US11751484B2
A Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) device can include a reference magnetic layer having one or more trenches disposed therein. One or more sections of a tunnel barrier layer can be disposed on the walls of the one or more trenches. One or more sections of a free magnetic layer can be disposed on the one or more sections of the tunnel barrier layer in the one or more trenches. One or more sections of a conductive layer can be disposed on the one or more sections of the free magnetic layer in the one or more trenches. One or more insulator blocks can be disposed between corresponding sections of the tunnel barrier layer, corresponding sections of the free magnetic layer and corresponding sections of the conductive layer in the one or more trenches.
US11751474B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of organic electroluminescence materials and particularly relates to a compound and an organic light emitting display device. The compound has a structure represented by Formula (I): and, m, n, p, q, r, s, u, and v are each independently selected from 0 or 1, at least one of r and s is 1, at least one of u and v is 1, L1, L2, L3, and L4 are each independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted C6-C40 aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted C3-C40 heterocyclyl, and A1, A2, A3, and A4 each are independently selected from an electron acceptor unit.
US11751467B2
A flexible display panel, a method for fabricating the same, and a display device are provided. A protruding structure located is formed in a via-hole area on a flexible base substrate so that both the protruding structure, and the portions of an organic light-emitting functional film and a top electrode layer covering the protruding structure can be removed. Thereafter an encapsulation thin film covering the patterns of the organic light-emitting functional film and the top electrode layer is formed. After the encapsulation thin film is formed, the step of removing the pattern of the encapsulation thin film in the via-hole area can be further performed to expose the flexible base substrate in the via-hole area, and after the flexible base substrate in the via-hole area is removed, a via-hole can be formed in the flexible base substrate.
US11751460B2
A display panel, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided. In the display panel, sub-pixel areas in a same row along a first direction are divided into a plurality of sub-pixel area groups independent from each other, and each sub-pixel area group includes at least two adjacent sub-pixel areas, a connection layer includes a connection pattern arranged in each sub-pixel area, and the connection pattern is coupled to the initialization signal line pattern in the sub-pixel area wherein the connection pattern is located, connection patterns located in a same sub-pixel area group are sequentially coupled along the first direction to form the connection portion; at least part of a first auxiliary signal line layer is located in an anode spacing area, and is insulated from an anode pattern, the connection pattern in each sub-pixel area group is coupled to the first auxiliary signal line layer.
US11751456B2
An OLED display substrate, a manufacturing method and a display device are provided. The OLED display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of pixel units arranged on the base substrate, each pixel unit includes a plurality of subpixel units, and each subpixel unit includes a switching TFT and a bottom-emission OLED, the OLED display substrate further includes a light-shielding layer arranged between the OLED and the switching TFT, and an orthogonal projection of the light-shielding layer onto the base substrate completely covers an orthogonal projection of a semiconductor region of the switching TFT onto the base substrate.
US11751454B2
A display device includes: first pixels which include a first pixel branch line extending in a first direction at one side portion and a first common branch line extending in the first direction at the other side portion which is opposite to the one side portion; second pixels which include a second common branch line extending in the first direction at the one side portion and a second pixel branch line extending in the first direction at the other side portion which is opposite to the one side portion; a first luminous element between the first pixel branch line and the first common branch line; and a second luminous element between the second common branch line and the second pixel branch line, wherein the first pixel and the second pixel are disposed in a second direction which intersects the first direction.
US11751431B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel module including a front surface displaying an image and a rear surface opposite the front surface, and a heat dissipation member disposed on the rear surface of the display panel module and including a first portion, that is in contact with the display panel module, and a second portion that is spaced farther apart from the display panel module than the first portion is. The heat dissipation member includes at least one portion that is bent between the first portion and the second portion with respect to a bending axis parallel to the rear surface.
US11751428B2
An OLED panel and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The OLED panel is provided to be disposed above a camera, and the OLED panel comprises sequentially from top to bottom: a substrate; a light-emitting layer disposed on the substrate; a cathode disposed on the light-emitting layer; a high n value inorganic salt layer disposed on surfaces of the cathode and the light-emitting layer; and a CPL layer disposed on the high n value inorganic salt layer. An entire thickness of the high n value inorganic salt layer and a part of a thickness of the cathode of the OLED panel corresponding to a position above the camera are removed to form a hollow portion, so that the thickness of the cathode above the camera is reduced, so as to increase the light transmittance, thereby improving the quality of photos.
US11751422B2
A display device includes a metal pattern formed, in a frame region between a variant edge portion of the display device forming a cutout portion, and a display region. The metal pattern is formed from a metal layer conforming to at least a portion of the shape of the cutout portion.
US11751421B2
The present disclosure provides an OLED display substrate, a method for preparing the same, and a display device. The OLED display substrate includes an OLED device located on a base substrate and a packaging unit covering the OLED device. The packaging unit includes an inorganic material layer, an organic material layer, and a fluorine-doped diamond-like carbon layer located between the inorganic material layer and the organic material layer.
US11751417B2
A device comprising a first layer, a sealing layer and a resin layer stacked in that order and an organic layer arranged between the first layer and the sealing layer in a pixel region is provided. The first, sealing and resin layers have openings for exposing an electrode in a peripheral region. The sealing layer includes second and third layers each having a water permeability lower than the first layer, and a fourth layer arranged between the second layer and the third layer and having a defect density lower than the second layer. A step of the second layer arranged above the end of the opening of the first layer is covered with the fourth layer and a step of the third layer arranged above the end of the opening of the first layer is covered with the resin layer.
US11751415B2
An opto-electronic device includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed over the substrate, a semiconducting layer disposed over the first electrode, a second electrode disposed over the semiconducting layer, the second electrode having a first portion and a second portion, a nucleation inhibition coating disposed over the first portion of the second electrode; and a conductive coating disposed over the second portion of the second electrode, wherein the nucleation inhibition coating is a compound of Formula (I).
US11751413B2
A display device includes: a circuit element layer comprising a transistor; a display element layer comprising a first electrode connected to the transistor, a second electrode facing the first electrode, an organic pattern between the first electrode and the second electrode, a pixel defining layer having an opening exposing the first electrode, an auxiliary electrode spaced apart from the opening to cover a portion of the pixel defining layer and connected to the second electrode, a first protection pattern covering the second electrode, and a second protection pattern covering the first protection pattern; and an encapsulation layer covering the display element layer, wherein the first protection pattern and the second protection pattern have stress in directions different from each other.
US11751411B2
Provided are a solar cell, a manufacturing method thereof and a photovoltaic module. The solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a first passivation layer and a first electrode layer that are located on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a second passivation layer and a second electrode layer that are located on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate. A donor material film layer is provided between the first passivation layer and the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and/or an acceptor material film layer is provided between the second passivation layer and the second surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US11751408B2
A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a microelectronic device structure comprising a first control logic region comprising first control logic devices, and a first memory array region vertically overlying the first control logic region and comprising an array of vertically extending strings of memory cells. An additional microelectronic device structure comprising a semiconductive material is attached to an upper surface of the microelectronic device structure. A portion of the semiconductive material is removed. A second control logic region is formed over the first memory array region. The second control logic region comprises second control logic devices and a remaining portion of the semiconductive material. A second memory array region is formed over the second control logic region. The second memory array region comprises an array of resistance variable memory cells. Microelectronic devices, memory devices, and electronic systems are also described.
US11751407B2
A plurality of memory cells in a cross-point array in which the memory cell stacks in the cross-points include a switch element, a conductive barrier layer, and a confined cell structure in series, and having sides aligned within the cross-point area of the corresponding cross-point, the confined cell structure including surfactant spacers within the cross-point area having outside surfaces on a pair of opposing sides of the stack, and a body of programmable resistance memory material confined between inside surfaces of the surfactant spacers. The memory cells can be operated as multi-level cells in a 3D array.
US11751373B2
A tracing device includes an appropriateness determination section configured to determine whether an image processing, which is executed in a production process of a board product by a board work machine, satisfies an appropriateness condition indicating reliability of a result of the image processing when the result of the image processing stays within a permissible range in which the result of the image processing is determined normal and an information management section configured to record image data used in the image processing as traceability information according to the result of the determination made by the appropriateness condition determination section.
US11751372B2
The present invention provides a component mounting machine -comprising a picking tool for picking electronic components from a source of electronic components and placing them onto a workpiece, a verification unit for measuring an electrical property of an electronic component picked and held by the picking tool. The verification unit comprises a board, a plurality of test electrodes arranged on a surface of said board and a system for measuring an output signal from the test electrodes upon contact between a picked electronic component and at least two of said test electrodes. Further, at least one test electrode arranged on a flexible portion of the board that is configured to flex upon engagement between a picked electronic component and said at least two test electrodes.
US11751370B2
A correction amount calculation device includes a first acquisition section and a correction amount calculation section. The first acquisition section is configured to acquire a first positional deviation amount, which is a positional deviation amount of a printing position detected by a printing inspection machine with respect to a pad position, and a second positional deviation amount, which is a positional deviation amount of a mounting position detected by a appearance inspection machine with respect to the pad position. The correction amount calculation section is configured to, based on the first positional deviation amount and the second positional deviation amount, calculate a correction amount, which is used in the mounting process of a board product to be produced later, regarding a third positional deviation amount, which is a positional deviation amount of the mounting position with respect to the printing position.
US11751364B2
Electronic equipment (10) has multiple cooling fans (15) for sending air to a heat sink (30). The multiple cooling fans (15) generate airflow (Fh) passing through the heat sink (30) from a first side (H1) to a second side (H2) thereof. The heat sink (30) is arranged obliquely to a crosswise direction and a longitudinal direction of the electronic equipment (10). A sheathing member (40) has an air inlet opening (41i) formed obliquely to the crosswise and longitudinal directions along the first side (H1) of the heat sink (30).
US11751362B2
A system and a method of providing electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) protection. A removable component is inserted into an end product. The removable component includes a retractable EMC protection apparatus. In response to the insertion of the removable component a shape memory alloy on the EMC protection apparatus is heated to a temperature above the activation temperature of the shape memory alloy. The shape memory alloy then changes from a first shape to a second shape in response to the heating. In response to the change in the shape of the shape memory alloy an EMC protection component of the EMC protection apparatus is inserted into an enclosure opening of the removable component.
US11751360B2
A method of customizing the cooling of a first heat-producing system comprises selecting a first set of cooling fins with a deployment level. The method also comprises analyzing environmental data for an environment associated with the first set of cooling fins. The method also comprises quantifying a cooling benefit of the deployment level. The method also comprises quantifying an airflow detriment of the deployment level. The method also comprises determining that the airflow detriment outweighs the cooling benefit. The method also comprises reducing the deployment level based on the determination.
US11751359B2
Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a first flow controller within a cooling manifold is associated with a second flow controller and with a tube there between; and the first flow controller is movable in at least one direction relative to dimensions of the cooling manifold so that it can be positioned for mating with a server tray or box and so that the second flow controller can be mated with a rack manifold.
US11751358B2
An electrical connector cage assembly includes a connector casing, a heat sink, and an attaching part. The heat sink includes a base and a plurality of fins extending from a top surface of the base. The fins extend above a marginal area of the top surface to form an open slot with the marginal area. The open slot has two end openings and a side opening extending to the end openings. The attaching part passes through the open slot and protrudes from the end openings to be detachably engaged with the connector casing to detachably fix the base onto the connector casing. Therein, the attaching part is separable from the heat sink from the side opening. An electrical connector includes a circuit board, an electrical connector base, and the electrical connector cage assembly. The electrical connector base is electrically connected onto the circuit board and exposed from the connector casing.
US11751356B2
A coolant management unit for providing liquid cooling for backup battery unit (BBU) modules of an electronic rack includes a BBU return manifold, a BBU supply manifold, a balance loop, and a power bus. For example, a BBU supply manifold having a rack supply connector to receive cooling fluid from a rack supply manifold and a BBU supply connector to be connected to one of the BBU modules to distribute the cooling fluid. A BBU return manifold to be coupled to a rack return manifold, wherein the BBU return manifold is to receive vapor from the BBU modules. A balance loop connected to each of the BBU modules to establish a fluid connection amongst the BBU modules, such that a level of the cooling fluid in each of the BBU modules remains similar.
US11751351B2
The present disclosure provides for a rotatable side panel of a cabinet. A side panel, comprises: a primary base; one or more cable dividers; a first flange; and a second flange; wherein the one or more cable dividers are disposed on the primary base, wherein the one or more cable dividers are perpendicular to the primary base, wherein the first flange is disposed along one of the one or more cable dividers disposed furthest to one side of the primary base, wherein the second flange is disposed along one of the one or more cable dividers disposed furthest to the opposite side of the primary base from the first flange, and wherein the second flange is disposed at a top end of the one of the one or more cable dividers.
US11751349B2
This application relates to an anodized part. The anodized part includes a metal substrate and an anodized layer overlaying and formed from the metal substrate. The anodized layer includes (i) an external surface that includes randomly distributed light-absorbing features that are capable of absorbing visible light incident upon the external surface, and (ii) pores defined by pore walls, where color particles are infused within the pores. The anodized layer is characterized as having a color having an L* value using a CIE L*a*b* color space that is less than 10.
US11751344B1
An electronics box for insertion into a wall box includes a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear surface, at least one side surface, and an intermediate surface disposed part way between the top surface and the bottom surface and extending inward from the at least one side surface. A chamfer surface is disposed between an edge of the bottom surface and an edge of the rear surface, and is disposed at a particular angle with the respect to the bottom surface and has a particular length. The particular angle and the particular length are selected such that the housing is able to be tilted and then inserted into the wall box with the chamfer surface clearing the wall box.
US11751340B2
A wiring board includes a conductor pattern formed on a board, and an insulating film that covers at least part of the conductor pattern. A first insulating film is provided in a first region on the board, the first region covering at least part of the conductor pattern and having a first border segment. A second insulating film is provided in a second region on the board, the second region covering at least part of the first region and having a second border segment. The second border segment is located outside the first region, and the shortest distance from any point belonging to the second border segment to the first border segment is not more than 400 μm.
US11751338B1
A method of encapsulating a panel of electronic components such as power converters reduces wasted printed circuit board area. The panel, which may include a plurality of components, may be cut into one or more individual pieces after encapsulation with the mold forming part of the finished product, e.g. providing heat sink fins or a surface mount solderable surface. Interconnection features provided along boundaries of individual circuits are exposed during the singulation process providing electrical connections to the components without wasting valuable PCB surface area. The molds may include various internal features such as registration features accurately locating the circuit board within the mold cavity, interlocking contours for structural integrity of the singulated module, contours to match component shapes and sizes enhancing heat removal from internal components and reducing the required volume of encapsulant, clearance channels providing safety agency spacing and setbacks for the interconnects. Wide cuts may be made in the molds after encapsulation reducing thermal stresses and reducing the thickness of material to be cut during subsequent singulation. External mold features can include various fin configurations for heat sinks, flat surfaces for surface mounting or soldering, etc. Blank mold panels may be machined to provide some or all of the above features in an on-demand manufacturing system. Connection adapters may be provided to use the modules in vertical or horizontal mounting positions in connector, through-hole, surface-mount solder variations. The interconnects may be plated to provide a connectorized module that may be inserted into a mating connector.
US11751323B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) is provided for transmitting a differential signal. The PCB includes first and second conductive signal layers. The first conductive signal layer includes a first positive trace of the differential signal and a first negative trace of the differential signal. The second conductive signal layer includes a second positive trace of the differential signal and a second negative trace of the differential signal. The first positive trace is adjacent to the first negative trace, and the second positive trace is adjacent to the second negative trace and directly below the first negative trace.
US11751319B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The disclosed electronic device includes a printed circuit board including at least one through-hole, a holder which is positioned through the through-hole and protrudes upward and downward from the printed circuit board, and a solder layer for bonding one area of the holder to one surface of the printed circuit board.
US11751313B2
A light dimming system includes one or more lights and includes a local light controller that includes a dimming controller and a processing circuit, the dimming controller configured to provide an output to the one or more light drivers. One or more electronic processors are configured to receive a dimming input value indicating a desired dimming level for the one or more lights. The processors are further configured to determine a configuration of the one or more light drivers, wherein the configuration defines whether the one or more light drivers utilize a non-linear dimming curve or a linear dimming curve, and provides the dimming controller a dimming level to output a dimming control signal to the one or more light drivers equivalent to the received dimming input value based on a non-linear or linear calculation.
US11751306B2
Examples of the present disclosure provides a BUCK topological circuit for power supply including a rectification circuit, a first filter energy-storage circuit, a step-down constant-current driver chip, an output current setting circuit, a freewheeling circuit, a transformer, and a second filter energy-storage circuit. An external power supply capacitor is not required in the step-down constant-current driver chip.
US11751298B2
An upper surface of a lateral wall portion of a substrate includes a first upper surface portion exposed from a light-transmissive member in a first region, a second upper surface portion exposed from the light-transmissive member in a second region, and a third upper surface portion located between the first upper surface portion and the second upper surface portion in a second direction, and an upper surface of an outer peripheral portion of the light-transmissive member includes a first outer peripheral surface portion located in the first region. An area of the first upper surface portion of the lateral wall portion is greater than an area of the first outer peripheral surface portion of the outer peripheral portion of the light-transmissive member. A bonding member is disposed between the third upper surface portion of the lateral wall portion and the first lower surface portion of the light-transmissive member.
US11751296B2
In certain examples, a food processing machine for processing a food product includes a housing defining a cavity, a conveyor with a belt comprising metal for conveying the food product through the cavity in a longitudinal direction, and a convection heating system for heating air in the cavity such that heated air heats the food product as the food product is conveyed through the cavity. A microwave launch box system is configured to emit microwave energy into the cavity in a lateral direction transverse to the longitudinal direction to thereby further heat the food product as the food product is conveyed through the cavity.
US11751283B2
System and method for switching master and slave roles of devices for use in wireless communications
A system and method for switching master and slave roles of devices for use in wireless communications. The method includes: establishing a monitoring link for communications between a master device and a host device; and initiating a role exchange request, in which a time point for role exchange is appointed, by the master device or a slave device via the monitoring link when role switching between the master device and the slave device is triggered, and replying with a request receipt acknowledgment packet for the receipt of the role exchange request by the other device via the monitoring link. The system includes the master device, the slave device, and the host device, wherein the master device includes a master processing module; and the slave device includes a slave processing module. The role exchange between the master device and the slave device keeps energy consumptions of the two devices evened out.
US11751277B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE receives a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) message from a network node, wherein the first RRC message is indicative of a first uplink (UL) Bandwidth Part (BWP) of a cell. In response to initiation of a procedure to use a configured grant (CG) resource in RRC inactive state, the UE performs BWP switching from a second UL BWP of the cell to the first UL BWP of the cell. The UE performs, on the first UL BWP, a first UL transmission using the CG resource. In response to completion of the procedure, the UE performs BWP switching from the first UL BWP of the cell to the second UL BWP of the cell.
US11751274B2
A method for managing a communication channel used by a plurality of Wi-Fi devices of a Wi-Fi network of the backhaul type for implementing a backhaul network in said Wi-Fi network. A first Wi-Fi device in the plurality performs the method and comprises: detecting a disconnection from an initial channel used by the plurality of Wi-Fi devices for implementing the backhaul network of a second Wi-Fi device in the plurality connected directly to the first Wi-Fi device; listening on a backup channel, to which the second Wi-Fi device is able to migrate to implement the backhaul network in the event of detection, by the second Wi-Fi device, of a radar signal on the initial channel; causing the first Wi-Fi device to migrate to the backup channel in the event of reception on the backup channel by the first Wi-Fi device of a frame containing an identifier of the second device.
US11751273B2
A method for activation or deactivation, for a terminal, of a virtual subset of a telecommunications network referred to as a “network slice”, dedicated to a service. The telecommunications network includes a plurality of network slices. The method includes: acquiring at least one piece of context data of a user; and activating or deactivating at least one network slice among the plurality of network slices on the basis of the previously acquired piece of context data.
US11751271B2
Disclosed are a communication technique for merging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present invention relates to operations of a terminal and a base station in a mobile communication system. The present invention provides a method by which a terminal re-establishes a PDCP in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a message including PDCP re-establishment information on a DRB from a base station in which an RRC connection is set up; checking whether the PDCP re-establishment information includes configuration information of an SDAP layer; and determining whether to perform a PDCP re-establishment procedure for changing the DRB operating as a PDCP of a first system into a PDCP of a second system on the basis of the checking result.
US11751269B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for operating RAN and CN nodes are disclosed. An example method of operating a RAN node includes receiving, from a CN node, a PDU for a wireless device that is in an inactive state. The RAN node pages the wireless device in response to receiving the PDU from the CN node. The RAN node sends a non-delivery message to the CN node in response to failure of the paging for the wireless device, where the non-delivery message includes an indication that the wireless device is in the inactive state. An example method of operating a CN node includes the CN node sending a PDU for a wireless device to a RAN node. The CN node then receives a non-delivery message from the RAN node, where the non-delivery message includes an indication that the wireless device is in an inactive state.
US11751265B2
A station (STA) affiliated with a multi-link device (MLD) that belongs to a non-simultaneous-transmission-and-reception (NSTR) link pair receives a trigger frame from an access point (AP). The STA determines whether to respond to the trigger frame. In response to determining to respond to the trigger frame, the STA transmits a trigger-based (TB) physical-layer protocol data unit (PPDU) with at least one restriction.
US11751264B2
For example, a wireless communication device may be configured to, while communicating via a first radio of the wireless communication device over a first network connection in a first WLAN over a first wireless communication frequency band, identify a second WLAN over a second wireless communication frequency band for Concurrent Multiple Band (CMB) network access, the second wireless communication frequency band different from the first wireless communication frequency band; based on identifying the second WLAN, to automatically transmit from a second radio of the wireless communication device user credentials to establish a second network connection with the second WLAN over the second wireless communication frequency band, the second network connection concurrent with the first network connection; and to concurrently communicate over the first and second network connections by routing to the first and second radios a plurality of application streams corresponding to one or more applications.
US11751260B2
An apparatus and method for establishing a pairing between a mobile device and a smart wearable device is provided. The method includes generating and assigning a unique code for each of the detected plurality of smart wearable devices respectively. The unique code is shared with all the connected smart devices/devices in the communicative range of the mobile device. The smart devices (having a display) receive the corresponding unique codes and display the code on their respective displays. A request to establish a pairing connection is generated in response to an activity of a user in respect of the at least one smart wearable device and a communication is established between the at least one smart wearable device and the mobile device displaying the same unique code.
US11751253B2
Systems and methods for communication in 4G and 5G broadband satellite networks are provided. The disclosed methods include Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-independent methods, and GNSS assisted methods that do not require transmission of satellite ephemeris information from a base station to user equipment.
US11751252B2
A method, network node and wireless device, WD, providing signaling mechanisms for enabling repetitions of messages related to random access, RA, are disclosed. According to one aspect, a network node transmits an indication of a number of zero or more repetitions of a message related to RA to be transmitted by the WD in response to a random access response, RAR, message transmitted to the WD. The network node further receives at least one message related to RA.
US11751245B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. Accordingly, the embodiments herein disclose a method for handling a timer operation in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, by a UE, a signaling message from a base station. The signaling message includes an information about acquired COT of the base station. Further, the method includes indicating, by the UE, about the acquired COT to a MAC layer from a physical layer. The physical layer indicates one of the base station has acquired the COT for transmission and the base station has missed a transmission opportunity due to a LBT failure.
US11751240B2
Disclosed herein is a method of transmitting a UL signal from a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band and apparatuses for supporting the same. More specifically, the present invention provides an embodiment in which the UE performs autonomous uplink transmission and scheduled uplink transmission through the unlicensed band, a method of adjusting contention window size when the UE perform the autonomous uplink transmission through the unlicensed band, and an embodiment of performing the autonomous uplink transmission based on the method.
US11751234B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first base station may communicate during asynchronous slots in accordance with a set of communication parameters determined from a handshake procedure performed with a second base station. For example, based on a change to a slot type of a slot to an asynchronous slot, the first base station and the second base station may perform the handshake procedure to determine the set of communication parameters and may communicate one or more messages during the slot in accordance with the set of communication parameters. Additionally, or alternatively, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) associated with a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state based on a slot type of a first slot in which the UE transmits the SRS and a reference signal received in a second slot having the slot type.
US11751233B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to estimate, during a first time interval, at least one of a first interference level for a first radio access technology (RAT) caused at least in part by a second RAT, a second interference level for the second RAT caused at least in part by the first RAT, or a combination thereof. The UE may transmit a control message to a base station using the first RAT based on at least one of the first estimated interference level, the second estimated interference level, or a combination thereof. The UE may then communicate, based on the control message and during a second time interval, with the base station using the first RAT and with a wireless device using the second RAT, the second time interval being after the first time interval.
US11751232B2
A communication management resource partitions allocated wireless bandwidth into a first portion (such as first virtual bandwidth or first bandwidth part) and a second portion (such as virtual bandwidth or second bandwidth part). The communication management resource determines wireless interference associated with transmission of first wireless communications over the different bandwidth portions such as from a wireless base station to multiple communication devices while in a first mode. Depending on the wireless interference determined during the first mode, the communication management resource controls conveyance of second wireless communications over the allocated wireless bandwidth to the multiple communication devices in a second mode. In one instance, the communication management system operates one or more communication devices in a device-to-device mode to alleviate wireless interference associated with use of the allocated wireless bandwidth.
US11751224B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node may identify one or more resources for transmitting one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), the one or more resources being associated with a mobility state of the IAB node. The IAB node may transmit the one or more SSBs in the one or more resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11751223B2
According to one configuration, an analyzer resource determines an ability of a wireless access point to wirelessly communicate over each of multiple available wireless communication channels in a wireless frequency band. The analyzer resource produces performance information (performance metrics or calibration information) based on the measured ability. The analyzer resource assigns the performance metrics to the wireless access point. When operating in the field (such as in a wireless network environment), to provide mobile communication devices access to a remote network, the wireless access point uses the assigned performance metrics as a basis to select amongst multiple available wireless communication channels to communicate with one or more mobile communication devices in the wireless network environment. These and other techniques are disclosed herein.
US11751222B2
Provided are a method by which a first device performs wireless communication, and an apparatus supporting same. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, first downlink control information (DCI) for activating a configured sidelink (SL) grant, wherein the first DCI includes information related to a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for reporting SL hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) feedback to the base station; transmitting a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) to a second device through a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on the basis of the configured SL grant; receiving, from the base station, second DCI for deactivating the configured SL grant; transmitting, to the base station, an SL confirmation medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) in response to the second DCI; and determining whether the PUCCH resource related to at least one SL resource allocated by the configured SL grant is valid on the basis of the time at which the SL confirmation MAC CE was transmitted.
US11751212B2
A user equipment (UE) and a method for packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication are provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message configuring a logical channel with a logical channel prioritization (LCP) restriction and configuring the logical channel to be associated with a data radio bearer (DRB) configured with a PDCP duplication function, wherein the PDCP duplication function is associated with a first cell group; receiving, from the BS, an uplink (UL) grant indicating a UL resource on a serving cell; initiating an LCP procedure for generating a protocol data unit (PDU) to be transmitted on the UL resource; and determining whether to apply the LCP restriction during the LCP procedure upon determining that the PDCP duplication function is deactivated.
US11751206B2
A user equipment, UE, is configured to receive downlink control information, DCI, transmitted to the UE by a primary cell in a wireless communication system. The UE comprises one or more processing circuits that shall assume that a DCI message which has a common payload size and the same first control channel element index, but different bit fields, in a common search space and a UE-specific search space is transmitted by the primary cell in the common search space or the UE-specific search space, based on radio resource control, RRC, configuration of the UE.
US11751202B2
When downlink data allocation is indicated in an ePDCCH, this terminal device can determine PUCCH resources to be used in notification of response signals indicating results of error detection of downlink data without imposing scheduling restrictions on future DL subframes. In this device, an extraction unit receives downlink data on multiple unit bands. A CRC unit detects errors in the downlink data. A response signal generation unit generates a response signal by using the results of error detection of the downlink data obtained by the CRC unit. The control unit arranges the response signal in the PUCCH resources corresponding to the current DL subframe.
US11751190B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In one example, a first user equipment (UE) identifies a trigger condition associated with a first communication link with a base station and establishes a second communication link with a second UE. The UE may transmit a relay request to the second UE based on the trigger condition, wherein the relay request instructs the second UE to relay communications for the first UE. The first UE communicates with the base station via the second communication link. In another example, a base station establishes communication links with a first and second UE. The base station receives a data forwarding request that instructs the base station to use the second UE to relay communications between it and the first UE. The base station communicates with the first UE via the second communication link based at least in part on the relay request.
US11751188B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for wireless communication. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method for wireless communication includes shifting, based on a partial overlap between a scheduled downlink transmission occasion and a scheduled uplink transmission occasion that each include a first and second repetition, a first repetition boundary of one transmission occasion of the downlink transmission occasion or the uplink transmission occasion, and performing full duplex communication with repetition based on the shifted first repetition boundary. In some implementations, shifting includes shifting an entirety of the one transmission occasion. In some implementations, shifting the first repetition boundary changes a number of consecutive symbols included in the first repetition of the one transmission occasion. In some implementation, the method includes adding a third repetition boundary to the one transmission occasion. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11751184B2
Aspects provide apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable media for a user equipment (UE) to provide an indication when the quality of a group of previously-reported simultaneously receivable transmit beams has degraded to the point they are no longer simultaneously receivable.
US11751183B2
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for a CORESET beam recovery procedure and a QCL association beam recovery procedure where a condition or rule based UE initiated change of active TCI state is used. The CORESET beam recovery procedure involves a downlink reference signal corresponding to a transmission configuration indication state activated for certain CORESET being determined as a beam failure detection resource. The QCL association beam recovery procedure concerns a UE transmitting a UL request signal to require switching an active TCI state of the CORESET to a currently deactivated TCI state of the same CORESET.
US11751181B2
A scheduling apparatus and a scheduling method, wherein the amount of signaling for frequency resource allocation information can be reduced while maintaining system throughput performance. In a base station apparatus, a scheduling section allocates frequency resources to frequency allocation target terminals based on set frequency allocation units, and a frequency allocation parameter setting section adjusts the set frequency allocation units set in the scheduling section based on cluster numbers. Due to this, in each cluster number, frequency resources can be allocated based on the most suitable frequency allocation units with respect to the signaling bit number. As a result, the amount of signaling for frequency resource allocation information can be reduced. Further, system throughput can be maintained by making the cluster number, which is a parameter having little effect on system throughput, a setting parameter for frequency allocation units.
US11751175B2
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating semi-static TCI configurations are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a UE includes receiving, from a base station, a first downlink message including a TCI state indicator. The example method also includes initiating a timer after receiving the first downlink message including the TCI state indicator. Additionally, the example method includes receiving, after the timer expires, subsequent downlink messages using the indicated TCI state until a second downlink message including a TCI state change indication is received. An example method for wireless communication at a base station includes transmitting, to a UE, a first downlink message including a TCI state indicator. The example method also includes initiating a timer after transmitting the first downlink message including the TCI state indicator. Additionally, the example method includes transmitting, after the timer expires, subsequent downlink messages based on the indicated TCI state.
US11751168B2
In systems and methods for processing an anomaly notification message, a communication network device may receive from a wireless device an anomaly notification message, and in response to determining that the anomaly notification message was received via the anomaly-specific network communication link may associate the anomaly notification message with an anomaly priority that is higher than a normal traffic priority.
US11751159B2
In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) receives, from a fixed reference node, at least one round-trip propagation time (RTT) ranging scheduling message indicating a set of downlink (DL) ranging resource assignments and a set of uplink (UL) ranging resource grants, receives one or more DL ranging signals from the fixed reference node on a first set of resources identified by the set of DL ranging resource assignments, and transmits one or more UL ranging signals to the fixed reference node on a second set of resources identified by the set of UL ranging resource grants.
US11751145B2
The disclosure relates to a communication technique for convergence between an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system thereof. The disclosure may be applied to intelligence services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, etc.) according to a 5G communication system and an IoT related technology. In addition, the disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for controlling power of an IAB node in a wireless communication system.
US11751142B2
A user equipment (UE) device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a first reconfiguration message from a wireless station of a radio access network to attempt to place the UE device into a first power saving state. The UE device may be further configured to execute the instructions to determine that a battery level is below a first predetermined threshold; transmit, to the wireless station, a second power savings request when it is determined that the battery level is below the predetermined threshold, to place the UE device into a second power saving state; receive a second reconfiguration message from the wireless station based on the second power savings request; and execute adjustments in the second reconfiguration message to place the UE device into the second power saving state.
US11751134B2
A first communication device determines whether a second communication device is in a power save mode with respect to a first communication link among a plurality of communication links that correspond to respective frequency segments, and determines whether the second communication device is in a power save mode with respect to a second communication link among the plurality of communication links. The second communication device is permitted to be in the power save mode with respect to the second communication link when the second communication device is not in the power save mode with respect to the first communication link, and vice versa. The first communication device communicates with the second communication device in accordance with the power save modes of the second communication device with respect to the first and second communication links.
US11751132B2
A wake-up signal being for providing an indication to one or more flood of the communications devices that they should receive a paging message in one or more of a plurality of temporally spaced paging occasions, and transmitting a candidate indicator message to the one or more communications devices in advance of the wake-up signal search space, the candidate indicator message indicating one or more characteristics of the wake-up signal by which the wake-up signal may be transmitted as one or more candidates, wherein the one or more candidates are to be searched for detection of the wake-up signal by the one or more communication devices.
US11751130B2
There is provided an apparatus. The apparatus comprises means for performing: participating in a slice-specific authentication and authorization procedure for the apparatus; and receiving a message at the apparatus, the message comprising an information element indicating to a mobility management sub-layer of the apparatus a result of the slice-specific authentication and authorization procedure, and the message comprising single network slice selection assistance information for the apparatus.
US11751128B2
Disclosed is a method for handling cell selection in a multiple radio access technology dual connectivity (MR-DC) system, including scanning, by a user equipment (UE), at least one frequency, identifying, by the UE, a first cell supporting an MR-DC based on the scanned at least one frequency, and camping, by the UE, to the identified first cell.
US11751127B2
A method for indoor localization based on previous activities. The method includes acquiring a target observation from a target user, adding the target observation to a target observations list of a plurality of observations lists, obtaining a target cluster for the target user, verifying that the target cluster satisfies a localization condition, replacing the target cluster with a substitute cluster responsive to the target cluster not satisfying the localization condition, obtaining an estimated location of the target user based on the target cluster responsive to the target cluster satisfying the localization condition, obtaining the estimated location based on the plurality of observations lists responsive to the substitute cluster not satisfying the localization condition, and storing the estimated location in a database. The target observation is acquired utilizing an access point.
US11751125B2
Embodiments of this application provide an information transmission method, a network device, and a user equipment. The method provided in this application includes: sending, by a network device, a broadcast frame that includes first duration information and second duration information that are of A-BFT (Association Beamforming Training); receiving a frame sent by a first user equipment in a timeslot randomly selected from a first time range; and receiving a frame sent by a second user equipment in a timeslot randomly selected from a second time range. According to the embodiments of this application, beamforming training efficiency can be improved.
US11751121B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a radio access control method. The method includes that a terminal device receives access control information sent by an access network device, wherein the access control information indicates a barred service type and a barred data transmission attribute to the terminal device; and the terminal device determines whether to send a radio resource control (RRC) connection request to the access network device based on the barred service type and the barred data transmission attribute; wherein the data transmission attribute comprises a transmission scheme type, the transmission scheme type is used to indicate a transmission scheme used by the terminal device for transmitting service data used by the terminal device. Thereby improving network resource utilization.
US11751113B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may autonomously initiate a handover procedure and select a target base station for the handover procedure. The UE may measure a signal from the source base station or the target base station, or both, and the UE may determine whether specific criteria at both base stations are within a pre-configured range. If the criteria at both base stations are within the pre-configured range, the UE may identify the target base station as a potential candidate for a handover. Accordingly, when the UE determines that radio conditions with the source base station are deteriorating (or fall below a threshold), the UE may initiate a handover to the target base station autonomously and without specific direction from the source base station.
US11751112B2
A method includes: sending, by a first network device, a first configuration message to a terminal device, where the first configuration message is used to instruct the terminal device to configure a second ciphering/deciphering function associated with a second network device and share a first data packet numbering/reordering function, and the terminal device is configured with the first data packet numbering/reordering function and a first ciphering/deciphering function associated with the first network device; and receiving, by the first network device, a first configuration complete message sent by the terminal device. In this embodiment, the first configuration message is used so that the terminal device may configure the function associated with the second network device. Therefore, during handover, the terminal device may simultaneously perform data transmission with the second network device and the first network device, to reduce or avoid a service interruption time caused by handover.
US11751111B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for improved wireless terminal roaming. In some embodiments, a management module determines access point density metrics for a plurality of centrally managed access points of a communications site. The density metric considers an average RSSI of access point signals received by other access points of the site, and each access point's contribution to the average. A determination of whether a particular wireless terminal roams is based on the density metrics of the source and target access point, as well as statistics relating to a current capacity of each of the access points. The disclosed embodiments may determine that a wireless terminal should transition/roam away from an access point even when that access point's RSSI value at the wireless terminal is above a threshold that would cause traditional methods to inhibit roaming.
US11751106B2
A concept for handovers in cellular networks, a concept for improved handling of tracking/paging areas for, for instance, user entities in inactive modes and a concept for enabling intelligent route selection in cellular networks are presented.
US11751105B2
This application provides a network handover method and an apparatus. Before a terminal device is handed over from a first network to a second network, the terminal device sets up a first tunnel to a first interworking device, where a communication identifier, of the terminal device, in the first tunnel is a first identifier the first identifier is an identifier used in the first network by the terminal device, and the first interworking device is an interface device in the first network and oriented toward a network other than the first network. After the terminal device is handed over from the first network to the second network, the terminal device sends an update request to the first interworking device, where the update request to update the communication identifier to a second identifier, and the second identifier is an identifier used in the second network by the terminal device.
US11751104B2
A method and apparatus for accessing a random access channel (RACH) during handover are disclosed. A handover procedure is initiated and a maximum handover interruption timer is activated. A dedicated preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH on a condition that the dedicated preamble is reserved in a current random access opportunity and the maximum handover interruption timer has not expired. A contention-based preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH on a condition that a dedicated preamble is not reserved in a current random access opportunity. If the maximum handover interruption timer has expired, a contention-based preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH.
US11751101B2
Devices, methods, user equipment (UE), network core devices, gateway devices, evolved node B (eNB), and storage media for UE provisioning are described. In one embodiment, a UE is configured for codec bitrate adaptation via an interface configured to receive a bandwidth indication and a codec awareness indication from an eNB. The UE process the bandwidth indication and identifies, based on the codec awareness indication, a first codec from a plurality of codecs supported by the UE. The UE then configures with the eNB using data encoded with the first codec. This data may, for example, be Voice over Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE) data or other such media data. Selection of the codec or associated codec information may be further based on the codec awareness indication.
US11751098B2
A method and a device for receiving transmitting data in in a wireless local area network are provided. The device receives a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) from a station over a transmission bandwidth and determines whether the station is a member of a basic service set (BSS) managed by the device based on the PPDU. When the PPDU is a multi-user (MU)-PPDU, the AP determines that the station is not a member of the BSS managed by the AP. Such MU-PPDU includes a first signal field and a second signal field, the first signal field having bandwidth information indicating the transmission bandwidth, the second signal field having user-specific information with allocation for orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission.
US11751097B2
A communication technique for converging a 5G communication system, which is provided to support a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology by re-establishing a PDCP entity for a header compression protocol and activating uplink semi-persistent scheduling.
US11751096B2
Provided are a congestion control method and device, and a base station. The congestion control method includes: determining whether a traffic data flow transmitted by a base station is congested; setting an Internet protocol (IP) data packet in the traffic data flow when the traffic data flow transmitted by the base station is congested, where the set IP data packet is used for indicating that the traffic data flow transmitted by the base station is congested. The present disclosure solves the problem in the existing art that user throughput is affected because a base station only determines whether the base station is congested.
US11751087B2
Presented here is a method to predict whether a user of a wireless telecommunication network will report a problem or issue associated with the wireless telecommunication network. A processor can obtain multiple key performance indicators (KPIs) describing a user experience with the wireless telecommunication network. The processor can calculate at least a daily value of each KPI according to a rule specific to the KPI. The processor can create an image representing a value of each KPI, where a first axis of the image identifies the KPI, and where a second axis of the image represents the daily value of the KPI. The processor can predict whether the user of the wireless telecommunication network will report the problem by providing the image to a machine learning model and receiving a prediction from the machine learning model whether the user of the wireless telecommunication network will report the problem.
US11751067B2
The disclosed technology relates to a process of dynamically assigning operational parameters for access points within a CBRS (Citizen Broadband Radio Service) network. In particular, the disclosed technology monitors for and detects interference between nearby access points and user equipment devices that may belong to the same enterprise or to different enterprises. Machine learning processes are used to revise the operational parameters that were initially assigned by the Spectrum Access System (SAS). These processes are also used to suggest an updated set of operational parameters to the SAS for the access points. The dynamic assignment reduces interference experienced by the access point with respect to nearby other access points and/or nearby other user equipment. The dynamic assignment aims to improve a quality of communication between the access point and its associated user equipment.
US11751059B1
A method of authenticating access of an electronic device to an application server based on a subscriber identity module (SIM) associated with the electronic device. The method receiving an authentication challenge from an application executing on the device by a SIM application toolkit (SAT) executing on the device, transmitting a random number and an authentication value of the challenge to a SIM of the device by the SAT, receiving a response from the SIM by the SAT, transmitting an authentication response to the application by the SAT, where the authentication response comprises the response received from the SIM, generating an application key by the SAT based at least in part on the response received from the SIM, and transmitting the application key to the application by the SAT, whereby the application executing on the electronic device establishes a communication session with an application server via an access communication network.
US11751058B2
A method of user equipment (UE) implemented network slice security protection is disclosed. The method comprises the UE receiving a request to initialize an application, querying a UE Route Selection Policy (URSP) stored on the UE, and receiving traffic descriptors and security descriptors in response to the querying. The traffic descriptors identify a network slice for the application. The security descriptors comprise a security flag and a virtualization container ID. The method also comprises the UE initiating the application within a virtualization container corresponding to the virtualization container ID based on the security flag indicating that the network slice is secure and binding traffic for the application in the virtualization container to a PDU session based on the traffic descriptors. The method further comprises communicating, by the application executing within the virtualization container, with a core network over the PDU session via the network slice bound to the virtualization container.
US11751046B1
Systems and methods are provided for controlling device retry behavior. The method is performed by receiving an error code generated in response to a resource request from the wireless device, associating the error code with a timeframe for reseeding the resource request from the wireless device, and sending the error code and the timeframe to the wireless device in response to the resource request.
US11751039B2
In a V2X communication method, a first communication device obtains an identification set including one or more identifications, where a risk of collision between a moving subject corresponding to each identification and a first moving subject corresponding to the first communication device meets a preset condition. When a channel busy ratio is greater than a first threshold, the first communication device sends configuration information including the identification set to a second communication device. When the channel busy ratio is greater than a second threshold, the first communication device transmits a V2X message to the second communication device through the standby communication connection channel, where the second threshold is greater than the first threshold.
US11751028B2
A method of a first transportation vehicle for predicting channel load. The first transportation vehicle predicts a critical area with channel congestion of at least one communication channel, determines a propagation trajectory of at least one second transportation vehicle and compares the propagation trajectory of the at least one second transportation vehicle and the critical area. Based on the comparison, the first transportation vehicle then selectively transmits a message having information on the critical area to at least one second transportation vehicle. Also disclosed is a transportation vehicle for performing the method and a computer program having instructions for performing the method.
US11751011B2
A positioning method and a user equipment, where the positioning method includes determining, by a first user equipment, a positioning authorization condition for positioning a second user equipment, where the positioning authorization condition includes positioning time information or positioning location information that is jointly determined by the first user equipment and the second user equipment, positioning, by the first user equipment, the second user equipment under the positioning authorization condition, and obtaining location information of the second user equipment.
US11750994B2
Disclosed is an audio signal processing method including: receiving a stereo signal; transforming the stereo signal into a frequency-domain signal; rendering the first signal based on a first ipsilateral filter coefficient; generating a frontal ipsilateral signal relating to the frequency-domain signal; rendering the second signal based on a second ipsilateral filter coefficient; generating a side ipsilateral signal relating to the frequency-domain signal; rendering the second signal based on a contralateral filter coefficient; generating a side contralateral signal relating to the frequency-domain signal; transforming an ipsilateral signal, generated by mixing the frontal ipsilateral signal and the side ipsilateral signal, and the side contralateral signal into a time-domain ipsilateral signal and a time-domain contralateral signal, which are time-domain signals, respectively; and generating a binaural signal by mixing the time-domain ipsilateral signal and the time-domain contralateral signal.
US11750989B2
A method of increasing an ability of a recipient of a hearing prosthesis' ability to hear with the hearing prosthesis, including obtaining data indicative of a first characteristic of content, wherein the content is an audio or an audio-visual content, obtaining data indicative of a second characteristic of the content, identifying, based on the first and second characteristics, specific content and using at least one item of the specific content with the hearing prosthesis such that a hearing percept in the recipient is evoked based on the at least one item of specific content.
US11750978B2
Disclosed is a sound generator, including a bracket, a magnetic circuit system, a first vibration system, and a second vibration system. The bracket has a first opening and a second opening that face opposite directions. The magnetic circuit system is used for driving the first vibration system and the second vibration system to generate sound in different directions. The first vibration system includes a first voice coil, the second vibration system includes a second voice coil, and the magnetic circuit system includes a first magnet, a second magnet, and a third magnet. The first voice coil is sleeved on outer sides of the first magnet and the second magnet simultaneously, and the second voice coil is sleeved on outer sides of the second magnet and the third magnet simultaneously. In the present invention, the loudness of sound generated by the sound generator may be improved.
US11750974B2
A sound processing method includes: determining a vector of a first residual signal according to a first signal vector and a second signal vector, the first signal vector including a first voice signal and a first noise signal input into the first microphone, the second signal vector including a second voice signal and a second noise signal input into the second microphone, and the first residual signal including the second noise signal and a residual voice signal; determining a gain function of a current frame according to the vector of the first residual signal and the first signal vector; and determining a first voice signal of the current frame according to the first signal vector and the gain function of the current frame.
US11750960B2
A microphone includes an amplifier coupled to an input node of the microphone; a shock detector coupled to the input node of the microphone; and a recovery circuit having an input coupled to an output of the shock detector, and an output coupled to the input of the microphone.
US11750956B2
An optical receiver is disclosed, including an optoelectronic detector, a transimpedance amplification (TIA) circuit, a single-ended-to-differential converter, an I/O interface, and a controller. The optoelectronic detector, having bandwidth lower than required system transmission bandwidth, converts an optical signal into a current signal. The TIA circuit compensate gain for the received current signal based on a received control signal, to obtain a voltage signal, where a frequency response value of the current signal within first bandwidth is greater than that within the bandwidth of the optoelectronic detector, and any frequency in the first bandwidth is not lower than an upper cut-off frequency of the optoelectronic detector. The single-ended-to-differential converter converts the voltage signal into a differential voltage signal. The I/O interface outputs the differential voltage signal. The controller generates the control signal based on the differential voltage signal. The optical receiver disclosed can reduce costs while ensuring signal quality.
US11750953B2
Supply chain systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring fluid levels in liquid containers, such as kegs. Embodiments include sensors that fit within a keg's false bottom, measure the weight of the keg, and transmit the weight information to a computer database via a wireless network. Other embodiments include an RFID device with information about a characteristic of the liquid within a keg (such as brand and/or type of beer) that may be attached to the keg and paired with the sensor so the sensor can transmit information about the characteristic of the liquid in the keg. In alternate embodiments, the sensor's transmitter is short range and an uplink/gateway is used to receive information from the sensor and relay that sensor's information to a broader wireless network. Multiple containers in close proximity may each be fitted with an RFID device and sensor and communicate their individual information to the database.
US11750943B2
Provided is a method and a device for correcting lateral chromatic aberration, a storage medium and a computer equipment. In the method, a relationship model between lens position and magnitude of LCA is constructed based on preset parameters of lens positions, and the relationship model is stored as calibration data; system parameters of a camera to be corrected and pre-stored calibration data are obtained; the LCA of the camera to be corrected is obtained by calculating the system parameters; and the LCA is corrected by the calibration data. With the method, the LCA of the lens can be removed when the focus distance is changed, and the method is suitable for mass-production.
US11750941B1
An imaging circuit includes plural pixel circuits which are arranged in a pixel array. Each of the plural pixel circuits includes an image sensing device which is configured to sense a normal imaging light shedding on the imaging circuit with a predetermined frame rate. At least a portion of the plural pixel circuits are first type pixel circuits. Each of the first type pixel circuit further includes a flicker sensing device. Plural flicker sensing devices in the pixel array are coupled in parallel to sense a flickering light shedding on the imaging circuit to generate a flicker indicating signal.
US11750910B2
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus comprises a housing, a display unit, a backlight module and at least one image capturing device. The at least one image capturing device is located in the housing and is used for capturing an image of the display unit.
US11750898B2
A method for generating a target video, an apparatus, a server, and a medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining live broadcast stream data, wherein the live broadcast stream data comprises at least one among voice data and live broadcast interaction data, and video data; performing processing on the live broadcast stream data, and generating at least one among a corresponding voice metric value and interaction metric value, and a corresponding video metric value according to a target object included in a processing result; generating an overall metric value for the live broadcast stream data according to the generated metric values; and in response to determining that the comprehensive metric value for the live broadcast stream data satisfies a preset condition, generating a target video on the basis of the live broadcast stream data.
US11750893B2
A data storage device comprises a non-volatile memory, a buffer, and a controller. The controller is configured to decode a media file to extract timestamp information related to a set of frames of the media file and receive, from a host, a seek command associated with playback of the media file. The seek command includes a seek interval. The controller is further configured to remove at least a portion of the set of frames based at least in part on the seek interval and the extracted timestamp information and transmit a subset of the set of frames, not including the removed at least a portion of the set of frames, to the host.
US11750890B2
According to the present embodiment, there is provided a content delivery apparatus applied to a content delivery system which delivers content, which is sent from a transmission apparatus, to a reception apparatus by a multicast method via an IP network. The content delivery apparatus includes an analyzer configured to detect a start point or an end point of the content by analyzing control information of the content, and a manager configured to control a reception start or a reception end of the content, based on the start point or the end point.
US11750885B2
Methods and systems are described for providing optimal representations of content. A user interface may present content based on one or more images representing the content. User interactions associated with the content may be tracked based on which of the one or more images was used to represent the content. Statistical information may be tracked to determine which groups of users respond to particular images used to represent content. The statistical information may be used to select which images are used to represent the content for additional users.
US11750883B2
According to principles of the disclosure, the level of engagement by a user in watching a program is determined based on data received from a personal computing device that is coupled to the user while they are viewing the audio/video program as it is displayed. The personal computing device contains a number of user biological function sensors which are able to measure and receive one or more biological functions that are personal to the user while they view the audio/video program. The changes in a particular biological function, such as heart rate, breathing, movement and other activities are compared to the type of content in the program being viewed and a correlation carried out in order to determine the level of engagement of the user has with the program.
US11750879B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a video content display method, a client, and a storage medium. The video content display method comprises: upon receipt of a startup instruction, measuring the current state parameter; if the current state parameter meets a preset display condition, reading pre-loaded video data, the preset display condition being used for determining whether to display the video content to be displayed of the pre-loaded video data; embedding the pre-loaded video data into the current information flow to obtain an information flow to be displayed; and in response to the startup instruction, playing back a target video corresponding to the information flow to be displayed to realize the display of said video content.
US11750872B2
A controlling device is automatically configured to issue a communication directly to a first controllable appliance to control a functional operation of the first controllable appliance in the event that the first controllable appliance is determined to be unresponsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link or to issue a communication to a second controllable appliance to control the functional operation of the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link in the event that first controllable appliance is determined to be responsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link.
US11750867B2
There is provided a system including a memory storing an executable code and a processor executing the executable code to provide access to a plurality of users to curate video clips stored in a content repository, wherein each video clip is associated with one of a plurality of ownership identifications, receive curation inputs from a user of one of a plurality of user devices arranging two or more video clips into a video compilation, wherein a first video clip is associated with the first ownership identification of a first content owner and a second video clip is associated with the second ownership identification of a second content owner, stream the video compilation to one or more of the plurality of user devices, and distribute a first fee to the first content owner and a second fee to the second content owner, in response to streaming the video compilation.
US11750849B2
Disclosed are a method for decoding a video signal and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for decoding an image may include: partitioning a current coding tree block into a plurality of coding blocks so that coding blocks partitioned from the current coding tree block are included in a current picture when the current coding tree block is out of a boundary of the current picture; parsing a first syntax element indicating whether a current coding block is partitioned into a plurality of subblocks when the current coding block satisfies a predetermined condition; and determining a split mode of the current coding block based on the syntax element.
US11750832B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video coding. A processing circuitry determines a process unit size for a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR). Then, the processing circuitry enables an application of the DMVR on a current block when a size of the current block is smaller than or equal to the process unit size; and disables the application of the DMVR on the current block when the size of the current block is larger than the process unit size. In an example, the application of the DMVR refines the motion vectors with or without a template block.
US11750829B2
A decoding device includes a transformer sets a decoded luminance component of a prediction target block to the same number of samples as that of the chrominance component corresponding to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block and generates a luminance reference signal. A specificator specifies luminance pixels having minimum and maximum pixel values of the decoded luminance component adjacent to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block, respectively, outputs luminance pixel values obtained from specified luminance pixels, and outputs chrominance pixel values from pigment pixels corresponding to the luminance pixels. A derivator derives a linear prediction parameter from the two pixel values and a linear prediction model. A chrominance linear predictor obtains chrominance prediction signal by applying linear prediction model based on the linear prediction parameter to the luminance reference signal. The chrominance prediction and residual signals are summed to generate a reconstructed chrominance signal.
US11750812B2
A system includes code including first obtaining code to obtain a first syntax element that indicates a first quantization index value for an AC coefficient of an image; second obtaining code to obtain at least one second syntax element that indicates an offset value; third obtaining code to obtain a second quantization index value for another coefficient of the image; fourth obtaining code to obtain a quantization step size that corresponds to the second quantization index value that is obtained; and determining code to determine whether a mode in which the image is to be coded is a lossy mode or a lossless mode based on determining whether the first quantization index value is equal to a quantization index value associated with lossless coding, and based on determining whether the offset value is less than or equal to the quantization index value associated with the lossless coding.
US11750809B2
An encoding method with multiple image block division manners is disclosed, including: determining a division manner and a division direction of an image block; dividing the image block to obtain image subblocks sequentially arranged horizontally or vertically; determining whether the image subblocks need subdivision, and if subdivision is not needed, predicting the encoding object in the frame according to the image subblocks, to obtain residual data; performing transformation, quantization, and entropy encoding for the residual data so as to obtain coded residual data; and writing the division manner of the image block, the division direction of the image block, an identifier indicating whether the image subblocks need subdivision, and the coded residual data into a bitstream. By applying the encoding method, better prediction accuracy can be achieved when the image block presents a small change of pixel value in the horizontal or vertical direction.
US11750807B2
Apparatuses and methods for Intra Sub-Partitions (ISP) are provided. The method includes: obtaining information of ISP, and determining a size of a chroma transform block (TB) of the coding unit based on SubWidthC and SubHeightC when at least a first condition is fulfilled. The first condition includes the information of ISP indicates that ISP is used for splitting the luma coding block. SubWidthC and SubHeightC are variables depending on chroma format information. The chroma format information indicates a chroma format of a picture the coding unit belongs to. The method can apply to all chroma format. The chroma format includes at least one of: 4:2:0, or 4:2:2, or 4:4:4. An accurate and versatile way to determine the size of the chroma transform block for the ISP is achieved.
US11750805B2
Systems and methods for applying deblocking filters to reconstructed video data are disclosed. Sample values in adjacent reconstructed video blocks are modified according to multiple passes of a deblocking filter. A filtering pass may correspond to processing or constructing of all or subset of samples to be deblocked. The number of processing or constructing for each sample in a given pass may correspond to the pass index or order.
US11750801B2
A picture decoding method which is performed by a decoding apparatus according to an example of the present disclosure includes constructing a Most Probable Modes (MPM) list including intra prediction mode candidates for a current block based on neighboring blocks of the current block, decoding remaining mode information indicating one of remaining intra prediction modes other than the intra prediction mode candidates included in the MPM list from a bitstream, determining an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the decoded remaining mode information, generating prediction samples for the current block based on the determined intra prediction mode, and generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the prediction samples for the current block, wherein the remaining mode information is decoded based on a truncated binary code.
US11750793B2
A display panel includes a plurality of pixels including a first type pixel, a second type pixel, and a third type pixel, and a lens array disposed on a first surface of the display panel and having an inclination angle. The first type pixel and the second type pixel are disposed adjacent to each other in a second direction. The third type pixel is disposed adjacent to the first type pixel and the second type pixel in a first direction. A pitch of the third type pixel in the second direction is less than or equal to a sum of a pitch of the first type pixel in the second direction and a pitch of the second type pixel in the second direction.
US11750792B2
An information processing apparatus for a system generates a virtual viewpoint image based on image data obtained by performing imaging from a plurality of directions using a plurality of cameras. The information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a foreground image based on an object region including a predetermined object in a captured image for generating a virtual viewpoint image and a background image based on a region different from the object region in the captured image, wherein the obtained foreground image and the obtained background image having different frame rates, and an output unit configured to output the foreground image and the background image which are obtained by the obtaining unit and which are associated with each other.
US11750785B2
A video signal processing method which includes: performing luminance mapping and color gamut conversion after color space conversion and non-linear space-to-linear space conversion are performed on a to-be-processed video signal, performing linear space-to-non-linear space conversion and color space conversion on the color gamut-converted signal, and then performing saturation mapping on the converted signal, to obtain a video signal that matches a format supported by a display device, so that the to-be-processed video signal can be correctly displayed on the display device.
US11750777B2
A surveillance camera and surveillance data storage system includes a video management system (VMS) with a backfill monitor controlling the process of transferring backfill surveillance data locally stored on the cameras to the VMS. The backfill monitor accesses information in a transfer policy and camera schedule dictating priority and bandwidth settings for each camera or for groups of cameras and uses the information to allocate the order, timing and speed of the transfers. The backfill monitor can further adjust the transfer speeds continuously and in real time according to the current conditions of the network.
US11750776B2
The application provides a network camera, a video monitoring system and a method. The network camera comprises: an image sensor, a processor, a memory and a network communication interface; the processor is configured for matching a current image acquired by the image sensor with an image stored in a second storage unit of the memory, so as to obtain a similarity value representing a matching result, and storing an image satisfying a similarity condition in another storage unit of the network camera, reducing the difficulty of image comparison and improving the accuracy of the comparison result.
US11750775B2
An occupant state detection system includes an occupant monitoring apparatus, a determination apparatus, and an occupant state detection apparatus. The occupant state detection apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more memories store data including traveling-state comparative data and stopped-state comparative data. The one or more processors cooperate with one or more programs included in the one or more memories to receive occupant monitoring data from the occupant monitoring apparatus and determination data from the determination apparatus. On the basis of the determination data, the one or more processors compare the occupant monitoring data with the traveling-state comparative data on the condition that the vehicle is in the traveling state, and compare the occupant monitoring data with the stopped-state comparative data on the condition that the vehicle is in the stopped state, to detect a state of the occupant in the vehicle.
US11750774B2
Methods and systems described herein facilitate virtual interactions between users that more closely resemble their in-person counterparts. In particular, the methods and systems simulate in-person interactions in virtual environments through the use of complex spatial algorithms. For example, in some embodiments, the methods and systems provide avatar-based video conferencing systems in which avatars are connected by video/voice chat to any avatar based on one or more criteria.
US11750769B2
Methods and apparatus to perform an automated gain control protocol with an amplifier based on historical data corresponding to contextual data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a controller to select an automatic gain control (AGC) parameter for an AGC protocol based on historical data corresponding to contextual data, the contextual data including at least one of a time during which the AGC protocol is performed, a panelist identified by a meter, demographics of an audience identified by the meter, a location of the meter, a station identified by the meter, a media type identified by the meter, or a sound pressure level identified by the meter; and a processor to perform the AGC protocol based on the selected AGC parameter.
US11750768B2
An image processing unit identifies the shape of an obstacle that is identified from an area that appears in a peripheral image based on an image captured by a camera. The shape of the obstacle includes at least a tilt of a section of the obstacle in a road-surface direction. The section of the obstacle faces a vehicle. The image processing unit generates a superimposed image in which a mark image that is generated as a pattern that indicates the identified obstacle is superimposed onto a position that corresponds to the obstacle in the peripheral image. At this time, the image processing unit variably changes properties of the mark image based on the tilt of the obstacle identified by an obstacle identifying unit. The image processing unit then displays the generated superimposed image on display apparatus.
US11750760B2
An information loss determiner in an image processing device determines whether character collapse has occurred in a simple binarized image. If character collapse has not occurred in the simple binarized image, an image processing determiner selects simple binarization processing as the image processing method of output image data. If character collapse has occurred in the simple binarized image, the process proceeds to photograph area size determination. If the ratio of a photograph area size is less than or equal to a predetermined value, the information loss determiner determines that character collapse has occurred in a posterization processed image. If character collapse has occurred in the posterization processed image, the image processing determiner selects grayscale processing. If character collapse has not occurred in the posterization processed image, the image processing determiner selects posterization processing.
US11750757B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: extract, if a facsimile document is received, information indicating a contact associated in advance with a telephone number of a person who has transmitted the facsimile document; and perform control for posting an electronic document, which is obtained by digitizing the facsimile document, to a message exchange service including the contact as a member while determining the contact as a notification target of the electronic document.
US11750754B2
An image reading apparatus (1) includes image sensors (20A, 20B). The image sensor (20A) includes light guides (21A, 22A) guiding light to a reading target (M), a lens body (8A) forming an image of reflected light derived from the light guided by the light guides (21A, 22A) and reflected from the reading target (M), light receiving elements (11A) converting the image of reflected light formed by the lens body (8A) into electrical signals, and a controller (14A) controlling exposure times of the light receiving elements (11A). The image sensor (20B) includes a lens body (8B) forming an image of transmitted light derived from the light guided by the light guide (22A) and transmitted through the reading target (M), light receiving elements (11B) converting the image of transmitted light formed by the lens body (8B) into electrical signals, and a controller (14B) controlling exposure times of the light receiving elements (11B).
US11750747B2
An inspection apparatus capable of preventing lowering of position matching accuracy. Control points are positioned in a lattice form on a scanned image of a print product, for performing position matching between the scanned image and a reference image registered in advance. An approximate line of a column and an approximate line of a row intersecting the approximate line of the column are calculated based on two or more control points positioned in the same column and the same row as one control point. One control point determined to be corrected is corrected based on the respective approximate lines of the column and the row. The print product is inspected by comparing a position-matched scanned image generated based on the control points including position-corrected control points and position-updated control points, and the reference image.
US11750742B2
A device may receive audio data of a first call between a first user and a second user. The device may generate, based on the audio data, time series data associated with an audio signal of the first call and may process, using a first machine learning model, the time series data to generate first call insight information regarding one or more first insights associated with the first call. The device may process the audio data to generate image data associated with the audio signal and may process, using a second machine learning model, the image data to generate second call insight information regarding one or more second insights associated with the first call. The device may combine the first call insight information and the second call insight information to generate combined call insight information and cause an action to be performed based on the combined call insight information.
US11750735B2
A computer-implemented method, a computer system and a computer program product dynamically change the user interface on a mobile device. The method includes displaying a user interface on a first device. The user interface includes a set of graphical controls corresponding to a plurality of functions of the first device. The method also includes connecting to the second device in response to a determination that the device includes a capability not included in the plurality of functions of the first device. The method further includes determining an aggregate function set for the first and second devices that includes the plurality of functions of the first device and is updated to include the capability of the second device. Finally, the method includes modifying the user interface of the first device based on the aggregate function set by adding a graphical control corresponding to the capability of the second device.
US11750730B2
A computer implemented method and system for determining a communication mode for recording a media message on a communication device is provided. An adaptive recording application detects activation of an interface element, for example, a push or a touch of a button on the communication device and determines duration of the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application, in response to the detection of the activation of the interface element, selects a communication mode, for example, a push to talk communication mode, a tap to start communication mode, etc., based on a comparison of the duration of the activation of the interface element with one or more configurable timing parameters and/or a determination of a presence or an absence of a media signal during and/or after the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application initiates recording of the media message in the selected communication mode.
US11750727B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first display slidable through the housing, a portion of the first display being exposed to an outside through the housing, a region of the first display being capable of being changed based on a sliding of the first display through the housing, a second display spaced apart from the exposed portion of the first display and forming a flat surface with the exposed portion of the first display, an optical member positioned on a portion of the second housing associated with the exposed part of the first display; and at least one processor configured to output light through a first portion of the first display associated with the optical member, the light being diffused through the optical member.
US11750723B2
Methods and systems for providing a visual content gallery within a controlled environment are disclosed herein. A content gallery server receives a content submission from an inmate device within the controlled environment. Further, the content gallery server determines that the content submission does not include prohibited content based on comparing the content submission to a blacklist of prohibited information. When the content submission does not include prohibited content, the content gallery server adds the content submission to a network accessible content gallery corresponding to an inmate associated with the inmate device. Further, authorized friends and family of the inmate may view the content submission and provide comments on the content submission.
US11750707B1
Systems and methods for multi-tenant and omni-channel routing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for multi-tenant and omni-channel routing may include: (1) a multi-tenant and omni-channel routing computer program executed by an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor receiving, from a first platform in a multi-tenant system, a call to transfer an interaction between the first platform and a third party to a second platform in the multi-tenant system; (2) the multi-tenant and omni-channel routing computer program collecting a context of the interaction from the first platform; (3) the multi-tenant and omni-channel routing computer program identifying the second platform based on the context of the interaction; and (4) the multi-tenant and omni-channel routing computer program routing the interaction to the second platform and communicating the context to the second platform.
US11750702B2
Mechanisms for subscription and notification may include dynamically changing notification behavior based on notification target status or support access to notification history information.
US11750701B2
The present invention is for an autonomous aerial vehicle that enables near real-time and offline data processing among heterogenous devices that are in unreliable or unconnected network service areas, wherein the heterogenous devices are associated with heavy industrial systems. The autonomous aerial vehicle may obtain data from a first physical asset, and segment the obtained data as suitable for a local area compute node and/or a cloud compute node. The autonomous aerial vehicle may identify a location associated with the one or more destination devices and may compute a flight path to the destination location. The aerial device may thereafter travel to the destination location and upload relevant data to the at least one destination upon arrival.
US11750697B2
A message transmission method and related devices are provided in the disclosure. The method includes the following. A first long range (LoRa) device creates a LoRa mesh group. Based on a peer-to-peer (P2P) communication requirement with a second LoRa device belonging to the LoRa mesh group, the first LoRa device switches to a P2P communication mode, transmits a mode switching instruction to the second LoRa device, and increases a transmission priority associated with a target message type to a predetermined transmission priority. The mode switching instruction is used to instruct the second LoRa device to switch to the P2P communication mode. The target message type is the type of a message that needs to be transmitted in P2P communication between the first LoRa device and the second LoRa device. The first LoRa device transmits a message of the target message type to the second LoRa device.
US11750690B2
A computer-implemented method, in a content delivery (CD) network that delivers content on behalf of multiple content providers. The method includes, at a server in the CDN, wherein the server is currently processing at least one other request in at least one other session: receiving a connection request from a client, the connection request being associated with a corresponding content request; determining whether handling the content request will cause the server to become overloaded; and, based on the determining in (B) and on information about the content request, conditionally (i) accepting the content request, and (ii) terminating or throttling at least one session on the server.
US11750687B2
A server computer system, comprises a processor; a communications module coupled to the processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to obtain information associated with a request to transfer data to a data record; determine, based on an identifier associated with the data record, whether a real-time transfer protocol is available to complete the transfer; and send, via the communications module and to a client device associated with a recipient of the request to transfer the data to the data record, a signal updating one or more interface elements of an interface displayed on the client device based on whether the real-time transfer protocol is available to complete the transfer.
US11750674B2
An ultra-low latency remote access system may stream video images from a remote application server to a client device, but may render a cursor separately on the client device. The remote application may send cursor bitmaps and other cursor information to the client device, which may be rendered by the client device to give a near-native response time and feel to the user experience. The remote access system may operate in a browser environment, with executable code in the browser to capture user input, including pointer and keyboard inputs. Executable code on the application server may encode screen images into video, which may be transmitted and rendered on the client device. In some cases, the rendered video may be larger than the displayable area of the client device, allowing for panning and zooming to be performed on the client device.
US11750673B2
Methods for synchronizing a client application user interface (UI) state of content of a client application on a client device corresponding with a host application on a host device are presented, the method including: receiving an update on the host application; transmitting a request for remote notification to the client device to synchronize the UI state of content of the client application responsive to receiving the event; displaying a notification corresponding with the request for remote notification on the client device indicating content is available to the client device; selecting the notification; launching the client application on the client device; transmitting a synchronizing request by the client device to the host device; enabling a synchronization mode of the host application; determining a host application UI state; transmitting content data associated with the UI state of the host application to the client device; and displaying the client application UI state based on the content data from the host device.
US11750672B2
Systems and techniques are provided for a digital collaborative workspace system. The system includes a server network node having a processor and a database accessible thereto. The server network node can include logic to register a first display identification code (DIC) with a first network node, a second DIC with a second network node and a third DIC with a third network node. The server network node can detect an input from a second user identifying the shared workspace and the registered phone number or other identifier of the first user. The server network node can transmit this data to the third network node and in dependence upon receiving a selection of one or more of the first DIC, the second DIC, and the third DIC from the third network node, start a collaboration by sending the shared digital workspace to the network nodes registered with the selected DICs.
US11750666B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for a Dynamic Group Session Data Access Protocol. The system may monitor participant input in a group interactive session. The system may be trained to monitor and understand the group environment and predict intent of the participant discussion and may predict relevant data. The system may be used by a single participant or by multiple participants. The system may determine the access level of the participants. The system may determine the access level of the data. The system may compare the access level of the participants with the access level of the data. The system may dynamically mask the data if the access level of the participants does not match the access level of the data. The system may create customized views of the data for each participant based on the participant's access level and the access level of the data.
US11750659B2
A system and method for generating comprehensive security profiles and ratings for organizations that takes into account the organization's infrastructure and operations in generating the profile, and the context and purpose of the rating to be generated related to the profile. The system and method may further comprise gathering data about the totality of the organization's infrastructure and operations, generating a cybersecurity profile using active and passive internal and external reconnaissance of the organization to determine cybersecurity vulnerabilities and potential impacts to the business in light of the information gathered about the organization's infrastructure and operations, and generating cybersecurity scores and ratings that take into account all of the above information, plus the context and purpose of the score or rating to be generated based on the cybersecurity profile.
US11750655B2
Mechanisms for requesting, by a client device, registration of identified data at a sensor reader. A request command is sent from the client device and to the sensor reader pertaining to a registration operation to be performed on identified data at the sensor reader. A security policy is assigned to the identified data by the sensor reader. A first security protected object and a second security protected object of the identified data are created by the sensor reader and based on the request command and the security policy. The second security protected object is sent, by the sensor reader, to the client device. The first security protected object is sent, by the sensor reader, towards the trusted server. The trusted server, upon reception of the first security protected object, verifies that the sensor reader that created the first security protected object has a security trusted relationship with the trusted server.
US11750654B2
Embodiments provide access to enterprise data via a secured virtual environment hosted on an Information Handling System (IHS), with the integrity of the IHS validated prior to launching the virtual environment. The integrity of the IHS may also be continuously validated during operation of the launched virtual environment. Policies for accessing the enterprise data are stored in a secured memory that is isolated from the operating system of the IHS. A virtual environment is configured, according to the policies, with resources for a particular user to access the enterprise data. If the integrity of the IHS is validated by a trusted resource on the IHS, the virtual environment is launched. During operation of the virtual environment, the trusted resource periodically confirms the integrity of the IHS. If the integrity of the IHS is not verified or policy changes are identified, access to the secured workspace may be revoked.
US11750649B2
Systems and methods of blocking phishing attempts in a computer network, including receiving a list of assets of the computer network, wherein each asset is associated with at least one computer network address, generating at least one address permutation on the at least one computer network address of each asset of the computer network, wherein the generated at least one address permutation is different from the address associated with each asset of the computer network, receiving a communication request at a gateway server of the computer network, determining a destination address of the communication request, comparing the determined destination address with the at least one address permutation, and when the determined destination address is the same as at least one address permutation, blocking the communication request at the gateway server.
US11750647B2
A method and apparatus are described for user protection from external e-mail attack. Some embodiments pertain to receiving a first e-mail at an e-mail client, receiving a detection of a suspicious element in the first e-mail from a detection system, flagging the first e-mail as suspicious with a first flag and a first warning level in response to receiving the detection, flagging a second e-mail with a second flag and a second warning level, displaying the first and second flags with explanatory text in a mailbox view of the e-mail client without opening the first and second e-mail for display to the user, the suspicious element not being selectable in the mailbox view, and sorting the first and the second e-mail with other e-mails of the mailbox view based on the flag warning levels.
US11750622B1
Some embodiments of the invention provide a forwarding element that has a data-plane circuit (data plane) that can be configured to implement a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack detector. The data plane has several stages of configurable data processing circuits, which are typically configured to process data tuples associated with data messages received by the forwarding element in order to forward the data messages within a network. In some embodiments, the configurable data processing circuits of the data plane can also be configured to implement a DDoS attack detector (DDoS detector) in the data plane. In some embodiments, the forwarding element has a control-plane circuit (control plane) that configures the configurable data processing circuits of the data plane, while in other embodiments, a remote controller configures these data processing circuits.
US11750620B2
In overview, a computer-implemented method of transmitting data in a data stream from a first device to a second device is disclosed. The data stream is encrypted before transmission from the first device to the second device, and a location of the data in the data stream is indicated to the second device. The location may be a pre-shared location between the first and second devices, or the first device may transmit the location of the data to the second device. The second device decrypts the encrypted data stream, identifies the data in the data stream based on the location, and encrypts the identified data in the data stream.
US11750605B2
A method includes storing a reference fingerprint for a first device in a database; operating a second device in an identity authentication mode; receiving, by the second device while operating in the identity authentication mode, a signal transmission from an unknown device; determining, by the second device, a fingerprint for the unknown device based on the signal transmission; responsive to the fingerprint of the unknown device matching the reference fingerprint for the first device, processing a data packet associated with the signal transmission; and responsive to the fingerprint of the unknown device not matching the reference fingerprint for the first device, ignoring the data packet associated with the signal transmission.
US11750598B2
Technologies are shown for network attribution tracking for a multi-legged transaction that involve receiving a tracking token registration request from a partner service, generating a tracking token associated with the partner service, adding an entry to an attribution stack for a transaction, where the entry associates the tracking token with the partner service, and returning the tracking token to the partner service. Receiving a tracking token request can include determining whether the tracking token request includes a previously generated tracking token and using the previously generated tracking token to identify the attribution stack for the transaction. Adding an entry to an attribution stack for a transaction can include adding the entry to the attribution stack identified for the transaction. Attribution for a transaction can be obtained by accumulating attribution entities from each entry in the attribution stack identified for the transaction.
US11750589B2
A system and method is disclosed for transporting application data through a communications tunnel between a host device and a guest device that each includes networked processors. The application data may be transported between the host device and the guest device through an allowed port of the host device, the communications tunnel, and a port of the guest device. Based on logon credentials, the guest device can be authenticated by a security server and a role may be determined. The role can include allowed ports and associated applications on the host that the guest is allowed to access. Remote access from the guest device to host devices or remote devices may be enabled without needing prior knowledge of their configurations. Secure access may be facilitated to remote host devices or remote devices, according to security policies that can vary on a per-session basis and takes into account various factors.
US11750582B2
A network apparatus controlling method includes: in a device configuration stage, causing the libraries of a plurality of node devices to have the same network key; electrically connecting to the intermediary node device; obtaining the device name of the intermediary node device; according to the device name, identifying the library of the intermediary node device and the content of the library to confirm an accessing encryption process used by the library; and switching to the accessing encryption process to complete the accessing encryption process between the network apparatus controlling device and the intermediary node device such that the network apparatus controlling device can send an order data to the plurality of node devices in the mesh network via the intermediary node device.
US11750575B2
Systems and methods for gateway communications between non-distributed ledger systems and distributed ledger systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for gateway communication may include: (1) receiving, at a listener comprising a computer processor and from an application in a first domain, a message for a destination distributed ledger system that is one of a plurality of distributed ledger systems in a second domain; (2) generating, by the listener, a payload for the message, wherein the payload identifies the destination distributed ledger system for the message; and (3) encrypting, by the listener, the payload and passing a payload message comprising the encrypted payload to one of a plurality of adapters in a gateway communication service using an API. The adapter may receive the payload message, decrypt the payload, identifies the destination distributed ledger system, and communicate the decrypted payload to the destination distributed ledger system.
US11750571B2
In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a first computing device on a first port of a plurality of ports, a data packet, wherein each of the ports corresponds to one of a plurality of security classes, and the first computing device comprises a plurality of cryptographic modules, each module configured to encrypt data for a respective one of the security classes; tagging the data packet, wherein tagging data identifies one of the security classes and the first port; routing, based on at least one header, the data packet to a first cryptographic module of the plurality of cryptographic modules; encrypting the data packet using the first cryptographic module; and storing the encrypted data packet in a first data storage device.
US11750564B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for securing a network including one or more network nodes connecting a plurality of network connected devices of the network. A method may include: receiving and temporarily storing a plurality of data packets in a shared buffer of a network node; receiving requests from a first processing engine and a second processing engine to access a temporarily stored data packet; generating a first pointer and a second pointer to the temporarily stored data packet, the second pointer being different from the first pointer while pointing to the same temporarily stored data packet; and enabling the first processing engine to use the generated first pointer to access the temporarily stored data packet and the second processing engine to use the generated second pointer to access the temporarily stored data packet.
US11750554B2
In order to facilitate automatic message prioritization, systems and methods are described including a processor that receives electronic messages, where each electronic message is associated with a sender and a recipient. The processor utilizes a message prioritization machine learning model to predict a current prioritized ordering of the electronic messages based on parameters associated with each electronic message, where the parameters include a calendar event parameter representing a calendar event associated with each electronic message, a personnel parameter associated with the sender of each electronic message, and a message subject parameter associated with a subject of each electronic message, where the current prioritized ordering includes an order of notification of each electronic message according to priority based on an interaction history of historical electronic messages associated with the sender The processor causes to display the electronic messages according to the current prioritized ordering.
US11750550B1
Exemplary embodiments relate to improvements in the design of a messaging inbox. The inbox may display different units or “modules” for providing a user with quick access to different inbox functionalities. After a number of recent or unread messages are shown in the inbox's initial interface, the messages end and are replaced with modules. A threshold may be defined for the number of recent/unread messages to display before transitioning to modules. The threshold may be determined dynamically based on a minimum and/or maximum number of messages to display. The determination may be based on the current time, whether there is an active conversation in a thread, whether there are unread messages in a thread, etc. The determination may vary from user to user based, for example, on whether the user is a relatively active user, and/or how the user has used the messaging application in the past.
US11750541B2
A method, apparatus, electronic device and medium for transmitting a live message are provided. An embodiment of the method executed by a client end may include: detecting periodically a status of a persistent connection with the service end; and in response to detecting that the persistent connection is in a disconnected status, re-establishing the persistent connection with the service end, and pulling a first-type message issued during disconnection of the persistent connection from the service end.
US11750538B2
The flexibility of a communication with a chatbot can be increased using a chatbot platform that can be integrated with a plurality of chat channels as well as facilitate communication between users of different chat channels. The platform can host chatbots that can leverage a plurality of resources, including internal and external natural language processors, machine learning, analytics services, and third party services to generate a response to user communications and take actions on behalf of the user. The use of the natural language processing and other additional information allows to generate an appropriate response to user queries, and to thus increase the speed with which user concerns are address. Further, the platform includes a chatbot creation program that allows a quick way to create a large number of customized chatbots without requiring advanced programming skills from the chatbot creator.
US11750537B2
This disclosure describes methods, non-transitory computer readable storage media, and systems that generate digital content for users to access in a social networking platform and detect user interactions with such digital content as part of user-interaction evaluations to determine the users' digital media literacy. For instance, the disclosed systems receive a request to initiate a user-interaction evaluation in a social networking platform. In response to the request, the disclosed systems generate digital content (e.g., social networking posts from a digital media bot) as part of the user-interaction evaluation for users to access in the social networking platform. The disclosed systems further detect interactions by user accounts with the digital content within the social networking platform and then generate digital-media-proficiency metrics for the users based on the interactions. The disclosed systems accordingly determine digital media proficiency of the users according to the user-interaction evaluations by leveraging targeted digital content.
US11750535B2
A transmission device (10) includes a flow table (11) that stores identification information about an uninterruptible target flow; a transmission-side identification unit (12) that identifies whether a received packet is from the target flow or a non-target flow based on whether the received packet matches the identification information about the target flow stored in the flow table (11); a tag application unit (13) that applies, to packets from the target flow, an uninterruptible identifier indicating that the packets are from the target flow and a sequence number for distinguishing the packets from other packets; and a branch unit (14) that branches the packets from the target flow processed by the tag application unit (13) into packets to be transferred to an active path (41) among redundant routes and packets to be transferred to a backup path (42) among the redundant routes.
US11750533B2
There is disclosed an example of a computing apparatus for providing a hardware-assisted virtual switch on a host, including: a hardware virtual switch (vSwitch) circuit; and a hardware virtual host (vHost) circuit, the vHost circuit having an interface driver specific to the hardware vSwitch and configured to provide a vHost data plane to: provide a plurality of hardware queues to communicatively couple the hardware vSwitch to a guest virtual function (VF); and present to a virtual network driver of the guest VF an interface that is backward compatible with a software network interface.
US11750528B2
Communication servers hosting interactions between requesting devices and resources may require load sheading or maintenance and, as a result, be placed in Deny New Service (DNS) mode, whereby a subsequent session request is refused while existing sessions continue until concluded. However, an interaction comprising an existing session may be supplemented by a subsequent session, often utilizing a different application layer implementation. By providing the requesting device with an interaction identifier, a subsequent session made after the server has been placed in DNS mode, may be accepted and associated with the same resource associated with the existing session.
US11750522B2
Systems and methods of communicating in a network use rate limiting. Rate limiting units (either receive side or transmit side) can perform rate limiting in response to a) a maximum number of bytes that can be solicited over a first period of time is exceeded, b) a maximum number of bytes that are outstanding over a second period of time is exceeded; or c) a maximum number of commands that are outstanding over a period of time is exceeded as part of CMD_RXRL. The CMD_RXRL can have three components (a) max bytes, b) outstanding bytes, c) outstanding commands. TXRL contains the component of max bytes or maximum number of bytes that can be transmitted over a third period of time to match the speed of a receive link, or any node or link through the network/fabric.
US11750516B2
Systems, media, and methods are capable of determining a layer 2 destination address that can then be used by a network acceleration application to populate data packets to be transmitted using accelerated networking techniques. The systems and methods provide for a software application executed on a computing device that controls a NIC interface to provide for an accelerated network. The software application resides in the application layer of a networking stack and is interfaced via a virtual NIC or TUN/TAP device with the kernel and the networking stack and operating system (OS) facilities to determine a layer 2 destination address for use in accelerated network applications. Embodiments herein, through the combination above, are able to account for firewall rules, static ARP entries, or any other system-administrator rules put in place for network operations.
US11750511B2
The present subject matter relates to methods, circuitry and equipment providing a multi-functional, cost effective, media independent, open platform device for communication services using differential signaling interfaces. The methods, circuitry and equipment comprise a plurality of input amplifiers, output amplifiers, and retimers. A non-blocking cross-point switch may be used to switch any differential signals from the cross-point switch input to output. The device aggregates communication services from a plurality of lower service capacity connectors and interfaces to a single higher capacity connector and interfaces. The device can establish a demarcation point with a single device capable of supporting any communication services, any physical media interfaces, from any location.
US11750509B1
A first network device may receive a flow of unicast packets with a loop prevention bit set. The flow of unicast packets may be received from a second network device associated with a non-operational link provided between the second network device and a destination device. The second network device may be a peer of the first network device. The first network device may determine whether a link provided between the first network device and the destination device is operational, and may forgo returning the flow of unicast packets to the second network device when the link provided between the first network device and the destination device is non-operational and based on the loop prevention bit.
US11750506B2
A system and method for adaptive traffic path management, the method including: receiving at least one packet associated with a traffic flow; determining whether the traffic flow is a roaming traffic flow; determining application parameters associated with the at least one packet; determining attributes correlated with the traffic flow associated with the at least one packet; analyzing the application parameters and attributes to determine a Network Address Translation (NAT) pool for the traffic flow; determining if a modified NAT is needed based on the NAT pool for the traffic flow; if a modified NAT is needed, modifying the NAT for the at least one packet associated with the traffic flow; and sending the at least one packet and the traffic flow associated with the at least one packet to a path associated with the modified NAT.
US11750504B2
Methods and systems are provided to facilitate network egress fairness between applications. At an egress port of a network, an arbitrator can provide fairness-based traffic shaping to data associated with applications. The desired fairness-based traffic shaping can be provided based on bandwidth, traffic classes, or other parameters. Consequently, the egress link's bandwidth can be allocated with fairness among the applications.
US11750499B1
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes defining a micro-operative of a first network. The first network has non-obligatory nodes, and the micro-operative includes rankings assigned to each of the nodes of the first network. Activated core covalences (ACCs) are established for the nodes. Each ACC defines a minimum number of neighboring nodes of the node associated with the ACC that, upon the minimum number of neighboring nodes being disconnected from the first network, cause the ranking of the associated node to decrease. An aggregated activated core covalence (A-ACC) is established, and the A-ACC corresponds to a sum of at least some of the ACCs of the nodes. The method further includes determining, based on the A-ACC, whether to perform a communication operation using a path that includes the nodes in the first network.
US11750497B2
Systems and methods for a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route aggregation exception include advertising, to BGP peers, of a plurality of prefixes using BGP route aggregation or summarization; detecting a failure that is local to the router affecting a prefix of the plurality of prefixes; and advertising an aggregation exception that identifies the prefix to all of the BGP peers. The systems and methods can also include detecting recovery of the failure; and sending a withdrawal of the aggregation exception to all of the BGP peers.
US11750495B2
Systems and methods provide congruent bidirectional Segment Routing (SR) tunnels, namely congruent and fate-shared traffic forwarding for bidirectional SR tunnels. A bidirectional SR tunnel, as described herein, includes two unidirectional SR tunnels where the forward and reverse traffic directions follow the same path through the network when forwarded based on prefix and adjacency Segment Identifiers (SIDs). The term “congruent” is used herein to refer to the fact that the two unidirectional SR tunnels, i.e., the forward and reverse traffic directions, follow the same path through the network but in opposite directions. The guarantee of congruency is based on modification of the Segment Identifier (SID) configuration at the source nodes of each tunnel. Accordingly, the present disclosure maintains compatibility with existing Segment Routing configurations with the modifications solely at the source nodes.
US11750493B2
Correlating captured packets with synthetic application testing is provided. A device captures packets associated with a plurality of processes that include one or more synthetic transactions and one or more transactions responsive to user input. A packet capture data set can lack process identifiers (PIDs). The device captures first finger-printing data including first PIDs and attributes associated with the plurality of processes, and second finger-printing data comprising second PIDs corresponding to the one or more synthetic transactions. The device applies a first filter generated from the second PIDs in the second finger-printing data to a first finger-printing data set, and a second filter generated from the filtered attributes of a filtered finger-printing data set to the packet capture data set. The device provides a filtered packet capture data set to manage a performance of one or more processes of the plurality of processes.
US11750492B2
Technologies for protocol execution include a command device to broadcast a protocol message to a plurality of computing devices and receive an aggregated status message from an aggregation system. The aggregated status message identifies a success or failure of execution of instructions corresponding with the protocol message by the plurality of computing devices such that each computing device of the plurality of computing devices that failed is uniquely identified and the success of remaining computing devices is aggregated into a single success identifier.
US11750491B2
A server as an information processing device includes: a communicator that communicates with mobile a body; a monitoring data storage that stores past monitoring data of the mobile body received by the communicator; and an alive monitor that determines whether a current state of the mobile body is anomalous, based on the past monitoring data stored in the monitoring data storage.
US11750478B1
Methods and systems described herein describe a central server that continuously monitors network connectivity of remote computers operated by remote employees. When a customer establishes an electronic communication session with the server (e.g., call or chat session), the server identifies one or more applications to be executed to satisfy the customer's requests. The server then calculates a network traffic value threshold corresponding to a minimum network connectivity attributes needed to execute the identified applications. The server then route the customer's electronic communication session to an agent whose remote computer satisfies the network traffic value threshold.
US11750462B2
An example system includes a vehicle having a first network zone and a second network zone of a different type than the first network zone; a gatekeeper interface circuit interposed between the first network zone and a transceiver selectively couplable to an external device; a policy manager circuit structured to interpret a policy comprising an external data routing description; and a configuration circuit structured to configure the gatekeeper interface circuit in response to the external data routing description; wherein: the gatekeeper interface circuit is structured to regulate communications between end points of the first network zone and the transceiver, and to regulate communications between end points of the second network zone and the transceiver; the external data routing description comprises a plurality of local communicating devices, each corresponding to an external data routing path; and each external data routing path comprises an access point name of a regulated communication.
US11750461B2
A transaction management platform may partition an amount associated with a group service plan into a plurality of portions. The transaction management platform may provide a graphical user interface to a primary user device of the plurality of user devices. The transaction management platform may receive, from the primary user device, a request for a transaction associated with a portion of the plurality of portions. The portion may be attributable to a secondary user device of the plurality of user devices. The transaction management platform may provide to the secondary user device of the plurality of user devices a unique link that has been generated based on one or more parameters and that enables the secondary user device to complete the transaction. Based on the secondary user device completing the transaction, the transaction management platform may process the transaction to provide an updated amount.
US11750460B1
Techniques are provided for identifying duplicate usages of configuration values in Network Management Interfaces (NMIs). Network administrators may inadvertently enter duplicate values such as Internet Protocol addresses in one or more NMIs. A browser extension captures a configuration value and determines whether it has been used already, such as by accessing a database with the value and a field type. If it has been used, summary and/or detailed information can displayed on the NMI describing the duplicate usages. The summary display can be a hyperlink which indicate a number of duplicate usages in other views and NMIs. When the hyperlink is selected, a pop-up display can provide detailed information by rendering the other views in a read-only mode, of a same NMI or other NMIs. To render the views, a Document Object Model and Cascading Style Sheet Object Model of the views can be accessed.
US11750459B1
Computer technology for helping to ensure various types of compliance for a first user on a multi-cloud platform, the technology including the following operations: (i) receiving an initial version of a compliance template for use with a multi-cloud computer system; (ii) applying corrective ensemble modelling under a recommender and reinforcement framework to dynamically update the compliance template to obtain an updated version of the compliance template; (iii) applying corrective ensemble modelling under a recommender and reinforcement framework to dynamically select a recommended set of compliance tools for the first user; and (iv) validating multi-cloud compliance using the template and tools.
US11750454B2
An apparatus receives reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) information in a sidelink message from a controller of an RIS and transmits the RIS information to a base station. A base station receives RIS information for an RIS and transmits, to the RIS, a message indicating for the RIS to stop transmitting the RIS information. An RIS transmits, via a controller at the RIS, a sidelink message comprising RIS information for the RIS and receives, from a base station, an indication to stop transmitting the RIS information.
US11750446B2
Some embodiments provide a method for efficient data message transfer across a hypervisor, service DCN, and containers implementing partner network services. The method allocates memory to a service DCN that operates a set of containers for providing partner network services for data messages received by the service DCN. The service DCN and the containers share the allocated memory and the method stores data messages received by the service DCN in the allocated memory. The method then accesses the data message stored in the shared memory from a set of partner network service containers to perform the partner network services. In some embodiments, the host machine or a process of the host machine on which the service DCN executes also shares the allocated memory. The host machine process, in some embodiments is a kernel process.
US11750444B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to implementing compliance settings by a computing device for bringing the computing device into compliance with a configuration scenario. For instance, a computing device may receive, from a server, configuration information describing compliance settings for implementing by the computing device to bring the computing device into compliance with a configuration scenario. Moreover, the computing device may identify a state machine indicated by the configuration information that describes a configuration process for implementing the compliance settings and execute the state machine to configure the computing device with the compliance settings.
US11750443B2
Provided is a system configuration derivation device which, when given an abstract configuration, and quantitative requirements in which some numerical values are undetermined, is capable of outputting a concrete system configuration concretizing the abstract configuration, the concrete system configuration meets quantitative requirements representing conditions and the like necessary for the operation of a desired system and including given quantitative requirements. The configuration information concretizing unit 301 obtains as input an abstract configuration, which is information indicating a system configuration in which an undetermined part exists, and quantitative requirements, which are numerical requirements required for a system, and in which some numerical values are undetermined. The configuration information concretizing unit 301 outputs a concrete configuration, which is information indicating the system configuration in which an undetermined part does not exist, and which meets the quantitative requirements.
US11750441B1
A method and network device for detecting a TCP socket failure is described. A network device may be configured to detect a failure of a link between a first node and a second node, determine one or more transmission control protocol (TCP) sockets of a plurality of TCP sockets on the first node that are communicating over the link between the first node and the second node, write information to a TCP stack for the determined one or more TCP sockets, the information indicating that the determined one or more TCP sockets have an error, and remediate the determined one or more TCP sockets in response to the information.
US11750440B2
Fast forwarding re-convergence of switch fabric multi-destination packets triggered by link failures
A network device receives multi-destination packets from a first node and forwards at least a first of the multi-destination packets to another network device using a first multi-destination tree with respect to the network device. The network device detects that a link associated with the first multi-destination tree satisfies one or more criteria and, in response to detecting that the link satisfies the one or more criteria, selects a second multi-destination tree with respect to the network device. The network device forwards at least a second of the multi-destination packets to the other network device using the second multi-destination tree.
US11750434B2
A multidrop network system includes N network devices including a master device and a plurality of slave devices. The N network devices synchronize their respective time zones in a synchronization phase, then jointly perform equalizer coefficient training in a training phase, and then obtain their respective transmission opportunities in turn in a data transmission phase. Each network device includes a channel equalizer trained in the training phase and used for processing data in the data transmission phase. In the training phase, the master device sends out a training notification to request the slave devices to enter the training phase; the master device performs the equalizer coefficient training after it transmits the training notification, and the slave devices perform the equalizer coefficient training after they receive the training notification. After the completion of the equalizer coefficient training, the master device sends out a beacon to start the data transmission phase.
US11750430B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive first configuration information indicating a first guard interval associated with sidelink communications. The UE may transmit, to a base station and another UE, a first sidelink communication using the first guard interval. The UE may transmit, to the base station and using a second guard interval having a second length that is different from a first length of the first guard interval, an uplink communication. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11750418B2
A cross-network bridging apparatus includes a bus interface and bridging circuitry. The bus interface is configured for connecting to a system bus. The bridging circuitry is configured to translate between (i) system-bus transactions that are exchanged between one or more local devices that are coupled to the system bus and served by the system bus and one or more remote processors located across a network from the apparatus, and (ii) data units that convey the system-bus transactions, for transmitting and receiving as network packets over the network to and from the remote processors.
US11750411B2
Embodiments include methods for a gateway device to selectively forward messages in a wireless mesh network. Such methods include receiving, over one of a plurality of network interfaces of the gateway device, a message published to a group address or a virtual address and retrieving, from a database accessible by the gateway device, unicast addresses of all communication devices identified by the group address or the virtual address. Such methods include, based on determining that all communication devices addressed by the retrieved unicast addresses are serviced by the gateway device, sending the received message on all network interfaces that correspond to the communication devices addressed by the retrieved unicast addresses; and based on determining that not all communication devices addressed by the retrieved unicast addresses are serviced by the gateway device, sending the received message on all network interfaces except for the network interface over which the message was received.
US11750410B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of virtual private networks. More specifically, the present invention relates to a broadcast system for a virtual private network that broadcasts via a mesh network. Further, the system makes use of a broadcast source server which allocates data from data packets to specific nodes within a location-based regiment database. The database then uses an AI optimization system which further minimizes latency versus standard IP UDP broadcast systems.
US11750407B2
A digital communications port for communications with an external device over multiple conductors, the digital communications port including communication electronics for communicating radio frequency modulation (RF) communications over the multiple conductors. The digital communications port further includes bidirectional power feed electronics that are programmable to be configured to at least receive power from the external device using at least two of the multiple conductors so as to power the bidirectional power feed electronics and to power the communications electronics, or provide power to the external device using at least two of the multiple conductors so as to power the external device.
US11750404B2
A decentralized group signature method for an issuer-anonymized credential system includes (a) an initial system setup operation of defining elements of a group signature method and information that is generated and shared by each group member, (b) an initial group member setup operation, (c) a group member participation operation of adding a new group member to a group, (d) a group signature operation of putting a group signature on a specific message, (e) an operation of verifying the group signature, (f) an operation of removing anonymity from a group signature for a specific group member with agreement of group members, and (g) an operation of revoking a specific group member with agreement of the group members. Exclusive authority of a group manager is distributed to the group members.
US11750398B2
A MAC tag list generation apparatus, on reception of a nonce N unique value to each MAC generation process and a message M, generates a t×m group test matrix H serving as combinatorial group testing parameters for s (a positive integer) which is the number of the MACs to be generated, generates a MAC tag list T=(T[1], . . . , T[t]) by generating a MAC value T[i] corresponding to the i-th test (i=1, . . . , t) using the group test matrix H, the nonce N, and pseudorandom functions F and G with variable length input and fixed length output for the message M, and outputs the MAC tag list.
US11750392B1
Various systems and methods use a Merklized Adaptive Radix Forest (MARF), which is an authenticated index data structure that can be used by peers, clients, miners, and/or other participants in a blockchain network for efficiently encoding a cryptographic commitment to a blockchain state. For example, the MARF data structure can be used to represent a blockchain state as key-value pairs within an authenticated directory. The MARF data structure may include various merklized adaptive radix tries (ARTs) associated with different blocks in the blockchain, some of which may be linked together via one or more back-pointers.
US11750391B2
A computer-based system and method for performing an offline login to a local device, including: generating a pair of an auxiliary (AUX) public key and an AUX private key; receiving a password at the local device; reconstructing a symmetric key from a first value stored on the local device and a second value stored on an authenticator; encrypting the password with the AUX public key to obtain a locally encrypted password; encrypting the AUX private key with the symmetric key to obtain an encrypted AUX private key; and deleting the symmetric key, and when performing the offline login: reconstructing the symmetric key; decrypting the encrypted AUX private key with the symmetric key to obtain the AUX private key; decrypting the locally encrypted password with the AUX private key to obtain the password; and using the password to perform the offline login.
US11750385B2
A system and a method for an electronic method of authenticating a user to establish a service session the method comprising the steps of receiving an access request at a service provider device from a user device, authenticating a user based on a unique user credential associated with the user, by the service provider, establishing a service session between the user device and the service device.
US11750384B2
Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for binding with cryptographic key attestation. A method can include generating, by hardware of a device, a device public key and a device private key, based on the device private key, signing a first attestation resulting in a signed first attestation, the first attestation claiming the device private key originated from the hardware, based on the device public key and the signed first attestation, registering the device with a trusted authority, generating, by the hardware, a first application private key and a first application public key, and based on the device private key, signing a second attestation resulting in a signed second attestation, the second attestation claiming the first application private key originated from the hardware, and based on the first application public key and the signed second attestation, registering a first application of the device to a first server.
US11750383B2
A method comprises receiving vehicle data comprising information associated with a plurality of sensors of autonomous vehicle and segmenting the received vehicle data into non-public data and public data. The method further comprises partitioning the public data into a plurality of data partitions and generating a plurality of data levels of the public data. Each data level of the plurality of data levels is generated according to an access level of a plurality of access levels and includes one or more data partitions of the plurality of data partitions in an encrypted form. The method further comprises transmitting the generated plurality of data levels to a group of electronic devices. Each electronic device of the group of electronic devices retrieves, according to one of the plurality of access levels, at least a portion of the public data from the transmitted plurality of data levels.
US11750373B2
A technique, performed by an electronic device, of managing a security key is provided. The electronic device may receive security information from each of at least one other electronic device, determine a master electronic device based on a security level of the electronic device and a security level of a security level of the at least one other electronic device, the security level of the at least one other electronic device being included in the received security information, generate a security key as the electronic device is determined as the master electronic device, and determine a portion to be removed from the security key for each security level of a plurality of electronic devices including the electronic device and the at least one other electronic device, and provide each partial security key from which the determined portion is omitted, to the at least one other electronic device.
US11750360B2
An apparatus includes a radio frequency (RF) receiver to receive packets. The RF receiver includes first and second synchronization field detectors (SFDs). The first and second SFDs detect synchronization headers generated using first and second physical layer (PHY) modes, respectively.
US11750358B2
An optical transmission device of each node simultaneously sends a plurality of signals having different wavelengths as delay measurement signals to a transmission path. The optical transmission device determines a delay value that reflects a propagation delay calculated based on an arrival time difference between a plurality of wavelengths in a signal received from another node, and determines a waiting time amount based on the delay value and the propagation delay. The optical transmission device notifies the other node of the delay value. Each optical transmission device outputs the received signal from the other node with a delay of the waiting time amount. The optical transmission device generates an optical intermittent signal obtained by selecting and multiplexing any of time information, the delay measurement signal, and communication information. A reception side extracts a desired multiplexed signal from the received optical intermittent signals.
US11750355B2
A communication apparatus includes circuitry that determines a number of resource blocks forming a resource block group, which is a unit used to allocate a resource to the communication apparatus, in a first band or in a second band that is an expanded band to which the first band is expanded, and a subcarrier spacing for the second band is same or different from a subcarrier spacing for the first band; and a transceiver that is coupled to the circuitry and that communicates with a base station using the resource. One of the number of resource blocks set for the first band and the number of resource blocks set for the second band is an integer multiple of the other, and the number of resource blocks set for the first band and the number of resource blocks set for the second band are values that are a power of two.
US11750354B2
A user terminal includes: a receiving section that receives information related to a plurality of resources respectively associated with a plurality of transmission points, wherein at least one of an offset and a guard domain is present between the plurality of resources; and a control section that performs communication with the plurality of transmission points based on the information. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to appropriately perform communication that uses a plurality of transmission points.
US11750346B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are described. In one example, a method, on a base station, for providing position measurements signals in a wireless communication network, comprises: determining a plurality of subcarriers for downlink transmission, wherein the plurality of subcarriers for downlink transmission comprise all subcarriers indicated in a resource block of a scheduled time of transmission within a scheduled transmission occasion, wherein the resource block comprises a plurality of symbol periods, wherein each symbol period of the plurality of symbol periods is for transmission of a symbol using one or more subcarriers of the plurality of subcarriers; and transmitting at the scheduled time of transmission, and using each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers, a wireless position measurement signal at the scheduled transmission occasion, the wireless position measurement signal being part of a sequence of wireless signals representing a position measurement signal bitstream.
US11750342B2
A design is provided for spatially multiplexing uplink channels. A user equipment (UE) detects that a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) are to be transmitted simultaneously. The UE decides to spatially multiplex the PUCCH and the SRS for simultaneous transmission via different sets of one or more antennas. The UE determines time and frequency resources for the PUCCH and the SRS to avoid collision of at least a portion of the PUCCH with the SRS. The UE transmits the spatially multiplexed PUCCH and SRS using the determined time and frequency resources.
US11750338B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A device may receive a grant that schedules a set of sidelink occasions associated with sidelink communication from the device, and that indicates a set of uplink occasions for indicating feedback associated with the sidelink communication. The device may transmit a sidelink message during a sidelink occasion of the set of sidelink occasions, and generate feedback information based on the transmitted sidelink message. The feedback information may include an acknowledgement (ACK) or a negative acknowledgment (NACK) associated with the sidelink message. The device may transmit an uplink feedback message including the feedback information during an uplink occasion of the set of uplink occasions. The feedback information may include an indication of the ACK or the NACK.
US11750336B2
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for Type 3 HARQ-ACK codebook enhancements for URLLC. A UE may receive a configuration for reporting HARQ-ACK feedback for a subset of HARQ process IDs included in a set of HARQ process IDs. The set of HARQ process IDs may be associated with a Type 3 HARQ-ACK codebook. The subset of HARQ process IDs may be associated with a modified Type 3 HARQ-ACK codebook that is smaller than the Type 3 HARQ-ACK codebook. The UE may receive, based on the configuration, a trigger for the modified Type 3 HARQ-ACK codebook and report, based on the trigger, the modified Type 3 HARQ-ACK codebook including the HARQ-ACK feedback for the subset of HARQ process IDs.
US11750333B2
A method in a monitoring station configured for communication with a wireless device is described. The method includes determining a round trip time, RTT, that corresponds to a first packet transmitted to the wireless device; receiving a second packet from the wireless device; determining the second packet from the wireless device has been received without error based at least in part on an error-detecting field; and receiving a subsequent packet from the wireless device. The method further includes determining that the subsequent packet received is a second packet retransmission; determining a preamble receipt time of the subsequent packet; determining a delay value based in part on the RTT of the first packet, the length field of the subsequent packet, and data rate field of the subsequent packet. The first acknowledgement packet is transmitted timed at the delay value after the preamble receipt time of the subsequent packet.
US11750331B2
A method for a wireless device operating in a wireless communication system includes receiving configuration information for configuring a non-Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) cell; and transmitting a Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ) feedback of the non-PUCCH cell on a special cell (SpCell) or a PUCCH cell other than SpCell, according to indication information. Further, when the indication information is not received with the configuration information, the HARQ feedback is transmitted on the SpCell, and when the indication information is received with the configuration information, the HARQ feedback is transmitted on the PUCCH cell.
US11750329B2
Embodiments of an apparatus and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of executing block acknowledgement operations in a multi-link communications system comprises transmitting a request for block acknowledgement response from a first multi-link device to a second multi-link device, wherein the request is either in quality of service (QoS) data frames of aggregated-media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (A-MPDU) or a block acknowledgement request, and receiving a block acknowledgment from the second multi-link device by the first multi-link device.
US11750321B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced constellation shaping. A device may generate payload bits associated with a frame, wherein the payload bits comprise a first portion and a second portion. The device may send the first portion of the payload bits through a shaping encoder. The device may generate shaped bits from the shaping encoder. The device may determine a number of amplitude bits based on the shaped bits. The device may generate parity bits from the shaped bits and the second portion going through an low-density parity-check (LDPC) encoder. The device may select sign bits comprising the second portion and a first subset of the parity bits. The device may send the amplitude bits with the sign bits to a modulator before transmitting the frame to a first station device.
US11750320B2
A communication apparatus is disclosed including a processor that performs a first encoding procedure to generate a first sequence of encoded bits from a first sequence of bits, and performs a second encoding procedure to generate a second sequence of encoded bits from a sequence of known bits; and a second sequence of bits comprising the first sequence of bits and the first sequence of encoded bits; and a transmitter that transmits a signal generated from the second sequence of encoded bits, wherein the second sequence of encoded bits is determined based on a length of the second sequence of bits.
US11750317B2
The present invention is to provide a wavelength cross-connect device that reduces device costs. A wavelength cross-connect device 10B performs relaying for changing, using WSSs, routes of optical signals transmitted from M routes 1h to Mh, in which K optical fibers 1f to Kf are grouped for each of the routes, on an input side to output the optical signals to respective optical fibers 1f to Kf of M routes 1h to Mh on an output side. Input ports of each of the optical couplers 25a to 26d are connected to output ports of each of first WSSs 21a to 22k. Further, the input ports of each of the optical couplers 25a to 26d are connected to the output ports of the first WSSs 21a to 22k and output ports of each of the optical couplers 25a to 26d are connected to input ports of second WSSs 23a to 24k such that the optical signals input from the optical fibers 1f to Kf in each of the routes 1h to Mh on the input side are capable of being output to the optical fibers 1f to Kf in each of the routes 1h to Mh on the output side, respectively.
US11750310B2
A clock synchronization packet exchanging method includes sending, by a first device in a Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) group, a first FlexE instance at a first physical layer (PHY), where the first FlexE instance includes a clock synchronization packet, and a second FlexE instance sent by the first device in the FlexE group at a second PHY also includes a clock synchronization packet. The clock synchronization packets are carried in a plurality of FlexE instances transmitted between a transmit end and a receive end in the FlexE group.
US11750304B2
Method and device for calibrating an antenna includes the following steps: define a number n of positions of angles for the aircraft situated in a calibration zone: measure the value of the orientation of the antenna for each position n, [#a(n), #a(n)]; define the theoretical orientation of the antenna [#a(n)*, #a(n)*] by taking account of the pitch value, of the roll value, of the yaw value (heading) for the aircraft for each position n, and of the orientation values of the satellite [#r(n), #r(n)]: [Aa(n)*, Ea(n)*]=F(H(n), P(n), R(n), ##, ##, #R, ##, Ar(n), Er(n)), where F is a chosen geometric function; define a criterion C: C=#(#a(n)−#a(n)*)2+(#a(n)−#a(n)*)2; minimize the value of the criterion C so as to determine the bias values (##, ##, #R, ##) from the values [Aa*(n), Ea*(n)] and use the said bias values to minimize the disparities between the measured angles and the theoretical angles.
US11750300B2
An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.
US11750296B2
Provided herein are various improvements to laser communication ranging. In one example, a method includes combining a ranging signal with data communications into an optical transmission for receipt by a communication node, and obtaining an additional optical transmission transferred by the communication node comprising additional data communications combined with a retransmitted version of the ranging signal. The method includes determining an indication of a range to the communication node based at least on a comparison between properties of the ranging signal and properties of the retransmitted version of the ranging signal after separation from the additional data communications.
US11750291B2
A passive optical network (PON) method and device using network sharing are disclosed. The PON slicing method includes identifying network elements included in a plurality of physical PONs (pPONs), abstracting the identified network elements to be recognized as a same software block, generating a plurality of virtual PONs (vPONs) according to a user requirement using the plurality of pPONs, and mapping the generated plurality of vPONs by performing PON slicing on the abstracted network elements.
US11750279B2
Software-based orchestration of communication payloads in satellites. In an embodiment, a payload model of a satellite payload, defined in a data modeling language (e.g., YANG) and representing a configuration for the satellite payload, is received. The configuration specifies a setting for at least one component of the satellite payload. The payload model is translated into one or more satellite commands for configuring the satellite payload according to the configuration represented in the payload model, and the satellite payload is reconfigured using the satellite command(s).
US11750278B2
A terminal computer includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine an initial power back-off value for establishing a communication link to a satellite as a function of a distance of a location of a satellite terminal antenna within a satellite beam footprint from a specified reference point within the satellite beam footprint, and to initiate communication with the satellite based on the determined initial power back-off value.
US11750261B2
An analog beamformer used for array antenna and an operating method thereof are provided. The analog beamformer used for array antenna includes an intermediate-frequency amplifying circuit, multiple local oscillators, multiple mixers, multiple radio-frequency amplifying circuits, and a frequency locking circuit. The analog beamformer uses a master-oscillator and multiple slave-oscillators which embed a resonant network of frequency-and-phase-locking. The intermediate-frequency amplifying circuit receives a baseband signal to provide an intermediate-frequency signal. Power supplies or grounding ports of different local oscillators are connected together to provide multiple local-oscillating signals with consistent frequency but different phases. The mixers individually receive the intermediate-frequency signal and one of the local-oscillating signals to provide multiple mixed signals. The radio-frequency amplifying circuits receive the mixed signals to provide multiple radio-frequency signals with consistent frequency but different phases to each antenna. The frequency locking circuit only locks a frequency of one of the local-oscillating signals.
US11750257B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information reporting method, a terminal and a network device for defining reporting rules of CSI report for the terminal which is in the DRX mode and in the inactive time. The method includes: when the terminal is in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode, determining, according to first information, whether the terminal in an inactive time reports a channel state information (CSI) report. The first information is configured to indicate allowing the terminal in the inactive time to report the CSI report at a CSI report instant, or prohibiting the terminal in the inactive time from reporting a semi-persistent or aperiodic CSI report reported on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) at the CSI report instant.
US11750252B2
Methods and apparatus for providing an adaptive beamforming antenna for OFDM-based communication systems. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a matrix (A) of cyclic prefix values and a matrix (B) of tail values from an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbol, and forming a summation matrix (S) and a difference matrix (D) from the matrix A and the matrix B. The method also includes multiplying a beamformer preset matrix (W) with the matrix S and the matrix D to determine a matrix (P) and a matrix (Q), and determining a beam identifier from the P and Q matrices.
US11750248B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A multi-antenna user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station using a first antenna, determine to switch from the first antenna to a second antenna for communicating with the base station, determine a silence window in which communication with the base station is suspended, schedule the switch from the first antenna to the second antenna to occur during the silence window, and switch from the first antenna to the second antenna during the silence window.
US11750244B2
A subsea system, a communication system for determining operation of at least one subsea actuator member, and apparatus for controlling one or more valves are disclosed. The subsea system comprises at least one auxiliary equipment and/or valve actuator module; and at least one modem unit that receives power signals; wherein the auxiliary equipment is responsive to an output provided by the modem unit.
US11750242B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a surface wave based wireless connection to an electronic device are disclosed. One apparatus includes a surface wave guide that supports propagation of electro-magnetic waves over a two-dimensional conductive surface of the surface waveguide, wherein the two-dimensional conductive surface is treated to increase a surface reactance of the two-dimensional conductive surface over a frequency range of the electro-magnetic waves, while maintaining an insertion loss of the surface waveguide below a threshold. A first mode converter operates to couple electro-magnetic waves of a first mode to the two-dimensional conductive surface having a second mode, wherein the electro-magnetic waves of the second mode propagate across the two-dimensional conductive surface of the surface waveguide. At least a portion of the electro-magnetic waves of the two-dimensional conductive surface is coupled to an electronic device through a second mode converter of the electronic device.
US11750239B2
A front end module includes a first radio frequency (RF) terminal, a second RF terminal, a third RF terminal, a transmission path and a reception path. The transmission path is formed between the first RF terminal and the third RF terminal. The reception path is formed between the first RF terminal and the second RF terminal. The reception path includes a first set of switches, a second set of switches, a third set of switches and an amplifier. An amplifier is coupled to the second set of switches and the second RF terminal. The third set of switches is coupled to the first set of switches and the second RF terminal. When a transmission signal is transmitted to the first RF terminal via the transmission path, the first set of switches, the second set of switches and the third set of switches are turned off.
US11750238B1
A mobile device case having a case body having a cavity configured to receive a mobile device, a plurality of sound channels nested within the case body and a cavity wall associated with the case body, wherein the cavity wall is configured to form a sound chamber within the cavity, wherein the sound chamber is in sound communication with a speaker of the mobile device and the plurality of sound channels, thus allowing sound emitted from the speaker of the mobile device to be guided to the plurality of sound channels. An advantage of the mobile device case is that the plurality of sound channels nested within the case may redirect sound from speakers on the device to allow sound to escape out of the front and back of the mobile device case, thus redirecting sound to a device user and preventing the mobile device case from muffling the sound.
US11750237B2
The present disclosure relates to a flexible display device case that is mounted to a flexible display device including a first body and a second body configured to be movable relative to the first body, and including a first member mounted to the first body to surround a side surface portion of the first body, and a second member mounted to the second body to surround a side surface portion of the second body, wherein an area overlapped by the first member and the second member changes as the first body and the second body move relative to each other.
US11750235B2
A radio frequency, RF, receiver circuit is configured to simultaneously monitor a two or more different RF frequencies. The RF receiver circuit uses a sub-sampler to sub-sample an RF signal that is at any of the monitored RF frequencies, and the sub-sampled signal is then demodulated and a digital code that was encoded in the RF signal is recovered. The RF receiver circuit may be particularly low power, in part owing to using the same sub-sampler for each of the two or more monitored RF frequencies, and not relying on superheterodyning. Furthermore, monitoring two or more different RF frequencies simultaneously means that signals received on the monitored RF frequencies may be acted on very quickly. These characteristics make the RF receiver circuit particularly suitable for use in low-power wake-up receivers, such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) wake-up receivers.
US11750234B2
A method for calibrating the DC operating point of a PWM receiver circuit is disclosed. The PWM receiving circuit includes an envelop detector having a first resistor string, and includes a bias circuit having a second resistor string and a plurality of switches. The second resistor string is coupled between a supply voltage and a reference voltage and functions as a voltage divider. Each switch, when closed, accesses a second voltage at a node of the second resistor string connected to the closed switch. To perform the calibration process, the plurality of switches is closed one at a time, and the second voltage is compared with a first voltage at a first node of the first resistor string. The switch that, when closed, produces the smallest difference between the first voltage and the second voltage remains closed after the calibration process, and is used for demodulating the PWM signal.
US11750228B2
There is provided a radio-frequency module that can reduce communication signal loss in both the case of employing one communication band of multiple communication bands and the case of employing two or more communication bands together. A radio-frequency module includes a first switching circuit and matching circuits. The matching circuits are provided individually for a first transmission path, a second transmission path, and a third transmission path. When communications are performed by using only a first communication band, the first switching circuit selects the first transmission path. When communications are performed by using together the first communication band and the second communication band, the first switching circuit selects the second transmission path and the third transmission path.
US11750225B2
A bit interleaver, a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) device and a bit interleaving method are disclosed herein. The bit interleaver includes a first memory, a processor, and a second memory. The first memory stores a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 2/15. The processor generates an interleaved codeword by interleaving the LDPC codeword on a bit group basis. The size of the bit group corresponds to a parallel factor of the LDPC codeword. The second memory provides the interleaved codeword to a modulator for 256-symbol mapping.
US11750216B2
A decoder that is a decoding apparatus includes an error-correction decoder that executes error correction decoding processing of iteratively performing decoding processing with a window size and the number of decoding iterations indicated by decoding parameters, on received data converted into a spatially coupled low-density parity-check code, and a decoding parameter control unit that updates the decoding parameters on the basis of a decoding result obtained by the iteratively executed decoding processing.
US11750215B2
The disclosure discloses a method and device in UE and a base station for channel coding. A first node first determines a first bit block and then transmits a first radio signal, wherein bits of the first bit block are used to generate bits of a second bit block, a third bit block comprises bits of the second bit block and the first bit block, and the third bit block is used to generate the first radio signal. The first bit block, the second bit block and the third bit block comprise P1, P2 and P3 bits, respectively.
US11750208B2
There is provided a dual-slope analog-to-digital converter (ADC), comprising an input signal terminal, configured to provide an analog signal, and a reference signal terminal, configured to provide a predetermined reference signal. The ADC further comprises an integrator, that is operatively coupled to said input signal terminal and said reference signal terminal via a first switch unit, said first switch unit being configured to selectively connect and disconnect said integrator to and from any one of said input signal terminal and said reference signal terminal. In addition, a voltage supply is operatively coupled to said integrator and configured to selectively provide at least one first supply voltage to said integrator via a second switch unit, a comparator is operatively coupled to an output of said integrator at a first comparator input and a predetermined threshold voltage at a second comparator input, configured to provide an actuation signal at a comparator output in accordance with a predetermined comparator logic, and a controller is adapted to control any one of said first switch unit and said second switch unit. The ADC is further adapted to provide a first voltage to said integrator from said voltage supply, so as to integrate over a first time period a first current corresponding to one of said reference signal and said analog signal, and, following said first time period, to provide a second voltage to said integrator from said voltage supply, so as to integrate over a second time period a second current corresponding to the other one of said reference signal and said analog signal, in order to generate a digital output signal corresponding to said analog signal, and wherein said first current and said second current flow in the same direction during respective said first time period and said second time period.
US11750198B2
Embodiments of this application disclose an RC oscillator that amplifies a difference between a first voltage and a second voltage by using a first amplifier and a second amplifier. The first amplifier may include a first amplification circuit and a second amplification circuit. The first amplification circuit and the second amplification circuit may share a same voltage-current conversion circuit. The RC oscillator disclosed in the embodiments of this application not only avoids noise introduced by the first amplifier, but also reduces internal noise of the RC oscillator and a jitter of a clock signal.
US11750192B2
Bit generating cells are subjected to processes that accelerate aging-related characteristics before they are configured for use in the field (enrolled). Aging improves the reliability of the cells by shifting device characteristic in a direction that improves the cell behavior with respect not only to aging but also environment variations. Outputs of the cells are read, and the cells are reconfigured with a bias to output an opposite value, and then aged for enrollment.
US11750188B2
The systems and methods described herein consider a first channel width of transistors of driver circuitry, where the first channel width may be set to match a second channel width of a power control transistor. A control circuit, for example, may match a second channel width of a set of power control transistors to the first channel width by turning on one or more of the set of power control transistors. Matching the width of the switches of driver circuitry and the width of the set of power control transistors may reduce losses by helping to maintain impedances of the driver circuitry.
US11750184B1
The disclosure provides a glitch removal circuit with low latency. The glitch removal circuit includes a first signal edge detector, a second signal edge detector, a latch, and a control signal generator. The first signal edge detector is activated according to the first control signal to detect the rising edge of the input signal to generate the first detection result. The second signal edge detector is activated according to the second control signal to detect the falling edge of the input signal to generate the second detection result. The latch sets the generated output signal according to the first detection result, and clears the generated output signal according to the second detection result. The control signal generator shields the glitch on the input signal to generate a processed signal, and generates a first control signal and a second control signal according to the processed signal.
US11750173B2
A resonance device includes a resonator, an upper lid, and a lower lid. The resonator includes a vibration portion, a frame, and holding arms. The vibration portion includes a base and a plurality of vibration arms. The lower lid has a protruding portion protruding between two adjacent vibration arms, the protruding portion has an insulating film, the vibration arms have a weight portion that has a conductive film formed on the insulating film, and in a direction in which the plurality of vibration arms extend, a first distance between the weight portion of any one of the two adjacent vibration arms and the holding portion is less than a second distance between the weight portion and the protruding portion.
US11750167B2
A radio-frequency (RF) apparatus includes a wideband receive (RX) impedance matching circuit to provide a received differential RF signal to RF receive circuitry. The wideband RX impedance matching circuit includes first and second inductors to receive the differential RF signal. The wideband RX impedance matching circuit further includes a third inductor coupled across an input o the RF receive circuitry. The third inductor performs the functionality of a capacitor having a negative capacitance value.
US11750163B2
In an embodiment, a class-D amplifier includes an input terminal configured to receive an input signal; a comparator having an input coupled to the input terminal; a deglitching circuit having an input coupled to an output of the comparator; and a driving circuit having an input coupled to an output of the deglitching circuit. The deglitching circuit includes a logic circuit coupled between the input of the deglitching circuit and the output of the deglitching circuit. The logic circuit is configured to receive a clock signal having the same frequency as the switching frequency of the class-D amplifier.
US11750160B1
A differential residue amplifier fits between Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) stages. Switched-Capacitor Common-Mode Feedback circuits determine voltage shifts. An AC-coupled input network uses switched capacitors to shift upward voltages of the differential inputs to the residue amplifier to apply to an upper pair of p-channel differential transistors with sources connected to the power supply. The AC-coupled input network also shifts downward in voltage the differential inputs to the residue amplifier to apply to a lower pair of n-channel differential transistors with grounded sources. The drains of the p-channel differential transistors connect to differential outputs through p-channel cascode transistors. N-channel cascode transistors connect the drains of the n-channel differential transistors to the differential outputs. The drains of differential transistors can be input to differential amplifiers to drive the gates of the cascode transistors for gain boosting. No tail current is used, allowing for wider output-voltage swings with low supply voltages.
US11750158B2
A radio frequency module includes a mount board, an acoustic wave filter, a temperature sensor, and a correction circuit. The mount board has a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the mount board. The acoustic wave filter is disposed on the first principal surface side of the mount board. The temperature sensor is disposed on the second principal surface side of the mount board. The correction circuit corrects a pass band of the acoustic wave filter in accordance with a temperature measured by the temperature sensor.
US11750154B2
The present disclosure describes systems and devices for gain slope equalization in a radio frequency (RF) amplifier (200). The RF amplifier (200) may include an input stage (210) for receiving an RF signal. In conjunction with the input stage (210), the RF amplifier (200) may incorporate an amplification stage (215) to amplify the RF signal. Coupled with the amplification stage (215) may be a transformer (220) including a first winding to receive the amplified RF signal, a second winding providing an RF output signal, and a resonator including a third winding that is coupled to the first and second windings. The resonator may be coupled to a circuit network which may be tuned to affect the resonance frequency and the gain slope of the RF output signal.
US11750143B1
A bracket for attaching solar panels to a roof, in the form of an L-foot, as well as devices and assemblies that utilize the L-foot. The L-foot includes a base and a riser extending upward from the base. The base includes a pair of raised stiffeners each extending obliquely upward toward each other from opposites sides of the base and each extending lengthwise along the base. The base can receive threaded roof fasteners that extend perpendicularly through the raised stiffeners and obliquely through the base. Threaded roof fasteners positioned on opposite raised stiffeners can extend through the roof deck toward each other. The L-foot is compatible with rail-based and rail-less solar panel racking systems.
US11750142B2
A system includes one or more electric motors, this system comprising a set of at least one load and an inverter comprising transistors, the inverter being intended to convert a DC voltage into an AC voltage that is intended to electrically power the set of at least one load, the inverter being able to be in a set of states comprising a nominal regime and a transitory regime wherein the set of at least one load draws, from the inverter, a power higher than a maximum power drawn from the inverter when the inverter is in nominal regime, the electrical-energy-converting system comprising means for cooling the transistors comprising a holder that is joined to at least one of the transistors of the inverter, the holder comprising a phase-change material that is able to melt, the system comprising one or more electric motors being configured so that, at a preset ambient temperature, the phase-change material melts when the inverter is in the transitory regime and so that, at this ambient temperature, the phase-change material does not melt when the inverter is in the nominal regime.
US11750131B2
A motor drive method is a method of driving a motor by a motor drive apparatus. The motor drive apparatus includes an inverter that regulates supplied power to the motor that is a position sensorless synchronous machine, and includes a controller that outputs a control signal to control the inverter. The method includes reducing output torque of the motor to be less than maximum output torque, in a speed range that is lower than a first speed at which the motor rotates. The maximum torque that is output from the motor is the maximum output torque in a case the motor drive apparatus drives the motor.
US11750124B2
A control unit for a brushless DC motor of a power tool having a rotor and a stator is provided. The control unit detects an initial position of the rotor, commutates the motor beginning at the initial position of the rotor using a low-speed motor commutation scheme until an output speed of the rotor exceeds a speed threshold, and commutates the motor based on a back-electromotive force (back-EMF) voltage of the motor after the output speed of the rotor exceeds the speed threshold. In the low-speed commutation scheme, the control unit applies a first set of voltage pulses to a present sector and a second set of voltage pulses to a next sector, and detects a transition of the rotor from the present sector to the next sector based on motor current measurements associated with the first set of voltage pulses and the second set of voltage pulses.
US11750121B2
An actuator assembly comprising an output member rotatable about a center axis relative to a structure, a first actuator having a first stator fixed to the structure and a first rotor rotatable about the center axis relative to the first stator, a second actuator having a second stator coupled to the first rotor such that the second stator rotates about the center axis relative to the first stator with rotation of the first rotor about the center axis and having a second rotor rotationally coupled to the output member, a controller configured in a failure mode to drive one of the first actuator or the second actuator to selectively control the rotation of the output member about the center axis with an operational failure of the other of the first actuator or the second actuator.
US11750120B2
One or more multiphase power converters are connected to a power supply via a high potential line and a low potential line, convert DC power of the power supply into multiphase alternate current power by operations of inverter switching elements, and apply a voltage to each of phase windings of the multiphase winding set. A DC rotating machine switch are made up of two or more legs, each of which is made up of switches on a high potential side and a low potential side connected in series via a DC motor terminal connected to a second terminal that is an end of the DC rotating machine. The DC rotating machine switch makes a voltage of the DC motor terminal variable by switching. A control unit controls operations of the inverter switching elements and the DC rotating machine switch.
US11750111B2
A power supply device, a power supply management module and method are provided. The power supply device includes a power supply management module. The power supply management module includes a first and a second power supply module, a detection unit, and a switching control module. The first power supply module includes a first alternating current input end, a first rectifier circuit, and a first switch unit. A first end of the first switch unit is connected to the first rectifier circuit. The second power supply module includes a second alternating current input end, a second rectifier circuit, and a second switch unit. A third end and a fourth end of the second switch unit are connected to the second rectifier circuit and a second end of the first switch unit, respectively. The switching control module controls the first and the second switch unit according to a detection signal.
US11750108B2
A 15-level multilevel inverter circuit includes an outer circuit, an inner circuit, a polarity changing circuit and a computing device. The outer circuit and the inner circuit include a plurality of DC voltage supplies. Each DC voltage supply has a positive and a negative terminal. The outer circuit, the inner circuit and the polarity changing circuit include a plurality of unidirectional power switches. Each unidirectional power switch is a transistor with a diode connected in parallel to the transistor. The computing device is configured to provide control signals to the gates of the plurality of the unidirectional power switches of the outer circuit and the inner circuit to add or subtract the voltage of each of inner DC voltage supplies to form square waveforms approximating sinusoidal waveforms, and to the gates of the plurality of the unidirectional power switches of the polarity changing circuit to switch the polarity of the voltage.
US11750097B2
A switch-mode AC-DC power converter includes a pair of input terminals, a pair of output terminals, and four switches coupled in a bridgeless totem-pole circuit arrangement between the pair of input terminals and the pair of output terminals. A control circuit is coupled to the four switches and configured to, during a cycle of an AC voltage input, turn on the first switch, turn off the second switch, and apply pulse-width modulation (PWM) control signals to the third and fourth switches. The control circuit is also configured to, during a zero crossing of the AC voltage input, supply a PWM control signal to the fourth switch to reduce a rate of voltage change across the second switch at the zero crossing to reduce common mode noise of the power converter.
US11750095B2
In an embodiment, a voltage converter includes: a first transistor coupled between a first rail configured to receive a supply voltage and a first node; and an inductance coupled between the first node and a second node configured to deliver an output voltage, wherein, at each operating cycle of the converter, the first transistor is maintained in the on state for a first time period proportional to the inverse of a voltage difference between the supply voltage and the output voltage.
US11750090B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first surface, a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode formed on the first surface, a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element disposed in the interior of the substrate, a first wiring group electrically connecting the first electrode to the first semiconductor element, and a fourth wiring group electrically connecting the second semiconductor element to the second electrode. The first wiring group includes a first connection part disposed in the interior of the substrate. The fourth wiring group includes a second connection part disposed in the interior of the substrate. When a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the third electrode to cause current to flow through the second electrode, a direction of current flowing through first connection part is opposite to a direction of current flowing through the second connection part.
US11750089B2
A power semiconductor package comprises a lead frame, a semiconductor chip, and a molding encapsulation. The lead frame comprises an elevated section comprising a source section; a drain section; and a plurality of leads. The semiconductor chip includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) disposed over the lead frame. The semiconductor chip comprises a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode. The source electrode of the semiconductor chip is electrically and mechanically connected to the source section of the elevated section of the lead frame. The semiconductor chip is served as a low side field-effect transistor as a flipped-chip connected to a heat sink by a first thermal interface material. A high side field-effect transistor is connected to the heat sink by a second thermal interface material. The low side field-effect transistor and the high side field-effect transistor are mounted on a printed circuit board.
US11750081B2
A method for balancing thermal stresses in semiconductor switching devices may include (a) monitoring temperatures of the semiconductor switching devices to provide a temperature difference between two of the switching devices; and (b) based on the temperature difference, providing a zero-sequence component to be used for adjusting conduction times of each of the semiconductor devices.
US11750079B2
A VRM system comprises a first output group that comprises a first primary converter. The VRM system also comprises a second output group that comprises a second primary converter. The VRM system also comprises a first VRM output and a second VRM output. The VRM system comprises an adaptable spare converter. The VRM system comprises a first switch and a second switch. Closing the first switch connects the adaptable spare converter with the first VRM output. Closing the second switch connects the adaptable spare converter with the second VRM output.
US11750077B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic clutch-coupled motor assembly and a driving device for a washing machine having the same. The electronic clutch-coupled motor assembly includes a motor including a stator defining a space having a predetermined size at an inner center thereof and a rotor spaced a predetermined distance from an outer circumference of the stator, disposed to surround the stator and configured to rotate, and an electronic clutch including an electronic clutch insert core having a circular shape and an electronic clutch bobbin fixed and coupled to an inside of the electronic clutch insert core, and press-fitted and coupled to the stator through the space and integrated with the stator.
US11750072B2
A motor assembly includes a motor including a rotor including a shaft rotatable about a rotation axis and a stator surrounding the rotor from radially outside, a housing that accommodates the motor, a bearing that is fixed to the housing and rotatably supports the shaft, a resolver including a resolver rotor fixed to the shaft and a resolver stator fixed to the housing, and a contact that has conductivity, is fixed to the housing, and is in contact with a contacted portion at an end portion on one axial side of the shaft. The housing includes an accommodation space in which the contacted portion of the shaft is accommodated. The contact and the resolver are side by side in a direction along a rotation axis in the accommodation space.
US11750066B2
The present disclosure provides for an electric motor that comprises a housing and a shaft disposed through the housing. The electric motor further comprises a rotor fitted on the shaft within the housing and a stator disposed within the housing and around the rotor. The electric motor further comprises a fan covering disposed on a first end of the housing and a first bearing cap disposed at the first end of the housing, wherein the first bearing cap is configured to house a first bearing, wherein the first bearing cap comprises a plurality of protrusions configured to operate as a heat sink for the electric motor. The electric motor further comprises a first fan disposed at an end of the shaft and within the fan covering, wherein the first fan is operable to generate a first airflow configured to flow over an external surface of the housing.
US11750064B2
In the brushless motor disposed in a hammer drill, while a stator core of a stator is formed by joining a plurality of divided cores divided in a circumferential direction, varnishes are applied over a coil and joining portions between the divided cores.
US11750063B2
An electrically-operated electric drive module for use in a vehicle framework that is configured for a powertrain that includes an internal combustion engine. The electrically-operated electric drive module permits the vehicle to be converted to an electrically propelled vehicle in a manner that is cost-effective and which is relatively low in weight.
US11750062B2
A drive device includes an electric motor and a gear unit that is driven by the electric motor. The electric motor has a laminated stator core which includes stator windings and is accommodated in a stator housing. The stator housing has recesses that are axially uninterrupted, i.e. in particular in the direction of the rotor shaft axis, and the stator housing is surrounded, especially radially surrounded, by a housing of the drive device, in particular a tubular housing and/or a cup-shaped housing, and the housing is set apart from the stator housing, in particular such that an especially circulating airflow is able to be provided within the housing, the recesses in particular guiding the airflow through in the axial direction, and the airflow being returned in the opposite direction in the set-apart region between the stator housing part and the housing.
US11750054B2
A modulated litz wire wherein the braid of a litz wire is varied along its length such that bulkier sections are located at the end-turns of a motor, while more compact parallel stranded sections are located in stator slots or magnetic gaps. Variations may include parallel stranded sections replaced with a longitudinal twist for improved handling or improved current sharing in strands.
US11750051B1
A magnetic field coupling analysis and modulation method for a field-modulated permanent magnet motor based on a harmonic group is provided. The method includes: if a permanent magnet excitation source includes an outer surface-mounted permanent magnet and an intermediate permanent magnet and an armature magnetic source is an outer armature winding, acquiring a normal flux density component of an outer air-gap magnetic field of the motor; if the permanent magnet excitation source includes an inner surface-mounted permanent magnet and the intermediate permanent magnet and the armature magnetic source is an inner armature winding, acquiring a coupled flux density component of the outer air-gap magnetic field; calculating a coupling effect ratio, a harmonic characteristic factor, and a harmonic coupling efficiency in sequence from an air-gap flux density; determining positive and negative coupled harmonics according to the harmonic coupling efficiency; and establishing positive and negative coupled harmonic groups respectively.
US11750049B2
A rotor has an opposing surface opposed to a stator, the opposing surface has flat surfaces extending in a tangential direction of a circle centered on an axial center of the rotor at a predetermined angular interval centered on the axial center, and a magnet is disposed on this flat surface.
US11750040B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for detecting a foreign object in a wireless power transmitting system. The wireless power transmitting apparatus measures an initial transmission power transmitted from the primary core block and performs foreign object detection on the basis of the initial transmission power, once it is found that an initial voltage of an output terminal of the wireless power receiving apparatus connected to an external load is within the range of a reference voltage. By performing foreign object detection while a wireless power receiving apparatus is in an initial setting completion state, before the output of the wireless power receiving apparatus is turned on, delay in detecting foreign objects may be reduced, and a risk due to heating of a foreign object may be avoided.
US11750037B2
A wireless power transfer system is provided having a wireless transmission system that includes an input to receive input power from an input power source, a transmission antenna, and a transmission controller configured to generate wireless signals based, at least in part, on the input power, the wireless signals including wireless power signals and wireless data signals, and to transmit such wireless signals. The wireless power transfer system further includes a wireless receiver system in a wireless peripheral device, the wireless receiver system having a receiver antenna configured to receive the wireless power signals and wireless data signals via inductive coupling with the transmission antenna, as well as a receiver controller configured to determine the acceleration of the wireless peripheral device, generate a prescribed update frequency based on the detected acceleration, and transmit operational updates to the wireless transmission system at the prescribed update frequency.
US11750033B2
A method comprises detecting a signal representing a current level at a power switch of a resonant converter with a sense switch coupled to the power switch and formed on a same semiconductor die, wherein the resonant converter comprises a primary side and a secondary side magnetically coupled to the primary side, and adjusting a capacitance of a variable capacitance network of the resonant converter based upon the current level of the power switch.
US11750032B2
In an exemplary embodiment, a gun-mounted recording device comprises a housing configured to be mounted to a gun, a recording module arranged within the housing, the recording module comprising a first electrical contact, and a power supply configured to be detachably coupled to the housing. The power source comprises a second electrical contact. The first electrical contact and the second electrical contact are configured to contact each other and form a circuit when the power source is coupled to the housing in order for the power source to supply power to the recording module. The first electrical contact, the second electrical contact, or both are configured to move in response to relative movement between the power source and the housing when the power source is coupled to the housing, in order to maintain the supply of power from the power source to the recording module.
US11750022B2
A standby circuit includes a power regulator configured to operate in an ON state and an OFF state; a power detecting circuit configured to detect power of a load; an integrated circuit module including two interfaces, each of the two interfaces configured to receive an ON operating command or an OFF operating command from a remote control device; and a proximity detection circuit configured to determine a proximity of each of the two interfaces to the remote control device.
US11750018B2
Provided are a device to-be-charged and a charging control method. The device to-be-charged can include a wireless receiving circuit, a charging management circuit, and a step-down circuit. The wireless receiving circuit can be configured to receive a wireless charging signal to charge a battery. The charging management circuit can be configured to perform constant voltage control and/or constant current control on charging of the battery. The step-down circuit is configured to decrease an output voltage of the wireless receiving circuit or an output voltage of the charging management circuit.
US11750012B2
A charging method for charging a battery, including the following steps: obtaining a lithium deposition potential of the anode; obtaining a first charging current In at different states of charge (SOC) during an nth charge and discharge cycle based on the lithium deposition potential of the anode, the n is an integer greater than or equal to 0; and during an mth charge and discharge cycle, charging the battery with a second charging current Im, m is an integer greater than n, and Im=k1×In, 0.5≤k1≤1. The present application also provides an electronic device and a storage medium. The above-mentioned charging method, electronic device and storage medium can quickly charge the battery.
US11750009B2
An apparatus may include a power rail, a subassembly, an additional subassembly, and an interface coupling the subassembly to the additional subassembly. The subassembly may include a load, an energy-storing component, a charger having an output coupled to the energy-storing component, and a reverse-current limiter having a first terminal coupled to the energy-storing component. The additional subassembly may include an additional energy-storing component, an additional charger having an output coupled to the additional energy-storing component, and an additional reverse-current limiter having a first terminal coupled to the additional energy-storing component. The power rail may cross the interface and may couple the load, an input of the charger, a second terminal of the reverse-current limiter, an input of the additional charger, and a second terminal of the additional reverse-current limiter. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11750000B2
An electronic device having a universal serial bus (USB) power delivery function includes a connector, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit, a power reception notification circuit, and a control circuit. The connector is coupled to a USB host. The connector includes a configuration channel (CC) pin. The power reception notification circuit is configured to turn on, in response to an enable signal, a pull-down path of a pull-down circuit of the ESD protection circuit. The configuration channel pin generates a pull-down voltage through the pull-down path of the pull-down circuit when the pull-down path is turned on. The control circuit is configured to send the enable signal to the power reception notification circuit when a trigger signal that meets a power reception condition is detected. The control circuit controls the connector to draw power from the USB host when the pull-down voltage of the connector is greater than a pull-down threshold.
US11749993B2
A power converter system including an input configured to receive input AC power from an input power source, the input power source having a peak voltage limit, at least one output configured to provide output power to at least one load, a charger coupled to the input and configured to convert the input AC power into first DC power, a DC bus configured to receive the first DC power, at least one power converter configured to convert DC power from the DC bus into the output power, and an auxiliary power source coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide second DC power to the DC bus to supplement the first DC power provided by the charger in response to a voltage demand of the at least one load exceeding the peak voltage limit of the input power source.
US11749987B2
Devices and method for selecting voltage sources. A wireless device can include a transceiver configured to process radio-frequency signals, an antenna in communication with the transceiver configured to facilitate transmission of an amplified radio-frequency signal, and a voltage regulator. The wireless device can also include a voltage selection module. The voltage selection module may include an analog voltage input. The voltage selection module may also include a digital based voltage input. The voltage selection module further includes a control component coupled to the analog voltage input and the digital based voltage input, the control component configured to determine whether to use a first voltage received from the analog voltage input or a second voltage received from the digital based voltage input to generate an output voltage.
US11749980B2
The method for using semiconductor intelligence line of the invention, which is to set the semiconductor intelligence line on the drain source voltage axis of the first semiconductor output characteristic, has a gate voltage setting, which indicates the function of limiting the application limit of the drain source current on the output characteristic.
US11749979B2
An electrical connection assembly includes an electrical box including a housing having an internal surface defining an internal volume of the housing. An electrical connector is positioned outside the internal volume of the housing and fixed to the housing with a fastener. The housing includes an aperture having an opening defining an insertion path extending from a location external to the housing along a frame of the electrical connector to a location within the internal volume of the housing. The assembly includes a disc mechanically secured to the housing relative to the opening to obstruct the insertion path. A retainer and a bushing including a membrane for the electrical connector as well as methods of making an electrical connector are also provided.
US11749977B2
A device is used to sever an electrical power cable for the transmission of high voltage. The device includes a frame having first movable cutting blade carried thereon and second stationary cutting blades carried thereon. The blades can sever the electrical power cable upon movement of the first cutting blade relative to the frame. A sensor is provided and is configured to register a position of the first cutting blade relative to the frame. An evaluation and/or transmission controller is configured to receive information from the sensor and interrupt severing of the electrical power cable by the blades in response to the information.
US11749968B2
In an example embodiment, a system includes a first grating-coupled laser (GCL) that includes a first laser cavity optically coupled to a first transmit grating coupler configured to redirect horizontally-propagating first light, received from the first laser cavity, vertically downward and out of the first GCL. The system also includes a second GCL that includes a second laser cavity optically coupled to a second transmit grating coupler configured to transmit second light vertically downward and out of the second GCL. The system also includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) that includes a first receive grating coupler optically coupled to a first waveguide and configured to receive the first light and couple the first light into the first waveguide. The PIC also includes a second receive grating coupler optically coupled to a second waveguide and configured to receive the second light and couple the second light into the second waveguide.
US11749967B2
In an embodiment a laser diode includes a surface emitting semiconductor laser configured to emit electromagnetic radiation and an optical element arranged downstream of the semiconductor laser in a radiation direction, wherein the optical element includes a diffractive structure or a meta-optical structure or a lens structure, wherein the optical element and the semiconductor laser are cohesively connected to each other, and wherein the semiconductor laser and the optical element are integrated with the laser diode.
US11749963B2
Embodiments are disclosed for driving a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL). An example method includes injecting, via a universal driver, a direct current (DC) bias current to a VCSEL. The VCSEL is configured to convert the modulated signal into an optical signal encoding one or more bits. The example method further includes providing a modulated signal to the VCSEL. The modulated signal encodes a digital sequence comprising the one or more bits using a modulation method.
US11749961B2
A light emitting device includes first to third semiconductor laser elements. Each of the semiconductor laser elements includes at least two emitters, and configured to emit red-color light, green-color light, or blue-color light. The mount member includes first to third conduction parts, each including a plurality of metal films including mounting regions that are aligned in a predetermined direction. The first to third semiconductor laser elements are respectively mounted on the first to third conduction parts of the mount member in a junction-down configuration.
US11749946B2
A connector with booster mechanism includes a housing, an operation lever rotatably mounted on the housing and including an arm portion, a drive gear integrally rotatably provided on the operation lever, a speed-reduction member rotatably mounted on the housing, and a slider. The drive gear is coaxial with a rotation center shaft and disposed at a position different from the arm portion in an axial direction of the rotation center shaft. The speed-reduction member includes a large-diameter gear to be meshed with the drive gear and a small-diameter gear having a smaller diameter than the large-diameter gear and coaxial with the large-diameter gear. The slider includes a rack to be meshed with the small-diameter gear and is mounted on the housing movably in a direction intersecting a connecting direction to a mating connector.
US11749939B2
An assembly for a coaxial connector is described. The assembly, in one embodiment, includes a coupler, a grip ring and a seal member.
US11749936B2
Provided is a molding method of a sealing cover, realized by setting up a sealing cover mold, the mold includes a cavity and a core group arranged in the cavity, including setting up a first core and a second core, the mold opening direction of the first core and the second core are not parallel. The present application does not need a process hole to perform the injection molding of the sealing cover with a fastening structure, whose sealing is also better.
US11749930B2
A joint connector includes a housing comprising a plurality of insertion holes. A first isolation terminal is inserted into a first insertion hole of the plurality of insertion holes. The first isolation terminal is configured to block current flow. A connection terminal is inserted into a second insertion hole of the plurality of insertion holes. The second insertion hole is adjacent to the first insertion hole and is electrically connected to the first isolation terminal.
US11749929B2
A connector comprises two holding members, two terminal rows, a midplate and a shell. Each of the holding members is lightly press-fit into the shell. Each of the terminal rows has a plurality of terminals. The terminals of each of the terminal rows include a specific terminal. The specific terminal has an exposed portion. The exposed portion is, at least in part, exposed from the holding member in an up-down direction perpendicular to a pitch direction. The midplate has a receiving portion. The exposed portion is brought into contact with the receiving portion. One of the holding member and the shell is formed with at least one light press-fit portion. A position of the at least one light press-fit portion overlaps with a position of the exposed portion in a front-rear direction perpendicular to both the up-down direction and the pitch direction.
US11749924B2
A medical sensor patch connector assembly can include a medical patch having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a hole connecting the first side and the second side. The medical sensor patch connector assembly can include a connector including a first clamping member having a first contact surface in contact with the first side of the medial patch and a tab protruding through the hole in the medical patch. The connector can include a second clamping member having a second contact surface in contact with the second side of the medical patch.
US11749917B2
A power feeder device can include a base having a mounting portion and a plurality of connector structures extending from the mounting portion and spaced apart relative to each other to form a respective gap therebetween. Each connector structure can be configured to receive a respective pair of terminals to electrically connect the respective pair of terminals within connector structures and to block a line of sight between adjacent pairs of terminals. The device can also include a cover configured to mate with the base to enclose each of the plurality of connector structures and to increase a length of a creepage path between each pair of terminals by at least partially inserting into each gap between the connector structures. The base and the cover can be configured to form a terminal opening on each lateral side when assembled to allow pass-through of a conductor and/or portion of each terminal.
US11749907B2
An antenna of a terminal device, the antenna includes a metal frame, a side of the metal frame is provided with at least two slots, and the slots are ring-shaped slots. Portions of the metal frame at two sides of each slot of the at least two slots are provided with two groups of feed points, and each group of feed points includes an antenna feed point located on a portion of the metal frame at the inner side of the slot, and a ground feed point located on another portion of the metal frame at the outer side of the slot. The metal frame is electrically connected to a floor in the terminal device.
US11749904B2
An electronic device including a high frequency module is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display panel configured to display an image; a first connecting member positioned on a lateral side or a rear side of the display panel; a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) chip mounted on the first connecting member; an antenna disposed on a front side of the display panel; and a second connecting member configured to electrically connect the first connecting member and the antenna, and formed to be more flexible than the first connecting member.
US11749891B2
An antenna structure includes a feeding radiation element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a shorting element, a first tuner, and a second tuner. The feeding radiation element has a feeding point. The first radiation element is coupled to the feeding radiation element. The first radiation element is coupled through the first tuner to a ground voltage. The feeding radiation element is coupled through the shorting element to the ground voltage. The second radiation element is adjacent to the first radiation element, and is separated from the first radiation element. The second radiation element is coupled through the second tuner to the ground voltage. The feeding radiation element is disposed between the first tuner and the shorting element.
US11749884B2
According to an embodiment, a multi-layer antenna structure comprises a printed circuit board including an IC for processing an RF signal, a feeding line connected to the IC, and a feeding pad connected to the feeding line, a conductive lower layer tightly contacting the printed circuit board and including a feeding hole in an area connected with the feeding pad and vertically open and a waveguide connected to the feeding hole and disposed on an upper surface thereof, and a conductive upper layer tightly contacting the conductive lower layer and including an antenna slot pattern in an area corresponding to the waveguide and vertically open. The waveguide may include a bottom surface positioned lower than an upper surface thereof, a side surface extending from each of two opposite ends of the bottom surface to the upper surface, and a protrusion protruding upward from a center portion of the bottom surface.
US11749877B2
A staple instrument system comprising a cartridge body and an antenna is disclosed.
US11749875B2
A chip antenna includes a substrate having a concavo-convex pattern on a surface thereof, and a conductor pattern disposed on the surface of the substrate having the concavo-convex pattern, wherein a convex portion extending in one direction and a concave portion extending in one direction are alternately disposed in the concavo-convex pattern.
US11749874B2
A balanced-type circular disk resonator includes a circular conductive layer, a conductive member including a first conductive portion provided on a first surface of the circular conductive layer to enable a first dielectric board, a dielectric property of which is measured, to be placed between the first conductive portion and the circular conductive layer, and a second conductive portion provided on a second surface of the circular conductive layer to enable a second dielectric board, a dielectric property of which is measured, to be placed between the second conductive portion and the circular conductive layer, the second surface being opposite to the first surface with regard to the circular conductive layer, and a temperature adjustment unit coupled to the conductive member and configured to adjust temperatures of the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion.
US11749868B2
The present invention relates to a separator capable of inhibiting the growth of lithium dendrites, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. According to the present invention, the stability and life cycle characteristic of a lithium secondary battery can be remarkably improved.
US11749864B2
A fixing structure (300) for a battery pack is provided. The battery pack includes a box body (100). The fixing structure (300) is disposed on an outer surface of the box body (100) and includes a first connecting body (301), a second connecting body (302), and a transition body (303). The first connecting body (301) has one end connected with the box body (100). The second connecting body (302) has one end connected with the box body (100). The second connecting body (302) is spaced apart from the first connecting body (301). The transition body (303) has two ends connected with one end of the first connecting body (301) away from the box body (100) and one end of the second connecting body (302) away from the box body (100) respectively.
US11749855B2
The present invention provides a battery module, which includes a plurality of battery cells with stacked each other which include a cell body configured to house an electrode assembly and electrode tabs drawn out from the cell body, respectively; and a housing unit configured to enclose at least a portion of an outer surface of the plurality of stacked battery cells to house the plurality of stacked battery cells, wherein the housing unit includes a heat sink unit having a refrigerant flow passage formed therein.
US11749851B2
A battery thermal management system for an air vehicle includes a first heat exchange circuit, a battery in thermal communication with the first heat exchange circuit, and a heat exchanger positioned on the first heat exchange circuit. The heat exchanger is operatively connected to a second heat exchange circuit. The system includes a controller operatively connected to the second heat exchange circuit. The controller is configured to variably select whether heat will be rejected to the second heat exchange circuit. A method for controlling a thermal management system for an air vehicle includes determining an expected fluid temperature of fluid in a fluid heat exchange circuit. The method includes commanding a flow restrictor at least partially closed or commanding the flow restrictor at least partially open.
US11749838B2
Disclosed are an electrolyte solution for lithium secondary batteries and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The electrolyte solution for lithium secondary batteries includes: a lithium salt; a solvent; and a functional additive, wherein the functional additive includes a first positive-electrode film additive, which is 2-(2′((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)ethoxy)-ethyl p-methylbenzenesulfonate, represented by the following Formula 1:
US11749835B2
Provided is a solid electrolyte sheet having a self-supporting property while having a small thickness and flexibility. The solid electrolyte sheet is formed using a support having a specific porosity and a specific thickness. Specifically, the solid electrolyte sheet is formed in which a solid electrolyte is filled in a support having a porosity of 60% or more and 95% or less and a thickness of 5 μm or more and less than 20 μm.
US11749833B2
A bipolar battery having a solid ionically conductive polymer material as its electrolyte enabling high voltage discharge.
US11749832B2
Lithiated electrodes, electrochemical cells including lithiated electrodes, and methods of making the same are provided. The method includes lithiating at least one electrode in an electrochemical cell by applying current across a first current collector of the at least one electrode to a second current collector of an auxiliary electrode. The electrochemical cell may be disposed within a battery packaging and the auxiliary electrode may be disposed within the battery packaging adjacent to an edge of the electrochemical cell. The at least one electrode may include a first electroactive layer disposed on or near one or more surfaces of the first current collector, and the auxiliary electrode may include a second electroactive layer disposed at or near one or more surfaces of the second current collector. The method may further include extracting the auxiliary electrode from the battery packaging and sealing the battery packaging, which includes the pre-lithiated electrochemical cell.
US11749830B2
Provided is a system for manufacturing a secondary battery including: a positive electrode cell manufacturing line having a positive electrode single cell, on which a positive electrode tab is processed on one end of a positive electrode and a first separator is combined on one surface of the positive electrode, is continuously manufactured; a negative electrode cell manufacturing line having a negative electrode single cell, on which a negative electrode tab is processed on one end of a negative electrode and a second separator is combined on one surface of the negative electrode, is continuously manufactured; and a stacking part alternately receiving positive electrode single cells and negative electrode single cells respectively from the positive electrode cell manufacturing line and the negative electrode cell manufacturing line to stack the positive electrode single cells and the negative electrode single cells up to a predetermined layer, thereby forming a stack cell.
US11749828B2
An impact resistant wound cell comprises a first electrode plate with a first surface and a second surface. The first surface comprises a first active material area and a first current collector area, the second surface comprises a second active material area and a second current collector area. The first current collector area is located on an inner side of an outermost circle of the wound cell. In the first electrode plate, the second current collector area and the first current collector area are adjacent to and opposite to each other, the first current collector area and the second current collector area are bonded together by a first bonding member. The present disclosure further provides a battery using the wound cell.
US11749821B2
A fuel cell single unit including: a fuel cell element in which an anode layer and a cathode layer are formed so as to sandwich an electrolyte layer; a reducing gas supply path for supplying a gas containing hydrogen to the anode layer; an oxidizing gas supply path for supplying a gas containing oxygen to the cathode layer; and an internal reforming catalyst layer, which has a reforming catalyst for steam-reforming a fuel gas, in at least a part of the reducing gas supply path is provided. An external reformer, which has a reforming catalyst for steam-reforming the fuel gas, is provided upstream of the reducing gas supply path, and the fuel gas partially reformed by the external reformer is supplied to the reducing gas supply path.
US11749816B2
Disclosed are a highly durable electrolyte membrane having improved ion conductivity and a method of producing the same. The electrolyte membrane may include an ionomer having hydrogen ion conductivity and a complex dispersed in the ionomer. The complex may include: a support; a primary antioxidant loaded on the support and having radical scavenging ability; and a secondary antioxidant loaded on the support and having peroxide decomposition activity.
US11749814B2
An electrochemical cell includes a pair of bipolar plates and a membrane electrode assembly between the bipolar plates. The membrane electrode assembly comprises an anode compartment, a cathode compartment, and a proton exchange membrane disposed therebetween. The cell further includes a sealing surface formed in one of the pair of bipolar plates and a gasket located between the sealing surface and the proton exchange membrane. The gasket is configured to plastically deform to create a seal about one of the cathode compartment or the anode compartment. The sealing surface can include one or more protrusions.
US11749809B2
A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which improve drainage in a high current range where a large amount of water is produced, without hindering water retention under low humidification conditions, and exhibit high power generation performance and durability even under high humidification conditions. A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a polyelectrolyte film, and two electrocatalyst layers sandwiching the polyelectrolyte film. At least one of the two electrocatalyst layers includes catalyst support particles with a hydrophobic coating, a polyelectrolyte, and a fibrous material having an average fiber diameter that is 10 nm or more and 300 nm or less. The fibrous material has a mass that is 0.2 times or more and 1.0 times or less the mass of the carrier in the catalyst support particles.
US11749804B2
Embodiments described herein relate to electrochemical cells with one or more electrodes coupled directly to a film material, and methods of making the same. In some embodiments, an electrochemical cell includes a first electrode material disposed on a first current collector, wherein the first current collector is coupled to a first non-conductive film. In some embodiments, a first tab is coupled to the first current collector. The electrochemical cell further includes a second electrode material capable of taking up or releasing ions during operation of the electrochemical cell. The second electrode material is coupled directly to a second non-conductive film. A second tab is electronically coupled to the second electrode material. A separator is disposed between the first electrode material and the second electrode material. In some embodiments, the second tab can be coupled directly to the second electrode material.
US11749786B2
An array of phosphor pixels is positioned on an array of semiconductor LED pixels with thermally curable adhesive between them. Selected LED pixels of the array are electrically activated; resulting heat cures the adhesive to attach the corresponding phosphor pixel to the activated LED pixel and to release the corresponding phosphor pixel from a carrier. Removal of the carrier removes unattached phosphor pixels, leaving behind phosphor pixels attached to the LED pixels that were activated. The process can be repeated for phosphor pixels of different colors.
US11749783B2
A light emitting device includes first and second electrodes disposed on a substrate and spaced apart from each other; at least one light emitting diode disposed between the first and second electrodes; an insulating pattern overlapping an upper portion of the at least one light emitting diode and exposing first and second ends of the at least one light emitting diode; a first contact electrode electrically connecting the first end of the at least one light emitting diode to the first electrode; and a second contact electrode electrically connecting the second end of the at least one light emitting diode to the second electrode. The insulating pattern may completely overlap the first and second ends of the at least one light emitting diode in a plan view, and have a width reducing toward a lower portion of the insulating pattern.
US11749781B2
A light emitting device including a first light emitting part including a first n-type semiconductor layer, a first active layer, a first p-type semiconductor layer, and a first transparent electrode, a second light emitting part disposed over the first light emitting part and including a second n-type semiconductor layer, a second active layer, a second p-type semiconductor layer, and a second transparent electrode, and a third light emitting part disposed over the second light emitting part and including a third n-type semiconductor layer, a third active layer, a third p-type semiconductor layer, and a third transparent electrode, in which the light emitting device has substantially a quadrangular shape when viewed from the top, and has first to fourth corners, and a length between first and second corners of the third light emitting part is less than a length between third and fourth corners of the third light emitting part.
US11749776B2
A method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component includes providing a carrier; arranging at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip at a top side of the carrier, wherein the semiconductor chip includes semiconductor layers deposited on a substrate; forming a shaped body around the at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip, wherein the shaped body surrounds all side areas of the at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip and at least some of the layers deposited on the substrate are free of the shaped body such that these layers are not covered or completely exposed; and removing the carrier.
US11749770B2
A photovoltaic device configured to substantially avoid radiative recombination of photo-generated carriers, reduce loss of energy of the photo-generated carriers through the phonon emission, extract photo-generated carriers substantially exclusively from the multi-frequency satellite valley(s) of the bandstructure of the used semiconductor material as opposed to the single predetermined extremum of the bandstructure. Methodologies of fabrication and operation of such a device.
US11749767B2
The inventive concept discloses a solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, an emitter layer disposed on one surface of the substrate, and a cooling layer disposed on one surface of the emitter layer, and the cooling layer absorbs a far-infrared ray from irradiated sunlight and emits a wavelength of the absorbed far-infrared ray.
US11749762B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first doped region having a first doping type disposed in a semiconductor substrate. A second doped region having a second doping type different than the first doping type is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and laterally spaced from the first doped region. A waveguide structure is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and laterally between the first doped region and the second doped region. A photodetector is disposed at least partially in the semiconductor substrate and laterally between the first doped region and the second doped region. The waveguide structure is configured to guide one or more photons into the photodetector. The photodetector has an upper surface that continuously arcs between opposite sidewalls of the photodetector. The photodetector has a lower surface that continuously arcs between the opposite sidewalls of the photodetector.
US11749760B2
A device and method for fabricating the same is disclosed. For example, the device includes a sensor having a front side and a back side, a metal interconnect layer formed on the front side of the sensor, an anti-reflective coating formed on the back side of the sensor, a composite etch stop mask layer formed on the anti-reflective coating wherein the composite etch stop mask layer includes a hydrogen rich layer and a compressive high density layer, and a light filter formed on the composite etch stop mask layer.
US11749755B2
A method includes forming a gate stack over a fin of a substrate; sequentially depositing a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, a third dielectric layer, and a filling dielectric over the gate stack, wherein the second dielectric layer has a lower dielectric constant than dielectric constants of the first and third dielectric layers; forming a dielectric cap over the first, second, third dielectric layers and the filling dielectric; etching the dielectric cap, the first, second, third dielectric layers, and the filling dielectric simultaneously, to form gate spacers on opposite sidewalls of the gate stack and expose a top surface of the fin; and after the gate spacers are formed, forming an epitaxy source/drain structure in contact with one of the gate spacers and the top surface of the fin.
US11749749B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first main surface on one side and a second main surface on the other side, a unit cell including a diode region of a first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, a well region of a second conductivity type formed in the surface layer portion of the first main surface of the semiconductor layer along a peripheral edge of the diode region, and a first conductivity type region formed in a surface layer portion of the well region, a gate electrode layer facing the well region and the first conductivity type region through a gate insulating layer and a first main surface electrode covering the diode region and the first conductivity type region on the first main surface of the semiconductor layer, and forming a Schottky junction with the diode region and an ohmic junction with the first conductivity type region.
US11749740B2
A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a first barrier layer on a substrate; forming a p-type semiconductor layer on the first barrier layer; forming a hard mask on the p-type semiconductor layer; patterning the hard mask and the p-type semiconductor layer; and forming a spacer adjacent to the hard mask and the p-type semiconductor layer.
US11749728B2
A method includes forming a dummy gate structure over a substrate; forming a source/drain structure over the substrate; replacing the dummy gate structure with a metal gate structure; forming a protection cap over the metal gate structure; forming a source/drain contact over the source/drain structure; performing a selective deposition process to form a first etch stop layer on the protection cap, in which the selective deposition process has a faster deposition rate on the protection cap than on the source/drain contact; depositing a second etch stop layer over the first etch stop layer the source/drain contact; etching the second etch stop layer to form an opening; and forming a via contact in the opening.
US11749721B2
Disclosed herein are quantum dot devices, as well as related computing devices and methods. For example, in some embodiments, a quantum dot device may include: a quantum well stack; a first gate and an adjacent second gate above the quantum well stack; and a gate wall between the first gate and the second gate, wherein the gate wall includes a spacer and a capping material, the spacer has a top and a bottom, the bottom of the spacer is between the top of the spacer and the quantum well stack, and the capping material is proximate to the top of the spacer.
US11749718B2
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a heat transfer layer disposed over a substrate, a channel material layer, a gate structure and source and drain terminals. The channel material layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the channel material layer is disposed on the heat transfer layer with the first surface in contact with the heat transfer layer. The gate structure is disposed above the channel material layer. The source and drain terminals are in contact with the channel material layer and located at two opposite sides of the gate structure.
US11749716B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a base region incorporating a field stop zone where the base region and the field stop zone are both formed using an epitaxial process. Furthermore, the epitaxial layer field stop zone is formed with an enhanced doping profile to realize improved soft-switching performance for the semiconductor device. In some embodiments, the enhanced doping profile includes multiple doped regions with peak doping levels where a first doped region adjacent to a first side of the field stop zone has a first peak doping level that is not higher than a last peak doping level of a last doped region adjacent to the base region. The epitaxial layer field stop zone of the present invention enables complex field stop zone doping profiles to be used to obtain the desired soft-switching characteristics in the semiconductor device.
US11749712B2
An integrated circuit has an isolation capacitor structure that reduces the risk of breakdown from high electric fields at the edge of the top metal plate of the capacitor. The capacitor structure includes a bottom metal plate above a substrate. A first dielectric layer of a first dielectric material is formed between the bottom metal plate and the top metal plate. The capacitor structure also includes a thin narrow ring formed of a second dielectric material located under a portion of the top metal plate. The second dielectric material has a higher dielectric constant than the first dielectric material. The thin narrow ring follows the shape of the edge of the top metal plate with a portion of the ring underneath the top metal plate and a portion outside the edge of the top metal plate to thereby be located at a place of the maximum electric field.
US11749711B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a magnetic element over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes an adhesive element between the magnetic element and the substrate. The adhesive element extends exceeding opposite edges of the magnetic element. The semiconductor device structure further includes an isolation element extending exceeding the opposite edges of the magnetic element. The isolation element partially covers a top surface of the magnetic element. In addition, the semiconductor device structure includes a conductive line over the isolation element.
US11749710B2
According to some embodiments, an integrated circuit device is disclosed. The integrated circuit device include at least one inductor having at least one turn, a magnetic coupling ring positioned adjacent to the at least one inductor, the magnetic coupling ring comprising at least two magnetic coupling turns, the at least two magnetic coupling turns are disposed adjacent to the at least one turn to enable magnetic coupling between the at least two magnetic coupling turns and the at least one turn The integrated circuit device also includes a power electrode and a ground electrode, wherein the power electrode and the ground electrode are coupled to the at least one inductor and the magnetic coupling ring to provide a first current in the at least one inductor having a direction opposite to a second current in the magnetic coupling ring to cancel at least a portion of a magnetic field generated by the at least one inductor.
US11749706B2
A detection layer (416) for a radiation detector (400) includes a porous silicon membrane (418). The porous silicon membrane includes silicon (419) with a first side (430) and a second opposing side (432), a plurality of pores (420) extending entirely through the silicon from the first side to the second opposing side, each including shared walls (426), at least one protrusion of silicon (424) protruding out and extending from the first side a distance (504, 604, 704). The porous silicon membrane further includes a plurality of radiation sensitive quantum dots (422) in the pores and a quantum dot layer disposed on the first side and having a surface (434) and a thickness (506, 606, 706), wherein the thickness is greater than the distance.
US11749704B2
An image sensing device and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The image sensing device includes a first substrate, first photoelectric conversion elements formed in the first substrate and configured to generate photocharges in response to a reception of light, a second substrate formed over the first substrate, and second photoelectric conversion elements formed in the second substrate and configured to generate photocharges in response to a reception of light, the second photoelectric conversion elements contacting corresponding the first photoelectric conversion elements, respectively.
US11749701B2
An image capturing device unit capable of reducing noise generated in image signals due to power supply. A pixel portion of an image capturing device has pixels arranged in a matrix in first and second directions perpendicular to each other. Output lines are arranged in parallel to the second direction, for reading out pixel signals in the second direction for each of groups of pixels arranged in the first direction. A power supply wiring is arranged on a substrate surface different from a surface on which the image capturing device is mounted and supplies power to the device, and includes a draw-out wiring portion arranged to be routed along the second direction in a pixel portion area which overlaps the pixel portion when the device is projected onto the substrate in a third direction perpendicular to the first and the second directions.
US11749692B2
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate; a first transistor and a second transistor, where the first transistor and the second transistor are formed on the base substrate, the first transistor includes a first active layer, a first gate, a first source, and a first drain, the first active layer contains silicon, the second transistor includes a second active layer, a second gate, a second source, and a second drain, and the second active layer contains an oxide semiconductor and is disposed on one side of the first active layer facing away from the base substrate; and a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer, where the first insulating layer is disposed on one side of the second active layer facing away from the base substrate and between the second gate and the second active layer.
US11749684B2
A circuit device includes an N-type well on a P-type substrate, a P-type well provided in the N-type well, a circuit element provided in the P-type well, a P-type well provided in an N-type well, and a circuit element provided in the P-type well. A ground power supply voltage is supplied to a P-type well. A power supply voltage different from the ground power supply voltage is supplied to a P-type well. The ground power supply voltage or a first potential that is greater than or equal to the potential of the ground power supply voltage and less than the potential of a high potential-side power supply voltage is supplied to an N-type well.
US11749675B2
Between a source electrode (25) of a main device (24) and a current sensing electrode (22) of a current detection device (21), a resistor for detecting current is connected. Dielectric withstand voltage of gate insulator (36) is larger than a product of the resistor and maximal current flowing through the current detection device (21) with reverse bias. A diffusion length of a p-body region (32) of the main device (24) is shorter than that of a p-body (31) of the current detection device (21). A curvature radius at an end portion of the p-body region (32) of the main device (24) is smaller than that of the p-body (31) of the current detection device (21). As a result, at the inverse bias, electric field at the end portion of the p-body region (32) of the main device (24) becomes stronger than that of the p-body region (31) of the current detection device (21). Consequently, avalanche breakdown tends to occur earlier in the main device 24 than the current detection device (21).
US11749672B2
A device includes a first region, a second region disposed on the first region, a third region and a fourth region abutting the third region disposed in the second region, a fifth region disposed in the third region and coupled to a collector disposed above, and a sixth region disposed in the fourth region and coupled to an emitter disposed above. A first isolation is disposed between the collector and the emitter. A seventh region is disposed in the fifth region and coupled to the collector is spaced apart from the first isolation. The first region, the third region, the fifth region, the collector and the emitter have a first conductivity type different from a second conductivity type that the second region, the fourth region, the sixth region and the seventh region have.
US11749671B2
The disclosure provides integrated circuit (IC) structures and methods to form the same. Methods according to the disclosure may be performed on a substrate having a first doping type, the substrate extending between a first end and a second end. A deep well is formed within the substrate, the deep well including a well boundary defined between the deep well and a remainder of the substrate. The well boundary is horizontally distal to a midpoint between the first end and the second end of the substrate. A first active semiconductor region is formed at least partially over the substrate, and an oppositely-doped second active semiconductor region is formed at least partially over the deep well.
US11749669B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device, and a capacitor device and its manufacture method, and relates to the field of semiconductor technologies. The manufacture method includes: forming, on a substrate, a plurality of storage node contact plugs distributed in an array and an insulation layer separating each of the storage node contact plugs; forming an electrode supporting structure on a side of the insulation layer away from the substrate, the electrode supporting structure having a plurality of through holes exposing each of the storage node contact plugs respectively, the through hole comprising a plurality of hole segments end-to-end jointing successively, the hole segment located on a side close to the substrate having an aperture greater than the hole segment located on a side away from the substrate; forming a dielectric layer; forming a second electrode layer.
US11749668B2
A semiconductor device is formed by providing a semiconductor package including a shielding layer and forming a slot in the shielding layer using a laser. The laser is turned on and exposed to the shielding layer with a center of the laser disposed over a first point of the shielding layer. The laser is moved in a loop while the laser remains on and exposed to the shielding layer. Exposure of the laser to the shielding layer is stopped when the center of the laser is disposed over a second point of the shielding layer. A distance between the first point and the second point is approximately equal to a radius of the laser.
US11749664B2
A circuit is provided. The circuit includes a first die that includes a memory array, and the memory array includes a plurality of memory cells, a sensing element coupled to the plurality of memory cells, and a first plurality of conductive pads coupled to the sensing element. The circuit also includes a second die that includes an address decoder associated with the memory array of the first die and a second plurality of conductive pads coupled to the address decoder. The first die is coupled to the second die by an interposer. The address decoder of the second die is coupled to the sensing element of the first die. A first voltage swing of the first die is larger than a second voltage swing of the second die.
US11749661B2
A package that includes a substrate, an integrated device coupled to the substrate, and an integrated passive device comprising at least two capacitors. The integrated passive device is coupled to the substrate. The integrated passive device includes a passive device substrate comprising a first trench and a second trench, an oxide layer located over the first trench and the second trench, a first electrically conductive layer located over the oxide layer the first trench, a dielectric layer located over the first electrically conductive layer, and a second electrically conductive layer located over the dielectric layer.
US11749658B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixel areas and a non-display area located at at least one side of the display area; a pixel in each of the pixel areas; and a plurality of fan-out lines in the non-display area to form a first conductive layer. The pixel includes a pixel circuit layer including at least one transistor and a first bridge line and a second bridge line; and a display element layer on the pixel circuit layer. Each of the first and second bridge lines is electrically connected to a corresponding fan-out line from among the fan-out lines.
US11749654B2
In one example, a semiconductor structure comprises a redistribution structure comprising a conductive structure, a cavity substrate on a top side of the redistribution structure and having a cavity and a pillar contacting the redistribution structure, an electronic component on the top surface of the redistribution structure and in the cavity, wherein the electronic component is electrically coupled with the conductive structure, and an encapsulant in the cavity and on the top side of the redistribution structure, contacting a lateral side of the electronic component, a lateral side of the cavity, and a lateral side of the pillar. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US11749652B2
A display panel including a circuit board having first pads, light emitting devices disposed on the circuit board and having second pads and including at least one first light emitting device to emit light having a first peak wavelength and second light emitting devices to emit light having a second peak wavelength, and a metal bonding layer electrically connecting the first pads and the second pads, in which the metal bonding layer of the first light emitting device has a thickness different from that of the metal bonding layer of the second light emitting devices while including a same material, and an upper surface of the second light devices are disposed at an elevation between an upper surface and a bottom surface of the first light emitting device.
US11749651B2
A semiconductor package includes a first chip package including a plurality of first semiconductor dies and a first insulating encapsulant, a second semiconductor die, a third semiconductor die, and a second insulating encapsulant. The plurality of first semiconductor dies are electrically connected to each other, and the first insulating encapsulant encapsulates the plurality of first semiconductor dies. The second semiconductor die and the third semiconductor die are electrically communicated to each other by connecting to the first chip package, wherein the first chip package is stacked on the second semiconductor die and the third semiconductor die. The second insulating encapsulant encapsulates the first chip package, the second semiconductor die, and the third semiconductor die.
US11749650B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: providing an element stack on a carrier substrate; forming an interconnection structure connecting the element stack laterally in an area on the carrier substrate adjacent to the element stack, wherein the interconnection structure includes an electrical isolation layer and a conductive structure in the electrical isolation layer; and controlling a height of the conductive structure in the interconnection structure, so that at least a part of components to be electrically connected in the element stack are in contact and therefore electrically connected to the conductive structure at the corresponding height. Forming the conductive structure includes: forming a conductive material layer in the area; forming a mask layer covering the conductive material layer; patterning the mask layer into a pattern corresponding to the conductive structure; and using the mask layer as an etching mask to selectively etch the conductive material layer.
US11749649B2
Composite IC chip including a chiplet embedded within metallization levels of a host IC chip. The chiplet may include a device layer and one or more metallization layers interconnecting passive and/or active devices into chiplet circuitry. The host IC may include a device layer and one or more metallization layers interconnecting passive and/or active devices into host chip circuitry. Features of one of the chiplet metallization layers may be directly bonded to features of one of the host IC metallization layers, interconnecting the two circuitries into a composite circuitry. A dielectric material may be applied over the chiplet. The dielectric and chiplet may be thinned with a planarization process, and additional metallization layers fabricated over the chiplet and host chip, for example to form first level interconnect interfaces. The composite IC chip structure may be assembled into a package substantially as a monolithic IC chip.
US11749619B2
A package substrate and method of manufacturing a package substrate and a semiconductor device package are provided. The package substrate includes a circuit layer, a molding layer and a sacrificial layer. The circuit layer includes conductive traces and conductive pads. The molding layer has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, wherein the molding layer partially covers the conductive traces and the conductive pads, and first surfaces of the conductive traces and first surfaces of the conductive pads are exposed from the upper surface of the molding layer. The sacrificial layer covers the lower surface of the molding layer, second surfaces of the conductive pads.
US11749603B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a contact region present in the semiconductor substrate, and a silicide present on a textured surface of the contact region. A plurality of sputter ions is present between the silicide and the contact region. Since the surface of the contact region is textured, the contact area provided by the silicide is increased accordingly, thus the resistance of an interconnection structure in the semiconductor device is reduced.
US11749600B2
A vertically alternating sequence of unit layer stacks is formed over a substrate. Each unit layer stacks includes an insulating layer and a spacer material layer that is formed as, or is subsequently replaced with, a first electrically conductive layer. A 2×N array of stepped surfaces is formed. Each column of two stepped surfaces other than one column is vertically extended by performing a set of processing sequences at least once. The set of processing sequences includes forming a patterned etch mask layer and etching an unmasked subset of the 2×N array. One or more patterned etch mask layer has a respective continuous opening including an entire area of a respective 2×M array of stepped surfaces that is a subset of the 2×N array of stepped surfaces. Vertical stacks of memory elements are formed through the vertically alternating sequence.
US11749587B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first surface on which an active region is disposed, and a second surface opposite the first surface, a buried conductive line extending in one direction and having a portion buried in the active region, an insulating portion covering the buried conductive line, a contact structure disposed on the insulating portion and connected to the buried conductive line, a through-hole extending from the second surface to the insulating portion and exposing the buried portion of the buried conductive line, an insulating isolation film disposed on a side surface of the buried conductive line and exposing a bottom surface of the buried portion and a side surface adjacent to the bottom surface, a through-via contacting the bottom surface and the adjacent side surface of the buried conductive line, an insulating liner surrounding the through-via.
US11749584B2
The present disclosure describes heat dissipating structures that can be formed either in functional or non-functional areas of three-dimensional system on integrated chip structures. In some embodiments, the heat dissipating structures maintain an average operating temperature of memory dies or chips below about 90° C. For example, a structure includes a stack with chip layers, where each chip layer includes one or more chips and an edge portion. The structure further includes a thermal interface material disposed on the edge portion of each chip layer, a thermal interface material layer disposed over a top chip layer of the stack, and a heat sink over the thermal interface material layer.
US11749581B2
Provided are a semiconductor module in which bonding properties between an insulated substrate and a sealing resin is improved and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor module. A semiconductor module 50 is provided with: an insulated substrate 23; a circuit pattern 24 that is formed on the insulated substrate; semiconductor elements 25, 26 that are joined on the circuit pattern; and a sealing resin 28 for sealing the insulated substrate, the circuit pattern, and the semiconductor elements. The surface 23a of the insulated substrate in a part where the insulative substrate and the sealing resin are bonded to each other, is characterized in that, in a cross section of the insulated substrate, the average roughness derived in a 300-μm wide range is 0.15 μm or greater and the average roughness derived in a 3-μm-wide range is 0.02 μm or greater.
US11749573B2
Described are component carriers including a stepped cavity into which a stepped component assembly is embedded. The component carriers have (a) fully cured electrically insulating material originating from at least one electrically insulating layer structure of the component carrier and circumferentially surrounding the stepped component assembly and/or (b) an undercut in a transition region between a narrow recess and a wide recess of the stepped cavity. Further described are methods for manufacturing such component carriers.
US11749572B2
Systems, methods, circuits, and apparatus including computer-readable mediums for testing bonding pads in multi-die packages, e.g., chiplet systems. An example integrated circuit device includes an integrated circuit, first type bonding pads and second type bonding pads. Each of the first type bonding pads is electrically connected to the integrated circuit and configured to be electrically connected to a corresponding external integrated circuit device. Each of the second type bonding pads is configured to have no electrical connection with the corresponding external integrated circuit device. Each of the first type bonding pads is configured to be electrically connected to a corresponding one of the second type bonding pads. A number of the first type bonding pads can be larger than a number of the second type bonding pads. Each of the second type bonding pads can have a larger pad area for probing than each of the first type bonding pads.
US11749560B2
Techniques are disclosed for providing cladded metal interconnects. Given an interconnect trench, a barrier layer is conformally deposited onto the bottom and sidewalls of the trench. A first layer of a bilayer adhesion liner is selectively deposited on the barrier layer, and a second layer of the bilayer adhesion liner is selectively deposited on the first layer. An interconnect metal is deposited into the trench above the bilayer adhesion liner. Any excess interconnect metal is recessed to get the top surface of the interconnect metal to a proper plane. Recessing the excess interconnect metal may include recessing previously deposited excess adhesion liner and barrier layer materials. The exposed top surface of the interconnect metal in the trench is then capped with the bilayer adhesion liner materials to provide a cladded metal interconnect core. In some embodiments, the adhesion liner is a single layer adhesion liner.
US11749559B2
Structures with altered crystallinity beneath semiconductor devices and methods associated with forming such structures. Trench isolation regions surround an active device region composed of a single-crystal semiconductor material. A first non-single-crystal layer is arranged beneath the trench isolation regions and the active device region. A second non-single-crystal layer is arranged beneath the trench isolation regions and the active device region. The first non-single-crystal layer is arranged between the second non-single-crystal layer and the active device region.
US11749551B2
A chuck includes a chuck surface, a plurality of vacuum ports being distributed over the chuck surface. Each of the vacuum ports is open to a conduit that is connectable to a suction source that is operable to apply suction to that vacuum port. A flow restrictor is located within each conduit and is characterized by a flow resistance. The flow resistance of the flow restrictor in at least one conduit is less than the flow resistance of the flow restrictor in at least one other conduit.
US11749548B2
A transport system, including: a sensor, a controller and a power panel. The sensor determines a zone and sends a quantity information in response to a quantity of vehicles in the zone. The controller is arranged to send an output signal in accordance with the quantity information. The power panel is arranged to output a current in accordance with the output signal for driving vehicles in the zone, wherein the current is outputted to a cable extending through the zone.
US11749545B2
A substrate-floatation-type laser processing apparatus and a method for measuring a floating height, capable of improving performance of laser processing are provided. A substrate-floatation-type laser processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a stage configured to float and convey a substrate, and a floating-height measurement apparatus configured to measure a floating height H of the substrate. Note that a distance between the floating-height measurement apparatus and the substrate can be automatically adjusted according to the measured floating height H. The floating height H of the substrate is measured by applying laser light to the substrate and the stage. The distance between the floating-height measurement apparatus and the substrate is adjusted by using a feedback mechanism in which the measured floating height of the substrate is used as an input.
US11749544B2
A process condition measurement wafer assembly is disclosed. In embodiments, the process condition measurement wafer assembly includes a bottom substrate and a top substrate. In another embodiment, the process condition measurement wafer assembly includes one or more electronic components disposed on one or more printed circuit elements and interposed between the top substrate and bottom substrate. In another embodiment, the process condition measurement wafer assembly includes one or more shielding layers formed between the bottom substrate and the top substrate. In embodiments, the one or more shielding layers are configured to electromagnetically shield the one or more electronic components and diffuse voltage potentials across the bottom substrate and the top substrate.
US11749542B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to apparatus, systems and methods for substrate processing. A detachable substrate support is disposed within a processing volume of a processing chamber and the substrate support includes a substrate interfacing surface and a back surface. The pedestal hub has a supporting surface removably coupled to the substrate support. A hub volume of the pedestal hub includes temperature measuring assembly disposed therein positioned to receive electromagnetic energy emitted from the back surface of the substrate support. The temperature measuring assembly measures an intensity of the electromagnetic energy entering the assembly and generates intensity signals. An apparent temperature of the substrate is determined based on the intensity signals.
US11749523B2
The present application discloses forming self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) by exposing the substrate at least twice to SAM precursors with intervening cooling of a substrate.
US11749522B2
Provided are a composition for depositing a silicon-containing thin film containing a bis(aminosilyl)alkylamine compound and a method for manufacturing a silicon-containing thin film using the same, and more particularly, a composition for depositing a silicon-containing thin film, containing the bis(aminosilyl)alkylamine compound capable of being usefully used as a precursor of the silicon-containing thin film, and a method for manufacturing a silicon-containing thin film using the same.
US11749520B2
A discharge chamber for a deep ultraviolet (DUV) light source includes a housing; and a first electrode and a second electrode in the housing, the first electrode and the second electrode being separated from each other to form a discharge region between the first electrode and the second electrode, the discharge region being configured to receive a gain medium including at least one noble gas and a halogen gas. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a metal alloy including more than 33% and less than 50% zinc by weight.
US11749515B2
An apparatus for particle collection is provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic element configured to generate a tapered magnetic ion transport tunnel that collects particles from a local environment, a detector configured to perform one or more measurements of the collected particles, and ion optics configured to transport the collected particles to the detector.
US11749513B2
A prefabricated polymeric layer to be used in a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) based system, the prefabricated polymeric layer including a first sublayer; and a second sublayer attached to the first sublayer, wherein the second sublayer includes a sample holder. At least one of the first sublayer and the second first sublayer includes a polymeric material, and the prefabricated polymeric layer is to be added to a target material to be examined by the MALDI system.
US11749506B2
A method for repetitive tuning of a matching network in a radio frequency plasma processing device, the method including detecting a condition within the matching network and determining if the condition is a known condition for the matching network. Also, finding a prior solution and to the condition when the condition is the known condition for the matching network; and replicating the prior solution for the condition in the matching network.
US11749503B2
A method performed by a plasma processing apparatus including a first electrode and a second electrode is provided. The method includes applying a pulsed wave of first radio frequency (RF) power to the first electrode or the second electrode; and applying a pulsed wave of second RF power having a lower frequency than the first RF power, to the first electrode with a given phase difference relative to the pulsed wave of the first RF power. A first on-period of the second RF power and a second on-period of the second RF power are controlled such that the first on-period and the second on-period do not overlap with a period of time while the first RF power is turned on. Also, the first on-period is controlled such that the first on-period ends just before the first RF power is turned on.
US11749497B2
A charged particle beam apparatus covering a wide range of detection angles of charged particles emitted from a sample includes an objective lens for converging charged particle beams emitted from a charged particle source and a detector for detecting charged particles emitted from a sample. The objective lens includes inner and outer magnetic paths which are formed so as to enclose a coil. A first inner magnetic path is disposed at a position opposite to an optical axis of the charged particle beams. A second inner magnetic path, formed at a slant with respect to the optical axis of the charged particle beams, includes a leading end. A detection surface of the detector is disposed at the outer side from a virtual straight line that passes through the leading end and that is parallel to the optical axis of the charged particle beams.
US11749487B2
A field emitter array (FEA) vacuum transistor is disclosed which includes a substrate and a plurality of nanorods formed of a first polarity dopant on the substrate, wherein the dopant density is between about 1013 cm−3 to about 1015 cm−3.
US11749480B1
A latching assembly for latching the moving conductor assembly of a circuit interrupter after an opening stroke includes a streamlined latch that omits components commonly prone to damage during latching operations in existing latching assemblies. The disclosed latching assembly comprises a fixed latch block, a driven latch rotatably coupled to the latch block, and a pivoting hammer with a square pin positioned to always be engaged with the driven latch. The latching assembly is structured to be engaged by a switch shaft once an opening stroke is initiated. When the latching assembly engages, the hammer square pin pushes the driven latch into engagement with a shelf formed in the switch shaft, which prevents the switch shaft from rebounding after the opening stroke. Rebounding is further prevented due to the hammer being structured to be biased toward the open state once the driven latch has engaged the switch shaft shelf.
US11749476B2
An electrical unit may include a current controller including an electrical regulator, a control circuit connected to a first input of the electrical regulator, a timer connected to a second input of the electrical regulator, and/or a turn-off circuit including a turn-off switch. The current controller may be configured to provide a first output signal in a first mode and a second output signal in a second mode. The current controller may be configured to transition from the first mode to the second mode based on a timer output of the timer. An electrical system may include an electrical unit and or a switch connected to the electrical unit. The switch may include a coil. The electrical unit may be configured to provide the first output signal to the coil in the first mode and provide the second output signal to the coil in the second mode.
US11749475B2
An arc chute assembly includes a first arc side and a second arc side opposite and spaced apart from the first arc side, each arc side including a first vertical edge, a second vertical edge, and a debris blocker component at the second vertical edge, where the debris blocker component is disposed proximate to the separable contacts and structured to contain debris generated during an interruption; and a plurality of arc plates disposed between the arc sides, the separable contacts disposed within the plurality of arc plates, each arc plate including a base and two legs each extending from the base and comprising a distal element proximate to the separable contacts, where each arc plate is structured to attract and quench an arc generated upon opening of the separable contacts associated with the interruption and the distal element is structured to accelerate the opening of the separable contacts.
US11749470B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems for providing a switching component are disclosed herein. An example switching component may comprise: a housing; a moveable carrier a moveable carrier disposed within the housing; at least one integrated moveable contact assembly, the moveable contact assembly comprising a substrate, a set of moveable contacts disposed on a first surface of the substrate and a guiding element surrounding at least a portion of the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the guiding element is configured to abut a surface of the moveable carrier; and a set of stationary contacts adjacent the set of moveable contacts, wherein the set of moveable contacts is configured to move with two degrees of freedom to make contact with the set of stationary contacts in order to actuate an electrical bridge in response to movement of the moveable carrier.
US11749469B2
A coaxial switch includes a conductive housing defining a central bore and a front plane that is oriented transverse to the central bore, a switch assembly including a stationary contact including a stationary engagement end, a stationary coupling end opposite the stationary engagement end, a movable contact including a movable engagement end, a movable coupling end opposite the movable engagement end, and a planar conductor engagement region positioned adjacent to the movable engagement end, where the movable engagement end is positionable in an engaged position and a disengaged position, and a dielectric front pad positioned between the conductive housing and the movable contact, where the dielectric front pad defines a central aperture through which the planar conductor engagement region has an unobstructed line of sight with the front plane of the conductive housing.
US11749467B2
A carbon cloth/gallium oxynitride has a chemical formula of GaOxNy, where x=0.1-0.3 and y=0.7-0.9; and has a N/O molar ratio of 2.3 to 9. The carbon cloth/gallium oxynitride is a composite formed by loading gallium oxynitride nanoparticles on carbon cloth fibers, wherein the gallium oxynitride nanoparticles have a size range of 10 to 70 nm, and the carbon cloth/gallium oxynitride has a discharge specific capacitance of 30 to 865 mF cm−2 at current densities ranging from 0.5 to 100 mA cm−2. The working electrode is made from the carbon cloth/gallium oxynitride; and the supercapacitor is composed of the carbon cloth/gallium oxynitride working electrodes, a separator, an electrolyte, and an outer package.
US11749458B2
A ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer chip including a multilayer structure, a first cover layer and a second cover layer and having a parallelepiped shape, the multilayer structure having a structure in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked and are alternately exposed to a first end face and a second end face of the multilayer chip, the first end face being opposite to the second end face, the first cover layer being provided on an upper face of the multilayer structure in a stacking direction, the second cover layer being provided on a lower face of the multilayer structure, a first external electrode formed on the first end face, and a second external electrode formed on the second end face. In this structure, a relationship of 0.20≤R1/√{square root over ( )}(P12−C12)≤0.80 is satisfied.
US11749456B2
A capacitive block includes at least one capacitive element, a first electrical conductor that includes at least one electrically conductive plate abutting a first end of the at least one capacitive element so as to be electrically connected to the at least one capacitive element, and a first frame made of electrically insulating material coming into register with a peripheral edge of the at least one electrically conductive plate so as to electrically insulate the at least one electrically conductive plate from an environment of the capacitive block.
US11749446B2
A common-mode choke coil is configured such that in one turn of a stranded portion, a number of times a first wire is disposed outside a second wire on a first side surface of a core is equal to a number of times the second wire is disposed outside the first wire on a second side surface that is opposite to the first side surface. Also, a number of times the first wire is disposed outside the second wire on a top surface of the core is equal to a number of times the second wire is disposed outside the first wire on a bottom surface that is opposite to the top surface.
US11749442B2
A magnetic element includes at least one primary winding, at least one secondary winding, a magnetic core, and an auxiliary winding. A winding segment or an entire of the primary winding or a winding segment or an entire of the secondary winding is defined as a parallel-connected winding set. The magnetic core includes a plurality of winding legs, two lateral legs, and two connection parts. The at least one primary winding and the at least one secondary winding are wound around each winding leg. The directions of magnetic fluxes through every two adjacent winding legs are opposite. The auxiliary winding is wound on one of two lateral legs, and electrically connected with the parallel-connected winding set. A direction of a magnetic flux generated by the auxiliary winding is opposite to a direction of the magnetic flux through the adjacent winding leg.
US11749441B2
A core component is made of a sintered body of an inorganic powder, in which the core component includes a columnar winding portion and a flange portion integrally formed with the columnar winding portion at both axial ends of the winding portion, and a gap C, represented by the following Formula, between adjacent voids in the surface layer portion of the columnar winding portion, is 6 to 12 μm. C=L−R Formula: where, L is the average value of the distance between the centers of gravity between adjacent voids, and R is the average value of equivalent circle diameters of the voids.
US11749438B2
An electromagnetic mooring system (MMS) that includes a first object and a second object, at least one of which includes an electronic coupler configured to connect the first object with the second object. The electronic coupler comprises a pair of magnets, at least one of which is an electro permanent magnet (EPM), having a flux path. When the electronic coupler is in the ON states, the flux path moves towards the first or second object transferring heat from the first or second object to the second or first object, and when the electronic coupler is in the OFF state, the flux paths moves towards the EPM.
US11749435B2
A superconducting magnet arrangement including: an outer vacuum container (OVC) housing magnet coils; a cryogen vessel thermally linked to the magnet coils; a cold head sock accommodating a cold head, with a thermal contact provided between the cold head and the magnet coils; tubes linking the interior of the cryogen vessel with the interior of the cold head sock; and a thermosiphon circuit defined by the cryogen vessel, the tubes, and the cold head sock. Pre-cooling and removal of ice build-up may be performed using the thermosiphon circuit.
US11749432B2
A magnetic sheet according to the present invention contains Mn—Zn ferrite as a main component and is comprising of a sheet-shaped sintered body. In this magnetic sheet, a difference |σs−σc| between a residual stress σs in a surface layer portion and a residual stress σc in a central portion at a cross section is 20 MPa or less in absolute value.
US11749429B2
A non oriented electrical steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less of Si, wherein a sheet thickness is 0.10 mm or more and 0.35 mm or less, an average grain size is 30 μm or more and 200 μm or less, an X1 value defined by X1=(2×B50L+B50C)/(3×IS) is less than 0.845, an E1 value defined by E1=EL/EC is 0.930 or more, and an iron loss W10/1k is 80 W/kg or less.
US11749420B2
Devices, systems, and methods for efficiently preparing and containing a small volume of liquid target material for irradiation by a cyclotron are provided. In various embodiments, a device includes a housing having a chamber and the housing has a top surface that is substantially flat. The chamber has a substantially flat base and a wall having a first portion extending from the base with a first radius of curvature and a second portion extending from the first portion having a second radius of curvature that is less than the first radius. The chamber also includes an inlet aperture, an outlet aperture, and a lip having a second surface that is substantially flat and recessed from the first surface. In various embodiments, the device includes a heat sink including a plurality of parallel fins disposed around the chamber.
US11749396B2
Various systems and methods are provided for surgical and interventional planning, support, post-operative follow-up, and functional recovery tracking. In general, a patient can be tracked throughout medical treatment including through initial onset of symptoms, diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment, and recovery from the surgical treatment. In one embodiment, a patient and one or more medical professionals involved with treating the patient can electronically access a comprehensive treatment planning, support, and review system. The system can provide recommendations regarding diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment, and recovery from the surgical treatment based on data gathered from the patient and the medical professional(s). The system can manage the tracking of multiple patients, thereby allowing for data comparison between similar aspects of medical treatments and for learning over time through continual data gathering, analysis, and assimilation to decision-making algorithms.
US11749393B2
Device(s) with camera and medical event image capture app and method(s) are provided to capture images of medical condition management events involving products with indicia, perform image processing and analysis of captured images to discern product characteristics, artifacts and/or related informatics from indicia and other image elements in the captured image, and perform human machine interaction (HMI) operations or other logical operations that alert a user regarding a selected informatic or request input or otherwise educate the user about an aspect of medical condition management. The medical event image capture app provides any one or more of confirmation of correct or compatible product(s), dose confirmation, and detection of defective product or medication or misuse. The medical event image capture app provides auto-recording of medical event data into patients' electronic records, and assists with healthcare administration including billing, medical products inventory management and reordering, care plan compliance, and clinical effectiveness.
US11749391B2
Systems and methods for a comprehensive online healthcare platform are provided that increase the efficiency of the medication selection process. In one embodiment, a method comprises responsive to a query from the user via the user device, receiving a list of one or more medications identified from a storage device and receiving medication information about each identified medication in the list of the one or more medications from the storage device. The method further includes, calculating a user personalized grade for each of the identified medications based on the medication information and the user information, transmitting the user personalized grade and medication information to the user device and displaying simultaneously on the user device, the user personalized grade, cost factor, prescription experience data, and secondary technical effects of each identified medication.
US11749390B2
A non-transitory computer-readable computer medium stores instructions for a patient attempting to quit smoking. The instructions cause a computer to: obtain smoking cessation-related health-care history information of the patient updated by the patient attempting to quit smoking; determine, based on the smoking cessation-related health-care history information, a cognitive-behavioral therapy to be performed, to obtain patient's understanding information about smoking related to the cognitive-behavioral therapy; when a request timing comes, transmit to a patient-side electronic device a patient's understanding information request; receive, from the patient-side electronic device, the patient's understanding information about smoking; determine, by comparing the received patient's understanding information with predetermined correct response information about smoking, whether the patient has a correct patient's understanding about smoking; and when the patient's understanding about smoking is incorrect, transmit, to the patient-side electronic device, cognitive-behavioral therapy information based on the predetermined correct response information.
US11749389B2
An alert optimizer subsystem for a HIT system modifies, reconciles, and/or prioritizes candidate clinical alerts. The optimized alerts may be filtered, prioritized, enriched, and/or formatted so that the alerts are more relevant and/or more actionable for a system user.
US11749381B2
A method for identifying a pathogen contained in a metagenomic sample and for identifying pathogenic markers in the genome of the pathogen includes: processing the sample to extract DNA from pathogens, sequencing the extracted DNA, thereby producing a set of reads, comparing the reads to a database of genomes of known pathogens to assign reads to the pathogens; producing a pool of reads and assembling them to produce contigs, comparing the contigs to a second database of markers to check whether they contain a marker. The method further includes the step of comparing the reads to the second database to assign reads to the markers, a read being assigned to a marker if it falls entirely into or is astride the marker, and the pool also includes the reads assigned to the markers, the contigs thereby being assembled from reads assigned to a pathogen and reads assigned to markers.
US11749375B2
Among other things, the present disclosure provides technologies for efficient and effective identification of ETaGs, for example, from fungi genomes. In some embodiments, provided technologies are particularly useful for identifying mammalian targets of biosynthetic products of fungi. In some embodiments, provided technologies are particularly useful for identifying and/or prioritizing human targets for drug development. In some embodiments, provided technologies are particularly useful for developing modulators for human targets based on biosynthetic products of fungi.
US11749370B2
A method of testing a three dimensional (3D) memory cell array includes writing data to each layer of memory cells in the 3D memory cell array, simultaneously performing a read operation of each memory cell in at least a first pillar of the 3D memory cell array, determining whether a memory cell in the 3D memory cell array has failed in response to the read operation, and replacing at least one failed memory cell in the 3D memory cell array with a spare memory cell in response to determining that the memory cell in the 3D memory cell array has failed. The first pillar includes memory cells on each corresponding layer of the 3D memory cell array.
US11749363B2
A liquid discharge head having an element board including an element configured to discharge a liquid includes a first storage element and a second storage element. The first storage element is a fuse element or an anti-fuse element. The second storage element is a semiconductor memory capable of holding a larger capacity than the first storage element. The second storage element is provided on an area other than the element board.
US11749354B2
Embodiments provide a scheme for non-parametric PV-level modeling and an optimal read threshold voltage estimation in a memory system. A controller is configured to: generate multiple optimal read threshold voltages corresponding to multiple sets of two cumulative distribution function (CDF) values, respectively; perform read operations on the cells using a plurality of read threshold voltages; generate cumulative mass function (CMF) samples based on the results of the read operations; receive first and second CDF values, selected from among a plurality of CDF values, each CDF value corresponding to each CMF sample; and estimate an optimal read threshold voltage corresponding to the first and second CDF values, among the multiple optimal read threshold voltages.
US11749349B2
Memory including an array of memory cells might include an input buffer having calibration circuitry, a first input, a second input, and an output; and calibration logic having an input selectively connected to the output of the input buffer and comprising an output connected to the calibration circuitry, wherein the calibration logic is configured to cause the memory to determine whether the input buffer exhibits offset while a particular voltage level is applied to the first and second inputs of the input buffer, and, in response to determining that the selected input buffer exhibits offset, apply an adjustment to the calibration circuitry while the particular voltage level is applied to the first and second inputs until a logic level of the output of the selected input buffer transitions.
US11749346B2
Described are systems and methods for performing memory programming operations in the overwrite mode. An example memory device includes: a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells electrically coupled to a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines; and a controller coupled to the memory array, the controller to perform operations comprising: responsive to identifying a first data item to be stored by a portion of the memory array, causing a first memory programming operation to be performed to program, to a first target threshold voltage, a set of memory cells included by the portion of the memory array; and responsive to identifying a second data item to be stored by the portion of the memory array, causing a second memory programming operation to be performed to program the set of memory cells to a second target threshold voltage exceeding the first target threshold voltage.
US11749342B2
An architecture of the memory device may leverage a transmission path resistance compensation scheme for memory cells to reduce the effect of parasitic loads in accessing a memory cell. A memory cell of such a memory device may experience a total resistance including a transmission path resistance associated with the respective access lines of the memory cell and an added compensatory resistance. The foregoing memory device may leverage a spike mitigation scheme to mitigate the harmful effect of a voltage and/or rush current to the near memory cells of the memory device. In addition, spike mitigation circuitry may include coupling a resistor on access lines near the respective decoders. Further, spike mitigation circuitry may include coupling a resistor between the decoders.
US11749336B2
A method of operating a memory controller is disclosed. The method includes transmitting data signals to a memory device over each one of at least two parallel data links. A timing signal is sent to the memory device on a first dedicated link. The timing signal has a fixed phase relationship with the data signals. A data strobe signal is driven to the memory device on a second dedicated link. Phase information is received from the memory device. The phase information being generated internal to the memory device and based on a comparison between the timing signal and a version of the data strobe signal internally distributed within the memory device. A phase of the data strobe signal is adjusted relative to the timing signal based on the received phase information.
US11749333B2
A memory system includes: a normal memory area suitable for storing normal data; a security memory area suitable for storing security data; a first row hammer detection circuit suitable for sampling and counting a portion of rows that are activated in the normal memory area to select first rows that need to be refreshed; and a second row hammer detection circuit suitable for counting all rows that are activated in the security memory area to select second rows that need to be refreshed.
US11749330B2
Methods, systems, and devices for charge leakage detection for memory system reliability are described. In accordance with examples as disclosed herein, a memory system may employ memory management techniques configured to identify precursors of charge leakage in a memory device, and take preventative action based on such identified precursors. For example, a memory system may be configured to perform a leakage detection evaluation for a memory array, which may include various biasing and evaluation operations to identify whether a leakage condition of the memory array may affect operational reliability. Based on such an evaluation, the memory device, or a host device in communication with the memory device, may take various preventative measures to avoid operational failures of the memory device or host device that may result from ongoing operation of a memory array associated with charge leakage, thereby improving reliability of the memory system.
US11749325B2
The present disclosure relates to a memory device comprising: an array of memory cells; a plurality of boundary cells able to manage serial and parallel data; mixed pads connected to the memory cells through low speed paths, the mixed pads being configured to be contacted by probes of a testing machine; high speed pads connected to the boundary cells through high speed paths; a three state multiplexer block connected to the memory cells and to the boundary cells and configured to receive thereto at least a first input signal and a second input signal, the three state multiplexer block being also connected to the mixed pads; ESD networks connected to the mixed pads; an enabling circuit connected to one of the mixed pads, configured to receive an external enabling signal and to provide the three state MUX with an internal enabling signal; wherein the enabling circuit comprises: a tester presence detector circuit connected to the mixed pad; and a logical gate having respective input terminals connected to the tester presence detector circuit and configured to receive the external enabling signal, and an output terminal configured to provide the internal enabling signal, the tester presence detector circuit configured to provide a presence signal to the logical gate when a testing machine is connected to the mixed pad. The disclosure also relates to a System-on-Chip (SoC) component comprising a memory device, namely as embedded device as well as to a method implementing an enhanced ESD protection and a secure access to memory cells.
US11749319B2
An integrated circuit (IC) chip includes a plurality of interlayer channels; at least one data pad; an identification (ID) generation circuit suitable for generating a chip ID signal by decoding a command/address signal; a first transmission circuit suitable for transferring a plurality of internal data pieces to a transmission path by aligning a plurality of interlayer data pieces respectively transferred from the plurality of interlayer channels according to a plurality of strobe signals while selectively inverting the plurality of interlayer data pieces according to the chip ID signal; and a second transmission circuit suitable for transferring the plurality of internal data pieces from the transmission path to the at least one data pad.
US11749318B2
Apparatuses and methods can be related to configuring interface protocols for memory. An interface protocol can define the commands received by a memory device utilizing pins of an interface of a memory device. An interface protocol used by a memory device can be implemented utilizing a decoder of signals provided through the pins of the memory device. The decoder utilized by a memory device can be selected by setting a mode register of the memory device.
US11749316B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for providing power availability information to memory. A number of embodiments include a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to provide power and power availability information to the memory, and the memory is configured to determine whether to adjust its operation based, at least in part, on the power availability information.
US11749308B2
A disk device includes magnetic disks, ramps, suspensions, and magnetic disks. The magnetic disks are arranged above a housing bottom and configured to be rotated around a first rotation axis. The ramps are arranged above the housing bottom. The suspensions are configured to be rotated around a second rotation axis parallel to the first rotation axis, The magnetic heads are mounted on the suspensions, respectively. Each of the suspensions is configured to be rotated around the second rotation axis from a first position above or below one of the magnetic disks to a second position on one of the ramps. The plurality of ramps includes a first ramp and a second ramp that is above the first ramp. An inner end of the second ramp is closer to the first rotation axis than is an inner end of the first ramp.
US11749305B2
To provide a magnetic recording medium that has excellent traveling stability in spite of having a thin total thickness and a thin thickness of an underlayer, and is suitable for use in a recording/reproducing device for adjusting the width of the magnetic recording medium by adjusting a tension of the magnetic recording medium in a longitudinal direction thereof. The present technology provides a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium including: a magnetic layer; an underlayer; a base layer; and a back layer, in which the underlayer has a thickness of 0.5 μm or more and 0.9 μm or less, the magnetic recording medium has an average thickness tT of 5.6 μm or less, the magnetic recording medium includes a lubricant, the magnetic recording medium has pores, and the pores have an average diameter of 6 nm or more and 11 nm or less when the diameters of the pores are measured in a state where the lubricant has been removed from the magnetic recording medium and the magnetic recording medium has been dried, and the Young's modulus in a longitudinal direction is 7.90 GPa or less.
US11749304B2
A magnetic recording medium is provided and includes a layer structure including a magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer, and a base layer in order, in which an average thickness tT of the magnetic recording medium is 4.0 μm≤tT≤5.3 μm, a dimensional variation Δw in a width direction of the magnetic recording medium to tension change in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic recording medium is 680 ppm/N≤Δw≤2000 ppm/N, and an average thickness tn of the non-magnetic layer is tn≤1.0 μm.
US11749302B1
A method of manufacturing a head gimbal assembly includes a head connecting step which a thermally assisted magnetic head is connected to a suspension. The head connecting step includes a solder ball arrangement step which only one solder ball is arranged so that a laser diode of the thermally assisted magnetic head is connected with a flexure of the suspension, in an assembly structure which a slider of the thermally assisted magnetic head is adhered to the suspension. The solder ball arrangement step is performed using a connecting ball, as the solder ball, having a size larger than a wiring gap and being in unmelted-solid condition. The head connecting step includes a heat step which an electrode surface of the laser diode is heated.
US11749283B2
Method for managing a promises management apparatus comprises automatically transcribing, using an automatic speech recognition engine, a call between a caller and an agent, based on real-time call stream of the call, wherein the caller calls the agent for resolution of a concern using the promises management apparatus. The method comprises automatically extracting, using a natural language processing engine, in real-time a promise made by the agent to the caller based on the transcript of the call, generating promises data comprising a timeline and an action, and displaying the promises data in a graphical user interface (GUI).
US11749277B2
A home appliance is provided. The home appliance includes a sensor, a microphone, a speaker, and a processor. The processor is configured to, based on one of a first event wherein a user action is detected through the sensor or a second event wherein a trigger command for initiating a voice recognition mode is input through the microphone occurring, operate in the voice recognition mode, and control the speaker to output an audio signal corresponding to the event occurred, and the audio signal is an audio signal set differently for each of the first event and the second event.
US11749271B2
A method for an electronic device to control at least one external electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving an input for calling a voice-based assistant of the electronic device from a user, broadcasting, in response to the input, a request signal for requesting transmission of a response signal, receiving the response signal including location information about at least one external electronic device from the at least one external electronic device, obtaining a location of the electronic device based on the response signal, receiving a control utterance from the user, and transmitting the control utterance and location information about the electronic device to a server device.
US11749266B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to a method for using a voice command for multiple computing devices. First voice input data is received from a first computing device associated with a user account, where the first voice input data comprises a first voice command captured at the first computing device. Second voice input data is received from a second computing device associated with the user account where the second voice input data comprises a second voice command captured at the second computing device. An intended voice command is determined based on the obtained first and second voice input data. Based on the intended voice command, a first target computing device is determined. First instructions associated with the intended voice command are provided to the first target computing device for execution.
US11749264B2
Embodiments described herein provide methods and systems for training task-oriented dialogue (TOD) language models. In some embodiments, a TOD language model may receive a TOD dataset including a plurality of dialogues and a model input sequence may be generated from the dialogues using a first token prefixed to each user utterance and a second token prefixed to each system response of the dialogues. In some embodiments, the first token or the second token may be randomly replaced with a mask token to generate a masked training sequence and a masked language modeling (MLM) loss may be computed using the masked training sequence. In some embodiments, the TOD language model may be updated based on the MLM loss.
US11749262B2
A keyword detection method includes: obtaining an enhanced speech signal of a to-be-detected speech signal, the enhanced speech signal corresponding to a target speech speed; performing speed adjustment on the enhanced speech signal to obtain a first speed-adjusted speech signal having a first speech speed, the first speech speed being different from the target speech speed; obtaining a first speech feature signal according to the first speed-adjusted speech signal; obtaining a detection result according to a first keyword detection result corresponding to the first speech feature signal, the detection result indicating whether a target keyword exists in the to-be-detected speech signal; and performing an operation corresponding to the target keyword in response to determining that the target keyword exists according to the detection result.
US11749256B2
Among other things, a developer of an interaction application for an enterprise can create items of content to be provided to an assistant platform for use in responses to requests of end-users. The developer can deploy the interaction application using defined items of content and an available general interaction model including intents and sample utterances having slots. The developer can deploy the interaction application without requiring the developer to formulate any of the intents, sample utterances, or slots of the general interaction model.
US11749251B2
A method and system for controlling an array of piezoelectric transducers (11, 12, 13). Respective driving signals (Vn) are applied to the transducers. The driving signals (Vn) comprise an alternating component (A) oscillating at one or more driving frequencies to cause corresponding vibrations in the transducers for generating acoustic waves (Wn). One or more of the driving signals (Vn) are offset by a respective bias voltage (Bn). The bias voltage (Bn) is controlled to reduce a difference in resonance frequencies between the transducers. To eliminate any remaining difference, the alternating component (A) to at least a subset of the transducers (11,12) is periodically reset. In this way the phases of the resulting acoustic waves (W1,W2) can be synchronized.
US11749248B2
Provided is a soundproof structure that is small and light and can reduce a noise with a high specific frequency of a sound source at a plurality of frequencies at the same time. A soundproof structure includes a plate-like member in which at least one through-hole is formed, a membrane-like member that is disposed to face one surface of the plate-like member, and a support that is formed of a rigid body and supports the plate-like member and the membrane-like member, in which the membrane-like member is supported by the support so as to perform membrane vibration, in which a first space is provided between the plate-like member and the membrane-like member, in which a rear surface space is provided on a side opposite to the first space with the membrane-like member sandwiched therebetween, in which the membrane-like member, the support, and the rear surface space form a first sound absorbing portion that absorbs a sound by membrane vibration, in which the plate-like member having the through-hole, the support, the membrane-like member, and the first space form a second sound absorbing portion that absorbs a sound by Helmholtz resonance, and in which assuming that a fundamental frequency of the Helmholtz resonance in a case where the membrane-like member is regarded as the rigid body in the second sound absorbing portion is fh1 and a fundamental frequency of the membrane vibration of the second sound absorbing portion is denoted by fm1, fh1≥2×fm1 is satisfied.
US11749246B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for music simulation. The methods may include determining one or more simulation actions based on data associated with one or more simulation actions acquired by at least one sensor. The methods may further include determining, based on at least one of the one or more simulation actions and a mapping relationship between simulation actions and corresponding musical instruments, a simulation musical instrument that matches with the one or more simulation actions. The methods may further include determining, based on the one or more simulation actions, one or more first features associated with the simulation musical instrument. The methods may further include playing music based on the one or more first features.
US11749243B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for network-based processing and distribution of multimedia content of a live performance are disclosed. In some implementations, recording devices can be configured to record a multimedia event (e.g., a musical performance). The recording devices can provide the recordings to a server while the event is ongoing. The server automatically synchronizes, mixes and masters the recordings. The server performs the automatic mixing and mastering using reference audio data previously captured during a rehearsal. The server streams the mastered recording to multiple end users through the Internet or other public or private network. The streaming can be live streaming.
US11749238B1
In general terms the present disclosure proposes computer-implemented method for context-based scrolling of tablature. The computer-implemented method comprises receiving, at computer, tablature from device at which tablature is stored or is generated, wherein computer comprises at least one processor, determining structure of tablature using at least one feature recognition algorithm, using at least one processor, determining one or more parameters of display environment, using at least one processor, building abstract syntax tree of tablature comprising an array of structural elements of tablature, using at least one processor, determining scrolling time period in which portion of the tablature that is displayed on given region of a viewport of display environment is to be replaced by a next portion of tablature, using at least one processor, and scrolling tablature according to at least abstract syntax tree of tablature and scrolling time period, in display environment, using the at least one processor.
US11749237B1
A system for generation of a musical notation from an audio signal, the system comprising at least one processor configured to: obtain the audio signal from an audio source or a data repository; process the audio signal using first machine learning (ML) model(s) to generate a recognition result, wherein the recognition result is indicative of a pitch and a duration of a plurality of notes in the audio signal and their corresponding confidence scores; generate a preliminary musical notation using the recognition result; process the preliminary musical notation using second ML model(s) to determine whether the preliminary musical notation includes one or more errors; and when it is determined that the preliminary musical notation includes one or more errors, modify the preliminary musical notation to generate the musical notation that is error-free or has lesser errors as compared to the preliminary musical notation.
US11749236B2
The present disclosure relates to outdoor musical instruments configured to replicate the appearance of a mushroom and to withstand prolonged exposure to the environment. The musical instrument is made up of at least a metal dish mounted to a weather-resistant support post. The metal dish is mounted to the top of the support post, and the bottom surface of the metal dish is separated from the top end of the support post by a non-metal isolator. The musical instrument is configured to produce a note that sustains when the top surface of the metal dish is struck by a mallet.
US11749231B2
A display driver includes image processing circuitry and drive circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to receive a foveal image, a full frame image, and coordinate data that specifies a position of the foveal image in the full frame image. The image processing circuitry is further configured to render a resulting image based on the full frame image independently of the foveal image in response to detection of a data error within the coordinate data. The drive circuitry is configured to drive a display panel based on the resulting image.
US11749227B1
A method and system to dynamically configure a display controller based on configuration of a display panel with which the display controller is connected. An example method includes the display controller detecting that the display panel is connected with the display controller. And the example method further includes, responsive to detecting that the display panel is connected with the display controller, (i) the display controller determining a configuration of the display panel, and (ii) based on the determined configuration of the display panel, the display controller dynamically configuring itself to interwork with the connected display panel having the determined configuration. This method could enable selective connection of a display controller with a display panel and automatic configuration of the display controller based on the configuration of the display panel.
US11749218B2
A variable transmission film may include an electrophoretic medium having a plurality of capsules and a binder, each capsule containing a plurality of electrically charged particles and a fluid, the charged particles being movable by application of an electric field and being capable of being switched between an open state and a closed state. The film may include at least one of a binder containing fish gelatin and a polyanion; a binder containing one or more tinting agents; capsules containing charge control agents, such as an oligoamine-terminated polyolefin and a branched chain fatty acid comprising at least 8 carbon atoms; a selection of capsules in which at least 60% have a diameter between 50 μm and 90 μm and at least 15% have a diameter between 20 μm and 49 μm; a tinted adhesive layer; and a fluid selected from one or more nonconjugated olefinic hydrocarbons.
US11749198B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode, first to third transistors, a storage capacitor, and a first capacitor. The second transistor includes a gate electrode receiving a first scan signal, a first electrode receiving a data signal, and a second electrode connected to a first electrode of the first transistor. The third transistor includes a gate electrode receiving a second scan signal, a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The storage capacitor includes a first electrode receiving a power voltage and a second electrode connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor. The first capacitor includes a first electrode connected to the gate electrode of the third transistor and a second electrode receiving the power voltage.
US11749183B2
In an odd frame, a plurality of scanning lines are selected sequentially, and in one pixel circuit, when a scanning line corresponding to the one pixel circuit is selected, a first selector electrically couples one end of a first capacitance element to a data line, and a second selector electrically couples one end of a second capacitance element to the gate node of a transistor. In an even frame, the plurality of scanning lines are selected sequentially, and when the scanning line is selected, the first selector electrically couples one end of the second capacitance element to the data line, and the second selector electrically couples one end of the first capacitance element to the gate node.
US11749180B2
A local active matrix display panel, circuits and methods of operation are described. In an embodiment, a local active matrix display panel includes an array of pixel driver chip, a thin film transistor layer in electrical contact with the array of pixel driver chips, and an array of light emitting diodes electrically connected with the thin film transistor layer.
US11749172B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image. A gate driver is configured to output a plurality of gate signals to the display panel. A data driver includes a first area and a second area. The first area of the data driver includes a first channel group configured to output first data voltages in a first output sequence. The second area of the data driver includes a second channel group configured to output second data voltages in a second output sequence opposite to the first output sequence.
US11749163B1
The invention provides a color calibration device, a color calibration method and a calibration table generation method. The color calibration device includes a calibration table circuit, a ratio circuit and an image processing circuit. The calibration table circuit provides a selected calibration table including a plurality of zone calibration parameters. Each of the zone calibration parameters corresponds to a corresponding zone among a plurality of zones of a display panel. The ratio circuit calculates a subpixel calibration parameter corresponding to a current subpixel according to at least one of the zone calibration parameters in the selected calibration table. The image processing circuit calibrates original subpixel data of the current subpixel according to the subpixel calibration parameter to generate calibrated subpixel data of the current subpixel.
US11749160B2
Provided is a level conversion circuit. The level conversion circuit includes at least two level conversion sub-circuits; and each of the level conversion sub-circuits is further connected to at least one first power supply terminal, at least one second power supply terminal and at least one of a plurality of output signal terminals, wherein the first power supply signals provided by the first power supply terminals connected to the at least two level conversion sub-circuits are at different levels, and the second power supply signals provided by the second power supply terminals connected to the at least two level conversion sub-circuits are at different levels.
US11749154B2
A gate driver on array (GOA) circuit and a display panel are provided. The GOA circuit includes multi-stage cascaded GOA units, and each GOA unit includes a bootstrap module. The bootstrap effect of the bootstrap module is utilized to increase the gate voltage of the output transistor, which can effectively reduce the rise time and fall time of the scan signal output by each GOA unit, thereby improving the charging capability of the display panel.
US11749147B2
A method for testing a touch display panel includes: dividing a frame period of the image into a first subframe period and a second subframe period; transmitting pixel data to some subpixels corresponding to a touch sensing electrode in the first subframe period; and transmitting pixel data to the other subpixels corresponding to the touch sensing electrode in the second subframe period. The number of the subpixels receiving pixel data of positive polarity in the some subpixels subtracted by the number of the subpixels receiving pixel data of negative polarity in the some subpixels is defined as a first value, the number of the subpixels receiving pixel data of positive polarity in the other subpixels subtracted by the number of the subpixels receiving pixel data of negative polarity in the other subpixels is defined as a second value, and a sum of the first and second values is 0.
US11749136B2
A synthetic skin patch for a medical needle insertion training device. The training device has a training region, at least one synthetic vein in the training region, and a plurality of fastening structures positioned about the training region. The skin patch comprises an elastic, substantially flat central body, and a plurality of connectors positioned about the perimeter of the central body. The connectors positionally match and mate with the fastening structures on the training device to secure the skin patch to the training device over the training region.
US11749113B2
A parking lot management device configured to manage traveling of vehicles by setting a scheduled passage time for each node indicating a travel route in a parking lot includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an actual passage time at which a first vehicle has actually passed a first node; a determination unit configured to determine a collision risk between a second vehicle and the first vehicle based on the actual passage time, the second vehicle being scheduled to pass, following the first vehicle, a second node that is located forward of the first node in a traveling direction of the first vehicle; and a setting unit configured to delay a first scheduled passage time at which the second vehicle passes the second node to cause the second vehicle to pass the second node following the first vehicle when it is determined that there is the collision risk.
US11749110B2
Disclosed are a virtual parking space establishment system and a method. The virtual parking space establishment system includes a data acquiring module, a data processing module, a parking space control module, a wireless communication module and a client; the data acquiring module is used for acquiring traffic flow data; the data processing module is used for processing and analyzing the traffic flow data; the parking space control module is used for establishing or canceling virtual parking spaces according to analysis results of the traffic flow data; the wireless communication module is used for providing a wireless network link between the client and the parking space control module; the client is used for viewing virtual parking space information.
US11749105B2
A vehicular communication system includes a wireless communication device disposed at an equipped vehicle and operable to wirelessly communicate with other vehicles near the equipped vehicle. A control includes electronic circuitry and associated software. The control, responsive to receiving an indication of an impending lane change or turn by the equipped vehicle, generates an alert and the wireless communication device communicates the alert to at least one other vehicle within a threshold distance of the equipped vehicle. The wireless communication device may receive from another vehicle remote from the equipped vehicle an alert of an impending lateral movement by the other vehicle, and may, responsive to determining that the other vehicle is within a threshold distance of the equipped vehicle, display that alert on a display device disposed within the equipped vehicle and viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle.
US11749093B2
A system and method for opportunity-based hygiene monitoring and/or reminding is disclosed. Healthcare providers may have various opportunities to interact with a patient. As such, an opportunity-based focus in managing a healthcare environment may assist in assessing the various opportunities when interacting with the patient. For example, an opportunity-based analysis may be used for protocol compliance, such as compliance with hand hygiene protocols and/or PPE protocols. Further, infection analysis, patient care billing, staff locating, or workload analysis may be opportunity based in order to more efficiently manage the healthcare environment.
US11749090B1
A method includes sending, by a computing device, a first communication to a battery device having a system on a chip (SoC) that is powering another device, receiving, by the computing device, a second communication in response to the first communication from the battery device, the second communication comprising a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) from the battery device to the computing device, displaying, by the computing device, a graphical user interface (GUI) that indicates the RSSI that provides real-time information in response to at least one of movement of the computing device and movement of the battery device, and sending, by the computing device, a third communication to the battery that when received by the battery device causes the battery device to provide at least one audible alert.
US11749088B2
Service failure information can be quickly and accurately disseminated to appropriate targets. A service failure information dissemination system 1 receives alarm information notifying that a failure has occurred in a service or a device for providing a service and related information that relates to the alarm information, obtains the degree of influence of the failure for each service type based on the alarm information and the related information, determines a dissemination target and a dissemination means of failure information based on the degree of influence, creates failure information according to the dissemination means, and disseminates the failure information to the dissemination target through the dissemination means.
US11749085B2
An elderly care and security system comprises one or more networked lighting luminaire installed in a room, the luminaire comprising: one or more sensors configured to: detect a fall; detect smoke; detect glass break; detect presence of another person in the room while the elderly person is lying in bed; and detect presence of a person while an alarm system is active and detect no presence for a period longer than a predetermined time interval; a lighting unit controlled to adaptively illuminate the room; a wireless bi-directional transceiver, loudspeaker and microphone, configured to be activated automatically for communication with the elderly person, a caregiver or relative; a door locking/unlocking unit with connectivity to an electrical door lock, configured to automatically lock/unlock a door of a safe room for the elderly person; and an alarm activating unit, configured to automatically activate/deactivate an alarm.
US11749081B2
A control system for silencing an alarm signal of an alarm device comprises a sensor to receive the alarm signal, an input interface for an operator instruction to silence the alarm signal, and control logic to silence the alarm signal. The control logic determines if the alarm signal exceeds a signal threshold indicative of the proximity of the alarm device. If the signal threshold is not exceeded, the control logic prevents the silencing of the alarm device. The control system provides a silencing mechanism that allows remote actuation while requiring a user to be close enough to the alarm device.
US11749077B2
There is provide a method of installing a security alarm system in a building having one of a doorbell chime, a smoke detector, a carbon monoxide detector and a thermostat in an existing location. The method includes disconnecting the one of the doorbell chime, the smoke detector, the carbon monoxide detector and the thermostat from existing wiring thereof. The method includes removing from the existing location the one of the doorbell chime, the smoke detector, the carbon monoxide detector and the thermostat. The method includes installing in the existing location a security control panel. The method includes connecting the existing wiring to the security control panel so as to receive power therefrom.
US11749070B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to monitoring an automatic teller machine (ATM) network and determining anomalous fault behavior in the ATM network. A computing device may determine historical fault volumes in the ATM network and generate a time-series model of the fault volumes. The computing platform may predict future fault volumes based on the generated time-series model. Based on the predicted future fault volumes and actual future fault volumes, the computing platform may determine anomalous fault behavior. The time-series model may be based on exogenous factors associated with ATM network operations.
US11749062B2
A method of implementing a player tracking system in a gaming network includes receiving a virtual player tracking card identifier and a virtual player tracking card password, authenticating the identifier and the password; receiving a virtual player tracking card PIN, identifying a gaming machine that transmitted the virtual player tracking card PIN, and crediting an account associated with the virtual player tracking card PIN based on game play on the gaming machine.
US11749058B2
An electronic gaming machine is provided, including a player interface, a meter, a game display, and a game controller. The player interface is configured to receive a wager for a round of the wagering game. The meter is configured to record a wager amount for the round. The game display is configured to display a matrix of symbols. The game controller is coupled to the meter and the game display. The game controller is configured to conduct the round of the wagering game, including selecting the matrix of symbols. The game controller is further configured to detect a trigger symbol among the matrix of symbols. The trigger symbol corresponds to a multiplier feature. The game controller is further configured to award a multiple of the wager amount according to the multiplier feature.
US11749039B2
An integrated arc flash safety system and methods for remote access control and safety compliance. An electronic access control system may comprise an enclosure having a door, a door lock device, an electronic access control unit, and an arc sensor. The access controller comprises electronic hardware and software for sensor/detection operation, door lock device operation, door lock actuation, and wireless remote communication. The door lock device may be controlled by the access controller in combination with the arc sensor. The access controller may facilitate remote access control via a smart mobile computing device (e.g., mobile phone) and telecommunication with a remote cloud server via a communication network (e.g., Internet). Embodiments of the present disclosure enable rapid detection of an arc flash precondition or event within an enclosure and warning generation as well as protection and standard compliance measures to improve technician safety.
US11749025B2
Systems and methods for eye pose identification using features of an eye are described. Embodiments of the systems and methods can include segmenting an iris of an eye in the eye image to obtain pupillary and limbic boundaries of the eye, determining two angular coordinates (e.g., pitch and yaw) of an eye pose using the pupillary and limbic boundaries of the eye, identifying an eye feature of the eye (e.g., an iris feature or a scleral feature), determining a third angular coordinate (e.g., roll) of the eye pose using the identified eye feature, and utilizing the eye pose measurement for display of an image or a biometric application. In some implementations, iris segmentation may not be performed, and the two angular coordinates are determined from eye features.
US11749024B2
The present invention provides a graphics processing method and an eye-tracking system capable of providing adaptive foveated rendering. If the system latency of a current application is greater than the threshold latency under the existing rendering parameter, adjusted rendering parameters are provided by adjusting the existing rendering parameters according to the system latency of the current application. Foveated images may thus be generated according to the adjusted rendering parameters in order to maintain the balance of resolution quality and rendering performance.
US11749018B1
Systems and methods for eye enrollment for a head-mounted enclosure are described. Some implementations may include an image sensor; and a processing apparatus configured to: access a set of images, captured using the image sensor, that depict a face of a user and a head-mounted enclosure that the user is wearing; and determine, based on the set of images, a first position of a first eye of the user relative to the head-mounted enclosure.
US11749011B2
A detecting device includes a substrate, a plurality of detection electrodes provided on the substrate and arrayed in a first direction parallel to the substrate, a plurality of drive electrodes provided on the substrate and arrayed in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a second selection circuit configured to select a plurality of the detection electrodes based on selection signals, a first selection circuit configured to select a plurality of the drive electrodes, a detector coupled to the selected detection electrodes out of the detection electrodes, and a memory storing therein, as a set of output data, a plurality of detection signals output from the selected detection electrodes via the detector by the first selection circuit scanning the drive electrodes in one period when the second selection circuit selects the detection electrodes.
US11749010B2
A fingerprint recognition module, a display panel and driving method, and a display device are provided. The fingerprint recognition module includes a first electrode layer including a plurality of first electrodes, and a piezoelectric layer disposed on a side of the first electrode layer. The fingerprint recognition module also includes a second electrode layer disposed on a side of the piezoelectric layer facing away from the first electrode layer. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrodes that are arranged along a first direction, and one second electrode overlaps at least two first electrodes. Moreover, the fingerprint recognition module includes a flexible circuit board bonded and connected to the plurality of second electrodes. In a plane parallel to the first electrode layer, the plurality of second electrodes and the flexible circuit board are arranged along a second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction.
US11749000B2
The technology relates to approaches for determining appropriate stopping locations at intersections for vehicles operating in a self-driving mode. While many intersections have stop lines painted on the roadway, many others have no such lines. Even if a stop line is present, the physical location may not match what is in store map data, which may be out of date due to construction or line repainting. Aspects of the technology employ a neural network that utilizes input training data and detected sensor data to perform classification, localization and uncertain estimation processes. Based on these processes, the system is able to evaluate distribution information for possible stop locations. The vehicle uses such information to determine an optimal stop point, which may or may not correspond to a stop line in the map data. This information is also used to update the existing map data, which can be shared with other vehicles.
US11748994B2
An image processing apparatus includes a measurement area setting unit that sets a measurement area in an input image, a small image setting unit that sets a small image in the input image based on the measurement area, a first estimation unit that estimates a flow distribution of a target in the small image, and a second estimation unit that estimates the number of targets to pass through the measurement area based on the flow distribution in the small image.
US11748989B2
A system may be configured to perform enhanced detection of occluded objects in a multiple object detection system. In some aspects, the system may detect a plurality of current objects in a current video frame, generate initial object identifier mapping information assigning a candidate object identifier to a first object of the plurality of current objects, and detect a multi-object tracking (MOT) inaccuracy condition. Further, the system may generate a current fingerprint corresponding to the first object of the plurality of current objects, identify an assignment error based on comparing the current fingerprint to historic fingerprints associated with a plurality of historic objects detected in a previous frame, generate updated object identifier mapping information based on the assignment error, and display the current video frame based on the updated object identifier mapping information.
US11748986B2
A method and an apparatus for recognizing a key identifier in a video, a device and a storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: extracting a plurality of key frames from the video; generating a mask of the key identifier by using a difference between the plurality of key frames; determining, in video frames of the video, a key identifier area image by using the mask; and recognizing the key identifier area image to obtain a key identifier category included in the video.
US11748985B2
A system includes a sensor capturing sensor data and an imager capturing imager data in combination with a computing device configured to time calibrate the sensor and the imager, detect an occurrence of a first event in the sensor data and extract a first time at which the first event occurred, and identify a first image in the image data having a capture time correlating to the first time at which the first event occurred in combination with retrieving the first image for insertion into a composite image including further image data combined with at least a portion of the first image depicting the first event.
US11748984B2
A system and method is disclosed for plant maintenance, identification and viability scoring. An application is located on consumer devices connected to the server. The application, operating on a smart phone, utilizes onboard GPS, user input, and camera subsystems to customize plant care tips specific to a yard location and plant type. Images may be submitted to the server to identify a plant type through convolutional neural network image recognition. The invention uses another artificial neural network to predict a plant's viability score. The server receives input, such as plant type, soil type, yard location, and amount of sunlight, and the server retrieves local climactic data and plant type optimal values to return the plant's viability score for the selected location. Another aspect of the invention generates and displays an augmented reality display of a plant in the user's yard.
US11748967B2
A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes a stereo speed derivation unit, a monocular speed derivation unit, a predicted speed derivation unit, a mixture ratio derivation unit, and an object speed derivation unit. The stereo speed derivation unit derives a stereo speed indicating a speed of a three-dimensional object extracted from a distance image derived from luminance images of two image-capturing units. The monocular speed derivation unit derives a monocular speed indicating a speed of the three-dimensional object extracted from the luminance image of one of the image-capturing units. The predicted speed derivation unit derives a predicted speed based on a past speed of the three-dimensional object. The mixture ratio derivation unit derives a mixture ratio of the stereo, monocular, and predicted speeds. The object speed derivation unit mixes the stereo, monocular, and predicted speeds at the mixture ratio, to derive an object speed.
US11748959B2
A method for execution by a mobile communications device includes generating display data, where a display device of eyewear, worn by a user performing a fitness activity, displays a virtual fitness partner in accordance with the display data to virtually superimpose the virtual fitness partner upon physical surroundings viewed by the user through at least one translucent lens of the eyewear to simulate performance of the fitness activity by the virtual fitness partner along a virtual transit within a physical vicinity of the user throughout the transit of the user. The virtual fitness partner is displayed in accordance with perspective data generated based on the user's transit velocity and head orientation, determined based on sensor data collected by at least one motion sensor. The virtual fitness partner is further depicted to perform one of a plurality of fitness partner actions in accordance with event trigger monitoring data.
US11748956B2
A display driver includes interface circuitry, image processing circuitry, and drive circuitry. The interface circuitry is configured to receive a full frame image and a foveal image from a source external to the display driver. The image processing circuitry is configured to: upscale the full frame image; render a foveated image from the upscaled full frame image and the foveal image. The foveated image includes a foveal area based on the foveal image, a peripheral are based on the upscaled full frame image, and a border area based on the foveal image and the upscaled full frame image. The border area being located between the foveal area and the peripheral area. The drive circuitry is configured to drive a display panel using the foveated image.
US11748943B2
An electronic device and method of dataset cleaning is provided. The electronic device receives a dataset comprising a plurality of samples, of which a first sample comprises a 2D image of an object of interest and a 3D shape model of the object of interest. The electronic device determines 2D landmarks from the 2D image and extracts 3D landmarks from the 3D shape model. The electronic device computes an error between the determined 2D landmarks and corresponding 2D locations of the extracted 3D landmarks on the 2D image, based on an error metric. Thereafter, the electronic device determines the computed error to be above a threshold. Based on the determination that the computed error is above the threshold, the electronic device updates the dataset by a removal of the first sample from the dataset and trains a neural network on a task of 3D reconstruction, based on the updated dataset.
US11748941B1
A graphics processing system has a rendering space which is divided into tiles. Primitives within the tiles are processed to perform hidden surface removal and to apply texturing to the primitives. The graphics processing system includes a plurality of depth buffers, thereby allowing a processing module to process primitives of one tile by accessing one of the depth buffers while primitive identifiers of another, partially processed tile are stored in another one of the depth buffers. This allows the graphics processing system to have “multiple tiles in flight”, which can increase the efficiency of the graphics processing system.
US11748937B2
A computer device includes a processor configured to simulate a virtual environment based on a set of virtual environment parameters, and perform ray tracing to render a view of the simulated virtual environment. The ray tracing includes generating a plurality of rays for one or more pixels of the rendered view of the simulated virtual environment. The processor is further configured to determine sub-pixel data for each of the plurality of rays based on intersections between the plurality of rays and the simulated virtual environment, and store the determined sub-pixel data for each of the plurality of rays in an image file.
US11748936B2
Systems and methods for generating a virtual view of a virtual camera based on an input scene are described. A capturing device typically includes a physical camera and a depth sensor and captures an input scene. A controller determines an actual pose of the capturing device and a desired pose of the virtual camera for showing the virtual view. The controller defines an epipolar geometry between the actual pose of the capturing device and the desired pose of the virtual camera. The controller generates an output image for the virtual camera based on an epipolar relation between the actual pose of the capturing device, the input scene, and the desired pose of the virtual camera.
US11748935B2
A technique for performing ray tracing operations is provided. The technique includes initiating bounding volume hierarchy traversal for a ray against geometry represented by a bounding volume hierarchy; identifying multiple nodes of the bonding volume hierarchy for concurrent intersection tests; and performing operations for the concurrent intersection tests concurrently.
US11748932B2
In various examples there is a method of image processing comprising: storing a real image of an object in memory, the object being a specified type of object. The method involves computing, using a first encoder, a factorized embedding of the real image. The method receives a value of at least one parameter of a synthetic image rendering apparatus for rendering synthetic images of objects of the specified type. The parameter controls an attribute of synthetic images of objects rendered by the rendering apparatus. The method computes an embedding factor of the received value using a second encoder. The factorized embedding is modified with the computed embedding factor. The method computes, using a decoder with the modified embedding as input, an output image of an object which is substantially the same as the real image except for the attribute controlled by the parameter.
US11748929B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for expanding an image database for evaluation of eyewear compatibility. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a method, comprising receiving a user image, receiving a frame image, processing the received frame image by setting, as transparent, pixels of the received frame image except for an anterior face of the frame, defining, within the processed frame image, a left boundary and a right boundary of the anterior face of the frame, the left boundary and the right boundary corresponding to the left eye and the right eye, respectively, receiving a filter image, processing the received filter image by setting, as transparent, pixels in the received filter image outside the frame based on the left boundary and the right boundary, merging the processed frame image and the processed filter image, and overlaying the merged image onto the received user image.
US11748927B2
A system for synthesizing a real-time image by using optical surface motion signals includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of a patient before treatment and real-time optical surface data of the patient during treatment; and a synthesis unit configured to synthesize the acquired image of the patient before treatment and the real-time optical surface data of the patient during treatment into a real-time image that is synchronized with a change of the optical surface motion signals according to a certain mapping relationship. The synthesized real-time image achieves precise, real-time, non-invasive, visual dynamic tracking of the moving target volumes without concomitant dose during radiotherapy on the existing traditional accelerator platform.
US11748922B2
Provided are embodiments of a method for performing automatic analysis of cross-sections of micro-channels. Embodiments includes receiving tomography scan data, aligning the tomography scan data, and extracting channels from a slice of the tomography scan data to create an isolated slice of the extracted channel. Embodiments also include determining surface voxels for the extracted channels, and determining an area defined within the surface voxels for each of the extracted channels. Embodiments include determining a contribution of the surface voxels for each of the extracted channels to the cross-section of the extracted channels, and outputting cross-section information based on the contribution of the surface voxels. Also provided are embodiments of a system for performing automatic analysis of cross-sections of micro-channels.
US11748912B2
A hyperspectral imaging spectrophotometer and system, with calibration, data collection, and image processing methods designed to match human visual perception and color matching of complex colored objects.
US11748910B2
A method for assessing a camera calibration, in which a first quality measure is ascertained. A statistical error is assessed using the first quality measure. An expected value for a mapping error is ascertained. Optimal model parameters and their covariance matrix initially are accessed. A matrix of a mapping error is then determined. Finally, the expected value of the mapping error is ascertained.
US11748908B1
Disclosed is a system and associated methods for generating a point-accurate three-dimensional (“3D”) model of a scene with point-accurate color information from a non-cosited capture of the scene. The system may define a first model based on positional measurements obtained from a first device. The system may capture images of the scene with a different set of devices, and may generate a second model from a photogrammetry modeling of the images. The system may align the models in order to determine positioning of the set of devices relative to the first model, and may select a particular device that captures descriptive characteristics from a position in the scene that is represented by the positional elements of a particular data point. The system may define non-positional elements of the particular data point based on the descriptive characteristics captured by the particular device.
US11748905B2
A method of efficiently and accurately computing a pose of an image with respect to other image information. The image may be acquired with a camera on a portable device and the other information may be a map, such that the computation of pose localizes the device relative to the map. Such a technique may be applied in a cross reality system to enable devices to efficiently and accurately access previously persisted maps. Localizing with respect to a map may enable multiple cross reality devices to render virtual content at locations specified in relation to those maps, providing an enhanced experience for uses of the system. The method may be used in other devices and for other purposes, such as for navigation of autonomous vehicles.
US11748890B2
A method includes: setting, in a main training network, an auxiliary training network having the same architecture as the main training network, performing data enhancement on an original image to obtain an enhanced image; inputting the original image into the main training network, inputting the enhanced image into the auxiliary training network; determining whether an intersection-over-union value of a second prediction frame generated by the auxiliary training network and a target frame is greater than an intersection-over-union value of a first prediction frame generated by the main training network and the target frame; and in response to the intersection-over-union value of the second prediction frame and the target frame being greater than the intersection-over-union value of the first prediction frame and the target frame, replacing the intersection-over-union value of the first prediction frame and the target frame with the intersection-over-union value of the second prediction frame and the target frame.
US11748885B2
A method for characterising motion of one or more objects in a time ordered image dataset comprising a plurality of time ordered data frames, the method comprising: selecting a reference data frame from the plurality of time ordered data frames (210); extracting a plurality of image patches from at least a part of the reference data frame (220); identifying a location of each image patch of at least a subset of the plurality of image patches in each data frame (230); defining, based on the identified locations, a mesh for each data frame, wherein vertices of each mesh correspond to respective identified locations of image patches in the corresponding data frame (240); and deriving, from the meshes, a motion signature for the time ordered image dataset, the motion signature characteristic of the motion of the one or more objects in the plurality of time ordered data frames (250).
US11748875B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to optical devices for augmented, virtual, and/or mixed reality applications. In one or more embodiments, an optical device metrology system is configured to measure a plurality of see-through metrics for optical devices.
US11748868B2
Images of semiconductor wafers can be hashed to determine a fixed length hash string for each of the images. Pattern synonyms can be determined from the hash strings. The pattern synonyms can be grouped. A degree of similarity between images in the groups is adjustable via a hamming distance. This can be used for various applications, including determination of latent defects.
US11748849B2
Described here are systems and methods for super-resolution imaging with ultrasound in which a Kalman filter-based microvessel inpainting technique is used to facilitate robust super-resolution imaging with limited or otherwise missing microbubble signals. The systems and methods described in the present disclosure can be combined with both local and global microbubble tracking methods.
US11748842B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for graphics processing including an apparatus, e.g., a GPU. The apparatus may process at least one frame including frame content associated with a grid including a plurality of grid sections, each of a plurality of portions of the frame content being aligned with at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of grid sections. The apparatus may also shift the frame content with respect to the grid, such that at least one portion of the plurality of portions of the frame content is aligned with at least a portion of at least one distinct grid section of the plurality of grid sections. Additionally, the apparatus may store the shifted frame content including the at least one portion of the frame content that is aligned with at least a portion of the at least one distinct grid section.
US11748837B2
The present disclosure provides a cargo revenue management system and method that increases the efficiency of cargo revenue management by increasing the prediction accuracy of cargo volumes that customers will tender in order to generate more efficient decisions to accept or reject cargo bookings. The provided system accomplishes this increased efficiency by identifying cargo volumes that customers arbitrarily book when an actual volume is unknown as disguised missing values and deemphasizing such values in the prediction of a cargo volume that will be received. The provided system additionally utilizes machine-learning models trained on a combination of features to predict a cargo volume that will be received for a particular cargo booking. Based on the predicted cargo volume that will be received, the system generates a decision of whether to accept or reject the cargo booking to maximize revenue generation.
US11748832B2
Various of the disclosed embodiments concern systems and methods for applying legal analytics. In some embodiments, a legal analytics platform retrieves legal data from an electronic database, analyzes some or all of the legal data, and identifies interesting patterns and results of statistical analyses. In order to permit searching of the legal data, metadata elements or tags can be generated for legal entities and legal events. In some embodiments, the legal analytics platform identifies timestamps in the legal data and performs time-based statistical analysis. Results of the statistical analyses can be presented to a user via a graphical user interface (GUI), which may also allow the user to interact with the legal analytics platform and search one or more databases of legal data.
US11748831B2
A system and method for document transformation is provided. An address is received. A document set is generated based on the address. Each document includes data fields and an identifier for each data field. A transaction number is assigned to the document set. Data values are received for population of the data fields in one of the documents. The data values and the identifier for the data field in which each data value is populated is stored with the transaction number. The remaining documents are populated. One of the identifiers is identified for one of the data fields in one of the remaining documents. One of the data fields is determined in one of the remaining documents. The data value associated with the data field is identified based on the identifier and the transaction number. The data fields in the remaining documents are populated with the determined data value.
US11748800B1
Systems and methods for generating user-specific recommendations of products or services by collaborative filtering executed and/or performed by one or more trained or untrained predictive models configured to ingest product attribute(s), product purpose(s), user location data, and/or user demographics. The predictive model(s) are leveraged to detect and determine user-specific preferences for, and preferences against, particular attributes, features, ingredients, aesthetic styles, and so on.
US11748794B2
Systems and methods for facilitating purchase offer selection across multiple online sales platforms
Systems and methods for facilitating purchase offer selection across multiple online sales platforms are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain first information defining a first sales listing of a particular virtual item on a first online sales platform; obtain second information defining a second sales listing of the particular virtual item on a second online sales platform; receive at least two indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item; obtain information that represents at least one sales characteristic by which the offers to purchase the particular virtual item are to be ranked according to desirability; determine and compare a first metric value for the first offer and a second metric value for the second offer; and determine an accepted offer that is accepted based on the comparison.
