US11472305B2
Various embodiments include a charging circuit for a vehicle-side electrical energy store comprising: an alternating current terminal; at least two smoothing capacitors; a configuration device; and a rectifier via which the alternating current terminal is connected to the configuration device. The configuration device connects the rectifier to the at least two smoothing capacitors and is configured to connect the smoothing capacitors to one another in a first parallel arrangement and a second series arrangement. The alternating current terminal comprises a neutral conductor terminal connected via a diode circuit to the configuration device.
US11472304B2
A liquid cooled charging cable system may be provided. The liquid cooled charging cable system may comprise a source, a load, a liquid cooled charging cable, and a cooling device. The liquid cooled charging cable may connect the source to the load, and may supply electric energy from the source to the load. The liquid cooled charging cable may comprise a supply conductor and a return conductor. The cooling device may pump a coolant around the supply conductor and the return conductor where the supply conductor and the return conductor may be immersed in the coolant.
US11472294B2
A braking control apparatus to be installed an electric vehicle includes an acceleration and deceleration operation member, a controller, and a recognizer. The acceleration and deceleration operation member receives an acceleration request in accordance with an operation amount in a first direction from a neutral position, and receive a deceleration request in accordance with an operation amount in a second direction from the neutral position. The controller controls an amount of power regenerated by a rotary electric machine driven by wheels in accordance with the operation amount in the second direction. The recognizer recognizes a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of the electric vehicle. Upon detection of the preceding vehicle at a relative distance from the electric vehicle that is equal to or less than a threshold, the controller performs braking suppression control to decrease the amount of power regenerated in accordance with the operation amount in the second direction.
US11472286B2
A vehicle includes a front-wheel motor, a rear-wheel motor, a temperature detector, and a distribution ratio controller. The front-wheel motor drives a front wheel. The rear-wheel motor drives a rear wheel. The temperature detector detects a temperature of the front-wheel motor and a temperature of the rear-wheel motor. If one of the temperature of the front-wheel motor and the temperature of the rear-wheel motor exceeds a second temperature, the distribution ratio controller decreases a torque of one of the front-wheel motor and the rear-wheel motor the temperature of which is higher than the other and increase a torque of the other. The second temperature is a value set lower than a first temperature that is a threshold used for determination as to whether output of the front-wheel motor or output of the rear-wheel motor is to be restricted.
US11472282B2
A vehicle includes a frame, a first support member including a first end, a second end and an intermediate portion supporting a first axle receiver, a first bellows mounted to the first end of the first support member, a second bellows mounted to the second end of the first support member, a second support member including a first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate section supporting a second axle receiver, a third bellows mounted to the first end portion of the second support member, a fourth bellows mounted to the second end portion of the second support member, a first drive unit including a first transmission mounted to the first support member, and a first electric motor connected to the first transmission, and a second drive unit including a second transmission mounted to the second support member, and a second electric motor connected to the second transmission.
US11472271B2
A link mechanism for a vehicle door is provided. The link mechanism includes a body having a first end portion facing a vehicle body and a second end portion facing a vehicle door and a first mounting member that is mounted on the vehicle body, and rotatably connected to the first end portion of the body through a first shaft. A second mounting member is mounted on the vehicle door, and is rotatably connected to the second end portion of the body through a second shaft. A rotation restricting unit selectively restricts a rotation of the second mounting member.
US11472270B2
An impact absorbing reinforcement member for a liftgate of a vehicle includes a body having a first end and second end opposite the first end, the body including a center reinforcement member, a first outboard reinforcement member extending from the center reinforcement member to the first end and including a first plurality of curved segments, and a second outboard reinforcement member extending from the center reinforcement member to the second end and including a second plurality of curved segments. The first and second pluralities of curved segments laterally extend when the liftgate is subjected to an impact force.
US11472264B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatuses/systems and associated methods for controlling an environmental condition inside a container or housing. The apparatus includes (1) a thermoelectric cooling unit having a first side facing away from an inner surface of the housing and a second side facing the inner surface of the housing; (2) a capillary unit having a first part and a second part; and (3) a sensor positioned inside the housing and configured to sense a humidity value and a temperature value inside the housing. The first part is coupled to the thermoelectric cooling unit and is positioned inside the housing. The second part is positioned outside the housing. If the humidity value is greater than a humidity threshold and the temperature value is greater than a temperature threshold, the thermoelectric cooling unit removes moisture in the housing, and the first part of the capillary unit collects the removed moisture and transmits the removed moisture to the second part of the capillary unit.
US11472263B2
A windshield vent includes a housing plate with a vent opening securable to a windshield. A vent flap secured in the opening is rotatable on an axle between a closed position and an open position. The vent system is suitable for laminated glass windshields including a recess in which the housing plate is secured.
US11472262B2
A heat pump air-conditioning system for a vehicle includes a refrigerant circuit, an auxiliary heater, and a control unit. The control unit compares a difference between a target blowout temperature and an actual blowout temperature with a predetermined first temperature threshold value in magnitudes, The control unit adjusts an opening degree of a first expansion valve and an opening degree of a second expansion valve. The control unit adjusts an output power of the auxiliary heater. The control unit executes a plurality of different modes of a heat pump air-conditioning to control the actual blowout temperature to approach and maintain at the target blowout temperature.
US11472255B2
A chiller/heater combination system for electric vehicles. The system includes a heat exchanger for 3 fluids. A first fluid is a high-temperature heat exchange fluid that cools components that generate heat, a second fluid is air conditioning refrigerant, and a third fluid is low-temperature heat exchange fluid used to heat or cool the motive unit. The heat exchanger may be a stacked plate design for three fluids. The low-temperature heat exchange fluid is cooled or heated in the three-fluid heat exchanger.
US11472249B2
A suspension device for a vehicle, including a spring-absorber unit constituted by a shock absorber and a suspension spring that are formed as one unit, the shock absorber including a cylindrical housing, a piston disposed in the housing, and a piston rod that is connected at a basal portion thereof to the piston and that extends from the housing, the suspension spring being a coil spring through which the shock absorber passes, wherein one end portion of the suspension spring is capable of being supported by the housing of the shock absorber, and the other end portion of the suspension spring is capable of being supported by a distal portion the piston rod of the shock absorber while the suspension spring is receiving a tensile load.
US11472241B2
A towing apparatus includes a towing bracket configured to protrude rearward from a rear end frame which is disposed to extend in a left-right direction at a rearmost lower end of a vehicle body, and a towing pin assembly which is detachably assembled with the towing bracket and to which a towing mechanism provided in a towing vehicle is to be caught and coupled.
US11472236B2
A method for determining a tread depth of a tread of a tire during operation of a vehicle having the tire, a control device for a vehicle for determining a tread depth of a tread of a tire of the vehicle, and a system for a vehicle having such a control device and at least one electronic wheel unit, are provided. Provision is made to determine the tread depth based on a determined instantaneous dynamic wheel radius of a wheel, having the tire, of the vehicle and a determined instantaneous dynamic inside radius of the tire. In addition, at least one further first operating parameter of the tire, selected from the group including an instantaneous roadway gradient, an instantaneous vehicle drive mode and an instantaneous tire material expansion, is determined and taken into consideration.
US11472227B2
An improved snap-on automotive wheel cover overlay with extended surround having hook-shaped members for the purpose of securing the wheel cover overlay of the present invention to a damaged manufacturer's wheel cover. The wheel cover overlay of the present invention is further secured by inserting a tension rotation device from the reversed position of a tire into a manufactured in wheel cover overlay tension tabs assembly, and having an extended surround covering the entire rim of a vehicle when installed there on. During manufacturing of the present invention, a three dimensional (3D) scanned imaging of the individual embodiment component parts is generated, after rigorous testing, and is transferred to an injection molding computer to generate the injection molding designed precisely corresponding to each individual component parts of the present invention.
US11472221B2
An object is to provide a writing implement allowing the width of a drawn line to be freely changed by writing pressure that is capable of application to a narrow-shafted felt-tip pen or marker pen. The writing implement includes a shall tube, an ink supply core that is housed inside the shaft tube and that guides ink by capillary action, and a core surrounding member that is fitted to a leading end of the shaft tube, that is penetrated by the ink supply core, and from which a tip of the ink supply core projects. The ink supply core is configured to retract at a tip of the core surrounding member under writing pressure, and a projection dimension of the ink supply core from the tip of the core surrounding member is from 0.05 mm to 0.7 mm.
US11472220B2
A pen includes: an ink reservoir configured to store an ink; and a pen tip section including an ink application part configured to apply the ink to an ink application object. The ink application part of the pen tip section includes: a rigid tip made of a rigid material and having a hemispherical outer surface, an inner surface facing toward the ink reservoir, and a penetration part penetrating from the inner surface side to the outer surface side of the rigid tip; and at least one foam body filled in the penetration part at least on the side of the penetration part close to the outer surface side of the rigid tip, and provided with at least one air bubble formed to communicate from the outer surface side of the foam body to the inner surface side of the foam body.
US11472219B2
The technology described herein relates to a system and device for saturating an absorbent wicking nib with at least two inks transferred from at least two ink donor structures, to provide a multicolor marker nib. In aspects, a wicking nib device is configured to orient the saturated marking nibs of two different-colored, saturated marker nibs directly adjacent opposing side portions of a porous wicking nib, such that the porous wicking nib simultaneously wicks ink from both contacted marker nibs to create a dual-color marking nib. The wicking nib device may include an aperture for viewing the wicking action.
US11472207B2
A support structure for a detachable platen roller of a printer that rotates to feed paper, or the like includes a frame that holds the platen roller and a pair of bushings attached to the frame. Ends of a shaft of the platen roller are inserted into the bushings. A part of either the frame or each of the bushings located around the shaft and closer to a guide surface of the platen roller than the frame in a longitudinal direction of the platen roller forms a support part that receives a force applied by a print head pressing against the platen roller.
US11472204B2
A transport device for transporting printing substrates includes a conveyor belt that is supported on its inner side by revolving profiles. Each profile has grooves, at least one of which has a first bore and a second bore. A vacuum is applied to the first bore and the second bore is in air-conducting connection with a longitudinal groove in a slide so that suction air flows out of the longitudinal groove, through the at least one groove and into the first bore. A printing machine is also provided.
US11472203B2
Some examples include a print system including a memory to store instructions and print data of a print job, a processor to execute the instructions in the memory to reference print data of a print job, determine a print parameter of the print job, and transform the print data and the print parameter into a conditioning modifier. The print system includes a print engine to dispense a print substance on a medium based on the print data to generate printed medium, and a conditioner to apply heat and pressure to the printed medium, the conditioner including a pressure roller assembly, and a controller to selectively increase a transport speed the pressure roller assembly based on the conditioning modifier and a position of the printed medium relative to the pressure roller assembly to selectively increase the speed of the printed medium through the conditioner.
US11472200B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a head, a radiation unit, a movement mechanism, and a controller. The controller is configured to: acquire a radiation distance for each of a plurality of areas defined on a surface of a recording medium; control the movement mechanism and the head to discharge the liquid to the surface of the recording medium; and control the radiation unit to radiate the light onto the plurality of the areas of the recording medium so that the longer the radiation distance for each of the plurality of areas, the stronger a light emission intensity of each of the plurality of light sources which faces each of the plurality of areas in the first direction.
US11472185B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting portion configured to eject a liquid from a nozzle disposed in a nozzle surface; a wiping mechanism configured to execute a wiping operation of wiping the nozzle surface with a strip-shaped member, which is configured to absorb the liquid ejected by the liquid ejecting portion, in contact with the nozzle surface; a wiping solution supply mechanism configured to supply a wiping solution to the strip-shaped member before the wiping operation is performed; and a control portion, and the control portion reduces the amount of the wiping solution held in the strip-shaped member in the wiping operation when the nozzle surface with a large amount of the liquid adhering thereto is wiped as compared with the amount of the wiping solution when the nozzle surface with a small amount of the liquid adhering thereto is wiped.
US11472177B2
Provided is a liquid ejection device capable of improving the sealing property of a gap between a main housing and a liquid ejection head while maintaining a position adjustment allowance of the liquid ejection head with respect to the main housing. A main housing has one or more ejection unit protrusion opening into which the liquid ejection unit is inserted downward and protrudes through a gap in a horizontal direction, and covers and internally houses a portion of the liquid ejection head other than the liquid ejection unit. The size of the ejection unit insertion opening is smaller than the size of the ejection unit protrusion opening. The sealing member comes in contact with the outer peripheral portion of the liquid ejection unit in a state where the edge portion of the ejection unit insertion opening is bent.
US11472158B2
Described herein are methods for continuous production of an exfoliated two-dimensional (2D) material comprising passing a 2D material mixture through a convergent-divergent nozzle, the 2D material mixture comprising a 2D layered material and a compressible fluid. The method of the present disclosure employs physical compression and expansion of a flow of high-pressure gases, leaving the 2D layered material largely defect free to produce an exfoliated 2D layered in a simple, continuous, and environmentally friendly manner.
US11472155B2
A manufacturing process, and related products, for fabricating translucent articles in the form of tiles. The manufacturing process includes holding together a stack of corrugated cardboard pieces and saturating the cardboard pieces with an impregnating agent. Additional steps may include machining the cardboard pieces to define a block of a desired shape, slicing the block into tile components, and/or coating one or more tile components with a coating material to produce the article. Articles include translucent tiles made of corrugated cardboard pieces saturated with an impregnating agent. The tiles may be arranged to define a surface, such as a floor, a wall, a roof, a lighting installation, an architectural construction element, an architectural aesthetic element, or a solar panel.
US11472145B2
A rotor for a rotary press comprises a die plate, upper punch seats, and lower punch seats configured to be rotationally driven by a rotary drive. An annular discharge channel is configured to be in a fixed position with respect to the die plate and further configured to collect product residue from at least one of the die plate and the lower punch seat. The discharge channel additionally comprises a removal region where the product residue is configured to be removed from the annular discharge channel A catch element is configured to rotate in sync with the die plate and is guided within the annular discharge channel to convey the product residue collected in the annular discharge channel to the removal region.
US11472144B1
A plastic material crushing and compacting structure, including: a barrel, a upper side thereof configured with an input hole, and an inside thereof a driving device, an inside of the driving device a wireless transceiver module; a pair of clamping seats, configured below the input hole, and used to clamp an input plastic material item (e.g. plastic bottle, paute, etc.) to prevent the plastic material item from ejecting; a crushing device, configured below the pair of clamping seats and used to crush the input plastic material item, and provided with crushing device driver; and a telescopic push rod, configured below the driving device and moved vertically, a bottom of the telescopic push rod provided with a compressing face, several strip supports configured on the compressing face, and a gap arranged between each two adjacent strip supports, each of the gaps is the same size or not the same size.
US11472141B2
A method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens, including: a step of providing a starting optical system (30) having a first optical function and a first main refractive index; a step of providing a transition layer (20) intended to be disposed between the starting optical system (30) and a complementary optical element (12) having a second main refractive index, the transition layer (20) aiming at reducing unwanted reflection caused by the mismatch between the first and the second main refractive index, the transition layer (20) having a transition optical function; and a step of additively manufacturing the complementary optical element (12) on the transition layer (20), the complementary optical element (12) having a second optical function, the second optical function being predetermined as a function of the first optical function and of the transition optical function.
US11472138B2
Described are methods and systems for identifying processing locations in composite layups. An optical magnetic marker is magnetically supported by a layup tool at a target position, such that a portion of the marker protrudes above the tool processing surface. When a composite layup is placed onto that surface, the protruding portion extends into the layup at a processing location. When the layup is cured, the marker is permanently embedded into the layup. Separating the cured layup from the tool removes the marker from the tool and allows an additional marker to advance into the target position for processing another layup. The embedded marker or, more specifically, marker's reflective surface is used during optical inspection of the layup surface to precisely determine the processing location. In some examples, the marker is consumed while the layup is processed at that location,
US11472137B2
A method of manufacturing a product including at least two carbon parts including the step of: manufacturing a first carbon part, manufacturing at least a second carbon part, providing on a surface of one of the first carbon part or second carbon part a plurality of protrusions including a carbon resin, joining together the first carbon part and the second carbon part in such a way that the plurality of protrusions is interposed between the first carbon part and second carbon part for providing physical and electrical connection is provided.
US11472135B2
A method for manufacturing a high-pressure tank including a liner and a reinforcing layer covering an outer surface of the liner includes: forming a cylinder member made of a fiber-reinforced resin; forming a pair of dome members made of the fiber-reinforced resin; and forming a reinforcing body that is the reinforcing layer by joining the cylinder member and the dome members. When forming the cylinder member, a resin-impregnated fiber sheet is wound around an outer peripheral surface of a mandrel to form a cylinder body, and a resin-impregnated fiber bundle is then wound so as to overlap the cylinder body.
US11472132B2
Expandable substrates, which are referred to as blanks, are created by compressing thermobonded nonwovens after heating the binder material above its melting temperature, and then cooling the compressed nonwovens so that the binder material hardens and holds the fibers of the nonwoven together in a compressed configuration with stored kinetic energy. A mold for the component to be manufactured can be partially filled with a number of boards (or blanks) in a stacked, vertically, adjacent or even random orientation. Upon application of heat to the boards or blanks or parts in the mold, the binder material is melted so as to allow the nonwoven material to expand in one or more directions, and thereby fill all or part of the mold. Upon cooling, the binder material again hardens, and the molded component is retrieved from the mold.
US11472129B2
A cap and a method for forming the same are provided. An integrally formed outer layer of fabric and an integrally formed moldable layer are adhesively bonded together to form a moldable panel. A curved edge of the moldable panel is then formed by a mold. After that, the moldable panel and at least one second panel are connected to form a crown, to which a peak is subsequently connected to form the cap. Once the curved edge of the moldable panel is formed by heating and pressure application through the mold, the integrally formed moldable layer keeps the moldable panel in shape, so there is no need to support the outer layer of fabric and curve, for example, the front panel with two pieces of buckram that are stitched together, as is conventionally required.
US11472127B1
Systems for positioning and bonding a nutplate to a substrate having an aperture include a nutplate engagement fixture and a temperature sensor retention fixture. The nutplate engagement fixture includes a rigid tube and an elastomeric tube engaged with the rigid tube, the elastomeric tube having an elongated tube sized to provide a friction fit with the aperture and retain the elastomeric tube within the aperture. The rigid tube is operable to engage the nutplate at one end and the elastomeric tube is configured to anchor the nutplate engagement fixture at the aperture and secure the nutplate in contact with the substrate. The temperature sensor retention fixture includes a fixture body sized and configured to engage with the nutplate and at least one passageway within the fixture body sized and configured to allow a temperature sensor to be inserted or embedded therein with an end proximal a surface of the nutplate.
US11472122B2
A system and method for optimizing an additive manufacturing process in which a reinforcement material is randomly introduced to a fabrication bed. An image of the fabrication bed is captured. The image is analyzed by code in a computer to identify the actual arrangement of the randomly deposited reinforcement material relative to the object being manufactured. Based on the image data showing the reinforcement material, a toolpath is dynamically determined that incorporates the random reinforcement material. Accordingly, the toolpath incorporates the reinforcement material into the structure of the object, which can result in a reduction of the total amount of raw material is fused to create the object being manufactured.
US11472121B2
A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a plasticizing portion plasticizing a material to generate a shaping material, a nozzle having a discharge port discharging the shaping material toward a table, a movement mechanism changing a relative position between the nozzle and the table, a discharge control mechanism provided in a flow path which connects the plasticizing portion to the nozzle and controlling a discharge amount of the shaping material from the nozzle, and a control portion controlling the plasticizing portion, the movement mechanism, and the discharge control mechanism to shape the three-dimensional shaping object. The control portion controls the discharge control mechanism so that when a relative movement speed between the nozzle and the table is a first speed, the discharge amount of the shaping material is set to a first discharge amount, and when the relative movement speed between the nozzle and the table is a second speed which is slower than the first speed, the discharge amount of the shaping material is set to a second discharge amount which is smaller than the first discharge amount.
US11472110B2
The invention relates to a facility (1) for the manufacture of three-dimensional objects from material powder, through layerwise consolidation of said material powder present on a process surface (42) in such places of the particular layer (40) that correspond, in accordance with geometrical data, to the object about to be manufactured, wherein the facility (1) comprises a process floor (46) surrounding the process surface and a powder feed device (10) to feed, provide and distribute the powder on the process surface (42), wherein the powder feed device (10) comprises: a conveying element (12) for feeding powder into the powder feed device (10), a reservoir (14), into which the at least one conveying element (12) feeds the powder, a process conveying element (16), which can act on powder in the reservoir (14), in order to provide this in dosed quantity on the process floor (46) adjacent to the process surface (42), a process pusher (18) for distributing the powder provided adjacent to the process surface (42) over the process surface (42), wherein the process conveying element (16) is designed, such that the powder adjacent to the process surface (42) can be provided in the form of a line.
US11472108B1
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a material container having a hollow interior configured to receive a material and an extruder connected below the material container to receive the material from the material container. The additive manufacturing apparatus includes a material removal device including an actuator configured to activate the material removal device to dislodge retained material from within the hollow interior of the material container and a drain passage configured to receive the dislodged material and guide the material to an exterior of the additive manufacturing apparatus.
US11472107B2
The present invention provides a container used in a stereolithography apparatus and having excellent transparency, shape accuracy, and durability. The present invention relates to a container for holding a photocurable composition (3), the container being used in a stereolithography apparatus comprising a container (2), an active energy beam irradiation apparatus (5), and an actuator (8), wherein the container (2) comprises a bottom (2′) and a wall, the bottom (2′) comprises a first layer (X) comprising a hard resin, a second layer (Y) comprising a soft resin, and a third layer (Z) comprising a fluorine resin, the second layer (Y) is laminated on the first layer (X) and the third layer (Z) is laminated on the second layer (Y), the pencil hardness measured according to JIS K 5600-5-4:1999 for the first layer (X) is 3 B or harder, the hardness measured for the second layer (Y) using a type A durometer compliant with JIS K 6253-3:2012 is 10 to 90, and the third layer (Z) has a thickness of 0.1 to 5.0 mm.
US11472104B2
An additive manufacturing system is disclosed for use in fabricating a structure. The additive manufacturing system may include a print head configured to discharge a material, a first structure, and a second structure. The first structure may be configured to move the print head within a plane during discharge of the material. The second structure may be configured to move the print head within the plane during material discharge, the second structure being movable together with the print head by the first structure.
US11472096B2
A helical winding unit of a filament winding apparatus includes guide members guiding fiber bundles F to a liner, a movement mechanism moving the guide members, and a rotation mechanism rotating the guide members. Each of the guide members includes two side walls and guide portions fixed between the two side walls. As the guide portions, a first guide portion having a first guide surface and a second guide portion having a second guide surface and provided downstream of the first guide portion are provided. In the height direction, the first guide surface is oriented to one side. The second guide surface is oriented to the other side in the height direction and provided on the other side of the first guide surface.
US11472094B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling confined preforms which are stopped in a heating station during a production interruption, the heating station comprising a device for conveying preforms comprising individual supports which move in a closed circuit and a heating cavity which is bordered by at least one row of transmitters of monochromatic electromagnetic radiation. The method includes a step of heating, by the transmitters of the heating cavity, the confined preforms referred to as “cold” preforms which have been stopped before being exposed to the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the transmitters.
US11472089B2
A mixing element for an extruder screw having a width extending in an x-direction of an x-y-z coordinate system, a length extending in a y-direction, and a thickness extending in a z-direction. The mixing element includes a base defining a passage extending along an axis in the y-direction for receiving the extruder screw. Projections extend radially outward from the base and define channels therebetween. The width and the depth of each channel vary along the length of the channel.
US11472084B2
A method for preparing a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer material with micro air holes is provided. The method comprises the following steps: (1) is feeding liquid raw materials such as diisocyanate molecules and solid additives into a double-screw reactor to trigger a polymerization type chain extension reaction and then obtain a macromolecular weight hot melt. (2) is pushing the macromolecular weight hot melt into a mixing extruder and allowing the reaction to continue to obtain a macromolecular thermoplastic polyurethane melt. (3) is continuously adding the obtained macromolecular thermoplastic polyurethane melt together with polymer particles into a foaming extruder, and extruding the high-pressure hot melt from a mold head into an underwater granulation chamber. (4) is delivering the particles obtained after granulation into a separator by process water via a multi-stage pressure-release process water pipeline, separating, screening and drying the required particles to obtain the target product.
US11472077B2
An injection molding mold apparatus including: a first mold and a second mold forming a cavity into which thermoplastic resin is configured to be injected; a slide mold provided on at least one of the first and second molds, capable of moving back and forth in a direction intersecting a mold opening and closing direction, and forming a part of the cavity while being in pressure contact with an insert member during molding; and a pressing member provided at a portion where the slide mold is not provided among portions of the first and second molds that face each other and at a position corresponding to a tip end portion of the slide mold, being movable in the mold opening and closing direction, and pressing and moving the tip end portion in the mold opening and closing direction when the first and second molds are closed.
US11472066B2
The technology described herein relates to a system of stackable/nesting stencils or molds for creating 3-D objects using a modeling compound material. The stencils or molds can be filled with the modeling compound material by hand and/or leveled using a roller to flatten the compound material more smoothly for a better outcome. Each stencil has a level and nests with another corresponding stencil of the set in a designated order. In some aspects, in order to guide a user with the correct designated order in which to fill the stencil plates or molds, each stencil plate or mold may be provided with a numbered tab. Once all the stencils are filled in the designated order with modeling compound materials, the stencil plates can be removed level by level to reveal a finished 3-D object. These 3-D objects may be anything from characters, vehicles, objects, figurines, and the like.
US11472059B2
A system for assembling elements into framing components is provided along with a method for the use thereof. The system may comprise a frame, a fastening tool, a first conveyor, a second conveyor, and a holder. The pieces of the system may be connected so that they may operate automatically, with only minimal operation by a user. The system increases the speed, efficiency, precision, repeatability, and safety of assembling framing components.
US11472057B2
A manual food processor includes a base, a plurality of blades coupled to the base and extending from the base in a vertical direction, a rod coupled to the base and oriented at an acute angle relative to the vertical direction of the blade, and a carriage slidable along the rod from a top end of the rod to a bottom end of the rod. The carriage is configured to support a food item from below the food item and to push the food item from above the food item. The carriage is positioned entirely on a first side of the plurality of blades when at the top end of the rod and is intersected by the plurality of blades at the bottom end of the rod.
US11472036B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for deblurring an image captured by a robot-mounted camera. One of the methods comprises capturing, using a camera that is attached to an arm of a robot, an image at a first time, wherein the image exhibits motion blur, and wherein the exhibited blur was caused by movement of the arm of the robot at the first time; receiving, from a robot control system of the robot, motion data characterizing the movement of the arm of the robot at the first time; generating a motion kernel using the received motion data; and generating a deblurred image by processing the image using the motion kernel.
US11472032B2
An inspection robot, and methods and a controller thereof are disclosed. An inspection robot may include an inspection chassis including a plurality of inspection sensors and coupled to at least one drive module to drive the robot over an inspection surface. The inspection robot may also include a controller including an inspection data circuit to interpret inspection base data, an inspection processing circuit to determine refined inspection data, and an inspection configuration circuit to determine an inspection response value in response to the refined inspection data. The controller may further include an inspection response circuit to, in response to the inspection response value, provide an inspection command value while the inspection robot is interrogating the inspection surface.
US11472029B2
A robotic post system includes one or more robotic posts having a processor and a memory. The robotic posts may include a manipulation arm and/or a swiveling and/or otherwise moveable trunk and/or base. Sensors provided on the robotic post enable the robotic post to rotate, tilt or move toward another robotic post to orient and secure a lockable band on one post with a lock on another post. A manipulation arm may grasp a lockable band and attach it to a lock, and either post may move away from the other to extend the length of a guide path.
US11472027B2
There is provided a robot control apparatus that controls a vertical articulated robot and is suitable for direct teaching. In the apparatus, an axis setting section sets operation axes and control axes from among the axes subjected to angle control, when performing the direct teaching of changing a position of the arm tip, while retaining a posture thereof at a target posture. The operation axes can be dominant factors when determining the position of the arm tip and are allowed to freely move according to an external force, and the control axes can be dominant factors when determining the posture of the arm tip and are controlled by an angle control section. When performing the direct teaching, the angle control section receives an input of current angles of the operation axes and the target posture to calculate command angles of the respective control axes according to inverse kinematics calculation.
US11472022B2
A processing system for processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The processing system includes a plurality of supply bins providing supply of a plurality of objects, with the plurality of supply bins being provided with a bin conveyance system, a programmable motion device in communication with the bin conveyance system, where the programmable motion device includes an end effector for grasping and moving a selected object out of a selected supply bin, and a movable carriage for receiving the selected object from the end effector of the programmable motion device, and for carrying the selected object to one of a plurality of destination containers.
US11472019B2
The present disclosure relates to a support assembly, an assembling tooling and an assembling method, wherein the support assembly includes: a fixing member extending in a first direction; a first hinge member, stacked on the fixing member on a second direction and connected to the fixing member; a support member, spaced apart from the first hinge member in the first direction, and stacked on the fixing member on the second direction and connected to the fixing member; wherein in the second direction, a height of the support member is higher than that of the first hinge member, the first hinge member is adapted to rotatably connect with the tower tube segment and serve as a rotation fulcrum of the tower tube segment, and the support member is adapted to support the tower tube segment to maintain a position of the tower tube segment relative to the first hinge member.
US11472014B2
A spring energized fastening tool with compact, rigid, low friction working elements is disclosed. A torsion power spring includes forward extending arms with the arms pressing each other proximate a front distal end of the spring. A cantilevered lever links to a handle and engages the spring adjacent to the striker. A bottom loading staple track unlatches and opens through a simple pulling-out action. Structures are provided to enable fitment with a formed sheet metal handle and housing. The fastening tool is particularly simple to assemble, powerful, and of low operating effort.
US11472003B2
A self-centering vise structure includes a vise body, a guide screw, a positioning unit, a first movable jaw unit, and a second movable jaw unit. The vise body is provided with a guide way. The positioning unit is provided with two fixed portions each provided with an elongate slot. The positioning unit is provided with two locking screws each extending through the elongate slot of each of the two fixed portions and is screwed into the guide way of the vise body. The elongate slot of each of the two fixed portions is moved relative to each of the two locking screws, and the positioning unit is moved relative to the vise body, to micro-adjust a central location of the self-centering vise structure.
US11472000B2
A method includes: vacuuming at least one area among a plurality of areas formed concentrically between a top face of the elastic film and the top ring body under a state where a bottom face of the substrate is supported by a support member and a top face of the substrate contacts a bottom face of the elastic film; measuring a flow volume of gas in an area located outside one or more areas to be vacuumed; determining whether the substrate is adsorbed to the top ring based on the flow volume of the gas; and after it is determined that the substrate is adsorbed to the top ring, separating the elastic film to which the substrate is adsorbed from the support member.
US11471991B2
A method of processing a plate-shaped workpiece is provided. The method includes the steps of sticking a protective member to a face side of the workpiece, holding the face side of the workpiece on a holding surface of a chuck table with the protective member interposed therebetween, grinding a reverse side of the workpiece held on the chuck table to thin the workpiece by rotating a grinding wheel including grinding stones that contain abrasive grains, while a grinding fluid is being supplied from a grinding fluid supply nozzle to the reverse side of the workpiece, and after the step of grinding the reverse side of the workpiece, treating the workpiece or the grinding stones by rotating the grinding wheel and bringing the grinding stones into contact with the reverse side of the workpiece, while stopping supplying the grinding fluid from the grinding fluid supply nozzle.
US11471989B2
An embodiment of the present invention simplifies the configuration of a suction positioning device. An embodiment of the present invention includes: an output rod (3) having an air discharge passage (11); a sleeve (4) which has a tapered outer circumferential surface (12) and is elastically deformable so as to have a reduced diameter; a transmission member (5) having a tapered inner circumferential surface (13); a plurality of balls (B) which are inserted between the tapered inner circumferential surface (13) and the tapered outer circumferential surface (12); and a suction pad (7) attached to the output rod (3) so as to communicate with the air discharge passage (11).
US11471988B2
A gripping device is provided in a turret-type tool magazine of a machine tool and grips a tool or a tool holder that holds the tool. The gripping device includes: a pair of arms configured to grip the tool or the tool holder by pinching the tool or the tool holder between the arms, a main body part configured to support the pair of arms so that each of the paired arms swings in the pinching directions to pinch the tool or the tool holder between the arms; and an angle detector configured to detect a physical quantity indicating a swing angle of the arm.
US11471956B2
A tool device has a deceleration unit, a tip tool, and a reaction bar. The deceleration unit increases a torque that is input to the deceleration unit. The tip tool is rotated when receiving a motive force from the deceleration unit. The reaction bar is fixed to the deceleration unit. An external force can be made to act on the reaction bar to receive a reaction force that is generated during rotation of the tip tool.
US11471951B2
A cutting tool comprising a base material and a coating arranged on the base material; wherein: the coating comprises an α-Al2O3 layer composed of a plurality of α-Al2O3 particles; the average particle diameter a of the α-Al2O3 particles in a first region of the α-Al2O3 layer is 0.10 μm or more and 0.30 μm or less; the average particle diameter b of the α-Al2O3 particles in a second region of the α-Al2O3 layer is 0.30 μm or more and 0.50 μm or less; the average particle diameter c of the α-Al2O3 particles in a third region of the α-Al2O3 layer is 0.10 μm or more and 0.30 μm or less; and the ratio b/a is 1.5 or more and 5.0 or less.
US11471949B2
Provided is a coated cutting tool having a base material side single layer portion and a laminated portion provided as a hard coating in order from a base material side. The base material side single layer portion is formed of a nitride-based hard coating in which a proportion of Al is highest among metal (including metalloid) elements, a sum of Al and Cr in a content ratio (atomic ratio) is 0.9 or more, and at least B is contained. In the laminated portion, a nitride-based a layer in which a proportion of Ti is highest among metal (including metalloid) elements and at least B is contained, and a nitride-based b layer in which a proportion of Al is highest among metal (including metalloid) elements and at least Cr and B are contained are alternately laminated.
US11471944B2
A method for manufacture of a complex component includes construction of the component from a metal material in an additive manufacturing method with at least one cavity segment that has a cavity open on at least one side and defined by an interior surface of the component, formation of an auxiliary electrode during construction of the component, formation of one or a plurality of supporting structures that connect the auxiliary electrode to the interior surface of the component during the construction of the component, electrical insulation of the auxiliary electrode from the interior surface by separating the supporting structures from the interior surface or from the auxiliary electrode, and performance of an electro-polishing of the interior surface in an electrolyte bath by connecting the component and the auxiliary electrode to different poles of an electric voltage source.
US11471937B2
The disclosure includes manufacturing a semimanufactured cylinder head (3) having a shielding curtain portion (16g) and spraying metal powder (P) onto an annular valve seat portion (16f) using a cold spray method to form a valve seat film (16b). The shielding curtain portion (16g) projects in an annular shape from an annular edge portion of an opening portion (16a) of an intake port (16) or an opening portion (17a) of an exhaust port (17) toward the center (C) of the port. The annular valve seat portion (16f) is located on an outer side of the port than the shielding curtain portion (16g).
US11471935B2
A method of forming high quality metallurgical bonds in a composite casting is provided. The bonding technology includes the step of introducing a liquid material to contact the solid components placed in a mold cavity, applying an external field to generate stifling near the solid/liquid interface to wash off bubbles and oxide particles that prevent the liquid material from reacting to the solid component, and causing progressive solidification from the surfaces of the solid component to the liquid to drive away bubbles in the mushy zone near the bonding region. High quality metallurgical bonds are formed within the composite casting after the liquid solidifies. The resultant large composite casting has minimal defects, such as pores and oxides, at the interfaces between the solidified material and the solid objects.
US11471933B2
A tool for joining components, in particular at least two metal sheets lying flat on top of each other, with a housing, in which a primary tappet composed of a punch and a hold-down device is mounted such that it can be driven in the axial direction, a die assigned to the punch and an element feed that can be moved in the axial direction relative to the housing, via which auxiliary joining parts, especially rivets, can be fed to the primary tappet. At least one position coupled at least indirectly to the primary tappet and at least one position decoupled from the primary tappet can be assumed by the element feed, and the element feed can be moved in the coupled position together with the primary tappet in the axial direction and remains stationary relative to the housing in the decoupled position upon a movement of the primary tappet.
US11471932B2
Rivet dispenser systems and methods of use thereof are provided. In a non-limiting embodiment, the rivet dispenser system comprises a rivet receiving member defining a channel therein, and a seat member. The channel includes a curved region. The rivet receiving member comprises a first port and a second port. The first port communicates with the channel and is configured to receive rivets. The second port communicates with the channel and is configured to dispense rivets. The channel extends between the first port and the second port and is configured to transport rivets from the first port to the second port in a series arrangement and in a preselected orientation. The seat member communicates with the second port and is configured to selectively engage with a rivet holder of a resistance spot rivet welding apparatus and introduce a single rivet to the rivet holder at one time.
US11471928B2
A positioning device for hot stamping includes a pilot pin and a driving mechanism for driving the pilot pin. Before a plate material is placed into a press die, when the driving mechanism positions the pilot pin at a predetermined projecting position, a tip portion of the pilot pin projects from a pin guide hole and a body portion of the pilot pin formed further toward a base end side than the tip portion projects from the pin guide hole. Before a process in which the press die removes heat from the plate material after having been press-formed by the press die, when the driving mechanism positions the pilot pin at a predetermined immersed position, the body portion of the pilot pin is immersed in the pin guide hole while only the tip portion of the pilot pin projects from the pin guide hole.
US11471926B2
Electromagnetic manufacturing method and forming device of mesoscale plate are provided. The manufacturing method includes: oppositely and parallelly disposing a first workpiece to be formed on top of a mold, side-press restraining two ends of the first workpiece, and disposing a deceleration block on two sides of the mold; controlling the first workpiece to tend toward the mold and to be deformed under the drive of uniform electromagnetic force; and colliding a middle area of the first workpiece firstly with the mold under the drive of uniform electromagnetic force, and driving the speed of the middle area of the first workpiece to decelerate to zero. When an area close to the two ends collides with the deceleration block and until the speed of all areas of first workpiece decelerates to zero, forming is completed. Shaping is tending further toward the mold through electromagnetic force until completely fitted to the mold.
US11471925B2
A multi-opening oven assembly for simultaneously heating a plurality of blanks, for example aluminum blanks, before forming the heated blanks in a production line is provided. The oven assembly includes vertically aligned shelves to present a plurality of chambers for heating the blanks. A table including an entry side platform and an exit side platform moves vertically along the oven assembly. A rail system extends along the platforms and the shelves to convey the blanks in and out of the chambers. Once one set of heated blanks is removed from a first chamber, the table moves vertically to a second chamber and is ready to receive the next set of heated blanks. A continuous supply of heated blanks is provided for high throughput. The oven assembly is preferably disposed in a press adjacent a forming station of an existing production line and thus, no additional floor space is required.
US11471921B2
A cooling apparatus for cooling a fluid by means of surface water, the cooling apparatus comprising more than one tubes for containing and transporting the fluid in its interior, the exterior of the tube being in operation at least partially submerged in the surface water so as to cool the tube to thereby also cool the fluid and hence different tube portions contain fluid at different temperatures. The cooling apparatus further comprises at least one light source for producing light that hinders fouling on the submerged exterior, wherein the at least one light source is arranged so that the intensity of the anti-fouling light, cast over the exterior of the tube portions whose exterior temperature or the temperature of the fluid they contain is below 80° C., is higher than the intensity of the anti-fouling light cast over the other tube portions. By this structure anti-fouling of the cooling apparatus can be assured in an effective manner.
US11471918B2
A bucket implement coupler is detachably attachable to a top rim of a bucket by an attachment flange that snaps down under a rim flange of the bucket when the bucket implement coupler is aligned over the top rim of the bucket and pressed down. The attachment flange may be configured proximal to the ends of the rim extension of the bucket implement coupler and an end slot may extend inward along the top of the rim extension to allow the interior and/or exterior flange of the rim extension to expand the rim slot and allow the attachment flange to slide down over the rim flange. The attachment flange extends inward into the rim slot from the exterior flange. Any number and type of implement may be attached to the bucket via the bucket implement coupler.
US11471913B2
Screening members, screening assemblies, methods for fabricating screening members and assemblies and methods for screening materials are provided for vibratory screening machines that incorporate the use of injection molded materials. Use of injection molded screen elements provide, inter alia, for: varying screening surface configurations; fast and relatively simple screen assembly fabrication; and a combination of outstanding screen assembly mechanical and electrical properties, including toughness, wear and chemical resistance. Embodiments of the present invention use a thermoplastic injection molded material.
US11471906B2
A cosmetic container is disclosed with which the dispensing amount of the content can be varied. A cosmetic container according to one aspect of the invention can include: a storage part that stores a content; a pump that is coupled to the storage part to dispense the content and includes a valve configured to move downward when pressed; a handle that is rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the storage part; a transfer member that is interlocked with the handle and configured to transfer the rotation of the handle to a valve guide; and the valve guide configured to move upward or downward along an exterior of the valve when rotated by the transfer member, where rotating the handle can adjust the relative position of the valve guide with respect to the valve to allow a varying of the dispensing amount of the content.
US11471903B2
The device for packaging and dispensing a product includes a preassembled inner unit mounted in a hollow body, with a dispensing head surrounded by an upper connector which allows removably attaching the body. The inner unit includes a reservoir, and the head sealingly closes the opening of the reservoir. A peripheral retaining ring for the inner unit keeps the reservoir and head integrally secured. The connector is connected to the body by a locking action which is achieved by relative pivoting between the connector and the body, without interference with the ring. An actuating portion of a dose metering pump of the head is accessible on the top via a channel of the connector, while a tubular outer portion of the connector covers the area of attachment to the body, by axially extending an outer wall of the body.
US11471895B2
A method of preparing a water in oil emulsion comprises forming a mixture of oil and emulsifying agent, progressively adding an aqueous salt solution to the mixture and dispersing the aqueous salt solution into the mixture. A concentrated water in oil emulsion is formed with drops of the aqueous salt solution (1) packed inside the oil solution phase (2). The emulsion is added to water and then mixed so that the emulsion absorbs the water. The salt concentration of the emulsion relative to the salt concentration of the water is controlled. Methods of agglomerating fine hydrophobic particles in a slurry using the water in oil emulsion are provided, where the emulsion is added to the slurry and then mixed so that the emulsion absorbs the water in the slurry. The salt concentration of the emulsion relative to the salt concentration of the slurry is controlled.
US11471891B2
A bench top incubator is described. The bench top incubator includes a first tray stack designed to retain microscope slides in a plurality of slide trays and a second tray stack designed to retain multi-well plates in a plurality of plate trays. The incubator is relatively simple and small in design and can be conveniently located to carry out temperature processing of biological samples such as fixed cells and tissues, biological fluids, and so forth.
US11471884B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for serial flow emulsion processes. Systems and methods as described herein result in reduced cross-contamination.
US11471882B2
Lateral flow devices, methods and kits for performing lateral flow assays are provided.
US11471881B2
The disclosure describes methods and devices with which to process and analyze difficult chemical, biological, environmental samples including but not limited to those containing bulk solids or particulates. The disclosure includes a cartridge which contains a separation tube as well as one or more valves and cavities for receiving raw sample materials and for directing and containing various fluids or samples. The cartridge may contain a separation fluid or density medium of defined density, and structures which direct particulates toward defined regions of the cartridge. Embodiments can include a rotational device for rotating the cartridge at defined rotational rates for defined time intervals. Embodiments allowing multiple assays from a single sample are also disclosed. In some embodiments, this device is used for direct processing and chemical analysis of food, soil, blood, stool, motor oil, semen, and other samples of interest.
US11471879B2
A system and method for ejecting one or more fluids from a digital dispense device. The method includes a) inputting to a memory a volume per unit area for each of the one or more fluids to be ejected from the digital dispense device; b) matching the volume per unit area to a device resolution for the digital dispense device; c) formatting fluid ejectors for the digital dispense device for the device resolution; and d) ejecting fluid from the digital dispense device to provide the volume per area for each of the one or more fluids.
US11471878B2
Described are exemplary embodiments of a handheld, powered positive displacement pipette having unique mechanisms for the retention, identification and ejection of associated pipette syringes.
US11471871B2
Provided is a graphene production method using Joule heating, including: a catalytic metal placement step in which a catalytic metal is disposed on a pair of electrodes disposed inside a chamber; a gas supply step in which a carbon-containing reaction gas and a carrier gas for transporting the reaction gas are supplied into the chamber; a heating step in which the catalytic metal is rapidly heated to a temperature required for synthesis of graphene; a temperature maintenance step in which the temperature of the catalytic metal is maintained to form the graphene on the catalytic metal; and a cooling step in which the catalytic metal is cooled to prevent local occurrence of hotspots on the graphene formed on the catalytic metal, wherein the heating step, the temperature maintenance step, and the cooling step constitute one cycle of temperature control and the cycle is repeated for a predetermined process time.
US11471860B2
A composition consisting essentially of a perovskite crystalline structure includes ions of a first metal M1 which occupies an A-site of the perovskite crystalline structure and ions of a second metal M2 which occupies a B-site of the perovskite crystalline structure. M2 has two oxidation states capable of forming a redox couple suitable for reversibly catalyzing an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and an oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The composition also includes ions of a third metal M3 at least a portion of which substitutes for M1 in the A-site of the perovskite crystalline structure, and at least a portion of which optionally also substitutes for M2 in the B-site of the perovskite crystalline structure. At least some of the ions of M3 have a different oxidation state to the ions of M1. The composition also includes atoms of an element X, which is a chalcogen.
US11471849B2
Porous metal oxide microspheres are prepared via a process comprising forming a liquid solution or dispersion of polydisperse polymer nanoparticles and a metal oxide; forming liquid droplets from the solution or dispersion; drying the liquid droplets to provide polymer template microspheres comprising polymer nanospheres and metal oxide; and removing the polymer nanospheres from the template microspheres to provide the porous metal oxide microspheres. The porous microspheres exhibit saturated colors and are suitable as colorants for a variety of end-uses.
US11471848B1
A universal chemical processor (UCP) including a reactor vessel with a main chamber, comprises inlets for feedstock, a fluidizing medium and reactants. The UCP further includes a reactive X-ray chemical processor (RXCP) having a large area hollow cylindrical cold cathode in the main chamber, a grid positioned concentrically with respect to the cathode, and an anode positioned concentrically with respect to the cathode and grid. In operation, when activated, the cathode of the RXCP emits electrodes onto the anode, which then emits X-rays into a radiation zone within the main chamber capable of ionizing feedstock and reactants, inducing chemical reactions, and sterilizing and decomposing organic materials within the radiation zone, and wherein, a fluidized bed is supported in the main chamber when the fluidizing medium and feedstock are supplied. The RXCP and the fluidized bed portions can be operated separately or in conjunction to achieve unanticipated results.
US11471844B2
A blending device (100) is provided including a blade assembly (106) having a blade coupling structure, the blade coupling structure comprising a set of blade electrical connectors (128). The blending device also includes a blender base assembly (104) having a base coupling structure, the base coupling structure comprising a plurality of base electrical connector coupler sets (130A-130C). Each base electrical connector coupler set corresponds with a coupling position of the blade coupling structure and the base coupling structure. The blade assembly and the blender base assembly are electrically coupled in a closed configuration in which the set of blade electrical connectors is in contact with one of the plurality of base electrical connector coupler sets. A method of manufacturing the blending device is also provided.
US11471842B2
A liquid-mixing apparatus used in a liquid-mixing method comprises a plurality of supply valves provided to a cylinder. The supply valves make it possible to individually supply a plurality of types of liquids into a retention chamber. Each of the supply valves is configured so as to be switchable between an open state, in which the interior of a supply channel via which a liquid is supplied and the interior of the retention chamber intercommunicate, and a closed state, in which communication between the supply channel and the retention chamber is blocked. A piston moves in the direction in which the volume of the retention chamber increases while at least one of the supply valves is in the open state, whereby a liquid is drawn into the storage chamber.
US11471837B2
An inline filter housing with a biodegradable, hydrophilic material that operates in conjunction with a field sampling apparatus to both concentrate field sampled environmental DNA particles from water samples and to automatically preserve the captured DNA via desiccation, thus avoiding filter membrane transfer steps, chemicals or cold storage preservation requirements. The hydrophilic filter housing is capable of rapidly preserving the field sampled environmental DNA captured on the filter membrane at ambient field temperatures.
US11471835B2
A management device for a water treatment facility includes: a transmembrane pressure difference prediction unit configured to predict a general trend in a transmembrane pressure difference in a water treatment system based on an operation information, the operation information being related to the water treatment system including a membrane separation device installed therein; a chemical solution cleaning planning unit configured to devise such a chemical solution cleaning plan that chemical solution cleaning is performed before a period when a value of the transmembrane pressure difference predicted reaches a specified value; and a chemical solution order placement information generation unit configured to generate chemical solution order placement information based on the and the cleaning chemical solution stock information.
US11471832B1
A swing bed absorption apparatus including a first absorption bed including a first plurality of solid amine based sorbent beads, a second absorption bed including a second plurality of solid amine based sorbent beads, and a solvent pump configured to alternately pump a liquid solvent through the first absorption bed and the second absorption bed. The liquid solvent is configured to alternately desorb the carbon dioxide from the first plurality of solid amine based sorbent beads and the second plurality of solid amine based sorbent beads.
US11471829B2
In an embodiment, a method for recovering carbon dioxide comprises introducing a carbon dioxide rich stream to a scrubber comprising a metal hydroxide and allowing the carbon dioxide to react with the metal hydroxide to form a metal carbonate; directing a metal carbonate stream from the scrubber to an electrochemical concentrator and applying a potential to the electrochemical concentrator to form a metal hydroxide stream and a separated carbon dioxide stream; directing the metal hydroxide stream comprising a recovered metal hydroxide and hydrogen to an electrochemical separator and applying a potential to the electrochemical separator to separate the hydrogen forming a hydrogen recycle stream from the recovered metal hydroxide forming a metal hydroxide recycle stream; and directing the separated carbon dioxide stream to a gas liquid separator and separating the separated carbon dioxide stream into a recycled water stream and a concentrated carbon dioxide stream.
US11471826B2
An air composition adjusting device includes: an oxygen separator that separates oxygen from external air to be supplied to a target space; a gas supply path including a high concentration gas supply path for oxygen through which the oxygen separator communicates with the target space; and a controller that performs an oxygen concentration raising operation of supplying a high oxygen concentration gas, which has a higher oxygen concentration than external air before being treated by the oxygen separator, to the target space through the high concentration gas supply path for oxygen.
US11471819B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a gas refining apparatus which can produce a product gas with high purity and high yield at low cost and can produce a plurality of types of gas as a product gas without changing an adsorbent, and the present invention provides a gas refining apparatus (10) including a first derivation line (L3) connected to the second adsorption towers (2a, 2b) and through which the first gas flows, a second derivation line (L4) connected to the second adsorption towers (2a and 2b) and through which the second gas flows, a regeneration line (L5) connected to the first adsorption towers (1a, 1b), through which a regeneration gas for regenerating a first adsorbent in the first adsorption towers (1a, 1b) flows, and a pump (P) provided in the second derivation line (L4) and configured to desorb the second gas from a second adsorbent in the second adsorption towers (2a and 2b), and the regeneration line (L5) is connected to each of the first derivation line (L3) and the second derivation line (L4).
US11471812B2
Systems and methods are provided for mobile treatment of an exhaust stream. A treatment assembly including an inlet. A coupling is configured to releasably couple the inlet with an outlet of a stationary processing facility that produces an exhaust stream. The treatment assembly receives the exhaust stream in an input stream, treats at least one constituent of the input stream, and produces a treated exhaust. The treatment assembly is decouplable from the stationary processing facility and transportable to various locations.
US11471811B2
Disclosed is an air filter and a method of manufacture for an air filter which is much more cost effective and provides greater operational effectiveness than state-of-the-art air filters. The air filter includes an outer metallic shell which may be used to attach the filter in line to ducting of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The filter may further include a filter unit made of activated carbon material. The filter unit may have one or more sections and may have a honeycomb cross section.
US11471809B2
A filter for use at an airflow opening of bellows of a shock absorber. The filter device includes a filter body through which a gas, in particular air, can flow in in the direction of an air inflow direction and out in the direction of an air outflow direction. The airflow opening is a joint air inlet and air outlet opening. A fastening means is disclosed that is fitted with a filter, in particular a fastening ring fitted therewith, for fastening bellows to a shock absorber.
US11471795B2
The invention relates to a pressure oil filter system for a hydraulic transmission, in particular for a motor vehicle transmission, comprising at least one oil pump which can be actuated as required and which has a pressure side and a suction side, a pressure line to a consumer and at least a first oil filter which is arranged at the pressure side of the oil pump in the pressure line, wherein means for damping pressure surges during intermittent operation of the oil pump are provided in the pressure line upstream of the first oil filter in the flow direction of the oil.
US11471787B2
The invention relates to a method for transferring a target substance (5), particularly a target molecule (5), between two liquid phases (4, 6; 6, 8; 6, 11), of which at least one phase (4, 6) comprises the target substance (5) to be transferred and at least one phase (4, 8, 11) is an aqueous phase, where at least the aqueous phase (4, 8, 11) is arranged in one of two electrode chambers (1a, 1b, 10a, 10b) which are electroconductively connected, preferably by charge carrier exchange, and separated in terms of the volumes thereof, preferably where the phases (4, 6; 6, 8; 6, 11) are arranged together in one of two electrode chambers (1a, 1b, 10a, 10b) which are electroconductively connected and separated in terms of the volumes thereof, and a pH-value modification is generated by the H and/or OH ions created during the electrolysis in the aqueous phase (4, 8, 11), said modification initiating a transfer process of the target substance (5) between the phases (4, 6; 6, 8; 6, 11). The invention also relates to the use of the method for enrichment and subsequent isolation of the target substance (5).
US11471784B2
Processes and systems are provided to compress vapors produced in distillation and recover the heat of condensation through vapor compression and to derive mechanical, thermal, and electrical energy from a combined heat and power system, while maintaining the plant's original ability to operate. The plant's existing distillation system, steam generation, and electrical demand determine the design basis for the retrofit system that is targeted at an optimized combination of energy usage, energy cost, and environmental impact. Vapor compression (by mechanical vapor recompression and/or thermal vapor recompression) minimizes the total energy usage. Optionally, combined heat and power provides a means of converting energy between fuel, electricity, and thermal energy in a manner that best complements plant requirements and energy economics and minimizes inefficiencies and energy losses.
US11471778B2
A system may enable a plurality of users to engage a plurality of different devices, which operate on a respective platform of a plurality of different platforms, in a time dependent manner. The system may include a data management apparatus (DMA). The DMA may include a local DMA associated with the plurality of different devices. The DMA may include a remote DMA configured to receive and collate a plurality of data inputs from the plurality of devices in a synchronized manner, generate and relay a merged standardized data output to the plurality of devices. When demerged, the merged standardized data output may provide the plurality of devices access to the plurality of experiences for which each of the plurality of devices is enabled. The DMA may be configured to take a time dependent frame from each of the plurality of users and merge them to form a merged frame.
US11471775B2
A method comprises: providing a three dimensional computer-generated environment and providing a controllable character within the three dimensional computer-generated environment; receiving user input and controlling the character based at least on the received user input; and providing a three dimensional computer-generated virtual reality device in the three dimensional computer-generated environment for generating a virtual reality environment for the controllable character.
US11471773B2
An augmented reality (AR) game system hosted and executed on a mobile client enables occlusion of AR game elements by objects in the real world. The mobile client captures a camera view of an environment including a real-world object. The AR game system identifies a cluster of feature points associated with the real-world object and generates a mesh from the cluster. The AR game system represents the mesh on a virtual coordinate plane, such that an AR game element can appear to interact with the real-world object. The AR game system renders, on the mobile client, the AR game element to appear as though it is occluded by the real-world object.
US11471769B2
Provided is a game system or the like capable of setting a game field relatively wide. This game system provides a training game that progresses through a navigation character or a waiting character that moves in accordance with a user instruction in a game field of a monitor that displays a room screen including the game field. Further, for example, the game system specifies a position relationship between a waiting position and a guide position, when the user instructs the waiting character to move from the waiting position to the guide position in the game field, and changes a moving speed of the waiting character between a normal speed and a special speed in accordance with the specified position relationship, when the waiting character moves from the waiting position to the guide position.
US11471765B2
A computer simulation controller such as a PlayStation® Dual Shock® computer game controller has a touchpad to input text with a “palm graffiti” or “unistrokes” type alphabet. As each letter is drawn, it is saved as a file such as a postscript file which is basically a story of the cursor coordinates (started at (1,1) move to (1,3) etc. From there, plural (e.g., fifteen (15)) coordinates (even distribution) are sampled across the set of coordinates to obtain the cardinal directions (N, NE, E, etc.) between them, which are encoded for data processing.
US11471757B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a display panel, a display controller, and a host. The display controller is configured to control displaying of the display panel. The host is electrically connected to the display controller. The host executes an application to render a display image, and transmits the display image to the display controller through an image-transmission channel between the host and the display controller. The display controller detects whether pixels in a specific area of the display image satisfy a predetermined condition. In response to the pixels in the specific area satisfying the predetermined condition, the display controller triggers a virtual input signal, and transmits the virtual input signal to the host through a data-transmission channel between the host and the display controller, so that the host executes a specific operation corresponding to the virtual input signal.
US11471756B2
A controller for use in an interactive gaming system is described. The controller comprising a player mounting means, a motion detector that provides a means for determining the motion of the controller and an audio code communication module. The audio code communication module provides a means for generating an audio code signal in response to a detected, predetermined motion of the controller. The audio code signals for the controller can be embedded within normal audio output of a gaming system and thereafter be employed to activate a multitude of features within the games. The gaming system may comprise an opponent based on an electronic game running on a computer device or a second controller worn by a second player. The gaming system may further comprise one or more power up toys that provide additional combat moves for the one or more participants.
US11471745B2
A helmet for protecting a wearer's head. The helmet includes an outer shell including a first shell member and a second shell member movable relative to one another in a longitudinal direction of the helmet to adjust a fit of the helmet on the wearer's head. The helmet includes an adjustment mechanism configured to control movement of the first shell member and the second shell member relative to one another. The adjustment mechanism includes an actuator movable between a first position in which the first shell member and the second shell member are allowed to move relative to one another and a second position in which the first shell member and the second shell member are precluded from moving relative to one another. The actuator is configured to lock the first shell member and the second shell member relative to one another without extending through a given one of the first shell member and the second shell member.
US11471730B1
An isometric exercise system comprised of a network-enabled isometric exercise apparatus, force correction equations, and an isometric exercise companion software application. The isometric exercise apparatus can include force-receiving components, a measurement component, a pivot assembly, and a structural assembly. The measurement component can measure the amount of applied force. The pivot assembly can rotationally transfer the applied force to the measurement component. Force analysis of exercises can indicate that only a tangential component of the applied force is mechanically transferred to the measurement component via the pivot assembly. The force correction equations can translate the measured force into the tangential force transferred by the pivot assembly. The isometric exercise companion software application can present the amount of weight manipulated by the user to perform the exercise calculated using the force correction equation and the measured force. This calculation can have greater accuracy and consistency than utilizing the measured force.
US11471729B2
Electromechanical rehabilitation of a user can include receiving a pedal force value from a pedal sensor of a pedal; receiving a pedal rotational position; based on the pedal rotational position over a period of time, calculating a pedal velocity; and based at least upon the pedal force value, a set pedal resistance value, and the pedal velocity, outputting one or more control signals causing an electric motor to provide a driving force to control simulated rotational inertia applied to the pedal.
US11471712B2
A system for a bone conduction communication system that includes at least one bone conduction element that is stabilized against a wearer's head when in use. In one embodiment, the bone conduction communication system includes a bone conduction device including at least one bone conduction element and a wearable device, the bone conduction device being coupled to the wearable device, the wearable device stabilizing the at least one bone conduction element in a plurality of axes of support.
US11471693B1
In embodiments, a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system includes a support structure for wearing by an ambulatory patient. When worn, the support structure maintains electrodes on the patient's body. Different pairs of these electrodes define different channels, and different patient ECG signals can be sensed from the channels. The ECG signals can be analyzed to determine which one is the best to use, for the WCD system to make a shock/no shock decision. The analysis can be according to widths of the QRS complexes, consistency of the QRS complexes, or heart rate agreement statistics.
US11471691B2
Embodiments herein relate to implantable medical devices including a power subunit with a first biocompatible electrically conductive shell configured for direct contact with an in vivo environment. In some embodiments a lithium anode can be disposed within the first biocompatible electrically conductive shell in direct electrical communication with a feedthrough pin, wherein the feedthrough pin is electrically isolated from the first biocompatible electrically conductive shell. A cathode can also be disposed within the first biocompatible electrically conductive shell and can be in direct electrical communication with the first biocompatible electrically conductive shell. The first biocompatible electrically conductive shell has a positive electrical potential. The implantable medical device further includes an electronics control subunit with a control circuit disposed within a second biocompatible electrically conductive shell. Other embodiments are included herein.
US11471689B2
Cochlear implant systems can include a cochlear electrode and a stimulator in electrical communication with the cochlear electrode. The stimulator can be in communication with a controller, which is in communication with a testing circuit and a switching network. The stimulator can include a plurality of source elements. The controller can control the switching network to place the plurality of source elements into communication with the testing circuit. The controller can further cause one of the plurality of source elements to emit an electrical current and can determine an amount of electrical current emitted from the source element using the testing circuit. The controller can compare the determined amount of electrical current emitted by the source element with a prescribed current. The controller can adjust the output of each of the plurality of source elements based on the determined amount of electrical current emitted by the stimulator.
US11471680B2
Methods, systems and apparatuses for delivering electrical or other therapy in the vicinity of the eye, comprising eyepieces having a plurality of electrodes that are placed on the eyelid. Some examples are just eyepieces having a periphery that partly surrounds the eye, other examples fully surround the eye or include a temporal portion configured to extend to the temple of the user. Some examples also include a field that covers the eye to take the form of a goggle. Numerous configurations for power supply and therapy output are discussed.
US11471677B2
Articles and methods for non-invasively treating peripheral neuropathy via transcutaneous electrical stimulation of target nerve tissue are described. An exemplary article includes a support on which an electrode pair is positioned; a controller attached to the electrode pair via one or more leads; and a power supply connected to the controller. The article delivers electrical stimulation to the target nerve tissue via the electrode pair at a level sufficient to initiate vasodilation of vasculature within or adjacent the tissue. Meanwhile, the method includes positioning at least one electrode pair adjacent an area of skin overlying or in close proximity to the target nerve tissue and delivering electrical stimulation to the tissue via the electrode pair. The electrical stimulation is delivered at a level sufficient to initiate vasodilation of vasculature within or adjacent the tissue. An implantable system and method for treating peripheral neuropathy via percutaneous electrical stimulation are also described.
US11471673B2
The present invention provides a single surgical method, procedure and/or system that creates open visual and physical access to an identified spinal treatment site that comprises both targeted vertebral and spinal levels to be treated, wherein the spinal levels comprise at least one dorsal root ganglion. A spinal treatment procedure is performed generally in combination with implantation of a neuromodulation system that may comprise placement of electrical lead(s) on the at least one dorsal root ganglion, wherein each lead is in operative connection with a pulse generator that may also be implanted during the surgical method. Electrical stimulation may be generated with the pulse generator through the electrical leads to the at least one dorsal root ganglion during and/or after the closure of the identified spinal treatment site.
US11471662B2
A blood pump can include a pump housing, an impeller, and a hub. The pump housing can be configured to move blood from an inlet to an outlet thereof. The impeller can be housed in the pump housing, have a plurality of blades joined by a central ring, and be radially supported at the central ring by a bearing. The hub can transmit torque to the impeller using a radial magnetic coupling.
US11471659B2
A connector system (47, 48, 49, 50) for a medical application including a male single channel fluid connector (X) designed with an outer collar (M2) arranged concentric with an inner tube (3) and extending beyond a center collar (M1), and a female single channel fluid connector (Y) is designed with an outer collar (F1) arranged concentric with a tube (13), wherein the male single channel fluid connector (X) is interconnectable with the female single channel fluid connector (Y) to thereby form a fluid tight single channel connection for passage of fluid, and to a luer type female single channel fluid connector (YS), and wherein the female single channel fluid connector (Y) is interconnectable with a luer type male single channel fluid connector (XS). Also a system including a plurality of the connector systems is disclosed.
US11471658B1
A compact battery and voltage supply controller apparatus for a tattoo machine is disclosed. The battery and controller are configured to connect the battery to the tattoo machine through replaceable internally received magnetic connection adapters. The toggle switch operated display screen provides easy-to-view status and health of the battery and incremental voltage adjustment using a voltage boost circuit and adjustment knob. The internal battery can be replaced and/or removed and recharged.
US11471653B2
An inflatable balloon includes a base balloon having a cylindrical section and a conical section and at least one circumferential fiber extending circumferentially around the conical section. The inflatable balloon includes a plurality of reinforcing strips in the conical section over the at least one circumferential fiber. Each reinforcing strip includes a plurality of fibers extending at an angle relative to the at least one fiber. Each reinforcing strip is positioned a set circumferential distance away from a neighboring reinforcing strip.
US11471646B2
A microcatheter comprising an inner layer, a strike layer and an outer layer and a braided skeleton located between the inner layer and the outer layer, wherein the inner layer is made of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and has a thickness of 0.0015 inch or less, wherein the strike layer includes a polyether block amide and has a thickness of 0.001 inch or less, and wherein a distal portion of said outer layer is made of polycarbonate-based thermoplastic polyurethane having a shore of 90A or below.
US11471631B2
An airway stabilization system including an airway device and a securing mechanism or faceplate therefor is provided which includes active stabilizing components on both the airway device and the faceplate which prevent clinically significant movement of the airway device with respect to the patient's vocal cords in response to the application of significant forces in any direction to the device, be they longitudinal, torsional/rotational or bending. The system includes an airway device and an attached retention collar which interacts with a securing device/patient to ensure proper airway insertion depth and provide unparalleled strength and stability against movement. The airway stabilization system includes a unique stabilizer readily adapted for use in field situations to releasably engage or release a retention structure on the airway device to facilitate ease of application in all conditions, a twist-off 15 mm connector which allows a secure connection of the 15 mm connector to the airway device while facilitating easy disconnection thereof, and a universal bite block which cooperates with the securing system to prevent oral and/or dental damage and discomfort to the patient when the system is installed.
US11471626B2
A container for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a first compartment being sealed and tubular, and including a nicotine source; a second compartment being sealed and tubular, and including a delivery enhancing compound; and a transfer section disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment, at least one of the first compartment and the second compartment including a recessed end, and the transfer section being formed by a recess when one end of the first compartment abuts one end of the second compartment.
US11471611B2
A safety cover configured to be coupled to an injection device and to provide a protective enclosure for a needle of the injection device, the safety cover including an outer cover member; an inner cover member coupled to the outer cover member in a concentric arrangement so that the outer cover member encloses at least a portion of the inner cover member, wherein the outer cover member is configured to move relative to the inner cover member from an unlocked position, in which the needle of the injection device is accessible for use, to a locked position, in which the outer cover member and the inner cover member are fixed at one another and the needle of the injection device is inaccessible, wherein the outer cover member includes a body that includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a cavity defined within the body.
US11471602B2
A method and system for providing a drug delivery device. The drug delivery device comprises a dose setting mechanism comprising a spindle and a cartridge holder coupled to the dose setting mechanism. The cartridge holder comprising a cartridge having a movable bung at one end of the cartridge. The cartridge holder must be rotated before a dose may set with the dose setting mechanism.
US11471596B2
This application describes a method and device for safely, effectively, perfusing distal to occluded arteries, based on diagnostic information from the catheter-perfusion-system based on sensors, effectors, controllers and algorithms included, with particular attention to the specific characteristics of the tissue and the fluid. Key actionable physiological values for the tissue can be calculated and derived. They include the auto-regulatory curve, with Upper and Lower limits of Auto regulation, vascular reserve, and collateral flow reserve and as auto-regulation exhaustion.
US11471595B2
A system for infusing medication into a mammalian subject is provided. The system includes an injection system for controlling a flow of fluid from a fluid reservoir to a needle. A sensor is provided that detects a characteristic indicative of the fluid pressure in the needle. The injection system controls the flow of fluid to the needle in response to the characteristic detected by the sensor and the sensor continuously detects the characteristic as the needle is inserted into the subject. The system further includes a conductive element for providing electric nerve stimulation, wherein the system provides electric nerve stimulation in response to the sensor detecting a pressure exceeding an upper limit.
US11471592B2
Provided is an extended use self-contained, wearable medical device. The device is preferably configured with an infusion deployment mechanism for variably inserting and retracting an infusion needle to different depths, or completely retracting the infusion needle from the infusion site and then re-inserting the infusion needle after a predetermined period of time, throughout an infusion cycle for extending the viability of the infusion site. Another embodiment comprises dual needle deployment mechanisms which may also variably insert and retract the infusion needles. A flow sensor is preferably provided for detecting the stoppage of flow through the infusion cannula and signaling the needle deployment mechanism to attempt infusion at a different depth or to deploy a second infusion needle. A re-fillable reservoir assembly is preferably provided for supplying a drug over the extended use of the device. Another embodiment comprises a partially reusable and partially disposable medical device implementing the above features.
US11471583B2
A method for removing excess fluid from a patient with hemodilution is provided. The method includes: deploying a urinary tract catheter into the patient such that flow of urine from the ureter and/or kidney is transported within a drainage lumen of the catheter; applying negative pressure to the ureter and/or kidney through the drainage lumen of the catheter to extract urine from the patient; periodically measuring a hematocrit value of the patient; and if the measured hematocrit value is greater than a predetermined threshold value, ceasing the application of the negative pressure to the ureter and/or kidney. A system for removing excess fluid from a patient with hemodilution including a ureteral catheter and a pump is also provided.
US11471573B2
A volume of a wound is estimated using a dynamic pressure response measured during instillation of fluid to the wound using a negative pressure wound therapy system. A previously estimated wound volume may be used to detect and prevent overfill of fluid to the wound during future instillation events. For example, real-time pressure measurements may be compared to model data representative of expected pressure at a wound having a volume equal to the previously estimated wound volume, with instillation being stopped if the observed pressure varies from the expected pressure. A comparison of a total volume of fluid instilled to the wound may also be compared to the previously estimated wound volume to prevent overfill. The comparison of wound volume estimated based on an instillation event may also be compared to a wound volume estimated using other methods to provide a higher confidence wound volume estimate.
US11471570B2
An anchorage device is provided that is configured to surround an implantable medical device. The anchorage device includes a substrate and a hemostatic agent. The substrate includes a first piece and a second piece that is joined with the first piece. The first piece includes the hemostatic agent and the second piece includes an active pharmaceutical ingredient. Kits, systems and methods are disclosed.
US11471568B2
A bioprosthetic valve for repairing a deep venous insufficiency in a subject includes a single leaflet from a xenogeneic heart valve attached at natural margins of attachment to a patch of valve wall tissue. The patch may extend axially above and below the leaflet and circumferentially on either side of the leaflet to provide a region for attaching the patch to a fenestration in a host vein. A bioprosthetic valve may be manufactured by excising a portion of a xenogeneic heart valve including a single leaflet and contiguous wall tissue, and may further comprise shaving off excess leaflet tissue from adjacent leaflets. A method of replacing a malfunctioning venous valve in a subject includes providing a bioprosthetic valve as described above and inserting it to the host vein.
US11471564B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an angiogenic agent that can sufficiently exhibit an angiogenic effect due to mesenchymal stem cells in a state where the angiogenic agent does not allow permeation of host cells while being protected from immune rejection, and a method for method for manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, an angiogenic agent including a mesenchymal stem cell (A); and an immunoisolation membrane (B) that encloses the mesenchymal stem cell is provided.
US11471562B2
A method is provided for producing a live cartilaginous material useful for implantation into a patient. A method of treating a patient comprising implanting a cartilaginous material prepared according to the provided method in an anatomical site in a patient also is provided.
US11471559B2
A biological composition has a mixture of mechanically selected allogeneic biologic material derived from bone marrow. The mixture has non-whole cellular components including vesicular components and active and inactive components of biological activity, cell fragments, cellular excretions, cellular derivatives, and extracellular components. The mixture including non-whole cell fractions including one or more of exosomes, transcriptosomes, proteasomes, membrane rafts, lipid rafts. The mixture is compatible with biologic function.
US11471553B2
An air purification unit and/or system for an environment with multiple seated individuals, including an air collector and air purification chamber, to be used independently from or in conjunction with the environment's air handling system.
US11471546B2
A lighting device including at least one first light source emitting a visible light, at least one second light source spaced apart from the first light source and emitting a light having a wavelength for sterilization, and a housing, in which the first light source and the second light source are disposed, in which the first light source is disposed outside an area having an angle corresponding to about 50% of a maximum amount of light emitted from the second light source based on a line extending from a center of the second light source along a direction substantially perpendicular to a light emitting surface of the second light source.
US11471541B2
Provided is use of miR-21 in preparation of a therapeutic drug or diagnostic reagent for intrauterine adhesion and/or thin endometrium.
US11471535B2
The present disclosure provides novel polypeptide conjugates. The polypeptide conjugates disclosed herein comprise a stapled peptide comprising a peptide and at least one staple which holds the peptide in an α-helical conformation, and a cyclic cell-penetrating peptide (cCPP) conjugated, directly or indirectly, to the stapled peptide. The present disclosure demonstrates that cCPPs can be used to confer consistent cell-permeability to stapled peptides.
US11471528B2
A method is provided herein to increase an immune response to an antigen. The method includes administering an agent that inhibits extracellular adenosine or inhibits adenosine receptors. Also disclosed are methods to increase the efficacy of a vaccine and to increase an immune response to a tumor antigen or immune cell-mediated tumor destruction.
US11471524B2
In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to the polynucleotide sequences of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to isolated or recombinant nucleic acids and polypeptides comprising desirable nucleic acid sequences and mutations disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, isolated or recombinant RSV comprising the nucleic acids and polypeptides disclosed herein (e.g., attenuated recombinant RSV) are also provided, as are immunogenic compositions including such nucleic acids, polypeptides, and RSV genomes that are suitable for use as vaccines. Attenuated or killed RSV containing these nucleic acids and mutation in the form of copied nucleic acids (e.g., cDNAs) are also contemplated.
US11471514B1
A composition includes two exogenous enzymes from animals for consumption by human beings to prevent, treat and/or alleviate veisalgia and/or symptoms associated therewith arising from or caused by consumption or spontaneous production of alcohol through a dual-enzyme based breakdown of the alcohol, wherein a first enzyme of the two exogenous enzymes is capable of converting alcohol into a first metabolite while a second enzyme thereof is capable of converting the first metabolite into a second metabolite which is excretable to systemic circulation after an oxidation reaction of the alcohol in the presence of the two exogenous enzymes and NAD+/NADH, and wherein the first enzyme to the second enzyme is in a molar ratio of 1:3-51 in the composition in order to avoid an elevation in the level of the first metabolite in the human being.
US11471511B2
The invention features combination therapies using an IL-15-based superagonist complex and an antibody to effectively treat subjects with cancer and infectious diseases.
US11471510B2
Provided herein are methods for the treatment in a subject of anemia, anemia requiring RBC transfusion, low or intermediate-1-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and/or non-proliferative chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) in any mammals wherein the methods comprise administration of Activin-ActRII signaling inhibitors to a subject in need of the treatment.
US11471508B2
The present invention is related to the use of HMGB1 antagonists, specifically derivatives of K883 in the treatment and/or prevention and/or inhibition of neuropathy pain, and in particular diabetic neuropathy in mammals, e.g., humans, and pharmaceutical compositions for the same comprising HMGB1 antagonists in an effective amount to treat and/or prevent and/or inhibit this condition.
US11471505B2
There is disclosed herein a composition for treating gastrointestinal or neurological disorders, constipation, functional constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, travelers diarrhoea, chronic idiopathic nausea, IBD-associated constipation and diarrhoea, pseudo-obstruction, diabetic gastroparesis, cyclic vomiting, reflux oesophagitis, autism enteropathy, flatulence, halitosis, chronic fatigue, bloating, proctalgia fugax, Parkinsons disease, MS, Alzheimers Disease, Motor Neurone Disease or autism, the composition comprising: (i) at least two anti-clostridial agents selected from the group consisting of: vancomycin, vancomycin derivatives, a multi-valent polymer of vancomycin, aminoglycosides, nitroimidazoles, ansamysins, nifuroxazide, colchicine, prucalopride, prokinetic agent and 5-aminosalicylic acid; or (ii) at least one anti-clostridial agent selected from the above combined with an opioid blocking agent. There is also disclosed herein a method of treating various gastrointestinal or neurological disorders, constipation, functional constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, travelers diarrhoea, chronic idiopathic nausea, IBD-associated constipation and diarrhoea, pseudo-obstruction, diabetic gastroparesis, cyclic vomiting, reflux oesophagitis, autism enteropathy, flatulence, halitosis, chronic fatigue, bloating, proctalgia fugax, Parkinsons disease, MS, Alzheimers Disease, Motor Neurone Disease or autism, the method comprising administering orally, via enema or by suppository: (i) a composition of the invention; (ii) at least two anti-clostridial agents selected from the group consisting of: vancomycin, vancomycin derivatives, a multi-valent polymer of vancomycin, aminoglycosides, nitroimidazoles, ansamysins, nifuroxazide, colchicine, prucalopride, prokinetic agent and 5-aminosalicylic acid; or (iii) at least one anti-clostridial agent selected from the above and an opioid blocking agent to a patient in need of such treatment.
US11471501B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of prostate pathologies. The present invention further relates to a composition comprising a mixture which comprises or, alternatively, consists of an effective amount of Serenoa repens, Bromelain, Curcumin, Zinc, Lycopene and Selenium, and pharmaceutically acceptable or food grade technological excipients and/or additives. The present invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition, preferably in the form of softgel capsules, for use in the treatment of disorders or diseases or pathologies connected to and/or deriving from prostatitis and/or benign prostatic hyperplasia.
US11471498B2
The present disclosure relates to a new probiotic strain of Lactobacillus brevis, isolated from pulque and exhibiting anti-cancer properties, as well as to compositions which contain said strain.
US11471497B1
Bacterial strains are provided having at least one enhanced mechanism to sequester, bind, precipitate, chemically oxidize or reduce copper ions or other toxic divalent transition metals. The bacteria may also have optional copper resistance mechanisms. The bacteria reduce the amount of available copper to tissues, which may be cancerous tissues, and reduce tumor growth, angiogenesis and/or metastasis, or tissues subject to excess copper due to host defects in copper metabolism. The bacteria are useful for treatment of neoplastic diseases including solid tumors and lymphomas, as well as Wilson's Disease, Menke's Disease, and possible Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
US11471492B2
The application provides biocompatible carriers comprising bone forming and/or cartilage forming cells and methods for making them. The application further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising said ATMPs and method of treatments using said ATMPs. The application further relates to said ATMPS for use in the treatment of bone disorders, cartilage disorders and joint disorders. The current invention further relates to method of treatments of bone disorders, cartilage disorders and joint disorders.
US11471491B1
Materials and methods for producing genome-edited cells engineered to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) construct on the cell surface, and materials and methods for genome editing to modulate the expression, function, or activity of one or more immuno-oncology related genes in a cell, and materials and methods for treating a patient using the genome-edited engineered cells.
US11471489B2
Provided herein are binding molecules, such as those that recognize or bind a peptide epitope of a cancer antigen, such as expressed on a cancer cell, including cells infected with human papilloma virus (HPV) or that contain HPV DNA sequences and/or those that recognize or bind a peptide epitope of HPV 16 E6 or E7, in the context of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule. Among the provided binding molecules are T cell receptors (TCRs) or antibodies, including antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind or recognize such peptide epitopes. The present disclosure further relates to engineered cells comprising such binding molecules, e.g., TCRs or antibodies (and chimeric antigen receptors containing the antibodies), and uses thereof in adoptive cell therapy.
US11471481B2
The present invention provides thin-film forming compositions comprising an antiseptic (e.g., povidone iodine, chlorhexidine, or octenidine), a non-aqueous solvent, and a film-forming material dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, wherein the composition yields a continuous and flexible protective film upon substantial removal of the solvent. The compositions are useful for the treatment and prevention of infections in wounds, ulcers (e.g., decubitus ulcers and stasis ulcers), cuts, or burns, or against infections from bacterial, mycobacterial, viral, fungal, or amoeba causes, as well as for prevention of such infections in appropriate clinical settings (e.g., as liquid bandages or dressings). Additionally, the compositions of this invention are also useful for the treatment of infections and as a disinfectant skin preparation for pre- and/or post-surgical operations.
US11471471B2
Provided is an aqueous oral pharmaceutical suspension composition comprising vamorolone Form I. Also provided are methods for its preparation and its use.
US11471468B2
Methods and systems for the preparation of conditioned micronized active agents. Additionally, methods and systems for in-process conditioning of micronized active agent particles and compositions comprising conditioned micronized materials.
US11471463B2
The present invention is drawn to the use of the compounds highlighted in Tables 1 & 2 and analogs thereof, for enhancing IR-mediated cellular cannibalism in cancer cells. Said compounds are herein called “enhancers of IR-mediated cellular cannibalism”. They can be used to enhance tumor immunogenicity and/or to induce a significant protective anticancer immune response in subjects that will receive or that have received a radiotherapy treatment. In other words, said compounds can be used to potentiate a radiotherapy treatment in a subject in need thereof. Said compounds are preferably chosen in the group consisting of: Mebhydroline 1,5-napthalene disulfonate salt, Flurbiprofen, Minaprine dihydrochloride, Myricetin, Digoxin, Digitoxin, Lanatoside, LOPA87, VP331, RN-1-026, SG6163F, VP450, and VP43.
US11471458B2
Described herein are compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are defined herein, their use as diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing such inhibitors and the use of such inhibitors to treat, for example, NASH.
US11471454B2
This disclosure relates to methods and compositions for treating cancer by administering opioid growth factor receptor (OGFR) antagonists. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods of administering OGFR antagonists locally to the site of cancer cells in the patient diagnosed with cancer.
US11471452B2
The present disclosure is directed to compositions comprising as an active ingredient, a lower dose of 4-({(4-cyclopropylisoquinolin-3-yl)[4-(trifluoromethoxy)benzyl]amino}sulfonyl)benzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for treating or preventing vasomotor symptoms in a subject, and methods which comprises administering the said compound or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a lower dose, respectively.
US11471447B2
Described herein is a stable oral liquid pharmaceutical product comprising sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide and citric acid. Particularly, sodium picosulfate is physically separated from magnesium oxide and citric acid prior to dispensing and is mixed at the time of administration.
US11471444B2
Thromboxane A2 receptor antagonists, such as ifetroban, inhibit solid tumor metastasis. The formation of surface and microscopic lung metastases are inhibited. Thromboxane A2 receptor antagonists can inhibit the tumor metastasis process without affecting the growth or development of a primary tumor.
US11471442B2
Methods of safely administrating a gut-selective JAK3 inhibitor by oral administration are described. Also described are methods for providing clinically proven safe treatment of gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases, such as celiac disease, by oral administration of a gut-selective JAK3 inhibitor.
US11471439B2
This disclosure pertains to new compositions and methods comprising a first serotonergic drug and a second serotonergic drug. In one embodiment, the compositions disclosed herein are used for a method of regulating a neurotransmitter receptor, e.g., a serotonin receptor. In one embodiment, the compositions disclosed herein comprise purified compounds, e.g., a purified psilocybin derivative, a purified cannabinoid, a purified terpene, a purified tryptamine, purified LSD, and/or purified MDMA.
US11471432B2
The invention relates to a combination therapy for the prevention and/or treatment of immune-mediated chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases comprising a combination of one or more C3-C8 carboxylic acids, physiologically acceptable salts and/or esters thereof, and one or more fumaric acid esters and/or salts thereof. The combination being particularly useful in the treatment of psoriasis and multiple sclerosis.
US11471427B1
The present disclosure relates to a medicinal composition and related methods using Lawsone (2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) as a key active ingredient for treating pain associated with chemotherapy-induced palmar plantar erythrodysesthesia (Hand-Foot Syndrome). The medicinal composition may be administered topically as a gel, ointment, cream, lotion, suspension, spray, transdermal patch or liquid alone or in combination with other topical steroids, topical NSAIDS, antiarrhythmics, moisturizers, capsaicin, emollients, herbal remedies and essential or carrier oils. The medicinal composition eliminates the pain and burning sensation experienced with palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia and allows patients to carry on with normal daily activities after a session of chemotherapy.
US11471425B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing broussochalcone A as an active ingredient for prevention or treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. The pharmaceutical composition containing broussochalcone A as an active ingredient for prevention or treatment of inflammatory bowel disease of the present invention suppresses inflammation to ameliorate symptoms of weight loss, reduction in bowel length, diarrhea, and hemafecia, which result from inflammatory bowel disease, and has no side effects occurring in an existing drug medicine, and thus can be effectively used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
US11471415B2
The invention provides an oral extended release formulation for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression, treatment-resistant anxiety, and phobia.
US11471391B2
Provided are a cosmetic composition for inhibiting sebum hypersecretion and a method of inhibiting sebum hypersecretion using the same. According to the present invention, there may be provided the cosmetic composition of inhibiting and adjusting sebum secretion which is harmless to the human body with excellent skin safety and decreases activity of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) to fundamentally decrease sebum overproduction, thereby providing the skin with an effective effect, and a method of using the same.
US11471387B2
An oral cavity care method uses a fine ozone bubble liquid, wherein a stock solution of the fine ozone bubble liquid has ozone gas concentration of 100 ppm or more, even if ozone gas concentration of the fine ozone bubble liquid is diluted to 4 ppm or less, the fine ozone bubble liquid has a sterilizing action, the fine ozone bubble liquid has ozone gas concentration of 4 ppm or more after frozen storage for one year or more, and in addition to the sterilizing action, the fine ozone bubble liquid has an odor component decomposition action and an antiviral action.
US11471384B2
The invention relates to a composition in the form of a nanoemulsion or microemulsion, comprising: —a first fatty acid ester of polyglycerol which is chosen from a fatty acid ester of polyglycerol formed from at least one acid comprising an alkyl or alkenyl chain containing from 12 to 20 carbon atoms and from 3 to 6 glycerol units; —a second fatty acid ester of (poly)glycerol (c) which is chosen from a fatty acid ester of (poly)glycerol formed from at least one acid comprising an alkyl or alkenyl chain containing from 6 to 18 carbon atoms and from 1 to 3 glycerol units; —at least one organopolysiloxane elastomer; —at least two acrylic acid-based polymers that are different from one another; —at least one amphiphilic polymer comprising at least one 2-acrylamidomethylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS) unit; —at least one oil; —water. The invention also relates to a cosmetic treatment process for keratin materials such as the skin, by application of such a composition.
US11471380B2
The invention relates to systems for securing a tube (e.g. feeding tube) and/or a patient interface or a dermal patch to a user. One embodiment comprises a holder, an interface side of the holder attachable to the patient interface or the dermal patch for securing a feeding tube to the patient interface or the patch, the holder comprising at least a first channel or recess for receiving the feeding tube to couple the feeding tube to the patient interface. Another embodiment comprises a patient interface itself comprising a backing for positioning on a patient's face, a dermal patch having a patient side and an interface side, the patient side of the patch attachable to the user, the patch comprising at least a first flap portion attachable to the tube for affixing the tube to the patch, a two-part releasable connection arrangement for releasably securing the patient interface to the patch.
US11471370B2
An interchangeable intimate accessory system including a first phallic device having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the first phallic device being shaped for sexual application to a human orifice and the proximal end of the first phallic device being formed as a first connector; a second phallic device having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the second phallic device being shaped and configured for sexual application to a human orifice and the proximal end of the second phallic device being formed as a second connector. The first and second phallic devices are removably couplable to one another, via the first and second connectors, to provide a dual-ended configuration when coupled together and an individual-use configuration when not coupled together.
US11471359B2
A system for ankle rehabilitation includes a motorized platform arranged to hold an ankle of a subject to be rehabilitated; a first sensor module arranged to detect signals representing movement intention of the ankle on the motorized platform; a second sensor module arranged to detect signals representing actual movement of the ankle on the motorized platform; and a processor arranged to process the signals detected by the first sensor module and the signals detected by the second sensor module, for control of movement of the motorized platform.
US11471354B2
Devices, systems, and methods for patient support including adjustable longitudinal angle of attached patient support tops. The reference point for longitudinal angle adjustment is itself adjustable to accommodate particular patient positioning.
US11471353B2
A table for use in an autopsy, necropsy, pathology or dissection procedure, wherein the table comprises a base and a carrier rotatably connected to the base. The table also comprises a first tray arranged within the carrier and a second tray arranged within the carrier. The second tray is parallel to the first tray when in a first position and the second tray and the first tray having a predetermined sized gap arranged therebetween when the carrier is in a first position. The rotating autopsy table may allow for a single user of the table to perform an autopsy procedure on the front of a cadaver or body and then rotate the table on their own, such that the autopsy procedure may be continued on the back of the body without help from other equipment or other people to flip or turn the body over.
US11471351B2
A system configured to enclose a premature fetus within an extracorporeal environment to promote growth of the fetus and increase viability of the fetus. The system includes a chamber having an interior space configured to enclose the fetus, a first fluid circuit that delivers sterile fluid to the chamber, and a second fluid system that transfers oxygen to the fetus. The system chamber includes a stop mechanism including a clamp and an actuator, the clamp positioned in the interior space, the actuator coupled to the clamp such that movement of the actuator moves the clamp, and the actuator positioned at least partially outside the interior space.
US11471346B2
An adjustable bed includes a fixed frame, an articulating frame supported on the fixed frame, first and second leg assemblies, and first and second actuators. The leg assemblies are configured to raise and lower the fixed frame between a lowered position and a raised position. The actuators are disposed and fully maintained within an interior volume of the fixed frame. The first actuator is fixedly secured at a first end to the head end of the fixed frame and operably coupled to the first leg assembly at a second end. The second actuator is fixedly secured at a first end to the foot end of the fixed frame and operably coupled to the second leg assembly at a second end. The first and second actuators are configured to exert a pulling force to raise the fixed frame and to exert a pushing force to lower the fixed frame.
US11471343B2
A travelling apparatus having a high travelling performance with a simple structure is provided. A travelling apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a frame; front wheels disposed in a front of the frame; first links configured to be extendable and retractable and coupled between the front wheels and an oscillation axis located in a rear of the front wheels; and first linear motion mechanisms that are coupled between the frame and the first links and are extended and retracted so as to rotate the first links about the oscillation axis.
US11471342B2
Various implementations include a wheelchair traction attachment device. The device includes a frame having an arcuately-shaped longitudinal axis, an inner surface, an outer surface opposite and spaced apart from the inner surface. The frame has a first edge extending between the inner and outer surfaces, and a second edge spaced apart from the first edge. At least a portion of the inner surface defines a channel. The device includes at least one first wheel-clip extending radially inwardly from the first edge of the frame relative to the arcuately-shaped longitudinal axis. The device includes at least one second wheel-clip extending radially inwardly from the second edge of the frame relative to the arcuately-shaped longitudinal axis. The device includes a traction portion disposed along at least a portion of the outer surface, the traction portion extending radially outwardly from the outer surface relative to the arcuately-shaped longitudinal axis.
US11471341B2
The disclosure provides a wheelchair-mounting vehicle including a handrail provided in a support shaft and switched between a used position and a stored position as the support shaft rotates, the used position being a position at which the handrail is arranged in a vicinity of a chest area of an occupant of a wheelchair, and the stored position being a position at which the handrail is arranged along a side wall of a vehicle cabin above the used position in the vehicle upper-lower direction. The support shaft in which the handrail for the occupant of the wheelchair in a forward posture is provided is arranged so as to be inclined upward to a front side in the vehicle front-rear direction in a side view.
US11471330B2
A method of treating tinnitus comprising measuring a patient's hearing, determining the patient's hearing loss and the patient's tinnitus frequency using the measurements of the patient's hearing, programming a clinical controller with the measurements of the patient's hearing, selecting a plurality of therapeutic tones, where the therapeutic tones are selected to be at least a half-octave above or below of the patient's tinnitus frequency, setting an appropriate volume for each of the plurality of tones, repetitively playing each of the plurality of therapeutic tones, and pairing a vagus nerve stimulation pulse train with each playing of a therapeutic tone, thereby reducing the patient's perception of tinnitus.
US11471313B2
The ankle foot orthosis has a foot section securable externally to a footwear worn by a user, a leg section having a leg engagement portion extending in front of the user's lower leg and being securable against a shin area of the user's lower leg, and two arm portions extending downwardly from the leg engagement portion, on opposite sides of the user's lower leg, and a hinge section having two hinge members disposed on opposite sides of the user's ankle, each hinge member having two ends being elastically stretchable away from one another, with a first one of the ends being secured to a corresponding one of the leg arm portions, and a second one of the two ends being secured to the foot section, with a spacing between the hinge members and the arm portions forming a foot engagement path allowing the user to respectively engage or disengage his foot from the footwear across the spacing.
US11471306B2
The present disclosure provides for a device and method of control for an artificial prosthetic knee. A prosthetic knee according to the present disclosure relies on strictly passive means of providing support during weight bearing and supplements a resistive swing-phase mechanism with a small powered actuator. This actuator adds power to the knee, exclusively during swing phase, to improve swing-phase behavior. In particular, the knee still relies on the resistive swing-phase mechanism to provide nominal swing-phase knee motion, but supplements that motion as needed with the small powered actuator.
US11471296B2
A partial endoprosthesis device preserves the motion of a vertebral joint for implant into a spinal segment and includes an articular portion having a thickness that increases in the direction of introduction between the articular facets. The articular portion is elongated along a longitudinal axis with a opposite first and second faces. The first face has a central protrusion that is configured so that, by implanting the device with the articular portion inserted between an upper articular facet of a lower vertebra and a corresponding lower articular facet of upper vertebra adjacent to the lower vertebra, and with the first face in contact with either the upper or lower articular facet, and with the second face in contact with the other articular facet, the articular portion, with the first face, pushes against the first articular facet and finally becomes integral by osteointegration with the lower articular facet.
US11471293B2
A glenoidal implant for a shoulder prosthesis includes an articular body having two opposite faces which are an articulation face suitable for cooperating with an articulation head of a humeral implant, and an anchoring face from which at least one anchoring stud protrudes for an anchoring in the glenoid cavity including a main anchoring stud at least partially covered with a porous or rough surface coating promoting an osseointegration. The main anchoring stud is provided internally with a central hole extending along a central axis of symmetry of the main anchoring stud and provided to allow guiding a trephine.
US11471292B2
This augment insert (200), comprises a coupling member (204) for securing the augment insert to a glenoid component (103) of a shoulder prosthesis (101), and a body (202), comprising a first side (206), configured to bear against a scapular side (107) of the glenoid component when the augment insert is secured to the glenoid component by means of the coupling member; and a second side, opposed to the first side and configured to bear against or be adjacent to a scapula of a patient. According to the invention, the body (202) comprises at least one breakable portion (230), extending from the first side (206) to the second side and configured to be broken off the body. The aperture (234) is provided for accommodating an engaging member (111) of the glenoid component (103), said engaging member protruding from a scapular surface (127) of the scapular side (107) of the glenoid component (103) and being configured for securing the shoulder prosthesis to the scapula.
US11471290B2
A base member of a prosthetic stemless shoulder implant may include a proximal collar, a central anchor, and at least one peripheral anchor. The proximal collar may have a proximal surface and a distal bone-engaging surface opposite the proximal surface. The central anchor may extend distally from the bone-engaging surface and define an opening extending from the bone-engaging surface into the central anchor for receiving a humeral head component of the prosthetic stemless shoulder implant. The at least one peripheral anchor may be positioned radially outwardly of the central anchor and extend distally from the bone-engaging surface. The peripheral anchor may be frangibly connected to the proximal collar.
US11471286B2
The present invention relates generally to implants and tools for the fixation or fusion of joints or bone segments. These tools include tissue dilators and protectors. Other tools include broaches used to shape bores in bone. The tools can also include a system for removing an implant from bone. Implants can include assemblies of one or more implant structures that make possible the achievement of diverse interventions involving the fusion and/or stabilization of lumbar and sacral vertebra in a non-invasive manner, with minimal incision, and without the necessitating the removing the intervertebral disc. Implants for fusing both sacroiliac joints of a patient include a long implant that extends across both sacroiliac joints.
US11471282B2
A system for treating a diseased native valve in a patient includes a valve prosthesis and a delivery device. The prosthesis includes an anchor and a frame. The delivery device includes an outer sheath, an inner shaft, an anchor guide, and a tether. The anchor is shaped to encircle chordae or leaflets of a native valve. The frame is configured to sit within the anchor. The inner shaft is positioned within the outer sheath and translatable and rotatable relative to the outer sheath. The anchor guide is attached to a distal end of the inner shaft and has a curved distal section. The tether is configured to detachably couple to the anchor and to longitudinally translate the anchor within the inner shaft and anchor guide. The anchor is configured to be actuated from a delivery configuration to the deployed configuration when the anchor is translated out of the anchor guide.
US11471280B2
An annuloplasty band and method of implantation. The band is shaped and sized to avoid the adjacent aortic valve structure and better protects against dehiscence along the muscular mitral annulus. The band is asymmetric and when implanted spans more around the side of the mitral annulus having the posterior commissure than the side with the anterior commissure. The band has a saddle shape with a posterior upward bow centered on a minor axis of the mitral annulus, and a span extending clockwise therefrom is longer than a span extending counter-clockwise. A set of rings may have different saddle profiles and different plan view shapes for different sized bands. A method includes implanting so that the band extends over the posterior leaflet and a short distance past the posterior commissure outside of the anterior leaflet.
US11471274B2
A tonic lens guide comprises a substantially linear bar member and a pair of crab claw members fixedly attached to opposite ends of the linear bar member. The toric lens guide is adapted to be mounted upon an intraocular lens (IOL) which has been implanted within the capsular bag of a human eye during cataract surgery such that the substantially linear bar member is adapted to be disposed atop the central optic component of the intraocular lens (IOL) while the crab claw members effectively grasp the optica/haptic junctions of the intraocular lens (IOL). After the intraocular lens (IOL) is implanted within the capsular bag, it is rotated within the capsular bag such that the substantially linear bar member of the toric lens guide will effectively define a diametrical vector across the intraocular lens (IOL) such that the cataract surgeon can precisely orient the intraocular lens (IOL) within the capsular bag such that the patient's astigmatism is optimally corrected.
US11471266B2
A reconstruction system and associated techniques for soft tissue repairs and repair augmentation. The reconstruction system is an internal soft tissue brace formed of at least one fixation device (for example, anchors or screws) and a replacement/reinforcement construct (for example, a suture construct in the form of a suture tape such as FiberTape® or a collagen tape or a suture with biological material or a collagen coated material, or a collagen patch, or a biological construct such as Arthroflex). The reinforcement construct and fixation devices may be used as a suture repair alone (to replace the ligament or tendon), or in conjunction with other traditional soft tissue repair procedures, acting as a reinforcement system for the repaired soft tissue.
US11471263B2
A stent for use in a medical procedure having opposing sets of curved apices, where the curved section of one set of apices has a radius of curvature that is greater than the curved section of the other set of apices. One or more such stents may be attached to a graft material for use in endovascular treatment of, for example, aneurysm, thoracic dissection, or other body vessel condition.
US11471258B2
The present disclosure relates to a three-dimensional, degradable medical implant for regeneration of soft tissue comprising a plurality of volume-building components and a mesh component which is substantially made of monofilament or multifilament fibers, wherein each volume-building component is attached to at least one point on a surface of the mesh component, and wherein the projected surface area of each volume-building component, when projected on the surface of the mesh component, corresponds to a maximum of one tenth of the surface area of the mesh component.
US11471252B2
Embodiments are provided for utilizing metallic portions in dental positioning appliances. One embodiment includes a removable dental positioning appliance having a shell having one or more cavities shaped to receive and reposition one or more teeth from a first orientation to a successive orientation and where at least a portion of the shell is formed from a mesh material.
US11471248B2
A slender polishing tip is disclosed. In one example, it is an interproximal polishing bur, which is a dental instrument that is a small bit used in a high-speed handpiece by a dentist to perform dental work on the teeth of a patient. It smooths the adjacent tooth or restoration. An adjacent tooth may inadvertently become nicked by the high-speed handpiece while working on a tooth, leaving the adjacent surface roughened. This roughened surface will attract more bacteria and can be harmful to the health of the dentition. Presently, there are no such burs slender enough to fit into the small space available between the prepared tooth and the adjacent tooth to allow appropriate smoothing. The interproximal polishing bur described is small and slender with a particular shape designed to re-finish and re-polish the surfaces of an adjacent gold crown, porcelain crown, and natural dentition.
US11471247B2
The disclosure relates to methods for attaching a dental implant surgical guide and a dental implant to a dental surgical site including: assembling an implant combination, positioning the dental implant surgical guide including a double open-ended guide cylinder at the dental surgical site; rotating the implant combination through the double open-ended guide channel; and attaching a cap comprising a hollow cylinder to the double open-ended guide channel so the rim of the implant mount body is sandwiched between the dental surgical guide and the cap. The disclosure further relates to a dental prosthesis apparatus including: an abutment; a dental implant; a dental implant surgical guide including a first and a second double open-ended guide cylinder connected by a support bar; an implant mount including a rim; and a cap operable to engage the dental implant surgical guide and sandwich the rim between the cap and the dental implant surgical guide.
US11471243B2
Lighting devices are disclosed for use with handheld surgical instruments, along with holsters for supporting surgical instruments with lighting devices thereon and kits containing surgical instruments and lighting devices.
US11471242B1
An illuminated microsurgical instrument comprises a distally projecting tubular member arranged to perform a medical procedure at an interventional site, a sheath member surrounding a portion of the tubular member, and an optical fiber extending along a length of the outer surface of the tubular member between the tubular member and the sheath member. A method of manufacturing an illuminated microsurgical instrument comprises placing an optical fiber on a positioning member, placing a sheath member around the optical fiber and positioning member and securing the sheath member to the optical fiber, removing material from a distal end of the sheath member and optical fiber at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the positioning member, removing the positioning member from within the sheath member, and placing the sheath member with the optical fiber secured thereto around a distally projecting tubular member.
US11471240B2
A system for dynamic localization of medical instruments includes an ultrasound imaging system (110) configured to image a volume where one or more medical instruments are deployed. A registration module (136) registers two images of the one or more medical instruments to compute a transform between the two images, the two images being separated in time. A planning module (142) is configured to have positions of the volume and the one or more medical instruments updated based on the transform and, in turn, update a treatment plan in accordance with the updated positions such that changes in the volume and positions of the one or more medical instruments are accounted for in the updated plan.
US11471238B2
Disclosed is a waste container comprising a port in communication with a tube where the port is configured to receive a fluid from an implement and the tube is configured to direct the fluid from the implement toward an absorbent material within the waste container.
US11471236B1
A wheeled intraoperative neuromonitoring transport device capable of portability and overhead airplane storage that comprises a lower frame that includes two outer legs and an inner support frame, an equipment holder secured about the lower frame, a back frame secured the lower frame, a frame coupled in sliding relation with the back frame between an opened and closed position, and an articulating computer tray carried by the frame via at least one pivoting joint.
US11471233B2
A sterile bag for covering medical equipment comprises: a barrier section, a flexible body section, and an attaching section. The flexible body section has a tubular shape extending from a proximal end to a distal end thereof, and an outer surface, an inner surface, and an open end. The barrier section is coupled to the proximal end, and the attaching section is formed at the distal end of the flexible body section. The barrier section is a rigid or semirigid component which attaches the sterile bag to a sterile component or to an unsterile component of the medical equipment in a pleaded or folded state. The flexible body section is configured to be deployed over the unsterile component so as to enclose within the inner surface thereof the unsterile component. The unsterile component is connectable to the sterile component through the central opening of the barrier section.
US11471227B1
A system for performing robotic laser surgery is disclosed. The system comprises at least one surgery equipment, a surgeon terminal, and a communication module. Further, the system includes a surgical computer communicatively coupled to the at least one surgery equipment via the communication module. The surgical computer is configured to transfer data between the surgeon terminal and the at least one surgery equipment. The surgeon terminal is configured to modulate the tunable laser to conduct the surgical procedure in fully autonomous mode or semi-autonomous mode using robot controls. Further, a plurality of sensors is used to real-time data while performing surgical procedure and transmit the real-time data to the surgeon terminal.
US11471206B2
A method for controlling a user interface of a modular energy system. The modular energy system comprises a header module and a display screen on which the user interface is displayed. The modular energy system can detect attachment of a first module thereto, control the user interface to display one or more first user interface elements corresponding to the first module, detect attachment of a second module to the modular energy system, control the user interface to resize the one or more first user interface elements to accommodate display of one or more second user interface elements corresponding to the second module, and control the user interface to display the one or more second user interface elements. The various UI elements can correspond to the particular module type that is being connected to the modular energy system.
US11471202B2
A system includes a first spacer sized and configured to be received within a resected bone space of a first bone and a second spacer sized and configured to be coupled to a second bone. The first spacer and the second spacer each include a body extending between a bone contacting surface and a coupling surface. At least one shim is positioned between the first and second spacers. The shim includes a body extending between a first coupling surface and a second coupling surface. The first spacer, the second spacer, and the at least one shim position the first and second bones in a predetermined alignment. An adjustable guide including a guide adapter and a guide body is configured to couple to the first spacer and is adjustable on a first axis.
US11471201B2
The cephalomedullary nailing system of this invention contributes to solving three main problems: reduce fractures, improve assembly biomechanics to ensure the load axis is favorable as possible for bony fragments and prevent femoral neck collapse as well as offset and limb length loss, hence avoiding the possibility of reduced abductor power. The system is based on specific screw channel geometry and the placement of an additional locking screw, allowing the nail to turn 360° and facilitating nail insertion through the screw.
US11471199B2
According to some embodiments, an implant for correcting a deformity in or near a joint of a subject includes an implant body having an internal lumen, a suture side hole or window extending through a wall of the implant body and providing access to the internal lumen through an exterior of the implant body, a tension assembly comprising a first bone anchor and a second bone anchor, wherein the first and second bone anchors are configured to be placed on opposite sides of the implant body, and an adjustable suture loop coupling the first bone anchor to the second bone anchor, wherein at least a portion of the at least one adjustable suture loop is positioned within the internal lumen of the implant body.
US11471191B2
Access assemblies includes an instrument valve housing and a valve assembly disposed within the cavity of the instrument valve housing. The valve assembly includes a guard assembly, a seal assembly disposed adjacent to the guard assembly, and a centering mechanism for maintaining the seal assembly and guard assembly centered within a cavity of the instrument valve. In embodiments, the seal assembly includes a plurality of seal sections that are movable from an unfolded configuration to folded configuration in which the seal assembly forms a hexagonal member defining an opening to facilitate sealed passage of a surgical instrument. The seal sections may include a tapered inner edge for engaging a surgical instrument inserted through the instrument valve housing.
US11471190B2
A catheter for delivering a medical electrical lead to a bundle of His from within a right atrium of a heart. The catheter includes a straight portion and a hook portion projecting from a distal end of the straight portion. The hook portion includes a first curved portion, a second curved portion, and a third curved portion. The straight portion and the first curved portion define a plane. The second curved portion extends from a distal end of the first curved portion. The second curved portion curves away from the plane. The third curved portion extends from a distal end of the second curved portion. The third curved portion curves toward the plane. The catheter forms a lumen extending from a proximal end of the straight portion to an opening at a distal end of the third curved portion.
US11471186B2
An invention for transfixing a plurality of cannulas 14 through a tissue 25 for providing a plurality of entry-ports 33 to a surgical site 26, comprising: a base 10; and a plurality of cannulas 14 connected to said base 10; wherein each said cannula 14 includes an access-port 3, is provided. Also, the invention for transfixing a plurality of cannulas 14 through a tissue 25 for providing a plurality of entry-ports 33 to a surgical site 26, comprising: a sleeve 9 including a base 10; said sleeve 9 including a plurality of cannulas 14 connected to said base 10; a mandrel 1 including a handle 7; and said mandrel 1 including a plurality of piercing tips 2 connected to said handle 7; wherein said mandrel 1 detachably engage said sleeve 9 forming a single punch assembly; wherein said cannula 14 includes an access-port 3 to a surgical site 26, is provided.
US11471182B2
Thrombectomy systems and devices and methods of using the same. In an exemplary embodiment of a thrombectomy system of the present disclosure, the thrombectomy system comprises a thrombectomy sheath, comprising a circumferential outer wall reinforced with a reinforcement, configured as an elongated tube having a lumen therethrough; and a sonovisible element positioned at or near a distal end of the circumferential outer wall; wherein the thrombectomy sheath is sized and shaped to be at least partially positioned within a vein proximal to a thrombus or other item within the vein and further configured to expand to contact the vein to secure the thrombectomy sheath within the vein; and wherein the lumen is sized and shaped to receive a device selected from the group consisting of a balloon catheter and a snare having a loop.
US11471177B2
Clamping forceps device includes two clamps in pivotal connection to one another and each having an operator end for being operated by a health care provider. The device also includes an extension extending aft of the operator end of each clamp, the extension forming a space therebetween sized to form a disconnecting wedge mechanism for separating a tube from a patient tube connector. Each extension defines a ramped surface increasing in thickness moving from an extension tip towards the operator end.
US11471171B2
System and methods for channeling a path into bone include a trocar having a proximal end, distal end and a central channel disposed along a central axis of the trocar. The trocar includes a distal opening at the distal end of the trocar. The system includes a curved cannula sized to be received in the central channel, the curved cannula comprising a curved distal end configured to be extended outward from the distal opening to generate a curved path extending away from the trocar. The curved cannula has a central passageway having a diameter configured to allow a treatment device to be delivered through the central passageway to a location beyond the curved path.
US11471166B2
A device for fastening tissue includes (a) a shaft extending longitudinally from a distal end insertable into a body to a proximal end attached to a controller which remains outside of the body, the shaft including a lumen extending therethrough and an opening extending through a wall of a distal portion thereof to open the lumen to an exterior of the shaft; (b) a first roller housed within the lumen adjacent to a first longitudinal edge of the opening such that a rotation of the first roller grasps and draws tissue from the body into the lumen in combination; and (c) a fastening element housed within the lumen adjacent to the opening and movable from a tissue receiving configuration to a tissue gripping configuration.
US11471157B2
A surgical instrument comprising a handle, a shaft rotatable relative to the handle, and an articulation joint rotatable relative to the shaft. The surgical instrument further comprises a motor-driven articulation system including articulation controls which are flipped by a control system of the surgical instrument when the shaft is rotated upside down relative to the handle.
US11471146B2
A surgical tensioner and methods for surgical repairs. A tensioner can tension a flexible strand (suture or wire) attached to tissue (for example, graft or bone segments). A tensioner can include an angled tip with a split hole to past-point on a knot and lock the construct during tensioning. A tensioner can include a securing mechanism that can capture a flexible strand and lock it into place.
US11471132B2
A control circuit of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus having an ultrasound endoscope controls a transmission circuit to generate a transmission signal, which includes a diagnostic driving pulse applied to each of a plurality of ultrasound transducers that generate ultrasound waves for acquiring an ultrasound image, in the case of acquiring the ultrasound image, and controls the transmission circuit to generate a polarization driving pulse, which has a polarization driving voltage different from voltage of the diagnostic driving pulse within the same settable voltage range as the diagnostic driving pulse and has a frequency different from a probe frequency band for acquiring the ultrasound image, in order to perform the polarization processing of the plurality of ultrasound transducers in the case of performing the polarization processing.
US11471121B2
The radiography apparatus is driven by power supplied from the battery. In the radiography apparatus, a radiation source that emits radiation to a subject, a radiation detector that receives the radiation transmitted through the subject and outputs a radiographic image, and an image processing device that performs image processing on the radiographic image are integrated. A CPU of the image processing device acquires a remaining level of the battery. The CPU performs control to operate both a first processing block that performs a noise suppression process and a visibility improvement process as first image processing and a second processing block that performs a density correction process as second image processing in a case in which the remaining level of the battery is equal to or greater than a threshold value. In contrast, in a case in which the remaining level of the battery is less than the threshold value, the CPU performs control to stop an operation of the first processing block and to operate only the second processing block.
US11471118B2
Methods and devices for tracking an x-ray tube focal spot position are described. As successive images are captured by an image capturing system that includes the x-ray tube, the focal spot may change position. To track the change, one or more artificial targets may be arranged relative to the image capturing system such that an initial image is received that includes the artificial targets at a first position in the initial image. A gain map may be generated based on the initial image, and applied to a subsequent image received that also includes the artificial targets to generate a normalized subsequent image. A shift of the artificial targets from the first position in the initial image to a second position in the normalized subsequent image may be identified, where the shift corresponds to the focal spot's position change. Mathematical and/or physical adjustments may be made to correct for the change.
US11471117B2
Multiposition collimation devices and x-ray imaging systems, which include the multiposition collimation devices, are provided. The multiposition collimation device includes a collimator housing and a collimator plate constructed to at least partially block the passage of x-rays. The collimator plate is movable relative to the collimator housing to a first position, corresponding to a first x-ray detector size, and a second position, corresponding to a second x-ray detector size.
US11471115B2
An apparatus and method for monitoring body temperature includes a temperature sensor configured to detect a body temperature of a user wearing a wearable device and produce a temperature signal representative of the detected body temperature. A transmitter is configured to send and receive signals including the temperature signal produced by the temperature sensor. Circuitry, which is coupled to the temperature sensor and the transmitter, is also coupled to a memory comprising a plurality of instructions. When those instructions are executed by the circuitry, the wearable device receives a plurality of temperature signals from the temperature sensor over a predetermined period of time and transmits the plurality of temperature signals to a server to determine a baseline temperature pattern for the user. A current temperature signal is then received from the temperature sensor and transmitted to the server. A user alert signal is received from the server when the current temperature signal differs from the baseline temperature pattern by a predetermined threshold, the user alert signal indicating a potential illness of the user.
US11471113B2
A method for determining a health status of a system of interest is proposed. The method comprises acquiring (S1) a time series, extracting (S2) subsequences, selecting (S3) a set of subsequences, classifying (S4) the subsequences of the set into several groups on the basis of at least one criterion of resemblance to at least one reference subsequence, and constructing (S5) a normal operating model of the system of interest. The construction includes, for each group, a modeling (S51) of a representative subsequence and a determination (S52) of an associated weight. The normal model is defined by the modeled subsequences and the associated weights. The method further includes an attribution (S6) of a normality score to each subsequence extracted by comparison with the normal model, an identification (S7) of at least one abnormal subsequence, and a determination (S8) of the health status of the system of interest.
US11471111B2
This disclosure relates to a system and method to implement a performance test to help evaluate a patient's neurological and cognitive function. The performance test can be executed by the patient autonomously using a portable computing device, such as a tablet computer or smart phone. The portable computing device can be programmed to execute a set of modules configured to assess motor and cognitive performance, such as a manual function test module, a cognitive processing speed test module, and a movement assessment test module. The set of modules can also include a collection module to aggregate test data from the manual function test module, the cognitive processing speed test module, and the movement assessment test module.
US11471107B2
A system and method for performing an electrocardiogram is described herein. The system may include one or more of an electrode strip, a data recorder, a connector, one or more computing platforms, and/or other components. The electrode strip may include multiple electrodes configured to provide signals conveying information associated with electrocardiograms. The multiple electrodes may be integrated into the electrode strip. The data recorder may be configured to receive and record information associated with electrocardiograms. Information associated with electrocardiograms may be communicated from the electrode strip to the data recorder via a connector. The connector may include a cableless connector. In some implementations, the information associated with electrocardiograms may be transmitted to one or more computing platforms.
US11471097B1
A hardware sensor system comprising a piezo sensor outputting charge data corresponding to a motion, an insulated cable from the piezo sensor to a receiver, to transmit the charge data, an insulated charge to voltage converter on the receiver, the insulated charge to voltage converter converting the charge data to voltage data, an analog-to-digital converter to convert the voltage data to digital data, and an uploader to upload the data to a server for processing.
US11471082B2
A continuous glucose monitoring system may employ complex redundancy to take operational advantage of disparate characteristics of two or more dissimilar, or non-identical, sensors, including, e.g., characteristics relating to hydration, stabilization, and durability of such sensors. Fusion algorithms, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), and advanced Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) may be used to implement use of such redundant glucose sensors, devices, and sensor systems in such a way as to bridge the gaps between fast start-up, sensor longevity, and accuracy of calibration-free algorithms. Systems, devices, and algorithms are described for achieving a long-wear and reliable sensor which also minimizes, or eliminates, the need for BG calibration, thereby providing a calibration-free, or near calibration-free, sensor.
US11471080B2
Analyte sensors and methods of use thereof, the analyte sensors comprising a base substrate, a first conductive layer positioned on a first side of the base substrate and a fiducial mark positioned on a portion of the analyte sensor. The fiducial mark is indicative of a location of at least the first conductive layer on the base substrate.
US11471079B2
A system for transdermal alcohol sensing to be worn near a skin surface of a user, including: an alcohol sensor; a microporous membrane; a housing coupled to the alcohol sensor and the membrane, defining a volume between the alcohol sensor and a first membrane side, and fluidly isolating the volume from a second membrane side opposing the first membrane side; an electronics subsystem electrically coupled to the alcohol sensor, operable to power and receive signals from the alcohol sensor; and a fastener operable to position the second membrane side proximal the skin surface.
US11471073B2
The invention relates to a respiratory motion detection apparatus (1) for detecting respiratory motion of a person. An illuminator (3) illuminates the person (2) with an illumination pattern (11), and a detector (4) detects the illumination pattern (11) on the person (2) over time. A temporal respiratory motion signal being indicative of the respiratory motion of the person (2) is determined from the detected illumination pattern by a respiratory motion signal determination unit (5). The illumination pattern deforms significantly with slight movements of the person. Thus, since the respiratory motion signal determination unit (5) is adapted to determine the temporal respiratory motion signal from the detected illumination pattern, even slight respiratory movements of the person can be determined. The sensitivity of detecting respiratory movements of a person can therefore be improved.
US11471071B2
A dual lumen catheter with a measuring scale is disclosed. The catheter has a pair of lumens, one of which is adapted to receive a measuring scale for measuring the length of a lesion within the body. A view port is provided to allow the user to view the measuring scale and determine the length of the lesion.
US11471070B2
Methods are disclosed for measuring the size of body parts treated by a compression therapy device. Either the volume or circumference of the body part may be measure. The methods my include evacuating an inflatable compression sleeve to a known pressure, inserting the body part into the compression sleeve, inflating the sleeve to a pre-set condition, and then measuring one or more inflation related parameters. The pre-set conditions may include a predetermined pressure, volume, or size of the inflatable cells comprising the sleeve. The inflation related parameters may include the time to fill the cell to a pre-set pressure, the pressure attained after a pre-set time of inflation, or the measure volume of a cell after a pre-set amount of air is introduced into it. The methods may also include deflating the cells from the known inflation state to a second inflation state and measuring similar parameters.
US11471064B2
An in vivo potential measurement device includes an insulating member and an amplifier. The insulating member has an electrode. The insulating member is inserted into an organ of a living body such that an outer peripheral face of the insulating member contacts with an inner wall face of the organ at a contact site. The electrode senses electric potential at the contact site. The amplifier amplifies the electric potential to obtain output voltage. The amplifier has input capacitance Cin and input resistance Rin that satisfy Cin/Ce>0.1 and 1/(2πfCeRin)>0.1, where Ce represents capacitance of the insulating member at the contact site, and f represents frequency of the electric potential at the contact site on the inner wall face. A contact state between the outer peripheral face and the inner wall face is evaluated using the output voltage.
US11471055B2
Fluorescence imaging with reduced fixed pattern noise is disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes applying edge enhancement to edges within an exposure frame of the plurality of exposure frames. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 795 nm to about 815 nm.
US11471054B2
According to the invention, there is provided a light-based skin treatment device comprising a treatment light source; a treatment light exit window via which, during operation, treatment light generated by the treatment light source is applied to skin of a user, wherein the treatment light exit window comprises an optically transparent material arranged to contact the skin during operation; and an imaging unit comprising an image sensor 5 arranged to generate an image of the skin during operation. The skin treatment device further comprises an optical waveguide comprising a treatment light receiving surface, an imaging light exit surface and a main surface, wherein said treatment light receiving surface is arranged to receive the treatment light so that the treatment light enters the waveguide at the treatment light receiving surface; said main surface comprises the treatment light exit 10 window and is arranged to transmit the treatment light so that the treatment light exits the waveguide at the treatment light exit window; said imaging light exit surface is arranged with respect to the main surface to receive light reflected at the main surface by total internal reflection at positions where, during operation, no skin is in contact with the main surface; said image sensor is arranged to receive from the imaging light exit surface light which is 15 guided by total internal reflection from the main surface towards the imaging light exit surface.
US11471053B2
Temperature uncertainty maps are calculated based on a rolling window of temperature maps, which is updated as new temperature maps are generated. The rolling window mitigates the effect of transient motion during a thermal therapy procedure. A clinician or an automated control system can then update a portion of an anatomical boundary or the thermal therapy applicator center based on the temperature uncertainty map.
US11471050B2
An intraocular pressure measurement arrangement is disclosed for measuring pressure of an eye of a patient. The arrangement can include at least one source for producing mechanical waves of several frequencies from a distance to the eye of the patient to generate at least one surface wave to the eye, a detector for detecting at least one surface wave from a distance from the eye to extract surface wave information, and a device for determining pressure information of the eye based on the surface wave information.
US11471048B2
This present invention comprises a Galilean tele-microscope lens assembly configured to attach to the front of a binocular indirect ophthalmoscope (BIO) either permanently or by means of a clip or other suitable detachable mechanism, and to enhance an image of a patient's ocular fundus produced by a condensing lens hand-held by the examiner, at their arm's length, in front of the patient's eye. The lens assembly of the present invention magnifies the examiner's view of the hand-held condensing lens itself, and thus magnifies the fundus image produced by the hand-held condensing lens, enabling improved appreciation of finer details in an examination. In addition to improving BIO examinations in general, the present invention is especially advantageous for patients who have disabilities, are wheelchair bound, are children, or are patients of “mission” based ophthalmoscopy services provided in developing, “emerging economy” countries where other examination equipment may not be available.
US11471047B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described for assessing the risk of developmental, cognitive, social, or mental abilities or disabilities in very young patients (e.g., in the first 2-6 months of life). Generally, the decline in visual fixation of a subject over time with respect to certain dynamic stimuli provides a marker of possible abilities or disabilities (such as ASD). The visual fixation of the subject is identified, monitored, and tracked over time through repeated eye tracking sessions, and data relating to the visual fixation is then analyzed to determine a possible increased risk certain conditions in the subject. A change in visual fixation as compared to similar visual fixation data of typically-developing subjects or to a subject's own, prior visual fixation data provides an indication of a developmental, cognitive, or mental ability or disability.
US11471044B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for performing an ophthalmic diagnostic test are disclosed. In one aspect, a head-wearable device for administering an ophthalmic test to a subject can comprise a head-wearable frame for mounting the device onto the subject's head, and a light seal configured for coupling to the frame so as to isolate at least one eye of the subject from ambient light when the device is worn by the subject.
US11471033B2
A capsule core and a capsule endoscope are provided. The capsule core includes a printed circuit board module, connecting structures and functional units. The printed circuit board module includes more than more printed circuit boards connected through flexible circuit boards and spaced apart. The connecting structures connect adjacent printed circuit boards. The functional units are mounted on the printed circuit boards or the connecting structures, and at least part of the functional units communicates with the printed circuit boards.
US11471025B2
The present invention relates to an optical connection device for optically connecting a first connector (42) of a first optical fiber device (44) with a second connector (46) of a second optical fiber device (48) along an optical axis, which comprises a plug part (40) having an elongated shaft (58) having a longitudinal shaft axis (62) and a lumen (60) extending through the shaft (58) along the shaft axis (62) for receiving the first connector (42), the plug part (40) further having a cap (64) at a first end of the shaft (58) which has an insertion opening (66) for insertion of the first connector (42) into the lumen (60), the opening (66) being aligned and communicating with the lumen (60), the plug part (40) having an optical window (68) having a solid body element (69), wherein the plug part (40) is at least in part deformable; and a clamp part (18), wherein the plug part (40) is configured to be at least partially inserted into the clamp part (18), and the clamp part (18) is configured to, when the plug part (40) is at least partially inserted in the clamp part (18) and when the first connector (42) is inserted into the lumen (60) of the shaft (58) of the plug part (40), exert a force onto the plug part (40) which deforms the plug part (40) upon tightening the clamp part (18) so as to clamp and hold the first connector (42) in position and orientation with respect to the optical axis.
US11471015B2
A surface cleaning apparatus is described including a housing supporting a suction source, a dirt collection container, and a cyclonic separation device for separating dirt from the airflow passing through the apparatus. The apparatus further includes a ducting member having an inlet in communication with an outlet from the cyclonic separation device and an outlet in communication with a passage leading to the suction source. The ducting member is removably connected to the housing or the dirt collection container and is rotatably moveable between locked and unlocked positions, and rotational movement of the ducting member from its unlocked position to its locked position aligns the outlet of the ducting member with the passage leading to the suction source.
US11471011B2
A body dryer includes an airflow generator to generate a flow of air, an inlet to pass air from the surroundings to the airflow generator, an outlet to vent the air from the airflow generator, a body, and a movable bar, the bar supported by the body. A drive assembly is provided between the body and the bar, the bar movably driven relative to the body. A noise cancellation device is provided to cancel or reduce noise in at least one of the airflow generator and the drive assembly.
US11471010B2
A dryer stand including a side cover having a through hole through which air is introduced and discharged, a seat provided above the side cover and allowing a dryer to be positioned thereon and an air purifier disposed in an inner space defined by the side cover, wherein the air purifier includes a fan for generating an air flow, and a filter disposed in a flow path of air flowing by the fan to dry a target object.
US11471007B2
A cleansing device is proposed. The cleansing device may include an inner cleansing part coming into close contact with a cleansing target; an outer cleansing part provided outside the inner cleansing part; and a rotating part configured to rotate the inner cleansing part and the outer cleansing part relative to each other. The inner cleansing part and the outer cleansing part have at least one contact point.
US11471005B2
A fluid dispenser includes a dispensation conduit and a refill conduit. A refill system includes a refill reservoir and a refill distribution conduit. The refill distribution conduit is configured for selective fluid coupling with the refill conduit to facilitate refilling of the fluid dispenser.
US11470993B2
The coffee machine (1) comprises a brewing cylinder (2), a movement system of the brewing cylinder (2) comprising a nut screw (8) engaged with a motorised screw (9), and elastic means (13) compensating the mechanical backlash between the threads of the screw (9) and of the nut screw (8).
US11470992B2
A coffee brewer and a method of brewing coffee or another beverage with hot liquid, including tea, are provided. The coffee brewer includes a container with an inner volume, a closed end and an open end. A lid includes an inside with an inner area and an outside, for sealing attachment to the open end. An outlet and a valve, are configured to open or close a flow path between the container and the outlet. A coffee filter is secured to the inside of the lid, in the flow path between the container and the outlet. The outlet is configured to allow pouring of coffee while actuating the valve, and the valve can be actuated from a closed position to an open position with the closed end of the container facing up and the container being above the lid, without spilling coffee on an operator of the valve.
US11470987B1
A footwear apparatus, comprising receptacles, having a mechanism that automatically removes and replaces interchangeable sole footwear parts; an automatic complete new sole dispenser; an automatic new sole heel dispenser; a complete old sole recycling automatic ejection component; an old sole heel dispenser automatic ejection component; a computer-implemented method for serving footwear and footwear soles to consumers from a vending machine; a computer-implemented foot scanning device, wherein said apparatus is comprised of a configuration to automatically replace the sole or partial sole of a pair or pairs of footwear.
US11470985B1
A pacifier-securing device includes a spring clamp to hold a pacifier and a gooseneck arm connected to the spring clamp. The spring clamp includes a first arm and a second arm separated by a gap in a longitudinal direction between the first arm and the second arm, such that a mouth shield of the pacifier is held in place by a force exerted by the spring clamp in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A handle of the pacifier protrudes from the spring clamp along the transverse direction, and an elongated teat of the pacifier protrudes from the spring clamp in the transverse direction opposite the handle. The gooseneck arm holds the spring clamp in a substantially fixed configuration under a weight of the pacifier.
US11470979B1
A bumper designed to block a gap in between a bed and the floor, preventing household items, pets, and children from going into the space underneath beds, and, thus, eliminating messes, damage, injury, or loss. The bumper may be made of corrugated paper, heavy paperboard, or cardboard. The bumper may comprise a flat, rectangular body segmented into flat, rectangular sections using parallel folds, where the sections are configured to secure the bumper in between the bed and the floor. The bumper is setback from the bedframe perimeter to not be obtrusive, strong enough to resist inward pressure, and, in some embodiments, may contain markings to indicate triangular truncations. A plurality of bumpers may, through a series of truncations, be customized to fully block access to the space underneath the bed for variety of bed lengths, widths, and heights.
US11470976B2
This present invention relates to furniture, and more specifically to an ottoman that can be folded into different positions to become a sofa, a recliner or a bed. The foldable ottoman comprises a base frame having supporting members and four legs, a center segment, a first end segment and a second end segment. The center segment has a base that is pivotally attached to two of the four legs. The first end segment has a base pivotally attached to two of the four legs and is also linked to a supporting platform, a pivotable leg handle is attached to the first segment base, and a supporting platform connected to the base. The supporting platform is able to tilt off the base at varying angles. The second end segment has a second end segment base that is pivotally attached to two of the four base frame legs and a pivotable leg handle attached to the second end segment base and may also be linked to a supporting platform.
US11470975B2
A stepstool includes a stool body and a stability extension. The stool body includes a top step and a support structure that supports the top step. The stability extension projects distally from a base portion of the support structure and extends distally beyond a distal edge of the top step. The stability extension is configured to be received in a toe-space at the base of floor-standing furniture, and the stool body is configured so that the distal edge of the top step can be positioned immediately adjacent to the floor-standing furniture, to provide mechanical interference and thus prevent tipping of the stool body when a user on the top step leans out of balance. Also, the sides of the support structure can be angled outwardly to provide a wider base portion for improved stability of the stool body.
US11470960B2
A stand for holding and dispensing craft materials includes a base having a front, a rear, a first side, a second side, an upper surface, and a lower surface. The base rests on a support surface. A first arm is attached to the first side of the base. A second arm is attached to the second side of the base, spaced apart from the first arm. The arms are perpendicular to the base. Aligned dowel grooves are defined along both the first and the second arm. A ruler is attached to the first second arms parallel to the front of the base and a gap is defined between the base and the ruler. a stand is provided for holding and dispensing rolls of craft materials. The stand includes a dowel. The first and second arms can be attached by hinges to the base upper surface.
US11470953B2
A toothbrush with a pinch grip toothbrush handle facilitates a healthier brushing technique by encouraging the use of a pinch grip. A pinch grip handle with one or more finger grooves encourages the use of a pinch grip, thereby reducing the amount of pressure a user can apply during brushing at any brushing orientation. A finger groove may be contoured, consisting of concave surface areas and optionally convex surface areas. A handle may feature a pair of finger grooves that resemble a peanut or hour glass shape, which encourages the use of a pinch grip. Embodiments may take the form of a supplemental attachment to a toothbrush, or an integral part of a solid single-piece toothbrush.
US11470940B2
A formula delivery system can be used in conjunction with hair and scalp treatment appliances to supply a hair treatment formulation to the appliance. In one aspect, the formula delivery system delivers hair coloring formulation to the appliance. Formula delivery systems of the present disclosure generally include at least one fluid container configured to retain a volume of formulation for delivery of the formulation to a hair coloring appliance. In this regard, the formula delivery system may be configured to removably couple to an inlet member of the appliance that allows the appliance to draw the formulation from the fluid container for use within the appliance.
US11470939B2
A hair applicator for the application of medical liquids, hair dye, hair-care products and/or skin care products for the scalp includes a container defining a volume for storing the liquids, in particular a bottle. The container has a neck, a cap configured to close the container at the neck and having at least one application tip with at least one application nozzle for the application of the liquids. The cap is hollow and comprises a valve configured to close the at least one application nozzle. The valve comprises an inner member that is encompassed by the cap and is rotatably attached to the neck of the container and has a valve member configured to close the application nozzle. The cap is axially movable between a first closed position and a second open position by rotation of the cap.
US11470938B2
The invention relates to a device for treating, especially styling, hair, comprising: a receptacle (25) containing a product to be applied, said product being contained in the receptacle in a fluid state; two jaws (3, 4) that are movable in relation to each other and can adopt a spread configuration for the insertion of a lock of hair therebetween and a closed configuration for treating the lock of hair, said jaws (3, 4) being movable along the lock of hair in said closed configuration; an application body (23) for applying the cosmetic product, carried by one of said jaws and suitable for coming into contact with the hair in the closed position; and a steam outlet (21) on the other one of said jaws, for exposing the hair engaged in the device to the steam.
US11470936B2
A carry case for an electronics-enabled eyewear device, such as smart glasses, has charging contacts that are movable relative to a storage chamber in which the eyewear device is receivable. The charging contacts are connected to a battery carried by the case for charging the eyewear device via contact coupling of the charging contacts to corresponding contact formations on an exterior of the eyewear device. The charging contacts are in some instances mounted on respective flexible walls defining opposite extremities of the storage chamber. The contact formations on the eyewear device are in some instances provided by hinge assemblies that couple respective temples to a frame of the eyewear device.
US11470932B2
A luggage system with a wardrobe element which extends from the luggage portion and supports a crossbar for hanging clothing or costumes. An arm extends away from the crossbar for supporting a privacy curtain. The wardrobe element is secured within the sides of the luggage, and the opening of the luggage can be opened and closed without needing to store the wardrobe element. In a preferred embodiment, the wardrobe element includes two pairs of structural legs extending out of respective pockets within the luggage, the legs terminating at the crossbar.
US11470926B1
Jewelry items having at least one rotating ornament to capture a wearer's or viewer's attention are disclosed. The jewelry item may be a ring or pendant having at least one axle. At least one ornament may be coupled about the axle and the ornament may be configured to spin or rotate around the axle as well as slide along the length of the axle. At least one prong may be coupled to the body of the jewelry item to hold a stone in a position above the axle and rotating ornaments.
US11470923B1
A magnetic connector providing a unique magnetic coupling system for quick, one-handed attachment and detachment of a leash to a pet collar or harness is disclosed. The magnetic connector has a cap with an outer armature for leash attachment and an inner female receptacle element for receiving a male insertion element previously attached to a collar. The male insertion element is in the shape of a star polygon having multiple attached magnets. The female receptacle element has a complementary aperture shape for insertion of the star polygon. The cap includes multiple attached magnets of opposite polarity to the star polygon's attached magnets. Upon insertion of the cap onto the star polygon, the cap undergoes rotation caused by the attractive magnetic forces between the star polygon's and the cap's magnets, locking the cap in place until the cap is manually rotated in the opposite direction and lifted off the star polygon.
US11470922B2
Provided is a molded surface fastener having an improved balance between durability against repeated attachment and detachment operations and peeling strength. A molded surface fastener made of a thermoplastic resin, includes: a flat plate-shaped base portion; and a plurality of engaging elements protruding from one main surface of the base portion. Each engaging element includes: a stem upstanding from the main surface; and an engaging head portion formed at an upper end portion of the stem, the head portion including a projection portion extending mainly in a direction perpendicular to a molding direction as viewed in a planar view.
US11470917B1
A system and method directed for a footwear insert whereby the insert provides a more efficient and durable method for providing cushioning in footwear and utilizes a cushioning method that uses deflection as a way to provide cushioning similar to a trampoline that is durable, retains its shape over time, and has very little energy loss.
US11470916B2
The implementation improves in the best possible way the integration between the insole and a modified sock, different than those currently known. The present implementation describes an insole-sock type insert for shoes, which presents a novel configuration that consists of an insole, which has a short, medium, or modified sock attached to it, totally or partially, within the extension of the insole; a short, medium, or modified sock, partially attached to the insole, remaining loose or free in the front part where the toes go and/or part of the instep as well as the front part of the foot, and; an attachment mechanism between the insole and the short, medium, or modified sock, which allows for their attachment, where such mechanism is a seam, Velcro, adhesive, or any other type of method that has the same function.
US11470914B2
Sole structures including a plate including a first polyolefin resin, and an edge portion comprising a second resin are disclosed herein. The edge portion is more flexible or less rigid than the plate. Articles of footwear formed from the sole structures are also provided. Methods of making the polyolefin resin compositions, plates, edge portions, sole structures, and articles of footwear are also provided. In some aspects, the first polyolefin resin composition includes an effective amount of a polymeric resin modifier.
US11470913B2
Described are methods for manufacturing a plastic component, in particular a cushioning element for sports apparel, a plastic component manufactured with such methods, for example a sole or a part of a sole for a shoe, and a shoe with such a sole. The method for the manufacture of a plastic component includes loading a mold with a first material includes particles of an expanded material and fusing the surfaces of the particles by supplying energy. The energy is supplied in the form of at least one electromagnetic field.
US11470902B2
A hair extension anchor fastening device includes hair anchor tubes, which has a tube wall. The tube wall includes a top opening, a bottom opening, a first hole and a second hole that is opposite to the first hole. A wire passes through the holes of the hair anchor tubes whereby the hair anchor tubes can slide along the wire. Hair fixing devices are provided. The hair fixing device includes a bead thread forming a loop and a bead handle that connects both ends of the bead thread and the bead thread passes through the hair anchor tube. The device may be provided as attached to a hair weft by sewing a hair weft band through the holes of the tube wall or sewing the wire to the weft band.
US11470894B1
Disclosed are embodiments of a jacket that can be converted into, for example, a tote bag. The convertible jacket can include zippers placed at the midriff and waist for converting the jacket into a tote bag. In some embodiments, the handles of the tote bag are placed inside of the convertible jacket for carrying the tote bag after the convertible jacket is converted into the tote bag. In certain embodiments, the tote bag portion can be unzipped from the convertible jacket, then the jacket can be worn as a cropped jacket or the top portion of the convertible jacket can be placed into the tote bag. In one embodiment, the convertible jacket can include a zipper at the hem to form the bottom of the tote bag, and can include another zipper at the middle of the jacket for facilitating detachment of the bottom portion from the convertible jacket.
US11470892B1
An antimicrobial air treatment device and a method of its construction. The antimicrobial air treatment device comprises an antimicrobial metal nanoparticle mesh comprising a steel support mesh and a layer of copper nanoparticles disposed on the steel support mesh. The antimicrobial air treatment device may be in the form of a facemask or a component of a moving air filtration system such as an HVAC system, an automobile cabin air filtration system, and an air purifier. The antimicrobial air treatment device may contain one or more filtration layers of filtration medium. The method of constructing the antimicrobial air treatment device involves the preparation of the antimicrobial metal nanoparticle mesh by an electrodeposition technique.
US11470886B2
Provided is a device including: a battery configured to supply power; a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material by receiving power from the battery; a sensor; at least one output unit; and a controller, wherein the controller detects a user's puff by using the sensor and controls at least one output unit based on puff characteristic data based on a result of the detection.
US11470884B2
The invention relates to an electronic smoking device (100) with an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion (114) and to an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion (114). In order to facilitate refilling a liquid reservoir (134) of the atomizer/liquid reservoir portion (114), the atomizer/liquid reservoir portion (114) comprises a docking valve (146) for docking a source of liquid (148) to be stored in the liquid reservoir (134), and a liquid duct (156) that is adapted to receive liquid (172) from the docking valve (146) and that opens into the refillable liquid reservoir (134) at a predetermined distance (A) to the docking valve (146).
US11470882B2
Provided is a smoking member supporting device which is placed in an arrangement region with or without a smoking member mounted thereon, the smoking member supporting device including a base unit including an arrangement surface corresponding to the arrangement region; an accommodating unit formed adjacent to the base unit and configured to accommodate at least one region of the smoking member; a hook unit formed at an edge of the accommodating unit to define the accommodating unit and to maintain a state that the smoking member is accommodated in the accommodating unit and mounted; and a connecting unit formed to face the smoking member when the smoking member is accommodated in the accommodating unit and to supply electrical energy to the smoking member.
US11470879B2
An aerosol generation device includes a case into which a cigarette is to be inserted; a protrusion pipe of a hollow shape protruding from one end portion of the case and having an opening; a heater installed in the case such that an end portion thereof is positioned inside the protrusion pipe, and configured to generate heat when an electric signal is applied thereto; and a heater fixing portion installed inside the protrusion pipe to support the heater and comprising a round surface that extends from an inner side surface of the protrusion pipe.
US11470877B1
A cigarette butt holding tube including a tube assembly, lid assembly, and a cigarette pack assembly is disclosed. These assemblies in conjunction with one another provide an easy-to-use cigarette butt disposal solution to help reduce littering. The cigarette pack assembly includes a spacing within the cigarette pack for a tube of the tube assembly to be received therein. The tube includes a tube opening at a top end that is larger than the width of a cigarette butt. The tube is selectively sealed by a lid of the lid assembly. Once a user is finished smoking a cigarette, the used cigarette butt can be conveniently disposed of and sealed within the tube. The tube being smell proof, fireproof, and fire resistant prevents the smell of smoke within the cigarette pack. The tube also prevents a still lit cigarette butt from setting fire to the remaining cigarettes.
US11470861B2
Preparation method and application of astaxanthin H1-, or H2- or J-aggregate water dispersion system
Preparation method and application of astaxanthin H1-, or H2- or J-aggregate water dispersion system are provided. The three kind of color-different astaxanthin multimer nano-dispersion systems utilize a special molecular structure of natural biomacromolecule chitosan and fish sperm DNA as well as physical interaction between macromolecules to induce formation and stability of astaxanthin multimers under solvent and salt ion-effects. Low-toxicity ethanol is selected as a good solvent for astaxanthin. The organic solvent can be completely removed in the later stage of the preparation process, and can be further enriched and recycled, which is beneficial to clean production and low cost. By adjusting process parameters, the H1-, or H2- or J-type astaxanthin aggregate water dispersion system can be obtained, so as to control a coloration range of astaxanthin water-based products to be yellow, orange and pink. Furthermore, during concentration, dehydration and reconstitution, astaxanthin aggregation patterns and coloring effects are maintained.
US11470855B2
Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks.
US11470854B2
Cooked and uncooked caramel slurries and products prepared using the cooked caramel slurries, and methods of preparing caramel slurries and coating a cooked caramel slurry onto a food piece.
US11470853B2
Provided herein are exemplary embodiments including a computing device comprising a processor, a memory and a display, the computing device being configured to dynamically display a specific, structured interactive graphical user interface paired with a prescribed functionality directly related to the interactive graphical user interface's structure, the specific structured interactive graphical user interface configured to receive input information including an entry of a desired type of food to be prepared, and a desired characteristic of the food, the computing device processor automatically generating a food preparation parameter based on the received input information, and the computing device processor automatically generating a custom recipe for preparation of the food. Additionally, the specific structured interactive graphical user interface may be configured to receive an entry to modify the food preparation parameter or the custom recipe.
US11470844B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a repellent which has a selectivity. Specifically, the repellent does not cause damage to an Apidae bee but suppresses the aggression of a Vespidae wasp and prevents a Vespidae wasp from coming close and building a nest. Also, the objective of the present invention is to provide a method for repelling a Vespidae wasp. The Vespidae wasp repellent according to the present invention is characterized in comprising a compound represented by the following formula (I) as an active component: wherein R1 is hydrogen atom or the like, X is a C1-4 alkylene group or the like, α is a substituent, n is an integer of 0 or more and 5 or less.
US11470832B2
An insect trap connectable to an electrical wall outlet is provided that releasably receives a replaceable card for trapping insect to an adhesive material. A light bar emits light in a sideways direction rearward of the card while the fan blocks forward light to produce a glow that attract insects to the adhesive surface of the card. The card is supported in cantilever by the insect trap.
US11470829B2
The present invention relates to a modular lamp system for insect breeding and reproduction stimulation, which comprises lamps emitting light in the range of about 400-800 nm and at least one lamp with a peak emission lower than about 410 nm, wherein the light intensity measured 50 cm from the light source is not less than 5000 lx with an irradiance in the spectral range of 350-1000 nm at the level of 35-50 W/m2, wherein no less than 95% of the irradiance is in the range of 350-700 nm, and wherein the irradiance in the spectral range of 370-410 nm is 25-80% of irradiance in the range of 350-700 nm and is not less than 10 W/m2. The present invention also provides a method of insect breeding and use of the modular lamp system for stimulation of insect reproduction.
US11470828B2
This disclosure relates to an animal model of human disease. More specifically, this disclosure relates to a rodent model of mood disorders such as unipolar depression and an anxiety disorder. Disclosed herein are genetically modified rodent animals that carry a humanized G protein-coupled receptor 156 (GPR156) gene that encodes a mutant human GPR156 protein comprising Asp at an amino acid position corresponding to position 533 in a full length wild type human GPR156 protein.
US11470825B2
A system is provided for controlling an aquatic habitat. The system for includes a server, a bridge, and a habitat component. The server includes a database containing information associated with a habitat component. The server also includes a communication interface for transmitting operating data for the habitat component. The bridge has a first communication unit configured to communicate with the server communication interface and transmit the operating data received from the server to the habitat component. The habitat component has a second communication unit for receiving operating data from the bridge.
US11470824B2
A bee nesting block, comprising: a first arrangement having a first slab, a second slab, a third slab and a fourth slab, wherein a stacked first arrangement forms a first staggered ledge and a second staggered ledge to provide a landing surface and greater planer space as a visual cue for improved nest recognition for one or more mason bees; and a second arrangement having a fifth slab, a sixth slab, a seventh slab and an eighth slab, wherein a stacked second arrangement forms a third staggered ledge and a fourth staggered ledge to provide a landing surface for the one or more mason bees; wherein the first arrangement is stacked onto the second arrangement to form the bee nesting block having a hexagonal shape; wherein the first arrangement stacked on to the second arrangement are fastened to one another using a plurality of bands or sleeves.
US11470823B2
An apparatus for loading live turkeys from a barn floor to cages on a transport trailer. A continuous motorized drive chain moves attached, solid sheets that are loaded with turkeys from the barn floor into the cage, and then back to the loading position. The drive chain is looped around first and second sprockets. Each rectangular sheet is rotationally connected at two of its corners to the drive chain forming a fixed end and a loose end. When the drive chain rounds the barn end, the loose end of the sheet slides upwards on a guide flap to keep the top of the sheet facing up. The sheets are driven forward to the cages, round the end at the cage end, pulled backwards from the cages toward the barn end, and then driven forward again, all without stopping the motion of the drive chain.
US11470812B2
A system for providing nourishment to pets is provided. The system includes a base component and an electrically operated platform including a scale configured to move along one or more vertical shafts which brings one or more reservoirs positioned on the platform to various levels of height. The system further includes an affixed mount configured to retain a computing device which controls components of the system, particularly the movement of the platform along the one or more vertical shafts and the taking and storage of weight data of the nourishment.
US11470808B2
Hybrid tomato variety ‘H2022’ is described. The tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid processing tomato variety suitable for machine harvest and is adaptable to humid climactic conditions of regions such as the Northeastern United States, Brazil and the Dominican Republic. It is a full season variety with resistance to Verticillium wilt race 1, Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, root knot nematode, bacterial speck, tomato spotted wilt virus, late blight, bacterial spot and tomato yellow leaf curl virus. ‘H2022’ is a high soluble solids variety.
US11470804B1
A novel maize variety designated PH4DB2 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4DB2 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4DB2 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4DB2 or a locus conversion of PH4DB2 with another maize variety.
US11470803B1
A novel maize variety designated PH4C13 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4C13 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4C13 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4C13 or a locus conversion of PH4C13 with another maize variety.
US11470793B2
Described herein is the evaluation of the antifungal properties of bacterial strain KGS-3 against Fusarium Head Blight (FHB)) white mold, blackleg and a number of potato fungal diseases and the plant growth effect attained. KGS-3 is a novel strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa that can suppress bacterial and fungal plant diseases. KGS-3 is predicted to produce antifungal metabolites polymyxin, fusaricidin, and paenilarvin and has been demonstrated to produce cylindrol B. KGS-3 is a plant growth promoting bacteria demonstrated to increase protein content of plants and/or plant products.
US11470787B2
The present invention belongs to the technical field of landscape garden engineering, and specifically discloses a salt-isolated rain garden structure. The salt-isolated rain garden structure includes a depression surrounded by side slopes, where a 10 cm thick drainage layer, a 10-30 cm thick filler layer, a 5 cm thick transition layer, a 20-30 cm thick planting layer, a 0.2-0.5 cm thick mulch layer and a 15-20 cm thick ponding layer are stacked in order from the bottom of the depression to up; a salt barrier is disposed between the planting layer and the transition layer and/or between the drainage layer and a saline layer; a vertical overflow pipe and a horizontal drainage pipe are disposed at the bottom of the depression; the overflow pipe and drainage pipe are connected; the salt barrier is filled with river sand, zeolite or ceramsite and is 10-20 cm in thickness.
US11470785B2
Horticulture systems and methods including an air handling rack system comprising frame supply and return plenums, an input diffusion assembly physically supported by and fluidically coupled to the frame supply plenum, and a plant support tray assembly physically supported by and fluidically coupled to the frame return plenum. The input diffusion assembly is configured to direct a supply airflow flowing through the frame supply plenum downwardly from an underside thereof. The plant support tray assembly is positioned below the at least one input diffusion assembly to form an environmental cultivation chamber therebetween. The rack system is configured to direct the supply airflow through the environmental cultivation chamber from the input diffusion assembly to the plant support tray assembly past one or more plants positioned on a support side of the plant support tray assembly and into the frame return plenum as a return airflow.
US11470773B2
A zero turn radius lawnmower, such as a stand-on lawnmower, including a main frame having a first end portion and a second end portion, a pair of drive wheels operably coupled to the second end portion of the main frame and configured to be driven independently in both forward and reverse directions, and a front axle assembly pivotally coupled to the first end portion of the main frame about a single axis. The zero turn radius lawnmower also includes a pair of caster wheels coupled to respective ends of the front axle assembly such that the pair of caster wheels are able to move relative to the main frame, as well as a mower deck coupled to the main frame by at least one first linkage and coupled to the front axle assembly by at least one second linkage.
US11470764B2
Methods and systems are presented for making good use of recently obtained biometric data, for configuring propagule capsules (e.g. containing seeds or spores with growth media and other helpful materials) for deployment via drones so that each has an improved chance of survival, and for configuring drones or piloted craft for safe fleet deployment in remote locations.
US11470761B2
An implement comprising a center section and a pair of wing sections, each of the sections comprising a pair of parallel frame members pivotably coupled to each other, wherein one of the frame members comprises a toolbar; and a plurality of hydraulic cylinders enabling rotational movement between the parallel frame members, wherein the hydraulic cylinders of the wing sections comprise double-rod cylinders and the hydraulic cylinders of the center section comprises single-rod cylinders.
US11470752B2
A customizable shovel, including a telescopic assembly, including a first shaft section, a second shaft section movably disposed within a first end of the first shaft section, a plurality of adjustment buttons disposed on at least a portion of the first shaft section to extend the second shaft section from retracted to away from the first shaft section in response to depressing one of the plurality of adjustment buttons, a socket disposed on a second end of the second shaft section, and a blade connected to the socket to receive at least one item therein, an attachment assembly to removably connect to the blade, and a connecting assembly disposed on at least a portion of the attachment assembly to lock the attachment assembly to the telescopic assembly in a first position and unlock the attachment assembly from the telescopic assembly in a second position.
US11477926B2
Support blocks for printed circuit boards (PCB's) and printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA's), wherein the support blocks are produced from a 3D printing process. The support block including a bottom surface having a vacuum connection; a top surface having at least one vacuum hole; at least one recessed surface that is offset from the top surface; and at least one vacuum channel extending from the vacuum connection to the at least one vacuum hole.
US11477920B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of power electronics technology, and proposes a power module, including: a case and an isolating part disposed in the case; a first air duct and a second air duct stacked to each other, separated by the isolating part, and penetrated in a front-to-rear direction in the case; a high-voltage power unit; a low-voltage power unit; and a transformer, including a high-voltage portion and a low-voltage portion, wherein the high-voltage portion includes a first magnetic core and a high-voltage coil disposed on the first magnetic core, and the low-voltage portion includes a second magnetic core and a low-voltage coil disposed on the second magnetic core, wherein the high-voltage power unit and the high-voltage portion are disposed in the first air duct, and the low-voltage power unit and the low-voltage portion are disposed in the second air duct.
US11477914B2
An immersion liquid cooling tank assembly includes a generally hexagonal tank, a condenser, a manifold system, and at least one top cover. The tank includes a base and a plurality of side walls. The base and the plurality of sidewalls are connected. The condenser includes a plurality of condenser tubes. The manifold system is coupled to the condenser to assist in distributing liquid flow to and from the plurality of condenser tubes. The at least one top cover is located generally opposite to the base.
US11477907B2
A server cabinet assembly includes a tray, a carrier, and an angle adjustment mechanism. The carrier is pivotably disposed on the tray about a pivot axis, and the carrier is configured to accommodate a data storage device. The angle adjustment mechanism includes a positioning component, a handle, and a latch. The positioning component is disposed on the tray. The positioning component has a plurality of first positioning portions. The handle is disposed on the carrier. The latch is movably disposed on the carrier and located between the positioning component and the handle. The latch includes an operation portion and a second positioning portion connected to each other. The operation portion is movable toward the handle to move the second positioning portion away from the positioning component or is movable away from the handle to make the second positioning portion engage with one of the plurality of first positioning portions.
US11477901B2
A display device reduces or minimizes a stress applied to a display panel in a folded state. The display device includes a display panel including a bendable area; and a panel support portion combined to the display panel and including a multi-joint member to support the bendable area, and the multi-joint member includes: a plurality of hard material portions sequentially arranged in a first direction, mutually combined to be rotated with respect to one another, and including a first surface arranged toward the bendable area; and a soft material portion contacting the first surface and fixed to the plurality of hard material portions.
US11477899B2
The present invention relates to the field of driving power technologies, and in particular, to a vertical multi-function driving power, which includes an integrally formed shell, an end cover, a waterproof socket, a sealing cover, and a circuit board. One end of the shell is closed and the other end is provided with an opening. The opening end of the shell is detachably connected to an inner side surface of the end cover, the waterproof socket is integrally formed on an outer side surface of the end cover, at least one key hole penetrates through an upper side surface of the shell, and the sealing cover is mounted in the key hole to seal it. The circuit board is provided with a key column perpendicular to a substrate, and two inner side surfaces adjacent to the side surface where the key hole is located inside a cavity of the shell are provided with mounting blocks symmetrically. Clamping blocks are arranged symmetrically on the inner side surfaces of the end cover, and the clamping blocks each have a “Y”-shaped notch. The vertical multi-function driving power provided by the present invention has desirable waterproof and moisture-proof effects, and can effectively solve the problems that the circuit board is not easy to mount, the sealing cover is easy to fall off, and multiple groups of key switches cannot be additionally arranged.
US11477895B2
The present disclosure relates to a modular keyboard, monitor, mouse (KMM) system for use in an equipment rack. The system may have a tray subsystem and an electronics subsystem adapted to rest on and be removably secured to the tray subsystem. The electronics subsystem has a housing including a recess, the recess being shaped to nestably support a keyboard therein. A monitor is pivotally supported from the electronics subsystem and movable between a first position, extending up from the electronics subsystem so as to be viewable for use by a user, to a second position for storage such that the monitor is positioned parallel to the housing of the electronics subsystem. A keyboard is removably secured to the electronics subsystem within the recess. The monitor covers at least a substantial portion of the keyboard when folded down into the second position for storage.
US11477889B2
An electronic module is provided including power switches mounted on a circuit board and configured as an inverter circuit for an electric motor. A sliding member is coupled to an actuator. A power contact switch is provided including a first conductive body, a second conductive body, and a contact switch. The first and second conductive bodies are mounted on a first surface of the circuit board and include pins received through through-holes of the circuit board to make electrical contact with two conductive tracks on a second surface of the circuit board. The contact switch pivotably is secured to the first conductive body and pivotably moveable by the sliding member to make contact with the second conductive body with movement of the actuator. A flyback diode is electrically connected between the first and second conductive track on the second surface of the circuit board parallel to the power contact switch.
US11477873B1
A switch control system for a motor and a lamp of a fan includes a motor switch, a lamp switch, a detection unit, a wireless remote control receiving unit, a control unit, and a drive unit. The control unit is electrically connected to the motor switch through a motor power processing part. The control unit is electrically connected to the lamp switch through a lamp power processing part. Thus, the motor switch and the wireless remote control receiving unit are able to operate and control the motor independently, and the lamp switch and the wireless remote control receiving unit are able to operate and control the lamp independently.
US11477868B2
The present disclosure relates to current control circuitry for controlling a current through a load. The current control circuitry comprises amplifier circuitry, reference voltage generator circuitry configured to supply a fixed reference voltage to a first input of the amplifier circuitry and an output stage comprising: a control terminal coupled to an output of the amplifier circuitry; a current input terminal configured to be coupled to the load; and a current output terminal. The current control circuitry further comprises a variable resistance coupled to the current output terminal of the output stage, and a feedback path between the current output terminal of the output stage and a second terminal of the amplifier circuitry for providing a feedback voltage to a second input of the amplifier circuitry.
US11477866B2
Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems that interact with users to provide access to media appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, an entertainment system in a location is configured to provide jukebox-related and entertainment system mediated services that are accessible from within and from the outside of the location, and provide (1) attract or flight media operations, (2) browsing services, and/or (3) search screens appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. Such screens may be provided with a three-dimensional look-and-feel in certain exemplary embodiments.
US11477862B2
The invention relates to an optical system for an induction cooking device with at least one induction coil (2) and an at least partially transparent or semi-transparent top plate (3), the optical system (10) comprising at least one light source (11) to be arranged in a central area of said induction coil (2) in order to provide light through a central opening (2.1) of said induction coil (2), light deflecting means (12) configured to receive light from the light source (11) and provide said light at one or more openings (12.1) and light guiding means (13) for guiding light provided at said one or more openings (12.1) in an area between the upper side of the induction coil (2) and the lower side of the top plate (3), said light guiding means (13) being configured to guide the light into a space between the induction coil (2) and the top plate (3) and provide a light indicator at the top side of the top plate (3).
US11477861B2
Aerosol-generating article, device and system for use with a plurality of aerosol-forming substrates
An aerosol-generating device includes a receiving sleeve which in turn includes an inner receiving zone for receiving a first aerosol-forming substrate, and an outer receiving zone extending across at least a portion of an outer circumferential periphery of the receiving sleeve for receiving a second aerosol-forming substrate. The device includes a heater for heating the first aerosol-forming substrate or the second aerosol-forming substrate.
US11477859B2
A method for communication between a cooking utensil and an induction cooktop, includes: a step of arrangement of a cooking utensil on an element of the induction cooktop, a step of generation of a magnetic flux by the element on which the cooking utensil is arranged, a pairing request step including a sending of at least one pairing request frame by the communication module of the cooking utensil or the sending of at least one corresponding pairing request frame by the communication device of the induction cooktop, a step of listening by the communication device of the induction cooktop or, if applicable, by the communication module of the cooking utensil, the listening step including reception of the at least one pairing request frame or, if applicable, of the at least one corresponding pairing request frame, a pairing step between the cooking utensil and the induction cooktop including an exchange of information.
US11477858B2
A small diameter sheath heater with improved reliability is provided. The sheath heater according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a metal sheath, a heating wire having a band shape, the heating wire arranged with a gap within the metal sheath so as to rotate with respect to an axis direction of the metal sheath, an insulating material arranged in the gap, and connection terminals arranged at one end of the metal sheath, the connection terminals electrically connected with both ends of the heating wire respectively.
US11477849B2
Methods and apparatuses are described for cooperation of two or more devices to improve the transmissions over a Uu interface. A source receives or transmits an indicator indicating a first mode of two modes of cooperation between the source apparatus and at least a first cooperating device. The two modes of cooperation includes a joint communication mode and a relay mode of cooperation. If the first mode is the joint communication mode, at least a portion of the data, intended for the intended recipient, is transmitted to at least the first cooperating device to be further transmitted by the first cooperating device to the intended recipient. A same or different portion of the data is transmitted to the intended recipient or to a second cooperating device to be further transmitted by the second cooperating device to the intended recipient.
US11477848B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting, by a wireless communication device, a transmission, by a radio access network node, of an alert message, identifying contents of the alert message, determining that the wireless communication device is authorized to relay the contents of the alert message, generating alert information comprising the contents of the alert message, and transmitting a ProSe direct discovery message comprising the alert information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11477847B2
A system can receive, over one or more networks, location data from a computing device of a requesting user, where the location data indicates a current position of the requesting user. The system can repeatedly determine, based at least in part on location data corresponding to a directional heading of a proximate transport provider in relation to the current position of the requesting user, an optimal rendezvous location for the requesting user prior to the requesting user transmitting a service request to the network computer system. The system may then transmit, over the one or more networks, data corresponding to the optimal rendezvous location to the computing device of the requesting user.
US11477839B2
An image-capturing device includes a low-power communication device to perform first communication processing; the at least one high-speed communication device to perform second communication processing; and circuitry. The circuitry switches between the low-power communication device and the at least one high-speed communication device according to an operation input, to perform the first communication processing or the second communication processing according to the operation. The circuitry, in response to an input of the first operation, controls the low-power communication device to perform the first communication processing based on a connection state of the low-power communication device and the terminal, which has been established before the input of the first operation; and in response to an input of the second operation, controls the at least one high-speed communication device to connect with the terminal and perform the second communication processing based on connection information acquired before the input of the second operation.
US11477836B2
The present specification provides a method for performing a radio link failure (RLF) recovery procedure in a wireless communication system. The method performed by a first user equipment (UE) includes, wherein the first UE is connected to a base station via a UE-to-UMTS (Uu) link and is connected to a second UE via a sidelink, determining a path for performing the RLF recovery procedure when a RLF is detected on the Uu link, and performing an RRC connection re-establishment procedure in order to recover the RLF through the determined path.
US11477833B2
A method is performed by a network entity of a wireless communication network. A first PDU session is established for a wireless terminal (UE) using a first NodeB base station (MgNB) and a first user plane function entity (UPF1). A second PDU session is established for the wireless terminal (UE) using a second NodeB base station (SgNB) and a second user plane function entity (UPF2). The first and second PDU sessions are established for the wireless terminal (UE) using the first and second NodeB base stations so that the first and second PDU sessions are provided concurrently using dual connectivity DC to provide redundant data paths for communication of data for the wireless terminal (UE) through the wireless communication network.
US11477831B2
One disclosure of the present specification provides a method for operating in relay user equipment (UE). The method may comprise the steps of: receiving a communication request message directly from a first remote UE; performing a procedure for establishing an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity and a protocol data unit (PDU) session; and storing mapping information between an identifier of a PC5 link with the first remote UE and an identifier of the PDU session on the basis of the PDU session being established for an unstructured PDU session type for unstructured traffic.
US11477828B2
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing multi-User Equipment (UE) and multi-message support in tunnel management messages. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: determining, for a first node and a second node using GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) tunneling support for UE management, if the first node and the second node support multi-UE messaging; when the first node and the second node support multi-UE messaging, then switching to multi-UE multi-messaging mode wherein a chain of messages are formed; and when at least one of the first node and second node do not support multi-UE messaging, then using conventional tunnel management messaging.
US11477823B2
The present application provides a random access method, a UE, a base station, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes that: in a random access process, a first resource is selected from multiple radio resources, wherein the radio resources include either or a combination of: Band Width Parts (BWPs) and carrier resources; a first message is sent to a base station by using the first resource; and a second message sent by the base station is received, wherein the second message carries indication information of a second resource.
US11477821B2
A method performed by a station for enabling an Uplink, UL, transmission to an access point in a wireless communications network is provided. The station determines a UL transmission rank for an UL transmission to the access point. Then, the station transmits, to the access point, a message on a contention-based transmission resource in the wireless communications network comprising information indicating the determined UL transmission rank. A station for enabling an UL transmission to an access point in a wireless communications network is also provided. Furthermore, an access point and a method performed therein for enabling an UL transmission from a station in a wireless communications network are also provided.
US11477819B2
A method and electronic device for conducting wireless radio communications are disclosed. Conducting the wireless radio communications includes determining that the electronic device has a reason to communicate over a wireless radio interface and conducting listen before talk with a listen before talk receiver in response to the determining that the electronic device has the reason to communicate over the wireless radio interface. Upon detecting, through the listen before talk, that wireless spectrum for the wireless radio interface is available for conducting the wireless radio communications, activating a radio access transceiver and carrying out the wireless radio communications over the wireless radio interface using the available wireless spectrum.
US11477818B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform determining, by a network node, that at least one of frequency tuning, bandwidth part switching, or bandwidth switching is to be performed by at least one user equipment; and based on the determining, sending, by the network node, to the at least one user equipment one or more downlink slots, wherein the one or more downlink slots provide an indication of a time to perform the at least one of frequency toning, bandwidth part switching, or bandwidth switching by the at least one user equipment. Further, in accordance with another example embodiment of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform receiving from a network node, by a user equipment, one or more downlink slots, wherein the one or more downlink slots comprises at least one of an uplink grant, a downlink assignment, and wherein the one or more downlink slots provide an indication of a time to perform at least one of a frequency tuning, bandwidth part switching, and bandwidth switching by at least one user equipment; based on the one or more downlink slots, performing, by the user equipment, the at least one of frequency tuning, bandwidth part switching, or bandwidth switching, and transmitting, by the user equipment, at least one uplink channel or a signal via a radio frequency chain based on the at least one of frequency tuning, bandwidth part switching, or bandwidth switching.
US11477803B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for improving communication efficiency in environments featuring both 802.11ax devices and legacy devices. Although 802.11ax introduces the ability for multiple devices to transmit simultaneously over a wireless channel, this feature is not used to its full potential because legacy devices transmit using turn-based communication (waiting for the channel to free up before transmitting). To create the illusion that the channel is free, in one method, an 802.11ax access point lowers the power for 802.11ax transmissions in a portion of a wireless channel being utilized by the legacy device. In another method, the 802.11ax access point blanks the portion of the wireless channel altogether (i.e., does not schedule transmissions over the portion). As a result of these methods, signal interference is reduced, and legacy devices do not halt transmissions to follow turn-based communication.
US11477791B2
Provided are a signaling method of a device in a wireless communication system and a device using same. The method comprises: transmitting, to a terminal via an upper layer signal, first information info fining about a first resource unit used for interleaving; and performing interleaving for a particular resource for the terminal by the first resource unit, wherein the information informing about the first resource unit is signaled to the terminal separately from second information for informing about a second resource unit used when a base station allocates resources for the terminal.
US11477787B2
Assigning resources for transmitting signals to a user equipment includes receiving, at a first node having a first coverage area, an indication of an overlapping coverage area from a second node when the second node is a non-terrestrial node having a second coverage area that overlaps with the first coverage area. Request for resources are received from a user equipment in the first coverage area, and resources assignments to the user equipment are determined based on the first message and the received request. The resource assignments include a first resource assignment for communication with the first node and a second resource assignment for communication with the second node. The resource assignments are transmitted in a second message to the user equipment, which then communicates with the first node using the first resource assignment and to communication with the second node using the second resource assignment.
US11477783B2
Systems and methods for enabling and providing uplink based mobility procedures are disclosed. Embodiments provide uplink based mobility procedures in which one or more physical channel typically used to facilitate uplink based mobility is not utilized. For example, an uplink based mobility process of embodiments utilizes a UL-based mobility specific ID and/or synchronization signals to provide information for decoding signals avoiding the use of physical cell identifier channel (PCICH). Embodiments of an uplink based mobility process utilize a physical channel, such as a physical slot format indication channel (PSFICH) or a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), to provide uplink mobility signal acknowledgements and paging indications avoiding the use of a physical keep alive channel (PKACH).
US11477780B2
A radio frame processing method applied to a first station. The method includes: after detecting a first radio frame, determining whether the first station is in an associated state; if the first station is in the associated state, determining a home situation of the first radio frame according to first attribute information carried in the first radio frame and second attribute information corresponding to a first access point station with which the first station is associated, and performing carrier detection according to a first preset rule based on the home situation of the first radio frame; and if the first station is in an unassociated state, performing the carrier detection according to a second preset rule.
US11477759B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and apparatus of a wireless network are disclosed. The method includes transmitting a first request message to request allocation of a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) group identifier from a service capability server/application server (SCS/AS) to a service capability exposure function (SCEF), the first request message including an external group identifier and an SCS/AS identifier, and receiving a first response message including the MBMS group identifier from the SCEF to the SCS/AS.
US11477757B2
A method and a system for indoor positioning within a wireless mesh-type network can be applied where a plurality of access points are located in an indoor space. According to the method, any one access point of the plurality of access points receives a request for indoor positioning transmitted by a portable device, wherein the request comprises received signal strength indications (RSSIs) measured and collected by the portable device. The access point compares the measured and collected RSSIs of the request to RSSIs stored in a fingerprinting database to determine a fingerprinting position using a closest match method and the access point provides, to the portable device, the determined fingerprinting position.
US11477756B2
A system and a method are disclosed for enabling assignment of a responder unit to a user on a water vessel. The rescue system transmits a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a user device on the water vessel, the SMS message comprising a selectable option that, when selected, causes a location of the user device to be shared. Based on a selection by a user of the user device of the selectable option, the system receives a plurality of location coordinates from the user device at a plurality of respective times, each respective location coordinate describing a respective location of the user device at its respective time. The system selects a responder unit to assign to the user based on the plurality of location coordinates and a location of each of a plurality of candidate responder units. The system transmits location information to a responder device of the selected responder unit, the location information based on the plurality of location coordinates.
US11477754B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for resolving aliasing ambiguities produced when using channel state information reference signal, a sounding reference signal (SRS) or other transmission as a positioning reference signal (PRS) occupying a subset of tones of a PRS bandwidth. The aliasing ambiguity results in a plurality of different possible positioning measurements, such as time of arrival (TOA), reference signal timing difference (RSTD), or reception to transmission difference (Rx−Tx). The aliasing ambiguity may be resolved using a previous position estimate that may be used to produce an approximation of the expected positioning measurement. A position estimate may be generated using a multiple stage PRS configuration, in which one or more stages provide a coarse position estimate that has no ambiguity, which can be used to resolve the ambiguity of a more accurate position estimate resulting from the PRS signal.
US11477750B2
A method for data transmission includes that: a first network device receives a registration request message or a registration updating request message from a user equipment (UE); the first network device acquires UE context information and UE data from a second network device based on the registration request message or the registration updating request message; and the first network device sends a registration response message to the UE. A device for data transmission is also provided.
US11477747B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Different periodicities may be dynamically selected when monitoring and transmitting signaling used for link management, where respective periodicities may be based on the quality of the link between devices. For instance, a first wireless device may use a first monitoring periodicity to monitor for signals transmitted from another wireless device. Upon determining that a link condition has changed (e.g., decreased or reached a threshold), the first wireless device may decrease its monitoring periodicity (and increase monitoring frequency) to detect signals transmitted by the other wireless device more frequently. In such cases, the other wireless device may likewise transmit its measurement signals more often (e.g., in accordance with a second periodicity) based on the link quality. The adjusted monitoring and transmission periodicities may provide additional occasions for the wireless device to detect signals from another device.
US11477745B2
Orthogonal multiplexing of high efficiency (HE) and extremely high throughput (EHT) wireless traffic
This disclosure provides systems, methods, apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for orthogonal multiplexing of high efficiency (HE) and extremely high throughput (EHT) wireless traffic. Devices in a wireless local area network (WLAN) may operate under HE or EHT conditions. An access point (AP) may support both HE and EHT communications with WLAN devices. To enable substantially simultaneous downlink HE and EHT transmissions and substantially simultaneous uplink HE and EHT transmissions, the AP may support orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) of HE and EHT transmissions. For example, pre-HE and pre-EHT modulated fields, HE and EHT modulated fields, and payloads may be aligned in time for the HE and EHT transmissions. The AP may ensure orthogonality for multiplexing the HE and EHT transmissions based on the alignment. In some implementations, a trigger frame may be utilized to indicate uplink transmission alignments.
US11477738B2
Provided are a method and device for uplink power control. A user terminal performing the method includes: a receiving unit configured to receive signature information for the user terminal from a base station; and a control unit configured to determine a transmission power of the user terminal according to the received signature information.
US11477722B2
A network node transmits an indication of a change to access control parameters, wherein the indication includes one or more of an operator information, a unified access control type, access identities, network slice information, session information, an indication to prohibit new service access attempt, an indication to alleviate prohibition of new service access attempt and a radio resource control state.
US11477719B1
A wireless communication network serves User Equipment (UE) responsive to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) network. The UE transfers UE data that indicates user applications and their current status to a distributed ledger. The distributed ledger also receives past quality levels and locations from the wireless communication network. The distributed ledger stores the UE data, quality levels, and locations in a blockchain format that is readable by the AI network. The distributed ledger receives a future quality level and location and time for the UE from the AI network. The distributed ledger stores the future quality level and location and time for the UE in the blockchain format. The distributed ledger transfers the future quality level and location and time for the UE to an Exposure Function (EF). The EF signals a network control-plane to deliver the wireless data service to the UE at the future location and time and quality level.
US11477710B2
Methods and apparatus for realizing dynamic point selection improve the cell-edge throughput and geometric mean of release 8/9 UEs. The method comprises a step of receiving estimated channel quality reported by all the TPs in the CoMP set, a step of switching the serving TP for the UEs based on the estimated channel quality and/or cell load, a step of forwarding the scheduled data from the primary TP to the serving TP, a step of separately transmitting PDCCH to the UEs by the primary TP and transmitting PDSCH to the UEs by the serving TP. the implementation of the method and apparatus improves the cell-edge throughput and geometric mean of UE throughput by serving UEs instantaneously from the cell that provides better throughput accounting for fast time-scale channel fluctuations and/or load. It helps in reducing interference due to data getting drained faster when users are served from cells with better channel conditions.
US11477693B2
A session management function sends, to a network repository function, a first message requesting discovery of a user plane function supporting an uplink classifier functionality for a packet data unit session of a wireless device. The first message comprises an uplink classifier indication parameter. based on the first message, a second message comprising an identifier of the user plane function is received from the network repository function. A third message requesting a connection for the wireless device, between the session management function and the user plane function, is sent to the user plane function.
US11477691B2
A method of managing data bearers between a cellular network subscriber device and a packet data gateway in a cellular network core, the cellular network subscriber device and the packet data gateway being connected by a default bearer, the method including receiving at least one dedicated bearer request for a communication session between the cellular network subscriber device and an external network resource; comparing at least one parameter of the received dedicated bearer against a set of predetermined rules; and if at least one parameter of the received dedicated bearer request matches at least one of the set of predetermined rules: storing the at least one parameter of the received dedicated bearer request; and sending a message to the subscriber device to cause the cellular network subscriber device and packet data gateway to use the default bearer for the communication session.
US11477685B2
An apparatus configured to be employed in a user equipment (UE) associated with a new radio (NR) communication system is disclosed. The apparatus comprises one or more processors configured to process a beam reporting configuration signal received from a gNodeB associated therewith. In some embodiments, the beam reporting configuration signal comprises a measurement quantity information on one or more measurement quantities to be reported by the UE to the gNodeB during beam reporting, for a set of beams associated with the gNodeB, wherein the one or more measurement quantities comprises layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio (L1-SINR), or both L1-SINR and L1 reference signal receive power (RSRP). In some embodiments, the beam reporting configuration signal further comprises a reference signal information on a reference signal to be utilized by the UE for measuring the one or more measurement quantities for the set of beams associated with the gNodeB.
US11477682B2
Example radio link monitoring methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes performing radio link monitoring (RLM) in a second bandwidth part (BWP) by a terminal device. The terminal device receives first switching information from a network device that is used to indicate that an active BWP includes a first BWP, and switches from the second BWP to the first BWP based on the first switching information. The terminal device removes a measurement result obtained by performing RLM in the second BWP, where the measurement result includes a quantity N1 of one or more out of synchronization (OOS) states or a quantity N2 of one or more in synchronization (IS) states. RLM is performed in the first BWP.
US11477678B2
A device may receive input data associated with a wireless network, and may extract data from the input data to generate extracted data. The device may create PRB images based on the extracted data, and may process the PRB images, with a first model, to associate labels with each of the PRB images. The device may process the labels and the PRB images, with a second model, to identify potential issues associated with the PRB images, and may process data identifying the potential issues associated with the PRB images, with a third model, to compress the data identifying the potential issues into an array. The device may process the array, with a fourth model, to determine probability scores associated with the potential issues, and may select a potential issue with a greatest probability score as a detected issue. The device may perform actions based on the detected issue.
US11477676B2
An apparatus of user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry coup led to a memory, where to configure the UE for radio link monitoring (RLM) in a New Radio-Unlicensed (NR-U) network, the processing circuitry is to decode radio resource control (RRC) signaling from a base station. The RRC signaling includes configuration information to configure transmission occasions for a plurality of RLM reference signals (RLM-RSs). A primary synchronization signal (PSS) or a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) detection is performed to determine a number of RLM-RSs of the plurality of RLM-RSs that are successfully transmitted during the transmission occasions. Signal measurements are performed on the RLM-RSs that are successfully transmitted within an evaluation duration to determine a block error rate (BLER). The signal measurements are performed when the number is higher than a threshold number. An in-sync (IS) indicator or an out-of-sync (OOS) indicator are generated based on the signal measurements.
US11477673B2
A method and apparatus for use in a mobile device telemetry system is disclosed. The method and apparatus relate to aspects in a mobile device protocol health monitoring system. The method and apparatus provide a system to monitor and assess protocol health, log protocol health data and communicate the logs of protocol health data to a remote system. The system may also take corrective actions based upon specific indications of protocol health. The method and apparatus also provides protocol health indications and corrective actions based upon monitoring the message transmission rate. The method and apparatus also provides protocol health indications and corrective actions based upon monitoring for a line disconnect.
US11477664B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method, systems, and devices may include techniques for establishing a first connection with a first cell operating in accordance with a first radio access technology (RAT), and performing a beam sweep procedure for one or more candidate beams for adding or handover to a second cell operating in accordance with millimeter wave (mmW) RAT. The beam sweep procedure may be performed based on previous beam measurements stored in a measurement database. The techniques may further include selecting a beam from the one or more candidate beams for adding or handover to the second cell based on the beam sweep procedure, and adding or handing over to the second cell by establishing a second connection with the second cell using the selected beam.
US11477661B2
An electronic apparatus and a method for determining which of a plurality of coexistence modes to execute with a processor. The processor selectively runs one or more applications. Each coexistence mode when executed enables coexistence of wireless communication according to first and second wireless communication protocols. The processor executes a program so as to: measure wireless signal conditions of signals received with the first and second wireless communication protocols, respectively; determine packet statistics of communication packets received with the first and second wireless communication protocols, respectively; obtain, for each application being run by the processor, an application performance indication, an application first communication protocol setting; and an application second communication protocol setting; determine which one of the coexistence modes to execute based on the wireless signal conditions, the packet statistics, the application performance indication, application first communication protocol setting; and the application second communication protocol setting.
US11477638B2
Facilitating secure conveyance of location information and other information in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise transforming, at a chipset level of the device, information indicative of a location of the device into a binary representation of the information indicative of the location of the device. The operations can also comprise embedding the binary representation of the information indicative of the location of the device into a message. Further, the operations can comprise facilitating a transmission of the message and the binary representation of the information indicative of the location of the device to a network device of a communications network.
US11477632B2
Techniques are described to support call routing and location for a user equipment (UE) with satellite wireless access to a serving PLMN. The UE sends a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message to a network node, such as a P-CSCF, that includes an indication of satellite access for the UE. In response the network node sends a request to another network node for a cell ID for a fixed cell in which the UE is located. The fixed cell can be independent of satellite radio cells for the serving PLMN. The network node may receive the cell ID for the fixed cell and sends the SIP INVITE message to another network node (e.g., an E-CSCF or LRF) with the cell ID for the fixed cell. The other network node may use the cell ID to route the SIP INVITE message or obtain an approximate location of the UE.
US11477631B2
A system and method for providing earthquake damage and collapse warning by a warning device is disclosed. The warning device is communicatively connected to a one or more client devices using a communications network. The warning device includes an input sensor for generating signals of crack formation within a structure, a message generator and transmitter for sending an warning message, a memory having instructions stored thereon; and a processor configured to execute the instructions on the memory to cause the waring device to receive an input signal from the input sensor, characterize the input signal using its amplitude, duration, location and direction, and frequency, identify the input signal as being a result of an earthquake, generate a warning message identifying detection of an event, and transmit the warning message to the one or more client devices over the communications network.
US11477629B2
The disclosure presents a system for remotely managing emergency equipment through wireless network and methods to use this system to monitor emergency equipment and deliver emergency information to subscribers. The system for remotely managing emergency equipment includes at least a node, also called as end user emergency equipment, a remote server, and a plurality of direct and indirect subscriber devices. The remote server receives data collected from each node, processes the node data, and sends the processed data to direct and indirect subscribers to manage emergency equipment. The system can improve the efficiency on collision avoidance, emergency warning, and emergency vehicle dispatch management.
US11477628B2
An example of a medical equipment and responder management system is configured to register potential responders to an emergency event, receive event information including an event location and an event type, provide an automatic notification that includes the event information and mapping information to first and second mobile computing devices associated with first responder and second responders selected from the potential responders, receive a confirmation that the first responder will bring a first item of registered medical equipment to the event, and provide an indication to the second mobile device that the second responder should proceed to the event without the first item of equipment, where the mapping information indicates a location of the first item of equipment located near a first mobile device current location and the current locations of the first and second mobile devices relative to the locations of the event and the first item of equipment.
US11477623B2
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for dynamic PC5 communication adaptation. For example, a UE may receive, from a vehicle-to-everything control function (V2X CF) or a vehicle-to-everything application server (V2X AS), a V2X provisioning message that includes a first transmission profile and determine, based on the first transmission profile, a first range to configure PC5 communication of a plurality of UEs associated with the V2X platoon. When a number of UEs joining the V2X platoon exceeds a certain threshold, the UE may transmit, to the V2X CF or the V2X AS, a modification request message requesting a second transmission profile. The UE may receive, from the V2X CF or the V2X AS, a modification response message that includes the second transmission profile and determine, based on the second transmission profile, a second range to reconfigure the PC5 communication of the plurality of UEs associated with the V2X platoon.
US11477600B1
A device includes one or more processors configured to execute instructions to obtain, at a first audio output device, first spatial audio data and a first reference time associated, and to cause the first reference time and data representing at least a portion of the first spatial audio data to be transmitted from the first audio output device. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to receive, at the first audio output device from a second audio output device, second spatial audio data and a second reference time. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to, based on the first reference time and the second reference time, time-align the first spatial audio data and the second spatial audio data to generate combined audio data representing a three-dimensional (3D) sound field and to generate audio output based on the combined audio data.
US11477591B2
The present disclosure relates to audio data processing methods and devices. One example method includes obtaining a first audio data and a second audio data, converting the first audio data into a first channel of audio data and converting the second audio data into a second channel of audio data, and at least one of outputting the first channel of audio data to a first audio output device or outputting the second channel of audio data to a second audio output device.
US11477586B2
A compensation system for an implantable actuator is disclosed where the implantable actuator includes a sealed housing containing a driving arrangement for the actuator. The compensation system includes an external pressure sensor for measuring an external pressure outside of the sealed housing and a compensation module for determining a compensation factor for the implantable actuator based on the external pressure. In one embodiment, the compensation is directed to a direct acoustic cochlear stimulation (DACS) implantable actuator.
US11477583B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to a hearing device configured to adjust its settings when it detects the hearing device user is experiencing stress related to the hearing device applying a processing scheme. The hearing device can use vital signs of the hearing device user to determine whether a user is stressed. The hearing device can also determine whether the user has become stressed as a result of applied setting or an applied processing scheme of the hearing device based on a change in the vital sign of the hearing device user. The disclosed technology also includes a method for reducing stressing when using a hearing device.
US11477576B2
An injection molding method for a product with a connection elastic sheet, a loudspeaker and an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: providing a blank material comprising at least one connection piece and a material connection strip, and each connection piece comprising an elastic arm portion and a wire portion; positioning the blank material as an insert in a first injection mold by means of the material connection strip; injecting a first injection plastic part into the first injection cavity to obtain a first injection product; processing the first injection product for bending up the elastic arm portion toward an outer surface of the first injection plastic part; placing the processed first injection product into a second injection cavity of a second injection mold, and sealing the elastic arm portion; and injecting a second injection plastic part into the second injection cavity.
US11477575B2
This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that reduce the size of headphones and allow for small form-factor storage configurations are discussed. User convenience features that include synchronizing earpiece stem positions and automatically detecting the orientation of the headphones on a user's head are also discussed. Various power-saving features, design features, sensor configurations and user comfort features are also discussed.
US11477572B2
A speaker drive unit includes a control signal generation unit and a signal processing unit. The control signal generation unit generates a control signal on the basis of detection signals generated by a plurality of detection units that is disposed in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of actuators that vibrates a diaphragm, and detects vibration conditions. The signal processing unit includes a plurality of signal systems corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of actuators. The signal systems provide a drive signal to the corresponding actuators on the basis of the same audio signal. The drive signal generated by at least one signal system of the signal systems is controlled by the control signal.
US11477570B2
Controlling audio of an information handling system (IHS), including calculating a first configuration of speakers of a IHS based on a first location of the user of the IHS with respect to the IHS, the first configuration including a first frequency associated with a first speaker, and a second frequency associated with a second speaker; identifying a change in location of the user from the first location with respect to the IHS, and in response: determining whether the user is within a field of view of a camera of the IHS, and in response, determining a second location of a mobile computing device associated with the user with respect to the IHS; calculating a second configuration the speakers of the IHS based on the second location of the user, the second configuration including the second frequency associated with the first speaker, and the first frequency associated with the second speaker.
US11477564B1
An earphone module includes an antenna structure. The antenna structure includes a first radiator, a second radiator, a conductive member, and a first insulating member. The first radiator includes a feeding end. The second radiator includes a ground end, and a first slot is formed between the first radiator and the second radiator. The conductive member is connected to the first radiator and the second radiator. The first insulating member is disposed in the first slot. The first radiator, the second radiator, the conductive member, and the first insulating member collectively serve as at least a part of a shell of the earphone module.
US11477563B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of earphones and provides a reasonable and feasible firmware upgrade solution for TWS earphones. Disclosed in the present application are a TWS earphone, a charging case, an upgrading method thereof and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring an upgrading firmware package sent by a preset terminal by means of a first audio output device; upgrading the first audio output device by using a first upgrading firmware in the upgrading firmware package acquired by the first audio output device; sending a second upgrading firmware in the upgrading firmware package acquired by the first audio output device to a second audio output device by means of a charging case, so as to upgrade the second audio output device by using the second upgrading firmware. The upgrade solution of the present application enables a reasonable and feasible firmware upgrade operation of TWS earphones.
US11477560B2
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an earphone, ear device, eartip, or earplug configured to inserted in an ear canal of the ear. The earphone, ear device, eartip, or earplug is configured to occlude or partially occlude the ear canal of the ear. The earphone, ear device, eartip, or earplug includes a chamber to occlude or partially occlude the ear canal that is sealed when inserted in the ear canal and open to the external environment when outside the ear.
US11477556B2
Provided is a sound collecting device in which sound is favorably input to a sound collecting unit. The sound collecting device includes an attachment portion that has a sound collecting unit attached and is adapted to be inserted into an external ear canal, a holding portion adapted to be inserted into the external ear canal and hold the attachment portion at a predetermined position in the external ear canal, and a wearing portion that is positioned on an opposite side of the attachment portion while interposing the holding portion and adapted to be at least partly engaged with an auricle, in which the attachment portion and the holding portion do not block the external ear canal and have acoustic transparency. Further, the attachment portion and the holding portion are positioned in the ear in a state of not blocking the external ear canal.
US11477555B2
An acoustic transducer comprises a transducer substrate having an aperture defined therethrough. At least one diaphragm is disposed on the transducer substrate over the aperture. A back plate is disposed on the transducer substrate and axially spaced apart from the at least one diaphragm. A perimetral support structure is disposed circumferentially between the at least one diaphragm and the back plate at a radially outer perimeter of the back plate. A plurality of perimetral release holes are defined circumferentially through at least one of the at least one diaphragm or the back plate proximate to and radially inwards of the perimetral support structure, at least a portion of the plurality of perimetral release holes defining a non-circular shape.
US11477554B2
A display apparatus may include a display panel including a display area configured to display an image, and a non-display area, an optical module on a rear surface of the display panel, at least one first sound generator on a rear surface of the optical module, and at least one second sound generator in the non-display area and between the display panel and the optical module.
US11477550B2
Apparatus and methods for guaranteeing a quality of experience (QoE) associated with data provision services in an enhanced data delivery network. In one embodiment, a network architecture having service delivery over at least portions of extant infrastructure (e.g., a hybrid fiber coax infrastructure) is disclosed, which includes standards-compliant ultra-low latency and high data rate services (e.g., 5G NR services) via a common service provider. In one exemplary implementation, “over-the-top” voice data services may enable exchange of voice traffic with client devices in the aforementioned network. A distribution node may use a detection rule to identify received packets as voice traffic, and cause a dedicated bearer to attach to the default bearer, thereby enabling delivery of high-quality voice traffic by at least prioritizing the identified packets thereafter and sustaining the delivery even in a congested network environment, and improving the quality of service (QoS) and QoE for the user(s).
US11477549B2
A transmission network system, data switching and transmission method, apparatus and equipment are provided. The transmission network system includes: a flexible Ethernet group located at a physical layer; at least one flexible Ethernet client carried over the flexible Ethernet group; a flexible Ethernet time slot control module, configured to map, according to a block sequence, service data coming from an upper layer onto the flexible Ethernet group, and recover, from a block sequence received by the flexible Ethernet group, corresponding service data; a flexible Ethernet switching module, configured to perform switching in a physical layer and transmission of service data according to the block sequence.
US11477546B2
Devices, systems and method for remotely monitoring temperature and humidity are disclosed. Sensor units are capable of reading temperature experienced by liquid pharmaceuticals. Each of a plurality of sensor units may be placed in a variety of locations and communicate temperature data to one or more controllers. Controllers also monitor ambient temperature and humidity. Collected data is transmitted over a network, and monitored according to user-configurable policies and workflows. Alerts and notifications may be generated according to workflows and user devices receive notifications.
US11477544B2
A module for a networking node is disclosed. The module includes a Printed Circuit Board (“PCB”), one or more circuits mounted to the PCB and a faceplate. The faceplate includes a middle plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate. The first side plate extends from the middle plate at an obtuse angle relative to the middle plate towards a first side and back of the module. The second side plate extends from the middle plate, opposite to the first side plate, at an obtuse angle relative to the middle plate towards a second side and the back of the module.
US11477542B2
There are provided a device and a method for generating timed media data, the timed media data comprising samples, the method comprising: obtaining samples of the time media data; creating tracks each comprising at least one of the obtained samples; and generating a presentation file comprising descriptive metadata associated with the created tracks, wherein the descriptive metadata comprise at least one track group box describing at least one group of created tracks, all the tracks belonging to a same group sharing properties, wherein a list of existing groups of tracks is declared in one single location in the presentation file, and wherein the properties shared by the tracks of a group of the list are declared at the same single location in the presentation file.
US11477541B2
Embodiments of the present technology may include systems and processes associated with automatically generating supercuts associated with programming content. The present technology may include receiving, at the computing device, a set of related programming content, wherein the set of related programming content includes video clips; receiving an input from a user including a command to generate a supercut and a keyword associated with the supercut; searching the set of related programming content for portions of the video clips associated with the keyword; identifying a first event within a first video clip associated with the keyword and a second event within a second video clip associated with the keyword; determining a type of event associated with each of the first and second events and link the types of events with their respective events; determining a pre-event time period and a post-event time period for each of the first and second events based on the types of events; and generating and displaying a supercut using the first event, the second event, the pre-event time periods, and the post-event time periods. The above steps may be implemented as a computer-implemented method, computer program product, or device such as a television receiver, or in other types of embodiments.
US11477534B2
A display device including a display configured to display content; and a controller configured to capture an image of the displayed content, transmit data of the captured image to an external server, receive content information and a playback time point of the content corresponding to the captured image from the external server, acquire a presence or absence of shopping information related to the displayed content based on the received content information and the playback time point of the content, and display the shopping information on the display according to the acquired presence of the shopping information.
US11477531B1
As described herein, a machine learning system, method, and computer program are provided to predict which resident of a residential space is watching television for content targeting purposes. In use, a login to a television service on a television device in a residential space is detected. Additionally, information defining a plurality of residents of the residential space is identified. Further, a profile determined for the login is identified, where the profile is associated with a particular resident of the plurality of residents or a particular resident group of the plurality of residents. Still yet, the profile and the information defining the plurality of residents of the residential space is input to a machine learning model to predict one or more residents of the plurality of residents that is consuming the television service on the television device.
US11477528B2
Systems and methods are described to address shortcomings in conventional media systems via a novel technique to prevent corruption of a user's viewing profile. In some aspects, a user of an interactive media guidance application may select a media asset for viewing on a user device. The interactive media guidance application may receive a user viewing profile for the user from a remote server. If the media asset is determined to not be consistent with the user viewing profile, the interactive media guidance application may retrieve another user viewing profile for another user of the user device. If the media asset is determined to be consistent with the other user viewing profile, the interactive media guidance application may update the other user viewing profile based on the media asset.
US11477518B2
A signal processing device includes an interface, which includes a demodulation processing unit that executes demodulation processing, a processing unit that executes demux processing or the like, and a sync signal line, a valid signal line, a clock signal line, and a data signal line disposed between the demodulation processing unit and the processing unit, that transmits data signals as two-bit parallel transmission.
US11477514B2
A set-top box receives original video streams and generates a guide video stream that includes each of the original video streams resized and arranged as a plurality of scaled video streams such that all of the scaled video streams are simultaneously visible and playing on the guide video stream. The guide video stream is displayed on a display device and the set-top box provides an interactive user interface on the display device in conjunction with the guide video stream to allow a user of the set-top box to select one of the scaled video streams for full screen playback. In response to the user selecting a particular scaled video stream on the guide video stream for full screen playback, the set-top box plays full screen on the display device a particular original video stream corresponding to the particular scaled video stream as received via the communication interface.
US11477513B2
A smart control device is provided. The smart control device and a display panel of a smart TV are separately provided. The smart control device includes: a lifting unit, and a charging unit, and a main control unit including a main control circuit board configured to control the display panel. The lifting unit includes a bearing platform configured to bear a target object, an infrared sensor, and a lifting motor. The main control unit is configured to control an operation of the lifting motor and adjust a position of the bearing platform according to a detection signal of the infrared sensor. The charging unit is configured to charge the target object upon receiving a preset position signal generated in response to a determination that the bearing platform reaches a preset position.
US11477507B2
The present disclosure has a configuration in which a distributor who performs a separate distribution that is different from this live content, or a viewer who views this separate distribution can participate in a virtual space and express intent or participate in visual recognition through the commitment of a virtual item.
US11477504B2
Systems and methods for displaying primary content without any overlaid secondary content, and instead transmitting the secondary content to the viewer as a message through another communication channel. For example, a news banner is removed from display on a viewer's television, and the text of the news banner is encapsulated in a message sent to the viewer's primary social media account. In this manner, the viewer may watch the primary content uninterrupted by the secondary content, and is thus presented with fewer distractions and a potentially more enjoyable viewing experience.
US11477503B2
A method includes assigning different unique identifiers to each of a plurality of different instances of a content item, wherein the different unique identifiers have values included in different ranges of unique identifier values. First information linking particular subscriber identifiers used by particular subscribers to refer to particular instances of the content items is stored. Second information associating an enrichment identifier with a collection of enrichment content is stored. Third information associating the enrichment identifier with a particular range of unique identifier values is stored. Enhanced content is delivered to subscribers based on the first information, the second information, and the third information.
US11477502B2
This streaming design assistance method assists in the selection of an encoding condition for increasing the watching time in adaptive bitrate video streaming by causing a computer to execute: estimating a relationship between a watching time or an abandonment rate and an application quality index according to a mathematical model on the basis of an actual value of a watching time of each of a plurality of first sessions related to video streaming and an actual value of an application quality index of each of the sessions; estimating the application quality index of each of the sessions for each of a plurality of encoding conditions related to video streaming on the basis of the plurality of encoding conditions and an actual value of time-series throughput of each of a plurality of second sessions; and applying the application quality index estimated under each of the encoding conditions to the relationship to estimate an average watching time of the plurality of second sessions.
US11477490B2
A video processing method includes receiving a reconstructed frame, and applying in-loop filtering, by at least one in-loop filter, to the reconstructed frame. The step of in-loop filtering includes performing a sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering operation. The step of performing the SAO filtering operation includes keeping a value of a current pixel unchanged by blocking the SAO filtering operation of the current pixel included in the reconstructed frame from being applied across a virtual boundary defined in the reconstructed frame.
US11477489B2
A method comprising: writing, in a container file, a first video-based point cloud compression (V-PCC) bitstream and a second V-PCC bitstream, wherein said first and second V-PCC bitstreams are associated with a common group based on at least one logical context; writing, in the container file, an indication about the common group between the first V-PCC bitstream and the second V-PCC bitstream; generating a media presentation description (MPD) file with a first representation belonging to a first adaptation set associated with the first V-PCC bitstream and a second representation belonging to a second adaptation set associated with the second V-PCC bitstream; and writing, in the MPD file, at least one information element describing grouping information of the first representation belonging to the first adaptation set and the second representation belonging to the second adaptation set, wherein said information element is provided with at least one attribute indicating that said first and second V-PCC bitstreams are user-switchable alternatives upon rendering.
US11477482B2
A three-dimensional data storage method includes: acquiring one or more units in which an encoded stream generated by encoding point cloud data is stored; and storing the one or more units into a file. The storing includes storing, in control information for the file, information indicating that data stored in the file is data generated by encoding the point cloud data.
US11477476B2
An example method includes obtaining values of luma motion vectors for a plurality of luma sub-blocks of a current block of the video data selected for coding using affine motion compensation; determining, based on values of luma motion vectors of a sub-set of the plurality of luma sub-blocks, a value of a chroma motion vector for a chroma sub-block that corresponds to the plurality of luma sub-blocks; predicting, using affine motion compensation, respective samples of each luma sub-block of the plurality of luma sub-blocks based on respective values of the luma motion vectors; and predicting, using affine motion compensation, sample the chroma sub-block based on the value of the chroma motion vector.
US11477475B2
An image decoding method according to the present disclosure includes deriving a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) buffer for a current block, deriving motion information of the current block based on an HMVP candidate included in the HMVP buffer, generating prediction samples for the current block based on the motion information, and generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples, and the HMVP buffer is initialized when processing a first-ordered CTU in a CTU row in which a current CTU is located, and the current block is included in the current CTU.
US11477474B2
The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to decode and/or encode video data. If the current coding block was using more than one hypotheses of prediction data to generate the prediction data, first prediction data is determined for a current coding block of a picture generated using a first prediction mode, and second prediction data is determined for the current coding block generated using a second prediction mode. Information derived from at least one of the first prediction mode and the second prediction mode can be stored. The stored information can be referenced by the subsequent coding blocks.
US11477473B2
Provided are methods and devices for encoding and decoding using parameter sets, and electronic equipment. In the method for encoding, an encoder determines parameter sets and/or virtual parameter sets for a slice, wherein the virtual parameter set is a data structure which is generated by loading information acquired from a bitstream into a syntax structure of an existing parameter set and/or a preset syntax structure and includes tool parameters and/or control parameters; and the encoder writes identification number (ID) (s) of the parameter sets and/or virtual parameter sets into a bitstream. Using the method, encoding and decoding efficiency is improved.
US11477472B2
The disclosure provides a video decoding method and a video decoding device. An initial stream is received. In a first flow cycle, entropy decoding is performed on a plurality of first frames in parallel according to the initial stream by a plurality of entropy decoders of a plurality of processing cores, so as to generate a plurality of first decoded streams respectively corresponding to the first frames. In the first flow cycle, a second decoded stream is decoded by a plurality of coding tree unit decoders of the processing cores, so as to reconstruct a second frame.
US11477470B2
An encoder and a decoder are provided for encoding, and decoding pictures, respectively. The encoder defines a structure for a picture segment by dividing the picture into multiple picture segment groups and assigning a unique group ID to each group. Each picture segment group is further divided into one or more picture segments or “tiles,” with each picture segment being assigned the ID of its picture segment group. The encoder then encodes the picture segments of the picture segment groups into a bit stream, and sends the bit stream to the decoder. Upon receiving the bit stream, the decoder extracts each picture segment group as a single entity and decodes the picture segments in each picture segment group in a predetermined order.
US11477463B2
Devices, systems and methods for sub-block based prediction are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video encoding includes partitioning, based on a first rule, a luma component of a block of video data into a first set of sub-blocks. The method also includes partitioning, based on a second rule, a first chroma component of the block of video data into a second set of sub-blocks. The first and the second set of sub-blocks include different numbers of sub-blocks. The method also includes performing a subsequent motion prediction based on the first and the second set of sub-blocks.
US11477459B2
An image processing device, a camera and a method of encoding a sequence of video images into a single video stream with dynamic bitrate are provided. The sequence of video images is encoded into frames of a base layer of the single video stream using a base layer resolution and a base layer compression level. Video images of the sequence of video images corresponding to respective times before detecting an event trigger are encoded into a first set of frames of an extended layer of the single video stream. The event trigger is detected and upon detecting the event trigger, video images of the sequence of video images corresponding to respective times after detecting the event trigger are encoded into a second set of frames of the extended layer using a higher resolution than the base layer resolution or a lower compression level than the base layer compression level.
US11477453B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a picture decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus is provided. The method comprises: decoding image information comprising information on a quantization parameter (QP), deriving an expected average luma value of a current block from neighboring available samples, deriving a quantization parameter offset (QP offset) for deriving a luma quantization parameter (luma QP) based on the expected average luma value and the information on the QP, deriving the luma QP based on the QP offset, performing an inverse quantization for a quantization group comprising the current block based on the derived luma QP, generating residual samples for the current block based on the inverse quantization, generating prediction samples for the current block based on the image information and generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the residual samples for the current block and the prediction samples for the current block.
US11477449B2
Devices, systems and methods related to management of syntax flags with respect chroma formats in video processing are described. In one representative aspect, a video decoding method includes determining, for a conversion between a video and a coded representation of the video, whether a syntax element associated with an adaptive loop filtering (ALF) operation for a chroma component of the video is included in the coded representation based on a condition. The method also includes performing the conversion according to the determining.
US11477443B2
Various embodiments provide an electronic device and a method for controlling an operation of the electronic device. An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a lens unit; an image sensor; a memory used for intra-prediction of an image captured using the image sensor, and storing direction modes differently configured according to characteristics of a partial area of the lens unit; and a processor, wherein the processor: acquires a raw image corresponding to an external object by using the image sensor; divides the raw image into multiple blocks; selects a block, on which intra-prediction is to be performed, from among the multiple blocks; determines a direction mode to be used for intra-prediction of the selected block on the basis of a distortion parameter of a partial area of the lens unit corresponding to the selected block; performs the intra-prediction on the selected block on the basis of the determined direction mode; and generates a compressed image corresponding to the raw image on the basis of a result of the intra-prediction. In addition, various embodiments are possible.
US11477440B2
An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: generating a prediction sample for the current block on the basis of an intra prediction mode for the current block and neighboring reference samples; and generating a reconstructed picture for the current block on the basis of the prediction sample, wherein, when the reference sample position indicated by a prediction direction of a directional prediction mode of the current block from the position of the prediction sample is the fractional sample position, the prediction sample is derived from among the neighboring reference samples by interpolating with respect to specific neighboring reference samples located around the fractional sample position, when the specific neighboring reference samples include outer neighboring reference samples located at (2*nW+1, −1) and (2*nW+2, −1) positions, the values of the outer neighboring reference samples are set to be equal to the value of a sample located at (2*nW, −1), and nW may indicate the width of the current block.
US11477436B2
Encoders and decoders of digital video signals use combined intra prediction modes for some images. In at least one embodiment, combined intra prediction modes can result from the intra prediction modes of neighboring blocks. The combined intra prediction mode can be added to a most probable modes list. Various embodiments describe techniques for combining the intra prediction modes, comprising a combination of reference samples and a combination of directions to form a prediction. Another embodiment adds a combination mode to the most probable modes list if the two modes that are combined to form it are directional modes with angle difference less than 90 degrees. Another embodiment uses a linear combination of intra prediction modes and another embodiment performs a linear combination which depends on the distance of a prediction from the left and above blocs.
US11477431B2
A method includes emitting a pattern of transmitted light into a three-dimensional environment from an optical transmitter and receiving reflected light from the pattern of transmitted light at an optical receiver. The method includes identifying light-sensitive pixels of that are stimulated by from the pattern of reflected light and generating an up-sampled matrix with subsections that correspond to light-sensitive pixels. The method includes sparsely populating subsections of the up-sampled matrix with a pattern of non-zero entries and imaging the three-dimensional environment.
US11477429B2
An immersive video processing method according to the present disclosure includes determining a priority order of pruning for source view videos, generating a residual video for an additional view video based on the priority order of pruning, packing a patch generated based on the residual video into an atlas video, and encoding the atlas video.
US11477425B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an input device to which images before color conversion and images after color conversion are input; and a processor. The processor is configured to execute a program to perform color conversion on a sample image using color conversion characteristics prepared by inputting sets of the images before color conversion and the images after color conversion to the input device, specify a portion at which a tone jump is caused from the sample image after color conversion, and acquire a set of an image before color conversion and an image after color conversion corresponding to the portion at which the tone jump is caused from the sets, to prepare the color conversion characteristics again using the acquired set of images.
US11477414B2
The disclosed systems and methods may receive a request to set up a video conference between a first account associated with a first person and a second account associated with a second person, retrieve a stored first representation of a first face of the first person and a stored second representation of a second face of the second person based on the request, initiate the video conference between a first user device associated with the first person and a second user device associated with the second person, receive facial expressions of the first person from the first user device, encode the facial expressions of the first person to generate first encoded facial expressions, and transmit the first encoded facial expressions of the first person to the second user device to be decoded and combined with the stored first representation of the first face.
US11477409B2
In an example embodiment, an image processing device includes a pixel array including pixels two-dimensionally arranged and configured to capture an image, each of the pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and an image data processing circuit configured to generate image data from pixel signals output from the pixels. The image processing device further includes a color data processing circuit configured to extract color data from the image data and output extracted color data. The image processing device further includes a depth data extraction circuit configured to extract depth data from the image data and output extracted depth data. The image processing device further includes an output control circuit configured to control the output of the color data and the depth data.
US11477395B2
Apparatus and methods for stitching images, or re-stitching previously stitched images. Specifically, the disclosed systems in one implementation save stitching information and/or original overlap source data during an original stitching process. During subsequent retrieval, rendering, and/or display of the stitched images, the originally stitched image can be flexibly augmented, and/or re-stitched to improve the original stitch quality. Practical applications of the disclosed solutions enable, among other things, a user to create and stitch a wide field of view (FOV) panorama from multiple source images on a device with limited processing capability (such as a mobile phone or other capture device). Moreover, post-processing stitching allows for the user to convert from one image projection to another without fidelity loss (or with an acceptable level of loss).
US11477382B2
A method operable within an image capture device for stabilizing a sequence of images captured by the image capture device is disclosed. The method comprises, using lens based sensors indicating image capture device movement during image acquisition, performing optical image stabilization (OIS) during acquisition of each image of the sequence of images to provide a sequence of OIS corrected images. Movement of the device for each frame during which each OIS corrected image is captured is determined using inertial measurement sensors. At least an estimate of OIS control performed during acquisition of an image is obtained. The estimate is removed from the intra-frame movement determined for the frame during which the OIS corrected image was captured to provide a residual measurement of movement for the frame. Electronic image stabilization (EIS) of each OIS corrected image based on the residual measurement is performed to provide a stabilized sequence of images.
US11477380B2
A stabilization degree adjustment method includes obtaining a stabilization degree adjustment instruction and adjusting a stabilization degree of a stabilization mechanism according to the stabilization degree adjustment instruction. The stabilization mechanism is configured to support a load.
US11477368B1
An imaging device includes a controller and a generator. The controller controls an imaging unit on the basis of a command and data received from a host in accordance with an I2C/I3C communication protocol. The generator generates a second control signal indicating whether or not to apply intra-frame dynamic frequency scaling (DFS) or intra-frame dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS) on the basis of a first control signal received from the host via a first route different from the I2C/I3C communication protocol, and outputs the second control signal to the host via a second route different from the I2C/I3C communication protocol.
US11477363B2
Exterior lighting on vehicles and buildings is typically used to illuminate scenes for better vision. The same exterior lighting can be used as part of an active sensor at discrete times during the sensor's active imaging cycles. In embodiments, an intelligent control module enables emitter output in accordance with the imaging system during active imaging cycles and enables emitter output in accordance with the non-imaging lighting control unit during non-imaging cycles. Embodiments of intelligent control modules can be used in security applications, in Automatic Driving Alert Systems and Autonomous Control Systems for commercial and passenger vehicles, and in low-altitude aircraft applications.
US11477361B2
A camera microcomputer receives first accessory attribute information of the accessory attribute information through the third communication channel by using a first communication method and then switches from the first communication method to a second communication method different from the first communication method, and controls communication so as to receive second accessory attribute information of the accessory attribute information through the third communication channel by using the second communication method.
US11477355B2
Portable electronic devices having I/O assemblies that can include optical and audio components are described. An exemplary I/O assembly can include a first camera module and a second camera module that can be carried within a camera module housing. A flex connector can carry a strobe that can be positioned between the first camera module and the second camera module. A trim can enclose the first camera, the second camera and the strobe and optically isolates the optical components. An exemplary portable electronic device can include a side wall retainer that defines its perimeter, a front cover glass and a rear cover glass that cooperate to form an enclosure. The I/O assembly can be secured to the enclosure both from inside and outside of the rear cover glass. I/O assembly can also include an audio transducer that can record sound when the camera module are recording videos.
US11477351B2
Banding effects in an image or video are assessed. The image or each frame of a video is decomposed into luminance or color channels. Signal activity is computed at each spatial location in each channel. A significance of the signal activity at each spatial location is determined by comparing each element of the signal activity with a significance threshold. Banding pixels are detected as those pixels of the image or frame having significant signal activity at their respective spatial locations and having non-significant signal activity of at least a minimum threshold percentage of neighboring pixels to the respective spatial locations.
US11477341B2
An image inspection apparatus includes a first reader and a second reader that acquire read images by respectively reading one side and the other side of a sheet having an image printed thereon, a first background material and a second background material provided at positions as the backgrounds of the sheet in reading by the first reader and the second reader respectively, and a hardware processor that acquires sheet outline information from the read images and measures misalignment of the image with respect to the sheet based on the acquired sheet outline information. The hardware processor acquires read images with the first background material and the second background material having different densities, and acquires sheet outline information of one read image by estimating the sheet outline information of the one read image based on sheet outline information of the other of the read images.
US11477338B2
An original feeding device includes a pick-up roller, a separation feeding unit, a first original presence/absence detecting sensor, a second original presence/absence detecting sensor and a control unit. When an original is detected by the first and second original presence/absence detecting sensors, the control unit discriminates that the original on the original tray has a first width. When the original is detected by the first original presence/absence detecting sensor but is not detected by the second original presence/absence detecting sensor, the control unit discriminates that the original has a second width smaller than the first width. After the control unit discriminates that the original has the second width and then feeding of the original is started, and then the original is detected by the second original presence/absence detecting sensor, the control unit stops the drive of the pick-up roller and the drive of the separation feeding unit.
US11477334B2
Techniques for signer-initiated electronic document signing via an electronic signature service using a mobile or other client device are described. Example embodiments provide an electronic signature service (“ESS”) configured to facilitate the creation, storage, and management of documents and corresponding electronic signatures. In some embodiments, when a signer user receives a hard copy (e.g., paper) signature document, the signer may capture an image of the signature document with a camera of a mobile device. The signer can then import the captured image into the ESS for signature, storage, and/or transmission to other parties.
US11477320B1
An example method is described. The method includes receiving, by a computing system, data indicative of a call into an interactive voice response (IVR) system from a user device and determining, by the computing system and based on the data, a set of actions performed by the user device within the IVR system and a corresponding set of results performed by the IVR system during the call. Additionally, the method includes converting, by the computing system, the set of actions and the corresponding set of results into a sequence of code pairs using a dictionary established based on training data, determining, by the computing system, an activity pattern during the call based on the sequence of code pairs; and calculating, by the computing system, a probability that the call is fraudulent based on the activity pattern during the call.
US11477316B2
An information processing system including a video device for displaying a video and a wireless terminal for communicating with the video device and communicating with other apparatuses via a network, wherein the video device transmits video information captured by a camera and sound information collected by a microphone when reception from the wireless terminal of information pertaining to a video to be displayed is detected, and outputs the received sound information using a speaker. The wireless terminal transmits information pertaining to the video to be displayed to the video device, the other apparatuses receive the captured video information and collected sound information via the network, and transmit information pertaining to the video to be displayed and information pertaining to the sound to be outputted.
US11477315B2
An application for storing on a server for download to a client device for executing on the client device. The client device comprising a processor executing steps for performing various functionalities including: •sharing entered contact information of a user with the client device of another person using the same or similar application when the respective client devices are in a prescribed proximity to each other, and that other person being able to reciprocate sharing of their entered contact information into their client device with the client device of the user; •viewing, optionally joining, and/or creating a meeting where contact information between the participants is shared by the client devices of users joining or engaged in the meeting; •a user accessing, viewing and/or searching a list of contact information objects captured by the client device of the user; •entering of profile data details associated with a user and storing these in the client device for the purposes of constituting contact information for sharing with the client device of another user operating the application.
US11477310B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing and a connection part. The housing includes a first housing portion that includes a first side face, and a second housing portion that includes a second side face. The connection part connects the first housing portion and the second housing portion. A first conductive member extends along at least a portion of the first side face, a first non-conductive member is disposed on the first side face, a second conductive member extends along at least a portion of the second side face, a second non-conductive member is disposed on the second side face, and when the second housing portion faces the first housing portion, the first non-conductive member and the second non-conductive member are substantially aligned.
US11477305B2
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing delivery of content fragments to a device in response to a bandwidth determination. In one implementation of the disclosure, when a content player or device requests a content fragments, a local cache may determine a bandwidth or data rate related to transmission of a content fragment from a source to the cache, and send the fragment to the player at a rate corresponding to the determined bandwidth or data rate.
US11477303B1
Examples are disclosed that relate to message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) broker cells. One example provides a computing system configured to implement an MQTT broker cell comprising instructions executable to operate two or more back-end brokers arranged in a matrix, the matrix comprising m vertical chains of back-end brokers and k back-end brokers in each vertical chain, each vertical chain comprising at least a head back-end broker and a tail back-end broker, each vertical chain configured to replicate a state update received at the head back-end broker through the vertical chain to the tail back-end broker, and operate n front-end brokers, each front-end broker configured to output a control message to a selected vertical chain of the m vertical chains and to output an application message for publication to subscribers and to one or more other MQTT broker cells. The instructions are further executable to operate r networking devices.
US11477299B2
A method is provided for conditional implementation of a service on an object connected to a local area network. The implementation of the service is associated on the object with at least one location datum. The method includes the following acts performed on the object: receiving a request to implement the service from a first terminal, the request including at least the identifier of the service and the identifier of the terminal; receiving a message including at least one location datum of the first terminal; comparing the location datum of the first terminal with the location datum associated with the implementation of the service; and, as a function of the results of the comparison, implementing the service on the object.
US11477297B2
A method of installing a plurality of headless devices includes: scanning for the plurality of headless devices that are to be initially installed and are not yet connected to any network; detecting a first headless device of the plurality of headless devices; communicatively coupling the first headless device to a network; and storing network data relating to the coupling of the first headless device to the network in a storage device. The method further includes scanning for a subsequent headless device of the plurality of headless devices; and determining if the subsequent headless device is to be communicatively coupled to the network using the stored network data. In response to a determination that the subsequent headless device is to be communicatively coupled to the network, the method includes using the stored network data, communicatively coupling the subsequent headless device to the network using the stored network data without user input of the network data; and then deleting the network data relating to the coupling of the first headless device to the network from the storage device when a last headless device has been connected to the network.
US11477290B1
Virtual machines provide users with an ability to work with applications or whole desktops on remote system through a remote session or sessions. However, when a remote system hibernates/shuts down the remote session disconnects and subsequently the remote system may log off (close) the session in order to free system resources for other active sessions for other users. Accordingly, the session state is lost and when the user reconnects to the remote system a new session is created, and new instances of applications started in it. It would be beneficial to provide users with the features of the client device upon the remote system such that the remote system captures a current session state of a user's virtual session allowing it to be stored and then allows for subsequent restoration of the session upon the same remote system or another remote system which can access the stored virtual session state.
US11477288B1
An example network device includes a primary node and a secondary node. The primary node includes one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to receive a message from a collector device requesting to subscribe to statistics of a metrics streaming session; initiate a telemetry session for sending the statistics to the collector device; replicate data of the telemetry session to the secondary node; and send the data of the telemetry session to the collector device. In this manner, in the event of the switchover, the secondary node may act as the primary node and resume the telemetry session. That is, the secondary node, acting as a primary node following the switchover, may receive statistics data from one or more sensors related to the metrics streaming session, and send telemetry session data, representative of the statistics data, to the collector device as part of the telemetry session.
US11477286B2
Embodiments of the disclosure render a context menu upon receiving a context menu indication from a user. The context menu comprises a combination of local context menu items and remote context menu items that are selected based on the context received with the context menu indication. The context menu is created by identifying a set of local and remote context menu item providers and receiving both a rank and HTML based on the received context. The set of local and remote context menu items are ranked according to their respective rank and a number of ranked context menu items are selected. The HTML for the selected context menu items are combined and the combined HTML is rendered to yield the context menu. The context menu is presented to the user.
US11477285B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems. Embodiments of the present invention can dynamically determine whether a received command conflicts with a current environment setting. Embodiments of the present invention can, in response to determining that the impact of a received command conflicts with a current environment setting, determine one or more solutions that resolves the received command. Embodiments of the present invention can then execute at least one of the one or more determined solutions.
US11477282B2
A method for controlling operation of garden equipment with a battery pack including a control unit for performing the method, when the battery back is inserted into a recess of the garden equipment and in data communication, via a data bus, with a control unit of the garden equipment. The control unit reads an identifier of the garden equipment, which identifier is used to retrieve operational control data for the specific garden equipment from a memory medium of the control unit. The control unit also collects sensor data from garden equipment sensors and controls the operation of the garden equipment from the control unit based on the retrieved control data and the collected sensor data.
US11477275B1
Described are examples for deploying workloads in a cloud-computing environment. In an aspect, based on a desired number of workloads of a process to be executed in a cloud-computing environment and based on one or more failure probabilities, an actual number of workloads of the process to execute in the cloud-computing environment to provide a level of service can be determined and deployed. In another aspect, a standby workload can be executed as a second instance of the process without at least a portion of the separate configuration used by the multiple workloads, and based on detecting termination of one of multiple workloads, the standby workload can be configured to execute based on the separate configuration of the separate instance of the process corresponding to the one of the multiple workloads.
US11477274B2
Example methods and systems for capability-aware service request distribution are described. In one example, a network element may obtain a set of capability information associated with multiple load balancers capable of service request handling and identify varying capability levels among the multiple load balancers. The network element may assign unequal path cost information to the multiple load balancers to indicate the varying capability levels. The unequal path cost information may include (a) a first path cost that is assigned to the first load balancer; and (b) a second path cost that is assigned to the second load balancer and different to the first path cost to indicate the lower capability level of the second load balancer compared to the first load balancer. In response to detecting a service request, the service request may be steered towards one of the multiple load balancers based on the unequal path cost information.
US11477270B1
The disclosure provides an approach for seamless hand-off of data traffic in public cloud environments. Techniques are provided for activating an edge services gateway (ESG) virtual computing instance (VCI) on a new host. Prior to activating the ESG VCI on the new host, an underlay routing table is reprogrammed to associate a first IP address of a first tunnel endpoint (TEP) with a first network interface of an old host and to associate a second IP address of a second TEP with a second network interface of the new host. The routing table associates a third IP address of the ESG VCI with the first network interface. After activating the ESG VCI, a packet having as a destination address the third IP address is received at the first network interface and is encapsulated, by the first TEP, with an outer header having as a destination address the second IP address.
US11477263B2
Provided are systems and methods for indicating deployment of application features. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes determining available features of a current deployment of an application for receiving machine-generated data from one or more data sources of a data system, determining un-deployed features of the current deployment of the application, wherein the un-deployed features comprise one or more of the available features that is configured to use input data from a data source and wherein the input data is not available to the feature in the current deployment of the application, and causing display of a deployment graphical user interface (GUI) that comprises an indication of the un-deployed features.
US11477254B2
A system is provided for publishing first programming schedule that references at least one or more pre-encoded media assets and/or one or more live input streams, and comprises one or more playout buffer features enabled via one or more constraints and rights. Each playout buffer feature of the one or more playout buffer features is associated with corresponding number of media segments that represents the one or more pre-encoded media assets and/or one or more live input streams. A request is received that comprises at least a stream identifier and at least an additional parameter. In accordance with a playout buffer feature from the one or more playout buffer features and at least the additional parameter, manifest data and indexed metadata of one or more media segments associated with stream identifier is inserted to first disparate live media output stream manifest and first disparate live media output stream is generated.
US11477253B2
A block-request streaming system provides for improvements in the user experience and bandwidth efficiency of such systems, typically using an ingestion system that generates data in a form to be served by a conventional file server (HTTP, FTP, or the like), wherein the ingestion system intakes content and prepares it as files or data elements to be served by the file server. The system might include controlling the sequence, timing and construction of block requests, time based indexing, variable block sizing, optimal block partitioning, control of random access point placement, including across multiple presentation versions, dynamically updating presentation data, and/or efficiently presenting live content and time shifting.
US11477243B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for off-policy evaluation of a control policy. One of the methods includes obtaining policy data specifying a control policy for controlling a source agent interacting with a source environment to perform a particular task; obtaining a validation data set generated from interactions of a target agent in a target environment; determining a performance estimate that represents an estimate of a performance of the control policy in controlling the target agent to perform the particular task in the target environment; and determining, based on the performance estimate, whether to deploy the control policy for controlling the target agent to perform the particular task in the target environment.
US11477224B2
A packet-filtering system configured to filter packets in accordance with packet-filtering rules may receive data indicating network-threat indicators and may configure the packet-filtering rules to cause the packet-filtering system to identify packets comprising unencrypted data, and packets comprising encrypted data. A portion of the unencrypted data may correspond to one or more of the network-threat indicators, and the packet-filtering rules may be configured to cause the packet-filtering system to determine, based on the portion of the unencrypted data, that the packets comprising encrypted data correspond to the one or more network-threat indicators.
US11477221B2
A system, a method, and a computer program for protecting data traffic from a communication device against fingerprinting or privacy leakage. The method can include receiving data traffic from a communication device connected to a network, analyzing the received data traffic to determine network activity or operational characteristics of the communication device, generating forged data traffic for the network based on the determined network activity or operational characteristic of the communication device, and transmitting the forged data traffic to an external communication device that is located outside the network. The forged data traffic can add an entropy factor to the data traffic from said communication device connected to the network.
US11477217B2
A technique for intruder detection is described. Communications for a data source in an organization are intercepted and analyzed to identify an intruder detection signature. An intrusion is determined based on the intruder detection signature and an alarm generated based on the intrusion.
US11477213B2
Technologies for providing secure emergency power control of a high voltage direct current transmission (HVDC) system include a controller. The controller includes circuitry configured to receive status data indicative of a present physical status of a power system. The circuitry is also configured to obtain an emergency power control command triggered by a remote source. The emergency power control command is to be executed by an HVDC transmission system of the power system. Further, the circuitry is configured to determine, as a function of the status data, whether the emergency power control command is consistent with the present physical status of the power system and block, in response to a determination that the emergency power control command is not consistent with the present physical status of the power system, execution of the emergency power control command by the HVDC transmission system.
US11477206B2
An example terminal includes a communication circuitry configured to communicate with a server; and a data processor configured to request the server to include a second user in a relationship group of a first user and to extend, to the relationship group, a range of authorization for an Internet of Things (IoT) apparatus registered as an apparatus of the first user.
US11477204B2
One or more graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and/or a console management, modeling, and analysis system is described. In some embodiments, the GUI and/or management system can be used to analyze investment purchases and/or sales. In some embodiments, users may be allowed to enter data used to produce dynamic models. In some embodiments, data may be aggregated from various users and/or sources to provide adaptive, dynamic models and/or projections.
US11477198B2
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, a request from a requester; determining, by the computing device, one or more delegates that are currently capable of handling the request; sending, by the computing device, a request package to each of the one or more delegates, the request package including an authentication challenge; receiving, by the computing device, a solution to the authentication challenge from a supplier, the solution being provided by a particular delegate of the one or more delegates; determining, by the computing device, the solution to the authentication challenge is valid; and instructing, by the computing device and in response to determining the solution to the authentication challenge is valid, the particular delegate to proceed with handling the request.
US11477195B2
The present invention discloses a network connection managing system comprising one or more information devices, a network node data verifying device and a network node connection managing device. The information device is a network node installed with a mobile network card such that a MAC address of the mobile network card and network node identifying data of the network node are transmitted to the network node data verification device by a data reporting software, and are then compared by the network node data verifying device. The network node connection managing device is connected to the network node data verifying device and blocks a network connection for the network node according to a comparison result.
US11477194B2
A networked system for authenticating devices that comprise constrained devices connected in a network either directly to cloud based and/or dedicated servers or though gateways to cloud based and/or dedicated servers.
US11477193B2
A user permission management system and a method thereof are provided, which are suitable for assigning permission to one or more user devices. The system includes one or more docking stations and a management information device. Each user device is connected to the docking station. Each docking station is configured to transmit user identification information from the user devices to the management information device. The management information device is connected to the one or more docking stations and stores a user permission database. The management information device is configured to look up a user identity corresponding to the user identification information of the user device and permission of the user identity from the user permission database. The docking station assigns the permission to the user device to use network resources.
US11477179B2
Disclosed are examples of searching for content associated with multiple applications. In various examples, a first application can obtain a search query and maintain a list of applications available to provide content. The first application can send a request to a second application identified in the list, the request including a key that indicates the first application is authorized to request the second application to search for content. The first application can obtain a search result from the second application based on the request and present the search result in a user interface in the first application.
US11477176B1
The techniques described herein increase the throughput of a single VPN connection by creating multiple outbound and/or inbound Security Associations (SAs). For instance, two or more different SAs can encrypt outbound data packets to be sent over the VPN connection to a remote device. Moreover, two or more different SAs can decrypt inbound data packets received over the VPN connection from the remote device. Each of the SAs can be bound to a different processing core via the use of a Security Parameter Index (SPI) identifier. Consequently, inbound data packets communicated over a single VPN connection from a remote device to a physical host in a VPN gateway can be distributed amongst multiple processing cores for decryption purposes. Further, outbound data packets to be communicated over the single VPN connection from the physical host to the remote device can be distributed amongst multiple processing cores for encryption purposes.
US11477171B2
Techniques are described with regard to client authentication management. An associated method includes constructing an authentication resolution model specific to a client based upon error patterns respectively included in a plurality of erroneous authentication submissions inconsistent with a proper authentication submission. The method further includes receiving, via an authentication interface, a new erroneous authentication submission inconsistent with the proper authentication submission. Responsive to determining that the new erroneous authentication submission corresponds to an authentication exception defined in the authentication resolution model, the method further includes completing authentication. Responsive to determining that the new erroneous authentication submission corresponds to an authentication warning defined in the authentication resolution model, the method further includes performing at least one client account warning protection activity. Responsive to determining that the new erroneous authentication submission corresponds to an authentication attack defined in the authentication resolution model, performing at least one client account attack protection activity.
US11477169B1
A method of securely transmitting a message from a sending entity to a receiving entity via a network. A Processing String Engine is communicatively coupled to the sending and receiving entities. The sending entity requests the Processing String Engine to provide a network routing path for message transmission from the sending entity to the receiving entity and to provide a processing string for the message transmission. The Processing String Engine identifies a network path and generates a processing string. The sending entity appends the processing string to the message and sends the message to the receiving entity. The message is unreadable while the processing string is appended thereto. Upon receipt of the message with the appended processing string, the receiving entity requests removal the processing string. Upon successful verification of the receiving entity, the processing string is removed, and the message is returned to the receiving entity.
US11477166B2
Described herein is a process which facilitates segmented security between domain-specific data sets being evaluated as part of a candidate evaluation service and third-party evolution services, wherein the data sets are not transmitted to the evolution service which is evolving candidates for evaluation. This enables customers with secure data sets to use candidate evolution services securely by obtaining a population of potentially optimal candidate models to evaluate and then optimizing on those data sets in their own secure fashion.
US11477155B2
A system and method for aggregating content, social sharing and instant messaging of saved electronic content to a memory location includes an administrator for controlling and allocating storage quota, based on a subscription type of one or more users. The user receives the electronic content on his computing device by selecting a text from the electronic content or the user can select the document by pressing the copy menu, which causes a pop-up user interface. The user can save the electronic content in one click directly on the user device or to a server as well as collaborate on the instant messaging platform to chat or share electronic content with other users.
US11477147B2
A messaging system includes sender and receiver devices, and a central unit communicating therewith. The central unit communicates with a database containing first data on graphic and audio elements, which are managed by the messaging system and have first dimensions and/or degrees of detail, and software that creates, starting from the first graphic and audio elements, corresponding second graphic and audio elements of smaller dimensions and/or degrees of detail. A first software module loaded in the sender and/or receiver devices downloads one or more of the second graphic and audio elements from the central unit and uses them inside the messaging system, and provides on a display of the messaging device a first screen with a message or exchange of messages and the one or more second graphic and audio elements, which occupy an area selectable by touch or by clicking.
US11477145B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing dynamic control of social messaging platform client-side and server-side behavior according to current and historical environmental, service, and application conditions.
US11477144B1
A method may include receiving a message having lead information, initiating a conversation with a prospect identified in the lead information, and sending a modified version of the message to a CRM system, wherein the modified version of the message includes information about the conversation. The information about the conversation may include a hyperlink to the conversation in a messaging platform. The method may further include assigning the prospect identified in the lead information to a representative. The modified version of the message may identify the representative. The representative may be identified by sender information in the modified message. The conversation may include a message to the prospect identified in the lead information. The message to the prospect may be automatically personalized to the prospect. The message having lead information may be intercepted between a lead source and a CRM system.
US11477141B2
Provided are systems and methods for an interactive bot for multi-way communication. In one example, the method may include displaying a user interface including a communication session between a first user, a second user, and a chatbot, detecting, via a user interface, a request submitted by the first user to the second user via the user interface, determining, via a machine learning model, a response to the request based on a type of object associated with the communication session, and determining a confidence value of the determined response, and outputting a message from the chatbot via the user interface which includes the determined response, in response to the confidence value of the determined response being above a predetermined threshold value.
US11477135B2
A method for managing data processes in a network of computing resources includes: receiving at least one child request being routed from an intermediary device to at least one corresponding destination device, the at least one child request requesting execution of at least one corresponding child data process, each of the at least one child data process for executing at least a portion of the at least one parent data process from an instructor device, and each of the at least one child request including a destination key derived at least in part from the at least one instructor key; storing the at least one child request in at least one storage device; modifying the at least one child request upon receiving a child request modification signal; and generating signals for communicating the child requests to one or more requesting devices.
US11477133B2
A system for initiating web containers and isolating network traffic to web containers is described. The system initiates and uses web containers for associated web-based resources, such as domain addresses owned by a single entity. When a web container for a domain address has not been initiated, the system determines an owner of the domain address and any domain addresses associated with the owner and initiates a web container for the domain address and the associated domains. When a user navigates to the domain addresses associated with the determined owner, the system isolates the network activity to the initiated web container.
US11477117B1
A node may be an active node associated with a high-availability service and may route session traffic communicated via a first route path between a first endpoint and a second endpoint. The node may determine a first measurement of a traffic metric of the first route path and may receive, from another node associated with the high-availability service, a second measurement of the traffic metric of a second route path. The node may compare the first measurement and the second measurement and determine that the traffic metric is enhanced on the second route path relative to the first route path. The node may cause, via a high-availability link between the node and the other node, the other node to become the active node for routing the session traffic between the first endpoint and the second endpoint.
US11477109B2
A method for synchronizing topology information in a service function chain (SFC) network, where the SFC network includes at least one classifier (CF) and at least one service function forwarder (SFF). The method includes that a first network element in the at least two routing network elements establishes a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) connection to at least one second network element other than the first network element in the at least two routing network elements, where the first network element is any one of the at least two routing network elements, and the first network element sends a first BGP update message to the at least one second network element, where the first BGP update message includes topology information of the first network element such that the at least one second network element obtains the topology information of the first network element.
US11477108B2
Described are systems and methods for jointly optimizing Wide Area Network (WAN) and Local Area Network (LAN) network communications. In one embodiment, a management device communicatively interfaced with a WAN and a LAN includes a collection module to collect LAN information from the LAN and WAN information from the WAN; an analysis module to jointly analyze the collected WAN information and the collected LAN information to identify an operational condition; and an implementation nodule to initiate a management event responsive to the operational condition being identified. In one embodiment, the management event includes generating and transmitting a diagnostics report responsive to a fault being identified. The management device may further generate and execute instructions to remedy the diagnosed fault.
US11477105B2
Replicated instances in a distributed computing environment provide for automatic failover and recovery. A component monitors the status of event processors in a set or bucket and handles the failure of an event processor. For a large number of instances, the data environment can be partitioned such that each monitoring component is assigned a partition of the workload. At intervals, each event processor sends a “heartbeat” message to the event processors in the bucket covering the same workload partition, to inform the other event processors of the status of the event processor sending the heartbeat. If it is determined that a heartbeat is received from each event processor in the bucket, a current process can continue. In the event of monitoring component failure, the instances can be repartitioned, and the remaining monitoring components can be assigned to the new partitions to substantially evenly distribute the workload.
US11477104B2
Data channels of a computer system may be remotely monitored to detect data channel degradation. A monitoring agent on a client may execute script commands on the remote computer system to monitor input/output (I/O) rates of a set of channels. The monitoring agent may compute an average data rate of the data channels and compare the I/O rate of each channel to the average. When the I/O rate of a channel falls below the average by at least a threshold amount, an alert may be generated to indicate to an administrator a possible failure with the data channel.
US11477102B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for upgrading user space networking stacks without disruptions to network traffic. A first packet engine can read connection information of existing connections of a second packet engine written to a shared memory region by the second packet engine. The first packet engine can establish one or more virtual connections according to the connection information of existing connections of the second packet engine. Each of the first packet engine and the second packet engine can receive mirrored traffic data. The first packet engine can receive a first packet and determine that the first packet is associated with a virtual connection corresponding to an existing connection of the second packet engine. The first packet engine can drop the first packet responsive to the determination that the first packet is associated with the virtual connection.
US11477092B2
Techniques for utilizing a Software-Defined-Networking (SDN) controller and/or a Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) and network border gateway switches associated with a multi-site cloud computing network to provide reachability data indicating physical links between the border gateways disposed in different sites of the multi-site network to establish secure connection tunnels utilizing the physical links and unique encryption keys. The SDN controller and/or DCNM may be configured to generate a physical underlay model representing the physical underlay, or network transport capabilities, and/or a logical overlay model representing a logical overlay, or overlay control-plane, of the multi-site network. The SDN controller may also generate an encryption key model representing the associations between the encryption keys and the physical links between the associated network border gateway switches. The SDN controller may utilize the models to determine route paths for transmitting network traffic spanning over different sites of the multi-site network at line speed.
US11477086B2
A method of commissioning and provisioning an Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) gateway that includes sending gateway information to a bootstrapping system and generating a commissioning token using the bootstrapping system. The method also includes storing the commissioning token in the bootstrapping system and associating it with a backend system. The method further includes inputting the commissioning token into the IIOT gateway and communicating the IIOT gateway to the bootstrapping system.
US11477085B2
A system, apparatus and method are provided for dynamically updating a configuration of a network device when relevant sources and destinations of network traffic are added, removed or migrated in a network. A configuration of a network device is associated with a set of network addresses representing a set of relevant sources and destinations of network traffic. The set is dynamic in that the membership of the set can change over time to include different network addresses as the set of relevant sources and destinations of network traffic changes over time. One or more data sources are monitored to obtain the network addresses for the set of relevant sources and destinations and to determine if the membership of the set has changed. When a change is detected, the configuration of the network device is updated on the network device to reflect the network addresses that are currently in the set.
US11477084B2
A method for automatic configuration of a communication network includes: generating a request message, the request message including a communication address associated; transmitting the generated request message as a broadcast message to a plurality of computing devices using a predefined user datagram protocol (UDP) port, the message being broadcast with a predetermined time to live; receiving agreement messages from computing devices transmitted by the respective computing device using the predefined UDP port, each agreement message including a communication address associated with the respective computing device and a specified transmission control protocol (TCP) port; identifying at least one of the one or more agreement messages for establishment of communication; and establishing a communication connection to the computing device associated with each identified agreement message using the specific TCP port.
US11477078B2
A data transmission method includes receiving a service request sent by a terminal device. The method also includes determining, based on the service request, a target transmission path of service data corresponding to the service request and a change policy corresponding to the target transmission path. The method further includes changing, according to the change policy, a current content delivery network (CDN) to a target CDN. The target CDN includes a plurality of serving nodes corresponding to the target transmission path. The method additionally includes sending an indication message to a first serving node in the target CDN to indicate the first serving node to send the service data to the terminal device through the target transmission path; or sending an indication message to a second serving node in the target CDN to indicate the second serving node to send the service data to the terminal device.
US11477077B1
An information technology (IT) network includes configuration items (CIs) that may constantly change, where the CIs describe hardware components or software components that are configured to operate on the IT network. A system comprising a server can determine a change associated with a CI, send, to a configuration management database (CMDB), a message that updates the CMDB based on the determined change associated with the CI, determine, for the CI, a monitor configuration that describes one or more variables and corresponding one or more parameters with which the CI is to be monitored, and send the CI with the monitor configuration to a plurality of monitoring software tools operating on a plurality of servers, where each monitoring software tool is configured to monitor the CI based on the monitor configuration.
US11477075B2
A base station may generate first configuration information to configure a first user equipment (“UE”) to operate using a first bandwidth within a wideband carrier of a cell, generate second configuration information to configure a second UE to operate using a second bandwidth within the wideband carrier of the cell, and cause transmission of the first and second configuration information to the first and second UEs, respectively. The base station may configure the first and second UEs based upon capabilities received from each UE, respectively.
US11477073B2
Disclosed is a failure management method in a network of nodes, including, for each considered node: first, a step of locally saving the state of this considered node, to a storage medium for this node in question. Then, if the considered node has failed, retrieving the local backup of the state of this considered node, by redirecting the link between the considered node and its storage medium to connect this storage medium to an operational node other than the considered node, this operational node already in the process of carrying out this calculation, the local backups of these considered nodes, used for the retrieving steps being coherent with each other so as to correspond to the same state of calculation. If a considered node failed, returning this local backup for this considered node to a new additional node added to the network at the time of the failure.
US11477066B2
A packet detection method is disclosed. The packet detection method includes the following operations: receiving a wireless communication signal; calculating a delay correlation function of the wireless communication signal; calculating a delay related output value and a threshold value according to the delay correlation function; and determining whether the wireless communication signal satisfies a feature of a wireless network packet or not according to the delay related output value and the threshold value.
US11477065B2
A method and apparatus for code block division are provided. The method may include the following acts. A reference information block length of a code block is determined according to an obtained division related parameter. A maximum information block length is determined according to the reference information block length and a hardware parameter. A Transport Block (TB) having a length greater than the maximum information block length may be divided into two or more code blocks according to the obtained division related parameter, the hardware parameter and the determined maximum information block length. An information length after code block division is less than the determined maximum information block length.
US11477048B2
A communication method and a switch device for one-way transmission based on VLAN ID are provided. The communication method includes: receiving, by a first port of a switch, a first data packet from a first external device; packing the first data packet with a first VLAN ID corresponding to a first path to generate a second data packet; receiving, by a first PLD, the second data packet from a third port of the switch; filtering, by the first PLD, the second data packet according to a first filtering rule; in response to the second data packet being matched with the first filtering rule, overwriting the first VLAN ID by a second VLAN ID corresponding to a second path to generate a third data packet; and transmitting, by the first PLD, the third data packet to a second port of the switch via the second path.
US11477045B2
Systems and methods are described herein for controlling playback and/or recording of media assets at a media device based on the state of a secondary device. Specifically, while displaying a media asset, a media device receives a signal from the secondary device indicating a change of state of the secondary device. The media device displays a notification of the signal, and the user can interact with the notification. If the user interacts with the notification for more than a threshold amount of time, the media device may begin recording the media asset. Once the user has finished interacting with the notification, the media device may stop recording and the user can see content that they may have missed by reviewing the recorded portion of the media asset.
US11477044B2
A notification system is described herein. Notifications can be generated for groupings of devices. A notification indication can be sent to a larger grouping of client devices. The notification indication can include one or more grouping parameters that specify one or more conditions that define a smaller device grouping. Devices that fall within the grouping can request the notification from a messaging service or management service.
US11477041B2
Various example embodiments for supporting stateless multicast communications in a communication system are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting stateless multicast communications may be configured to support stateless multicast communications in a label switching network (e.g., a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, an MPLS—Traffic Engineered (TE) network, or the like) based on use of local label spaces of nodes of the label switching network for encoding of an explicit path tree for the multicast communications within the multicast communications. Various example embodiments for supporting stateless multicast communications in a label switching network based on use of local label spaces of nodes of the label switching network may be configured to support use of local label spaces of nodes of the label switching network by using network-wide unique node identifiers to uniquely identify nodes with which the node and adjacency labels of the explicit path tree are associated.
US11477037B2
An infrastructure delivery platform provides a proxy service as an enhancement to the TLS/SSL protocol to off-load to an external server the generation of a digital signature, the digital signature being generated using a private key that would otherwise have to be maintained on a terminating server. Using this service, instead of digitally signing (using the private key) “locally,” the terminating server proxies given public portions of ephemeral key exchange material to the external server and receives, in response, a signature validating the terminating server is authorized to continue with the key exchange. In this manner, a private key used to generate the digital signature (or, more generally, to facilitate the key exchange) does not need to be stored in association with the terminating server. Rather, that private key is stored only at the external server, and there is no requirement for the pre-master secret to travel (on the wire).
US11477034B2
A method for processing account information in a block chain is provided. A computer device receives identity information and a transfer request, the transfer request requesting to transfer a resource in an account to a target account, the target account being generated by a certificate center. The computer device obtains owner information of the account from the certificate center according to the transfer request. The computer device compares the identity information and the owner information. The computer device transmits an authentication request to the block chain in response to determining that the identity information and the owner information are consistent, the authentication request requesting the block chain to transfer the resource in the account to the target account.
US11477033B2
A communication system includes a network device including a plurality of communication ports and a plurality of communication nodes coupled with the network device through the plurality of communication ports. The communication system further includes a controller that is configured to generate a security key and to send a new configuration along with a message authentication code to the network device, wherein the controller is further configured to break the security key into parts and send the parts of the security key to at least some of the plurality of communication nodes such that each of the at least some of the plurality of communication node receiving one part of the parts of the security key. The network device is configured to retrieve the parts of the security key from the at least some of the plurality of communication nodes, to assemble the security key from the retrieved parts of the security key and using the assembled security key to authenticate the new configuration.
US11477030B2
The present disclosure relates to analyzing a firmware or a finite state machine, decomposing the same into a plurality of routines or states, individuating significative instructions or states, associating each significative instruction or state with a watchpoint, calculating first HASH values of the watchpoints using a HASH function before running the firmware or finite state machine for all allowable paths in the firmware or finite state machine corresponding to a correct working of the same, storing the set of first HASH values as calculated, calculating second HASH values of the watchpoints using a HASH function when running of the firmware or finite state machine, comparing the second HASH value of each watchpoint as calculated with the stored set of first HASH values, and validating the instruction or state of a watchpoint as correct if its second HASH value is comprised in the first HASH values of the allowed paths.
US11477025B1
A method including determining an assigned key pair associated with a device, the assigned key pair including an assigned public key and an associated assigned private key; determining an access key pair associated with content to be encrypted, the access key pair including an access public key and an associated access private key; encrypting the access private key using a combination encryption key determined based at least in part on the access private key and the assigned public key; encrypting a randomly generated key by utilizing the access public key; and encrypting the content utilizing the randomly generated key. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11477022B1
A system, method and apparatus in which a client computer initiates and communicates a distributed ledger transaction either to an individual node in a network of distributed ledger nodes or to the network itself, which transaction is labeled with a nanosecond scale timestamp, encrypted using quantum event generated random binary data and then securely transmitted to other ledger nodes in the network at substantially the same time. Networks may consist of traditional wireline and wireless networks, cloud networks and 5G wireless networks in any combination and configuration. Using the invention, distributed ledger networks may take the forms of blockchains, transactionally integrated multiple distributed ledgers, decentralized exchanges, or immutable distributed databases. After the transaction is transmitted, additional messages necessary to the completion of the transaction are communicated between ledger nodes in the network using the same or similar system, method and apparatus.
US11477021B1
A key generator system that includes a quantum random number generator (QRNG) to generate a string of ternary digits. The QRNG includes a preparation stage, a universal interferometer to output a measurement outcome, and a detector to detect the measurement outcome and produce a quantum random (QR) ternary digit based on the outcome. The system includes a key generator to receive the string of QR ternary digits and generate a key including binary string of bits produced by mapping pairs of QR ternary digits into bits. The preparation stage includes an arrangement of beamsplitters defined by a selected probability distribution including a probability set of {p1, p2, p3} that adds to 1 and p1, p2 and p3 are rational numbers and less than 1 and greater than zero, and a selected one preparation stage candidate of candidates derived based on a value definite quantum states equation.
US11477017B2
Aspects and embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and system for generating a private cryptographic key for use in a secure cryptogram for transmission between a first entity and a second entity. The method may comprise: selecting a random vector defined in an n-dimensional vector space shared between the first entity and the second entity, the vector comprising one or more component coordinates defined in the n-dimensional vector space, each component coordinate being associated with one or more bits; determining the one or more bits associated with each component coordinate comprised in the random vector, and generating the private key in dependence on the one or more bits associated with each component coordinate comprised in the random vector.
US11477011B1
An administrator installs a key management agent on a previously approved client machine. The agent is started on the client machine, which posts requests for keys to a central key management service. The central key management service logs requests posted to it by clients, and checks for existing pre-approval records. If none are found, a message is typically sent to an approver for the requesting client machine. When a request is verified as approved, the request is flagged for further processing. The supported systems continuously or periodically look for records flagged for processing, use requests to generate keys and other appropriate elements for the requesting client machine, and post keys and other elements to the key management database. The key management agent polls the central key management service periodically until finding the expected key file, which it downloads and installs into a protected file location on the client machine. The key management agent periodically sends status messages to the central key management service, which tracks expected behavior of the client machine and/or key management agent.
US11477008B2
A message processing request is received from a channel partner device, where the message processing request includes a ciphertext message encrypted in a trusted execution environment (TEE) of a service provider device based on a service processing request that includes a plaintext message of the ciphertext message, and where the service processing request requests at least a portion of the plaintext message to be sent to a target user. A first smart contract deployed in a blockchain of the blockchain network is invoked using a TEE of a blockchain node of a blockchain network. The ciphertext message is decrypted based on the first smart contract to obtain the plaintext message. The plaintext message is sent to an operator device to forward the at least a portion of the plaintext message to the target user.
US11477003B2
Provided are a device synchronization method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The device synchronization method includes: in response to determining that a second device does not receive a first data packet, determining a target time cycle for sending data packets by the second device based on a preset cycle adjustment parameter and a preset time slice length; determining whether the second device receives a second data packet sent by the first device based on the time slice length and the target time cycle of the second device; and in response to determining that the second device receives the second data packet sent by the first device, determining a time point for sending a data packet next time by the second device according to data packet information of the first device, achieving cycle synchronization of the second device in a preset synchronization cycle time period.
US11477002B2
A method and system for synchronizing computers includes a bit computing module for computing of a bit by each computer, an exchange module, a bit signal pair determination module for determining a bit signal pair including the computed bit, a bit product pair determination module for determining a bit product pair indicating which bit equal to 1 of the bit signal pair of a computer can be combined with the bit of the bit signal pair determined for the other computer in the iteration n−1, a bit remainder pair determination module for determining a bit remainder pair indicating which bit equal to 1 of the bit signal pair of a computer in the iteration n is different from the bit of the bit signal pair of the other computer in the iteration n−1, a synchronized signal determination module for determining a synchronized signal based on the bit product pair and on the bit remainder pair.
US11476988B2
Provided are a transmitter and a method for transmitting a data block in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the following steps: deciding the number of bits (s) and encoders (NES) to allocate to one axis of a signal constellation; encoding an information bit based on the s and the NES and generating a coded block; parsing the coded block based on the s and the NES and generating a plurality of frequency sub-blocks; and transmitting the plurality of frequency sub-blocks to a receiver.
US11476978B2
A method for the redundant transmission of data by means of light-based communication may include a data stream to be transmitted that is converted into symbols. This data stream is converted from bipolar symbols into multiple partial data streams having e.g. unipolar-positive symbols. The partial data streams are converted into multiple semi-redundant signals that are then transmitted to the receiver via multiple light-based channels. In the receiver, the received signals are converted back again analogously to when they were sent, in order to obtain the original data stream again.
US11476973B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting control information, a method and apparatus for receiving control information, and a communication system. The method includes that: at least one modulation order of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) is determined; and Downlink Control Information (DCI) is modulated using the at least one modulation order.
US11476969B1
A distributed transmit platform deception network array system includes a plurality of platforms; each platform comprising at least one transmitter; wherein the platforms are in a geographically distributed configuration with respect to each other and at least one victim receiver; a propagating wavefront is generated by the transmitters of the plurality of platforms toward the at least one victim receiver according to deception target characteristics for each identified victim receiver; whereby the propagating wavefront is controlled, and a false location is determined by the victim receiver, Whereby detection of a deception at alternate receiver locations is minimized by selection of characteristics of the transmitted waveform.
US11476960B2
Provided is an SINR measurement method of a repeater, the SINR measurement method including: obtaining SSBs from a plurality of base stations; obtaining cross-correlation for each of PSS symbols included in the obtained SSBs; measuring noise power based on the obtained SSBs; obtaining signal power and interference signal power based on a dot product of the cross-correlation for each of the PSS symbols; and measuring the SINR based on the signal power, the interference signal power, and the noise power.
