US11738078B2
The present invention relates to a novel genotype of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome viruses and use thereof as an immunogenic composition. The severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome viruses of the present invention are genetically different from conventional severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome viruses and are novel viruses taxonomically belonging to three sub-groups of genotype B. In view of the vaccine property that specific genotype viruses alone show only limited protective potential, the novel viruses of the present invention may be advantageously used as a vaccine having excellent cross-immunogenicity for SFTSV.
US11738075B2
There are provided compositions and methods for lyophilization and/or storage of live vaccine strains of Francisella tularensis. More specifically, there are provided lyophilization media and uses thereof for the preparation and long-term storage of Francisella tularensis vaccines.
US11738074B2
The invention pertains to methods and vaccines suitable for preventing or reducing malaria transmission. The vaccines block the interaction between α-tubulin from a malarial parasite and FREP-1 from the mid-gut of a malaria carrier mosquito, for example, Anopheles gambiae.
US11738069B2
The invention relates to a glycosylated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence being identical or homologous to at least a fragment of a mammalian, preferably a human protein, wherein said glycosylated polypeptide contains one or more sialylated O-glycans and wherein the glycosylated polypeptide shows an increased binding affinity to one or more SIGLECs, selected from SIG-5, SIG-7, SIG-8, and SIG-9 compared to the mammalian protein or fragment thereof. The invention further relates to composition comprising a first and a second polypeptide, wherein the first polypeptide is a glycosylated polypeptide containing one or more sialylated O-glycans and the second polypeptide contains an amino acid sequence homologous or identical to a second mammalian, in particular human protein, wherein compared to the second polypeptide the composition has an increased binding affinity to a SIGLEC selected from to one or more SIGLECs, selected from SIG-5, SIG-7, SIG-8, and SIG-9.
US11738067B2
Provided is an incretin, or analogue thereof, an incretin receptor agonist, an incretin enhancer, or any combination thereof, for use in a method of reducing elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) in a subject. Methods of reducing elevated ICP in a subject may comprise administering an incretin, or analogue thereof, an incretin receptor agonist, an incretin enhancer, or any combination thereof to the subject. The elevated ICP may be associated with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), secondary pseudotumour cerebri, hydrocephalus, normal pressure hydrocephalus, raised intracranial pressure secondary to a brain tumour, meningitis, brain trauma, brain injury, and venous sinus thrombosis.
US11738047B2
The present disclosure provides modified immune cell (e.g., modified T cell) comprising an exogenous T cell receptor (TCR) having specificity for NY-ESO-1. The present disclosure provides modified immune cells or precursors thereof (e.g., modified T cells) comprising an exogenous TCR and a switch receptor. Gene edited modified cells are also provided, such that the expression of one or more of an endogenous T-cell receptor gene (e.g., TRAC, TRBC) or an endogenous immune checkpoint gene (e.g., PD-1 or TIM-3) is downregulated.
US11738046B2
An ex vivo generated population of tissue-specific alternatively-activated macrophages and methods of making and using such macrophages for treating orthopedic injury are provided.
US11738040B2
The present invention pertains to a composition for treating joint diseases and a kit including the same, and the purpose of the present invention is to provide a composition for treating joint diseases which can be used in patients with joint diseases, and a kit which includes the same. The present invention minimizes the burden on patients with chronic joint diseases while also achieving excellent medicinal effects by means of a composition for treating joint diseases which includes a modified hyaluronic acid having a group derived from an anti-inflammatory compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the modified hyaluronic acid, and which is used by being administered to patients with human joint diseases as a single injection per period of four or more weeks.
US11738038B2
The present invention is the use of purine nucleotide phosphoramidates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof administered in an effective amount for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19, an infection caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus in a host, for example a human, in need thereof.
US11738023B2
The disclosure relates to methods for treating or preventing a sleep disorder by administering a compound of formula (1)(1), or a compound of formula (1A), (1B), (1C), (1D), (1E), or (1F) to an animal in need of such treatment. In certain embodiments, such compounds effectively treat or prevent a sleep disorder in the animal, while producing reduced side effects compared to previously available compounds.
US11738017B2
The present invention includes a method of inhibiting or reducing deregulated FLT3 tyrosine kinase activity or FLT3 tyrosine kinase expression in a subject with a proliferative disease by administering to the subject having or suspected to have the proliferative disease, a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of the compound of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11738016B2
The invention relates to an orally disintegrating nicotine tablet for nicotine craving relief comprising a pressed powder formulation, the tablet being designed to disintegrate within a period of less than 60 seconds upon oral administration, the powder formulation comprising an amount of nicotine and a pH regulating agent.
US11738013B2
Provided are methods for treating hepatitis B virus infections by administering a NS5A inhibitor, NS5B inhibitor, a NS3 inhibitor, or combinations thereof.
US11738010B2
Novel compounds of the structural formula I, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of TarO and may be useful in the prevention, treatment and suppression of diseases mediated by TarO, such as bacterial infections, including gram negative bacterial infections and gram positive bacterial infections such as MRSA and MRSE, alone or in combination with a β-lactam antibiotic.
US11738009B2
The present disclosure is directed to novel compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, solvates of the salt and prodrugs thereof, useful in the prevention (e.g., delaying the onset of or reducing the risk of developing) and treatment (e.g., controlling, alleviating, or slowing the progression of) of cancer, including glioblastoma, bone cancer, head and neck cancer, melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, oral cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, intestinal cancer, colon cancer, bladder cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer. The compounds of the disclosure are selective antagonists of the EP4 receptor and useful treatment of various diseases that may be ameliorated with blockade of PGE2-mediated signaling.
US11738007B2
The present disclosure relates to the discovery that certain diseases of the eye that profoundly affect the human visual system and, as a result, quality of life, may be treated using Edonentan or A-182086. Edonentan or A-182086 can be used alone or in combination with an intra-ocular pressure (IOP) reducing agent, a neuroprotective agent, an anti-VEGF agent, or all, for example. Using Edonentan or A-182086, alone or in combination with an additional agent, provides increased perfusion to the retina in certain diseases and reduces damage to retinal cells.
US11738003B2
There is provided a new dosage regimen for Compound A which maximizes anti-tumor activity while maintaining acceptable toxicity levels.
US11738001B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising combinations of flavonoids that may be used to treat and/or prevent diabetes and associated diseases, conditions and/or disorders. The invention also relates to methods of treating diabetes and associated diseases, conditions and/or disorders using the pharmaceutical compositions.
US11737995B2
Methods for treating or preventing kidney diseases and fibrosis, such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), kidney fibrosis, heart fibrosis, uterine fibrosis, and cystic fibrosis, with compounds of Formulae (I), (IA), (IB), (IC), (ID), (IE), (IF), (IG), (IH), (IJ), (II), (III), (IIIA), and (IIIB); pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof; and compositions thereof.
US11737987B2
An oral delivery system based on in situ forming protein/polysaccharide coacervates is described herein. The system comprises an uncoacervated, dry homogenous mixture comprising a protein powder, a polysaccharide powder, and an active ingredient dispersed therein, wherein the polysaccharide powder has a Carr compressibility index greater than 25% to enable the protein and polysaccharide powders to form a protein/polysaccharide complex coacervate in situ upon immersion of the oral delivery system in a gastric fluid, thereby conferring gastric protection and/or modified release to the active ingredient.
US11737981B2
Nanoparticles including a cellulosic polymer and a hydrophobic material and methods for forming them.
US11737966B2
Rinse-off cleansing compositions can include surfactant, perfume, solvent, and water, wherein the rinse-off cleansing composition has a G′ of at least about 25 Pa and/or is not a ringing gel.
US11737965B2
Methods for enhancing fragrance on skin upon initial application of a rinse-off cleansing composition can include combining surfactant, perfume, solvent, and water, to form the composition, wherein the composition has a total GCMS count higher than that of a control where the solvent is replaced with water when the total GCMS count is measured in accordance with the PSHAM method immediately following the initial application.
US11737959B2
A two-part oxidative dyeing composition is described. The two-part composition has an alkaline first part comprising oxidative dye couplers and/or oxidative dye precursors, and a second part comprising hydrogen peroxide, xanthine and/or its derivatives, and a lipophilic compound. The second part is formulated as water-in-oil emulsion and it was unexpectedly found that xanthines stabilize the viscosity of the second part composition allowing for improved dyeing performance.
US11737958B2
Provided is a coating having a uniform and strong UV protective effect over the entire skin. A method for producing a UV protective coating on skin comprising a step of applying a composition comprising a UV protective agent to the skin, and a step of electrostatically spraying a composition comprising component (a) and component (b) directly onto the skin to form a coating on the skin, in this order or vice versa: (a) one or more volatile substances selected from the group consisting of water, an alcohol and a ketone, (b) a polymer having a film-forming ability.
US11737957B2
A dental curable composition capable of use as a dental material that can substitute part or all of a natural tooth, in particular, a resin material for dental cutting and machining in the field of dental care. When a block shape usable as the resin material is produced, while mechanical properties and aesthetic properties required for a crown prosthetic appliance are maintained, the dental curable composition can be molded and processed with pressure and heating while strain generated in the block is reduced and no cracks and chipping occur. The dental curable composition includes (a) a polymerizable monomer and (b) a filler in a weight ratio of 10:90 to 70:30, and 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of (c) a polymerization initiator and 0.001 to 1 part by weight of (d) a chain transfer agent being a terpenoid compound based on 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable monomer (a).
US11737956B2
The present invention relates to a composition of an intracanal medication agent for medicating root canals for a predetermined period of time. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided an intracanal medication composition based on a calcium hydroxide component, comprising: calcium hydroxide or a calcium hydroxide producing component as a powder component; and at least one of diethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (DEGEE) as a liquid component.
US11737953B1
A supple carrier for carrying a container of medically useful solution or suspension. The supple carrier includes a first monitoring window providing a first visualization perspective of the container contained by the envelope and one or more adjustable pressurizers. The supple carrier can delay the temperature change of the medically useful solution or suspension carried by the carrier.
US11737952B2
A holding device is provided that has a base body having a plurality of openings in a first surface and a plurality of holding elements each having a movable surface. The plurality of holding elements are arranged with respect to the plurality of openings, respectively, such that a container extending in a respective opening of the plurality of openings is held by a respective one of the plurality of holding elements in a positive fit. The movable surface faces the container in a direction that is perpendicular to a height of the container. The holding element establishes the positive fit by a displacement movement of the movable surface. The displacement movement has a direction of movement that inclines an angle with the height of the container in a range from 60 to 120°.
US11737949B1
A penis massager includes a housing, a massager member and a driving apparatus. The massager member includes a first massaging portion and a second massaging portion which are separately arranged. A space for inserting of the penis is defined between the first massaging portion and the second massaging portion. The driving apparatus is in transmission connection with the first massaging portion and the second massaging portion respectively for driving the first massaging portion and the second massaging portion to reciprocate in an axial direction of the housing. A movement direction of the first massaging portion is opposite to that of the second massaging portion.
US11737941B2
An apparatus may include a first layer that includes a plurality of inlets and a surface feature; a second layer, where the surface feature opposes the second layer; an outlet, and a pattern defined on at least one of the first layer and the second layer, where the pattern defines a suction path from each inlet of the plurality of inlets to the outlet.
US11737939B2
Methods and systems of patient offloading include positioning an inflatable transfer mattress in a first position with respect to a surface supporting the inflatable transfer mattress. At least one inflatable positioning wedge is positioned in a second position with respect to the surface. The inflatable transfer mattress is positioned in a third position in which a portion of the inflatable transfer mattress overlaps a portion of the at least one inflatable positioning wedge. The at least one inflatable positioning wedge is inflated to transition the portion of the inflatable transfer mattress overlapping the portion of the at least one inflatable positioning wedge to a non-zero angle with respect to the surface.
US11737937B2
A wheelchair W includes: a column shaft (50) extending from the rear portion of a front fork (51) and turnably supported by a vehicle-body frame (2); a rocking bar (81a) that is rockably attached to the vehicle-body frame (2) and rocks according to a force applied by a rider; and a link mechanism (82) that joins the rocking bar (81a) and the column shaft (50) and turns the column shaft (50) according to rock of the rocking bar (81a).
US11737936B2
A mobility carrier provided with a vehicle seat and a vehicle provided with the mobility carrier. The mobility carrier includes a carrier body, a seat, an operating portion configured of allowing a user accommodated on the seat to control the mobility carrier or the vehicle, and a carrier controller. The carrier controller communicates with a vehicle controller of the vehicle from outside of the vehicle. If verified through communications with the vehicle controller, the carrier controller controls the carrier wheels so that the carrier body enters a cabin of the vehicle. The carrier controller communicates with the vehicle controller to control a driving unit of the vehicle via the operating portion.
US11737931B2
Garments and associated methods are disclosed. In examples, a garment includes an absorbent assembly bonded to a body portion. In examples, the absorbent assembly includes an absorbent layer and overlies at least a central region of the body portion. In examples, the absorbent assembly is at least partially bonded to the body portion with elastic bonding film. In examples, the garment is configured to be washed and re-worn numerous times. In examples, a method of manufacturing a garment includes arranging an absorbent assembly over at least the central region of the body portion and bonding the absorbent assembly to the body portion with strips of elastic bonding film and without stitching. In examples, a moisture-absorbent garment includes a body layer supporting an absorbent assembly within a central region and strips of elastic bonding film that bond at least a portion of the absorbent assembly to the body layer without stitching.
US11737922B2
A mud visor formed by a substantially transparent sheet is attached to a goggle lens. The mud visor may be attached to the goggle lens using a substantially transparent adhesive or adhesive tape. Thus, the mud visor may provide clear and improved field of view for the user. Further, the mud visor may be configured to cover and guide a top portion of a roll-off film as the roll-off film is conveyed across the goggle lens. A top portion of the mud visor may be inserted into the lens groove of a goggle frame along with the goggle lens when the goggle lens is attached to the goggle frame. The mud visor also may stretch across the goggle lens and overlap with film canisters at both sides to provide a seamless coverage to prevent mud from entering behind the mud visor or the roll-off film.
US11737916B2
In certain aspects, the invention is directed to magnetic eye shields that comprise a magnet. When worn by a patient, the magnetic eye shields are configured to generate an intraocular magnetic field of sufficient magnitude and direction to move a magnetic therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent positioned inside the eye to target tissue within the eye. Other aspects of the invention pertain to kits which comprise such magnetic eye shields as well as one or more additional components, for example, one or more containers of a magnetic diagnostic and/or or therapeutic agent. Further aspects of the invention pertain to methods of treatment, which comprise intraocularly introducing a magnetic therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent into an eye of a patient and fitting a magnetic eye shield to the head of the patient, wherein the magnetic therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent may be introduced to the patient before or after fitting the magnetic eye shield to the head of the patient.
US11737915B2
A fungal infection treatment includes a container comprised of a thermally conductive material. In this way the container can be heated by the boiled water when the boiled water is poured from the cup into the container. A cover is positionable on the container to close the container to inhibit the boiled water from being spilled from the container. A drape is provided that has an opening extending therethrough. In this way the drape can be positioned on a respective one of the user's appendages having the opening exposing a nail on the respective appendage. The container is positionable in the opening when the drape is positioned on the appendage. In this way the container can transfer heat from the boiled water to the nail on the respective appendage for treating a fungal infection of the nail bed.
US11737914B2
A temperature management device for warming or cooling a person's body includes a device body, which has a fluid conduit for flowing fluid through the device body. The device body includes a contact surface to face and contact the person's body on which the device body is applied and is configured to conform to the person's body wherein the contact surface contacts the person's body and follows a surface topography of the person's body, and further provides a thermally conductive surface for transmitting thermal energy from the fluid flowing through the fluid conduit to the person's body.
US11737911B2
Methods and devices for treating and occluding a female patient's fallopian tubes to provide permanent or extended birth control or sterilization.
US11737903B2
An anatomical brace for dynamically stabilizing the elbow during elbow articulation, the anatomical brace comprising: a brace body comprising a distal portion for fitting over the forearm of a user and a proximal portion for fitting over the upper arm of a user; a hinge mechanism comprising a distal segment, a proximal segment and a pivot for pivotally connecting the distal segment and the proximal segment, the distal segment of the hinge mechanism being mounted to the distal portion of the brace body and the proximal segment of the hinge mechanism being mounted to the proximal portion of the brace body; a pivot cable guide mounted to the anterior portion of the pivot; an upper arm cable guide mounted to at least one of the proximal segment of the hinge mechanism and the proximal portion of the brace body, the upper arm cable guide being configured to change the direction of a cable extending through the upper arm cable guide; an ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) cable guide mounted to the brace body and configured to direct a cable extending through the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) cable guide over the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) and toward the distal portion of the brace body; and a cable having a first end and a second end; the first end of the cable being mounted to the distal segment of the hinge mechanism, the second end of the cable being mounted to the distal portion of the brace body, and the cable being routed proximally along the distal segment of the hinge mechanism, through the pivot cable guide, proximally along the proximal segment of the hinge mechanism, through the upper arm cable guide, and through the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) cable guide; wherein, when the anatomical brace is mounted to the arm of a user so that the distal portion of the brace body is secured to the forearm of the user, and the proximal portion of the brace body is secured to the upper arm of the user, and when the elbow thereafter moves to full extension, the cable is tensioned, whereby to apply a force to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the user, and when the elbow thereafter moves to full flexion, the cable is relaxed, so that the force applied to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) is released.
US11737893B2
Planning tools for surgery, particularly for THA, are provided. Images of musculoskeletal structure of a patient (e.g. associated with respective planes and in a same or different functional position) may be displayed together and via co-registration and spatial transformations, 3D implants or other objects may be rendered and overlaid in a same position correctly with respect to each image. The 3D implant may be fit (e.g. via handles or automatically using image processing) to an existing implant in the patient and moved to other positions, for example, to measure the existing position or plan for an initial or new position. Measures may be represented with respect to various planes associated with the respective image and/or with respect to an existing implant.
US11737888B1
A spinal implant system includes an inserter that passes through a spinal implant for attachment to a distal end of the spinal implant. By this arrangement, stability of the implant system is enhanced for placement of the spinal implant while reducing local stresses imparted at the attachment. The disclosed spinal implant system may include an access tube that is coupled to a proximal end of the spinal implant. After placement of the spinal implant, the inserter may be removed from the spinal implant and access tube, providing access via the access tube to an interior of the spinal implant and the corresponding space between the vertebral endplates.
US11737887B2
Presently disclosed is a spinal implant. In an embodiment, a spinal implant includes a porous body configured to promote bone growth. The porous body may have an attachment portion that is configured to secure the spinal implant to a fixation system attached to one or more vertebra. The porous body may also include a fusion plate extending from the attachment portion and configured to contact transverse processes, lamina, or facet of adjacent vertebrae. Accordingly, when the attachment portion is secured to the fixation system, the fusion plate may be maintained in compression against the transverse processes, lamina, or facet.
US11737876B2
A valve annulus repair system joins anchors at one or both of their proximal and distal ends to construct an implant to reshape the annulus. A removable frame may be used to position the anchors proximate to the annulus and to adjust the shape of the annulus. The frame may support the anchors during deployment of the system, release the anchors during construction of the implant, adjust the shape of the implant (and concomitantly the shape of the reconstructed valve) during an adjustment/cinching process, retain the adjusted shape of the valve annulus while relative anchor positions are secured, and release the anchors to enable the frame to be removed from the deployment site following implant construction. With such a system, a low-profile, flexile annular valve implant with reduced the risks of migration, fracture, embolism and thrombus may be provided.
US11737871B2
A handle for a prosthetic heart valve delivery apparatus includes a housing, a motorized mechanism, and a holding mechanism. The housing is configured to be hand-held by a user and includes a distal opening. The motorized mechanism is disposed within the housing and is configured to be releasably coupled to a proximal end portion of a first shaft of the prosthetic heart valve delivery apparatus. When actuated, the motorized mechanism is configured to rotate the first shaft relative to the housing. The holding mechanism is disposed inside the housing and is configured to engage a proximal end portion of a second shaft of the prosthetic heart valve delivery apparatus such that the second shaft is axially and rotationally fixed relative to the housing, and the first shaft extends through the second shaft.
US11737860B2
The present invention relates to devices for treating or managing fecal or bowel incontinence and methods employing them. Such a device can form a seal with at least a portion of the bowel to prevent unwanted discharge of fecal matter from the rectum.
US11737858B2
An anatomical healing abutment is configured to connect to a dental implant. The healing abutment has a body portion which includes at least three reference marks that provide data to orient the connection axis of the abutment with the that of the dental implant so that certain conventional steps, including healing abutment manipulation, multiple scans, and the taking of impressions, can be eliminated, thereby saving time and effort on the part of the practitioner.
US11737851B2
Medical devices useful in interventional procedures performed under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are described herein. A medical device comprises a body member and a marker formed of work-hardened stainless steel attached to the body member. The stainless steel of the marker has an ultimate tensile strength of between about 100 KSI and about 225 KSI. The marker can be attached to the body member in a manner that contributes work to the stainless steel or in a manner that does not contribute work to the stainless steel. Methods of making medical devices, medical imaging methods, and methods of performing interventional medical treatment are also described herein.
US11737846B2
A manual release assembly for a surgical tool includes a first release plate including a first pair of arms engageable with a first pair release gears arranged within a drive housing, a second release plate including a second pair of arms engageable with a second pair release gears arranged within the dive housing, and a first angled slot defined in the first release plate and a second angled slot defined in the second release plate. A release switch provides a transition pin extendable into the angled slots and manually movable between disengaged and engaged positions. When in the disengaged position, the arms are disengaged from the release gears, and when manually moved to the engaged position, the transition pin moves through the angled slots and urges the release plates in opposing lateral directions such that the arms engage and rotate the release gears.
US11737838B2
A hand controller for enabling a user to perform an activity and method for controlling a robotic arm is provided. The hand controller includes a bar with a grip and a plurality of motors to provide a force feedback to the user in response to the movement of the plurality of mechanical arms. The method involves receiving input corresponding to the manipulation of a bar and providing a force feedback in response to the movement of the plurality of mechanical arms.
US11737833B2
The present disclosure relates to polyaxial bone screws and methods that enable the positioning of the polyaxial bone screws to be reliably determined using a surgical navigation system including a navigation probe. In an embodiment, a polyaxial bone screw comprises a threaded shaft inserted in bone and a head connected to the shaft, the head being rotatable relative to the shaft about a centre of rotation of the head of the bone screw. The position of a navigation probe is monitored using a navigation device. A first mating surface of the head of the bone screw is engaged with a second mating surface of the navigation probe; and the location of the centre of rotation of the head of the bone screw is determined based on the monitored position of the navigation probe when the first mating surface and the second mating surface are engaged.
US11737832B2
The invention relates to a viewing system for use in a surgical environment. Various real object detection devices detect locations of real objects in a real environment, such as a patient and body part of patient, medical staff, robots, a cutting tool on a robot, implant transferred by robot into body part, surgical tools, and disposable items. A map generator generates a map that forms a digital representation or a digital twin of the real environment. Various guiding modules including a room setup module, an anatomy registration module, a surgical planning module, and a surgical execution module make use of the digital representation to guide virtual or real objects based on the digital representation.
US11737831B2
A camera tracking system for computer assisted navigation during surgery. The camera tracking system includes a processor operative to receive streams of video frames from tracking cameras which image a plurality of physical objects arranged as a reference array. For each of the physical objects imaged in a sequence of the video frames, that processor determines a set of coordinates for the physical object over the sequence of the video frames. For each of the physical objects, the processor generates an arithmetic combination of the set of coordinates for the physical object. The processor generates an array template identifying coordinates of the physical objects based on the arithmetic combinations of the sets of coordinates for the physical objects, and tracks pose of the physical objects of the reference array over time based on comparison of the array template to the reference array imaged in the streams of video frames.
US11737825B2
One described aspect is an optical fiber comprising: a fiber core that extends along a fiber axis, is configured to transmit a laser energy along the fiber axis, and terminates at a distal end; a first cladding that extends along the fiber axis, is adjacent to the fiber core, and terminates at a distal end; a coating that extends along the fiber axis and terminates at a distal end, wherein the coating is a gold coating; a second cladding that surrounds a portion of the gold coating along the fiber axis, and terminates at a distal end; an outer jacket that extends along the fiber axis and terminates at a distal end; and a fiber tip. Associated laser systems are also disclosed.
US11737823B2
An antenna system for tissue ablation includes an energy transmission member, a conductive hollow coil member, and a fluid cooling system. The energy transmission member has an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a dielectric layer between the inner and outer conductors. A portion of the dielectric layer extends distally of a distal end of the outer conductor. The conductive hollow coil member includes a member lumen within a length of the conductive hollow coil member. The conductive hollow coil member is coiled around the portion of the dielectric layer and is separate from the inner conductor. The conductive hollow coil member extends along an entire length of the outer conductor of the energy transmission member. The fluid cooling system is coupled to the conductive hollow coil member for providing a flow of a cooling fluid through the member lumen for cooling the conductive hollow coil member.
US11737819B2
A system for delivering energy to a patient's body is disclosed that includes a plurality of probes, a touch-sensitive display screen, and a controller communicatively coupled to each of the probes and the display screen. The controller is configured to perform operations including displaying a virtual control object in the user interface of the touch-sensitive display screen that is associated with an operating parameter of a treatment procedure performed with the probe. The controller is configured to adjust the operating parameter when a user touch action is directed to the virtual control object. The controller is configured to convert the virtual control object into a non-control label based, at least in part, on a current status of the treatment procedure. The controller is configured to prohibit adjustment of the operating parameter using the non-control label in response to a user touch action that is directed to the non-control label.
US11737801B2
The present disclosure provides a bioresorbable foam closure device for trans-nasally closing an opening in a base of a skull. The closure device comprises a phase-separated polymer having a porosity of greater than 80%. The device includes a stem portion having a proximal end and a distal end, and a head portion at the distal end of the stem portion. The closure device is deformed from a free shape to a constricted shape, inserted through a nasal cavity and into the opening, and released to at least partially revert back to the free shape such that the stem portion fills the opening and the head portion abuts cranium and dura to secure the closure device in position and seal the opening.
US11737799B2
A bone repair system, kit and method for percutaneous repair of a bone segment containing a first bone segment and a second bone segment in a patient, each bone segment having a drill hole. The system comprises a longitudinal member configured to contact the first bone segment and the second bone segment and having at least one opening and cleats on the side adapted to contact the first bone segment and the second bone segment; a first fastener assembly configured to be disposed through the opening of the longitudinal member to hold the longitudinal member in place through the opening and the hole in the first bone segment; and a second fastener assembly configured to be disposed through the opening of the longitudinal member to hold the longitudinal member in place through the opening and the hole in the second bone segment.
US11737796B2
The invention relates to the intramedullar nail fixation (13) of the femoral bone that is used in the field of orthopedics and traumatology, in particular, in the pediatric orthopedics field; Its features include the follows; Removal of many negativities in the treatments of femoral proximal area fractures seen in the child age group, young and old bone rotation surgeries, malunion, nonunion and deformities, and in order to make positive contribution to the healing processes of patients, the proximal femoral de-rotation nail (13), by which location can be fixed by turning in an angular way, and by which the operator can perform rotation as much as necessary by fixing rotation angle, and which is formed with the proximal component (1) and the distal component (2), which can perform rotational movement on each other and can fix its location, was developed.
US11737788B2
Spinal correction surgical techniques and methodologies for correction of scoliosis using non fusion anterior scoliosis correction, including soft tissue releases, unique correction techniques such as de-rotation, and unique single and dual anchor screw/cord applications.
US11737786B2
The present invention presents various embodiments showing combination of a body, rods, platforms and pin (or wire) clamps for the relative fixation of separated bone segment. In some embodiments there is an overall linear arrangement of the assemblies. The rods are threaded and extend lengthwise throughout a substantial portion of the length of the body. Engaged with the threaded rods are one or more moveable platforms, with each moveable platform engaging one or more pin clamps. Preferably each moveable platform includes at least one tapped (generally threaded) hole and at least one smooth through-hole in each moveable platform, so that each moveable platform engages with one threaded rod via the tapped hole but can pass freely along the other threaded rod. Each body also typically bears at least one stationary platform, generally at or near one end of the device.
US11737779B2
An atherectomy system includes a drive mechanism that is adapted to rotatably actuate an atherectomy burr and a controller that is adapted to regulate operation of the drive mechanism. In some cases, the drive mechanism includes a drive cable that is coupled with the atherectomy burr and an electric drive motor that is adapted to rotate the drive cable. The controller is adapted to regulate operation of the electric drive motor such that the drive mechanism emulates one or more performance parameters of an air turbine.
US11737769B2
Methods and devices for catheter-based removal of unwanted tissue or occlusive matter from blood vessels and other body lumens rely on a wire advanced from a tube to deploy a capture net that can be drawn over the clot. Apparatus include simple and reliable mechanisms for deployment of nets, funnels, and other clot capturing mechanisms for retrieving clot material from inside a blood vessel.
US11737767B2
An improved catheter is provided for removing an obstruction(s) from a blood vessel, for example, for retrieving a clot/thrombus in the neurovasculature for the treatment of stroke. The catheter has a collapsed state sufficiently small and flexible for easier delivery through challenging vasculature and also has an expanded state sufficiently sized and robust for removing the obstruction. The catheter may include a self-collapsing and expanding mechanism to transition a portion of an outer tube (e.g., a braided portion) between the collapsed and expanded states. Such mechanism may include an inner actuator tube slidable over an actuation wire to collapse a distal branched section of the actuation wire, thereby collapsing the braided portion. The catheter may also include an intermediate coiled tube for reinforcing the braided portion in the expanded state.
US11737759B2
A surgical stapling device includes an end effector configured to accommodate prolapsed tissue to perform an anastomosis externally of a body cavity. The surgical stapling device has an anvil assembly and a shell assembly. The anvil assembly includes an anvil plate and anvil rods that extend proximally from the anvil shaft and are positioned about the shell assembly. The anvil plate has a proximally facing surface that defines staple forming pockets. The shell assembly includes a shell housing that defines a cavity, an annular pusher that is movable within the cavity from a retracted position to an advanced position, an annular staple cartridge, and an annular knife blade. The staple cartridge includes staple receiving pockets that receive staples, and the knife blade is secured to the pusher radially outwardly of the staple receiving pockets.
US11737750B2
A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body. The end effector is located at a distal end portion of the shaft assembly. The end effector includes an active feature configured to operate on tissue. The body includes a drive feature operable to drive the active feature of the end effector. The body is removably coupled with the shaft assembly in a connected state and separated from the shaft assembly in a disconnected state. The body includes a drive feature configured to drive operation of the active feature of the effector. The drive feature includes at least one of an ultrasonic drive feature or a mechanical drive feature. A proximal end portion of the shaft assembly is configured to be removed from the body to separate the at least one activation feature from the drive feature.
US11737748B2
Surgical instruments with articulation joints that include an articulation linkage assembly comprising a plurality of links configured to operably interface with a proximal joint member for movable travel relative thereto in a first proximal travel path and a second proximal travel path that are transverse to each other. The plurality of links are further configured to operably interface with a distal joint member for movable travel relative thereto in a first distal travel path and a second distal travel path that are transverse each other.
US11737747B2
A hand-held surgical instrument includes a handle housing, a shaft portion extending distally from the handle housing, and an articulation shaft. The articulation shaft may be configured to axially move within the shaft portion to articulate an end effector via a manual activation or a motor activation.
US11737739B2
Dental instrument assemblies (e.g., mouth pieces, bite blocks, vacuum dental mirrors, illuminated dental mirrors, illuminated dental wedges, trans-illumination dental instrument, illuminated dental bite blocks, etc.) are provided. The dental instrument assemblies may be adapted to be periodically sterilized. The dental instrument assemblies may include a magnetically energetic fiber optic coupler. The magnetically energetic fiber optic coupler may be configured to allow dental instrument adapter to rotate with respect to an associated fiber optic cable that is removably connected to the magnetically energetic fiber optic coupler. The dental instrument assemblies may include a fiber optic material that is encapsulated.
US11737730B2
A system for determining orientation of a distal end of a catheter. The system includes a radial ultrasound system configured to generate images based on data received from a radial ultrasound probe. The system also includes a display device to present the generated images, a medical device, and a catheter system. The catheter system includes a flexible shaft having a first lumen configured to receive the radial ultrasound probe and a second lumen configured to receive the medical device, a cap portion having a longitudinal axis, and at least one orientation pin. The cap portion includes a third lumen configured to align with the first lumen, a fourth lumen configured to align with the second lumen, an exit port, and a ramp disposed between the fourth lumen and the exit port.
US11737723B2
The embodiments herein provide a system for calibration-free cuff-less evaluation of blood pressure. The system includes an ultrasound-based arterial compliance probes and a controller unit connected to the said probe. The ultrasound transducers are configured to measure the change in arterial dimensions, pulse wave velocity, and other character traits of an arterial segment over continuous cardiac cycle, which is then used to evaluate blood pressure parameters without any calibration procedure using dedicated mathematical models. The pressure sensor/force sensor/bio-potential transducers/accelerometric sensors are configured to measure a pressure acting on a skin surface at a measurement site, an internal arterial transmural pressure level, an applied pressure or a hold-down pressure on the skin surface or an arterial site, biopotential and/or plethysmograph signal, arterial vibrations acting on the measurement site as a function of the arterial pressure and the mechanical characteristics and/or a function of the applied/hold-down pressure and/or function of external factors.
US11737715B1
A method of performing a radiological biopsy and associated system includes scanning a living human subject with a CT scanner to locate coordinates of an area of potential pathology and then using the coordinates to direct synchrotron radiation to a location at, or proximate the coordinates to obtain a high-resolution image of the area of potential pathology. The CT scan is accomplished with a CT scanner such as a C-Arm, vertical or horizontal CT scanner. A synchrotron radiation source emits synchrotron radiation through the subject and is processed by a processing system. The method and system allow for concurrent or sequential scanning of the subject by the CT scanner and synchrotron radiation scanner. The resulting images provide histological resolution of areas of potential pathology.
US11737713B2
This disclosure is directed to devices, systems, and techniques for monitoring a patient condition. In some examples, a medical device system includes a medical device comprising a set of sensors. Additionally, the medical device system includes processing circuitry configured to identify, based on at least one signal of the set of signals, a time of an event corresponding to the patient and set a time window based on the time of the event. Additionally, the processing circuitry is configured to save, to a fall risk database in a memory, a set of data including one or more signals of the set of signals so that the fall risk database may be analyzed in order to determine a fall risk score corresponding to the patient, wherein the set of data corresponds to the time window.
US11737690B2
A device includes an optical circuit that obtains a first signal at a first wavelength using light reflected from skin tissue of a patient, wherein the first wavelength has a high absorption coefficient for nitric oxide (NO) in blood flow and a second PPG signal at a second wavelength using light reflected from skin tissue of the patient, wherein the second wavelength has a low absorption coefficient for NO in blood flow. A measurement of a level of NO in blood flow is determined using the first PPG signal and the second PPG signal. A health condition is determined using the measurement of the level of NO, such as hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia.
US11737682B2
A medical system includes an elongate instrument, a tracking system, and one or more processors configured to: receive image data of a set of connected passageways of a patient anatomy; model the set as a plurality of linked bounded-surface elements, each linked bounded-surface element defined in part by basepoints on an anatomical centerline, an element centerline spanning a shortest distance between the basepoints, and a radius; receive position information for a point on the instrument when disposed in the set; based on a comparison of the received position information to the plurality of linked bounded-surface elements, generate adjusted position information for the point; match one of the plurality of linked bounded-surface elements to the point to register the instrument to the image data; create an adjusted instrument image with the adjusted position information; and generate a composite image including the image data of the set and the adjusted instrument image.
US11737672B2
Methods and systems for in vivo classification of tissue are disclosed. The tissue is irradiated with light from multiple light sources and light scattered and fluoresced from the tissue is received. Distinct emissions of the sample are identified from the received light. An excitation-emission matrix is generated (1002). On-diagonal and off-diagonal components of the excitation-emission matrix are identified (1004, 1006, 1008). Spectroscopic measures are derived from the excitation-emission matrix (1014), and are compared to a database of known spectra (1016) permitting the tissue to be classified as benign or malignant (1018). An optical biopsy needle or an optical probe may be used to contemporaneously classify and sample tissue for pathological confirmation of diagnosis.
US11737671B2
Method and devices are provided for assessing tissue samples from a plurality of tissue sites in a subject using molecular analysis. In certain aspects, devices of the embodiments allow for minimally invasive collection of liquid tissue samples and delivery of the samples for mass spectrometry analysis.
US11737668B2
A modular surgical system is disclosed that comprises a modular hub and a computer system that includes instructions to retrieve medical records associated with a patient from an EMR database based on a key, delete data associated with the patient's identity from the retrieved medical records, extract relevant patient data from the retrieved medical records, and store an anonymous data file with the extracted relevant patient data by a unique procedure identification number. Within a hospital data barrier, the modular hub is configured to combine the anonymous data file with the patient EMR stored on the EMR database by using the key associated with the patient EMR and the unique procedural identification number associated with the anonymous data file and delete from the modular hub the data associated with the patient's identity to maintain anonymity of the patient.
US11737663B2
Processes of localizing target papillas of renal anatomy involve advancing a ureteroscope to a target calyx of a kidney of a patient through at least a portion of a urinary tract of the patient, determining a positional offset between one or more position sensors associated with the ureteroscope and a target papilla of the kidney that is at least partially exposed within the target calyx, and determining a percutaneous access target based at least in part on one or more of a present position of the one or more position sensors and the offset.
US11737654B2
Various apparatuses to attach a first medical device to a second medical device are described that allow the physician to grasp only a single device while the other device remains securely attached to the one being grasped. The apparatuses, once they are attached to the first medical device, are designed to be easily and quickly attached and detached to a second medical device, normally only requiring the use of one hand. Furthermore, the apparatuses oftentimes include a base that can easily couple and decouple from the portion that is attached to the second medical device so that if the need arises to separately use the second medical device, it can be decoupled from the first medical device without completely removing the apparatus from the second medical device.
US11737652B2
The present disclosure is directed to a medical device assembly. The medical device assembly described herein may include a medical device and a control unit. The medical device may include an imaging apparatus, an electrical wire coupled to the imaging apparatus, an illumination device, an illumination connector coupled to the illumination device, and a connector coupled to the electrical wire and the illumination connector. The control unit may include an electrical interface, a light source, and a port, wherein the port is configured to receive the connector to operatively couple the electrical wire to the electrical interface, and to operatively couple the illumination connector to the light source, the connector being removably attachable to the port.
US11737651B2
Disclosed herein is an endoscope comprising: an insertion tube; a radiation detector configured to detect radiation particles in a first range of energy and radiation particles in a second range of energy.
US11737649B2
An apparatus configured for heat dissipation that includes a heat source, a heat sink and a heat conducting element. The heat conducting element conducts heat energy from the heat source to the heat sink along a heat conducting path, and the heat conducting element is arranged in such a way on the heat source and the heat sink and is configured to physically change in such a way with increasing temperature of the heat conducting element that: a) a first cross-sectional area between the heat source and the heat conducting element and/or a second cross-sectional area between the heat conducting element of the heat sink increases, and/or b) a length of the heat conducting path shortens. Further, a video endoscope having such an apparatus and a use of such an apparatus is provided.
US11737640B2
The present disclosure relates to a pump for transmitting washing water and generating steam and a dishwasher including the pump. The pump includes a housing; a washing water inlet pipe coupled to the housing to receive washing water; a washing water outlet pipe coupled to the housing to discharge the washing water; an impeller disposed in the housing to discharge the washing water from the washing water inlet pipe to the washing water outlet pipe; a heater coupled to the housing to heat the washing water in the housing and generate steam; a steam discharge pipe to discharge the steam generated by the heater; and a selector valve coupled to the steam discharge pipe to block the discharge of the washing water and allow the steam to be discharged, thereby preventing the discharge of washing water through the steam discharge pipe.
US11737632B2
A coverage robot including a chassis, multiple drive wheel assemblies disposed on the chassis, and a cleaning assembly carried by the chassis. Each drive wheel assembly including a drive wheel assembly housing, a wheel rotatably coupled to the housing, and a wheel drive motor carried by the drive wheel assembly housing and operable to drive the wheel. The cleaning assembly including a cleaning assembly housing, a cleaning head rotatably coupled to the cleaning assembly housing, and a cleaning drive motor carried by cleaning assembly housing and operable to drive the cleaning head. The wheel assemblies and the cleaning assembly are each separately and independently removable from respective receptacles of the chassis as complete units.
US11737627B2
Methods and software for setting parameters for operating a modular robot are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a server, communications data from a controller of the modular robot. The modular robot has storage for storing program instructions for executing autonomous movement at a location. The method includes sending, by the server, an initial outline for the controller to generate calibrated mapping data for the location. The calibrated mapping data identifies an outline at the location. The method includes sending, by the server, identification of at least two zones at the location, where the at least two zones define different areas at the location. The controller of the modular robot is configured to use the calibrated mapping data for said autonomous movement at the location and the controller is configured to operate a respective work function in each of the at least two zones.
US11737626B2
A cleaning robot having an improved structure capable of improving a user convenience and method for controlling the same are disclosed herein. A cleaning robot includes a main body to form an outer appearance and having an inlet port provided to suck a foreign matter present in a cleaning area, an operation unit detachably coupled to the main body and provided to be gripped, at least one motion sensor provided to detect a motion of the operation unit, and a control unit electrically connected to the at least one motion sensor to drive a driving motor of the main body based on the motion of the operation unit detected by the at least one motion sensor.
US11737616B2
Exemplary embodiments wet-on-demand dispensers are disclosed herein. An exemplary dispenser for dispensing wet-on-demand substrates includes a housing, a container for holding a fluid, one or more wetting tips in fluid communication with the container. Each of the one or more wetting tips has a movable valve member. The exemplary dispenser further includes a holder for holding a roll of substrate and the movable valve members are moved as a function of contact with the substrate.
US11737605B2
A retaining device for trussing and cooking fowl and a method for utilizing the same. The device is adaptable to fowl of differing sizes and can easily and quickly truss, for example, chickens, turkeys, ducks, game hens, and other waterfowl that can be cooked and consumed. The device includes a main body having a pair of leg cradles formed in a plate adapted to be disposed adjacent a rear end of the fowl. A pair of wing locks are adjustably connected to the main body and include wing pins located at an end thereof which are adapted to be passed through a portion of the fowl wing and hold it firmly against the fowl body in order to allow even cooking and provide an excellent presentation of the fowl. The device is reusable and therefore environmentally friendly.
US11737603B1
A grinding device is composed of sections with varying functionality coupled together and configured to be interconnected through magnets arranged axially within the sections that constitute the device. The coupling of the sections creates chambers that perform grinding, screening, collection, and storage functions within the device. The axial arrangement of the magnets and supporting structures within the section enable easy assembly and disassembly of sections, remove the need for threading, enhance gripping for those with hand issues, and provide for changing the functionality of the device through the interchangeable sections.
US11737588B2
A pallet assembly including a plurality of trays separated by supports is provided. Each of the supports includes a rectangular portion and a wing portion. The wing portion is formed from two layers of materials connected together by a locking tab or other suitable means. The wing portion can include a first portion and a second portion at an angle with respect to the first portion. A tab can be used to facilitate placing the first portion of the wing at the angle with respect to the second portion of the wing.
US11737585B2
A racking system and methods of assembling a racking system is provided. The racking system includes one or more adjustably positionable backing walls that may be positioned at different distances from a front end of a corresponding shelf. Dividers may be provided to be positioned adjacent the one or more backing walls to divide a product display zone into separate zones.
US11737580B2
An anti-sweeping hook that includes a display hook for storing retail merchandise. The display hook is substantially straight and having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A helical coil is disposed about the display hook and extending along a lengthwise portion of the display hook. The helical coil has a first coil end proximate the first end of the display hook. Rotation of the helical coil in a first direction loads the retail merchandise onto the display hook. Rotation of the helical coil in a second direction opposite the first direction removes the retail merchandise from the display hook. A rotating handle is attached to the first end of the display hook and to the first coil end. The rotating handle is configured to determine an extent of rotation for the rotating handle.
US11737577B1
A face cushion includes a hollow-out portion located at a central portion of the face cushion; an inflatable portion having an inner peripheral edge located adjacent to the hollow-out portion, an outer peripheral edge, and two slit edges located between the inner and the outer peripheral edge, with an area between the inner and the outer peripheral edge being divided into a first and a second air bag; a slit section formed between the two slit edges; and a plurality of inflating connections separately connected to the first and the second air bag. The first and the second air bag are inflated alternately with gas supplied from a gas supply device to the inflatable body via different pipelines at different time points to produce on the face cushion a facial configuration similar to a patient's face, allowing different parts of the patient's face to contact with the face cushion intermittently.
US11737576B2
A slatted grate for reclining or seating furniture, includes a frame for receiving at least two zone elements, in which at least one slat is arranged on the zone elements. The slatted grate further includes an elastic longitudinal bracing member, and the zone elements are connected to one another and/or to a transverse side of the frame by the longitudinal bracing member. A support member is fastened to the frame for mounting the at least two zone elements along a longitudinal extension of the frame, and at least one elastic transverse bracing element is provided. The zone elements are connected to a longitudinal side of the frame by a transverse bracing member.
US11737574B2
A mattress allowing an individual to sleep in a prone position is provided. The mattress includes one or more internal cavities providing airflow to an openings formed in the mattress. The openings, which may be selectively closed, are sized for an average adult and are connected by way of the cavity to outlets which allow airflow. The reinforced cavities have filters and other features to increase user comfort.
US11737571B2
A system for constructing and shipping full-sized (or larger) RTA articles of furniture in a smaller volume, resulting in more efficient and dense packing of multiple articles on standard international cube shipping containers. Each full-sized or larger RTA article of furniture is constructed so that it in a partially assembled state it can be arranged and packed in a shipping box or container of 26.5 inches or less in height and 30.6 inches or less in width. Lengths may vary, but common lengths are 45 inches, 66 inches, and 90 inches. The system thus results in a substantial increase (approximately 33%) in the number of articles of furniture that can be shipped in a single standard international cube shipping container, thereby greatly reducing the shipping cost per article of furniture.
US11737567B2
A multi-gear adjustable support mechanism includes a base plate, a support plate, a support element, a gear forming element having gear grooves and a limiting part and a gear controller having an abutting part and a platform. The support element includes a support crossbar for supporting the support plate at a different angle from the base plate. A moving surface of the gear forming element bears and supports the movement of the support crossbar. The platform is aligned with the moving surface at the position of the gear groove closest to the limiting part when the support crossbar moves and reaches the limiting part. The support crossbar moves on the surface of the platform part and passes the gear groove when the support crossbar returns from the limiting part. An adjustable seat is provided including the multi-gear adjustable support mechanism.
US11737564B2
A folding chair support frame is provided, including an upper support frame detachably connected to a chair surface, and a lower support frame connected to the upper support frame. The upper support frame includes an upper connection component, and upper connection rods rotatably connected to the upper connection component. The lower support frame includes a lower connection component, and lower connection rods rotatably connected to the lower connection component at a limited angle. The lower connection component is coaxially and rotatably connected to the upper connection component. Free ends of the upper connecting rods and free ends of the lower connecting rods are located on a same side of the lower connection component when the folding chair support frame is in a folded state.
US11737563B2
A foldable seat comprises a vertically extending support arrangement, a seat member and a pivot assembly. The vertically extending support arrangement has a vertical axis and a horizontal plane and comprises opposite top and bottom ends along the vertical axis, and a geometric outer perimeter in the horizontal plane having a perimeter size. The seat member is mounted to the top end of the vertically extending support arrangement. The pivot assembly is mounted to the vertically extending support arrangement for pivoting about a pivot axis parallel to the vertical axis. Pivoting the pivot assembly provides for moving the vertically extending support arrangement between folded and unfolded positions respectively decreasing and increasing the perimeter size.
US11737562B2
A portable seat, comprising an internal frame; a cover; and one or more hook assemblies; wherein said internal frame is encased by said cover; wherein said one or more hook assemblies comprise a hook, biasing element, and anchoring element; wherein said one or more hook assemblies engage said internal frame at an engagement area via said anchoring elements; wherein said cover comprises one or more holes through which said one or more hooks protrude; wherein said biasing elements applies a force to said hooks such that said hooks pivot at said engagement area and said hooks rest against said cover; wherein said one or more holes are not configured to be sealed; and wherein said hooks are configured to engage a front surface of a bench by pivoting away from said cover and extending orthogonally relative to said cover.
US11737561B2
Seating furniture includes at least a first and a second linear actuator to adjust the seat part, the foot part, and the back part between the seating and the reclining position. The first linear actuator generates a linear stroke causing the back part to be adjusted relative to the seat part. The second linear actuator generates a linear stroke having at least a first and second partial stroke, The first partial stroke causes, during adjustment of the seating furniture from the seating position into the reclining position, the seat part to slide relative to the frame towards the front, and simultaneously the inclination of the seat part to be adjusted, there being no extension or retraction of the foot part relative to the seat part during this first partial stroke of the second linear actuator. The second linear actuator causes the foot part to extend relative to the seat part by a second partial stroke following the first partial stroke.
US11737557B2
A projectile-resistant table provides a reduced weight by employing separate structures for table stiffness and projectile resistance, for example, using a sandwich structure composite with high stiffness and tow projectile resistance for table integrity and a flexible fiber mat with low stiffness but high projectile resistance for shielding.
US11737548B2
A device for applying a removable substance in the form of a baton, has a substance carrier and a protective sleeve so that the substance carrier can be made to move relative to the protective sleeve. A movement part has a longitudinal slot in which the substance carrier is guided by a peg, and the substance carrier can be moved between a retracted position and an extended position. The longitudinal slot has a retaining portion assigned to the extended position, the central longitudinal axis of which runs at an angle to a central longitudinal axis of a movement portion of the longitudinal slot. The central longitudinal axis of the retaining portion and the central longitudinal axis of the movement portion enclose an obtuse angle.
US11737538B2
A go-bag is disclosed. The bag is designed to contain valuables and important documents, and protect these contents during an emergency evacuation situation. The bag can waterproof and float in water. The bag can also be made of a flame resistant material. The bag can include a self-orienting feature where the bag can float in water and automatically rotate to achieve the proper orientation so that the integrated solar panel is facing upwards towards the sun.
US11737535B2
A waterfowl decoy carrier and method, the method including providing a carrier having a compartment defined by a floor, a continuous sidewall and an open top, wherein the compartment includes a first panel having a first free end and a first portion attached to the sidewall and a second panel having a second free and a second portion attached to the sidewall. When a single decoy is to be stored in the compartment, the compartment is arranged to include a single slot When two decoys are intended to be stored in the compartment, the compartment is arranged to include a first slot and a second slot by selectively coupling the first free end to the second free end and inserting a first decoy into the first slot and a second decoy into the second slot.
US11737523B2
A fabric having a restraining function is fabricated through at least one yarn having thermoplastic fibers, at least one surface of the fabric has hairiness formed with a plurality of thermoplastic hairs, wherein a first restraining hair having a distal end formed with a spherical member and/or a columnar member is formed through at least a part of the thermoplastic hairs, second restraining hair having a distal end formed with an irregular deformed member is formed through at least a part of the first restraining hairs, so that the at least one surface of the fabric is able to provide a restraining function in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction to a plurality of fibriform loops.
US11737522B2
A locking buckle comprising a first buckle member and a second buckle member. The first buckle member may comprise a first strap-receiving slot for receiving a first loop end of a strap, the first strap-receiving slot is defined in part by a strap-retaining bar and a body of the first buckle member and a strap-locking bar pivotably attached to the body of the first buckle member, the strap-locking bar pivotable between an unlocked configuration in which a strap may freely pass through the first strap-receiving slot and a locked configuration in which a strap passing through strap-receiving slot is prevented from passing freely through the first strap-receiving slot. The second buckle member is connectable to the first buckle member. The second buckle member comprises a second strap-receiving slot for receiving a second loop end of the strap.
US11737521B2
Multiple-utility release buckles used in passive restraint systems for human occupants of vehicles. These types of buckles are typically useful in one embodiment, as a buckle for a safety harness that is commonly used in racing gear, such as automobile racing.
US11737518B2
An upper for an article of footwear may include a first knit layer, a second knit layer, and a third layer located between the first knit layer and the second knit layer, the third layer including a material with a melting point of 150° C. or less, where the first knit layer and the second knit layer are secured via the material of the third layer. A first zone may be included, where the first knit layer, the second knit layer, and the third layer are coextensive in the first zone. A second zone may be included, where the first knit layer, the second knit layer, and the third layer are coextensive in the second zone. The first zone may have a first stretch resistance and the second zone may have a second stretch resistance, where the first stretch resistance is greater than the second stretch resistance.
US11737515B2
A heel structure for an article of footwear protrudes rearward from a heel region of an article of footwear in a direction generally aligned with the longitudinal orientation of the footwear article.
US11737509B2
An article of footwear includes an upper and a plate having a top surface facing the upper and a bottom surface formed on an opposite side than the top surface, the plate extending from a first end in a forefoot region to a second end in a heel region. A first cushioning element is attached to the bottom surface of the plate in the forefoot region and a second cushioning element is attached to the bottom surface of the plate in the heel region, the second cushioning element being separated from the first cushioning element by a first gap formed in a mid-foot region. One or more fluid-filled bladders are each at least partially surrounded by the first cushioning element in the forefoot region and have a top surface attached to the bottom surface of the plate.
US11737506B2
A footwear protector includes an elastic layer, an abrasion-resistant layer coupled with the elastic layer, at least one fastener layer coupled with the elastic layer, and a coupler coupled with at least one of the layers and configured to couple with a portion of footwear.
US11737504B2
A front cover for a helmet connectable to a shell for the helmet for covering an upper side, a rear side, and two sides of the head of a wearer so as to protect the upper side, the rear side, and two sides of the head of the wearer, is provided. The front cover includes a jaw protection portion configured to protect the wearer's jaw when the front cover is connected to the shell, and a jaw mediation portion connected to the jaw protection portion and configured to serve to mediate the jaw protection portion and the shell by being connected to the shell. When the jaw protection portion is connected to the shell by the jaw mediation portion, the jaw protection portion is rotatable based on the shell.
US11737502B2
Body-protector (1,1′) comprising: a wearable article (2,2′); a shock-absorbing pad (3) anchored to the wearable article (2,2′); wherein the shock-absorbing pad (3) comprises a first member (4) configured to absorb shock energy by an irreversible plastic deformation and a second member (5) configured to absorb shock energy by a reversible elastic deformation and wherein the first member (4) is embedded in the second member (5); wherein the first member (4) comprises a plurality of cells (6) interconnected each other via their sidewalls (7) to form a pliable sheet (8) configured to absorb energy through irreversible deformation of said sidewalls (7) or said interconnections in response to a compressive load applied to said sheet (8). Said wearable article (2) being a glove (2′) wherein said shock-absorbing pad (3) is anchored to a back of the glove (2′).
US11737498B2
A rechargeable battery includes a battery cell, a copper threaded ring, a joint, an insulation ring, a first ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) ring, a second EVA ring, a battery cartridge, a silicone ring, a pneumatic switch, a support, and a base cover. The copper threaded ring comprises a 510-type threaded interface and a surface provided with a cross-shaped indentation operating as an air inlet of the battery. The insulation ring is disposed in the copper threaded ring. The joint is a hollow structure and is disposed in the insulation ring. The copper threaded ring is disposed on a top end of the battery cartridge.
US11737495B2
An electronic cigarette including an atomization assembly and a battery assembly. The atomization assembly is disposed on the battery assembly. The atomization assembly includes a base seat. The battery assembly includes a copper threaded ring and a control panel. The base seat is in threaded connection to the copper threaded ring so that the atomization assembly is integrated with the battery assembly. The control panel includes a pneumatic switch disposed in an air passage of the electronic cigarette. When in use, the air passes through the air passage to activate the pneumatic switch to work.
US11737486B2
A combustible heat source for an aerosol-generating article, the combustible heat source comprising: carbon; an alkaline earth metal peroxide ignition aid; and a binding agent comprising at least one non-cellulosic film-forming polymer.
US11737483B2
A calcium enriched seafood product according to this invention, which includes, but not limited to, a shelf stable, chilled and frozen tuna or salmon products or other similar shelf stable, can provide a considerable bone health benefit to consumers by providing as much as 412 mg/100 g of available calcium in the finished product. This disclosure comprising the additional calcium supplement wherein the amount of calcium in final product is in the range of 0.5 to 5.0% (w/w) of the total weight of said product and wherein the sources of additional calcium supplement can be selected from raw or partially purified animal or fish bone or partially purified fish bone or inorganic calcium compound.
US11737480B2
A beverage product containing a first azo-component and a second azo-component in a weight about 1:999 to about 999:1; an electrolyte; and a solvent, wherein the first azo-component and the second-component remain in solution for at least thirty days.
US11737479B2
The present disclosure relates to extruded protein compositions suitable for thermal processing and thermally processed protein compositions made from extruded protein compositions. In particular, a thermally processed protein composition has a particular protein content with protein fibers in a generally parallel orientation, and a particular hardness, chewiness and springiness.
US11737465B2
Sanitizing and disinfecting compositions with relatively low levels of free available chlorine, with good effectiveness against microbes. The composition may include less than 0.5% by weight hypochlorite or other free available chlorine level, at least one nonionic or zwitterionic surfactant, with a pH from 8 to 12.5. The composition is characterized by an R value of greater than 0 (e.g., greater than 0.5, or equal to 1), where R is defined as the sum of the concentration of any nonionic, zwitterionic, and cationic surfactants divided by the total surfactant concentration (and total surfactant concentration may include any surfactant aids). The compositions may exhibit at least a 3-log reduction in M. bovis or C. diff population within 10 minutes (e.g., 4-6 minutes).
US11737450B2
A barrier system includes a substantially vertical structure with a coating layer disposed on and circumscribing a majority of the substantially vertical structure. The coating layer has a height of at least 0.25 inches, has gouge and scratch hardness of at least 2H, and has an average surface roughness (Ra) of less than 10 microns.
US11737449B1
The combination of infrared light, ultraviolet light and near ultraviolet or blue light has been found to repel insects, and particularly flying insects. Electric lights powered by batteries, solar cells or line voltage are arranged in mutual proximity on virtually any desired substrate to repel insects and prevent insects from closely approaching and landing around the substrate. In one example, the substrate can take the form of an article of clothing, such as a hat.
US11737440B1
A fishing spinning reel that eliminates problems associated with line twist by providing a rotor adapted for both forward and reverse rotation wherein a drag assembly applies drag to the rotor using an adjustable cam mechanism to prevent the rotor from imparting twist on the line when in the winding mode. By enabling the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction with the application of drag the present invention prevents line twist when fighting a fish by allowing the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction to let out line and/or to remain stationary as the handle is cranked thereby preventing the rotor from imparting twist on the line.
US11737438B2
A modular component fishing rod system that allows the end user to easily and securely change one or more of the handle portion and rod blank. The system includes a rod blank, rod sleeve assembly and a slide-on handle assembly. The rod sleeve assembly performs at least three functions including: 1) truing up the taper of the fishing rod blank to allow components of the handle assembly to be slid onto the rod blank from the butt end; 2) providing an indexing or key feature which registers with the handle assembly to maintain proper alignment between the handle assembly and rod blank; and 3) providing a method to attach the handle assembly to the rod sleeve. The handle assembly includes a corresponding female sleeve that mates with and preferably slides over the rod sleeve assembly and performs at least three functions including: 1) attaching a handle tube which includes a handle grip and reel seat to a the rod sleeve assembly; 2) matching indexing features; and 3) fixing the handle assembly to the rod sleeve assembly through one of a number of possible fastener assemblies.
US11737429B2
A pet apparatus is provided which includes a housing including internal walls forming a cavity. The internal walls include a plurality of apertures. One or more panels are disposed within the cavity. Each of the panels includes at least one pocket configured to receive a toy and/or a treat. Toggles are coupled with each of the panels and are configured to be inserted into the plurality of apertures to removably couple the panels with the housing.
US11737423B2
A securement system for securing one or more calf hutches is provided. The securement system includes latch assemblies and a line. The latch assemblies are configured to be attached to the calf hutches and comprise receiver flanges and latch arms. Each receiver flange includes a vertically-extending plate defining a locking slot with an open end. Each latch arm may be shifted between a closed position in which it blocks the open end of the locking slot and an open position in which it does not block the open end of the locking slot. Each latch arm is biased to the closed position.
US11737419B2
A new variety of garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) designated ‘Goldstrike’ is provided. Garden bean variety ‘Goldstrike’ is characterized by its bright yellow pods in mainly the 4sv class, heat tolerance and erect plant, and resistance to Colletotrichum lindemuthiunum (Anthracnose) and intermediate resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv syringae (Bacterial Brown Spot).
US11737415B1
A novel maize variety designated X13R080 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13R080 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13R080 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13R080, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13R080 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13R080 and methods of using maize variety X13R080 are disclosed.
US11737407B2
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01092991. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01092991. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01092991 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01092991 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.
US11737398B2
Methods and apparatus for capturing carbon dioxide from ambient air and delivering said carbon dioxide to an enclosed environment are described. In general, the methods and apparatus comprise contacting a packed bed or fluidized bed device with a stream of ambient air, wherein the packed bed or fluidized bed device comprises a humidity-sensitive sorbent material that adsorbs carbon dioxide from the ambient air; contacting the packed bed or fluidized bed device with a stream of humid air to release the adsorbed carbon dioxide; delivering the released carbon dioxide to an enclosed environment; and optionally, repeating the steps of contacting the packed bed or fluidized bed device with ambient air and humid air in an alternating fashion.
US11737396B2
A light source module for plant cultivation includes at least one substrate, at least one growth light source and at least one auxiliary light source. The at least one growth light source and the at least one auxiliary light source are disposed on the at least one substrate. The growth light source emits growth light suitable for growing a plant. In addition, the auxiliary light source emits auxiliary light which is UV light suitable for increasing a phytochemical content of the plant. The growth light is white light. The auxiliary light source supplies the plant with the auxiliary light at a cumulative dose of 0.3 kJ/m2 to less than 20.2 kJ/m2 during cultivation of the plant.
US11737391B2
A chopper system for a sugarcane harvester comprises a chopper and a timing-adjustment tool. The chopper comprises a first chopper drum mounted for rotation about a first axis of rotation and comprising blades, a second chopper drum mounted for rotation about a second axis of rotation and comprising blades that cooperate with the blades of the first chopper drum to sever sugarcane stalks into billets upon rotation of the first and second chopper drums respectively about the first and second axes of rotation, and a gearbox that coordinates rotation of the first and second chopper drums relative to one another to establish a timing of operation between the blades of the first and second chopper drums. The timing-adjustment tool removably mounts to the chopper to adjust the timing of operation.
US11737386B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring soil properties. An example control and monitoring system for an agricultural implement having a plurality of row units includes a reflectivity sensor, a camera, a processor, and a monitoring device. The reflectivity sensor generates a reflectivity signal related to reflectivity of soil worked by the row units. The camera captures images of a seed trench opened by an opening assembly of the row units. The camera is disposed on a shank extension forward of seeds being deposited in the seed trench by the row units. The processor is configured to calculate a statistical variation in the reflectivity signal and the monitoring device is configured to display one or more of the images captured by the camera and a representation of the statistical variation.
US11737383B2
In one aspect, a method for determining soil clods within a field includes receiving one or more images depicting an imaged portion of an agricultural field. The method also includes classifying a portion of the plurality of pixels that are associated with soil within the imaged portion of the field as soil pixels with each soil pixel being associated with a respective pixel height. The method also includes generating a first ray from a local maximum in a first direction and a second ray from the local maximum in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first ray until opposing endpoints are determined based on a detected edge condition. Lastly, the method includes determining whether a soil clod based at least in part the first ray or the second ray of the candidate soil clod.
US11744167B2
Semiconductor unit devices may be arranged between a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer that are apart from each other in a direction normal to a substrate. Each of the semiconductor unit devices may include a selection device layer and a phase change material layer that extend side by side in a direction parallel to the substrate. The phase change material layer may have a superlattice-like structure. The phase change material layer may be arranged along a recess portion that is formed by the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer, and the selection device layer.
US11744161B2
A magnetoresistive magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack includes a free magnetic region, a fixed magnetic region, and a dielectric layer positioned between the free magnetic region and the fixed magnetic region. In one aspect, the fixed magnetic region consists essentially of an unpinned, fixed synthetic anti-ferromagnetic (SAF) structure which comprises (i) a first layer of one or more ferromagnetic materials, including cobalt, (ii) a multi-layer region including a plurality of layers of ferromagnetic materials, wherein the plurality of layers of ferromagnetic materials include a layer of one or more ferromagnetic materials including cobalt, and (iii) an anti-ferromagnetic coupling layer disposed between the first layer and the multi-layer region. The free magnetic region may include a circular shape, the one or more ferromagnetic materials of the first layer may include cobalt, iron and boron, and the dielectric layer may be disposed on the first layer.
US11744159B2
There is provided a piezoelectric laminate, including: a substrate; and a piezoelectric film formed on the substrate, wherein the piezoelectric film contains an alkali niobium oxide represented by a composition formula of (K1−xNax)NbO3 (0
US11744157B2
A system includes a surface, an actuator, and a controller. The surface has a fluid flowing over the surface. The actuator is coupled to the surface to move the surface relative to the fluid. The controller causes the actuator to cause the surface to generate a surface wave that modifies drag in the fluid. The actuator can cause the surface to generate a Love wave.
US11744156B2
A multilayer piezoelectric element includes a ceramic body formed by a piezoelectric ceramic, and having first and second end face facing a longitudinal direction, first and second principal faces facing a thickness direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A pair of external electrodes cover the first and second end faces, extend from the first and second end faces onto the first principal face via ridge parts connecting the end faces with the principal faces, and project in the thickness direction on the first principal face. Multiple internal electrodes are stacked inside the ceramic body and are connected alternately to the pair of external electrodes along the thickness direction. A surface electrode is provided on at least one of the first and second principal faces, and connected to the external electrode different from the one to which the internal electrode adjacent in the thickness direction is connected.
US11744154B2
A method for transferring a piezoelectric layer from a donor substrate onto a support substrate comprises the steps of: a) providing a predetermined splitting area in a piezoelectric donor substrate, b) attaching the piezoelectric donor substrate to a support substrate to form an assembly, and c) detaching the piezoelectric layer from the piezoelectric donor substrate comprising applying an electric field. By using the electric field, the detachment step can be carried out at low temperatures. A detachment chamber for carrying out at least a portion of such a method includes one or two chucks comprising first and/or second electrodes for applying an electric field to a piezoelectric layer.
US11744151B2
The present invention includes organic compounds with two substituted triazine, pyridine, pyrimidine or pyrazine rings attached to an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system. The compounds are expected to improve OLED performance.
US11744149B2
Provided are a compound capable of more improving the performance of organic EL devices, an organic electroluminescent device having a more improved device performance, and an electronic device including such an organic electroluminescent device; precisely, a compound represented by the following formula (1) wherein X1, X2, X3, L, R1 to R3, R5 to R8, R11 to R13, R15 to R18, R21 to R24, and R25 to R28 are as defined in the description, an organic electroluminescent device containing the compound, and an electronic device including such an organic electroluminescent device.
US11744145B2
Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device with lowered driving voltage, and enhanced efficiency and lifetime.
US11744144B2
An organic electroluminescent element including a luminescent compound represented by the following formula (in which R1 to R14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a fluorine atom, a cyano group, an amino group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a thio group, or a silyl group, and 8 to 13 groups out of R1 to R14 each represent a hydrogen atom or a deuterium atom) in a light emitting layer has high durability and excellent chromaticity.
US11744133B2
A display panel includes a plurality of emission areas disposed in a first display area and a second display area at least partially surrounded by the first display area. A transmission area is disposed between two adjacent emission areas in the second display area. An encapsulation layer is disposed on the emission areas. An input sensing layer is disposed on the encapsulation layer and includes touch electrodes. A reflection prevention layer is disposed on the input sensing layer and includes a light blocking layer and a plurality of color filters. The light blocking layer has a plurality of opening portions overlapping the emission areas. The plurality of color filters overlaps the emission areas. Each touch electrode includes a conductive mesh pattern having a plurality of mesh holes, and a particular emission area in the second display area and the transmission area are disposed in a same mesh hole.
US11744129B2
The present invention provides a pixel arrangement structure, a display panel and a display apparatus, each of the plurality of pixel units in the pixel arrangement structure comprises blue sub-pixels, red sub-pixels, and green sub-pixels; the blue sub-pixels, the red sub-pixels, and the green sub-pixels form a center-symmetric pattern, a total area of the blue sub-pixels is greater than a total area of the red sub-pixels, and the total area of the red sub-pixels is greater than a total area of the green sub-pixels, so that there is no need to share sub-pixels with adjacent pixel units, thereby improving the display resolution, and the phenomena of color fringing and edge jagged can be avoided.
US11744128B2
A display apparatus including a substrate, a first power source line disposed in a peripheral area adjacent to a display area, the first power source line including a first layer and a second layer electrically connected to each other, a first gate pattern disposed between the first layer of the substrate and including a first gate fan-out line in the peripheral area and a first gate connecting line connected to the first gate fan-out line and extending between the first gate fan-out line and the display area, a first insulation layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer of the first power source line, a second insulation layer disposed between the first insulation layer and the second layer, and a first insulating dam disposed on and contacting the second layer, the first insulating dam disposed in the peripheral area and surrounding the display area.
US11744127B2
A display device includes a substrate including a pixel region and a peripheral region. A plurality of pixels is disposed in the pixel region of the substrate. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a light emitting element. Data lines and scan lines are connected to each of the plurality of pixels. A power line is configured to supply power to the plurality of pixels. The power line includes a plurality of first conductive lines and a plurality of second conductive lines intersecting the plurality of first conductive lines. The plurality of second conductive lines is arranged in a region between adjacent light emitting elements of the plurality of pixels. At least some of the plurality of second conductive lines extend in a direction oblique to a direction of extension of the data lines or the scan lines.
US11744125B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a first wiring at the non-display area of the substrate, a second wiring on a layer that is different from the first wiring at the non-display area of the substrate, an inorganic insulating layer on the first wiring and the second wiring, a pad on the inorganic insulating layer, and connected to a first end of the first wiring, a contact bridge on the inorganic insulating layer, and connecting the second wiring to a second end of the first wiring, an electrostatic electrode on the inorganic insulating layer between the pad and the contact bridge, a first organic insulating layer covering the contact bridge and the electrostatic electrode, and exposing the pad, a first upper wiring on the first organic insulating layer, and overlapping the contact bridge and the electrostatic electrode, and a second organic insulating layer on the first upper wiring.
US11744124B2
A display device includes signal lines and pixels connected thereto. A first pixel includes a first transistor including a first gate electrode, a first channel region overlapping the first gate electrode, a first source region, and a second drain region facing the first source region, with the first channel region interposed between the first source region and the second drain region. A third transistor includes a third gate electrode, a third channel region overlapping the third gate electrode, a third drain region connected to the first gate electrode, and a third source region facing the third drain region with the third channel region interposed between the third source region and the third drain region. A shielding part overlaps a boundary between the third source region and the third channel region and does not overlap a boundary between the third drain region and the third channel region.
US11744123B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a method for manufacturing the array substrate and a display device, and belongs to the field of display technology. The array substrate of the present disclosure includes: a base substrate; a light-blocking layer disposed on the base substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the light-blocking layer; an organic light-emitting diode which is disposed on the light-blocking layer and has a first electrode coupled to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor; the light-blocking layer is provided with a plurality of scattering particles, and orthographic projections of at least a portion of the scattering particles on the base substrate are overlapped with an orthographic projection of the organic light-emitting diode on the base substrate, so as to scatter light emitted from the organic light-emitting diode.
US11744122B2
A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The non-display region includes a step region, a left border and a right border that are adjacent to the step region, and an upper border arranged opposite to the step region. The left border, the right border, the upper border, and the step region surround the display region. The left border and the right border each include an encapsulation region. The encapsulation region includes a sealant and a reflective metal layer that are at least partially overlapped with each other. The step region includes a ground metal line, and the ground metal line is connected to the reflective metal layer through an electrostatic consumption resistance portion. The electrostatic consumption resistance portion includes a first electrostatic consumption resistance portion located at a gate metal layer.
US11744121B2
Disclosed are a display substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate, and a multilayered functional film layer on the base substrate. The multilayered functional film layer is provided with an opening penetrating through the multilayered functional film layer. A light-shielding film is on a side wall of the opening.
US11744119B2
A display device includes a pixel circuit, a first line disposed on the pixel circuit and a second line disposed on a same layer as the first line. A light emitting element is disposed on the first line and the second line. A connection pattern is disposed on a same layer as the first line and the second line and is disposed between the first line and the second line. The connection pattern connects the pixel circuit and the light emitting element. The connection pattern has a polygonal shape including at least six sides. A first vertex of the connection pattern is positioned at a shortest distance from the first line to the connection pattern and portions of the connection pattern between the first vertex and adjacent vertices are positioned farther from the first line than the first vertex.
US11744115B2
A display panel having a pixel defining layer defining subpixel apertures of subpixels is provided. The pixel defining layer is a unitary structure including column portions and row portions. A respective row portion is between two adjacent subpixel apertures that are in a same column and respectively from two adjacent rows. A respective column portion is in a space between two adjacent columns of subpixel apertures, spacing apart multiple pairs of adjacent row portions respectively in multiple rows. A respective row portion includes a depression part configured to allow fluid communication of an ink solution between the two adjacent subpixel apertures in the same column and respectively from the two adjacent rows. A minimum height of the depression part relative to a base substrate is less than a minimum height of a column portion adjacent to the respective row portion relative to the base substrate.
US11744114B2
A display device includes a first base substrate including a light-emitting area and a non-light-emitting area around the light-emitting area, a wavelength conversion pattern on the first base substrate in the light-emitting area, and a light-emitting element layer on the wavelength conversion pattern. The light-emitting element layer includes a pixel electrode including a first conductive pattern between the wavelength conversion pattern and the first base substrate, and a second conductive pattern on the wavelength conversion pattern and spaced apart from the first conductive pattern, an organic light-emitting layer on the second conductive pattern, and a common electrode on the organic light-emitting layer.
US11744113B2
A pixel defining structure includes a first sub-pixel defining structure surrounding a first sub-pixel region configured to form a first sub-pixel having a first color. The first sub-pixel defining structure includes a lyophilic portion one the bottom side of the first sub-pixel region and a lyophobic portion on a side opposite to the bottom side. The pixel defining structure includes a second sub-pixel defining structure surrounding a second sub-pixel region configured to form a second sub-pixel having a second color. The second sub-pixel defining structure includes a lyophilic portion one the bottom side of the second sub-pixel region and a lyophobic portion on a side opposite to the bottom side. The second color is different from the first color. Thicknesses of the lyophilic portion of the first sub-pixel defining structure and the lyophilic portion of the second sub-pixel defining structure are different.
US11744112B2
The present application provides a display substrate and a method for manufacturing the same and a display device. In the display substrate, each sub-pixel includes: a power signal line; sub-pixel driver circuits and a shielding pattern. The sub-pixel driver circuit includes a driver transistor and a compensation transistor of double-gate structure. The shielding pattern is electrically coupled with the power signal line in the sub-pixel which is adjacent the shielding pattern in a second direction. There is an overlap area between an orthographic projection of the shielding pattern onto the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the conductor pattern onto the base substrate; the second direction intersects the first direction. The sub-pixels include multiple first sub-pixels and multiple second sub-pixels; the overlap area in the first sub-pixel is greater than the overlap area in the second sub-pixel.
US11744108B2
A display apparatus including two lines is provided. The two lines may extend in a first direction. A light-emitting device may be disposed between the two lines. Each line may be bent or extended in the direction of the device substrate which supports the light-emitting device. Thus, in the display apparatus, mixing of light emitted to the outside through the device substrate may be prevented. Therefore, in the display apparatus, the quality of realized image may be improved.
US11744106B2
A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an interlayer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer; wherein the interlayer further includes: a layer A including an oxide of an inorganic compound; a layer B adjacent to an upper portion of the layer A and including an oxide of an inorganic compound; and a layer C adjacent to a lower portion of the layer A and including an oxide of an inorganic compound, and relationships between a refractive index a of the layer A, a refractive index b of the layer B, and a refractive index c of the layer C satisfy the Equations (1) and (2) defined herein.
US11744101B2
An opto-electronic device having a plurality of layers, comprising a nucleation-inhibiting coating (NIC) disposed on a first layer surface in a first portion of a lateral aspect thereof. In the first portion, the device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode and a semiconducting layer between them. The second electrode lies between the NIC and the semiconducting layer in the first portion. In the second portion, a conductive coating is disposed on a second layer surface. The first portion is substantially devoid of the conductive coating. The conductive coating is electrically coupled to the second electrode and to a third electrode in a sheltered region of a partition in the device.
US11744095B2
A display apparatus includes: a bottom substrate; a first light-emitable element, a second, light-emitable element, and a third light-emitable element disposed over the bottom substrate, at least one of the first, second, and third light-emitable elements including a first-color emission layer; a top substrate including a first groove, a second groove, and a third groove defined in a bottom surface thereof facing the bottom substrate, the top substrate being over the bottom substrate with the first, second, and third light-emitable elements therebetween; a reflective layer on inner surfaces of the first, second, and third grooves; a first-color color filter layer located at least partially in the first groove; each of a second-color color filter layer and a second-color quantum dot layer located at least partially in the second groove; and each of a third-color color filter layer and a third-color quantum dot layer located at least partially in the third groove.
US11744087B2
A resistive memory device includes a vertical word line pillar, a plurality of resistive layers, a gate insulation layer, and a channel layer. The vertical word line pillar is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The resistive layers are stacked at both sides of the vertical word line pillar. The gate insulation layer is interposed between the vertical word line pillar and the resistive layers. The channel layer is arranged between the gate insulation layer and the resistive layers.
US11744085B2
A semiconductor device includes a first insulating layer; a second insulating layer arranged over the first insulating layer; a memory structure arranged within a memory region and including a resistance changing memory element within the first insulating layer; and a logic structure arranged within a logic region. In the memory region, the first insulating layer may contact the second insulating layer and in the logic region, the semiconductor device may further include a stop layer arranged between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.
US11744082B2
Semiconductor devices may include a stacked structure including interlayer insulating layers and gate electrodes alternately stacked in a vertical direction, a core region extending in the vertical direction in the stacked structure, a channel layer on a side surface of the core region and facing the gate electrodes and the interlayer insulating layers, a first dielectric layer, a data storage layer and a second dielectric layer, which are between the channel layer and the gate electrodes in order, and an anti-ferroelectric layer including a portion interposed between the first dielectric layer and a first gate electrode of the gate electrodes. The second dielectric layer may contact the channel layer. The anti-ferroelectric layer may be formed of an anti-ferroelectric material having a tetragonal phase.
US11744076B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a memory array region, a staircase region, and an intervening region between the staircase region and the memory array region. The intervening region includes first and second slabs of insulative material extending through a stack of alternating insulative and conductive levels. Bridging regions are adjacent to the slabs. First slits are along the bridging regions, and second slits extend through the slabs. First panels are within the first slits, and second panels are within the second slits. The second panels are compositionally different from the first panels. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11744075B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a connecting member including a semiconductor material, a first electrode film, a first insulating film, a stacked body and three or more semiconductor pillars. The stacked body includes second electrode films and second insulating films that alternately stacked. The semiconductor pillars are arrayed along two or more directions, extend in a stacking direction, pierce through the stacked body and the first insulating film, and are connected to the connecting member. The device includes a third insulating film provided between the semiconductor pillars and the stacked body and between the connecting member and the first electrode film. A charge storage layer is provided at least between one of the second electrode films and the third insulating film.
US11744059B2
Certain aspects are directed to a static random access memory (SRAM) including an SRAM cell with a pass-gate (PG) transistor having increased threshold voltage to improve the read margin of the SRAM cell. The SRAM generally includes a first SRAM cell having a pull-down (PD) transistor and a PG transistor coupled to the PD transistor. In certain aspects, the SRAM includes a second SRAM cell, the second SRAM cell being adjacent to the first SRAM cell and having a PD transistor and a PG transistor coupled to the PD transistor of the second SRAM cell. The SRAM may also include a gate contact region coupled to a gate region of the PG transistor of the first SRAM cell, wherein at least a portion of the gate contact region is offset from a midpoint between the first SRAM cell and the second SRAM cell.
US11744056B2
Disclosed are a housing for receiving an electronic device and an electronic system having the same. The electronic system includes a case having lower and upper cases detachably combined with the lower case, a circuit board arranged in an inner space of the case and secured to the lower case such that at least a grounding line and at least a connection line are provided with the circuit board, a plurality of devices arranged on the circuit board such that each device is separated from one another by the grounding line and is connected with one another by the connection line, and at least an electromagnetic shielding member embedded onto the upper case such that the electromagnetic shielding member is in contact with the grounding line around the device to provide a shielding space receiving the device. The device is protected from unexpected electromagnetic waves by the electromagnetic shielding member.
US11744055B2
An electrically conductive multilayer film for providing an electrical path between two conductive surfaces includes a plastic backing layer, an electrically conductive layer disposed on a first side of the plastic backing layer, and a recovery layer disposed on an opposite second side of the plastic backing layer. An average thickness of the multilayer film is less than about 100 microns. A hollow gasket can be formed from the multilayer film by winding or bending the multilayer film into a flexible hollow closed loop. When the multilayer film is wound to form a flexible closed loop having an outside diameter of no more than about 7 mm with the conductive layer forming an outside layer of the loop, a resistance of the closed loop across a diameter of the closed loop remains less than about 2Ω when the loop is compressed across the diameter by at least 20%.
US11744054B2
A fan unit for improved airflow within a display assembly is provided. Fans are provided at a housing which includes a rear wall defining a curved shape with peaks to accommodate one of the fans and a valley between adjacent ones of the fans. The fan units induce relatively laminar flow within certain portions of an airflow pathways extending with the display assembly and relatively turbulent flows in other portions of the display assembly when activated.
US11744053B2
A power inductor includes a magnetic core, a conductor coiled around the core; an end cover secured to the core, a tube configured to convey fluid, and a fluid flow guide supported on the end cover. The flow guide has a receiving portion disposed under an end of the tube to receive the fluid and a distribution portion in fluid communication with the receiving portion. The distribution portion is configured to supply the fluid onto the conductor and the core and includes a plurality of guide walls.
US11744045B2
An electronic device that includes a first device portion, a second device portion coupled to the first device portion; and a thermally conductive connector coupled to the first device portion and the second device portion, wherein the thermally conductive connector includes a graphite sheet. The first device portion includes a region that includes a component configured to generate heat.
US11744042B2
Thermal management systems for cooling high-power, low-duty-cycle thermal loads by rejecting heat from the thermal loads to the ambient environment are provided. The thermal management systems include a two-phase pump loop in fluid communication with a vapor compression system loop, evaporators disposed in parallel between the two-phase pump loop and the vapor compression system loop, and a thermal energy storage loop including a cold-temperature tank and a warm-temperature tank thermally coupled to the two-phase pump loop and the vapor-compression system loop. Methods of transferring heat from one or more thermal loads to an ambient environment are also provided.
US11744038B2
A system including a cooling element and an egress passageway is described. The cooling element is configured to provide a stream of hot air having been heated by a heat from a heat-generating structure. The hot air passes through the egress passageway toward an egress. The egress passageway includes at least one inlet through which cool air is drawn to be mixed with the hot air.
US11744030B2
A hinge structure includes: a supporting sheet having an unfolded, flattened state and a folded state; at least one first hinge connected to the supporting sheet, the at least one first hinge being configured to drive the supporting sheet to switch between the unfolded, flattened state and the folded state; at least one flattening support including a first support, a second support, and a flattening bracket, the flattening bracket being connected to the first support and the second support, the flattening bracket being connected to the supporting sheet. When the supporting sheet is in the unfolded, flattened state, the first support and the second support interact with each other and generate a force parallel to a plane where the supporting sheet is located, to maintain the supporting sheet in the unfolded, flattened state.
US11744028B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing comprising a first surface opened while facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and one or more side parts disposed in different directions between the first surface and the second surface, a nonconductive structure disposed along at least a portion of the at least one side wall within the housing, and one or more stop recesses including at least one recess formed on one surface of the one or more side parts and a portion of the nonconductive structure surrounding a peripheral portion of the at least one recess.
US11744017B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first printed circuit board disposed in an internal space of the housing and including first conductive terminals, and a second printed circuit board disposed parallel to the first printed circuit board in the internal space and including second conductive terminals electrically connected to the first conductive terminals. The second printed circuit board includes at least some conductive terminals of the second conductive terminals, or at least one connection failure prevention structure disposed around at least some conductive terminals of the second conductive terminals.
US11744014B2
A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), which is applied to various electronic display devices, may include a base, a first metal layer and a second metal layer on both surfaces of the base, a first plating layer on the first metal layer, a second plating layer on the second metal layer, and a first insulating pattern and a second insulating pattern respectively disposed on some region of the first plating layer and the second plating layer, wherein the first plating layer and the second plating layer may have different thicknesses.
US11744012B2
A printed circuit board includes a first insulating layer having a first modulus; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and having a second modulus; and a cavity penetrating the second insulating layer, wherein the second modulus is greater than the first modulus, and wherein an edge portion of a bottom surface of the cavity is formed of an insulating material.
US11744011B2
A wiring board on which electronic components are mountable includes a stretchable portion having stretchability and having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an interconnection wire electrically connected to the electronic components mounted on the wiring board. The stretchable portion includes first regions lined up in each of a first direction and a second direction, a second region including first portions and second portions, and a third region surrounded by the second region. The first regions overlap the electronic components. The first portion extends from one of two first regions neighboring each other in the first direction to the other thereof. The second portion extends from one of two first regions neighboring each other in the second direction to the other thereof. The second region has a lower modulus of elasticity than the first region. The interconnection wire overlaps the second region.
US11744010B2
A sensor lens assembly having a non-reflow configuration is provided. The sensor lens assembly includes a circuit board, an optical module fixed to a surface of the circuit board, a sensor chip assembled to the surface of the circuit board, a plurality of wires electrically coupling the sensor chip and the circuit board, a supporting adhesive layer, a light-permeable sheet, and a top shielding layer. The circuit board has no slot recessed in the surface thereof. The supporting adhesive layer is in a ringed shape and is disposed on a top surface of the sensor chip. The light-permeable sheet is disposed on the supporting adhesive layer and faces the sensor chip. The top shielding layer is formed on an outer surface of the light-permeable sheet and has an opening that is located above a sensing region of the sensor chip.
US11744008B2
A printed board includes a first wiring layer including a first terminal, a second wiring layer including a second terminal facing to the first terminal, a dielectric layer interposed between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer and having an end face, and a plurality of through-hole vias configured to electrically connect the first terminal and the second terminal. The plurality of through-hole vias includes a first through-hole via which is closest to an end-face edge of the first terminal, and a second through-hole via which is closest to an inner edge of the second terminal. The end-face edge being closer to the end face than the inner edge. A distance between the first through-hole via and the end-face edge is equal to or smaller than one eighth of a signal wavelength of a high speed signal transmitted through the first terminal.
US11744001B2
Methods and systems are provided for plasma confinement utilizing various electrode and valve configurations. In one example, a device includes a first electrode positioned to define an outer boundary of an acceleration volume, a second electrode arranged coaxially with respect to the first electrode and positioned to define an inner boundary of the acceleration volume, at least one power supply to drive an electric current along a Z-pinch plasma column between the first second electrodes, and a set of valves to provide gas to the acceleration volume to fuel the Z-pinch plasma column, wherein an electron flow of the electric current is in a first direction from the second electrode to the first electrode. In additional or alternative examples, a shaping part is conductively connected to the second electrode to, in a presence of the gas, cause a gas breakdown of the gas to generate a sheared flow velocity profile.
US11743998B2
A device, for example a coupling element in a network, such as a network switch or network router, which is arranged operably in a pole by means of its housing. Further, methods for putting the device into operation and methods for operating a peripheral using the device, as well as a computer program product for carrying out various methods.
US11743997B2
A multiple location dimming system may include a smart dimmer (e.g., a main load control device) and one or more remote dimmers (e.g., accessory devices) for controlling the amount of power delivered to a lighting load. The multiple location dimming system may be installed in place of a multiple location switch system (e.g., having three, four, or more multi-way switches), and may not require a neutral connection at any of the control devices of the multiple location dimming system. The main load control device and the accessory devices of the multiple location dimming system may be configured to display a present intensity level of a lighting load on one or more visual indicators. The accessory devices may have the same or different user interfaces as the main load control device, and may provide additional functionality over that which the main load control device offers.
US11743991B2
The invention provides an automotive lighting device for an automotive vehicle. This device comprises a voltage regulator, a temperature sensor and a controlled light group. The controlled light group comprises a plurality of light sources and a light driver, the light driver comprising terminals and being configured to selectively activate or deactivate current flow in each terminal, in such a way that each light source is connected to one of the terminals. The controlled light group is fed by a voltage output value of the voltage regulator, the temperature sensor is arranged to sense a temperature in a zone of the lighting device and send information to the voltage regulator and the voltage regulator comprises a control driver to modify the voltage output value when receiving information from the temperature sensor.
US11743988B2
A power adjusting circuit, an LED power supply and an LED luminaire. The power adjusting circuit includes: a zero-crossing detecting unit, adapted to generate a zero-crossing detection signal according to an high-frequency signal, wherein the zero-crossing detection signal is a pulse wave or a square wave, and the high-frequency signal is a sine wave or an AC wave; a signal processing unit, adapted to determine a second number of pulses or square waves of the zero-crossing detection signal corresponding to an adjustment signal that is input externally, according to a first number of pulses or square waves of the zero-crossing detection signal corresponding to a full-load operation of a functional device; a counting unit, adapted to generate a switch control signal according to the first number and the second number; and a switch unit, adapted to control an output of the high-frequency signal according to the switch control signal.
US11743983B2
A load control device for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load is operable to conduct enough current through a thyristor of a connected dimmer switch to exceed rated latching and holding currents of the thyristor. The load control device comprises a controllable-load circuit operable to conduct a controllable-load current through the thyristor of the dimmer switch. The load control device disables the controllable-load circuit when the phase-control voltage received from the dimmer switch is a reverse phase-control waveform. When the phase-control voltage received from the dimmer switch is a forward phase-control waveform, the load control device is operable to decrease the magnitude of the controllable-load current so as to conduct only enough current as is required in order to exceed rated latching and holding currents of the thyristor.
US11743982B1
A light sensor having a control complexity reducing mechanism is provided. When light is emitted to a photodiode by both of an ambient light source and a light-emitting component, a first coarse count value is counted by a counter and then is sampled and held by a first sample and hold circuit. When light is emitted to the photodiode by only the ambient light source, a second coarse count value is counted by the counter and then is sampled and held by a second sample and hold circuit. After the coarse count values are held, the counter performs a fine counting operation on light intensity of the light emitted by both of the ambient light source and the light-emitting component to generate a first fine count value, and on light intensity of the light emitted by only the ambient light source to generate a second fine count value.
US11743967B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication processor configured to support first network communication with a first network, and a second communication processor configured to support second network communication with a second network, which is different from the first network. If both the first network communication and the second network communication are configured to be in a state capable of transmitting data, when the second communication processor is in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode, the first communication processor is configured to identify an uplink packet to be transmitted and transmit the uplink packet using the first network communication, based on identifying that the second communication processor is in the DRX mode, and the second communication processor maintains the DRX mode, while the uplink packet is transmitted. Other various embodiments may be possible.
US11743963B2
Methods performed by a first sink device, a source device, or a second sink device. The first sink device is connected to a source device via a first communication link and a second sink device via a second communication link, wherein the second sink device is configured to eavesdrop on communications between the first sink device and the source device on the first communication link. The methods include determining an occurrence of a trigger event and modifying an operation of at least one of the first sink device, the second sink device or the source device based at least on the trigger event occurring.
US11743954B2
Embodiments of this application disclose an augmented reality communication method. A specific solution is: sending, by a first electronic device, AR communication request information to a second electronic device, to request to perform AR communication with the second electronic device; establishing, by the first electronic device, an AR communication link with the second electronic device; and displaying, by the first electronic device on a touchscreen, a first AR communication interface including an image of a first real scenario and a first AR model and a second AR model, where in an AR communication process, the first AR model makes a corresponding expression and action based on an expression and action of a first user that are obtained by the first device, and the second AR model makes a corresponding expression and action based on an expression and action of a second user that are obtained by the first device.
US11743947B2
A method and apparatus for performing random access in a user equipment for a small cell e-NB with a small cell service area in heterogeneous e-NB cell carrier integration (dual connectivity or inter-eNB carrier aggregation) in mobile communication systems. In accordance with the present examples, a method for performing random access in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a configuration request message for configuring a Serving Cell Group (SCG) from a second eNB located in a service area of a first eNB through the first eNB; configuring an SCG cell based on the configuration request message, and sending a configuration response message in response to the configuration request message to the second eNB through the first eNB; and performing random access if there is uplink data present on a logic channel (LCH) relocated into the SCG cell.
US11743946B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and arrangements for dynamically configuring repeated transmission of random access response messages from an access node, wherein the random access response message is repeatedly transmitted in response to receipt of a random access request from wireless device operating in a coverage enhancement, CE, mode and wherein the random access response message is configured for repeated transmission on a downlink channel using a repetition level selected from a set of repetition levels associated with a CE level of the CE mode. The repetition level represents a predetermined number of repeated transmissions and the CE level represents a group of wireless devices with similar radio conditions. The method comprises determining, for a predetermined data set, a ratio of successful to initiated random access attempts when applying a selected repetition level of the set of repetition levels for repeated transmission of the random access response messages on the downlink channel, wherein a random access attempt is counted as successful responsive to receipt of a first uplink transmission on a packet uplink shared channel, PUSCH. The method further comprises selecting an operational repetition level of the set of repetition levels for repeated transmission of random access response messages on the downlink channel based on the determined ratio.
US11743936B2
A network, e.g. a New Radio network operating in the unlicensed spectrum, may reserve resources for the purpose of UE(s) performing a random access procedure (RACH) on the network. The network may indicate the resource reservation to the UE(s) in information transmitted to the UE(s) via signaling. The UE(s) may receive the information indicative of the resource reservation and may subsequently perform a RACH using the reserved resources indicated in the information received by the UE(s). The information or at least a portion of the information may be received in an initial signal, in a slot format indicator as part of downlink control information (DCI), in a wideband demodulation reference signal, in a radio network temporary identifier, and/or in radio resource control signaling.
US11743934B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for providing enhanced QoS via a non-3GPP access network. One apparatus includes a transceiver communicates with a gateway function in a non-3GPP access network. The apparatus includes a processor that receives a create security association request for each of at least one security association. Here, each create security association request includes additional QoS information for the security association. The processor reserves, for each create security association request, at least one access resource in the access network based on the additional QoS information and sends a create security association response to the gateway function for each create security association request, each create security association response indicating whether the corresponding security association is accepted.
US11743929B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for mitigating timing resolution limitations due to synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) with low subcarrier spacing (SCS). An example method by a user equipment (UE) generally includes detecting a SSB; determining a start time of a control resource set (CORESET) associated with the detected SSB, wherein the start time of the CORESET is aligned with a boundary of a symbol having a larger cyclic prefix (CP) than one or more other symbols in a same half-subframe; and monitoring the CORESET for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission.
US11743928B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for autonomously updating a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state associated with a reference signal of a non-serving cell according to a measurement report for the reference signal. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may measure the reference signal of the non-serving cell and, in line with the results of the measurement, may apply an update for the TCI state associated with the reference signal upon or after transmitting the measurement report to a serving cell and according to a rule for applying TCI state updates for non-serving cell reference signals. The rule for applying TCI state updates for non-serving cell reference signals may be known to the UE and the serving cell such that the UE and the serving cell maintain same knowledge of the associations between non-serving cell reference signals and TCI states.
US11743926B2
Various solutions for dynamic physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a switching group configuration indicating a group of serving cells which are bundled. The apparatus may receive a first configuration and a second configuration. The apparatus may perform control signal monitoring according to the first configuration. The apparatus may determine to switch to the second configuration on a first serving cell of the group of serving cells according to an indication associated with the first serving cell. The apparatus may apply the switching to all serving cells within the group of serving cells according to the indication associated with the first serving cell.
US11743924B2
The present disclosure relates to a message transmission requesting apparatus and method for requesting message transmission from a terminal located within a predetermined range from the message transmission requesting apparatus, a message transmission management server, and a base station. Specifically, the message transmission requesting apparatus comprises: an uplink resource allocation information acquisition unit for acquiring uplink resource allocation information; at least one uplink signal reception unit for receiving an uplink signal on the basis of the uplink resource allocation information; a control unit for determining, on the basis of the uplink signal, information on a terminal which has transmitted the uplink signal, the information including identifier information of the terminal and location information of the terminal; and a message transmission request unit for transmitting the information on the terminal to a base station.
US11743921B2
Embodiments of this disclosure improve the reliability of blind decoding when beamforming is used by having a user equipment (UE) receive a single downlink control information (DCI) message with different transmission and/or reception parameters. In some embodiments, a UE receives more than one set of configuration parameters, where any two sets of configuration parameters out of the more than one set of configuration parameters have at least one different parameter. The UE may receive two sets of configuration parameters each having a different transmission modes, but the same search space type. Additional examples are also provided.
US11743920B2
The present invention provides for a method of configuring a physical channel, such as a physical control channel, for device-to-device communication between mobile terminal devices within a cellular communications network environment and comprising a step of locating a device-to-device control channel within a cellular uplink signaling spectrum, and applying a frequency offset parameter to determine separation of the device-to-device control channel from a cellular uplink control channel, and to related terminal devices and computer program products.
US11743919B2
A wireless device may receive downlink control information (DCI) scheduling uplink repetitions of a transport block. Based on a sounding reference signal resource indicator (SRI) field being absent in the DCI, the wireless device may transmit: a first repetition of the transport block with a first transmission power based on a first pathloss reference signal (RS); and a second repetition of the transport block with a second transmission power based on a second pathloss RS.
US11743911B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to signaling transmission starting offsets for uplink transmissions in a frequency spectrum shared by multiple network operating entities are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a cyclic prefix (CP) extension length configuration for providing a gap duration for a listen-before-talk (LBT) associated with a first communication signal. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, the first communication signal including a CP extension having a length based on the CP extension length configuration.
US11743882B2
The present disclosure relates to transmitting and receiving beam information in a wireless communication system. An operation of a receiving end includes: generating a signal indicating two or more analogue transmission beams which are allocable to the receiving end; and transmitting the signal. In addition, the present disclosure includes other embodiments different from the embodiment described above.
US11743880B2
A base station may receive from a user equipment (UE) a proactive notification that the UE will perform a beam switch from a first UE beam to a second UE beam. In response, the base station may determine a beam switch slot on which the UE will perform the synchronized beam switch, and perform a link transient mitigation operation for communications with the UE after UE beam switch and until updating channel state information associated with a new UE beam. The base station may then receive from the UE channel state information feedback for a channel associated with the second UE beam, and adjust downlink data transmission parameters to be aligned with the second UE beam based on the received channel state information feedback (CSF). The base station may also adjust uplink data transmission parameters based on a sounding reference signal transmitted by the UE over the second UE beam.
US11743872B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for uplink (UL) data channel design. An example method is provided for operations which may be performed by a first apparatus. The example method generally comprises determining a number of pilot symbols to transmit for one or more slots of a first subframe based, at least in part, on a coverage enhancement (CE) level, and transmitting at least one uplink data channel having the determined number of pilot symbols in the one or more slots of the first subframe.
US11743858B2
A method of performing ranging, by a first device, with respect to a second device is provided. According to an embodiment, the method includes: receiving, by the first device, a plurality of timestamps including a first timestamp and a second timestamp, and determining, by the first device, a range R with respect to the second device by calculating an average time-of-flight (TOF) of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal based on the first timestamp and the second timestamp. The first timestamp indicates a time-of-arrival (TOA) of a first wireless signal arriving at the second device, a maximum possible value of the first timestamp being Tmax1. The second timestamp indicates a time-of-departure (TOD) of a second wireless signal departing from the second device, and a maximum possible value of the second timestamp being Tmax2 and greater than Tmax1.
US11743853B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for wireless communications are described. Uplink signals may be time aligned based on different synchronization signals for different carrier groups. A base station may send, to a wireless device, a time alignment command. Based on the time alignment command, the wireless device may send an uplink signal.
US11743838B2
Method for transmitting capability information including power class information and wireless device
One disclosure of the present specification provides a method for a wireless device to transmit capability information. The method may comprise the steps of: generating the capability information including power class information; and transmitting the capability information to a serving cell. The power class information may be configured for each new radio access technology (NR) band. The power class information may be determined on the basis of minimum peak effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP), maximum output limit, and spherical coverage.
US11743827B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a method, equipment and an apparatus for indicator and downlink control channel detection, comprising: determining data which must be transmitted to a terminal in one or more transmission time intervals by means of a downlink control channel; a base station sending a command to the terminal, used to indicate that the terminal determine according to the command whether it is necessary to detect a downlink control channel in the one or more transmission time intervals. On the terminal, determining according to the command whether it is necessary to detect a downlink control channel in the one or more transmission time intervals. After using the present invention, when a base station has not scheduled a terminal, this objectively causes a terminal side to not have excess power consumption, and lowers terminal-side power consumption.
US11743816B2
Embodiment of the present application is directed to a method and apparatus for target IAB node selection. According to an embodiment of the present application, the method includes receiving hop number information and end-to-end link quality information associated with a plurality of IAB nodes, wherein the plurality of IAB nodes include serving IAB nodes of an IAB node and at least one neighbor IAB node of the IAB node, and each of the serving IAB nodes and the at least one neighbor IAB node is associated with at least one active route. The method may further include reporting end-to-end link quality information associated with each of the at least one neighbor IAB node.
US11743809B2
An LTE network extension (LNE) system includes an LTE access gateway (LAG) and a provisioned database. A plurality of LTE access radios in the LNE system broadcast the same shared PLMN ID (sPLMN ID). The sPLMN ID corresponds to a plurality of service provider core networks, each with a different PLMN. The provisioned database includes information identifying which networks are allowed to use the LNE system and includes service provider network address information. An LTE access radio, transmitting the sPLMN ID detects an attach request from a UE, and forwards the attach request to the LAG, which decides if access is to be allowed, based on a service provider home network PLMN included in an IMSI in the attach request and information in the provisioned database. If access is allowed, the LAG serves as a proxy between the LTE access radio and the UE's service provider home network.
US11743795B2
A network for providing air-to-ground (ATG) wireless communication in various cells may include a receiver station disposed on an aircraft in flight, a plurality of base stations, each base station defining a corresponding radiation pattern such that the base stations are spaced apart from each other to define at least partially overlapping coverage areas, and a control module in communication with at least one of the base stations. The control module may be configured to receive information indicative of an altitude of the aircraft and select a frequency for communication between the at least one of the base stations and the receiver station based on the altitude.
US11743793B2
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to handover of a user equipment (UE) between a standalone mode of operation and a non-standalone mode of operation. For example, a UE may be handed-over from standalone to non-standalone, or vice versa. Moreover, this handover may be an inter-system handover (e.g., between an LTE core network and an NR core network).
US11743791B2
Embodiments described herein may provide for the return (e.g., reconnection) of a User Equipment (“UE”) to a first radio access network (“RAN”) to which the UE was connected, after the UE has been redirected to a second RAN based on the occurrence of an event. The event may include a voice call placed by or to the UE. The return of the UE to the first RAN may occur based on the occurrence of another event, such as the voice call being terminated.
US11743785B2
A method for a Conditional Primary Secondary Cell Group (SCG) Cell (PSCell) Change (CPC) procedure performed by a master node is provided. The method includes receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a UE capability report indicating that the UE supports conditional reconfiguration for a PSCell change; transmitting, to the UE, a first conditional reconfiguration for changing from a source PSCell to a target PSCell in an SCG portion of a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, the first conditional reconfiguration including a configuration of the target PSCell and an execution condition; and receiving, from the UE, a response message after the first conditional reconfiguration is applied by the UE. The first conditional reconfiguration enables the UE to evaluate the execution condition, and apply the configuration of the target PSCell and synchronize to the target PSCell after the execution condition is evaluated as satisfied.
US11743784B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration parameters to send a handover completion message at the end of a handover. A source cell may notify the UE of a handover via a handover command and the UE may acquire system information, and in some cases, a downlink message, from a target cell. The UE may identify a waveform configuration, numerology configuration, and/or modulation scheme using information from the handover command message, the system information, and/or the downlink message. The UE may also determine occasions for transmitting a PUSCH. For example, each occasion may include a set of time-frequency resources on which the PUSCH may be transmitted. The UE may send the handover completion message to the target cell via the PUSCH, during the one or more identified occasions, using the identified configuration parameters.
US11743777B2
Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) includes generating an indicator indicating that the UE is capable of supporting adjusted quality of service (QoS), wherein the adjusted QoS corresponds to scaling of QoS parameters associated with an existing QoS indicator. The method also includes generating a capability message comprising the indicator. The method also includes transmitting, to a base station (BS), the capability message including the indicator. The method further includes receiving, from the BS, a message comprising an adjusted QoS value based on the scaling of QoS parameters associated with the existing QoS indicator.
US11743776B2
Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for resource allocation when configurable bandwidths are available. One method includes performing a first transmission using a first set of resources in a first bandwidth, and subsequently performing a second transmission using a second set of resources in a second bandwidth, where the first bandwidth is greater than the second bandwidth, where the first and second set of resources are identified by a first and second value, respectively, and where a bit representation of the first value is a zero-padded version of a bit representation of the second value on either the most significant bit (MSB) or the least significant bit (LSB).
US11743764B2
Provided are a method of selecting BWP and a device supporting the method. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes: configuring multiple bandwidth parts (BWPs) for a cell; activating a first BWP among the multiple BWPs; acquiring information on congestion of at least one of the multiple BWPs; and switching to a second BWP among the multiple BWPs from the first BWPs, based on the acquired information on congestion.
US11743752B2
Disclosed are various techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may determine a plurality of measurement gap (MG) configurations, each MG configuration defining one or more MGs. The UE may send, to a serving base station, a request to use a first MG configuration from the plurality of MG configurations, and may receive a response to the first request. The UE then measures positioning signals using an MG configuration indicated by the response. Based on measurements of the first set of positioning signals, the UE may select a second MG configuration, send a second request to use the second MG configuration, and receive a response to the second request. The UE then measures a second set of positioning signals using an MG configuration indicated by the response to the second request.
US11743740B2
Multiple mobile cellular network (MCN) communication systems can be networked together to form a network of MCN communication systems (NOM). Each MCN communication system within the NOM can operate as an independent cellular network to provide communications between user equipment within a covered area. The MCN can be managed by a network management control center (NMCC). The NMCC can be configured generate coverage maps of the NOM and NMC system coverage areas.
US11743732B2
In a case where a public key of a communication device is obtained, a terminal device may send a first request signal in which the public key is used to the communication device and execute a first-type communication in conformity with the first communication scheme with the communication device. The first-type communication may include sending first connection information for establishing a first wireless connection between the communication device and the access point to the communication device. In a case where the first-type communication has been failed, the terminal device may send a second request signal to the communication device and execute a second-type communication in conformity with the second communication scheme with the communication device. The second-type communication may include communicating second connection information for establishing a second wireless connection between the terminal device and the communication device with the communication device.
US11743729B2
The technology includes a method performed by a system of a telecommunications network to manage network traffic of a 5G network. The system can instantiate a security system to sort incoming or outgoing network traffic at a perimeter of the 5G network into multiple groups that are each uniquely associated with multiple traffic types and multiple security levels. The system can inspect segments of data included in the incoming network traffic and sort multiple portions of the network traffic into the groups based in part on the inspection of the segments of the data. The system can dynamically adjust an available bandwidth of the 5G network based on each load of each of the groups and dispatch the portions of the network traffic in accordance with a traffic type and a security level of each of the groups.
US11743722B2
A method by an AUSF of a home PLMN configured to communicate through an interface with electronic devices is provided. A first authentication request is received from a first PLMN that is authenticating an electronic device. A first security key used for integrity protection of messages delivered from the home PLMN to the electronic device is obtained. A second authentication request is received from a second PLMN that is authenticating the electronic device. A second security key used for integrity protection of the messages delivered from the home PLMN to the electronic device is obtained. A message protection request is received. Which of the first security key and the second security key is a latest security key is determined. The latest security key is used to protect a message associated with the message protection request.
US11743719B2
A system in a vehicle includes one or more sensors configured to obtain occupant information from an occupant utilizing at least facial information of the occupant. The system also includes a controller in communication with the one or more sensors. The controller is configured to determine an application policy associated with one or more applications of the vehicle and execute the one or more applications in response to facial information exceeding a first authentication layer or second authentication layer associated with the application policy.
US11743717B2
Devices, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for updating wireless device credentials, the wireless device comprising: a user interface, memory configured to store one or more credentials for enabling the wireless device to obtain one or more services over a wireless access network, and one or more processors configured to execute one or more machine-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to obtain an indication of a user request to replace a particular credential with a target credential, detect a network-provisioning state change, determine that the particular credential does not match the target credential, initiate a programming session with a network element over a wireless access network, obtain an updated credential from the network element, and assist in storing the updated credential in memory.
US11743714B2
Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing wireless devices. A service is provided by a first application operating on a publisher device to a second application operating on a subscriber device over a first data path between the two devices in a NAN network. The publisher device includes a first recovery manager to receive an indication from a wireless controller of the publisher device or a distress message from a second recovery manager of the subscriber device. The received indication or distress message indicates that the first data path has been interrupted. The first recovery manager stores, in a memory, data generated by the first application. A second data path is established between the publisher device and the subscriber device. The first recovery manager sends the stored data to the second application that operates on a subscriber device.
US11743711B2
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for enforcing a steering of roaming (SoR) decision. More particularly, enforcing the SoR decision includes receiving, at a proxy and from a user equipment (UE) located in a visitor network, a registration message to register with a home network, the registration message including an identifier of the visitor network. The proxy routes the registration message to a steering controller to determine a SoR policy decision. The proxy then enforces the SoR policy decision of the steering controller.
US11743707B2
A method at a user equipment for obtaining emergency codes using a non-Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network, the method including sending a request message to a network node, the request message containing an indication; and receiving, at the user equipment, a response message, the response message including at least one mobile country code (MCC), and the response message indicating an emergency number, type or category information, wherein the emergency number, type or category information is associated with the at least one MCC, and wherein the at least one MCC indicates a portion of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) code to which the emergency number, type or category information applies.
US11743693B2
In an example, a wired network device receives a first join message originating from a client device associated with a first wireless access point (WAP) connected to another wired network device in a broadcast domain. An entry corresponding to the client device is created in a remote receiver record of the wired network device. In response to the client device transitioning from the first WAP to a second WAP connected to the wired network device, it is determined that the client device is locally connected to the wired network device. Intention of the client device to receive multicast traffic is identified. A second join message directed to the network address of the multicast group and distributed in the broadcast domain. A traffic flow path for the multicast traffic via the wired network device and the second WAP to the client device is configured.
US11743692B2
A system which comprises a series of native applications, suited to run on mobile devices, and a series of web-based applications for which functionality and processing are optimized. The native applications and the web-based applications are coordinated to optimize processes of acquiring, storing and disseminating data for speed, integrity and security.
US11743691B2
A method and node for processing messages within an Internet of Things (IoT) network and network packet thereof are provided. Multiple fields of a header of a network packet broadcasted over the IoT network are referred to in the method. When a node receives a network packet broadcasted over the IOT network, it checks if the node's ID is recorded in an ID field of the network packet. The node ID is added to the network packet if the network packet does not record the node ID, and the network packet is then broadcasted to the IOT network; otherwise, the network packet is not broadcasted if the node ID has been recorded in the ID field. The node also performs a function indicated in a function field of the network packet when the node ID is not recorded in the network packet.
US11743690B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for implementing a publish and subscribe communication system are provided. A topic identifier comprising publisher and subscriber information and a topic data type of a topic may be generated. The topic identifier and communication address information associated with the topic may be maintained at an external broker. The communication information may be provided from the external broker to a requestor in response to an inquiry regarding the topic identifier. Access to data published to the topic may be provided such that a publisher of the topic directly transfers data of the topic to a subscriber of the topic.
US11743688B2
A device may receive user equipment (UE) location data identifying a latitude and a longitude of a UE, as reported by the UE, and may receive network location data identifying a latitude and a longitude of the UE, as reported by a core network. The device may process the UE location data and the network location data to determine a confidence score associated with an actual location of the UE. The device may process the UE location data and the network location data, when the confidence score is outside a confidence interval, to determine whether the UE location data is valid. The device may perform one or more actions based on determining whether the UE location data is valid.
US11743683B2
A system and method are provided for obtaining calibration data for a portable device relative to an object in order to facilitate defining a locator for determining a location of the portable device relative to the object. The system and method may obtain calibration data pertaining to a signal characteristic of communications transmitted from the portable device and corresponding to a known location of the portable device (e.g., truth data).
US11743669B2
Method and device for decoding a higher-order ambisonics (HOA) representation of an audio soundfield
The invention discloses rendering sound field signals, such as Higher-Order Ambisonics (HOA), for arbitrary loudspeaker setups, where the rendering results in highly improved localization properties and is energy preserving. This is obtained by rendering an audio sound field representation for arbitrary spatial loudspeaker setups and/or by a decoder that decodes based on a decode matrix (D). The decode matrix (D) is based on smoothing and scaling of a first decode matrix {circumflex over (D)} with smoothing coefficients. The first decode matrix {circumflex over (D)} is based on a mix matrix G and a mode matrix {tilde over (Ψ)}, where the mix matrix G was determined based on L speakers and positions of a spherical modelling grid related to a HOA order N, and the mode matrix {tilde over (Ψ)} was determined based on the spherical modelling grid and the HOA order N.
US11743659B2
An air-pulse generating device includes a membrane structure, a valve structure, and a cover structure. A chamber is formed between the membrane structure, the valve structure and the cover structure. An air wave vibrating at an operating frequency is formed within the chamber. The valve structure is configured to be actuated to perform an open-and-close movement to form at least one opening. The at least one opening connects air inside the chamber with air outside the chamber. The open-and-close movement is synchronous with the operating frequency.
US11743655B2
A piezoelectric sound-generating component case that includes a case body for housing a vibrating plate and insert terminals that are provided in the case body for applying a voltage to the vibrating plate. The case body includes a bottom or base and a side wall that projects from the peripheral edge of the bottom. The case body is provided with an opening that opens on the leading end side, in the projection direction, of the side wall. The side wall has thick parts at least on the sides where the insert terminals are provided. In a plan view of the case body, the transverse direction width of the thick parts of the side wall is larger than the transverse direction width of the parts of the side wall that are adjacent to the thick parts.
US11743649B2
The technology provides for a pair of earbuds. For instance, a first earbud and a second earbud may each include one or more sensors. The pair of earbuds may further include one or more processors configured to receive one or more first sensor signals from a first sensor in the first earbud and one or more second sensor signals from a second sensor in the second earbud. The one or more processors may compare the first sensor signals with the second sensor signals. Based on the comparison, the one or more processors may detect whether the first earbud and the second earbud are being worn by different users. Based on detecting that the first earbud and the second earbud are being worn by different users, the one or more processors may control the first earbud and the second earbud to use a shared mode.
US11743641B2
A hearing device includes: a first housing; a second housing; first and second primary microphones for provision of first and second primary microphone input signals; a secondary microphone in the second housing for provision of a secondary microphone input signal; a mixing module for provision of a mixer output based on a primary mixer input and a secondary mixer input, wherein the primary mixer input is based on the first primary microphone input signal and the second primary microphone input signal, and the secondary mixer input is based on the secondary microphone input signal; a processing unit configured to process the mixer output and to provide an electrical output signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal; wherein the mixing module is configured to mix a first component of the primary mixer input and a first component of the secondary mixer input.
US11743637B2
A method for directional signal processing for an acoustic system, wherein first and second input transducers generate a first and a second input signal from an ambient sound. First and second intermediate signals are generated from the first and second input signal, wherein a preliminary superposition parameter is obtained for a first superposition of the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal in such a way that for the first superposition an attenuation in a first target direction has a maximum. A superposition parameter is formed from the preliminary superposition parameter so that a second superposition of the first and second intermediate signals, formed in the first target direction with the superposition parameter, has a pre-specified first value for a gain that is greater than zero. An output signal of the acoustic system is formed from the second superposition.
US11743634B2
An MEMS microphone includes a substrate including a back volume provided inside the substrate and an opening provided at an upper surface of the substrate to communicate the back volume; a sensing device provided at an inner side wall of the back volume; a first cantilever provided inside the back volume and including end portions coupling with the sensing device; a first membrane provided at the opening; a second membrane provided inside the back volume; and second cantilevers, each of which includes a first end mechanically supporting the first cantilever, and a second end connected to the second membrane. By suspending the first cantilever on the second cantilevers, the end portions of the first cantilever always couple with a preset position of the sensing device. Thus, the DC offset of the displacement of the membrane can be prevented.
US11743623B2
Embodiments are directed to a wearable audio device, such as an earbud. The earbud may be configured to detect input using various sensors and structures. For example, the earbud may be configured to detect gestures, physical manipulations, and so forth performed along or on the earbud. In response to the detected inputs, the earbud may be configured to change various outputs, such as an audio output or a haptic output of the device. The earbud may also include a microphone to register voice commands. In some cases, the microphone may be used to control the earbud using the registered voice command in response to one or more detected gestures or physical manipulations.
US11743618B2
A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric converter, a first node configured to be supplied with charges from the photoelectric converter, an amplification transistor configured to output a signal corresponding to a voltage of the first node, a first transistor configured to open/close a path between the first node and a second node not included in a path from the photoelectric converter to the first node, and a second transistor configured to open/close a path between the second node and a third node. A second capacitance which is added to the second node when the second transistor is set in a conductive state is larger than a first capacitance which is added to the first node when the first transistor is set in a conductive state.
US11743614B2
There is provided a solid-state imaging device that includes a substrate having a pixel array unit sectioned into a matrix, a plurality of normal pixels, a plurality of phase difference detection pixels, and a plurality of adjacent pixels adjacent to the phase difference detection pixels, each provided in each of the plurality of sections, in which each of the normal pixel, the phase difference detection pixel, and the adjacent pixel has a photoelectric conversion film, and an upper electrode and a lower electrode that sandwich the photoelectric conversion film in a thickness direction of the photoelectric conversion film, and the lower electrode, in the adjacent pixel, extends from the section in which the adjacent pixel is provided to cover the section in which the phase difference detection pixel adjacent to the adjacent pixel is provided, when viewed from above the substrate.
US11743611B2
Provided is an image sensor including a first pixel including a first floating diffusion region and a second floating diffusion region, a second pixel including a first floating diffusion region, a second floating diffusion region, and a third floating diffusion region, a third pixel including a first floating diffusion region and a second floating diffusion region, and a fourth pixel including a first floating diffusion region, a second floating diffusion region, and a third floating diffusion region, wherein the second floating diffusion region of the first pixel and the second floating diffusion region of the second pixel are connected through a first metal line, and wherein the third floating diffusion region of the second pixel and the third floating diffusion region of the third pixel are connected through a second metal.
US11743610B2
A unit pixel circuit includes a first photodiode, a second photodiode different from the first photodiode, a first floating diffusion node in which charges generated in the first photodiode are accumulated, a second floating diffusion node in which charges generated in the second photodiode are accumulated, a capacitor connected to the first floating diffusion node and a first voltage node, and accumulating overflowed charges of the first photodiode, a first switch transistor connecting the first floating diffusion node to a third floating diffusion node, a reset transistor connecting the third floating diffusion node to a second voltage node, a gain control transistor connecting the second floating diffusion node to the third floating diffusion node, and a second switch transistor connected to the first voltage node and the second voltage node.
US11743596B1
Endoscopic systems, non-transitory, machine-readable storage media, and methods for correcting brightness non-uniformity are described. In an embodiment, the endoscopic system includes a light source positioned to emit illumination light onto a scene; a photodetector positioned to receive illumination light reflected off of the scene and configured to generate a scene signal based on the received illumination light; a display; and a controller operatively coupled to the light source, the photodetector, and the display. In an embodiment, the controller including logic that, when executed by the controller, causes the endoscopic system to perform operations including: illuminating the scene with the light source; detecting a scene depth; estimating a scene-specific brightness non-uniformity correction based on the detected scene depth and an endoscopic system brightness non-uniformity profile; and displaying an image of the scene with the display based on the scene signal, the detected scene depth, and the endoscopic system brightness non-uniformity correction.
US11743586B2
Various embodiments include a camera having an actuator with one or more moving coils and a dynamic flex circuit. In some embodiments, the camera may include a movable frame that is fixedly coupled with a lens group or an image sensor. The actuator may be a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator that moves the movable frame relative to one or more stationary structures of the camera. The VCM actuator may include a coil coupled with the movable frame, and a magnet coupled with the stationary structure(s). The dynamic flex circuit may be configured to provide an electrical connection between the coil and the stationary structure(s), and a portion of the dynamic flex circuit may provide service loop to allow motion of the movable frame enabled by the VCM actuator.
US11743580B1
A method and system for controlling operation of a fixed position camera are disclosed. The method includes determining durations of time with respect to which moving objects are projected to become at least practically out of a capture range of the fixed position camera. Based at least in part on these determined durations of time, a number of changes are made to physical settings of the fixed position camera within respective opportunity windows for achieving respective objectives, and in a priority-ordered manner.
US11743579B2
A control device includes circuitry configured to: acquire an operation command through voice input to an imaging device including: an image sensor; and an optical system including a focus lens; and proceed to a mode for performing control to return a position of the focus lens such that a focus position of the focus lens is returned, from a focus position at a time of stoppage of the focus lens, by an amount of return equal to or less than a reference focal depth in the optical system when the operation command is a command to stop operation of the focus lens.
US11743570B1
A method and apparatus for operating a camera is provided herein. During operation a microphone will identify an object by receiving the sound emitted by the object. Once the object has been identified, a main frequency component of the received sound is determined, and camera parameters are adjusted based on the value of the main frequency component.
US11743568B2
A electronic device includes a display panel including a first region in which a plurality of pixels and a second region having a higher transmittance than the first region, and an electronic module disposed under the display panel and overlapping the second region. The electronic module includes a camera module configured to image a subject to obtain a plurality of first images having a first resolution, an actuator configured to move the camera module while capturing each of the plurality of first images, and a processor configured to obtain a second image having a second resolution higher than the first resolution using the first images captured.
US11743566B2
A sensor driving device includes a first substrate; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; and an image sensor. The second substrate includes a body having first and second lateral surfaces; a first protrusion part protruding from the first lateral surface; and a second protrusion part protruding from the second lateral surface. The first protrusion part includes a first extension part, and a second extension part extending in a direction different from the first extension part. The second protrusion part includes a first extension part, and a second extension part extending in a direction different from the first extension part. The first extension parts are disposed parallel to an optical axis of the image sensor. The second extension part of the first protrusion part is closer to the second extension part of the second protrusion part than to the first extension part of the second protrusion part.
US11743563B2
An image pickup apparatus that is capable of improving heat dissipation while reducing a cost and securing reliability of flange back. The image pickup apparatus includes a lens mount to which a lens unit is attachable, and a housing that is formed by inserting a metal member into a resin member and that has a mount portion to which the lens mount is attached. The metal member has a first planar portion that is perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens unit and a second planar portion including at least one planar plate that is bent in an optical axis direction from the first planar portion. The at least one planar plate is inserted into the mount portion.
US11743561B2
An image display device, a lip-sync correction method thereof, and an image display system thereof are proposed. The lip-sync correction method of the image display device includes: receiving an audio delay measurement command from a user; transmitting an audio detection command to a remote control device and outputting a pre-stored test signal to an external speaker; calculating an audio delay value by comparing an audio signal received from the remote control device with the test signal; and correcting a decoding time stamp of an image signal on the basis of the audio delay value. Accordingly, it is possible to match lip-synching of video and audio in response to various external audio outputs or external audio devices.
US11743556B2
A character string display processing method is provided. The method includes: receiving a character display instruction; performing, in response to determining a target character string in the character string set does not include a character of a preset type, first rendering preprocessing on a target character included in the target character string to obtain a first rendered data set, and generating a rendering instruction about the character string set according to the first rendered data set; and performing, in response to determining the target character string includes a character of a preset type, second rendering preprocessing on the target character string to obtain a second rendered data set, and generating a rendering instruction about the character string set according to the second rendered data set.
US11743544B2
This invention is directed to a tool that enables content creators to collect and analyze feedback on their content during production and live performances. During playback of content, users are enabled to provide detailed feedback and comments via various feedback interfaces on user devices. Users may indicate that they like and dislike certain aspects of the content, such as musical instruments featured in a song, at specific points in time. Feedback is timestamped, transformed into values, and aggregated for review and analysis. Using machine learning techniques, the present invention can identify trends in audience preferences and generate recommendations for tailoring content and content delivery. An interactive display enables the content creator to efficiently manipulate and make sense of collected feedback. With robust security features, the interactive content feedback system described herein may integrate with content streaming platforms as well as operate as an independent application.
US11743539B2
A system is provided for concurrent presentation of non-programming media assets with programming media content at a client device. The client device receives a response for occurrence of an event opportunity point from the media presentation and distribution system based on a selection criteria for the event opportunity point. A display view of the client device is modified, and a non-programming media asset is presented from a second media stream for a defined duration and different version of the programming media content in first partition, concurrently with the programming media content over second partition. The different version of the programming media content corresponds to the programming media content encoded based on a region within the modified display view allocated to the first partition. The presentation is based on user preference for specific item in the programming media content and user selection of the non-programming media asset displayed in past engagement.
US11743535B2
Methods and systems for packaging, transcoding, and fragmenting files (e.g., video content are described. Video content may be transcoded into fix size, variable duration fragments files that satisfy a target fragment file size. Those fragment files may be received, decoded to recover original frames of the underlying video, and then repackaged as new fragment files that are grouped based on overall file size. As a result, the new fragments may have different playback durations, but their overall file sizes may be the same and/or within a target fragment file size (TFS).
US11743532B2
Novel techniques are described for location-tracked media delivery. For example, a particular consumer premises has multiple media consumption devices, each located in a different room of the premises. One or more media streams being consumed via one or more of the media consumption devices can be tracked. As one or more consumers move through the premises, their respective physical locations in the premises can also be tracked with respect to media consumption regions of the media consumption devices. By detecting movement of the consumers with respect to the consumed streams and the media consumption devices, embodiments can automatically provide various features. For example, streams can automatically be transferred or cloned among the media consumption devices, and/or streams and devices can be adapted automatically to facilitate some continued media consumption in some dead space regions.
US11743527B2
A computer system or method may be provided for modulating content based on a person's brainwave data, including modifying presentation of digital content at at least one computing device. The content may also be modulated based on a set of rules maintained by or accessible to the computer system. The content may also be modulated based on user input, including through receipt of a presentation control command that may be processed by the computer system of the present invention to modify presentation of content. Content may also be shared with associated brain state information.
US11743513B2
Origin offload is a key performance indicator of a content delivery network (CDN). This patent document presents unique methods and systems for measuring origin offload and applying those measurements to improve the offload. The techniques presented herein enable resource-efficient measurement of origin offload by individual servers and aggregation and analysis of such measurements to produce significant insights. The teachings hereof can be used to better identify root causes of suboptimal offload performance, to tune CDN settings and configurations, and to modify network operations, deployment and/or capacity planning. In addition, discussed herein are improved metrics showing offload in relation to the maximum achievable offload for the particular traffic being served.
US11743510B2
The present invention avoids waste caused by performing both a Secondary Transform and an Adaptive Multiple Core Transform. Provided is a device including: a core transform unit (1521) that can perform an Adaptive Multiple Core Transform on a Coding Tree Unit; and a Secondary Transform unit (1522) that can perform, before the Adaptive Multiple Core Transform, a Secondary Transform on at least any one of sub-blocks included in the Coding Tree Unit. The device omits any of the Adaptive Multiple Core Transform and the Secondary Transform in accordance with at least any of a flag associated with the Adaptive Multiple Core Transform and a flag associated with the Secondary Transform, or in accordance with a size of the Coding Tree Unit.
US11743503B2
Example techniques and devices are disclosed. An example device for coding video data includes memory configured to store the video data and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine whether an entry in a reference picture list for a current picture is equal to no reference picture. Based on the entry being equal to no reference picture, the one or more processors are configured to determine additional information associated with the entry. The one or more processors are configured to check a constraint for the entry based on the additional information and code the current picture in accordance with the constraint.
US11743497B2
A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: encoding pieces of attribute information of respective three-dimensional points, using parameters; and generating a bitstream including the pieces of attribute information encoded, control information, and pieces of first attribute control information. The control information corresponds to the pieces of attribute information and includes pieces of type information each indicating a type of different attribute information, the pieces of first attribute control information correspond one-to-one with the pieces of attribute information, and each of the pieces of first attribute control information includes first identification information indicating that the first attribute control information is associated with one of the pieces of type information.
US11743495B2
Disclosed are a video signal processing method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a video signal. In more detail, the video signal processing method includes receiving intra prediction mode information for a current block, wherein the intra prediction mode information indicates one of a plurality of intra prediction modes configuring an intra prediction mode set; and decoding the current block based on the received intra prediction mode information, wherein the intra prediction mode set comprises a plurality of angle modes, and the plurality of angle modes comprises a basic angle mode and an extended angle mode, wherein the extended angle mode is signaled based on the basic angle mode.
US11743491B2
The image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining the availability of a block adjacent to a current block; configuring a merge candidate list for the current block on the basis of the result of the determined availability; and performing motion compensation for the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list, wherein the step of determining availability comprises the steps of inducing block availability information on the adjacent block and inducing the availability of motion information on the adjacent block, and the step of determining the availability of the adjacent block is such that when there is more than one adjacent block, the availability of adjacent blocks can be determined in accordance with a predetermined order restriction.
US11743484B2
Provided is an encoder including circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. A prediction mode for a current block is an affine mode, and in operation, the circuitry: derives a base motion vector which is a motion vector to be used in a prediction process for the current block, and is a motion vector at an affine-mode control point in the current block; derives a first motion vector different from the base motion vector; derives a motion vector difference based on a difference between the base motion vector and the first motion vector; determines whether the motion vector difference is greater than a threshold; if so, modifies a second motion vector different from the base motion vector and the first motion vector, and if not, does not modify the second motion vector; and encodes the current block using the second motion vector modified or the second motion vector not modified.
US11743481B2
A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: decoding information indicating whether illumination compensation is performed for a current block, determining an illumination compensation parameter of the current block when the information indicates that the illumination compensation is performed for the current block, obtaining a prediction block by performing inter prediction for the current block, and performing the illumination compensation on the current block using the illumination compensation parameter.
US11743480B2
A modulator has a first grating pattern, and a second grating pattern having a phase shifted from the first grating pattern; a sensor processor receives a first image signal outputted by the first grating pattern, and a second image signal outputted by the second grating pattern; a difference processor calculates a difference between the first image signal and the second image signal; and a compression processor 3005 contains information that indicates a range of the difference to first compression image data. Those make it possible to reduce a data amount of images capable of focus adjustment etc. from later, and to lead to reduction in costs of a storage apparatus.
US11743471B2
Method and system to improve the performance of a video encoder. The method includes processing an initial video signal in a front-end image pre-processor to obtain a processed video signal and processor information respecting the signal, providing the processed video signal and the processor information to a video encoder, and encoding the video signal in the video encoder according to the processor information to provide an encoded video signal for storage. The system includes a video pre-processor connectable to receive an initial video signal. The video encoder in communication with the video pre-processor receives a processed video signal and a processor information. A storage medium in communication with the video encoder stores an encoded video signal.
US11743462B2
Systems and methods for decoding are provided, a method includes: encoding a first sub-picture of a picture, independently from a second sub-picture of the picture, using sub-picture, tile group, and tile partitioning: and sending, to at least one decoder, at least one coded sub-bitstream of a coded video stream that includes the first sub-picture and the second sub-picture, wherein (i) the first sub-picture is a first rectangular region of the picture and the second sub-picture is a second rectangular region of the picture, the second rectangular region being different from the first rectangular region, (ii) the first sub-picture includes a first plurality of tiles, and the second sub-picture includes at least one tile, (iii) the first sub-picture and the second sub-picture do not share a common tile, and (iv) the first plurality of tiles of the first sub-picture are grouped into at least two first tile groups.
US11743452B2
An image encoding/decoding method is disclosed. Present invention of the method of decoding an image comprises determining a prediction mode for a current block and performing prediction on the current block on the basis of the determined prediction mode.
US11743439B2
Methods and systems for managing content items are described. A content item may be separated into components, such as chroma components, luminance components, and audio components. For more efficient management of the content, including for storage and delivery of the content, the separate components may be stored at different locations. For example, chroma components may be stored on a central server, while luminance and audio components are stored at other locations, such as edge servers, or vice versa, to accommodate network efficiency considerations. When content is delivered to a player, two or more separate streams carrying different content components may be delivered to the player.
US11743436B2
A projection method including specifying a first correspondence between a projector coordinate system and a camera coordinate system, based on a first picked-up image and a first image, determining a second correspondence between the projector coordinate system and the camera coordinate system, based on a second picked-up image and a second image, generating correction information, based on one or a plurality of first feature points in a third image acquired by converting the first picked-up image into the projector coordinate system, based on the first correspondence, and one or a plurality of second feature points corresponding to the one or plurality of the first feature points, in a fourth image acquired by converting the second picked-up image into the projector coordinate system, based on the second correspondence, and projecting the projection image that is corrected based on the correction information.
US11743422B2
A method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises generating service layer signaling information for discovery and acquisition of a broadcast service and a content component of the broadcast service; generating service list information including for service list building and discovery of the service layer signaling information; and physical layer processing of the service list information, service layer signaling information, and content component.
US11743415B2
A display control unit causes a display unit to display a captured image of a product captured by an image capturing unit. A first obtaining unit obtains product information relating to initial setting of the product based on the captured image data. A second obtaining unit obtains a determination result of an installation state of the product based on the captured image data and the product information of the product. A third obtaining unit obtains combined image data expressing a combined image obtained by combining the captured image captured by the image capturing unit and an instruction image of installation work to be performed on the product by a user, depending on the installation state obtained by the second obtaining unit. The display control unit causes the display unit to display the combined image based on the combined image data.
US11743411B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire a manuscript image and an additional image added to the manuscript image, and reduce an image area other than a blank area in the manuscript image so that the additional image fits in the blank area of the manuscript image.
US11743405B2
A flatbed scanner includes a carriage for reading an original while moving in a first direction; an acquisition portion for acquiring a size of the original in the first direction; and a control portion for reading the original while moving the carriage at a lower speed in a first case where the original is large than in a second case where the original is small.
US11743399B2
An image processing system is provided with an image forming apparatus and a mobile terminal, and a chatbot is formed of a server (and a call center terminal). A user asks the server or an operator at the call center terminal a question by means of the chatbot; answer data is returned to the mobile terminal from the server or from the call center terminal by the operator; operation setting data accompanying the answer text is transmitted from the mobile terminal to the image forming apparatus; and the transmitted operation setting data is set as the operation setting data in the image forming apparatus.
US11743397B2
In order to achieve designation of a talk room of a chat service to share image data generated by scanning in an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus that communicates with a chat server, based on received information indicating a talk room of the chat server, the chat server controlling displaying of information indicating received image data on the talk room, includes a scanning unit configured to scan an image of an original document and generate image data based on the image, a designation unit configured to designate a talk room of the chat server, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data generated by the scanning unit and information indicating the talk room designated by the designation unit to the chat server.
US11743394B2
An information processing apparatus configured to transmit apparatus management information used in the management of the own apparatus to an external server is provided with a first communication unit; a second communication unit that is different from the first communication unit; a transmission unit configured to externally transmit apparatus management information via the first communication unit when in a regular power mode in which the information processing apparatus operates using a first power source configured to receive a power supply from outside the apparatus; and a control unit configured to perform, in a case that power supply to the information processing apparatus by the first power supply has been stopped, control such that power is supplied to the second communication unit by a second power source inside the apparatus after this power supply has been stopped, and the apparatus management information is externally transmitted via the second communication unit.
US11743386B2
A system and method of controlling Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) system using data models to instruct microflows and respond to customer input during a customer interaction.
US11743381B2
A system and method are presented for the addition of content to contact center interactions. An interaction is routed to an agent in the contact center environment. The interaction is routed through one or more providers of embedded client applications. Providers may be a first party, a DSL provider, or a programmatic provider. The provider triggers a user interface which displays one or more specified embedded client applications to the agent and when the agent selects one of the applications, it is asynchronously loaded through an inline frame.
US11743378B1
A virtual assistant system for communicating with customers uses human intelligence to correct any errors in the system AI, while collecting data for machine learning and future improvements for more automation. The system may use a modular design, with separate components for carrying out different system functions and sub-functions, and with frameworks for selecting the component best able to respond to a given customer conversation. The system may have agent assistance functionality that uses natural language processing to identity concepts in a user conversation and to illustrate that concepts within a graphical user interface of a human agent so that the human agent can more accurately and more rapidly assist the user in accomplishing the user's conversational objectives.
US11743370B2
An exemplary system, method, and computer-accessible medium can include, for example, storing on a first device a digital tag, the tag configured to be associated with at least one application on a second device, such that receipt of the tag on the second device launches the application on the second device; and emitting from the first device to a second device the digital tag; wherein the application on the second device is configured to launch in a special state when the second device is in at least one state from a pre-determined list of states.
US11743359B2
The present invention discloses a service caching method for a cross-border service network, wherein the method includes: a cache space of a service switch node is divided into a resident area, a change area, a pre-reclaimed area and a maintenance index area; among them, a cache hit frequency is: a resident area>a change area>a pre-reclaimed area, and the maintenance index area is used for separate storage services call path. when a service call is generated, a cache content in the cache space is replaced according to a cache value of a missed cache or a hit cache; a service router and service switch nodes in the corresponding area jointly form a hierarchical cache mode. When the cache space of any node in the service switch node is insufficient, the service switch nodes in the same area perform collaborative cache and store them in other cache space of the service switch node through indexing. The method provided by the present invention can improve the cache utilization efficiency in the cross-border service network, thereby accelerating service invocation.
US11743356B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing push notifications to a third-party application executing on a client device. An example can include encrypting user credentials, generating a callback Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) with at least a portion of the encrypted credentials embedded into the URL, and requesting notifications from an email service to be provided at the callback URL. Upon receiving a notification at the callback URL, a system component can decrypt the credentials within the URL using a private key and log into the email account using those decrypted credentials. The system component can then generate a push notification based on any changes found in the email account and cause the notification to be delivered to the third-party application on the client device.
US11743355B2
A prompting method and device are provided. The method includes that: if a working state of first equipment changes, a state parameter of second equipment is acquired; a prompting manner in which the first equipment prompts that its working state changes is determined according to the state parameter of the second equipment; and the first equipment is controlled to perform prompting according to the prompting manner.
US11743353B1
The present invention provides a content feed to a user, where the content feed is related to a registry and a registry event having an event timeline. The system receives a request for a content feed for a user from a client application. A plurality of sessions of content items is provided iteratively to the client application for rendering the content items in a user interface where a new session is added to the feed history for the user when the previous session expires. For each session, content items related to the user’s registry or registry event are grouped into the session. The session is added to a feed history for the user, an expiration time is set for the session, and the feed history including the content items in the session and all previous sessions are provided to the user interface in the client application.
US11743345B2
A computing system can receive contextual data corresponding to a particular user and execute context resolution and constraint evaluation processes with local data acquisition and/or derivation priority to classify the user in one or more groups and reduce network latency. Based on the classified group(s) of the user, the computing system can provide targeted, group-specific content through an executing application of the user's computing device to enhance user experience with the application service.
US11743341B2
The multi-agent simulation system includes a plurality of agent simulators provided for each of the plurality of agents and a center controller. The plurality of agent simulators are programmed to simulate a state of each of the plurality of agents while causing the plurality of agents to interact with each other by exchanging messages. The center controller is programmed to control a speed ratio of a flow of time in the target world to a flow of time in a real world. Each of the plurality of agent simulators calculates an index value corresponding to a remainder time rate. The remainder time rate is a rate of a remainder time to an update time interval for updating a state of a target agent to be simulated. The center controller controls the speed ratio based on the index value calculated by each of the plurality of agent simulators.
US11743333B2
Disclosed herein are methods, apparatuses, and systems for operating a tiered queuing system that includes: identifying a first segment to be evicted from a local storage in a first region based on an eviction policy; storing the first segment in a cold storage provided by a cloud service provider in the first region; deleting at least one instance of the first segment from the local storage in the first region; indicating in a segment index that the first segment is stored in the cold storage; responsive to receipt of a read request, reading an entry in the segment index for a second segment; and responsive to an indication that the second segment is stored by the cloud service provider, copying the second segment to the local storage and responding to the read request using the second segment stored in the local storage.
US11743329B1
A method and system for synchronization data across applications installed on mobile and desktop devices and remote server uses a mail server. The data to be sent to applications is included in electronic message body or attachment and sent to a predefined email account. The email account is processed via listener applications according to a processing rule such as sender's email address, sender's domain, header information, or metadata. When an email matches the rule, an action is triggered that acquires data from attachment of email or body and updates local storage.
US11743317B2
A block-request streaming system provides for improvements in the user experience and bandwidth efficiency of such systems, typically using an ingestion system that generates data in a form to be served by a conventional file server (HTTP, FTP, or the like), wherein the ingestion system intakes content and prepares it as files or data elements to be served by the file server. A client device can be adapted to take advantage of the ingestion process. The client device might be configured to optimize use of resources, given the information available to it from the ingestion system. This may include configurations to determine the sequence, timing and construction of block requests based on monitoring buffer size and rate of change of buffer size, use of variable sized requests, mapping of block requests to underlying transport connections, flexible pipelining of requests, and/or use of whole file requests based on statistical considerations.
US11743315B2
Systems and methods for facilitating cross device resumable media content consumption. In an aspect, a system includes an update component that receives a media statistics update where the media statistics update includes information identifying an account, media content identification information, and a first playback time position associated with media content. A monitoring component is also included that identifies when the account accesses the media content associated with the media content identification information. A resume component is also included that plays back the media content at the first playback time position in response to identifying an access of the media content associated with the account.
US11743314B2
Provided are methods and systems for data distribution over a network. A device can capture content. The device can be configured to publish the content so that other devices in a network can access the content. The publishing device can indicate to other devices on the network that the content is available for use. In response, the publishing device can receive requests for the content from the other devices. When sending a request, a requesting device can include viewing parameters that indicate capabilities of the requesting device. The publishing device can create one or more data layers that comprise the content based on the viewing parameters of requesting devices. The publishing device can also determine a transmission path to the various requesting devices and transmit the one or more data layers along the transmission path.
US11743305B2
A method can include a server transmitting first data received from a first client to the at least one second client so as to display a first view on the display device of the at least one second client. The server can also receive sixth data from the first client relating to an actor event including an information indicating content displayed at the display device has changed from the first view to a second view that is intended to be shared with the at least one participant. Upon receipt of the actor event at the web collaboration server, a time window can be opened for a predetermined amount of time. The server can send an alert to provide notification that a data mismatch may occur to trigger a checking procedure in the event a second data is received relating to a pointing event within the still open time window.
US11743300B2
A method of establishing a secure communication channel between a first communication device and a second communication device. The secure communication channel is defined by one or more algorithm options and the one or more algorithm options are associated with one of one or more option categories. The method includes receiving a signal representing one or more selections. The method further includes, for the respective option categories, generating a sorted list of algorithm options based on the received selections and generating a security association proposal including one or more of the algorithm options from the respective sorted lists of algorithm options. The security association proposal is generated based on an order in the sorted list of algorithm options. The method further includes transmitting the security association proposal to the second communication device for establishing the secure communication channel.
US11743291B2
Systems and methods mark or identify network data as being of interest by modifying the network data with a tag. A tag may be an unordered set of tag elements, and each tag element may be an ordered sequence of bits. For each data segment or packet transmitted, one or more fields of a network packet may be masked with a randomly chosen tag element.
US11743285B2
Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed enabling efficient collection of forensic data from client devices, also referred to herein as endpoint devices, of a networked computer system. Embodiments described herein further enable correlating forensic data with other types of non-forensic data from other data sources. A network security application described herein further enables generating various dashboards, visualizations, and other interfaces for managing forensic data collection, and displaying information related to collected forensic data and information related to identified correlations between items of forensic data and other items of non-forensic data.
US11743264B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose systems and methods for controlled access to a website from a mobile device when the mobile device is connected with an external public or private network away from home. Certain embodiments provide for such protection and security through the use of smart and secure home router which is connected to the mobile device through a virtual private network, whether in a module form or as a standalone server.
US11743263B2
A system to control application access is disclosed. The system facilitates user interaction with a target application from a local browser in an additional secure approach. Here, an intermediate browser is communicatively coupled with the client browser to enable access of a user to the target application based on predefined levels of authorization. The system provides a way to define control profiles to control the application interaction based on administrator's needs. The user may access only a specific control profile of the target application.
US11743259B2
A method includes receiving a request from an operator pattern service to perform an operation on a computing environment and determining whether the operator pattern service has permission to perform the operation on the computing environment. The method further includes in response to determining that the operator pattern service has permission to perform the operation, providing the request to the computing environment for the operation to be performed on the computing environment.
US11743258B2
A method and an apparatus for authenticating an access are provided. When a first interface of a BRAS device does not find a user entry corresponding to a user terminal, the first interface sends an authentication request packet including terminal information of the user terminal to an AAA server. The AAA server notifies a second interface already accessed by the user terminal to delete a user entry corresponding to the user terminal when determining that the user terminal is an authenticated terminal and a roaming terminal, and sends an authentication success packet to the first interface when determining the deletion is completed, so that the first interface allows access of the user terminal and records the user entry corresponding to the user terminal in the first interface.
US11743257B2
An application-operating organization may delegate a third-party server to serve as an automated contextual authentication responder and an authorization responder. The third-party server may manage a delegated section of the organization's namespace that includes the public identities of various devices controlled by the organization. The third-party server may also dynamically generate interaction control list that is tailored to a requesting device's context based on the interaction control policies set forth by the organization. The interaction control list may include information that determines the authorization of the requesting device to interact with another device. The third-party server may also automatically determine the role of a new device to which existing policies are inapplicable and provide guided workflow for the organization to set up new interaction control policies in governing the new device. The determination of the roles of devices may be based on an iterative process using external data sources.
US11743254B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a server from a device, a request for device authentication across an unsecure network, the request including a device registration token; generating, at the server, a shared registration key utilizing the device registration token; verifying, at the server, the device registration token by comparing the device registration token to a function of the shared registration key; and producing, at the server and responsive to verifying the device registration token, a one-time activation token and sending the one-time activation token to the device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11743249B2
One example method includes contacting, by a client, a service, receiving a credential from the service, obtaining trust information from a trust broker, comparing the credential with the trust information, and either connecting to the service if the credential and trust information match, or declining to connect to the service if the credential and the trust information do not match. Other than by way of the trust information obtained from the trust broker, the client may have no way to verify whether or not the service can be trusted.
US11743248B2
A computer-implemented method includes: establishing a connection between a user device of a user and a system onboard a vehicle being driven by the user; requesting access, through the established connection, to user information on the user device; in response to a grant of access, retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the user device, the portion of user information including a digital identification document of the user that had been issued by an entity after having vetted the user, the digital identification document including a digital biometric of the user as well as a digital watermark indicating the issuing entity; and retaining, on the system onboard the vehicle, data encoding the digital identification document of the user on the vehicle such that when the vehicle is inspected by a third-party agent, the digital identification document of the user is presented to the third-party agent.
US11743247B2
Systems and methods for providing a single sign-on for authenticating a user via multiple client devices is provided. For example, the system includes a processor configured to receive a first connection request from a first client device. The processor processes the first connection request and transmits an access token to the first client. The processor can further receive a second connection request from a second client device and process the second connection request. The processor can transmit a single sign-on response to the second client device in reply to the second connection request. The second client device can be configured to communicated with and transmit the single-sign on response to the first client device for processing. The processor can receive a single sign-on verification from the first client device, process the single sign-on verification, and transmit a copy of the access token to the second client device.
US11743245B2
Systems and methods for managing a reputation score of a user based on successful and failed logins, successful and failed multifactor authentications, and profile changes is described. The method includes receiving, by a server, status information of a user event from one or more computing devices. The status information includes one or more of an indicator of a successful login, an indicator of a failed login, an indicator of a successful multifactor authentication, an indicator of a failed multifactor authentication, an indicator of a profile update, and metadata associated with the user event from the one or more computing devices. The server updates events based on a type of the status information received and storing the events in a data store and determines whether a problematic situation has occurred. A reputation score of the user is updated when the problematic situation is determined.
US11743239B2
Methods and systems for processing data of an analytical instrument for analyzing biological samples
A method for processing data of an analytical instrument for analyzing biological samples is presented. The method comprises receiving instrument data from the analytical instrument at a data processing module communicatively connected with the analytical instrument, generating metadata from the received instrument data at the data processing module, applying a first encryption to the instrument data at the data processing module, applying a second encryption to the generated metadata at the data processing module, and transmitting the encrypted metadata and encrypted instrument data to a remote server. The remote server and the data processing module are communicatively connected. The method also comprises removing the second encryption from the metadata at the remote server and forwarding the instrument data encrypted by the first encryption from the remote server to a management system of the analytical instrument.
US11743238B2
A method of providing blind vertical learning includes creating, based on assembled data, a neural network having n bottom portions and a top portion and transmitting each bottom portion of then bottom portions to a client device. The training of the neural network includes accepting a, output from each bottom portion of the neural network, joining the plurality of outputs at a fusion layer, passing the fused outputs to the top portion of the neural network, carrying out a forward propagation step at the top portion of neural network, calculating a loss value after the forward propagation step, calculating a set of gradients of the loss value with respect to server-side model parameters and passing subsets of the set of gradients to a client device. After training, the method includes combining the trained bottom portion from each client device into a combined model.
US11743212B2
In certain embodiments, document-based resolution of user inquiries may be facilitated. A predicted intent of the user is determined based on chat activity information associated with the user. A response to a user inquiry may be provided to the user via a chat interface based on the predicted intent. User response may be obtained for the response, which may indicate a failure in providing a resolution to the user (e.g., regarding a user inquiry). Upon detecting a failure in providing the resolution, a document associated with the user and matching the predicted intent may be obtained and presented to via the chat interface. The document may have content related to the predicted intent. The document may be presented as a response to the user response to seek a confirmation from the user regarding its relevance to the user inquiry.
US11743210B2
The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented apparatuses and processes that automatically populate deep-linked interfaces based n programmatically established chatbot sessions. For example, an apparatus may determine a candidate parameter value for a first parameter of an exchange of data based on received messaging information and on information characterizing prior exchanges of data between a device and the apparatus. The apparatus may also generate interface data that associates the first candidate parameter value with a corresponding interface element of a first digital interface, and may store the store interface data within a data repository. In some instances, the apparatus may transmit linking data associated with the stored interface data to the device, and an application program executed by the device may present a representation of the linking data within a second digital interface.
US11743209B2
A processor, processor implementation method, and a storage medium are disclosed, which relates to the field of artificial intelligence and deep learning. The processor includes: a system controller a data packing and unpacking module, a storage array module, and an operation module configured to perform operation processing on the acquired first packet, generate the second packet according to the operation result data, and return the second packet to the data packing and unpacking module. The storage array module comprises N1 storage units. The data packing and unpacking module comprises N2 data packing and unpacking units, each of the data packing and unpacking units is connected to the routing and switching module through a data channel. The universal operation module comprises M operation units. The activation operation module comprises P operation unit, each of the operation units is connected to the routing and switching module through a data channel.
US11743203B2
Systems, methods, and software can be used to manage resource access. In some aspect, a user interface is outputted on an electronic device. The user interface includes information for resource access and a user interface object for controlling a resource access permission. A user input associated with the user interface object is received. In response to receiving the user input, the resource access permission is changed.
US11743202B2
If a communication apparatus is to transmit data to another communication apparatus and communication via a communication unit included in the other communication apparatus is not performable, whether or not to transmit a frame for causing a transition to a state where the communication via the communication unit included in the other communication apparatus is performable is selected based on an amount of data accumulated in a transmission queue in which the data is stored.
US11743201B1
Electronic apparatus includes functional circuitry configured to respond to requests from a plurality of client devices, data storage circuitry configured as a plurality of client queues in which each respective client queue is configured to store pending requests from a respective client device, priority determination circuitry configured to assign a respective priority level to each respective client queue based at least in part on requests stored in the respective client queues, and arbiter circuitry configured to control access to the functional circuitry by the plurality of client devices. The arbiter circuitry is configured to monitor the priority level of each respective client queue, and control passage of requests from client queues to the functional circuitry based at least in part on a respective priority level assigned to each respective client queue. The priority determination circuitry includes fill level detector circuitry configured to determine a fill level of each client queue.
US11743199B2
Example embodiments of the invention as disclosed herein provide at least a method an apparatus to perform communicating, by a network device of a communication network, at least one data burst comprising at least one data block towards an access node of the communication network, wherein the communicating includes: determining, a buffer status of a buffer for communicating the at least one data block with the access node; based on the determining, setting at least one value of at least one timer for each data block of the at least one data block, wherein said at least one timer is identifying at least one given time the buffer is reserved for each data block of said at least one data block; and based on at least said at least one given time, communicating the at least one data burst with the access node, wherein the at least one value of said at least one timer is determined based on a volume of each data block.
US11743196B2
An example method can include detecting a transaction associated with an application; identifying a characteristic of the transaction; determining a priority for network traffic associated with the application, based on the identified characteristic; selecting, from a plurality of types of networks that are communicatively coupled with the user device and based on the priority for the network traffic, a network type for the network traffic; and causing the network traffic to be routed, from the user device, through a network device associated with the selected network type.
US11743194B2
A system is provided for delivering network services. The system receives an inventory of network assets and a scope of available network services. For each asset of at least a subset of the assets, the system selects importance-related ranking attributes and scannability-related ranking attributes from the available service characteristics of the asset. Based on the importance-related ranking attributes, the system determines an importance of the asset. Based on the scannability-related ranking attributes or the or a scope of available network services, the system determines a scannability of the asset. Based on the importance and scannability of the asset, the system determines a priority of the asset. Based on the priorities of the assets, the system determines a prioritized asset inventory.
US11743185B2
The construction method of NALU (Network Abstraction Layer Unit) for IPv6 label switching and its using algorithms of video encoding, QoS control, and decoding are provided. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the NALU format is composed of the NALH (Network Abstraction Layer Header) including the label and the NAL (Network Abstraction Layer) payload. Here, the label is determined based on layer information which is combination of a spatial scalable level, a temporal scalable level, and a quality scalable level of the encoded data. The decoder uses the label to decide which one of multiple decoding modules is used to decode the current NAL payload. Moreover, the label can be included in the packet header so that the MANE (Media Aware Network Element) can use the label to decide whether to forward the packet or drop it. For example, the label in the packet header can be used for QoS control of video service by using the flow label field in IPv6 packet header. The IPv6 router can identify priority of the video packet by using the 20 bit long flow label, into which the label in NALH can be inserted. According to the embodiment, the MANE assumed in the MPEG and JVT (Joint Video Team) can be implemented effectively.
US11743182B2
In general, techniques are described for a computing device including a virtual router, a pod comprising a container, and a network plugin. The virtual router includes a virtual router agent. The network plugin includes processing circuitry configured to receive, from the virtual router agent, an indication of an interface type for a virtual network for the pod and to configure, for the pod, a virtual network interface having the interface type, the virtual network interface for communicating on the virtual network.
US11743181B2
In general, the disclosure describes techniques for configuring a forwarding path of a network device. For example, a network device system includes a compiler. The compiler is configured to receive text comprising syntax elements in an arrangement that indicates a topology for a plurality of nodes. Additionally, the compiler is configured to generate, based on the text, code for instantiating the plurality of and compile the code to generate a software image. The network device system includes a network device comprising a forwarding manager configured to execute the software image to configure a forwarding path to include the corresponding forwarding path elements for each of the plurality of nodes. Additionally, the network device system includes at least one packet processor operably coupled to a memory, wherein the at least one packet processor is configured to process packets received by the forwarding unit by executing the forwarding path elements.
US11743178B2
Methods and systems are provided. A method includes managing, by a software defined network (SDN) controller, OpenFlow rules stored on an OpenFlow network device having a ternary content addressable memory (TCAM). The OpenFlow rules include unreachable OpenFlow rules and reachable OpenFlow rules. The managing step includes querying at least one OpenFlow rule from among the unreachable OpenFlow rules and the reachable OpenFlow rules on the at least one OpenFlow network device. The managing step further includes determining whether any of the OpenFlow rules are reachable or unreachable from indicia used to mark the OpenFlow rules as reachable or unreachable. The managing step also includes causing a removal of the unreachable OpenFlow rules from the OpenFlow network device.
US11743163B2
Methods for transmitting data include sending a first probing packet using a first scanning beam, selected from a set of scanning beams. Feedback about the first probing packet is determined. A second probing packet is sent using a second scanning beam, selected from the set of scanning beams based on the determined feedback about the first probing packet. Feedback about the second probing packet is determined. A data transmission beam is determined based on the set of scanning beams and the received feedback about the first probing packet and the second probing packet. Data is transmitted using an antenna that is configured according to the determined transmission beam.
US11743161B2
A system and method of accessing a container environment having one or more containers is provided. The method of the disclosure includes receiving the container network namespace assigned to the container as established in a container runtime, switching from a host container network namespace to the container network namespace of the container, opening the container network interface of the container network namespace for allowing access to packets received or transmitted by the container network interface, and accessing the packets.
US11743159B2
A method for determining timing information in an optical communication link includes transmitting a falling edge from a transceiver positioned at a near end of the optical communication link and simultaneously starting a first timer at the transceiver positioned at the near end of the link. The transmitted falling edge is received at a transceiver positioned at a far end of the link. A falling edge is transmitted from the transceiver positioned at the far end of the link after a response delay. The transmitted falling edge is received at the transceiver positioned at the near end of the link while the first timer is simultaneously terminated at the transceiver positioned at the near end of the link and the elapsed time is recorded. The total link delay is determined based on the elapsed time.
US11743157B2
Embodiments described herein relate to techniques for state export for a network device. The method may include receiving a state export request; selecting a state hierarchy walk starting location based on the state export request; initiating a state hierarchy walk beginning at the state hierarchy walk starting location; making a first determination that a state export pause condition exists; pausing the state hierarchy walk in response to the first determination; making a second determination that a state export resume condition exists; and resuming the state hierarchy walk in response to the second determination.
US11743151B2
Techniques are described in which a network management system processes network event data received from the AP devices. The NMS is configured to dynamically determine, in real-time, a minimum (MIN) threshold and a maximum (MAX) threshold for expected occurrences for each event type, wherein the MIN thresholds and MAX thresholds define ranges of expected occurrences for the network events of the corresponding event types. The NMS applies an unsupervised machine learning model to the network event data to determine predicted counts of occurrences of the network events for each of the event types and identify, based on the predicted counts of occurrences and the dynamically-determined minimum threshold values and maximum threshold values for each event type, one or more of the network events as indicative of abnormal network behavior.
US11743150B2
A method and system corrects a content delivery infrastructure. The method of the system includes receiving a request to resolve reported issues for the content delivery infrastructure, collecting content delivery metrics for the content delivery infrastructure, executes a language transformer model on the request and the content delivery metrics to generate a set of possible resolutions with confidence ratings, and implementing an automated solution based on a resolution from the set of possible resolutions, in response to the resolution having a confidence rating above a threshold.
US11743148B2
Technology for characterizing internet application performance is described. An example method may involve, analyzing client requests from a plurality of internet service providers, the client requests comprising requests to access media items and being associated with internet service provider identities; identifying a set of the client requests that are associated with a first internet service provider; determining for at least one client request of the set: a request time, a payload data quantity, and an elapsed time; calculating a transfer rate comprising an application level throughput for the at least one client request, the transfer rate being based on the payload data quantity and the elapsed time; and calculating a performance measurement of the first and second internet service providers, the performance measurements being based on the transfer rate and on a portion of the set of client requests that have a transfer rate meeting a transfer threshold.
US11743140B2
A method includes obtaining a first service experience data set of a service, where each piece of first service experience data in the first service experience data set indicates service quality of all users or a plurality of users in a network, wherein the service is executed by the users, and the service is run in the network, obtaining information about a first service quality requirement of the service, where the information about the first service quality requirement indicates a requirement on the first service experience data, and determining a second network data set of the network based on the first service experience data set, a first network data set of the network, and the information about the first service quality requirement.
US11743139B2
Operational metrics of a distributed collection of servers in a cloud environment are analyzed by a service to intelligently machine learn which operational metric is highly correlated to incidents or failures in the cloud environment. To do so, metric values of the operational metrics are analyzed over time by the service to check whether the operation metrics exceed a particular metric threshold. If so, the service also checks whether such spikes in the operation metric above the metric thresholds occurred during known cloud incidents. Statistics are calculated reflecting the number of times the operational metrics spiked during times of cloud incidents and spiked during times without cloud incidents. Correlation scores based on these statistics are calculated and used to select the correlated operational metrics that are most correlated to cloud failures.
US11743131B2
Some embodiments provide a method for performing radio access network (RAN) functions in a cloud at a user-level tracing application that executes on a machine deployed on a host computer in the cloud. The method receives data, via a RAN intelligent controller (RIC), from a RAN component. The method uses the received data to generate information related to traffic performance for at least one user. The method provides the generated information to the RIC.
US11743127B1
Provided are systems and methods for segmenting and grouping a plurality of network nodes into one or more clusters. Content may be delivered from a transmitting user node to a receiving user node based on which cluster the receiving user node resides. The grouping of the clusters may be dynamically updated in real-time based on user activity data. Such user activity data may be collected from both a transmitting user node (e.g., server) and a receiving user node (e.g., user device) to map the delivery of a relevant communication. Advantageously, a transmitting user may deliver content to other relevant users and a receiving user may receive content from other relevant users.
US11743126B2
A method for arbitrarily grouping computer system resources includes receiving a resource policy to be applied to a group of resources associated with a user. The resource policy includes a unique user-defined label assigned to each resource of the group of resources. The method also includes identifying the group of resources among a plurality of resources using the user-defined label. Here, the plurality of resources is associated with the user and distributed across a plurality of different computing environments. For each identified resource of the group of resources, the method also includes applying the resource policy to a corresponding identified resource by accessing the respective computing environment where the corresponding identified resource resides.
US11743122B1
A network change verification (NCV) system is disclosed for checking whether a proposed configuration change on a network alters the way that the network controls recently observed network flows. In embodiments, the system builds an observed flow control model (OFCM) from logs of recent flows observed in the network. The OFCM, which may be periodically updated based on newly observed flows, provides a compact representation of how individual network flows were ostensibly controlled by the network. When a proposed configuration change is received, the system analyzes the change against the OFCM to check whether the change will alter how the network controls recently observed flows. If so, the proposed change is blocked, and an alert is generated identifying flows that are affected by the change. The NCV system thus prevents network operators from accidentally making changes on the network that will materially alter the behavior of the network.
US11743119B1
A device may receive application data identifying an application to be executed by a hybrid cloud computing environment and constraint data identifying constraints associated with the hybrid cloud computing environment. The device may select objectives based on the application data and the constraint data, and may identify factors associated with the objectives. The device may correlate the factors with potential data centers, and may apply weights to the correlated factors to generate correlated factor scores. The device may identify a list of data centers based on the correlated factor scores, and may determine a reduced list of data centers. The device may apply a preference technique to the reduced list of data centers to generate a ranked list of data centers, and may determine the hybrid cloud computing environment based on the ranked list of data centers. The device may perform actions based on the hybrid cloud computing environment.
US11743114B1
A first network device may determine to transition to a maintenance mode. The first network device may transmit, to a second network device, a bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) control packet that includes an indication that the first network device is in the maintenance mode.
US11743108B1
Techniques for a network controller to manage its data path dynamically in a data network. The techniques include causing the network controller to enter a first state, wherein the first state is associated with first processing rules for processing usage data. The network controller receives first usage data from one or more network devices associated with the data network, processes the first usage data according to the first processing rules. Further, the network controller may detect an event associated with transitioning the network controller to a second state, which cause the network controller to transition from the first state into a second state, wherein the second state is associated with second processing rules for processing the usage data. Moreover, the network controller receives second usage data from the one or more network devices, and processes the second usage data according to the second processing rules.
US11743107B2
In one embodiment, a zone resiliency application indicates that an authoritative name server is in a degraded state. In operation, the zone resiliency application determines that the authoritative name server is in a degraded state. The zone resiliency application then generates a status record that indicates the degraded state. Subsequently, the zone resiliency application associates the status record with a domain name service (DNS) response to a DNS query. The zone resiliency application then transmits the DNS response and the associated status record to a requester.
US11743097B2
A method for processing state information updates. The method includes receiving, by a coordination point, a plurality of state information from a plurality of network elements; processing at least one of the plurality of state information to generate a result; and applying the result to at least one of the plurality of network elements in order to modify an operation of the at least one of the plurality of network elements.
US11743095B2
A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme.
US11743088B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a base station used for Unlicensed Spectrum. The base station first transmits K1 radio signals in a reference time window and then receives K1 HARQ feedbacks, and performs Q1 energy detections respectively in Q1 time sub-pools on a first frequency sub-band; the K1 HARQ feedbacks are respectively used for determining whether the K1 radio signals are correctly received; a first radio signal is a radio signal of the K1 radio signals, the first radio signal carries part of bits comprised by a first bit block; a first HARQ feedback is used for determining whether the first radio signal is correctly received, HARQ feedback(s) other than the first HARQ feedback among the K1 HARQ feedbacks is(are) used for determining the Q1 time sub-pools. The present disclosure increases the chance of access to Unlicensed Spectrum and the utilization ratio of spectrum resources.
US11743086B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a resource allocation indicating a plurality of transmission tones comprising a subset of data tones of a plurality of data tones and a subset of peak reduction tones (PRTs) of a plurality of PRTs, wherein the resource allocation indicates a plurality of data tone locations and a plurality of PRT locations within a particular bandwidth, wherein a subset of PRT locations of the plurality of PRT locations are arranged relative to a subset of data tone locations of the plurality of data tone locations according to a PRT sequence corresponding to a set of allocated frequency resources; and transmit a data transmission using a waveform based at least in part on the resource allocation. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11743061B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A policy control function may determine a policy and charging control rule comprising one or more Ethernet source MAC addresses and a quality of service policy. The policy control function may send the policy and charging control rule to a session management function to provide an Ethernet PDU session for a wireless device.
US11743060B2
An electronic device and a power control method of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device may include: a communication circuit including a first circuit configured to perform first communication and a second circuit configured to perform second communication; a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit; and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein, the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: controlling the first circuit to operate according to a first power control mode associated with the first communication, and controlling the second circuit to operate according to a second power control mode associated with the second communication when the first communication and the second communication are concurrently performed through the first circuit and the second circuit; identifying a first sleep period during which the first circuit operates in a sleep mode according to the first power control mode, and a second sleep period during which the second circuit operates in the sleep mode according to the second power control mode; and controlling the communication circuit to operate in a deep sleep mode in which the communication circuit operates with power that is less than or equal to a predetermined power in a period where the first sleep period and the second sleep period coincide.
US11743042B2
A system and techniques are described herein for providing authentication. The technique includes registering user authentication data such as biometrics data with a communication device. The authentication data is linked to an account or service provider, and is used to verify the identity of the user when accessing the account. The communication device may obtain a public/private key pair, for which the pubic key may be stored on a secure remote server. When the user attempts to access the account or service provider, the user may provide the authentication data to authenticate the user to the communication device. Thereafter, the communication device may sign an authentication indicator using the private key and send the authentication indicator to the secure remote server. Upon verification of the signature using the public key, the secure remote server may grant access to the user, for example, by releasing a token.
US11743040B2
A vault encryption abstraction framework computing system provides interface functionality to facilitate integration of client applications with vaulting solutions. The vault encryption abstraction framework manages custom authentication and authorization using the vaulting solution application for one or more client applications such as by periodically rotating or renewing any authentication tokens. The vault encryption abstraction framework includes a scheduler to manage timing requirements and to configure the client application to the schedule by setting the renewed token value to an API endpoint (e.g., a function return) and/or a configuration file for access by one or more client applications. This event triggers the client application to update to the latest token value. The vault encryption abstraction framework then triggers the vaulting solution to create and return the new key. The new key is then returned to the client application. A history of the key generation messages and subsequent status is saved in a data log.
US11743036B2
A method for establishing a shared key, includes: determining, by a first device, a braid group Bn having an index n as a public key; selecting, by the first device, a plurality of elements from the braid group Bn to generate a subgroup P, and selecting an element x from the subgroup P as a private key; receiving, by the first device, {y−1σ1y,y−1σ2y, . . . , y−1σn−1y} sent from a second device; sending, by the first device, {x−1σ1x,x−1σ2x, . . . , x−1σn−1x} calculated according to the first private key and each element of the public key, to the second device, to allow the second device to replace all occurrences of σk in the second private key y with x−σkx to obtain fy(x−1σ1x,x−1σ2x, . . . , x−1σn−1x)=x−1yx and to obtain the shared key x−1y−1xy by calculation; and replacing all σk in the first private key of the first device with y−1σky to obtain fx(y−1σ1yy−1σ2y, . . . , y−1σn−1y)=y−1xy, and calculating to obtain the shared key x−1y−1xy.
US11743035B2
This application describes methods, mediums, and systems for verifying a device for use in a messaging system. Using the device verification procedures described, a messaging system can securely authorize new devices to send and receive encrypted messages on behalf of a user, preferably without the need to share a private encryption key between the users' different devices. The application describes several techniques that can be used to provide such a system, including distributing a computer-perceptible code that encodes encryption information between a secondary device and a primary device. This allows the information to be distributed without intervention by a server. Other techniques provide unique ways to build and reverify authorized device lists, distribute encryption keys in chat channels, ensure that lists of authorized devices are distributed in the correct order and remain valid for an appropriate amount of time, add new devices to an ongoing or new conversation, and more.
US11743030B2
Systems and methods that may implement an Oracle-aided protocol for producing and using FHE encrypted data. The systems and methods may initially encrypt and store input data in one encrypted form that is not performed using FHE, which does not substantially increase the size of the data and storage resources required to store the encrypted data. In accordance with the Oracle-aided protocol, the encrypted data is re-encrypted as FHE encrypted data when FHE encrypted data is required.
US11743025B1
A method of an optical sensor device includes: using an oscillator circuit to generate a clock signal; and generating monitoring frames according to the clock signal; wherein the clock signal is calibrated in response to at least one of: a first communication signal, transmitted for multiple times from a monitoring system externally coupled to the optical sensor device, is received by the optical sensor device; a data length of the first communication signal transmitted for only one time from the monitoring system externally coupled to the optical sensor device; and, a data length of an encoded data portion of the first communication signal transmitted for only one time.
US11743021B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration for a channel measurement (CM) process indicating at least one channel measurement resource (CMR) associated with quasi co-location (QCL) information, wherein the QCL information corresponds to a transmit (Tx) beam of the base station associated with a receive (Rx) beam of the UE; receive a configuration for an interference measurement (IM) process indicating at least one interference measurement resource (IMR) associated with a UE beam pair comprising the Rx beam of the UE and a Tx beam of the UE; perform a self-interference measurement (SIM), wherein the SIM procedure is based at least in part on the CM process and the IM process; and transmit, to the base station, a measurement report based at least in part on the SIM procedure. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11743012B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving reference signal in wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving a reference signal in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A method of receiving a tracking reference signal (TRS) by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: receiving, from a network, at least one of first offset information related to at least one burst of the TRS, or second offset information related to the at least one burst; and receiving, from the network, the TRS in the at least one burst, wherein the first offset information is related to a first burst of the at least one burst, wherein, based on the second offset information being absent, a number of the at least one burst is one, and wherein, based on the second offset information being present, the second offset information indicates an offset between the first burst and a second burst.
US11743007B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a method for receiving, by a terminal, a positioning reference signal (PRS) in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises the steps of: receiving information related to a PRS search window for receiving a first PRS; receiving a plurality of first PRSs from a plurality of base stations on the basis of the first PRS search window; determining at least one second PRS search window on the basis of the plurality of first PRSs and the first PRS search window; and receiving a plurality of second PRSs from at least some of the base stations on the basis of the at least one second PRS search window.
US11743004B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station (BS), information identifying a quantity of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequences supported per antenna panel of the BS. The UE may transmit a DMRS communication having one or more DMRS sequences configured based at least in part on the quantity of DMRS sequences supported per antenna panel and scrambled using an extended DMRS scrambling identifier that is based at least in part on a physical random access channel preamble. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11743002B2
A transmission apparatus includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter transmits a Trigger Frame for allocating resources for Uplink Multi User (UL MU) transmission, the Trigger Frame comprising a common information field that includes a type subfield indicating one of a plurality of trigger types, wherein the plurality of trigger types includes a first trigger type, a second trigger type and a third trigger type, the first trigger type indicating a basic trigger, the second trigger type indicating multi-user block ack request, and the third trigger type indicating a specific trigger used for soliciting a specific type of UL MU response frame from a plurality of terminal stations. The receiver, responsive to the type subfield indicating the third trigger type, receives the specific type of UL MU response frame from the plurality of terminal station.
US11742989B2
A wireless device receives, from a base station, at least one first message comprising a first periodicity of resources of a configured periodic grant of a first type. A request for transmission information associated with the configured periodic grant is received. A response is transmitted. The response comprises: a first value based on a number of transmissions via the resources the configured periodic grant; and a second value based on a number of times that the wireless device received no corresponding acknowledgement from the base station in response to the transmissions.
US11742981B2
The present invention discloses a method of transmitting uplink control information by a user equipment in a wireless communication system and device for supporting the same. Specifically, the present invention discloses a method by which a user equipment maps uplink control information to a physical uplink shared channel when the user equipment intends to transmit the uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel and transmission operation for the uplink control information based on the same.
US11742979B2
A method is provided for transmission rate adaptation of one or more data units, the method including: receiving, by an adapter, the adapter including an adaptation circuitry, a plurality of data units according to a first transmission rate and at least one delay character separating two consecutive data units; and transmitting, by the adapter, each of the plurality of data units received according to a second transmission rate, wherein the second transmission rate is determined based on the at least one delay character received.
US11742976B2
Device cost and electric power consumption are reduced. Nodes 11a to 11d as optical add/drop multiplexers each include cAWGs 24a and 24b that include a plurality of first side ports and a plurality of second side ports connected between light transmission paths as optical fibers 12 and 13 and transponders 25a to 25n and in which a first optical signal input-output channel interval of each port is a plurality of times larger than a second optical signal input-output channel interval of ports of the transponders 25a to 25n and optical signals of a plurality of different wavelengths from one or a plurality of transponders 25a to 25n or the light transmission paths can pass through a first channel. The cAWGs 24a and 24b cause the optical signals from the transponders 25a to 25n to pass through the first side ports, and then cyclically outputs and transmits the optical signals through the plurality of second side ports in a predetermined order to the light transmission paths. The optical signals transmitted through the light transmission paths are caused to pass through the second side ports and then output from the plurality of first side ports in a predetermined order to the transponders 25a to 25n.
US11742972B2
In a method of guaranteeing a jitter upper bound for a network without time-synchronization, which guarantees a jitter upper bound for a flow that is transmitted from a source to a destination through a network, the network guarantees a latency upper bound of the flow, a buffer located between the network and the destination holds a packet of the flow for a predetermined buffer holding interval and then outputs, and the jitter upper bound is set to an arbitrary value including 0 (zero).
US11742968B2
A configuration to configure a first wireless device to detect clutter echo in order to improve a configuration for SIM. The apparatus receives a SIM configuration having one or more parameters specific to clutter echo detection. The apparatus performs SIM for the clutter echo detection based on the SIM configuration. The apparatus reports one or more beams having a largest self-interference RSRP due to clutter echo.
US11742965B2
The present disclosure is directed to 3-D visualization of wireless signal propagation representing wireless signal strength and interference in 3-D space. The present technology can identify a plurality of access points (APs) in the 3-D space, determine a wireless signal strength for each of the plurality of APs, and determine an interference with the wireless signal strength of each of the plurality of APs, wherein the interference is caused by a neighboring AP of the plurality of APs in the 3-D space. The present technology can further present a 3-D visualization of a wireless signal propagation pattern representing the wireless signal strength from each of the plurality of APs in the 3-D space and the interference from the neighboring AP.
US11742964B2
Various embodiments employ multiple readers and tags in fixed locations in different geographical areas and/or along different storage units. This allows for more granular or precise location sensing. Particular embodiments employ multiple environment tags in various geographical locations and within multiple storage units. Using this new infrastructure setup, some embodiments can perform new functionality by predicting whether a target asset is in a particular geographical location, predict whether the asset is within a particular storage unit based on the proportion of readers mapped to that shelf which are actually reading the tag on the asset, and/or can predict where an asset's exact location in the located storage unit is based on comparing indications of signal strength values between each reader and tag in the storage unit with other indications of signal strength values between each reader and the tag that is attached to the asset.
US11742963B2
In some implementations, a network monitoring device may obtain communication information associated with data communication between the network station and a user equipment (UE). The network monitoring device may compute a location of the UE in an environment based on the communication information. The network monitoring device may determine a measure of quality associated with a coverage provided to the UE based on the location of the UE. The network monitoring device may provide, to the network station, real-time feedback information associated with adjusting one or more network parameters when the measure of quality associated with the coverage fails to satisfy a threshold quality level.
US11742961B2
Among network devices for use within a wireless communication network, a transmitting network device is configured to transmit to a receiving network device via a control channel one or more control signals for configuring the receiving network device for a characterization of at least one of the transmitting network device and the receiving network device and/or for a characterization of one or more communication channels between the transmitting network device and the receiving network device.
US11742953B2
An apparatus includes a first antenna, a tunable optical carrier source, a second antenna, and a delay generation module coupled to the first antenna and the tunable optical carrier source. The apparatus also includes a fixed wavelength optical carrier source, an optical carrier generation module coupled to the fixed wavelength optical carrier source, and a local oscillator generation module. The apparatus further includes a correlative kernel generation and integration module coupled to the delay generation module and the local oscillator generation module and an optoelectronic conversion module coupled to the correlative kernel generation and integration module.
US11742944B1
Techniques for maintaining equipment of a PON include determining a current optical profile for each segment of a plurality of segments of a PON, and detecting that the current optical profile of a particular segment is outside of a designated operating range. Based on the detection, drifts over time of the optical profile of the segment and of optical profiles of one or more other segments that share respective common endpoints with the segment are determined and compared, and based on the comparison, a component of the PON (e.g., an endpoint or an optical fiber) is identified as requiring maintenance. Each segment's optical profile corresponds to characteristics of optical signals delivered over the segment (e.g., attenuation, changes in frequencies, changes in power outputs, etc.), and current optical profiles of the PON's segments may be repeatedly updated over time to continuously monitor for components that need maintenance.
US11742943B2
A system and method for performing an in-service optical time domain reflectometry test, an in-service insertion loss test, and an in-service optical frequency domain reflectometry test using a same wavelength as the network communications for point-to-point or point-to-multipoint optical fiber networks while maintaining continuity of network communications are disclosed.
US11742933B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling an antenna during communication with a satellite using satellite measurement data from multiple data sources. The satellite measurement data may include real-time positioning information derived from output of an onboard component of the satellite and/or received from a plurality of disparate data sources during a communication window between the satellite and the antenna. The satellite measurement data may be provided to an orbit determination (OD) service and used to generate updated ODs for the satellite during the communication window. The antenna may be controlled to adjust pointing angles during the communication window based on the updated ODs.
US11742928B2
A method of operating a communication device includes: sweeping a plurality of first reception beams; measuring reference signals, received from another communication device, based on the plurality of first reception beams; estimating a downlink channel gain based on the measured reference signals and reception array response information corresponding to reception antenna characteristics of the communication device; generating a downlink channel related matrix based on the downlink channel gain and the reception array response information; determining a second reception beam based on the downlink channel related matrix; determining a transmission beam based on at least one of the downlink channel gain, the downlink channel related matrix, and the second reception beam; and performing communication with the other communication device using the second reception beam and the transmission beam.
US11742925B2
Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a BS includes: receiving a first measurement report indicating information about at least first and second wide beams in a set of wide beams for a beam selection, the first measurement report generated based on measurement of a first set of child narrow beams of the first wide beam; determining whether a condition is detected for requesting measurement of a second set of child narrow beams of a second wide beam in the set of wide beams; determining to request the UE to measure the second set of child narrow beams of the second wide beam and; selecting a child narrow beam for use from one of the first set of child narrow beams and the second set of child narrow beams; and selecting the child narrow beam for use from the first set of child narrow beams.
US11742912B2
A transmission method includes generating a first precoded signal and a second precoded signal by performing a precoding process on a first baseband signal and a second baseband signal, outputting a third signal by inserting a pilot signal into the first precoded signal, outputting a fourth signal by applying a first phase change to the second precoded signal, outputting a fifth signal by inserting a pilot signal into the fourth signal, and outputting a sixth signal by applying a second phase change to the fifth signal.
US11742909B2
Methods, systems and devices for reciprocal geometric precoding are described. One example method includes determining, by a network device, an uplink channel state using reference signal transmissions received from multiple user devices, and generating a precoded transmission waveform for transmission to one or more of the multiple user devices by applying a precoding scheme that is based on the uplink channel state, wherein the uplink channel state completely defines the precoding scheme. In some embodiments, the reference signal transmissions and the precoded transmission waveform are multiplexed using either time-domain multiplexing or frequency-domain multiplexing.
US11742907B2
In one embodiment, a method includes sending SRS received from a plurality of UEs associated with the base station to a DU associated with the base station, receiving information regarding a subset of the plurality of UEs selected for downlink data transmissions for an RBG, multi-user data to be transmitted to UEs in the subset, and identities of selected beams among a plurality of pre-determined beams to be associated with the UEs in the subset from the DU, where each of the plurality of pre-determined beams corresponds to a DFT vector, computing a precoding matrix for the RBG based on IDFT vectors corresponding to the selected beams, preparing pre-coded multi-user data by applying the precoding matrix to the multi-user data, and transmitting the pre-coded multi-user data to the UEs in the subset for the RBG using MIMO technologies.
US11742905B2
A method and apparatus of transmitting in a wireless communication system is provided. A transmitter generates a group management frame including a group information and position information and a data frame including a group control information having a group identifier for each of a plurality of groups. The group information indicates whether the receiver is a member of each of the plurality of groups. The position information indicates a position of at least one stream corresponding to at least one group of which the receiver is a member.
US11742903B2
A communication apparatus includes a receiver and a decoder. The receiver includes a plurality of antenna elements and, in operation, receives from a base station apparatus a modulated signal mapped to one of a plurality of subframes defined in a frame corresponding to a communicable range to which the communication apparatus belongs. The plurality of subframes are defined by time-division, frequency-division, or time-and-frequency division of the frame. A maximum number of modulated signals that can be simultaneously transmitted in a subframe from the base station apparatus varies depending on the communicable range. The decoder, in operation, decodes the received modulated signal.
US11742896B2
A wireless power transmitter including a power converter configured to transfer a wireless power to a wireless power receiver; and a communicator/controller configured to control the wireless power, wherein the wireless power transmitter is configured to transmit, to the wireless power receiver, a bit pattern requesting permission to communicate; receive, from the wireless power receiver, a response packet granting the permission in response to the bit pattern; transmit, to the wireless power receiver, a first auxiliary data transport (ADT) data packet after receiving the response packet; receive, from the wireless power receiver, a not acknowledge (NAK) in response to the first ADT data packet; and transmit, to the wireless power receiver, a second ADT data packet after receiving the NAK, wherein a value of a header for the first ADT data packet is same as a value of a header for the second ADT data packet.
US11742892B2
Circuits and methods for performing a clock and data recovery are disclosed. In one example, a circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes an FSM. The FSM includes: a first accumulator, a second accumulator, and a third accumulator. The first accumulator is configured to receive an input phase code representing a phase timing difference between a data signal and a clock signal at each FSM cycle, to accumulate input phase codes for different FSM cycles, and to generate a first order phase code at each FSM cycle. The second accumulator is coupled to the first accumulator and configured to accumulate the input phase codes and first order phase codes for different FSM cycles, and to generate a second order phase code at each FSM cycle. The third accumulator is coupled to the second accumulator and configured to accumulate the input phase codes and second order phase codes for different FSM cycles, and to generate a third order phase code at each FSM cycle.
US11742879B2
A machine-learning (ML) error-correcting code (ECC) controller may include a hard-decision (HD) ECC decoder optimized for high-speed data throughput, a soft-decision (SD) ECC decoder optimized for high-correctability data throughput, and a machine-learning equalizer (MLE) configured to variably select one of the HD ECC decoder or the SD ECC decoder for data throughput. An embodiment of the ML ECC controller may provide speed-optimized HD throughput based on a linear ECC. The linear ECC may be a soft Hamming permutation code (SHPC).
US11742876B2
According to one embodiment, an interleaving unit divides a symbol string into first and second symbols. A first coding unit converts the first symbols to first codewords. A first packet generating unit generates first packets including the first codewords. A first request generating unit generates first packet requests including sizes of variable length packets. A second coding unit converts the second symbols to second codewords. A second packet generating unit generates second packets including the second codewords. A second request generating unit generates second packet requests including sizes of variable length packets. A multiplexer outputs a compressed stream including the first and second variable length packets cut out from the first and second packets.
US11742870B2
A digital signal generation assumes that a base frequency (the frequency with which the primitive phase angles are specified relative to) is equal to the carrier frequency for all relevant times. But this causes errors in the digital signals output to each array element transducer. Thus, it is necessary for the development of a signal generation system that is capable of producing a digital signal using the free selection of amplitude and phase. This is used to produce a substantially error-free signal that preserves the amplitude and phase relative to a constant base frequency while allowing the carrier frequency to vary.
US11742868B1
A time to digital circuit may provide a time measurement of an event, or a time measurement of a duration between multiple events. Various electronic devices may include one or more time to digital circuits. A time to digital circuit may include circuitry to use Thermometer Code for measuring the duration of the time. For example, the time to digital circuit may generate alternating signals using a ring oscillator when receiving an indication of an event. Moreover, the time to digital circuit may convert the alternating signals to a consistent signal with only one transition between high and low signals in multiple consecutive signals. Furthermore, the time to digital circuit may correct erroneous signal values of the consistent signals when multiple transitions between high and low signals in multiple consecutive signals occurs.
US11742863B2
The technology of this application relates to a phase-locked loop circuit that includes a phase frequency detector, a first voltage control module, a second voltage control module, a third voltage control module, a voltage-controlled oscillator, and a frequency divider. A first output end of the phase frequency detector is connected to a first input end of the first voltage control module and a first input end of the second voltage control module, a second output end of the phase frequency detector is connected to a second input end of the first voltage control module and a second input end of the second voltage control module, an output end of the first voltage control module.
US11742857B2
A level shifter circuit shifts a digital signal between first and second voltage levels. For a LOW to HIGH transition, an output PMOS transistor is switched on using a first NMOS transistor activated by the digital signal at the first voltage level while a second NMOS transistor is switched off to uncouple the output PMOS transistor from ground, and a third NMOS transistor is switched off to uncouple a current mirror circuit from ground. For a HIGH to LOW transition, the output PMOS transistor is switched off and a fourth NMOS transistor is switched on using an output of the current mirror circuit. The second NMOS transistor is switched on using an inverted version of the digital signal, and the current in the current mirror circuit is turned off with a fifth NMOS transistor when the drain of the output PMOS transistor approaches the voltage level of ground.
US11742852B2
A self-powered wireless switch includes at least one micro generator and a control panel for transmitting wireless control signals, the micro generator including a magnet assembly and a coil assembly being moved relatively to one another to generate an induced current within the coil assembly; the coil assembly including an iron core and a wire winding around the outside of the iron core to form a magnetic coil; the magnet assembly including a permanent magnet and magnet conductive plates arranged at two sides of the opposite magnetic poles of the permanent magnet. The self-powered wireless switch enables the magnetic assembly and the coil assembly to move relatively to one another and converts the mechanical energy to electricity, thereby achieving self-power generation and providing electricity to the control panel for transmission of wireless control signals.
US11742849B2
Disclosed herein is a hybrid resonant capacitor circuit including a first capacitor configured to discharge resonant current to interrupt a load current to a switch in parallel with the hybrid resonant capacitor circuit, a second capacitor coupled in parallel with the first capacitor, wherein the second capacitor is configured to transfer energy stored in the second capacitor to the first capacitor after discharge of the resonant current from the first capacitor, and a current limiter coupled in series with the second capacitor. A static transfer switch including a thyristor switch and the hybrid resonant capacitor circuit is also disclosed herein, as is a method for facilitating multiple consecutive voltage source transfers between a first voltage source and a second voltage source powering a load, using the hybrid resonant capacitor circuit.
US11742848B1
Circuits and methods for transmitting high-voltage (HV) static and/or switching signals via a high-voltage (HV) transmission gate controllable via low-voltage (LV) logic are presented. The HV gate includes a biasing circuit for generating a biasing voltage to gates of two series-connected HV transistors. According to one aspect, the biasing voltage is generated through a pull-up device coupled to a HV supply having a voltage level higher than a high voltage of a signal to be transmitted. According to another aspect, the biasing voltage is generated through a LV supply coupled to a diode, and a capacitor coupled between the gates and the sources of the HV transistors. When the gate is activated, the combination of the LV supply coupled to the diode and the capacitor generates a biasing voltage based on a sum of a voltage of the LV supply and an instantaneous voltage level of the signal being transmitted.
US11742844B2
A comparator receives a target voltage and a reference voltage at its inverting and non-inverting input terminals, and outputs a signal corresponding to the level relationship between those voltages A node provided on the output side of the comparator is fed with a signal equivalent to the output signal of the comparator. Between the node and the non-inverting input terminal of the comparator, a capacitor is inserted.
US11742842B2
A multi-phase clock generator is provided in the application. The multi-phase clock generator includes a first oscillator circuit and a second oscillator circuit. The first oscillator circuit includes a plurality of first delay circuits. The first oscillator circuit receives the first number of multi-phase input clock signals and outputs the second number of first output clock signals, wherein the second number is larger than the first number. The second oscillator circuit is coupled to the first oscillator circuit. The second oscillator circuit includes a plurality of second delay circuits. The second oscillator circuit receives the second number of first output clock signals and outputs the second number of second output clock signals. The number of second delay circuits is less than the number of first delay circuits.
US11742837B2
This disclosure provides a voltage controlled oscillator and a control method thereof, a P2P interface circuit, an electronic device, and relates to the field of voltage controlled oscillation technology. The voltage controlled oscillator includes N stages of delay units, and the delay unit of each stage includes: a first inverter, a second inverter, a third inverter, and a fourth inverter; both the second inverter and the third inverter are electrically connected to a frequency control terminal, and whether to activate the second inverter and the third inverter is controlled by the frequency control terminal.
US11742826B2
Guided Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices with improved quartz orientations are disclosed. A guided SAW device includes a quartz carrier substrate, a piezoelectric layer on a surface of the quartz carrier substrate, and at least one interdigitated transducer on a surface of the piezoelectric layer opposite the quartz carrier substrate. The quartz carrier substrate includes an orientation that provides improved performance parameters for the SAW device, including electromechanical coupling factor, resonator quality factor, temperature coefficient of frequency, and delta temperature coefficient of frequency.
US11742819B1
Apparatus and methods are provided for coupling RF signals. A lattice coupler design incorporating a pair of shunt inductors provides (i) a virtual ground for biasing and (ii) improved performance characteristics, in both splitter and combiner configurations. Magnetic coupling between the shunt inductors can be selected to maintain improved performance characteristics over a wide bandwidth, while retaining compactness and high efficiency. A design procedure, variations, and results are disclosed.
US11742816B2
An acoustic wave device includes: a substrate; a lower electrode, an air gap being interposed between the lower electrode and the substrate; a piezoelectric film located on the lower electrode; and an upper electrode located on the piezoelectric film such that a resonance region where at least a part of the piezoelectric film is interposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode is formed and the resonance region overlaps with the air gap in plan view, wherein a surface facing the substrate across the air gap of the lower electrode in a center region of the resonance region is positioned lower than a surface closer to the piezoelectric film of the substrate in an outside of the air gap in plan view.
US11742811B2
An integrated circuit (IC) includes first, second, third, and fourth transistors, first and second current source devices, and a trim circuit. The first transistor has a first control input and a first current terminal. The second transistor has a second control input and a second current terminal. The third transistor had a third control input and third and fourth current terminals. The fourth transistor has a fourth control input and fifth and sixth current terminals. The first current source is coupled between a first power supply node and the third current terminal. The second current source is coupled between the first supply node and the fifth current terminal. The trim circuit is coupled between the fourth current terminal and a second power supply node, and is coupled between the sixth current terminal and the second power supply node. The trim circuit includes a resistive digital-to-analog converter (RDAC) circuit.
US11742807B1
Disclosed is a dual-band coupling low-noise amplifying circuit and an amplifier, which comprises an input frequency dividing circuit, a high-frequency amplifying circuit, a low-frequency amplifying circuit and an output combining circuit. The input frequency dividing circuit includes a first duplexer, a first capacitor and a second capacitor, and the output combining circuit includes a second duplexer, a third capacitor and a fourth capacitor. The input frequency dividing circuit divides the received radio frequency signals into high-frequency signals and low-frequency signals, then inputs the high-frequency signals into the high-frequency amplifying circuit for power amplification, and inputs the low-frequency signals into the low-frequency amplifying circuit for power amplification, and outputs the high-frequency signals and the low-frequency signals after power amplification through the output combining circuit.
US11742798B2
An oscillation device and an electronic device are provided. The oscillation device is applied to the electronic device. The electronic device includes a fan. The oscillation device includes a detection module, an oscillation module, a variable capacitance module, and a control module. The control module is electrically coupled with the detection module, the variable capacitance module, and the oscillation module. The control module is configured to determine a capacitance adjustment parameter according to a preset correspondence, and a temperature of the electronic device and/or a rotational speed of the fan, where the preset correspondence includes a correspondence between capacitance adjustment parameters and temperatures of the electronic device and/or rotational speeds of the fan. The control module is configured to adjust a capacitance of the variable capacitance module according to the capacitance adjustment parameter.
US11742797B2
A system for evaluating a power electronics module, such as a photovoltaic (PV) module or an energy-storage system (ESS) module, is provided. The power electronics module may form a component of a multiport autonomous reconfigurable solar (MARS) power plant, which may include a plurality of phase-legs each including an upper arm and the lower arm.
US11742782B2
A method for operating a permanent magnet synchronous motor comprises setting a maximum power, determining a current vector and an output voltage vector in the dq coordinate system. A setpoint amount for a setpoint voltage vector is calculated on the basis of the maximum power, the current vector and the output voltage vector. The setpoint voltage vector is generated with the setpoint amount, and then operating the permanent magnet synchronous motor at least with the setpoint voltage vector.
US11742775B2
A power conversion device converts power between a direct-current (DC) circuit and an alternating-current (AC) circuit. The power conversion device includes a power converter circuit which includes a plurality of unit converters connected in series, and a controller. The unit converter includes one or more switching elements and a capacitor. The controller transmits, to the unit converter through a first transmission medium, information on a switching command for the unit converter. The unit converter transmits, to the controller through a second transmission medium, information on at least one condition of the unit converter. The first transmission medium is an optical fiber, and the second transmission medium is a wireless communication channel.
US11742771B2
A portable power source. The portable power source includes a housing, a first battery pack support configured to receive a first removable and rechargeable battery pack, a second battery pack support configured to receive a second removable and rechargeable battery pack, an inverter within the housing, and an alternating current power outlet. The inverter is configured to receive output power from the first removable and rechargeable battery pack and the second removable and rechargeable battery pack. The inverter is configured to produce an alternating current power output. The alternating current power outlet is configured to receive the alternating current power output from the inverter. The inverter is configured to be disabled when the first removable and rechargeable battery pack is received in the first battery pack support and the second removable and rechargeable battery pack is not received in the second battery pack support.
US11742768B2
A half bridge switching cell includes two primary switching elements and a transformer with primary and secondary windings. Synchronized rectifiers correspond to the primary switching elements such that each of the synchronized rectifiers conducts when the corresponding primary switching element is not conducting. Each secondary winding is connected to one of the synchronous rectifiers and to a common connection and controlled current source. The primary switching elements conduct during offset times separated by a dead time. A magnetizing current flows through the secondary windings and synchronous rectifiers during the dead time. The magnetizing current flows into the primary winding when each of the synchronous rectifiers is turned off after the dead time, discharging a parasitic capacitance across the one of the primary switching elements when the corresponding synchronous rectifier is turned off, thereby creating a zero voltage switching condition at turn on for the primary switching elements.
US11742764B2
A resonant power converter includes a capacitive divider circuit, a coupled inductor, and N switching stages, where N is an integer greater than two. The coupled inductor includes N windings, and total leakage inductance of the coupled inductor and equivalent capacitance of the capacitive divider circuit collectively form a resonant tank circuit of the resonant power converter. Each switching stage is electrically coupled between a respective one of the N windings of the coupled inductor and the capacitive divider circuit. The capacitive divider circuit may include one or more resonant capacitors.
US11742761B2
A voltage regulator having a multi-level, multi-phase architecture is disclosed. The circuit includes a two-level buck converter and an N-level buck converter each coupled to an output node, wherein N is an integer value of three or more. During operation, the two-level buck converter provides one of two possible voltages to a first inductor. The N-level buck converter provides, during operation, one of N voltages to a second inductor. The first and second inductors each convert respectively received voltages to currents, which are provided to a common output node. A control circuit controls the activation of transistors in each of the two-level and N-level buck converters in such a manner as to cause the voltage on the output node to be maintained at a desired level.
US11742753B2
An electronic device including a voltage divider adaptively changing a voltage division ratio is provided. The electronic device comprises a rechargeable battery; a connector configured to connected the electronic device with an external electronic device; a voltage divider comprising a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of switches for switching an electrical path between each of the plurality of capacitors and the rechargeable battery, wherein the voltage divider is configured to provide three or more voltage division ratios; and a processor operably coupled with the voltage divider and the connector, wherein the processor is configured to: receive an indicator indicating a first voltage of a first power from the external electronic device; select a voltage division ratio from the three or more division ratios, based at least in part on the indicator; and control the plurality of switches on the basis of the selected voltage division ratio, and wherein the voltage divider is configured to: charge a rechargeable battery with a second voltage by dividing the first voltage according to the selected voltage division ratio.
US11742745B2
A method for operating an inverter includes applying, via a switching unit of the inverter, an AC voltage to a phase line in which a filter inductor is arranged, determining a coil current (iL) of the filter inductor and determining a coil voltage (uL) of the filter inductor, determining a first value (L(Ix)) of the filter inductor for a first value of the coil current (Ix), determining an inductance profile of the filter inductor with respect to the coil current, using the determined first value of the filter inductance and optionally using the at least one determined further value of the filter inductance, and controlling the switching unit of the inverter, via a control unit, to generate an alternating current in the phase line. At least one parameter of the control process is continuously adapted to the momentary coil current according to the determined current-dependent inductance profile.
US11742738B2
An embodiment of a linear electric machine includes two or more phases that define a central bore, and alternating permanent magnets that are disposed within the central bore and are free to move relative the windings. An embodiment of a method for selectively powering the windings is disclosed that enables the machine to realize a commanded force, or to determine the force present by using the current within the windings and the alignment of the magnets relative to the windings.
US11742736B2
A 2-phase bipolar step motor has a rotor and a stator, the rotor having a plurality of equally spaced rotor poles of alternating north and south magnetic polarities, and the stator having at least eight stator poles extending radially from a stator yoke and terminating in pole shoes interacting radially across an air gap with the rotor poles to cause the rotor to rotate step-by-step when windings around the stator poles are driven by a succession of energized states of the stator. The stator poles divided into four equal groups having a specified drive phase A or B, adjacent poles of a group having alternating drive polarities of the same drive phase A and Ā, or B and B. Adjacent poles in the same group are separated by a center-to-center angle one-half of the rotor tooth pitch or up to 20% larger. Adjacent poles of different groups have a larger separation than that between poles of the same group.
US11742728B2
An electric pump is provided. The electric pump includes a PCB board, where the PCB board is formed with a power input port. The electric pump further includes a common mode filter, where the common-mode filter includes a common mode inductor, and the common mode inductor is arranged close to the power input port; and in a direction perpendicular to a plane on which the PCB is located, no wiring is provided at the common mode inductor corresponding to a wiring film layer in the PCB.
US11742727B2
Disclosed is a method for determining a rotor temperature value TRot for an electric machine, such as an electric motor. In one example, the method includes calculating a support value Pcu2_Trot using a rotor temperature value Trot that is determined with a temperature model and a motor current value Isdq. An auxiliary value Pcu2_Ref can be determined using a motor torque Trq and a motor slip value ωslip. The support value Pcu2_Trot can be linked with the auxiliary value Pcu2_Ref in order to obtain a corrected rotor temperature value DeltaTrot. Furthermore, the temperature model can be modified using the corrected rotor temperature value DeltaTrot in order to obtain a corrected temperature model. Finally, the rotor temperature value TRot can be determined using the corrected temperature model.
US11742722B2
An electrical machine comprising a rotor 20, a stator 30 and an air gap 40 arranged between the rotor 20 and the stator 30 is provided. The stator 30 or rotor 20 comprises a plurality of electrical coils 90, wherein one or more of the electrical coils 90 carry a heat sink, wherein the heat sink is attached to the electrical coil with a thermally conductive material. Methods for modifying a temperature distribution of a stator in an electrical machine are also provided.
US11742705B2
Systems and methods are described for receiving wireless power and providing wired power. In some embodiments, a predictive phase estimation apparatus comprises a transceiver module configured to receive a plurality of beaconing signals from a wireless client during a beacon cycle. The predictive phase estimation apparatus also comprises a phase compensation module configured to store the received plurality of beaconing signals, a phase predictor module is coupled to the transceiver module and configured to calculate predictive phases based on the received plurality of beaconing signals and based on beaconing signals received from the wireless client prior to the beacon cycle, and a signal converter coupled to the transceiver module. The signal converter is configured to form transmission signals based on the predictive phases and supply the transmission signals to the transceiver module. The transceiver module also transmits the transmission signals for delivery of wireless power to the wireless client.
US11742698B2
A method of adapting the charging of an accessory device includes transmitting a first transmission signal at a first transmission amplitude, measuring a receiving load of the first transmission signal, and if the charging device does not receive a response signal to the first transmission signal, transmitting a second transmission signal at a second transmission amplitude that is different from the first transmission amplitude.
US11742697B1
An inductive module with a miniaturized metamaterial structure includes an insulating substrate, two coil units, and a magnetic unit. The insulating substrate has opposing first and second surfaces and a through hole extending between the first and second surfaces. The coil units are respectively disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the insulating substrate, and are electrically connected to each other through the through hole. Each of the coil units includes a closed loop coil. The magnetic unit corresponds in position to a portion of the coil unit, surrounds said portion of the coil unit, and has an opening.
US11742693B2
In one embodiment, a vehicle telematics device is disclosed with a hibernate control circuit. The hibernate control circuit can selective switch battery power on and off to hibernatable circuits. The hibernate control circuit can be responsive to external main power availability, battery charge condition, and a periodic low frequency clock in the generation of a battery switch enable A power supply switch can be selectively controlled by the battery switch enable signal to switch battery power on and off to the hibernatable circuits.
US11742686B2
A battery device includes a battery unit, a temperature port, a temperature sensitive component, a switch component and a battery management unit. The temperature sensitive component senses a temperature of the battery unit, and provides a temperature indication signal at the temperature port. The switch component is electrically connected to the temperature sensitive component. When the battery device operates abnormally, the battery management unit controls the switch component to make the switch component stop provision of the temperature indication signal at the temperature port.
US11742680B2
Embodiments are provided for dynamic management of charge. A method involves obtaining an estimated readiness time for an energy storage element, obtaining a target state of charge for the energy storage element, calculating an estimated charging time based at least in part on a difference between the target state of charge and a current state of charge, using a first charging rate to charge the energy storage element to an intermediate state of charge responsive to determining a time difference between the estimated readiness time and a first time is greater than the estimated charging time, maintaining the energy storage element at the intermediate state of charge, and responsive to determining a time difference between the estimated readiness time and a second time is less than the estimated charging time, using a second charging rate to charge the energy storage element to the target state of charge.
US11742676B2
A motor driven industrial actuator device includes an enclosure that houses: a motor, a control module, a drive, a battery pack and associated temperature sensor, and an input that receives an external power supply. The control module receives: the status of the external power supply, the charge state of the battery pack, the status of the battery pack, or the charge state and status of the battery pack. The control module causes the battery pack to be charged when an external power supply is present and the battery pack requires charging. During charging of the battery pack, the control module: receives the temperature associated with the battery pack from the temperature sensor; compares the measured temperature with a predetermined threshold temperature; and reduces the current to the battery pack if the measured temperature is greater than the predetermined threshold temperature.
US11742669B2
A battery storage and/or a wind turbine including the battery storage. A generator for generation of an electric current. An electric flow path configured for conducting the electric current to an electric grid via a power converter, the power converter. The battery storage electrically connected to the electric flow path, the battery storage comprising a plurality of battery cells, each battery cell comprising at least one battery element and at least two semiconductor switches. A controller is configured for selectively controlling the voltage over the battery storage by controlling the status of the at least two semiconductor switches of a plurality of the battery cells, and thereby whether a current path through the battery storage is bypassing the at least one battery element or passing through the at least one battery element of one or more of the plurality of battery cells.
US11742665B2
A power margin tracking control method and system for a multi-terminal high-voltage direct current converter station are provided. A power adjustment factor is introduced on the basis of a droop coefficient, to realize a self-adaptive regulation of a converter station operation mode to a real-time fluctuation of a wind and solar power. In this way, the system operation stability and the power fluctuation allocation capability in a grid-connected system are improved. Furthermore, a DC voltage deviation in the multi-terminal high-voltage direct current grid is reduced.
US11742661B2
A system includes a power distribution bus configured to distribute power from an electrical power source. The system also includes a plurality of electrical loads configured to receive portions of the power from the electrical power source. The system further includes a doubly-fed induction machine (DFIM) configured to reduce transmission impedance on the power distribution bus in response to a change in real or reactive power at one or more of the electrical loads, and reduce low frequency power oscillations at the source.
US11742652B2
A method and device for starting direct-current (DC) transmission line protection, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining whether a sudden change of a DC line current at a present moment is greater than a sum of a memory start threshold and a maximum value in sudden changes of the DC line current within a time period preceding the present moment that is multiplied by a preset proportional coefficient, the time period being a time period between a moment preceding the present moment by a first duration and a moment preceding the present moment by a second duration; and starting DC transmission line protection in response to determining that the sudden change of the DC line current at the present moment is greater than the sum.
US11742645B2
Disclosed are embodiments of a round floor grommet and a rectangular floor grommet. These floor grommets can be constructed in any desired shape other than round or rectangular. Frame portions that hold foam pieces are joined together to form a primary slit in the floor grommet. Cross slits can also be formed in the foam material. The foam is a semi-closed cell foam that is constructed from PVC and nitrile butadiene rubber which has superior sealing effects since the foam can conform around objects passing through the slits in the floor grommet and seal any flow of air through the slits.
US11742640B2
A tank for a medium-voltage electrical unit that is intended to contain a gas under a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, the tank having: a structure that has uprights, panels that are secured to the uprights, the panels being set up to receive a pressure force of the pressurized gas, at least one metal reinforcing rod extending in a longitudinal direction, the reinforcing rod connecting together two uprights so as to counter a deformation of the uprights under the action of the pressure force of the gas, at least one first electrically insulating tube, wherein at least one longitudinal portion of the reinforcing rod is surrounded by the first insulating tube, and wherein an inner surface of the first insulating tube is remote from a lateral surface of the reinforcing rod.
US11742637B2
An apparatus provides a single split-bus electrical panel with back-feed circuit breakers arranged to allow connection of a Microgrid Interconnection Device (MID) for isolation of a critical loads section from a standards loads section during back-up operation due to a utility power outage. A first panel section of the split-bus electrical panel supplies power to non-critical standards loads in a residence. A second panel section of the split-bus electrical panel supplies power to critical loads in the residence, which must continue to be powered during a utility power outage.
US11742633B2
An optoelectronic component includes a layer structure including an active zone that generates electromagnetic radiation and is arranged in a plane, wherein the layer structure includes a top side and four side faces, first and third side faces are arranged opposite one another, second and fourth side faces are arranged opposite one another, a strip-shaped ridge structure is arranged on the top side of the layer structure and extends between the first side face and the third side face, the first side face constitutes an emission face for electromagnetic radiation, wherein a first recess is introduced into the top side of the layer structure laterally alongside the ridge structure, a second recess is introduced into the first recess, the second recess extends as far as the second side face, and at least one third recess is introduced into a base face of the first recess laterally alongside the ridge structure.
US11742631B1
Laser diode technology incorporating etched facet mirror formation and optical coating techniques for reflectivity modification to enable ultra-high catastrophic optical mirror damage thresholds for high power laser diodes.
US11742630B2
A structured light system may include a semiconductor laser to emit light and a diffractive optical element to diffract the light such that one or more diffracted orders of the light, associated with forming a structured light pattern, are transmitted by the diffractive optical element. The diffractive optical element may be arranged such that the light is to be incident on the diffractive optical element at a substantially non-normal angle of incidence. The substantially non-normal angle of incidence may be designed to cause the diffractive optical element to transmit a zero-order beam of the light outside of a field of view associated with the diffractive optical element.
US11742623B2
An ethernet bridge mounting arrangement includes a housing including a cover portion and a back portion and a wall mount. The housing is configured to be coupled with the wall mount, and the housing is rotatable relative to the wall mount about an axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to a rear surface of the housing between a first rotational orientation, where latching members extending from the housing can be received by and removed from latch openings in the wall mount, and a second rotational orientation, where the housing is prevented from being pulled away from the wall plate.
US11742622B2
A power adapter may include a base wall mounted power adapter configured to be plugged into a wall power outlet and at least one extension adapter unit electrically coupled to the base wall mounted power adapter and configured to be extended away from the wall power outlet. The at least one extension adapter unit may include an electrical conduit reel configured to unravel in response to the at least one extension adapter unit being extended.
US11742621B2
An electrical connector includes a conductive body, a terminal module and a grounding element. The conductive body includes a mating cavity and a slot for fixing the grounding element. The terminal module includes an insulating block, a plurality of signal terminals and a grounding piece mounted to the insulating block. The grounding piece includes a ground terminal. The ground terminal includes a ground contact portion at least partially located in the mating cavity. The grounding element includes a ground mating portion at least partially located in the mating cavity. The ground contact portion and the ground mating portion are adapted to be in contact with a same ground pin of a mating connector. As a result, a stable loop can be formed and the shielding performance of the electrical connector is improved. Besides, an electrical connector assembly having the electrical connector is disclosed.
US11742619B2
In this circuit board 30, first signal wiring portions 351 and second ground wiring portions 353 of a first wiring layer 34 are adjacent to each other in a pitch direction. Further, second signal wiring portions 381 and first ground wiring portions 383 of a second wiring layer 37 are adjacent to each other in the pitch direction. In the pitch direction, outer edges 405 of line portions 345 of two first signal wiring portions 351 are located more inward than both edges 435 of a line portion 375 of the first ground wiring portions 383. Outer edges 415 of line portions 375 of two second wiring portions 381 are located more inward than both edges 425 of the line portion 345 of the second ground wiring portion 353. This achieves good signal transmission characteristics without providing a ground layer separate from a signal layer.
US11742610B2
The disclosure provides an electric connector, which includes a base, a cover, and an elastic member. The cover covers the base and is formed with a chamber. The cover is disposed with a key and a trough. The elastic member is disposed in the chamber and includes a lower plate, an upper plate, and a flexible arm. The lower plate is fixed on the base. The upper plate is formed above the lower plate. The flexible arm is connected between the lower plate and the upper plate. The upper plate is extended with a hook. The hook movably enters or leaves each trough. The upper plate is disposed with a pressed portion corresponding to the key in position. The pressed portion drives each hook to move out from each trough through pressing of the key so as to implement unlatching of the electric connector.
US11742609B2
An electrical connector, having an elongated plastic housing which is open at its rearward end and has an essentially continuous forward end wall with a flat upper portion, a lower portion of the forward end wall being integrally thickened to project forward beyond its upper portion.
US11742607B2
The present invention provides a connector housing assembly and a charging socket connector. The connector housing assembly has a housing configured to support a connection terminal; and a lock received in a chamber of the housing. The lock is movably installed in the housing and is adapted to be moved between a pre-locking position and a final locking position; the lock is provided with a blocking structure configured to lock the connection terminal when the lock is moved to the final locking position; the housing is provided with an operation port communicated with the chamber, and the lock is pushed to move between the pre-locking position and the final locking position by a tool inserted into the chamber through the operation port. Compared with the prior art, the assembly process of the connector housing assembly of the present invention is simple, and the productivity is effectively improved. A blind plug may be located in the operation port when the tool is removed from the port.
US11742606B2
Electrical term finals and electrical connector assemblies for electrically conductive structures are described. An example electrical terminal has a terminal head and an electrical contact. The electrical contact extends from the terminal head and has a lengthwise axis and a spring finger contact. The spring finger contact is movable relative to the terminal head and has a cantilever portion and a contact portion. The cantilever portion extends away from the terminal head and away from the lengthwise axis of the electrical contact. The contact portion extends from the cantilever portion.
US11742604B2
An easy-lock connector with unlock structure includes a rubber core, a housing and plural terminals. The rubber core includes a first body, acting parts and terminal grooves in which the terminals are arranged. Each of the action parts includes a first stop body and a third stop body. An opening is formed between the first stop body and the third stop body. The housing includes a second body and pressing parts. When the action parts are pressed by an external force, the action parts will be deformed. Then, a flexible printed circuit board will be unlocked on the first body, and the action parts are stopped by the first stop body and the third stop body to stop continuing to deform. When the action parts are not pressed by the external force, the circuit board is locked on the first body.
US11742602B2
A press-fit insertion method is provided. The press-fit insertion method includes loading press-fit pins into a connector, heating a printed circuit board (PCB) defining plated through holes (PTHs) into which the press-fit pins are insertable and pressing the connector onto the PCB to insert the press-fit pins into the PTHs with the PCB remaining heated.
US11742594B2
A low-profile circularly polarized isoflux antenna module is provided, which relates to the field of microelectronic antennas, and provides a solution to solve the contradiction between size and gain in conventional technology. The antenna module includes an antenna array, a substrate, a connection plate, and a feeding plate that are stacked in sequence. The feeding network on the feeding plate is electrically connected to the antenna array through probe passing through the connection plate and the substrate. The antenna array includes two or more concentrically distributed antenna elements, and each antenna element forms mutually independent concentric circularly polarized apertures through feed control. The structure is simple to assemble and easy to process, light in weight, small in size, and low in profile.
US11742590B2
A circularly polarized array antenna is provided. The circularly polarized array antenna includes a ground plane and a plurality of circularly polarized antennas. Each of the circularly polarized antennas is configured to communicate over a frequency band ranging from 24 gigahertz (GHz) to 52 GHz. Each of the circularly polarized antennas includes a column substrate coupled to the ground plane. The column substrate includes a plurality of faces. Each of the circularly polarized antennas further includes a plurality of isolated magnetic dipole elements. Each of the isolated magnetic dipole elements is disposed on a different face of the column substrate.
US11742586B2
A communication device includes a first lens, a feeder array, and control circuitry communicatively coupled to the feeder array. The first lens is associated with a defined shape, which further exhibits a defined distribution of dielectric constant. The feeder array includes a plurality of antenna elements that are positioned in proximity to the first lens. The control circuitry equalizes a distribution of a gain from the received first lens-guided beam of input RF signals across the feeder array and different scan directions of the plurality of antenna elements. The equalized distribution of gain is based on the defined distribution of dielectric constant within the first lens and the proximity of the feeder array to the first lens.
US11742581B2
A tapered slot antenna includes a cavity, first and second antenna flanges, a tapered slot, and first and second current wings. The first and second antenna flanges can be disposed on a first half and a second half of the tapered slot antenna, respectively. The second antenna flange can be electrically coupled to the first antenna flange, the first and second antenna flanges tapering from a greater flange width proximate to a top of the tapered slot antenna to a lesser flange width proximate to the cavity. The first current wing can be disposed on the first half of the antenna and the second current wing can be disposed on the second side of the antenna. The first and second sidewalls can be disposed on the first and second halves of the tapered slot antenna, respectively, can taper from the top to a bottom of the tapered slot antenna.
US11742579B2
Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
US11742577B2
Microwave antenna systems include a parabolic reflector antenna having a feed bore and a feed assembly. The feed assembly includes a coaxial waveguide structure that extends through the feed bore, a sub-reflector, and a first dielectric block that is positioned between the coaxial waveguide structure and the sub-reflector. The coaxial waveguide structure includes a central waveguide and an outer waveguide that circumferentially surrounds the central waveguide. One of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide extends further from the feed bore towards the sub-reflector than the other of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide.
US11742573B2
An antenna device and an orientation adjustment mechanism are provided. The orientation adjustment mechanism includes a holder, a rotation carrier assembled to the holder, and a torsion spring. The rotation carrier is counterclockwise rotatable from an initial position by a first predetermined angle or is clockwise rotatable from the initial position by a second predetermined angle. The torsion spring has an elastic portion disposed on the holder and two extending arms that extend from the elastic portion. When the rotation carrier is rotated from the initial position by the first predetermined angle or the second predetermined angle, the rotation carrier presses and moves one of the two extending arms, and another one of the two extending arms abuts against the limiting portion, so that the elastic portion is deformed to store an elastic force that tends to move the rotation carrier toward the initial position.
US11742559B2
A multilayer transmission line includes a multilayer substrate. The multilayer substrate includes a plurality of conductor layers stacked in a predetermined direction with dielectric layers interposed therebetween. The conductor layers in an inner layer part include ground planes, respectively. The inner layer part includes a conductor hole part. The conductor hole part is provided penetrating the respective ground planes in the inner layer part in the predetermined direction. The conductor hole part includes a conductor part to electrically connect the ground planes together. The conductor layer in an outer layer part includes a transmission line and a conversion part. The outer layer part includes the conductor layer as the outermost layer and an inner conductor layer.
US11742554B2
A battery includes a battery cell and a terminal post. The first casing includes a first arc sidewall and a flat sidewall connected to the first arc sidewall and the first sidewall. The terminal post is disposed on the flat sidewall. Instead of disposing the terminal post on top of the battery, increased thickness of the battery due to the terminal post is avoided in the present disclosure. The internal space of an electrode device can be fully utilized. In addition, it can prevent the terminal post from occupying the top of the battery and decreasing the number of the electrode plates. Thus, the present disclosure can avoid the reduce of the number of the electrode plates and increase the energy density of the battery.
US11742544B2
The present disclosure provides a battery module, comprising: a plurality of batteries stacked in a length direction L of the battery module; and an end plate located at an end of the plurality of batteries in the length direction L. The end plate is provided with at least one end plate mounting hole, and each of the at least one end plate mounting holes extends along a height direction H of the battery module. The end plate includes an inner wall and an external wall that are disposed opposite to each other in the length direction L, and an axis of each of the at least one end plate mounting holes includes a first distance L1 from the inner wall and a second distance L2 from the external wall. The first distance L1 is greater than the second distance L2.
US11742542B2
The present disclosure discloses an explosion-proof enclosure for an energy storage device and an energy storage device. The explosion-proof enclosure includes: a housing body, having a through hole; and an explosion-proof element, including a central portion and a pressure relief portion provided around the central portion, wherein the pressure relief portion is loop-shaped, the pressure relief portion is provided in the through hole and is in sealed connection with the through hole, the pressure relief portion is configured to crack and split from the housing body in response to the deformation of the housing body when the pressure intensity in the housing body reaches a first set value, and to detach from the housing body when the pressure intensity reaches a second set value, wherein the second set value is greater than the first set value.
US11742541B2
A secondary battery according to the present invention comprises: an electrode assembly in which a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode are alternately stacked and wound together; a can provided with an accommodation part that accommodates the electrode assembly therein, the can comprising a first can and a second can, which have cylindrical shapes opened in a direction facing each other; and an insulator configured to insulate an overlapping portion between the first can and the second can. The first can forms a first electrode terminal that directly contacts an end of the first electrode, and the second can forms a second electrode terminal that directly contacts an end of the second electrode.
US11742533B2
A fluid-cooled battery system includes at least one battery module which includes a plurality of rows of battery cells, an outer casing, and at least one cell fixture. The outer casing defines therein an accommodation space. The cell fixture includes a holding web fitted inside the accommodation space, and formed with a plurality of rows of retaining holes. The retaining holes of each row are configured to retain cell bodies of a respective row of the battery cells so as to permit the battery cells to be held in the accommodation space by the holding web, to thereby keep the battery cells in stable position against undesired vibration.
US11742530B2
The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a housing, wherein the housing has a bottom portion and side walls extending upward around a periphery of the bottom portion; an upper portion opening is formed at top ends of the side walls extending upward; an upper cover is mounted on the upper portion opening of the housing; and the battery pack comprises: multiple flat battery cells; and a first end plate and a second end plate, wherein when the multiple battery cells are sequentially arranged and mounted into the housing from the upper portion opening, the first end plate and the second end plate are located at two end sides of the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells to laterally fix the sequentially arranged multiple battery cells. The two end plates may absorb deformation of the battery cell while expanding.
US11742526B2
Provided is a rechargeable battery including an electrode assembly comprising an electrode assembly body and an electrode tab protruding from the electrode assembly body, and a connecting member comprising a guiding plate and a first connecting plate connected to the guiding plate. The guiding plate extends in a width direction and the first connecting plate extends away from a plate surface of the guiding plate along the width direction or extends toward the plate surface of the guiding plate along the width direction. The electrode tab has a stacked multi-layer structure, the electrode tab protrudes from a portion of an end surface of the electrode assembly body in a longitudinal direction at a side of a split of the electrode assembly body perpendicular to the width direction, and the electrode tab is bent with respect to a longitudinal direction and is connected to the first connecting plate.
US11742525B2
Embodiments described herein relate to divided energy electrochemical cells and electrochemical cell systems. Divided energy electrochemical cells and electrochemical cell systems include a first electrochemical cell and a second electrochemical cell connected in parallel. Both electrochemical cells include a cathode disposed on a cathode current collector, an anode disposed on an anode current collector, and a separator disposed between the anode and the cathode. In some embodiments, the first electrochemical cell can have different performance properties from the second electrochemical cell. For example, the first electrochemical cell can have a high energy density while the second electrochemical cell can have a high power density. In some embodiments, the first electrochemical cell can have a battery chemistry, thickness, or any other physical/chemical property different from those properties of the second electrochemical cell.
US11742522B2
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution including a predetermined cyano ester compound and a cyclic sulfuric acid ester.
US11742521B2
The electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery includes: a lithium salt; a solvent; and an anode additive including 5-(4-cyanophenyl)-1-(4-fluorobenzyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carbonitrile represented by Chemical Formula 1 below:
US11742514B2
A porous film includes a porous substrate, and a porous layer laminated on at least one surface of the porous substrate. The porous layer contains an organic resin different from a resin constituting the porous substrate. A height of a projection of the porous layer in an interface between the porous substrate and the porous layer is 200 nm or more, and a distance between projections is 1 μm or more.
US11742510B2
A cell stack device may include a cell stack comprising a plurality of cells, a manifold configured to supply a reaction gas to the plurality of cells, and a reaction gas supply pipe connected to the manifold. The manifold may include an insertion portion configured to connect the reaction gas supply pipe to the manifold and a first joining portion configured to join the insertion portion and the reaction gas supply pipe. A module may include the cell stack device contained in a housing container. A module housing device may include the module, an auxiliary device configured to operate the module, and an external casing configured to contain the module and the auxiliary device therein.
US11742504B2
A vehicle includes a fuel cell, an inlet valve, a purge valve, and a controller. The fuel cell has an anode side configured to receive hydrogen. The inlet valve is configured to open to deliver the hydrogen to the anode side. The purge valve is configured to open to purge water and nitrogen from the anode side. The controller is programmed to, operate the inlet valve to inject hydrogen into the anode side via opening the inlet valve followed by closing the inlet valve. The controller is further programmed to, in response to a concentration of the hydrogen in the anode side being less than threshold, open the purge valve to purge water and nitrogen from the anode side.
US11742502B2
A power system for an unmanned surface vehicle includes a fuel cell including a fuel cell stack, where the fuel cell stack includes a fuel inlet. The power system also includes a fuel storage including at least one fuel-storage module fluidly connected to the fuel inlet of the fuel cell stack. The fuel-storage module is a source of energy for the fuel cell. The power system also includes a fuel and thermal management system fluidly connected to the fuel inlet of the fuel cell stack. The fuel and thermal management system includes a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the fuel cell stack for removing waste heat produced by the fuel cell stack during operation. The fuel and thermal management system also includes a flow valve, a pressure regulator, and a conduit.
US11742471B2
A method of making a surface-mountable pixel engine package comprises providing an array of spaced-apart conductive pillars and an insulating mold compound laterally disposed between the conductive pillars on a substrate together defining a planarized surface. Pixel engines comprising connection posts are printed to the conductive pillars so that each of the connection posts is in electrical contact with one of the conductive pillars. The pixel engines are tested to determine known-good pixel engines. An optically clear mold compound is provided over the planarized surface and tested pixel engines. Optically clear mold compound is adhered to a tape and the substrate is removed. The optically clear mold compound, the insulating mold compound, the conductive pillars, the optically clear mold compound, and the tested pixel engines are singulated to provide pixel packages that comprise the pixel engines and the known-good pixel engines are transferred to a reel or tray.
US11742466B2
A colour micro-LED display apparatus comprises an array of reflective optical elements and an array of micro-LED pixels with a uniform emission colour across the array arranged between the array of reflective optical elements and an output substrate. Light from the micro-LEDs is directed into the reflective optical elements and is incident on scattering regions in the apparatus. Colour converted scattered light is transmitted by the output substrate. A thin and efficient display apparatus may be provided with high spatial and angular colour uniformity and long lifetime.
US11742463B2
In a method according to embodiments of the invention, for a predetermined amount of light produced by a light emitting diode and converted by a phosphor layer comprising a host material and a dopant, and for a predetermined maximum reduction in efficiency of the phosphor at increasing excitation density, a maximum dopant concentration of the phosphor layer is selected.
US11742457B2
The disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing light-emitting diode (LED) chips. The manufacturing method includes: providing a plurality of LED elements; randomly mixing the plurality of LED elements; performing a mesa process on the plurality of LED elements; and forming at least one pair of electrodes on the plurality of LED elements. An electronic device includes the LED chips.
US11742456B2
A chip-detecting method, a chip-detecting structure and a chip-carrying structure are provided. The chip-detecting method includes providing a chip-detecting structure including a plurality of micro heater groups, a chip-carrying structure for carrying a plurality of chips, and a plurality of soldering material groups disposed between the chip-carrying structure and the chip-detecting structure; placing the chip-carrying structure and the chip-detecting structure adjacent to each other, so that each of the soldering material groups simultaneously contact the chip-carrying structure and the chip-detecting structure; respectively curing the low-temperature soldering material groups by heating of the micro heater groups, so that the chips are electrically connected to the chip-detecting structure respectively through the low-temperature soldering material groups that have been cured; and then detecting the chips so as to divide the chips into a plurality of good chips and a plurality of bad chips.
US11742451B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure describe a stressed Ge PD and fabrications techniques for making the same. In one embodiment, a stressor material is deposited underneath an already formed Ge PD. To do so, wafer bonding can be used to bond the wafer containing the Ge PD to a second, handler wafer. Doing so provides support to remove the substrate of the wafer so that a stressor material (e.g., silicon nitride, diamond-like carbon, or silicon-germanium) can be disposed underneath the Ge PD. The stress material induces a stress or strain in the crystal lattice of the Ge which changes its bandgap and improves its responsivity.
US11742450B2
An electro-optically controlled active-matrix system comprises a system substrate, row wires extending in a row direction disposed on the system substrate, a row controller providing a row electrical signal to each row wire, column light-pipes extending in a column direction disposed on the system substrate, a column controller providing a column optical signal to each column light-pipe, and pixels disposed over the system substrate. Each pixel can comprise a pixel circuit that is uniquely responsive to a row wire and to a column light-pipe, the pixel circuit receiving the row electrical signal from the row wire and receiving the column optical signal from the column light-pipe. In some embodiments, column wires carrying column electrical signals extend in a column direction over the system substrate and the pixel circuit is capacitively coupled to the row wire, the column wire, or both.
US11742448B2
A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap and positioned for receiving an incoming light beam; and a second solar subcell disposed below and adjacent to and lattice matched with said upper first solar subcell, and having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; wherein at least one of the solar subcells has a graded band gap throughout the thickness of at least a portion of its emitter layer and base layer.
US11742447B2
Provided is a solar cell. The solar cell may include a semiconductor layer and a passivation film stack provided on a back surface of the semiconductor layer. The passivation film stack may include a first passivation layer provided on the back surface of the semiconductor layer and including a silicon-rich layer with a silicon atom concentration ranging from 5×1021/cm3 to 2.5×1022/cm3; a second passivation layer provided on a surface of the first passivation layer and including an oxygen-rich and nitrogen-rich layer; and a third passivation layer provided on a surface of the second passivation layer and including at least one silicon nitride film with a gradient-varied refractive index. A first refractive index of the first passivation layer may be greater than a second refractive index of the second passivation layer and smaller than a third refractive index of the third passivation layer.
US11742441B2
A flexible and rollable back-contact solar cell module, wherein a length of it can be extended infinitely and the back-contact solar cell module includes a plurality of large cell blocks connected in series or in parallel. The large cell block includes a plurality of small cell strings connected in series or in parallel. The small cell string includes a plurality of small square cell pieces connected in series or in parallel. The series-connection or the parallel-connection between the large cell blocks, the small cell strings, or the small square cell pieces is achieved by welding a flexible interconnected bar in the horizontal or vertical direction. Electrodes of the small square cell pieces are all on a back side and the small square cell pieces are formed by cutting a back-contact solar cell. A protective layer is attached to a surface of a light-receiving side by using an adhesive layer.
US11742436B2
A semiconductor device includes an integrated trench capacitor in a substrate, with a field oxide layer on the substrate. The trench capacitor includes trenches extending into semiconductor material of the substrate, and a capacitor dielectric in the trenches on the semiconductor material. The trench capacitor further includes an electrically conductive trench-fill material on the capacitor dielectric. A portion of the capacitor dielectric extends into the field oxide layer, between a first segment of the field oxide layer over the trench-fill material and a second segment of the field oxide layer over the semiconductor material. The integrated trench capacitor has a trench contact to the trench-fill material in each of the trenches, and substrate contacts to the semiconductor material around the trenches, with no substrate contacts between the trenches.
US11742435B2
Integrated capacitor including a first electrode structure, a second electrode structure, and an interposed dielectric layer structure. The dielectric layer structure includes a layer combination having an SiO2 layer, an Si3N4 layer, and an SixNy layer. The SixNy layer includes a non-stoichiometric silicon nitride material with an increased proportion of silicon.
US11742431B2
A semiconductor device with favorable reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator; a second insulator positioned over the first insulator; an oxide positioned over the second insulator; a first conductor and a second conductor positioned apart from each other over the oxide; a third insulator positioned over the oxide, the first conductor, and the second conductor; a third conductor positioned over the third insulator and at least partly overlapping with a region between the first conductor and the second conductor; a fourth insulator positioned to cover the oxide, the first conductor, the second conductor, the third insulator, and the third conductor; a fifth insulator positioned over the fourth insulator; and a sixth insulator positioned over the fifth insulator. An opening reaching the second insulator is formed in at least part of the fourth insulator; the fifth insulator is in contact with the second insulator through the opening; and the first insulator, the fourth insulator, and the sixth insulator have a lower oxygen permeability than the second insulator.
US11742430B2
The invention allows stable fabrication of a TFT circuit board used in a display device and having thereon an oxide semiconductor TFT. A TFT circuit board includes a TFT that includes an oxide semiconductor. The TFT has a gate insulating film formed on part of the oxide semiconductor and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. A portion of the oxide semiconductor that is covered with the gate electrode 104 and a portion of the oxide semiconductor that is not covered with the gate electrode are both covered with a first interlayer insulating film. The first interlayer insulating film is covered with a first film 106, and the first film is covered with a first AlO film.
US11742426B2
A method of forming a transistor structure is provided. The method includes forming on a substrate first and second mandrels for forming two-dimensional (2D) transistor fin elements defining a pitch gap region, depositing and anisotropically etching back the first spacer material to form first and second spacers in and around the first and second mandrels, respectively, conformally depositing and anisotropically etching back second spacer material around the first and second spacers and in the pitch gap region to define space for forming an odd number of one-dimensional (1D) transistor fin elements in the pitch gap region and depositing and anisotropically etching back the first spacer material in the space with enough cycles to fill the space to form a third spacer.
US11742424B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes at least one vertical transistor, where the at least one vertical transistor includes: a substrate comprising a semiconductor material, an array of three dimensional (3D) structures above the substrate, a gate region, and an isolation region positioned between the 3D structures. Each 3D structure includes the semiconductor material. Each 3D structure also includes a first region having a first conductivity type and a second region having a second conductivity type, the second region including a portion of at least one vertical sidewall of the 3D structure. The gate region is present on a portion of an upper surface of the second region and the gate region is coupled to a portion of the at least one vertical sidewall of each 3D structure.
US11742411B2
A semiconductor device according to an example embodiment includes a substrate extending in first and second directions intersecting with each other; nanowires on the substrate and spaced apart from each other in the second direction; gate electrodes extending in the first direction and spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and surrounding the nanowires to be superimposed vertically with the nanowires; external spacers on the substrate and covering sidewalls of the gate electrodes on the nanowires; and an isolation layer between the gate electrodes and extending in the first direction, wherein an upper surface of the isolation layer is flush with upper surfaces of the gate electrodes.
US11742410B2
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having oxide sub-fins, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having oxide sub-fins, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes an oxide sub-fin structure having a top and sidewalls. An oxidation catalyst layer is on the top and sidewalls of the oxide sub-fin structure. A vertical arrangement of nanowires is above the oxide sub-fin structure. A gate stack is surrounding the vertical arrangement of nanowires and on at least the portion of the oxidation catalyst layer on the top of the oxide sub-fin structure.
US11742399B2
A method may include forming a first silicon nitride layer in an opening of the semiconductor device and on a top surface of the semiconductor device, wherein the semiconductor device includes an epitaxial source/drain and a metal gate. The method may include forming a second silicon nitride layer on the first silicon nitride layer, as a sacrificial layer, and removing the second silicon nitride layer from sidewalls of the first silicon nitride layer formed in the opening. The method may include removing the second silicon nitride layer and the first silicon nitride layer formed at a bottom of the opening, and depositing a metal layer in the opening to form a metal drain in the opening of the semiconductor device.
US11742394B2
Provided are a semiconductor substrate and a transistor. The semiconductor substrate includes a base, an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a wide bandgap diffusion buffer layer and a nucleation layer. The insulating layer is disposed on the base. The semiconductor layer is disposed on the insulating layer. The wide bandgap diffusion buffer layer is disposed on the semiconductor layer, wherein the bandgap of the wide bandgap buffer diffusion layer is higher than 2.5 eV. The nucleation layer is disposed on the wide bandgap diffusion buffer layer, wherein the nucleation layer includes an aluminum-containing layer.
US11742391B2
A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor component, including: a merged PiN Schottky (MPS) diode structure in a SiC semiconductor body having a drift zone of a first conductivity type; an injection region of a second conductivity type adjoining a first surface of the SiC semiconductor body; a contact structure at the first surface, the contact structure forming a Schottky contact with the drift zone and electrically contacting the injection region; and a zone of the first conductivity type formed between the injection region and a second surface of the SiC semiconductor body, the second surface being situated opposite the first surface. The zone is at a maximal distance of 1 μm from the injection region of the second conductivity type.
US11742381B2
In a general aspect, a semiconductor device assembly can include a semiconductor substrate that excludes a buried oxide layer. The semiconductor device assembly can also include a first semiconductor device stack disposed on a first portion of the semiconductor substrate, and a second semiconductor device stack disposed on a second portion of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device assembly can further include an isolation trench having a dielectric material disposed therein, the isolation trench being disposed between the first portion of the semiconductor substrate and the second portion of the semiconductor substrate. The isolation trench can electrically isolate the first portion of the semiconductor substrate from the second portion of the semiconductor substrate.
US11742374B2
To provide a semiconductor device having a structure suitable for higher integration. This semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor substrate; and a second semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor substrate is provided with a first electrode including a first protruding portion and a first base portion. The first protruding portion includes a first abutting surface. The first base portion is linked to the first protruding portion and has volume greater than volume of the first protruding portion. The second semiconductor substrate is provided with a second electrode including a second protruding portion and a second base portion. The second protruding portion includes a second abutting surface that abuts the first abutting surface. The second base portion is linked to the second protruding portion and has volume greater than volume of the second protruding portion. The second semiconductor substrate is stacked on the first semiconductor substrate.
US11742371B2
An imaging device and electronic apparatus incorporating an imaging device are provided. The imaging device includes a substrate and a plurality of photoelectric conversion units formed in the substrate. Each photoelectric conversion unit in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units is associated with at least one corresponding color filter in the plurality of color filters. The imaging device further includes a plurality of infrared light filters, wherein at least some of the photoelectric conversion units in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units are associated with at least one corresponding infrared light filter in the plurality of infrared light filters.
US11742364B2
Provided is a photoelectric conversion device including: a first substrate having a first face; photodiodes arranged in the first substrate and each having a first region that generates signal charges by photoelectrically converting an incident light and a second region that receives the signal charges moving from the first region; a first isolation region arranged in the first substrate at a first depth and including a first portion extending in a first direction so as to isolate the second regions from each other; and a second isolation region arranged in the first substrate at a second depth deeper than the first depth from the first face, and including a second portion extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction in plan view so as to isolate the first regions from each other, and the first and second portions are partially overlapped with each other in plan view.
US11742357B2
A display device includes a substrate, pixels on the substrate, pads, and test lines. The pads are between the pixels and an edge of the substrate and include a first pad and a second pad. The test lines include a first test line and a second test line. The first test line includes a first section and a second section. The second section is closer to the edge of the substrate than the first section and is connected through the first section to the first pad. The second test line includes a first segment and a second segment. The second segment is closer to the edge of the substrate than the first segment and is connected through the first segment to the second pad. A minimum distance between the first section and the first segment is larger than a minimum distance between the second section and the second segment.
US11742352B2
A semiconductor device includes first and second source/drain structures, a channel layer, a gate structure, and an epitaxial layer. The channel layer is above the first source/drain structure. The second source/drain structure is above the channel layer. The gate structure is on a first side surface of the channel layer. The epitaxial layer forms a P-N junction with a second side surface of the channel layer.
US11742347B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, and first and second semiconductor fins extending from the substrate and lengthwise aligned along a first direction. The semiconductor structure further includes an isolation structure over the substrate and adjacent to sidewalls of the semiconductor fins, and first and second gate structures oriented lengthwise along a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction. The first and the second gate structures are disposed over the isolation structure. The first gate structure is disposed over the first semiconductor fin. The second gate structure is disposed over the second semiconductor fin. The semiconductor structure further includes a spacer layer that is disposed on a sidewall of the first gate structure and on a sidewall of the second gate structure and extends continuously through a trench between an end of the first semiconductor fin and an end of the second semiconductor fin.
US11742343B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a pad, a diode, a gate ground NMOS (GGNMOS) transistor and a thyristor. The diode includes an anode connected with the pad. The GGNMOS transistor is connected between a cathode of the diode and a ground terminal. The thyristor is formed between the diode and the ground terminal when an ESD current may flow from the pad.
