US11479776B2
A protein expression system for use in a prokaryotic host is provided, the expression system comprising: a) an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein of interest operably linked to a T7 RNA polymerase-dependent promoter; and b) an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding T7 RNA polymerase operably linked to a host polymerase-dependent λ phage promoter and a single perfect palindrome operator sequence; wherein the expression cassette for T7 RNA polymerase is located on the chromosome of a host cell.
US11479764B2
A method of separating a target double-stranded nucleic acid molecule from a sample including the target double-stranded nucleic acid molecule and a non-target double-stranded nucleic acid molecule, including (1) mixing the sample, a pyrrole-imidazole-containing polyamide (first PI polyamide) modified with a first linker molecule and capable of specifically binding to a sequence of the target double-stranded nucleic acid molecule, and a carrier a modified with a first ligand capable of specifically binding and/or adsorbing to the first linker molecule such that a mixed solution is produced, (2) forming a complex A by binding the carrier a to the first PI polyamide with which the target double-stranded nucleic acid molecule is bound in the mixed solution, and (3) separating the complex A from the mixed solution.
US11479761B2
The invention relates to the field of genetic engineering tools, methods and techniques for gene or genome editing. Specifically, the invention concerns isolated polypeptides having nuclease activity, host cells and expression vectors comprising nucleic acids encoding said polypeptides as well as methods of cleaving and editing target nucleic acids in a sequence-specific manner. The polypeptides, nucleic acids, expression vectors, host cells and methods of the present invention have application in many fields of biotechnology, including, for example, synthetic biology and gene therapy.
US11479755B2
The invention provides improved T cell compositions and methods for manufacturing T cells. More particularly, the invention provides methods of T cell manufacturing that result in adoptive T cell immunotherapies with improved survival, expansion, and persistence in vivo.
US11479754B2
A method for producing an epithelial cell sheet, comprising culturing cells derived from oral mucosal epithelial cells on a substrate in a serum-free medium, wherein the serum-free medium comprises (i) EGF protein or KGF protein, (ii) B-27 supplement, and (iii) a ROCK inhibitor.
US11479743B2
Disclosed are a natural soap composition having elasticity, viscoelasticity and ductility without containing polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and borax, and a method of preparing the same. The soap composition does not contain a plastic material (PVA), borax, a fungicide, a plasticizer or the like, unlike conventional plastic clay toys, and is thus environmentally friendly and safe, and has a cleaning effect. In addition, the composition has the advantages of better elasticity, viscoelasticity and ductility than general soaps or other elastic soap compositions. In addition, even after the composition is molded into a particular shape, it can be transformed into a variety of shapes, can be used as a toy owing to the maximized tactile stimulation thereof, and provides effects such as psychological stability, stress relief and sensory development.
US11479742B2
The present invention is directed to rinse aid compositions and methods for making and using the rinse aid compositions. The compositions of the invention include a sheeting agent, a defoaming agent, and an association disruption agent. The rinse aid compositions of the present invention result in a faster draining/drying time on most substrates compared to conventional rinse aids. The rinse aid compositions of the present invention are especially suitable for use on plastic substrates.
US11479736B1
The present disclosure describes lubricant compositions effective to minimize average engine sludge through selection of lubricant additives that control the total nitrogen as well as the origin of the nitrogen in the lubricant composition. In aspects, the lubricant compositions herein include at least a base oil of lubricating viscosity, a dispersant system, and at least one antioxidant.
US11479725B2
An improved process is provided for catalytic pyrolysis of biomass, comprising pneumatically injecting a biomass feed via a pneumatic injection line into a fluidized heat medium, for example, hot catalyst, with a carrier gas at a velocity of from 5 to 40 m/s in at least one mixing zone in communication with a pyrolysis reactor in which catalytic pyrolysis occurs, and maintaining a catalyst/biomass mixture flowrate ratio (C/B) of from 4 to 40 downstream from the point of catalyst injection via a catalyst injection line in the at least one mixing zone.
US11479721B2
A liquid crystal composition includes the following compounds: (in a range of 21.5 to 26.5 parts by weight) a compound represented by a first chemical formula, (in a range of 2.5 to 7.5 parts by weight) a compound represented by a second chemical formula, (in a range of 12.5 to 17.5 parts by weight) a compound represented by a third chemical formula, (in a range of 5.5 to 10.5 parts by weight) a compound represented by a fourth chemical formula, (in a range of 7.5 to 12.5 parts by weight) a compound represented by a fifth chemical formula, (in a range of 2 to 7 parts by weight) a compound represented by a sixth chemical formula, (in a range of 10.5 to 15.5 parts by weight) a compound represented by a seventh chemical formula, and (in a range of 13 to 18 parts by weight) an compound represented by an eighth chemical formula 8.
US11479720B2
A composition for etching and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including an etching process of using the composition for etching, are provided. The composition for etching includes a first inorganic acid; any one first additive selected from the group consisting of phosphorous acid, an organic phosphite, a hypophosphite, and mixtures thereof; and a solvent. The composition for etching is a high-selectivity composition for etching that can selectively remove a nitride film while minimizing the etch rate for an oxide film and does not have a problem such as particle generation, which adversely affects device characteristics.
US11479715B2
A fracturing fluid can include: a base fluid, wherein the base fluid comprises water; proppant; a friction reducer; and a friction reducer enhancer, wherein the friction reducer enhancer is a surfactant. The friction reducer enhancer can be in a concentration greater than or equal to a critical micelle concentration. Methods of fracturing a subterranean formation can include introducing the fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation. The friction reducer enhancer can increase the hydration rate of the friction reducer, whereby friction reduction of the fracturing fluid can occur much faster than without the friction reducer enhancer.
US11479701B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of new materials, and relates to a thermal conduction enhanced organic composite shape-stabilized phase change material and a preparation method thereof. A thermal conduction enhanced organic composite shape-stabilized phase change material, which is composed of a coordination crosslinked network polymer, an organic solid-liquid phase change material and a thermal conduction enhancer, the mass percent are as follows: coordination crosslinked network polymer 1-50%, organic solid-liquid phase change material 40-98.9%, and thermal conduction enhancer 0.1-10%, the coordination crosslinked network polymer being formed by complexing of polymer compound with metal ions. The invention has simple synthesis process and convenient applications, the material having large enthalpy of phase change, excellent shape stabilizing effect, while the phenomenon of liquid leakage will not occur during operation. The material has broad application prospects in the field of thermal energy storage and management.
US11479699B2
The present invention relates to an adhesive film for a semiconductor, including: a first layer including an adhesive binder and a heat-dissipating filler; and a second layer including an adhesive binder and a magnetic filler, which is formed on at least one surface of the first layer, wherein the adhesive film has a predetermined composition for the adhesive binder included in each of the first layer and the second layer.
US11479698B2
Provided is a chloroprene rubber latex adhesive composition superior in initial adhesive strength and normal adhesive strength and also in thermal creep resistance with adherend. A chloroprene rubber latex adhesive composition includes a carboxy-modified chloroprene-based copolymer latex (A) containing a copolymer of chloroprene monomer and an ethylenic unsaturated carboxylic acid and a polyvinylalcohol, a chloroprene-based polymer latex (B) containing a chloroprene homopolymer or a copolymer of chloroprene monomer and other monomer and a rosin acid metal salt and a chlorinated polyolefin resin emulsion (C), wherein the content ratio of the carboxy-modified chloroprene-based copolymer latex (A) to the chloroprene-based polymer latex (B) is 80:20 to 20:80 as solid matter.
US11479681B2
Effect pigments based on Al2O3 flakes with high weather resistance and less photoactivity and to their use thereof in paints, industrial coatings, automotive coatings, printing inks, cosmetic formulations. The effect pigments have a ratio of the amount by weight of Al2O3 of the Al2O3 flake and the amount by weight of the metal oxide(s) of the coating layer(s) in the range of from 27:73 to 83:17 based on the total weight of the effect pigment.
US11479672B2
The present invention is directed to dye mixtures comprising dyes of formula (1) and dyes of formula (2), the process of the production and the use of the dye mixtures.
US11479669B2
Novel compositions and systems for closure of wounds are disclosed. The compositions provide devices of improved flexibility and elasticity and are readily applied to wound sites or over wound closure devices. The present invention is also directed to a novel platinum catalyst for use in such compositions. The catalyst provides for rapid curing on topical surfaces such as skin and bonds to such surfaces in about 2-5 minutes.
US11479663B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising: (A) a propylene-based polymer which is a propylene homopolymer or a propylene copolymer consisting of at least 90 wt % of propylene monomer units and at most 10 wt % of ethylene monomer units and/or an α-olefin monomer units having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, (B) a terpolymer of propylene, an α-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms and ethylene and (C) a copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein the copolymer (C) has a density of at least 0.880 g/cm3, wherein the amount of the propylene-based polymer (A) is at least 60 wt % with respect to the total composition.
US11479657B2
A system and method of forming a plastic blend that includes nanoparticles of filler material evenly dispersed, without agglomeration of particles, throughout a hydrophobic polymer. A slurry is created that contains water and nanoparticles of a filler material. The filler materials are selected from a group consisting of crystalline cellulose, cellulose fiber, chitosan and chitin. A dispersion aid is provided that has a melting point in a temperature range. The slurry is heated and mixed to a temperature that is above the melt point range of the dispersion aid. The dispersion aid is added. The slurry is cooled to a temperature that is below the melting point of the dispersion aid. This causes the dispersion aid to solidify and entrap the nanoparticles within solid compound. The solid compound is dried and then reduced into a powder. The powder is the fill composition that is melt compounded for use.
US11479655B2
Compositions for modifying a degree of cure in a polysulfide sealant are provided. In embodiments, the composition comprises a water-miscible organic solvent; water; and a dithiol. Polysulfide sealant systems comprising the compositions are also provided. Methods for modifying a degree of cure in a polysulfide sealant using the compositions are also provided.
US11479648B2
An embodiment of the inventive concept provides a method of manufacturing a polymer film, the method including: preparing a first copolymer containing a first functional group; preparing a second copolymer containing a second functional group; preparing a first compound containing a third functional group; and performing a cross-linking reaction by mixing the first copolymer, the second copolymer, and the first compound, wherein the cross-linking reaction includes a reaction of the first functional group and the second functional group and a reaction of the second functional group and the third functional group, the first compound includes a polar group and any one group selected from among a vinyl group, an aryl group, and an acrylate group, and the third functional group has reactivity with respect to the second functional group, but does not have reactivity with respect to the first functional group.
US11479646B2
A process for making microwave-irradiated nanocomposites comprising graphene nanoplatelets dispersed in a polymer matrix, showing improved structural and electrical properties, is provided. The nanocomposites may be made using a solution casting technique, and may have a bilayer structure comprising a graphene-enriched layer in contact with a polymer-enriched layer. The nanocomposite may be used as a shielding material on electrical devices to decrease electromagnetic interference.
US11479644B2
The invention provides a polymerizable composition and a hydrogel obtained or obtainable from the polymerizable composition. The polymerizable composition comprises cucurbituril and a first monomer having a guest for the cucurbituril, wherein the total monomer concentration, Cmon, within the polymerizable composition is at least 0.5 M. The composition may be an aqueous composition.
US11479642B2
A method of producing a polyether polyol that includes reacting a low molecular weight initiator with one or more monomers in the presence of a polymerization catalyst, the low molecular weight initiator having a number average molecular weight of less than 1,000 g/mol and a nominal hydroxyl functionality at least 2, the one or more monomers including at least one selected from propylene oxide and butylene oxide, and the polymerization catalyst being a Lewis acid catalyst having the general formula M(R1)1(R2)1(R3)1(R4)0 or 1. Whereas, M is boron, aluminum, indium, bismuth or erbium, R1, R2, and R3 each includes a same fluoroalkyl-substituted phenyl group, and optional R4 includes a functional group or functional polymer group. The method further includes forming a polyether polyol having a number average molecular weight of greater than the number average molecular weight of the low molecular weight initiator in the presence of the Lewis acid catalyst.
US11479641B2
A fluorine-containing ether compound characterized by being represented by the following formula (1): R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—R5 (1) In the formula (1), R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain. R2 and R4 are divalent linkage groups having a polar group and may be the same or different. R1 and R5 are bonded to an atom other than a carbon atom of R2 or R4. R1 and R5 are terminal groups composed of an organic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and may be the same or different. At least one of R1 and R5 is a chain organic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms wherein one or more hydrogen atoms of the chain organic group is substituted with a group having an amide bond.
US11479633B2
Disclosed herein is a coating material system containing (A) at least one polyhydroxy group-containing compound, (B) at least one polyisocyanate-containing compound, and (C) at least one catalyst comprising lithium (Li) and bismuth (Bi) as metal components and where the molar ratio of lithium to bismuth is at least 7:1 [mol/mol], in which i) components (A), (B), and (C) are present separately from one another, or ii) are mixed wholly or at least partly with one another. Methods for producing and using the coating material system are also disclosed herein.
US11479632B2
The present disclosure provides a polymer film, a method of preparing the same, and a flexible folded panel. The polymer film includes a substrate and a strengthening layer, wherein the strengthening layer includes a polymer, side chains of the polymer include a plurality of rigid segments and a plurality of flexible segments, which modify and strengthen the side chains of the polymer. The monomer of the polymer is subjected to a series of reactions, to synthesize the polymer, and the polymer film enhance hardness of a cover plate of a panel and improve the anti-friction properties and bendability.
US11479626B2
A solid single-ion conductive polymer comprising a repeat unit of formula (Ia): wherein R1 is H, or C1 to C16 linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl; m is 1 to 5; each M+ is independently selected from Li+, Na+ or K+; and X is selected from CF3, CH3, or F; and the polymer has an average molecular weight of 350.000 to 1.200.000 Da.
US11479625B2
In some embodiments, ethylene-propylene branched copolymers are synthesized with pyridyldiamido catalysts and a chain transfer agent, and their performance as viscosity modifiers in oil are detailed. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides for ethylene-propylene branched copolymers having a shear thinning onset of less than about 0.01 rad/s and an HTHS value of less than about 3.3. In some embodiments, the ethylene-propylene branched copolymer is used as a viscosity modifier in a lubricating composition and a fuel composition.
US11479619B2
Phosphorus-containing aqueous polymer dispersions and the use thereof as binders in coating formulations.
US11479614B2
The present invention provides a chimeric cytokine receptor (CCR) comprising: (i) an exodomain which binds to a ligand selected from a tumour secreted factor, a chemokine and a cell-surface antigen; and (ii) a cytokine receptor endodomain.
US11479612B2
The present invention relates to a novel antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to a human hepatocyte growth factor receptor (c-Met), and a composition for preventing or treating cancer, wherein the antibody shows an excellent cancer cell proliferation inhibitory activity and a remarkably excellent anticancer activity even by a little amount thereof, thus effectively preventing or treating cancer.
US11479611B2
The present disclosure relates to a HLA-G specific chimeric antigen receptor, a nucleic acid, a HLA-G specific chimeric antigen receptor expression plasmid, a HLA-G specific chimeric antigen receptor expressing cell, a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer, and use of the HLA-G specific chimeric antigen receptor expressing cell. The chimeric antigen receptor specifically binds to human leukocyte antigen G. The nucleic acid encodes the HLA-G specific chimeric antigen receptor. The HLA-G specific chimeric antigen receptor expression plasmid expresses the HLA-G specific chimeric antigen receptor. The HLA-G specific chimeric antigen receptor expressing cell is obtained by transducing the HLA-G specific chimeric antigen receptor into an immune cell. The pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer includes the HLA-G specific chimeric antigen receptor expressing cell and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US11479609B2
Provided herein are variant CD80 polypeptides, immunomodulatory proteins comprising variant CD80 polypeptides, and nucleic acids encoding such proteins. The immunomodulatory proteins provide therapeutic utility for a variety of immunological and oncological conditions. Compositions and methods for making and using such proteins are provided.
US11479605B2
The present invention relates to novel recombinant fusion proteins, such as human antibody-based molecules called Vaccibodies, which are able to trigger both a T cell- and B cell immune response. The present invention also relates to a method of treating a cancer or an infectious disease by means of these specific fusion proteins.
US11479604B2
Peptides have immune system modulation properties. The immunologically active peptides can be derived from the heavy-chain complementarity determining region-3 of a humanized monoclonal antibody to NaPi2B transporter. Such peptides can be used to modulate the immune system of a subject under cancer treatment.
US11479603B2
An antibody for being specifically bound to a pro brain-derived neurotrophic factor (pro-BDNF) and a bound epitope. The antibody and the protein are used for treating autoimmune diseases. By inhibiting the activity induced by the pro-BDNF, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus, lupus nephriti, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, asthma or cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases are treated.
US11479594B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11479586B2
Polynucleotides and polypeptides useful in the manufacture of a class of chemical compounds known as alkaloids are provided. The polynucleotides and polypeptides may be used to synthesize alkaloids, including reticuline, thebaine and morphine, in vivo and in vitro. The polynucleotides further may be used to examine the presence of the polynucleotides in a cell or a cell extract, and to modulate expression thereof in living cells.
US11479585B2
The present invention relates to a method for the acute treatment of a relapsing-remitting condition, the method comprising the step of administering to a subject in need thereof one or more doses of an effective amount of a peptide molecule as defined in claim 1 in response to or during a relapse, wherein the method causes remission of the condition.
US11479576B2
The invention relates to a method of treating a mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, comprising administering to a patient a therapeutically-effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11479575B2
The present disclosure features useful compositions and methods to treat disorders for which deamination of an adenosine in an mRNA produces a therapeutic result, e.g., in a subject in need thereof.
US11479569B2
There are provided a compound represented by general formula (1), a photopolymerization initiator comprising this compound, a photocurable composition having this photopolymerization initiator and a photocurable compound as essential components, and a cured product formed by curing this photocurable composition, wherein in formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represents an alkyl group or the like; R3 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or the like; X1 represents a single bond or an alkylene group; and X2 represents a bonding group represented by general formulas (2) to (4), and wherein n represents an integer of 1 to 6, when n is an integer of 1, Y represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or the like.
US11479561B2
Novel tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative compounds are disclosed herein that may be used as an active ingredient for a pharmaceutical composition, and in particular, for a pharmaceutical composition useful for preventing or treating a disease or condition responsive to modulation of the contractility of the skeletal sarcomere. This may be accomplished, for example, by modulation of the troponin complex of the fast skeletal muscle sarcomere through one or more of fast skeletal myosin, actin, tropomyosin, troponin C, troponin I, and troponin T, and fragments and isoforms thereof. The tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative compounds can thus be used as an agent for preventing or treating 1) neuromuscular disorders, 2) disorders of voluntary muscle, 3) CNS disorders in which muscle weakness, atrophy, and fatigue are prominent symptoms, 4) muscle symptoms stemming from systemic disorders, and 5) dysfunctions of pelvic floor and urethral/anal sphincter muscle.
US11479559B2
The present invention relates to an urea-substituted aromatic ring-linked dioxinoquinoline compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a hydrate thereof. The invention also provides a preparation method of the compound of formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as uses thereof as a drug, wherein the drug acting as a tyrosine kinase (i.e. VEGFR-2, C-RAF, B-RAF, and RET) inhibitor is used for treating disorders related to tyrosine kinase.
US11479557B2
The present invention is directed to inhibitors of the interaction of menin with MLL and MLL fusion proteins, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and their use in the treatment of cancer and other diseases mediated by the menin-MLL interaction.
US11479550B2
A compound represented by general formula (I): (wherein in the formula, all the symbols have the same meanings as those described in the specification), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful as a medicament's active ingredient having an EP4 receptor antagonistic activity, in preventing and/or treating disease caused by activation of an EP4 receptor.
US11479545B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of medicinal chemistry, in particular to a phenyl triazole MLL1-WDR5 protein-protein interaction inhibitor (I) and a preparation method thereof, and pharmacodynamics experiments prove that the compound of the present disclosure has relatively strong MLL1-WDR5 protein-protein interaction inhibition activity.
US11479544B2
A novel compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 to R7, R11 to R18, L1 to L3, a to c, n, and Ar are as defined in the description, provides an organic electroluminescence device having a device lifetime further improved.
US11479539B2
The present application relates to compounds of formula (I′) or formula (I), such as formula (Ia), and their pharmaceutical compositions/preparations. This application further relates to methods of treating or preventing neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), Huntington disease (HD) and other CAG-triplet repeat (or polyglutamine) diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; Lou Gehrig's disease), diffuse Lewy body disease, chorea-acanthocytosis, primary lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis (MS), frontotemporal dementia, Friedreich's ataxia, acute head injury, and epilepsy (repression of microglia activation).
US11479532B2
Disclosed herein, are 5-Aminolevulinate synthase inhibitors and methods for their use in the treatment of porphyria. In at least one specific embodiment, the 5-Aminolevulinate synthase inhibitors can include compounds or salts thereof of Formulas (I-V)
US11479528B2
This disclosure is related to aromatic compounds of formula (I), and methods of their use in treating medical conditions associated with Heat Shock Protein-90 (HSP90), e.g., cancer. Compounds of formula (I) have the following structure: Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I).
US11479519B2
A method for aromatization of light alkanes, comprising: subjecting the light alkanes to dehydroaromatization reaction in the presence of aromatization catalysts including carriers and metal active components supported on the carriers, the metal active components include platinum, the carriers include zeolites and binders, and at least 80 wt. % of the metal active components are distributed on the zeolites. The method of the present disclosure may increase yield of the target product—aromatic hydrocarbons, and the regenerated catalyst can still maintain high catalytic performance. In addition, the method of the present disclosure can meet the requirements of industrial applications.
US11479511B2
A zirconia sintered body is provided and includes yttria and zirconia, containing yttria by a content ranging from 4.5 mol % or more to 6.5 mol % or less and zirconia as the remainder, the total light transmittance of a 1-mm thick sample measured in compliance with JIS K 7361-1 being 46.5% or higher, the three-point bending strength being 700 MPa or higher, and a ratio of an integrated value for the total light transmittance to an integrated value for the parallel light transmittance of a 1-mm thick sample measured at the measurement wavelength ranging from 400 to 700 nm being 1.3% or less.
US11479507B2
A cementitious blend composition and a concrete mix composition preferable for making concrete resistant to high temperatures and alkaline conditions, particularly for making durable concrete for constructing an alumina digester tank in an aluminum smelter. The cementitious blend composition includes at least one hydraulic cement, silica fume (SF), and natural pozzolan (NP), wherein a weight percent ratio of at least one hydraulic cement:SF:NP in the cementitious blend composition lies in the range of (24-63):(5-44):(32-40) with the sum of the weight percentages of the at least one hydraulic cement, the SF, and the NP not exceeding 100%. The concrete mix composition comprises water and the cementitious blend composition, wherein a weight ratio of the water to the cementitious blend composition is 0.2-0.5, and wherein the concrete mix composition has a content of the cementitious blend composition of 400-550 kg/m3.
US11479504B2
An article of fire rated glass and method of producing the same prepared by selecting a sheet of clear float annealed glass of at least 19 millimeters in thickness and providing the edge of the sheet substantially free of imperfections. The glass sheet is then specially tempered at a temperature of at least 575 degrees Celsius for a period of at least 750 seconds, followed by fluid quenching.
US11479497B2
A mold release lubricant application equipment 4 comprises application portions 30A,30B for applying a mold release lubricant to glass bottle forming molds 10, 18, and an application control portion 31 for operating the application portions 30A,30B. Molds 10,18 are arranged independently along a predetermined arrangement direction A1. A plurality of sections 5 comprising molds 10, 18 are formed along the arrangement direction A1. The application portions 30A, 30B comprise lubricant application parts 38A, 38B for applying the mold release lubricant, a transport mechanisms 33A, 33B for moving the lubricant application parts 38A,38B among the plurality of the sections along the arrangement direction A1, and sensors 42A, 42B. The application control portion 31 detects abnormalities with the sensors 42A, 42B on a plurality of sections 5.
US11479494B2
A glass microsphere, comprising: a main body, wherein the main body is solid while including a network of inter-connected pores produced from a phase separation process and thermal and chemical leaching operations, with porosity extending throughout a cross-section of the solid glass microsphere.
US11479486B1
A method for making crown ether functionalized substrates, which includes modifying crown ether-based molecules by reacting with carboxylic acid functionalize chains. The crown ether-based molecules are then attached to substrates, thereby forming crown ether functionalized substrates.
US11479485B2
Provided are sequestering agents for sequestering non-water moieties from an aqueous solution. The sequestering agents may comprise a detergent; and a polymer operable to stabilize formation of a detergent micelle thereby causing the detergent and polymer to self-assemble into a nanonet upon exposure to the aqueous solution. Also provided are kits therefore and methods for use of the sequestering agents and kits.
US11479484B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for cleaning materials, such as flooring and upholstery. In some cases, the systems and methods use an electrolytic cell to electrolyze a solution comprising sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium acetate, sodium percarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, and/or any other suitable chemical to generate electrolyzed alkaline water and/or electrolyzed oxidizing water. In some cases, the cell comprises a recirculation loop that recirculates anolyte through an anode compartment of the cell. In some cases, the cell further comprises a sensor and a processor, where the processor is configured to automatically change an operation of the cell, based on a reading from the sensor. In some cases, a fluid flows past a magnet before entering the cell. In some additional cases, fluid from the cell is conditioned by being split into multiple conduits that run in proximity to each other. Additional implementations are described.
US11479474B2
Provided is a method of preparing composite nanoparticles, which includes: a) preparing a metal nanocore having a nano-star shape from a first reaction solution in which a first metal precursor is mixed with a first buffer solution; b) fixing a Raman reporter in the metal nanocore; and c) forming a metal shell, which surrounds the nanocore in which the Raman reporter is fixed, from a second reaction solution in which the nanocore in which the Raman reporter is fixed, and a second metal precursor are mixed with a second buffer solution.
US11479472B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods from processing flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum feedstock and ash feedstocks, either separately or together. FGD gypsum conversion comprises reacting FGD gypsum (calcium sulfate) feedstock or phosphogypsum, in either batch or continuous mode, with ammonium carbonate reagent to produce commercial products comprising ammonium sulfate and calcium carbonate. A process to separate the impurities and convert the calcium carbonate to a pure precipitated calcium carbonate is disclosed. These impurities include a concentrate of valuable Rare Earth Elements, and radioactive thorium and uranium. A process to convert calcium sulfite to calcium sulfate using oxygen and a catalyst is also disclosed. Ash conversion comprises a leach process followed by a sequential precipitation process to selectively precipitate products at predetermined pHs resulting in metal hydroxides which may be converted to oxides or carbonates. The processes may be controlled by use of one or more processors.
US11479469B2
Provided is a method for stably storing a nanocarbon dispersion liquid comprising a surfactant for a long period of time. One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for storing a nanocarbon dispersion liquid comprising a low-temperature storage step of storing the nanocarbon dispersion liquid at 10° C. or lower and/or a surfactant concentration adjustment step of adjusting a concentration of the surfactant in the nanocarbon dispersion liquid so as to be less than 100 times of a critical micelle concentration and equal to or more than the critical micelle concentration.
US11479465B2
A method for obtaining metallic carbon nanotubes is provided. An insulating substrate comprising hollow portions and non-hollow portions is provided. A plurality of electrodes is formed on a surface of the non-hollow portions. A plurality of carbon nanotubes is formed on a surface of the insulating substrate, and the carbon nanotubes stretch across the hollow portions. The insulating substrate, the plurality of electrodes and the carbon nanotubes are placed into a cavity, and the cavity is evacuated. A voltage is applied between any two electrodes, and photos of carbon nanotubes suspended between the two electrodes are taken. In the photo, darker ones are semiconducting carbon nanotubes, and brighter ones are metallic carbon nanotubes. Finally, the semiconducting carbon nanotubes are removed.
US11479456B2
A gas dispensing system for a beverage system is disclosed herein. The gas dispensing system can releasably secure a gas canister or other gas source for release of pressurized gas therein to the beverage system. In an embodiment, the gas dispensing system includes a distribution body that can articulate between a loading position and a dispensing position. In the loading position, a gas canister can be releasably secured within the system. As the distribution body is moved into the dispensing position, a puncture mechanism can be moved further into the distribution body, puncturing the gas canister for release of pressurized gas. The distribution body can be fluidically coupled with a valve or other flow control element of the beverage machine, allowing for controlled entry of the pressurized gas into the system.
US11479452B2
A vehicle lift includes a lift platform which can be selectively moved in a range between one or more raised positions which are level from the front to the rear and a lowered position where the lift platform is tilted for loading and unloading. A vehicle may be supported on the lift platform. The vehicle lift may be arranged in a trailer.
US11479449B2
A vertical lifting device and method are provided. The vertical lifting device includes a fixed frame fixed to a foundation. A first cavity allowing passage of a lifting rope is provided in the middle of the fixed frame. A sliding frame moving horizontally on the fixed frame is arranged above the fixed frame. A second cavity allowing passage of the lifting rope is provided in the middle of the sliding frame. At least two stepping vehicles alternately lowering or lifting weights are arranged on the sliding frame and move on the sliding frame. The stepping vehicles are spaced in preset distances. The lifting rope penetrates through the stepping vehicles in sequence. Each stepping vehicle is provided with a clamping part clamping the lifting rope and a driving mechanism driving the stepping vehicle to move on the sliding frame.
US11479447B2
A miniature handheld electric traction device including a shell, a power supply part, a power motor, a reduction gear set, a braking part and a winding drum, wherein the power motor, the reduction gear set and the winding drum are arranged in the shell; the power motor is linked with the winding drum through the reduction gear set; a surface of the winding drum is wound with a traction rope; the reduction gear set includes a planetary gear; the sun gear of the planetary gear is coaxial with the winding drum; the power motor or the motor shaft of the power motor is inserted into the inner ring of the winding drum; the motor shaft is linked with the planetary gear.
US11479441B2
A method for determining a state of a system for transportation of passengers includes the steps of: receiving condition data of the system, the condition data being generated by a condition sensor adapted for sensing physical conditions of an equipment of the system; receiving environmental data of the system, the environmental data containing information on an influence of an environment of the system on the equipment and/or the condition sensor; weighting the condition data with the environmental data; and determining a state of the equipment based on the weighted condition data.
US11479425B2
A one-way clutch includes: an outer member that has an inner periphery including an internal gear; an inner member that is rotatably disposed, and includes an engagement portion; and a planetary gear that is rotatable relative to the inner member, meshes with the internal gear, and is prevented from rotating by engaging with the engagement portion, wherein in a state in which the outer member and the inner member rotate together, the planetary gear engages with the engagement portion; in a state in which relative rotation between the outer member and the inner member is performed, the planetary gear disengages from the engagement portion; and in a state in which the planetary gear engages with the engagement portion, a top land of the internal gear abuts on a bottom land of the planetary gear.
US11479423B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion to support a sheet, a feeding member to contact an upper surface of the sheet supported on the sheet supporting portion and feed the sheet, and a drive motor to rotate in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction. In addition, a lifting mechanism is connected to the drive motor to lift the sheet supporting portion and lower the feeding member in a case where the drive motor rotates in the first direction, and to lower the sheet supporting portion and lift the feeding member in a case where the drive motor rotates in the second direction.
US11479409B2
An apparatus (10, 60) for storage of elongate elements, such as pipes, tubes and conduits. The apparatus (10, 60) includes a frame (12) that supports a plurality of trays (15, 63). The trays (15, 63) are arranged in two vertical columns of storage positions, except for the trays located at the top or bottom of the apparatus as they are moved about sprockets (71, 72) by a drive motor (73). Each tray (15, 63) is configured to support a plurality of elongate items. The trays (15, 63, which may embodied as cradles or racks, may be moved between a storage position and an access position, wherein in the access position, the elongate items can be accessed from substantially vertically above the tray (15, 63).
US11479391B2
The spout includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes an elongated and generally tubular first main body having at least two longitudinally extending internal passageways, one being an air duct and the other being a liquid duct. The air duct ends with at least one constricted opening through which the air circuit exits the air duct. A valve is provided at the rear end of the first main body and is made integral therewith. The valve engages a valve seat provided at the rear end of an inner conduit positioned inside the second member and in which a rear section of the first main body is slidingly movable. The spout may be provided with a child-resistant closure (CRC) device.
US11479390B1
Disclosed are embodiments of containers having lids configured for dispensing contents from the container. In one embodiment, a lid can include a spout coupled to a spout collar; the lid can further include a link coupling the spout collar to a spout cover. The spout collar and link are configured to rotate the spout cover in a direction opposite a rotation of the spout as the spout initially rotates from a stowed position to an in-use position; as the spout continues to rotate toward the in-use position the spout cover reverses rotation and rotates toward the spout to cover an inners space of the lid previously occupied by the spout. When the spout achieves the in-use position the spout cover covers the space occupied by the spout when the spout is in the stowed position. As the spout is rotated from the in-use position toward the stowed position, the spout collar and the link cause the spout cover to open and rotate away from the spout. A further rotation of the spout towards the stowed position causes the spout cover to rotate back towards the spout. When the spout achieves the stowed the position the spout completes its rotation and covers the spout.
US11479386B1
A can stacking and organization device is present herein. The device includes at least one body segment which is formed of an outer wall, an intermediate wall and an inner wall. A first trough is defined between the outer wall and the intermediate wall, and a second trough is defined between the intermediate wall and the inner wall. The intermediate wall includes at least one indentation formed upon a top surface thereof, such that material collected within the first trough can overflow through the indentation and into the second trough.
US11479384B2
The invention is a food box container and a method for operating same, the food box container comprises an open top box body pivotally connected to double-hinged top, the open top box body further defining a hollow interior configured to receive and hold food; the double-hinged top has a first hinge and second hinge that have a spaced-apart and parallel orientation to one another, the first hinge pivotally sections the double-hinged lid into a support panel and a top lid, the second hinge pivotally connects the support panel to the open top box body; the support panel further defines one or more removable caps which when opened from the support panel reveal support apertures to receive other containers of drinks, condiments and the like; and the top lid controls a second access to the hollow interior that is smaller than an access as provided by the double-hinged top.
US11479383B2
A box has a lower container and a cover. The lower container has a rectangular bottom wall, two first side walls opposite to each other and two second side walls opposite to each other. The cover has a rectangular main wall opposite to the bottom wall, two third side walls opposite to each other and two fourth side walls opposite to each other. The third side walls are adjacent and outside an upper portion of the first side walls, respectively. The fourth side walls are adjacent and outside an upper portion of the second side walls, respectively. A respective first tab with a through-hole protrudes downwards from a lower edge of both third side walls. A respective second tab with a through-hole is cut in both first side walls and has a side attached to the respective first side wall. Tamper evident means pass through respective couples of first and second tabs of adjacent third and first walls.
US11479374B2
A method for processing pharmaceutical powders, which comprises providing a feeder module including a plurality of feeder units each with a storage hopper, a weighing cell, a conveyer, and a discharge end, connecting the storage hopper to a refilling system with a refilling valve, connecting the refilling valve to a level or weight indicator disposed above the refilling valve, connecting the discharge end to a common receiving container, refilling the storage hopper with a powder intermittently 40 to 80 times per hour, storing data during refilling, transporting powder from the storage hopper with the respective conveyer, and discharging powder from each feeder unit into the common receiving container. During each refilling of the storage hopper, the refilling valve dispenses powder into the storage hopper and, during the step of transporting the powder from the storage hopper, the conveyer is operated according to the data collected during previous refills.
US11479372B2
A method of communication with a non-GEO constellation of satellites, includes providing an Earth-based terminal configured for communication with a satellite constellation, and establishing communication between the Earth-based terminal and a non-GEO constellation of satellites, the non-GEO constellation of satellites including a first plurality of satellites orbiting at a first inclination, wherein each of the satellites in the first plurality of satellites is in a discrete planar orbit to form a first snake of satellites, the first snake of satellites including adjacent satellites in adjacent orbits having adjacent RAAN (Right Ascension of the Ascending Node), wherein the Earth-based terminal is positioned and configured for continuous communication with at least one satellite from the non-GEO constellation of satellites.
US11479369B2
A baggage cart is disclosed. The baggage cart is used for security inspection in an airport, comprising: a cart body, comprising at least one compartment having a door; and a locking device, coupled to the compartment and configured to lock the compartment in response to receiving an indication signal.
US11479366B2
An exterior aircraft light includes a housing having a length (L), a width (W), and a height (H), the length (L) being greater than the width (W) and the height (H) and the housing having a front end region and a rear end region, wherein the housing is configured to be mounted on a tail portion of a fuselage of an aircraft; at least one first light source, arranged in the rear end region of the housing, for providing aircraft rearward signal lighting; and a plurality of second light sources, which are arranged spaced along the length (L) of the housing for a distributed illumination of a stabilizer of the aircraft.
US11479359B2
The present disclosure provides a UAV operation route planning method, a UAV pesticide spreading planning method and device for providing improvements on the operation accuracy of UAV. The UAV operation route method comprises steps of: obtaining a plurality of sub-areas of an operation area of a UAV; exhausting operation orders of the sub-areas and waypoint sequences in each of the sub-areas, respectively; planning routes according to the operation orders of the sub-areas and the waypoint sequences in each of the sub-areas to obtain all routes in the operation area; and determining a route in all the routes having a total voyage meeting a preset constraint condition as an optimal operation route.
US11479341B2
A propeller driving unit for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The propeller driving unit comprises a motor unit comprising a first motor module and a second motor module, with the first motor module being adapted to independently drive a first propeller or a first set of propellers, the second motor module being adapted to independently drive a second propeller or a second set of propellers; wherein the first and second motor modules are coaxially arranged within the motor unit. The invention also relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising the described propeller driving unit.
US11479333B2
A method for manufacturing a one-piece reinforced structure and obtained structure is provided, the method using base components made of partially-cured composite material and joining the base components together, applying a coating made of composite material on the base components, and applying heat on the assembly formed by the base components covered with the coating until a complete curing of the assembly is obtained, such that a one-piece reinforced structure made of composite material is obtained formed by the coating and the base components adhered to the coating, wherein the base components that form part of the very manufactured structure act as a mould during the manufacturing process, thus preventing the need to use moulds on which the composite material is deposited that must be subsequently removed from the final obtained structure.
US11479331B2
A traction system, notably for a ship, includes a fixed station, at least one first sail and one second sail, the first sail comprising a wing and being connected to a winch of the fixed station by a first hauling cable, the second sail includes a second wing and being connected to a winch of the fixed station by a second hauling cable. The fixed station includes a mast which is equipped with a first conveyor dedicated to mooring the first wing to this mast and with a second conveyor dedicated to mooring the second wing to this mast.
US11479329B2
A catamaran lifting apparatus is disclosed for lifting objects in a marine environment. The apparatus includes first and second vessels that are spaced apart during use. A first frame spans between the vessels. A second frame spans between the vessels. The frames are spaced apart and connected to the vessels in a configuration that spaces the vessels apart. The first frame connects to the first vessel with a universal joint and to the second vessel with a hinged connection. The second frame connects to the second vessel with a universal joint and to the first vessel with a hinged or pinned connection. Each of the frames provides a space under the frame and in between the barges that enables a package to be lifted and/or a marine vessel to be positioned in between the barges and under the frames. In this fashion, an object that has been salvaged from the seabed can be placed upon the marine vessel that is positioned in between the barges and under the frames.
US11479324B2
A modular, weight-shift controlled watercraft device is disclosed which includes: a modular board removably attachable to a power system. The power system includes a modular power supply system, and a modular propulsion system. The power supply system includes a housing including a battery. The propulsion system includes a modular strut, a modular propulsion pod, and a modular hydrofoil. In one embodiment, the power supply system is removably and mechanically attachable directly to the propulsion system.
US11479312B2
A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.
US11479311B2
An electric vehicle includes a lateral self-stabilization system and may further include a fore-aft self-stabilization system. The lateral self-stabilization system may include a controller configured to cause an actuator to laterally tilt a frame of the vehicle based on sensed information relating to an orientation of the vehicle, or portion thereof, about a roll axis. The frame of the vehicle may include any suitable structure configured to be laterally tilted by the actuator relative to an axle of the vehicle. The fore-aft stabilization system may include a motor controller configured to drive a motor of the vehicle based on sensed information relating to a pitch angle of the vehicle. In some examples, the vehicle is a robotic vehicle.
US11479299B2
There is provided a display device for a vehicle, the display device including: a display unit that is visible to an occupant of a vehicle; a memory; and a processor that is connected to the memory, the processor changing a content image displayed on the display unit so as to be displayed in the same direction as a direction in which a travel path of the vehicle curves.
US11479288B2
An adjustment drive for a motor-adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, includes a spindle drive having a threaded spindle which engages in a spindle nut which, so as to be able to be driven in a rotating manner about the spindle axis relative to the threaded spindle, is coupled to the rotor shaft of a drive motor which has a rotor and a stator. In order to enable a compact design with minor complexity, the rotor shaft of the drive motor is configured as a hollow shaft which is disposed so as to be coaxial with the spindle axis and in which the threaded spindle is coaxially disposed.
US11479286B2
A flexible electric heating device includes a planar flexible carrier foil, at least two electrically conductive bus lines attached to a surface of the carrier foil, and at least one electric heating member, including first and second electrically conductive electrodes, electrically connected to one of the bus lines. Each electrode has at least one curved edge, wherein the curved edges are located at a distance and are facing each other. The heating member further includes a resistive heater layer, at least partially overlapping the curved edges of the electrodes to form a resistive connecting region. The curved edges are arranged such that locations of the resistive connecting region are facing the first electrode or the second electrode in directions parallel to at least three mutually orthogonal directions that lie in the carrier foil, wherein one of the orthogonal directions is aligned parallel to an edge of the carrier foil.
US11479285B2
A wheeled carrying apparatus includes a standing frame, a handle frame, a wheel mount, a locking assembly and a release mechanism. The handle frame is rotatable between a first and a second position of different inclinations. The wheel mount carries a wheel and is rotatable relative to the standing frame for changing an orientation of the wheel axis. The locking assembly includes a wheel mount latch adapted to engage and rotationally lock the wheel mount relative to the standing frame, and to disengage and unlock the wheel mount. The release mechanism includes an operating part carried with the handle frame and is configured so that the operating part is operable to cause the wheel mount latch to disengage the wheel mount when the handle frame is in the first position, the operating part being operatively decoupled from the wheel mount latch when the handle frame is in the second position.
US11479280B2
An example remote control locomotive (RCL) system includes a consist having at least one locomotive and at least one pneumatic brake pipe, and an RCL controller. The RCL controller includes a memory configured to store at least one pressurization reference including correspondence relationships between pneumatic brake pipe pressurization time periods and pneumatic brake pipe air volumes, and a processor configured to monitor a time period to pressurize the at least one pneumatic brake pipe of the consist. The processor is also configured to compare the monitored time period to pressurize the at least one pneumatic brake pipe to the pressurization reference, and determine a fault or a number of locomotives in the consist according to the comparison of the monitored time period to pressurize the at least one pneumatic brake pipe to the pressurization reference.
US11479278B2
The invention relates to a ground terminal and to a method for discharging electric currents from a rotor part of a vehicle (such as a rail vehicle or the like, that has an axle) to a stationary stator part of the vehicle. The ground terminal includes a retaining device and a terminal element. The retaining device is connected to the stationary stator part of the vehicle in electrically-conductive manner, the terminal element is disposed on and connected to the retaining in electrically-conductive manner. The terminal element is made mostly of graphite and subjected to a contact force by means of a spring device of the retaining device to realize an electrically-conductive sliding contact between a sliding contact surface of the terminal element provided for realizing the sliding contact and a terminal surface of the rotor part. The terminal element has an arc-shaped cross-section at least in portions thereof, an outer surface of the cross-section forming the sliding contact surface at least in sections. The sliding contact surface abuts radially against the terminal surface of the rotor part.
US11479277B2
A bogie for a rail vehicle includes a wheel set with a wheel set bearing. In order to provide a cost-effective testing of a wheel set bearing temperature, the bogie includes a temperature verification or test element and a thermally conducting line which thermally connects the wheel set bearing with the temperature verification or test element. A rail vehicle having at least one bogie and a method for verifying a wheel set bearing temperature of a rail vehicle are also provided.
US11479273B2
A handhold device of a railcar includes: a frame arranged along a side edge of a specific door opening and connected to a car interior side of a side carshell; a turning mechanism provided at the frame and configured to be turnable about a turning axis extending in an upper-lower direction; and a handle including a base portion connected to the frame through the turning mechanism and a holding portion projecting from the base portion in a direction intersecting with the turning axis. The handle is angularly displaceable about the turning axis between a deployed position where the holding portion is exposed to the specific door opening when viewed from a lateral side of the car body and a storage position where the holding portion is hidden by the side carshell when viewed from the lateral side of the car body.
US11479264B2
Sensor data captured by one or more sensors coupled to a first entity are received by an apparatus. The sensor data comprises a location of the first entity or representation of surroundings of the first entity. Based at least in part on the sensor data, a second entity is identified. Based at least in part on trajectories along which the first and second entities are respectively traveling, it is expected that the second entity will enter a zone defined around the first entity. Based at least in part on the sensor data, an amount of time until the second entity will enter the zone is determined. The amount of time until the second entity will enter the zone is provided as (a) input to a navigation function and/or (b) to be displayed as a countdown via a display element and/or speaker element of the first entity.
US11479263B2
An automotive network switch includes multiple ports, a switch core and one or more processors. The ports are configured to receive packets from electronic subsystems of a vehicle over a computer network deployed in the vehicle, and to transmit the packets to other electronic subsystems of the vehicle over the computer network. The switch core is configured to receive the packets from one or more of the ports, to forward the packets to at least one of the ports, and to transmit the packets over network links of the computer network. The processors are configured to obtain at least some of the packets processed by the switch, to analyze the obtained packets to identify an anomaly in one or more of the electronic subsystems of the vehicle, and to send a notification of the anomaly over the computer network to a central processor that is external to the switch.
US11479241B1
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to stabilizing a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method for stabilizing a vehicle with a drivetrain having a clutch includes obtaining data indicating one or more aspects of a turning condition of the vehicle, detecting that a hazard state exists based on a comparison of one or more parameters of the turning condition against one or more predetermined thresholds, and executing a clutch kick in response to detecting the hazard state. The clutch kick includes disengaging the clutch and rapidly reengaging the clutch.
US11479238B2
A parking assist system includes a control device configured to control screen display of a display device, to set the parking position candidate selected by an occupant as a target parking position, and to control an autonomous parking operation to autonomously move the vehicle to the target parking position. When multiple parking position candidates partially overlapping with each other are detected by a parking position candidate detector, the control device causes the display device to display the multiple parking position candidates so as to partially overlap with each other and to be selectable.
US11479235B2
When a speed difference between a maximum rotation speed and an engine rotation speed, that is, an actual rotation speed difference, is equal to or less than a margin rotation speed difference, an engine operating point is changed such that the actual rotation speed difference becomes greater than the margin rotation speed difference. Accordingly, the speed difference between the maximum rotation speed and the engine rotation speed is prevented from becoming equal to or less than the margin rotation speed difference. As a result, since a relatively sufficient margin is secured in the difference between the maximum rotation speed and the engine rotation speed, it is possible to prevent the engine rotation speed from falling into a high-rotation state in which the engine rotation speed exceeds the maximum rotation speed.
US11479230B2
A system comprises a plurality of handheld devices including a plurality of transceivers. A control unit may be coupled to a handheld device of the plurality of handheld devices. The system may further include a plurality of end-of-train air devices coupled to a plurality of air brakes. An air manifold may be coupled to the plurality of air brakes. The system may include a controller coupled to the control unit and to the air manifold. A processor may be coupled to the controller and the control unit, and a non-transitory computer readable medium may be coupled to the processor. The non-transitory computer readable medium may include instructions executable to receive information from the control unit corresponding to an air brake test performed on the plurality of end-of-train air devices, determine a status of the air brake test, and generate an inspection form based on the received information and the determined status.
US11479199B2
A vehicle steering wheel (100) comprising: a frame (10) supporting at least a frame cladding portion (20) visible to an occupant of the vehicle, and a module housing (30) comprising a housing wall (31) integral with the frame cladding portion (20), a safety module (40) at least partially arranged in the module housing (30) and comprising a module cladding portion (50) visible to the vehicle occupant, characterized: in that the safety module (40) comprises at least one bearing surface (411), and in that, during a mounting movement of the safety module (40) in the module housing (30), the housing wall (31) is placed in a reference position by the bearing surface (411), so that the frame cladding portion (20) has a predefined fit with the module cladding portion (50).
US11479197B2
A method to charge a personal-protection-device energy store for operating a personal protection device of a vehicle. The method includes a step of reading in a voltage value of a source energy store of the vehicle. In addition, the method includes a step of ascertaining a charging current for charging the personal-protection-device energy store with power from the source energy store, the charging current being ascertained, using the voltage value read in; and using the charging current for charging the personal-protection-device energy store.
US11479195B2
A crash sensor system includes an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU has an accelerometer to measure longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle. Front crash satellite sensors are mounted at the front of the vehicle to detect a front or a rear crash event. When a front or rear crash event occurs, the first accelerometer is utilized to determine if the crash occurred at the front or the rear of the vehicle, regardless of the polarity of the front crash satellite sensors.
US11479193B2
Provided is a bumper capable of improving a maneuvering stability of a vehicle. The bumper is a front bumper 7 to be attached to a front lower portion of a vehicle 1. Flow-straightening protrusions 31 each formed along a vehicular front-rear direction are provided on a lower portion of the front bumper 7 in a way such that they are aligned along a vehicular width direction across a region on an extended line 36 of a vehicular width direction inner end portion 2T of each of front wheels 2L, 2R of the vehicle 1. Thus, the occurrence of turbulent flows around the front wheels 2L, 2R can be restricted so that a vehicle stability can be improved.
US11479187B2
A bearing structure includes a base-side unit structure provided on a bearing member side, a rotary member-side unit structure relatively rotatable with respect to the base-side unit structure, an arcuate or circumferential conductor provided in one of the base-side unit structure and the rotary member-side unit structure, and a contactor provided in the other of the unit structures and configured to retain an electric conduction state with the conductor and includes a power feeding path configured by a power feeding harness for feeding electric power from a power feeding device of a vehicle to an electric device of the rotary member via the conductor and the contactor.
US11479180B2
An expandable cargo box assembly for mounting on a side wall section of a cargo bed of a pickup truck includes a base member for attaching the expandable cargo box assembly to the side wall section of the cargo bed, the base member having the form of an outer wall plate. Opposite the outer wall plate is an inner wall plate, the inner wall plate being displaceable from a first position to a second position, the first position defining a collapsed state, and the second position defining a deployed state. The outer and inner wall plates have operably associated therebetween a folding floor assembly, and the outer wall plate supports a forward folding wall and a rearward folding wall. Upon expanding the expandable cargo box assembly to a deployed state, the folding floor assembly and the forward and rearward folding walls are arranged to define an enclosure for receiving cargo.
US11479173B2
In a driving assistance apparatus, an area setter is configured to set a warning area on at least one of a left rear side and a right rear side of a subject vehicle. A notifier is configured to provide a notification in response to an object detector detecting an object in the warning area. A determiner is configured to determine initiation and completion of a turn at an intersection during turning of the subject vehicle at the intersection. An area changer is configured to, in response to the determiner determining the initiation of the turn, reduce the warning area in a direction approaching the subject vehicle, and in response to the determiner determining the completion of the turn, expand the reduced warning area according to a traveling state of the subject vehicle after the completion of the turn.
US11479172B2
An unattended occupant alarm assembly includes a plurality of passenger pressure pads that is each integrated into a respective passenger seat in a vehicle to detect the weight of a passenger sitting in any other the passenger seats. A driver pressure pad is integrated into a driver's seat of the vehicle to detect the weight of a driver sitting in the driver's seat. A control unit is coupled to the vehicle. The control unit is actuated into an alert condition when the driver pressure pad does not detect the weight of the driver and any of the passenger pressure pads detects the weight of the passenger after a pre-determined duration of time. Additionally, the vehicle horn is actuated to emit an audible alarm and the electric window system is actuated to roll down windows of the vehicle when the control unit is actuated into the alert condition.
US11479164B2
A sealing means of a pivot joint system between a base assembly and a head assembly of a rear view device, including a two-component pivot seal including a hard component including at least one of one or more attachment and holding means for at least one of attachment of the sealing means to the base assembly and holding at least one cable, and a soft component. A base assembly and a rearview device are also described.
US11479152B2
A child safety seat (1) is held in a vehicle by a vehicle seat belt (70). The child safety seat (1) includes a seat shell comprising a base section (20) and a backrest section (10), and a tensioning system (50) that acts to alter the effective path of travel of the vehicle seat belt (70). The tensioning system (50) comprises a pair of belt carriages (56) for acting upon intermediate portions of the belt (70). The belt carriages (56) are adjustably moveable relative to the seat shell such that the effective path of travel of the vehicle seat belt (70) is able to be adjusted to increase tension in the seat belt (70). The child safety seat (1) can be correctly installed in the vehicle and can ensure that any remaining slack is removed from the vehicle seat belt (70), such that in the event of an accident, movement of the child safety seat (1) relative to the vehicle is reduced.
US11479138B2
A mobile object apparatus includes an electric power reception unit that receives electric power transmitted in a non-contact manner from, out of a plurality of power feed apparatuses that are allocated to a plurality of small areas within a predetermined area and are capable of transmitting electric power in a non-contact manner, the power feed apparatus allocated to the small area adjacent to the mobile object apparatus, a drive unit that executes a movement operation on the predetermined area, and an electric power storage unit that stores an electric power amount requisite for the movement operation to the small areas located next to the adjacent small area.
US11479129B2
A pair of end plates are disposed at both end surfaces of a battery stack in which the plurality of battery cells are stacked, end plates are coupled to a bind bar, the battery stack is sandwiched between the end plates to be held, an elastic sheet that is elastically deformable in a thickness direction is disposed in a compressed state between the bind bar and a facing side surface of the battery stack, and the elastic sheet in the compressed state elastically holds the battery stack and the bind bar in a pressurized state.
US11479128B2
Provided are a hybrid power vehicle range extender power following control method and system. The method includes: when a vehicle satisfies range extender power closed-loop control conditions, an actual charge-discharge power of a power battery and a charge-discharge power expectation value of the power battery are taken as control errors to adjust a total range extender electric power requirement, an engine torque requirement is calculated according to the total range extender electric power requirement, and an engine is controlled to perform the engine torque requirement; and when it is detected that a drive motor electric power suddenly changes and/or a load power suddenly changes, engine quick torque control is activated, and an engine quick torque requirement is taken as a feed-forward value of a generator speed setting controller to control a generator.
US11479123B2
A vehicle management system (VMS) computer includes a power distribution controller that includes a plurality of power distribution circuits that are each controlled by the controller to supply power to end component loads. The power distribution controller is communicably coupled to a data processing system by a bus. The VMS computer also includes a plurality of settable circuit breakers, wherein each of the plurality of settable circuit breakers corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of power distribution circuits. The power distribution controller is configured to monitor various values such as voltages, currents, powers, power spikes, and interruptions and to interrupt a respective one of the plurality of power distribution circuits via a settable circuit breaker upon detecting an indication of a fault from the monitored values.
US11479122B2
The current invention concerns a method for wireless power transfer from a charging station to an energy storage element of an AGV, or on an AGV. Furthermore, it provides a charging station, as well as a wireless energy receiving system for receiving energy from a charging station and providing said received energy to an energy storage element of an AGV, or on an AGV, and furthermore a system for wireless power transfer incorporating one or more charging stations and a plurality of said wireless energy receiving systems.
US11479121B2
A panel device includes a panel unit, a light source, and a light-blocking layer. The panel device includes a light attenuation layer, or a tinted layer, to blacken the panel unit. The light attenuation layer is located between the light source and the light-blocking layer, specifically, on the rear surface of the light-blocking layer.
US11479120B2
A driveline system for connecting an on-vehicle PTO shaft to on-vehicle auxiliary equipment installed on a vehicle. The driveline system is adapted for mounting to an undercarriage of a vehicle that includes a transmission, a PTO shaft connected to the transmission near a forward end of the transmission, and auxiliary equipment mounted to the undercarriage aft of the transmission. The driveline system includes a first shaft connected to the PTO shaft via a first U-joint, a second shaft connected to the auxiliary equipment via a second U-joint and to the first shaft via a third U-joint, a bearing installed on the first shaft for supporting the first and second shafts adjacent the third U-joint, and a bracket that is attached to the transmission rearward of the PTO shaft.
US11479118B2
The invention includes first and second motors, first and second differential mechanisms, and first to eighth decoupling mechanisms. The first and second motors transmit power to left and right wheels. First differential mechanisms distribute the power from the first and second motors. The first and second mechanisms are interposed between the first differential mechanism and the left front wheel and between the differential mechanism and the left rear wheel. The third and fourth decoupling mechanisms are interposed between the first motor and the first decoupling mechanism and between the first motor and the second decoupling mechanism. The fifth and sixth decoupling mechanisms are interposed between the second differential mechanism and the right front wheel and the right rear wheel, respectively. The seventh and eighth decoupling mechanisms are interposed between the second motor and the fifth decoupling mechanism and between the second motor and the sixth decoupling mechanism.
US11479113B2
A fuel door opener assembly is configured to lock or unlock a fuel door of a vehicle and includes: an opener housing in which a space is formed; a locking block slidably installed inside the opener housing, elastically supported in a direction to be drawn out from the opener housing, and configured to lock and unlock the fuel door; a locking pin configured to be moved along a heart-shaped cam formed on the locking block to restrict a location of the locking block in accordance with a position thereof on a profile of the heart-shaped cam; and an elastic member disposed in the opener housing and elastically supporting the locking pin to allow the locking pin to be positioned on the profile of the heart-shaped cam.
US11479112B2
A fuel tank venting system for a hybrid vehicle includes a first flow path configured to deliver fuel vaporized from a fuel tank to a canister, a second flow path configured to deliver air used for cooling a high voltage battery to the canister, a first three-way valve disposed on the second flow path and configured to control opening and closing of a first discharge port for releasing pressure of the fuel tank, a second three-way valve disposed on the second flow path and configured to control opening and closing of a second discharge port for flowing the air used for cooling the high voltage battery into the canister or discharging the air used for cooling the high voltage battery outside the vehicle, and a controller configured to control the first three-way valve and the second three-way valve.
US11479106B2
A hybrid module includes a first, motor-side pre-assembly group and a second, transmission-side pre-assembly group. A separating clutch is arranged between the motor-side pre-assembly group and the transmission-side pre-assembly group, via which the pre-assembly groups can be connected in a torque-transmitting manner.
US11479101B2
A system includes a vehicle cover, a mechanical tensioning device, a memory device, storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute instructions to perform the steps of a method to secure a vehicle. The mechanical tensioning device may include attachment means to attach the device to a wheel of the vehicle and means to attach a security cable of the vehicle cover integrated into a bottom edge of the vehicle cover to the mechanical tensioning device. The mechanical tensioning device may include a rotational reel connected to either a tensioning motor or a tensioning crank and optionally including either a mechanical bi-stable device or one or more sensors configured to monitor the tension of the security cable when engaged to the mechanical tensioning device. The processor may monitor for a change in tension and execute one or more security measures in response.
US11479093B2
A method for positioning a movably arranged panel comprises the steps of determining a panel braking distance based on a physical property of the moveable panel and a physical property of at least one of a drive assembly and a drive motor. The panel braking distance corresponds to a distance covered by the moveable panel in a period of time starting from a decision to switch off the drive motor until stand-still of the moveable panel. The drive motor is switched off when an expected stop position is within a predetermined range around a desired stop position.
US11479088B2
A glass run attached to a groove formed in a door frame includes: a basic frame including a bottom wall, a vehicle exterior side wall, and a vehicle interior side wall; an outer lip provided on the vehicle exterior side wall and coming into sliding contact with the vehicle exterior side of door glass; and an inner lip provided on the vehicle interior side wall and coming into sliding contact with the vehicle interior side of the door glass. The inner lip includes at least a first inner lip, and a second inner lip provided at a position closer to the bottom wall than the first inner lip is. Each of the first inner lip and the second inner lip extends toward the bottom wall, and does not come into contact with each other during sliding contact with the door glass.
US11479087B2
A cooling structure of a vehicle battery unit includes: a plurality of battery modules; a plurality of battery cooling units; a supply pipe; a discharge pipe; and a battery case. The supply pipe includes a supply pipe portion which passes between the at least two battery modules arranged in the vehicle width direction and connects the plurality of battery cooling units. The discharge pipe includes a discharge pipe portion which passes between the at least two battery modules arranged in the vehicle width direction and connects the plurality of battery cooling unit. The supply pipe portion and the discharge pipe portion have bellows pipe portions which are made of resin and can be expanded or contracted in the front-rear direction and curved pipe portions which are made of resin and bend in the vehicle width direction.
US11479082B2
A refrigerant management system in a heat flux management system for an electric vehicle and a method of refrigerant management is provided. The system includes a vehicle air conditioning circuit including a heat pump circuit and a refrigeration cycle refrigerant circuit, the air conditioning circuit including a heat pump condenser in thermal communication with a heat source, a refrigerant evaporator in thermal communication with the heat source, an evaporator associated with an expansion valve, and a refrigerant compressor where the components are fluidly connected to one another by a refrigerant line. An accumulator is fluidly coupled in the refrigerant line downstream of the heat pump condenser, the refrigerant evaporator and evaporator and upstream of the refrigerant compressor, and the air conditioning circuit is switchable between a heating mode and a cooling mode in which the refrigerant circuit is in fluid communication with the compressor by actuation of at least one valve.
US11479079B2
A thermal management circuit for a hybrid or electric vehicle is disclosed. The thermal management circuit has a first reversible air conditioning loop in which a refrigerant circulates and includes a two-fluid heat exchanger arranged jointly on a second loop for the circulation of a heat-transfer fluid. The second loop for the circulation of a heat-transfer fluid includes a first circulation branch including in the direction in which the heat-transfer fluid circulates, a first pump, a first radiator arranged in an internal air flow, and a battery heat exchanger. A second circulation branch is connected in parallel with the second radiator and includes a second pump and an electric device for heating the heat-transfer fluid. A third circulation branch connected in parallel with the first pump and the battery heat exchanger includes the two-fluid heat exchanger.
US11479074B2
A method, apparatus and vehicle for controlling a ride level for a vehicle having at least one first axle having a first air suspension and/or one second axle having a second air suspension, a parking brake and an operating brake, including: reading a ride level variation signal, indicating a ride level variation to be performed; providing a parking break release signal to an interface to a parking brake valve that, responding to the ride level variation signal, releases and engages the parking brake installation, the parking brake release signal being for actuating the parking brake valve for releasing the parking brake installation; and providing a first control signal to an interface to a first valve of the first air suspension and/or a second control signal to an interface to a second valve of the second air suspension while using the ride level variation signal for performing the ride level variation.
US11479064B2
A self-sealing pneumatic tire having at least one cohesive sandwich radially inward of the pneumatic tire is provided. The at least cohesive sandwich may include a cohesive material under pressure, facilitating a recovery capacity upon being pierced by a sharp object, whereby the molecules of the cohesive material cohesively reattach, self-sealing any passageway or space created by the sharp object. The self-sealing pneumatic tire may also provide a loculated-diamond-section layer located radially inward of the outer cohesive sandwich, further supporting the self-sealing pneumatic tire. The external rubber tread are disposed along the circumference of the tire in some embodiments can be separate from the surface of the tire yet secured in place by attachments. Once fully utilized, this external rubber tread can be replaced by a new version without having to replace the entire tire.
US11479054B2
An example system may comprise a media support including a wall and a base and a restraining extension extending in a first direction to constrain print media, when present, to a space below the restraining extension.
US11479049B2
A print supply, the print supply containing a print material and to connect to a printing device to provide the print material to the printing device that includes a container to maintain the print material, an integrated circuit coupled to the box to interface electrically with the printing device, and a load cell communicatively coupled to the integrated circuit to detect a weight of the print liquid supply.
US11479047B2
Examples of a print liquid supply unit are described herein. In some examples, the print liquid supply unit includes a first housing component including an alignment feature. In some examples, the print liquid supply unit includes sensor circuitry. In some examples, the print liquid supply unit includes a sensor support secured to the first housing component with the alignment feature.
US11479043B2
Since a head part is arranged in an inclined posture, the ink ejected from a nozzle surface of the head part may drip to a first lower surface peripheral edge portion along the nozzle surface, and then drops from a first long side of a lower surface of the head part toward a first side wall of a cover member being arranged below the head part. The first side wall having an upper end portion is located away from the first long side. Thus, the dropped ink is collected by the cover member without being attached to the upper end portion of the first side wall. Therefore, the ink can be prevented from being solidified at the first lower surface peripheral edge portion and the reattachment of the ink to the nozzle surface can be effectively prevented.
US11479039B2
A damper for a continuous ink jet printer, comprising a fluid receiving chamber (6), comprising at least a lateral wall (22), a fluid inlet (11), and a fluid outlet (12), and at least one membrane (14), the membrane being in a material having a Young modulus between 0.5 MPa and 1000 MPa, the membrane being deformed under the influence of a pressure variation in the first portion.
US11479027B2
A photosensitive electrically conductive structure includes: a substrate; a releasing photosensitizing resin layer disposed on the substrate; a nano silver layer disposed on the releasing photosensitizing resin layer; and a photosensitive electrically conductive layer disposed on an edge of the nano silver layer. A visible region is defined in the photosensitive electrically conductive structure where the nano silver layer is not covered by the photosensitive electrically conductive layer and a peripheral wiring region is defined in the photosensitive electrically conductive structure where the nano silver layer is covered by the photosensitive electrically conductive layer. The releasing photosensitizing resin layer has an average molecular weight (Mn) greater than 3,000 but less than 100,000, and the releasing photosensitizing resin layer, the nano silver layer, and the photosensitive electrically conductive layer are patterned. A touch sensor includes at least one layer of the photosensitive electrically conductive structure.
US11479023B2
The present invention relates to a luminous vehicle sunroof that includes a first glazing with first and second main faces, a light-emitting element such as an OLED or QLED and a collimating optical system with one or more optical films.
US11479022B2
A lamination process is disclosed. The process is useful for silicone based lamination adhesive compositions, in particular those which cure at or around room temperature.
US11479020B2
A carbon nanotube sheet structure includes: a carbon nanotube sheet; a first base material including a first base material surface facing the carbon nanotube sheet; and a first spacer providing a gap between the carbon nanotube sheet and the first base material. A first base material surface of the first base material includes a first region on which the first spacer is provided and a second region on which the first spacer is not provided. The first base material is spaced apart from the carbon nanotube sheet at the second region on the first base material surface.
US11479015B2
Techniques for providing custom formed panels for transport structures including vehicles and aircraft are disclosed. In one aspect of the disclosure, a panel for a transport structure includes a first face sheet, a second face sheet arranged opposite the first face sheet, the second face sheet comprising a different geometrical profile than the first face sheet to define a space between the first and second face sheets having a variable thickness, a core configured to occupy the space. In another aspect, a node can be additively manufactured to form the custom panels by engaging opposing face sheets. The node has an inlet port for providing a foam-like substance into the space between the face sheets to thereafter solidify into a core.
US11479012B2
An elastic film has a perforation formed by perforation holes that are elongated along a preferred expanding direction in the unexpanded state, wherein the ratio of the length of the perforation holes determined along the preferred expanding direction to a width of the perforation holes determined perpendicular thereto amounts to at least 3:2. The elongation at break along the preferred expanding direction is at least twice as high as the elongation at break determined perpendicular thereto along the width of the perforation holes.
US11479010B2
An embossing device (1) includes an embossing area in which are arranged at least: a first embossing roller (5); a second embossing roller (7;9); a first pressure roller (11) co-acting with the first embossing roller; and a second pressure roller (15) co-acting with the second embossing roller. The embossing device further includes a storage unit (51) configured for containing spare embossing rollers (55, 57, 59), for replacing one or the other of the embossing rollers (5, 7) in the embossing area. The storage unit (51) develops substantially vertically, with mutually superposed seats (53) for receiving embossing rollers (55, 57, 59, 5, 7).
US11479009B2
An expansion device includes an unexpanded slit sheet roll that is wound on a paper core that is longer than the width of the slit sheet paper roll. The paper core is placed onto a rod member. An adjustable downward pressure is exerted on the paper core and the paper core exerts pressure on the rod member. As the paper is pulled, the downward pressure creates the friction required to enable the unexpanded slit sheet to be unwind and fed while simultaneously expanding.
US11479008B2
Discrete items are conveyed, preferably by a vacuum conveyor, in a machine direction toward a pair of rotating blades. A first intended target of folding, for instance a right portion of front and back panels of a diaper, travels up a ramp, raising the level of the intended target. A rotating blade passes under the intended target of folding, and folds the right portion of front and back panels of a diaper over. If desired, a second intended target of folding, for instance a left portion of front and back panels of a diaper, travels up a second ramp, raising the level of the intended target. A rotating blade passes under the second intended target of folding, and folds the left portion of front and back panels of a diaper over. The folded diaper then exits the folding system and travels downstream for further processing as desired.
US11479006B2
A juicer having improved juicing performance, including: a housing in which a motor is built in; a screw housing detachably coupled to the housing; and a driving screw exposed to one side of the housing and received in the screw housing so as to rotate by being coupled to a driving shaft rotatably driven by the motor. The driving screw includes: a driving screw main body in which an installation groove opened toward the housing is formed; one or more piezoelectric element provided in the installation groove of the driving screw main body; and a contact terminal electrically connected to the piezoelectric element and electrically contacting a contact electrode provided in the housing.
US11479001B2
This invention relates to a kit for manufacturing a wind turbine blade component, a method of manufacturing such a wind turbine blade component and a wind turbine blade component thereof. The individual panel sections are interlocked via interlocking devices arranged between adjacent panel sections. The interlocking device comprises first engaging element for engaging the adjacent panel sections, wherein the interlocking device is forced into the panel section by applying force to the interlocking device.
US11478997B2
Disclosed herein is an automated fiber placement system that comprises a robot, an end effector, and a creel assembly that is coupled to the robot and movable with the robot. The creel assembly comprises a spool of a tow and a tow tensioner. The tow tensioner comprises an arm assembly that is pivotable toward and away from a tow direction between a forward position and a rearward position, inclusive, and configured to secure the tow from the spool as the tow unwinds from the spool and moves in the tow direction. The tow tensioner also comprises a biasing member that is coupled to the arm assembly and configured to bias the arm assembly into a neutral position between the forward position and the rearward position. The tow tensioner additionally comprises a potentiometer that is coupled to the arm assembly and configured to detect a position of the arm assembly.
US11478991B2
A system for determining a temperature of an object includes a three-dimensional (3D) printer configured to successively deposit a first layer of material, a second layer of material, and a third layer of material to form the object. The 3D printer is configured to form a recess in the second layer of material. The material is a metal. The system also includes a temperature sensor configured to be positioned at least partially with the recess and to have the third layer deposited thereon. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the first layer of material, the second layer of material, the third layer of material, or a combination thereof.
US11478990B2
The present invention provides a multi-material 3D object printing method and a print control apparatus. The multi-material 3D object printing method includes: a. randomly generating at least one group of area print data based on each group of area information of a target object, then correspondingly generating layer print data according to multiple groups of area information of each layer of the target object, and forming the multiple groups of layer print data into 3D object print data; b. performing layer-by-layer printing based on the 3D object print data; and c. stacking layer-by-layer printing products from the step b to form a 3D object. As disclosed, a texture of a 3D object generated by means of printing is homogeneous, thereby expanding the application scope of manufacturing a 3D object by using an inkjet printing technology, and implementing smooth transition between materials in different areas of a same 3D object.
US11478988B2
A method of separating excess resin from at least one object, includes: (a) stereolithographically producing at least one object on at least one carrier platform, each carrier platform having a planar build surface to which at least one object is connected, each object carrying excess resin on a surface thereof; then (b) mounting each carrier platform to a rotor; (c) centrifugally separating excess resin from each object by spinning the rotor with each carrier platform connected thereto while each object remains connected to each carrier platform; and then (d) removing each carrier platform from the rotor with each object thereon, with excess resin separated therefrom.
US11478976B2
A flat-pressing manufacturing method of a bionic adhesive structure based on a micro through-hole nickel-based mold is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: preparing a nickel-based mold with a micro through-hole array; placing the nickel-based mold on an elastic pad in a magnetic mold closing system; coating a liquid prepolymer uniformly on a backing, and placing a side of the backing coated with the liquid prepolymer on the nickel-based mold, covering a sealing diaphragm on the backing to separate a cavity into an upper chamber and a lower chamber, and performing a vacuum treatment on the lower chamber and an inflation treatment on the upper chamber to apply a uniform pressure on the backing layer and achieve a full filling of prepolymers with different viscosities; and after the filling is completed, curing and demolding to obtain the bionic adhesive structure.
US11478970B2
A housing component, for the production of a housing of a multi-shaft screw machine, includes a base body, in which at least two bores interpenetrating each other are configured. The bores extend in a conveying direction through the base body and are limited transversely to the conveying direction by an inner wall. The inner wall configures at least one first wall section and at least one second wall section such that the at least one first wall section is harder than the at least one second wall section. The wall sections, for example, are generated by material application. The housing component allows for a reliable wear protection and a positive influence on the material processing.
US11478969B2
A method for producing a foam-molded product uses a producing apparatus including a plasticizing cylinder. The plasticizing cylinder has a plasticization zone, a starvation zone, and an introducing port which is formed in the plasticizing cylinder and via which a physical foaming agent is introduced into the starvation zone. The method includes: plasticizing and melting a thermoplastic resin into a molten resin in the plasticization zone; introducing a pressurized fluid containing the physical foaming agent having a fixed pressure into the starvation zone; allowing the molten resin to be in the starved state in the starvation zone; bringing the molten resin in the starved state into contact with the pressurized fluid having the fixed pressure in the starvation zone; and molding the molten resin into the foam-molded product. At least one pressure boosting part is provided in the starvation zone.
US11478966B2
A composite plate structure includes a composite plate and a resin component. The composite plate includes a first fiber layer, a second fiber layer and a core layer. The second fiber layer has a first region, wherein an area of the second fiber layer is smaller than an area of the first fiber layer. The core layer is disposed between the first fiber layer and the second fiber layer, wherein the core layer is exposed at the first region. The resin component is connected to the composite plate, wherein the resin component is combined with the core layer at the first region. In addition, a manufacturing method of the composite plate is also provided.
US11478965B2
The invention relates to a mould for moulding a component with one or more inserts, the mould comprising a mould body for defining in part the shape of the component, and at least one insert holder for holding an insert within the mould body. Each insert holder is movably supported such it can move relative to the mould body in a direction of shrinkage of the component, and wherein the mould further comprises a biasing means to bias each insert holder to a first position relative to the mould body. The invention also relates to a method of moulding.
US11478942B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for robotic picking assemblies configured to grasp multiple items. In one embodiment, an example system may include a picking assembly coupled to a vacuum system, the picking assembly having a first suction cup assembly with a first suction cup and a first sensor, and a second suction cup assembly with a second suction cup and a second sensor. The example system may include a controller configured to cause the picking assembly to grasp a plurality of items, where the plurality of items includes a first item and a second item. The controller may be further configured to cause the picking assembly to move from a first position to a second position, and cause the picking assembly to release the first item at a first time and the second item at a second time.
US11478941B2
End effectors and methods for gripping a curvilinear sheet of material are disclosed herein. The curvilinear sheet of material defines a first sheet side having a curvilinear first side topography and a second sheet side having a curvilinear second side topography. The end effector includes a negative mating shaped first sheet-engaging surface configured to operatively support the first sheet side and having a curvilinear first sheet-engaging surface topography that corresponds to the curvilinear first side topography. The end effector also includes a second sheet-engaging surface configured to operatively support the second sheet side and having a curvilinear appropriately mating negative shaped second sheet-engaging surface topography that corresponds to the curvilinear second side topography. The end effector further includes an actuation mechanism configured to selectively transition the end effector between an open orientation and a gripping (converging) orientation. The methods include methods of utilizing the end effectors.
US11478939B2
A position verification sensor produces a discrete output for determining an accuracy of mutual mechanical positioning with a key and includes: a substratum; a housing; a receiver pad that: receives contact with the key; produces a target output in contact with the key; and produces a null output in absence of contact with the key; an aperture cap having: a cap surface; and the keyway aperture that selectively communicates the key; and a compliant member that: rests in a primary position in an absence of the key disposed on the cap surface; receives the depression force from the aperture cap; reciprocatively depresses, from the primary position to a depressed position, in response to receiving the depression force and being pushed by the depression force from the key; and reciprocatively returns, from the depressed position to the primary position, when the key is removed from contact with the aperture cap.
US11478938B2
A sheet conveying device and a sheet conveying method whereby it is possible to convey a sheet more accurately. This sheet conveying device includes a holder capable of holding a sheet, bringing the sheet into a stretched state while holding the sheet, and conveying the held sheet. This sheet conveying device also includes a sheet state recognizer that recognizes the state of the sheet when the sheet is held in a stretched state by the holder.
US11478934B2
There is provided a method and an apparatus for controlling a robot arm. In this control scheme, a position error indicating a deviation between a command position, which is a control target position, and a current position, which is a position where the arm of the robot is currently located, is acquired. When the acquired position error exceeds a threshold, a new corrected command position between the current position and the command position is set. After the arm of the robot is moved to the corrected command position, a new corrected command position reset between the corrected command position serving as a new current position and the command position. Reconfiguration of a corrected command position is iterated until a current position of the robot arm becomes equal to the command position so that movement of the robot arm is achieved from the current position to the command position.
US11478933B2
Example implementations described herein estimate parameters for equipment that cannot be sensed directly, including determining if such equipment is running or stopping. Example implementations determine the standard throughput per equipment and product, based on history of equipment production data, extract previous and next equipment of robotic arms on the line by using physical topology information of robot arms and equipment, senses and determines throughput of associated robot arms and compares the robot arm throughput with the standard throughputs of the previous and next equipment, which help determine whether the previous/next equipment have stopped.
US11478930B2
According to other embodiments, a method planning of motions to lift heavy objects using a robot system comprising a robot and an end effector, includes identifying data comprising (a) rigid bodies included in the robot and the end effector, (b) joints connecting the rigid bodies, and (c) torque limits for each of the joints. The torque limit for a joint indicates a maximum supported torque by a drive operating the joint. A motion path searching algorithm is applied to the input data to identify feasible robot paths. The motion path searching algorithm determines torque of each of joint when evaluating points for inclusion in a feasible robot path. An evaluated point is only included in a feasible robot path if the torque of each of the joints do not exceed the torque limits. At least one of the feasible robot paths is transferred to a controller associated with the robot.
US11478905B1
Devices or sockets having multi-sided outer surfaces are disclosed herein. An exemplary device can include an outer surface comprising multiple outer sides; an inner surface comprising multiple inner sides; a first end portion; a second end portion opposite the first end portion; a first recess extending from the first end portion toward the second end portion; and a second recess extending from the second end portion toward the first end portion. The second recess can include a cross-sectional dimension smaller than the cross-sectional dimension of the first recess. The device can be a hexagonal socket. In some embodiments, individual sockets are stackable on and within one another.
US11478900B2
A handheld skate blade sharpening tool that has an automatically indexing, rotating sharpening stone that matches the concaved profile of the skate blade retained within a two-piece body member. Screws hold the two-piece body member together to keep the round sharpening stone sized to match the desired concave profile. The sharpening stone will remove metal to match the shape of the stone each time the sharpener is moved back and forth along the blade. The sharpening stone has gears on each end of the stone that match the gears inside the two-piece body. As the tool is moved along the skate blade, the sharpening stone will incrementally rotate within the body when the direction is changed in the reciprocating motion by the user's back and for movement.
US11478899B2
A shaped abrasive agglomerate particle includes a shaped abrasive particle bonded in a vitreous matrix. The shaped abrasive particles have a longest particle lineal dimension on a surface and a shortest particle dimension perpendicular to the longest particle lineal dimension, and the longest particle lineal dimension is at least twice the shortest particle dimension. The shaped abrasive agglomerate particle has a longest agglomerate lineal dimension on a surface and a shortest agglomerate dimension perpendicular to the longest agglomerate lineal dimension, and the longest agglomerate lineal dimension is at least twice the shortest agglomerate dimension. The abrasive agglomerate particles are useful in abrasive articles. Methods of making the shaped abrasive agglomerate particle and abrading a workpiece are also described.
US11478898B2
An abrasive article can include an abrasive component including a body. The body can include a bond matrix and abrasive particles contained in the bond matrix. In an embodiment, the body can include an interconnected phase extending through at least a portion of the bond matrix. The body can include a discontinuous phase including a plurality of discrete members. At least one of the discrete member can include a macroscopic pore. In another embodiment, the body can include a porosity of at least 15 vol % for a total volume of the body.
US11478897B2
A blasting processing method using shot media. A particle diameter distribution of the shot media before forming an operating mix is bimodal and substantially continuous, and both a first particle group corresponding to a first peak and a second particle group corresponding to a second peak are aggregates of particles in a shape having an angular part.
US11478886B2
The present invention relates to attachment mean (1) for connecting plane components in dry construction, in particular for fixing two-dimensional construction material to a metallic substructure, having a shaft (2) on one end region of which a point (3) and on the other end region of which a head (4) are formed, a fine thread (5) being formed on the shaft (2) in order to increase extraction values of the attachment means (1), at least in regions, a number of grooves (6) being provided on the shaft (2) which extend substantially parallel to the central axis (X) of the shaft (2).
US11478885B2
A method of manufacturing a medical device including a case having a first and a second case portion mated together. The case having a space inside and an elastic membrane attached to the case. A first housing space covered by the first case portion and a second housing space covered by the second case portion. Fixing parts at peripheries of the first and the second case portions and at which the first and the second case portions are mated. Holding surfaces at the peripheries of the first and the second case portions. A sealing part at the periphery of the first or the second ease portions with respect to the fixing parts and that seals an entirety of the peripheral edge of the elastic membrane. Forming an air gap between the sealing part and the fixing parts by depressurization or heating the fixing parts that connect the case portions.
US11478882B2
A vehicle body assembly system defines a preset pre-buck section and a preset main-buck section along a conveying route of a floor assembly, and may include: i) pre-buck units which are installed at both sides of the conveying route in the pre-buck section, respectively, restrict lower portions of side assemblies, which vary in accordance with a type of vehicle, with respect to both sides of the floor assembly, and preassemble the lower portions of the side assemblies to the floor assembly by a first welding robot; and ii) main-buck units which are installed at both sides of the conveying route in the main-buck section, respectively, restrict upper portions of the side assemblies preassembled by the pre-buck unit, and post-assemble vehicle body components to the upper portions of the side assemblies by a second welding robot.
US11478879B2
According to the present application, a machining apparatus (10) for the laser machining of a workpiece (12) in a machining zone (13) is provided, having a first interface (14) for a machining laser source for generating a machining laser beam (15), a second interface (16) for a detector device (for detecting radiation (17) emitted by the machining zone (13); an outlet opening (18) for the machining laser beam (14); and first and second laser beam guiding devices (20, 22), wherein the first laser beam guiding device (20), 20a, 20b) is arranged and designed such that it guides the machining laser beam (14) to the second laser beam guiding device (22) and dynamically moves the machining laser beam (14), and the second laser beam guiding device (22) is arranged and designed such that it guides the dynamically moved machining laser beam (14) through the outlet opening (18) and at least partially guides the radiation (17) emitted by the machining zone (13) through the outlet opening to the second interface (16). Further provided is a method for the laser machining of a workpiece (12).
US11478875B2
A processing machine for processing a workpiece with a processing beam includes a nozzle changer and a protective enclosure. The nozzle change is for mounting nozzles on or demounting nozzles from a processing head of the processing machine. The nozzle changer has multiple nozzle holders for holding nozzles. The protective enclosure is configured to close off a working space for the processing of the workpiece with the processing beam from a working space surrounding area. The nozzle changer is movable between a nozzle changing position within the protective enclosure and a setup position outside the protective enclosure.
US11478872B2
Systems and methods for providing a constant current controller for use in constant current welding applications are described. In one embodiment, a current controller controls the output current of the welding torch without directly measuring the output current of the welding torch. The current controller controls or sets a current in a primary winding of a transformer in an inverter of a welding power supply to control the output current of the welding torch.
US11478868B2
A method for producing a bonded body includes: a laminating step of forming a laminated body in which a first member and a second member are temporarily bonded to each other by providing a temporary bonding material including an organic material on at least one of a bonding surface of the first member and a bonding surface of the second member; and a bonding step of pressurizing and heating the laminated body in a laminating direction and bonding the first member and the second member to each other. In the bonding step, during a temperature increase process of heating the laminated body up to a predetermined bonding temperature, at least a pressurization load P2 at a decomposition temperature TD of the organic material included in the temporary bonding material is lower than a pressurization load P1 at the bonding temperature.
US11478866B2
A machine tools for processing of a saw disk includes a processor; a spindle unit having a shank provided with a flange to mount the saw disk to be rotated for processing for planarity thereof; sensor assembly having a sensor to be slide from the periphery of said saw disk to the centre thereof, wherein said sensor detects areas of discrepancy in planarity in each part of a disk face of said saw disk and communicating said data to said processor; and a hammer assembly connected to a transverse carriage assembly, the hammer assembly having: a beating head, and a preloading spring with a preload piston coupled to the beating head, wherein the preload piston is configured to load the preloading spring to transfer elastic energy to the beating head for giving, said beating head, the thrust for striking the areas of discrepancy of the saw disk.
US11478857B2
A cutting insert may include a base member and a coating layer thereon. The coating layer may include a first layer including a titanium compound on the base member, a second layer including alumina and an upper surface on the first layer, and a third layer including a titanium compound on the upper surface. The coating layer may include a crack at a top surface and therein. In a cross section orthogonal to the top surface, the crack may be present in the third layer and the second layer; in the third layer it may have a width of 1 μm or more. In the upper surface it may have a width of 0.5 μm or more—smaller than the width of the crack in the third layer. Another part may have a width of 0.2 μm or less closer to the base member than the upper surface.
US11478844B2
The present invention provides a rivet gun including a first handle, a second handle, a transmission mechanism, and a clamping-pulling mechanism. The first handle is fixedly connected or integrated with a housing limiting the clamping-pulling mechanism, and the second handle is rotatable around a first fixed shaft relative to the first handle; the clamping-pulling mechanism includes a pull rod with gear grooves thereon; the transmission mechanism includes a gear member with a gear end rotatable around a second fixed shaft, the gear end of the gear member being configured to engage with the gear grooves on the pull rod; and the second handle is connected to the transmission mechanism, and configured to drive the gear member of the transmission mechanism to rotate when the second handle is rotated and opened relative to the first handle such that the gear member pushes the pull rod forward by engagement between the gear end and the gear grooves, and to drive the gear member of the transmission to rotate when the second handle is rotated and closed relative to the first handle such that the gear end of the gear member pulls the pull rod backward by engagement between the gear end and the gear grooves.
US11478841B2
A method of processing hexahedral metal includes an X-axis edge forging step to press two X-axis edges on opposite sides to each other from a center of the hexahedral metal among edges formed in an X-axis direction, process the hexahedral metal into hexagonal prismatic metal, and restore the hexagonal prismatic metal to hexahedral metal, a Y-axis edge forging step to press two Y-axis edges on opposite sides to each other from the center of the hexahedral metal among edges formed in a Y-axis direction, process the hexahedral metal into hexagonal prismatic metal, and restore the hexagonal prismatic metal to hexahedral metal, and a Z-axis edge forging step to press two Z-axis edges on opposite sides to each other from the center of the hexahedral metal among edges formed in a Z-axis direction, process the hexahedral metal into hexagonal prismatic metal, and restore the hexagonal prismatic metal to hexahedral metal.
US11478840B2
Provided is a manufacturing method of a wire rod for forming a coil, the manufacturing method including the steps of: placing an element wire in a forming space surrounded by a plurality of split dies; and pressure-forming the element wire by moving the plurality of split dies in a direction of narrowing the forming space. In the step of pressure-forming the element wire, at least one of the plurality of split dies is moved, and the plurality of split dies each having a surface that changes in shape in a longitudinal direction of an element wire to pressure-form the element wire into the wire rod having a plurality of different cross-sectional shapes in the longitudinal direction.
US11478838B2
Tube bending systems configured to bend a tube. The tube bending systems include a tube bending device and a lubrication system. The tube bending device includes a bending device frame and a bending die assembly. The tube bending device is configured to bend the tube. The bending die assembly is mounted to the bending device frame and includes a bending die against which the tube is selectively bent. The lubrication system is configured to selectively direct a lubrication fluid to the tube proximate the bending die assembly.
US11478836B2
Provided is a press-formed article manufacturing method including pressing a blank with the first pressing apparatus to form a first intermediate formed article having a pair of bent portions bent to one side in the plate thickness direction and having a spacing between the bent portions narrower than the width of the top plate and equal to or more than the width of the top portion of the convex portion, and moving the second die relative to the second punch side punch with respect to the die pad and the second punch and forming a second intermediate formed article in a state where a portion between the bent portions is sandwiched between the die pad and the convex portion, with one side of the first intermediate formed article in the plate thickness direction as the convex portion side of the second pressing apparatus.
US11478834B2
A machine tool for machining planar workpieces includes an upper tool, a lower tool, a machine frame, and a controller. The upper tool is movable with a stroke movement along a stroke axis by a stroke drive device in a direction towards a workpiece and in the opposite direction and positionable with an upper traversing movement along an upper positioning axis by a motor drive assembly. The lower tool is aligned with the upper tool and is positionable with a lower traversing movement along a lower positioning axis by a motor drive assembly. The upper and lower tools are movable in a frame interior of the machine frame. The motor drive assemblies can be controlled by the controller. The upper and lower traversing movements can be controllable independently of each other. The upper tool can be controlled with the upper traversing movement and the stroke movement in a superposed manner.
US11478829B2
A simple hand held label degrading device and method employs a molded polymer ring (collar) having a plurality of molded hardened pointed teeth on the internal circumference projecting radially inward for degrading the label of a prescription bottle or the like inserted therein. A longitudinal slot in the collar allows it to be fitted over a bottle such that simple hand squeezing of the collar compresses the collar around the bottle and engages the pointed teeth against the label. Simple hand twisting of the collar around the bottle in a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation cuts through the plastic composite or paper label and shreds the label rendering sensitive information illegible thus protecting personal health information. The bottles can then be thrown away or recycled without fear of medical identity theft.
US11478816B2
A mud pumping apparatus that can be removably coupled to a container the mud was originally provided in when first obtained by the user. The mud may be mastic, mortar, grout, joint compound, spackle, or the like. The apparatus may be sized to be used with various standard sized containers, and adjustably powered and controllable to be used with different types, consistencies, and viscosities of spreadable material.
US11478809B2
A fluid dispenser device including a body; a reservoir containing one or two doses of a fluid, the reservoir including a stopper that closes the reservoir in leaktight manner before actuation; a dispenser head that is provided with a dispenser orifice; and dispenser mechanism for dispensing at least a portion of the fluid through the dispenser orifice during actuation. The device further includes a needle having a tip that is adapted to pierce the stopper during actuation, the reservoir being filled with the fluid and being closed with the stopper under a vacuum, so that the residual volume of air present in the reservoir between the fluid and the stopper is substantially zero.
US11478808B2
Dispensing systems (100) having wands (110) for distributing a spray away from a user include moveable wands (110), wands for locking actuation of the dispensing system (210), wands and dispensers providing gravity fed dispensing solutions (410) for battery-operated devices (500) and improved dispensers.
US11478803B2
A showerhead having a plurality of nozzle groups for dispensing water in a plurality of spray patterns, and a selector for selecting one or more of the nozzle groups for dispensing water or for pausing flow from the showerhead. When the selector is configured to pause flow from the showerhead a minimum flow is provided to each of the plurality of nozzle groups.
US11478794B2
A micro channel structure includes a substrate, a supporting layer, a valve layer, a second insulation layer, a vibration layer and a bonding-pad layer. A flow channel is formed on the substrate. A conductive part and a movable part are formed on the supporting layer and the valve layer, respectively. A first chamber is formed at the interior of a base part and communicates to the hollow aperture. A supporting part is formed on the second insulation layer. A second chamber is formed at the interior of the supporting layer and communicates to the first chamber through the hollow aperture. A suspension part is formed on the vibration layer. By providing driving power sources having different phases to the bonding-pad layer, the suspension part moves upwardly and downwardly, and a relative displacement is generated between the movable part and the conductive part, to achieve fluid transportation.
US11478792B2
A modular cassette and method for separating a composite fluid into at least two component parts thereof during centrifugation is provided. The modular cassette includes a fluid inlet portion, at least one fluid separation portion, at least one media chamber in fluid communication with the fluid separation portion, a fluid collection portion, at least one fluidic channel configured to form a fluid communication between at least two components of the cassette, at least one wax valve including undulating flow channel portions configured to close at least one of the fluidic channels, and at least one heating element configured to actuate the at least one wax valve.
US11478781B2
Catalyst systems containing a titanium alkoxymagnesium halide supported catalyst component can be used for the polymerization of olefins. The catalyst can be prepared from a microcrystalline solid alkoxymagnesium halide support having a lattice spacing in the 5 nm to 15 nm range.
US11478769B2
A method for processing a chemical stream includes contacting a feed stream with a catalyst in an upstream reactor section of a reactor having the upstream reactor section and a downstream reactor section, passing an intermediate product stream to the downstream reactor section, and introducing a riser quench fluid into the downstream reactor section, upstream reactor section, or transition section and into contact with the intermediate product stream and the catalyst to slow or stop the reaction. The method includes separating at least a portion of the catalyst from the product stream, passing the product stream to a product processing section, cooling the product stream, and separating a portion of the riser quench fluid from the product stream. The riser quench fluid separated from the product stream may be recycled back to the downstream reactor section, upstream reactor section, or transition section as the riser quench fluid.
US11478764B2
An agitator may include one or more members adjustable between an expanded configuration and a compressed configuration. When the one or more members are in the expanded configuration, the agitator in a first set of two orthogonal dimensions is larger than an opening having a predetermined size. When the one or more members are in the compressed configuration, the agitator in a second set of two orthogonal dimensions is smaller than the opening having the predetermined size. The one or more members are biased to the expanded configuration in absence of external force applied to the one or more members. In use, the agitator may be inserted into a container through a neck of the container in the compressed configuration. The agitator may expand within the container so that the container does not fit through the neck of the container.
US11478762B2
A production module for producing solid medicaments in individual batches, comprising a supplying device for supplying powdered starting materials, a mixing device connected to the feeding device and is intended for working the supplied powdered starting materials into a product, a final working device connected to the mixing device and is intended for the final production of an end product from the worked starting materials, and a control device for automatically controlling the supplying device and the mixing device and the final working device. Diverters allow a batch to be passed on from the supplying device to the mixing device and from the mixing device to the final working device without any backmixing. Data of all the process sensors and quality sensors of the production module are linked with the respective batch by the control device such that tracking and tracing of the batches is made possible.
US11478761B2
A universal, scalable, solvent-free, one-step method for thermal annealing a stainless steel membrane to create a superhydrophilic surface. The superhydrophilic membrane itself, and methods for using it to separate oil and water in an oil and water mixture or for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue and other organic contaminants.
US11478759B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a hollow fiber membrane bundle from a plurality of polysulfone and PVP-based hollow fiber membranes which encompasses the providing of a spinning solution comprising a polysulfone-based material, in particular polysulfone, a vinylpyrrolidone-based polymer, in particular polyvinylpyrrolidone, an aprotic solvent, in particular dimethylacetamide, providing a coagulant liquid comprising water and an aprotic solvent, in particular dimethylacetamide, co-extruding the spinning solution and the coagulant liquid through a concentric annular spinneret into a hollow strand, whereby the cavity of the strand is filled with coagulant liquid, conducting the strand through a precipitation gap, introducing the strand into a precipitating bath comprised substantially of water so as to obtain a hollow fiber membrane, conducting the hollow fiber membranes through at least one rinsing bath and drying the hollow fiber membrane obtained, arranging the resulting hollow fiber membranes into a hollow fiber membrane bundle, and treating the hollow fiber membrane bundle with water vapor.
US11478756B2
The present disclosure provides devices, machines and methods for incubating or washing a biological sample membrane or gel automated processing of biological samples. This disclosure provides a device comprising a washing cassette, a sample holder, a poking gear and a washing basin assembly. The disclosure also provides machines comprising the device and methods using the device.
US11478752B2
Provided are electrodialysis systems comprising a plurality of electrodialysis devices, wherein each electrodialysis device of the plurality of electrodialysis devices has a product inlet stream, a product outlet stream, a brine inlet stream, and a brine outlet stream. The product inlet stream for a first electrodialysis device comprises the brine outlet stream of a second electrodialysis device. Further, a first portion of a feed stream is the brine inlet stream for the first electrodialysis device and a second portion of the feed stream is the brine inlet stream for the second electrodialysis device or a third electrodialysis device.
US11478747B2
A transformational energy efficient technology using ionic liquid (IL) to couple with monoethanolamine (MEA) for catalytic CO2 capture is disclosed. [EMmim+][NTF2−] based catalysts are rationally synthesized and used for CO2 capture with MEA. A catalytic CO2 capture mechanism is disclosed according to experimental and computational studies on the [EMmim+][NTF2−] for the reversible CO2 sorption and desorption.
US11478741B2
The disclosure concerns air cleaners. Preferred air cleaners are shown which include a housing and a removable and replacement primary filter cartridge. Optional and advantageous features are shown. The preferred primary filter cartridge is conical in shape. A preferred optional safety or secondary filter cartridge is shown. Preferred methods of assembly and use are provided.
US11478740B2
A filter includes a filter outer wall, and a filter inner wall spaced apart from the filter outer wall. The filter inner wall and the filter outer wall define a filter void therebetween, and the filter inner wall and the filter outer wall extend along a filter axis. A volume of filtration material is positioned in the filter void, and a plurality of baffles extend between the filter inner wall and the filter outer wall. The plurality of baffles are configured to induce a helical component to an airflow entering the filter void at a first void end relative to the filter axis and exiting the filter void at a second void end opposite the first void end.
US11478738B2
An air filter device includes an air filter and a filter case having a filter housing for housing the air filter. The filter case has a pipe part enclosing an outer circumference of a second end of a filler pipe. The second end of the filler pipe defines a fuel filler opening and is opposite to a first end of the filler pipe connected to a fuel tank of a vehicle. A distance between the pipe part and the fuel filler opening is less than a distance between the filter housing and the fuel filler opening. The pipe part is configured to be inserted into a fixed member fixed to a vehicle body. The pipe part has a flange that extends radially outward from the pipe part and is spaced apart from the filter housing in an axial direction.
US11478735B2
A filter medium (10) for filtering a fluid, in particular for use in an interior air filter (32), comprises a spun-bonded nonwoven formed at least in part of multi-component segmented pie fibers (1) having at least a first plastic component (2) and a second plastic component (3). The multi-component fibers (1) are largely non-split and in order to manufacture same, segmented pie filaments are spun in a spun-bonding process (S4) to form a spun-bonded nonwoven (10). The segmented pie filaments then form the multi-component fibers (4), the first plastic component (2) and/or the second plastic component (3) being made in particular of a polypropylene.
US11478727B2
The present disclosure relates to the determination of analytes in a sample using chromatography. The present disclosure provides methods of separating an analyte from a sample. A mobile phase is flowed through a chromatography column. The mobile phase includes about 0.005% (v/v) to about 2.50% (v/v) difluoroacetic acid and less than about 100 ppb of any individual impurity, especially metal impurities. A sample including the analyte is injected into the mobile phase. The analyte is separated from the sample.
US11478726B2
Generally, an extraction system useful in separating an extract from a matrix using one or more extractants. Specifically, an extractor including one or more of: an extraction vessel having an extractor vessel internal surface which defines an extraction chamber which communicates between open extraction vessel first and second ends, a first piston configured to sealably engage the extractor vessel internal surface of the extraction vessel first end or a second piston adapted to sealably engage the extractor vessel internal surface of the extraction vessel second end.
US11478719B2
A wave generating apparatus mobile application controller and method are provided in which a mobile controller actuates a plurality of wave generating chambers in sequence using a delay between the actuation of each chamber to produce a rideable wave in a pool. The mobile application controller allows the user to select the exact type of wave to be produced by the wave generator apparatus by selecting the size, shape, and pattern of the wave. The application also allows the user to use a camera to photograph or record herself or someone else, even while riding a wave.
US11478714B2
The field of the invention relates to multi-user online gaming systems, and more particularly to systems and methods that enable customizable teams for online active games. In an embodiment, the system includes an online game session server system communicatively coupled to a network for access by a plurality of users to establish a plurality of real-time interactive games sessions, wherein each game session includes at least one team and wherein the at least one team may be established in accordance with a preferred composition defined by a user.
US11478712B2
Various system and method of online gaming platform comprise a random number engine where cryptography and blockchain ledgers are utilized to generate random numbers. The random numbers can be utilized in the play of online wagering games. The online gaming platform is further integrated with a cryptocurrency exchange or transactions such that the games are played with any cryptocurrency and/or fiat currency seamlessly. The players play the games directly from a crypto exchange account.
US11478707B2
Embodiments relate to generating image frames including a motion of a character with one or more stretchable body parts by either performing only blending of prestored animation clips or performing both the blending of prestored animation clips and performing inverse kinematics operations where one or more bones in the body parts are stretched or contracted. Choosing whether to perform blending or the inverse kinematics depends on whether predetermined conditions are satisfied or not. Prestored animation clips to be blended may be determined according to the speed of the character when performing the jumping motion. When performing the inverse kinematics, physical properties of the character are simulated to determine the trajectory of the character during the jumping.
US11478706B2
The generation, association, and display of in-game tags are disclosed. Such tags introduce an additional dimension of community participation to both single and multiplayer games. Through such tags, players are empowered to communicate through filtered text messages and images as well as audio clips that other game players, including top rated players, have generated and placed at particular coordinates and/or in context of particular events within the game space. The presently described in-game tags and associated user generated content further allow for label based searches with respect to game play.
US11478700B2
Authoritative management of application state can be provided for a large number of participants using a set of application servers. Each participant in an active session will communicate with only a specific application server, where that server will have authority over the state information for that participant. When input is received from a participant, the input is passed to the authoritative server for processing. The authoritative server performs a simulation based on the input as of the time indicated by respective timestamps, enabling the server to utilize rewind and replay semantics to enable events performed in the past on various clients to be accurately simulated on the authoritative server, dramatically reducing the perceived latency. Results of the simulation are sent to the other application servers having authority over the state information for other participants in the session for updating the state for those participants.
US11478699B2
The present application discloses a VR glasses accessory and a VR glasses assembly. The VR glasses accessory is applied for VR glasses, and the VR glasses have a facing side facing a user's face. The VR glasses accessory includes a main body, a connector and a nose cover. The main body is configured to be arranged on an edge of the facing side and abut against the user's face. The connector is configured to connect the main body to the VR glasses, and the nose cover is arranged on the main body at a position corresponding to the user's nose, to shade at the user's nose. The present application solves a problem that current VR glasses have poor shading effect, resulting in poor gaming experience obtained by VR game players when wearing VR glasses games.
US11478697B2
Disclosed herein is a terminal including a communication transceiver configured to establish connection with a first action robot, an input interface configured to receive an execution request of a cluster control mode of an application, and a processor configured to search for at least one other action robot other than the first action robot through the communication transceiver in response to the received execution request, control the communication transceiver to attempt connection with the searched at least one other action robot, and control output of action robot content through the first action robot and the at least one other action robot according to execution of the cluster control mode, when connection with the at least one other action robot is established.
US11478694B2
A marble toy kit includes building blocks and base platforms. Each building block includes a block base, formed of a single piece of plastic, that has four sides interconnected to form a tubular member having a square cross-section and having an interior. At least one side has an opening sized to receive a toy marble. The top of each building block has a base portion and a connection boss extending from the base portion. The connection boss and base portion have a second opening sized to receive a toy marble. The boss is configured to engage and fit within the open bottom of another block base having the same structure. At least one base platform includes a plurality of pedestals extending from a top surface. Each pedestal fits within the open-bottom of the block base of a building block to attach the block base to the base platform.
US11478689B2
A floating wave generating device for generating a standing wave in a standing water body or water basin includes at least one water acceleration section, at least one wave generation section arranged downstream of the water acceleration section, and at least one pump. The at least one pump is arranged in such a way that with this pump water from the underwater area of the standing water body or water basin can be conveyed to a starting level which is higher than the water level of the standing water body or water basin, in order to generate a water flow directed toward the wave generation section by utilizing gravity. Furthermore, the apparatus is arranged in relation to the standing water body or water basin such that the standing water body or water basin with its water level is part of the wave generation section.
US11478678B2
Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for redistributing the normal weight distribution of a user in a standing position. One example is a postural platform for either the left or right foot having a bottom surface defining a reference plane, a top surface configured as a foot contact surface and a perimeter side wall between the bottom and top surfaces. The top surface is rotated about a first rotational axis parallel to the reference plane and rotated about a second rotational axis orthogonal to the reference plane. In another example, a system includes first and second postural platforms that are independent of one another. In other examples, the device is a sandal, shoe, sneaker or any foot covering with a tops surface being at a complex angle to a bottom surface.
US11478669B1
The embodiment of an aerial fire suppression system comprising of a water tank (104) clamped to a transport unit (100), and a snorkel (108) connected to the water tank (104) for pumping water. A straight boom lift (200) is mounted to the transport unit (100). The straight boom lift (200) has a tower boom (206) that can pivot downward from the transport unit (100). The tower boom (206) has extension booms (208, 210, 212, 214) attached to it that can extend to and fro. The inner most extension boom (214) has a main boom (218) mounted to it. The main boom (218) can pivot about the extension boom (214). Each end of the main boom (218) has a water cannon (230) mounted on it. The water cannon (230) consists of a monitor (232) that rotates about and a pivotal fire nozzle (234). The water cannons have the capacity to blast water or a product on a natural disaster. The technique enables the main boom (218) and water cannons (230) to maneuver and pivot within close proximity of a fire.
US11478666B2
Systems and cosmetic kits for removal of eye makeup are described. In an example, the systems include a handle portion configured to be grasped by a hand and defining a formulation reservoir that carries a formulation for removing eye makeup from a region of an eye; an application portion including: a plurality of bristles shaped to apply the formulation to the region of the eye; and an aperture; and a support member extending between the handle portion and the application portion, the support member defining a lumen in fluid communication with the formulation reservoir and the aperture.
US11478665B2
Techniques for particle beam therapy include receiving a target region inside a subject for particle therapy, a minimum dose inside the target region, and a maximum dose inside the subject but outside target region. Multiple beam axis angles are determined, each involving a gantry angle and a couch position. Multiple spots within the target region are determined. For each beam axis angle a pristine particle scan beam (not coaxial with any other particle scan beam) is determined such that a Bragg Peak is directed to a spot, and repeated until every spot is subjected to a Bragg Peak or an intersection of two or more such pristine scan beams. Output data indicating the pristine beamlets is stored for operation of a particle beam therapy apparatus.
US11478661B2
Systems and methods for radiation treatment planning can include a computing system determining an estimate of a radiation dose distribution within an anatomical region of a patient, and determining a cost matrix representing an objective function, using the estimate of the radiation dose distribution. The computing system can project the cost matrix on each of a plurality of fluence planes. Each of the plurality of fluence planes can be associated with a corresponding gantry-couch orientation of a plurality of gantry-couch orientations of a medical linear accelerator. The computing system can determine, using projections of the cost matrix on each of the plurality of fluence planes, a sequence of gantry-couch orientations among the plurality of gantry-couch orientations representing a treatment path.
US11478658B2
A circadian rhythm entrainment platform can use medication circadian profiles that include mappings of medications to circadian rhythm disruptions and can make conversions of such circadian rhythm disruptions to administrations of light therapy to adjust for the disruptions. The circadian rhythm entrainment platform can specify how to entrain a patient's circadian rhythm using light therapy to compensate for or anticipate side effects of medications and for optimizing medication schedules for a patient's circadian rhythm so as to minimize side effects and increase medication effectiveness. The circadian rhythm entrainment platform can also gather information on the effects of medications on circadian rhythms and interact with patients, medical providers, and other providers in relation to light therapy.
US11478648B2
A pulse generator that includes a communications module is disclosed herein. The communication module includes a transceiver and an antenna circuit. The antenna circuit includes a first pathway having a capacitor and a second, parallel pathway including a capacitor, and a resistor, and a radiating element arranged in series. The antenna circuit is tuned to have a resonant frequency corresponding to a desired transmission frequency and a bandwidth corresponding to shifts in the resonant frequency arising from the implantation of the antenna.
US11478643B2
A power element for an implantable medical device is described. The implantable medical device includes sealingly contained circuitry and a sealingly contained power element. The sealingly contained power element supplies power to the circuitry.
US11478633B2
A method and system are described for, based upon a plurality of previously-acquired directional LFP signals measured in a plurality of different directions at a directional sensor lead located in a predetermined region of a patient's brain, determining optimised patient-specific programming parameters for programming a directional stimulation lead with parameters for stimulating the said region. The method comprises a first step of determining, over at least one predetermined frequency range, a power-frequency variation curve of each of the directional LFP signals, a second step of identifying frequency peaks in the power-frequency variation curves, a third step of detecting one of the identified frequency peaks at which a maximum difference in signal power between the directional LFP signals occurs, and a fourth step of calculating a plurality of directional stimulation weighting factors on the basis of the relative signal powers of the directional LFP signals at the detected frequency peak.
US11478620B2
A multi-purpose balloon intra-cavity catheter includes a catheter having a proximal end portion, a central portion and a non-branching distal end portion, a plurality of lumens associated with the catheter extending from the proximal end portion, and a plurality of inflatable balloons positioned in the central portion and/or the non-branching distal end portion. Each of the plurality of inflatable balloons is communicatively associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of lumens, the plurality of inflatable balloons being selectively inflated or deflated to position and stabilize the catheter in a cavity for delivery of a medical treatment. The catheter can include an extraction opening associated with a lumen to remove fluids and materials from the cavity, and a connector associated with a corresponding lumen adapted to selectively receive one or more of a fluid medium or a radioactive isotope provided to a corresponding lumen for delivery of the medical treatment.
US11478609B2
An apparatus includes a tube configured for insertion into a body of a subject, the tube comprising a plurality of strips, which are angled obliquely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tube, by virtue of the tube being shaped to define a plurality of slits having respective oblique proximal ends and respective oblique distal ends. The distal end of each of the slits is nested between the proximal end of a first other one of the slits and the proximal end of a second other one of the slits such that (i) one of the strips is disposed between the distal end of the slit and the proximal end of the first other one of the slits, and (ii) another one of the strips is disposed between the distal end of the slit and the proximal end of the second other one of the slits.
US11478607B2
Ureteral or bladder catheters are provided, including (a) a proximal portion; and (b) a distal portion, the distal portion including a retention portion that includes one or more protected drainage holes, ports or perforations and is configured to establish an outer periphery or protective surface area that inhibits mucosal tissue from occluding the one or more protected drainage holes, ports or perforations upon application of negative pressure through the catheter. Systems, kits and methods for inducing negative pressure to increase renal function also are provided.
US11478601B2
Systems and methods for nitric oxide (NO) generation systems are provided. In some embodiments, an NO generation system comprises at least one pair of electrodes configured to generate a product gas containing NO from a flow of a reactant gas. The electrodes have elongated surfaces such that a plasma produced is carried by the flow of the reactant gas and glides along the elongated surfaces from a first end towards a second end of the electrode pair. A controller is configured to regulate the amount of NO in the product gas by the at least one pair of electrodes using one or more parameters as an input to the controller. The one or more parameters include information from a plurality of sensors configured to collect information relating to at least one of the reactant gas, the product gas, and a medical gas into which the product gas flows.
US11478589B2
Medical device assemblies having a connection mechanism for securely connecting a hub to fluid storage containers in a luer slip relationship are described. An exemplary medical device includes a hub forming a cavity, a second indicating element disposed within the cavity that engages the hub. Additional features of the medical device include a second indicating element contoured to form a line contact with the hub. In a specific configuration, the hub includes a first indicating element attached to the hub and extending proximally into the cavity having a protrusion. In a more specific configuration, the medical device includes a fluid storage container that has an indication system for visually indicating optimal fluid-tight engagement of the hub and the fluid storage container.
US11478587B2
A drug depot delivery system includes a housing having a cavity. A cartridge is positioned within the cavity and includes a body having a channel. The body includes a first pair of rails and a second pair of rails. A plunger is slidably disposed in the housing and the cartridge. The plunger is configured to move a drug depot through the channel and out of the housing. Kits and methods of use are disclosed.
US11478582B2
A system for controlled neuromodulation procedures is disclosed. A system for controlled micro ablation procedures is disclosed. Systems and methods for imaging, monitoring, stimulating, and/or ablating neurological structures coupled to one or more organs of the lower urinary tract (LUT) are disclosed. Such processes may be used to alter the hormonal secretions from one or more organs, to modulate the growth of an organ, alter the growth rate or rate of perineural invasion of a tumor, or the like. In particular such processes may be used to slow, halt and/or reverse the growth of a prostate gland or a prostate tumor.
US11478574B2
The present disclosure provides an engineered collagen composition comprising collagen, wherein the collagen composition is compressed to form a gradient of at least one physical property. Methods of using and of manufacturing the engineered collagen compositions of the present disclosure are also provided.
US11478573B2
Catheter tubing comprises: an elongate body comprising a base thermoplastic polyurethane; and a compounded thermoplastic polyurethane co-extruded with the base thermoplastic polyurethane to provide a section of catheter tubing discrete from the elongate body, the compounded thermoplastic polyurethane comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane and a radiopaque material, wherein the catheter tubing comprises a first elastic modulus under first conditions prior to entry into a patient; and wherein when exposed to second conditions comprising two or more in vivo stimuli for a duration of time the catheter tubing comprises a second elastic modulus that is not more than fifty percent of the first modulus.
US11478565B2
A device for emanating materials in the environment, preferably by heat evaporation, including: a supply for materials; an emitter of materials, for emitting the materials from the supply to surrounding environment, by application of power from a power supply according to an operation mode; an operation mode adjusting mechanism for adjusting the operation mode of the emitter, by controlling the power delivered to the emitter according to a determined transfer function. The transfer function is modular, so that it can be changed or completely replaced while keeping at least partially the adjusting mechanism in the device.
US11478551B2
The invention provides a novel adrenomedullin derivative sustainable for a long period which is capable of substantially suppressing unwanted side effects while maintaining pharmacological effects of adrenomedullin. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I): A-CH2-B (I) [wherein A is a modifying group comprising one or more polyethylene glycol groups, and B is a peptide moiety derived from adrenomedullin or a modified form thereof with adrenomedullin activity, wherein the peptide moiety B is linked to the other moieties through a covalent bond of the nitrogen atom of the N-terminal α-amino group of the peptide moiety B to the carbon atom of the methylene group] or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof.
US11478549B2
The present disclosure encompasses compositions and methods for the treatment of precancerous skin lesions. Compositions of the invention comprise a cytotoxic agent and a thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) inducer.
US11478544B2
Chimeric genes, compositions of chimeric genes, and compositions of polypeptides that are useful for the generation, enhancement, or improvement of an immune response to a target antigen. Some embodiments of the compositions include chimeric genes encoding hepatitis D antigen (HDAg) protein in combination with one or more self-cleavage 2A polypeptides and a preS1 polypeptide. In certain embodiments the self-cleavage polypeptide is P2A.
US11478527B2
Methods for treating diabetes or obesity are provided comprising administering to the subject an amount of an agent that binds a central nervous system FGF receptor homodimer.
US11478526B2
The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising rationally designed peptide analogs of the p65-TAD binding region of GILZ to selectively sequester activated p65. Structural and functional analyses suggest that select GILZ analog (GA) bind p65-TAD with optimum affinity, exhibit an estimated half minimal lethal dose comparable to known peptide drugs and suppress Aβ1-42 induced cytotoxicity. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides uses and methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions, and uses and methods of using pharmaceutical formulations comprising the pharmaceutical compositions, for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, multiple sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
US11478522B2
Disclosed is a topical formulation comprising the herbal extracts Portulaca oleracea extract, Rheum palmatum root extract, Chrysanthemum indicum flower extract, Scutellaria baicalensis root extract Phellodendron amurense bark extract and Sanguisorba officinalis root extract or their active molecules. Disclosed also is a topical formulation comprising Portulaca oleracea extract, Rheum palmatum root extract, Chrysanthemum indicum flower extract, Scutellaria baicalensis root extract and Phellodendron amurense bark extract or their active molecules. Further disclosed are methods of treating or preventing acne, comprising administering the disclosed formulations.
US11478521B2
Systems and methods for removing sulfur from a cannabis product are provided. The method includes dissolving, in a solvent, the cannabis product including sulfur, forming a dissolved solution, and mixing an oxidation agent into the dissolved solution, causing the dissolved solution to form into a plurality of solutions. The plurality of solutions include a water solution and an organic solution, the water solution includes sulfur, and the organic solution includes the cannabis product. The method further includes removing the water solution from the plurality of solutions.
US11478520B2
The present invention provides for methods of obtaining an extract of Cannabis plant material as well as subsequent processing of the extract to provide a concentrate of Cannabis. The present invention also provides for pharmaceutical dosage forms (e.g., oral thin films and transdermal patches) that include the concentrate (or extract) of Cannabis, as well as methods of medical treatment that include administering the pharmaceutical dosage forms.
US11478508B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions related to the selection T cells and/or subjects for adoptive immunotherapy based on the expression of one or more biomarkers.
US11478501B2
This disclosure relates to oligonucleotides, compositions and methods useful for reducing HMGB1 expression, particularly in hepatocytes. Disclosed oligonucleotides for the reduction of HMGB1 expression may be double-stranded or single-stranded, and may be modified for improved characteristics such as stronger resistance to nucleases and lower immunogenicity. Disclosed oligonucleotides for the reduction of HMGB1 expression may also be designed to include targeting ligands to target a particular cell or organ, such as the hepatocytes of the liver, and may be used to treat liver fibrosis and related conditions.
US11478497B2
Methods and compositions for activating TORC1 aggregate formation in a fungi or a parasite, wherein TORC1 aggregate formation inhibits growth of the fungi or parasite. TORC1 aggregate formation may be activated using small molecules or other agents, and said agents may be used to treat or prevent a disease or condition associated with the fungi and parasite. The agent may target Kog1 of TORC1, e.g., the agent may directly or indirectly inhibit Kog1 leading to aggregation of the TORC1 complex.
US11478493B2
A hetero-targeted, dual-responsive nanogel to deliver chemotherapeutic agents to a metastatic cancer is provided. The nanogel includes a first chemotherapeutic agent, a second chemotherapeutic agent, a first targeting ligand, and a second targeting ligand. A method of treating cancer in a mammal with the nanogel are also provided.
US11478485B1
The present disclosure is drawn to compositions and methods for treating CNS disorders. In one embodiment, an oral pharmaceutical composition can comprise a therapeutically effective amount of pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier that provides formation of either 3α-OH-5α-pregnan-20-one, or 3α-OH-5β-pregnan-20-one, or both in an amount sufficient to treat a CNS disorder when orally administered to a subject. In another embodiment, a method of treating a CNS disorder can comprise orally administering to a subject, a therapeutically effective amount of pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione that provides an amount of GABA receptor binding pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione metabolites that is sufficient to treat the CNS disorder. In another embodiment, a method of treating a CNS disorder can comprise orally administering to the subject, a therapeutically effective amount of pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione that provides an amount of 3α-OH-5α-pregnan-20-one, or 3α-OH-5β-pregnan-20-one, or both that is sufficient to treat the CNS disorder.
US11478477B2
The present invention pertains to the biomedical field, and particularly relates to a method for treating or suppressing a cancer, reducing its severity, lowering its risk or inhibiting its metastasis in an individual. The method comprises administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of a FAK inhibitor, an ALK inhibitor and a ROS1 inhibitor, and a therapeutically effective amount of an EGFR inhibitor. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition or kit comprising one or more of a FAK inhibitor, an ALK inhibitor and a ROS1 inhibitor, and an EGFR inhibitor.
US11478476B2
The present invention is directed to a composition comprising a buspirone metabolite, alone or in combination with a second active ingredient, for use in the treatment of movement disorders.
US11478465B2
The present invention relates to compounds for treatment of a disease or disorder associated with excessive vascularisation of the eye, such as for instance corneal neovascularisation, neovascularisation of the iris, neovascularisation of the ciliary body, corneal pannus, choroidal neovascularisation, retinal neovascularisation, wet age-related macular degeneration, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and ischemic retinopathy.
US11478446B2
The present invention relates to a topically administered cannabinoid formulation that is particularly well suitable for relieving or reducing muscle, joint, and nerve pain. The formulation can be easily and painlessly applied to painful areas, and is rapidly absorbed. The formulation also comprises one or more essential oils having analgesic properties and menthol. The topical emulsified creams and lotions may comprise a full spectrum of cannabis compounds, including THC and CBD.
US11478442B2
The present disclosure provides orally deliverable pharmaceutical compositions comprising DGLA and to methods of using same to treat a variety of conditions and disorders.
US11478439B2
Improved methods and compositions are disclosed for treating dry eye by administering intranasally a therapeutically effective amount of a capsaicinoid compound embedded in multiple layers of solid lamellar crystals of monoglycerides to patients with deficient tear production. The lipophilic capsaicinoid drug is embedded in multiple layers of solid lamellar crystals of monoglycerides, and these crystals are incorporated into pharmaceutically acceptable vehicles comprised of solutions, suspensions, foams, creams, ointments, and gels. The resulting formulations of the capsaicinoid are suitable for application to the nasal mucosa or skin and are more stable, less irritating to skin and mucous membranes, and provide increased and more controlled release of the capsaicinoid compound.
US11478438B2
The invention provides amides that inhibit cellular necrosis and/or human receptor interacting protein 1 kinase (RIP1), including corresponding sulfonamides, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and stereoisomers thereof. The compounds are employed in pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of making and use, including treating a person in need thereof with an effective amount of the compound or composition, and detecting a resultant improvement in the person's health or condition.
US11478436B2
The present disclosure provides compositions comprising ephedrine sulfate ready for immediate use in a clinical setting, and methods of making and using same.
US11478435B2
The present disclosure relates to an artificial saliva gel and uses thereof to treat or ameliorate dry mouth (xerostomia). The gel can be of a high viscosity that is maintained at body temperature or when exposed to bodily fluids (for instance, saliva). In some embodiments, the gel can act as a lubricant. Although water-based, the gel can be hydrophobic and not readily dissolvable in bodily fluids. In some embodiments, the gel can be sterile, safe for long-term repeated ingestion, and include a preservative. In some embodiments, the gel can comprise a dental agent for inhibiting growth of dental microorganisms. In order to achieve sterility while maintaining a desired viscosity range, the gel can include a viscosity stabilising agent such as a viscosity protection agent for protection from radiation induced breakdown. The gel can also include a coloring and/or a flavoring agent.
US11478434B2
The present invention is directed to transdermal therapeutic systems that are free of fibrous constituents, as well methods for producing such transdermal therapeutic systems. A preparation containing active substance is applied by a printing method onto the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the transdermal therapeutic system. Exemplary printing methods include application methods based upon a distributor plate of an application device.
US11478431B2
Exemplary embodiments of the disclosure may be drawn to ingestible delivery devices. An ingestible delivery device may include a first compartment and a second compartment. A lipase may be contained within the first compartment, and a fat may be contained within the second compartment. The first compartment may be sealed from the second compartment prior to exposure to a trigger, preventing the lipase and the fat from contacting each other, and at least one of the first compartment or the second compartment may at least partially rupture upon exposure to the trigger, allowing the lipase and the fat to contact each other.
US11478427B2
The most prevalent pharmaceutical dosage forms at present, the oral-delivery tablets, are granular solids. An inherent limitation of such granular solids for drug release applications is the unpredictability of the microstructure. As a result, the drug release rate and other properties are difficult to control, and their range is also limited. Presented herein, therefore, is a solid dosage form with predictable microstructure and properties. The dosage form includes a drug-containing solid comprising a three dimensional structural framework of one or more two-dimensional structural elements or sheets.
US11478420B1
A formulation for vaginal administration comprising an effective amount of a composition of dried Lactobacillus cells and boric acid, with a carrier. The composition can include one or more antioxidants. Optionally, the composition is in a unit dosage form. Also provided are methods for making and using the composition.
US11478419B2
Compositions for topical application that effectively deliver antioxidants across the epidermis, dermis, or a combination thereof into cells and/or the bloodstream while concurrently maintaining chemical activity of the antioxidants. In certain aspects, these formulations include emulsions and balms each having a lipophilic carrier and a lipophilic antioxidant solubilized by the lipophilic carrier. Also disclosed herein are methods for making these compositions for topical application.
US11478416B2
A dialkyl amidoamine which is the reaction product of a polyamine, a monocarboxylic acid, or a triglyceride or derivative thereof, and optionally an epoxide-containing compound is described. The dialkyl amidoamine may be used as a conditioning agent or anti-frizz agent useful in personal care applications, particularly in the conditioning of hair. The preparation and use of a conditioning agent and an anti-frizz agent comprising the dialkyl amidoamine are also described.
US11478415B2
The instant disclosure generally relates to a multicomponent composition for coloring mammalian or synthetic keratin fibers, the multicomponent composition comprising first, second, third and fourth components. The first component includes an organic polymer, the second component includes an in situ linking material, the third component includes a base compound and the fourth component includes a catalyst or other substance. One or more of the components includes pigment microparticles. The multicomponent composition in situ links upon application, forms a solid coating on treated material such as hair and has a substantially long color remanence following development. Methods of using such compositions are also described herein.
US11478414B2
The present invention relates to a liquid cosmetic composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium: at least 20% of water, at least alkylcellulose, preferably at least 1% of alkylcellulose, at least one first hydrocarbon-based non-volatile oil, chosen from: C10-C26 alcohols, preferably monoalcohols; optionally hydroxylated monoesters, diesters or triesters of a C2-C8 monocarboxylic or polycarboxylic acid and of a C2-C8 alcohol; esters of a C2-C8 polyol and of one or more C2-C8 carboxylic acids, at least one second non-volatile oil chosen from silicone oils and/or fluoro oils; at least one third oil, the said third oil being chosen from hydrocarbon-based oils other than the said first oil; at least one surfactant, preferably non-ionic.
US11478409B2
The present invention relates to gel cream anti-aging cosmetic compositions in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising sensory ingredients that are suitable for the complete treatment of the skin and also provide specific benefits for day and night care, which complement each other.
US11478384B2
An absorbent article has a top sheet, a back sheet, and an absorbent assembly positioned between the back sheet and the top sheet. The absorbent article includes a fluid intake layer positioned between the absorbent assembly and the top sheet. The fluid intake layer has a rearward-facing arch located in a back portion of the fluid intake layer. The fluid intake layer has an opening. The absorbent article includes a first lateral stiffener and a second lateral stiffener extending along a majority of the longitudinal side edges of the fluid intake layer. The absorbent article includes a first flexure, a second flexure, and a third flexure in a rear portion of the absorbent article.
US11478381B2
A device (100) for compensating for part of the visual field comprises a wearable frame (110) configured to rest upon the face of a subject. An image capture device (120) is configured to capture an image from a first region (20) of the subject's visual field the first region being identified as a region of the visual field in which the subject's vision is impaired, and relay the image to an image display unit (130). The image display unit (130) is configured to project the image onto a region of the subject's retina that corresponds to a second region of the subject's visual field, in which the subject's vision is identified as non-impaired. Associated methods are also described.
US11478376B2
Systems and methods provide for holding surgical drain evacuators in inelastic expandable pouches. Particularly, apparatuses and methods include or utilize garments for supporting and protecting surgical drain evacuators and surgical drains include straps or belts for attaching the garment to a patient. The garments include one or more expandable pouches configured to receive a surgical drain evacuator, wherein the expandable pouch is formed of a flexible inelastic material.
US11478373B2
An orthotic device including a frame assembly and a support structure. The frame assembly includes at least one frame having a first frame opening and a second frame opening. The support structure assembly includes at least one support structure supported by the at least one frame. The at least one support structure includes a mounting portion; a slide engagement member supported by the mounting portion configured to engage the first frame opening; and, at least one snap engagement member supported by the mounting portion configured to engage the second frame opening. The slide engagement member and the at least one snap engagement member are integrally formed with the mounting portion. In another embodiment the orthotic device includes a latch mechanism including a lever assembly, a draw bar, a chafe, a catch, and a first snap fit ledge.
US11478372B2
A method, system, apparatus, and/or device for supporting a plantar flexion ridge. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include: a sheath; a stretch cord extending along an interior of the sheath from a first end of the sheath to a second end of the sheath; a first buckle attached to a first end of the stretch cord; a first sleeve configured to cover at least a portion of the first end of stretch cord; a second buckle attached to a second end of the stretch cord; and a second sleeve configured to cover at least a portion of the second end of stretch cord.
US11478364B2
A vertical suspension system for a prosthetic foot includes a first member operatively coupleable to an amputee's residual leg. The suspension system can also include a second member coupleable to a prosthetic foot. One or more upper leaf springs and one or more lower leaf springs extend between and are attached to the first and second members such that at least one of the ends of each leaf spring is rotationally fixed to the first or second members, where the upper an lower leaf springs are spaced apart from each other.
US11478356B2
A bone graft containment device includes a body formed via one or more helical structures extending about a longitudinal axis of the body from a first end to a second end to define a channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The channel is configured to receive a bone graft or bone graft substitute material therein, the one or more helical structures formed of a material permitting the body to be one of expanded, compressed and curved to fill a target space of a target bone.
US11478355B2
The invention relates to an implant for covering bone defects in the jaw region, which comprises a magnesium film.
US11478346B2
Embolic material capture catheters and related devices and methods constrain a distal end portion of an embolic material capture element in an insertion configuration. A method of deploying an embolic material capture element in a blood vessel includes constraining a distal end portion of the embolic material capture element in an insertion configuration via engagement with a dilator assembly. The embolic material capture element, in the insertion configuration, is advanced through the blood vessel. A deployment cap of the dilator assembly is distally advanced relative to a dilator sheath of the dilator assembly to release the distal end portion of the embolic material capture element from engagement with the dilator assembly to reconfigure the embolic material capture element from the insertion configuration to a fully deployed configuration via self-expansion of the embolic material capture element.
US11478342B2
A brush head is provided on the front surface at a distal-end-side part of a neck of a replaceable brush. A fitting shaft portion is provided on a planting base of the brush head so as to protrude rearward and penetrate through a support wall portion of the neck. A shaft hole is formed at a rotation center of a brush head body of the brush head so as to extend frontward from a rear surface of the brush head body. The neck has ahead support shaft mounted to the shaft hole so as to rotatably support the brush head. A front end of the head support shaft is located frontward of a rear surface of the planting base, and power from the driving portion is transmitted to a rear part of the fitting shaft portion.
US11478341B2
An interdental cleaning tool (1) comprises a base (10) having a shaft (20) that has a shape to be inserted into an interdental space, wherein the base (10) is formed of a composite material comprising a synthetic resin, a reinforcement material and a low-hardness resin having a lower hardness than the hardness of the synthetic resin.
US11478324B2
A loading unit detection system includes an elongate member, a loading unit, a magnet, and a GMR IC. The elongate member defines a receiver. The loading unit includes a connector that is configured to be received within the receiver to releasably couple the loading unit to the elongate member. The magnet is supported on the connector and is configured to translate relative to the elongate member as the connector is received within the receiver. The GMR IC is embedded within the elongate member and is configured to output a differential voltage in response to a magnetic field produced by the magnet of the loading unit. The differential voltage is indicative of the position of the loading unit within the receiver of the elongate member.
US11478320B2
The medical device holder can be attached to a plurality of different support structures to retain a medical device at a convenient location near a patient. The medical device holder includes an elongated housing which defines a pair of storage areas for a medical device. The housing is formed of a first planar member fixed to a second concave member. The concave member defines first and second chambers, the first being generally L-shaped.
US11478319B1
Implementations of glove dispensers may include a sealed first end and a sealed second end opposite the sealed first end, a first plurality of openings extending through the first sealed end, a second plurality of openings extending through the second sealed end, and a first opening extending through a sidewall of the flexible bag. Implementations of glove dispensers may also include a first plurality of gloves included within the flexible bag. A cuff of a glove of the first plurality of gloves may be exposed through the first opening. The first plurality openings and the second plurality of openings may be configured to couple to a dispenser rack. The glove dispenser may be configured to stretch between the sealed first end and the sealed second end when coupled to the dispenser rack.
US11478298B2
Neuromodulation catheter systems with controlled irrigation capabilities and methods for using such systems are disclosed herein. One such method includes, for example, positioning an irrigated neuromodulation catheter at a treatment site within a renal blood vessel of a human patient, delivering neuromodulation energy at the treatment site, and delivering irrigation fluid to the treatment site having characteristics coordinated with the delivered energy. The characteristics can be adjusted to maintain an energy delivery element and/or tissue of the blood vessel at a constant temperature as power is increased. The method can further include monitoring at least one parameter of the tissue and/or of the energy delivery element, and adjusting the neuromodulation energy and/or the characteristics of the irrigation fluid if the at least one parameter falls outside of a treatment range of values.
US11478296B2
A medical device system for the delivery of energy to a region of a patient's anatomy is provided. An introducer tube defines a lumen therein and bears a first electrode. A second electrode is movable within the lumen between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position, the second electrode is substantially disposed within the lumen. In the extended position, the second electrode extends at least partially beyond the distal end of the introducer tube. In one form, the introducer tube is configured to substantially hold the second electrode within the lumen in a predetermined orientation in the extended position, and the introducer tube prevents the second electrode from substantially rotating within the lumen of the introducer tube during movement into the extended position. In one form, the introducer tube is more flexible in a first plane than in a second plane.
US11478293B2
An electrosurgical generator having connectors for an electrosurgical instrument including a high-voltage generator electrically connected to the connectors and produces a high-frequency alternating current in its activated state and output said high-frequency alternating current via the connectors. The electrosurgical generator has an effective power determination unit including a phase shift determination unit that supplies an output signal representing a phase shift between the current and the voltage of an alternating current output during operation. The phase shift determination unit produces a pulsed DC voltage signal, in which the pulse width reflects a time difference between the zero crossings of the current and the voltage—and consequently the phase shift—and to process the pulsed DC voltage signal by way of a low-pass filter to form a low-pass filter output signal, the magnitude of which depends on the pulse width of the pulses of the pulsed DC voltage signal.
US11478287B2
The present invention relates generally to implants used in medical procedures such as bone fixation or fusion. More specifically, this application relates to fenestrated implants used in bone fixation or fusion.
US11478285B2
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method of arthrodesis or osteosyntheses of a first bone part and a second bone part, including the steps of positioning a first fixation zone of an implant in the first bone part and a second fixation zone of the implant in the second bone part, both the first and second zones made of shape-memory material and, prior to positioning the bone parts, are in an inner position; and while the first fixation zone is within the first bone part and the second fixation zone is within the second bone part, fixating the respective first and second fixation zones within the respective bone parts through shape-memory action at body temperature.
US11478283B2
An anterior cervical plate system is provided. The cervical plate includes a retention ring with a deflectable flange that is upwardly spaced from the top surface of the ring and configured to prevent an inserted bone fastener from backing out of the plate. The plate includes a locking pin having a camming surface and a blocking surface. When the camming surface is moved into position adjacent to the flange, the flange is free to flex out of the way of a bone screw being inserted into or removed from the plate. When the blocking surface is positioned adjacent to the flange, outward deflection of the flange is prevented to retain the bone screw inside the plate. The locking pin is rotated through a camming surface to bring a blocking surface against the flange deflecting the flange onto the head of the bone screw.
US11478276B2
An external load bearing distracting device, which can be positioned to fully unload a knee joint cartilage while providing the knee joint normal motion, for an articulating anatomical joint. The device includes first and second rotatable extensions arranged longitudinally on opposite sides of the joint, and first and second translational inserts slidably arranged inside the first and second rotatable extensions, respectively. The joint may comprise a ball-and-ring-joint or a cardan joint. The first and second translational inserts include a threaded portion and a pair of threaded nuts thereon, which abut a retainer on each of the first and second rotatable extensions to limit longitudinal translation. The external load-bearing distracting device is temporarily attached to the patient, preferably for a period of 6 to 8 weeks, and is intended for use to treat osteoarthritis, focal cartilage defects, and fractures inside the knee joint, among other conditions of articulating anatomical joints.
US11478271B2
A surgical probe and a method for forming and enlarging an access opening through a psoas muscle to provide for minimally invasive lateral approach for surgical access to a lumber intervertebral disc. A distal end portion of the probe is equipped with an electrode useful for confirming proper location of the probe and includes an inflatable dilator body for enlarging an access opening through tissue adjacent to a spinal column. The probe includes a cannula through which a K wire can be extended to anchor the probe to a patient.
US11478258B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes removably attaching an input device of a surgical feedback system to a surgical tool having a handle. The input device has at least one sensor configured to collect a plurality of original signals. The plurality of original signals has at least one of an acoustic signal or a vibration signal. The surgical tool contacts tissue of a patient. And, a notification of the type of tissue being contacted by the surgical tool is received.
US11478256B1
A tool for surgically removing tissue of a patient includes a body, a flexible rotating shaft that drives a distal cutting tool and is drivingly coupled to a motor supported by bearings in a flexible tubular sheath to allow the shaft to rotate and be shifted longitudinally. Steering cables in the sheath control the flexion of the sheath. A processor controls the operation to ensure that the cutting tool operates within a predetermined resection area, controlling a combination of motor speed, sheath flexion, and shaft retraction to assist surgery in the resection area.
US11478251B2
This invention relates to an aneurysm occluder, and more particularly but not exclusively, to an endovascular aneurysm occluder that can be inserted into an aneurysm cavity by using endovascular surgical procedures. The aneurysm occluder has a deformable housing and an absorber or material that causes blood clotting made of an absorbent material in or attached to the housing.
US11478250B2
A method of providing retrograde perfusion of a patient's brain includes occluding a jugular vein of a subject at a jugular occlusion location, and passively shunting arterial blood from an artery of the subject to a location in the jugular vein distal to the jugular occlusion location.
US11478248B2
The present invention provides a percutaneous vascular surgical system for performing endovascular/neurovascular interventions, the system incorporating a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a main lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, an auxiliary lumen also defined by the sheath, a reversibly inflatable balloon located about the sheath adjacent the distal end and in fluid communication with the auxiliary lumen, a syringe selectively connectable to the main lumen to create suction through the main lumen, and a vessel closure device for the closure of the arteriotomy, the surgical system and method of the invention having utility in a large number of percutaneous vascular procedures such as carotid artery stenosis or neurovascular interventions and enabling four procedures to be performed with one system, being percutaneous access, emboli removal, flow reversal and arteriotomy closure.
US11478247B2
A surgical instrument that includes an elongated shaft that defines defining a central axis. The elongated shaft may have a distal end portion that is configured to operably support a circular staple cartridge therein. A tissue acquisition shaft may be axially movable within the elongated shaft such that a distal end portion of the tissue acquisition shaft may be distally advanced beyond the distal end portion of the elongated shaft. At least one tissue acquisition member may be pivotally attached to the distal end portion of the tissue acquisition shaft such that at least one tissue acquisition member is selectively pivotable about a corresponding acquisition axis that is substantially parallel to the central axis from a retracted position to deployed positions upon application of a deployment motion thereto. Various embodiments include an annular cutting member that is supported by the distal end of the elongated shaft for selective axial travel relative thereto.
US11478245B2
Surgical stapling apparatuses have a buttress attached thereto. The buttress includes an elongate rectangular body having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and opposing lateral sides running along the elongate rectangular body from the proximal portion to the distal portion. The buttress possesses a layer of a therapeutic agent on at least the proximal portion. In embodiments the buttress possesses the therapeutic agent at both the proximal portion and the distal portion.
US11478241B2
A staple cartridge comprising a cartridge body comprising a longitudinal slot, a deck surface, and a plurality of staple cavities defined in the cartridge body is disclosed. The cartridge body further comprises a plurality of projections extending from the deck surface. A surface of each projection is flush with one of a proximal end wall and a distal end wall of each staple cavity. The staple cartridge further comprises staples removably stored in the staple cavities.
US11478233B2
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to valve configurations providing sealable access for medical instruments to a working channel, such as a working channel for an endoscope.
US11478226B2
An exemplary system, method and computer-accessible medium for detecting an anomaly(ies) in an anatomical structure(s) of a patient(s) can be provided, which can include, for example, receiving imaging information related to the anatomical structure(s) of the patient(s), classifying a feature(s) of the anatomical structure(s) based on the imaging information using a neural network (s), and detecting the anomaly(ies) based on data generated using the classification procedure. The imaging information can include at least three images of the anatomical structure(s).
US11478205B2
A radiographic image display apparatus 3 included in a radiographic imaging system 100 includes a hardware processor that obtains an image data item on each of the frame images generated by the radiographic imaging apparatus 2, detects a situation of the subject at least at a time point in the dynamic imaging, associates the detected situation of the subject with the obtained image data items, and issues a specific output for notification that the subject is in a specific situation when the subject is in a state of a specific frame image fs, in a case where the display is caused to display the specific frame image fs, this specific frame image fs being taken when it is detected that the situation of the subject is the specific situation.
US11478195B2
A multi-sensor system may include a catheter that has lumen, is flexible, is made of a polymer, and has a circular cross section that has an outer diameter of no more than 0.5 cm; and one or more sensors that sense multiple characteristics of material flowing within the lumen, including at least two of the following: flow rate, pressure, and composition of the material. A multi-sensor system may include a catheter that has lumen, is flexible, is made of a polymer, and has a circular cross section that has an outer diameter of no more than 0.5 cm; and one or more sensors that sense multiple characteristics of material flowing within the lumen, including at least two of the following: flow rate, pressure, and composition of the material.
US11478194B2
Described herein are variations of an analyte monitoring system, including an analyte monitoring device. For example, an analyte monitoring device may include an implantable microneedle array for use in measuring one or more analytes (e.g., glucose), such as in a continuous manner. The microneedle array may include, for example, at least one microneedle including a tapered distal portion having an insulated distal apex, and an electrode on a surface of the tapered distal portion located proximal to the insulated distal apex. At least some of the microneedles may be electrically isolated such that one or more electrodes is individually addressable.
US11478181B2
A vital signs monitoring patch with integrated display (VSM) includes a user access layer for accessing a display section and a first printed silver-silver chloride (Ag—AgCl) electrode. A polyethylene foam layer including battery and plunger cut-outs. A printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) layer including vitals sign monitoring sensors and the battery and connected to the first and second printed Ag—AgCl electrodes. The polyethylene foam layer bonded to the user access layer and the PCBA layer. A sensor layer including reflection mode oximetry components and the second printed Ag—AgCl electrode. A hydrogel conductive adhesive to interact between a user skin and the second printed Ag—AgCl electrode. A medical tape layer bonded to the user skin and the sensor layer. A plunger connected to the PCBA layer and configured to power on the VSM, where user access of the first printed Ag—AgCl electrode completes a circuit with the second printed Ag—AgCl electrode.
US11478170B2
A tissue oximetry device utilizes at least three or at least four different wavelengths of light for collection of reflectance data where the different wavelengths are longer than 730 nanometers. The three or four wavelengths are utilized to generate a range of reflectance data suited for accurate determination of oxygenated hemoglobin and deoxygenated hemoglobin concentrations. The relatively long wavelengths decrease optical interference from certain dyes, particularly methylene blue and PVPI, which may be present on tissue being analyzed for viability and further enhance the generation of accurate reflectance data. The wavelengths are 760 nanometers, 810 nanometers, and 850 nanometers, or 760 nanometers, 810 nanometers, 850 nanometers, and 900 nanometers.
US11478168B2
A data processing method for determining a range of motion of an artificial knee joint which connects a femur and a tibia via a medial ligament and a lateral ligament, wherein at least the femur comprises an implant which forms a medial condyle and a lateral condyle, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring the maximum lengths of the lateral ligament and the medial ligament for a particular flexion angle of the knee joint; calculating a first virtual position between the femur and the tibia in which the lateral condyle of the femoral implant touches the tibia and the medial ligament is stretched to its maximum length; calculating a maximum valgus angle of the range of motion from the first virtual position; calculating a second virtual position between the femur and the tibia in which the medial condyle of the femoral implant touches the tibia and the lateral ligament is stretched to its maximum length; and calculating a maximum yarns angle of the range of motion from the second virtual position.
US11478163B2
Methods, devices, systems and apparatus for determining emphysema thresholds for processing a pulmonary medical image are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: determining lung lobe regions in the pulmonary medical image, and, for each of the lung lobe regions, clustering CT values in the lung lobe region to divide the lung lobe region into a first sub region and a second sub region and acquiring a CT value corresponding to an intersection of a first CT value distribution function for the first sub region and a second CT value distribution function for the second sub region in the lung lobe region as an emphysema threshold for the lung lobe region.
US11478155B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system and method for determining a risk, onset, or presence of hypovolemia based on one or more features of a plethysmographic waveform during a patient breathing cycle. For example, a hypovolemic patient may exhibit characteristic changes in pulse amplitude or stroke volume during inhalation and exhalation relative to a healthy patient. Further, a trend or pattern of such features may be used to assess the patient's fluid condition.
US11478153B2
A system utilizing thermoacoustic imaging to estimate tissue temperature within a region of interest that includes an object of interest and a reference which are separated by at least one boundary located at least at two boundary locations. The system uses a thermoacoustic imaging system that includes an adjustable radio frequency (RF) applicator configured to emit RF energy pulses into the tissue region of interest and heat tissue therein and an acoustic receiver configured to receive multi-polar acoustic signals generated in response to heating of tissue in the region of interest; and one or more processors that are able to: process received multi-polar acoustic generated in the region of interest in response to the RF energy pulses to determine a peak-to-peak amplitude thereof; and calculate a temperature at the at least two boundary locations using the peak-to-peak amplitudes of the multi-polar acoustic signals and a distance between the boundary locations.
US11478145B2
A method performed by a multispectral or hyperspectral meibomian gland imaging device is disclosed, which comprises directing light having visible and infrared spectra from a broadband illuminator toward an everted eyelid; forming images of the everted eyelid using an imaging system; recording the images using a detection system, which separates the images into spectral channels, which include at least one visible spectral channel and at least one infrared spectral channel; displaying the recorded images to adjust the position of the subject to optimize image quality; digitally processing the recorded images to obtain spatial and spectral information; evaluating the health of at least one meibomian gland of the eyelid by analyzing the information. Also disclosed is a multispectral or hyperspectral meibomian gland imaging device, comprising a broadband illuminator directing light that covers visible and infrared spectra; an imaging system, and a detection system.
US11478129B2
Systems and methods are provided for injecting one or more agents into tissue within a patient's body that includes a catheter. A needle guide extends from a distal end of the catheter and terminates at a distal tip, e.g., including a foot with an atraumatic contact surface, the needle guide having a cross-section smaller than the distal end and being biased to a curved shape. The needle guide includes a passage communicating from a lumen of the catheter to an outlet at the distal tip, and a needle device is disposed within the passage that may be deployed from the outlet to inject one or more agents into tissue. The catheter also includes an imaging assembly on the distal end configured to acquire images of tissue adjacent the needle guide distal tip.
US11478127B2
A polymeric device including: an elongated hollow tube having an outer surface; and a spiral fin wound around the outer surface of the hollow tube; wherein the hollow tube and the spiral fin are formed of a single unitary piece through a molding process. The polymeric device can further include a longitudinal projection projecting from the outer surface of the hollow tube, the longitudinal projection having a greater thickness than other portions of the hollow tube and the longitudinal projection extending at least a portion of a longitudinal length of the hollow tube.
US11478126B2
A video laryngoscope and elongate laryngoscope insertion section for a video laryngoscope, comprising a viewing port through which an imaging device within the insertion section can obtain images of a larynx, the insertion section extending between a distal end for insertion into a subject and an opposite proximal end, and having an inferior surface and an opposed superior surface, wherein the insertion section comprises a proximal region where the insertion section extends through a subject's teeth in use, a distal region extending to the distal end and an intermediate region therebetween, wherein the inferior surface of the insertion section comprises or consists of a curved region which extends from the proximal region through the intermediate region to the distal region, wherein the curved region of the inferior surface is continuously longitudinally curved along the length of the longitudinally curved region and wherein the longitudinal curvature of the curved region of the inferior surface varies in the intermediate region. Markings on an elongate laryngoscope insertion can be used to monitor depth of insertion and to indicate a path by which an endotracheal tube should be inserted.
US11478124B2
Systems and methods are provided for delivering consistent high quality, cost efficient results in fixed or mobile endoscopy facilities, without requiring the continuous real-time involvement of a fellowship trained gastroenterologist, by integrating patient specific information into decision support systems and AI/machine learning systems employed during the planning and examination phases of the endoscopy procedure.
US11478121B1
A dishwashing appliance with a filtration assembly capable of removing/shredding/pulverizing large dishwashing debris from recirculated dishwashing fluid is provided. The dishwashing appliance may include a tub, a spray system, a recirculation pump, a drainage pump, and a grinding type filtration assembly in fluid communication with the spray system, the recirculation pump, and the drainage pump.
US11478114B2
A toilet seat apparatus according to an embodiment is a toilet seat apparatus to be placed on an upper part of a toilet bowl, the toilet seat apparatus including: a toilet seat on which a user sits; a light emitting unit that emits light; and a light receiving unit that receives light; first memory that stores data received by the light receiving unit; and an arithmetic processing device that executes transfer of data received by the light receiving unit to the first memory, and analysis and deletion of data stored in the first memory, in which the arithmetic processing device transfers the data received by the light receiving unit to the first memory, and deletes the data temporarily stored in the first memory when the data has been analyzed to be data that is not data based on the reflected light from falling feces.
US11478113B1
A pivoting toilet paper holder system providing easy access to toilet paper. The novel system uses a pivoting shaped arm and a stop assist. The system has embodiments, alternatives, and variations.
US11478101B2
In one aspect, an adjustable mount assembly for mounting a covering rod relative to an adjacent architectural structure comprises a rod mount including a base plate having an inner side and an outer side opposite the inner side. In addition, the rod mount further includes a rod cradle extending outwardly from the outer side of the base plate, with the rod mount being rotatable about a mount axis to adjust a circumferential position of the rod cradle. The mount assembly also includes an engagement member supported relative to the rod mount such that the engagement member is configured to engage at least a portion of the rod mount as the mount is rotated relative to the engagement member about the mount axis.
US11478085B2
A locking device for an armrest pole. The locking device comprises a housing element configured for slidably accommodating the armrest pole. A locking handle comprises an abutment end, the locking handle is rotatably connected to the housing element and configured for rotation between a locked position where the armrest pole is fixed in the locking device and an unlocked position where the armrest pole is slidable in the locking device. The locking device also comprises a wedge element comprising a wedge and an abutment portion, the abutment portion configured for being directly or indirectly biased by the abutment end, the wedge configured and arranged for at least partly insertion between a portion of the armrest pole and at least a portion of the housing element in the locked position.
US11478084B2
A system may include a seat assembly. The seat assembly may include a seat base, a seat portion mounted to the seat base, and an armrest assembly configured to be in an up position or a down position. The armrest assembly may include a handle operable by a user to lock or unlock at least one functionality of at least one adjustable seat assembly feature. Operation of the handle may be configured at least to: unlock the at least one functionality of at least one adjustable seat assembly feature while locking the armrest assembly from moving between the up position and the down position.
US11478052B1
Emerald-cut diamond with length/width of 1.35 to 1.40; table of 55 to 60 percent; corner ratio of 13.5 to 14.5 percent; girdle thickness up to 3 percent; crown main angle of 28 to 45 degrees; first crown break angle of 2 to 6 degrees; second crown break angle of 2 to 6 degrees; pavilion main angle of 43 to 48 degrees; first pavilion break angle of 2 to 5 degrees; and second pavilion break angle of 2 to 5 degrees. Diamonds cut in accordance with these parameters may have light performance 0-grade domains on a grade map with wide crown and pavilion mains ranges. A method cuts the diamond according to the parameters, and may include selecting crown and pavilion main angles from the map, and cutting the diamond sufficiently close to the selected cutting parameters to obtain the light performance grade of 0.
US11478050B2
Disclosed is a closure device for releasably connecting two parts, including a first closure part which includes a first base body, and a second closure part which includes a second base body. The first closure part and the second closure part can be attached to each other such that in a closed position the first base body and the second base body at least partly are at least positively connected with each other to support a load acting between the first closure part and the second closure part along a load direction, and holding of the first and second closure parts against each other in the closed position is magnetically supported. An engagement opening is formed on the first base body as a through opening into which an engagement portion of the second base body protrudes in the closed position.
US11478038B2
An article of footwear may include an upper incorporating a knitted component. An inlaid strand extends through the knitted component. A combination feeder may be utilized to inlay the strand within the knitted component. As an example, the combination feeder may include a feeder arm that reciprocates between a retracted position and an extended position. In manufacturing the knitted component, the feeder inlays the strand when the feeder arm is in the extended position, and the strand is absent from the knitted component when the feeder arm is in the retracted position.
US11478031B2
Disclosed is a fabric having a first side and a second side, that is provided at least on part of the first side with a pattern of protrusions, wherein the protrusions comprise an expanded heat-expanding material, namely a heat-expanding material that has been expanded by heating. A polymeric layer is provided to the woven fabric to coat at least part of the protrusions. Also disclosed is a process for the production of the fabric and a garment comprising the fabric.
US11478030B2
A headband is provided which has a fabric layer defining pockets, padding layers positioned circumferentially around the headband in the pockets, and an impact panel. The impact panel is positioned to be proximate to the forehead of a wearer of the headband. One of the padding layers is positioned behind the impact panel, such that the padding layer is positioned between the impact panel and the forehead of a wearer.
US11478025B2
A therapeutic garment for cooling an arm of a user includes a vest that is configured to position over a torso of the user. A sleeve is coupled to and extends from a circumference of an armhole of the vest so that the sleeve is configured to insert the arm of the user. The sleeve comprises an inner layer that is coupled to an outer layer so that the inner layer and the outer layer define an interior space. The interior space extends from a cuff of the sleeve to the armhole. An orifice is positioned in the outer layer proximate to the armhole. The orifice is configured to selectively insert a cooling material into the interior space, positioning the cooling material to cool the arm of the user. A closure is coupled to the outer layer proximate to the orifice and is positioned to selectively and sealably close the orifice.
US11478016B2
There is provided a device for generating an inhalable aerosol or gas, the device including an aerosol generating material having an integrated electrical resistance heating element, so that the aerosol generating material may be heated in direct contact with the electrical resistance heating element, wherein the aerosol generating material is provided as a unitary structure or coating which may be heated to generate multiple deliveries of an inhalable aerosol or gas. There is also provided a method for fabricating the device. There is also provided the use of the device and the use of the aerosol generating material, to generate an inhalable aerosol or gas.
US11478004B2
The invention relates to a manufacturing process for the production of a bouillon tablet or bouillon cube. In particularly the invention relates to a process for the production of a bouillon tablet or bouillon cube wherein the hygroscopic amorphous ingredients are encapsulated with fat and wherein the encapsulated hygroscopic amorphous ingredients have a fat content of between 22 to 80%.
US11477995B2
A process for producing a protein product for addition to raw meat wherein the source of the protein product is animal muscle or mechanically deboned meat. The animal muscle tissue is homogenized. Protein in the homogenate is solubilized. Solubilized homogenate is heated to a temperature required for pasteurization and/or sterilization according to known standards. The homogenate is then optionally adjusted to a value at which the protein precipitates. The protein product of the present invention is free of bacteria and toxins and can be used as meat or added to raw meat for delivery to a consumer as uncooked meat.
US11477984B2
The present invention relates to fungicidal mixtures comprising, as active components, Mefentrifluconazole and at least one of the following compounds: (4-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 2-amino-6-methyl-pyridine-3-carboxylate, 4-(2-bromo-4-fluoro-phenyl)-N-(2-chloro-6-fluoro-phenyl)-2,5-dimethyl-pyrazol-3-amine, 3-(difluoromethyl)-N-(7-fluoro-1,1,3-trimethyl-indan-4-yl)-1-methyl-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, 3-[(3,4-dichloroisothiazol-5-yl)methoxy]-1,2-benzothiazole 1,1-dioxide, 2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-1,1-difluoro-3-(tetrazol-1-yl)-1-[5-[4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenyl]-2-pyridyl]propan-2-ol, 2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-1,1-difluoro-3-(tetrazol-1-yl)-1-[5-[4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]-2-pyridyl]propan-2-ol, 1,3-dimethyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide or N-[(2Z)-2-[3-chloro-5-(2-cyclopropylethynyl)-2-pyridyl]-2-isopropoxyimino-ethyl]-3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, methods for controlling harmful fungi using such mixtures, the use of Mefentrifluconazole with the above mentioned compounds for preparing such mixtures, compositions and plant propagation material comprising such mixtures.
US11477980B2
The invention relates to hunting equipment, specifically hunting blinds. It is a hunting blind which is installed surrounding a tree trunk. The hunting blind has a hole in the top, where a tree trunk can fit, and has a split or opening extending from the hole on top to the bottom edge, which can be closed after the blind is placed around the tree trunk.
US11477973B2
A pest control and/or detection system generally includes an electrically conductive bait matrix including at least one carrier material that is at least one of palatable, a phagostimulant and/or consumable and/or displaceable by pests, and a plurality of electrically conductive particles. The electrically conductive particles are substantially randomly interspersed throughout the at least one carrier material. The at least one carrier material includes a thermoplastic material and/or a resin.
US11477969B2
Methods, uses, and animals for introgression of alleles between animals, including SNPs. One embodiment involves introducing a targeted targeting endonuclease system and a HDR template into a cell with a mismatch in the binding of the targeting endonuclease and the targeted site.
US11477968B2
An object pick-up, transfer and placement apparatus which does not employ a source of negative pressure. A flexible bellow defines a collapsible interior chamber and a top through-bore in communication with atmospheric or greater pressure via a valve. The bellow collapses when contacting an object, and the valve is closed, preventing air from entering the interior chamber. When the apparatus is used to lift the object, the bellow expands, causing reduced pressure in the interior chamber, securing the object to the apparatus. To release the object, the valve is opened, allowing entry of air to the interior chamber, and release of the object. This invention prevents contamination on egg shell surfaces to become air-born and cross-contaminate the entire egg pack, equipment surfaces, floors and other facility surfaces which in turn creates a hazardous working environment.
US11477967B2
The present disclosure provides a microfluidic device and system for measuring a composite electropharyngeogram (EPG) signal from a pool of multiple nematodes, wherein the composite EPG signal is measured from the pool of nematodes present in a single recording channel connected to two or more integrated electrodes. The microfluidic device includes an inlet port and outlet port directly connected to a single recording channel and two or more electrodes directly connected to the recording channel. The recording channel is configured to hold 10 to 10,000 nematodes.
US11477966B2
A no choke, control harness for a quadruped with left and right slidably adjustable fixed aperture removable leg loops which are joined by a main harness strap that traverses over the back and interconnects the frontal left and right leg loops with rear body loop and having a plurality of leash connection points for an adaptive leading experience. Other embodiments are described and shown.
US11477965B2
A securing device that secures an animal chew to prevent animal choking. A chew with one or more boreholes may be inserted into the cavity. A pin is inserted, through the body until it passes through the borehole. A latch obstructs the head of the pin so that the animal cannot work the pin free while enjoying the chew. To remove the pin, the animal's caretaker can apply force to the end of the pin to push it free past the latch.
US11477959B1
A novel maize variety designated PH4D5M and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4D5M with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4D5M 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 PH4D5M or a locus conversion of PH4D5M with another maize variety.
US11477958B1
A novel maize variety designated PH4D56 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4D56 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4D56 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 PH4D56 or a locus conversion of PH4D56 with another maize variety.
US11477955B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to upright heading iceberg lettuce plants including a space between the base of the head and the top of the ground, wherein the space includes an increased length of core outside of the processing material of the head (i.e., external stem). The increased external stem lengths of the upright heading iceberg lettuce plants of the present disclosure make them suitable for machine harvesting. Other aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods of generating and selecting upright heading iceberg lettuce plants. New upright heading iceberg lettuce varieties designated ‘E01E.70111’ Lot A, ‘E01E.70111’ Lot B, ‘E01E.70168’ Lot A, and ‘E01E.70168’ Lot B are described.
US11477939B2
A mower deck insert includes a first cutting chamber, a second cutting chamber, and a discharge passage extending adjacent to the first cutting chamber and the second cutting chamber. The first cutting chamber includes a first axial scroll extending about a first vertical axis. The first axial scroll includes a first upper surface having a first start region and a first end region. The second cutting chamber includes a second axial scroll extending about a second vertical axis. The second axial scroll includes a second upper surface having a second start region and a second end region. The first start region is vertically lower than the first end region, and the second start region is vertically lower than the second end region.
US11483937B2
An example of a method of making a printed structure comprises providing a destination substrate, contact pads disposed on the destination substrate, and a layer of adhesive disposed on the destination substrate. A stamp with a component adhered to the stamp is provided. The component comprises a stamp side in contact with the stamp and a post side opposite the stamp side, a circuit, and connection posts extending from the post side. Each of the connection posts is electrically connected to the circuit. The component is pressed into contact with the adhesive layer to adhere the component to the destination substrate and to form a printed structure having a volume defined between the component and the destination substrate. The stamp is removed and the printed structure is processed to fill or reduce the volume.
US11483927B2
A component carrier includes an electrically insulating layer structure having a first main surface and a second main surface with a through hole extending through the electrically insulating layer structure between the first main surface and the second main surface. An electrically conductive bridge structure connects opposing sidewalls of the electrically insulating layer structure delimiting the through hole. A vertical thickness of the electrically insulating layer structure is not more than 200 μm and a narrowest vertical thickness of the bridge structure is at least 20 μm.
US11483925B2
A circuit board is manufactured by mounting a first circuit layer, mounting a conductive bump on the first circuit layer, covering the first circuit layer with a first dielectric layer which exposes the conductive bump, mounting a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer with a second dielectric layer opening that exposes the conductive bump, and finally, mounting a second circuit layer on the surface of the second dielectric layer and in the second dielectric layer opening. Since the surface roughness of the second dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer opening is low, it is unlikely to form nano voids between the second dielectric layer and the second circuit layer, and the second circuit layer may be attached to the second dielectric layer firmly, which is an advantage for fine line circuit disposal.
US11483924B2
A substrate support structure includes: a substrate support including: a support body; and a protrusion including a base portion and a leading-end portion, the protrusion protruding from the support body; and a substrate having: a substrate body; a through hole provided at the substrate body; and a protruded portion surrounding the through hole, the protruded portion protruding from a first face of the substrate body, in which the base portion of the protrusion passes through the through hole, and the leading-end portion protrudes from the first face of the substrate body inside the protruded portion and engages with the substrate body such that the through hole is covered.
US11483921B2
A holder has a holding body, a spring member, and a tensioning member. The holding body forms a cavity to receive the electronic component. A connecting section has a thermally conductive heat conductive section adjacent to the cavity. The tensioning member tensions the spring member. The spring member supports itself in a tensioned state on a counter-holding member. The spring member moves a connecting surface of the holding body to the cooling body and/or presses it against the cooling body.
US11483913B2
An environmental control is configured to control lighting and/or other environmental parameters of an indoor space so that such parameters simulate measured outdoor environmental parameters. One or more sensors, such as a lighting sensor, can be mounted outdoor. Parameters measured by the sensor are communicated to a controller, which in turn controls one or more luminaires in the indoor space to simulate the actual outdoor light. In some instances the controller is configured to modulate the simulation to conform to user-defined preferences.
US11483911B2
A double ended retrofit Light Emitting Diode (LED) based lighting device for preventing an excess of leakage current during installation of said lighting device, said lighting device comprising: —an LED load arranged for emitting light; —an LED driver arranged for receiving an Alternating Current (AC) mains voltage between at least two terminals and for driving said LED load by providing an LED output current to said LED load, and a Direct Current (DC) Voltage to said LED load; —an under-voltage protection circuit, arranged for measuring said DC voltage and for providing a high ohmic return path between said at least two terminals when said measured voltage is lower than a predetermined threshold.
US11483908B1
Disclosed embodiments provide a luminaire device including a power supply, and a three-way light module installed within a housing. The device includes an input end which is connected to the power grid, and an output end is connected to a three-way LED light module through the power supply and a control module, and an LED driver. The group corresponds to the series connection current module. The device also includes a dimmer, the output of the dimmer is connected to the power input of the lamp, and the power output is passed through a signal detection unit. A centralized control unit such as a microcontroller receives the adjustable signal of the dimmer, and the controller controls the current modules of the 3 LED modules. This enabled the feature of precise adjustments of brightness and correlated color temperature (CCT) of the device.
US11483894B2
Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a communications apparatus for switching an RRC state. The method includes: sending, by a communications apparatus, indication information to a network device, where the indication information is used to indicate that the communications apparatus requests to enter an RRC inactive state; after completing a registration process of an RRC connected state, receiving, by the communications apparatus, an RRC connection release message that is sent by the network device based on the indication information, where the RRC connection release message is used to indicate the communications apparatus to enter the RRC inactive state; and entering, by the communications apparatus, the RRC inactive state from the RRC connected state based on the received RRC connection release message. In this way, energy consumption of the terminal-side communications apparatus can be effectively reduced, and network resource consumption can also be reduced.
US11483892B2
Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose communications methods and apparatuses. In an implementation, a method comprising receiving, by a first communications device, information about a radio bearer (RB) of a heterogeneous communications system, wherein a duplication operation for the RB is configured by a second communications device, and the first communications device and the second communications are comprised in a master node or a secondary node; generating, by the first communications device, an activation indication indicating whether to activate or deactivate the duplication operation of the RB, wherein whether to activate or deactivate the duplication operation is determined by the first communications device; and sending the activation indication to a terminal device.
US11483882B2
A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium provide for encoding a general packet radio service (GPRS)-tunnel endpoint identifier (GTP-TEID) with data identifying radio frequency (RF) bandwidths supported in a local radio environment (LRE) from which a user equipment (UE) device accesses the wireless access station; sending, via a signaling channel, the GTP-TEID to a core network device; notifying one or more core network devices of an RF bandwidth category level corresponding to the identified RF bandwidths; and applying at least one of a policy rule or a charging rule to a packet data unit (PDU) session for the UE device, based on the RF bandwidth category level.
US11483860B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may configure a user equipment (UE) with a multiple listen-before-talk (LBT) bandwidths, where each LBT bandwidth is associated with one or more downlink control channel candidates of a search space for a control resource set. The UE may monitor the LBT bandwidths during a wakeup signal period for a wakeup signal from the base station. The UE may be configured with a total number of blind hypotheses in the set of blind hypotheses which is equal to or greater than a total number of LBT bandwidths. The UE may determine whether to wake up and monitor an on duration of a discontinuous reception cycle based on detection of the wakeup signal.
US11483850B2
An uplink information transmission method and apparatus are disclosed. The uplink information transmission method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, downlink control information DCI sent by a network device, and determining, based on the DCI, a transmission resource of a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH scheduled by using the DCI, where the transmission resource of the PUSCH overlaps a transmission resource of a physical uplink control channel PUCCH in time domain, and the PUCCH is used to carry to-be-transmitted uplink control information UCI; and when a first condition is met, sending, by the terminal device, uplink data on the PUSCH, and skipping sending the UCI on the PUSCH.
US11483844B1
A wireless mesh network includes a first wireless access point (WAP) device designated as a primary device, where the first WAP device provides network connectivity to a plurality of client devices over a first dynamic frequency selection (DFS) channel. A second WAP device is designated as a secondary device to the first WAP device on the first DFS channel. In response to detection of a radar event by the first WAP device: the first WAP device transitions to being the secondary device on the first DFS channel; the second WAP device transitions to being the primary device on the first DFS channel; and the second WAP device performs a channel availability check (CAC) on a second DFS channel and communicates availability of the second DFS channel to the first WAP device.
US11483840B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining an indication that a communication device can access a communication service via a first radio access technology, configuring, responsive to the obtaining of the indication, the communication service in accordance with the first radio access technology, resulting in a configured communication service, receiving a request for the communication service from the communication device, and providing the configured communication service to the communication device responsive to the receiving of the request. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11483839B2
A wireless device receives one or more messages indicating transmission resource pools of a sidelink. The transmission resource pools comprise: a first transmission resource pool for a zone in which the wireless device is located and a second transmission resource pool. The wireless device is allowed to use the second transmission resource pool based on one or more thresholds associated with sidelink transport blocks. A determination is made that a transport block meets the one or more thresholds. A selection is made, based on the determination, of one or more sidelink resources from the first transmission resource pool and the second transmission resource pool. The transport block is transmitted via the one or more sidelink resources.
US11483838B2
A wireless communication device, method and system. The device includes a memory, and a processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is to: decode at least one signal field portion of a signal field of a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) Data Unit (PPDU) received over a bonded channel, the bonded channel comprising a plurality of subchannels including a punctured subchannel, the signal field portion on at least one unpunctured subchannel of the plurality of subchannels; determine, from the at least one signal field portion, information on a resource allocation for the device, the resource allocation indicating at least one resource unit (RU) used in a data field of the PPDU for the device; and decode a data field portion of the data field of the PPDU, the data field portion received on a part of the punctured subchannel based on the resource allocation.
US11483825B2
A method and a device for canceling an uplink transmission are provided. The method includes: when receiving an uplink transmission cancelation indication, determining a first starting time, where the first starting time is a starting time of a reference time region; and determining, based on the first starting time, a target time region for canceling the uplink transmission.
US11483821B2
The present disclosure relates to data sending methods, terminal devices, access network devices, and systems. One example method includes receiving, by a first terminal device, first resource configuration information from an access network device, where the first resource configuration information indicates a time-frequency resource for sending first data and at least one of frequency domain configuration information or time domain configuration information of the time-frequency resource, sending, by the first terminal device, first control information to a second terminal device, where the first control information indicates the time-frequency resource and at least one of the frequency domain configuration information or the time domain configuration information of the time-frequency resource, and sending, by the first terminal device, the first data to the second terminal device on the time-frequency resource.
US11483814B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that may enable a user equipment (UE) to monitor a shared spectrum to receive control signaling and data transmissions associated with different transmission time intervals (TTIs). For example, a base station may communicate with a UE according to a first transmission mode during a first, shortened TTI. The base station may transmit a downlink control channel for a shortened TTI based on a subset of a number of blind decodes or control channel elements. Additionally, a downlink control channel for a shortened TTI may contain grants for multiple TTIs. In some cases, the base station may transmit a signaling to the UE via a reference signal, downlink control channel, or radio resource control which may indicate a change from the shortened-TTI transmission mode to a transmission mode with a TTI duration that is longer than the first, shortened TTI duration.
US11483809B1
Systems and methods for operating a wireless communication system are provided. A network node can determine a first frequency band criteria and a second frequency band criteria based on information from an access node. The network node can determine a first timer duration of a first timer. The first timer duration can be based on the first frequency band criteria. The network node can determine a second timer duration of a second timer. The second timer can be based on the second frequency band criteria. The first timer duration can be different from the second timer duration. The access node can transmit the first timer duration and the second timer duration to the wireless device after the wireless device establishes communication with the access node.
US11483807B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for initiating beam training in systems that use beamformed wireless communications. A user equipment (UE) and a base station may establish communications using a first beam, and the UE may determine that a signal quality of the first beam is lower than a threshold value and that a beam training procedure is to be initiated. The UE may transmit a beam training request to initiate the beam training procedure, which may be transmitted as part of a bit sequence that is used to transmit uplink control information to the base station, such as with acknowledgment/negative-acknowledgment feedback, a scheduling request, or other uplink control information.
US11483806B2
The present invention is designed so that, even when a sequence-based uplink control channel is used, uplink control information is reported properly. A user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention has a control section that determines signals to transmit in a frequency resource for transmitting uplink control information, and a transmission section that transmits the signals in the frequency resource, and, when the signals include a signal sequence to use an orthogonal resource that is associated with the uplink control information, the control section assumes that a bandwidth of the frequency resource is equal to or greater than a predetermined bandwidth.
US11483797B2
According to one configuration, a wireless network environment includes a first wireless network and a second wireless network. A mobile communication device in the wireless network environment receives first paging notifications directed to the mobile communication device from a first wireless base station such as operated by a first wireless network service provider. The mobile communication device receives second paging notifications directed to the mobile communication device from a second wireless base station such as operated by a second wireless network service provider. The wireless network environment provides improved paging over conventional techniques.
US11483795B2
Methods and systems for wireless communication are provided. In one example, a method comprises: receiving, by a mobile device, a radio beam, the radio beam being a directional beam that propagates along an angle of departure with respect to an antenna that transmits the radio beam; identifying, by the mobile device, at least one of: the radio beam or a base station that operates the antenna; determining, by the mobile device, a position of the mobile device based on identifying at least one of the radio beam or the antenna of the base station; and outputting, by the mobile device, the position of the mobile device.
US11483787B2
The claimed group of inventions relates to method for enhancing a communication between security sensors and a transceiver within security alarm systems, which could improve an interaction between the transceiver and at least one sensor of the system by performing a real-time correction of its operation, by performing a control of synchronization parameters of the sensors, timely introduction of the corrected parameters and use of an accumulated data for self-correction of the synchronization parameters by the sensors. The implementation of the claimed methods reduces a probability of internal mutual interferences, provides a correct operation of the sensors, increases an autonomous operation time of the sensors and an overall stability of the security alarm systems.
US11483783B2
The present invention discloses a method for transmitting and receiving signals between a user equipment and a base station in a wireless communication system and device for supporting the same. More specifically, the invention discloses a method by which, when a base station transmits synchronization signal blocks in various beam directions, a user equipment achieves synchronization with the base station by detecting the index of a received synchronization signal block and then transmits and receives signals with the base station.
US11483761B2
Systems and methods are provided for network scanning. For example, the systems and methods can address AP scanning in the WiFi-6 context, where AP scanning frequency and the number of 6 GHz channels can be reduced. Additionally, the timing of AP scanning (on 2.4/5/6 GHz channels) can be adjusted to wait until STA's buffered frames are sent to AP and/or while a STA is asleep due to time TWT.
US11483753B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method for supporting self-configuration and self-optimisation in a wireless communication system.
US11483751B2
A method for evaluating cell quality includes obtaining cell quality information and determining, based on the cell quality information, a first number, X, of beams whose qualities are above a threshold, T, for a first cell and a second number, Y, of beams whose qualities are above the threshold, T, for a second cell. The method includes complementing a third number, M, of fictive beams to offset a difference between the first number, X, of beams and the second number, Y, of beams, and measuring a first average beam quality, Q1, for the first cell and a second average beam quality, Q2, for the second cell. The method may include a certain number fictive beams with assigned beam quality when calculating cell qualities for cells which are included in comparison.
US11483750B1
An enterprise private network includes a simplified Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) core architecture for interworking between an Evolved Packet System (EPS) and a Fifth Generation (5G) system (5GS). The architecture includes an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) control plane (CP) (EPC CP) unit and a 5G core (5GC) CP (5GC CP) unit. The 5GC CP unit receives, from the EPC CP unit via an N26 interface, a message indicating a forward relocation request responsive to an indication of a handover of a Packet Data Network (PDN) connection at a user plane node from the EPS to the 5GS. The 5GC CP node establishes a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session corresponding to the PDN connection based on PDN connection information in the message, which includes establishing a Quality of Service (QoS) Flow corresponding to an EPS bearer, and manages the PDU session at the user plane node.
US11483741B2
Techniques for automated management of a service level agreement between a first communication network and a second communication network are provided. For example, one of the communication networks is a visited network while the other is a home network whereby the service level agreement is a roaming agreement. In one example, a message is received at a first communication network from a second communication network, wherein at least a portion of the message relates to the service level agreement between the first communication network and the second communication network. An automated verification of information in the message is performed at the first communication network to determine compliance with the service level agreement. The message receiving step is performed by a security edge protection proxy function of the first communication network and the automated verification performing step is performed by a service level agreement management function of the first communication network.
US11483740B2
A method at a scheduling entity might include determining that interference is present from a neighboring scheduling entity, which implements a second subcarrier spacing that is different from a first subcarrier spacing of the scheduling entity. The scheduling entity might request the neighboring scheduling entity to negotiate a bandwidth group (BWG), where the BWG is a bandwidth occupied by downlink subcarriers within which a transmission parameter is maintained. The method might include negotiating a bandwidth of the bandwidth group and transmitting, if negotiating is successful, downlink data to a scheduled entity served by the scheduling entity according to the negotiated bandwidth. The transmission parameter might be a precoder, rank, modulation order, power inside each BWG, or numerology. The numerology might be scalable and might be a combination of subcarrier spacing and cyclic prefix (CP) overhead. The subcarrier spacing might be scaled while keeping constant the CP overhead as a percentage of a symbol duration.
US11483736B2
Various implementations of a method for transmitting a temporary identifier involve a wireless communication device: transmitting a first portion of a temporary identifier of the wireless communication device to a radio access network in a first message; and transmitting a second portion of the temporary identifier to the radio access network in a second message.
US11483735B2
This application provides an information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a control device, a first transmission channel in at least one transmission channel configured between a first network device and a second network device, where the first transmission channel is used to transmit a packet that belongs to at least one packet flow, a packet sending frequency currently supported by the first transmission channel is greater than or equal to a sum of packet sending frequencies of the at least one packet flow, and transmission performance of the first transmission channel meets transmission performance of the at least one packet flow; and sending, by the control device, first identification information to the first network device, where the first identification information is used to identify the first transmission channel. Therefore, this helps to meet a requirement for transmission performance of a packet in a mobile network.
US11483730B2
When a plurality of other communication apparatuses parallelly communicates with a first communication apparatus by using a frequency band assigned by the first communication apparatus to each of the plurality of other communication apparatuses including a second communication apparatus, a transmission rate when communicating with the second communication apparatus is set based on a communication time in communication with a third communication apparatus included in the plurality of other communication apparatuses.
US11483711B2
Embodiments described herein relate to transfer of credentials between two mobile wireless devices that are within proximity of each other, via a secure local connection, or via a network-based cloud service, where the two mobile wireless devices are not in proximity to each other. Transfer of credentials can include communication between a source device, a target device, and/or one more network-based servers, which can include mobile network operator (MNO) managed servers, such as an entitlement server, a web-sheet server, an authentication server, a provisioning server, a subscription management data preparation (SM-DP+) server, a home subscriber server (HSS), and/or an authentication server, as well as third-party managed servers, such as a cloud service server and/or an identification services server. Authentication can be based at least in part on one or more tokens and/or a trust flag obtained by the source device and provided to the target device.
US11483708B2
A controller device within a home network (or any suitable network) can be configured to manage network access tokens for various accessory devices within the home network. These network access tokens can be used by the accessory devices to access the home network without needing the network owner's network password. The network access tokens can be revocable and/or for a limited time. The controller device can generate the network access tokens, and can provide them to the accessory devices (or other user devices) as well as to an access device on the home network. Once the access device is provisioned with the accessory device's network access token, the router can control whether the accessory device is to be granted access to the home network and for how long.
US11483691B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices for time of arrival estimation in wireless systems and devices. Devices include a packet detector configured to identify a data packet included in a received signal having a symbol frequency. Devices also include a time stamping unit configured to generate an initial time stamp in response to the packet detector identifying the data packet. Devices further include an IQ capture unit configured to acquire a plurality of IQ samples representing phase features of the received signal. Devices additionally include a processing unit that includes one or more processors configured to generate an estimated time of arrival based on the initial time stamp and the plurality of IQ samples.
US11483687B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may select, based at least in part on a sensor selection criteria, a first subset of sensors from a set of available sensors of the UE, each sensor in the set of available sensors associated with a sensor type. The UE may perform, using the first subset of sensors, sensing operations to obtain a first sensing data, the first sensing data comprising sensing data measured by the UE during the sensing operations. The UE may transmit a first sensing report indicating the first sensing data. The UE may receive, based at least in part on the first sensing report, a second sensing report indicating a second sensing data, the second sensing data comprising a unified sensing report based on the first sensing report from the UE and one or more additional sensing reports from other UE.
US11483684B1
Techniques and systems for recovering a communication session from a dedicated bearer failure are disclosed. For example, a P-CSCF node can determine that a dedicated bearer associated with a communication session has failed, and, in response, send a SIP message to a UE associated with the communication session, the SIP message causing the UE to refrain from sending SIP requests using a SIP INVITE method. The process may further include identifying a first network node associated with an identifier of the UE, the first network node comprising one of a PGW or a SMF, and sending an instruction to the first network node to dissociate the dedicated bearer from the communication session. This causes a new attach procedure to be performed by the UE to recover the session without session failure.
US11483682B2
A method, base station and user equipment for multicasting and a device with a storage capability are disclosed in the present disclosure. The method for multicasting includes the following steps of: receiving, by a base station, queue state information transmitted in a time division manner by different user equipments (UEs) in a multicast group; and estimating queue state information of at least another part of UEs in the multicast group according to the received queue state information of the UEs. In this way, the present disclosure can enable the resource allocated to each of the UEs by the base station to match the queue state information of the UE, thereby avoiding the waste of resources without influencing the play effect.
US11483672B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for dynamic location tracking. Embodiments include receiving a plurality of location records associated with a site, wherein each respective location record of the plurality of location records comprises respective location coordinates of a respective device associated with the respective location record. Embodiments include determining respective distances from a center point of the site to the respective location coordinates in each respective location record of the plurality of location records. Embodiments include determining a radius of a region definition for the site based on the respective distances. Embodiments include receiving a device location from a device associated with a user. Embodiments include performing, based on the device location and the region definition, one or more location-based operations.
US11483671B2
The present invention is directed to methods and systems for enforcing at least one rule within a geofence. The rule is enforced by a fencing agent on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The geofence is defined by a plurality of geographic designators, with the plurality of geographic designators each being associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) address, preferably an IPv6 address.
US11483664B2
A method for masking an acoustic stimulus, comprising: detecting an event initiated by a user of a personal audio device, the event having an associated audio artefact; in response to detecting the event, applying the acoustic stimulus to the user's ear during a masking period in which the acoustic stimulus is masked in the user's hearing by the audio artefact; extracting, from a response signal of the user's ear to the acoustic stimulus, one or more features for use in a biometric process.
US11483661B2
The present disclosure relates to a bone conduction speaker and its compound vibration device. The compound vibration device comprises a vibration conductive plate and a vibration board, the vibration conductive plate is set to be the first torus, where at least two first rods inside it converge to its center; the vibration board is set as the second torus, where at least two second rods inside it converge to its center. The vibration conductive plate is fixed with the vibration board; the first torus is fixed on a magnetic system, and the second torus comprises a fixed voice coil, which is driven by the magnetic system. The bone conduction speaker in the present disclosure and its compound vibration device adopt the fixed vibration conductive plate and vibration board, making the technique simpler with a lower cost; because the two adjustable parts in the compound vibration device can adjust both low frequency and high frequency area, the frequency response obtained is flatter and the sound is broader.
US11483655B1
Various aspects include active noise reduction (ANR) devices and approaches, one approach including: receiving an input signal representing audio captured by a feedforward microphone of an ANR headphone; receiving an error signal representing audio captured by an error measurement sensor; generating an anti-noise signal configured to reduce a noise signal over a frequency range; and applying a gain to at least one of the input signal or the anti-noise signal over the frequency range based on the error signal, where the gain is calculated by: filtering the anti-noise signal over the frequency range to generate a filtered feedforward signal, and filtering the error signal over the frequency range to generate a filtered error signal; estimating a feedforward path contribution to the error signal; and determining the gain based on a correlation between the filtered error signal and the filtered feedforward signal with the assigned feedforward path contribution to the error signal.
US11483650B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a display includes a housing comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface comprises a transparent material covering the second surface and the housing includes two or more microphone ports disposed along a parting line between the first surface and the second surface exterior to the transparent material. The housing further includes two or more microphones coupled with the two or more microphone ports. A microphone signal processing system may be utilize to increase directional sensitivity of the two more microphones toward an audio source. An angle detector to detect an angle of the may be utilized to accommodate the directional sensitivity provided by the microphone signal processing system.
US11483648B2
A driver circuit of a capacitive speaker is provided. Positive and negative power terminals of a first output stage circuit are respectively coupled to a first power source and a second power source. The first output stage circuit outputs a first voltage signal to a first terminal of a capacitive load of the capacitive speaker according to a first audio input signal, a voltage of the first power source and a voltage of the second power source. Positive and negative power terminals of a second output stage circuit are respectively coupled to the second power source and a third power source. The second output stage circuit outputs a second voltage signal to a second terminal of the capacitive load of the capacitive speaker according to a second audio input signal, a voltage of the second power source and a voltage of the third power source.
US11483646B1
Techniques for improving beamforming using filter coefficient values corresponding to virtual microphones are described. A system may define “virtual” microphone positions and determine corresponding filter coefficient values. These filter coefficient values may be applied to input audio data captured by actual physical microphones, enabling the system to improve performance of beamforming and/or to reduce a number of physical microphones without degrading performance. Offline testing and simulations may be performed to identify the best combination of virtual microphones and/or filter coefficient values for a particular look-direction. For example, the simulations may identify that a first filter coefficient corresponding to a first virtual microphone and a first direction will be associated with a first physical microphone and the first direction. During run-time processing, a device may generate beamformed audio data for the first direction by applying the first filter coefficient to input audio data captured by the first physical microphone.
US11483627B2
A method for providing a broadcast service is provided. The method includes transmitting a user datagram protocol (UDP)/internet protocol (IP) packet including a first message, the first message containing information about a message to be signed and transmitted, and transmitting a moving picture experts group (MPEG) media transport protocol (MMTP) packet including a second message, the second message containing information about the broadcast service and information indicating whether the information about the broadcast service is signed. The first message includes an identifier of a key used to verify a signature of the message to be transmitted and signed and an identifier of a hash algorithm used to calculate a hash value of the message to be transmitted and signed.
US11483619B1
Systems and methods are provided for responding to a sleep-state event. One example method includes receiving and generating, at a computing device, media content for output and receiving a sleep-state event. A type of the content being generated for output is identified and, based on the type of content, an action to perform in response to receiving the sleep-state event is identified. The action to perform is generated.
US11483616B2
A reproduction apparatus, a reproduction method, a program, and a recording medium configured to stabilize display upon starting of reproduction of an HDR video stream. The reproduction apparatus according to one aspect of the present technology decodes, in a case where a first content including a first HDR video stream to which dynamic metadata including luminance information of a unit of a video frame is added and a second content including a second HDR video stream to which the dynamic metadata is not added and with which static metadata including luminance information of a unit of a content is associated are included in reproducible contents and the second content is to be reproduced, the second HDR video stream, and adds the dynamic metadata to video data obtained by the decoding and outputs resulting data to a display apparatus. The present technology can be applied to a Blu-ray Disc player.
US11483609B2
Systems and methods for encoding a plurality of alternative streams of video content using multiple encoders in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. An encoding system includes multiple encoders. Each of the encoders receives a source stream of video content that is divided into portions. Each of the encoders generates portions of the plurality of alternative streams from the portions of the source stream. The portions of the alternative streams generated by a particular encoder are stored in a container for the particular encoder. Each encoder also generates index information for the portion of the alternative stream generated by the encoder that is stored in a manifest for the encoder.
US11483604B2
A method is provided for managing key rotation (use of series of keys) and secure key distribution in over-the-top content delivery. The method provided supports supplying a first content encryption key to a content packaging engine for encryption of a first portion of a video stream. Once the first content encryption key has expired, a second content encryption key is provided to the content packaging engine for encryption of a second portion of a video stream. The method further provides for notification of client devices of imminent key changes, as well as support for secure retrieval of new keys by client devices. A system is also specified for implementing a client and server infrastructure in accordance with the provisions of the method.
US11483591B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for neural network processing, such as in video processing. In some examples, an apparatus for neural network processing includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines that an input for a convolution operation includes a first input channel that is piecewise constant. Then, the processing circuitry calculates a first intermediate output channel based on other channels of the input for the convolution operation; and then generates an output of the convolution operation based on a combination (e.g., a linear combination) of the first intermediate output channel and the first input channel.
US11483590B2
A method of method of processing an image includes: determining estimates of parameters of an auto-regressive, AR, parametric model of noise contained in the image, according to which a current noise pixel is computed as a combination of a linear combination of P previous noise pixels in a causal neighborhood of the current noise pixel weighted by respective AR model linear combination parameters (φ1, . . . , φP) with a generated noise sample corresponding to an additive Gaussian noise of AR model variance parameter (σ), generating a noise template of noise pixels based on the estimated AR model parameters, wherein the noise template is of a predetermined pixel size smaller than the pixel size of the image, determining an estimate (σP) of a variance of the noise template, and based on a comparison of the estimated variance (σP) with a predetermined threshold (Tσ), correcting the AR model variance parameter (σ).
US11483589B2
An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: receiving a quantized transform coefficient for a target block and a transform index for non-separable quadratic transform; deriving transform coefficients by inversely quantizing the quantized transform coefficient; deriving corrected transform coefficients on the basis of a transform kernel matrix in a predetermined transform set indicated by the transform index; and deriving residual samples for the target block on the basis of inverse linear transform for the corrected transform coefficients, wherein when the target block is divided into a predetermined number of sub-blocks and is coded by intra prediction, the corrected transform coefficients are derived in units of the sub-blocks, and the transform index is received for the target block.
US11483588B2
A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: dividing three-dimensional points included in point cloud data into processing units each of which includes one or more of the three-dimensional points; and encoding attribute information of a current three-dimensional point included in a current processing unit, by reference to an encoded processing unit, to generate a bitstream.
US11483579B2
Methods, systems, and devices for luma mapping with chroma scaling for video and image coding are disclosed. An example method of video processing includes performing, for a current region comprising a luma block, a first chroma block, and a second chroma block, a conversion between the current region of a video and a bitstream representation of the video according to a rule that specifies an order in which, during decoding, the first chroma block and the second chroma block are processed based on mapped sample values of the luma block.
US11483577B2
Efficient processing of chroma-subsampled video is performed using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in which the luma and chroma channels are processed separately. The luma channel is independently convolved and downsampled and, in parallel, the chroma channels are convolved and then merged with the downsampled luma to generate encoded chroma-subsampled video. Further processing of the encoded video that involves deconvolution and upsampling, splitting into two sets of channels, and further deconvolutions and upsampling is used in CNNs to generate decoded chroma-subsampled video in compression-decompression applications, to remove noise from chroma-subsampled video, or to upsample chroma-subsampled video to RGB 444 video. CNNs with separate luma and chroma processing in which the further processing includes additional convolutions and downsampling may be used for object recognition and semantic search in chroma-subsampled video.
US11483575B2
A video coder that constrains the total number of regular bins used for entropy coding syntax elements of a current block is provided. The video coder entropy encodes or decodes the syntax elements selectively as either regular bins using context modeling or as bypass bins without context modeling. A constraint is specified to limit a total number of regular bins used for entropy coding the syntax elements of the current block. There may be no constraint limiting a number of regular bins specific to an individual syntax element of the current block.
US11483574B2
A computer-implemented system and associated methods are disclosed including a processor and a camera. The processor is adapted to map emotional responses to video characteristics in view of reaction data as captured from the camera as the camera records being displayed a plurality of video data streams and also records the user response in view of modifications to the plurality of data streams. The map is implemented by the processor to generate revised or altered versions of the underlying video data streams for predetermined applications. Portions of the revised versions of the plurality of video data streams determined by the map to trigger an emotional response may be reduced, minimized, compressed, enhanced, altered, or otherwise modified in view of the corresponding emotional response as desired.
US11483566B2
A method of video processing is described. The method includes making a first determination, for a chroma block of a video, whether a non-normal chroma intra prediction mode is applied to the chroma block of a video; making a second determination, for a luma block corresponding to the chroma block, that a luma intra prediction mode is applied to the luma block; making a third determination that a transform set or a transform matrix is applied to the chroma block based on the luma intra prediction mode; and performing a conversion between the video and a coded representation of the video according to the third determination, and wherein the non-normal chroma intra prediction mode comprises coding the chroma block without using extrapolated neighboring pixel values along a chroma prediction direction.
US11483540B2
There is disclosed a method and corresponding systems for generating one or more video-based models of a target. The method understood providing video streams from at least two moving or movable vehicles equipped with cameras for simultaneously imaging the target from different viewpoints. Position synchronization of the moving or movable vehicles is provided to create a stable image base, which represents the distance between the moving or movable vehicles. Pointing synchronization of the cameras is provided to cover the same object and/or dynamic event. Time synchronization of the video frames of the video streams is provided to obtain, for at least one point in time, a set of simultaneously registered video frames. The method further included generating, for the at least one point in time, at least one three-dimensional, 3D.
US11483535B2
According some aspects, a secondary device may display secondary audiovisual content along with playback of audiovisual content on a primary device. For example, the secondary device may display an augmented reality application synchronized with the video. Aspects may predetermine a set of frame transition ranges for the video, where each respective frame transition is determined based on frames of the video that are determined to be substantially identical by a frame reference function and frames that are determined to be different. Two frames may be substantially identical even if they are different in the source video. This may be due to shortcomings in the frame reference function, or encoding/compression losses in transmission and playback of the video. Playback may be synchronized based on a first detected frame, but synchronization may be refined upon detecting a frame transition to a second frame that is no longer substantially identical to prior frames.
US11483530B1
A color compensation method includes obtaining a target brightness, a target frame rate and a target pulse number; selecting a plurality of second gamma groups from a plurality of first gamma groups according to the target brightness and the target pulse number, wherein the plurality of first gamma groups respectively correspond to a plurality of frame rates; and calculating the compensation value to compensate the display brightness and color according to the target brightness, the target frame rate, the plurality of second gamma groups and a calculation method.
US11483527B2
A method of operation of a control device configured to control a plurality of projectors including the steps of making each of the plurality of projectors projects one or more first images based on first image information to a first area, and generating color correction data used to correct a color of images projected by the plurality of projectors based on imaging data generated by a camera imaging the first area where the first images are projected by the plurality of projectors.
US11483526B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus that enable simultaneous acquisition of a signal for generating a high dynamic range image and a signal for detecting a phase difference. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixel sets each including color filters of the same color, for a plurality of colors, each pixel set including a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a plurality of photodiodes PD. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a solid-state imaging device that generates a high dynamic range image and detects a phase difference, and the like.
US11483514B2
A vehicular vision system includes a camera module having an imaging array and spectral filtering at the imaging array. With the camera module attached at an in-cabin side of a vehicle windshield, the imaging array of the camera module views through the windshield and forward of the equipped vehicle. Image data captured by the imaging array is provided to and processed at an ECU for at least two driving assist systems of the vehicle. The captured image data is temporarily saved in volatile memory. Responsive to occurrence of an emergency event, image data captured by the imaging array of the camera module is saved in non-volatile memory. The captured image data saved in non-volatile memory includes (i) captured image data temporarily saved in volatile memory prior to the occurrence of the emergency event and (ii) image data captured for a period of time after the occurrence of the emergency event.
US11483511B2
An information processing device includes a processor, a plurality of connectors that output video signals to a plurality of connected external displays, a plurality of detectors that detect connection states of the plurality of connectors to the plurality of external displays, a plurality of switches that switch paths between a plurality of output ports and the plurality of connectors, and a controller that controls a switching operation of the plurality of switches. The controller has setting information that defines a relationship between the connection states of the plurality of connectors and at least one connector that outputs at least one of video signals among the plurality of connectors, and controls a switching operation of the plurality of switches based on the connection states detected by the plurality of detectors and the setting information. The setting information is set by the user.
US11483508B2
In an imaging apparatus, each of a plurality of pixels has a first semiconductor area having a first conductivity type, a floating diffusion area, and a transfer gate positioned between the first semiconductor area and the floating diffusion area. In a part of the plurality of pixels, a partial area of the first semiconductor area receives a potential supplied from a contact. The part of the plurality of pixels further has a second semiconductor area having a second conductivity type positioned between the partial area and the transfer gate in a planar view.
US11483507B2
There is provided a solid-state image pickup element including: a photodiode configured to convert incident light into a photocurrent; an amplification transistor configured to amplify a voltage between a gate having a potential depending on the photocurrent and a source having a predetermined reference potential and output the amplified voltage from a drain; and a potential supply section configured to supply an anode of the photodiode and a back-gate of the amplification transistor with a predetermined potential lower than the reference potential.
US11483499B2
An imaging apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels including a first partial pixel, a second partial pixel, and a third partial pixel are arranged; and an addition processor that adds, for each of the pixels, a third partial pixel signal generated from the third partial pixel to either one of a first partial pixel signal generated from the first partial pixel and a second partial pixel signal generated from the second partial pixel, on the basis of a temperature of the pixel array.
US11483498B2
A solid imaging element (11a) according to an embodiment includes: a light reception element (402) that outputs an electric signal in accordance with incident light, a detection unit (30) that detects whether a change quantity of the electric signal output from the light reception element has exceeded a threshold, and outputs a detection signal expressing a detection result of the detection, a temperature measurement unit (51) that measures temperature, and a setting unit (52) that sets the threshold on the basis of the temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit.
US11483495B2
Disclosed are a method, an apparatus, and a system for implementing video stream switching. The method can determine switching reference information of a first reference frame trailer packet of a first video stream and switching reference information of a second reference frame trailer packet of a second video stream, when receiving a switching instruction; and switch from the first video stream sent through the target egress port to the second video stream based on the switching reference information of the first switching packet and the switching reference information of the second switching packet. Because locations of data packets sent before and after switching are considered during video stream switching, damage caused by a switching operation to a transmitted video image can be effectively reduced.
US11483492B2
Techniques for video manipulation based on an immersive video experience including rotation are disclosed. Parameters pertaining to a video are determined. Second parameters pertaining to a video display are determined. A minimum scale value is calculated to inscribe a rectangle within an oval based on a height and a width of the video. A height and a width of the video display define the rectangle. A gravity sensor input is preprocessed using a low-pass filter before using it to determine the minimum scale value. The video is preprocessed using a video inset and a viewport inset. The video can be trimmed, and the rectangle can be scaled. A rectangular portion of the video is rendered on the video display wherein the rectangular portion is on or inside the boundaries of the oval.
US11483491B2
The present disclosure provides an image acquisition method, an image acquisition apparatus, and a storage medium. The method is applicable for a terminal, and a display screen of the terminal includes a first screen area and a second screen area, and an under-screen camera is disposed under the second screen area. The method includes: when receiving an image acquisition instruction, adjusting a light transmittance of the second screen area, in which the adjusted light transmittance of the second screen area is greater than the light transmittance of the second screen area before adjustment; activating the under-screen camera in response to the image acquisition instruction, and performing image acquisition with the under-screen camera; and performing corresponding process on the image acquired by the under-screen camera, in which the corresponding process includes at least one of fingerprint image recognition and viewfinder image display.
US11483489B2
A medical control device includes circuitry configured to: control an autofocus operation on a captured image from an observation target illuminated with excitation light of a first wavelength band and a pattern image of a second wavelength band, the observation target fluorescing in response to the excitation light to output light in a third wavelength band. The captured image includes light components in the first to third wavelengths bands, of which the second and third wavelength bands are different. The autofocus operation is controlled by calculating, based on the pattern image of the second wavelength band in the captured image, an evaluation value used in an autofocus process that controls a focus position of an imaging device configured to generate the captured image.
US11483487B2
It is made such that a user can easily and appropriately evaluate luminance of an HDR video signal. A luminance evaluation value is obtained by processing the HDR video signal. The luminance evaluation value is displayed on a display unit. For example, the HDR video signal is a linear HDR video signal and/or the HDR video signal obtained by performing gradation compression on the linear HDR video signal with a log curve characteristic. For example, the luminance evaluation value includes an average picture level, a high light share ratio, a high light average picture level, a product value of the high light share ratio and the high light average picture level and the like.
US11483484B2
According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a system for imaging of objects in a scene. The system contains a hardware processor, or multiple hardware processors, which execute(s) code for: receiving, from a first sensor, image or images depicting an object or objects, where the object(s) include(s) an autonomous navigation system that controls a course of the object(s) in space, predicting a spatiotemporal profile of the object(s) within the image(s), and generating instructions for execution by a second sensor for capturing an image of the object(s) at a time and location corresponding to the spatiotemporal profile.
US11483478B2
The present invention is applicable to the field of videos, and provides a panoramic video anti-shake method and a portable terminal. The method comprises: obtaining world coordinates of any reference point in a world coordinate system in real time, and simultaneously obtaining camera coordinates corresponding to the reference point in the portable terminal and an angular velocity value of a current state of a gyroscope in the portable terminal; smoothing the motion of a camera using an extended Kalman filter; decomposing the smoothed motion to synthesize virtual lens motion of a free lens mode, and calculating the rotation amount of the virtual lens; and re-projecting an original video to generate a stable video.
US11483471B2
An inspection system is presented for use in monitoring plants' conditions in a plant growing area. The inspection system comprises: an optical probe comprising at least one imaging set, each imaging set comprising: a flash illuminator unit; an imaging unit configured with a predetermined resolution; and a sensing unit; the optical probe being configured and operable to perform one or more imaging sessions on a target in a plant growing area at a target location during a movement of the optical probe along a movement path in a vicinity of the target location, said sensing unit comprising a distance sensing element configured and operable to determine an instantaneous distance between the imaging unit and the target being imaged, and generate distance sensing data indicative thereof; and a control unit configured and operable to be responsive to the distance sensing data to initiate the imaging session and synchronize operation of the flash illuminator unit and the imaging unit to capture images of the target by the optical probe, thereby enabling analyzing the images and determining a condition of the target being indicative of at least one of pest, insect and disease presence at the target.
US11483468B2
Methods and systems for capturing a three dimensional image are described. An image capture process is performed while moving a lens to capture image data across a range of focal depths, and a three dimensional image reconstruction process generates a three dimensional image based on the image data. A two-dimensional image is also rendered including focused image data from across the range of focal depths. The two dimensional image and the three dimensional image are fused to generate a focused three dimensional model.
US11483457B2
A main unit and a camera head unit including an image sensor and being detachably attachable to the main unit are included. Further, a first cable including a first connector section and a second connector section and being capable of connecting between the camera head unit and the main unit, and a second cable including a third connector section and a fourth connector section and being capable of connecting between the camera head unit and the main unit via the second cable and the first cable connected with the second cable are included. In addition, the second connector section and the fourth connector section have a same structure.
US11483444B2
An optical device includes a lens body including plural lenses of which optical axes are arranged alongside each other, and having an intermediate image forming surface for forming an erect real image of equal magnification formed in an optical path, a light shielding body that is provided to face a light incident surface of the lens body, and includes a transmitting portion that is positioned on the optical axes of the plural lenses and transmits light and a light shielding unit that is positioned on a portion other than the optical axes of the plural lenses and shields the passage of light, and a regulating body that is provided to face a light incident surface of the light shielding body, includes an opening narrower than the transmitting portion, and regulates a part of light toward the transmitting portion.
US11483436B2
An image forming apparatus includes a printer engine, a sensor and a processor. The printer engine forms an image. The sensor outputs vibration information associated with a vibration of the printer engine. The processor determines whether at least one component of the printer engine has an abnormality based on the output vibration information.
US11483433B2
Disclosed is a voice message exchange system and method for improving communication between an inmate and a third party by enabling the inmate to leave a message when a call is not answered and further allowing the third party who receives the message to reply with a message to the inmate. Additionally, outside parties that meet the institution's requirements can leave messages for inmates at any time. The present invention can be used as an add-on to legacy inmate call management systems or incorporated internally into an inmate call management system. The system also provides monitoring, controlling, recording, and billing means.
US11483430B2
A system and method for mobile device active callback prioritization, utilizing a callback prioritization engine operating on a user's mobile device for integration through the operating system and software applications operating on the device, wherein the callback prioritization engine intercepts data or voice messages sent to the mobile device, assigns the intercepted messages to a lobby construct, retrieves and aggregates data related to the assigned messages, inputs the assigned data message and aggregate data into one or more machine learning algorithms wherein the algorithms may analyze the input data, the results of the analysis may be used to compute a priority score for the assigned data message, and generates a callback list from the computed prioritization score.
US11483429B2
A system and method for unified autodial campaign management, comprising a campaign management console, a data services engine, a traffic shaper, an agent desktop, Control agent desktop, an auto-dialer, and a simple dialer which allows enterprises to conduct unified communications campaigns without differentiating between prior expressed written consent consumers, and those who have not provided prior expressed written consent, to being autodialed or receiving artificial or pre-recorded voice messages, allowing for compliance with regulations regarding such consent without splitting or bifurcating or otherwise hampering communications campaigns for the enterprise customers.
US11483428B2
A method and system for automatically detecting and blocking robocalls. A robocall application on a server network device detects whether incoming calls from a first network device requesting a connection to a second network device are live voice calls are robocalls including natural synthesized voice data or artificial synthesized voice data. The robocall application on a server network device also detects whether incoming or outgoing calls from a third-party network device used to connect the first network device to the second network device are live voice calls or are robocalls including natural synthesized voice data or artificial synthesized voice data. Robocalls are automatically detected and blocked.
US11483426B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatus and method that improves the efficiency of filtering event notifications prior to displaying them in mobile devices. After an event notification relating to a new event occurred in the mobile device is obtained, the notification context associated with the user of the mobile device and/or the mobile device for the event notification is first determined. After that, a relevance degree for the event notification is predicted based on the event notification and the notification context by using a learning algorithm that takes into account past event notifications, associated past notification contexts and user reactions to the past event notifications. It is eventually decided whether to display the event notification to the user of the mobile device based on the predicted relevance degree.
US11483422B2
The present disclosure relates to a printed circuit and an electronic device including the same. The printed circuit board includes a first substrate having a through portion, a second substrate disposed in the through portion of the first substrate, and in which at least a portion of a side surface thereof is surrounded by the first substrate, and a flexible substrate disposed in the through portion of the first substrate and connecting the first and second substrates.
US11483415B2
A user device includes a display screen and one or more processors. The display screen is configured to display content to a user. The one or more processors are configured to pre-load a user application by running at least part of a program code of the user application in a background, including enabling the program code of the user application to pre-render a visual display of the user application in the background, and, in response to the user accessing the user application, to transfer the pre-rendered visual display to a foreground, thereby displaying the visual display to the user on the display screen.
US11483411B1
The disclosed method may include (i) aggregating, within a group network application, program user accounts registered to perform a respective task defined in a database of the group network application with resource user accounts registered as sources to provide resources for performance of the respective task, (ii) provisioning a program application subcomponent within the group network application that enables a specific program user account to complete a program data structure that defines the respective task, (iii) provisioning a metadata application subcomponent within the group network application that enables the specific program user account to enter rich network data that describes the respective task defined in the database, and (iv) linking, within the database of the group network application, and in response to user instruction, the program data structure completed through the program application subcomponent with the rich network data entered through the metadata application subcomponent.
US11483410B1
A computing device, method, and computer-readable medium storing instructions for determining user availability for one or more messaging applications are provided. For example, the computing device includes a processor for receiving user activity information from a client device including system interaction information and scheduled activity information for a user of the client device. The system interaction information includes information related to the user's current interaction with applications in the distributed workspace and the scheduled activity information includes information pulled from, for example, a calendar and/or scheduling application associated with the user. The processor processes the user activity information to determine a current user status for the user and output the current user status for the user of the client device to additional users of the one or more messaging applications. Based upon the current user status, messages from additional users of the messaging applications are filtered appropriately.
US11483409B2
A computing device includes program instructions to select, based on indicia of interest for media content for each of a plurality of users, a first user and second user to engage in an interaction related to a media content item. The computing device further includes programming to select a topic related to the media content item for the interaction and initiate the interaction between the first and second user based on the topic.
US11483408B2
In some embodiments, a network analysis system receives network data in the form of a temporal graph that includes nodes and edges. Each node represents an entity involved in a network. An edge connects two nodes to indicate an association between the two nodes. Each edge also has a temporal value indicating a time point when the association between the two nodes was created. The network analysis system generates a sequence of nodes by traversing the nodes in the temporal graph along edges with non-decreasing temporal values or with non-increasing temporal values. The network analysis system further replaces the identifiers of the nodes in the sequence to generate a sequence of feature values. Based on the sequence of feature values, the network analysis system determines network embeddings for the nodes in the temporal graph. Using the network embeddings, the network analysis system identifies two or more of the nodes in the temporal graph that belong to the same entity.
US11483396B2
Examples described herein may include a playback device receiving, from a control device, a validation-key that includes an application identifier corresponding to a controller application. The playback device may create a session identifier and transmit the session identifier to the control device. The playback device may receive, from the control device, a playback request comprising the session identifier and a playback command. The playback device may determine that the session identifier is valid and then execute the playback command. A computing system may receive identification information related to a controller application and generate the validation-key based on the controller application meeting at least one quality-control metric. The controller application may receive the validation-key from the computing system.
US11483386B1
A cloud-based content object management system responds to download requests from user devices to provide access to synchronization code. Using the synchronization code, a user device requests, receives, and stores a user-device-local copy of a subject content object. The cloud-based content object management system determines that at least one security-related parameter pertaining to the subject content object has undergone a change and reaches a determination that the user-device-local copy of the subject content object is to be either deleted or quarantined. Upon such determination, the cloud-based content object management system forms eviction instructions and sends them to the user device, which in turn causes deletion or quarantining of the remote content object copy at the user device, while still retaining directory structure metadata that refers to the now evicted subject content object. The subject content object stored at the cloud-based content object management system is synchronized with other user devices.
US11483380B1
In some embodiments a distributed computing system is provided that includes a plurality of different feature modules and a matching engine. The different feature modules each provide different processing for handling parent requests and submitting, to the matching engine, commands for child data transaction requests that are associated with the parent request.
US11483375B2
According to examples, an apparatus may include a memory on which is stored machine-readable instructions that may cause a processor to receive a request to upload a file to a directory and determine whether the request is a request to upload a predefined type of file to the directory. In addition, based on a determination that the request is a request to upload the predefined type of file to the directory, the processor may determine, through application of a predictive model, whether the directory is a user content directory and based on a determination that the application of the predictive model indicates that the directory is a user content directory, block the request and/or output a notification regarding the receipt of the request.
US11483363B2
Disclosed herein are a point cloud data transmission method including encoding point cloud data, and transmitting a bitstream containing the point cloud data, and a point cloud data reception method including receiving a bitstream containing point cloud data, and decoding the point cloud data.
US11483361B2
A system and method for streaming delivery of audio Stems along with Metadata, and related music content. System includes user-interaction with a Playback Device to interact with streamed Stems. The system may also include on-demand streaming delivery of Stems. This platform can be used by any service or application wishing to stream Stems to end-users, for example, DSPs (i.e., streaming music platforms), radio stations, music/audio/audio-visual applications, software developers, et al (a Requesting Entity). Storage, encoding, and processing of Stems may be completed via server-side solution which enables on-demand delivery of Stems, in any combination, in response to instructions from the client-side Requesting Entity.
US11483353B1
Access management policies may be generated from example requests. An access management policy may be received. One or more example requests that have expected results when evaluated with respect to the access management policy may be received. Updates to the access management policy may be determined that cause the expected results to occur when a new version of the access management policy based on the updates is enforced. The new version of the access management policy may be generated based on the updates.
US11483351B2
The present disclosure relates to securing workloads of a network by identifying compromised elements in communication with the network and preventing their access to network resources. In one aspect, a method includes monitoring network traffic at network elements of a network; detecting a compromised element in communication with one or more of the network elements, the compromised element being associated with at least one network threat; and based on a defined network policy, applying one of a number of different access prevention schemes to the compromised element to prevent access to the network by the compromised element.
US11483345B2
Techniques to facilitate prevention of malicious attacks on a web service are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a computing system intercepts a web request directed to a web server providing the web service. The computing system identifies whether or not the web request is malicious. When the web request is identified as malicious, the computing system redirects the web request to an isolated mitigation server configured to mimic responses of the web server. The isolated mitigation server processes the web request to generate artificial content based on the web request that appears to be genuine content provided by the web server, and presents the artificial content in response to the web request.
US11483325B2
In various embodiments, a forensic scoping application analyzes host instances in order to detect anomalies. The forensic scoping application acquires a snapshot for each host instance included in an instance group. Each snapshot represents a current operational state of the associated host instance. Subsequently, the forensic scoping application performs clustering operation(s) based on the snapshots to generate a set of clusters. The forensic scoping application determines that a first cluster in the set of clusters is associated with fewer host instances than at least a second cluster in the set of clusters. Based on the first cluster, the forensic scoping application determines that a first host instance included in the instance group is operating in an anomalous fashion. Advantageously, efficiently determining host instances that are operating in an anomalous fashion during a security attack can reduce the amount of damage caused by the security attack.
US11483320B2
A method for detecting relay attacks between two communication platforms, the method including: receiving, at a first communication platform, a first signal sent via a first communication channel from a second communication platform, the first signal including information about a challenge; receiving, at the first communication platform, a second signal sent via a second communication channel from the second communication platform, the second signal being a start clock; receiving, at the first communication platform, a third signal sent via the second communication channel from the second communication platform, the third signal including the challenge; outputting, from the first communication platform, a response to the challenge via the first communication channel to the second communication platform; and determining, at the second communication platform, whether a relay attack has occurred based on a time elapsed from when the start clock began to when the response is received at the second communication platform.
US11483312B2
Techniques are described herein for using special session identifiers to defer additional authentication steps (AAS) for at least some restricted application actions. A client session is associated with a special session identifier that is mapped to an authentication tier (AT) achieved for the session based on the satisfied authentication steps. Web servers that are enabled for AAS deferral include context information, which identifies a requested action, with session verification requests to an authentication service. The authentication service determines that AAS is required to perform an action when (a) the AT associated with the action is a higher-security tier than the AT associated with the session, or (b) the session is associated with an AT that is lower than the highest-security AT and there is no context information accompanying the request for session validation, in which case the authentication service assumes that the highest-security AT is required to perform the request.
US11483301B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a request for access to a wireless network via an access point. Responsive to a first determination that the identifier corresponds to an entry in the list, access is facilitated to the wireless network via the access point without the equipment of the requesting user providing credentials to the wireless network. The list includes a first set of entries corresponding to a first set of users having unrestricted access and a second set of entries corresponding to a second set of users having restricted access. Responsive to a second determination that the identifier does not correspond to any of the entries, a message is transmitted to equipment of the host regarding the request, and responsive to receiving approval, the list is updated to include the identifier. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11483299B2
Systems, methods, and hardware devices for routing traffic between first and second electronic devices are arranged such that anonymities of the first and second electronic devices are maintained. This includes coupling the first and second electronic devices to a network having a plurality of routers, each of which includes a trusted execution environment (TEE) circuit. Each TEE includes a secure routing protocol, a routing table, and an attestation circuitry. Cryptographically secured channels are formed between pairs of the routers that terminate at the TEE. Each of routers executes an attestation procedure, and an ad hoc path is generated within the network based upon the secure routing protocol, the routing table, and the attestation procedure, wherein the ad hoc path includes a subset of the plurality of routers of the network. Traffic is routed between the first electronic device and the second electronic device via the ad hoc path.
US11483295B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for establishing an end-to-end cryptographic context. A service node may be located intermediary between a client and server which provides a service to the client. At least one network device may be located intermediary between the service node and the server. The service node may obtain information for validating the service. The service node may establish an end-to-end cryptographic context between the service node and server through the network device(s). A first network device of the network device(s) may share a cryptographic context with the service node, which existed prior to establishment of the end-to-end cryptographic context. The service node may transmit a message to the network device encrypted using the first cryptographic context. The encrypted message may inform the first network device to pass through traffic that is encrypted using the end-to-end cryptographic context.
US11483289B2
A gateway device (10) stores therein a first filtering rule and a second filtering rule for filtering packets which are transmitted from a terminal (20) in a network (2) as a transmission source to a terminal (20) in a network (3) as a destination. The gateway device (10) acquires, on the basis of a packet transmitted from the terminal (20) in the network (3), identification information for identifying the terminal (20). The gateway device (10) notifies a management device (30) of the acquired identification information. The management device (30) generates a management screen on the basis of the notified information, and transmits the management screen to a display device (40). The management device (30) transmits an instruction based on input to the display device (40) to the gateway device (10). The gateway device (10) sets the first filtering rule on the basis of the instruction from the management device (30).
US11483288B1
Distributed firewalls reside at different points across a network. Each distributed firewall can include one or more rules that govern traffic over and/or access to the network. The rules can be discovered, converted into a standardized format, and indexed at a centralized rule database. The rules or data of the rules can be verified. The rules can be certified at the centralized database. The certification process can be based on a direction of traffic to which the rule governs. The certification process may have different levels based on the direction of traffic.
US11483278B1
Systems, devices, and methods for resolving the original private Internet Protocol (IP) address of a User Equipment (UE) device in a cellular communication network; particularly where the UE device is behind a Network Address Translation (NAT) service which replaces the original private IP address of the UE device with a replacement public IP address. An IP address resolver performs an active resolution process which injects a new IP packet to the network, or performs a passive or comparison-based resolution process which compares headers of IP packets, to determine a pair of (i) an original private IP address of a particular UE device, and (ii) a replacement public IP address that is assigned to the UE device by a User Plane Function (UPF) unit. The correlation data or IP address mapping data is provided to servers or applications, to enable them to provide services to the UE device using its original private IP address.
US11483274B2
Systems and methods for displaying electronic messages are disclosed. In one aspect, a method is performed at a computing device. The method includes: (1) receiving a plurality of electronic messages; (2) assigning a first subset of the messages to a predefined group category based on a set of content-based clustering rules and content in respective bodies of the messages; (3) concurrently displaying a second subset of the messages and a cluster graphic corresponding to the predefined group category, where the cluster graphic includes a label that describes the predefined group category; (4) while concurrently displaying the second subset of electronic messages and the cluster graphic, receiving user selection of the cluster graphic; and (5) in response, displaying a plurality of messages in the predefined group category, including displaying at least one message from the first subset of messages.
US11483262B2
Provided are embodiments of the present invention are directed to a computer-implemented method, computer-program product, and a system for implementing a contextually-aware chatbot. Embodiments can include receiving a communication between a user and an interacting party, identifying the user of the communication by a user identifier and the interacting party of the communication by an interacting party identifier, and receiving presence information of the user during the communication. Embodiments can also include obtaining a user profile using the user identifier and the interacting party identifier based on the presence information and executing an action on behalf of the user based on the user profile when the presence information indicates the user is away from a user device used for the communication.
US11483250B2
A system and related method for processing messages may include one or more processors and a memory in communication with the one or more processors. The memory may include a communications module, a deduplication module, and a message processing module. The communications module may cause the one or more processors to send or receive a first message via a first transmission protocol having a first temporary identifier value and a second message via a second transmission protocol having a second temporary identifier value. The deduplication module may cause the one or more processors to determine if the first temporary identifier value is related to the second temporary identifier value. In the event, the identifier values are related, the second message is discarded. Thereafter, the message processing module may cause the one or more processors to process the first message.
US11483236B2
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 a network label space. Various example embodiments for supporting stateless multicast communications based on a network label space may be configured to support assignment, from a network label space of a network, of a set of labels for nodes of the network and for adjacencies of the network. Various example embodiments for supporting stateless multicast communications based on a network label space may be configured to support assignment of node labels from the network label space for nodes of the network and assignment of adjacency labels from the network label space for adjacencies of the network.
US11483225B2
Technologies for providing out-of-order network packet management and selective data flow splitting include a computing device. The computing device includes circuitry to identify a service data flow associated with a set of packets to be sent to a recipient computing device. The circuitry is also to determine a target quality of service for the service data flow, determine, as a function of the target quality of service, one or more radio links on which to send the packets, including determining whether to split the service data flow over multiple radio links, and send the packets through the determined one or more radio links.
US11483222B1
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for interrogating and remediating a device. For example, a method includes: transmitting instructions from a headend device to a plurality of remote devices, the instructions being for diagnosing a status of each of the plurality of devices; based on responses from the plurality of remote devices, identifying a set of remote devices from among the plurality of remote devices requiring remediation; categorizing each remote device of the set of remote devices into one of a plurality of categories based on a connectivity status between each remote device and the headend device; and assigning, for each of the plurality of categories, a respective number of connections for remediating the set of remote devices.
US11483215B2
In a synchronization system, the present invention provides an improved user interface through which a user can view and manage settings associated with the user's account in the synchronization system. In the preferred embodiment, a column is displayed for each electronic device associated with the user's account in the synchronization system. In each column is a visual representation of items (e.g., folders) that are (1) backed up, remotely accessible and/or synchronized in the synchronization system and (2) located on the electronic device associated with such column. For each item that is synchronized across multiple devices, all the visual representations of such item in the columns are aligned across a single row in the interface. In the preferred embodiment, there is an arrow, or other visual indicator, between the visual representations of such items to indicate that the items are synchronized.
US11483210B2
A processor generates an abstract topology that represents domains in an actual topology of a network and border routers that interconnect the domains in the actual topology. The processor prunes, based on the abstract topology, one or more of the domains from the actual topology during path calculations on the actual topology. In some cases, the processor determines measures of reachability for the nodes to indicate whether the domains represented by the nodes represent are on a path from a source domain to a destination domain. The processor can then selectively prune a relationship to at least one edge in the actual topology or modify weights of edges between the nodes in the actual topology based on the ranks of the nodes in the abstract topology.
US11483198B2
A meter communication interface device includes a radio frequency (RF) communication unit, multiple different types of communication ports, and a controller. The RF communication unit receives, via RF signaling, at least one of first commands, instructions or data destined for a first meter encoder, meter, or meter interface unit (MIU). The controller selects a first communication port from the multiple different types of communication ports, and sends, via the selected first communication port using a first communication mechanism, the at least one of first commands, instructions or data to the first meter encoder, meter, or MIU.
US11483193B2
Configuring control information comprises determining a frequency offset including an RB and RE level frequency offset, where the frequency offset is determined based on a lowest RE of an SS/PBCH block and a lowest RE of CORESET for RMSI, jointly configuring, using a first field of 4 bits, the RB level frequency offset with a multiplexing pattern of the SS/PBCH block and the CORESET, a BW of the CORESET, and a number of symbols for the CORESET for a combination of a SCS of the SS/PBCH block and a SCS of the CORESET, configuring using a second field of the 4 bits generating an MIB including the RB level frequency offset and the RE level frequency offset; and transmitting, to a UE, the MIB over a PBCH.
US11483186B2
A digital transmitter architecture is disclosed to transmit (TX) multi-gigabit per second data signals on single carriers (SC) or orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) carriers at millimeter wave frequencies in either one of a high-resolution modulation mode or a spectral shaping mode. The architecture includes a number of digital power amplifier (DPA) and modulation reconfigurable circuit segments to process individual bits of a data bit stream in parallel according to a specific circuit configuration corresponding to the selected TX mode using a multiplexer to switch between configurations.
US11483182B2
MicroLEDs may be used for short-range optical communications. Signal equalization may be used to decrease distortion in transmitted and/or received information, including with the use of multi-level modulation formats.
US11483178B2
A system and method for providing on-demand edge compute. The system may include an orchestrator that provides a UI and that controls an abstraction layer for implementing a workflow for providing on-demand edge compute. The abstraction layer may include a server configuration orchestration (SCO) system (e.g., a Metal-as-a-Service (MaaS) system) and API that may provide an interface between the orchestrator and the SCO. The API may enable the orchestrator to communicate with the SCO for receiving requests that enable the SCO to integrate with existing compute resources to perform various compute provisioning tasks (e.g., to build and provision a server instance). The various tasks, when executed, may provide on-demand edge compute service to users. The SCO API may further enable the ECS orchestrator to receive information from the SCO (e.g., compute resource information, status messages).
US11483177B2
Dynamic intelligent analytics VPN instantiation and/or aggregation facilitating secured access to the cloud network device are provided herein. A system can comprise: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: identifying an application for execution on a user device of user devices connected to first network devices of a first network, wherein the system is part of second devices of a second network communicatively coupled to and remote from the first network; and determining virtual private network attributes for a virtual private network for the user device, wherein the virtual private network attributes are based on the application; and generating a message notification to send to the user device, wherein the message notification comprises the virtual private network attributes to enable the user device to update the virtual private network.
US11483169B2
In a communication device including a processor and a computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium includes instructions for performing receiving a text input composing a message, the text input including a word characterizing a recipient group; transmitting the text input to a server; receiving, from the server, feedback data indicating that the recipient group for the message has been identified; in response to receiving the feedback data, providing an indication that the recipient group for the message has been identified; receiving a user input requesting to send the message to the identified recipient group; and in response to receiving the user input, transmitting, to the server, a request to send the message to the identified recipient group.
US11483165B2
A certificate renewal method includes a satellite certification authority (CA) receiving, from a central CA, permission configuration information including permission information for indicating that only renewal processes are executed, receiving a renewal request transmitted by a device, judging whether a renewal condition is satisfied, generating a new device certificate via a signing procedure implemented using a private key corresponding to a level 3 certificate of the satellite CA in response to determining that the renewal condition is satisfied, and transmitting the new device certificate to the device.
US11483159B2
[Problem] To provide a terminal registration system and a terminal registration method for improving user convenience in registration of a new terminal to a plurality of service sites. [Solution] The registered terminal 1 includes an Authenticator 10 including service site list information 110 that associates private keys and URLs for access to service sites with each other. A Registration Manager 100 acquires the service site list information 110 from the Authenticator 10 of the registered terminal 1. Then, the Registration Manager 100 performs FIDO authentication for a registration target service site using a private key of the registered terminal 1, on the basis of the acquired service site list information 110, and performs Registration of a newly generated cryptographic key at the new terminal 2.
US11483158B2
Provided is a distributed ledger device, aiming at easily and appropriately determining a status of operational processing on a distributed ledger in a certain distributed ledger device at another distributed ledger device. A BC node in a BC system including a plurality of BC nodes that manage a distributed ledger for a predetermined target transaction, the BC node including: the storage device; and the processor, in which the storage device stores the distributed ledger, and the processor, when executing processing relating to the distributed ledger, transmits content information indicating contents of the processing to be managed by another BC node that manages the distributed ledger. The processor may transmit an instruction to register the content information in another distributed ledger managed by the plurality of BC nodes that manage the distributed ledger.
US11483156B1
A method that includes receiving, via processing circuitry of a server, a unique identifier having encoded data included in a reference patch embedded in displayed data received by an electronic device, the electronic device being instructed to display the displayed data in a first layer of the electronic device, the server being inaccessible by the first layer of the electronic device; identifying an identity of a user based on the unique identifier of the reference patch; upon determining the user is authorized to receive the secondary digital content, transmitting the secondary digital content to the electronic device; and instructing the electronic device to display the secondary digital content in a second layer of the electronic device, the server being accessible by the second layer of the electronic device, the first layer of the electronic device being different from the second layer of the electronic device.
US11483134B2
One-time-pad (OTP) encryption systems and methodologies are resistant to cracking, even by advanced quantum computers. In contrast to some purported solutions, the required elements of an unbreakable OTP system are preserved under Claude Shannon's mathematical proof. In alternative embodiments, the invention uses a secure network to reconstitute blockchain systems without the use of asymmetric encryption. Described extensions of these block chain systems are described which enable an entirely new set of applications for protecting privacy, sharing information, performing validations and analysis of data, and creating system actions that are constrained by complex data algorithms.
US11483129B2
The present disclosure provides a blockchain consensus reaching method, includes: receiving election data transmitted from a blockchain node having a first account balance and/or a second account balance, the election data comprises information about a blockchain node selected by the blockchain node that transmits the election data; and determining a consensus blockchain node from blockchain nodes selected by each election data based on the election data received in this round, so that the determined consensus blockchain node performs a block packaging operation in a new round; wherein a value in the first account of each blockchain node indicates a number of digital currencies that the blockchain node has, and a value in the second account of each blockchain node indicates a number of votes that the blockchain node has. The present disclosure also provides a blockchain consensus reaching apparatus, a computer system and a computer-readable medium.
US11483125B2
A clock and data recovery circuit includes a phase interpolation circuit that adjusts a phase of a reference clock signal generated by a reference clock generation circuit to generate a reception clock signal, a filter that performs filter processing on a data signal output from an ADC that converts an analog data signal to a digital data signal in synchronization with the clock signal, a phase comparison circuit that outputs phase difference data between a transmission-side clock signal and the reference clock signal based on an output of the filter, and a loop filter that generates phase data to be set in the phase interpolation circuit. The filter includes an FIR filter with a tap number N, and an FIR filter with a tap number N+1 that outputs a signal delayed by half a clock than the former FIR filter.
US11483121B2
This application provides a full-duplex self-interference weakening method and a full-duplex self-interference weakening system. The full-duplex self-interference weakening method includes: separately receiving, by a first port of a dual-polarized receive antenna and a second port of the dual-polarized receive antenna, a signal sent by a transmit antenna and adjusting and combining the signal received by the first port of the dual-polarized receive antenna and/or the signal received by the second port of the dual-polarized receive antenna, to weaken interference caused by the transmit antenna to the dual-polarized receive antenna. The full-duplex self-interference weakening method and the full-duplex self-interference weakening system provided in this application resolve a problem that a quantity of antennas and an antenna location are limited in an existing antenna interference cancelation method.
US11483120B2
A method and an apparatus for scheduling data in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes checking first control information in a first subframe, checking a first block including second control information and first data based on the first control information in the first subframe, and decoding the first data based on the second control information in the first subframe. The first control information includes resource allocation information related to the first block, and the second control information includes one of channel state information about the first data, or resource allocation information related to a second block in a second subframe.
US11483116B2
Embodiments of the application provide a signal transmission method and device and a terminal performing the signal transmission method. The method comprises: a first terminal determining a first time point, and the first terminal sending a first signal at the first time point, the first signal being a positioning reference signal, thereby assisting other terminals in positioning, and improving the positioning accuracy between the terminals.
US11483114B2
Provided is a wireless communication device. A PHICH reception unit determines whether a received signal in a PHICH region is an ACK signal or a NACK signal. When doing so, the PHICH reception unit does not receive a PHICH in a subframe in which a terminal monitors an E-PDCCH. A control signal reception unit outputs a retransmission prompting signal to a signal allocation unit when the signal outputted from the PHICH reception unit is a NACK signal and when a UL grant was not detected. Meanwhile, when a UL grant was detected, the control signal reception unit outputs the detected UL grant to the signal allocation unit. The signal allocation unit maps the transmission signal in accordance with the retransmission prompting signal and the UL grant and transmits the transmission signal from a wireless transmission unit.
US11483110B2
Systems and methods for Semi-Persistent Sounding Reference Signal (SP SRS) resource activation or deactivation are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device in a cellular communications network comprises receiving, from a network node, a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). The MAC CE comprises an indication of a SP SRS resource set to be activated or deactivated and information that indicates a spatial relation for the SP SRS resource set to be activated or deactivated. In this manner, a MAC CE for SP SRS resource set activation or deactivation is provided in a manner that gives spatial relation information in an efficient and flexible manner.
US11483099B2
The disclosure relates to a communication technique and a system for integrating a 5G communication system with IoT technology to support a higher data transmission rate after a 4G system. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technologies (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, etc.).
US11483096B2
The present application is related to a method and apparatus for HARQ-ACK codebook determination. A method of receiving information according to one embodiment comprises receiving, from a base unit, a first signal for indicating a first parameter which is a quantity of transport blocks (TBs) in a downlink association set and receiving a second signal for indicating a second parameter which is a quantity of hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) bit fields in a HARQ-ACK codebook, determining a size of the HARQ-ACK codebook based on the first signal and the second signal, and transmitting the HARQ-ACK codebook to the base unit, wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook comprises a first part including K1 HARQ-ACK bits and a second part including K2 HARQ-ACK bit fields, wherein each bit in the first part corresponds to one TB in the downlink association set; and each HARQ-ACK bit field in the second part corresponds to one incorrectly decoded TB in the downlink association set. The present application reduces signaling overhead for a HARQ-ACK codebook and avoids misunderstanding between a base unit and a remote unit when determining a HARQ-ACK codebook.
US11483094B2
This application provides a communication method, a terminal device, and a network device, so that blind detection can be performed in different scheduling periods based on a maximum number of blind detection in a preset time period, thereby helping to reduce energy consumption that is caused to a terminal device by blind detection, and reduce blind detection complexity. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a maximum number of blind detection in a first time unit, where the first time unit is one or more symbols; and performing, by the terminal device, physical downlink control channel blind detection in the ith blind detection occasion, where the first time unit includes N blind detection occasions, and a number of physical downlink control channel blind detection performed by the terminal device in the N blind detection occasions is less than or equal to the maximum number of blind detection, where i and N are positive integers, i≤N and N≥2.
US11483093B2
This application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and provides an indication method, an indication determining method, a sending device, and a receiving device, to resolve a problem existing in a transmission technology solution in which a slot format is indicated by using single indication information. The indication determining method includes: receiving, by a receiving device in a first slot, first indication information and second indication information that are sent by a sending device; and determining, by the receiving device, that the first indication information indicates a slot format of the first slot, and that the second indication information indicates a slot format of a second slot, where the second slot is a slot after the first slot. This application is applicable to a scenario in which a slot format is configured for a slot.
US11483087B2
Systems and methods for clock synchronization are disclosed in which a primary node generates special physical layer clock sync symbols from the output of a reference clock and inserts the clock sync symbols within a symbol stream to one or more secondary nodes. Upon receiving a symbol stream, a secondary node can extract the clock sync symbols from the stream to synchronize its local clock with the reference clock of the primary node. In particular, the clock sync symbols can be inserted into the symbol stream at any arbitrary symbol location, e.g., even between consecutive symbols of a symbol encoded data frame. The clock sync symbols can also replace some control symbols in the symbol stream, such as idle or comma symbols. Accordingly, the clock sync symbols can be inserted into a symbol stream at fixed intervals, irregular intervals, or at any arbitrary time for high resolution clock synchronization.
US11483076B2
Techniques are presented for mapping a digital data sequence into a signal point sequence for transmission. The signal point sequence belongs to a set of possible signal point sequences. In one example, a digital data sequence is received. Forbidden branch flags that forbid certain signal points in the possible signal points sequences are applied. The signal point sequence is selected from a subset of all the possible signal point sequences based on the digital data sequence. The subset is defined by the forbidden branch flags.
US11483066B2
A network or system in which a hub or primary node may communicate with a plurality of leaf or secondary nodes. The hub node may operate or have a capacity greater than that of the leaf nodes. Accordingly, relatively inexpensive leaf nodes may be deployed to receive data carrying optical signals from, and supply data carrying optical signals to, the hub node. One or more connections may couple each leaf node to the hub node, whereby each connection may include one or more spans or segments of optical fibers, optical amplifiers, optical splitters/combiners, and optical add/drop multiplexer, for example. Optical subcarriers may be transmitted over such connections, each carrying a data stream. The subcarriers may be generated by a combination of a laser and a modulator, such that multiple lasers and modulators are not required, and costs may be reduced. As the bandwidth or capacity requirements of the leaf nodes change, the number of subcarriers, and thus the amount of data provided to each node, may be changed accordingly. Each subcarrier within a dedicated group of subcarriers may carry OAM or control channel information to a corresponding leaf node, and such information may be used by the leaf node to configure the leaf node to have a desired bandwidth or capacity.
US11483065B2
A method of operating a first non-terrestrial network part supporting a plurality of spot beams providing corresponding coverage areas in a wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising: communicating with a communications device in a first coverage area associated with a first spot beam of the first non-terrestrial network part: identifying a new coverage area for the communications device, the new coverage area corresponding to a coverage area of a second spot beam different from the first spot beam, and implementing a mobility procedure for the communications device; wherein, if the second spot beam is supported by the first non-terrestrial network part, the mobility procedure is a first mobility procedure and if the second spot beam is supported by a second non-terrestrial network part different from the first non-terrestrial network part the mobility procedure is a second mobility procedure different from the first mobility procedure.
US11483063B2
A system for providing air traffic control within a geographic sector to which a communication frequency in the VHF or UHF range is assigned comprises at least one satellite (configured for a communication with an aircraft in the geographic sector using an analog modulated RFF signal at the communication frequency. The system is configured in such a way that at each time, only one satellite is actively transmitting on the communication frequency assigned to the geographic sector.
US11483062B2
A system and method are disclosed for providing single-hop communication sessions in a satellite network. A timing offset is selected based on a system timing reference, and used to establishing a common timing reference. A synchronization signal is transmitted from a gateway to a satellite based on time slots aligned with the common timing reference, and subsequently forwarded from the satellite to all terminals managed by the gateway. Communication sessions are initiated by terminals using the common timing reference, and downlink transmissions from the satellite to the terminals are aligned with the synchronization signal.
US11483061B2
A system for aggregating spaced related systems includes accessing service provider information for multiple service providers to determine relevant services/systems available, automatically determining that no single service provider provides services sufficient to perform a particular space activity, automatically identifying multiple services from different service providers that in aggregate include performing the space activity, and automatically determining a parameter to configure space equipment to perform each of the multiple services from the different service providers in order to perform the space activity. In some embodiments, this system can be scaled across multiple regions (e.g., multiple planetary regions). For example, each region can have its own set of servers and ledgers that provide real-time services within the region and opportunistically synchronize between regions (e.g., when communication is available).
US11483049B2
The described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices, or apparatuses that support channel state information feedback for semi-open-loop and open-loop schemes. The described techniques provide for a user equipment (UE) to determine an open-loop, semi-open-loop, or closed-loop transmission scheme for deriving channel quality information (CQI). In the case of determined open-loop transmission scheme, the UE may select a transmission scheme corresponding to a time offset value and a precoder cycling granularity value. The UE may determine one or more of a time offset value, a precoder cycling granularity value, and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) for a channel state information (CSI) report, and generate CQI accordingly. Additionally, the UE may include the determined values in the CSI report to indicate the transmission scheme used for the CQI derivation. Based on the CQI, the base station can then determine the transmission scheme and perform link adaption accordingly.
US11483042B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for qualifying machine learning model-based channel state information (CSI) predictions. An example method generally includes receiving, from a network entity, a channel state information (CSI) prediction model for quantized CSI, calculating CSI based on downlink reference signal measurements, generating a quantized CSI difference value based a quantization of a difference between the calculated CSI and CSI predicted based on a CSI prediction model, and reporting, to the network entity, the calculated CSI and the quantized CSI difference value.
US11483038B1
A method for grouping a plurality of client stations in a wireless local area network is disclosed herein. An access point (AP) determines the channel correlation and a distance to the AP for each of the client stations. The AP selects a smaller subset of client stations that meet a threshold requirement determined based on the respective distances between the client stations and the AP.
US11483037B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A channel engineering device may receive control signaling that triggers the channel engineering device to perform one or more angle of arrival (AoA) measurements on one or more reference signals and transmit an AoA measurement report based on the AoA measurements. The base station may process the AoA measurement report and send a control message that configures one or more settings at the channel engineering device. The base station may determine a beam shaping configuration that modifies the one or more settings at the channel engineering device to reflect, focus, refract, or filter signal energy of a transmission by the base station toward a user equipment (UE), a transmission by the UE toward the base station, or both. The base station and one or more UEs may communicate using the channel engineering device based on the beam shaping configuration.
US11483023B2
A radio-frequency module includes a module substrate. The module substrate includes a first principal surface; a second principal surface on a side of the module substrate that is opposite to the first principal surface; a third principal surface that is recessed toward the first principal surface from the second principal surface in a plan view of the second principal surface; a recessed region in which the third principal surface is a bottom surface; and a protruding region located on an outer periphery of the recessed region, in a plan view of the second principal surface, wherein the protruding region has a via conductor disposed therein, the via conductor extending in a direction perpendicular to the second principal surface and having an end exposed on the second principal surface.
