US11628369B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer software implemented system for establishing and operating a fantasy sports betting contest application platform designed to provide to a plurality of contestants an ability to participate in a multi-round betting contest, to provide to one or more contestants of the plurality of contestants an ability to collectively agree to split a first wager pot, upon the remaining number of contestants falling below a set threshold, and to provide to one or more contestants of the plurality of contestants comprising round winners an ability to participate in round-payouts from a second wager pot, where the computer software is executed on a plurality of computers, including a user interface, in conjunction with processors, memory, bus elements and a network connection.
US11628367B2
In one embodiment, a method includes, by a client system of a first user, receiving a request from a second user to initiate a first game within a first layer of a communication interface, wherein the communication interface includes several layers, wherein a first layer includes a video communication of the second user, and wherein a second layer of the communication interface includes a thumbnail view of a video communication of the first user; generating a first game container in a third layer of the communication interface, wherein the third layer contains the first game in an augmented reality overlay; expanding the second layer into a full-screen view within the communication interface; and displaying the third layer as the augmented reality overlay over the second layer, wherein the first layer is closed responsive to the overlaying of the augmented reality overlay onto the second layer.
US11628366B2
Techniques including data collection, organization and usage are provided, including in connection with computer-based gaming. Methods and systems are provided for establishing a set of data chronicling at least a portion of a duration of a computer-based gaming event that includes at least one user engaging in gaming using a computer or a computer-based device. Event data is obtained for chronicling chronologically ordered in-game events. Hardware and software related data is obtained that relates to the computer or the computer-based device and is relevant to the chronicling of the portion of the gaming event. Utilizing a distributed ledger technology or blockchain, the event data and the hardware and software related data are recorded in establishing the set of data chronicling at least a portion of the duration of the gaming event.
US11628365B2
A game apparatus functioning as a non-limiting example information processing apparatus includes a CPU that executes virtual game processing. A player makes a PC act in a place provided in a virtual space, and clears a quest issued by an NPC that the PC encountered. Then, a reward is given to the PC or player. Moreover, by displaying one or more quests issued by one or more NPCs by list, it is possible to clear a quest selected from the list. In this case, a reward is also given to the PC or player.
US11628364B2
A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein for a System Tuner for customizing a player's experience. The System Tuner creates an optimal game model based on game-related data of a plurality of players. The optimal game model corresponds to a player segment in the plurality of players. The System Tuner generates one or more rules for building a game variant based on the optimal game model. The System Tuner detects a first player accessing the game. The System Tuner determines a particular player segment to which the player belongs. The System Tuner generates a game variant based on an optimal game model for the particular player segment and sends the game variant to a client device.
US11628342B2
The present invention relates to a system for sensing multi-sports, and includes a central column, a sliding column provided to be able to enter and exit the longitudinal valley, and a first bracket provided with a first sensing camera unit connected to an upper end of the sliding column. The present invention may be used for simulation of several ball games.
US11628334B2
A collapsible and portable dip apparatus may be structurally configured for use with one or more resistance bands for adjusting the intensity of exercises. Specifically, a dip apparatus according to the present teachings may include side structures that are pivotable towards a central support structure to reduce a footprint of the dip apparatus, e.g., for storage. Further, the side structures may include support bars that are structurally configured for engagement with a resistance band, where the support bars are located below gripping bars of the dip apparatus. To this end, the present teachings include an exercise system featuring the aforementioned dip apparatus and resistance bands, where a user can engage a resistance band with each of the side structures of the dip apparatus such that a user can place his/her knees on the resistance band for support when performing a dip exercise.
US11628332B2
The oral training device for muscles of the throat and/or face includes a panel which is receivable in the oral cavity formed between the lips and teeth. The panel has a first face adjacent to the lip area and an opposite second face being adjacent to the teeth and/or gums when in use. The device includes a handle which projects outwardly from the first face for applying an outward pulling force to the panel generally away from the oral cavity. The device also includes an elongate platform extending laterally across the first face onto which the upper and lower lips are placeable when in use.
US11628323B2
A sprinkler reducer fixing bracket that is capable of allowing a reducer to be adjusted in height, especially in a state where the reducer is coupled thereto. The sprinkler reducer fixing bracket includes a body fitted to a horizontal bar, a hook member whose one side is rotatably coupled to the body by means of a shaft member, a locking shaft disposed on the hook member and having a cam portion adapted to push the body to allow the hook member to move to a position for fixing the reducer up and down, and U-shaped first and second locking pins adapted to allow the hook member to maintain the fixed position of the reducer in the up and down directions.
US11628311B2
A tumor positioning method includes obtaining projection images of a tumor at different angles; and registering the projection images with an initial reference image to obtain a first offset. If it is determined that a virtual reacquisition operation needs to be performed according to the first offset, the method further includes generating a first reference image according to the first offset; and registering the projection images with the first reference image to obtain a second offset. If it is determined that the operation does not need to be performed according to the second offset, the method further includes outputting a first accumulated offset being a sum of the first and second offsets. The method may solve problems of long time consuming and the service life of a treatment couch and acquisition devices being reduced due to repeatedly moving the treatment couch and repeatedly acquiring the X-ray projection images.
US11628307B2
This invention corresponds to an electrical and magnetic tissue stimulation device comprising a multi-source distribution circuit, a decoupled output stage circuit connected to the multi-source distribution circuit and to a control unit; the control unit is connected to the multi-source distribution circuit and to the decoupled output stage circuit, where the control unit generates PE and Out outputs for electrical and magnetic stimulation of a tissue. The invention also has a multi-source distribution circuit that comprises a control unit connected to a source output selector. A voltage regulator circuit is connected to a current limiter. The current limiter is connected to a capacitor, to a capacitor bank and to the source output sector, wherein the control unit controls the source output selector by means of an output control signal bus, the source output selector connects or disconnects one or more capacitors from the capacitor bank.
US11628305B2
Systems, devices and methods allow inductive recharging of a power source located within or coupled to an implantable medical device while the device is implanted in a patient. The recharging system/device in some examples includes a first electrical coil and a second electrical coil configured to generate opposing magnetic fields forming a resultant magnetic field within a recharging envelope located between the coils. A third coil of the implantable medical device may be positioned within the recharging envelope so that the resultant magnetic field is imposed on the third coil, causing electrical energy to be induced in the third coil, the induced electrical energy used to recharge a power source of an implantable medical device coupled to the third coil, and/or to power operation of the implantable medical device.
US11628298B2
Implantable medical devices automatically switch from a normal mode of operation to an exposure mode of operation and back to the normal mode of operation. The implantable medical devices may utilize hysteresis timers in order to determine if entry and/or exit criteria for the exposure mode are met. The implantable medical devices may utilize additional considerations for entry to the exposure mode such as a confirmation counter or a moving buffer of sensor values. The implantable medical devices may utilize additional considerations for exiting the exposure mode of operation and returning to the normal mode, such as total time in the exposure mode, patient position, and high voltage source charge time in the case of devices with defibrillation capabilities.
US11628297B2
A biomedical device having improved handling features to be easily inserted into a cavity or recess is disclosed, as well as methods for using thereof, said device comprising a flat and soft substrate, comprising electrically conductive tracks, configured to interface a biological surface; and a rigid member located on a portion of said flat and soft substrate, said member being substantially composed of a mechanically adaptive material being fully or partially degradable upon a degrading/softening trigger.
US11628295B2
One embodiment is a lead introducer including an outer needle, an inner needle, a splittable member, and an annular seal member. The outer needle, inner needle, and splittable member each include a body and hub. The splittable member fits over the outer needle body and the inner needle body and can be separated longitudinally. The splittable member hub receives at least portions of both the inner needle hub and the outer needle hub within the splittable member hub. The annular seal member is formed by either a) the inner needle hub or b) a combination of the inner needle hub and outer needle hub. The annular seal member forms a fluid-resisting seal with the interior surface of the splittable member hub when the portions of the inner needle hub and outer needle hub are received within the splittable member hub.
US11628289B2
A disposable medical vacuum drainage bag includes a flexible enclosure made of a flexible material. The flexible enclosure is configured to define an interior chamber. The flexible enclosure has a first fluid port and a second fluid port. The flexible enclosure has a collapsed state and an expanded state. A framework is located in the interior chamber. The framework has a plurality of frame structures configured to rotate in unison about separate rotational axes between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the collapsed configuration facilitates the collapsed state of the flexible enclosure and the expanded configuration facilitates the expanded state of the flexible enclosure. An actuator is coupled to the framework. The actuator is configured to rotatably transition the plurality of frame structures between the collapsed configuration and the expanded configuration.
US11628287B2
A system for enhanced sealing of coupled medical lines includes a male fitting, a female fitting, and a flexible annular collar seal. The seal provides a sealing function to an open end of the connector. The male fitting is made of medical grade materials and includes a male connector fluidly coupled to a first line. The female fitting is made of medical grade materials and including a female connector fluidly coupled to a second line and configured to mate with the male connector. The seal is made of a medical grade polymer coupled to one or both the male fitting and the female fitting.
US11628276B2
A catheter housing for securing a catheter device coupled to a catheter. The catheter housing can include a cover and a hub. The catheter housing can additionally include a lock in an interior portion of the cover that secures a portion of the catheter device coupled to the catheter. The catheter housing can additionally include a bridge configured to contact and/or secure a portion of the catheter device and align the catheter device so that the catheter remains inserted at a natural or proper insertion angle relative to a patient's vein. The catheter housing can include one or more wings extending outward from a cover of the housing that can help secure tubing coupled to the catheter device.
US11628274B2
Disclosed are devices and methods for automated emergency arterial cannulation. The device comprises a hand-held automated emergency arterial sheath placement device having a body with a handle and an actuator, and an arterial sheath placement head at the distal end of the handle body configured for placement against the patient's skin. The arterial sheath placement head includes an arterial sheath insertion device configured to advance an arterial needle, guide wire, and arterial sheath into a patient's artery upon sequential operation of the actuator. The arterial sheath placement head also includes a non-invasive artery locator configured to locate an artery into which the arterial sheath is intended to be placed. The arterial sheath placement head also preferably includes a Doppler gel and antiseptic needle, a local anesthetic needle, and a scalpel, all of which are likewise configured to advance from the upper body portion upon sequential operation of the actuator.
US11628273B2
A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The distal end may include a catheter configured to be inserted into vasculature of a patient. The catheter assembly may also include a septum, which may be disposed within the lumen of the catheter adapter. The septum may be secured within the lumen in response to increased pressure by one or more of the following: one or more septum stoppers, a retention disc of a needle assembly, a U-shaped washer, and a conical washer.
US11628261B2
The present disclosure provides medical devices, particularly medical grade needles with removable tips, as well as methods of needle tip installation and removal, and devices therefor. Needle tip installation and removal devices may include needle tip installation and removal tools and kits, including hand held and manipulated tools that facilitate the installation and removal of needle tips, particularly on vascular access port needles. Such installation and removal devices may provide more expedient hook up of the access port for the therapy. Also, the installation and removal of the needle tips may be conducted in a more sterile manner.
US11628258B2
A controlled delivery syringe device includes a syringe barrel having a proximal end and distal end which defines a chamber for containing an injectable material. A plunger rod is associated with the syringe barrel and a plunger is secured thereto which is axially movable within the syringe barrel. A plurality of equally and sequentially spaced periodic features are associated with the plunger rod and a counter member is engageable with the periodic features. Application of a distally directed force to the plunger rod results in disengagement and reengagement of the counter member with the sequentially spaced periodic features on the plunger rod, enabling advancement of the plunger rod and plunger in the syringe barrel while providing tactile feedback of dose progression of the injectable material. A method of retrofitting a syringe with a device for injecting a metered dose of injectable material is also provided.
US11628256B2
A plunger sub-assembly (40, 60, 70; 80) for a pre-filled medicament injector for expelling a dose of a medicament, comprising: a) a container (60) holding a medicament, the container (60) comprising a body (61) with a proximally facing rim surface (64), and a distally slideable piston (63); b) a plunger (40); and c) a tolerance compensating element (70; 80) configured to cooperate with the plunger (40) and to cooperate with either the proximally facing rim surface (64) or the piston (63), the tolerance compensating element (70; 80) being rotatable relative to the plunger (40) to adjust the piston (63) end of dose position. The plunger sub-assembly (40, 60, 70; 80) is formed so that end of dose state occurs by the plunger (40) cooperating with the proximally facing rim surface (64). Pre-filled medicament injectors and methods of assembling a pre-filled medicament injector are further described.
US11628255B2
Provided is a system for delivering and recording a dose of a medicament to a patient. Also provided is a method of administering a medicament to a patient. Additionally provided is a method of tracking usage of a medicament by a patient through a pen.
US11628253B2
Systems, and methods relate to a medical device receiving a treatment parameter operating point within a first operating region defined by a first set of operating points for which automatic incremental adjustment of a parameter in the current operation is permitted. In an illustrative example, incremental adjustment may use artificial intelligence based on patient feedback and sensor measurement of outcomes. Some exemplary devices may receive a request to alter the current treatment parameter operating point to a second treatment parameter operating point outside the first operating region and in a second operating region in a known safe operation zone, bounded by a known unsafe zone unavailable to the user. In the second operating region, some examples may restrict the step size of incremental adjustments requested by the user. Data may be collected for cloud-based analysis, for example, to facilitate discovery of more effective treatment protocols.
US11628252B1
In part, the disclosure relates to a safety monitor and related methods to evaluate and manage intrapartum uterine contractions induced or augmented by Pitocin or other contraction inducing agents. The systems and methods include measuring a contraction parameter that may include one or more of frequency, strength, and duration of uterine contractions through a measurement device connected to a monitor. The systems and methods are programmed to stop the pump-based administration of a contraction inducing agent. Various lock out protocols and control over the ability to re-start a given pump are also described herein.
US11628248B2
A needle stick prevention device (10, 110) includes a needle shield (20, 120) for selectively covering a distal end of a needle (41, 141). A needle hub (40, 140) is movably received within the needle shield (20, 120). The needle hub (40, 140) includes a proximal end (42, 142), a distal end (46, 146), a needle (41, 141) fixedly connected to the distal end of the needle hub (40, 140), and a plurality of ribs (54) or a cylinder (150) disposed between the proximal and distal ends. An actuation button movably received in a transverse opening of the needle shield (20, 120) to engage the needle shield (20, 120), the needle hub (40, 140) and a medical device. A spring (58, 158) is disposed between the needle hub (40, 140) and actuation member to automatically retract the needle (41, 141) into the needle shield (20, 120).
US11628244B2
A hysteroscopic fluid management system includes a saline source with an electrolyte concentration, at least one pressure mechanism for circulating saline to and from a targeted site and through a filter having filter characteristics back to the source, and a controller. The controller provides a saline inflow in a first flow path to the site and a saline outflow in a second flow path from the site through the filter and back to the source at a controlled flow rate. A diagnostic or therapeutic procedure is performed at the site in the presence of the saline. The filter characteristics and the controlled flow rate are selected to (1) cause substantially no change in the electrolyte concentration in the saline, (2) to prevent hemolysis of greater than 5% of filtered red blood cells exposed to the saline, and/or (3) to minimize effect on prothrombin time of plasma exposed to the filter.
US11628243B2
A valve for controlling material flow through a catheter, comprises a first flexible member including a first moveable element, wherein, when the first moveable element is in the open position, material may flow past the first flexible member through a first lumen of the catheter and, when the first moveable element is in the closed position, flow through the first lumen is prevented and a first biasing member coupled to the first flexible member for biasing the first moveable member toward the closed position.
US11628237B2
Compositions containing purified collagen biomaterial derived from tissues, for example, insoluble amnion, soluble amnion, soluble chorion of the human placenta, are provided. The collagen compositions can be used to promote wound healing, promote tissue regeneration, prevent or reduce scarring, reduce local inflammation, minimize tissue rejection, promote graft integration. Methods for using the collagen composition as a biomaterial implant for dermal filling, skin grafting, and hair transplantation are also provided.
US11628229B2
A method for preparing 18F radiolabeled biomolecules and agents for 18F-PET imaging is disclosed herein. A perfluoroaryl-conjugated target tracer is synthesized and purified with temperature and solvent conditions that are mild for the tracer molecule. The purified perfluoroaryl-conjugated target tracer is then labeled with 18F using 18F salts within a short reaction time, and with temperature and solvent conditions that are mild for the tracer molecule. The method provides a quick and convenient process that maintains the biological activities of the target molecules. The radio-labeled biomolecules may be used as contrast agents for Positron Emission Tomography (PET).
US11628226B2
Disclosed are novel gene therapy constructs containing both HEXA and HEXB genes to treat GM2 gangliosidoses, including Sandhoff disease and Tay-Sach's disease. Also described are co-treatments using chaperone and anti-inflammatory agents to enhance the effects of gene therapy.
US11628225B2
An antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) has a structure represented by Formula (I): a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein Ab is an antibody without glycans (i.e., the protein portion an antibody); G1 and G2 are glycan moieties, which may be the same or different; Cn1 and Cn2 are conjugation moieties, which may be the same or different; L1 and L2 are linker moieties, which may be the same or different; D1 and D2; are drug units which may be the same or different; and x and y are independently an integer from 0 to 8, provided that x+y≠0.
US11628217B2
The present invention relates to stable, high-concentration low-viscosity formulations of MASP-2 inhibitory antibodies, kits comprising the formulations and therapeutic methods using the formulations and kits for inhibiting the adverse effects of MASP-2 dependent complement activation.
US11628210B2
An isolated nucleic acid that contains a nucleotide sequence that encodes the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3. The polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3 specifically binds to stage-specific embryonic antigen 4 (SSEA4). Also disclosed is a recombinant cell comprising the isolated nucleic acid described above, a viral vector containing the above isolated nucleic acid, and an isolated polypeptide including the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3. Provided as well is a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that includes a single chain Fv having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 and specifically binding to SSEA4. Moreover, a method is disclosed for treating a tumor by transducing in vitro the T cells of a subject having a tumor expressing SSEA4 with a vector that encodes the CAR, expanding the transduced T cells, and infusing the expanded transduced T cells into the subject, whereby an anti-tumor T cell response is raised.
US11628209B2
The present invention relates to the treatment of cancer, in particular breast cancer, particularly triple-negative breast cancer. More particularly, the invention concerns methods and means for cancer treatment involving a specific set of tumor antigens.
US11628207B2
Methods are disclosed for the reduction or elimination of bacterial biofilms on biological and non-biological surfaces, as well as methods for the treatment of wounds, skin lesions, mucous membrane lesions, and other biological surfaces infected or contaminated with bacterial biofilms using compositions comprising thermolysin.
US11628206B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for inhibiting a STAT3 activity comprising administering SSu72 protein.
US11628203B2
A pharmaceutical composition contains Nkx3.2 and a fragment thereof as an active ingredient. The Nkx3.2 and/or the fragment thereof inhibit(s) retinal degeneration caused by oxidative stress and preserve(s) visual function. In addition, the Nkx3.2 and/or the fragment thereof inhibit(s) cell death due to the oxidative stress of retinal pigment epithelial cells and inhibit(s) choroidal neovascularization and retinal edema. Therefore, a composition containing the Nkx3.2 and/or the fragment thereof as active ingredient(s) can be effectively used for preventing or treating retinal dystrophies or macular degeneration.
US11628201B2
The present invention is directed to methods and agents used for treating cancer in Toll-Like Receptor 5-expressing tissues by providing a Toll-Like Receptor agonist such as flagellin. The present invention also relates to protecting the liver from a liver toxicity using a Toll-like receptor agonist.
US11628200B2
Solutions comprising a glycopeptide antibiotic, for example Vancomycin, and an amino acid or amino acid derivative such as N-acetyl-Glycine or N-acetyl-D-Alanine are provided. These solutions are stable or stabilized for long-term periods at conditions of normal use and storage, and can be formulated as pharmaceutical solutions for use in subjects. Methods of manufacturing and using these solutions are also provided, as are methods of stabilizing a glycopeptide antibiotic, for example Vancomycin, using amino acids or amino acid derivatives such as N-acetyl-Glycine or N-acetyl-D-Alanine.
US11628199B2
A medicine for combined use in cancer treatment, comprising chlorogenic acid and a hormone drug which have unit preparations of the same or different specifications and which are administered either together or separately, as well as comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The combined use of the chlorogenic acid and hormone drug achieves the effects of synergistic interaction, which thus overcome the defects of single drug treatment, such as a major toxic side effect and a poor treatment outcome and may reverse the drug resistance to hormone drugs and has good prospects for clinical application.
US11628198B2
The disclosure relates to a method for protecting a kidney from renal injury. For example, acute renal injury may be associated with decreased or blocked blood flow in the subject's kidney or exposure to a nephrotoxic agent, such as a radiocontrast dye. The methods include administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to a subject in need thereof.
US11628194B2
A method of extracting active ingredients in mushrooms includes following steps: crushing a mushroom to obtain a crude mushroom crush; mixing the crude mushroom crush with deionized water to obtain a crude crush mixture; adding the crude crush mixture into a subcritical fluid extractor and extracting the crude crush mixture to obtain a crude mushroom extract; centrifuging the crude mushroom extract to harvest a first supernatant and a mushroom residue; mixing the mushroom residue with deionized water and a cellulase enzyme to obtain a reaction mixture; adding the reaction mixture into a high-pressure hydrolysis reactor and extracting the reaction mixture to obtain a hydrolysate; centrifuging the hydrolysate to obtain a second supernatant; and combining the first supernatant and the second supernatant, and then concentrating the combined first and second supernatants to obtain a mushroom extraction solution.
US11628191B2
The present invention relates to a coral composite extract, a composition including the same and a method of producing the same. The coral composite extract includes at least two briarane-type diterpenoid compounds from corals of Briareum violaceum, B. excavatum and B. stechei, thereby being applied as an effective ingredient of a skin external use composition, a cosmetic composition and a medicinal composition.
US11628190B2
A method of treating neurodegenerative diseases using hUCB plasma is presented herein. hUCB plasma attenuated the hyperactive response (Group III) and potentiated the normal response in Group I ALS patients, but did not alter that of the non-responders to PHA (Group II). The elevated activity of caspase 3/7 observed in the MNCs from ALS patients was significantly reduced by hUCB plasma treatment. The ability of hUCB plasma to modulate the mitogen cell response and reduce caspase activity suggest that the use of hUCB plasma alone, or with stem cells, may prove useful as a therapeutic in ALS patients. hUCB plasma was shown to increase therapeutic efficacy of MNCs as well as decrease apoptosis of MNCs. The cytokine profile of hUCB plasma supports its usefulness as a sole therapeutic as well as an additive to MNCs.
US11628183B2
Compositions, methods, systems, etc., are provided for modified and/or purified fucans and corresponding fucan-containing compositions that inhibit fibrous adhesions among other advantages. The purified/modified fucans and fucan compositions have a reduced level of non-fucan components or impurities such as those found in a starting fucan composition. Such reduced undesirable components or impurities include, for example, undesired components bound to the fucan and compounds in the composition that are not a part of or bound to the fucan.
US11628182B2
Deoxynucleotide prodrugs for treatment of diseases characterized by unbalanced nucleotide pools are provided herein.
US11628180B2
Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing macrolide antibiotics, in particular azithromycin. In particular, compositions containing azithromycin with low toxicity, especially for administration to felines, are provided herein.
US11628175B2
Dry powder formulations for inhalation containing a combination of an anticholinergic, a long-acting beta2-adrenoceptor agonist, and a corticosteroid are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of an inflammatory and/or obstructive airways disease.
US11628174B1
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising ebastine and alprazolam are disclosed. Methods of using the pharmaceutical compositions for treating patients suffering from insomnia are also disclosed.
US11628168B2
The present disclosure provides application of a compound in conformity with a general formula I and an isomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to preparation of a medicinal composition for treating or preventing a high altitude disease. The high altitude disease is selected from an acute high altitude disease and a chronic high altitude disease generated in a high altitude environment with an altitude of 2,000 m or above.
US11628162B2
This application relates to methods of treating cancer in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering a Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors (FGFR) inhibitor to the patient.
US11628160B2
Compounds, and compositions, methods, and uses thereof, are described herein for treating brain injuries.
US11628156B2
Provided is a therapeutic product comprising at least one cannabinoid; at least one primary terpene; and at least 5% by weight of a non-cannabinoid, non-terpene carrier, wherein said non-cannabinoid, non-terpene carrier comprises cellulose and the terpenes to cannabinoids weight/weight ratio in said product is about 0.1 to about 1.0. Also provided is a method of treating certain conditions and/or symptoms in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a product comprising at least one primary terpene. Further provided is a therapeutic product comprising a primary terpene blend, wherein said primary terpene blend comprises five or less terpenes, and wherein each one of those terpenes, where present, independently comprises at least 10% of the total terpene content.
US11628151B2
According to the invention there is provided N,N-bis-2-mercaptoethyl isophthalamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof, for use in the therapeutic treatment of a neurodegenerative disorder, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
US11628143B1
Disclosed herein is a tablet for oral suspension comprising carglumic acid and its use.
US11628142B2
Single-serve containers for use in brewing a cannabis-based beverage are described, as are methods for preparing a single-serve container configured for receipt in a single-serve brewing machine. The method includes: adding a processed cannabis product to the single-serve container; adding, to the single-serve container, at least one of an extraction or flavoring agent; and sealing the single-serve container.
US11628136B2
Disclosed herein are oral care compositions comprising at least one phosphate/acrylate copolymer, at least one cationic antibacterial agent, at least one synthetic anionic linear polycarboxylate polymer, at least one surfactant, and zinc lactate. Also disclosed herein are methods for the treatment and/or inhibition of gum disease or halitosis comprising contacting the oral cavity with the oral care compositions disclosed herein, as well as methods of making the oral care compositions disclose herein.
US11628127B2
Composition for lightening keratin fibers, comprising: at least 20% weight of fatty substances free of carboxylic acid groups relative to the total weight of the composition, at least one alkalizing agent, at least one surfactant, and at least one oxidizing agent, wherein the concentration of oxidizing agent in the composition is from 1.5% to 2.5% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
US11628118B2
A walking assistance device deformable based on a thigh shape includes a hip joint actuator, an upper thigh frame connected to the hip joint actuator and configured to receive power from the hip joint actuator and rotate about a first axis and rotate about a second axis intersecting the first axis, a motion frame connected to the upper thigh frame, the motion frame including a plurality of segment frames configured to rotate relative to each other, and a lower thigh frame connected to the motion frame.
US11628115B2
A massage device for a seat, in particular for a vehicle seat, is provided. The massage device includes at least one air cushion. The at least one air cushion has an air inlet so as to allow individual filling thereof with air via an air supply system. A vibration generating device is arranged between the air supply system and the air cushion and is in fluid communication with the air cushion so as to apply pressure vibrations to the air cushion. In addition, a seat including the massage device is also provided.
US11628113B2
The invention relates to an infant positioning device for stabilizing and maintaining an infant in a fixed position for a lumbar puncture procedure. The device consists of a frame with openings for the infant's face and abdomen to support the infant in the proper position for the procedure and allow for unimpeded ventilation, a component of the frame to secure and stabilize the infant within the frame to prevent movement during the procedure, and an attachment stand to the frame that allows the frame to be free-standing.
US11628105B2
A powered wheelchair includes a seat, a first leg, a second leg, and a control unit. The first leg includes a first inertial measurement unit configured to determine a position of the first leg and a first leg actuator configured to adjust a position of the first leg. The second leg includes a second inertial measurement unit configured to determine a position of the second leg and a second leg actuator configured to adjust a position of the second leg. The control unit is operable to determine a global orientation of the powered wheelchair by averaging the position of first leg and the position of the second leg, and automatically adjusting the position of the first leg with a first leg actuator and the position of the second leg with the second leg actuator based on the global orientation to maintain the seat in a pre-selected position.
US11628098B2
An absorbent article includes a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable back sheet, and an absorber provided between the two sheets, the absorbent article having a predetermined length in a front-to-rear direction, and a predetermined width in a width direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction, wherein the absorber is provided with a groove or a slit extending in the front-to-rear direction, the absorber includes a first absorber layer on the side closer to the top sheet, and a second absorber layer on the side closer to the back sheet, and the first absorber layer includes a high-stiffness part extending outward in the width direction from an edge portion of the groove or slit, and a stiffness of the high-stiffness part is higher than a stiffness of the second absorber layer.
US11628091B2
An example multi-fiber, multi-spot laser probe comprises a plurality of fibers extending from a proximal end of the laser probe to at least near a distal end of the laser probe, where the proximal end of the laser probe is configured to be coupled to a laser source via an adapter interface, and a cannula having a distal end and surrounding the plurality of fibers along at least a portion of the laser probe at or near the distal end of the laser probe, where a distal end of each of the plurality of fibers is angle-polished so that the distal end of each fiber is angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the cannula and relative to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cannula. Additional embodiments employ lensed fibers, a distal window, ball lens, lens array, or faceted wedge.
US11628089B2
An applicator for ophthalmic solutions in single-dose containers includes a structure, an oval rim, a container attachment portion, a hollow and flat support base, and additional features. The structure with open spaces is for inserting, removing, and pressing the single-dose container and allowing the label and the contents of the container to be viewed. The oval rim has a concave upper lip and a concave lower lip to facilitate the positioning of the applicator at an angle between 30 and 60° with respect to a horizontal plane. The features of the applicator enable the device to be used easily, ergonomically, comfortably, and ensure a safe use of the single-dose container in applications after the first use.
US11628088B2
The present invention relates to ultrasonically detectable intrauterine systems and to a method for enhancing ultrasound detection of these systems. An intrauterine system having an inert metal coating on at least part of the body of the intrauterine system or at least one inert metal clip, pin, ring or sleeve fixedly positioned on the body of the intrauterine system is described.
US11628086B2
A system suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body of a person or animal may include an assembly having a fluid impermeable casing, a fluid permeable membrane, and a fluid permeable support. A reservoir is defined by the fluid permeable support. The fluid permeable membrane can define a cavity. The casing can define an opening such that the cavity is accessible via the opening. The assembly can also include an outlet in fluidic communication with the reservoir. The assembly can be arranged such that a user's penis can be disposed through the opening with the urethral opening disposed within the cavity and such that a fluid can flow into the body from the urethral opening of the user's penis, collect in the reservoir, and flow out of the outlet.
US11628081B2
An orthopedic device has first and second struts connected to one another by a hinge system, and includes a dynamic control system and a counterforce system. The dynamic control system includes first and second dynamic components arranged on a first side of the orthopedic device to exert first and second dynamic forces according to a flexion angle of the hinge system. A counterforce system is located on a second side of the orthopedic device to counteract the first and second dynamic forces with at least one counterforce.
US11628079B2
Controlled deployable medical devices that are retained inside a body passage and in one particular application to vascular devices used in repairing arterial dilations, e.g., aneurysms. Such devices can be adjusted during deployment, thereby allowing at least one of a longitudinal or radial re-positioning, resulting in precise alignment of the device to an implant target site.
US11628077B2
Post deployment radial force recovery of biodegradable scaffolds are described where a high molecular weight polymer may be formed into a high molecular weight scaffold by solution casting into a tubular substrate such that the scaffold retains its mechanical properties through processing. The tubular substrate is laser cut and subsequently crimped onto a catheter for deployment into a body lumen. The polymeric scaffold may retain its mechanical properties and result in increased radial strength post-deployment in a saline environment, e.g., within a body lumen. This scaffold enhancement may be attributable at least in part to entanglement of high molecular weight polymer chains as one factor that effects radial force recovery and also to the design or geometry of the scaffold as another factor that effects radial force recovery after deployment.
US11628068B2
An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart.
US11628067B2
A stemless humeral shoulder assembly having a base member and an anchor advanceable into the base member. The base member can include a distal end that can be embedded in bone and a proximal end that can be disposed at a bone surface. The base member can also have a plurality of spaced apart arms projecting from the proximal end to the distal end. The anchor can project circumferentially into the arms and into a space between the arms. When the anchor is advanced into the base member, the anchor can be exposed between the arms. A recess can project distally from a proximal end of the anchor to within the base member. The recess can receive a mounting member of an anatomical or reverse joint interface.
US11628055B2
An embolic filter balloon is disclosed. The embolic filter balloon may comprise an inflatable balloon portion. Further, the inflatable balloon portion may be coupled to a filter member. The embolic filter balloon may be disposed in a body lumen. In some embodiments, the embolic filter balloon may be configured such that when the inflatable balloon portion is at least partially inflated the filter member extends at least partially across the body lumen. Such a configuration may allow the embolic filter balloon, when deployed, to filter particles greater than a predetermined size from a fluid in the body lumen.
US11628047B2
A method of operating an intraoral scanner. The intraoral scanner includes an image capturing device and a processor. The method includes the image capturing device sequentially capturing M images along a first dental arch, the processor establishing a first arch model of the first dental arch according to the M images, the image capturing device sequentially capturing N images along a straight-line path from a first anchor to a second anchor on the first dental arch, the processor generating first coordinates of the first anchor and second coordinates of the second anchor according to the N images, and the processor calibrating the first arch model according to the first coordinates and the second coordinates. The first anchor is located at one side of a dental midline of the first dental arch. The second anchor is located at the other side of the dental midline of the first dental arch.
US11628045B2
Provided is a torque wrench for an implant procedure including: a first body having a predetermined length, and including a head portion having an end to which a torque wrench driver bit is coupled; at least one second body having a predetermined length, provided at one side of the first body, and including a coupling portion formed in a longitudinal direction thereof; and a second shaft rotatably coupled to the coupling portion of the second body, including a second gear provided at one end thereof and a knob provided at the other end thereof, and configured such that, in response to rotation of the knob, the second shaft transmits torque to the torque wrench driver bit through the first gear engaged with the second gear.
US11628044B2
The present invention provides methods and systems including orthodontic tooth positioning appliances. An exemplary appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped such that, when worn by a patient, repositioning the patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a subsequent or target arrangement. Appliances can include a cavity having one or more shaped features or protrusions shaped and/or positioned so as to apply a desired force to a patient's tooth received in the cavity and move the tooth along a desired path or direction.
US11628038B2
An augmented reality and extended reality surgical system comprising three 3D viewing options of: (i) an AR/XR headset or headsets, (ii) one or more autostereoscopic “3D glasses free” monitor(s); and (iii) one or more digital ocular stereoscopic 3D viewports which is mounted to a cobotic arm viewing option for ergonomically sound viewing. The system may comprise a wearable device, such as a head mounted display or glasses, that provides the user with virtual reality, augmented reality, and/or mixed reality for surgery visualization. This system is all digital and features both wired and wireless connections that have approximately the same latency of less than 20 milliseconds. This may allow the user to access 2D or 3D imaging, magnification, virtual visualization, six-degrees of freedom (6DoF) image management, and/or other images while still viewing real reality and thus maintaining a presence in the operating room. The all-digital multi-option 3D viewing surgery system provides an ergonomically sound surgery visualization system.
US11628037B2
A viewing system or imaging system is disclosed that includes optical pieces for viewing a subject. The viewing system may include features that allow an augmented mixed view through eyepieces of the viewing system. The mixed view may include graphical representations that are acquired or determined with information separate from the viewing system.
US11628036B2
Oral airway devices comprising a tubal body formed by a wall which has a length between a distal end and a proximal end, the tubal body being curved into an arch, the wall having two hollow channels which are passages in the tubal body, a first channel and a second channel, wherein the two channels are laterally aligned, wherein the first channel is the passage located peripherally in the tubal body and wherein the second channel is the passage located centrally or substantially centrally in the tubal body and is compatible with a camera insertable and removable from the second channel; and wherein the tubal body does not comprise an endotracheal tube (ETT) lumen.
US11628028B2
A surgical instrument for use with a robotic manipulator includes an end effector assembly having one or two end effector members, each having a distal treatment end, a proximal end, and a tendon pass-through. Each end effector member is sandwiched between a corresponding pair of pulley members that, when assembled define an annular tendon pathway that is between the pulley members and that is aligned with the pass-through. For each end effector member, a tendon having a distal loop portion ends through the tendon pass-through, with its legs passing proximally from the pass-through, extending in opposite directions around the tendon pathway and proximally through the instrument's shaft.
US11628027B2
Provided are surgical instruments, and more particularly, surgical instruments that may be manually operated to perform laparoscopic operations or various surgical operations.
US11628023B2
Devices, systems, and methods for a robot-assisted surgery. Navigable instrumentation, which are capable of being navigated by a surgeon using the surgical robot system, and navigation software allow for the navigated placement of interbody fusion devices or other surgical devices. The interbody implant navigation may involve navigation of access instruments (e.g., dilators, retractors, ports), disc preparation instruments, trials, and inserters.
US11628015B1
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods to perform a surgical procedure. The systems and methods utilize MRI-compatible fiducial markers including a body having at least one feature configured to receive an MRI-compatible and MRI-visible material and to allow registration of a navigational tool. The MRI-compatible fiducial markers can be affixed to a bone of a patient. The registered navigational tool can be used to advance a surgical tool along a navigational path to perform a surgical procedure.
US11628005B2
A tool for a bone implant includes a rod and an adaptor. The rod includes a coupling portion having a through-hole. The rod further includes a measuring arm connected to the coupling portion and a force applying arm connected to the coupling portion. The measuring arm includes a first extension section having a first indicator portion, and the force applying arm includes a second extension section having a second indicator portion. The force applying arm is elastically deformable away from the measuring arm to displace the second extension section relative to the first extension section. The adaptor is coupled in the through-hole and includes an outer ring and an inner ring. The outer ring is rotatable relative to the inner ring in a single direction.
US11628003B2
A system includes a first spacer sized and configured to be received within a resected bone space of a first bone and a second spacer sized and configured to be coupled to a second bone. The first spacer and the second spacer each include a body extending between a bone contacting surface and a coupling surface. At least one shim is positioned between the first and second spacers. The shim includes a body extending between a first coupling surface and a second coupling surface. The first spacer, the second spacer, and the at least one shim position the first and second bones in a predetermined alignment. An adjustable guide including a guide adapter and a guide body is configured to couple to the first spacer and is adjustable on a first axis.
US11628002B2
A measuring instrument configured to measure a bone and a plate to determine the size of an attachment clamp, including: a medial clamp configured to engage a medial portion of the bone; a medial gauge connected to the medial clamp, the medial gauge including: a key along a portion of the medial gauge adjacent the medial clamp; a gauge indicator configured to indicate the size of attachment clamp; and a threaded portion; a lateral clamp configured to engage a plate on the bone, where the lateral clamp has a hollow portion with a channel, wherein the gauge indicator is positioned in the hollow portion and wherein the channel is configured to engage the key of the gauge indicator to prevent the lateral clamp from rotating about the gauge indicator; and a tightening knob threaded onto the thread portion of the of the medial gauge, wherein one end of the tightening knob indicates on the gauge indicator the size of the attachment clamp.
US11627991B2
A bone fixation clamp includes a first clamp assembly, a second clamp assembly, an inner locking member, and an outer locking assembly. The first and second clamp assemblies are transitionable between open and closed configurations. The inner locking member is transitionable between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position the inner locking member engages the first clamp assembly substantially preventing the first clamp assembly from transitioning from the closed configuration to the open configuration. The outer locking assembly is transitionable between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position the outer locking assembly engages the first clamp assembly and the second clamp assembly substantially preventing both the first clamp assembly from transitioning from the closed configuration to the open configuration and the second clamp assembly from transitioning from the closed configuration to the open configuration.
US11627990B2
A medical device for performing a surgical procedure may include an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The medical device may also include a handle connected to the proximal end of the elongate member, an end effector assembly connected to the distal end of the elongate member, and a cutting device configured to extend from the end effector assembly, wherein the cutting device has a retracted configuration in which the cutting device is withdrawn into the end effector assembly and a deployed configuration in which the cutting device extends from the end effector assembly.
US11627984B2
A surgical instrument access port assembly and method of use, the surgical instrument access port a surgical instrument has a needle lumen and a surgical access port. The needle lumen extends in a longitudinal direction and includes a needle tip at a distal end, and a body portion at a proximal end, the body portion having at least one recess or finger. The surgical access port has a cannula defining a hollow cannula shaft, and a tapered hub attached to a proximal end of the cannula. The tapered hub includes at least one inner ring configured to abut against the at least one recess or finger while the surgical instrument is inserted into the cannula of the surgical access port.
US11627979B2
A method of performing surgery on a bone includes providing a robotically controlled bone preparation system and creating at least one hole in the bone with the robotically controlled bone preparation system prior to machining the bone. The bone hole aligns with a hole or a post in a guide for a manual cutting tool. If the robot fails during surgery, or if the surgeon does not wish to complete the procedure with the robot, the guide is attached to the bone after aligning the guide hole with the bone hole. The surgery is completed manually after the guide is attached to the bone, and the robot is not used after the guide is attached to the bone.
US11627976B2
A force transmission mechanism includes a force adjuster that receives a driving force and that is configured to change a force transmission efficiency, and also includes a driving member that is configured to connect an end effector and the force adjuster via a joint section and transmit the driving force. The force adjuster converts the driving force into a linear force via a rotational force, and increases the conversion efficiency from the driving force to the linear force such that an amount of increase in the force transmission efficiency increases with increasing displacement amount of the driving member when the driving member is displaced in accordance with flexing or curving of the joint section.
US11627975B2
A surgical device may include a disposable needle assembly, a reusable handle assembly, and a retractable slide. The handle assembly may include a ratchet mechanism, a locking mechanism, an arming mechanism, and a cage. A method for inserting and releasing the disposable needle assembly from the reusable handle assembly is also disclosed herein.
US11627973B2
Self-rolling mechanical apparatuses for removing material from a body lumen include a tractor tube portion that rolls and inverts over itself in a continuous motion, tractor-like, to draw material into the tractor tube, wherein the tractor tube rolls over itself without requiring any additional internal support at the distal-facing region of the tractor tube.
US11627964B2
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a buttress retention assembly. The buttress retention assembly includes a sleeve configured to be detachably coupled with a first jaw member of a tool assembly of the surgical stapling apparatus, and a buttress material. The sleeve includes a proximal hook extending transversely outward from a lateral side of the sleeve, and a mouth including a hook configured to be received in a knife slot of the first jaw member. The mouth includes an inner surface having an inwardly extending boss. The buttress material includes a tab extending transversely outward from a lateral side thereof. The tab defines a proximal slot configured to receive the proximal hook of the sleeve. At least a portion of the distal end portion extends through the mouth of the sleeve. The distal end portion defines a distal slot dimensioned to receive the boss of the sleeve.
US11627962B2
A surgical stapler body, a cartridge, a surgical stapler and a control method for the surgical stapler. The surgical stapler body includes an identification part capable of identifying information in a storage part that is connected to the cartridge assembly and capable of storing information of the cartridge assembly, the surgical stapler body further comprises a control unit capable of analyzing information stored in the storage part and sending an instruction, a power part capable of providing a power source for the surgical stapler body, and a driving part capable of driving the cartridge assembly to be closed. On the one hand, it is ensured that the driving part can drive the firing rod to move stably, so as to avoid a large vibration caused by manually operating the firing rod to influence the stitching, and reduce medical risk of human misoperation.
US11627961B2
Compressible adjuncts for use with a staple cartridge are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the compressible adjunct includes a non-fibrous adjunct material formed of at least one fused bioabsorbable polymer. The adjunct material is configured to be releasably retained on a staple cartridge and is configured to be delivered to tissue by deployment of staples in the cartridge The adjunct material includes a lattice macrostructure having at least one drug contained therein. The lattice macrostructure is formed of a plurality of unit cells, in which each unit cell is configured to eject a predetermined amount of drug from the adjunct material and the predetermined amount of the drug being a function of a compression profile of the respective unit cell.
US11627959B2
A surgical instrument comprising an end effector, an articulation system, a firing system, a closure system, a lock system, and a control unit is disclosed. The end effector comprises a pair of movable jaws. The articulation system articulates the end effector when the articulation system is in an active state. The closure system is actuatable to move the pair of jaws. The lock system prevents the closure system from actuating when the lock system is in a locked state. The control unit controls the supply of power from a power source to the articulation system, the firing system, and the lock system. The control unit transitions the lock system to the locked state and prevents the supply of power from the power source to the firing system when the articulation system is in the active state.
US11627957B2
A suture according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first barb portion, a second barb portion, and a center portion which connects the first barb portion and the second barb portion to each other. Each of end portions of the first barb portion and the second barb portion may be formed so as to face the center portion, and a hole portion including a plurality of holes may be formed in at least one of the first barb portion, the second barb portion, and the center portion. The suture may show an excellent recovery and a lifting effect to be semi-permanently maintained and may have an excellent strength.
US11627956B2
An automatic needle mover for moving a medical threaded needle includes: two shafts extending in the same direction and slidable relative to each other along a longitudinal direction; a needle-holding portion provided on one end side of the second shaft; a needle-receiving portion provided on one end side of the first shaft; and a handle serving as a control portion for controlling the sliding of the two shafts. The needle-holding portion has a first claw portion protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the shafts. The needle-receiving portion has a second claw portion protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the shafts. As a result of the sliding of the two shafts, the needle-holding portion and the needle-receiving portion become close to each other and a straight needle held by the needle-holding portion can be press-fitted into the needle-receiving portion.
US11627945B2
Provided are a failure prediction system of an ultrasonic endoscope apparatus, a failure prediction method of the ultrasonic endoscope apparatus, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a failure prediction program of the ultrasonic endoscope apparatus capable of predicting a failure occurrence timing in the ultrasonic endoscope apparatus. A system controller includes an abnormality detection unit that acquires a reception signal of an ultrasonic vibrator of an ultrasonic endoscope and detects an abnormality of an ultrasonic endoscope apparatus including the ultrasonic endoscope, a storage control unit that stores information on the abnormality detected by the abnormality detection unit in association with time information, and a failure prediction unit that predicts a failure timing of the ultrasonic endoscope apparatus on the basis of the plurality of pieces of abnormality information stored by the storage control unit and time information corresponding the information.
US11627941B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a medical imaging system. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring a series of medical images of a lung, identifying a pleural line in each medical image of the series, evaluating the pleural line for irregularities in each medical image of the series, and outputting an annotated version of each medical image of the series, the annotated version including visual markers for healthy pleura and irregular pleura. In this way, an operator of the medical imaging system may be alerted to pleural irregularities during a scan.
US11627922B2
A radiation shield assembly includes a shield configured to block radiation and a rail assembly configured to position the shield in between the radiation table and a radiation source. The shield is movable between a retracted position and an extended position along a length of the rail assembly. In the extended position, the shield extends along a portion of a radiation table and blocks radiation from the radiation source to the portion of the radiation table. In the retracted position, the shield exposes at least some of the portion of the radiation table to the radiation.
US11627921B2
A system for imaging a breast includes a gantry and a tube head rotatably coupled thereto. An x-ray source is disposed within the tube head. A support arm is movably coupled to the gantry and includes a breast support platform. An x-ray detector is disposed within the breast support platform and a compression arm is movably coupled to the support arm. An opaque breast compression paddle is coupled to the compression arm. The breast support platform and the opaque compression paddle at least partially define a compression volume for compressing a breast and a camera is arranged to capture images of the compression volume. An image display is at least partially disposed on the system and is configured to display the images of the compression volume captured by the camera.
US11627918B2
An object of the present invention is to more appropriately extrapolate a sign of a state that may affect a movement of a user. A state extrapolation device according to the present invention includes a vital sign acquisition unit that acquires a vital sign of a user, and a sign detection unit that uses a learned model that has learned, as training data, sign data about the vital sign related to a predetermined physical condition abnormality, and detects a sign by determining whether or not the vital sign of the user corresponds to a sign of the predetermined physical condition abnormality.
US11627910B2
The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for measuring capacitance as an indication of susceptibility to the formation of a diabetic foot ulcer.
US11627909B2
An arrangement is provided for monitoring the plantar temperature of the foot having a platform with at least two multi-layer temperature sensitive pads that measure the temperature of a sole of a user's feet. The platform has a scanner for scanning the bottom of the user's feet that produces a digital image thereof. A printed circuit board supports remote connectivity to a mobile application that transmits the scanned digital image of the users' feet to the mobile application for storage and delivery to a physician. The arrangement includes the mobile application that provides a series of diagnostic questions and prompts to the user and is configured to transmit data including the scanned images of the user's feet to a physician.
US11627904B2
The present invention refers to the field of cardiac electrophysiology (EP) and, more specifically, to image-guided radio frequency ablation and pacemaker placement procedures. For those procedures, it is proposed to display the overlaid 2D navigation motions of an interventional tool intraoperatively obtained from the same projection angle for tracking navigation motions of an interventional tool during an image-guided intervention procedure while being navigated through a patient's bifurcated coronary vessel or cardiac chambers anatomy in order to guide e.g. a cardiovascular catheter to a target structure or lesion in a cardiac vessel segment of the patient's coronary venous tree or to a region of interest within the myocard. In such a way, a dynamically enriched 2D reconstruction of the patient's anatomy is obtained while moving the interventional instrument. By applying a cardiac and/or respiratory gating technique, it can be provided that the 2D live images are acquired during the same phases of the patient's cardiac and/or respiratory cycles. Compared to prior-art solutions which are based on a registration and fusion of image data independently acquired by two distinct imaging modalities, the accuracy of the two-dimensionally reconstructed anatomy is significantly enhanced.
US11627901B2
A measurement chamber that is essentially dome shaped and has a base area with a membrane and has at least two connection points fora fluid flow. The measurement chamber has two outer webs opposite each other, one of the webs engaging a clamping edge of a coupling element.
US11627891B2
A method for operating an accessory device to capture calibration data. The method can include capturing an image of a portion of a user's body that includes the user's stoma and at least two reference locations, and storing distance scale information representative of a distance between the two reference locations. The method further includes processing the captured image, including: identifying the reference locations, identifying the stoma, and generating calibration data representative of one or more stoma parameters as a function of the identified reference locations, identified stoma and the distance scale information. The calibration data can be stored.
US11627887B2
The present disclosure generally relates to wearable devices and methods for measuring a photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal. The wearable devices and methods described herein are capable of obtaining PPG signals by employing a PPG sensor array configured to receive light at angles associated with a high perfusion index. Viewing components may be coupled to the PPG sensor array to effect transmission of light at these preferential angles.
US11627881B2
A catheter system for optical coherence tomography includes an elongate catheter body, an optical fiber in the elongate catheter body, and an anamorphic lens assembly coupled with a distal end of the optical fiber. The optical fiber and the lens assembly are together configured to provide a common path for optical radiation reflected from a target and from a reference interface between the distal end of the optical fiber and the lens assembly.
US11627880B2
The present invention relates to a real-time parathyroid imaging apparatus including: a light source including an excitation filter capable of exciting parathyroid glands; and a camera including an image sensor and an emission filter of which a transmissivity ratio between a visible light region and a near-infrared emission wavelength region is N:1 (here, N<1). Through the present invention, a system may be implemented whereby a surgeon may acquire, in real-time during an operation, an autofluorescence image of the parathyroid glands by using a near-infrared light source, and an auto focus function may be used, and visible light and near-infrared autofluorescence images may be simultaneously fused and acquired without having to turn off the lights in an operating room.
US11627872B2
Presented is a method and apparatus for aiding medical procedures. An apparatus includes a housing defining a first opening, a second opening, and a interior, and a first cleaning element maintained within the interior relative to the first opening, the first cleaning element comprising at least one cleaning agent operable to remove extraneous debris from an object. The apparatus further includes a second cleaning element maintained with the interior relative to the second opening, the second cleaning element comprising at least one cleaning material and at least one white reference material, the at least one cleaning material operable to remove debris from an object. The apparatus also includes a conduit defining a passage from a first end of the housing to a second end of the housing.
US11627869B2
An imaging probe for use in a catheter for ultrasonic imaging is provided. The imaging probe includes a transducer backing and a transducer configured to generate and receive ultrasonic waves. The transducer includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface. The first surface faces the transducer backing and the second surface is disposed at an angle sloping toward a catheter center axis in a proximal direction.
US11627861B2
Image classification is used to dynamically control one or more wash parameters in an automated cleaning machine. An imaging device installed in the wash chamber of the cleaning machine captures one or more image(s) of articles to be cleaned at various times throughout a cleaning process. A computing device analyzes the captured image(s) to classify the images as to an article type and a rack volume. Based on the article type classification and the rack volume, the computing device dynamically controls one or more parameters of the cleaning process to achieve a satisfactory cleaning and/or sanitizing result.
US11627858B2
The present concept a cleaning device comprises; a pole assembly adapted to be detachably connected to a pole end; a head assembly adapted to be detachably connected to a pad; a resilient joint connected at a pole portion to the pole assembly and at a head end to the head assembly, wherein the resilient joint includes a flexible neck disposed between the pole end and the head end. The cleaning device is moveable between a normally retracted position and an extended position, wherein the retracted position the pole assembly pivots about the flexible neck relative the head assembly. The resilient joint further includes a pin channel which extends through the flexible neck, and the pole assembly includes an actuator attached to a plunger pin, whereby selectively urging the actuator longitudinally downward urges the plunger pin downward to extend through the flexible neck into the extended position, such that the plunger pin prevents pivoting of the flexible neck and thereby locks the position of the pole assembly relative to the head assembly in an upright position.
US11627857B2
A method of removing mites includes: acquiring a target path for mite removal and switching from a hibernation state to a crawling state upon receiving a mite removing instruction; in the crawling state, crawling according to the target path and performing mite removal during the crawling process; and after crawling to an end position of the target path, switching from the crawling state to the hibernation state.
US11627856B2
A floor cleaner including a vacuum source, a handle, and a base. The handle is pivotally coupled to the base, the handle pivotable between an upright storage position and an inclined operating position, the base movable over a surface to be cleaned. The base includes a suction inlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll chamber including a rear wall, a brushroll in the brushroll chamber, the brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis, and a brushroll cover releaseably attached to the base, the brushroll cover removable to access the brushroll chamber and the brushroll, and the brushroll chamber rear wall is attached to and removable with the brushroll cover.
US11627846B2
A sanitary wipe dispensing assembly for positioning sanitary wipes proximate to a toilet includes a box has a rear facet, a front facet, opposed vertical facets, and opposed horizontal facets. One of the front facet, the opposed vertical facets, and a first one of the opposed horizontal facets is open for insertion of a container of sanitary wipes. The box can be mounted to a substantially vertical surface proximate to a toilet so that the rear facet abuts the substantially vertical surface. An aperture is positioned in a second one of the opposed horizontal facets. A sanitary wipe protruding through the aperture can be grasped and pulled by a user to dispense it from the container for use in maintaining personal hygiene.
US11627841B2
A multifunctional tool for holding and handling hot items and products is described. The tool has a horizontal support section. A vertical gripping section is at one end of the horizontal support section. An upper end of the vertical gripping section has a hook element. A pair of arms project downwards from the horizontal support section. A reinforcement section also functions as a second gripping section. The reinforcement section is fixed to ends of the arms and extends diagonally until it joins an end edge of the horizontal support section. A covering layer of thermal insulating material is attached from a top of the hook element, through the vertical gripping section and to the underside of the horizontal support section whereby a gripping surface is defined for the user. The gripping surface allows the user to avoid direct contact with the tool and thus avoid contact with hot parts, items or products that will be grasped by the tool.
US11627837B2
A kitchen appliance a bowl; a lid arranged to be fitable to the bowl; a seal arranged to be fitted between the lid and the bowl when the lid is fitted to the bowl; and a safety device arranged to allow operation of the kitchen appliance only when both the lid is fitted to the bowl and the seal is fitted between the lid and the bowl.
US11627833B2
A self-heating container assembly has a housing with a first portion and a second portion, each having a cylindrical cross-section. The first portion and the second portion are mated together in a manner that permits the first portion to rotate about a common axis relative to the second portion. A ring gear (or partial ring gear) is on or attached to the first portion and rotates with the first portion of the housing relative to the second portion. A rotatable cutting element is supported by a support connected to the second portion of the housing. There is a pinion gear on the rotatable cutting element. The pinion gear is coupled to the ring gear. A reactant container containing a reactant is adjacent to the rotatable cutting element, such that rotation thereof cuts into the reactant container.
US11627829B1
The present invention is a beverage creation device that motivates water consumption, eliminates water bottles, provides minerals and vitamins and tracks the minerals and vitamins intake during a day or a specific period of time. The beverage creation device comprises of several unique features to provide filtered water with vitamins, minerals, flavours and different levels of carbonation and also track and notify the user about the amount of consumption during a day or a period of time to make sure the necessary vitamins and minerals are received by the users. The novel dosing system divides vitamins, minerals and flavor contents into multiple separate dose formulations to be taken separately at different times to exclude or reduce the interactions and effectiveness and adds a specific amount of each one of the multiple separate dose formulations to the filtered water in a specific amount based on specific parameters being age, intake nutrition and doctor prescription.
US11627822B2
An anti-wrinkle anatomic pillow that allows that users rest on their backs, face down or on the side without this causing expression lines in their skins.
US11627818B2
A dispensing system includes a track, a pusher, a biasing member, and a damper. The pusher is moveably coupled to the track. The biasing member is coupled to the pusher and the track and configured to move the pusher relative to the track in a first direction. The damper is coupled to the pusher and the track and configured to reduce a speed at which the pusher moves relative to the track in the first direction.
US11627813B2
This disclosure addresses mattresses. The mattress includes a core made up of multiple zones. Each of the zones includes a plurality of core elements, the core elements being formed from at least one wire coil spring at least partially contained in a fabric pouch. The core elements are typically joined in linear chains. The zones vary in support firmness according to the selection of a user. The core elements include wire coil springs formed from wires of at least two different sizes, and of at least two different heights.
US11627797B2
A cleaning brush for cleaning laps of siding featuring a brush base with brush elements attached to the back and top surfaces of the brush base formed to compliment a lap of siding. The cleaning brush further comprises a four direction swivel mean attached to the brush base for engaging a handle wherein the cleaning brush can be extended to various heights to engage laps of siding. When in use, the cleaning brush comes in contact with a lap of siding and is slid laterally across a lap of siding removing debris from the siding.
US11627783B2
A lever-controllable magnetic buckle includes a male member having a male engaging section, a female member having a female engaging section formed with two groups of female guide-out surface, and a control lever. The male member is magnetically attracted for moving to the female member with the male engaging section retained to the female engaging section. The control lever is pivotally connected to the male member and has an actuating cam contacting with the female member. The female member will contact with surfaces of the actuating cam at different positions thereof when the control lever is pivotally swung relative to the male member, allowing the male engaging section to disengage from the female engaging section. Then, the control lever can be further swung to move the male member in different directions to selectively contact with one of the two groups of female guide-out surface and be completely separated from the female member.
US11627780B2
An article of footwear is provided and includes an upper having a bottom surface and a first plate attached to the bottom surface of the upper in a forefoot region. The first plate includes a lateral peripheral cleat disposed adjacent to a first outward-most portion of the upper on a lateral side and a medial peripheral cleat disposed adjacent to a second outward-most portion of the upper on a medial side, the medial peripheral cleat being disposed closer to an anterior end of the first plate than the lateral peripheral cleat.
US11627777B2
The present invention provides a sole for a footwear article. The sole is formed from an elastomeric compound comprising at least one elastomer, and at least one graphene based material, in an amount ranging from 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % relative to the weight of said at least one elastomer, essentially uniformly distributed in said at least one elastomer.
US11627776B2
A communication-enabled hard hat includes a control panel mounted in one side of the hard hat for establishing a Bluetooth connection with an external device.
US11627760B2
The present invention discloses a heat regulating device for a hookah, including a lid and a base. The lid and the base are movably connected to form a cavity for placing tobacco or other combustible substances. The upper part of the base has an annular groove; and the lid has a fastener which is hook-shaped; the fastener extends downward and inward and is embedded in the annular groove. The fastener and the annular groove are configured to improve the connection stability of the lid and the base. In the event of an accident, such as unexpected tipping over, the lid won't easily fall off from the base, so tobacco or other combustible substances can be contained in the device to reduce the possibility of scald, even fire and other accidents, thus improving the safety performance of the heat regulating device.
US11627759B2
Provided is an aerosol generating system including a holder configured to generate aerosol by heating a cigarette; and a cradle including an inner space into which the holder is inserted. The holder is configured to be tiltable with respect the cradle. The holder is inserted into the inner space of the cradle and then tilted to generate the aerosol.
US11627752B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a flavour composition comprising providing a slurry of yeast cell walls and contacting the slurry of yeast cell walls with a glucanase and with an endoprotease, followed by separating a liquid fraction by solid/liquid separation to provide the liquid flavour composition.
US11627747B2
Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks.
US11627740B2
A glycoside compound of fatty acids that includes the general formula: GalNAc-GalNAc-Glc-O—R, where GalNAc is α- or β-D-N-acetylgalactosamine, Glc-O—R is a molecule of α- or β-D-glucose esterified to a monounsaturated fatty acid (R), where R is selected from 12:1(n) and where n is an integer between 2 and 11; 11:1(n) and where n is an integer between 2 and 10; 10:1(n), and where n is an integer between 2 and 9; 9:1(n), and where n is an integer between 2 and 8; 8:1(n), and where n is an integer between 2 and 8; 7:1(n) and where n is an integer between 2 and 7; and 6:1(n), and where n is an integer between 2 and 6. The compound has activity against plant pathogens, and induces the defense, and promotes the growth, of plants.
US11627739B2
The invention relates to a formulation comprising: 2-undecanone in an amount of about 5% to about 50%; at least one hydrophobic base in an amount of about 5% to about 65%; at least one alcohol in an amount of about 5% to about 50%; and at least one emulsifier in an amount of about 5% to about 15% and methods of repelling insects and ticks by applying to a subject or a substrate a formulation of the invention.
US11627734B2
An adjustable rod holder for a boat includes: a main shaft; a rod holder beam; a support arm for holding the rod holder beam in a spaced relationship to the main shaft; the support arm having a first end; the support arm being connected to the main shaft at the first end; a rod receptacle mounted on the rod holder beam and being configured to receive a handle of a fishing rod; the main shaft being configured to attach to a boat; and, the main shaft being configured to be rotatable so as to move the rod holder beam between a first position and a second position.
US11627730B1
A crustacean trap adapted to permit blocking entry to a crustacean of a protected species, including a cage, enclosing a volume and a crustacean entrance that can be closed to prevent entry, responsive to a first signal and opened to permit crustacean entry, responsive to a second signal received at the trap. Also, an image forming assembly includes a digital camera and a flash mechanism, the assembly being directed at an area immediately outside of the entrance and being tuned to return a maximum signal from crustaceans of the protected crustacean species so that a protected species crustacean appears as brightly lit in images formed, and being communicatively connected to a remote station that is equipped to receive-images from the assembly. Finally, there is a connector for connecting the cage to a signal source for receiving the first and second signals and for sending the images formed.
US11627729B2
A system for transferring marine life within an aquaculture facility including a plurality of segregated storage facilities each containing water for marine life, maintained within a predetermined temperature range and supported at independent ground levels. The storage facilities are successively disposed and structured to contain marine life at different stages of growth. A transfer assembly includes a path of fluid flow interconnecting successive ones of said plurality of storage facilities in fluid communication with one another, wherein at least a majority of a length of said path of fluid flow is disposed beneath the independent ground levels at a predetermined depth, which is sufficient to facilitate maintenance of the path of fluid flow within the predetermined temperature range, via geothermal cooling. The transfer assembly may also connect a holding facility, which may be dimensioned and structured to transfer mature marine life, possibly on an on-demand basis, to the harvesting facility.
US11627726B2
A system and method for estimating livestock weight is described. Embodiments of the system can include a computing device and a three-dimensional tag configured to be secured to an animal. One or more images of an animal, including the three-dimensional tag, can be processed to take various measurements of the animal. A scaling factor for the measurements can be based on the three-dimensional tag. After the measurement are calibrated, a weight of the animal can be estimated based on the calibrated measurements.
US11627725B2
An animal wellness notification system includes an attachment body configured to securely engage with an ear of the animal; an elongated temperature probe secured to the attachment body and configured to extend within the ear of the animal; a housing secured to the attachment body; a computer disposed within the housing and operably associated with the temperature probe; and a notification device in data communication with the computer, the notification device being configured to provide notice if a temperature of the animal goes beyond a determined threshold.
US11627722B2
Proposed is a pet exercise apparatus including a rotary body which is formed in an erected cylindrical shape, has at least one open side surface, and is disposed to be rotatable, so as to stimulate a pet's curiosity and induce spontaneous exercise thereof without harming the pet's emotions or health. The rotary body includes a tube and a movable ball. The tube has a transparent tubular shape, is partially filled with liquid, and is disposed along the inner circumference thereof. The movable ball is positioned near the surface of the liquid filling the tube. The rotary body rotates according to the movement of the pet who chases after the movable ball, so that the position of the movable ball is changed by a change in the position of the surface of the liquid so as to continuously stimulate the pet's curiosity.
US11627721B2
A detector for detecting a signal from one or more feeders. A processor is in communication with the can be configured with an artificial intelligence module and a library of pre-recorded action events and for comparing the signal with the library of pre-recorded action events and determining a likely action event. A warning device can be in communication with the processor for providing an output in response to the likely action event. At least one false positive sensor in communication with either the processor or the warning device or both of the processor and the warning device can be used for stopping the output from the warning device upon a predetermined condition.
US11627719B2
The first object of the invention is a production line for rearing and/or breeding insects and/or larval forms of insects of the order Coleoptera and/or Diptera, characterized in that it comprises: at least one breeding line (14) for breeding insects for laying feed thereon and a flow-through feed heating and/or cooling system (1) with a closed flow of heating-cooling medium for heating/cooling the feed on the breeding line (14). The second object is a method for breeding insects including a step of rearing and/or breeding insects and/or larval forms of insects using a production line according to the invention. A further object is a method for breeding insects using a flow-through feed heating and/or cooling system during the breeding. Another object is the use of a flow-through feed heating and/or cooling system (1) with a closed flow of heating-cooling medium for heating/cooling the feed on the breeding line (14).
US11627716B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04040632 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04040632, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04040632, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04040632, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04040632. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04040632. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04040632, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 04040632 with another soybean cultivar.
US11627715B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04040309 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04040309, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04040309, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04040309, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04040309. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04040309. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04040309, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 04040309 with another soybean cultivar.
US11627713B1
Disclosed herein are seed and plants of the maize hybrid variety designated ICH19849, as well as cells and cell cultures derived therefrom. Further disclosed are methods for producing seed, commodity products, and derived progeny plants from the maize hybrid variety designated ICH19849.
US11627699B2
An apparatus for mechanically controlling the opening and closing of a gate hingedly mounted at the upper margin of a portal, leveraging the gate from a closed position to either a fully open position or a partially-open resting position. The gate opening function is controlled by a lever-handle actuated gate lifting assembly including a lift leverage bracket carrying a lift actuating rod engageable with a fulcrumatic gate pickup bracket lifting a lifting element of a gate attachment arm providing a hinged connection for the chute gate. The gate closing-catch function is controlled by a pivoting gate stop bracket carried on a second gate attachment arm; the gate stop bracket is biased to have a catch end ridable along an edge of a second riser mount for the second hinged connection for the gate, until the catch end seats or lodges in a closing-catch notch of the second riser mount.
US11627698B2
A separating device is provided for separating a harvested mixture of root crops and admixtures. The separating device includes at least one conveyor element which circulates in operation at least for supplying the harvested mixture to a separation region, or for discharging the root crops from the separation region in a conveying direction. The separating device includes at least one fluid flow generator and at least one directing device for directing a fluid flow in a fluid flow direction to the separation region. The directing device is at least realized in at least one directing portion by the conveyor element itself.
US11627695B2
Sowing element for precision agricultural seeders comprising a device for selecting the seed, of the type which is formed of a perforated disc having opposing faces that are subject to a pressure differential and a pressurisation device associated with the disc for applying the pressure differential to the faces of the disc, the pressurisation device including a pressurisation bell combined with the disc so as to pneumatically couple thereto in order to guarantee said pressure differential, wherein the bell is rotatably idle with respect to the disc.
US11627692B2
Quick-change system for a sweep comprising a sweep with a neck and a removable wedge, wherein the neck serves to couple the sweep to a cultivator shank and comprises an inner surface with at least one lug that fits in at least one hole of the cultivator shank, and side flaps configured to clasp the cultivator shank, the removable wedge being inserted between the side flaps and the cultivator shank and holding the cultivator shank against the inner surface of the neck, so that the combination of the lug fitted in the hole of the cultivator shank and the removable wedge inserted in the neck makes it possible to retain and fasten the sweep to the cultivator shank.
US11632891B2
A display panel, a display screen, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display substrate; a light-emitting layer located on the display substrate and comprising a plurality of light-emitting units; an encapsulation structure disposed on the light-emitting layer to encapsulate the light-emitting layer; and a visible light conversion layer configured to receive visible lights and convert the visible lights into non-visible lights; wherein the visible light conversion layer is disposed in the encapsulation structure or the display substrate.
US11632884B2
The present invention provides a transparent EMI shielding film that includes a first transparent polymeric substrate layer. A first conductive mesh layer having a first pattern is printed on the first layer, the conductive mesh having a line width from approximately 5 μm to approximately 500 μm and having a space between two adjacent conductive lines of 100 μm to 1000 μm. The conductive mesh blocks electromagnetic signals. A second transparent polymeric layer is positioned over the first transparent polymeric substrate layer having the first conductive mesh layer printed thereon. A second conductive mesh layer having a second pattern is printed on the second transparent polymeric layer, the second pattern being substantially identical to the first pattern, and being substantially identically positioned above the first pattern in order to maximize transparent spaces between adjacent conductive lines. The transparency is approximately 80% or greater in a visible light spectral region.
US11632877B2
A vapor chamber and an assembly method thereof are provided. The vapor chamber includes a mesh structure including a main body and an extension part. The main body and the extension part have a capillary-wick structure, respectively. The extension part is extended outwardly from a side of the main body and folded along an intersection between the extension part and the main body. The extension part is stacked on the main body. An overlapping area is formed by stacking the extension part on the main body, and the overlapping area fails to contact with a support structure. The main body is disposed on a first concave of the lower case. The upper case covers the lower case and is assembled with the lower case. A second concave of the upper case and the first concave collaboratively form a space. The mesh structure is accommodated within the space.
US11632874B1
An apparatus and method provide a barrier in the cooling airflow of a component of a computing device that, when the barrier is extended, impedes the airflow, thereby diverting excess cooling airflow from the component to a different component with a different flow path. In response to increased pressure from the airflow, the barrier retracts to permit a greater airflow. Embodiments respond to an increase or decrease in airflow without requiring additional control input and include barriers that deform or pivot in response to increased pressure to permit greater airflow.
US11632870B2
The disclosure relates to a cage and an electrical device having the same, where the cage is configured to accommodate at least one expansion card and includes a cage body, a rail, and at least one holder. The cage body is configured to accommodate the at least one expansion card. The rail is fixed on the cage body. The rail has a groove configured for an insertion of the at least one expansion card. The at least one holder is movably disposed on the cage body. Part of the at least one holder is removably located in the groove. The at least one holder is configured to block the at least one expansion card in the groove.
US11632864B2
A display device includes: a display module including a display panel; a back cover including a main cover body and an auxiliary cover body that are detachably connected; a circuit board; and a frame module including (i) an outer frame body, and (ii) an inner frame body embedded in an inner wall of the outer frame body and connected with the outer frame body, where the display module is fixedly connected to the inner frame body; the circuit board is fixed on the auxiliary cover body and is electrically connected to the display module; the back cover faces a surface of the display panel away from a display surface, and the back cover is fixedly connected with the outer frame body and/or the inner frame body.
US11632851B2
A plasma emitting device includes plasma head configured to generate a plasmarized gas and jet the plasmarized gas so generated from a nozzle thereof, a gas supply device configured to supply a gas to the plasma head while controlling a flow rate of the gas, gas tube connecting the gas supply device with the plasma head to constitute a gas flow path, and pressure detector configured to detect a pressure of the gas supplied from the gas supply deice. Pressures of gases which are supplied to the plasma head are detected for use for various purposes, whereby the practical plasma emitting device is made up. Specifically, for example, a head clogging, which is a clog impeding a gas flow in the plasma head, can be determined without difficulty based on the detected pressure.
US11632850B2
A plasma cutting method providing a plasma torch having an electrode disposed within a first nozzle with a first exit section facing an end of the electrode. The first gas source supplies a gas to the first nozzle. A second nozzle is arranged concentrically around the first nozzle and has a second exit section substantially facing the first exit section. A second gas source supplies the gas between the first nozzle and the second nozzle. The electrode is supplied with a current, and the first and second nozzles are supplied with the gas to form a plasma with the gas introduced into the first nozzle. The surrounding pressure around the plasma jet in the second nozzle at the exit of the first nozzle is controlled to be at least superior to the atmospheric pressure and inferior to the pressure in the first exit section.
US11632847B2
The invention relates to implementing a factory reset to a lighting device. Thereto, the invention provides a lighting device comprising: a directional wireless receiver configured to receive a message within a time period, wherein the message comprises at least one signal comprising a factory reset command from a user device; a controller configured to implement a factory reset of the lighting device if a respective signal of said at least one signal is received within a respective predefined angular range relative to the lighting device.
US11632839B2
A lighting apparatus includes a rectifier, a loading module, a constant current switch module and a current supplemental module. The rectifier is connected to an output of the AC power for receiving an AC signal to convert the AC signal to a positive wave signal. The loading module includes multiple loading units. The loading module is disposed on the output of the rectifier. The constant current switch module is connected to output of each loading unit and to control the working cycle of each loading unit so as to ensure a total passing current of the loading module is opposite in phase to the positive wave signal to keep output power constant. The current supplemental module supplies output current to the loading module when the positive wave signal is in sufficient to drive the loading module.
US11632829B2
A defrosting system includes an RF signal source, an electrode proximate to a cavity within which a load to be defrosted is positioned, and a transmission path between the RF signal source and the electrode. The system also includes power detection circuitry coupled to the transmission path and configured repeatedly to take forward and reflected RF power measurements along the transmission path. A system controller repeatedly determines, based on the forward and reflected RF power measurements, a calculated rate of change, and repeatedly compares the calculated rate of change to a threshold rate of change. When the calculated rate of change compares favorably with the threshold rate of change, the RF signal source continues to provide the RF signal to the electrode until a determination is made that the defrosting operation is completed, at which time the RF signal source ceases to provide the RF signal to the electrode.
US11632826B2
A disclosed computer-implemented method for heating an item in a chamber of an electronic oven towards a target state includes heating the item with a set of applications of energy to the chamber while the electronic oven is in a respective set of configurations. The set of applications of energy and respective set of configurations define a respective set of variable distributions of energy in the chamber. The method also includes sensing sensor data that defines a respective set of responses by the item to the set of applications of energy. The method also includes generating a plan to heat the item in the chamber. The plan is generated by a control system of the electronic oven and uses the sensor data.
US11632823B1
Systems and methods for estimating sensor timestamps by oversampling are provided. One example method involves observing, at a sampling frequency, sensor data from a register of a sensor. The sensor updates the register with sensor data at as sensor update frequency. The sampling frequency is different from the sensor update frequency. The method also involves generating, based on the sensor update frequency and the sampling frequency, an observed sequence representing the sensor data. The observed sequence indicates whether the register is observed to be updated or not updated. The method also involves estimating, from the observed sequence, the sensor update frequency and a sensor update phase. The method also involves determining, based on the sensor update frequency as estimated and the sensor update phase as estimated, a timestamp corresponding to an update of the register.
US11632822B2
A communication device (e.g., a printer) may establish a wireless connection in accordance with a device provisioning protocol (DPP) between the communication device and an external device (e.g., access point) in a state in which a wireless connection has already been established between the communication device and another external device (e.g., access point). The communication device may disconnect its wireless interface from a first external device prior to connecting to a second external device.
US11632820B2
An SCell state indication method and a communication device are provided. The SCell state indication method includes: configuring state transition indication information, the state transition indication information being used to indicate an SCell state transition between two of an activated state, a deactivated state and a third state; and transmitting the state transition indication information to a UE.
US11632810B2
It is provided a method, comprising triggering a terminal of a wireless network to establish a control session to a translator device via the wireless network; providing a control port to a station of a wireline network; forwarding at least one of a first message from the station received on the control port via the control session to the translator device and a second message received via the control session from the translator device to the station.
US11632808B2
Network prioritization is contemplated. The network prioritization may relate to prioritizing consumption of network services as a function of user priority. The user priority may be associated with the devices desiring consumption of network services in order to ensure higher priority users are granted network resources over lower priority users.
US11632806B2
A communications device transmits data in preconfigured resources of an uplink of a wireless communications network by performing a procedure to determine whether the communications device can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources of the uplink, and if the communications device determines that it can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources, transmitting signals representing the data in the preconfigured resources. The procedure to determine whether the communications device can transmit signals in the preconfigured resources of the uplink includes a transmission parameter confirmation procedure which confirms that a value of one or more transmission parameters to be used for transmitting the signals representing the data can be used for the signals representing the data to be detected by an infrastructure equipment of the wireless communications network.
US11632804B2
Apparatus and methods for multi-cell broadcast access channel utilization in a wireless network. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods provide random access channel (RACH) procedure for a 3GPP-compliant user device (e.g., an enhanced UE or UEe) which attempts to connect to multiple cells simultaneously. In one variant, the UEe employs a multi-step (e.g., 4-step) RACH procedure to connect to the multiple cells. This significantly increases the likelihood of RACH procedure success and UEe access. In another variant, a 2-step RACH process is utilized. Variants of the apparatus and methods utilizing unlicensed spectrum and LBT (listen-before-talk) protocols are also described.
US11632798B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting uplink data in a wireless communication system. According to an aspect of the present invention, the method comprising: receiving information including contention based channel configuration and traffic characteristic associated with the contention based channel configuration; configuring a contention based channel resource according to the contention based channel configuration; checking whether uplink (UL) data is suitable for the traffic characteristic associated with the contention based channel configuration; and transmitting the UL data using the contention based channel resource if the UL data is suitable for the traffic characteristic associated with the contention based channel configuration.
US11632793B2
A method for a random access (RA) procedure performed by a user equipment (UE) having a specific access identity value is provided. The method comprises receiving a mapping table from a base station; transmitting a first RA preamble to the base station; receiving a random access response (RAR) including a backoff value; setting a resultant backoff value by multiplying the backoff value by a specific backoff multiplier corresponding to the specific access identity value in a case that the specific access identity value is included in the mapping table and an indication corresponding to the specific access identity value is not a specific value; setting the resultant backoff value to the backoff value in a case that the specific access identity value is not included in the mapping table; and transmitting a second RA preamble to the base station after a duration indicated by the resultant backoff value expires.
US11632792B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station (BS), an indication of a random access (RA) channel (RACH) preamble. The RACH preamble is a member of a first set of RACH preambles reserved for positioning purposes, the first set of RACH preambles is different from a second set of RACH preambles reserved for communication purposes, and the first and second sets of RACH preambles are associated with the BS. The UE detects, while in a radio resource control (RRC) idle or RRC inactive state, a positioning event. The UE transmits, to the BS, the RACH preamble. The UE receives, from the BS, a RA response for positioning purposes that is different from a RA response for communication purposes, the RA response for positioning purposes including a random access preamble identifier that is mapped to the RACH preamble.
US11632778B2
Uplink resource allocation in fixed wireless access (FWA) networks using wireless controllers is described. The method includes allocating shared spectrum to a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) device (CBSD), wirelessly connecting customer premises equipment (CPE) of a FWA network to the CBSD, receiving scheduling requests (SRs) from the CPE, transmitting a grant with allocated uplink resources to the CPE, sending CBSD information, CPE information, and allocated uplink resource information to a wireless controller, transmitting to the CPE a message to use previously allocated uplink resources until a defined event when the CBSD lacks downlink transmission capability, sending instructions to the wireless controller to start monitoring uplink communication channels while the CBSD lacks the downlink transmission capability, sending a request to the CBSD to assign additional uplink resources when determining an increase in uplink communications, and transmitting a grant to the CPE for the additional uplink resources.
US11632773B2
Embodiments are directed to intelligent scheduling of Wi-Fi services for applications. An embodiment of computer-readable storage mediums includes instructions for receiving data packets from multiple connected devices at a wireless access point and identifying an application traffic flow for each data packet; assigning each data packet to a respective queue of a first set of queues based on an identified application traffic flow for each data packet; selecting data packets from the first set of queues based on priorities for each of multiple applications; generating prioritized candidate lists for selected data packets in a second set of queues, each queue being dedicated for an access category for one or more application; and scheduling data packets from the candidate lists, including selecting a transmission mode for each access category based on characteristics of the one or more applications.
US11632769B2
A method for concurrent execution of multiple protocols using a single radio of a wireless communication device is provided that includes receiving, in a radio command scheduler, a first radio command from a first protocol stack of a plurality of protocol states executing on the wireless communication device, determining a scheduling policy for the first radio command based on a current state of each protocol stack of the plurality of protocol stacks, and scheduling the first radio command in a radio command queue for the radio based on the scheduling policy, wherein the radio command scheduler uses the radio command queue to schedule radio commands received from the plurality of protocol stacks.
US11632763B2
The present disclosure relates to retuning methods and apparatus. One example method includes determining a first resource and a second resource, where the first resource is used to receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the first resource is determined based on a first frequency domain resource and M consecutive symbols of a downlink pilot timeslot in a special subframe, the second resource is used to send a sounding reference signal (SRS), the second resource is determined based on a second frequency domain resource and an uplink pilot timeslot in the special subframe, all or a part of the second frequency domain resource is not in the first frequency domain resource, and determining, in the last N consecutive symbols of the downlink pilot timeslot, a guard period for retuning.
US11632754B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for indicating capability of a user equipment (UE) to support multiple sounding reference signals (SRSs) with a single subframe, with at least one of frequency hopping, different bandwidths, or antenna switching for the multiple SRSs in the same subframe.
US11632750B2
An method includes determining to perform inter-cell multi-downlink control information (multi-DCI) based multi-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) operation for a user device based on the following: receiving, by the user device from a network node, transmission configuration index (TCI) states for a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETS), wherein the TCI states for the plurality of CORESETs are associated with a plurality of cells having different physical cell identities (PCIs) or associated with a plurality of cell groups; and determining, by the user device, that at least one of the following conditions is present: 1) a multi-DCI based multi-TRP-related high layer parameter has been configured to the user device; 2) a default mode of multi-TRP operation has been configured to the user device; or 3) the user device has received control information indicating physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) TCI state activations corresponding to two different CORESETPoolIndex values; and, performing inter-cell multi-DCI based multi-TRP operation.
US11632734B2
Methods, systems, and storage media are described for the utilization of user equipment (UE) identifiers for registration in fifth generation (5G) systems. An apparatus of a user equipment includes processing circuitry to: retrieve a first 5G-GUTI from a memory; generate a registration request message that includes the first 5G-GUTI; encode the registration request message for transmission to a fifth-generation core (5GC) network of a second PLMN; receive a registration accept message that includes a second 5G-GUTI; and access the second PLMN using the second 5G-GUTI.
US11632726B2
Described herein are a method and apparatus for Wi-Fi network processing, an electronic device, and a storage medium. In response to detecting a Wi-Fi signal, signal energy of the Wi-Fi signal is obtained. In response to the signal energy being greater than a first energy threshold, a correlation degree between the Wi-Fi signal and a preset Wi-Fi signal is obtained. In response to the signal energy being greater than the first energy threshold and less than a second energy threshold and the correlation degree is greater than a first correlation degree threshold, the Wi-Fi signal is demodulated. In response to the signal energy being not less than the second energy threshold and the correlation degree is greater than a second correlation degree threshold, the Wi-Fi signal is demodulated.
US11632725B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether to perform a power headroom report (PHR) function for a pathloss reference signal (PL-RS). Based on the determination, the UE may perform a PHR function or one or more pathloss measurements for the PL-RS. In some aspects, the determination may be based on a PL-RS type or cell type associated with the PL-RS.
US11632714B2
A method in a user equipment for attaching the user equipment to a mobile communications network comprises receiving a list of network slice identities, wherein a network slice identity identifies a portion of the mobile communications network that serves as a logical network to a set of user equipment (step 201). A network slice is selected based on one or more criteria (step 203). A network slice attachment request is sent to a network node (step 205), for requesting attachment of the user equipment to the selected network slice of the mobile communications network.
US11632710B2
In some examples, a headless device that is without an available user interface and that is to be provisioned for access to a network receives information relating to provisioning of the headless device from a network node. The headless device sends, to a mediator device with a user interface, at least a portion of the received information. The headless device receives, from the mediator device, information to proceed with the provisioning of the headless device.
US11632707B2
A repeater system includes a first RF repeater device arranged in a first topology of a network of RF repeater devices, to communicate with one or more second RF repeater devices in the network of RF repeater devices to service one or more source nodes and destination nodes in a wireless network. The first RF repeater device deploys an intermediate frequency to frequency shift an incoming waveform. The first RF repeater device detects a change in a network condition in wireless network between one or more source node and the destination nodes. Based on the detected change in network condition, the one or more second RF repeater devices are controlled in network of RF repeater devices to re-configure the first topology of network of RF repeater devices to a second topology.
US11632706B2
The technologies described herein are generally directed toward establishing a domain of authority for routing table updates from a routing device. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor and a memory that can enable operations facilitating performance of operations including identifying a route update that comprises information about a network. According to the embodiment, the operations can further include communicating, via the network, the route update to a second routing device for propagation of the route update to routing devices in a first authority domain with the first routing device.
US11632704B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a network node may receive, via a mobile termination (MT) and from a central unit (CU) of a donor network node, a first message that includes first information associated with a token. The network node may transmit, via a distributed unit (DU) and to the CU of the donor network node, a second message that includes second information associated with the token, to thereby indicate collocation of the MT and the DU. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11632702B2
Intelligent event-based network routing is described herein. A device connected to a first network can determine an occurrence of an event and, responsive to determining the occurrence of the event, can determine contextual data associated with the event. The device can retrieve a data model that has been trained based on historical network usage data indicating one or more network usage patterns associated with the device, and can analyze the contextual data based at least in part on the data model to determine whether a change to a second network is warranted. Based on an output of the data model, the device can effectuate a change from the first network to the second network or refrain from effectuating a change from the first network to the second network. That is, intelligent event-based network routing can facilitate routing data communication based on user preferences to optimize user experience.
US11632692B2
A cellular data communication network includes a BBU connected to a UPF by an IP network. A first translation module translates GFP packets into IP packets transmitted over the IP network. A second translation module translates the IP packets back into IP packets and forwards the IP packets to the UPF. A PFCP proxy intercepts control packets of the UPF. Information snooped by the PFCP proxy is provided to a routing/SDN controller that programs the translation modules and a routing module to perform routing of packets in bypass of the UPF.
US11632687B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a first communication node (e.g., UE, BS, etc.) obtains one or more measurements associated with one or more PRSs (e.g., uplink PRS(s), downlink PRS(s), etc.) The first communication node populates measurement value(s) into measurement field(s) of a report based on the one or more measurements. The first communication node identifies at least one unpopulated measurement field associated with the report, and transmits, to a second communication node, the report in association with an indication of the at least one unpopulated measurement field. The second communication node (e.g., UE, BS, etc.) performs position computing function based on the report.
US11632681B2
In an embodiment, a multiple-antenna heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first antenna disposed along a return airflow path from an enclosed space to the multiple-antenna HVAC system, where the multiple-antenna HVAC system supplies conditioned air to the enclosed space. The multiple-antenna HVAC system also includes a second antenna disposed outside the return airflow path. The multiple-antenna HVAC system also includes a controller in communication with the first antenna and the second antenna, where the controller wirelessly communicates via the first antenna and the second antenna.
US11632675B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to authorizing an event by utilizing a high generation cellular network to authenticate a device associated with the event. A computing platform may receive, from a first device, a request to authorize an event. Subsequently, the computing platform may identify, based on an analysis of location data, that a second device is proximate to the first device. The computing platform may then prompt the second device to authenticate the first device. Then, the computing platform may receive, from the second device, an authentication token indicating whether the first device is authenticated. Based on the authentication token, the computing platform may respond to the request to authorize the event.
US11632672B2
A multi-hop mesh network includes a root network device and a first network device. The first network device is configured to establish a first direct wireless connection with the root network device and negotiate a first shared secret key with the root network device. The multi-hop network further includes a second network device configured to establish a second direct wireless connection with the first network device and negotiate a second shared secret key with the first network device.
US11632657B2
A technological method for meeting people through electronic communication is described. Generally, the first user system sends a canned request to the second user system with the canned request being one or more signals indicative of a prerecorded message lacking in freshness and spontaneity to engage in an in-person communication. The message of the canned request is displayed on the second user system. Acceptance of the canned request to engage in an in-person communication is received from the second user system. A notification is provided to the first user system making the first user aware of the acceptance of the canned request.
US11632647B1
A new real-time spatial audio rendering system includes a real-time spatial audio rendering computer software application adapted to run on a communication device. The application renders stereo audio from mono audio sources in a virtual room of a listener. The listener can be mobile. The stereo audio is rendered for each listener within the room. The real-time spatial audio rendering system has two different modes, with and without reverberation. Reverberation can provide the sense of the dimensions of the room, First, the anechoic processing module produces the anechoic stereo audio that provides the sense of direction and distance of spatial audio. When reverberation is desired, the reverberation processing module is also performed to provide the sense of the room's dimensions by the spatial audio.
US11632640B2
Head-wearable apparatus to generate binaural audio content includes a first stem coupled to a first microphone housing that encases first front microphone and first rear microphone that generates acoustic signals, respectively. First microphone housing includes a first front port that faces downward and a first rear port that faces backwards. Apparatus includes second stem coupled to second microphone housing that encases second front microphone and second rear microphone that generate acoustic signals, respectively. Second microphone housing includes second front port that faces downward and second rear port that faces backwards. Apparatus includes binaural audio processor that includes beamformer and storage device. Beamformer generate first beamformer signal based on acoustic signals from first front microphone and first rear microphone, and second beamformer based on acoustic signals from second front microphone and second rear microphone. Storage device stores first and second beamformer signals as a two-channel file.
US11632635B2
A hearing aid comprises a) a multitude of M input transducers each providing an electric input signal representative of environment sound in a time-frequency representation (k, l), and each comprise varying amounts of target (s) and noise (v) signal components; b) a signal processor configured to process said multitude of electric input signals; and comprising a beamformer filter configured to receive said multitude M of electric input signals and to provide a spatially filtered signal and a post-filter configured to receive said spatially filtered signal and to provide an estimate Ŝ(k,l) of a target signal representing said target signal components from said target sound source. The signal processor is configured to provide estimates of power spectral densities λs(k,l) of said target signal components in dependence of inter-frequency bin relationships between the spectral components enforced by properties of the electric input signals across at least some of said frequency bins.
US11632633B2
A device and method that supplements sensory input, thereby providing a supplemented sensory environment, to induce plasticity within the central nervous system that effectively overcomes sensory-neural processing deficits or strengthens specific sensory-neural abilities. In one implementation, ear-level hearing devices are used to deliver therapeutic sound with specific acoustic features that serve as archetypes of stimulus features for which sensory-neural processing is compromised by a sensory-neural deficit.
US11632627B2
A separate virtual (e.g. aural) location for one or more interaction or telephony call participants may provide an indication or clue for at least one of the call participants of who is speaking at any one time, reducing errors and misunderstandings during the call. Auditory localization may be used so that participants are heard from separate virtual locations. An audible user interface (AUI) may be produced such that audio presented to the listening user is location-specific, the location being relevant to the user, just as information presented in a graphical user interface (GUI) might be relevant. For example, a plurality of audio streams which are part of an interaction between communicating parties may be accepted, and based on the audio streams, a plurality of audio outputs may be provided, each located at a different location in three-dimensional space.
US11632620B1
A headphone and an electronic device are provided. The headphone includes a gyroscope, which senses a bone conduction vibration and provides a quadrature error signal for reflecting the bone conduction vibration. Specifically, the headphone includes a transmission assembly that acts directly or indirectly on the gyroscope or an inertial measurement unit (IMU) including the gyroscope. The transmission assembly transmits the bone conduction vibration to the gyroscope to make the gyroscope strain, thereby causing the quadrature error signal of the gyroscope to change to detect the bone conduction vibration with sensitivity.
US11632606B2
A network system for a data center is described in which a switch fabric may provide full mesh interconnectivity such that any servers may communicate packet data to any other of the servers using any of a number of parallel data paths. Moreover, according to the techniques described herein, edge-positioned access nodes, optical permutation devices and core switches of the switch fabric may be configured and arranged in a way such that the parallel data paths provide single L2/L3 hop, full mesh interconnections between any pairwise combination of the access nodes, even in massive data centers having tens of thousands of servers. The plurality of optical permutation devices permute communications across the optical ports based on wavelength so as to provide, in some cases, full-mesh optical connectivity between edge-facing ports and core-facing ports.
US11632603B2
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup apparatus, a correction method, and an electronic apparatus, enabled to suppress an apparent uncomfortable feeling of an image output from a solid-state image pickup apparatus in which pixels of different OCL shapes are mounted mixedly. A solid-state image pickup apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a pixel array in which a first pixel in which an OCL (On Chip Lens) of a standard size is formed and a second pixel in which an OCL of a size different from the standard size is formed are present mixedly, and a correction section that corrects a pixel value of the first pixel that is positioned in the vicinity of the second pixel among the first pixels on the pixel array. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.
US11632600B2
While displaying playback of a first portion of a video in a video playback region, a device receives a request to add a first annotation to the video playback. In response to receiving the request, the device pauses playback of the video at a first position in the video and displays a still image that corresponds to the first, paused position of the video. While displaying the still image, the device receives the first annotation on a first portion of a physical environment captured in the still image. After receiving the first annotation, the device displays, in the video playback region, a second portion of the video that corresponds to a second position in the video, where the first portion of the physical environment is captured in the second portion of the video and the first annotation is displayed in the second portion of the video.
US11632596B2
A method and system for adding overtly human-perceptible supplemental audio content into a media stream to help mask audio effects of an audio watermark in the media stream. A method involves receiving a media stream that defines a sequence of audio content presentable by a content presentation device, modifying the media stream to produce a modified media stream that defines the sequence of audio content, and outputting the modified media stream for presentation by the content presentation device. The modified media stream includes an audio watermark that is machine-detectable to trigger an interactive event. Further, the act of modifying the media stream involves adding into the media stream supplemental audio content coincident with the audio watermark, to help mask the audio watermark in the modified media stream during presentation of the modified media stream by the content presentation device.
US11632583B2
Embodiments include processes for media object rendering, including the steps of providing a plurality of clients, the clients including a media client and the clients in communication with a synchronization client, the clients defining a synchronization group. The media clients include instructions for receiving media object content over a network from a content server, rendering the media object content, and random access to the media object content in response to synchronization client seek time instructions. The synchronization client includes instructions to calculate a relative lag and provide seek time instructions to the media clients for a media object being rendered, the relative lag being a running measurement of its offset relative to the synchronization server's clock. The synchronization client periodically queries the clock of a synchronization server. The synchronization server responds to the synchronization client queries with internal clock value as a timestamp and a timestamp for a target time reference within said media object content for the synchronization group, whereby the synchronization client provides seek time to its paired media clients for the media client to move to that offset, establishing and maintaining playback synchronization among the synchronization group.
US11632578B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for configuring a control message in a broadcasting system for supporting a multimedia service based on an internet protocol. To this end, control information to be recorded in a payload of a control message to be configured is generated based on a table selected from among a plurality of tables for defining the information related to the generation and consumption of a hybrid content when a message type of the control message to be configured is determined to be a type for providing information related to the generation and consumption of a hybrid content. In addition, the information related to the type of the selected table is recorded in an optional field of the control message to be configured.
US11632577B2
Systems and methods are configured to provide alternate content during video streaming. Content made up of a plurality of blocks is streamed over a first video stream to a user computing device via a first URI. While streaming, a determination is made that alternate content is available. In response, a signaling mechanism is provided indicating such and a request for the alternate content is received. As a result, a particular block that is currently being provided over the first video stream is suspended and the alternate content is streamed to the user computing entity over a second video stream. Depending on the embodiment, the second video stream may be accessed by re-activating the first URI or by activating a second URI. Upon completion of the alternate content, the particular block that was suspended can be resumed to facilitate continued streaming of the content over the first or second video stream.
US11632575B2
A method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a coded representation of a video block of a video region and the video block, that an extended quadtree (EQT) partition is enabled for at least one video block of the video region, and performing the conversion based on the determining. The EQT partition splits the video block in multiple sub-blocks such that at least one of the multiple sub-blocks has a size that is different from a half width of the video block times a half height of the video block. The coded representation of the video block is represented using a codeword from a table that includes mapping between codewords and partition types.
US11632565B2
In the present disclosure, a method of decoding a video signal and a device therefor are disclosed. Specifically, a method of decoding an image based on an inter prediction mode includes deriving a motion vector of an available spatial neighboring block around a current block; deriving a collocated block of the current block based on the motion vector of the spatial neighboring block; deriving a motion vector in a sub-block unit in the current block based on a motion vector of the collocated block; and generating a prediction block of the current block using the motion vector derived in the sub-block unit, wherein the collocated block may be specified by the motion vector of the spatial neighboring block in one pre-defined reference picture.
US11632559B2
A computing device performs a method of decoding video data by reconstructing a luma block corresponding to a chroma block; searching a sub-group of a plurality of reconstructed neighboring luma samples in a predefined order to identify a maximum luma sample and a minimum luma sample; computing a down-sampled maximum luma sample corresponding to the maximum luma sample; computing a down-sampled minimum luma sample corresponding to the minimum luma sample; generating a linear model using the down-sampled maximum luma sample, the down-sampled minimum luma sample, the first reconstructed chroma sample, and the second reconstructed chroma sample; computing down-sampled luma samples from luma samples of the reconstructed luma block, wherein each down-sampled luma sample corresponds to a chroma sample of the chroma block; and predicting chroma samples of the chroma block by applying the liner model to the corresponding down-sampled luma samples.
US11632554B2
Provide are an inter prediction method, encoder, decoder, and storage medium. Said method comprises: determining a prediction mode parameter of the current block; when the prediction mode parameter indicates a geometrical partitioning prediction mode is used for determining inter prediction of the current block, determining a geometrical partitioning prediction mode parameter of the current block; according to the geometrical partitioning prediction mode parameter, determining a first and a second prediction value and a weight index corresponding to the sample in the current block; clipping the weight index corresponding to the sample in the current block to obtain absolute information of the weight index; determining a first and a second weight value based on absolute information of the weight index; and determining an inter prediction of the sample of the current block according to weighted combination of the first prediction value, first weight value, second prediction value and second weight value.
US11632545B2
A method of decoding a coded video bitstream implemented by a video decoder is disclosed. The method includes determining that a coded video sequence (CVS) of the coded video bitstream includes a video coding layer (VCL) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit having a gradual decoding refresh (GDR) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit type (GDR_NUT), the VCL NAL unit having the GDR_NUT containing a GDR picture; initiating decoding of the CVS at the GDR picture; and generating an image according to the CVS as decoded. A corresponding method of encoding is also disclosed.
US11632540B2
A video encoder and video decoder may be configured to disable subpicture processing in situations where reference picture scaling is enabled. In another example, when reference picture scaling is enabled, a video encoder may determine a reference picture scaling ratio for the reference picture resampling process based on a width of a scaling window (PicOutputWidthL) of the current picture and a height of the scaling window (PicOutputHeightL) of the current picture. The values of PicOutputWidthL and PicOutputHeightL are constrained, respectively, relative to a width of a scaling window (refPicOutputWidthL) of the reference picture and a height of the scaling window (refPicOutputHeightL) of the reference picture.
US11632538B2
An apparatus comprising means for: causing display of at least one world-locked volumetric object having at least one non-viewable region; determining a change in a user's viewing position relative to the at least one world-locked volumetric object; determining if the change in the user's viewing position relative to the at least one world-locked volumetric object will cause display of at least a portion of the at least one non-viewable region of the at least one world-locked volumetric object; and if it is determined that the change in the user's viewing position will cause display of at least a portion of the at least one non-viewable region, cause the at least one world-locked volumetric object to be user-locked.
US11632535B2
The present disclosure provides a light field imaging system by projecting near-infrared spot in remote sensing based on a multifocal microlens array. The light field imaging system includes a near-infrared spot projection apparatus (100) and a light field imaging component (200), where the near-infrared spot projection apparatus (100) is configured to scatter near-infrared spots on a to-be-observed object to add texture information to a target image, and the light field imaging component (200) is configured to image a target scene light ray with additional texture information. The present disclosure can extend a target depth-of-field (DOF) detection range, and particularly, reconstruct a surface of a weak-texture object.
US11632532B2
A three-dimensional model distribution method includes: distributing a first model, which is a three-dimensional model of a target space in a target time period, in a first distribution mode; and distributing a second model, which is a three-dimensional model of the target space in the target time period and makes a smaller change per unit time than the first model, in a second distribution mode different from the first distribution mode.
US11632530B2
This disclosure describes a system configured to present primary and secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content to a user. Primary virtual reality content may be displayed to a user, and, responsive to the user turning his view away from the primary virtual reality content, a sensory cue is provided to the user that indicates to the user that his view is no longer directed toward the primary virtual reality content, and secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content may be displayed to the user. Primary virtual reality content may resume when the user returns his view to the primary virtual reality content. Primary virtual reality content may be adjusted based on a user's interaction with the secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content. Secondary, tertiary, etc., virtual reality content may be adjusted based on a user's progression through the primary virtual reality content, or interaction with the primary virtual reality content.
US11632524B2
One variation of a method for monitoring occupancy in a work area includes, at a sensor block: transitioning from an inactive state into an active state when an output of a motion sensor indicates motion in a work area; during a scan cycle in the active state, recording an image through an optical sensor at a time, detecting a set of humans in the image, detecting a second set of human effects in the image, predicting a second set of humans occupying but absent the work area based on the second set of human effects, and estimating a total occupancy in the work area at the time based on the set of humans and the second set of humans; and transmitting the total occupancy to a remote computer system for update of a scheduler for the work area.
US11632523B2
A high security two-way virtual cross-barrier observation and communication device has a mounting frame with a hardened core, a pair of digital displays, and a pair of cameras. The mounting frame may correspond to a typical interior door of a building or a relevant component of a vehicle, aircraft, or other relevant application. The hardened core is bullet-resistant and fire-resistant to protect occupants of a protected space from harm. The digital displays and cameras are positioned on opposing sides of the mounting frame, each camera transmitting a live video feed to the opposing display, creating the appearance of a window while protecting occupants. The digital displays may be used to display any desired information. An emergency protocol may be activated to communicate with emergency services. A plurality of laminate layers bond and encapsulate the displays and cameras to the hardened core, forming a rugged, self-contained unit with no moving parts.
US11632515B2
A system and method for handling data captured by a body worn camera are disclosed. The system may include a body worn camera, a docking station, and a recorder. The camera may include a local storage device. The docking station may include a data interface for connecting the local storage device to the docking station, and a first network interface for connecting the docking station to the recorder. The docking station may be physically separate from the recorder. The recorder may include a second network interface for connecting the recorder to the docking station, and a recorder storage device. The recorder may be arranged to retrieve the captured data from the camera and store it in the recorder storage device, and may include a third network interface for transfer of stored data to a data management system.
US11632506B2
A non-uniformity correction (NUC) calibration method comprises obtaining image data for a plurality of images with an image sensor, wherein each image in the plurality of images is obtained at a different respective global pixel gain setting and global expose in the image sensor; and using the image data for non-uniformity correction calibration to compute pixel NUC values for the pixels in the image sensor. The method can further include storing the pixel NUC values and obtaining further image data corrected by the stored pixel NUC values. In embodiments, the method can include moving a platform based on the further image data. In certain embodiments, the platform can be a guided munition.
US11632503B2
An electronic device includes a reset circuit and a first image sensing circuit. The reset circuit is used to receive a reset signal and includes a plurality of transistors. The first image sensing circuit is coupled to the reset circuit and includes a photodiode, a first transistor and a second transistor. The photodiode has a first terminal. The first transistor has a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the photodiode, and a second terminal. The second transistor has a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and a second terminal configured to receive a row selection signal.
US11632497B2
A control device includes a touchscreen and one or more processors. The touchscreen is configured to display an image captured by an imaging device supported by a movable object or a carrier coupled to the movable object, and receive a user input indicative of selection of a position on the touchscreen to display a selected target of the image and selection of a zoom factor for zooming in or out of the selected target. The one or more processors are configured to generate control data based on information about the user input. The control data includes instructions for the imaging device, the carrier, or the movable object to automatically control an attitude of the imaging device for positioning the selected target at or near the selected position on the touchscreen and a zoom level of the imaging device according to the user selected zoom factor.
US11632495B2
A shooting method that includes: adjusting a sound volume of a collected sound according to a focusing distance in the image collection process, and displaying volume information corresponding to the sound volume on an image preview interface.
US11632486B2
A printing device has a print unit for printing on roll paper; a wireless communication unit for communicating wirelessly with a paired control device; and a controller for receiving print data by wireless communication from the control device, and controlling the print unit based on the received print data. When changing from a pairing-disabled mode to a pairing-enabled mode, the controller controls the print unit to print pairing-related information on roll paper, does not process pairing in the pairing-disabled mode, and processes pairing when a pairing request is received in the pairing-enabled mode.
US11632474B2
A color measurement apparatus comprising: a color measurement unit configured to perform color measurement of an image on a sheet, the color measurement unit including a light source; a reference member used for calibration of the color measurement unit; a moving unit configured to move the color measurement unit to a first position at which the light source irradiates a region other than the reference member with light and a second position at which the light source irradiates the reference member with light; and a control unit configured to, after causing the light source to emit light when the color measurement unit is positioned at the first position, and then moving the color measurement unit to the second position, execute the calibration based on data obtained by causing the light source to irradiate the reference member with light.
US11632472B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for event subscription notification(s) are provided. One method may include providing, from a first network entity, a policy control request trigger about subscriptions for event exposure to a second network entity. The method may also include receiving a notification, from the second network entity, about the policy control request trigger, and installing or updating at least one policy and charging control (PCC) rule based on the information received in the notification from the second network entity.
US11632470B2
Methods and apparatus assist listeners in distinguishing between electronically generated binaural sound and physical environment sound while the listener wears a wearable electronic device that provides the binaural sound to the listener. The wearable electronic device generates a visual alert or audio alert when the electronically generated binaural sound occurs.
US11632469B2
In a call forwarding system, a management apparatus of the call forwarding system determines service terminals capable of near field wireless communication within a reception range of near field wireless communication, generates a terminal list, and receives a call event message reporting the receipt of a call from a reference terminal. The management apparatus may transmit a call report message including the terminal list to the reference terminal and the service terminals. The management apparatus may forward the call initially received by the reference terminal to a terminal which transmitted a receipt request message by transmitting a call forwarding request message to the reference terminal. The management apparatus may transmit, to the reference terminal and the service terminals, a receipt report message reporting the call was forwarded. According to a change receipt message or upon non-receipt by an intended terminal, the call may be reforwarded to another terminal.
US11632468B2
A method for providing anonymized contact information to a workforce management system includes receiving contact information from a plurality of customer business units; assigning each of the plurality of customer business units one or more industry classification codes or product classification codes; anonymizing, by a processor, the contact information to the one or more industry classification codes or product classification codes; receiving, by a processor, a query from a workforce management system for anonymized contact information in one or more industry classification codes or product classification codes; and providing the anonymized contact information to the workforce management system for use in a workforce management predictive model.
US11632456B1
Described are systems and methods that detect a call connection of a call (e.g., telephone call, social media call, etc.) between a first device of a user, such as a cellular phone, and a device of another person with which the user is to interact via the call. Upon detection of the call connection, another device of the user (e.g., wearable) records audio of the environment to detect speech output by the user during the call. The speech is then processed to determine sentiment(s) of the user during the call. The determined sentiment(s) of the user may then be presented to the user to aid the user in understanding how the speech of the user is perceived by others.
US11632455B2
Disclosed herein are proximity detection sensor arrangements, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, a sensor arrangement in an electronic device may include a first circuit layer including a proximity pad and a first reference pad, and a second circuit layer including a second reference pad and a temperature pad. The first circuit layer may be between the second circuit layer and a user-facing surface of the electronic device, the first reference pad may be electrically coupled to the second reference pad, and the first reference pad may be between the temperature pad and the user-facing surface.
US11632452B2
An expandable touch screen display device made up of a flexible display that can be reconfigured from a compact state to a plurality of expanded states. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone or smaller. The form factor of each of the expanded states is roughly the size of a tablet computer. An internal mechanism is provided for synching the motion of the device's expansion with the motion of the flexible display's end plate which provides a force to guide the display around the roller located at the edge of the device. The device may further include an integrated speaker and microphone, and sensors to indicate the expanded position of the display. In one embodiment, a module attached to, situated within, or otherwise associated with the device may contain all or substantially all processing and memory, along with a communications system.
US11632449B2
Techniques for antenna configuration for a foldable device are described and may be implemented via a wireless device to adapt to a variety of different wireless scenarios. For instance, configuration of an antenna system of a wireless device is adapted to optimize wireless performance in different physical configurations, such as open configurations and folded configurations. Generally, the described techniques optimize performance in different frequency bands based on changes in device configuration between open positions and folded positions.
US11632445B2
Techniques for operating a network device for multiple packet encapsulation for different tunnels are provided. In some embodiments, the network device may receive an original packet on an ingress port, the original packet being received from a first host and addressed to a second host; encapsulate the original packet in a first tunnel packet for a first tunnel; recirculate the first packet through a loopback port; encapsulate the recirculated packet in a second tunnel packet for a second tunnel; and egress the packet encapsulated for the second tunnel. The switch may further add a first tunnel header to the original packet to encapsulate the first packet and add a second tunnel header to the recirculated packet to encapsulate the recirculated packet.
US11632444B2
Various embodiments provide a method for transmission control protocol (TCP) packet transmission. The method includes receiving, by a receiver performance enhancing node (PEN), one or more TCP packets each with a timestamp and a sequence number from a sender PEN; evaluating a packet delivery time from the sender PEN to the receiver PEN; detecting whether any TCP packet is lost based on a packet sequence and determining a delay shaping time for each TCP packet based on a maximum number of retransmissions and an evaluated delivery time distribution; in response to a lost TCP packet being detected, determining whether the lost TCP packet needs to be retransmitted based on the maximum number of retransmissions; and in response to the determined delay shaping time, determining when a received TCP packet needs to be forwarded based on the determined delay shaping time and a timestamp associated with the received TCP packet.
US11632439B2
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
US11632436B1
Systems and methods to manage and regulate the requests of multiple proxy clients are disclosed. In one aspect, the system and methods disclosed herein aids in configuring proxy server(s) with a rate-limit functionality. Configuration of the rate-limit functionality may be realized by, but not limited to, installing configuration file(s) and/or software application(s) on the proxy server(s). The configuration provides information about the list of restricted and unrestricted domains and their respective request limit specification in a given time frame. Therefore, each time before a proxy server forwards the clients' requests to a target domain, the proxy server checks and ensures that the request count to the particular target domain is well within the limit specified in the request limit specification. Thus, the embodiments described herein aid in preventing the IP addresses of proxy service providers from being blocked or denied from the target websites.
US11632433B2
A technique for identifying an opt-out status for a user's mobile or other computing device without relying exclusively on client-side storage or primarily on the use of non-determinative mechanisms is discussed. Embodiments provide server-based or otherwise hosted techniques of accurately identifying devices of users that wish to opt-out of having their device activity tracked. These techniques enable accurate identification of a device's opt-out status even in the absence of a client-side opt-out indicator.
US11632429B2
An acoustic sensor is positioned in an environment and configured to generate a data stream responsive to acoustic energy in the environment. A controller is configured to receive the data stream. The controller is further configured to analyze the data stream to determine ambient acoustic signals. The controller is further configured to generate an ambient acoustic template based on the determined ambient acoustic signals. The controller is further configured to apply the ambient acoustic template to the data stream so that the ambient acoustic signals are suppressed in the data stream. The controller is further configured to analyze the data stream after the ambient acoustic signals are suppressed in order to determine if the acoustic energy in the environment includes acoustic energy of human snoring. The controller is further configured to issue a control signal to a second controller in order to engage a home automation device.
US11632428B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for configuring IoT devices from the network infrastructure component based on a type of network, wherein the network contains at least one IoT device. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, by the network infrastructure component, collecting, data on one or more IoT devices, wherein each of the one or more IoT devices is connected to the network infrastructure component; for each IoT device, identifying a type of network; defining policies for configuring each of the one or more IoT devices based on the identified network; and for each of the one or more IoT devices, applying policies for monitoring and configuring the IoT device.
US11632425B2
Methods of synchronizing sequence numbers of a number of devices of a network are disclosed. A method may include incrementing, at each of a first device and a second device of a network, a sequence number, wherein the sequence number is indicative of a number of frames generated at the associated device since the timing event. The method may also include inserting, at each of the first device and the second device, the sequence number into an associated frame. Related networks and devices are also disclosed.
US11632413B1
Systems and methods are described for streaming media content. A first portion of a media content item is received at a bandwidth available to a user device, wherein the quality of the first portion is based on the bandwidth available. A second portion of the media content item is received at a decreased or increased bandwidth, wherein the quality of the second portion is based on the increased or decreased bandwidth available to the user device. The quality of the first portion and the second portion is determined. In response to determining that the quality of the second portion received at the decreased bandwidth is less than a quality threshold, the quality of the first portion of the media content item is reduced prior to sending the first portion to a playback buffer. In response to determining that the quality of the second portion received at the increased bandwidth is more than a quality threshold, the quality of the second portion of the media content item is reduced prior to sending the second portion to a playback buffer.
US11632411B2
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for content preparation for a 5G network. One or more cascaded content preparation processes are identified. Inputs and outputs associated with the identified cascaded content preparation processes are defined based on a content preparation template. A workflow corresponding to the defined inputs and outputs is generated based on two or more of the identified cascaded content preparation processes.
US11632409B2
Systems, devices and processes are provided to facilitate the streaming of video content in a video streaming system. Specifically, the various embodiments provide an improved user interface for a video streaming system. In general, this user interface displays indications of program content of past time slots along with current and future time slots in a way that give the user an intuitive understanding of the percentage of remaining time in the current program. Thus, a user can immediately ascertain the percentage of the current program that has already been streamed relative to the percentage of the current program remaining. This information allows a user to more quickly decide if they would like to start viewing a program that has already been streaming for some period of time.
US11632407B2
An apparatus and method of providing a user with a web-browser supplement is disclosed. One method includes providing access to a focal group, wherein the focal group includes at least one member having at least one association with the user. Access is provided to information associated with the at least one member having relevance to the focal group. Web browsing by the user is supplemented by the information of the members of the focal group.
US11632405B2
Solutions for providing a data traffic session with proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) restoration include: receiving an indication, by an application server (AS), that a user equipment (UE) is registered with a first proxy node (e.g., a P-CSCF); subscribing, by the AS, with a status repository, to a status of the first proxy node; receiving, by the AS, from the status repository, an indication that the first proxy node is unavailable; based on at least receiving the indication that the first proxy node is unavailable, transmitting, by the AS, to a subscriber information node, a first message triggering proxy node restoration; receiving an indication, by the AS, that the UE is registered with a second proxy node different than the first proxy node; and based on at least receiving a session initiation message, establishing the data traffic session for the UE with the second proxy node.
US11632402B2
A method and a device for policy translation of a data converter in a security management system are disclosed.
US11632398B2
Methods and systems for building security applications can be provided. Data policies for accessing security data can be set, and a module pipeline including one or more modules selected from a plurality of modules can be generated. The modules can include at least one module operable to apply a predictive security application or model for detection or identification of security threats. Module execution policies governing execution of the one or more modules in the module pipeline also can be set. Upon receipt of a request to initiate execution of the module pipeline, it can be determined if the execution thereof would violate the data policies or the module execution policies. If so, execution of the module pipeline can be blocked, otherwise the module pipeline can be executed to process the portion of the security data.
US11632389B2
A first device may receive content from a second device based on a request for the content. The first device may be located between the second device and a third device. The first device may determine a value for a portion of the content using a function, where the value is to be used to analyze the content. The value may uniquely identify the portion of the content. The first device may determine whether a classification of the content can be determined. The first device may selectively determine the classification of the content by providing the value or the portion of the content corresponding to the value, to a fourth device when the classification cannot be determined, or determine the classification of the content using a data store when the classification can be determined. The first device may perform an action with respect to the content.
US11632388B1
An apparatus is provided including at least one platform; an intrusion prevention system configured to communicative couple with the at least one platform; a firewall configured to communicative couple with the at least one platform; at least one first data storage configured to communicative couple with the at least one platform; and at least one second data storage configured to communicative couple with the at least one platform. The at least one platform is configured to perform a plurality of operations that collective protect one or more networked devices.
US11632379B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for detecting restricted content associated with retrieved content. The method and system may include receiving a client request for content, saving contextual information from the client request, presenting retrieved content in response to the client request, and presenting the contextual information from the client request, and retrieved content, to a scanning facility. The scanning facility may utilize the contextual information from the client request to aid in the detection of restricted content associated with retrieved content.
US11632367B2
A central entity can be in communication with a terminal and a plurality of authentication entities. The central entity can receive a token from the terminal and the central entity can decide to transmit the token to a subset of the plurality of authentication entities. The authentication entities which receive the token, can verify or authenticate the token and transmit an authentication message to the central entity. Based on the authentication messages, the central entity can transmit a message to the terminal indicating which authentication entities authenticated or verified the user and/or a request associated with the user.
US11632362B1
Systems and methods for using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Web Tokens for information security for a particular software-controlled application are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information electronically, including different types of client-provided information, hardware information, key information, and permission information; provide individual JWTs that include individual expiration dates to individual users; receive a user request for continued access and/or use of the particular software-controlled application; perform different types of (automated) verification based on the client-provided information in the user request; and, responsive to particular results from the different types of verification, perform some combination of transferring a response to the user request and accepting or denying continued access and/or use of the particular software-controlled application.
US11632352B2
According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions that may cause the processor to determine whether a request is stored in a message queue, in which the apparatus may be inside of a domain and the message queue may be outside of the domain. Based on a determination that a request is stored in the message queue, the processor may pull the request from the message queue through a domain boundary, fulfill the request to cause a response to the request to be generated, and forward the response to the message queue through the domain boundary.
US11632349B2
Embodiments provide a social networking platform offering various services, such as, facilitating aggregation and management of a user's interaction on one or more social networking platforms, offering enhanced control over the level of privacy associated with the flow of user data, offering tools to customize the user's exposure to advertisement-related content on the social networking platform(s), integrating features to control aspects of how data/content is presented to and visualized by the user, empowering the user to multicast direct messages to other users without the other users having to meet certain constraints, empowering the user to create and/or join a group based on messaging threads, and the like. One or more of these enhanced services/features are associated with a powerful framework of authentication/permission model for access control.
US11632348B2
A method for a user/an employee in a system to acquire an email account is disclosed in the present invention, including: relating a role-nature email account to a role according to work content of the role in the system, wherein during the same period, one role can only be related to one role-nature email account, and one role-nature email account can only be related to one role; said role is an independent individual not a group/a class, and during the same period, one role can only be related to a unique user, while one user is related to one or more roles; and creating a relation between a user and a role, wherein for any user, a role-nature email accounts related to all roles related to said user are used as role-nature email accounts of the user and/or an employee corresponding to the user. According to the present invention, a corresponding role-nature email account is allocated to an employee while a post is allocated to the employee, such that it is unnecessary to allocate the role-nature email account to the employee separately, thereby reducing the workload of email account allocation.
US11632346B1
A device, such as a head-mounted wearable device (HMWD), provides audible notifications to a user with a voice user interface (VUI). A filtered subset of notifications addressed to the user, such as notifications from contacts associated with specified applications, are processed by a text to speech system that generates audio output for presentation to the user. The audio output may be presented using the HMWD. For example, the audio output generated from a text message received from a contact may be played on the device. The user may provide an input to play the notification again, initiate a reply, or take another action. The input may comprise a gesture on a touch sensor, activation of a button, verbal input acquired by a microphone, and so forth.
US11632343B2
A method and system for communicating with wireless messaging enabled door locks is disclosed. The method includes advertising availability of the door lock via wireless messaging for a first period of time; triggering a message send event; determining a destination node; connecting to the destination node via Bluetooth; sending the message to the destination node; and entering a low power state for a second period of time, wherein the second period of time is longer than the first period of time; wherein the destination node is chosen from a second door lock or a computing system.
US11632336B2
One example discloses a multi-radio device, including: a controller configured to be coupled to a radio; wherein the controller is configured to receive a request to communicate a signal with an initial communication priority from the radio; wherein the controller includes a priority offset module configured to, adjust the initial communication priority by a first offset; and wherein the controller includes a priority escalator module configured to, adjust the initial communication priority by a second offset.
US11632334B2
A first node and a second node transmit packets to a third node via a switch. The packets are buffered in a Tx buffer in the switch and then transmitted to the third node. When the third node detects a sign of congestion at the Tx buffer based on the reception frequency of the packets, it is recognized, from transmitter addresses included in the received packets, that the nodes transmitting the packets to the third node are the first node and the second node, and a control packet for a transmission stop request is transmitted to the first node and the second node. On receiving the control packet for a transmission stop request, the first node stops transmission of only packets addressed to the third node. On receiving the control packet for a transmission stop request, the second node stops transmission of only packets addressed to the third node.
US11632330B2
A method may include determining whether the topology of a network includes a direct path between a first endpoint and a second endpoint in the network. A direct path may be used to send a first type of traffic from the first endpoint to the second endpoint whereas any currently available path may be used to send a second type of traffic from the first endpoint to the second endpoint. If the topology of the network does not include a direct path, the first type of traffic may be buffered at the first endpoint until the topology of the network is reconfigured to include the direct path. The topology of the network may be reconfigured when at least one switch in the network reconfigures, for example, by switching from one interconnection to another interconnection pattern. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also provided.
US11632329B2
A resource management system and a resource management method are provided. The resource management method is applicable to a plurality of worker nodes and master nodes that are communicatively connected with one another, and the worker nodes and the master node each include a resource pool, a resource monitor, a collector agent module, a traffic steering inference module, and a request processing module. The master node further includes a data collector, an artificial intelligence computing module, and a load balancer. The resource management method includes performing internal resource management processes and external resource management processes for the worker nodes and the master node, to mix and apply a centralized resource management mechanism and a distributed resource management mechanism.
US11632324B2
A node mesh contains an originating node coupled to one or more nodes, each node having an communications interface input and a communications interface output. Each node has a route table with an association between a header amplitude and an output interface, such that a header having a particular amplitude causes the input node which received the message to couple the message to an associated communications interface output of the node. When the originating node outputs a message with a header amplitude, each node of the node mesh in turn directs the message to an output interface as directed by the node local route table to a terminating node of the node mesh, where the terminating node may be a training processor or inference processor for machine learning applications.
US11632323B2
The system disclosed herein implements an improved end-to-end network performance for data transmissions that span multiple networks operated by different organizations. The improvements are achieved as a result of exchanging routing information. For instance, the exchanged routing information can be representative of network performance factors. When different operators of different networks agree to exchange routing information, an optimal end-to-end path between two endpoint devices can be identified and selected for data transmission. This benefits both network operators as the users served by the networks are more likely to be satisfied with the user experience (e.g., faster download and upload of data).
US11632316B2
A switch that can report unavailability in a label-switched network is provided. During operation, the switch can determine that a label-switched path is unavailable for forwarding a packet. The switch can then generate a notification message for collecting unavailability information at a respective upstream hop of the label-switched path. The notification message includes a depth indicator indicating the depth of collected unavailability information and an ingress label of the packet at the switch. If the switch is an intermediate switch on the label-switched path, the switch can forward the notification message to an upstream switch on the label-switched path, thereby allowing the upstream switch to collect further unavailability information in the notification message.
US11632307B2
A method and apparatus for managing a managed device on a network. An agent is run on the managed device. During runtime of the agent on the managed device, the agent receives dynamic trap parameter update values from network management station software running on a manager computer. The agent uses the dynamic trap parameter update values to set dynamic trap parameter values including trigger parameter values defining conditions for sending a dynamic trap. After setting the dynamic trap parameter values, the agent monitors the managed device to identify occurrence of an event that satisfies the conditions defined by the trigger parameter values. In response to identifying the occurrence of the event, the agent sends the dynamic trap to the network management station software running on the manager computer.
US11632303B2
A computing system includes persistent storage configured to store representations of software applications that include textual data respectively indicative of attributes of the software applications, and a mapping application configured to perform operations. The operations include retrieving a representation corresponding to a software application and, based thereon, identifying character strings present within textual data associated therewith. The operations also include generating, for each character string, a corresponding weight based on a frequency of the character string within the particular textual data and a frequency of the character string within textual data associated with at least a subset of the software applications. The operations additionally include selecting, from the character strings and based on the corresponding weights, candidate tags for the particular software application. The operations further include generating a mapping between the software application and a computing resource based on the candidate tags, and storing a representation of the mapping.
US11632301B1
Techniques, methods, and systems for managing a set of data network nodes in a Network Management System (NMS). In some examples, a method may include receiving, at the network orchestrator, a service invocation for a service transaction associated with a transaction object; storing, by the network orchestrator, service metadata as part of the transaction object; determining whether there is a service metadata conflict associated with the transaction object; and in response to determining that there is the service metadata conflict associated with the transaction object, retrying the service transaction; or in response to determining that there is no service metadata conflict associated with the transaction object, applying the service metadata to one or more nodes of the set of data nodes.
US11632294B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to configuring managed computing devices utilizing containerized applications. For instance, a mobile device manager may provide configuration settings to a computing device via, for example, an enterprise network. A host operating system (OS) executing on the computing device determines and applies the settings that are applicable to the host OS. The configuration settings are stored for configuring containerized applications executing on the computing device. For instance, as new containerized applications are launched by the host OS, the containerized applications retrieve the configuration settings and determine and apply the settings that are applicable to the containerized applications. Results of applying the configuration settings to the host OS and the containerized applications are merged and sent to the mobile device manager. The host OS and the containerized application may, for example, implement the settings in order to be compliant with an enterprise's policy.
US11632286B2
A system is provided herein that can correlate service issues with system telemetry associated with the software session associated with those service issues. Using a statistical approach, the system can evaluate data across numerous software sessions to rank the importance of the reported service issues. To accomplish the ranking, the system can parse the reports of service issues on a periodic basis, can extract telemetry identifiers (IDs) from the logs, can query the telemetry, may compute the relative importance of detected issues (in the context of calls going on for that day), and then can report this impact hack to the service issue database.
US11632283B2
A method, wireless device and network node for multiplexing demodulation reference signals, DMRS, during short transmission time intervals, sTTIs. According to one aspect, a method includes generating an indication of an interleaved frequency division multiple access, IFDMA, subcarrier configuration for DMRS transmission. The method further includes transmitting to the wireless device the indication of IFDMA subcarrier configuration.
US11632281B1
A system and method utilizing a novel waveform structure based on unique word (UW)—orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is proposed for the applications of joint radar-sensing and communication (JRC). A predetermined chirp sequence is used as the UW in the waveform. The predetermined chirp sequence is used to perform radar functionality, which also increases power efficiency of linear power amplifier that is critical for radar applications.
US11632274B2
The invention relates to methods for providing a pulse-width modulated power signal in which control signals are used to define phase states and duration. The invention further relates to a corresponding node and to a corresponding system.
US11632273B1
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for determining unavailable spatial streams in uplink multiuser (MU) multiple-in multiple-out (MIMO) communication. In one example, a device transmits, to wireless stations including a first wireless station, a trigger frame configured to elicit a joint transmission, to the device, of a MU packet over spatial streams respectively associated with the wireless stations. The device receives the MU packet over the spatial streams, where each spatial stream of the spatial streams is received by receive chains of the device. The device performs a channel estimation associated with each spatial stream of the spatial streams using each receive chain of the receive chains. The device determines that at least one spatial stream associated with the first wireless station is unavailable based on the channel estimation. The device processes the MU packet from the plurality of spatial streams without the at least one spatial stream.
US11632271B1
Systems, methods, and devices to reduce the channel estimation overhead by collecting data from many UEs and building a location-based mathematical model are disclosed. During building of the model, a reference signal is used to collect location- and signal-related data from connected UEs. Once the model is successfully built, it is then transmitted and/or downloaded to each new UE that connects to the base station. The UEs and/or the base stations then use this model to determine their own transmission parameter values. The UEs also report their location to the base stations, which use the model to estimate channel conditions and adapt transmission parameters for themselves.
US11632264B2
A system for virtualizing a plurality of controller area network bus units communicatively connected to an aircraft, the system comprising a plurality of physical controller area network bus units, each is configured to detect a measured state datum of a plurality of measured state data of the aircraft; and transmit the plurality of measured state data to at least a network switch, the at least a network switch configured to receive the plurality of measured state data from the plurality of physical controller area network bus units, generate a single transmission signal as a function of the plurality of measured state data, and transmit the single transmission signal to a computing device, and the computing device configured to receive the transmission signal originating from the at least a network switch, and bridge each virtual controller area network bus unit of the plurality of virtual controller area network bus units.
US11632259B1
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for pairing multiple devices into a designated group for a communication session are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes processing, via at least a portion of multiple processing devices, information associated with a network in connection with one or more device pairing requests from one or more of the processing devices; implementing, via at least one the multiple processing devices, a pairing algorithm, wherein the pairing algorithm comprises searching for one or more of the processing devices, in accordance with one or more temporal values associated with the at least one processing device and at least one of the one or more device pairing requests corresponding thereto, and one or more pairing parameters; and automatically pairing, via the network and based on the pairing algorithm, the at least one processing device to one or more of the processing devices.
US11632254B2
There is disclosed in one example a home router, including: a hardware platform including a processor and a memory; a local area network (LAN) interface; a data store including rules for domain name-based services; and instructions encoded within the memory to instruct the processor to: provision a certificate and key pair to provide domain name system (DNS) over hypertext transfer protocol secure (DoH) or DNS over transport layer security (DoT) services; receive on the LAN interface an encrypted DNS request; decrypt the DNS request; query the data store according to the DNS request; receive a rule for the DNS request; and execute the rule.
US11632231B2
A substitute box includes a target input terminal, an obfuscation input terminal, a first output terminal and a second output terminal. The target input terminal is configured to receive a target input data. The obfuscation input terminal is configured to receive an obfuscation input data unrelated to a plaintext. The first output terminal is configured to output a first output data. The second output terminal is configured to output a second output data associated with the first output data. The first output data and the second output data are generated according to both the target input data and the obfuscation input data.
US11632226B1
A method includes, at a first node: transmitting a first calibration signal at a first time-of-departure measured by the first node; and transmitting a second calibration signal at a second time-of-departure measured by the first node. The method also includes, at a second node: receiving the first calibration signal at a first time-of-arrival measured by the second node; and receiving the second calibration signal at a second time-of-arrival measured by the second node. The method further includes: defining a first calibration point and a second calibration point in a set of calibration points, each calibration point comprising a time-of-departure and a time-of-arrival of each calibration signal; calculating a regression on the set of calibration points; and calculating a frequency offset between the first node and the second node based on the first regression.
US11632224B2
Systems and method are described for improving electrical isolation between a transmission signal and receiver circuitry of a transceiver communicating over one or more wireless networks via one or more shared antennas. The transceiver may include isolation circuitry to facilitate isolation of the transmission signal from the receiver circuitry. However, a leakage current of the transmission signal and noise signals may appear at the receiver circuitry. Presence of the leakage current or the noise signals in the receiver circuitry may cause interference with the reception signal. As such, the isolation circuitry may benefit from additional isolation between the transmission signal and the receiver circuitry to reduce an effect of the leakage current and the noise signals on the reception signal.
US11632220B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a method for performing wireless communication by a first apparatus. The method may comprise: obtaining sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration including information related to an active time of a second apparatus, receiving, from a base station, first information related to a first SL resource and second information related to an uplink (UL) resource, and transmitting, to the base station, SL hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information on the UL resource based on a time domain of the first SL resource not being included within the active time of the second apparatus. The SL HARQ feedback information may be SL HARQ acknowledge (ACK) information.
US11632218B2
A method and device for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, transmits a PUCCH including UCI. With respect to a resource for transmitting the PUCCH, the PUCCH is determined to be associated with a first interlace, among the first interlace and a second interlace, on the basis that: (i) the first interlace, and the second interlace having a higher index than that of the first interlace are configured by means of information on the PUCCH resource; and (ii) the number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) for transmitting the UCI is equal to or less than the number of PRBs of the first interlace.
US11632216B2
A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a transmitting section that transmits first uplink control information (UCI) including a positive scheduling request (SR) or second UCI including a negative SR using a certain resource, and a control section that, in order to specify the certain resource, determines to use which of a first configuration and a second configuration, the first configuration being for transmitting the first UCI and the second UCI using the same frequency resource, the second configuration being for transmitting the first UCI and the second UCI using different frequency resources. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, reduction in communication throughput and the like can be suppressed even if a new UL control channel is used to transmit the UCI.
US11632215B2
Provided are a transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus and methods thereof. The transmitting apparatus includes: circuitry, which, in operation, generates a signal including a first type of reference signal used for demodulation and a second type of reference signal used for demodulation; and a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the signal, wherein the first type of reference signal used for demodulation is mapped to a first resource, and the second type of reference signal used for demodulation is mapped to a second resource, the first type of reference signal used for demodulation is used for a first physical control channel and the second type of reference signal used for demodulation is used for a second physical control channel; or the first type of reference signal used for demodulation is used for PSCCH and the second type of reference signal used for demodulation is used for PSSCH.
US11632214B2
A method, wireless device and network node for performing sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission. According to one aspect a method includes receiving a definition of one or more SRS resource sets to be configured, comprising at least one SRS transmission setting. The method further includes receiving an indication of a selected SRS resource set to use for a SRS transmission, from the one or more configured SRS resource sets and determining a precoding configuration for the SRS transmission based on the selected SRS resource set and the at least one SRS transmission setting. The method also includes transmitting a SRS according to the determined precoding configuration.
US11632208B2
Channel covariance feedback is disclosed for enhanced full-dimension multiple input, multiple output (eFD-MIMO) systems. Channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) feedback operations are implemented using spatial covariance feedback of a covariance estimate. After obtaining a set of orthogonal basis vectors, a user equipment (UE) measures the CSI-RS from a base station and determines the spatial covariance matrix from the signal. The UE may then compress the spatial covariance matrix into a lower-dimension covariance estimate matrix using the orthogonal basis vectors. The lower-dimension matrix along with element-wise quantization allows for feedback of spatial covariance for eFD-MIMO systems without excessive feedback overhead.
US11632202B2
Different filtered-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (f-OFDM) frame formats may be used to achieve the spectrum flexibility. F-OFDM waveforms are generated by applying a pulse shaping digital filter to an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal. Different frame formats may be used to carry different traffic types as well as to adapt to characteristics of the channel, transmitter, receiver, or serving cell. The different frame formats may utilize different sub-carrier (SC) spacings and/or cyclic prefix (CP) lengths. In some embodiments, the different frame formats also utilize different symbol durations and/or transmission time interval (TTI) lengths.
US11632192B2
A transmission device that performs multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission of transmit data using a plurality of fundamental bands. The transmission device includes an error correction coding unit, a mapping unit, and a MIMO coding unit. The error correction coding unit, for each data block of predefined length, performs error correction coding and thereby generates an error correction coded frame. The mapping unit maps each predefined number of bits in the error correction coded frame to a corresponding symbol and thereby generates an error correction coded block. The MIMO coding unit performs MIMO coding with respect to the error correction coded block. Components of data included in the error correction coded block are allocated to at least two of the fundamental bands and transmitted.
US11632185B2
A receiver convolutes each of a real component and an imaginary component of each polarization of a polarization-multiplexed reception signal with an impulse response for compensating for frequency characteristics of the receiver and a complex impulse response for wavelength dispersion compensation, and generates, as input signals, the convoluted real component and imaginary component of each polarization and phase conjugations thereof, for each polarization. The receiver generates, for each polarization, a first addition signal obtained by multiplying each of the real component and the imaginary component of each polarization by a complex impulse response, thereafter adding together the multiplied real component and imaginary component, and applying a phase rotation for frequency offset compensation to the added components, and a second addition signal obtained by multiplying each of the phase conjugation of the real component of and the phase conjugation of the imaginary component of each polarization by a complex impulse response, thereafter adding together the multiplied phase conjugations, and applying a phase rotation opposite to the phase rotation for frequency offset compensation to the added phase conjugations, and adds or subtracts a transmission data bias correction signal to or from a signal obtained by adding together the generated first addition signal and second addition signal.
US11632170B2
A method for managing optical transceivers includes obtaining laser measurements for a laser operating in an optical transceiver in a network device, obtaining a failure profile for the laser, making a first determination that the laser measurements match the failure profile, and based on the first determination, initiating a remediation action for the optical transceiver.
US11632169B2
The method relates to a synchronization of a magnetic locating system including a first device and a second device each including an oscillator, a time counter clocked by the oscillator, and a radiocommunication module. The locating system also includes a device for emitting and receiving alternating magnetic fields, the device being configured to allow a propagation of alternating magnetic fields between the first and second devices, the device for emitting and receiving alternating magnetic fields being connected to the oscillators of the first and second devices. The synchronizing method includes a synchronizing step that is configured to synchronize the oscillators of the first and second devices by adjusting, by servo-controlling the oscillator of the second device, the operation of the time counter of the second device to the operation of the time counter of the first device.
US11632161B2
A communication apparatus capable of wireless communication with another communication apparatus via a first communication path and a second communication path sets a directivity of an antenna to a first directivity capable of wireless communication via the first communication path and receives data from the another communication apparatus via the first communication path. When the communication apparatus sends an acknowledgement signal to the another communication apparatus via the first communication path in response to reception of the data, the communication apparatus sets the directivity of the antenna to a second directivity capable of wireless communication via the first communication path and wireless communication via the second communication path for a set period thereafter.
US11632159B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for encoding reference signal received powers. One apparatus includes a processor that: determines a reference signal received power corresponding to each beam of multiple beams to result in a set of determined reference signal received powers; orders the set of determined reference signal received powers in descending order to result in an ordered list of reference signal received powers; and encodes a difference between each two adjacent reference signal received powers of the ordered list of reference signal received powers to result in an encoded ordered list of reference signal received powers.
US11632152B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for performing one or more over the air calibration procedures for reciprocity based uplink MIMO transmissions, for example, in new radio (NR).
US11632148B2
A network-enabled smart apparatus has a data processing system, at least one operational system, wide area and local network communication interfaces, and a memory. The memory has stored therein apparatus identification information, at least one service application, and an activation application. The activation application causes the data processing system to establish an internet connection and create an NFC-enabled web page. The data processing system transmits, to the user device instructions to navigate to the NFC-enabled web page and instructions for the user to tap an NFC-enabled smart card to the user device. The apparatus data processing system reads, via the NFC-enabled web page, NFC information transmitted to the user device by the smart transaction card. The application causes the apparatus to transmit the NFC information to a service administration server, and receive, from the service administration server, a service activation command. The application responsively activates at least one service application.
US11632145B2
The present invention relates to a communication controller (131; 132) and method for controlling communications between an access node (101; 102) and a plurality of remote communication units (211; 212) coupled to the access node via at least one wired transmission medium (20; 40). At least one communication unit (111, 211; 112, 212) of the access node and of the plurality of remote communication units is configured to operate in full-duplex mode according to a first full-duplex communication profile (OP1) when using a first subset of transmission resources (TSSET1; TONESET1) selected from a whole set of transmission resources available for communication over the at least one transmission medium, and according to a second full-duplex communication profile (OP2) when using a second non-overlapping subset of transmission resources (TSSET2; TONESET2) selected from the whole set of transmission resources. The first full-duplex communication profile includes first downstream and upstream transmit power profiles (PSDDS1, PSDUS1) to achieve first aggregate downstream and upstream data rates (DSMAX1, USMIN1; DSMAX2, USMIN2) over the at least one transmission medium, and the second full-duplex communication profile includes second downstream and upstream transmit power profiles (PSDDS2, PSDUS2) to achieve second aggregate downstream and upstream data rates (USMAX1, DSMIN1; USMAX2, DSMIN2) over the at least one transmission medium distinct from the respective first aggregate downstream and upstream data rates. The present invention also relates to a so-configured full-duplex communication unit.
US11632140B2
A receiver for OFDM subcarriers has a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, a tunable system clock is output at a nominal frequency, and in the second mode, the tunable system clock is offset so that a harmonic of the tunable system clock coincides with a particular OFDM subcarrier. The tunable system clock is coupled to a programmable modem PLL clock generator which generates clocks for an A/D converter coupled to a baseband processor which is also coupled to the programmable modem PLL clock generator. The programmable modem PLL clock generator is programmed to maintain a constant output frequency of each output in the first mode and the second mode.
US11632134B2
An apparatus for inserting an error correction code according to an embodiment includes an identifier configured to identify a plurality of critical sets included in a codeword generated using a polar code, based on the number of information bits and a total code length of the codeword, a divider configured to divide the codeword into a plurality of partitions, and an inserter configured to insert an error correction code into each of the divided partitions based on a distribution position of each of the plurality of critical sets.
US11632129B2
A method of compressing weights of a neural network includes compressing a weight set including the weights of a the neural network, determining modified weight sets by changing at least one of the weights, calculating compression efficiency values for the determined modified weight sets based on a result of compressing the weight set and results of compressing the determined modified weight sets, determining a target weight of the weights satisfying a compression efficiency condition among the weights based on the calculated compression efficiency values, and determining a final compression result by compressing the weights based on a result of replacing the determined target weight.
US11632123B2
A batteryless wireless sensor system includes a data acquisition system, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a batteryless wireless sensor device. The RF transceiver is in communication with the data acquisition system, transmits a RF signal, and receives sensor data and provide the sensor data to the data acquisition system. The batteryless wireless sensor device includes a RF transmitter, an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a sensor. The batteryless wireless sensor harvests energy from the RF signal and generates a DC signal based on the energy harvested from the RF signal, powers up and operates the ADC and the sensor based on the DC signal, and generates sensor data. The batteryless wireless sensor then transmits the sensor data via the RF transmitter to the RF transceiver. In certain examples, the ADC is implemented as a current mode ADC.
US11632121B1
An N-channel interleaved Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) has a variable delay added to each ADC's input sampling clock. The variable delays are each programmed by a Successive-Approximation-Register (SAR) during calibration to minimize timing skews between channels. An auto-correlator generates a sign of a correlation error for a pair of ADC digital outputs. SAR bits are tested with the correlation sign bit determining when to add or subtract SAR bits. First all pairs are calibrated in a first level of a binary tree of mux-correlators. Then skews between remote pairs and groups are calibrated in upper levels of the binary tree using auto-correlators with inputs muxed from groups of ADC outputs input to the binary tree of mux-correlators. The binary tree of mux-correlators can include bypasses for odd and non-binary values of N. Sampling clock and component timing skews are reduced to one LSB among both adjacent channels and remote channels.
US11632119B1
Embodiments included herein are directed towards a fractional feedback divider circuit and associated method. The circuit may include a programmable feedback divider including a plurality of flip-flops arranged in series. The programmable feedback divider may be configured to receive an input clock signal and a reset signal comprising at least one pulse and to generate a divided clock. The circuit may include reset logic configured to receive an input from the programmable feedback divider and to generate a reset signal. The circuit may include a first D flip-flop configured to receive the reset signal and to generate an output and a second D flip-flop configured to receive the output from the first D flip-flop and to generate a second output. The circuit may further include a multiplexer configured to receive the second output and to generate an output clock signal.
US11632114B2
Generating a composite interpolated phase-error signal for clock phase adjustment of a local oscillator by forming a summation of weighted phase-error signals generated using a matrix of partial phase comparators, each of which compare a phase of the local oscillator with a corresponding phase of a reference clock.
US11632111B1
A control system is provides that includes a logic gate generating an output state signal, and first and second redundant controllers, wherein the first controller is configured to output a first state signal to a first input of the logic gate, and the second controller is configured to output a second state signal to a second input of the logic gate, and wherein the first controller is configured to receive an impedance isolated feedback signal corresponding to the second state signal from the second controller, and the second controller is configured to receive an impedance isolated feedback signal corresponding to the first state signal from the first controller, so that each controller can determine whether both inputs to the logic gate match one another.
US11632107B1
A FET switch stack has a stacked arrangement of FET switches, a gate resistor network with ladder resistors and common gate resistors, and a gate resistor bypass arrangement. The bypass arrangement has a first set of bypass switches connected across the gate resistors and a second set of bypass switches connected across the ladder resistors. Bypass occurs during at least a portion of the transition state of the stacked arrangement of FET switches.
US11632105B2
Improved overcurrent detection and mitigation systems, methods, and techniques for a BMS are described herein. A BMS monitor may detect an overcurrent using two different techniques. The first technique may detect an overcurrent based on average power over different, overlapping time periods. The second technique may detect an overcurrent based on determining a modeled junction temperature of a switching device.
US11632104B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first switch element including a first end to which a first voltage is applied, and a second end and a gate electrically coupled to a first node, a second switch element including a first end to which a second voltage is applied, and a second end and a gate electrically coupled to the first node, a third switch element including a first end to which the second voltage is applied, a second end electrically coupled to a second node, and a gate coupled to the first node, a fourth switch element including a gate coupled to the second node, and a first terminal electrically coupled to a first end of the fourth switch element and outputting a signal based on a voltage of the second node.
US11632102B2
A semiconductor device and a method of operating a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a first latching circuit and a second latching circuit coupled to the first latching circuit. The second latching circuit includes a first feedback circuit and a first transmission circuit, the first feedback circuit configured to receive a first clock signal of a first phase and a second clock signal of a second phase, and the first transmission circuit configured to receive the second clock signal and a third clock signal of a third phase. The first feedback circuit is configured to be turned off by the first clock signal and the second clock signal before the first transmission circuit is turned on by the second clock signal and the third clock signal.
US11632099B2
A system includes a sensor circuit configured to sense a parameter of a power system having an operating voltage greater than a voltage rating of the sensor circuit, an optical communications circuit configured to receive a sensor signal from the sensor circuit and to generate an optical communications signal therefrom, and an optical power supply circuit configured to receive an optical input, to generate electrical power from the received optical input and to supply the generated electrical power to the sensor circuit and the optical communications circuit. A driver circuit may be configured to generate a first control signal applied to a control terminal of the power semiconductor switch, and the optical power supply circuit may be configured to supply the generated electrical power to the sensor circuit, the optical communications circuit and the driver circuit.
US11632095B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a wafer level surface acoustic wave filter and a package method, the surface acoustic wave filter includes a wafer, an electrode layer, a supporting wall and a cover plate; wherein, the wafer includes a substrate layer and a piezoelectric thin film layer combined together by wafer bonding, the electrode layer is arranged on a surface of the piezoelectric thin film layer, the supporting wall surrounds between the piezoelectric thin film layer and the cover plate to form a sealed cavity; and the cover plate includes at least a first material layer, which uses the same material as the substrate layer.
US11632093B2
An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric material substrate, an intermediate layer on the piezoelectric material substrate and composed of one or more materials selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, aluminum nitride and sialon. A bonding layer is on the intermediate layer and is composed of one or more materials selected from the group consisting of tantalum pentoxide, niobium pentoxide, titanium oxide, mullite, alumina, and a high resistance silicon and hafnium oxide. A supporting body is composed of a polycrystalline ceramic and is bonded to the bonding layer by direct bonding, and an electrode is on the piezoelectric material substrate.
US11632088B2
A voltage converter comprising: a bootstrap circuit, comprising an output capacitor, an error amplifier, a charging control circuit and a charging circuit. The charging control circuit comprises: a detection circuit, configured to detect an output voltage of the output capacitor to generate a detection signal; and a power limiting circuit, configured to clamp an output voltage of the error amplifier to a specific range based on the detection signal. The charging circuit is configured to generate a charging signal according the output voltage of the error amplifier to the bootstrap circuit, to charge the output capacitor.
US11632080B2
A voltage controlled oscillator includes a resonator and an amplifier. The resonator includes a capacitive element and an inductive element. The inductive element has a plurality of conductive segments forming a physical loop. The inductive element has electrical connections on the physical loop to the plurality of conductive segments forming at least one electrical loop disposed within an interior space formed by the physical loop. The amplifier has an input and an output, the input coupled to a first conductive segment forming a first impedance and the output coupled to a second conductive segment forming a second impedance.
US11632075B2
A method for rectifying degradation of a photovoltaic module in a photovoltaic power system, includes: controlling a to-be-rectified photovoltaic module in a photovoltaic power system to stop outputting; and then injecting a rectification current into a positive or negative electrode of the to-be-rectified photovoltaic module.
US11632073B2
A rotating machine drive system includes a power supply, an electric motor, a rotating machine, a belt drive transmission unit, an electrical information detection sensor, and a diagnostic unit. The electrical information detection sensor detects a current or a voltage. The diagnostic unit calculates estimated rotational speed information of the rotating machine based on the current or the voltage, calculates a reference rotational frequency from a rotational speed of the electric motor and a ratio between a diameter of the electric motor side pulley and a diameter of the rotating machine side pulley. The diagnostic unit uses a difference or a ratio between the estimated rotational speed information and the reference rotational frequency to determine whether or not there is the transmission abnormality.
US11632072B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a three-phase inverter (3) using a 120° control arrangement associated with a PWM-type control, the inverter (3) being driven by a controller and configured to power a permanent-magnet synchronous motor (5) of a device on board an aircraft. The motor (5) comprises a stator and a rotor that can be rotated relative to the stator when the motor (5) is powered. The inverter (3) comprises three branches (31, 32, 33), each branch comprising two switches (310, 311, 320, 321 and 330, 331) associated with a motor winding sing a 120° control arrangement of a three-phase inverter. The method is characterised in that when one switch on one branch is controlled such as to switch front the on-state to the off-state, the other switch on said branch is controlled such as to be in the on-state for a sufficient amount of time to allow the magnetic discharge of the motor winding associated with said branch.
US11632071B2
A motor drive device that drives motors with one inverter includes a step-out control unit that detects step-out in which the operating frequency of at least one of the motors does not match the inverter output frequency, or the operating frequency of at least one of the motors does not match the operating frequency of another one of the motors, and stops the motors by switching an energization state of the inverter when at least one of the motors is out of step.
US11632070B2
A drive system includes: first and second inverters; a high-potential-side connection line; a low-potential-side connection line; a first changeover switch provided to at least one of the high-potential-side and low-potential side connection lines; a second changeover switch connected in parallel to the first changeover switch; a mode control section changing between a first mode in which to perform switching driving of upper and lower arm switches in one of the inverters and perform neutral point driving of at least one of the upper and lower arm switches in the other inverter to maintain in an on state and a second mode in which to perform switching driving of the upper and lower arm switches in both the inverters; and a changeover control section that, at the time of a changeover between the first and second modes, changes the first and second changeover switches between the on and off states.
US11632063B1
An actuator assembly includes (i) a first actuator stack having a first primary electrode, a first secondary electrode overlapping at least a portion of the first primary electrode, and a first electroactive layer disposed between and abutting the first primary electrode and the first secondary electrode, (ii) a second actuator stack having a second primary electrode, a second secondary electrode overlapping at least a portion of the second primary electrode, and a second electroactive layer disposed between and abutting the second primary electrode and the second secondary electrode; and (iii) a bonding layer disposed between the first actuator stack and the second actuator stack.
US11632055B2
An Active Clamp Flyback (ACF) converter includes a transformer module, a clamping module, and a controller. The controller is configured to: after the transformer module starts secondary side discharging, control the clamping module to start receiving leakage inductance power from the transformer module; and after controlling the clamping module to stop receiving the leakage inductance power from the transformer module, control the clamping module to release the leakage inductance power to the transformer module. The leakage inductance power released by the clamping module to the transformer module is used by the transformer module to restore a soft switching state based on the leakage inductance power. In a process of transferring the leakage inductance power to a clamping capacitor, the clamping module is in an enabled state. This reduces a loss caused by the clamping module to the leakage inductance power, and helps reduce overall loss caused by the ACF converter.
US11632048B2
A voltage regulator includes an output node, a control circuit, and a power stage. The control circuit is configured to receive a power state signal from a load circuit coupled to the output node, and output a control signal based on the power state signal. The power stage includes a plurality of phase circuits coupled to the output node and is configured to enable a phase circuit of the plurality of phase circuits responsive to the control signal.
US11632041B2
The present disclosure provides power semiconductor module, comprising at least three non-jumping power terminals at a non-jumping potential, wherein multiple power semiconductors and at least one first capacitor are integrated within a package and electrically connected between a first non-jumping power terminal and a second non-jumping power terminal of the at least three non-jumping power terminals; and at least one jumping power terminal at a jumping potential. A first jumping power terminal of the at least one jumping power terminal is electrically connected to one terminal of a power inductor and a third non-jumping power terminal of the at least three non-jumping power terminals is electrically connected to the other terminal of the power inductor; wherein at least one second capacitor is electrically connected between the third non-jumping power terminal and at least one of other non-jumping power terminals.
US11632040B2
An assembly for powering a first circuit, including at least one ferrite bead in series with a diode between a first terminal of application of a first voltage and a first terminal of said first circuit.
US11632037B2
A protective device intended to protect a power converter, the protective device includes a set of at least one sensor, each sensor in the set of at least one sensor making it possible to deliver a measurement representative of the instantaneous current delivered at the output of a power converter on a phase in the set of at least one phase, a protective device receiving the measurement representative of the instantaneous current delivered by the set of at least one sensor and connected to a control device and to the power converter such that the commands delivered by the control device are transmitted to the power converter via the protective device, the protective device being configured to inhibit the commands delivered by the control device when the absolute value of the measurement representative of the instantaneous current and delivered by at least one sensor in the set of at least one sensor exceeds a predetermined first threshold S1 such that the power switches of the power converter are kept in the off state.
US11632032B2
A power converter includes a power conversion controller configured to determine whether or not an output terminal is misconnected to a system power supply based on a current between a power converter and the output terminal and a voltage between the power converter and the output terminal, and to perform a control to stop power conversion in the power converter when determining that the output terminal is misconnected to the system power supply.
US11632016B2
Described herein is a device comprising members in a kinematic relationship. The kinematic relationship is at least partially governed by at least one magnetically induced force that introduces a force threshold that, in effect, provides a threshold to part movement and confers a degree of hysteresis, preventing movement until a sufficiently large energizing force is applied. The effect may be further altered by use of an additional magnetically induced force interaction with at least one further member to urge or slow movement once started and/or to prevent movement once a new position is reached.
US11632011B2
A canned motor device includes a base, a fixed seat, a motor unit and a motor cover. Each of the base and the fixed seat is formed in a shape of a hollow cylinder that surrounds an axis. The base has an inner base surface surrounding the axis and defining an accommodating space. The fixed seat is disposed in the accommodating space and has an inner seat surface, an outer seat surface, a plurality of recesses and a plurality of first heat-dissipating fins. The recesses are indented from the outer seat surface and extend toward the inner seat surface. Each of the first heat-dissipating fins is located between two adjacent ones of the recesses.
US11632007B2
A stator assembly including a frame structure having a stator teeth being circumferentially distributed around a longitudinal axis, wherein in between respective two neighboring stator teeth there is formed one stator slot; a winding system having a plurality of electric windings, wherein respectively one electric winding is wound around at least one stator tooth and is partially accommodated within two stator slots and each electric winding comprises an end winding portion which axially protrudes from the frame structure; and an insulation arrangement having a plurality of electric insulation devices, each insulation device surrounding a part of one electric winding is provided. Each insulation device includes an inner insulation portion being accommodated within the respective stator slot and an outer insulation portion protruding from the frame structure and surrounding a part of the respective end winding portion. The outer insulation portion includes an outer surface which includes elevated surface portions.
US11631999B2
Disclosed herein are active rectifiers for wireless power receivers. The exemplary active rectifier can include a first diode coupled between a first input of the rectifier and an output of the rectifier; a first transistor coupled between the first input and ground; a first capacitive snubber coupled in parallel to at least one of: (i) the first diode or (ii) the first transistor. The example active rectifier can include a second diode coupled between a second input of the rectifier and the output; a second transistor coupled between the second input and ground; and a second capacitive snubber coupled in parallel to at least one of: (i) the second diode or (ii) the second transistor.
US11631989B2
An electrical supply holding circuit includes a primary stage and a secondary stage. The primary stage includes a voltage connector connected to a supply network, and a primary winding connected to a voltage converter. The secondary stage includes a secondary winding facing the primary winding, the primary and secondary windings forming two coupled inductances, and a voltage controller to which the secondary winding is connected, the voltage controller being connected to a load and controlling a voltage across the terminals of the load. Directions of the currents flowing through the primary and secondary windings are the reverse of one another, and the voltage converter stops the supply to the primary winding when the supply voltage is less than a threshold voltage and resumes the supply to the primary winding when the supply voltage is greater than a threshold voltage.
US11631980B2
A battery management system for a plurality of battery modules, the battery management system including, for each battery module among the plurality of battery modules, a respective integrated circuit configured to perform a cell balancing control function of the battery module; and a battery controller in communication with the integrated circuits, the battery controller configured to control the integrated circuits according to a cycle that includes a first mode for sequentially activating cell balancing of the battery modules during a first period and a second mode for stopping the cell balancing of the battery modules during a second period that follows the first period, the battery controller repeating the cycle after the second period, repeating the cycle including changing an order in which the cell balancing of the battery modules is activated in the first mode.
US11631978B2
Various embodiments manage energy generation in a power generation and distribution system. In one embodiment, a set of residual load data is obtained for a given period of time measured at one or more nodes within a power generation and distribution system. The set of residual load data encodes a set of power flow signals. The set of residual load data is analyzed. An amount of power contributed to the set of residual load data by at least one energy generator class is determined based on the analysis of the set of residual load data.
US11631974B2
A snubber circuit includes a snubber substrate including an electrically insulating carrier and an electrically conducting structured layer applied thereon, the electrically conducting structured layer including two segments. The snubber circuit further includes two electrically resistive layers, each resistive layer being applied onto the two segments of the electrically conducting structured layer of the snubber substrate, and a capacitor disposed on the electrically resistive layers and having two terminals, each terminal being electrically connected to one of the electrically resistive layers. Further, a power semiconductor module having such a snubber circuit is disclosed.
US11631967B2
Integrated-optics systems are presented in which an optically active device is optically coupled with a silicon waveguide via a passive compound-semiconductor waveguide. In a first region, the passive waveguide and the optically active device collectively define a composite waveguide structure, where the optically active device functions as the central ridge portion of a rib-waveguide structure. The optically active device is configured to control the vertical position of an optical mode in the composite waveguide along its length such that the optical mode is optically coupled into the passive waveguide with low loss. The passive waveguide and the silicon waveguide collectively define a vertical coupler in a second region, where the passive and silicon waveguides are configured to control the distribution of the optical mode along the length of the coupler, thereby enabling the entire mode to transition between the passive and silicon waveguides with low loss.
US11631963B2
An optical system comprising an optoelectronic device having a facet and a coating on the facet. The facet is configured to be in optical communication with at least a first optical medium during a first time period and a second optical medium during a second time period. The first optical medium has a first refractive index and the second optical medium has a second refractive index different from the first refractive index. The coating is configured to provide a first reflectance during the first time period for optical signals in a predetermined wavelength range and to provide a second reflectance during the second time period for optical signals in the predetermined wavelength range wherein the second reflectance is equal to the first reflectance within a negligible margin for optical signals having at least one wavelength in the predetermined wavelength range.
US11631962B2
A light source includes a substrate with a first surface and an opposite second surface. An epitaxial layer is positioned on the first surface of the substrate. The light source also includes at least one light generator in the epitaxial layer positioned such that an optical signal transmitted thereby is directed toward the substrate. A diffuser is positioned on the second surface of the substrate, and at least one monitor photodetector is positioned in the epitaxial layer in an arrangement configured to receive a portion of the optical signal which is reflected by the diffuser. In one form, the light generator may include a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL).
US11631957B2
The invention relates to a crimping pliers die (1) comprising two die half units (2, 3). The die half units (2, 3) are guided by a guide (51) relatively to each other over the crimping stroke. Crimping surfaces (40, 41) of the die halves (5) are formed by front surfaces of engaging ribs (37). The guide (51) comprises a guiding rod (43) formed by an end-sided thickening (42) of a rib (37) and/or the guide (51) comprises a guiding recess (50) formed by a guiding recess section (45) which connects two ribs (37) to each other. The crimping pliers die (1) can be used for crimping pliers which can e. g. be used for crimping wire end sleeves.
US11631954B2
A coaxial connector device includes an insulating body disposed on a circuit board, first and second signal contact members and, a ground contact member, and a conductive partition member. Each of the first and second signal contact members is assembled to the insulating body and has a contact portion protruding from the insulating body and a signal joint portion configured to be joined to a signal terminal portion disposed on the circuit board. The ground contact member is assembled to the insulating body and has a surrounding contact portion surrounding the contact portion and a ground joint portion configured to be joined to a ground terminal disposed on the circuit board. The conductive partition member is disposed between the contact portions and is configured to be provided with a ground potential.
US11631952B2
A connector assembly includes: a housing having a plurality of accommodating grooves into which a plurality of terminals are insertable, respectively, and having an insertion space recessed in a first direction intersecting a second direction in which the accommodating grooves extend, the plurality of accommodating grooves being formed in one surface of the housing; a terminal position assurance (TPA) mechanism inserted into the insertion space of the housing in the first direction, having a plurality of through-holes extending parallel to the plurality of accommodating grooves, and inhibiting the terminals inserted into the through-holes from being separated; joint terminals extending from an inside of the housing to the accommodating grooves, and electrically connected to the terminals inserted into the accommodating grooves; and a noise filter fixed to the housing or the TPA mechanism, and enclosing the accommodating grooves of the housing, the through-holes of the TPA mechanism, or the joint terminals.
US11631949B2
A magnetic connector assembly has a female connector with spring-loaded conductive pins slightly protruding inside a recess or cavity in the female connector's body. A corresponding male connector has a protrusion on its body with conductive pins slightly indented into the protrusion's surface. The protrusion on the male connector is sized and shaped to fit into the cavity in the female connector such that the male connector's pins engage the pins of the female connector, allowing for electrical communication across the connector assembly. Magnets on the male and female connectors secure them in a correct orientation. A unique shape ensures proper alignment of the pins and prevents the connection of incompatible devices.
US11631944B2
An insulation displacement contact system includes a first insulation displacement contact, a second insulation displacement contact, and a cover having a first portion over the first insulation displacement contact and a second portion over the second insulation displacement contact. The cover includes a retention gap between the first portion and the second portion to engage the cover with a first pair of prongs of the first insulation displacement contact. The first portion of the cover includes a first ledge and a second ledge configured to engage the cover with a second pair of prongs of the first insulation displacement contact.
US11631941B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a display module and an antenna module. The antenna module includes at least one antenna body for receiving a wireless signal; a signal transmission line coupled to the at least one antenna body; an antenna carrier plate having a working region and a bending region, the antenna carrier plate in the bending region is bent from a display surface to a non-display surface, so that the signal transmission line extends from the display surface to the non-display surface; an adapter circuit board on the non-display surface; and an adapter coupling the signal transmission line to the adapter circuit board to enable the adapter circuit board to be signal coupled to the at least one antenna body.
US11631931B2
A connecting component with built-in radio frequency identification element which includes a main body and a radio frequency identification element is provided. The main body has a cylindrical body part and a head, wherein the body part has a connecting end and a free end; the head is connected to the connecting end, and the maximum outer diameter thereof is greater than an outer diameter of the body part; the head has an accommodating hole, and an opening of the accommodating hole is formed at a top of the head; the radio frequency identification element can be inserted into the accommodating hole. When the connecting component is used to fixedly connect the rigid object, the radio frequency electronic component provides a space to store database; with the radio frequency identification reader, industry can read the data at any time during the inspection or the maintenance stages, which improves the convenience of obtaining data and the efficiency of operation.
US11631929B2
A fastening device (10) for fastening an antenna (1) to a support (5) comprising: —a first element (10a) configured to be fixed on the support (5), —a second element (10b) configured for linking the first element (10a) to the antenna (1), —a first setting unit (16) for setting an angular orientation of the second element (10b) with respect to the first element (10a), wherein the first setting unit (16) comprises: —a first and a second pairs of holes (20a, 20b, 21a, 21b) made in one of the first or second elements (10a, 10b), the holes (20a, 20b, 21a, 21b) of a pair facing each other, —at least one through opening (18) having an arced oblong cross-section made in the other of the first or second element (10a, 10b), the at least one through opening (18) being configured to be placed between the two holes (20a, 20b) (21a, 21b) of a pair, —at least a first and a second axles (22), an axle (22) being configured to be placed through both the holes (20a, 20b) (21a, 21b) of a pair and a through opening (18), —first tightening means (24) configured for blocking a relative displacement between the first and the second elements (10a, 10b).
US11631927B2
Various aspects directed towards an integrated transverse electromagnetic (TEM) transmission line structure for probe calibration are disclosed. In one example, the integrated TEM transmission line structure includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and an air-dielectric coplanar waveguide (CPW). For this example, the air-dielectric CPW includes an air trace in a cutout slot of the PCB. In another example, a method is disclosed, which includes forming an air-dielectric CPW on a PCB in which the air-dielectric CPW includes an air trace in a cutout slot of the PCB. In a further example, an integrated TEM transmission line structure includes an air-dielectric CPW with an air trace. For this example, a first connector is electrically coupled to a first end of the air-dielectric CPW, and a second connector is electrically coupled to a second end of the air-dielectric CPW.
US11631920B2
Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having dual electrolytes, systems of such electrochemical cells, and methods for manufacturing the same. In some embodiments, electrochemical cells can include a cathode disposed on a cathode current collector, an anode disposed on an anode current collector, and a separator disposed therebetween. In some embodiments, the separator can include materials that fluidically and/or chemically isolate the anode from the cathode. In some embodiments, the cathode and/or anode can include a slurry of an active material and a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte. In some embodiments, the anode can be fluidically coupled to an anode degassing port. In some embodiments, the cathode can be fluidically coupled to a cathode degassing port.
US11631912B2
A cooler allows easy attachment and detachment of a battery. The cooler includes a main container including a refrigeration compartment, an evaporator on the main container, a compressor and a condenser adjacent to the main container, and at least one battery mount to receive a power tool battery in a detachable manner. The at least one battery mount is adjacent to the main container and above the compressor and the condenser.
US11631907B2
Faster charging of a battery, including: opening a first switch disposed between an input node of the battery and an input node of a load to decouple the input node of the battery from the input node of the load; and charging the battery using a first charging source coupled to the input node of the battery while the load is being powered through the input node of the load via a second charging source having a charge rate slower than the first charging source.
US11631904B2
A battery system (100) which comprises a metallic battery housing (200) and a metallic component housing (300), wherein at least one battery module (10) having at least one battery cell (12) and a control unit (20) for controlling and monitoring the at least one battery module (10) are arranged in the battery housing (200) and wherein at least one electrical component (80) is arranged in the component housing (300), which electrical component is electrically connected to the at least one battery module (10).
US11631900B2
A method of producing a lithium-ion battery includes filling at least one cell of the battery with an electrolyte followed directly with a first step of sealing the at least one cell and a second step of applying pulsating compression to the at least one cell during formation charging, the pulsating compression comprising alternating a first time period of applying a first compression force F1 greater than zero and a second time period of applying a second compression force F2, wherein F1>F2, and the formation charging includes a first charge of the battery.
US11631896B2
Discussed is an electrolyte solution for a lithium-sulfur battery including a lithium salt, an organic solvent and an additive, and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same, wherein the additive includes a heterocyclic compound containing at least one double bond, and a heterocycle of the heterocyclic compound comprises an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
US11631888B2
A lithium ion conductor includes a compound of Formula 1: Li7-a*α-(b-4)*β-xMaαLa3Zr2-βMbβO12-x-δXxNδ Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, Ma is a cationic element having a valence of a, Mb is a cationic element having a valence of b, and X is an anion having a valence of −1, wherein, when Ma comprises H, 0≤α≤5, otherwise 0≤α≤0.75, and wherein 0≤β≤1.5, 0≤x≤1.5, (a*α+(b−4)β+x)>0, and 0<δ≤6.
US11631885B2
Provided are a solid electrolyte composition containing an inorganic solid electrolyte having a conductivity of an ion of a metal belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table and a binder having a specific hydrocarbon polymer segment and a specific segment, a solid electrolyte-containing sheet in which the same solid electrolyte composition is used and a manufacturing method therefor, an all-solid state secondary battery and a manufacturing method therefor, a polymer having a specific hydrocarbon polymer segment and a specific segment, and a non-aqueous solvent dispersion thereof.
US11631875B2
A fuel oxidation system including an inlet in fluid communication with an interior of a sealed container, and the sealed container is holding permeated gas released from a pressure vessel within the sealed container. Another inlet is in fluid communication with an environment surrounding the sealed container, and the environment includes oxygen gas (O2). An oxidation module is in fluid communication with the inlet and the other inlet, and the oxidation module is combining the permeated gas received by the inlet with the oxygen gas (O2) received by the other inlet to form a preferred substance.
US11631874B2
Disclosed are a control system for a fuel cell including a fuel cell configured to receive a fuel gas and an oxidation gas and generate electric power, a current controller configured to control an output current output from the fuel cell, based on a demanded current of the fuel cell, while maintaining an output voltage output from the fuel cell at a preset voltage or more, and a restriction controller configured to estimate an output current at the preset voltage as a maximum current when the output voltage of the fuel cell drops to become equal to or smaller than the preset voltage, and restrict the output current of the fuel cell to not more than a first restriction current set based on the estimated maximum current, and a control method for a fuel cell.
US11631873B1
A method for controlling a fuel cell system having a hydrogen fuel injector/ejector and a control system, includes determining a hydrogen fuel consumption rate associated with a selected power level at steady state, determining a modeled hydrogen fuel flow rate associated with the selected power level and the injector/ejector, determining a modeled effective flow area associated with the injector/ejector, determining a true effective flow area of the injector/ejector, and using the effective flow area to calculate or adjust a command signal, an estimation or an estimation error of at least one of a hydrogen fuel flow rate, an anode leak rate and an anode exhaust valve flow rate.
US11631872B2
Systems and methods for operating an electric energy storage device are described. The systems and methods may generate a state of charge estimate that is based on negative electrode plating. An overall state of charge may be determined from the state of charge estimate that is based on negative electrode plating and a state of charge estimate that is not based on negative electrode plating.
US11631868B2
A fuel cell assembly, a heat pipe for such a fuel cell assembly, and a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell assembly includes a fuel cell having an MEA structure, and a pair of heat pipe separator plates in physical and thermal contact with a planar surface of the fuel cell. Each heat pipe separator plate includes an external heat transfer fin to dissipate a portion of the heat generated by the fuel cell through exposed outer peripheral edges thereof. Each heat pipe separator plate also includes voids formed in an interior planar surface thereof, to be aligned with voids of other heat pipe separator plates when the fuel cell assembly is arranged in a stack. Upper voids are to define upper interior channels in fluid communication with a portion of the air stream supplied to the cathode. A heat transfer insert is arranged in the upper voids, and includes internal heat transfer fins to dissipate another portion of the heat into the upper interior channels for contact with the air stream.
US11631864B2
Disclosed are an electrode including a polymer matrix and a catalyst including metal nanoparticles and a conductive polymer shell and, a method of preparing the same. According to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, various hybrid nano-composites may be formed by a combination of other conductive polymers than P3HT with metal nanoparticles. For example, the method may include selectively disposing metal nanoparticles to a surface modified conductive polymer including a block copolymer of two or more types of conductive polymers.
US11631857B2
A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution, wherein the positive electrode includes a current collector and a positive electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector, the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and carbon nanotubes, and the electrolyte solution includes a non-aqueous solvent, a lithium salt, and tetravinylsilane.
US11631849B2
The present invention relates to a lithium composite oxide having improved stability and electrical characteristics as a positive electrode material by inhibiting an interfacial side reaction in the lithium composite oxide and improving the stability of a crystal structure and ion conductivity, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
US11631834B2
A light emitting apparatus includes a first light emitting element for a first color and a second light emitting element for a second color whose wavelength is shorter than the wavelength of the first color. The first light emitting element includes a first reflection layer, a first transparent insulating layer, a first transparent electrode layer, a first light emitting layer, and a first upper electrode layer in this order. The second light emitting element includes a second reflection layer, a second transparent electrode layer, a second light emitting layer, and a second upper electrode layer in this order. The second reflection layer and the second transparent electrode layer are in contact with each other.
US11631827B2
An electroluminescent display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. Each of a plurality of pixel units included in the electroluminescent display panel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel, respectively, each of the sub-pixels includes a first electrode, and a light-emitting layer, respectively, taking a planar surface of the first electrode facing the light-emitting layer as a reference plane, the light-emitting layer of the first sub-pixel is on a first anti-node of a first standing wave, the light-emitting layer of the second sub-pixel is on a second anti-node of a second standing wave, and the light-emitting layer of the third sub-pixel is on a second anti-node of a third standing wave.
US11631820B2
An organic compound represently by Chemical formula 1 and Chemical formula 2, an electronic component, and an electronic device. The two * in Chemical formula 2 are attached to any two adjacent * of the four * in Chemical formula 1 to form a fused ring. The organic compound can improve the electron transport performance of the electronic component.
US11631812B2
A method of fabricating an electronic device including a semiconductor memory includes forming a first conductive structure extending in a first direction and having a closed-loop shape, forming a second conductive structure extending in a second direction and having a closed-loop shape, the second direction intersecting the first direction, forming a memory cell located at an intersection of the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure, forming first conductive patterns extending in the first direction by etching an end portion of the first conductive structure, forming second conductive patterns extending in the second direction by etching an end portion of the second conductive structure, forming a first protective layer on an etched surface of each of the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns, and forming a gap-fill layer on the first protective layer.
US11631803B2
A semiconductor device for internet of things (IoT) device includes a substrate having an array region defined thereon and a ring of dummy pattern surrounding the array region. Preferably, the ring of dummy pattern includes a plurality of magnetic tunneling junctions (MTJs) and a ring of metal interconnect pattern overlapping the MTJs and surrounding the array region. The semiconductor device further includes a gap between the array region and the ring of dummy pattern.
US11631800B2
In a non-limiting embodiment, a device may include a substrate, and a hybrid active structure disposed over the substrate. The hybrid active structure may include an anchor region and a free region. The hybrid active structure may be connected to the substrate at least at the anchor region. The anchor region may include at least a segment of a piezoelectric stack portion. The piezoelectric stack portion may include a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer over the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer over the piezoelectric layer. The free region may include at least a segment of a mechanical portion. The piezoelectric stack portion may overlap the mechanical portion at edges of the piezoelectric stack portion.
US11631799B2
An elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric body including a main surface, an IDT electrode provided on the main surface of the piezoelectric body, and a wiring electrode provided on the main surface of the piezoelectric body and electrically connected to the IDT electrode, in which the wiring electrode includes a portion that extends to an edge of the main surface of the piezoelectric body, and a width of the wiring electrode on the edge is narrower than a width of the wiring electrode in a portion not on the edge.
US11631795B2
Composite nanoparticle compositions and associated nanoparticle assemblies are described herein which, in some embodiments, exhibit enhancements to one or more thermoelectric properties including increases in electrical conductivity and/or Seebeck coefficient and/or decreases in thermal conductivity. In one aspect, a composite nanoparticle composition comprises a semiconductor nanoparticle including a front face and a back face and sidewalls extending between the front and back faces. Metallic nanoparticles are bonded to at least one of the sidewalls establishing a metal-semiconductor junction.
US11631768B2
A semiconductor device includes a fin extending along a first direction over a substrate, and a gate structure extending in a second direction overlying the fin. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer overlying the fin, a gate electrode overlying the gate dielectric layer, and insulating gate sidewalls on opposing lateral surfaces of the gate electrode extending along the second direction. A source/drain region is formed in the fin in a region adjacent the gate electrode structure, and a stressor layer is between the source/drain region and the semiconductor substrate. The stressor layer includes GeSn or SiGeSn containing 1019 atoms cm−3 or less of a dopant, and a portion of the fin under the gate structure is a channel region.
US11631763B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having opposed first and second major surface, an active area, and a termination area. Insulated trenches extend from the first major surface toward the second major surface, each of the insulated trenches including a conductive field plate and a gate electrode overlying the conductive field plate, the gate electrode being separated from the field plate by a gate-field plate insulator. The field plate extends longitudinally in both of the active and termination areas and the gate electrode is absent in the termination area. A body region of a first conductivity type extends laterally between pairs of the insulated trenches. First and second spacer regions of a second conductivity type extend laterally between the pairs of the insulated trenches at the termination area to produce segments of the first conductivity type between the first and second spacer regions that are isolated from the body region.
US11631761B2
A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes a carrier transit layer, a carrier supply layer, a main gate, a control gate, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The carrier transit layer is on a substrate. The carrier supply layer is on the carrier transit layer. The main gate and the control gate are on the carrier supply layer. The source electrode and the drain electrode are at two opposite sides of the main gate and the control gate, wherein the source electrode is electrically connected to the control gate by a metal interconnect. The present invention also provides a method of forming a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT).
US11631756B2
A semiconductor device is manufactured using a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor is included in a channel region and variation in electric characteristics due to a short-channel effect is less likely to be caused. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor film having a pair of oxynitride semiconductor regions including nitrogen and an oxide semiconductor region sandwiched between the pair of oxynitride semiconductor regions, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode provided over the oxide semiconductor region with the gate insulating film positioned therebetween. Here, the pair of oxynitride semiconductor regions serves as a source region and a drain region of the transistor, and the oxide semiconductor region serves as the channel region of the transistor.
US11631748B2
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a gate electrode over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes a source/drain structure adjacent to the gate electrode. The semiconductor device structure further includes a spacer element over a sidewall of the gate electrode, and the spacer element has an upper portion having a first exterior surface and a lower portion having a second exterior surface. Lateral distances between the first exterior surface and the sidewall of the gate electrode are substantially the same. Lateral distances between the second exterior surface and the sidewall of the gate electrode increase along a direction from a top of the lower portion towards the semiconductor substrate.
US11631747B2
The present application provides a method for preparing a semiconductor device with an air gate spacer for reducing parasitic capacitance. The method includes forming a stacking structure on a semiconductor substrate; forming a first sidewall spacer, a second sidewall spacer and a sacrificial sidewall spacer on a sidewall of the stacking structure; and removing the sacrificial sidewall spacer to form an air gap between the first and second sidewall spacers. The sacrificial sidewall spacer is located between the first and second sidewall spacers, and the first and second sidewall spacers have an etching selectivity with respect to the sacrificial sidewall spacer.
US11631746B2
A semiconductor device including a gaseous spacer and a method for forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a gate stack over a substrate; forming a first gate spacer on sidewalls of the gate stack; forming a second gate spacer over the first gate spacer; removing a portion of the second gate spacer, at least a portion of the second gate spacer remaining; removing the first gate spacer to form a first opening; and after removing the first gate spacer, removing the remaining portion of the second gate spacer through the first opening.
US11631740B2
A memory array comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers. Channel-material strings of memory cells extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. A ring is around individual of the channel-material strings in at least one of a lowest of the conductive tiers or a lowest of the insulative tiers. Individual of the rings have a top that is below all of the memory cells. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11631737B2
Embodiments of the invention include nanowire and nanoribbon transistors and methods of forming such transistors. According to an embodiment, a method for forming a microelectronic device may include forming a multi-layer stack within a trench formed in a shallow trench isolation (STI) layer. The multi-layer stack may comprise at least a channel layer, a release layer formed below the channel layer, and a buffer layer formed below the channel layer. The STI layer may be recessed so that a top surface of the STI layer is below a top surface of the release layer. The exposed release layer from below the channel layer by selectively etching away the release layer relative to the channel layer.
US11631735B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device with the flowable layer. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first isolation layer positioned in the substrate, a first treated flowable layer positioned between the first isolation layer and the substrate, a second isolation layer positioned in the substrate, and a second treated flowable layer positioned between the second isolation layer and the substrate. A width of the first isolation layer is greater than a width of the second isolation layer, and a depth of the first isolation layer is less than a depth of the second isolation layer.
US11631733B2
A display device includes a display panel having a display area and a non-display area, signal wires disposed in the display area, connection wires disposed in the display area and electrically connected to the signal wires, and touch electrodes disposed on the connection wires. The connection wires include diagonal portions extending in a diagonal direction, and first protrusion patterns protruding from the diagonal portions of the connection wires. Parts of the first protrusion patterns overlap the touch electrodes.
US11631732B2
A flexible display apparatus includes a panel that includes a display area that displays images and a fan-out portion in which a plurality of wirings connected to the display area are located, and a driving chip connected to the fan-out portion and connected to the display area via the plurality of wirings. The plurality of wirings arranged in the fan-out portion may include first wirings at a first layer on the panel and second wirings at a second layer that is different from the first layer. The first wirings and the second wirings may be in an overlapping relationship above and below each other.
US11631728B2
An array substrate structure is provided, which includes a substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A first TFT is on the first surface of the substrate, and a second TFT is on the second surface of the substrate. A through via passes through the substrate, and the first TFT is electrically connected to the second TFT through the through via.
US11631726B2
A display panel includes a substrate, a transistor on the substrate, a storage capacitor on the substrate and electrically connected to the transistor, a metal layer between the substrate and the transistor, a first insulating layer on the metal layer and having a first contact hole, and a wiring connected to the metal layer through the first contact hole, wherein the first insulating layer having a first hole apart from the transistor.
US11631714B2
A light emitting device for a display including a light emitting structure including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and having a side surface exposing the active layer, in which a portion of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer and the active layer along an edge of the light emitting structure is insulative in a thickness direction to define an insulation region, and the insulation region includes implanted ions.
US11631696B2
An alternating stack of disposable material layers and silicon nitride layers is formed over a substrate. Memory openings are formed through the alternating stack, and memory opening fill structures are formed in the memory openings, wherein each of the memory opening fill structures comprises a charge storage material layer, a tunneling dielectric layer, and a vertical semiconductor channel Laterally-extending cavities are formed by removing the disposable material layers selective to the silicon nitride layers and the memory opening fill structures. Insulating layers comprising silicon oxide are formed by oxidizing surface portions of the silicon nitride layers and portions of the charge storage material layers that are proximal to the laterally-extending cavities. Remaining portions of the charge storage material layers form vertical stacks of discrete charge storage elements. Remaining portions of the silicon nitride layers are replaced with electrically conductive layers.
US11631685B2
Provided is a memory device including a substrate, a plurality of first stack structures, and a plurality of second stack structures. The substrate includes an array region and a periphery region. The first stack structures are disposed on the substrate in the array region. Each first stack structure sequentially includes: a first tunneling dielectric layer, a first floating gate, a first inter-gate dielectric layer, a first control gate, a first metal layer, a first cap layer, and the first stop layer. The second stack structures are disposed on the substrate in the periphery region. Each second stack structure sequentially includes: a second tunneling dielectric layer, a second floating gate, a second inter-gate dielectric layer, a second control gate, a second metal layer, a second cap layer, and the second stop layer. The first stack structures have a pattern density greater than a pattern density of the second stack structures.
US11631658B2
A semiconductor package includes an integrated passive device (IPD) including one or more passive devices over a first substrate; and metallization layers over and electrically coupled to the one or more passive devices, where a topmost metallization layer of the metallization layers includes a first plurality of conductive patterns; and a second plurality of conductive patterns interleaved with the first plurality of conductive patterns. The IPD also includes a first under bump metallization (UBM) structure over the topmost metallization layer, where the first UBM structure includes a first plurality of conductive strips, each of the first plurality of conductive strips electrically coupled to a respective one of the first plurality of conductive patterns; and a second plurality of conductive strips interleaved with the first plurality of conductive strips, each of the second plurality of conductive strips electrically coupled to a respective one of the second plurality of conductive patterns.
US11631657B2
An electronic device including a driving circuit substrate, a plurality of light emitting units, and a first passivation layer is provided. The driving circuit substrate includes a plurality of active elements. The light emitting units are disposed on the driving circuit substrate and electrically connected to the driving circuit substrate, and each of the plurality of light emitting units is five surfaces light emitting type. The first passivation layer covers the light emitting units and the driving circuit substrate for protecting the light emitting units. One of the active elements provides a current to a corresponding one of the light emitting units, such that lighting efficiency of the corresponding one of the light emitting units is ranged from 70% to 100%. The current includes a plurality of pulse currents spaced apart from each other, and time widths of the pulse currents are the same.
US11631644B2
A semiconductor device assembly can include a semiconductor device having a substrate and vias electrically connected to circuitry of the semiconductor device. Individual vias can have an embedded portion extending from the first side to the second side of the substrate and an exposed portion projecting from the second side of the substrate. The assembly can include a density-conversion connector comprising a connector substrate and a first array of contacts formed at the first side thereof, the first array of contacts occupying a first footprint area on the first side thereof, and wherein individual contacts of the first array are electrically connected to the exposed portion of a corresponding via of the semiconductor device. The assembly can include a second array of contacts electrically connected to the first array, formed at the second side of the connector substrate, and occupying a second footprint area larger than the first footprint area.
US11631643B2
A substrate embedded electronic component package includes a core member having a cavity in which a metal layer is disposed on a bottom surface thereof, an electronic component disposed in the cavity, an encapsulant filling at least a portion of the cavity and covering at least a portion of each of the core member and the electronic component, and a connection structure disposed on the encapsulant and including a first wiring layer connected to the electronic component. A wall surface of the cavity has at least one groove portion protruding outwardly from a center of the cavity, and the groove portion extends to a same depth in the core member as a depth of the cavity.
US11631642B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming contacts disposed in a dielectric layer. The method of forming the contacts includes forming contact holes and then filling with a conductive material. The method of forming the contact holes includes steps of forming openings in the dielectric layer to expose active regions, introducing a first oxygen plasma and a first fluorine plasma to remove by-products and oxidize inner surfaces of the openings, introducing a second oxygen plasma and a second fluorine plasma to remove the oxidized inner surfaces and repair the active regions, introducing a third oxygen plasma to oxidize inner surfaces again to form an oxide layer, and removing the oxide layer. The cross-sectional structure of two adjacent contact holes includes a capital, a base, and a shaft between the capital and the base, wherein the shaft has a smaller width than the base and the capital.
US11631641B2
Provided is a semiconductor device including: a circuit board; a wiring pattern; a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip; a first lead frame; and a second lead frame; wherein the first lead frame and the second lead frame each comprises: a chip joining portion provided above at least a part of the semiconductor chip; a wiring joining portion provided above at least a part of the wiring pattern; and a bridging portion for connecting the chip joining portion and the wiring joining portion; and in the first direction, a space between the bridging portion of the first lead frame and the bridging portion of the second lead frame is smaller than a space between the chip joining portion of the first lead frame and the chip joining portion of the second lead frame.
US11631635B2
A method includes attaching an integrated circuit chip module substrate to a printed circuit board (PCB). First region(s) of a bottom surface of the module include electrical contacts to the board, and second region(s) of the bottom surface of the module lack such contacts. Mechanical structures are assembled into the second regions. These structures allow lateral motion of the module relative to the board, and are sized and placed to inhibit bending of the second regions of the module towards the board under application of a vertical force on a top surface of the module. A package for an integrated circuit may be assembled using the method.
US11631633B2
A substrate structure and a semiconductor package structure including the same are provided. The substrate structure includes a circuit layer and a dielectric structure. The circuit layer has a bottom surface and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface. The dielectric structure around the circuit layer. The dielectric structure covers a first part of the bottom surface of the circuit layer, and exposes a second part of the bottom surface and the top surface of the circuit layer. The dielectric structure exposes the top surface of the circuit layer. In addition, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package structure is also provided.
US11631619B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate comprising a base substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the base substrate, an interlayer dielectric layer disposed on the buffer layer, and a protection layer disposed on the interlayer dielectric layer, where the array substrate further comprises a plurality of first test units and a plurality of test leads. The plurality of test leads are connected to the plurality of first test units in a one-to-one correspondence, and the plurality of test leads are disposed in at least two different layers. A method for manufacturing an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device are further provided.
US11631615B2
A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure comprising alternating conductive structures and insulative structures arranged in tiers, each of the tiers individually comprising a conductive structure and an insulative structure, strings of memory cells vertically extending through the stack structure, the strings of memory cells comprising a channel material vertically extending through the stack structure, another stack structure vertically overlying the stack structure and comprising alternating levels of other conductive structures and other insulative structures, the other stack structure comprising pillars vertically overlying the strings of memory cells, each pillar comprising an other channel material in electrical communication with the channel material of the strings of memory cells, and conductive contact structures vertically overlying the other stack structure, each conductive contact structure comprising an electrically conductive contact at least partially extending into the pillars and a portion extending outside of the pillars having a larger cross-sectional area than the pillars. Related microelectronic devices including self-aligned conductive contact structures, and related electronic systems and methods are also described.
US11631609B2
A method for manufacturing a microelectronic device from a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate, the device having active components formed in active areas of the substrate separated by isolation trenches and which are delimited by first sidewalls, the isolation trenches being filled, at least partially, with a first dielectric material, includes a step of chemically attacking a passive section of the first bottom of the isolation trenches configured to generate, at said section, a roughness quadratic mean comprised between 2 nm and 6 nm. The method also includes a step of forming a passive component covering the first dielectric material and directly above the passive section.
US11631608B2
Disclosed are support substrates, methods of fabricating semiconductor packages using the same, and methods of fabricating electronic devices using the same. The support substrate comprises a main body, and a plurality of first protrusions finely protruding from an upper surface of the main body. The main body and the first protrusions include the same material and are formed as a unitary structure. The first protrusions are spaced apart from each other in first and second directions intersecting each other, when viewed in plan.
US11631603B2
A storage shelf includes second shelf modules each including a second shelf board, a supply nozzle, an MFC configured to adjust a flow rate of the fluid supplied from the supply nozzle, and a third pipe connecting between the MFC and a main pipe connected to a supply source of the fluid, and suspension frames each including additional shelf supporting portions supporting the second shelf modules from below and a pair of suspending portions and a pair of additional suspending portions suspending and supporting the additional shelf supporting portions. The suspension frames are disposed at regular intervals along one direction. Each second shelf module is laid over between additional shelf supporting portions of suspension frames adjacent to each other in the one direction, and a pipe connector being connectable to the main pipe is provided with an end of the third pipe.
US11631602B2
During electron beam imaging of a semiconductor wafer, the electron beam is adjusted to a first electron dose/nm2/time value below a damage threshold for an image frame grab of a site on the semiconductor wafer. Then the electron beam is adjusted to a second electron dose/nm2/time value different from the first electron dose/nm2/time value for a second image frame grab of the site. The second electron dose/nm2/time value can be above the damage threshold.
US11631584B1
A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming a superlattice above a semiconductor layer. The superlattice may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, with each group of layers including a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions. The method may further include selectively etching the superlattice to remove semiconductor atoms and cause non-semiconductor atoms to accumulate and define an etch stop layer.
US11631577B2
The invention generally relates to apparatuses for focusing ions at or above ambient pressure and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention provides an apparatus for focusing ions that includes an electrode having a cavity, at least one inlet within the electrode configured to operatively couple with an ionization source, such that discharge generated by the ionization source is injected into the cavity of the electrode, and an outlet. The cavity in the electrode is shaped such that upon application of voltage to the electrode, ions within the cavity are focused and directed to the outlet, which is positioned such that a proximal end of the outlet receives the focused ions and a distal end of the outlet is open to ambient pressure.
US11631570B2
In one embodiment, an impedance matching network includes a variable reactance circuit providing a variable capacitance or inductance. The variable reactance circuit includes reactance components and corresponding switching circuits. Each of the switching circuits includes a diode and a driver circuit to switch the diode. The driver circuit includes first and second switches coupled in series. A first driver is coupled to the first switch, a second driver is coupled to the second switch, and a third driver is coupled to the first and second drivers. The third driver provides a first signal to the first driver, and a second signal to the second driver. In providing the signals, the third driver increases and decreases a duration of a dead time between (a) driving the first driver on and the second driver off, or (b) driving the second driver on and the first driver off.
US11631568B2
A method of detecting a defect in a device using a charged particle beam includes inputting a charged particle beam condition, a light condition, and electronic device circuit information, controlling a charged particle beam applied to a sample based on the electron beam condition, controlling light applied to the sample based on the light condition, detecting second electrons emitted from the sample by the application of the charged particle beam and the light, and generating a calculation netlist based on the electronic device circuit information, generating a light irradiation netlist based on the calculation netlist and the light condition, estimating a first irradiation result when the charged particle beam and the light are applied to the sample based on the light irradiation netlist and the charged particle beam condition, and comparing the first irradiation result with a second irradiation result when the charged particle beam and the light are actually applied to the sample based on the electron beam condition.
US11631565B2
A thermal fuse may comprise an electrode and a conductor separated by a phase change material. The electrode may be formed from a conductive material that generates hydrogen when exposed to water or hydrogen peroxide. The phase change material may release water or hydrogen peroxide at or above an activation temperature.
US11631562B2
A closing spring assembly for an electrical switching device is provided. The closing spring assembly is configured to exert a closing force on a moving contact of the switching device. The closing force helps to maintain physical and electrical contact between the moving contact and an associated stationary contact, so that the moving and stationary contacts form a path for conducing electric current through the switching device. The closing spring assembly is configured so that the closing force remains constant or decreases as the moving contact is driven away from the stationary contact during switching of the current path away from the moving and stationary contacts.
US11631557B2
A rotational over travel protection device for preventing over rotation of at least one of a cable, or a component operable with the rotational over travel protection device is provided. The device includes a housing, a rotatable shaft connected to the housing that can rotate relative to the house, and a triggering device supported in the housing and rotatable with the rotatable shaft. The device also includes a first and second rotational limit switch disposed in the housing. The switches are operable to be activated by the triggering device to arrest rotation of the rotatable shaft upon relative rotation of the rotatable shaft and the housing either a first or second rotation direction, respectively, at least 180 degrees from a zero position.
US11631554B2
An on-load tap changer has: a first selector rod and a second selector rod; a load changeover-switch rod; a switch; and a transmission. The first selector rod, the second selector rod and the load changeover-switch rod are arranged collinearly. The transmission is configured to: move the first selector rod and the second selector rod during changeover from one selector contact to an adjacent selector contact in a first direction; and move the load changeover-switch rod during the changeover in the first direction and a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, so as to actuate the switch.
US11631552B2
The present disclosure provides a keyswitch comprising a baseplate, a circuit layer, an elastic part, a thin film, a keycap, and a linkage component. The circuit layer is disposed on the baseplate. The baseplate penetrates and is exposed from the circuit layer. The elastic part is disposed on the circuit layer. The thin film is disposed on the circuit layer. The thin film is provided with an opening. The baseplate penetrates and is exposed from the opening. The elastic part protrudes from the opening. The keycap is disposed above the elastic part and covers the elastic part. Two ends of the linkage component are respectively connected to the baseplate and the keycap. The elastic part is disposed in the linkage component. The linkage component drives the keycap to move up and down relative to the baseplate. The thin film is disposed on the movement path of the keycap.
US11631548B2
A solid electrolytic capacitor containing a capacitor element is provided. The capacitor element contains a sintered porous anode body, a dielectric that overlies the anode body, a solid electrolyte that overlies the dielectric, wherein the solid electrolyte includes a conductive polymer layer, and a moisture barrier that overlies the conductive polymer layer.
US11631541B2
Disclosed herein is a multilayer capacitor that includes a capacitor layer having a plurality of odd-numbered electrode layers which are positioned at odd-numbered rows and a plurality of even-numbered electrode layers which are positioned at even-numbered rows. The capacitor layer includes a first side surface to which the odd-numbered electrode layers are exposed, a second side surface to which the even-numbered electrode layers are exposed, and a first planar region. The first external terminal covers the first side surface so as to be connected to the odd-numbered electrode layers. The second external terminal covers the second side surface so as to be connected to the even-numbered electrode layers. The first external terminal covers also the first planar region and is connected to the first internal electrode layer through a first via conductor extending in a stacking direction.
US11631532B2
Provided are a large area type complex magnetic field shielding sheet and a wireless power transfer module including the same. A large area type complex magnetic field shielding sheet wherein at least one of an overall width, an overall length, and a diameter is 100 mm or more may include a main shielding layer arranged so that a plurality of ferrite block bodies each having a predetermined area are adjacent to each other, and an auxiliary shielding layer formed of at least one magnetic sheet having a predetermined area and laminated on the main shielding layer through an adhesive layer, wherein a boundary region between two ferrite block bodies disposed to be adjacent each other is disposed to be located in an inner region of the magnetic sheet and thus a magnetic field which leaks into a gap between the two ferrite block bodies is blocked by the magnetic sheet.
US11631529B2
In an electronic component, a terminal electrode has a thickest portion and a part thinner than the thickest portion. Accordingly, an increase in solder fillet forming region occurs when the electronic component is solder-mounted onto a predetermined mounting substrate. In the electronic component, mounting strength is improved as a result of the increase in solder fillet forming region. In addition, in the electronic component, the thickest portion overlaps a bump electrode in a direction orthogonal to the lower surface of an element body. Accordingly, the impact that is applied to the electronic component during the mounting onto the mounting substrate is reduced and the impact resistance of the electronic component is improved.
US11631519B2
Disclosed is a magnetic core having improved reliability. The magnetic core includes 37 to 44 mol % of manganese (Mn), 9 to 16 mol % of zinc (Zn), 42 to 52 mol % of iron (Fe), a magnetic additive, and a non-magnetic additive, wherein the magnetic core has a permeability of 2,900 or more and a core loss of 500 mW/cm3 or less.
US11631513B2
A magnetic material and an inductor capable of attaining both higher magnetic permeability and improved DC superposition characteristics. A composite magnetic material contains metal magnetic particles, in which the metal magnetic particles include first particles having a median diameter D50 of 1.3 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less (i.e., from 1.3 μm to 5.0 μm), and second particles having a median diameter D50 larger than the first particles. The first and second particles each include a core portion made of a metal magnetic material, and an insulating film provided on a surface of the core portion. The insulating film of the second particles has an average thickness of 40 nm or more and 100 nm or less (i.e., from 40 nm to 100 nm). The insulating film of the first particles has an average thickness smaller than that of the insulating film of the second particles.
US11631498B2
In an aspect a system for osteoporosis monitoring is presented. A system includes a computing device. A computing device is configured to measure osseous tissue data of a user through an osseous measurement device. A computing device is configured to determine a current osteoporosis state of a user as a function of measured osseous tissue data of a user. A computing device is configured to predict an advancement of a current state of osteoporosis of a user. A computing device is configured to generate an osteoporosis recovery program for the user. A computing device is configured to display an osteoporosis recovery program to a user. A computing device is configured to receive, through a remote computing device, physiological data of a user. A computing device is configured to update an osteoporosis recovery program.
US11631489B2
Disclosed are a cranial CT-based grading method and a corresponding system, which relate to the field of medical imaging. The cranial CT-based grading method as disclosed solves the problems of relatively great subjective disparities and poor operability in eye-balling ASPECTS assessment. The grading method includes: extracting target areas from to-be-processed multi-frame cranial CT data; performing infarct judgment on each target area included in the target areas to output an infarct judgment outcome regarding the target area; and outputting a grading outcome based on infarct judgment outcomes regarding all target areas. The grading method and system as disclosed may eliminate or mitigate the diagnosis disparities caused by human factors and imaging deviations due to different imaging equipment, and shorten the time taken by human observation, consideration, and bared-eye grading, thereby serving as a computer-aided method to provide reference for medical studies on stroke.
US11631484B1
A system and method for predictively following up with a user to improve medication adherence. The system includes a medication adherence monitoring apparatus for determining whether a user has taken a medication at a predetermined medication administration time, and a processor for categorizing each determination of whether a user has taken the medication at a predetermined time across a plurality of different dimensions, combining the plurality of different dimensions in a plurality of different combinations to generate a patient adherence score across each of the plurality of different combinations, and ranking a user in accordance with each of the plurality of different combinations. The system further includes a communication apparatus for contacting a user to encourage medication adherence in accordance with at least the ranking of the user in accordance with one or more of the plurality of different combinations.
US11631482B2
This disclosure relates to generating interactive graphical visualisations of clinical and genetic data. A processor receives the clinical data indicative of observed phenotypes, accesses a database to determine associations of the observed phenotypes with disorders and accesses a second database to determine associations between the disorders and genetic properties. The processor then determines an association value for each combination of the observed phenotypes and the genetic properties based on a number of paths between them. The processor also generates a graphical user interface, comprising an arrangement of the association values and a user control element associated with the phenotypes and/or the genetic properties. Finally, upon detecting user interaction in relation to the user control element, the processor re-arranges the arrangement of the association values in the graphical user interface to reflect the detected user interaction.
US11631479B2
A patient recruitment system, in particular for clinical studies, has at least one database environment comprising at least one database module that is configured at least to store in a patient database at least patient data records containing at least one course of treatment of at least one patient, has at least one patient recruitment server comprising at least one patient recruitment module that is configured to search and at least compare with at least one recruitment feature, data records, in particular courses of treatment, and has a data transport unit for a data transfer, in particular of at least one course of treatment, between the database environment and the patient recruitment server, the data transport unit comprises a restriction module, which restricts the data transfer to outbound connections originating from the database environment.
US11631478B2
Systems and methods for managing medical information storage and transmission are discussed. A data management system may include a receiver circuit to receive information about a physiological event sensed from a patient, and an event prioritizer circuit to assign a priority to the received information. A control circuit may perform data reduction of the received information according to the assigned priority. Data reduction at a higher reduction rate is performed on the received information if a lower priority is assigned than if a higher priority is assigned. The system may include an output circuit to output the received information to a user or a process, or to transmit the received information to an external device, according to the assigned priority.
US11631473B2
Methods, systems, and devices for imprint recovery management for memory systems are described. In some cases, memory cells may become imprinted, which may refer to conditions where a cell becomes predisposed toward storing one logic state over another, resistant to being written to a different logic state, or both. Imprinted memory cells may be recovered using a recovery or repair process that may be initiated according to various conditions, detections, or inferences. In some examples, a system may be configured to perform imprint recovery operations that are scaled or selected according to a characterized severity of imprint, an operational mode, environmental conditions, and other factors. Imprint management techniques may increase the robustness, accuracy, or efficiency with which a memory system, or components thereof, can operate in the presence of conditions associated with memory cell imprinting.
US11631469B2
An integrated circuit includes a test control circuit, a driving circuit, and a test detection circuit. The test control circuit generates a test command signal and a test address signal corresponding to a test operation. The driving circuit performs the test operation by utilizing a test internal voltage, which is generated based on the test command signal. The test detection circuit compares the test address signal with target address information to output the test internal voltage.
US11631461B2
A three dimension memory device including a plurality of word lines, a plurality of first switches, a plurality of second switches and N conductive wire layers is provided, where N is a positive integer larger than 1. The word lines are divided into a plurality of word line groups. The first switches receive a common word line voltage. The second switches receive a reference ground voltage. A first word line group is connected to a first conductive wire layer through a second conductive wire layer. An ith word line group is connected to the first conductive wire layer through an (i+1)th to the second conductive wire layer in sequence.
US11631456B2
An SRAM includes multiple memory cells, each memory cell includes a data storage unit; a data I/O control adapted to input data to, and output data from, a data line (BL); and multiple access controls respectively connected to at least two access control lines (WL's) and adapted to enable and disable the data input and output from the at least two WL's (WX and WY). The access controls are configured to permit data input only when both WL's are in their respective states that permit data input. A method of writing to a group of SRAM cells include sending a first write-enable signal to the cells via a first WL, sending a group of respective second write-enable signals to the respective cells, and, for each of the cells, preventing writing data to the cell if either of the first write-enable signal and respective second write enable signal is in a disable-state.
US11631452B2
A memory apparatus and an initialization method thereof are provided. The initialization method includes the following steps. A power-up operation is performed on the memory apparatus to provide an internal voltage to a memory array. After the internal voltage is stabilize, a refresh operation is performed on all storage cells.
US11631451B2
A semiconductor memory training method includes: selecting two adjacent reference voltages from a plurality of reference voltages as a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage; obtaining a first minimum margin value for the plurality of target signal lines under the first reference voltage; obtaining a second minimum margin value for the plurality of target signal lines under the second reference voltage, according to a minimum margin value for each target signal line under the second reference voltage; determining a target interval for an expected margin value according to the first minimum margin value and the second minimum margin value, the expected margin value being the maximum one among the minimum margin values for the plurality of target signal lines under the plurality of reference voltages; and searching for the expected margin value in the target interval.
US11631444B2
A high bandwidth memory system includes a motherboard; and a semiconductor package coupled to the motherboard. The semiconductor package includes a package substrate mounted on the motherboard and including signal lines providing a plurality of channels; a first semiconductor device mounted on the package substrate and including a first physical layer (PHY) circuit; and a second semiconductor device mounted on the package substrate and including a second PHY circuit. The first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device exchange a data signal with each other through the plurality of channels, the data signal is a multilevel signal having M levels, where M is a natural number greater than 2, and the first PHY circuit compensates for distortion of the channels and performs digital signal processing to compensate for a mismatch between the channels.
US11631443B2
A semiconductor device including a memory device which has improved reliability is provided. The semiconductor device comprises at least one data pin configured to transfer a data signal, at least one command address pin configured to transfer a command and an address, at least one serial pin configured to transfer a serial data signal, and processing circuitry connected to the at least one data pin and the at least one serial pin. The processing circuitry is configured to receive the data signal from outside through the at least one data pin, and the processing circuitry is configured to output the serial data signal through the at least one serial pin in response to the received data signal.
US11631439B1
Various implementations described herein are directed to a device having memory control circuitry having global passgates and a read-write driver that provides a global read-write signal to the global passgates. The device may have sense amplifier circuitry with local-drivers and a sense amplifier driver that provides a sense amplifier enable signal to the local-drivers, wherein the local-drivers may include multiple buffers coupled to the sense amplifier driver in parallel.
US11631423B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording device includes a magnetic head and a controller. The magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a magnetic element including a first magnetic layer, and a coil. The controller is electrically connected to the magnetic element and the coil. The controller is configured to supply a recording current to the coil and supply an element current to the magnetic element. The recording current includes a first period of a first polarity, a second period of a second polarity, a third period that shifts from the first to second period, and a fourth period that shifts from the second to first period. The element current includes DC and AC components. The AC component in the first period is the same as the AC component in the second period, the AC component in the third period, and the AC component in the fourth period.
US11631420B2
It is disclosed a voice pickup method and apparatus for an intelligent rearview mirror, an electronic device and a computer readable storage medium which relates to the technical field of vehicle-mounted equipment, and may be used in the field of automatic driving technologies. A voice pickup implementation of the intelligent rearview mirror according to some embodiments includes: acquiring an image of the interior of the vehicle; determining the position of a person in the vehicle with the image of the interior of the vehicle; and adjusting a beamforming direction of a microphone array according to the position of the person in the vehicle.
US11631415B2
Methods for a voice processing system comprising P microphone units (102A . . . 102D) and a central unit (104) are disclosed. Each microphone unit is linked to a person and derives from N microphone signals a source localisation signal. The source localisation signal is used to control an adaptive beam form process to obtain a beam formed audio signal. The microphone unit is further configured to derive metadata from for N microphone signals, such direction the sound is coming from. Packages with the metadata and beam formed audio signal are transmitted to the central unit. The central unit processes the metadata to determine which parts of the P beam formed audio signal comprises speech from a person that is linked to another microphone unit. By removing said parts from the audio signals before transcription, the quality of the transcription is improved. The transcriptions are displayed on a remote device.
US11631409B2
Provided are a device control method and apparatus. The method is applied to a server, and includes: receiving user voice instruction information, wherein the user voice instruction information is sent by a voice acquisition device after acquiring a user voice instruction, and the user voice instruction information indicates to-be-processed information and an information processing mode; determining, from a device set according to device information of devices in the device set, a target device capable of processing the to-be-processed information in the information processing mode, wherein the device set comprises the voice acquisition device, and all devices in the device set are bound to a same login account for logging into the server; and controlling the target device to process the to-be-processed information in the information processing mode.
US11631407B2
Smart speaker system mechanisms, associated with a smart speaker device comprising an audio capture device, are provided for processing audio sample data captured by the audio capture device. The mechanisms receive, from the audio capture device of the smart speaker device, an audio sample captured from a monitored environment. The mechanisms classify a sound in the audio sample data as a type of sound based on performing a joint analysis of a plurality of different characteristics of the sound and matching results of the joint analysis to criteria specified in a plurality of sound models. The mechanisms determine, based on the classification of the sound, whether a responsive action is to be performed based on the classification of the sound. In response to determining that a responsive action is to be performed, the mechanisms initiate performance of the responsive action by the smart speaker system.
US11631402B2
A method of detecting a replay attack comprises: receiving an audio signal representing speech; identifying speech content present in at least a portion of the audio signal; obtaining information about a frequency spectrum of each portion of the audio signal for which speech content is identified; and, for each portion of the audio signal for which speech content is identified: retrieving information about an expected frequency spectrum of the audio signal; comparing the frequency spectrum of portions of the audio signal for which speech content is identified with the respective expected frequency spectrum; and determining that the audio signal may result from a replay attack if a measure of a difference between the frequency spectrum of the portions of the audio signal for which speech content is identified and the respective expected frequency spectrum exceeds a threshold level.
US11631398B2
A voice aware audio system and a method for a user wearing a headset to be aware of an outer sound environment while listening to music or any other audio source. An adjustable sound awareness zone gives the user the flexibility to avoid hearing far distant voices. The outer sound can be analyzed in a frequency domain to select an oscillating frequency candidate and in a time domain to determine if the oscillating frequency candidate is the signal of interest. If the signal directed to the outer sound is determined to be a signal of interest the outer sound is mixed with audio from the audio source.
US11631394B2
A method of detecting occupancy in an area includes obtaining, with a processor, an audio sample from an audio sensor and determining, with the processor, feature functional values of a set of selected feature functionals from the audio sample. The determining of the feature functional values includes extracting features in the set of selected feature functionals from the audio sample, and determining the feature functional values of the set of selected features from the extracted features. The method further includes determining, with the processor, occupancy in the area using a classifier based on the determined feature functional values.
US11631371B2
The OLED voltage of a selected pixel is extracted from the pixel produced when the pixel is programmed so that the pixel current is a function of the OLED voltage. One method for extracting the OLED voltage is to first program the pixel in a way that the current is not a function of OLED voltage, and then in a way that the current is a function of OLED voltage. During the latter stage, the programming voltage is changed so that the pixel current is the same as the pixel current when the pixel was programmed in a way that the current was not a function of OLED voltage. The difference in the two programming voltages is then used to extract the OLED voltage.
US11631370B2
A display device includes a light emitting element including an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, a first transistor connected between the anode and a first power line, the first transistor may be switched by a voltage of a node, a second transistor connected between the first transistor and a data line, the second transistor may be switched by a write scan signal, a third transistor connected between the node and the anode, the third transistor may be switched by a compensation scan signal, a fourth transistor connected between the node and an initialization line, the fourth transistor may be switched by an initialization scan signal, an insulating layer on the first to the fourth transistors, and a light blocking pattern protruding from the insulating layer, the light blocking pattern being adjacent to the third transistor and the fourth transistor.
US11631366B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes pixels, gate lines, source lines, a first driver, and a second driver selecting a gradation voltage corresponding to a gradation value of input image data from either of a plurality of gradation voltages of a first system and gradation voltages of a second system, and supplying the selected gradation voltage to the corresponding source line of the plurality of source lines. In at least a gradation region of all gradation regions of the image data, a value of the corresponding gradation voltage of the second system is relatively different from a value of the corresponding gradation voltage of the first system, for each of same gradation values.
US11631359B2
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a display area comprising a gate line and a data line, and a gate driver connected to a terminal of the gate line. The gate driver includes a plurality of stages that are integrated on a substrate, and each stage comprises an inverter unit, an output unit, and a Q node stabilization unit. The output unit includes a first transistor and a first capacitor, wherein the first transistor includes an input terminal for receiving a clock signal, a control terminal connected to a node Q, and an output terminal connected to a gate voltage output terminal to output a gate voltage. A Vgs voltage of a transistor in the Q node stabilization unit has a value of equal to or less than 0 V when the output unit outputs a gate-on voltage.
US11631349B2
A light box having a front part and a rear part. The front part, a printable, translucent, and rollable front plastics plate, forms a front side with a perimeter edge. The front part has a peripheral first connecting strip fixed on the front plastics plate to extend at least substantially along the entire perimeter edge of the front plastics plate. The rear part has a rollable rear plastics plate forming the rear side with a perimeter edge. The rear part has a peripheral second connecting strip fixed on the rear plastics plate to extend at least substantially along the entire perimeter edge of the rear plastics plate. At least one electrical light-emitting unit is arranged on an inside of the rear plastics plate opposite the rear side. The front part is fixed in front of the rear part by the first and second connecting strips.
US11631348B2
A system and method for removable or semi-permanent installation of a transparent organic lighting diode (TOLED) display with transparency control are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a TOLED display that includes a TOLED panel with a front side and a back side, a cover glass or a touch sensor coupled to the front side of the TOLED panel, and a transparency control medium coupled to the back side of the TOLED panel to provide transparency control of the TOLED panel, wherein the transparency control medium is an electrochromic (EC) glass, a Suspended Particle Device (SPD) film, or a Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) film. The system further includes a versatile hinge assembly coupled to the TOLED display to enable the TOLED display to be used in a table top or desktop configuration or to be mounted to a support structure.
US11631330B2
A vehicle control device includes an external situation recognition unit configured to recognize a crossing person who crosses over a path of a vehicle and acquire information on the crossing person and information on an environment where the crossing person crosses, a scheduled departure time deciding unit configured to decide a scheduled departure time of the vehicle based on the information on the crossing person and the environment where the crossing person crosses when the crossing person is recognized by the external situation recognition unit, and an informing controller configured to perform a control to inform an outside of the vehicle of the scheduled departure time. The scheduled departure time deciding unit predicts a crossing completion time at which the crossing person recognized by the external situation recognition unit completes the crossing and decides the scheduled departure time based on the crossing completion time.
US11631325B2
Systems and methods are provided for interpreting traffic information. A method includes: receiving, by a processor, visual data from vehicles, wherein the visual data is associated with an intersection of a roadway having one or more lanes; receiving, by the processor, vehicle data from the vehicles, wherein the vehicle data is associated with the intersection of the roadway; determining, by the processor, a first state of a traffic light associated with the intersection based on the visual data; determining, by the processor, a second state of the traffic light associated with the intersection based on the vehicle data; correlating, by the processor, the first state and the second state based on a time synchronization; assigning, by the processor, the traffic light to a lane of the roadway based on the correlating; and communicating, by the processor, the traffic light to lane assignment for use in controlling a vehicle.
US11631324B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving right-of-way determinations at an intersection. In one embodiment, a method includes acquire, in a lead vehicle that is a cloud leader of a micro-cloud, observations about the intersection for a set of vehicles including at least one remote vehicle. The set of vehicles are approaching the intersection. The remote vehicle and the lead vehicle are members of the micro-cloud. The method includes deriving an assignment of right-of-ways indicating an order about how the set of vehicles may proceed through the intersection. The method includes providing the assignment to at least the remote vehicle to control right-of-way at the intersection.
US11631315B1
An alarm system for unattended vehicle including housing assembly and electrical assembly. Vehicle assembly includes seats, seatbelts, motor and dashboards. Housing assembly includes a housing mounted underneath dashboard. Electrical assembly includes seat sensor emitting signal if one of the seatbelts is engaged after motor is turned off. The signal triggers a timer and an alarm. The alarm sounds a speaker mounted to housing. If timer is lapsed a second signal sends an alert message to emergency services to warn that people are inside of vehicle preventing people from being damaged by heat.
US11631307B2
The present disclosure describes a system and method designed to protect the contents of a region or space within a facility (e.g., building, home, vehicle, outdoor space, etc.). The system is configured to identify an area to be protected (e.g., nightstand, medicine cabinet, safe), monitor surroundings, and manage and deploy response(s) to threats to the region or space under protection. The system may also be configured to provide incremental warnings, interventions, or countermeasures to deter people or animals from accessing the Protected Space.
US11631301B2
A wagering game, gaming machine, gaming network, and associated methods are disclosed wherein a wheel game includes dynamic paytable features associated with various trigger symbol types. Operating the gaming machine includes displaying a plurality of reels in each primary game including symbol locations which are updated with symbols to display the wager results, the reels including a plurality of wheel trigger symbols having a plurality of types each associated with a respective one of the wheel segment types. At least some wheel trigger symbols of each type including a multiplier value. A wheel spin selects a segment of a wheel. Responsive to the selected segment's type matching that of a selected wheel trigger symbol in the designated winning pattern, a wheel spin paytable is modified in a first display area applying the multiplier value of the selected wheel trigger symbol.
US11631288B2
A maintenance prediction system for generating one or more recommended actions for an individual to perform upon a vehicle is disclosed, and includes a camera configured to capture image data of one or more components of interest and image data of one or more body size parameters of the individual. The maintenance prediction system also includes one or more assembly databases storing three-dimensional model data representing components of the vehicle, one or more processors in electronic communication with the camera and the one or more assembly databases, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The maintenance prediction system generates one or more notifications indicating the recommended actions for the individual to perform upon the vehicle.
US11631282B2
An apparatus for estimating a remaining life of a vehicle component included in a vehicle, based on various kinds of remaining-life-related data that influence the remaining life. The apparatus includes: a data transmitting portion provided in the vehicle, and configured to correlate the remaining-life-related data with running of the vehicle and to transmit the remaining-life-related data correlated with the running of the vehicle, to a data management center provided outside the vehicle, via a wireless communication; a data-unobtained running-section specifying portion configured to specify a data-unobtained running section in which the remaining-life-related data has been unobtainable by the data management center; and a remaining-life calculating portion configured to estimate the remaining life, by taking account of a reduction of the remaining life of the vehicle component in the data-unobtained running section.
US11631276B2
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for generating facial representations using image segmentation with a client device. The systems and methods receive an image depicting a face, detect at least a portion of the face within the image, and identify a set of facial landmarks within the portion of the face. The systems and methods determine one or more characteristics representing the portion of the face, in response to detecting the portion of the face. Based on the one or more characteristics and the set of facial landmarks, the systems and methods generate a representation of a face.
US11631274B2
A fingerprint processing device includes a match processing unit configured to determine, based on a first degree, a plurality of feature points having a large value of the first degree among the feature points of a fingerprint specified in a fingerprint image of a matching source, the first degree representing a first distance to other feature points, as representative feature points used in match processing of the fingerprint.
US11631272B2
A fingerprint identification module and a fingerprint identification device are provided. The fingerprint identification module includes a color filter substrate and a protective cover. The color filter substrate includes a first shading member. The protective cover is disposed on the color filter substrate and includes a second shading member. The second shading member faces the color filter substrate. There is a gap between the first shading member and the second shading member in a thickness direction of the fingerprint identification module, and the gap is within a range of 0.2 mm to 0.7 mm.
US11631268B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor programmed to: extract from a document a proper noun that is likely to represent a provider of the document or a receiver of the document; and determine whether an attribute of the proper noun is the provider or the receiver by referring to information obtained from the proper noun or information obtained from a vicinity of the proper noun on the document.
US11631267B1
A tiered processing scheme for processing image data is provided. A method can include obtaining image data indicative of one or more court judgment(s) with a number of features. The method can include obtaining judgment information from the image data by applying a number of image processing techniques in accordance with a processing hierarchy tailored to the image data. The image data can be classified by a machine-learning model and the processing hierarchy can be determined based on the classification. The processing hierarchy balances the computing resources used by a respective technique with the accuracy afforded by the technique when applied to image data with a respective classification. A computing system can utilize the processing hierarchy to leverage different image processing techniques in a tiered processing scheme tailored to image data.
US11631266B2
An automated documentation intake and processing system involves pre-processing source images of intake documents and applying a YOLO CNN model to identify fields of interest (FOIs) therein which may contain target data. The system classifies FOIs and upsamples the contents in order to digitize and extract target data. The system may be trained to differentiate between target data and non-target data and incorporates an adjustable confidence scores which reflects the system's degree of accuracy at predicting the correct FOI (e.g., name, address, insurance number, vehicle registration number). The system is pre-trained to detect a subset of documentation types, form fields, and form field types. However, the system is configured to adapt to variations of the same types of documentation, such as different insurance cards or driver licenses from different states.
US11631264B2
An electronic communications method, includes receiving, by a computing device, first electronic information associated with generated a graphical feature in a graphical user interface. The electronic communications method further includes generating, by the computing device, the graphical feature. The electronic communications method further includes sending, by the computing device, the graphical feature to another computing device. The electronic communications method further receiving, by the computing device, second electronic information to classify the graphical feature as public information. The electronic communications method further includes sending, by the computing device, the graphical feature to a third computing device based on the classification of the graphical feature as public information.
US11631255B2
A door opening control apparatus and a door opening control method thereof are provided. The door opening control apparatus includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding obstacle based on sensor recognition information received from a plurality of sensors, a determiner configured to calculate a maximum opening angle of a door for preventing collision with the recognized surrounding obstacle and to determine a risk of collision between the door and the surrounding obstacle based on the calculated maximum opening angle, and a controller configured to control an opening angle of the door to prevent the door from colliding with the surrounding obstacle when determining that the risk of collision is present.
US11631254B2
Embodiments of this application provide a method and an apparatus for determining drivable region information. The method includes obtaining first information, where the first information includes information about an initial drivable region determined based on at least one image, and the at least one image is from at least one camera module. The method also includes obtaining second information, where the second information includes radar detection information. The method further includes determining first drivable region information based on the first information and the second information.
US11631251B2
A method for jockey and horse recognition and tracking. The method includes receiving input images or a sequence of images obtained from horse racing videos or video streams; extracting features from the images by computational methods; locating jockey and horse positions of a target horse in the images by the computational methods; deciding to accept or reject the computed jockey and horse positions according to an acceptance function; and producing the final jockey and horse positions and their associated information by an error correction algorithm.
US11631250B2
An error detection system for notifying maintenance personnel of errors in a bowling lane operation may include a camera, artificial light source (optional), a computer that sends an output signal. The output signal may be a signal to provide notification to maintenance personnel to fix the error or an electrical signal to the pinsetter or ball return unit to manipulate operation of the same to prevent further damage. In this manner, interruptions and delays to bowlers will be minimized because maintenance personnel is immediately notified of any errors and can resolve the errors before the bowler realizes the error.
US11631246B2
An event-based sensor having a sensing part that produces events asynchronously. The output signal includes information relating to at least some of the produced events. The method comprises: estimating a rate of production of events by the sensing part; while the estimated rate is less than a threshold, transmitting the signal having a variable rate; and when the estimated rate is above the threshold, transmitting the signal including information relating to only some of the produced events, such that a rate of events for which information is included in the signal remains within the threshold.
US11631240B2
The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus and system for identifying target objects. The method includes: clipping out a target image from an acquired image, wherein the target image involves a plurality of target objects to be identified that are stacked; adjusting a height of the target image to a preset height, wherein a height direction of the target image corresponds to a direction in which the plurality of target objects are stacked; extracting a feature map of the adjusted target image; segmenting the feature map in a dimension corresponding to the height direction of the target image to obtain a preset number of segment features; and identifying the target objects based on each of the preset number of segment features.
US11631238B1
Disclosed is a method for recognizing distribution network equipment based on Raspberry Pi multi-scale feature fusion. The method includes obtaining an initial sample data set; constructing an object detection network composed of EfficientNe-B0 backbone network, multi-scale feature fusion module and a regression classification prediction head; training the object detection network by taking the initial sample data set as a training sample; finally, detecting inspection pictures by using a the trained object detection network. A light-weight EfficientNet-B0 backbone network feature extraction method obtains more features of objects. Meanwhile, an introduction of multi-scale feature fusion better adapts to small object detection, and a light-weight y_pred regression classification detection head is effectively deployed and realized in Raspberry Pi embedded equipment with tight resources and limited computing power.
US11631235B2
In variants, the method for occlusion correction can include: determining a measurement depicting an occluded object of interest (OOI), optionally infilling the occluded portion of the object of interest within the measurement, and determining an attribute of the object of interest based on the infilled measurement.
US11631234B2
The present disclosure relates to an object selection system that accurately detects and optionally automatically selects user-requested objects (e.g., query objects) in digital images. For example, the object selection system builds and utilizes an object selection pipeline to determine which object detection neural network to utilize to detect a query object based on analyzing the object class of a query object. In particular, the object selection system can identify both known object classes as well as objects corresponding to unknown object classes.
US11631224B2
A method, according to one example, includes receiving, by a system including a processor, a three-dimensional (3D) data array defined in a 3D rectangular coordinate space. The method includes transforming, by the system, the 3D data array into a radial array defined in a spherical coordinate space. The method includes generating, by the system, a 3D immersive visualization of the radial array in which a user appears to be immersed within the radial array. The method includes continually modifying the 3D immersive visualization based on movement of the user.
US11631223B2
Systems and methods for conveying virtual content in an augmented reality environment comprising images of virtual content superimposed over physical objects and/or physical surroundings visible within a field of view of a user as if the images of the virtual content were present in the real world. Exemplary implementations may: obtain user information for a user associated with a presentation device physically present at a location of the system; compare the user information with the accessibility criteria for the virtual content to determine whether any portions of the virtual content are to be presented to the user based on the accessibility criteria and the user information for the user; and facilitate presentation of the virtual content to the user via presentation device of user based on the virtual content information, the field of view, and the correlations between the multiple linkage points and the reference frame of the virtual content.
US11631219B2
A method for generating a three-dimensional working surface of a human body includes receiving input data corresponding to images; generating a first point cloud from the input data, each point being associated with a three-dimensional spatial coordinate; determining a plurality of attributes at each point of the first point cloud, calculating a set of geometric parameters from a regression carried out from a series of matrix operations performed according to different layers of a neural network trained from a plurality of partial views of parametric models parameterised with different parameterisation configurations; determining a parameterised model to generate a body model of a body including a first meshing.
US11631216B2
A method of rendering an image of an environment is disclosed. Environment data for the environment is accessed. The environment data corresponds to a frame of a video. A plurality of subframes associated with the frame is determined. An angle for each of the plurality of subframes is determined. One or more lights corresponding to the environment are selected. For each light of the one or more lights, a shadow map is generated. The shadow map corresponds to a subframe of the plurality of subframes based on a frustum view oriented at the angle determined for the subframe. The image of the environment is rendered. The rendering includes using the generated shadow map for each light of the one or more lights.
US11631195B2
An indoor positioning system and method are provided. The indoor positioning method includes: establishing an image database through a BIM model of a target area, and using a trained deep learning model to extract features of a virtual image; after obtaining a captured image in the target area, using the trained deep learning model to extract features thereof, and performing similarity matching with the image database to calculate a spatial position of a most similar image; calculating the most similar image and its essential matrix through multiple sets of feature points, and obtaining capturing positions and capturing pose parameters as positioning results; projecting the BIM model to a tracking captured image, and updating the positioning results and the capturing pose parameters with a visual inertial odometer; and continuously correcting the positioning results and the capturing pose parameters by detecting horizontal and vertical planes from the tracking captured image.
US11631192B2
A robot climbing control method is disclosed. The method obtains an RGB color image and a depth image of stairs, extracts an outline of a target object of a target step on the stairs from the RGB color image, determines relative position information of the robot and the target step according to the depth image and the outline of the target object, and controls the robot to climb the target step according to the relative position information. The embodiment of the present disclosure allows the robot to effectively adjust postures and forward directions on any size of and non-standardized stairs and avoids the deviation of the walking direction, thereby improving the effectiveness and safety of the stair climbing of the robot.
US11631173B2
A method for training a convolutional neural network comprises sliding a first, a second and a third window in a predefined path simultaneously on each training image of a training data set, a binary image containing a highlighted region of interest of the each training image, and a labeled image containing a plurality of tags representing one or more features of interest of the each training image. A target matrix is obtained for each sample of the labeled image that lies within the highlighted region of interest. The target matrix is a probabilistic distribution of the plurality of tags that is based on a proportion of existence of a feature of interest represented by a tag in the each sample. The CNN is trained to recognize each sample to contain the proportion of the at least one feature of interest based on the target matrix of the each sample.
US11631167B2
Provided is a grain gloss measurement apparatus capable of accurately measuring gloss of grain. A grain gloss measurement apparatus includes a light source to emit light to a measurement region for grain in an oblique direction, a light receiver to receive the light reflected from the measurement region, and a gloss value calculation device to calculate a gloss value of the grain based on the reflected light received by the light receiver. The light source includes a first light source to emit light to the measurement region from one side and a second light source to emit light from another side that is opposite to the first light source across the measurement region. The light emitted from the first light source and the light emitted from the second light source have different wavelengths. The light receiver is disposed on the same side as the second light source, and the gloss value calculation device includes an image processing unit to identify a grain zone in the measurement region based on the light of the second light source that is reflected off the grain and received by the light receiver.
US11631165B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image of a damaged object. The method further includes determining, using a plurality of image segmentation models, a plurality of objects in the image. The method further includes determining, using a plurality of visual inference models and the determined plurality of objects from the image segmentation models, a repair-relevant property vector for the damaged object in the image. The repair-relevant property vector includes a plurality of damaged object properties. The method further includes generating a repair report using the repair-relevant property vector and a price catalogue. The repair report includes an indication of the damaged object and a price associated with the repair or replacement of the damaged object. The method further includes providing the generated report for display on an electronic display device.
US11631160B2
Noise is reduced for a medical image for which noise cannot be quantified by a general-purpose image quality evaluation index. An image processor has a preprocessor that generates input images including an original image and one or more images with reduced noise compared with the original image; and a noise reduction processor outputs an image, which is obtained by reducing noise from the original image based on the input images, by applying a learned network. The learned network used in the noise reduction processor is constructed by performing deep learning using a plurality of learning sets in which one or more of a medical image including noise, a noise-reduced image obtained by performing noise reduction processing on the medical image, and an intermediate image obtained during the noise reduction processing are input images and a correct image is obtained based on the input images an output image.
US11631158B2
Disclosed herein is a transmitting method and a receiving method of point cloud data. The transmitting method may include encoding point cloud data, encapsulating a bitstream that includes the encoded point cloud data into a file, and transmitting the file, the point cloud data include at least geometry data, attribute data, or an occupancy map data, the bitstream is stored in multiple tracks of the file, the file further includes signaling data, and the signaling data include spatial region information of the point cloud data.
US11631156B2
This disclosure includes technologies for image processing, particularly for image generation and editing in a configurable semantic direction. A generative adversarial network is trained with an auxiliary network with an auxiliary task that is designed to disentangle the latent space of the generative adversarial network. Resultantly, a new type of GAN is created to improve image generation or editing in both conditional and unconditional settings.
US11631141B2
A property analyzer device may include (1) a receiver configured to receive property identification information from a mobile device, the received property identification information including a picture of the property and/or a property location; (2) a retriever configured to retrieve property-related information from multiple property sources (such as public record databases, websites, or an internal company database) based upon the received property identification information; (3) a processor configured to consolidate the retrieved property-related information into a consolidated property-related image of the property; and (4) a transmitter configured to transmit the consolidated property-related image to the mobile device for review by a user. The mobile device may display the consolidated images that may include several images of the property taken over time (such as showing repairs or improvements made), home insurance quotes, home loan quotes, and other types of property-related or community information that home buyers or owners would find useful.
US11631133B2
The present invention relates to a new type of biddable financial instrument that can be traded on an online competitive bidding process and system and method of trading thereof specifically designed to accommodate the specific needs of these new biddable financial instruments associated primarily with the introduction in the instruments core of a contractual bidder or new properties like acceleration of term linked with trading on the competitive bidding software. The inventor contemplates the use of a large number of new biddable financial instruments, for example B-VRDOs, B-TOBs, and B-MLVRS s. The platform, system and method of trading associated thereto allows for easy portfolio management, Dutch trading, payment of interest, entry of good to cancel trade orders, priority management tools, acceleration of maturity, and offering on a secondary offering stage non-acquired positions held by the contractual bidder.
US11631129B1
Embodiments of a system and method are described for generating a finance attribute. In one embodiment, the systems and methods retrieve raw tradeline data from a plurality of credit bureaus, retrieve industry code data related to each of the plurality of credit bureaus, determine one or more tradeline leveling characteristics that meet at least one pre-determined threshold, and generate a finance attribute using the selected leveling characteristics.
US11631127B1
A pervasive advisor for major purchases and other expenditures may detect that a customer is contemplating a major purchase (e.g., through active listening). The advisor may assist the customer with the timing and manner of making the purchase in a way that is financially sensible in view of the customer's financial situation. A customer may be provided with dynamically-updated information in response to recent actions that may affect an approved loan amount and/or interest rate. Underwriting of a loan may be triggered based on the geo-location of the user. Financial advice may be provided to customers to help them meet their goals using information obtained from third party sources, such as purchase options based on particular goals. The pervasive advisor may thus intervene to assist with budgeting, financing, and timing of major expenditures based on the customer's location and on the customer's unique and changing circumstances.
US11631111B2
A driving support system including an information acquiring part which acquires, from a vehicle side detecting a magnetic marker laid in a road and capable of acquiring marker identification information for identifying the magnetic marker detected, upload information including the marker identification information, an information providing part which provides the vehicle side as a transmission source of the upload information with support information, a configuration which provides information acquisition right which is a right to receive the support information to the vehicle, and a transmission source management area for registering the identification information of the vehicle as a provision destination of the support information by recording the identification information of the vehicle. The identification information of the vehicle is recorded in the transmission source management area and the information acquisition right is granted to the vehicle when the information acquiring part acquire the upload information.
US11631107B2
Embodiments are provided that facilitate launching of particular application program(s) determined as associated with an installed state on a mobile computing device without causing execution of such application program(s) or otherwise negatively impacting the performance of such application program(s). Example embodiments of the present disclosure are configured to, via a promotion application executed on a mobile computing device: receive user input selecting a first impression associated with a separate application program comprising a first additional application program separate from the promotion application program; programmatically initiate detection of an installation state associated with the separate application program; determine the installation state indicates the separate application program is installed; and in response to determining the installation state indicates the separate application program is installed, automatically initiate launch of the separate application program on the mobile computing device to cause rendering of determined information corresponding to the first impression.
US11631105B2
Advertisement systems may have an administration server, a broadcast system, a receiver, and a consumer device. The receiver may be configured to receive an advertisement with a call-to-action code. The receiver may also be configured to broadcast the advertisement with the call-to-action code to a consumer. The receiver may have an input mechanism. The consumer device may be in communication with the receiver and the administration server. The consumer device may be configured to receive the call-to-action code from the receiver when the consumer engages the input mechanism. The consumer device may include a software application. The software application may be configured to parse the call-to-action code with the administration server into call-to-action instructions. The software application may be further configured to permit the consumer to selectively integrate the call-to-action details into a third-party application on the consumer device.
US11631101B1
Various examples are directed to computer-implemented systems and methods for providing a unique market offer code and validation. A method includes generating an offer customized for an intended recipient, and sending the offer electronically to the intended recipient. The method further includes receiving a user selection of the offer, and displaying a landing web page on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a user device. A user selection of an action button on the landing web page is received, and a validation web page is displayed on the GUI, the validation web page including prompts for input of user information. The user information is evaluated to determine authenticity of the offer and to confirm identity of the user as the intended recipient. Upon determining that the user is approved for the offer, access is provided to the user to further information regarding the product.
US11631100B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for providing an information & communication technology (ICT)-based driver-specific evaluation analysis and compensation platform for two-wheeled vehicle driving. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for providing a platform which creates mid-traveling driving information about a driver identified on the basis of biometrics, and which evaluates the driver on the basis of the driving information and then pays compensation to the driver according to evaluation results.
US11631099B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for recurring auxiliary resource distribution. The present invention may be configured to detect a trigger event associated with a plurality of sources, where the plurality of sources includes a standard source and an auxiliary source, and where the plurality of sources is associated with a user. The present invention may be configured to transform, using a resource transformation engine and based on the trigger event, a first amount of auxiliary resources in the auxiliary source to a second amount of standard resources, deduct the first amount of auxiliary resources from a first balance of the auxiliary source, and add the second amount of standard resources to a second balance of the standard source. The present invention may be configured to perform a resource distribution using the second amount of standard resources from the standard source.
US11631085B2
A method is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method. The method comprises: prompting, by an access device, a user to enter an access code; receiving, by the access device, the access code from the user; transmitting, by the access device, the access code to a validation computer, which validates the access code; receiving, by the access device, an access identifier or access token from the validation computer in response to validating the access code; transmitting, by the access device, an authorization request message including the access identifier or the access token to an authorizing computer; and receiving, by the access device, an authorization response message from the authorizing computer.
US11631081B2
A system and a method are disclosed for context-based verification flows for digital identity verification. A context-based verification system provides flexible identification procedures for various enterprises that adapted to the enterprises' services, the enterprises' customers, and these customers' needs. For example, the context-based verification system determines a first and second verification flows associated with a first enterprise and a third verification flow associated with a second enterprise. These verification flows include context parameters and verification parameters. The context-based verification system determines context parameters of a request, or “request context parameters,” when a user requests to interact with the first enterprise and determines a verification flow associated with context parameters that substantially match these request context parameters. The context-based verification system may determine that the first verification flow's context parameters substantially match the request context parameters and use the first verification flow's verification parameters to verify the user's identity.
US11631067B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to artificial intelligence (AI)-based processing of account transfers between different accounts associated with a client. In particular, various aspects of this disclosure relate to triggering transfers based on data associated with electronic transfers (e.g., between accounts associated with different users) and/or information associated with card-based transactions. Additional aspects of the disclosure relate to using internet of things (IOT) modules to determine predicted consumption associated with utilities, and at least triggering account transfers based on the predicted consumption.
US11631065B1
A computer-implemented system and method of tracking telemetry data at a financial computing system is presented. The system and method includes receiving an electronic message that includes a payment transaction originating from a payment terminal, and associating a unique transaction identifier to the payment transaction. Telemetry data for the payment transaction is received from payment processing applications through a telemetry interface and aggregated into a data store. The aggregated telemetry data associated with the unique identifier is presented on a user interface by the financial computing system.
US11631060B2
There are provided methods and systems for making or repairing a specified part. For example, there is provided a method for creating an optimized manufacturing process to make or repair the specified part. The method includes receiving data from a plurality of sources, the data including as-designed, as-manufactured, as-simulated, and as-tested data relative to one or more parts similar to the specified part. The method includes updating, in real time, a surrogate model corresponding with a physics-based model of the specified part, wherein the surrogate model forms a digital twin of the specified part. The method includes further updating the surrogate model with a model of manufactured variance associated with at least one of inspection and in-operation data of a similar part. The method includes executing, based on the digital twin, the optimized manufacturing process to either repair or make the specified part.
