US11576811B2
A device sized and shaped for alleviating pelvic organ prolapse when inserted into a vagina, comprising: a treatment rendering portion configured to be adjustable between a first, collapsed state and a second, expanded state, where the second expanded state extends substantially in three dimensions.
US11576809B2
An intra-oral device includes an upper splint, a lower splint and a pair of lateral connecting rods. Each connecting rod has a first rod end that connects to the lower splint and a second rod end that connects to the upper splint. The connecting rods are configured to maintain the mandible in an advanced position relative to the maxilla. The upper splint includes at least one upper gutter portion that retains the upper splint on the maxilla. The lower splint includes at least one lower gutter portion that retains the lower splint on the mandible. The thickness of the at least one upper gutter portion and/or the at least one lower gutter portion may vary across the profile of the teeth.
US11576806B2
An adjustable finger splint having a main body and slide. The slide configured to move relative to the main body and including a wedge to apply variable pressure to an injured finger to cause the injured finger to extend or straighten. The main body having a proximal interphalangeal platform to support the proximal interphalangeal joint, a metacarpophalangeal platform to support the palm and metacarpophalangeal joint, and a slide platform to support the slide.
US11576803B2
A knee brace comprises a medial hinge device and a lateral hinge device each including an upper arm configured to be attached to a thigh, and a lower arm configured to be attached to a shank. An assembly joins free ends of the upper arm and of the lower arm in each of the medial hinge device and the lateral hinge device, the assembly of each of the medial hinge device and the lateral hinge device including an operative set of pivot and pivot slot, and another operative set of follower and at least one follower slot. The assemblies of the medial hinge device and a lateral hinge are configured to induce a corrective constraint on leg movement. A system for generating a knee brace customized to a patient is also provided.
US11576798B2
The present disclosure relates generally to stents and methods for managing passage of material through a body lumen. In some embodiments, a medical stent may include a stent body defined by a hollow tubular elongate structure extending along a central axis, the stent body including a first portion and a second portion. The medical stent may further include a control region between the first and second portions, wherein in a first configuration the hollow tubular elongate structure of the control region is in a closed, twisted configuration, and wherein in a second configuration the hollow tubular elongate structure of the control region is in an open, expanded configuration.
US11576793B2
A nuclear disc implant includes an inner fillable enclosure and an outer fillable enclosure. After insertion into a enucleated disc cavity, the inner enclosure is filled with a fluid and the outer fillable enclosure is filled with a curable material. The curable material is allowed to cure and the fluid is removed from the inner enclosure to leave an inner enclosure surrounded by an cured outer enclosure. A reinforcing band may be provided around the nuclear disc implant. An inflation tool to fill the nuclear disc implant is provided.
US11576792B2
Disclosed herein are a system and method for attaching an implant, such as an acetabular cup, to an adapter connector without requiring rotation of the connector or the implant, to allow for easy connection, manipulation, and insertion of the implant into a patient. An adapter connector or adapter inserter can include a collet and a collet spreader. The collet can include an exterior surface and an interior surface. The exterior surface can define a protuberance sized to engage an indentation in an adapter. The interior surface can define a collet cavity. The collet spreader can be located at least partially within the collet cavity. The collet spreader can include a flared surface and an engagement surface. The flared surface can be located at a first end of the collet spreader and arranged to engage the interior surface of the collet so as to cause the collet to expand.
US11576788B2
An orthopedic implant which generally includes a frame structure and a porous structure. Both the frame and porous structure at least partially define at least six surfaces which make a three-dimensional profile of the implant. The porous structure is positioned at least partially within the three-dimensional profile.
US11576787B2
A femoral prosthesis system for an orthopaedic hip implant and method of use is disclosed. The prosthesis system includes a femoral stem component that includes a core body and a casing that encases the core body. The casing can be additively manufactured such that the core body defines a predetermined orientation in the core body among a plurality of permissible predetermined orientations. The femoral stem component can further include a neck and a trunnion that extends from the neck. The neck can extend out with respect to the core body at a predetermined angle within a range of permissible predetermined angles.
US11576785B1
A plate and cage assembly for stabilization of vertebral bodies. The assembly includes at least one fixation member, a cage having a proximal wall, a superior surface and an inferior surface (the superior surface and the inferior surface for engaging adjacent vertebrae), and a plate coupled to the cage and having at least one hole traversing the plate at an angle for insertion of the at least one fixation member into one of the vertebral bodies. The proximal wall of the cage has a blind hole, and the plate has a threaded screw hole aligned with the blind hole in the proximal wall of the cage.
US11576783B2
A constricting cord can be delivered to the vicinity of an annulus using an apparatus that includes a set of support arms, with a respective anchor launcher supported by each of the support arms. An inflatable first balloon is configured to push the support arms away from each other when the first balloon is inflated. An inflatable second balloon is mounted to a shaft and is configured for inflation when the second balloon is disposed distally beyond the first balloon. In some embodiments, the distal balloon is inflated while it is in a ventricle. In some embodiments, the distal balloon is inflated while it is in a pulmonary artery.
US11576780B2
An articulated prosthesis, left in the patient's heart for repairing a tricuspid or mitral valve, is conceived so as to grip simultaneously all the three leaflets of the tricuspid valve, or the two of the mitral valve, so as to make them lay distended fully in the valve plane and assume a final configuration as in the common surgical procedure. It is also disclosed a related catching device and a device for repairing a tricuspid or mitral valve.
US11576775B2
A delivery device for percutaneously delivering a stented prosthetic heart includes a sheath, a handle, and adjustment device including a fine adjustment mechanism, and an outer stability shaft. The sheath defines a lumen and is configured to compressively constrain the stented prosthetic heart valve. The handle is coupled to the proximal portion of the sheath and includes an actuator mechanism coupled to a proximal portion of the sheath that is configured to selectively move the sheath relative to the housing to release the stented prosthetic heat valve. The adjustment device is coupled to the handle and includes an adjustment lumen through which the sheath and the handle slidably extend. The outer stability shaft is coupled to the adjustment device. The fine adjustment mechanism is configured to selectively move the handle and the sheath relative to the adjustment device and the outer stability shaft.
US11576772B2
A prosthetic heart valve configured to replace a native heart valve and having a support frame configured to be reshaped into an expanded form in order to receive and/or support an expandable prosthetic heart valve therein is disclosed, together with methods of using same. The prosthetic heart valve may be configured to have a generally rigid and/or expansion-resistant configuration when initially implanted to replace a native valve (or other prosthetic heart valve), but to assume a generally expanded form when subjected to an outward force such as that provided by a dilation balloon or other mechanical expander.
US11576768B2
A stent graft, including multiple wavy rings. The stent graft includes, in a circumferential direction, a region A and a region B connected to the region A. Each wavy ring includes a first wavy section located in the region A, and a second wavy section located in the region B. The wave included angle of the first wavy section is about 70°-120°; the ratio of the wave height of the first wavy section to the spacing between adjacent first wavy sections is 1/4-3; the wave included angle of the second wavy section is 30°-60°, the ratio of the wave height of the second wavy section to the spacing between adjacent second wavy sections is 1/4-3/2, and the ratio of the wave height of the first wavy section to the wave height of the second wavy section is greater than or equal to 1/3 and less than 1.
US11576766B2
Methods and apparatuses for monitoring either or both the performance of an orthodontic appliance for repositioning a patient's teeth and/or the user compliance in wearing the appliance using a biosensor. The apparatuses described herein may include one or more sensors, including biosensors, electrical sensors, or both, configured to generate sensor data related to user compliance and/or repositioning of the patient's teeth by an orthodontic appliance.
US11576758B2
The invention describes a computer-implemented method and an optimized implant site simulation system which performs a simulation of a damaged oral cavity of a patient and defines an implant site adapted to receive a dental implant to repair the damage observed. The invention further describes the optimized implant site simulated (SI) and a dental implant (ID) couplable to the optimized implant site (SI) simulated. The invention further describes a computer program to perform the steps of the method and an optimized implant site (SI) simulation system.
US11576755B2
Apparatus and method for installing a multi-tooth dental prosthesis in one session are shown and described. A first tool attaches to the jawbone, and serves as a foundation for subsequently used guides. Existing teeth and dental fixtures are removed, and the bone tissue is removed to accommodate the prosthesis. Subsequently, a drill guide is used to drill implant holes. An abutment guide is then used to place abutments. Copings are then installed. Next, the prosthesis may be installed and cemented to the copings. A resinous filler material may be applied to fill gaps and holes in and between the copings and the prosthesis, and is sanded smooth.
US11576744B2
Provided herein are methods for treating nephrolithiasis and protecting the urothelium and inner lining of the kidney from thermal damage during lithotripsy by use of a thermosensitive bio-adhesive hydrogel. The described method dramatically improved the efficiency and effectiveness of stone clearance compared to conventional techniques while providing protection to the urothelium from potentially damaging temperature spikes.
US11576743B2
Embodiments described herein provide various examples of a machine-learning-based visual-haptic system for constructing visual-haptic models for various interactions between surgical tools and tissues. In one aspect, a process for constructing a visual-haptic model is disclosed. This process can begin by receiving a set of training videos. The process then processes each training video in the set of training videos to extract one or more video segments that depict a target tool-tissue interaction from the training video, wherein the target tool-tissue interaction involves exerting a force by one or more surgical tools on a tissue. Next, for each video segment in the set of video segments, the process annotates each video image in the video segment with a set of force levels predefined for the target tool-tissue interaction. The process subsequently trains a machine-learning model using the annotated video images to obtain a trained machine-learning model for the target tool-tissue interaction.
US11576742B2
A control system for regulating operative control of a surgical instrument by a remote surgeon input device. The surgical instrument is supported by an articulated robot arm, and comprises an end effector connected to a shaft by an articulated coupling. The remote surgeon input device is capable of operatively controlling the surgical instrument by controlling articulation of the end effector, and controlling articulation of the robot arm and coupling. On receiving a request to engage operative control of the surgical instrument by the surgeon input device, the control system initially engages operative control of articulation of the robot arm and coupling by the surgeon input device, whilst maintaining disengagement of operative control of articulation of the end effector by the surgeon input device. Subsequently, the control system engages operative control of articulation of the end effector by the surgeon input device following a manipulation of the surgeon input device.
US11576739B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for detecting image degradation during a surgical procedure are provided. A method includes receiving images of a surgical instrument; obtaining baseline images of an edge of the surgical instrument; comparing a characteristic of the images of the surgical instrument to a characteristic of the baseline images of the edge of the surgical instrument, the images of the surgical instrument being received subsequent to obtaining the baseline images of the edge of the surgical instrument and being received while the surgical instrument is disposed at a surgical site in a patient; determining whether the images of the surgical instrument are degraded, based on the comparing of the characteristic of the images of the surgical instrument and the characteristic of the baseline images of the surgical instrument; and generating an image degradation notification, in response to a determination that the images of the surgical instrument are degraded.
US11576738B2
Provided is a robotic system that includes a surgical instrument with a wrist including an elongate shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end, a wrist extending from the distal end of the elongate shaft, and an end effector extending from the wrist. The end effector may include a first jaw and a second jaw, the first and second jaw being moveable between an open position in which ends of the jaws are separated from each other, and a closed position in which the ends of the jaws are closer to each other as compared to the open position. The surgical instrument may also include at least one rotary cutter extending from the wrist and positioned at least partially within a recess formed in a face of the first jaw.
US11576737B2
Integrated table motion includes a device including a control unit and an arm having one or more joints and a distal portion. The control unit is configured to receive a table movement request from a separate table, determine whether to allow the table movement request based on one or more of whether a type of movement in the table movement request is permitted, whether one or more instruments mounted to the device are within a field of view of an imaging device, or whether one or more instruments mounted to the device are withdrawn into respective cannulas, allow the table to perform the table movement request based on the determining; track movement of the table while the table performs the table movement request; and maintain, using the joint(s) and based on the tracked movement of the table, a position and/or an orientation of the distal portion relative to the table.
US11576730B2
Provided are systems and methods for registration of location sensors. In one aspect, a system includes an instrument and a processor configured to provide a first set of commands to drive the instrument along a first branch of the luminal network, the first branch being outside a path to a target within a model. The processor is also configured to track a set of one or more registration parameters during the driving of the instrument along the first branch and determine that the set of registration parameters satisfy a registration criterion. The processor is further configured to determine a registration between a location sensor coordinate system and a model coordinate system based on location data received from a set of location sensors during the driving of the instrument along the first branch and a second branch.
US11576727B2
A system for surgical planning and assessment of spinal deformity correction is provided that has a spinal imaging system and a control unit. The spinal imaging system is configured to collect at least one digitized position of one or more vertebral bodies of a subject. The control unit is configured to receive the at least one digitized position, and calculate, based on the at least one digitized position, an optimized posture for the subject. The control unit is configured to receive one or more simulated spinal correction inputs, and based on the inputs and optimized posture, predict an optimal simulated postoperative surgical correction.
US11576706B2
Embodiments herein provide a chest wall repair plate device where a central portion of the device is comprised of an elastomer to allow for rapid resection using a standard surgical scalpel should there be a need to quickly re-enter the chest cavity. The elastomeric section adjoins two or more rigid plate sections creating a simple, easily removable sternal stabilization system.
US11576705B2
An internal intramedullary fixation device for the stabilization of bone in arthrodesis and fractures of the foot and hand is disclosed. During implantation in medullary canals of bones, the device grasps the edges of the canals, stabilizing the bones, internally, during a healing process. The intramedullary fixation device comprises arrow-shaped proximal and distal heads comprising tips and a pairs of wings, the heads being sized to fit within an intramedullary canal of a bone. The intramedullary fixation device also comprises a rigid body defining a longitudinal axis connecting the proximal and distal heads. The rigid body comprises an intermediate portion, a distal neck portion connecting the rigid body to the distal head, and a proximal neck portion connecting the rigid body to the proximal head, the neck portions having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-section area of the intermediate portion.
US11576703B2
An implantable modular plate system for stabilizing adjacent vertebral bodies in a cervical spine includes at least two plate segments aligned or connected together so as to form a connection at and along adjacent ends. At least one of the plate segments includes a flange at an engagement end and at least one of the plate segments including a flange recess at an engagement end, the flange being configured for overlay engagement with the flange recess when the at least two plate segments are engaged. The plate segments are pivotable out of plane with one another at a common axis of rotation traversing overlapping portions of the adjacent ends and are constrained from rotation by the flanges such that the rotation of each plate segment is limited to up to 90 degrees of rotation away from the contact surfaces of the flange and flange recess.
US11576694B2
A device and a method for increasing or restoring a flow in a body lumen are provided. The device and the method may treat conditions related to a stroke, such as an ischemic stroke, by removing an occlusion from a blood vessel and/or reopen a blood vessel. The device may comprise a tubing compartment, a central wire, and an engaging compartment. The engaging compartment may comprise a distal engaging element and a proximal engaging element. A clot or occlusion present in the body lumen such as an artery may be engaged in and/or between the distal and proximal engaging elements. Further, the positions of one or both of the engaging elements and the distance therebetween can be adjusted to ensure the engagement of the clot or occlusion.
US11576692B2
A system for crushing and/or removing body stones, includes a source causing shock waves and/or ultrasonic waves, and a probe, wherein the source and the probe are reversibly connectable to one another via an interface for transmitting the shock waves and/or ultrasonic waves to the probe. The probe includes an identification element for identifying the probe, the identification element being arranged in or on the probe in a sound-protected manner. The identification element is preferably an RFID element.
US11576691B2
Described are methods, systems, devices for facilitation of intraluminal medical procedures within the neurovasculature. A catheter advancement device includes a flexible elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a single lumen extending therebetween. The flexible elongate body has a proximal segment, an intermediate segment, and a tip segment. The proximal segment includes a hypotube coated with a polymer. The intermediate segment includes an unreinforced polymer having a durometer of no more than 72D. The tip segment is formed of a polymer different from the intermediate segment and has a durometer of no more than about 35D and a length of at least 5 cm. The tip segment has a tapered portion that tapers distally from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter over a length of between 1 and 3 cm.
US11576678B2
A circular stapling device includes an anvil assembly and an adaptor assembly including a shell assembly. The adaptor assembly includes an anvil retainer including an asymmetric tip. The anvil assembly has a center rod, an anvil head supported on the center rod, and an alignment member. The center rod has a proximal portion and a distal portion and defines a channel that extends from the proximal portion to the distal portion. The alignment member is positioned within the channel and is configured to engage the asymmetric trocar tip of the anvil retainer of the adaptor when the anvil assembly is attached to the anvil retainer to properly align the anvil assembly with the shell assembly.
US11576666B2
Surgical constructs, assemblies and methods of tissue fixation are disclosed. A surgical construct includes a spreadable web attached to a plurality of peripheral strands. The spreadable web may be tensionable and may include one or more flexible filaments or strands. At least one of the filaments is coupled to the peripheral strands. The filaments may extend from the peripheral strands in different directions and/or orientations. The spreadable web is expandable and can be adjusted to various widths. The spreadable web may be knotless. The spreadable web may be tensionable. The surgical construct may be attached to one or more knotted or knotless fixation devices.
US11576662B2
An apparatus includes an occlusion device operable to fit securely in an anatomical passageway within a head of a human. The occlusion device is configured to move unitarily with the head when the occlusion device is installed in the anatomical passageway. The occlusion device is further configured to prevent passage of fluid through the anatomical passageway when the occlusion device is installed in the anatomical passageway. A position sensor is fixedly integrated into the occlusion device. The position sensor generates signals indicating a position of the occlusion device in three-dimensional space, thereby indicating the position of the head in three-dimensional space. A connector communicatively coupled to the position sensor is operable to receive and transmit the signals generated by the position sensor.
US11576655B2
Systems and methods for harmonic shear wave detection using low frame rate ultrasound, or a three-dimensional (3D) volumetric scan, are provided. As one example, spurious motion sources, such as intrinsic tissue motion and waves that are not at the incident wave harmonic frequency, are removed based on a scanning sequence in which repeated acquisitions from a given subvolume occur closely in time so as to render effects of the spurious motions negligible. As another example, sampling frequency and center frequency are selected such that the spurious motion signal spectra do not overlap with aliased shear wave motion spectra, such that the spurious motions can be filtered.
US11576654B2
Provided are a method and ultrasound diagnosis apparatus for measuring and displaying an elasticity of an object. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a processor configured to obtain elasticity data of a measurement target region of an object, calculate elasticity values of a plurality of regions included in the measurement target region based on the elasticity data by using different calculating methods, and combine the calculated elasticity values of the plurality of regions to calculate a final elasticity value; and a display configured to display the final elasticity value.
US11576653B2
An ultrasonic generator includes an ultrasonic wave source and a converging portion. The converging portion includes a first reflecting portion which reflects the ultrasonic wave generated by the ultrasonic wave source on its first reflecting surface, a second reflecting portion which reflects the ultrasonic wave reflected by the first reflecting surface on its second reflecting surface, and a waveguide serving as a transmission path for the ultrasonic wave. The waveguide is disposed such that the ultrasonic wave reflected by the second reflecting surface is introduced through an introduction portion thereof. The focal point of the second reflecting surface and the focal point of the first reflecting surface are disposed such that the ultrasonic wave reflected by the second reflecting surface becomes a plane wave.
US11576639B2
Method, system, device and medium for determining a blood flow velocity in a vessel are provided. An example method includes receiving a 3D model of the vessel, which is reconstructed based on X-ray angiography images of the vessel. The method further includes specifying a segment of the 3D model by a start landmark and a termination landmark. Moreover, the method includes determining the blood flow velocity based on length of the segment and perfusion time for the segment by normalizing the blood flow velocity to correspond to a cardiac cycle. The method has a better accuracy in calculating blood flow velocity, and requires no additional modalities other than the original X-ray angiogram sequences used to visualize coronary arteries.
US11576636B2
A method and system for detecting an image of an object in an analyzer-based system with a polychromatic x-ray beam from an x-ray source, wherein an analyzer crystal and a detector simultaneously acquire a rocking curve of the x-ray beam for all energies of the x-ray beam. The x-ray beam is diffracted through the object using an asymmetrical monochromator. A detector movement is synchronized with one of the x-ray source or the object. The synchronization includes moving the detector at a first rate that is different than a second rate of the object or the x-ray source, wherein a ratio between the first rate and the second rate is determined by the magnification of the system.
US11576630B1
An eye mask apparatus for protecting a patient's eyes during dental or other radiography (i.e., “x-rays”) has an eye covering portion including a lead vinyl sheet. The lead vinyl sheet has a perimeter configured such that the lead vinyl sheet can completely cover a patient's eyes. The eye covering portion includes a first side and a second side. A trim portion extends around the perimeter, with the trim portion extending inward over a portion of the first side and the second side. A retaining band is coupled to the eye covering portion at a first attachment point and a second attachment point. The retaining band is configured to hold the eye covering portion against the patient's eyes when the mask is worn.
US11576628B2
Emission imaging data are reconstructed to generate a low dose reconstructed image. Standardized uptake value (SUV) conversion (30) is applied to convert the low dose reconstructed image to a low dose SUV image. A neural network (46, 48) is applied to the low dose SUV image to generate an estimated full dose SUV image. Prior to applying the neural network the low dose reconstructed image or the low dose SUV image is filtered using a low pass filter (32). The neural network is trained on a set of training low dose SUV images and corresponding training full dose SUV images to transform the training low dose SUV images to match the corresponding training full dose SUV images, using a loss function having a mean square error loss component (34) and a loss component (36) that penalizes loss of image texture and/or a loss component (38) that promotes edge preservation.
US11576622B2
A method for uterine activity monitoring may include: acquiring a plurality of signals from a plurality of sensors during uterine activity; processing the plurality of signals to extract a plurality of uterine electrical activity characteristics; analyzing the plurality of uterine electrical activity characteristics; and classifying the uterine activity as one of: a preterm labor contraction, a labor contraction, a Braxton-Hicks contraction, and a state of no contraction. A method of assessing over time a pre-term birth risk of a pregnant female may include: calculating a baseline pre-term birth risk score based on a user input; acquiring, over time, a signal from a sensor; analyzing the signal to extract a parameter of interest, such that the parameter of interest comprises a physiological parameter; and calculating an instant pre-term birth risk score based, at least in part, on the parameter of interest and the user input.
US11576617B2
This disclosure is directed towards detecting artifacts in an ECG signal. An ECG system may include multiple sensors which can sense an ECG signal when attached to a patient. Bipolar leads connect the sensors, and provide the ECG signal from the sensors to a computing device. The computing device receives respective signals from the bipolar leads, where the respective signals are indicative of the ECG signal. The computing device identifies, based on the respective signals, a potential artifact corresponding to a subset of the plurality of bipolar leads. The computing device determines that each lead of the subset of the plurality of bipolar leads is connected to a common sensor. The computing device may use signals originating from a remainder of the bipolar leads (e.g., the bipolar leads that are not connected to the sensor(s) where the artifact is detected) to detect a condition of the patient.
US11576614B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to devices and methods for monitoring one or more physiological parameters of a subject. In an embodiment, a wearable device comprises a substrate configured to attached to a subject's skin. The substrate comprises a middle portion arranged between two end portions, wherein the middle portion is more flexible than at least one of the end portions. The wearable device also comprises a physiological sensor arranged on the middle portion. The physiological sensor is configured to sense a physiological signal of the subject when the wearable device is attached to the subject's skin. And, the wearable device comprises one or more electrical components arranged on at least one of the end portions, wherein at least one of the one or more electrical components is coupled to the physiological sensor.
US11576608B2
This disclosure provides a method for imaging lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels without a contrast agent. The method includes providing, using an optical source, an infrared illumination to a region of a subject having at least one lymphatic component, detecting a reflected portion of the infrared illumination directly reflected from the region using a sensor positioned thereabout, and generating at least one image indicative of the at least one lymphatic component in the subject using the reflected portion of the infrared illumination.
US11576593B2
Generally, methods, devices, and systems related to analyte monitoring and data logging are provided—e.g., as related to in vivo analyte monitoring devices and systems. In some aspects, methods, devices, and systems are provided that relate to enable related settings based on an expected use of an in vivo positioned sensor; logging or otherwise recording analyte levels acquired or derived—e.g., sample analyte levels more frequently than they are logged or otherwise recorded in memory; dynamically adjust the data logging frequency; randomly determine times of acquiring or storing analyte levels from the in-vivo positioned analyte sensors; and enable recording related settings when the system is operable.
US11576591B2
A gas sensor kit includes a gas sensor that measures a gas concentration of an exhalation gas of a subject and a gas supply unit that supplies a therapeutic gas, supplied through a tube, to the subject. In the gas sensor, the gas sensor has a convex portion that is supported when connected with the gas supply unit, and the gas supply unit has at least one locking claw that supports the convex portion when connected with the gas sensor.
US11576586B2
A method for monitoring a health parameter in a person is disclosed. The method involves transmitting radio waves below the skin surface of a person and across a range of stepped frequencies, receiving radio waves on a two-dimensional array of receive antennas, the received radio waves including a reflected portion of the transmitted radio waves across the range of stepped frequencies, generating data that corresponds to the received radio waves, wherein the data includes amplitude and phase data, deriving data from at least one of the amplitude and phase data, and determining a value that is indicative of a health parameter in the person in response to the derived data.
US11576582B2
A wireless, patient-worn, physiological sensor configured to, among other things, help manage a patient that is at risk of forming one or more pressure ulcers is disclosed. According to an embodiment, the sensor includes a base having a top surface and a bottom surface. The sensor also includes a substrate layer including conductive tracks and connection pads, a top side, and a bottom side, where the bottom side of the substrate layer is disposed above the top side of the base. Mounted on the substrate layer are a processor, a data storage device, a wireless transceiver, an accelerometer, and a battery. In use, the sensor senses a patient's motion and wirelessly transmits information indicative of the sensed motion to, for example, a patient monitor. The patient monitor receives, stores, and processes the transmitted information.
US11576575B2
A hand-held sized ocular and neurological screening device, system and method, the screening device comprising an eyepiece and a hand-held housing, the housing comprising a tubular stimulus chamber defining a light stimulus channel, wherein an illumination source is configured to provide light stimulus towards an opening through the light stimulus channel and an operational chamber comprising an infrared camera positioned outside the stimulus channel and inclined towards the opening, the infrared camera is configured to capture images of the pupils and eye movements through the opening without interfering with the light stimulus and a controller configured to receive the captured images from the infrared camera. The hand-held sized device can include a clip-on fixture for fixing the device onto a table, a desktop, or any portable ophthalmic apparatus.
US11576570B2
Methods and devices determine an eye strain indicator. In one aspect, an augmented reality (AR) device wearable by a user includes an image sensor and a processor coupled to the image sensor. The processor receives image data from the image sensor, determine that a display is within a field of view (FOV) of the AR device, determine an eye strain indicator based on the determination that the display is within the FOV of the AR device, and provide the eye strain indicator to the user.
US11576568B2
The Self-Orienting Imaging Device and Methods of Use sense the orientation of the handheld imaging, and apply the rotational correction by rotating the image to be displayed. When a scanner is used, the scanning element in the scanner is adjusted, such that the eventual scanning direction remains unchanged referencing the subject anatomy. The self-orienting mechanism for the scanner may be implemented in hardware mechanisms.
US11576545B2
The present invention relates to a cleaner. A cleaner according to an aspect may include a battery housing and a battery separably coupled to the battery housing. The battery may include a frame, a plurality of battery cells received in the frame, a battery holder surrounding the plurality of battery cells and including a separation wall to divide the plurality of battery cells in a plurality of rows.
US11576540B2
A composting toilet assembly can include a housing. The housing can form an enclosed cavity. A toilet bowl can have a main body disposed in the housing. A drain pan can be disposed under the toilet bowl and in fluid communication with the toilet bowl. A diversion plate can be disposed in the housing under the toilet bowl. A liquid waste bottle can be removably disposed in the housing. The liquid waste bottle in fluid can be in communication with the drain pan and configured to receive liquid waste from the drain pan. A composting bin can be disposed in the enclosed cavity of the housing. The composting bin can be adjacent to and in communication with the diversion plate.
US11576533B1
A shower assembly apparatus may include a main body that is removably installed in a bathtub. The main body includes a first mounting point and a second mounting point, separated by a spacing member. The main body includes an adjustable seat subassembly that may be interchangeably mounted at either the first or second mounting point. The adjustable seat assembly includes an adjustable-support tower and a seat attached thereto. The main body includes a handle subassembly that may be interchangeably mounted at either the first or second mounting point. The handle subassembly and the adjustable seat subassembly are configured such that the subassemblies are mounted at different mounting points of the main assembly, but may be changed between mounting points as needed. The spacing member of the main assembly may be positioned at a distal side of the bathtub relative to a bathtub entry point.
US11576521B2
A device to provide in-line flavor for water or other liquid stored in a container. An example device includes a body having a cylindrical shape chamber formed therein, and an opening on a first end of the body. A cartridge holder fits within the chamber of the body and retains a flavoring therein for the water or other liquid. The cartridge holder has a plurality of openings for the water or other liquid to flow through. When a user drinks from the drinking end, the water or other liquid flows from the container and through the housing and mixes with a flavoring from the cartridge holder before being drawn through to the drinking end so that the user drinks a flavored water or other liquid.
US11576518B2
The present invention relates to a centrifugal coffee brewing device, having: a spinning assembly which is rotatable about a main axis, the spinning assembly having: a chamber element comprising a bottom wall, a cylinder element having a filter, wherein the chamber element and the cylinder element form a brewing chamber, a main drive for rotating the spinning assembly about the main axis for centrifuging the coffee, wherein the cylinder element including the filter is movable between a first, lower position in which the filter forms the circumference of the brewing chamber and in which the spinning assembly has a brewing configuration, and a second, upper position in which the circumference of the brewing chamber is open, and in which second position coffee residue can be ejected by spinning the chamber element.
US11576511B2
A mat may be transitioned into at least three different operational configurations: (1) a substantially flat work surface configuration, for using the mat as a work or play surface; (2) a funnel like collection configuration, for facilizing collection and/or clean-up of articles upon a top of the mat; and (3) a folded configuration, for storage of the mat. The mat may have a removably sealable trapdoor for emptying of articles collected above the trapdoor. The trapdoor may be utilized in the funnel like collection configuration. Straps and/or handles may be used to transition from the substantially flat work surface configuration to the funnel like collection configuration.
US11576510B1
A submergible umbrella stand includes a body including a top, a bottom spaced from the top, and a body wall extending between the top and the bottom and defining a body cavity therein. At least one filling aperture is formed in the top. An umbrella sleeve is positioned within the body and is configured to receive an umbrella pole. An upper recess is formed in the top and includes an upper recess sidewall extending inwardly and downwardly from the top of the body into the body cavity and a bottom extending inwardly from a bottom of the upper recess sidewall. A first sleeve aperture is formed in the bottom of the upper recess, with the umbrella sleeve extending through the first sleeve aperture.
US11576508B2
A resting pillow is disclosed. The resting pillow incorporates headphones as part of the pillow body. The headphones are in communication with electronic communication device, which is configured to send and/or receive wireless signals from an external personal portable electronic device.
US11576504B1
A merchandise display shelving unit assembled from a one-piece corrugated paperboard display blank. A display shelving unit comprises a front panel configured to form a front section of the display shelving unit including a plurality of front shelf sections, and an inner back panel configured to form a plurality of back shelf sections. An each of the plurality of back shelf sections is configured to correspond to an each of the plurality of front shelf sections to form a plurality of vertically stacked shelves when the display shelving unit is in an assembled position. An outer back panel is configured to surround the inner back panel and connect to the front panel by a right-side panel and a left-side panel, and a glue seam tab panel is configured to connect the left-side panel to the outer back panel.
US11576498B1
Stacked object slippage prevention apparatus includes two rigid retainers each having a straight portion and an angled portion at an angle of 80-115 degrees to the straight portion, and a connecting element connected at opposite end regions to the retainers. The connecting element may be a strap and a pair of fixing elements, one at each end region of the strap, and which are adjustable relative to the strap to provide the strap with an adjustable length to fit different sized beds. When installed, for example, between a mattress and an underlying support, with the angled portion of the retainer at the foot of the bed oriented upward and the angled portion of the retainer at the head of the bed oriented downward, movement of the mattress toward the foot of the bed is prevented by pressure applied to the support being transferred between the retainers through the connecting element.
US11576496B2
A canvas tensioning mechanism for a cot has a support component (2) which has a first support rod (21) and a second support rod (22) respectively extending toward two sides of the canvas; a fixed fastener (3) is disposed on the top of the first support rod (21) and is capable of being buckled on one of the two side rods (1); a movable fastener (4) is rotatably disposed on the top of the second support rod (22) and is capable of being buckled on the other side rod (1). A leisure bed has a piece of canvas, two side rods and at least two canvas tensioning mechanisms. The canvas tensioning mechanism can easily tension and mount the canvas by a small force, and is convenient to tension the canvas and high in tightness.
US11576494B1
The present disclosure provides a multifunctional collapsible stool including a collapsible stool body. An upper end and a lower end of the collapsible stool body include an upper seat and a lower seat respectively, the collapsible stool body includes a cavity, and an upper cover capable of opening and closing the cavity is mounted on the upper seat. A rear end of the upper seat is rotatably connected to a backup ring located between the upper seat and the upper cover. A rear end of the upper cover is rotatably connected to the rear end of the upper seat. The multifunctional collapsible stool designed this way can be utilized as a closestool or a garbage bin with the upper cover opened in addition to being utilized as a stool. Further, the multifunctional collapsible stool may also be utilized for storage. With these functions, the use requirements of more consumers can be satisfied.
US11576488B2
A surface protection device and a method for mounting the same on a terminal end of a furniture leg are provided. The surface protection device is defined by a furniture glide including a furniture glide base having an upper surface directable towards the terminal end of the furniture leg and a lower surface interconnected by an outer periphery. A fastener extends from the furniture glide base along an axis and has a first end and a second end receivable in the terminal end of the furniture leg for frictionally connecting the furniture glide base to the furniture leg. A cup has an outer surface and an inner surface defining a cavity for receiving the furniture glide base therein. Matted material is molded into the outer surface of the cup.
US11576471B2
A sparkling, oblong-shaped precious stone, such as an emerald or cushion cut diamond is formed by a planar table facet, a girdle, two pairs of long crown facets located between the table facet and the girdle, and the two pairs of long pavilion facets located between the base of the stone and the girdle.
US11576461B2
Provided is a shoe sole member formed by at least two types of polymer compositions, a first composition and a second polymer composition, including: a first part formed by the first polymer composition; a second part formed by the second polymer composition; and a third part formed by a mixture of the first polymer composition and the second polymer composition between the first part and the second part.
US11576453B2
A 360-degree brim from improving the sun protection of a separate headwear. The 360-degree brim may have a pull cord for selectively adjusting the fit of its head opening. The 360-degree brim may have fold lines for moving the 360-degree brim between a plurality of successively smaller folded conditions for storage and ease of access.
US11576451B2
A dual band adjustable belt loop fastening devices configured to extend between two or more belt loops on a garment and to selectively lessen the distance there between the belt loops to secure the waistline of a garment to a wearer that are also configured to affix/attach item such as holsters, smartphones, or tools thereon or therein while in use.
US11576449B2
A disposable surgical gown is provided. The gown includes a front panel and sleeves formed from a first spunbond layer, a nonwoven (e.g., SMS) laminate, and a liquid impervious, moisture vapor breathable elastic film disposed therebetween. The gown also includes a first and second rear panels formed from a nonwoven laminate that is air breathable and allows for an air volumetric flow rate ranging from about 20 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) to about 80 scfm. The gown further includes a collar formed from an air breathable knit material positioned adjacent a proximal end of the gown. The collar defines a neck opening having a v-neck shape adjacent the front panel. The v-neck shape forms an angle of greater than 90° at the neck opening. The combination of features results in a reduced-glare gown that is stretchable and impervious to liquids, yet can still dissipate heat and humidity.
US11576448B2
An article and method for using the same is disclosed. The article is worn on a user's head and secures a mask to the user's face without requiring loops associated with the mask to be worn over the back of the ears of the user, thereby eliminating strain and discomfort on the user's ears.
US11576430B2
A water pipe has: a water chamber; a bowl or bowl connector; a hollow neck forming a mouthpiece; and a lid that seals both the mouthpiece and the bowl or bowl connector when the lid is in a closed position. A method of operating a water pipe includes assembling the lid in the closed position on the water pipe. A method of operating a water pipe includes, while the lid is out of the close position: combusting or vaporizing a smokable substance in the bowl to create smoke vapor; and drawing the smoke vapor through the water chamber and out the mouthpiece.
US11576425B2
A cigarette assembly machine that accepts loose shredded plant material (“SPM”) and cigarette blanks that include a filter and an empty SPM holding portion and produces cigarettes. The machine has an SPM slug forming mechanism, adapted to accept loose SPM and form it into a slug of SPM in the shape of the SPM holding portion and a cigarette blank accepting and holding mechanism, adapted to hold the cigarette blank. Further, a shaft and a two-stroke shaft moving assembly is adapted to push the SPM slug into the holding portion. Finally, the shaft includes a solid distal push tip, an intermediate brush, and a proximal shaft, whereby as the shaft is moved through its strokes, the intermediate brush scrubs the SPM slug forming mechanism.
US11576422B2
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol when heated is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate, including: a plurality of elongate tubular elements of homogenised tobacco material assembled such that the plurality of elongate tubular elements extend in a longitudinal direction, and a wrapper circumscribing the plurality of elongate tubular elements, the plurality of elongate tubular elements being aligned substantially parallel to one another within the rod of aerosol-generating substrate.
US11576405B2
The present invention concerns a non-fatty palatability enhancer for use in cat food comprising an amino reactant having a ratio AAS/AAT of sulfur-containing free amino acids (AAS) to total free amino acids (AAT) from 1 to 12.8% by weight, and a carbonyl composition comprising more than 20% up to 100% by weight of monosaccharides and/or disaccharides and/or oligosaccharides.
US11576404B2
Isoflavone-supplemented milk replacers fed to young animals during a pre-weaning provides isoflavones in the milk replacer at a level of about 700 mg per kilogram of the milk replacer, and/or provides about 450 mg of the supplemental isoflavone in at least about 1.5 pounds of the milk replacer by dry weight such that the animal ingests this amount of the isoflavone per day, and/or provides in the milk replacer at least about 50 mg of isoflavone per pound of the animal's birth weight is ingested per day. In response to ingesting the isoflavone-supplemented milk replacer, the young animal experiences improved performance.
US11576400B2
Methods and systems for producing improved hemp seed products, such as proteins and oils are provided.
US11576398B2
A machine for making ice cream includes a first transfer channel configured to transfer a base product from a processing container to a dispensing section; a second transfer channel configured to transfer additional product from a feed device to the dispensing section; a shutter movable between closed and opens positions for controlling opening and closing of the first transfer channel, and in which the second transfer channel is formed; a containing body in which the shutter is slidably movable and having an abutment portion configured to receive a head portion of the shutter at the closed position; a drive and control unit; the second transfer channel being made internally of the shutter and, a heating device associated as one with the shutter to heat the additional product inside the second channel and connected to and controlled by the drive and control unit.
US11576392B2
The present invention relates to a ripening chamber and a method for fruit ripening. In particular, the present invention relates to a banana ripening chamber and a method for the artificial ripening of bananas (banana ripening technique). In a method according to the invention for ripening fruits, bananas, a respiration of the fruits is measured in a closed chamber containing the fruits to be ripened. A ripening chamber according to the invention is adapted to carry out a method according to the invention for ripening fruit.
US11576379B2
An antimicrobial composition comprising: a) C2-C8 alkylated polyvinylpyrrolidone polymer; and b) biocidal agent selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium compounds, chlorohexidine salts, polymeric biguanides, organic acids, hydrogen peroxide, tertiary alkyl amines, iodophors and mixtures thereof.
US11576376B2
Disclosed are pesticide composition comprising, by total weight of the composition (i) a pesticide comprising at least one water-soluble salt of an auxin herbicide; (ii) greater than about 1 wt % of an incompletely hydrated drift control agent suspended in a liquid medium; (iii) optionally, a hydration inhibitor component comprising choline chloride, a glycol, a glycol derivative, glycerine, a glycerine derivative or a combination thereof; and (iv) a suspending agent in an amount effective to impart shear thinning properties to the composition. In one embodiment, the suspending agent comprises (i) xanthan gum; and (ii) attapulgite.
US11576373B2
Apparatus are provided for preventing the formation of ice crystals in a biological sample containing a non-Newtonian fluid as a cryopreservation medium. The apparatus may be used to prevent ice formation during cryopreservation of biological samples, or during warming of cryopreserved biological samples, by changing the viscosity of the non-Newtonian fluid. The apparatus (200) comprises a housing (202) for a container (212) containing the biological sample (214) and the non-Newtonian fluid, and a device (204) for inducing a change in viscosity of the cryopreservation medium. The change in viscosity may be increased by inducing shear thickening of the cryopreservation medium, or the change in viscosity may be decreased by inducing shear thinning of the cryopreservation medium. Possible viscosity-changing devices comprise a tapping device, a piston, a rotating device, a compression device, a sound generating device, a permanent magnet or a electromagnetic field generating device. The apparatus may further include a temperature control device.
US11576372B2
The present invention relates to a shipping container for cryopreserved biological samples in which a cryopreserved sample can be maintained on arrival at its destination for a period of time, for example several months.
US11576359B2
A fishing rod includes a grip tube 2 on a rear side of a reel seat 1 having a cylindrical shape, and the grip tube 2 is hard. The grip tube 2 includes a first grip portion 20 having a large diameter and forming at a front part of the grip tube 2, a second grip portion 22 having a large diameter and forming at a rear part of the grip tube 2, and a small-diameter portion 21 forming at between the first grip portion 20 and the second grip portion 22. A corner portion 23 is formed at between the first grip portion 20 and the small-diameter portion 21. The small-diameter portion 21 has a concave curved shape decreasing in diameter rearward at the front part of the small-diameter portion 21 which adjacent to the corner portion 23.
US11576350B2
A dog toy assembly includes an elongated stick with a toy attachment on an end. A toy is attached to the toy attachment. By holding and manipulating the stick during play, a user obtains leverage to accurately and quickly control the toy. The toy attachment may be removably attached to the stick, may be rotatable, and may include loops, hooks, concave sections, and rings. A locking sleeve may be included to keep the toy attached. The stick may include a handle and may be flexible. A leg strap including an eyelet through which the stick passes may be worn by the user to provide a pivot point and allow one-handed play while seated. Door mounts, floor mounts, seat mounts, and support racks include stick holders to give the user a break while the dog continues to play. The toy attachment and toy itself may be fully chewable and removable.
US11576338B2
Inbred corn line, designated MK2, are disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line MK2, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line MK2 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line MK2 with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line MK2 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line MK2.
US11576329B1
A novel maize variety designated X03P581 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 X03P581 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03P581 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X03P581, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03P581 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03P581 and methods of using maize variety X03P581 are disclosed.
US11576326B2
The present invention provides a wheat plant comprising an Rht-B1 allele which encodes an Rht-B1 (DELLA) polypeptide. Grain from a near-isogenic wheat line comprising the dwarfing Rht-B1c allele was subjected to sodium azide mutagenesis. Plants exhibiting early leaf elongation rates or mature plant height greater than the dwarf parent were selected and the Rht-B1 gene sequenced. This identified 35 mutated alleles of Rht-B1c. Similar methods were also used to identify mutant alleles of the dwarfing sln1d allele in barley, where DELLA is encoded by the sln1 gene.
US11576325B2
A new watermelon line designated ‘WL0044’ is described. ‘WL0044’ is a watermelon line exhibiting stability and uniformity.
US11576324B2
A new and distinct lettuce variety NUN 09166 LTL as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof is disclosed. NUN 09166 LTL is a red multileaf lettuce heavy variety comprising resistance to Downy Mildew (Bremia lactucae) Isolates Bl:16-37EU.
US11576323B2
The invention provides seed and plants of the romaine lettuce cultivar designated cv. Ranger. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of romaine lettuce cv. Ranger, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of romaine lettuce cv. Ranger with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of romaine lettuce line cv. Ranger, including the gametes of such plants.
US11576318B2
It was found that plants with loss of functional Msi2 protein due to a nucleotide polymorphism resulting in the introduction of a premature stop codon in the Msi2 protein, are able to induce haploid offspring after a cross to or with a wild type plant comprising a functional Msi2 protein. The invention relates to generation of haploid and doubled haploid plants.
US11576303B2
The invention relates to a shear bar (20), in particular for a forage harvester or another agricultural or silvicultural machine, having a carrier (21) that comprises a cutting region (30); a plurality of cutting elements (31) being set alongside one another in the cutting region (30); the cutting elements (31) comprising a partial edge and at least some of the partial edges forming a cutting edge (32) that is embodied to form, with a knife bar, a cutting engagement for the material to be shredded; the cutting edge (32) forming a transition between a cutting surface (32.1) that is constituted by the cutting elements (31) and extends transversely to the cutting direction, and an exposed surface (32.2) that extends substantially in a cutting direction and indirectly or directly adjoins the cutting edge (32). A shear bar of this kind can be configured to be break-resistant with little complexity in terms of parts and manufacture if provision is made that an infeed element (34), which is embodied as a sintered part made of hard material having an infeed bevel (34.6) profiled on in the sintering process, is provided on or in the row of cutting elements (31); the infeed bevel (34.6) being carried over indirectly or directly into the cutting edge (32); and the infeed bevel (34.6) being arranged at a tilt with respect to the cutting edge (32) in such a way that it is arranged with a setback with respect to the exposed surface (32.2) and toward the cutting surface (32.1).
US11576302B2
A charging control system includes a lawn mower that has a battery and performs a lawn mowing work while traveling autonomously, and a charging station for charging the battery. The lawn mower includes a period calculator for calculating a shutoff period of supply power supplied from the charging station, and a first communication unit. The charging station includes a second communication unit communicating with the first communication unit, an information acquisition unit for acquiring shutoff period information indicating the shutoff period from the first communication unit via the second communication unit, a switch for shutting off the supply power, and a shutoff controller for controlling the operation of the switch. The shutoff controller releases the shutoff of the power supply to the lawn mower based on the shutoff period information.
US11576300B2
An agricultural product application system includes a controller and product dispensing apparatus. The product dispensing apparatus includes a metering module in communication with the controller and is configured to control a flow rate of product from a product source to product dispensing units. A display device is in communication with the controller. The controller receives operating limits and an application rate of the product dispensing apparatus. The controller determines a forward speed range based upon the operating limits and on the application rate. Display information is generated for providing a visual representation on the display device of the forward speed range.
US11576299B2
A work vehicle with a metering system, airflow system, and a covering structure moveable between various positions for user access includes features that facilitate assembly and/or disassembly of the metering system. The work vehicle has a venturi structure with a plurality of venturi tubes that are disposed in a compact arrangement.
US11576297B2
Systems and methods provide automatic assignment of control of a plurality of hydraulic circuits of an associated work vehicle to a plurality of operation systems of an implement. A hydraulic circuit assignment control unit includes a processor, a memory device, logic stored in the memory device, and a communication circuit operatively coupled with the processor. The processor executes the logic to associate an activation of a first hydraulic circuit of the plurality of hydraulic circuits of the associated work vehicle with a physical exercise of an operation system of the plurality of operation systems of the associated implement, and generates pairing assignment data representative of the association of the activated first hydraulic circuit with the physical exercise of the operation system of the implement. The logic generates directionality confirmation and calibration data that is communicated to the plurality of operation systems with the pairing assignment data.
US11576296B2
An agricultural mowing system includes: a driving vehicle having a steerable axle and a pivotable tongue and defining a travel axis; a first mower coupled to the driving vehicle; a second mower coupled to the tongue; a tongue actuator configured to pivot the tongue; a tongue angle sensor configured to output signals corresponding to a tongue angle of the tongue; and a controller operatively coupled to the tongue actuator and the tongue angle sensor. The controller is configured to: determine a lateral overlap or underlap of the mowers exceeds a threshold value based at least partially on the tongue angle and a steering angle of the steerable axle; determine a correction angle needed for the tongue to pivot such that the lateral overlap or underlap no longer exceeds the threshold value; and output a correction signal to the tongue actuator to pivot the tongue by the correction angle.
US11576292B2
A seeder assembly for placing a commodity in underlying soil that has a frame member having at least one ground engaging mechanism configured to contact an underlying surface, a rockshaft pivotally coupled to the frame member and pivotal between a lowered position and a raised position, a plurality of disk opener assemblies coupled to the rockshaft, the disk opener assemblies each having a single disk opener configured to cut into the underlying soil to provide an opening for the commodity, a plurality of row cleaner assemblies pivotally coupled to the frame member and each having a row cleaner configured to move residue on the underlying surface, and a plurality of linkages each coupling the rockshaft to a corresponding one of the plurality of row cleaner assemblies. When the rockshaft is in the raised position, the plurality of linkages maintain the corresponding plurality of row cleaner assemblies in a raised position.
US11582889B2
A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor device, and a cooling device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip and a circuit board for mounting the chip. The cooling device includes a top plate mounted in the semiconductor device and having a side wall connected thereto, a bottom plate connected to the side wall, and a refrigerant circulating portion, defined by the top plate, the side wall, and the bottom plate and has a substantially rectangular shape with a cross section parallel to a main surface of the top plate having long and short sides. The circuit board is a substantially rectangular laminated circuit board including an insulating plate having an upper surface with a circuit layer and a lower surface with a metal layer. In a plan view, at least one corner of the metal layer at least partially overlaps with the slope portion of the side wall.
US11582885B2
A method for manufacturing a circuit board includes providing an insulating substrate, defining a through hole in the insulating substrate, forming a first conductive layer on two surfaces of the insulating substrate and on an inner wall of the through hole, forming a phase change material layer on a surface of each first conductive layer, forming a seed layer on a surface of the first conductive layer, forming a second conductive layer on a surface of the seed layer, and etching the seed layer, the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer, so that a first conductive circuit layer and a second conductive circuit layer are respectively formed on two opposite surfaces of the insulating substrate, so that the phase change material layer is embedded in the first conductive circuit layer and in the second conductive circuit layer. The application also provides a circuit board.
US11582876B2
A foldable display device includes a display panel including first and second display areas and a folding part between the first and second display areas; first and second system units disposed under the display panel and corresponding to the first and second display areas, respectively, an elastic plate between the display panel and the first and second system units; and a hinge system corresponding to the folding part and disposed on rear surfaces of the first and second system units, the hinge system including a first hinge portion on the rear surface of the first system unit and a second hinge portion on the rear surface of the second system unit, wherein the first and second hinge portions are rotatably hinge-combined with each other.
US11582873B2
The present invention relates to a substrate unit and a substrate assembly, and a camera module using the same. The present invention may comprise: a first substrate part having rigidity; a second substrate part stacked on one surface of the first substrate part and having flexibility; a third substrate part extending outwardly from the second substrate part and having flexibility; and a reinforcing part which is disposed at a portion where the edge portions of the first substrate part and the third substrate part meet, the reinforcing part having a recessed portion which is formed by recessing the first substrate part inwardly so as to inhibit interference between the first substrate part and the third substrate part. The present invention is capable of resolving the interference between a rigid PCB and a flexible PCB and the tearing thereof by providing a reinforcing part in a connection portion of the rigid PCB and the flexible PCB.
US11582863B2
Provided are a circuit board component and a terminal. The circuit board component includes: a circuit board and a wire disposed on the circuit board, where the wire includes a first portion and a second portion, a line width of the first portion is greater than or equal to a line width threshold, and a line width of the second portion is less than the line width threshold.
US11582857B2
Provided herein are high energy ion beam generator systems and methods that provide low cost, high performance, robust, consistent, uniform, low gas consumption and high current/high-moderate voltage generation of neutrons and protons. Such systems and methods find use for the commercial-scale generation of neutrons and protons for a wide variety of research, medical, security, and industrial processes.
US11582853B2
The control system for a stage light fixture with photobiological safety includes a control unit connected to a motor assembly and a light source and configured to control the stage light fixture to operate, and a distance sensor connected to the control unit, and configured to acquire an instant distance from a living being to the stage light fixture. The control unit stores a light radiation hazard exposure radiance limit value and a light fixture irradiance value acquired in advance per unit of time and distance, and acquires a parameter of the living being entering an irradiation danger zone according to the instant distance, the light radiation hazard exposure radiance limit value, and the light fixture irradiance value. When a hazard condition reaches the parameter of the living being entering the irradiation danger zone, the control unit controls the stage light fixture to move to eliminate the hazard condition.
US11582851B2
A light engine that produces UVA1 light, but not UVA2 or UVB radiation, that will provide a human or animal subject a beneficial application of artificial UVA1 light without the deleterious effect of the UVA2 and UVB light. Methods of providing UVA1 light to the human or animal subject over various periods of time provide positive treatments that can reduce stress, reduce anxiety, increase a pain threshold, and induce interferon production. Exposure to UVA1 wavelength light (360-400 nm) provides a positive effect on both humans and animals. This is especially true when the humans or animals do not receive UVB and UVA2 at the time that the UVA1 light is received, and the ratio of UVA1 light to (UVA1 light+visible light) is greater than 10%.
US11582850B2
A fault diagnosis device is configured to diagnose a fault in a light emitting unit that emits light of a color according to an operating state of a robot by individually energizing and lighting a plurality of types of LEDs of different emission colors. The fault diagnosis device includes an energization control unit that controls energization of the LEDs, a voltage detection unit that detects a diagnostic voltage that varies depending on a terminal voltage of the LEDs, and a fault detection unit that detects a fault in the light emitting unit based on a control state of energization by the energization control unit and a detected value of the diagnostic voltage by the voltage detection unit.
US11582848B2
An LED power transmission line with load identification function is coupled to an LED power control apparatus having a plurality of power output ports and an LED load. The LED power transmission line includes a power transmission circuit, a signal transmission circuit, and a memory apparatus. The power transmission circuit transmits a power outputted from the power output port to the LED load. The signal transmission circuit is coupled to a control module of the LED power apparatus through the power output port. The memory apparatus stores an LED specification information related to an electrical specification of the LED load. The LED specification information is provided to the control module through the signal transmission circuit so that the control module limits an output current outputted from the power output port according to the LED specification information.
US11582845B2
Embodiments of the present invention include a lighting fixture(s), a computer program product and a computer-implemented method that include program code executed by a processor(s) that obtains a request to implement a specified lighting pattern in the lighting fixture(s). Each lighting fixture includes effect lighting communicatively coupled to the processor(s) and functional lighting (oriented to illuminate a surface below the lighting fixture) communicatively coupled to the processor(s). The program code identifies the specified lighting pattern in a memory communicatively coupled to the processor(s), which includes a sequence for illuminating a portion of the effect lighting elements. The processor(s) executes the specified lighting pattern in the lighting fixture(s).
US11582840B2
A microwave shielding plate and a cooking device are disclosed. The microwave shielding plate includes one or more conductive layers, a conductor is provided in each of the conductive layers, and two ends of the conductor are provided with wiring points, so that a shielding section covering the conductive layers is formed when the conductor is coupled into a conductive loop.
US11582837B2
A temperature-regulating appliance includes a top portion, a base, and a mounting adapter. The top portion has an upper surface and a lower surface. The top portion is configured to be mounted to a countertop. The base includes a housing defining an internal compartment and a thermal element disposed within the internal compartment of the housing. The mounting adapter extends from the lower surface of the top portion to the housing. The mounting adapter detachably couples the base to the top portion.
US11582835B2
A portable food and beverage heating device including an elongated heating element designed to be immersed in a substance and to radiate heat to increase the temperature of the substance. The device further including a removable cap designed to act as an intermediary between a power supply and the elongated heating element, such that in one embodiment the heating element can only receive power from the power supply when the removable cap is secured to a second end of a housing. Additionally, the device includes several safety features like a non-conductive heat-resistant tip, a burn guard, a non-conductive fastener, and optional foldability or removability of the heating element all of which are designed to safeguard against personal injury to a user, or damage to a container holding the substance being heated.
US11582833B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for dynamic reclamation of resources reserved for forward compatibility using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication. The method generally includes identifying resources previously reserved for forward compatibility (FC) that are available for reuse, and providing signaling, to one or more user equipments (UEs), indicating the identified resources are available for reuse.
US11582816B2
A communications device and method of communicating using a communications device is disclosed for performing device-to-device communications. The communications device is configured to determine in accordance with predetermined conditions whether the communications device is within a coverage area of a mobile communications network, and if the communications device is determined to be within the coverage area of the mobile communications network, to transmit or to receive signals via the wireless access interface to one or more other communications devices in accordance with device to device communications using communications resources of the wireless access interface allocated according to a first mode in which the mobile communications network performs resource allocation.
US11582813B2
A system information indication method and apparatus and a communication system. In the embodiments of this disclosure, by indicating a correspondence between an area related ID or a system information related index and system information, and/or notifying information on a change of the area related ID or system information related index, a case may be avoided where a UE needs still to obtain system information from a network side when system information of a current cell is stored, thereby efficiently lowering power consumption of the UE in acquiring the system information.
US11582808B2
A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. The WTRU comprises a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor. The WTRU receives a system information block (SIB) including a parameter indicating a number of transmissions for a random access message and a parameter indicating transmission duration information for the random access message. The WTRU transmits a random access preamble and a random access message, wherein the random access message is transmitted for a duration indicated by the parameter indicating transmission duration information for the random access message. The WTRU retransmits the random access message, wherein the random access message is retransmitted a number of times indicated by the parameter indicating the number of transmissions for the random access message and for the duration indicated by the parameter indicating transmission duration information for the random access message.
US11582798B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a resource grant for at least one sidelink channel, wherein the resource grant indicates an uplink resource for transmitting sidelink transmission acknowledgement messages. The UE may transmit, to the base station and on the uplink resource, an indication of at least one status associated with a listen-before-talk procedure used on the at least one sidelink channel. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11582797B2
A wireless device in an unlicensed band receives from a base station a request signal requesting initiation of downlink (DL) transmission. If carrier sensing (CS) is performed and a wireless medium idles, the wireless device transmits to the base station a response signal accepting the initiation of the DL transmission. The CS is performed with respect to a receive (RX) beam direction obtained from the request signal.
US11582774B2
There are provided mechanisms for sharing channels in a wireless communications system among wireless devices that use a plurality of different access technologies. First and second wireless devices are operable to share a channel in the wireless communication system with each other. The first wireless device is operable to provide an indication to the second wireless device that the first wireless device is using a first access technology to access the channel. The second wireless device is operable to receive the indication and determine, based on the indication, that the first wireless device is using a first access technology to access the channel. Accordingly, the second wireless device can determine, based on compatibility of its access technology with that of the first wireless device, whether to refrain from using the channel or to share the channel.
US11582769B2
According to an embodiment herein a method performed by a radio network node for handling communication of data for a user equipment, UE, served in a service area associated with the radio network node in a wireless communication network is herein provided. The radio network node receives an indication from the UE, wherein the indication indicates a priority level for bandwidth allocation compared to other UEs. The radio network node further allocates a first bandwidth out of a total bandwidth to the UE for communication, wherein the first bandwidth is allocated in size based on the indication.
US11582763B2
A system includes a method for detecting a signal interference in a communication signal of a wireless communication system. An identified source of the signal interference is determined according to an interference profile of a plurality of interference profiles associated with an interference profile library having information that approximates characteristics of the signal interference. The signal interference of the communication signal is mitigated according to an interference parameter associated with the identified source by filtering the communication signal according to the interference parameter.
US11582761B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for quasi co-location (QCL) reference signals for uplink transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states. An example method generally includes receiving uplink transmission configuration indicator (TCI) indicating one or more quasi co-location (QCL) types, from a plurality of uplink QCL types, for one or more source reference signals (RSs); and sending an uplink transmission in accordance with the uplink TCI.
US11582759B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a UE and a base station for wireless communications. The UE receives first information, and transmits a first radio signal in a first time window in a first sub-band. The first information is used for determining the first time window; a time offset of a start time for a transmission of the first radio signal relative to a reference time belongs to a target offset set, the target offset set including W offset value(s); time offset(s) of W start time(s) respectively relative to the reference time is(are) respectively equal to the W offset value(s); any of the W start time(s) belongs to one of N time units, any of the N time units includes at least one of the W start times.
US11582758B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, and a terminal for service transmission. The method includes determining which service is allowed to be transmitted on configured grant resource, according to a first indication information. By determining the service allowed to be transmitted on the configured grant resource, the mapping relationship between service types and uplink grant types is specified.
US11582757B2
A framework for dynamic network resource allocation and energy saving based on the real-time environment, radio network information, and machine learning (ML) can be utilized via a radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller (RIC). Real-time and predicted network utilization can facilitate resource and energy savings by leveraging the RIC platform. For example, a network information base (NIB) in the RIC platform can collects RAN and user equipment (UE) resource related information in real time and provides the abstraction of the access network in the real time. ML can predict real-time information about the UEs at time t based on data analytics and real time radio resource needs. The RIC can then instruct the network to reduce or increase resources.
US11582756B2
A method for operating an access node includes receiving motion information from a user equipment (UE) in accordance with a communications beam, determining a predicted area of the UE in accordance with the motion information, configuring multiple tracking beams in accordance with the predicted area of the UE, and sending the multiple tracking beams.
US11582752B2
A first communication device allocates respective portions of a communication channel, that includes at least one primary component channel and one or more non-primary component channels, to a plurality of second communication devices, including a bandwidth-limited second communication device configured to operate with a maximum bandwidth that is less than a full bandwidth of the communication channel. The bandwidth-limited second communication device is operating in a particular component channel, and allocation of a frequency portion to the bandwidth-limited second communication device is restricted to the particular component channel. The first communication device transmits a data unit that includes one or both of: respective data for the second communication devices in the respective frequency portions allocated to the respective second communication devices, and one or more trigger frames to prompt transmission of respective data by the second communication devices in the respective frequency portions allocated to the respective second communication devices.
US11582750B2
Systems and/or methods for supporting communications at a reduced bandwidth with a full bandwidth network such as a long-term evolution (LTE) network may be disclosed. For example, inband assignments such as downlink assignments and/or uplink grants may be provided and/or received and transmissions may be monitored and/or decoded based on the inband assignment. Additionally, information (e.g. a definition or configuration) associated with an ePDCCH may be provided and/or received and ePDCCH resources may be monitored and/or decoded based on such information. An indication for support of a reduced bandwidth by the full bandwidth network may also be provided and/or received and control channels in the reduced or narrow bandwidth may be monitored and/or decoded based on the indication. A PRACH preamble and/or a multi-type subframe definition may also be provided and/or used for support of such a reduced bandwidth.
US11582746B2
An apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to output a first superframe configured in an initial superframe mode that allocates each slot of a plurality of slots for wireless communication to a first protocol at a first frequency band, a second protocol at the first frequency band, or a third protocol at the first frequency band. The processing circuitry is also configured to output a second superframe configured in a multi-frequency superframe mode that allocates: i) at least one slot of a plurality of slots for wireless communication to the first protocol, the second protocol, or the third protocol at the first frequency band, and ii) at least one slot of the plurality of slots for wireless communication to the first protocol, the second protocol, or the third protocol at the second frequency band.
US11582740B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for performing monitoring, performed by user equipment (UE), in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving information related to monitoring from a network; and performing monitoring on the basis of the information related to monitoring, wherein the information related to monitoring is information related to reduction of a range of a target which the UE will monitor.
US11582735B2
A wireless device transmits a wireless device capability message comprising at least one parameter indicating a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) processing period between: a reception time of a downlink control information (DCI) comprising a resource assignment; and a PUSCH transmission time of the resource assignment. A first DCI indicating a first resource assignment occurring after a time period from the reception of the first DCI is received. A transport block is transmitted, based on the first PUSCH processing period, via the first resource assignment.
US11582723B2
A method for performing wireless communication by an apparatus and an apparatus for supporting same are provided. The method may comprise: receiving information related to a plurality of resource pools from the base station; and monitoring a plurality of sidelink (SL) downlink control information (DCIs) related with each of the plurality of resource pools, wherein the plurality of SL DCIs include information for scheduling SL resources on the plurality of resource pools, wherein, before at least one zero bit is appended to the plurality of SL DCIs, a size of a first SL DCI is a largest among sizes of the plurality of SL DCIs, and wherein, based on that the plurality of resource pools are configured for the device, the sizes of the plurality of SL DCIs to which the at least one zero bit is appended are same as the size of the first SL DCI.
US11582719B2
A method to prioritize sidelink logical channel (SL LCH) during destination UE selection for sidelink Logical Channel Prioritization (LCP) procedure in NR sidelink communication is proposed to avoid resource starvation. A TX UE prioritizes an RX UE having at least one SL LCH that has not satisfied a required minimum bit rate during destination UE selection when allocating SL resource to a new MAC PDU for SL transmission. The TX UE maintains a value Bj for each SL LCH j, where Bj>0 indicates that the logical channel has not met the requirement of prioritized bit rate. If at least one destination UE has SL LCH with data available for transmission and with Bj>0, then the selected destination UE is the one has the highest-priority SL LCH with data available for transmission and with Bj>0.
US11582717B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques to reduce overhead and improve resource management by efficiently selecting RSMA spreading code for periodic traffic in IoE devices. For example, in accordance with one technique, the IoE device, during an initial access to the base station, may notify the base station of the traffic periodicity of the IoE device such that the base station may assign a spreading code from a dedicated pool that is not utilized during the periodic access of the device. Additionally or alternatively, another technique to reduce overhead and improve resource management may include the IoE devices broadcasting the selected RSMA spreading code that the IoE devices intends to use in discovery broadcasts (DBs) along with the IoE device traffic periodicity such that the IoE devices may autonomously manage selection of RSMA spreading code that avoids collisions for the same traffic periodicity.
US11582715B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback operations for multicast communications are provided. A first user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station (BS), a multicast feedback configuration indicating a first resource configuration for a negative-acknowledgement (NACK) feedback mode; and a second resource configuration for an acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback mode. The first UE receives, from the BS, a first multicast communication. The first UE transmits, to the BS, a NACK feedback for the first multicast communication based on the first resource configuration. The first UE receives, from the BS, a second multicast communication. The first UE transmits, to the BS, an ACK feedback or a NACK feedback for the second multicast communication based on the second resource configuration.
US11582713B2
A configuration to enable a UE to select a new CSS set to use for monitoring for PDCCH based on changing conditions at the UE. The apparatus may receive, from a base station, a first indication of a search space for monitoring for a channel for at least one of system information, paging, or user data. A first set of monitoring occasions based on the search space indicated by the base station. The apparatus may determine a second set of monitoring occasions different than the first set of monitoring occasions based on a condition experienced by the apparatus. The apparatus may monitor for the channel based on the second set of monitoring occasions determined by the apparatus.
US11582707B2
Rate matching for synchronization signal block (SSB) transmissions in non-terrestrial networks (NTN)
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for rate matching of synchronization signal block (SSB) transmissions in non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information indicating a beam-specific rate matching pattern for at least one beam of a plurality of beams configured for the UE, wherein a SSB transmission corresponding to each of the plurality of beams is configured using the same set of frequencies, receiving a data channel using the at least one beam, and processing the data channel based on the rate matching pattern.
US11582704B2
Wireless communications are described. A wireless device may determine a first transmission power for a first signal and a second transmission power for a second signal. The wireless device may reduce signal transmission power of one or more of the first signal or the second signal, based on a calculated power value exceeding an allowable transmission power. The wireless device may reduce the signal transmission power during an overlap period or a non-overlap period, based on a duration of an overlap of the first signal with the second signal.
US11582698B2
Disclosed are a power control method and device, a terminal, and a storage medium. The method comprises: determining a reference point corresponding to the closed-loop power control parameter of a PUSCH transmission unit i; determining a power adjustment amount corresponding to the closed-loop power control parameter of the transmission unit i; determining the closed-loop power control parameter of the transmission unit i according to the reference point and the power adjustment amount; and determining the transmit power of uplink data to be transmitted at the transmission unit i according to the closed-loop power control parameter of the transmission unit i.
US11582696B2
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are described to encode, by a first station (STA), a polling signal for periodic transmission to a second STA during each air activity instance of a plurality of air activity instances. The first STA detects an interface between a MAC layer and a software stack of a communication protocol is in a low-power state. The communication protocol is associated with a communication link between the first STA and the second STA. An empty packet from the second STA is decoded. The empty packet is received in response to the polling signal transmitted during an air activity instance of the plurality of air activity instances. The periodicity of the periodic transmission of the polling signal is adjusted based on the detected low-power state and the decoded empty packet.
US11582695B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for generating an STF signal usable in a wireless LAN system. The STF signal is included in a field used to improve AGC estimation of a MIMO transmission. A portion of the STF signal is used to transmit an uplink, and can be used for uplink MU PPDUs transmitted from a plurality of STAs. The STF signal that is disclosed, for example, is used for a 40 MHz band or an 80 MHz band, is desirably usable for the 40 MHz band, and can be generated based on a sequence in which a predetermined M sequence is repeated. The predetermined M sequence can be a binary sequence of which the length is 15 bits.
US11582692B2
The present specification proposes a technical feature related to a wake-up radio (WUR) STA. Specifically, proposed is an operation of updating a parameter related to an operation of a WUR mode. For example, the WUR STA may update a parameter related to the WUR mode by receiving an unsolicited frame from an AP while maintaining the WUR mode. The received frame may have a preset action type.
US11582691B2
A communication apparatus includes an acquisition unit (551) acquiring information from a base station apparatus, a determination unit (552) determining whether a connected base station apparatus is a non-ground station or a ground station based on the acquired information, and a communication controller (553) executing communication control for the non-ground station when it is determined that the connected base station apparatus is the non-ground station.
US11582689B2
A device may receive, from a user equipment, a token request associated with an application, wherein the token request is associated with a device identifier. The device may generate a device token for the application and the user equipment. The device may provide, using the device identifier, the device token to the user equipment to enable a user to access the application via an application platform. The device may receive, from the application platform, a slice request for a network slice of a network that is to be used for an application session. The device may determine that the user equipment is associated with the application session based on the device token and the device identifier. The device may configure a network slice instance of the network slice. The device may determine a user equipment route selection policy for the application session according to the network slice instance.
US11582684B2
A transmitter and a method therein for transmitting discovery signals to a receiver. The transmitter and the receiver are comprised in a radio communications system. The transmitter transmits two or more discovery signals over two or more directions. Each discovery signal is configured to span over a fraction of a carrier bandwidth.
US11582679B2
Disclosed are a system and method of regulating mobile device communications while operating a motor vehicle. One example method may include determining a speed event indicating that a speed of the motor vehicle has performed at least one of exceeded a first threshold above which mobile device usage restriction policies are invoked and fallen below a second threshold allowing the mobile device restriction policies to be removed. The first threshold may be equal to or greater than the second threshold. As a result of obtaining the speed event, the method may also provide transmitting the speed event to a remote edge gateway server located remotely from the motor vehicle, which stores the speed event for reference purposes when determining a policy for routing a particular mobile device call, text message and/or mobile data session.
US11582672B2
A broadband communication system provides broadband communication services onboard an aircraft. The broadband communication system includes a satellite communication transceiver, a direct air-to-ground communication (DA2GC) transceiver, and a controller. The satellite communication transceiver is configured to communicate directly with a target satellite providing a satellite communication data pathway with a satellite ground station connected to ground networks. The DA2GC transceiver is configured to communicate directly with a DA2GC ground station providing an DA2GC data pathway with the ground networks. The controller is configured to control handoff between the satellite communication transceiver and the DA2GC transceiver for data communications between the broadband communications system and the ground networks, based on performance of at least one of the satellite communication data pathway and the DA2GC data pathway.
US11582667B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, authenticating, by a federated blockchain controller, a user equipment located within a cell coverage area of a network that includes heterogeneous cells. The federated blockchain controller can provide encryption data to the user equipment and corresponding authentication information to one or more multi-access edge computing (MEC) devices associated with the heterogeneous cells to enable secure and efficient handovers for the user equipment amongst the heterogeneous cells, without a need for additional handover reauthentication procedures. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11582665B2
A method for operating a relay node during a handoff from a first controller to a second controller includes receiving a first instruction from the first controller to discontinue using a first set of wireless backhaul link resources allocated to the relay node by the first controller and to temporarily use a second set of wireless backhaul link resources dedicated by the second controller. The method also includes receiving a second instruction from the second controller to discontinue using the second set of wireless backhaul link resources and to begin using a third set of wireless backhaul link resources allocated to the relay node by the second controller.
US11582661B2
The embodiments of the disclosure provide a measurement method and apparatus for a terminal, as well as a terminal. The measurement method includes that: a terminal acquires first indication information, the first indication information being for determining a measurement parameter of a dedicated measurement frequency, the measurement parameter of the dedicated measurement frequency being a first measurement parameter and/or a second measurement parameter, and the first measurement parameter being greater than the second measurement parameter.
US11582660B2
Embodiments herein provide a method handover management in a wireless network (1000). Ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) is a key feature in 5G which requires improved mobility performance and reliability. In future, the number of mobility (handover) scenarios is bound to increase many folds, and without proper technologies, the number of mobility may induce more handover failures. For a better quality of experience (QoE) in 5G new radio (NR), it is important to have minimal interruption time and a high handover success rate. The method in the present disclosure provides a novel machine learning (ML) based advance handover (HO). Further, the method provides initiating HO, by a source gNB in advance before a user equipment (UE) runs into radio link failure (RLF) to ensure less handover failure (HOF) rate.
US11582659B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a handover method between network devices and a terminal device. The method includes receiving, by a terminal device, at least one handover command corresponding to a plurality of target network devices, the at least one handover command corresponding to the plurality of target network devices including a first handover command, and the first handover command including configuration information of a first target network among the plurality of target network devices; if the terminal device determines to establish a connection with the first target network device according to the first handover command, starting, by the terminal device, a first access timer corresponding to the first target network device; and establishing, by the terminal device, a connection with the first target network device according to the first access timer.
US11582657B1
A method and apparatus for selecting a NR cell in a mobile communication system are provided. Method for selecting a NR cell includes selecting, by a terminal, a first cell, performing, by the terminal a first operation group if the terminal fails to acquire MIB in the first cell and performing, by the terminal a second operation group if the terminal succeeds to acquire MIB and SIB1 in the first cell and the MIB includes cellBarred set to barred and the SIB1 includes a intraFreqReselection set to NotAllowed.
US11582656B2
A method of handling invalid PDU session during handover procedure between non-3GPP access and 3GPP access in a mobile communication network is proposed. A UE establishes a PDU session over a first RAT, and then tries to handover the PDU session from the first RAT to a second RAT. However, at the network side, the PDU session over the first RAT does not exist anymore and the network considers the PDU session to be invalid. The network thus sends a PDU session establishment reject message back to the UE, with a 5GSM status message cause value #54 indicating “PDU session does not exist”. At the UE side, the PDU session over the first RAT is still valid (e.g., not inactive). In order to resynchronize with the network, the UE performs a PDU session release procedure to release the PDU session over the first RAT.
US11582651B2
A method for a conditional Primary Secondary Cell Group (SCG) Cell (PSCell) change (CPC) procedure performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a master node, a conditional reconfiguration for changing from a source PSCell to a target PSCell in an SCG portion of a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, the conditional reconfiguration including a configuration of the target PSCell and an execution condition; evaluating the execution condition; applying the configuration of the target PSCell and synchronizing to the target PSCell after determining that the execution condition is satisfied; and transmitting, to the master node, a response message after determining that the conditional reconfiguration is applied.
US11582650B2
A method and system for performing handover in a third generation (3G) long term evolution (LTE) system are disclosed. A source evolved Node-B (eNode-B) makes a handover decision based on measurements and sends a handover request to a target eNode-B. The target eNode-B sends a handover response to the source eNode-B indicating that a handover should commence. The source eNode-B then sends a handover command to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The handover command includes at least one of reconfiguration information, information regarding timing adjustment, relative timing difference between the source eNode-B and the target eNode-B, information regarding an initial scheduling procedure at the target eNode-B, and measurement information for the target eNode-B. The WTRU then accesses the target eNode-B and exchanges layer 1/2 signaling to perform downlink synchronization, timing adjustment, and uplink and downlink resource assignment based on information included in the handover command.
US11582649B2
A communications method includes receiving, by user equipment (UE), a first message from a network side, where the first message is used to indicate to the UE to perform circuit switched fallback (CSFB) as a called party, where the first message includes first information, and where the first information is used to indicate an incoming call number. If it is determined that a preset condition is met, the communications method further includes sending a second message to the network side, where the second message is used to indicate that the CSFB is rejected, and where the preset condition includes at least one of the incoming call number is restricted or the UE is in a mode of automatically rejecting a CSFB incoming call.
US11582648B2
Systems and methods for facilitating communicative connection for a user device are disclosed. Based on a request for communicative connection, a communication facilitator identifies a set of candidate communications service providers (CSPs) to match the request, provides information regarding the set of candidate CSPs to the user device, receives an indication of selection, and causes establishment of communicative connection for the user device via a communications service provided by the selected CSP.
US11582637B2
A user equipment that is provided in a wireless communication system including a base station and the user equipment includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a resource position where a downlink data channel is mapped or a resource position where an uplink data channel is mapped in a radio frame and a timing when an HARQ response to downlink data is transmitted from the user equipment or a timing when an HARQ response to uplink data is received from the base station and a communication unit that transmits an HARQ response to downlink data received by the downlink data channel at a timing when the HARQ response to the downlink data is transmitted and receives an HARQ response to data transmitted by the uplink data channel or retransmission data scheduling information at a timing when the HARQ response to the uplink data is received.
US11582629B2
In an aspect, a UE receives, from a network entity, a configuration of PRS or SRS-P resources for a positioning session, receives a configuration of at least one BWP from a serving BS, identifies a time-domain period for the positioning session where a set of parameters associated with the at least one BWP is to remain constant to achieve a first positioning accuracy requirement. The UE either performs positioning measurements on one or more of the PRS resources during the positioning session or transmits on one or more of the SRS-P resources during the positioning session. The UE determines an active BWP transition during the time-domain period from a first BWP to a second BWP that is associated with one or more changes to the set of parameters.
US11582626B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for supporting beam-based cooperative communication for smoothly providing a service in a wireless communication system. The method, performed by a terminal, of supporting beam-based cooperative communication includes: receiving, from a base station, configuration information for measuring quality of a beam; receiving first reference signals regarding desired channels respectively corresponding to a plurality of transmission beams received from the base station, and second reference signals regarding interference channels respectively corresponding to a plurality of transmission beams that interfere with the plurality of transmission beams received from the base station; and measuring quality of a beam regarding the plurality of transmission beams received from the base station, based on the configuration information, the first reference signals, and the second reference signals.
US11582619B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which beam configuration management service is provided. A network device of a wireless access network provides the service that includes identifying redundant configurations across carriers associated with a cell group, and links the common beam configurations to these carriers. The service also includes identifying any difference in beam configurations relative to the common beam configurations for a carrier. The service may transmit this beam configuration information in a control plane message to an end device. The end device may use the beam configuration information.
US11582615B2
Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present invention relates to a method by which a simulator analyzes a radio wave environment in a wireless communication system, and the method of the present invention comprises the steps of: allowing a simulator to receive geographic information and position information by which a transmitter and a receiver can be positioned in the geographic information; generating, by the transmitter of the simulator arranged at a random position in accordance with the position information, radio waves for at least one direction of a sphere having a fixed radius; grouping into at least one group on the basis of a traveling route of the generated radio waves; setting each group as an operation unit (Warp/Wavefront) for a graphics processing unit (GPU); and analyzing a radio wave environment by using the GPU in which the operation unit is set.
US11582614B2
Provided in the present disclosure are a spectrum management device and method, a geographic location database, a coexistence discovery device, and subsystems for use in a radio communication system comprising a main system and subsystems. The spectrum management device comprises: a processing circuit, which is configured to: acquire spectrum usage information and spectrum transition capability information of subsystems managed by the spectrum management device, the spectrum usage information corresponding to information related to used spectrums assigned to and used by each subsystem, the spectrum transition capability information corresponding to information related to whether the subsystems support a spectrum transition operation, and an transition of the spectrums of the subsystems managed by the spectrum management device is determined on the basis of the spectrum usage information and the spectrum transition capability information, thus the interference caused by the subsystems as a result of spectrum usage to the main system is limited within a permissible range of the main system. The spectrum management device and method, the geographic location database, the coexistence discovery device, and the subsystems of the present disclosure achieve highly efficient use of spectrum resources.
US11582611B1
Prompt and secure data communication paring concepts are described. In one example, a method for data communications includes a client device receiving an advertising packet from a peripheral device, comparing a signal strength indicator for the advertising packet to a threshold, generating a session key based on the comparing, and transmitting the session key to the peripheral device. The method also includes communicating and acknowledging one or more data chunks between the devices through a secure communications channel. The concepts are different that traditional pairing techniques for short-range, low-power wireless data communications in that secure communications channels can be achieved automatically, relatively more quickly, and repeatedly without the need for user intervention. The secure communications channels can be established and reestablished without the need for traditional pairing techniques.
US11582610B1
Techniques, devices, and systems for receiving, from a mobile device, a request associated with a subscriber information module (SIM) are described herein. At least one of the mobile device, the SIM, or a communication identifier can be determined. A query can be transmitted, based on a difference between a first time associated with the query and a second time associated with a previous query meeting or exceeding a threshold amount of time. An action can be performed based on the query information being associated with the malicious activity information.
US11582609B2
Network circuitry authorizes User Equipment (UEs) for wireless services from wireless networks. The network circuitry stores lists of network identifiers that are associated with UE types. The network circuitry receives an authorization request that indicates a network identifier and a UE type. The UE type comprises model, operating system, user application, and/or radio frequency. The network circuitry retrieves a networks list for the UE type and compares the network identifier from the authorization request to the network identifiers on the network list. The authorization circuitry authorizes the UE responsive to a match between the network identifier from the authorization request and a network identifier on the network list.
US11582608B2
An illustrative example embodiment of a controller associated with a container includes a processor and memory. The controller is configured to generate a derived key based on global positioning system information corresponding to a location of the controller. The controller uses the derived key to authenticate a user device.
US11582595B2
A more efficient over-the-air software push can be facilitated by a firmware over-the-air (FOTA) server device in communication with a home subscriber server (HSS). For example, the FOTA server can host the names of user equipment devices that are due for a FOTA update. When a user equipment device identification is received from the HSS, the FOTA server can then check the user equipment device identification against the names within the server. If the name is found, then the system can send discontinuous reception data to the user equipment device to modify a current discontinuous reception value of the user equipment device. Thus, the modified discontinuous reception value can prompt a long reception time of the user equipment device such that the user equipment device can receive the FOTA.
US11582584B2
Method and device in a node used for wireless communications. A first node receives first configuration information; transmits a first positioning reference signal on a first time-frequency resource block, transmits a second positioning reference signal on a second time-frequency resource block, and transmits a first information set; the first configuration information is used for indicating a first reference set, and any two time-frequency resource blocks in the first resource set employ a same positioning-related parameter; the first time-frequency resource block is earlier than the second time-frequency resource block in time domain; the first information set comprises a first distance, and the first distance refers to a distance from a first geographical position and a second geographical position, wherein the first geographical position is where the first node is located when transmitting the first positioning reference signal. The present disclosure provides an effective solution to the issue of sidelink positioning.
US11582579B2
Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to enable the secure streaming of real-time location data between electronic devices. One embodiment provides for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions to perform operations comprising creating record to specify a location streaming relationship between a first device registered with a first user account and a second device registered with a second online account, the record including a secret key. The record is stored to an online datastore and shared between the first user account and the second online account. The location data stream can be encrypted using the secret key stored in the record.
US11582578B2
A control method implemented by a communication device. The control method includes: acquiring a current location and current capacities of a drone; selecting a destination point that can be reached by the drone according to the location and capacities thereof, the destination point being located in the coverage area of a point of access to a mobile communication network; and providing the drone with instructions specifying the destination point towards which the drone is to travel and communication operations to be carried out in connection with the mobile communication network. Once the instructions are obtained, the drone moves towards the destination point and performs the communication operation as soon as it reaches the destination point or as soon as the connection quality reaches a satisfying level.
US11582574B2
In some embodiments, virtualization methods for generating a binaural signal in response to channels of a multi-channel audio signal, which apply a binaural room impulse response (BRIR) to each channel including by using at least one feedback delay network (FDN) to apply a common late reverberation to a downmix of the channels. In some embodiments, input signal channels are processed in a first processing path to apply to each channel a direct response and early reflection portion of a single-channel BRIR for the channel, and the downmix of the channels is processed in a second processing path including at least one FDN which applies the common late reverberation. Typically, the common late reverberation emulates collective macro attributes of late reverberation portions of at least some of the single-channel BRIRs. Other aspects are headphone virtualizers configured to perform any embodiment of the method.
US11582560B2
A MicroElectroMechanical System (MEMS) includes a MEMS device; a feature extraction component coupled to an output of the MEMS device, wherein the feature extraction component is configured to provide a plurality of features of an output signal of the MEMS device; and a low data rate interface coupled to the feature extraction components, wherein the low data rate interface is configured to transmit the plurality of features of the output signal of the MEMS device, and wherein a low data rate of the low data rate interface is determined by a number of the plurality of features transmitted, wherein the MEMS device, the feature extraction component, and the low data rate interface are packaged together in a semiconductor package.
US11582559B2
A segmented stator plate for an electrostatic transducer is provided. The segmented stator plate may have multiple electrically separate sections that can be independently operated and are usable to generate sound and/or detect sound waves in the electrostatic transducer.
US11582557B2
A speaker diaphragm includes an edge formed from an elastomer, and a diaphragm body that is to be joined to the edge. A joint between the edge and the diaphragm body includes a melting portion between the edge and the diaphragm body.
US11582555B2
There is provided a smart audio system including multiple audio devices and a central server. The central server confirms a model of every audio device and a position thereof in an operation area in a scan mode. The central server confirms a user position or a user state to accordingly control output power of a speaker of each of the multiple audio devices in an operation mode.
US11582535B2
A digital broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcast signal, includes a tuner configured to receive the broadcast signal including service data in a broadcast signal and application signaling information, wherein the application signaling information includes a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of an entry page of a broadcaster application for the digital broadcast receiver, a cache configured to store a content for the broadcaster application and a processor configured to launch the broadcaster application based on the application signaling information, wherein the entry page of the broadcaster application is loaded based on the URL, and the URL is used to point to a server.
US11582531B2
Mechanisms provide intermediate key frame animation during a media seek. A streaming server receives a seek request from a client device while the streaming server provides the client device with a media stream. The seek request is made when the media stream is playing at an initial location and the seek request includes a request to play the media stream from a seek location. In some embodiments, intermediate key frames before the seek location are identified. In other instances, intermediate key frames between the initial location and the seek location are identified. These intermediate key frames are provided to the client device for display before the media stream begins playing at the seek location.
US11582530B2
Systems and processes are provided for receiving a request for an audio video program from a display device, transmitting the request for the audio video program via a bidirectional network, receiving the audio video program via the bidirectional network wherein the audio video program is received at a first data rate, transmitting an alternate request for the audio video program via the bidirectional network wherein the alternate request for the audio video program includes are request for the audio video program to be transmitted via a unidirectional wireless transmission, receiving the audio video program via the unidirectional wireless transmission, and transmitting the audio video program to the display device.
US11582517B2
In some embodiments, an electronic device can guide the user in setting up the device for the first time or after a factory reset. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates suggesting and installing applications on the electronic device during device setup. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates transferring settings and information from another electronic device during device setup.
US11582510B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments include obtaining video content, the video content comprises a plurality of frames, monitoring, by an image sensor, a facial feature of a user to determine a visual focus of the user in relation to the video content, and detecting from a group of frames of the plurality of frames at least a reduction in movements of objects in the group of frames. Further embodiments include determining, according to the monitoring and the detecting, a measure of attention of the user within a region of the group of frames, determining that the measure of attention of the user within the region of the group of frames satisfies a threshold, and embedding in at least a portion of subsequent frames of the plurality of frames a visual advertisement in the region via a communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11582504B2
The present invention discloses a signal output circuit applying bandwidth broadening mechanism for an image signal transmission apparatus that includes a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit. The first driving circuit includes a continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE) and is configured to receive a digital input signal to perform a high frequency enhancement thereon to increase a bandwidth of the digital input signal to generate a first output signal, in which a zero point and two poles of a frequency response of the first driving circuit are determined by circuit parameters thereof. The second driving circuit is configured to receive and amplify the first output signal to generate a second output signal for an image receiving apparatus.
US11582497B2
A computer-implemented method/system of providing video clip playback, including: (i) receiving a video feed; (ii) converting the video feed into a compressed format structure; (iii) uploading the compressed format structure to a first server; (iv) receiving an electronic edit decision list defining how to manipulate the compressed format structure; (v) saving the electronic edit decision list to a server; (vi) receiving a request to provide to a user terminal a video clip playback corresponding to a video clip defined by the compressed format structure and the electronic edit decision list; (vii) sending to the user code executable to provide the video clip defined by the compressed format structure and the electronic edit decision list, and (viii) responding to requests from the code when executed, to provide content corresponding to the compressed format structure stored, in accordance with the electronic edit decision list, to provide the decision list video clip playback.
US11582496B2
The invention relates to a method for transmitting from a server to a client, encoded media data corresponding to a projection of a wide view of a scene, the method comprising: Encapsulating the encoded data into tracks, Wherein information is provided for signaling that the client needs to parse other encoded data to display at least the encoded data encapsulated in a given track.
US11582488B2
A method performed by a decoder for decoding a bitstream comprising a picture parameter set, PPS, and a first set of slices. The method includes obtaining the picture parameter set. The method also includes decoding a syntax element included in the picture parameter set to obtain an indicator value. The decoder is configured such that if the indicator value is set to a first value then the decoder determines that a picture header included in the bitstream comprises a parameter value corresponding to a particular parameter, otherwise the decoder determines that each slice included in the first set of slices comprises a parameter value corresponding to the particular parameter. If the picture header comprises the parameter value corresponding to the particular parameter, then this parameter value is used to decode slice data of each slice included in the first set of slices.
US11582484B2
There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform obtaining a leaf node of geometry based point cloud compression (G-PCC) data, splitting the leaf node into a plurality of cuboids, deriving separate triangle soups for each of the cuboids, and coding a plurality of flags respectively for each of the edges of each of the cuboids, where the plurality of flags indicate whether vertices of the separate triangle soups are present on ones of the edges.
US11582481B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for encoding image data for one or more images. In one embodiment, a method includes the steps of downscaling the one or more images, and encoding the one or more downscaled images using an image codec. Another embodiment concerns a computer-implemented method of decoding encoded image data, and a computer-implemented method of encoding and decoding image data.
US11582477B2
The present disclosure relates to motion vector refinement. As a first step, an initial motion vector and a template for the block are obtained. Then, the refinement of the initial motion vector is determined by template matching with said template in a search space. The search space is located on a position given by the initial motion vector and includes one or more fractional sample positions, wherein each of fractional sample positions belonging to the search space is obtained by interpolation filtering with a filter of a predefined tap-size assessing integer samples only within a window, said window being formed by integer samples accessible for the template matching in said search space.
US11582470B2
A method of multi-scale neural image compression with intra-prediction residuals is performed by at least one processor and includes downsampling an input image, generating a current predicted image, based on a previously-recovered predicted image, and generating a prediction residual based on a difference between the downsampled input image and the generated current predicted image. The method further includes encoding the generated prediction residual, decoding the encoded prediction residual, and generating a currently-recovered predicted image based on an addition of the current predicted image and the decoded prediction residual. The method further includes upsampling the currently-recovered predicted image, generating a scale residual based on a difference between the input image and the upsampled currently-recovered predicted image, and encoding the scale residual.
US11582467B2
A method for processing image or video data is performed in an image processing pipeline. Color filtered mosaiced raw image or video data is received. A one-level wavelet transform of subbands of the color filtered mosaiced raw image or video data to provide LL, HH, LH and HL subbands. The LH and HL subbands are de-correlated by summing and difference operations to provide decorrelated sum and difference subbands. Additional n-level wavelet transformation on the sum and difference subbands and the LL and HH subbands to provide sparsified subbands for encoding. LL and HH and sum subbands are recombined into standard color images e.g., red, green, and blue color components, which are subsequently processed by color correction, white balance, and gamma correction. The sparsified subbands are encoded.
US11582465B2
Video coding schemes may include one or more filters to reduce coding artifacts and improve video quality. These filters may be applied to decode video data in a predetermined sequence. The output from one or more of these filters may be selected for different images, blocks, or sets of video data and then copied and/or routed to a display or a buffer storing reference data that is used to decode other video data in a data stream. Providing the ability to select which filter output is used for display and as a reference may result in better video quality for multiple types of video data. The filters that are selected for display and for reference may be different and may vary for different images, blocks, and data sets.
US11582459B2
Described is picture segmentation through columns and slices in video encoding and decoding. A video picture is divided into a plurality of columns, each column covering only a part of the video picture in a horizontal dimension. All coded tree blocks (“CTBs”) belonging to a slice may belong to one or more columns. The columns may be used to break the same or different prediction or in-loop filtering mechanisms of the video coding, and the CTB scan order used for encoding and/or decoding may be local to a column. Column widths may be indicated in a parameter set and/or may be adjusted at the slice level. At the decoder, column width may be parsed from the bitstream, and slice decoding may occur in one or more columns.
US11582455B2
The disclosure proposes a decoder for decoding coefficients of blocks of a video sequence from a bitstream. The decoder comprises a scan pattern list module for providing one or more pre-defined scan orders, a scan order generator for generating one or more scan orders, a scan order selector for selecting a scan order for each block from the pre-defined and generated scan orders on the basis of scan order information contained in the bitstream, a decoding module for decoding one or more coefficient vectors of each block from the bitstream, a deserializer for inverse scanning, for each block, the one or more coefficient vectors of that block according to the scan order selected for that block so as to obtain a coefficient matrix. The scan order generator generates the one or more scan orders depending on one or more previously obtained coefficient matrices of blocks of the video sequence.
US11582451B2
Methods, systems, and devices for coefficient scaling for high-precision image and video coding are described. A example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video according to a rule, wherein the rule specifies that the conversion includes during encoding, skipping applying a forward transform to residual coefficients of the current block prior to including in the bitstream representation, or during decoding, reconstructing residual coefficients of the current block from the bitstream representation without applying an inverse transform, and wherein the rule further specifies that a scale factor is applied to the residual coefficients independent of a size of the current block.
US11582447B2
A method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video unit of a video and a coded representation of the video using at least a video picture. Only one of a sub-picture coding mode or a resolution-changing coding mode is enabled for the video unit. The sub-picture coding mode is a mode in which the video picture is divided into multiple sub-pictures, and the resolution-changing coding mode is a mode in which a resolution of the video picture is adjusted during the conversion.
US11582446B2
A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a reference picture set associated with a frame including a set of reference picture identifiers. The reference picture set identifies one or more reference pictures to be used for inter-prediction of the frame based upon its associated least significant bits of a picture order count based upon the reference picture identifiers. The one or more reference pictures is a second or greater previous frame to the frame having the matching reference picture identifier.
US11582438B2
Provided is a control device including a control unit that calculates a first positional relationship between an eye of an observer observing an object displayed on a display unit and a first point in a master-side three-dimensional coordinate system, and controls an imaging unit that images the object so that a second positional relationship between the imaging unit and a second point corresponding to the first point in a slave-side three-dimensional coordinate system corresponds to the first positional relationship.
US11582437B2
A camera system includes: a first camera and a second camera; a camera adaptor box; and a camera control unit.
US11582429B2
A trauma scene monitoring system includes a medic-worn illumination device, a casualty-worn informatics system, and a remote monitoring station. The illumination device includes a frame with boom-mounted light sources positioned below the wearer's eyes near the zygomatic bones, thus orienting the light sources to project light in the direction of the wearer's view. Also included are audio/video means to capture audio/video information from a scene attended by the medic, and a telemetry unit to transmit that information to the remote monitoring station. The casualty-worn informatics system is integrated within a headband worn by a monitored individual. The informatics system includes sensors to provide the monitored individual's vital statistics and a telemetry unit to transmit data concerning the monitored individual to the remote monitoring station. At the remote monitoring station, receiving and presentation stations provide views of the data concerning the monitored individual and audio/video data from the medic-worn illumination device.
US11582427B2
A medical image processing apparatus includes an image processor configured to: receive a plurality of first image data captured at different times and generated by illumination of light in a first wavelength band in sequence; receive a plurality of second image data captured at different times and generated by illumination of light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band in sequence; generate first and second images based on the received first and second image data, respectively; and output the generated first image and second image to a display in chronological order of the first and second images and in accordance with a preset display pattern of the first and second images.
US11582420B1
This disclosure describes techniques implemented partly by a communications service for identifying and altering undesirable portions of communication data, such as audio data and video data, from a communication session between computing devices. For example, the communications service may monitor the communications session to alter or remove undesirable audio data, such as a dog barking, a doorbell ringing, etc., and/or video data, such as rude gestures, inappropriate facial expressions, etc. The communications service may stream the communication data for the communication session partly through managed servers and analyze the communication data to detect undesirable portions. The communications service may alter or remove the portions of communication data received from a first user device, such as by filtering, refraining from transmitting, or modifying the undesirable portions. The communications service may send the modified communication data to a second user device engaged in the communication session after removing the undesirable portions.
US11582419B2
Methods and systems are provided for enhancing communications mobility in an enterprise using a distributed communication controller. At least one distributed communication controller processes incoming and outgoing calls from a user device such as wearable and peripheral devices. The calls range in type and include voice calls, video calls, and both voice and video calls. Upon receiving an incoming call for the user comprising audio and video content, the distributed communication controller sends a call notification message to the user device that is in proximity to the distributed communication controller. After receiving a call acceptance input from the user device, the distributed communication controller sends the audio content of the call over a first channel to the user device. While the audio content is being sent over the first channel, the distributed communication controller sends the video content to an alternative device over a different second channel.
US11582418B1
Techniques are provided herein for secure display device communications. In one example, a video communications device provides, to a display device over a first connection, communication information that enables the display device to contact a server over a second connection. The video communications device further provides, to the display device over the first connection, a command configured to initiate an interaction with the server. The server obtains, from the display device over the second connection, a message initiating the interaction in response to the command based on the communication information.
US11582415B2
The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus and electronic equipment that can reduce noise. A photoelectric conversion element, a conversion unit that converts a signal from the photoelectric conversion element into a digital signal, a bias circuit that supplies a bias current for controlling a current flowing through an analog circuit in the conversion unit, and a control unit that controls the bias circuit on the basis of an output signal from the conversion unit are provided, and at the start of transfer of a charge from the photoelectric conversion element, the control unit boosts a voltage at a predetermined position of the analog circuit. The conversion unit converts the signal from the photoelectric conversion element into a digital signal using a slope signal whose level monotonously decreases with time. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an imaging apparatus.
US11582414B2
A signal processing apparatus that processes image data output from a photoelectric conversion unit including a light-receiving region and a light-blocking region. The apparatus includes a control data generation unit that outputs control data used to generate correction data for correcting the image data using a trained model generated through machine learning, and a signal processing unit that generates the correction data on the basis of light-blocked image data and the control data, the light-blocked image data being image data, among the image data, that is from the light-blocking region, and corrects light-received image data in accordance with the correction data without applying the trained model, the light-received image data being image data, among the image data, that is from the light-receiving region.
US11582413B2
There is provided an optical navigation device including an image sensor and a processing unit. The image sensor outputs successive image frames. The processing unit calculates a contamination level and a motion signal based on filtered image frames, and determines whether to update a fixed pattern noise (FPN) stored in a frame buffer according to a level of FPN subtraction, the calculated contamination level and the calculated motion signal to optimize the update of the fixed pattern noise.
US11582407B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging apparatus and a driving method that can perform imaging at lower power consumption. By providing the solid-state imaging apparatus including a pixel array section on which a plurality of SPAD pixels is two-dimensionally arranged, in which in a case where illuminance becomes first illuminance higher than reference illuminance, a part of the SPAD pixels of the plurality of pixels arranged on the pixel array section is thinned, it is possible to image at lower power consumption. The present technology can be applied to an image sensor, for example.
US11582405B1
A transformer may transform image data from a first color pattern to a second color pattern. The transforming of image data may be applied to image data received from a memory storing an array of intensities corresponding to a first color pattern of a first color filter array (CFA) of an image sensor to a second color pattern. The second color pattern may be a color pattern of a size smaller that the first CFA. Remosaicing may be applied to the second color pattern to obtain image data organized in a Bayer color pattern. The transforming may be configured to operate on data from an image sensor to obtain different zoom levels not available without applying a digital zoom algorithm that involve upscaling, which reduces the image quality of the image data.
US11582404B2
A cue light device may comprise one or more connection interfaces configured for electrical coupling to a video switcher via a cable; a microcontroller configured to obtain and analyze data from the video switcher via the cable and the one or more connection interfaces; a multi-position switch configured to selectively permit a segment of the data to be processed by the microcontroller; and a light source electrically coupled to the microcontroller and configured to selectively illuminate based on a configuration of the multi-position switch.
US11582397B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that validate the synchronization of controllers in an aquaculture environment. One of the methods includes an image processor that receives images generated by a first image generating device that includes a light filter that is associated with light of a particular light frequency while an aquaculture environment was illuminated with light. Based on the image, the image processor determines whether the intensity value of the light frequency in the image satisfies a threshold value. Based on determining whether the intensity value of the light frequency in the image satisfies the threshold value, the image processor determines whether the aquaculture environment was illuminated with light of the particular light frequency when the image was generated. The image processor provides an indication of whether the aquaculture was illuminated with light of the particular frequency when the image was generated.
US11582396B2
An information processing device includes a picture image inputter configured to acquire a picture image imaged by a camera and at least one processor configured to execute a program stored in a memory. The at least one processor detects, from the picture image acquired by the picture image inputter, light emitted by a light-emission device, acquires, based on brightness of the detected light emitted by the light-emission device, set brightness information indicating an appropriate brightness for light to be emitted by the light-emission device, and transmits the acquired set brightness information to the light-emission device.
US11582395B1
A gimbal device for supporting an external photographing device includes a depth camera, a control unit and an actuator. The depth camera is configured to obtain spatial coordinates of a subject being photographed. The control unit is configured to determine a direction adjustment value of the gimbal device according to the spatial coordinates. The actuator is configured to receive the direction adjustment value and to adjust spatial orientation of the gimbal device according to the direction adjustment value, so that the external photographing device is able to track the subject being photographed. The control unit is further configured to obtain initial three-axis data of the gimbal device and three-axis data after the gimbal device is set to determine an angle difference between the initial three-axis data and the set three-axis data, and the actuator is further configured to receive the angle difference.
US11582385B2
The invention relates to a transportable recording apparatus for recording data for a localized panoramic image of a street for detachable mounting in and/or on a vehicle. The transportable recording apparatus has a computing unit, a buffer accumulator, a switch-mode power supply, a camera for recording a continuous film and a fastening device for the camera. Moreover, a device for satellite-based position and time determination as well as an electric power supply device for the electric power supply of the components are provided. The camera, the fastening device and the device for satellite-based position and time determination are designed separately and spatially apart from the computing unit. The transportable recording apparatus can be dismantled into individual parts. Furthermore, the invention relates to a vehicle with the transportable recording apparatus.
US11582382B2
An arrangement for determining an amount of light reaching an image sensor of a video camera, the video camera comprising an imaging lens system guiding a beam path towards an image sensor, wherein the arrangement comprises a transparent probing element through which the beam path passes on its way to the image sensor, and a light sensor arranged in an end of the transparent probing element. The light sensor is arranged to collect light being scattered or reflected in the transparent probing element.
US11582378B2
A depth measuring apparatus includes a camera assembly configured to capture a plurality of images of a target at a plurality of distances from the target. The depth measuring apparatus further includes a controller configured to, for each of a plurality of regions within the plurality of images: determine corresponding gradient values within the plurality of images; determine a corresponding maximum gradient value from the corresponding gradient values; and determine, based on the corresponding maximum gradient value, a depth measurement for a region of the plurality of regions.
US11582374B2
According to one embodiment, a reading device is a device for obtaining information for identifying a merchandise, and includes a housing, an imaging unit, a main illumination unit, and an auxiliary illumination unit. The housing includes a reading window having a property of transmitting light. The imaging unit is built in the housing and captures an image through the reading window. The main illumination unit illuminates an imaging target located on the opposite side of the imaging unit with the reading window interposed therebetween by emitting light outward the housing, and is arranged at the upper edge portion of the reading window. The auxiliary illumination unit illuminates the imaging target by emitting light outward the housing through the reading window, and is arranged inner side than the main illumination unit.
US11582369B2
The camera module with improved heat dissipation function include a base, a photosensitive chip, a circuit board; and a heat conducting sheet. Wherein the base comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A portion of the first surface is recessed to form a third surface between the first surface and the second surface, and to form a plurality of sidewalls connecting the first surface and the third surface, the third surface and the plurality of sidewalls cooperatively define a slot. Wherein the photosensitive chip is fixed on the third surface and accommodated in the slot; the circuit board is fixed on the first surface. A gap is defined between the circuit board and the photosensitive chip; the heat conducting sheet is disposed in the gap.
US11582364B2
A printing device includes: a communication interface communicable with a server capable of offering a specific printing service under a contract with the printing device; and a controller configured to control transition of an operation mode of the printing device from a non-contract mode without any contract with the server to a contract mode where the printing device is recognized as a contract-covered device eligible for executing specific printing under the contract. In response to receiving a command from the server to execute the transition to the contract mode, the controller is configured to perform: a determination process to determine whether the transition to the contract mode is to be executed; and a mode control process to maintain the non-contract mode without executing the transition to the contract mode against the transition command when the transition to the contract mode is determined not to be executed in the determination process.
US11582362B2
An image reading apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey an original; a reading unit comprising a reading sensor, the reading sensor having a light receiving element to receive light of a first color and a light receiving element to receive light of a second color that is different from the first color, wherein the reading unit is configured to read an image of the original conveyed by the conveyance unit by using the reading sensor to generate image data which represents a reading result of the reading unit; at least one processor configured to: determine a first abnormal position that is a position in a first direction of an abnormal pixel of the first color in an image represented by the image data.
US11582358B2
An image forming apparatus includes a display device, a first detection unit, a second detection unit, a first acquisition unit, and an output unit. The display device displays at least one image for display. The first detection unit detects a user's selection of an image for display in at least one image for display. The second detection unit detects an input to a drawing region of drawing indicating an image quality abnormality with respect to a target image corresponding to the selected image for display. The first acquisition unit acquires drawing information based on the input of the drawing detected by the second detection unit. The output unit outputs the drawing information acquired by the first acquisition unit.
US11582357B2
An information processing apparatus transmits a login request for logging into an external device to the external device, based on a short-range wireless communication being established between the information processing apparatus and the external device in a state where an application is operating in a background state on the information processing apparatus.
US11582354B2
A controller of an image reading device performs search for an edge candidate position inward from an edge portion in a main scanning direction of analysis image data in an extraction process of extracting a document region from read image data. When the retrieved edge candidate position corresponds to a dirt position, the search is continued whereas when the retrieved edge candidate position does not correspond to the dirt position, the document region is extracted from the read image data at the retrieved edge candidate position.
US11582349B2
A system and method for associating an audio clip with an object is provided wherein the voice-based system, such as a voicemail system, is used to record the audio clips.
US11582345B2
Context data management in a contact center environment is provided. For example, a method comprises receiving a given contact instance for a given user of a contact center, wherein the contact center comprises a plurality of communication channels configured to enable the user to initiate a contact instance and wherein the given contact instance is received over one of the plurality of communication channels. The method further comprises one of generating and updating a context data management pattern in response to receiving the given contact instance, wherein the context data management pattern comprises a data structure of one or more records that maintain information relating to the given contact instance received over the one of the plurality of communication channels and information relating to one or more previous contact instances associated with the user received over one or more of the plurality of communication channels.
US11582343B2
Broadband communications devices and methods operate with at least two separate communication paths between the devices and the network, such as the Internet. The broadband devices and methods receive data concurrently over the communication paths or separately. The bandwidth is increased when the separate communication paths are combined. The broadband devices employ packetized data with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies combined with RF communications technologies.
US11582342B2
In some implementations, a computing device can be configured to automatically turn off notifications when generating a notification would cause a disturbance or be unwanted by a user. The device can be configured with quiet hours during which notifications that would otherwise be generated by the computing device can be suppressed. In some implementations, quiet hours can be configured as a time period with a start time and an end time. In some implementations, quiet hours can be derived from application data. For example, calendar data, alarm clock data, map data, etc. can be used to determine when quiet hours should be enforced. In some implementations, the device can be configured with exceptions to quiet hour notification suppression. In some implementations, the user can identify contacts to which the quiet hours notification suppression should not be applied.
US11582339B2
Systems, devices, and methods including: capturing, by a capture device, an audio and corresponding location metadata associated with an emergency call; refining the location metadata to provide a refined location metadata; correlating, by the capture device, the refined location metadata of the emergency call with a geofenced location of the computing devices of one or more first responders (FRs); screening, by the capture device or the computing device, the emergency call data; transmitting, by the capture device, a first signal to the one or more computing devices based on the correlation, the transmitted signal including a portion of the captured audio and corresponding location metadata; receiving, by the capture device, an accept signal from the one or more computing devices of one or more FRs; transmitting, by the capture device, a second signal to the one or more computing devices based on the received accept signal.
US11582337B2
An artificial intelligence system and method are disclosed herein. The system includes a processor which implements the method, including: receiving by an input unit a first user input including a request to execute a task using at least one of the electronic device or an external device, transmitting by a wireless communication unit first data associated with the first user input to an external server, receiving a first response from the external server including information associated with at least one of the first user input and a sequence of electronic device states for performing at least a portion of the task, receiving a second user input assigning at least one of a voice command and a touch operation received by a touch screen display as the request to perform the task, and transmitting second data associated with the second user input to the external server.
US11582334B2
The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer-readable medium for providing audio announcement of communications to a called party in a communication network. The method includes receiving communication from a calling party and performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database via an Internet Protocol connection based on an identifier of at least one of the calling party and the called party. The information comprises one or more audio files. The method then provides the audio announcement to a called party based on the audio files.
US11582332B2
A system for efficient routing of an (OAM) frame in an Ethernet switch receives an OAM frame at a first port; building a first classification key dependent on an OAM frame header; classifies in a context of the first port to create a first classification; resolves action dependent on the first classification; modifies the first classification key to create a second classification key; classifies the frame in a context of the second port to create a second classification; sends the second classification key to an OAM engine coupled to the Ethernet switch for modification into a third classification key; receives the third classification key from the OAM engine; modifies the third classification key into a final classification key; modifies the header of the OAM frame with the final classification key; and sends the modified OAM frame to a switching fabric of the Ethernet switch.
US11582327B1
Techniques are provided for a coordinated microservice system including a coordinator and multiple services, which interact with each other. Each of the services can have multiple execution instances, which run independently of each other. In operation, the current status of each instance is evaluated against one or more rules to determine whether the current status changes the topography of the services and updating the topography based on the changes. An execution plan is created for executing a command based on one or more predefined rules and the updated topography, where the execution plan includes one or more steps for executing the command on each instance of the service. The execution plan is executed on each instance of the service in accordance with the one or more predefined rules.
US11582325B2
Described embodiments provide for routing remote application data. A device can receive a request to access an application. The application can be provided by data centers and accessible via service providers. The device can select a data center from the plurality of data centers and a service provider based at least on a metric indicative of a connection between the data center and the service provider. The device can query a database including one or more connection metrics using the application identified in the request and a location of a router transmitting the request. The device can determine the location of the router based on an internet protocol (IP) address of a client communicably coupled to the router. The device can transmit a response to the request identifying the selected data center and the selected service provider.
US11582319B1
A system and method to track whether users are viewing different sections of content in an email. The method and system tracks the scrolling behavior of recipients of an email by identifying the sections of an email that the recipients have viewed by tracking the touching of these sections in the case of a touch device or tracking of the cursor hovering over these sections in the case of a computer with a cursor and subsequently sending the activity to a remote server to be stored and aggregated.
US11582311B2
Systems and methods provide an adaptive avatar-based real-time holographic communication service. End devices implement a customized avatar for holographic communications. With the assistance of a network edge platform, a user's facial motions and gestures are extracted in real time and applied to the customized avatar in the form of an augmented-reality-based or virtual-reality-based holographic entity. When a connection to the network edge platform is interrupted or not available, a master holographic entity provides a graceful fallback to a less resource-intensive avatar presentation using, for example, a user's prerecorded motions as a basis for rendering avatar movement. The customized avatar may be automatically adjusted/altered depending on with whom a user is communicating (e.g., a friend vs. a business associate) or a purpose for the communication (e.g., a professional meeting vs. a social activity).
US11582310B2
An electrical panel or an electrical meter may provide improved functionality by interacting with a smart plug. A smart plug may provide a smart-plug power monitoring signal that includes information about power consumption of devices connected to the smart plug. The smart-plug power monitoring signal may be used in conjunction with power monitoring signals from the electrical mains of the building for providing information about the operation of devices in the building. For example, the power monitoring signals may be used to (i) determine the main of the house that provides power to the smart plug, (ii) identify devices receiving power from the smart plug, (iii) improve the accuracy of identifying device state changes, and (iv) train mathematical models for identifying devices and device state changes.
US11582295B2
A server system including a first server to execute first role, other server to execute at other role, spare server and management layer server. The management layer server is configured to allocate first group of users to access first server and other group of users to access other server, receive status information sent by first server and status information sent by other server, analyse status information to determine an operational status of first server and operational status of other server, update role of spare server to first role when operational status of first server indicates failed state and reallocate first group of users to the spare server, and update a role of another spare server to the other role when the operational status of the other server indicates a failed state and reallocate the other group of users to the other spare server.
US11582294B2
Systems and methods implemented in a node in a cloud-based system include operating a first cloud service that is implemented as a monolith system; operating a RESTful framework (Representational State Transfer web service) embedded in the cloud node; and operating one or more applications for one or more cloud services utilizing the RESTful framework, wherein the one or more applications are microservices. The RESTful framework utilizes Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) methods.
US11582293B2
Systems and methods may create and manage hybrid clouds including both standard compute nodes and edge devices. Edge devices can be enrolled in a hybrid cloud by deploying a lightweight container to the edge device.
US11582289B2
The present invention proposes a method for providing a broadcast content in an apparatus, the method comprising: requesting a filter code to an application running on the apparatus by using a first Application Programming Interface (API); receiving a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) object from the application in response to the first API; storing the filter code; receiving an Extended File Delivery Table (EFDT) having a first filter code associated with a first file; and selectively downloading the first file by comparing the stored filter code with the first filter code in the EFDT.
US11582284B2
Provided are computer-implemented methods and systems for optimization of publication of an application to a web browser. An example method for optimization of publication of an application to a web browser may include capturing, by a server-side agent, a video frame of a virtual screen associated with the application. The method may further include comparing, by the server-side agent, the video frame to a previous video frame of the virtual screen to detect a change in the video frame. The method may continue with generating, by the server-side agent, an image of the change based on the detection. The method may further include sending, by the server-side agent, the image of the change to a client device. The virtual screen may be re-rendered on the client device based on the image of the change and the previous video frame.
US11582283B2
A method of traffic reduction in a mesh computing system (400), the mesh computing system (400) comprising hosts located on edge nodes of the mesh computing system (400) and a central registry located outside the mesh computing system (400), the central registry holding the images. The method comprises, at a first host located at a first edge node, receiving (920) a request from a client for an image, sending (930) a request for the image to at least one other host of the mesh computing system (400). When the first host receives (940) notification that at least a second host holds the image, the first host downloads (960) the image from the second host to the first host. The first host creates (970) a container from the image. A host at a node (636; 700) and a mesh computing system (400) are also provided.
US11582278B2
A method for monitoring and correcting playback performance for content player. The method includes detecting a content player request from a media player on a user device, the content player request corresponding to a content item request from a server, generating a playback identifier including data corresponding to the content item, detecting one or more playback events occurring during playback of the content by the content player, generating one or more playback packets including the playback identifier, a packet identifier, and the one or more playback events, and transmitting the one or more playback packets to a server.
US11582277B2
Systems and methods for broadcasting events are provided. The system, for example, may include, but is not limited to, a communication system, a memory, and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive, from the communication system, a session identifier identifying a broadcast session and at least one application event corresponding to the broadcast session from a presenting electronic device, update a playback queue corresponding to the broadcast session stored in the memory based upon the received at least one application event, receive, from the communication system, a subscription request to the broadcast session from at least one subscribing electronic device, and transmit, via the communication system, a corresponding playback queue to each electronic device subscribed to the broadcast session, the playback queue including instructions to regenerate the application event within an application operating on the at least one subscribing electronic device.
US11582276B1
A communication/collaboration system enables a first user at a first entity to define a collaboration object, and to invite a second entity to collaborate on the collaboration object in accordance with a hierarchy with corresponding permissions. A second user at a second entity is enabled to collaborate on the collaboration object. A communications log regarding the collaboration between the first user and the second user is maintained. A communications log between the first user and other users at the first entity is maintained. A communication interface is displayed on the first user computer system that displays the log of communications between the first user and the second user on the collaboration object, together with the log of communications regarding the collaboration object between the first user and other users at the first entity, and excluding communications regarding the collaboration object between the second user and other users at the second entity.
US11582273B2
A contents sharing network is provided. An operating method of a control device includes determining a current state of possible states in a contents sharing process over a network; and displaying an icon indicating the current state among a plurality of predefined icons. The states are defined as a combination of at least one item of network connection, device discovery, a type of the discovered device, the number of the discovered devices, and existence of an available additional service.
US11582271B2
Techniques for committing back end computing resources to an online stream of requests for data from client devices are described herein. A polling schedule server (e.g., a reservation management system), may receive polling reservation requests from a plurality of client devices, may evaluate each client device's need for “fresh” data based on a number of input signals, and may assign the client device a polling slot (e.g., a reservation for a future polling time). The polling scheduler server may subsequently receive a polling request from a client device and, upon validating a token received from the client device as well as a difference between an assigned polling time and the polling request timestamp, may grant the polling request by transmitting a request to one or more communication system servers, receiving data from the communication system servers, and providing the data to the client device.
US11582267B2
Method, server, network node and multimedia User Equipment, UE, for controlling communication session establishment (10) in a multimedia over Internet Protocol, IP, based communications network with a plurality of multimedia UEs registered in the communications network with a same subscriber. In a communications handling server of the network, in reply to the receipt (12) of a request (11) for establishing a communication session with at least one UE of the plurality of UEs, an adapted request (13) is provided, based on which provisional response(s) and which final response(s) the UE of the plurality of UEs may provide, in response to the request (11) for establishing the communication session. The adapted request is forwarded (14) in the communications network, and a receiving UE processes the adapted request for establishing or not establishing the communication session (15).
US11582251B2
There are provided systems and methods for identifying patterns in computing attacks through an automated traffic variance finder. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor for digital transactions, may determine network traffic logs caused or generated by malicious web traffic and network communications, such as during a computing attack by a bad actor. The service provider may generate a log signature for the network traffic log based on a variance or uniqueness of the network traffic logs IP address from other network traffic logs for each field in the network traffic log over a time period, and a spread in the commonality of the network traffic log with other network traffic logs. An aggregate score for each field may be determined based on the variance and the spread. Once determined, the log signature may be used to identify other network traffic logs through a search function.
US11582244B2
A technique to implement access control from within an application begins by dynamically-generating a “management scope” for a transaction associated with a set of managed resources. The management scope is a collection of permissions defined by at least one of: a set of roles, and a set of resource administration rights, that are assigned to a first operator that issues the transaction. As the transaction executes, a request to alter the transaction is then received from a second operator. According to the technique, the management scope for the transaction and associated with the first operator is then evaluated against a management scope associated with the second operator. Upon determining the management scope associated with the first operator has a given relationship to the management scope for the second operator, the transaction is permitted to be altered in response to the request. The given relationship is scoped by one or more rules.
US11582242B2
A method, system and computer program product assess risk of an unauthorized API login and mitigate damage from an unauthorized API login. The method includes collecting in a database license attributes of a user license, user profile attributes, and database content change attributes; receiving an API login request; comparing features of the API login request to at least one of the database license attributes, user profile attributes, and database content change attributes against a predetermined threshold; assessing a risk of the an unauthorized API login request based on a result of the comparison; and based on a level of the assessed risk, implemented protective action to mitigate harm that may result from an unauthorized user from accessing information or services from a computer system by way of an API.
US11582236B2
An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor. The communication interface is configured to transmit data to and receive data from a cloud server that provides a cloud service. The processor is configured to receive a token from the cloud server via the communication interface, transmit a request including the token to the cloud server via the communication interface, receive a response including user information from the cloud server via the communication interface, and shift to a login state based on the user information.
US11582235B1
Some embodiments provide a local controller on a set of host computers that reduce the volume of data that is communicated between the server set and the set of host computers. The local controller executing on a particular host computer, in some embodiments, receives a portion of the namespace including only the policies (e.g., opcode) that are relevant to API-authorization processing for the applications executing on the particular host computer provided by a local agent executing on the computer to authorize the API requests based on policies and parameters. The local controller analyzes the received policies (e.g., policy opcodes) and identifies the parameters (e.g. operands), or parameter types, needed for API-authorization processing (e.g., evaluating the policy opcode upon receiving a particular API request) by the local agent. In some embodiments, the local controller performs this analysis for each updated set of policies (e.g., policy opcodes).
US11582232B2
An authority transfer system comprising a client, a resource server, a server that receives, from the client, an authorization request requesting permission to access to a resource managed by the resource server, and a user terminal possessed by an owner of the resource is provided. The server registers a first user terminal in accordance with a registration request of the first user terminal being received from the first user terminal, and determines whether or not a registered second user terminal can be deregistered in accordance with a registration cancellation request being received from the first user terminal, and if it is determined that the second user terminal can be deregistered, authenticates the first user terminal or the second user terminal, and deregisters the second user terminal in accordance with the authentication.
US11582231B2
A telecommunications network includes a serving network and a home network. In some examples the serving network receives, from the home network, identity data associated with a network terminal. The serving network determines a tied key using a tying key derivation function (TKDF) based on the identity data, then prepares an authentication request based on the tied key and sends the request to the terminal. In some examples, the home network receives the identity data from the access network and determines a tied key using a TKDF. The home network then determines a confirmation message based on the first tied key. In some examples, the serving network receives the identity data from the home network, and receives a network-slice selector associated with the network terminal. The serving network determines a tied key using a TKDF based on the identity data and the network-slice selector.
US11582230B2
Methods, systems, and devices relate to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques relating to dynamic change MAC address of the station for subsequent transmissions. In one exemplary aspect, a method of dynamic change MAC address includes specifying a MAC address change mode and a new MAC address to be used by the station. In another exemplary aspect, a method of dual MAC address change mode in the dynamic change MAC address mechanism includes separating the unchanged MAC address of the station from the changeable MAC address of the station, and keep the mapping between them. In another exemplary aspect, a method includes transmitting a MAC address change request message from the station (or the access point) to initiate the MAC address change procedure. In another exemplary aspect, a method includes receiving a MAC address change response message from the access point (or the station).
US11582228B2
A distributed identity system with local identification includes an identity system device and at least one local electronic device. The local electronic device locally stores at least a portion of identity information and the biometric identification information stored by the identity system device. The local electronic device determines identities by comparing received digital representations of biometrics with locally stored biometric identification information, performs actions using locally stored identity information included in the local copy, and uploads data related to the actions to the identity system device upon occurrence of an upload condition.
US11582227B2
Techniques are described for securely managing computing resources in a computing environment comprising a computing service provider and a remote computing network. The remote computing network includes computing and network devices configured to extend computing resources of the computing service provider to remote users of the computing service provider. The network devices include a trusted network device that includes a root of trust. The trusted network device detects that a new device is communicatively coupled to a port on the trusted network device. The trusted network device determines that the new device is not authorized to access computing resources at the remote computing network. The port is isolated at the trusted network device.
US11582222B2
Systems, methods, and devices for authenticating vehicle-to-vehicle communication are disclosed. A method includes receiving sensor data from a first vehicle and receiving secondary sensor data from a second vehicle. The method includes extracting, based on the sensor data and the secondary sensor data, an authentication comprising one or more of: a proximity of the second vehicle to the first vehicle or a common object identified by the sensor data and the secondary sensor data. The method includes determining whether the authentication satisfies a trust threshold of the first vehicle.
US11582220B2
An authentication server is connected to a plurality of client devices via a network and includes: a storage that stores a database including: a plurality of pieces of user information; and multiple kinds of a plurality of pieces of credential information for logging into an application or service provided by an external server via each of the client devices; and a processor that: upon receiving a first piece of user information from a first client device, determines whether the database contains a first piece of credential information corresponding to the first piece of user information, and upon determining that the database contains the first piece of credential information, sends to the first client device the first piece of credential information required to allow a user to log into the application or service provided via the first client device.
US11582219B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a memory, a camera module, a communications module, and a processor that is configured to: receive, from the camera module, image data associated with a machine-readable optical label, the optical label encoding transaction details of a transfer of data to a recipient account, wherein the transaction details do not indicate an identity of the recipient account; receive a user input indicating authorization to initiate a transfer of data, via a protected resource, from an account associated with the user to the recipient account; and in response to receiving the user input, generate a request for initiating the transfer of data based on the transaction details, the request including an access token for use in authenticating the user on requests to access the protected resource.
US11582210B2
A method for enabling a secure communication with a target device over a network includes: opening an unsecured OPC UA Endpoint by an OPC UA Server that runs on the target device; connecting to the OPC UA Server over the network by an OPC UA Client running on a first device, and requesting the initial device certificate; receiving the initial device certificate by unsecured communication over the network; validating, by the first device, the initial device certificate; establishing, by the first device, a device certificate; encrypting, by the first device, at least the device certificate; sending the encrypted data over the network; decrypting, by the target device, the encrypted data using an initial device private key associated with the initial device certificate to obtain at least the device certificate; storing the device certificate on the target device; and opening a secured OPC UA Endpoint by the OPC UA Server.
US11582209B2
A system and method is disclosed for assuring that networked communications between parties playing a game on a network (e.g., the Internet) are not tampered with by either of the parties for illicitly gaining an advantage over the other party. An initial sequence of tokens (e.g., card representations) for playing the game are doubly encrypted using an encryption key from each of the parties. Accordingly, during play of the game neither party can modify the initial sequence of game tokens during the game. At termination of the game, at least one of the parties can fully decrypt the initial sequence of tokens, and thereby, if desired, compare the played token sequence with the corresponding the initial token sequence.
US11582196B2
A system for managing and controlling a mesh VPN includes a management computing platform, a control computing platform, teleworker computing subsystems, and an office computing subsystem. The management computing platform provides deployment and management services to an organization for operation of a mesh VPN in a WAN in accordance with a service profile. The mesh VPN includes a hub node and a plurality of end nodes. Each end node communicates with the VPN hub node and with other end nodes via peer-to-peer paths. The control computing platform is the hub node and provide a control service for operation of the mesh VPN based on the service profile. The teleworker and office computing subsystems are end nodes. Various methods for operation of the computing platforms and subsystems in the mesh VPN are also provided.
US11582189B2
A method for filtering communication data arriving from a communication partner via a communication connection, which provides access to at least one storage means of a receiving data processing device having at least one computation unit, in the data processing device, wherein PCI Express, in an interface unit, receiving the communication data, of the data processing device, a filter means, at least part of which is embodied as hardware, is used so that, according to configuration information, prescribed on the data processing device, containing at least one approval condition that rates the at least one property of the useful data contained in the communication data, only the communication data meeting at least one approval condition are forwarded from the interface unit to at least one further component of the data processing device.
US11582184B2
Methods, systems and devices for network congestion control exploit the inherent burstiness of network traffic, using a wave-based characterization of network traffic and corresponding multiplexing methods and approaches.
US11582182B2
One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for providing media presentations to users of a media presentation system. A media presentation generally includes a plurality of media segments provided by multiple users of the media presentation system. In one or more embodiments, a user of the media presentation system may share a media presentation with a co-user. The media presentation system can provide a number of features to assist a user in sharing, filtering, and accessing media presentations.
US11582180B2
Systems and methods for managing location-based messaging are provided. The location-based messaging may occur between users within a particular venue. A location-based messaging system may facilitate messaging between event attendees and service personnel at the venue, such as during times of emergency or other times when the location of one user is to be sent to and used by another user.
US11582175B2
A system, device and method for secure message thread communication is provided. The device comprises a communication interface; a display device; and, a controller configured to: generate, at the display device, a plurality of message threads, the plurality of message threads associated with different incident reports; receive multimedia data for transmission in a first message thread of the plurality of message threads; compare the multimedia data with data from the different incident reports; and when an association is determined between the multimedia data and respective data from an incident report associated with a second message thread, of the plurality of message threads: transmit, using the communication interface, the multimedia data in the second message thread, and not the first message thread.
US11582167B2
Systems, computer-readable media, and methods are disclosed for parallel data processing for service function chains with network functions spanning multiple servers. An example system includes a first server hosting a first network function of a service function chain, a second server hosting a second network function of the service function chain, a mirror function deployed in a first switch to replicate a plurality of packets received by the system and to send respective copies of the plurality of packets to the first network function and to at least one of the second network function and a third network function of the service function chain, and a merge function deployed in a second switch to merge respective outputs of the first network function and the at least one of the second network function and the third network function.
US11582166B2
Systems and methods for providing a guaranteed batch pool are described, including receiving a job request for execution on the pool of resources; determining an amount of time to be utilized for executing the job request based on available resources from the pool of resources and historical resource usage of the pool of resources; determining a resource allocation from the pool of resources, wherein the resource allocation spreads the job request over the amount of time; determining that the job request is capable of being executed for the amount of time; and executing the job request over the amount of time, according to the resource allocation.
US11582163B2
A system for optimizing network traffic is described. The system includes a quality of service (QoS) engine configured to acquire information regarding a plurality of data packets comprising a plurality of data packet flows operating over a plurality of links. The QoS engine can be further configured to determine a flow priority to the plurality of data packets flows, and to determine TCP characteristics for the plurality of data packet flows. The system further includes a TCP controller configured to acquire the flow priority to the plurality of data packets from the QoS engine. The TCP controller can be configured to obtain queue information associated with the plurality of data packets, and adjust a receive window size based on the flow priority and the queue information.
US11582159B2
A split radio access architecture comprises a packet processing node and one or more baseband processing nodes. The packet processing node receives, from a baseband processing node, first feedback corresponding to air interface congestion between the baseband processing node and a wireless device receiving packets from the baseband processing node. The packet processing node also receives, from the baseband processing node, second feedback corresponding to transport network congestion of a transport interface between the packet processing node and the baseband processing node. The packet processing node transmits user data to the baseband processing node based on the received first and second feedback.
US11582156B2
A traffic detection method, apparatus, and system are provided. A first network device obtains a packet, where the packet is any packet of the traffic. The first network device adds a detection flag and detection indication information to the packet to update the packet, where the detection flag is used to indicate a position of the detection indication information, where the detection indication information includes a first flag, and the first flag is used to indicate whether the traffic is to-be-detected traffic. The first network device sends an updated packet to a second network device. According to this method, traffic performance is detected, and flexibility and extensiveness of traffic performance detection are improved.
US11582152B2
Example implementations relate to method and system for data management in a computing system, such as an edge server having a processing resource. During operation, the processing resource collects data from a plurality of smart devices and process a portion of the data at each edge-stage of a plurality of first edge-stages to generate partially processed data. Further, the processing resource evaluates a data processing load at an edge-stage of the plurality of first edge-stages based on a throughput of the edge-stage or a size of a data processing queue of a next edge-stage of the plurality of first edge-stages. The processing resource further pushes the partially processed data to the next edge-stage or a portion of the partially processed data to an external computing system and a remaining portion of the partially processed data to the next edge-stage, based on the data processing load at the edge-stage.
US11582144B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of facilitating routing through a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) defined for an entity. A first edge forwarding node located at a first multi-machine site of the entity, the first multi-machine site at a first physical location and including a first set of machines, serves as an edge forwarding node for the first set of machines by forwarding packets between the first set of machines and other machines associated with the entity via other forwarding nodes in the SD-WAN. The first edge forwarding node receives configuration data specifying for the first edge forwarding node to serve as a hub forwarding node for forwarding a set of packets from a second set of machines associated with the entity and operating at a second multi-machine site at a second physical location to a third set of machines associated with the entity and operating at a third multi-machine site at a third physical location. The first edge forwarding node serves as a hub forwarding node to forward the set of packets from the second set of machines to the third set of machines.
US11582137B1
In one embodiment, a method includes establishing, by an identity agent installed on a device, a connection to a browser installed on the device and generating, by the identity agent, first device information, a public key, and a private key. The method also includes communicating, by the identity agent, the first device information and the public key to an authentication service and receiving, by the identity agent, a unique identifier from the authentication service. The method further includes generating, by the identity agent, a first signature of the first device information and communicating, by the identity agent, the first signature, the first device information, and the unique identifier to the browser.
US11582136B2
The disclosure relates to method and system for geographic routing mesh network. The method may include determining, by a first node, a first list of nodes proximal to the first node in a mesh network. The method further includes sending, by the first node to each node on the first list of nodes, the first list of nodes proximal to the first node. The method(s) further includes receiving, by the first node in response to sending the first list of nodes, one or more second list of nodes from one or more nodes of the first list of nodes, each of the one or more second list of nodes being proximal to one of the one or more nodes of the first list of nodes and updating, by the first node in response to receiving one or more second list of nodes proximal to the one more nodes of the first list of nodes, one or more nodes of the first list of nodes.
US11582135B2
Systems and methods for constrained path computation in networks with connectivity and resource availability rules build the necessary constraints directly into the routing graph so that all paths found are by construction satisfying of all the constraints. This is in contrast to the conventional approach of finding multiple paths and then applying the constraints. The present disclosure efficiently addresses the necessary constraints in the routing graph. Path Computation Engine (PCE) performance in terms of time to return acceptable paths to the user generically degrades as network scale (typically expressed through length and number of paths) increases. The present disclosure keeps the input graph small even though the graphs have expanded functionality to address constraints.
US11582129B2
Embodiments are directed to managing communication over one or more networks. A monitoring engine may be instantiated to perform actions including receiving network traffic from a physical network that may be associated with network addresses of the physical network. The monitoring engine may analyze the network traffic to associate activity with gateway identifiers (GIDs) associated with gateway computers in an overlay network such that the GIDs are separate from the network addresses. The monitoring engine may be arranged to monitor the network traffic based on monitoring rules. The monitoring engine may provide metrics associated with the gateway computers based on the monitoring of the network traffic. The monitoring engine may compare the metrics to event rules. The monitoring engine may generate events based on affirmative results of the comparison. The events may be mapped to actions based on characteristics of the events and executed.
US11582128B1
Systems, devices, and methods of measuring directional latency and congestion in a communication network. A Uni-Directional Latency Determination Unit is connected in a communication network, located between an end-user device and a server. It monitors packets transported between the end-user device and the server, and it estimates a uni-directional latency of packet transport from the end-user device to the server or from the server to the end-user device. It utilizes a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Header and Timestamp Analyzer, to perform an analysis of data contained in timestamps of TCP packet headers of transported packets; and particularly, it analyzes data contained in a TSval field of such TCP packet headers. Congestion mitigation operations are accordingly deployed or activated.
US11582127B2
A reactive buffering system for use in IIoT data pipelines dynamically adjusts data accumulation and delivery by a node of a pipeline based on aggregated downstream metrics representing current data processing latencies of downstream nodes. Based on these downstream performance metrics, a reactive node that adjusts the size of the next data batch to be sent to an adjacent downstream node. The nodes of the data pipeline are configured to support a request-response based handshaking protocol whereby the nodes that send data to downstream nodes maintain up-to-date performance level information from adjacent downstream nodes. With this performance information, together with pipeline priorities, the sending node (or reactive node) adjusts the transmission rate and intermediate buffering of data. In this way, the nodes of the pipeline can dynamically regulate interim data storage to avoid overwhelming the pipeline system with too much data during periods of high latency.
US11582122B2
A system and a method for performing programmable analytics on network data are described. A data layer constructs flow behavior information based on information present within headers of data packets flowing across one or more network devices configured in a computer network. An inline heuristics layer performs one or more inline heuristic operations on the flow behavior information to obtain aggregate statistical information. An integrated analytics layer performs one or more analytical operations on the flow behavior information to obtain network insights. A presentation layer filters and plots information obtained from the data layer, the inline heuristics layer, and the integrated analytics layer, based on a user input.
US11582117B2
Examples herein relate to developing an orchestration plan. Examples disclose the development of a representation of a set of services wherein each service relates to other services via different types of relationships. The examples apply a set of dependency rules for each type of relationship at each service within the set of services such that the application of the set of dependency rules creates inter-service dependencies between state transitions of the set of services. Based on the creation of the inter-service dependencies, the orchestration plan is developed which includes a sequenced order of the state transitions for the set of services.
US11582113B2
This application provides a packet transmission method, apparatus, and system, and relates to the field of network technologies. The method is applied to a network architecture including a user terminal, a first forwarding device and a second forwarding device. A tunnel is disposed between the first forwarding device and the second forwarding device. The method includes: The first forwarding device receives packets forwarded by the user terminal in the load balancing mode, where the packets include a keepalive packet, and the first forwarding device is a standby forwarding device corresponding to the user terminal. The first forwarding device forwards the keepalive packet to the second forwarding device through the tunnel, where the second forwarding device is an active forwarding device corresponding to the user terminal.
US11582112B2
In an electronic control unit, it is determine whether a data frame received from a different electronic control unit via a communication network is abnormal. A prediction data, which is predicted to be a normal data supposed to be included in the data frame determined to be abnormal, is generated by using a past data that is a data included in stored data frames, based on a stored prediction generation method. A prediction data frame including the prediction data is transmitted via the communication network.
US11582099B1
A controller device includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to receive a query indicating a first time and a network service, determine a first set of configuration elements using telemetry data associated with the first time and the network service, and determine a second set of configuration elements using an intent model. The instructions further cause the one or more processors to determine one or more first metrics that occur at the first time using the first set of configuration elements and the second set of configuration elements, determine one or more second metrics at a second time using telemetry data received from the plurality of network devices, and generate data representing a user interface presenting the one or more first metrics and the one or more second metrics.
US11582086B2
In the present disclosure, a network monitoring system is provided including an IP network monitoring unit (610) that monitors an IP network to which an IP device is connected; and a non-IP device monitoring unit (630) that monitors a non-IP device. It is possible to monitor both the IP network and the non-IP device in a system that includes the IP network including the IP device and the non-IP device.
US11582084B1
Systems and methods described herein provide a method for operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) of data message transmission. The method comprises reading a transmit register of a transmitter associate with a first management entity to determine a transmit status of the transmit register. The method further comprises loading a data message into the transmit register when the transmit status of the transmit register indicates availability. The method further comprises embedding the data message as an out-of-band message with physical code sublayer modulation, and transmitting the out-of-band message on the physical code sublayer to a receiver associated with a second management entity. A transmit state machine of the transmitter and a receive state machine of the receiver establish a handshake to allow the out-of-band message to be passed asynchronously.
US11582073B1
A system comprising a processing circuitry configured to: obtain a first ordered sequence of symbols associated with a corresponding second ordered sequence of transmitted symbols and including one or more errors, the errors being discrepancies between given symbols of the first ordered sequence and corresponding symbols of the second ordered sequence; determine, for each symbol of the first ordered sequence of symbols, an estimated transmitted symbol, utilizing a Decision Feedback Equalizer (DFE); and determine if the estimated transmitted symbol of a given symbol of the first ordered sequence of symbols, satisfies a saturation threshold condition; and determine an error hypothesis identifying one or more of the errors by comparing the estimated transmitted symbol of at least one symbol of the first ordered sequence of symbols with one or more pairs of thresholds.
US11582069B2
A tunnel connection is enabled between a user terminal and a service provider using a simpler network configuration. A communication system 10 includes a user terminal 20, a service provider 30, a carrier network 40 that connects the user terminal 20 and the service provider 30 to each other, and a network control device 50 that controls the carrier network 40. The network control device 50 sets respective virtual tunnel end points (VTEPs) for a POI terminal 46 that is on the carrier network 40 and that is connected to the service provider 30 and for the user terminal 20, and sets a virtual tunnel between the virtual tunnel end points. The user terminal 20 communicates with the service provider 30 via the virtual tunnel.
US11582067B2
A networking system may include a first network such as a private cloud network and a second network such as a public cloud network. The first network may include a switch coupled to a computing resource. To facilitate a robust and flexible inter-network connection, the networking system may include network connector circuitry having a connector endpoint at the first network and a network connector coupling the connector endpoint to a network element at the second network. A controller for the first network may provide control signals and configuration data to the network connector circuitry to form the connection to the second network and may configure the switch to forward external network traffic to and from the connector endpoint via a switch port directly coupled to the connector endpoint.
US11582057B2
An application gateway including application service programming positioned at a user premises can provide voice controlled and managed services to a user and one or more endpoint devices associated with the application gateway. The application gateway can be controlled remotely by the application service provider through a service management center and configured to execute an application service provided from the application service provider. The application gateway can execute the application service at the user premises upon voice command by a user and independent of application services executing on the application service provider's network. An application service logic manager can communicate with an application service enforcement manager to verify that the request conforms with the policy and usage rules associated with the application service in order to authorize execution of the application service on the application gateway, either directly or through endpoint devices.
US11582054B2
The disclosure describes techniques for enhancements to the Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) to reduce Source Active (SA) message loops in one or more multicast domains having overlapping MSDP mesh groups. In some examples, a method includes receiving, by a first MSDP speaker, from a second MSDP speaker, a SA message. The method also includes, when the second MSDP speaker is in a mesh group with the first MSDP speaker, determining whether the first MSDP speaker includes an active SA state corresponding to the SA message. Additionally, the method includes, when the first MSDP speaker does not include the active SA state corresponding to the SA message, accepting the SA message and forwarding the SA message to a third MSDP speaker that is not in the mesh group with the first MSDP speaker and the second MSDP speaker.
US11582053B2
A data multicast implementation method, apparatus, and system are provided. In some embodiments, a transmission device receives a standby forwarding path establishment request, where the standby forwarding path establishment request includes a device identifier, has a destination address being an address of a multicast source device, and is used to request to establish a standby forwarding path between a multicast destination device identified by the device identifier and the multicast source device. In those embodiments, when determining, based on the device identifier in the standby forwarding path establishment request, that the transmission device is located on an active forwarding path between the multicast destination device and the multicast source device, the transmission device skips using the transmission device as a device on the standby forwarding path between the multicast destination device and the multicast source device, and skips forwarding the standby forwarding path establishment request.
US11582052B2
A message management method includes receiving, by at least one processor of a computer system, a share request for a message group that includes at least one message among messages in a chatroom; and forwarding, by the at least one processor, based on receiving the share request, information about the message group to a server which stores the information about the message group in association with the chatroom and shares the message group with users in the chatroom.
US11582050B2
In order to facilitate electronic meeting scheduling and coordination, systems and methods are disclosed including receiving, by a processor, a plurality of electronic meeting requests to schedule a meeting. The processor determines, for each electronic meeting request, meeting room needs. A meeting scheduling machine learning model is utilized to predict parameters of meeting room objects representing the candidate meeting rooms based at least in part on the meeting room needs, schedule information associated with a respective electronic meeting request and location information associated with the respective electronic meeting request. The processor causes an indication of the candidate meeting rooms to display in response to the electronic meeting request on a screen of computing devices associated with the respective attendees based at least in part on the predicted parameters. The processor receives a selection of the respective candidate meeting rooms from the respective attendees, and dynamically secures each candidate meeting room.
US11582040B2
In some examples, in response to a request from a client device for information relating to a transaction stored by a blockchain, a system identifies, using information stored in a distributed storage system that stores data for the blockchain, multiple data owner entities from which permissions are to be obtained for access of the information, and determines an authorization requirement for the information based on a smart contract. The system sends authorization information based on the authorization requirement to trigger a retrieval of authorization tokens from the identified data owner entities for access of the information, and sends the information to the client device in response to receiving the authorization tokens.
US11582032B2
A system and method for sharing user preferences pertaining to one or more products, without having the user reveal their identity, is described herein. The system is configured for registering a user by receiving a set of biometric samples of the user, processing the set of biometric samples to compute a Secret-Key (S1) corresponding to the user, generating a Unique-Number (N1) using a random number generation algorithm, applying a Function (F1) to the Secret-Key (S1) and the Unique-Number (N1), to compute a Public-Key (P1). Once the user is registered, the system is configured to receive a biometric sample from the user in real-time and compute the Secret-Key (S2) for authenticating the user. Once the user is authenticated, the system may recommend to the user, a candidate product from a product catalog, based on the user's preferences.
US11582031B2
Methods, systems, and devices for quantum key distribution (QKD) in passive optical networks (PONs) are described. A PON may be a point-to-multipoint system and may include a central node in communication with multiple remote nodes. In some cases, each remote node may include a QKD transmitter configured to generate a quantum pulse indicating a quantum key, a synchronization pulse generator configured to generate a timing indication of the quantum pulse, and filter configured to output the quantum pulse and the timing indication to the central node via an optical component (e.g., an optical splitter, a cyclic arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) router). The central node may receive the timing indications and quantum pulses from multiple remote nodes. Thus, the central node and remote nodes may be configured to communicate data encrypted using quantum keys.
US11582030B2
Techniques are disclosed for securely distributing entropy in a distributed environment. The entropy that is distributed may be quantum entropy that is generated by a quantum entropy generator or source. The true random entropy generated by a trusted entropy generator can be communicated securely among computer systems or hosts using secure communication channels that are set up using a portion of the entropy. The distribution techniques enable computer systems and hosts, which would otherwise not have access to such entropy generated by the trusted entropy source, to have access to the entropy.
US11582029B2
A method of operating a first node to generate a secret key for encrypting wireless transmissions between the first node and a second node. The method comprises receiving a first training signal comprising a plurality of subcarriers from the second node and constructing a matrix from the frequency responses of each of the plurality of subcarriers of the first training signal at the first node. A singular value decomposition of the matrix is computed; and a secret key is derived from one or more singular vectors of the singular value decomposition.
US11582024B2
A decentralized public key management system for named data networks based on blockchain, which solves the Compromised Certificate Authority (CA) Problem. The system divides the power of an individual CA among multiple Public Key Miners (PKMiners) that maintain the public key blockchains. The majority rule in name-principal validation allows the present invention to tolerate compromised PKMiners without causing any damage.
US11582001B2
Apparatuses and methods for band scanning in lean carrier operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for a network node includes identifying at least one time period for transmitting a reference signal over a full cell bandwidth in lean earner operation, and transmitting a reference signal according to a bandwidth pattern. The bandwidth pattern is based at least in part on the identified at least one time period.
US11581999B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for reference signal design in wireless communications. A base station may select a reference signal density scheme from a set of available density schemes associated with a port count. The reference signal density scheme may also be selected based on the category of the mobile device receiving the reference signal transmissions. The reference signal density scheme may be a higher density reference signal density scheme or a lower density reference signal density scheme, where the higher density reference signal density scheme includes more reference signal resource elements per subframe. The mobile device may determine the reference signal density scheme based on characteristics of a channel. The higher density reference signal density scheme may provide additional channel estimation opportunities for the mobile device. In some cases, the mobile device sends the channel estimated based on the received reference signals to the base station.
US11581992B2
With advanced compute capabilities and growing convergence of wireless standards, it is desirable to run multiple wireless standards, e.g., 4G, 5G NR, and Wi-Fi, on a single signal processing system, e.g., a system on a chip (SoC). Such an implementation may require simultaneously receiving and transmitting signals corresponding to each wireless standard and also signal processing according to respective requirements. Typical solutions involve providing separate hardware blocks specific to each wireless standard, which in turn requires more area on the SoC and consumes more power. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a unified hardware that may process signals across different standards in both a transmitting direction and a receiving direction simultaneously.
US11581986B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to an enhanced retry count for an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission. A device may identify a trigger frame received from a first device on a wireless communication channel. The device may determine a quality of service counter associated with an access category. The device may cause to send a frame to the first device based at least in part on the trigger frame. The device may determine an error condition associated with the frame. The device may refrain from incrementing the quality of service counter based on the error condition.
US11581983B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuring hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) soft combining for a subset of HARQ processes supported by a user equipment (UE). A method performed by the UE generally includes transmitting capability information indicating a capability of the UE to perform hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) soft combining and receiving, based on the capability information, configuration information from the BS configuring the UE to perform soft combining on only a subset of a set of HARQ processes.
US11581974B1
Aspects described herein relate to identifying an aggressor node that transmits interfering signals that cause interference to signals received at the node, communicating a configuration for applying a phase shift to the interfering signals for forwarding to the node from a reflecting node with the phase shift applied, and communicating, from the reflecting node, the interfering signals with the phase shift applied to at least partially cancel the interference to the signals received at the node.
US11581967B2
The disclosure provides a wireless channel scenario identification method and system. The method includes: simulating different wireless channel scenarios to obtain a channel scenario baseband signal y(t)pq; extracting a feature parameter of y(t)pq, extracting an autocorrelation function Ah(t)pq and performing a Fourier transform thereon to obtain a power spectral density function S(t)pq; normalizing S(t)pq to obtain a normalized channel scenario power spectral density function S(t)pq; designing a deep learning network and inputting S(t)pq and a category label pair to train the deep learning network; and for a system with a channel scenario to be identified, collecting a passband signal at its receiving end, obtaining the normalized scenario power spectral density function Ŝ(t)pq, and using Ŝ(t)pq as an input of the trained classifier, the output of the classifier being a label sequence of the channel scenario, and the channel scenario is effectively determined.
US11581955B2
A transceiving device includes a calibration signal generation unit, a phase adjusting unit, a transmission unit, a receiving unit, and a calibration unit. In a calibration mode, the calibration signal generation unit generates an in-phase (I) test signal and a quadrature (Q) test signal. The phase adjusting unit adjusts the I test signal and the Q test signal to generate an adjusted I test signal and an adjusted Q test signal according to a phase controlling signal. The transmission unit generates a radio frequency (RF) signal according to the adjusted I test signal and the adjusted Q test signal. The receiving unit receives the RF signal so as to generate an I receiving signal and a Q receiving signal. The calibration unit generates the phase controlling signal according to the I test signal, the Q test signal, the I receiving signal, and the Q receiving signal.
US11581954B1
An array of preferably electrically small scatterers is spaced at more or less regular intervals from a central transmitter. Each scatterer element includes a tunable or static reactive load which allows the propagation and fields generated by the central transmitter to be precisely controlled. Each scatterer element in the array also includes a resistive element whose value may change as a function of a distance between each scatterer and the central transmitter and which typically increases as a function of that distance. The central transmitter in the array nominally comprises an antenna, matching network, RF driver, and a vehicle, which may be a maritime vehicle or platform. The antenna for this transmitter may be comprised of an electrically small monopole oriented normal to the surface of the ocean or an electrically small loop antenna oriented with its magnetic moment parallel to the surface of the ocean.
US11581952B2
Methods for configuring an optical link in which a distribution of transmission data rates and line rates are configured for a predetermined amount of optical bandwidth to maximize transmission capacity. In these methods, a controller of an optical network obtains input parameters that include a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for optical signals and an allocated bandwidth of the optical link, further obtains, for each line rate, a mapping of transmission data rates along a frequency spectrum of the allocated bandwidth compatible with the SNR, and generates a channel plan in which a number of traffic modes and a distribution of a plurality of channels in the allocated bandwidth are set to maximize transmission capacity. The plurality of channels is used for transmitting the signals on the optical link. The controller configures at least one optical network element in the optical network to establish the optical link based on the channel plan.
US11581950B2
Techniques are described for implementing an out-of-band communication channel used to exchange control channel information in sub-carrier-based optical communication systems. In an example implementation, an optical communication system includes a primary transceiver, a component, and secondary transceivers. The primary transceiver is operable to supply first optical subcarriers to an optical communication path, the first optical subcarriers being amplitude modulated at a first frequency to carry first control information and amplitude modulated at a second frequency to carry second control information. The component is operable to be coupled to the optical communication path and includes circuitry operable to detect the first control information. The secondary transceivers are coupled to a terminal end of the optical communication path. At least one of the secondary transceivers is operable to detect the second control information and block the first control information.
US11581949B1
An optical or an optoelectronic device and methods are provided for data transmission across two interconnects. First, an electrical signal is obtained from an interconnect. Next, the electrical signal is modulated. Within the modulated electrical signal, an occurrence of a transition is determined, in which a change in a power of the electrical signal by more than a threshold amount. In response to the determination of the occurrence of the transition, coefficients indicative of respective amounts of compensation to resolve or mitigate nonlinearities associated with the transition are determined. According to the coefficients, a filter is applied in a vicinity of the transition to obtain a modified electrical signal. The modified electrical signal is converted into an optical signal and coupled to a fiber to transmit the optical signal to a destination at a second interconnect.
US11581947B2
An underwater communications system may include a first device and a second device being movable relative to one another. The first device may include a first laser transmitter configured to generate a first laser beam having a selectable spatiotemporal beam shape from among a plurality thereof, and a first controller coupled to the first laser transmitter and configured to select a spatiotemporal beam shape for the first laser beam from among the spatiotemporal beam shapes. The second device may include a second laser receiver configured to receive the first laser beam, and a second controller coupled to the second laser receiver.
US11581932B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration for a CSI report, wherein the CSI reporting configuration indicates that the CSI report is to include a layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio (L1-SINR). The UE may determine a number of CSI processing units (CPUs) occupied for processing of the CSI report that is to include the L1-SINR. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11581929B2
Beam measurement and reporting by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving configuration information for a channel state information (CSI) framework from a base station (BS) and identifying reporting settings and resource settings configured for the UE based on the received configuration information. The reporting settings configure a beam measurement and reporting configuration. The resource settings configure one or more reference signal (RS) resources for beam measurement. Each of the RS resources represents a transmit (Tx) beam. The method further includes performing beam measurement based on the identified reporting and resource settings, generating a CSI report based on the identified reporting and resource settings, and transmitting the generated CSI report to the BS.
US11581926B2
A codebook configuration method, a port configuration method and a device for the same are provided. A communication device determines configuration information of a codebook, where the configuration information of the codebook includes at least one of value range selection information of a base vector in a construction model of the codebook or value range selection information of a codeword in the codebook. The communication device sends the configuration information of the codebook to a communication peer end.
US11581925B2
This application provides a methods and apparatuses for generating precoding vectors. One method comprises: generating a channel state information (CSI) report, wherein the CSI report indicates a quantity of space-frequency vector pairs to be reported for each of a quantity of R transport layers, wherein a size of an overhead for indicating the quantity of the space-frequency vector pairs is unrelated to the quantity of R, wherein each of the space-frequency vector pairs comprises one spatial domain vector and one frequency domain vector, wherein for each of the R transport layers, one or more frequency domain units associated with the transport layer correspond to one or more precoding vectors, and wherein each of the one or more precoding vectors is constructed by one or more space-frequency vector pairs to be reported for the corresponding transport layer in the R transport layers; and transmitting the CSI report.
US11581913B2
Accordingly, there are disclosed herein active cables and methods that enable direct connection between different generations of network interface ports or ports supporting different standards. One illustrative embodiment is an active 1:N breakout cable that includes a unary end connector connected by electrical conductors to each of multiple split end connectors. The unary end connector is adapted to fit into a network interface port of a primary host device to provide output PAM4 electrical signals that convey a multi-lane outbound data stream to the primary host device and to accept input PAM4 electrical signals that convey multi-lane inbound data stream from the primary host device. Each of the split end connectors is adapted to fit into a network interface port of a secondary host device to provide output NRZ electrical signals that convey a split portion of the inbound data stream to that secondary host device and to accept input NRZ electrical signals that convey a split portion of the outbound data stream from that secondary host device.
US11581900B2
Disclosed are an analog-to-digital converter error shaping circuit and a successive approximation analog-to-digital converter. The analog-to-digital converter error shaping circuit includes a decentralized capacitor array, a data weighted average module, a mismatch error shaping module, a control logic generation circuit, a digital filter and a decimator. The decentralized capacitor array includes two symmetrically arranged capacitor array units, each capacitor array unit includes a first sub-capacitor array of a high segment bit and a second sub-capacitor array of a low segment bit. The data weighted average module is configured to eliminate correlation between the first sub-capacitor array and an input signal, and the mismatch error shaping module is configured to eliminate correlation between the second sub-capacitor array and the input signal.
US11581897B1
A digital-to-time converter (DTC) and methods of calibrating the same reduces or mitigates nonlinearity and thus improves DTC performance. A slope of a voltage signal of the DTC is calibrated using a capacitor and a comparator. Capacitance of the capacitor and/or maximum current of a current source is adjusted to configure the comparator to output a signal during a second phase when a reference voltage signal is at or above a first level and below a second level. Calibrating gain of the DTC includes adjusting a time difference between an output signal of the DTC set at a first digital code value and the output signal of the DTC set at a second digital code value to be one period of a clock signal input to the DTC. Calibrating integral nonlinearity of the DTC includes measuring a time period for each of multiple digital code values of the DTC.
US11581890B2
Provided is a switching apparatus, including: a first semiconductor switching device of IGBT, and a second semiconductor switching device of a different type from IGBT, which are electrically connected in parallel; and a control unit configured to turn on the second semiconductor switching device before the first semiconductor switching device, wherein a maximum rated current of the second semiconductor switching device is greater than a maximum rated current of the first semiconductor switching device.
US11581889B2
Apparatuses and methods for temperature and process corner sensitive control of power gated domains are described. An example apparatus includes an internal circuit; a power supply line; and a power gating control circuit which responds, at least in part, to a first change from a first state to a second state of a control signal to initiate supplying a power supply voltage from the power supply line to the internal circuit, and continue supplying the power supply voltage from the power supply line to internal circuit for at least a timeout period from a second change from the second state to the first state of the control signal, in which the timeout period represent temperature dependency.
US11581879B2
The disclosure relates in some aspects to providing miniature power-efficient agile photonic generators of microwave waveforms. Illustrative examples use chip lasers integrated in close thermal proximity with one another to provide a miniature microwave arbitrary waveform generator (AWG). Due to the small size of the lasers and the close integration, common ambient fluctuations from the environment or other sources can be efficiently reduced, yielding improved spectral purity of generated radio-frequency (RF) signals. Tight physical integration also permits a small device footprint with minimal acceleration sensitivity. The lasers may be locked to cavities or other resonators to allow efficient decoupling of the frequency and amplitude modulation of the lasers to provide flexibility to the waveform generator. Exemplary devices described herein can produce frequency chirped signals for radar applications. The frequency chirp may be linear and/or nonlinear. Tuning methods are also described herein.
US11581867B2
A bulk acoustic wave filter, a manufacturing method thereof, and a communication device are disclosed. The bulk acoustic wave filter includes a first filter substrate and a second filter substrate; the first filter substrate includes a first base substrate and a first resonator, a first electrode pad and a first auxiliary pad arranged on the first base substrate; the second filter substrate includes a second base substrate and a second resonator, a second electrode pad and a second auxiliary pad arranged on the second base substrate, the first filter substrate is arranged opposite to the second filter substrate, the first electrode pad and the second auxiliary pad are in contact with each other, and the second electrode pad and the first auxiliary pad are in contact with each other.
US11581863B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes the following configuration. A detection circuit detects a state of a clock signal. An amplification circuit changes a gain based on the state of the clock signal detected by the detection circuit. An amplification circuit amplifies a first voltage with the gain and outputs a second voltage obtained as a result of amplification. A conversion circuit converts the second voltage output from the amplification circuit to first data. An isolation circuit includes a driver and a receiver electrically isolated from the driver. The driver transmits a signal corresponding to the first data to the receiver. The receiver outputs second data corresponding to the signal transmitted from the driver. The output circuit outputs the second data output from the isolation circuit.
US11581858B2
The present disclosure discloses a sample and hold amplifier circuit that includes a positive and a negative terminal capacitor arrays, a positive and a negative terminal switch arrays and a differential output circuit. A second terminal of each of bit capacitors in the positive and the negative terminal capacitor arrays are respectively coupled to a positive and a negative output terminal. In a sampling time period, according to a first connection relation, each of the connected bit capacitors is controlled to receive a polarity input voltage to perform a gain modification. In a holding time period, according to a second connection relation, each of the connected bit capacitors is controlled to receive an offset modification voltage to perform an offset modification. A positive and a negative output voltages are generated at the positive and the negative output terminal to be outputted as a pair of differential output signals by the differential output circuit.
US11581856B2
An amplifier circuit includes a primary differential amplifier circuit connected to receive a differential input and provide a primary differential output with a first non-linearity. A secondary differential amplifier circuit is connected to receive the differential input. The secondary differential amplifier circuit is configured to generate a secondary differential output with a second non-linearity. The secondary differential output and the primary differential output are coupled together with opposing polarities such that the second non-linearity cancels out at least the first non-linearity.
US11581855B2
Disclosed is power amplifier circuitry having a bipolar junction power transistor with a base, a collector, and an emitter. The power amplifier circuitry includes bias correction sub-circuitry configured to generate a compensation current substantially opposite in phase and substantially equal in magnitude to an error current passed by a parasitic base-collector capacitance inherently coupled between the base and collector, wherein the bias correction sub-circuitry has a compensation output coupled to the base and through which the compensation current flows to substantially cancel the error current.
US11581853B2
A filter device configured to directly connect to a differential power amplifier of a transmit chain circuit. The filter device may include a transformer and a filter configured as a half lattice equivalent topology and having a single-ended output. The filter may be a lattice filter configured as a full lattice topology or a lattice equivalent filter configured as a half lattice equivalent topology. The filter includes a first branch having a first impedance network of one or more first impedance elements and a second branch having a second impedance network of one or more second impedance elements. The single-ended output of the filter device may connect to an antenna switch that is in turn connected to an antenna.
US11581839B2
A rotary-machine control device includes: a connection switching device switching a connection state of stator windings of a rotary machine; a current detection unit detecting a rotary machine current flowing in the rotary machine; a voltage application unit applying voltage to the rotary machine; a control unit generating a voltage command provided to the voltage application unit and outputting a switching command to switch the connection state to the connection switching device; and an open-phase determination unit determining presence or absence of disconnection in the rotary machine or presence or absence of disconnection of a power distribution line to the rotary machine. During rotation of the rotary machine, the control unit outputs the switching command and the open-phase determination unit determines presence or absence of disconnection.
US11581828B2
An electromagnetic energy harvester for converting vibrations of a body to electricity that includes a coil with two ends that is wound along a longitudinal axis of a ferromagnetic core, a magnet, and a suspending device that its first end is designed to be fixed to the body and its second end is designed to be fixed to the magnet. The first end of the core is design to be at close proximity to the magnet and the longitudinal axis of the core is designed to be substantially aligned vertically to the magnetic axis of the magnet. The vibrations of the body can cause a relative alternating movement between the core and the magnet that can create alternating voltage between the ends of the coil.
US11581827B2
Apparatuses and method are described to create an energy harvesting microstructure, referred to herein as a transduction micro-electro mechanical system (T-MEMS). A T-MEMS includes a substrate, a first buckled membrane, the first buckled membrane has a buckling axis and is connected to the substrate. The first buckled membrane further includes a transduction material, a first conductor, the first conductor is applied to a first area of the transduction material; and a second conductor, the second conductor is applied to a second area of the transduction material, wherein electrical charge is harvested from the transduction material when the first buckled membrane is translated along the buckling axis.
US11581821B2
A power switching circuit including a first DC/DC converter having a first input configured to receive a first input DC voltage, a second DC/DC converter having a first input configured to receive a second input DC voltage, a DC/AC inverter having a first input coupled to the output of the first DC/DC converter and a second input coupled to the output of the second DC/DC converter, the DC/AC inverter including n (n>2) switching legs, and at least one controller coupled to the first DC/DC converter, the second DC/DC converter, and the DC/AC inverter, the at least one controller configured to operate the DC/AC inverter to provide n AC signals to at least one load coupled to the DC/AC inverter by operating two of the n switching legs in a static state and n−2 of the n switching legs in a transition state.
US11581819B2
System and method for transmitting and receiving. For example, the system includes a transmitter, one or more wires, and a receiver connected to the transmitter through the one or more wires. The transmitter is configured to generate a first current, and the receiver is configured to receive the first current. The receiver includes a coil, a Hall effect sensor, and a comparator, and the Hall effect sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The coil is electrically isolated from the Hall effect sensor and configured to generate a magnetic field based at least in part on the first current flowing through the coil, and the Hall effect sensor is configured to sense the magnetic field and generate a first voltage at the first electrode and a second voltage at the second electrode. The comparator includes a first input terminal and a second input terminal.
US11581818B2
A direct-current voltage conversion circuit having on/off control with a dead-time period performed alternately on a first switch and a second switch included in a direct-current voltage conversion circuit. When alternating current flows in a series circuit part including two transformers magnetically independent, current flows in an output circuit including a secondary side of one transformer, and energy is accumulated in the other transformer. The permeabilities of the magnetic cores in the first and second transformers is between 15 and 120.
US11581815B2
System controller and method for regulating a power converter. For example, the system controller includes a first controller terminal and a second controller terminal. The system controller is configured to receive an input signal at the first controller terminal and generate a drive signal at the second controller terminal based at least in part on the input signal to turn on or off a transistor in order to affect a current associated with a secondary winding of the power converter. Additionally, the system controller is further configured to determine whether the input signal remains larger than a first threshold for a first time period that is equal to or longer than a first predetermined duration.
US11581813B2
A voltage regulator circuit included in a computer system may include multiple phase circuits each coupled to a regulated power supply node via a corresponding inductor. The phase circuits may modify a voltage level of the regulated power supply node using respective control signals generated by a digital control circuit that processes multiple data bits. An analog-to-digital converter circuit may compare the voltage level of the regulated power supply node to multiple reference voltage levels and sample the resultant comparisons to generate the multiple data bits.
US11581796B2
Pulse width modulation (PWM) controllers for hybrid converters are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a PWM controller for a hybrid converter includes a threshold generation circuit for generating a threshold signal based on an output voltage of the hybrid converter, a threshold adjustment circuit for generating an adjusted threshold signal based on sensing a voltage of a flying capacitor of the hybrid converter, and a comparator that generates a comparison signal based on comparing the adjusted threshold signal to an indication of an inductor current of the hybrid converter. The output of the comparator is used for generating PWM control signals used for turning on and off the switches (for instance, power transistors) of the hybrid converter.
US11581792B2
An actuator device includes a support part, a first movable part, a second movable part, a first connecting part connecting the first movable part to the second movable part, a second connecting part connecting the second movable part to the support part, a spiral coil provided to the second movable part, a first external terminal provided to the support part, and a first wiring connected to an inner end portion of the coil and the first external terminal. The first wiring includes a lead wiring connected to the first external terminal, and a straddle wiring provided to the second movable part so as to straddle the coil and connected to the inner end of the coil and the lead wiring. The width of the straddle wiring is larger than the width of the coil, and the thickness of the straddle wiring is smaller than the thickness of the coil.
US11581781B2
A linear actuator for adjusting a piece of furniture comprises a motor having a motor shaft, a conversion arrangement coupled to the motor shaft and adapted to convert a rotational movement generated by the motor shaft into an elongation of the linear actuator, and a locking arrangement coupled directly or indirectly to the motor shaft and adapted to selectively cause rotation locking of the motor shaft by means of a locking element. The locking arrangement comprises an inner part with at least one inner chamber and an outer part radially surrounding the inner part and having at least one outer chamber. The outer part and the inner part are rotatable relative to each other in such a way that the at least one inner chamber and the at least one outer chamber can be aligned with each other. The rotation locking is activated by clamping the locking element between the at least one inner chamber and the at least one outer chamber by means of rotation of the inner part and the outer part relative to each other.
US11581778B2
A motor and a rotating shaft cooling device thereof are disclosed. A rotating shaft of the motor is formed with an annular space. A shaft has a front end and a rear end. The shaft is a blind tube formed with a channel communicating with the annular space through a plurality of nozzles. The distance between the nozzles and the rear end is less than one-half of the length of the shaft. A cooling fluid flows through the nozzles to form a jet array to impinge on the inner wall of the rotating shaft to cool the rotating shaft, and flows back in the annular space to enhance the cooling effect, increase the heat exchange area, and improve the cooling effectiveness of the rotating shaft.
US11581775B2
An electric motor having has a rotor and a stator with a stator core as well as an insulation assembly, which extend along a common longitudinal axis from a first end face to a second end face of the stator. The stator core is formed with bars arranged uniformly distributed on the circumference to accommodate conducting wires wound into coils. The insulation assembly has a first insulation element, second insulation elements, and a third insulation element. The first insulation element is arranged between conducting wires and the stator core; a respective second insulation element is arranged in an intermediate space formed between coils arranged to fit closely to one another; and the third insulation element is arranged on an inner side of the stator, the inner side pointing inward in the radial direction, in a manner so as to seal the inner side.
US11581768B2
An electric motor includes a shaft, and a stator disposed around the outer periphery of the shaft and including a plurality of slots extending toward the shaft. A plurality of coil units are arranged respectively in the plurality of slots. The coil units are each formed of a plurality of wires connected in parallel. One of the coil units that is arranged in at least one of the plurality of slots formed in the stator includes a plurality of winding groups that are connected in series and that have a different number of turns from each other. The winding groups are arranged in the slot in descending order of the number of turns in the direction toward the shaft.
US11581765B2
An interior permanent magnet electric motor forms a buried angle of a left permanent magnet of a slot part of a rotor differently from a buried angle of a right permanent magnet of the slot part of the rotor, so as to reduce torque ripple while sufficiently maintaining motor efficiency as compared to an I-type rotor to effectively improve noise, vibration, and harshness performance.
US11581759B2
A power reception apparatus performs device authentication on a power transmission apparatus, and performs control to request first power of the power transmission apparatus in a case where the power transmission apparatus fails the device authentication and to request second power higher than the first power of the power transmission apparatus in a case where the power transmission apparatus successfully passes the device authentication. In addition, the power reception apparatus sets a setting to permit requesting the second power of a power transmission apparatus which does not have a function for responding to the device authentication.
US11581749B2
An electronic device includes a display module including a first region exposed to an outside in first and second modes and a second region extending from the first region, where the second region is partially opposite to the first region in the first mode or is partially exposed in the second mode, the second region includes a curved region in the first mode and a flat region extending from the curved region and opposite to the first region, a supporting member disposed below the display module, a case which contains the display module and the supporting member, where the first and second modes are determined based on a sliding motion of the case, and a wireless charging coil which is contained in the case and shielded by the supporting member in the first mode, and does not overlap the supporting member in the second mode.
US11581747B2
In a power supply device, switching section switch a connection between batteries to a series connection or a parallel connection. In a case where the connection between the batteries is switched from the series connection to the parallel connection to charge the batteries by an external charger, a controller does not switch the connection to the parallel connection, does not charge one battery having a larger voltage out of the batteries, and separately charges the other battery when a potential difference between a voltage of the battery and a voltage of the battery is a predetermined threshold value or higher; and the controller switches the connection to the parallel connection and charges the batteries when the potential difference is lower than the threshold value.
US11581744B2
An electrical architecture of an aircraft includes a plurality of primary generators each associated with a propulsion engine of the aircraft, a plurality of primary electrical networks each associated with a primary generator in nominal operating mode, a single-part secondary electrical network, an electrical energy accumulation device connected directly to the secondary network, a first electrical energy converter arranged between the secondary electrical network and a first of the primary electrical networks, allowing energy to be transferred from the first of the primary electrical networks to the secondary electrical network, the first electrical energy converter being intended to supply electrical energy to the electrical energy accumulation device in nominal operating mode, a second electrical energy converter arranged between the secondary electrical network and a second of the primary electrical networks, allowing energy to be transferred from the secondary electrical network to the second of the primary electrical networks.
US11581736B2
A method and a system for evaluating inertia of a power system and a storage medium. The method includes: injecting a cosine active power disturbance into the power system by small-disturbance injection, and obtaining frequency response at a node where the disturbance is injected, where the active power disturbance can be an energy storage, wind power, or photovoltaic power; acquiring an evaluation framework of inertia and frequency regulation capability of the power system according to relative characteristics of a frequency response function; and constructing a mathematical relationship between the impedance and frequency response characteristics according to a relationship among active power disturbance, frequency fluctuation and impedance.
US11581729B2
A system and method for combining positive and negative voltage electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection into a clamp that uses cascoded circuitry, including detecting, by an electrostatic discharge protection system, a voltage pulse on an input pin of an integrated circuit (IC) controller, the IC controller coupled between a power supply node and a ground supply node; determining, by the ESD protection circuit, an ESD event on the input pin based on the voltage detected on the input pin; and/or controlling, by the ESD protection circuit during the ESD event, one or more clamps to transport the voltage pulse from the input pin of the IC controller to the power supply node.
US11581727B2
A temperature monitoring device for protecting the winding of an electronically commutated electric motor from being heated over a specified limit temperature TG regardless of the rotational speed includes a phase current detection device for detecting the phase current IWinding for the motor windings, an overcurrent switch-off device for switching off the electric motor if a maximum permissible phase current IShutdown is exceeded, and an overcurrent monitoring device, which is connected to the overcurrent switch-off device, in order to transmit to it a switch-off signal if the detected phase current IWinding exceeds the maximum permissible phase current IShutdown ascertained by a detection and computing device, wherein an algorithm in which the measured ambient temperature TU is incorporated is used when ascertaining the maximum permissible phase current IShutdown.
US11581706B2
An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction. The optical semiconductor device includes a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer. The optical semiconductor device further includes an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer. The quantum well active layer is doped with 0.3 to 1×1018/cm3 of n-type impurity.
US11581697B2
Methods and apparatus for a controlling a stimulus source to direct photons to a pixel in a pixel array contained in a detector system, analyzing a response of the pixel in the pixel array; and generating an alert based on the response of the pixel in the pixel array. Example stimulus sources include a conductive trace, a PN junction, and a current source.
US11581694B1
Disclosed are dielectric cavity arrays with cavities formed by pairs of dielectric tips, wherein the cavities have low mode volume (e.g., 7*10−5λ3, where X is the resonance wavelength of the cavity array), and large quality factor Q (e.g., 106 or more). Applications for such dielectric cavity arrays include, but are not limited to, Raman spectroscopy, second harmonic generation, optical signal detection, microwave-to-optical transduction, and as light emitting devices.
US11581693B2
The disclosure relates to a pulsed laser driver that utilizes a high-voltage switch transistor to support a high output voltage for a laser, and a low-voltage switch transistor that switches between an ON state and an OFF state to generate a pulsed current that is supplied to the laser to generate an output pulsed laser signal. The pulsed laser driver switches the low-voltage switch transistor between the ON state and the OFF state according to an input pulsed signal such that the output pulsed laser signal is modulated according to the input pulsed signal. The pulsed laser driver also utilizes a feedback control module to control the gate terminal voltage of the high-voltage switch transistor to improve the precision of the output pulsed laser signal.
US11581690B2
A robot apparatus includes a clamp mechanism; a transport mechanism; and a control unit. The clamp mechanism includes a first finger that has a first support surface and a housing portion and a second finger. The first support surface supports an aligned wire group that includes a plurality of wires, the housing portion includes a guide wall that is connected to the first support surface and regulates an amount of movement of the band member in a width direction. The second finger has a second support surface facing the first support surface and a facing portion being connected to the second support surface and facing the housing portion. The transport mechanism is capable of moving the clamp mechanism. The control unit controls a grip force of the clamp mechanism and a direction of movement of the clamp mechanism by the transport mechanism.
US11581682B2
A method and apparatus for securing an electrical connection formed by a mating structure including prongs of a male assembly and receptacles of a female assembly are provided. In certain embodiments, the electrical connection can be secured by frictional engagement between the plug and receptacle housings. This can be accomplished by forcing a wedge into an interface between the housings or expanding a locking element, such as an elastomeric ring, into the interface. Such locking and releasing of the secure connection can be actuated using a locking nut.
US11581676B2
A pin terminal assembly includes a pin terminal having a retention section and a cavity adaptor formed of a non-conductive material and engaging the retention section. The cavity adaptor has an outer shape corresponding to a cavity of a housing in which the pin terminal is inserted. The cavity adaptor retains the pin terminal in the cavity.
US11581674B2
An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of electrical conductors held within the housing. The housing includes a mating shroud protruding forward from a front wall of the housing and defining a port that receives a mating circuit card therein. Each of the electrical conductors includes a mating contact disposed within the mating shroud and a mounting contact that projects beyond a bottom end of the housing to electrically connect to a circuit board. The mounting contacts are located within a termination area of the electrical connector.
US11581671B2
An integrated circuit (IC) socket comprising a housing with a land side, an opposing die side, and sidewalls around a perimeter of the housing. The housing comprises a first dielectric. A plurality of socket pins extends from the land side of the housing through socket pin holes in the housing over the die side of the housing. A second dielectric is within the interstitial regions between the socket pins and sidewalls of the socket pin holes. A frame structure extends around at least a portion of the perimeter of the housing, and a mesh structure is embedded within the first dielectric. The mesh structure has plurality of mesh filaments extending between the plurality of socket pin holes and coupled to the frame structure.
US11581664B2
An antenna is described. The antenna includes a first plurality of first elements. Each of the first elements is dual polarized and configured to support a first set of bands and a second set of bands that is mutually exclusive from the first set of bands. The antenna also includes a second plurality of second elements. Each of the second elements is dual polarized and configured to support the second set of bands. The second plurality of second elements is interleaved with the first plurality of first elements.
US11581663B1
An apparatus for space and terrestrial communication applications includes a Ka-band horn combined with a S-band cross-polarization cup. The S-band cross-polarization cup is placed around a neck of the Ka-band horn in a form of a collar.
US11581658B2
A device comprising a plurality of metallic conical radiators, said conical radiators substantially hollow having a vertex end and a base end, a first cylindrical portion disposed annularly about the base end of the conical portion, a metallic second cylindrical portion coupled to the vertex of the conical portion, said cylindrical portion having a threaded aperture, and an antenna feed coupled to the threaded aperture. The device may have patches disposed on a substrate as a one or multi-dimensional array. An RF feed may be coupled to the radiators.
US11581655B2
An antenna includes a reflector and a waveguide assembly. The waveguide assembly includes a feed assembly and a support member that extends from behind the reflector to orient the feed assembly for direct illumination of the reflector. The waveguide assembly includes a first waveguide coupled to a first portion of a common waveguide, a second waveguide coupled to a second portion of the common waveguide, and a septum layer that includes a septum polarizer coupled between the common waveguide and the first and second waveguides.
US11581654B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a chaff electronic countermeasure device. The device comprises an antenna that is in communication with a substrate. An integrated circuit is in electrical communication with the conductive antenna element. The conductive antenna element includes a conductive composition. The conductive composition includes a conductive polymer and graphene sheets. The device is configured to absorb from a radar source a first radio frequency having a first amplitude. The device is configured to absorb from a radar source a first radio frequency having a first amplitude. In response to absorbing the first radio frequency, the device is configured to reradiate at least a portion of a second radio frequency having a second amplitude toward the radar source, which results in an increased radar cross section of the device as perceived by the radar source. The second amplitude is higher than the first amplitude.
US11581651B2
Disclosed are a microstrip antenna and a television. The microstrip antenna comprises a substrate, an excitation layer and a grounding layer which are provided on the substrate, and a feed unit and a coupling structure which are provided in the excitation layer. The feed unit is electrically connected to the excitation layer. A coupling layer and the excitation layer are electrically connected to the grounding layer. The coupling structure comprises the coupling layer and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is located between the excitation layer and the coupling layer. The coupling layer and the excitation layer are electrically connected to the grounding layer.
US11581646B2
A dipole antenna includes an elongate substrate and a first, second, and third conductive pieces on the substrate, the first conductive piece having a main part, a straight part, and a bent part, a free end of the straight part defining a feeding point, the second conductive piece having a bent portion, two U-shaped portions, and a ground portion, wherein the main part of the first conductive piece includes a connecting portion connected to the straight part, a meander portion connected at one end thereof to the connecting portion, and an end portion connected to an opposite end of the meander portion, and the straight part of the first conductive piece is disposed between the two U-shaped portions of the second conductive piece.
US11581645B2
A microstrip ultra-wideband antenna is provided, including: an upper dielectric substrate, a radiation patch, an open-circuit line, a short-circuit line, a ground plane, a lower dielectric substrate, a vertical dielectric substrate, isolation walls, a hyperbolic microstrip balun feeder and an ideal wave port. The radiation patch is attached to a lower surface of the upper dielectric substrate; the ground plane is attached to an upper surface of the lower dielectric substrate; the short-circuit line and the open-circuit line are attached to a rear surface and a front surface of the vertical dielectric substrate respectively; the hyperbolic microstrip balun feeder is attached to the front and rear surface of the vertical dielectric substrate; the isolation walls are located between the upper dielectric substrate and the lower dielectric substrate perpendicularly to an end of the radiation patch; and the ideal wave port is provided below the hyperbolic microstrip balun feeder.
US11581642B2
The sealing material composition of the disclosure includes an unsaturated carbonyl compound having at least two unsaturated carbonyl groups and a curing agent that is thermally reactive with the unsaturated carbonyl compound and contains a compound having at least two of one or more kinds of functional groups selected from the group consisting of a mercaptan group, a hydroxyl group, and a secondary amine group.
US11581637B2
A base station antenna includes first and second reflectors that are movable relative to each other, and each of the first and second reflectors includes a plurality of radiating elements on a main reflector surface thereof. A third reflector is movably coupled to the first and second reflectors, and movement of the third reflector causes the first and second reflectors to move relative to each other. A drive mechanism is utilized to move the third reflector and includes a drive shaft, an actuator configured to rotate the drive shaft, and a threaded shaft coupled to the drive shaft and configured to rotate in response to rotation of the drive shaft. Rotational movement of the threaded shaft causes linear movement of the third reflector. A control unit, such as a remote electrical tilt (RET) controller controls the actuator to rotate the driveshaft.
US11581634B2
A method and an apparatus for recognizing an absorptive radome coating on an apparatus for emitting electromagnetic radiation and receiving partial radiation reflected at objects is disclosed. The radome covers at least one antenna of the apparatus. A mixer mixes a frequency-modulated transmission signal with the signal received by the at least one antenna, the mixed product of the mixer is subjected to analog-to-digital conversion, the digitized signal is transformed into a two-dimensional spectrum, and the two-dimensional spectrum is mapped with a transfer function. The two-dimensional spectrum that was mapped with the transfer function is correlated with correlation matrices in order to carry out pattern recognition.
US11581628B2
An antenna structure includes a first radiator, a second radiator, an antenna ground, and a conductor. The first radiator for resonating at a high frequency band includes a feeding end. The second radiator is connected to the first radiator and resonates at a low frequency band with a part of the first radiator. The antenna ground is located on one side of the first radiator and the second radiator. The conductor is located between the second radiator and the antenna ground in a first direction and connected to the first radiator and the antenna ground. A slit having at least one bending portion is formed among the second radiator, and the conductor and the antenna ground. An electronic device is further provided.
US11581625B2
Embodiments include a wireless microphone comprising an elongated main body configured for handheld operation of the microphone; a display bezel area included in the main body; a first antenna positioned at a bottom end of the main body; and a second antenna integrated into the display bezel area. Embodiments also include a wireless handheld microphone comprising a main body having a conductive housing and a tubular shape configured for handheld operation of the microphone; an opening included on a side surface of the conductive housing; a non-conductive cover coupled to the conductive housing and configured to cover the opening; and an antenna positioned adjacent to the non-conductive cover.
US11581623B1
A low-profile slide screw impedance tuner with rotating disc-shaped tuning probes uses a mechanical arrangement for correcting the skewing of the reflection factor response of the rotating tuning probes. As the axis of the control motor turns, a protruding pin pushes against a fixed limit stop block and shifts the motor and its axis, and by that the tuning probe, in the opposite direction of the rotation shift. This corrects for the skewing phase rotation.
US11581622B2
In a transmission line, a first ground conductor pattern and a second ground conductor pattern are connected through a first interlayer connecting conductor, and the first ground conductor pattern and a third ground conductor pattern are connected through a second interlayer connecting conductor. A first signal conductor pattern includes a first bypassing pattern portion that bypasses the first interlayer connecting conductor, and a second signal conductor pattern includes a second bypassing pattern portion that bypasses the second interlayer connecting conductor. Bypassing directions of the first bypassing pattern portion and the second bypassing pattern portion are opposite to each other.
US11581615B2
This application provides embodiments including a connection member and a rechargeable battery. The connection member includes a guide plate and a first connecting plate integrally formed on the guide plate, where the first connecting plate is disposed in a bendable manner relative to the guide plate, and at least one indentation is present between the first connecting plate and the guide plate. In the embodiments, a bending position is more accurate when the first connecting plate is bent relative to the guide plate. This is conducive to an accurate size of the connection member being bent, and is also helpful for the rechargeable battery to successfully assemble a battery core, the connection member, and a housing.
US11581613B2
An electrically conductive hybrid membrane, including a solid membrane substrate including a curable material; and electrically conductive particle disposed on the solid membrane substrate, wherein the solid membrane substrate has an elastic modulus of about 10 MPa to about 1000 MPa, and the electrically conductive particle is exposed on both sides of the solid membrane substrate.
US11581609B2
The present application is provided with a battery box and a battery module. The battery box includes a plurality of end plates; a plurality of side plates, where one end plate is provided between adjacent side plates, and the end plates and the side plates enclose and form a cavity of the battery box. A plurality of welding members are formed by bending an end portion of each of the side plates and/or each of the end plates for enclosure for multiple times. Each of the welding members is configured to weld to a corresponding end plate or side plate.
US11581607B1
A battery system with a passive thermal management system is formed from a plurality of battery cells arranged on a printed circuit board assembly. In some cases, the printed circuit board assembly may include a flexible printed circuit board that is folded along an axis forming an upper and lower portion of the printed circuit board assembly. The thermal management system may include fire-blocking foam members individually attached to each battery cell. The battery cells may be arranged in a grid-like pattern to allow for a spacing arrangement between the battery cells to keep a failing battery cell from negatively affecting an adjacent battery cell. In addition, the flexible printed circuit card may include a fuse for each battery cell to shut off any current flow to a faulty battery cell if it begins to fail causing current flow to exceed beyond a predetermined current limit. The battery system may be a conformal wearable battery.
US11581606B2
A bicycle battery system includes a battery tray that mounts within a cavity formed by an opening in a bicycle tube. The battery tray includes a latch mechanism, a first base portion that mounts to the latch mechanism, and a second base portion that mounts to the first base portion. The first base portion includes a cup that is sized to mate with an interior of the bicycle tube. The system also includes a battery that is sized to fit within the battery tray. A first end of the battery includes a protrusion that is sized to fit within the cup of the first base portion, and a second end of the battery includes a secondary latch to secure the second end to the battery tray. The system further includes a battery cover plate mounted to the battery.
US11581605B2
A battery housing for a drive battery, comprising at least one housing shell, wherein the housing shell is formed at least partially or fully from a thermoplastic, wherein the housing shell has a receiving region for insertion of a drive battery, wherein the housing shell has a wall, wherein the wall has a two-layer or multi-layer sandwich structure, wherein at least a first layer of the sandwich structure, at least in some sections, is distanced from a second layer of the sandwich structure such that a wall cavity is formed between the first layer and the second layer, and wherein the wall cavity is designed to store a cooling medium.
US11581601B1
A fire suppression system for use with lithium-ion battery storage containers is provided. The system utilizes water as a fire suppressant, which is stored in a tank and delivered to a battery module within the container that is experiencing a thermal event. After a predetermined time from the beginning of water flow, a controller within the system actuates one or more fans to ventilate the storage container to expel hazardous gases produced by the thermal event.
US11581600B2
A venting device for insertion into a sealing part of a pouch of a secondary battery includes: a housing configured to be inserted between two surfaces of the sealing part so as to be sealed together with the sealing part; a sheet disposed in the housing and defining a passage through which an inside and an outside of the pouch are configured to communicate with each other; a plate spring configured to open and close the passage according to an internal pressure of the pouch and made of a metal having elasticity; and a ball disposed between the sheet and the plate spring so as to contact or be spaced apart from the sheet at an outlet-side of the passage, thereby opening and closing the passage, wherein the ball has a hemispherical shape to be attached to an inner surface of the plate spring.
US11581599B2
An ambient water condenser system is described having a condensation chamber which at least partially contains or surrounds a fluid reservoir which contains a volume or mass of an aqueous hygroscopic solution for condensing water from ambient air and a distillation process for extracting the water from the solution. The fluid reservoir has a heat source, a lower porous hydrophobic membrane, and an upper porous hydrophobic membrane. The heat source causes the hygroscopic solution near the top of reservoir to have a higher temperature which causes it to have a higher water vapor pressure, whereby the water vapor passing through the upper porous hydrophobic membrane and into the condensation chamber condenses into liquid water.
US11581590B2
An apparatus for diagnosing an insulation condition between a battery pack and the ground includes a first resistor element electrically connected between a positive terminal of the battery pack and the ground, and a control circuit. The control circuit records a current flowing through the first test port as a first test current, while a high-level voltage is being applied between the positive terminal and the ground. The controller diagnoses the insulation condition between the battery pack and the ground, based on the first test current.
US11581584B2
A battery including a first control circuit and a plurality of modules arranged in series between first and second terminals, each module including electric cells and switches coupling the cells to third and fourth terminals and a second switch control circuit. The battery includes a first data transmission bus coupling the first control circuit to each second control circuit and a second data transmission bus coupling the first control circuit to each second control circuit. The first control circuit is capable of transmitting first data to the second control circuits over the first bus at a first rate and is capable of transmitting second data to the second control circuits over the second bus at a second rate smaller than the first rate.
US11581581B2
A purpose of the present invention is to provide a lithium ion secondary battery having improved battery characteristics. The lithium ion secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material comprising a silicon material and an electrolyte solution comprising an electrolyte solvent comprising an open chain sulfone compound, a fluorinated cyclic carbonate and an open chain carbonate and a supporting salt comprising LiN(FSO2)2.
US11581578B2
The present invention provides a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, the composition including a first oligomer represented by Formula 1, a second oligomer including a first repeating unit represented by Formula 2a derived from a styrene monomer, a polymerization initiator, a lithium salt, and a non-aqueous solvent. The present invention also provides a gel polymer electrolyte prepared using the same, and a lithium secondary battery.
US11581576B2
Set forth herein are pellets, thin films, and monoliths of lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes having engineered surfaces. These engineered surfaces have a list of advantageous properties including, but not limited to, low surface area resistance, high Li+ ion conductivity, low tendency for lithium dendrites to form within or thereupon when the electrolytes are used in an electrochemical cell. Other advantages include voltage stability and long cycle life when used in electrochemical cells as a separator or a membrane between the positive and negative electrodes. Also set forth herein are methods of making these electrolytes including, but not limited to, methods of annealing these electrolytes under controlled atmosphere conditions. Set forth herein, additionally, are methods of using these electrolytes in electrochemical cells and devices. The instant disclosure further includes electrochemical cells which incorporate the lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes set forth herein.
US11581571B2
Disclosed is a method for improving the performance of a layered electrode material. An interlayer spacing of the layered electrode material is measured and donated as (b). A salt compound is selected and added into a solvent with a molecular diameter of (c) to prepare an electrolytic solution, where a diameter (a) of a cation in the salt compound is smaller than the interlayer spacing (b), and c>b−a. The electrolytic solution is used as the working electrolytic solution for the layered electrode material.
US11581570B2
Provided herein are methods of forming solid-state ionically conductive composite materials that include particles of an inorganic phase in a matrix of an organic phase. The organic phase includes a cross-linked polyurethane network. The methods involve forming the composite materials from a precursor that is cross-linked in-situ after being mixed with the particles. The cross-linking occurs under applied pressure that causes particle-to-particle contact. Once cross-linked, the applied pressure may be removed with the particles immobilized by the polymer matrix. The polyurethane network is configured for easy processability of uniform films and may be characterized by a hard phase content of at least 20%.
US11581567B2
The present invention provides a lithium ion battery and an electrolyte thereof. The electrolyte for the lithium ion battery includes a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt and additives, wherein the additives include additive A cyclophosphazene compound, additive B lithium fluorophosphate compound, and additive C selected from at least one of silane phosphate compound, silane phosphite compound and silane borate compound. Compared with conventional technologies, the nickel-rich positive electrode lithium ion battery using the electrolyte of the present invention has a desirable cyclic capacity retention rate, a desirable storage capacity retention rate and a low gas production at high temperature, and has a low DC internal resistance at low temperature, which can remarkably improve the thermal stability of lithium ion battery.
US11581560B2
Disclosed are a polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a membrane-electrode assembly including the same, a fuel cell and a method of manufacturing the polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell. Particularly, the polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell may include ionomer layers including a voltage reversal tolerance-increasing additive including a water electrolysis catalyst and an electrical conductor and provided on a porous reinforced film.
US11581557B2
Disclosed are a deterioration estimation system for the fuel cell, a hydrogen supply system for a fuel cell including the same, and a hydrogen supply method for a fuel cell, the deterioration estimation system including a fuel cell which receives hydrogen gas and oxidizing gas respectively supplied to an anode side and a cathode side thereof to generate electrical power, a hydrogen supply line which is connected to the anode side of the fuel cell and supplies gas containing hydrogen gas to the fuel cell, a hydrogen supply valve which is located between the hydrogen supply line and a hydrogen tank, supplies, when opened, hydrogen gas stored in the hydrogen tank to the hydrogen supply line, and blocks the supply of the hydrogen gas when closed, and a deterioration estimating unit which estimates the deterioration state of the fuel cell, based on the opening and closing control of the hydrogen supply valve or a change in the pressure in the hydrogen supply line.
US11581556B2
A fuel cell system capable of improving the chemical durability of a membrane electrode assembly by compensating for the amount of an antioxidant lost within the electrolyte membrane or electrode of the fuel cell stack in such a manner that the antioxidant is provided from an antioxidant supply device, provided in a fuel processing system and/or an air processing system, to a fuel cell stack, in preparation for a case where the antioxidant within the electrolyte membrane or electrode is lost due to the dissolution or migration characteristic of the antioxidant.
US11581549B2
An alkaline dry battery includes a battery case, a hollow cylindrical positive electrode accommodated in the battery case, a negative electrode disposed in the hollow portion of the positive electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution contained in the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the separator. The alkaline dry battery further includes a layer principally including a compound containing a polyoxyethylene group between the positive electrode and the inner surface of the battery case.
US11581548B2
Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a support for a catalyst of a fuel cell. The method may include preparing an admixture including a carbon material and a cerium precursor into a reactor, providing the admixture in a reactor, raising a temperature of the reactor to a predetermined temperature, and introducing water vapor into the reactor to perform an activation reaction of the carbon material.
US11581544B2
An energy storage device includes a current collector (negative electrode current collector), electrode body that includes a body portion and a tab projecting from the body portion, and a leading plate (negative electrode leading plate) that connects the current collector and the tab. In the leading plate, first and second plates and facing each other are continuously connected at end portions thereof in the first plate, the current collector is fixed to a first principal surface on the opposite side to the second plate. In the second plate, the tab is fixed to a second principal surface on the opposite side to the first plate.
US11581543B2
The present invention relates to a binder composition for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, which is characterized by containing (A) polyvinyl alcohol, (B) at least one selected from a copolymer of vinyl alcohol and ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and a neutralized salt of the copolymer and (C) at least one selected from an amino acid, a carboxylic acid-containing polymer and a polyamine; and a binder aqueous solution for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, a slurry composition for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, an electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, and a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, each containing the binder composition; and others.
US11581535B2
A method for producing a positive electrode active material, a positive electrode active material produced thereby, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The method includes preparing a nickel-manganese-aluminum precursor having an atomic fraction of nickel of 90 atm % or greater in all transition metals, and mixing the nickel-manganese-aluminum precursor, a cobalt raw material, and a lithium raw material and heat treating the mixture.
US11581532B2
An electrode for batteries that does not include a metal-film-type current collector is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the electrode comprises a composite having a core-shell structure including a core having an electrode active material, and a metal material coated on or doped in the surface of the core. A secondary battery having the electrode has increased capacity and energy density and exhibits improved lifespan characteristics.
US11581531B2
A negative electrode slurry and a method of preparing the same. The negative electrode slurry includes lithium titanium oxide (LTO), a carboxylic acid-containing polymer dispersant, a binder, and an aqueous solvent. The carboxylic acid-containing polymer dispersant has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 2,500 g/mol to 500,000 g/mol and is present in an amount of 1.5 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the lithium titanium oxide.
US11581525B2
One of the objects of the present invention is to suppress mixing of a first layer and a second layer while forming the second layer before drying the first layer when manufacturing the electrode for the secondary battery in which the first layer and the second layer are laminated on the current collector. A method for manufacturing an electrode used as a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a secondary battery according to the present invention comprises applying a first layer slurry to a surface of a current collector, applying a second layer slurry on the first layer slurry before the first layer slurry is dried, and drying the first layer slurry and the second layer slurry after applying the first layer slurry and the second layer slurry to obtain a laminated structure in which a first layer and a second layer are laminated in this order on the current collector. A viscosity of the first layer slurry is 12000 mPa·s or more, and/or a viscosity of the second layer slurry is 4000 mPa·s or more when the viscosities of the first layer slurry and the second layer slurry are measured at 25° C. with a shear rate of 1/sec.
US11581524B2
Lithium-sulfur battery cathode, method for making the same and lithium-sulfur battery using the same
The present disclosure relates to a lithium-sulfur battery cathode. The lithium-sulfur battery cathode comprises a carbon nanotube sponge and a plurality of sulfur nanoparticles. Wherein the carbon nanotube sponge comprises a plurality of micropores. The plurality of sulfur nanoparticles are uniformly distributed in the plurality of micropores. The present disclosure also relates a method for making the lithium-sulfur battery cathode and a lithium-sulfur battery using the lithium-sulfur battery cathode.
US11581522B2
The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.
US11581519B2
Provided is a post-treatment method of a lithium secondary battery including: an activation step of charging a heated lithium secondary battery to an activation voltage and maintaining the battery at the voltage, in a state in which the lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode including a nickel-rich (Ni-rich) lithium-transition metal composite oxide having a layered structure containing 0.8 moles or more of Ni based on a total of 1 mole of transition metals as a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an electrolyte solution, which are built in a battery case, is heated, the activation voltage being equal to or higher than a voltage generating phase transition of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide.
US11581517B2
A display device includes pixels connected to scan lines and data lines intersecting the scan lines, wherein each of the pixels includes a light-emitting element, a driving transistor to control a driving current supplied to the light-emitting element according to a data voltage applied from the data lines, and a switching transistor to apply the data voltage of the data line to the driving transistor according to a scan signal applied from the scan lines. The driving transistor includes a first active layer having an oxide semiconductor and a first gate electrode below the first active layer. The switching transistor includes a second active layer having a same oxide semiconductor as the oxide semiconductor of the first active layer and a second gate electrode below the second active layer. At least one of the driving transistor and the switching transistor includes an oxide layer above each of the active layers.
US11581516B2
A heat radiation member for a flexible display having a bending panel fixing member is disclosed, and an electronic device using the same is disclosed, wherein the heat radiation member includes a heat radiation sheet portion including a metal layer; a bending panel fixing member attached to a first area in one surface of the heat radiation sheet portion; a spacer attached to a second area in the one surface of the heat radiation sheet portion; a dummy double sided tape attached to the spacer; an upper delamination film covering an entire area of the other surface of the heat radiation sheet portion; and a lower delamination film covering an entire area of the dummy double sided tape and an entire area of the bending panel fixing member.
US11581513B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a plurality of light emitting units on the base substrate, where the plurality of light emitting units include a plurality of pixel display areas; and a reflection layer on the base substrate. The reflection layer includes a plurality of patterns and a plurality of openings defined between adjacent patterns of the plurality of patterns, and positions of the plurality of openings are corresponding to positions of the plurality of pixel display areas.
US11581511B2
The present invention provides a display panel including a through-hole, a non-display area surrounding the through-hole and a display area; the non-display area includes a substrate, an organic film layer structure, an inorganic film layer structure and a light-emitting functional layer; the organic film layer structure includes a plurality of organic thin film layers; the inorganic film layer structure includes at least one annular first through-groove surrounding the through-hole; the organic film layer structure includes at least one annular second through-groove surrounding the through-hole; the first through-grooves correspond to the second through-grooves by way of one to one, respectively; the width of the first through-groove is smaller than the width of the second through-groove at the organic thin film layer that is in contact with the inorganic film layer structure in the organic film layer structure; the light-emitting functional layer is disconnected at the first through-grooves.
US11581507B2
A display panel is provided, which includes a base substrate, and a light-emitting device and an encapsulation structure sequentially arranged on the base substrate. The encapsulation structure includes at least one first encapsulation film layer, the first encapsulation film layer includes at least two inorganic layers arranged in a stack, and refractive indexes of the at least two inorganic layers sequentially increase in a direction close to the light-emitting device. The first encapsulation film layer is configured to adjust an angle of an ambient light incident on the light-emitting device to reduce the ambient light reflected from the display panel.
US11581496B2
The present specification provides a benzocarbazole-based compound of chemical formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device comprising same. The benzocarbazole-based compound as a material of an organic material layer of the organic light emitting device provides enhanced efficiency, low driving voltage and increased lifetime.
US11581491B2
The present invention relates to compounds suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
US11581485B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a first interconnect, a second interconnect, a first storage layer, and a first insulating film. The first insulating film is provided along a surface of a part of the second interconnect and a surface of the first storage layer. The first insulating film is composed of Si, N, and O. The atomic ratio (N/O) between N and O in the first insulating film is not less than 1.0 at a first position which is the position of the second interconnect-side end surface of the first storage layer in a third direction. The atomic ratio (N/O) between N and O in the first insulating film is less than 1.0 at a second position which is the position of the end surface of the second interconnect, opposite to the first storage layer-side end surface, in the third direction.
US11581482B2
A piezoelectric ceramic, which does not contain lead as a constituent element, is characterized in that: its primary component is a perovskite compound expressed by the composition formula (Bi0.5−x/2Na0.5−x/2Bax)(Ti1−yMny)O3 (where 0.01≤x≤0.25, 0.001≤y≤0.020); and the coefficient of variation (CV) in grain size among the grains contained therein is 35 percent or lower. The piezoelectric ceramic presents an improved dielectric loss tangent tan δ.
US11581481B2
A vehicle sensor assembly includes an optical sensor surface, at least two transducers arranged to input energy into the optical surface to produce an energy wave through the optical sensor surface and sense an attribute of an energy wave within the optical sensor surface. A controller arranged to drive the at least two transducers to input energy into the optical surface to produce an energy wave within the optical sensor surface to dislodge debris from the optical sensor surface.
US11581479B2
In a piezoelectric element, shift of a resonance point to a low-pitched sound side is achieved. A resonance point of a piezoelectric element moves to a low-pitched sound side when an active region is configured to be surrounded by an inactive region as in the configuration of the piezoelectric element. According to the piezoelectric element whose resonance point is moved to a low-pitched sound side, the piezoelectric element can realize a sound pressure that is sufficiently high for practical use when it is applied to an acoustic device.
US11581462B2
A display device includes a substrate, an interlayer insulating layer over the substrate, a metal layer over the interlayer insulating layer, and a light emitting element over the metal layer. The interlayer insulating layer includes a plurality of a first depressed portions. The metal layer includes a first region bonding to the light emitting element and a second region surrounding the first region. The second region, a plurality of second depressed portions is provided along the plurality of first depressed portions.
US11581459B2
A manufacturing method of a light-emitting device, including the steps of: preparing a substrate including a base, a first wall formed on an upper surface of the base, and a recess defined by a lateral surface of the first wall as an inside lateral surface and the upper surface of the base as a bottom surface; mounting a light-emitting element on the bottom surface of the recess; disposing a sealing member which covers the light-emitting element and the first wall; forming a groove section extending from an upper surface of the sealing member to the first wall by removing the sealing member on the first wall; disposing a second wall inside the groove section; and cutting the second wall and the substrate at a position including the second wall.
US11581458B2
A base member for a light emitting device includes a bottom part and a frame part. The frame part has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a step portion. The frame part has a bonding surface bonded to the bottom part, and defining a planar surface of the step portion at a lower surface side, first and second inner surfaces, a first planar surface defining a planar surface of the step portion at an upper surface side, and first and second electrode layers electrically connected to each other, the second electrode layer being disposed on the first planar surface while the first electrode layer being not disposed on the first planar surface. The step portion extends along an entire periphery of the frame part in a bottom view, and the step portion does not extend along the entire periphery of the frame part in a top view.
US11581446B2
A solar cell structure is disclosed. The solar cell structure comprises a carrier having a front side and a P-N junction, a solar cell electrically coupled to the front side of the carrier, and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer bonds the front side of the carrier to the solar cell. The adhesive layer includes conductive particles that electrically couple the carrier to the solar cell.
US11581444B2
The solar cell of embodiments includes a transparent first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer mainly containing cuprous oxide on the first electrode, an n-type layer on the photoelectric conversion layer, and a transparent second electrode on the n-type layer. A mixed region or/and a mixed layer are present on the n-type layer side of the photoelectric conversion layer, and the mixed region and the mixed layer contain elements belonging to a first group, a second group, and a third group. The first group is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Zn and Sn, the second group is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Y, Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Zr, B, Al, Ga, Nb, Mo, Ti, F, Cl, Br, and I, and the third group is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ge and Si.
US11581437B2
A semiconductor device structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a plurality of semiconductor layers and a first source/drain epitaxial feature in contact with the plurality of semiconductor layers. The first source/drain epitaxial feature includes a bottom portion having substantially straight sidewalls. The structure further includes a spacer having a gate spacer portion and one or more source/drain spacer portions. Each source/drain spacer portion has a first height, and a source/drain spacer portion of the one or more source/drain spacer portions is in contact with one of the substantially straight sidewalls of the first source/drain epitaxial feature. The structure further includes a dielectric feature disposed adjacent one source/drain spacer portion of the one or more source/drain spacer portion. The dielectric has a second height substantially greater than the first height.
US11581432B2
The present invention provides semiconductor devices with super junction drift regions that are capable of blocking voltage. A super junction drift region is an epitaxial semiconductor layer located between a top electrode and a bottom electrode of the semiconductor device. The super junction drift region includes a plurality of pillars having P type conductivity, formed in the super junction drift region, which are surrounded by an N type material of the super junction drift region.
US11581423B2
Integrated circuit devices and methods of forming the same are provided. The methods may include sequentially forming an underlying mask layer and a preliminary first mask layer on a substrate, forming a first mask structure by removing a portion of the preliminary first mask layer, and then forming a preliminary second mask layer. The preliminary second mask layer may enclose the first mask structure in a plan view. The methods may also include forming a second mask structure by removing a portion of the preliminary second mask layer and forming a vertical channel region including a portion of the substrate by sequentially etching the underlying mask layer and the substrate. The second mask structure may be connected to the first mask structure, and etching the underlying mask layer may be performed using the first and the second mask structures as an etch mask.
US11581421B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes semiconductor wires disposed over a substrate, a source/drain epitaxial layer in contact with the semiconductor wires, a gate dielectric layer disposed on and wrapping around each channel region of the semiconductor wires, a gate electrode layer disposed on the gate dielectric layer and wrapping around the each channel region, and dielectric spacers disposed in recesses formed toward the source/drain epitaxial layer.
US11581418B2
A semiconductor body having a base carrier portion and a type III-nitride semiconductor portion is provided. The type III-nitride semiconductor portion includes a heterojunction and two-dimensional charge carrier gas. One or more ohmic contacts are formed in the type III-nitride semiconductor portion, the ohmic contacts forming an ohmic connection with the two-dimensional charge carrier gas. A gate structure is configured to control a conductive state of the two-dimensional charge carrier gas. Forming the one or more ohmic contacts comprises forming a structured laser-reflective mask on the upper surface of the type III-nitride semiconductor portion, implanting dopant atoms into the upper surface of the type III-nitride semiconductor portion, and performing a laser thermal anneal that activates the implanted dopant atoms.
US11581414B2
A structure includes a substrate, an isolation structure over the substrate, a fin extending from the substrate and adjacent to the isolation structure, two source/drain (S/D) features over the fin, channel layers suspended over the substrate and connecting the S/D features, a first gate structure wrapping around each of the channel layers in the stack, two outer spacers disposed on two opposing sidewalls of the first gate structure that are on outer surfaces of the stack, inner spacers disposed between the S/D features and the channel layers, and a gate-end dielectric feature over the isolation structure and directly contacting an end of the gate structure. The gate-end dielectric feature includes a first material of a dielectric constant that is higher than dielectric constants of materials included in the outer spacers and the inner spacers.
US11581413B2
A thin film transistor, an array substrate and a display device. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode on the base substrate. The gate electrode includes a first body portion and a first extension portion extending along the first direction, electrically connected with the first body portion, and spaced apart from the first body portion by a first spacing. The first electrode includes a first overlapping end, an orthographic projection of the first overlapping end on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the first body portion on the base substrate; a first compensation end at a side of the first overlapping end away from the first body portion; and a first intermediate portion connecting the first overlapping end and the first compensation end.
US11581412B2
Contact over active gate (COAG) structures with conductive gate taps are described. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of gate structures above a substrate, each of the gate structures including a gate insulating layer thereon. Each of the plurality of gate structures includes a conductive tap structure protruding through the corresponding gate insulating layer. A plurality of conductive trench contact structures is alternating with the plurality of gate structures, each of the conductive trench contact structures including a trench insulating layer thereon. An interlayer dielectric material is above the trench insulating layers and the gate insulating layers. An opening is in the interlayer dielectric material and exposes the conductive tap structure of one of the plurality of gate structures. A conductive structure is in the opening and is in direct contact with the conductive tap structure of one of the plurality of gate structures.
US11581410B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: a first nanostructure over a substrate, the first nanostructure including a channel region and a first lightly doped source/drain (LDD) region, the first LDD region adjacent the channel region; a first epitaxial source/drain region wrapped around four sides of the first LDD region; an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer over the first epitaxial source/drain region; a source/drain contact extending through the ILD layer, the source/drain contact wrapped around four sides of the first epitaxial source/drain region; and a gate stack adjacent the source/drain contact and the first epitaxial source/drain region, the gate stack wrapped around four sides of the channel region.
US11581409B2
Disclosed is a transistor device which includes a semiconductor body having a first surface, a source region, a drift region, a body region being arranged between the source region and the drift region, a gate electrode adjacent the body region and dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric, and a field electrode adjacent the drift region and dielectrically insulated from the drift region by a field electrode dielectric, wherein the field electrode comprises a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer has a lower electrical resistance than the second layer, wherein a portion of the second layer is disposed above and directly contacts a portion of the first layer.
US11581408B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an improved apparatus and methods for nitridation of stacks of materials. In one embodiment, a method for processing a substrate in a processing region of a process chamber is provided. The method includes generating and flowing plasma species from a remote plasma source to a delivery member having a longitudinal passageway, flowing plasma species from the longitudinal passageway to an inlet port formed in a sidewall of the process chamber, wherein the plasma species are flowed at an angle into the inlet port to promote collision of ions or reaction of ions with electrons or charged particles in the plasma species such that ions are substantially eliminated from the plasma species before entering the processing region of the process chamber, and selectively incorporating atomic radicals from the plasma species in silicon or polysilicon regions of the substrate.
US11581406B2
Techniques and methods related to strained NMOS and PMOS devices without relaxed substrates, systems incorporating such semiconductor devices, and methods therefor may include a semiconductor device that may have both n-type and p-type semiconductor bodies. Both types of semiconductor bodies may be formed from an initially strained semiconductor material such as silicon germanium. A silicon cladding layer may then be provided at least over or on the n-type semiconductor body. In one example, a lower portion of the semiconductor bodies is formed by a Si extension of the wafer or substrate. By one approach, an upper portion of the semiconductor bodies, formed of the strained SiGe, may be formed by blanket depositing the strained SiGe layer on the Si wafer, and then etching through the SiGe layer and into the Si wafer to form the semiconductor bodies or fins with the lower and upper portions.
US11581403B2
A method includes forming a pad layer and a mask layer over a substrate; patterning the mask layer, the pad layer, and the substrate to form pads, masks, and first and semiconductor fins over the substrate; forming a liner covering the pads, the masks, and the first and second semiconductor fins; removing a first portion of the liner to expose sidewalls of the first semiconductor fin, while leaving a second portion of the liner covering sidewalls of the second semiconductor fin; forming an isolation material over the substrate; and performing a CMP process to the isolation material until a first one of the pads over the second semiconductor fin is exposed; and etching back the isolation material and the second portion of the liner.
US11581382B2
A display device includes a scan line extending in a direction, a data line and a driving voltage line extending in another direction, a transistor electrically connected to the driving voltage line and including a first gate electrode and a first semiconductor layer, a second transistor electrically connected to the scan and data lines and including a second gate electrode and a second semiconductor layer, a first capacitor electrically connected to the first transistor and including first and second capacitor plates, and a second capacitor including a third capacitor plate electrically connected to the first transistor and a fourth capacitor plate electrically connected to the second transistor. The second capacitor plate includes a first hole overlapping the first capacitor plate, the fourth capacitor plate includes a second hole overlapping the third capacitor plate, and a size of the second hole is different from that of the first hole.
US11581368B2
A memory device includes at least one bit line, at least one word line, and at least one memory cell. The memory cell includes a first transistor, a plurality of data storage elements, and a plurality of second transistors corresponding to the plurality of data storage elements. The first transistor includes a gate electrically coupled to the word line, a first source/drain, and a second source/drain. Each data storage element among the plurality of data storage elements and the corresponding second transistor are electrically coupled in series between the first source/drain of the first transistor and the bit line.
US11581366B2
A memory structure, device, and method of making the same, the memory structure including a surrounding gate thin film transistor (TFT) and a memory cell stacked on the GAA transistor. The GAA transistor includes: a channel comprising a semiconductor material; a source electrode electrically connected to a first end of the channel; a drain electrode electrically connected to an opposing second end of the channel; a high-k dielectric layer surrounding the channel; and a gate electrode surrounding the high-k dielectric layer. The memory cell includes a first electrode that is electrically connected to the drain electrode.
US11581365B2
Provided are magnetoresistance effect element and a Heusler alloy in which an amount of energy required to rotate magnetization can be reduced. The magnetoresistance effect element includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a non-magnetic layer positioned between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer, in which at least one of the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer is a Heusler alloy in which a portion of elements of an alloy represented by Co2FeαZβ is substituted with a substitution element, in which Z is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Cr, Al, Si, Ga, Ge, and Sn, α and β satisfy 2.3≤α+β, α<β, and 0.5<α<1.9, and the substitution element is an element different from the Z element and has a smaller magnetic moment than Co.
US11581357B2
A depth sensor includes a first pixel including a plurality of first photo transistors each receiving a first photo gate signal, a second pixel including a plurality of second photo transistors each receiving a second photo gate signal, a third pixel including a plurality of third photo transistors each receiving a third photo gate signal, a fourth pixel including a plurality of fourth photo transistors each receiving a fourth photo gate signal, and a photoelectric conversion element shared by first to fourth photo transistors of the plurality of first to fourth photo transistors.
US11581349B2
Photosensors may be formed on a front side of a semiconductor substrate. An optical refraction layer having a first refractive index may be formed on a backside of the semiconductor substrate. A grid structure including openings is formed over the optical refraction layer. A masking material layer is formed over the grid structure and the optical refraction layer. The masking material layer may be anisotropically etched using an anisotropic etch process that collaterally etches a material of the optical refraction layer and forms non-planar distal surface portions including random protrusions on physically exposed portions of the optical refraction layer. An optically transparent layer having a second refractive index that is different from the first refractive index may be formed on the non-planar distal surface portions of the optical refraction layer. A refractive interface refracts incident light in random directions, and improves quantum efficiency of the photosensors.
US11581348B2
A semiconductor package may include an image sensor chip, a transparent substrate spaced apart from the image sensor chip, a joining structure in contact with a top surface of the image sensor chip and a bottom surface of the transparent substrate, on an edge region of the top surface of the image sensor chip, and a circuit substrate electrically connected to the image sensor chip. The image sensor chip may include a penetration electrode which penetrates at least a portion of an internal portion of the image sensor chip, and a terminal pad, which is on the edge region of the top surface of the image sensor chip and is connected to the penetration electrode. The joining structure may include a spacer and an adhesive layer which is between and attached to the spacer and the image sensor chip. The joining structure may the terminal pad.
US11581341B2
A liquid crystal display device comprises a display panel, at least one signal generator, and a plurality of wires. The display panel has a plurality of input ends to receive data signal. The at least one signal generator has a plurality of output ends to supply the data signal to the input ends of the display panel, respectively. The wires connects the output ends of the at least one signal generator to the input ends of the display panel, respectively, the wires having lengths measured between the output ends of the at least one signal generator and the input ends of the display panel, respectively, the length of the wires being different from each other according to location of the output ends of the at least one signal generator.
US11581340B2
An active matrix substrate is provided with a plurality of oxide semiconductor TFTs including a plurality of first TFTs. An oxide semiconductor layer of each oxide semiconductor TFT includes a channel region, a source contact region, and a drain contact region. In a view from a normal direction of the substrate, the channel region is a region located between the source contact region and the drain contact region and overlapping a gate electrode, and the channel region includes a first end portion and a second end portion that oppose each other and extend in a first direction from the source contact region side toward the drain contact region side, a source side end portion that is located on the source contact region side of the first and second end portions and extends in a second direction that intersects the first direction, and a drain side end portion that is located on the drain contact region side of the first and second end portions and extends in the second direction. Each first TFT further includes a light blocking layer located between the oxide semiconductor layer and the substrate. In a view from the normal direction of the substrate, the light blocking layer includes an opening region that overlaps part of the channel region and a light blocking region that overlaps another part of the channel region. In a view from the normal direction of the substrate, the light blocking region includes a first light blocking portion that extends in the first direction over the first end portion of the channel region and a second light blocking portion that extends in the first direction over the second end portion of the channel region; each of the first light blocking portion and the second light blocking portion includes a first edge portion and a second edge portion that oppose each other and extend in the first direction; at least part of the first edge portion overlaps the channel region; and the second edge portion is located on an outer side of the channel region and does not overlap the channel region.
US11581323B2
A memory device includes a memory array, a circuit structure, a bonding structure between the memory array and the circuit structure, and a shielding structure between the memory array and the circuit structure and surrounding the bonding structure. The bonding structure includes a first bonding pattern and a second bonding pattern. The circuit structure is electrically connected with the memory array through the bonding structure. The shielding structure includes a third bonding pattern and a fourth bonding pattern. The first bonding pattern is in contact with the second bonding pattern at a first interface between the first bonding pattern and the second bonding pattern. The third bonding pattern is in contact with the fourth bonding pattern at a second interface between the third bonding pattern and the fourth bonding pattern.
US11581322B2
Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices having through array contacts (TACs) and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate, a memory stack on the substrate comprising a plurality of conductor/dielectric layer pairs, a channel structure extending vertically through the conductor/dielectric layer pairs in the memory stack, a TAC extending vertically through the conductor/dielectric layer pairs in the memory stack, and a dummy channel structure filled with a dielectric layer and extending vertically through the conductor/dielectric layer pairs in the memory stack.
US11581315B2
Self-aligned gate edge trigate and finFET devices and methods of fabricating self-aligned gate edge trigate and finFET devices are described. In an example, a semiconductor structure includes a plurality of semiconductor fins disposed above a substrate and protruding through an uppermost surface of a trench isolation region. A gate structure is disposed over the plurality of semiconductor fins. The gate structure defines a channel region in each of the plurality of semiconductor fins. Source and drain regions are on opposing ends of the channel regions of each of the plurality of semiconductor fins, at opposing sides of the gate structure. The semiconductor structure also includes a plurality of gate edge isolation structures. Individual ones of the plurality of gate edge isolation structures alternate with individual ones of the plurality of semiconductor fins.
US11581312B2
A semiconductor device may include first channels on a first region of a substrate and spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, second channels on a second region of the substrate and spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction, a first gate structure on the first region of the substrate and covering at least a portion of a surface of each of the first channels, and a second gate structure on the second region of the substrate and covering at least a portion of a surface of each of the second channels. The second channels may be disposed at heights substantially the same as those of corresponding ones of the first channels, and a height of a lowermost one of the second channels may be greater than a height of a lowermost one of the first channels.
US11581310B2
Apparatus and circuits including transistors with different threshold voltages and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one example, a semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; an active layer that is formed over the substrate and comprises a plurality of active portions; a polarization modulation layer comprising a plurality of polarization modulation portions each of which is disposed on a corresponding one of the plurality of active portions; and a plurality of transistors each of which comprises a source region, a drain region, and a gate structure formed on a corresponding one of the plurality of polarization modulation portions. The transistors have at least three different threshold voltages.
US11581307B2
The object is to provide a semiconductor device that prevents a snapback operation and has excellent heat dissipation. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, transistor portions, diode portions, a surface electrode, and external wiring. The transistor portions and the diode portions are provided in the semiconductor substrate and are arranged in one direction parallel with the surface of the semiconductor substrate. A bonding portion of the external wiring is connected to the surface electrode. The transistor portions and the diode portions are provided in a first region and a second region and alternately arranged in the one direction. A first transistor width and a first diode width in the first region are smaller than a width of the bonding portion. A second transistor width and a second diode width in the second region are larger than the width of the bonding portion.
US11581305B2
Various apparatuses, systems, methods, and media are disclosed to provide over-voltage protection to a data interface of a multi-protocol memory card that includes a first communication interface and a second communication interface that enable communication using different protocols. An interface voltage protection circuit includes a control circuit configured to receive a first supply voltage for operating the first communication interface. The interface voltage protection circuit further includes a pull-down circuit operatively connected with the control circuit, configured to pull down a voltage at a supply voltage rail of the second communication interface such that a voltage at a plurality of connector terminals of the second communication interface is lower than the first supply voltage.
US11581301B2
The present technique relates to an electrostatic protective element that enables protective performance with respect to static electricity to be improved and to an electronic device. An electrostatic protective element includes: a first impurity region of a first conductivity type which is formed on the predetermined surface side of a semiconductor substrate; a second impurity region of a second conductivity type which is formed on the predetermined surface side of the semiconductor substrate so as to form a clearance in a horizontal direction with respect to the first impurity region; a collector contact which is formed on the predetermined surface side in the first impurity region, which has a higher concentration than the first impurity region, and which is an impurity region of the first conductivity type; a base contact which is formed on the predetermined surface side in the second impurity region, which has a higher concentration than the second impurity region, and which is an impurity region of the second conductivity type; and an emitter contact which is formed on the predetermined surface side in the second impurity region at a position that is closer to the collector contact than the base contact, which has a higher concentration than the second impurity region, and which is an impurity region of the first conductivity type. The present technique can be applied to, for example, an electronic device.
US11581293B2
A light emitting device is provided. The light emitting device includes a light emitting assembly having a first light emitting diode package structure and a second light emitting diode package structure. The light emitting assembly can generate a mixed light source having a spectral deviation index. The first light emitting diode package structure can generate a first light source having a first spectral deviation index. The second light emitting diode package structure can generate a second light source having a second spectral deviation index. When the first light source and the second light source are within a range from 460 to 500 nm, a sum of the first spectral deviation index and the second spectral deviation index is within a range from −0.3 to 0.3, and a difference between the first spectral deviation index and the second spectral deviation index is at least greater than 0.2.
US11581291B2
A micro-LED display device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The method comprises: forming micro-LEDs (202) on a carrier substrate (201), wherein the carrier substrate (201) is transparent for a laser which is used in laser lifting-off; filling trenches between the micro-LEDs (202) on the carrier substrate (201) with a holding material (209); performing a laser lifting-off on selected ones of the micro-LEDs (202) to lift off them from the carrier substrate (201), wherein the selected micro-LEDs (202) are held on the carrier substrate (201) through the holding material (209); bonding the selected micro-LEDs (202) onto a receiving substrate (207) of the micro-LED display device; separating the selected micro-LEDs (202) from the carrier substrate (201) to transfer them to the receiving substrate (207).
US11581289B2
A multi-chip package including a first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit includes a first side having a first conductive layer, a second side having a second conductive layer, and an edge, the first conductive layer coupled to the second conductive layer at a location adjacent to the edge. The second integrated circuit is coupled to the second conductive layer of the first integrated circuit.
US11581287B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include an electronics package comprising stacked dies. In an embodiment, the electronics package comprises a first die that includes a plurality of first conductive interconnects extending out from a first surface of the first die. In an embodiment, the first die further comprises a keep out zone. In an embodiment, the electronic package may also comprise a second die. In an embodiment, the second die is positioned entirely within a perimeter of the keep out zone of the first die. In an embodiment, a first surface of the second die faces the first surface of the first die.
US11581276B2
A semiconductor structure includes a first passivation layer disposed over a metal line, a copper-containing RDL disposed over the first passivation layer, where the copper-containing RDL is electrically coupled to the metal line and where a portion of the copper-containing RDL in contact with a top surface of the first passivation layer forms an acute angle, and a second passivation layer disposed over the copper-containing RDL, where an interface between the second passivation layer and a top surface of the copper-containing RDL is curved. The semiconductor structure may further include a polymeric layer disposed over the second passivation layer, where a portion of the polymeric layer extends to contact the copper-containing RDL, a bump electrically coupled to the copper-containing RDL, and a solder layer disposed over the bump.
US11581273B2
A semiconductor device package includes a first circuit layer and an emitting device. The first circuit layer has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a lateral surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. The emitting device is disposed on the second surface of the first circuit layer. The emitting device has a first surface facing the second surface of the first circuit layer, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a lateral surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. The emitting device has a conductive pattern disposed on the second surface of the emitting device. The lateral surface of the emitting device and the lateral surface of the first circuit layer are discontinuous.
US11581266B2
A semiconductor package including a substrate including at least one ground pad and a ground pattern; a semiconductor chip on the substrate; and a shield layer on the substrate and covering the semiconductor chip, wherein the shield layer extends onto a bottom surface of the substrate and includes an opening region on the bottom surface of the substrate, a bottom surface of the at least one ground pad is at the bottom surface of the substrate, a side surface of the ground pattern is at a side surface of the substrate, and the shield layer on the bottom surface of the substrate is in contact with the bottom surface of the at least one ground pad and in contact with the side surface of the ground pattern.
US11581262B2
A package that includes a second redistribution portion, a die coupled to the second redistribution portion, an encapsulation layer encapsulating the die, and a first redistribution portion coupled to the second redistribution portion. The first redistribution portion is located laterally to the die. The first redistribution portion is located over the second redistribution portion. The first redistribution portion and the second redistribution portion are configured to provide one or more electrical paths for the die.
US11581255B2
A comparison circuit that includes an input sampling capacitor and an image sensor including the same are provided. The comparison circuit includes an amplifier configured to receive a pixel signal and a ramp signal to perform a correlated double sampling operation, a first pixel capacitor connected to the amplifier through a first floating node and configured to transmit the pixel signal, a first ramp capacitor connected to the amplifier through a second floating node and configured to transmit the ramp signal, a second pixel capacitor connected in parallel to the first pixel capacitor, and a second ramp capacitor connected in parallel to the first ramp capacitor, wherein the second pixel capacitor is formed between the first floating node and first peripheral routing lines, and the second ramp capacitor is formed between the second floating node and second peripheral routing lines.
US11581248B2
A semiconductor package includes a base substrate; an interposer substrate including a semiconductor substrate having a first surface facing the base substrate and a second surface, opposing the first surface, and a passivation layer on at least a portion of the first surface; a plurality of connection bumps between the base substrate and the interposer substrate; an underfill resin in a space between the base substrate and the interposer substrate; and a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip on the interposer substrate. The interposer substrate has a first region, in which the plurality of connection bumps are included, and a second region and a third region adjacent a periphery of the first region, and the passivation layer is in the second region and includes a first embossed pattern in the second region.
US11581236B2
Systems for cooling semiconductor devices that can comprise a heatsink and a cleaning element for the heatsink. The heatsink can have fins spaced apart from each other by channels. The cleaning element can have a base and one or more arms extending from the base. The cleaning element can be positioned with respect to the heatsink such that each arm is aligned with a corresponding channel between the fins, and the arms are moveable between a flow configuration in which the arms are in the channels and a cleaning configuration in which the arms are outside of the channels.
US11581232B2
A semiconductor device having a channel between active sections or portions of the device is disclosed. An elastic material, such as dielectric or a polymer, is deposited into the channel and cured to increase flexibility and thermal expansion properties of the semiconductor device. The elastic material reduces the thermal and mechanical mismatch between the semiconductor device and the substrate to which the semiconductor device is coupled in downstream processing to improve reliability. The semiconductor device may also include a plurality of channels formed transverse with respect to each other. Some of the channels extend all the way through the semiconductor device, while other channels extend only partially through the semiconductor device.
US11581228B2
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of signal lines and a testing circuit. The testing circuit includes a plurality of transistors electrically connected to the plurality of signal lines. The plurality of transistors are disposed in at least two groups, and a number of transistors of each group of the at least two groups is less than a total number of the plurality of signal lines. Therefore, the testing circuit of the display panel of the disclosure can reduce the circuit placement space in the horizontal direction.
US11581226B2
Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary method comprises forming first and second semiconductor fins in first and second regions of a substrate, respectively; forming first and second dummy gate stacks over the first and second semiconductor fins, respectively, and forming a spacer layer over the first and the second dummy gate stacks; forming a first pattern layer with a thickness along the spacer layer in the first region; form a first source/drain (S/D) trench along the first pattern layer and epitaxially growing a first epitaxial feature therein; removing the first pattern layer to expose the spacer layer; forming a second pattern layer with a different thickness along the spacer layer in the second region; form a second S/D trench along the second pattern layer and epitaxially growing a second epitaxial feature therein; and removing the second pattern layer to expose the spacer layer.
US11581225B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising: providing a substrate, wherein a first gate structure corresponding to a dense area transistor and a second gate structure corresponding to an isolated area transistor are formed on the substrate, and the first gate structure is higher than the second gate structure; forming a buffer layer over the second gate structure, wherein the upper surface of the buffer layer is flush with the upper surface of the first gate structure; and removing the top of the first gate structure, and forming a hard mask filling layer on a top area of the first gate structure.
US11581216B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device structure with a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) region and a method for forming the semiconductor device structure. The semiconductor device structure also includes a well region disposed in a semiconductor substrate, a first shallow trench isolation (STI) structure extending into the well region. The first STI structure comprises a first liner contacting the well region; a second liner covering the first liner and contacting the pad oxide layer and the pad nitride layer; a third liner covering the second liner, wherein the first liner, the second liner and the third liner are made of different materials; and a first trench filling layer disposed over the third liner and separated from the second liner by the third liner.
US11581215B2
A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) transistor includes a semiconductor layer situated over a buried oxide layer, the buried oxide layer being situated over a substrate. The SOI transistor is situated in the semiconductor layer and includes a transistor body, gate fingers, source regions, and drain regions. The transistor body has a first conductivity type. The source regions and the drain regions have a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type. A heavily-doped body-implant region has the first conductivity type and overlaps at least one source region. A common silicided region electrically ties the heavily-doped body-implant region to the at least one source region. The common silicided region can include a source silicided region, and a body tie silicided region situated over the heavily-doped body-implant region. The source silicided region can be separated from a drain silicided region by the gate fingers.
US11581213B2
Apparatus and methods for vacuum chucking a substrate to a susceptor. The susceptor comprises one or more angularly spaced pockets are positioned around a center axis of the susceptor, the one or more angularly spaced pockets having an inner pocket and an outer pocket. The susceptor can be configured as an intermediate chuck having one or more pucks positioned within the inner pocket or as a distributed chuck having one or more pucks positioned within the outer pocket. The one or more pucks has a center hole, at least one radial channel and at least one circular channel having chuck holes for vacuum chucking a substrate.
US11581205B2
A method for cleaning semiconductor substrate without damaging patterned structure on the substrate using ultra/mega sonic device comprising applying liquid into a space between a substrate and an ultra/mega sonic device; setting an ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f1 and power P1 to drive said ultra/mega sonic device; before bubble cavitation in said liquid damaging patterned structure on the substrate, setting said ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f2 and power P2 to drive said ultra/mega sonic device; after temperature inside bubble cooling down to a set temperature, setting said ultra/mega sonic power supply at frequency f1 and power P1 again; repeating above steps till the substrate being cleaned. Normally, if f1=f2, then P2 is equal to zero or much less than P1; if P1=P2, then f2 is higher than f1; if the f1
US11581198B2
There is provided a processing apparatus including: a processing part including a plurality of process modules connected to each other in a first room, and a loader module provided in the first room and accommodating a carrier which receives a substrate processed by each of the plurality of process modules; and a plurality of pump units corresponding to the plurality of process modules, respectively, and arranged in a second room adjacent to the first room, wherein an installation area of the plurality of pump units is equal to or smaller than that of the processing part.
US11581195B2
A semiconductor package comprises a lead frame, a chip, and a molding encapsulation. The lead frame comprises one or more die paddles, a first plurality of leads, and a second plurality of leads. A respective end surface of each lead of the first plurality of leads and the second plurality of leads is plated with a metal. A first respective window on a first side of each lead of the first plurality of leads and the second plurality of leads is not plated with the metal. A second respective window on a second side of each lead of the first plurality of leads and the second plurality of leads is not plated with the metal. A method for fabricating a semiconductor package comprises the steps of providing a lead frame array, mounting a chip, forming a molding encapsulation, and applying a cutting process or a punching process.
US11581187B2
The present disclosure provides a method of heating a spin on coating (SOC) film on a wafer. The method includes actions S401 to S405. In action S401, a heating apparatus is provided. The heating apparatus includes a bake plate and an electromagnetic wave generator. In action S402, the bake plate is heated by a heating unit disposed in the bake plate. In action S403, the wafer is placed on the bake plate of the heating apparatus. In action S404, the electromagnetic wave generator generates an electromagnetic wave to heat the SOC film. The electromagnetic wave generated by the electromagnetic wave generator has a frequency within a range of 1 THz to 100 THz. In action S405, the wafer is removed from the bake plate of the heating apparatus.
US11581184B2
A method for etching at least one layer of a gallium nitride (GaN)-based material is provided, the method including: providing the GaN-based layer having a front face; and at least one cycle including the following successive steps: modifying, by implanting hydrogen (H)- and/or helium (He)-based ions, at least some of a thickness of the GaN-based layer to form in the layer at least one modified portion extending from the front face, the implanting being carried out from a plasma, the modifying by implanting being carried out such that the modified portion extends from the front face and over a depth greater than 3 nm; oxidizing at least some of the modified portion by exposing the layer to an oxygen-based plasma, to define in the layer, at least one oxidized portion and at least one non-oxidized portion; and etching the oxidized portion selectively at the non-oxidized portion.
US11581175B2
Mass spectrometry cartridge including a base in mechanical communication with a spray substrate holder, an absorbent pad between the base and the spray substrate holder, a translatable sample well holder interposed between the spray substrate holder and a top cover, the top cover configured to house a conductive element, wherein when the translatable sample well holder is in a first position, the translatable well holder is vertically above the absorbent pad, when the translatable sample well holder is in a second position, the translatable well holder is vertically above a spray substrate are disclosed. Methods of analyzing a sample are also disclosed.
US11581173B2
An apparatus for analysing ions, including a first mass analyser configured to eject groups of ions in a predetermined sequence during different time windows; an ion transport device having a plurality of electrodes arranged around a transport channel; control means configured to control voltages applied to the electrodes to generate a transport potential in a transport channel, the transport potential having a plurality of potential wells configured to move along the transport channel such that each group of ions received by the ion transport device is respectively transported along the transport channel by one or more selected potential; fragmentation means configured to fragment precursor ions in each group of ions so as to produce product ions; and a second mass analyser configured to produce a respective mass spectrum using each group of ions after the group of ions has been fragmented and transported.
US11581170B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes: a first electrode on which a substrate is placed; a plasma generation source that generates plasma; a bias power supply that supplies bias power to the first electrode; a source power supply that supplies source power to the plasma generation source; and a controller. The controller performs a control such that a first state and a second state of the source power are alternately applied in synchronization with a high frequency cycle of the bias power, or a phase within one cycle of a reference electrical state indicating any one of a voltage, a current and an electromagnetic field measured in a power feed system of the bias power, and performs a control to turn OFF the source power at least at a negative side peak of the phase within one cycle of the reference electrical state.
US11581168B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber; a substrate support having a lower electrode, an electrostatic chuck, and a heater; a radio frequency power supply; a DC power supply; a first controller; and a second controller. The first controller controls the radio frequency power supply to supply a pulsed radio frequency power to the lower electrode periodically with a cycle defined by a first frequency, and controls the DC power supply to apply a pulsed negative voltage to the edge ring periodically with the cycle. The second controller includes a heater controller that controls the power by obtaining a resistance value of the heater from sample values of a current and a voltage supplied to the heater. The first frequency is different from a second frequency that is a sampling frequency of the sample value of the current and the sample value of the voltage in the second controller.
US11581164B2
Provided herein are deposition systems utilizing coated grids in an ion deposition process which provide more predictable erosion of the coating rather than erosion of the grid itself. Further, coatings may be utilized in which the coating material does not act as a contaminant to the deposition process, thereby eliminating contamination of the sample surface due to deposition of unwanted grid material. Also provided are methods of refurbishing a coated grid by periodically replacing the coating material thus protecting the grid itself and allowing a grid to be used indefinitely.
US11581161B2
A method of processing a workpiece may include forming a first layer on a first side of a base layer. The base layer may be part of a substrate including a plurality of layers. The method may also include forming a second layer on the first layer. A material of the second layer may include metal. The method may also include forming an opening in the second layer, forming an opening in the first layer by etching, and removing the second layer. The method may include dry etching of the first layer.
US11581159B2
Circuit interrupter devices have a first housing with a circuit interrupter, a second housing coupled to the first housing, a ground fault circuit and current transformer in the second housing. The current transformer has an open channel. The circuit interrupter devices also include at least one power conductor having a rigid or semi-rigid body with opposing first and second end portions extending between the first and second housings. The second end portion of the at least one power conductor extends through the open channel in the current transformer and terminates in a breaker load collar(s).
US11581157B2
A switch device includes: a receiving conversion component, configured to receive a wireless signal and convert the received wireless signal into a power supply signal; a first power component, connected to the receiving conversion component, and configured to store electrical energy based on the power supply signal; a control component, connected to the first power component, and configured to enter a working state based on the electrical energy supplied by the first power component, and generate a control signal in the working state; and a first switch component, connected to the control component, and configured to change to be in an on or off state according to the control signal, wherein the first switch component is arranged on a power supply loop of a controlled device to which a second power component is configured to supply electrical energy in the on state.
US11581154B2
A power tool includes an electric motor, an output member selectively driven by the electric motor and a battery receptacle configured to receive a battery. The power tool also includes a switch trigger moveable between a first position and a second position. The switch trigger inhibits electrical communication between the battery and the electric motor while the switch trigger is in the first position. The switch trigger operates a switch to provide electrical communication between the electric motor and the battery while the switch trigger is in the second position. A lock actuator prevents movement of the switch trigger to the second position while the lock actuator is in a locked position, and the lock actuator permits movement of the switch trigger to the second position while in an unlocked position. The lock actuator is biased into the unlocked position while the battery is positioned in the receptacle.
US11581149B1
An apparatus suitable for use in an air-conditioning system and configured to provide a plurality of selectable capacitance values includes a plurality of capacitive devices and a pressure interrupter cover assembly. Each of the capacitive devices has a first capacitor terminal and a second capacitor terminal. The pressure interrupter cover assembly includes a deformable cover, a set of capacitor cover terminals, a common cover terminal, and a set of insulation structures. The apparatus also includes a conductor configured to electrically connect the second capacitor terminal of at least one of the capacitive devices to the common cover terminal.
US11581148B2
Disclosed herein a thin film capacitor that includes a lower electrode layer, an upper electrode layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between the lower electrode layer and the upper electrode layer. The lower electrode layer includes a first metal layer positioned on a side facing the dielectric layer and a second metal layer positioned on a side facing away from the dielectric layer. The first metal layer has a first surface positioned on a side facing the second metal layer and a second surface positioned on a side facing the dielectric layer. The first surface has a surface roughness higher than that of the second surface. The second metal layer reflects a surface property of the first surface.
US11581134B2
A bifilar winding system for the manufacture of poloidal field superconducting magnets for nuclear fusion includes two superconducting coil winding production lines which are symmetrically arranged, a dropping fixture, a rotary platform and a winding mold, and an automatic control system. Each of the two winding production lines includes a conductor unwinding device, a straightener, an ultrasonic cleaning machine, a sandblasting and cleaning machine, a bending machine, an inter-turn insulation taping machine. During the winding of a coil, a superconducting conductor is unwound by the conductor unwinding device under the control of the automatic control system, then straightened, ultrasonically cleaned, sandblasted and cleaned, and bent into a desired radius, then wrapped with multiple layers of insulating tape by the inter-turn insulation taping machine, and finally fixed, by the dropping fixture, precisely on the rotary platform at a correct position within a profile of the winding mold.
US11581132B2
A magnetic conductive substrate is provided and is used for wireless charging or wireless communication. The magnetic conductive substrate includes a first magnetic conductive layer, a second magnetic conductive layer, and a third magnetic conductive layer. The first magnetic conductive layer has a first magnetic permeability, the second magnetic conductive layer has a second magnetic permeability, and the third magnetic conductive layer has a third magnetic permeability. The second magnetic conductive layer is disposed between the first magnetic conductive layer and the third magnetic conductive layer, the first magnetic permeability is different from the second magnetic permeability, and the second magnetic permeability is different from the third magnetic permeability.
US11581125B2
A coil component includes a body having a molded portion and a cover portion disposed on one surface of the molded portion, and including magnetic metal powder; a winding coil disposed between one surface of the molded portion and the cover portion and embedded in the body, and including a coating layer surrounding a surface of each of a plurality of turns; and a first protective film disposed between the one surface of the molded portion and the cover portion and between at least a portion of the surface of the winding coil and the cover portion.
US11581123B2
An inductor unit includes a conductive structure, a first magnetic element and an insulating layer. The conductive structure has a bottom conductive layer, a top conductive layer, and a first side conductive layer extending from the bottom conductive layer to the top conductive layer. The first magnetic element is disposed on the bottom conductive layer of the conductive structure. The insulating layer is disposed on the bottom conductive layer of the conductive structure, wherein the insulating layer covers and surrounds the first magnetic element. The circuit structure including the inductor unit and the methods for manufacturing the same are also provided.
US11581118B2
A transformer includes two first cores, a primary winding and a secondary winding. The secondary winding has a first section and a second section. The first section has a first outlet end, a second outlet end, and a first connection end, wherein the first outlet end and the second outlet end are located at a side of the first section, the first connection end is located at an opposite side of the first section. The second section has a third outlet end, a fourth outlet end, and a second connection end. The third outlet end and the fourth outlet end are located at a side of the second section, and the second connection end is located at an opposite side of the second section. A portion of the primary winding is located between the first section and the second section of the secondary winding.
US11581107B2
Disclosed are a flat cable and a WIFI connection line, where the flat cable includes flat wires and an insulation layer wrapped around the flat wires. The flat wires include one power line, four signal lines and two ground lines arranged at intervals, and a width of the power line and a width of each ground line are both greater than a width of each signal line.
US11581103B2
Compositions comprising high levels of high specific activity copper-64, and process for preparing said compositions. The compositions comprise from about 2 Ci to about 15 Ci of copper-64 and have specific activities up to about 3800 mCi copper-64 per microgram of copper. The processes for preparing said compositions comprise bombarding a nickel-64 target with a low energy, high current proton beam, and purifying the copper-64 from other metals by a process comprising ion exchange chromatography or a process comprising a combination of extraction chromatography and ion exchange chromatography.
US11581099B1
An improved home automation system is provided to facilitate senior care, as well as to facilitate care for individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other dementias. A home control unit is provided that is connected to, and interfaces with, a combination of health equipment, smart home appliances, a smart medicine cabinet, a smart pantry, wearable sensors, motion detectors, video cameras, microphones, video monitors, speakers, smart thermostat, lighting, floor sensors, bed sensors, smoke detectors, glass breakage detectors, door sensors, and other perimeter sensors. A distributed computational architecture is provided having a CPU associated with each video camera and an associated proximate microphone and speaker, wherein speech detection and processing, and video processing, is performed by each such CPU in conjunction with its associated video camera, microphone, and speaker. Remote backup for such distributed speech processing is selectively provided by a remote server based upon confidence scopes generated by each such CPU. The distributed computational architecture is also utilized for video processing to facilitate peer-to-peer video conferencing communication using industry standard formats and to reduce latency and response times that would otherwise be encountered using remote servers.
US11581098B2
A method, software, database and system for attribute partner identification and social network based attribute analysis are presented in which attribute profiles associated with individuals can be compared and potential partners identified. Connections can be formed within social networks based on analysis of genetic and non-genetic data. Degrees of attribute separation (genetic and non-genetic) can be utilized to analyze relationships and to identify individuals who might benefit from being connected.
