US11304903B2
The invention provides a compartmentalised gel matrix comprising one or more compartments, wherein each compartment comprises a volume of hydrophobic medium and one or more aqueous droplets therein. The invention further provides a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a compartmentalised gel matrix according to the invention, a synthetic cell comprising a compartmentalised gel matrix according to the invention and a synthetic tissue comprising a compartmentalised gel matrix according to the invention.
US11304894B2
Disclosed herein are compositions, delivery devices and methods for feminine health. A delivery device for feminine health can include a feminine hygiene product including an absorbent substrate and a composition absorbed onto the absorbent substrate for placement against a vulva, inserted into a vagina, or both. The composition can include a continuous phase and a dispersed phase dispersed throughout the continuous phase forming a fluid suspension. The continuous phase can include a solvent of one or more essential oils, one or more lubricants, or a combination thereof. The continuous phase can include one or more solutes dissolved in the solvent including one or more fat-soluble vitamins. The dispersed phase can include a pH-balancing agent, a dietary mineral, an absorbent, one or more water-soluble vitamins, or a combination thereof.
US11304890B2
Hair treatment products comprising, in relation to its weight, from about 0.001 to about 20% by weight of at least one alpha-substituted aldehyde and from about 0.001 to about 50% by weight of at least one amino-functional silicon, which lead to improved structural reinforcement of keratin fibers and improved hair care, and which reduce or prevent color washout in dyed hair.
US11304887B2
A photoprotective composition can be utilized for a variety of cosmetic compositions. A photoprotective composition comprises one or more photoactive agents, and a synergistic combination of polymers. The photoprotective composition can provide a substantially a complete film. The photoprotective composition may comprise an alkyl dimethicone, a polymer with ester linkages, and a phenyl silicone or stearate. The photoprotective composition can further comprise abietic acid and ester derivatives. The photoprotective composition can be a liquid such that it is easily and consistently dispensed from a bottle, pump or spray.
US11304886B2
N-Acyl sarcosines of Formula I, wherein, R═C7 alkyl and C10 alkenyl group with terminal double bond, are described as new antimicrobial preservatives for home and personal care products. Lipidated sarcosines of this patent application preserve creams, lotions, emulsions, solutions or suspensions types of formulations of personal care industry. These are used in: leave-on ̆ (cold cream, sunscreen) as well as: rinse-off ̆ (facewash, body wash, shampoo) formulations either alone or in combination with other antimicrobials.
US11304885B2
The invention relates to liquid compositions for use with hair removal devices comprising a metathesized unsaturated polyol ester for improved lubrication.
US11304884B2
A method of treating a material, the method comprising contacting the material with a composition comprising an alpha-substituted aldehyde.
US11304881B2
The present invention relates to a composition, especially for caring for and/or making up keratin materials, comprising at least one aqueous phase containing at least one hydrophilic gelling agent, and a dispersion of at least one anhydrous composite material formed from at least: 3% to 15% by weight of at least one lipophilic gelling agent, relative to the total weight of the material; 10% to 50% by weight of fillers, relative to the total weight of the material; and 40% to 85% by weight of at least one fatty phase, relative to the total weight of the material. The invention also relates to a cosmetic process for making up and/or caring for a keratin material, in particular the skin, comprising at least one step that consists in applying to said keratin material a composition as defined above.
US11304877B2
A long, thin, flexible medical apparatus, a kit including such an apparatus, and a method for employing the apparatus to assist in placing a distal portion of a lumen of a gastric tube in a stomach of a mammal. The apparatus comprises an elongate body portion, a handle portion fixed to a proximal end of the body portion, and a distal tip portion fixed to a distal end of the body portion. An ability to insert the body and distal tip portions into the gastric tube over the length of the long, thin, flexible structure provides a positive indication that the lumen is not blocked, obstructed, or otherwise compromised over that length. pH indicator sensors may be retained by the distal tip portion to exhibit a verifiable color change in response to contact with a predetermined subject fluid, such as gastric fluid, lung fluid, or another bodily fluid.
US11304876B1
Provided is a nursing bottle. The nursing bottle includes a bottle body and a bottle bottom. The bottle body is detachably connected to the bottle bottom. Both the bottle body and the bottle bottom are made of silica gel, and the bottle body has an arc shape imitating a woman's breast. An outer side of the bottle body is provided with a nipple. The nipple is provided with a water outlet. The bottle body is provided with a containing cavity and a first opening. A storage bin for storing liquid is provided in the containing cavity. The water outlet is in communication with the storage bin. A side of the storage bin facing towards the bottle bottom is provided with a second opening. Reinforcing ribs are provided between the cavity wall of the containing cavity and the outer periphery of the storage bin.
US11304873B2
A system for supporting a spa shell may include a structural support paddle. The paddle may include a base portion and a paddle portion, connected to each other through an articulating joint such as a ball-and-socket. The top side of the paddle portion may include one or more pieces of cushioning material, such as EPF foam. The structural paddle assembly may be placed between the base of the spa and the spa shell. Typically 5 or more paddle assemblies are place in a spa for support, such as in the lowest areas of the spa shell and/or concavities, or convexities, of the spa shell. Compared to typical large blocks of foam used to support a spa shell from beneath, the structural support paddles provided increased room below the spa shell for ease of maintenance and installation, and more directly controlled support.
US11304871B2
A vibration appliance includes a vibration-isolation structure which substantially reduces vibration felt by the user at the handle. The vibration motor is mounted to a vibration plate which carries the massage node. The vibration plate floats within the vibration appliance housing, being suspended by a flexible, elastomer membrane having contours such as curves or folds in it that provide freedom of movement of the vibration plate relative to the housing to which the flexible membrane is mounted. This arrangement can be thought of as the motor and vibration node being mounted on a flexible diaphragm that can move freely as if mounted to the housing by a bellows-like arrangement.
US11304869B2
A kit is disclosed for facilitating the supply and return of a system for stimulating venous and arterial circulation in a patient to prevent deep vein thrombosis, which includes a left and right set of inflatable garment sleeves that are disposable, a pair a rechargeable battery powered pump assemblies for inflating the sleeves and that are reusable, a power supply adapter for recharging the pump assemblies and that is reusable, and a shipping carton for returning the pump assemblies and adapter to a supplier after the patient is ambulatory and the risks of deep vein thrombosis have ended.
US11304864B2
A patient support system comprises a patient support apparatus for patients. The patient support apparatus comprises a base and a litter supported by the base via a lift system. The litter comprises a seat section and a foot section movable relative to the seat section. The lift system comprises lift members. The lift system moves the litter from a first configuration in which the seat and foot sections are generally horizontal relative to a floor surface to a second configuration where the foot section is below the seat section and between the lift members. The patient support apparatus also comprises a mattress assembly integrated with the foot section to move with the foot section between the first and second configurations.
US11304862B2
A control device for a power assist wheelchair which includes a compensation turning torque calculation unit that calculates a compensation turning torque value for compensating for at least a part of the shortage or excess of the actual turning torque value with respect to the predicted turning torque value, in which the compensation turning torque value is smaller when the vehicle speed is a first speed than when the vehicle speed is a second speed faster than the first speed; a first target current determination unit that determines a target current of the first electric motor based upon the first manual torque value and the compensation turning torque value; and a second target current determination unit that determines a target current of the second electric motor based upon the second manual torque value and the compensation turning torque value.
US11304857B2
An insertion end for a tampon applicator assembly. The insertion end has an insertion tip region and optionally an inflection region. The insertion end of the tampon applicator assembly is unique in one or more ways, including one or more of the following: having a unique degree of closure, an inflection region length that is different than an insertion end region length, petal slits that form a tear-drop shape, petals having multiple radii of curvature, the insertion end having a unique radius of curvature, the insertion end having a unique part thickness.
US11304853B2
A bandage includes multiple portions with different concentrations of silver treatment upon the portions of the bandage. The bandage includes a cloth layer portion including a first silver treatment including a first silver concentration; and an adhesive layer upon a bottom surface of the cloth layer portion configured to adhere the bandage to skin of a wearer. The bandage further includes an absorbent pad portion comprising a second silver treatment including a second silver concentration lower than the first silver concentration.
US11304851B2
An earplug comprises a core and a sound-attenuating body attached to the core, the sound-attenuating body comprising a tip cavity extending proximally from the tip of the sound-attenuating body and comprising a distal opening. The tip cavity side wall includes a plurality of protrusions extending inwardly toward the longitudinal axis of the core. The plurality of protrusions may include from 2 to 12 protrusions. A method of making an earplug includes covering at least a portion of a core with a material including unactivated foaming agent; inserting an end of the core and at least a portion of the material into a mold cavity; and activating the foaming agent to create a sound-attenuating body. The sound-attenuating body has a base, tip, and tip cavity with a plurality of protrusions. The mold cavity may include a boss with a cup and plurality of cut-outs on the cup for forming the protrusions.
US11304847B2
A thermal pack comprising one or more sacks, a body of thermal material enclosed in the sacks, and first and a second sack edge joined to form a seam line wherein the first edge and the second edge have intersecting directions with an angle that is less than 180 degrees whereby the one or more sacks conforms to a three-dimensional surface.
US11304845B1
An adjustable dental appliance having an upper tray and a lower tray is provided. The upper tray includes an upper dentition-interfacing layer and an upper support layer. The upper support layer has indentation tracks oriented in a mediolateral direction when an arch shape of the upper tray is aligned with an upper dental arch. The lower tray includes a lower dentition-interfacing layer and a lower support layer. The lower support layer has rails attached to an upper surface thereof and oriented in a mediolateral direction when an arch shape of the lower tray is aligned with a lower dental arch. The rails of the lower tray fit securely into the indentation tracks of the upper tray and thereby interlock the upper tray and lower tray.
US11304835B2
The invention provides an inflatable insertion device capable of being percutaneously introduced into a patient's body. The insertion device comprises an inflatable element having a distal end and a proximal end and which is operable between a collapsed condition and an inflated condition by introducing an inflating fluid therein. An elongate member extends internally of the inflatable element from its distal end. The internal member is capable of being withdrawn towards the proximal end of the inflatable element to result in the distal end of the element being withdrawn towards the proximal end internally of the element. The invention further provides a locating device comprising a catheter having a catheter tube fitted with one or more inflatable insertion devices at a distal end thereof.
US11304832B2
The disclosure provides for a device and method for treating aortoiliac occlusion disease with the placement of a fenestrated stent system at the aortic bifurcation. The fenestrated stent system includes a tapered fenestrated stent with a fenestration and a common iliac stent that is placed within the fenestration of the fenestrated stent.
US11304831B2
Systems and methods for the manufacture of an hourglass shaped stent-graft assembly having an hourglass shaped stent, graft layers, and an assembly mandrel having an hourglass shaped mandrel portion. Hourglass shaped stent may have superelastic and self-expanding properties. Hourglass shaped stent may be encapsulated using hourglass shaped mandrel assembly coupled to a dilation mandrel used for depositing graft layers upon hourglass shaped mandrel assembly. Hourglass shaped mandrel assembly may have removably coupled conical portions. The stent-graft assembly may be compressed and heated to form a monolithic layer of biocompatible material. Encapsulated hourglass shaped stents may be used to treat subjects suffering from heart failure by implanting the encapsulated stent securely in the atrial septum to allow blood flow from the left atrium to the right atrium when blood pressure in the left atrium exceeds that on the right atrium. The encapsulated stents may also be used to treat pulmonary hypertension.
US11304830B2
A prosthetic apparatus and system for a trans-tibial amputee consisting of a post-operative interface socket that can be adjusted to accommodate the size of an amputated limb and changes in size of the limb. The prosthetic apparatus includes a lower socket into which the post-operative socket can be inserted, the lower socket being adjustable for changes in size of the post-operative interface socket. The post-operative socket also has a removable upper back shell that immobilizes movement of the knee during an initial recovery phase but can be removed to allow the knee of the amputee to flex.
US11304826B1
Embodiments of the invention include a knee arthroplasty trialing system and method with a femoral component and a tibial trial that has one or more spacers and one or more articular trials. Some embodiments include spacers and articular trials that may be moved in and out of the joint space without significantly distracting the femoral component away from the tibial trial. Some spacers and trials are configured to be inserted and removed from a joint space substantially along an anterior-posterior axis.
US11304825B2
Methods and tools for hip replacement with superscapsular percutaneously assisted total hip approach
A minimally invasive surgical procedure for replacing a hip joint is provided. A main incision is initiated at a point being a projection of a tip of a greater trochanter and extends proximally about a distance in the range of from 1 cm to 8 cm in line with the femoral axis. An inline capsulotomy is performed, while keeping muscles and posterior capsule intact, to expose the hip joint capsule for accessing the hip joint. The femoral canal is prepared for receipt of a femoral implant. The femoral head is resected and removed out of the acetabulum. A step of acetabular preparation is performed using a retractor comprising two tip rails, each tip rail having a plurality of tines. Related tools, devices, systems and methods are also provided.
US11304820B2
A lateral plate assembly has an elongated lateral plate for attachment to adjacent vertebrae having a first end portion and a second end portion and a pair of apertures for receiving a first and a second bone screw. The pair of apertures includes a first aperture which is an opening positioned in the first end portion for receiving the first bone screw and a second aperture which is a slotted opening to receive the second bone screw. The second end portion of the lateral plate has an open end with channelled internal sides for receiving and holding a moveable washer on top of the slotted opening. The washer is configured to move along a length of the slotted aperture. The moveable washer has an opening for holding a head of the second bone screw. Movement of the washer relative to the slotted opening increases or decreases the distance between locations of the respective screw heads.
US11304818B2
An expandable implant includes a top support assembly defining an upper surface configured to engage a first portion of bone, a first central aperture extending from the upper surface to an interior of the implant, and a first grid structure surrounding the first central aperture; a bottom support assembly defining a lower surface configured to engage a second portion of bone, a second central aperture extending from the lower surface to the interior, and a second grid structure surrounding the second central aperture; and a control assembly coupled to the top support assembly and the bottom support assembly and configured to control relative movement between the top support assembly and the bottom support assembly between a collapsed position and an expanded position.
US11304806B2
Prosthetic valves and methods of implanting prosthetic valves may be provided, including an expandable prosthetic valve for implantation within a native heart valve. The prosthetic valve may include an annular valve body and atrial anchoring arms configured to extend radially outward from the annular valve body. Each atrial anchoring arm may have a proximal arm end and a distal arm end. The flexibility of at least one atrial anchoring arm may vary substantially from the proximal arm end thereof to the distal arm end thereof. The prosthetic valve may also include a plurality of ventricular anchoring legs configured to extend radially outward from the annular valve body. Each ventricular anchoring leg may have a proximal leg end and a distal leg end. Each ventricular anchoring leg may have a substantially constant flexibility from the proximal leg end to the distal leg end.
US11304804B2
An expandable prosthetic valve for implantation within a native mitral valve may be provided. The prosthetic valve may include an expandable valve body having an atrial end, a ventricular end opposite the atrial end, and an intermediate portion extending between the atrial end and the ventricular end. The valve body may include a plurality of struts intersecting at junctions. The prosthetic valve may also include a plurality of tissue anchoring legs extending from junctions within the intermediate portion of the valve body. At least one of the tissue anchoring legs may have a cross-sectional area which is larger by at least 20% than a cross-sectional area of a strut extending between the at least one tissue anchoring leg and an adjacent tissue anchoring leg.
US11304801B2
A prosthesis is provided for implantation at a native semilunar valve of a native valve complex, the native valve complex having three semilunar sinuses and three native commissures. The prosthesis includes a valve prosthesis support, which comprises a support structure comprising exactly three engagement arms that meet one another at three respective junctures. The engagement arms are shaped so as define three peak complexes at the three respective junctures, and three trough complexes, each of which is between two of the peak complexes. Upon implantation of the prosthesis, each of the engagement arms is at least partially disposed within a respective one of the semilunar sinuses, such that each of the peak complexes is disposed distal to and in rotational alignment with a respective one of the native commissures, and each of the trough complexes is disposed at least partially within the respective one of the semilunar sinuses.
US11304800B2
A prosthesis is provided for implantation at a native semilunar valve of a native valve complex, the native valve complex having three semilunar sinuses and three native commissures. The prosthesis includes a valve prosthesis support, which comprises a support structure comprising exactly three engagement arms that meet one another at three respective junctures. The engagement arms are shaped so as define three peak complexes at the three respective junctures, and three trough complexes, each of which is between two of the peak complexes. Upon implantation of the prosthesis, each of the engagement arms is at least partially disposed within a respective one of the semilunar sinuses, such that each of the peak complexes is disposed distal to and in rotational alignment with a respective one of the native commissures, and each of the trough complexes is disposed at least partially within the respective one of the semilunar sinuses.
US11304798B2
A prosthetic heart valve leaflet includes a plurality of electrospun fibers at least partially embedded in a polymer matrix. The plurality of fibers includes a first polyisobutylene urethane copolymer having a first predetermined weight average percentage of hard segment portions and the polymer matrix includes a second polyisobutylene urethane copolymer having a second predetermined weight average percentage of the hard segment portions, wherein the first predetermined weight average percentage of the hard segment portions is greater than the second predetermined weight average percentage of the hard segment portions.
US11304791B2
The present disclosure is directed to a medical implant (20) comprising: —a coil-shaped component (21) and —a first mesh component (22) and a second mesh component (23); wherein each mesh component has a largest surface extending in two directions in the x-y plane of the mesh component, and wherein each mesh component has a projected area, which is said largest surface as projected in the x-y plane of the medical implant; wherein the coil-shaped component is arranged between the two mesh components; wherein the coil-shaped component has a center core which is hollow; and wherein the coil-shaped component has a helix rotation axis, which extends in parallel with said projected area of the first mesh component and said projected area of the second mesh component.
US11304789B2
An oral cavity treatment device including a power component and a tray component that are detachably coupled together. The power component may include a housing having a cavity and a power source located therein. The tray component may include a tooth receiving channel and may have a first electrode and a second electrode located on opposite sides of the tooth receiving channel. The tray component may be detachably coupled to the power component in: (1) a first configuration whereby the first electrode is operably coupled to a positive terminal of the power source and the second electrode is operably coupled to a negative terminal of the power source; and (2) a second configuration whereby the first electrode is operably coupled to the negative terminal of the power source and the second electrode is operably coupled to the positive terminal of the power source.
US11304787B2
A disposable dental waste filter device has a body having a receiving end, and a separable cap having a tip end, the body for receiving and capturing therein amalgam that enters into the body through the tip end and the separable cap. A disposable dental waste filter device also has a body having a receiving end, a central lumen for receiving and capturing amalgam, a filter, and a circular leg portion having an exterior channel, and a separable cap having a tip end, a circular outer rim having a circular end ridge portion with the ridge portion adapted to be inserted into the exterior channel of the body for a snap fit engagement between the cap and the body, the body for receiving and capturing therein amalgam that enters into the body through the tip end and the separable cap.
US11304778B2
Detection of placement of dental aligners in patient mouth on teeth for indication of wearing compliance. Described herein are apparatuses and methods for detecting wearing, including compliance. In some variations these apparatuses and methods may include a sensor configured to detect deflection of the one or more deflectable structures. In some variations, these apparatuses and methods may include a proximity sensor coupled to the appliance shell and configured to generate sensor data when in proximity with intraoral tissue.
US11304773B2
A disposable radial access catheterization sleeve is provided for radial access catheterization. The sleeve includes a closed distal end, and open proximal end and a tubular sidewall extending between the ends. An access opening is formed in the tubular sidewall to permit access to a catheterization site on the arm of the patient.
US11304772B2
Connection systems are disclosed for establishing one or more electrical connections through a drape. An example connection system includes a first connector and a second connector configured to connect to each other. The first connector includes a first-connector housing, an electrical lead extending from the first-connector housing, and at least a first piercing element within the first-connector housing configured to pierce the drape. The first piercing element is orthogonally connected to the electrical lead. The second connector includes a second-connector housing and at least a first receptacle within the second-connector housing. The first receptacle is configured to form at least a first electrical connection of the one or more electrical connections with the first piercing element when the first connector is disposed over the second connector with the drape therebetween. Methods are also disclosed herein for establishing one or more electrical connections through a drape with the connection systems.
US11304771B2
A system is provided to provide haptic feedback during a medical procedure comprising: a quantitative three-dimensional (Q3D); a surgical instrument disposed to deform a tissue structure; a haptic user interface device configured to provide an indication of tissue structure deformation in response to information indicative of the measure of tissue structure deformation; and a processor configured to produce a Q3D model that includes information indicative of a measure of tissue structure deformation and to provide the information indicative of the measure of tissue structure deformation to the haptic user interface device.
US11304761B2
This invention is a system and method for utilizing artificial intelligence to operate a surgical robot (e.g., to perform a laminectomy), including a surgical robot, an artificial intelligence guidance system, an image recognition system, an image recognition database, and a database of past procedures with sensor data, electronic medical records, and imaging data. The image recognition system may identify the tissue type present in the patient and if it is the desired tissue type, the AI guidance system may remove a layer of that tissue with the end effector on the surgical robot, and have the surgeon define the tissue type if the image recognition system identified the tissue as anything other than the desired tissue type.
US11304760B1
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for customized kit assembly for surgical implants are disclosed. A robotic surgical system designs and customizes a surgical implant and its surgical implant components. The surgical implant and its surgical implant components are assembled into a kit that is customized for a specific patient. The robotic surgical procedure using the kit can additionally select from available generic, off-the-shelf surgical implant components or customized surgical implant components.
US11304758B2
A memory device stores instructions, which, when executed by a controller, cause the controller to perform tasks. The tasks include obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) model of a patient's pelvis, identifying two landmarks of the 3D model of the patient's pelvis, defining a coronal radiographic plane of the patient, and determining a mediolateral axis of the 3D axis based on the two landmarks. The tasks also include planning the surgical placement of the acetabular cup into the acetabulum by positioning a virtual model of the acetabular cup relative to the 3D model and determining a planned version and a planned inclination based on the virtual model of the acetabular cup, the mediolateral axis and the coronal radiographic plane.
US11304752B2
A method, consisting of ablating tissue for a time period, measuring a contact force applied during the time period, and measuring a power used during the time period. The method further includes ceasing ablating the tissue when a desired size of a lesion produced in the tissue, as estimated using an integral over the time period of a product of the contact force raised to a first non-unity exponent and the power raised to a second non-unity exponent, is reached.
US11304746B2
Systems and methods for treating a patient's mucus hypersecretion condition are disclosed herein. Certain implementations may involve a method for reducing mucus secretion in an upper airway of a patient to treat at least one of post nasal drip or chronic cough. The method may include advancing a treatment delivery portion of an energy-based treatment device into a nostril of the patient. The treatment delivery portion may contact mucosal tissue of the upper airway without piercing the mucosal tissue. The treatment delivery portion may deliver treatment to at least one tissue selected from the group of the mucosal tissue and another tissue underlying the mucosal tissue to modify a property of the at least one tissue and thus treat at least one of post nasal drip or chronic cough in the patient.
US11304737B1
Placement jigs for osteosynthesis systems and related methods are disclosed. Medical intervention may require fusing vertebrae of a diseased spinal column together. This often includes securing an interbody within an intervertebral space and anchoring an anterior cervical plate to the vertebrae. A placement jig may be received through the plate, removably coupled to the secured interbody with a press fit coupling, and used to abut the plate against the vertebrae to hold desired plate positioning so the plate may be anchored to the vertebrae with precision. By positioning the plate relative to the interbody using the placement jig, higher stress concentrations causing undesirable loosening associated with a misaligned plate may be avoided. In this manner, the useful life of the plate within a patient may be lengthened.
US11304735B2
Systems, devices, and methods for performing Lapidus bunionectomy procedures are disclosed. An example method includes inserting a plurality of metatarsal pins into the first metatarsal at a first predetermined spacing relative to the first tarsometatarsal (TMT) joint, excising the first TMT joint by cutting the bases of the first metatarsal and the first cuneiform proximate the first TMT joint, inserting a plurality of cuneiform pins into the first cuneiform at a second predetermined spacing relative to the first TMT joint, compressing the first TMT joint using a compressor block such that a cut face of the first metatarsal contacts a cut face of the first cuneiform, and fixing the first TMT joint using a bone plate and a plurality of bone screws. At least one of the plurality of bone screws may be a cross screw extending at an angle of less than 90 degrees relative to the bone plate and may anchor the resected first TMT joint to the second metatarsal or the second cuneiform to prevent recurrence of the bunion.
US11304731B2
An anti-splaying system having a base, first and second arms, first and second locking channels. Each of the first and second locking channels is formed in a respective one of the arms, from a proximal opening to a proximal bottom at or adjacent a proximal beginning of an inner thread in the arm. The system can instead or also include a set screw having a driving portion, a body portion, external threads extending from the body portion, and an intermediate locking component connected rotatably to the body portion. The intermediate locking component and the channels are configured such that the locking component can, in operation of the system, be moved into a securing position in the locking channels and, when in the secured position, fixes the two arms from splaying away from each other. The technology also includes methods for making the system or components thereof.
US11304728B2
Bone anchor assemblies and related methods are disclosed herein that can provide for improved fixation of a primary bone anchor. A bone anchor assembly can include a base rotatably received within a rod-receiving member. The base can have a toroid body with a radially-extending portion including at least one auxiliary bone anchor opening that can receive an auxiliary bone anchor to augment fixation of a primary bone anchor of the bone anchor assembly. The base can be rotated relative to the rod-receiving member and the primary bone anchor such that the at least one auxiliary bone anchor opening can be placed in a desired position for supplemental fixation.
US11304724B2
An incising implant for creating incisions in the prostatic urethra of a subject, the implant including at least two closed-shaped wires, each of the wires having a proximal section, a distal section and two longitudinal sections extending between the proximal section and the distal section, each of the closed-shaped wires being elastic thereby being compressible into a compressed configuration, each of the longitudinal sections of each of the wires being adjoined with another longitudinal section of another one of the wires.
US11304721B2
An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a housing, an ultrasonic transducer assembly, and a waveguide. The ultrasonic transducer assembly extends through a proximal opening into the housing and includes a horn disposed within the housing defining a first engagement member. The ultrasonic transducer assembly further includes an inner housing extending through the proximal opening and an outer knob disposed externally of the housing and slidably positioned about the inner housing in fixed rotational orientation relative thereto. The outer knob is selectively translatable relative to the inner housing from a proximal, unlocked position and a distal, locked position to rotationally lock the ultrasonic transducer relative to the housing. The waveguide defines a blade at a distal end and a second engagement member at a proximal end. The second engagement member is configured to releasably engage the first engagement member to thereby engage the waveguide with the ultrasonic transducer assembly.
US11304717B2
An end effector assembly configured for use with a surgical instrument or surgical system includes first and second jaw members each including an outer jaw housing, a tissue-treating plate, and a longitudinally-extending channel therethrough. At least one of the first or second jaw members is pivotable relative to the other between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position. A cutting mechanism is configured to cut tissue grasped between the jaw members. The cutting mechanism may include an activation member coupled to a knife and configured to advance the knife transversely between the jaw members, a heat-activated elongated sheet configured to un-roll to advance a cutting edge thereof transversely between the jaw members, or a clutch and spring mechanism configured to deploy a knife longitudinally between the jaw members.
US11304711B2
An orthopaedic surgical instrument system includes a compression socket configured for coupling with a selected one of a number of compressible bases. Each compressible base is shaped to conform with a posterior surface of either a dome patella implant component or an anatomical patella implant component.
US11304709B2
A adaptor is used with a driver, a drill, and a cannula to facilitate removal of material from bone and placement of the cannula in the bone. The adaptor includes an end portion provided at a proximal first end that is configured to engage a portion of the drill; a body portion attached to the end portion and extending from the end portion toward a distal second end; a head portion provided at the distal second end and attached to the body portion; and a passageway for receiving the drill that extends through the adaptor. Furthermore, the head portion includes a distal surface and at least one coupler provided on or adjacent the distal surface for releasably engaging. the cannula.
US11304702B2
A clip is provided that can be used for ligating tissue, such as vessels, other tubular ducts, and the like. The clip has opposed first and second leg members having proximal and distal ends. The proximal end of each leg member is connected by an apex. The clip has a compliant portion formed on the inner surface of at least one of the first and second leg members. The compliant portion can fill gaps left by springback of the clip after formation.
US11304700B2
Devices, systems, and methods for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward an occlusive device that includes a first mesh having an expanded state in which it curves about a first axis to form a first band, and a second mesh having an expanded state in which it curves about a second axis different than the first axis to form a second band. The second band may be positioned radially inward of the first band such that the device includes first and second overlap regions in which the first band overlaps the second band.
US11304686B2
A guidance system and method include a real-time imaging device (121) configured to intra-operatively collect image data of a target region to provide a real-time image. A target determination module (108) is configured to generate an overlay map (111) registered to the real-time image to project morphological feature information on corresponding features in the real-time image of the target region. A medical instrument (122) is provided to perform a procedure on the target region such that the at least one medical instrument is guided to a region suitable for performing an operative task based upon the overlay map.
US11304683B2
The subject matter discussed herein relates to multi-modal image alignment to facilitate biopsy procedures and post-biopsy procedures. In one such example, prostate structures (or other suitable anatomic features or structures) are automatically segmented in pre-biopsy MR and pre-biopsy ultrasound images. Thereafter, pre-biopsy MR and pre-biopsy ultrasound contours are aligned. To account for non-linear deformation of the imaged anatomic structure, a patient-specific transformation model is trained via deep learning based at least in part on the pre-biopsy ultrasound images. The pre-biopsy ultrasound images that are overlaid with the pre-biopsy MR contours and based off the deformable transformation model are then aligned with the biopsy ultrasound images. Such real-time alignment using multi-modality imaging techniques provides guidance during the biopsy and post-biopsy system.
US11304677B2
An ultrasonic blood flow parameter displaying method, comprises: acquiring, by means of a probe (1), an ultrasonic signal from an object to be scanned (S100); acquiring, according to the ultrasonic signal, a plurality of velocities and directions of blood flow within the object to be scanned (S200); extracting the plurality of velocities and directions of blood flow (S300); quantifying the dispersion of the plurality of velocities and directions of the blood flow extracted (S400); and displaying the quantization result of the dispersion (S500). The present invention provides a method for quantifying and evaluating the direction of the motion of blood flow, and provides a better perspective of observation for a user.
US11304665B2
Methods for computing hemodynamic quantities include: (a) acquiring angiography data from a patient; (b) calculating a flow and/or calculating a change in pressure in a blood vessel of the patient based on the angiography data; and (c) computing the hemodynamic quantity based on the flow and/or the change in pressure. Systems for computing hemodynamic quantities and computer readable storage media are described.
US11304664B2
A system and method provides a glucose report for determining glycemic risk based on an ambulatory glucose profile of glucose data over a time period, a glucose control assessment based on median and variability of glucose, and indicators of high glucose variability. Time of day periods are shown at which glucose levels can be seen. A median glucose goal and a low glucose line provide coupled with glucose variability provide a view into effects that raising or lowering the median goal would have. Likelihood of low glucose, median glucose compared to goal, and variability of glucose below median provide probabilities based on glucose data. Patterns can be seen and provide guidance for treatment.
US11304658B2
The method for diagnosing cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia includes injecting saline into a subdural space of a subject in a decubitus position, raising an upper body of the subject, and then determining whether the subject has headache or not, or headache of the subject is relieved or not.
US11304639B2
A medical patch includes a substrate, an electrode, and circuitry. The substrate is configured to attach externally to a patient. The electrode is coupled to the substrate and is configured to sense electrocardiogram (ECG) signals from a heart of the patient, and to further sense electrical signals indicative of an impedance between the electrode and a probe in the heart. The circuitry is coupled to the substrate and includes a shared amplifier that is configured to simultaneously amplify the ECG signals and the electrical signals sensed by the electrode.
US11304632B2
A blood glucose detection device includes a carrier body, a flow-guiding actuator, a microneedle patch, a sensor and a controlling chip. The carrier body has a liquid guiding channel, a compressing chamber and a liquid storage chamber. The flow-guiding actuator seals the compressing chamber. The microneedle patch is attached on the carrier body and has plural hollow microneedles. The sensor is disposed within the liquid storage chamber. The controlling chip is disposed on the carrier body. The plural hollow microneedles puncture the skin of a human subject with minimal invasion. The controlling chip controls the flow-guiding actuator to actuate and the tissue fluid is sucked into the liquid storage chamber through the plural hollow microneedles, whereby the sensor detects the blood glucose of the tissue fluid to generate and transmit the measured data to the controlling chip. The controlling chip can generate monitoring information by calculating the measured data.
US11304627B2
The balance training apparatus includes: a moving cart capable of moving on a moving surface by driving a driving unit; a detection unit configured to detect a load received from a foot of a trainee who is standing on the moving cart; a calculation unit configured to calculate the center of gravity of loads of both feet of the trainee on a riding surface from, the load detected by the detection unit; a setting unit configured to set the center of gravity of the loads at which it is estimated that the trainee has maintained an upright state on the riding surface as a reference center of gravity; and an instruction controller configured to output an instruction of the orientation of the body to the trainee and an instruction to move the center of gravity to the trainee.
US11304622B2
An apparatus for detecting relative positioning of medical devices located within a human body, the apparatus comprising an inner elongate member comprising a plurality of electrodes and a first sensor member, where the first sensor member is located a known distance from each of the plurality of electrodes, and an outer elongate member comprising a first sensor, and an outer sensor member located between the first sensor and an inner wall of the outer elongate member, where the inner elongate member is configured to move within the outer elongate member and the first sensor is configured to sense a signal generated by movement of the inner elongate member relative to the outer elongate member, and a position detection module including an electronic control unit configured to detect a position of the first sensor member relative to the first sensor based on the signal.
US11304619B2
Techniques are described for generating setting parameters for an MRI sequence to be performed, wherein a conditional generative artificial neural network is used that has been trained as part of a conditional generative adversarial net. The techniques also include establishing a conditional generative artificial neural network. The conditioning of the conditional generative artificial neural network can be used to specify a specific medical application or question to obtain setting parameters for an MRI apparatus that are optimized with respect to said application or question.
US11304618B2
Non-invasive measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP), for example mean ICP. A probe adjacent the head emits energy, such as ultrasound, and receives reflected signals. A processing unit derives ICP waveform from the signals. A pressure mechanism applies external pressure intermittently to outer surface of the head and incrementally increases the external pressure. The processing unit is configured to detect a decrease in amplitude of the ICP waveform (occurring in some embodiments only after an intermediate period of ICRS compensation), the processing unit configured to determine the ICP of the person from a sum of applied external pressures from a time of the initial value A1 until a final value at which the amplitude remains stable with additional increase in applied external pressure. In some cases, the final value is earlier than that but the processing unit extrapolates the sum to when the amplitude remains stable with additional increases in pressure.
US11304599B2
An endoscope includes an objective lens provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion, an image sensor in which a light receiving area is formed on a surface facing the objective lens, and a drive circuit substrate that is disposed on a back side of the image sensor and includes a drive circuit to drive the image sensor, the endoscope further including an electromagnetic shield that houses the image sensor and the drive circuit substrate, in which the electromagnetic shield includes: a first shield member including a cylinder that covers a side portion of the image sensor, a structure that is disposed between the image sensor and the objective lens and that has an opening that allows entrance of light from the objective lens, and a wiring pattern that is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder and the structure.
US11304592B2
An optical system includes a first relay rod of a first material, a second relay rod of a second material, different from the first material, and a lens between the first and second relay rods.
US11304589B2
An endoscope includes: an imager; a transmission path configured to connect a controller and the imager with each other; a superimposed signal generating circuit configured to generate, as a superimposed signal, a signal obtained by associating High and Low of a pulsed data signal with a change in a pulse width of a pulsed reference clock signal; a parallel-serial converter circuit configured to perform parallel-serial conversion on the imaging signal; a PLL circuit configured to generate a multiplied clock signal; a restoring circuit configured to restore, based on the superimposed signal and the multiplied clock signal, the reference clock signal and the data signal contained in the superimposed signal; and a timing generating circuit configured to generate, based on the reference clock signal and the data signal, a drive signal for driving the imager.
US11304585B2
A method and system for cleaning complex, elevated fixtures and appliances having compound curves, such as but not limited to security camera lenses and light bulbs. The invention having two main parts. A first part comprised of a conventional, telescoping rod and a second part being a flexible adapter head configured to receive and secure a cleaning towel therein. Said flexible adapter head allows a user to access and clean difficult-to-reach fixtures positioned at various angles. The adapter head also containing a flexible hoop allowing the affixed towel to remain in contact with the feature being cleaned. Other embodiments may include a flexible adaptor head with collar that fits on a plurality of handles and rods such as broom handles and PVC pipes etc. according to a user's preference. An object of the invention is to provide a more accurate means to reach and clean elevated fixtures more efficiently.
US11304584B2
A surface cleaning apparatus, such as a steam mop, includes a steam delivery system having a steam delivery pathway. A fragrance dispenser for receiving a fragrant material is provided on the apparatus, and a portion of the steam delivery pathway is in heat exchange relationship with the fragrance dispenser to heat the fragrant material in the fragrance dispenser by heat transfer from the steam in the pathway. Fragrance is dispensed from apparatus via heat transfer utilizing the steam pathway as a thermal radiation source.
US11304583B2
A ceiling joist and panel grove cleaner apparatus, which provides a means for applying constant cleaning positioning pressure upon both ceiling joists edges and panel groves. The cleaner apparatus comprises a mop flat head applicator with a pivotable hinged application guide, a swivel mount, a handle, an interchangeable joist-cleaning pad, and, an interchangeable panel-grove cleaning pad.
US11304582B2
Hot plate cleaner for floors including a handgrip, a handle, a tank for water, a main body shaped as a brush, a heating plate below the brush and a thermostat, and cleaning fabrics for the floor hooked below a sealing frame, adapted to be hooked and unhooked below the brush, with the interposition of a sandwich panel maintained in contact with the heating plate having a layer of polyurethane foam, placed between two polyester fabrics, and a waterproof element applied to the panel to let the water flow from the tank scatter on the sandwich panel to dampen it so to act as a tank in order to reach the same temperature as the heating plate and keep it unchanged until the panel dries and transmit the same temperature to the cleaning fabric.
US11304572B2
Exemplary foam-at-a-distance systems include a spout, a container, and a foam generator having a suck-back mechanism located within the spout. The system includes a liquid pump chamber, an air pump chamber, a liquid conduit and an air conduit. The foam generator has a differential bore housing. The differential bore housing has a first portion with a first inside bore and a second portion with a second inside bore, wherein the first inside bore has a smaller diameter than the second inside bore. A piston having a seal extending from the piston that is in contact with the second inside bore is also included. A mixing chamber is located in the large bore. Movement of the seal in an upstream direction provides negative pressure in the second mixing chamber and draws in fluid from the outlet.
US11304571B2
A foam discharging device includes: a storage portion that stores a liquid agent; a foamer mechanism that changes the liquid agent into foam to generate a foam body; and a discharging portion that discharges the foam body. The discharging portion includes a foam passing chamber that allows the foam body to pass, and one or a plurality of ejection-port forming wall portions that extend downward below the foam passing chamber, are formed into a closed-loop shape in plan view, have the inner space communicating with the foam passing chamber, and have the lower edge having an ejection port formed thereon. At least part of the ejection-port forming wall portion has a bottom end portion formed into a shape that has a thickness reduced toward the lower side. The ejection-port forming wall portion and a second portion. The height position of a lower edge of the first portion is higher than the height position of a lower edge of the second portion.
US11304570B1
A wearable fluid-dispensing apparatus includes a frame including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and a pair of lateral walls defining a receptacle, a cartridge removably attached to the frame within the receptacle of the frame, the cartridge having an interior reservoir, a fluid extraction port, and a fluid transfer conduit disposed within the interior reservoir of the cartridge. A housing located above the upper wall of the frame including an electric pump assembly in communication with the fluid transfer conduit of the cartridge. The electric pump assembly includes a rotatable nozzle disposed above a top end of the housing.
US11304560B2
The present disclosure provides a cooking appliance, comprising: a cooking system and a transport control system, wherein the cooking system comprises a cleaning device and a cooking cavity connected with the cleaning device; the cleaning device is provided with a first input port and a second input port; the transport control system comprises a material transport pipe, a water transport pipe and a drying device; the material transport pipe communicates with the first input port for transporting a foodstuff to be cleaned to the cleaning device; the water transport pipe communicates with the second input port for transporting water for cleaning the foodstuff to the cleaning device; and the drying device is connected with the material transport pipe for drying an inner wall surface of the material transport pipe.
US11304559B2
An apparatus for cooking noodles is disclosed herein. The apparatus permits a user to cook lasagna noodles safely and effectively, while minimizing danger and minimizing the amount of work that the user must perform. More specifically, the apparatus of the present invention is for a sleeve with an interior pocket that can accommodate a lasagna noodle. Once a noodle is placed within the sleeve, the sleeve can be placed in a pot of boiling water to cook the noodle. The sleeve ensures that the noodle cooks appropriately in a variety of different pots, including smaller pots without causing the noodle to break. Moreover, the sleeve prevents the noodles form sticking to each other and to the pot. Once cooked, the noodles may be easily removed from the sleeve for consumption or additional preparation.
US11304558B1
An air frying appliance has a housing with an open interior and a plurality of air frying systems each including a heating element for heating air and a fan for circulating the heated air. One or more removable partitions are adapted to create open interior portions equal in plurality to the plurality of air frying systems, each open portion in communication with one of the air frying systems. One or more open-topped primary pots are adapted for insertion into the open interior and adapted to cooperate with one or all of the air frying systems to create one or more cooking chambers within which the heated air is circulated. Each air frying system is controllable to cause one or both of its fan and heating element to operate independently.
US11304557B2
The present invention relates to a consumable recognition system for recognizing placement and/or type of consumable containing a food substance for the preparation of a beverage by use of a beverage dispenser. To enable the recognition of placement and/or type of consumable in a simple, foolproof and easily implementable way an embodiment of the system comprises a light source (31, 301, 311, 321, 331, 341) for emitting light (35) to the consumable (4a, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90), a light sensor (32 302, 312, 322, 332, 342) for sensing light (36) reflected from a reflection element (42, 52, 63, 73, 83, 93) of the consumable to obtain a sensor signal, wherein the sensor signal depends on the position, orientation, fluorescence, phosphorescence and/or polarization characteristic of said reflection element, and a signal processor (33) for recognizing placement and/or type of consumable based on said sensor signal.
US11304551B2
A device for portioning food, and more specifically, a device that can be adjusted so that portions of food can be varied in accordance with an individual's dietary requirements, is disclosed. Such a food-portioning device includes an annular wall, a hub, and a plurality of dividing means extending from the hub to the annular wall so as to form a plurality of spaces between the dividing means, each space having an open top and an open bottom, wherein at least one of the dividing means is attached to the hub in a manner that allows it to at least partially rotate about the hub relative to an adjacent dividing means.
US11304549B2
This application discloses a cup. The cup includes a cup body and a handle, a fixing block is fixedly connected to an outer peripheral wall of the cup body, and a top end of the handle is provided with a fixing connector configured to be detachably connected to the fixing block. Specifically, the fixing connector includes an accommodating slot configured to accommodate the fixing block and a rotary switch passing through the accommodating slot, and an end, facing the accommodating slot, of the fixing block is provided with a position-limiting retaining groove. When a portion, located in the accommodating slot is engaged in the position-limiting retaining groove, the handle is fixed to the cup body, and when the portion located in the accommodating slot is rotated to be able to disengage from the position-limiting retaining groove, the handle is removed from the cup body.
US11304546B1
A cabinet includes a frame, having a top pan and a bottom pan, and a pair of sides coupled to the top pan and the bottom pan to form the frame. A shelf is adjustably mounted in the frame in one of a substantially level or a slanted orientation. The shelf has a plurality of shelf openings therethrough on a shelf face, the shelf openings configured to provide multiple lateral subsection configurations. A plurality of divider rods sized to be accommodated in the pan openings and shelf openings, the divider rods configured to divide the frame into the multiple lateral subsections.
US11304539B2
A child support device includes a seat and a panel included in or adjacent to the seat. The panel includes a first panel portion including a panel edge defining a panel opening. The first panel portion has a first heat transfer coefficient. A location of the panel opening corresponds to a heat transfer region in which an expected heat received from a child in the seat is greater than a heat reception threshold. A second panel portion is in the panel opening and attached to the panel edge. The second panel portion includes a layered mesh having a second heat transfer coefficient greater than the first heat transfer coefficient and greater than a threshold heat transfer coefficient at which a temperature of the second panel portion while receiving the expected heat is greater than a room temperature by less than a threshold difference, wherein the threshold difference is at most five degrees Fahrenheit.
US11304533B1
The portable beach stool comprises a leg and a seat. The portable beach stool may be adapted for a user to sit upon while at a beach. An auger at the bottom of the leg may be configured to bore into sand such that the leg may stand upright in the sand. The seat may detachably couple to a plurality of support struts located on the top half of the leg such that the seat is retained in a horizontal orientation above the leg. The plurality of support struts may collapse for transportation and storage when the seat is detached.
US11304529B2
A work chair is provided herein a worker wears a pelvis belt in a transverse direction from both sides of a cushion chair so as to surround the pelvis, while simultaneously wearing a safety belt between both legs and along the front of the pelvis belt in a longitudinal direction by pulling the lower side of the cushion chair, thus allowing the centering position of the cushion chair to be firmly held against the buttocks around the anus, even when the worker repeatedly sits down and stands up and waddles, and maximizing convenience of use. Moreover, by correctly positioning the cushion chair, the worker can be prevented from filling on his or her buttocks while working, thus ensuring safety during use. Furthermore, the work chair ensures that the cushion chair is centered around the anus when the safety belt is worn, whereas an attachment/detachment ring is returned upward and fitted into a collecting ring when the safety belt is not worn. Accordingly, the length of the safety belt itself is simply reduced to be small, thus preventing safety accidents. Also, the safety belt is prevented from haphazardly hanging out when storing the work chair, thus ensuring tidiness when the work chair is stored.
US11304526B2
A privacy screen attachment apparatus can include a screen body having a plurality of elongated recesses. The recesses can be positioned to define locations at which a connector is positionable to adjustably position the screen body adjacent to a work surface at multiple different locations along the screen body for providing different degrees of privacy and/or modesty. A plurality of connectors can be connected to the screen body via the recesses for connecting the screen body to an article of furniture, such as a counter, a table or a desk.
US11304515B2
A merchandise displaying, storing and dispensing system (MDSDS) that comprises a modular structure made up of multiple cabinets. The design of each cabinet facilitates the insertion, or placing therein, of items that are typically sold in a retail store establishment. Although the MDSDS can be used for many different items, the MDSDS is optimally designed for use with small liquor bottles. The cabinet do not utilize complicated moving parts, but rather gravity to allow liquor bottles to be displayed or stored, and then dispensed when stored, and then the need arises. The MDSDS offers a convenient space-saving solution to selling items such as small liquor bottles which are often difficult to display and sell. As a result of its modular design the MDSDS can be built to any size/dimension desired or required.
US11304514B2
A shelving system and its method of formation. The shelving system comprises a shelf including a support plate, a front edge lip connected to a front portion of the support plate, and a back support edge connected to a back portion of the support plate. The back support edge has an elongated slot. A divider is mounted on the support plate and includes a main portion having a first end and a second end, with a first tab attached to the main portion at the first end and engaging a slit in the front edge lip and a second tab attached to the main portion at the second end, the second tab being provided with a flange, said flange being formed with a hole. A fastener passes through the hole in the flange and the elongated slot in the back support edge to adjustably secure the divider to the shelf.
US11304511B2
An ergonomic keyboard apparatus comprising a keyboard frame including an ergonomic contour defined in part by a gabled portion of the keyboard frame that is pitched into a contoured peak that forms a first slope and a second slope on either side of the keyboard frame. A plurality of keys are disposed within the keyboard frame such that key tops of each of the plurality of keys follow the ergonomic contour of the keyboard frame. A wrist pad coupled to the keyboard frame has a gabled center portion and a surface contour that corresponds to the ergonomic contour of the keyboard frame defined by its gabled portion, first slope, and second slope. Each location along at least a portion of the surface contour of the wrist pad is elevated to at least a height of corresponding key tops of the plurality of keys.
US11304500B2
A wearable pouch operable to hold at least one portable battery pack and other power or communications equipment. The wearable pouch includes a main body with a front side, a back side opposite the front side, at least one sealable opening, and at least one opening for at least one lead from the at least one portable battery pack secured within the wearable pouch.
US11304497B2
A magnifying cosmetic mirror may provide a three-point reflection path that may be utilized to apply cosmetics around the eye of a user. The cosmetic mirror may be constructed to have a base mirror and side mirrors extending at angles from opposite sides of the base mirror. The side mirrors may be constructed to provide a reflective view of the eye when placed above the base mirror. The base mirror may also be constructed to provide a reflective view of the eye, and each mirror may be substantially flat.
US11304495B1
A repeatedly refillable reusable solution cartridge retrofit device for a dispenser includes a housing which has a bottom side and an opened upper side. A screw rod is coupled through the housing such that it is rotatably secured to the bottom of the housing. A cartridge plate further engages with the screw rod. The cartridge plate is connected to a cartridge which includes a spreadable substance. Upon use a housing of the cartridge is removed revealing the spreadable substance.
US11304491B2
Cosmetic cuticle apparatuses are presented. A cosmetic cuticle apparatus includes a handle portion having a first end and a second end, two cuticle maintaining devices coupled to the handle portion, and at least one cuticle buffer coupled to at least one side of the two cuticle maintaining devices. The two cuticle maintaining devices include a cuticle pusher having an arcuate periphery and a “V”-shaped cuticle cleaner having a “V”-shaped cross-section.
US11304473B2
The invention relates to embroidered material portions for incorporation into an article of footwear, and systems and methods for the manufacture thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to an article of footwear having an upper with a sole structure, the upper including a first upper element including a base layer and a first structural layer including at least one first fiber embroidered onto the exterior surface of the base layer, the at least one first fiber forming a plurality of first elongate structural elements extending over the exterior surface of the base layer to provide discrete localized structural support to the base layer.
US11304464B2
The sun protective body barrier is useful for protecting a left arm and hand against ultra-violet radiation while driving a motor vehicle. Also, the sun protective body barrier is inexpensive and reusable while also adjusting to the width and length of a user's left arm and hand. Further, the sun protective body barrier is useful for reducing the effect of the sun's rays while driving that is quick, easy and effective. The sun protective body barrier has removable a sleeve and a hand cover that protect the hand and arm from the UV rays of the sun.
US11304463B1
A glove lacking finger tips having a first weighted bag secured to the top side of the glove and a second weighted bag is removably secured to the underside of the glove within the palm.
US11304456B2
A smart bra to detect abnormal breast tissue with a plurality of light emitters which transmit near-infrared light into breast tissue and a plurality of light receivers which receive the light after it has passed through breast tissue, wherein changes in light intensity or spectral distribution in the light caused by passing through the breast tissue are used to identify abnormal breast tissue.
US11304455B1
A support assembly (100) for supporting a transverse incision site (420) of a user (101) includes an assembly body (106) and a first assembly arm (102). The assembly body (106) is configured to encircle an abdomen (107) of the user (101). The assembly body (106) includes a pelvic support layer (214) that is configured to provide a transverse supportive force to the transverse incision site (420) of the user (101). The first assembly arm (102) is coupled to the pelvic support layer (214). The first assembly arm (102) is configured to adjust the transverse supportive force relative to the user (101). The first assembly arm (102) has a first arm end (403) that is detachably fastenable to the assembly body (106). The first arm end (403) includes a first arm fastener (304) that detachably fastens the first assembly arm (102).
US11304454B1
A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply; a first connector connectable to an atomizer for atomizing an aerosol source; a second connector connectable to a heater for heating a flavor source; and a processing device configured to acquire a temperature of the flavor source or the heater. The processing device is configured to start second discharge from the power supply to the heater to make the temperature of the flavor source or the heater converge to a target temperature, before starting first discharge from the power supply to the atomizer, acquire an elapsed time between a start time point of current second discharge and an end time point of a later one of previous first discharge and previous second discharge, and increase power in the first discharge more and/or decrease the target temperature more as the elapsed time becomes longer.
US11304449B2
A light emitting element according to an embodiment includes: a light emitting portion mounted on a PCB and configured to emit light; a light shield portion spaced from the PCB and having an opening that is formed at a location corresponding to the light emitting portion and passes light emitted from the light emitting portion; a sealing portion positioned between the light shield portion and the PCB and configured to prevent light emitted from the light emitting portion from leaking between the light shield portion and the PCB; and a transmission portion contacting one surface of the light shield portion and configured to transmit light, the one surface facing a direction away from the light emitting portion, wherein the opening has an inclined surface that is an outer circumferential surface located at one end of the opening in the direction away from the light emitting portion and widened in the direction away from the light emitting portion such that spread of light that passed through the opening is prevented.
US11304444B2
Present invention teaches a mechanical vaporizer primarily consisting of a mouth piece, an outer tube, and inner tube wrapped by a spring. A heat sink provides the insolation between the outer tube and the heating chamber that contains a side window to show temperature by the length extension of a sensing coil and allows easy removal of used vaping material to be removed.
US11304438B2
The present invention relates to a method to produce a homogenized tobacco material for use in a heat-not-burn aerosol-generating article, comprising the steps of: selecting a first target value for a first tobacco characteristic, said first tobacco characteristic being reducing sugars and the first target value being comprised between about 8 percent and about 18 percent in dry weight basis of a total amount of tobacco present within the homogenized tobacco material; selecting a second target value of a second tobacco characteristic, wherein the second tobacco characteristic is one of total ammonia and total alkaloids; blending graded tobacco types so as to form the tobacco blend, each graded tobacco type comprising a predetermined amount of the first and second tobacco characteristics, so that the first and second target values of said first and second tobacco characteristics are obtained in said blend within a predetermined tolerance range; grinding said tobacco blend into a blended tobacco powder; forming a slurry comprising the blended tobacco powder; and forming a web of homogenous tobacco web from the slurry.
US11304437B1
A method and apparatus for an extrusion horn including an inner compression chamber having an interior channel extending from an open infeed port to an open exit port, where a top inner surface of the interior channel progressively tapers down with an initial slope having an initial downward taper to a target thickness, then top inner surface abruptly steps to an increased thickness of the channel, and then progressively tapers down with a secondary slope where the secondary slope has a steeper downward taper than the slope of the initial downward taper. An apparatus and method for extruding extrudate through an extruding horn conducive for producing bacon bits and jerky.
US11304433B2
A sweetener composition includes a plurality of assembled particles including natural, non-nutritive sweetener molecules and organic scaffold particles. The natural, non-nutritive sweetener molecules include hydrophilic moieties and hydrophobic moieties, the organic scaffold particles include at least one compositional component including a C6-C10 medium chain glyceride, and the C6-C10 medium chain glyceride includes at least 20 wt % of the total lipid content of the composition. Methods of making the sweetener composition are also described.
US11304432B2
Provided are food and drink ingredients produced from wheat grain which has a low level (2-30%) of total starch branching enzyme II activity and an amylose content in the starch of at least 50% (w/w), and processes for producing and using the ingredients. Also provided are foods produced from the ingredients which may be used in humans to improve one or more parameters of metabolic health, bowel health or cardiovascular health.
US11304429B2
Methods form high fat feed blocks having a total fat content of about 7 wt % to 33 wt %. The blocks are formed by blending a pourable composition having a viscosity of at least 1000 cP at 57° C. with high fat pellets having total fat content of at least 40 wt % based on pellet weight, where the pellets include at least one fat having a melt temperature of greater than 60° C. Also disclosed are feed blocks formed by the methods.
US11304422B2
Apparatus for closing pasty-substance-filled tubular casings, and method for operating the apparatus
An apparatus for closing pasty-substance-filled tubular casings to form products, in particular for closing sausage-meat-filled casings is disclosed. The apparatus includes a filling tube with an outlet opening, having a brake and having clipper blades, which can be moved toward one another in a direction transverse to a filling direction, and which includes a measuring device, which establishes the caliber of the products in a contactless.
US11304420B2
Disclosed herein are material composition formulated for mitigating activity of a virus on a surface of an article. Methods of preparing such a material composition are also disclosed.
US11304413B2
Devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule and a tether that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.
US11304411B2
A safety system for a fish-tank siphon is an apparatus used to prevent suction of a fish-tank-cleaning siphon from becoming obstructed by fish, underwater plant life, rocks, or other large tank contaminants. The apparatus is configured to protect the intake by preventing potential obstructions from entering the siphon at all. The apparatus includes a grate, a mating mechanism, and a siphon inlet. The grate acts as a protective filter, preventing large items from entering a connected fish-tank-cleaning siphon. The mating mechanism allows for connection of the present invention to a fish-tank-cleaning siphon. The siphon inlet is a section of the fish-tank-cleaning siphon through which the vacuum is applied in order to remove dirty water and water contaminants. The general configuration of these components allows the apparatus to prevent a fish-tank-cleaning siphon from incidentally collecting fish or other underwater creatures, plant life, pebbles, or other contaminants while vacuum-cleaning a fish tank.
US11304408B2
A leash attachment and method for using the leash attachment are provided. The leash attachment has a built-in flip open cup that allows an animal to drink from the flip open cup once liquid is expelled to the distal end of the cup via a nozzle. Unused liquid from the flip open cup drains back via a funnel into the leash attachment by way of a fill hole. The leash attachment attaches to a leash via a rolling cam with ridges on the cam's outer surface.
US11304397B2
A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated HMC44131 is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid tomato designated HMC44131, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato designated HMC44131, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HMC44131 with itself or another tomato plant.
US11304396B2
A hybrid tomato plant, designated HMX8148 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid tomato designated HMX8148, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato designated HMX8148, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HMX8148 with itself or another tomato plant.
US11304395B2
Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in tobacco plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for a root-specific nicotine demethylases, CYP82E10, and variants thereof, that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Compositions of the invention also include tobacco plants, or plant parts thereof, comprising a mutation in a gene encoding a CYP82E10 nicotine demethylase, wherein the mutation results in reduced expression or function of the CYP82E10 nicotine demethylase. Seed of these tobacco plants, or progeny thereof, and tobacco products prepared from the tobacco plants of the invention, or from plant parts or progeny thereof, are also provided. Methods for reducing the level of nornicotine, or reducing the rate of conversion of nicotine to nornicotine, in a tobacco plant, or plant part thereof are also provided. The methods comprise introducing into the genome of a tobacco plant a mutation within at least one allele of each of at least three nicotine demethylase genes, wherein the mutation reduces expression of the nicotine demethylase gene, and wherein a first of these nicotine demethylase genes encodes a root-specific nicotine demethylase involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in a tobacco plant or a plant part thereof. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products.
US11304393B2
According to the invention, there is provided novel hemp Cannabis cultivars with THC content of 0.2% by dry weight and a unique terpene profile. This invention thus relates to the seeds of hemp Cannabis cultivars of the invention, to the plants of hemp Cannabis cultivars of the invention, to plant parts of hemp Cannabis cultivars of the invention, to methods for producing a Cannabis cultivar by crossing the hemp Cannabis cultivars of the invention with another Cannabis cultivar, and to methods for producing a Cannabis cultivar containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion Cannabis plants and plant parts produced by those methods.
US11304386B2
A stacking head for stacking rolls of sod can include a number of screw assemblies that are employed to secure and remove sod rolls from a stacking conveyor. Each screw assembly can include a center stake and a corkscrew that pierce a roll as the stacking head is forced into the roll. The rate at which the stacking head is moved vertically relative to the roll can be synchronized with the rate at which each screw assembly is rotated. This synchronization ensures that the corkscrew will pass into the roll while the stacking head is simultaneously forced into the roll without damaging the delicate sod.
US11304383B2
An embodiment of a plant manipulator is disclosed, which may have a flexible cylindrical member that is bent to hold a plant in a particular configuration to train the plant. The plant manipulator may include a first end and a second end, a long edge of the flexible cylindrical member, a length of the long edge of the flexible cylindrical member, and a slit along the length of the longest edge of the flexible cylindrical member. The plant manipulator may also have a malleable rigid member with a first and second end, a long edge of the flexible cylindrical member, and a length of the long edge of the malleable rigid member. The length of the long edge of the flexible cylindrical member may be coupled along the length of the long edge of the flexible cylindrical member.
US11304380B2
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the airborne dissemination and implantation of seeds utilizing an aerodynamic seed delivery apparatus with built-in nutrients, anti-pest, and anti-fungal properties that can be disseminated rapidly from an airborne platform. The velocity of impact and depth of penetration into specific soil types by the delivery apparatus can be controlled up to a terminal velocity kinetic energy by exploiting a specified drag coefficient, mass, and altitude of release. The seeds are delivered and imbedded into the soil at the optimal depth and orientation to maximize germination rates, since seed orientation has a pronounced effect on germination and sprout mortality rates. Flight paths for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) utilized for dissemination can be automated to adjust coordinates based on wind vectors, terrain elevation data, and soil permeability data to efficiently achieve a desired penetration depth across a specified geographic area.
US11304377B2
The present invention includes a plant holding unit for supporting a plant on a generally vertical member. A plant container held by plant holding unit is held below a plane approximately normal to the outer surface of the generally vertical member. The plant holding unit is configured to support a plant container on a generally vertical member. The plant holding unit includes an opening having an axis and a perimeter edge, wherein the axis is approximately perpendicular to the first plane defining a general direction of plant growth. The plant holding unit also includes a barrier extending generally vertically from and attached to the perimeter edge, wherein the barrier forms a water retaining area.
US11304367B2
An agricultural working machine with a driver assistance system is disclosed. The driver assistance system controls driving functions of the agricultural working machine and at least one working assembly of the agricultural working machine in the context of performing a work process. The driver assistance system accesses a set of rules in the form of control strategies to control the at least one work assembly according to a specific control strategy. The driver assistance system includes an interface to communicate with an external computer unit, which is remote from the agricultural working machine, and through which data can be exchanged between the driver assistance system and the external computer unit. For example, the driver assistance system receives data from the external computer unit via the interface during the work process of the agricultural working machine, and selects the control strategy for performing the work process based on the data.
US11304363B2
Systems, implements, and methods for seed orientation during planting operations of agricultural plants of agricultural fields include a seed firmer having a base support to be positioned in operation in proximity to a trench for planting seed in the trench and a lower member integrated with the base support or coupled to the base support. The lower member includes a non-planar ground contacting lower surface to adjust an orientation of the seed to a desired seed orientation within the trench and to position the seed within the trench at a desired depth.
US11310950B2
Provided is a method for removing an electronic component from a printed wiring board. The method comprises applying an embrittlement agent to a lead of an electronic component that is soldered to the printed wiring board. The electronic component is removed from the printed wiring board by breaking the embrittled lead.
US11310945B2
An air flow control method and system for cooling a data center including two server rooms is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first differential pressure value; receiving a second differential pressure value from the second differential pressure gauge; generating a first control signal to adjust the opening of the first damper based on the first differential pressure value; generating a second control signal to adjust the opening of the second damper based on the second differential pressure value.
US11310933B2
A storage device includes a casing; a drive that records data; a controller that controls a data processing of the drive; and a midplane that connects the drive to the controller, in which the midplane includes a plurality of split midplanes which are replaceable, a drive side connector is disposed on a drive side of the split midplane, and the drive side connector is connected to the drive.
US11310932B2
A server including chassis, motherboard, mounting cage, first guide pillar and expansion card. Motherboard is stacked on chassis bottom plate. Mounting cage includes bearing base, handle and first pivot. Bearing base is located on a side of motherboard located away from the chassis bottom plate and located between two chassis side plates. One of two bearing base side plates includes first guide slot, and handle is pivotally connected to the one of two bearing base side plates via first pivot and includes engagement hole. First guide pillar is fixed to the one of two chassis side plates and slidably disposed in first guide slot of the one of two chassis side plates. First guide pillar is engaged into engagement hole of handle. Expansion card is stacked on bearing base bottom plate and electrically connected to motherboard.
US11310925B2
A display device includes a rollable display panel having a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart from the first end portion, a first roller configured to roll the first end portion, and a second roller configured to roll the second end portion. The second end portion of the rollable display panel may include a transmissive region which external light may pass through. An operation method of the display device includes determining an operation mode, rolling the rollable display panel in a first rotation direction so that the transmissive region is not exposed outside in a first display mode, rolling the rollable display panel in a second rotation direction so that the transmissive region is exposed outside in a second display mode, and displaying an image in a display region exposed outside.
US11310924B2
A display device includes a window substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a display panel under the window substrate, an opening being defined in the display panel, a light blocking portion directly on the bottom surface of the window substrate and surrounding the opening when viewed from a plan view, and an electronic component overlapping with the opening.
US11310908B2
A power supply circuit board includes a substrate, a first line that is provided on a first main surface of the substrate and that has a land, a second line that is provided on the first main surface of the substrate and that has a land, an inductor that is connected to the land of the first line and the land of the second line and that is made of a ferrite material, and an open stub that is connected to at least one of the first line and the second line.
US11310906B2
A printed circuit board and a display device are provided. A second wiring layer of the PCB includes a trace group, a system ground and an output pin group that includes power supply pins and a reference ground pin. One end of the power trace of the trace group is connected to one power supply pin, and another end of the power trace extends toward the system ground line. The insulating layer has a via hole corresponding to an overlapping portion of the power trace and the positive power supply signal line. The reference ground trace is disposed between the two power traces. The reference ground trace is between the reference ground pin and the system ground line. Voltage on the reference ground pin is stable to provide a stable power supply voltage. The ripple of the power supply voltage is reduced. The electromagnetic interference resistance is strong.
US11310899B2
A target supply device may include a first container configured to contain a solid target substance; a second container including a first connection port connected to the first container, a second connection port connected to a first pressurized gas supply line, and a third connection port connected to a target substance lead-out path; a moving body including a first recessed portion configured to contain the solid target substance supplied from the first container and move the first recessed portion inside the second container to cause an opening of the first recessed portion to be overlapped sequentially with the first to third connection ports; a third container connected to both a second pressurized gas supply line and the target substance lead-out path and configured to melt the solid target substance supplied from the third connection port; and a nozzle configured to output the melted target substance supplied from the third container.
US11310893B2
The invention relates to an electrical mobile event lamp. The object of the invention is to design a mobile electrical event lamp for hiring for events, such that same can be used alternatively for permanently wired and battery-powered operation. According to the invention, this is achieved by integrated rechargeable batteries for power supply and a connection for a wiring of the lamp provided for an alternative power supply, as well as a blocking function implemented in the electronic controller of the lamp for access to the integrated battery implemented in the electronic controller of the lamp, and a data connection for activating or deactivating the blocking function by means of an external data synchronization.
US11310890B2
The present disclosure discloses a vehicle lamp control apparatus. The vehicle lamp control apparatus includes a timing generator configured to detect first and second setting voltages, which are varied, and measure a time in which each of the first and second setting voltages reaches a reference voltage to generate first and second delay times, and a lamp control circuit configured to control sequential turn-on of LED channels using the first and second delay times.
US11310887B2
The invention relates to a device for securing a safety area around at least one automatically operating machine (3), comprising an illuminating marking (4; 5) of the safety area and/or a boundary of the safety area, a sensor-based monitoring device for detecting a breach of the safety area, and a control device (1) for controlling the machine (3), for defining the safety area, for controlling a shape, structure and/or a location of the illuminating marking, and for changing the operating state of the machine (3) or the light source (6, 7) in a manner which is dependent on a detection of a breach of the safety area by way of the monitoring device. The device is characterised in that a multiplicity of light sources (6, 7) which can be actuated in a spatially resolved manner and in each case comprise an inactive and at least one active operating mode are arranged on or in the surface (2) which delimits the safety area, wherein the operating mode of the light sources (6, 7) can be controlled by way of the control device (1), and the illuminating marking (4; 5) is configured as at least one of the light sources (6, 7) in an active operating mode.
US11310882B2
A circuit is for generating a DC voltage supply from a higher voltage AC signal. A first capacitor (C1) is in series between an input (12) and a first node (N1), a first diode (D1) is in forward direction between the first node and a DC voltage supply node (Nout), a second capacitor (C2) is between the DC voltage supply node and a reference terminal, and a second diode (D2) is in forward direction between the reference terminal and the first node. This defines a general charge pump architecture. A third capacitor (C3) is then provided between the first node and a second node (N2) and a controllable voltage supply (60) defines the voltage at the second node (N2). This adjustable node voltage improves the efficiency of the circuit, in that excess current can be dissipated efficiently, and it can be implemented with a simple circuit.
US11310880B2
An LED lamp includes a housing having an endcap, an optical portion, and components located within the housing, the components including a plurality of LED segments and a reconfiguration circuit configured to route LED segment electrical connections from a serial to a parallel mode, an LED driver circuit, a line sense circuit to detect presence/absence of AC line voltage, and a rechargeable battery connected to a boost driver circuit to provide electrical power to the LED light source in the absence of line voltage, and a control processor to monitor and control one or more of the plurality of components. The LED lamp configured to illuminate all LED segments irrespective of the presence or absence of the line voltage.
US11310862B2
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. The disclosure provides an operating method when a terminal receives an RRC reconfiguration message including configuration of a secondary cell group in a next-generation mobile communication system, and an apparatus therefor.
US11310855B2
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. Methods and systems for managing bearer configuration of user equipment (UE) with Evolved-Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network-New Radio-Dual Connectivity (E-UTRAN-NR-DC) (EN-DC) capability. The UE detects connectivity issues in the UE itself and in interfaces connecting between a NR network with the UE, a LTE network, or an EPC that require disabling NR capability of the UE. The bearer configuration is determined and updated based on the detected connectivity issues. The UE signals the LTE network about the disabling of NR capability, requests enabling of data transfer through bearers of a MCG bearers associated with the LTE network in a current MCG RRC session, and prevents addition of SCG bearers associated with the NR network. The UE recovers data in the SCG bearers, lost due the issues in the NR network, through the MCG bearers. The UE can send a Tracking Area Update (TAU) to indicate the disabling of NR capability if the connectivity issues persist.
US11310851B2
Systems and methods establishing and maintain a direct User Equipment to User Equipment communication link in a gNB are disclosed. A gNB may determine that direct UE to UE link should be established in a cell. The gNB may transmit information to a first and second UE to enable a device to device beam search procedure. The first and second UE may perform the beam search and report the result to the gNB. The gNB may determine the appropriate beam for the first and second UE to establish a communication link.
US11310849B2
Provided are a device-to-device (D2D) operation method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system and a UE using the method. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting sidelink UE information to a network; and receiving a D2D resource configuration determined on the basis of the sidelink UE information, wherein the sidelink UE information comprises at least one of information indicating whether the UE is interested in receiving a D2D signal, and a resource allocation request for transmitting the D2D signal.
US11310827B2
The present disclosure provides an operation method, associated with uplink (UL) transmission, of a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting dynamic resource sharing between an eMBB and a URLLC. More specifically, the method carried out by a terminal comprises receiving, from a base station, a UL grant for scheduling a UL transmission; receiving, from the base station, a control message including first information indicating the stopping of the UL transmission, and second information on a resource for which the UL transmission is to be stopped; and on the basis of the control message, determining whether a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the UL transmission is included in the resource for which the UL transmission is to be stopped.
US11310822B2
Methods and systems are provided in which a UE transmits sidelink (SL) control information comprising a scheduling assignment (SA) indicating an SL transmission resource for a SL data transmission to a target UE. The SL transmission resource is based on one or more occupied SL resources identified by the UE and the SL transmission resource includes resources for an initial transmission and one or more retransmissions. The UE then transmits the SL data transmission using the SL transmission resource according to the transmitted SL control information. This is done without receiving, in a downlink control information (DCI), a grant of communication resources.
US11310819B2
The present application discloses a method of determining scheduling of shortened subframes. The method includes: a UE determines a time-frequency position of a candidate PDCCH/EPDCCH which schedules PDSCH/PUSCH of a shortened subframe; the UE performs a pre-determined number of blind detections of the candidate PDCCH/EPDCCH at the time-frequency position. The present application also provides a device. The technical mechanism of the present application can make shortened subframes to function normally, thereby reduce time delay in data transmission.
US11310817B2
A configurable new radio (NR) resource scheduling and indication transmission procedure that may be executed by a base station and a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. For example, a base station may determine a number of synchronization signal blocks available for transmission of non-scheduling data, and transmit an indication signifying at least one of the number of synchronization signal blocks or a location of each of the number of synchronization signal blocks. Further, a UE may receiving an indication signifying at least one of a number of synchronization signal blocks or a location of each of the number of synchronization signal blocks. The UE may further determine one or more resource elements forming the number of synchronization signal blocks where non-scheduling data has been scheduled for transmission. The UE may receive the non-scheduling data within the one or more resource elements forming the number of synchronization signal blocks.
US11310815B2
A primary wireless access node receives primary power headroom for User Equipment (UE). A secondary wireless access receives secondary power headroom for the UE and transfers the secondary power headroom to the primary wireless access node. The primary wireless access node compares the power primary headroom to the secondary power headroom to determine a primary uplink grant amount and a secondary uplink grant amount for the UE. The primary wireless access node grants primary uplink resources to the UE based on the primary uplink grant amount. The secondary wireless access node grants secondary uplink resources to the UE based on the secondary uplink grant amount. The wireless access nodes receive user data from the UE based on the uplink grant amounts.
US11310814B2
Embodiments of this application provide a wireless communication method and a device, to improve communication performance in terms of frequency band deployment, use, and processing. The method includes: determining, by a network device, a first uplink carrier, where the first uplink carrier is one of a plurality of uplink carriers that can be used for a terminal device; and sending, by the network device, first information to the terminal device, where the first information indicates that the terminal device uses or can use the first uplink carrier to perform uplink transmission or processes the first uplink carrier.
US11310813B2
Described is an apparatus of an Evolved Node-B (eNB) operable to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process one or more configuration transmissions from the eNB carrying one or more parameters for Grantless Uplink (GUL) transmission. The second circuitry may be operable to determine one or more GUL subframes of an acquired Maximum Channel Occupancy Time (MCOT) on time-domain resources allocated for GUL transmission from the UE. The third circuitry may be operable to generate a GUL transmission during the one or more GUL subframes of the acquired MCOT in accordance with the one or more parameters for GUL transmission.
US11310810B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme for the convergence of a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate after the 4G system and the IoT technology and a system thereof. A method for performing a scheduling request (SR) is provided. The method performed by a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving, from a base station, first information on a mapping relation between an SR configuration and a logical channel (LCH), receiving, from the base station, second information on a condition for initiating a regular buffer status report (BSR) transmission procedure regardless of priority, and transmitting, to the base station, the SR based on the first information and the second information.
US11310809B2
Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes determining a portion of a transmission time interval (TTI) is available for a transmission that is shorter than a duration of the TTI; selecting a transmission format for transmitting the transmission to a receiving device during the portion of the TTI; and indicating a timing of the transmission to the receiving device. Another method includes determining a portion of a TTI is available for a transmission that is shorter than a duration of the TTI; selecting a transmission format from a plurality of transmission formats for transmitting the transmission to a receiving device during the portion of the TTI; and transmitting the transmission to the receiving device.
US11310806B1
Systems and methods for detecting, identifying, and locating a source of radio frequency (RF) interference are discussed herein. An interference signal can prevent a user equipment (e.g., mobile phone, smartphone, or the like) from receiving a network signal altogether, can cause a temporary loss of the network signal, can affect the quality of the network signal received, or the like. The system allows for an interference source emitting the interference signal to be detected, identified, and located so that the signal can be powered off to clear a frequency band, thereby improving network service.
US11310805B2
An interleaved mapping method includes: interleaving a virtual sequence of first physical resource element bundles according to an interleaving function, wherein the first physical resource element bundles include actual physical resource element bundles and one or more virtual physical resource element bundles; marking a physical resource element bundle in the interleaved first physical resource element bundles without any corresponding actual physical resource element bundle as an invalid physical resource element bundle; determining a first correspondence of the valid physical resource element bundles in the interleaved first physical resource element bundles with respect to an actual sequence of the actual physical resource element bundles; and determining, based on the first correspondence and a second correspondence of logical resource elements with respect to the actual sequence, a mapping relationship between the logical resource elements and the actual physical resource element bundles.
US11310786B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network, the user equipment being configured with a control channel configuration pertaining to transmission of control information on a control channel. The user equipment further being configured with data channel resources for transmission of data on a data channel. The method includes transmitting control information on data channel resources based on the control channel configuration. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US11310778B2
The present invention is designed so that UCI can be transmitted properly even when a PUSCH of a long TTI and an sPUSCH of a short TTI collide with each other in a same carrier. According to the present invention, a user terminal has a transmission section that transmits UCI, and a control section that controls re-direction of at least part of the UCI, when a PUSCH of a long TTI carrying the UCI, and an sPUSCH of a short TTI, collide with each other in a same carrier.
US11310773B2
A method for allocating aggressive signal carriers in a target band of a wireless communication network is provided. The network includes at least one long term evolution (LTE) node and at least one non-LTE transmission source. The target band includes at least two adjacent pairs of contiguous radio frequency (RF) channels. The method includes steps of scanning each contiguous RF channel of the target band to measure a respective value of non-LTE RF energy therein, determining, from the measured non-LTE RF energy, that a first one of the contiguous RF channels is occupied by a non-LTE carrier, and allocating an LTE carrier to a second one of the contiguous RF channels, different than the first one of the contiguous RF channels, based on the determination.
US11310772B2
An operation method of a first terminal in a communication system is provided. The method includes configuring a plurality of sidelink (SL) bandwidth parts (BWPs) used for SL communication between the first terminal and a second terminal and transmitting an SL BWP list including one or more SL BWPs among the plurality of SL BWPs to the second terminal via a default SL BWP. The SL communication is then performed with the second terminal using an initial SL BWP among the one or more SL BWPs included in the SL BWP list.
US11310771B2
In order to properly notify of resources in which a synchronization signal block is transmitted in the future radio communication system, a user terminal has a receiving section that receives pattern information indicating whether or not a synchronization signal block is transmitted in each of a plurality of transmission candidate positions within a group of transmission candidate positions of the synchronization signal block, and group information indicating a method of applying the pattern information to each of a plurality of groups, and a control section that controls, based on the group information, one of assuming that the synchronization signal block is transmitted in all transmission candidate positions within a particular group, and of determining the plurality of transmission candidate positions within the particular group according to the pattern information.
US11310768B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to support monitoring for paging messages from a base station (e.g., a cellular network node) using a greater periodicity than a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle periodicity. A UE may monitor for and receive paging messages from a network node using a first subscription registered with a first radio access technology (RAT) while operating in DRX mode for a second RAT associated with the base station. The UE may identify a first periodicity for monitoring for paging messages from the base station that is greater than the DRX periodicity. The UE may have a second subscription that may be registered with a second base station. The UE may perform a tuneaway procedure from the second base station and monitor for paging messages from the base station according to the first periodicity.
US11310765B2
A user's set top box detects the ringing of a telephone, mobile device or other type of audible notification of an incoming call or message and, in response, sends a command causing a current audio level of the television programming or other media currently being played to decrease such that the audible notification can be heard by the user. A device silencing manager on the set top box may detect the audible notification occurring by the sound waves of the audible notification from the mobile device picked up by a microphone of the receiving device. Additionally or alternatively, a device silencing manager on the set top box may wirelessly receive, either directly or indirectly from the mobile device, an electronic notification of the audible notification.
US11310757B2
A time synchronization method and an apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a first time sent by an access network device; obtaining a first transmission delay; obtaining a fourth time based on the first transmission delay and the first time; and synchronizing a time of the terminal device based on the fourth time.
US11310755B2
The present invention relates to a transmitting terminal for transmitting data to a receiving terminal over a direct link connection. The transmitting terminal comprises a receiving unit that receives from the base station a timing command for adjusting an uplink transmission timing value for data transmissions to the base station. A generating unit generates direct link timing information, based on the uplink transmission timing value, the direct link timing information being usable for generating a direct link transmission timing value for determining the timing of the data transmission over the direct link. A transmitting unit transmits to the receiving terminal the generated direct link timing information, the direct link timing information being usable at the receiving terminal for generating a direct link reception timing value for determining the reception timing of data to be received on the direct link from the transmitting terminal.
US11310751B2
Wireless communication devices are adapted to utilize maximum permissible exposure requirements in determining uplink traffic grant allocations within wireless communication systems. According to one example, a wireless communication device can determine one or more candidate uplink duty cycles for a subsequent uplink transmission interval based at least in part on an MPE requirement, determine a maximum number of resource blocks per symbol and a maximum MSC index associated with each of the one or more candidate uplink duty cycles from a predefined MCS index table, and select a duty cycle, number of resource blocks per symbol, and MCS that facilitates a largest number of un-coded bits for the subsequent uplink transmission interval. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
US11310740B2
Systems and method of embodiments herein operate to conserve battery power of user equipment (UE). Embodiments determine whether waking up a UE receiver would be beneficial and based on the determination, the UE either wakes up the receiver or returns to sleep. Embodiments determine whether to wake up the receiver by performing pre-wake up (PWU) operation which either wakes up the receiver in a low power mode or wakes up the UE's wake up receiver. It may be determined whether a wake up (WU) signal is received during a PWU stage. If a WU signal is received during the PWU stage the UE may perform a full wake up of the receiver. If a WU signal is not received the UE may return to idle mode. In embodiments, WU (Wake Up) DRX cycles are supplemented with a Full DRX (Discontinuous Reception) cycle.
US11310735B2
System, method and computer-readable storage medium including, a first communications device including a host processor to wake up upon receipt of a message and stream audio directly to another device via wireless communication, a second communications device including circuitry to control the streaming of the audio by sending messages to the first communications device and to control a display. The host processor of the first communications device enters a sleep stale during audio streaming while a state of the display is off. Reduction in the number of messages sent by the second communications device, or offloading, of message handling by the host processor, allows the host processor to remain in a steep state for longer periods.
US11310733B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for on-demand application-driven network slicing. In one embodiment, it is determined that an application executed in a particular computing device has a quality-of-service requirement. The particular computing device is connected to a communications network. A request is sent that causes a network slice allocation service to reserve a network slice having the quality-of-service requirement in the communications network. Data to or from the application is transmitted using the network slice.
US11310730B2
Disclosed are a method of connecting to a network for a home appliance, a home appliance, and a method of connecting to a network for a home appliance system. The method of connecting to a network for a home appliance includes: in response to a network connection failure of a WiFi module in the home appliance when the WiFi module is in a monitoring mode for network connection, entering, by the WiFi module, a hotspot mode for network connection. This method provides favorable compatibility, is simple in operation, high in network connection efficiency, and provides favorable user experience. A home appliance employing the network connection method can easily communicate with a network, enabling simple remote control of the home appliance.
US11310725B2
According to some embodiments, a method for use in a wireless device of acquiring system information associated with a core network comprises receiving system information from a network node. The network node is connected to one or more core networks. The system information includes an indication of a network type (e.g., enhanced packet system (EPS), fifth generation system (5GS), etc.) for each core network. The method further comprises determining a capability of the wireless device for connecting to the plurality of network types, and determining whether to connect to a core network based on the network type and the capability of the wireless device. In particular embodiments, the indication of the network type comprises a list of public land mobile networks (PLMNs) connected to the network node and an indication of network types supported by each PLMN.
US11310723B2
A wireless device receives first configuration parameters of a first bandwidth part and a second bandwidth part of a licensed cell; and second configuration parameters of a third bandwidth part and a fourth bandwidth part of an unlicensed cell. A first downlink control information indicating switching from the first bandwidth part to the second bandwidth part as an active bandwidth part is received. A second downlink control information indicating switching from the third bandwidth part to the fourth bandwidth part as an active bandwidth part is received. Based on the receiving the first downlink control information: the wireless device switches from the first bandwidth part to the second bandwidth part; and does not transmit a confirmation. Based on the receiving the second downlink control information, the wireless device switches from the third bandwidth part to the fourth bandwidth part; and transmits a confirmation.
US11310721B2
Involved in the present disclosure are an information broadcast method and device, a service implementation method and device, an access point, a station, and a computer readable storage medium. The information broadcast method includes: receiving parameter information of a current service access type; broadcasting system information carrying the parameter information to a station (STA) so that the STA transmits current service data according to the parameter information. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, by receiving parameter information of a current service access type and broadcasting the system information carrying the parameter information to an STA, the STA can transmit current service data according to the parameter information, so that a current service such as a real-time game can be supported better.
US11310719B1
Systems, devices, and methods for operating a peer-to-peer self-organizing mobile network are disclosed herein, where at least some routing information for the network is stored in a permissioned blockchain ledger, where updates to the routing information are transmitted in blockchain blocks via a private wireless signaling network, and where at least some routing information is updated by individual network devices via smart contracts.
US11310718B2
In a computing environment comprising a plurality of compute, storage and network assets, a method initiates at a given asset a join operation for the given asset to become a member of a mesh network formed by the plurality of compute, storage and network assets. A network neighbor data structure associated with the given asset is created/updated based on the join operation. The method initiates at the given asset a route discovery operation to identify one or more routes through the mesh network to enable the given asset to access a remote support gateway. A network routing data structure associated with the given asset is created/updated based on the route discovery operation. The given asset may also advertise at least a portion of its routing data structure to the compute, storage and network assets in the computing environment.
US11310709B2
Systems and methods of a predictive handoff that cause a handoff of user equipment from one network site to another network site. A network site connected to the user equipment monitors a quality of a signal between the network site and the user equipment and receives movement information from the user equipment. The network site selects a potential network site for the handoff of the user equipment based on the movement information and a potential signal quality between the user equipment and the potential network site. The network site coordinates the handoff and causes the selected potential network site to transmit a handoff instruction to the user equipment. The network site also instructs the user equipment to listen for the handoff instruction and the user equipment and potential network site can complete the handoff.
US11310708B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method, an access network device, a core network device, and user equipment. One example method includes: sending, by a core network device, a handover request to an access network device, wherein the handover request comprises first information, and the first information comprises an identifier of allowed network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI); and sending, by the access network device, a handover request acknowledgement to the core network device.
US11310705B2
An apparatus for wireless communication, including a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor is configured to receive a pre-allocation resource for a target cell via a handover command and transmit a physical layer acknowledgment based on a target cell downlink packet. The at least one processor is also configured to receive an indication for a communication with the target cell in response to the physical layer acknowledgement and access the target cell using the pre-allocated resource based on the indication for the communication with the target cell.
US11310700B2
A fifth generation (5G) radio access network (RAN) can determine that a user equipment (UE) should fall back to engaging in a communication session over an LTE-based Evolved Packet System (EPS) instead of a 5G system. However, to avoid interrupting setup operations that may be occurring separately for that communication session in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) apart from the 5G system, the EPS fallback can be delayed such that setup in the IMS can proceed at least to a point at which IMS signaling messages are less likely to be undeliverable due to the EPS fallback.
US11310698B2
An overload control mechanism involving at least an intra slice instance and two or more inter slice instances is disclosed. The inter slice instance is monitoring how two or more network slices use resources. If the use is not within slice constraints, the intra slice instance determines, per a network slice, an amount of resources to be released by the network slice; and causes commanding network slices to release resources correspondingly. An intra slice instance is configured at least to determine, in response to detecting reception of a command to release resources or that one or more of flows do not reach quality of service level, an amount corresponding to resources missing to satisfy quality of service requirements of active flows; sorting flows to an order according to a predetermine sorting rule for flows; and releasing resources flow by flow according to the order.
US11310695B2
In an embodiment, an access point executes a Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) protocol to determine whether to begin transmission within a DRS Measurement Timing Configuration (DMTC) window. The access point transmits, based on a result of the execution, a multi-subframe DRS within the DMTC window, the multi-subframe DRS including a plurality of DRS subframes that each includes a plurality of symbols.
US11310689B2
The disclosure relates to the field of wireless communications and provides a method for dynamically indicating a Quality of Service (QoS) Flow Identity (ID) (QFI) and User Equipment (UE). The method includes: a UE obtains a Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) Service Data Unit (SDU) and obtains a first QFI to which the SDAP SDU belongs; maps the first QFI with a relatively large number of bits to a second QFI with a relatively small number of bits, here, a value of the first QFI is mapped to a value of the second QFI which is the same as the value of the first QFI when a value of the first QFI is less than a first preset threshold and the value of the first QFI is mapped to a value of an unmapped vacant position of the second QFI when the value of the first QFI is greater than the first preset threshold; and then includes the second QFI in an SDAP header. Thus, communication service may be implemented better on the basis of an existing communication standard.
US11310681B2
A PDCP status report can be transmitted with reduced radio resources by transmitting the reception success or failure of a series of PDCP service data units (SDUs) in the form of a bitmap when configuring the PDCP status report. A PDCP control packet data unit (PDU) is generated to communicate a status report to a transmitting node for one or more PDCP SDUs transmitted from the transmitting node. The PDCP control PDU includes a data/control (D/C) bit field to indicate the PDCP control PDU is a control PDU, a control PDU type field to indicate a type of corresponding control information, a sequence number field to indicate a first missing PDCP SDU, and a bitmap field for a variable length bitmap. A bit in the variable length bitmap indicates whether a corresponding one of the one or more PDCP SDUs has been successfully been received.
US11310679B2
In one aspect, a computer-implemented method is provided for implementing a message-by-message tunability of message reliability in a data-communication network comprising: providing an intermediate networking service for messaging between a plurality of different nodes of a data-communication network; periodically probing the data communication network of a mobile device to determine an identity of the data-communication network; querying an operating system of the mobile device to determine a current state of the data-communication network; and configuring a data transmission of a tuned message using an optimized protocol of the data-communication network based on a transmission speed of the current state of the data-communication network.
US11310676B2
Time division duplexed (TDD) Cellular networks can experience interference in receive times from downlink transmissions by aggressor cells after network changes, or from tropospheric ducting. The interference from the aggressor cells can be efficiently mitigated by determining that the victim cell is being affected by such interference, identifying the aggressor cells, and selectively increasing the guard time between the aggressor cells and the victim cell.
US11310662B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for rapid bandwidth access deployment across multiple entities for secure, expedited bandwidth provisioning for entity connectivity. In this way, the invention provides a private, secure 5G connectivity network to generate specific remote points of connectivity for entity to entity connections. The 5G network may allow any user within the entity with authentication to connect from any random point-to-point faster, with much more time to transmit using an existing wave length within the 5G technology. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the system may provide a dedicated bandwidth pipeline that provides trades or communications within milliseconds for the entity users. This may be provided via a geographical location or the like and allow for 5G provisioning and presentment for faster than a traditional fiber based connectivity desired for entity communications.
US11310657B2
A communication control device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a storage unit configured to store conditions for setting a profile used by a communication device for communication; a profile setting unit configured to start to set the profile for the communication device in a case in which a signal received from the communication device satisfies the conditions stored in the storage unit; and a condition setting unit configured to invalidate the conditions stored in the storage unit in a case in which the profile setting unit starts to set the profile and configured to validate conditions for setting a profile used by the communication device for communication in a case in which the profile setting unit has failed in setting the profile.
US11310654B1
An electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile delivery and activation system is disclosed comprising a user equipment that includes an eSIM, a WIFI transceiver, a radio modem, and an application. The application is configured to detect that the eSIM is not initially provisioned with an eSIM profile, and in response to the detection, request, receive, and store via the WIFI transceiver a branding information handle from an over-the-air (OTA) platform in the eSIM, and reboot the eSIM and/or the radio modem. The radio modem is configured to receive the branding information handle stored in the eSIM after reboot, determine which subscription manager data preparation (SMDP+) server to access based on the handle, and obtain and configure the eSIM profile from the SMDP+ server into the eSIM. The radio modem is subsequently rebooted and configured to communicate with a carrier specific OTA platform to finalize activation of the eSIM profile.
US11310644B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to wireless main memory for computing are described. A device may include a processor that is wirelessly coupled to a memory array, which may be in a physically separate device. The processor may execute instructions stored in and wirelessly communicated from the memory array. The processor may read data from or write data to the memory array via a wireless communication link (e.g., using resources of an ultra high frequency, super high frequency, and/or extremely high frequency band). Several devices may have a small amount of local memory (or no local memory) and may share, via a wireless communication link, a main memory array. Memory devices may include memory resources and transceiver resources; they may be configured to use one or several communication protocols over licensed or shared frequency spectrum bands, directly (e.g., device-to-device) or indirectly (e.g., via a base station).
US11310639B2
An embodiment of the present invention is a PSCCH transmission method. The method for a vehicle to everything (V2X) terminal to receive physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) scheduling information and transmit a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) in a wireless communication system includes: a step for receiving Downlink control information related to sidelink semi persistent scheduling (SL SPS); a step for transmitting a first PSCCH in response to an instruction for activating an SL SPS configuration of the downlink control information; and a step for transmitting a second PSCCH among reserved resources after transmitting the PSCCH, wherein, when the downlink control information is related to the SL SPS for two or more component carriers (CCs), time resource units at which the first PSCCH is transmitted in each CC do not overlap with each other. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.
US11310635B2
Disclosed is a method for automatically selecting a message transport channel and transmitting a message, including obtaining message information on a transmission target message, obtaining receiver information including at least one of information on a receiver of the message and information on a device of the message, obtaining information on one or more reception-available channels based on the message information and receiver information, selecting at least one of the one or more reception-available channels, and transmitting the message through the selected channel.
US11310631B2
A radio terminal according to one embodiment comprises: a receiver configured to receive an MBMS service distributed from a base station by using a coverage enhancement technique including a repetition; a controller configured to determine whether or not a predetermined event occurs; and a transmitter configured to transmit a notification on a coverage enhancement level required by the radio terminal to the base station, in response to occurrence of the predetermined event. The predetermined event includes transmission of the notification being requested from the base station or normal reception of the MBMS service not being possible.
US11310630B2
A method capable of providing a low power geofence service according to the present invention comprises the steps of: detecting a reference Vrect value for estimating an indoor/outdoor position from a solar charger of a position tracker; determining whether the solar charging module (solar charger) of the position tracker is in a charging or non-charging situation, on the basis of the detected Vrect value; if it is determined that the solar charging module of the position tracker is in the charging situation, determining that the position of the position tracker is outdoors and acquiring position tracking data by using a global positioning system (GPS) module; if it is determined that the solar charger of the position tracker is in the non-charging situation, determining that the position of the position tracker is indoors or in a shaded area, and acquiring position tracking data by using one among Bluetooth low energy (BLEs), wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), and ultra-wide band (UWB) modules other than the GPS module; and transmitting the acquired position tracking data to a server by using a low power communication scheme.
US11310620B2
An auxiliary sensing method and system based on sensory substitution includes: establishing a discrete horizontal plane included angle and a normal vector included angle in three-dimensional space as well as response functions corresponding to different discrete distances, and establishing an acoustic coding library of an object; obtaining a surrounding environmental video; obtaining object information and category of current environment; establishing a three-dimensional sound field of the object according to the image information, the object information and the three-dimensional coordinate information obtained in combination with the acoustic coding library of the object; and adjusting, for objects of different categories, the three-dimensional sound field of each object according to movement information and variations of images, and playing the three-dimensional sound field of each object in real time.
US11310618B2
A spatialized audio system includes a sensor to detect a head pose of a listener. The system also includes a processor to render audio data in first and second stages. The first stage includes rendering first audio data corresponding to a first plurality of sources to second audio data corresponding to a second plurality of sources. The second stage includes rendering the second audio data corresponding to the second plurality of sources to third audio data corresponding to a third plurality of sources based on the detected head pose of the listener. The second plurality of sources consists of fewer sources than the first plurality of sources.
US11310613B2
Provided are an audio calibration method and device. The method includes: transmitting an audio calibration signal to a first loudspeaker and a second loudspeaker such that the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker generate sound signals; determining first loudspeaker sound information through a sound signal generated by the first loudspeaker and acquired by a first microphone and a sound signal generated by the first loudspeaker and acquired by the second microphone; determining second loudspeaker sound information through a sound signal generated by the second loudspeaker and acquired by the first microphone and a sound signal generated by the second loudspeaker and acquired by the second microphone; and determining a calibration parameter of the first loudspeaker or a calibration parameter of the second loudspeaker according to the first loudspeaker sound information and the second loudspeaker sound information.
US11310604B2
Embodiments are disclosed of a flat speaker containing a single permanent magnet, a yoke opposite the single permanent magnet, and one or more voice coil plates located between the single permanent magnet and the yoke. The one or more voice coil plates each comprise a bobbin and a coil arranged on one or both sides of the bobbin.
US11310601B2
The present disclosure provides a bone conduction speaker. The bone conduction speaker may include a driving device and a panel. The driving device may be configured to generate a driving force, and the driving force is located in a straight line. The panel may be transmissibly connected to the driving device. The panel may be configured to conduct sound. A region through which the panel interacting with the user's body may have a normal line. The normal line may not be parallel to that straight line.
US11310598B2
According to one embodiment, an acoustic control apparatus includes a first calculator, a second calculator, and a first setting unit. The first calculator calculates a first relationship established between acoustic filter coefficients, based on sounds emitted from sound sources. The second calculator calculates a second relationship established between the acoustic filter coefficients by matching a first sound pressure ratio with a second sound pressure ratio, in a complex sound pressure ratio between ears of a user who desires the sound information. The first setting unit sets an acoustic filter coefficient corresponding to each of the sound sources, based on the first relationship and the second relationship.
US11310590B2
An emergency reporting device in a motor vehicle for manually and/or automatically reporting an emergency to a report center is provided. A hands-free communication apparatus, consisting of at least one microphone and at least one loudspeaker, can be used to communicate with the report center. The microphone is arranged in a first vertical plane extending perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, and the loudspeaker is arranged separate from the microphone in a second vertical plane extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle. Furthermore, the microphone and the loudspeaker are additionally arranged in a central region of the motor vehicle containing a vertical longitudinal center plane.
US11310586B2
A loudspeaker parameter system for vented box driver excursion modeling, may include a loudspeaker driver having a conductor, a magnet and a diaphragm. The system may further include a processor for excursion modeling configured to receive an input signal, determine a voltage level of the input signal, an enclosure having a resonant port, estimate port parameters including at least one of an acoustic resistance or acoustic mass, and apply a voltage limit based on the vented box excursion model utilizing the port parameters.
US11310585B2
An electronic speaker comprising: a device housing defining an interior cavity and including a sidewall extending around the interior cavity between an upper portion and a lower portion of the device housing; first and second sound channels formed at opposing locations along the sidewall, each of the first and second sound channels comprising a plurality of openings formed through the sidewall; a passive radiator array comprising first and second passive radiators disposed within the interior cavity, spaced apart from each other in an opposing relationship and aligned to project sound through the first and second sound channels; an active driver disposed in the device housing and configured to generate sound in response to an electrical signal, the active driver comprising driver housing disposed at least partially between the first and second passive radiators, a magnet disposed within the driver housing, a voice coil and a diaphragm facing downwards towards the lower surface of the device housing; and an annular sound channel disposed along the bottom portion of the device housing adjacent to the diaphragm of the active driver.
US11310580B2
Earpieces and methods of forming earpieces for radio frequency (RF) mitigation are provided. An earpiece is configured to be inserted in an ear canal. The earpiece includes an insertion element and a sealing section disposed on the insertion element and configured to conform to the ear canal. The sealing section is configured to substantially mitigate radio frequency (RF) transmission and to substantially isolate the ear canal from an ambient environment.
US11310565B2
The invention relates to a system and method for improved, selective download of broadcast data. In particular the present invention relates to downloading of broadcast data effectively when disturbances occur during reception of an input signal comprising a data carousel. The invention introduces multiplication of content filters that are configured to download only a part of the data. An important feature is recognition when to reset content filters in order to resolve an issue. For the purposes of this invention, there is defined a linear address space. The important properties of this address space allow for consistent addressing without gaps and every address is greater by a single position with respect to the previous one. The address space starts with one address and ends with another one. Such chunk address space may be considered as predictable, because a synchronization can be caught by reading an address of currently broadcast section.
US11310562B2
Systems and methods for browsing, searching, and/or viewing video with associated semantic labels via a user interface are presented herein. Presentation of a user interface may be effectuated. The user interface may be configured to display scenes of one or more videos and/or one or more semantic labels associated with the scenes. A first scene associated with a first video and a first semantic label associated with the first scene may be displayed in the user interface. Playback of the first video in the user interface may cause one or more changes in the display of semantic labels over time, such that responsive to playback of the first video including display of a second scene after the first scene, a second semantic label is displayed and the first semantic label is no longer displayed. The second semantic label may be associated with the second scene.
US11310561B2
There is provided a portable terminal device 2 that notifies a television receiver 1 of a received phone call or mail. The portable terminal device 2 includes a communication unit 210 that receives a phone call or mail and communicates with the television receiver, a notification execution unit 203c that performs control in a case where information of the phone call or the mail received by the communication unit is notified to the television receiver, and a posture detection execution unit 203e that detects a posture of the portable terminal device. In a case where the communication unit receives a phone call or mail, the notification execution unit changes content of the information of the received phone call or mail according to a detection result of the posture detection execution unit and notifies the television receiver of the changed content.
US11310557B2
An example implementation involves a playback device receiving a request to add continuous automated streaming audio content to a playback queue, the request indicating a playback start time, and the playback queue indicating a plurality of audio content. The implementation further involves the playback device adding the continuous automated streaming audio content to the playback queue. The example implementation also involves the playback device determining that a duration until the playback start time is less than a duration of the given audio content before playing a given audio content in the playback queue. The example implementation involves the playback device responsively, playing the continuous automated streaming audio content.
US11310553B2
In accordance with some implementations, a method is performed at an electronic device with one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and a display. The method includes displaying, on the display, a representation of a first portion of a media object, wherein the first portion of the media object is associated with a first resource utilization value. The first resource utilization value characterizes a utilization of a respective resource by the electronic device. The method includes determining an engagement score that characterizes a level of user engagement with respect to the representation of the first portion of the media object. The method includes changing the utilization of the respective resource from the first resource utilization value to a second resource utilization value based on a function of the engagement score. The second resource utilization value is associated with a second portion of the media object.
US11310551B2
According to one embodiment, an information device includes a request command transmission unit and an information reception unit. The request command transmission unit transmits, to an external device, a request command for obtaining information of one or more unique commands executable only by the external device from the external device. The information reception unit receives the information of one or more unique commands requested by the request command from the external device.
US11310550B2
Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the storage of digital media recordings. According to various embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor, a storage device, Random Access Memory (RAM), an archive writer, and a recording writer. The archive writer is configured to retrieve a plurality of small multimedia segments (SMSs) in RAM and write the plurality of SMSs into an archive container file in RAM. The single archive container file may correspond to a singular multimedia file when complete. New SMSs retrieved from RAM are appended into the archive container file if the new SMSs also correspond to the singular multimedia file. The recording writer is configured to flush the archive container file to be stored as a digital media recording on the storage device once enough SMSs have been appended by the archive writer to the archive container file to complete the singular multimedia file.
US11310549B2
A system for telematics integration includes a video system configured to receive an event email notification from a telematics system. The telematics system was provided an email address for the event email notification. The video system is further configured to scrape the event email notification for event information and to determine whether event information satisfies criteria to generate trigger criteria for an event of interest. Then video system is further configured to, in the event that the event information satisfies the criteria to generate the trigger criteria, retrieve associated video from a video repository of the video system based at least in part on the trigger criteria.
US11310547B2
Systems and methods are described for seamlessly connecting devices based on relationships between the users of the respective devices. A media guidance application may determine that a first user has entered an environment (e.g., his/her mother's home) and may determine a frequency with which the first user enters the environment (e.g., daily). In response to determining that the first user visits frequently, the media guidance application may identify a second device in the environment (e.g., a smart TV) that a second user (e.g., the first user's mother) is authorized to grant access rights for. The media guidance application may determine a likelihood that the second user will grant the access rights for the second device to the first user, based on interaction data between the first user and the second user. In response to determining a high likelihood, the media guidance application may transmit the access rights.
US11310546B2
A content streaming system and methodology for facilitating the management of content streaming. A video packaging and origination service requests streaming content that is organized according to content segments. Individual content segments will be encoded according to a plurality of encoding profiles and generated by different encoders. The video packaging and origination service utilizes synchronization information provided to the encoders to select individual encoded content segments responsive to the request for streaming content.
US11310543B2
In one aspect, a method includes identifying an upcoming content modification opportunity on a channel. The method also includes responsive to identifying the upcoming content modification opportunity on the channel, identifying a group of multiple content-presentation devices tuned to the channel. The method also includes using, at least in part, an amount of content-presentation devices in the identified group as a basis to determine an amount of system resources to request. The method also includes requesting the determined amount of system resources for use in performing actions that facilitate at least a portion of the content-presentation devices in the identified group performing respective content-modification operations.
US11310537B2
In some embodiments, an encoder device is disclosed to receive an input video stream containing images in a first dynamic range including a first image. The device receives a second image representing the first image. The device obtains statistical data for the first and the second images. The device determines, at a first time delay, a scene cut data from the input video stream and storing the scene cut data in a first sliding window. The device determines, at a second time delay, a first smoothing mapping function based on a second sliding window and the determined scene cut data. The device determines, at a third time delay, a second smoothing mapping function based on a third sliding window and the determined scene cut data. The device generates, at the third time delay, a composer metadata for the first image based on the first and second smoothing mapping functions.
US11310536B2
An example device includes a memory and processing circuitry in communication with the memory. The processing circuitry of a device is configured to form a most probable mode (MPM) candidate list for a chroma block of the video data stored to the memory, such that the MPM candidate list includes one or more derived modes (DMs) associated with a luma block of the video data associated with the chroma block, and a plurality of luma prediction modes that can be used for coding luminance components of the video data. The processing circuitry is further configured to select a mode from the MPM candidate list, and to code the chroma block according to the mode selected from the MPM candidate list.
US11310535B2
A deblocking filtering control involves deciding whether to apply deblocking filtering to sample values in a sample block in a picture and in a neighboring sample block in the picture based on i) whether illumination compensation is enabled for sample prediction values in a first prediction block in a reference picture for said sample block and/or ii) whether illumination compensation is enabled for sample prediction values in a second prediction block in said reference picture or another reference picture for said neighboring sample block. The sample block and the neighboring sample block are separated in the picture by a block boundary. This decision to apply deblocking filtering based on whether illumination compensation is enabled reduces blocking artefacts that may otherwise arise in certain pictures of a video sequence.
US11310532B2
A method or device for reconstructing image data representative of original image data from decoded image data and parameters obtained from a bitstream is described. The parameters having been processed from the original image data. The method includes checking if parameters are lost, corrupted or not aligned with the decoded image data whose graphics or overlay is added to, when at least one of the parameters is lost, corrupted or not aligned with the decoded image data whose graphics or overlay is added to; selecting a recovery mode according to an information data indicating how the parameters have been processed; and recovering the at least one lost, corrupted or not aligned parameter by applying the selected recovery mode, the reconstruction of image data then taking also into account the recovered parameters.
US11310521B2
Given that decoder side motion vector refinement/derivation is a normative aspect of a coding system, the encoder will also have to perform the same error surface technique in order to not have any drift between the encoder's reconstruction and the decoder's reconstruction. Hence, all aspects of all embodiments are applicable to both encoding and decoding systems. In template matching, the refinement movement occurs only in the reference starting from the sub-pixel accurate center that is derived based on the explicitly signaled merge index or implicitly through cost evaluations. In bilateral matching (with or without averaged template), the refinements start in the reference lists L0 and L1 starting from the respective sub-pixel accurate centers that are derived based on the explicitly signaled merge index or implicitly through cost evaluations.
US11310516B2
In some embodiments, a method receives a probability distribution of a likelihood that a user might view one or more tiles in one or more segments of a video. The video is encoded in different profiles that are associated with different bitrates. An available bandwidth is determined. Then, the method selects a profile for each tile in a segment of the video based on the available bandwidth and the probability distribution for the tiles and sends a request for a respective profile for each tile for playback of the segment of the video.
US11310510B2
A video decoding device and method, including extracting PCM block size information including a threshold, from a bitstream, determining the threshold based on the extracted PCM block size information; parsing a PCM header from the bitstream with respect to an encoded block, only when said encoded block is prediction mode of intra prediction and a block size of said encoded block is equal to or greater than the determined threshold, controlling an entropy decoding process and a PCM decoding process based on the parsed PCM header; parsing transformed data of a prediction error data of an image in the bitstream; and PCM-decoding PCM data of the image in the bitstream, wherein the decoding performs the decoding operation based on the prediction mode being intra prediction and based on the block size of the encoded block being equal to or greater than the determined threshold.
US11310509B2
Video quality analysis may be used in many multimedia transmission and communication applications, such as encoder optimization, stream selection, and/or video reconstruction. An objective VQA metric that accurately reflects the quality of processed video relative to a source unprocessed video may take into account both spatial measures and temporal, motion-based measures when evaluating the processed video. Temporal measures may include differential motion metrics indicating a difference between a frame difference of a plurality of frames of the processed video relative to that of a corresponding plurality of frames of the source video. In addition, neural networks and deep learning techniques can be used to develop additional improved VQA metrics that take into account both spatial and temporal aspects of the processed and unprocessed videos.
US11310507B2
A data output apparatus includes: a video decoder that decodes a video stream to generate a first video signal; an external metadata acquisition unit that acquires one or more pieces of metadata corresponding to one or more first conversion modes; an HDR metadata interpreter that interprets one of the one or more pieces of metadata to acquire characteristic data and conversion auxiliary data; a DR converter that supports one or more second conversion modes and performs conversion processing of a luminance range of the first video signal based on the conversion auxiliary data to generate a second video signal; and an HDMI output unit that outputs the second video signal to a display apparatus.
US11310496B2
A technique for determining a quality value for a subject block of encoded video is provided. Contributing blocks, of the same frame and/or different frames of the subject block, are determined by identifying blocks likely to be a part of the same moving object or background as the subject block. A spatial and/or temporal filter is then applied to the quality values of the contributing blocks and an initial quality value of the subject block. With a spatial filter, quality values for contributing blocks from the same frame are combined and used to modify the quality value of the subject block. With a spatial filter, a temporal characteristic quality value for contributing blocks of one or more other frames (such as the immediately previous frame) is determined and then combined with a quality value representative of the subject block.
US11310471B2
Digital camera systems and methods are described that provide a color digital camera with direct luminance detection. The luminance signals are obtained directly from a broadband image sensor channel without interpolation of RGB data. The chrominance signals are obtained from one or more additional image sensor channels comprising red and/or blue color band detection capability. The red and blue signals are directly combined with the luminance image sensor channel signals. The digital camera generates and outputs an image in YCrCb color space by directly combining outputs of the broadband, red and blue sensors.
US11310469B2
A surveillance apparatus for indicating the detection of motion is provided that can perform a surveillance method. A motion detection unit is configured to detect motion of an object in the field of view of a camera. A processor is configured to identify a region of video data captured by the camera that includes the motion of the object. A determination unit is configured to determine perimeter data that represents at least a portion of a perimeter of the region of the video data. A combining unit is configured to combine the perimeter data with a video feed captured by a different camera.
US11310468B2
Systems and methods for interactive site resource management are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the system and method collects and accesses local geospatially-referenced landscape and site survey data in the field as facilitated by selectable content views, the gathered landscape and site survey data synthesized with baseline geospatially-referenced landscape and site survey data. In one aspect, the synthesized landscape and site geospatially-referenced survey data may be used by a project lead or authority agent, to create a landscape and/or site report, an authorized development plan, a master landscape and/or site survey, and/or as-built development plans. In certain embodiments, the synthesized landscape site survey data is presented as an augmented reality display.
US11310460B2
An image processing method includes: receiving first and second frames; generating multiple motion vectors based on the first and second frames, wherein one of the motion vectors corresponds to a first block of the first frame and a second block of the second frame; calculating a to-be-compensated position of a compensated block, a first motion vector between the compensated block and the first block, and a second motion vector between the compensated block and the second block; determining whether a sum of the to-be-compensated position, a compensation value, and the first motion vector or the second motion vector exceeds a target range in order to set a blending coefficient; modifying first data of the first block or second data of the second block based on the blending coefficient; and generating interpolated data based on the modified first data or the modified second data.
US11310454B2
Provided are a pixel circuit and an associated image sensor, including an inverting input circuit, an active load and a signal reading circuit. Each pixel circuit includes a light sensing component, a transmission switch, a reset switch and a unity gain buffer. The transmission switch is series-connected between the light sensing component and the transmission switch. The unity gain buffer is connected to a node of connection of the transmission switch and the reset switch. The signal read circuit reads a sensing signal of the light sensing component through the unity gain buffer. An output signal of the unity gain buffer varies with an input signal of the unity gain buffer, attaining a linear relationship between the output signal and the input signal. Therefore, the photoelectric conversion curve of each pixel circuit is linear.
US11310452B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus which make it possible to improve pixel property. Provided is a solid-state imaging device, including a first electrode formed on a semiconductor layer, a photoelectric conversion layer formed on the first electrode, a second electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion layer, and a third electrode disposed between the first electrode and an adjacent first electrode, and electrically insulated. A voltage of the third electrode is controlled to a voltage corresponding to a detection result which contributes to control of discharge of charges or assist for transfer of charges. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.
US11310449B2
Provided is a new solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus capable of eliminating streaking. Provided is a solid-state imaging device including: plurality of pixels provided in a pixel region on a substrate in a matrix form; a plurality of first wirings commonly provided to each of the plurality of pixels arranged along a first direction; a second wiring capacitively coupled to each of the plurality of first wirings; and a second detection unit that is electrically connected to the second wiring and detects a second signal appearing on the second wiring.
US11310445B2
This application provides a dynamic vision sensor. The sensor converts an optical signal into an electrical signal by using a photoelectric conversion unit, to generate a photovoltage; performs second-order difference on the photovoltage by using a second-order differential circuit; and generates a second-order event signal based on a result of second-order difference. A camera including the sensor can generate an image based on the second-order event signal, where the image represents a change of a light change speed.
US11310444B2
Provided is a solid-state image pickup element that includes a pixel, a light-receiving-surface-sided trench, and a light-receiving-surface-sided shielding member. A plurality of protrusions is formed on the light-receiving surface of the pixel in the solid-state image pickup element. In addition, the light-receiving-surface-sided trench is formed around the pixel having the plurality of protrusions formed, at the light-receiving surface in the solid-state image pickup element. In addition, the light-receiving-surface-sided member is buried in the light-receiving-surface-sided trench formed around the pixel having the plurality of protrusions formed on the light-receiving surface in the solid-state image pickup element. In addition, the photoelectric conversion region of a near-infrared-light pixel expands to the surface side opposed to the light-receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion region of a visible-light pixel. In addition, a trench is further formed inside the pixel at a surface opposed to the light-receiving surface.
US11310438B2
The present disclosure relates to transmission electron microscopy for evaluation of biological matter. According to an embodiment, the present disclosure further relates to an apparatus for determining the structure and/or elemental composition of a sample using 4D STEM, comprising a direct bombardment detector operating with global shutter readout, processing circuitry configured to acquire images of bright-field disks using either a contiguous array or non-contiguous array of detector pixel elements, correct distortions in the images, align each image of the images based on a centroid of the bright-field disk, calculate a radial profile of the images, normalize the radial profiles by a scaling factor, calculate the rotationally-averaged edge profile of the bright-field disk, and determine elemental composition within the specimen based on the characteristics of the edge profile of the bright-field disk corresponding to each specimen location.
US11310436B2
Systems and methods for moving image capture from video displays that use pulse width modulation (PWM) control are disclosed. In particular, systems and methods for synchronizing display and camera timing so as to reduce or eliminate artifacts appearing in the captured moving images due to unsynchronized interaction between camera shutter/exposure timing and the timing of the display PWM control signal.
US11310429B2
The present disclosure relates to a thermal image monitoring apparatus and a distributing panel having the same. According to the present disclosure, a rotation-vibration reduction unit and a horizontal vibration reduction unit can prevent relative sliding between a base and a bracket and between the bracket and a thermal image camera, and also reduce vibration in a rotating direction or one direction by virtue of contact with each other.
US11310420B2
What is described are a method and a device, wherein two types of individual images are captured, namely a set of individual images captured simultaneously, and a further set of individual images captured in temporal succession. Among said two sets of individual images, individual images are selected which in combination result in a panoramic image.
US11310418B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for automated detection of a moving area of interest, such as a ball, in a video stream of filed sports with a common object of interest encompassing a plurality of players and the object of interest. Images of a sports ground are captured by means of a video camera system producing a video stream which is digitally processed to continuously identify a detected concentration of action within the boundaries of the field. The concentration of action in the field is determined based on an estimated position of the object of interest in at least one frame of the video stream. Players' postures or orientations may be detected to improve the accuracy of the determination of the object of interest.
US11310416B2
There is provided a control device that controls a moving apparatus to which an image capturing apparatus including a zoom lens is mounted, the device comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain lens information including information pertaining to a zoom position of the zoom lens; and a control unit configured to control movement of the moving apparatus based on the lens information.
US11310415B2
A computer-implemented camera function control method of an electronic device includes receiving a user selection, the user selection corresponding to a camera function selected from a camera list which includes a plurality of camera functions of a camera application installed on the electronic device, the plurality of camera functions each being configured in a package form to be operable in an individual camera mode of the camera application; and constructing, using a package of the camera function corresponding to the user selection, a user interface for image capturing.
US11310406B2
A photographing module includes a metal cover, a base, a lens portion and a leaf spring. The lens portion is displaceably disposed in an inner space. The leaf spring is assembled with the lens portion and includes an inner fixing portion, an outer fixing portion and an elastic portion. The inner fixing portion is assembled with the lens portion. The outer fixing portion contacts and is fixedly disposed with the metal cover. The elastic portion connects the inner fixing portion and the outer fixing portion. The leaf spring further includes a plurality of contact portions and a plurality of auxiliary elastic portions. Each of the auxiliary elastic portions connects the outer fixing portion and one of the contact portions. For the leaf spring, only the contact portions thereof contact side plates of the metal cover.
US11310402B2
An image capturing device including a cover plate, an image capturing module, a frame body, a first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer is provided. The frame body and the image capturing module are located on the same side of the cover plate. The frame body is joined to the cover plate through the first adhesive layer. The image capturing module is joined to the frame body through the second adhesive layer. An orthographic projection of the second adhesive layer on the cover plate falls within an orthographic projection of the frame body on the cover plate.
US11310400B2
In embodiments, an electronic device comprises a housing including a printed circuit board (PCB) in an inner space thereof; and a camera module assembly disposed in the inner space and including: a module housing; a first camera module having a first camera housing, the first camera module disposed in at least a part of the module housing and including a first flexible PCB (FPCB) drawn out of the module housing and connected to the PCB; and a second camera module having a second camera housing separate from the first camera housing, the second camera module disposed in the module housing to be adjacent to the first camera module and including a second FPCB drawn out of the module housing and electrically connected to the PCB, wherein the first and second FPCBs are overlapped at least in part with each other, when the module housing is viewed from above, and drawn to face a same direction.
US11310399B2
A portable video and imaging system includes a camera for capturing video of an event, and a video recording device for recording the captured video of the event. The camera is housed in a first housing, the recording device is housed in a second housing, and the first and second housings are physically separate. Various embodiments provide for the system to be mounted to a user's body, an article of clothing, such as a shirt or a hat, to a vehicle, or to an ancillary component carried by the user, such as a firearm.
US11310396B2
A color management system includes an external apparatus and a printing apparatus. The external apparatus includes a first controller including a first processor and a first memory to send a color verification setting, including at least sheet information, that is set for a color verification operation, and a color verification execution condition that is set for the color verification operation to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a second controller including a second processor and a second memory to receive the color verification setting and the color verification execution condition from the external apparatus, print a chart image on a sheet corresponding to the sheet information included in the color verification setting in accordance with having satisfied the color verification execution condition, measure the chart image printed on the sheet, and transmit data obtained by a measurement of the chart image to the external apparatus.
US11310393B2
Certain examples described herein relate to a color processing apparatus and a method of generating configuration data for a color rendering device. The color rendering device operates based on color state instructions indicating output color states for portions of a rendered output. Render data may be generated by applying a halftone matrix and color data may indicate probability values for the output color states for input image areas corresponding to the portions of the rendered output. In described examples, configuration data defines an order of output color states for application of the halftone matrix. In the order, the output color states are grouped within the data based on color properties of a rendered output and an order within the clusters is based on colorant composition.
US11310388B2
A scanner includes a reading unit that reads an image of a paper, a medium feeding portion that is capable of selecting a first feeding mode in which a separation feeding for separately feeding a paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper is overlapped with each other is performed and a second feeding mode in which a non-separation feeding for collectively feeding the paper bundle without separating is performed, and a pair of first transporting rollers and a pair of second transporting rollers that transport the paper fed by the medium feeding portion, in a case in which the medium feeding portion feeds the paper in the second feeding mode, a first driven roller and a second driven roller respectively constituting the pair of first transporting rollers and the pair of second transporting rollers are driven in a rotation direction where the paper is transported.
US11310386B2
An information processing apparatus includes a memory that stores each of a plurality of documents, and a processor, in which the processor is configured to receive, from a manager who manages a first step of outputting a first document and a manager who manages a second step of inputting a second document which has content common to the first document and is stored later than the first document among the plurality of documents, first instructions as to whether or not to permit first processing of inputting a document, which is output from the first step, to the second step, and perform the first processing in a case where both the received first instructions permit the first processing.
US11310380B2
An image processing apparatus includes an image reader, an input operation unit including a display, an interface configured to receive, from an external medium, setting information for processing of an image read by the image reader, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the display to display a first setting screen for processing the image when the setting information is not received from the external medium and to control the display to display a second setting screen for processing the image when the setting information is received from the external medium. The second setting screen indicates that an operational setting designated by the setting information has already been set on the image processing apparatus.
US11310378B2
A system includes an image processing device connected to a transmission and reception device that communicates with an external device, and a terminal device connected to a display device. The image processing device includes an evaluation value calculation processor that calculates, for each of two or more types of output modes, an evaluation value of output image data when image data is output in the output mode, and an evaluation information transmitter that transmits evaluation information including information based on the evaluation value for each of the output modes, to the terminal device, via the transmission and reception device. The terminal device includes a display controller that performs control of displaying, for each of the output modes, the information based on the evaluation value corresponding to the output mode, on the display device, if the evaluation information is received.
US11310375B2
In an image forming apparatus including a controller, a display, and an image former, and being capable of executing a processing function by a voice operation, the controller performs controls to display, on the display, a voice operation screen including a command in response to a command to start an operation through a voice operation of a user, and execute a job in the image former in response to a command to execute the job being input by voice through a voice operation.
US11310371B2
An information processing device includes a storage configured to store a machine-learned model, a reception section configured to receive error information and operation information transmitted from an electronic apparatus, and a processor configured to determine whether a notification indicating error information is to be made for a user. The machine-learned model mechanically learns a condition of the notification indicating error information to be made to the user based on a data set in which the error information, the operation information, and action information indicating user action performed in response to the notification of the error information are associated with one another.
US11310359B2
A data processing system that, in one embodiment, uses smart reminders to allow a user to decline an incoming phone or messaging call and to cause the system to set a smart reminder about the call. In one embodiment, the system can use the system's current state or context (e.g. the system is in a car or is playing a movie) to determine the type of reminder options to present to the user and to determine when to trigger the reminder based on the reminder option that is selected by the user.
US11310355B2
A radio frequency module that simultaneously receives a first reception signal and a second reception signal includes: a module board including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board; a first reception low noise amplifier that is disposed in a first semiconductor IC and amplifies the first reception signal; a second reception low noise amplifier that is disposed in a second semiconductor IC different from the first semiconductor IC and amplifies the second reception signal; and an external-connection terminal that is disposed on the second principal surface. At least one of the first semiconductor IC or the second semiconductor IC is disposed on the second principal surface.
US11310351B2
Methods and systems for developing an object for connecting multiple platforms to a universal framework are disclosed. A selection of a developer tool for a universal framework from a plurality of developer tools is received at an interface for developing an object at a computer system, wherein the developer tool makes use of data by the object. The object is compiled with the developer tool such that the object will execute at a target device and make use of the data from a plurality of devices using the plurality of different protocols in the universal framework.
US11310335B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide for systems and methods of efficiently scheduling the execution of user-provided functions on available serverless computing vendor platforms using a Function as a Service (“FaaS”) gateway, wherein the FaaS gateway provides the function code to one of the available serverless computing vendor platforms based on service parameters provided by each platform.
US11310331B2
The subject matter of this specification generally relates to pre-caching data for a predicted future action. In some implementations, a client device includes a data storage device having a cache that stores data received for one or more mobile applications and a data processing apparatus that communicates with the data storage device and a display. A user interface context can be determined for a given user interface being presented for a given application. A predicted next action that a user of the client device will perform at the given user interface can be determined based on the user interface context. Prior to detecting the predicted next action, a request for next action data that will be presented in response to the user performing the predicted next action can be transmitted over a network. The next action data can be received and stored in the cache.
US11310330B2
Technologies and techniques for requesting, analyzing and transmitting data from driver assistance systems (DAS) on a vehicle to an external user. Sensors of the vehicle's DAS determine DAS data, and save the DAS data and summary in a vehicle-side swarm data aggregator. The summary of the DAS data may be transmitted to a swarm memory of an external backend computer, and an analysis device analyzes the summary of the DAS data. The analysis device requests the DAS data saved in the swarm data aggregator if the analysis of the summary shows that relevant DAS data is present in the swarm data aggregator. The DAS data is transmitted from the swarm data aggregator on the vehicle to the swarm memory of the backend computer on the basis of the request. The DAS data may then be transferred from the swarm memory to the external user for further use.
US11310326B2
Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate meter to meter matching for media identification. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an unknown signature comparer, a stack counter, and a reference database updater. The unknown signature comparer is to select a candidate unknown signature segment meeting a threshold length from a set of unknown signature segments collected at a first audience measurement location and to compare individual signatures of the candidate unknown signature segment with a collection of unknown signature segments collected at a second audience measurement location. The stack counter is to count a number of times that the candidate unknown signature segment matches unknown signature segments in the collection and to identify the candidate unknown signature segment as a matched signature segment when the number of times meets a counter threshold. The reference database updater is to store the matched signature segment in a signature reference database.
US11310324B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, at a computing device, information associated with an entity from one or more social media sites. One or more attributes for the information associated with the entity is identified. A relevance profile associated with the one or more attributes is generated. A plurality of posts from the one or more social media sites is identified, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of posts includes at least a portion of the one or more attributes for the information associated with the entity. At least the portion of the plurality of posts is ordered on a display based upon, at least in part, the relevance profile associated with the one or more attributes.
US11310318B2
In one illustrated example, automated or semi-automated system operations for Massive IoT (MIoT) deployment may involve the automatic assignment of external IDs, subscriber IDs (e.g. IMSIs), and mobile network IDs (e.g. MSISDNs) to IoT devices of a group, followed by the provisioning of assigned identities at the relevant network nodes and the IoT devices themselves. The process may continue seamlessly with network slice orchestration for the creation of a network slice instance (NSI) and the provisioning of its associated Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI) and NSI ID at the relevant network nodes. Network Slice Selection Policies (NSSP) may be derived and sent to a policy function and subsequently to IoT devices of the group. Signaling efficiency may be achieved by performing operations on a group basis.
US11310314B1
A method and system for synchronization data across applications installed on mobile and desktop devices and remote server uses a mail server. The data to be sent to applications is included in electronic message body or attachment and sent to a predefined email account. The email account is processed via listener applications according to a processing rule such as sender's email address, sender's domain, header information, or metadata. When an email matches the rule, an action is triggered that acquires data from attachment of email or body and updates local storage.
US11310313B2
Multi-threaded processing of search responses returned by search peers is disclosed. An example method may include transmitting, by a computer system, a search request to a plurality of search peers of a data aggregation and analysis system; receiving, by a first processing thread, a plurality of data packets from the plurality of search peers; parsing, by a second processing thread operating asynchronously with respect to the first processing thread, one or more data packets of the plurality of data packets, to produce a partial response to the search request; splitting the partial response into two or more fields; and generating, based on the two or more fields of the partial response, an aggregated response to the search request.
US11310306B2
Approaches for updating a firmware file in a network having multiple transceiver nodes and being capable of receiving and transmitting the firmware file include dividing the firmware file into multiple of chunks, each chunk being able to be included in a single data packet transmitted between two of the transceiver nodes; transmitting each of the chunks from the first one of the transceiver nodes to the second one of the transceiver nodes; transmitting a request message from the first one of the transceiver nodes to the second one of the transceiver nodes, the request message including information associated with the chunks that have been transmitted in step (b); and transmitting a responding message from the second one of the transceiver nodes to the first one of the transceiver nodes, the responding message including information associated with one or more chunks that are included in the request message but not received by the second one of the transceiver nodes.
US11310305B1
Systems and methods for locating microserver nodes in proximity to edge devices using georouting are disclosed. Microservers automatically form a global peer-to-peer network to serve edge functions and content to edge devices. Edge devices use HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to execute serverless functions or otherwise retrieve data from edge nodes and/or microservers located in proximity to the HTTP client. The cloud platform locates the nearest edge node and/or microserver. Edge devices georoute HTTP requests to the nearest edge node and/or microserver. Serverless functions are implemented in secure, isolated environments using a blockchain.
US11310297B2
A method includes receiving from a transmitting data interface, a data stream mapping of a data input into data shards for transmission in a data stream over a data stream communication channel. Data capacity for a data producing software application from a plurality of data producing software applications is adjusted by increasing or decreasing a number of data shards in the data stream assigned to the data producing software application. An updated data stream mapping of the data input into the plurality of data shards is generated by updating a start hash key and an end hash key in a range for each of the data shards assigned to the data producing software application. The updated data stream mapping is sent to the transmitting data interface for adjusting the data capacity in the data stream transmitted over the data stream communication channel of the data producing software application.
US11310286B2
A method for providing external access into a secured networked virtualization environment, includes performing a leadership election amongst nodes of the secured networked virtualization environment to elect a leader node, assigning a cluster virtual IP address to the leader node and generating a reverse tunnel, using a processor, by the leader node to allow for an external entity to communicate with the secured networked virtualization environment.
US11310283B1
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for implementing an efficient and flexible policy-driven approach to securing a computing device. For example, systems disclosed herein can identify any number of security policies including configuration states associated with configuration settings of a client device. The systems disclosed herein can further enforce the security policies by performing an enforcement operation including an idempotent operation that enables a computing device to both diagnose as well as remedy security issues identified by an agent on a computing device. The systems disclosed herein further include features and functionality that enable a computing device to be compliant with multiple security standards without performing redundant enforcement operations.
US11310281B2
A method, implemented using an authentication monitoring (AM) computer device, for monitoring an execution of a digital authentication program is provided. The method includes receiving an authentication data file from an authenticating computer device executing the digital authentication program, wherein the authenticating computer device is associated with an authenticating entity, processing the authentication data file to extract at least one authentication value, testing the authentication value against at least one authentication rule associated with the digital authentication program, determining that a stored metric for the authenticating computer device fails to meet a predefined benchmark, wherein the stored metric is associated with the digital authentication program, and initiating an authentication remediation process, wherein the authentication remediation process causes an update to the digital authentication program used by the authenticating computer device.
US11310275B2
A threat management facility detects a device on an enterprise network and determines whether the device is one of a set of managed devices for the enterprise network. When the device is not one of the set of managed devices, the threat management facility may selectively direct the device to a portal that provides support to the user of the device while the device awaits admission to the enterprise network. As the user interacts with the portal, the portal may manage admission of unrecognized devices onto the enterprise network while making efficient use of network administrator resources.
US11310270B1
A system and method for accelerating a cybersecurity event detection and remediation includes extracting corpora of feature data from a suspicious electronic communication, wherein the corpora of feature data comprise at least one corpus of text data extracted from a body of the suspicious electronic communication; computing at least one text embedding value for the suspicious electronic communication; evaluating the text embedding values of the corpus of text data against an n-dimensional mapping of adverse electronic communication vectors, the n-dimensional mapping comprising a plurality of historical electronic communication vectors derived for a plurality of historical electronic communications; identifying whether the suspicious electronic communication comprises one of an adverse electronic communication based on the evaluation of the text embedding value, and accelerating a cybersecurity event detection by routing data associated with the suspicious electronic communication to one of a plurality of distinct threat mitigation routes.
US11310259B2
A system for using artificial intelligence to generate a computing network architecture diagram based on user inputs, applicable vulnerability/cyber threat data and internal/external compliance/audit regulation data. In addition, machine-learning techniques may be used that leverage previously implemented computing network architectures. The computing network architecture diagram may be generated absent a baseline diagram or the user inputs may define at least a portion of an initial/baseline network architecture diagram that is modified based on the vulnerability/cyber threat data, the internal/external compliance/audit regulation data and/or the previously implemented computing network architectures. In additional embodiments of the invention, new/emerging vulnerabilities and cyber threats are detected, and in real-time response, adjustments to the computing network infrastructure and determined and implemented.
US11310258B2
Systems, methods, and related technologies for determining a risk associated with a network portion are described. The determination of risk associated with a network portion may include accessing network traffic from a network and determining an entity type associated with at least one entity communicatively coupled to the network. A network portion associated with the at least one entity can be determined. A risk associated with the at least one entity can be determined. A risk associated with the network portion associated with the at least one entity can be determined based on the risk associated with the at least one entity. The risk associated with the network portion can then be stored.
US11310255B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying malicious traffic associated with a website. One method includes receiving website traffic metadata comprising a plurality of variables, the website traffic metadata being associated with a plurality of website visitors to the website; determining a total number of occurrences associated with at least two of the plurality of variables of the website traffic metadata; generating a plurality of pairs comprising combinations of the plurality of variables of the website traffic metadata; determining a total number of occurrences associated with each pair of the plurality of pairs of combinations of the plurality of variables of the website traffic metadata; determining a plurality of visitor actions associated with the plurality of variables of the website traffic metadata; clustering each of the plurality of pairs and the plurality of visitor actions associated with the plurality of variables of the website traffic metadata into groups; and determining, based on the clustering of the plurality of pairs and the plurality of visitor actions, whether each of the plurality of website visitors are malicious visitors.
US11310254B2
A security system detects anomalous activity in a network. The system logs user activity, which can include ports used, compares users to find similar users, sorts similar users into cohorts, and compares new user activity to logged behavior of the cohort. The comparison can include a divergence calculation. Origins of user activity can also be used to determine anomalous network activity. The hostname, username, IP address, and timestamp can be used to calculate aggregate scores and convoluted scores.
US11310247B2
A machine-readable medium may store instructions executable by a processing resource to access log data of an enterprise and extract time-series data of an enterprise entity from the log data. The time-series data may include measured feature values of a set of selected features over a series of time periods. The instructions may be further executable to train a predictive model specific to the enterprise entity using the time-series data, wherein the predictive model is to generate, for a particular time period, a predicted feature value for each of the selected features; access actual feature values of the enterprise entity for the particular time period; apply first-level deviation criteria to the actual feature value and the predicted feature value of each selected feature to identify deviant features of the enterprise entity; and apply second-level deviation criteria to the identified deviant features to identify the enterprise entity as behaving abnormally.
US11310246B2
In one embodiment, a traffic inspection service executed by an intermediary device obtains, from a monitoring agent executed by an endpoint device, keying information for an encrypted traffic session between the endpoint device and a remote entity. The traffic inspection service provides a notification to the monitoring agent that acknowledges receipt of the keying information. The traffic inspection service uses the keying information to decrypt encrypted traffic from the encrypted traffic session. The traffic inspection service applies a policy to the encrypted traffic session between the endpoint device and the remote entity, based on the decrypted traffic from the session.
US11310245B2
This disclosure describes techniques for calculating a vulnerability score for a malicious threat based on Indicator of Compromise (IoC) metadata retrieved from a computing device or underlying network. Further, an Indicator of Compromise (IoC) Calculation (IoC-C) system is described that may monitor a client interaction on a computing device, and further identify IoC metadata that may relate to a malicious threat. The IoC-C system may further generate a vulnerability score that numerically quantifies a risk that the malicious threat poses to the computing device or underlying network. The vulnerability score may account for environmental criteria that mitigate an effect of the malicious threat. The IoC-C system may also generate a reporting data packet that includes an informational message identifying a potential risk posed by a malicious threat, or a response protocol that dynamically prevents, mitigates or quarantines an effect of the malicious threat on a computing device or underlying network.
US11310244B2
Examples in this application disclose information sharing methods, media, and systems. One example computer-implemented method includes identifying, in a trusted execution environment (TEE), a transaction for invoking a smart contract, where the transaction is a first transaction initiated by a first institution or a second transaction initiated by a second institution, the first transaction comprise a first user identity of a first user and encrypted data of the first user, and the second transaction comprise a second user identity of a second user, updating accumulative invoking information for the smart contract based on the transaction, determining whether the updated accumulative invoking information satisfies an execution condition for the smart contract, executing the smart contract to obtain a user verification result to verify data of the second user, and sending the user verification result to the second institution.
US11310242B2
A system for performing security functions in a service-oriented computer system includes a router node configured to forward at least one packet of at least one service request to at least one server computer adapted to process the at least one service request; a first server node configured to execute, for the at least one packet, a first protocol layer of a network protocol stack, determine whether the at least one packet is compliant at the first protocol layer, and provide the at least one packet to a second server node responsive to determining that the at least one packet is compliant at the first protocol layer. The second server node is configured to execute, for the at least one packet, a second protocol layer of the network protocol stack, and determine whether the at least one packet is compliant at the second protocol layer.
US11310239B2
A network connection method, a hotspot terminal, and a management terminal are provided. A hotspot terminal receives an Internet access request sent by a mobile terminal, sends an input request to the mobile terminal according to the received Internet access request; receives user identity information sent by the mobile terminal; receives a permission confirmation instruction that is entered by an administrator according to the user identity information; determines Internet access permission of the mobile terminal according to the received permission confirmation instruction. According to the network connection method provided in the embodiments of the present application, the tedious and complex process where a mobile terminal logging into a remote network by using a hotspot terminal is significantly improved.
US11310237B2
A system includes at least one processor to receive training data and generate at least one machine learning rule based on the training data to apply when a condition occurs, continually monitor at least one resource associated with a computing network for the condition in the computing network that may trigger an authorization control modification, the condition comprising one of an active project that uses the at least one resource, a security alert level change, a resource locality change, metadata associated with the condition, a skill assessment, and a business state analysis, determine that the condition has occurred in the computing network, and dynamically and automatically modify a user authorization control for at least one particular user responsive to the machine learning rule.
US11310214B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including: an input unit including buttons; a plurality of sensors; and a controller configured to generate at least one authentication information based on at least some of the plurality of sensors, calculate a final security level score based on a security level score corresponding to the at least one authentication information, and determine whether a target service or a target external device is accessible, depending on the final security level score, wherein the security level score is set differently based on a type of the at least one authentication information. Accordingly, it is possible to easily access the target service or the target external device through multi-factor authentication.
US11310212B2
Techniques for encrypting content in a content distribution network are disclosed. The content distribution network may comprise a number of national and local sites, and a number of hubs at each local sites. A content segment encrypting device may be operative at a local site to encrypt and cache segments of content. The segment encrypting device may provide the segments to streaming devices that encode content for delivery downstream to network or user devices.
US11310210B2
A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for applying a unified governance and integration platform to social media data. Data integration definitions for managing and protecting social media data are received. After receiving the data integration definitions for social media data, data integration externalization, governance catalog externalization or lineage externalization may be performed. For example, social media data may be extracted from a database system by a governance and integration unit (“unit”) using the data integration definitions. The extracted social media data is then transformed and loaded to the social media data system via a connector linking the data from the unit to the social media data system. In another example, social media data is extracted from the social media data system by the unit, such as via the connector, using the data integration definitions and then transformed and loaded to the database system for analysis.
US11310204B2
A method for accessing a web-based repository service from a cloud platform is provided. The method may include receiving, at a gateway controller, a first request from an endpoint to access the web-based repository service. Upon successfully verifying the first request, a redirect request to a reverse proxy at the gateway controller may be returned to the endpoint. The redirect request may include a cryptographic signature and the first request. The reverse proxy may respond to the redirect request from the endpoint by accessing, on behalf of the endpoint, the web-based repository service to store and/or retrieve data. The web-based repository service may be accessed by sending, to the web-based repository service, an encrypted second request corresponding to the first request. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
US11310179B2
Provided herein are CRISPR/Cas methods and compositions for targeting RNA molecules, which can be used to detect, edit, or modify a target RNA.
US11310168B2
An electrical computer system processing architecture for providing an indication of activity in the electrical computer system, the electrical computer system processing architecture comprising a plurality of client computers connected to at least one server by a computer network. Each of the client computers is configured to provide requests to the at least one server. The or each server comprises a store for storing requests provided by the plurality of client computers. The or each server is configured to match complementary requests from the plurality of client computers stored in the store. Following the matching of complementary requests, the or each server counts unmatched requests corresponding to one or other of the complementary requests in the store, and outputs the counted number of unmatched requests to provide the indication of activity in the computer system.
US11310164B1
A network device includes queues for queuing packets, and functional circuitry to provide a processing resource to be shared by the queues. Further, the network device includes a first-in-first-out (FIFO) selection circuit that receives tokens respectively associated with the queues. The FIFO selection circuit buffers and outputs the tokens in a first-in-first-out manner. When a token is output by the FIFO selection circuit, a queue associated with the token is selected to provide a packet for the functional circuitry to process. When a queue associated with an output token having at least a second packet in the queue after the queue outputs a first packet, the FIFO selection circuit re-buffers the output token associated with the queue to permit the queue to output the second packet once the output token associated with the queue is again output by the FIFO selection circuit.
US11310160B2
A bandwidth information notification method includes: obtaining bandwidth information of a microwave link; and sending a plurality of OAM messages carrying the bandwidth information to an endpoint, wherein first one or more OAM messages of the plurality of OAM messages are sent more quickly than at least one of the rest of the plurality of OAM messages.
US11310155B1
A category of auxiliary tasks (such as routing configuration management or packet content transformation) associated with transmission of network packets between sets of network endpoints is determined. A virtual router is configured to transmit the packets between the sets of network endpoints. Connectivity is enabled between the virtual router and an auxiliary task offloading resource. Results of an auxiliary task performed at the offloading resource are used to transmit at least some packets between the sets of network endpoints.
US11310151B2
Systems and methods manage lookups for network repository functions (NRFs). A network device, such as a NRF, receives a discovery request for a network function instance in a wireless core network. The discovery request includes a hop limit value. The network device determines if a result for the discovery request is available and determines if the hop limit value is greater than a stop value, when the result for the discovery request is not available. The network device forwards the discovery request to another network device when the result for the discovery request is not available and when the hop limit value is greater than the stop value. The network device sends a terminal response to the discovery request when the hop limit value is not greater than the stop value.
US11310149B1
Systems and methods are provided to enable packets of network traffic to be routed to a network appliance. Bidirectional flows of network traffic can be routed to the same network appliance based on flow information of the corresponding packets. A network device may intercept the packet corresponding to a first flow and route the packet to a specific network appliance based on the first flow information. The network device may generate a direction agnostic tuple value based on data groups of the first flow information. The network device may propagate the direction agnostic tuple value across availability zones to a second network device in a different availability zone to store the direction agnostic tuple value for use for subsequent packets. The second network device can receive a second packet and transmit the second packet to the same network appliance based on the direction agnostic tuple value.
US11310141B2
In one embodiment, a service tracks performance of a machine learning model over time. The machine learning model is used to monitor one or more computer networks based on data collected from the one or more computer networks. The service also tracks performance metrics associated with training of the machine learning model. The service determines that a degradation of the performance of the machine learning model is anomalous, based on the tracked performance of the machine learning model and performance metrics associated with training of the model. The service initiates a corrective measure for the degradation of the performance, in response to determining that the degradation of the performance is anomalous.
US11310131B2
A data network analysis system includes a computer-executable set of instructions that obtain service account information associated with a route provided to a customer through a data communication network having network elements. Using the service account information, the instructions identify a termination port that terminates the route to a customer premises equipment of the customer, and at least one target port of the route and those network elements that are assigned to convey the route through one or more of the network elements. The instructions then obtain the routing information for the route from each of the network elements that are assigned to convey the route.
US11310129B1
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from an agent device; extracting, by the computing device, information from the URL; assigning, by the computing device, a ticket to an agent based on the information from the URL and an agent registry; updating, by the computing device and in response to the assigning, a dispatch list; and notifying, by the computing device and in response to the assigning, the agent of the assigning the ticket to the agent.
US11310128B2
Service deployment in the conventional network is very complicated. Operator needs to plan the service path in advance, and then manually configure the policy for each node on the service path. The software-definable network service configuration method disclosed in the present invention is different from the conventional network. On the one hand, the control layer has a global network resource view to more easily plan service paths for service requests. On the other hand, the control layer adopts a centralized management of physical switch nodes in the data layer via a southbound interface, which makes it easier to automatically implement policy configuration in physical switch nodes.
US11310127B2
Examples of an apparatus and method for provisioning a service are described. Descriptors are described that represent the service. These are accessed and used to determine a reference required to implement the service. The reference indicates a type of entity and an entity to be passed to a function. The descriptor for the service is instantiated to obtain an instance of the service. This includes obtaining an instance of the type of entity indicated by the reference.
US11310126B2
Operational data in a distributed processing system is managed by monitoring a workload of the system to establish a current assessment of operational data movement between data sources and data targets, receiving historical information on previous data movement including previous instances of movement resulting in a compromise of one or more quality-of-service criteria, determining from the current assessment and historical information that upcoming operational data actions will not meet a particular quality-of-service criterion, and responsively applying a data management optimization infrastructure (data backplane services) adapted to advance the particular quality-of-service criterion according to definitions for the data sources and data targets. The operational outcome is predicted using a cognitive system trained with historical information including historical operational factors correlated with historical operational outcomes relative to the quality-of-service criteria.
US11310118B2
Systems and methods for method for resolving Bluetooth device identity regardless of changes in MAC (Media Access Control) addresses are disclosed. For example, a processing system is disclosed that can establish a set of recognized Bluetooth devices based on a first set of data, receive a second set of data measured during a second time period subsequent to the first time period, and in an instance in which a particular UIADD from the second set of data is not found in the first set of data, determine whether a candidate Bluetooth device that transmitted the particular UIADD is a specific recognized Bluetooth device of the set of recognized Bluetooth devices established based on the first set of data.
US11310116B2
Features are disclosed for facilitating remote management of network directories of organizations by a directory management system. The network directories may change over time, experiencing growth in size and number of current connections, increased latency, reduced performance, and the like. The network directories may also shrink over time, experience fewer connections, etc. Organizations can define scaling policies by which the directory management system can automatically respond to the occurrence of various events, such as changes in the size or usage of the organizations' network directories, by scaling resources associated with the directories. The directory management system can perform various scaling actions on-demand or without requiring additional action by the organizations, thereby reducing the time and effort required by the organizations to monitor their own directories and implement (or request implementation of) changes.
US11310112B2
Automatic server configuration by a switch may include determining, by a firmware interface application of the switch, a configuration pattern for a plurality of servers; generating, by a network caching application of the switch, a network cache; receiving, based on the configuration pattern, a solution stack; storing the solution stack in the network cache; and providing, from the network cache, the solution stack to the plurality of servers.
US11310092B2
An interface is provided for processing digital signals in a standardized format in a distributed antenna system. One example includes a unit disposed in a distributed antenna system. The unit includes an interface section and an output section. The interface section is configured for outputting a first complex digital signal and a second complex digital signal. The first complex digital signal is generated from a digital signal in a standardized format received from a digital base station. The output section is configured for combining the first complex digital signal and the second complex digital signal into a combined digital signal. The output section is also configured for outputting the combined digital signal. The combined digital signal comprises information to be wirelessly transmitted to a wireless user device.
US11310075B2
The present invention provides an asymmetric duplex transmission device and a switching system employing the same. The master device and the slave device communicate with each other through a single clock and full duplex data channels. It can also switch the duplex data channels between a plurality of slave devices under limited resources.
US11310074B2
A first device, for communications on a communications bus is programmed to: identify a configuration on a communications bus comprising one of (1) a second LIN device and no second custom device, (2) the second custom device and no LIN device, and (3) both the second LIN device and the second custom device and select an operating mode specified for communications with the identified bus configuration. A third device for communications on the communications bus is programmed to identify that a fourth device on the communications bus is one of (1) a calibration device programmed to control two-way communications with the third device, (2) a LIN master device programmed to control two-way communications with the third device and (3) a custom master device programmed to only receive messages from the third device; and select an operating mode specified for communication with the other device.
US11310072B2
A transceiver includes a driver stage and a transient-triggered ring suppression circuit. The driver stage has a first transistor coupled between a supply voltage terminal and a first bus terminal and a second transistor coupled between a ground and a second bus terminal. The transient-triggered ring suppression circuit is coupled to the first and second transistors. The transient-triggered ring suppression circuit is configured to be enabled upon transition of the transceiver from a dominant state to a recessive state. Further, while the transceiver is in the recessive state, the transient-triggered ring suppression circuit is configured to attenuate ringing on at least one of the first or second bus terminals.
US11310070B2
A network hub is provided for an onboard network system. The onboard network system includes first and second networks for transmission of first-type and second-type frames following first and second communication protocols. The network hub includes a receiver that receives a first-type frame. A processor determines whether or not the first-type frame received by the receiver includes first information that is a base for a second-type frame to be transmitted to the second network, to obtain a determination result, and selects a port to send a frame based on the first-type frame based on the determination result. A transmitter sends the frame based on the first-type frame to a wired transmission path connected to the port selected by the processor based on the first-type frame received by the receiver.
US11310067B1
A broadband communication system aboard an aircraft includes a steerable antenna, a modem, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines a region on the ground where sidelobes of the radiated signal power pattern are incident. A regulatory power flux density (PFD) envelope is determined. PFD generated by the sidelobes in the region on the ground is estimated based on the ESD pattern of the steerable antenna and the aircraft altitude, attitude, and location. The processing circuitry determines, based on the estimate of the PFD generated by the sidelobes in the region on the ground and based on the regulatory PFD envelope, a target ESD pattern for the steerable antenna. The processing circuitry further controls at least one of: 1) output power of the modem based on the target ESD pattern; and 2) bandwidth of the data traffic output by the modem based on the target ESD pattern.
US11310057B2
One exemplary system described herein can detect a first request associated with invoking a serverless function in a sequence of serverless functions. In response, the system can deploy a primary container and a secondary container in a cloud computing environment. The primary container can execute the serverless function and transmit a second request for invoking a second serverless function in the sequence. The secondary container can intercept the second request and generate a modified second request. The secondary container can then transmit the modified second request to a destination other than an endpoint of the second serverless function, where the destination can cause the second serverless function to be executed in response to receiving the modified second request.
US11310056B2
Methods and systems for obtaining a high trust digital signature from a signer utilizing a high trust signature mobile device are described. Some embodiments include receiving, at the high trust signature mobile device, a signature request regarding a document that requires a high trust digital signature. The signature request includes a one-time signer authentication code. The document that requires the high trust digital signature is displayed on the mobile device. Then a plurality of signer verification elements is obtained. Obtaining a plurality of signer verification elements includes obtaining from the signer a signer-specific password. Furthermore, it includes automatically applying the one-time signer authentication code obtained from the signature request. Then the signature request is replied to by providing the plurality of signer verification elements to a server system for verification. Once the signer verification elements are validated, the high trust signature is applied to the document.
US11310051B2
One or more implementations of the present specification provide a blockchain-based data authorization method and apparatus. The method can include receiving, by a blockchain node, an authentication transaction submitted by a privacy computing platform, where the authentication transaction queries whether a data user has obtained authorization of target data possessed by a data owner, and in response to determining that the data user has obtained authorization of the target data, executing, by the blockchain node, a smart contract invoked by the authentication transaction to provide an authorization token to the privacy computing platform that instructs the privacy computing platform to obtain the target data, and send a computational result of one or more predetermined computational operations based on the target data to the data user.
US11310049B2
Some embodiments are directed to a server device (100) and a client device (200) arranged to authenticating a user of client device (200). The user has access to an authentication string. Server device (100) is configured to encrypt a set of character/position data according to a homomorphic encryption algorithm. The client device allows the user to select a subset from the encrypted set from which a verification number is computed using the homomorphic operation.
US11310046B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for secure identification retrieval. The method includes retrieving a value of a periodic variable and calculating a plurality of query tokens from a corresponding plurality of client device identifiers and the value of the periodic variable. Each query token is associated with a corresponding client device identifier in a first database. The method further includes receiving a first query token calculated from a client device identifier of the first client device and the value of the periodic variable and identifying a second query token of the calculated plurality of query tokens in the first database matching the first query token. The method further includes, responsive to the identification, retrieving the associated client device identifier and retrieving one or more characteristics of the first client device according to the associated client device identifier. The method further includes transmitting the retrieved one or more characteristics.
US11310045B2
A method includes obtaining a plaintext query that includes a sequence of plaintext integers and generating a polynomial having coefficients that include the sequence of plaintext integers of the plaintext query. The method also includes encrypting the polynomial using a secret encryption key and transmitting the encrypted polynomial to a server. The secret encryption key is randomly sampled from a ciphertext space and the server is configured to expand the encrypted polynomial using a public encryption key to obtain a sequence of encrypted integers corresponding to the sequence of plaintext integers. The method also includes receiving an encrypted result from the server. The encrypted result is based on the sequence of encrypted integers.
US11310042B2
A method for securely encrypting and decrypting data wherein a function is processed to obtain a raw key that is an irrational or transcendental number. A sending computing device applies a starting point and length to obtain a shortened key used for encryption. A receiving computing device identifies the function from a received identifier and applies the starting point and length to a mirroring raw key to derive the decryption key.
US11310041B2
A method for a data owner to enforce attribute-based and discretionary access control over a cloud-based data store by specifying an access policy, creating a plurality of users with attributes that satisfy the access policy, and revoking one or more of the plurality of users by embedding their respective identities as revoked into a ciphertext, whereby only those of the plurality of users whose attributes satisfy the access policy and that are not revoked can decrypt the ciphertext.
US11310039B2
The techniques described herein may provide an efficient and secure two-party distributed signing protocol, for example, for the IEEE P1363 standard. For example, in an embodiment, method may comprise generating, at a key generation center, a first partial private cryptographic key for a user ID and a second partial private cryptographic key for the user ID, transmitting the first partial private cryptographic key to a first other device, transmitting the second partial private cryptographic key to a second other device, and generating a distributed cryptographic signature for a message using the first partial private cryptographic key and the second partial private cryptographic key.
US11310036B2
Aspects of the invention include generation of a secure key exchange (SKE) authentication request by an initiator node of a computing environment. A non-limiting example computer-implemented method includes receiving an initialization response message at an initiator channel on an initiator node from a responder channel on a responder node to initiate a secure communication, the receiving at a local key manager (LKM) executing on the initiator node. A set of cryptographic keys is derived based on a security association payload of the initialization response message. A proposal list is built based on one or more security capabilities supported by the initiator channel. An authentication request message is built based at least in part on the set of cryptographic keys and the proposal list. The authentication request message is sent from the LKM to the initiator channel.
US11310035B2
Securing at rest data on a cloud hosted server includes, for each cloud hosted instance of a computer program, creating a key encrypted key (KEK) using a unique customer master key (CMK) corresponding to the instance, but only an encrypted form of the KEK is persisted in a database for the corresponding instance whereas the unencrypted KEK is retained in memory of the encryption process only. Thereafter, in response to a request to persist data by a corresponding instance of the computer program, a data key (DK) is randomly generated and encrypted with the KEK in memory for the corresponding instance. The data itself also is encrypted with the DK and an envelope with the encrypted DK and the encrypted data returned to the requestor, thus ensuring that the data and the encryption keys are never moved or persisted in an un-encrypted form.
US11310022B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a receiver may receive an indication that a plurality of time-domain resources are associated for purposes of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) bundling of a physical channel. The receiver may determine, based at least in part on receiving the indication, a first DMRS pattern for a first subset of time-domain resources of the plurality of time-domain resources of the physical channel, and a second DMRS pattern for a second subset of time-domain resources of the plurality of time-domain resources of the physical channel, the first DMRS pattern and the second DMRS pattern being different DMRS patterns. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11310020B2
The present disclosure provides a method for performing channel estimation using a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method, which is performed by a base station, comprises: when a collision between a DMRS symbol and a synchronization signal block (SSB) occurs, shifting a resource block (RB) of the DMRS symbol where the collision occurs, and all REs bundled with the RE of the DMRS symbol where the collision occurs; transmitting information on the shifted REs to a terminal; and transmitting the DMRS to the terminal on the shifted REs.
US11310016B2
Described is an apparatus of an Evolved Node-B (eNB). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to determine a first Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) sequence and a second SRS sequence. The second circuitry may be operable to process a first Uplink (UL) transmission from the first UE incorporating the first SRS sequence over a first set of subcarrier frequencies. The second circuitry may also be operable to process a second UL transmission from the second UE incorporating the second SRS sequence over a second set of subcarrier frequencies. The second SRS sequence may comprise at least a first block that overlaps the first set of subcarrier frequencies and a second block that does not overlap the first set of subcarrier frequencies.
US11310015B2
Disclosed is a method for a terminal to receive a reference signal in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises: receiving information informing of a mode associated with a repetitive use of a beam for a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS); and receiving a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block and the CSI-RS multiplexed on the basis of the mode, wherein the reception priority for the SS/PBCH block is higher than the reception priority for the CSI-RS.
US11310014B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for information indication and resource determination, and a computer storage medium, which are used to indicate and determine the resource occupation state of a DMRS port, and to save a signaling overhead. The information indication method provided in an embodiment of the present application comprises: determining indication information on a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port resource that a terminal needs to occupy, according to a preset configuration list, wherein the configuration list comprises DMRS group information and DMRS port information; and notifying the terminal of the indication information.
US11310013B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station and user equipment (UE) may use subframe configurations that include dynamically scheduled channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) symbols. For example, a base station may identify a subframe configuration that includes one or more sets of CSI-RS symbols of a subframe. The base station may indicate to a UE whether sets of CSI-RS symbols may be enabled or disabled during the subframe. The UE may receive multiple CSI-RSs at different locations within the subframe as indicated by the base station, and transmit CSI feedback to the base station based on at least one of the received CSI-RSs. In some examples, multiple base stations may coordinate the use of subframe configurations that include CSI-RS symbols that may be enabled or disabled.
US11310010B2
Some embodiments include a method in a wireless device capable of uplink transmission in a wireless communication network. The wireless device comprises a plurality of antenna ports. The method comprises determining one or more subsets of the plurality of antenna ports. Each subset of antenna ports comprises antenna ports that can be coherently combined to form a precoding of a transmission layer for transmitting from the subset of antenna ports. The method further comprises communicating an indication of the one or more subsets to a network node, and receiving, from the network node, an instruction of a precoding to use for an uplink transmission. The instruction is based on the indicated one or more subsets. The method further comprises precoding an uplink transmission based on the received instruction, and transmitting the transmission to the network node.
US11310008B2
A base station transmits a transmission signal to a first device and a second device where the transmission signal includes time-frequency resources using different numerologies and conveys first data to the first device and second data to the second device and common geographic location dependent control information to both devices. The transmission comprises a first set of time-frequency resources having a first numerology and a second set of time-frequency resources having a second numerology. The first data is transmitted over the first set of time-frequency resources and the common geographic location dependent control information is transmitted over the second set of time-frequency resources.
US11310007B2
The 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 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 and apparatus for configuring parameters required for a terminal in a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) system to exchange information with another vehicle terminal or pedestrian terminal via a sidelink are provided.
US11310005B2
Aspects described herein relate to communicating in a wireless network based on a configured set of one or more transmission points (TRPs), receiving an instruction to modify the set of one or more TRPs, modifying, based on the instruction, the set of one or more TRPs to generate a modified set of one or more TRPs, and communicating in the wireless network based on the modified set of one or more TRPs.
US11310002B2
An electronic device is described which has a sensor panel comprising a plurality of receive electrodes configured to measure signals received from one or more transmit electrodes. The device has a sensor panel control module configured to: receive signals from the plurality of receive electrodes in the presence of at least one tone interferer. The module is configured to convert the received signals from a time domain into a frequency domain; and to process the received signals in the frequency domain in order to mitigate the effect of the tone interferer.
US11310001B2
A method of operating an infrastructure equipment configured for communicating with one or more communications devices via a wireless access interface. The wireless access interface comprises resource elements for carrying sub-carriers of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols. Forming a downlink signal comprises selecting a plurality of component-signals from a set of component-signals, each of the component-signals from the set of component-signals being formed from a sequence of signal samples for transmission in one of the blocks of resource elements and in one of the time units by the number of OFDM symbols, each of the component-signals being detectable by a narrow bandwidth receiver, and selecting for each of the plurality of component-signals one or more of the plurality of the blocks of resource elements and one or more of the time units to transmit the component-signal.
US11309993B2
This application provides a coding and decoding method and apparatus. The method includes: performing polarization coding on first to-be-coded information, to obtain first coded information with a bit sequence length of M, where M is a positive integer; sending the first coded information on a first channel corresponding to the first to-be-coded information; performing polarization coding on second to-be-coded information, to obtain second coded information with a bit sequence length of 2M, where the second to-be-coded information includes the first to-be-coded information, and differences between sequence numbers of information bits corresponding to the first to-be-coded information and sequence numbers of information bits at (M+1)th to 2Mth bit positions in information bits corresponding to the second to-be-coded information are sequentially M in ascending order of sequence numbers.
US11309991B2
A BP detector of a wireless receiver apparatus reads a first parameter set or a second parameter set. The first parameter set includes a plurality of scaling factors and a plurality of damping factors learned together using a deep learning technique. The second parameter set includes a plurality of scaling factors and a plurality of node selection factors learned together using a deep learning technique from a memory. The BP detector executes an iterative BP algorithm that uses the first parameter set or the second parameter set in order to perform multi-user detection.
US11309987B2
In one aspect, an MME throttles (or otherwise controls) the amount or frequency of UL data that a UE transmits in the control plane, such as by communicating to the UE rate control information (e.g., a throttling factor or throttling delay). For instance, the MME may throttle NAS messages with user data (i.e., NAS Data PDUs) sent using control plane CIoT EPS optimization by adding a throttling factor and/or a throttling delay in a NAS message sent to the UE.
US11309976B2
An acoustic communication and messaging system includes an acoustic transducer adapted for communicating signals via a subsurface acoustic medium, and a controller in communication with the acoustic transducer. The controller can include one or more of a signal programmer adapted for defining a limited set of coded signals; e.g., where each of the coded signals selected for low cross-correlation with other coded signals in the limited set, and a signal encoder adapted for defining a set of messages or commands; e.g., where each message is associated with a selected one of the coded signals in the limited set. The acoustic transducer can be adapted to transmit the coded signals associated with identified messages via the subsurface acoustic medium. An interface can be provided for identifying messages for coding and transmission, and for reporting decoded commands to a user.
US11309974B2
Quantum channel routing utilizing a quantum channel measurement service is disclosed. A quantum channel router that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of quantum channels receives a message from a sender that is directed to a receiver. Each quantum channel is configured to convey a quantum message from a sender to a receiver. The quantum channel router identifies a quantum channel to which the receiver listens. The quantum channel router determines a message size of the message. It is determined that transmission of the message would exceed a maximum channel capacity of the quantum channel at a current point in time, and in response, the quantum channel router does not transmit the first message onto the first quantum channel at the current point in time.
US11309970B2
An optical source including: a phase-randomised light source including a master light source configured to intermittently generate master light pulses; a slave light source optically coupled to the master light source and configured to receive the master light pulses, and that generates a sequence of slave light pulses during each period of time that a master light pulse is received; and an interferometer optically coupled to the slave light source and configured to receive sequences of slave light pulses, delay the received sequences by the first time interval to form delayed sequences of slave light pulses, interfere the received sequences with the delayed sequences, such that pulses from a received sequence interfere with adjacent pulses of the delayed sequence, and output interfered pulses including first and second output pulses that have a first and second predetermined amplitude respectively and a predetermined relative phase between them.
US11309965B2
An optical filter comprises an array of waveguides fabricated on an optical integrated circuit (PIC). The array comprises individual waveguides, each of which receive light inputs, e.g., individual taps of a multi-tap optical filter used in an interference cancellation circuit. Typically, the output(s) of the individual waveguides are located at an exit (edge) of the PIC. At least one second waveguide in the array is patterned on the PIC in a converged configuration such that the light transiting these waveguides co-propagates and interacts across given portions of the respective waveguides before exiting the waveguide array along a common facet, thereby generating or inhibiting one of intermodulation products, and harmonics. This structural configuration enables the generation of various modes of transmission at the PIC exit, enabling more efficient transfer of the energy, e.g., to an associated photodetector (PD) that provides conversion of the energy to the RF domain.
US11309963B2
A terminal (1050) includes a light receiver (151) that receives a light signal emitted by an apparatus (1000), the light signal including an identifier (SSID) of at least one base station (470); a receiver (153) that performs a reception process on the received light signal to output reception data; a data analyzer (155) that selects one base station based on the identifier of the at least one base station that is included in the reception data; and a radio device (453) that establishes a wireless connection with the selected base station (470) by using the identifier of the base station (470) and wirelessly communicates with the base station (470).
US11309960B2
A system for measuring linear and non-linear transmission perturbations in optical transmission systems is disclosed. The system may include a processor to help facilitate measurement of non-linear noise at an optical transceiver. The system, for example, may receive a reference correlation of a transmission of a channel of a fiber link, record an optical power spectrum of the channel, and determine a baud rate of the channel. The system may also apply a spectral correlation technique to the channel with a multiple baud rate distance in frequency domain. The system may also calculate a generalized optical signal-to-noise ratio (gOSNR) value based on the spectral correlation technique and the reference correlation. The system may also compare the gOSNR with wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) OSNR measurements to evaluate an amount of non-linear noise contributions.
US11309958B2
A system and method for scheduling a variable stayout distance when beam hopping, the method including providing an illumination area of a satellite and candidate beam centers disposed in the illumination area; measuring a respective scan angle from an antenna boresight to a respective beam center of the candidate beam centers; and determining a reuse factor k for each of the candidate beam centers, based on a proportion of the respective scan angle to a maximum scan angle. Each candidate beam center may be processed sequentially. Prior to adding each candidate beam center to a current beam center set, checking whether a candidate beam center meets the stayout distance criteria from all beam centers already in the beam center set.
US11309956B2
The method for compensating a boresight error in a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite antenna according to the present disclosure comprising the steps of: converting a communication point of the LEO satellite and the location of the ground station into the geocentric coordinate system, and setting an incidence angle of the electromagnetic wave radiated from the antenna of the LEO satellite; calculating the measured meteorological condition as a meteorological condition at a specific altitude interval; calculating the meteorological conditions respectively as an effective refractive index; dividing the atmosphere into layers at specific altitude intervals, and calculating an arrival coordinate of the electromagnetic wave for which the atmospheric environment is considered; when the error between the location of the ground station and the arrival coordinate of the electromagnetic wave is less than a target error, deciding the compensating angle for the incidence angle of the electromagnetic wave.
US11309952B2
A beamforming transmission device includes a baseband processing unit, at least one radio frequency unit, and an antenna array unit. The baseband processing unit provides at least one data stream and generates a control signal according to channel state information of at least two pieces of user equipment, wherein the data stream includes data of at least two pieces of user equipment. The radio frequency unit receives the data stream signal and generates at least one radio frequency signal. The antenna array unit receives the radio frequency signal and the control signal and adjusts gains and phases of the antenna array unit according to the control signal such that the radio frequency signal can be formed as a shared beamforming signal for transmitting to at least two pieces of user equipment, wherein the shared beamforming signal includes the data of at least two pieces of user equipment.
US11309951B1
Systems and methods provided for controlling a beam emitted from at least one antenna include a user device and a cell site. The cell site includes a beam management system communicatively coupled to the user device. The beam management system is structured to receive an uplink allocation request corresponding to a user device, store a time advance and an identification of a response to the uplink allocation request, determine a time advance group for the user device based on the stored time advance, store the time advance and a cell identifier based on the time advance group, determine a beam mode structured to selectively communicate with the one or more user devices according to the time advance group, and activate the beam mode for communication with the one or more user devices of the time advance group.
US11309947B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) establishing a directional wireless link between a first computing device and a second computing device in a first direction, (2) exchanging, over the directional wireless link in the first direction, first data between the first computing device and the second computing device, (3) determining, via a sensor of the first computing device, a change to a position or an orientation of the first computing device, (4) redirecting, based on the change, the directional wireless link to a second direction, and (5) exchanging, over the directional wireless link in the second direction, second data between the first computing device and the second computing device. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11309944B2
A method and device for allocating transmission powers, wherein the method and the device are applied to a base station. The method includes: acquiring channel data of terminals that are connected to the base station; according to the channel data of the terminals, from the terminals, virtually pre-dispatching first terminals of a first preset quantity; performing interference suppression to the first terminals, to obtain beamforming-weight-amplitude factors of the first terminals; dispatching second terminals of a second preset quantity from the first terminals, and, from the beamforming-weight-amplitude factors of the first terminals, screening out beamforming-weight-amplitude factors of the second terminals; and according to the beamforming-weight-amplitude factors of the second terminals, allocating transmission powers to the second terminals. The embodiments of the present application ensure that the frequency-deviation efficiency that is reported to the MAC layer of the base station has a smaller difference from that of the actual dispatching.
US11309937B2
An active decoupling device for stabilizing the impedance on an electric line in a determined band of frequency. The decoupling device of the invention is inductively coupled to the power line and comprises a transformer with a primary winding connectable to the power line, and a secondary winding closed on a burden network. In an application, the invention, is used to decouple a smart meter from variations of the load impedance.
US11309930B2
To control antenna characteristics in an electronic device, a method for operating the electronic device may include identifying communication states related to a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, determining a mode of a tuner which controls characteristics of an antenna for the second RAT, based on the communication states, and controlling the tuner according to the mode.
US11309928B2
A receiver includes an equalizer circuit, a radio frequency interference cancellation circuitry, and a channel estimation circuitry. The equalizer circuit is configured to process a first data signal according to a control signal, in order to generate a second data signal. The radio frequency interference cancellation circuitry is configured to detect a radio frequency interference signal according to the second data signal to generate radio frequency interference information, and to output a correction signal according to the radio frequency interference information, in order to correct the second data signal. The channel estimation circuitry configured to analyze a plurality of sets of signal components in the second data signal, and to utilize a power ratio of one of the plurality of sets of signal components to generate the control signal.
US11309922B2
A multi-mode power management integrated circuit (PMIC) is provided. The PMIC includes a supply voltage circuit that generates a number of supply voltages based on an input voltage. The PMIC also includes a pair of voltage circuits each generating a respective voltage based on any of the supply voltages. In one operation mode, one of the voltage circuits is configured to generate an envelope tracking (ET) voltage and another one of the voltage circuits is configured to generate the input voltage for the supply voltage circuit. The input voltage may be generated according to a peak of the ET voltage to cause each of the supply voltages to be proportionally related to the peak of the ET voltage. Accordingly, the voltage circuit configured to generate the ET voltage can operate based on an appropriate one of the supply voltages, thus helping to improve efficiency and linearity of the voltage circuit.
US11309921B2
A system and method for generating a temporal map of radio frequency (RF) signals detected from a vehicle. The method includes: detecting a plurality of RF signals over a predetermined spectrum of frequencies at a first longitude, a first latitude and a first altitude; analyzing the plurality of RF signals to determine at least a first parameter associated with at least a first RF signal of the plurality of RF signals; and adding to the temporal map the first RF signal frequency, the at least a first parameter associated with the first RF signal, the first longitude, the first latitude and the first altitude.
US11309919B2
Apparatuses and methods for pipelining memory operations with error correction coding are disclosed. A method for pipelining consecutive write mask operations is disclosed wherein a second read operation of a second write mask operation occurs during error correction code calculation of a first write mask operation. The method may further including writing data from the first write mask operation during the error correction code calculation of the second write mask operation. A method for pipelining consecutive operations is disclosed where a first read operation may be cancelled if the first operation is not a write mask operation. An apparatus including a memory having separate global read and write input-output lines is disclosed.
US11309914B2
A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme.
US11309910B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for unified significance map coding. An apparatus includes a video encoder (400) for encoding transform coefficients for at least a portion of a picture. The transform coefficients are obtained using a plurality of transforms. One or more context sharing maps are generated for the transform coefficients based on a unified rule. The one or more context sharing maps are for providing at least one context that is shared among at least some of the transform coefficients obtained from at least two different ones of the plurality of transforms.
US11309907B2
Lossy methods and hardware for compressing data and the corresponding decompression methods and hardware are described. The lossy compression method comprises dividing a block of pixels into a number of sub-blocks and then analysing, for each sub-block, and selecting one of a candidate set of lossy compression modes. The analysis may, for example, be based on the alpha values for the pixels in the sub-block. In various examples, the candidate set of lossy compression modes comprises at least one mode that uses a fixed alpha channel value for all pixels in the sub-block and one or more modes that encode a variable alpha channel value.
US11309893B2
A drive circuit having a set-side level shift circuit and a reset-side level shift circuit each configured to shift a level of a set or reset signal, and output the level-shifted set or reset signal from a set-side or reset-side output node, a mask-signal generating circuit configured to output a mask signal in response to a change in a voltage at the set-side or reset-side output node, and a control circuit configured to output a drive signal to a power device. The mask signal is for a time period shorter than a time period during which the level-shifted set or reset signal is outputted. The drive signal remains at a same level while the control circuit is receiving the mask signal, and switches to a first level or a second level, for turning off or on the power device, in response to the control circuit receiving the level-shifted reset or set signal after receiving the mask signal.
US11309876B2
Various aspects provide for a digitally programmable analog duty-cycle correction circuit. For example, a system includes a duty-cycle correction circuit and a duty-cycle distortion detector circuit. The duty-cycle correction circuit adjusts a clock associated with the transmitter. The duty-cycle distortion detector circuit facilitates digital control of a duty-cycle of the clock associated with the duty-cycle correction circuit based on duty-cycle distortion error associated with output of the transmitter.
US11309870B2
The present application relates to a method and apparatus for implementing a radar array including a gate bias source for providing a first variable voltage, a back gate well control for providing a second variable voltage, and a field effect transistor having a drain, a source, a gate and a back gate well control, the field effect transistor being further configured to couple an alternating current radar signal between the drain and the source and to adjust a phase of the alternating current radar in response to first variable voltage applied to the gate and the second variable voltage applied to the back gate well control.
US11309868B2
A multiplexer includes: a first terminal; a second terminal; a third terminal; a first filter connected between the first and second terminals, including a first capacitor, a first inductor, and one or more first acoustic wave resonators, and having a first passband; a second filter connected between the first and third terminals, including a second capacitor, a second inductor, and one or more second acoustic wave resonators, and having a second passband higher than the first passband; a substrate having a surface on which at least one first acoustic wave resonator of the one or more first acoustic wave resonators and at least one second acoustic wave resonator of the one or more second acoustic wave resonators are located; and a metal structure located on the surface and located between the at least one first acoustic wave resonator and the at least one second acoustic wave resonator.
US11309865B1
There are disclosed acoustic diplexers and radios incorporating the acoustic diplexers. A diplexer includes common port, a low band port, a high band port, n low band sub-filters, and n high band sub-filters, where n is an integer greater than one. Each low band sub-filter has a first sub-filter port connected to the common port and a second sub-filter port connected to the low band port. Each high band sub-filter has a first sub-filter port connected to the common port and a second sub-filter port connected to the high band port. A first acoustic resonator is connected from the common port to ground and a second acoustic resonator is connected from the low band port to ground. The first and second acoustic resonators are configured to create respective transmission zeros adjacent to a lower edge of a passband of the diplexer.
US11309860B1
Embodiments presented herein relate to isolating a receiver circuit of an electronic device from a transmission signal and from a noise signal at a frequency range of a received signal. To do so, an isolation circuit is disposed between the receiver circuit and a transmission circuit. The isolation circuit may include multiple variable impedance devices and one or more antennas. The impedances of the variable impedance devices and the one or more antennas may be balanced such that the receiver circuit is effectively removed from the transceiver circuitry and isolated from the transmission signal. The impedance of the variable impedance devices and the one or more antennas may also be configured to isolate the receiver circuit from a noise signal generated at the transmission circuit having a frequency in the range of the receive signal.
US11309858B2
A method for inducing brain waves by sound has the following steps: receiving a first channel input signal and a second channel input signal; adjusting a volume gain of the first channel input signal to form a first channel output signal, wherein a format of the volume gain of the first channel output signal is a first wave format; adjusting a volume gain of the second channel input signal to form a second channel output signal, wherein a format of the volume gain of the second channel output signal is a second wave format, wherein there is a phase difference between the first wave format and the second wave format, wherein the formats of the first wave format and the second wave format are the same; outputting the first channel output signal to a first speaker; and outputting the second channel output signal to a second speaker.
US11309857B2
A device is provided that includes a plurality of signal processing paths coupled in parallel, an adding circuit and an amplifier circuit. The number of the signal processing paths is N and each of the signal processing paths receives a same input signal to generate an output analog signal after a signal processing is performed, wherein each of the signal processing paths at least includes a DAC circuit and the signal processing at least includes a digital to analog conversion corresponding to the DAC circuit. The adding circuit adds the output analog signal generated from each of the signal processing paths to generate a total output analog signal. The amplifier circuit receives the total output analog signal to adjust a signal intensity of the total output analog signal according to a gain to generate an output audio signal, wherein the gain is 1/N.
US11309850B2
It is configured to output a first I signal having passed through a first inverse characteristic circuit having inverse frequency characteristics to frequency characteristics of a first loop filter circuit, to the first loop filter circuit, and output a first Q signal having passed through a second inverse characteristic circuit having inverse frequency characteristics to frequency characteristics of a second loop filter circuit, to the second loop filter circuit.
US11309849B2
Provided is a power amplifier circuit that can increase output power and also reduce the effect of intermodulation distortion. The power amplifier circuit includes a power divider, a distortion compensation circuit provided on the secondary path, a power combiner, and a first amplifier configured. The distortion compensation circuit includes a generation circuit configured to generate the second-harmonic wave of the input signal, a filter circuit configured to attenuate the fundamental wave and pass the second-harmonic wave, and a phase adjustment circuit configured to adjust the phase of the second-harmonic wave.
US11309847B2
An amplifier circuit has an amplification path including an amplifier and a bypass path configured to bypass at least the amplifier. The bypass path includes a switch coupled in series on the bypass path and another switch coupled in series between the bypass path and ground. The amplification path further includes an inductor coupled on an output side with respect to the amplifier and a switch coupled between the inductor and ground on a path between the inductor and the amplifier.
US11309845B2
In optical receivers, extending the transimpedance amplifier's (TIA) dynamic range is a key to increasing the receiver's dynamic range, and therefore increase the channel capacity. Ideally, the TIA requires controllable gain, whereby the receiver can modify the characteristics of the TIA and/or the VGA to process high power incoming signals with a defined maximum distortion, and low power incoming signals with a defined maximum noise. A solution to the problem is to provide TIA's with reconfigurable feedback resistors, which are adjustable based on the level of power, e.g. current, generated by the photodetector, and variable load resistors, which are adjustable based on the change in impedance caused by the change in the feedback resistor.
US11309840B2
A circuit includes a transformer having a primary coil coupled to a first power amplifier (PA) and a second PA, and a secondary coil. The secondary coil supplies a current to an antenna based on a first direction of a first phase of a first amplified constant-envelope signal in the primary coil with respect to a second phase of a second amplified constant-envelope signal in the primary coil. The circuit further includes load impedance coupled between a median point of the primary coil and ground. The load impedance dissipates the current based on a second direction of the first phase of the first amplified constant-envelope signal in the primary coil with respect to the second phase of the second amplified constant-envelope signal in the primary coil, which results in improved power efficiency.
US11309836B1
A differential crystal oscillator includes a source follower configured to receive an oscillatory signal and output a regenerated signal; a resonant network having a crystal and configured to terminate the oscillatory signal and determine an oscillation frequency of the oscillatory signal; a regenerative network configured to regenerate the regenerated signal; and a capacitive feedback network configured to provide a feedback from the regenerated signal to the oscillatory signal.
US11309835B2
A crystal oscillator and a phase noise reduction method thereof are provided. The crystal oscillator may include a crystal oscillator core circuit, a first bias circuit and a phase noise reduction circuit, the first bias circuit is coupled to an output terminal of the crystal oscillator core circuit, and the phase noise reduction circuit is coupled to the output terminal of the crystal oscillator core circuit. In operations of the crystal oscillator, the crystal oscillator core circuit is configured to generate a sinusoidal wave. The first bias circuit is configured to provide a first voltage level to be a bias voltage of the sinusoidal wave. The phase noise reduction circuit is configured to reset the bias voltage of the sinusoidal wave in response to a voltage level of the sinusoidal wave exceeding a specific voltage range.
US11309832B2
A photovoltaic panel with multiple photovoltaic sub-strings including serially-connected photovoltaic cells and having direct current (DC) outputs adapted for interconnection in parallel into a parallel-connected DC power source. A direct current (DC) power converter including input terminals and output terminals is adapted for coupling to the parallel-connected DC power source and for converting an input power received at the input terminals to an output power at the output terminals. The direct current (DC) power converter optionally has a control loop configured to set the input power received at the input terminals according to a previously determined criterion. The control loop may be adapted to receive a feedback signal from the input terminals for maximizing the input power. A bypass diode is typically connected in shunt across the input terminals of the converter. The bypass diode functions by passing current during a failure of any of the sub-strings and/or a partial shading of the sub-strings. The bypass diode may be a single bypass diode connected across the parallel-connected DC power source. The DC power converter may convert the input power at high current to the output power at a lower current. The output terminals may be connectible with wire cables to a load, and the DC power converter is configured to reduce energy loss through the wire cables to the load.
US11309830B2
A mounting system for mounting a photovoltaic module onto at least one mounting rail. The mounting system comprises a frame for the photovoltaic module with at least one opening or protrusion at a lateral side or a bottom side of the frame, the bottom side being opposite to light incidence side of the photovoltaic module. The mounting system further comprises a plurality of mounting elements, each comprising a first portion and a second portion for securing the frame to the at least one mounting rail, the first portion defining a hook-like engagement portion to hook into the opening or the protrusion or the bottom side of the frame to provide an interlocking connection, the second portion enabling a secure fixation to the at least one mounting rail.
US11309812B1
The present invention discloses a motor system without a hall sensing element. The motor system comprises a first output pin, a second output pin, an auxiliary pin, a stator, a rotor, a primary coil, and an auxiliary coil. Both the primary coil and the auxiliary coil surround the stator. The primary coil is coupled to the first output pin and the second output pin. The auxiliary coil is coupled to the auxiliary pin. The auxiliary coil is configured to determine a phase switching time point. The motor system detects the zero point of the voltage of the auxiliary pin, so as to detect the position of the rotor and determine the phase switching time point.
US11309806B2
To disclose several zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) power inversion circuits, a modified pulse-width modulation control scheme is employed. It includes two driver-signal pairs. Each pair has a near 50% duty ratio driver signal and a pulse-width modulation driver signal. Because the combination timing waveform of the two driver signals of each pair resembles to a letter T, the control scheme is thus briefly named as double T (TT) control. In addition to achieving zero-voltage switching performance for high frequency operation, the disclosed power inversion circuits can alleviate the potential shoot-through problem existed in phase-shift control full-bridge power inversion circuits. Consequently, reliability performance can be improved.
US11309801B2
A secondary-side control loop for a flyback converter is provided that generates a secondary-side control signal during normal operation using a compensator. In periods of significant load changes, the compensator is bypassed so that the secondary-side control signal is generated as an open-loop signal.
US11309785B2
A control circuit for controlling a power switch in a SMPS has a signal jittering circuit and a comparing circuit. The signal jittering circuit adds an overlapping signal into a current sensing signal indicative of current flowing through the power switch or into a current threshold signal, wherein the overlapping signal has a first frequency and an enveloping line of the overlapping signal has a second frequency, and wherein the second frequency is lower than the first frequency. The comparing circuit compares the current sensing signal and the current threshold signal, wherein when the current sensing signal is higher than the current threshold signal, the control circuit c turns off the power switch.
US11309779B2
This invention provides a brushless dc dynamo, which is characterized by using semiconductor switches to replace commutators used in conventional brush DC dynamo, wherein the periodically mechanical contact of the armature and different electrodes are replaced with static electronic switching array to periodically switch electrically without any mechanical contact switching between the armature and electrodes. Meanwhile, the armature can work as conventional mode to always maintain the distribution of the armature current such that the magnetic field of the rotator is perpendicular to the magnetic field of the stator during rotating, and the damage of switched contacts caused by mechanical contact of the armature and electrodes can be avoided.
US11309778B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for a motor/generator where the stator is a coil assembly and the rotor is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel or where the rotor is a coil assembly and the stator is a magnetic toroidal cylindrical tunnel.
US11309771B2
A cooling jacket has cooling units coupled in a row. The cooling unit comprises a plate-shaped cooling unit body with flow channel, a socket joint extending from one end of the flow channel, and a spigot joint extending from one end of the flow channel. The spigot joint is fitted to the socket joint to connect the cooling units to each other. The socket joint has a spherical-shaped inner surface, and the spigot joint has a spherical-shaped outer surface that matches the inner surface of the socket joint to detachably connect the cooling units to each other and be rotatable about an axis orthogonal to a coupling direction of the cooling units. The socket joint and the spigot joint are provided with through-holes that penetrate through the socket joint and the spigot joint, respectively, to communicate with the flow channels of the cooling units.
US11309763B2
A stator assembly for driving a rotor of an electrical planar motor includes a first arrangement of longitudinal stator layers and a second arrangement of oblique stator layers. The longitudinal stator layers comprise first coil conductors and the oblique stator layers comprise second coil conductors. The second coil conductors interact with second drive magnets to drive the rotor in a first direction, and the first coil conductors interact with first drive magnets to drive the rotor in a second direction, different from the first direction. The longitudinal and oblique stator layers are arranged on top of one another in a third direction, perpendicular to the first and second directions, where the first arrangement of longitudinal stator layers and the second arrangement of oblique stator layers have a shared central plane, each being symmetrically arranged with regard to the shared central plane, in the third direction.
US11309755B2
A rotary electric machine includes: an annular stator including coils disposed in a stator core; and an annular rotor disposed inside the stator and opposite to an inner circumferential wall of the stator. The rotor includes a rotor core having receiving holes for magnetic material members. The receiving holes extend in an axial direction of a drive shaft and are arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. The rotor includes a pair of protrusions provided in each receiving hole. The protrusions jut out from an inner wall of the receiving hole to hold a magnetic material member. Each magnetic material member includes a hard magnetic material member and a soft magnetic material member stacked one on another in a direction of magnetization. The soft magnetic material member is disposed to border the inner wall of the receiving hole at positions where the protrusions are provided.
US11309754B2
A generator (10) comprising a series of spaced annular stators (15) sandwiched between a series of rotors (11), the rotors (11) each being separated by annular collars (16), the annular collars (16) defining a central cavity; at least one cooling gas source for supplying gas to the central cavity; vents (23,24,25,26,27,28,31,32,33,34,35) through the annular collars (16) for providing a means of egress for the cooling gas (20) from the central cavity radially outwards over the rotors (11) and the annular stators (15).
US11309747B2
A charging method, a camera, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method is applied to a camera configured with a first wireless power supply module. The charging method includes: receiving a starting instruction, and in response to the starting instruction, performing rise processing; when rising to a preset position, establishing wireless connection with a preset terminal, wherein the preset terminal is configured with a second wireless power supply module; and performing charging processing with the preset terminal by means of the first wireless power supply module and the second wireless power supply module.
US11309738B2
In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a method and apparatus for demodulating an amplitude-modulated wireless power signal is presented. A method of receiving an amplitude modulated component of a wireless power transmission signal according to some embodiments includes receiving an input signal, wherein the input signal is based on an amplitude modulated wireless power signal; and applying an offset to the input signal to receive the amplitude modulated component. A demodulator according to some embodiments can include a first voltage-to-current converter that receives an input signal related to an amplitude modulated wireless power signal; a second voltage-to-current converter that receives an offset signal; and a summing node that adjusts a first current produced by the first voltage-to-current converter by a second current produced by the second voltage-to-current converter to produce an output signal.
US11309724B2
An improved electrical connector for electrically connecting a rechargeable battery with an electrically powered device as well as methods of operation for use of an electrically powered device comprising the improved connector are provided. The connector may comprise one or more features including: integration of both first terminals for transmitting charging or discharging signals to and from the battery as well as one or more signal terminals for transmitting one or more balancing signals to and from the battery; implementation of communication means allowing for one or more signals comprising battery specific information to be received by the electrically powered device upon making an electrical connection with the battery; and, one or more safety features for preventing unsupported electrical connections between incompatible connector configurations. An electrically powered implemented with the improved electrical connector may detect one or more characteristics of a battery upon electrically connecting with the battery and may reconfigure one or more operational settings of the electrically powered device in response to the detected characteristics to safely charge or discharge the battery.
US11309720B2
A lithium ion battery control device includes an acquirer configured to acquire a determination index related to the degree of occlusion of a lithium ion battery in which a degree of occlusion of lithium ions occluded in graphite of a negative electrode changes in accordance with an amount of stored power, and a controller configured to perform control for causing the lithium ion battery to be charged with power or causing power of the lithium ion battery to be discharged so that the degree of occlusion is close to a degree of occlusion associated with a specific region when a region associated with the degree of occlusion is determined not to be the specific region associated with the degree of occlusion which includes LiC12 having a degree of occlusion represented by a stoichiometric ratio and does not include LiC6 having a degree of occlusion represented by a stoichiometric ratio.
US11309712B2
An energy management system is provided and includes a smart switch includes an input that is configured to connect to one of meter at a service entrance or a main load panel; a storage system connected to the smart switch; and a combiner connected to one of the smart switch or the main load panel and one or more photovoltaics (PVs).
US11309702B2
Illustrative embodiments of systems and methods for detecting and responding to islanding of distributed energy resources are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a method may include measuring voltage and current at a connection point between a distributed energy resource and an electrical grid, determining a Thévenin impedance of the electrical grid based upon the voltage and current measurements, and determining whether the Thévenin impedance has exceeded a predetermined threshold. In some embodiments, the method may further include disconnecting the distributed energy resource from the electrical grid in response to determining that the Thévenin impedance has exceeded the predetermined threshold.
US11309698B2
An electrostatic prevention circuit, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The electrostatic prevention circuit includes an electrostatic prevention sub-circuit, and the electrostatic prevention sub-circuit includes a thin film transistor and a capacitor; a gate electrode of the thin film transistor is connected to the capacitor, and the thin film transistor is controlled by a signal passing through the capacitor.
US11309695B2
A cable sealing device for an electrical junction box includes a centering frame mountable at a hole in a wall of the junction box, a first clamping plate having a plurality of cable passage holes, the first clamping plate being disposed on a first side of the centering frame within the first seat, a second clamping plate having an equal plurality of cable passage holes, the second clamping plate being disposed on a second side of the centering frame opposite the first side wherein the cable passage holes of the first clamping plate are aligned with the cable passage holes of the second clamping plate to define a plurality of cable passages and, a sealing membrane disposed between the first clamping plate and the flange of the centering frame, wherein portions of the sealing membrane are exposed at the plurality of cable passages and wherein at least one exposed membrane portion has a perforation to accept a cable.
US11309690B2
An electrical distribution panel for controlling the distribution of electrical power to a plurality of loads includes a plurality of solid-state circuit breakers (SSCBs), each including a thermally conductive heatspreader and one or more power semiconductor devices that control whether electrical current is able to flow to an attached load; a distribution panel heatsink configured in thermal contact with the SSCB heatspreaders; one or more cooling fans that blow air onto the distribution panel heatsink; a stacked bus bar with quick-fit pin-mount receptacles for receiving mating/matching press-fit connection pins located on line-side terminals of the SSCBs; a communications and control (comm/control) bus communicatively coupled to the plurality of SSCBs; and a head-end interface and gateway to which an external computer can connect, to, among other things, set and alter trip settings of the plurality of SSCBs via the comm/control bus.
US11309689B2
A spark plug including an insulator and a metallic member such as a metallic shell. In the spark plug, a mark such as a two-dimensional code is provided on the surface of at least one of the insulator and the metallic member. Also, a protective layer covers the mark. The protective layer is optically transparent and contains a fluorescent substance.
US11309686B2
A surface emitting laser includes: a semiconductor layer containing a nitride semiconductor, and including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer that are stacked in this order, in which the semiconductor layer includes a light emitting region; and a first light reflecting layer and a second light reflecting layer that are opposed to each other with the semiconductor layer being disposed therebetween. The first semiconductor layer has a high dislocation portion disposed outside the light emitting region. The high dislocation portion has an average dislocation density higher than an average dislocation density of the light emitting region.
US11309685B2
Some embodiments relate to a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) device including a VCSEL structure overlying a substrate. The VCSEL structure includes a first reflector, a second reflector, and an optically active region disposed between the first and second reflectors. A first spacer laterally encloses the second reflector. The first spacer comprises a first plurality of protrusions disposed along a sidewall of the second reflector.
US11309684B2
The invention relates to coherent single photon sources that provide photons with a high degree of indistinguishability. It is a disadvantage of single photon sources based on QDs in nanophotonic structures that, even at low temperatures, acoustic vibrations interact with the QDs to reduce the coherence of the emitted spectrum. The invention uses mechanical clamping of the nanostructure to damp vibrations leading to a weaker QD—phonon coupling and a higher degree of indistinguishability between successively emitted photons. The clamp is mechanically connected to the length of the photonic nanostructure and has a stiffness and a size sufficient to suppress low frequency vibrations (ω≤10 GHz) in a combined structure of the clamp and the nanostructure.
US11309682B2
The present disclosure provides a millimeter wave LTCC filter including system ground layers and metalized vias; two first perturbation metallized vias provided in a first substrate integrated waveguide unit and two second perturbation metallized vias provided in a second substrate integrated waveguide unit; the two first perturbation metallized vias are symmetrically provided on a first diagonal of the first closed resonant cavity with respect to a geometric center of the first closed resonant cavity; the two second perturbation metallized vias are symmetrically provided on a second diagonal of the second closed resonant cavity with respect to a geometric center of the second closed resonant cavity, and the first diagonal and the second diagonal are orthogonal to each other; a first port and a second port. Compared with the related art, the millimeter wave LTCC filter of the present disclosure is small in volume, large in bandwidth, and low in loss.
US11309676B2
An integrated multilayer structure includes a substrate film including an electrically insulating material; a circuit design including electrically conductive elements provided on the substrate film, the conductive elements defining a number of contact areas; a connector at the edge of the substrate film, the connector including a number of electrically conductive elongated contact elements, such as pins, connected to the contact areas of the conductive elements of the circuit design on the substrate film while further extending from the substrate film to couple to an external connecting element responsive to mating the external connecting element with the connector; and at least one plastic layer molded onto the substrate film so as to at least partially cover the circuit design and only partially cover the connector.
US11309670B2
An electro-optical interface system is disclosed which incorporates a housing, an electrical circuit supported from the housing and configured to interface to a plurality of remote electrical components, an electronics subsystem and an optical subsystem. The electronics subsystem is housed within the housing and in communication with the electrical circuit. The optical subsystem is housed within the housing and in communication with the electronics subsystem. The optical subsystem receives electrical signals from the electronics subsystem which are representative of electrical signals received from the remote electrical components, and converts the received electrical signals into optical signals for transmission to a remote subsystem.
US11309655B2
A receptacle is depicted. The receptacle can provide two rows of terminals to increase the density of the interface. If desired, a connector positioned in the receptacle can omit the use of a housing, even if the receptacle provides a stacked connector configuration. With the use of various airflow features it is possible to cool inserted plug modules that use more than 6 watts and potentially more than 8 watts of power.
US11309649B2
An electronic device includes a housing having a front wall and a floating connector assembly coupled to the front wall. The connector assembly includes a panel and a connector. The connector includes a frame attached to the panel and defines first and second alignment openings. A sleeve extends from the frame and extends through the front wall. A removable cover for the electronic device includes first and second connector alignment pins that align with the first and second alignment openings to align the connector sleeve with a connector aperture defined by the cover. The first and second connector alignment pins and the first and second alignment openings can each include tapered portions to move the connector assembly into alignment with the connector aperture as the cover is attached with the housing.
US11309645B2
An electronic device includes a housing; a first circuit board, and a flexible circuit board. The first circuit board is disposed in an internal space of the housing and includes a plurality of first conductive terminals. The flexible circuit board includes a first connection portion including a plurality of second conductive terminals configured to connect to the plurality of first conductive terminals. The flexible circuit board also includes a connection portion extended from the first connection portion, and at least one conductive layer extended from the connection portion to at least a portion of the first connection portion. Additionally, the flexible circuit board includes at least one transmissive area in which light may be transmitted and the at least one conductive layer is at least partially omitted. At least some of the plurality of second conductive terminals are visible from the outside through the at least one transmissive area.
US11309635B2
An antenna unit including an antenna array having a plurality of antennas and a lens plate comprising a mask pattern. The antenna array defines a first plane, and the lens plate defines a second plane. The lens plate is spaced apart from the antenna array, and the second plane is parallel to the first plane. The mask pattern is configured to focus first waves incident on the lens plate through diffraction to a region of the antenna array. The first waves are incident on the lens plate at a first angle relative to an axis normal to the second plane. The mask pattern is configured to focus second waves incident on the lens plate through diffraction to the first region of the antenna array. The second waves are incident on the lens plate at a second angle relative to the axis that is different from the first angle.
US11309631B2
A stacked patch antenna includes a circuit board, a first patch antenna, a second patch antenna, and a parasitic element. The first patch antenna is stacked on the circuit board, has a first power feeding line and a first radiation element, and receives signals in a first frequency band. The second patch antenna is stacked on the first patch antenna 20 has a second power feeding line longer than the first power feeding line and penetrating the first radiation element to be connected to a second power feeding portion and a second radiation element smaller in size than the first radiation element, and receives signals in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band. The parasitic element is a plate-like element disposed above the second patch antenna so as to improve elevation angle reception characteristics of the second patch antenna.
US11309629B2
Multiplexed antennas that sector-split in a first band and operate as MIMO antennas in a second band
Base station antennas include a plurality of multiplexer filters and a multi-column array of radiating elements that includes a plurality of sub-arrays. Each filter may have a first and second ports that are configured to pass RF signals in respective first and second frequency bands and a third common port that is coupled to a respective one of a plurality of sub-arrays. These antennas also include first frequency band ports that are coupled to the first ports of respective subsets of the multiplexer filters and second frequency band ports that are coupled to the second ports of at least some of the multiplexer filters. The antenna may operate as a MIMO sector antenna in the first frequency band and as a sector-splitting antenna in the second frequency band.
US11309624B2
A nozzle cap includes a cap body defining a first body end and a second body end, the cap body defining a circumferential wall extending from the first body end towards the second body end; an antenna cover circumferentially overlapping a portion of the circumferential wall, the antenna cover defining an inner cover surface facing the circumferential wall, an antenna cavity defined between the inner cover surface and the portion of the circumferential wall; and an antenna printed circuit board (“PCB”) strip positioned within the antenna cavity, the antenna PCB strip secured in facing engagement with the inner cover surface.
US11309622B2
Apparatus for attaching an orthogonal mode transducer, OMT, to an antenna, wherein said apparatus comprises a frame for receiving said OMT, and an antenna interface device for establishing a radio frequency, RF, signal connection between said OMT and said antenna, wherein said frame comprises a supporting surface for releasably attaching said antenna interface device to said frame.
US11309617B2
A directional coupler (1) includes a substrate (10), a main line (20) formed directly or indirectly on the substrate (10), sub-lines (21, 22 and 23) at least part of each of which is formed directly or indirectly on the substrate (10) along the main line (20), a switch (30) switching connections among end portions of the plurality of sub-lines (21, 22 and 23), and detection output terminals (FWD and REV) connected to the sub-line (21), wherein, when looking at the substrate (10) in plan, the end portions of the sub-lines (21, 22 and 23) are disposed on the same side as the detection output terminals (FWD and REV) relative to the main line (20), and the sub-line (21) to which the detection output terminals (FWD and REV) are connected is overlapped with or surrounded by the sub-lines (22 and 23).
US11309615B2
A multiple-layer circuit board has a signaling layer plane, an exterior layer plane, and a ground layer plane. A pair of differential signal lines implemented as strip-lines are within the signaling layer, and propagate electromagnetic interference (EMI) along the signaling layer. A dual slot common mode noise filter may be etched within the ground layer and may include a first U-shaped etching pair comprising a first U-shaped etching and a second U-shaped etching opposing the first U-shaped etching within the ground layer plane.
US11309608B2
The present invention relates to a battery case and a battery cooling system. The battery case includes an outer case; an inner case spaced apart from the outer case; and an intermediate member in a separation space between the outer case and the inner case, wherein the intermediate member includes: a plurality of peak portions which protrudes upward in a shape corresponding to a shape of a plurality of lower pins; a plurality of valley portions which protrudes downward in a shape corresponding to a shape of a plurality of upper pins; and a connection portion disposed between the peak portion and the valley portion.
US11309593B2
Provided is a flexible circuit board installed on a frame to which a bus bar is coupled. The flexible circuit board may include a central portion having a band shape, first connection circuit portions formed at both ends of the central portion and disposed to face each other, second connection circuit portions extending from the first connection circuit portions in parallel with the central portion, and third connection circuit portions extending from the first connection circuit portions and the second connection circuit portions and connected to the bus bar. An overlapped may be formed when each of the second connection circuit portions is folded toward one side of each of the first connection circuit portions.
US11309582B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of energy storage materials, and particularly, to an electrolyte and an electrochemical device. The electrolyte includes an additive A and an additive B, the additive A is selected from a group consisting of multi-cyano six-membered N-heterocyclic compounds represented by Formula I-1, Formula I-2 and Formula I-3, and combinations thereof, and the additive B is at least one unsaturated bond-containing cyclic carbonate compound. The electrochemical device includes the above electrolyte. The electrolyte of the present disclosure can effectively passivate surface activity of the positive electrode material, inhibit oxidation of the electrolyte, and effectively reduce gas production of the battery, while an anode SEI film can be formed to avoid a contact between the anode and the electrode and thus to effectively reduce side reactions.
US11309580B2
Methods of forming electrochemical cells are described. In some embodiments, the method can include providing an electrochemical cell having an electrode with at least about 20% to about 99% by weight of silicon. The method can include providing a formation charge current at greater than about 1C to the electrochemical cell. Alternatively or additionally, the method can include providing a formation charge current at a substantially constant charge voltage to the electrochemical cell.
US11309577B2
A pressurized electrochemical battery and process for manufacturing the same, which comprises several connectors to at least one electrochemical cell with several electrical energy collectors that are connected to the connectors, with the electrochemical cell comprising several electrode sheets and several solid electrolyte sheets inserted between the electrode sheets, and at least one deformable chamber arranged in contact with the electrochemical cell, with the deformable chamber supplied with a fluid that deforms the chamber to apply pressure to the electrochemical cell.
US11309574B2
The present disclosure relates to an electrical energy storage apparatus which forms an interpenetrating, three dimensional structure. The structure may have a first non-planar channel filled with an anode material to form an anode, and a second non-planar channel adjacent the first non-planar channel filled with a cathode material to form a cathode. A third non-planar channel may be formed adjacent the first and second non-planar channels and filled with an electrolyte. The first, second and third channels are formed so as to be interpenetrating and form a spatially dense, three dimensional structure. A first current collector is in communication with the first non-planar channel and forms a first electrode, while a second current collector is in communication with the second non-planar channel and forms a second electrode. A separator layers separates the current collectors.
US11309573B2
A cell stack device may include a cell stack of connected cells, a manifold configured to fix lower ends of the cells and supply a reaction gas into gas flow passages of the cells, and a reaction gas supply pipe connected to the manifold and configured to supply the reaction gas to the manifold. The manifold may include an insertion portion connecting the reaction gas supply pipe to the manifold, and a gap between the insertion portion and the reaction gas supply pipe. The manifold may further include a first joining portion joining the insertion portion and the reaction gas supply pipe and configured to seal an end of the gap. In a cross-section along an insertion direction of the reaction gas supply pipe, the first joining portion may have a meniscus shape, and a joint length is longer than a thickness of the reaction gas supply pipe.
US11309570B2
In a fuel cell system, a stack case storing a stack body including a plurality of stacked power generation cells is formed to include a peripheral wall case and an end plate. An inner main surface is provided at one end of the end plate in a thickness direction, facing the inside of the stack case. A connection channel connecting a first opening opened in an upper part of an outer peripheral end surface of the end plate and a second opening opened in the inner main surface of the end plate are provided inside the end plate. The inside of the stack case and an exhaust gas duct are connected together through a plate connection member connected to the first opening.
US11309565B2
A redox flow battery including an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly including a carbon block having pores and a flow frame having a first and a second surface, wherein the carbon block is accommodated on one or both of the first and second surfaces.
US11309562B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a fuel cell device (10), wherein the fuel cell device (10) is operated in accordance with a quality characteristic of a fuel that is used. According to the invention, the quality characteristic is determined from a partial analysis of the constituents of the fuel that is used. The invention further relates to a fuel cell device (10) that is operated by means of such a method.
US11309560B2
A method of predicting a life of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of a fuel cell for electric power generation includes: deriving an operating condition for accelerated degradation, which is applicable to the fuel cell; operating the fuel cell for a specific time under the derived operating condition for accelerated degradation and under a normal operating condition, and identifying the degree of degradation of the fuel cell under each of the operating conditions; calculating an acceleration multiple based on the degree of degradation identified under the operating condition for accelerated degradation and under the normal operating condition; and predicting the life of the membrane electrode assembly based on the acceleration multiple.
US11309555B2
The present invention discloses a hydrogen supply apparatus and a method for operating the apparatus, which can protect a fuel cell and extend the service life of a fuel cell. The hydrogen supply apparatus includes a large-capacity hydrogen storage apparatus, a small-capacity hydrogen storage apparatus, a second shut-off valve, and a pressure reducing valve, etc. The small-capacity hydrogen storage apparatus is automatically filled with fuel gas when the fuel cell is operating, and when the fuel cell is in standby mode, fuel gas is transferred into the fuel cell by controlling the opening and closing time and the period of the second shut-off valve, so that protection of the fuel cell and extension of the fuel cell life are realized.
US11309554B2
The present invention relates to a method for regenerating an electrolyte liquid of a flow battery, and a device for regenerating an electrolyte liquid of a flow battery. The method involves operating a flow battery, stopping the operation of the flow battery, mixing the anode electrolyte liquid and the cathode electrolyte liquid of the flow battery, electrically oxidizing or reducing the mixed electrolyte liquid and dividing the oxidized or reduced electrolyte liquid into each of a cathode electrolyte liquid storage unit and a anode electrolyte liquid storage unit. The device includes a flow battery and a flow battery for regeneration.
US11309551B2
The present invention relates to a separator plate for an electro-chemical system. The separator plate comprises: a first passage; an active region with structures for guiding a reaction medium along a first flat face of the separator plate and guiding a coolant along a rear face of the active region on the second flat face of the separator plate; a bead formed in the separator plate for sealing at least the active region; and barrier elements formed in the separator plate, which reduce or prevent a flow of reaction medium on the first flat face of the separator plate along the bead and past the active region. The separator plate fully encloses the first passage and the active region together and that at least one of the barrier elements is at least in parts sunk.
US11309547B2
A fuel cell separator member of a fuel cell stack includes a metal separator on which a seal bead is formed, and a pressure receiving member provided on a surface of the metal separator, separately from the metal separator. The pressure receiving member is provided along a seal bead, and the height of the pressure receiving member is lower than the height of the seal bead in the state where the tightening load is applied and no impact load is applied.
US11309536B2
Silicon particles for use in an electrode in an electrochemical cell are provided. The silicon particles may have outer regions extending about 20 nm deep from the surfaces, the outer regions comprising an amount of aluminum such that a bulk measurement of the aluminum comprises at least about 0.01% by weight of the silicon particles. The bulk measurement of the aluminum may provide the amount of aluminum present at least in the outer regions.
US11309534B2
High capacity silicon based anode active materials are described for lithium ion batteries. These materials are shown to be effective in combination with high capacity lithium rich cathode active materials. Supplemental lithium is shown to improve the cycling performance and reduce irreversible capacity loss for at least certain silicon based active materials. In particular silicon based active materials can be formed in composites with electrically conductive coatings, such as pyrolytic carbon coatings or metal coatings, and composites can also be formed with other electrically conductive carbon components, such as carbon nanofibers and carbon nanoparticles. Additional alloys with silicon are explored.
US11309523B2
A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a first region and a second region. The second region is provided with a first component, and the second region can be bent with the first component facing outward. The first component includes a first elastic body and a second elastic body. The second elastic body includes an end portion part or the whole of which is covered with the first elastic body. The second elastic body has a higher elastic modulus than the first elastic body.
US11309517B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area; an inorganic insulating layer stacked on the substrate and located in the display area and the peripheral area; an organic insulating layer on the inorganic insulating layer; a through portion located in the display area and penetrating through the substrate, the inorganic insulating layer, and the organic insulating layer; and at least one groove surrounding the through portion, wherein an end portion of the inorganic insulating layer is covered by the organic insulating layer at an outer side of the at least one groove, and the end portion faces the through portion.
US11309507B2
A light-emitting device includes an anode, cathode, and a combined charge transport and emissive layer (CCTEL) disposed on a deposition surface between the anode and cathode. The CCTEL includes a crosslinked charge transport material and quantum dots, the quantum dots distributed unevenly within the crosslinked charge transport material and arranged relative to the deposition layer. The quantum dots include nucleophilic or electrophilic centers and ligands respectively bonded to the quantum dots. The deposition surface has nucleophilic or electrophilic properties. A method of forming the CCTEL includes the steps of depositing a mixture on a deposition surface having nucleophilic or electrophilic properties. The mixture includes a solvent, cross-linkable charge transport material, and quantum dots comprising nucleophilic or electrophilic centers and ligands respectively bonded to the quantum dots. At least a portion of the mixture to an activation stimulus to crosslink the cross-linkable material.
US11309506B2
A light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and a crosslinked emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode in which quantum dots are dispersed. The crosslinked layer includes a crosslinked material and quantum dots dispersed in the crosslinked mater, the quantum dots having ligands respectively bonded to the quantum dots. The quantum dots are distributed unevenly within the crosslinked material. The ligands have a concentration relative to the weight of the quantum dots of 10 to 45 wt %. A method of forming a crosslinked emissive layer of a light-emitting device in which quantum dots are dispersed includes the steps of depositing a mixture on a deposition surface and subjecting at least a portion of the mixture to an activation stimulus to crosslink the cross-linkable material.
US11309505B2
Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate and multiple organic light-emitting units located in the display region on a first side of the substrate, where an area of at least one of organic light-emitting units in the second display region is smaller than an area of each of organic light-emitting units with a same light-emitting color in the first display region, and/or, density of the organic light-emitting units in the first display region is greater than density of the organic light-emitting units in the second display region. The second display region includes at least one quantum dot light-emitting unit, which does not overlap the organic light-emitting units; and each of the at least one quantum dot light-emitting unit emits light of a same color as at least one of the organic light-emitting units located in the second display region.
US11309496B2
A compound represented by Formula 1 is disclosed. An organic electric element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic material layer includes the compound represented by Formula 1. When the organic electric element includes the compound in the organic material layer, luminescence efficiency, stability, and life span can be improved.
US11309486B2
A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) is provided in the present invention, including a conductive plug with a protruding portion extending outwardly on one side and a notched portion concaving inwardly on the other side of the upper edge of conductive plug, and a memory cell with a bottom electrode electrically connecting with the conductive plug, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) on the bottom electrode, and a top electrode on the magnetic tunnel junction, wherein the bottom surface of memory cell completely overlaps the top surface of conductive plug.
US11309476B2
Chalcogen-containing compound, its preparation method and thermoelectric element comprising the same
The present invention relates to a novel chalcogen-containing compound that exhibits excellent phase stability even at a temperature corresponding to the driving temperature of a thermoelectric element, and has a high output factor and thermoelectric figure of merit, a method for preparing the same, and a thermoelectric element including the same.
US11309475B2
A thermoelectric module comprising nanostructured SnO and SnO2, and electrodes arranged between two electrical insulating substrates is described. The nanostructured SnO may be in the form of nanosheets and acting as p-type pillars of the module. The nanostructured SnO2 may be in the form of nanospheres and acting as n-type pillars of the module. This thermoelectric module is evaluated on the voltage, current, and power of the electricity generated once subjected to a temperature gradient.
US11309468B2
A method of fabricating a micro light emitting diode (micro LED) array substrate having a plurality of micro LEDs. The method includes forming a plurality of signal lines on a base substrate; depositing a semiconductor material on the base substrate to form a semiconductor material layer; and patterning the semiconductor material layer to form a semiconductor layer of the plurality of micro LEDs. A surface of the plurality of signal lines away from the base substrate is uncovered during depositing the semiconductor material. The plurality of signal lines form a grid for facilitating epitaxial growth of the semiconductor material.
US11309462B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting diode (LED) chip, a recipient luminophoric medium on the LED chip, a patterned superstrate on the recipient luminophoric medium opposite the LED chip, the patterned superstrate comprising a patterned superstrate on the recipient luminophoric medium opposite the LED chip, the patterned superstrate comprising a patterned surface that is configured to reduce a variation in a color point of a light emitted by the semiconductor light emitting device as a function of an angle off an optical axis of the LED chip.
US11309460B2
A light-emitting device includes a first lead having a first lateral surface, a second lead having a second lateral surface, and a resin portion. The first lateral surface of a first lead facing a second lead has a first recess that is recessed so as to be away from the second lead toward the first lead in a top view, and is continuous with an end of a first groove. The second lateral surface of the second lead facing the first lead has a second recess that is recessed so as to be away from the first lead toward the second lead in the top view, and is continuous with an end of a second groove. In the top view, a part of the resin portion is continuously disposed between the end of the first groove and the end of the second groove.
US11309458B2
A light-emitting device and a display device using the same. The light-emitting device improves the reliability of a process of disposing light-emitting devices. The light-emitting device is configured to ensure electrical connections even if the light-emitting device is inverted while being disposed on a substrate. The light-emitting device includes an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer. N-type electrodes and p-type electrodes are disposed on both sides of top and bottom surfaces of the light-emitting device. Contact holes are provided to electrically connect one of the n-type electrodes to the n-type semiconductor layer and one of the p-type electrodes to the p-type semiconductor layer. When the light-emitting device is inverted while being disposed on a substrate, the light-emitting device operates ordinarily, thereby reducing the defect rate of a display device.
US11309447B2
One illustrative photodiode disclosed herein includes an N-doped anode region, a P-doped cathode region and at least one P-doped charge region positioned laterally between the N-doped anode region and the P-doped cathode region. In this example, the photodiode also includes a plurality of quantum dots embedded within the at least one P-doped charge region and an N-doped impact ionization region positioned laterally between the N-doped anode region and the at least one P-doped charge region.
US11309446B2
The present disclosure relates to a resistive switching element in which polarization of a ferroelectric material layer and electron-hole separation phenomenon of a two dimensional semiconducting material layer are combined to induce resistive switching phenomenon, and a photovoltaic device such as a solar cell, including the resistive switching element.
US11309442B2
A semiconductor substrate has a first surface and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface. A photoelectric conversion portion has a PN junction configured with first and second semiconductor regions of different conductivity types. A buried portion is buried in the semiconductor substrate and includes an electrode and a dielectric member located between the electrode and the semiconductor substrate and in contact with the second semiconductor region. The second semiconductor region is located in a position deeper than the first semiconductor region. The buried portion is located to extend from a first surface to a position deeper than the first semiconductor region. Electric potentials are supplied to the first semiconductor region, the second semiconductor region, and the electrode in such a manner that an inversion layer occurring between the electrode and the second semiconductor region and the first semiconductor region are in contact with each other.
US11309438B2
A semiconductor device having, in a plan view, a termination region surrounding an active region. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate containing silicon carbide, a first-conductivity-type region provided in the semiconductor substrate at its first main surface, a plurality of first second-conductivity-type regions selectively formed in the semiconductor substrate at its first main surface, a plurality of silicide films respectively in ohmic contact with the first second-conductivity-type regions, a first electrode that is in contact with the silicide films to form ohmic regions, with the first second-conductivity-type regions to form non-operating regions, and with the first-conductivity-type region to form Schottky regions, a second electrode provided at a second main surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a second second-conductivity-type region provided in the termination region. The ohmic regions, the non-operating regions and the Schottky regions are formed in the active region in a striped pattern. The second second-conductivity-type region connects the ohmic regions and the non-operating regions.
US11309435B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a bandgap reference circuit, including: first and second vertically stacked structures, the first and second vertically stacked structures each including: a P-type substrate; a P-well region within the P-type substrate; an N-type barrier region between the P-type substrate and the P-well region, the P-well region and the N-type barrier region forming a PN junction; a field effect transistor (FET) above the P-well region, separated from the P-well region by a buried insulator layer, the P-well region forming a back gate of the FET; and a first voltage source coupled to the P-well and applying a forward bias to a diode formed at the PN junction between the P-well region and the N-type barrier region.
US11309427B2
The present disclosure relates to a thin film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof. The thin film transistor includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer, a gate dielectric layer, and a gate electrode sequentially stacked on the substrate, the first semiconductor layer has a first portion located in a channel region of the thin film transistor and a second portion in source/drain regions of the thin film transistor and located on both sides of the first portion, the second portion and first sub-portions of the first portion adjacent to the second portion include an amorphous semiconductor material, a second sub-portion of the first portion between the first sub-portions includes a polycrystalline semiconductor material, and a second semiconductor layer located in the source/drain regions and in contact with the second portion, wherein a conductivity of the second semiconductor layer is higher than a conductivity of the amorphous semiconductor material.
US11309426B2
An SGT circuit includes a first conductor layer which contains a semiconductor atom, which is in contact with an N+ region and a P+ region of a Si pillar, or a TiN layer, and whose outer circumference is located outside an outer circumference of a SiO2 layer in plan view, and a second conductor layer which contains a metal atom, which is connected to an outer periphery of the first conductor layer, and which extends in a horizontal direction.
US11309420B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a fabrication method. The method includes: providing a substrate having fins and forming an initial gate structure across the fins, which covers a portion of a top surface and sidewall surfaces of the fins, and includes an initial first region and an initial second region on the initial first region. A bottom boundary of the initial second region is higher than the top surface of the fins, and a size of the initial first region is larger than a size of the initial second region. A first etching process is performed on sidewalls of the initial gate structure to form a gate structure, which includes a first region formed by etching the initial first region, and a second region formed by etching the initial second region. A size of the first region is smaller than a size of the second region.
US11309417B2
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, an opening is formed in an interlayer dielectric layer such that a source/drain region is exposed in the opening. A first semiconductor layer is formed to fully cover the exposed source/drain region within the opening. A heating process is performed to make an upper surface of the first semiconductor layer substantially flat. A conductive contact layer is formed over the first semiconductor layer.
US11309412B1
A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device comprising a substrate, a plurality of semiconductor layers provided on the substrate, and a source terminal, a drain terminal and at least one gate terminal provided on the plurality of semiconductor layers. The HEMT also includes a metal ring formed on the plurality of semiconductor layers around the source terminal, the drain terminal and the at least one gate terminal, where the metal ring operates to shift the pinch-off voltage of the device. In one embodiment, the metal ring includes an ohmic portion and an electrode portion, where both the ohmic portion and the electrode portion include a lower titanium layer, a middle platinum layer and an upper gold layer.
US11309407B2
A method of manufacturing a low temperature polysilicon thin film includes: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a gate electrode on the buffer layer; forming a patterned raising layer on the gate electrode, wherein the patterned raising layer covers a top surface and a lateral surface of the gate electrode; forming a first diffusion barrier layer on the patterned raising layer; forming a second diffusion barrier layer on the first diffusion barrier layer; forming a silicon layer on the second diffusion barrier layer; annealing the silicon layer to form a polysilicon layer, wherein the polysilicon layer includes a patterned area and a to-be-removed area, the patterned area has the same pattern with the patterned raising layer, and the patterned area is whole directly above the patterned raising layer; and in the polysilicon layer, removing the to-be-removed area, and keeping the patterned area.
US11309379B2
An organic light emitting diode display includes a lower substrate, a sub-pixel structure, an upper substrate, a sealant, and a first power supply wire. The lower substrate has a display area, a peripheral area, and a pad area. The sub-pixel structure is disposed in the display area on the lower substrate. The upper substrate is disposed on the sub-pixel structure. The sealant is disposed in the peripheral area between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The first power supply wire is disposed between the lower substrate and the sealant, and overlaps the lower substrate and the sealant. The first power supply wire includes a first protrusion protruding in a first direction that is a direction from the pad area to the display area in the first peripheral area.
US11309377B2
A pixel circuit disposed in a pixel region including three subpixel regions includes: three light-emitting elements that are disposed in the subpixel regions and have mutually different luminescent colors; one drive circuit that is disposed in a subpixel region serving as a first subpixel region, and supplies drive current to the three light-emitting elements in time division; and a positive power supply line serving as a first power supply line that is disposed in a subpixel region serving as a second subpixel region, and supplies power supply voltage to the drive circuit.
US11309365B2
The present disclosure provides an optical fingerprint sensor and a display module. The optical fingerprint sensor includes a photodiode and a switching thin film transistor connected to the photodiode, in which the photodiode includes a first electrode made of a light-absorbing conductive nano-material; the first electrode is located in a same layer as a second electrode of the switching thin film transistor, and the first electrode includes a light-entering end surface facing a light-entering side and a side surface connected to the light-entering end surface, the side surface includes a curved portion, and the second electrode is at least connected to the curved portion.
US11309361B2
A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of light-emitting devices, a first color filter, a second color filter, and a third color filter that overlap one of the light-emitting devices, and a first color converting layer that overlaps the first color filter, a second color converting layer that overlaps the second color filter, and a transmission layer that overlaps the third color filter. A plurality of the first color filters, a plurality of the second color filters, and a plurality of the third color filters are arranged in a first direction. A gap between adjacent second color filters in a second direction overlaps the first color filter in the first direction.
US11309358B2
A display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The display substrate is divided to have a non-pixel region and a color pixel region. The manufacturing method includes: forming a thin film transistor (TFT) on a base substrate in the non-pixel region; forming a passivation layer on the TFT; forming a color filter on the passivation layer in the color Pixel region; forming a planarization layer on the passivation layer and the color filter; thinning a thickness of a portion of the planarization layer located in the color pixel region; and forming a display electrode on the planarization layer and connecting the display electrode to a drain electrode of the TFT through a via hole.
US11309352B2
A radio frequency (RF) front-end (RFFE) device includes a die having a front-side dielectric layer on an active device. The active device is on a first substrate. The RFFE device also includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device. The MEMS device is integrated on the die at a different layer than the active device. The MEMS device includes a cap layer composed of a cavity in the front-side dielectric layer of the die. The cavity in the front-side dielectric layer is between the first substrate and a second substrate. The cap is coupled to the front-side dielectric layer.
US11309351B2
A micro light-emitting diode includes a first micro light-emitting diode including a first light-emitting layer and emitting light at a first wavelength, and a second micro light-emitting diode including the first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer emitting light at a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, in which the second light-emitting layer is a nitride semiconductor layer doped with a second rare earth element, and a nitride semiconductor of the first micro light-emitting diode and the nitride semiconductor of the second micro light-emitting diode are separated from each other.
US11309348B2
The present disclosure relates to a CMOS image sensor having a doped isolation structure separating a photodiode and a pixel device, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, the CMOS image sensor has a doped isolation structure separating a photodiode and a pixel device. The photodiode is arranged within the substrate away from a front-side of the substrate. A pixel device is disposed at the front-side of the substrate overlying the photodiode and is separated from the photodiode by the doped isolation structure. Comparing to previous image sensor designs, where an upper portion of the photodiode is commonly arranged at a top surface of a front-side of the substrate, now the photodiode is arranged away from the top surface and leaves more room for pixel devices. Thus, a larger pixel device can be arranged in the sensing pixel, and short channel effect and noise level can be improved.
US11309338B2
Provided is a display device and an electronic apparatus that prevent the occurrence of failure in the connection between a mounting substrate and an electronic component. The display device includes an interconnection layer provided on a support substrate, a plurality of insulating layers provided above the interconnection layer, an opening provided in parts of the insulating layers, and a metal layer electrically connected to the interconnection layer and filling the opening up to a height below a layer surface of the insulating layer.
US11309325B2
One embodiment includes: a substrate; a memory cell array that extends in a direction vertical to the substrate and includes a memory string having a plurality of series-coupled memory cells, and a selection transistor coupled to one end of the memory string; a wiring portion that includes a plurality of first conducting layers and a plurality of interlayer insulating films, the first conducting layers functioning as gate electrodes of the memory cell and the selection transistor, the interlayer insulating film being positioned between the first conducting layers in above and below directions; and a second conducting layer arranged on end portions of the plurality of first conducting layers of the selection transistor. The first conducting layers are electrically coupled in common to the second conducting layer.
US11309323B2
Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a memory stack and a plurality of memory strings. The memory stack includes interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers. Each memory string extends vertically through the memory stack. The plurality of memory strings are divided into a plurality of regions of the memory stack in a plan view. The conductive layers include one or more drain select gate (DSG) lines configured to control drains of the plurality of memory strings. The numbers of the DSG lines are different among the plurality of regions. Each of the plurality of memory strings has a nominally same height.
US11309322B2
A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor substrate; a laminated body formed by laminating a plurality of electrode layers on the semiconductor substrate; a memory film provided in the laminated body and including a first block insulation film disposed in a direction perpendicular to the electrode layer, a charge storage film facing the first block insulation film, a tunnel insulation film facing the charge storage film, and a channel film facing the tunnel insulation film; and a barrier layer provided at at least one of interface between the plurality of electrode layers and the memory film and an interface in the memory film and mainly composed of carbon.
US11309316B1
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The method for fabricating the semiconductor device includes providing a substrate including an array area and a peripheral area adjacent to the array area, forming word line structures and source/drain regions in the array area, and a word line protection layer on the array area, forming a first hard mask layer over the substrate and having a step height adjacent to a border between the array area and the peripheral area, forming a bit line contact in the array area and between the word line structures by using the first hard mask layer as a pattern guide, and forming a gate electrode layer on the peripheral area.
US11309315B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for digit line formation for horizontally oriented access devices. One example method includes forming layers of a first dielectric material, a low doped semiconductor material, and a second dielectric material, in repeating iterations vertically to form a vertical stack, forming a vertical opening in the vertical stack, selectively etching the second dielectric material to form a horizontal opening in the second dielectric material, gas phase doping a dopant on a top surface of the low doped semiconductor material in the horizontal opening to form a source/drain region, forming a high doped semiconductor material in the horizontal opening, selectively etching the high doped semiconductor material formed in the horizontal opening such that a portion of the high doped semiconductor material remains, and converting the remaining high doped semiconductor material to a conductive material having a different characteristic from the remaining high doped semiconductor material.
US11309314B2
A method used in forming an array of capacitors comprises forming an array of vertically-elongated first capacitor electrodes that project vertically relative to an outer surface. An insulative ring is formed circumferentially about individual vertically-projecting portions of the first capacitor electrodes. The insulative rings about immediately-adjacent of the first capacitor electrodes in a first straight-line direction are laterally directly against one another. The insulative rings about immediately-adjacent of the first capacitor electrodes in a second straight-line direction that is angled relative to the first straight-line direction are laterally-spaced from one another. A capacitor insulator is formed over sidewalls of the first capacitor electrodes. At least one second capacitor electrode is formed over the capacitor insulator. Additional methods, including structure independent of method, are disclosed.
US11309309B2
A mother substrate and a display panel are disclosed. The mother substrate includes a plurality of display panels, a plurality of first test terminals and a plurality of first one-way conductive circuits. Each of the display panels has a display area, and includes a plurality of first signal lines extending from outside of the display area to the display area in parallel; the plurality of first signal lines of each of the display panels are respectively electrically connected to one of the plurality of first test terminals; the plurality of first one-way conductive circuits are respectively electrically connected to the plurality of first signal lines outside the display area and are configured to allow signals to be able to transmit only from the plurality of first test terminals to the plurality of first signal lines of each of the display panels.
US11309304B2
An electronic package includes a first layer having a first surface, the first layer includes a first device having a first electrical node, and a first contact pad in electrical communication with the first electrical node and positioned within the first surface. The package includes a second layer having a second surface and a third surface, the second layer includes a first conductor positioned within the second surface and a second contact pad positioned within the third surface and in electrical communication with the first conductor. A first anisotropic conducting paste (ACP) is positioned between the first contact pad and the first conductor to electrically connect the first contact pad to the first conductor such that an electrical signal may pass therebetween.
US11309302B2
Manufacturing method of semiconductor package includes following steps. Bottom package is provided. The bottom package includes a die and a redistribution structure electrically connected to die. A first top package and a second top package are disposed on a surface of the redistribution structure further away from the die. An underfill is formed into the space between the first and second top packages and between the first and second top packages and the bottom package. The underfill covers at least a side surface of the first top package and a side surface of the second top package. A hole is opened in the underfill within an area overlapping with the die between the side surface of the first top package and the side surface of the second top package. A thermally conductive block is formed in the hole by filling the hole with a thermally conductive material.
US11309301B2
Multiple bonded units are provided, each of which includes a respective front-side die and a backside die. The two dies in each bonded unit may be a memory die and a logic die configured to control operation of memory elements in the memory die. Alternatively, the two dies may be memory dies. The multiple bonded units can be attached such that front-side external bonding pads have physically exposed surfaces that face upward and backside external bonding pads of each bonded unit have physically exposed surfaces that face downward. A first set of bonding wires can connect a respective pair of front-side external bonding pads, and a second set of bonding wires can connect a respective pair of backside external bonding pads.
US11309300B2
A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a processor chip mounted on a first region of the package substrate, a plurality of memory chips mounted on a second region of the package substrate being spaced apart from the first region of the package substrate, a signal transmission device mounted on a third region of the package substrate between the first and second regions of the package substrate, and a plurality of first bonding wires connecting the plurality of memory chips to the signal transmission device. The signal transmission device includes upper pads connected to the plurality of first bonding wires, penetrating electrodes arranged in a main body portion of the signal transmission device and connected to the upper pads, and lower pads in a lower surface portion of the signal transmission device and connected to the penetrating electrodes and connected to the package substrate via bonding balls.
US11309294B2
A method includes forming a composite material layer over a carrier, the composite material layer including particles of a filler material incorporated into a base material, forming a set of through vias over a first side of the composite material layer, attaching a die over the first side of the composite material layer, the die being spaced apart from the set of through vias, forming a molding material over the first side of the composite material layer, the molding material least laterally encapsulating the die and the through vias of the set of through vias, forming a redistribution structure over the die and the molding material, the redistribution structure electrically connected to the through vias, forming openings in a second side of the composite material layer opposite the first side, and forming conductive connectors in the openings, the conductive connectors electrically connected to the through vias.
US11309291B2
A die stack structure includes an interconnection structure, a logic die, a control die, a first insulating encapsulant, a dummy die, a memory cube and a second insulating encapsulant. The logic die is electrically connected to the interconnection structure. The logic die comprises a first dielectric bonding structure. The control die is laterally separated from the logic die and electrically connected to the interconnection structure. The first insulating encapsulant laterally encapsulates the logic die and the control die. The dummy die is stacked on the logic die, the logic die is located between the interconnection structure and the dummy die, the dummy die comprises a second dielectric bonding structure, and a bonding interface is located between the first dielectric bonding structure and the second dielectric bonding structure. The memory cube is stacked on and electrically connected to the control die, wherein the control die is located between the interconnection structure and the memory cube. The second insulating encapsulant laterally encapsulates the dummy die and the memory cube.
US11309289B2
A package and a method of forming the same are provided. A method includes forming a first die structure. The first die structure includes a die stack and a stacked dummy structure bonded to a carrier. A second die structure is formed. The second die structure includes a first integrated circuit die. The first die structure is bonded to the second die structure by bonding a topmost integrated circuit die of the die stack to the first integrated circuit die. The topmost integrated circuit die of the die stack is a farthest integrated circuit die of the die stack from the carrier. A singulation process is performed on the first die structure to form a plurality of individual die structures. The singulation process singulates the stacked dummy structure into a plurality of individual stacked dummy structures.
US11309271B2
A chip structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a conductive via, and a redistribution layer. The first substrate has a first inclined sidewall. The second substrate is located on a bottom surface of the first substrate, and has an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion extends from the upper portion. The upper portion is between the first substrate and the lower portion. The upper portion has a second inclined sidewall, and a slope of the first inclined sidewall is substantially equal to a slope of the second inclined sidewall. The conductive via is in the lower portion. The redistribution layer extends from a top surface of the first substrate to a top surface of the lower portion of the second substrate sequentially along the first inclined sidewall and the second inclined sidewall, and is electrically connected to the conductive via.
US11309269B2
A serigraphy method for producing a soulder bump on the front surface of a substrate includes: forming a film on the front surface, forming an opening in the film, filling the opening with a souldering material, and removing the film. Forming a film on the front surface is preceded by the formation of an intermediate layer between the film and the front surface, the intermediate layer being adapted to exhibit a force of adherence at one and/or the other interface formed with the first front surface and the film lower than the force of adherence that can be formed between the film and the first front surface.
US11309264B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device package. The semiconductor device package includes an antenna layer, a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer. The antenna layer has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). The first circuit layer is disposed over the antenna layer. The first circuit layer has a second CTE. The second circuit layer is disposed over the antenna layer. The second circuit layer has a third CTE. A difference between the first CTE and the second CTE is less than a difference between the first CTE and the third CTE.
US11309256B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes processing a first substrate including a first align mark and a first structure, processing a second substrate including a second align mark and a second structure, orientating the first substrate and the second substrate such that the first structure and the second structure face each other, and controlling alignment between the first structure and the second structure by using the first align mark and the second align mark to couple the first structure with the second structure.
US11309242B2
A package component, a semiconductor package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The package component for electrically coupling a semiconductor die includes an insulating layer, a functional circuit structure embedded in the insulating layer within a functional circuit region, and a seal ring structure embedded in the insulating layer within the seal ring region surrounding the functional circuit region. The semiconductor die disposed on the package component is electrically coupled to the functional circuit structure. The seal ring structure is electrically isolated from the functional circuit structure. The seal ring structure includes a stack of alternating interconnect layers and via patterns, and the via pattern at each level of the stack includes first features spaced apart from one another and arranged at neighboring corners of the seal ring region.
US11309230B1
In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a power electronic module may be described. The power electronic module may comprise a power semiconductor device, a substrate coupled to the power semiconductor device, and a base plate coupled to the substrate. The substrate may include from 50 weight percent (wt. %) to 99.9 wt. % of a poly(dicyclopentadiene) polymer. In one or more other embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for manufacturing a power electronic module may be described. The method may include disposing a solution on a base plate. The solution may include dicyclopentadiene monomer, a ruthenium-based catalyst, and a trialkyl phosphite initiator. The method may further include initiating a polymerization front within the solution to produce a substrate formed directly on the base plate. Furthermore, the method may include coupling a power semiconductor device on the substrate to produce the power electronic module.
US11309229B2
Described herein in some examples is a heat dissipation coating composition for an electronic device, which can comprise: a transparent coating layer deposited on a surface of the electronic device, wherein the coating layer comprises: a heat absorber selected from the group consisting of silica aerogel, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanotube aerogel, graphene, graphene aerogel, and combinations thereof, a transparent resin selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylic resin, a polycarbonate resin, a cyclic olefin resin, an epoxy resin, a urethane resin, a silicone resin, a cyanoacrylate resin, a polyester resin, and combinations thereof, and a solvent; and a heat spreader layer deposited at least partially on top of the transparent coating layer or deposited on the surface of the electronic device adjacent to the transparent coating layer, wherein the heat spreader layer comprises: metallic or non-metallic particles selected from the group consisting of copper, aluminum, graphite, carbon nanotube, graphene on a metal, graphene, and combinations thereof.
US11309224B2
A semiconductor device includes a flexible wiring substrate. The wiring substrate includes at least two mounting portions and at least one connecting portion. The mounting portions are stacked spaced apart from each other. Each connecting portion is bent to connect two mounting portions that are adjacent in a stacking direction. The semiconductor device further includes at least one semiconductor chip mounted on at least one of the at least two mounting portions and a plurality of conductive connecting members connecting the mounting portions to each other in the stacking direction.
US11309223B2
In an embodiment, a method includes: stacking a plurality of first dies to form a device stack; revealing testing pads of a topmost die of the device stack; testing the device stack using the testing pads of the topmost die; and after testing the device stack, forming bonding pads in the topmost die, the bonding pads being different from the testing pads.
US11309221B2
A technique relates to a semiconductor device. One or more N-type field effect transistor (NFET) gates and one or more P-type field effect transistor (PFET) gates are formed. Source and drain (S/D) contacts are formed, at least one material of the S/D contacts being formed in the PFET gates. Insulating material is deposited as self-aligned caps above the NFET gates and the PFET gates, while the insulating material is also formed as insulator portions adjacent to the S/D contacts. Middle of the line (MOL) contacts are formed above the S/D contacts.
US11309220B2
A method, apparatus, and manufacturing system are disclosed herein for a vertical field effect transistor patterned in a self-aligned process. A plurality of fins is formed. A gate structure is formed on at least a first side and a second side of a lower portion of each fin. A spacer is formed on at least a first side and a second side of an upper portion of each fin. At least one layer is formed above the substrate and between the fins. An opening is formed in the at least one layer between the fins by an etching process. The spacer protects the gate structure during the etching process.
US11309205B2
An electrostatic chuck and an electrostatic adsorption apparatus including the same are disclosed. The electrostatic chuck includes a base, a cushion layer on the base, an electrode layer on the cushion layer, and a dielectric layer on the electrode layer, the base, the cushion layer, the electrode layer, and the dielectric layer have through holes. The through holes each have a rectangular shape, and each corner region of the dielectric layer has a pair of the through holes, and the central axes of the pair of the through holes respectively intersect two adjacent sides of the dielectric layer at the respective corner region.
US11309196B2
A method of detecting adhesive residue on a wafer after peeling an adhesive film from the wafer by using a peeling tape is described. According to a first aspect, the method includes illuminating the peeling tape with first UV light after the peeling and acquiring a fluorescence image from the peeling tape. According to a second aspect, the method includes illuminating the wafer with second UV light after the peeling and acquiring a fluorescence image from the wafer.
US11309190B2
In a wet etching process to pattern a metal layer such as a p-metal work function layer over a dielectric layer such as a high-k gate dielectric layer, a selectivity of the wet etching solution between the metal layer and the dielectric layer is increased utilizing an inhibitor. The inhibitor includes such inhibitors as a phosphoric acid, a carboxylic acid, an amino acid, or a hydroxyl group.
US11309187B2
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor fin disposed over a substrate, an epitaxial source/drain (S/D) feature disposed over the semiconductor fin, a silicide layer disposed over the epitaxial S/D feature, the silicide layer is disposed on sidewalls of the epitaxial S/D feature, a dielectric layer disposed over sidewalls of the silicide layer, and an S/D contact disposed over the epitaxial S/D feature in an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer.
US11309179B2
A method for processing a product layer includes providing a dielectric layer over a substrate, etching to remove a portion of the dielectric layer, forming a product layer over the etched dielectric layer, and removing the product layer by providing a dissolving solution and using the dissolving solution to rinse or soak the product layer to dissolve the product layer.
US11309171B2
An analytical device, includes: an ionization unit that ionizes carrier gas introduced into the separation column; a mass separation unit that mass-separates ions generated in the ionization unit; a detection unit that detects the ions mass-separated by the mass separation unit in amplification with a predetermined multiplication factor, and outputs a detection signal; an analysis unit that analyzes the detection signal having been output from the detection unit; and an adjustment unit performs an adjustment of the multiplication factor of the detection unit and/or voltage applied to an electrode of an ion transport system of the mass separation unit based on magnitude of the detection signal corresponding to the carrier gas detected by the detection unit.
US11309166B2
Methods for fabricating gas discharge tubes. In some embodiments, a method for fabricating a gas discharge tube (GDT) device can include providing or forming an insulator substrate having first and second sides and defining an opening. The method can further include providing or forming a first electrode and a second electrode. The method can further include forming a first glass seal between the first electrode and the first side of the insulator substrate, and a second glass seal between the second electrode and the second side of the insulator substrate, such that the first and second glass seals provide a hermetic seal for a chamber defined by the opening and the first and second electrodes.
US11309159B2
The present invention discloses a structure of an emitter electrode for enhancing ion currents, including a tip end part and a shank part. The tip end part has a pinpoint, a first diameter, and a radius of curvature. A length of the tip end part with the shank part is from the pinpoint to a first position of the shank part and a distance between the first position and the pinpoint is 300 times the first diameter. The radius of curvature of the tip end part ranges from 50 nanometers to 5 micrometers. The first diameter is 2 times the radius of curvature.
US11309156B2
An operating attachment for arrangement on a predefinable switching device and for operating a pivotable switching device toggle of the switching device includes: a one-sided open housing positionable on the switching device; a rotatable shaft having a rotation axis; a manual operating part, the manual operating part being situated on the rotatable shaft; a switch-on projection for pivoting the switching device toggle in a first pivot direction, the switch-on projection being situated on the rotatable shaft; a switch-off projection for pivoting the switching device toggle in a second pivot direction opposite the first pivot direction, the switch-off projection being situated on the rotatable shaft; and a housing stop for contacting a stop edge of the switch-off projection, the housing stop being situated in the one-sided open housing. The switch-off projection yields resiliently such that the switch-off projection is bent for contact with the housing stop.
US11309153B2
The contact switching device includes a first terminal, a first contact, a second terminal, and a base. The first contact is attached to the first terminal. The base includes a first attachment portion, a second attachment portion, and a groove portion. The first terminal is attached to the first attachment portion. The second terminal is attached to the second attachment portion. The groove portion is arranged between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion. The groove portion has a shape in which the inside is larger than the entrance.
US11309147B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to a socket. A speed-control switch, including: a housing including a top plate provided with a central opening extending in a length direction; a push rod at least partially contained in the housing, and a first end of the push rod protruding out of the housing from the central opening and capable of sliding in the central opening; a plurality of connection terminals provided in pairs in the housing and configured to: selectively engage with a second end of the push rod opposite to the first end to limit a plurality of speed indications of the speed-control switch; and a speed selection assembly with a part thereof set on the top plate and configured to allow a selection for a plurality of speed indications of the speed-control switch as the push rod slides in the central opening. The speed-control switch achieve speed switching with a small force. The speed-control switch is suitable for high-power electrical appliances, requires a small number of components, reducing manufacturing costs and assembly time and assembly difficulty.
US11309146B2
The present invention discloses a method to manufacture a keycap for keys of a keyboard, including: providing a top fabric layer and a molding film disposed beneath the top fabric layer; molding the molding film and the top fabric layer to form a film structure having an inner surface; and providing a keycap body having an upper surface, wherein the outline of the upper surface matches with that of the inner surface to form the keycap. In the present invention, the keycap is formed using the film structure and the keycap body by plastic injection or adhesion agent, the keycap is further manufactured as keys, and a symbol is engraved on the upper surface of the film structure by laser. Because the backlit device's light transmits through the keycap, users can recognize the symbols on the keys.
US11309144B1
A pressing device includes a base board, an upper board unit that is disposed over the base board, and an intermediate unit that is disposed between the base board and the upper board unit. The upper board unit includes a panel, a circuit board, and a tact switch. The intermediate unit includes a middle portion that corresponds in position to the tact switch, a surrounding frame member, and a plurality of interconnecting board members. When the upper board unit is pressed, at least one of the interconnecting board members is deformed, and the middle portion is driven to convert the tact switch from an initial state to a triggered state.
US11309135B2
Disclosed is a ceramic package for filling with a liquid-containing electrolyte, which includes: a package body defining a recessed cavity open at a front surface of the package body and including first and second ceramic layers stacked together; a plurality of electrode pads disposed on a bottom surface of the recessed cavity; and a plurality of outer connection terminals disposed on a back surface of the package body, wherein each of the electrode pads includes a pad body portion having a polygonal shape in plan view and an interlayer pad portion formed along an interlayer surface between the first and second ceramic layers, wherein the interlayer pad portion has a protruding part protruding outwardly from the pad body portion, and wherein via conductors are formed between the protruding parts of the electrode pads and the outer connection terminals through the first ceramic layer.
US11309133B2
The multilayer electronic component includes a capacitor body having first to sixth surfaces; first and second external electrodes including first and second connecting portions, and first and second band portions; first and second connection terminals connected to the first band portion; and third and fourth connection terminals connected to the second band portion. The first and second connection terminals include a first connection surface facing the first band portion, a second connection surface opposing the first connection surface, and a first circumferential surface connecting the first and second connection surfaces, a cross section of the first circumferential surface being circular. The third and fourth connection terminals include a third connection surface facing the second band portion, a fourth connection surface opposing the third connection surface, and a second circumferential surface connecting the third and fourth connection surfaces, a cross section of the second circumferential surface being circular.
US11309130B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate and an external electrode, the laminate includes a central layer portion in which first and second internal electrode layers are alternately laminated with a dielectric ceramic layer therebetween, a peripheral layer portion sandwiching the central layer portion in a lamination direction and made of a ceramic material, and a side margin sandwiching the central layer portion and the peripheral layer portion in a width direction and made of a ceramic material, the side margin includes an inner layer on an innermost side in the width direction and an outer layer on an outermost side in the width direction, and an element of an additive of the ceramic material included in the peripheral layer portion is the same as an element of an additive of a ceramic material included in the inner layer.
US11309126B2
Wireless power transmittal apparatus and systems are disclosed in which transmitter and receiver inductors, or coils, are coupled in configurations for wirelessly transferring power and/or data among them. In preferred implementations, a plurality of non-coplanar primary side coils are provided in power transmittal apparatus for transmitting power, or power and data.
US11309120B2
Present disclosure relates to a transformer structure. The transformer structure includes a first inductor and a second inductor. The first inductor has first turns and second turns. The second inductor has third turns and fourth turns. The first turns of the first inductor and the third turns of the second inductor are mutually disposed in a first area of a first metal layer. The second turns of the first inductor and the fourth turns of the second inductor are mutually disposed in a second area of the first metal layer. The first area is adjacent to the second area.
US11309119B2
An on-chip balun transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding is provided. The primary winding includes at least one parallel coil and a plurality of first serial semi-turn coils connected to the at least one parallel coil. The secondary winding, magnetically coupled to the primary winding, includes a plurality of second serial semi-turn coils connected to each other. At least one of the second serial semi-turn coils is located within the at least one parallel coil. The primary winding and the secondary winding are coplanar.
US11309114B2
A stacked body includes a base including a plurality of insulating base material layers, a coil including a winding-shaped conductive pattern located on at least one of the plurality of the insulating base material layers, and an electrically isolated dummy pattern extending along at least a portion of the coil outside of the coil on at least one of the plurality of the insulating base material layers in a plan view, wherein the stacked body includes a step at which a thickness of the stacked body is different in a stacking direction, and the dummy pattern is located between the coil and the step at a portion defining the step where the thickness of the stacked body is larger.
