US11464818B2
The present disclosure is directed to cannabinoids infused coffee beans, nuts, and seeds consumables and methods of producing the cannabinoid infused consumables. The consumables are infused in an overall two-step process, in which cannabinoids from a Cannabis species are first infused into coconut oil, which in turn is used to infuse a consumable of choice with cannabinoids to generate the cannabinoids infused consumables.
US11464810B2
A method of preventing or treating eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) comprising administering a composition comprising ascr#7 is described.
US11464807B2
Genetically engineered hematopoietic cells such as hematopoietic stem cells having one or more genetically edited genes of lineage-specific cell-surface proteins and therapeutic uses thereof, either alone or in combination with immune therapy that targets the lineage-specific cell-surface proteins.
US11464805B2
The combination of adoptive cell therapy with CCR2 positive (CCR2+) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation increases T cell activation and survival.
US11464804B1
A method of treating spinal cord injuries in a patient using sagittal MR images of the spinal cord injury to guide the extent of exposure of the neuro/orthopedic surgeon during a posterior spinal fusion for the purpose of autologous stem cell therapy in the setting of spinal injury; the method using large volumes of the patient's bone marrow aspirated to yield a large quantity of heterogeneous autologous stem cell concentrate containing cellular and subcellular fractions, in addition to soluble protein factors (defined as heterogeneous concentrate) exhibiting regenerative potential which is then applied directly over the spinal cord (under the dura/arachnoid) in the areas affected.
US11464798B2
A method for treating a tumor in a patient by administering to the patient an immunogenic composition including antigenic material inactivated by treatment with a metal-based coordination complex and electromagnetic radiation, wherein the immunogenic composition is effective to elicit an immune response to the antigenic material in the patient after administration and the metal-based coordination complex having a specified formula. An immunogenic composition and a method for preparing it are also disclosed.
US11464797B2
A use of a vitamin composition in preparing a drug for preventing, treating, or delaying Alzheimer's disease. The composition comprises a B vitamins composition or an analog or derivative thereof, vitamin C or an analog or derivative thereof, or a combination of a B vitamins composition or an analog or derivative thereof with vitamin C or an analog or derivative thereof.
US11464769B2
The inventive subject matter is directed to compositions and methods for sterile and storage stable low-dose atropine formulations with improved stability. Most preferably, the compositions presented herein are substantially preservative free and exhibit less than 0.35% tropic acid from degradation of atropine. Advantageously, contemplated formulations are also substantially free of preservatives.
US11464765B2
Disclosed is a use of an N-substituted pyridyl benzisoselazolone compound. The use is particularly a use in the preparation of a medicament for treating and/or preventing a disease caused by coronavirus. The present disclosure surprisingly found that the N-substituted pyridyl benzisoselazolone compound, such as ebselen, can significantly inhibit the activity of the main protease of a coronavirus and the intracellular replication capability of SARS-CoV-2, which can be used for treating a disease caused by coronavirus.
US11464764B2
Disclosed herein are novel formulations containing relacorilant ((R)-(1-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-((1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)sulfonyl)-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-g]isoquinolin-4a-yl)(4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)methanone) that are suitable for administration, including oral administration, to patients suffering from disorders amenable to treatment by glucocorticoid receptor modulators (GRMs). Single unit dosage forms comprise softgel capsules containing these formulations. Such softgel capsules may contain, e.g., relacorilant formulations containing 25 milligrams (mg), 50 mg, 100 mg, 200 mg, 300 mg, 400 mg, 500 mg, or other amounts of relacorilant. These novel formulations and single unit dosage forms may be used to treat diseases and disorders including Cushing's syndrome, Cushing's Disease, and other disorders.
US11464760B2
The present invention relates to frigostable compositions suitable for iontophoretic transdermal delivery of a triptan compound that includes: a salt of a triptan compound, preferably sumatriptan succinate, a polyamine, one or more dicarboxylic acids, 0.5 to 10.0 wt.-% (based on the total weight of the composition) of one or more monocarboxylic acids, and water or an aqueous solvent mixture. The invention further relates to the use of the composition as an integral component of an iontophoretic patch, preferably as an anodic reservoir of the patch.
US11464754B2
The present invention provides a betaine compound for use in the prevention of obesity, excessive fat accumulation and/or metabolic disorders associated with either of the foregoing in a subject, wherein the prevention comprises administering the betaine compound directly to the subject during infancy or, alternatively, to the subject's mother during breast-feeding. Also provided are compositions comprising an effective amount of betaine compound together with one or more pharmaceutically or edible acceptable excipients and/or carriers for this use.
US11464753B2
A composition of matter comprising an α-ketoglutarate (AKG) or an α-ketoglutaric acid or a salt of an α-ketoglutarate may be used to treat patients having a neurodegenerative disease, such as amyotrophic lateralsclerosis. The composition may be administered hourly or may be administered once a day depending on the size and activity of the patient and the release coating or mechanism provided. In addition to AKG, a core composition may comprise GABA and a source of coenzyme Q10. Other substances may be provided either orally or intravenous in addition to the core composition, as required to control symptoms, or in order to stimulate stem cells to add motor neurons.
US11464748B2
This disclosure relates to microcapsule particles for targeted delivery of drugs. In certain embodiments, the particles comprise polyelectrolyte polymers, e.g., layers of anionic polymers and cationic polymers. In certain embodiments, the particles have a fibrinogen coating. In certain embodiments, the particles contain a polysaccharide core and/or a polysaccharide coating encapsulating drugs, proteins, clotting agents, coagulation factors, or anticoagulants. In certain embodiments, this disclosure contemplates methods of using particles disclosed herein to prevent or reduce onset of or duration of bleeding. In certain embodiments, this disclosure contemplates methods of using particles disclosed herein to prevent or reduce onset of blood clotting.
US11464744B2
This disclosure relates to gastro-resistant, controlled release dosage forms comprising Compound (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof, the pharmacokinetic properties of these dosage forms, and the preparation of the same. The novel dosage forms disclosed herein are useful in reducing the risk of QT prolongation in a subject and in treating a disorder in a subject in need thereof, e.g., a subject diagnosed with schizophrenia, for example, in treating the negative symptoms in a subject diagnosed with schizophrenia having the CYP2D6 EM genotype.
US11464743B2
A tablet press comprises a gate that defines a first switching position that feeds tablets into a first tablet outlet and at least a second switching position that feeds tablets into at least one second tablet outlet. The table press further comprises a control apparatus and a drive apparatus. The drive apparatus is configured to be actuated by the control apparatus to move the gate from a home position defined as one of the first switching position and the at least a second switching position into a target position defined as a switching position that is not the home position. The gate is moved from the home switching position at a speed of movement toward the target position such that the speed of movement of the gate is reduced before the target position is reached.
US11464740B2
Methods and monodisperse glass microsphere composites comprising a porous wall hollow-glass microsphere; a cargo of a therapeutic is loaded inside of the porous wall hollow-glass microsphere; and a first shell fully encapsulating the porous wall hollow-glass microsphere and capping pores in the walls, retaining the cargo inside of the porous wall hollow-glass microsphere.
US11464736B2
Orodispersible films (ODFs) and methods for making the same.
US11464734B2
The present application provides methods of treating overactive bladder and methods of training or retraining bladder, prolonging symptom relief, improving the quality of life and/or neuronal remodeling in an individual having overactive bladder, by administering an effective amount of trospium locally to the bladder of the individual for at least about 24 hours.
US11464728B1
A lip care composition including an emollient, a thickener, an antioxidant, an emulsifier, a botanical, a vitamin, a humectant, a film former, a calming agent, a sweetener and a lip plumper, the lip plumper comprising Sodium Hyaluronate in an amount of from 0.01% to 0.1% by weight, Arnica montana Flower Extract in an amount of from 0.01% to 0.1% by weight and Phytonadione in an amount of from 0.01% to 0.1% by weight of the total composition.
US11464726B2
The invention relates to the non-therapeutic use of a composition comprising at least one 1,4:3,6 dianhydrohexitol for moisturising the skin, as well as to a preparation for topical use comprising at least one 1,4:3,6 dianhydrohexitol as a moisturising agent.
US11464724B2
A hair conditioner composition with a gel network that can contain a fatty alcohol and a cationic surfactant having a chloride counterion. The gel network composition can contain a uniform lamellar structure that comprises all vesicles or mostly vesicles.
US11464722B2
The problem of the present disclosure is to impart manageability and flexibility to hair after being dyed or bleached using an oxidative hair dye or a hair bleaching agent. The features for solving the problem are a first agent of an oxidative hair dye or a hair bleaching agent comprising: (A) a polyvalent carboxylic acid having no hydroxyl group or a salt thereof; (B) a surfactant including (B1) a cationic surfactant and (B2) a nonionic surfactant; (C) an oily component; and (D) an alkaline agent.
US11464721B2
Applicants have identified a critical skin benefit package that can be used in liquid alcohol sanitizing compositions that provides lower amounts of skin conditioners in combination with a specific ratio of different emollients that provide improved skin health with chronic repeated use. The package also provides improved skin feel with without a tacky residue upon drying.
US11464717B2
The present invention relates to oral care compositions comprising at least one biosurfactant and fluoride.
US11464712B2
The disclosure includes embodiments of an apparatus, a device, and methods to transform an infant feeding bottle into an infant gavage feeding apparatus. According to an embodiment, an infant gavage feeding apparatus can include an infant feeding bottle, a gavage milk delivery component, a retaining ring, and a cord component. In another embodiment, an infant milk dual-delivery device to transform an infant feeding bottle to an alternate nipple feeding and gavage feeding apparatus includes a gavage milk delivery component, a retaining ring, and a nipple receiving component. The gavage milk delivery component and the nipple receiving component can be positioned in a branched or a stacked configuration. The device can include a flow closure component and a controller to transition the milk flow for a gavage feeding and nipple feeding. The device can include a funnel to allow milk in the nipple to flow back into the infant feeding bottle.
US11464711B2
A medication dispensing apparatus is provided herein along with computer-useable instructions embodied on a microcontroller for control of said medication dispensing apparatus. Instructions may be embodied on the microcontroller to control a dosing of medication via a coupled motor. The microcontroller controls rotation of the motor to line up a cavity with a dispensing port such that medication from a medication container (e.g., pill bottle) is dispensed via the dispensing apparatus.
US11464708B2
Apparatus, systems, methods and articles are described to prepare and track medications and medication containers as they are prepared, administered to patients and, in some cases, disposed of. Information such as medication type, concentration, and volume are associated with medication containers during preparation and this information can later be consumed/utilized when administering the medication from a container to a patient. Disposing of any remaining medication can also be tracked.
US11464703B2
Resuscitation and ventilation monitoring devices are provided. A device includes an inlet in fluid communication with airflows exchanged with lungs of a patient and an airflow meter for measuring characteristics of the airflows. A user may provide a controller with patient information, e.g., height, weight, gender, or age, via a measurement selector, enabling the controller to determine acceptable ranges of measured airflow characteristics. The device may determine a current mode of ventilation and associated ventilator settings based on the measured airflow characteristics. The device may also identify and filter out artifacts present in the ventilation signal, and determine whether a respiratory failure phenotype is present in the ventilation. If the current mode of ventilation and associated ventilator settings fall outside an acceptable range, the ventilation is classified as off-target and the controller may cause a sensory alarm to alert the user. The device may suggest a corrective action based on the type of off-target ventilation detected. The device may also continuously analyze ventilation to determine changes in lung compliance over time and to identify pathological changes over time. The device may work within a network of devices and user interfaces via wired or wireless communication, and is not restricted to or dependent on the type of ventilatory device with which a patient is being supported.
US11464700B2
In at least one aspect, there is provided a system for generating force about one or more joints including a soft exosuit having a plurality of anchor elements and at least one connection element disposed between the plurality of anchor elements. The system also includes at least one sensor to determine a force the at least one connection element or at least one of the plurality of anchor elements and to output signals relating to the force, at least one actuator configured to change a tension in the soft exosuit and at least one controller configured to receive the signals output from the at least one sensor and actuate the at least one actuator responsive to the received signals.
US11464698B2
A surgical table for supporting a patient over a floor and including a base assembly, a support column assembly and a patient support structure. The base assembly supported on the floor and including a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a member extending along a base longitudinal axis between the first and second ends. The support column assembly moveably coupled with the base assembly and configured to translate between the first and second ends of the base assembly along the member extending therebetween, the support column assembly being the only support column assembly coupled with the base assembly. The patient support structure including a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends, the second end of the patient support structure supported off of the support column assembly in a cantilevered fashion.
US11464696B2
A body weight support system includes a support track, a trolley, and a power rail. The support track has a first portion and a second portion. The trolley has a support assembly and a drive assembly. The support assembly is configured to support at least a portion of a body weight of a user. The drive assembly is configured to movably suspend the trolley from the first portion of the support track when the user moves along a first surface and is configured to movably suspend the trolley from the second portion of the support track when the user moves along a second surface separate from the first surface. The power rail is coupled to the support track and is configured to be in electrical contact with a portion of the trolley as the trolley moves along the first portion and the second portion of the support track.
US11464686B2
A mobile apparatus with an integrated stretcher apparatus for patients has a base having rotatably mounted wheels on a bottom side for moving the base on the ground, a frame which is fastened to a top side of the base and which is open at least on one side, and a stretcher apparatus having segments which are mounted pivotably relative to one another, wherein the segments are configured for folding the stretcher apparatus into a first form, in which all the segments adjoin one another in a plane, and for folding said stretcher apparatus into a second form, in which the stretcher apparatus is packed down, and wherein the stretcher apparatus and the frame are configured to be complementary to one another such that the stretcher apparatus in the second form can be completely introduced into the frame.
US11464673B1
The present embodiments relate to a method of treating dry eyes. The method includes a plurality of visits to an eye doctor with each even numbered visit focused on a first eye and each odd numbered visit focused on a second eye. The plurality of visits comprises use of intense pulsed light (“IPL”) therapy, low level light therapy, an ocular nebulizer, dehydrated amniotic membranes, biologic eye drops, advanced lubricants, eyelid debridement, meibomian gland imaging and a slit lamp.
US11464670B2
The invention relates to a device for cooling an organ locally, that includes an elongate stem including a far end intended to make contact with an organ to be cooled and comprising including a cooling element having a cold finger, a crystal that has a capacity to cool via excitation at a set excitation wavelength, said crystal being positioned adjacent to said cooling element, an optical guide that is able to convey a light signal at said excitation wavelength and that opens onto said crystal, and an illuminating system including at least one light source, which light source is arranged to emit said light signal.
US11464664B2
A use of an umbilical splint for shaping an umbilicus after an abdominal operation is described. The umbilical splint may comprise an insertion portion extending in a longitudinal direction and terminating at an insertion end for insertion into the umbilicus. Furthermore, the insertion portion may comprise a bulbous section near the insertion end. The bulbous section may be operable to apply pressure to a tissue of the umbilicus after the abdominal operation. The insertion portion may have different cross-sectional shapes including circular and oval. Finally, the insertion portion may be configured to engage the umbilicus such that the umbilical splint is retained within the umbilicus.
US11464659B2
Systems and devices for crimping a medical device and associated methods are disclosed herein. A crimping device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a frame including a stationary plate, a movable member, and a plurality of blades arranged to form a channel and each including a pin that projects through a slot on the movable member and a corresponding slot on the stationary plate. The crimping device can be actuated to move the movable member relative to the stationary plate to drive the pins along paths defined by the slots to thereby drive the blades radially inward to crimp a medical device positioned within the channel.
US11464657B2
A dual opposing helical stent having a furled, small-diameter state and an expanded, large-diameter state. In the furled, small-diameter state, the stent includes a plurality of central lobes arranged at spaced-apart intervals and extending longitudinally defining a stent axis. The stent also includes peripheral lobes formed on the plurality of central lobes. The terminal ends of the stent are welded in a middle section of the stent. A method and technique for manufacturing the stent is also disclosed.
US11464652B2
Insertion tool assemblies for positioning an implant at a target location in a patient. Insertion tool assemblies that comprise first and second jaw portions configured to engage an implant; a sleeve assembly coupled to the first and second jaw portions; and a handle coupled to the sleeve assembly.
US11464646B2
A spinal implant apparatus that is an expandable spacer including features to minimize or eliminate spacer cant or offset during and after completing the expansion process. The spacer includes a top component, a base component in engagement with the top component, and an expansion mechanism arranged to change the top component's position with respect to the base component. The mechanism for causing expansion may be a screw, a cam, a wedge or other form of distracting device. In one embodiment, the expandable spacer includes a base component with a set of towers and a top component with a set of corresponding silos, where the towers and silos are configured to minimize or eliminate tilt of the top component as it extends upwardly from the base component.
US11464644B2
A reverse shoulder replacement system including a humeral liner defining a split curvature bearing surface that includes a plurality of curvature regions. The plurality of curvature regions are configured to engage a glenosphere of a glenoid implant individually or in combination to provide an improved fit between the glenosphere and the humeral liner.
US11464633B2
A cardiac implant system including a cardiac implant such as an annuloplasty ring, a prosthetic heart valve, or a valved conduit pre-assembled at the time of manufacture with devices for securing the implant to a heart valve annulus using knotless suture fasteners. The knotless suture fasteners may be embedded within a pliant sealing edge of the cardiac implant, or they may be positioned adjacent to the sealing edge. The knotless suture fasteners are spring-biased so as to grip onto annulus anchoring sutures pass to therethrough upon removal of a restraining device, such as a hypotube inserted within the suture fasteners. Guide tubes are assembled in line with the suture fasteners to permit introduction of suture snares that pass through the suture fasteners and through the sealing edge to facilitate capture of the pre-installed annulus anchoring sutures.
US11464628B2
Apparatus and methods are described herein for use in the delivery of a prosthetic mitral valve. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an epicardial pad configured to engage an outside surface of a heart to secure a prosthetic heart valve in position within the heart. The epicardial pad defines a lumen configured to receive therethrough a tether extending from the prosthetic valve. The epicardial pad is movable between a first configuration in which the epicardial pad has a first outer perimeter and is configured to be disposed within a lumen of a delivery sheath and a second configuration in which the epicardial pad has a second outer perimeter greater than the first outer perimeter. The epicardial pad can be disposed against the outside surface of the heart when in the second configuration to secure the prosthetic valve and tether in a desired position within the heart.
US11464627B2
A collapsible stent for an implantable prosthetic valve incorporates leaflet-supporting members having relatively large surface area in comparison to other members defining the remainder of the stent. The leaflet-supporting members may have openings extending through them. The valve leaflets may be attached to the stent so that an attached edge of each leaflet extends along the leaflet-supporting members and is attached to the members by polymer integral with the leaflet overlying the leaflet supporting members and extending into the openings of the leaflet supporting members. The secure attachment resists stress on the leaflets.
US11464625B2
An intraocular lens is provided that includes a refractive element and a mask. The refractive element has a first power in a first meridian and a second power greater than the first power in a second meridian. A magnitude of the first and second powers and a location of the first and second meridians are configured to correct astigmatism in a human eye. The mask is configured to block a substantial portion of light from passing through an annular region thereof and to permit a substantial portion of light to pass through a central aperture thereof to enhance an astigmatism correction rotational misplacement range and depth of focus.
US11464617B2
A package (2; 3) for an object is provided having a bottom shell (21; 31); a top shell (22; 32) having a closure portion (24; 34) referred to as a “cap”, and a connection portion (23; 33) in the form of a hollow body and connected to the closure portion (24) by a hinge (25) to enable the closure portion (24; 34) to tilt relative to the connection portion (23; 33) in order to release access to the inside of the bottom shell (21; 31) through the connection portion (23; 33). The connection portion (23; 33) is provided with a stiffener element (290; 390) and a sealing strip (4; 4′) connects together the edges (241, 231) of the cap (24; 34) and of the connection portion (23; 33) that face each other over the entire length of said edges. Said connection portion (23; 33) of the top shell (22; 32) and of the bottom shell (21; 31) are two parts that are fastened to each other, preferably by bonding.
US11464614B2
A mesh deployment device having separate mesh deployment and actuation units is provided. A mesh deployment device includes an actuation unit and a mesh deployment unit configured to be releasably secured to the actuation unit. When the mesh deployment unit is secured to the actuation unit, a first actuation of the actuation unit moves the mesh deployment unit from an expanded condition to a collapsed condition and a second actuation of the actuation unit moves the mesh deployment unit from the collapsed condition to the expanded condition. The mesh deployment device may further include a mesh releasably secured to the mesh deployment unit. A third actuation of the actuation unit may release the mesh from the mesh deployment unit. Also provided is a kit including multiple mesh deployment units.
US11464612B2
A medical device storage device comprises a base, case insert, and insert hump. The insert hump is structured to position a medical device within a cavity formed at least partly by the case insert. At least a portion of a sensor is located within the insert hump and configured to detect a feature of the medical device. The feature of the medical device may correspond to an aspect of a treatment plan.
US11464606B2
The present invention relates to an anchoring system for attaching a prosthesis to a human body, comprising: an anchoring element, an abutment, an abutment screw for attaching the abutment to the anchoring element, the anchoring element comprises a connection area for the abutment, the connection area comprising a press-fit portion such that the abutment is attached to the anchoring element in the connection area by a press-fit connection, wherein the connection area comprises an anti-rotation geometry and the abutment comprising a corresponding mating anti-rotation geometry proximal to the press-fit portion, and where in the connection area comprises a conical portion proximal to the anti-rotational geometry forming a mating geometry for a corresponding conical portion in the through-hole of the abutment.
US11464598B2
Disclosed are an oral fixation device for radiation therapy and an oral fixation method in treatment of a lip cancer. The oral fixation device for radiation therapy includes a first spacer including a first insert inserted between a first lip portion and a first gum portion, and a tooth support coupled to the first spacer at a side of the first spacer disposed inwardly of an oral cavity, wherein teeth or gums of a patient is supported on the tooth support, wherein a first spacer has a specific thickness to maintain a specific spacing between the first lip portion and the first gum portion, wherein the first lip portion includes a treatment target portion to be subjected to the radiation therapy.
US11464593B2
A robotic surgical system has a user interface with a control arm that includes a passive axis system for maintaining degrees-of-freedom of a gimbal rotatably supported on the control arm as the gimbal is manipulated during a surgical procedure. The control arm includes a swivel member, a first member, and a second member. The swivel member is rotatable about a first axis. The first member rotatably coupled to the swivel member about a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis. The second member rotatably coupled to the first member about a third axis that is parallel to the second axis. The gimbal rotatably supported by the second member about a fourth axis that is orthogonal to the third axis. The passive axis system correlating rotation of the swivel member about the first axis with rotation of the gimbal about the fourth axis.
US11464588B1
Disclosed is a system and method for assembling instrument sets that include correct instruments with one or more verified states for different procedures. The system may receive a request for a particular instrument, and may determine instrument states defined for the particular instrument or a procedure involving the particular instrument. The system may scan a first instrument using one or more sensors, may verify that the first instrument matches a make, model, or type of the particular instrument based on the scanning data, and may classify the first instrument states with at least a threshold probability based on the scanning data matching characteristics from a probabilistic model. The system may control the distribution of the first instrument to a first destination or a second destination based on whether or not the first instrument states satisfy the instrument states defined for the particular instrument or the procedure.
US11464586B2
An instrument having a flexible and elongated body includes at least a lumen and a flex member disposed within the lumen. The flex member may be capable of providing steering control to a first portion of the elongate body while providing load bearing support to a second portion of the elongate body. A pull wire may be disposed within the flex member, and at least a distal portion of the pull wire may be coupled to the elongate body and a proximal portion of the pull wire may be operatively coupled to a control unit. The control unit may be coupled to a proximal portion of the elongate body. In addition, a control member may be operatively coupled to the control unit such that a distal portion of the control member may be positioned near a proximal portion of the flex member. The control member may be configured to support the flex member and control the movement or displacement of the flex member. Furthermore, the flex member may be configured to selectively decouple articulation or steering forces of a first portion of the elongate body away from a second portion of the elongate body; thereby, preventing compression of the second portion of the elongate body while maintaining elasticity or flexibility of the second portion of the elongate body.
US11464584B2
An interventional device includes an elongate shaft and a transducer strip. The transducer strip includes a first edge and an opposing second edge. The first edge and the second edge are separated by a width dimension, and the first edge and the second edge each extend along a length direction of the transducer strip. The transducer strip also includes a piezoelectric transducer that extends along a transducer direction that forms an acute angle with respect to the length direction. The transducer strip is wrapped in the form of a spiral around the elongate shaft of the interventional device such that the piezoelectric transducer forms a band around the elongate shaft. The width dimension is defined such that the adjacent first and second edges of consecutive turns of the spiral abut or overlap one another.
US11464583B2
The accuracy of an intervention site in surgery is predicted and the predicted intervention site is presented to a surgeon. A surgery support apparatus includes a prediction data generation unit that generates prediction data predicting an intervention site based on data before an intervention using an artificial intelligence algorithm. The artificial intelligence algorithm is an artificial intelligence algorithm learning an intervention site by analyzing data before the intervention and intervention site data for an object, and outputs coordinates, a region, or a shape of one point of the intervention site as prediction data. Data before the intervention used for learning of the artificial intelligence algorithm and input data input to the artificial intelligence algorithm to generate prediction data correspond to image data, a segment image, a feature point, etc. The prediction data is displayed on a display apparatus together with an image of a patient acquired in advance.
US11464582B1
Image guided surgery includes capturing a primary modality image of a surgical field of a patient with a camera system, obtaining a secondary modality image of the surgical field registered to the primary image, generating a surgical guidance image based at least in part upon the secondary modality image, and projecting the surgical guidance image onto the patient. The surgical guidance image presents visual augmentations on or over the patient to inform a medical practitioner during a surgical procedure.
US11464578B2
Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for image management in image-guided medical procedures. Some embodiments herein allow a physician to use multiple instruments for a surgery and simultaneously provide image-guidance data for those instruments. Various embodiments disclosed herein provide information to physicians about procedures they are performing, the devices (such as ablation needles, ultrasound transducers or probes, scalpels, cauterizers, etc.) they are using during the procedure, the relative emplacements or poses of these devices, prediction information for those devices, and other information. Some embodiments provide useful information about 3D data sets and allow the operator to control the presentation of regions of interest. Additionally, some embodiments provide for quick calibration of surgical instruments or attachments for surgical instruments.
US11464563B2
Methods for treating a patient using therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to a catheter apparatus including an elongated shaft defined by a braid embedded within a polymer. The braid can include one or more thermocouple assemblies intertwined with a braiding element. The thermocouple assemblies can be coupled to one or more electrodes at a distal portion of the shaft.
US11464556B2
The present invention provides, in one aspect, a bone fixation device, the bone fixation device having a shaft, the shaft including a drive end and a tip end, at least a portion of the shaft configured to anchor into bone. The shaft further includes a first non-resorbable section extending from the tip end of the shaft, a second non-resorbable section extending from the drive end of the shaft, and a resorbable section. The resorbable section includes a tip side and a drive side, the resorbable section is between the first non-resorbable section and the second non-resorbable section, with the tip side of the resorbable section coupling to the first non-resorbable section and the drive side coupling to the second non-resorbable section.
US11464554B2
The present invention includes devices, systems and methods for the storage, retrieval and placement of plates having wedges. A wedge plate tray includes an upper portion and at least one recessed portion, the recessed portion including a cavity sized to house the wedge and an additional cavity sized to accommodate placement and movement of an arm of an insertion instrument. The insertion instrument includes two arms connected at a hinge, a tip of each arm including a mating connector sized to engage a complementary mating connector on the wedge. In one embodiment of the method, the insertion instrument can be used to place the wedge plate in an osteotomy and where the wedge is a mobile wedge, a plate component can be adjusted to a desired position for securement while using the insertion instrument to hold the wedge in place in the osteotomy.
US11464551B2
In some embodiments, a method comprises disposing a portion of a flexible fastening band into contact with a first bone portion and into contact with a second bone portion. The portion of the flexible fastening band having a substantially uniform shape configured to substantially compliment a shape of the first bone portion and a shape of the second bone portion. The method further includes inserting the portion of the flexible fastening band into a fastener and advancing the portion of the flexible fastening band through the fastener until the first bone portion and the and the second bone portion are stabilized.
US11464542B2
A nasal implant delivery tool includes an inner handle, an outer handle, a needle, and a push rod. The inner handle includes a loading chamber configured to receive a nasal implant. The outer handle is configured to move axially relative to the inner handle. The needle extends distally from the inner handle and has a central lumen and a distal opening. The push rod is configured to move the nasal implant from the loading chamber, through the central lumen, and out the distal opening of the needle. The push rod is coupled to the outer handle such that the push rod moves axially relative to the inner handle when the outer handle is moved axially relative to the inner handle. Also described herein are nasal implant guides and methods of using nasal implant delivery tools and nasal implant guides.
US11464541B2
A retaining mechanism for releasably securing a trocar assembly within an outer sleeve of an adapter assembly includes a retaining block, a cam wire moveably positioned relative to the retaining block between a lock position and a release position, a retaining block extension maintaining the cam wire relative to the retaining block, a button member in operable engagement with the cam wire, and a pair of retaining members moveable from a first position received within first and second openings of the trocar assembly when the cam wire is in the lock position and a second position spaced from the trocar assembly when the cam wire is in the release position. The retaining members each define a cutout having first and second stepped cutout portions and a smooth transition between the first and second stepped cutouts for receiving the cam wire.
US11464540B2
A surgical access device includes a cannula body and a fixation mechanism. The cannula body includes a housing, and an elongated portion extending distally from the housing and defining a longitudinal axis. The fixation mechanism includes a sleeve and a spring. The sleeve radially surrounds a portion of the elongated portion of the cannula body. The sleeve is rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the elongated portion of the cannula body, and the sleeve is longitudinally translatable relative to the elongated portion of the cannula body. A first portion of the spring is engaged with the sleeve, and a second portion of the spring engaged with a distal portion of the elongated portion of the cannula body. Rotation of the sleeve about the longitudinal axis relative to the elongated portion of the cannula body causes a portion of the spring to move away from the longitudinal axis.
US11464539B2
A surgical access assembly and method of use is disclosed. The surgical access assembly comprises an outer sheath and an obturator. The outer sheath and obturator are configured to be delivered to an area of interest within the brain. Either the outer sheath or the obturator may be configured to operate with a navigational system to track the location of either within the brain. Once positioned at a desired location, the obturator is removed, leaving a distal end of the outer sheath adjacent an area of interest, and creating a working corridor. Interrogation of the area of interest may be performed to evaluate a disorder and/or abnormality, as well as evaluate treatment regimes. Interventional devices may also be introduced to the area of interest, as well as a variety of treatments.
US11464536B2
A system to treat a patient comprises a user interface that allows a physician to view an image of tissue to be treated in order to develop a treatment plan to resect tissue with a predefined removal profile. The image may comprise a plurality of images, and the planned treatment is shown on the images. The treatment probe may comprise an anchor, and the image shown on the screen may have a reference image marker shown on the screen corresponding to the anchor. The planned tissue removal profile can be displayed and scaled to the image of the target tissue of an organ such as the prostate, and the physician can adjust the treatment profile based on the scaled images to provide a treatment profile in three dimensions. The images shown on the display may comprise segmented images of the patient with treatment plan overlaid on the images.
US11464532B2
Various aspects of a generator, ultrasonic device, and method for estimating and controlling a state of an end effector of an ultrasonic device are disclosed. The ultrasonic device includes an electromechanical ultrasonic system defined by a predetermined resonant frequency, including an ultrasonic transducer coupled to an ultrasonic blade. A control circuit measures a complex impedance of an ultrasonic transducer, wherein the complex impedance is defined as Z g ( t ) = V g ( t ) I g ( t ) . The control circuit receives a complex impedance measurement data point and compares the complex impedance measurement data point to a data point in a reference complex impedance characteristic pattern. The control circuit then classifies the complex impedance measurement data point based on a result of the comparison analysis and assigns a state or condition of the end effector based on the result of the comparison analysis. The control circuit estimates the state of the end effector of the ultrasonic device and controls the state of the end effector of the ultrasonic device based on the estimated state.
US11464524B2
A surgical tool-piece and a coupling mechanism for a surgical tool-piece are provided. The surgical tool-piece is configured to be driving by a driving mechanism. The surgical tool-piece comprises a shaft having a longitudinal axis running from a distal end of the shaft to a coupling portion at a proximal end of the shaft. The coupling portion comprises a driving section comprising at least three indentations located around the circumference of the coupling portion, each indentation being configured to receive a corresponding driving element of the driving mechanism to secure the tool-piece both longitudinally and rotationally.
US11464523B2
A discectomy tool comprising: a) a cannula having an outer surface having a longitudinal bore therein, a proximal end and a distal end; b) a steering wire disposed in the longitudinal bore; c) a flexible, hollow transmission shaft disposed in the cannula, the shaft having a throughbore, a proximal end portion, a distal end portion and an outer surface having a thread extending therefrom; d) an irrigation source fluidly connected to the throughbore; e) a cutting tip attached to the distal end portion of the transmission shaft.
US11464512B2
A staple cartridge for use with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The staple cartridge comprises an elongate slot, a deck surface, and a row of staple cavities. Each staple cavity comprises proximal and distal ends. The distal end is closer to the elongate slot than the proximal end. A firing member is configured to drive the staple drivers from an unfired position to a fired position. The distal end of the staple cavity is aligned with a first end of a staple driver, and the proximal end of the staple cavity is aligned with a second end of the staple driver. The first end of the staple driver extends a first distance above the deck surface and the second end of the staple driver extends a second distance above the deck surface when the staple driver is in the fired position. The first distance is different than the second distance.
US11464510B2
A surgical stapling device includes a reload assembly that includes a locking member to retain a knife carrier of the reload assembly in a retracted position after the stapling device is fired. The locking member may be supported on an inner housing portion of the shell housing or on a staple pusher assembly of the reload assembly.
US11464495B2
For clutter reduction in ultrasound elasticity imaging, the contribution of clutter to different frequency components (e.g., the transmit fundamental and the propagation generated second harmonic) is different. As a result, a difference in displacements determined at the different frequency bands is used to reduce clutter contribution to displacements used for elasticity imaging.
US11464486B2
A wireless handheld ultrasound system an ultrasound front end to transmit ultrasonic waves into a subject and convert received ultrasonic echoes into digital data; an image processor coupled to the ultrasound front end to convert the digital data into an image; and a power section coupled to the ultrasound front end and the image processor. The power section may include a battery; a charging circuit to charge the battery; and a wireless power transducer coupled to the charging circuit to convert wireless power received from an external source into electrical energy for the charging circuit.
US11464485B2
A needle assembly for use with an ultrasound imaging system includes a needle having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end is adapted to be inserted into a patient. The needle assembly also includes a transducer mounted to an exterior surface of the needle at the distal end. Further, the needle assembly includes a flexible printed circuit board mounted on the exterior surface of the needle from the proximal end to the distal end. As such, the flexible printed circuit board electrically connects the transducer to a power source.
US11464483B2
An overlay system can include a substantially planar overlay base including a top side. The base can define a handle receptacle, for instance at a first end of the base. The handle receptacle can include a handle capture section optionally having a tapered profile. A centrally located elongated guide can extend longitudinally along the top side of the base to guide translational movement of the ultrasound probe holder along a longitudinal axis of the base. A handle can be configured to be attached and detached, by a user, with the handle receptacle of the base. The handle can define a channel optionally having a wedge profile. The wedge profile of the handle can correspond to the tapered profile of the handle receptacle. Engagement of the channel to the capture section of the handle receptacle can attach the handle to the base.
US11464478B2
A method and system of predicting a muscle characteristic using ultrasound. The characteristic may include a tenderness characteristic and/or a strength characteristic. An analysis of muscle structure is performed for a sample using ultrasound data of the sample. The analysis may include determining a relative number of bundles, fascicles, sarcomeres, fibers, and/or sheath thickness from the ultrasound data. Thereafter, the muscle characteristic is predicted for the sample based on the analysis.
US11464475B2
A mobile radiography apparatus has radio-opaque markers, each marker coupled to a portion of the mobile radiography apparatus, wherein each of the markers is in a radiation path that extends from an x-ray source or x-ray sources. A detector is mechanically uncoupled from the x-ray source or x-ray sources for positioning behind a patient. Processing logic is configured to calculate a detector position with relation to the x-ray source or x-ray sources according to identified marker positions in acquired projection images, and to reconstruct a volume image according to the acquired projection images.
US11464469B2
A medical imaging system a magnet unit includes a main magnet and a first housing. In an embodiment, the main magnet is arranged inside the first housing and includes coil elements and at least one coil carrier, the magnet unit defining an examination opening. The first radiation unit is embodied to irradiate the examination object and is arranged on the side of the magnet unit. The magnet unit includes a first region, transparent to radiation emitted by the first radiation unit radially to the examination axis. The first radiation unit is embodied to emit radiation through the first region of the magnet unit in a direction of the examination opening and is furthermore embodied to rotate about the examination opening.
US11464468B2
The present invention relates to optimizing values for scan parameters for a scan of an object. An object specific exposure time is determined based on a maximal required value of a z-dependent tube current by exposure time product along a z-axis of the object and a maximal available tube current value of a tube used for the scan of the object (140). The maximal available tube current value depends on a tube voltage and maximal electric power of the tube at given focal spot area (110) and the z-dependent tube current by exposure time product profile is based on a dose index value or a pixel noise index value for the scan of the object, the tube voltage, and a z-dependent object size along the z-axis (120). The object specific exposure time is used for determining values of the scan parameters for the scan of the object (150).
US11464457B2
A method and systems for determining an early warning score for a health status of a patient are provided. An example method includes acquiring, during a predetermined time period via sensors integrated into a wearable device worn on a wrist of the patient, initial values of medical parameters of patient. The medical parameters include a respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, blood pressure, and pulse rate, and level of consciousness. The method includes determining, based on the initial values, normal values of the medical parameters. The method includes acquiring, via the sensors and at a pre-determined frequency, further values of the medical parameters. The method includes determining, based on deviations of the further values from the normal values, individual scores for the medical parameters. The method includes calculating, based on the individual scores, a general score. The method includes determining, based on the general score, the health status of the patient.
US11464450B2
A fixed-sensor finger action detecting glove has a glove body, five covering sheets, five fixing bases, five sensors, and five fixing assemblies. A side of the glove body forms a hand back section and five finger back sections. The covering sheet is mounted on the finger back section and forms a passage. The fixing base is made from a flexible material, is mounted through the passage, and has two limiting walls. The sensor is located in the passage between the two limiting walls, preventing the sensor from deviating. The fixing assembly is mounted between an end of the sensor and an end of the finger back section, detachably connects the sensor and the finger back section, and prevents the sensor from moving back and forth. Thus, the fixed-sensor finger action detecting glove is capable of detecting actions of the fingers precisely.
US11464449B2
The present invention relates to a method for measuring an exercise, in which method the electrical signals caused by active muscles are measured with a measuring device and response is given from the physical performance with a perceivable signal. In the method in accordance with the invention by measuring and analyzing EMG activities of muscles or EMG activities of muscles and movements of the body quantities describing the physical performance and/or the result of the physical performance are calculated or evaluated.
US11464446B2
A physiological status monitoring apparatus is provided. The physiological status monitoring apparatus comprises a motion sensor, an event detector, and an estimator. The motion sensor senses movement of an object to generate a sensing signal. The event detector detects abnormal events occurring on the object according to the sensing signal. The estimator outputs an index according to at least one abnormal event which occurs during a predetermined time period to indicate a possibility of pauses in breathing.
US11464445B2
Provided is a data processing apparatus including a signal data processor configured to collect signal data detected through polysomnography, to extract feature data by analyzing a feature of the collected signal data, and to transform the extracted feature data to time series data; and a sleep stage classification model processor configured to input the processed signal data to a pre-generated sleep stage classification model, and to classify a sleep stage corresponding to the signal data. The signal data processor is configured to extract feature data by analyzing a feature of each of an electroencephalographic (EEG) signal, an electro-oculographic (EOG) signal, and an electromyographic (EMG) signal with respect to the signal data, and to transform the extracted feature data to an epoch unit of time series data to input the extracted feature data to the pre-generated sleep stage classification model.
US11464439B2
A grip-type electrocardiographic measuring device includes a main body portion that has a spheroid shape, a plate-shaped flange portion mounted on a side surface of the main body portion, a first electrocardiographic electrode disposed at a back surface side of the main body portion and making contact with one hand when the main body portion is gripped by the one hand, and a second electrocardiographic electrode disposed on a surface of the flange portion and making contact with a finger of the other hand when the flange portion is pinched by the other hand. The flange portion has flexibility and is bendable from a mounting portion on the main body portion.
US11464437B2
A medical analysis system, includes at least one catheter to be inserted into a body-part having a tissue surface, and comprising sensing electrodes to contact and receive electrical signals from the tissue surface, and processing circuitry to receive unipolar signals from individual ones of the plurality of the sensing electrodes, compute a combined far-field and mid-field signal based on summing and filtering ones of the received unipolar signals received from at least a pair of sensing electrodes disposed around a point of interest, compute a far-field signal as a weighted average of the received unipolar signals, weighted according to respective distances of the sensing electrodes from the point of interest, and compute and output a mid-field signal, representative of electrical activity below the tissue surface at the point of interest, based on subtracting the computed far-field signal from the computed combined far-field and mid-field signal.
US11464432B2
The invention provides a monitoring device (1) for attachment to a surface of a subject. The device comprises a data collector (2) and a processor (3) as two separate parts which can be detachably joined such that physiological signals which are detected by the data collector can be transferred to the processor for signal processing and provision of monitoring data. At least one of the data collector and the processor comprises a transducer which can convert the physiological signal to a data signal which can be processed electronically. The data collector is adapted for adhesive contact with a skin surface, and may comprise an adapter (6) for the detachable attachment of the processor.
US11464429B2
A method for modulating a response signal includes introducing functionalized particles into a lumen of subsurface vasculature, wherein the functionalized particles are configured to interact with one or more target analytes present in blood circulating in the subsurface vasculature; and non-invasively detecting the one or more target analytes. A response signal, which may include a background signal and an analyte response signal related to interaction of the functionalized particles with the one or more target analytes, is transmitted from the subsurface vasculature. A modulation configured to alter the response signal such that the analyte response signal is affected differently than the background signal may be applied to a portion of subsurface vasculature. Analyte detection may be achieved by differentiating the analyte response signal from the background signal.
US11464426B2
A conventional flow tube for a metabolic cart is usually a straight length of pipe whose inner diameter is fixed by the respiratory burden imposed by the flow tube on the user, with a smaller diameter imposing a higher respiratory burden. The ratio of the straight flow tube's length to diameter is fixed by fluid dynamics, so increasing the flow tube's diameter causes the flow tube's length to increase. As the flow tube gets longer, it exerts more torque on the user's neck and jaw, creating discomfort. Reducing the flow tube's length causes an undesired increase in the respiratory burden but increasing the flow tube's diameter to reduce the respiratory burden makes the flow tube less comfortable, making the flow tube unconformable, hard to breathe through, or both. Bending the flow tube, e.g., in an L shape, makes it possible to increase the flow tube's propagation length without increasing the flow tube's lever arm length.
US11464422B2
In some embodiments, a body cavity shape of a subject is reconstructed based on intrabody measurements of at least one property of an electromagnetic field by an intrabody probe (for example, a catheter probe) moving within a plurality of electrical fields intersecting the body cavity. In some embodiments, the electrical fields are generated at least in part from electrodes positioned in close proximity, for example, within 1 cm, of the body cavity. In some embodiments, the body cavity is a chamber of a heart (for example, a left atrium or left ventricle), and the electrodes used to generate the electrical field are positioned in the coronary sinus, a large vein occupying the groove between the left atrium and left ventricle. In some embodiments, known distances between measuring electrodes are used in guiding reconstruction, potentially overcoming difficulties of reconstruction from measurements of non-linear electrical fields.
US11464421B2
A guidewire system comprises a guidewire supporting a distal ferrule in the proximal end of a guidewire lumen. The distal ferrule has a ferrule opening that is sized to snuggly receive the proximal end of a distal optical fiber with a distal portion of the distal optical fiber extending into the guidewire lumen. However, the proximal end of the distal optical fiber only occupies a distal portion of the opening in the distal ferrule, leaving a proximal portion of that opening unoccupied. That way, the distal end of a proximal optical fiber can be received into the unoccupied proximal portion of the opening in the distal ferrule to optically connect to the distal optical fiber. Having the proximal and distal optical fibers coaxially aligned in a common opening in a ferrule received in a guidewire ensures that the optical fibers are optically connected to each other in a precise manner so that light can be transmitted along them with minimal losses.
US11464403B2
A tracheal tube insertion aid kit (1) assists in inserting a tracheal tube (9) from an oral cavity (B) of a patient (A) into an endotracheal space (E) through a glottis (D) using an indirect glottis viewing type laryngoscope (2) not equipped with the tracheal tube (9). The tracheal tube insertion aid kit (1) includes a guide tube (11) having flexibility and formed to be insertable into the endotracheal space (E) from the oral cavity (B) through the glottis (D), and a guide wire (12) formed to be insertable through the inside of the guide tube (11) and insertable into the endotracheal space (E) from the oral cavity (B) through the glottis (D).
US11464396B2
Provided is an endoscope holder capable of turning or swinging an endoscope inserted into a body with the endoscope fixed at a predetermined insertion position. An endoscope holder (1) includes a holder main body (3) having an insertion hole (2), gripping members (7a) and (7b) configured to pinch an endoscope E inserted into the insertion hole (2), first elastic members (12a) and (12b) configured to urge in a direction in which the gripping members (7a) and (7b) are separated from each other, a pressing member (13) configure to press the gripping member (7a) toward the gripping member (7b), a switching mechanism (17) configured to hold or release a pressing state, rollers (10) provided in gripping members (7a) and (7b), and a second elastic member (15) configured to swingably support the gripping member (7b).
US11464385B2
Absorbent laminated materials that include two spunbond nonwoven layers with a cellulose layer arranged in between the spunbond nonwoven layers are disclosed. The different layers of the absorbent laminated material are bonded through an ultrasonic treatment, and can further undergo an embossing step. In addition, the absorbent laminated materials may be used as disposable wiping products, among other applications.
US11464383B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a recovery tank support structure for a surface cleaning device such as an extractor. The support structure partially encircles and supports the recovery tank removably mounted to a base in order to prevent any unwanted movement of the tank or its contents during operation of the extractor. The support structure creates a void for housing the recovery tank, wherein a locking mechanism may be employed to engage the recovery tank and secure it in position. An upper portion having a handle for propelling the extractor is pivotable about the base independent of the support structure thereby allowing a user access to a wide range of pivoting motion and maneuverability during extractor operation.
US11464376B2
An upright vacuum cleaner includes a cleaning head for removing debris from a floor, a debris tube connected to the cleaning head for receiving the debris, and a steering handle connected to the debris tube. The upright vacuum cleaner also includes a hinge connecting the debris tube to the cleaning head such that the debris tube rotates relative to the cleaning head. The upright vacuum cleaner further includes braces to support the debris tube as the debris tube rotates relative to the cleaning head. The braces are disposed on opposite sides of the debris tube. Each brace includes a bearing connected to the cleaning head to allow the brace to rotate relative to the cleaning head.
US11464374B2
Disclosed is a robot cleaner which adjusts a suction area of air suctioned into a suction port through a shutter and a shutter driving device configured to operate the shutter, so that a flow rate of air is adjusted, thus more effectively suctioning dust in the air by using a fan motor having a fixed capacity.
US11464360B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a combination appliance. The combination appliance includes a first appliance and a second appliance. The first appliance includes a front surface, a rear surface, side surfaces extending between the front and rear surfaces, and at least one heating chamber. The second appliance includes a front surface, a rear surface, side surfaces extending between the front and rear surfaces, a heating chamber, and a door at the front surface of the second appliance. The first appliance is vertically disposed over the second appliance with the front, rear and side surfaces of the first and second appliances substantially aligned. A width of the combination appliance defined by the front surface of the first and second appliances is dimensioned smaller than a depth of the combination appliance defined by the side surfaces of the first and second appliances.
US11464354B2
A system for dispensing individual servings of a beverage, said system comprising: a beverage receptacle holder adapted for retaining a beverage receptacle; a plurality of dry formulation beverage mixtures; selection means for selecting one or more of said beverage mixtures for said beverage; dispensing means for measuring an individual serving quantity of said selected one or more beverage mixtures and for depositing said individual serving quantity into said beverage receptacle; fluid dispensing module for depositing an individual serving quantity of a selected fluid into said beverage receptacle; means for sealing said beverage receptacle; and means for mixing said individual serving quantity of said beverage mixture and said fluid to provide a mixed beverage for dispensing.
US11464353B2
This device will allow an individual to store and cook food by pre-programming the pressure cooker for that purpose. Additionally, additional spices may be used depending on specific recipes, and a blender or chopper may also be required if it is required by the recipe. The operation of this device may also be controlled remotely.
US11464345B2
A firmness controlling apparatus for use in a bed arrangement or a seating arrangement is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a rigid frame having two opposed sides, and at least one non-elastic flexible elongate element extending between the two opposed sides. Each end of the non-elastic flexible elongate element is directly or indirectly connected to one of the opposed sides, and at least one of the ends is indirectly connected via an elastic flexible elongate element. A plurality of elongate springs are provided and extend in a flat or curved plane, the ends of each elongate spring being attached to one of the at least one non-elastic flexible elongate elements at two separated connections. A retraction device is arranged to tighten and slack the non-elastic flexible elongate element(s) between the two separated connections, thereby adjusting the distance between the two separated connections of each non-elastic flexible elongate element, and thereby controlling the curvature and height of the elongate springs.
US11464341B2
A chair includes a base structure, a seat support structure, a back frame comprising a front surface, a rear surface and a forwardly extending bottom portion pivotably connected to the base, a biasing member biasing the back frame from a reclined position toward an upright position, wherein the biasing member is located entirely forward a rearward most edge of the seat support structure, and a back shell comprising a forwardly extending bottom portion connected to the seat support structure, a front surface, a rear surface positioned in front of the front surface of the back frame, a pair of laterally spaced side portions defining an opening therebetween, and a top portion extending laterally between and connected to the side portions, wherein each of the side portions are exclusively connected to the back frame at a first location.
US11464336B2
A panel assembly includes a frame panel including a front surface, an upper surface, a side surface, and a rear surface and is formed as a single sheet of a metal plate, and a corner member disposed in a gap formed between the upper surface of the frame panel and the side surface of the frame panel, wherein the corner member includes: an insertion member inserted into the gap to fill the gap, and a fixing member integrally formed with the insertion member and coupled to the rear surface of the frame panel to fix the corner member to the frame panel.
US11464335B2
Provided is a wall mounting system including at least one wall mount articulable to a wall, and at least one coupling member; the mounting portion includes two parallelly disposed side walls with a locking portion at a distal end thereof, for snug insertion into the locking slot of the wall mount; and the coupling member is configured with an obstructing plunger slidingly displaceable within a space between side walls, between a locked position, at which the plunger at least partially projects into the first locking recess, and an unlocked position at which the plunger is retracted into the space and out of the first locking recess. Further provided is a tolerance cancelation mechanism for a wall coupling member articulable to a wall mount, including a pivotal fastener member configured with an asymmetric sector-like shape with a wall engaging arc surface for bearing against a wall surface.
US11464328B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a service cart. The service cart includes an outer shell, an inner shell, a door, a rubber latch, a handlebar, and a braking system. The inner shell is surrounded by the outer shell with rounded edges and a recessed area. The door is coupled to the outer shell. The rubber latch is connected to the door and capable of magnetically coupling with the recessed area on the outer shell. The handlebar is disposed on top of the outer shell. The braking system is controlled by a twist lock on the handlebar to activate a plurality of brakes on wheels.
US11464321B1
A method of supporting an implement in at least one working position on at least one limb of a person including the steps of: obtaining a securing assembly comprising an elongate body portion formable into different maintainable shapes; forming the elongate body portion with respect to a part of the at least one limb to thereby cause the securing assembly to be maintained on the at least one limb; and operatively engaging the securing assembly and implement to thereby cause the implement to be supported in the one working position, whereby with the implement supported in the one working position, the person can move his/her at least one limb to cause the implement to perform a task.
US11464320B2
A reconfigurable waterproof bag is defined by a plurality of material surfaces extending in three dimensions, a strap for carrying the bag, and one or plurality of strap guide(s) into which the strap is disposed and through which the strap may be moved, the strap guide extending within or without the bag from any one of the plurality of surfaces to any other one of the plurality of material surfaces in three dimensional space without limitation to define a geometry of a strap path and coupling of the strap to the bag so that the bag is reconfigurable in a plurality of different carrying modes.
US11464317B2
An applicator device includes a top and a bottom layer of a flexible material tightly connected at their borders. An edge constitutes a grip zone to handle the applicator. Parallel weakening lines in each layer define an application section and closely surround a pad of a material capable to retain an agent or an elevation constituting a confinement structure for an agent. The superposition of weakening line and border of agent carrying material or the elevation constituting a part of the confinement structure avoids a contact of the flexible material with the surface to be treated as the carrying material layer or the confinement structure serve as a spacer. As a consequence, the applicator is suited to be used on highly sensitive surfaces like skin or mucosa.
US11464299B1
A zipper includes a tape body including two zipper tapes each having an inner edge with a row of teeth. A stop includes a first end connected to distal ends of the rows of teeth and receives two first conductive plates. An end of one of the two first conductive plates is electrically connected to an electrode of at least one light-emitting element. A power connecting portion is electrically connected to another of the two first conductive plates and another electrode of the at least one light-emitting element. A slider is slidably disposed on the rows of teeth for engaging or disengaging the rows of teeth. The slider includes a second conductive plate configured to simultaneously contact with the two first conductive plates, causing electrical conduction to activate the at least one light-emitting element to emit light. A container with the zipper is also provided.
US11464295B2
A decorative button cover system is disclosed herein. The decorative button cover system can include a button slide portion configured to slidably receive at least a portion of a button of a garment, and the decorative button cover system can include a decorative portion attached to the button slide portion. The decorative button cover system can also include a button of a garment configured to at least partially insert into button slide.
US11464290B2
An article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper that is attached to the sole structure. The upper defines a cavity that is configured to receive a foot of a wearer. The upper is at least partially defined by a textile. The textile includes a first area that is substantially smooth. The first area defines a reference boundary that conforms to the cavity. The textile includes a second area. The second area includes a plurality of projection structures that project away from the reference boundary and outwardly from the cavity at varying heights. The second area includes a plurality of recess structures that recess away from the reference boundary and inwardly toward the cavity. The plurality of projection structures and the plurality of recess structures are in an alternating arrangement across the textile.
US11464289B2
The present disclosure provides a knitted component, the knitted component with a knit element that forms at least a portion of an upper for an article of footwear and defines an interior void for receiving a foot. A lower perimeter edge of the knit element may extend between a lateral side and a medial side of the upper. At least one strand of the knitted component may extend through the lower perimeter edge on opposite sides of the knitted component so as to extend between the lateral side and the medial side of the upper. The knitted component may be formed on a knitting machine, and the at least one strand may be configured to be tensioned to tighten the upper around a last.
US11464286B2
An apparatus for a shoe sole with an air pump for adjusting pressure levels in air chambers distributed throughout the sole, and a battery. A sole system cloud based application remotely connects to and adjusts the air chambers according to user preferences.
US11464274B2
An insole including a base; an electronic element provided to the base; a connection line configured to extend from the electronic element and to pass through the base; and a cover provided on a top surface of the base to cover the electronic element and configured to be separable from the base.
US11464271B2
An energy dissipating helmet, such as a football, baseball, hockey, construction, combat, bicycle, or motorcycle helmet, including a structural component adapted to receive an anticipatory impact having energy, and a stress-activated active material element, such as a Austenitic shape memory alloy wire, mesh, layer, or spring, communicatively coupled to the component, and activatable by the impact, so as to dissipate at least a portion of the energy.
US11464270B2
The present invention is a helmet system that reduces concussions by damping rotational force transmitted to a helmet user. The helmet has an exterior shell and an internal body that moves independently from the exterior shell. At least one magnetic source on the exterior shell's interior has a dipole directed axially at the internal body. At least one magnetic source on the internal body has a dipole aligned with the same axis, directed at the exterior shell. In a resting state magnetic sources generate a weak magnetic field. When an impact rotates the exterior shell, it moves off the initial alignment and closer to the internal body. The previously aligned magnetic sources torque. The magnetic source on the internal body torques in the opposite direction of the rotation, as do all initially aligned magnetic sources impacted. Angular momentum is displaced, diffused, offset, damping rotational force transmitted to a helmet user.
US11464267B2
A device (40) and a method is described for handling fragments (10) of a broken needle (11), for example in the context of a needle exchange of a broken needle (11) for a new needle (17). The fragments (10) of the broken needle (11) are arranged in a container (16) in a predetermined position. An image (32) of the fragments (10) of the broken needle (11) is then recorded with the aid of a camera (23). The recorded image (32) is stored for documentation (32) at at least one storage location and/or analysed as to whether all the fragments (10) of the broken needle (11) are present. After recording the image (32), the container (16) is closed in order to avoid the fragments (10) of the needle (11) being lost away from the sewing workstation.
US11464264B2
Aspects herein are directed to an apparel item having an integrated lighting system and method of forming the apparel item having the integrated lighting system. The integrated lighting system comprises a power supply unit affixed to the apparel item, one or more light arrays having visible light sources affixed to the apparel item, and one or more conductive traces affixed to the apparel item, where the conductive traces extend from the power supply unit to the light arrays and electrically couple the two such that the light arrays are powered when the power supply unit is operating.
US11464263B2
A supportive strapless bra that comprises two cups and a closing mechanism located on the side of either or both cups.
US11464261B2
A brassiere (1) with at least one underwire designed to be disposed at least at the lower join zone between each breast and the trunk of a user, the brassiere (1) including two cups (2, 3) designed to cover the breasts at least in part and onto which the underwire is fastened, characterized in that it includes at least one basque (e.g., cradle), (4) disposed on brassiere (1), so as to there-with cover at least the underwiring, and designed to be interposed between at least the underwiring and the body of the user.
US11464258B2
An aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion including housing holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and a capillary medium. The housing has an opening. A fluid permeable heater assembly includes an arrangement of electrically conductive filaments arranged to define an air impingement surface. The fluid permeable heater assembly extends across the opening of the housing. The filament arrangement defines a filament opening allowing airflow to pass through. The capillary medium is provided in contact with the heater assembly. The capillary medium is configured to draw the liquid aerosol forming substrate to the electrically conductive filament arrangement. The capillary medium includes a capillary medium opening extending the filament opening through the capillary medium.
US11464255B1
The present invention is a cigarette holder for holding cigarette while smoking. Cigarette holder is formed of mouthpiece, a filter casing with at least one filter, a user holder and a cigarette cage for easily inserting and removing cigarette. User holder is encircled around cigarette cage and hence prevents accidental touch of flamed cigarette. User holder is provided with a gripping material which facilitates user's to firmly grip cigarette holder with less pressure and firm gripping prevents slippage or accidental touch of flamed portion of cigarette. Also, gripping allows passing cigarette holder with cigarette from one user/smoker to another and hence can be passed to multiple hands without any risk of fall. During inhaling, smoke is passed through filter that filters out debris from the smoke and thus prevents debris for being consumed. Also, after use, cigarette holder can be cleaned and thus can be re-used.
US11464244B2
According to the invention, it was found that, surprisingly, a feedstuff having a very high abrasion resistance and very high water stability can be obtained when a PUFA-containing biomass having a high sulphate content is used for producing the feedstuff.
US11464235B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for improving tenderness of raw meat and meat products by mechanical vibration. In the method, the raw meat is vibrated to loosen meat tissue and improve meat tenderness, or is vibrated during curing to reduce curing time while improving the tenderness. The method mechanically vibrates the raw meat to loosen the structure of the raw meat, and ultimately improves the meat tenderness; or vibrates during curing to improve the tenderness while reducing the curing time, effectively ensuring the sensory meat quality. The method of the present disclosure not only effectively solves the problem of the tenderness of meat and meat products, but also improves sensory quality and safety thereof, enables wider popularization and utilization of meat and meat products, and directly increases economic benefits of enterprises and opens up a new way for future development thereof.
US11464232B2
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to antimicrobial glass compositions, glasses, and articles. The articles include a glass, which may include a glass phase and a cuprite phase. In other embodiments, the glasses include a plurality of Cu1+ ions, a degradable phase including B2O3, P2O5 and K2O, and a durable phase including SiO2. Other embodiments include glasses having a plurality of Cu1+ ions disposed on the surface of the glass and in the glass network and/or the glass matrix. The article may also include a polymer. The glasses and articles disclosed herein exhibit a 2 log reduction or greater in a concentration of at least one of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing condition and under Modified JIS Z 2801 for Bacteria testing conditions.
US11464231B2
Compositions and method for producing a systemic acquired response (SAR) in plants. The resulting SAR may improve plant health and corresponding yields. In an example, the composition comprises a base solution and an effective amount of chitosan (Aspergillus niger) (e.g., in an amount of about 0.04 wt % of the composition). The base solution may include organic material, vitamin K compound, and nitrogen. Additionally or alternatively, the composition may include adding to the composition at least one of potassium, phosphorus, or an acidic organic polymer. Still further, the composition may include a micronutrient comprising at least one of boron, calcium, copper, iron, manganese, sulfur, silicon, or zinc. The composition may be applied as a foliar spray or used to irrigate the plant.
US11464222B2
A rodent trap comprising: a cage having an entrance configured to allow a rodent to enter the cage; a control circuit board; discharge plates on an inner surface of the cage and spaced apart from each other, wherein the control circuit board is configured to establish a voltage between the discharge plates; a first infrared sensor comprising a first infrared emitter and a first infrared receiver, wherein the rodent prevents an infrared light beam emitted by the first infrared emitter from reaching the first infrared receiver when the rodent steps on adjacent pair of the discharge plates; and a second infrared sensor comprising a second infrared emitter and a second infrared receiver placed apart from the first infrared sensor. The invention also relates a method of using a rodent trap having a first discharge plate and a second discharge plate.
US11464215B2
A specific gravity measurement apparatus has a specific gravity hydrometer that carries a codestrip at the top. A linear optical encoder is disposed to view the codestrip and to output electronic signals that are indicative of a movement of the codestrip relative to said encoder. The movement is indicative of a change in the specific gravity of the liquid, such as a change in a salinity of the aquarium water in which the hydrometer floats. The measurement apparatus may be incorporated into a saltwater aquarium salinity control system where an electronic controller uses the measurement inputs to control a plurality of pumps for selectively adding saltwater or freshwater to the aquarium water in order to control the salinity of the water at a given setpoint level.
US11464214B1
A water change system comprises a water change device that performs automated water changes. The water change device automatically drains an amount of water needing replacement from a reservoir and replenishes the reservoir with a predetermined amount of clean water. The water change device comprises a reservoir port, an output port, an input port, a controller, and an enclosure. In a draining mode, water is pumped from the reservoir, through the reservoir port and into a drain or output tank via the output port. In the reservoir filling mode, clean water from an input tank or water source is pumped into the input port of the water change device and to the reservoir via the reservoir port. The water change device automatically performs water changes in accordance with a water change schedule or in response to user input. The water change device is configurable via a touch display or remotely.
US11464212B1
The bird feeder with a lower seed catching tray comprises an upper feeder and a lower feeder. The top of the lower feeder may be coupled to the bottom of the upper feeder. The upper feeder may be stocked with bird seed. The upper feeder may be adapted to dispense the bird seed to one or more birds from a plurality of upper feeding stations located on an upper seed tube. The bird seed dropped by the one or more birds feeding at the upper feeder may be collected by an upper bowl of the upper feeder and may be funneled into the lower feeder where the bird seed may be dispensed a second time.
US11464202B2
A trailer apparatus is provided having two half forms connected to a frame joint, the half forms mounted on a first and second pivot bar on the joint frame to pivot to open and to pivot to close in a clam shell arrangement. The trailer apparatus may assume a form of backpack or luggage piece adapted to store items and may assume the form of a towable trailer, having a tow bar, wheels, and a three-dimensional covering over the open sides of the half forms to enclose cargo space or to keep a pet inside the footprint of the half form adapted as trailer bed when the trailer apparatus is extended for use.
US11464200B2
A method for producing a straw mat in a living space for livestock, in particular for sows and/or fattening pigs and/or piglets, confined in a straw pen, is disclosed. The method comprises the step of automatically and initially spreading straw, such as defibrated straw, into the living space up to a substantially uniform thickness (d) of the straw mat. Also disclosed is a straw pen and pen building in accordance with the disclosed method.
US11464196B2
A Pentas plant having a monogenic, incompletely dominant doubled-flower gene, a method for breeding the same, and a method for providing a Pentas variety with a doubled-flower or semi-double flower phenotype are provided for the purpose of creating a doubled-flower or semi-double flower Pentas plant with voluminous florets and a high ornamental value.
US11464191B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011031. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011031, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011031 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011031.
US11464189B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011106. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011106, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011106 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011106.
US11464180B2
A grow plant enclosure to maximize plant density for a given growing area has a perimeter frame, a first pane, and a second pane. The first pane and the second pane are removably attached to the perimeter frame about opposite sides to form a hollow enclosure. A plurality of plug holder openings traverses through the first pane and the second pane, wherein each of the plug holder openings is designed to receive one of a plurality of plant holders for growing various plant types. A plurality of supply tubes traverse into the perimeter frame through a plurality of supply tube openings and each has a plurality of spray nozzles to deliver nutrient solution to the root zone of the plants retained in the plurality of plant holders. Excess nutrient solution is released through a drain tray and a drain fixture positioned about the bottom of the perimeter frame.
US11464179B2
Systems and methods for providing irrigation water to a soil depth of a crop rootzone in a plurality of crop fields using a sensor network and soil moisture modeling are provided. In various embodiments methods include receiving data from a sensor network in a first crop field and determining a soil moisture model using data from the sensor network in the first field. Various embodiments further include determining a first field irrigation time using the soil moisture model, the first field irrigation time providing irrigation water to a soil depth of the crop rootzone above a Wilting Point (WP) and below a Field Capacity (FC) of soil in the first field, and applying the soil moisture model to a second field.
US11464171B2
A gardening trimmer may include: a first blade connected to a first cam member and configured to reciprocate in response to rotation of the first cam member; and a second com connected to a second cam member and configured to reciprocate in opposite phase to the first blade in response to rotation of the second cam member. The first cam member includes a first eccentric cam configured to revolve around a first rotation axis and is connected to the first blade at the first eccentric cam. The second cam member includes a second eccentric cam configured to revolve around a second rotation axis and is connected to the second blade at the second eccentric cam. Each of the first and second blades is configured to reciprocate along a plane including the first and second rotation axis.
US11464156B2
A monitoring system and a monitoring method for a planter includes a computer having an unit speed fusion module, a seeding flow rate monitoring module, and a decision module for theoretical rotation speed of a drive motor, a rotation speed deviation inference module, a controlling parameter tuning module, an adjusting module for rotation speed of a seeding shaft, a controlling module for rotation speed of seeding shaft and a positioning signal receiver fixed on a top of a cab for receiving a geographic position signal. The system monitors operating state parameters of the planter and accurately controls seed amount.
US11464154B2
An air cart for use in an agricultural air seeding system includes a first storage compartment for holding a first granular product type. The air cart also includes a second storage compartment for holding a second granular product type different from the first granular product type. The air cart further includes a common conduit configured to receive the first granular product type from the first storage compartment and the second granular product type from the second storage compartment to enable simultaneous flow of the first granular product type and the second granular product type. The air cart even further includes a multi-product particle flow rate sensing system configured to monitor respective flow rates for both the first granular product type and the second granular product type during simultaneous flow of the first granular product type and the second granular product type through the common conduit.
US11470744B2
An actuator usable in a cooling system is described. The actuator includes an anchored region and a cantilevered arm. The cantilevered arm extends outward from the anchored region. The cantilevered arm includes a step region, an extension region and an outer region. The step region extends outward from the anchored region and has a step thickness. The extension region extends outward from the step region and has an extension thickness less than the step thickness. The outer region extends outward from the extension region and has an outer thickness greater than the extension thickness.
US11470742B2
The present disclosure provides a cooling casing and a cooling device applied to a vehicle and an in-vehicle server. The cooling device applied to the in-vehicle server includes: a first housing and a second housing, an accommodating cavity is formed between the first housing and the second housing; and a cooling duct, the cooling duct being spirally disposed in the accommodating cavity, two ends of the cooling duct are connected to an external cooling system, and the cooling duct is filled with cooling liquid. The present disclosure is simple in structure and low in costs, and can effectively resolve the heat dissipation problem of the in-vehicle server.
US11470737B2
A casing assembly having at least one configuration for blocking extraneous material and including first shell part and second shell part. First shell part includes contact portion and first recess portion. Second shell part includes step portion and protrusion portion. Step portion is in contact with contact portion of first shell part and forms decorative slot exposed to outside with contact portion. First recess portion is located on side of contact portion that is located away from decorative slot. Protrusion portion is located on side of step portion that is located away from decorative slot and located in first recess portion. Protrusion portion has top surface facing toward first recess portion, first recess portion has bottom surface, and idle cavity is formed between top surface of protrusion portion and bottom surface of first recess portion.
US11470726B2
A method of connecting an electronic component on a mounting substrate where the electronic component is arranged with a first surface of the electronic component facing the mounting substrate and an opposite surface of the electronic component is facing away from the mounting substrate. A first component-side conductor on the second surface of the electronic component is electrically connected to a first substrate-side conductor on the mounting substrate by an electrically-conductive adhesive.
US11470725B2
An apparatus for automating the fabrication of a copper vertical launch (CVL) within a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a feed mechanism to feed and extrude copper wire from a spool of copper wire and a wire cutting and gripping mechanism to receive copper wire from the feed mechanism, cut and secure a segment of copper wire, insert the segment of copper wire into a hole formed within the PCB, solder an end of the segment of copper wire to a signal trace of the PCB, and flush cut an opposite end of the segment of the copper wire to a surface of the PCB. The wire cutting and gripping mechanism includes a wire cutter to flush cut the segment of copper wire and an integrated heated gripper device to receive the copper wire from the spool of copper wire and cut and grab a segment from copper wire.
US11470723B2
A lens module includes a circuit board, a base mounted on the circuit board, and at least one electronic component mounted on the circuit board. The base comprises a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface. The second surface is mounted on the circuit board. The base further comprises at least one first hole passing through the first surface and the second surface. The at least one electronic component is received in the at least one first hole. The lens module further comprises a filling layer in each of the at least one first hole and located on a side of the at least one electronic component facing away from the circuit board. The disclosure also provides an electronic device having the lens module.
US11470708B2
[Problem] To implement a variety of realistic staging under various venue environments. [Solution] An event staging system according to the present invention comprises a first device attached to a first moving body and a second device attached to a second moving body. The first device comprises a control means which generates a control command including operation control information for controlling the operation of the device, and a communication means which outputs radio waves of a predetermined intensity and wirelessly transmits the control command within a distance range reachable by the radio waves of the predetermined intensity. The second device includes a communication means which wirelessly receives the control command and an operation execution means which executes operation according to the operation control information included in the wirelessly received control command.
US11470704B2
An accent light controller, method, and light panel are used to provide accent lighting for gaming machines. The light panel includes a series of LED panels. A command is transmitted through a series of LED panels to a final LED driver of the final LED panel in a series of LED panels. In response, an indicator is transmitted back through the series of LED panels to an electronic controller at a gaming machine and received at an electronic controller. Based on timing of received indicator, a number of LED drivers in the LED panels is determined. Based on the number of LED drivers, a configuration of the LED panels is determined from a number of possible configurations. Subsequent commands for activating the LED drivers of the LED panels are transmitted based on the identified configuration.
US11470700B2
Methods, apparatus and systems are disclosed to generate light control information. An example apparatus comprises a beat tracking network to determine a length of time between a first media onset and a second media onset, a light drive waveform generator to compare the length of time to a time threshold, the time threshold corresponding to a desired time between consecutive light pulses, when the time threshold is not satisfied, increase the length of time, the increased length of time corresponding to light pulse spacing, and generate light control information based on the light pulse spacing, the light control information to cause the consecutive light pulses, and an effect engine to generate intensity information based on a first amplitude of the first media onset and a second amplitude of the second media onset, an amplitude of the consecutive light pulses corresponding to the intensity information.
US11470699B2
A lighting control system includes: a light fixture including a first light emitting device configured to emit light having a correlated color temperature in the range of ±500 K from a prescribed value, a second light emitting device configured to emit light having a correlated color temperature in the range of ±500 K from the prescribed value, and an emission controller configured to cause the light fixture to irradiate illumination light by controlling irradiation percentages of the light emitted from the first light emitting device and the light emitted from the second light emitting device; and an information processing apparatus communicably connected to the light fixture, the information processing apparatus comprising a dimming controller configured to change the irradiation percentages of the light emitted from the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device in accordance with a time of day by transmitting dimming instructions.
US11470693B1
An electrode is embedded in a piece of ceramic material having a population of conduction band electrons. Applying a voltage bias to the electrode causes electrons to flow towards or away from the electrode to form a positively charged sheath either a distance apart from or adjacent the electrode, depending the polarity of the bias. The electron flow also forms a negatively charged sheath lying opposite the positively charged sheath, and an electrically neutral region lying between the two sheaths. Electromagnetic radiation impinging the ceramic material heats the ceramic where the radiation is absorbed by the electron population. As the incident radiation is absorbed in proportion to the electron density, heating is increased in the negatively charged sheath, relative to the other parts of the ceramic material. The location of heating is controlled by controlling the magnitude and polarity of the voltage bias.
US11470690B2
The present teachings disclose a wire mesh heater including: a wire mesh element having a surface area comprising a non-contact area and a contact area; a primary conductor having a hollow and a contact surface; and a secondary conductor including a configured to expand outwards. The contact area contacts the contact surface to provide an electrical connection between the wire mesh element and the primary conductor, and the primary conductor is disposed about the secondary conductor and secured to the secondary conductor when expanded.
US11470684B2
The present invention relates to a method for building self-organized network. The method including steps of providing a plurality of network nodes and configuring a layer of middleware into the each of the plurality of network nodes; implementing a hop-by-hop transport test to acquire a current status of message exchange among the plurality of network nodes; computing a nodal topology for the plurality of network nodes in accordance with the current status; establishing at least one peer-to-peer communication link among the plurality of network nodes in accordance with the nodal topology; and transmitting messages through the at least one peer-to-peer communication link.
US11470683B2
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for supporting idle mode signaling reduction (ISR) core offload. In one embodiment a method includes providing an eNodeB co-located with a NodeB, and a User Equipment (UE) with ISR enabled; activating ISR when the UE goes idle and is switching between different Radio Access Technologies (RATs), and wherein UE connections are maintained with a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) and a Mobility Management Entity (MME).
US11470680B2
A method in a UE comprises monitoring a downlink control channel during a duration of at least a first timer, and receiving an indication of a downlink or uplink transmission for the UE. The method comprises after receiving the indication of the downlink or uplink transmission for the UE, stopping monitoring the first timer, wherein after the first timer is stopped the UE does not need to monitor the downlink control channel. The method comprises performing an uplink transmission associated with the indicated downlink or uplink transmission for the UE. The method comprises starting a second timer after receiving the indication for the downlink or uplink transmission for the UE, the duration of the second timer comprising an offset period, and, when the second timer expires, starting a third timer. The UE monitors the downlink control channel for the duration of the third timer.
US11470678B2
Apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for broadcast of multiple physical cell identity ranges are disclosed herein. A user equipment (UE) can receive system information (SI) containing physical cell identities (PCIs) associated with a first cell type or a second cell type, in which the first cell type is accessible to a first set of UEs and the second cell type is accessible to a second set of UEs and a second set of PCIs containing PCIs corresponding to a set of cells of the second cell type. The UE can also monitor for cells with a PCI in the first set of PCIs or the second set of PCIs. A base station may generate the SI indicating the first set of PCIs and the second set of PCIs. Additionally, the base station can communicate the SI to one or more UEs.
US11470677B2
A network router provides Internet connectivity to an intermediate router (e.g., implemented on a computer, smartphone or other device), which in turn provides Internet connectivity to a plurality of devices (e.g., IoT devices). During migration to a new router, the intermediate router may receive an indication that the first wireless router is out of service or no longer exists. Despite that the first wireless router is out of service or no longer exists, the intermediate router keeps each network connection from a plurality of devices to the intermediate router in a manner that is unaffected by the first wireless router being down or no longer existing (other than the plurality of devices experiencing a temporary Internet service interruption). The intermediate router then connects to a second wireless router to replace the first wireless router that is out of service or no longer exists. The intermediate router provides, via the connection to the new second wireless router, Internet connectivity to the plurality of devices connected to the intermediate router without reconnection, reactivation or reconfiguration of the plurality of devices to obtain the Internet connectivity.
US11470661B2
A method for establishing a BH RLC channel between a node and a DU. The method includes a CU detecting (s402) a need to establish the BH RLC channel between the node and the DU; and in response to detecting the need to establish the BH RLC channel, the CU sending (s404) to the DU an AP message requesting the DU to setup the BH RLC channel. The AP message comprises: i) a list identifying one or more BH RLC channels to be setup, wherein the list comprises at least one item containing a BH RLC Channel identifier, ID, information element, IE, containing a BH RLC Channel ID identifying the BH RLC channel, or ii) a DRB ID IE containing the BH RLC Channel ID identifying the BH RLC channel.
US11470658B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present application provides a method for establishing dual connectivity to ensure data continuity in 5G architecture. Related information of a mapping of a QoS Flow to a data radio bearer (DRB) is transmitted, by a first node, to a second node; the related information of the mapping carries indication information; response information in response to the information related to the mapping is received from the second node; and based on the response information, data is transmitted to the second node. The method of the present application may correctly configure dual connectivity resources, reduce signaling interaction, avoid configuration conflicts, optimize resource configuration, and improve the reliability of transmitting user data.
US11470644B2
The implementations of the present disclosure relate to a control information transmission method, a terminal device and a network device. The method comprises: a terminal device receiving downlink control information (DCI) sent by a network device, wherein the DCI comprises at least one information block, and a first information block of the at least one information block comprises control information of a first cell; and the first information block comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of the first cell, slot format indication (SFI) information, frequency domain resource indication information, frequency domain resource, end position information of the COT, physical random access channel (PRACH) resource indication information, and position indication information of a synchronization signal block (SSB).
US11470643B2
Provided are a wireless communication terminal including: a processor; and a communication unit, wherein the processor obtains a backoff counter for an OFDMA-based random access of the terminal, wherein the backoff counter is obtained within a range of a contention window for the uplink OFDMA-based random access, receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, when one or more resource unit(s) in which random access can be performed is indicated by the trigger frame, decrements the backoff counter based on a number of resource units(s) in which random access can be performed, and when the backoff counter is 0 or decremented to 0, performs an uplink multi-user transmission through a selected resource unit among the resource units(s) and a wireless communication method using the same.
US11470639B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, includes performing a channel access procedure (CAP) based on a first channel access priority class parameter; receiving, from a base station (BS) a signal including a second channel access priority class parameter and scheduling information for uplink transmission in a specific time resource; performing the CAP based on the first channel access priority class parameter continuously based on that the first channel access priority class parameter is equal to or greater than the second channel access priority class parameter indicated in the signal; performing the CAP based on the second channel access priority class parameter indicated in the signal based on that the first channel access priority class parameter is less than the second channel access priority class parameter; and performing uplink transmission based on a result of the performed CAP.
US11470633B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). A method for communication by a base station is provided. The method includes transmitting a scheduling assignment including a first part of a destination identifier (ID), and transmitting a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) including a MAC header including a user equipment (UE) ID and a second part of the destination ID.
US11470631B2
To appropriately perform a Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) procedure even when communication is performed by using a plurality of transmission reception points in a future radio communication system, one aspect of a user terminal according to the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives one or more pieces of downlink control information and a first reference signal for beam failure detection, the one or more pieces of downlink control information being used to schedule downlink shared channels transmitted from a plurality of transmission reception points; and a control section that detects a beam failure of a transmission reception point associated with the first reference signal.
US11470630B2
The present disclosure provides service sending and receiving methods and devices, and a storage medium. The method includes that: a sending technology corresponding to a service to be sent is determined, where the sending technology at least includes the first sending technology and the second sending technology which correspond to different versions of receiving User Equipment (UE) respectively; and a sending resource corresponding to the sending technology is determined, and the service to be sent is sent on the determined sending resource.
US11470621B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to improving detectability of interference management signals are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a first reservation signal indicating a reservation for a first transmission slot in a spectrum accessed by a plurality of network operating entities. The first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device are associated with a first network operating entity of a plurality of network operating entities. The first reservation signal includes a duration based on a power class associated with the first network operating entity. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, a first communication signal in the first transmission slot.
US11470617B2
A method for indicating information includes: whether a configured SCS of an SSB is less than an SCS of a common CORESET for RMSI corresponding to the SSB and whether time-frequency multiplexing indication information, in a PBCH of the SSB, of the CORESET for the RMSI indicates TDM of the CORESET for the RMSI and the SSB are determined; responsive to that the SCS of an SSB is less than the SCS of the CORESET for the RMSI, and the time-frequency multiplexing indication information of the CORESET of the RMSI indicates TDM of the CORESET for the RMSI and the SSB, an offset value between the PRB grid of the CORESET for the RMSI and the PRB grid of the SSB is indicated through the time-frequency multiplexing indication information; and the SSB carrying the time-frequency multiplexing indication information is sent to UE in a beam scanning manner.
US11470610B2
This application provides a resource mapping method and a device. A network device writes n physical resource block groups into an interleaving matrix row by row, where N null values are inserted into intersections between the first row and the last N columns of the interleaving matrix or intersections between the last row and the first N columns of the interleaving matrix, n is a positive integer, and N is a natural number; reads the n physical resource block groups from the interleaving matrix column by column, where the n read physical resource block groups are mapped to n virtual resource block groups; and determines, based on the n physical resource block groups mapped to the n virtual resource block groups, physical resource blocks mapped to virtual resource blocks in the n virtual resource block groups.
US11470606B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a plurality of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configurations corresponding to a plurality of SPS occasions for reception of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a slot; decode a first SPS occasion, of the plurality of SPS occasions, to attempt to receive the PDSCH in the slot; and selectively decode a second SPS occasion, of the plurality of SPS occasions, to attempt to receive the PDSCH in the slot. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11470600B2
A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives downlink control information including a given field indicating a frequency domain resource to be assigned to a downlink shared channel or an uplink shared channel; and a control section that controls reception of the downlink shared channel or transmission of the uplink shared channel based on whether or not information related to a band for initial access in a carrier is given by a higher layer.
US11470598B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indicator, in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) payload, that indicates whether the PDCCH payload includes data or downlink control information (DCI) for obtaining the data, wherein the indicator is an initial state of a cyclic redundancy check that includes a predefined sequence of bits; and obtain at least one of the data or the DCI based at least in part on the indicator. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11470591B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communication. An exemplary method generally includes receiving an indication of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) to use for transmitting information, wherein the indication of the MCS indicates an MCS index value corresponding to an entry in an MCS lookup table, determining, based on the MCS index value, a transport block size (TBS) to use for transmitting the information, wherein determining the TBS comprises receiving an explicit indication of the TBS to use for transmitting the information, and transmitting the information using the MCS and TBS.
US11470586B2
Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) can be effectively allocated and utilized by base stations and mobile stations. In an exemplary embodiment, a mobile station receives from a base station an allocation of a first set channel resource groups. The base station assigns a second set of channel resource groups. The mobile station decodes, based on the second set of channel resource groups, one or more channel resources to transmit messages to the base station. A benefit of the disclosed exemplary embodiments is that a base station can dynamically assign channel resources to a mobile station.
US11470580B2
Provided is an information transmission method, apparatus and system. The information transmission method includes: obtaining, by a first communication node, a control channel description list which includes description information of N control channels, where N is a positive integer and the description information of each of the control channels includes one or more of: control channel configuration information, reference signal configuration information, link resource configuration information, operating bandwidth configuration information, puncturing configuration information, frequency hopping configuration formation, transmission time interval length configuration information, power control configuration information and beam configuration information; and sending, by the first communication node, the control channel description list to a second communication node.
US11470576B2
Provided are a data transmission method and device, a base station, a terminal and a readable storage medium. A paging message is sent to the terminal, where the paging message carries a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI). Then, downlink data is transmitted according to the C-RNTI. In this way, the transmission of the downlink data is indicated by directly carrying the C-RNTI in the paging message.
US11470573B2
The disclosure provides a method and a device for positioning in wireless communication. A first node transmits Q1 first-type radio signal(s) and transmits first information; wherein the Q1 first-type radio signal(s) is(are) transmitted by Q1 spatial parameter group(s) respectively; the first information includes a first Identifier (ID) and Q1 piece(s) of channel information, and the first information is used for indicating Q1 geographic position(s); the Q1 piece(s) of channel information is(are) based on a channel measurement(s) performed by a target node for the Q1 spatial parameter group(s) respectively, and the target node is identified by the first ID; and the Q1 spatial parameter group(s) cover(s) the Q1 geographic position(s) respectively. The disclosure can improve the precision of positioning and meanwhile keep a good compatibility with existing systems.
US11470571B2
Presented herein are techniques for assigning Ultra-Wideband (UWB) anchors for client ranging. A location server can estimate a coarse location of a mobile device using a localization technique other than a UWB localization technique. The localization technique can involve multiple wireless access points or other radio devices. The location server can define an area around the coarse location to identify a set of candidate anchors for UWB ranging. The set of candidate anchors can be disposed within the area and include at least a subset of the radio devices. The location server can modify the set of candidate anchors to create a modified set of candidate anchors that includes only UWB-enabled devices. The location server can select a primary anchor from the modified set of candidate anchors and send a command to cause a UWB ranging procedure to be initiated between the primary anchor and the mobile device.
US11470570B2
Disclosed are techniques for utilizing synchronization signal blocks for positioning operations. In an aspect, a transmission point configures a set of synchronization signal blocks to be used as positioning measurement signals, each of the plurality of synchronization signal blocks comprising a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, and one or more physical broadcast channel signals, and transmits the set of synchronization signal blocks on a wireless downlink channel to enable a user device to perform a positioning measurement of at least one of the set of synchronization signal blocks. In an aspect, the user device receives, from the transmission point, the plurality of synchronization signal blocks on the wireless downlink channel, receives, from the transmission point, an indication of the set of synchronization signal blocks to be used as positioning measurement signals, and performs a positioning measurement of at least one of the set of synchronization signal blocks.
US11470569B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit a downlink message to a user equipment (UE). The base station may allocate a receive time window associated with receiving an uplink message from the UE responsive to the downlink message, wherein the receive time window is allocated based at least in part on a maximum propagation round trip time (RTT) associated with UEs within a coverage area of the base station and a frame size of the uplink message. The base station may monitor the receive time window for the uplink message from the UE. The base station may receive the uplink message from the UE during the receive time window.
US11470567B2
In an aspect, a UE may perform clock synchronization in accordance with a first network timing reference, such as a unicast network timing reference (UNTR) or a broadcast networking timing reference (BNTR). The UE may detect event(s) associated with a connection to a BS, which may trigger a switch between the UNTR and the BNTR for clock synchronization. In a further aspect, a communications device (e.g., UE or BS) may determine to transition a UE between the BNTR and UNTR for clock synchronization, and may perform one or more actions to facilitate the network timing reference transition.
US11470565B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may establish a connection with a base station based at least in part on a synchronization signal block from the base station, wherein the synchronization signal block comprises at least a first synchronization signal. The UE may identify a configuration for a transmission pattern for the first synchronization signal to be transmitted by the base station. The UE may receive one or more instances of the first synchronization signal according to the transmission pattern for the first synchronization signal. The UE may modify the established connection with the base station based at least in part on the received one or more instances of the first synchronization signal.
US11470564B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A synchronization signal block (SSB) may include a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). According to the techniques described herein, a lean SSB design may include one of either the PSS or the SSS (e.g., such that the lean SSB may include, for example, 12 resource blocks compared to the 20 resource blocks associated with an SSB). As such, a lean SSB may be transmitted within a configured narrow bandwidth part (NBWP) and may support reduced capability devices (e.g., bandwidth reduced user equipment (UEs)) while maintaining compatibility with other devices (e.g., traditional or full capability devices). The techniques described herein may further provide for lean SSB repetition, beam management (e.g., narrower beams) enabled via lean SSBs, data inclusion in remaining symbols of lean SSBs, etc.
US11470563B2
This application discloses a communications method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, downlink synchronization signal block index information; receiving, by the terminal device, information used to indicate an association relationship between a random access resource RO and a synchronization signal block; and accessing, by the terminal device, a network device based on the information on an RO corresponding to the synchronization signal block index information. This application further discloses a corresponding apparatus. A time-frequency location of a random access resource associated with each downlink synchronization signal is indicated, so that the terminal device obtains, through downlink synchronization, a time-frequency location for sending an uplink random access signal, to avoid a blind attempt of the terminal device and a beam mismatch of the network device occurring when the network device receives a random access signal, thereby improving efficiency.
US11470562B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for controlling power for small data transfer (SDT).
US11470548B2
This disclosure provides a base station, and a method of operating a base station, in a cellular telecommunications network, the method including the first base station operating in energy saving mode; the first base station receiving a first message, the first message instructing the first base station to exit energy saving mode and to compensate for a second base station; and the first base station exiting energy saving mode and compensating for the second base station.
US11470544B2
A method for routing messages relating to existing NF subscriptions includes receiving, at a first NRF, a request from a consumer NF instance creating a first NF subscription, determining that the first NRF does not have the requested NF profile, and forwarding the request to a second NRF. The method further includes receiving a response from the second NRF indicating that the second NRF has created the first NF subscription, modifying the response so that subsequent messages associated with the first subscription will be sent to the first NRF, and forwarding the response to the consumer NF instance. The method further includes receiving, by the first NRF, a message from the consumer NF instance relating to the first subscription, determining, that the second NRF is unavailable, and forwarding the message relating to the first subscription to a third NRF that functions as a mate of the second NRF.
US11470537B2
A cell access method of a terminal in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. Particularly, provided is a cell access method by which a terminal supports standalone machine type communication (sMTC) in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving, from a base station, one from among a plurality of system information blocks (SIBs), wherein the one SIB includes first instruction information related to the blocking of cell access of terminals for supporting services other than the sMTC; performing the cell access; and performing, on the basis of the first instruction information. a specific operation related to the sMTC when the cell does not permit the cell access of the terminals for supporting services other than the sMTC.
US11470528B2
A technique for preparing User Equipment, UE, mobility from a 4G network to a 5G network for a UE moving from a 2G/3G network to the 5G network via the 4G network is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique is performed by a network node and comprises triggering terminating one or more Packet Data Network, PDN, connections associated with the UE when the UE moves from the 2G/3G network to the 4G network forcing the UE to reestablish connectivity with the 4G network prior to moving from the 4G network to the 5G network.
US11470524B2
According to one configuration, while the user equipment is wirelessly connected to a first wireless base station over a first wireless communication link, a communication management resource in the user equipment receives input (such as a request) to tune-away the user equipment to a second wireless base station providing corresponding wireless services. To facilitate the temporary tune-away to the second wireless network, the communication management resource of the user equipment generates timing information associated with the switchover. In furtherance of the switchover (temporary tune-away) to the second wireless base station, the communication management resource of the user equipment transmits the timing information in a wireless communication over the first wireless communication link to the first wireless base station.
US11470522B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for RRM measurement in the NR network. In one novel aspect, the RRM measurement is configured with one measurement gap for SS block and CSI-RS. In one embodiment, an extended MGL (eMGL) is configured such that the SS block and CSI-RS is measurement within one measurement gap. In another embodiment, the shorter MGL (sMGL) that is shorter than the standard MGL is configured. In another novel aspect, the CSI-RS is allocated adjacent to the SS blocks such that one measurement gap is configured for both the SS block and CSI-RS measurement. In another novel aspect, the CSI-RS measurement is conditionally configured. In yet another novel aspect, the UE decodes the time index of the SS block conditionally.
US11470519B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal for performing a handover procedure in a mobile communication system from a source to a target base station. The target base station is configured for the mobile terminal with at least a first and a different second bandwidth part within its cell bandwidth. The mobile terminal comprises: a transceiver which, in operation, receives from the source base station a handover command message including information regarding the configured at least first and second bandwidth part; and a processor which, in operation and upon reception of the handover command message, activates in the transceiver at least a selected one of the configured at least first or second bandwidth part, and controls the transceiver to perform, over the activated at least one of the configured at least first or second bandwidth part, communication with the target base station as part of the handover procedure.
US11470518B2
A radio access network comprises a first radio access node and a second radio access node. On determining that a first UE that is served by the first radio access node should start relaying through a second UE, it is determined whether the second UE is served by the first radio access node. In response to determining that the second UE is served not by the first radio access node but by the second radio access node, a handover is initiated, such that the first and second UEs are served by the same radio access node.
US11470507B2
Embodiments herein provide a method for machine learning-based data rate control in a wireless network system. The method includes detecting a rate change event by a data rate controller for at least one receiving node in the wireless network system. Furthermore, the method includes dynamically generating a data rate configuration comprising a data rate configuration comprising a plurality of rates, and an accuracy level of each of the rates. The method further includes determining by the data rate controller that the accuracy level of at least one rate from the plurality of rates meets an accuracy criteria and causing by the data rate controller to transmit at least one packet using the at least one rate.
US11470506B2
Wireless communication method using frame aggregation and wireless communication terminal using same
A method for constructing an aggregated frame for efficient wireless communication in a high-density environment and a wireless communication method using the same is provided. The wireless communication method may include: generating an aggregated MPDU (A-MPDU) including a plurality of MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) groups to which independent modulation and coding schemes (MCSs) are applied, respectively; and transmitting the generated A-MPDU through the transceiver and a wireless communication terminal may use the same.
US11470501B2
A wireless device receives indications of: a first scheduling request (SR) resource corresponding to first logical channel(s) having a first logical channel prioritization (LCP) mapping to first radio resources; and a second SR resource corresponding to second logical channel(s) having a second LCP mapping to second radio resources. A buffer status report (BSR) is triggered in response to data becoming available for the second logical channel(s). First uplink grant(s) indicating a first radio resource of the first radio resources is received. An SR for transmission of the BSR is triggered in response to the first radio resource not meeting the second LCP mapping configured for the second logical channel(s) that triggered the BSR. The SR is transmitted via the second SR resource selected based on the second logical channel(s) triggering the BSR. The BSR is transmitted via a second radio resource of the second radio resources.
US11470493B2
This application provides a method for sending a measurement report. The method includes a terminal device receiving first configuration information and second configuration information, where the first configuration information indicates a measurement resource and the second configuration information indicates a slot format of a non-serving cell of the terminal. The method also includes the terminal device sending a measurement report to a network device, where a measurement quantity type of the measurement report is related to the slot format of the non-serving cell, and the measurement report corresponds to the measurement resource.
US11470491B2
A method and apparatus for adjusting a channel quality indicator (CQI) feedback period to increase uplink capacity in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The uplink capacity is increased by reducing the uplink interference caused by CQI transmissions. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) monitors a status of downlink transmissions to the WTRU and sets the CQI feedback period based on the status of the downlink transmissions to the WTRU. A base station monitors uplink and downlink transmission needs. The base station determines the CQI feedback period of at least one WTRU based on the uplink and downlink transmission needs and sends a command to the WTRU to change the CQI feedback period of the WTRU.
US11470489B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for transmitting, from a user equipment (UE) to a base station, a report indicating a beamforming capability of the UE, receiving, from a base station, a configuration for a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs) based at least in part on the report, selecting multiple CORESETs of the plurality of CORESETs, and monitoring the selected multiple CORESETs during a monitoring occasion. In some examples, the UE may also monitor one or more unselected CORESETs that have a quasi co-location relationship with one of the selected CORESETs.
US11470487B2
The present invention provides a link evaluation method in user equipment and user equipment. The user equipment has a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode and a non-DRX mode. The link evaluation method comprises: measuring a reference signal in an evaluation period; and in the case that a measurement result is lower than a preset threshold, judging that a beam failure instance (BFI) is generated, and notifying a higher layer of the BFI at an interval of an indication period, wherein when the user equipment is in the non-DRX mode, the duration of the evaluation period is first duration; when the user equipment is in the DRX mode, the duration of the evaluation period is second duration; and the second duration is greater than the first duration.
US11470480B2
Techniques for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may initially configure a set of channel estimation parameters for a set of radio frequency spectrum subbands of a bandwidth part (BWP) of a transmission opportunity (TxOP). In some examples, the UE may identify an unavailable radio frequency spectrum subband within the BWP. Based on the identification, the UE may reconfigure the channel estimation parameters to avoid performing unnecessary channel estimation processes on the unavailable radio frequency spectrum subband. As part of reconfiguring the channel estimation parameters, the UE may set log-likelihood ratio (LLR) values of subcarriers associated with the unavailable radio frequency spectrum subband to a null value, thereby experiencing improvements in efficiency and reliability of channel estimation for the BWP.
US11470475B2
A method by an access device comprising obtaining a first biometric sample of a user; generating a first biometric template or a derivative thereof from the first biometric sample; transmitting the first biometric template or the derivative thereof to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device or the user determines if the access device is an authentic access device; receiving a confirmation of a match between the first biometric template and a second biometric template on the mobile device; and conducting a transaction between the access device and the mobile device, after the mobile device or the user determines that the access device is authentic.
US11470473B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit to a base station (BS), information indicating a medium access control (MAC) security capability of the UE. The UE may receive from the BS, a communication that includes an indication of a MAC security configuration for communications between the UE and the BS. The indication of the MAC security configuration may be based at least in part on the MAC security capability of the UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11470472B2
Methods and systems for performing wireless communication are presented. In one example, a wireless peripheral device comprises a wireless transceiver configured to receive and transmit data over a primary channel, an optical sensor configured to receive data over an out-of-band channel, and one or more processors configured to: receive, via the wireless transceiver and over the primary channel, wireless signals including first key data from a second device; receive, via the optical sensor, optical signals including verification data from the second device; verify the first key data based on the verification data; and responsive to verifying the first key data based on the verification data, generate a digital security key based on the first key data, the digital security key used for following data transmission between the wireless peripheral device and the second device via the wireless transceiver.
US11470465B2
A method, performed by a terminal, of negotiating an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) version in a wireless communication system includes: establishing a hypertext transfer protocol over secure socket layer (HTTPS) connection with a server; transmitting eUICC information including information about the eUICC version to the server through the HTTPS connection; and receiving server information corresponding to the eUICC information from the server, wherein the information about the eUICC version includes a minimum eUICC version and a maximum eUICC version that are available when the terminal accesses the server.
US11470462B2
A system, method and apparatus for integrated building operations management. Nodes in the sensor network can be configured to interface with a building control system to exchange sensor-related information.
US11470461B2
Systems and methods for providing a health monitoring and emergency response service are provided. Each element in a plurality of data elements is obtained from a health monitoring device connected to a corresponding subject in a plural of subjects. An alert is triggered through analysis of the data element or manually triggered by the subject or a subject's circle of support. The subject or one or more members of the circle of support of the subject verifies or rejects the alert. The alert is sent to a remote monitoring alarm center and emergency responders are dispatched.
US11470456B2
An information processing device relates to a delivery service in which a vehicle cabin including a trunk of a vehicle used by a user is designated as a delivery destination of a package. The information processing device includes a processing device configured to remind the user to receive the package from the vehicle cabin of the vehicle designated by the user as the delivery destination of the package, in a case where the package is not received from the vehicle cabin of the vehicle after a predetermined time has elapsed since the package was delivered to the vehicle cabin of the vehicle.
US11470452B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for selective retransmission of groupcast data. One apparatus includes a transceiver that transmits groupcast data via sidelink communication to a set of UEs and receives negative acknowledgement feedback via sidelink communication from at least one UE of the set, the negative acknowledgement feedback indicating unsuccessful reception of the groupcast data. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a retransmission mode based on a number of UEs sending negative acknowledgement feedback and controls the transceiver to send selectively beamformed retransmission of the groupcast data according to the determined retransmission mode.
US11470439B1
A headset generates an acoustic map that is a visual representation of sound pressure of sound within a local area. The acoustic map is displayed as a virtual object that is overlaid onto visual content being presented by the headset. Sound is adjusted in accordance with a command. The acoustic map is updated based on the adjusted sound, and the adjusted sound is presented and the updated acoustic map is presented.
US11470437B2
An audio processing system and method which calculates, based on spatial metadata of the audio object, a panning coefficient for each of the audio objects in relation to each of a plurality of predefined channel coverage zones. Converts the audio signal into submixes in relation to the predefined channel coverage zones based on the calculated panning coefficients and the audio objects. Each of the submixes indicating a sum of components of the plurality of the audio objects in relation to one of the predefined channel coverage zones. Generating a submix gain by applying an audio processing to each of the submix and controls an object gain applied to each of the audio objects. The object gain being as a function of the panning coefficients for each of the audio objects and the submix gains in relation to each of the predefined channel coverage zones.
US11470436B2
An apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: determine, for two or more microphone audio signals, at least one spatial audio parameter for providing spatial audio reproduction; determine at least one coherence parameter associated with a sound field based on the two or more microphone audio signals, such that another sound field is configured to be reproduced based on the at least one spatial audio parameter and the at least one coherence parameter.
US11470431B1
Techniques are described for dynamically changing a power draw from a power source of a portable device based on an audio output of the portable device. In an example, the portable device determines that an audio signal to be output by the portable device is associated with an audio mode. The portable device sets a voltage of a power converter of the portable device to a voltage level based at least in part on the audio mode. An amount of power is supplied from a power source of the portable device to the power converter based at least in part on the voltage level. In addition, the portable device outputs the audio signal based at least in part on the amount of power.
US11470422B2
An out-of-head localization filter determination system according to this embodiment includes a microphone unit that is worn on a user's ear and picks up sounds output from an output unit, a measurement unit that measures a sound pickup signal output from the microphone unit, a data storage unit that stores first preset data related to spatial acoustic transfer characteristics and second preset data related to ear canal transfer characteristics in association with each other, a frequency characteristics acquisition unit that converts the sound pickup signal into a frequency domain and acquires frequency characteristics, an extreme value extraction unit that extracts a local maximum value and a local minimum value of the frequency characteristics, and an envelope calculation unit that calculates first envelope data and second envelope data by interpolating each of the local maximum value and the local minimum value.
US11470418B2
A voice input apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a panel in which a voice input hole is formed; a circuit board which is disposed below the panel and has a voice passing hole formed in a position corresponding to the voice input hole; a first sealer having a cylindrical shape which is disposed between the panel and the circuit board, an upper end of which is in contact with a bottom surface of the panel while surrounding the voice input hole, and a lower end of which is in contact with an upper surface of the circuit board while surrounding the voice passing hole; a microphone which is disposed below the circuit board and has a sound receiving hole provided in a position corresponding to the sound passing hole; and a second sealer in which an accommodation space having an opening in an upper surface thereof is formed, and the microphone is disposed in the accommodation space, and which is in contact with a bottom surface of the circuit board in a state where the upper surface surrounds the voice passing hole.
US11470415B2
A processing system including at least one processor may capture data from a sensor comprising a microphone of a wearable device, the data comprising external audio data captured via the microphone, determine first audio data a first audio source in the external audio data, apply the first audio data to a situational detection model, and detect a first situation via the first situational detection model. The processing system may then modify, in response to detecting the first situation via the first situational detection model, the external audio data via a change to the first audio data in the external audio data to generate a modified audio data, in accordance with at least a first audio adjustment corresponding to the first situational detection model, where the modifying comprises increasing or decreasing a volume of the first audio data, and present the modified audio data via an earphone of the wearable device.
US11470414B2
An earphone and a method for manufacturing an earphone are disclosed. The earphone comprises, a housing, including an outer housing and/or an inner housing, and a speaker unit, including a static structural part, wherein at least one portion of the static structural part is integrated with at least one part of the outer housing and/or inner housing.
US11470407B2
A method for acquiring an extract of a multimedia stream being broadcast on a user's display device, the method being implemented in an user terminal separate from the display device and comprising the following steps: upon reception of a user input for receiving an extract of the multimedia stream being broadcast on the display device, sending to the display device a first request for an identifier of the multimedia stream being broadcast; upon reception of the identifier of the multimedia stream being broadcast, sending to the content server a second request for receiving the multimedia stream extract, said second request including a timestamp of the user input, the identifier of the multimedia stream being broadcast and a duration of the multimedia stream extract; and receiving from the content server the multimedia stream extract or a link to obtain the latter.
US11470400B2
A computer-driven apparatus coupled to a network receives data from metadata sources and consumers' display devices. From the sources, the apparatus collects metadata concerning characteristics of a given item of host video and a proposed class of advertisements for web delivery proximate or embedded in the given item. The apparatus continually monitors actual delivery of the given item by receiving transmissions from consumers' display devices. The apparatus develops initial forecasting inputs based on historical data from similar host videos, and then adjusts the forecasting inputs based on the actual deliveries. These forecasting inputs are used to compute an interim supply of advertising opportunities associated with the given item, which is reduced by relevant factors to provide a net available supply forecast. The apparatus provides a human-readable display of information including the net available supply forecast.
US11470398B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for receiving a request from a user to access a video that is scheduled for transmission, simultaneously to a plurality of users, beginning from a scheduled start time. The request is received after the scheduled start time the transmission is performed by a linear service to which the user subscribes. In response to receiving the request, the systems and methods may generate for display the video to the user, and may receive, during display of the video, a command from the user to start playback of the video over from the beginning. In response to receiving the command, the systems and methods may identify a non-linear service to which the user subscribes that offers a non-linear copy of the video, and may play back the non-linear copy of the video from the beginning.
US11470388B2
A method for preventing forgery of data according to an embodiment includes determining a noise level based on metadata of original data, generating noise by applying the determined noise level to a preset noise pattern, generating transformed data of the original data by adding the generated noise to the original data, and transmitting the transformed data and the metadata to a server.
US11470383B2
A client device accesses a video input stream from an intermediate device for display. The client device analyzes the video input stream to determine that the video input stream matches a template corresponding to a screen portion. Based on the video input stream matching the template, a video output stream is generated and caused to be presented on a display. In some example embodiments, the analysis is performed while the client device is replacing video content received from a content source via the intermediate device. For example, commercials transmitted from a national content provider to a smart TV via a set-top box may be replaced with targeted commercials. During the replacement, menus generated by the set-top box may be detected and the replacement video altered by the smart TV to include the menus.
US11470375B2
Disclosed are a digital device and method of processing data therein. The present invention includes a communication interface unit communicating with one or more peripheral devices, a display unit, and a controller configured to form a connectivity manager including information on one or more connectible peripheral devices and display the connectivity manager on a screen. If the information on at least one peripheral device on the displayed connectivity manager is selected, the controller connects to a first peripheral device by sending a first control signal, receives first data from the connected first peripheral device, and displays the received first data on the screen. If the connectivity manager is called and information on a second peripheral device is selected, the controller connects to the second peripheral device by sending a second control signal and transmits the first data to the connected second peripheral device.
US11470373B2
A system is provided for server-side dynamic insertion of programming content in an indexed disparate live media output stream. First programming schedule that comprises one or more functionalities enabled via one or more constraints and rights associated with at least a first disparate live media output stream is published, based on which indexed first disparate live media output stream is generated for first client device. Client request that comprises at least a program identifier, is received from first client device based on playback of indexed first disparate live media output stream. Manifest data and indexed metadata of programming content associated with program identifier is inserted to first disparate live media output stream manifest according to one or more functionalities. At least one of first disparate live media output stream is altered or second disparate live media output stream is generated, that comprises manifest data, indexed metadata and updated playback position.
US11470371B2
Methods, systems, and media for indicating viewership of a video are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying a video; identifying a first group of users; determining an affinity score for each user with the identified video; receiving a request to present a page that includes a representation of the video; identifying a second group of users connected to the first user associated with the user device; determining a viewership status of each user in the second group of users corresponding to the video; identifying a subset of users in the second group of users based at least in part on the viewership status; and causing groups of indicators to be presented on the user device, wherein each indicator in the groups of indicators represents the viewership status of the user, and wherein the indicators are presented on the requested page in connection with the representation of the video.
US11470367B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor on-demand media. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a metadata collection controller to collect metadata associated with on-demand media in response to publication of the on-demand media. Disclosed example apparatus also include a download controller to download the on-demand media. Disclosed example apparatus further include a signature generator to generate one or more signatures representative of the on-demand media, and store a profile of the on-demand media in a data storage, the profile including the one or more signatures and the metadata associated with the on-demand media.
US11470358B2
A method of decoding video data, that method includes: receiving a picture parameter set; parsing a first syntax element specifying whether in-loop filtering operations may be performed for pictures in the picture parameter set, in a case that a number of tiles in a picture is greater than 1, and parsing a second syntax element specifying whether a raster-san slice mode or a rectangular slice mode is in use and whether slice information is signaled in the picture parameter set, in the case that the number of tiles in the picture is greater than 1.
US11470351B2
Particular embodiments provide a variable, BitDepth, that may be set at a value based on a number of bits used to represent pixels in pictures of a video. The variable may be used in syntax elements in HEVC, such as the HEVC range extension, but other coding standards may be used. By using the variable, different resolutions for the video may be accommodated during the encoding and decoding process. For example, the number of pixels in the pictures may be represented by 8 bits, 10 bits, 12 bits, or another number of bits depending on the resolution. Using the BitDepth variable in the syntax provides flexibility in the motion estimation and motion compensation process. For example, syntax elements used in the weighted prediction process may take into account different numbers of bits used to represent the pictures.
US11470347B2
A video decoding method includes determining, based on an area of a current block, whether a multi-prediction combination mode for predicting the current block by combining prediction results obtained according to a plurality of prediction modes is applied to the current block, when the multi-prediction combination mode is applied to the current block, determining the plurality of prediction modes to be applied to the current block, generating a plurality of prediction blocks of the current block, according to the plurality of prediction modes, and determining a combined prediction block of the current block, by combining the plurality of prediction blocks according to respective weights.
US11470346B2
This disclosure relates to video coding and more particularly to techniques for performing motion vector prediction. According to an aspect of an invention, a motion vector and a corresponding reference picture identifier for the motion vector are received; a reference picture corresponding to a second motion vector is determined based on the reference picture corresponding to the received motion vector and a current picture; a scaling value is determined based on the determined reference picture, the reference picture corresponding to the received motion vector, and the current picture; and the second motion vector is generated from the received motion vector by scaling with the scaling value.
US11470339B2
In an example, a method of decoding video data includes generating a residual block of a picture based on a predicted residual block including reconstructing one or more residual values of the residual block based on one or more predicted residual values of the residual block. The method also includes generating a current block of the picture based on a combination of the residual block and a prediction block of the picture.
US11470325B2
A method for decoding an image, according to the present document, comprises: receiving a bitstream including BDPCM information; deriving residual samples for a current block on the basis of the BDPCM information; deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the BDPCM information; generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples and the prediction samples; and performing deblocking filtering on the reconstructed picture, wherein when BDPCM is applied to the current block, the deblocking filtering is not performed.
US11470317B2
Provided are a method and a device for decoding a video signal to provide stereographic image content with high resolution. For decoding a video signal, an intra prediction mode of a current block is determined, and a prediction sample is obtained by performing intra prediction of the current block based on the intra prediction mode.
US11470304B2
A video encoding method includes generating, for a conversion between a video block in a video picture and a bitstream representation of the video block, a list of merge candidates for the video block, wherein the list of merge candidates includes at least a first merge candidate that is a virtual merge candidate derived by scaling a motion vector of a second merge candidate to a different reference picture and modifying a reference picture of a second merge candidate; and performing, using the list of merge candidates, the conversion between the video block and the video bitstream.
US11470303B1
The inventive method involves receiving as input a representation of an ordered set of two dimensional images. The ordered set of two dimensional images is analyzed to determine at least one first view of an object in at least two dimensions and at least one motion vector. The next step is analyzing the combination of the first view of the object in at least two dimensions, the motion vector, and the ordered set of two dimensional images to determine at least a second view of the object; generating a three dimensional representation of the ordered set of two dimensional images on the basis of at least the first view of the object and the second view of the object. Finally, the method involves providing indicia of the three dimensional representation as an output.
US11470302B2
A three-dimensional display device includes a display panel, a controller, and a communication unit. The display panel is configured to display an image. An optical element is configured to define a propagation direction of image light emitted from the display panel. The communication unit is configured to receive a captured image of first eye and second eye different from the first eye, of a user. The controller causes the display panel to display a calibration image. The controller is configured so that, based on cornea images of different parts of the calibration image in the captured image that are viewed with the first eye and the second eye of the user, respectively, a parallax image is displayed on the display panel.
US11470301B2
A video server is configured to convert frame data of a spherical image to frame data of a equirectangular image such that a first area corresponding to a field of view received from a client device is a middle area of the equirectangular image. The video server is further configured to scale the first area at a first resolution, scale a second area of the equirectangular image adjacent to the first area at a second resolution smaller than the first resolution, scale a third area of the equirectangular image that is adjacent to the first area and is not adjacent to the second area, at a third resolution smaller than the first resolution, and rearrange the scaled first area, second area and third area such that the scaled second area and the scaled third area are adjacent to each other, to generate reformatted equirectangular image frame data to be encoded.
US11470298B2
A method with algorithm updating includes: receiving a first input batch including one or more first images; generating a first output batch with respect to the first input batch using an algorithm configured to generate a disparity image, the first output batch including one or more first output images; receiving a second input batch corresponding to the first input batch, the second input batch including one or more second images having viewpoints that are different from viewpoints of the one or more first images; generating a test batch based on the first output batch and the second input batch, the test batch including one or more test images; and updating the algorithm based on a difference between the first input batch and the test batch.
US11470290B2
An image display apparatus includes a display, an input unit configured to receive input data including an input image in which a first dynamic range is defined and including information relating to luminance of the input image, and at least one processor or circuit for executing tasks of converting the first dynamic range into a second dynamic range having a maximum luminance lower than that of the first dynamic range, acquiring a user set maximum luminance of the second dynamic range, acquiring a maximum display luminance when the display unit displays the maximum luminance of the second dynamic range under a display condition set for the display unit, and generating a setting screen for a user setting. The setting screen displays information indicating a relative relation among the information relating to luminance acquired from the data, the user set maximum luminance and the maximum display luminance.
US11470288B2
An illumination system and a projection apparatus including the illumination system are provided with a rotatable light splitting module, wherein when a light splitting element rotates, a first laser beam forms a first color light through a reflecting region of the light splitting element and a light combining element during a first time period, a second laser beam passes through the light combining element to form a second color light during the second time period and the fourth time period, the first laser beam forms a third color light by the wavelength conversion module and the light combining element after passing through the transmitting region of the light splitting element during the third time period, and the first color light, the second color light and the third color light from the light combining element form an illumination beam.
US11470280B2
Disclosed are GPS-based target tracking system, method and dome camera. The system comprises: a first camera and a second camera. The first camera obtains GPS coordinate of a target during the tracking of the target and sends the GPS coordinates to the second camera. The second camera adjusts a shooting angle of the second camera according to the GPS coordinates, and tracks the target after detecting the target in a second monitoring image shot by the second camera. Therefore, in the scheme, if the target moves out of the monitoring range of the first camera, the second camera continues to track the target, namely the tracking range of the target is expanded through linkage of the plurality of cameras.
US11470278B2
A system includes an input and a plurality of outputs. The system also includes an in-home network adapter configured to connect to and be positioned between the input and the plurality of outputs. The system also includes a splitter configured to connect to and be positioned between the in-home network adapter and the plurality of outputs. The input is configured to receive signals in a cable television (CATV) bandwidth and signals in a multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) bandwidth. The in-home network adapter is configured to allow the signals in the MoCA bandwidth to pass from the input to the plurality of outputs and from the plurality of outputs to the input. The in-home network adapter is configured to attenuate or prevent the signals in the CATV bandwidth from passing from the input to the plurality of outputs, from the plurality of outputs to the input, or both.
US11470274B2
A solid state imaging element according to an embodiment includes: a converter (14) that converts an analog pixel signal read out from a pixel into a bit value, successively for each of a plurality of bits, on the basis of a threshold voltage set according to a conversion history of the bit converted before a target bit; a plurality of voltage generation units (102a and 102b) that each generate a plurality of reference voltages; and a setting unit (12d) that sets the threshold voltage using the reference voltage selected from the reference voltages generated by each of the voltage generation units on the basis of a conversion result.
US11470264B2
There is provided an image sensor for exposing a plurality of pixel rows within a frame period using a rolling shutter. The image sensor includes a processor for calculating bright-dark distribution patterns of image frames. The processor further adjusts the frame period to be substantially identical to a predetermined period by changing a total number of exposed line times within the frame period when a difference between the bright-dark distribution patterns of two image frames is larger than a predetermined threshold.
US11470262B2
A time-division multiplexing fill light imaging method includes alternately generating a visible light frame and a fill light frame by using an image sensor, where the visible light frame is an image frame generated when the image sensor receives visible light but does not receive fill light, and the fill light frame is an image frame generated when the image sensor receives fill light, and combining a visible light frame and a fill light frame that are adjacent or consecutive, to obtain a composite frame.
US11470256B2
An operation device for performing control of a movable optical element to change an optical characteristic of an optical apparatus includes an operation member, a detector configured to detect an operation amount of the operation member, and a controller configured to generate a command for the control based on the operation amount. The controller is configured to cause a display to display a first region, a first mark, a second region, and a second mark. The first region corresponds to a range of values of one of the command and a controlled value for the control. The first mark indicates one of the command and the controlled value associated with the first region. The second region corresponds to a range of values of the operation amount. The second mark indicates the operation amount associated with the second region.
US11470254B1
A video may be captured by an image capture device in motion. A stabilization trajectory for the video may reflect stabilization rotational positions to compensate for at least some of the motion of the image capture device. The stabilization trajectory may have a stabilization trajectory length. The stabilization of the visual content may be assessed based on the stabilization trajectory length.
US11470246B2
An intelligent photographing method includes extracting, by a terminal, one or more first tags from common data of a user, where the common data represents an identity feature of the user, extracting, by the terminal, one or more second tags from photographing-related data of the user, where the photographing-related data represents a photographing preference of the user, determining, by the terminal, a third tag based on the one or more first tags and the one or more second tags, and obtaining a picture and adjusting, by the terminal, picture quality of the picture based on a picture quality effect parameter set corresponding to the third tag.
US11470232B2
An optical image transmission unit that is provided in the rotating body so as to rotate integrally with the rotating body, that is provided such that a light entering end faces an outer peripheral surface of the terminal supported on the terminal supporting unit and a light emitting end is provided on the light receiving axis of the camera, and that is configured to emit an optical image of the outer peripheral surface of the terminal having entered the light entering end from the light emitting end toward the camera.
US11470230B2
A lens driving device, includes: a fixing portion; a lens support; a first slider; a second slider held by the first slider so as to be slidable in a first direction; and a third slider which is provided on the lens support, and is held by the second slider so as to be slidable in a second direction, wherein any one of the first slider and the second slider has a first projecting member extending along the first direction, and another one of the first slider and the second slider has a first groove that is to fit aver the first projecting member, and wherein any one of the second slider and the third slider has a second projecting member extending along the second direction, and another one of the second slider and the third slider has a second groove that is to fit over the second projecting member.
US11470228B2
A camera module includes a circuit board; and a lens module electrically connected with the circuit board. The lens module is configured to be capable of deformed when being applied a voltage thereon so as to change a focus length of the lens module.
US11470225B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods and devices for providing touch accommodations to users with tremors or other fine motor impairments to improve the accuracy of such users' touch inputs on touch-sensitive surfaces. Such methods and devices include various approaches for compensating for brief, inadvertent touch inputs; touch inputs with inadvertent motion across the touch-sensitive surface; and/or touch inputs with inadvertent recoil contacts. In some embodiments, the touch accommodations are implemented in a software layer separate from the application layer, such as the operating system.
US11470221B1
A method for reducing image burn-in artifacts in an electrophotographic printing system, includes receiving a print job including image data for a set of pages to be printed. The pages are analyzed to determine that the image data for a sequence of pages in the print job are similar. The similar pages are printed using a pattern of page orientations including a first page orientation and a second page orientation, wherein the image data for the second page orientation is rotated 180 degrees relative to the image data for the first page orientation.
US11470211B2
An image processing apparatus includes a document area extracting module configured to extract a document area from the captured image, the document area being an area of the document, a note area extracting module configured to extract a first note area from the captured image, the first note area being an area of the first note positioned at a first position of the document area of the first page, a character determining module configured to determine the first character included in the first note area by optical character recognition, a document image generating module configured to mask the first note area included in the document area, and generate a document image, a file name generating module configured to generate a file name including the first character, and a file generating module configured to generate an electronic file of the document image having the file name.
US11470207B2
An image processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to acquire an output target image to be formed and output. The circuitry is configured to generate an image for inspection from the output target image. The circuitry is configured to add a reference point image to an area of the image for inspection in a case in which the circuitry fails to set a reference point based on the image for inspection. The circuitry is configured to align the reference point added to the image for inspection and the reference point image of a read image of the output target image formed on a recording medium with the reference point image added in response to adding the reference point image to the image for inspection, to compare the image for inspection with the read image to perform inspection.
US11470203B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for providing device centric payments in roaming conditions. In operation, a device requests service from a visiting communication network. The device provides an identity associated with the device. The device records an amount of service utilized (e.g. utilizing blockchain technology, etc.). The device submits the amount of service utilized to the visiting network or to a blockchain, such that the visiting network is capable of determining whether the amount of service utilized recorded by the device is similar to an amount of service usage measured by the visiting network (e.g. when an established credit limit available has been utilized, etc.).
US11470183B1
Systems and methods for a software development architecture enabling users to locally test and develop software, can include using a multitude of remote devices of choice. The user can choose the remote devices, including the hardware and software on the remote device. The operator of the architecture can provide error analysis, without substantively inspecting the user's software calls and sensitive data. In some embodiments, traffic routing data is used to detect the source and type of a test session error, without inspecting the payload in the traffic.
US11470182B1
A multi-region cloud service facilitated by a distributed container execution system comprising a plurality of edge proxy servers deployed in a plurality of geographical regions to receive from a plurality of client devices a plurality of requests to access the distributed container execution system and a plurality of application servers deployed in the plurality of geographical regions to provide the cloud service. Each edge proxy server is configured to analyze each request it receives to identify a target geographical region of the respective request, transmit the respective request to the application server(s) deployed in a same geographical region in case the target geographical region is the geographical region of the edge proxy server, and transmit the respective request to other edge proxy server(s) deployed in the target geographical region in case the target geographical region is not the geographical region of the respective edge proxy server.
US11470180B2
A system and method of pre-fetching data in a network includes displaying first data to a user, the first data being upstream of other data in a data flow. Before receiving a request from the user to view the other data, retrieving at least some of the other data and storing the retrieved other data in a memory device. After a request is received from the user to display the other data, using the stored data for the display to the user.
US11470176B2
The present technology provides a system, method and computer readable medium for steering a content request among plurality of cache servers based on multi-level assessment of content popularity. In some embodiments a three levels of popularity may be determined comprising popular, semi-popular and unpopular designations for the queried content. The processing of the query and delivery of the requested content depends on the aforementioned popularity level designation and comprises a acceptance of the query at the edge cache server to which the query was originally directed, rejection of the query and re-direction to a second edge cache server or redirection of the query to origin server to thereby deliver the requested content. The proposed technology results in higher hit ratio for edge cache clusters by steering requests for semi-popular content to one or more additional cache servers while forwarding request for unpopular content to origin server.
US11470172B1
An agent executes in user space on a machine and monitors for network connections. In response to detecting an initiation of a network connection, data associated with a process associated with the network connection is collected, e.g., by the agent. At least a portion of the collected process data is reported to an external node. The reported information can be used to detect anomalies in a network environment.
US11470171B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for matching electronic activities with record objects based on entity relationships. The method can include accessing a plurality of electronic activities, identifying an electronic activity, identifying a first participant associated with a first entity and a second participant associated with a second entity, determining whether a record object identifier is included in the electronic activity, identifying a first record object of the system of record that includes an instance of the record object identifier, and storing an association between the electronic activity and the first record object. The method can include determining a second record object corresponding to the second entity, identifying, using a matching policy, a third record object linked to the second record object and identifying a third entity, and storing, by the one or more processors, an association between the electronic activity and the third record object.
US11470163B2
Multi-workspace shared communication channels described. A communication channel of a group-based communication platform can be associated with multiple group identifiers to associate the communication channel with at least two workspaces, wherein a first group identifier corresponds to a first workspace within which a first group communicates and a second group identifier corresponds to a second workspace within which a second group. The communication channel can be associated with multiple organization identifiers to associate the communication channel with at least two organizations, wherein a first organization identifier corresponds to a first organization and a second organization identifier corresponds to a second organization. A user interface can be presented via a user computing device, wherein the user interface includes an indication of the communication channel, and wherein the indication is associated with a graphical element indicating that the communication channel is associated with multiple organizations.
US11470162B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media provide for the intelligent configuration of personal endpoint devices for video communication. The system identifies, within a room, a personal endpoint device to be used in a video communication session, then authenticates the personal endpoint device. The system then performs one or more diagnostic operations to receive diagnostic output from the personal endpoint device. The system processes the diagnostic output to determine a unique broadcasting signature of the room, and determines whether an existing optimal settings configuration of the personal endpoint device can be detected for the room. If an optimal settings configuration is detected, the setup dynamically configures one or more parameters of the personal endpoint device to match the optimal settings configuration. If not, then the system determines a new optimal settings configuration and stores it for future video communication in the room.
US11470161B2
Native activity tracking using credential and authentication management in scalable data networks is described, including detecting a request from an extension installed on a browser to access a data network, initiating another request from the extension to a server to retrieve authentication data to access the data network, transferring from the server to the extension the authentication data and an instruction to the extension to generate a further request, transmitting the further request to the data network from the browser, the request comprising the authentication data from the server without manual input of the authentication data, presenting an overlay on the browser, the overlay being configured to indicate a login status associated with the data network, and storing one or more portions of data transferred between the data network and the browser, the storing being performed by the extension if access to the data network has been provided to the browser in response to the request.
US11470160B2
Disclosed are examples relating to managing remote support sessions using devices in communication through a network. In some examples, a request is obtained that includes a selection of an endpoint device for remote support. A sample associated with a remoting capability is obtained from the endpoint device. A remote support server can be selected from among multiple remote support servers based on the sample. Examples of causing the endpoint device to communicate with the remote support server are also disclosed.
US11470154B1
Aspects of the disclosure may include, for example, determining, by a first processing system, that first data is unavailable within a first storage device of the first processing system, resulting in a first determination, determining, based on the first determination, that the first data is available within a second storage device of a second processing system, resulting in a second determination, wherein the first processing system and the second processing system are included in a first tier of a processing system hierarchy, and wherein the processing system hierarchy includes a second tier, the second tier including a third processing system, obtaining, based on the second determination, the first data from the second storage device of the second processing system, and transmitting, based on the obtaining of the first data from the second storage device of the second processing system, the first data to a communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11470132B2
An information processing apparatus utilized by a plurality of users at a predetermined installation location including circuitry that implements to perform login authentication of the plurality of users, register the plurality of users who have been subjected to the login authentication into a participant view, determine whether a predetermined condition has been satisfied by each of the plurality of the users registered in the participant view, and restrict access to a resource owned by any one of the plurality of users registered in the participant view while maintaining the registration of the plurality of users in the participant view if it is determined that the predetermined conditions have been satisfied.
US11470117B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe physical layer security in optical telecommunications networks wherein a filtering-based physical security is provided by a wavelength tunable distributed fiber optical sensing (DFOS) system operating simultaneously on the telecommunications network.
US11470116B2
Auto-generated synthetic identities for simulating population dynamics to detect fraudulent activity
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a system and method for detecting fraudulent computer activity. A computing system generates a plurality of synthetic identities. Each of the plurality of synthetic identities mimics information associated with a verified identity. The computing system receives, from a user, an input attempt. The input attempt includes a synthetic identity of the plurality of synthetic identities. The computing system compares input information in the input attempt to the plurality of synthetic identities. The computing system determines that the input information in the input attempt includes information from the plurality of synthetic identities, if it does, the computing system rejects the input attempt.
US11470114B2
A method for using a malware and phishing detection and mediation platform is discussed. The method includes accessing data from one or more of a monitored portion of website data and a monitored portion of emails, the data indicating a respective potential malware or a suspect phishing element (e.g., Uniform Resource Locator (URL)). The method includes selecting one of a plurality of detection engines for processing the data, where the selecting is based on previous results of previous processing by one or more detection engines. Each of the plurality of detection engines can be for performing one or more respective investigation actions on the plurality of data to determine a particular issue with one of the monitored data. The method also includes determining a mediation action based on a result of processing of the detection engine and the previous processing.
US11470111B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Embodiments herein provide a method and an apparatus for managing a non-integrity protected message. The method includes receiving a reject cause message from a first public land mobile network (PLMN) in response to a transmission of a registration request message to the first PLMN, re-attempting the transmission of the registration request message to one of the first PLMN and a second PLMN, receiving registration accept message from one of the first PLMN and the second PLMN in response to the re-attempting, and resetting a counter maintained for the first PLMN by the UE.
US11470109B2
A computer implemented method of protecting a portion of a computer network from malware attack, the computer network including a network connected devices organized into hierarchical subnets modelled by a tree data structure in which each subnet is represented as a node in the tree, each node having a connection to parent node save for a root node, the method including performing protective actions on devices in subnets associated with a first subset of nodes to provide protection against the malware, prioritizing devices in the subnets associated with a second subset of nodes so as to provide a barrier of subnets protected against the malware to impede the propagation of the malware to devices in subnets associated with each of the first subset of nodes.
US11470108B2
Introduced here are computer programs and computer-implemented techniques for detecting instances of external fraud by monitoring digital activities that are performed with accounts associated with an enterprise. A threat detection platform may determine the likelihood that an incoming email is indicative of external fraud based on the context and content of the incoming email. For example, to understand the risk posed by an incoming email, the threat detection platform may seek to determine not only whether the sender normally communicates with the recipient, but also whether the topic is one normally discussed by the sender and recipient. In this way, the threat detection platform can establish whether the incoming email deviates from past emails exchanged between the sender and recipient.
US11470107B2
A system includes persistent storage containing configuration items (CIs) representing discovered attribute values of computing resources associated with a managed network, and an application configured to perform operations, including obtaining test result data generated based on a third-party scanning system executing tests of a particular computing resource associated with the managed network. The test result data includes attribute values of the particular computing resource. The operations also include generating, by way of an embedding model and based on the attribute values, an embedding vector representing the attribute values, and comparing the embedding vector to a plurality of candidate embedding vectors, each representing the discovered attribute values of a corresponding CI of the CIs. The operations further include, based on comparing the embedding vector to the plurality of candidate embedding vectors, selecting a particular CI of the CIs, and updating the particular CI to additionally represent the test result data.
US11470104B1
A server of a distributed cloud computing network receives, over a tunnel established between a customer-premises equipment and the compute server, traffic from an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device that is connected to the CPE. The server enforces an egress traffic policy to determine whether the traffic is permitted to be transmitted to the destination. If the traffic is not permitted to be transmitted to the destination, the server drops the traffic. If the traffic is permitted to be transmitted to the destination, the server transmits the traffic to the destination.
US11470102B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for network monitoring, user account compromise determination, and user behavior database system. The system monitors network actions of user accounts including user account access across multitudes of network accessible systems, determines user account transitions, and determines different types of high-risk user behavior indicative of compromise. Network actions can be obtained from generated information by the network accessible systems, and correlated across additional data sets including contextual ones. User interfaces are generated describing network actions of user accounts, and are configured for user interaction, which cause generation of updated user interfaces and access to electronic data sources to determine information relevant to the user interaction.
US11470091B2
The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, apparatuses, and processes that, among other things, dynamically authorize pre-stages data exchanges based on contextual data. For example, an apparatus may receive first data characterizing an initiation of a first exchange of data between a client device and a terminal device. Based on the first data, the apparatus may obtain second data that characterizes an expected initiation of a second exchange of data during a corresponding temporal interval, which may be specified relative to an initiation time of the first data exchange. The apparatus may generate and transmit, to a computing system, pre-authorization data that requests a pre-authorization of the second data exchange to a computing system. The pre-authorization data may include a portion of the second data and may instruct the computing system to pre-authorize the second data exchange in accordance with the second data.
US11470085B2
Authorization for access to an application server and associated communication service can be desirably managed. When a device attempts to access an application server and service, an authorization server generates an encrypted token, comprising device identifier information, and communicates the token to the device. The device communicates the token to the application server. The application server communicates the token to the authorization server. The authorization server determines whether the device is validated to access the application server and service based on the encrypted token, private decryption key, and initialization vector, and based on subscriber-related information. The authorization server does not share the private decryption key or initialization vector with the application server. If validated, the authorization server communicates validation-related information, including a permitted portion of subscriber-related information, to the application server. If not validated, the authorization server communicates not-validated information to the application server.
US11470076B2
The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for validation of a secure socket layer (SSL) certificate of a server for clientless SSL virtual private network (VPN) access. An intermediary device can receive a first request from a client for a clientless SSL VPN connection to a first server. The intermediary device can determine, using a preconfigured policy, that the first server in the first request meets a condition of the preconfigured policy. The intermediary device 801 can perform, responsive to the determination, an action to validate a SSL certificate of the first server using one or more certificate authority (CA) certificate files available to the intermediary device. The one or more CA certificate files can be specified by the preconfigured policy for the action.
US11470073B2
A method and apparatus with provider information access authorization are provided. The method includes receiving a single sign-on (SSO) token from a provider apparatus for a validated login request by a client device for a user account, wherein the SSO token is indicative of the provider apparatus having authorized secure protocol access with the provider apparatus to access information at the provider apparatus associated with the user account, retrieving customer information from the provider apparatus using the SSO token, receiving information from the client device, confirming whether, based on the information and the customer information that a user of the user account is eligible to complete a data exchange, and in response to a result of the confirming being that the user of the user account is confirmed eligible to compete the data exchange, cause the provider apparatus to process the data exchange corresponding to the information.
US11470070B2
Techniques for time-based network authentication challenges are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for time-based network authentication challenges includes monitoring a session at a firewall to identify a user associated with the session, generating a timestamp for an authentication factor associated with the user after the user successfully authenticates for access to a resource based on an authentication profile, intercepting another request from the user for access to the resource at the firewall, and determining whether the timestamp for the authentication factor is expired based on the authentication profile.
US11470056B2
Encryption of data occurs before it is written to the storage platform; decryption occurs after it is read from the storage platform on a computer separate from the storage platform. By encrypting data before it travels over a wide-area network to a storage platform (and by only decrypting that data once it has arrived at an enterprise from the storage platform), we address data security over the network. Application data is encrypted at the virtual disk level before it leaves a controller virtual machine, and is only decrypted at that controller virtual machine after being received from the storage platform. Encryption and decryption of data is compatible with other services of the storage system such as de-duplication. Any number of key management services can be used in a transparent manner.
US11470054B2
A key rotation that results in a first key version associated with a key being replaced by a second key version associated with the same key, wherein the first key version remains associated with the key for decrypting a previously generated ciphertext but not for future encryption requests. The first key version may be associated with a first cryptographic key material and the second key version may be associated with a second cryptographic key material different from the first cryptographic key material.
US11470032B2
The disclosure provides a method for recommending a group, a related electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium. At least two groups to be joined are obtained. For the groups to be joined, group quality indexes are determined depending on attribute information of the groups. One or more group is recommended depending on the group quality indexes.
US11470031B2
An electronic mail system such as described herein in which an email message includes an embedded payload that comprises instructions and/or action items to inform one or more behaviors of an electronic mail client application and/or one or more hardware functions or sensors of the electronic device executing the electronic mail client application.
US11470030B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for a transmission service to suspend temporarily transmission of electronic communications to a recipient. In one embodiment, the transmission service receives a request to suspend receiving electronic communications temporarily for a suspension period. In response, the transmission service suspends transmitting electronic communications to the recipient during the duration of the suspension period. Then, the transmission service resumes transmitting electronic communications to the recipient upon the expiration of the suspension period.
US11470029B2
Machine learning based methods for the analysis and reporting of suspicious email are disclosed. In one aspect, there is a method that includes displaying a user-selectable icon to report a suspicious electronic message. The method further includes receiving selections of the electronic message and the user-selectable icon. The method further includes quarantining the electronic message in response to the selections. The method further includes electronically communicating the electronic message to a processor for performing threat analysis in response to the selections. The method further includes receiving a response message in response to the performed threat analysis, the response message indicating a threat status of the electronic message. The method further includes processing the electronic message in response to the response message, wherein processing comprises at least one of deleting the electronic message, leaving the electronic message in quarantine, and/or moving the electronic message to the first folder.
US11470024B2
A method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable record medium for providing a reminder message are provided. A reminder providing method may include recognizing a reminder request message among one or more messages exchanged through a chatroom; creating a reminder message based on the reminder request message; and sending the reminder message in the chatroom at a time preset for the reminder request message.
US11470018B2
Provided is a system-on-chip. A central controller is configured to, in response to a request from a host, generate a first signal for requesting error information related to an error from a design of an IP. A local controller is configured to generate a second signal including the error information of the target IP if the request from the host is determined to be for the target IP based on the first signal.
US11470016B1
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for efficiently buffering data units within a network device. A traffic manager or other network device component receives Transport Data Units (“TDUs”), which are sub-portions of Protocol Data Units (“PDUs”). Rather than buffer an entire TDU together, the component divides the TDU into multiple Storage Data Units (“SDUs”) that can fit in SDU buffer entries within physical memory banks. A TDU-to-SDU Mapping (“TSM”) memory stores TSM lists that indicate which SDU entries store SDUs for a given TDU. Physical memory banks in which the SDUs are stored may be grouped together into logical SDU banks that are accessed together as if a single bank. The TSM memory may include a number of distinct TSM banks, with each logical SDU bank having a corresponding TSM bank. Techniques for maintaining inter-packet and intra-packet linking data compatible with such buffers are also disclosed.
US11470013B2
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating resource balancing based on resource capacities and resource assignments are disclosed. Electronic communications, received via interfaces, from monitoring devices to identify resource descriptions of resources may be monitored. A resource descriptions data store may be updated to associate each entity of the entities and resource capacities of each resource type of resource types. A first electronic communication, from resource-controlling systems, may be detected. Model data from a model data store may be accessed based on the identified resource descriptions. A first model may be identified based on the model data. A resources assessment corresponding may be generated based on whether a threshold is satisfied based on the first model, a first resource capacity of a first resource type, and the first electronic communication. An electronic notification may be transmitted to the client devices to identify the resources assessment.
US11470011B2
A system for optimizing network traffic is described. The system includes a transport communication protocol (TCP) controller configured to acquire data regarding a flow of a plurality of data packets over a link and to determine TCP characteristics for the flow, a traffic prioritization module configured to assign a flow priority to the flow, and a traffic priority controller configured detect congestion on the link and determine a congestion window size for the flow based on the flow priority and the TCP characteristics.
US11470004B2
Graded throttling for network-on-chip traffic, including: calculating, by an agent of a network-on-chip, a number of outstanding transactions issued by the agent; determining that the number of outstanding transactions meets a threshold; and implementing, by the agent, in response to the number of outstanding transactions meeting the threshold, a traffic throttling policy.
US11470000B2
A medical device communication method that may be implemented within a variety of medical devices including but not limited to infusion pumps. The method may be implemented with a protocol stack for at least intra-device communication. Embodiments provide connection-oriented, connectionless-oriented, broadcast and multicast data exchange with priority handling of data, fragmentation, and reassembly of data, unique static and dynamic address assignment and hot swap capability for connected peripherals or subsystems.
US11469999B1
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving energy efficiency data from a plurality of nodes within a network. The method also includes determining an energy efficiency node quotient for each of the plurality of nodes within the network to generate a plurality of energy efficiency node quotients and determining an energy efficiency path quotient for each of a plurality of paths within the network to generate a plurality of energy efficiency path quotients. The method further includes determining one or more policies associated with the plurality of paths and selecting a path from the plurality of paths based at least on the plurality of energy efficient path quotients and the one or more policies.
US11469988B1
A network analysis device that is configured to obtain metric information that is associated with a plurality of messages and to input the metric information into a first machine learning model that outputs a traffic volume classification based on the metric information. The network analysis device is further configured to obtain bandwidth information that is associated with a plurality of network devices and to input the bandwidth information and the traffic volume classification into a second machine learning model that outputs routing recommendations based on the bandwidth information and the traffic volume classification. The network analysis device is further configured to generate routing instructions based on the routing recommendations and to reconfigure a routing device based on the routing instructions.
US11469979B2
A client application installed on a client device may monitor communications flows between embedded browsers of the client application and one or more servers, including enterprise servers and non-enterprise servers, at upper layers of a network stack of the client device including the application layer, session layer, and presentation layer. Communications to different endpoints may be classified as enterprise or non-enterprise, measured, and aggregated to provide disambiguation of enterprise and non-enterprise communications of the device transiting a single communications link (e.g. cellular data connection). Server and network policies may be applied in accordance with the measurements with higher accuracy than policies based on total bandwidth utilized by the device without regard to its classification. These policies may include load balancing, communication pooling, multiplexing, buffering, pre-fetching or edge caching of data, instantiating or halting execution of virtual machines in a cloud environment, or other such functions.
US11469974B1
The computerized method is shown and includes obtaining input at a local electronic device, generating a first result by processing the input according to a first rule set, wherein the first result provides a current status or a predicted status of the electronic device and transmitting the first result or indicia thereof to a remote server computer system. The computerized method additionally includes receiving a communication from the remote server computer system, wherein the communication includes an instruction to enable a second rule set, responsive to receiving the communication, enabling the second rule set, obtaining subsequent input at the local electronic device, and processing the subsequent input according to the second rule set. The computerized method may further include performing a statistical analysis on the input, and generating a predicated status of the electronic device based on an extrapolation process using a result of the statistical analysis.
US11469962B2
A method of configuring information includes: generating first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information indicates a time-frequency position of a synchronization signal block (SSB) corresponding to a common control resource set (CORESET) of current remaining minimum system information (RMSI); and sending the first configuration information to user equipment (UE). By generating and sending to the UE the first configuration information indicating the time-frequency position of the SSB corresponding to the CORESET of the current RMSI, a flexible configuration for time-frequency position of SSB can be realized, and the UE can easily get the time-frequency position of the SSB corresponding to the CORESET of the current RMSI based on the position of the CORESET of the current RMSI and the received first configuration information.
US11469961B2
Methods (700,800,900), devices (12,20,30,40), and systems (500,540,560,570,600) for managing a federated network slice (602) providing an extension of one or more virtual network functions (620) from a first network domain (502,608) to a second network domain (504,610). One method (700), by a second orchestration manager (20,512) of the second network domain (504,610), includes accessing (702) a first virtual network function management component (514,562) for extension of the one or more virtual network functions (620) from the first network domain (502,608) to the second network domain (504,610). The method (700) further includes initiating registration (704) of the first virtual network function management component (514,562) with a look-up service (518) to generate a first association between a first name of the first virtual network function management component and a first location of the first virtual network function management component in the second network domain (504,610). The method (700) further includes initiating transmission (706) to the first network domain (502,608) of the first name of the first virtual network function management component (514,562).
US11469960B1
Some embodiments provide a method for associating data message flows from applications executing on a host computer with network interfaces of the computer. The method of some embodiments identifies a set of applications operating on a machine executing on the host computer, identifies candidate teaming policies for associating each identified application with a subset of one or more interfaces, and generates a report to display the identified candidate teaming policies per application to a user. In response to user input selecting a first teaming policy for a first application, the method generates a rule, and distributes the rule, to the host computer to associate the first application with a first subset of the network interfaces specified by the first teaming policy. Similarly, in response to user input selecting a second teaming policy for a second application executing on the machine, the method generates a second rule, and distributes the second rule, to the host computer to associate the second application with a second subset of the network interfaces specified by the second teaming policy.
US11469950B2
Infrastructure management device(s) may discover IT device(s) communicatively connected over a network. IT device information may be determined for at least one of the IT device(s). Configuration rule(s) compatible with IT device information may be matched to IT device(s). Action(s) may be performed on one or more device inventories, determined at least in part, by the configuration rule(s).
US11469943B2
Implementations for estimating the likelihood of successful execution of a request to create a set of computing resources in a cloud computing environment are described. An example method may include receiving, by a processing device, a request to provision a set of computing resources of a cloud computing environment, translating the request into a set of hardware specifications, determining whether the set of hardware specifications is within a quota associated with an initiator of the request, determining whether the cloud computing environment has sufficient available computing resources matching the set of the hardware specifications, and notifying the initiator of the request of the availability of the computing resources specified by the request.
US11469938B1
Performing distributed Remote PHY scheduling operations. A low latency scheduler is disposed within or in proximity to a Remote PHY node. Upon identifying that a particular data flow qualifies for processing by the low latency scheduler, the low latency scheduler performs upstream Remote PHY scheduling operations for the particular data flow using a one or more dedicated channels that are designated as low latency channels. The Remote PHY upstream scheduling operations define when data may be transmitted by a Cable Modem (CM) to a Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) Core. A centralized scheduler is also located at the CCAP Core. The centralized scheduler performs Remote PHY upstream scheduling operations for all data flows which have not been identified as qualifying for processing by the low latency scheduler.
US11469937B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for location encoding for secondary synchronization signals (SSS) to convey additional information, such as a current symbol number. According to aspects, a method is provided herein for wireless communications that may be performed, for example, by a base station (BS). The method generally includes selecting frequency resources to use for transmitting synchronization signals in a symbol of a frame, wherein the frequency resources are selected based on a mapping of frequency resources to a location of the symbol within the frame; and transmitting synchronization signals to at least one user equipment (UE) according to the mapping. As a result, the UE may receive synchronization signals, determine a location of the current symbol in a frame based on the mapping, and synchronize to the BS based on the determined location of the current symbol. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11469934B2
An OFDM communication system is described that allows different values of D in a single domain where nodes are operating in different portions of frequency bands. For the power-line medium, G.9960 has defined two overlapped baseband bandplans, 50 MHz-PB and 100 MHz-PB. In this exemplary scenario, the level of frequency diversity is different depending on the bandplan, hence providing different header decodibility if D is fixed to 1. If D is fixed to 2, then it increases reliability for the narrowband devices, but may also unnecessarily increase overhead for the wide-band devices. An exemplary aspect is therefore directed to techniques to accommodate different repetitions schemes (D=1, . . . , DMAX and H=1, . . . , HMAX) in a single domain, and still allow devices to communicate with one another where DMAX and HMAX can be larger than 2.
US11469933B2
Provided are wireless communication devices and methods. A wireless communication device can comprise: circuitry operative to map at least a first type of reference signals (RSs) onto orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol(s) other than the OFDM symbols onto which shortened transmission time intervals (TTIs) are mapped in a subframe, each of the shortened TTIs comprising 1-7 OFDM symbols; and a transmitter operative to transmit a physical channel in one of the shortened TTIs and transmit at least the first type of RSs.
US11469931B2
Methods and systems are described for obtaining a set of carrier-modulated symbols of a carrier-modulated codeword, each carrier-modulated symbol received via a respective wire of a plurality of wires of a multi-wire bus, applying each carrier-modulated symbol of the set of carrier-modulated symbols to a corresponding transistor of a set of transistors, the set of transistors further connected to a pair of output nodes according to a sub-channel vector of a plurality of mutually orthogonal sub-channel vectors, recovering a demodulation signal from the carrier-modulated symbols, and generating a demodulated sub-channel data output as a differential voltage on the pair of output nodes based on a linear combination of the set of carrier-modulated symbols by controlling conductivity of the set of transistors according to the demodulation signal.
US11469925B2
A cloud gateway device and a method for operating the cloud gateway device is provided. The cloud gateway device is communicatively connected to one or more IIoT devices to at least collect data therefrom, and to the cloud to send collected data into the cloud. The cloud gateway device includes a transparency module provided for implementing transparency features into the cloud gateway device. Operating the cloud gateway device includes acquiring industrial data from the IIoT devices and/or the cloud gateway device, and computing information pertaining to the industrial data.
US11469921B2
A security device connected to a plurality of networks in a vehicle is provided. The security device determines, with regard to a frame received from a first network, whether to transmit a determination request for the frame outside the vehicle. The security device transmits the determination request outside the vehicle in a case where it is determined to transmit the determination request outside the vehicle, transmits, before obtaining a determination result from outside the vehicle in accordance with the determination request, the frame to a second network, and then obtains determination results from outside the vehicle in accordance with the determination request. The security device outputs presentation information in accordance with the determination result.
US11469920B2
An Ethernet transceiver is disclosed. The Ethernet transceiver includes transceiver circuitry to couple to one end of an Ethernet link. The transceiver circuitry includes transmit circuitry to transmit high-speed Ethernet data along the Ethernet link at a first data rate and receiver circuitry. The receiver circuitry includes adaptive filter circuitry and correlator circuitry. The receiver circuitry is responsive to an inline signal to operate in a low-power alert mode with the adaptive filter circuitry disabled and to receive alert signals from the Ethernet link simultaneous with transmission of the Ethernet data by the transmit circuitry. The alert signals are detected by the correlator circuitry and include a sequence of alert intervals exhibiting encoded data at a second data rate less than the first data rate.
US11469914B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems manage use of shared network resources among subscribers to a data communication service. In some implementations, a first metric is computed representing a subscriber's use of the shared network resources. A second metric may also be computed that represents the amount of network congestion of the shared network resources. Data derived from the first metric and the second metric may then be presented to the subscriber. The data may be transmitted to the subscriber over a network and/or the data may be displayed to the subscriber on an electronic display.
US11469912B2
Techniques are provided to communicate the serving Radio Access Network (RAN) element information to the packet core network to enable operators to provide differential treatment for fifth generation (5G) subscribers. The techniques presented herein fill these gaps and help drive faster adoption of Dual Connectivity New Radio (DCNR) subscribers by service operator to offer customized policy and quota management to address different business requirements in the 5G Non-Stand Alone (NSA) architecture.
US11469909B2
Various examples described herein are directed to systems and methods for generating data values using a NAND flash array. A memory controller may read a number of memory cells at the NAND flash array using an initial read level to generate a first raw string. The memory controller may determine that a difference between a number of bits from the first raw string having a value of logical zero and a number of bits from the first raw string having a value of logical one is greater than a threshold value and read the number of memory cells using a second read level to generate a second raw string. The memory controller may determine that a difference between a number of bits from the second raw string having a value of logical zero and a number of bits from the second raw string having a value of logical one is not greater than a threshold value and applying a cryptographic function using the second raw string to generate a first PUF value.
US11469900B2
A communication device may cause an output unit to output first specific information obtained by using a first public key in a case where a first specific signal is received from a first external device, receive a first authentication request in which the first public key is used from the first external device which has obtained the first public key, send a first authentication response to the first external device in a case where the first authentication request is received from the first external device, and establish a first wireless connection with the first external device in a case where the first authentication response is sent to the first external device.
US11469899B2
A system and a method for user authentication and/or authorization, including a passive card to encode a first portion of an authentication or authorization code for a user via capacitive points, and a portable computing device with a capacitive screen to encode a second portion of the code. Each capacitive point is connected to an electronic circuit, being activable by physical contact of the user or with an electrical ground. Once the user has requested access to a specific service or operation, and when at least some of the passive points are activated and the passive card is in contact with the capacitive screen, the device reads the capacitive points, decoding the first portion of the code, and cryptographically signs the decoded portion using the second portion, providing the code, which is used as cryptographic key to grant access to the service or operation.
US11469893B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media that perform the steps of transmitting a token to a gateway, receiving a response token including an encrypted message, decrypting the encrypted message using a decryption key associated with the token to generate a decrypted message, validating content of the decrypted message, transmitting a certificate request in response to successfully validating the content of the decrypted message, receiving a certificate in response to the request, validating the certificate against a certification authority, and transmitting encrypted data via a secured connection in response to successfully validating the certificate.
US11469885B2
Disclosed herein is a data storage device with storage medium that stores encrypted user content data. A cryptography engine uses a cryptographic key to decrypt the encrypted user content data. An access controller receives, from a user device, a request to register the user device and generates a challenge for a manager device. The manager device is located remotely from the data storage device. The controller sends, to the user device, the challenge for the manager device; receives, from the user device, a response calculated by the manager device to approve the request to register; calculates the cryptographic key based at least partly on the response calculated by the manager device; and creates and stores authorization data associated with the user device. The authorisation data indicates the cryptographic key, to register the user device with the data storage device.
US11469880B2
A subset of data encryption keys are stored in plain text form in system memory of an information handling system. A master key and another subset of the data encryption keys are stored in a credential vault of the information handling system. The credential vault forms part of an out-of-band management platform and is protected by an AES key. A request is received for a data encryption key to decrypt a unit of data backed up to backup storage of the information handling system, the unit of data having been encrypted by the data encryption key, and the data encryption key having been encrypted by the master key and stored at the backup storage as an encrypted data encryption key. One or more locations are checked for the data encryption key. The one or more locations include the system memory, credential vault, and backup storage.
US11469877B1
Some examples described herein provide an integrated circuit comprising an auxiliary clock and data recovery (CDR) circuitry. The CDR circuitry is configured to oversample an incoming data signal and generate a locked clock signal. The auxiliary CDR circuitry may comprise a phase-locked loop (PLL) configured to receive the incoming data signal and generate the locked clock signal. The PLL may comprise a phase detector (PD) configured to receive the incoming data signal and capture a number of samples of the incoming data signal in response to a number of adjacent clock signals and minimum data transition thresholds implemented by an intersymbol interference (ISI) filter, the minimum data transition thresholds identifying minimum data transitions in the incoming data signal.
US11469866B2
The present disclosure describes techniques and apparatuses for non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) configuration procedures in split base station architectures, including the configuration of user equipment (UE) for NOMA transmission. The base station receives a trigger relating to a UE. Responsive to the trigger, the base station configures the UE to perform NOMA transmission by at least one of a Central Unit of the base station transmitting a first message including the NOMA configuration to a Distributed Unit of the base station and transmitting a second message including the NOMA configuration to the UE, the Central Unit transmitting the second message including the NOMA configuration to the UE, or the Distributed Unit transmitting a third message including the NOMA configuration to the Central Unit and the Central Unit transmitting the second message including the NOMA configuration to the UE.
US11469863B2
The disclosure relates to a method and device for transmitting or receiving data in a wireless communication system. A method, performed by an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, for transmitting or receiving data in a wireless communication system includes, in case of performing a transition between a transmission mode and a reception mode, determining, based on a priority, whether to complete a transmission or reception of first data in a guard interval, and controlling a start of reception or transmission of second data based on the guard interval and a time point at which the transmission or reception of the first data is completed, and wherein the guard interval includes a time at which a transmission or reception interval of the first data and a transmission or reception interval of the second data overlap each other and a time for the transition between the transmission mode and the reception mode.
US11469859B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for implementing a retransmission protocol in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The retransmission protocol may be based on a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocol that supports a delayed acknowledgement for a HARQ retransmission based on receiver processing capability. A first WLAN device may determine that a second WLAN device requires more time to process the HARQ retransmission and may transmit a different communication (interlaced within the HARQ process) to either the second WLAN device or a third WLAN device during the time that the second WLAN device is processing the HARQ retransmission.
US11469858B2
A method for HARQ feedback indication includes: determining to send current downlink data to a terminal; generating uplink HARQ feedback indication information for the current downlink data, wherein a timing relationship indicated by the uplink HARQ feedback indication information is obtained from a first set of timing relationships between a time domain unit of downlink data for the terminal and a time domain unit of an uplink HARQ feedback of the downlink data; and sending to the terminal the current downlink data and downlink control information (DCI) carrying the uplink HARQ feedback indication information. A dynamic HARQ feedback can be realized by a terminal.
US11469852B2
A signal sending and receiving method and an apparatus is described. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a first downlink signal from a network device in a first time unit of a first carrier, where the first carrier is a TDD carrier; determining, based on the first time unit, a second time unit used to send first feedback information for the first downlink signal on a second carrier, where the second carrier is an FDD uplink carrier; and sending the first feedback information to the network device on the second last symbol and/or the last symbol of the second time unit of the second carrier. Feedback information for a downlink signal on the first carrier is sent on the second carrier, so that a requirement of sending an uplink signal on the first carrier by the terminal device is reduced, thereby improving data transmission efficiency.
US11469850B2
The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. The UE receives a first signaling and a first radio signal, and transmits first information; only X1 bit(s) in a first bit block is(are) used for generating the first radio signal, the first bit block is obtained as an output of channel coding of a first code block; the first signaling is used for determining that the X1 bit(s) cannot be used for decoding of the first code block with combining when channel decoding for the X1 bit(s) fails. Through the design of the first information, the disclosure implements the update of a state of buffer occupation of the UE or a state of channel decoding, to facilitate a base station to adjust a transmission policy in real time, thereby improving overall performances.
US11469845B2
In this application, a manner of generating a modulated field STF is enriched, so that a manner of generating a PPDU is enriched, thereby improving data transmission flexibility. The method includes: After generating a PPDU, a transmit end sends the PPDU to at least one receive end, where the PPDU includes at least one modulated field STF, the modulated field STF includes a plurality of zero elements and a plurality of non-zero elements, m1 zero elements are included before a first non-zero element, m2 zero elements are included after a last non-zero element, m1+m2 zero elements are included between any two adjacent non-zero elements, m1 and m2 both are positive integers, and the modulated field STF is mapped to a plurality of consecutive subcarriers for transmission. This application is used for data transmission.
US11469842B2
Various arrangements for integrating over-the-air (OTA) television programming with streaming media are presented. An OTA integration module may request, from an OTA tuner, a stream of an OTA television channel, wherein the OTA television channel is broadcast over a geographic region on the VHF band or UHF band. The OTA integration module may receive, from the OTA tuner, the stream of the OTA television channel. The OTA integration module may provide, to a media presentation application, the stream of the OTA television channel. The media presentation application executed by the streaming media player device may output the steam of the OTA television channel for presentation.
US11469841B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed selectively generating and storing hashed reference signatures. An example method disclosed herein determining whether watermark coverage of a first media segment satisfies a dropout constraint, the first media segment corresponding to a first monitoring time interval of a media source feed and, when the watermark coverage of the first media segment does not satisfy the dropout constraint hashing first media signatures associated with the first media segment to generate corresponding first hashed signatures and generating first reference data for the first media segment, the first reference data including the first hashed signatures and the first media signatures. The example method further includes, when the watermark coverage of the first media segment satisfies the dropout constraint, generating second reference data for the first media segment, the second reference data including the first media signatures.
US11469838B2
A method and device for implementing an FPGA-based large-scale radio frequency interference array correlator are provided. The method includes: obtaining the number of channels of data of a radio frequency interference array, and performing average division; calculating the total correlation of data group and the total correlation between the data group and other data groups respectively through corresponding correlation calculation modules, and performing an accumulation calculation in an integration period to complete the total correlation operation of the radio frequency interference array. By means of grouping division and time division multiplexing, the FPGA resource is effectively utilized, and the calculation process of FPGA is simplified. The new method is suitable for the operation process of the system with high parallelism and high real-time requirements, and provides a high-efficiency solution for the real-time calculation of massive data of the large-scale radio frequency interference array.
US11469829B2
A mobile terminal receives, over a first cell configured on a carrier frequency, at least one parameter associated with a second cell configured on a carrier frequency. The at least one parameter comprises a cell identity. The mobile terminal then derives at least one physical layer characteristic for the second cell based on the received at least one parameter. Thereby, the mobile terminal is able to receive transmissions over the second cell, even if it could not initially detect the presence of the cell.
US11469826B2
A coherent optical transmitter is in operable communication with an optical fiber an includes a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) configured to (i) receive a plurality of radio frequency analog input signals, respectively, and (ii) convert the received plurality of RF analog input signals into a plurality of respective digital data streams. The transmitter further includes a source laser configured to output at least two orthogonal polarization component signals, and at least two polarization modulators configured to modulate (i) an in-phase portion output from a first ADC, (ii) an in-quadrature portion output from a second ADC, and (iii) one polarization component signal of the at least two orthogonal polarization component signals. The transmitter further includes a polarization beam combiner configured to (i) multiplex the respective outputs of the at least two polarization modulators, and (ii) transmit the multiplexed output from the polarization beam combiner to the optical fiber.
US11469819B2
Proposed is a signal transmission method for a transmitting end performing visible light communication. The signal transmission method for a transmitting end performing visible light communication comprises: a step of modulating a signal; and a step of applying analog dimming control on the modulated signal and transmitting same. Meanwhile, the analog dimming control may include biasing of the modulated signal, and scaling of the modulated signal.
US11469811B2
The present disclosure proposes an operation method of a terminal operating on the basis of one primary cell (PCell) and one or more secondary cells (SCell) in a wireless communication system, and a terminal supporting same. According to one embodiment applicable to the present disclosure, a terminal may adaptively change a PRACH resource having successfully performed BFR to an uplink beam of an SCell or maintain an uplink beam of an existing SCell, on the basis of whether an uplink beam related to a PCell is possible to be used as an uplink beam related to the SCell. Through this, the terminal may properly manage the uplink beam of the SCell.
US11469807B2
Provided are a method and device for triggering measurement and reporting. The method includes: configuring K1 channel state information (CSI) measurement and reporting parameter sets for a receiving end, where the CSI measurement and reporting parameter sets comprise at least one set of aperiodic measurement reference resources; configuring spatial characteristic parameters for the aperiodic measurement reference resources in the K1 CSI measurement and reporting parameter sets, where K1 is greater than or equal to 1; and indicating the K1 CSI measurement and reporting parameter sets to the receiving end; where the CSI measurement and reporting parameter sets include a measurement reference resource set, the measurement reference resource set includes at least one aperiodic measurement reference resource set; and the aperiodic measurement reference resource set includes at least one set of the aperiodic measurement reference resources.
US11469799B2
An information handling system (IHS) includes a sensor for sensing a physical configuration of the IHS, the physical configuration dependent upon a position of a hinge of a housing of the IIS. A first proximity sensor probe may sense whether a first biological entity element is proximate to a first antenna of the IHS, and a second proximity sensor probe may sense whether a second biological entity element is proximate to a second antenna of the IHS. The IHS may reconfigure use of at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna in response to the sensing of at least one of the first proximity sensor probe and the second proximity sensor probe.
US11469791B2
A cascade comprising multiple filters according to an embodiment comprises a filter, which includes a splitter configured to split an analog radio-frequency input signal into at least a first signal and a second signal, a first signal path configured to generate, based on the first signal, a time-delayed signal delayed by a predetermined delay time in the time domain, a second signal path configured to generate, based on the second signal, a phase-shifted signal shifted by a controllable predetermined phase shift in the phase domain, and a coupler configured to generate an output signal based on the time-delayed signal and the phase-shifted signal. Using an embodiment may improve a trade-off between frequency-related flexibility and frequency agility of a receiver infrastructure.
US11469782B2
A communication system for equipment in airborne operations comprising: at least one first double transceiver and at least one second double transceiver, wherein the at least one first double transceiver is configured to send data to the at least one second double transceiver in two redundant main channels and wherein the data to be sent through each redundant main channel is first compared with each other so as to ensure that the data sent through a first main channel is the same data sent through a second main channel.
US11469776B2
A low density parity check (LDPC) channel encoding method for use in a wireless communications system includes a communication device encoding an input bit sequence by using a LDPC matrix to obtain an encoded bit sequence for transmission. The LDPC matrix is obtained based on a lifting factor Z and a base matrix. The encoding method can be used in various communications systems including the fifth generation (5G) telecommunication systems, and can support various encoding requirements for information bit sequences with different code lengths.
US11469775B2
A method for decoding a Low Density Parity Check code. At each decoding iteration, as long as the syndrome of the estimated word indicates an error, a set ({tilde over (F)}) of the least reliable bits of the word is determined as those where the value of a local energy function ({tilde over (E)}n) is less than a threshold value. The local energy value of a bit includes a first component proportional to the correlation between this bit and a sample corresponding to the observed signal, a second component representing the number of non-satisfied constraints wherein the bit acts, and a third component decreasing with the number (n) of iterations made since the last flipping of this bit. The bits of the estimated word belonging to this set are flipped, where applicable with a predetermined probability, to provide a new estimated word at the following iteration.
US11469768B2
A digital to analog converter (DAC) includes a first amplifier configured to receive a first bit of a data block as an input and output a first signal based on a value of the first bit of the data block, a first filter circuit configured to filter the first signal, an output configured to output an analog signal based on a combination of the filtered first signal and a second signal that represents a value of a second bit of the data block.
US11469765B1
A system and corresponding method that achieves coherency and deterministic latency (CDL) autonomously upon power on is disclosed. The system, for example, a multi-channel RF system, may require CDL with respect to the digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) assigned to the channels in the system. CDL is achieved through a timed combination of external reference and synchronization signals, resetting and disabling of various clock dividers, and enabling clock generation. In addition to synchronizing all of the clocks, the data acquisition sequence must be synchronized across all of the channels, whether they are on chips, cards, or chassis. Data acquisition synchronization may be implemented using an initiator/target or a wired OR mode configuration.
US11469759B2
An arrangement, an apparatus, a quantum computing system, and a method are disclosed for reducing qubit leakage errors. In an example, an apparatus includes a qubit having a ground state and a plurality of excited states. The plurality of excited states include a lowest excited state. An energy difference between the ground state and the lowest excited state corresponds to a first frequency, and an energy difference between the lowest excited state and another excited state in the plurality of excited states corresponds to a second frequency. The apparatus also includes an energy dissipation structure to dissipate transferred energy, and a filter having a stopband and a passband. The filter is coupled to the qubit and to the energy dissipation structure. The stopband includes the first frequency and the passband includes the second frequency for reducing qubit leakage errors.
US11469752B2
The present application provides a power device driver including a detection module coupled to the power device and configured to detect the state of the power device; a driving module coupled to the detection module and the power device respectively and configured to detect the power of the detection module. As a result, the power device is regulated; wherein the detection module includes a fast detection sub-module configured to detect a state of the power device within a preset time period after the input signal of the driving device is invalid, and controlling the driving module to softly turn off the power device when there is overcurrent. The present application also provides a corresponding power device driving method and electric equipment.
US11469751B2
A drive circuit includes: a control section generating a control signal; a first level shift section raising a level of a signal from the control section; a high side drive section controlling a semiconductor device; and a second level shift section lowering a level of a signal from the high side drive section for input to the control section. The high side drive section has an error detection section maintaining an output of an error detection signal when the semiconductor device is in an error status until a release signal is input, the control section has an error handling section outputting the release signal to the high side drive section via the first level shift section when the error detection signal is input via the second level shift section, and the error detection section stops the output of the error detection signal when the release signal is input.
US11469749B2
A power controller with a cable connected remote controlling device configured to transmit a pulsed instruction signal according to a predetermined signal pattern to the power controller. The power controller determines if the instruction signal corresponds with a predetermined signal pattern. If the instruction signal corresponds with a predetermined signal pattern, the controller passes the instruction signal to switches that control power supply of an electric device.
US11469746B2
An integrated circuit device includes a sensing circuit configured to determine a delay code from a plurality of delay codes using a phase interpolation (PI) code and a plurality of input clock phases, a variable delay circuit coupled to the sensing circuit and configured to generate a variable delay based on the delay code and generate a delayed PI code using the PI code and the delay code, the delayed PI code corresponding to a code obtained from adding the variable delay to the PI code, and a phase interpolator coupled to the variable delay circuit and configured to generate an output clock phase from the plurality of input clock phases using the delayed PI code.
US11469737B2
An elastic wave device includes a high-acoustic-velocity member, a low-acoustic-velocity film, a piezoelectric film, and am interdigital transducer electrode stacked in this order. The interdigital transducer electrode includes an intersecting region and outer edge regions. The intersecting region includes a central region located in the middle of the intersecting region in the direction in which electrode fingers extend and the inner edge regions located at the respective outer side portions of the central region. The electrode fingers in the inner edge regions have a larger thickness than in the central region. Each electrode finger has an incrased thickness portion. The increased thickness portion is made of a metal having a density d of about 5.5 g/cm3 or more and has a film thickenss equal to or smaller than a wavelength-normalized film thickness represented by T (%)=−0.1458d+4.8654.
US11469730B2
A bias structure includes a reference voltage node connected to gate structures of a first NMOS transistor and a second NMOS transistor, a bias voltage node comprising a bias voltage, and a first op amp having a first input connected to the reference voltage, a second input connected to a drain of the first NMOS transistor, and an output connected to gate structures of a first PMOS transistor and a second PMOS transistor. The bias structure further includes a second op amp having a first input connected to the reference voltage, a second input connected to a drain of the second NMOS transistor, and an output connected to a gate structure of a third NMOS transistor and the bias voltage node. The first NMOS transistor matches a transistor of a differential pair of an integrated circuit device.
US11469729B2
A receiver front-end includes a first variable-gain amplifier that performs attenuation; a continuous time linear equalizer coupled to the input or output of the first variable-gain amplifier, wherein a combination of the first variable-gain amplifier and the continuous time linear equalizer produces a processed signal; a plurality of track-and-hold circuits that sample the processed signal in an interleaved manner; and a plurality of second variable-gain amplifiers receiving input signals from the plurality of track-and-hold circuits respectively.
US11469728B2
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, an amplification circuit includes: (1) a superconducting component; (2) an amplifier coupled in parallel with the superconducting component such that the superconducting component is in a feedback loop of the amplifier; (3) a voltage source coupled to a first input of the amplifier; (4) one or more resistors coupled to a second input of the amplifier; and (5) an output terminal coupled to an output of the amplifier.
US11469721B2
An uplink multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) transmitter apparatus includes a transmitter chain that includes a sigma-delta circuit that creates a summed (sigma) signal and a difference (delta) signal from two original signals to be transmitted. These new sigma and delta signals are amplified by power amplifiers to a desired output level before having two signals reconstructed from the amplified sigma and amplified delta signals by a second circuit. These reconstructed signals match the two original signals in content but are at a desired amplified level relative to the two original signals. The reconstructed signals are then transmitted through respective antennas as uplink signals. By employing this uplink MIMO transmitter apparatus, it is possible to use smaller power amplifiers, which may reduce footprint, power consumption, and costs of the uplink MIMO transmitter apparatus.
US11469714B2
Embodiments described herein relate to an envelope tracking system that uses a single-bit digital signal to encode an analog envelope tracking control signal, or envelope tracking signal for brevity. In certain embodiments, the envelope tracking system can estimate or measure the amplitude of the baseband signal. The envelope tracking system can further estimate the amplitude of the envelope of the RF signal. The system can convert the amplitude of the envelope signal to a single-bit digital signal, typically at a higher, oversample rate. The single-bit digital signal can be transmitted in, for example, a low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) format, from a transceiver to an envelope tracker. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC or A/D) can convert the single-bit digital signal back to an analog envelope signal. Moreover, a driver can increase the power of the A/D output envelope signal to produce an envelope-tracking supply voltage for a power amplifier.
US11469710B2
An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a baseband processor, a transceiver, a front-end module, and an antenna. The transceiver may include mixer circuitry. The mixer circuitry may include switches controlled by oscillator signals. The mixer circuitry may also include oscillator phase noise cancelling capacitors controlled by inverted oscillator signals. Operated in this way, the mixer circuitry exhibits improved noise figure performance.
US11469704B2
A motor controller for an electric motor includes an enclosure and a processing device, memory device, and communication interface disposed within the enclosure. The processing device is configured to control the electric motor and collect operating information from the electric motor during operation of the electric motor. The memory device is communicatively coupled to the processing device. The memory device is configured to receive and store the operating information collected during operation of the electric motor. The communication interface is communicatively coupled to the processing device and the memory device, and is configured to enable access to the operating information stored on the memory device by a computing device disposed remotely from the electric motor.
US11469700B2
A motor includes a first inverter electrically connected to a first end of a winding of each phase, and a second inverter electrically connected to a second end of the winding of each phase. Each of the first and second inverters includes low-side switching elements and high-side switching elements. FETs of the first inverter are electrically connected to a first end of a U-phase winding. FETs of the second inverter are electrically connected to a second end of the U-phase winding. At least a portion of a current flowing from one of the FETs of the first inverter to the U-phase winding flows to one of the FETs of the second inverter. One of the FETs of the first inverter and one of the FETs of the second inverter are adjacent to each other.
US11469697B2
A power tool is provided including a housing, a brushless motor disposed within the housing, a power switch circuit that supplies power from a power source to the brushless motor, and a controller configured to apply a drive signal to the power switch circuit to control the supply of power to the brushless motor. The controller is configured to receive at least one signal associated with a phase current of the motor, detect an angular position of the rotor based on the phase current of the motor within a variable speed range of zero to at least 15,000 rotations-per-minute (RPM), and control the drive signal based on the detected angular position of the rotor to electronically commutate the motor within a torque range of zero to at least 15 newton-meters (N.m.) and a power output of zero to at least 1500 watts.
US11469696B2
An alternator system includes an alternator with a stator having at least one stationary winding and a rotor with a rotatable field coil for producing alternating current, a main voltage regulator having a main controller and a main power switch configured to control the current through the field coil, a redundant voltage regulator having a redundant controller and a redundant power switch configured to control the current through the field coil. The main power switch, the field coil and the redundant power switch are connected in series, in that order. A power supply for an electrical system includes a battery and the alternator system. A vehicle includes the power supply.
US11469691B2
An unmanned aircraft includes: a processor; and at least two generators that generate thrust for the unmanned aircraft to fly, the at least two generators each including a corresponding one of rotor blades that produce airflows. In the unmanned aircraft, the processor generates a control request for changing a rotational speed of at least one of the rotor blades of the at least two generators to reduce a difference between rotational speeds, in response to start of sound recording by a microphone, and the at least two generators rotate the rotor blades in accordance with the control request.
US11469686B2
A semiconductor circuitry includes a plurality of diodes and a first resister. The semiconductor circuitry is arranged in a circuit in which a first transistor and a second transistor are connected to a power supply in series, and the circuit outputs a voltage applied to an external load. The plurality of diodes which are connected in parallel with a first transistor and a second transistor, are diodes to which a reverse bias is applied by the power supply, and are connected in series with each other, and in which each breakdown voltage is lower than a voltage of the power supply and the sum of breakdown voltage of all these diodes is higher than the voltage of the power supply. The first resistor which connects a connection node between the plurality of diodes and a connection node between the first transistor and the second transistor.
US11469680B2
A current sensor is provided on a bus bar via which a reactor is connected to a power module. The reactor is separated from the current sensor by a partition made of metal having a magnetic shielding effect. An output terminal of the reactor is provided on either one of a surface of the reactor on a first side and a surface of the reactor on a second side, the first side being farther from a mounting surface of a power converter across a plane passing through the center of the reactor, the second side being closer to the mounting surface from the plane.
US11469674B2
A power conversion system is provided. The power conversion system includes N power conversion circuits. Each power conversion circuit includes an input, an output, two switching power conversion units and at least one resonant capacitor. The input and output are configured to receive an input voltage and output an output voltage respectively. Each switching power conversion unit includes a plurality of switches and a winding. The plurality of switches operates periodically according to a switching period. A dotted terminal of one winding is electrically coupled to an undotted terminal of the other winding. The two windings are magnetically coupled to each other to form a transformer. In one switching period, the resonant capacitor stores an energy or outputs the stored energy as the corresponding switch is turned on or off. A resonance is generated between the resonant capacitor and inductor with a resonant frequency and a resonant period.
US11469671B2
The integrated circuit includes a first node intended to be biased at a first voltage, a second node intended to be biased at a second voltage and having a non-negligible capacitive coupling with the first node. A power supply management device comprises a voltage booster configured to boost a power supply voltage and comprising boost stages configured to generate intermediate voltages on intermediate nodes. A compatibility detection circuit is configured to detect compatibility between the second voltage and one of the intermediate voltages, and, if the second voltage is compatible with an intermediate voltage, to couple the at least one second node to the compatible intermediate node.
US11469669B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to adjust an operating mode of a power converter. An example apparatus includes a first transistor having a gate terminal, a first current terminal, and a second current terminal, the first current terminal to be coupled to a second transistor and an inductor of a power converter, a capacitor coupled to the second current terminal, a logic gate having a first logic gate input, a second logic gate input, and a logic gate output, the logic gate output coupled to the gate terminal, a comparator having a comparator input and a comparator output, the comparator input coupled to the capacitor and the second current terminal, a multiplexer coupled to the comparator output, a first flip-flop coupled to the multiplexer and the second logic gate input, and a second flip-flop coupled to the multiplexer and the first flip-flop.
US11469668B2
A control circuit and control method for controlling a step-up switching converter. The control circuit has an ultra-low voltage regulation module used to generate a control signal based on an output voltage feedback signal and an input voltage signal. When the input voltage signal is smaller than an ultra-low voltage threshold, the control signal controls a high side switch of the step-up switching converter off and controls a low side switch of the step-up switching converter to perform on and off switching. Meanwhile, a parasitic diode of the high side switch is on once the low side switch is off.
US11469666B2
A control circuit for a voltage regulator includes a divider coupled to the regulated output voltage to generate a divided voltage having a value that is a fraction of the regulated output voltage, an ADC responsive to the divided voltage to generate a feedback control signal, a digital compensator responsive to the feedback control signal and to a feedforward control signal scaled by a feedforward gain value to generate a compensator signal, and a pulse width modulator responsive to the compensator signal to generate a voltage control signal to control a switch of the voltage regulator. The digital compensator includes a register configured to store a value indicative of the input voltage and a feedforward gain unit configured to generate the feedforward gain value in response to the value indicative of the input voltage. In embodiments, the feedforward gain value is generated in response to the square of the value indicative of the input voltage. The feedforward gain value can be updated each time the value indicative of the input voltage is updated.
US11469664B2
The present document describes a power converter configured to provide energy at an output based on energy provided at an input. The power converter comprises a first switch, wherein a first node is coupled to the input and wherein a second node is coupled to an intermediate point, a second switch, wherein a first node is coupled to the intermediate point and wherein a second node is coupled to an inductor point, a capacitor, wherein a first node of the capacitor is coupled to the intermediate point, a first diode element, wherein a first node is coupled to a second node of the capacitor and wherein a second node is coupled to the inductor point, a second diode element, wherein a first node is coupled to a reference port, and wherein a second node is coupled to the second node of the capacitor; and an inductor, wherein a first node is coupled to the inductor point and wherein a second node is coupled to the output.
US11469662B2
A power supply for providing an electric pulse to an electrical consumer is shown. The power supply has an input circuit, a storage capacitor, and an output circuit. The input circuit is configured to charge the storage capacitor up to a maximum voltage. The output circuit is configured to provide one or more pulses having a pulse voltage on the basis of a charge stored in the storage capacitor and to compensate for a reduction of the voltage of the storage capacitor by at least 30% down from the maximum voltage. Moreover, the power supply is configured such that the voltage of the storage capacitor is reduced by at least 30% during the generation of one or more pulses.
US11469653B2
A method of manufacturing a rotating body includes disposing an end plate on an end surface of the core body in a height direction, and forming the rotating body by welding the end plate and the core body together. The rotating body is formed by welding the end plate and the core body together while a temperature of the core body and the end plate is within a predetermined operational a temperature range associated with rotation of the rotating body in a manufactured state of operation.
US11469647B2
An electric machine including a rotor and a stator positioned about the rotor. The stator includes a stator core having a plurality of stator teeth and a plurality of stator windings supported by the stator core about the plurality of stator teeth. The plurality of stator windings include a first end turn and a second end turn. The stator includes a plurality of interlocking insulators extending about corresponding ones of the plurality of stator teeth. Each of the plurality of interlocking insulators includes a first base portion extending circumferentially outwardly in a first direction and a second base portion extending circumferentially outwardly in a second direction. The first base portion being configured to inter-engage with a second base portion on an adjacent interlocking insulator to form a coolant passage and a coolant barrier about the air gap.
US11469645B2
A power tool includes an electric motor having an output shaft, a transmission having a transmission housing, a spindle rotatable in response to receiving torque from the transmission and a pinion coupled to the output shaft. The pinion includes a bushing portion, a toothed portion for driving the transmission, and a cylindrical portion between the bushing portion and the toothed portion. The power tool further comprises a fan coupled to the bushing portion of the pinion and a bearing arranged between the cylindrical portion and the transmission housing for rotatably supporting the pinion and the output shaft.
US11469628B2
Systems and methods are described for receiving wireless power and providing wired power. In some embodiments, a predictive phase estimation apparatus comprises a transceiver module configured to receive a plurality of beaconing signals from a wireless client during a beacon cycle. The predictive phase estimation apparatus also comprises a phase compensation module configured to store the received plurality of beaconing signals, a phase predictor module is coupled to the transceiver module and configured to calculate predictive phases based on the received plurality of beaconing signals and based on beaconing signals received from the wireless client prior to the beacon cycle, and a signal converter coupled to the transceiver module. The signal converter is configured to form transmission signals based on the predictive phases and supply the transmission signals to the transceiver module. The transceiver module also transmits the transmission signals for delivery of wireless power to the wireless client.
US11469623B2
A power receiver includes a power reception interface that receives wireless power and a controller that transmits an emergency power transmission request for the wireless power during an emergency.
US11469619B2
Signal power management circuits and smart cards including the same are provided. For example, a signal power management circuit comprises a rectifier that is configured to rectify a received radio frequency signal and output a first rectified voltage, a first regulator that is configured to maintain the first rectified voltage at a predetermined first voltage level, and a second regulator that is configured to receive an output of the first regulator and maintain a second rectified voltage different from the first rectified voltage at a predetermined second voltage level. A signal detector of the signal power management circuit is configured to receive the first rectified voltage and the second rectified voltage and detect a signal component of the received radio frequency signal on the basis of a difference between the first voltage level of the first rectified voltage and the second voltage level of the second rectified voltage.
US11469613B2
A load-sharing device shares electrical load between a high-ranking load and a low-ranking load. A current transformer connected between a circuit breaker panel and the high-ranking load senses current draw. The current transformer closes a first switch when sufficient current is detected and opens the first switch otherwise. Low-voltage power is connected across nodes of the first switch. A control circuit is connected in parallel with the first switch to control one or more second switches connected between the circuit breaker panel and a low-ranking load. When there is current flow in the control circuit, the second switches are closed, thereby permitting power delivery to the low-ranking load and when there is no current flow in the control circuit, the one or more second switches are open circuited. When the first switch is closed, it provides a short circuit, thereby preventing current flow in the control circuit.
US11469612B2
A power delivery system for data center. Servers are divided into server clusters, and each server cluster is served by multiple power source with multiple inputs from a power supply module. Each power supply module includes a local bus and a local controller which controls connections on the local bus to deliver utility power to its assigned server cluster or backup power to any of the server clusters. Each of the power supply modules has a battery storage system with switchable connections to the local bus and to an inter-system bus, and a PV system with switchable connections to the local bus and to an inter-system bus. The battery storage system may be charged from the utility power or the PV system. The inter-system bus is connected to all of the server clusters, such that power flowing in the inter-system bus can be delivered and dispatched to power any server cluster.
US11469607B2
A circuit is selectively attachable to one of a positive terminal and negative terminal of a traction battery cell via a transistor. The circuit has a current sensor disposed in series with an inductor. A controller operates the transistor such that electrical current from the one of the positive terminal and negative terminal is inverted within the circuit, and while an inductor charge rate is less than a predetermined charge value, inhibits charge and discharge of the traction battery cell.
US11469591B2
An ERMS system and a method for implementing an ERMS system are disclosed. The ERMS system includes: a self-powered relay comprising a control circuit that controls the self-powered relay to work under one of a first mode and a second mode; a portable power box; and an electrical interface connecting the portable power box to the self-powered relay. Under the second mode, the self-powered relay is configured to reduce energy level in an arc flash event. Upon receiving a signal from the portable power box via the electrical interface, the control circuit controls the self-powered relay to work under the second mode.
US11469580B2
A junction box cover assembly for attachment over an opening in an electrical junction box allows for a concealed connection to avoid detracting from the lighting fixture. The assembly includes a cover plate capable of being mounted to a junction box, the'cover plate having an opening there through defined by a first threaded collar extending from the cover plate, a hub having a flange radially extending from a periphery of a second threaded collar defining a passage and configured to attach to the first threaded collar of the cover plate, and a circular insert detachably connected within the passage defined by the threaded collar, the circular insert having an opening for passing electrical wiring from the junction box through the passage, out the insert opening and to a light fixture. The cover plate and the radially extending flange somewhat sandwich a surface, such as drywall or wallboard, and the flange is configured to permit covering with spackling paste or joint compound to conceal the flange.
US11469578B1
A flip-type wire slot relates to the technical field of wire slots, including: a wire slot main body and a wire slot cover, wherein one side of the wire slot cover is fixedly connected to one side of the wire slot main body, the other side of the wire slot cover is a free side, and the free side of the wire slot cover (2) is detachably connected to the other side of the wire slot main body. The adoption of the above technical solution has the advantage of facilitating the removal of the wire slot cover.
US11469570B2
Methods for driving a tunable laser with integrated tuning elements are disclosed. The methods can include modulating the tuning current and laser injection current such that the laser emission wavelength and output power are independently controllable. In some examples, the tuning current and laser injection current are modulated simultaneously and a wider tuning range can result. In some examples, one or both of these currents is sinusoidally modulated. In some examples, a constant output power can be achieved while tuning the emission wavelength. In some examples, the output power and tuning can follow a linear relationship. In some examples, injection current and tuning element drive waveforms necessary to achieve targeted output power and tuning waveforms can be achieved through optimization based on goodness of fit values between the targeted and actual output power and tuning waveforms.
US11469568B2
A laser apparatus includes: (A) a solid-state laser apparatus that outputs burst seed pulsed light containing a plurality of pulses; (B) an excimer amplifier that amplifies the burst seed pulsed light in a discharge space in a single occurrence of discharge and outputs the amplified light as amplified burst pulsed light; (C) an energy sensor that measures the energy of the amplified burst pulsed light; and (D) a laser controller that corrects the timing at which the solid-state laser apparatus is caused to output the burst seed pulsed light based on the relationship of the difference between the timing at which the solid-state laser apparatus outputs the burst seed pulsed light and the timing at which the discharge occurs in the discharge space with a measured value of the energy.
US11469554B2
A direct mate orthogonal connector for a high density of high speed signals. The connector may include right angle leadframe assemblies with signal conductive elements and ground shields held by a leadframe housing. High frequency performance may be achieved with members on the leadframe that transfer force between a connector housing, holding the leadframe assemblies, and a portion of the leadframe housing holding the signal conductive elements and the shields near their mounting ends. Core members may be inserted into the housing and mating ends of the conductive elements of ground shields may be adjacent the core members, enabling electrical and mechanical performance of the mating interface to be defined by the core members. The core members may incorporate insulative and lossy features that may be complex to form as part of the connector housing but may be readily formed as part of a separate core member.
US11469547B2
Described herein is a rotary coupling structure which comprises a fixing base and a rotary coupling plug; and the fixing base comprises a mounting member and a rotating member; the mounting member comprises a sleeve provided on the inner wall with a lock slot, a limit buckle disposed at the end of the sleeve, and a side boss disposed on the side wall of the sleeve; the rotary coupling plug, configured to be inserted into the sleeve and connected with a connector, is provided with a rotary lock blade rotatively disposed in the lock slot.
US11469543B2
A fitting structure for an electrical connection part, includes a case body with an opening, and a cap connected to the case body turnably about a center of turning which extends substantially perpendicular to an insertion direction of an external connection terminal connected to a connection terminal housed in the case body. The case body includes a fitting portion around the opening, and a first engagement piece extending outside from the fitting portion. The cap includes a second engagement piece extending inside to engage with the first engagement piece. An extension of at least one of the first engagement piece or second engagement piece decreases in length in the direction of the center of turning, toward an end of the extension, and/or includes chamfers on the both sides of the middle position of the extension in the direction of the center of turning.
US11469537B2
A jumper cable assembly includes: a plurality of jumper cables, each having a first end terminated in a first connector and a second end terminated in a second connector; and a first mounting structure, the first connectors being mounted in the first mounting structure in a fixed arrangement relative to each other, the arrangement matching an arrangement of connectors of one of an antenna and a piece of cellular equipment to facilitate installation of the jumper cable assembly.
US11469535B1
A shutter assembly for a tamper-resistant electrical receptacle includes a shutter, a base clip, and a spring. The shutter is coupled at one end by the spring to the rear side of an individual outlet cover of the electrical receptacle, and two multi-sloped blocking mechanisms of the shutter block access to the live electrical terminals from the hot and neutral slots of the outlet cover when a plug is not inserted into the outlet. The shutter comprises a fulcrum that rests on the base clip, which allows one end of the shutter to interlock with divots formed in the rear side of the outlet cover and the other end of the shutter to interlock with the base clip in order to prevent access to the live electrical terminals when an object is inserted into only one of the hot or neutral slots of the individual outlet cover, or when an object is inserted into the outlet cover at a tilted angle.
US11469532B2
The present disclosure is directed to an internal conductor configured as a movable element, thereby providing a connector for preventing the occurrence of the breakdown or damage of a pin of a male connector.
US11469519B1
Antenna arrays with three-dimensional (3D) radiating elements are provided, as well as methods of manufacturing and methods of using the same. An array can include a ground plane and a plurality of radiating elements disposed thereon, and at least a portion of the radiating elements of the plurality of radiating elements can be 3D radiating elements. The array can optionally include a substrate disposed on the ground plane and having holes for the radiating elements. The 3D radiating elements can include, for example, conical elements such as a hollow conical element, a full conical element, a hollow and discretized conical element, or a combination thereof.
US11469515B2
A microwave prism is used to repoint an operational Direct-to-Home (DTH) or Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) reflector antenna as part of a ground terminal to receive (or transmit) signals from a different satellite or orbital position without physically moving the reflector or the feed horn antenna. The microwave prism operates by shifting the radiated fields from the horn antenna generally perpendicular to the focal axis of the parabolic reflector in order to cause the main beam of the reflector to scan in response. For an existing reflector antenna receiving signals from an incumbent satellite, a prism has been designed to be snapped into place over the feed horn and shift the fields laterally by a calibrated distance. The structure of the prism is designed to be positioned and oriented correctly without the use of skilled labor. This system allows a satellite service provider to repoint their subscribers to a new satellite by shipping a self-install kit of the prism that is pre-configured to have the correct orientation and position on the feed antenna to correctly re-point the beam at a different satellite once the prism is applied. One benefit of the system is that unskilled labor, i.e., the subscribers themselves, can be used to repoint a large number of subscriber antennas in a satellite network rather than requiring the cost of a truck roll and a technician to visit every site. The microwave prisms to implement this functionality can be constructed in different ways, with homogeneous slabs or blocks, Gradient-Index (GRIN), multi-layered dielectric, geometric or graded-index Fresnel-zone, metasurface, or metamaterial prisms. The geometric and electrical constraints of the design are determined by the incumbent and target satellites and the ground terminal location.
US11469510B1
A signal shielding and transmitting case with a length-adjustable antenna comprises a remote control part, a signal shielding case, and a PCB and an antenna driving part arranged in the signal shielding case, wherein a control line penetrates through the antenna driving part and is fixedly connected to a signal transmitting antenna, and the remote control part can control the length of the signal transmitting antenna stretching out of the signal shielding case based on the gear lever principle to allow users to adjust the intensity of signals transmitted by the signal transmitting antenna freely.
US11469509B2
A terahertz transceiver, comprising at least a first and a second antenna, wherein the first and/or the second antenna is a dipole antenna comprising a dipole section, wherein the dipole section has a gap through which light can be radiated onto the photoconductive material, and wherein a first ending of the dipole section is connected to a first feedline and a second ending of the dipole section is connected to a second feedline, the feedlines (extending with an angle to the dipole section. The first and/or the second antenna has an asymmetric design, wherein a first section of at least one of the feedlines extending on one side of the dipole section is longer than a second section of the at least one feedline extending on the other side of the dipole section and/or at least one of the feedlines extends on one side of the dipole section, only.
US11469508B1
A communications device may include an RF device having an operating frequency range, and an antenna coupled to the RF device and being electrically small with respect to the operating frequency range of the RF device. The communications device may include an active capacitor coupled between the RF device and the antenna. The active capacitor may include a settable operating curve with a decreasing capacitance versus increasing frequency over a portion of the operating frequency range of the RF device. The communications device may further include a control circuit coupled to the active capacitor to set the settable operating curve.
US11469507B2
The present invention relates to a communication technique for fusing a 5G communication system to support a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, with IoT technology, and a system thereof. In addition, the present invention provides an antenna module comprising: a first plate which forms an upper surface of the antenna module and has a first opening surface on one side surface, a second plate which forms a side surface of the antenna module, forms a first angle with the first plate in contact with the first plate, and has a second opening surface on one side surface so as to extend the first opening surface, and a power supply unit which has one surface electrically connected to the first plate and is disposed on the first opening surface or the second opening surface.
US11469495B2
A radio assembly is provided. The radio assembly includes at least one radio module and a radome. The radio module has a heatsink disposed on one side and a radio module base on the other side thereof. The radio module base is disposed between the heatsink and the radome. The heatsink defines a cable channel for routing at least one power cable and at least one data cable.
US11469487B2
Base station antennas having fully embedded radios and housings with integrated heat sink structures
Active antennas are provided that include a housing having a front surface, first and second side surfaces and a rear surface, where the front surface comprises a radome and the first and second side surfaces comprise respective first and second thermally-conducting frame members. These antennas further include at least one radio that is completely mounted within an interior of the housing. Each of the first and second thermally-conducting frame members includes a plurality of outwardly extending fins.
US11469486B2
A microwave or radio frequency (RF) device includes an insulating substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. The device also includes a crossover conductor disposed on the first surface extending between a first edge of the first surface and a second edge of the first surface. The device also includes a depression in the second surface defined at least in part by (i) a third surface recessed in relation to the second surface, and (ii) at least one sidewall that extends between the second surface and the third surface. The device further includes a conductive coating formed over at least a portion of the second surface, the third surface, and the at least one sidewall, where the conductive coating is insulated from the crossover conductor by the insulating substrate.
US11469485B2
Techniques regarding an embedded microstrip transmission line implemented in one more superconducting microwave electronic devices are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise an apparatus, which can include a superconducting material layer positioned on a raised portion of a dielectric substrate. The raised portion can extend from a surface of the dielectric substrate. The apparatus can also comprise a dielectric film that covers at least a portion of the superconducting material layer and the raised portion of the dielectric substrate.
US11469484B2
A circuit structure includes a substrate integrated waveguide, a substrate disposed on the substrate integrated waveguide, a waveguide signal feeding element and a ring-shaped conductive element. The substrate integrated waveguide includes another substrate having a waveguide transmitting region, two conductive layers disposed on this substrate and covering the waveguide transmitting region, and at least one waveguide conductive element passing through this substrate and electrically connected to the two conductive layers. The at least one waveguide conductive element surrounds the waveguide transmitting region. One of the conductive layers is located between the two substrates. The waveguide signal feeding element passes through one substrate and one conductive layer between the substrates, and the waveguide signal feeding element extends to the waveguide transmitting region. The waveguide signal feeding element is electrically insulated from one conductive layer. The ring-shaped conductive element is disposed in one substrate and surrounds the waveguide signal feeding element.
US11469483B2
The present invention provides a compact filter with excellent characteristics. This filter has a plurality of resonators, each of which having: via electrode parts formed inside a dielectric substrate; and a first strip line that faces a first shielding conductor of a plurality of shielding conductors formed so as to surround the via electrode parts, the first strip line being connected to one end of the via electrode parts. The positions of the via electrode parts of the first resonator of the plurality of resonators, and the positions of the via electrode parts of the second resonator, which is adjacent to the first resonator, are mutually offset in a first direction (X), which is the longitudinal direction of the first strip line.
US11469479B2
A busbar for a battery pack, intended to electrically connect at least one electrochemical accumulator battery of the pack, preferably to electrically connect several electrochemical accumulator batteries of the pack to one another, including an electrically conductive and sealtight envelope itself intended to channel the current of the accumulator batteries and designed to contain a heat transfer liquid whose vaporization temperature is chosen so as to be between a value close to 90% of the self-heating temperature and a value close to 110% of the thermal runaway temperature of the accumulator batteries of the pack, the sealtight envelope being designed to guarantee an injection of heat transfer liquid as close as possible to each accumulator battery to which it is intended to be connected, preferably close to at least one of its output terminals.
US11469475B2
The present disclosure provides a separator, a lithium metal negative electrode, and a lithium metal secondary battery which include a solid superacid coating layer. The solid superacid coating layer suppresses a growth of lithium dendrites in a lithium metal secondary battery employing lithium metal as a negative electrode by improving a mobility and a reaction uniformity of lithium at an interface of the lithium metal negative electrode and an electrolyte solution. In the lithium metal secondary battery, the solid superacid coating layer comprising solid superacid material having a porous structure is formed on at least one of the lithium metal negative electrode and the separator.
US11469469B2
The disclosure relates to a fixing band for a battery module and a battery module. The fixing band comprises a first end portion, a connecting section and a second end portion which are arranged successively in an extending direction of the fixing band. The first end portion includes a body and engaging grooves which are protruded in a thickness direction of the body. The engaging grooves are integral with the body. The second end portion has engaging protrusions which are shaped to match the engaging grooves. The first end portion and the second end portion are laminated in the thickness direction and are engaged with each other by the engaging grooves and the engaging protrusions, so that the fixing band encloses an annular accommodation space.
US11469468B2
An apparatus of cooling a vehicle battery is provided. A battery module includes a module housing having an open bottom portion, with an accommodation space for accommodating a plurality of battery cells in the accommodation space, and a plurality of battery cells accommodated in the accommodation space of the module housing, with bottom surfaces of the plurality of battery cells being exposed through the open bottom portion of the module housing. A lower housing has an accommodation space in which the battery module is accommodated. The lower housing includes a cooling unit cooling the battery module and is configured for being attached to a bottom portion of a vehicle floor. Heat-conductive filler is applied on a seating surface of the lower housing, on which the plurality of battery cells are accommodated, to be in contact with the bottom surfaces of the plurality of battery cells exposed externally through the bottom portion of the module housing.
US11469464B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for encapsulating objects like that of microelectronic components and batteries. The system includes three successive layers that include a first covering layer composed of an electrically insulating material deposited by atomic layer deposition, which at least partly covers the object, a second covering layer that includes parylene and/or polyimide, and which is disposed on the first covering layer, and a third covering layer deposited on the second covering layer in such a way as to protect the second encapsulation layer, namely, with respect to oxygen, and thereby increase the service life of the object.
US11469462B2
A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly, and a cap assembly coupled to the case to seal the case, and the case includes a bottom portion, long side portions bent and extended from the bottom portion, a first short side portion bent and extended from the bottom portion, second short side portions bent and extended from the long side portions, the first short side portion and the second short side portions connected to each other to define a short side portion, and protrusions located between the first short side portion and the second short side portions.
US11469456B2
A diagnostic apparatus for a secondary battery includes a control device. The control device acquires an electricity storage amount that is the amount of electricity stored in the secondary battery, and V/K indicating the magnitude of change in OCV of the secondary battery with respect to temperature change of the secondary battery. The control device determines whether or not an SOC unevenness occurs in an electrode surface of the secondary battery by using the acquired electricity storage amount and V/K.
US11469448B2
The present disclosure provides an electrolyte additive, an electrolyte and a lithium ion secondary battery containing the same. The electrolyte additive has a structure of Formula (1), wherein R1 is hydrogen, a phenyl, a cyano group, an alkyl cyano group or a C1 to C6 alkyls, and each of R2 to R5 is independently selected from hydrogen or a C1 to C6 alkyl. By means of the electrolyte additive, the electrolyte and the lithium ion secondary battery containing the same of the present disclosure, a technical effect of improving electric performance of the lithium ion secondary battery at high voltage and high temperature is achieved.
US11469447B2
Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising sulfonate or carboxylate salt based compounds are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electrolyte comprising at least two electrolyte co-solvents, wherein at least one electrolyte co-solvent comprises a sulfonate or carboxylate salt based compound.
US11469444B2
An all-solid-state battery includes a body including a solid electrolyte layer, and an anode layer and a cathode layer alternately stacked with the solid electrolyte layer interposed therebetween. A first external electrode is disposed on one side of the body and includes a first electrode layer and a first conductive resin layer disposed on the first electrode layer, and a second external electrode is disposed on another side of the body and includes a second electrode layer and a second conductive resin layer disposed on the second electrode layer. A protective layer is disposed on an entirety of an external surface of the body free of the first and second electrode layers and on the first and second electrode layers, and at least one opening is included in a region of the protective layer disposed on at least one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.
US11469443B2
A method includes a step A of ultrasonic-joining stacked metal foils to each other and a step B of ultrasonic-joining all of the joined metal foils and a metal plate to each other after the step A. The step A is performed by transmitting ultrasonic vibrations to a horn with the stacked metal foils being interposed between the horn and an anvil and pressed. The step A includes a first joining step of solid-state-joining at least some metal foils of the stacked metal foils that are located near the horn to each other, and a second joining step of solid-state-joining all of the stacked metal foils to each other after the first joining step. The second joining step is performed within a joined region that is joined at the first joining step.
US11469437B2
An electrode stack manufacturing apparatus comprising a plate conveyance device (A) provided with a plurality of conveyor plates (20) made to move along a conveyance route while spaced apart from each other. The conveyor plates (20) are successively loaded with sheet-shaped electrodes (1). The conveyor plates (20) are provided with clamps (21, 22, 23, 24) clamping the sheet-shaped electrodes (1) carried on the conveyor plates (20) on the conveyor plates (20) and holding the sheet-shaped electrodes (1) at the placement positions on the conveyor plates (20) during conveyance.
US11469434B2
A power source includes a container, a fuel cell stack disposed within the container, the fuel cell stack having an anode side and a cathode side, a hydrogen producing fuel disposed within the container and positioned to provide hydrogen to anode side of the fuel cell stack, and a pump disposed within the hydrogen producing fuel to circulate water vapor through the hydrogen producing fuel. A capacitor may be coupled to receive electricity generated by the fuel cell stack.
US11469428B2
The present invention relates to a fuel cell membrane humidifier capable improving humidifying efficiency by controlling the flow direction of fluid, and the fuel cell membrane humidifier according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a hollow fiber membrane module for accommodating a hollow fiber membrane in which a first fluid and a second fluid perform moisture exchange while the first fluid flows therein and the second fluid flows on the outside thereof; and a housing part constituting the appearance of the membrane purifier, wherein a fluid guide part for uniformly guiding the flow of fluid is formed between the hollow fiber membrane and the housing part.
US11469408B2
Disclosed is an electrode, comprising: a metal foil; an electrode layer formed on at least one surface of the metal foil; and an insulating layer formed on the electrode layer; wherein boundary portion between the insulating layer and the electrode layer is in a state in which a part of the insulating layer engages into a part of the electrode layer, and Ls/L is 1.25 or more, wherein a reference length of a straight line in a direction in which the metal foil extends is taken as L and a boundary length along boundary between the insulating layer and the electrode layer is taken as Ls.
US11469407B2
The present invention is directed towards an electrodepositable coating composition comprising (a) a fluoropolymer; (b) an electrochemically active material and/or electrically conductive agent; (c) a pH-dependent rheology modifier; and (d) an aqueous medium comprising water; wherein water is present in an amount of at least 45% by weight, based on the total weight of the electrodepositable coating composition. Also disclosed herein is a method of coating a substrate, as well as coated substrates and electrical storage devices.
US11469405B2
A method for manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery includes: applying a first layer slurry containing a first binder to a surface of a current collector, applying a second layer slurry containing a second binder on the first layer slurry before the first layer slurry is dried, and drying the first layer slurry and the second layer slurry after applying the first layer slurry and the second layer slurry to obtain a laminated structure in which a first layer and a second layer are laminated in this order on the current collector. The second layer slurry has a solid content ratio of more than 50% by mass and a composition ratio of the second binder of more than 2% by mass.
US11469404B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a display panel including: forming a base structure in a target region on a base substrate; forming a display structure layer on the base substrate on which the base structure is formed; forming an annular groove in the display structure layer in a region which an orthographic projection of the base structure on the display structure layer falls within, the base structure being exposed in the annular groove; and removing the base structure surrounded by the annular groove to separate the display structure layer surrounded by the annular groove from the base substrate.
US11469402B2
Disclosed are an array substrate, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate includes: a base substrate, electroluminescent devices located on the base substrates, and a reflection structure located on the side away from light exiting surfaces of the electroluminescent devices, where the reflection structure includes at least two groups of Bragg reflectors configured to reflect visible light in preset wave bands, the preset wave bands reflected by the different groups of Bragg reflectors are different, the various preset wave bands do not completely overlap, wavelength ranges of light emitted by the electroluminescent devices overlap with wavelength ranges of light reflected by the Bragg reflectors corresponding to the electroluminescent devices.
US11469400B2
A display device includes: a first substrate including a first through hole, a display area, and a non-display area, the display area surrounding the first through hole, and the non-display area surrounding at least a portion of the display area; an inorganic insulating layer arranged in the display area; a display element layer including a display element and arranged on the inorganic insulating layer; a second substrate including a second through hole and arranged on the display element layer, the second through hole being connected to the first through hole; and a blocking member arranged along an inner surface of the first through hole and the second through hole, and extending from the first substrate to the second substrate, wherein the inorganic insulating layer extends from the display area to the inner surface of the first through hole.
US11469388B2
An electroluminescent device and a light-emitting layer and an application thereof. The light-emitting layer comprises at least one nano-crystalline semiconductor material and at least one exciplex; an emission spectrum of the exciplex is at least partially overlapped with an excitation spectrum of the nano-crystalline semiconductor material; and the attenuation life of an excited state of the exciplex is longer than the attenuation life of an excited state of the nano-crystalline semiconductor material.
US11469387B2
An object of the invention is to improve the reliability of a light-emitting device. Another object of the invention is to provide flexibility to a light-emitting device having a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor film. A light-emitting device has, over one flexible substrate, a driving circuit portion including a thin film transistor for a driving circuit and a pixel portion including a thin film transistor for a pixel. The thin film transistor for a driving circuit and the thin film transistor for a pixel are inverted staggered thin film transistors including an oxide semiconductor layer which is in contact with a part of an oxide insulating layer.
US11469386B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel, a support layer, a coating layer, and a cushion layer. The display panel includes a foldable area. The support layer is disposed on a bottom surface of the display panel, and a plurality of openings is defined through the support layer on the foldable area. The coating layer is disposed on a top surface of the support layer and side walls of the support member which define the openings. The cushion layer is disposed between the coating layer and the display panel.
US11469385B2
A flexible display and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes forming a sacrificial metal layer over a support substrate, the sacrificial metal layer formed of a metal material, and forming a barrier layer over the sacrificial metal layer, the barrier layer formed of an organic material. The method also includes exposing the sacrificial metal layer to oxygen so as to form a sacrificial metal oxide layer, forming a display unit over the barrier layer, and separating the barrier layer from the support substrate.
US11469375B2
A manufacturing method of a display device includes: stacking a release layer over a first substrate; forming a conductor pattern over the release layer; forming a sacrificial layer over the conductor pattern; forming a second substrate including a polymer layer over the sacrificial layer; forming an electronic element including a conductor over the second substrate; forming a pattern corresponding to the conductor pattern in the sacrificial layer; transferring the conductor pattern from the release layer to a surface of the second substrate; and removing the first substrate, the release layer, and the sacrificial layer.
US11469371B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a memory device that includes a spin orbit torque (SOT) layer arranged over a substrate. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure may be arranged over the SOT layer. The MTJ structure includes a free layer, a reference layer, and a diffusion barrier layer disposed between the free layer and the reference layer. A first conductive wire is arranged below the SOT layer and coupled to the SOT layer. A second conductive wire is arranged below the SOT layer and coupled to the SOT layer. A third conductive wire is arranged over the MTJ structure. The memory device further includes a first selector structure arranged between the first conductive wire and the SOT layer.
US11469361B2
Disclosed is an embodiment is a thermoelectric module comprising: a first thermally conductive plate; a thermoelectric element arranged on the first thermally conductive plate; a second thermally conductive plate arranged on the thermoelectric element; and a cover frame, which is arranged on the first thermally conductive plate, and has an accommodation space such that the thermoelectric element is accommodated in the accommodation space, wherein the thermoelectric element includes: a first substrate; a plurality of thermoelectric legs arranged on the first substrate; a second substrate arranged on the plurality of thermoelectric legs; and electrodes comprising a plurality of first electrodes arranged between the first substrate and the plurality of thermoelectric legs; and a plurality of second electrodes arranged between the second substrate and the plurality of thermoelectric legs, and the cover frame includes: an outer frame arranged to be spaced from the thermoelectric element on the first thermally conductive plate; and an upper frame extending toward the second thermally conductive plate so as to be inclined from the upper end of the outer frame toward the downward direction thereof.
US11469355B2
A wavelength conversion part includes: a wavelength conversion member formed primarily of a ceramic material; an enclosing member formed primarily of a ceramic material, wherein the enclosing member surrounds one or more lateral faces of the wavelength conversion member; and a heat dissipating member having an upper face, wherein the heat dissipating member is fixed to the wavelength conversion member, and wherein the upper face of the heat dissipating member opposes lower faces of the wavelength conversion member and enclosing member. The lower face of the wavelength conversion member projects towards the heat dissipating member beyond the lower face of the enclosing member. A portion of the lower face of the enclosing member is separated from the upper face of the heat dissipating member by an air gap.
US11469352B2
A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of white light-emitting units, and a color filter layer. The white light-emitting units are arranged on the substrate at intervals, and the white light-emitting units are chip scale package (CSP). The color filter layer is above the white light-emitting units. Each of the white light-emitting units includes a light-emitting diode chip and a wavelength conversion film. The wavelength conversion film directly covers a top surface and side surfaces of the light-emitting diode chip, and the wavelength conversion film converts light emitted by the light-emitting diode chip into white light.
US11469343B2
A compression bonding apparatus is disclosed. The compression bonding apparatus comprises: a stage configured to support a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged on an adhesive layer having a predetermined viscosity; a support member disposed on the stage and surrounding at least a part of a side surface of the substrate; and a pressing member configured to press the plurality of light emitting elements, wherein the support member is configured to have a height equal to or greater than the height of the substrate.
US11469340B2
Disclosed is a solar cell string, a string group, a module, and a manufacturing method thereof. The solar cell string is formed by connecting a plurality of first type of solar cells and at least one second type of solar cell, wherein front electrodes of the plurality of first type of solar cells (701) have the same polarity, back electrodes of the plurality of first type of solar cells (701) also have the same polarity, and the polarity of the front electrodes of the first type of multiple solar cells (701) is opposite to the polarity of the back electrodes. Back electrodes on a back side of the second type of solar cell (801) comprise a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The solar cell string utilizes two structures of solar cells to establish a stacked connection of shingles, thereby enabling a current carrying unit to direct current out of the back side of the solar cells, making it easier to incorporate a diode, causing no size increase in the module area, reducing the wafer breakage rate, and accordingly raising the module pass rate and assembling efficiency. Further disclosed is a string group formed by the solar cell string, a module, and a manufacturing method thereof.
US11469326B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an un-doped or low-doped epitaxial layer formed below the source/drain features. The un-doped or low-doped epitaxial layer protects the source/drain features from damage during replacement gate processes, and also prevent leakage currents in the mesa device. A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes an epitaxial feature having a dopant of a first concentration, and a source/drain feature in contact with the epitaxial feature. The source/drain feature comprises the dopant of a second concentration, and the second concentration is higher than the first concentration.
US11469325B2
Provided in a semiconductor device including a substrate, an active region upwardly protruding from the substrate, a plurality of active fins upwardly protruding from the active region and extending in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, the plurality of active fins being provided in a second direction that is parallel to the upper surface of the substrate and intersects with the first direction, and an isolation structure provided on the substrate, the isolation structure covering a sidewall of the active region and a lower portion of a sidewall of each of the plurality of active fins, wherein a first sidewall of the active region adjacent to a first active fin among the plurality of active fins has a staircase shape, the first active fin being provided on a first edge of the active region in the second direction.
US11469323B2
Techniques are disclosed for an integrated circuit including a ferroelectric gate stack including a ferroelectric layer, an interfacial oxide layer, and a gate electrode. The ferroelectric layer can be voltage activated to switch between two ferroelectric states. Employing such a ferroelectric layer provides a reduction in leakage current in an off-state and provides an increase in charge in an on-state. The interfacial oxide layer can be formed between the ferroelectric layer and the gate electrode. Alternatively, the ferroelectric layer can be formed between the interfacial oxide layer and the gate electrode.
US11469317B2
An RC IGBT includes, in an active region, an IGBT section and at least three diode sections. The arrangement of the diode sections obeys a design rule.
US11469315B2
In a described example, a bipolar junction transistor includes a substrate. An emitter region, a base region, and a collector region are each formed in the substrate. A gate-type structure is formed on the substrate between the base region and the emitter region. A contact is coupled to the gate-type structure, and the contact is adapted to be coupled to a source of DC voltage.
US11469310B2
A semiconductor device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a dielectric layer stack positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, the dielectric layer stack including a first anti-ferroelectric layer, a second anti-ferroelectric layer, and a ferroelectric layer between the first anti-ferroelectric layer and the second anti-ferroelectric.
US11469309B2
One illustrative integrated circuit (IC) product disclosed herein includes a first conductive source/drain contact structure of a first transistor with an insulating source/drain cap positioned above at least a portion of an upper surface of the first conductive source/drain contact structure and a gate-to-source/drain (GSD) contact structure that is conductively coupled to the first conductive source/drain contact structure and a first gate structure of a second transistor. In this example, the product also includes a gate contact structure that is conductively coupled to a second gate structure of a third transistor, wherein an upper surface of each of the GSD contact structure and the gate contact structure is positioned at a first level that is at a level that is above a level of an upper surface of the insulating source/drain cap.
US11469307B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device that includes a well region with a substrate. A source region and a drain region are arranged within the substrate on opposite sides of the well region. A gate electrode is arranged over the well region, has a bottom surface arranged below a topmost surface of the substrate, and extends between the source and drain regions. A trench isolation structure surrounds the source region, the drain region, and the gate electrode. A gate dielectric structure separates the gate electrode from the well region, the source, region, the drain region, and the trench isolation structure. The gate electrode structure has a central portion and a corner portion. The central portion has a first thickness, and the corner portion has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness.
US11469303B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor device provided on a semiconductor substrate and an ohmic electrode provided on a back surface of the semiconductor device and containing a nickel silicide and a molybdenum carbide, or the nickel silicide and a titanium carbide. The ohmic electrode is configured by first regions where a silicide is thick and second regions where the silicide is thin; a ratio of an arithmetic area of the second regions to an arithmetic area of the ohmic electrode is in a range from 10% to 30% in a plan view.
US11469298B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having PMOSFET and NMOSFET regions spaced apart from each other in a direction, a device isolation layer provided on the substrate that defines first and second active patterns respectively on the PMOSFET and NMOSFET regions, a gate electrode crossing the first and second active patterns, first and second source/drain patterns respectively provided on the first and second active patterns respectively and near the gate electrode, and an active contact extending in the direction and coupled to the first and second source/drain patterns. The active contact includes first and second body portions, which are respectively provided on the first and the second source/drain patterns, and a first protruding portion and a recessed portion, which are provided between the first and second body portions and on the device isolation layer between the PMOSFET and NMOSFET regions. The recessed portion has an upwardly recessed bottom.
US11469289B2
The disclosure discloses a display panel and a preparation method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate on which a plurality of repetitive units are arranged; each repetitive unit includes a display area, a transparent area and a metal wiring area; a ¼λ phase difference layer and a polarization layer arranged on the packaging layer and stacked in sequence, where the polarization layer is positioned on the side, far away from the packaging layer, of the ¼λ phase difference layer; the ¼λ phase difference layer and the polarization layer have openings in the direction perpendicular to the base substrate, and orthographic projections of the openings on the base substrate are positioned in the transparent area; and orthographic projections of the ¼λ phase difference layer and the polarization layer on the base substrate cover the display area.
US11469281B2
Disclosed is an organic EL display panel including: a substrate; a planarization layer being disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and containing a resin material; plural pixel electrodes being disposed in a matrix manner on the planarization layer; a light emitting layer being disposed on the pixel electrodes and containing an organic luminescent material; and a common electrode covering at least an upper side of the light emitting layer and being disposed continuously in a plane direction. A recessed part is opened to extend in a column direction in at least one gap between the pixel electrodes adjacent to each other in a row direction on the planarization layer, the common electrode is disposed continuously in the recessed part, and a power feed auxiliary interconnect extending in the column direction and formed of an applied film is disposed on an upper surface of the common electrode.
US11469273B2
An organic semiconductor detector for detecting radiation has an organic conducting active region, an output electrode and a field effect semiconductor device. The field effect semiconductor device has a biasing voltage electrode and a gate electrode. The organic conducting active region is connected on one side to the field effect semiconductor device and is connected on another side to the output electrode. The organic semiconductor detector has an option switching circuitry having a field effect semiconductor device and resistance.
US11469266B2
An image sensor is provided comprising a substrate comprising first and second surfaces opposite to each other. A first isolation layer is disposed on the substrate and forms a boundary of a sensing region. A second isolation layer is disposed at least partially in the substrate within the sensing region and has a closed line shape. A photoelectric conversion device is disposed within the closed line shape of the second isolation layer, and a color filter is disposed on the first surface of the substrate.
US11469263B2
Image sensor devices including photo detectors located relative to one another to form an array, color filters located above the photo detectors, respectively, to filter incident light that are received by the photo detectors, respectively, a first grid structure including a first material having refractive index lower than a refractive index of the color filters and disposed between color filters adjacent to each other, and a second grid structure including a second material having refractive index lower than the refractive index of the color filters and disposed inside the first grid structure.
US11469253B2
A manufacturing method of an array substrate, an array substrate and a display device are disclosed. The manufacturing method of the array substrate includes: providing a base substrate (200); forming a semiconductor layer on the base substrate; depositing an etch stop layer material on the semiconductor layer; subjecting the etch stop layer material to a wet etching process to form an etch stop layer; subjecting the semiconductor layer to a dry etching process to form an active layer, wherein the active layer includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region, an orthographic projection of the etch stop layer on the base substrate completely coincides with an orthographic projection of the first region of the active layer on the base substrate.
US11469240B2
A semiconductor device includes a metal layer and a spacer arranged adjacent to the metal layer. The spacer includes a composite-dielectric layer including a composite-dielectric material. A composition of the composite-dielectric material is a mixture of a composition of a first dielectric material and a composition of a second dielectric material different from the first dielectric material.
US11469232B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for an array of vertically stacked memory cells having horizontally oriented access devices and storage nodes. The horizontally oriented access devices having a first source/drain regions and a second source drain regions separated by epitaxially grown channel regions. Gates opposing the channel regions formed fully around every surface of the channel region as gate all around (GAA) structures separated from a channel regions by a gate dielectrics. The memory cells have horizontally oriented storage nodes coupled to the second source/drain regions and digit lines coupled to the first source/drain regions.
US11469231B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device with a protruding contact and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device with the protruding contact. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a capacitor contact structure protruding from the substrate, and a landing pad layer covering a portion of a top surface of the capacitor contact structure and an upper portion of a sidewall of the capacitor contact structure.
US11469223B2
A current monitor circuit comprises a sense transistor disposed in a first voltage domain; a reference transistor disposed in a second voltage domain isolated from the first voltage domain; and sensing circuitry configured to determine if a current in the sense transistor is greater than or less than a specified current using a current in the reference transistor.
US11469222B2
Protection against electrostatic discharges is to be improved for electronic devices, or is to be provided in the first place. The device for protection against electrostatic discharges having an integrated semiconductor protection device comprises an inner region (1) configured at least as a thyristor (SCR) and at least one outer region (2a, 2b) configured as a corner region, which is formed and configured at least as a PNP transistor. The inner region (1) and the at least one outer region (2a, 2b) are arranged adjacent to one another.
US11469208B2
A semiconductor package structure includes a redistribution (RDL) layer, a first chip, at least one second chip, an encapsulant and a third chip. The redistribution layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first chip is over the first surface of the redistribution layer and electrically connected to the redistribution layer. The second chip is over the first surface of the redistribution layer. The second chip includes a plurality of through via structures. The encapsulant is over the first surface of the distribution layer, wherein the encapsulant surrounds the first chip and the second chip. The third chip is over the encapsulant and electrically connected to the first chip through the through via structures of the second chip and the redistribution layer.
US11469205B2
A variety of footed and leadless semiconductor packages, with either exposed or isolated die pads, are described. Some of the packages have leads with highly coplanar feet that protrude from a plastic body, facilitating mounting the packages on printed circuit boards using wave-soldering techniques.
US11469196B2
A semiconductor package according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a package substrate and a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on the package substrate. Each of the semiconductor chips includes a chip body, at least one first side power pad and at least one first side ground pad that are disposed on a first side portion on one surface of the chip body, and at least one second side power pad and at least one second side ground pad that are disposed on a second side portion opposite to the first side portion on one surface of the chip body. One of the second side power pads is disposed point-symmetrically to corresponding one of the first side power pads with respect to a reference point on the one surface, and one of the second side ground pads is disposed point-symmetrically to corresponding one of the first side ground pads with respect to a reference point on the one surface.
US11469188B2
A semiconductor package may include a package substrate, a molded interposer package (MIP) and a first stiffener. The MIP may be arranged on the package substrate. The MIP may include an interposer, at least one first semiconductor chip and at least one second semiconductor chip molded by a molding member. The first stiffener may be attached to any one of outer surfaces of the MIP. The first stiffener may be spaced apart from the upper surface of the package substrate to suppress a warpage of the MIP. Thus, central conductive bumps between the MIP and the package substrate may not be upwardly floated to improve an electrical connection between the central conductive bumps and the package substrate. Further, a short between edge conductive bumps between the MIP and the package substrate may not be generated.
US11469180B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposing each other, and a side surface between the first and second surfaces, and including a device region on the first surface a wiring structure on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and having a dielectric layer and a metal wiring in the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the device region, and an insulating material layer on a side surface of the wiring structure and having a side surface connected to the side surface of the semiconductor substrate. The side surface of the insulating material layer has a first wave-shaped pattern in which concave-convex portions are repeated in a direction of the wiring structure that is perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate, and the side surface of the semiconductor substrate has a second wave-shaped pattern in which concave-convex portions are repeated in the direction.
US11469179B2
A wire interconnect structure of an integrated circuit includes a first wiring layer, a second wiring layer, a third wiring layer, first conductive via structures, second conductive via structures, and third conductive via structures. The first wiring layer includes a first wire connected to first transistors and a second wire connected to second transistors. The second wiring layer includes third wires and fourth wires that are perpendicular to the first wire and the second wire. The third wiring layer includes a fifth wire and a sixth wire that are parallel to the first wire and the second wire and respectively connected to a first contact pad and a second contact pad above. The first transistors are electrically connected to the first contact pad through the first wire, and the second transistors are electrically connected to the second contact pad through the second wire.
US11469168B2
A capacitor includes at least one multi-wing structure; a laminated structure, where the laminated structure clads the at least one multi-wing structure and includes at least one dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive layers, and the at least one dielectric layer and the plurality of conductive layers form a structure that a conductive layer and a dielectric layer are adjacent to each other; at least one first external electrode, where the first external electrode is electrically connected to some conductive layer(s) in the plurality of conductive layers; at least one second external electrode, wherein the second external electrode is electrically connected to the other conductive layer(s) in the plurality of conductive layers, and a conductive layer in the laminated structure adjacent to each conductive layer in the some conductive layer(s) includes at least one conductive layer in the other conductive layer(s).
US11469167B2
A packaging substrate includes a core layer including a glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface facing each other, and a plurality of core vias. The plurality of core vias penetrating through the glass substrate in a thickness direction, each comprising a circular core via having a circular opening part and a non-circular core via having a 1.2 or more aspect ratio in the x-y direction of an opening part. One or more electric power transmitting elements are disposed on the non-circular core via.
US11469166B2
A method includes forming a plurality of dielectric layers, forming a plurality of redistribution lines in the plurality of dielectric layers, etching the plurality of dielectric layers to form an opening, filling the opening to form a through-dielectric via penetrating through the plurality of dielectric layers, forming a dielectric layer over the through-dielectric via and the plurality of dielectric layers, forming a plurality of bond pads in the dielectric layer, bonding a device die to the dielectric layer and a first portion of the plurality of bond pads through hybrid bonding, and bonding a die stack to through-silicon vias in the device die.
US11469150B2
A device comprises: a first film having a first inner portion, a first seal portion and a first contact portion; a second film having a second inner portion, a second seal portion and a second contact portion; a first circuit member having a first contact point; and a second circuit member having a second contact point. The first seal portion and the second seal portion are bonded together. The first contact portion and the second contact portion are in contact with each other in a contact region which surrounds the first inner portion and the second inner portion throughout their entire circumference. The first circuit member and the second circuit member are shut in a closed space which is enclosed by the first inner portion and the second inner portion. The first contact point and the second contact point are in contact with each other.
US11469149B2
A semiconductor device has a substrate panel with a substrate having a first substrate area and a second substrate area outside a footprint of the first substrate area. A plurality of semiconductor die or discrete IPDs is disposed over the first substrate area. Substrate area 102a has electrical interconnect for the semiconductor die. A molding compound is disposed over the semiconductor die and first substrate area using a transfer mold process, which leaves mold culls and mold gates disposed over the second substrate area. A substrate edge is formed in the second substrate area under the mold gates. The substrate edge extends into the first substrate area under the molding compound to reinforce the mold gates and reduce cracking during mold degating. The substrate edge can have a variety of forms such as parallel bars, diagonal bars, orthogonal bars, and combinations thereof.
US11469141B2
In a described example, a method includes: applying a dicing tape over a metal layer covering a portion of a surface of scribe streets on a device side of a semiconductor wafer that includes semiconductor device dies formed thereon separated from one another by the scribe streets; and placing the semiconductor wafer with the device side facing away from a laser in a stealth dicing machine. A power of a laser beam is adjusted to a first power level. The laser beam is focused through the non-device side of the semiconductor wafer to a first focal depth in the metal layer. The laser beam scans across the scribe streets and ablates the metal layer in the scribe streets. The method continues by singulating the semiconductor device dies using stealth dicing along the scribe streets in the stealth dicing machine.
US11469127B2
A substrate processing device according to the present embodiment includes a processing tank configured to be capable of accumulating a liquid. A conveyer can array a plurality of semiconductor substrates in such a manner that front surfaces of the semiconductor substrates face a substantially horizontal direction, and transport the semiconductor substrates into the processing tank. A plurality of liquid suppliers can supply the liquid toward an inside of the processing tank from a lower portion of the processing tank. A plurality of current plates are arranged on at least either one end side or the other end side of an array of the semiconductor substrates. The current plates are provided in a first gap region above the semiconductor substrates in gaps between the conveyer and a sidewall of the processing tank on both sides of the conveyer as viewed from an array direction of the semiconductor substrates.
US11469126B2
A substrate transport apparatus auto-teach system for auto-teaching a substrate station location, the system including a frame, a substrate transport connected to the frame, the substrate transport having an end effector configured to support a substrate, and a controller configured to move the substrate transport so that the substrate transport biases the substrate supported on the end effector against a substrate station feature causing a change in eccentricity between the substrate and the end effector, determine the change in eccentricity, and determine the substrate station location based on at least the change in eccentricity between the substrate and the end effector.
US11469124B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a substrate transfer device having a contactless latch and contactless coupling providing the ability to lock and unlock the substrate transfer device at atmospheric and vacuum pressure with without particle generation at a base of the substrate transfer device, the contactless latch, and the contactless coupling. The substrate transfer device includes a lid having one or more lid grooves, a base having one or more base grooves, and a rotation member rotatably coupled to the lid. Each flange of one or more flanges of the substrate transfer device is rotatable in aligned lid grooves and base grooves, and each flange of the one or more flanges has an arm with a ferromagnetic material coupled thereto. The base is coupled to the lid when the ferromagnetic material of the arm is aligned and spaced from a magnetic material of a slot of the one or more base grooves.
US11469122B2
A semiconductor process analysis device of an embodiment includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory. The processor performs factoring to inspection result groups resulting from inspections of a substrate group, the inspections including an inspection of a fabrication process of a semiconductor integrated circuit. The inspection result groups are first distribution groups resulting from a single inspection of each substrate of the substrate group. Each first distribution represents a distribution of inspection data on a substrate surface. The factoring includes calculating, from the first distribution groups, for each of one or more second distributions, appearance information containing a degree of appearance of one of the one or more second distributions in each substrate. The processor calculates a degree of association between two items of the appearance information, the two items respectively corresponding to different inspection result groups among the inspection result groups.
US11469119B2
A substrate treatment apparatus according to an embodiment includes a treatment tank to store a chemical solution to treat a substrate, a pipe having a discharge port through which an air bubble is discharged from a bottom of the treatment tank toward the substrate, and a rod body disposed between the discharge port and the substrate to divide the air bubble.
US11469116B2
There is provided a substrate processing apparatus, including: a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate with a surface of the substrate on which a concavo-convex pattern is formed oriented upward; a liquid supply unit configured to supply a processing liquid to the substrate held by the substrate holder to form a liquid film at least in a concave portion of the concavo-convex pattern; a heating unit configured to irradiate the substrate held by the substrate holder or the liquid film with a laser beam for heating the liquid film; and a heating controller configured to control the heating unit, wherein the heating controller controls the heating unit to expose the entire concave portion in a depth direction from the processing liquid by irradiating the laser beam onto the substrate or the liquid film from the heating unit.
US11469112B2
A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The method for manufacturing a display substrate includes: forming a thin film transistor on a base substrate; forming a planarization layer covering the thin film transistor; forming a metal mask layer on the planarization layer; patterning the metal mask layer to form an etching hole in the metal mask layer, the etching hole exposing a portion of the planarization layer; etching the portion of the planarization layer exposed by the etching hole to form a first via hole penetrating the planarization layer, and removing a remaining metal mask layer on the planarization layer.
US11469107B2
Methods and techniques for deposition of amorphous carbon films on a substrate are provided. In one example, the method includes depositing an amorphous carbon film on an underlayer positioned on a susceptor in a first processing region. The method further includes implanting a dopant or the inert species into the amorphous carbon film in a second processing region. The implant species, energy, dose & temperature in some combination may be used to enhance the hardmask hardness. The method further includes patterning the doped amorphous carbon film. The method further includes etching the underlayer.
US11469103B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to semiconductor structure formation are described. An example method includes forming an opening through silicon (Si) material, formed over a semiconductor substrate, to a first depth to form pillars of Si material. The example method further includes depositing an isolation material within the opening to fill the opening between the Si pillars. The example method further includes removing a portion of the isolation material from between the pillars to a second depth to create a second opening between the pillars and defining inner sidewalls between the pillars. The example method further includes depositing an enhancer material over a top surface of the pillars and along the inner sidewalls of the pillars down to a top portion of the isolation material.
US11469100B2
A method of post-treating a dielectric film formed on a surface of a substrate includes positioning a substrate having a dielectric film formed thereon in a processing chamber and exposing the dielectric film to microwave radiation in the processing chamber at a frequency between 5 GHz and 7 GHz.
US11469098B2
A method for depositing an oxide film on a substrate by a cyclical deposition is disclosed. The method may include: depositing a metal oxide film over the substrate utilizing at least one deposition cycle of a first sub-cycle of the cyclical deposition process; and depositing a silicon oxide film directly on the metal oxide film utilizing at least one deposition cycle of a second sub-cycle of the cyclical deposition process. Semiconductor device structures including an oxide film deposited by the methods of the disclosure are also disclosed.
US11469085B2
In a plasma reactor a pumping compartment is separate from a plasma-treating compartment by a structure which includes a central frame. The frame is suspended to the casing of the reactor via spokes. The spokes allow free expansion and contraction of the frame under thermal loading. The slits between the spokes do not allow plasma ignition there and provide for a small flow resistance between the treatment compartment and the pumping compartment. The frame may act as a downholding member for a substrate on the smaller electrode.
US11469075B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining a microscope image that depicts a sample and a plurality of fiducial markers, identifying the plurality of fiducial markers in the image, and using the plurality of fiducial markers to register the image. Identifying the plurality of fiducial markers in the image includes comparing a spatial intensity distribution of a plurality of regions of the image to a reference distribution function.
US11469071B2
The rotatable anode of a rotating anode X-ray source has demanding requirements placed upon it. For example, it may rotate at a frequency as high as 200 Hz. X-ray emission is stimulated by applying a large voltage to the cathode, causing electrons to collide with the focal track. The focal spot generated at the electron impact position may have a peak temperature between 2000° C. and 3000° C. The constant rotation of the rotating anode protects the focal track to some extent, however the average temperature of the focal track immediately following a CT acquisition protocol may still be around 1500° C. Therefore, demanding requirements are placed upon the design of the rotating anode. The present application proposes a multi-layer coating for the target region of a rotating X-ray anode which improves mechanical resilience and thermal resilience, whilst reducing the amount of expensive refractory metals required.
US11469062B1
This disclosure relates generally to power isolation switch devices. In one embodiment, a power isolation switch device has a power insulator, an arc breaker, and a switch. The power insulator and the switch are connected in parallel. The arc contact is operably associated with the switch such that the arc contact is removed from the arc chute as the switch is opened and is inserted to contact the arc chute when the switch is closed. In this manner, the power isolation switch device does not need an interrupter and can be provided so as to be less bulky.
US11469057B2
The present utility model discloses an adjustable contactor including: a static contact fixed in the contactor; a movable contact which is connected in the movable contact bracket through a contact spring, and which makes contact with the static contact in accordance with the movement of the movable contact bracket in the contactor; the contactor further includes adjusting knobs provided in the movable contact bracket at one end in connection with the contact spring while corresponding to the contact springs connected with individual movable contacts, the adjusting knob being set so that adjustment of the compression or release of the contact spring is achieved by rotating the adjusting knob so as to adjust the contact pressure of the movable contact.
US11469055B2
An anode material including a metal oxide-conductive inorganic material complex including a metal oxide and a conductive inorganic material bound to the metal oxide, wherein the complex is doped with one or more doping elements selected from the group consisting of transition metals and amphoteric metal elements, and a preparation method thereof, are provided.
US11469053B2
A capacitor array that includes a plurality of solid electrolytic capacitor elements each of which has a first main surface and a second main surface facing each other in a thickness direction and includes an anode plate made of a valve action metal, a porous layer on at least one surface of the anode plate, a dielectric layer on a surface of the porous layer, and a cathode layer on a surface of the dielectric layer and including a solid electrolyte layer; a first sealing layer in a sheet-like shape and covering the first main surface of the plurality of solid electrolytic capacitor elements; and a second sealing layer in a sheet-like shape and covering the second main surface of the plurality of solid electrolytic capacitor elements.
US11469047B2
A method for manufacturing a high-profile capacitor with high capacity includes providing a substrate, forming a first mold layer, a first supporter layer, a second mold layer, and a second supporter layer on the substrate, where at least one of the first mold layer and the second mold layer are made of a dielectric material having a low or super low dielectric constant, defining at least one contact hole, where the now-surrounding first and second supporter layers reinforce the at least one contact hole and form first and second supporter patterns respectively, forming a lower electrode on an inner surface of the at least one contact hole, and removing the first mold layer and/or the second mold layer being made of the dielectric material by ashing.
US11469046B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component that includes a multilayer body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer that are layered. The dielectric layer contains a plurality of dielectric particles containing Ba and Ti. The plurality of dielectric particles contain a first concentrated region containing a first element and located at an interface with an adjacent dielectric particle of the plurality of dielectric particles, and a second concentrated region containing the first element and present at an interface within 50 nm from the first concentrated region.
US11469043B2
A method used in forming an electronic device comprising conductive material and ferroelectric material comprises forming a composite stack comprising multiple metal oxide-comprising insulator materials. At least one of the metal oxide-comprising insulator materials is between and directly against non-ferroelectric insulating materials. The multiple metal oxide-comprising insulator materials are of different composition from that of immediately-adjacent of the non-ferroelectric insulating materials. The composite stack is subjected to a temperature of at least 200° C. After the subjecting, the composite stack comprises multiple ferroelectric metal oxide-comprising insulator materials at least one of which is between and directly against non-ferroelectric insulating materials. After the subjecting, the composite stack is ferroelectric. Conductive material is formed and that is adjacent the composite stack. Devices are also disclosed.
US11469040B2
This application relates to a wireless charger with increased efficiency during operation. The wireless charging assembly includes a wireless charger and an electronic device. A transmitter coil in the wireless charger can induct magnetic flux to a receiver coil in the electronic device via a magnetic flux pathway.
US11469039B2
A rupture reduction system for fluid-immersed electrical equipment includes a turret for mounting of a bushing. The turret is expandable in volume in response to a surge in pressure of the fluid in the turret. The expansion volume can be provided by an expandable section of the turret, which may include a bellows.
US11469029B2
In an exemplary embodiment, a multilayer coil component includes: a substrate body; and a coil embedded in the substrate body and containing a wound conductor; wherein the substrate body has: magnetic layers containing multiple metal magnetic grains, provided around conductor layers that constitute parts of the wound conductor in a direction roughly orthogonal to the coil axis of the coil; and multiple high-hardness insulating grains harder than the multiple metal magnetic grains and smaller in average grain size than the multiple metal magnetic grains, provided between a pair of the conductor layers adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis and also between a pair of the magnetic layers adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis. The multilayer coil component can prevent shorting in the wound conductor while increasing the inductance.
US11469028B2
An inductor device includes a first and a second inductor. First inductor includes plural first wires and a first connection member. Second inductor includes plural second wires and a second connection member. Part of first wires are winded/located at a first area, and part of first wires are winded/located at a second area. First and second areas are located on two opposite sides of inductor device. First connection member connects first wire located at first area and located at second area. Part of second wires are winded/located at first area, and part of second wires are winded/located at second area. One terminal of second connection member connects a terminal of second wire at an inner side of inductor device, and another terminal of second connection member is disposed outside inductor device. First and second inductors are symmetrical with respect to a center line of inductor device.
US11469026B1
An inductive driver circuit with improved speed of clamping down a powered solenoid element, which solenoid exhibits inductive properties, for purposes of rapid shut down of the solenoid.
US11469015B2
A filter network is insertable into a power transmission line, to handle disturbances in the power transmission line. A first circuit has an RC network in parallel with a surge arrestor, to bypass high frequency disturbances of the power transmission line. A second circuit has inductors for carrying low-frequency power to and from impedance injection units.
US11469009B2
A process for producing a highly conducting film of conductor-bonded graphene sheets that are highly oriented, comprising: (a) preparing a graphene dispersion or graphene oxide (GO) gel; (b) depositing the dispersion or gel onto a supporting solid substrate under a shear stress to form a wet layer; (c) drying the wet layer to form a dried layer having oriented graphene sheets or GO molecules with an inter-planar spacing d002 of 0.4 nm to 1.2 nm; (d) heat treating the dried layer at a temperature from 55° C. to 3,200° C. for a desired length of time to produce a porous graphitic film having pores and constituent graphene sheets or a 3D network of graphene pore walls having an inter-planar spacing d002 less than 0.4 nm; and (e) impregnating the porous graphitic film with a conductor material that bonds the constituent graphene sheets or graphene pore walls to form the conducting film.
US11469001B2
A system that includes a clinical database that stores clinical data in association with an internal identifier of a patient. An identifier conversion processor converts internal identifier associated with clinical data to an external identifier. An anonymization processor anonymizes confidential data in clinical data. An anonymized database stores anonymized data including anonymized clinical data and an external identifier associated with the anonymized clinical data. A research database stores anonymized data provided from the anonymized database for individual research projects. A research data provision processor receives a request from a user, reads out from the research database at least part of anonymized data associated with a research project to which the user belongs, and provides it to the user.
US11468999B2
The present disclosure provides a clustering device configured to detect varying density. The clustering device may receive a set of parameters (e.g., a density parameter specifying a plurality of density values, a size parameter, and a node parameter that includes information associated with a plurality of nodes) for identifying clusters. The clustering device may determine a distance between different pairs of nodes of the plurality of nodes and identify candidate nodes of the plurality of nodes based on the distance determined for the different pairs of nodes and the size parameter. Candidate nodes may be assigned to a candidate cluster that may be evaluated against the density parameter to determine whether a density of the candidate cluster satisfies at least one of the plurality of density values. A cluster may be identified based on whether the candidate cluster satisfies at least one of the plurality of density values.
US11468998B2
Disclosed are methods and systems to aid medical practitioners with clinical decisions, in which recommendations and other information are derived utilizing a software reinforcement learning framework relating patient information to medical experiential case-files. The decision guidance systems and methods are applicable to medical and other applications.
US11468997B2
Disclosed technology includes extracting claimant medical data including a current claimant's age, gender, and at least one injury from an electronic claims document. Estimated injury recovery time data is determined by correlating demographic medical data comprising prior estimated injury recovery time data associated with different prior claimant's ages, genders, and injuries based on programmed estimation rules configured to identify statistical correspondence between different combinations of the ages, the genders, and the injuries in the demographic medical data and the claimant medical data comprising at least the current claimant's age, gender, and at least one injury. The determined estimated injury recovery time data is updated based on at least identified and obtained medical treatment data and prescription medication data associated with the current claimant's at least one injury. The updated estimated injury recovery time data is provided via a graphical user interface to a claim management device.
US11468986B2
A system and a method for remotely controlling a medical device based on image data are disclosed. The system includes a medical device, an image sensor, and a remote caregiver interface. The medical device includes a controller coupled to a communication network. The image sensor is coupled to the communication network and is configured to capture image data. The remote caregiver interface is coupled to the communication network and is configured to display the image data for viewing by a user, receive a selected remote control function from the user, and transmit an input signal corresponding to the selected remote control function to the controller of the medical device to execute the selected remote control function based on the input signal.
US11468973B2
The present invention provides a process and method for repurposing existing compounds by leveraging genomic, phenotypic and pharmacological data to cure disease. Applying advanced mathematical analytics using massively interconnected computing capabilities to identify target rich sets of existing compounds available for animal testing at the earliest stage in the process collapses cycle time of development, dramatically reducing costs. Target rich sets obtained through this invention produce compounds or compositions which each have a demonstrated ability to modulate disease or an associated phenotypic expression. By rendering the mechanism of action irrelevant, this invention collapses the time and cost to discovery of an efficacious drug from decades to days and from $Billions to $Millions.
US11468964B2
A repair method of a memory includes dividing a plurality of general bits into a plurality of first groups and dividing a plurality of redundancy bits into a plurality of second groups. When one of the plurality of first groups has a defective bit, one of the plurality of second groups is selected to replace the first group which has the defective bit. Because the repair method uses a group as a repair unit, a repair circuit is simpler and smaller and a processing speed of the repair circuit is faster.
US11468963B2
A memory device and a read method thereof are provided. The read method of the memory cell array includes: reading a memory cell array to obtain page data; dividing the page data into a plurality of chunk data; performing a first error correction operation on each of the chunk data in sequence to respectively generate a plurality of first corrected chunk data; performing a second error correction operation on the page data to generate corrected page data; and outputting the corrected chunk data by referring to an indicating signal.
