to drive the first pixel and the second pixel by using a source amplifier specified in relation to the first pixel.
US11127325B2
Technologies for performing a simplified pixel shifting scheme on a display (e.g., an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display) are disclosed herein. An electronic device presents, on the display, a virtual display having an active area and a margin area surrounding the active area. The active area is to display content (e.g., image data, video data, etc.), and an amount of pixels in the virtual display is greater than an amount of pixels in the active area. The electronic device is also to shift the pixels of the active area within the virtual display according to a pixel shifting technique and update a touch coordinate offset for the touch screen interface based on the shift.
