US11697637B2
An anti-freezing composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least one of a compound represented by Formula 1 and a compound represented by Formula 2. An anti-freezing composition according to another embodiment of the present disclosure includes a peptide consisting of amino acids having different chirality, thereby having an excellent effect of inhibiting ice formation or ice recrystallization.
US11697607B2
A method and system of providing ultrapure water for semiconductor fabrication operations is provided. The water is treated by utilizing a free radical scavenging system. The free radical scavenging system can utilize actinic radiation with a free radical precursor compound, such as ammonium persulfate. The ultrapure water may be further treated by utilizing ion exchange media and degasification apparatus. A control system can be utilized to regulate a continuously variable intensity of the actinic radiation.
US11697603B2
A filter medium of the present invention includes a porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1×102 m2/g or more, a volume of fine pores by a BJH method of 0.3 cm3/g or more, and a particle size of 75 μm or more, alternatively, a porous carbon material having a value of a specific surface area by a nitrogen BET method of 1×102 m2/g or more, a total of volumes of fine pores having a diameter of from 1×10−9 m to 5×10−7 m, obtained by a non-localized density functional theory method, of 1.0 cm3/g or more, and a particle size of 75 μm or more.
US11697594B2
A method for recycling spent carbon cathode of aluminum electrolysis includes the following steps: (1) crushing and sieving spent carbon cathode, to obtain carbon particles; (2) mixing the carbon particles with a sulfuric acid solution, to obtain a slurry A, and then performing pressure leaching, to obtain a slurry B; (3) evaporating and concentrating the slurry B until a mass percentage of water is lower than 8%, to obtain a slurry C; (4) adding concentrated sulfuric acid to the slurry C to obtain a slurry D, then roasting the slurry D at 150-300° C. for 0.5-10 h, and then roasting at 300-600° C. for 0.5-8 h, to obtain the roasted carbon; and calcining the roasted carbon at a high temperature, to obtain the purified carbon, or mixing the roasted carbon with a leaching agent, and performing leaching, filtering, and washing, to obtain the purified carbon.
US11697592B2
Provided is a method for highly efficiently producing highly pure single-walled carbon nanotubes. This method for producing carbon nanotubes by fluidized CVD includes: a step for heating a material (A) to 1200° C. or higher, in which the total mass of Al2O3 and SiO2 constitutes at least 90% of the total mass of the material (A) and the mass ratio of Al2O3/SiO2 is in the range of 1.0-2.3; and a step for bringing a gas, which is present in the environment in which the material (A) is being heated to 1200° C. or higher, into contact with a feed gas to generate carbon nanotubes.
US11697586B2
The present publication discloses a micromechanical structure including at least one active element, the micromechanical structure comprising a substrate, at least one layer formed on the substrate forming the at least part of the at least one active element, mechanical contact areas through which the micromechanical structure can be connected to other structures like printed circuit boards and like. In accordance with the invention the micromechanical structure includes weakenings like trenches around the mechanical contact areas for eliminating the thermal mismatch between the active element of the micromechanical structure and the other structures.
US11697584B2
A platform includes first and second actuation layers. The first actuation layer includes first and second frames and a plurality of actuators connected between the first frame and the second frame, wherein the plurality of actuators are adapted to move the first and second frames with respect to each other in a first direction. The second actuation layer includes third and fourth frames and a plurality of actuators connected between the third frame and the fourth frame, wherein the plurality of actuators are adapted to move the third frame and the fourth frame with respect to each other in a second direction, different from the first direction. Thereby, the fourth frame of the second actuation layer and the second frame of the first actuation layer are mechanically connected to each other, such that the second actuation layer experiences the movement in the first direction induced by the first actuation layer.
US11697575B2
A stairlift is configured to assist users by issuing voice-based messages in the event faults arise that could give concern to a user.
US11697573B2
A storage system (500) for an elevator hoistway access ladder (300) includes a landing doorway (502) comprising a door column (504) and a landing door (506). The door column (504) includes a rotating support (501) for storing the hoistway access ladder (300), and the rotating support is rotatable relative to the door column (504).
US11697568B2
A reciprocating mechanism for a spinning reel includes a first gear, a second gear, a slider, and an annular elastic body. The first gear is configured to rotate in accordance with rotation of a handle shaft. The second gear includes a gear body configured to mesh with the first gear and a boss protruding from the gear body. The slider has an engagement groove where the boss engages. The slider is configured to move a spool shaft in a front-rear direction as the boss moves along the engagement groove. The annular elastic body is attached to the boss so as to contact an open end of the engagement groove.
US11697543B2
An insulated packaging assembly can include a box including a top side wall, a bottom side wall, a first lateral side wall, a second lateral side wall, a third lateral side wall, and a fourth lateral side wall the box defining a cavity; a first thermal liner positioned in the cavity, a first portion of the first thermal liner positioned in contact with the top side wall, a second portion of the first thermal liner positioned in contact with the first lateral side wall, a third portion of the first thermal liner positioned in contact with the bottom side wall; and a second thermal liner defining a first end and a second end disposed opposite from the first end, the second thermal liner defining an inner surface and an outer surface disposed opposite from the inner surface.
US11697533B2
A lid element for use with a canning container includes a centrally disposed domed portion, an annular channel portion disposed radially outwardly of the domed portion, and an annular peripheral portion disposed radially outwardly of the channel portion. The peripheral portion is configured to be axially aligned with a rim of the canning container about a circumference of the rim when the lid element is engaging the rim. The channel portion extends away from each of the domed portion and the peripheral portion with respect to an interior axial direction corresponding to an axial direction of the lid element towards the interior of the canning container when the lid element is engaging the rim.
US11697532B1
A container lid is provided, which includes a lid body, a sealing member, a resetting member and a slidable member. The lid body is provided with a water outlet. The sealing member is rotatably connected to the lid body, and configured to seal the water outlet. The resetting member is disposed on at least one of the lid body and the sealing member, wherein the resetting member is capable of driving the sealing member to seal the water outlet; and. The slidable member is slidably disposed on the lid body, and is disposed at a first position and a second position relative to the lid body.
US11697524B2
A platform includes a top deck with spaced apart platform support leg openings extending therethrough, and platform support legs extending from a lower surface of the top deck and aligned with the platform support leg openings. Each platform support leg includes an upper portion and a lower portion, with the upper portion having an opening extending therethrough and aligned with a respective one of the platform support leg openings in the top deck. The lower portion includes a shelf that separates the opening in the upper portion from the lower portion. The shelf provides support to a bottom surface of a platform support leg from an identical platform when stacked thereon. A pair of extensions extend outwards from a bottom surface of the lower portion, with the opening in the upper portion providing clearance for the pair of extensions on the platform support leg of the identical platform when stacked thereon.
US11697523B2
A modular pallet formed from a plurality of frame members and a plurality of deck members. The deck members extend between the frame members to define an upper deck surface and optionally a lower deck surface of the pallet. A plurality of spaced-apart channels are formed in at least an upper surface of the frame members to receive the deck members. In some embodiments the pallet may be configured as a stringer pallet and in other embodiments the pallet may be configured as a block pallet. In some embodiments the frame members are unitary stringers. In other embodiments the frame members are modular structures each comprising a block pallet subassembly and a deck support panel. The number, size, orientation and spacing of the channels formed in the frame members and the corresponding arrangement of the deck members may vary in different embodiments of the pallet. Once assembled, the frame members and deck members may be integrally connected, such as by heat welding. In some embodiments the pallet is formed from readily recyclable plastic.
US11697520B2
A label applying system includes a conveyance path for moving an item in a conveyance direction, and a label applicator With an elongated label applying arm pivotably moveable between a label load position spaced away from the item and a label apply position in which a free end of the elongated label applying arm is moved into contact with the item. The elongated label applying arm is configured to be sufficiently flexible such that at least a label carrying portion of the elongated label applying arm bends, as it moves into contact with the item, for pressing a label against the item.
US11697518B2
A device (1) handling articles comprises at least one work module (30), which can move packages with article placed on a first packaging type and at least one folding mechanism (45) used to erect back and/or front flaps of the first packaging type. Another component of the device (1) is at least one transport module (20), with a transport device (2), along which articles intended for packages of a second packaging type move, where the second packaging type differs from the first packaging type. The at least one folding mechanism (45) and the transport device (2) alternate between an operating position (BP) and a waiting position (WP). The operating positions (BP) and the waiting positions (WP) are configured such that the at least one folding mechanism (45) is disposed exclusively adjacent to the right side or to the left side of the transport means (2).
US11697516B2
Systems and processes for packing complementary articles of footwear into a container are disclosed. The processes can include utilizing a reusable packing sheet positioned underneath complementary articles of footwear to transfer the complementary articles of footwear into a container. The processes can also include removing the reusable packing sheet from underneath the complementary articles of footwear while the complementary articles of footwear remain positioned in the container. Additional processes can include aligning and sizing complementary articles of footwear for packing in a container.
US11697510B2
An aircraft system monitors health of passive safety brakes on a plurality of auxiliary lift wing devices of an aircraft wing. The wing includes an actuator driveline, and a plurality of actuators are secured to the driveline for extending and retracting the auxiliary lift wing devices. Each actuator incorporates a passive safety brake, and a flight computer enables the actuators to synchronously extend and retract the auxiliary lift wing devices. Torque sensors are fixed to the actuator driveline, each torque sensor being positioned adjacent an actuator for sensing static torque values at that actuator location. When an aerodynamic load acting on any one extended auxiliary lift wing device creates a higher static torque value at one actuator location relative to others, the aircraft system generates a warning signal and/or message to indicate occurrence of a potential safety brake failure within the one actuator.
US11697505B2
An aircraft propulsion system is disclosed that includes at least one hybrid-electric powerplant for delivering power to an air mover for propelling the aircraft, wherein the at least one hybrid-electric powerplant includes a heat engine and an electric motor arranged in a parallel drive configuration or an in-line drive configuration.
US11697504B2
A battery system, in particular for an aircraft, having a housing, which is sealed gas-tight, and a cell block, which is formed from a plurality of battery cells connected electrically and mechanically by contact plates. The housing can be connected to a vacuum pump in order to generate vacuum within the housing and a vacuum prevails within the housing, wherein at least one housing side wall of the housing is flexible enough that the housing side wall is tensioned together with the cell block by the vacuum acting within the housing. A vehicle, in particular an aircraft, may be electrified, at least in part, by such a battery system.
US11697499B2
A method for transporting a rescue device from an aerial vehicle to a person to be rescued includes launching an unmanned aerial vehicle from the aerial vehicle having an end portion releasable attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle via a first connection and a second connection. The method further includes enabling the person to be rescued to reach the end portion of the rescue device. and determining whether the end portion of the rescue device is released from the first connection. If the rescue device is released determining at the unmanned aerial vehicle whether the person to be rescued is safely attached to the rescue device. If so, the method comprises either releasing the rescue device from the second connection, or deactivating the unmanned aerial vehicle such that the unmanned aerial vehicle remains attached to the rescue device via the second connection.
US11697494B2
An aircraft in the form of an electrically driven, vertical take-off and landing, preferably people-carrying and/or load-carrying multicopter (1) is provided, in which a multiplicity of rotors are arranged in a common rotor plane (R), in which a tail unit (6), protruding upward or downward with respect to the rotor plane (R), is provided above or below the rotor plane (R), preferably in a rear region of the aircraft (1) with respect to a forward flying direction.
US11697487B2
A fuselage structure for an aircraft has a frame structure, which extends in a circumferential direction and has a first connecting section and a second connecting section, which is arranged spaced apart from the first connecting section, a reinforcing structure, which extends between the first and the second connecting sections and is connected respectively to the first and the second connecting sections, an outer shell, which is secured on an outer side of the reinforcing structure, and an inner shell, which is secured on an inner side of the reinforcing structure. The reinforcing structure has a profiled cross section when viewed in a longitudinal direction extending transversely to the circumferential direction and, together with the inner shell and the outer shell, forms a plurality of channels, which are adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction and each extend in the longitudinal direction.
US11697483B2
System and methods are provided that relate to a drive arrangement for propelling a boat, in particular a kayak. In some embodiments, the drive arrangement can include an electric drive motor with a shaft and a receiving device for receiving the shaft. An arresting element can be provided for determining a first desired distance along the shaft between the receiving device and the drive motor.
US11697480B2
The invention relates to a propeller arrangement (1) having a propeller part (2) and a shaft part (3), in particular for an underwater vacuum cleaner, wherein the propeller part (2) and the shaft part (3) are coaxially connected to one another via a latching connection (4), which latching connection (4) has at least two latching fingers (5) which can move elastically in a latching direction (R) radially with respect to an axis of rotation (1a) of the propeller arrangement (1), and a latching opening (6) for accommodating the latching fingers (5). The latching fingers (5) are formed integrally with the shaft part (3). The latching fingers (5) and the latching opening (6) form—in and/or against a direction of rotation (P) of the propeller arrangement (1) —a positive connection. This enables an easily detachable rotary connection between the propeller part (2) and the shaft part (3) in a simple manner.
US11697479B2
The present invention proposes a rescue system and method for man overboard with remote monitoring, which is implemented by a rescue system consisted of an onboard processing unit, a distress signal module, an unmanned rescue vehicle, an autonomous ship, a communication module, and a shore control center (SCC). The technical effect of the present invention is that when a person falls into the water, the unmanned rescue vehicle can automatically locate and monitor the falling target immediately, and the shore control center (SCC) can accurately locate the relative position between the unmanned rescue vehicle and the ship where the person falls. Thereby, the shore control center (SCC) can control the rescue process throughout the entire process and release rescue device for rescue.
US11697478B2
A system for deploying and recovering an autonomous underwater device (AUD) using a surface carrier ship, includes, in addition to the carrier ship, a subaquatic vehicle (SV) guided by a connection wire connected to the carrier ship, the SV able to be positioned in a storage configuration wherein the SV is fixedly but removably joined to the carrier ship in a storage zone, or in a configuration for use, in which the SV, separated from the carrier ship, is in the water and at a distance from the carrier ship while remaining connected by the connection wire, the SV including propulsion, guiding and stabilizing systems and a station for receiving the AUD allowing it to be removably attached to the SV, the receiving station and the AUD including a complementary automated docking unit allowing the AUD to automatically dock with the receiving station during recovery and attach itself thereto.
US11697475B2
A hydrofoil system provides lift to a motor-powered displacement hull without raising the hull out of the water. The hydrofoil system includes a pair of laterally opposed forward hydrofoil wings positioned respectively on the first pontoon and second pontoon forward a center of gravity of the hull. The forward hydrofoil wings extend laterally inboard and downwards towards each other. The hydrofoil system also includes a pair of laterally opposed aft hydrofoil wings positioned near the stern of the hull on the first pontoon and second pontoon respectively. The aft hydrofoil wings extend laterally inboard towards each other and have an upper surface with convex curvature that extends from the respective first pontoon or second pontoon to an inboard terminal end thereof.
US11697473B2
A bicycle rear derailleur comprises a base member, a linkage structure, a movable member, a first pulley assembly, and a second pulley assembly. The first pulley assembly includes a first pulley support and a first toothed pulley. The first pulley support is pivotally coupled to the movable member about a first pivot axis. The first toothed pulley is rotatably coupled to the first pulley support about a first pulley axis spaced apart from the first pivot axis. The second pulley assembly includes a second pulley support, a second toothed pulley, and a third toothed pulley. The second pulley support is pivotally coupled to the movable member about a second pivot axis. The second toothed pulley is rotatably coupled to the second pulley support about a second pulley axis. The third toothed pulley is rotatably coupled to the second pulley support about a third pulley axis.
US11697463B2
A bike securing apparatus (100) having a vertical member (1), a first engagement member (2), that coupled to the vertical member (1) and comprises a means for attaching to a bicycle pedal (63); and an anti-rotation member (3), that coupled to the vertical member (1) or the first engagement member (2), and has a means for attaching to a bicycle (6). The first engagement member (2) is configured to attach to the bicycle pedal (63) and limit movement of the bicycle pedal (63), and the anti-rotation member (3) is configured to attach to the bicycle (6) at a location other than said bicycle pedal (63) and limit rotation of a said bicycle (6) about the first engagement member (2).
US11697461B2
The invention relates to a rear closure system (2; 102) of a motor vehicle, comprising: a main body (4; 104), and a module (10; 110) that can be detached from the main body (4; 104) and can receive a device (24; 124), the main body (4; 104) comprising a free space (12; 112) accessible through an opening (14; 114), the dimensions of the free space (12; 112) and the opening (14; 114) being such that the module (10; 110) can be inserted into, and removed from, the main body (4; 104).
US11697439B2
A car truck including a first side frame, a second side frame, and an underslung steering assembly connected to the first side frame and the second side frame, configured to reduce, inhibit, minimize, and/or prevent truck hunting and warping.
US11697437B2
A railroad hopper car has a hopper carried between two trucks. The hopper has convergent end and side slope sheets that feed a flat bottom discharge. It has a rectangular frame at least half as wide as the car, and at least half as great as the truck center distance. The car capacity is over 5000 cu. ft. The bottom discharge is lower than the center sill. There are ring frames having a bottom reinforcement that passes clear under the center sill. The car has flat bottom discharge gates having multiple arrays of louvers. The side sheets extend downwardly beyond the side sills, so that the side slope sheets terminate at a transition below the side sills. The louvers have curved edges. The louvers move together. The gate may include two opposed sliding doors separated by a beam that runs under the center sill.
US11697436B2
A device for supporting and guiding a hauling cable of a vehicle transportation installation, including a support structure, at least one movable member and at least one axis enabling the at least one movable member to swivel with respect to the support structure, an opening being formed inside the at least one axis and extending between two ends of the at least one axis.
US11697434B2
Systems for managing access to an autonomous vehicle includes an autonomous vehicle including a plurality of storage compartments, wherein each of the plurality of storage compartments comprises a locking mechanism and at least one processor to receive data associated with an item to be positioned in a storage compartment of the plurality of storage compartments, determine that one of the plurality of storage compartments has storage capacity for the item, designate one of the plurality of storage compartments for storage of the item, activate the locking mechanism of the designated storage compartment to lock the designated storage compartment after the item is positioned in the designated storage compartment, and activate the locking mechanism of the designated storage compartment to unlock the designated storage compartment to allow removal of the item from the designated storage compartment. Methods, computer program products, and autonomous vehicles are also disclosed.
US11697433B2
Systems and methods are directed to an autonomy computing system of an autonomous vehicle. The autonomy computing system can include first functional circuitry configured to generate a first output associated with a first autonomous compute function of the autonomous vehicle based on sensor data using first neural networks. The autonomy computing system can include second functional circuitry configured to generate a second output associated with the first autonomous compute function of the autonomous vehicle based on the sensor data and neural networks. The autonomy computing system can include monitoring circuitry configured to determine a difference between the first output of the first functional circuitry and the second output of the second functional circuitry. The autonomy computing system can include a vehicle control system configured to generate vehicle control signals for the autonomous vehicle based on the outputs.
US11697429B2
Provided are autonomous vehicles and methods of controlling autonomous vehicles through topological planning with bounds, including receiving map data and sensor data, expanding a topological tree by adding a plurality of nodes to represent a plurality of actions associated with the plurality of constraints, generating a bound based on a constraint in the geographic area, the bound associated with an action for navigating the autonomous vehicle relative to the at least one constraint, storing the bound in a central bound storage, linking a set of bounds of a tree node to the bound via a bound identifier, wherein the first bound is initially linked as an active bound, or alternatively, as an inactive bound after determining it is not the most restrictive bound at any sample index, and control the autonomous vehicle based on the topological tree, to navigate the plurality of constraints.
US11697426B2
An in-vehicle system includes: an autonomous driving system device that is mounted in a vehicle and implements autonomous driving of the vehicle; an autonomous driving controller that is configured to control the autonomous driving system device to perform a control related to the autonomous driving of the vehicle; a first network that connects the autonomous driving system device and the autonomous driving controller with a protocol conversion unit interposed therebetween so as to perform communication with each other by using a plurality of different protocols; and a second network that connects the autonomous driving system device and the autonomous driving controller without the protocol conversion unit interposed therebetween so as to perform communication with each other by using a single protocol.
US11697424B2
A method can include perturbing an electric motor of a hybrid powerplant having the electric motor and a fuel powered engine. The method can include measuring a frequency response of the powerplant due to the perturbing of the electric motor to determine a health of the powerplant and/or one or more components thereof.
US11697417B2
Systems and methods use cameras to provide autonomous navigation features. In one implementation, a method for navigating a user vehicle may include acquiring, using at least one image capture device, a plurality of images of an area in a vicinity of the user vehicle; determining from the plurality of images a first lane constraint on a first side of the user vehicle and a second lane constraint on a second side of the user vehicle opposite to the first side of the user vehicle; enabling the user vehicle to pass a target vehicle if the target vehicle is determined to be in a lane different from the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling; and causing the user vehicle to abort the pass before completion of the pass, if the target vehicle is determined to be entering the lane in which the user vehicle is traveling.
US11697413B2
A vehicle control device includes: a signal processing IC unit that outputs image processing data; a recognition processing IC unit that performs recognition processing of the external environment of a vehicle to output external environment data obtained through the recognition processing; a judgment processing IC unit that performs judgment processing for cruise control of the vehicle; a power management unit capable of controlling an on or off state of a recognition function of the external environment of the vehicle in the recognition processing IC unit according to the conditions of the vehicle; and a bypass path for enabling data communications from the signal processing IC unit to the judgment processing IC unit without performing the recognition processing of the external environment of the vehicle by the recognition processing IC unit.
US11697409B2
Provided is a control apparatus for a vehicle configured to perform parking assist control, the control apparatus including a first power supply device, a second power supply device, and a power supply circuit, the power supply circuit being configured to, when an abnormality occurs in the first power supply device during the performance of the parking assist control, supply an electric power from the second power supply device to a braking device and a shift switching device, and the braking device and the shift switching device being configured to operate such that a timing at which a current flowing from the second power supply device to the braking device reaches a maximum value and a timing at which a current flowing from the second power supply device to the shift switching device reaches a maximum value do not overlap.
US11697405B2
A method and a device for determining braking-related actual values of a train assembly including multiple carriages for carrying out a deceleration-controlled braking of the train assembly, in which the longitudinal deceleration and the longitudinal slope are considered to be actual values, from which an adjustment value balancing the control deviation is determined for a control element of the brake by a deceleration controller/deceleration force controller according to a predefined setpoint value of a desired braking deceleration.
US11697402B2
A diff-lock operation shaft 50 is supported by a case 11 in such a manner as to be rotatable around an axis P1 of the diff-lock operation shaft 50 and operates a diff-lock section 48 to a lock position A2 by being rotated, and a first coil spring 51 is wound around the outer surface of the diff-lock operation shaft 50 concentrically with the diff-lock operation shaft 50, and is linked at one end portion 51b to the diff-lock operation shaft 50 and at another end portion 51a to linking members 55 and 56. The first coil spring 51 is twisted around the axis P1 via the linking members 55 and 56 by the manual operation tool 58 being operated, and the diff-lock operation shaft 50 is rotated via the first coil spring 51.
US11697397B2
A wiper blade assembly comprises a blade having upper and lower major surfaces, a wiper element extending from the lower major surface of the blade, a connector mounted on the upper major surface of the blade, and spoilers extending from opposite sides of the connector. The spoilers and the connector ore configured to positively engage each other. The spoiler includes a slice which will form a tear in the spoiler should the spoiler be moved axially relative to the connector to at least discourage reattachment of the spoiler should the spoiler be removed. The connector is a connector assembly comprising a connector base mountable to the blade of the wiper and an adapter which is separate from the connector base. The adapter is removably mountable to the connector base. Several different adapters are disclosed to allow the wiper assembly to be connected to different types of vehicle wiper arms.
US11697396B2
A spoiler of an automotive wiper system that extends in a main direction of elongation and is configured to be mounted on the wiper system's arm or a wiper where the spoiler is predominantly formed by a one-piece main layer, where the spoiler includes at least one engraving zone in which the main layer has a cavity that houses at least one secondary layer that is distinct from the main layer and the engraving zone is configured in such a way that the at least one secondary layer is elongated while being at least partially covered by the main layer.
US11697395B2
An intrusion detection system for a vehicle includes a radar sensor, a calculator, and an alarm system adapted to generate an alarm, the radar sensor being adapted to detect the presence of a body within the vehicle, the calculator being adapted to categorize each detected body as either a “human” category or an “other” category and to trigger the alarm system only when at least one of the detected body(ies) is categorized as “human”. Also included is an associated vehicle and method.
US11697392B2
The present disclosure relates to security mechanisms for electric motors and associated systems. For example, the present technology includes a powertrain assembly having (1) a motor having multiple sets of coils; (2) a drive circuitry electrically coupled to the multiple sets of coils; and (3) a security unit electrically coupled to the drive circuitry and the multiple sets of coils. The security unit is configured to short-circuit at least one set of the multiple sets of coils responsive to a signal from a controller. The signal indicates that the motor is, or has been, turned off.
US11697379B2
A soil compactor machine can include: a machine frame; at least one cylindrical roller drum rotatably coupled to the machine frame and rotatable about a drum axis oriented generally transverse to a direction of travel of the compactor machine; a plurality of sensors mounting locations on the machine frame for mounting one or more lidar sensors and cameras; and a plurality of brackets, wherein, one of each of the plurality of brackets is positioned at each of the sensor mounting locations for mounting the lidar sensors and the cameras, wherein the bracket at each of the sensor mounting locations has a similar design as the other of the plurality of brackets.
US11697370B2
Systems and methods to augment audio output in an electric vehicle (EV) include obtaining inputs from one or more sensors. The inputs include information about the EV and about one or more persons outside the EV. A current scenario is defined based on the inputs. Whether the current scenario matches a predefined scenario among a set of predefined scenarios is determined, and augmented audio output is produced according to the predefined scenario.
US11697369B2
Disclosed is a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)-integrated lamp device configured for a vehicle. In the included LiDAR-integrated lamp device, the position at which a head lamp is applied and the position at which a LiDAR is applied are identical and then, a reduction in layout is achieved. Furthermore, through sharing of constituent elements, the number of constituent elements is reduced and then, manufacturing costs are reduced.
US11697359B2
A distance-to-empty presentation apparatus of a fuel cell vehicle includes: a traveling speed acquisition unit configured to acquire a traveling speed of the fuel cell vehicle; a traveling distance acquisition unit configured to acquire a traveling distance of the fuel cell vehicle in a fuel filling period, the fuel filling period is a period from the time when the fuel is filled in the fuel cell vehicle previously to the time when the fuel is filled in the fuel cell vehicle this time; a fuel residual amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a fuel residual amount of the fuel cell vehicle; a fuel consumption amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a fuel consumption amount of the fuel cell vehicle; a fuel efficiency calculation unit configured to calculate fuel filling period fuel efficiency by using the traveling distance in the fuel filling period and a traveling period fuel consumption amount that is the fuel consumption amount during traveling preparation and during traveling in the fuel filling period, wherein the fuel filling period fuel efficiency is fuel efficiency in the fuel filling period; a distance-to-empty calculation unit configured to calculate a distance to empty of the fuel cell vehicle by using the fuel filling period fuel efficiency and the fuel residual amount; and a presentation device configured to present the distance to empty.
US11697356B2
A fuel cell system installed in a vehicle, the system comprising: a fuel cell, a secondary cell, a temperature acquirer for acquiring a temperature of the fuel cell, a state-of-charge value acquirer for acquiring a state-of-charge-value of the secondary cell, an outside temperature acquirer for acquiring an outside temperature, an outside pressure acquirer for acquiring an outside pressure, and a controller for controlling power of the secondary cell, wherein, when the temperature of the fuel cell exceeds a predetermined temperature, when the state-of-charge value of the secondary cell is a predetermined threshold value or more, when the outside temperature is a predetermined temperature or more, and when the outside pressure is a predetermined pressure or less, the controller increases the power of the secondary cell larger than power required of the secondary cell for normal running of the vehicle.
US11697355B2
A vehicle includes an electrified propulsion system powered by a traction battery over an electrical distribution system (EDS) and a controller programmed to monitor at least one of a current flow and a temperature at a plurality of locations throughout the EDS. The controller is also programmed to implement at least one mitigation action over a predetermined time window in response to detecting a filtered current value exceeding a threshold.
US11697348B2
Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a vehicle control system. The vehicle control system includes a memory. The memory is configured to store multiple charging events that activate multiple charging plans. The vehicle control system includes a navigation unit that is configured to obtain a current location of the vehicle. The vehicle control system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the vehicle is within a threshold distance of the first charging event. The electronic control unit is configured to control an operation of the vehicle to prepare the vehicle to charge or discharge the battery based on a first charging plan when the vehicle is within the threshold distance of a first charging event.
US11697344B2
A wheel end disconnect assembly includes a housing, a shift ring, a shift fork and an actuator. The shift ring is supported for axial translation relative to the housing between a connected position in which the shift ring couples an input member to a wheel hub for rotation therewith and a disconnected position in which the input member and the wheel hub are rotatable relative to each other. The shift fork includes a first arm portion, a second arm portion, and an input portion extending from a junction of the first and second arm portions. The shift fork is pivotably coupled to the housing at the junction of the first and second arm portions. The actuator is configured to move the input portion to pivot the first and second arm portions such that the first and second arm portions translate the shift ring between the connected and disconnected positions.
US11697343B2
A transmission mechanism is provided with an output gear drivingly coupled to at least one of a pair of output members and placed coaxially with the pair of output members. A direction in which a rotating electrical machine and an inverter device are arranged side by side in an axial view is defined as a first direction. A direction perpendicular to both an axial direction and the first direction is defined as a second direction. A first output member that is one of the pair of output members is placed between the rotating electrical machine and the inverter device in the first direction, at a position in the second direction where both the rotating electrical machine and the inverter device are placed. The output gear is placed in such a manner as to overlap each of the rotating electrical machine and the inverter device in the axial view.
US11697341B2
A combined cooling and water braking system for a vehicle comprises a first water recirculation loop having a first heat exchanger configured to cool water flowing in the first water recirculation loop, the first water recirculation loop comprising a water conduit for transporting heat away from a propulsion device configured to generate a propulsion power for the vehicle. A second water recirculation loop having a second heat exchanger is configured to cool water flowing in the second water recirculation loop. A retarder is configured to be coupled to a pair of wheels of the vehicle. The second water recirculation loop may be selectively used for cooling the propulsion device and for providing water to the retarder for water braking. There is also provided a method for cooling a propulsion device of a vehicle and water braking a pair of wheels of a vehicle.
US11697327B2
A vehicle door window glass support structure includes: a sash part protruding upward with respect to the door panel; and window glass that is elevated or lowered along the sash part, in which the sash part includes a glass position regulating means that determines the position of the window glass in both vehicle interior and exterior directions and an intersecting direction that intersects the vehicle interior and exterior directions at least at a position where the window glass is elevated most. This configuration makes it possible to improve the position accuracy of the window glass with respect to the sash part, enhancing the appearance quality and the support performance of the window glass.
US11697319B2
A suspension system including four dampers is disclosed where each damper includes a compression chamber and a rebound chamber. A first hydraulic circuit includes a front hydraulic line, a rear hydraulic line, and a first longitudinal hydraulic line that extends between and fluidly connects the front and rear hydraulic lines of the first hydraulic circuit. A second hydraulic circuit includes a front hydraulic line, a rear hydraulic line, and a second longitudinal hydraulic line that extends between and fluidly connects the front and rear hydraulic lines of the second hydraulic circuit. First and second longitudinal comfort valves are positioned in the first and second longitudinal hydraulic lines, respectively, between the front and rear hydraulic lines. Both of the first and second longitudinal comfort valves are electromechanical valves and can be actuated to couple and decouple front axle roll control from rear axle roll control.
US11697313B2
A tyre for running on rough terrain has a tread portion including a plurality of blocks and tread crossing grooves extending between a first tread edge and a second tread edge without intersecting the blocks. Each of the tread crossing grooves includes a soil discharging space having a width of at least 10 mm or more and extending linearly so as to connect between the first tread edge and the second tread edge. The soil discharging space is inclined at an angle of 30 degrees or more and 50 degrees or less with respect to a tyre axial direction.
US11697309B2
A tire (1) for an agricultural vehicle comprises a working reinforcement (2), radially on the inside of a tread (3) and radially on the outside of a carcass reinforcement (4), the working reinforcement (2) comprising a multilayer component made up of a radial stack of at least two working layers (21, 22), and aims to improve the endurance thereof. The working reinforcement (2) is made up of a circumferential spiral winding of at least one turn of the multilayer component, the first and second circumferential ends (211, 221; 212, 222) of each working layer (21, 22) are circumferentially offset from one another, and the respective first circumferential ends (211, 221) of two consecutive working layers (21, 22) are likewise circumferentially offset from one another.
US11697306B2
Processes for producing a sealant layer-tire inner liner combination as well as a sealant layer-containing tire and related processes involving the sealant layer-containing tire are disclosed. The sealant layer is adhered to the tire inner liner, has a thickness of 2-8 mm and comprises 100 parts of at least one rubber, 90-500 phr of at least one tackifier, optionally one or more extenders, optionally at least one hydroscopic substance, and a cure package.
US11697305B2
Provided is a tire for a motorcycle having an improved turning stability on wet road surface, the tire comprises a tread composed of a rubber composition, which comes into contact with a road surface, wherein Hs being a rubber hardness and M300 being a tensile stress (MPa) at 300% elongation of the rubber composition of the tread satisfy Equations 1, 2, and 3: 60≤Hs≤80, Equation 1: 2≤M300≤12, and Equation 2: (M300−2)/(Hs−60)≤0.75. Equation 3:
US11697302B2
A nib for a refillable free ink writing felt pen includes a body and a dry ink tank including dry ink, the dry ink tank being delimited by the body of the nib and a dry ink tank wall including a water-soluble film.
US11697300B2
Provided are pre-coat formulations, ink formulations, ink systems and printing methods for patterning a surface with a desired pattern.
US11697299B2
Provided are a combination of a thermal transfer sheet and an intermediate transfer medium which is capable of accurately transferring only a transfer layer of the intermediate transfer medium desired to be transferred onto a transfer receiving article in the production of a print, and a thermal transfer sheet which is used in combination with an intermediate transfer medium. Also provided are a method for producing a print, comprising accurately transferring only a transfer layer of an intermediate transfer medium desired to be transferred onto a transfer receiving article, and a thermal transfer printer which is used in this method for producing a print. In the thermal transfer sheet which is used in combination with an intermediate transfer medium, inhibit layer 2 is disposed on substrate 1, and the inhibit layer 2 contains a carnauba wax.
US11697290B2
A printing apparatus includes a control unit configured to execute image processing including a division and a combination of image data, and a printing unit configured to perform printing on a printing medium based on image data after the image processing, wherein the control unit acquires image data as a target of the n-th image processing, generates an upper image whose lower side is horizontal, and a lower image whose upper side is horizontal by dividing the image data by a horizontal line, generates combined image data whose upper side and lower side are horizontal by combining a lower image whose upper side is horizontal and that is generated by the division in the image processing at the (n−1)-th time, on the upper side of the upper image, and causes the printing unit to execute printing based on the combined image data.
US11697284B2
An inkjet printing system with a droplet measurement apparatus is described herein. The droplet measurement apparatus has a light source with a collimating optical system, an imaging device disposed along an optical path of the collimating optical system, and a droplet illumination zone in the optical path of the collimating optical system, the droplet illumination zone having a varying droplet illumination location, wherein the light source, the imaging device, or both are adjustable to place a focal plane of the imaging device at the droplet illumination location. The droplet measurement apparatus is structured to accommodate at least a portion of a dispenser of the printing system within the droplet illumination zone.
US11697275B2
A method of manufacturing a thin film is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide particles, size-reducing the crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide particles by grinding to produce crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide nanostructures, and coating the crystalline hexagonal tungsten trioxide nanostructures onto a substrate to produce a thin film. An electrochromic multi-layer stack is also provided.
US11697270B2
A method for producing a composite pane, includes arranging a functional element in a recess of a thermoplastic frame film, arranging the thermoplastic frame film along with the functional element between a first glass pane and a second glass pane to form a layer stack, and subsequent joining of the layer stack by lamination to form a composite pane. The thermoplastic frame film and the functional element have a different thickness and the different thickness is at least partially compensated by at least one thermoplastic compensating film, whose thickness is less than twice as large as the difference between the thicknesses of the thermoplastic frame film and the functional element such that the maximum offset in the layer stack is less than the difference between the thicknesses of the thermoplastic frame film and the functional element.
US11697268B2
A vehicle window, includes at least one transducer device and transducer electronics associated with the transducer device, wherein both the transducer device and the transducer electronics are arranged at least partially within the vehicle window, wherein the transducer device and/or a compensating device associated with the transducer device and arranged at least partially within the vehicle window and/or an electrical shielding device associated with the transducer device for electrically shielding the transducer device relative to a vehicle interior or a vehicle exterior are transparent, at least in sections.
US11697258B2
A chemically treated, RFID equipped mesh tire label configured to be integrally incorporated within a vulcanized tire and to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire during and post tire vulcanization, the label comprising: a mesh face layer configured to be adhered to an outer surface of an unvulcanized tire; a mesh backing layer attached to the mesh face layer and adapted to be integrally incorporated in a vulcanized tire after subjecting a green tire to a vulcanization process; and an RFID device affixed between the mesh face and mesh backing layers, the RFID device that is configured to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information upon being read with an RFID reader during and post tire vulcanization.
US11697257B2
A method for mounting functional elements in a lens includes mounting the functional elements on a foil, applying a closed contour alignment surface of an alignment tool having a central opening surrounded by the closed contour on the foil portion opposite to the mounted function elements, applying underpressure on the central opening to maintain the foil portion with the mounted functional elements on the alignment tool, cutting a flap including the foil portion and supporting the functional elements out of the foil, positioning and aligning the flap through actuator, fixing the position of the flap against the adjacent foil surface, embedding the foil with the mounted functional elements in a predetermined distance to the front surface of a mould, and casting and curing the lens with the embedded foil.
US11697241B2
A blow mold system including a mold body and a base portion. The mold body includes a central bore extending from a first end of the mold body to a second end of the mold body along a longitudinal axis. The first end is configured to receive a mold preform. The base portion includes a recess, and the base portion is arranged at the second end of the mold body such that the central bore and recess define a blow mold cavity in which a container may be formed from the mold preform. In embodiments, the blow mold system has at least two interchangeable base portions that allow for containers with differently-sized or differently-shaped necks to be formed.
US11697240B2
Provide is a blown film forming apparatus including a die including a columnar inner peripheral member and a cylindrical outer peripheral member that surrounds the inner peripheral member, and extruding a resin from a lip formed between the inner peripheral member and the outer peripheral member, and a plurality of die lip drive mechanisms including a fluid pressure actuator as a drive source and adjusting a lip width by applying a radial load to the outer peripheral member, in which the outer peripheral member includes a plurality of load receiving portions to which a load is applied by the die lip drive mechanism, and a stiffness reducing portion that is provided between the plurality of load receiving portions.
US11697230B2
A method may include coating an electronic module in a tool, where the electronic module has a first sub-module and a second sub-module, where the tool has a first tool part and a second tool part, where the tool has a cavity at least partially formed between the first tool part and the second tool part, and where the first sub-module and the second sub-module are supported on the tool and held in the cavity at a spatially defined distance relative to one another in a contactless manner during the coating process. A tool for performing such method may include a first tool part and a second tool part that form a cavity, where the first tool part has a first molding surface section and at least one first supporting section that extends over the first molding surface section and the second tool part has a second molding surface section and at least one second supporting section that extends over the second molding surface section.
US11697229B2
The invention relates to a crack-split moulding tool for producing a foam particle part, having two mould halves (2, 3). The mould halves (2, 3) are pivotably mounted relative to one another such that they can be arranged at a varying distance from each other in certain sections when being filled with foam particles and when pressing together, are moved together at a varying distance until in a closed position, due to a pivoting movement. As a result, it is possible to homogeneously compress areas of the moulding cavity (6) having a different thickness and to compress in a different manner, area having the same thickness.
US11697224B2
A method for manufacturing a compact includes a mixing step of mixing a fiber and a powder of a binder to obtain a mixture; an accumulating step of accumulating the mixture to form a web; a humidifying step of adding water to the web; and a forming step of heating and pressurizing the water-added web to obtain a compact. The binder binds between fiber molecules by the addition of water. The powder has an average particle diameter (D50) of 20.0 μm or less.
US11697223B2
An extruder system for degassing a mixture, comprising a first extruder, a second extruder arranged downstream of the first extruder and a transfer zone formed between these extruders, characterized by a pressure regulating device which can regulate the pressure at the outlet of the first extruder.
US11697221B2
A process for the production of acetylated wood elements, a cooling system and a wood acetylation plant are described. A process for the production of acetylated wood elements comprises acetylating wood elements and cooling the acetylated wood elements wherein the cooling comprises supplying liquid water to the acetylated wood elements to provide wetted wood elements and exposing the wetted wood elements to a gas flow.
US11697220B2
Apparatus, systems, and processes control an electric motor to drive a hoop onto a wooden barrel, among other purposes. A controller may be connected to the electric motor and configured to receive user input data and generate one or more control signals for the electric motor that correspond to a torque generation of the electric motor and/or a rotation speed of the electric motor. A barrel hoop driver may comprise the controller and electric motor, where the electric motor drives a press member for driving hoops onto wooden barrels.
US11697218B2
An example system includes a cutting tool and a device configured to remotely control the cutting tool. The device is configured to establish a wireless communication with the cutting tool, and the cutting tool is configured to send a first signal to the device indicating that the cutting tool is enabled to be operated remotely responsive to the cutting tool receiving information indicating that a trigger is locked in an “on” state and a remote switch is in a first position. The device is configured to send a second signal to the cutting tool indicating a request to cause the cutting tool to perform a cutting operation responsive to receiving information indicative of actuation of at least one button of a user interface of the device.
US11697204B2
A link actuation device includes: a parallel link mechanism including a proximal-side link hub, a distal-side link hub, and three or more link mechanisms coupling the distal-side link hub to the proximal-side link hub such that a posture of the distal-side link hub can be changed with respect to the proximal-side link hub; actuators for changing the posture; and a teaching unit including a conversion unit configured to calculate coordinates (Wt (=Xt, Yt, Zt)) of a distal-side link center of the distal-side link hub, which are expressed in orthogonal coordinates, from rotation angles (βn; n=1, 2, . . . ) of the end link members. A normal vector is applied to equations of a plane and of a sphere, and the equations are rearranged and used in the conversion unit.
US11697201B2
An exoskeleton system includes a first exoskeleton unit configured to support a first body part, a second exoskeleton unit configured to support a second body part, and a control device. The first exoskeleton unit and the second exoskeleton unit are mechanically decoupled from each other. The control device is configured to control, based on a control model, at least one of the first exoskeleton unit and the second exoskeleton unit. The control model is based on a multibody system that models the first exoskeleton unit, the second exoskeleton unit, and at least one of the first body part and the second body part.
US11697199B2
A power tool ensemble includes at least a power head, a first shaft coupler, and a second shaft coupler, for use with tool heads of landscaping tools. The power head includes a motor and a power shaft mechanically coupled to the motor. Each shaft coupler includes a power shaft connecter for connecting to the power shaft, and a shaft-specific connecter for connecting to tool shafts of the tool heads. In each shaft coupler, the power shaft connecter is mechanically coupled to the shaft-specific connecter. The shaft-specific connecter in the first shaft coupler has a different tool shaft configuration from the shaft-specific connecter in the second shaft coupler.
US11697176B2
A beam vibrating mechanism vibrates a laser beam in a parallel direction with a cutting advancing direction of a sheet metal. An amplitude amount of the laser beam is Qx, a radius of a first circular region having an area occupying 86% beam energy at a center side of total beam energy in a sectional area of the laser beam on a top surface of the sheet metal is rtop, and a radius of a second circular region having an area occupying 86% beam energy at a center side of total beam energy in a sectional area of the laser beam in a bottom surface of the sheet metal is rbottom. A calculation value Va is expressed by the expression: Va=(Qx+rtop+√{square root over (2)}×rbottom). When a standard deviation of the calculation value Va at a time of cutting sheet metals of a plurality of plate thicknesses is Vasd, a nozzle having a diameter of an opening between a minimum value obtained by 2Va−Vasd, and a maximum value obtained by 2.5 Va+Vasd is used as a nozzle attached to a machining head.
US11697171B2
A welding system includes a welding power source configured to provide pulsed electropositive direct current (DCEP), a gas supply system configured to provide a shielding gas flow that is at least 90% argon (Ar), a welding wire feeder configured to provide tubular welding wire. The DCEP, the tubular welding wire, and the shielding gas flow are combined to form a weld deposit on a zinc-coated workpiece, wherein less than approximately 10 wt % of the tubular welding wire is converted to spatter while forming the weld deposit on the zinc-coated workpiece.
US11697170B2
A solar-powered portable housing for a tool is also disclosed herein. The solar-powered portable housing for a tool can comprise a battery, one or more solar panels, a plug, a top enclosure, a bottom enclosure, a first slideable wall, and a first solar panel. The solar panels can be connectable to the battery. The solar panels can provide power source to the battery. The plug can allow the battery be charged through an electric power source. The top enclosure can be capable of housing a tool. The bottom enclosure can be capable of housing the battery. The battery can be capable of providing power to the tool. The first slideable wall can be mounted to one side of the housing. The first solar panel can be mounted to the first slideable wall.
US11697168B2
The present application discloses a reflow oven and the operation method thereof. The reflow oven can operate in air mode and inert gas mode. The reflow oven comprises a heating zone, a blocked exhaust zone and a cooling zone. The reflow oven further comprises a first pipeline, a second pipeline and a third pipeline. When the reflow oven operates in air mode, external clean air is delivered to the heating zone and is discharged from the heating zone and the blocked exhaust zone. When the reflow oven operates in inert gas mode, an inert gas is delivered from the blocked exhaust zone to the heating zone and is discharged from the heating zone. Satisfying the accurate temperature profiling necessary for reflow processing in the operation atmosphere of air or an inert gas, the reflow oven in the present application can effectively discharge volatile pollutants to reduce the number of follow-up services and maintenances. In addition, the reflow oven in the present application can save the expensive inert gas.
US11697160B2
A tool drive unit for a turning device for machining workpieces has a tool holder driven in a displaceable manner along an infeed direction by a first linear motor and driven in a pendular/displaceable manner in a direction transverse to the infeed direction by a second linear motor. Both linear motors have a moving coil/piezo element. The turning device has a main infeed drive, which produces a primary infeed movement of a turning tool in an infeed direction, and has a main transverse drive which produces a primary transverse movement in a transverse direction transversely to the infeed direction. The turning device has a secondary transverse drive whose movements are oriented in the same direction as the main transverse drive, wherein the turning tool and the axis of rotation can be moved towards one another and away from one another by the superimposition of primary and secondary transverse movements.
US11697146B2
The invention relates to a bending device (2) for bending a rod-like or tubular workpiece (4), comprising a bending machine (6), which has a bending head (8), which is designed for bending the workpiece (4) in a forming process, and a control means (24), which controls the operation of the bending machine (6), a robot (10), which comprises a multi-joint arm (11) which can be adjusted by motors, having a gripper end (12), which is designed for gripping and holding the workpiece (4), and a control unit (22), which is designed to control the operation of the robot (10), wherein the control means (24) is designed to control the bending machine (6) and the robot (10) during the bending process. The control unit (22) of the robot (10) is switched, at least during the bending process, to a slave mode in which it receives control commands from the control means (24) of the bending machine (6), and the control means (24) of the bending machine (6), during the bending process, continuously issues setting specifications for the motor-adjustable multi-joint arm (11) and the gripper end (12) to the control unit (22) of the robot (10) which has been switched to slave mode and thereby controls the robot (10) to introduce the workpiece (4) into the bending head (8), to stabilize the workpiece during the forming process and to remove the workpiece from the bending head (8) after the forming process.
US11697142B2
A hot air circulation type indirect thermal desorption-based soil remediation system and method, belonging to the technical field of soil remediation. The system includes a thermal desorption reactor, a dust remover, a hot air circulating fan, a hot air heater, an air preheater, a combustion fan and a combustion device. By using thermal desorption gas generated by soil being heated and volatilized as a heat transfer medium and by a circular heating manner, hot air efficiently transfers heat to the soil by contact, and the high-temperature fume is kept from direct contact with the soil, so the system has the advantages of high treatment capacity, small equipment scale and the like.
US11697137B2
A mobile surface maintenance machine embodiment includes a mobile body, a solution tank for containing a cleaning fluid, wheels for supporting the mobile body, a maintenance tool(s), an output channel, an electric power source, a first electric motor, and a pressure washer. The pressure washer includes a spray wand, a pressure pump, and a second electric motor. The pressure pump is fluidly coupled to the spray wand and to the solution tank. The pressure pump is configured to pressurize the cleaning fluid supplied to the spray wand. The second electric motor is operatively coupled to and configured to drive the pressure pump. The second electric motor is configured to receive electric power from the electric power source and is commonly powered by the electric power source that provides power to the first electric motor. The second electric motor is separate from the first electric motor.
US11697134B2
An acoustic transducer (30), comprising: a support structure (36); an active assembly comprising a base plate (32) supported by the support structure (36) and a piezoelectric body (34) supported by the base plate (32); and a passive vibrator (38) supported by the support structure (36) and coupled via the support structure (36) to the active assembly (32, 34) so that vibration of the active assembly (32, 34) drives the passive vibrator (38). The active assembly (32, 34) and the passive vibrator (38) have the same resonant frequency.
US11697133B2
The present disclosure provides a linear motor having a housing with an accommodation space; a vibrator accommodated in the accommodation space; and a first stator locating opposite to the vibrator and fixed to the housing. The first stator includes a first circuit board opposite to the vibrator, a first coil on a the side of the first circuit board close to the vibrator, and a first magnetic conductive sheet locating on a side of the first circuit board away from the vibrator. The linear motor further has a spring bracket supporting the vibrator in the accommodation space. The present invention is to provide a linear motor which improves the space utilization of the linear motor in a thickness direction.
US11697132B2
An apparatus and to a method for treating layers using a plasma zone sealed from the outer atmospheric pressure are provided. The apparatus and method include a plasma reactor including a substrate carrier in form of a container receiving means, and a closing element that is joined with the substrate carrier by means of a lifting device.
US11697130B2
Provided herein is a device for forming a conductive film. The device includes a deposition device and an air supply. The deposition device is configured to form a wet film having conductive nanostructures and a fluid carrier on a web. The web is moved in a first direction while forming the wet film. The air supply is disposed at a side of the web and configured to apply an air flow onto the wet film. The air flow is directed onto the wet film in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to reorient a direction of some conductive nanostructures in the wet film to define reoriented conductive nanostructures.
US11697126B2
A granular litter cleaning apparatus comprises a separation system having a separation tank adapted to receive a mixture of granules and plastic litter, and water therein, the separation tank having a top opening, and a closeable bottom outlet, and at least one water inlet for feeding water to the separation tank. A collect subsystem is for conveying a mixture of granules and plastic litter to the separation tank. A pump system is in fluid communication with the water inlet. The pump system is operated to raise a level of water in the separation tank to skim water with plastic litter out through the top opening of the separation tank. The closeable bottom outlet is openable to empty the separation tank from granules decanted in a bottom of the separation tank. A process for separating plastic litter from granules is also provided.
US11697114B2
A device and method for separating serum or plasma from blood cells in a whole blood specimen. The present invention uses a cap with a reservoir, such that blood cells are packed into the cap when the specimen container is centrifuged. When the cap is removed, the blood cells are also removed, and the serum or plasma is left in the specimen tube where it can be readily extracted by a pipette which is able to reach all the way to the bottom of the specimen tube minimizing the dead volume.
US11697108B2
The present disclosure provides methods for fabricating catalysts for ammonia decomposition. The method may comprise (a) subjecting a catalyst support to one or more physical or chemical processes to optimize one or more pores, morphologies, and/or surface chemistry or property of the catalyst support; (b) depositing a composite support material on the catalyst support, wherein the composite support material comprises a morphology or surface chemistry or property; and (c) depositing one or more active metals on at least one of the composite support material and the catalyst support, wherein the one or more active metals comprise one or more nanoparticles configured to conform to the morphology of the composite support material and/or catalyst support material, thereby optimizing one or more active sites on the nanoparticles for ammonia processing.
US11697100B2
A device for cooling a fine-grained solid includes a fluidized bed cooler/heater in which the solid is fluidized with a fluidizing gas and thereby releases energy in the form of heat within the cooler/heater at least two cyclones which are connected in parallel. The cyclones are arranged such that after the fluidization of the solid the fluidizing gas passes through the cyclones so contained particles are removed.
US11697099B2
Methods of heating a reactor system by providing electrical energy are described. A reactor system comprising at least one reactor tube having a catalyst disposed therein and comprises at least one electrically conductive surface is heated by providing electrical energy to the at least one electrically conductive surface on the reactor tube and adjusting a current level of the electrical energy provided to the at least one electrically conductive surface to control the temperature of the reactor tube and the catalyst disposed therein. The reactor tube may be electrically isolated from other electrically conductive components of the reactor system.
US11697094B2
A method of purifying air polluted by smoke and fumes, such as from wildfires and other hazard, may deploy a series of fluid filled vessels that act as filters to trap and/or neutralize components that would foul an aqueous suspension of gold nanoparticles that is effective in converting toxic carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. Non-toxic fluids may be used. As the gold nanoparticles are effective in a basic solution, the solution may contain a visible pH indicator or an apparatus that deploys the method may continuously monitor the pH thereof.
US11697093B2
A compressed air drying system is provided for removing moisture from compressed air. The dryer operates in two modes in response to the demand for compressed air. In a first mode of operation, a refrigeration compressor runs continuously and the speed of a condenser fan is varied to maintain a constant cooling temperature. In a second mode of operation, the refrigeration compressor runs intermittently between on and off periods. As result, the cooling temperature fluctuates during the second mode of operation.
US11697086B2
The invention refers to a filter arrangement for filtering dust-laden air (7) generated by a hand-guided power tool (1), in particular a sander or a grinder, during operation of the power tool (1). The filter arrangement comprises a filter cartridge (13) having a hollow casing (14), a filter element (22) located inside the casing (14), an air inlet port (15) located downstream in respect to an airflow (8) through the filter cartridge (13) and in respect to the filter element (22) and adapted to be pneumatically connected to the power tool (1) in order to allow the dust-laden air (7) generated by the power tool (1) to flow into the casing (14), and an air outlet port (20) located upstream in respect to the airflow (8) through the filter cartridge (13) and in respect to the filter element (22), the air outlet port (20) adapted to allow filtered air (9) leave the filter cartridge (13). It is suggested that the filter arrangement comprises an active airflow generating device (30) with a fan (40) comprising a plurality of blades (44) and driven by an electric motor (38) separate from an electric motor of the power tool (1), the airflow generating device (30) being in pneumatic connection with the air inlet port (15) of the filter cartridge (13) or with the air outlet port (20) of the filter cartridge (13) in order to generate or support the airflow (8) through the filter cartridge (13).
US11697085B2
A dust filter is configured to filter air drawn into a vehicle canister. The dust filter includes a first portion including a first engaging portion and a second portion including a second engaging portion. The second portion is attached to the first portion by engagement of the second engaging portion with the first engaging portion. The first portion includes a filtration member and a case. The case includes an inner chamber within which the filtration member is disposed. The case includes a drainage port configured to drain liquid that has infiltrated the inner chamber. The second portion is attached to the first portion to form a cover that covers the drainage port together with the first portion. The cover has an outlet that opens to the outside at a position lower than the drainage port.
US11697075B2
A toy car storage device for storing toy cars has a storage body that is defined by a top edge, a bottom edge, a front edge, and a rear edge. A plurality of storage recesses is formed in the storage body, each of the storage recesses being sized and shaped to receive one of the toy cars. A plate frame is mounted adjacent the bottom edge of the storage body and has an upper ridge and a lower ridge which together form a plate receiving space therebetween. A plurality of plates may be slidably mounted in the plate receiving space and frictionally held between the upper and lower ridges of the plate frame. First and second slots are formed in the bottom edge, between the plate frame and the front edge of the storage body, for interlocking with first and second stabilizer stands each having interlocking portions and a pair of laterally extending legs. When interlocked, these function to support the storage body in an upright position, and the first and second interlocking portions of the first and second stabilizers each extend beyond the lower ridge of the plate frame to block any of the plates from sliding out of the plate receiving space.
US11697072B1
An amusement ride for locating on a ground leading to a ledge of a drop off has a pair of rocking boom, an axle, spokes and a passenger carrier. The pair of rocking booms are pivotally mounted near the ledge of the drop off. The axle is carried between the ends of rocking booms and when the rocking booms are tilted outboard of the ledge, the axle is suspended out over the empty space past the drop off. The spokes extending radially away from the axle to connections with the carrier. The axle is driven by a drive system to swing the carrier, from large arcs to full 360° revolutions.
US11697069B1
Method and system for presenting in-game objectives in a virtual game. For example, the method includes determining first real-world driving characteristics based upon first real-world telematics data of a first real-world user, determining second real-world driving characteristics based upon second real-world telematics data of a second real-world user, generating a shared virtual map based upon the first real-world driving characteristics and the second real-world driving characteristics, generating a shared in-game objective based upon the shared virtual map, presenting the shared in-game objective to a first virtual character associated with the first real-world driving characteristics of the first real-world user and a second virtual character associated with the second real-world driving characteristics of the second real-world user, and allowing the first virtual character and the second virtual character to accomplish the shared in-game objective in the shared virtual map.
US11697064B2
A device for online gaming includes an actuation component and a controller communicatively coupled to a computer system. The controller is configured to perform operations including detecting an actuation of the actuation component, wherein the actuation component is associated with performing of an action in a video game executed by the computer system. Responsive to detecting the actuation, an instruction is provided to the computer system to perform the action, wherein, based on a current value of a timer, the computer system restricts the action from being performed. The timer, having been previously initiated based on a prior actuation of the actuation component, relates to a cooldown period during which the action cannot be repeated after the action is performed. Responsive to receiving a command from the computer system, a tactile effect is generated as an indication to a user that the action can be repeated.
US11697052B2
A golf hip-turn training device according to the present disclosure includes: an anchor section including a body having a band shape, a first ring coupled at a second side of the body, and a fixer that is formed at a first side of the body and configured to be coupled to a fixed object; a resistance load section including an elastic member that has a rope shape, and one or more second rings that are coupled to ends of the elastic member and fastened to the first ring; and a strap section having a loop band shape and including a third ring coupled at a first side of the strap section to hold the elastic member and to enable the elastic member to pivot around the third ring, wherein a second side is formed to wrap around a hip and a portion of a femoral region of a user.
US11697045B2
A supporting device for users of a Pilates exercise machine to maintain them at an inclined angle upon the platform or carriage of the exercise machine during use. The device features a body having a bottom adapted for positioning on the moving or stationary carriage of the Pilates machine and an inclining top surface to support the body of the user inclined.
US11697043B2
A reagent set includes an oxidant, acid, and adsorbent, which is used in a method for reducing the leachability and release of PFAS, mercury, and other contaminants from soils, sediments, and other solid materials or waste when treated materials are exposed to acid rain, snow melt, runoff, landfill leachate, etc. The reagents are mixed with a quantity of contaminated material and water is added as needed in order to reduce the leachability of the contaminants from the treated host material, where the admixture end-product suitably removes contaminants from fluids that contact and/or otherwise permeate and/or pass through and/or around the treated admixture. The reagent set and method of use offer environmental professionals long-term, economically viable waste management solutions for removing contaminants from contamination source areas, spill and manufacturing release sites, impacted media, and landfills, as well as from the fluids that contact reagent-treated material.
US11697040B2
A wild fire defense system network for defending homes and neighborhoods against threat of wild fire by proactively spraying environmentally-safe anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid on property surfaces. The wild fire defense system network includes: a command center in operably communication with a wireless communication network; one or more GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spraying systems, each having an integrated supply tank and a spray pump deployable at properties for spraying the properties with environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid using a spray nozzle assembly connected to the spray pump by way of a fluid connection; and a GPS system for transmitting GPS reference signals transmitted from a constellation of GPS satellites deployed in orbit around the Earth, to a GPS transceiver installed aboard each GPS-tracking anti-fire liquid spraying system, for GPS signal processing and GPS-coordinate location. The system network includes one or more mobile computing systems, each for use by a registered user including property parcel owners, spray contractors, and other stakeholders on the wild fire defense system network, to request and receive services supported by the wild fire defense system network. Each mobile computing system includes a display screen for displaying graphical user interfaces supporting information including: messaging services; mapping services, indicating where wild fires have been tracked, mapped and ranked by the command center in terms of risk to certain regions at a given moment in time; planning services by the command center indicating wild fires to be proactively defend, provide the status of specific plans, and identify which plans are in active progress; and reporting services from the command center to the mobile applications running on the mobile computing systems, providing updates on the state of wild fire defense.
US11697039B2
A wireless system network for managing a GPS-tracked backpack spraying systems commissioned to proactively spray environmentally-safe anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid on buildings, surrounding property, and ground surfaces to protect such property against risk of ignition and flame spread in the presence of wild fire. The wireless system network includes a command center in operable communication with a wireless communication network; and one or more GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid backpack spraying systems, each being in operable communication with the wireless communication network, and having a backpack frame carrying an integrated supply tank and a spray pump deployable on properties for spraying the properties with an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid using a spray nozzle assembly connected to the spray pump by way of a fluid connection. The wireless system network further includes a GPS system for transmitting GPS reference signals from a constellation of GPS satellites deployed in orbit around the Earth, to a GPS transceiver installed aboard each mobile GPS-tracking anti-fire liquid spraying system, for GPS signal processing and GPS-coordinate location. The mobile GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spraying system enables (i) the remote monitoring of the spraying of anti-fire chemical liquid from the GPS-tracked anti-fire chemical liquid backpack spraying system when located at GPS-indexed coordinates, and (ii) the logging of all such GPS-indexed spray application operations, and recording the data transactions thereof within a network database deployed on the wireless system network.
US11697033B2
Methods for treating skin and subcutaneous tissue with energy such as ultrasound energy are disclosed. In various embodiments, ultrasound energy is applied at a region of interest to affect tissue by cutting, ablating, micro-ablating, coagulating, or otherwise affecting the subcutaneous tissue to conduct numerous procedures that are traditionally done invasively in a non-invasive manner. Methods of lifting sagging tissue are described.
US11697028B2
An adjustable illuminator for photodynamically diagnosing or treating a surface includes a plurality of first panels and at least one second panel. The plurality of first panels have wider widths and the at least one second panel has a narrower width. The narrower width is less than the wider widths. The illuminator further includes a plurality of light sources, each mounted to one of the plurality of first panels or the at least one second panel and configured to irradiate the surface with substantially uniform intensity visible light. The plurality of first panels and the at least one second panel are rotatably connected. The at least one second panel is connected on each side to one of the plurality of first panels. The second panel acts as a “lighted hinge” to reduce or eliminate optical dead spaces between adjacent panels when the illuminator is bent into a certain configuration.
US11697016B2
A catheter pump having a rotor shaft rotatably arranged in the inner catheter for driving an expandable conveyor element provided at the pump head. The conveyor element is rotatably mounted between a. distal hearing point and a proximal bearing point, wherein the outer catheter has a sleeve section on the distal end thereof surrounding the proximal bearing point, and wherein the proximal bearing point can be moved in the axial direction relative to the sleeve section in order to expand the conveyor element, wherein the proximal bearing point comprises a bearing receiver having a rotational bearing point for a rotary head rotationally fixed to the distal end of the rotor shaft, and a force application point at an axial distance to same for a force application section provided at the distal end of the inner catheter for axially moving the proximal bearing points relative to the sleeve section.
US11697008B2
A microneedle assembly and a method of fabrication the assembly are provided. The microneedle assembly includes an array of microneedles attached to a base. Each of the microneedles comprise a tip, a needle shaft and a plurality of cantilevered barbs protruding outwardly from the needle shaft, where a plurality of the microneedles include two or more of the cantilevered barbs arranged in a series of concentric rings along the needle shaft of each of the plurality of microneedles. The microneedle assembly may be fabricated using a 3D printing technique, where one or more cantilevered layers are formed by exposing a photocurable liquid resin including monomer material to a light source to create initially horizontal, cantilevered barbs having a crosslinking gradient, and rinsing to remove an amount of un-crosslinked monomers from the cantilevered layers to induce curvature in the cantilevered barbs extending towards a direction of the lower crosslinking.
US11697001B2
A method of making a flexible medical article or tube, for example, a sheath for a vascular access device, is provided. The method can include extruding a polymer, for example, a polycarbonate-urethane copolymer, to form a tube and annealing the extruded polymer. The method can further include cutting the extruded tube to a desired length before or after annealing, flaring one end of the annealed tube and over-molding the flared portion onto a hub, and forming the other end of the tube into a tip. A sheath formed by such a method is also provided.
US11696982B2
A medical device attachment system including a mounting system having a receptacle for receiving a hook attached to a medical device. The receptacle includes a rear wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a notch formed by the walls for closely receiving the hook. A plate mount forms a front wall of the receptacle and an appropriate attachment component is secured to the mounting plate for removably securing the mounting system to a desired support structure for the medical device.
US11696976B2
The invention relates to biodegradable, magnesium alloys, compositions and composites, methods for their preparation and applications for their use as implantable medical devices in load-bearing conditions. The magnesium alloys are composed of alloying elements selected from yttrium, calcium, zirconium, zinc, and strontium, with the remainder being magnesium and impurities due to production, and are prepared by melting together the elements and casting the resulting melted mixture. In certain embodiments, the methods of preparation include solution treatment and hot extrusion.
US11696953B2
Provided herein are branched poly(beta-amino esters) (PBAE) useful as vehicles for the delivery of therapeutic agents, such as nucleic acids. The disclosed polymers form stable compositions, and are suitable for the delivery of therapeutic agents via nebulization. Compositions of the disclosed polymers are capable of delivering therapeutic agents such as mRNA to lung epithelial cells.
US11696942B2
A reusable battery indicator includes a voltage sensor, a communication circuit communicatively connected to the voltage sensor, an antenna operatively coupled to the communication circuit, and a connector. The connector is electrically connected to the voltage sensor, and the connector is adapted to be removably connected to a battery, thereby providing an electrical connection between the voltage sensor and the battery. An electrical circuit is completed between the voltage sensor and the battery and the voltage sensor. The connection mechanism includes part of an electrical lock and key assembly.
US11696941B2
A vaccine construct comprising an antigenic PCSK9 peptide and an immunogenic carrier, and methods of using the same that are effective to lower blood cholesterol levels in a mammal and treat dyslipidemias and related disease states in a mammal without the frequency of administration required by passive immunity strategies.
US11696937B2
The present invention discloses glycopeptide compounds having activity of resisting drug-resistant bacteria, conforming to glycopeptide compounds represented by general formula (I), The present invention also provides a preparation method for and an application of the glycopeptide compounds. Upon testing, compared with a second-generation glycopeptide drug oritavancin, the glycopeptide antibiotic compounds have higher inhibition activity on drug-resistant bacterial strains, especially MRSA or VRE. Further testing shows that most of the glycopeptide compounds have safety higher than that of oritavancin and can be prepared into drugs for treating or preventing diseases caused by various bacterial infections, such as skin and soft tissue infections, meningitis, sepsis, pneumonia, arthritis, peritonitis, bronchitis, and empyema.
US11696931B2
Provided is a bacteria for targeting tumors and treating cancer, a drug delivery composition, and methods of using same for treating cancer.
US11696924B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting growth and proliferation of cancer cells resistant to PI3K inhibition using a combination of PDK1, SGK1 and PI3K inhibitors. The present invention is also directed to methods of treating cancer in a subject exhibiting cancer cells resistant to PI3K inhibition, comprising administering inhibitors of PI3K in combination with inhibitors of PDK1 and/or SGK1 to the subject.
US11696917B2
To provide a method for treating cancer using a pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine compound or a salt thereof. The present invention provides an antitumor agent comprising a pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine compound of formula (I) wherein X, Y, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, W, n, R1, R2, and R3 have meanings as defined in the present specification, or a salt thereof and other antitumor agent(s) for combined administration.
US11696909B2
Described herein are compositions for topical use comprising active agents to provide pain relief. The compositions comprise a magnesium salt, a cannabinoid and at least one additional topical analgesic agent. Additionally described herein are methods for treating pain comprising administering to a person in need thereof a composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of a cannabinoid, a magnesium salt and at least one of: methyl salicylate, and menthol.
US11696906B2
The present invention relates to stable liquid pharmaceutical compositions of baclofen or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. More specifically, stable oral suspensions of baclofen at concentrations of equal to or more than 2 mg/mL or more are provided. Preferably, the liquid pharmaceutical compositions of baclofen are suitable for oral administration and are stable at wider pH ranges over a variety of storage conditions, including long-term storage for extended periods of time. Methods of treating various disorders using the inventive pharmaceutical compositions are also provided. The invention further relates to various methods for preparing stable suspension of baclofen.
US11696889B2
An antiseptic composition for use as a topical skin sanitizer or as a surface disinfectant includes Populus tremuloides Bark Extract and/or Ribes Nigum Fruit Extract in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 50 weight percent effective as a broad spectrum antiseptic and antimicrobial agent. The composition includes an aqueous medium and/or one or more oils. The amount of the aqueous medium is from 45 to about 95 weight percent. The amount of oils is from 0.03 to about 50 weight percent. The composition may also include up to about 1 weight percent of one or more soothing agents; up to about 5 weight percent of one or more thickeners; and up to about 38 weight percent of one or more emulsifiers. The composition does not contain alcohols, chlorinated compounds, iodine, or phenols.
US11696886B2
Provided is a cosmetic having a unique soft and springy feeling in use, capable of stably formulating therein a UV protector, and providing a light feeling in use such that the cosmetic is separated into pieces when applied to the skin. The present invention relates to a cosmetic characterized by comprising (A) a (meth)acrylic acid/an alkyl (meth)acrylate/a (meth)acrylic acid-POE monoalkyl ether ester copolymer, (B) a UV protector, (C) a nonionic surfactant, and (D) a higher alcohol.
US11696885B2
The invention relates to a dispersion containing at least one rhamnolipid derivative and also to the use of the rhamnolipid derivatives as emulsifier or dispersing aid.
US11696877B2
The invention relates to a hair colouring and/or bleaching composition comprising at least a first aqueous component (i) and a second aqueous component (ii) being mixed prior to application onto hair, wherein the first component (i) or the second component (ii) or both components (i) and (ii) comprise a gel-network system consisting of multi-lamellar sheets and vesicles with d-spacing (interlayer spacing between sheets) between 5 nm and 50 nm, preferably 10 nm to 30 nm, more preferred 15 nm to 25 nm as measured by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS), and the first component (i) or the second component (ii) or both comprise at least a first malodor suppressant being a compound having a distribution coefficient log P of 2 or more and a molecular weight of between 100 and 400, a method for coloring or bleaching hair, a kit comprising the above components and the use of the described hair coloring composition for colouring and/or bleaching hair with a reduced or eliminated ammonia odour.
US11696873B2
The present disclosure provides a medicine box, including a housing, a door, a first clamping member, and a second clamping member, a cavity is formed inside the housing, the housing has an opening on a top surface; an end of the door is rotatably connected with one side of the housing at the opening, an end of the first clamping member is connected with the other end of the door, and the other end of the first clamping member includes a first magnetic portion; an end of the second clamping member is connected with the other side of the housing at the opening, and the other end of the second clamping member includes a second magnetic portion; and a clamping area with a changeable size is formed between the first magnetic portion and the second magnetic portion.
US11696867B2
Under the control of a controller, a drive mechanism portion moves a massaging member and an ascent-descent mechanism moves up and down the massaging member together with the entire drive mechanism portion. During an ordinary kneading massage, the massaging member performs a relative motion to describe a reference locus in the shape of a closed curve. The controller controls to make the massaging member perform a relative reciprocating movement within a partial movement range corresponding to a partial segment of the reference locus and simultaneously controls to make the ascent-descent mechanism move the drive mechanism portion up and down. The relative reciprocating movement of the massaging member along the partial segment of the reference locus and the up-down movement of the entire drive mechanism portion are combined together to produce a new motion of the massaging member describing a locus different from the reference locus.
US11696859B2
A wall-mounted drug overdose response kit with a wall-mounted carrier and a pouch that is configured to hold at least one dose of a drug that needs to be accessed by first responders, wherein the pouch is configured to be held by the carrier such that the pouch can be easily removed from the carrier.
US11696857B2
Disposable absorbent articles having color effects and materials thereof are disclosed. Disposable absorbent articles include a topsheet; a backsheet; an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a layer between the absorbent core and the topsheet. The topsheet has a generally planar first surface having a plurality of out-of-plane features and a first color. The layer has a second color. And, the plurality of out-of-plane features have a feature color different than the first color and the second color.
US11696852B2
A probe tip assembly includes an optical fiber for channeling light energy and a straightening tube circumscribing at least a portion of the optical fiber. The straightening tube is moveable between a first position and a second position. The tip assembly also includes a guiding member circumscribing the optical fiber and the straightening tube. The guiding member includes a curvable portion configurable between a pre-formed curved state and a straightened state, wherein, as the straightening tube is retracted from the first position to the second position, the guiding member transitions from its straightened state to its pre-formed curved state. An external surface of the straightening tube contacts an internal surface of the guiding member when the straightening tube is in the first position and the guiding member is in the straightened state.
US11696848B2
The present invention provides a safe sexual behavior aid having a main body with a first side and a second side, and the main body is formed with at least one through hole and formed with a finger sleeve portion. Accordingly, when a user uses the safe sexual behavior aid, a finger can be sleeved in the finger sleeve portion, and then the mouth and tongue contact with the first side and make oral sex with a recipient of the second side. Through the finger sleeve portion, the user can clearly distinguish the first side where the mouth and tongue contact with, and the second side where the recipient clings to; thereby achieving the effect of safe oral sex, and convenience of holding and using through effectively sleeving in the finger sleeve portion.
US11696837B2
An intervertebral spacer implant (80) is provided with a retention mechanism (86) to help alleviate expulsion and movement of the implant when placed in the spine while providing an implant that is easier to insert in the spine. In one embodiment the retention mechanism comprises a keel on at least one of the inferior or superior faces of the spacer implant preferably extending in an anterior-posterior direction. In another embodiment the implant comprises a spacer (84) and a plate (82), the plate comprising a supplemental or alternative retention mechanism. In one embodiment the retention mechanism comprises one or more holes (88) in the anterior end of the plate. In yet another embodiment, the retention mechanism comprises one or more blades that are in a first position when inserted and are preferably rotated to a second position that engages the superior and inferior vertebrae.
US11696833B2
A system and computer-implemented method for manufacturing an orthopedic implant involves segmenting features in an image of anatomy. Anatomic elements can be isolated. Spatial relationships between the isolated anatomic elements can be manipulated. Negative space between anatomic elements is mapped before and/or after manipulating the spatial relationships. At least a portion of the negative space can be filled with a virtual implant. The virtual implant can be used to design and manufacture a physical implant.
US11696830B2
Implantable drug-eluting device (1) comprising a microporous structure (2) having regularly arranged pores (4, 5) in at least two different uniform sizes, and manufacturing method. The pores are configured for receiving a drug (9) and are being connected by interconnections (6, 7). Interconnections (6) originating from pores (4) of a first size have a first elution area and interconnections (7) originating from pores (5) of a second size have a second elution area. The interconnections convey the drug (9) to a surface of the device for elution to surrounding tissue. The ratio between the first and the second elution areas is predefined and selectable. The differently sized elution areas provide for different outflow rates. This allows for simple but reliable dispensing of drugs at positively controlled and well determined rates. Particularly, this enables a single implantable device to dispense drugs over preselectable durations of time, like short-term or long-term.
US11696821B2
An artificial muscle that includes a housing having an electrode region and an expandable fluid region, a dielectric fluid housed within the housing, an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing, the electrode pair including a first electrode and a second electrode, and an electrode insulator having one or more insulation layers. The electrode insulator is disposed on an inner electrode surface of the first electrode of the electrode pair. The second electrode includes a free inner electrode surface exposed to the dielectric fluid when the electrode pair is in a non-actuated state. The electrode pair is actuatable between the non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region, expanding the expandable fluid region.
US11696812B2
Surgical lighting must balance various needs of a user: the light must be bright, but not too thermally hot; directed at a target, but not shining elsewhere; be robust, yet compact. Often much of these myriad needs must be accomplished by ever small illumination elements placed into devices requiring ever lower profiles. However, current surgical illumination options require the use of bulky lighting elements if the desire target is to be illuminated or, conversely, use weaker lighting elements for sleeker designs.
US11696801B2
A system for validating bone alterations during computer-assisted surgery, comprises a processing unit; and a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for: registering a surface of a bone in a coordinate system using a geometry of a patient specific tracker device on the surface of the bone; tracking a tool relative to the bone in the coordinate system as a function of implant geometry and of a planned implant position and orientation on the bone; and validating at least one alteration to the bone using a mating geometry of a validation tracker device applied to an altered surface of the bone.
US11696800B2
A sub-microsecond pulsed electric field generator is disclosed. The field generator includes a controller, which generates a power supply control signal and generates a pulse generator control signal, and a power supply, which receives the power supply control signal and generates one or more power voltages based on the received power supply control signal. The field generator also includes a pulse generator which receives the power voltages and the pulse generator control signal, and generates one or more pulses based on the power voltages and based on the pulse generator control signal. In some embodiments, the controller receives feedback signals representing a value of a characteristic of or a result of the pulses and generates at least one of the power supply control signal and the pulse generator control signal based on the received feedback signals.
US11696797B2
A method of non-thermally ablating undesirable tissue in the body by application of pulsed, bipolar, instant charge reversal electrical fields of sufficient energy to cause complete and immediate cell membrane rupture and destruction. Energy is delivered through radio frequency pulses of particular frequencies, wave characteristics, pulse widths and pulse numbers, such that enhanced physical stresses are placed on the cell membrane to cause its immediate and complete destruction thereby spilling the entire cell content and membrane constituents into, the extracellular space without denaturing proteins so as to enable an immunological response to destroy and remove the target tissue and similarly marked tissue elsewhere in the subject.
US11696796B2
An electrosurgical system is provided and includes a bipolar electrosurgical instrument and an electrosurgical generator. The bipolar electrosurgical instrument is arranged to seal and cut tissue captured between jaws of the bipolar electrosurgical instrument. The electrosurgical generator is arranged to supply RF energy through the bipolar electrosurgical instrument, monitor the supplied RF energy, and adjust or terminate the supplied RF energy to optimally seal the tissue.
US11696788B2
A system for rod bending for use in robotic spinal surgery, enabling the correct bending of a fusion rod to match the shape required to accurately pass through the heads of the pedicle screws. The system uses data generated by information provided to the robot by the surgeon's preoperative plan, optionally augmented by feedback from the robot control system of deviations encountered intraoperatively. Such deviations could occur, for example, when the surgeon decides intraoperatively on a different trajectory or even to skip screws on one vertebra, in which case, the robot will be commanded to perform the alternative procedure, with commensurate instructions relayed to the control system of the rod-bending machine. The system is also able to thin down the rod at predetermined locations along its length, adapted to be at selected intervertebral locations, for maintaining limited flexibility between vertebrae, instead of fixating them.
US11696780B2
A papillotome for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy including a front opening located in a free end region of a catheter and at the outlet of a first lumen, a rear opening further from a free end than the front opening and connects the first lumen to the outside, and a cutting wire located in the first lumen in an axially displaceable manner and extends through the front opening and the rear opening and is located on the outside between the front opening and the rear opening. When the cutting wire is tensioned, the free end region is deformed in an arc shape and the cutting wire forms a transversely extending cutting edge between the front opening and the rear opening. The front opening is arranged at a distance of at least 3 mm from the free end. A projection is formed between the free end and the front opening. A cutting tip is formed at the free end of the catheter. The cutting tip is connected to the cutting wire and forms the foremost end of the papillotome.
US11696776B2
A surgical instrument that includes a surgical end effector that is articulatable relative to a proximal shaft segment of the surgical instrument. The surgical end effector is attached to the proximal shaft segment by an articulation joint that comprises a plurality of movably interconnected links that interface with a centrally disposed drive member to apply articulation motions thereto and which serve to provide improved lateral stability to the articulation joint.
US11696772B2
The invention features a glenoid (shoulder socket) implant prosthesis, a humeral implant prosthesis, devices for implanting glenoid and humeral implant prostheses, and less invasive methods of their use for the treatment of an injured or damaged shoulder.
US11696771B2
A method of fusing a first bone and a second bone. An abrading and harvesting device is provided that includes a needle portion having a sharpened tip. The needle portion has a central bore extending therethrough. The needle portion has a proximal end and a distal end. The sharpened tip is attached to the distal end of the needle portion. A probe is provided having an unsharpened tip portion. The probe is extended between the first bone and the second bone. The needle portion is extended over the probe by passing the proximal end of the probe through the central bore. The first bone and the second bone are abraded with the sharpened tip to cause bleeding bone to be exposed on the first bone and the second bone. A device is placed along a path formed by the needle portion between the first bone and the second bone.
US11696770B2
A motor-driven orthopedic impacting tool is provided for orthopedic impacting in the hips, knees, shoulders and the like. The tool is capable of holding a broach, chisel, or other end effector, which when gently tapped in a cavity with controlled percussive impacts, can expand the size or volume of an opening of the cavity or facilitate removal of the broach, implant, or other surgical implement from the opening. A stored-energy drive mechanism stores potential energy and then releases it to launch a launched mass or striker to communicate a striking force to an adapter in either a forward or reverse direction. The tool may further include a combination anvil and adapter and an energy adjustment mechanism to adjust the striking force the launched mass delivers to the adapter in accordance with a patient profile.
US11696768B2
A number of orthopaedic surgical instruments are disclosed. A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating such instruments are also disclosed.
US11696766B2
A method and device for reducing the damaging effects of a blast or concussive event includes applying pressure to at least one jugular vein to reduce the egress of blood from the cranial cavity during the incidence of the concussive event. Reducing blood out flow from the cranial cavity increases intracranial pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid to reduce the risk of traumatic brain injury and injuries to the spinal column. Reducing blood out flow further increases the intracranial pressure, and thereby increases the pressure of the cochlear fluid, the vitreous humor and the cerebrospinal fluid to thereby reduce the risk of injury to the inner ear, internal structure of the eye and of the spinal column. In addition, increasing intracranial pressure reduces the likelihood of brain injury and any associated loss of olfactory function.
US11696760B2
A surgical system includes a control circuit, a surgical instrument, and a user interface is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a plurality of components and a sensor. Each of the plurality of components of the surgical instrument includes a device parameter and is configured to transmit its respective device parameter to the control circuit. The sensor of the surgical instrument is configured to detect a tissue parameter associated with a proposed function of the surgical instrument, and transmit the detected tissue parameter to the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to analyze the detected tissue parameter in cooperation with each respective device parameter based on a system-defined constraint. The user interface is configured to indicate whether the surgical instrument comprising the plurality of components is appropriate to perform the proposed function.
US11696759B2
A surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. An end effector for the surgical stapling instrument comprises a staple cartridge assembly and an anvil. The staple cartridge assembly comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and a cartridge body comprising a shortened nose at the distal end. The staple cartridge assembly further comprises staples removably stored in the cartridge body, a driver configured to support at least one of the staples, and a sled movable toward the distal end. The sled comprises a ramp configured to lift the driver and at least one of the staples and a base, wherein the shortened nose of the cartridge body is shorter than the base of the sled. The anvil comprises a staple forming surface comprising a plurality of staple forming pockets and a blunt distal nose extending downward toward the staple cartridge assembly.
US11696755B2
A stapling device includes an adapter assembly and a reload assembly that includes a reload release mechanism that is movable from a locked position in which the reload assembly is locked onto the adapter assembly to an unlocked position in which the reload assembly can be removed from the adapter assembly. The adapter assembly of the stapling device includes a lockout that prevents movement of the reload release mechanism to the unlocked position unless the stapling device is in a non-articulated, unfired position.
US11696746B2
A method of generating a 3D ultrasound image includes acquiring a 3D volumetric data set corresponding to a 3D imaging volume of an ultrasound probe in a 3D detection volume; acquiring a position of the ultrasound probe with respect to the 3D detection volume; acquiring a position of an interventional medical device with respect to the 3D detection volume; determining a position of the interventional medical device relative to the 3D imaging volume of the ultrasound probe; determining an interventional medical device-aligned plane that intersects with a longitudinal axis of the interventional medical device; extracting a texture slice from the 3D imaging volume for a corresponding interventional medical device-aligned plane positional and rotational orientation; mapping the texture slice onto the interventional medical device-aligned plane; and rendering the interventional medical device-aligned plane as a 3D ultrasound image and displaying the rendered 3D ultrasound image on a display screen.
US11696745B2
The present disclosure describes an ultrasound imaging system configured to identify a scan line pattern for imaging an object or feature thereof. The system may include a controller that controls a probe for imaging a volume of a subject by transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals in accordance with a plurality of scan line patterns. One or more processors communicating with the probe may generate a plurality of image data sets based on the signals received at the probe, each data set corresponding to a discrete scan line pattern. These data sets are assessed for a target characteristic specific to the object targeted for imaging. One the data set that includes the target characteristic is identified, the one or more processors select the scan line pattern that corresponds the identified image data set. This scan line pattern may then be used for subsequent imaging of the volume to view the object.
US11696744B2
Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and an operation method for registering an ultrasound image and an image from another modality. The ultrasound imaging apparatus may register the ultrasound image and the image from the other modality based on a three-dimensional positional relationship between at least one external electromagnetic sensor attached to a patient's body and an ultrasound probe and on a position of a feature point extracted from the image from the other modality.
US11696737B2
An ultrasonic endoscope includes a distal end rigid portion that is located at a distal end of an insertion section; a treatment tool lead-out portion that is disposed on a proximal end side of an ultrasonic transducer and that includes an erecting base housing portion that has an opening whose opening direction is toward one side in a first direction, an opening forming surface in which the opening is formed, and a treatment-tool erecting base that is disposed in an inside of the erecting base housing portion and that changes a lead-out direction of a treatment tool; and an observation window that is disposed in an observation means forming surface located on the proximal end side of the opening forming surface. The position of the observation window in the first direction is located on one side in the first direction relative to a one-side opening position of the opening.
US11696733B2
Various methods and systems are provided for stationary CT imaging. In one embodiment, a method for an imaging system includes activating a plurality of emitters of a stationary distributed x-ray source unit to emit x-ray beams toward an object within an imaging volume, where the x-ray source unit does not rotate around the imaging volume, receiving attenuated x-ray beams with one or more detector arrays to form a sparse view projection dataset, where each attenuated x-ray beam generates a different view, and reconstructing an image from the sparse view projection dataset using a sparse view reconstruction method.
US11696732B2
A medical imaging system is provided. Imaging detector columns are installed in a gantry to receive imaging information about a subject. Imaging detector columns can extend and retract radially as well as be rotated orbitally around the gantry. The system can automatically adjust setup configuration and an imaging operation based on subject shape estimation information.
US11696724B2
Traditional analysis of sleep patterns requires several channel of data. This analysis can be useful for customized analysis including assessing sleep quality, detecting pathological conditions, determining the effect of medication on sleep states and identifying biomarkers, and drug dosages or reactions.
US11696715B2
A device including an array of electrodes generates one or more electrical signals from a user, extracts one or more noise signals, and generates one or more de-noised electrical signals upon processing the electrical signal(s) with the noise signal(s). The array of electrodes is coupled to a surface of the device, where the device also includes force sensors in mechanical communication with the surface for detecting user weight and other forces. The device can be configured to generate electrical signals from different subportions of the array of electrodes and to extract noise signals from different subportions of the array of electrodes, where the subportion(s) for electrical signal generation may or may not overlap with the subportion(s) of electrodes for noise signal extraction.
US11696712B2
An apparatus for modifying alarms at a medical device for alarm fatigue management is provided and includes an alarm monitor, an alarm filter, an alarm modifier, a memory element for storing data, and a processor that executes instructions associated with the data, wherein the processor and the memory element cooperate such that the apparatus is configured for receiving an alarm condition from an alarm management engine, the alarm condition based on an alarm fatigue level of a user of the medical device, the alarm fatigue level based on at least a user fatigue model, a medical device model and a patient condition, receiving an alarm from the medical device, modifying the alarm according to the alarm condition, the alarm condition being configured to increase a likelihood of the user responding to the modified alarm, and generating an alarm indicator based on the modification.
US11696707B2
A spectroscopic laser sensor based on hybrid III-V/IV system-on-a-chip technology. The laser sensor is configured to either (i) be used with a fiber-optic probe connected to an intravenous/intra-arterial optical catheter for direct invasive blood analyte concentration level measurement or (ii) be used to measure blood analyte concentration level non-invasively through an optical interface attached, e.g., to the skin or fingernail bed of a human. The sensor includes a III-V gain-chip, e.g., an AlGaInAsSb/GaSb based gain-chip, and a photonic integrated circuit, with laser wavelength filtering, laser wavelength tuning, laser wavelength monitoring, laser signal monitoring and signal output sections realized on a chip by combining IV-based semiconductor substrates and flip-chip AlGa1-nAsSb/GaSb based photodetectors and embedded electronics for signal processing. Embodiments of the invention may be applied for real-time monitoring of critical blood analyte concentration levels such as lactates, urea, glucose, ammonia, albumin, etc.
US11696706B2
Multi-state engagement with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems is described. Given the number of people that wear CGM systems and because CGM systems produce measurements continuously, a platform that provides a CGM system may have an enormous amount of data. This amount of data is practically, if not actually, impossible for humans to process. In implementations, a CGM platform includes a data analytics platform that obtains packages of glucose measurements provided by a CGM system and also obtains additional data associated with a user. The data analytics platform generates state information for the user by processing these CGM packages and the additional data, at least in part, by using one or more models. Based on this state information, the data analytics platform controls communication with the user, which may include generating intervention strategies to prevent users from transitioning to a negative state such as discontinuing use of the CGM system.
US11696702B2
A system is provided that includes a portable measurement device for measuring acetone in a breath sample of a user. The measurement device comprises a housing, a user-direct breath input device for engaging in direct fluid communication with a respiratory tract of the user and receiving the breath sample from the respiratory tract, a flow path disposed within the housing, a nanoparticle-based sensor disposed in the housing in fluid communication with the flow path and at an intermediate location between the upstream end and the downstream end, and a flow control device disposed in the housing and in the flow path between the upstream end and the nanoparticle-based sensor that prevents flow of the breath sample in an upstream direction opposite the downstream direction.
US11696701B2
Systems and methods for estimating quantitative histological features of a subject's tissue based on medical images of the subject are provided. For instance, quantitative histological features of a tissue are estimated by comparing medical images of the subject to a trained model that relates histological features to multiple different medical image contrast types, whether from one medical imaging modality or multiple different medical imaging modalities. In general, the trained model is generated based on medical images of ex vivo samples, in vitro samples, in vivo samples or combinations thereof, and is based on histological features extracted from those samples. A machine learning algorithm, or other suitable learning algorithm, is used to generate the trained model. The trained model is not patient-specific and thus, once generated, can be applied to any number of different individual subjects.
US11696691B2
Apparatus and methods are described including identifying that a subject suffers from sleep apnea. Positive airway pressure (PAP) is applied to the subject via a mask placed on a face of the subject. A respiratory-related parameter of the subject is sensed, while the mask is on the face of the subject, and a need of the subject for respiratory support is assessed, responsively to the respiratory-related parameter. In accordance with the assessed need, the mask is configured to regulate the PAP provided to the subject's face. Other applications are also described.
US11696683B2
A system for interfacing an in-body medical device with an external network includes a subdermal wideband on-body network (WON) hub, which in turn includes a hub rechargeable battery, a hub processor coupled to the hub rechargeable battery, a device interface configured to communicate with the in-body medical device, and coupled to the hub processor, and a hub-satellite near field communications wireless interface coupled to the hub processor. The system also includes a wearable WON server that in turn includes a server processor, a server-satellite interface coupled to the server processor, and an external network interface coupled to the server processor. The server processor implements a software controller; and a skin-mountable WON tethered satellite that includes a wired satellite-server interface, coupled to the wearable WON server, and a tethered satellite near-field communications (NFC) wireless interface, configured to communicate with the hub-satellite NFC wireless interface, and coupled to the wired satellite-server interface.
US11696680B2
An ear examination tool comprises a handle and a speculum mount coupled to the handle. The speculum mount is configured for retaining a disposable speculum. An spacing element is coupled to the handle and extends from the handle. A smartphone mount is coupled to the spacing element, and the spacing element is configured to maintain an optical separation distance between the speculum mount and the smartphone mount. The tool enables a clear view of the ear canal while allowing access by, and manipulation of, a microsuction tool being inserted into the ear canal. The extensive optical and data processing functionality of a “smartphone” can be integrated at low cost into an ear examination tool to provide a substantially improved piece of equipment for assisting in ear examination and microsuction of the ear.
US11696678B2
An applicator instrument for dispensing surgical fasteners includes a housing, a firing system moveable along a first axis, a handle extending upwardly from the housing along a second axis that defines an acute angle with the first axis, the handle having an upper free end that defines a top of the applicator instrument, a trigger coupled with the housing for activating the firing system, and an elongated shaft extending from the distal end of the housing, the elongated shaft having a proximal shaft section extending along the first axis and a distal shaft section that is oriented at an angle relative to the proximal shaft section for extending upwardly toward the top of the applicator instrument. The trigger is squeezed for dispensing surgical fasteners from the distal end of the elongated shaft. The applicator instrument has at least one visual indicator for indicating a proper orientation for the applicator instrument in which the upper free end of the handle is positioned above the housing.
US11696677B2
A steerable instrument for endoscopic and/or invasive type of applications, such as in surgery, which has an elongated tubular body having a proximal end part with a first actuation flexible zone having a first diameter and a distal end part having a first distal flexible zone having a second diameter that is different from the first diameter. A cylindrical diameter adaptation section is arranged to connect the proximal end part to the distal end part such that a flexion in a radial direction relative to a longitudinal center axis of the longitudinal tubular body of the first actuation flexible zone results in an amplified or attenuated flexion of the first distal flexible zone.
US11696674B2
The present disclosure relates to a cap for protecting an imaging instrument from damage caused by impact or poor handling. Exemplary devices can include a rigid outer shell and soft inner lining surrounding a distal tip of the instrument, to be applied between instrument use, and during instrument transport, disinfection, sterilization, and storage.
US11696664B2
A cleaning apparatus may include a cleaning unit that is kept from moving downwardly from a predetermined limit position. The apparatus body includes a positioning member that positions the cleaning unit at the limit position. The cleaning unit includes an intake nozzle that is arranged at a position separated from the surface to be cleaned by a predetermined gap, a cam member that holds the cleaning unit at the limit position, and an operation input unit that changes the limit position to a higher position by moving the cleaning unit upward by operating the cam member.
US11696660B2
A food processing apparatus for preparing a fluid food product includes a food processing chamber including a blade arrangement driven by a motor; a particle sensor arranged to measure an actual particle size within said fluid food product in said food processing chamber and a controller arranged to control the motor. The controller is communicatively coupled to the particle sensor and may disengage the motor in response to a signal from the particle sensor indicative of the actual particle size reaching a threshold value of no less than 400 μm within said fluid food product.
US11696654B1
A mounting system having a hub installation dispenser system. The hub installation dispenser system having a horizontal port, a horizontal level vial, a vertical port, and a vertical level vial. The horizontal port and the horizontal level vial together aid in determining a level orientation of the hub. The vertical port and the vertical level vial together aid in determining a plumb orientation of the hub. The hub installation dispenser system has an engagement channel configured to receive a tape measure. Hubs are configured to be mountable to a surface. A protrusion extends from the horizontal port and is configured to releasably secure a hub from the hub installation dispenser system.
US11696651B2
Systems and methods for enabling bouncing motion using conversion devices in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a conversion kit comprises a plurality of support members, a motor, a crankshaft, and an attachment member, wherein the plurality of support members connects a frame of the crib to a mattress support platform of the crib, the crankshaft comprises an output shaft, and the crankshaft is powered by the motor, and the attachment member connects the output shaft of the crankshaft to the mattress support platform of the crib.
US11696645B1
A removable headrest for a gaming chair includes a headrest arranged on the top of a chairback of the gaming chair. The headrest includes a headrest frame, a headrest bottom support frame, and a headrest padding. The headrest frame and the headrest bottom support frame are tightly connected. The chairback includes a chairback frame, a chairback top support frame, and a chairback covering. The chairback frame, the chairback top support frame, and the headrest are all arranged in the chairback covering. An installation plate is arranged on the headrest bottom support frame, and the installation plate extends to the outside of the headrest padding. The installation plate and the chairback top support frame are respectively provided with installation holes matched with each other, and the installation plate and the chairback top support frame are tightly connected through the installation holes. The headrest frame and the chairback frame are smoothly connected.
US11696641B2
The present disclosure relates to a suspension system comprising a hang standard having slots and being configured to be vertically arranged, and a bracket configured to be attached to the hang standard in a cantilevered fashion using connectors on a proximal end of the bracket that enter slots on along the hang standard. A slider unit is adapted to be mounted on the bracket and to carry a container or other component. A rearwardly extending portion of the slider unit is arranged on the slider unit to reach into one of the slots of the hang standard occupied by a connector of the bracket to prevent the slider unit from tilting forward on the bracket.
US11696640B2
A shelving system comprising at least one back panel and at least one block element, the back panel comprises a substantially planar surface, and where the at least one block element is mounted on the back panel, wherein the back panel comprises at least two areas, a first area of the at least one back panel comprising protrusions; the protrusions being mutually identical and positioned on the planar surface in grid points of a regular two dimensional grid; and a second area of the at least one back panel comprises the at least one block element, the block element extending in a distance corresponding to one or multiple of a standard module size in a plane parallel to the planar surface of the back panel in two mutually perpendicular directions defined by grid points of a regular two dimensional grid.
US11696635B2
A cosmetic container with an application member includes a cylindrical barrel, a core, a bottle that is configured to accommodate cosmetic and has an opening, a sleeve, and a joint that has an opening portion and a closed portion. The sleeve is configured to expose the application member or cover an outer circumference of the application member by a sliding operation of the sleeve. When the sleeve slides for exposing the application member, the opening portion overlaps with the opening so that the cosmetic passes through the opening portion and the opening. When the sleeve slides for covering the outer circumference of the application member, the closed portion overlaps with the opening to prevent the cosmetic from passing through between the joint and the bottle.
US11696632B2
A system for holding a device. The system may include a first securing member and a second securing member respectively located at a first end and a second end of the device holding apparatus. The system may also include where each of the first securing member and the second securing member further includes a first securing member portion and a second securing member portion that define a loop configured to receive a respective corner of a device. The system may also include a bottom support strap connecting the first securing member and the second securing member. The system may also include a first upper support strap connected to the first securing member. Further, the system may include a second upper support strap connected to the second securing member.
US11696623B2
A slider garage includes an overmolded body, the overmolded body oriented on a zipper, the overmolded body including an overmolded male portion and an overmolded female portion, the overmolded male and female portions positioned on an end of the zipper, such that each is on one side of the zipper, the overmolded male portion being shaped such that it fits in the overmolded female portion in a watertight fashion and the overmolded body is molded over a portion of the zipper.
US11696609B2
A preparation method for a clothing back fastener includes weaving a cylindrical webbing with a mechanical weaving method, cutting the cylindrical webbing into a plurality of units with two ends open, closing one end to form an outer sleeve bag with one end open, and providing a plurality of slits on the outer sleeve bag; sewing a plurality of fasteners on the surface of a cloth strip, and cutting the cloth strip into a plurality of units to form a lining cloth; disposing the lining cloth in the outer sleeve bag in a sleeved mode, and inserting the fasteners into respect slit to be located outside the outer sleeve bag, and fixing the outer sleeve bag and the lining cloth. The method further includes attaching a hot melt film on the lining cloth to thermally bond the outer sleeve bag and the lining cloth to achieve fixed connection therebetween.
US11696607B2
A covering is disclosed that is designed to protect the lower region of a user while seated on a seat. The covering includes a front portion and a back portion, with both being formed from a pliable material. The front portion and the back portion are connected to form a pocket, with the front portion and the back portion further defining an opening configured to receive legs of the user. Further, a flap is connected to and extends from an end of the back portion proximal the opening, the flap being configured to be sat on by the user.
US11696605B2
A corset includes: a left-front portion, a right-front portion, a back portion, a left accessory breast receiving portion, and a right accessory breast receiving portion. A left side of the back portion is connected to a right side of the left-front portion, and a right side of the back portion is connected to a left side of the right-front portion. The left-front portion is provided at a left side thereof with multiple rows of loops, and the right-front portion is provided at a right side thereof with hooks, the hooks and the multiple rows of loops being connected to each other by hooking. The left accessory breast receiving portion, the right accessory breast receiving portion, and the back portion form a U-shaped back neckline, and the left accessory breast receiving portion, the right accessory breast receiving portion, the left-front portion, and the right-front portion form a U-shaped front neckline.
US11696590B2
A high protein food may be produced via an extrusion process whereby acid casein is mixed with whey protein, alkali and water. Upon exiting the extruder, the mixture may be cut, dried, and/or tempered, milled and screened before being further processed or packaged. The final product may be configured as a crisp high protein food or a powdered high protein food. The protein content of the end product may be approximately 90-95% on a dry weight basis.
US11696584B2
The present disclosure discloses a Streptomyces antioxidans strain Sa-21, namely, strain Sa-21 with an accession number of CCTCC NO: M 2020423. The present disclosure also discloses the use of the aforementioned Strepiomyces antioxidans strain Sa-21 in inhibition of Alternaria solani (A. solani). The Streptomyces antioxidans strain also has an inhibiting effect on both plant pathogenic fungi and plant pathogenic bacteria.
US11696583B2
Systems and methods of use of chlorine dioxide in controlled environmental agriculture settings and postharvest applications are provided. A method can comprise application of gaseous chlorine dioxide at a level effective to prevent microbial proliferation in a setting containing growing plants. A system can comprise a chemical microorganism control agent dispersal system, an airborne microorganism detection system, and a cultivation environment monitor system.
US11696579B2
The invention relates to a method for increasing the lifespan of animal sperm comprising contacting said sperm with an inhibitor of Slo3 potassium channel. The invention also relates to a use of an inhibitor of Slo3 potassium channel, for increasing the lifespan of animal sperm or motility of capacitated animal sperm, comprising contacting an inhibitor of Slo3 potassium channel with said sperm. Moreover, the invention relates to an artificial insemination instrument for use in artificial insemination of an animal, comprising animal sperm in contact with an inhibitor of Slo3 potassium channel. The invention also relates to a method for artificially inseminating an animal using said artificial insemination instrument. Eventually, the invention relates to a method for increasing the fertility of an animal, comprising contacting sperm of said animal with an inhibitor of Slo3 potassium channel; then artificially inseminating said animal with said sperm.
US11696571B2
An automated oyster maturation system including a containment assembly rotatably disposed within a housing. The containment assembly includes a spiral construction that includes compartments that are in communication with one another, walls that define the compartments, and ramps. Openings disposed in the walls and ramps increase in size from the outer diameter to the inner diameter of the spiral construction so that, with every complete rotation of the containment assembly, every oyster will tumble further into the spiral construction and ascend from its original compartment into the adjacent inner compartment where opening size is larger than in the original compartment such that only oysters which have grown sufficiently can remain in the adjacent inner compartment while oysters that have not grown sufficiently yet will fall through the openings of the adjacent inner compartment into the original compartment.
US11696570B2
Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring livestock can include a mobile platform arranged to present the user with an optimal breeding period based on mount activity of the livestock assets. Monitoring optimal breeding periods can increase likelihood of healthy breeding, including through real-time information.
US11696567B2
A multifunctional soft pet paw cleaning cup includes a cup body made of a soft material. One end of the cup body is an open end. Soft spikes extending towards the center of the cup body are provided on the inner surface of the side wall and/or the inner surface of the bottom wall of the cup body, and the soft spike is made of a soft material. A mold for preparing the paw cleaning cup includes an inner mold core, an outer mold core, an upper mold and a lower mold. The outer mold core has an annular peripheral wall. A first soft spike hole is formed inside the peripheral wall. The inner mold core is provided at the inner side of the outer mold core. The lower mold is located below the outer mold core, and the inner mold core is fixed below the upper mold.
US11696549B2
A new variety of garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) designated ‘Memphis’ is provided. Garden bean variety ‘Memphis’ is characterized by its long fleshy flat pods, its heat tolerance, very erect plant (especially for this bean type), and resistance to Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Anthracnose) and resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv phaseolicola (Halo Blight).
US11696542B1
Techniques are described for generating population counts for seed production plants based on one or more images obtained from a camera on an aerial vehicle including, but not limited to, UAVs. The image(s) is processed to identify the plurality of rows of seed production plants, classify each one of the identified rows as either male or female, and produce a count of the number of seed production plants in the male rows and produce a count of the number of seed production plants in the female rows. The seed production plants can be corn seed plants or any other type of seed production plant in which male and female seed production plants can be distinguished from one another based on one or more aerial images.
US11696538B2
According to the disclosure, there is provided a novel lettuce cultivar, designated Lucky. Lucky is described as a lettuce cultivar with dark green thick leaves, large head size, strong tolerance to tip burn, short core length and round heads. This disclosure thus relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Lucky, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Lucky, to plant parts of lettuce cultivar Lucky, to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar by crossing the lettuce cultivar Lucky with another lettuce cultivar, and to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods.
US11696532B2
A baler includes a chamber having a fixed size that receives crops and houses a formed bale. A tailgate is connected to a frame and is movable between a closed position, for cooperating with the frame to delimit the chamber, and an open position, for discharging the formed bale. A conveying assembly delimits the chamber for imparting a rotating movement to the crops contained in the chamber, and has a first portion provided in the frame and a second portion provided in the tailgate. An actuator includes a closing chamber and moves the tailgate from the open position to the closed position upon receiving an actuating fluid in the closing chamber. A binder binds the formed bale, and a pressure sensor detects a control signal representative of a pressure inside the closing chamber of the actuator. A control unit generates an alert signal as a function of the control signal.
US11696531B2
An electric riding lawn mower includes a seat for a user to ride, a main frame to support the seat, a power output assembly including a mowing element to output power to realize mowing function and a first motor to drive the mowing element, a walking assembly to at least drive the electric riding lawn mower to travel in the direction of a first straight line on the ground and a second motor to drive the walking assembly, and a power supply device to power the electric riding lawn mower with a first battery pack, which includes a first battery pack housing and a plurality of battery cells disposed therein. The power supply device is mounted to the main frame. At least one of the first battery packs of the power supply device forms a pluggable connection with the main frame. The battery cells are lithium batteries.
US11696528B2
A data propagation system stores operator/machine/implement combinations, and corresponding settings data indicative of settings on the machine or implement for the corresponding combination. When a machine is connected to an implement, an identity of an operator is detected, along with an identity of the machine and an identity of the implement. The data propagation system determines whether settings data is available for that operator/machine/implement combination. If so, the settings data is obtained and the machine and implement are automatically controlled based upon the retrieved settings data.
US11696524B2
A robotic vehicle may include one or more functional components configured to execute lawn care function, a sensor network comprising one or more sensors configured to detect conditions proximate to the robotic vehicle, a positioning module configured to determine robotic vehicle position while the robotic vehicle traverses a parcel, and a boundary management module configured to enable the robotic vehicle to be operated within a bounded area. The bounded area may include a variable boundary, and the boundary management module may be configured to receive instructions from an operator to adjust the variable boundary.
US11696522B2
Agricultural device for soil processing with two sets of working rollers comprising a supporting frame, which comprises a central part, a left wing and a right wing, wherein the left and right wing are rotatably attached to the central part, at least two rows of working units attached to the supporting frame, wherein the working units are arranged in regular distances in every row, a left set of rollers attached to the left wing and a right set of rollers attached to the right wing, wherein the sets of rollers are divided into front rollers and rear rollers and provided with attachments and discs, wherein the discs on the sets are located between these attachments. The number of discs of rear rollers differs exactly by one disc from the number of discs of front rollers, wherein the distances between individual discs are the same along the whole width of the agricultural device, and wherein the discs of front rollers are located in the same plane as the working units.
US11700777B2
Techniques related to vertical silicon-on-metal superconducting quantum interference devices and method of fabricating the same are provided. Also provided are associated flux control and biasing circuitry. A superconductor structure can comprise a silicon-on-metal substrate that can comprise a first superconducting layer, comprising a first superconducting material, between a first crystalline silicon layer and a second crystalline silicon layer. The superconducting structure can also comprise a first via comprising a first Josephson junction and a second via comprising a second Josephson junction. The first via and the second via can be formed between the first superconducting layer and a second superconducting layer, comprising a second superconducting material. An electrical loop around a defined area of the second crystalline silicon layer can comprise the first via comprising the first Josephson junction, the second via comprising the second Josephson junction, the first superconducting layer, and the second superconducting layer.
US11700767B2
A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1 and including 9 to 60 aromatic rings: A is a group represented by Formula 10, n is selected from 1, 2, 3, and 4, L is hydrogen, a single bond or a linking group, and when n is 1, p is selected from 1, 2, 3, and 4, and q is selected from 1, 2, 3, and 4, wherein Formula 10 is the same as described in the specification.
US11700766B2
A composition is disclosed that includes a first compound capable of functioning as a host in an emissive layer of an OLED at room temperature; and a second compound that includes a ligand LA of Formula III where ring A is a 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; where R represents two adjacent substituents that are joined together to form a ring that is fused to ring B, and R has a structure of Formula IV or Formula V disclosed herein.
US11700763B2
A flexible display device that can conform to complex curved surfaces, and methods for manufacturing said display device, are disclosed herein. The display device utilizes a Miura-ori origami structure that, in a folded or at least partially folded configuration, is able to conform to complex curved surfaces. The Miura-ori structure involves folding a two-dimensional substrate in accordance with crease lines comprising a tessellation of parallelograms. Each cell of the tessellation pattern can include one or more luminous elements (LEDs, OLEDs, etc.) bonded to circuit elements embedded within the flexible substrate (e.g., Parylene-C).
US11700761B2
A manufacturing method of a display apparatus, in which a defect rate in a manufacturing process is reduced and product reliability is increased, and a display apparatus manufactured according to the method are provided. The manufacturing method includes: forming a first pixel electrode on a substrate; forming an insulating layer; forming a first dam portion; forming a first lift-off layer; forming a first mask layer; forming a first intermediate layer; forming a first opposite electrode; forming a first insulating protective layer; and removing the first dam portion.
US11700758B2
A display device includes: a light-emitting element at a display area; a driving element electrically connected to the light-emitting element; an encapsulation layer covering the light-emitting element; a touch sensor on the encapsulation layer; a connection pad at a bonding area, the connection pad including a lower conductive layer, an intermediate conductive layer on the lower conductive layer, and an upper conductive layer on the intermediate conductive layer; a cladding layer covering at least a side surface of the intermediate conductive layer and including an organic material; a passivation layer covering an upper surface of the cladding layer and including an inorganic material, a portion of the passivation layer being located under the upper conductive layer; and a driving circuit attached to the connection pad.
US11700757B2
In a color conversion panel including pixel areas emitting a light having a same color and a non-pixel area between the pixel areas, the color conversion panel may include a substrate, a light shielding pattern disposed on the substrate in the non-pixel area, a color conversion layer disposed on the substrate, covering the light shielding pattern, and configured to convert an incident light, a height of a first portion of the color conversion layer corresponding to the non-pixel area from the substrate being less than each of heights of second portions of the color conversion layer respectively corresponding to the pixel areas from the substrate, and a light shielding partition wall disposed on the color conversion layer in the non-pixel area.
US11700756B2
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color that is a red-shifted color of a deep blue sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels. Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may also provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color, and where the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a light blue sub-pixel, a deep blue sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a green sub-pixel.
US11700742B2
A display device includes a first substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a display element disposed on the first substrate in the display area, a first sealing portion disposed on the first substrate in the non-display area, a second substrate facing the first substrate in a thickness direction, a hole defined through the first substrate and the second substrate along the thickness direction in the display area, and a second sealing portion disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and enclosing the hole.
US11700741B2
A display device includes: a display panel; a metal layer disposed on one surface of the display panel and including a first bending portion, and a first flat portion and a second flat portion disposed with the first bending portion interposed therebetween; a first adhesive layer including a first extended portion and a second extended portion disposed along the edge of the first flat portion of the metal layer; and a second adhesive layer disposed along the edge of the second flat portion of the metal layer, wherein the metal layer includes an exposed region in which the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are not disposed, and the exposed region is disposed between the first extended portion and the second extended portion in the first flat portion.
US11700734B2
An organic electroluminescence element including an anode, a light-emitting layer, a functional layer, and a cathode stacked in this order. The light-emitting layer and the functional layer are in contact with each other. Hole mobility of the light-emitting layer is greater than electron mobility of the light-emitting layer. The electron mobility of the light-emitting layer is equal to or greater than an effective electron mobility of the functional layer. A highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of a first functional material included in the light-emitting layer is at least 0.4 eV greater than a HOMO level of a second functional material included in the functional layer.
US11700733B2
A photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; and a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and including a first organic semiconductor material, a second organic semiconductor material, and a third organic semiconductor material that have mother skeletons different from one another. The first organic semiconductor material is one of fullerenes and fullerene derivatives. The second organic semiconductor material in a form of a single-layer film has a higher linear absorption coefficient of a maximal light absorption wavelength in a visible light region than a single-layer film of the first organic semiconductor material and a single-layer film of the third organic semiconductor material. The third organic semiconductor material has a value equal to or higher than a HOMO level of the second organic semiconductor material.
US11700729B2
A memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises laterally-spaced memory blocks individually comprising a vertical stack comprising alternating insulative tiers and conductive tiers. Operative channel-material strings of memory cells extend through the insulative tiers and the conductive tiers. Intervening material is laterally-between and longitudinally-along immediately-laterally-adjacent of the memory blocks. The intervening material comprises longitudinally-alternating first and second regions that individually have a vertically-elongated seam therein. The vertically-elongated seam in the first regions are taller than in the second regions. Additional embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
US11700712B2
A technique and corresponding device to provide for a floating heat sink is disclosed. The technique includes a method that allows for insertion of an electronic component (e.g., an optical transceiver) into a cage that has a pre-installed heatsink. At the beginning phases of insertion, no friction is present between the electronic component and the heatsink. At or very near an insertion end phase (the electronic component is almost fully inserted), an actuator (e.g., roller or button) is impacted to impart a pivot motion via a lever arm to cause lowering of the heatsink toward the electronic component. A thermal interface material (TIM) may therefore be present to establish a thermal coupling between the heatsink and the electronic component. The TIM and heatsink contact the electronic component via a downward motion (caused by the pivot) to provide a nearly frictionless sliding impact to the TIM.
US11700703B2
The invention relates to a structure (1) for housing electronic modules (2) provided with a system for inserting, locking and extracting such modules (2) including adjacent individual recesses separated by side rails and a motherboard (13), each recess being intended for receiving an electronic module (2). The system for inserting, locking and extracting includes one lever arm (3) per individual recess (10) provided at a distal end with a device for pivoting on the motherboard (13) and guiding device (31) capable of engaging with a circulation device (22, 22′) connected to the electronic module (2) in order to couple connectors of the electronic module (2) with the connectors of the motherboard (13), as well as a device for automatic locking and unlocking of a proximal end (3p) of each lever arm (3).
US11700702B2
This wireless terminal device includes: an input portion; an output portion; a circuit board module electrically connected to the input portion and the output portion; an external power supply module which is detachably connected to the circuit board module, includes an input terminal for receiving input from an external power supply, converts an input voltage inputted to the input terminal, and outputs an output voltage; and a case for storing the input portion, the output portion, the circuit board module, and the external power supply module. In a storage space, a battery can be stored when the external power supply module is detached from the circuit board module. The circuit board module includes a connector connection portion to which a connector of the external power supply module or a connector of the battery can be selectively connected, and which is provided at a position spatially connected to the storage space.
US11700699B2
A ventilation member is attached to a through hole of a housing. The ventilation member includes: a support body in which a ventilation path that forms a flow path for gas between the interior and the exterior of the housing; a sealing member that seals between the support body and the housing; a ventilation membrane that is provided on the ventilation path to prevent a liquid and a solid from passing through and to allow gas to pass through; and a surrounding portion that is provided to the support body and is formed with a uniform height to surround an end portion opening of the ventilation path.
US11700693B2
According to an embodiment, it is possible to provide an electronic device including: a housing; a first printed circuit board disposed in the housing; a second printed circuit board disposed in the housing and spaced apart from the first printed circuit board; a first flexible printed circuit board electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board; and a second flexible printed circuit board electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, in which the second flexible printed circuit board may be longer than the first flexible printed circuit board. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US11700692B2
A stackable via package includes a substrate having an upper surface and a trace on the upper surface, the trace including a terminal. A solder ball is on the terminal. The solder ball has a solder ball diameter A and a solder ball height D. A via aperture is formed in a package body enclosing the solder ball to expose the solder ball. The via aperture includes a via bottom having a via bottom diameter B and a via bottom height C from the upper surface of the substrate, where A
US11700691B2
A cable includes a wiring assembly with a knuckle and wires bundled together. The cable also includes a connector assembly with a connector having connections for the wires, where the connections are arranged along a longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the connector assembly captures an end of the wiring assembly, and the knuckle of the wiring assembly is pivotally connected to the connector assembly. In some embodiments, the cable includes circuitry configured to authenticate the cable to a device connected to the cable by the connector and/or to authenticate the device connected to the cable. A control system includes control elements and/or subsystems coupled with a backplane adjacent to one another and cables configured to connect to the control elements and/or subsystems. Wiring assemblies of the cables can articulate to be parallel to each respective connector. Further, each cable can authenticate the cables and/or the control elements or subsystems.
US11700690B2
A component carrier with a stack including an electrically insulating layer structure and an electrically insulating structure has a tapering blind hole formed in the stack and an electrically conductive plating layer extending along at least part of a horizontal surface of the stack outside of the blind hole and along at least part of a surface of the blind hole. A minimum thickness of the plating layer at a bottom of the blind hole is at least 8 μm. A demarcation surface of the plating layer in the blind hole and facing away from the stack extends laterally outwardly from the bottom of the blind hole towards a lateral indentation and extends laterally inwardly from the indentation up to an outer end of the blind hole. An electrically conductive structure fills at least part of a volume between the plating layer and an exterior of the blind hole.
US11700685B2
A circuit board with reduced dielectric losses enabling the movement of high frequency signals includes an inner circuit board and two outer circuit boards. The inner circuit board includes a first conductor layer and a first substrate layer. The first conductor layer includes a signal line and two ground lines on both sides of the signal line. The first substrate layer covers a side of the first conductor layer and defines first through holes which expose the signal line. Each outer circuit board includes a second substrate layer and a second conductor layer. The second substrate layer abuts the inner circuit board and defines second through holes which are not aligned with the first through holes, partially surrounding the signal line with air which has a very low dielectric constant. A method for manufacturing the high-frequency circuit board is also disclosed.
US11700673B2
Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of automatic network service initiation involves pairing a first network device of a network service block (NSB) with an installer device at a customer site, at the first network device of the NSB, obtaining first network service configuration information from the installer device, performing automatic network service initiation of the first network device of the NSB based on the first network service configuration information, at a second network device of the NSB that is connected with the first network device of the NSB, obtaining address information of a cloud server from the first network device of the NSB, at the second network device of the NSB, obtaining second network service configuration information from the cloud server based on the address information, and performing automatic network service initiation of the second network device of the NSB based on the second network service configuration information.
US11700672B2
Systems and methods for PDCCH monitoring in NR systems. The UE provides to a serving cell UE capability information indicating a capability of the UE to monitor PDCCH. The UE capability information indicates a carrier aggregation capability larger than multiple serving cells and has a maximum number indication for a maximum number of PDCCH candidates that the UE can monitor per span. The serving cell transmits an RRC message to a UE in response to the UE capacity information. The RRC message has a per-slot and/or per-span indication to monitor PDCCHs on the serving cell for a maximum number of PDCCH candidates and non-overlapping CCEs. The UE monitors PDCCH candidates and, in the event that a span contains larger than a maximum number of PDCCH candidates or non-overlapping CCEs across multiple served cells, determines whether to monitor a particular PDCCH candidate in the span.
US11700662B2
Methods, systems, and devices related to mobility management (e.g., reducing transmission delay and interference, and/or increasing transmission reliability) using the unlicensed spectrum are described. In one representative aspect, a method for wireless communication includes receiving, at a wireless communication node, a first message from a mobile device requesting a reestablishment of a network connection; transmitting, from the wireless communication node, a second message to the mobile device, the second message including information for reestablishing and reconfiguring the network connection; and receiving, at the wireless communication node, a third message from the mobile device acknowledging at least one of (1) completing a reestablishment of the network connection, or (2) completing a reconfiguration of the network connection.
US11700648B2
A method of transmitting a Random Access Channel (RACH) Occasion configuration to a terminal device and receiving a RACH preamble according to the RACH Occasion configuration. The RACH Occasion configuration comprises a first time resource indication identifying a first set of time resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit a RACH preamble according to a first random access procedure, a first frequency resource indication identifying at least a first set of frequency resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit the RACH preamble, a second time resource indication identifying a second set of time resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit a RACH preamble according to a second random access procedure, and a second frequency resource indication identifying at least a second set of frequency resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit the RACH preamble.
US11700645B2
Embodiments include methods for a user equipment (UE) to provide downlink (DL) channel-quality reports during a random-access (RA) procedure in a cell provided by a network node in a radio access network (RAN). Such embodiments include receiving, from the network node, a first indicator indicating that the UE may have to report DL channel quality in a particular message of the RA procedure; and initiating the RA procedure. The UE may be configured to operate in a coverage-enhancement (CE) mode. Such embodiments can also include initiating DL channel quality measurements based on the first indicator, wherein the DL channel quality measurements can be initiated before receiving a RA response from the network node. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a network node, as well as UEs and network nodes configured to perform the respective methods.
US11700644B2
A terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The terminal includes a transceiver, and at least one processor configured to receive, from BS, a RRC reconfiguration message including a reconfiguration with synchronization, transmit, to the BS, a first message including a PRACH, a PUSCH, and a C-RNTI MAC CE based on the reconfiguration with synchronization, control the transceiver to receive, from the BS, a first PDCCH and a PDSCH, wherein: for the case when the BS receives the PRACH and does not receive the PUSCH, the first PDCCH is a PDCCH addressed to RA-RNTI and the PDSCH includes a fallback RAR; and for the case when the BS receives the PUSCH, the first PDCCH is a PDCCH addressed to a C-RNTI corresponding to the C-RNTI MAC CE and the PDSCH includes an absolute timing advance command MAC CE, determine that a RAR reception is successful based on the at least one of the fallback RAR or the PDSCH, when a DRX is configured for the terminal via a RRC signalling, determine that active time for the DRX includes a time while a second PDCCH indicating new transmission addressed to a C-RNTI corresponding to the C-RNTI MAC CE has not been received after determining that the RAR reception is successful, and monitor the second PDCCH during the active time.
US11700637B2
Methods, devices and systems are provided for performing for multi-user (MU) transmission. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to receive a frame, decode the received frame and determine whether the received frame is a null data packet (NDP) multi-user (MU) media access control (MAC) physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) (NDP MU MAC PPDU) based on meeting an NDP condition. The NDP MU MAC PPDU may correspond to an MU transmission and may include a PLCP header which includes an NDP signal (SIG) field having MU control information. Based on the received frame meeting the NDP condition, the WTRU may be further configured to process the NDP SIG field, generate a response based on the NDP SIG field and the MU control information, and transmit the response.
US11700636B2
A wireless communication system according to the present disclosure includes an access point (AP) belonging to a certain BSS and a terminal (STA) belonging to the AP. The STA updates an NAV used for virtual carrier sense according to whether the AP and the STA are permitted to use OBSS_PD-based SR.
US11700616B2
A UE receives DCI in a PDCCH, the DCI triggers reception of AP CSI-RS, and the PDCCH has a first numerology and the AP CSI-RS has a second numerology. The UE determines, when a CORESET is configured on an active BWP of a serving cell for receiving the AP CSI-RS and when the first numerology is the same as the second numerology, a default AP CSI-RS beam for receiving the AP CSI-RS based on a beam used for receiving the CORESET with a lowest ID in a latest monitored slot of the active BWP of the serving cell. The UE determines, otherwise when the first numerology is the same as the second numerology, the default AP CSI-RS beam for receiving the AP CSI-RS based on a QCL assumption of a PDSCH TCI state with a lowest ID on the active BWP of the serving cell for receiving the AP CSI-RS.
US11700614B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may connect with a base station over a set of component carriers according to a carrier aggregation configuration. The UE may then monitor a search space configured for scheduling multiple component carriers and may receive downlink control information (DCI) based on monitoring the search space. The DCI may include a carrier indicator field (CIF) and may schedule a set of data transmissions over two or more component carriers (e.g., from the set of component carriers). The UE may determine that the two or more component carriers include the first component carrier and the second component carrier based on the monitored search space, the CIF within the DCI, or both. The UE may then transmit and receive the set of data transmissions over the first and second component carriers.
US11700608B2
A UCI transmission method, a UCI reception method, a terminal, a base station and devices are provided. The UCI transmission method includes: determining a first transmission resource for first UCI and second transmission resources for second UCI; and when the first transmission resource overlaps at least two second transmission resources in a time domain, transmitting the first UCI and the second UCI simultaneously on at least one of the at least two second transmission resources.
US11700602B2
A communication system includes remote units to exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with mobile devices, at least some of the RF signals comprising information destined for, or originating from, a mobile device. The communication system also includes a controller comprising one or more modems and connected to an external network, at least one of the modems being a baseband modem and being configured to pass first data corresponding to the information. The controller is separated from the remote units by an intermediate network over which second data corresponding to the information is carried in frames between the controller and the remote units. The second data comprises baseband data, and at least some of the baseband data is compressed in a frequency domain. The remote units and the controller are configured to compress the baseband data for transmission over the intermediate network.
US11700598B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for design of channel raster for narrowband operation. One example method, performed by a base station, generally includes determining, based on one or more conditions, an exact frequency location of one channel of one or more channels to perform narrowband communications with a user equipment. The method also includes transmitting an indication of the one or more conditions to the user equipment. The method further includes communicating with the UE, based at least in part on the exact frequency location of the one channel.
US11700593B2
Frequency-selective single frequency network (SFN) operation is disclosed based on a modified Type-II port selection codebook. Within the channel state information (CSI) feedback procedure, a user equipment (UE) observing the CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource configured by the serving base station with two ports configured over multiple sectors of the serving base station may select a precoder from the Type-II port selection codebook which accommodates additional subband amplitude information. The additional subband amplitude information may include a subband dynamic SFN activation indicator. In such a CSI report selected from the Type-II port selection codebook, the UE may indicate to the serving base station both a wideband SFN activation/deactivation and a subband SFN activation/deactivation in addition to the subband phase information. The serving base station may then use this CSI report to activate/deactivate SFN operations in both wideband and subband over each of the participating sectors.
US11700582B2
A system and method for uplink multi-antenna power control in a communications system are provided. A method for user equipment operations includes determining a transmit power level for transmit antennas of the user equipment having at least two transmit antennas, and setting a power amplifier output level for each of the at least two transmit antennas in accordance with a respective transmit power level.
US11700569B2
The present technology enables inter-network routing by dynamically optimizing data paths for traffic destined for wired clients attached to a wireless access point in a wireless mesh network with a plurality of wireless access points. The present technology can also influence steering of wireless device connections within the wireless mesh network when high amounts of data traffic are exchanged between nearby mesh wireless access points.
US11700561B2
A method of coordinating a plurality of radio access networks (RANs) includes aggregating, with a gateway, communications interfaces between a plurality of RANs and a packet core network through the gateway. A plurality of radio nodes (RNs) in each of the RANs is communicatively coupled to the gateway and to user equipment (UE) devices associated with the RNs in each of the RANs. The gateway also controls and coordinates mobility of the UE devices within and among the RANs. In addition, the gateway acts as a virtual enhanced NodeB (eNB) to the packet core network, thereby hiding the aggregated communications interfaces from the packet core network.
US11700559B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for wireless communications that support fast user equipment (UE) handover between base stations. A UE may receive, from a source base station, a configuration for reference signal transmission at a set of uplink transmit power levels. The UE may transmit multiple uplink reference signal repetitions based on the configuration. The source base station may transmit a request message to a target base station to measure the multiple uplink reference signal repetitions. The target base station may select an uplink reference signal and measure a transmit power correction. The target base station may transmit an indication to the source base station of the selection and transmit power correction. The source base station may evaluate the indications and select the target base station. The source base station may forward to the indicated contents, and the UE may switch and synchronize with the target base station.
US11700556B2
A multi-tenant computing system provides services to a number of different tenant organizations. To address the problem of failure of portions of the system, the hardware infrastructure of the system is located at a number of different geographical locations. The various tenants are assigned to one of a set of “cells,” each cell corresponding to one of the geographical locations. Additionally, each cell has another one of the cells assigned to it as a backup cell, and the data of each cell is replicated within its assigned backup cell. At system run time, if a failure is detected within one of the cells, the network redirection is used within the multi-tenant system to reflect that the backup cell for the failing cell is now handling requests for the failing cell. Upon determination that the failing cell has been repaired and is now again correctly functioning, the network redirection is no longer employed, such that the (formerly) failing cell again handles its own requests.
US11700554B1
A method and system for controlling air-interface connectivity of a user equipment device (UE). A computing system detects, when the UE has dual connectivity including a first air-interface connection with a first access node and a second air-interface connection with a second access node, and when the first air-interface connection is defined on a first carrier, that the UE is moving toward a geographic area where UEs that were served by the first access node on the first carrier as part of dual connectivity lost their dual connectivity due to their having insufficient aggregate dual-connectivity throughput. And based at least on the detecting, the computing system reconfigures the first air-interface connection of the UE's dual connectivity to be defined on a lower-frequency second carrier, to help avoid having the UE lose its dual connectivity.
US11700551B2
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses related to mobile network systems. In an implementation, a method comprises configuring, by an application function (AF) of an apparatus in a mobile network system, a policy control function (PCF) to provide a plurality of Quality of Service (QoS) levels for a session related to an application or a service; and requesting, by the AF, the PCF to configure the plurality of QoS levels, wherein a QoS flow is associated with a plurality of QoS profiles for configuring the plurality of QoS levels in response to the QoS flow being established.
US11700527B2
Embodiments are presented for collaborative device address generation between a wireless client device and a network infrastructure component, such as a wireless access point. The wireless client device and network infrastructure component share information to facilitate collaborative generation of a sequence of device addresses. This shared information includes, in some embodiments, key information and moving factor information. The key information and moving factor information is used to generate a token. A sequence of tokens is generated by updating the moving factor as each token is generated. A corresponding sequence of device addresses are then derived based on the sequence of tokens. Since the wireless client device and the network infrastructure device apply equivalent methods to generate respective sequences of addresses, the network infrastructure is able to efficiently identify a source wireless client device when observing a new device address on a wireless network.
US11700522B2
A vehicle that has an automatic notification function includes a first communication device that transmits emergency information to a server apparatus of an automatic emergency notification system via a base station in a case where an emergency situation arises, a control unit that automatically transmits the emergency information to the server apparatus by using the first communication device when the emergency situation arises, and a second communication device that restrictedly communicates with an external device. The control unit immediately transmits the emergency information to the server apparatus by using the first communication device if the first communication device is capable of immediately transmitting the emergency information, and releases communication restriction on the second communication device to transmit the emergency information to the server apparatus by using the second communication device and the external device if the first communication device is not capable of immediately transmitting the emergency information.
US11700521B2
A Bluetooth communication system includes: an inquirer-side Bluetooth device arranged to operably generate and transmit a Bluetooth inquiry request; and a requester-side Bluetooth device arranged to operably receive and parse the Bluetooth inquiry request, and to operably generate and transmit a Frequency Hop Synchronization (FHS) packet containing a requester-side Bluetooth address and an Extended Inquiry Response (EIR) packet containing an auto-pairing request to the inquirer-side Bluetooth device. The inquirer-side Bluetooth device conducts an auto-pairing procedure with the requester-side Bluetooth device according to the contents of FHS packet and the EIR packet, but the inquirer-side Bluetooth device and the requester-side Bluetooth device does not switch to operating modes for transmitting or receiving Bluetooth advertising packets before conducting the auto-pairing procedure.
US11700520B2
Devices and methods for configuration of a mobile terminal including a near-field communication device and a radio communication device separate from the near-field communication device are provided. One such method includes determining, by the radio communication device, an identifier of a wireless local network within a range of the mobile terminal. The method further includes selecting, from a configuration table, at least one configuration parameter of a plurality of sets of configuration parameters of the near-field communication device according to the identifier, and applying the at least one configuration parameter to the near-field communication device.
US11700515B2
A system and method of providing information about a transport service to user devices are described. The system arranges a transport service for a first user and a second user. The system determines first data corresponding to a first route from a location of a driver device of the driver to a first pickup location of the first user and second data corresponding to a second route from the first pickup location to a second pickup location of the second user. A combined route is determined based on the first data and the second data. The system transmits data associated with the first data without transmitting the data corresponding to the combined route to a first user device of the first user, and transmits data corresponding to the combined route to a second user device of the second user.
US11700513B2
For example, a Next Generation Vehicular (NGV) wireless communication station (STA) may be configured to generate an NGV Physical Layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including an NGV preamble, the NGV preamble comprising a non High-Throughput (non-HT) Short Training Field (L-STF), a non-HT Long Training Field (L-LTF) after the L-STF, a non-HT Signal (L-SIG) field after the L-LTF, a Repeated L-SIG (RL-SIG) field after the L-SIG field, and an NGV Signal (NGV-SIG) field after the RL-SIG field, the NGV-SIG field including a version field configured to identify a version of the NGV PPDU; and to transmit the NGV PPDU over an NGV channel in an NGV wireless communication frequency band; and a memory to store information processed by the processor.
US11700503B2
Techniques and systems for determining locations of devices using location data sources are provided. For example, a network device, method, and computer-program product may be provided. In one example, a method may include receiving, on a computing device, a request to locate a device, wherein the request includes an identifier of the device. The method may further include receiving a communication from the device, wherein the communication includes the identifier of the device, and obtaining a location of the device. The method may further include transmitting the location of the device and the identifier of the device to a server, wherein the server is configured to use the location of the device and the identifier of the device to send a response to the requestor of the request.
US11700498B2
The present invention provides for an analog audio patchbay comprising a first plurality of connectors capable of receiving a plurality analog electronic signals, a second plurality of connectors capable of transmitting a plurality of analog electronic signals, and a circuit board extending from the first plurality to the second plurality.
US11700492B2
A microphone assembly including an acoustic transducer configured to generate an electrical signal responsive to acoustic activity, an integrated circuit electrically coupled to the acoustic transducer and configured to receive the electrical signal from the acoustic transducer and generate an output signal representative of the acoustic activity, a cover, and a substrate. The substrate including a first surface and a second surface to which the cover is coupled. The second surface is disposed at a perimeter of the substrate and the first surface is raised with respect to the second surface. The cover is coupled to the substrate to form a housing in which the transducer and the integrated circuit are disposed.
US11700486B2
An audio system includes: a speaker; a microphone that generates a microphone signal based on sound output from the speaker; a mixer module configured to generate a mixed signal by mixing the microphone signal with an audio signal; a filter module configured to filter the mixed signal to produce a filtered signal and to apply the filtered signal to the speaker; and a detector module configured to determine a howling frequency in the microphone signal attributable to sound output from the speaker, where the filter module is configured to decrease a magnitude of the filtered signal at the howling frequency.
US11700484B2
A device to process speech includes a speech processing network that includes an input configured to receive audio data corresponding to audio captured by one or more microphones. The speech processing network also includes one or more network layers configured to process the audio data to generate a network output. The speech processing network includes an output configured to be coupled to multiple speech application modules to enable the network output to be provided as a common input to each of the multiple speech application modules. A first speech application module corresponds to a speaker verifier, and a second speech application module corresponds to a speech recognition network.
US11700466B2
An image sensing device includes a pixel array including image sensing pixels, phase detection pixel pairs disposed between the image sensing pixels, photoelectric conversion regions corresponding to the image sensing pixels and the phase detection pixels, device isolation structures isolating the photoelectric conversion regions, color filters corresponding to the image sensing pixels and the phase detection pixel pairs, a first grid structure disposed between a color filter of a first image sensing pixel and a color filter of an adjacent first phase detection pixel pair and shifted by a first distance from a first device isolation structure disposed between the first image sensing pixel and the first phase detection pixel pair, and a second grid structure disposed in color filters of the first phase detection pixel pair and shifted by a second distance from a second device isolation structure disposed between the first phase detection pixel pairs.
US11700438B2
A vision sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a voltage generator configured to generate a reset bias voltage provided to each of the plurality of pixels, a temperature comparing circuit configured to output a switching setting value according to a result of comparing temperature information with at least one reference temperature value, and a voltage level controller configured to generate a reset bias setting signal based on the switching setting value. The reset bias setting signal adjusts a voltage level of the reset bias voltage.
US11700437B2
A capsule endoscope device, system and method for dynamically adjusting a color illumination spectrum. A plurality of different color groups of LEDs may emit light, recorded by an image sensor, corresponding to a plurality of different respective wavelength subranges. A driving circuit may send a driving current to independently activate each different color group of LEDs during entirely or partially non-overlapping time pulses. A single color group of LEDs is independently activated at any one time, and the plurality of different color groups of LEDs are sequentially activated in successive time pulses to simulate a white light or multi-color illumination spectrum over a plurality of the time pulses. The activation pattern of the color groups of LEDs may be dynamically adjusted, in real-time, to achieve a flexible and customizable illumination spectrum ideal for imaging a variety of different environments e.g., in the GI tract.
US11700432B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to store and signal pre-derivation properties in an image container file (24, 26). Relative to the construction of image package comprising an image container file, the method, apparatus and computer program product assign a pre-derivation property identifier data structure identifying one or more pre-derivation properties of one or more pre-derived images (22). With respect to the processing of an image container file, the method, apparatus and computer program product permit an image container file and a pre-derivation property identifier data structure identifying one or more pre-derivation properties of one or more pre-derived images in the image be processed to cause one or more pre-derived image items from the image container file to be rendered or edited and regenerated in accordance with the pre-derivation properties.
US11700431B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for providing video content in response to requests in a content delivery system with more speed and efficiency. In some aspects, network monitoring devices may gather content specific and network performance metrics, from user devices and content delivery components, to provide input to a computing device for deciding whether to store or delete different versions of the same or different items of content. The decision may be based on a policy which may include a weighted score based on a combination of usage and network efficiency scores. In other aspects, methods and systems are provided to initially provide to a user device a stored version of a content item, and then switch, as needed, to a different version of the content item using on-demand transcoding.
US11700424B2
An apparatus for determining a set of transmit parameters capable of improving and/or optimizing data throughput to a destination device. The apparatus includes an input circuit that receives a signal containing a plurality of data blocks for use by a plurality of devices. At least one of the data blocks is associated with the apparatus and encoded using a first set of transmit parameters. A transmit parameter processor determines a signal to noise ratio value for the received signal and a block error rate value for the at least one data block and at least one other data block encoded using a different set of transmit parameters. A processor generates a request for encoding subsequent data blocks destined to the apparatus using a second set of transmit parameters. A method and system are also disclosed.
US11700418B2
An image display device includes a tuner configured to receive a RF broadcast signal; a display; a first input configured to receive a first image signal input from a first external device connected to the image display device; a second input configured to receive a second image signal input from a second external device connected to the image display device; and a controller coupled with the display, the first input and the second input. Further, the controller is configured to display, on the display, a plurality of icons including a first icon and a second icon. In addition, the first icon includes a first default image identifying the first input and the second icon includes a second default image identifying the second input, change the first default image to a first video image currently being played on the first external device and corresponding to the first image signal received from the first external device in response to the first icon being selected if the first external device is connected to the image display device, and change the first video image back to the first default image in response to the second icon being selected.
US11700413B2
A content access device and system may allow portable remote devices to be paired with a variety of different devices, allowing remote control through a network connection. Content access devices may expose application program interfaces, allowing incoming network traffic to control operation of the device much in the same way that a local infrared remote would. Routing content commands through an external application server may also yield other benefits, such as allowing more customized selection of information and advertising content to users based on their viewing history.
US11700403B2
Mechanisms for presenting media content items using multiple devices are provided. In some embodiments, methods for presenting media content are provided that include: detecting an offer to initiate a purchase of a content item being presented using the media device, wherein the media device has not been authenticated with a content service that provides the content item; in response to detecting the offer to initiate the purchase of the content item when the media device has not been authenticated with the content service that provides the content item, causing the media device to be discoverable by one or more mobile devices that are connected to a same local area network as the media device; encoding offer data corresponding to the detected offer to initiate the purchase of the content item; in response to receiving a status request from a mobile device that is connected to the same local area network as the media device, transmitting the encoded offer data associated with the purchase of the content item to the mobile device, wherein the encoded offer data causes a payment user interface to be presented on the mobile device; receiving a cast request from the mobile device to cast the content item on the media device; and in response to the cast request, executing a receiver application on the media device that accepts the cast request from the mobile device and causes the content item to be presented using the media device.
US11700397B2
A method of processing an image is proposed, which includes: determining, based on the image, one or more noise templates, wherein each of the one or more noise templates includes noise pixels representing noise contained in the image; calculating one or more first autocovariance values, based on the noise pixels of at least one of the one or more noise templates; based on the one or more first autocovariance values, selecting an entry of a noise model database among database entries which respectively include values of noise model parameters corresponding to a noise model.
US11700396B2
A de-blocking filter includes a reconstructed memory that is configured to store reconstructed pixels corresponding to a current macroblock of a video image to be filtered. The current macroblock includes a set of sub-blocks, each sub-block having horizontal edges and vertical edges. An internal pixel buffer in the de-blocking filter is configured to store pixels corresponding to the set of sub-blocks from the reconstructed memory, and to store partially filtered pixels corresponding to a set of partially filtered macroblocks. An edge order controller in the de-blocking filter is configured to load the pixels corresponding to the set of sub-blocks into a filter engine from the internal pixel buffer, to filter the set of sub-blocks, such that, at least one horizontal edge is filtered before filtering all vertical edges of the set of sub-blocks.
US11700395B2
An image or video processing method comprises receiving input data of a current block, mapping an MIP mode index to a default mode, and encoding or decoding the current block by referencing the default mode. Another image or video processing method comprises receiving input data of a current block coded or to be coded by an MIP mode, and parsing or signaling a transpose flag for the current block indicating whether transposing is applied in coding the current block. Reference samples of the current block are prepared from neighboring boundary samples according to the transpose flag. A matrix is selected to be multiplied to the reference samples to generate predicted samples. A transposing process is adaptively applied to the current block according to the transpose flag, and the predicted samples are used to encode or decode the current block.
US11700379B2
An image decoding method includes obtaining, from a bitstream, first information indicating a motion vector resolution of a current unit among plural motion vector resolutions including a first motion vector resolution and a second motion vector resolution, and obtaining, from the bitstream, second information indicating whether a merge mode is applied to the current unit or not when the first information indicates the first motion vector resolution. The current unit is decoded based on the merge mode when the second information indicates that the merge mode is applied to the current unit. When the first information indicates the second motion vector resolution, the second information is not obtained from the bitstream.
US11700375B2
An encoder includes memory and circuitry which: (i) encodes an image block; (ii) when encoding the image block: binarizes coefficient information indicating coefficients of the image block; and controls whether to apply arithmetic encoding to a binary data string obtained by binarizing the coefficient information; and (iii) when binarizing the coefficient information: binarizes the coefficient information according to a first syntax structure when arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string and a predetermined condition is not satisfied; binarizes the coefficient information according to a second syntax structure when arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string and the predetermined condition is satisfied; binarizes the coefficient information according to the second syntax structure when no arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string; and subtracts 1 from a value of an initial non-zero coefficient when no arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string when encoding the image block.
US11700371B2
The disclosure relates to table maintenance for HMVP candidate storage. A method for processing video, including: determining, during a conversion between a first block of visual media data and a corresponding coded representation of the visual media data, the first block being coded with geometry partition mode; determining, based on at least one table storing history based motion vector prediction (HMVP) candidates which include motion information based on previously coded blocks, motion information of at least one sub-portion of the first block; performing the conversion of the first block using the determined motion information.
US11700369B2
The present invention relates to an image information encoding and decoding method and a device for same. One embodiment of an image information encoding method according to the present invention, as an image information encoding method according to another embodiment of the present invention, includes the steps of: generating a restore block; applying a deblocking filter on the restore block; applying a Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) on the restore block having the deblocking filter applied thereon; and transmitting information on the SAO application. During the applying of the SAO, the SAO is applied to chroma pixels, and during the transmitting of the information, in addition to information on whether the SAO is applied on the chroma pixels, at least one of area information, division information on the SAO coverage area, SAO type information, and SAO offset information is transmitted.
US11700367B2
A method for visual media processing, including: computing, during a conversion between a current video block of visual media data and a bitstream representation of the current video block, a cross-component linear model (CCLM) and/or a chroma residual scaling (CRS) factor for the current video block based, at least in part, on neighboring samples of a corresponding luma block which covers a top-left sample of a collocated luma block associated with the current video block, wherein one or more characteristics of the current video block are used for identifying the corresponding luma block.
US11700366B2
A method of video decoding according to the present invention may comprise determining an intra prediction mode of a current block, determining a DC value based on at least one of top reference samples or left reference samples of the current block when the intra prediction mode of the current block is a DC mode, and deriving a prediction sample of the current block based on the DC value.
US11700360B2
An automated structural feature and analysis system is disclosed. A 3D device emits a volume scanning 3D beam that scans a structure to generate 3D data that is associated with a distance between the 3D device and each end point of the 3D beam positioned on the structure. An imaging device captures an image of the structure to generate image data with the structure as depicted by the image of the structure. A controller fuses the 3D data of the structure generated by the 3D device with the image data of the structure generated by the imaging device to determine the distance between the 3D device and each end point of the 3D beam positioned on the structure and to determine a distance between each point on the image. The controller generates a sketch image of the structure that is displayed to the user.
US11700359B2
A method and apparatus for secure transfer and playback of multimedia content enables the secure transfer of multimedia content from a digital video recorder (DVR) to a personal computer (PC) and further to a handheld device. A DVR determines which devices on a Local Area Network (LAN) are authorized to share and/or retrieve content from the DVR. The DVR receives a connection request from a PC on the LAN, authorizes the connection request and establishes a secure connection between the DVR and the PC. Once the secure connection is established, the DVR receives a request for multimedia content from the PC, prepares the multimedia content for transfer and transfers the multimedia content to the PC.
US11700358B2
A drive recorder includes: an imaging unit, an image processing unit, a position information acquisition unit, a communication unit, and a function control processing unit. The imaging unit captures an image of a neighborhood of a vehicle. The image processing unit records the image captured by the imaging unit in a recording medium. The position information acquisition unit acquires position information on the vehicle. The communication unit communicates with a server apparatus to deliver information including the position information. The function control processing unit acquires area information transmitted from the server apparatus based on the position information, the area information relating to an area in which the vehicle is located.
US11700354B1
Disclosed herein are aspects for resituating avatars in a virtual environment. An aspect begins by rendering the virtual environment, including a first avatar and a second avatar. The virtual environment is rendered on a first device, belonging to a first user, and from a perspective of a first virtual camera controlled by the first user. The first avatar represents the first user at a location of the first virtual camera. The second user views the virtual environment from a perspective of a second virtual camera at a location of the second avatar. The aspect then provides several operations from the perspective of the first virtual camera. First, the aspect continues by determining a new location for a perceived avatar relative to the first avatar. The perceived avatar corresponds to the second avatar. Then, the aspect concludes by resituating the perceived avatar to the new location.
US11700350B2
A system on a chip (SoC) implementing dynamic grouping of multiple cameras in an image processing system is disclosed. The SoC includes an image signal processor (ISP) configured to receive a signal corresponding to an image from two or more cameras, dynamically group the cameras into groups based on a measured view brightness and/or color temperature observed by each of the cameras, and assign cameras with a group of the groups to a same exposure/gain setting. The SoC further includes a statistics engine configured to receive the image signals and statistics related to the image signals from the ISP and determine a measurement of image brightness and/or color temperature of each image based on the image signals for forwarding to the ISP.
US11700348B2
Systems and methods for tracking objects in a field of view are disclosed. In one embodiment a method may include capturing, via a camera, a real-world object in the field of view; generating a first object data associating the real-world object with a first position of the real-world object in a real-world environment at a first time; generating a virtual object representative of the real-world object depicting the real-world object in the first position at the first time; generating a second object data associating the real-world object with a second position of the real-world object in the real-world environment at a second time, determining a displacement value of the real-world object between the first position and the second position, modifying the virtual object to include an indication that the real-world object has been displaced when the displacement value is greater than a threshold value.
US11700346B2
Luminance data indicating luminance of the print product illuminated by the lighting is calculated and processing for causing a high luminance region to have gradation characteristics is performed.
US11700341B2
An image inspection apparatus includes a first reader and a second reader that acquire read images by respectively reading one side and the other side of a sheet having an image printed thereon, a first background material and a second background material provided at positions as the backgrounds of the sheet in reading by the first reader and the second reader respectively, and a hardware processor that acquires sheet outline information from the read images and measures misalignment of the image with respect to the sheet based on the acquired sheet outline information. The hardware processor acquires read images with the first background material and the second background material having different densities, and acquires sheet outline information of one read image by estimating the sheet outline information of the one read image based on sheet outline information of the other of the read images.
US11700333B2
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.
US11700330B2
At least some embodiments, a system includes a memory, and a processor configured to convert an audio stream of a speech of a customer during a customer call session into customer-originated text. The customer-originated text is displayed in a first chat interface. A request from a first call center agent is sent to a second call center agent via the first chat interface to interact with the customer during the customer call session and displayed in a second chat interface. The second agent is allowed to participate in the customer call session when the second call center agent accepts the request from the first call center agent. First agent-originated text and second agent-originated text during the customer call session is merged to form a combined agent-originated text and synthesized to computer-generated agent speech having a voice of a computer-generated agent based on the combined agent-originated text communicated to the customer over the voice channel.
US11700322B2
A service process control method includes selecting, according to an execution policy of at least one service deployed on a network device, M data processors for processing a packet received by the network device, determining a processing sequence for the selected M data processors to process the packet, and invoking the selected M data processors to sequentially process, according to the processing sequence, the packet. An execution sequence for a data processor to process the packet is dynamically generated according to a policy set corresponding to the service.
US11700318B2
A computer-implemented method, operable on a device in a content delivery network (CDN), wherein the CDN delivers content on behalf of at least one content provider, the device implementing a content delivery (CD) service, the method includes, by the service on the device: receiving a request for a particular resource from a client; determining whether the client includes an optimization support mechanism; when the client includes an optimization support mechanism, providing the client with a first version of the particular resource, optimized, at least in part, for the capabilities of the client in combination with the optimization support mechanism; otherwise providing the client with either (i) an un-optimized version of the particular resource, or (ii) a version of the particular resource optimized, at least in part, for the capabilities of the client without the capabilities of the optimization support mechanism.
US11700316B2
Systems, devices and methods for adaptive compression of stored information includes a memory management computing device programmed to monitor a size of a plurality of data structures stored in a data repository. The computing device compares the size of each of a plurality of data structures to a predetermined threshold. When a size of an uncompressed data structure meets the threshold, the memory management computing device calculates a value of a first compression parameter based on a value of a first parameter and a value of a second parameter of each data element of the uncompressed data structure, calculates a value of a second compression parameter based the value of the first parameter of each data element of the uncompressed data structure, generates a compressed data structure based on the value of the first compression parameter and the second compression parameter; and replaces, in the data repository, the uncompressed data structure with the compressed data structure.
US11700315B2
A method for configuring, via a website, a device to provide printing services to a local network is described. The method includes creating, via a website, a service host object that comprises a network address of a device on a local network and a service host name. The method also includes configuring, via the website, one or more printing settings for one or more printing services. The method further includes sending an indication to the device on the local network to run a service manager. The method additionally includes sending an indication to the service manager to run the one or more printing services on the local network based on the one or more printing service settings.
US11700314B2
Systems as described herein may include generating an aggregated service status report for a real-time service delivery platform. A plurality of services running in a service domain may be determined. A request for a status of system behavior corresponding to a particular service may be received. Service connection details of the particular service may be discovered and metric data of real-time data movement may be tracked. Real-time snapshot aggregation of the particular service may be provided. In a variety of embodiments, a real-time system behavior report for the service across availability zones may be presented.
US11700303B1
A server system, coupled to a linear communication orbit, has a plurality of function modules. Each function module is configured to collect data from machines located at nodes of the linear communication orbit, process collected data according to a schema definition to generate result data, and store the result data in a database. Data collection requests, based on the schema definition, are sent through the linear communication orbit to collecting data from a set of machines via the linear communication orbit. In some embodiments, a central data management module of the one or more servers is configured to provide the schema definition to and receive result data reported from the function modules.
US11700301B2
A registrar entity, such as a service layer gateway, obtains the service capabilities requirements or preferences of a new registree entity, such as an application, and only accepts a registration of the registree if the registrar has sufficient remaining service capacities to meet the service capabilities requirements or preferences of the registree entity while ensuring that the provision of support to existing registree entities is not impacted. If the registrar lacks the capabilities to satisfy the requirements or preferences, it may contact a server to identify another registrar which has the capabilities. Updates to requirements or preference may originate at any node, e.g., at a user equipment device or a service.
US11700297B2
A data loading device for loading data into computer processor units from a data source, the device comprising at least a first connector for connecting to the data source and provided with a PHY component, and a plurality of second connectors for connecting to the computer processor units and each provided with a respective PHY component, the first connector being connected to the second connectors by a first selector module in order to define a single down channel so as to transmit data from the first connector to each of the second connectors individually, and by a second selector module for defining a single up channel so as to transmit data in the opposite direction, the selector modules being arranged to be capable of connecting only one of the second connectors at a time to the first connector and the device including a control unit for controlling the selector modules to select which second connector to connect to the first connector.
US11700293B2
A scheduling method includes controlling, by a terminal, a scheduling speed of broadcast scheduling events when a first preset condition is met. The first preset condition includes that a quantity of broadcast scheduling events in a preset time window is greater than or equal to a first preset value. The broadcast scheduling event is distributing a broadcast to a receiver. The receiver includes at least one of software, a component, or a program.
US11700289B2
Methods and systems for analysis of a plurality of channels that provide a remote desktop session are described herein. Channel metrics for each of a plurality of communication channels may be received. Each of the plurality of communication channels may be configured to deliver, to a computing device and via a network, different aspects of a remote desktop session. A plurality of channel scores may be determined for each communication channel of the plurality of communication channels. Based on the plurality of channel scores, an aggregate score may be determined. Based on the aggregate score satisfying a threshold, a notification may be transmitted. For example, an indication of one or more executable scripts predicted to improve a performance of one or more of the plurality of communication channels may be transmitted.
US11700285B2
Methods and systems for filtering video content items are described herein. The system identifies a plurality of video content items that are linked to respective image content items. The system determines, for each of the plurality of video content items, whether a video content item corresponds to a respective image content item. The system causes to be provided information identifying the plurality of video content items. For each video content item of the plurality of video content items that corresponds to a respective image content item, the system causes to be provided an indicator that correspondence has been verified.
US11700283B2
A system and method for self-adjusting cybersecurity analysis and score generation, wherein a reconnaissance engine gathers data about a client's computer network from the client, from devices and systems on the client's network, and from the Internet regarding various aspects of cybersecurity. Each of these aspects is evaluated independently, weighted, and cross-referenced to generate a cybersecurity score by aggregating individual vulnerability and risk factors together to provide a comprehensive characterization of cybersecurity risk using a transparent and traceable methodology. The scoring system itself can be used as a state machine with the cybersecurity score acting as a feedback mechanism, in which a cybersecurity score can be set at a level appropriate for a given organization, and data from clients or groups of clients with more extensive reporting can be used to supplement data for clients or groups of clients with less extensive reporting to enhance cybersecurity analysis and scoring.
US11700275B2
A method comprises receiving, at a network infrastructure device, a flow of packets, determining, using the network infrastructure device and for a first subset of the packets, that the first subset corresponds to a first datagram and determining a first length of the first datagram, determining, using the network infrastructure device and for a second subset of the packets, that the second subset corresponds to a second datagram that was received after the first datagram, and determining a second length of the second datagram, determining, using the network infrastructure device, a duration value between a first arrival time of the first datagram and a second arrival time of the second datagram, sending, to a collector device that is separate from the network infrastructure device, the first length, the second length, and the duration value for analysis.
US11700269B2
Systems and methods for analyzing user behavior patterns to detect compromised computing devices in an enterprise network are provided. According to one embodiment, an enforcement engine running on a network security device, identifies top users of a network exhibiting a suspicious behavior relating to login failures by determining a first set of users having a number of login failure events during a given time duration exceeding a threshold. The enforcement engine identifies from the first set of computers associated with the top users, a second set of computers exhibiting a suspicious behavior relating to new connections exceeding a threshold. The enforcement engine classifies a third set of computers, representing a subset of the second set exhibiting a suspicious behavior relating to consecutive new connections, as compromised source computers when their respective new connections are in a sequence that results in a Shannon entropy measure exceeding a threshold.
US11700255B2
The present disclosure includes a feedback framework that receives feedback for a component of an information technology platform. The component includes the feedback framework, the information technology platform, a software application, a web browser, a client device, a client instance, or a virtual server. The feedback framework obtains context information associated with the feedback. The context information includes a system log, a screenshot, a web address of a web browser of the client device, version information, and/or the like. The feedback framework also determines an identity of the component by executing a handler. The feedback framework then determines a notification to send based on the identity of the component, and sends the notification with the feedback and the context information. In this manner, the feedback framework provides sufficient context information associated with the feedback to diagnose and address issues while delivering the feedback and context information quickly and efficiently.
US11700253B2
A method for an access network of a telecommunications network includes: in a first step, a first authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA)-related message is sent by an authentication server entity and received by an access orchestrator entity, the first AAA-related message comprising: at least one standardized message attribute according to an access protocol; and at least one vendor-specific message attribute; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the access orchestrator entity sends a second AAA-related message to a service edge entity, the second AAA-related message solely comprising the at least one standardized message attribute according to the access protocol; and in a third step, subsequent to the first step and prior to, during or after the second step, the access orchestrator entity sends at least one third AAA-related message to the service edge entity, the at least one third AAA-related message corresponding to a message according to an application programming interface (API) or to a further access protocol.
US11700252B2
This disclosure is related to devices, systems, and techniques for controlling access to network services based on a trust ledger. In some examples, a trust broker system enables a relying party to control network service access of client device, where the trust broker system comprises one or more computing devices configured to maintain a trust ledger including a trust account balance (TAB) associated with each user of a set of users, where the TAB associated with each user of the set of users represents a value used to determine whether the respective user is permitted to access a resource.
US11700235B2
There is provided a method comprising receiving a domain name system (DNS) query from a client computing device, decrypting the DNS query by a DNS resolver device, and requesting reputation information related to the FQDN from an agent device of the router apparatus. If a matching FQDN is not found in a local database, the DNS query is allowed to proceed from the DNS resolver device to a cloud DNS resolver, the IP and MAC address of the client computing device are logged and mapped to the local database, the reputation information related to the FQDN is requested from a cloud FQDN server, and if the reputation information indicates that the FQDN should be blocked, the local database is updated with the reputation information and further queries to the FQDN are blocked.
US11700232B2
To secure communications from a process plant across a unidirectional data diode to a remote system, a sending device at the plant end publishes data across the diode to a receiving device at the remote end. The publication of various data is respectively in accordance with context information (e.g., identification of data sources, respective expected rate of data generation/arrival, etc.) that is descriptive of data sources of the plant and that is recurrently provided by the sending device across the diode. A recurrence interval may be based on a tolerance for lost data or another characteristic of an application, service, or consumer of data at the remote system. The publishing may leverage an industrial communication protocol (e.g., HART-IP) and/or a suitable general-purpose communication protocol (e.g., JSON).
US11700220B2
A system includes a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for generating collections of media content. The program and method provide for selecting a plurality of narrative group criteria for a media content collection, the plurality of narrative group criteria being stored in a database; for each narrative group criterion in the plurality, selecting a respective media content item associated with the narrative group criterion and with a user, based on a time the respective media content item was generated and a keyword, image, video or audio in the respective media content item, determining a title that corresponds to the narrative group criterion, and updating the media content collection to include the title and the respective media content item; and causing the media content collection to be displayed on a computing device of the user.
US11700217B2
A method for displaying media information includes: receiving a media information request sent by an originating client, where the media information request carries media information and destination client information; parsing the received media information to obtain text information corresponding to the media information; synthesizing information related to the media information with information related to the text information to obtain composite information; and sending the composite information to a destination client according to the destination client information, so that the destination client obtains the media information and the text information according to the composite information and displays the media information and the text information.
US11700215B2
A first user equipment (UE)—during a real time text (RTT) communication session with a second UE—may make a control function available to a local user of the first UE, who may invoke the control function to break up his/her RTT content within organized conversation bubbles. In an example process, after displaying first text character(s)—which was input by the local user—within a first conversation bubble designated for the first UE (or the local user thereof), the first UE may detect an invocation of the control function, followed by additional user input requesting to type one or more second text characters. Invocation of the control function prior to the additional user input requesting to type the second text character(s) may cause the first UE to display the second text character(s) within a second conversation bubble designated for the first UE, rather than the first conversation bubble.
US11700213B2
The invention relates to a method for transmitting a target data frame (fA) on a path comprising at least one router (R) that has input ports (P1, P2, P3), at least one output port (PS) and an arbitration unit (UA) configured so as to select a data frame from a plurality of data frames each coming from a different input port and competing for transmission by one and the same output port. The method comprises specifying, for each of the access ports of the router, data frames (fB, fC) competing with the target data frame for transmission by a target output port of the router. An end-to-end transmission time of the target data frame on the path is then measured while the arbitration unit selects the competing data frame (fB) before the target data frame (fA) for transmission by the target output port (PS).
US11700207B2
Systems and methods for providing bandwidth congestion control in a private fabric in a high performance computing environment. An exemplary method can provide, at one or more microprocessors, a first subnet, the first subnet comprising a plurality of switches, and a plurality of host channel adapters, wherein each of the host channel adapters comprise at least one host channel adapter port, and wherein the plurality of host channel adapters are interconnected via the plurality of switches, and a plurality of end nodes. The method can provide, at a host channel adapter, an end node ingress bandwidth quota associated with an end node attached to the host channel adapter. The method can receive, at the end node of the host channel adapter, ingress bandwidth, the ingress bandwidth exceeding the ingress bandwidth quota of the end node.
US11700200B2
A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: a packet generator generating a packet including a header and a payload from an input stream including a plurality of input packets; and a signal processor signal-processing the packet, wherein the header includes a base header which includes: a first field indicating a packet type of the input packets; wherein when the first field is set to a value indicating that the packet type of the input packets is a TS packet, the base header comprises a second field indicating a number of TS packets included in the payload and a third field set to a first value indicating that the header of the packet does not comprises an additional header or a second value indicating that the header of the packet further comprises the additional header, and wherein the third field is set to the second value when TS header compression to remove at least one header of the TS packets is applied to generate the packet.
US11700197B2
The present application includes operations related to routing communications. In some embodiments, the operations may include receiving, from a third-party communication address, an incoming communication directed toward a general communication address associated with a communication system. The operations may also include routing the incoming communication to a specific communication address associated with the communication system instead of to the general communication address based on a previous outgoing communication being from the specific communication address and being directed toward the third-party communication address.
US11700195B2
A network node that provides egress fault protection for a primary egress node. The network node may receive a service label associated with an application from a primary egress node of a primary label switched path (LSP). The network node may use the service label to add a forwarding entry into a forwarding table associated with the primary egress node. Following a fault in the primary egress node, the network node may receive a data packet comprising an LSP label and the service label from a partial backup LSP. The network node may use the LSP label to locate the forwarding table associated with the primary egress node. The service label may be used to deliver the data packet to a destination node according to the forwarding table associated with the primary egress node.
US11700190B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for annotating process and user information for network flows. In some embodiments, a capturing agent, executing on a first device in a network, can monitor a network flow associated with the first device. The first device can be, for example, a virtual machine, a hypervisor, a server, or a network device. Next, the capturing agent can generate a control flow based on the network flow. The control flow may include metadata that describes the network flow. The capturing agent can then determine which process executing on the first device is associated with the network flow and label the control flow with this information. Finally, the capturing agent can transmit the labeled control flow to a second device, such as a collector, in the network.
US11700185B2
Systems and methods for controlling operations of a computer system. The methods comprises: collecting, by at least one computing device, information about events occurring in the computer system; performing automated ontogenesis operations by the at least one computing device using the collected information to determine a context of a given situation associated with the computer system, define parameters for a plurality of different sets of actions that could occur in the context of the given situation, and simulate the sets of actions to generate predicted consequences resulting from the performance of certain behaviors by nodes of the computer system; and using the parameters of at least one of the predicted consequences to control operations of the computer system.
US11700179B2
Some embodiments provide a method, for configuring logical network entities at a host computer. The method receives configuration data for a particular logical networking entity implemented at the host computer. The method identifies that the configuration data for the particular logical networking entity includes at least two conflicting configuration settings for the particular logical networking entity. At least one of the configuration settings for the particular logical networking entity is based on association of a configuration profile to a group of logical entities that includes the particular logical networking entity. The method determines a particular one of the conflicting configuration settings with a highest priority to apply to the particular logical networking entity at the host computer.
US11700174B2
System on a chip, comprising several master pieces of equipment, several slave resources, an interconnection circuit capable of routing transactions between master pieces of equipment and slave resources, and a processing unit at least configured to allow a user of the system on a chip to implement within the system on a chip at least one configuration diagram of this system defined by a set of configuration pieces of information including at least one piece of identification information assigned to each master piece of equipment, The identification pieces of information are intended to be attached to all the transactions emitted by the corresponding master pieces of equipment, the set of configuration pieces of information not being used for addressing the slave resources receiving the transactions and being used to define an assignment of at least one piece of master equipment to at least some of the slave resources.
US11700173B2
In one embodiment, dynamic user private networks are virtually segmented within a shared virtual network. A network control system maintains the dynamic logical segmentation of the shared virtual network. User entities (e.g., user devices and/or services) are communicatively coupled to respective personal virtual networks via endpoints of access devices. Each of these endpoints is associated with a corresponding user private network. Responsive in real-time to automated processing of a received electronic particular user request, the network control system automatically modifies the dynamic logical segmentation of the shared virtual network to move a particular user entity on the shared virtual network to newly being on the first dynamic user private network without being disconnected from the shared virtual network. One embodiment uses different user private network identifiers (UPN-IDs) associated with endpoints and received packets to identify their respective user private network.
US11700169B2
Various embodiments herein described are directed to methods, apparatuses and computer program products configured for improving alert generation and management in network computer systems. In some embodiments, a client device may generate one or more responder alert data objects for an incident data object based at least in part on global alert policy data object(s) and inline alert policy data object(s). Additional example embodiments provide various example global alert policy creation user interfaces, global alert policy edit user interfaces, inline alert policy creation user interfaces, and/or inline alert policy edit user interfaces that facilitate various user inputs and software operations in an incident alert and management platform.
US11700163B2
A modulation format estimation device 100 includes: a frequency shift correction unit 112 configured to estimate the amount of a frequency shift using a baseband signal acquired from a received signal and correct the baseband signal based on an estimation result; a frequency error generation unit 122 configured to generate a plurality of frequency errors from a range set based on an error occurring in the estimation of the frequency shift amount; a frequency error introduction unit 123 configured to acquire learning baseband signals in which each of a plurality of source signals modulated by different modulation formats is frequency-shifted by each frequency error; and a modulation format estimation unit 113 configured to input a corrected baseband signal to a first machine learning model created by machine learning using learning data including the plurality of learning baseband signals and a label, and estimate a modulation format of the received signal.
US11700161B2
A system for peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR) reduction of a frequency shifted plurality of digital broadcast signals taking into account the combined signal peaks in order to transmit the signals more efficiently in a single broadcast transmission system. The PAPR algorithm takes into account a rotating constellation phase offset for the shifted signals corresponding to the amount of applied frequency shift. In the case of a dual sideband In-Band-On-Channel (IBOC) signal typically used in conjunction with an FM carrier in the center, the sidebands can be interleaved to create a new IBOC signal definition and take the place of the FM carrier for an all-digital transmission that is backward compatible with IBOC receivers allowing for a gradual migration to all digital broadcasting.
US11700147B2
A load control system may include control devices for controlling power provided to an electrical load. The control devices may include a control-source device and a control-target device. The control-target device may control the power provided to the electrical load based on digital messages received from the control-source device. The control devices may include a load control discovery device capable of sending discovery messages configured to discover control devices within a location. The discovered control devices may be organized by signal strength and may be provided to a network device to enable association of the discovered control devices within a location. The discovery messages may be transmitted within an established discovery range. The discovery range may be adjusted to discover different control devices. Different control devices may be identified as the load control discovery device for discovering different control devices.
US11700133B2
The present invention relates to a zero-knowledge proof-based certificate service method using a blockchain network, the method comprising: (a) a step in which, if a certificate registration request transaction including user trap information generated by using at least one user personal information corresponding to a user and a private key of the user is acquired from a user terminal, a certification support server confirms whether or not the user personal information included in the certificate registration request transaction is authentic; (b) a step in which, if it is confirmed that the user personal information corresponds to the user, the certification support server computes the user personal information and the user trap information included in the certificate registration request transaction by using a commitment scheme, thereby generating a user commitment corresponding to the user personal information; and (c) a step in which the certification support server transmits a certificate transaction including the user commitment to the blockchain networks such that the blockchain network registers the certificate transaction in a distributed ledger.
US11700132B2
A security event management system for an electronic connected network includes a public key infrastructure subsystem configured to generate a security ID for a connected device accessing the network, a digital ledger, a trigger list in operable communication with the digital ledger, and an event manager configured to (i) subscribe to the trigger list by defining at least one reportable event of which the trigger list is to advise the event manager, and (ii) receive a notification from the trigger list upon validation of the at least one reportable event behind the digital ledger.
US11700130B2
Logic may implement protocols and procedures for vehicle-to-vehicle communications for platooning. Logic may implement a communications topology to distinguish time-critical communications from non-time-critical communications. Logic may sign time-critical communications with a message authentication code (MAC) algorithm with a hash function such as Keccak MAC or a Cipher-based MAC. Logic may generate a MAC based on pairwise, symmetric keys to sign the time-critical communications. Logic may sign non-time-critical communications with a digital signature. Logic may encrypt non-time-critical communications. Logic may append a certificate to non-time-critical communications. Logic may append a header to messages to create data packets and may include a packet type to identify time-critical communications. Logic may decode and verify the time-critical messages with a pairwise symmetric key. And logic may prioritize time-critical communications to meet a specified latency.
US11700123B2
A rights server system comprises a combination of digital fingerprint authentication techniques, processes, programs, and hardware that facilitate the creation, assignment, management, and enforcement of rights related to a physical object. An unspoofable, secure linkage is created between a physical object and an associated digital file through a digital fingerprint of the object. The digital fingerprint must be unambiguously derived from the object. The rights server manages interests in the physical object through issuing digital tokens which are linked to the associated digital file. Digital tokens linked to and backed by the physical object can serve as a type of currency or medium of exchange of real value.
US11700122B1
Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for facilitating secure and private communications, via a website or application of a third-party computing system (TPCS), between a user device and a service provider computing system (SPCS). The communications may be conducted via a frame in a website served by the TPCS. The TPCS may serve a website that incorporates a customizable SDK component provided by the SPCS. The communications allow the user to, for example, open a new account. The SDK component may be initialized via a script from the SPCS, and authenticated via a session token obtained from the SPCS via the TPCS. The SDK component may provide user information, input into the frame, to the SPCS via API calls to the SPCS. The user does not navigate away from the website while securely engaging the SPCS. The third-party/partner need not develop its own user interface, security protocols, etc.
US11700120B2
A pairing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a noise filtering part for filtering a noise on a power line; and a processor for pairing with a pairing target device and performing an authentication by generating a secret key using the filtered noise and by using the generated secret key.
US11700119B2
The disclosure is directed to, among other things, distributed ledger systems for modular vehicles. The disclosure may involve receiving, at a first ledger associated with a first node, information regarding an interaction between the first node and a second node. The same transaction information may also be received at a second ledger associated with the second node, as well as ledgers associated with any other number of nodes. The first node, second node, and any other number of nodes may be modular vehicle components. Additionally, the first ledger, second ledger, and any other number of ledgers include a set of the same information. The first node, second node, and third node may be nodes on a distributed ledger network.
US11700118B2
Methods, systems, and devices for public key protection techniques are described. An embedded multimedia card (eMMC) may be formatted to include a permanent write protect group that is configured to prevent disabling of write protection for data stored in the permanent write protect group. The eMMC may store a public key associated with a first host device in the permanent write protect group of the eMMC. A data package may be received from the host device and authenticated by using the public key stored in the permanent write protect group. The embedded memory controller may be configured to prevent modifying or writing data to a permanent write protect group.
US11700106B2
Provided is a communication apparatus that flexibly switches execution/non-execution of FD. The communication apparatus includes the followings: a resource allocation unit that allocates, to another communication apparatus, reception radio resources in a predetermined frequency channel and allocates transmission radio resources at least partially overlapping the reception radio resources on a time axis; and a notification unit that notifies the other communication apparatus of information regarding the reception radio resources and the transmission radio resources. The resource allocation unit further allocates transmission radio resources at least partially overlapping the reception radio resources on a frequency axis.
US11700102B2
Systems and methods for transmitting uplink control information, for example ACK/NACK, while in RRC_inactive state, are provided. Uplink control information is transmitted while in RRC_INACTIVE state by transmitting a sequence from a set of possible sequences to convey the uplink control information, the transmitted sequence associated with a value of the uplink control information. The sequence is asynchronously transmitted. Signalling may be used to configure a transmission resource within which to transmit the sequence, wherein the transmission resource has a time duration that is longer than a time duration to transmit the sequence. This has the effect of introducing a gap following sequence transmission that can ensure the sequence transmission does not interfere with a data transmission.
US11700101B2
One example method includes receiving configuration information of a control channel resource set, where the configuration information indicates a quantity of time-frequency resource blocks of the control channel resource set and an offset from a frequency domain center location of a synchronization signal block to a frequency domain center location of the control channel resource set, the synchronization signal block includes broadcast information and a synchronization signal, and the broadcast information includes the configuration information. The control channel resource set is determined based on the quantity of time-frequency resource blocks and the offset, and control information is received within the control channel resource set.
US11700098B2
Disclosed are a wireless transmitter and a reference signal transmission method that improve channel estimation accuracy. In a terminal, which transmits a reference signal using n (n is a non-negative integer 2 or greater) band blocks (which correspond to clusters here), which are disposed with spaces therebetween in a frequency direction, a reference signal controller switches the reference signal formation method of a reference signal generator between a first formation method and a second formation method based on the number (n) of band blocks. In addition, a threshold value setting unit adjusts a switching threshold value based on the frequency spacing between band blocks. Thus, the reference signal formation method can be selected with good accuracy and, as a result, channel estimation accuracy is further improved.
US11700090B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to providing frequency diversity for communications in an unlicensed spectrum are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, an opportunistic frequency-switching configuration for a first frequency band and a second frequency band. The first frequency band and the second frequency band are shared by a first network operating entity and a second network operating entity. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, a first communication signal in a first frequency band based on the opportunistic frequency-switching configuration. The first wireless communication device switches from the first frequency band to a second frequency band based on the opportunistic frequency-switching configuration. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device after the switching, a second communication signal in the second frequency band based on the opportunistic frequency-switching configuration.
US11700089B2
According to certain embodiments, a method is disclosed for operating a user equipment. The method comprises transmitting or receiving a transmission on at least one of the component carriers, wherein the at least one component carrier is associated with a slot duration that corresponds to a numerology of the component carrier. The transmitting or receiving on the at least one of the component carriers is based on a relation between a number of information bits on the at least one of the component carriers over one or more reference slot durations and a reference data rate.
US11700087B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, more specifically, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: merging a first cell having a first TTI and a second cell having a second TTI, the length of the second TTI being N (N>1) times the length of the first TTI; receiving data scheduling information for the second cell in the first TTI of the first cell; and establishing data communication on the basis of the data scheduling information in the second TTI of the second cell corresponding to the first TTI of the first cell, wherein the first TTI for the first cell is any one TTI from among the N number of TTIs of the first cell corresponding to the second TTI of the second cell.
US11700082B1
The present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods and software for quantitatively evaluating an improvement on an active communication network when an impairment, such as a developing impairment, is addressed by one or more repair options via proactive network maintenance.
US11700081B1
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first device may receive one or more signals from a second device. The first device may estimate one or more metrics associated with noise of the one or more signals. The first device may transmit, to the second device and based on the estimating, a report indicating the one or more metrics. The first device may receive a message indicating a multi-level coding scheme from the second device. The multi-level coding scheme may be based on the one or more metrics and may indicate a partitioning configuration of the multi-level coding scheme for communications between the first device and the second device. The first device may communicate with the second device using the partitioning configuration of the multi-level coding scheme.
US11700079B2
An optronic system (100) for a countermeasure unit (10) to optically communicate with another communication terminal is disclosed. The countermeasure unit (10) comprises a laser beam source (12) and a directing device (14) for a laser beam (15) of the laser beam source (12) and is configured to dazzle or to jam an object of threat (50). The optronic system (100) comprising: a detector (110), a modulation unit (120), and a control unit (130). The detector (110) is configured to detect an incoming communication in an incoming signal (25). The modulation unit (120) is configured to demodulate the incoming signal (25) or cause a modulation of an outgoing laser beam (15). The control unit (130) is configured, in response to the detected incoming communication, to control the modulation unit (120) to demodulate the incoming signal (25) or to modulate the outgoing laser beam (15) to enable an optical communication via the laser beam source (12) of the countermeasure unit (10).
US11700078B2
Systems and methods for increasing throughput of a photonic processor by using photonic degrees of freedom (DOF) are provided. The photonic processor includes a multiplexer configured to multiplex, using at least one photonic DOF, multiple encoded optical signals into a multiplexed optical signal. The photonic processor also includes a detector coupled to an output of an optical path including the multiplexer, the detector being configured to generate a first current based on the multiplexed optical signal or a demultiplexed portion of the multiplexed optical signal. The photonic processor further includes a modulator coupled to and output of the detector, the modulator being configured to generate a second current by modulating the first current.
US11700074B2
In an embodiment, a method for determining the type of a mobile radio base station is provided. The method may include receiving a synchronization message comprising a mobile radio base station identifier, and determining the type of a mobile radio base station using a previously signaled and stored piece of mobile radio base station type determining information indicating a rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier and the received mobile radio base station identifier.
US11700073B2
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for grouping common DCI for CLI measurement and reporting. In a first aspect, a UE may receive DCI that is common to a group of UEs that includes the UE. The DCI may be configured to trigger at least one of an SRS transmission or a CLI measurement. The UE may transmit the SRS transmission and/or report the CLI measurement based on the DCI that is common to the group of UEs. In a second aspect, a base station may transmit at least one DCI that is common to the group of UEs to trigger the at least one of the SRS transmission or the CLI report for the group of UEs. The base station may receive the CLI report from at least a subset of UEs in the group of UEs.
US11700068B2
An optical data communication system includes an optical power supply and an electro-optical chip. The optical power supply includes a laser that generates laser light at a single wavelength. A comb generator receives the light at the single wavelength and generates multiple wavelengths of continuous wave light from laser light at the single wavelength. The multiple wavelengths of continuous wave light are provided as light input to the electro-optical chip. The electro-optical chip includes at least one transmit macro that receives the multiple wavelengths of continuous wave light and that modulates one or more of the multiple wavelengths of continuous wave light to generate modulated light signals that convey digital data.
US11700063B2
An apparatus embodiment includes a remote control interface unit configured to accept an appliance control code carried in a radio frequency signal transmitted from a smart phone, extract the appliance control code from the radio frequency signal, send the extracted appliance control code to an optical frequency interface, and initiate transmission of an optical frequency signal including the appliance control code to an appliance configured to receive signals from an optical remote control.
US11700055B2
Various arrangements are presented for using an estimated timing advance for user equipment communications. A location of an instance of user equipment may be determined. An estimated distance between the user equipment and a communication satellite may be determined using the determined location of the user equipment and an estimated satellite location. An estimated timing offset using the calculated estimated distance may be determined. An uplink data frame may be transmitted by the user equipment to the satellite such that a timing of transmission of the uplink data frame is based on the calculated estimated timing offset.
US11700046B2
A UE may receive a BFD-RS and calculate, based on the BFD-RS, one or more of a value of an RSSI or at least one of a value of an SNR or a value of an RSRP, such that the UE may report a BFI based on the calculated values. The UE may initiate at least one of a total BFI timer or a consecutive BFI timer when a first BFI of a plurality of BFIs is stored, and increment at least one of a total BFI counter or a consecutive BFI counter when each of the plurality of BFIs is stored. A BFD procedure may be performed if at least one of the total BFI counter is greater than or equal to a maximum total count or the consecutive BFI counter is greater than or equal to a maximum consecutive count prior to an expiration of respective BFI timers.
US11700045B2
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating beam training with relay link are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a control node includes determining a first set of measurements associated with at least one set of beam pairs. In some examples, the at least one set of beam pairs is associated with a wireless backhaul link between a first wireless device and a relay device, a first relay access link portion between the first wireless device and the relay device, or a second relay access link portion between the relay device and at least one second wireless device. The example method also includes configuring at least one subset of beam pairs of the at least one set of beam pairs based on the first set of measurements. Additionally, the example method includes transmitting information indicating the at least one subset of beam pairs to the relay device.
US11700043B2
Beamforming monitoring apparatus and method are disclosed. The method, comprises receiving (300) parameter data of radio connections between transceivers of a radio access network, the parameter data comprising transmission direction of the beams used in transmission and quality indicators related to transmitted beams; organising (302) data into one or more layers based on parameter data and connections at a given time resolution; receiving (304) a selection of layers at a given time instant; receiving (306) a selection of a view type; and controlling (308) displaying of the selected layers of the given time instant using the selected view type.
US11700042B2
A load balancing method for cellular communication systems and communication systems in general is described where beam steering antenna systems on the client or user side of the communication link are used to optimize load balancing among the base stations or nodes. A system controller containing an algorithm is implemented to control the radiation modes from the client or user devices to assign the client or user devices to the various base stations or nodes and to dynamically vary the network load across the cellular or communication system.
US11700036B2
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.
US11700029B2
An electrical balance duplexer has multiple impedance gradients and multiple impedance tuners. The electrical balance duplexer transmits an outgoing signal from a transmitter during a transmission mode when a first set of impedance gradients of the multiple impedance gradients is operating in a first impedance state and a first set of impedance tuners of the multiple impedance tuners is operating in a second state. The electrical balance duplexer isolates the outgoing signal from a receiver during the transmission mode when a second set of impedance gradients of the multiple impedance gradients and a second set of impedance tuners of the multiple impedance tuners are operating in the second impedance state.
US11700020B2
This disclosure focuses on example embodiments of a classical approach to the problem of quantum error correction in the presence of faults. Linear codes equipped with faulty parity measurements are disclosed. Example definitions of fault tolerance are introduced and embodiments of a fault tolerant scheme are disclosed that reduce the number of parity measurements required compared with Shor method. Such schemes are well suited to be implemented in the classical control device of a quantum computer in order to ensure quantum fault tolerance.
US11700017B2
Disclosed is a method and system for providing a minimal aliasing error correction code. In constructing a single error correction (SEC) code by constructing a parity check matrix H for a data length k applied to a device, as the SEC code is designed to be valid and minimize generation of aliasing by checking some bits rather than all bits when nonzero binary column matrices different from each other are arranged in the parity check matrix, destruction of information can be prevented, and reliability of a device applying the SEC, such as DRAM or the like, can be improved.
US11700016B2
A zero padding apparatus and method for variable length signaling information are disclosed. A zero padding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a processor configured to generate a LDPC information bit string by deciding a number of groups whose all bits are to be filled with 0 using a difference between a length of the LDPC information bit string and a length of a BCH-encoded bit string, selecting the groups using a shortening pattern order to fill all the bits of the groups with 0, and filling at least a part of remaining groups, which are not filled with 0, with the BCH-encoded bit string; and memory configured to provide the LDPC information bit string to an LDPC encoder.
US11700006B2
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit comprises one or more most-significant-bit (MSB) capacitors having first ends connected to a voltage comparator and one or more least-significant-bit (LSB) capacitors having first ends connected to the comparator. The circuit further comprises a first switching circuit for each MSB capacitor, configured to selectively connect the second end of the respective MSB capacitor to (a) an input voltage, for sampling, (b) a ground reference, during portions of a conversion phase, and (c) a first conversion reference voltage, for other portions of the conversion phase. The circuit still further comprises a second switch circuit, for each LSB capacitor, configured to selectively connect the second end of the respective LSB capacitor between (d) the ground reference, during portions of the conversion phase, and (e) a second conversion reference voltage, for other portions of the conversion phase, the second conversion reference voltage differing from the first.
US11700003B2
A microcontroller is coupled to a detection circuit which generates a detection signal. The microcontroller includes a processing circuit and an input-output circuit. The processing circuit generates an output signal according to the detection signal. In response to the output signal being at a specific level, the processing circuit enables a reset signal. The input-output circuit includes a latch circuit and a counter circuit. The latch circuit latches the output signal to generate a latched signal. The counter circuit starts adjusting the count value in response to the reset signal being enabled. The counter circuit changes the level of the latched signal in response to the count value being equal to a predetermined value.
US11700000B2
A CAN bus transmitter has an input to receive a transmit data signal, and CANH and CANL outputs coupled to a CAN bus. The CAN bus transmitter comprises a plurality of CAN driver circuits having inputs coupled through delay circuits with their CANH and CANL outputs in common and connected to the CAN bus. Matching of Cgs capacitances between devices of the CANH and CANL legs provides substantially synchronized changes in the CANH and CANL output logic levels upon a change in the input logic level. Variable delaying of the input logic level changes to each of the plurality of CAN driver circuits reduces emission of unwanted signals from the CAN bus.
US11699998B2
A switch assembly configured to determine when input received from a switch is caused by proper actuation of the switch and should be accepted, or is caused instead by a fault in the switch or in the intervening circuitry and should be ignored and/or reported. The switch assembly optionally includes a logic circuit that is electrically connected to the switch. The logic circuit may provide power to the switch, for example, as a time varying signal, which may then be presented to the logic circuit as input when the switch is properly actuated. The logic circuit may then compare the input from the switch with the signal sent to the switch to determine if a fault is present, or if the switch is operating properly.
US11699990B2
An oscillating device includes a first quartz crystal resonator, a driving circuit, a first waveform adjustment circuit, and at least two second quartz crystal resonators. The first quartz crystal resonator has a first resonant frequency. The driving circuit, coupled to the first quartz crystal resonator, drives the first quartz crystal resonator to generate a first oscillating signal having the first resonant frequency. The second quartz crystal resonators, coupled in parallel and coupled to the driving circuit and the first quartz crystal resonator, have a second resonant frequency and receive and rectify the first oscillating signal to generate a second oscillating signal having the second resonant frequency. The first waveform adjustment circuit, coupled to the second quartz crystal resonators, receives the second oscillating signal and adjusts the second oscillating signal to generate a first waveform adjustment signal.
US11699987B2
A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator includes a substrate, a piezoelectric layer disposed above the substrate, a first electrode disposed below the piezoelectric layer, a second electrode disposed above the piezoelectric layer, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer disposed between the substrate and the piezoelectric layer, and a bonding layer disposed between the third dielectric layer and the substrate. The first dielectric layer is disposed below the piezoelectric layer and includes a cavity. The third dielectric layer is disposed below the first dielectric layer and includes a protruding structure protruding towards the piezoelectric layer. The second dielectric layer overlays the third dielectric layer including the protruding structure, the second dielectric layer and the protruding structure of the third dielectric layer constituting a double-wall boundary structure surrounding the cavity.
US11699985B2
A ceramic substrate is formed of polycrystalline ceramic and has a supporting main surface. At the supporting main surface of the ceramic substrate, the mean of grain sizes of the polycrystalline ceramic is 15 μm or more and less than 40 μm and the standard deviation of the grain sizes is less than 1.5 times the mean.
US11699974B1
A frequency synthesizer on an integrated circuit provides a local oscillator (LO) signal for RF operations and also functions as an injection clock signal source during crystal oscillator startup. The integrated circuit goes into a sleep mode in which the crystal oscillator is off and responsive to a wakeup event the crystal oscillator starts up again using the injection clock signal sourced from the frequency synthesizer. Parameters that cause the injection clock signal to match the crystal oscillator frequency are stored. The frequency synthesizer includes a phase-locked loop having an LC oscillator. A digital to analog converter controls the LC oscillator during injection. During an initial power up of the integrated circuit, a PLL in the frequency synthesizer locks to the crystal oscillator frequency to determine the parameters to store for injection.
US11699973B2
A metering and control subsystem for a photovoltaic solar system is configured for metering the photovoltaic solar system using current measurement devices and individually controlling relays to selectively energize photovoltaic branch circuits. In some examples, the metering and control subsystem includes photovoltaic branch connectors, a relay matrix, current measurement devices, and a metering and relay control circuit. The metering and control circuit is configured for metering the photovoltaic solar system using current measurement data from the current measurement devices and individually controlling the relays to selectively energize each photovoltaic branch circuit.
US11699970B2
The present invention provides a driving voltage generation method of a linear motor, and linear motor driving voltage generation device performing same. The driving voltage voltage generation method of a linear motor includes the following. Define the displacement waveform of the linear motor’s vibrator within a preset period and the displacement waveform is an asymmetrical waveform. Calculate the voltage waveform corresponding to the linear motor in the preset period according to the displacement waveform. The present invention is designed to use the driving voltage generated by the driving voltage generation method to effectively control the linear motor to express the vibration effect in a specific direction.
US11699966B1
An exciter drive circuit comprises a direct current (DC) link to provide a positive DC voltage to a positive voltage exciter rail and a negative DC voltage to a negative voltage exciter rail. An exciter winding includes a first exciter terminal connected to the positive voltage exciter rail and an opposing second exciter terminal connected to the negative voltage exciter rail. A flyback circuit establishes a first flyback current path that conducts the current from exciter winding in response to an inductive flyback event. A flyback fault protection circuit establishes a second flyback current path that conducts the current from exciter winding in response to the inductive flyback event and a fault present in the flyback circuit. The second flyback current path delivers the current output by the exciter winding from the negative voltage exciter rail to the positive voltage exciter rail.
US11699964B2
A motor controller comprises a switch circuit and a control unit. The switch circuit is coupled to a motor for driving the motor. The control unit is configured to generate a plurality of control signals to control the switch circuit. The motor controller sequentially determines a first phase, a second phase, a third phase, and a fourth phase based on a rotation direction. When the motor controller is in the first phase and the motor controller is unable to detect a phase switching time point within a starting time, the motor controller switches from the first phase to the second phase, the third phase, or the fourth phase. The motor controller is configured to increase a success rate of starting the motor.
US11699963B2
A motor control system includes a reference current generator that generates a reference current based on a command, a motor voltage providing device that generates a phase voltage based on the reference current, a high frequency voltage, and a feedback current and provides a motor with the phase voltage, and a high frequency voltage generator that generates the high frequency voltage corresponding to a magnitude of voltage generated based on the reference current and the feedback current.
US11699958B2
Disclosed are a voltage switching circuit and a power adapter having the same. The voltage switching circuit comprises a first switching circuit having a first terminal receiving a first voltage from a first converter, and a second switching circuit having a first terminal receiving a second voltage from a second converter. Second terminals of the first and second switching circuits are electrically connected to form a switching terminal for outputting an output voltage. When the output voltage is required to be switched from the first voltage to the second voltage, the first switching circuit is controlled to be turned off and then the second switching circuit is controlled to be turned on, and when a voltage at the first terminal of the second switching circuit is higher than a preset voltage, the second converter is shut down or kept off.
US11699954B2
A multi-phase switching regulator and a switching regulating method using the multi-phase switching regulator employ an interleaving circuit. The multi-phase switching regulator includes: a first regulating circuit configured to receive an input voltage and generate a first sub-output voltage with a first phase by transforming the input voltage in response to a first set signal; a second regulating circuit configured to receive the input voltage and generate a second sub-output voltage with a second phase by transforming the input voltage in response to a second set signal; and the interleaving circuit configured to repeatedly and sequentially generate the first set signal and the second set signal by comparing a reference voltage with an output voltage generated based on the first sub-output voltage and the second sub-output voltage.
US11699952B2
A power supply control device controls power supply to a load through a power supply switch. A driving circuit switches on or off the power supply switch. When the driving circuit switches the power supply switch from off to on, a waveform value regarding the current waveform of a current that flows through the load is output by a waveform value detection unit to a microcomputer. The microcomputer determines power supply control conditions regarding control of power supply to the load based on the waveform value that is input from the waveform detection unit.
US11699941B2
A method of electrically grounding a rotor shaft of an electric motor includes removing a first lockplate fastener from a motor endshield and an internal bearing lockplate. A second lockplate fastener remains coupled to the motor endshield and internal bearing lockplate such that the internal bearing lockplate stays secured along an interior side of the motor endshield. A mounting plate of a shaft ground assembly is positioned along an exterior side of the motor endshield. The mounting plate supports a shaft ground that includes a conductive element configured to electrically couple to the rotor shaft. The first lockplate fastener is replaced with a first mounting plate fastener coupled to the mounting plate, motor endshield, and bearing lockplate to secure the mounting plate to the endshield and to secure the bearing lockplate along the interior side of the motor endshield.
US11699939B2
An electric machine (10) includes a housing (12), a stator (20) fixed within the housing (12), a rotor (30) with a rotor shaft (32), an air gap (24) formed between the rotor (30) and the stator (20), and a cooling device (14) configured for liquid cooling of the electric machine (10). The rotor shaft (32) defines an axial bore (36) in an axial direction, which extends at least partially into the rotor (30). The rotor (30) defines a radially extending air duct (40), which extends from an inner side (42) contacting the rotor shaft (30) to an outer side (44) facing the air gap (24). The rotor shaft (32) defines a bore (46), which is aligned with the air duct (40) such that air is flowable out of the rotor shaft (32) into the air gap (24).
US11699935B2
A motor includes a stator and a rotor having a rotor shaft. The motor includes a bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring that are configured to rotate relative to each other. The inner ring is supported by the rotor shaft. The motor also includes a holder that supports the outer ring. The holder is clearance-fitted to a retainer on a stator side. A rotation prevention apparatus configured to prevent the rotation of the holder is positioned between the holder and a stopper member on the stator side.
US11699932B2
A rotor for a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core in which a plurality of magnetic pole portions is provided. Each of the magnetic pole portions includes: a magnet insertion hole into which a permanent magnet is inserted. A d-axis-side space portion is provided inside the magnet insertion hole between the d-axis-side end portion of the permanent magnet and the d-axis-side end portion of the magnet insertion hole, and a q-axis-side space portion penetrating in the axial direction is provided inside the magnet insertion hole between the q-axis-side end portion of the permanent magnet and the q-axis-side end portion of the magnet insertion hole. The permanent magnet further includes: a first communication portion communicating the d-axis-side end portion with the q-axis-side end portion; and a second communication portion communicating the d-axis-side end portion with the q-axis-side end portion.
US11699929B2
A process for assembling a rotor of a variable-reluctance synchronous motor, characterised in that it comprises the steps of: i. preparing a plurality of discs having a through-cavity for each polar sector for housing at least a magnet; ii. positioning the discs in sequence along an axis of rotation for forming the rotor, so that the through-cavities are aligned to one another; iii. preparing magnets having an identical depth that is smaller than the depth of the rotor, and a frontal section that is identical to or smaller than the area of the cavity; iv. calculating the number of magnets to be inserted, for each polar sector, in a sequence so as to occupy only part of the total depth of the rotor as a function of the performances to be obtained; v. inserting the calculated number of magnets in a series of cavities aligned for each polar sector. The invention also relates to a rotor of a variable-reluctance synchronous motor assembled using the process set out above.
US11699922B2
A wireless charging method, a receiver, a terminal device, and a charger are provided. A receiver (20) includes an oscillation circuit (210), a power processor (220), a sampling control module (230), and an auxiliary power supply module (240). In a ping phase, the oscillation circuit receives first energy sent by a transmitter (10), and the sampling control module collects a first voltage value output by the oscillation circuit based on the first energy, and when the first voltage value is less than a startup voltage value of the power processor, controls the auxiliary power supply module to supply power to the power processor, so that the power processor is started. In a power transfer phase, the power processor sends a power transfer instruction to the transmitter, so that the transmitter sends second energy based on the power transfer instruction, to provide electric energy for a load in the receiver.
US11699919B2
An automatic transfer switch (100) for automatically switching an electrical load between two power sources is provided. Two power cords (106) enter the ATS (A power and B power inputs) and one cord (109) exits the ATS (power out to the load). The ATS has indicators (107) located beneath a clear crenelated plastic lens (108) that also acts as the air inlets. The ATS (100) also has a communication portal (103) and a small push-button (104) used for inputting some local control commands directly to the ATS (100). The ATS (100) can be mounted on a DIN rail at a rack and avoids occupying rack shelves.
US11699908B2
A battery system with a large-format Li-ion battery powers attached equipment by discharging battery cells distributed among a plurality of battery packs. The discharging of the battery cells is controlled in an efficient manner while preserving the expected life of the Li-ion battery cells. Each battery pack internally supports a battery management system and may have identical components, thus supporting an architecture that easily scales to higher power/energy. Battery packs may be added or removed without intervention with a user, where one of battery packs serves as a master battery pack and the remaining battery packs serve as slave battery packs. When the master battery pack is removed, one of the slave battery packs becomes the master battery pack. Charging and discharging of the battery cells is coordinated by the master battery pack with the slave battery packs over a communication channel such as a controller area network (CAN) bus.
US11699899B2
An electronic device includes a first group III nitride transistor and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. The ESD protection circuit includes a diode and a second transistor. The diode has an anode electrically connected to a gate of the first group III nitride transistor. The second transistor has a drain electrically connected to the gate of the first group III nitride transistor, a gate electrically connected to a cathode of the diode and a source electrically connected to a source of the first group III nitride transistor.
US11699897B2
A clamp for a flat conductor is used in attaching the flat conductor to an attachment target. The clamp includes: a clip portion to be engaged with the attachment target; and a main body to hold the flat conductor. The clip portion has a first projection, the main body has a second projection, and the first projection and the second projection protrude to be opposed each other. The clip portion and the main body are configured to allow switching from an unlocked state to a locked state. The locked state restricts a relative movement between the clip portion and the main body in an axial direction of the flat conductor due to an engagement between the first projection and the second projection. The unlocked state allows the relative movement in both sides in the axial direction.
US11699894B2
A MEMS tunable VCSEL includes a membrane device having a mirror and a distal-side electrostatic cavity for displacing the mirror to increase a size of an optical cavity. A VCSEL device includes an active region for amplifying light. Then, one or more proximal-side electrostatic cavities are defined between the VCSEL device and the membrane device and used to displace the mirror to decrease a size of an optical cavity.
US11699891B2
A laser device includes a laser configured to generate laser light and a laser control module configured to receive at least a portion of the laser light generated by the laser, to generate a control signal and to feed the control signal back to the laser for stabilizing the frequency, wherein the laser control module includes a tunable frequency discriminating element which is preferably continuously frequency tunable, and where the laser control module is placed outside the laser cavity.
US11699883B2
An electrical connector module with openings in an insulative support selectively positioned to limit dielectric loss in a signal. The connector may include a first and second conductor including first and second sides between first and second edges. An insulative support holds the first conductor adjacent the second conductor and may have at least five pedestal portions, wherein the first pedestal portion contacts the first side of the first conductor, the second pedestal portion contacts the second side of the first conductor, the third pedestal portion contacts the first side of the second conductor, the fourth pedestal portion contacts the second side of the second conductor, and at least a portion of the fifth pedestal portion is disposed between two edges of the first and second conductors. The pedestal portions may have widths less than the widths of the first and second sides of the first and second conductors.
US11699882B2
A backplane connector includes a housing and a number of terminal modules. Each terminal module includes a number of conductive terminals, a metal shield surrounding member, a first metal shield and a second metal shield. The conductive terminal includes a mating portion and a tail portion. The conductive terminals include a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The metal shield surrounding member surrounds the mating portions of the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal. The first metal shield and the second metal shield are in contact with the metal shield surrounding member. As a result, the shielding area is increased and the shielding effect is improved.
US11699873B2
A method for producing a shield wire includes: disposing the first terminal at an opening end portion of the shield body in a state where the covered wire and the shield body are inserted into the first terminal; folding the opening end portion of the shield body to an outer side and disposing the second terminal to sandwich the folded opening end portion; and press-deforming the first terminal and the second terminal into a clamping shape. A mold surface of the mold has a protruding portion protruding toward the axis, and a protruding end surface of the protruding portion has a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of an outer peripheral surface of the second terminal before clamping and larger than a radius of an outer peripheral surface of the covered wire before clamping.
US11699863B2
A connector, with which an electrical wire is attachable, is connectable with a mating connector which has a mating contact portion. The connector comprises a housing and at least one terminal. The housing is provided with a support. The support has a receiving portion. The receiving portion is configured to receive a part of the electrical wire. The at least one terminal has an insulation displacement connection (IDC) portion, a contact portion, a supporting portion and a coupling portion. The IDC portion is configured to be insulation-displacement connected with the electrical wire. The support is positioned between the IDC portion and the supporting portion in a first predetermined direction. The coupling portion couples the IDC portion and the supporting portion with each other. The coupling portion has a neighboring portion. The neighboring portion neighbors to the support in a second predetermined direction perpendicular to the first predetermined direction.
US11699859B2
A multiple-feed antenna system includes a first feed configured to communicate signals in a first frequency range of a plurality of frequency ranges and a second feed configured to communicate signals in a second frequency range of the plurality of frequency ranges. A subreflector assembly is configured to move among multiple positions that include a first position and a second position. When the subreflector assembly is in the first position, a first element of the subreflector assembly redirects a signal reflected by a primary reflector to the first feed. When the subreflector assembly is in the second position, a second element of the subreflector assembly redirects the signal reflected by the primary reflector to the second feed.
US11699857B2
A device for transferring signals using electromagnetic waves of a certain wavelength and based on a housing formed at least partially of metal for use in an explosion endangered area includes the housing; a transmitting/receiving unit for producing and/or receiving the electromagnetic waves; at least one primary antenna for out-coupling and/or in-coupling of the electromagnetic waves; at least one slot-shaped housing opening; and a formed part, which is made of a material having a dielectric number significantly greater than one and which extends to a predetermined maximum depth into the housing opening.
US11699852B2
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a phased array antenna system includes a first portion carrying an antenna lattice including a plurality of antenna elements, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are arranged in a first configuration, and a second portion carrying a beamformer lattice including a plurality of beamformer elements, wherein the plurality of beamformer elements are arranged in a second configuration different from the first configuration, wherein each of the plurality of antenna elements are electrically coupled to one of the plurality of beamformer elements.
US11699850B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for beam steering and switching are disclosed. In one or more examples, a method for operating a communication system comprises switching, at least one switch in a rearrangeable switch network, to control input levels to power amplifiers in a power distribution network. The method further comprises outputting, by the power amplifiers in the power distribution network, power to a plurality of antenna elements. Further, the method comprises steering and distributing power, by the antenna elements, in beams associated with each of the antenna elements according to a level of the power in each of the antenna elements.
US11699832B2
To prevent an increase in the electrical resistance between a terminal for external connection and a cell terminal of a battery cell of a battery cell group. A battery module 100 includes a battery cell group 10, a pair of end plates 20, a bus bar 30, and a fastening member 40. The end plate 20 includes a recess 21 adapted to partially house the fastening member 40 in a mutually movable manner in one direction (X-direction) corresponding to the stacked direction of the plurality of battery cells 1. The battery module 100 also has a gap S between an inner side wall 21a of the recess 21 and the fastening member 40 in the one direction (X-direction).
US11699825B2
A conductive member is disposed on a side of the sealing plate adjacent to an electrode assembly with a first insulating member disposed therebetween. The conductive member has a conductive-member opening portion. The conductive-member opening portion of the conductive member is sealed by a deformation plate. The deformation plate is connected to a first positive-electrode current collector, which is electrically connected to positive electrode plates. A second insulating member is disposed between the deformation plate and the first positive-electrode current collector. Fixing projections and displacement prevention projections are provided on a surface of the second insulating member. The second insulating member is fixed to the first positive-electrode current collector such that the fixing projections are disposed in fixing holes in the first positive-electrode current collector. The displacement prevention projections on the second insulating member are disposed in displacement prevention holes in the first positive-electrode current collector.
US11699823B2
The shape-forming packaging material is a shape-forming packaging material including a heat resistant resin layer as an outer layer, a heat fusible resin layer as an inner layer, and a metal foil layer disposed between both the layers, and is configured such that a print improving resin layer is laminated on a further outer side of the heat resistant resin layer.
US11699812B2
The present application discloses a sulfide solid electrolyte and a method for the preparation thereof, an all solid state lithium secondary battery, and an apparatus containing the all solid state lithium secondary battery. The sulfide solid electrolyte is obtained by compounding at least Li2S, P2S5 and a dopant MxS2O3, wherein M is one or more selected from Na, K, Ba and Ca, and 1≤x≤2.
US11699806B2
The disclosure provides a battery and methods for making and using the battery. The battery includes (a) a separator that is woven and porous, and (b) a graphene oxide (GO) nanosheet coating coupled to a surface of the separator. The GO nanosheet coating is configured as a buffer layer to permit transport of Li-ions therethrough and to regulate a rate of flow of the transport of the Li-ions.
US11699805B2
Discussed is a battery module, including at least one battery cell, a pair of pressing plates respectively disposed at opposite side surfaces of the at least one battery cell, and a module cover coupled to the pair of pressing plates to cover an upper side or a lower side of the at least one battery cell, wherein opposite ends of the module cover overlap an upper end or a lower end of the pair of pressing plates, and have a plurality of welding portions and a plurality of auxiliary welding beads alternately arranged along a longitudinal direction of the module cover, and wherein the opposite ends of the module cover are welded to the pair of pressing plates at the plurality of welding portions.
US11699803B1
A method of generating electrical power or hydrogen from thermal energy is disclosed. The method includes separating, by a selectively permeable membrane, a first saline solution from a second saline solution, receiving, by the first saline solution and/or the second saline solution, thermal energy from a heat source, and mixing the first saline solution and the second saline solution in a controlled manner, capturing at least some salinity-gradient energy as electrical power as the salinity difference between the first saline solution and the second saline solution decreases. The method further includes transferring, by a heat pump, thermal energy from the first saline solution to the second saline solution, causing the salinity difference between the first saline solution and the second saline solution to increase.
US11699801B2
A cell for water electrolysis/fuel cell power generation which includes a flow path configured to supply or discharge water in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a stacking direction of the cell; an oxygen-containing gas flow path configured to discharge or supply an oxygen-containing gas in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction of the cell; and a hydrogen-containing gas flow path configured to discharge or supply the hydrogen-containing gas in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction of the cell. Each of the oxygen-side electrode layer and the hydrogen-side electrode layer is an electrode layer having water repellency.
US11699796B1
Disclosed is a method for recycling a hydrogen fuel cell of a new energy vehicle, including the following steps of: (1) discharging and disassembling a hydrogen fuel cell in turn to obtain a hydrogen supply system, an air supply system, a cooling system and a galvanic pile; (2) disassembling the galvanic pile into a catalyst and carbon cloth, and ashing to obtain ash; (3) adding an auxiliary agent into the ash, mixing, introducing inert gas, heating, introducing oxidizing gas, and absorbing tail gas by using an ammonium salt solution; and (4) adding a reducing agent into the ammonium salt solution absorbing the tail gas in step (3) to react, filtering, taking and cleaning a filter residue to obtain Pt.
US11699795B2
A method for preparing a support for an electrode catalyst including forming first and second polymer layers having charges different from each other on a surface of a carbon support and carbonizing the result, wherein the polymers included in the first and the second polymer layers are an aromatic compound including a heteroatom, and the first or the second polymer includes a pyridine group.
US11699786B2
Systems and methods for water soluble weak acidic resins as carbon precursors for silicon-dominant anodes may include an electrode coating layer on a current collector, where the electrode coating layer is formed from silicon and pyrolyzed water-soluble acidic polyamide imide as a primary resin carbon precursor. The electrode coating layer may include a pyrolyzed water-based acidic polymer solution additive. The polymer solution additive may include one or more of: polyacrylic acid (PAA) solution, poly (maleic acid, methyl methacrylate/methacrylic acid, butadiene/maleic acid) solutions, and water soluble polyacrylic acid. The electrode coating layer may include conductive additives. The current collector may include a metal foil, where the metal current collector includes one or more of a copper, tungsten, stainless steel, and nickel foil in electrical contact with the electrode coating layer. The electrode coating layer may be more than 70% silicon.
US11699782B2
A secondary battery in which graphite that is an active material can occlude and release lithium efficiently is provided. Further, a highly reliable secondary battery in which the amount of lithium inserted and extracted into/from graphite that is an active material is prevented from varying is provided. The secondary battery includes a negative electrode including a current collector and graphite provided over the current collector, and a positive electrode. The graphite includes a plurality of graphene layers. Surfaces of the plurality of graphene layers are provided substantially along the direction of an electric field generated between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
US11699780B2
Methods for electrically coupling electrode portions within electrochemical devices, and associated articles and systems, are generally described. In some cases, an electrically non-conductive layer is between multiple electrode portions that are to be coupled. In some cases, the method comprises penetrating the article to establish electrical coupling between the electrode portions previously separated by the electrically non-conductive layer.
US11699774B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; a first optical element at the first side of the substrate; and a semiconductor stack on the substrate. The semiconductor stack includes a first reflective structure; a second reflective structure; a cavity region between the first reflective structure and the second reflective structure and having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a confinement layer in one of the second reflective structure and the first reflective structure. The semiconductor device further includes a first electrode and a second electrode on the first surface.
US11699769B2
Disclosed is a method for synthesizing single crystalline molybdenum disulfide via a hydrothermal process that minimizes or eliminates carbon byproducts. The method involves providing two components, including a source of molybdenum and a mineralizer solution, to an inert reaction vessel, heating one zone sufficiently to dissolve the source of molybdenum in the mineralizer solution, and heating a second zone to a lower temperature to allow thermal transport to drive the dissolved material to the second zone, and then precipitate MoS2 on a seed crystal.
US11699765B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor devices. The semiconductor devices each include a ferroelectric layer, a conductive metal oxide layer, and a semiconductor layer, between two electrodes. The conductive metal oxide layer may be between the ferroelectric layer and the semiconductor layer. The ferroelectric layer, the conductive metal oxide layer, and the semiconductor layer may all include a metal oxide. The conductive metal oxide layer may include one or more materials selected from the group consisting of an indium oxide, a zinc oxide, a tin oxide, and any combination thereof.
US11699764B2
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity-type; a well region of a second conductivity-type provided at an upper part of the semiconductor layer; a base region of the second conductivity-type provided at an upper part of the well region; a carrier supply region of the first conductivity-type provided at an upper part of the base region; a drift region of the first conductivity-type provided separately from the base region; a carrier reception region of the first conductivity-type provided at an upper part of the drift region; a gate electrode provided on a top surface of the well region interposed between the base region and the drift region via a gate insulating film; and a punch-through prevention region of the second conductivity-type provided at the upper part of the well region and having an impurity concentration different from the impurity concentration of the base region.
US11699747B2
Disclosed herein are quantum dot devices with multiple layers of gate metal, as well as related computing devices and methods. For example, in some embodiments, a quantum dot device may include: a quantum well stack; an insulating material above the quantum well stack, wherein the insulating material includes a trench; and a gate on the insulating material and extending into the trench, wherein the gate includes a first gate metal in the trench and a second gate metal above the first gate metal.
US11699734B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a fin, a gate structure positioned on the fin, impurity regions positioned on two sides of the fin, contacts positioned on the impurity regions, and conductive covering layers positioned on the contacts. The conductive covering layers are formed of copper germanide.
US11699732B2
Memory device includes a bottom-select-gate (BSG) structure formed on a substrate. Cut slits are formed vertically through the BSG structure. A cell-layers structure is formed on the BSG structure. Gate-line slits are formed vertically through the cell-layers structure and the BSG structure, into the substrate and arranged along a first lateral direction to distinguish finger regions. The gate-line slits include a first gate-line slit between first and second finger regions, the first gate-line slit including gate-line sub-slits. The cut slits include a first cut-slit, formed in the second finger region and connecting to a gate-line sub-slit to define a BSG in a first portion of the second finger region. The BSG in the first portion of the second finger region is electrically connected to cell strings in the first finger region through an inter portion between the one gate-line sub-slit and an adjacent gate-line sub-slit.
US11699731B2
According to at least one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of insulating films adjacent to each other. A conductive film is provided between the plurality of insulating films. The conductive film includes molybdenum having a grain diameter substantially the same as a distance from an upper surface to a lower surface of the conductive film.
US11699726B2
The application relates to a semiconductor die having a semiconductor body including an active region, an insulation layer on the semiconductor body, and a sodium stopper formed in the insulation layer. The sodium stopper is arranged in an insulation layer groove which intersects the insulation layer vertically and extends around the active region. The sodium stopper is formed of a tungsten material filling the insulation layer groove.
US11699725B2
A semiconductor device includes a gate structure extending from a first surface of a semiconductor portion into a mesa section between neighboring field electrode structures and an alignment layer formed on the first surface. The alignment layer includes mask pits formed in the alignment layer in a vertical projection of the field electrode structures. Sidewalls of the mask pits have a smaller tilt angle with respect to the first surface than sidewalls of the field electrode structures. The gate structure is in the vertical projection of a gap between neighboring mask pits.
US11699720B2
Example embodiments relate to image sensors for time delay and integration imaging and methods for imaging using an array of photo-sensitive elements. One example image sensor for time delay and integration imaging includes an array of photo-sensitive elements that includes a plurality of photo-sensitive elements arranged in rows and columns of the array. Each photo-sensitive element includes an active layer configured to generate charges in response to incident light on the active layer. Each photo-sensitive element also includes a charge transport layer. Further, each photo-sensitive element includes at least a first and a second gate, each separated by a dielectric material from the charge transport layer. The array of photo-sensitive elements is configured such that the second gate of a first photo-sensitive element and the first gate of a second photo-sensitive element in a direction along a column of the array are configured to control transfer of charges.
US11699719B2
An imaging element has at least a photoelectric conversion section, a first transistor TR1, and a second transistor TR2, the photoelectric conversion section includes a photoelectric conversion layer 13, a first electrode 11, and a second electrode 12, the imaging element further has a first photoelectric conversion layer extension section 13A, a third electrode 51, and a fourth electrode 51C, the first transistor TR1 includes the second electrode 12 that functions as one source/drain section, the third electrode that functions as a gate section 51, and the first photoelectric conversion layer extension section 13A that functions as the other source/drain section, and the first transistor TR1 (TRrst) is provided adjacent to the photoelectric conversion section.
US11699716B2
An imaging device includes a first chip. The first chip includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a first anode region and a first cathode region, and the second pixel includes a second anode region and a second cathode region. The first chip includes a first wiring layer. The first wiring layer includes a first anode electrode, a first anode via coupled to the first anode electrode and the first anode region, and a second anode via coupled to the first anode electrode and the second anode region.
US11699711B2
An image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate, a material layer, a lens layer, and a lens capping layer. The semiconductor substrate includes a pixel region, which include a plurality of unit pixels, and a pixel-array peripheral region located outside of and peripheral to the pixel region. The material layer is disposed over the semiconductor substrate in the pixel region and the pixel-array peripheral region, and includes a first trench extending to a predetermined depth in the pixel-array peripheral region. The lens layer is disposed over the material layer in the pixel region and collects incident light into a unit pixel in the pixel region. The lens capping layer is disposed over the lens layer and the material layer and includes an edge region formed to fill the first trench.
US11699704B2
A semiconductor device comprising stacked complimentary transistors are described. In some embodiments, the semiconductor device comprises a first device comprising an enhancement mode III-N heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET), and a second device over the first device. In an example, the second device comprises a depletion mode thin film transistor. In an example, a connector is to couple a first terminal of the first device to a first terminal of the second device.
US11699703B2
A semiconductor device includes an active pattern extending on a substrate in a first direction, divided into a plurality of regions by a separation region, and having a first edge portion exposed toward the separation region; first, second and third channel layers vertically separated and sequentially disposed on the active pattern; a first gate electrode extending in a second direction, intersecting the active pattern, and surrounding the first, second and third channel layers; source/drain regions disposed on the active pattern, on at least one side of the first gate electrode, and contacting the first, second and third channel layers; a semiconductor structure including first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers alternately stacked on the active pattern, and having a second edge portion exposed toward the separation region; and a blocking layer covering at least one of an upper surface, side surfaces, or the second edge portion, of the semiconductor structure.
US11699697B2
An electrostatic protection circuit connected with an internal circuit is provided. The electrostatic protection circuit includes: a first circuit, a first diode connected in parallel with the first circuit, a second circuit, and a second diode connected in parallel with the second circuit. The first circuit is connected between a power supply pad and an internal circuit input terminal. The second circuit is connected between the internal circuit input terminal and a ground pad. The first circuit and the second circuit are diode-triggered silicon controlled rectifier circuits. The technical solution of the disclosure can improve electrostatic protection capability of a charged device model of a chip.
US11699694B2
Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor package structure are provided. A method includes: bonding dies and dummy dies to a wafer; forming a dielectric material layer on the wafer to cover the dies and the dummy dies; performing a first planarization process to remove a first portion of the dielectric material layer over top surfaces of the dies and the dummy dies; and performing a second planarization process to remove portions of the dies, portions of the dummy dies and a second portion of the dielectric material layer, and a dielectric layer is formed laterally aside the dies and the dummy dies; wherein after the second planarization process is performed, a total thickness variation of the dies is less than a total thickness variation of the dummy dies.
US11699693B2
A memory device includes first and second chips. The first chip includes a memory cell array disposed on a first substrate, and first metal pads on a first uppermost metal layer of the first chip. The second chip includes peripheral circuits disposed on a second substrate, and second metal pads on a second uppermost metal layer of the second chip, the peripheral circuits operating the memory cell array. A first metal pad and a second metal pad are connected in a first area, the first metal pads being connected to the memory cell array and the second metal pad being connected to the peripheral circuits. A further first metal pad and a further second metal pad are connected in a second area, the further first metal pad being not connected to the memory cell array and the further second metal pad being connected to the peripheral circuits.
US11699686B2
The present application provides a semiconductor package and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a bottom device die, an interposing package substrate and a top device die. The bottom device die is bonded to the package substrate. The interposing package substrate is located over the bottom device die and bonded to the package substrate. The top device die is bonded to the interposing package substrate form above the interposing package substrate.
US11699682B2
A semiconductor device package and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device package includes a first module, a second module, a first intermediate circuit layer, a first conductive transmission path and a second conductive transmission path. The second module is stacked on the first module. The first intermediate circuit layer is arranged between the first module and the second module. The first conductive transmission is configured to electrically connect the first semiconductor module with the first intermediate circuit layer. The second conductive transmission path is configured to electrically connect the first intermediate circuit layer with the second semiconductor module.
US11699673B2
A semiconductor package is provided, including a package component and a number of conductive features. The package component has a non-planar surface. The conductive features are formed on the non-planar surface of the package component. The conductive features include a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature respectively arranged in a first position and a second position of the non-planar surface. The height of the first position is less than the height of the second position, and the size of the first conductive feature is smaller than the size of the second conductive feature.
US11699671B2
A packaged antenna circuit structure suitable for 5G use includes a shielding layer, an electronic component, conductive pillars, a first insulation layer, a first stacked structure, an antenna structure, and a second stacked structure. The shielding layer defines a groove to receive the electronic component. The conductive pillars on the shielding layer surround the groove. The first insulation layer covers the shielding layer, the electronic component, and the conductive pillars. The first stacked structure is stacked on a side of the first insulation layer and includes a ground line connecting to the conductive pillars. The antenna structure is stacked on a side of the first stacked structure away from the first insulation layer and connected to the electronic component by the first stacked structure. The second stacked structure is stacked on a side of the first insulation layer away from the first stacked structure.
US11699668B2
A semiconductor device package and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device package includes a substrate, an electronic component, a ring structure, and an adhesive layer. The electronic component is located over a first surface of the substrate. The ring structure is located over the first surface of the substrate and surrounding the electronic component. The ring structure has a bottom surface facing the first surface of the substrate and a top surface opposite the bottom surface. The ring structure includes a plurality of side parts and a plurality of corner parts recessed from the top surface and thinner than the side parts. Any two of the corner parts are separated from one another by one of the side parts. The adhesive layer is interposed between the bottom surface of the ring structure and the first surface of the substrate.
US11699667B2
A leadframe having extensions around an outer edge of a die pad are disclosed. More specifically, leadframes are created with a flange formed at the outer edge of the die pad and extending away from the die pad. The flange is bent, such that it is positioned at an angle with respect to the die pad. Leadframes are also created with anchoring posts formed adjacent the outer edge of the die pad and extending away from the die pad. The anchoring posts have a central thickness that is less than a thickness of first and second portions opposite the central portion. When the leadframe is incorporated into a package, molding compound completely surrounds each flange or anchoring post, which increases the bond strength between the leadframe and the molding compound due to increased contact area. The net result is a reduced possibility of delamination at edges of the die pad.
US11699666B2
A semiconductor device in which occurrence of peeling between a filling member and a metal terminal is suppressed is obtained. The semiconductor device includes: an insulating substrate having a front surface and a back surface, and having a semiconductor element joined to the front surface; a base plate joined to the back surface of insulating substrate; a case member surrounding insulating substrate; a filling member having an upper surface, covering insulating substrate, and filling a region surrounded by base plate and case member; and a metal member having a plate shape that leans toward an upper surface side of filling member inside filling member, has one end joined to the front surface of insulating substrate and another end separated from an inner wall of case member, and is exposed from the upper surface of filling member.
US11699663B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes: forming first electrical components in a substrate in a first device region of the semiconductor device; forming a first interconnect structure over and electrically coupled to the first electrical components; forming a first passivation layer over the first interconnect structure, the first passivation layer extending from the first device region to a scribe line region adjacent to the first device region; after forming the first passivation layer, removing the first passivation layer from the scribe line region while keeping a remaining portion of the first passivation layer in the first device region; and dicing along the scribe line region after removing the first passivation layer.
US11699662B2
In accordance with the disclosure, one or both semiconductor dies in a face-to-face arrangement may include a probe pad layer formed on a face of the die to allow the die to be individually tested prior to assembly of the dies. Thus, faulty dies may be discarded individually so they are not included in a composite semiconductor device, thereby increasing device yields. The probe pad layer also allows dies to be matched so that a composite semiconductor device achieves desired performance, which may further increase device yields. In some embodiments, the probe pads of the probe pad layer formed on the face of the die may be used to individually test the die, and may remain inactive, or inert, during operation of the composite semiconductor device.
US11699660B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a core region and an IO region on a chip. In an IO cell row placed in the IO region, a first power supply line extending in the X direction in a low power supply voltage region has a portion protruding to the core region. A signal IO cell has a reinforcing line that connects a second power supply line extending in the X direction in the low power supply voltage region and a third power supply line extending in the X direction in a high power supply voltage region, the reinforcing line extending in the Y direction in a layer above the second and third power supply lines.
US11699658B2
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a test transistor over the substrate; and multi-level metal interconnections formed over the substrate spaced apart from the test transistor, wherein at least one metal interconnection among the multi-level metal interconnections is a spiral metal interconnection.
US11699648B2
A package assembly includes a substrate and at least a first die having a first contact array and a second contact array. First and second via assemblies are respectively coupled with the first and second contact arrays. Each of the first and second via assemblies includes a base pad, a cap assembly, and a via therebetween. One or more of the cap assembly or the via includes an electromigration resistant material to isolate each of the base pad and the cap assembly. Each first cap assembly and via of the first via assemblies has a first assembly profile less than a second assembly profile of each second cap assembly and via of the second via assemblies. The first and second cap assemblies have a common applied thickness in an application configuration. The first and second cap assemblies have a thickness variation of ten microns or less in a reflowed configuration.
US11699641B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element circuit, a conductive support and a sealing resin. The conductive support includes a die pad, first terminals spaced in a first direction, second terminals spaced in the first direction and opposite to the first terminals in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a support terminal connected to the die pad. The sealing resin encapsulates portions of the first and second terminals, a portion of the support terminal, the semiconductor element circuit and the die pad. The sealing resin has two first side surfaces spaced apart in the second direction and two second side surfaces spaced apart in the first direction. The first terminals and second terminals are exposed from the first side surfaces, while none of the elements of the conductive support is exposed from the second side surfaces.
US11699640B2
A power module for PCB embedding includes: a leadframe; a power semiconductor die with a first load terminal and control terminal at a first side of the die and a second load terminal at the opposite side, the second load terminal soldered to the leadframe; a first metal clip soldered to the first load terminal and forming a first terminal of the power module at a first side of the power module; and a second metal clip soldered to the control terminal and forming a second terminal of the power module at the first side of the power module. The leadframe forms a third terminal of the power module at the first side of the power module, or a third metal clip is soldered to the leadframe and forms the third terminal. The power module terminals are coplanar within +/−30 μm at the first side of the power module.
US11699615B2
A semiconductor on insulator multilayer structure is provided. The multilayer comprises a high resistivity single crystal semiconductor handle substrate, an optionally relaxed semiconductor layer comprising silicon, germanium, or silicon germanium, an optional polycrystalline silicon layer, a dielectric layer, and a single crystal semiconductor device layer.
US11699608B2
A substrate storage apparatus includes a stage on which a cassette that has a lid detachably mounted to an opening is disposed, a lid attaching/detaching plate that performs attaching/detaching of the lid to/from the opening of the cassette disposed on the stage, and is provided to be movable between a mounting position in contact with the lid disposed at a position of the opening and a retracted position not in contact with the lid disposed at the position of the opening, a lid holding sensor that detects whether the lid is being held by the lid attaching/detaching plate, and a controller that determines presence/absence of abnormality related to attachment/detachment of the lid based on a detection result of the lid holding sensor.
US11699607B2
A segmented detector device with backside illumination. The detector is able to collect and differentiate between secondary electrons and backscatter electrons. The detector includes a through-hole for passage of a primary electron beam. After hitting a sample, the reflected secondary and backscatter electrons are collected via a vertical structure having a P+/P−/N+ or an N+/N−/P+ composition for full depletion through the thickness of the device. The active area of the device is segmented using field isolation insulators located on the front side of the device.
US11699592B2
An initial semiconductor structure includes an underlying substrate, a hard mask stack, an organic planarization layer (OPL), a first complementary material, and a patterned photoresist layer patterned into a plurality of photoresist pillars defining a plurality of photoresist trenches. The first material is partially etched inward of the trenches, to provide trench regions, and the photoresist is removed. The trench regions are filled with a second complementary material, preferentially etchable with respect to the first material. A polymer brush is grafted on the second material but not the first material, to form polymer brush regions with intermediate regions not covered by the brush. The first material is anisotropically etched the at the intermediate regions but not the brush regions. The OPL is etched inward of the intermediate regions, to provide a plurality of OPL pillars defining a plurality of OPL trenches inverted with respect to the photoresist pillars.
US11699591B2
First lithography and etching are carried out on a semiconductor structure to provide a first intermediate semiconductor structure having a first set of surface features corresponding to a first portion of desired fin formation mandrels. Second lithography and etching are carried out on the first intermediate structure, using a second mask, to provide a second intermediate semiconductor structure having a second set of surface features corresponding to a second portion of the mandrels. The second set of surface features are unequally spaced from the first set of surface features and/or the features have different pitch. The fin formation mandrels are formed in the second intermediate semiconductor structure using the first and second sets of surface features; spacer material is deposited over the mandrels and is etched back to form a third intermediate semiconductor structure having a fin pattern. Etching is carried out on same to produce the fin pattern.
US11699582B2
A coupling for connecting together vacuum-based analytical systems requiring to be vibrationally isolated, comprising: a tubular connector having a longitudinal axis, the connector comprising a first end for connection to a first analytical system and a flexible portion reducing transmission of vibrations and permitting displacement of the first analytical system in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the connector; and a seal longitudinally separated from the flexible portion, for vacuum sealing between the connector and a second analytical system; wherein the connector contains ion optics for transmitting ions between the first and second analytical systems.
US11699580B2
The invention generally relates to methods and devices for synchronization of ion generation with cycling of a discontinuous atmospheric interface. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes a mass spectrometry probe that generates sample ions, a discontinuous atmospheric interface, and a mass analyzer, in which the system is configured such that ion formation is synchronized with cycling of the discontinuous atmospheric interface.
US11699566B2
An electrostatic device includes a top and a bottom silicon layer, around an insulating buried layer. A beam opening allows a beam of charged particles to travel through. The device is encapsulated in an insulating layer. One or more electrodes and ground planes are deposited on the insulating layer. These also cover the inside of the beam opening. Electrodes and ground planes are physically and electrically separated by micro-trenches and micro-undercuts that provide shadow areas when the conductive areas are deposited. Electrodes may be shaped as elongated islands and may include portions overhanging the top silicon layer, supported by electrode-anchors. Manufacturing starts from a single wafer including the top, buried, and bottom layers, or it starts from two separate silicon wafers. Manufacturing includes steps to form the top and bottom beam openings and microstructures, to encapsulate the device in an insulating layer, and to deposit electrodes and ground areas.
US11699559B2
The present invention relates to a device for interrupting non-short circuit currents only, and in particular relates to a disconnector, more particularly high voltage disconnector, or to an earthing switch, more particularly make-proof earthing switch, and further relates to a low voltage circuit breaker. The device comprises at least two contacts movable in relation to each other between a closed state and an open state and defining an arcing region, in which an arc is generated during a current interrupting operation and in which an arc-quenching medium comprising an organofluorine compound is present. According to the application, a counter-arcing component is allocated to the arcing region, the counter-arcing component being designed for counteracting the generation of an arc and/or being designed for supporting the extinction of an arc.
US11699554B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes disposed to oppose each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and an external electrode formed outside the ceramic body. The external electrode includes an electrode layer, and a thickness T1 of the electrode layer corresponding to a central region of the ceramic body in a thickness direction is 5 μm or more and 30 μm or less, a thickness T2 of the electrode layer corresponding to a region in which an outermost internal electrode is located is 5 μm or more and 15 μm or less, and a thickness T3 of the electrode layer corresponding to a corner portion of the ceramic body is 0.1 μm or more and 10 μm or less.
US11699552B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer containing strontium (Sr) and first and second internal electrodes alternately stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and a first external electrode and a second external electrode connected to the first and second internal electrode, respectively, in which the dielectric layer includes a first region parallel to and adjacent to the first internal electrode or the second internal electrode and having a thickness of 50 nm or less, and a second region parallel to and adjacent to the first region, and the first region has an average content of strontium (Sr) greater than 0.1 mol % and less than 9.3 mol %, and the second region has a lower average content of strontium (Sr) than that of the strontium of the first region.
US11699540B2
The magnet is a ferrite sintered magnet containing a ferrite phase having a magnetoplumbite-type crystal structure. The ferrite sintered magnet contains at least Ca, a metal element A, a metal element R, Bi, Fe, and a metal element M. The metal element A is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ba, and Pb, the metal element R is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements including Y and essentially includes La, the metal element M is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Zn, Al, Cu, and Cr, and essentially includes Co, and when an atonic ratio of the metal elements is expressed by Formula (1), c, a, r, b, f, and m in Formula (1) satisfy the following Expressions (2) to (8).
US11699538B1
A high-voltage electrical cable assembly includes a central wire strand containing at least seven wires formed of a first alloy and a plurality of outer wire strands twisted around the central strand. At least one outer wire strand of the plurality of outer wire strands contains at least seven wires formed of a second alloy different from the first alloy. There is an electrochemical potential of about 2 volts between the first alloy and the second alloy. A method of assembling a high-voltage electrical cable assembly is also presented herein.
US11699535B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide for assessing the state of an 82Rb elution system. In certain embodiments, a system begins an assessment that comprises an elution, and a metric may be measured. This metric may be a concentration of 82Rb, 82Sr, or 85Sr in a fluid that is eluted from the generator, the volume of the fluid that is eluted from the generator, or the pressure of the fluid flowing through at least one portion of the system. If the assessment is completed, an output may be generated on a user interface that recommends a course of action, or no course of action, based on a result of the assessment. Should the assessment not complete successfully because it is interrupted, a 82Sr/82Rb generator of the system may be halted so as to prevent a user from performing an end-run around these quality control mechanisms of the 82Rb elution system.
US11699532B2
Arrangement for supporting U-bend tube sections in the high heat environment of steam generators using flat bars. The invention uses a combination of thicker and thinner flat bars to impart a serpentine path to the arc of the normally curvilinear U-tubes. The support system accommodates the dilation and contraction of coolant tubes and other elements caused by the extreme and varying conditions inside a steam generator, and which can cause gaps between coolant tubes and prior art tube support bars. Bars of alternating thickness provide alternating offsets to tensionally push and support each tube on multiple sides and in multiple locations, and this tension keeps the tubes in contact with at least some flat bars on multiple sides regardless of size and shape changes. Support arrangement includes a set of fan bars, each fan bar including thick and thin flat bars projecting up and out from a collector bar.
US11699529B2
A method for estimating a likelihood of a stroke condition of a subject, the method comprising: acquiring clinical measurement data pertaining to said subject, said clinical measurement data including at least one of image data, sound data, movement data, and tactile data; extracting from said clinical measurement data, potential stroke features according to at least one predetermined stroke assessment criterion; comparing said potential stroke features with classified sampled data acquired from a plurality of subjects, each positively diagnosed with at least one stroke condition, defining a positive stroke dataset; and determining, according to said comparing, a probability of a type of said stroke condition, and a probability of a corresponding stroke location of said stroke condition with respect to a brain location of said subject.
US11699519B1
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for maintaining and controlling surgical tools are disclosed. For each surgical tool, a surgeon can give verbal commands which can result in feedback provided by a synthesized voice or the execution of an action as instructed by the verbal command. The tools are monitored during use to ensure the tools remain within their operating parameters. The system alerts the surgeon should the tools approach their operational limitations.
US11699507B2
A system and method for analyzing a data store of de-identified patient data to generate one or more dynamic user interfaces usable to predict an expected response of a particular patient population or cohort when provided with a certain treatment. The automated analysis of patterns occurring in patient clinical, molecular, phenotypic, and response data, as facilitated by the various user interfaces, provides an efficient, intuitive way for clinicians to evaluate large data sets to aid in the potential discovery of insights of therapeutic significance.
US11699504B2
The technology disclosed generates a reference array of variant data for locations that are shared between read results which are to be compared, and generates hashes over a selected pattern length of positions in the reference array to independently produce non-unique window hashes for base patterns in the read results. It then selects for comparison window hashes that occur less than a ceiling number of times and compares the selected window hashes to identify common window hashes between the read results. It then determines a similarity measure for the read results based on the common window hashes.
US11699498B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include receiving read operations. The read operations are divided into a current set of a sequence of read operations and one or more other sets of sequences of read operations. An aggressor read operation is selected from the current set. A position in the sequence of read operations in the current set is determined such that the position that is preceded by at least a minimum number of read operations following a previous data integrity scan in a previous set of read operations. A data integrity scan is performed on a victim of the aggressor read operation at the determined position in the sequence of the current set of read operations.
US11699497B2
In a semiconductor device and a shift register, low noise is caused in a non-selection period and a transistor is not always on. First to fourth transistors are provided. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is connected to a first wire, the other of the source and the drain thereof is connected to a gate electrode of the second transistor, and a gate electrode thereof is connected to a fifth wire. One of a source and a drain of the second transistor is connected to a third wire and the other of the source and the drain thereof is connected to a sixth wire.
US11699493B2
A method for performing a read of a flash memory includes storing configuration files for a plurality of RRD-compensating RNNs. A current number of PE cycles for a flash memory are identified and TVSO values are identified corresponding to the current number of PE cycles. A current retention time and a current number of read disturbs for the flash memory are identified. The configuration file of the RRD-compensating RNN corresponding to the current number of PE cycles, the current retention time and current number of read disturbs is selected and is loaded into a neural network engine to form an RNN core in the neural network engine. A neural network operation of the RNN core is performed to predict RRD-compensated TVSO values. The input to the neural network operation includes the identified TVSO values. A read of the flash memory is performed using the predicted RRD-compensated TVSO values.
US11699483B2
Memory systems with burst mode having logic gates as sense elements and related methods are provided. A memory system comprises a memory array including a first set of memory cells coupled to a first wordline, a second set of memory cells coupled to a second wordline, and a plurality of sense elements, not including any sense amplifiers. The control unit is configured to generate control signals for: in response to a burst mode read request, simultaneously: (1) asserting a first wordline signal on the first wordline coupled to each of a plurality of first set of bitlines, and (2) asserting a second wordline signal on the second wordline coupled to each of a plurality of second set of bitlines, and as part of a burst, outputting data corresponding to a subset of each of the first set of memory cells and the second set of memory cells.
US11699476B2
An apparatus may include multiple memory devices. Each memory device may include multiple memory banks. Addresses of accessed word lines for a particular portion of memory and the number of times those word lines are accessed may be tracked by each memory device. When a memory device determines that an accessed word line is an aggressor word line, the memory device alerts other memory devices of the apparatus. The memory devices may then perform targeted refresh operations on victim word lines of the aggressor word line.
US11699472B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a quadrature error correction circuit, a clock generation circuit and a data input/output (I/O) buffer. The quadrature error correction circuit performs a locking operation to generate a first corrected clock signal and a second corrected clock signal by adjusting a skew and a duty error of a first through fourth clock signals generated based on a data clock signal and performs a relocking operation to lock the second corrected clock signal to the first corrected clock signal in response to a relock signal. The clock generation circuit generates an output clock signal and a strobe signal based on the first corrected clock signal and the second corrected clock signal. The data I/O buffer generates a data signal by sampling data from a memory cell array based on the output clock signal and transmits the data signal and the strobe signal to a memory controller.
US11699463B1
Provided are a video processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a medium. The method includes that a candidate slice information set of an original video is determined based on video information of the original video, the original video is segmented into a plurality of video segments based on each piece of candidate slice information in the candidate slice information set, the plurality of video segments is input into an evaluation model to determine a piece of probability information of each piece of candidate slice information, and target slice information of the original video is determined based on the piece of probability information corresponding to each piece of candidate slice information.
US11699462B2
A method of providing edited media content is described. The method comprises: generating captured content and a representation of the captured content, the representation of the captured content having a smaller size than the captured content; providing the captured content over a first network path across a network and the representation of the captured content over a second network path across the network, the first network path having a higher latency than the second network path; generating an edited version of the received representation of the captured content; and providing an edited version of the captured content, the editing of the captured content being based on the editing of the representation of the captured content.
US11699449B2
Introduced here are approaches to authenticating the identity of speakers based on the “liveness” of the input. To prevent spoofing, an authentication platform may establish the likelihood that a voice sample represents a recording of word(s) uttered by a speaker whose identity is to be authenticated and then, based on the likelihood, determine whether to authenticate the speaker.
US11699447B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for determining one or more traits of a speaker based on voice analysis to present content item to the speaker. In one example, the method receives a voice query and determines whether the voice query matches within a first confidence threshold of a speaker identification (ID) among a plurality of speaker IDs stored in a speaker profile. In response to determining that the voice query matches to the speaker ID within the first confidence threshold, the method bypasses a trait prediction engine and retrieves a trait among the plurality of traits in the speaker profile associated with the matched speaker ID. The method further provides a content item based on the retrieved trait.
US11699446B2
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for improving the quality of audio for use in a biometric. A biometric system may use machine learning to determine whether audio or a portion of the audio should be used as a biometric for a user. A sample of the user's voice may be used to generate a voice signature of the user. Portions of the audio that do not meet a similarity threshold when compared with the voice signature may be removed from the audio. Additionally or alternatively, interfering noises may be detected and removed from the audio to improve the quality of a voice biometric generated from the audio.
US11699443B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for detecting hotwords using a server. One of the methods includes receiving an audio signal encoding one or more utterances including a first utterance; determining whether at least a portion of the first utterance satisfies a first threshold of being at least a portion of a key phrase; in response to determining that at least the portion of the first utterance satisfies the first threshold of being at least a portion of a key phrase, sending the audio signal to a server system that determines whether the first utterance satisfies a second threshold of being the key phrase, the second threshold being more restrictive than the first threshold; and receiving tagged text data representing the one or more utterances encoded in the audio signal when the server system determines that the first utterance satisfies the second threshold.
US11699440B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a signal from each microphone of a plurality of microphones, thus defining a plurality of signals. One or more inter-microphone gain-based augmentations may be performed on the plurality of signals, thus defining one or more inter-microphone gain-augmented signals.
US11699439B2
Method for voice-based interactive communication using a digital assistant, wherein the method comprises, an attention detection step, in which the digital assistant detects a user attention and as a result is set into a listening mode; a speaker detection step, in which the digital assistant detects the user as a current speaker; a speech sound detection step, in which the digital assistant detects and records speech uttered by the current speaker, which speech sound detection step further comprises a lip movement detection step, in which the digital assistant detects a lip movement of the current speaker; a speech analysis step, in which the digital assistant parses said recorded speech and extracts speech-based verbal informational content from said recorded speech; and a subsequent response step, in which the digital assistant provides feed-back to the user based on said recorded speech.
US11699437B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for quantifying meeting effectiveness for an individual. A system configured as disclosed herein uses data from multiple meetings in which a user participated to create a user profile for the user. The system then receives data related to a new meeting in which the user participated, processes the new meeting data into segments using natural language processing, tags the resulting segments based on contexts, and compares the tagged segments to the user profile to generate a meeting effectiveness score for the new meeting which is specific to the user. The system can use machine learning to iteratively improve an ability of the system to generate the tagged segments using historical meeting data and updating that historical meeting data with each iteration of scoring a meeting's effectiveness.
US11699436B2
Interactive content containing audio or video may be provided in conjunction with non-interactive content containing audio or video to enhance user engagement and interest with the contents and to increase the effectiveness of the distributed information. Interactive content may be directly inserted into the existing, non-interactive content. Additionally or alternatively, interactive content may be streamed in parallel to the existing content, with minimal modification to the existing content. For example, the server may monitor content from a content provider; detect an event (e.g., a marker embedded in the content stream, or in a data source external to the content stream); upon detecting the event, play interactive content at a designated time while silencing the content stream of the content provider (e.g., by muting, pausing, playing silence.) The marker may be a sub-audible tone or metadata associated with the content stream. The user may respond to the interactive content by voice.
US11699432B2
Provided is a method including obtaining a corpus and an associated set of domain indicators. The method includes learning a set of vectors in an embedding space based on n-grams of the corpus. The method includes updating ontology graphs comprising a set of vertices and edges associating the set of vertices with each other. The method also includes determining a vector cluster using hierarchical clustering based on distances of the set of vectors with respect to each other in the embedding space and determining a hierarchy of the ontology graphs based on a set of domain indicators of a respective set of vertices corresponding to vectors of the vector cluster. The method also includes updating an index based on the ontology graphs.
US11699431B2
Embodiments include implementing an iterative process to automatically develop a chatbot conversation for a conversation designer by receiving a conversation design input of one or more conversation design inputs from the conversation designer, identifying an intent based on the conversation design input, generating a development event based on the intent, retrieving a conversation chat flow from a set of conversation chat flows of a code sheet based on the development event, the code sheet comprising a set of conversations, the set of conversation chat flows, and a set of rules for code retrieval based on the set of conversations and the set of conversation chat flows, retrieving a chatbot computer program code based on the conversation chat flow and the set of rules from the code sheet, and repeating the iterative process until the chatbot computer program code is automatically retrieved from a code repository for each conversation design input.
US11699425B2
A method, system, and apparatus for noise cancelation is disclosed, which may be used in a wireless unit (WU). The WU may include a processor, a memory, a user interface, internal microphones and internal speakers. A removably connected headset may include microphones and speakers. The WU may receive a first ambient noise from headset microphone(s), which may generate a first signal based on the first ambient noise. The WU may receive a second ambient noise at internal microphone(s), which may generate a second signal based on the second ambient noise. The WU may calculate an estimate of ambient noise based on the first and second signals, calculate a signal for noise cancellation based on the estimate, cancel estimated ambient noise from an audio output signal based on an application of the signal for noise cancellation, and send the audio output signal to speakers of the headset or of the WU.
US11699418B1
A stringed instrument plectrum being made primarily from a material with desirable edge properties and from one or more secondary materials with desirable flexibility, density, and or tactile qualities. The primary material is formed so that there is one or more central recesses that are then filled by the secondary material in order to modify the flexibility and or tactile nature of the plectrum while maintaining the edge properties of the primary material and keeping the central section of the plectrum a generally uniform thickness.
US11699411B2
An electro-optical device is provided and includes a plurality of first signal lines extending in a first direction on a substrate; a plurality of second signal lines extending in a second direction on the substrate, the second direction intersecting the first direction; a pixel area in which a plurality of pixel electrodes are disposed; an outer peripheral edge of the pixel area having a curved portion or a bent portion; and a first circuit block, a second circuit block, and a third circuit block arranged along the outer peripheral edge, wherein the second circuit block is arranged between the first circuit block and the first circuit block, and a first gap between the first circuit bock and the second circuit block is different from a second gap between the second circuit block and the third circuit block.
US11699410B2
The present disclosure provides a driving circuit of a display panel and a display device. The driving circuit includes a gate-on-array (GOA) circuit transmitting a scan driving signal to the display panel through a corresponding gate signal line, and further includes a pull-down module and a control bus. The pull-down module is activated at a falling edge of a gate driving signal to accelerate a potential descent speed of the pull-down module, thereby increasing a charging time of a thin film transistor and realizing a narrow-frame display panel.
US11699401B2
Provided are a light emission control circuit, a display panel and a display device. The light emission control circuit includes a first control module configured to control the potential of a first node and the potential of a second node according to an input signal of a signal input terminal, a first clock signal of a first clock terminal and a second clock signal of a second clock terminal; a second control module configured to control the potential of a third node under control of the first control module, the first clock signal, the second clock signal, a first level signal of a first level terminal and a second level signal of a second level terminal; an output module configured to control, according to the first level signal and the potential of the first node, a signal output terminal to output the enable level of a light emission control signal.
US11699400B2
A scan driving circuit of a display device includes a first output terminal electrically connected to a first scan line, a second output terminal electrically connected to a second scan line, a first masking circuit electrically connecting the first output terminal and the second output terminal and outputting, as a first scan signal, a second scan signal to the first output terminal, a driving circuit outputting the second scan signal to the second output terminal in response to clock signals and a carry signal, and a second masking circuit masking the second scan signal to a predetermined level in response to the second masking signal, wherein the first masking circuit electrically disconnects the first output terminal from the second output terminal in response to a first masking signal.
US11699389B2
A display panel and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels, including first pixels and second pixels, where each of the first pixels includes a first light-emitting element connected with a first pixel circuit; the first pixel circuit includes a first drive transistor; each of the second pixels includes a second light-emitting element connected with a second pixel circuit; and the second pixel circuit includes a second drive transistor. The display panel further includes a display region, including an optical component region and a first display region, where the first light-emitting element is in the optical component region; the second light-emitting element is in the first display region.
US11699386B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of display areas, the display areas including scan lines, data lines, and pixels connected to the scan lines and the data lines; a first source driving circuit connected to the data lines of a first display area from among the display areas; a second source driving circuit connected to the data lines of a second display area from among the display areas; a first scan driving circuit configured to receive a first clock signal from the first source driving circuit and to output first scan signals to a first group of scan lines from among the scan lines based on the first clock signal; and a second scan driving circuit configured to receive a second clock signal from the second source driving circuit and to output second scan signals to a second group of scan lines.
US11699381B2
The application provides a display device and a driving method thereof, and an electronic device. The display device driving method obtains a first driving parameter and a first compensation value of the display device, determines an abnormal driving parameter of the display device based on the first driving parameter and the first compensation value of the display device, then determines a second compensation value of the display device based on the abnormal driving parameter of the display device, and drives the display device using the second compensation value and the first driving parameter.
US11699378B2
A gamma reference voltage generator includes a first resistor string, black voltage setters, a selector, and a second resistor string. The first resistor string receives a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage. The black voltage setters extract a plurality of black candidate voltages from the first resistor string. The selector selects one of the black candidate voltages as a black gamma voltage based on a selection signal. The second resistor string receives a first voltage corresponding to one of the black candidate voltages and a second voltage extracted from the first resistor string. In addition, the gamma reference voltage generator includes gamma voltage setters that extract a plurality of gamma voltages from the second resistor string.
US11699377B2
Image data for a current image frame may be compensated for transient response variations due to variations in display panel temperatures at various positions of the display panel by performing pixel drive compensation. The pixel drive compensation may be performed based at least in part upon display panel temperatures at various portions of the display panel. In this way, drive compensation corresponding to various temperature variations in a display panel may be implemented.
US11699374B2
Provided is a display device including: an inputter/outputter comprising circuitry configured to request a content providing device to provide content at a first resolution and receive a first image at the first resolution from the content providing device, a display configured to display the first image, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to: change a resolution requested to the content providing device from the first resolution to a second resolution, control the display to receive a second image from the content providing device and display the received second image in response to the change of the requested resolution, determine whether an error occurs in the displayed second image, and change the requested resolution from the second resolution to the first resolution based on an error occurring in the second image.
US11699361B2
A data security apparatus includes an analog component. The analog component operates internally with a high degree of entropy. This high degree of entropy resides in the interactions between its internal components in response to an external driving signal. The interactions within the analog component have a level of entropy that is high enough to make digital simulation of the analog component impractical. Because the analog component is impractical to digitally simulate it is referred to as being digitally unclonable. The data security apparatus processes data by encrypting plaintext data into ciphertext and/or decrypting data from ciphertext into plaintext. Part of the conversion between plaintext and ciphertext uses the analog component. Since the analog component is digitally unclonable (that is, impractical to digitally simulate), the part of the conversion process that uses the analog component requires possession of the analog component itself or the possession of another analog component that has the same signature.
US11699358B2
Dental hygiene and periodontal hand instrumentation requires alignment of the cutting surface of the instrument at a specific angle and adaptation to the tooth surface. A dental hygiene and periodontal hand instrumentation tutor provides an objective, consistent and accurate way to measure and display the actual angulation and adaptation angles of a periodontal hand instrument and assess instrument use continuously. The method includes detecting the position, orientation, motion path, pressure, angulation angle, adaptation angle, and centerline angle of a periodontal hand instrument and comparing them to ideal positions, orientations, and motion paths; and provides various forms of user feedback.
US11699349B2
The invention relates to an electronic display device on board an aircraft capable of landing or maintaining a hover above a landing zone and comprising: a module for calculating a distance between the aircraft and the landing zone according to a horizontal direction and for determining a height of the aircraft; and a module for displaying an exocentric aircraft symbol, positioned at a distance said exocentric from the aircraft according to an exocentric direction and at a height difference said exocentric relative to the aircraft, the display module being further configured to display an exocentric landing zone symbol, positioned at a distance from the landing zone equal to the exocentric distance according to the exocentric direction and at the same height as the exocentric aircraft symbol.
US11699336B2
Described is a security sensor comprising two or more sub-sensors for use in a variety of installations where different magnetic fields may be experienced by the security sensor as a result of the variety of installations. One of the sub-sensors may have a low magnetic sensitivity while the other sub-sensor may have a much higher sensitivity to magnetic fields. In operation, one or both sub-sensors are used to determine if a door or a window has been opened.
US11699334B2
A quantum computing based video alert system converts captured video and audio signals, in real time, into a sequence of video qubits and a sequence of audio qubits. An entanglement score is generated based on a comparison of the video qubits to historical video qubits that are verified to show malicious activity. A second entanglement score is generated based on a comparison of the audio qubits to historical audio qubits that are verified to show malicious activity. A probability score is generated for each segment of the video qubit sequence and for each segment of the audio qubit sequence. If the probability score for the video qubit sequence, the audio qubit sequence, or a combination of probability scores for both the video qubit sequence and the audio qubit sequence meet a threshold, then an alert is generated to identify possible malicious activity at the location of a CCTV camera capturing the real-time data.
US11699330B2
Systems and methods which dynamically modify a rate of accruing gaming establishment points based on a gaming establishment occupancy.
US11699326B2
An electronic gaming machine includes a processor configured to control a display device to display a matrix of game positions, initiate a plurality of games, and control the display device to display each game of the plurality of games in an associated game position of the matrix of game positions. The processor is also configured to determine an outcome of each game, where each outcome is a qualifying outcome or a non-qualifying outcome, as well as to evaluate the matrix of game positions to determine whether a qualifying pattern is formed in the matrix by at least two qualifying outcomes. In response to the qualifying pattern being formed, the processor is also configured to provide an award to a player of the electronic gaming machine. Each outcome may be individually evaluated to provide one or more additional awards to the player as well.
US11699325B2
Systems and methods for real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes are presented. Clients are first qualified and given wagering limits before being allowed to interactively wager on event outcomes. Event outcomes may be based on, for example, financial markets and indices, sporting and entertainment events, casino games, casino performances, and natural phenomena such as weather and earthquakes. Events on which wagers can be placed include both those with known and unknown outcome probabilities, and wagers can be a fixed-odds type or a spread-bet type. Wager transactions, including acceptances and confirmations, are executed in real time. Clients can customize displays of events on which they are authorized to wager. Real-time client credit management, automatic dealer hedging, automatic price-spread adjustments, and automatic client and dealer defined wagering limits are also provided.
