US11524190B1
Technologies are described for a smoke baffle assembly and method of installation. The smoke baffle has a longitudinally extending base with an upper leg, a first leg, and a second leg. A first flange extends inward form the first leg and a second flange extends inward from the second leg. A smoke baffle holder holds an upper portion of a smoke baffle and has a first and second outward extending flange. Each of the outward extending flanges and inward extending flanges is configured and disposed for moving the outward extending flanges into the base and above the inward extending flanges and holding the smoke baffle in the base.
US11524188B2
A tensioning device could be used in many different applications such as but not limited to a combination safety harness and tensioning device. The tensioning device could be a positioning device and a strap tensioner for the safety harness. The combination safety harness and tensioning device could be used with any suitable tensioning device.
US11524181B2
The IORT system includes a moveable cart, a robot arm assembly coupled to the cart, at least one applicator fixed relative to a patient, a treatment head coupled to the robot arm assembly for selective alignment with the applicator in a soft-docking procedure, and a haptic control assembly on the treatment head. A plurality of arm members is pivotally coupled to each other to provide at least five axes of movement for increased positioning flexibility and the enhanced flexibility increases the reach of the treatment head for accurate alignment. The alignment follows a two-stage process with a coarse alignment performed by the haptic control assembly to position a sensor array on the treatment head within detection range of an endcap on the applicator. Final alignment is autonomous employing range data from the sensor array to accurately position the treatment head with respect to the applicator.
US11524180B2
A mounting mechanism includes: two lateral supports respectively connected to two sides of a radiation head; top supports connected to tops of the lateral supports and configured to be connected to a top of a gantry; and positioning supports connected to the gantry and disposed between the lateral supports and the gantry, wherein the thicknesses of the positioning supports are adjustable. A radiotherapy device is further provided.
US11524176B2
A locator for the placement of a fiducial support device for brachytherapy may be used to perform a brachytherapy treatment in which one or more radioactive seeds are implanted into a treatment region of a patient.
US11524173B2
Systems and methods for phototherapeutic modulation of nitric oxide in mammalian tissue include use of a first wavelength and first radiant flux of light to stimulate enzymatic generation of nitric oxide, and use of a second wavelength and second radiant flux of light to stimulate release of nitric oxide from endogenous stores of nitric oxide. Pulsed light and/or partially non-overlapping light impingement windows may be used. Non-coherent light impinged on tissue may include a peak wavelength in a range of from 410 nm to 440 nm in the absence of light emissions having a peak wavelength of from 600 nm to 900 nm.
US11524170B2
The technology disclosed herein relates to a transcutaneous irradiation device having a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion may include one or more transcutaneous irradiation modules configured to be arranged on a head of a user, the top transcutaneous irradiation modules including a top pulsed laser source. The bottom portion may include one or more transcutaneous irradiation modules configured to be arranged on an abdomen of the user, the top transcutaneous irradiation modules including a bottom pulsed laser source. A modulation frequency may be applied to the top and bottom irradiation modules such that the top and bottom pulse laser sources are subjected to a double pulse.
US11524168B2
A self-contained automated external defibrillator (SCAED) system includes an AED operations block for controlling shock generation and administration, including pads for attachment to a patient, an electrocardiogram monitoring circuitry for monitoring patient heartbeat, shock generating electronics for generating electrical shock signal to be applied to the patient through the pads, a battery for supplying power to the AED operations block, a power management block for managing power consumption by the shock generating electronics and monitoring power status of the battery, a memory, a user-interface block for providing use instructions and receiving user input, and a controller for regulating the ECG monitoring circuitry, shock generating electronics, and the power management block. The SCAED system also includes a communications block for communicating with an external system separate from the SCAED system. The SCAED system further includes a security block for regulating data transfer between the AED operations block and the communications block.
US11524166B2
An extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) having a low voltage therapy module and a high voltage therapy module is configured to select, by a control module of the ICD, a pacing output configuration from at least a low-voltage pacing output configuration of the low voltage therapy module and a high-voltage pacing output configuration of the high voltage therapy module. The high voltage therapy module includes a high voltage capacitor having a first capacitance and the low voltage therapy module includes a plurality of low voltage capacitors each having up to a second capacitance that is less than the first capacitance. The ICD control module controls a respective one of the low voltage therapy module or the high voltage therapy module to deliver extra-cardiovascular pacing pulses in the selected pacing output configuration via extra-cardiovascular electrodes coupled to the ICD.
US11524162B2
A method and system are provided for determining a relation between stimulation settings for a brain stimulation probe and a corresponding V-field. The brain stimulation probe comprises multiple stimulation electrodes. The V-field is an electrical field in brain tissue surrounding the stimulation electrodes. The method comprises sequentially applying a test current to n stimulation electrodes, n being a number between 2 and the number of stimulation electrodes of the brain stimulation probe, for each test current at one of the n stimulation electrodes, measuring a resulting excitation voltage at m stimulation electrodes, m being a number between 2 and the number of stimulation electrodes of the brain stimulation probe, from the stimulation settings and the measured excitation voltages, deriving a coupling matrix, an element in the coupling matrix reflecting an amount of electrical impedance between two of the stimulation electrodes, and using the coupling matrix for determining the relation between the stimulation settings and the corresponding V-field.
US11524149B2
A one-piece medical connector has a unitary body. The unitary body includes a rigid portion that forms a housing. The unitary body also includes a resilient portion located at least partially within the housing. At least a movable portion of the resilient portion is configured to move relative to the rigid portion. Movement of the resilient portion selectively permits fluid flow through the connector. The rigid portion and the resilient portion form a one-piece unitary connector.
US11524145B2
An apparatus comprising a catheter tube; a hub having a distal section joined to the catheter tube and a proximal section defining a housing; at least one port connected to the hub by a fluid passage through a passageway; a needle extending through the hub and the catheter tube, wherein the needle has opposite proximal and distal ends, the distal end forming a needle tip; a needle hub attached to the proximal end of the needle; a needle guard slidably arranged on the needle, wherein the needle guard is movably retained in the housing of the hub when the needle extends through the hub and the catheter tube, wherein the needle guard is removable from the hub once the needle tip is received in the needle guard upon withdrawal of the needle from the catheter tube; and wherein the hub is made of two parts each having distal and proximal end sections.
US11524138B2
Catheter and catheter assemblies for extracorporeal circulation of body fluids, such as blood, are described. A catheter includes a septum that divides an internal lumen into fluidicly isolated drainage and infusion lumens. The infusion lumen extends along only a portion of the axial length of the catheter and terminates at an infusion opening defined by the circumferential wall of the elongate member of the catheter. The drainage lumen extends the full axial length of the catheter and is laterally accessible via first and second sets of drainage openings.
US11524134B2
Systems and methods are provided for portable and compact nitric oxide (NO) generation that can be embedded into other therapeutic devices or used alone. In some embodiments, an ambulatory NO generation system can be comprised of a controller and disposable cartridge. The cartridge can contain filters and scavengers for preparing the gas used for NO generation and for scrubbing output gases prior to patient inhalation. The system can utilize an oxygen concentrator to increase nitric oxide production and compliment oxygen generator activity as an independent device. The system can also include a high voltage electrode assembly that is easily assembled and installed. Various nitric oxide delivery methods are provided, including the use of a nasal cannula.
US11524125B2
A puncture needle includes: a rod-shaped main body; and a blade surface located at a distal end portion of the main body, which includes: first, second, and third blade surface portions. The first blade surface portion and the second blade surface portion form a blade edge at a ridge line where the first blade surface portion and the second blade surface portion meet, wherein a needle tip is located at a distal end of the blade edge. The third blade surface portion is contiguous with a proximal side of at least the first blade surface portion, and the third blade surface portion is a single flat surface that is inclined with respect to a central axis of the main body. In a side view of the main body, a line extending along the third blade surface portion intersects with the first blade surface portion.
US11524119B2
A data collection device comprises an attachment assembly for attaching the data collection device to a dose setting dial of a medicament administration device and a sensor configured to detected an identifier provided on a surface of an internal component of the medicament administration device, the sensor comprising an ultrasound sensor configured to detect a geometric identifier formed on the surface of the internal component of the medicament administration device. A system comprises the data collection device and the medicament administration device.
US11524115B2
An auto injector for administering injection of a medicament from a cartridge containing the medicament, includes a housing, a cartridge receiver with a cartridge receiver compartment configured to receive a cartridge assembly including at least one cartridge retention member when the cartridge assembly is inserted through a cartridge receiver opening along a longitudinal axis in a receiving direction, an elongated ejector including an ejector support face for supporting the cartridge or the cartridge assembly and a longitudinal ejector slot extending towards the ejector support face from an ejector rest portion, wherein the elongated ejector is suspended to move along the longitudinal direction and is spring-loaded in the direction opposite of the receiving direction, and an ejector lock supported for turning at least a fraction of a revolution and maintained in a longitudinal position relative to the housing.
US11524114B2
A method of administering subcutaneous treatment to a patient is provided. The method includes delivering, by a needle-free injection device, a first volume of a treatment at a first location on a surface of a body of the patient; detecting a movement of the needle-free injection device relative to the first location; determining, from the movement of the needle-free injection device relative to the first location, a second location of the needle-free injection device relative to the first location; determining a second volume of the treatment to deliver at the surface of the body of the patient at the second location; and delivering, by the needle-free injection device, the second volume of the treatment at the second location on the surface of the body of the patient.
US11524081B2
The present disclosure provides codon optimized nucleotide sequences encoding human REP1, vectors, and host cells comprising codon optimized REP1 sequences, and methods of treating retinal disorders such as choroideremia comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized sequence encoding human REP1.
US11524080B2
Methods for the preparation of a pharmaceutical-vesicle formulation and associated products and uses
The invention relates to methods for the preparation of a pharmaceutical-vesicle formulation comprising steps of: preparing and processing vesicle components and a pharmaceutical agent to entrap the pharmaceutical agent in the vesicle and form a pharmaceutical-vesicle formulation, wherein the pharmaceutical-vesicle formulation is reconstituted in a known quantity of the pharmaceutical agent dissolved in a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier to provide a biphasic pharmaceutical-vesicle formulation. The invention also relates to the associated pharmaceutical-vesicle formulations, pharmaceutical kits and uses as a medicament, in particular for the prevention or treatment of infection by bacteria such as Burkholderia pseudomallei and Francisella tularensis, and viruses such as Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus (VEEV).
US11524079B2
Disclosed herein is a hyaluronan conjugate, which includes a hyaluronic acid (HA), a sex hormone, and a linker for coupling one of the disaccharide units of the HA and the sex hormone. Also disclosed herein are the uses of the hyaluronan conjugate in treating or preventing neurodegenerative diseases.
US11524075B2
Animal protein-free, solid-form Clostridial toxin pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Clostridial toxin active ingredient and at least two excipients.
US11524074B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an anticancer drug capable of treating cancer by finding a target molecule specifically expressed in cancer cells and by specifically acting on the target molecule, and to provide a cancer testing method including a step of measuring the target molecule in a sample. The present invention provides an anticancer drug containing, as an active ingredient thereof, an anti-transmembrane protein 180 (TMEM-180) antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof. In addition, the present invention provides a cancer testing method including a step of measuring the amount of TMEM-180 in a sample collected from a subject.
US11524064B2
Described herein are processes for purifying infectious Zika virus particles and uses of protamine in such processes.
US11524062B2
Protein complex variants, compositions, and methods of use thereof are provided. The protein complex variant includes a cholera toxin B subunit variant having one or more modifications thereto. The method of use thereof includes treating a disease by administering an effective amount of a composition including a cholera toxin B subunit variant to a subject in need thereof.
US11524059B2
The present invention relates to peptides, 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 cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention relates to peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses.
US11524050B2
Polypeptides comprising a C3b binding region are disclosed, as well as nucleic acids and vectors encoding such polypeptides, and cells and compositions comprising such polypeptides. Also disclosed are uses and methods using the polypeptides for treating and preventing diseases and conditions.
US11524043B2
Therapeutic compositions for addressing physiological stresses and aging include an immune modulator and one or more adaptogenic nutrients. Some non-limiting examples of immune modulators include as transfer factor, low molecular weight fraction immune modulators and/or other low molecular weight fractions of colostrum, egg or any other source of transfer factor or low molecular weight fraction immune modulators. Methods for administering immune modulators and adaptogenic nutrients to a subject to address the effects of physiological stresses and aging in the body of the subject, such as inflammatory responses, are also disclosed.
US11524040B2
A composition for the treatment of acne. The composition works without drying out the skin and exacerbating the cycle of acne, while promoting healing and reducing inflammation. The composition includes a cannabidiol, terpenoids, an antimicrobial, a soothing agent, a healing agent, or an anti-inflammatory agent, a healthy skin promoter, an antioxidant, and a mild, naturally derived antimicrobial agent. The composition may also include emulsifiers, humectants, preservatives, chelating agents, stabilizers, colorants, and fragrances. The composition may also include oils and fatty acids such as medium chain triglycerides (caprylic/capric triglyceride), Cannabis Sativa (hemp seed) oil, and Nigella Sativa (black cumin) seed oil.
US11524039B2
The present invention provides a topical composition comprising extract from Coriolus versicolor for use for preventing and/or treating by vaginal or cervical administration of a vaginal or cervical disorder which is caused by an infectious agent, in particular, human papiloma virus infections and related disorders, including cervical cancer. The composition of the invention acts enhancing genital immunity against infectious agents and re-epithelising damaged tissue.
US11524034B2
The present invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor having a structure of scFv(X)-(Y)CD 3zeta-MN.X comprises a tumor targeting antibody or a ligand or receptor capable of specifically binding to a tumor. Y is an intracellular region of a costimulatory receptor selected from ICOS, CD28, CD27, HVEM, LIGHT, CD40L, 4-1BB, OX40, DR3, GITR, CD30, SLAM, CD2, and CD226; M is an intracellular region of a gamma chain family cytokine receptor, the cytokine receptor being selected from IL2Ra, IL2Rb, IL4Ra, IL7Ra, IL9Ra, IL15Ra, and IL21Ra. N is an intracellular region of IL2Rg. The present invention further provides a CAR-T cell constructed from the recombinant expression vector of said chimeric antigen receptor, a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The CAR-T cell of the present invention significantly improves tumor killing capacity and amplification capacity.
US11524032B2
An ophthalmic composition or dosage form can include a therapeutically effective amount of a copper-containing agent that is sufficient to increase corneal lysyl oxidase activity in an eye of a subject in an amount sufficient to treat myopic progression and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The composition or dosage form can be used to treat or prevent progression of myopia by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the composition to an eye of a subject during a treatment period.
US11524025B2
The invention relates to a composition for use in the prevention or treatment of Salmonellosis in animals, said use comprising administering the composition to the animal, wherein the composition contains at least 0.01% by weight of dry matter of rhamnogalacturonan I (RG-I) polysaccharides having a molecular weight of more than 2 kDa and having a backbone consisting of galacturonic acid residues and rhamnose residues, said rhamnose residues being contained in alpha(1→4)-galacturonic-alpha(1→2)-rhamnose residues, wherein the molar ratio of galacturonic acid residues to rhamnose residues in the RG-I polysaccharides is within the range of 50:1 to 1:1. The use of RG-I polysaccharides in the treatment or prevention of Salmonellosis provides an alternative for the widespread use of antibiotics. Furthermore, these RG-I polysaccharides may be used to prevent or treat Salmonellosis caused by Salmonella strains with resistance to antibiotics.
US11524017B2
The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, a method of treating cancer in a human patient in need thereof, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a substrate of AKR1B1, AKR1B10, or both to said patient, wherein said patient has, or is suspected to have, cancer cells with elevated levels of AKR1B1, AKR1B10, or both, wherein said substrate is not 2-deoxy-D-glucose.
US11524015B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating, reducing, or preventing a disease such as oral mucositis, gastric mucositis, or inflammatory fibrosis, comprising identifying a patient in need of treatment and administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one cationic steroid antimicrobial (CSA), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Kits comprising such compositions and instructions on such methods are also contemplated herein.
US11524011B2
The present invention provides methods for manipulating epigenetic factors to treat pediatric or juvenile osteoporosis. Specifically, the present invention provides methods for the application of H3K27 demethylase inhibitors in pediatric or juvenile subjects with osteoporosis. Thus, the present invention provides methods of administration of the H3K27 demethylase inhibitor, GSK-J4, to pediatric or juvenile subjects to effectively inhibit primary and secondary pediatric osteoporosis, especially for long-term glucocorticoid treated patients (juvenile rheumatoid disorders, Crohn's disease, nephrotic syndrome, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy) and patients who have compromised mobility (cerebral palsy, Rett syndrome, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, and spinal muscular atrophy).
US11523989B2
A method for treating the gastro-intestinal or a urogenital system of a subject with prebiotic nutrients and probiotic bacteria is provided. Multi-chamber products are described which include at least two chambers wherein probiotic bacteria or human microbiome transplants are contained in one or more inner chambers and wherein prebiotic nutrients are contained in an outer chamber, the outer chamber completely enclosing the inner chamber(s). One or both chambers may contain a pharmaceutically acceptable material that is solid outside the human body when in a dry environment, but that melts at internal body temperature. The products may be administered by oral, rectal, vaginal, or urethral routes.
US11523986B2
Disclosed herein are compositions including diphenhydramine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a liquid vehicle. The compositions may be administered intranasally to patients in need of diphenhydramine. The compositions provide increase plasma and brain concentrations relative to orally administered compositions, but without the limitations associated with intravenously administered compositions.
US11523985B2
Provided are formulations and methods for treating one or more genitourinary conditions. The formulations may include a therapeutic agent that includes a calcium channel blocker, a rho kinase inhibitor, or a combination thereof. The methods may include locally administering a therapeutic agent into a ureter. Systems for delivering a therapeutic agent also are provided.
US11523984B1
Injectable baclofen formulations and methods that are bioequivalent in terms of plasma baclofen exposure to oral dosage forms but with reduced exposure ratios of baclofen to the M1 metabolite.
US11523983B2
Disclosed herein are methods for treating epithelial cysts, including pancreatic cysts, in a subject by intracystic injection of compositions comprising antineoplastic particles, including taxane particles such as paclitaxel particles and docetaxel particles.
US11523979B2
The present invention is direct to a hair care composition comprising from about 8 to about 17% of one or more surfactants; from about 0.1-0.25% of salicylate salts or acids; from about 0.1-0.25% of benzoate salts or acids wherein there is a weight ratio of about 1:1 to 2.5:1 for the salicylate salts or acids to sodium benzoate salts or acids.
US11523977B2
A multi-agent type hair treatment agent comprising a first composition containing component (A) and component (B); and a second composition containing component (C), wherein the weight ratio (H)/(C) of component (H) to component (C) in the second composition is less than 1. A hair treatment method comprising the steps of applying and rinsing the first composition to hair (i) and then applying the second composition to hair (ii). Component (A): a carboxylic acid having an inorganic value of 230 or more and 450 or less and an organic value of 50 or more and 250 or less, or a salt of the carboxylic acid Component (B): anionic surfactant Component (C): an aromatic sulfonic acid having a molecular weight of 300 or less or a salt thereof Component (H): cationic surfactant.
US11523967B2
A device for cardiopulmonary massage and/or resuscitation of a patient, which has a massage device arranged on a support board and includes a reversibly drivable massage stamp that can be positioned at a desired contact area on the thoracic cage of the patient for performing cardiopulmonary massage, and further includes a retention plate element which can be positioned on the thoracic cage of the patient at the desired contact area and which, by using at least three clamping elements engaging on its circumference, can be fixed, in particular can be connected to and braced by the support board. This has the effect that the mechanical cardiopulmonary massage can be maintained upright even during difficult transport maneuvers, since the relative position of the patient with respect to the massage device is not appreciably changed by its being clamped between the support board and the retention plate element.
US11523963B2
Virtual reality apparatus, and various methods therefor.
US11523958B2
Devices for the discharge of bodily waste, in particular for the soiling-free discharge of bodily waste from a person situated on a bed or a seat. A bed's mattress (2) is provided with a slot (4) that may be opened and closed, and which extends continuously through the thickness of the mattress (2). The slot is controllably openable and closable via an actuated mechanism. Hygienic elimination of bodily waste while lying down or sitting may be achieved with little effort.
US11523952B2
A system for controlling a wheelchair is disclosed. The system includes an input device that includes a shaft element, a base element, and one or more annular elements. A lower distal end of the shaft element is coupled to the base element, and the shaft element is configured to pivotally move about the lower distal end of the shaft element. A first annular element of the one or more annular elements is circumferentially disposed around the shaft element. The first annular element is coupled to the base element, and the first annular element is configured to rotate about the shaft element. The input device is configured to generate one or more input signals based on a position of the first annular element and a pivotal movement of the shaft element. The one or more input signals are configured to cause a controller to set an operation mode of the wheelchair.
US11523949B2
A lift for transferring a user to and from a vehicle, the lift including a lift platform and a pump unit to adjust the position of the lifting platform. The pump unit includes: i) a first cover having a plurality of first cover apertures to receive a plurality of connectors, ii) a pump, iii) a pump block operatively connected to the pump. The pump block includes a first side with first side block apertures and a second side with second side block apertures, wherein the first side block apertures are arranged to be collocated with the plurality of first cover apertures and the second side block apertures are arranged to be collocated with the plurality of first cover apertures. A manual pump actuator extends from one side of the pump assembly, wherein the manual pump actuator is oriented in once a first direction or a second direction with respect to the pump cover.
US11523948B1
A casting tape package system is provided comprising an outer package defining a first interior portion enclosing a casting tape substrate including curable casting formulation and a second interior portion enclosing a curing agent. In certain embodiments, the curing agent is separated from the casting tape substrate by a barrier which is breakable to release the curing agent to activate the curable casting formulation.
US11523944B2
An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.
US11523943B2
A cover layer for a vacuum wound therapy dressing includes a backing layer formed from a flexible polymeric membrane and an adhesive layer for affixing the backing layer over a wound bed to provide a substantially fluid-tight seal around a perimeter of the wound bed. The cover layer is reinforced with a reinforcement layer extending to a peripheral region of the backing layer to distribute forces associated with evacuating a reservoir, as defined by or within the cover, to stimulate healing of the wound bed.
US11523941B2
A heat transfer device particularly structured for application of thermal therapy from a contact surface to a human ear. A device may be passive (pre-cooled), active (thermoelectrically active), or include elements of both. A device may be structured to apply thermal treatment from a contact surface of a contact cavity only to a localized posterior area relative to the circumference of an ear. Preferably, a device provides an uninterrupted opening extending in a line-of-sight between an ear canal and the local environment. A device may include both of a contact cavity and a bulk cavity, with heat transfer media disposed in each cavity. Typically, a bulk cavity holds at least twice the media volume contained in a contact cavity. The cavities may be disposed in fluid communication, or separated by a barrier to permit only thermal communication there-between. When a barrier is present, a device may include different heat transfer media in each cavity. One or more device may be associated with various mounting structure to dispose a contact surface in contact with desired portion(s) of a head.
US11523934B2
A method to facilitate the growth of desired bacteria in a human's mouth by using a bioadhesive strip that has an encapsulated feature containing at least one bacteria that has one of a pathogenic or toxic element excised using a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR associated protein (Cas) system or a CRISPR from Prevotella and Francisella 1 (Cpf1) system, and in particular, using oral strips that adhere to surfaces in the oral cavity and that include at least one of xylitol, Lachnospira, Veillonella, Faecalibacterium and/or Rothia bacteria.
US11523916B2
Methods for growing spinal implants in situ using a surgical additive-manufacturing system. In one aspect, the method includes positioning a dispenser at least partially within an interbody space, between a first patient vertebra and a second patient vertebra. The method includes maneuvering the dispensing component within the space to deposit printing material forming an interbody implant part, positioning the dispensing component adjacent the vertebrae, and maneuvering the dispenser adjacent the vertebrae to deposit printing material on an exterior surface of each vertebrae and in contact with the interbody implant part forming an extrabody implant part connected to the interbody implant part and vertebrae, yielding the spinal implant grown in situ connecting the first vertebra to the second vertebra. The extrabody part can be printed around anchors affixed to the vertebrae, and the anchors may be printed in the process.
US11523914B2
A prosthesis for implantation in a de-nucleated intervertebral disc includes a fiber ring-like layer which encloses a polymeric layer to create an annular space. The annular space is inflatable with an in-situ curable liquid polymer and forms an interior cavity. The annular space may be expanded uniformly or differentially to be tailored to the needs of a particular vertebral segment and to achieve optimal disc space width and angle, thereby stabilizing the segment while preserving normal motion of the vertebral segment. The interior cavity provides a void that allows inward deformation of the implant during weight bearing activities and bending. The prosthesis can be elastically deformed through axial elongation to a reduced profile to load into a delivery cannula using pulling techniques.
US11523913B1
Implementations of devices for use in cervical spinal operations. Implementations may include a template including a central hole therethrough and two or more screw holes therethrough. The central hole may be configured to be inserted over a handle of a trial. The template may be configured to place a first of the two or more screw holes over a rostral vertebra and to place a second of the two or more screw holes over a caudal vertebra. Implementations may also include a template including a central hole therethrough and two or more screw holes therethrough. The central hole may be configured to couple over an inserter. The template may be configured to place a first of the two or more screw holes over a rostral vertebra and to place a second of the two or more screw holes over a caudal vertebra.
US11523911B2
The present invention relates to an improved glenoid adapter for shoulder prostheses, in particular for the conversion of an anatomic resurfacing prosthesis to a reverse shoulder prosthesis, comprising: •—at least one fixing projection (2) having an own axis (X) and being arranged to be fixed to the glenoid cavity (301) of the scapula (300) •—a flange (4) integral with said fixing projection (2); •—an attachment portion (3) integral with the flange (4) and extended in the direction opposite said fixing projection (2), as well as arranged to be coupled with an articular component (10) of reverse prosthesis provided with a convex articular surface (11), said attachment portion (3) having an own longitudinal axis (Y); both the fixing projection (2) and the attachment portion (3) have truncated-cone shape and that the axis of the attachment portion (Y) is misaligned with respect to the fixing projection axis (X); said flange (4) has a glenoid surface (4a) from which said fixing attachment (2) rises.
US11523909B2
An in-situ additive-manufacturing system for growing an implant in-situ for a patient. The system has a multi-nozzle dispensing subsystem and a distal control arm. The multi-nozzle dispensing subsystem in one embodiment includes first and second dispensing nozzles. The first and second nozzles include first and second printing-material delivery channels, respectively. In another embodiment, the in-situ additive-manufacturing system includes a multi-material subsystem having a dispensing nozzle including first and second printing material delivery channels. Controlling computing and robotics componentry are provided. In various aspects, respective storage for first and second printing materials, and one or more pumping structures, are provided.
US11523905B2
Features for a restraint, such as a cap, are described. The restraint secures a cardiac device in a collapsed, delivery configuration for transcatheter delivery to a heart. The restraint may have a tubular sidewall extending from a proximal end to a distal end, a proximal opening defined by the sidewall at the proximal end and a channel defined by the sidewall and extending distally from the proximal opening. The restraint is configured to receive the implant in the collapsed configuration through the proximal opening to radially restrain the implant within the channel. The restraint eliminates the need for a surrounding sheath, reducing the delivery profile and size of the overall delivery system, among other advantages. The restraint may have an atraumatic leading edge to reduce the risk of injury to the patient.
US11523902B2
Apparatus and methods are described herein for use in the delivery and deployment of a prosthetic mitral valve into a heart. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a catheter assembly, a valve holding tube and a handle assembly. The valve holding tube is releasably couplable to a proximal end portion of the catheter assembly and to a distal end portion of the handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a housing and a delivery rod. The delivery rod is configured to be actuated to move distally relative to the housing to move a prosthetic heart valve disposed within the valve holding tube out of the valve holding tube and distally within a lumen of the elongate sheath of the catheter assembly. The catheter assembly is configured to be actuated to move proximally relative to the housing such that the prosthetic valve is disposed outside of the lumen of the elongate sheath.
US11523899B2
A coiled anchor is positioned at a mitral valve by extending and deflecting a catheter such that a distal end portion of the catheter has a curved shape that is disposed in a left atrium and a distal end of the catheter is positioned near a commissure of the mitral valve. A ventricular portion of the coiled anchor is advanced from the catheter under the mitral valve at the commissure and into a left ventricle. An atrial portion of the coiled anchor is deployed in the left atrium by retracting the catheter off the atrial portion of the coiled anchor while maintaining the position of the ventricular portion of the coiled anchor in the left ventricle.
US11523893B2
A covered stent includes a tubular main stent and a connection stent disposed on the main stent. An opening is formed in a side wall of the main stent. The connection stent includes a fixed segment connected to the side wall of the main stent and a free segment connected to the fixed segment. Each of the fixed segment and the free segment further includes a stent and a coating covering the surface of the stent. One end of the free segment distant from the fixed segment is connected to the edge of the opening, and a gap is formed between one side of the free segment near to the side wall of the main stent and the side wall of the main stent. This stent can effectively resolve the problem of the limitation of an adjusted angle at a connection segment of an external connection stent and has better flexibility.
US11523892B2
An apparatus for treating obesity in a human or animal mammal patient. The apparatus comprising a first volume filling device segment and a second volume filling device segment. The first and second volume filling device segments are adapted to be assembled into an implantable volume filling device of a controlled size. Each one of the first and second volume filling device segment comprises at least one interconnecting structure. The interconnecting structure of the second volume filling device segment is adapted to be formed fitted, such that the first and second volume filling device segment can be assembled into the volume filling device. The assembled volume filling device is adapted to be at least substantially invaginated by a stomach wall portion of a patient, with the outer surface of the device resting against the stomach wall, such that the volume of the food cavity is reduced in size.
US11523891B2
Devices, systems, and methods for delivering prosthesis implants into surgically-created implant pockets in a subject and for preventing capsular contracture resulting from surgical insertion of prosthesis implants. The device may include a delivery member operable to wrap around the implant thereby forming a conforming cavity around the implant that conforms to the shape of the implant. The delivery member is also operable to propel the implant from the conforming cavity into the implant pocket in the subject upon the application of mechanical force to the delivery member. The device also includes a shielding member coupled with the delivery member. The shielding member is operable to shield the implant from at least a portion of the dissection tunnel connecting the incision to the implant pocket during delivery of the implant to the implant pocket. The device is capable of shielding the implant from microbial contamination, including contamination by the endogenous flora of the subject, during delivery of the implant into the surgically-created implant pocket.
US11523878B2
A handpiece-type high-frequency vibration cutting device includes a housing (10); a vibration device (21); a holding member (11); a tool (12); and a controller (20) to control the operations of the vibration device (21). The controller (20) controls the vibration of the tool (12) due to the vibration device (21) such that the vibration is burst oscillation in which vibration and stop of vibration are repeated. The controller (20) also controls the entire burst frequency f1 of the tool (12) to be included in the range of 1 to 8 [Hz], one cycle of the burst frequency f1 including a burst period with the holding member (11) vibrating and a stop period with the tool (12) not vibrating. The controller (20) also controls the vibration frequency f2 of the tool (12) during the burst period such that the vibration frequency f2 is in the range of 20 to 60 [kHz].
US11523877B2
A position adjustment apparatus for adjusting a position of a detection device, and a magnetocardiography instrument are provided. The position adjustment apparatus includes: two support assemblies, a lifting frame, and at least one height adjustment assembly. The position adjustment apparatus of the present disclosure enables free control over the height of the lifting frame by providing support rods and the height adjustment assembly comprising a pulley block.
US11523868B2
A computer-implemented method to improve the point collection process during registration of a bone for a computer-assisted surgical procedure is provided. Based on bone digitization data, a simulation is performed to confirm the accuracy of the registration for different digitization regions. Results are tested to identify which digitization regions meet a predefined accuracy requirement. The resulting information is used to perform a computer-assisted surgical procedure. A computerized simulation method for registration of a bone for a computer-assisted surgical procedure is also provided based on processor executing random stroking an expected exposed surface of a bone model with multiple of stroke curves to cover most of the bone model surface with uniform noise and a random sample consensus is applied to remove outlying point to yield the best registration results, to find the top subset as to overlap. A method to perform computer-assisted surgery is also provided.
US11523864B2
An electrosurgical controller and related methods. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: placing a distal end of an electrosurgical wand in operational relationship with biological tissue; delivering energy to an active electrode of the electrosurgical wand. During delivering energy, the method may comprise: measuring a value indicative of flow of the energy to the active electrode; summing, over a first predetermined window of time, to create a first value indicative of energy provided to the active electrode; summing, over a second predetermined window of time, to create a second value indicative of energy provided to the active electrode. The method may further comprise: ceasing delivering energy responsive to the first value meeting or exceeding a predetermined value; and ceasing delivering energy responsive to the second value meeting or exceeding a threshold value.
US11523848B2
Disclosed herein are an orthopedic rod-to-rod connector and rod-to-rod connector assemblies for spinal fusion surgery. The rod-to-rod connector may include a first connector portion and a second connector portion. The first connector portion may have a first aperture configured to receive at least a portion of a bone-engaging screw and a first spinal rod. The second connector portion may be rotatably connected with the first connector portion and may include a second aperture to receive a second spinal rod. The second connector portion may be L-shaped and may include a set screw to control rotation of the first connector portion with respect to the second connector portion.
US11523846B2
A retractor, distractor, and camera system with the camera system and/or distractor configured to provide releasable attachment of the camera system to the distractor, and also provide for rotation of the camera assembly relative to the distractor to allow for adjusting the aim of the camera viewing axis to obtain an image of the surgical workspace established by the retractor.
US11523837B2
A method and device for perforating an aortic valve to remove excessive calcium deposits on aortic valve leaflets improves the implantation of TAVI replacement valves in patients. By removing excessive calcium deposits, the radial pressure exerted by implanted TAVI replacement valves is reduced, such that there is less blood leakage around the valve and less stress on the cardiac conductive system. A device with a collapsible punch is inserted into the aortic valve. The punch is separable such that the aortic valve leaflets are positioned between at least two elements of the punch. The two elements then compress together with the leaflets between them, causing the aortic valve to be perforated. A circumferential ring of the remaining aortic valve and calcium deposits are left to provide stability for the TAVI replacement valve.
US11523827B2
A purse suturing device includes a circular stapler having a tubular stapler head adapted to be inserted inside a section of the hollow viscus to be sutured, a handle with an actuator connected to the stapler head, and an anvil against which the staples may be folded. The anvil has a pole adapted to be inserted into the tubular stapler head. A suturing thread is wound around the hollow viscus and tightened, causing a section of the hollow viscus to be tightened around the pole. The tightened section also includes a pursed, or folded, section of the wall of the hollow viscus, in which two layers of the wall of the hollow viscus are stapled together.
US11523824B2
An end effector of a surgical stapling apparatus includes an anvil buttress and an anvil assembly. The anvil buttress has a proximal end portion including a strap. The anvil assembly includes an anvil body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The proximal end portion has a tissue stop configured to prevent proximal tissue migration. The tissue stop includes a strap lock. The strap lock is configured to secure the strap of the anvil buttress to the anvil assembly to secure the anvil buttress to the anvil assembly.
US11523818B2
Suture passer devices and methods of using the devices having one or more protective interlocks preventing or limiting operation of the suture passer when deployment of the needle may damage the apparatus or harm the patient. For example, described herein are suture passer devices that include an interlock preventing deployment of the tissue penetrator (needle) when the jaws are not clamped onto a tissue. Also described herein are interlocks preventing retraction of a jaw axially until the needle is retracted.
US11523813B1
A suture construct having a soft button, defining a multiplicity of first apertures and a set of second apertures. Also, a suture loop assembly has a suture defining a lumen and forming a double loop, formed by a double trap having a first end and a second end, formed in a trap region of the suture, and in which a first portion of the suture is threaded through the trap region lumen from the first end to the second end and the first portion extends out from the second end, and a second portion of the suture is threaded through the trap region lumen from the second end to the first end, and the second portion extends out from the first end. Finally, the double loop passes through the set of second apertures of the soft button.
US11523812B2
Devices, systems, and methods to improve both the reliability of soft tissue repair procedures and the speed at which the procedures are completed are provided. The devices and systems include one or more tissue augmentation constructs, which include constructs that are configured to increase a footprint across which suture applied force to tissue when the suture is tied down onto the tissue. The tissue augmentation constructs can be quickly and easily associated with the repair suture, and can be useful in many different tissue repair procedures that are disclosed in the application. In one exemplary embodiment, one or more constructs are disposed on a suture threader, which can be used to associate the construct(s) with a repair suture(s) being used to repair the soft tissue. Tissue augmentation constructs can include various blocks and patches, among other formations. Exemplary methods for manufacturing the tissue augmentation constructs are also provided.
US11523811B2
Provided herein are expandable devices, rail systems, and motorized devices. In one embodiment, an expandable device comprises an expandable sac having a tool housed therein. The expandable device is optionally configured for operation while inside a body cavity. The expandable device optionally comprises at least one rail in the sac, and at least one railed device coupled to the rail for movement there on. Movement of the railed device on the rail is provided by, for example, a motor such as an electromagnetic motor or an inch-worm type motor. Expandable devices can be used, for example, to perform minimally invasive medical procedures requiring access to a body cavity. Expandable devices can also be used, for example, to provide safe and stable transport of instruments to the body cavity.
US11523795B2
The present disclosure provides a heart sound monitoring device and a method for acquiring a heart sound signal. The heart sound monitoring device of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of heart sound sensors, configured to correspond to different heart sound auscultation positions in a region to be monitored and be capable of collecting vibration signals generated when the different heart sound auscultation positions are vibrated; and a heart sound locator, configured to determine a primary heart sound sensor and a secondary heart sound sensor in the plurality of heart sound sensors according to characteristics of the vibration signals collected by the plurality of heart sound sensors.
US11523789B2
A system and method for generating a parametric map of a subject's brain includes receiving non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT) imaging data and receiving computed tomography perfusion (CTP) data. The method further includes creating a baseline image by utilizing the NCCT data and generating a parametric map using the CTP data and the baseline image.
US11523787B2
Disclosed is a digital breast tomosynthesis system including: an X-ray tube configured to generate X-rays; a C-arm configured to receive the X-ray tube and rotate about a first rotation axis during an X-ray exposure period; an X-ray detector configured to convert the X-ray, which is emitted from the X-ray tube and passes through a breast, into image information; and a focal spot controller configured to operate in conjunction with a movement of the X-ray tube caused by a rotation of the C-arm, in which the focal spot controller controls a position of a focal spot of the X-ray with various methods. As a result, the position of the focal spot of the X-ray tube may be controlled by the simple structure and method, thereby eliminating blurring of a projection image that affects the determination of quality of a three-dimensional image, and thus significantly improving sharpness.
US11523782B2
A high contrast instrument, such as a radiopaque portion, can be captured and/or viewed in an image that is acquired with an imaging system, such as with a fluoroscopic imaging system. A statistical model can be used to assist in identifying a possible or probable location of a target. A user may move the instrument coil to the statistically probable location of the target to, for example, perform a procedure or carry out a task.
US11523780B2
A patient table includes a support surface for a patient. The patient table includes a first table subunit, to provide a first surface region of the support surface; a second table subunit, to provide a second surface region; and an angle unit connected thereto, to fix a position of the first table subunit relative to the second table subunit such that the first surface region is provided in a first plane and the second surface region is provided in a second plane, intersecting the first plane at an intersection angle; and such that the support surface is secured against a change of the intersection angle upon loading of the support surface by the patient. The angle unit includes at least a first coupling element, to interact functionally with a first counter-coupling element provided on the first table subunit, to releasably connect the angle unit to the first table subunit.
US11523764B2
The invention encompasses systems and methods allowing for minimally invasive insertion and functional optimization of implantable electrode arrays designed for placement within the subgaleal space to record brain electrical activity. The implantable arrays comprise a support structure capable of being implanted in the subgaleal space and comprising at least one reference element; at least one ground element; and one or more recording elements; and wherein said array is capable of detecting and/or transmitting a subgaleal electrical signal.
US11523763B2
An implantable electrode device includes a carrier made of a polymer material, at least one measurement electrode formed by an electrically conducting pad located on the carrier, wherein the electrically conducting pad has a contact surface, a barrier layer enclosing the carrier by covering all surfaces of the carrier, wherein the contact surface of the electrically conducting pad is exposed to an outside environment, at least one electrically conducting trace, and at least one electrically conducting terminal. The electrically conducting trace can electrically connect the measurement electrode to the electrically conducting terminal. A surface of the implantable electrode device on a side on which the measurement electrode is located can have a maximum valley depth or a maximum peak height between the contact surface of the measurement electrode and a meanline of a surface of the implantable electrode device, excluding measurement electrodes, being equal to or smaller than 100 micrometres.
US11523761B2
This disclosure relates generally to assessment of cognitive workload using breathing pattern of a person, where cognitive workload is the amount of mental effort required while doing a task. The method and system provides assessment of cognitive workload based on breathing pattern extracted from photoplethysmograph (PPG) signal, which is collected from the person using a wearable device. The PPG signal collected using the wearable device are processed in multiple stages that include breathing signal extraction to extract breathing pattern. The extracted breathing pattern is used for assessment of cognitive workload using a generated personalized training model, wherein the personalized training model is generated and dynamically updated for each person based on selection of a sub-set of breathing pattern features using feature selection and classification techniques that include maximal information coefficient (MIC) techniques. Finally based on personalized training model, the extracted breathing pattern is classified as high cognitive workload or low cognitive workload.
US11523760B2
An arousal state estimation apparatus includes: a feature value acquisition unit acquiring a plurality of types of feature values regarding an arousal state of a human body from physiological data obtained by measuring the human body; and an estimation unit estimating the arousal state of the human body by using a principal feature value that is some type among the plurality of types of feature values. In a case where the principal feature value is unacquirable due to a defect of the physiological data, the estimation unit estimates the arousal state of the human body by using a different type of feature value than the principal feature value among the plurality of types of feature values acquired by the feature value acquisition unit instead of the unacquirable principal feature value.
US11523758B2
A sensing device for acquiring data from a finger. The device includes a carrier board having a stacked portion with a finger side and a canopy side. A tip wing extends from the stacked portion and wraps around the finger. Electrical components are coupled to the carrier board, including a first circuit board on the canopy side of the stacked portion, and one or more optical components electrically on the tip wing. The optical components are configured to transmit light towards the finger and to detect the light from the finger. The carrier board electrically couples the electrical components to acquire the data from the finger. A power system is positioned between the canopy side and the finger side of the carrier board, where the power system provides power to the electrical components via the carrier board. A cover secures the carrier board to the finger.
US11523755B2
The present disclosure relates to a device and method for detection and compensation for an oblique ear-probe insertion in especially hearing testing diagnostic setups. More particularly the disclosure relates to detecting an oblique probe insertion from an ear-probe measurement and estimated characteristic impedances and compensate for its effect on the ear-canal reflectance.
US11523754B2
A method and a related device to determine the kinetic state of a subject includes the steps of determining a signal indicative of the acceleration trend on the three Cartesian axes; processing the signal to limit the frequency band and preferably reduce artifacts and compensate the offset of the output signals from a multi-axial measurement system; analyzing frequency and spectrum through the transformation of the signal with the Fournier transform; computing the power spectral density for each Cartesian axis; and comparing the spectral density with a characteristic pattern of a movement.
US11523749B2
There is provided a computerized method of tracking a position of an intra-body catheter, comprising: physically tracking coordinates of the position of a distal portion of a physical catheter within the physical body portion of the patient according to physically applied plurality of electrical fields within the body portion and measurements of the plurality of electrical fields performed by a plurality of physical electrodes at a distal portion of the physical catheter; registering the physically tracked coordinates with simulated coordinates generated according to a simulation of a simulated catheter within a simulation of the body of the patient, to identify differences between physically tracked location coordinates and the simulation coordinates; correcting the physically tracked location coordinates according to the registered simulation coordinates; and providing the corrected physically tracked location coordinates for presentation.
US11523745B2
Systems and methods are provided for detecting and analyzing changes in a body. For example, a system includes an electric field generator configured to produce an electric field. The system includes an external sensor device configured to detect physical changes in the electric field, where the physical changes affect amplitude and frequency of the electric field. The system includes a quadrature demodulator configured to detect changes of the frequency of the output of the electric field generator. The system includes an amplitude reference source and an amplitude comparison switch configured to detect changes of the amplitude of the output of the electric field generator. The system includes a signal processor configured to analyze the changes of the amplitude and frequency of the output of the electric field generator.
US11523737B2
A system for simultaneously detecting audio-characteristics within a body over multiple body surface locations comprising a coherent light source directing at least one coherent light beam toward the body surface locations, an imager acquiring a plurality of defocused images, each is of reflections of the coherent light beam from the body surface locations. Each image includes at least one speckle pattern, each corresponding to a respective coherent light beam and further associated with a time-tag. A processor, coupled with the imager, determines in-image displacements over time of each of a plurality of regional speckle patterns according to said acquired images. Each one of the regional speckle patterns is at least a portion of a respective speckle pattern. Each regional speckle pattern is associated with a respective different body surface location. The processor determines the audio-characteristics according to the in-image displacements over time of the regional speckle patterns.
US11523736B2
Systems and methods are provided for performing optical coherence tomography angiography for the rapid generation of en face images. According to one example embodiment, differential interferograms obtained using a spectral domain or swept source optical coherence tomography system are convolved with a Gabor filter, where the Gabor filter is computed according to an estimated surface depth of the tissue surface. The Gabor-convolved differential interferogram is processed to produce an en face image, without requiring the performing of a fast Fourier transform and k-space resampling. In another example embodiment, two interferograms are separately convolved with a Gabor filter, and the amplitudes of the Gabor-convolved interferograms are subtracted to generate a differential Gabor-convolved interferogram amplitude frame, which is then further processed to generate an en face image in the absence of performing a fast Fourier transform and k-space resampling. The example OCTA methods disclosed herein are shown to achieve faster data processing speeds compared to conventional OCTA algorithms.
US11523720B2
A cleaner includes a housing including a suction opening, a cyclone part configured to separate air and dust, and a dust bin configured to store dust separated from air in the cyclone part and a frame disposed to surround an axis of a cyclone flow of the cyclone part in the housing and configured to be movable between a first position and a second position in the housing, wherein the frame includes a first body disposed to face the suction opening at the first position and disposed to be inclined with respect to the axis of the cyclone flow, and an upper end of the first body is located to be the same as or higher than an upper end of the suction opening.
US11523717B2
An air dispensing chamber, including a main body, a plurality of fans circumferentially disposed within at least a portion of the main body to blow air toward a center of the main body in response to rotation of the plurality of fans, and a drainage unit disposed within at least a portion of the main body to receive a liquid therein.
US11523715B2
Disclosed embodiments provide a unique touchless combination device that provides simultaneous convenient use of three features, such as dispensing of liquid sanitizer, access to paper tissues, and a compartment for immediate and safe disposal of used tissues. Touchless operation is provided by use of several proximity sensors which allow to access and use all features of the device without need to touch any part of it. Disclosed embodiments also utilize UV LED lights for the purpose of disinfecting used and disposed tissues.
US11523712B1
A holder for supporting a cleaning utensil. One end of the holder is configured for attachment to a horizontal surface adjacent to the vertical sink wall. The other end can be cantilevered over the sink basin and configured to receive a utensil. The holder can swivel to reposition the cantilevered end of the holder.
US11523696B2
A portable food service assembly includes a plate non-threadedly attached to, and detached from, an optional support. The assembly includes eating utensils and accessories, and can readily be carried by an individual from one place to another with one hand, and can be readily supported and held without tipping on a support surface, including in a compartment of a cupholder. All the components of the assembly are disposable, biodegradable, and, if desired, reusable.
US11523695B2
A sticky napkin is disclosed. The sticky napkin includes a first surface and an opposing second surface, a first fold line extending from the first side to the second side, a second fold line extending from the first side to the second side, a first adhesive strip overlaying the second surface of the first end section panel and extending in a direction from the first side to the second side, and a second adhesive strip overlaying the second surface of the second end section panel and extending in a direction from the first side to the second side.
US11523693B2
A frame system according to one embodiment includes a hollow outer frame element that includes a plurality of recesses formed along inner faces of walls of the outer frame element. The outer frame element further includes a plurality of ribs formed along the inner face and an inner landing that protrudes inwardly into a center opening of the outer frame element. The frame system also includes a back plate configured for insertion into the center opening. The back plate includes a plurality of locking ribs for reception within the plurality of recesses to generate a snap-fit attachment of the back plate to the hollow outer frame element.
US11523684B1
A holder includes first and second support surfaces, first and second bases, pivotal first and second legs, and a folding linking assembly. Front ends of the first and second support surfaces are pivotably secured to front ends of the first and second base respectively; each of the first and second support surfaces include a transverse groove in a central portion, a recess below a bottom, a lengthwise trough in a rear portion of a top, and a limit member moveably disposed in the first trough; each of the first and second bases include parallel first slits on a rear portion of a top; each of the first and second legs have an upper end pivotably secured to the bottom of the first or second support surface; and the folding linking assembly is pivotably disposed between the front ends of the first and second support surfaces.
US11523676B2
A gutter broom is provided. The gutter broom can include a mandrel, one or more carriers, each carrier removably coupled to the mandrel, and one or more bristle strips, each bristle strip removably coupled to one of the carriers. The gutter broom components can be recyclable and modular, requiring no tools for assembly or servicing.
US11523675B2
A tool holder for a tool belt may include a flexible carrier sheet and at least one belt hanger. The at least one belt hanger may include a belt interface which may be configured to be connected to a tool belt and a carrier sheet connection interface which may be configured to be connected to the carrier sheet. The flexible carrier sheet may include a tool suspension interface which may be configured to connect to a tool or a tool receiver, and a hanger connection interface which may be configured to connect to the carrier sheet connection interface of the belt hanger. The carrier sheet may be configured to connect to the belt hanger by bending the hanger connection interface.
US11523673B2
A stick-type cosmetic container for controlling the rotational angle of a rotating body at a predetermined angle, which allows stick cosmetics to be withdrawn from or inserted in a main body by the rotation of the rotating body, has a first rotational angle adjusting part formed at the lower part of the main body, and a second rotational angle adjusting member formed inside the rotating body so as to be elastically movable up and down, such that the first rotational angle adjusting part and the second rotational angle adjusting member engage with each other.
US11523667B2
A cowboy hat carrier compartment is defined by a substantially rigid base and cover. The cover may be opened with a zipper, buckle or latch. The hat compartment contains a rigid tray on which the hat is stored. The tray includes a frustum-shaped mandrel that is sized, shaped and positioned to fit into the dome of the hat. The tray also includes a pan for supporting the brim of the hat. The front of the pan includes a recess sized and shaped to receive a dipped front of the brim of the cowboy hat.
US11523657B2
Foot support systems include a fluid flow control system that facilitates movement of fluid into, out of, and/or within a sole structure and/or article of footwear, e.g., to change and/or control pressure in fluid filled bladder(s). The fluid flow control system includes: (a) a manifold body defining an internal chamber; (b) at least a first port in fluid communication with the internal chamber; (c) at least a first valve (including a first valve activator) controlling fluid flow through the first port; and (d) a movable cam at least partially within the internal chamber. Valve activator surface(s) on the cam interact with the valve activator(s) to selectively open and close valve(s) based on cam positioning.
US11523656B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a midsole body having a proximal surface and a distal surface. Proprioceptive elements may extend in the hole in the midsole body, and translate toward the proximal surface in the holes upon a force directed along a central axis of the hole at a distal end of the proprioceptive elements. In various embodiments, the holes may angle relative to vertical from the proximal surface to the distal surface, the holes may be defined by perforations and the proprioceptive elements may be integral portions of the midsole body, or the midsole body may have a plurality of annular holes at the proximal surface, and a plurality of annular recesses in the distal surface, and a plurality of proprioceptive elements, each centered in a different annular hole of the plurality of annular holes. Methods of manufacturing articles of footwear are described.
US11523653B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide for composite structures including a bonding layer that adheres a substrate (e.g., including a polymeric composition such as rubber) to a material (e.g., including a polymer such as polyurethane). The adhesion of the substrate to the material through the bonding layer can include chemical bonds such as, but not limited to, siloxane linkages, silanol linkages, silyl linkages, or any combination thereof in the bonding layer.
US11523651B2
Systems and methods for selectively attaching an accessory mount to a helmet are disclosed. A carrier may be used to position the accessory mount on the helmet. The accessory mount may be positioned on the helmet without engaging the rim of the helmet. The carrier may be compatible with various accessory mounts to permit mounting of different accessories. The accessory mount may be a powered mount for attachment to a Night Vision Device (NVD) such as Enhanced Night Vision Goggles (ENVG), or the accessory mount may be a non-powered accessory mount.
US11523642B2
A wearable belt device system and portable hand strap system configured to burp a baby. A belt may be adapted to extend around the waist of a wearer or a torso of a wearer. A compressible mound is placed on the baby's adnominal pressure being delivered in order to release gas contained within the baby. A handheld strap may be configured for wear to fit around a palm of a hand of a wearer. A mound may be affixed to the strap and may be adapted to compress an abdomen of a baby thereon.
US11523640B2
A sports garment includes a cup portion that receives and conforms to a user's breasts, a base portion disposed along a bottom edge of the cup portion, a first strap portion disposed along a first side edge of the base portion, and a second strap portion disposed along a second side edge of the base portion. The first and second strap portions each include a shoulder strap that may be removably coupled to the cup portion to adjust the tension of the sports garment and a side strap that may be removably coupled to a front surface of the base portion to adjust the tension of the sports garment. The first and second side straps may flex between an open position and a wrapped position.
US11523638B2
The present invention discloses a power assembly and an electronic cigarette having same. The power assembly comprises a main body, a waterproof and breathable membrane and a pneumatic sensor, wherein the main body is provided with an internal cavity in which the pneumatic sensor is mounted and a mounting portion in which an external load is mounted, the mounting portion is provided with an airflow passage, the internal cavity is in communication with external environment through the airflow passage, the waterproof and breathable membrane is mounted on the main body and covers the airflow passage; when the external load is mounted on the mounting portion, the air channel inside the external load is communicated with the airflow passage, and when the pneumatic sensor senses that the airflow movement in the airflow passage reaches a preset threshold, the main body is triggered to control the external load.
US11523629B2
An emulsion composition includes water, an oily component, gum ghatti and a modified starch. The content of the gum ghatti is 32% by mass or less and the content of the modified starch is 500 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the gum ghatti. The emulsion composition has excellent emulsion stability.
US11523627B2
A method of reducing a concentration of formaldehyde in an aqueous solution containing formaldehyde, hydroxyacetaldehyde and other sugar carbonyls is provided. The method includes adding an amino acid to the aqueous solution and maintaining the aqueous solution at a temperature for a duration sufficient for the formaldehyde and the amino acid to react according to a Maillard reaction to produce a final concentration of formaldehyde and a final concentration of hydroxyacetaldehyde in the aqueous solution. The final concentration of formaldehyde is substantially lower than an initial concentration of formaldehyde and the final concentration of hydroxyacetaldehyde is not substantially lower than an initial concentration of hydroxyacetaldehyde. An aqueous solution and a method of browning a foodstuff are also provided.
US11523618B2
Disclosed is a conveyor system including a first conveyor leading to an inspection point, the first conveyor including a diversion mechanism configured to divert an object based on failing to meet an inspection parameter. The system includes a second conveyor configured to transport a container configured to receive the object from the diversion mechanism. A control module is configured to co-register an image of the object captured at the inspection point with container ID data of the container.
US11523606B2
A system and method are provided for wet storage of tissue. In an embodiment, a solution for the wet preservation of tissue may include between about 0.1% to about 50% by volume dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and one or more soluble monovalent or divalent metal cationic salts. A wet-preserved tissue and method for preparing the wet-preserved tissue for ultimate use, is also provided.
US11523600B2
An insect trap including a base having an upper end defining a cavity for receiving a removable bait cup. A main housing defining a plurality of openings is matable to the base in an upright position. The main housing defines a mounting structure for supporting a hanger for supporting an uncoiled roll of flypaper within the main housing. A spacer centers an uncoiled roll of flypaper within the main housing. An upper cap free from openings allowing passage of any incident water through the upper cap is matable with the upper end of the main housing. The insect trap is capable of free-standing outdoor use, outside of any enclosure or overhanging structure, while resisting penetration of rain/precipitation into the main housing. The base, main housing, hanger and upper cap are matable to define a weather-resistant enclosure for suspending flypaper within the main housing above the internal cavity of the base.
US11523599B2
A method for detecting an arthropod, the method being performed using an apparatus including a detection surface, an electrode grid including electrodes arranged relative to the detection surface, and an electronic processing device, wherein the method includes, in the electronic processing device: measuring changes in electrical properties of the electrode grid in response to at least one of movement and positioning of one or more body parts of an arthropod in proximity to the detection surface; and, determining whether the arthropod is of a particular arthropod type by analysing the changes to determine whether the changes are indicative of a characteristic behaviour of the particular arthropod type.
US11523597B2
A position controller for electronically monitoring the position and speed of a dredge. The position controller consists of an electric powered line winding spool with an electric encoder to indicate line speed and position to a microprocessor. A drag control assembly with electric control is used to increase, decrease or set the drag at desired setting by microprocessor control. Touch screen microprocessor interface is the preferred method to enter settings into the system and allow display/control through multiple preexisting marine electronic devices throughout a fishing boat.
US11523596B1
A fish catching device includes a modular frame member having a buoyant device secured to a first side of the frame member and the second side of the frame member is capable of being secured to a watercraft. The frame member incorporates a plurality of apertures. A plurality of one-way doors is provided, each hingedly secured to the frame and cover an individual aperture. The device is configured to rest above a surface of water permitting a fish to jump through any of the doors thereby causing the fish to slow its trajectory and direct it to enter the watercraft.
US11523593B2
A pen system is for farming aquatic organisms. The pen system has an outer surrounding rigid structure and an internal, closed enclosure. The outer surrounding rigid structure forms an upper portion and a lower portion. The pen system further has: an internal surrounding connecting element, the closed enclosure being attached to the connecting element; and a heave-compensation system having a plurality of fluid-filled cylinders, each fluid-filled cylinder being hingedly attached, in a first end portion, to the connecting element, and being hingedly attached, in a second end portion, to the inside of the rigid structure.
US11523580B1
A novel maize variety designated X08N751 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08N751 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08N751 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08N751, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08N751 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08N751 and methods of using maize variety X08N751 are disclosed.
US11523567B1
A rose bush cover assembly for protecting a rose bush during inclement weather includes a wire frame that has a plurality of pointed ends and each of the pointed ends can be inserted into ground thereby anchoring the wire frame to the ground. Moreover, the wire frame has a cylindrical shape to surround a rose bush. A cone is molded over the wire frame to cover the rose bush when the wire frame is positioned around the rose bush. The cone is comprised of a thermally insulating material to protect the rose bush from cold temperatures. Additionally, the cone has a darkened color to absorb solar energy thereby warming the rose bush when the cone is positioned around the rose bush.
US11523565B2
A planter for detachably affixing and securing a pot and plant in a vertical orientation relative to a tree, the planter adapted to allow the tree to grow through the planter and blend in with surrounding vegetation.
US11523561B2
An arrangement for controlling the operation of a draper belt header of a combine harvester includes a central belt conveyor of the draper belt header having a drive for operably driving the conveyor and two outer belt conveyors attached to a feeder house of the combine harvester. The feeder house has a controllable height which may be controllably adjusted by an actuator. The arrangement further includes a control unit operable to stop the drive of the central belt conveyor or move it into a reversing mode if the feeder house is being raised by the actuator.
US11528829B2
An overall efficient heat dissipation system for a high power density cabinet comprises a pump-driven two-phase circulation loop high-power-chip direct heat dissipation system and a cabinet air-cooling system. The cabinet air-cooling system comprises a refrigerant circulation loop and a cabinet internal air circulation loop. The refrigerant circulation loop includes a pump-driven two-phase circulation loop and a vapor compression circulation loop. The pump-driven two-phase circulation loop high-power-chip direct heat dissipation system performs fixed-point heat dissipation for main heating elements, such as CPU and GPU, in a server, and the cabinet air-cooling system performs air-cooling heat dissipation for other heating elements in the server.
US11528819B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing connected to the first housing so as to be foldable, with a folding axis between the first housing and the second housing, a display module including a first area, a second area, and a folding area, and a plate disposed on a rear surface of the display module, the plate including a first plate coupled to the first area and a second plate coupled to the second area. The first plate includes a first slit area including a plurality of first extensions extending toward the second plate and a plurality of first slits formed between the plurality of first extensions. The second plate includes a second slit area including a plurality of second extensions extending toward the first plate and a plurality of second slits formed between the plurality of second extensions.
US11528817B2
A portable power source apparatus for portable power solutions includes a housing having a housing front side, a housing back side, a housing left side, a housing right side, a housing top side, and a housing bottom side. A primary battery is coupled within the housing. A charging port is coupled to the housing and is in operational communication with the primary battery. A DC inverter is coupled within the housing and is in operational communication with the primary battery. A pair of USB ports is coupled to the housing and is in operational communication with the DC inverter. An AC inverter is coupled within the housing and is in operational communication with the primary battery. A pair of power outlets is coupled to the housing and is in operational communication with the AC inverter.
US11528816B2
An electronic control module, particularly for a transmission, includes a first circuit board element and a sensor unit carrier fastened to the first circuit board element. The sensor unit carrier has a sensor unit receptacle configured to receive a sensor unit. The sensor unit has a sensor element fastened and electrically connected to a second circuit board element so as to detect at least one measured value. The sensor unit is fastened in the sensor unit receptacle. The second circuit board element has a flexible region that separates a first sub-region of the second circuit board element from a second sub-region of the second circuit board element. The first sub-region has a predetermined angle to the second sub-region. The sensor element is electrically connected to the first circuit board element by the second sub-region of the second circuit board element.
US11528808B2
A method of printing comprises providing a component source wafer comprising components, a transfer device, and a patterned substrate. The patterned substrate comprises substrate posts that extend from a surface of the patterned substrate. Components are picked up from the component source wafer by adhering the components to the transfer device. One or more of the picked-up components are printed to the patterned substrate by disposing each of the one or more picked-up components onto one of the substrate posts, thereby providing one or more printed components in a printed structure.
US11528798B2
A method includes ejecting a metal droplet from a reservoir of a first droplet generator assembled to a vessel; emitting an excitation laser from a laser source to the metal droplet to generate extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation; turning off the first droplet generator; cooling down the first droplet generator to a temperature not lower than about 150° C.; dismantling the first droplet generator from the vessel at the temperature not lower than about 150° C.; and assembling a second droplet generator to the vessel.
US11528794B2
The present disclosure provides intelligent lighting control systems.
US11528780B2
A method of producing an electric heating device, in particular for automotive application, includes steps of: cutting through a sheet of electrically highly conductive material of appropriate thickness for obtaining a predetermined line pattern having at least one electrically conductive line with electrically conductive bridge members interconnecting portions of the at least one electrically conductive line; depositing a layer of curable adhesive material onto a surface of a dielectric, planar, flexible carrier; placing the obtained line pattern onto the layer of adhesive material; curing the adhesive material below the line pattern with the exception of the adhesive material below the bridge members; cutting through each bridge member at all ends between portions of the at least one electrically conductive line interconnected by the respective bridge member; and removing the cut bridge members.
US11528778B2
One embodiment is directed to a baseband controller for use with a plurality of radio points to provide wireless service to user equipment (UE) using a wireless interface. The baseband controller makes use of a hybrid virtualized architecture comprising special-purpose hardware configured to implement at least some of the LAYER-1 functions for the wireless interface and a virtual platform configured to implement some of the functions for the wireless interface. Such a baseband controller can be used in dual connectivity radio access networks.
US11528773B2
A technology for a terminal apparatus, a base station apparatus, a communication method, and an integrated circuit which enable efficient communication with reduced complexity of protocol processing is provided. A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus receives an RRC connection reconfiguration request message including a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) configuration from the base station apparatus, the DRB configuration includes an SDAP configuration, the SDAP configuration includes information indicating whether an SDAP function is to be enabled or disabled, in a case that the SDAP function is enabled, the SDAP function is configured, and in a case that the SDAP function is disabled, the SDAP function is not configured.
US11528770B2
A session management method performed by a session management network element includes receiving a first request message, where the first request message is used to request to establish a first session for a terminal, determining to establish the first session as an always-on session, where the always-on session is a session for which user-plane resources are activated when the terminal is transitioned from an idle mode to a connected mode, and sending a first response message to the terminal, where the first response message is used to indicate that the session management network element accepts to establish the first session, the first response message comprises first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the first session is an always-on session.
US11528767B2
Embodiments herein disclose, e.g., a method performed by a user equipment, UE, for handling communication in a wireless communication network, wherein the UE is in a connected mode in a first beam connected to a radio network node. The UE detects a beam failure of the first beam and transmits, to the radio network node, a preamble of a random access procedure in a second beam, wherein the preamble or a random access resource used for the preamble is associated with a beam failure recovery. The UE then receives a random access response, RAR, from the radio network node, wherein the RAR includes an uplink, UL, grant but without a temporary identity that is used by a medium access control, MAC, entity during a random access procedure.
US11528764B2
Provided are a data communication method and system, an electronic device, a chip and a storage medium. The data communication method includes: establishing a wireless communication connection with a first receiving terminal, and notifying the connection information to a second receiving terminal. The connection information includes information of a communication channel for performing wireless communication between the transmitting terminal and the first receiving terminal. The connection information is used to instruct the at least one second receiving terminal to monitor communication data in the communication channel. When the at least one second receiving terminal knows after monitoring the communication data, data required to be transmitted to the first receiving terminal is transmitted to the communication channel. A first time period for the transmitting terminal to transmit data in the communication channel does not overlap a second time period for the at least one second receiving terminal to transmit data in the communication channel.
US11528757B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for reducing overhead associated with a cyclic prefix (CP) by supporting dynamic determination of a CP length. For example, a user equipment (UE) may establish a wireless connection with a base station by receiving initial communications according to a numerology and a first CP configuration associated with a first CP length. The UE may determine a second CP length after establishing the wireless connection and may transmit an indication to the base station, indicating the second CP length. The base station may receive the indication and may transmit downlink signals according to a second CP configuration associated with the second CP length. The initial communications and the downlink signals may be associated with a same numerology or subcarrier spacing.
US11528756B2
Disclosed is a 5G or a pre-5G communication system provided to support a higher data transmission rate than that of post-4G communication systems such as LTE. A method of operating a network node in a wireless communication system includes: receiving, from at least one user plane function (UPF) instance, a registration request message including UPF profile information of the at least one UPF instance; storing the UPF profile information including UPF service support information for at least one UPF service supported by the at least one UPF instance; receiving, from a session management function (SMF) node, a UPF discovery request message including UPF service information; discovering one or more UPF instance based on the UPF profile information and the UPF service information; and transmitting, to the SMF node, UPF instance information for the one or more UPF instance.
US11528752B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random access control method and apparatus, a network device and a terminal. The method includes: sending, by a network device, a first system broadcast message, where the first system broadcast message includes a first indication information that is used for indicating whether a target cell of a terminal supports a 2-step random access process; and sending, by the network device, a second system broadcast message, where the second system broadcast message includes access control information corresponding to the 2-step random access process; the first indication information and the access control information are used by the terminal to determine whether the 2-step random access process is allowed to be performed.
US11528751B2
This application discloses a communications method, and the method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first information, where the first information is used to indicate one or more first time units in a random access system frame; and determining, by the terminal device, the one or more first time units based on the first information and a configuration table, where one or more time units in the configuration table are determined based on an uplink-downlink configuration period and a second time unit, the one or more first time units are an optional time domain resource of a random access sequence, and the second time unit is an optional time domain resource of a synchronization channel block. According to the method and the apparatus in this application, the optional time domain resource of the random access sequence can be determined.
US11528746B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for handling pre-configured UL resources based on LBT procedure in wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving information for UL resource configuration from a network, in a state that the UE is configured with at least one serving cell operating in an unlicensed spectrum; performing LBT operation for transmission of uplink data by using the UL resource, wherein the UE starts counting a number of failures of the LBT operation once the UE is not allowed to use the UL resource for transmission of uplink data during the LBT operation, and when the number of failures of the LBT operation reaches to the maximum number of LBT failure, stopping using the UL resource.
US11528742B2
Wireless communications systems and methods relate to an automatic transmission scheme for a de-prioritized protocol data unit (PDU) when the originally assigned configured grant for the PDU is de-prioritized due to channel conflicts. Specifically, a user equipment may obtain a PDU for transmission over a first configured grant physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) instance. The UE may then detect de-prioritization information that the first configured grant PUSCH instance is de-prioritized due to channel overlapping, and then automatically transmit the PDU originally associated with the first configured grant PUSCH instance over a second configured grant PUSCH instance.
US11528738B2
The invention relates to a method for dynamically indicating a TDD reconfiguration to the mobile station by encoding the dynamic TDD re-configuration indication into the DCI or CRC calculated for the DCI. In one embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is implicitly encoded as an RNTI into the CRC, when scrambling the CRC for the DCI with a TDD-RNTI. In another embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is part of the DCI payload, while the CRC for the DCI is scrambled with a cell identifier, identifying the target cell for which the dynamic TDD re-configuration is to be applied. In still another embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is part of the DCI payload, where the DCI payload further includes an invalid parameter indicating to the mobile station that the DCI carries the TDD configuration indication.
US11528736B2
A wireless access network includes a first access point having a first coverage area, and a second access point having a second coverage area. A portion of the second coverage area overlaps with the first coverage area in an overlapping region. The network further includes a central controller in operable communication with the first and second access points, and a single station device located within the overlapping region. The single station device is configured to connect with the first and second access points. The central controller is configured to (i) control downlink data transmission from the first and second access points, and (ii) implement a scheduling protocol for the downlink data transmission, such that the single station device receives at least a first portion of the downlink data transmission from the first access point and a second portion of the downlink data transmission from the second access point.
US11528732B2
Disclosed is a method performed by a radio access network node of a wireless communication network for handling transmission of LTE or NR signals as well as NB-IoT signals to wireless communication devices over a carrier comprising a plurality of PRBs. The method comprises scheduling the carrier so that at least one of the PRBs is to be used for transmission of NB-IoT signals, called NB-IoT PRBs, and some of the PRBs are to be used for transmission of LTE or NR signals, called LTE PRBs. The method then comprises transmitting LTE or NR signals only in a first group of the scheduled LTE PRBs that experience an interference from the at least one NB-IoT PRB that is lower than the interference experienced from the at least one NB-IoT PRB by a second group of the LTE PRBs, or transmitting LTE or NR signals modulated with a first modulation scheme in the LTE PRBs of the first group, and transmitting LTE or NR signals modulated with a second modulation scheme more robust than the first modulation scheme in the LTE PRBs of the second group.
US11528730B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for scheduling physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) across multiple transmission time intervals (TTIs) using multi-TTI grants.
US11528729B2
To properly transmit uplink control information (UCI) in future radio communication systems, a user terminal of the present invention is provided with a transmitting section that transmits uplink control information (UCI) in at least one of a plurality of slots with different time lengths of UL duration, and a control section that controls transmission of the UCI, where based on an explicit instruction from a radio base station or an implicit determination by the user terminal, the control section controls an uplink (UL) control channel used in transmission of the UCI.
US11528725B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for scheduling use of heterogeneous frequency schemes for radio-based networks. In one embodiment, a plurality of frequency schemes that are available to be used in a geographic area by a radio-based network are determined. It is determined whether respective quality-of-service requirements associated with a plurality of wireless devices used in the geographic area, or applications executed in those devices, are capable of being met by individual ones of the plurality of frequency schemes. A schedule is generated for use of one or more of the plurality of frequency schemes in the geographic area by the radio-based network based at least in part on whether the respective quality-of-service requirements are capable of being met by the individual ones of the plurality of frequency schemes.
US11528722B2
Some demonstrative embodiments may include apparatus, system and method of scheduling Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) wireless communications. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication Access Point (AP) to allocate at least one Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) enabled (TSN-enabled) Target Wakeup Time (TWT) Service Period (SP) based on one or more timing requirements of a TSN schedule of at least one TSN stream for at least one wireless communication station (STA); to transmit a TWT scheduling message to schedule the TSN-enabled TWT SP, the TWT scheduling message including an indication that the TSN-enabled TWT SP is restricted to only TSN communications; and, during the TSN-enabled TWT SP, to communicate one or more frames of the at least one TSN stream with the at least one STA.
US11528715B2
A wireless communication system of the present invention includes a first base station (30) and a second base station (20) configured to be capable of transmitting downlink data received from a core network to a terminal via the second base station (20) and the first base station (30). The second base station (20) transmits, to the first base station (30), information for identifying downlink data to be discarded from among the downlink data transmitted to the first base station (30) and a command for discarding the downlink data identified by the information. The first base station (30) discards downlink data not transmitted to the terminal from among the downlink data identified by the information.
US11528714B2
This application provides a data transmission method and apparatus. A terminal device sends first data to a network device in the nth time unit, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 0. The terminal device send second data to the network device when the terminal device does not receive the response message corresponding to the first data before the (n+k)th time unit, wherein the second data is new data which is different from the first data, where k is a positive integer. According to the data transmission method provided in some embodiments of this application, the terminal device may flexibly determine the transmission mode of the second data based on an actual situation, so as to reduce a transmission delay of uplink data and improve transmission reliability of the uplink data.
US11528711B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a first downlink control information (DCI) message indicating the UE is to transmit a transport block over multiple available slots on at least a first carrier and a resource allocation for the transport block. The multiple available slots my span a time interval. The UE may receive, from the base station, a second DCI message indicating the UE is to switch from the first carrier to a second carrier during the interval. Based on the second DCI message, the UE may transmit at least a first portion of coded bits corresponding to the transport block on the first carrier in at least one available slot of the multiple available slots.
US11528705B2
The embodiments of the invention provide a signal transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: a first apparatus determines a bandwidth and a quantity of subcarriers of a target channel, wherein the bandwidth and the quantity of the subcarriers of the target channel are determined according to a level and/or a type of terminal equipment using the target channel; and the first apparatus transmits, according to the bandwidth and the quantity of the subcarriers of the target channel, via the target channel, and to a second apparatus, a signal, or receives a signal sent from the terminal device via the target channel, wherein at least one of the first apparatus and the second apparatus is the terminal equipment. The embodiment of the invention can prevent resource wastage.
US11528698B2
The invention relates to a method for allocating radio resources to a transmitting terminal for performing direct communication transmission over a direct link connection. The transmitting terminal receives a system information broadcast from the base station, which comprises information on a temporary transmission radio resource pool, indicating radio resources for performing a direct communication transmission, and comprises configuration information on the resource pool to limit the amount of time that the temporary radio resource pool is usable by the transmitting terminal.
US11528691B2
A mobile communications unit for communicating data to and/or from base stations, the unit being arranged to communicate data with one or more base stations via a wireless access interface provided by the one or more base stations; arranged to receive transmissions from the one or more base stations via at least one carrier, wherein carriers are logically separate sets of physical resources within a frequency range, the resources of a carrier providing a communication channel; and arranged, upon reception of allocation information comprising an indication of the location of common information within a first carrier, to access the common information in the first carrier, wherein the allocation information is provided in a second carrier and the common information is for at least one mobile unit using the first carrier and for at least one mobile unit using a second carrier.
US11528688B2
Techniques for managing uplink communication on a wireless communication medium are disclosed. An access point may transmit and an access terminal may receive an Uplink Control Information (UCI) payload indicator over a downlink channel instructing an access terminal to configure a UCI payload. The access terminal may then transmit and the access point may then receive UCI including the configured UCI payload over an uplink channel in response to the UCI payload indicator.
US11528686B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting Uplink Control Information. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a set of uplink control channel resources according to the first number of bits, the first number of bits being determined according to high-level parameters; receiving configuration information sent by a network device, the configuration information indicating an uplink control channel resource in the set of uplink control channel resources; determining first UCI to be transmitted according to a channel format corresponding to the uplink control channel resource, the number of bits occupied by the first UCI being less than or equal to the first number of bits; and transmitting the first UCI in the uplink control channel resource using the channel format. Therefore, the terminal device determines the UCI to be transmitted based on the channel format corresponding to the uplink control channel resource, so that the number of bits for actual transmission of the UCI is less than or equal to the number of bits of the UCI determined according to the high-level parameters, thereby improving transmission efficiency of the UCI.
US11528679B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods for de-registration of the wireless device from a first access type over a second access type. Methods also include procedures for maintaining state machines associated with both access types as well as procedures to determine a connection for re-transmitting a de-registration request and to avoid collisions between procedures associated with the first and second access types. Further, methods include an information element configured to indicate which access type has been de-registered.
US11528673B1
A system and method for establishing anchors in an augmented reality environment activates an anchor device to continuously transmit a first spatial information packet and a second spatial information packet, the first and second packets being respectively sent through a first communication technology and a second communication technology. The first spatial information packet and the second spatial information contain an identification (ID) and an angle information of the anchor device. An augmented reality (AR) device receives the first spatial information packet and the second spatial information packet. The AR device further includes a processing unit. A spatial relationship between the AR device and the anchor device is obtained through the processing unit according to the first spatial information packet and the second spatial information packet. The spatial relationship includes a position of the anchor device relative to the AR device, and the horizontal and vertical distances therebetween.
US11528666B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting the transmission power of an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of determining, by an unmanned aerial vehicle that includes a radio transceiver, an altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle and a distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a base station. The actions further include, based on the altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the base station, determining, by an unmanned aerial vehicle, a transmission power level for the radio transceiver. The actions further include communicating, by the unmanned aerial vehicle, with the base station using the radio transceiver operating at the transmission power level.
US11528664B2
The disclosure relates to a device and a method for controlling transmission power of an electronic device in a wireless communication system. An electronic device may include: a housing; at least one radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) disposed in the housing and configured to support a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT; a first communication processor electrically or operationally connected to the at least one RFIC; a second communication processor electrically or operationally connected to the at least one RFIC and the first communication processor; and at least one memory which is operationally connected to the first communication processor and the second communication process or is a part of at least one of the first communication processor or the second communication processor, and which is configured to store a first threshold value related to the at least one RFIC.
US11528662B2
An eNB and a method for use in a base station (eNB) for configuring a UE to be awake for a longer duration in order to detect eNB transmission after the end of initial Signalling.
US11528656B2
A method of multiplexing logical channels (LCHs) in configured grants (CG) to enable faster transmission of high priority data in 5G New Radio-Unlicensed (NR-U) is proposed. Two options of imposing a CAPC-based restriction rule on multiplexing a low priority LCH with a high priority LCH are provided. In a first option, a threshold CAPC value is configured via RRC signaling. Data belonging to LCH having a priority lower than the CAPC threshold is not allowed to be multiplexed with data belonging to LCH having a priority higher than the CAPC threshold. In a second option, each CAPC has a flag indicating if the CPAC can have reduced priority via RRC signaling. If the flag is set for the CAPC, then data belonging to LCH assigned with the CAPC cannot be multiplexed with data belonging to lower priority LCHs.
US11528653B2
A network includes at least one node to communicate with at least one other node via a wireless network protocol. The node includes a network configuration module to periodically switch a current node function of the node between an intermediate node function and a leaf node function. The switch of the current node function enables automatic reconfiguration of the wireless network based on detected communications between the at least one node and at least one intermediate node or at least one leaf node via the wireless network protocol.
US11528650B2
A system for an enhanced X2 interface in a mobile operator core network is disclosed, comprising: a Long Term Evolution (LTE) core network packet data network gateway (PGW); an evolved NodeB (eNodeB) connected to the LTE PGW; a Wi-Fi access point (AP) connected to the LTE PGW via a wireless local area network (WLAN) gateway; and a coordinating node positioned as a gateway between the LTE PGW and the eNodeB, and positioned as a gateway between the LTE PGW and the Wi-Fi AP, the coordinating node further comprising: a network address translation (NAT) module; and a protocol module for communicating to the eNodeB and the Wi-Fi AP to request inter-radio technology (inter-RAT) handovers of a user equipment (UE) from the eNodeB to the Wi-Fi AP and to forward packets intended for the UE from the eNodeB to the Wi-Fi AP.
US11528644B2
The present invention provides a method of providing configuration of cell search information for a network device of a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The network device has a serving cell on which a mobile device is allowed to camp. The method includes a step of transmitting at least one location information of reference points for the configuration of cell search information for at least one mobile device, to configure the mobile device to determine whether to perform cell search for cell reselection according to the configuration of cell search information.
US11528643B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). Embodiments include reporting, to a network entity, a capability of the UE to support beam failure recovery (BFR) on one or more secondary cells (SCells). Embodiments include detecting a beam failure of a beam pair link (BPL) associated with an Scell of the one or more SCells. Embodiments include performing a BFR in accordance with the reported capability, in response to the detection.
US11528639B2
A system includes an IP communication unit that communicates by IP communication, a non-IP communication unit that communicates by non-IP communication for which a transmittable data size is smaller than the transmittable data size for IP communication, and a controller that controls a switching between communication by the IP communication unit and communication by the non-IP communication unit, such that communication is performed by non-IP communication in a case in which a size of data to transmit is equal to or less than a predetermined first size, and communication is performed by IP communication in the case in which the size of the data to transmit is greater than the first size.
US11528636B2
Systems, methods, and computer software are disclosed for providing an Open Radio Access Network (RAN) networking infrastructure. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing real-time OpenRAN controller responsible for radio connection management, mobility management, QoS management, edge services, and interference management for the quality of end user experience; and providing a non-real-time controller in communication with the real-time OpenRAN controller, the non-real-time controller providing functionality such as configuration management, device management, fault management, performance management, and lifecycle management for all network elements in a network.
US11528631B2
An interference metric at a specific time instance may differ from interference metrics at different time instances. As a result, any actions based on the interference metric may unduly be influenced by such difference. In some implementations, an apparatus or device reports an overall interference metric that accounts for temporal variations in interference metrics at different time instances. An example method includes measuring, by a user equipment, an interference metric at two or more time instances for wireless signals transmitted by a base station, generating an overall interference metric based on the interference metrics at the two or more time instances, and transmitting, by the user equipment, the overall interference metric to the base station.
US11528628B2
Provided is a wireless base station which uses distributed antennas and selects a combination of a plurality of wireless terminals and the distributed antennas of a wireless base station that performs multi-user transmission with respect to the plurality of wireless terminals in a multi-BSS wireless environment. The wireless base station includes: a scheduling unit that measures reception power (RSSI) from each wireless terminal at each of the distributed antennas and selects a combination of a plurality of wireless terminals and a plurality of antennas having approximately the same RSSIs in descending order for respective wireless terminals; and a transmission power control unit that sets minimum transmission power corresponding to the RSSI of the antenna when multi-user transmission is performed between the plurality of wireless terminals and the plurality of antennas combined by the scheduling unit.
US11528627B2
A radio terminal (2) is used in a radio communication system (100) and communicates with a radio station (1). The radio terminal (2) includes a measurement unit (20). The measurement unit (20) operates to perform, using a terminal measurement procedure for executing a first terminal measurement corresponding to radio access technology applied to the radio communication system (100), a second terminal measurement of a shared frequency shared by a plurality of radio systems including the radio communication system (100).
US11528624B2
A receiving device for a wireless communication system, is configured to: monitor a reference signal associated with a control channel, the control channel being associated with a serving beam link; determine a channel quality measure based on the reference signal; and declare a beam link failure for the serving beam link based on the channel quality measure and a configuration of the control channel.
US11528619B2
The preset disclosure provides a measurement gap configuration method and a measurement gap configuration apparatus. The configuration method includes: determining a first configuration that is configured for a user equipment by a second network node; and configuring a measurement gap for the user equipment according to the first configuration.
US11528612B2
There is provided a method and a system for authorizing a user device to send a request to a vehicle in order to prevent a physical layer relay attack. The system comprises a vehicle comprising an acoustic transducer and an RF transceiver and a user device comprising an acoustic transducer and an RF transceiver. The method relates to a signaling scheme using a combination of acoustic and RF signals for preventing a successful physical layer relay attack.
US11528606B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to long training field (LTF) sequence security protection. A device may determine a null data packet (NDP) frame comprising one or more fields. The device may determine a first long training field (LTF) and a second LTF, the first LTF and the second LTF being associated with a first frequency band of the NDP frame, wherein time domain LTF symbols of first LTF and the second LTF are generated using different LTF sequences. The device may determine a third LTF and a fourth LTF, the third LTF and the fourth LTF being associated with the a second frequency band of the NDP frame, wherein time domain LTF symbols of third LTF and the fourth LTF are generated using different LTF sequences. The device may cause to send the NDP frame to an initiating or a responding device. The device may cause to send a location measurement report (LMR) frame to the initiating or the responding device, wherein the LMR comprises timing information associated with the first frequency band and the second frequency band.
US11528601B1
Disclosed here is a system and method to determine which wireless telecommunication network functionalities are impaired when using end-to-end encryption and to ameliorate the impairment of the functionality. The system receives a request from a sender device to communicate with a receiver device, where the request indicates whether the sender device is capable of an end-to-end encryption. The system determines whether the receiver device is capable of the end-to-end encryption, and whether the receiver device is associated with a functionality provided by a wireless telecommunication network that is impaired when the end-to-end encryption is used. Upon determining that the receiver device is not capable of the end-to-end encryption or that the receiver device is associated with the functionality that is impaired, the system performs an action to ameliorate the impairment to the functionality.
US11528594B1
The disclosure herein describes the use of a policy server to enable management of activation of an adaptively branded device with a brand with which the device is compatible. A brand registration is received from a device registration entity including a device identifier of a device and a registered brand identifier of a brand. The device identifier and registered brand identifier are linked in a data store. A device activation request is received from the device including the device identifier and a SIM brand identifier of a SIM installed in the device. Based on the SIM brand identifier differing from the registered brand identifier, activation of the device with the brand is prevented. Based on the SIM brand identifier matching the registered brand identifier, the device is activated with the brand of the registered brand identifier, whereby the device is enabled to complete a branding process based on the brand.
US11528583B2
A device, method and system for determining a primary location of a public-safety unit is provided. An example device receives, from a plurality of devices associated with a public-safety unit, a plurality of locations associated with the public-safety unit, the public-safety unit comprising the plurality of devices and one or more public-safety personnel. The example device determines a context associated with the public-safety unit. The example device selects a single location, from the plurality of locations, that represents a primary location of the public-safety unit based on the context as determined. The example device one or more of: causes the primary location to be provided at an electronic map; and provides the primary location to one or more of a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) device and a public-safety server.
US11528579B2
A method of obtaining media content of an event, comprising: identifying a real-life event and, a time of said real-life event a geographic location of the real-life event; identifying a subset of a plurality of client terminals of users located in proximity to the geographic location of the real-life event at said time of said real-life event; sending a message to the subset of client terminals containing a request to acquire media content documenting the real-life event; and receiving at least one media content item documenting the real-life event from at least one client terminal of the subset of client terminals, the at least one media content item acquired by at least one user of the users using the at least one client terminal in response to the message.
US11528578B2
Example techniques relate to playback based on acoustic signals in a system including a first network device and a second network device. A first network device may detect a presence of a user using a camera and/or infrared sensors. The first network device sends, in response to detecting the presence of the user, a particular signal via the first network interface. The second network device receives data corresponding to the particular signal and plays back an audio output corresponding to the particular signal.
US11528571B1
A system configured to perform microphone occlusion event detection. When a device detects a microphone occlusion event, the device will modify audio processing performed prior to speech processing, such as by disabling spatial processing and only processing audio data from a single microphone. The device detects the microphone occlusion event by determining inter-level difference (ILD) values between two microphone signals and using the ILD values as input features to a classifier. For example, when a far-end reference signal is inactive, the classifier may process a first ILD value within a high frequency band. However, when the far-end reference signal is active, the classifier may process the first ILD value and a second ILD value within a low frequency band.
US11528568B1
A device and method for improving hearing devices by using computer recognition of words and substituting either computer generated words or pre-recorded words in streaming conversation received from a distant speaker. The system may operate in multiple modes such as a first mode being amplification and conditioning of the voice sounds; a second mode having said microphone pickup up the voice sounds from a speaker, a processor configured to convert voice sounds to discrete words corresponding to words spoken by said speaker, generating a synthesized voice speaking said words and outputting said synthesized voice to said sound reproducing element, which is hearable by the user. Other modes include translation of foreign languages into a user's ear and using a heads up display to project the text version of words which the computer had deciphered or translated. The system may be triggered by eye moment, spoken command, hand movement or similar.
US11528559B2
A double sided speaker device, comprising a magnetic conductive carrier board, a first magnetic circuit module, a second magnetic circuit module, a first voice coil, a second voice coil, a first sounding hood, and a second sounding hood. The magnetic conductive carrier board comprises a plurality of openings. The first magnetic circuit module is disposed at one side of the magnetic conductive carrier board. The second magnetic circuit module is disposed at the other side of the magnetic conductive carrier board. The first voice coil is disposed around the first magnetic circuit module. The second voice coil is disposed around the second magnetic circuit module. The first sounding hood is disposed at one side of the magnetic conductive carrier board and comprises a first accommodating space. The second sounding hood is disposed at the other side of the magnetic conductive carrier board and comprises a second accommodating space.
US11528558B2
A method for detecting a prominent tone of an input audio includes establishing a first analysis audio signal based on the input audio signal, establishing a second analysis audio signal based on the input audio signal, wherein an analysis audio signal of the first analysis audio signal and the second analysis audio signal is established by applying an analysis audio filter to the input audio signal, comparing the first analysis audio signal and the second analysis audio signal to obtain an energy level contrast, and determining a representation of the prominent tone by converting the energy level contrast by a contrast-to-frequency mapping function.
US11528555B2
Acoustic waveguides can be used to improve audio performance of playback devices, such as a soundbar. Such a playback device can include an elongated body defining an outer perimeter with a forward surface, an upper surface, and a rounded edge between the forward surface and the upper surface. An up-firing transducer is configured to direct sound along an axis that has a vertical oblique angle with respect to a forward axis. A waveguide in fluid communication with the up-firing transducer includes a sidewall extending circumferentially around the transducer, the sidewall having a first end adjacent the up-firing transducer and a second end adjacent the outer perimeter, such that an opening defined by the sidewall has a larger area at the second end than at the first end. A rear portion of the sidewall is more steeply angled with respect to the axis than a forward portion of the sidewall.
US11528547B2
A device for providing vestibular and somatosensory stimulation through bone conduction of sound waves to skeletal bones is provided in the form of a pad that is applied to or wrapped around the individual in treatment, which is comfortable in use and may contain particulate filler material capable of providing bone conduction stimulation adjacent to the location of a bone conduction transducer and expand the sound conduction site over a larger area. The device may be located beneath a pillow or mattress.
US11528545B2
A circuit includes a first biasing voltage source, a second biasing voltage source, a first resistor device coupled between the first biasing voltage source and a first terminal of the circuit, a second resistor device coupled between the second biasing voltage source and a second terminal of the circuit, a third resistor device coupled between the second biasing voltage source and a third terminal, a first capacitor coupled between the third terminal and ground, and an amplifier having an input coupled to the second terminal and an output coupled to a circuit output.
US11528544B2
A display device includes a display panel including a first area and a second area, a sound generator disposed in at least one of the first and second areas on the display panel, a partition member disposed at a boundary between the first and second areas on the display panel, and extending in a predetermined direction, and a blocking member disposed in at least one of the first and second areas on the display panel, and spaced apart from the partition member.
US11528541B2
Concepts and technologies directed to optical networking with hybrid optical vortices are disclosed herein. Embodiments can include a system that is configured to perform operations for optical networking with hybrid optical vortices. The system can include a hybrid optical switch that can communicatively couple with another network device via one or more nanofiber communication paths. The operations can include receiving, from a first nanofiber communication path, a hybrid optical vortex that carries an internet protocol packet. The operations also can include decoupling the hybrid optical vortex to extract an optical vortex that encapsulates the internet protocol packet. The operations also can include switching the internet protocol packet to a subsequent communication path based on the optical vortex that encapsulates the internet protocol packet.
US11528535B2
This application discloses a video file playing method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The video file playing method includes playing an animation file frame by frame according to a playback time of a video file, the video file comprising at least one displayed object, and the animation file comprising an animation element generated according to the displayed object; determining click/tap position information of a screen clicking/tapping event in response to the screen clicking/tapping event being detected; determining an animation element display area corresponding to the click/tap position information of the screen clicking/tapping event in the animation file according to the click/tap position information; determining, according to the corresponding animation element display area, an animation element triggered by the screen clicking/tapping event; and determining an interactive operation corresponding to the triggered animation element and performing the interactive operation.
US11528531B1
Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed to generate media exposure maps of media environments. An example apparatus includes memory and processor circuitry to execute instructions to at least: group first locations into a first cluster and second locations into a second cluster, ones of the first locations and the second locations based on at least one of corresponding angle of arrival measurements or corresponding angle of departure measurements, determine a first duration corresponding to the first cluster and a second duration corresponding to the second cluster based on timestamps of the first locations and the second locations, and generate a map based on at least one of the first cluster or the second cluster in response to one of the first duration or the second duration meeting a threshold duration and corresponding to a monitored data, the map to represent an area of media exposure in a media presentation environment.
US11528524B1
Systems and methods for providing a universal remote control are disclosed. Control schemes for a plurality of remotely-controlled devices may be stored in memory of the universal remote control, where each of the control schemes includes a set of commands for a corresponding one of the remotely-controlled devices. Instructions for each command corresponding to one or more signals for the corresponding remotely-controlled device may be encoded. Based on a current orientation of a mobile device relative to a location of the remotely-controlled devices in a real-world environment, one of the remotely-controlled devices may be identified as being selected. Based on the stored control scheme for the selected remotely-controlled device a display for the mobile device may be generated, wherein the generated display includes the set of commands corresponding to the selected remotely-controlled device. A selection from the generated display of commands may be received. The selection corresponding to one or more signals based on the control scheme for the selected remotely-controlled device may be identified. The identified signals may be transmitted to the selected remotely-controlled device, wherein the transmitted signals include instructions executable by the selected remotely-controlled device to perform the selected command.
US11528522B2
Example techniques related to polices for media playback systems. An example implementation involves a computing system receiving data representing a request to play back first audio tracks on one or more first playback devices of a first media playback system. The first media playback system is associated with a first subscriber to a streaming media service and the first media playback system is physically located in a first commercial establishment. The computing system determines that the first subscriber is associated with one or more first subscriber policies of the streaming media service and sends instructions to play back the first audio tracks on the one or more first playback devices according to the one or more first subscriber policies of the streaming media service.
US11528519B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of transmitting multimedia content in a broadcast communication system, and comprises the steps of: identifying protocol information mapped for each service corresponding to multimedia content; transmitting service-related information including the identified protocol information mapped for each service; and transmitting multimedia content corresponding to related services to a receiving side by using the identified protocol.
US11528515B2
Receiving a first portion of a live stream of a content item being either prerecorded or being captured from a live event, the content item comprising or to comprise a set of stream-enabled video segments, the first portion of the live stream comprising a first subset of stream-enabled video segments. Identifying insertion point(s) within at least one stream-enabled video segment. Generating a first playlist based on the one or more identified insertion points, the first playlist associated with at least a first sub-subset stream-enabled video segments. Providing the first playlist to a consumer system. Receiving a second portion of the live stream comprising a second subset of stream-enabled video segments. Receiving a second playlist associated with the second portion of the live stream. Updating the first playlist based on the second playlist, and providing the updated first playlist to the consumer system.
US11528508B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in response to a first reconstructed image sample being located outside a virtual boundary, duplicates a reconstructed sample located inside and adjacent to the virtual boundary to generate the first reconstructed image sample. The circuitry generates a first coefficient value by applying a CCALF (cross component adaptive loop filtering) process to the first reconstructed image sample of a luma component. The circuitry generates a second coefficient value by applying an ALF (adaptive loop filtering) process to a second reconstructed image sample of a chroma component. The circuitry generates a third coefficient value by adding the first coefficient value to the second coefficient value, and encodes a third reconstructed image sample of the chroma component using the third coefficient value.
US11528493B2
Methods and apparatuses for video transcoding based on spatial or temporal importance include: in response to receiving an encoded video bitstream, decoding a picture from the encoded video bitstream; determining a first level of spatial importance for a first region of a background of the picture based on an image segmentation technique; applying to the first region a first resolution-enhancement technique associated with the first level of spatial importance for increasing resolution of the first region by a scaling factor, wherein the first resolution-enhancement technique is selected from a set of resolution-enhancement techniques having different computational complexity levels; and encoding the first region using a video coding standard.
US11528492B2
A method for developing an enhancement model for low-quality visual data, the method comprising the steps of receiving one or more sections of higher-quality visual data; and training a hierarchical algorithm. The hierarchical algorithm is operable to increase the quality of one or more sections of lower-quality visual data so as to substantially reproduce the one or more sections of higher-quality visual data. The hierarchical algorithm is then outputted.
US11528486B2
Restrictions on motion vector difference are disclosed. In one example method of video processing, performing a conversion between a first block of video and a bitstream representation of the first block based on a constrained signaled MVD component associated with the first block, wherein value of the signaled motion vector difference (MVD) component is constrained in a predetermined range.
US11528485B2
A coding device executes coding having divided an image into blocks, and includes: a candidate obtainment unit that obtains a plurality of provisional motion vector candidates in a coding target block; an evaluation information obtainment unit that obtains a correspondence vector that is a vector having a same direction and a same magnitude as a direction and a magnitude of the obtained provisional motion vector candidates, and evaluation information of a search center indicated by the correspondence vector in a coded block; and a selection unit that, on the basis of the evaluation information, selects, from the plurality of provisional motion vector candidates, a number of motion vector candidates that is lower than the number of the plurality of provisional motion vector candidates.
US11528482B2
An image decoding method includes receiving residual information including first size related information for a first residual coefficient and second size related information for a second residual coefficient, setting a Rice parameter of the first size related information and the second size related information as a specific value, deriving available binary values based on the Rice parameter, deriving binary values of the first size related information and the second size related information by decoding the first size related information and the second size related information, deriving values of the first size related information and the second size related information by comparing the binary values and the available binary values, deriving the first residual coefficient and the second residual coefficient based on the values, and reconstructing a current picture based on the first residual coefficient and the second residual coefficient.
US11528480B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus includes determining a splitting structure of a current block composed of chroma components, determining a splitting type of the current block based on the splitting structure, obtaining a plurality of lower-layer blocks by splitting the current block based on the splitting type, and decoding the lower-layer blocks based on a prediction mode of the lower-layer blocks.
US11528479B2
An image decoding method includes: splitting a first block included in an image on the basis of at least one of a split type and a split direction of the first block to determine at least one second block from the first block; determining one of a prediction mode of the at least one second block and whether to split the at least one second block on the basis of at least one of a size and a shape of the determined at least one second block; obtaining a prediction block of a block included in the at least one second block on the basis of one of the determined prediction mode and whether to split the at least one second block; and restoring the block included in the at least one second block on the basis of the prediction block of the block included in the at least one second block. Here, the split type represents one of binary-split, tri-split, and quad-split.
US11528477B2
According to the disclosure of the present document, scaling list data transmitted from an adaptation parameter set (APS) can be signaled through a hierarchical structure. In addition, by setting a limit on the scaling list data transmitted from the APS, it is possible to reduce the amount of data which has to be signaled for video/image coding, and facilitate implementation.
US11528476B2
A method of video processing includes maintaining, for a conversion between a current video block of a current picture of a visual media data and a bitstream representation of the visual media data, a buffer comprising reference samples from the current picture for a derivation of prediction samples of the current video block. One or more reference samples in the buffer that are marked unavailable for the derivation have values outside of a pixel value range.
US11528475B2
A method includes selecting, from an image, a target block of pixels to be compressed, selecting a neighbor column of the target block, selecting a neighbor row of the target block, generating two or more basis values based on at least one of a portion of pixels of the neighbor column and a portion of pixels of the neighbor row, calculating a gradient based on the two or more basis values, and assigning at least one predictor for the target block using the calculated gradient.
US11528473B2
An automatic test method for testing functions of a device under test is disclosed. The automatic test method includes the following operations. A sample video is generated based on first sample photos and at least one second sample photo by a processor. The sample video is displayed by the device under test and test photos are generated based on the content of the displayed sample video captured by a camera. The first sample photos are compared with the test photos to generate a display compared result. A display error message or a display pass message is generated based on the display compared result by the processor, configured to indicate that whether a display function of the device under test is dysfunctional.
US11528472B2
An information display apparatus 400 obtains information about a plurality of apparatuses for obtaining a plurality of images captured from a plurality of directions for use in generating a virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a specified viewpoint. Furthermore, the information display apparatus 400 identifies an apparatus in an abnormal state among the plurality of apparatuses based on the obtained information. The information display apparatus 400 then causes the display unit 404 to display information indicating one or a plurality of apparatuses, among the plurality of apparatuses, that are in a predetermined relationship with the apparatus in the abnormal state.
US11528466B2
A method operable by circuitry including an image processor, an image sensor, and another clock-dependent device, including measuring a flicker using the image sensor, adjusting a clock rate of the circuitry according to the measured flicker, and operating the clock-dependent device using the adjusted clock rate.
US11528465B2
An image processing apparatus for generating a virtual viewpoint image that acquires a parameter for identifying a position and orientation of a first imaging device, acquires three-dimensional shape data of an object that is generated based on a plurality of images acquired by a plurality of second imaging devices different from the first imaging device, and corrects a pixel value of a pixel included in a region corresponding to the object in an image acquired by the first imaging device, based on the position and orientation of the first imaging device identified based on the acquired parameter and the acquired three-dimensional shape data of the object.
US11528462B2
State information indicating states of a plurality of imaging apparatuses 100-x used for generating a virtual viewpoint image is acquired. At least one image type is determined from a plurality of image types indicating display formats of displaying the states of the plurality of imaging apparatuses 100-x based on the state information. Based on the determined image type, the states of the plurality of imaging apparatuses 100-x are displayed.
US11528455B2
An information processing device which controls one projector and another projector includes: a display unit which displays a first operation screen for managing the one projector and a second operation screen for managing the another projector; an input unit which accepts an operation on the first operation screen and the second operation screen; and a control unit which controls the one projector and the another projector, based on the operation accepted by the input unit. When the information processing device is switched from a first state where the first operation screen is operable to a second state where the second operation screen is operable, the control unit causes the second operation screen where an item corresponding to a predetermined item selected on the first operation screen in the first state is selected, to be displayed in the second state.
US11528453B2
Techniques including obtaining a first location of a vehicle, the vehicle having two or more cameras disposed about the vehicle, each camera associated with a physical camera pose, capturing, by a first camera, a first image of a first area in a first field of view, associating the first image with the first location of the vehicle when the first image was captured, moving the vehicle in a direction so that the first area is in an expected second field of view of a second camera, wherein the second camera is not capturing images, obtaining a second location of the vehicle, determining a temporal camera pose based on a first physical camera pose, a second physical camera pose, and the second location of the vehicle, and rendering a view of the first area from the expected second field of view of the second camera based on the first image.
US11528450B2
Described are methods and systems in which the censorship and supervision tasks normally performed by secured facility personnel are augmented or automated entirely by a Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System. In embodiments, the Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System performs voice biometrics, speech recognition, non-verbal audio classification, fingerprint and other biometric authentication, image object classification, facial recognition, body joint location determination analysis, and/or optical character recognition on the video visitation data. The Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation utilizes these various analysis techniques in concert to determine if all rules and regulations enforced by the jurisdiction operation the secured facility are being followed by the parties to the video visitation session.
US11528449B2
A system or method of prioritizing participants in a virtual meeting via a network by scoring each participant on several criteria and weighting the criteria to determine a readiness score. The system of accesses, for each of a plurality of participants, network data, video data, audio data, processing data, and participation data. The system determines, for each of the plurality of participants, a signal strength score based on the corresponding network data, a background score based on the corresponding video data and audio data, a microphone proximity score based on the corresponding video data, a processing score for each of the plurality of participants based on the corresponding processing data, and an engagement score based on the corresponding video data and participation data. The system calculates the readiness score, for each participant, based at least on the corresponding signal strength score, background score, engagement score, and processing score, ranks the participants, and provides the ranked participants.
US11528442B2
A photodetector device is provided that includes a ROIC having a top surface with a plurality of electrically conductive first electrodes within a pattern of surface areas on the top surface each surface area having a border, and an electrically conductive electrode grid having a portion on the border of each of the surface areas; and a photodetector film overlying the surface area. The electrode grid can be configured to surround each surface area to define the borders of the surface areas as pixels. The photodetector film can be a colloidal quantum dot film. The ROIC has circuit elements signal-connected to the plurality of first electrodes. Methods for forming the photodetector device include photolithography and deposition methods.
US11528435B2
The disclosure is directed to an image dehazing method and an image dehazing apparatus using the same method. In an aspect, the disclosure is directed to an image dehazing method, and the method would include not limited to: receiving an input image; dehazing the image by a dehazing module to output a dehazed RGB image; recovering image brightness of the dehazed RGB image by a high dynamic range (HDR) module to output an HDR image; and removing reflection of the HDR image by a ReflectNet inference model, wherein the ReflectNet inference model uses a deep learning architecture.
US11528429B2
An image processing device includes an evaluation unit configured to evaluate whether a first region of a captured image satisfies a quality condition, and a composition frame setting unit configured to set a different composition frame in the captured image in accordance with an evaluation result of the first region.
US11528422B2
Imaging apparatus capable of detecting and displaying information with respect to an incline thereof
An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
US11528418B2
A shake correction control device includes a processor that acquires imaging information for selecting mechanical correction of mechanically performing shake correction of a subject image or electronic correction of electronically performing the shake correction of the subject image. The processor performs a switching control from either of the mechanical correction or the electronic correction to the other of the mechanical correction or the electronic correction, and synchronizes shake correction operations of the mechanical correction and the electronic correction during the switching control, and changes an operation ratio of the mechanical correction and the electrical correction in accordance with passage of time during the switching control.
US11528417B2
In a method, it is determined that a detachable lens is mounted on an image capture device in a first orientation. A first image of a controlled scene is captured with the detachable lens mounted in the first orientation. It is determined that the detachable lens is mounted on the image capture device in a second orientation that is rotated approximately 180 degrees from the first orientation. A second image of the controlled scene is captured with the detachable lens in the second orientation. A first image circle center of the first image is determined. A second image circle center of the second image is determined. An average image circle center is determined, based on the first image circle center and the second image circle center. The average image circle center is provided to an image stabilization algorithm when the detachable lens is mounted on the image capture device.
US11528411B2
Provided are an imaging plan presentation apparatus and method capable of presenting an imaging plan to a user in accordance with conditions of images necessary for checking and an imaging range in a captured image. After an imaging unit (14) completes imaging, an imaging plan update unit (15) determines whether an uncaptured area has been identified by an uncaptured-area identification unit (151). If Yes is obtained, the imaging plan update unit (15) updates the imaging plan on the basis of the uncaptured imaging range, and re-generates an imaging plan corresponding to the uncaptured imaging range. Then, an imaging plan presentation unit (13) presents an imaging range to be captured next to a user on the basis of the re-generated imaging plan.
US11528406B2
An apparatus includes a calculation unit that calculates a plurality of defocus amounts corresponding to a plurality of focus detecting frames obtained by dividing an area corresponding to a display frame, and a selection unit that selects one focus detecting frame which corresponds to one defocus amount used for an AF control. The selection unit changes an AF operation for selecting the one focus detecting frame based on the number of low contrast frames to the number of focus detecting frames or based on reliability selected from part of the area and a ratio of focus detecting frames having a high reliability in the area, or performs an AF operation for selecting the one focus detecting frame so that a high contrast frame is prioritized over a low contrast frame.
US11528402B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in a terminal, in addition to event information in the ONVIF format, information for determining rotation and information about a cropped region cropped from an original region are additionally transmitted.
US11528388B2
In described examples, a circuit includes an integrator. The integrator receives an input signal. A first sampling network is coupled to the integrator and generates a signal voltage. A second sampling network is coupled to the integrator and generates a pixel sampled noise voltage. The pixel sampled noise voltage generated in a previous cycle is subtracted from the signal voltage generated in a current cycle to generate a true signal voltage.
US11528385B2
An information processing apparatus which cooperates with a management service for receiving a document via a network and storing the document and a blockchain service for managing information about the document on a block-by-block basis, defining an association with a previous and/or subsequent block for each block, and then managing a plurality of blocks with a plurality of nodes includes an editing unit configured to perform editing processing on a source document to generate a new document, a transmission unit configured to transmit the generated document to the management service, and a cooperation unit configured to register information indicating that the source document was edited with the blockchain service, wherein, in response to the editing unit being confirmed to be a service trusted by the blockchain service, the information indicating that the source document was edited is registered with the blockchain service.
US11528384B2
An image forming system including first and second image forming apparatuses each including a controller, a media interface, a memory, and a user interface. When configuration information is not stored in a recording medium connected to the media interface of the first image forming apparatus, the controller of the first image forming apparatus encrypts configuration information stored in the memory of the first image forming apparatus using a data password received via the user interface of the first image forming apparatus, and exports the encrypted configuration information to the recording medium. When configuration information is stored in a recording medium connected to the media interface of the second image forming apparatus, the controller of the second image forming apparatus decrypts the configuration information stored in the connected recording medium using a data password received via the user interface of the second image forming apparatus, and imports the decrypted configuration information.
US11528383B2
A billing method for a liquid jet device includes, counting a consumed amount of liquid by printing, counting the number of printed sheets, counting a consumed amount of liquid for maintenance of a jet head, calculating a maintenance consumption amount per unit number of sheets, from a maintenance consumption amount consumed in current maintenance, and the number of printed sheets for which printing is performed from previous maintenance to the current maintenance, setting, as a liquid consumption amount, a value obtained by adding the maintenance consumption amount per unit number of sheets, to a print consumption amount consumed in printing for the unit number of sheets, and billing for printing for the same number of sheets as the number of printed sheets performed after the current maintenance, in accordance with the liquid consumption amount.
US11528365B1
The technology disclosed herein enables communications among users having communication session requests waiting in a queue. In a particular embodiment, a method includes determining that a first communication session request from a first endpoint is in a queue for establishing a communication session with a receiving endpoint to which the queue is regulating access. While the first communication session request is in the queue, the method includes connecting the first endpoint to a communication channel between the first endpoint and a second endpoint having a second communication session request in the queue. Also, while the first communication session request is in the queue, the method includes exchanging user communications between the first endpoint and the second endpoint over the communication channel.
US11528359B1
A call processing system and method for providing a secondary information channel to a caller. Upon reception of a call from a caller to a customer service representative on a primary access channel determine a device (secondary device) associated with the caller that is separate from the device the caller is using for the primary access channel. The secondary device is to be used to provide a secondary information access channel. The secondary information access channel is complimentary to the primary access channel between the caller and the customer service representative and is utilized to deliver information content to the caller and/or provide other services supportive of the conversation with the company service representative.
US11528358B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for communications network security for handling proxy voice calls that employ a voicebot. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a call handling system can intercept, from a communications network, a call request that is directed to a called target device. The call handling system can determine that the call request was generated by a voicebot on behalf of a user equipment. The call handling system can suspend the call request from being routed to the called target device. The call handling system can generate a voicebot confirmation request that identifies the voicebot and the user equipment. The call handling system can provide the voicebot confirmation request to the called target. The call request can be suspended while the voicebot confirmation request is provided to the called target device.
US11528357B2
A communications system according to certain embodiments includes a mobile device and a second type of communications system, such as a landline telephone system, that share usage information. The shared information can include call logs of in-coming and out-going calls, missed calls, text messages, address book information, GPS data, internet browsing data, and the like.
US11528355B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for restricting capture of self-portrait images on mobile devices may include (i) capturing sensor data associated with a surrounding environment, (ii) detecting a user input for taking one or more self-portrait images, determining, based on the sensor data, one or more potential hazards associated with the taking of the self-portrait images within the surrounding environment, and (iv) performing a security action to protect against the potential hazards associated with the taking of the self-portrait images within the surrounding environment. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11528341B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to cognitive automation-based engine processing to propagate data across multiple systems via a private network to overcome technical system, resource consumption, and architecture limitations. Data to be propagated can be manually input or extracted from a digital file. The data can be parsed by analyzing for correct syntax, normalized into first through sixth normal forms, segmented into packets for efficient data transmission, validated to ensure that the data satisfies defined formats and input criteria, and distributed into a plurality of data stores coupled to the private network, thereby propagating data without repetitive manual entry. The data may also be enriched by, for example, correcting for any errors or linking with other potentially related data. Based on data enrichment, recommendations of additional target(s) for propagation of data can be identified. Reports may also be generated. The cognitive automation may be performed in real-time to expedite processing.
US11528335B2
A system for managing web traffic comprising a meta control operating on a first processor having a first control interface and configured to generate a request for content and to transmit the request for content over a digital data network to a meta control server. The meta control server operating on a second processor and configured to receive the request for content and to select data for one or more second control interfaces as a function of data associated with the first control interface and to transmit the data for the one or more second control interfaces over the digital data network to the first control interface. The first control interface displays the data for the one or more second control interfaces and monitors user activity associated with the data.
US11528333B2
Systems and methods are provided for initiation, use, access, and control of functionality of a network. In one aspect, the systems and methods can be utilized to generate information defining signaling or control performance and operational characteristics associated with the functionality in a variety of network environments. In another aspect, based on such information, adaptive signaling can be utilized to monitor, analyze and detect specific signaling signatures associated with the functionality. Managing signaling or control messages in response to information collected by monitoring and analyzing the adaptive signaling permits originating or requesting the functionality without conventional operation of a network component.
US11528330B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products for upgrading a vehicle's functionality based on the manner in which the vehicle is operated. A predefined operating condition of the vehicle that can be assisted by a vehicle feature not presently provided by the vehicle is identified. Thereafter, a notification is communicated to a user interface that indicates availability of the vehicle feature. Subsequently, the vehicle is upgraded to provide the vehicle feature responsive to input to the user interface submitting a request to perform the upgrade.
US11528328B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for supporting network functions. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes selecting, by a network node, a network function instance and/or a group of network function instances, the selecting based on information indicating membership of the network function instance in the group of network functions instances and the information including session information for a request associated with a session of a user equipment, the session information indicating whether the network function instance and/or the group of network function instances is assigned to the user equipment; and forwarding, by the network node, the request to the selected network function instance and/or the selected group. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11528325B2
A device includes a memory; and a processor configured to execute first determining, for each data item generated in the device, a priority upon transmitting said each data item to an information processing apparatus, based on one or more rules set in advance; second determining, for said each data item, whether or not it is necessary to transmit said each data item to the information processing apparatus, based on the priority determined for said each data item; and transmitting a data item to the information processing apparatus among data items generated in the device for a predetermined period of time, the data item being determined by the second determining that it is necessary to transmit the data item to the information processing apparatus.
US11528323B1
Systems for locating server nodes for edge devices using latency-based georouting. At least one cloud platform including at least one cloud platform router and a node database is in network communication with at least one edge device and a plurality of server nodes. The at least one cloud platform receives an initial hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request from the at least one edge device. The node database is queried using the at least one cloud platform router and node data is fetched from the plurality of server nodes using an object-oriented function. A query result is returned indicating a nearest node from the plurality of server nodes. The HTTP request is responded to with a unique hypertext markup language (HTML) web page, and the HTTP request is executed using the nearest node.
US11528322B1
Improving load distribution and consistency is provided. A device intermediary to clients and servers can maintain bit values indicative of server availability stored in indices arranged in various levels. A lowest level comprises indices corresponding to a list of servers repeated multiple times. Each index in a higher level maps to a set of indices in a lower level. The device can receive a request from a client to access a server. The device can identify an index in a highest level. The device can determine a second index in the highest level that is after the index in the highest level and has a bit value indicating server availability. The device can identify an index in the lowest level mapping to the second index in the highest level. The device can select a server corresponding to the index in the lowest level.
US11528318B2
A method for pushing an application program includes: receiving a connection request for establishing a connection to a wireless network device that is sent by a terminal; sending a specified webpage address to the terminal, and the terminal acquires a system type of the terminal according to webpage content corresponding to the received specified webpage address and sends the system type to the wireless network device; receiving the system type sent by the terminal; and sending, to the terminal, a push address that is provided for the terminal to download an application program and is corresponding to the system type. In the present invention, when a push condition is met, a wireless network device pushes a specified application program corresponding to a system type of a terminal to the terminal.
US11528313B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for receiving media data. One apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives a media presentation description (MPD) file including an essential property descriptor that is associated with a session-based description (SBD) file and includes a key-value element. The processing circuitry determines a value in the SBD file corresponding to a key in the key-value element. The processing circuitry sends a request to a server based on the corresponding value.
US11528305B2
This application relates to the communications field, and disclose an information exchange method and a terminal. The method includes: determining target content in a current interface according to an operation instruction entered by a topic initiator for the current interface; determining a discussion topic title based on the target content, and setting up a topic discussion group; adding a topic participant to the topic discussion group based on the target content and/or the discussion topic title; and receiving discussion content entered by the topic initiator and/or the topic participant, and displaying the discussion content.
US11528303B2
The present disclosure provides a method for responding to video call service and system, including: receiving a video call service request by the video call device; calling a video call connection process to establish a video call data transmission link with the call peer based on a communication address; locally acquiring a target file as indicated by the file transmission request, and determining a link number of the file transmission link for transmitting the target file according to the communication address and a file type of the target file, if a file transmission request sent by the call peer is received; uploading the target file to a file push server through a file uplink if the link number is not included in a local link list; and transmitting the target file to the call peer through the file transmission link corresponding to the link number.
US11528302B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for providing real-time media streams. A cloud-based communication platform receives an incoming communication request to establish a communication session and executes a set of communication instructions associated with the incoming communication request. The set communication instructions includes a command to execute a real-time media stream in relation to the communication session. The command includes data designating a network destination to receive the real-time media stream. The cloud-based communication platform initiates the communication session between client devices and initiates the real-time media stream to the network destination. The real-time media stream concurrently transmitting at least a portion of the media transmitted between the client devices to the network destination.
US11528290B2
A machine learning-based system and method for content clustering and content threat assessment includes generating embedding values for each piece of content of corpora of content data; implementing unsupervised machine learning models that: receive model input comprising the embeddings values of each piece of content of the corpora of content data; and predict distinct clusters of content data based on the embeddings values of the corpora of content data; assessing the distinct clusters of content data; associating metadata with each piece of content defining a member in each of the distinct clusters of content data based on the assessment, wherein the associating the metadata includes attributing to each piece of content within the clusters of content data a classification label of one of digital abuse/digital fraud and not digital abuse/digital fraud; and identifying members or content clusters having digital fraud/digital abuse based on querying the distinct clusters of content data.
US11528285B2
Application-initiated network traffic is intercepted and analyzed by an application firewall in order to identify streams of traffic for a target application. An application signature generator preprocesses the raw data packets from the intercepted network traffic by tokenizing the data packets and then weighting each token according to its importance for application identification. The weighted features for each data packet are clustered using an unsupervised learning model, and the resulting clusters are iteratively refined and re-clustered using a proximity score between the clusters and feature vectors for key tokens for the target application. The application signature generator generates a signature for the clusters corresponding to the target application which the application firewall implements for filtering network traffic.
US11528271B2
Embodiments described herein provide for a satellite device that can be associated with a user account of a minor aged (e.g., child or adolescent) user that does not have a smartphone that can be used as a companion device to the satellite device. The satellite device can be configured to be used as a primary device, without reliance upon a paired smartphone. Certain information can be synchronized with the satellite device via the association with the family account. During initial configuration, a set of cryptographic keys can be generated to associate the account of the satellite device with the set of accounts in the family. The satellite device can then access calendars, media, or other data that is shared with user accounts within a family of user accounts.
US11528269B2
A first user device includes a camera. The first user device receives a challenge-response message following a request for access to a secure server. The first user device captures a first image of the first user. The first image includes an image of at least a portion of a face of the first user. An authentication result from facial recognition scan of the second user is received. Facial recognition is used to determine that the face of the first user is a face of an authorized user of the secure server. The first user device generates and sends a response to the challenge-response message based on results of facial recognition and the received authentication results.
US11528268B2
A machine-assisted method for verifying a video presence that includes: receiving, at a computing device of an identity provider, an authentication request initially sent from a requester to access an account managed by a relying party, different from the identity provider; retrieving, from the authentication request, at least a portion of a video stream feed initially from the requester, to the computing device, the portion of video stream feed portraying a face of the requester; extracting the face of the requester from the portion of the video stream feed; providing a directive to the requester soliciting a corresponding gesture; and receiving a response gesture from the requester.
US11528267B2
A system provides for automated image authentication and external database verification. In particular, the system may perform automatic authentication of an image by extracting data and/or metadata from the image for subsequent analysis. For instance, the extracted data and/or metadata may be compared with historical data to drive authorization processes (e.g., past instances of unauthorized activity). In some embodiments, the system may further use external databases which may be hosted by a trusted third party to perform additional authentication steps and/or verification. In this way, the system may provide a reliable and efficient way to perform authentications.
US11528266B2
An apparatus and method for performing authentication using biometric authentication processing at a portable terminal connected to a multifunction peripheral (MFP) is provided. A web application accesses the portable terminal via a web browser of the MFP and the MFP transmits a request for information about service to the portable terminal. In a case where information corresponding to the web application is included in the information about service received from the portable terminal responsive to the request, the MFP transmits an authentication request to the portable terminal according to a request from the web application, and transmits, to the web application, an authentication result received from the portable terminal responsive to the authentication request.
US11528261B2
Systems for dynamically detecting and controlling unauthorized events are presented. In some examples, data may be received from one or more computing systems. In some examples, the computing systems may each be associated with an enterprise unit within an enterprise organization. The data may include, in some examples, processed unauthorized activity event data, such as account takeover event data. The data received may be aggregated and analyzed (e.g., using machine learning) to identify potential threats and threat outputs. In some examples, the threat output may include a user interface indicating the threat or potential threat, systems or applications potentially impacted, enterprise units impacted, and the like. Based on the threat output, one or more mitigation actions may be identified and executed. The mitigation actions may include modifying operation of one or more systems, modifying authentication requirements, and the like.
US11528260B2
The present disclosure relates to a transmitting device and a transmitting method, and a receiving device and a receiving method which are capable of improving confidentiality and communication resistance in low power wide area (LPWA) communication. The transmitting device generates a key stream on the basis of GPS time information, encrypts transmitted data on the basis of the key stream to generate encrypted data, and transmits the encrypted data to the receiving device. The receiving device generates a key stream on the basis of GPS time information and decodes the encrypted data into the transmitted data on the basis of the key stream. The present disclosure can be applied to an LPWA communication system.
US11528259B2
Disclosed is a process for testing a suspect model to determine whether it was derived from a source model. An example method includes receiving, from a model owner node, a source model and a fingerprint associated with the source model, receiving a suspect model at a service node, based on a request to test the suspect model, applying the fingerprint to the suspect model to generate an output and, when the output has an accuracy that is equal to or greater than a threshold, determining that the suspect model is derived from the source model. Imperceptible noise can be used to generate the fingerprint which can cause predictable outputs from the source model and a potential derivative thereof.
US11528253B2
Techniques for providing a securing platform for service provider network environments are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for providing a securing platform for service provider network environments includes communicating with an orchestrator and/or another network element on a service provider network to identify a subscriber with a new IP flow using a security platform; associating the subscriber with the new IP flow at the security platform; and determining a security policy to apply at the security platform to the new IP flow based on the subscriber.
US11528247B2
There is provided a system and method for user generated gameplay in chat. The system including a memory storing a text and multimedia messaging software application, and a processor configured to execute the text and multimedia messaging software application to initiate a message exchange session with a remote mobile device, in response to a request received from a user of the mobile device, the message exchange session displaying a user interface for exchanging text and multimedia messages, provide a plurality of games for selection by the user to be played during the message exchange session and within the user interface for exchanging text and multimedia messages, receive a selection of one of the plurality of games by the user after initiating the message exchange session, and initiate the one of the plurality of games for playing within the user interface for exchanging text and multimedia messages.
US11528246B2
In one aspect, a first device may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to transmit a message to a second device different from the first device and to receive back an indication from the second device that the message has been acted upon beyond simply being read using the second device. The instructions may also be executable to present data related to the indication on a display accessible to the at least one processor. In some examples, email tracking software may be used to receive back the indication.
US11528239B2
A time-sensitive networking communication method and an apparatus, where the method may include: determining, by an application function network element, a virtual switching node identifier corresponding to a port identifier of a user plane function network element; determining a virtual port identifier of a virtual switching node identified by the virtual switching node identifier; obtaining attribute information of the virtual switching node, where the attribute information includes attribute information of a port identified by the port identifier of the user plane function network element and attribute information of a virtual port identified by the virtual port identifier; and sending the attribute information of the virtual switching node to a time-sensitive network, where the attribute information of the virtual switching node is used to request the time-sensitive network to register or update the virtual switching node based on the attribute information of the virtual switching node.
US11528238B2
A system and method support can subnet management in a cloud environment. During a virtual machine migration in a cloud environment, a subnet manager can become a bottleneck point that delays efficient service. A system and method can alleviate this bottleneck point by ensuring a virtual machine retains a plurality of addresses after migration. The system and method can further allow for each host node within the cloud environment to be associated with a local cache that virtual machines can utilize when re-establishing communication with a migrated virtual machine.
US11528237B2
A server includes a normal NIC as an NIC having an expansion function, and a virtual patch panel having a transfer function of transferring packets between the normal NIC and an accelerator utilization type NIC, which is implemented by software. The server is configured such that, when a packet is transferred between the normal NIC and the accelerator utilization type NIC via the virtual patch panel, the target function transfers the packet to and from the APLs.
US11528232B1
An apparatus for managing data messages comprises: one or more producers generating data streams containing data messages of varying sizes that required processing; one or more consumers for processing the data messages; a multi-message queues sub-system for queuing data messages having different processing time durations; a rate limiter for discriminating data messages based on processing speed for queuing the data messages in one or the other message queue of the multi-message queues sub-system; a fair dispatcher for dispatching the data messages to one or more consumers according to their processing statuses to maximize the processing capacity of the apparatus; and a task splitter for splitting data messages that are deemed too large.
US11528229B2
This disclosure describes systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for enhanced network communication for use in higher performance applications including storage, high performance computing (HPC) and Ethernet-based fabric interconnects. In some embodiments, a network controller may include a transmitter circuit configured to transmit packets on a plurality of virtual lanes (VLs), the VLs associated with a defined VL priority and an allocated share of network bandwidth. The network controller may also include a bandwidth monitor module configured to measure bandwidth consumed by the packets and an arbiter module configured to adjust the VL priority based on a comparison of the measured bandwidth to the allocated share of network bandwidth. The transmitter circuit may be further configured to transmit the packets based on the adjusted VL priority.
US11528226B2
Systems and methods for provisioning and validating a network are disclosed. One method can comprise providing a first communication tunnel between a network access point and a first tunnel endpoint. Availability of the first tunnel endpoint can be determined. If the first tunnel endpoint is determined to be available, network traffic can be routed to the first tunnel endpoint. If the first tunnel endpoint is determined to be unavailable, a second communication tunnel between the network access point and a second tunnel endpoint can be provided.
US11528213B2
This disclosure describes techniques for sharing routes between nodes in a distributed network system. An example method includes receiving, by a control node of a software-defined network (SDN) controller, a route from a compute node of a plurality of compute nodes in a network; publishing, by the control node and in response to receiving the route, a route update to an in-memory database service of the SDN controller; and sending, by the in-memory database service in response to receiving the published route update, the published route update to any of the plurality of compute nodes that have subscribed to receive route updates for an in-memory database instance associated with the control node.
US11528190B2
Techniques are described for in-service configuration data migration for distributed micro service-based applications. In one example, a network device comprises a plurality of legacy data repositories comprising configuration data in key-value pair format that specifies a plurality of parameters and corresponding values for operation of the network device, and a hierarchical configuration data model having a plurality of nodes arranged in a hierarchical organization having a root node and a plurality of leaf nodes. Each of the nodes of the configuration data model is configured to store a set of configuration data parameters for the network device. One or more of the nodes includes a plurality of external references to respective parameters of the plurality of parameters stored within the plurality of legacy data repositories. Process circuitry is configured to perform a migration of the configuration data from the legacy data repositories to the hierarchical data model.
US11528189B1
Network device identification is disclosed. A set of data attributes relating to at least two different data types is extracted from network traffic data associated with each user device of a set of user devices. A cluster data set of one or more known device clusters is expanded with the set of data attributes for generating an expanded cluster data set. One or more new device clusters is identified from the expanded cluster data set of the one or more known device clusters by using similarity-based metrics and a weighting factor selected based on the data types of the set of data attributes, and one or more device identification rules is generated based on the one or more new device clusters.
US11528184B2
Disclosed are a processing method, device, apparatus for a mesh network, and a storage medium. The method is implemented by a node in the mesh network, including acquiring root node information of at least two root nodes in conflict if any root node conflict is detected in the mesh network; and according to the root node information of the at least two root nodes in conflict, selecting a new root node from the at least two root nodes in conflict as a root node to be used in the mesh network. In the embodiments of the present invention, according to the root node information of the two root nodes, a new root node is selected as the root node to be used in the mesh network, so as to realize direct communication between nodes in the entire wireless mesh network, and to reduce the traffic throughput of the root node.
US11528180B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a device that includes: a first quadrature modulator configured to receive an in-phase portion of a baseband signal and a quadrature portion of the baseband signal, and to produce a first portion of an output signal according to the in-phase and quadrature portions of the baseband signal; a second quadrature modulator configured to receive a first modified signal and a second modified signal, and to produce a second portion of the output signal according to the first and second modified signals; an output circuit configured to sum the first and second portions of the output signal, and to transmit the output signal to an antenna; and a mode selection circuit configured to turn on the first quadrature modulator, to receive a control signal, and to determine whether to turn on the second quadrature modulator according to the control signal.
US11528163B2
A communication system, in which a plurality of nodes communicate with each other according to a communication protocol, which wakes up some of the plurality of nodes when a communication frame containing specific start information occurs on or is transmitted to the communication bus, includes a master node determines, for each of slave nodes, a start condition, which is a condition for transition of a subject node from a sleep state to a normal state. The master node transmits, to the communication bus, the determined start condition tailored for each of the slave nodes for a reception thereof by each of the slave nodes.
US11528162B2
Techniques for using a trip flag to detect desynchronization of trip counter values in a vehicle system. Techniques include a first electronic control unit (ECU) receiving a synchronization message including a trip counter and receiving a message from a second ECU including a trip flag. The trip flag includes a single bit of data generated by the second ECU. The first ECU compares the trip flag to a last bit of the trip counter stored at the first electronic control unit and processes the message in response to the trip flag matching the trip counter. The first ECU compares the trip counter to a previous trip counter based on the trip flag differing from the trip counter. The first ECU processes the message using the previous trip counter or increments the trip counter to process the message based on the comparison with the previous trip counter.
US11528161B2
A system, method and apparatus for augmenting a building control system domain. A sensor network platform can be configured to collect data based on measurements from sensors outside of a legacy building control system domain, and to present information based on the collected data to a known interface supported by the legacy building control system. In one embodiment, the collected data can undergo customized processing by an operation center outside of the legacy building control system domain.
US11528154B2
A control method includes entering, by a powered device, a first status, controlling, by the powered device, at least one of a plurality of first loads in the powered device to be in a connected state, and controlling, by the powered device, a second load in the powered device to be in a disconnected state.
US11528152B2
Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for device verification. A method can include providing, by test equipment (TE), electrical stimulus consistent with a challenge of a challenge response pair (CRP) to a physical unclonable function (PUF) of a device under test (DUT), receiving, by the TE and from the DUT, a response to the electrical stimulus, comparing, by the TE, the provided response to responses to CRPs in a database including PUF CRPs associated with a device identification and a device type, and validating the identity of the DUT when the response of the PUF to the electrical stimulus matches the response of the CRP or invalidating the identity of the electrical device when the response of the PUF does not match the response of the CRP.
US11528147B2
A blockchain-enabled network and application service mesh network architecture including a network service mesh network that includes a plurality of network service domains configured to communicate with each other, each network service domain including a plurality of network service endpoints configured to communicate with a network service client, and a network service manager that broadcasts the availability of the endpoints to network service clients. The architecture further includes an application service mesh network that includes a plurality of applications configured to communicate with each other and a network service domain. A plurality of smart contracts comprising network slicing information from the network service mesh network and the application service mesh network are recorded to a blockchain network.
US11528146B1
Various systems and methods for using a Merklized Adaptive Radix Forest (MARF), which is an authenticated index data structure that can be used by peers, clients, miners, and/or other participants in a blockchain network for efficiently encoding a cryptographic commitment to a blockchain state is described herein. For example, the MARF data structure can be used to represent a blockchain state as key-value pairs within an authenticated directory. The MARF data structure may include various merklized adaptive radix tries (ARTs) associated with different blocks in the blockchain, some of which may be linked together via one or more back-pointers.
US11528143B2
An automated identity verification computing device, system and method receives an encrypted renewal request from a user computing device including a biometric value, a digital passport object identifier, and request data. The computing device, system and method retrieves trusted biometric data based on the digital passport object identifier from an identity database, determine a verification score based on the trusted biometric data and the biometric value, and generates a renewal package including the verification score, the digital passport object identifier, and the request data. The computing device, system and method transmit the renewal package to a sponsoring authority computing device.
US11528140B2
Handling access token invalidation is provided. In response to receiving a valid login from a user requesting access to a service, a new access token is issued to the user with a claim containing a container identifier. A first cache corresponding to access tokens issued to the user is searched. In response to identifying a previously issued access token corresponding to the user in the first cache, the previously issued access token is added to a second cache corresponding to stale tokens. The new access token is added to the first cache. In response to receiving the new access token as an identity of the user to access the service, the new access token is validated when the new access token is not identified in the second cache of stale tokens and the container identifier contained in the claim matches an identifier corresponding to a running container of the service.
US11528139B2
There is provided an authentication system for validating identity credentials of a user attempting to access a resource provided by a remote resource provision system. The authentication system includes an input configured to receive, from the resource provision system, an authentication request comprising a cryptographic representation of digital identity data of the user and an associated token identifier, where the digital identity data comprises at least one image of an identity credential of the user. The system also includes a processor configured to: determine a pre-stored cryptographic identifier corresponding to the token identifier; and compare the received cryptographic representation with the pre-stored cryptographic identifier. The system further includes an output configured to transmit, to the remote resource provision system and in response to determining a match between the received cryptographic representation and the pre-stored cryptographic identifier, an authentication confirmation indicating successful validation of the digital identity data.
US11528136B2
A method for decrypting encrypted data/message whereby a computing device derives the prime numbers that are used to make up a public key by searching the decimals of the inverse of the quasi-prime number that is the public key. The computing devices designates a search range around a jump point of the decimals of the inverse of the public key and searches within the search range for prime numbers by testing them against the quasi-prime. When the prime numbers are found, the computing device then uses them to derive the private key and decrypt the data.
US11528134B2
An example system includes a processor to receive, at a setup or sign-up, a first cipher including a biometric template transformed using a first transformation and encrypted using a secret key, a second cipher including a security vector encrypted using the secret key, a third cipher including the biometric template transformed using a second transformation and encrypted, and a fourth cipher including an encrypted second security vector. The processor can receive, at a runtime or sign-in, a fifth cipher and a sixth cipher. The processor can verify that the fifth cipher includes a second biometric template transformed using the first transformation and encrypted using the secret key and that the sixth cipher includes the second biometric template transformed using the second transformation by testing a format attribute of the transformation functions using comparisons of inner products. The processor can authenticate a user based on the Euclidean distance between the first cipher and the sixth cipher not exceeding a threshold in response to detecting that the transformations are verified.
US11528133B2
This specification discloses a quantum public-key cryptosystem. The quantum public-key cryptosystem may use two rotation operators R{circumflex over (n)}(θ) and R{circumflex over (m)}(φ) satisfying a cyclic evolution. The two rotation operators R{circumflex over (n)}(θ) and R{circumflex over (m)}(φ) do not have a commutation relation or an anti-commutation relation with each other. The commutation relation or the anti-commutation relation is established when either of the following conditions is satisfied: θ=2iπ, φ=2jπ, or {circumflex over (n)}·{circumflex over (m)}=1 (i, j=integer), and θ=(2k+1)π, φ=(2l+1)π, or {circumflex over (n)}·{circumflex over (m)}=0 (k, l=integer).
US11528129B2
Some embodiments of the subject technology provide a novel system for synchronizing content items among a group of peer devices. The content synchronizing system of some embodiments includes the group of peer devices and a set of one or more synchronizing servers communicatively connected with the peer devices through one or more networks. In some embodiments, the synchronizing system uses a star architecture, in which each peer device offloads its synchronization operations to the synchronizing server set. Without establishing a peer-to-peer communication with any other peer device, the particular peer device in these embodiments supplies an encrypted content item set along with the N−1 encryptions of a content key used to encrypt the content item set to the synchronizing server set so that this server set can distribute the encrypted content item set and an encrypted content key to each of the N−1 peer devices.
US11528125B2
Provided are an electronic device for sorting homomorphic ciphertext by using shell sorting and an operating method thereof to sort ciphertext generated by using homomorphic encryption according to a size of an original number corresponding thereto.
US11528116B2
The present disclosure provides a channel state information report transmission method and a terminal. The channel state information report transmission method includes: obtaining an allocation rule of a channel state information (CSI) report transmitted on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), where the allocation rule is configured by a network device or predefined in a protocol; when there is a collision between at least two CSI reports, allocating some or all of CSI reports with collisions to a first CSI PUCCH according to the allocation rule; transmitting the some or all of CSI reports with collisions. The first CSI PUCCH is configured to transmit the some or all of CSI reports with collisions.
US11528115B2
There is disclosed a method for operating a wireless device in a wireless network, wherein the wireless device is configured, by higher layer signaling, with a first measurement restriction (MR) configuration for measuring and reporting Channel State Information (CSI) the method comprises transmitting a first indication with lower layer signaling, indicating that a second MR configuration for measuring and reporting CSI, replaces the first MR configuration for measuring and reporting CSI.
US11528111B2
A technique for transmitting and receiving a configuration message for a phase tracking reference signal, PT-RS, on a radio channel between a radio access node and a radio device is described. The radio channel comprises a plurality of subcarriers in a physical resource block, PRB. A subset of the subcarriers in the PRB is allocated to a demodulation reference signal, DM-RS. As to a method aspect of the technique, the configuration message is transmitted to the radio device. The configuration message comprises a bit field that is indicative of at least one subcarrier allocated to the PT-RS among the subset of subcarriers allocated to the DM-RS.
US11528096B2
The present invention is designed to improve the efficiency of the use of radio resources in retransmission control in future radio communication systems. A user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention has a receiving section that receives a downlink (DL) signal, and a control section that, when a transport block of the DL signal is divided into a plurality of code blocks, controls transmission of retransmission control information representing an acknowledgment (ACK) or a negative acknowledgment (NACK) for each code block, or representing an ACK or a NACK for each code block group, which groups fewer code blocks than the plurality of code blocks.
US11528091B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme for convergence of an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail businesses, security and security-related services, or the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and IoT-related technologies. The present invention provides a method for configuring a base graph of an LDPC code used for data channel transmission, and a method and an apparatus for segmentation of a transmission block by using an LDPC code.
US11528085B2
The present invention proposes a new method for solving the problem of fault tolerance. This new approach obtains all secondary routes assigned to each possible connection (user). The secondary routes replace the main routes when these are affected by at least one fault, which keeps the users connected as long as, for each connection, there is at least one route with operative links for reaching the destination nodes thereof. This new approach solves the general case of an arbitrary set of simultaneous link failures. The method also assesses the number of wavelengths for each link of the network, so that the probability of any connection request from a determined user c being blocked is less than a predefined threshold βc, despite the possible occurrence of the fault scenario.
US11528076B1
A communication terminal may include control circuitry and an array of antenna modules. Each module may include radiators on a substrate, a lens overlapping the radiators, a transceiver chain, and switching circuitry. The control circuitry may control the switching circuitry to activate a set of one or more radiators in a given module. The control circuitry may control the transceiver chain in that module to convey signals at a selected phase using each of the active radiators. Each of the active radiators may convey the signals over signal beams oriented in different directions by the lens. The control circuitry may adjust the active radiators in each module and may adjust the selected phase for each of the modules to generate a combined signal beam in a desired direction. The combined signal beam may be generated using signals from the active radiators in two or more modules across the array.
US11528064B2
A technique includes receiving an uplink grant that indicates a size (M) of uplink resources allocated to the user device sub-band precoder indications; determining a set of uplink sub-band allocation parameters, including at least: a total number of bits (N) for sub-band precoder indications (where N remains constant for different values of M); a number of bits (m) per each of the sub-band precoder indications; and a sub-band size (J) for each of the one or more sub-bands; wherein at least one of the number of bits (m) per sub-band precoder indication and the sub-band size (J) for each of the one or more sub-bands changes or is a different value based on different sizes (M) of uplink resources; decoding each of the one or more sub-band precoder indications; and precoding, based on the one or more sub-band precoder indications, data for transmission via the one or more sub-bands.
US11528062B2
The present disclosure aims to provide a method and device for virtual port mapping of massive MIMO. The present disclosure maps one or more transceiver units to a virtual port by performing hybrid beamforming for at least one transceiver unit in massive MIMO, and then performs digital precoding based on the virtual port. Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure is an adaptive technology adapted to the existing architecture; the present disclosure is based on virtual port mapping technology, which reduces the number of ports required for baseband processing, thus simplifying baseband processing, and furthermore, the present disclosure does not reduce the number of antenna elements utilized; the present disclosure can utilize digital precoding in hybrid beamforming to perform energy efficiency management; the present disclosure can be used more flexibly as a medium-term beamforming scheme in different frequency domain and time domain, while traditional analog beamforming is a long-term/semi-static beamforming scheme in time domain.
US11528052B2
A data transmission method, a first chip, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. Data transmission of the first chip with a second chip is performed in one of a standard working mode based on a standard Bluetooth protocol and a non-standard working mode including at least one of: a first working mode in which data is transmitted with the second chip in a designated first fixed channel of the standard channels; a second working mode in which data is transmitted with the second chip by frequency hopping among extended extension channels; a third working mode in which data is transmitted with the second chip in a designated second fixed channel of the extended extension channels; and a fourth working mode in which data is transmitted with the second chip by frequency hopping among the standard channels and the extended extension channels.
US11528051B2
The present invention provides a method of determining a transmission power for device to device, D2D, transmissions between a first user equipment device and a second user equipment device using transmission resources being used for transmissions to a cellular network entity by a third user equipment device, the method comprising determining a measure of a path loss between the cellular network entity and the first user equipment device, and using the measure of the path loss to determine a maximum transmission power such that the D2D transmissions are received at the cellular network entity with a signal level around or below a noise level.
US11528048B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods which include wireless devices and systems with examples of mixing input data delayed versions of at least a portion of the respective processing results with coefficient data specific to a processing mode selection. For example, a computing system with processing units may mix the input data delayed versions of respective outputs of various layers of multiplication/accumulation processing units (MAC units) for a transmission in a radio frequency (RF) wireless domain with the coefficient data to generate output data that is representative of the transmission being processed according to a wireless processing mode selection. In another example, such mixing input data with delayed versions of processing results may be to receive and process noisy wireless input data. Examples of systems and methods described herein may facilitate the processing of data for 5G wireless communications in a power-efficient and time-efficient manner.
US11528047B2
A multilayer substrate includes a pair of first capacitor electrodes, a pair of second capacitor electrodes, and a dielectric substrate. Electrodes of the pair of first capacitor electrodes are disposed in dielectric substrate so as to face each other in a thickness direction of the dielectric substrate. Electrodes of the pair of second capacitor electrodes are disposed in the dielectric substrate so as to face each other in the thickness direction. A first element and a second element that are disposed in or on the dielectric substrate, and the pair of second capacitor electrodes, the pair of first capacitor electrodes, and a ground electrode that are disposed in the dielectric substrate are arranged in the stated order in the thickness direction. The pair of second capacitor electrodes at least partially overlaps the pair of first capacitor electrodes when viewed in plan in the thickness direction.
US11528045B2
A signal transmission device has a multi-point wiring structure in which termination resistors are mounted on both ends of a cable, and a plurality of PCBs connected to the cable transmit a signal through the cable. The PCB of a host node includes: a connector connected to the cable; a transformer unit that is connected to the connector via a first PCB transmission line and insulates the connector; an RS 485 transceiver that is connected to the transformer unit via a second PCB transmission line and transmits the signal to the PCB of another node or receives the signal from the PCB of another node; and AC termination that is provided in at least one of the first PCB transmission line and the second PCB transmission line and suppresses resonance and antiresonance in a reflection frequency characteristic of noise.
US11528044B2
A radio frequency module includes a module board; a first semiconductor device containing a first power amplifier and a second power amplifier; and a second semiconductor device containing a first switch, the first switch including a first terminal connected to the first power amplifier and a second terminal connected to the second power amplifier. In the radio frequency module, the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device are stacked together and disposed on the module board. An aspect of such a radio frequency module is that it is possible to achieve a compact form factor, although still provide RF transmit and receive capability. The RF module also includes external-connection terminals and a LNA, and the first semiconductor device and the low noise amplifier are disposed on mutually opposite surfaces of the module board.
US11528034B2
Systems and methods are provided for loop escape analysis in executing computer instructions. In one embodiment, a method comprises instructions performed by at least one computer process. The method comprises receiving a set of executable computer instructions stored on a storage medium (e.g., by reading the instructions from a tangible, non-transitory storage medium). The method further comprises analyzing the computer instructions to determine a loop, analyzing the computer instructions to determine at least one new variable in the loop, and storing, in a data structure, at least one of an operation related to the variable or a value related to the variable. The method further comprises determining whether to compress the data structure upon reaching the end of the loop, and, based on the determination, compressing the data structure. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
US11528025B2
A driver circuit is provided. The driver circuit comprises a power transistor and a gate driver circuit arrangement. The driver circuit is integrated in a package. In addition, the driver circuit comprises a terminal for an external transistor. The external transistor and the power transistor are controlled by the gate driver circuit arrangement in a mutually corresponding manner.
US11528020B2
A control circuit and a delay circuit are provided. The control circuit includes a control unit and a feedback unit. The feedback unit is configured to output a feedback signal according to a voltage of the control unit and a reference voltage; a first terminal of the feedback unit is connected to a first terminal of the control unit, a second terminal of the feedback unit serves as an input terminal of the reference voltage, and an output terminal of the feedback unit is connected to a second terminal of the control unit. The control unit is configured to adjust a voltage of the second terminal of the control unit according to the feedback signal, so as to allow a current variation of the control unit with a first parameter to be within a first range.
US11528019B2
Disclosed herein are a frequency generator, which is provided with a frequency automatic correction function and is capable of reducing a frequency test time and a correction time, and a method of correcting a frequency thereof. The frequency generator includes an oscillator configured to generate an output frequency signal according to a frequency control signal, and a frequency corrector configured to generate the frequency control signal for controlling the output frequency of the oscillator using a reference frequency signal.
US11528007B2
Bulk acoustic wave filter structure with conductive bridge forming electrical loop with an electrode
Disclosed is a Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) filter structure with a conductive bridge forming an electrical loop with an electrode for reduced electrical losses. In exemplary aspects disclosed herein, the BAW filter structure includes a transducer with electrodes, a piezoelectric layer between the electrodes, and at least one conductive bridge offset from at least a portion of one of the electrodes by an insulating volume. The conductive bridge forms a first electrical loop between a medial end and a distal end of the electrode. Such a configuration reduces electrical resistance, heat resistance, and/or ohmic losses for improved electrical loss of the BAW filter structure.
US11528001B2
An operational amplifier 1 comprises transistors Q1 and Q2 forming an input stage, and input resistors R1 and R2 which form a filter together with parasitic capacitors C1 and C2 accompanying the transistors Q1 and Q2. Resistance values R of the resistors R1 and R2 may be set to R=1/(2π·fc·C), where C is the capacitance value of each of the parasitic capacitors C1 and C2, and fc is the target cutoff frequency of the filter. The operational amplifier 1 may also include a power supply resistor R0 which forms a filter together with a parasitic capacitor C0 accompanying a power supply line.
US11527997B2
Disclosed herein are signal amplifiers having a plurality of amplifier cores. Individual amplifier cores can be designed to enhance particular advantages while reducing other disadvantages. The signal amplifier can then switch between amplifier cores in a particular gain mode to achieve desired performance characteristics (e.g., improving noise figure or linearity). Examples of signal amplifiers disclosed herein include amplifier architectures with a low noise figure amplifier core that reduces the noise figure and a linearity boost amplifier core that increases linearity. The disclosed signal amplifiers can switch between a first active core and a second active core for a single or particular gain mode to achieve desired signal characteristics during different time periods.
US11527991B2
A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) circuitry includes a varactor array. The varactor array includes a first varactor unit including a first varactor, a second varactor, and first switch circuitry. The first varactor is connected to a first node and a second node, and the second varactor is connected to the second node and a third node. The second node receives a voltage control signal. The first switch circuitry is electrically coupled to the first node and the third node, and selectively electrically couples a first voltage signal to the first node and the third node based on a first control signal.
US11527990B2
Photovoltaic panels may be aggregated in various ways and may be aggregated with the use of a backplane where the backplane comprises electrical connectors positioned to electrically connect the PV panels. The PV panels may have various sizes and shapes and may overlap one or more other PV panels or PV panels being aggregated.
US11527984B2
An abnormality determination system includes a state quantity obtaining circuit and an abnormality determination circuit. The state quantity obtaining circuit is configured to obtain a state quantity associated with a mechanical system. The abnormality determination circuit is configured to, according to a learning content obtained in a machine learning process and based on the state quantity, determine as to at least one of an occurrence of an abnormality in the mechanical system, an occurrence position of the abnormality, and a cause of the abnormality.
US11527982B2
A linear motor system comprises a plurality of stator elements that have one or more magnetic coils for generating a magnetic flux in the respective stator element and at least one mover that has at least one magnetic element that interacts with the magnetic coils of the stator elements. The mover is moved by means of activation of at least one stator element in a direction of movement relative to the stator elements. At least one selected stator element is configured to change with respect to the magnetic flux from a first state into a second state or to have the second state permanently while at least some of the other stator elements remain in the first state so that the selected stator element exerts a braking and/or holding force on the mover in the second state.
US11527980B2
An electronic device includes an artificial intelligence processor that is configured to generate second information for controlling an electric component including at least one of a drive unit that applies propulsion force to a human-powered vehicle, an electric adjustable seatpost, and an electric suspension in accordance with first information related to at least one of the human-powered vehicle, a rider of the human-powered vehicle, and an environment of the human-powered vehicle. The artificial intelligence processor changes a process for generating the second information in accordance with the first information and in accordance with an operation of a first operation unit for operating the at least one of the drive unit, the electric adjustable seatpost, and the electric suspension.
US11527977B2
A portable electrical generation system includes a generator having a rotor and a plurality of stators to produce a supply of electrical energy, a prime mover operable to drive the rotor, a voltage selector control operably connected to the generator, and a link board assembly configured to removably engage the voltage selector control, the link board assembly including a base board and a plurality of bus bars, the bus bars being arranged to electrically orient the plurality of stators to provide a first power output configuration.
US11527976B2
A system includes a first AC bus configured to supply power from a first generator. A first generator line contactor (GLC) selectively connects the first AC bus to the first generator. A second AC bus is configured to supply power from a second generator. A second GLC selectively connecting the second AC bus to the second generator. An auxiliary generator line contactor (ALC) is connected to selectively supply power to the first and second AC buses from an auxiliary generator. A first bus tie contactor (BTC) electrically connects between the first GLC and the ALC. A second BTC electrically connects between the ALC and the second GLC. A ram air turbine (RAT) automatic deployment controller is operatively connected to automatically deploy a RAT based on the combined status of the first GLC, the second GLC, the ALC, the first BTC, and the second BTC.
US11527975B2
System and methods for providing power to a generator control circuit are provided. Aspects include a generator, a first power converter comprising a first input and a first output, the first input coupled to an output of the generator and the first output coupled to a valve circuit, a second power converter comprising a second input and a second output, the second input coupled to the output of the generator and the second output coupled to the valve circuit, and a controller configured to monitor a characteristic associated with the generator, cause the first power converter to provide power to the valve circuit when the characteristic of the generator is within a first range of characteristic values, and cause the second power converter to provide power to the valve circuit when the characteristic of the generator is within a second range of characteristic values.
US11527973B2
A method for starting a synchronous motor is provided. The synchronous motor includes a rotor for creating a first magnetic field and a stator with stator windings connected to an electrical energy converter for converting a supply voltage into a stator voltage to be applied to the stator windings to create a rotating second magnetic field interacting with the first magnetic field. The method includes applying reference stator voltages to the stator windings, where the reference stator voltages are determined from a reference current vector and a reference rotor speed, measuring stator currents, calculating an estimated rotor speed and rotor position from the applied stator voltages and the measured stator currents, calculating a speed error by subtracting the estimated rotor speed from the reference rotor speed, determining a reference torque producing current component from the speed error, and modifying the reference current vector with the reference torque producing current component.
US11527971B2
According to an embodiment, a driving apparatus of a DC brush motor includes: a drive circuit that supplies motor current to a coil of a DC brush motor; and a control circuit configured to: after a predetermined time interval has elapsed since starting-up of the DC brush motor, drop down step-by-step a limit value that sets an upper limit of the motor current; and detect turning into a state where the motor current is limited by the limit value.
US11527965B2
A power conversion circuit has an inverter circuit including a first node and a second node that output a voltage according to an input voltage, a resonant circuit connected to the first node and the second node and including a third node and a fourth node that output a resonant voltage; and an output circuit connected to the third node and the fourth node and configured to output a DC voltage, wherein the resonant circuit includes a first inductor having one end connected to the third node, a first capacitor connected between the first node and another end of the first inductor, a second capacitor connectable between the second node and the fourth node, a second inductor connectable between the third node and the fourth node, and a first switch that switches whether or not to connect the second inductor between the third node and the fourth node.
US11527950B2
According to an aspect, a power supply system includes a plurality of power converters configured to deliver a system load current to a load, where the system load current is a combination of individual load currents provided by the plurality of power converters, and a system performance controller configured to detect a value of the system load current. The system performance controller is configured to determine, using power loss information, values for the individual load currents such that a composite efficiency achieves a threshold condition. The system performance controller is configured to generate control signals to operate the plurality of power converters at the determined values.
US11527937B2
A motor including a support unit, a first rotating part, a second rotating part, a rotor and a stator is disclosed. The support unit includes an axle and a bearing coupled with the axle. The first rotating part is fit around the axle and is coupled with the bearing. The second rotating part is coupled with the first rotating part. The rotor is coupled with the second rotating part. The stator is connected to the support unit.
US11527935B2
To provide an on-vehicle brushless motor device capable of being downsized with respect to an axial direction of a rotor and a method of manufacturing the same. The on-vehicle brushless motor device 1 includes a brushless motor 10 and an electronic substrate 30. The brushless motor 10 includes a rotor 12 and a stator 16 including a plurality of coils 18 arranged around the rotor 12. The electronic substrate 30 is arranged on a side opposite to an output side of the brushless motor 10 along a plane P intersecting an axial direction X. The on-vehicle brushless motor device 1 further includes a soldering portion 40 that connects a coil wire 20 of the coil 18 and the electronic substrate 30.
US11527934B2
The invention relates to an electrical machine (10), comprising at least one first coil (12), which is surrounded by a first electrical insulation element (24) at least in a partial region, and at least one second coil (14), which is surrounded by a second electrical insulation element (26) at least in a partial region, wherein at least one electrically conductive layer (28) provided in addition to the coils (12, 14) and in addition to the electrical insulation elements (24, 26) is arranged between the coils (12, 14).
US11527933B2
Disclosed is a motor or generator comprises a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor has an axis of rotation and is configured to generate first magnetic flux parallel to the axis of rotation, the stator is configured to generate second magnetic flux parallel to the axis of rotation, and at least one of the rotor or the stator is configured to generate a magnetic flux profile that is non-uniformly distributed about the axis of rotation. Also disclosed is a method that involves arranging one or more magnetic flux producing windings of a stator non-uniformly about an axis of rotation of a rotor of an axial flux motor or generator.
US11527929B2
In a motor including an armature, and a field system having a main pole magnetized in first directions in which a distance from the armature is defined and a sub-pole adjacent to the main pole in second directions orthogonal to the first directions and magnetized in the second directions and forming a Halbach array, a first dimension of the main pole in the second directions, a second dimension of the main pole and the sub-pole in the first directions, and a third dimension as a sum of the dimensions of the main pole and the sub-pole in the second directions are determined according to a flux content generated in a surface of the field system at the armature side.
US11527924B2
The present specification relates to a device and method for supporting heterogeneous communication in a wireless power transfer system. The present specification discloses a wireless power reception device comprising: a power pickup circuit configured to receive, from a wireless power transfer device, wireless power generated on the basis of magnetic coupling in a power transfer phase; and a communication and control circuit configured to transmit, to the wireless power transfer device, a first random address packet including a random address of the wireless power reception device or receive, from the wireless power transfer device, a second random address packet including a random address of the wireless power transfer device via in-band communication. By performing a handover using a random address, cross reference can be prevented and security can be enhanced, and thus a BLE connection in a wireless charging system can be more safely performed.
US11527920B2
Embodiments described herein provide foreign object detection based on coil current sensing. The transmitter power loss is computed directly based on the coil current, in conjunction with, or in place of the conventional computation based on transmitter input current. The enhanced precision of the computer power loss can be used to more accurately detect a foreign object near the transmitter coil during a wireless power transfer.
US11527910B2
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for a three-phase alternating current network, in particular a medium-voltage network, includes an energy storage system, a switch, an LC resonant circuit, which is a series circuit of an inductance and a capacitance, and a control unit for controlling the switch. The switch and the LC resonant circuit are connected in series, and the series circuit of the switch and the LC resonant is arranged between a network feed and the energy storage system which is connected to a load. There is also described a method for operating such a UPS and a corresponding computer program.
US11527908B2
A device for controlling wireless charging output power based on a PWM integrating circuit includes a magnetic-resonance transmitting module and a magnetic-resonance receiving module. The magnetic-resonance transmitting module includes a wireless charging base, a Bluetooth master circuit, a DC/DC regulator circuit, a PWM integrating circuit, a radio-frequency power amplifier source, a radio-frequency current sampling circuit and a magnetic-resonance transmitting antenna. Both the radio-frequency power amplifier source and the magnetic-resonance transmitting antenna are mounted at the wireless charging base. The magnetic-resonance transmitting antenna is connected to the magnetic-resonance receiving module. The magnetic-resonance receiving module includes a cooling fin, a magnetic-resonance receiving antenna, a Bluetooth slave circuit, a receiving rectifier and regulator circuit and a charging control circuit. The magnetic-resonance receiving antenna, the receiving rectifier and regulator circuit and the charging control circuit are connected successively. The magnetic-resonance receiving antenna is arranged directly above the magnetic-resonance transmitting antenna.
US11527905B2
The present disclosure relates to a wireless charging receiver, a charging system, and a terminal. The wireless charging receiver includes: a receiving coil, configured to couple an alternating magnetic field of a transmitting coil of a wireless charging transmitter, to obtain an AC power supply; a receiving chip, having an input coupled to the receiving coil and an output coupled to an input of a switched-capacitor conversion chip, and configured to convert the AC power supply into a first DC power supply; and the switched-capacitor conversion chip, having an output coupled to a battery, and configured to output a second DC power supply based on the first DC power supply, and charge the battery based on the second DC power supply.
US11527904B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for controlled power level adjustment of a wireless charging apparatus. In one instance, the apparatus may comprise a charging module to radiate an electromagnetic field to wirelessly charge an electronic device in proximity to the wireless charging apparatus; and a control module communicatively coupled with the charging module to adjust a power level of the electromagnetic field, radiated by the charging module, in response to a determination of an environmental condition in relation to the wireless charging apparatus. The control module may be configured to receive information indicative of the environmental condition from multiple sources distributed between the apparatus and the electronic device, and make the determination based at least in part on the received information. The environmental condition may comprise a presence of human tissue in proximity to the wireless charging apparatus. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11527901B2
Provided is a method of controlling a battery pack, and a battery pack controlled by the method. A battery pack includes a plurality of slave battery modules, each of the slave battery modules including a battery that includes at least one battery cell and a slave controller that is configured to control charge and discharge of the battery, a master battery module including a master controller that is configured to control the slave controller, and a communication cable having formed thereon a first port to which the master controller is connected and a plurality of second ports to which the slave controller is connected. The first port includes an identification terminal configured to output an identification signal which is an electrical signal corresponding to the number of the second ports. A method of controlling the battery pack is provided.
US11527899B2
A battery management system integrated in a battery pack configured for use in electric aircraft, the system comprising a first battery management component disposed on a first end of the battery pack, the first battery management component comprising a first sensor suite configured to measure a first plurality of battery pack data wherein the first sensor suite comprises a moisture sensor. The battery management system comprising a second battery management component disposed on a second end of the battery pack, the second battery management component comprising a second sensor suite configured to measure a second plurality of battery pack data wherein the second sensor suite comprises a moisture sensor. The battery management system comprising a data storage system configured to store the first plurality of battery pack data and the second plurality of battery pack data.
US11527898B2
A user device cradle can include a receiver configured to removably retain a wireless user device. One or more Radio Frequency (RF) signal couplers and one or more power couplers can be disposed in the receiver of the cradle. The one or more RF signal couplers can be configured to couple one or more RF communication signals to the wireless user device, while the one or more power couplers can be configured to couple power to the wireless user device. The coupling of power to the user device can be reduced or minimized when a downlink signal is received by a user device in the user device cradle, or when the user device cradle is in a weak signal area.
US11527893B2
A method for assisting control of an electrical supply grid) or a portion thereof is provided. The method includes recording system states of the grid and/or influencing the grid, transmitting the states to a central evaluation and/or control unit and/or between other subscribers, including wind turbines and/or wind farms that supply the grid, for use in controlling their supply to the grid. The method includes controlling the grid on the basis of the transmitted states. Fundamentally identical states are simultaneously recorded at multiple recording locations associated with the grid and the recording of at least one of the states at a respective recording location is performed by a turbine and/or farm and the turbine or farm recording a state at one recording location and the turbine or farm recording a state at another recording location are independent at least such that they supply to the grid at different points.
US11527888B2
A power plant-connected energy storage system maintains frequency quality of power generated and supplied by a power plant. The system includes an electric energy storage unit that includes two or more batteries of different types and is configured to be charged or discharged to improve frequency quality of power output from the power plant; and a power conditioner configured to control of the power output from the power plant and to control charge and discharge at least one of the two or more batteries in accordance with the control of the power output from the power plant. The two or more batteries include a short cycle battery having a relatively short charge/discharge cycle and a long cycle battery having a relatively long charge/discharge cycle.
US11527885B2
A superconducting fault current limiter (10) is shown. It comprises a cryostatic cooling system (20) for containing a cooling medium (26), a superconducting wire (30) immersed in the cooling medium (26) and configured to carry a current, the superconducting wire (30) becoming non-superconducting above a critical current density, and a plurality of heat dissipation elements spaced along and projecting from the superconducting wire (30), wherein the heat dissipation elements have an electrically insulating coating, and whereby the heat dissipation elements transfer heat from the superconducting wire (30) into the cooling medium (26).
US11527876B2
Pluggable electrical outlet system is provided including a recessed wall box which may interchangeably receive various mating sockets to provide a universal outlet system. The pluggable electrical outlet system further includes a junction box for distributing power lines, a circuit break box with universal connectors, and extenders. The extenders are configured to run power from the circuit breaker and the junction boxes to the recessed wall boxes. The recessed wall box comprises a female connector structured to interchangeably receive a male connector located on each of the series of sockets.
US11527872B2
A door support system is provided for an enclosure of an electrical distribution system. The door support system includes a rail fixedly secured to a door panel of the enclosure. The rail includes at least one notch. The door support system also includes a support member mounted to a frame of the enclosure. The support member is slidably mounted to the rail such that the support member slides along a length of the rail between an extended position and a retracted position. The extended position of the support member supports the door panel in an open position. The support member is in the retracted position when the door panel is in a closed position. The support member includes a detent configured to be received into the notch of the rail to releasably lock the support member in the extended position along the length of the rail.
US11527860B2
A wire terminating apparatus and method which allows for determining the quality of a wire termination. The method includes terminating the wire, monitoring the thermal properties of the termination with one or more thermal sensors and comparing the monitored thermal properties to stored thermal properties to determine if the termination is defective. If the termination is defective, the termination is discarded. The apparatus includes a wire termination zone. A thermal sensor is mounted on the wire terminating apparatus proximate the wire termination zone. The thermal sensor monitors the thermal properties of the termination to determine if the termination is defective.
US11527855B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated multipole connector, and more particularly, an integrated multipole connector that can be used as a multipole connector integrating a plurality of connectors to which different current capacities and shielding structures are applied.
US11527851B2
Example implementations relate to an electronic port of a computing system, having a locking assembly to secure an electronic plug within the electronic port. The electronic port includes a receptacle, a bracket, a biasing member, and a fastener. The receptacle includes a plurality of retainers to releasably hold a connector of the electronic plug, when the electronic plug is detachably coupled to the electronic port. The bracket is disposed around the receptacle. The bracket has a plurality of locking elements and a pillar having a counter bore. The plurality of locking elements is aligned with the plurality of retainers. The fastener is projected into the pillar through an enclosure, where the fastener is fastened into the counter bore of the pillar to allow a vertical movement of the bracket along a first direction for engaging the plurality of locking elements with the plurality of retainers.
US11527849B2
A charging dock, an electronic product, a charging system and a charging method are provided. The charging dock includes a housing, a first charging terminal, a first magnetic device, a first detection device and a first control circuit. The first charging terminal, the first magnetic device, the first detection device and the first control circuit are in the housing. The first magnetic device is to attract the charging plug near the first magnetic device to enable the charging plug to move in a direction towards the first charging terminal. The first control circuit is to control the first charging terminal to be energized when the first detection device detects that the first charging terminal is electrically coupled to the charging plug.
US11527848B2
A grommet includes a body, which has a block shape with a wire passing hole formed by perforation, and a guide, which extends from one end of the body at a predetermined angle and has a guide hole formed by perforation.
US11527841B2
An electrical connection device for connecting a plug, preferably a HV pin header, to a printed circuit board in a motor vehicle, having the following: at least one first electrical connection-device for contacting at least one assigned plug-connector contact; at least one second electrical connection-device contact for contacting at least one assigned printed-circuit-board contact wherein at least one first connection-device contact at least one second connection-device contact are connected to one another, wherein the electrical connection device is configured in such a manner that at least one printed-circuit-board contact is able to be selectively connected to assigned plug-connector contacts which differ in terms of the relative disposal thereof in relation to the printed-circuit-board contact and/or differ from one another in that said plug-connector contacts are a component part of plug connectors which differ from one another in terms of the configuration of the respective plug-connector contacts thereof.
US11527840B2
A cable connector that includes an inner subassembly that includes a coupling nut for coupling to a mating connector or port and a post end for electrically connecting to a cable. An outer body includes separable sections that form an inner bore when assembled. The inner bore is configured to receive at least the post end of the inner subassembly. Each section of the outer body has a proximal end and a distal end and the distal ends are configured to accept the cable. The sections are releasably engaged for assembly of the outer body around at least a portion of the inner subassembly.
US11527837B2
A dual polarised omnidirectional antenna apparatus (20) capable of operating in transmit and receive, comprising at least two dual polarised directional antennas (21) configured to be mountable in a substantially equi-spaced distributed array around and pointing away from a platform, wherein the antenna apparatus (20) is configured such that, when operated in transmit, the dual polarised directional antennas operate in phase with each other to deliver a combined omnidirectional, dual polarised, performance. This increases operational bandwidth and mitigates interference effects in communications applications.
US11527832B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna is disclosed. The RFID antenna may include: a substrate; a radiator disposed on the substrate, the radiator comprising a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor that perpendicularly intersect a straight edge of the radiator, the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor being symmetrical to each other with respect to a central point of the radiator; a loop disposed on the substrate; and a stub disposed on the substrate between the loop and the central point of the radiator.
US11527831B2
A remote antenna unit including at least one antenna configured to enable conversion between a digital signal and a radio signal; an external digital interface for providing the digital signal; and means for adapting performance of the antenna in dependence upon measurement of at least one parameter.
US11527829B1
A dual-polarized antenna structure is provided. The dual-polarized antenna structure includes an insulating substrate, two first antennas, two second antennas, a coupling unit, and two feeding points. The two first antennas are disposed on two sides of the insulating substrate, respectively. The two second antennas are disposed on the two sides of the insulating substrate, respectively. Each of the two second antennas includes two sub-antennas. In any one of the two sides of the insulating substrate, a region defined by orthogonally projecting two sub-middle segments of the two sub-antennas onto another one of the two sides of the insulating substrate overlaps with a main middle segment of the first antenna. The coupling unit is electrically coupled to the two sub-antennas on each of the two sides of the insulating substrate. The two feeding points are electrically coupled to the two first antennas and the two second antennas.
US11527827B2
An antenna element includes a first conductor at a first lateral surface of a substrate having a feed line portion and a monopole portion with a neck extending from the feed line portion and a head at a distal end of the neck. The head has a width greater than a width of the neck and greater than a width of the feed line portion. The head has a slot to increase a bandwidth of the first conductor to at least a first frequency band and a second frequency band. A second conductor is provided on the first lateral surface having first and second ground planes and first and second stubs. The ground planes are disposed adjacent to the feed line portion at opposite sides thereof. The stubs are disposed at opposite sides of the ground planes and extend in a direction essentially parallel to the feed line portion. The ground planes and the stubs are arranged relative to the first conductor to form a coplanar waveguide.
US11527821B2
A nozzle cap assembly includes a body with a first curved side wall, the body defining a top end and a bottom end positioned opposite from the top end; a nut, the top end of the body positioned between the nut and the bottom end of the body; a spacer comprising a hollow body, the hollow body defining a curved outer surface, the spacer positioned between the nut and the bottom end of the body; and an antenna assembly coupled to the curved outer surface.
US11527815B2
An assembly for mounting one or more RRUs to a mounting structure includes: first and second mounting panels, each of the first and second mounting panels having a main body and a flange that extends generally perpendicularly to the main body, the main body including mounting apertures patterned for mounting of an RRU; a mounting foundation having side edges, each of the side edges having an open-ended slot; mounting members extending from the flanges away from the main body of each of the first and second mounting panels, the mounting members configured to enter the open-ended slots on the mounting foundation and slide therein, and fasteners cooperating with the mounting members to mount the mounting panel to the mounting foundation.
US11527813B2
A communication system in a housing including a first communication device and a second communication device has, in at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device, an antenna structure installed at a position between a device arrangement surface and a specific surface. The housing has an inside member arranged substantially in parallel with a battery arrangement surface at a position at least one of above and below the antenna structure. The inside member has, formed thereon, at least one opening that opens in a vertical direction. The at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device serving as a specific communication device include an antenna having directivity set in a predetermined direction range including at least a direction in which the opening of the inside member is located.
US11527810B2
A multiband antenna comprises a dielectric substrate with a first surface defining an annular ledge and a central recess with a plurality of pockets. A MIMO radiator body is disposed in the central recess having a first surface defining a plurality of lobes which are disposed in respective ones of the plurality of pockets and having a second surface defining an outer rim and a central shelf. A radiator ring is disposed at the annular ledge so that the radiator ring and the outer rim converge along an annular gap therebetween. A plurality of MIMO feed lines provide external connection to respective lobes. The MIMO radiator body and the radiator ring provide a substantially horizontally-directed radiation pattern (e.g., for terrestrial signals). At least one low-profile radiator on the central shelf provides a substantially circularly polarized or vertically-directed radiation pattern for receiving signals radiated from a satellite.
US11527809B2
A communication apparatus that includes a first antenna array having a first plurality of antenna elements, and a first plurality of thermoelectric devices that are arranged on the first plurality of antenna elements of the first antenna array. The communication apparatus further includes a processor that obtains traffic information of a geographical area surrounding a deployed location of the communication apparatus. The processor further controls each of the first plurality of thermoelectric devices to increase or decrease cooling from each of the first plurality of thermoelectric devices based on the obtained traffic information that indicates a number of user equipment (UEs) to be served in the geographical area.
US11527803B2
The invention relates to an electrically and thermally connecting device (3) for batteries and pieces of electrical distribution equipment of an aircraft, comprising a casing (5) containing a plurality of bare under-voltage parts (7), said connecting device (3) being intended to make contact with a portion of the casing (5) and at least one bare under-voltage part (7), said connecting device (3) furthermore comprising: at least one base (11) that is made from a thermally conductive material and that is intended to be fastened to the portion of the casing (5); at least one head (13) that comprises a springback connector and that is intended to make contact with the bare under-voltage parts (7) and the portion of the casing (5); and an intermediate element (15) that is intended to electrically connect the bare parts (7), said element (15) being clamped between a base (11) and a head (13). The invention also relates to a battery and to a piece of electrical distribution equipment for an aircraft.
US11527802B2
Separator systems for electrochemical systems providing electronic, mechanical and chemical properties useful for applications including electrochemical storage and conversion. Separator systems include structural, physical and electrostatic attributes useful for managing and controlling dendrite formation and for improving the cycle life and rate capability of electrochemical cells including silicon anode based batteries, air cathode based batteries, redox flow batteries, solid electrolyte based systems, fuel cells, flow batteries and semisolid batteries. Separators include multilayer, porous geometries supporting excellent ion transport properties, providing a barrier to prevent dendrite initiated mechanical failure, shorting or thermal runaway, or providing improved electrode conductivity and improved electric field uniformity, as well as composite solid electrolytes with supporting mesh or fiber systems providing solid electrolyte hardness and safety with supporting mesh or fiber toughness and long life required for thin solid electrolytes without fabrication pinholes or operationally created cracks.
US11527800B2
The present invention relates to a secondary battery which is capable of improving safety. As an example, a secondary battery which comprises an electrode assembly; a case which accommodates the electrode assembly; a cap assembly which is coupled to an upper portion of the case, and a gasket which is interposed between the cap assembly and the case, wherein the cap assembly comprises a cap-up, a safety vent which is installed at a lower portion of the cap-up, a cap-down which is installed at a lower portion of the safety vent, an insulator which is interposed between the safety vent and the cap-down, and a sub-plate which is located on a lower surface of the cap-down, and an insulation layer is formed on one surface of the safety vent, is disclosed.
US11527799B2
A vehicle with a hybrid drivetrain including a fuel-fed engine coupled to a first drive axle, an electric motor coupled to a second drive axle and an APU for providing electrical power at stopover locations, and further including a controller for determining a location of the vehicle, a location of a stopover location, determining a target SOC of a battery for operating the APU at the stopover location and operating a hybrid control system to provide the target SOC for the vehicle at the stopover location.
US11527791B2
A battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells (2), in particular lithium-ion battery cells (20), which are received in a receptacle space (11) of the battery module (1), wherein the battery module (1) has a temperature-regulating plate (5) configured for regulating the temperature of the plurality of battery cells (2), said temperature-regulating plate furthermore forming a receptacle element (6) that receives a housing element (10) of the battery module (1) in such a way that the receptacle space (11) is closed off vis-à-vis the surroundings (12) of the battery module (1), wherein the housing element (10) is connected to the temperature-regulating plate (5) in a positively locking and/or force-locking manner by means of a securing element (8) formed by the temperature-regulating plate (5).
US11527790B2
A cell device including a cell module and at least one temperature adjusting module is provided. The temperature adjusting modules are configured on the cell module in a heat conduction manner. Each of the temperature adjusting modules includes a thermoelectric cooling chip. The thermoelectric cooling chip has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The thermoelectric cooling chip is configured to receive a first electric signal to heat the first surface and cool the second surface. The thermoelectric cooling chip is configured to receive a second electric signal to cool the first surface and heat the second surface. A vehicle including the cell device is also provided. The cell device of the disclosure is capable of implementing active temperature control and has good temperature control effect. The vehicle of the disclosure is capable of implementing active temperature control, and has a wider usage environment temperature.
US11527774B2
Described are energy storage devices employing a gas storage structure, which can accommodate or store gas evolved from the energy storage device. The energy storage device comprises an electrochemical cell with electrodes comprising metal-containing compositions, like metal oxides, metal nitrides, or metal hydrides, and a solid state electrolyte.
US11527768B2
Embodiments of systems and methods of operating a vehicle include operating at least one fuel cell stack, whereupon a heat exchanger for the at least one fuel cell stack counter-balances heat therefrom with heat rejected therefrom, and operating a water system to pump water from the at least one fuel cell stack into a water reservoir. Moreover, in response to high water levels in the water reservoir, the embodiments include increasing electrical energy loads on at least one battery operable to store electrical energy from the at least one fuel cell stack, operating the at least one fuel cell stack for higher output, whereupon the heat exchanger under-balances heat therefrom with heat rejected therefrom, and operating the water system to apply water from the water reservoir onto the heat exchanger, whereupon the heat exchanger restoratively counter-balances heat therefrom with heat rejected therefrom.
US11527751B2
According to one embodiment, provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes lithium manganese composite oxide particles having a spinel crystal structure and lithium cobalt composite oxide particles. The negative electrode includes a titanium-containing oxide. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains a propionate ester. The battery satisfies 0.8≤p/n≤1.2 and 1≤w/s≤60. p denotes a capacity per unit area of the positive electrode. n denotes a capacity per unit area of the negative electrode. w denotes a content of the propionate ester in the nonaqueous electrolyte and is in a range of 10% by weight to 60% by weight. s denotes an average particle size of the lithium manganese composite oxide particles.
US11527747B2
An energy storage device can include a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wherein the first electrode or the second electrode includes elemental lithium metal and carbon particles. A method for fabricating an energy storage device can include forming a first electrode and a second electrode, and inserting a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, where forming the first electrode or the second electrode can include combining elemental lithium metal and a plurality of carbon particles.
US11527746B2
A lithium ion secondary battery includes at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer. The negative electrode mixture layer is formed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode mixture layer includes graphite particles, inorganic filler particles, lithium titanate particles, and a water-based binder. The inorganic filler particles have an average primary particle size that is ½ or less of an average primary particle size of the graphite particles. The lithium titanate particles have an average primary particle size of 1 μm or less. A ratio of an average primary particle size of the lithium titanate particles with respect to an average primary particle size of the inorganic filler particles is one or less.
US11527743B2
According to an embodiment, a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device including a stack including a first electrode layer, one or more functional layers, and a second electrode layer, the one or more functional layers and the second electrode layer being formed in this order on the first electrode layer, comprises: a first layer forming step of forming a first layer 24 among the layers included in the stack; and a second layer forming step of forming a second layer on the first layer by using a coating solution containing a material for the second layer and a solvent with boiling point of 160° C. or more, the second layer being in contact with the first layer. In the first layer forming step, the first layer is formed with a thickness t smaller than a desired thickness such that the first layer has the desired thickness T due to an increase in a thickness of the first layer as the second layer is formed.
US11527740B2
Provided is a display device including a display panel including light emitting regions and a non-light emitting region adjacent to the light emitting regions, a first insulation layer disposed on the display panel, the first insulation layer having a first refractive index, and having first openings defined in a region overlapping the light emitting regions, a second insulation layer covering the display panel and the first insulation layer and having a second refractive index greater than the first refractive index of the first insulation layer, a third insulation layer disposed on the second insulation layer, the third insulation layer having the first refractive index, and having second openings defined in a region overlapping the light emitting regions, and a fourth insulation layer covering the second insulation layer and the third insulation layer and the fourth insulation layer having the second refractive index.
US11527736B2
A display device includes: a display panel having an upper surface to display an image and a lower surface; a first support and a second support disposed on the lower surface of the display panel; a first hinge connecting a side of the first support and a side of the second support and defining a first axis; a cover disposed on another side of the second support; and a second hinge connecting another side of the second support and a side of the cover and defining a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis, wherein the cover comprises a transparent material and a recess disposed on the side connected to the second hinge member.
US11527729B2
Electronic devices and methods for preparing electronic devices. Electronic devices may include a semiconducting layer, which may include at least one borate complex. Borate complex may include a metal, such as Ca or Sr, and at least one borate ligand. Borate ligands may include a heterocyclic group. Methods may include evaporating a borate complex.
US11527724B2
The present disclosure provides a hole transporting material, a method for preparing the same, and an electroluminescent device. The hole transporting material includes a compound of formula (I): A series of the hole transport materials with suitable HOMO/LUMO energy levels are synthesized by using bridged dihydrophenazine as a basis and different functional groups. Such materials can be applied to an organic electroluminescent device to improve mobility of a hole transport layer and thus improve luminous efficiency of the organic electroluminescent device.
US11527717B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a memory cell including a co-doped data storage structure. A bottom electrode overlies a substrate and a top electrode overlies the bottom electrode. The data storage structure is disposed between the top and bottom electrodes. The data storage structure comprises a dielectric material doped with a first dopant and a second dopant.
US11527716B2
A new liner structure for improving memory cell design is disclosed that incorporates a boron nitride dielectric layer. An example memory device includes an array of memory cells with each of at least some of the memory cells having a stack of layers, the stack comprising at least one phase change layer. A dielectric layer is provisioned over one or more sidewalls of at least the phase change layer. The dielectric layer comprises both nitrogen and boron. The dielectric layer may be part of a liner structure that includes multiple layers, such as an alternating layer stack of boron nitride and silicon nitride. The dielectric layer can be deposited at low temperature (e.g., less than about 300° C.) while maintaining a low hydrogen content and a relatively high thermal conductivity.
US11527711B2
A layered thin film device, such as a MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) device can be customized in shape by sequentially forming its successive layers over a symmetrically curved electrode. By initially shaping the electrode to have a concave or convex surface, the sequentially formed layers conform to that shape and acquire it and are subject to stresses that cause various crystal defects to migrate away from the axis of symmetry, leaving the region immediately surrounding the axis of symmetry relatively defect free. The resulting stack can then be patterned to leave only the region that is relatively defect free.
US11527704B2
An actuator includes a piezoelectric element, a vibration plate, and a support. The vibration plate has the piezoelectric element joined thereto and vibrates in accordance with displacement of the piezoelectric element. The support supports the vibration plate. A holder is disposed on the vibration plate. The holder is configured to join the vibration plate to an object of vibration. The vibration plate and the support are integrally molded.
US11527703B2
A multi-layered piezoelectric ceramic-containing structure There is provided a multi-layered piezoelectric ceramic-containing structure comprising: a metal substrate; a metallic adhesive layer on a surface of the metal substrate; a non-metallic thermal barrier layer on the metallic adhesive layer; and a piezoelectric ceramic layer sandwiched between a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, wherein the first electrode layer is on the non-metallic thermal barrier layer. There is also provided a method of forming the structure.
US11527702B2
A device includes a substrate, a first layer of getter material, a first electrode, an insulator element, a second electrode, a first input-output electrode, and a second input-output electrode. The first layer of getter material is deposited on the substrate. The first electrode is formed in a first conductive layer deposited on the first layer of getter material. The first layer of getter material has a getter capacity for hydrogen that is higher than the first electrode. The insulator element is formed in a piezoelectric layer deposited on the first electrode. The second electrode is formed in a second conductive layer deposited on the insulator element. The first input-output electrode is conductively connecting to the first layer of getter material. The second input-output electrode is conductively connecting to the second electrode.
US11527699B2
A piezoelectric element includes: a first electrode and a second electrode; and a piezoelectric layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and having a perovskite structure, in which 0
US11527698B2
The subject matter of the present disclosure may be embodied in devices, such as flexible wiring, that include: an elongated flexible substrate; multiple electrically conductive traces arranged in an array on a first side of the elongated flexible substrate; and an electromagnetic shielding layer on a second side of the elongated flexible substrate, the second side being opposite the first side, in which the elongated flexible substrate includes a fold region between a first electronically conductive trace and a second electrically conductive trace such that the electromagnetic shielding layer provides electromagnetic shielding between the first electronically conductive trace and the second electrically conductive trace.
US11527697B2
A quantum computing device includes a first chip having a first substrate and one or more qubits disposed on the first substrate. Each of the one or more qubits has an associated resonance frequency. The quantum computing device further includes a second chip having a second substrate and at least one conductive surface disposed on the second substrate opposite the one or more qubits. The at least one conductive surface has at least one dimension configured to adjust the resonance frequency associated with at least one of the one or more qubits to a determined frequency adjustment value.
US11527692B2
To provide a thermoelectric conversion material having low environmental load and an excellent thermoelectric figure of merit ZT and a thermoelectric conversion module including the thermoelectric conversion material. A thermoelectric conversion material of the present invention is characterized by being a compound represented by Chemical Formula (1). Cu26-xMxA2E6-yS32 (1) In Chemical Formula (1), M represents a metal material including at least one of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Zn; A represents a metal material including at least one of Nb and Ta; E represents a metal material including at least one of Si, Ge, and Sn; x represents a numerical value of 0 or more and 4 or less; and y represents a numerical value of more than 0 and 1 or less.
US11527688B2
An electronic device is provided in the present disclosure. The electronic device includes a substrate and a light emitting diode. The light emitting diode is bonded to the substrate through a solder alloy. The solder alloy includes tin and a metal element M, and the metal element M is one of the indium and bismuth. The atomic percentage of tin in the sum of tin and the metal element M ranges from 60% to 90% in the solder alloy.
US11527678B2
An optoelectronic arrangement is specified, comprising a moulded body having a base surface, a first pixel group with a multiplicity of pixels assigned thereto, each having a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region and an active region, a multiplicity of separating structures arranged between the pixels, and at least one first contact structure having a first contact plane and a first contact location, which is freely accessible at the base surface, wherein the pixels of the first pixel group are arranged alongside one another at the top surface, the first semiconductor regions and/or the second semiconductor regions of adjacent pixels of the first pixel group are electrically insulated from one another by means of the separating structures, a first contact structure is assigned one-to-one to the first pixel group, and the first semiconductor regions of the pixels of the first pixel group are electrically conductively connected to one another by means of the first contact plane and are electrically contactable by means of the first contact location.
US11527675B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting structure having a rod shape with first and second surfaces opposing each other and a side surface connected between the first and second surfaces, and including a first conductivity-type semiconductor providing the first surface, an active layer and a second conductivity-type semiconductor, a first electrode layer on a first region of the first surface of the light emitting structure and connected to the first conductivity-type semiconductor, the first region having a level that is vertically offset from a level of a second region adjacent thereto, and a second electrode layer connected to the second conductivity-type semiconductor.
US11527672B2
The present disclosure provides a support device for conveying at least one solar cell element in a transport direction, wherein the support device comprises a support element configured for supporting the at least one solar cell element and an electric arrangement configured for providing an electrostatic force for holding the at least one solar cell element on the support element.
US11527671B2
An optical package structure includes a substrate, an emitter, a first detector and a light-absorption material. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the substrate includes a via defining a third surface extending from the first surface to the second surface. The emitter is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The first detector is disposed on the first surface and aligned with the via of the substrate. The light-absorption material is disposed on the third surface of the substrate.
US11527666B2
A compound-semiconductor photovoltaic cell includes a first photoelectric conversion cell made of a first compound-semiconductor material which lattice matches with GaAs or Ge; a first tunnel junction layer arranged on a deep side farther than the first photoelectric conversion cell in a light incident direction, and including a first p-type (Alx1Ga1-x1)y1In1-y1As (0≤x1<1, 0
US11527661B2
A semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type; a third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type; a first active region; and a third electrode. The first semiconductor layer is located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The second semiconductor layer is located above the first semiconductor layer. The first active region is next to the second semiconductor layer in a second direction. The first active region includes a first upper portion and a first upper portion. An average value of a width in the second direction of the first lower portion is greater than an average value of a width in the second direction of the first upper portion. The third semiconductor layer is electrically connected with the second electrode.
US11527655B2
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a gate structure formed over a fin structure, and a source/drain (S/D) epitaxial layer formed in the fin structure and adjacent to the gate structure. The S/D epitaxial layer includes a first S/D epitaxial layer and a second epitaxial layer. The semiconductor structure includes a gate spacer formed on a sidewall surface of the gate structure, and the gate spacer is directly over the first S/D epitaxial layer. The semiconductor structure includes a dielectric spacer formed adjacent to the gate spacer, and the dielectric spacer is directly over the second epitaxial layer.
US11527653B2
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. In embodiments a first liner is deposited to line a recess between a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin, the first liner comprising a first material. The first liner is annealed to transform the first material to a second material. A second liner is deposited to line the recess, the second liner comprising a third material. The second liner is annealed to transform the third material to a fourth material.
US11527639B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an emitter region, a base region and multiple accumulation areas, and an upper accumulation area in the multiple accumulation areas is in direct contact with a gate trench section and a dummy trench section, in an arrangement direction that is orthogonal to a depth direction and an extending direction, a lower accumulation area furthest from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate in the multiple accumulation areas has: a gate vicinity area closer to the gate trench section than the dummy trench section in the arrangement direction; and a dummy vicinity area closer to the dummy trench section than the gate trench section in the arrangement direction, and having a doping concentration of the first conductivity type lower than that of the gate vicinity area.
US11527635B2
A ferroelectric thin-film structure includes at least one first atomic layer and at least one second atomic layer. The first atomic layer includes a first dielectric material that is based on an oxide, and the second atomic layer includes both the first dielectric material and a dopant that has a bandgap greater than a bandgap of the dielectric material.
US11527633B2
A method for manufacturing a trench gate device includes: forming a trench in a substrate with a super junction structure; forming a gate dielectric layer in the trench; forming a polysilicon gate by filling a portion of the trench with polysilicon; forming an intermediate dielectric layer in the trench; forming an auxiliary polysilicon layer by filling a gap in the trench with polysilicon; forming a source region of the trench gate device in the substrate; depositing an interlayer dielectric layer, and forming contacts in the interlayer dielectric layer, wherein the polysilicon gate, the auxiliary polysilicon layer, and the source region are led out from the contacts; and connecting the led-out auxiliary polysilicon layer to the led-out source region.
US11527626B2
A field-plate trench FET having a drain region, an epitaxial layer, a source region, a gate conductive layer formed in a trench, a field-plate dielectric layer formed on vertical sidewalls of the trench, a well region formed below the trench, a source contact and a gate contact. When the well region is in direct physical contact with the gate conductive layer, the field-plate trench FET can be used as a normally-on device working depletion mode, and when the well region is electrically isolated from the gate conductive layer by the field-plate layer, the field-plate trench FET can be used as a normally-off device working in an accumulation-depletion mode.
US11527625B1
A semiconductor device includes a core gate and a pair of isolation gates. The core gate has a first stack of two or more layers, the first stack including at least (i) a first dielectric layer having a first thickness and (ii) a first electrode layer. The isolation gates are formed on first and second sides of the core gate. The isolation gates are configured to electrically isolate the core gate. At least one of the isolation gates has a second stack of two or more layers, the second stack including at least (i) a second dielectric layer having a second thickness greater than the first thickness and (ii) a second electrode layer.
US11527620B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a polycrystalline first semiconductor material, and having a second semiconductor material directly adjacent to the polycrystalline first semiconductor material. The second semiconductor material is of a different composition than the polycrystalline first semiconductor material. A conductivity-enhancing dopant is within the second semiconductor material. The conductivity-enhancing dopant is a neutral-type dopant relative to the polycrystalline first semiconductor material. An electrical gate is adjacent to a region of the polycrystalline first semiconductor material and is configured to induce an electric field within said region of the polycrystalline first semiconductor material. The gate is not adjacent to the second semiconductor material.
US11527617B2
A semiconductor device includes a folded drain extended metal oxide semiconductor (DEMOS) transistor. The semiconductor device has a substrate including a semiconductor material with a corrugated top surface. The corrugated top surface has an upper portion, a lower portion, a first lateral portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion, and a second lateral portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion. The folded DEMOS transistor includes a body in the semiconductor material, a gate on a gate dielectric layer over the body, a drift region contacting the body, and a field plate on a field plate dielectric layer, all extending continuously along the upper portion, the first lateral portion, the second lateral portion, and the lower portion of the corrugated top surface. Methods of forming the folded DEMOS transistor are disclosed.
US11527612B2
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having vertically discrete source or drain structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having vertically discrete source or drain structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, the first epitaxial source or drain structure including vertically discrete portions aligned with the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, the second epitaxial source or drain structure including vertically discrete portions aligned with the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.
US11527609B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip including a first transistor and a second transistor arranged over a substrate. The first transistor includes first and second source/drain regions over the substrate and includes a first channel structure directly between the first and second source/drain regions. A first gate electrode is arranged over the first channel structure and is between first and second air spacer structures. The second transistor includes third and fourth source/drain regions over the substrate and includes a second channel structure directly between the third and fourth source/drain regions. A second gate electrode is arranged over the second channel structure and is between third and fourth air spacer structures. The integrated chip further includes a high-k dielectric spacer structure over a low-k dielectric fin structure between the first and second channel structures to separate the first and second gate electrodes.
US11527606B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate; a buffer layer on the substrate; a channel layer on the buffer layer; a barrier layer on the channel layer; a doped compound semiconductor layer on a portion of the barrier layer; an un-doped first capping layer on the doped compound semiconductor layer; a gate structure on the un-doped first capping layer; and source/drain structures on opposite sides of the gate structure. There is a channel region in the channel layer that is adjacent to the interface between the channel layer and the barrier layer.
US11527601B2
An organic light emitting diode display device including a substrate having a display region, a peripheral region around the display region, and a pad region located on one side of the peripheral region, a sub-pixel structure in the display region on the substrate, a plurality of fan-out wires on the substrate and located in the peripheral region, each one of the fan-out wires including a first diagonal portion, a first straight portion, and a second diagonal portion, a first sub-power supply wire on the fan-out wires and located in the peripheral region, and a first planarization layer on the first sub-power supply wire and having an opening configured to expose the first sub-power supply wire on a portion at which the first straight portion of each of the fan-out wires is located.
US11527600B2
A display device may include a substrate in which an opening is defined, a first disconnected line disposed on the substrate, the first disconnected line extending along a first direction and including a first disconnected portion and a second disconnected portion, and the first disconnected portion and the second disconnected portion being disconnected from each other by the opening, and a first bypass line disposed on the substrate in a different layer from the first disconnected line, the first bypass line bypassing the opening and connecting the first disconnected portion and the second disconnected portion to each other.
US11527598B2
A display device includes: a display panel, a border pattern and a light shielding pattern. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, the display panel further includes a plurality of signal lines in the display area and a plurality of signal leading lines in the non-display area, and the signal leading lines are electrically connected to the signal lines, respectively. The border pattern is located on a light-exit side of the display panel. The light shielding pattern is located on the light-exit side and on a side of the border pattern adjacent to the display panel. An orthographic projection of the light shielding pattern on the display panel is located within the non-display area, and the light shielding pattern is configured to block light reflected by the signal leading lines from exiting out from the light-exit side.
US11527595B2
A light emitting apparatus comprising a plurality of pixels with different light emitting colors, each of the plurality of pixels includes a light-emitting element configured to emit light with one of at least three different light emitting colors, a driving transistor configured to supply a current to the light-emitting element in accordance with a voltage supplied to a gate, a write transistor configured to supply a signal voltage from a signal line to the gate of the driving transistor, and a capacitance at a connection portion between the driving transistor and the write transistor, wherein the capacitance is different for each light emitting color, and is larger in a pixel of a light emitting color in which a peak current flowing through the light-emitting element is larger.
US11527577B2
The present invention provides an array substrate and a display panel. The array substrate includes a pixel structure. The pixel structure includes a plurality of pixel units. Each of the plurality of pixel units includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel connected in pairs and arranged in a honeycomb pattern, which facilitates spread of printed ink droplets and increases uniformity of light emission of sub-pixels. Each of the plurality of pixel units adopts an arrangement of RB1B2G or RB1GB2. Two columns of blue sub-pixels are alternately used to balance a problem of short lifetime of blue sub-pixel.
US11527570B2
A charge-coupled device includes an array of insulated electrodes vertically penetrating into a semiconductor substrate. The array includes rows of alternated longitudinal and transverse electrodes. Each end of a longitudinal electrode of a row is opposite and separated from a portion of an adjacent transverse electrode of that row. Electric insulation walls extend parallel to one another and to the longitudinal electrodes. The insulation walls penetrate vertically into the substrate deeper than the longitudinal electrodes. At least two adjacent rows of electrodes are arranged between each two successive insulation walls.
US11527568B2
Provided are a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit having a smaller electric charge amount to be converted per unit time than the first photoelectric conversion unit, a charge accumulation unit that accumulates an electric charge generated by the second photoelectric conversion unit, a charge voltage conversion unit, a first transfer gate unit that transfers an electric charge from the first photoelectric conversion unit to the charge voltage conversion unit, a second transfer gate unit that couples potentials of the charge voltage conversion unit and the charge accumulation unit, a third transfer gate unit that transfers an electric charge from the second photoelectric conversion unit to the charge accumulation unit, an overflow path formed under a gate electrode of the third transfer gate unit and transfers an electric charge overflowing from the second photoelectric conversion unit to the charge accumulation unit, and a light reducing unit that reduces light to enter the second photoelectric conversion unit.
US11527567B2
An image sensor includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel regions and one or more pairs of dummy pixel regions; a pixel separation structure between two adjacent pixel regions among the plurality of pixel regions and including a first conductive layer; a dummy pixel separation structure between the one or more pairs of dummy pixel regions, electrically connected to the pixel separation structure, and including a second conductive layer; and a pixel separation contact disposed on the dummy pixel separation structure.
US11527564B2
A manufacturing method of an image sensor including the following steps is provided. A substrate is provided. A light sensing device is formed in the substrate. A storage node is formed in the substrate. The storage node and the light sensing device are separated from each other. A buried gate structure is formed in the substrate. The buried gate structure includes a buried gate and a first dielectric layer. The buried gate is disposed in the substrate and covers at least a portion of the storage node. The first dielectric layer is disposed between the buried gate and the substrate. A first light shielding layer is formed on the buried gate. The first light shielding layer is located above the storage node and electrically connected to the buried gate.
US11527561B2
A photosensitive device is disclosed, including an integrated circuit structure, a first pad and a second pad exposed from a surface of the integrated circuit structure, a first material layer disposed on the surface of the integrated circuit structure and covering the first pad, and a second material layer disposed on the first material layer and covering the second pad. The first material layer and the second material layer form a photodiode.
US11527555B2
A driving substrate is provided. The driving substrate includes a substrate and a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate. The thin film transistor is divided into at least two active blocks. Two adjacent ones of the at least two active blocks are separated from each other by a first gap, and a ratio of the first gap to an average width of the two adjacent ones of the at least two active blocks in a first direction is greater than or equal to 0.1 and less than 0.5.
US11527545B2
Techniques herein include methods of forming circuits by combining multiple substrates. High voltage devices are fabricated on a first wafer, and low voltage devices and/or memory are then fabricated on a second wafer and/or third wafer.
US11527534B2
Semiconductor structures and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An exemplary semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes a first base portion and a second base portion, an isolation feature sandwiched between the first base portion and the second base portion, a center dielectric fin over the isolation feature, a first anti-punch-through (APT) feature over the first base portion, a second APT feature over the second base portion, a first stack of channel members over the first APT feature, and a second stack of channel members over the second APT feature. The center dielectric fin is sandwiched between the first stack of channel members and the second stack of channel members as well as between the first APT feature and the second APT feature.
US11527529B2
An electrostatic discharge protection device including a substrate, a first PNP element, a second PNP element, and an isolation region is provided. The substrate has a P-type conductivity. The first and second PNP elements are formed in the substrate. The isolation region isolates the first and second PNP elements.
US11527525B2
A semiconductor device includes passive electrical components in a substrate; and an interconnect structure over the passive electrical components, conductive features of the interconnect structure being electrically coupled to the passive electrical components. The conductive features of the interconnect structure includes a first conductive line over the substrate; a conductive bump over the first conductive line, where in a plan view, the conductive bumps has a first elongated shape and is entirely disposed within boundaries of the first conductive line; and a first via between the first conductive line and the conductive bump, the first via electrically connected to the first conductive line and the conductive bump, where in the plan view, the first via has a second elongated shape and is entirely disposed within boundaries of the conductive bump.
US11527523B2
A discrete 3-D processor comprises first and second dice. The first die comprises three-dimensional memory (3D-M) arrays, whereas the second die comprises logic circuits and at least an off-die peripheral-circuit component of the 3D-M array(s). The first die does not comprise the off-die peripheral-circuit component. The first and second dice are communicatively coupled by a plurality of inter-die connections. The preferred discrete 3-D processor can be applied to mathematical computing, computer simulation, configurable gate array, pattern processing and neural network.
US11527521B2
In an embodiment a composite semiconductor component includes a carrier substrate having a plurality of projecting elements projecting from a first main surface of the carrier substrate, an electrically conductive material electrically conductively connected to a contact region of the carrier substrate and located on at least one of the projecting elements, some of the projecting elements not being covered with the electrically conductive material and a semiconductor chip arranged on the carrier substrate and having at a first surface at least one contact pad electrically connected to the electrically conductive material on at least one element, wherein, at a position at which the contact pad and the electrically conductive material on the projecting element are in each case in contact with one another, the contact pad has a larger lateral extent than the projecting element in each case.
US11527518B2
A semiconductor package includes a first package component comprising: a first semiconductor die; a first encapsulant around the first semiconductor die; and a first redistribution structure electrically connected to the semiconductor die. The semiconductor package further includes a second package component bonded to the first package component, wherein the second package component comprises a second semiconductor die; a heat spreader between the first semiconductor die and the second package component; and a second encapsulant between the first package component and the second package component, wherein the second encapsulant has a lower thermal conductivity than the heat spreader.
US11527517B2
A light emitting device filament includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting diodes, two electrode pads, and a plurality of connection lines. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The substrate extending in a first direction and having a width in a second direction. The plurality of light emitting diodes is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The two electrode pads are disposed on the substrate. The plurality of connection lines electrically connects the plurality of light emitting diodes and the two electrode pads. The plurality of connection lines includes a first connection line and a second connection line. The first connection line, the second connection line, or both are formed in a direction inclined or curved with respect to the first direction or the second direction.
US11527514B2
A light emitting device for a display includes a pixel region including first, second, and third LED stacks, an adhesive layer disposed between the first and second LED stacks, or between the second and third LED stacks, a metal bonding layer at least partially surrounded by the adhesive layer, and disposed between and is electrically connected to the first and second LED stacks, or the second and third LED stacks, and a common electrode pad connected to the first, second, and third LED stacks, first, second, and third electrode pads connected to the first, second, and third LED stacks, respectively, and the first, second, and third LED stacks are configured to be independently driven using the electrode pads.
US11527511B2
An electronic device includes a support substrate to which a first electronic chip and a second electronic chip are mounted in a position situated on top of one another. First electrical connection elements are interposed between the first electronic chip and the support substrate. Second electrical connection elements are interposed between the second electronic chip and the support substrate and are situated at a distance from a periphery of the first electronic chip. Third electrical connection elements are interposed between the first electronic chip and the second electronic chip.
US11527505B2
A semiconductor die assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes first and second semiconductor dies spaced apart from one another. The first semiconductor die has a major surface with non-overlapping first and second regions. The semiconductor die assembly further includes an array of first pillars extending heightwise from the first region of the major surface of the first semiconductor die toward the second semiconductor die. Similarly, the semiconductor die assembly includes an array of second pillars extending heightwise from the second region of the major surface of the first semiconductor die toward the second semiconductor die. The first and second pillars have different lateral densities and different average widths. The latter difference at least partially offsets an effect of the former difference on relative metal deposition rates of an electrochemical plating process used to form the first and second pillars.
US11527501B1
Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a first microelectronic component having a first direct bonding region, wherein the first direct bonding region includes first metal contacts and a first dielectric material between adjacent ones of the first metal contacts; a second microelectronic component having a second direct bonding region and coupled to the first microelectronic component by the first and second direct bonding regions, wherein the second direct bonding region includes second metal contacts and a second dielectric material between adjacent ones of the second metal contacts, and wherein individual first metal contacts in the first direct bonding region are coupled to respective individual second metal contacts in the second direct bonding region; and a void between an individual first metal contact and a respective individual second metal contact.
US11527488B2
A semiconductor package includes a magnetic layer including an inner portion having a predetermined area and an outer portion disposed outward of the inner portion, a lower polymer layer disposed below the magnetic layer, and a dicing surface formed by ends of the magnetic layer and the lower polymer layer and extending along a stacked direction of the magnetic layer and the lower polymer layer. At least a part of the outer portion of the magnetic layer includes an inclined surface inclined downward in the stacked direction, and has a thickness greater than a thickness of the inner portion in the stacked direction.
US11527486B2
A semiconductor device includes a first die embedded in a molding material, where contact pads of the first die are proximate a first side of the molding material. The semiconductor device further includes a redistribution structure over the first side of the molding material, a first metal coating along sidewalls of the first die and between the first die and the molding material, and a second metal coating along sidewalls of the molding material and on a second side of the molding material opposing the first side.
US11527482B2
An electronic assembly comprising a carrier wafer having a top wafer surface and a bottom wafer surface; an electronic integrated circuit being formed in the carrier wafer and comprising an integrated circuit contact pad on the top wafer surface; said carrier wafer comprising a through-wafer cavity having walls that join said top wafer surface to said bottom wafer surface; a component chip having a component chip top surface, a component chip bottom surface and component chip side surfaces, the component chip being held in said through-wafer cavity by direct contact of at least a side surface of said component chip with an attachment metal that fills at least a portion of said through-wafer cavity; said component chip comprising at least one component contact pad on said component chip bottom surface; and a conductor connecting said integrated circuit contact pad and said component contact pad.
US11527474B2
In an embodiment, a package includes: a first redistribution structure; a first integrated circuit die connected to the first redistribution structure; a ring-shaped substrate surrounding the first integrated circuit die, the ring-shaped substrate connected to the first redistribution structure, the ring-shaped substrate including a core and conductive vias extending through the core; a encapsulant surrounding the ring-shaped substrate and the first integrated circuit die, the encapsulant extending through the ring-shaped substrate; and a second redistribution structure on the encapsulant, the second redistribution structure connected to the first redistribution structure through the conductive vias of the ring-shaped substrate.
US11527473B2
A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device includes a peripheral logic structure disposed on a first substrate, a horizontal semiconductor layer disposed on a second substrate, a plurality of stack structures on the horizontal semiconductor layer in a first direction, wherein the plurality of stack structures include a memory cell region and a capacitor region, a plurality of electrode isolation regions extending in the first direction and a second direction and configured to separate the plurality of stack structures to be connected to the horizontal semiconductor layer and a plurality of through-via structures having a first side connected to a through channel contact through at least one metal pad, wherein a capacitor is formed between each of electrode pads and at least one of electrode isolation regions in the plurality of stack structures or at least one of the plurality of through-via structures.
US11527472B2
A supporting structure is provided, which forms a protective layer on a metal member having a plurality of conductive posts, and the protective layer is exposed from end surfaces of the conductive posts, such that conductors are formed on the end surfaces of the conductive posts, thereby avoiding damage of the protective layer.
US11527462B2
In some examples, an electronic package and methods for forming the electronic package are described. The electronic package can be formed by disposing an interposer on a surface of a substrate having a first pitch wiring density. The interposer can have a second pitch wiring density different from the first pitch wiring density. A layer of non-conductive film can be situated between the interposer and the surface of the substrate. A planarization process can be performed on a surface of the substrate. A solder resist patterning can be performed on the planarized surface the substrate. A solder reflow and coining process can be performed to form a layer of solder bumps on top of the planarized surface of the substrate. The interposer can provide bridge connection between at least two die disposed above the substrate. Solder bumps under the interposer electrically connect the substrate and the interposer.
US11527457B2
Provided is a package structure including a substrate, a stiffener ring, an eccentric die, a lid layer, and a buffer layer. The stiffener ring is disposed on the substrate. The stiffener ring has an inner perimeter to enclose an accommodation area. The eccentric die is disposed within the accommodation area on the substrate. The eccentric die is offset from a center of the accommodation area to close to a first side of the stiffener ring. The lid layer is disposed on the stiffener ring and overlays the eccentric die. The buffer layer is embedded in the lid layer between the first side of the stiffener ring and the eccentric die. The buffer layer has a thickness less than a thickness of the lid layer.
US11527437B2
Methods and apparatus for filling features on a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of filling features on a substrate includes: depositing a first metallic material on the substrate and within a feature disposed in the substrate in a first process chamber via a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process at a first temperature; depositing a second metallic material on the first metallic material in a second process chamber at a second temperature and at a first bias power to form a seed layer of the second metallic material; etching the seed layer in the second process chamber at a second bias power greater than the first bias power to form an intermix layer within the feature comprising the first metallic material and the second metallic material; and heating the substrate to a third temperature greater than the second temperature, causing a reflow of the second metallic material.
US11527434B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a first line pattern within sacrificial mandrel material disposed on at least one hard mask layer disposed on a substrate. The first line pattern has a pitch defined by a target line width and a minimum width of space between lines. The method further includes forming, within the first line pattern, a first spacer having a width corresponding to the minimum width of space between lines to minimize pinch points and a first gap having the target line width, and forming a first plug within the first gap corresponding to a first location above the at least one hard mask layer to block pattern transfer into the at least one hard mask layer.
US11527432B2
Structures with altered crystallinity beneath semiconductor devices and methods associated with forming such structures. Trench isolation regions surround an active device region composed of a single-crystal semiconductor material. A first non-single-crystal layer is arranged beneath the trench isolation regions and the active device region. A second non-single-crystal layer is arranged beneath the trench isolation regions and the active device region. The first non-single-crystal layer is arranged between the second non-single-crystal layer and the active device region.
US11527430B2
A method for shallow trench isolation structures in a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device including the shallow trench isolation structures are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method may include forming a trench in a substrate; depositing a first dielectric liner in the trench; depositing a first shallow trench isolation (STI) material over the first dielectric liner, the first STI material being deposited as a conformal layer; etching the first STI material; depositing a second STI material over the first STI material, the second STI material being deposited as a flowable material; and planarizing the second STI material such that top surfaces of the second STI material are co-planar with top surfaces of the substrate.
US11527429B2
An electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic body and adapter objects. The adapter objects collectively form a plurality of openings distributed over a bottom surface of the ceramic body at different distances from a center of a circle defined by the bottom surface of the ceramic body.
US11527427B2
A semiconductor processing apparatus may include a processing part including a cavity, an insertion part configured to be inserted in the cavity, and a gas inlet coupled to the processing part and configured to supply a gas into the cavity. The insertion part may include a container and a gas ejection pipe facing the container.
US11527410B2
A method for bonding a first substrate with a second substrate at respective contact faces of the substrates with the following steps: holding the first substrate to a first sample holder surface of a first sample holder with a holding force FH1 and holding the second substrate to a second sample holder surface of a second sample holder with a holding force FH2; contacting the contact faces at a bond initiation point and heating at least the second sample holder surface to a heating temperature TH; bonding of the first substrate with the second substrate along a bonding wave running from the bond initiation point to the side edges of the substrates, wherein the heating temperature TH is reduced at the second sample holder surface during the bonding.
US11527409B2
Contact slots forming method applying photoresists include the following steps. A dielectric layer and a hard mask layer are formed on a substrate sequentially. A first patterned photoresist layer is formed over the hard mask layer, wherein the first patterned photoresist layer includes island patterns connecting to each other by connecting dummy parts. The hard mask layer is etched using the first patterned photoresist layer to form a patterned hard mask layer including island patterns connecting to each other by connecting dummy parts. A second patterned photoresist layer is formed over the patterned hard mask layer. The dielectric layer is etched using the second patterned photoresist layer and the patterned hard mask layer as a mask to form contact holes in the dielectric layer.
US11527407B2
Methods of forming graphene hard mask films are disclosed. Some methods are advantageously performed at lower temperatures. The substrate is exposed to an aromatic precursor to form the graphene hard mask film. The substrate comprises one or more of titanium nitride (TiN), tantalum nitride (TaN), silicon (Si), cobalt (Co), titanium (Ti), silicon dioxide (SiO2), copper (Cu), and low-k dielectric materials.
US11527405B2
Systems and methods for in-die metrology using target design patterns are provided. These systems and methods include selecting a target design pattern based on design data representing the design of an integrated circuit, providing design data indicative of the target design pattern to enable design data derived from the target design pattern to be added to second design data, wherein the second design data is based on the first design data. Systems and methods can further include causing structures derived from the second design data to be printed on a wafer, inspecting the structures on the wafer using a charged-particle beam tool, and identifying metrology data or process defects based on the inspection. In some embodiments the systems and methods further include causing the charged-particle beam tool, the second design data, a scanner, or photolithography equipment to be adjusted based on the identified metrology data or process defects.
US11527400B2
In a method of depositing a silicon oxide film using bis(diethylamino)silane (BDEAS) on a substrate in a reaction space by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), each repeating deposition cycle of PEALD includes steps of: (i) adsorbing BDEAS on the substrate placed on a susceptor having a temperature of higher than 400° C. in an atmosphere substantially suppressing thermal decomposition of BDEAS in the reaction space; and (ii) exposing the substrate on which BDEAS is adsorbed to an oxygen plasma in the atmosphere in the reaction space, thereby depositing a monolayer or sublayer of silicon oxide.
US11527396B2
A multipole with mounting rings arranged on its end faces for mounting the multipole in a mass spectrometer includes two electrode half-shells each having at least two electrodes joinable together by positive-fitting connections on the electrode half-shell longitudinal edges. Each positive-fitting connection includes a fitting and a matching mating fitting, the fitting integrally formed on one electrode half-shell and the mating fitting integrally formed on the other electrode half-shell. Each mounting ring has two mounting ring fittings. One mounting ring fitting can be joined to a mating fitting integrally formed on one of the two electrode half-shells and the other of the two mounting ring fittings can be joined to a mating fitting integrally formed on the other of the two electrode half-shells. Furthermore, a mounting ring for such a multipole has two mounting ring fittings joinable to corresponding mating fittings integrally formed on the electrode half-shells.
US11527387B2
A multi-mode thruster system for use in a spacecraft includes a microwave source; a cavity coupled to the microwave source and including a first inlet to receive a first fluid and a second inlet to receive a second fluid; and a nozzle provided at one end of the cavity. The thruster operates in a microwave electrothermal thruster (MET) mode to (i) generate a standing wave in the cavity using the microwave source and (ii) raise a temperature of the first fluid to generate a first hot gas that exits the cavity via the nozzle to generate thrust. The thruster operates in a chemical propulsion mode to (i) produce a reduction-oxidation reaction between the first fluid and the second fluid and (ii) generate a second hot gas that exits the cavity via the nozzle to generate thrust.
US11527385B2
The present disclosure may include a method for calibrating a capacitor in a matching network in a radio frequency plasma processing device, the method including. The method may include identifying the capacitor in the matching network, measuring the impedance of the matching network as a whole, and driving the capacitor from a zero step value to a predefined step value. The method may further include measuring impedance at each step between the zero step value and the predefined step value, identifying the measured impedance for each step value to a predefined impedance curve, and matching a capacitor position to a specific impedance based on the identifying the measured impedance for each step value to the predefined impedance curve. Calibration of matching networks may also be enhanced by optimizing the steps to percentage reported ratio in the range of capacitor values most frequently used.
US11527379B2
An objective lens arrangement includes a first, second and third pole pieces, each being substantially rotationally symmetric. The first, second and third pole pieces are disposed on a same side of an object plane. An end of the first pole piece is separated from an end of the second pole piece to form a first gap, and an end of the third pole piece is separated from an end of the second pole piece to form a second gap. A first excitation coil generates a focusing magnetic field in the first gap, and a second excitation coil generates a compensating magnetic field in the second gap. First and second power supplies supply current to the first and second excitation coils, respectively. A magnetic flux generated in the second pole piece is oriented in a same direction as a magnetic flux generated in the second pole piece.
US11527373B2
An actuating mechanism for an electrical switching device includes a frame and a driving member. The driving member is rotatably arranged in the frame around an axis and is movable between a first driver position and a second driver position. The driving member is mechanically linkable to the electrical switching device by a first linking member. The movable contacts of the electrical switching device are in a first position in the first driver position of the driving member and are in a second position in the second driver position of the driving member. The actuating mechanism further includes an actuating member. The actuating member is rotatably arranged in the frame around an axis and is movable between a first actuator position and a second actuator position by hand or based on using a motor. The actuating mechanism further includes a load spring.
US11527369B2
A changeover switch for medium voltage switchgear is provided. The changeover switch includes a first terminal body, a second terminal body, and two elongate pole bodies. The two elongate pole bodies are arranged parallel to each other and rotatably arranged with first ends on opposite sides of, and in direct contact with the first terminal body around a rotation axis. The two elongate pole bodies are rotatable between an open position and a closed position. The second ends of the two elongate pole bodies are positioned in direct contact with opposite sides of the second terminal body. The changeover switch further includes one or more springs arranged between the two elongate pole bodies to urge the two elongate pole bodies towards each other.
US11527368B2
Embodiments of the disclosure can include an inertial short-circuit and seismic hook for an electrical equipment disconnect switch.
US11527366B2
A part of a current path is for an electric switching device. In an embodiment, the part of the current path was produced in layers by way of a 3D printing method.
US11527355B2
A primary coil former for an ignition coil has a winding carrier surface configured for a primary coil wound thereon. Two primary winding stops limit the winding carrier surface at first and second axial ends of the carrier surface, respectively. Two holders are formed at the first axial end, each configured for holding one end of a winding wire. Two deflection domes are formed at the second axial end, one of the domes configured for guiding a winding wire back to the winding carrier surface for a clockwise winding and the other dome configured for guiding a winding wire back to the winding carrier surface for a counterclockwise winding. A groove in the winding carrier surface receives a winding wire which leads from one of the ends of the winding carrier surface up to a gap between the two deflection domes at the opposite end of the winding carrier surface.
US11527351B2
A surface-mount inductor includes an element assembly having a core, a coil, and a magnetic material; and a pair of external terminals on a mounting surface of the element assembly. The core has a base portion and a columnar portion on an upper surface of the base portion. The coil is disposed on the base portion, and has a wound portion on the columnar portion, and a pair of extended portions extended from the wound portion. The base portion has at least one ridge portion at which the upper surface and a side surface are in linear contact with each other. The pair of extended portions are each disposed such that a flat surface portion connected to a flat surface portion disposed at an inner side portion of a conductive wire located at an outer peripheral portion of the wound portion is close to the ridge portion.
US11527348B1
Charging devices according to embodiments of the present technology may include a housing including an input configured to receive power from a power source and provide power to internal components of the charging device. The charging devices may include a ferrite. The ferrite may be coupled with electrical ground. The charging devices may also include a conductive coil seated in the ferrite. The conductive coil may be configured to generate an electromagnetic field from an AC signal.
US11527339B2
Disclosed are cable types, including a type THHN cable, the cable types having a reduced surface coefficient of friction, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core and insulating layer are surrounded by a material containing nylon or thermosetting resin. A silicone based pulling lubricant for said cable, or alternatively, erucamide or stearyl erucamide for small cable gauge wire, is incorporated, by alternate methods, with the resin material from which the outer sheath is extruded, and is effective to reduce the required pulling force between the formed cable and a conduit during installation.
US11527337B2
The invention relates to a crosslinkable polymer composition comprising (a) a polyolefin bearing hydrolysable silane groups and a silanol condensation catalyst compound, as well as to an article, preferably a cable, thereof. Also the use of the silanol condensation catalyst compound for crosslinking an article, preferably a layer of a cable is provided.
US11527324B2
Artificial intelligence response system based on testing with parallel/serial dual microfluidic chip
An artificial intelligence response system comprises a centralized system having associated therewith a trained database, a tends engine, and a plurality of patient records, a plurality of interconnected entities connected over a network to the centralized system, and a voice-activated assistant device connected over the network to the centralized system and to the interconnected entities, the voice-activated assistant device including a memory operatively coupled to a processor, wherein the processor is configured to receive medical information pertaining to a patient's health from the centralized system, request a treatment regimen for the patient from the centralized system, receive a voice command from a medical professional to retrieve additional medical information, request additional medical information in response to the voice command, and request one or more actions related to treating a patient.
US11527322B2
A user interface to a medical database stores context information from previous queries and uses the context information as part of information selection criteria for a current query, without requiring the users to fully specify the information selection criteria in each query. The context information is automatically stored as a profile for each user, for each group of users and, optionally, for each institution to which a user is affiliated. In response to a current user query, a combination of the information selection criterion currently entered by the user and one or more information selection criteria previously entered by the user, group and (optionally) institution is used to query the medical database. Optionally, a user's group membership may be automatically determined, based on current physical location of the user and potential groups, for example as estimated from a meeting calendar or signals received by a wireless access point.
US11527319B1
In some aspects, the described systems and methods provide for validating performance of a model trained on a plurality of annotated pathology images. A pathology image is accessed. Frames are generated using the pathology image. Each frame in the set includes a distinct portion of the pathology image. Reference annotations are received from one or more users. The reference annotations describe at least one of a plurality of tissue or cellular characteristic categories for one or more frames in the set. Each frame in the set is processed using the trained model to generate model predictions. The model predictions describe at least one of the tissue or cellular characteristic categories for the processed frame. Performance of the trained model is validated based on determining a degree of association between the reference annotations and the model predictions for each frame and/or across all frames in the set of frames.
US11527314B2
Methods and devices include identifying a plurality of target users for the digital therapeutic based on one or more target parameters, conducting outreach to one or more of the plurality of target users using an outreach medium, identifying an activation mechanism to optimize use of the digital therapeutic, and encouraging an engagement level of the digital therapeutic by one or more of the plurality of target users.
US11527309B2
Patient identification is transmitted to a health care provider prior to the patient arriving at the health care provider. The patient identification may be a driver's license, health insurance card, or other identification, and may be used to pre-register the patient. The transmission may include other information, such as health status, purpose of visit, intended procedures, symptoms, or other information. The transmission may be made via a device, such as a cellular telephone, where the information may be encrypted and transmitted using a secure mechanism. The system may be used by ambulance personnel, paramedics, or other emergency responders to notify a hospital, for example, of an inbound patient, as well as by patients prior to an appointment. The system may also be used by clinicians or other health care providers to prepare for emergent or non-emergent patients prior to arrival.
US11527306B2
A method of assessing the analytical performance of a biochemical measured using a multi-analyte assay is described. The method includes analytically validating a measurement of the level of a first biochemical in a sample, wherein the first biochemical has been previously analytically validated for three or more analytical validation conditions; measuring the level of a second biochemical in a sample, wherein the second biochemical is structurally or biochemically related to the first biochemical; and comparing validation parameters of the first biochemical with validation parameters of the second biochemical to determine whether the performance of the second biochemical is acceptable based on the comparison results.
US11527303B2
A memory device includes a row decoder, a column decoder, and a repair control circuit, which is configured to: (i) compare a row address with a stored failed row address, (ii) compare a column address with a stored failed column address, (iii) control the row decoder to activate the at least one of a plurality of redundancy word lines when the row address corresponds to the failed row address, and (iv) control the column decoder to activate at least one of a plurality of redundancy bit lines when the column address corresponds to the failed column address. The repair control circuit varies a repair unit according to an address input during a repair operation.
US11527299B2
A method, apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and system for using an error correction code in a memory device with a neural network are described. Embodiments of the method, apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and system may receive a signal from a physical channel, wherein the signal is based on a modulated symbol representing information bits encoded using an error correction coding scheme, extract features from the signal using a feature extractor trained using probability data collected from the physical channel, and decode the information bits with a neural network decoder taking the extracted features as input.
US11527295B2
Disclosed are a nonvolatile memory device and a read method of the nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array, a row decoder circuit, and a page buffer circuit including first latches and second latches. The page buffer circuit respectively latches first sensing values, which are based on data stored in adjacent memory cells, at the first latches and respectively latches second sensing values, which are based on data stored in selected memory cells, at the second latches at least two times.
US11527291B2
A request to perform a secure erase operation for a memory component can be received. A voltage level that is applied to unselected wordlines of the memory component during a read operation can be determined. A voltage pulse can be applied to at least one wordline of the memory component to perform the secure erase operation. The voltage pulse can be associated with a program operation to place a memory cell of the memory component at another voltage level that exceeds the voltage level that is applied to the unselected wordlines of the memory component during the read operation.
US11527283B2
A sense amplifier circuit includes a bitline node, a sense node, and a feedback circuit which is connected to the bitline node and to the sense node. The feedback circuit includes a cascode-connected pair of transistors configured to isolate the bitline node from an occurrence of a voltage variation on the sense node.
US11527282B2
A memory is provided that is configured to practice both a conventional normal read operation and also a burst mode read operation. During the normal read operation, the memory pre-charges the bit lines in a group of multiplexed columns. Each column has a sense amplifier that latches a bit decision for the column during the normal read operation. If a subsequent read operation addresses the same group of multiplexed columns, the memory invokes the burst-mode read operation during which the bit lines are not pre-charged.
US11527279B2
Methods, systems, and devices for a read algorithm for a memory device are described. When performing a read operation, the memory device may access a memory cell to retrieve a value stored by the memory cell. The memory device may compare a set of reference voltages with a signal output by the memory cell based on accessing the memory cell. Thus, the memory device may determine a set of candidate values stored by the memory cell, where each candidate value is associated with one of the reference voltages. The memory device may determine and output the value stored by the memory cell based on determining the set of candidate values. In some cases, the memory device may determine the value stored by the memory cell based on performing an error control operation on each of the set of candidate values to detect a quantity of errors within each candidate value.
US11527270B2
A static random access memory (SRAM) includes fast SRAM bit cells and fast multiplexer circuits that are formed in a first row of fast cells in a hybrid standard cell architecture. Slow SRAM bit cells and slow multiplexer circuits are formed in a second row of slow cells. The slow multiplexer circuits provide a column output for the fast SRAM bit cells and the fast multiplexer circuits provide a column output for the slow SRAM bit cells. Thus, one SRAM column has fast bit cells and slow multiplexer stages while the adjacent SRAM column has slow bit cells and fast multiplexer stages to thereby provide an improved performance balance when reading the SRAM.
US11527269B2
In an embodiment, a system includes an energy source and an integrated circuit that is coupled to one or more memory devices via a plurality of memory channels. A memory controller in the integrated circuit is programmable with a plurality of identifiers corresponding to the plurality of channels, and is further programmable with a command and a first identifier associated with the command. Responsive to the command, the memory controller is configured to perform one or more calibrations on a subset of the plurality of channels for which corresponding identifiers of the plurality of identifiers match the first identifier. Other ones of the plurality of channels, for which the corresponding identifiers do not match the first identifier, do not perform the calibration.
US11527241B2
A display device and a method for controlling the same are provided. The display device includes a rollable display screen, a voice acquisition unit, an identification control unit, a drive control unit and a display control unit. The voice acquisition unit is configured to acquire a first voice command. The identification control unit is configured to identify the first voice command acquired by the voice acquisition unit as a voice process command, and the voice process command includes a rolling operation command and a display drive command. The drive control unit is configured to perform an operation corresponding to the rolling operation command on the rollable display screen according to the rolling operation command. The display control unit is configured to control a display state of the rollable display screen according to the display drive command.
US11527234B2
Systems and methods for determining hint words that improve the accuracy of automated speech recognition (ASR) systems. Hint words are determined in the context of a user issuing voice commands in connection with a voice interface system. Terms are initially taken from most frequently occurring terms in operation of a voice interface system. For example, most frequently occurring terms that arise in electronic search queries or received commands are selected. Certain of these terms are selected as hint words, and the selected hint words are then transmitted to an ASR system to assist in translation of speech to text.
US11527232B2
A remote microphone signal is obtained from a remote device, and a local microphone signal from a local device. A difference between strength of the remote microphone signal and strength of the local microphone signal is determined. An output audio signal is produced to drive a speaker in the local device. If the difference is greater than a threshold, then the local and remote microphone signals are applied to two input channels, respectively, of a two channel noise suppressor which produces the output audio signal, but if the difference is less than the threshold after a certain delay since the difference was greater than the threshold, then only the remote microphone signal is applied to a single input of a single channel noise suppressor which produces the output audio signal. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
US11527231B1
A system and method for providing a headset system including a microphone including a microphone transducer configured to receive vocal sounds from a user of the headset system and to generate a voice audio signal representing the vocal sounds; a first earcup including a first housing, wherein the first housing further includes a voice canceling circuit, an inner speaker, and a first outer speaker; the voice canceling circuit configured to receive the voice audio signal and configured to generate a first voice canceling signal to cancel the voice of the user; and the first outer speaker including a first speaker transducer configured to generate and output sounds representing the first voice cancelling signal to cancel the vocal sounds of the user.
US11527214B2
An image processing method, an image processing circuit and a display apparatus are provided. The image processing method includes: converting an RGB gray-scale value of each pixel in a current image frame into an RGB luminance value; converting the RGB luminance value into a first RGBW luminance value; determining a luminance level of the current image frame according to the first RGBW luminance value corresponding to each pixel; determining a luminance gain value of the current image frame according to the luminance level of the current image frame; calculating a second RGBW luminance value according to the luminance gain value and the first RGBW luminance value; and converting the second RGBW luminance value into an RGBW gray-scale value.
US11527211B2
An organic light emitting diode display device includes a display panel including a plurality of sub-pixels, each of which includes a driving thin film transistor and a light emitting diode; and an impedance detection part connected to the plurality of sub-pixels of the display panel. The impedance detection part includes a sensing circuit part, an input control part, and an analog-to-digital converter. The input control part generates a modulated output by modulating an output of the sensing circuit part and inputs the modulated output to the analog-to-digital converter.
US11527208B2
It is an object to decrease the number of transistors connected to a capacitor. In a structure, a capacitor and one transistor are included, one electrode of the capacitor is connected to a wiring, and the other electrode of the capacitor is connected to a gate of the transistor. Since a clock signal is input to the wiring, the clock signal is input to the gate of the transistor through the capacitor. Then, on/off of the transistor is controlled by a signal which synchronizes with the clock signal, so that a period when the transistor is on and a period when the transistor is off are repeated. In this manner, deterioration of the transistor can be suppressed.
US11527207B2
An electroluminescent display device includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels are disposed, each pixel including a first sub pixel, a second sub pixel, a third sub pixel, and a fourth sub pixel each having a different color; a data driver which supplies a data voltage to the plurality of pixels by means of a plurality of data lines; and a gate driver which supplies a gate signal to the plurality of pixels by means of a plurality of gate lines. Each of the plurality of data lines is divided into a plurality of sub data lines, and each of the plurality of sub data lines is connected to a plurality of sub pixels having the same color, the sub pixel includes a switching transistor, and a source electrode of the switching transistor includes a compensation pattern which is provided on at least one side of the source electrode spaced apart from the gate line, thereby improving luminance difference between sub pixels having the same color which are converted by the exposure overlay shift of the gate line.
US11527204B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a first gate driver, a second gate driver, a third gate driver, and a data driver. The display apparatus is operable in a low frequency driving mode, and the low frequency driving mode includes a writing frame and a holding frame. At least one of gate power voltages used to generate a first gate signal, a second gate signal, and an emission signal has a first voltage level in the writing frame of the low frequency driving mode and a second voltage level in the holding frame of the low frequency driving mode. The data voltage is applied to the pixel in the writing frame of the low frequency driving mode. The data voltage applied to the pixel in the writing frame of the low frequency driving mode is maintained in the holding frame of the low frequency driving mode.
US11527199B2
A pixel circuit and a method for driving the pixel circuit, a display panel and an electronic device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a drive circuit, a storage circuit, a discharge control circuit, a storage control circuit, and a data writing circuit. The drive circuit is configured to control a driving current for driving a light-emitting element to emit light; the storage circuit is connected to the control terminal of the drive circuit; the discharge control circuit is configured to control a voltage across the storage circuit and to control the second terminal of the drive circuit to discharge; the storage control circuit is configured to control the storage circuit to store a voltage of the drive circuit; the data writing circuit is configured to write a data voltage into the storage circuit to control the drive circuit.
US11527195B2
A display control system includes a plurality of driver circuits connected in series. A driver circuit among the plurality of driver circuits includes a receiver, a duty cycle correction circuit and a transmitter. The receiver is configured to receive a first signal from a previous driver circuit among the plurality of driver circuits. The duty cycle correction circuit, coupled to the receiver, is configured to adjust a duty cycle of the first signal to generate a second signal. The transmitter, coupled to the duty cycle correction circuit, is configured to transmit the second signal to a next driver circuit among the plurality of driver circuits.
US11527190B1
An example computing device includes: a display to display a color calibration pattern; a touchpad to receive input for the computing device, the touchpad having a reflective layer to reflect the color calibration pattern; a color sensor to detect the reflected color calibration pattern from the touchpad; a processor interconnected with the color sensor and the display, the processor to calibrate a color output of the display based on the color calibration pattern detected at the color sensor.
US11527187B2
Provided is a display device for providing a constant brightness for each area by including an area sensing part configured to determine a position value of an input image in the display device, and determine an area range according to the position value to output an area value, a gradation value determining part configured to output a first gradation value corresponding to a brightness of the input image according to the area value, a control part configured to output a corrected gradation value corresponding to the first gradation value, and a display part configured to display a corrected image having the corrected brightness corresponding to the corrected gradation value.
US11527186B2
An image display system includes: a display device; an image supply device coupled to the display device in such a way as to be able to bidirectionally communicate and supplying an image signal; and an operation terminal having a plurality of operation buttons. The operation terminal transmits an operation signal in response to an operation on the operation button. The display device displays a first image supplied from the image supply device and a second image generated by the display device. On receiving the operation signal, the display device decides a degree of priority of the first image and the second image. The display device transmits a signal to stop updating the first image to the image supply device and executes processing based on the second image when the degree of priority of the second image is higher than the degree of priority of the first image.
US11527182B2
A self-rotating display device includes and outer light transmissive container (402) containing a light transmissive fluid (406) and an body (404) containing an electric motor (421) for rotating the body with respect to the outer container. The body also carries an amount of the fluid (430a) contacting the fluid in the outer container through a pressure equalizing gap (431) in the body which forms a fluid pathway between the inner cavity of the body and the inner chamber of the outer container. The fluid pathway forms self-regulating pressure relief structure which accommodates slight pressure variations in the fluid due to climactic conditions for example. A specialized reduced footprint fluid-immersible electric motor having separate field and compass magnets, which do not rotate relative to each other, helps eliminate magnetic cogging. The device can be manufactured according to a method which eliminates the necessity of a fill hole in the body.
US11527180B2
An electronic signage assembly for creating and wirelessly posting messages to a display unit includes a display unit comprising a display transceiver and a control unit comprising a remote transceiver, so that the control unit is positioned for wireless communication with the display unit. The display unit also comprises a display screen. The control unit comprises an entry module, which allows for entry of a message. The remote transceiver is positioned to communicate the message, via the display transceiver, to the display screen for display of the message to persons proximate to the display unit.
US11527177B2
Tamper-evident features for containers. A tamper-evident film is target printed onto a sheet material that is thermoformable. The sheet is thermoformed into a container base or lid having a desired shape, such that the tamper-evident film is positioned in a desired area. A container lid is disposed on the container base, and heat sealed to a rim or edge of the container base. The heat sealing activates an adhesive of the tamper-evident film, and when the container lid is removed or separated from the container base, a first portion of the tamper-evident film remains on the container lid and a second portion remains on the container base. The separation of the tamper-evident film provides an indication of tampering.
US11527170B2
Education curricula materials include encoded indicia such as a QR code that contains information related to identifying requested augmented reality image data from a server over a network. By scanning the QR code, a computer uses its decoding software to create a data set for transmitting to the server. The data set may include an identifier for selected augmented reality image data associated with the user's curriculum, information about the curriculum at issue, the academic level of the user, and any other data necessary to ensure that the most appropriate augmented reality image data is transmitted back to the computer. The server transmits comprehensive augmented reality image data back to the computer for viewing on a computerized display accessible by a student. Part of the content may include an interactive pedagogical agent that helps the student with a part of the instruction related to a portion of the curriculum.
US11527167B2
System, apparatus and method for facilitating interactive reading can include an electronic device having a program or application thereon. In one embodiment, the application can recognize one or more cues, combined with an external data source, that result from reading a story aloud and/or performing one or more acts.
US11527155B2
A time-segmented signal timing method is related to the field of intelligent transportation. The specific implementation is: obtaining traffic volume data of a target intersection in each period of time of N consecutive days, N being an integer greater than 1; performing curve fitting on the traffic volume data to determine a traffic volume curve corresponding to the target intersection of each day; determining calculating respective target points in the traffic volume curve with second derivatives satisfying a preset condition; and performing time-segmented signal timing on a traffic light at the target intersection based on time points corresponding to the respective target points.
US11527154B2
An example operation includes one or more of initially determining, via one or more sensors on a transport, that the transport is approaching a one-way road in a wrong direction based on a slowing down of the transport and a movement of the transport toward the one-way road, notifying, via the one or more sensors, one or more occupants of the transport about the approaching, and in response to the transport continuing to approach in the wrong direction, slowing the transport, by a computer associated with the transport, to not permit entry into the one-way road.
US11527153B1
A traffic analysis system analyzes location data from a plurality of vehicles to determine journeys made by the vehicles. Vehicles may make one or more rest stops during a journey. The traffic analysis system compares rest periods to journey criteria to determine whether a rest period delineates the end of a journey, or whether a rest period is still within the journey. In this way, a plurality of trips can be chained together into a journey to provide more accurate analysis of traffic patterns.
US11527143B2
Example meters disclosed herein include a user interface to accept user input in response to activation of a prompting indicator. Disclosed example meters also include a controller to activate a light projector to project light onto a first projection area of a surface, the light projector activated in association with the activation of the prompting indicator. In some examples, the controller is also to control the light projector to project light onto a second projection area of the surface in response to expiration of a time period without receipt of any user input responsive the activation of the prompting indicator.
US11527138B2
A dual hard tag assembly comprises radio frequency identification and electronic article surveillance. The dual hard tag is provides a single component able to both track retail merchandise generally and prevent theft by triggering an alarm. The RFID and EAS systems are not coplanar. The dual hard tag system is small and light weight, and may be reprogrammed and reused for the tracking and anti-theft of multiple items.
US11527122B2
A component includes a housing mounted at an entry point of an enclosure protecting a machine. The component includes a first RFID sensor, in the housing, that reads a first RFID tag in close proximity to the first RFID sensor indicating a closed status of a movable barrier of the enclosure at the entry point. Opening of the movable barrier allows entry to the enclosure. The component includes a second RFID sensor, in the housing, that reads a second RFID tag of an authorized person. The component includes a barrier access module that sends an open alert that the movable barrier is in an open state in response to the first RFID sensor not being close enough to read the first RFID tag, and an identification module that sends tag information unique to a person from the second RFID tag.
US11527121B2
An intelligent door lock system is coupled to a door at a dwelling. A first sensor is at the dwelling. The first sensor is coupled to a drive shaft of a lock device to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock device at a door. The lock device is coupled to the first sensor and the lock device includes a bolt. An engine, an energy source and a memory are coupled together. A magnetic sensor provides a reading or measurement used to determine a door open or closed status.
US11527111B2
An engine-mounted component life cycle data tracking system is provided. The system includes a plurality of RFID tags associated with, positioned proximate to, and configured to transmit and store identification, repair history, and dynamic data regarding a different engine component of a plurality of engine components, wherein the dynamic data includes engine usage, component usage, and/or component fault information. The system further includes an aircraft-mounted controller that includes non-transient computer readable storage media. The controller is configured to: store identification and repair history data retrieved from the RFID tags in the storage media; store dynamic data for the plurality of engine components in the storage media after each engine cycle; and transmit dynamic data to the RFID tags after each engine cycle for storage. After each engine cycle, the aircraft-mounted controller includes in its storage media the identification, repair history and dynamic data for the plurality of engine component.
