US11779431B2
A marker delivery device includes a handle having a housing, and a cannula positioned in the handle that retractably extends beyond the front end of the housing. A retraction mechanism is mounted to the housing, and has a shear member. The retraction mechanism is coupled to a proximal end of the cannula. The retraction mechanism is configured to store a retraction force, and is configured to facilitate a retraction of the cannula into a chamber of the housing upon an actuation of the retraction mechanism. The shear member has a shear region of reduced cross section dimension. The shear member is configured to be displaced upon the actuation of the retraction mechanism to expose the shear region to the retraction force to shear the shear member at the shear region to enable the retraction and prevent reuse of the marker delivery device.
US11779424B2
An instrument cassette (100, 200, 300) for handling instruments comprises a body section (101, 201, 301) for holding the instruments and a radio frequency identifier (102, 202, 302) readable from a distance away from the instrument cassette (100, 200, 300). The radio frequency identifier (102, 202, 302) of the instrument cassette (100, 200, 300) facilitates tracing operations, such as for example disinfection, sterilization, reparation, and clinical use, directed to or carried out with a set of instruments handled with the aid of the instrument cassette (100, 200, 300). The instruments can be for example medical and/or dental hand instruments.
US11779422B2
Robotic devices and methods for performing minimally invasive procedures on the vascular system, particularly cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgical procedures, where a submillimeter-scale continuum robotic device is configured and adapted for active steering and navigation based on external magnetic actuation. The submillimeter-scale continuum robotic device includes an elongate body having an inner core and an outer shell, where the outer shell is fabricated of an elastomeric material having a plurality of ferromagnetic particles dispersed therein.
US11779420B2
A robotic surgical attachment is disclosed. The robotic surgical attachment comprises a control interface comprising a manually-actuated retraction assembly and a shaft extending distally from the control interface. The robotic surgical attachment further comprises an articulation region and an end effector assembly extending from the shaft by way of the articulation region. The end effector assembly comprises a firing member movable through a first distance during a jaw closure stroke and a second distance to cut and staple tissue clamped between jaws of the end effector assembly after the completion of the closure stroke. The manually-actuated retraction assembly is operable to selectively retract the firing member.
US11779411B2
An operation system, a surgical system, a control device, a distortion generating body, a surgical instrument and the like for detecting a force acting on an end effector are provided. The surgical system includes an arm including one or more links, an end effector arranged at a tip end of the arm, a first distortion detecting unit that detects distortion generated in the end effector, a second distortion detecting unit that detects distortion generated in the link, and a processing unit that calculates a force acting on the end effector in a living body on the basis of detection results of the first distortion detecting unit and the second distortion detecting unit.
US11779404B2
Instrumentation for microendoscopic surgery comprises a retractor system including a navigated initial probe, nested retractors and a navigated final tubular retractor defining an interior passage extending between a proximal end and a distal working end. A multi-planar navigation marker including a plurality of spaced-apart, radiopaque marker bodies can be mounted to the tubular retractor at a predetermined multi-planar spatial and rotational relation to the distal working end. The retractor can optionally include systems for fluid irrigation and suction with differential activation allows for the option of maintaining a dry surgical field or a submerged surgical field depending on the surgeon's preference during various portions of the procedure. The instrumentation can also include a camera for direct viewing and navigated burrs and/or navigated osteotomes, which allow the surgeon to use direct visualization and/or information from instrument localization on multi-planar images depending on surgeon facility resources.
US11779401B2
Methods for surgical navigation use a trajectory frame/guide assembly for use with surgical navigation systems that includes a base having a patient access aperture formed therein. A yoke is mounted to the base and is rotatable about a roll axis. A platform is mounted to the yoke and is rotatable about a pitch axis and interchangeably holds a single lumen or multi-lumen guide array and a device guide. A device guide can be rotated to align an access channel with a desired lumen path. No x-y actuators are required and a virtual guide array may also or alternatively be used to identify a desired open channel in the device guide for the preferred trajectory path.
US11779399B2
A system and method for a procedure that can be performed on an appropriate subject. Procedures can include assembling any appropriate work piece or installing members into a work piece, such as an airframe, autoframe, etc. Regardless of the subject, generally the procedure can have a selected result that is efficacious. The efficacious result may be the desired placement of a device. The system and method can be used in confirming an efficacious result.
US11779395B2
An energy delivery probe and method of using the energy delivery probe to treat a patient is provided herein. The energy delivery probe has at least one probe body having a longitudinal axis and at least a first trocar and a second trocar. Each trocar comprises at least two electrodes that are electrically insulated from each other, and each electrode is independently selectively activatable. An insulative sleeve is positioned in a coaxially surrounding relationship to each of the first trocar and the second trocar. The probe also has a switching means for independently activating at least one electrode. The method involves independently and selectively activating the first and second electrodes to form an ablation zone, then repeating the ablation by delivering energy to a second set of electrodes, producing one or more overlapping ablation zone, and eliminating the need to reposition the ablation probes.
US11779392B2
Provided herein are methods, systems, and devices for increasing heat shock protein expression and treating conditions for which increased heat shock protein expression is expected to be beneficial using thermal ablation.
US11779390B2
A medical probe includes a shaft, a camera, a hollow cutting tool, and an inflatable balloon. The shaft is configured for insertion through a cut in a body of a patient, whereas the shaft includes a working vacuum channel running therethrough. The camera is fitted at a distal end of the shaft and is configured to provide images of a target tissue site in the body. The hollow cutting tool is for insertion over a guidewire in the working vacuum channel of the shaft, whereas the hollow cutting tool is configured to pierce the target tissue site under guidance of images taken by the camera. The inflatable balloon is configured to stabilize the distal end of the shaft, whereas the inflatable balloon is located proximally to the camera so as not to obstruct the images of the target tissue site.
US11779389B2
The present invention relates to a skin treatment device including a handpiece and a needle tip enabling to be coupled to the handpiece, wherein as the needle tip is mounted on the distal end of the handpiece, electrical connection with the handpiece can be made stably, and even if the needle module built in the needle tip performs linear reciprocating motions of extension and retraction by the driving device provided in the handpiece, the motion trackable connector provided in the needle tip can stably keep the electrical connection between the handpiece and the needle tip.
US11779384B2
An electrosurgical device: forceps having: a first working arm, a second working arm, wherein the electrosurgical device has a first electrosurgical configuration where the first working arm and the second working arm are in an opposed position so that the forceps deliver a first therapy current that flows between the first working arm and the second working arm; and wherein the electrosurgical device has a second electrosurgical configuration when the first working arm, the second working arm, or both are repositionable relative to each other so that the first working arm is extended with respect to the second working arm or vice versa and a second therapy current is delivered from the first working arm to a remote electrode.
US11779381B2
Implants, guides, devices, instruments, systems and methods for fixing a joint using bone plates are disclosed. The bone fixation system includes an alignment guide with a first end and a second end, an alignment wire rotatably coupled to the first end of the alignment guide, and a coupling member slidingly engaging a first portion of the alignment guide near the first end. The plate includes a body including a first end and a second end, a plurality of lobes extending from the body, a plurality of screw holes extending through the body and each screw hole of the plurality of screw holes positioned in a lobe of the plurality of lobes, and an alignment hole positioned along a longitudinal axis of the body. A method of using a bone fixation system for fixation of at least two bones is also disclosed.
US11779379B2
A sternum fixation device includes a plate having a first end and a second end, a right lateral edge and a left lateral edge, an inner side configured for placement against the sternum, and an outer side. A first lobe includes a band socket defined as a blind recess in the outer side of the plate. The band socket includes a right lateral stop and a left lateral stop opposite the right lateral stop. A right lateral channel is defined in the first lobe from the right lateral edge to the band socket, the right lateral channel defined above a right side floor in the socket. A left lateral channel opposite the right lateral channel is defined in the first lobe from the left lateral edge to the band socket, the left lateral channel defined above a left floor in the socket.
US11779365B2
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for cutting an opening in a tissue wall. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes an inner cutting member having a first cylindrical body supporting at least one first cutting surface at a distal end. The first cutting surface faces a first rotational direction relative to an axis of the first cylindrical body and has a first cutting edge at an outer periphery of the first cylindrical body. The apparatus also includes an outer cutting member having a second cylindrical body concentrically disposed around the first cylindrical body and supporting at least one second cutting surface at the distal end. The second cutting surface faces a second rotational direction relative to the axis and has a second cutting edge at an inner periphery of the second cylindrical body. A tissue is rotatably scissorable between the first cutting edge of the inner cutting member and the second cutting edge of the outer cutting member responsive to application of the distal end of the apparatus against a tissue and counter-rotating the inner cutting member and the outer cutting member.
US11779359B2
Systems, devices, and methods for performing Lapidus bunionectomy procedures are disclosed. An example method includes inserting a plurality of metatarsal pins into the first metatarsal at a first predetermined spacing relative to the first tarsometatarsal (TMT) joint, excising the first TMT joint by cutting the bases of the first metatarsal and the first cuneiform proximate the first TMT joint, inserting a plurality of cuneiform pins into the first cuneiform at a second predetermined spacing relative to the first TMT joint, compressing the first TMT joint using a compressor block such that a cut face of the first metatarsal contacts a cut face of the first cuneiform, and fixing the first TMT joint using a bone plate and a plurality of bone screws. At least one of the plurality of bone screws may be a cross screw extending at an angle of less than 90 degrees relative to the bone plate and may anchor the resected first TMT joint to the second metatarsal or the second cuneiform to prevent recurrence of the bunion.
US11779357B2
A detector for use in artificial joint replacement includes a rotation detection apparatus and a pressure detection apparatus and is inserted between implant trials to allow numerical verification for medial and lateral balance of forces and a rotation state of the trials.
US11779347B2
A system for making a proximal resection of tibia having localized anatomical surface features prior to resection, comprising: a resection guide locator including a body, the body including opposing medial and lateral wings extending outwardly from the body, the body defining a recess being a socket defined by an annular wall, the annular wall including an upper wall, a lower wall, a resection guide having a body defining a resection slot, at least a portion of the resection guide body sized and configured to be received within the recess defined by the resection guide locator.
US11779339B2
Devices, tools, systems, kits and methods for closing a tissue opening non-invasively are presented. The devices include a tissue closure device that reliably induces eversion of tissue edges that define a tissue opening.
US11779338B2
Devices for approximating multiple tissue edges internal to a body are disclosed.
US11779337B2
A method implemented by a surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes first and second jaws and a flexible circuit including multiple sensors to optimize performance of a radio frequency (RF) device. The flexible circuit includes at least one therapeutic electrode couplable to a source of RF energy, at least two sensing electrodes, and at least one insulative layer. The insulative layer is positioned between the at least one therapeutic electrode and the at least two sensing electrodes. The method includes contacting tissue positioned between the first and second jaws of the surgical instrument with the at least one therapeutic electrode and at the least two sensing electrodes; sensing signals from the at least two sensing electrodes; and controlling RF energy delivered to the at least one therapeutic electrode based on the sensed signals.
US11779335B2
A surgical stapling device includes a housing assembly that is coupled to a tool assembly by a flexible elongate body that having an outer tube, a middle tube, and an inner cable. Each of the outer tube and the inner cable has a proximal end portion fixedly connected to the housing assembly and a distal end portion that is fixedly connected to the tool assembly. The middle tube is positioned within the outer tube about the inner cable and is movable from a retracted position to an advanced position to operate the tool assembly.
US11779329B2
A surgical instrument including a flex circuit comprising a sensor system.
US11779321B2
A diffuser for use with a wound retractor and configured to deliver gases includes an interface tube for connecting to a gases supply and a diffuser interface positioned at a proximal end of the interface tube, the diffuser interface configured for delivering gases received from the gases supply through the interface tube, and the diffuser interface comprising a diffusion mechanism configured to deliver gases in a diffusion direction. A wound retractor with an integrated diffuser is also disclosed. The wound retractor includes an upper ring, a lower ring, a sleeve extending between and connecting the upper ring to the lower ring, and an integrated diffuser interface having a gases inlet and a diffusion mechanism.
US11779318B2
An insertion instrument is configured to eject at least one anchor body into respective target locations, and subsequently apply a predetermined tensile force at least one actuation member of the at least one anchor member so as to actuate the at least one anchor body from a first configuration to a second expanded configuration. The insertion instrument can include a tension assembly that applies the predetermined tensile force to the at least one actuation member. The predetermined tensile force can be defined by a distance of travel, a predetermined failure force of a fuse, or a combination of distance of travel and a predetermined failure force of a fuse.
US11779316B2
A biopsy device includes a cutting cannula and an inner member. The inner member has a rotatable toothed rack, a sharpened distal tip, and a sample notch. The inner member is configured to be received in the cutting cannula. The rotatable toothed rack has a proximal portion and a rotation zone in the proximal portion. The rotation zone of the rotatable toothed rack has circumferential toothing configured as a series of longitudinally spaced cut-outs that run around an entire circumference of the rotatable toothed rack to facilitate both a longitudinal movement and a rotational movement of the rotatable toothed rack and inner member. A drive is configured to engage the circumferential toothing to move the rotatable toothed rack within the cutting cannula in at least one of the longitudinal movement and the rotational movement.
US11779313B2
A method to suppresses speckle noise in medical ultrasound images includes ultrasound envelope image matrix A formed from the medical ultrasound images and segmented into overlapping segments, to form a sub-matrix B for each overlapping segment. A Hermitian covariance matrix C is formulated from column vectors Z. A global covariance matrix G is formed by averaging the C. A Lanczos decomposition is applied to the G to generate an orthonormal vector matrix composed of orthonormal vectors. A tridiagonal matrix H is generated. The orthonormal vectors are sorted based on magnitude of each column. An orthogonal projection matrix Porth is formed based on the orthonormal vectors. An estimated vector signal {circumflex over (Z)} is obtained by projecting Z by Porth. An estimated despeckled segment is formed from the {circumflex over (Z)}. An estimated despeckled ultrasound image is reconstructed by averaging each pixel by the number of segment updates.
US11779296B2
An apparatus and a method for correcting for signal variations in pixels of a main photoelectric conversion element in a radiation detection apparatus due to focal spot position drifts. Edge reference detectors are positioned next to a main detector, in a fan beam coverage but outside a scan field of view. The signal variations of the edge reference detectors under an anti-scatter-grid shadow are used to estimate a real-time focal spot movement, which is used to estimate a shadow/signal variation on the main detector that are in the scan field of view.
US11779294B2
A method, device and system for calculating a microcirculation indicator are provided. A method includes: injecting a vasodilator and subjecting a blood vessel to be measured to coronary angiography; selecting at least one angiographic image of a first body position when the blood vessel to be measured is in a resting state and an angiographic image of a second body position when the blood vessel to be measured is in a dilated state; obtaining a three-dimensional coronary artery vascular model by three-dimensional modeling; injecting a contrast agent, and obtaining time T1 taken for the contrast agent flowing from an inlet to an outlet of the segment of blood vessel and time T2 taken for the contrast agent flowing from an inlet to an outlet of the segment of blood vessel; obtaining the microcirculation indicator.
US11779286B2
Devices, systems, and methods directed to evaluating a vessel of a patient are provided. The method includes outputting, to a display, a screen display including: a visual representation of a pressure ratio of pressure measurements obtained by first and second instruments positioned within a vessel while the second instrument is moved longitudinally through the vessel and the first instrument remains stationary within the vessel; and a visual representation of the vessel; receiving a user input to modify one of the visual representations of the pressure ratio and the vessel to simulate a therapeutic procedure; and updating the screen display, in response to the user input, including: modifying the selected one of the visual representation of the pressure ratio and the vessel based on the received user input; and correspondingly modifying the unselected one of the visual representation of the pressure ratio and the vessel.
US11779261B2
A seizure detection system including one or more circuits configured to receive an electroencephalogram (EEG) signal generated based on electrical brain activity of a patient. The one or more circuits are configured to identify candidate seizures with a statistical analysis that identifies the candidate seizures based on changes in non-linear features of the EEG signal, determine to switch from identifying the candidate seizures with the statistical analysis to an artificial intelligence model, and switch from identifying the candidate seizures with the statistical analysis to identifying the candidate seizures based on the artificial intelligence model with the EEG signal.
US11779258B2
A peripheral nerve conduction diagnosis system that utilizes an electrostimulation device having dry elastomer electrodes and a distance measuring device that allow a user to move the electrostimulation device along the skin of a patient while in constant contact with the skin and measure the distance moved.
US11779255B2
A medical device is configured to receive sensed cardiac event data including a value of a feature determined from each one of a plurality of cardiac events sensed from a cardiac signal according to a first setting of a sensing control parameter. The medical device is configured to classify each value of the feature of each one of the sensed cardiac events as either a predicted sensed event or a predicted undersensed event according to a second setting of the sensing control parameter that is less sensitive to sensing cardiac events than the first setting. The medical device is configured to determine a predicted sensed event interval between each consecutive pair of the predicted sensed events and predict that an arrhythmia is detected or not detected based on the predicted sensed event intervals.
US11779245B2
A fingerprint capture system, a fingerprint capture device, an image processing apparatus, a fingerprint capture method, and a storage medium that can acquire a high quality fingerprint image are provided. A disclosed example includes: a capture unit that captures a fingerprint; an image processing unit that processes a transferred fingerprint image captured by the capture unit; a display unit on which the fingerprint image transferred to the image processing unit is displayed; a recording unit where the fingerprint image transferred to the image processing unit is recorded by the image processing unit; and an instruction unit that inputs, in the image processing unit, a record instruction that instructs the image processing unit to record the fingerprint image in the recording unit. The image processing unit records, in the recording unit, the fingerprint image displayed on the display unit at the time the record instruction is input by the instruction unit.
US11779244B2
A device for attaching a localization marker to the lower jaw of an individual. The marker includes an inner face provided with two attachment lugs including an intra-oral portion having a general U-shape adapted for coming into contact with the outer face of the teeth of the lower jaw, an extra-oral portion including an attachment element for the marker, a connecting portion connecting the intra-oral portion and the extra-oral portion. The attachment element includes two recesses each adapted for receiving a respective lug of the marker, the recesses being separated by a tab adapted for being elastically deformed when one of the lugs is engaged in a respective recess so as to exert a pressure force on the lug.
US11779243B2
According to the techniques herein, one or more sensors coupled to an aligner are used to sense one or more physical qualities of the aligner to determine whether the physical qualities indicate that the aligner material has relaxed and has, e.g., reduced the force systems applied to teeth and/or that the teeth movement for the stage has slowed down. The sensors may provide a signal that represents whether or not the physical qualities fall below a threshold value. A treatment plan may be modified if needed. These techniques have the potential to make treatment plans faster and more effective by speeding up some stages while making sure some, perhaps other, stages are implemented only after the teeth are near the appropriate position.
US11779236B2
A vascular assessment device includes an antenna unit and a fabric unit. The antenna unit includes a substrate, a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna spaced apart disposed on the substrate, and a circuit module disposed on the substrate. The circuit module cooperates with the transmitting antenna to emit a carrier radio wave toward a fistula of a subject, and receives, via the receiving antenna, a return wave signal formed through reflection of the carrier radio wave. The fabric unit is sleeved on the antenna unit, and includes an isolating layer adapted to be disposed between the transmitting antenna and the skin above the fistula. The fabric unit has a dielectric constant not greater than 3.
US11779234B2
The invention generally relates to heart pump systems. In some embodiments, a pressure sensor is provided with a heart pump, either at the inflow or the outflow of the blood pump. The heart pump may further include a flow estimator based on a rotor drive current signal delivered to the rotor. Based on the rotor drive current signal, a differential pressure across the pump may be calculated. The differential pressure in combination with the pressure measurements from the pressure sensor may be used to calculate pressure on the opposite side of the pump from the pressure sensor. In some embodiments, the pressure sensor is located at the outflow of the pump and the pump is coupled with the left ventricle. The differential pressure and pressure measurement may be used to calculate a left ventricular pressure waveform of the patient. With such a measurement, other physiological parameters may be derived.
US11779232B2
The present invention relates to a flexible pressure sensor using a multi-material 3D-printed microchannel mold, and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a flexible pressure sensor having improved flexibility, sensitivity, and stability for use in a wearable device, and a method for manufacturing the same. Further, the present invention relates to a physical sensor for measuring a force applied from the outside, and more particularly, to a multi-directional physical sensor using a multi-layer microchannel array, which may sense all forces applied from the outside in three-dimensional directions such as a perpendicular direction and a parallel direction by applying the multi-layer microchannel array to a body having a three-dimensionally protruding shape.
US11779229B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed below the display and having a first surface facing the display, a biometric sensor disposed on the first surface of the PCB and configured to measure a biometric signal related to a heartbeat, a pressure sensor disposed below the display and configured to generate a pressure signal based on measuring a pressure applied to the display, a processor. The processor implements the method, including measuring, by the biometric sensor, the biometric signal, measuring, by the pressure sensor, the pressure applied to the display, calculating biometric information related to a heartbeat by interlinking the biometric signal and the pressure signal, and outputting the calculated biometric information to the display.
US11779227B2
A multisensory environment apparatus for providing stress reduction to a user is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support frame that defines a recess. Auditory signal generators, somatosensory signal modules, olfactive signal modules, visual signal modules, and vestibular signal modules are positioned to deliver the associated to a user positioned in the recess. One or more of these signals are delivered to the user by the multisensory environment apparatus during a session. The delivery of the auditory and vibrotactile signals to the user work to meet the user's vital functions where they are, entrain them, and guide them to a more relaxed state, helping to reduce stress. The combination of the signals and the apparatus provide short term relief of acute stress, and long term benefits by breaking the cycle of chronic stress.
US11779217B2
A method comprises establishing communication between a therapy device implantable in a patient and a consumer electronic device operable by the patient. The method comprises controlling, by the consumer electronic device, a predetermined set of therapy device functions in response to patient inputs to the consumer electronic device. The method also comprises transmitting therapy data from the therapy device to the consumer electronic device. The method further comprises presenting therapy data on a display of the consumer electronic device.
US11779216B1
Computer-implemented methods for providing interactive electronic treatment assistance for benign prostatic hyperplasia and advanced prostate cancer are disclosed. The methods can include automatically sending, by a disease and disorder treatment device, an electronic pathway sign-up link to a smart mobile device. The method can include sending a plurality of inquiries about the BPH condition and/or the advanced prostate cancer condition, to the smart mobile device. The method can include receiving a plurality of patient responses from the smart mobile device. The method can include processing and storing the plurality of patient responses. The method can include providing, by the disease and disorder treatment device, patient education about various treatment therapies for advanced prostate cancer. The method can include automatically monitoring a patient having the advanced prostate cancer condition during the various treatment therapies. The method can include intervening with the various treatment therapies using the smart mobile device.
US11779214B2
A device for measuring and classifying ocular misalignment of a patient's eyes includes an enclosure, two lenses at the front of the enclosure, one corresponding to each eye of a patient, a divider within the enclosure, positioned laterally between the lenses, a screen within the enclosure, an integrated microprocessor connected to the screen, and at least one input control connected to the integrated microprocessor, at least one input control operable by the patient; where the integrated microprocessor generates and transmits two images to the screen, each image corresponding to each lens; where the integrated microprocessor receives input from the patient via at least one input control to manipulate at least one image on the screen; and where the integrated microprocessor calculates and outputs a quantification of ocular misalignment based on that input.
US11779212B2
A binocular scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) is used to track the fixational eye movement of each of the eyes of a subject. The binocular SLO may include right eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the right eye and left eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the left eye. Shifts in the imaged portion of the retina with respect to a reference image of the retina may be used to measure and track eye movement. The right eye optics and left eye optics may be separate imaging paths, each with its own bi-directional MEMS scanning mirror and Keplerian telescope. The use of the MEMS scanning mirrors minimizes the size and weight of the binocular SLO.
US11779209B2
An apparatus for producing a fundus image includes: a processor and a memory; an illumination component including a light source; a camera; and a display, the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: display a target element on the display; display a light source reflection from a cornea of an eye on the display; update a position of the light source reflection on the display as a caregiver manipulates a position of the apparatus relative to the eye; as time elapses, modify the display to allow the light source reflection to more easily be positioned within the target element; and automatically initiate fundus image capture with the camera when the light source reflection is within the target element on the display.
US11779187B2
A cleaning article. The cleaning article has a laminate construction. The cleaning article comprises a sheet and a hydrophilic gather strip element joined together at an elongate bond. The gather strip element has plural layers folded upon one another, providing strips extending outwardly from the bond. The folded layers provide a construction which allows the strips to advantageously present a dynamically changing area to the target surface during cleaning, under normal usage conditions. By changing the surface area, more liquids, and associated debris, can be cleaned from the target surface.
US11779165B2
A soap dispenser includes a spout; a controller; a barcode scanner electrically connected to the controller; a power supply electrically connected to the controller; and a soap reservoir including a label having a barcode containing information including a set count of dispensing times of the soap reservoir and a current count of dispensing times of the soap reservoir. The spout includes an electromagnetic switch, an infrared sensor, and a pump in fluid communication with the soap reservoir and electrically connected to the electromagnetic switch respectively. The barcode scanner scans the barcode and sends same to the controller for storage. The controller compares the set count of dispensing times of the soap reservoir with the current count of dispensing times of the soap reservoir prior to activating the pump. After the pumping, the controller increases the current count of dispensing times of the soap reservoir by one.
US11779162B1
A blender adapted to reduce food pieces and produce a blended food mixture, comprising a blending container for holding the food pieces, a pedestal having a motorized blade for reducing the food pieces, and a food scraping assembly positioned within the blending container. The food scraping assembly has a scraping ring adapted to dislodge unblended food particles adhering to an inner surface of the blending container, a rod adapted to alternatively raise and lower the scraping ring within the blending container, and an air pocket puncturing projection adapted to collapse a cavitation air bubble which surrounds the blade and interferes with the production of the blended food mixture.
US11779156B2
A beverage container assembly including a cup and a lid. The cup includes an outer wall and an inner wall. The cup may have a double truncated cone shape. The lid includes a spout for drinking a beverage held in the cup and a number of holes that allow aroma to escape from the cup. The cup includes an internal protrusion that aids in mixing the beverage.
US11779155B2
A high efficiency heating apparatus for heating fluids and cooking mediums, such as oil or shortening within a fryer, includes a natural draft (non powered) combustion chamber that is affixed to an exterior surface of a fry tank.
US11779152B2
A method is provided for cleansing a hot beverage dispensing device (1), the device including at least one water inlet (11), a hot beverage preparation module (2) located downstream of the water inlet, and a beverage outlet (26) downstream of the beverage preparation module, a second rinsing step (S2) The method includes a first rinsing step (S1), a second rinsing step (S3). In the first rinsing step at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are rinsed with a rinsing fluid having a first rinsing fluid temperature. In the treatment step (S2) at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are treated with a treatment fluid, the treatment fluid having a temperature that is higher than the first rinsing fluid temperature. In the second rinsing step (S3) at least part of the beverage preparation module and the beverage outlet are rinsed with a rinsing fluid having a second rinsing fluid temperature.
US11779148B2
A beverage brewer includes a container, a container collar, a brewing material holder, a mesh element, and a drive assembly. The container has an open top, a closed sidewall, and a closed bottom. The container collar is configured to cover a rim of the open top. The brewing material holder is configured to hold brewing material and to be suspended from the container collar and into an interior of the container. The brewing material holder includes a sidewall having an opening, an open top, and a bottom. The mesh element covers the opening in the sidewall of the brewing material holder. The drive assembly is positionable on the container collar and is configured to be mechanically coupled to and rotate the brewing material holder.
US11779143B2
A donning system allows a user to don disposable garments without contaminating the exterior of the garment. The disposable garment is part of a garment package, which also includes a cuff by which the garment is loaded into and dispensed from the donning system. The cuff includes elements whereby multiple garments are simultaneously loaded, but the garments are dispensed and donned one at a time. The donning system can include multiple cartridges allowing the user to don multiple garments simultaneously, such as right and left gloves or shoe covers. The donning system can include multiple chambers allowing the system to dispense garments of different sizes.
US11779129B2
The present utility model provides a game table and chair for babies, comprising a semi-closed seat with armrests and a backrest, wherein the front sides of the armrests are detachably connected with a table board; the outer side faces of the armrests are planes, and table top mounting belts are arranged on the outer side faces; the two sides of the table top mounting belts are connected with the armrests, and first mounting holes are formed between the middles of the table top mounting belts and the armrests; the side face of the table board is correspondingly connected with table top mounting strips; magic tapes and magic tape fasteners are arranged at the ends and belt bodies of the table top mounting strips respectively; the table top mounting strips penetrate through the first mounting holes, and the table top mounting strips and the seat are detachably connected together through the magic tapes and the magic tape fasteners; two backrest mounting belts are arranged on the front face of the backrest; the two sides of the backrest mounting belts are connected with the backrest; and second mounting holes are formed between the middles of the backrest mounting belts and the backrest. The present utility model is suitable for the intelligence development of babies and training of hands-on ability; and it is convenient for disassembly and assembly, convenient for babies to get on and off the chair, with a large activity space and high comfort.
US11779128B2
A bed system includes microclimate control capabilities for providing quality sleep experience. The bed system can include a microclimate control subsystem configured to supply conditioned air (e.g., heated or cooled air) to a mattress, or draw ambient air from the mattress, to achieve a desired temperature at the top of the mattress. Utilizing supply of conditioned air to provide air at desired temperature to the mattress system, or utilizing air suction to drain heat away from the mattress system, can provide precise microclimate control at the mattress, thereby permitting conformable sleep.
US11779127B2
An air distribution unit for environmentally controlled furniture, such as a bed. In representative embodiments, the air distribution unit includes a fan enclosure for accommodating a fan, with a fan enclosure inlet upstream of the fan and a fan enclosure outlet downstream of the fan, the fan enclosure including an air-flow guidance member positioned in the fan enclosure, which defines at least in part, an air-flow path between the fan enclosure inlet and the fan enclosure outlet, wherein an inner surface of the air-flow guidance member, adjacent to the air-flow path, is at least partially sound-absorbing.
US11779122B2
An adjustable breast pumping flange is provided. The breast pumping flange allows for adjustment of the flange angle relative to a bottle to which the flange connects. This allows for a nursing mother to more comfortably position the flanges and bottles during a pumping session. This increased comfort in turn allows for improved and more efficient milk collection.
US11779120B2
An adjustable chair can support an occupant that sits on a front portion of a seat cushion. When the user leans back, the chair can provide back support without requiring that the user slide rearwardly along the seat cushion, thereby providing back support to minimize, limit, or substantially eliminate lower back fatigue, discomfort, or the like. A back support of the chair can be located at a desired forward/rearward position based on the user's position on the seat. In some settings, the chair can be used by a card dealer who tends to sit on a forward portion of the seat when dealing cards. The back support can be positioned to comfortably support the dealer's back when, for example, the dealer sits generally upright. The chair can also be used by other individuals that frequently sit on the front of the seat cushion.
US11779112B2
A drawer glide mechanism can include a first elongate guide member, a second elongate glide member, a ball bearing component, and a v-notch socket. The first elongate guide member includes a distal end that is configured to fit within an opening in the v-notch socket. The drawer glide mechanism can further include one or more floating members and fixed members.
US11779108B1
A table with a top surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of legs, and at least one slot with a ledge capable of supporting a tab for plugging the slot or an accessory. When engaged in the slot, the tab is flush with the top surface of the table to create a flat work space across the entire area of the tablet. Further, a narrow portion in the slot prevents the tab from falling through while a widened section is provided so that an end of the tab may be pushed downward into the widened section to rotate the opposite end out of the slot to remove the tab.
US11779100B2
A folding knife with pocket clip has a knife frame, a flexible elongated resilient pocket clip having a first end connected to the knife frame and a second free end proximate the knife frame, the flexible elongated resilient pocket clip defining a plurality of louvers, each louver defining a slit transverse to the length of the flexible elongated resilient pocket clip and having an elevated edge, and each elevated edge facing toward the second free end. The louvers may be parallel to each other. The louvers may be at an intermediate location spaced apart from the first end and second free end. The knife frame may have a pivot end to which a blade is pivotally attached, and the elevated edges may face toward the pivot end.
US11779099B2
A face mask clip includes a body having a top portion configured to be attached to clothing, a bottom portion, and a neck portion extending between the top portion and the bottom portion such that the bottom portion is foldable toward the top portion at the neck portion. A connection mechanism includes a first connector portion attached to the top portion of the body and a second connector portion attached to the bottom portion of the body such that the second connector portion is releasably engageable with the top connector portion. A method of using the clip to hold a face mask is also provided.
US11779096B2
A cosmetic package for a cosmetic, a care or pharmaceutical product which can be applied onto keratinous substrates such as skin, lips, under eyes, eyelids, cheeks, or eyebrows or any other part of the body. The cosmetic package comprises a base, a pivot frame connected to the base, and a plurality of cosmetic containers. The plurality of cosmetic containers has a plurality of reservoirs and a plurality of applicators removably coupled to the respective plurality of reservoirs. The pivot frame is configured to have a closed position and at least one open position. In the open position of the pivot frame, caps of the plurality of applicators can be disengaged from the respective plurality of reservoirs. In a closed position of the pivot frame, the pivot frame prevents the caps of the plurality of applicators from disengaging from the respective plurality of reservoirs.
US11779093B2
A sealable container for a volatile composition for use in a compact case, having a container having an upper rim and outer thread segments, a compact cover having an annular wall having inner thread segments, and an annular seal disposed between the upper rim of the container and a cover plate of the compact cover. The annular seal has a seal plate having an upper surface, and a seat seal ring that registers with the seal plate and engages the upper rim of the container when the compact covers the container. The seal plate includes a means for preventing the rotative force applied to the upper surface of the seal plate when rotating the compact cover to the second rotated position, to be downward onto the seat seal ring, to prevent tearing, bunching and deforming of the seat seal ring.
US11779089B2
An umbrella is provided that includes a canopy, a pole and a rotation assembly is provided. The pole extends along a longitudinal axis and has a rotatable portion coupled with the canopy and a lower portion to which the rotatable portion is rotatably coupled at a connection location. A lower end of the rotatable portion is disposed within an upper end of the lower portion. A rotation assembly configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the pole is provided. The rotation assembly has a hand grip and a drive ring disposed around the rotatable portion of the pole. The hand grip applies torque to the drive ring and thereby to the rotatable portion of the pole. The hand grip and the drive ring are configured to move along the longitudinal axis of the pole to disengage a locking assembly to permit rotation of the rotatable portion of the pole relative to the lower portion of the pole.
US11779085B2
A device for measuring the inner size of a shoe includes a measuring unit including a sensor inserted into the shoe so as to measure the distance up to the inner surface of the shoe, a driving unit capable of rotating the measuring unit around a preset rotation axis, and a frame for supporting the driving unit.
US11779083B2
A lacing system configured to selectively adjust the size of an opening on an object and allow for the incremental release of the lace within the lacing system. The lacing system can have a reel comprising a housing, a spool supported by the housing, and a knob supported by the housing. The reel can be configured so that cable is gathered in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing, and so that cable can be incrementally released from the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the reel can include a rotation limiter which can be configured to prevent over-tightening of the lacing system and/or to prevent rotation past the substantially fully loosened state.
US11779078B2
An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure secured to an underside of the upper. The sole structure includes a midsole; a ground contacting outsole surface; and a cushioning system disposed between the midsole and the ground contacting outsole surface. The cushioning system includes a plate comprising an upper plate and a lower plate provided in a spaced relationship. The upper plate and lower plate are integrally connected at a posterior portion of the sole structure. A midfoot fluid-filled chamber is provided between the upper plate and the lower plate within the midfoot region, and a forefoot fluid-filled chamber is provided between the upper plate and the lower plate within the forefoot region.
US11779077B2
A sole for a shoe, the sole comprising reinforcing members extending in a front half of the sole, wherein at least a first one of the reinforcing members further extends rearwardly beyond a midfoot area and into a heel area of the sole and wraps up to a posterior portion of an ankle region. A shoe, in particular a running shoe, comprising such a sole. A method for the manufacture of such items.
US11779075B2
Protective headgear including central, left lateral, and right lateral trunks, and which may include at least one external, remote handle for directing air flow.
US11779072B2
An undergarment including a front panel having a top edge, an elastic band arranged on the front panel along the top edge and extending beyond the front panel parallel to the top edge. The undergarment further includes a back panel having a top edge, the elastic band arranged on the back panel along the top edge and extending beyond the back panel parallel to the top edge, and a pair of connectors secured to the elastic band and configured to attach to a side seam of a blouse or shirt.
US11779066B2
A gown is disclosed with an opening in the back extending from the neck area to the bottom creating 2 panels. At least one elastic/flexible/stretchable strap is provided in the neck area of the gown. Each flexible strap has one end attached to each of the 2 panels of the open gown. The gown is designed for the first panel to extend over the second panel and can be weighted to minimize any movement of the first panel away from the second panel. In another embodiment a portion of the first panel extends to the user's side or front area and secured to the side or front of the gown.
US11779062B2
A breastfeeding garment and method of use is provided. The breastfeeding garment includes a first front flap and a second front flap positioned over the breasts of a user, and a back panel, all of which are joined at two side seams. The first and second front flaps may be moved away from each other vertically to form an aperture through the breastfeeding garment. The first and second front flaps are composed of an elastic material, so a breastfeeding funnel may be placed onto the breast of a user through the aperture and then induced to remain in contact with the breast through the elastic force generated by the breastfeeding garment.
US11779061B1
An engineered adhesive fashion tape element comprising a constructed dynamic function includes a multilayered embodiment with strategically placed predetermined predisposed direction and designed with multilayered materials, a modern dynamic function solution lifting projecting and supporting a user's breast tissue and body tissue to defy gravity for a sustained period while wearing and functioning with daily activities. An adhesive tape and methodology to replace wearing a bra, for a healthier and improved solution so the user can have an alternative to wearing an underwire bra, and traditional bra, shapewear, breast tissue and body tissue shaping structure. An improved alternative to wearing an adhesive bra cup and shaping garments with a variety of fashion which achieves projection lift support and defies gravity for the breast tissue and body tissue.
US11779060B2
A lower body garment with shaping benefits is provided. The lower body garment may comprise an outer garment and a control panel inside the outer garment, such that the control panel is not visible from the outside of the outer garment. The control panel may have a rectangular shape and line a full circumference of an interior waist of the outer garment. Further, the control panel may be anchored to the outer garment at a top edge seam of the outer garment. In certain aspects, the lower body garment may be a legging, pant or skirt.
US11779058B1
A footwear system for controlling longitudinal sliding of a shoe over the hindfoot of a wearer during ambulation that includes an insole with a tether, a compression sock, and hook and loop tape for attaching the heel end of the insole to a heel flap portion of the compression sock.
US11779055B2
A base for an e-vaping device is configured to couple with multiple cartridges configured to generate separate, respective dispersions. The cartridges may include one or more atomizer assemblies or vaporizer assemblies. The base may include multiple connectors electrically coupled to the power supply. The connectors may be configured to couple multiple dispersion generators to a power supply of the base. The base may include control circuitry configured to independently control dispersion generation by dispersion generators coupled to the base. The control circuitry may independently control dispersion generation by the first and second cartridges based on cartridge information accessed through at least one of the first and second connectors. The control circuitry may control dispersion generation by controlling power supplied to the dispersion generators.
US11779046B2
A compacting unit for the tobacco industry includes a conveyor drum configured to convey groups of segments disposed perpendicularly to the feed direction. A first compactor and a second compactor have a first contact portion and a second contact portion, respectively. The first contact portion and the second contact portion are respectively adapted to be placed in contact with a first axial end and a second axial end of a group of segments in transit in the compacting station. The first contact portion is compliant, preferably elastically compliant, along a longitudinal direction of extension of the groups of segments upon interaction with the first axial end. The second contact portion defines a rigid abutment along the longitudinal direction of extension of the groups of segments suitable for setting a predetermined position for the second axial end.
US11779039B2
Provided is an enzymatic process that hydrolyzes celery plant material to form a salt-enhancing ingredient, the formed salt-enhancing ingredient, food products comprising said salt-enhancing ingredient and a method of enhancing the salty taste of food products.
US11779030B2
A caramel is provided comprising a solid plant fat and an amount of water less than 10 wt %. The caramel exhibits a chewy texture when consumed but is yet depositable. The caramel is thus advantageously used in a confection. In addition to the caramel, the confection may comprise a crisp component. Methods of making the confection are also provided.
US11779025B2
A method and apparatus involving a euthanasia process are provided. The euthanasia process is carried out in a chamber including electric stunning to induce insensibility and reduced atmospheric pressure to induce hypoxia. The described method and apparatus provide a more humane system for euthanizing animals and reducing any negative impacts for people carrying out the process.
US11779019B2
Use of at least one non-ionic surfactant derived from polyols and a sterol for promoting the growth of a plant and the resistance of a plant to an abiotic stress, and stimulating the defence systems of a plant against an abiotic stress.
US11779013B2
Aqueous solutions of peroxyacids are stabilized by a polymeric stabilizer selected from a phosphino polycarboxylic acid, a poly(acrylic acid)-acrylamidoalkylpropane sulfonic acid co-polymer, or a poly(acrylic acid)-acrylamidoalkylpropane sulfonic acid-sulfonated styrene terpolymer. The polymer-stabilized peroxyacid solutions have applications in aseptic sterilization and disinfecting of surfaces.
US11779002B2
A scallop harvesting bag used for harvesting scallops. The scallop harvesting bag may clip to a swimsuit allows for the use of both hands to hold and put scallops into this bag. The scallop harvesting bag has a rigid to semi-rigid throated opening to facilitate insertion of harvested scallops into the bag. The bag is attached to a bottom end of the throated opening and has an extraction closure defined along at least one edge of the bag. The bag may be formed of a mesh material to facilitate cleaning sand and debris from the harvested scallops contained therein.
US11778999B2
A fishing reel includes a reel body, a first shaft member, a second shaft member, a rolling element, and an outer member. The first shaft member is rotatably supported by the reel body. The second shaft member is connected to an end of the first shaft member in an axial direction of the first shaft member. The second shaft member rotates integrally with the first shaft member. The rolling element contacts the second shaft member in a radial direction away from an axial center of the first shaft member. The outer member is disposed outside the rolling element in the radial direction. The outer member rotates integrally with the second shaft member only in one direction along a circumferential direction around the axial center of the first shaft member.
US11778997B1
A fishing line spooling assembly includes a bracket that can be positioned on a support surface and a pair of panels attached to the bracket. A first screw is extendable through each of the panels to rotatably retain a spool of fishing line between the panels. A window is slidable into each of the panels such that the window defines a front threshold of a spool space defined between the panels. The window has a line hole extending through the window thereby facilitating fishing line on the spool of fishing line to be extended through the line hole thereby facilitating the fishing line to be wound around a reel of a fishing pole. A pair of second screws is each coupled to and extends upwardly from the lower portion of the bracket thereby facilitating a respective spool of fishing line positioned on the second screws for storage.
US11778996B2
An improved lure for attracting aquatic life, specifically crabs, that utilizes interchangeable sound cartridges. The improved lure utilizes a fully submersible portable unit that hoses all sound production components, including a speaker, and a power source. The improved lure may be configured for activation in low-light settings and for use in connection with traps.
US11778984B2
The present invention relates to a navigational safety system for visually impaired quadrupeds. An onlay has a right side, a left side, a top side, a bottom side, and a chest side. The onlay is retrofittable to or manufactured into a harness worn by a quadruped. Distance sensors and vibrators are integrated into the onlay and configured to determine the distance between obstacles and provide localized vibration stimulation to the quadruped. The vibration causes the quadruped to change course avoiding the obstacle. In this regard, the localized vibrations are positioned on the right torso, the left torso, and the chest of the quadruped.
US11778971B2
A soybean cultivar designated 08150118 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 08150118, to the plants of soybean cultivar 08150118, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 08150118, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 08150118. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08150118. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08150118, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 08150118 with another soybean cultivar.
US11778965B2
Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Expression cassettes, vectors, plants, and plant parts thereof comprising inhibitory sequences that target expression or function of the disclosed cytochrome P450 polypeptides are also provided. Methods for the use of these novel sequences to inhibit expression or function of cytochrome P450 polypeptides involved in this metabolic conversion are also provided. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products.
US11778964B2
An apparatus for cultivating plants may include a cabinet having a cultivation space; a door that opens and closes the cultivation space; at least one bed disposed in the cultivation space and on which plants are cultivated; at least one light assembly that radiates light for photosynthesis toward the at least one bed; a water tank that stores water to be supplied to the at least one bed; a machine compartment separated from the cultivation space at a lower portion in the cabinet, that communicates with an outside of the apparatus, and that accommodates a compressor and a condenser forming a cooling cycle for controlling a temperature of the cultivation space; an air duct that connects the machine compartment and the cultivation space and guides air in the machine compartment to the cultivation space; and a return duct that connects the cultivation space and the machine compartment and guides air in the cultivation space to the machine compartment.
US11778961B2
An apparatus and method for removing the tops of trees, the apparatus including a rotatable first boom configured for coupling to and extending vertically downward from an aircraft and a cutting assembly hingedly coupled to a bottom end portion of the first boom. The cutting assembly includes a housing containing a motor, the housing having an upper portion coupled to the bottom end portion of the first boom. A second boom extends from a lower portion of the housing and supports thereon a singular circular saw which is operatively coupled to the motor. The second boom is arranged at an angle of about 30° to about 55° relative to the first boom. This accomplished by including bend within the housing.
US11778957B2
An apparatus for cultivating plants may include a cabinet having an interior space, a door to open or close the interior space, at least one bed provided in the interior space and used to cultivate the plants, at least one light assembly to irradiate the at least one bed with light for photosynthesis, a water tank to store water to be supplied to the at least one bed, and a machine compartment provided at a lower portion of the cabinet, and separated from the interior space to communicate with an ambient surrounding, a compressor and a condenser being provided in the machine room to adjust a temperature of the interior space. The water tank may be provided inside the interior space spaced apart from the machine compartment.
US11778953B2
A plant cultivation light module includes a first light source, a second light source, and a controller. The first light source includes a first light emitter configured to emit first light having peak wavelength in a visible range and second light emitter configured to emit second light having a longer peak wavelength to the first light. The second light source includes a plurality of third light emitters configured to emit third light having a shorter peak wavelength to the first light. The controller is configured to control the first light emitter, the second light emitter and the plurality of third light emitters and provide a first light pattern and a second light pattern. The first light source supplies light of the first light pattern and the second light source supplies light of the second pattern to the plant, respectively.
US11778947B2
A sugarcane harvester for harvesting sugarcane including a cutter configured to cut sugarcane into a sugarcane mat. An extractor is operatively connected to the cutter, and includes a fan housing having an inlet configured to receive the sugarcane mat and an outlet configured to discharge crop debris. A fan is located in the fan housing to move the sugarcane mat through the fan housing and includes a motor, blades rotatably coupled to the motor, and a blade angle of incidence mechanism operatively connected to the blades, wherein the blade angle of incidence mechanism adjusts the angle of incidence of the blades with respect to the motor. Sensors identify an air flow through the fan housing or a load placed on the motor during movement of the sugarcane mat through the fan housing. The angle of incidence of the blades is adjusted based on one or both of the air flow through the fan housing or the load placed on the motor.
US11778945B2
A priori georeferenced vegetative index data is obtained for a worksite, along with field data that is collected by a sensor on a work machine that is performing an operation at the worksite. A predictive model is generated, while the machine is performing the operation, based on the georeferenced vegetative index data and the field data. A model quality metric is generated for the predictive model and is used to determine whether the predictive model is a qualified predicative model. If so, a control system controls a subsystem of the work machine, using the qualified predictive model, and a position of the work machine, to perform the operation.
US11778936B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for vehicle steering to follow a curved path. An example apparatus includes interface circuitry to determine vehicle data of a vehicle, navigation manager circuitry to determine navigation data of the vehicle, and tracking mode controller circuitry to: determine the vehicle is approaching a curve based on the navigation data, in response to determining the vehicle is approaching a curve: determine a wheel steering angle utilizing the navigation data and the vehicle data, the wheel steering angle corresponding to the curve, determine a heading error offset adjustment utilizing the navigation data and the vehicle data, and generate steering commands based on the wheel steering angle and the heading error offset, the steering commands to control the vehicle to reduce control errors and follow the wheel steering angle.
US11785870B2
A memory cell includes pair of metal layers, insulating layer, memory layer, selector layer, and word line. The pair of metal layers extends in a first direction. A first metal layer of the pair is disposed in contact with a second metal layer of the pair. The first metal layer includes a first material. The second metal layer includes a second material. The second metal layer laterally protrudes with respect to the first metal layer along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The insulating layer extends in the first direction and is disposed on top of the pair. The memory layer conformally covers sides of the pair. The selector layer is disposed on the memory layer. The word line extends along the second direction on the selector layer over the pair.
US11785868B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first electrode, a vacancy supply layer, a sidewall barrier layer, an oxygen reservoir layer, a resistive switching layer, and a second electrode. The first electrode is disposed on the substrate. The vacancy supply layer is disposed on the first electrode. The sidewall barrier layer is disposed on the first electrode. The oxygen reservoir layer is disposed on the first electrode. The sidewall barrier layer is disposed between the oxygen reservoir layer and the vacancy supply layer. The resistive switching layer is disposed on the vacancy supply layer. The second electrode is disposed on the resistive switching layer.
US11785862B2
A memory cell with dual sidewall spacers and its manufacturing methods are provided. In some embodiments, the memory cell includes a bottom electrode disposed over a substrate, a resistance switching dielectric disposed over the bottom electrode and having a variable resistance, and a top electrode disposed over the resistance switching dielectric. The memory cell further includes a first sidewall spacer disposed on an upper surface of the bottom electrode and extending upwardly alongside the resistance switching dielectric and the top electrode. The memory cell further includes a second sidewall spacer having a bottom surface disposed on the upper surface of the bottom electrode and directly and conformally lining the first sidewall spacer.
US11785859B2
Proposed is a magnetoresistance device, including a first layered magnetic material layer in which a magnetization direction is controlled depending on the voltage, a second layered magnetic material layer in which a magnetization direction is fixed in a predetermined direction, and a layered insulator layer interposed between the first and second layered magnetic material layers.
US11785853B2
Stack assembly for radio-frequency applications. In some embodiments, a radio-frequency (RF) module can include a packaging substrate configured to receive a plurality of components, and an electro-acoustic device mounted on the packaging substrate. The RF module can further include a die having an integrated circuit and mounted over the electro-acoustic device to form a stack assembly. The electro-acoustic device can be, for example, a filter device such as a surface acoustic wave filter. The die can be, for example an amplifier die such as a low-noise amplifier implemented on a silicon die.
US11785846B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. The organic electroluminescent compound of the present disclosure has a high glass transition temperature that can be used in a deposition process. Further, by comprising the organic electroluminescent compound of the present disclosure, an organic electroluminescent device having a low driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and/or improved lifespan characteristics can be provided.
US11785838B2
Organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) are described, the OLEDs comprising an anode; a cathode; and an organic region, disposed between the anode and the cathode, comprising a first complex and a second complex; wherein when a voltage is applied across the anode and cathode at room temperature, the OLED emits a luminescent radiation that comprises one or more luminescent radiation components resulting from the formation of at least one exciplex; wherein the exciplex is formed by at least one of the following aggregate types: 1) at least one aggregate within the first complex, and at least one aggregate within the second complex; 2) at least one aggregate between the first and the second complex; and 3) both 1 and 2.
US11785833B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area outside the display area, and a bending area bendable along a bending axis, and an anti-crack projection disposed in the peripheral area and extending along at least a part of an edge of the substrate. A portion of the anti-crack projection in the bending area is a bending portion. A preset area including the bending portion on the substrate is a first area. A preset area of the substrate disposed outside the first area, having substantially the same area as that of the first area, and including a part of the anti-crack projection is a second area. A portion of the anti-crack projection belonging to the second area is a flat portion. The area occupied by the bending portion in the first area is greater than the area occupied by the flat portion in the second area.
US11785831B2
An opto-electronic device includes: a first electrode; an organic layer disposed over the first electrode; a nucleation promoting coating disposed over the organic layer; a nucleation inhibiting coating covering a first region of the opto-electronic device; and a conductive coating covering a second region of the opto-electronic device.
US11785828B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a substrate having first and second opposing surfaces and a light emitting element disposed on the first surface of the substrate, the display panel having a transmission area through which light is transmitted from outside the display device; a sensor facing the surface of the substrate and configured to sense light received through the transmission area; and an anti-reflective member disposed between the sensor and the substrate and to transmit light such that reflection of applied light is reduced. The anti-reflective member overlaps the transmission area when viewed in a direction normal to the first and second surfaces of the substrate.
US11785827B2
A display device that can switch between normal display and see-through display is provided. Visibility in see-through display is improved. A liquid crystal element overlaps with a light-emitting element. The light-emitting element, a transistor, and the like overlapping with the liquid crystal element transmit visible light. When the liquid crystal element blocks external light, an image is displayed with the light-emitting element. When the liquid crystal element transmits external light, an image displayed with the light-emitting element is superimposed on a transmission image through the liquid crystal element.
US11785822B2
A display apparatus includes: a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel respectively configured to emit different colors; a first partition wall on a first light-emitting device of the first pixel; and a first color conversion layer corresponding to an emission area of the first pixel. The first partition wall has a first opening corresponding to the first light-emitting device and a first concave portion spaced apart from the first opening in a plan view. The first color conversion layer includes first quantum dots configured to convert incident light into first color light.
US11785821B2
A display substrate and a related device, and belongs to the field of display technology. The display substrate includes first subpixels, a second subpixels and third subpixels. In a first direction, the first subpixels and the third subpixels are arranged alternately to form a plurality of first subpixel rows, the second subpixels form a plurality of second subpixel rows, the first subpixel rows and the second subpixel rows are arranged alternately in a second direction, lines connecting centers of two first subpixels and two third subpixels in two adjacent rows and two adjacent columns form a first virtual quadrilateral, the two first subpixels are arranged at two opposite vertices of the first virtual quadrilateral, the first virtual quadrilateral includes an interior angle a not equal to 90°, and the second subpixel is arranged within the first virtual quadrilateral.
US11785820B2
An organic light-emitting display device with improved light efficiency includes a plurality of pixel electrodes each corresponding one of at least a first, second, or third pixel; a pixel-defining layer covering an edge and exposing a central portion of the pixel electrodes; an intermediate layer over the pixel electrode and including an emission layer; an opposite electrode over the intermediate layer; and a lens layer over the opposite electrode and including a plurality of condensing lenses each having a circular lower surface. An area of the portion of the pixel electrode exposed by the pixel-defining layer is A, and an area of the lower surface of the condensing lens is B. For the first pixel, a ratio B/A ranges from about 1.34 to about 2.63. For the second pixel, B/A ranges from about 1.43 to about 3.00, For the third pixel, B/A ranges from about 1.30 to about 2.43.
US11785813B2
An organic light-emitting device (OLED) display is provided. The OLED display includes a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate having a plurality of TFTs and a plurality of data lines that control the plurality of TFTs. The OLED display also includes a conductive shielding layer disposed over the TFT substrate and an OLED layer disposed over the conductive shielding layer. The OLED layer includes a plurality of OLEDs that are driven by the plurality of TFTs. The OLED layer also includes a touch panel layer disposed over the OLED layer. The conductive shielding layer is configured to reduce noise coupling between the TFT substrate and the touch panel layer.
US11785809B2
A display device includes an emission area and a sub-region spaced apart from the emission area in a first direction, electrodes extending in the first direction, disposed across the emission area and the sub-region, and spaced apart from each other in a second direction, a first bank surrounding the emission area and the sub-region, and light emitting elements disposed on the electrodes spaced apart in the second direction in the emission area. The first bank includes trench portions in which a top surface of the first bank is partially depressed. The trench portions are disposed between the emission area and the sub-region.
US11785802B2
A display panel includes an array substrate, an OLED light-emitting layer and a color filter structure laminated in sequence, the color filter structure including a color filter layer, a black matrix and a heat conducting layer, wherein the color filter layer and the black matrix are disposed in a same layer, the heat conducting layer is disposed on at least one side of the black matrix and configured to conduct heat from the black matrix to a periphery of the color filter structure.
US11785800B2
A display device includes a display panel; a polarizing film disposed on the display panel; a touch film disposed on the polarizing film; a light control film disposed on the touch film; a barrier film disposed over the polarizing film; and a cover window disposed on the barrier film.
US11785798B2
A display device includes: a substrate including an opening area, a peripheral area surrounding the opening area, and a display area surrounding the peripheral area; a transistor overlapping the display area on the substrate; an insulation layer on the transistor; a first electrode on the insulation layer; a pixel definition layer on the first electrode; an intermediate layer and a second electrode that overlap the first electrode and include a functional layer; a dam overlapping the peripheral area; and a first layer overlapping the peripheral area and spaced apart from the intermediate layer, wherein the first layer is spaced apart from an upper surface of the dam and covers a side surface of the dam.
US11785794B2
The present disclosure discloses an OLED package structure, a display panel and a method for preparing a package structure. The OLED package structure includes a substrate, an OLED disposed on the substrate, and a reinforcement hole disposed on at least one of the substrate and the OLED and extending along a side of the OLED towards the substrate; and an encapsulation layer covering the OLED, and at least a portion of the encapsulation layer extending into the reinforcement hole. Therefore, the reliability of the package structure can be increased, the adhesive strength of the package layer can be increased, peeling or package failure can be prevented, and the service life of the package structure can be improved.
US11785792B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first display area and a second display area. The second display area includes a transmission area, a plurality of first opposite electrodes and a plurality of second opposite electrodes each corresponding to the first display area, and a plurality of third opposite electrodes and a plurality of fourth opposite electrodes each corresponding to the second display area and surrounding at least a portion of the transmission area. A shape of each of the plurality of first opposite electrodes is the same as that of each of the plurality of third opposite electrodes.
US11785784B2
The present invention is directed to a perpendicular magnetic structure including a seed layer structure that includes a first seed layer comprising a metal element and oxygen, and a second seed layer formed on top of the first seed layer and comprising chromium. The metal element is one of titanium, tantalum, or magnesium. The perpendicular magnetic structure further includes a magnetic fixed layer structure formed on top of the seed layer structure and having an invariable magnetization direction substantially perpendicular to a layer plane of the magnetic fixed layer structure. The magnetic fixed layer structure includes layers of a magnetic material interleaved with layers of a transition metal. The magnetic material includes cobalt. The transition metal is one of nickel, platinum, palladium, or iridium.
US11785782B1
A process integration and patterning flow used to pattern a memory array area for an embedded memory without perturbing a fabricating process for logic circuitries. The fabrication process uses a pocket mask (e.g., a hard mask) to decouple the etching process of a memory array area and non-memory area. Such decoupling allows for a simpler fabrication process with little to no impact on the current fabrication process. The fabrication process may use multiple pocket masks to decouple the etching process of the memory array area and the non-memory area. This fabrication process (using multiple pocket masks) allows to avoid exposure of memory material into a second pocket etch chamber. The process of etching memory material is decoupled from the process of etching an encapsulation material. Examples of embedded memory include dynamic random-access memory and ferroelectric random-access memory.
US11785779B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a stacked structure disposed on the substrate. The stacked structure includes multiple alternately stacked insulating layers and gate members. A core structure is disposed in the stacked structure. The core structure includes a memory layer, a channel member, a contact member, and a liner member. The channel member is disposed on the memory layer. The contact member is disposed on the channel member. The liner member surrounds a portion of the core structure. The present disclosure also provides a method for fabricating the semiconductor structure.
US11785773B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes: a plurality of first wiring layers stacked in a first direction; a first memory pillar including a first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction and penetrating the plurality of first wiring layers; a second wiring layer disposed above the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer including a first part disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second wiring layer, a second part extending away from the first semiconductor layer, and a third part provided on the second part; a first insulating layer disposed between the first part and the second wiring layer and between the second part and the second wiring layer; and a second insulating layer provided on the first insulating layer and in contact with at least a portion of the second part.
US11785769B2
A manufacturing method of semiconductor device is provided. In the manufacturing method, a tunneling dielectric layer, floating gates on the tunneling dielectric layer, an ONO layer on the floating gates, and control gates on the ONO layer are formed. During the formation of the floating gates and the control gates, reactive-ion etching (R.I.E.) is not used at all, and thus damage to the floating and control gates from high-density plasma is prevented, such as charge trap in the floating gates may be significantly reduced to improve the reliability of data storage.
US11785764B2
A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a first microelectronic device structure comprising a first semiconductor structure, a first isolation material over the first semiconductor structure, and first conductive routing structures over the first semiconductor structure and surrounded by the first isolation material. A second microelectronic device structure comprising a second semiconductor structure and a second isolation material over the second semiconductor structure is formed. The second isolation material is bonded to the first isolation material to attach the second microelectronic device structure to the first microelectronic device structure. Memory cells comprising portions of the second semiconductor structure are formed after attaching the second microelectronic device structure to the first microelectronic device structure. Control logic devices including transistors comprising portions of the first semiconductor structure are formed after forming the memory cells. Microelectronic devices, electronic systems, and additional methods are also described.
US11785763B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell area having a first active region and a peripheral circuit area having a second active region, a direct contact contacting the first active region in the cell area, a bit line structure disposed on the direct contact, a capacitor structure electrically connected to the first active region, a gate structure disposed on the second active region in the peripheral circuit area, lower wiring layers disposed adjacent to the gate structure and electrically connected to the second active region, upper wiring layers disposed on the lower wiring layers, a wiring insulating layer disposed between the lower wiring layers and the upper wiring layers, and upper contact plugs connected to at least one of the lower wiring layers and the upper wiring layers and extending through the wiring insulating layer.
US11785761B2
Semiconductor memory devices are provided. A semiconductor memory device includes an isolation layer in a first trench and a first gate electrode portion on the isolation layer. The semiconductor memory device includes a second gate electrode portion in a second trench. In some embodiments, the second gate electrode portion is wider, in a direction, than the first gate electrode portion. Moreover, in some embodiments, an upper region of the second trench is spaced apart from the first trench by a greater distance, in the direction, than a lower region of the second trench. Related methods of forming semiconductor memory devices are also provided.
US11785757B2
A method for preparing the memory are provided. The method includes forming a trench at a front side of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the trench defines laterally separate active areas formed of surface regions of the semiconductor substrate; filling an isolation structure in the trench, wherein the isolation structure is filled to a height lower than top surfaces of the active areas; recessing a first group of the active areas from top surfaces of the first group of the active areas, while having top surfaces of a second group of the active areas covered; and forming contact enhancement sidewall spacers to laterally surround top portions of the active areas, respectively.
US11785755B2
A static random-access memory device is provided. The static random-access memory device includes a substrate with at least one first region; first fins on a surface of the substrate, and second initial fins on the surface of the substrate. A width of the second initial fins is different from a width of the first fins. A portion of the first fins is used to form pass-gate transistors, and another portion of the first fins and the second initial fins are used to form pull-down transistors.
US11785752B2
An electromagnetic wave absorbing thermally conductive composition contains a matrix resin component, metal soft magnetic particles, and thermally conductive particles. The metal soft magnetic particles are carbonyl iron particles and are present in an amount of 30% by volume or more when the electromagnetic wave absorbing thermally conductive composition is a population parameter. A value of an imaginary part (μ″) of relative permeability of the electromagnetic wave absorbing thermally conductive composition is 0.9 or more in at least some bands in a frequency range of 18 to 26.5 GHz. The electromagnetic wave absorbing thermally conductive composition in the form of a sheet has a thermal conductivity of 2.0 W/m·K or more in the thickness direction. A sheet of the present invention incudes the above composition in the form of a sheet. Thus, the present invention provides the electromagnetic wave absorbing thermally conductive composition and its sheet that can increase the value of the imaginary part (μ″) of relative permeability in a frequency band of 18 to 26.5 GHz, efficiently absorb electromagnetic wave noise in this frequency band, and also have a high thermal conductivity.
US11785742B2
A heat sink for use in drawing heat away from electronic devices such as solid state drives (SSDs) includes microchannels formed along its length. The microchannels may have a triangular cross-section and may be formed by additive manufacturing. Two pairs of microchannels are provided, with coolant fluid running in a first direction through the first pair, and in a second opposite direction in the second pair to minimize thermal gradients along the length of the SSD and heat sink. The walls of the microchannel may be formed with a roughness that provides turbulent flow through the microchannels. The turbulent flow together with the large surface area of the three sides of the triangular microchannels increases the heat transfer coefficient of the microchannels, while the triangular shape and pumping fluid through a pair of microchannels reduces pressure drop along the microchannels.
US11785733B2
A display apparatus including a sealing member having an improved structure, the display apparatus includes a housing including an opening, a display module including a display panel, the display module arranged inside the housing for the image to be displayed through the opening, a housing cover coupled to the housing to cover the opening while covering a rear surface of the display module, and a sealing member provided to seal a gap between the housing and the housing cover, the sealing member including a contact surface convexly formed toward the housing cover and a first protrusion and a second protrusion arranged on the contact surface, wherein at least a portion of the contact surface located between the first protrusion and the second protrusion is located at a same level as the first protrusion and the second protrusion or protrudes outward of the first protrusion and the second protrusion.
US11785731B1
A cable connector module includes a housing having a cavity and a cable connector module received in the cavity. The cable connector module includes a circuit card having rows of signal contact pads on a mounting surface. The cable connector module includes cable assemblies terminated to the circuit card arranged in rows each having a cable and a ground clip coupled to an end of the cable. The cable connector module includes a cable holder coupled to the housing that holds the cables assemblies relative to each other within the cavity of the housing.
US11785725B2
A display device includes a display panel, a drive board, and a flexible printed circuit board. A bezel located on one side of the display panel protrudes relative to a surface on which the display panel is mounted, and an accommodating cavity is formed in the protrusion. The drive board is fixed in the accommodating cavity, and the drive board and the display panel are disposed at an included angle.
US11785716B2
An implantable electrical connecting device includes a first elastic multi-ply layer and a second elastic multi-ply layer. The first elastic multi-ply layer has a first electrically conductive layer and a plurality of first electrical contacts electrically conductively connected to the first electrically conductive layer of the first elastic multi-ply layer. The second elastic multi-ply layer has a first electrically conductive layer and a plurality of second electrical contacts electrically conductively connected to the first electrically conductive layer of the second elastic multi-ply layer. The second electrical contacts make contact with the first electrical contacts.
US11785715B2
An article for a power inverter, includes a multilayer printed circuit board having a first and second electrically conductive wiring layer and at least a first dielectric layer interposed between the first and second electrically conductive wiring layers. Each conductive wiring layer includes a common input and output line, the common input and output lines at least partially overlapping one another in a projection along a thickness of the multilayer printed circuit board. A set of input mounting pads is carried by the first common input line and a set of input mounting pads is carried by the second common input line, the input mounting pads of the second set of input mounting pads are interleaved with the input mounting pads of the first set of input mounting pads along a first axis. The article further includes a set output mounting pads carried by the common output line.
US11785711B2
A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board, an electronic surface mount device (SMD), and a spacer that attaches the SMD to the circuit board. A coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the spacer is closer to a CTE of the SMD than a CTE of the circuit board. The circuit board assembly also includes a flexible electrical lead that extends between and that is electrically connected to the SMD and the electrical node of the circuit board. Methods of manufacturing the circuit board assembly include selectively heating joining material at a predetermined heating rate and selectively cooling the joining material at a predetermined cooling rate to attach the flexible electrical leads to the SMD and the circuit board.
US11785709B2
An electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member including a first conductive member and a second conductive member which surround a space between the first plate and the second plate and are separated from each other by a slit, a support member interposed in a space between the first plate and the second plate, a PCB, a wireless communication circuit disposed on the PCB, a display, a connection part protruding toward an inner part of the housing from an area of the second conductive member that is adjacent to the slit, the connection part being electrically connected with the second conductive member, and a coupling member coupled to the connection part. The wireless communication circuit is configured to electrically connect the second conductive member and the connection part with an antenna circuit provided on the PCB.
US11785704B2
Provided is a cover for pressing a printed circuit board on a heat sink, the cover comprising a metal sheet and one or more domes arranged in the metal sheet, wherein each dome is associated with one or more slits in the shape of ring segments in the metal sheet, the ring segment-shaped slits being provided in the metal sheet side by side and spaced apart from each other, the ring segment-shaped slits surrounding the dome they are associated with. At least at one end of each ring segment-shaped slit a slit extension may be provided in the metal sheet, the slit extension at least in part pointing away from the dome the ring segment-shaped slit is associated with. Further provided is an electronic appliance that includes such a cover, a heat sink and an electronic circuit board sandwiched there between.
US11785703B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a board, a first electronic device mounted on the board, at least one second electronic device mounted on the board, and a heat dissipator. At least a portion of the second electronic device overlaps at least one of the board and the first electronic device in a first direction that is a thickness direction of the board. The heat dissipator includes a first member that includes a first portion located between the first electronic device and the second electronic device in the first direction, and a second member that includes a portion located between the first member and the second electronic device in the first direction. The second member is smaller in coefficient of thermal conductivity than the first member.
US11785701B2
A plasma generator includes an AC power supply, a power supply electrode and a ground electrode, one of which is disposed in a gas flow path and the other of which is a conductive wall constituting the gas flow path, an inflexible connection member configured to electrically connect the AC power supply and the power supply electrode, and an insulating material (power supply side insulating material, ground side insulating material) covering a side of one of the power supply electrode and the ground electrode, the side facing the other electrode.
US11785700B2
The invention relates to an electrode arrangement for forming a dielectric barrier plasma discharge between an electrode (1) supplied with an AC high voltage by a control device (20) and a treatment surface (21) of an electrically conductive body (22), said arrangement functioning as a ground electrode, wherein a dielectric material (8) completely covets the electrode (1) up to the treatment surface (21) and forms a contact side for the surface (21). The electrode arrangement permits effective and homogeneous formation of the plasma (23), in particular for large treatment surfaces (21), because the electrode (1) consists of at least two electrode portions (2, 3) arranged next to one another at the same distance (6) from the contact side and insulated from one another by the dielectric material (8), and because adjacent electrode portions are supplied by the control device with compensating partial AC voltages which are mirror-inverted in terms of the waveform and the voltage level.
US11785693B2
A light source unit includes a first light source for first light, a second light source for second light differing from the first light, a display device for performing a gradation control on the first light and the second light which are emitted in a time dividing fashion in corresponding gradation control periods to thereby form image light, and a processor configured to control a first dimming mode for adjusting a quantity of light of the first light source in the gradation control periods of the first light and the second light and a second dimming mode for adjusting the quantity of light of the first light source by performing a turn-off control in at least a partial period of the gradation control period of the first light and adjusting the quantity of light of the first light source in the gradation control period of the second light.
US11785687B2
An apparatus includes a controller (such as associated with a power converter). The controller is operative to receive input control settings. Based on the input control settings, the controller controls a magnitude of an output current generated by the power converter. The output current from the power converter powers light emitting hardware. The controller transitions between operating the power converter in an asynchronous mode and a synchronous mode to produce the output current.
US11785682B2
A stirrer shaft for a microwave oven includes a shaft body configured to connect between a stirrer motor on a first end of the shaft body, and a set of stirrer blades spaced apart from the stirrer motor. The stirrer body includes a flow passage therethrough for equalizing pressure in a sealed stirrer cavity of the microwave oven.
US11785677B2
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system may include a container, a susceptor material, and an aerosol-forming substrate. The container defines a cartridge cavity. The susceptor material is positioned within the cartridge cavity. The susceptor material may define a plurality of interconnected interstices. The aerosol-forming substrate may be in the form of a gel that is solid at room temperature. The gel may be provided so as to be positioned within the plurality of interconnected interstices.
US11785671B2
The invention relates to a method for producing molded parts, wherein semifinished product is heated in a heating device and is subsequently fed to a shaping machine. The heating device has a closed housing having a door or has a separately closable opening. The heating device optionally has a dividable housing, in the case of which the housing components can be moved away from each other in order to form an opening and can be moved toward each other in order to form a closed housing. One or more radiant heaters, in particular infrared radiant heaters, are provided in the interior of the housing. Semifinished product is introduced into the interior of the housing and radiant heat produced by the radiant heaters is applied thereto, said semifinished product is heated, and said semifinished product is subsequently removed from the housing. Thermal convection, which is directed substantially upward in the housing, is produced in the interior of the housing. According to the invention, an air flow counteracting the thermal convention, in particular an air flow directed substantially downward in the interior of the housing, is produced in the interior of the housing.
US11785670B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for an integrated Wi-Fi Access Point and cellular network Radio Unit (RU) include a communication system interfacing with a wired network for communicating Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic, the communication system integrating a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) with a cellular network Radio Unit (RU). The Wi-Fi traffic and cellular network traffic can be processed in the communication system. The communication system can interface with at least one programmable Radio Frequency (RF) front end configured for wireless communication over one or more frequency bands for Wi-Fi traffic and one or more frequency bands for cellular network traffic (e.g., 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi).
US11785662B2
Presented herein are techniques to provide data session continuity for parallel data sessions involving a multiple Universal Subscriber Identity Module (MUSIM) user equipment (UE). In one example, a method may include obtaining an indication that session continuity for a first session associated with a first data network and a first USIM of a UE is allowed with respect to a second USIM in which the UE communicates first traffic for the first session via the first USIM. The method may further include determining that second traffic for a second session is to be communicated via the second USIM of the UE and, based on the indication that session continuity for the first session is allowed with respect to the second USIM, providing service information to the UE for the first session to enable the UE to communicate both the first traffic and the second traffic via the second USIM.
US11785659B2
A disclosure of this specification provides a device configured to operate in a wireless system. The device may comprise: a transceiver configured with an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)-New Radio (NR) Dual Connectivity (EN-DC). The EN-DC may be configured to use three bands. The device may comprise: a processor operably connectable to the transceiver. The processer may be configured to: control the transceiver to receive a downlink signal and control the transceiver to transmit an uplink signal via at least two bands among the three bands. A value of Maximum Sensitivity Degradation (MSD) may be applied to a reference sensitivity. The value of the MSD may be pre-configured for one or more band combinations.
US11785656B2
A base station distributed unit receives, from a base station central unit, at least one information element indicating activation of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) packet duplication of at least one bearer of a wireless device. The base station distributed unit transmits, by and based on the activation: PDCP packets of the at least one bearer; and duplicated PDCP packets of the at least one bearer.
US11785645B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for aggregating random access requests across two or more physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions. Poor channel quality may inhibit the receipt of random access requests, and for user equipments (UEs) located in areas with relatively poor coverage, such aggregated random access requests may have an increased likelihood of successful receipt at a base station. The base station may configure a number of PRACH occasions to be available for aggregation of random access requests. A UE may receive PRACH configuration information from the base station, may aggregate a random access request across two or more PRACH occasions using the PRACH configuration information, and may transmit the aggregated random access request via the PRACH occasions. The base station may also configure one or more PRACH occasions to have a smaller subcarrier spacing for transmission of a random access request.
US11785644B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select a synchronization signal block (SSB) from a plurality of SSBs received from a base station based at least in part on a power measurement associated with the SSB. The UE may determine a physical random access channel (PRACH) coverage enhancement (CE) level that is associated with the SSB. The UE may perform, with the base station, a PRACH transmission on PRACH resources associated with the SSB and the PRACH CE level. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11785643B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a random access channel configuration that indicates one or more physical random access channel (PRACH) formats associated with antenna switching. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a PRACH sequence using a PRACH format associated with antenna switching from the one or more PRACH formats associated with antenna switching. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11785639B2
The present disclosure discloses a method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. Especially, the method comprising: receiving system information; performing a channel access procedure (CAP) based on one of a first channel access mode and a second channel access mode different from the first channel access mode; and transmitting an uplink signal based on a result of the CAP, and wherein, based on the system information including information related to a channel access mode, the CAP is performed based on one of the first channel access mode and the second channel access mode based on the information, and wherein, based on the system information not including the information related to the channel access mode, the CAP is performed based on the first channel access mode.
US11785635B2
There is provided a method for a core network apparatus, the method including receiving data units from at least one network access apparatus, wherein each data unit is labelled with a respective priority level; and withholding from transmitting a data unit labelled with a relatively low priority level in accordance with a predetermined schedule, wherein the predetermined schedule is dependent on a slot timing for data arriving at the at least one network access apparatus for communication upstream and a predetermined delay time in forwarding the data from the at least one network access apparatus to the core network apparatus.
US11785633B2
A real-time slice manager at a base station of a telecommunication network can manage radio resources allocated to network slices. The real-time slice manager can receive input factors associated with one or more network slices, including loading information, latency information, radio conditions, and other input factors. If the real-time slice manager determines that a network slice is not meeting a goal, such as a goal defined in a Service Level Agreement (SLA), the real-time slice manager can locally adjust radio resources allocated to one or more network slices, and/or treatment of network slices in a transport link or core network, to increase the likelihood that the network slice will meet the goal. The real-time slice manager can thus dynamically manage network slices at the base station to efficiently use available radio resources, manage network functions in the core network and/or transport link, and meet goals for the network slices.
US11785629B2
The present disclosure presents a method for a first receiver in a first communication link, the first communication link sharing a communication channel with a second communication link in a wireless network, the first communication link corresponding to a first set of beam directions, the second communication link corresponding to a second set of beam directions, and the method comprises determining whether a communication quality satisfies a predefined criterion; and selecting a first beam direction from the first set of beam directions in response to determining the communication quality satisfying the predefined criterion. The present disclosure also presents a further method for a second transmitter and the further method comprising receiving a beam direction selection signaling and selecting a second beam direction from the second set of beam directions in the second communication link. The first receiver and the second transmitter in respective communication links are also disclosed.
US11785623B2
A communication apparatus is disclosed, which comprises a base station module and an access point module for providing wireless connectivity to a communication network to at least one mobile communication device; an interface for coupling the base station module and the access point module for performing at least one of: a channel restriction operation; a power restriction operation; an intelligent uplink scheduling operation; a carrier frequency reselection Cucumber; and a traffic steering operation; whereby alleviating an interference arising due to coexistence of the base station module and the access point module.
US11785622B2
An electronic apparatus, and a corresponding wireless communication method and computer-readable medium, where the electronic apparatus for wireless communication includes a processing circuit which is configured to: determine a first position range of a user equipment on the basis of first measurement information from the user equipment and regarding first beam scanning; when the first position range is lower than a predetermined accuracy requirement, determine adjustment of a beam configuration on the basis of the first position range; and determine a second position range of the user equipment on the basis of second measurement information from the user equipment and regarding second beam scanning performed by means of the adjusted beam configuration.
US11785621B2
A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting, to a base station, an indication comprising a per slot capability for a first number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) blind decodes and a first number of control channel elements (CCEs). The method also includes receiving, from the base station, a search space configuration based on the indication. The search space configuration configures a second number of blind decodes per slot, a second number of CCEs per slot, and a PDCCH monitoring periodicity. The method also includes decoding a PDCCH based on the search space configuration.
US11785618B2
A method and a device in nodes used for wireless communication are disclosed by the present disclosure. The node receives a first signaling and a first signal; and then transmits a first bit block in a first time-frequency resource set; the first signaling is used to determine time-frequency resources occupied by the first signal, the first bit block comprises a first information block, which is used to indicate whether the first signal is correctly received; the first signaling is used to determine the first time-frequency resource set; a target index is equal to one of the K1 candidate indexes, and is used to determine a position of the first information block in the first bit block. The present disclosure optimizes the system performance by improving the method and device for feedback information transmission in multicast/groupcast mode.
US11785616B2
The present invention discloses a method for a user equipment to receive system information in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method is characterized in detecting a first synchronization signal block configured with a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) and a Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH) at a specific frequency position, determining a presence or non-presence of system information corresponding to the first synchronization signal block within a first synchronization raster corresponding to a specific frequency position based on a system information indicator included in the PBCH, and if the system information corresponding to the first synchronization signal block is determined as not existing, determining a second synchronization raster having system information exist therein based on the system information indicator.
US11785615B2
A wireless device may receive configuration information for a plurality of periodic resource allocations. A downlink control information (DCI) may be received comprising an indication of activation or release of at least one periodic resource allocation of the plurality of periodic resource allocations. After receiving the DCI, a medium access control (MAC) subheader comprising a logical channel identifier (LCID) that identifies a confirmation MAC control element may be sent. The confirmation MAC control element may comprise a plurality of fields, and at least one of the plurality of fields may indicate receipt of the indication of activation or release by using a same value to indicate either the activation or the release.
US11785602B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communications that support transmitting channel state information (CSI) feedback utilizing flexible uplink control resources. A method may include determining a size of a frequency subband corresponding to components of a CSI feedback report based on configuration signaling or a size of allocated uplink control resources. A method may include encoding a CSI report into a single packet and transmitting the single packet over uplink control resources. A method may include encoding a first plurality of components of a CSI report in a first packet, encoding a second plurality of components of the CSI report in a second packet, and mapping the packets to uplink control resources. A method may include transmitting a first plurality of components of a CSI report on a first slot and a second plurality of components of the CSI report on one or more subsequent slots.
US11785591B2
Disclosed are procedures and examples of feedback messages that enable a user device to request transmission adjustments in 5G and 6G. The feedback message may indicate a selected beam direction, a power adjustment request, a grant request, and an acknowledgement, among other things. For example, a downlink message may include several beam test signals, each transmitted in a different direction, and the user device can indicate, in the feedback message, which test signal was best received. Thus the feedback enables the base station to adjust its beam toward the user device upon each message. In addition, the user device can determine the amplitude or signal quality received in the favored test signal, and can then include an incremental power adjustment request in the feedback message. In addition, the user device can request a retransmission and/or an uplink grant, and can optionally provide a BSR as well, in some embodiments.
US11785590B2
A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes determining a first synchronization signal block (SSB) to monitor beam management. The first SSB comprises a primary synchronization signal (PSS), multiple physical broadcast channels (PBCHs), and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS). The method also includes determining a list of receive beams for measuring the first SSB. The method further includes measuring the first SSB by measuring the PSS with a first beam from the list of receive beams, measuring, with a second beam from the list of receive beams, a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS) on a first PBCH symbol of a first of the PBCHs, measuring the SSS with a third beam from the list of receive beams; and measuring, with a fourth beam from the list of receive beams, a second DMRS on a second PBCH symbol of a second of the PBCHs.
US11785589B2
Performing carrier aggregation with narrow bandwidth carriers includes determining that a spectrum block allocated to a sector has a bandwidth that is narrower than a threshold bandwidth, wherein the threshold bandwidth is based on a size of a synchronization signal block (SSB), configuring the spectrum block as a narrow bandwidth carrier, performing carrier aggregation with the narrow bandwidth carrier as a secondary component carrier aggregated with the primary component carrier, and scheduling the SSB within the primary component carrier.
US11785585B2
Provided are a method and device for determining a detection range for a control channel in a multi-beam system. The method includes a network device sends configuration information to a terminal device, wherein the configuration information is used for the terminal device to determine a time domain resource in which control channel detection is required within a target downlink time period according to the configuration information, and the time domain resource includes multiple time domain scheduling units. According to the method for determining the detection range for the control channel in the multi-beam system of the embodiment of the present application, the terminal device only needs to perform the detection of control channel on the time domain resource determined according to the configuration information, and those time domain resources on which a control channel of a current beam is determined not to exist, may be excluded through the configuration information.
US11785581B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive configuration information for a plurality of carriers, wherein a set of first carriers of the plurality of carriers are single transmit receive point (single-TRP) carriers and a set of second carriers of the plurality of carriers are multi-TRP carriers; determine, for the plurality of carriers, a distribution that satisfies a per-span capability of the UE, wherein the distribution is of at least one of a plurality of non-overlapped control channel elements or a plurality of blind decodes, wherein the distribution is based at least in part on which carriers, of the plurality of carriers, are single-TRP carriers or multi-TRP carriers; and receive communications on the plurality of carriers in accordance with the distribution. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11785580B2
A process for performing a sidelink (SL) communication includes determining a configuration, for a communication zone of a set of communication zones, the configuration being indicative of at least one a resource configuration or at least one signaling configuration for a communication of data. The process includes generating SL control information (SCI) that indicates a transmitter (TX) location based on the configuration of the communication zone of the set of communication zones. The process includes communicating the SCI indicating the TX location.
US11785576B2
A configuration for dynamically updating the neighbor list sent to a UE based on the location of the UE and the location of one or more mobile relays. The apparatus receives first location information for one or more UEs. The apparatus receives second location information for one or more mobile relays. The apparatus determines a distance between the one or more UEs and each of the one or more mobile relays. The apparatus sends assistance information to at least one of the one or more UEs in an area, the assistance information identifying at least one mobile relay of the one or more mobile relays based on the determined distance between the one or more UEs and the at least one mobile relay.
US11785567B2
A UE is configured to determine a set of parameters associated with receiving the SSBs, the set of parameters including a first parameter bitmap associated with a serving cell, a second parameter bitmap associated with the neighbor cell, and the SMTC. The UE is configured to determine a search window for searching the received SSBs based on the SMTC and at least one of the first parameter bitmap or the second parameter bitmap. The UE may measure the SSBs searched during the determined search window and send measurement results associated with at least a subset of the measured SSBs to the base station. The UE may also prune measurements to generate the measurement results by removing measurements associated with SSBs received in slots that are not indicated to expect SSBs, based on the first parameter bitmap, the second first parameter bitmap, or the SMTC.
US11785556B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: at least one antenna; and at least one communication processor configured to support first network communication with a first network and second network communication with a second network different from the first network. The at least one communication processor may be configured to: identify a first cumulative SAR value based on radiation of a communication signal corresponding to the first network communication via a first part of the at least one antenna and a second cumulative SAR value based on radiation of a communication signal corresponding to the second network communication via a second part of the at least one antenna; and adjust one of a transmission intensity of a first communication signal corresponding to the first network communication or a transmission intensity of a second communication signal corresponding to the second network communication, based on a designated condition satisfied by the first cumulative SAR value and the second cumulative SAR value.
US11785552B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for adjusting uplink transmission power of a terminal and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving sending capability information of at least one antenna module of a terminal; obtaining a target uplink transmission power of the terminal according to the sending capability information; and notifying the terminal of the target uplink transmit power. The method can improve the data transmission efficiency of a terminal, or reduce the power consumption of the terminal on the premise of ensuring the data transmission efficiency of the terminal.
US11785551B2
A data transmission method includes obtaining, by user equipment (UE), a maximum transmit power; determining, by the UE, a transmit power of a data channel and/or a transmit power of a control channel based on the maximum transmit power and a first parameter, where the first parameter includes at least one of the following: a bandwidth of the data channel, a bandwidth of the control channel, or a carrier type of a carrier of a first link; and sending, by the UE, the control channel and the data channel in a same subframe.
US11785537B2
Accordingly, embodiments herein disclose a method for handling a closed access group (CAG) related procedure in a wireless communication system. A network may receive a radio resource control (RRC) resume request message from a user equipment (UE). The network may determine whether the at least one CAG identifier (ID) broadcasted in a CAG cell is included in an allowed CAG list of the UE (100) in response to the RRC resume request message. The network may proceed with a RRC resume procedure in response to determining that the at least one CAG ID is included in the allowed CAG list.
US11785535B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus and computer program products for service discovery. A method implemented at a primary Network-Function Repository Function, NRF, in a communication network, wherein the communication network comprising at least one primary NRF and at least one secondary NRFs, the method comprising: receiving a discovery request from a first secondary NRF, wherein the discovery request comprises a service query information for a target Network Function, NF, obtaining target NF information, providing the target NF information to the first secondary NRF.
US11785518B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to receive a broadcast message from a base station, the broadcast message including an indication pertaining to system information for reduced-capability UEs including UEs with a bandwidth capability below a threshold, the UE being a reduced-capability UE. The UE may determine, based on the indication in the broadcast message, whether system information for reduced-capability UEs is scheduled to be broadcast by the base station. The UE may then obtain the system information for reduced-capability UEs in accordance with the indication in the broadcast message.
US11785509B2
A method is provided for avoiding context transfers by a first Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) connected to a first gNB to a second AMF when a user equipment (UE) in idle mode moves from the first gNB to a second gNB. The method may include provisioning the first AMF and the second AMF with the same tracking area identity (TAI), the first AMF and the second AMF s being connected to a respective enterprise gNB. The method may also include configuring the 5G packet core network comprising a session management function (SMF) in communications with the first AMF and the second AMF, to avoid transferring a UE context from the first AMF to the second AMF when the user equipment (UE) in the idle mode moves from a first AMF to the second AMF. The UE context remains with the first AMF.
US11785503B2
The present technology relates to a communication apparatus and a communication system achieving efficient utilization of a transfer path of a wireless LAN. A communication apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology transmits a first trigger frame containing a transmission parameter used for data transmission to a plurality of apparatuses belonging to a wireless LAN, and receives data multiplexed and transmitted from the plurality of apparatuses having received the first trigger frame in accordance with the transmission parameter. In addition, the communication apparatus receives a second trigger frame transmitted from a predetermined apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses, and transmits multiplexed data to the predetermined apparatus in accordance with a transmission parameter contained in the received second trigger frame. The present technology is applicable to a communication apparatus in a wireless LAN.
US11785500B2
An invention relates to methods for transmitting a buffer status report (BSR) in a mobile communication system, more particularly to the definition of rules for triggering, generating and transmitting BSRs. The invention also relates to a data transmission method utilizing new rules to decide data of which radio bearers is transmitted within a given transmission time interval. Moreover, the invention relates to scheduling method for radio resources that is taking into account additional scheduling-relevant information from the buffer status reporting and/or data transmission method. To avoid unnecessary grants from the network and to suggest an advanced handling of data transmissions the invention suggests a buffer status reporting and data transmission schemes that take into account the scheduling mode of data of radio bearers pending for transmission to decide whether to report on it in a buffer status report, respectively, whether to multiplex the data to a transport block for transmission.
US11785499B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a timeout event for a data packet transmission in a wireless communications network, and a node performing the method. In an aspect, a method of controlling a timeout event for a data packet transmission in a wireless communications network is provided, wherein a data packet retransmission timer initially is set to a timeout value indicating the maximum allowed round-trip time (RTT) for the data packet transmission and a timeout event occurs upon the retransmission timer expiring. The method includes observing the RTT for the data packet transmission over a connection in the network, increasing, upon the retransmission timer expiring before a measured value is available for the observed RTT, the timeout value for the retransmission timer, and determining whether a currently set timeout value for the retransmission timer is to be decreased or not.
US11785497B2
A method performed by a first node is disclosed herein. The method is for handling data traffic. The first node operates in a communications network. The first node receives an indication from a second node operating in the network. The indication indicates, for a packet forwarding control protocol (PFCP) session, at least one of: i) a first rule for packet detection; and ii) a second rule of enforcement of quality of service. The first node initiates a process of optimization, based on reinforcement learning, of a procedure to control data traffic in the network. The process of optimization is further based on the received indication. A method performed by the second node is also described. The second node receives a first indication from the first node indicating that the first node supports the process of optimization. The second node then sends the indication to the first node.
US11785496B2
Described are techniques for providing, a quality of service (QoS) update from a control plane of a base station to a user plane of the base station based on a QoS event, wherein the QoS update includes information indicative of a mapping between a QoS flow and corresponding radio resources for user data transmission, storing, at the user plane, the mapping between the QoS flow and the radio resources, receiving, at the user plane, a downstream data packet of the QoS flow from a core network, and transmitting the downstream data packet in a downlink direction using the corresponding radio resources.
US11785486B1
A telecommunication radio frequency channel evaluation tool, software and method of creating the tool are disclosed. The tool identifies restrictions associated with incumbent users of spectral bandwidth within a shared spectrum and assesses channel availability for third party transmitters in the shared spectrum. Generally, the tool comprises a database of incumbent users' locations and corresponding protection areas within a geographic area, population density within the geographic area, and restrictions on third party transmissions associated with each of the incumbent users.
US11785485B2
This disclosure provides methods, apparatuses and systems for placing a range extender (RE) based on a distance between the RE and an access point (AP). An RE may determine a distance between the RE and AP based on round trip timing (RTT) information. In some aspects, the RE may exchange fine timing measurement (FTM) frames with the AP. The RE may determine a distance between itself and the AP based on the RTT information. Based on the distance between the RE and AP, the RE may provide a coarse placement indicator for improving the RE's location. The RE also may determine a signal strength or channel state information (CSI) with respect to the AP. Based on the signal strength or the CSI, the RE may provide a fine placement indicator indicating the RE may be placed nearer or further from the AP, or remain at its current location.
US11785484B2
A network management function of a relay network may identify relay node support of multi-mobile terminal (MT) operation, and may coordinate configuration of multiple backhaul links supported by the relay node via the multi-MT functionality of the relay node. In some cases, a relay node may transmit MT capabilities to the management function over a first established backhaul link, and the management function may configure a second backhaul link using a second MT function of the relay node. In other cases, the relay node may autonomously establish multi-MT connectivity based on preconfigured parent-selection policies, and the network management function may identify the relay node is dual-connected to the network management function. In either case, the network management function may configure backhaul routes (e.g., backhaul links) and resource configuration across the redundant topology.
US11785477B2
The present technology is directed to providing a 3-D visualization of a Wi-Fi signal propagation pattern based on telemetry data. The present technology can receive telemetry data for a Wi-Fi access point located at a location of a building plan in a Wi-Fi visualization system, store the telemetry data with a timestamp, determine a change in a Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the telemetry data, and present a visualization illustrating the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point. The present technology can further present an animation of the change in the Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi access point based on the stored telemetry data.
US11785475B2
A radio terminal accommodation determination device includes: an average received power calculation unit for calculating an average received power for each mesh constituting an area; an interfering signal power CDF creation unit for creating a cumulative distribution function of all interfering signal powers; an intended signal power PDF creation unit for creating a fourth probability density function indicating a probability density function of an intended signal power; and a communication success rate estimation unit for calculating, for each base station, a communication success rate of the intended terminal based on the cumulative distribution function and the fourth probability density function.
US11785465B2
A host device can establish a verified session with a wearable device. The host device can determine whether the verified session is in progress. In accordance with a determination that the verified session is in progress, the host device can provide a user interface to request confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device. The host device can receive an input at the user interface and, in accordance with a determination that the input indicates a confirmation that the identifier is to be provided to the wearable device, the host can identify a user identifier to provide to the wearable device, and transmit the user identifier to the wearable device.
US11785464B2
A communication method and system according to the present invention generates a unique cryptographically secure URI in response to receiving a user post. The user post and URI are stored temporarily. The URI is sent to an intended recipient. In response to a first instance of accessing the URI, the content is retrieved and sent to the intended recipient. The original uploaded content and URI are then deleted. In response to subsequent instances of accessing the URI, random content determined in part by a current environmental state of the communication, is returned. Recent subsequent instances can return thematically similar content.
US11785457B2
A communication device may obtain second security information in a case where a first instruction for establishing a second wireless connection with a second parent station is accepted under a state where a first wireless connection with a first parent station is established, and determine whether a second security level indicated by the second security information is lower than a first security level indicated by first security information in a memory. The communication device may execute at least one process of a notification process or an acceptance process in a case where it is determined that the second security level is lower than the first security level and establish the second wireless connection with the second parent station without executing the at least one process in a case where it is determined that the second security level is not lower than the first security level.
US11785456B2
Presented herein are techniques to facilitate delivering standalone non-public network (SNPN) credentials from an enterprise authentication server to a user equipment (UE) using an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) process. In one example, a method may include determining, by an authentication server of an enterprise, that a UE for the enterprise is to receive credentials to enable the UE to connect to a SNPN of the enterprise in which the determining is performed based, at least in part, on connection of the UE to an access network that is different than the SNPN for the enterprise; and performing an authentication process with the UE by the authentication server in which the authentication process includes providing the credentials to the UE via a first authentication message and obtaining confirmation from the UE via a second authentication message that indicates successful provisioning of the credentials for the UE.
US11785452B2
The invention relates to concealing information within error correction codes of adaptive rate wireless communication systems. In some embodiments, the invention includes selecting a modulation and coding scheme with a more robust error correction capacity than needed by current channel conditions; encoding a hidden message with a pre-shared key that is known by a covert transmitter and a covert receiver, and after a standard message is encoded by a transmitting station of the wireless communication systems, replacing codeword parity bits of codewords in the encoded standard message with the encoded hidden message at designated locations. Before a receiving station of the wireless communication systems decodes the encoded standard message, a covert receiver extracts the embedded hidden message from the encoded standard message, replaces bit values of the embedded hidden message with zero at the designated locations, and decodes the extracted hidden message with the pre-shared key.
US11785448B2
This document discloses a method and device for implementing secure communication, and a storage medium. The method for implementing secure communication includes: encrypting first information and second information of a data packet respectively to generate an encrypted message; wherein, a region in which the encrypted first information is located is a first encrypted region, and a region in which the encrypted second information is located is a second encrypted region; the first information is used for a receiving device to determine whether to acquire the second information; and sending the encrypted message.
US11785445B1
A wireless communication network serves a User Equipment (UE) with a Network Exposure Function (NEF) and multiple Unified Data Elements (UDEs) like Unified Data Managements (UDMs) and Unified Data Repositories (UDRs) The NEF receives initial network data and transfers a UDE query to a Network Repository Function (NRF). The NRF selects a Unified Data Proxy (UDP) and indicates the UDP to the NEF. The NEF receives the UDP indication and responsively transfers the initial network data to the UDP. The UDP receives the initial network data, and in response, selects one of the UDEs. The UDP transfers the initial network data to the selected one of the UDEs. The selected one of the UDEs receives the initial network data, and in response, generates and transfers new network data. In some examples, the UDEs comprise UDMs/UDRs that reside in different Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) from one another and from the NEF.
US11785441B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, an originator UE transmits a sidelink beam training (BT) reference signal (BTRS) a first number of times on each of a first set of beams, and a sidelink discovery message a second number of times on each of a second set of beams, wherein each beam from the second set of beams is associated with at least one beam from the first set of beams (e.g., 1:1 or N:1 mapping of first set of beams to second set of beams). At least one responder UE responds by transmitting, after the transmission of the sidelink BTRSs and the sidelink discovery messages, a BT response signal and a sidelink discovery response message on a beam corresponding to one of the first set of beams.
US11785437B2
A system is disclosed comprising a smartphone 2 and an aerosol generation device, such as an electronic cigarette. The smartphone 2 is configured to establish a communicative interaction with the electronic cigarette 4, preferably using a wireless protocol like Bluetooth® so that the devices can exchange data. The smartphone 2 comprises a positioning module, such as a GPS receiver 26, and is adapted to store a position in a data storage unit 28 each time a communicative interaction is established. In this way, the user can retrieve the last stored position from the data storage unit 28 and display it on a map on the smartphone display screen 22 so that they can be assisted in locating the electronic cigarette 4.
US11785425B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for selective retransmission of groupcast data. One apparatus includes a transceiver that transmits groupcast data via sidelink communication to a set of UEs and receives negative acknowledgement feedback via sidelink communication from at least one UE of the set. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a retransmission mode based on the received feedback and controls the transceiver to send selectively beamformed retransmission of the groupcast data according to the determined retransmission mode.
US11785417B2
Methods, computer-readable media, systems, and/or apparatuses for evaluating movement data to identify a user as a driver or non-driver passenger are provided. In some examples, movement data may be received from a mobile device of a user. The movement data may include sensor data including location data, such as global positioning system (GPS) data, accelerometer and/or gyroscope data, and the like. Additional data may be retrieved from one or more other sources. For instance, additional data such as usage of applications on the mobile device, public transportation schedules and routes, image data, vehicle operation data, and the like, may be received and analyzed with the movement data to determine whether the user of the mobile device was a driver or non-driver passenger of the vehicle. Based on the determination, the data may be deleted in some examples or may be further processed to generate one or more outputs.
US11785416B2
Techniques directed to utilizing networked devices to enhance user experience are described. In an example, sensor data received from sensor(s) associated with a facility can be used to determine a presence of a user equipment (UE) within or proximate to the facility. Based at least in part on the sensor data, an account associated with the UE can be accessed. Based at least in part on account data associated with the account, a distribution of network technology can be modified to temporarily enable the UE to access a service that is not otherwise available to at least one other UE within or proximate to the facility.
US11785412B2
A headphone for spatial audio rendering includes a first database having an impulse response pair corresponding to a reference speaker location. A head sensor provides head orientation information to a second database having rotation filters, the filters corresponding to different azimuth and elevation positions relative to the reference speaker location. A digital signal processor combines the rotation filters with the impulse response pair to generate an output binaural audio signal to transducers of the headphone. Efficiencies in creating impulse response or HRTF databases are achieved by sampling the impulse response less frequently than in conventional methods. This sampling at coarser intervals reduces the number of data measurements required to generate a spherical grid and reduces the time involved in capturing the impulse responses. Impulse responses for data points falling between the sampled data points are generated by interpolating in the frequency domain.
US11785402B2
A bone conduction device is configured to classify received sound signals (sounds) into one or more sound categories/classes (i.e., determine the input signal type). The bone conduction device is configured to dynamically set a maximum force output (MFO) of the bone conduction device at least based on the sound class of the sound signals.
US11785391B2
A micrometric speaker includes a frame, an electromechanical transducer, and a mechanical-acoustic transducer comprising a rigid plate movably mounted in the frame. The electromechanical transducer comprises two piezoelectric actuators and two elastic strips. The frame comprises a central crossmember from which the two strips extend until engaging two lateral coupling edges of the mechanical-acoustic transducer, and the mechanical-acoustic transducer comprises two linearising springs each extending from one of the lateral edges to the rigid plate, to enable, during a deformation of the strips, a movement of the two lateral edges to the central crossmember and reduce the longitudinal constraints applied to the strips during their deformation due to their “recessed-guided” bending configuration.
US11785389B2
In some embodiments, a system comprises a host computing device and an audio device including at least one speaker and a plurality of microphones, the audio device being wirelessly and communicatively coupled to the host computing device. The host computing device can include one or more processors and one or more machine-readable, non-transitory storage mediums that include instructions configured to cause the one or more processors of the host computing device to perform operations including: receiving user environment data by one or more sensors of the host computing device; determining a characterization profile of a surrounding environment of the user based on the user environment data; and sending the characterization profile to the audio device, the characterization profile configured to cause the audio device to adapt an audio cardioid pattern of the plurality of microphones on the audio device based on the characterization profile.
US11785385B2
A shoulder-mounted speaker comprises an electronic controller including at least one processor. The electronic controller is configured to execute a plurality of modules including an attitude data detection module that is configured to detect an attitude of a body region on which the shoulder-mounted speaker is placed and is configured to acquire body region attitude data obtained by digitizing the attitude of the body region, an attitude data correction module that is configured to correct the acquired body region attitude data so as to be head attitude data, and a sound image localization processing module that is configured to use a head-related transfer function that corresponds to the head attitude data corrected by the attitude data correction module to subject an audio signal to sound image localization processing.
US11785384B2
A device for manipulating an incident acoustic wave to generate an acoustic output is described wherein the device comprises a plurality of unit cells arranged into an array, at least some of said unit cells being configured to introduce time delays to an incident acoustic wave at the respective positions of the unit cells within the array of unit cells, such that said plurality of unit cells define an array of time delays to thereby define a spatial delay distribution for manipulating an incident acoustic wave to generate an acoustic output. The array of time delays may be re-configured to vary the spatial delay distribution of the device in order to generate different acoustic outputs. Also described are methods for designing or configuring such devices.
US11785383B2
A method and system for compensating a frequency response of a microphone array are provided. The method includes: multiple microphones in a microphone array respectively receiving a compensation signal sent from a calibration speaker and outputting multiple output signals respectively; determining a uniform frequency response of the multiple microphones based on the multiple output signals; calculating a compensation gain for each of the multiple microphones according to the uniform frequency response; and storing the calculated compensation gain of each microphone.
US11785378B2
An electronic apparatus may include: a foldable housing which includes a hinge structure that can switch the foldable housing between a folding state or an unfolding state, a first housing structure that is connected to the hinge structure and includes a first face oriented in a first direction and a second face oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a second housing structure that is connected to the hinge structure, includes a third face oriented in a third direction and a fourth face oriented in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, and comes into contact with the first housing structure by pivoting about the hinge structure; a first display which extends from the first face to the third face and forms the first face and the third face; a second display which forms at least a portion of the fourth face; and at least one audio input device which is disposed on at least one of the second face or the fourth face.
US11785377B2
A display apparatus includes a display, and an acoustic unit connected to a sound source to transmit sound, wherein the acoustic unit includes a first cavity extending from the sound source in a first direction in which the sound is emitted, and a second cavity extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction, the second cavity being connected with the first cavity.
US11785376B2
A receiver control method includes: when a receiver of a terminal is at a first position of the terminal, picking up, by using a microphone, an audio signal sent by the receiver; and if there is a noise in the audio signal picked up by the microphone, moving the receiver to a second position of the terminal. When the receiver is at the first position, an orthographic projection of a first sound hole of the receiver along a first direction at least partially overlaps with a target component. When the receiver is at the second location, the orthographic projection of the first sound hole along the first direction does not overlap with the target component.
US11785372B2
An earphone comprising: a device housing that defines an internal cavity within the device housing; an acoustic port formed through a wall of the device housing and having an opening at an exterior surface of the device housing; an audio driver disposed within the device housing and aligned to emit sound through the acoustic port; and a mesh disposed within the acoustic port and having an outer periphery spaced apart from the device housing wall, wherein the mesh forms a portion of an exterior surface of the earphone that is recessed from the opening at the exterior surface of the device housing.
US11785364B2
Provided are optical communication signal recovery techniques and a submarine optical communication recovery device may include a number of inputs, a number of outputs and a number of optical switch modules. Each input may be operable to connect to a respective optical fiber of a submarine fiber optic cable, and a number of the optical fibers carry optical signals and at least one optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers is an unusable optical path that is unable to carry a usable optical signal. Each output may couple to another respective optical fiber, and a number of the outputs may be designated as impaired outputs. Each optical switch module of the number of optical switch modules may be operable to connect an input of the number of inputs coupled to the unusable optical path to an impaired output of the number of the impaired outputs.
US11785362B2
An imaging element includes: a processing circuit that performs analog/digital conversion on captured image data; a memory that is capable of storing the captured image data obtained as a result of performing the analog/digital conversion by the processing circuit; and an output circuit that outputs output image data based on the captured image data to an exterior of the imaging element, wherein the output circuit includes a first output line and a second output line, the first output line is connected to a first signal processing circuit disposed at the exterior, the second output line is connected to a second signal processing circuit disposed at the exterior, and at least one of an output frame rate or an output data amount of the output image data is different between the first output line and the second output line.
US11785360B2
A photoelectric conversion reading part of a pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element for storing therein, in a storing period, charges generated by the photoelectric conversion, a transfer element for transferring, in a transfer period following the storing period, the charges stored in the photoelectric conversion element, an output node to which the charges stored in the photoelectric conversion element are transferred through the transfer element, a reset element for resetting, in a reset period, the output node to a predetermined potential, an output buffer part for converting the charges in the output node into a voltage signal at a level determined by the amount of the charges and outputting the voltage signal as the pixel signal, and an output voltage control part for controlling an output signal level of the pixel signal from the output buffer part to a controlled level determined by the operational state.
US11785359B2
There is provided an optical navigation device including an image sensor and a processing unit. The image sensor outputs successive image frames. The processing unit calculates a contamination level and a motion signal based on filtered image frames, and determines whether to update a fixed pattern noise (FPN) stored in a frame buffer according to a level of FPN subtraction, the calculated contamination level and the calculated motion signal to optimize the update of the fixed pattern noise.
US11785358B1
A method and a system for reducing column noise of an image sensor are provided. The method includes: reading dark pixel data in each image frame and reading initial effective pixel data in each image frame, where dark pixels and initial effective pixels are both arranged in N columns; sequentially calculating the dark pixel data to obtain an average value of each column of dark pixels and an entire average value of the dark pixels in each image frame; obtaining a corrected value of each column according to the average value of each column of dark pixels and the entire average value of the dark pixels; and calculating the corrected value of each column and the corresponding initial effective pixel data in each image frame to obtain target effective pixel data. In the method, the dark pixel data is pre-processed.
US11785356B2
Photoelectric conversion device includes first substrate having blocks each including photoelectric converters, and second substrate having at least part of processing circuit for reading out signals from the photoelectric converters. The processing circuit drives driving signal lines for driving the photoelectric converters. The driving signal lines include first signal lines each arranged in the first substrate and commonly assigned to at least two blocks arranged in row direction of the blocks and second signal lines each individually assigned to one block of the blocks. The processing circuit includes transmission lines and selection circuits each corresponding to one second signal line of the second signal lines. Each selection circuit selects one driving signal from driving signals supplied to the transmission lines, and supplies the selected driving signal to the corresponding second signal line of the second signal lines.
US11785354B2
A CMOS image sensor for a code reader in an optical code recognition system incorporates a digital processing circuit that applies a calculation process to the capture image data as said data acquired by the sequential readout circuit of the sensor, in order to calculate a macro-image from the capture image data, which corresponds to location information of code(s) in the capture image, and transmit this macro-image in the image frame following the capture image data, in the footer of the frame.
US11785353B1
An image sensor chip and a sensing method thereof are disclosed. The image sensor chip includes pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a reset switch, a sampling switch, a light sensing element, a capacitor, and an output circuit. The sampling switch is coupled between the reset switch and the light sensing element. The capacitor is coupled between the sampling switch and the output circuit. The output circuit outputs difference information corresponding to a difference between a plurality of sensing results of the light sensing element in different frame periods to a corresponding readout line. The sampling switch has an ON-time length during an exposure period and an OFF-time length during a readout and clean-up period. A ratio of the ON-time length to the OFF-time length is related to a ratio of a capacitance of the light sensing element to a capacitance of the capacitor.
US11785351B1
A system includes an image capture device including a plurality of image sensors that are each configured to capture a mutually distinct visual of a scene. Further, a spatial data device is included that is configured to generate and transmit a signal, and to receive reflections of the signal from a plurality of objects within the scene, and to convey information corresponding to respective positions of the plurality of objects. At least one processor is configured to generate an image using at least one captured visual of the scene by at least one of the plurality of image sensors and using a measurement associated with the information conveyed by the spatial data device.
US11785343B2
A system and method benefiting from cameras and digital hardware already installed on an aircraft in order to manage the images in the best possible manner according to the different flight phases. The visual display system in an aircraft includes a vision device to acquire a current image stream around the aircraft, and a processor to retrieve the current image stream from the vision device and to launch a current viewing application around the aircraft which is compatible with the current mobility phase of the aircraft.
US11785335B2
A photographing method and apparatus are provided. The photographing method includes: identifying a photographing distance and a photographing angle with respect to the external device based on timings of signals transmitted and received through a communication connection; acquiring a scene image based on an output of a camera of the photographing device; identifying a current composition model based on the photographing distance, the photographing angle and the scene image; acquiring a set of photographing parameters that are associated with the current composition model; identifying a focal length based on the photographing distance and the current composition model; displaying a preview image based on the output of the camera, the photographing parameter and the current composition model; outputting the preview image as a photographing result based on a photographing instruction; and updating the set of photographing parameters based on the photographing parameter.
US11785332B2
The described technology is directed towards a production shot design system that facilitates previsualizing scene shots, including by members of a production crew (running client devices) in different locations in a collaborative and secure shot construction environment. Modifiable scene elements' properties and camera data can be manipulated to build a scene (shot) containing modifiable and non-modifiable scene elements. In an online, shared camera mode, changes to a scene can be communicated to other client devices, e.g., virtually immediately, so that each client device displays the change for other users to see at an interactive frame rate. Scene changes can also be made locally and/or in an offline mode before communicating to other users. In various aspects, animation and a video plane camera/video plane (e.g., greenscreen) are integrated into the production shot design system.
US11785329B2
Embodiments relate to the field of terminals and disclose a camera switching method for a terminal, and the terminal. In those embodiments, when the terminal is installed with a plurality of cameras, automatic and dynamic switching between the cameras may be implemented based on a to-be-photographed object, thereby improving a photographing effect of the to-be-photographed object. In those embodiment, the terminal may display, in response to a first operation of enabling a photographing function by a user, a first photographing picture captured by a first camera, where the first photographing picture includes a to-be-photographed object. If the to-be-photographed object cannot be displayed completely in the first photographing picture, the terminal may switch from the first photographing picture to a second photographing picture captured by the second camera, and disabling the first camera, where an FOV of the second camera is larger than an FOV of the first camera.
US11785327B2
A vehicular camera module includes a front housing member, an imaging sensor, a lens optically aligned with the imaging sensor, a rear housing member, and a circuit board. With the circuit board accommodated within the camera housing formed by the joined front and rear housing members, the imaging sensor is closer to a first side of the circuit board than to a second side of the circuit board. The rear housing member includes an electrical plug connector having a plurality of individual electrically-conductive pins that are configured to plug into respective individual pin-receiving sockets of an electrical socket connector disposed at the second side of the circuit board. Individual electrically-conductive pins of the plurality of individual electrically-conductive pins are plugged into and make electrical-conductive contact with corresponding individual pin-receiving sockets of the plurality of individual pin-receiving sockets.
US11785319B2
A camera module includes a circuit board on which an image sensor is disposed, a lens unit disposed in front of a sensor surface of the image sensor, a housing accommodating the lens unit and the image sensor, disposed on the circuit board and a gyro sensor sensing the motion. The circuit board includes a first circuit board on which the image sensor is disposed, and a second circuit board on which the gyro sensor is disposed. The first circuit board may be disposed extending in a first axis direction, and the second circuit board may be disposed extending in a direction parallel to the optical axis direction while perpendicular to the first axis. The central axis of the gyro sensor may be parallel to the first axis direction but perpendicular to the optical axis direction.
US11785316B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate a signature based on signature candidates. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes first means for determining an alignment point of a first candidate signature segment and a second candidate signature segment, the first candidate signature segment and the second candidate signature segment include time data and signature data, the alignment point based on the time data of the first candidate signature segment and the time data of the second candidate signature segment, means for comparing a first signature to a second signature at the alignment point, the first signature representative of media included in the first candidate signature segment, the second signature included in the second candidate signature segment, and means for stitching the second signature to the first signature based on the comparison to generate a stitched signature, the stitched signature to be used for media crediting.
US11785314B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for including supplemental content with segments based on the complexity of the segment. This may be accomplished by a system receiving complexity information related to a media asset and user information related to a viewer to determine if one or more segments of the media asset is complex for the user. If the system receives a trick play command, from the user, during a segment categorized as complex, the system can use the complexity information and user information to generate supplemental content, facilitating better user understanding of the complex segment.
US11785309B2
Embodiments are directed towards selecting content search results based on the age of the viewer. The content receiver receives search criteria for a viewer, which may include the age of the viewer. The content receiver obtains search results from a search of a plurality of content. The search results are prioritized based on the age of the viewer and presented to the viewer. In this way, searching for “dog” for a four year-old may provide or prioritize different results compared to search for “dog” for an eight year-old.
US11785294B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting a presence of a second user inside an aural range of the video but outside of a visual range of the display device, determining that a profile of the second user indicates a conflict for the second user with respect to the video, in response to determining that the profile of the second user indicates the conflict, and dynamically adjusting a volume of the video so that the second user is outside of an adjusted aural range of the video. The systems and methods may determine that the second user has entered the visual range of the display device, and, in response to determining that the second user has entered the visual range of the video, may alter a visual component of the video.
US11785292B2
An information processor includes: a user information acquiring unit acquiring user information for identifying a user; a display; a viewing time measuring unit measuring a viewing time during which a previously-registered user views contents information on the display; and a controller. The controller determines whether the user is the registered user, based on the user information and registered user information for identifying the registered user. When the user is the registered user, the controller causes the display to display the contents information, causes the viewing time measuring unit to measure the viewing time, compares a cumulative viewing time that is a total of the viewing times cumulated within a period of time with a viewing limit time that is a previously-set upper limit of the cumulative viewing time, and gives the registered user a warning when the cumulative viewing time is equal to or longer than the viewing limit time.
US11785282B1
Systems and methods for loginless video recording from a third-party website viewed on a user device are provided. The present invention enables users to record a video while browsing a third-party website without the need for installing recording software or logging into a recording service, thus paving the way to anonymous online recording and messaging. In one embodiment, the method, executable by a recording server, includes receiving a signed token associated with a user access request to a third-party server; receiving from the user device an iframe request including the signed token, in response to a user recording request; verifying a signature of the signed token; transmitting to the user device code for generating an iframe for display on the third-party website at the user device; receiving from the iframe a session validation request; generating a recording session; and receiving from the iframe a recording action request.
US11785276B2
A method of replacing low-quality audio content by better-quality audio content in media content comprising the low-quality audio content synchronized with video content. Tag data and/or fingerprint data associated with the low-quality audio content are used to perform a search to find a matching portion of better-quality audio content. The low-quality audio content can be replaced with the matched portion of the better-quality audio content by compiling the matched audio portion with the video content of the media content. Included is any of: compensating for an amount of timing misalignment between the low-quality audio content and the matched portion of audio content; obtaining fingerprint data for the audio content of the media content by using hash values of spectrogram frequency peaks; obtaining one or more feature vectors from the audio content of the media content to reduce a size of a search of stored instances of audio content.
US11785274B2
The systems and method disclosed herein address introduce identifiers within the individual entitlement management messages (EMMs) addressed to that client that uniquely identify the combination of system and subscriber account to which the client is deployed, and use of them to issue automatic ‘factory reset’ behavior when the client is re-authorized for the new subscriber. In one embodiment, the EMM messages used to trigger the reset behavior are cryptographically signed specifically for the individual client to ensure that such a message cannot be maliciously sent by an untrusted third party. The facility to deliver such a message is already available within the conditional access system (CAS).
US11785269B2
A device, system and method are provided that may allot and manage bandwidth, such as bandwidth associated with broadcast and narrowcast distribution models for content item transmission, for example, in a content distribution network. The device, system and method may manage transmission based on the output information of the content items.
US11785267B1
Provided are a virtual livestreaming method, apparatus, and system, and a storage medium, relating to the technical field of livestreaming. The method is acquiring real feature data of a real subject, where the real feature data include motion data and face data of the real subject during a performance; determining target feature data of a virtual character according to the real feature data, where the virtual character is a preset animation model, and the target feature data include motion data and face data of the virtual character; determining video stream pushing data corresponding to the virtual character according to the target feature data; and sending the video stream pushing data corresponding to the virtual character to a target livestreaming platform, where the video stream pushing data is used for instructing the target livestreaming platform to display virtual livestreaming of the virtual character.
US11785266B2
This disclosure describes techniques that enable a categorization controller to detect activation of a portable recording device that is configured to capture a real-time multimedia stream of the current event. The categorization controller may further identify a set of categories that are likely associated with the real-time multimedia stream, determine an ordered ranking of the set of categories, and generate a ranked category dataset for delivery to the portable recording device. In doing so, the portable recording device may present the ordered ranking of the set of categories at a user interface.
US11785263B2
In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
US11785253B2
The present disclosure relates to overlapped block motion compensation with derived motion from neighbors. A method for video processing, comprising: determining, during a conversion between a current block of visual media data and a corresponding coded representation of the visual media data, at least one neighboring block for the current block; determining motion information of the at least one neighboring block; and performing Overlapped Block Motion Compensation (OBMC) for the current block based on the motion information of the at least one neighboring block, wherein the OBMC includes using an intermediate prediction values of one sub-block of the current block and a prediction values of at least one neighboring sub-block to generating a final prediction values of the sub-block.
US11785250B2
Different implementations are described, particularly implementations for selecting a predictor candidate from a set of multiple predictor candidates for motion compensation of a picture block based on a motion model. The motion model, may be, e.g., an affine model in a merge mode for a video content encoder or decoder. In an embodiment, a predictor candidate is selected from the set based on a motion model for each of the multiple predictor candidates, and may be based on a criterion such as, e.g., a rate distortion cost. The corresponding motion field is determined based on, e.g., one or more corresponding control point motion vectors for the block being encoded or decoded. The corresponding motion field of an embodiment identifies motion vectors used for prediction of sub-blocks of the block being encoded or decoded.
US11785248B2
An image decoding method performed by means of a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: configuring an affine merge candidate list with respect to a current block; deriving CPMVs with respect to CPs of the current block on the basis of the affine merge candidate list; deriving prediction samples with respect to the current block on the basis of the CPMVs; and generating a reconstructed picture with respect to the current block on the basis of the derived prediction samples, wherein the maximum number of inherited affine candidates is two, a first inherited affine candidate is derived on the basis of a left block group of the current block, and a second inherited affine candidate is derived on the basis of an upper block group of the current block.
US11785242B2
Video processing methods and apparatuses for coding a current block include receiving input data of a current block, splitting the current block into sub-blocks, deriving motion information for the sub-blocks, performing motion compensation for the sub-blocks using the motion information to derive a final predictor, deriving and storing a representative motion vector for each grid in the current block, and encoding or decoding the current block using the final predictor. The representative motion vector for grids in a weighted area is determined by combining the motion vectors of the sub-blocks if the motion vectors of the sub-blocks are in different lists. The representative motion vector for grids in the weighted area is determined as one of the motion vectors of the sub-blocks if the motion vectors of the sub-blocks are in the same list.
US11785240B2
A method of video encoding includes determining whether a reference block for a current block is located in a different coding tree unit (CTU) than a CTU of the current block. The method also includes, in response to the reference block being located in the different CTU, (i) determining whether a memory location of a reference sample memory for the reference block is available. The second area is collocated in the different CTU with a position of the first area in the CTU of the current block. In response to the determination that the reference block is located in the different CTU, the method also includes, (ii) in response to a determination that the memory location for the reference block is available, retrieving, from the memory location corresponding to the reference block, one or more samples to encode the current block.
US11785238B2
A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream; construct, for a current block, a motion vector candidate list including adding a global motion vector candidate to the motion vector candidate list; and reconstruct pixel data of the current block and using the motion vector candidate list. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11785231B2
An image coding method of hierarchically coding a plurality of pictures to generate a bitstream, includes: coding each of the plurality of pictures, which belongs to any one of a plurality of hierarchical layers, with reference to a picture belonging to a hierarchical layer which is same as or lower than a hierarchical layer to which the picture belongs, and without reference to a picture belonging to a hierarchical layer which is higher than the hierarchical layer to which the picture belongs; and generating the bitstream by coding the coded pictures and time information indicating decoding times of the coded pictures. The time information indicates that the decoding times are set at equal intervals for low-layer pictures which are the plurality of pictures other than highest-layer pictures belonging to a highest layer among the plurality of hierarchical layers.
US11785225B2
A method for picture decoding, a method for picture encoding, a decoder, and an encoder are provided. The method includes the following. A bitstream corresponding to a current picture is acquired. The bitstream is parsed to obtain a flag corresponding to the current picture. A cross-decoding function is disabled when a decoding manner indicated by the flag is independent decoding of colour components, where the cross-decoding function allows decoding based on a dependency relationship between two chroma components.
US11785222B2
In an example, a method of processing video data may include inferring a pixel scan order for a first palette mode encoded block of video data without receiving a block-level syntax element having a value representative of the pixel scan order for the first palette mode encoded block. The method may include decoding the first palette mode encoded block of video data using the inferred pixel scan order. The method may include receiving a block-level syntax element having a value representative of a pixel scan order for a second palette mode encoded block of video data. The method may include determining the pixel scan order for the second palette mode encoded block of video data based on the received block-level syntax element. The method may include decoding the second palette mode encoded block of video data using the determined pixel scan order.
US11785220B2
A method of decoding includes receiving a first picture parameter set and a second picture parameter set each referring to same sequence parameter set, the first picture parameter set and the second picture parameter set having same values of a conformance window when the first picture parameter set and the second picture parameter set have same values of picture width and picture height, and applying the conformance window to a current picture corresponding to the first picture parameter set or the second picture parameter set.
US11785219B2
A method of decoding video data comprises determining, based on a color format of a picture of the video data, which context model from among a first context model and a second context model to use to determine a context increment for a syntax element that indicates a prefix of an x or y coordinate of a last significant transform coefficient of a color component of a block of the picture; and decoding a bin of the syntax element by applying Context Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) using a context determined based on the context increment for the syntax element.
US11785218B2
An image encoding method can include determining an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit; constructing a mode group including three intra prediction modes using valid intra prediction modes of left and top blocks of the current prediction unit; determining a mode group indicator and a prediction mode index of the current prediction unit; and encoding the mode group indicator and the prediction mode index, in which the mode group indicator indicates whether or not the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit belongs to the mode group, when the mode group indicator indicates that the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit belongs to the mode group, the prediction mode index specifies the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit in the mode group, when the mode group indicator indicates that the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit does not belong to the mode group, the prediction mode index specifies the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit among intra prediction modes besides the three intra prediction modes in the mode group.
US11785213B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines offset values associated with a first filter shape configuration of a video filter based on signals in a coded video bitstream that carries a video. The video filter is based on non linear mapping. The number of filter taps of the first filter shape configuration is smaller than five. The processing circuitry applies the video filter on a sample to be filtered, using the offset values associated with the first filter shape configuration.
US11785206B2
A method of decoding JVET video includes receiving a bitstream that includes encoded video data that includes encoded video data. From the encoded data, a horizontal predictor and a vertical predictor for a pixel in the current coding block may be interpolated. A coding block size may be identified to determine whether to use equal weight or unequal weights to apply to each of the horizontal and vertical predictors for calculating a final planar prediction value P(x,y) by comparing the coding block size to a coding block size threshold.
US11785195B2
A method and an apparatus for processing a three-dimensional video, a readable storage medium and an electronic device are involved in the present disclosure, and the present disclosure relates to the field of electronic information technologies. The method is applied to a terminal device, and includes: sending an initial two-dimensional image to a server, so that the server generates an initial three-dimensional video according to the initial two-dimensional image; receiving the initial three-dimensional video sent by the server, and processing the initial three-dimensional video to obtain a target three-dimensional video. According to the present disclosure, a two-dimensional image on the terminal device is uploaded to the server and is converted into a three-dimensional video by the server, then the three-dimensional video is processed by the terminal device.
US11785188B2
Provided is an apparatus that includes an image projection section that performs an image projection process based on a PWM method, an output image control section that sets a portion of a single-frame output period of a view-use image as a period in which to output a pattern image to be used for calculating an image correction parameter, a correction parameter calculation section that calculates the image correction parameter with use of the pattern image captured by a camera in the pattern image output period, and an image correction section that performs a correction process on the view-use image with use of the image correction parameter. The output image control section controls the pattern image output period in such a manner that pixel values of the pattern image fall within a range from a minimum pixel value to less than a minimum significant pixel value of the view-use image.
US11785187B2
A video monitoring system includes a camera head, which includes an infrared illumination source and an image sensor and is configured to transmit streaming video signals generated by the image sensor. A mount is configured to hold the camera head in a fixed location and orientation above a bed such that the image sensor captures images from a bird's eye view of a child in the bed. A processor is configured to receive and analyze the video signals so as to extract and provide information to a client device with regard to a behavior of the child.
US11785184B2
A maintenance support system includes a terminal including an imaging device, a device configured to identify a three-dimensional area TA including a maintenance target T with reference to a predetermined reference point, a device for identifying a position (vector A) of the imaging device in an initial state with respect to the reference point, a device for identifying a change of position (vector B) from the initial state of the imaging device, a device for identifying a position (vector C) of the reference point with reference to the imaging device in a post-movement state in which the terminal has moved, and identifying a pixel area corresponding to the three-dimensional area in a captured image, and a device for generating a processed image in which a portion other than the pixel area is made invisible. A communication device is provided for transmitting the processed image to a support terminal.
US11785179B1
Systems and methods to improve video conferencing may include various improvements and modifications to image and audio data to simulate mutual presence among users. For example, automated positioning and presentation of image data of users via presentation devices may present users at a position, size, and scale to simulate mutual presence of users within a same physical space. In addition, rendering image data of users from virtual camera positions via presentation devices may simulate mutual eye gaze and mutual presence of users. Further, blending a background, or accentuating a user, within image data that is presented via presentation devices may match visual characteristics of the environment or the user to simulate mutual presence of users. Moreover, dynamic steering of individual audio transducers of an audio transducer array, and simulating audio point sources using a combination of speakers, may simulate direct communication and mutual presence of users.
US11785177B2
A record-and-replay control device includes a video data acquiring unit, an event detecting unit, a replay control unit, an event detection direction acquiring unit, a recording control unit, and a display control unit. The video data acquiring unit is configured to acquire video data from an imaging unit to capture an image of outside of a vehicle. The event detecting unit is configured to detect an event of the vehicle. The event detection direction acquiring unit is configured to acquire an event detection direction of the vehicle. The recording control unit is configured to store video data caused by the detected event as event recording data with a first angle of view. The replay control unit is configured to replay the event recording data. The display control unit is configured to display the event recording data by adopting a second angle of view with enlargement in the event detection direction.
US11785173B2
A video processing device includes an acquirer that acquires video data via a predetermined transmission line, the video data including video and metadata that indicates a first frequency band that is a spatial frequency range in which the video is present; an adjuster that makes sharpness gain adjustment to video such that, among a plurality of regions of the video included in the video data acquired by the acquirer, a sharpness gain for a first region that belongs to the first frequency band indicated by the metadata exceeds a sharpness gain for a second region that belongs to a second frequency band that is a range outside the first frequency band; and an output device that outputs video adjusted by the adjuster.
US11785171B2
A display device includes a substrate and an active pattern positioned above the substrate and including a plurality of channel regions and a plurality of conductive regions. The display device includes a plurality of scan lines extending substantially in a first direction. The display device includes a data line and a driving voltage line crossing the plurality of scan lines. The display device includes a first transistor including a first channel region among the plurality of channel regions and a first gate electrode. The display device includes a first connector electrically connecting the first gate electrode of the first transistor and a first conductive region among the plurality of conductive regions to each other. The driving voltage line overlaps at least a portion of the first connector along a direction orthogonal to an upper surface of the substrate.
US11785170B2
The invention provides methods for broadcasting video in a dual HDR/LDR format such that the video can be displayed in real time by both LDR and HDR display devices. Methods and devices of the invention process streams of pixels from multiple sensors in a frame-independent manner to produce an HDR video signal in real time. That HDR video signal is then tone-mapped to produce an LDR video signal, the LDR signal is subtracted from the HDR signal to calculate a residual signal, and the LDR signal and the residual signal are merged into a combined signal that is broadcast via a communications network.
US11785167B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an apparatus information generator, an authenticator, and a job controller. The apparatus information generator generates apparatus information including apparatus identification information. The authenticator performs non-contact user authentication with a communication terminal by using communication without the Internet or by capturing image information. The job controller causes the communication terminal whose user has been authenticated by the authenticator to acquire the apparatus information by using communication without the Internet or by providing the apparatus information as image information. The job controller causes an apparatus corresponding to the apparatus information to execute a job on a basis of the apparatus information transmitted from the communication terminal via the Internet and setting information related to job execution.
US11785164B2
An object is to provide a copy function that guarantees intensity of embedded information. At the time of copying a printed material, embedded information is extracted from a scanned image obtained by scanning the target printed material. Then, in a case where it is confirmed that the copy-target printed material is an authentic document by the extracted embedded information, the embedded information extracted from the scanned image is reconfigured and printed and output.
US11785163B2
A first printer may include a controller configured to: in a case where a first predetermined operation is accepted in a state where second printer identification information and specific service-related information are stored in association with each other in the server, cause the display unit to display a notification screen that prompts a second predetermined operation, the second predetermined operation being for changing a printer used for the service from a second printer to the first printer; and in a case where the second predetermined operation is accepted, send a printer changing request including first printer identification information to the server. In a case where the printer changing request is sent to the server, the first printer identification information is stored, instead of the second printer identification information, in association with the specific service-related information in the server.
US11785158B2
A belt transfer type multi-function device includes a control device performing controlling such that an image to be printed on paper already caught between a transfer roller and the belt roller is printed, and if printing should not be performed on a next paper, movement of the next paper is stopped on a transfer path before the next paper is positioned between the transfer roller and the belt roller, the image already transferred on the transfer belt is deleted in a state in which the next paper is stopped on the transfer path, and the next paper in a stopped state is ejected as a blank paper through a ejection port along the transfer path, so that the image already transferred to the transfer belt, which is to be printed on the next paper along the movement direction of paper, is not printed on the next paper.
US11785146B2
Techniques are described for enabling a service administrator to respond to a detected doorbell press at a property when an authorized user is unavailable to respond. In some implementations, a determination that a doorbell press has been detected at a property is made. Video data collected by a doorbell device of the property is obtained in response to determining that the doorbell press has been detected at the property. Sensor data collected by one or more sensors of a monitoring system located within the property is obtained in response to determining that the doorbell press has been detected at the property. A present security risk for the property is determined based at least on the obtained sensor data and the obtained video data. A communication session between the doorbell device and a server system associated with the monitoring system of the property is established in response to determining the present security risk for the property.
US11785133B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed related to managing characteristics of a mobile device based upon capacitive detection of materials proximate the mobile device, a capacitive gesture system that can allow the same gestures be used in arbitrary locations within range of a mobile device. One such method includes receiving a first capacitive sensor measurement with a first capacitive sensor of the mobile device. The method further includes determining a value indicative of a material adjacent to the mobile device based on a correspondence between the first capacitive sensor measurement and stored values corresponding to different materials. The method further includes sending instructions to adjust a characteristic of the mobile device based on the determined value indicative of the material adjacent to the mobile device. In certain examples, gesture sensing can be performed using capacitive measurements from the capacitive sensors.
US11785129B2
A retrieving component connects to a server to download a cue stack for the interactive event with the cue stack having a series of cues for a plurality of effects, including at least one of a screen color effect, a screen image effect, and a flashing effect, arranged in a predetermined order. A receiving component receives at least one cue trigger from a localized trigger generator. A rendering component matches the cue trigger to a cue within the cue stack. The rendering component can activate the screen to display a color in response to a cue for a screen color effect, can activate the screen to display an image in response to a cue for a screen image effect, and can activate the flashing device in response to a cue for a flashing effect.
US11785127B2
A distributed voice applications system includes a voice services instruction rendering agent and at least one voice services software client that is configured to provide voice applications to an individual user. A management system may control and direct the voice services rendering agent to create voice applications that are personalized for individual users based on user characteristics, information about the environment in which the voice applications will be performed, prior user interactions and other information. The voice services software client may be resident on a local user device which includes a voice browser and speech recognition capabilities. The local device, voice services instruction rendering agent and the management system may be interconnected via a communications network.
US11785120B2
A data transmission method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: when determining that a first data stream satisfies a transmission optimization enabling condition, a first transmitting end TE1 sends a transmission optimization enabling notification to a first receiving end RE1, where the transmission optimization enabling notification is used to indicate the RE1 to skip sending, to the TE1, an acknowledgment packet used to acknowledge that a data packet of the first data stream is already received by the RE2. The TE1 receives a data packet Data2 in a second protocol format from the TE2. The TE1 sends a data packet Data1 in a first protocol format to the RE1. The TE1 receives an acknowledgment frame Ack1 in the first protocol format from the RE1. The TE1 constructs an acknowledgment packet Ack2 in the second protocol format based on the Ack1, and sends it to the TE2.
US11785117B2
Embodiments described herein provide methods and apparatuses for relate to methods and apparatuses for providing processing functions by microservices in a service. A first microservice is capable of providing a first processing function in a service comprising a plurality of microservices. The method includes receiving a processing request to provide the first processing function; obtaining a sequence of a plurality of microservices associated with the processing request, wherein the sequence comprises the first microservice; obtaining a current latency requirement associated with the remaining microservices in the sequence; obtaining an estimated latency associated with the remaining microservices in the sequence; and placing the processing request in a processing queue based on a comparison between the current latency requirement and the estimated latency.
US11785102B1
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for application programming interface (API) related groupings involving common API framework (CAPIF) are disclosed. One example method for using an API exposure function (AEF) group comprises: at a CAPIF node including at least one processor: receiving an AEF group creation message for creating an AEF group associated with an API invoker, wherein the AEF group creation message includes AEF group information indicating one or more service APIs usable by an API invoker; storing the AEF group information; determining, using the AEF group information, service API information associated with the AEF group for the API invoker; and providing the service API information to the API invoker.
US11785099B2
The described technology relates to a software application architecture allowing for creation of a web application that has multiple Single Page Applications (SPAs) within the application. The software application architecture includes components that are common to each page of the web application while also having components that are dynamically loaded to cater to specific respective pages within the application. The dynamically loadable components can be identified based on an identifier in a path being browsed using a web browser application. The described application architecture may be used in the context of AngularJS, as well as other SPA technologies and non-SPA technologies.
US11785098B2
Systems and methods for personalizing a computer application for a user are disclosed. The method including providing multiple user groups, where each user group is assigned a set of computer application features and no two sets of computer application features are identical. The method further includes monitoring computer application usage of the user over a first period of time; based on the monitored usage, allocating a first user group to the user from the multiple user groups, the first user group fitting the user; and personalizing the computer application for the user by providing the set of computer application features assigned to the first user group.
US11785096B2
The described technology provides a capability for web applications from different domains to interact within one application environment. For example, an enterprise web application executing on a client terminal is provided the capability to monitor a second web application from a third party vendor even when the second web application is independently executing within an iframe or the like within the enterprise web applications container or context. In some example embodiments, the communication is enabled by a composite cookie or key that incorporates portions of an enterprise web application cookie or key and also portions of a vendor web application cookie or key.
US11785090B2
A linkage control system, a method, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The system includes: a trigger access module, configured to obtain a linkage trigger signal satisfying a linkage trigger condition; first MQTT middleware, connected to the trigger access module and the linkage engine module, and configured to send the linkage trigger signal to the linkage engine module; a linkage manner database, configured to store a linkage manner; a linkage engine module, connected to the linkage manner database, and configured to determine a target linkage manner according to the linkage trigger signal; and second MQTT middleware, connected to the linkage engine module, and configured to be connected to N devices, and send a control instruction to the target device according to the target linkage manner determined by the linkage engine module, so that the target device performs an action corresponding to the control instruction.
US11785076B2
An example method involves accessing a playlist defining a sequence of media content items including a first media content item and a second media content item; retrieving, from one or more server devices, first data representing the media content items of the received playlist, and using the retrieved first data to playout the media content items in accordance with the sequence defined by the playlist; determining a status of an event, and using the determined status of the event as a basis to determine a condition; making a determination that the determined condition has been satisfied; and responsive to making the determination that the determined condition has been satisfied, (i) retrieving second data representing a media content item related to the event, and (ii) using the retrieved second data to playout the media content item related to the event in between playing out the first and second media content items.
US11785069B2
SphericRTC provides real-time 360-degree video communication, which allows the viewer to observe the environment in any direction from the camera location. This more allows users to more-efficiently exchange information and can be beneficial in the real-time setting. The system selects representations of 360-degree frames to allow efficient, content-adaptive delivery. The system performs joint content and bitrate adaptation in real-time by offloading expensive transformation operations to a GPU. The system demonstrates that the multiple sub-components: viewport feedback, representation selection, and joint content and bitrate adaptation, can be effectively integrated within a single framework. Compared to a baseline implementation, views in SphericRTC have consistently higher visual quality. The median Viewport-PSNR of such views is 2.25 dB higher than views in the baseline system.
US11785067B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums for receiving media data of a session. One apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives a media presentation description (MPD) file and one or more session-based description (SBD) files. The MPD file includes one or more essential property descriptors for session-based dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH). Each of the one or more essential property descriptors is associated with a different SBD file in the one or more SBD files. The processing circuitry determines, for a period in the MPD file, whether the period has a supplemental property descriptor for session-based DASH. The processing circuitry applies one of the one or more SBD files to the period in response to the period having the supplemental property descriptor. An identification value in the supplemental property descriptor is included in one essential property descriptor associated with the SBD file.
US11785062B1
A computer-implemented method for enabling shared media interactions may include (i) identifying a group message thread that is composed of messages between a group of users, (ii) detecting that a user in the group of users is interacting with a media item posted in the group message thread, (iii) in response to detecting that the user is interacting with the media item, initiating a shared media interaction session in the group message thread for the media item, and (iv) notifying the group of users that the shared media interaction session is available in the group message thread. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11785060B2
Content-aware device selection is performed for modifying content elements in digital collaboration spaces. A content element, such as a text box or drawing space, is detected within a digital collaboration space based on input received from a first device of a first device type. A second device type to use to modify the content element is determined based on a content type of the content element. One or more devices of that second device type which are authenticated to access the digital collaboration space are identified. At least one of those authenticated devices are then prompted for input to use to modify the content element. The content element is then modified within the digital collaboration space based on the input received from at least one of those prompted devices.
US11785058B2
Disclosed are a music playing method and device. A user device is used to control another user device, to realize a music on hold (playing music in a call-hold duration) function, which reduces interaction with a SIP server, thereby reducing load of the SIP server. Softswitch (i.e., switching SDP) is established between a second user device in need of the music on hold function and a media resource server by a first user device, to realize a P2P media link between the second user device and the media resource server, which saves broadband resources of the SIP server. Also, in a situation where the media resource server needs to be deployed in another network segment (i.e., the media resource server and the second user device are in two network segments), the P2P media link can avoid configuring an access permission to a router, thus being convenient for network environment deployment.
US11785056B2
A web browser interface for visualizing realtime network communications in spatial communication environments allows communicants to interact with other communicants in an immersive spatial communication environment without having to install any specialized communication software and without requiring special proxies or firewall additions or exceptions.
US11785055B2
A system for data communications comprising a handset having a processor, a wireless communications device, a speaker and a microphone and one or more software applications operating on the processor that are configured to interface with a voice over long-term evolution (VoLTE) service. A wireless access point coupled to the handset through a local wireless communications media and the wireless communications device, the wireless access point further coupled to a long range wireless communications media and configured to interface with a server that provides VoLTE calling functionality.
US11785054B2
Techniques for deriving system architecture from security group relationships are described. One or more security group rules can be obtained for an application, the one or more security group rules controlling communication of one or more security groups. The one or more security group rules can be analyzed to determine placement data for the one or more security groups. The placement data can be provided to a placement service, and the placement service can be caused to deploy at least one virtual machine using the placement data.
US11785050B2
A security management system for a remove working environment, a computer program therefor, and a method therefor are provided. The security management system monitors and tracks a behavior of an endpoint in real time after execution of a process or a network access time point. Furthermore, the security management system monitors a behavior of an operating system level on the endpoint to which the security policy is not applied in real time to detect a behavior which threatens the security management system and controls the endpoint. Furthermore, the security management system corrects and manages the security policy in response to a request about exception application of a predetermined security policy in real time to flexibly perform security management of the endpoint.
US11785047B2
One or more medical devices are configured to connect to a predetermined temporary provisioning network of a healthcare organization, the temporary provisioning network being different than a healthcare network of the healthcare organization. After the devices are received by the healthcare organization, and powered up for the first time, device identifiers corresponding to the medical devices are received at a server remote from the healthcare organization, from the temporary provisioning network, together with an indication that the medical devices are requesting access to a management server within a healthcare network of the healthcare organization. On determining that the medical devices are predetermined to receive access to the management server, a provisioning service configures, through the temporary provisioning network, the medical devices to access and communicate with the management server, and informs the management server that the medical devices have been configured to access and communicate with the management server.
US11785046B1
A system and method for altering client fingerprint that includes editing data components of network communication from a client device to a server, which comprises editing network protocol data from the client during negotiation of a cryptographic protocol; selectively enabling access to library components specified in the edited client network protocol data; and sending a client communication to the server using the edited client network protocol data.
US11785045B2
A network communications method utilizing a network watermark for providing security in the communications includes creating a verifiable network communications path of nodes through a network for the transfer of information from a first end node to a second end node; verifying the network communications path of nodes, by the first end node, before communicating by the first end node information intended for receipt by the second end node; and once the network communications path of nodes is verified by the first end node, communicating by the first end node, via the verified communications path of nodes, the information intended for receipt by the second end node; wherein the network watermark represents the verifiable network communications path of nodes.
US11785040B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems, apparatuses and methods for mitigating cyber-attacks. For example, the method includes receiving, from one or more network devices tracking activity on a network, one or more data streams associated with a respective one of the one or more network devices, identifying a security alert from the one or more data streams, the security alert including metadata context describing the network device from the one or more network devices that originated the security alert, analyzing the metadata context to generate a metadata context score. When the security alert is determined to be a security threat event, classifying a type of the security threat event based on the related activity score and the metadata context, and outputting a recommended mitigation course of action based on the classified type of the security threat event.
US11785038B2
A computer implemented system and method provide for a transfer learning platform system. The method provides an introduced enterprise security policy (IESP) to a first enterprise system. During a threat, the IESP is toggled on and off. A first change element is determined that represents a change in a logging system of the first enterprise between a first and second log element of the first enterprise captured when the IESP was toggled on and off, respectively. The IESP is provided to a second enterprise system. A second change element is determined that represents a change in a logging system of the second enterprise between a first log element of the second enterprise. The method further determines that the first and second change element are different, and, conditioned upon the determining that the second change element is different than the first change element, removes the IESP from the second enterprise system.
US11785035B2
A method for operating at least one log-analytics detection platform for detecting security threats associated with a client network, comprising: obtaining, via a communication network, log files from a client network, each log file comprising a log record associated with a channel and including an outbound communications log; extracting a channel feature set for said channels from said log files, said channel feature set comprises data pertaining to an associated entity, at least one channel feature being behavior of communication over a channel; aggregating said channel associated features for each of the channels into a data repository; generating a risk factor characterized by an entity score for said least one entity associated with entities of said channels; and blocking of communication for said entity when said risk factory is indicative of said entity being a security threat.
US11785032B2
Some embodiments provide a method for identifying security threats to a datacenter. From multiple host computers in the datacenter, the method receives data indicating port usage for a particular time period for each of multiple destination data compute nodes (DCNs) executing on the host computers. For each DCN of a set of the destination DCNs, identifies whether the port usage for the particular time period deviates from a historical baseline port usage for the DCN. When the port usage for a particular DCN deviates from the historical baseline for the particular DCN, the method identifies the particular DCN as a target of a security threat.
US11785030B2
This application discusses identifying data processing timeouts in live risk analysis systems. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor, may provide a production computing environment that includes a risk analysis system having one or more risk models, which may be machine-learning based. These risk models may be utilized in order to determine whether incoming data processing requests are fraudulent. To test these risk models using production data traffic, an audit computing environment made of a set of machines that do not service production computing environment requests, but that utilize databases and data connections as are used by the production systems. The audit computing environment may thus mirror the risk models and functionality of the production computing environment without the drawbacks of a typical fully separate testing environment. Thus, risk model performance and execution times may be monitored to determine whether any models encounter errors with production data traffic.
US11785026B2
An information processing device 10 comprises a data reception unit 13 that accepts transmission information of an email received by each of a plurality of mail servers 12, the transmission information being extracted from the emails; a transmission information determination unit 14 that determines whether the transmission source of the email is appropriate based on the transmission information; and a whitelist distribution unit 16 that distributes the transmission source determined to be appropriate to each of the plurality of mail servers.
US11785023B2
In a vehicle abnormality detection device, when a transmission and reception unit receives abnormality information of a first control device on an in-vehicle network configured by a plurality of layers via a firewall, an abnormality cause candidate acquisition unit acquires a candidate for a second control device that may cause the abnormality of the first control device. An abnormality information management unit manages the first control device and the second control device as abnormality cause control devices when the second control device in which an abnormality occurs before a time when the abnormality of the first control device is detected is detected from the candidate acquired by the abnormality cause candidate acquisition unit.
US11785014B1
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for securely delivering digital content to a user. An example method includes receiving a request for digital content for presentation by a first user device associated with a first user profile and receiving contextual device data of the first user device. The example method further include comparing the contextual device data of the first user device and a secure context dataset to determine a device delivery context of the first user device. In instances in which the contextual device data of the first user device fails to satisfy one or more security thresholds defined by the secure context dataset, the method determines an unsecure delivery context and generates secured digital content. The example method further includes causing presentation of the secured digital content via a second user device associated with the first user profile.
US11785003B2
A method and system for processing a transaction based on biometric data and access data is disclosed. Different accounts and providers may be used to process transactions, using different message formats, based on user-configured mappings. In one example, the method includes receiving, by a message processing system, an authorization request message from an access device, the authorization request message comprising a biometric template and access data. An interaction entity record identifier, associated with an interaction entity from among a plurality of different interaction entities that process messages in different message formats, may be retrieved. The authorization request message may be converted from a first format to a second format, the second format being compatible with message processing by the interaction entity. The converted authorization request message may be transmitted to the interaction entity for determining whether to authorize the transaction.
US11785001B1
Disclosed techniques provide an image-based process that allows a computing device to obtain content from a content provider. Identification data is obtained from processing image data. Using the obtained identification data and access data, the content is provided to the computing device. The image data and the identification data obtained from processing the image data are linked to the computing device.
US11784999B1
Embodiments are directed to credential management for distributed services. A plurality of mesh agents for an overlay network may be provided such that the overlay network may be employed to provide a secure tunnel between a client and a resource server. If client request that requires user credentials is provided to a mesh agent associated with the resource server, credential instructions may be provided to the mesh agent and the credential instructions may be employed to determine credential information that enables access to the resource server. The mesh agent may be employed to communicate the client request and the credential information to the resource server; determining a response to the client request from the resource server; employing the mesh agent to receive a response to the client request from the resource server and forwarded to the client over the overlay network.
US11784995B1
Disclosed herein is an identity network that can provide a universal, digital identity for users that can be used to authenticate the user by an identity provider for relying parties to utilize for confirming the identity of the user during sign-up. The identity network receives a request from a relying party that includes deep linking to an identity provider selected by the user. The request specifies the user and any other information about the user the relying party is requesting. A service of the identity network launches the application for the identity provider on the user's device and the user logs into the identity provider's application, which provides the user authentication/validation and information about the user to the identity network. The identity network can then provide the information to the relying party, which the relying party can rely on for creating an account with the relying party for the user.
US11784988B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a data integrity system for transmission of data. A computing platform may detect transmission of data to a second enterprise computing device, and may intercept the data content in transmission. Then, the computing platform may convert the data content to an electronic file in a standardized textual format. Then, the computing platform may add an alert message to a message queue indicating that the electronic file is available for processing. Subsequently, the computing platform may cause one or more content processors to process the electronic file to identify a portion of the data content for review prior to transmission, and output a notification message to the message queue providing information related to the identified portion. Then, the computing platform may modify the data content, generate a link to the modified data content, and provide the generated link to the second enterprise computing device.
US11784967B1
Techniques implemented by an IP address management (IPAM) system for monitoring the usage of IP addresses in networks of computing resources and automatically notifying networking devices when IP address usage has changed. The IPAM system may create pools of IP addresses (e.g., address groups), and map those pools to prefix lists that are distributed to the networking devices. The IPAM system may monitor changes in IP address usage by resources in the networks (e.g., allocations and releases of IP addresses), update the pools that are affected by the changes, carry those changes through to the appropriate prefix lists, and propagate updated prefix lists to the networking devices (e.g., firewall devices, routing devices, etc.). In this way, the IPAM system may automatically identify and apply IP address changes to prefix lists that are used for networking operations in the networks.
US11784965B2
In a wireless communication network, a Domain Name System (DNS) receives an Access Point Identifier (AP ID) for an access point that serves a User Equipment (UE). The DNS converts the AP ID into an Access Gateway Identifier (AGW ID) that comprises a location identifier. The DNS selects an External Gateway Identifier (EGW ID) that comprises the location identifier. The access gateway receives control signals having the AGW ID and exchanges user data between the access point and the external gateway to serve the UE. The co-located external gateway receives additional control signals having the EGW ID and exchanges the user data between the access gateway and an external system to serve the UE.
US11784960B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging connections. One embodiment is a method that includes determining, by a processor, a plurality of subset lists of leads from a list of leads, and creating, by the processor, a message for each one of the plurality of subset lists of leads to one of a plurality of collaborators. The method further includes transmitting, by the processor, each message with one of the plurality of subset lists of leads to each of the plurality of collaborators from a user.
US11784956B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for requesting assets be added to an asset account.
US11784951B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for determining contextually relevant application templates associated with electronic message content.
US11784950B2
A method and system for communicating with wireless messaging enabled door locks. The method includes advertising availability of the door lock via wireless messaging for a first period of time; triggering a message send event; determining a destination node; connecting to the destination node; sending the message to the destination node; and entering a low power state for a second period of time, wherein the second period of time is longer than the first period of time; wherein the destination node is chosen from a second door lock or a computing system.
US11784948B2
Cognitive determination of whether a message is suitable for sending over a data communications network can include extracting tokens from the message prior to transmitting the message. One or more intended recipients of the message can be determined from the tokens. A machine learning classification model corresponding to the one or more recipients of the message can be selected. The machine learning classification model can be constructed based on tokens extracted from prior messages, which are combined to create a plurality of documents for training the machine learning classification model. The one or more tokens extracted from the message can be classified using the machine learning classification model. An alert message can be generated in response to determining based on the classifying that the message is unsuited for sending.
US11784944B2
Embodiments for dynamic bandwidth allocation in cloud network switches in a cloud computing environment are provided. Quality of service (QoS) policies may be dynamically changed in one or more cloud network switches based on dynamically estimating expected traffic demands for each of a plurality of traffic classes, wherein bandwidth is dynamically allocated among queues based on changing the QoS policies.
US11784935B2
A semiconductor chip for implementing aggregated flow detection and management includes a number of pipes, where each pipe is coupled to a portion of ports on the semiconductor chip that are to receive data packets. A logic is coupled to the pipes and is used to detect and manage an elephant flow. The elephant flow-detection and management logic includes a flow table and a byte counter.
US11784933B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses, including network interface controllers and computer-readable media, for traffic shaping offload. A network computing device can receive data packets for transmission and implement a traffic policy that includes transmitting at least some data packets without delay to their intended destination. Confirmation tokens for non-delayed packets can be queued in a time-indexed data structure and dequeued according to a traffic shaping policy. Confirmation tokens can be generated and stored independent of the time at which corresponding packets for the tokens are transmitted. Dequeued confirmation tokens can cause the network computing device to receive additional packets for transmission. The device can flag at least some packets for transmission without delay according to aspects of the disclosure, while un-flagged packets can be shaped according to a different traffic shaping policy.
US11784926B2
Some embodiments provide a method for forwarding multicast data messages at a forwarding element on a host computer. The method receives a multicast data message from a routing element executing on the host computer along with metadata appended to the multicast data message by the routing element. Based on a destination address of the multicast data message, the method identifies a set of recipient ports for a multicast group with which the multicast data message is associated. For each recipient port, the method uses the metadata appended to the multicast data message by the routing element to determine whether to deliver a copy of the multicast data message to the recipient port.
US11784917B2
Techniques are disclosed for session-based routing within Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model Layer-2 (L2) networks extended over Layer-3 (L3) networks. In one example, L2 networks connect a first client device to a first router and a second client device to a second router. An L3 network connects the first and second routers. The first router receives, from the first client device, an non-session-based L2 frame destined for the second client device. The first router forms an L3 packet comprising an L3 header specifying L3 addresses of the first and second routers and a protocol selected based on an L3 service for the L2 frame, a payload comprising the L2 frame, and metadata comprising a session identifier distinctly identifying the L2 frame, and forwards the L3 packet to the second router. The second router recovers the L2 frame from the payload and forwards the L2 frame to the second client device.
US11784916B2
A control node and/or a storage processing node maybe configured to modify a control path between a control node and storage processing node to include at least a portion of a data fabric and another processing node. Control communications may be sent over the data fabric by encapsulating control information that is configured in accordance with a first technology of the control fabric within communications configured in accordance with a second technology of the data fabric. Control switching logic may include logic to switch to a modified control path that includes at least a portion of a data fabric: in response to a failure of the control path; to load balance management activity; and/or improve QoS of management activity.
US11784911B2
Methods and apparatus relating to the use of aggregated links, e.g., links in a bundle, are described. A normal link metric and a limited operation mode link metric a determined for a link bundle, the normal link metric having a lower value than the limited operational mode link metric. The status of links in a link bundle are monitored. Based on the number of currently operational links in a link bundle and a switching threshold, a decision is made whether to advertise the normal link metric, advertise the limited operation mode threshold or refrain from advertising any link metric. The use of the limited operation link metric facilitates the use of a partially failed link bundle providing an alternative routing path in the network that would not otherwise be available.
US11784907B2
A router advertises an aggregated service or route that can be evaluated by other routers as a unitary segment rather than as a group of individual links/paths associated with the aggregated service or route. The aggregated service or route can be based on service and topology state information received from one or more other routers and can be advertised with the router as the nexthop for the aggregated service or route. The router can advertise an aggregated metric for the aggregated service or route for use in such evaluation. An aggregated route can be associated with different aggregated metrics for different services.
US11784887B1
Bandwidth throttling in a browser isolation environment is disclosed. A request is received from a client browser executing on a client device to connect to a website. The browser isolation system provides a surrogate browser to facilitate communications between the client browser and the remote resource. A throttle is applied to a portion of content delivered to the client browser in response to the received request.
US11784882B2
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are provided for configuration monitoring. In some embodiments, there is provided a method that includes: sending a container image to a second cloud platform hosting a production system, wherein the container image includes configuration instructions to configure monitoring of an application at the production system hosted at the second cloud platform and at least one value to be monitored at the application at the production system hosted at the second cloud platform; receiving at least one message including the at least one value indicative of a current state of the application and/or the cloud platform; comparing the at least one value to at least one threshold; and in response to the at least one value exceeding the at least one threshold, sending an alert message.
US11784881B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request for a configuration audit of a network device, identifying a class of the network device, retrieving a configuration template for the network device, wherein the retrieving is based on the class of the network device, wherein the configuration template is represented as a hierarchical tree structure, retrieving a current configuration of the network device, translating the current configuration of the network device to a tree data structure, comparing the tree data structure with the configuration template represented as a hierarchical tree structure, identifying discrepancies between the tree data structure and the configuration template represented as a hierarchical tree structure, reporting the discrepancies, receiving instructions to resolve the discrepancies, and modifying one of the current configuration for the network device and the configuration template for the network device, wherein the modifying is responsive to the instructions to resolve the discrepancies. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11784878B2
A method for managing a network device that includes a network operating system (NOS) and a third-party network operating system (3PNOS) includes detecting a 3PNOS state change in a 3PNOS database managed by the 3PNOS, translating the 3PNOS state change into a network device state change, storing the network device state change in a state database managed by the NOS, in response to the storing: detecting a change in the state database by a NOS agent executing in the NOS, initiating, in response to detecting the change in the state database, an update to hardware on the network device by the NOS, wherein the 3PNOS does not directly manage the hardware.
US11784876B1
Methods and systems for managing network provisioning for far edge devices are disclosed. New devices may be onboarded to a network at the far edge to provide computer-implemented services. Upon delivery to the far edge, the new devices may lack IP network configuration, which may be required to obtain provisioning data used to complete the onboarding process. That is, the new devices may be unable to access provisioning data until IP-based communications are established with a provisioning server. However, IP network configuration of the new devices may fail (e.g., when local DHCP servers fail to provide network configuration information), preventing initiation of the onboarding process. Thus, a remote service console may be implemented to manage network provisioning (e.g., when DHCP methods fail). The service console may be hosted by a service device and may use raw-socket MAC address-based communications to manage the IP network configuration of the new devices.
US11784873B2
An ultra-reliable and low latency communications local breakout (URLLC-LBO) method and a URLLC-LBO method for a next generation radio access network (NG-RAN) are provided. The method includes: configuring a core network to establish a packet data unit (PDU) session between first user equipment (UE) and the core network; configuring the first UE to establish a URLLC service; configuring a near real-time RAN intelligent controller (near-RT RIC) to establish an F1-LBO routing process to set an LBO dedicated radio bearer (DRB) for the local URLLC service; configuring an F1-LBO virtual network function (VNF) module according to a traffic rule by the F1-LBO routing process, to establish a routing table through the F1-LBO VNF module, in which the routing table defines a relationship between a first location and a second location of the LBO DRB.
US11784872B1
Techniques and systems for suppressing messages destined for a server device that is at least partially out-of-service are disclosed. An example process performed by a client device, such as a PCRF or a PCF, may include sending a message to a server device, such as a PGW or a SMF, receiving, in response to the sending of the message to the server device, a notification indicating that the server device is at least partially out of service, and refraining, based at least in part on the receiving of the notification, from sending one or more messages to the server device until the client device is notified that the server device is back in service. Suppressing messages in this manner reduces extraneous traffic in the network to conserve computing resources (e.g., network bandwidth resources).
US11784859B2
A Bluetooth receiver is provided. The Bluetooth receiver comprises processing circuitry configured to receive a receive signal and to determine receive symbols based on the receive signal. The Bluetooth receiver further comprises control circuitry configured to determine a frequency offset and/or a modulation index of the receive signal based on the receive signal. The control circuitry is additionally configured to control an operation mode of the processing circuitry based on the determined frequency offset and/or the modulation index of the receive signal.
US11784855B2
A data receiver circuit includes a summer circuit configured to receive an input signal that encodes multiple data symbols, and combine the input signal with a feedback signal to generate an equalized input signal, which is used to generate a clock signal. The data receiver circuit also includes multiple data slicer circuits that sample, using the clock signal and multiple voltage offsets, the equalized input signal to generate multiple samples of a particular data symbol. A precursor compensation circuit included in the data receiver circuit may generate an output value for the particular data symbol using the multiple samples. The data receiver circuit also includes a post cursor compensation circuit that generates the feedback signal using at least one of the multiple samples and a value of a previously received sample.
US11784852B2
A device is configured to calculate a set of channel estimates for a plurality of sub-carriers based on a plurality of pilot-symbols and/or data-symbols carried by said plurality of sub-carriers; calculate a set of equalizers for the plurality of sub-carriers based on the set of channel estimates; perform an equalization on a plurality of data-symbols using the set of equalizers for obtaining a plurality of equalized symbols; perform a soft-slicing or hard-slicing procedure comprising obtaining a plurality of estimated symbols based on the equalized symbols; calculate at least one diagonal-loaded interference-plus-noise covariance matrix, based on the set of estimated symbols; de-map the plurality of data symbols to soft-bits, based on the at least one diagonal-loaded interference-plus-noise covariance matrix, the set of channel estimates or an updated version thereof; and feed the soft-bits to a channel decoder.
US11784846B2
A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to manage a plurality of entitlements for a plurality of subscriptions of one or more buildings with a building entitlement model, receive a first request to perform a first operation for a first subscription and a second request to perform a second operation for a second subscription, and implement the first operation on first computing resources of a first zone based on the building entitlement model in response to a first determination that the first subscription has the first entitlement and implement the second operation on second computing resources of the second zone based on the building entitlement model in response to a second determination that the second subscription has the second entitlement.
US11784844B2
A device for managing an extended home network is disclosed. This extended home network comprises a main home network and a secondary network, including an equipment adapted to execute an application based on a uniform resource locator address that enables the equipment to access, via a communication network, at least one piece of data enabling the execution of the application on the equipment. The management device is configured to: receive, via the main home network, a request to associate the equipment from the secondary network with the application, store a list of equipment from the secondary network in association with the application, receive a request to launch the application, from a terminal, via the secondary network, this request comprising an identifier of the application, provide the terminal, on reception of the launch request, with the list of equipment, receive, from the terminal, an identifier of an equipment on the list.
US11784839B2
Systems, devices and processes and described herein to improve the generation of video content in video production systems. In general, the systems, devices and processes facilitate the incorporation of one or more remotely captured video streams into an output video stream for use in video conferencing. Specifically, the systems, devices and processes provide for the use of a dynamically adjustable time clock delay to generate a relatively low latency output video stream suitable for use in video conferencing. The use of dynamically adjustable time clock delay allows one or more input video streams to be generated by one or more remote video capture devices, transmitted to a video access point device, and selectively combined at the video access point device into the output video stream with relatively low latency suitable for video conferencing.
US11784837B2
Methods, a policy node and a charging node for enabling spending limit control for a user equipment in a telecommunication network. The policy node obtains an identifier related to the user equipment, an identifier of a policy counter and a set of policy counter statuses to be monitored by the policy node. The set of policy counter statuses are related to the identifier of the policy counter. The policy node sends, a request for reporting of policy counter statuses related to the user equipment for the policy counter. The request includes the identifier related to the user equipment, the identifier of the policy counter and the set of policy counter statuses. A policy counter status of the set of policy counter statuses is determined. The policy counter status has changed as determined by the charging node. A response to the request is sent and includes the policy counter status that has changed.
US11784836B2
A computing system that is configured to receive requests to send computer executable programs to a data owner system associated with a data source for execution of the computer executable program by the data owner system. The data owner system may store to a blockchain a permitted list of programming functions, function libraries, function syntax definitions, and execution environment requirements. The computing system may be further configured to retrieve the permitted lists. The computing system may be further configured to evaluate the computer executable program using the permitted lists to determine if the computer executable program may be executed by the data owner system. The evaluation may be performed by generating an abstract syntax tree of the computer executable program. The computing system may be further configured to send the computer executable program to the data owner system if the computer executable program satisfies the conditions of the permitted lists.
US11784835B2
A circuit includes a set of multiple bit generating cells. One or more adjustable characterization circuits are coupled to inputs to the bit generating cells to affect the outputs of the bit generating cells. Based on the effect of the characterization circuit(s) on the outputs of the bit generating cells, a subset less than all of the bit generating cells is selected.
US11784826B2
Described are a system, method, and computer program product for secure real-time n-party computation. The method includes communicating, to a trusted execution environment (TEE), a first computation input and a first portion of a one-time key. The method also includes receiving, from the TEE, an encrypted output of a computation based on the first computation input and a second computation input communicated to the TEE by a second computing device. The method further includes communicating the encrypted output to the second computing device and receiving a digital signature indicating that the second computing device received the encrypted output. The method further includes communicating the first portion of the one-time key to the second computing device and, in response to not receiving the second portion of the one-time key from the second computing device, executing a fallback computation process using the TEE and a shared ledger to determine the computation.
US11784825B2
Improvements to post-quantum lattice-based digital signature schemes are disclosed. By sampling cryptographic material, including cryptographic key matrices and masking vectors from a uniform distribution, embodiments eliminate the need for a security check during generation of a digital signature vector. As a result, digital signatures can be generated faster and at a lower failure rate. A generating device can generate a verification matrix A and a secret matrix S from a uniform distribution, and an error matrix E from a special distribution (such as a Gaussian). The generating device can combine the three matrices to generate a public matrix Y. The first and the fourth matrices (A, Y) can be used as a public key used to verify digital signatures. The second and the third matrices (S, E) can be used as a private key used to generate digital signatures.
US11784822B2
A system and method for transmitting a notification to a network includes a computing device, the computing device configured to identify at least a user venture of a plurality of user ventures, generate at least a network as a function of the user venture and at least a flutter element, wherein generating further comprises retrieving at least a user signature of a plurality of user signatures relating to the flutter element, producing at least an input as a function of the user signature using at least a cryptographic function, and generating the at least network as a function of the input and the user venture, identify at least a logical input as a function of the network using an authentication operator, and transmit a notification as a function of the logical input to at least the network.
US11784808B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for authenticating access control messages include receiving, at a first node, access control messages from a second node. The first node and the second node including network devices and the access control messages can be based on RADIUS or TACACS+ protocols among others. The first node can obtain attestation information from one or more fields of the access control messages determine whether the second node is authentic and trustworthy based on the attestation information. The first node can also determine reliability or freshness of the access control messages based on the attestation information. The first node can be a server and the second node can be a client, or the first node can be a client and the second node can be a server. The attestation information can include Proof of Integrity based on a hardware fingerprint, device identifier, or Canary Stamp.
US11784807B2
According to certain embodiments, a method comprises receiving an encrypted value from a trust anchor. The encrypted value is received by a hardware component, and the encrypted value is associated with a posture assessment in which the trust anchor determines whether the hardware component is authorized to run on a product. The method further comprises obtaining a random value (K) based on decrypting the encrypted value. The decrypting uses a long-term key associated with the hardware component. The method further comprises communicating an encrypted response to the trust anchor. The encrypted response is encrypted using the random value (K). The encrypted response enables the trust anchor to determine whether the hardware component is authorized to run on the product.
US11784801B2
Embodiments of this disclosure disclose a key management method and a related device, the method including: selecting a random number and a key according to an operation instruction inputted by a user; generating a first encryption ciphertext of the key, according to the random number, the key, a first public key, and a second public key, the first public key being determined according to a point on an elliptic curve and a private key of a hardware security module (HSM), and the second public key being determined according to the point on the elliptic curve and a private key of the client; generating a symmetric key sequence according to the key and a preselected hash function; encrypting data according to the symmetric key sequence to obtain a data ciphertext; and transmitting the first encryption ciphertext and the data ciphertext to a cloud server.
US11784796B2
One-time-pad (OTP) encryption systems and methodologies are resistant to cracking, even by advanced quantum computers. In contrast to some purported solutions, the required elements of an unbreakable OTP system are preserved under Claude Shannon's mathematical proof. In alternative embodiments, the invention uses a secure network to reconstitute blockchain systems without the use of asymmetric encryption. Described extensions of these block chain systems are described which enable an entirely new set of applications for protecting privacy, sharing information, performing validations and analysis of data, and creating system actions that are constrained by complex data algorithms.
US11784793B2
An encryption box device has a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. A first clipboard runs on the processor and downloads a plaintext stream. An encryption engine runs on the processor and receives the plaintext stream and encrypts the plaintext stream to produce an encrypted stream. A digitizer runs on the processor and digitizes the encrypted stream to produce a digitized encrypted stream. A second clipboard runs on the processor and uploads the digitized encrypted stream. The encryption engine may also decrypt the encrypted stream to produce the plaintext stream and upload the plaintext stream to the first clipboard.
US11784787B2
Techniques for packaging media content in a low latency encryption ready format for streaming are described herein. In accordance with various embodiments, one or more packagers that include create an intermediate unit including at least one data portion from media content. The packager(s) further determine a size for reformatting the intermediate unit, where the size can include a padding amount for the at least one data portion. The packager(s) also package the intermediate unit to a reformatted partial segment according to the size without encrypting the at least one data portion, including injecting into the partial segment at least one encryption specific box and injecting padding into the at least one data portion according to the padding amount. The packager(s) then package the reformatted partial segment for streaming while maintaining the size, including generating a manifest for streaming the media content specifying the size of the reformatted partial segment.
US11784785B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing synchronization signal (“Sync Mark”) detection using multi-frequency sinusoidal (“MFS”) signal-based filtering. In various embodiments, a computing system may detect a location of a Sync Mark within a data signal, by using MFS signal-based filtering and a sliding window comprising successive search windows each having a bit length corresponding to a bit length of the Sync Mark to identify a portion of the data signal having a magnitude indicative of the Sync Mark. The computing system may refine the location of the Sync Mark within the data signal, by performing a phase measurement on the identified portion of the data signal having the magnitude indicative of the Sync Mark to identify a sub-portion of the identified portion of the data signal, the identified sub-portion having a phase indicative of the Sync Mark, the phase measurement being performed based on the MFS signal-based filtering.
US11784779B2
An Ethernet Physical Layer (PHY) device includes a link interface and a transceiver. The link interface connects to a full-duplex wired Ethernet link. The transceiver receives first Ethernet signals carrying first data at a first data rate over toe Ethernet link at a first baud rate, transmits second Ethernet signals carrying second data at a second data rate higher than the first data rate, over the Ethernet link, at a second baud rate that is higher than the first baud rate, resamples a reference signal related to the second Ethernet signals to match the first baud rate, generates from the resampled reference signal, at the first baud rate, an echo cancelation signal indicative of an echo signal originating from the second Ethernet signals and interfering with reception of the first Ethernet signals, and suppresses the echo signal from the first Ethernet signals using the echo cancelation signal.
US11784777B2
A methods and apparatuses for providing and configuring channel state information (CSI) reports. A method of operating a user equipment includes receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) and generating, based on the CSI-RS reception, a first CSI report and a second CSI report. The first CSI report includes a first channel quality indicator (CQI) index from a first set of CQI indexes and the second CSI report includes a second CQI index from a second set of CQI indexes. The method further includes transmitting the first CSI report in a first channel and the second CSI report in a second channel.
US11784772B2
This application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for transmitting a physical layer protocol data unit, and for example, is applied to a wireless local area network. The method includes: A first communications device generates a PPDU and may send the PPDU, where the PPDU includes an LTF sequence; and correspondingly, a second communications device receives the PPDU, and parses the PPDU to obtain the LTF sequence included in the PPDU. Embodiments of this application can be used to design an LTF sequence that has a relatively low PAPR on entire bandwidth, on a single resource unit, on a combined resource unit, and in a considered multi-stream scenario.
US11784771B2
Disclosed is a method for a terminal for receiving a positioning reference signal (PRS) in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method includes: receiving first information related to a PRS resource group including a plurality of PRS resources, and second information related to a repetition count for the PRS resource group; and receiving a PRS on the plurality of PRS resources based on the first information and second information, wherein the PRS resource group may be allocated repeatedly as many times as the repetition count within a certain period.
US11784769B2
A first UE may select, based on a resource pool configuration for a sidelink communication, at least one of a first slot in time or a second slot in time of a plurality of slots. The plurality of slots may be associated with DMRS bundling. The first UE may configure, based on the DMRS bundling, at least one of one or more symbols in the first slot in time from a gap symbol to a non-gap symbol or one or more symbols in the second slot in time from an AGC symbol to a non-AGC symbol. The first UE may transmit, to a second UE, an indication of the configuration of the at least one of the one or more symbols in the first slot in time or the one or more symbols in the second slot in time.
US11784768B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving an uplink signal in a wireless communication system. A method of transmitting an uplink signal includes receiving configuration information related to a sounding reference signal (SRS) from a base station; and transmitting the SRS to the base station in one or more SRS resources in a SRS resource set configured by the configuration information. Based on time domain bundling between the SRS and an uplink demodulation reference signal (DMRS) being indicated, the SRS and the uplink DMRS are transmitted on the same antenna port and/or with the same spatial domain transmission filter.
US11784763B2
A method for transmitting feedback information between Internet-of-Vehicles (IOV) devices includes: a second IOV device receives at least one of first user data and scheduling control information of the first user data from a first IOV device; a second resource location of the first user data is determined based on a first resource location of the first user data, the first resource location indicating at least one of a time-frequency location of corresponding user data and a time-frequency location of scheduling control information of the corresponding user data; and Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback information of the first user data is sent to the first IOV device based on the second resource location of the first user data.
US11784762B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for limiting network function (NF) repository function (NRF) forwarding are disclosed. One example method for limiting NRF forwarding comprises: at a first NF comprising at least one processor: receiving a request message associated with a consumer NF; determining that the request message cannot be serviced by the first NF; inserting or modifying a forwarding limit value in the request message, wherein the forwarding limit value indicates a number of times that the request message can be forwarded; and forwarding the request message including the forwarding limit value toward a second NF.
US11784754B2
Improved techniques for recovering from an error condition without requiring a re-transmittal of data across a high-speed data link and for improved power usage are disclosed herein. A data stream is initiated. This stream includes different types of packets. Error correcting code (ECC) is selectively imposed on a control data type packet. A transmitter node and a receiver node are connected via a hard link that has multiple virtual channels. Each virtual channel is associated with a corresponding power-consuming node. When the receiver node receives the control data type packet, error correction is performed if needed without re-transmittal. When a final data type packet is transmitted for each virtual channel, the transmitter node transmits an end condition type packet. A corresponding power-consuming node that corresponds to the respective virtual channel transitions from an active state to a low power state.
US11784747B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) receives control signaling from the base station indicating a set of transmission mode indicators or transmission mode options and a set of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) configurations for every transmission mode from a set of transmission modes. The base station transmits additional control signaling to dynamically indicate a transmission mode or a combination of transmission mode indicators and DMRS configuration parameters to signal the transmission mode and one or more associated DMRS configurations. The UE identifies a DMRS configuration and a transmission mode based on the additional control signaling. The UE receives one or more DMRSs from multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) based on the joint/disjoint DMRS and transmission mode signaling. The UE receives one or more data messages from the TRPs based on the transmission mode indication and based on the received DMRSs.
US11784739B2
A pluggable electric connector can communicate a communication data signal and a control signal with an optical communication device. An optical signal output unit is configured to be capable of selectively output a wavelength of an optical signal. An optical power adjustment unit-can adjust optical power of the optical signal. A pluggable optical receptor can output the optical signal to an optical fiber. A control unit controls a wavelength change operation according to the control signal. The control unit according to a wavelength change command, commands the optical power adjustment unit to block output of the optical signal, commands the light signal output unit to change the wavelength of the optical signal after the optical signal is blocked, and commands the light signal output unit and the optical power adjustment unit to output the optical signal after the wavelength change operation.
US11784738B2
Differentiating traffic signals from filler channels in optical networks includes obtaining power measurements of optical spectrum on an optical section in the optical network; analyzing the power measurements to differentiate signal type between traffic signals and Amplified Stimulated Emission (ASE) channel holders; and applying appropriate treatment to the optical spectrum based on the signal type. The analyzing is performed locally without any notification from upstream nodes of the optical spectrum.
US11784732B2
A wave shaping device which comprises a tunable impedance surface and a controller connected to the surface in order to control its impedance. The shaping device further comprises a transmission module for receiving a pilot signal used to control the impedance of the surface.
US11784717B2
A method in which a plurality of transmit signals are generated at data rates that are offset from each other to minimize detectable electromagnetic interference at a particular frequency. The method further includes converting each transmit signal to a corresponding optical transmit signal of a plurality of optical transmit signals for transmission via a corresponding channel of a plurality of channels of an optical network device and transmitting the plurality of optical transmit signals via respective ones of the plurality of channels for transmission on respective optical fibers.
US11784716B2
A first optical transceiver includes a transmission signal processor that generates a multi-valued pulse amplitude modulation signal including a fixed bit pattern. The first optical transceiver includes an optical transmitter that transmits the multi-valued pulse amplitude modulation signal as an optical transmission signal. The first optical transceiver includes an optical receiver that receives an optical adjustment signal from a second optical transceiver to reproduce an adjustment signal from the optical adjustment signal. The first optical transceiver includes a first controller that controls the transmission signal processor based on a bit error rate included in the optical adjustment signal to adjust light power at each level of the optical transmission signal.
US11784712B2
A cell site test tool provides field technicians with resources to support multiple aspects of cell site testing. The cell site test tool includes multiple, integrated and removably connectable modules such as a base module, a user interface module, and a battery module. Additional modules include a CPRI module to provide Common Public Radio Interface testing, an OTDR module to provide dedicated Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer testing, a CAA module to provide Cable Antenna Analysis testing, a fiber inspection module to visually inspect optical fiber, and an SA/CPRI module to provide Radio Frequency over Common Public Radio Interface testing.
US11784708B2
A downlink interference is dynamically suppressed in a multi-feeder link of a same frequency between an aerial-floating type communication relay apparatus and plural gateway (GW) stations with a simple configuration. A plurality of pilot signals, which are spectrally spread using a plurality of spread codes orthogonal to each other, are transmitted and received between the relay communication station of the aerial-staying type communication relay apparatus and plural GW stations, a propagation path response between plural GW stations and an antenna for feeder link of the communication relay apparatus in a transmission signal band of the feeder link is estimated based on reception results in which the plural pilot signals are spectrally inverse-spread, plural weights respectively corresponding to the plural of GW stations are calculated based on the plural propagation path responses, and with respect to each of the plural GW stations, a signal to be transmitted and received via a directional beam corresponding to another GW station is multiplied by the weight corresponding to the other GW station and subtracted from a signal to be transmitted and received via the directional beam corresponding to the GW station.
US11784706B2
Presented herein are methodologies for managing a citizens broadband radio service (CBRS) network. The methodology includes at a spectrum access system (SAS), receiving, from a Donor CBRS base station device (CBSD), a registration request, the registration request including capabilities information about a CBRS Relay Node with which the Donor CBSD communicates, in response to the registration request, sending, from the SAS to the Donor CBSD, a registration response indicating successful registration of the CBRS Relay Node, in response to the registration response, receiving via the Donor CBSD a spectrum enquiry message from the CBRS Relay Node seeking a channel allocation from the SAS, and in response to the spectrum enquiry message, sending from the SAS, and via the Donor CBSD, a resource grant response to the CBRS Relay Node, wherein the resource grant response includes an allocated channel and a maximum EIRP for the allocated channel.
US11784704B2
In a repeater device: a communication device receives position information of a forwarding source device and a forwarding destination device using a first communication scheme; based on the position information of the forwarding source device, a moving mechanism moves the repeater device to a position at which it is capable of communicating with the forwarding source device using a second communication scheme; the communication device receives data from the forwarding source device using the second communication scheme; a storage device stores the data; based on the position information of the forwarding destination device received by the communication device, the moving mechanism moves the repeater device to a position at which it is capable of communicating with the forwarding destination device using the second communication scheme, and the communication device transmits the data stored in the storage device to the forwarding destination device using the second communication scheme.
US11784702B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Devices in a wireless communications system using multiple transmission/reception points (TRPs) may provide information related to one or more default operating frequencies. A user equipment (UE) may receive a message indicating one or more default operating frequencies for each TRP of a set of TRPs. The UE may determine a priority of each TRP of the set of TRPs based on the respective default operating frequencies of the TRPs compared with a default operating frequency of the UE and may indicate the priorities to each TRP. Additionally, based on the default operating frequencies of the TRPs, the UE may select two or more TRPs of the set of TRPs that are suited for joint communications with the UE and may transmit an indication of the selected TRPs. The selected TRPs may coordinate joint communications over an ultra-wide bandwidth with the UE.
US11784698B2
A method for beam assignment support comprises obtaining of, in a radio base station, a set of channel gain estimations representing potential transmissions in a set of beams to a user equipment. A set of bias values is obtained, representing connection quality predictions for a respective beam of the set of beams for transmission to the user equipment. The connection quality predictions are estimations calculated from measures of previous traffic load, previous radio quality of transmissions, and/or previous beam assignments of the first transmission reception point. A set of biased channel gain estimations is determined by weighting the channel gain estimations in dependence of respective bias values. A beam assignment based on the biased channel gain estimations is initiated. A method also for determining bias values in a network node as well as radio base stations.
US11784693B1
Coverage cluster-based beamforming in a wireless node in a wireless communications system (WCS) is provided. In a conventional beamforming system, a wireless node (e.g., base station) periodically emits multiple reference beams, each steered toward a predefined direction, to provide a blanket coverage in a coverage area. Contrary to providing the blanket coverage, a wireless node disclosed herein is configured to provide targeted coverage in a coverage area. Specifically, the wireless node is configured to dynamically group multiple coverage points (e.g., user equipment, high user density area, etc.) into multiple coverage clusters. Accordingly, the wireless node can form and steer a respective reference beam toward each of the coverage clusters. By supporting coverage cluster-based beamforming in the wireless node, it is possible to achieve blanket coverage in the coverage area with a lesser number of reference beams, thus helping to reduce computational complexity and signaling overhead in the wireless node.
US11784688B1
A method for wireless communication in a reflective environment includes (a) receiving first wireless signals at a first antenna assembly at least partially via a first reflective environment, (b) generating a first electrical signal from a first antenna element of the first antenna assembly in response to the first wireless signals, the first antenna element having a first polarization, (c) generating a second electrical signal from a second antenna element of the first antenna assembly in response to the first wireless signals, the second antenna element having a second polarization different from the first polarization, (d) shifting phase of at least one of the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal, and (e) after shifting phase, combining at least the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal to generate a combined electrical signal.
US11784685B2
A THz UM-MIMO channel estimation method based on the DCNN comprises the steps: the hybrid spherical and planar-wave modeling (HSPM), by taking a sub-array in the antenna array as a unit, employing the PWM within the sub-array, and employing the SWM among the sub-arrays; estimating the channel parameters between the reference sub-arrays at Tx and Rx through a DCNN, including the angles of departure and arrival, the propagation distance and the path gain; deducing the channel parameters between the reference sub-array and other sub-arrays by utilizing the obtained channel parameters and the geometrical relationships among sub-arrays, and recovering the channel matrix; wherein accurate three-dimensional channel modeling is achieved by the HSPM, which possesses high modeling accuracy and low complexity.
US11784683B2
Null Data Packet Sounding for preamble punctured Physical Layer Convergence Procedure Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) for efficient use of a wireless channel bandwidth where a primary service co-exists.
US11784680B2
A system includes a plurality of controllers associated with the plurality of units of building equipment, each controller comprising a plurality of communication ports, a plurality of cables connected to the plurality of communication ports and linking together the plurality of controllers, wherein the plurality of controllers are configured to self-identify a break in a connection between two the plurality of controllers by monitoring statuses of the plurality of communication ports. The system also includes circuitry configured to receive a signal indicative of the order of the connections between the plurality of controllers from the plurality of controllers, generate a graphical map of the order of the connections between the plurality of controllers based on the signal, receive, from the plurality of controllers, an indication of a break in a connection between two of the plurality of controllers, and update the graphical map to indicate the connection as broken.
US11784677B2
One disclosure of the present specification provides a method for performing communication by a user equipment (UE). The method comprises the steps of: receiving a downlink signal from a base station, wherein the downlink signal is received via n263 operation band in FR2-2 (Frequency Range2-2), wherein the UE is a power class 2 UE, wherein the UE satisfies REFSENS (Reference Sensitivity) on a first channel bandwidth, wherein, based on the first channel bandwidth being 100 MHz, the REFSENS is −86.3 dBm, wherein, based on the first channel bandwidth being 400 MHz, the REFSENS is −80.3 dBm, wherein, based on the first channel bandwidth being 800 MHz, the REFSENS is −77.3 dBm, wherein, based on the first channel bandwidth being 1600 MHz, the REFSENS is −74.3 dBm, wherein, based on the first channel bandwidth being 2000 MHz, the REFSENS is −73.3 dBm.
US11784676B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including a plurality of antennas, a plurality of radio frequency circuits, a first transceiver, a second transceiver, a switching circuit configured to connect the plurality of radio frequency circuits to the first transceiver or the second transceiver, a processor, and a memory. The electronic device may be configured to switch a receiving path by connecting at least one of a plurality of receiving paths to another transceiver based on reception performance of the plurality of receiving paths.
US11784675B2
A mobile device holder includes an attachment assembly and a support assembly. The attachment assembly includes a magnet enclosed in a shell. When brought into proximity to a magnetic part of a mobile device, the magnet causes the mobile device holder to be attached to the mobile device by magnetic attraction. The magnet has a ring shape. Toward the center of the ring-shaped magnet, the attachment assembly has an accommodating recess. The support assembly includes a handle that is movable on a hinge in and out of the accommodating recess. The joint permits the handle to rotate about a first axis and a second axis not parallel to the first axis.
US11784670B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for using antennas for millimeter wave contactless communication. One of the apparatuses is a communication device that includes a transducer configured to convert electrical signals into extremely high frequency (EHF) electromagnetic signals, the EHF electromagnetic signals substantially emitted from a first surface of the communication device, wherein the transducer is positioned on a substrate of the communication device, and an integrated circuit coupled to the substrate, wherein the transducer includes multiple parallel resonant antenna elements in an array.
US11784669B2
A radio-frequency module includes a module substrate having a major surface on which a ground electrode pattern is formed and an integrated circuit disposed on the major surface of the module substrate. The integrated circuit includes a control/power supply circuit having at least one of a control circuit and a power supply circuit and a second electrical circuit having at least one of an amplifier, a switch, and a filter. In plan view, the ground electrode pattern overlaps at least a part of the control/power supply circuit and does not overlap at least a part of the second electrical circuit.
US11784665B2
A memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The controller is configured to perform iterative correction on a plurality of frames of data read from the non-volatile memory. The iterative correction includes performing a first error correction on each of the frames including a first frame having errors not correctable by the first error correction, generating a syndrome on a set of second frames that include the first frame, performing a second error correction on the second frames using the syndrome, and performing a third error correction on the first frame. Each of the frames includes user data and first parity data used in the first error correction, the first parity data of the first frame also being used in the third error correction.
US11784648B2
A field programmable gate array (FPGA) comprises a set of configurable logic blocks (CLBs), input/output blocks (IOBs), and interconnect wiring for communicating data between the CLBs and IOBs. A resonating circuit provides a resonating signal to the circuit blocks. The circuit blocks provide the resonating signal to the interconnect wires to communicate a first binary value, and a static voltage to communicate a second binary value. The output signals of the circuit blocks change state when the resonating signal is at or near the static voltage. This reduces switching losses that exist within prior art FPGAs.
US11784647B2
An integrated circuit includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and an inverter. The first circuit receives a first input signal, an inverted clock signal, a first logic level of a first output node, and a logic level of a second output node to determine a second logic level of a first output node. The second circuit receives the first input signal, the clock signal, the first logic level, and the second logic level to determine a logic level of the second output node. The inverter receives a second input signal to output the inverted second input signal to the first circuit or the second circuit. A logic level of the first output node or a logic level of the second output node is output as an output signal when a logic level of the clock signal is a first logic level.
US11784645B2
The present disclosure provides a technology for a level shifter that allows the selection of a single-stage level shifter or a two-stage level shifter by a simple alteration to wiring. When the single-stage level shifter is selected, some circuits may remain as dummy circuits.
US11784643B2
A capacitive button interface assembly (100) and a method for assembling the same, comprising a housing member (202), an electrode board (204) coupled to the housing member (202), one or more resilient members (212) positioned between the housing member (202) and the electrode board (204), one or more alignment members (216) coupled to the electrode board (204), operable to align the electrode board (204) with respect to the housing member (202), and a cover (804) coupled to the housing member (202) to apply a force on the electrode board (204).
US11784641B2
Various examples are provided related to supercascode power switches that can be used in, e.g., HV and MV applications. This disclosure introduces a cascaded supercascode (CSC) power switch which can include a series of unit supercascode (USC) circuits; a control switch coupled in series with the series of USC circuits; and an external balancing network coupled to each of the n USC circuits. The series has a plurality of USC circuits, with each of the USC circuits including first and second switches coupled in series and an internal balancing network coupled across the first and second switches. A source of each of the USC circuits is a source of the first switch. The internal balancing network can include a capacitor connected between a gate of the second switch and the source of the first switch and a diode connected in parallel with the capacitor.
US11784637B1
The present disclosure relates to an edge detection circuit configured to receive an input signal comprising one or more falling or falling edges and provide an output signal comprising pulses or spikes corresponding to the one or more rising or falling edges. The edge detection circuit comprises a passive differentiator circuit configured to receive an input and provide a differentiator output signal that that is proportional to the rate of change of the input, and a comparator circuit operably connected to a voltage source. The comparator circuit is configured to receive the differentiator output signal, compare the differentiator output signal to a threshold voltage; and output a pulse or spike signal based on the comparison to the threshold voltage.
US11784630B2
A vibrator device has the vibrator element, a support substrate supporting the vibrator element, and a plurality of interconnections disposed on the support substrate. The support substrate includes an element mounting base, a supporting base, a frame located between the element mounting base and the supporting base, inner beams for coupling the element mounting base and the frame to each other, and outer beams for coupling the frame and the supporting base to each other. The plurality of interconnections include a drive signal interconnection and a detection signal interconnection laid around to the element mounting base and the supporting base, and the drive signal interconnection and the detection signal interconnection are laid around to the element mounting base and the frame through the respective inner beams different from each other, and are laid around to the frame and the supporting base through the respective outer beams different from each other.
US11784629B2
A piezoelectric device includes a membrane portion and a piezoelectric layer made of single crystal of a piezoelectric body. At least a portion of the piezoelectric layer is included in the membrane portion. An electrode is provided on a surface of the piezoelectric layer in the membrane portion. The piezoelectric layer includes a first polarization region in a first polarization state and a second polarization region in a second polarization state, and the first polarization region and the second polarization region are spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction or an in-plane direction.
US11784625B2
A packaging method and package structure for a filter chip. The packaging method includes providing a circuit substrate, covering a first surface of the circuit substrate and/or filter chip with adhesive material and forming recessed cavities or closed cavities in the adhesive material. The method further includes adhering the filter chip to the first surface of circuit substrate via the adhesive material, such that surface acoustic wave transmitting regions of the filter chip correspond to the recessed cavities or closed cavities in the adhesive material to form a gap therebetween, and encapsulating the filter chip with encapsulating material. The method further includes forming interconnecting holes extending from a second surface of the circuit substrate to pins of the filter chip, filling the interconnecting holes with conductive material, so that the conductive material is in electrical contact with a chip pin bump or pad metal of the filter chip, and forming external pin pads on the second surface.
US11784622B2
Methods for making laser-marked packaged surface acoustic wave devices are provided. The method may include directly marking a surface of a piezoelectric substrate, where the opposite surface of the piezoelectric substrate includes a package structure encapsulating a surface acoustic wave device. The method may include exposing the surface of the piezoelectric substrate to light from a deep ultraviolet laser. By using a wavelength readily absorbed by the piezoelectric substrate, a relatively shallow marking may be made in the piezoelectric substrate. The markings may extend less than 1 micrometer into the piezoelectric substrate, and do not affect the structural integrity of the piezoelectric substrate or the operation of the packaged surface acoustic wave device.
US11784615B2
A class-D amplifier with multiple “nested” levels of feedback. The class-D amplifier surrounds an inner feedback loop, which takes the output of a switching amplifier and corrects for errors generated across the switching amplifier, with additional feedback loops that also take the output of the switching amplifier.
US11784608B2
A microelectronic device includes: a photovoltaic module configured to convert a light energy into an electric energy; a converter configured to convert a voltage output from the photovoltaic module into a predetermined voltage; a capacitor configured to store an electric energy transferred from the converter; and a controller configured to predict an available current of a next time slot based on the electric energy stored in the capacitor, and determine a consumed current of a load system of the next time slot based on the predicted available current.
US11784594B2
Disclosed are improved devices, systems and methods for powered generator systems which incorporate a solid-state transient power response system to provide supplemental electrical power to the power output during a transient period of increased electrical load, which permits the generator system sufficient time to progressively “spin up” the generator and/or otherwise increase power output at a desired rate to meet the increased electrical load demand in a desired manner.
US11784591B2
A dual motor system includes a first motor providing a lower speed range and a second motor providing a higher speed range, wherein the motors are coaxially arranged and aligned on and drive a common shaft, and a motor control system controlling the speed of the first motor and engaging the second motor as needed. The first motor is a variable speed motor providing a lower two-thirds of a full speed range, and the second motor is an induction motor providing the upper one-third in the form of one or more discrete fixed speeds. The system may include a transformer including a first winding tap which provides a first higher speed, and a second winding tap which provides a second higher speed. The system may also include a flow control system for automatically controlling the speed of the motors for particular applications, such as flow control in a pool.
US11784586B2
In this power conversion device, first three-phase AC voltages generated by an inverter and an AC filter are divided by first to third voltage dividers to generate second three-phase AC voltages, and third three-phase AC voltages that are line-to-line voltages of the second three-phase AC voltages and a neutral point voltage of the first three-phase AC voltages are detected. Then, DC components of the third three-phase AC voltages resulting from errors of voltage ratios of the first to third voltage dividers are obtained based on the detection results and contents in a storage unit, the DC components are removed from the third three-phase AC voltages to generate fourth three-phase AC voltages, and the inverter is controlled such that DC components of the fourth three-phase AC voltages are eliminated.
US11784584B2
An automotive power converter may be controlled by detecting a magnitude of current output by a phase leg of the automotive power converter, selecting a mutual off time for switches of the phase leg according to the magnitude, and generating pulse width modulation signals for the switches having the mutual off time to operate the switches to transfer power between a traction battery and electric machine.
US11784574B2
A power system for a vehicle includes a traction battery having an output voltage, a transformer including a coil, and a power converter including a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of switches arranged such that when a first subset of the switches are ON, two of the capacitors are in parallel, an AC voltage across the coil is in a positive half cycle, and a voltage across each of the two of the capacitors is half the output voltage.
US11784573B2
In at least one embodiment, a power conversion device for a vehicle is provided. The power conversion device includes a transformer, a microcontroller, and a control circuit. The microcontroller is configured to operate at a first frequency to receive a first current signal indicative of a current of a first voltage network and to generate a first envelope control signal in response to the first current signal. The controller is configured to selectively switch a first plurality of switches on a primary side and a second plurality of switches on a secondary side to convert a first input signal into first output signal in response to at least the first envelope control signal. The controller is further configured to selectively switch the first plurality of switches and the second plurality of switches at a second frequency that is greater than the first frequency.
US11784572B2
A conversion circuit and an adapter that resolve a voltage drop problem of a power supply of a driver in an ACF circuit. The conversion circuit includes an active clamp flyback circuit, a drive circuit, and a replenishment power transistor. The active clamp flyback circuit is configured to perform power conversion. The drive circuit is configured to output a drive signal and a reference voltage. The drive signal is used to drive the active clamp flyback circuit. A first terminal of the replenishment power transistor is coupled to an input terminal of the active clamp flyback circuit, a second terminal of the replenishment power transistor is coupled to a power supply terminal of the drive circuit, and a gate of the replenishment power transistor is configured to receive the reference voltage.
US11784570B2
A power path switch circuit includes: a power transistor unit including: a first vertical double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor (VDMOS) device, wherein a first current outflow end of the first VDMOS device is coupled to an output end of a power path; and a second VDMOS device, wherein a first current inflow end of the first VDMOS device and a second current inflow end of the second VDMOS device are coupled with a supply end of the power path; and a voltage locking circuit coupled to the first current outflow end and the second current outflow end, for locking a voltage at the second current outflow end to a voltage at the first current outflow end, so that there is a predetermined ratio between a first conductive current flowing through the first VDMOS device and a second conductive current flowing through the second VDMOS device.
US11784566B2
In an embodiment a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter includes a first switching circuit configured to switch a supply of an input voltage to an energy storage circuit configured to generate an output voltage, a driving circuit configured to drive the first switching circuit according to a comparison between the output voltage and a comparison voltage and a soft-start circuit configured to raise the comparison voltage from a start voltage to a target voltage during a soft-start phase of the DC-DC converter having a soft-start duration, wherein the soft-start circuit comprises a soft-start capacitor configured to provide the comparison voltage during the start phase, the soft-start capacitor having a soft-start capacitance, an auxiliary capacitor having an auxiliary capacitance, a second switching circuit configured to alternately charge and discharge the auxiliary capacitor with an auxiliary current according to a clock signal having a clock frequency and a charging circuit.
US11784562B2
A switch activation system including a charge pump, a load monitor, and a switch driver. The charge pump drives a negative voltage node to a predetermined negative voltage level. The load monitor monitors the charge pump and to assert a break done signal after the charge pump begins driving the negative voltage back to the predetermined negative voltage level after being increased. The switch driver turns on a first electronic switch in response to assertion of a corresponding activation signal and assertion of the break done signal. The break done signal is asserted only after electronic switches being turned off are fully turned off to avoid conflict. The charge pump operates at a frequency based on a difference between a voltage level of the negative voltage node and the predetermined negative voltage level to drive the negative voltage node back to its predetermined level within a predetermined period of time.
US11784560B2
A power conversion circuit includes an input positive terminal, an input negative terminal, an output positive terminal, an output negative terminal, a first switch bridge arm, a first resonant branch, a capacitor branch, an output inductor unit and an output capacitor. The input negative terminal is electrically connected with the output negative terminal. The first switch bridge arm is electrically connected between the input positive terminal and the input negative terminal. The first switch bridge arm includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch and a fourth switch. The first switch and the second switch are electrically connected with a first node. The second switch and the third switch are electrically connected with a second node. The third switch and the fourth switch are electrically connected with a third node. The first resonant branch is electrically connected between the first node and the third node.
US11784555B2
A method and apparatus for converting DC power to AC power. For example, apparatus for converting DC power to AC power comprises an input adapted to be coupled to a high-powered distributed generator having a maximum voltage at a first voltage and an arc fault mitigation device, coupled to the input, for providing a second voltage at the input that is lower than the first voltage, where a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is not large enough to cause an arc.
US11784549B2
The present disclosure provides a motor, including a housing having an accommodating space, a vibrator and a stator that are accommodated in the accommodating space. One of the vibrator and the stator includes a magnetic circuit structure, and the other includes a coil assembly. The coil assembly includes an iron core and a first drive coil and a second drive coil that separately sleeved on two ends of the iron core in a vibration direction of the vibrator, a powering direction of the first drive coil being opposite to a powering direction of the second drive coil. In the present disclosure, the first drive coil and the second drive coil are subjected to Lorentz force in the same direction, thereby vibration of the motor may be improved.
US11784545B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a stator includes a placement table, a supporting member and a resistance heating device. The placement table is configured to have a stator core, which has coil segments and insulators inserted in slots thereof, placed thereon. The stator core is formed of steel sheets that are laminated in an axial direction of the stator core. The coil segments together form a stator coil. The insulators are formed of a material that is foamable upon being heated. The supporting member is configured to support, in the axial direction of the stator core, distal end portions of teeth of the stator core so as to prevent gaps from being formed between the steel sheets forming the stator core. The resistance heating device is configured to heat, through energization of the stator coil, the insulators along with the stator coil and thereby cause the insulators to foam.
US11784540B2
One embodiment provides an adapter for configuring device settings of a gas engine replacement device. The adapter includes a transceiver, a user interface, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to connect the adapter to the gas engine replacement device and generate a graphical user interface showing a plurality of configurable device settings. The electronic processor is also configured to receive user input to choose one or more device settings to configure and receive user input to configure the one or more device setting chosen and generate changed device settings. The electronic processor is also configured to transmit the changed device settings to the gas engine replacement device. The gas engine replacement device is then used to drive power equipment in accordance with the changed device settings.
US11784538B2
A hand-held power tool is provided that includes a motive source, a user interface, and one or more sensors. The motive source includes a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to support electrical components of the motive source. The user interface is movable between a plurality of mode positions to select one of a plurality of operational modes of the motive source. And one or more sensors are mounted on the PCB and are configured to detect the plurality of mode positions of the user interface.
US11784536B1
A thrust collection device that provides a fixed thrust divider utilizing straight or curvilinear or arcing walls or, alternatively, a functional hatch utilizing rotatable doors, a chamber providing multiple inwardly tapering walls toward an opening into one or more access channels leading or directing, the thrust from an air driven vehicle, engine or machine such as, for example, the jet blast from a departing airplane, jet liner, or helicopter; the downward force from a landing airplane, jet liner, or helicopter; a prop driven engine; or just an engine, or into a power reserve or power generation source device to create power.
US11784531B2
An electrical discharging device electrically connects a shaft of a motor and a housing. A plate portion of the housing has an opening through which the shaft is inserted and expands in a radial direction. A cover member is disposed on the plate portion and covers the electrical discharging device. A seal member is disposed between the shaft and the plate portion in the opening. The through hole is disposed in the plate portion and/or the cover member. The electrical discharging device is accommodated in an accommodation space surrounded by the plate portion and the cover member. The accommodation space is connected to the outside through the through hole.
US11784528B2
A stator includes a wound member that includes a wound portion extending in a radial direction, and a pair of outer extension portions which extend in a circumferential direction from a radially outer end portion of the wound portion, and a coil wound on the wound portion. On an inner side in the radial direction of a base portion of the outer extension portions, a concave portion is recessed radially outward from the winding outermost diameter position. The first layer of the coil includes a first coil, a center of which is positioned radially inward from the winding outermost diameter position and in a range between 0.5 times a coil wire diameter and 1.5 times the coil wire diameter with respect to the winding outermost diameter position, and a second coil, a part of which is disposed in the concave portion on the radially outer side of the first coil.
US11784522B2
A rotor includes: a shaft; a tubular rotor core; and a plurality of magnets. The shaft extends along a center axis. The rotor core surrounds the shaft. The plurality of magnets is disposed outside the rotor core in a radial direction and is aligned in a circumferential direction. A plurality of first recessed portions recessed outward in the radial direction is aligned in the circumferential direction in an inner surface of the rotor core in the radial direction. Each of the first recessed portions overlaps each of the magnets in the radial direction.
US11784516B2
A rotary electric machine includes a stator extending along an axis and having teeth arranged about the axis. The teeth are circumferentially spaced apart by slots. Conductors extend around the teeth and through the slots. The conductors are electrically connected to one another to form phases. A cooling device is provided in at least one winding slot. The cooling device includes an outer tube and an inner tube provided in the outer tube such that cooling fluid flows in a first axial direction within the inner tube and a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction within the outer tube.
US11784511B2
A personal electronic device (e.g., a tablet computer) may be configured to wirelessly charge an accessory (e.g., a stylus) through a display face of the device. At least a portion of the display face may be transparent to facilitate display viewing. A wireless charging assembly disposed within the enclosure may include a core having one or more windings disposed thereon, which may be configured to generate a magnetic flux above the display face to couple to the accessory. The core may be a pot core, a modified pot core, or may have another shape, such as a PQ core. The one or more windings may be disposed on one or more posts of a pot core, or additionally or alternatively, may be disposed on another portion of the core. A metallic shield may be disposed about the wireless charging assembly, thereby surrounding multiple sides of the wireless charging assembly.
US11784503B2
A charging system for charging a battery includes a rectifier that rectifies power received from an AC power source into a DC signal for charging the battery and an arc detection circuit that measures noise added to the DC signal and generates a measured noise signal. A processor analyzes the measured noise signal to detect a series-arc and, when a series-arc is detected, causes a shunt of the AC current of the rectifier for a period of time to reduce a DC output of the rectifier toward zero. A passive arc detection circuit is inserted between the rectifier and the battery and includes a filter capacitor and a sense resistor in parallel with a smoothing capacitor. A voltage across the sense resistor is amplified, digitized, and outputted as the measured noise signal. The DC signal may be scanned to obtain the measured noise signal in different frequency windows.
US11784486B2
A power value for a low-voltage AC circuit, such as low-voltage circuit breaker, is derived. A voltage between conductors of the low-voltage AC circuit is ascertained and a current of at least one conductor is ascertained by a Rogowski coil, which outputs an analog voltage that is an equivalent to the level of the electric current. The analog voltage of the Rogowski coil is integrated and then digitized, and the level of the voltage is digitized. A power value is calculated in each case from a sample value of the current and an interpolated voltage value. The interpolated voltage value is in each case ascertained from two successive sample values of the voltage such that a phase error generated by the Rogowski coil or/and the integrator is compensated for in relation to the electric current in the conductor and a phase error-free power value is ascertained.
US11784481B2
An undersea fiber optic cable architecture including a beach manhole (BMH) installed at a terrestrial site, a terrestrial station connected to the BMH by a terrestrial fiber optic cable, a first landing cable extending from the BMH into territorial waters adjacent the terrestrial site and connected to a first enhanced branching unit (EBU) located in the territorial waters, a second landing cable extending from the BMH into the territorial waters and connected to a second EBU located in the territorial waters, a recovery path cable connecting the first EBU to the second EBU, a first trunk cable extending from the first EBU into international waters, and a second trunk cable extending from the second EBU into the international waters.
US11784480B2
A gel sealing device includes a gel sealing block (5) which provides a sealing section (22) through which the elongate parts (13, 14) extend. The gel sealing block (5) includes an upper flange (11) and a lower flange (12) with a support section (11a, 12a, 12b) disposed therebetween. The upper and lower flanges (11, 12) sandwiches, in direction of extension of the elongate parts (13, 14), a gel inner ring (7) supported by said support section (2) and a gel outer ring (6, 10a) covering the gel inner ring (7) in a radial direction extending transverse to said extension direction. The gel inner ring (7) and the gel outer ring (6, 10a) are made of a gel sealing material.
US11784479B1
A rapid wiring device includes a junction box provided with a limiting groove of which the bottom surface is provided with the tip portions of two conductors. A wire box fixing a second electric wire is set in the limiting groove, then it is combined on the junction box through a tightening cover, which is used to push the wire box to move towards the bottom of the limiting groove, so that the tip portions of the two conductors pass through the wire box and penetrate the insulating layer of the second electric wire to touch the core wire of the second electric wire, so that the first electric wire and the second electric wire are quickly connected.
US11784472B2
Positioning of a shield electric wire is performed by an insertion jig in front of a peeling jig, and a portion at a distal end of the shield electric wire where a metal foil is exposed is inserted into an electric wire insertion hole of a peeling jig through the center hole of an insertion jig. Air is blown from an opening on an other-end-surface side of the peeling jig toward the distal end of the shielded electric wire, and the metal foil is expanded while being separated from a wire core. A cut is formed from a side of a metal foil expanded by blowing air in a predetermined gap between a one-end-surface of the peeling jig and an end surface of the insertion jig, and the metal foil is cut from the cut as a starting point.
US11784471B2
An apparatus and methods for pushing conductors into conduit and other structures are disclosed. The apparatus (“pusher”) can include rollers to apply a pushing force to one or more conductors or bundles of conductors. One or more rollers can be coupled to a drive mechanism. The pusher is configured to pull conductors or bundles of conductors off of one or more spools, and push the conductors or bundles of conductors without de-bundling or sorting the conductors. The conductors can be fed through the pusher in any format including side-by-side, vertical on top of one another, twisted together, or other formats. The pusher can include a guiding device that is configured to route the conductors from the pusher to a conduit through which the conductors are being pushed or pulled.
US11784469B2
A connector for combining cabinets includes a flexible connector which is deformable and is configured to communicate inner cavities of a first cabinet machine and a second cabinet machine. The flexible connector includes a hollow cavity for an electrical connector to pass through, and the hollow cavity forms a first open end and a second open end at two ends of the flexible connector. The first open end is sealingly connected to a side plate of the first cabinet machine, the second open end is sealingly connected to a side plate of the second cabinet machine, and the first cabinet machine and the second cabinet machine are two adjacent cabinet machines. The structure of the connector for combining cabinets is simple and the mounting is convenient, and the flexible connector can automatically adapt to the mounting position through its own deformation so as to meet the normal mounting requirements.
US11784467B2
This application discloses power distribution equipment and a power distribution system. The power distribution equipment includes a power distribution device and a power distribution box, where the power distribution device is capable of being inserted into and removed from the power distribution box; a connection port is disposed at a first end of the power distribution device, where the connection port is used to connect a power cable or a user load line; a power connection terminal is disposed at a second end of the power distribution device, where the power connection terminal is used to plug into a busbar inside the power distribution box; and the connection port and the power connection terminal are connected inside the power distribution device. A design in which the power distribution device is capable of being inserted into and removed from the power distribution box simplifies operation and improves convenience.
US11784466B2
A multi-ignition coil control system includes a spark plug including first and second center electrodes, and first and second ground electrodes spaced apart from the center electrodes by a predetermined distance, a first ignition coil including a primary coil, and a secondary coil in which a discharge current is generated by electromagnetic induction with the primary coil, and a second ignition coil including a primary coil, and a secondary coil in which a discharge current is generated by electromagnetic induction with the primary coil, wherein one end of the secondary coil of the first ignition coil and one end of the secondary coil of the second ignition coil are electrically connected to one of the center electrodes, and the other end of the secondary coil of the first ignition coil and the other end of the secondary coil of the second ignition coil are electrically connected to the other of the center electrodes.
US11784460B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) device. The method includes forming a bond bump and a bond ring over a substrate. A semiconductor die is bonded to the bond ring. A molding layer is formed around the semiconductor die. The molding layer is laterally offset from a cavity between the semiconductor die and the substrate. A VCSEL structure is formed over the bond bump.
US11784437B2
A card connector includes a transmission conductor assembly that includes a backup transmission conductor, a first signal transmission conductor, an inspection signal transmission conductor, a first grounding transmission conductor, a command reset transmission conductor, a first differential transmission conductor, a second differential transmission conductor, a second grounding transmission conductor, a third grounding transmission conductor, a fourth grounding transmission conductor, a first power transmission conductor, a second power transmission conductor, a third differential transmission conductor, a fourth differential transmission conductor, a second signal transmission conductor, a fifth grounding transmission conductor, a sixth grounding transmission conductor, a seventh grounding transmission conductor, a fifth differential transmission conductor, a sixth differential transmission conductor, and a write-protection transmission conductor, each of which has two ends respectively forming a spring section and soldering section. The soldering sections, being so arranged, achieve advantages of bettering high frequency performance, reducing capacitive effect, and suppressing electromagnetic radiation interference.
US11784436B2
A connector plug comprises two or more pivotable nut members that are configured to engage one or more threads on a receptacle to secure the connector plug to the receptacle in a closed position. A lanyard or merely a pivoting mechanism is configured to cause pivoting of the nut member to disengage the one or more threads in an open position to allow disengagement of the connector plug from the receptacle.
US11784432B2
A charger includes a body and a pin. The body includes a main body, a first cover body, and a second cover body. The pin is fixedly disposed on the main body. The first cover body and the second cover body are each connected to an rotatable relative to the main body to have a first state and a second state. In the first state, the first cover body and the second cover body are attached to each other, and at least part of a structure of the pin is accommodated in the first cover body and second cover body. In the second state, the first cover body and the second cover body depart from each other to enable the first cover body and the second cover body to expose the at least part of the structure of the pin to the outside.
US11784429B2
An electric plug-in device, which is suitable for plugging into an electric receiving device, has an inner conductor and an insulating body which encloses the inner conductor. The plug-in device has: a main element, which can be fixed indirectly, in particular with the involvement of a housing wall, or directly to the receiving device and which encloses the inner conductor and insulating body; a pusher element, which can be displaced relative to the main element; and a spring device, which, after the plug-in device has been plugged into the receiving device, exerts an axial spring force on the pusher element in the direction towards the receiving device.
US11784414B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a biconical antenna assembly for electromagnetic compatibility testing. The biconical antenna assembly has an antenna feeding point, a first antenna structure and a second antenna structure. The first antenna structure and the second antenna structure extend from the antenna feed point towards opposite directions. The biconical antenna assembly includes at least one additional capacitive structure that is attached to a most distal point of the first antenna structure or the second antenna structure from the antenna feed point.
US11784413B2
An antenna includes a waveguide defined by a gap between a backplane with radial support ribs and a facesheet, a teardrop-shaped feed pin at a center of the backplane, and a foam spacer between the backplane and facesheet. An outward facing side of the facesheet includes thermal paint. The facesheet includes pairs of through-hole slots for releasing portions of a wave of radiation in the waveguide to generate a transmit-beam or to receive the receive-beam to generate the wave of radiation. The pairs may be disposed as a spiral array about a center of the facesheet. Each of the pairs may include first and second slots. A length of the second slot is oriented approximately perpendicular to a length of the first slot. Dispositions of the slots are set by a computer process. The dispositions optimize a trade-off between transmit and receive gains.
US11784411B2
The present invention discloses a printed dual band antenna that includes a primary radiation portion and a parasitic radiation portion. The primary radiation portion is configured to perform signal transmitting and receiving based on a first resonant frequency and a second resonant frequency. The parasitic radiation portion is disposed on a neighboring side of the primary radiation portion, distanced from the primary radiation portion by a distance and electrically isolated from the primary radiation portion. The parasitic radiation portion couples to and resonates with the primary radiation portion to perform signal transmitting and receiving based on the second resonant frequency. The parasitic radiation portion is a grounded monopole parasitic antenna.
US11784410B2
An antenna module includes a first radiator, a ground plane and a second radiator. The first radiator includes a first section and a second section. The first section includes a first end and a second end. The first end is a feeding end, and the second end is connected to the second section. The first section includes first parts bent back and forth along a first direction, the second section includes second parts bent back and forth along a second direction, and an included angle formed between the first direction and the second direction is 60 degrees to 120 degrees. The ground plane is disposed beside the first section of the first radiator. An end of the second radiator is connected to the feeding end of the first radiator, and the other end of the second radiator is vertically connected to the ground plane.
US11784404B2
A structure containing an antenna with an orientation which can be changed when one part of a two-part structure is turned relative to the other on a rotating shaft includes first and second structures as the two parts. The second structure is rotatably connected to the first structure through the rotating shaft, and the second structure comprises an antenna plate. When the second structure is rotated relative to the first structure, the rotated antenna plate allows a wider range of wavelength frequencies within the rotation range of the second structure.
US11784401B1
Provided are examples of circularly polarized omni-directional antennas which contain an equal number of driven radiators and parasitic radiators spaced radially around a central axis which in which the driven elements are fed from a central feed system. This type of antenna allows for a compact size with higher axial ratio than other designs. In one aspect, an antenna comprises 2 or more elements shaped as a single curve in a cylindrical structure. In another aspect, the antenna may take on an angular form such as a square or a hexagon in which the elements may contain multiple angles. The antenna may be contained within a non-conductive enclosure and may contain a transmission line such as a coaxial cable.
US11784399B2
Disclosed is a dual-band very low frequency antenna, which comprises positive and negative electrodes, silicon substrates, piezoelectric material units, stress-electromagnetic conversion material units and an insulator. The piezoelectric material units are arranged between the positive and negative electrodes; the stress-electromagnetic conversion material units and the silicon substrates are respectively arranged at both ends of the positive and negative electrodes. The positive and negative electrodes are used for driving the piezoelectric material units; the piezoelectric material units are used for generating flutter and conducting the flutter to the stress-electromagnetic conversion material units; the stress-electromagnetic conversion material units are used for converting vibration waves generated by flutter into electromagnetic wave radiation. The application is a dual-band very low frequency antenna, and the size is far smaller than that of the traditional low-frequency antenna, and the air-water interconnection can be realized.
US11784395B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front surface, a rear surface, and a side surface which at least partially surrounds a space between the front surface and the rear surface, a first antenna disposed in the space, a second antenna disposed substantially in parallel with the rear surface in the space and formed in a coil shape, a conductor spaced a predetermined distance apart from a partial region of the second antenna substantially in parallel therewith and at least partially overlapping the partial region, a sensor electrically connected to the conductor, a communication circuit electrically connected to the first antenna, and a processor electrically connected to the sensor and the communication circuit, and the processor is configured to acquire a capacitance value related to the conductor, and reduce an intensity of a signal outputted through the first antenna according to the acquired capacitance value.
US11784392B2
A film transmission line according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dielectric layer, and an electrode line disposed on the dielectric layer. The electrode line has an effective efficiency of 200%/μm or more at a frequency of 5 GHz or more. The film transmission line may be applied to a high frequency thinned antenna and an image display device.
US11784390B2
A mounting flange for a monopole includes a generally annular main panel surrounding a central hole. The main panel includes a plurality of first mounting holes that are substantially circumferentially equidistant from each other and at a first radial distance from a center of the central hole. The main panel also includes a plurality of second mounting holes that are substantially circumferentially equidistant from each other and at a second radial distance from a center of the central hole, the second distance being greater than the first distance.
US11784383B2
A transmission line includes first, second, and third signal lines defining a parallel portion. No conductor connecting the first ground conductor and the second ground conductor is between the first signal line and the second signal line, and the first signal line is closer to the ground connection conductor than the second signal line. A closest frequency difference between a fundamental wave of one of the first signal and the second signal and a fundamental wave or a higher harmonic wave of the other of the first signal and the second signal is equal to or larger than a closest frequency difference between a fundamental wave of one of the first signal and the third signal and a fundamental wave or a higher harmonic wave of the other of the first signal and the third signal.
US11784374B1
A battery housing unit including a lid, a base, and a plurality of electrochemical battery cells. The lid includes at least two channels for receiving at least one post from a military radio. The base includes a locking latch configured to attach to a corresponding catch of a military radio.
US11784371B2
Embodiments of the present application are provided with a box of a battery, a battery, a power consumption device, and a method and device for producing a battery. The box of the battery includes: an electrical chamber; a thermal management component; and a collection chamber, configured to collect emissions from the battery cell provided with the pressure relief mechanism when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated; wherein the thermal management component is configured to isolate the electrical chamber from the collection chamber, a pressure relief region is disposed on the thermal management component, and the emissions collected by the collection chamber is discharged through the pressure relief region. According to the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the safety of the battery can be enhanced.
US11784370B2
An electrochemical cell and method of use, including an anode of metal, an air permeable cathode, an electrolyte between the anode and the cathode, and a transition metal phosphide catalyst on the cathode or between the cathode and the electrolyte. Also, a method of generating electrical current with an electrochemical cell by introducing a transition metal phosphide catalyst on a cathode side of the electrochemical cell. The catalyst can be in the form of any suitable nanostructure, such as molybdenum phosphide nanoflakes.
US11784368B2
An energy storage system and a thermal management method therefor are provided. The method is performed by a smart battery thermal management unit in the energy storage system. In the method, a charging-discharging current in a next preset time period, a current parameter of a battery cell, a predicted ambient temperature in the next preset time period, and a refrigerant returning temperature are acquired. A heat dissipation strategy with minimum total power consumption in the next preset time period is determined based on the charging-discharging current, the current parameter of the battery cell, the predicted ambient temperature, the refrigerant returning temperature and power consumption of the cooling system. The cooling system is controlled based on the heat dissipation strategy with minimum total power consumption, to cool the energy storage system.
US11784367B2
A method of controlling a temperature of metal-air battery apparatus includes measuring the temperature of the metal-air battery apparatus to obtain the temperature and a temperature deviation of the metal-air battery apparatus, comparing the measured temperature and the temperature deviation of the metal-air battery apparatus with a preset temperature and a preset temperature deviation, respectively; and adjusting the temperature of an inlet module or a main module when the measured temperature of the metal-air battery apparatus is less than the preset temperature or the temperature deviation of the metal-air battery apparatus is greater than the preset temperature deviation.
US11784359B2
A method for detecting thermal runaway of a cell includes: positioning a battery pack having multiple cells in an automobile vehicle; measuring a cell voltage of the multiple cells at a predetermined sample rate; and identifying if the cell voltage decreases and modulates coincident with a cell surface temperature increase indicating initiation of a cell short.
US11784354B2
A method for producing a solid state battery, comprising: providing a first solid state electrolyte membrane layer; applying an electronically conductive matrix to the cathode side of the first solid state electrolyte membrane layer; building up a cathode layer on the cathode side of the first solid state electrolyte membrane layer and applying an anode layer to an anode side of the first solid state electrolyte membrane layer, wherein the cathode layer has a higher elasticity than the first solid state electrolyte membrane layer, and the modulus of elasticity of the cathode layer is lower than the modulus of elasticity of the first solid state electrolyte membrane layer. A solid state battery may be produced using the method according to the invention.
US11784353B2
The present invention provides an all-solid state secondary cell equipped with: a positive electrode collector; a negative electrode collector; and a powder laminate placed between the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector. The powder laminate has: a positive electrode powder layer; a negative electrode powder layer; and solid electrolyte layers that are placed between the positive electrode powder layer and the negative electrode powder layer, and also cover the outer periphery of the positive electrode powder layer and the negative electrode powder layer. The powder laminate comprises a peripheral edge part, and a center part surrounded by this peripheral edge part. The thickness of the peripheral edge part is the thickness of the center part or greater.
US11784350B2
The ionic liquids disclosed herein are salts comprising a nitrogen or phosphorus such as a quaternary ammonium ion, a quaternary phosphonium ion, or an N-alkylated nitrogen heterocycle, and which include at least one functional substituent, e.g., a fluoro, cyano, carbonate ester, an alkenyl group, or an alkynyl group bonded to a carbon atom the cation. In a preferred embodiment, the cation is represented by the structure of Formula (I) as described herein.
US11784347B2
The present invention relates to an electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium, battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including same, wherein the electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery may comprise: a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, a first additive containing a compound represented by chemical formula 1, and a second additive containing a magnesium salt.
US11784343B2
A separator for electricity storage devices, which comprises a porous layer that contains a polyolefin resin and an ionic compound, and which is configured such that: the content of the ionic compound in the porous layer is from 5% by mass to 99% by mass (inclusive); and the degree of whiteness of this separator is more than 98.0.
US11784337B2
A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) includes a membrane, a cathode catalyst layer, a cathode co-catalyst layer including a hydrogen reservoir, an anode catalyst layer, and an anode co-catalyst layer including a hydrogen reservoir. The anode co-catalyst layer and the cathode co-catalyst layer cap a cathode potential at lower than 1.5V and an anode potential at lower than 1.0V. The anode co-catalyst layer and the cathode co-catalyst layer can include a platinum doped rare earth oxide, such as platinum doped cerium oxide.
US11784333B2
The present disclosure provides a method of managing the power requirements of a facility powered by fuel cells, the facility including: a primary system having a non-discretional load requirement; and one or more ancillary load consuming systems having a nominal load; at least one fuel cell to provide power to the primary system to meet the non-discretional load requirement and provide power to the one or more ancillary systems; and a control system configured to monitor the non-discretional load requirement and to control the supply of power to the primary system and to the one or more ancillary load consuming systems. The method includes: detecting a change in the non-discretional load requirement; adjusting the power supplied to the one or more ancillary load consuming systems from the nominal load to meet the change in the non-discretional load requirement; and providing power to the primary system to meet the changed non-discretional load requirement.
US11784328B2
To provide an air-cooled fuel cell system configured to suppress thermal runaway. An air-cooled fuel cell system, wherein the air-cooled fuel cell system comprises: a fuel cell, a first temperature acquirer, a second temperature acquirer and a controller; wherein the fuel cell comprises a cooling fin made of a metal; wherein the first temperature acquirer is disposed at a position which is near a cooling air inlet of the fuel cell and which is apart from the cooling fin; wherein the second temperature acquirer is disposed to come into contact with the cooling fin; wherein the controller monitors temperatures acquired by the first and second temperature acquirers.
US11784327B2
A fuel cell cooling system may include a fuel cell stack that produces electricity by use of a fuel, a fuel cell cooler that cools cooling water for cooling the fuel cell stack through exchange of heat with external air, an exhaust line that exhausts an exhaust gas generated by the fuel cell stack, a condenser fluidically connected to the exhaust line to generate condensate by condensing the exhaust gas and store the generated condensate, an ejector connected to the condenser to eject the condensate to an external surface of the fuel cell cooler, and a condensate cooler connected to the condenser to cool the condensate stored in the condenser through exchange of heat therebetween.
US11784315B2
A lithium secondary battery including a negative electrode in which a negative electrode mixture included in the negative electrode is formed by charge and discharge of the battery. This negative electrode is formed by charge-induced formation of lithium metal on a negative electrode current collector having a three-dimensional structure form. The lithium secondary battery forms lithium metal while being blocked from the atmosphere. Therefore, formation of a surface oxide layer (native oxide layer) on a negative electrode is blocked and a lithium dendrite growth suppressing effect is achieved by forming lithium metal on a negative electrode current collector having a three-dimensional structure form. The lithium secondary battery has a superior battery efficiency and reduces declines in lifetime properties.
US11784313B2
Provided is a slurry composition for a secondary battery electrode that has excellent fibrous carbon nanomaterial dispersibility and is capable of forming an electrode mixed material layer having excellent close adherence to a current collector. The slurry composition is obtained using a conductive material paste composition for a secondary battery electrode that contains a fibrous carbon nanomaterial, a binder, and a solvent. The binder includes a first copolymer that includes an alkylene structural unit and a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and has a weight average molecular weight of at least 170,000 and less than 1,500,000.
US11784311B2
This application discloses a secondary battery and an apparatus containing the secondary battery. The secondary battery comprises a positive electrode plate comprising a positive active material and a negative electrode plate comprising a negative active material. The negative active material comprises a first material and a second material, the first material comprises artificial graphite, and the second material comprises natural graphite. The positive active material comprises one or more of layered lithium transition metal oxides and modified compounds thereof, and a smoothness L of a surface of the negative electrode film away from the negative electrode current collector satisfies: 40≤L≤50; or the positive active material comprises one or more of lithium-containing phosphates with olivine structure and modified compounds thereof, and a smoothness L of a surface of the negative electrode film away from the negative electrode current collector satisfies: 45≤L≤55.
US11784310B2
The present invention provides a lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt composite oxide in which the reactivity between a lithium raw material and a metal composite hydroxide is improved so that a high low-temperature output characteristic can be achieved, a method for manufacturing the composite oxide, and a positive electrode active material and the like without causing a problem of gelation during the paste preparation. A positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, including a lithium-metal composite oxide powder including a secondary particle configured by aggregating primary particles containing lithium, nickel, manganese, and cobalt, or a lithium-metal composite oxide powder including both the primary particles and the secondary particle. The secondary particle has a solid structure inside as a main inside structure, the slurry pH is 11.5 or less, the soluble lithium content rate is 0.5 [% by mass] or less, and the specific surface area is 1.0 to 2.0 [m2/g].
US11784307B2
Although silicon-oxide based particles have stable capacity and high cycling efficiency as anode active material, they are known to suffer significant capacity loss during the first battery cycles. The addition of lithium silicate may help to mitigate the initial capacity loss, but it has been difficult to produce such anodes. During battery manufacture cell components are exposed to water, and lithium silicate is water soluble. As lithium silicate dissolves, the pH of the water increases, which can etch silicon, degrading the anode active material. Such degradation can be mitigated by doping lithium silicate with multivalent elements or by converting some silicon to metal silicide before water processing. Doping of lithium silicate makes it less soluble in water. And metal silicide is not as easily etched as silicon. While retaining the excellent capacity and stability of silicon-oxide based material, these methods and the structures they produce have been shown to increase the effective energy density of batteries that employ such structures by offsetting capacity loss in the first cycles.
US11784293B2
The display panel includes an array substrate, a light emitting diode and a first connection electrode. The array substrate includes a driving circuit layer. The light emitting diode is disposed on the array substrate. The light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a light emitting layer. The light emitting layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The first connection electrode is electrically connected to the driving circuit layer and the first semiconductor layer. The first connection electrode wraps the light emitting layer such that a normal projection of the light emitting layer over the array substrate is within a normal projection of the first connection electrode over the array substrate.
US11784292B2
A light emitting device including a printed circuit board having a front surface and a rear surface, at least one light emitting source disposed on the front surface to emit light in a direction away from the printed circuit board, and a molding layer surrounding the light emitting source, in which the light emitting source includes a light emitting structure, a substrate disposed on the light emitting structure, and a plurality of bump electrodes disposed between the light emitting structure and the printed circuit board, the molding layer covers an upper surface of the substrate and a fine concavo-convex part is formed on a surface of the molding layer exposed to the outside, and the molding layer has a first thickness to transmit at least a fraction of light emitted from the light emitting source, and includes a filler to change a direction of emitted light.
US11784290B2
A light-emitting device includes a pair of light-transmissive insulator sheets disposed opposite to each other and two types of light-transmissive electroconductive layers disposed on a common one of or separately on one and the other of the pair of light-transmissive insulator sheets, and at least one light-emitting semiconductor each provided with a cathode and an anode which are individually and electrically connected to the two types of the light-transmissive electroconductive layers. The electrical connection and mechanical bonding between the members are improved by a light-transmissive elastomer which is between the pair of light-transmissive insulator sheets. A method in which a light-emitting semiconductor element and a light-transmissive electroconductive member are subjected to vacuum hot-pressing.
US11784281B2
A method is disclosed. For example, the method includes printing an image on a substrate, applying an adhesive on select portions of the image, coupling the image to a wave guide such that the adhesive contacts a surface of the wave guide, and providing a light through the wave guide such that the light is emitted through the wave guide and the adhesive and the light is reflected by the select portions of the image back through the adhesive and the wave guide.
US11784279B2
There are provided a method for producing a photovoltaic element with stabilised efficiency, and a device which may be used to carry out the method, for example in the form of a specially adapted continuous furnace. A silicon substrate to be provided with an emitter layer and electrical contacts is thereby subjected to a stabilisation treatment step. In that step, hydrogen, for example from a hydrogenated silicon nitride layer, is introduced into the silicon substrate, for example within a zone (2) of maximum temperature. The silicon substrate may then purposively be cooled rapidly in a zone (3) in order to avoid hydrogen effusion. The silicon substrate may then purposively be maintained, for example in a zone (4), within a temperature range of from 230° C. to 450° C. for a period of, for example, at least 10 seconds. The previously introduced hydrogen may thereby assume an advantageous bond state. At the same time or subsequently, a regeneration may be carried out by generating excess minority charge carriers in the substrate at a temperature of at least 90° C., preferably at least 230° C. Overall, with the proposed method, a regeneration process in the production of a photovoltaic element may be accelerated significantly so that it may be carried out, for example, in a suitably modified continuous furnace.
US11784265B2
Disclosed are a mercury cadmium telluride-black phosphorus van der Waals heterojunction infrared polarization detector and a preparation method thereof. The structure of the detector from bottom to top comprises a substrate, a mercury cadmium telluride material, an insulating layer, a two-dimensional semiconductor black phosphorus, and metal electrodes. First, growing the mercury cadmium telluride material on the substrate, removing part of the mercury cadmium telluride by ultraviolet lithography and argon ion etching, filling with aluminum oxide as the insulating layer using an electron beam evaporation method, transferring the two-dimensional semiconductor material black phosphorus at the junction of mercury cadmium telluride and an insulating layer assisted by a polypropylene carbonate film, and preparing the metal source-drain electrodes by electron beam lithography technology combined with the lift-off process to form the mercury cadmium telluride-black phosphorus van der Waals heterojunction infrared polarization detector.
US11784263B2
The invention relates to a method for improving the ohmic-contact behaviour between a contact grid and an emitter layer of a silicon solar cell. The object of the invention is to propose a method for improving the ohmic-contact behaviour between a contact grid and an emitter layer of a silicon solar cell, in which the effects on materials caused by irradiation of the sun-facing side are further minimized. In addition, the method should also be applicable to silicon solar cells in which the emitter layer has a high sheet resistance. This object is achieved by first providing the silicon solar cell with the emitter layer, the contact grid and a rear contact, and electrically connecting the contact grid to one pole of a voltage source, then a contacting device that is electrically connected to the other pole of the voltage source is connected to the rear contact, and with the voltage source, a voltage is applied directed contrary to the forward direction of the silicon solar cell that is less than the breakdown voltage of the silicon solar cell and, when applying this voltage, a point light source is guided over the sun-facing side of the silicon solar cell and thereby a section of a subsection of the sun-facing side is illuminated and thus a current flow is induced in the subsection where the current flow relative to the section has a current density of 200 A/cm2 to 20,000 A/cm2 and acts on the subsection for 10 ns to 10 ms.
US11784261B2
A stacked III-V semiconductor diode comprising or consisting of GaAs, with a heavily n-doped cathode layer, a heavily p-doped anode layer, and a drift region arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer with a dopant concentration of at most 8·1015 cm−3, and a layer thickness of at least 10 μm, wherein the cathode layer has a delta layer section with a layer thickness of 0.1 μm to 2 μm and a dopant concentration of at least 1·1019 cm−3.
US11784259B2
A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a conductor, a first insulator in contact with a side surface of the conductor, a second insulator in contact with a top surface of the conductor and a top surface of the first insulator, and an oxide over the second insulator. The oxide includes a region that overlaps with the conductor with the second insulator interposed therebetween. The maximum height of a roughness curve (Rz) of the top surface of the conductor is 6.0 nm or smaller. The region includes crystals, and c-axes of the crystals are aligned in the normal direction of the top surface of the conductor.
US11784258B2
A thin film transistor, a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate, and a display device are provided. The thin film transistor comprises a base substrate, a gate on the base substrate, a gate insulating layer covering the gate, an active layer on the gate insulating layer, a first electrode and a second electrode over and electrically connected to the active layer, and a first insulating portion between the gate insulating layer and the first electrode. An orthographic projection of the first insulating portion on the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the first electrode on the base substrate, and an orthographic projection of a boundary between a side surface of the gate and an upper surface of the gate on the base substrate at least partially overlap.
US11784255B2
A semiconductor device may include a first active fin, a second active fin and a gate structure. The first active fin may extend in a first direction on a substrate and may include a first straight line extension portion, a second straight line extension portion, and a bent portion between the first and second straight line extension portions. The second active fin may extend in the first direction on the substrate. The gate structure may extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the substrate. The gate structure may cross one of the first and second straight line extension portions of the first active fin and may cross the second active fin.
US11784251B2
A transistor includes a semiconductor body including a material such as an amorphous or polycrystalline material, for example and a gate stack on a first portion of the body. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric on the body, and a gate electrode on the gate dielectric. The transistor further includes a first metallization structure on a second portion of the body and a third metallization structure on a third portion of the body, opposite to the second portion. The transistor further includes a ferroelectric material on at least a fourth portion of the body, where the ferroelectric material is between the gate stack and the first or second metallization structure.
US11784249B2
An antenna device according to an example embodiment includes a silicon substrate of first type doping, at least two first doped regions formed by second type doping different from the first type doping, a second doped region formed by the second type doping outside a channel region surrounding the at least two first doped regions, and at least two gates disposed on a dielectric layer. In the antenna device, a resonant frequency is adjusted according to an external voltage individually applied to the at least two gates, and polarization information of a terahertz (THz) light source is obtained based on a pattern and an amount of an electric field measured at the at least two gates.
US11784245B2
An electrically conductive sub-collector layer is provided in a surface layer portion of a substrate. A collector layer, a base layer, and an emitter layer are located within the sub-collector layer when viewed in plan. The collector layer is connected to the sub-collector layer. An emitter electrode and a base electrode are long in a first direction when viewed in plan. The emitter electrode overlaps the emitter layer. The base electrode and the emitter electrode are discretely located away from each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A collector electrode is located on one side in the second direction with respect to the emitter electrode and is not located on the other side when viewed in plan. A base line is connected to the base electrode in a manner so as to adjoin a portion other than longitudinal ends of the base electrode.
US11784244B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a junction field effect transistor, includes: preparing a substrate having a first conductivity type drift layer; forming a first conductivity type channel layer above the drift layer by an epitaxial growth, to thereby produce a semiconductor substrate; forming a second conductivity type gate layer within the channel layer by performing an ion-implantation; forming a second conductivity type body layer at a position separated from the gate layer within the channel layer by performing an ion-implantation; and forming a second conductivity type shield layer at a position that is to be located between the gate layer and the drift layer within the channel layer by performing an ion-implantation. The shield layer is formed to face the gate layer while being separated from the gate layer, and is kept to a potential different from that of the gate layer.
US11784241B2
Devices and structures that include a gate spacer having a gap or void are described along with methods of forming such devices and structures. In accordance with some embodiments, a structure includes a substrate, a gate stack over the substrate, a contact over the substrate, and a spacer disposed laterally between the gate stack and the contact. The spacer includes a first dielectric sidewall portion and a second dielectric sidewall portion. A void is disposed between the first dielectric sidewall portion and the second dielectric sidewall portion.
US11784240B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a contact layer over a metal silicide layer. The contact layer extends through a first dielectric structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a first metal nitride barrier layer over sidewalls of the contact layer. The first metal nitride barrier layer is directly adjacent to the first dielectric structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a second metal nitride barrier layer partially between the contact layer and the metal silicide layer and partially between the contact layer and the first metal nitride barrier layer. The metal silicide layer is below the first metal nitride barrier layer and the second metal nitride barrier layer.
US11784239B2
Disclosed herein are tri-gate transistor arrangements, and related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, a transistor arrangement may include a fin stack shaped as a fin extending away from a base, and a subfin dielectric stack. The fin includes a subfin portion and a channel portion, the subfin portion being closer to the base than the channel portion. The subfin dielectric stack includes a transistor dielectric material, and a fixed charge liner material disposed between the transistor dielectric material and the subfin portion of the fin.
US11784237B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a channel layer, a barrier layer, a gate, a strained layer and a passivation layer. The channel layer is disposed on the substrate. The barrier layer is disposed on the channel layer. The gate is disposed on the barrier layer. The strained layer is disposed on the barrier layer. The passivation layer covers the gate and the strained layer. The material of the passivation layer differs from that of the strained layer.
US11784236B2
Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device include providing a semiconductor substrate that includes a plurality of epitaxial layers, including a channel layer and a permanent cap over the channel layer, where the permanent cap defines an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, and forming a sacrificial cap over the permanent cap in an active region of the device, where the sacrificial cap comprises a semiconductor material that includes aluminum. The method also includes forming one or more current carrying regions (e.g., source and drain regions) in the semiconductor substrate in the active region of the device by performing an ion implantation process to implant ions through the sacrificial cap, and into the semiconductor substrate, completely removing the sacrificial cap in the active region of the device, while refraining from removing the permanent cap, and forming one or more current carrying contacts over the one or more current carrying regions.
US11784232B2
A gate opening, a plurality of first openings arranged in a gate widthwise direction and having a reed shape, a second opening connecting the adjacent first openings, and a third opening connected to a side away from the arrangement of the first opening at an end of the arrangement are formed in an insulation layer. An ohmic cap layer is etched via the openings to form an asymmetric recess region.
US11784227B2
A electronic device and a fabrication method is provided. The electronic device having a first electrode and a second electrode. A nano-gap is formed between first and second electrode. The first electrode, the second electrode and the gap may be located in the same layer of the device.
US11784225B2
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of stacked units, a conductive structure, a plurality of dielectrics, a first electrode strip, a second electrode strip, and a plurality of contact structures. The stacked units are stacked up over the semiconductor substrate, and comprises a first passivation layer, a second passivation layer and a channel layer sandwiched between the first passivation layer and the second passivation layer. The conductive structure is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and wrapping around the stacked units. The dielectrics are surrounding the stacked units and separating the stacked units from the conductive structure. The first electrode strip and the second electrode strip are located on two opposing sides of the conductive structure. The contact structures are connecting the channel layer of each of the stacked units to the first electrode strip and the second electrode strip.
US11784222B2
A method of semiconductor fabrication includes providing a semiconductor structure having a substrate and first, second, third, and fourth fins above the substrate. The method further includes forming an n-type epitaxial source/drain (S/D) feature on the first and second fins, forming a p-type epitaxial S/D feature on the third and fourth fins, and performing a selective etch process on the semiconductor structure to remove upper portions of the n-type epitaxial S/D feature and the p-type epitaxial S/D feature such that more is removed from the n-type epitaxial S/D feature than the p-type epitaxial S/D feature.
US11784221B2
The HEMT includes a channel layer, a barrier layer, a drain, and a gate conductor. The barrier layer is disposed on the channel layer. The drain is disposed on the barrier layer. The gate conductor is disposed on the barrier layer. The channel layer includes a doped semiconductor structure overlapping with a top surface of the channel layer and having a bottom-most border that is located over a bottom-most surface of the channel layer and is spaced apart from the bottom-most surface of the channel layer. The doped semiconductor structure is located between the drain and the gate conductor.
US11784208B2
A photoelectric conversion device according to one embodiment includes a first transistor and a first photoelectric conversion element disposed on a first region, a second transistor disposed on a second region, an insulating layer that covers the first transistor, the first photoelectric conversion element, and the second transistor, and a first terminal that is disposed on the insulating layer, is electrically connected to one of the first transistor and the first photoelectric conversion element, and is connectable to an outside. The second transistor is a dummy transistor of the first transistor.
US11784193B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes first semiconductor layers crossing a first scanning line in a non-display area, the first semiconductor layers being a in number, second semiconductor layers crossing a second scanning line in the non-display area, the second semiconductor layers being b in number, and an insulating film disposed between the first and second semiconductor layers and the first and second scanning lines, wherein a and b are integers greater than or equal to 2, and a is different from b, and the first and second semiconductor layers are both entirely covered with the insulating film.
US11784191B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The array substrate includes a substrate, at least one first thin film transistor, and at least one second thin film transistor. A second etching barrier block is disposed between an active layer and a first source electrode, and the first drain electrode is close to the active layer, thereby shortening an effective channel of the first thin film transistor, so that a mobility of transistors and a number of pixels of a panel can be improved.
US11784188B2
The present disclosure attempts to provide a capacitor cell having a large capacitance value per unit area in a semiconductor integrated circuit device using a three-dimensional transistor device. A logic cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A capacitor cell includes a three-dimensional transistor device. A length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the capacitor cell is greater than a length of a portion, of a local interconnect, which protrudes from a three-dimensional diffusion layer in a direction away from a power supply interconnect in the logic cell.
US11784182B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a substrate, a first wire, a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element. The substrate has a display region and a peripheral region adjacent to the display region. The first wire is disposed in the display region and the peripheral region. The first semiconductor element is disposed in the display region. The second semiconductor element is disposed in the peripheral region and adjacent to the first semiconductor element. The first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element cross the first wire in two parts respectively and the two parts of the second semiconductor element is less than the two parts of the first semiconductor element in distance.
US11784174B2
An optical package structure and a method for manufacturing an optical package structure are provided. The optical package structure includes a first die, a bumping structure, and a second die. The first die is on a carrier. The bumping structure is over the first die. The bumping structure includes a light-transmitting portion and a light-blocking portion embedded in the light-transmitting portion. The second die is electrically connected to the carrier. The light-blocking portion of the bumping structure is free from covering the second die.
US11784171B2
A semiconductor device includes a first package, and a second package stacked on the first package. Each of the first and second packages includes a first redistribution substrate having a first redistribution pattern, a first semiconductor chip on the first redistribution substrate and connected to the first redistribution pattern, a first molding layer covering the first semiconductor chip on the first redistribution substrate, a first through-electrode penetrating the first molding layer so as to be connected to the first redistribution pattern, and a second through-electrode penetrating the first molding layer and not connected to the first redistribution pattern. The first redistribution pattern of the second package is electrically connected to the second through-electrode of the first package.
US11784169B2
A semiconductor device, the device including: a first substrate; a first metal layer disposed over the substrate; a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer; a first level including a plurality of transistors, the first level disposed over the second metal layer, where the plurality of transistors include a second single crystal silicon; a third metal layer disposed over the first level; a fourth metal layer disposed over the third metal layer, where the fourth metal layer is aligned to the first metal layer with a less than 100 nm alignment error; and a via disposed through the first level, where the via has a diameter of less than 450 nm, where the fourth metal layer provides a global power distribution, and where a typical thickness of the fourth metal layer is at least 50% greater than a typical thickness of the third metal.
US11784161B2
A system includes an image sensor structure and a flow cell. The image sensor structure includes an image layer disposed over a base substrate. A device stack is disposed over the image layer. A bond pad is disposed in the device stack. A passivation stack is disposed over the device stack and the bond pad. An array of nanowells is disposed in a top layer of the passivation stack. A through-silicon via (TSV) is in electrical contact with the bond pad. The TSV extends through the base substrate. A redistribution layer (RDL) is disposed on a bottom surface of the base substrate. The RDL is in electrical contact with the TSV. The flow cell is disposed upon the top layer of the passivation stack to form a flow channel therebetween. The flow channel is disposed over the array of nanowells and the bond pad.
US11784152B2
A semiconductor device package includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first redistribution layer (RDL) including a circuit layer. The second electronic device is disposed on the first RDL of the first electronic device. The second electronic device includes an encapsulant and a patterned conductive layer. The encapsulant has a first surface facing the first RDL of the first electronic device, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The patterned conductive layer is disposed at the second surface of the encapsulant, and is configured to be electrically coupled to the circuit layer of the first RDL of the first electronic device.
US11784146B1
An apparatus and method for co-axial wire bonding to improve impedance and electrical package connection performance of a substrate attached to the interior of an electrical device package. One or more wire bonds making ground connections between a package and an internal electrical circuit substrate make a non-contact geometrical crossing over an active electrical signal wire.
US11784139B2
Provided a package substrate including an insulation substrate, a conductive layer provided in the insulation substrate, upper pads provided on an upper surface of the insulation substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer, lower pads provided on a lower surface of the insulation substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer, and at least one trench provided at a portion of the insulation substrate adjacent to at least one of the upper pads and configured to block stress, which is generated by an expansion of the insulation substrate, from spreading to the at least one of the upper pads.
US11784135B2
A semiconductor device has shielding to prevent transmission and/or reception of EMI and/or RFI radiation. The semiconductor device comprises a substrate including grounded contact pads around a periphery of the substrate, exposed at one or more edges of the substrate. A bump made of gold or other non-oxidizing conductive material may be formed on the contact pads, for example using ultrasonic welding to remove an oxidation layer between the contact pads and the conductive bumps. The conductive bumps electrically couple to a conductive coating applied around the periphery of the semiconductor device.
US11784130B2
A package structure and a formation method of a package structure are provided. The method includes forming a recess in a circuit substrate, and the recess has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The second sidewall is between the first sidewall and a bottommost surface of the circuit substrate, and the second sidewall is steeper than the first sidewall. The method also includes forming a die package, and the die package has a semiconductor die. The method further includes bonding the die package to the circuit substrate through bonding structures such that a portion of the semiconductor die enters the recess of the circuit substrate. In addition, the method includes forming an underfill material to surround the bonding structures and to fill the recess.
US11784129B2
A semiconductor package and associated methods, the package including a substrate; first and second semiconductor chips on the substrate; and external terminals below the substrate, wherein the substrate includes a core portion; first and second buildup portions on top and bottom surfaces of the core portion, the first and second buildup portions including a dielectric pattern and a line pattern; and an interposer chip in an embedding region in the core portion and electrically connected to the first and second buildup portions, the interposer chip includes a base layer; a redistribution layer on the base layer; and a via that penetrates the base layer, the via being connected to the redistribution layer and exposed at a surface of the base layer, the redistribution layer is connected to a line pattern of the first buildup portion, and the via is connected to a line pattern of the second buildup portion.
US11784128B2
A die interconnect substrate comprises a bridge die comprising at least one bridge interconnect connecting a first bridge die pad of the bridge die to a second bridge die pad of the bridge die. The die interconnect substrate comprises a multilayer substrate structure comprising a substrate interconnect. The bridge die is embedded in the multilayer substrate structure. The substrate interconnect extends from a level above the bridge die to a level below the bridge die. The multilayer substrate structure further comprises an electrically insulating layer comprising a first electrically insulating material. The multilayer substrate structure further comprises an electrically insulating filler structure located laterally between the bridge die and the electrically insulating layer, wherein the electrically insulating filler structure comprises a second electrically insulating material different from the first electrically insulating material.
US11784124B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for manufacturing metal contacts under ground-up contact pads within a device. A device may comprise a bottom metal layer with a bottom metal contact, a top metal layer with a top metal contact, and a plurality of middle metal layers. Any given metal layer of the plurality of middle metal layers comprises a metal contact, the metal contact is substantially vertically below the top metal contact, substantially vertically above the bottom metal contact, and substantially vertically above a metal contact in any metal layer that is below the given metal layer. The metal contacts may be of various and different shapes. All the metal contacts in the plurality of middle metal layers and the bottom metal contact may be smaller than the top metal contact, therefore occupying less area and saving more area for other functions such as device routing.
