US11839168B2
A system and method for storing information in a quantum computer using a quantum storage ring. The method comprises cooling ions in the quantum storage ring to a low temperature; and binding the ions into a lattice structure, forming an ion Coulomb crystal.
US11839166B2
A resistive random access memory (RRAM) device may be provided, including: a base layer, a vertical electrode stack arranged over the base layer, where the vertical electrode stack may include alternating mask elements and first electrodes, and each first electrode may include an extended portion extending beyond at least one side surface of at least one mask element adjoining the first electrode, a switching layer arranged along the extended portion of each first electrode and along the at least one side surface of the at least one mask element adjoining the first electrode, and a second electrode including a surface in contact with the switching layer. The RRAM device may have a 3D structure.
US11839165B2
A solid state cooler device is disclosed that comprises a first normal metal pad, a first aluminum layer and a second aluminum layer disposed on the first normal metal pad and separated from one another by a gap, a first aluminum oxide layer formed on the first aluminum layer, and a second aluminum oxide layer formed on the second aluminum layer, and a first superconductor pad disposed on the first aluminum oxide layer and a second superconductor pad disposed on the second aluminum oxide layer. The device further comprises a first conductive pad coupled to the first superconductor pad, and a second conductive pad coupled to the second superconductor pad, wherein hot electrons are removed from the first normal metal pad when a bias voltage is applied between the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad.
US11839164B2
Addressing a superconducting flux storage device may include applying a bias current, a low-frequency flux bias, and a high-frequency flux bias in combination to cause a combined address signal level to exceed a defined address signal latching level for the superconducting flux storage device. A bias current that, in combination with a low-frequency flux bias and a high-frequency flux bias, causes a combined address signal level to exceed a defined address signal latching level for a superconducting flux storage device is at least reduced by an asymmetry in the Josephson junctions of the CJJ. A low-frequency flux bias that, in combination with a bias current and a high-frequency flux bias, causes a combined address signal level to exceed a defined address signal latching level for a superconducting flux storage device is at least reduced by an asymmetry in the Josephson junctions of the CJJ.
US11839155B2
The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds containing a polycyclic unit, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.
US11839154B2
The present invention relates to a novel compound for improving the photostability of an optoelectronic device, and more particularly, to a novel phenanthroline-based compound, a preparation method thereof, and an optoelectronic device including the same as a passivation layer. According to the present invention, the novel phenanthroline-based compound of Formula 1 is a novel compound in which an amine group side chain is introduced into the parent nucleus of phenanthroline, and is capable of being used in a solution process due to excellent solubility in a polar solvent, and simple introduction on an n-type semiconductor organic layer (e.g., an organic photoactive layer or an electron transport layer) as a passivation layer may bring about not only an increase in stability, but also an additional increase in efficiency such as an increase in open-circuit voltage or photocurrent.
US11839150B2
An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the emission layer includes a condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1, and the organic electroluminescence device exhibits high efficiency characteristics.
US11839147B2
Hole injection layer and charge generation layer containing a truxene based compound are disclosed for organic electronic devices. By applying the truxene based compound for the hole injection layer, low driving voltage, high efficiency and long lifetime of the device can be achieved. In addition, a P-type charge generation layer comprising the truxene based compound can be used in tandem OLEDs structure and can further improve the voltage, efficiency and lifetime of the device.
US11839145B2
An organic light emitting diode includes a first electrode, a hole transport region disposed on the first electrode, an emission layer disposed on the hole transport region, an electron transport region disposed on the emission layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport region. The hole transport region includes a first hole transport layer which is directly disposed on the lower portion of the emission layer and has a first refractive index, and a second hole transport layer which is disposed on the lower portion of the first hole transport layer and has a second refractive index, thereby exhibiting an improved luminous efficiency characteristic.
US11839144B2
Platinum complexes suitable for use as phosphorescent emitters or as delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent emitters having the following structure:
US11839141B2
A novel compound having a first ligand LA of is disclosed. The compound is useful as emitter dopant in OLEDs.
US11839138B2
An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, an emitting layer, and a cathode, in which the emitting layer contains a first compound and a second compound, the second compound satisfying (a), (b), (c), and (d) of: (a) a half bandwidth being 30 nm or less; (b) ionization potential being 6.0 eV or less; (c) a singlet energy S1(M2) being 2.6 eV or more; and (d) a peak top in a toluene solution being 465 nm or less.
US11839136B2
A method of manufacturing a display panel includes: preparing a support substrate including a first area and a second area that are spaced apart from each other, and a third area between the first area and the second area; forming, on the support substrate, a blocking layer located in the first area; forming, on the support substrate, a substrate material layer located in the first through third areas; removing a portion of the substrate material layer corresponding to the third area, to form a dummy substrate in the first area and a substrate in the second area; and separating the substrate from the support substrate, wherein the dummy substrate includes a plurality of protrusions protruding toward the substrate, and the substrate defines a plurality of through-portions corresponding to the plurality of protrusions, wherein an edge of each of the plurality of protrusions includes an uneven portion.
US11839124B2
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color that is a red-shifted color of a deep blue sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels. Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may also provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color, and where the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a light blue sub-pixel, a deep blue sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a green sub-pixel.
US11839118B2
The organic light-emitting display panel includes: a base substrate having sub-pixel regions and non-sub-pixel regions; fingerprint identification devices in the non-sub-pixel regions; anodes in the sub-pixel regions and on sides, facing away from the base substrate, of the fingerprint identification devices; and a collimation structure in the non-sub-pixel regions. The collimation structure includes at least two laminated light-shielding layers on the sides, facing away from the base substrate, of the fingerprint identification devices, and an orthographic projection of each light-shielding layer on the base substrate at least covers orthographic projections of the fingerprint identification devices on the base substrate; at least one through hole is in a position, corresponding to each fingerprint identification device, of each light-shielding layer, and through holes of the light-shielding layers are in one-to-one correspondence; and the light-shielding layer closest to the base substrate is disposed in the same layer as and insulated from the anodes.
US11839117B2
An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate, a plurality of transmissive windows spaced apart from the pixels, and a light blocking member disposed between one of the pixels and one of the transmissive windows. The pixels display an image, and light is transmitted through the transmissive windows. Each pixel includes a transistor including a plurality of electrode members disposed in different layers on the substrate. The light blocking member includes a plurality of light blocking sub-members respectively disposed in the same layers as the plurality of electrode members.
US11839107B2
A touch display device can include a substrate including an active area and a non-active area, a transistor disposed on the substrate, a sub-pixel electrically connected to the transistor and including an organic light emitting diode, an encapsulation layer disposed on the organic light emitting diode, a planarization layer disposed on the encapsulation layer and including a lens unit, and a plurality of touch electrodes disposed between the encapsulation layer and the planarization layer. The plurality of touch electrodes can include an open area. Further, the lens unit can be disposed in the open area of the plurality of touch electrodes.
US11839104B2
Flexible display substrate and method of manufacturing the same, display panel and display apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a flexible display substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, a display panel and a display apparatus. The flexible display substrate has a display region and a non-display region. In some embodiments, the flexible display substrate comprises: a base substrate and an inorganic film layer provided on the base substrate, wherein the inorganic film layer of the non-display region is provided with a groove; and a filling structure for filling the groove.
US11839103B2
A display apparatus including a substrate including a display area and a sensor area, the sensor area including a transmission portion that transmits light, a plurality of first display devices arranged in the display area, a display device group including a plurality of second display devices, the display device group being arranged in the sensor area, and a passivation layer covering the display device group and having a first hole corresponding to the transmission portion.
US11839088B1
A device includes, in a first region, a first conductive interconnect, an electrode structure on the first conductive interconnect, where the electrode structure includes a first conductive hydrogen barrier layer and a first conductive fill material. A memory device including a ferroelectric material or a paraelectric material is on the electrode structure. A second dielectric includes an amorphous, greater than 90% film density hydrogen barrier material laterally surrounds the memory device. A via electrode including a second conductive hydrogen barrier material is on at least a portion of the memory device. A second region includes a conductive interconnect structure embedded within a less than 90% film density material.
US11839084B2
A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device includes a source structure disposed on a horizontal semiconductor layer and including a first source conductive pattern and a second source conductive pattern which are sequentially stacked on the horizontal semiconductor layer, an electrode structure including a plurality of electrodes vertically stacked on the source structure, and a vertical semiconductor pattern penetrating the electrode structure and the source structure, wherein a portion of a sidewall of the vertical semiconductor pattern is in contact with the source structure. The first source conductive pattern includes a discontinuous interface at a level between a top surface of the horizontal semiconductor layer and a bottom surface of the second source conductive pattern.
US11839049B2
A cooling apparatus including a heat sink to which a heat generating body is joined, a main flow generation device configured to generate a main flow for cooling the heat sink, and an induced flow generation device configured to electrically generate an induced flow. The induced flow generation device is provided to a support member facing the heat sink.
US11839047B2
A design for the electrical infrastructure of a data center enables two different configurations to be utilized, including a distributed, redundant configuration that provides higher reliability and a non-redundant configuration that provides higher capacity. In the distributed, redundant configuration, each server in the data center draws power from at least two different power supply systems. This enables load shifting when a power supply system becomes unavailable, which can have the effect of increasing server reliability. In the non-redundant configuration, each server in the data center draws power from only one power supply system. Load shifting is not utilized in the non-redundant configuration, which eliminates the need to maintain reserve capacity and thereby increases capacity. Advantageously, it is possible to switch between these two configurations without making any internal changes to the data center other than modifying connections between sets of server racks and power buses.
US11839032B2
A multi head flexible printed circuit (FPC) ultraviolet laser drilling device and a using method thereof are provided, the device includes a body frame; a support frame connected to the body frame; a first movement assembly disposed on the body frame and configured to move along a Y-axis direction of the body frame; a second movement assembly disposed on the support frame and configured to move along an X-axis direction of the body frame; a third movement assembly disposed on the second movement assembly and configured to move along a Z-axis direction of the body frame; a suction assembly slidably connected to the first movement assembly and configured to fix one or more FPC boards; and a drilling assembly including drilling parts. The device can realize the simultaneous processing of FPC board by adopting two or more processing modes, thereby improving the processing efficiency.
US11839022B2
A circuit board includes a support member having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and an elastic interconnect substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, at least part of the second surface being fixed to the first major surface and the second major surface of the support member, wherein the first surface of the interconnect substrate includes a circuit region where an electronic component is mounted and at least one electrode region where at least one external electrode is arranged, wherein the circuit region is disposed indirectly on the first major surface of the support member, and wherein the interconnect substrate is bent around the support member, and at least part of the electrode region is disposed indirectly on the second major surface of the support member.
US11839017B2
A press-fit terminal for connecting a first component and a second component includes a first elastic portion for engaging with the first component, a second elastic portion for engaging with the second component, and an intermediate portion arranged between the first and second elastic portions in an axial direction of the terminal. The intermediate portion comprises a first plurality of radially extending arms for engaging with the first component and a second plurality of radially extending arms for engaging with the second component.
US11839005B2
A method (400) of controlling a lighting unit (110) of a lighting system (100a, 100b) is disclosed. The lighting system (100a, 100b) comprises the lighting unit (110) and a lighting control device (120) comprising a user input element (122) for receiving a continuous user input for changing an intensity of the light output of the lighting unit (110). The method (400) comprises receiving (402) a signal indicative of the continuous user input, obtaining (404) one or more parameters, the one or more of parameters comprising at least a current light setting of the lighting unit (110), the current light setting having an intensity level between a predefined maximum intensity level and a predefined minimum intensity level, and controlling the intensity of the light output of the lighting unit (110) over time while the continuous user input is being provided, wherein the intensity of the light output is either increased or decreased based on the one or more parameters.
US11839003B2
Provided is an apparatus for supplying power. The apparatus includes a rectifier unit configured to apply a voltage by rectifying alternating current power source, a light emitting unit including a plurality of light emitting diodes which emit light by electric current according to the voltage and are connected in series, a signal generation unit configured to generate a driving signal by dropping the voltage of the rectifier unit, and a switch unit including a plurality of transistors which are connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes, respectively, and are turned on by the driving signal and switch a route of electric current flowing in the plurality of light emitting diodes to be supplied to a microcontroller as power source.
US11839002B2
A control circuit for a constant-current drive circuit, as well as a constant-current drive circuit are disclosed. The control circuit can obtain output information of the constant-current drive circuit and use it in combination with reference information to determine, according to an output condition corresponding to the current load of the constant-current drive circuit, a time point for the system to enter or exit a rapid drive mode. Therefore, it can be suitably used in various application scenarios to determine a time point for the system to entry into or exit from the rapid start mode. Compared with fast charging for a fixed period of time as used in the prior art, embodiments of the present invention can effectively overcome the problem of easy overshooting or inadequate acceleration during start as found in various applications.
US11838998B2
Provided is a multi-shank heater to be mounted on a support substrate, wherein, with a normal direction relative to the support substrate, which is a direction from the heater side toward the support substrate side, as a basis, the multi-shank heater has U-shaped pieces in which an angle θ of a planar direction of the U-shaped pieces, which is a direction from the heater side toward the support substrate side, is ±10° or more and ±60° or less. An object of the present invention is to provide a multi-shank heater capable of considerably improving the energy output even when the U-shaped pieces are arranged in a high density and have the same pitch.
US11838995B2
An exhaust gas heater for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine includes a carrier arrangement, a heating conductor arrangement which is supported on the carrier arrangement and has at least one current-carrying heating conductor, and a connecting arrangement for the fixed connection of the heating conductor arrangement to the carrier arrangement. The heating conductor arrangement is supported on the carrier arrangement in an electrically insulated manner via the connecting arrangement. The connecting arrangement includes a plurality of connecting elements, the heating conductor arrangement being supported on at least one connecting element via an insulating carrier unit in an electrically insulated manner with regard to the at least one connecting element.
US11838994B2
A toaster according to the disclosure includes a light receiving unit configured to receive reflected light from bread being cooked and a surface condition determination unit configured to determine a surface condition of the bread being cooked on the basis of intensity of the reflected light received by the light receiving unit.
US11838993B2
A communication system includes a first inference server that obtains a subset of information from a connectivity enhanced database of a central cloud server based on a geographical zone served by the first inference server. The first inference server receives a real-time or a near real-time request from a road-side unit (RSU) device within the geographical zone, where the request includes input features corresponding to sensing information from a vehicle. The first inference server further communicates a response to the RSU device, where the response includes wireless connectivity enhanced information including a specific initial access information to bypass an initial access-search on the RSU device. The first inference server communicates causes the RSU device to direct one or more specific beams of RF signals to service a first edge device arranged on the vehicle based on the wireless connectivity enhanced information communicated in the response.
US11838984B2
A credential management system for enterprise networks (ENs) that allows credential storage in different levels and enables individual enterprises to manage the sets of credentials for the SIM cards used in their respective networks. Central management of credentials is provided by a remote cloud-based, centralized orchestration network (O-Net) that receives SIM cards from a SIM Provisioning Platform (SPP) and distributes the credentials to the ENs, which store the credentials in an enterprise global database and assign the SIM cards to the UEs. The credentials can be associated with specific policies and user groups so that the enterprise can control the type and quality of access allowed to UEs. Each EN may have a plurality of campus locations and at each location, a local credential database may be provided to act as a cache for quick efficient access to credentials by the UEs.
US11838983B2
This disclosure is related to a procedure to provide emergency services support for a UE which does not have a valid subscription for the serving PLMN. This disclosure more specifically provides procedure to support IMS emergency call or eCall support for a UE which is in limited state on a E-UTRA cell is connected to both EPC and 5GCN.
US11838978B2
According to some embodiments, a method for use in a user equipment (UE) of resuming a radio bearer in a wireless communication network comprises: establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a first network node; receiving a connection suspend message from the first network node; storing a configuration of a radio bearer associated with the RRC connection; suspending the radio bearer associated with the RRC connection; receiving a connection resume message; determining whether the connection resume message includes configuration information for NR packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) for the suspended radio bearer; upon determining the connection resume message includes configuration information for a NR PDCP, configuring the suspended radio bearer with the configuration information; and resuming the suspended radio bearer.
US11838976B2
A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), of transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment, includes receiving a logical channel release request from a next-generation node B (gNB), determining a logical channel to release, an operation mode of the logical channel to release, and whether a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer apparatus connected to the logical channel is re-established, based on the logical channel release request, and performing PDCP data recovery based on the determination result.
US11838975B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform substantially concurrent communications with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. The wireless device may be configured to stablish a first wireless link with a first cell according to a RAT, where the first cell operates in a first system bandwidth and establish a second wireless link with a second cell according to a RAT, where the second cell operates in a second system bandwidth. Further, the wireless device may be configured to perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT by TDM uplink data for the first RAT and uplink data for the second RAT if uplink activity is scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT.
US11838971B2
Wireless communications for asymmetric services are described. Asymmetric services (e.g., for downlink or uplink) may be associated with each other. Resources may be configured based on an association of asymmetric services.
US11838970B2
Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for communicating in a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT. A user equipment (UE) can receive, from a first base station using the first RAT, first configuration information for the UE to communicate with a second base station via the second RAT; and receive, from the first base station using the first RAT, a downlink message to enable a communication link between the UE and the second base station via the second RAT. The downlink message includes second configuration information for the UE to communicate with the second base station via the second RAT. The UE can establish the communication link between the UE and the second base station using the second RAT based on a link configuration obtained from the first configuration information and the second configuration information.
US11838969B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose a method for accessing a local network, and a related device, so that a user equipment can simultaneously access an operator network and a local network. The method in the embodiments of the present application includes: receiving, by an MME, an access request of user equipment UE that is sent by an base station eNB, where the access request carries access information of the UE; determining, according to the access information of the UE, a first local gateway corresponding to the UE; and establishing, for the UE, a user plane bearer that is from the eNB to a gateway C-GW of a core network and that includes the first local gateway used as an intermediate node.
US11838963B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are presented to utilize Bluetooth (BT) radios to synchronize ultra wideband (UWB) radios, to allow the UWB radios to operate within narrow transmit/receive windows, which may lead to power savings. In some implementations, a transmitting UWB radio and a receiving UWB radio may synchronize the expected time of an UWB transmission based on BT events, such as receiving a BT advertisement, or establishing a BT connection. In some implementations, the transmitting UWB radio and the receiving UWB radio may synchronize the expected time of an UWB transmission based on synchronized event counters maintained by the BT radios. Information regarding UWB transmission start times may also be passed via BT communications, in some implementations.
US11838960B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for selecting appropriate gateway servers for user devices with different device capabilities are disclosed. In one example aspect, a wireless communication method includes provisioning multiple wireless electronic devices of a user with a first access point name, and receiving, from a wireless electronic device of the multiple wireless electronic devices of the user, a request for establishing a data session. The method also includes determining, in part based on a capability of the wireless electronic device, a second access point name that is different from the first access point name and selecting a packet gateway server corresponding to the capability of the wireless electronic device using the second access point name. The method further includes establishing the data session between the packet gateway server and the wireless electronic device.
US11838956B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a configuration for multiple sets of prioritization parameters for a random access channel (RACH) procedure. A first set of prioritization parameters of the multiple sets of prioritization parameters may be associated with a higher priority network slice than the other sets of prioritization parameters (e.g., than the remaining sets of prioritization parameters). The UE may detect a trigger to perform a RACH procedure and select the first set of prioritization parameters for the RACH procedure based on the first set of prioritization parameters being associated with the higher priority network slice. The UE may perform the RACH procedure for the network slice according to the first set of prioritization parameters.
US11838955B2
A base station of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The base station of wireless communication includes a communication module and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a grant for scheduling a plurality of uplink transmissions from the base station, and when the UE attempts to a first fixed duration-based channel access for a first transmission which is one of the plurality of uplink transmission and fails in the first fixed duration-based channel access, attempt to a second fixed duration-based channel access for a second transmission which is a transmission following the first transmission.
US11838948B2
In a wireless communication system wherein wireless terminal stations, each belonging to one of a plurality of wireless base stations, transmit on a shared frequency band, each of the wireless terminal stations includes means for notifying a control device of environmental information that indicates a communication status of the wireless terminal station itself via a wireless base station to which the wireless terminal station belongs, and for setting a transmission power value and a CCA threshold notified by the control device, and the control device includes means for calculating the transmission power value and the carrier sense threshold according to a predetermined control procedure based on the environmental information collected from the wireless terminal station via the wireless base station, and for notifying the wireless terminal station of the transmission power value and the carrier sense threshold via the wireless base station.
US11838947B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support network controlled repeater operation at new radio—unlicensed (NRU) bands. The network controlled repeater operations include receipt of a scheduling message from a serving base station that identifies an amplify and forward (AF) window and an offset prior to a beginning of the AF window. The relay node performs a listen before talk (LBT) procedure on a shared communication channel within the offset. In response to the result of the LBT, the relay node either refrains from AF operations within the AF window in response to failure of the LBT procedure or performs the AF operations on all received signals during the AF window in response to success of the LBT procedure. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11838941B2
A terminal is disclosed that includes a receiver that receives a first downlink control information for scheduling a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, and a second downlink control information for notifying a time region and a frequency region in which the PUSCH is not to be transmitted. The terminal further includes a processor that supports reception of the second downlink control information in a slot that is shorter than a slot for transmitting the PUSCH. In other aspects, a radio communication method and a base station are also disclosed.
US11838933B2
The present invention is designed to appropriately select PUCCH resources used to transmit HARQ-ACK. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user terminal has a control section that monitors candidate resources of one or more downlink (DL) control channels (DL) transmitted in multiple different time and/or frequency resources, and detects one or more downlink control information (DCI), and a transmission section that transmits delivery acknowledgment information in response to a downlink (DL) data channel by using an uplink (UL) control channel, and the control section selects resources for the UL control channel based on the DCI.
US11838929B2
A method for scheduling resources in a network where the scheduling activity is split across two nodes in the network is disclosed, comprising: receiving, from a local scheduler in a first radio access network, access network information at a global scheduler; accessing information regarding a second radio access network allocating, at the global scheduler, resources for secondary allocation by the local scheduler; applying a hash function to map the allocated resources for secondary allocation to a set of hash values; and sending, from the global scheduler, the set of hash values to the local scheduler.
US11838925B2
A method and apparatus for clearing retransmission resources based on acknowledgement in a wireless communication system is provided. A first wireless device reserves multiple sets of resources for transmissions of multiple media access control (MAC) protocol data units (PDUs), transmits a first MAC PDU to a second wireless device using at least one resource from a first set of resources corresponding to the first MAC PDU among the multiple sets of resources, receives a positive acknowledgement for the first MAC PDU from the second wireless device, and clears remaining resources from the first set of resources corresponding to the first MAC PDU.
US11838922B2
Provided are a wireless network access method and apparatus. The method includes: in a wireless network supporting a plurality of channel access approaches, using an access point to maintain a status of a traffic-stream-based or station-based traffic connection with a station; and using the access point to negotiate with the station or transmit control information to the station and to change a channel access approach used by the traffic-stream-based or station-based traffic connection.
US11838915B2
Embodiments of a user equipment (UE) configured for new-radio (NR) operations in a fifth-generation (5G) system (5GS) may be configured to detect a downlink-control information (DCI) format that includes a one-shot hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) request field and a frequency domain resource assignment field (FDRA). The one-shot HARQ-ACK request field may indicate whether one-shot HARQ-ACK feedback is triggered. The UE may decode the FDRA field to determine whether the FDRA field indicates a valid frequency resource or whether the FDRA field indicates a special value and may also be configured to determine whether or not a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is scheduled by the DCI format and whether or not secondary cell (SCell) dormancy switching is triggered based on both the one-shot HARQ-ACK request field and the FDRA field. The UE may also encode a HARQ-ACK transmission on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The HARQ-ACK transmission may be encoded to include HARQ-ACK feedback for PDSCH transmissions for all HARQ processes of a cell when the one-shot HARQ-ACK feedback is triggered.
US11838898B2
A method and apparatus for configuration of sidelink channel resource units for sidelink communications in a wireless communication network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless communication device, comprising: determining a sidelink channel resource unit of a sidelink channel according to a sidelink channel resource pattern table; and performing sidelink communications on the sidelink channel resource unit, wherein the sidelink channel resource pattern table comprises a plurality of sidelink channel resource configuration patterns.
US11838877B2
The present invention provides a transmitter which can suitably perform a transmission power control in a PT-RS port. In this transmitter (100), a control unit (101) determines a transmission power for transmitting a reference signal (PT-RS) for phase tracking and a data signal within a range in which the maximum transmission power for each antenna port is not exceeded. In addition, a transmission unit (105) transmits the reference signal for phase tracking and the data signal at the transmission power determined by the control unit (101).
US11838874B2
A method including receiving, by a wireless device equipped with multiple panels, downlink control information (DCI) indicating one or more transmission configuration indication (TCI) states. The method including determining, based on a quantity of the one or more TCI states being greater than one, a first pathloss, for a first panel of the multiple panels based on a first pathloss reference signal (RS), and a second pathloss, for a second panel of the multiple panels based on a second pathloss RS. The method including transmitting, via at least one of the first panel and the second panel, an uplink signal with a transmission power based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss.
US11838872B2
Methods are disclosed that enable a user equipment (UE) to receive cell specific, UE specific and, in some embodiments, Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) specific parameters from a network side component, such as a transmit/receive point, and use that information to set at least one PUSCH transmit power when transmitting to the network side.
US11838871B2
Provided are a method in which a first device performs wireless communication, and a device supporting same. The method can comprise the steps of: deciding first power for physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission in a second symbol duration; deciding second power for physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) transmission in a first symbol interval on the basis of the first power; performing the PSCCH transmission to a second device in the first symbol duration on the basis of the second power; and performing the PSSCH transmission to the second device in the second symbol duration on the basis of the first power. The second symbol duration can comprise resources for the PSSCH transmission. The first symbol duration can comprise resources for the PSCCH transmission and the PSSCH transmission.
US11838851B1
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and device that assists with managing L7 network classification includes receiving a request to access a service by a mobile computing device. Next, application layer network traffic from the requesting mobile computing device is classified based on mobile data associated with the requesting mobile computing device. One or more actions are performed based on the classification.
US11838837B2
In response to a vehicle being switched from an IGN OFF state (non-operating state) to an IGN ON state (operating state) in a state in which a mobile terminal has been activated, the use of wireless communication (Wi-Fi communication) by the mobile terminal via a network using an in-vehicle device as a base station can be started. In response to the vehicle being switched from the IGN ON state (operating state) to the IGN OFF state (non-operating state) in the state in which the mobile terminal has been activated, the use of wireless communication (Wi-Fi communication) by the mobile terminal via the network using the in-vehicle device as the base station is stopped.
US11838835B2
A distributed inference system includes an end device and a server. The end device generates status information and generates an inference result corresponding to target data based on a first machine learning model. The server creates a second machine learning model based on the status information and a training dataset including the inference result, calculates an accuracy of the inference result, and provides the second machine learning model to the end device based on the accuracy.
US11838829B2
Systems and methods for a media guidance application that adjusts output parameters of media assets delivered to output devices based on user preferences of users near the output devices. For example, the media guidance application may adjust the volume to be higher at a speaker near a first user who enjoys a particular media asset and lower at a speaker near a second user who dislikes the media asset.
US11838824B2
According to one embodiment, a method of granting a remote device access to a smart home network connected device is disclosed. An example method includes receiving an access request including identifying information related to the remote device; generating a digital security token that is encrypted and provides the remote device with access to the smart home network connected device without divulging network credentials; transmitting the digital security token to the remote device; receiving the decrypted digital security token from the remote device, the decrypted digital security token validating permissions of the remote device to access the smart home network connected device; and transmitting a remote access authorization to the remote device based on the decrypted digital security token, the remote access authorization providing the remote device with access to the smart home network connected device to connect the smart home network connected device to the network.
US11838823B2
A voice switchover method, system, and electronic device are described. The voice switchover method may include sending, by a mobile phone or a voice assistant device, voice switchover request information to a VoIP server based on an operation of a user, and switching, by the VoIP server based on the request information, a voice call ongoing on the mobile phone to the voice assistant device near the mobile phone, for example, a smart speaker. According to this method, the user of the mobile phone can be free from the mobile phone, and continue a voice call by using the voice assistant device without interrupting the voice call. Therefore, the method increases voice switchover efficiency, brings convenience to the user, and improves user experience.
US11838820B2
A UE for performing mobility management is disclosed. The UE includes at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, and at least one processor coupled to the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: transmit, to a first network node, a RRC message indicating a required network slice/service of the UE, the required network slice/service uniquely identified by S-NSSAI; receive, from the first network node, a second RRC message including information of a second network node that supports the required network slice/service of the UE when the required network slice/service identified by the S-NSSAI is not supported by the first network node; and perform a mobility management procedure based on the information of the second network node received from the first network node when the required network slice/service is not supported by the first network node.
US11838819B2
In response to receiving from a source RAN node (2), on a direct interface (101), a message requesting a handover of a radio terminal (1) from a first network to a second network, a target RAN node (3) receives at least one of slice information and flow information from a core network (5), and controls communication of the radio terminal (1) based on at least one of the slice information and the flow information. The slice information relates to a network slice in the second network. The flow information relates to at least one session to be established in the second network, serving as a bearer-less network, in order to transfer at least one packet flow of the radio terminal (1). It is thus possible, for example, to provide an Inter-RAT handover procedure involving transfer of handover signaling messages on a direct inter-base-station interface.
US11838805B2
A technique for preparing User Equipment, UE, mobility from a 4G network to a 2G/3G network for a UE moving from a 5G network to the 2G/3G network via the 4G network is disclosed. A method implementation of the technique is performed by a network node after the UE has moved from the 5G network to the 4G network and includes triggering, for each of one or more bearers handed over from the 5G network to the 4G network for the UE, an update bearer procedure to provide one or more 2G/3G Quality of Service, QoS, parameters to the UE required to hand over the respective bearer to the 2G/3G network when the UE moves from the 4G network to the 2G/3G network.
US11838803B2
The embodiments of this application disclose a resource reserving method and a device and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: obtaining target information, where the target information includes at least one of first information and second information, the first information is used to indicate a resource reserving priority of first data, the second information is used to indicate a resource reserving priority of second data, the first data is data that occupies a first resource, and the second data is to-be-transmitted data; and according to the target information, determining whether to use the first resource as a candidate resource for transmitting the second data. The embodiments of this application are applied to a scenario where UE reserves a resource for to-be-transmitted data.
US11838795B2
A method and an apparatus for autonomous transmission in an unlicensed band are provided. The method and apparatus comprising: a wireless device receiving a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration for first uplink transmission, wherein the SPS configuration includes information regarding an SPS window indicating a time section in which the first uplink transmission is allowed; the wireless device receiving on a DL channel downlink control information (DCI) having an uplink grant that instructs second uplink transmission, wherein the uplink grant includes a second hybrid automatic repeat request process identifier (HARQid) for the second uplink transmission; and the wireless device performing the first uplink transmission in the SPS window when it is confirmed that a wireless medium is in an idle state by performing a listen before talk (LBT) in the SPS window, wherein a first HARQid for the first uplink transmission is not the same as the second HARQid.
US11838794B2
Methods and systems for improving the performance and functioning of a network and its components may include configuring an edge computing device to activate a long range (LoRa) Wide Area Network (WAN) gateway bridge as a container in a container platform operating on the edge computing device. The edge computing device may use the LoRa WAN gateway bridge to form a local private cloud network and communicate with LoRa end devices.
US11838791B2
A mobile communication device for receiving an ad hoc temporary upgrade in quality of service (QoS). The mobile communication device comprises a processor, at least one cellular radio transceiver, a non-transitory memory, and an ad hoc service upgrade application. When executed by the processor, the application monitors wireless cellular communication on a network via the at least one cellular radio transceiver, detects a significant delay in the communication, generates a prompt on a GUI, the prompt comprising a plurality of options for an ad hoc temporary upgraded QoS, where each option is associated with a time period. The application further, based on a user input, requests a preferred roaming list (PRL) associated with the temporary upgraded QoS, receives the PRL, wherein the PRL is associated with providing the upgraded QoS on an allocated spectrum, activates the received PRL, and upon expiration of the time period, deactivates the received PRL.
US11838790B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present invention suggests a method and an operation for configuring a PDCP layer and a service data association protocol (SDAP) layer, thereby facilitating an efficient flow-based QoS process.
US11838789B2
Software-defined networking and network function virtualization constructs are leveraged across diverse portions of 5G network infrastructure including radio access network, mobile core, and wide area network to enable a security property to be implemented for a network slice from end-to-end to provide for strong logical and/or physical isolation of slice traffic from other network traffic. One or more network slice controllers are implemented in the 5G network that are interoperable as separate elements, or under centralized control, to enable the underlying diverse network infrastructure to be abstracted and virtualized so that infrastructure properties can be mapped across infrastructure types for the end-to-end slice. Network resources may be dynamically allocated based on real-time traffic demands to instantiate the end-to-end network slices on a customized basis to meet particular quality of service parameters for various traffic types, including privileged traffic that may be prioritized when resources become scarce and network congestion occurs.
US11838788B2
Various embodiments relate to a method for a non simultaneous transmit and receive (NSTR) soft access point (AP) multi-link device (MLD) negotiating a traffic identifier (TID)-to-link mapping with a non-AP MLD, including: transmitting, by the NSTR soft AP MLD, a first frame that includes information on a first group of links that the NSTR soft AP MLD proposes to map to a first TID for the non-AP MLD; receiving, by the NSTR soft AP MLD, a second frame that includes an indication that the non-AP MLD agrees with the NSTR soft AP MLD's proposal on mapping of the first TID to the first group of links; and transmitting, by the NSTR soft AP MLD, traffic to the non-AP MLD on the first group of links based on the mapping.
US11838775B2
An electronic device that coordinates collection of communication data in a wireless network is described. During operation, the electronic device may provide, from an interface circuit, a troubleshooting request, where the troubleshooting request instructs at least a second electronic device (such as an access point) in the one or more second electronic devices to capture the communication data associated with subsequent communication by the electronic device. For example, the troubleshooting request may be included in a vendor specific public action frame that is broadcast or unicast. Then, the electronic device may provide, from the interface circuit, one or more packets or frames. Moreover, the electronic device may collect the communication data associated with the subsequent communication.
US11838774B2
A plurality of scheduled entities, such as transmission reception points (TRPs), may each transmit at least one TRP-specific beam failure detection reference signal (BFD-RS) having a corresponding TRP identifier (ID) to a scheduled entity. The scheduled entity may be configured with at least one TRP-specific medium access control (MAC) parameter. The scheduled entity may receive the TRP-specific BFD-RSs and respective TRP IDs associated therewith. The scheduled entity may measure each BFD-RSs and count beam failure instances associated with each TRP ID. The scheduled entity may transmit a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) associated with the respective TRP ID in response to a predetermined quantity of respective TRP-specific BFD-RS measurements of at least one of the respective TRP-specific BFD-RSs being less than a predetermined value. A scheduling entity may receive the BFRQ, where the at least one TRP-specific MAC parameter was used to trigger the BFRQ.
US11838772B2
Systems and methods for operating a cellular telecommunications network. If determining that a first cell of a base station is about to reboot, performing a handover of one or more User Equipments from that cell to a second cell. After the reboot, the user equipment may be handed back to the rebooted cell. If both cells are to reboot, a determination is made to identify which cell's reboot operation is to be prioritized, a handover of the user equipment attached to the prioritized cell to the other cell is made, the prioritized cell is rebooted, all the user equipments are handed over from the non-prioritized cell to the (now rebooted) prioritized cell, the non-prioritized cell is rebooted and the user equipment that was initially attached to the non-prioritized cell is handed over from the prioritized cell back to the now rebooted non-prioritized cell.
US11838771B2
A method for troubleshooting is applied to the terminal and includes: determining a bandwidth part (BWP) of a current resident cell of the terminal, and accessing a first base station according to the BWP; recording related information of the BWP when the terminal fails to access the first base station; and sending the related information of the BWP to a second base station when the terminal successfully accesses the second base station, with the related information of the BWP being used for troubleshooting.
US11838767B2
Inter-band CA beam training may include performing inter-band CA beam training for a first frequency band and inter-band CA beam training for a second frequency band between one or more base stations and a user equipment simultaneously.
US11838766B2
Facilitating implementation of communication network deployment through network planning in advanced networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can include, configuring a first deployment scenario for first network equipment and a second deployment scenario for second network equipment. The first deployment scenario is selected from a group of first deployment scenarios and can include a first parameter. The second deployment scenario is selected from a group of second deployment scenarios and can include a second parameter. The configuring can include determining that a sum of the first parameter and the second parameter satisfies a function of a defined parameter level. The operations also can include facilitating a first enactment of the first deployment scenario for the first network equipment and a second enactment of the second deployment scenario for the second network equipment.
US11838765B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US11838761B2
Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may retrieve, from a computing device at a vehicle, driving data, and determine, based on the driving data, a range of time when a driver of the vehicle has a low likelihood of accessing a web resource over a network. An online activity may be detected for an account associated with the driver. In some aspects, a time of the online activity may be compared to the range of time. Based upon a determination that the time of the online activity is within the range of time, a potentially unauthorized activity may be identified. In some aspects, in response to the potentially unauthorized activity, one or more steps may be triggered to protect the driver from the potentially unauthorized activity.
US11838756B2
Methods by which User Plane (UP) management information is exchanged between an Application Function (AF) supporting one or more applications and a Slice Management Function (SMF) configured to manage traffic flows in a given slice of the network. The exchange of UP management information may be initiated from either the AF or the SMF. In the case of AF-initiated information exchange, the UP management information provided by the AF may comprise traffic requirements of applications supported by the AF. In the case of SMF-initiated information exchange, the UP management information provided by the SM may comprise operator policy information or events, and the AF may respond with information of traffic requirements of applications supported by the AF.
US11838748B2
A C-RAN includes a plurality of remote units; and a central unit communicatively coupled to the remote units via a fronthaul network. The central unit is configured to determine sets of data to be sent to respective subsets of remote units across the fronthaul network. The central unit is also configured to determine a mapping of each of the sets of data to a respective one of the subsets of remote units. The central unit is also configured to, for each of the sets of data, if at least one of the multicast groups wholly contains the respective subset of remote units mapped to that set of data, transmit that set of data to the respective subset of remote units over the fronthaul network by multicasting that set of data to the multicast group that best matches the respective subset of remote units mapped to that set of data.
US11838737B2
The present invention provides a vibration motor including a housing with an accommodation space, a vibration member and a fixed member accommodated in the accommodation space, and an elastic support member suspending the vibration member. The elastic support member has an elastic arm, a first fixed part, and a second fixed part. Both the first fixed part and the second fixed part are bent toward the same side of the elastic arm, and the vibration member is located between the first fixed part and the second fixed part. The elastic stress of the elastic support member is effectively improved and the service life of the elastic support member is improved.
US11838736B2
An electrodynamic actuator for a speaker or an electrodynamic acoustic transducer in general is disclosed, which comprises at least one voice coil, a magnet system and an arm arrangement of a plurality of arms connecting the at least one voice coil and the magnet system or at least a movable part thereof so that a relative movement between these parts is allowed. The arms are made of a metal core, which at least partly is coated with a coating structure having at least one coating metal layer consisting of a different material than the metal core.
US11838734B2
This relates to intelligent automated assistants and, more specifically, to the intelligent coordination of audio signal output adjustments among multiple electronic devices. An example method includes, generating a local audio intent object associated with a software application stored on a first electronic device, the local audio intent object including one or more local audio parameters; determining that a second electronic device that is outputting an audio signal is proximate to the first electronic device; generating a proximate audio intent object corresponding to the second electronic device based on the one or more local audio adjustment parameters and a round-trip time (RTT) of a communication connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; and transmitting the proximate audio intent object to the second electronic device via the communication connection, wherein the proximate audio intent object causes the second electronic device to adjust the output of the audio signal.
US11838724B2
The present disclosure discloses a MEMS microphone including a printed circuit board, a shell assembled with the printed circuit board for forming a receiving space and provided with a sound hole communicating with the receiving space, a MEMS Die with a cavity accommodated in the receiving space and mounted on the shell for covering the sound hole, and an ASIC chip accommodated in the receiving space and mounted on the shell through a substrate. The cavity of the MEMS Die communicates with the sound hole. The MEMS Die electrically connects with the ASIC chip. The ASIC chip electrically connects with the substrate. The substrate electrically connects with the printed circuit board.
US11838722B2
In a terminal device in this application, a device housing includes an installation space and a first inner cavity that are isolated from each other. A speaker is installed in the installation space. The speaker includes a speaker shell provided with a sound hole and a second inner cavity, and a vibrating piece, a signal amplifier, and a speaker body that are disposed in the second inner cavity. The first inner cavity and the second inner cavity are isolated from each other. A circuit board is installed in the first inner cavity. The circuit board is provided with a sound signal processing module and a vibration sound wave generation device. The vibration sound wave generation device is connected to the sound signal processing module. The vibration sound wave generation device converts a sound signal from the sound signal processing module into a vibration signal.
US11838706B2
The present application relates to the technical field of composite film, and more particularly, to a diaphragm composite material and a preparation method thereof. The diaphragm composite material includes a polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) film layer, an aluminum-plated film layer, an aerogel layer, and an elastic adhesive layer disposed between the PEN film layer and the aluminum-plated film layer for bonding the PEN film layer and the aluminum-plated film layer, the aerogel layer is coated on one side of the aluminum-plated film layer away from the elastic adhesive layer. The diaphragm composite layer of the present application has high strength and strong rigidity, has better vibration dampening and noise-reducing effects, and wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant effects, and is worthy of popularization.
US11838702B2
An intelligent subsystem comprising a microprocessor, a foldable/stretchable display, radio modules/transceivers, a first set of computer implementable instructions for intelligent learning (that can include (i) artificial intelligence or an artificial neural network and (ii) fuzzy logic) and a second set of computer implementable instructions in natural language is disclosed. The intelligent subsystem can (i) respond to a user's interests and/or preferences and (ii) provide a peer-to-peer transaction. Furthermore, the intelligent subsystem can be sensor-aware or context-aware.
US11838698B2
A display apparatus includes a display unit, an acquiring unit configured to acquire a captured image generated by capturing a displayed image, which is displayed by the display unit, by an image pickup apparatus, and a control unit configured to cause the display unit to display the captured image together with or instead of the displayed image. The control unit causes the display unit to stop displaying the captured image when the image pickup apparatus captures the displayed image.
US11838692B2
Dual and multi-modulator projector display systems and techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a projector display system comprises a light source; a controller, a first modulator, receiving light from the light source and rendering a halftone image of said the input image; a blurring optical system that blurs said halftone image with a Point Spread Function (PSF); and a second modulator receiving the blurred halftone image and rendering a pulse width modulated image which may be projected to form the desired screen image. Systems and techniques for forming a binary halftone image from input image, correcting for misalignment between the first and second modulators and calibrating the projector system—e.g. over time—for continuous image improvement are also disclosed.
US11838691B2
An illumination system is disclosed, and such system may include a first light modulator (14) that modulates the phase of beamlets of light and generates phase modulated Gaussian beamlets of light (ABC), a light distributor (18) that transforms, the Gaussian beamlets of light to a homogenized rectangular pattern of light, and a second light modulator (56) that utilizes the phase modulated light to form an image.
US11838682B2
An apparatus and method for generating a video record using audio is presented. The apparatus comprises at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive a user input from a user, select a set of record generation questions for the user as a function of the user input, transmit an audio question to the user as a function of the selected set of record generation questions, record a user response as a function of the audio question, and generate a video record as a function of the recorded user responses.
US11838680B2
Techniques are described for expanding and/or improving the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol in robustly delivering the next generation broadcast television services. In a boundary region between first and second broadcast stations in which a receiver can pick up signals from both stations, a lower level signaling PLP is used to identify frequencies duplicatively carrying the same service and then higher level PLPs are activated for each duplicate to determine a channel quality metric for identifying the best frequency to receive the service on, which is sent from both stations.
US11838676B2
Systems, devices, and techniques related to selecting a key frame for burst image processing are discussed. Such techniques may include generating key frame scores for at least some frames of a multi-frame burst image capture such that the key frame scores include a combination of an image quality component, a shutter lag component, and a burst image processing latency component and selecting a frame having a maximum key frame score as the key frame.
US11838658B2
A camera control unit detects a subject using a first method, detects a subject using a second method different from the first method, displays a candidate for a correction position at which subject blur is corrected on an LCD based on each of a detection result obtained using the first method and a detection result obtained using the second method. The camera control unit and a lens control unit perform control of correcting the subject blur by driving a shift lens based on a correction position specified from among candidates.
US11838651B2
An image processing apparatus includes a camera configured to generate first image data, a pre-processor configured to generate second image data based on performing a pre-processing operation on the first image data, a neural network processor configured to generate third image data based on performing an image processing operation on the second image data based on using a neural network model trained to perform one or more particular image processing operations, and a main processor configured to generate corrected image data based on performing a post-processing operation on the third image data.
US11838644B2
An exposure record totalizer includes: a hardware processor that adds up a first exposure record of a first exposure image and a second exposure record of a second exposure image, when a radiography system generates the first exposure image through first exposure and the second exposure image through second exposure, and that links information about a third exposure record to a third exposure image generated on the basis of the first exposure image and the second exposure image, the third exposure record being generated by the hardware processor.
US11838641B2
A method for generating an output image may include obtaining an input image having a first exposure value, generating a plurality of levels that are each respectively associated with a respective representation of the input image, based on the input image, generating the output image having a second exposure value, based on a deep neural network (DNN) including a set of sub-networks and the plurality of levels, and providing the output image.
US11838640B2
A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.
US11838639B2
A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.
US11838632B2
A driving control apparatus is configured to control a driving unit that moves relative to each other a vibrator that is excited to vibrate by applying a first driving signal and a second driving signal that have a phase difference with each other, and a contact member that contacts the vibrator. The driving control apparatus includes a first control unit configured to control the phase difference, and a second control unit configured to control a voltage amplitude of each of the first driving signal and the second driving signal. The second control unit controls the voltage amplitude so that a change rate of the voltage amplitude increases as an absolute value of the phase difference decreases.
US11838629B2
An imaging apparatus is configured to detect a plurality of portions of a subject from a captured image. The imaging apparatus is configured to set a region that is related to a detection region of the subject as a related region, and to set an arbitrary region in the image as a search region. In a case where the search region overlaps with at least one of a detection region or a related region of the subject, even if the related region is a region that does not include the detection region, the search region is configured to be set as an AF (autofocus) target region, and AF target region notification processing is executed.
US11838627B2
An apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a position of a focus lens of the apparatus, a setting unit configured to change a threshold for detecting a luminance change in each pixel in a predetermined range, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a signal indicating a pixel in which a luminance change that is more than or equal to the threshold has occurred, and a determination unit configured to determine an in-focus position of the focus lens based on the signal detected depending on the position of the focus lens and the set threshold.
US11838622B2
Provided are an image processing method, a device, and a storage medium, the method comprising: performing human face detection on a first image, and obtaining position information for each human face in the first image, then determining whether the first image conforms to a multi-person composition rule on the basis of the position information of each human face in the first image; and cropping the first image based on the position information of each face in the first image to obtain a processed image, in response to the first image not complying with the multi-person composition rule.
US11838616B2
An optical lens assembly includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens with negative refractive power, a second lens with positive refractive power, a stop, a third lens with positive refractive power, a fourth lens with positive refractive power, a fifth lens with negative refractive power, and an IR band-pass filter. A maximum field of view of the optical lens assembly is FOV, a f-number of the optical lens assembly is Fno, a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image plane along an optical axis is TL, a distance from an image-side surface of the fifth lens to the image plane along the optical axis is BFL, an entrance pupil diameter of the optical lens assembly is EPD, and the following conditions are satisfied: 0.58
US11838614B2
An embodiment includes a housing, a bobbin disposed in the housing, a first coil disposed on the bobbin, a magnet disposed in the housing, an upper spring coupled to an upper part of the bobbin and an upper part of the housing, a circuit substrate disposed under the housing, a support member electrically connecting the upper spring and the circuit substrate, and a damper disposed on the upper spring, wherein the upper spring includes an outer side portion coupled to the housing, a first coupling portion coupled to the support member, and a first connecting portion which connects the outer side portion and the first coupling portion, the first coupling portion further including a first extension extending from the first coupling portion toward the outer side portion, the first extension is spaced apart from the outer side portion, and the damper connects the first extension and the outer side portion.
US11838608B2
An image capture device, including: a heatsink, an integrated sensor and lens assembly (ISLA), and a battery cage. The heatsink includes a mounting flange. The ISLA extends through the heatsink. The battery cage being in communication with a finger mounting flange of the mounting flange to support the battery cage within the image capture device.
US11838605B1
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product aspects, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for generating trailers (previews) for multimedia content. An example aspect operates by generating an initial set of candidate points to generate a trailer for a media content; determining conversion data for each of the initial set of candidate points; determining an updated set of candidate points based on the conversion data; determining an estimated mean and upper bound for each of the updated set of candidate points; computing a value for each of the updated set of candidate points; generating a ranked list based on the value computed for each of the updated set of candidate points; and repeating the process until an optimal candidate point is converged upon.
US11838595B2
The present disclosure is directed to a networking system that provides a user experience in which users of the networking system can interact with user-generated digital content items to select and receive information about one or more products. In particular, the systems and methods involve identifying products shown within user-generated digital content items and associating the user-generated digital content items with the identified products. In addition, where a user selects a product shown within a digital content item, the systems and methods involve selectively identifying other user-generated digital content items for the user based on a coefficient between the user and the other user-generated digital content items. Moreover, the systems and methods involve tracking user-interactions with respect to digital content items and generating and providing a creation insight including an identification of one or more products predicted to engage users of the networking system.
US11838587B1
A system for providing customized content includes a recognition device. A media transmission device is in communication with a recognition device and a media delivery device. The media transmission device is in communication with a processor and a memory storing computer instructions configured to instruct the processor to receive a primary media presentation including primary media content for a point of interest of a venue. The media transmission device generates a secondary media presentation including secondary media content for the user based on identified user preferences for the user. The media transmission device generates a custom media presentation including custom media content for the user based on the identified user preferences. The media transmission device transmits the primary media presentation, the secondary media presentation, or the custom media presentation and presents the primary media content, the secondary media content, or the custom media content to the user.
US11838585B2
Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to detect an operational state (such as an on/off state) of a media device are disclosed herein. Disclosed example apparatus are to monitor for activity on a first bus of an (HDMI) port of the media device. Disclosed example apparatus are also to inject a message with a first address on the first bus in response to detection of no activity on the first bus for at least a threshold duration. Disclosed example apparatus are further to detect the operational state of the media device based on whether a response to the message is received on the first bus.
US11838573B2
A facility for generating analytical information based on individual reports of multiple scheduled presentations of interstitial media assets is provided. Data files are received that each include multiple status reports regarding multiple scheduled presentations of multiple media assets by a plurality of distinct media receivers in multiple disparate locations. Based at least in part on the data files, multiple database entries are generated for at least one database containing information regarding the multiple scheduled presentations and the plurality of distinct media receivers. Analytical information is generated regarding the multiple scheduled media presentations based on the generated database entries, including an aggregated success rate for one or more subsets of the scheduled media presentations. At least some of the generated first analytical information is displayed on a user client device coupled to the multichannel media distribution computing system.
US11838571B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to estimate media audience consistency. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a record manager to access media measurement data communicated via a network from a plurality of media monitors, the media measurement data corresponding to a plurality of panelists. The apparatus further includes a consistency calculator to determine a first number of the panelists exposed to a first quantity of a first broadcast, determine a second number of the panelists exposed to a second quantity of the first broadcast, and output a consistency metric associated with the first broadcast, the consistency metric being based on a variation of at least the first number and the second number.
US11838567B2
A dynamic data extraction, distillation, and enhancement system is disclosed that includes a dynamic extraction, distillation, and enhancement framework. The framework includes an allocator, extractor, and deconstructor stored in a non-transitory memory that, when executed by a processor, receive files in different formats from data sources, determine a native format of each file, identify and extract an embedded object from a file, deconstruct the file into components, assign each file to one of a plurality of streams based on the native format of the file, assign the embedded object to a stream based on a format of the embedded object, and assign a deconstructed component to a stream based on a format of the deconstructed component. The native format includes one of text, video, image, or audio. Each stream corresponds to one native format. The streams include a text stream, an audio stream, a video stream, and an image stream.
US11838560B2
A method for playing back streaming content according to an embodiment may include a step in which a streaming player client sets an initial bitrate for a player module playing back streaming content; a step in which the streaming player client delivers, from the player module to a streaming server, a manifest file request for the streaming content; a step in which a local proxy server edits the manifest file delivered from the streaming server, the manifest file being edited on the basis of the set initial bitrate; and a step in which the local proxy server delivers the edited manifest file to the player module through the streaming player client.
US11838559B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to media systems configured to receive and play live media content. In particular, methods and systems are provided for a multi-screen content playback experience for time shifted live stream content. Systems and methods are provided herein for generating for display a catch-up video (e.g., a segment of a live stream stored as URLs on a local device during the time the live stream was interrupted) in a picture-in-picture (PIP) window, and generating the PIP catch-up window and the live window for simultaneous display.
US11838554B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses for video processing are described. A method for processing video includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule, and wherein the format rule specifies to include, in a general constraint syntax structure associated with the video, one or more general constraint flags indicating whether corresponding syntax elements are included in a sequence parameter set (SPS) and/or a picture parameter set (PPS) and/or a picture header (PH) and/or a slice header (SH) or to constrain values of the syntax elements in the SPS and/or the PPS and/or the PH and/or the SH.
US11838537B2
Devices, systems and methods for the simplification of sub-block motion candidate lists for video coding are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes determining, during a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a temporal motion vector prediction candidate based on a temporal neighboring block of the current block. The temporal neighboring block is identified based on motion information of a spatial neighboring block selected from one or more spatial neighboring blocks that are different from at least one spatial neighboring block used in a merge list construction process of a video block. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the temporal motion vector prediction candidate.
US11838535B2
Embodiments of this application relate to the field of video picture coding technologies, and disclose a bidirectional inter prediction method and apparatus, to improve coding efficiency. The method includes: obtaining a first motion vector difference of a current picture block; determining a second motion vector difference of the current picture block based on the first motion vector difference, where the first motion vector difference belongs to motion information of the current picture block in a first direction, and the second motion vector difference belongs to motion information of the current picture block in a second direction; and determining prediction samples of the current picture block based on the obtained first motion vector difference and the determined second motion vector difference.
US11838533B2
A video decoding method includes the steps of: generating a merge candidate list for a first block; selecting one among merge candidates included in the merge candidate list; and performing motion compensation for the first block based on motion information of the selected merge candidate. At this point, an inter-region merge candidate included in an inter-region motion information list may be added to the merge candidate list based on the number of spatial merge candidates and temporal merge candidates included in the merge candidate list.
US11838514B2
The present invention discloses an image decoding method, the method including generating a candidate list including motion information derived from a spatial neighboring block and a temporal neighboring block adjacent to a current block; deriving motion information of the current block using the candidate list; generating a prediction block of the current block using the derived motion information; and updating the derived motion information in a motion information list, wherein the generating of the candidate list is performed in such a manner as to include at least one information of the motion information included in the updated motion information list in a block decoded before the current block.
US11838513B2
In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for Progressive Subsampled Transmission of image data. In one embodiment, a source computer may: generate a first down-sampled frame by sampling an input image according to a first sampling pattern; generate a first encoded down-sampled frame; transmit the first encoded down-sampled frame to a recipient device to cause the recipient device to display/use a first output frame generated by decoding and up-sampling the first encoded down-sampled frame; generate a second down-sampled frame by sampling the input image according to a second sampling pattern; generate a second encoded down-sampled frame; and transmit the second encoded down-sampled frame to the recipient device to cause the recipient device to display/use a second output frame generated based on the first encoded down-sampled frame and the second encoded down-sampled frame and in accordance with the first sampling pattern and the second sampling pattern.
US11838509B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing encoding and decoding using a variably-sized quantization coefficient group, in quantization coefficient group encoding and decoding of video compression technology.
US11838506B2
Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for image encoding/decoding. For efficient image compression, efficient syntax is required. Pieces of information required for image decoding may be structurally or semantically associated with each other. Based on this association, whether signaling of one piece of information is to be performed may be determined based on another piece of information. Further, based on this association, the signaling order or priority of multiple pieces of information may be determined. Depending on this determination, based on the number of subpictures present in a picture in high-level syntax, the number of slices present in the picture may be selectively signaled.
US11838502B2
The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise acquiring transform coefficients distribution information of a neighboring block from a bitstream; direction-adaptively determining an intra prediction mode of a current block to be decoded, according to the transform coefficients distribution information of the neighboring block; and reconstructing the current block, based on the determined intra prediction mode, wherein the direction-adaptively determining includes determining similarity flag information corresponding to the neighboring block, based on the transform coefficients distribution information of the neighboring block.
US11838501B2
An image decoding method according to the present document derives a left mode, which is a candidate intra prediction mode for a left peripheral block of a current block, derives an upper mode, which is a candidate intra prediction mode for an upper peripheral block of the current block, constructs an MPM list on the basis of the left mode and the upper mode, derives an intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the MPM list, generates prediction samples of the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, generates a restoration picture of the current block on the basis of the prediction samples, and derives the left mode or the upper mode as one from among candidate intra prediction modes of the MPM list, on the basis of when the left mode and the upper mode are not the same and the left mode and the upper mode are respectively a planar mode and a DC mode.
US11838494B2
An image processing method includes: acquiring a fixation point position on a respective screen viewed by each of dominant eye(s); determining a fixation area of a left-eye screen and a fixation area of a right-eye screen according to fixation point position(s) corresponding to the dominant eye(s); rendering a first part of a left-eye image to be displayed on the left-eye screen at a first resolution, and rendering a second part of the left-eye image at a second resolution; rendering a first part of a right-eye image to be displayed on the right-eye screen at a third resolution, and rendering a second part of the right-eye image at a fourth resolution. A resolution of an image to be displayed in a fixation area of the respective screen is greater than resolutions of images to be displayed in other areas of the left-eye screen and the right-eye screen.
US11838491B2
A 3D display system and a 3D display method are provided. The 3D display system includes a 3D display, a memory and one or more processors. The memory records a plurality of modules, and the processor accesses and executes the modules recorded by the memory. The modules include a bridge interface module and a 3D display service module. When an application is executed by the processor, the bridge interface module creates a virtual extend screen, and moves the application to the virtual extend screen. The bridge interface module obtains a 2D content frame of the application from the virtual extend screen by a screenshot function. The 3D display service module converts the 2D content frame into a 3D format frame by communicating with a third-party software development kit, and provides the 3D format frame to the 3D display for displaying.
US11838485B2
A method of producing an immersive video comprises decoding an atlas, parsing a flag for the atlas, and producing a viewport image using the atlas. The flag may indicate whether the viewport image is capable of being completely produced through the atlas, and, according to a value of the flag, when the viewport image is produced, it may be determined whether an additional atlas is used in addition to the atlas.
US11838482B2
There is provided an image forming apparatus having security against cyberattacks by establishing an authentication factor for a remote access user that is different from an authentication factor employed in multi-factor authentication of local access.
US11838475B2
Methods and systems for secure media processing may be used to execute and certify a digital media asset by verifying that the digital media asset is authentic and has not been altered since capture. In some cases, these secure media processing techniques may be used in the mobile certification and execution application and a corresponding server system. The mobile application and the corresponding server system may automatically generate finalized documents upon receiving certified digital media and the corresponding metadata from the users. The digital media and other information from the users may be received while the user is in communication with other users. A biometric and artificial intelligent feature recognition system may be utilized to receive biometric data and verify identity. Data transferred to a secure server are accessible by various parties involved in the certification and execution process to provide transparency.
US11838468B2
An image reading apparatus includes a stacking tray, a feeding roller, a restricting member configured to move to a restricting position and a retracted position, a reading sensor, a reversing roller configured to perform a reversing operation, a first conveyance path, a second conveyance, and a controller. The controller is configured to permit the reversing operation if the controller receives an execution instruction of a double-sided reading job on a sheet having a first size, and prohibit the reversing operation if the controller receives an execution instruction of the double-sided reading job on a sheet having a second size smaller than the first size.
US11838465B2
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes a first outer cover, a second outer cover adjacent to the first outer cover, a third outer cover adjacent to both of the first outer cover and the second outer cover, a common positioning portion provided on the first outer cover and configured to position both of the second outer cover and the third outer cover relative to the first outer cover, a first positioned portion provided on the second outer cover and configured to be positioned relative to the common positioning portion, and a second positioned portion provided on the third outer cover and configured to be positioned together with the first positioned portion relative to the common positioning portion.
US11838464B2
An image forming apparatus includes a casing, an upper cover, a lateral cover and a closing position holding mechanism which holds the lateral cover in a closing position. The closing position holding mechanism includes an engaging part provided in the upper cover and an engaged part provided in the lateral cover. When the upper cover is displaced from the opening position to the closing position in the state where the lateral cover is in the closing position, the engaging part is engaged with the engaged part from an outside on the lateral side of the casing. When the upper cover is displaced from the closing position to the opening position in the state where the lateral cover is in the closing position, the engagement of the engaging part with the engaged part is released as the upper cover is displaced.
US11838463B2
A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor; an image recording device configured to record an image on a printing medium conveyed in a conveyance direction by the conveyor; a divider provided downstream of the image recording device in the conveyance direction and configured to divide the printing medium; a detector provided upstream of the divider in the conveyance direction and configured to detect a trailing end portion of the printing medium; and a controller causing the printing apparatus to: calculate a dividing position of the printing medium based on a length of the printing medium that is grasped by detecting the trailing end portion by the detector; convey the printing medium in a reverse direction by the conveyor to move the dividing position to a position of the divider; and divide the printing medium at the dividing position by the divider.
US11838462B2
An information processing apparatus having a plurality of functions, includes a first display control unit configured to display, on a screen, a plurality of buttons each configured to execute a corresponding one of the plurality of functions, a reordering unit configured to automatically reorder the plurality of buttons, and a setting unit configured to set reordering of the plurality of buttons to enabled or disabled, the reordering being performed by the reordering unit, wherein, in a case where the setting unit makes a setting in which the reordering is enabled, the reordering unit performs the reordering of the plurality of buttons, and in a case where the setting unit makes a setting in which the reordering is disabled, the reordering unit does not perform the reordering of the plurality of buttons.
US11838452B2
A control device that controls a bit rate selectable by a client terminal in a video distribution network in which video data is distributed includes a database configured to store distribution information, band allocation information, and distribution system information, the distribution information containing information on video data in a distribution system, the band allocation information containing an allocated band of each session in which the distribution system performs video distribution, and the distribution system information containing a channel band of the distribution system, and a control unit configured to receive a viewing request from the client terminal, calculate an available band in the distribution system with reference to the database, and determine a maximum bit rate selectable by the client terminal based on the available band and one or more bit rates of video data corresponding to the viewing request.
US11838446B2
A voice message (VM) received from a phone number is associated with a shared VM inbox that is accessible to a group of users. The group of users includes a first user and a second user. The VM is assigned to the first user. The first user is determined not to have responded to the VM within a predefined response time. Responsive to the determination that the first user did not respond to the VM within the predefined response time, the VM is reassigned to the second user; a callback action associated with the VM is enabled for the second user; and the callback action is disabled for the first user. A status associated with the VM is updated based on performance of the callback action.
US11838443B2
Various systems and methods for a collaborative phone reputation system are described herein. A system for implementing a collaborative phone reputation system includes a compute device comprising: a call handling module to detect, at the compute device, an incoming call for a user of the compute device; a scoring module to determine a local probabilistic score that the incoming call is desirable for the user; and an execution module to perform an action at the compute device based on the local probabilistic score.
US11838440B2
The present invention discloses a system, apparatus, and method that obtains audio and metadata information from voice calls, generates textual transcripts from those calls, and makes the resulting data searchable via a user interface. The system converts audio data from one or more sources (such as a telecommunications provider) into searchable usable text transcripts. One use of which is law enforcement and intelligence work. Another use relates to call centers to improve quality and track customer service history. Searches can be performed for callers, callees, keywords, and/or other information in calls across the system. The system can also generate automatic alerts based on callers, callees, keywords, phone numbers, and/or other information. Further the system generates and provides analytic information on the use of the phone system, the semantic content of the calls, and the connections between callers and phone numbers called, which can aid analysts in detecting patterns of behavior, and in looking for patterns of equipment use or failure.
US11838435B2
An apparatus and/or method for displaying a multi-window on a foldable electronic device may be provided. The electronic device may include a display device having a display area having a shape that varies depending on first and second housing structures connected to a hinge structure, and a processor operatively connected to the display device, in which the processor may divide a first type display area into a plurality of areas and display information related to a plurality of applications when the electronic device is in an unfolded state, the processor may check at least one application set to be continuously used among the plurality of applications when the electronic device switches to a folded state, and the processor may set up a screen constitution in the folded state based on the at least one application and output information related to the at least one application through a second type display area based on the screen constitution. Other embodiments may also be possible.
US11838433B1
An electronic device includes a device housing, a front-facing imager, one or more sensors, a blade assembly carrying a blade and slidably coupled to the device housing and operable to slidably transition between an extended position where the blade extends beyond an edge of the device housing a retracted position where a major surface of the blade abuts a major surface of the device housing and a peek position in which the blade reveals the front-facing imager. The electronic device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors cause the blade assembly to transition to the peek position in response to a document scanning application operating on the one or more processors invoking an image capture operation and the one or more sensors determining the front-facing imager is oriented toward a document.
US11838426B2
A method of obtaining digitally signed data is disclosed. The method comprises sending first data (e2) from at least one of a plurality of first participants to at least one second participant, wherein the first data is based on second data (e) accessible to at least one said first participant, and the second data is inaccessible to the or each said second participant. A digital signature (s1) of the first data is received from at least one said second participant, and the digital signature of the first data is processed, by a plurality of the first participants, to provide shares of a digital signature(s) of the second data, wherein the digital signature of said second data is accessible by means of a threshold number of said shares and is inaccessible to less than said threshold number of shares.
US11838424B2
A module has a processor for executing an encryption process to encrypt a message to a cipher-text with authentication. The encryption process includes generating a tag from a secret message authentication code (MAC) key, a nonce, a message, and optionally an additional data using a Poly1305 function, generating a pseudorandom initialization vector (IV) from a secret encryption key and the tag using a first encryption function, and generating a cipher-text from the secret encryption key, the generated IV, and the message using a second encryption function. The module or a similar module may execute a corresponding decryption process to decrypt the cipher-text to a decrypted message and verify the authenticity of the cipher-text. At least one of the first and second encryption functions may be an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption function such as an AES-CTR encryption function, an AES-like encryption function, and/or other suitable encryption functions.
US11838421B2
Systems and methods for enhanced mobile device authentication are disclosed. Systems and methods for enhanced mobile authentication are disclosed. In one embodiment, method for electronic device authentication may include (1) a server comprising at least one computer processor communicating a one-time passcode to an electronic device over a first communication channel; (2) the server receiving, from the electronic device over a second communication channel the one-time passcode encrypted with a private key associated with the electronic device; (3) the server decrypting the one-time passcode using a public key; (4) the server validating the one-time passcode; (5) the server generating a device identifier for the electronic device; and (6) the server persisting an association between the device identifier and the electronic device.
US11838417B2
A device and a network can authenticate using a subscription concealed identifier (SUCI). The device can store (i) a plaintext subscription permanent identifier (SUPI) for the device, (ii) a network static public key, and (iii) a key encapsulation mechanism (KEM) for encryption using the network static public key. The network can store (i) a device database with the SUPI, (ii) a network static private key, and (iii) the KEM for decryption using the network static private key. The device can (i) combine a random number with the SUPI as input into the KEM to generate a ciphertext as the SUCI, and (ii) transmit the ciphertext/SUCI to the network. The network can (i) decrypt the ciphertext using the KEM to read the SUPI, (iii) select a key K from the device database using the SUPI, and (iv) conduct an Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) with the selected key K.
US11838415B2
The invention provides a computer-implemented control method and corresponding system. The method may control or influence a device, system or other resource such as a technical process. The invention can provide a mechanism for emulating or otherwise executing the functionality of a logic gate via a computer-based distributed ledger (blockchain). This may be the Bitcoin blockchain or an alternative network/protocol. The invention provides logic embedded within a redeem script such that it determines which particular private keys have been used to sign an unlocking script, and then interprets the provision of those keys in accordance with a predetermined function. In a preferred embodiment, the method may comprise the steps of providing a blockchain Transaction comprising a redeem script for an output, wherein the redeem script: i) specifies a plurality of public keys, each associated with a corresponding private key; and wherein each public key is uniquely associated with a potential state of at least one data source; and ii) comprises logic arranged to provide a result based on which of the plurality of associated private key(s) is used to sign the unlocking script; wherein a minimum number of said private keys must be used to sign an unlocking script of a further blockchain Transaction in order to spend the output. Preferably, the logic is arranged to implement the functionality of a logic gate such as a NOT, AND, OR, NOR, XOR, IMPLY, NAND, NONIMPLY or XNOR gate.
US11838406B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for control-data plane partitioning in virtual distributed ledger networks. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising receiving a request for a microservice at a virtual distributed ledger technology node associated with a virtual distributed ledger technology network; identifying operations on user data to be performed related to the request for the microservice; retrieving the user data from a data storage memory external to the virtual distributed ledger technology network; performing the identified operations on the user data; executing the microservice based on performing the identified operations on the user data, to generate user data and control information; storing the generated user data in the data storage memory external to the virtual distributed ledger technology network; and committing the generated control information to a distributed ledger associated with the virtual distributed ledger technology network.
US11838405B1
Systems and methods that implement delegation on a blockchain network. A delegate blockchain transaction may be broadcasted to a blockchain network that encodes: a delegator blockchain user, a delegate blockchain user; information that indicates one or more permissions that the delegate blockchain user is authorized to perform, and an attestation that the delegator blockchain user authorizes the delegation. A delegate blockchain user may generate a blockchain transaction which is digitally signed using a delegate's private key in place of a delegator's private key.
US11838398B2
A semiconductor device includes: a data sampler configured to receive a data signal having a first frequency and to sample the data signal with a clock signal having a second frequency, higher than the first frequency, to output data for a time corresponding to a unit interval of the data signal; an error sampler configured to sample the data signal with an error clock signal having the second frequency and a phase, different from a phase of the clock signal, to output a plurality of pieces of error data for the time corresponding to the unit interval; and an eye-opening monitor (EOM) circuit configured to compare the data with each of the plurality of pieces of error data to obtain an eye diagram of the data signal in the unit interval.
US11838397B2
In an example, a synchronization signal can be transmitted to a plurality of synchronizers. The plurality of synchronizers can include a plurality of upstream synchronizers and a downstream synchronizer. Each synchronizer of the plurality of upstream synchronizers can be caused to count from a respective count value until a predetermined end count sequence value in response to receiving the synchronization signal. The respective count value stored at each synchronizer can be representative of a difference in time between a respective upstream synchronizer of the plurality of upstream synchronizers receiving the synchronization signal and the downstream synchronizer receiving the synchronization signal. A respective processing element of a plurality of processing elements can be caused to start a respective function or operation in response to a respective upstream synchronizer reaching the predetermined end count sequence value.
US11838396B2
In one embodiment, Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) is implemented using Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Segment Routing (SRv6) underlay network and SRv6-enhanced Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signaling. A particular route associated with a particular Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Segment Routing (SRv6) Segment Identifier (SID) is advertised in a particular route advertisement message of a routing protocol (e.g., BGP). The SID includes encoding representing a particular Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) Layer 2 (L2) flooding Segment Routing end function of the particular router and a particular Ethernet Segment Identifier (ESI), with the particular SID including a routable prefix to the particular router. The particular router receives a particular packet including the particular SID; and in response, the particular router performs the particular EVPN end function on the particular packet.
US11838394B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a receiver configured to receive a plurality of first frames transmitted by spatial multiplexing; and a transmitter configured to transmit a second frame containing check results indicating whether the first frames are successfully received and first information specifying at least one communication device. The receiver is configured to receive a plurality of third frames transmitted by spatial multiplexing from a communication device having transmitted the first frame the check result of which represents failure and the communication device specified in the first information.
US11838393B2
A message handler is described. The message handler is configured, in response to receiving a data package which is formatted according to a given communications protocol, such as CAN or Ethernet, and which comprises package-directing data and payload data, to generate package having a predetermined data format, for example a layer-2 or layer-3 package, which comprises a header and payload data. The header comprises an address generated in dependence upon the package-directing data and wherein the payload comprises the data package. The package having a predetermined data format may be an IEEE 1722 frame.
US11838384B2
Disclosed herein are an intelligent scheduling apparatus and method. The intelligent scheduling apparatus includes one or more processors, and an execution memory for storing at least program that is executed by the one or more processors, wherein the at least one program is configured to, in a hybrid cloud environment including a cloud, an edge system, and a near-edge system, configure schedulers for scheduling tasks of the cloud, the edge system, and the near-edge systems, store data, requested by a client, in a work queue by controlling the schedulers based on a scheduler policy and process the tasks based on data stored in the work queue, and collect history data resulting from processing of the tasks depending on the scheduler policy, and train the scheduler policy based on the history data.
US11838381B2
Provided are a device cross-region access method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving a cross-region access request from a target device and determining IP address information in the cross-region access request; determining information of a cross-region proxy server matching the target device according to the IP address information, where the cross-region proxy server is preset in a proxy region different from a target region where the target server is located, and the cross-region proxy server and the target server are in a distributed deployment; and transmitting the information of the cross-region proxy server to the target device to enable the target device to establish a connection to the cross-region proxy server.
US11838377B2
A method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium for training a user click model, which relate to the artificial intelligence field, are disclosed. is the method may include: collecting a plurality of pieces of behavior data from a log database of users on a network, each piece of behavior data including a user's feedback information regarding resources in the network within a preset time period; generating a plurality of resource access features respectively corresponding to the plurality of pieces of behavior data, based on a pre-created header resource library and the plurality of pieces of behavior data; and training the user click model with the plurality of resource access features. The technical solution provides a lossless modeling manner which, compared to the existing modeling manners, may effectively optimize the precision and improve the accuracy of the user click model.
US11838368B2
A smart circuit breaker may provide a smart-circuit-breaker power monitoring signal that includes information about power consumption of devices connected to the smart circuit breaker. The smart-circuit-breaker power monitoring signal may be used in conjunction with power monitoring signals from the electrical mains of the building for providing information about the operation of devices in the building. For example, the power monitoring signals may be used to (i) determine the main of the house that provides power to the smart circuit breaker, (ii) identify devices receiving power from the smart circuit breaker, (iii) improve the accuracy of identifying device state changes, and (iv) train mathematical models for identifying devices and device state changes.
US11838367B2
Various embodiments include a method for deploying field device into an Internet of Things (IoT). The method may include: acquiring information from a field device using an edge device; transmitting the acquired information to a cloud platform; wherein the information comprises data and an industrial IoT model; converting the industrial IoT model into a graph; performing similarity analysis based on the graph; classifying the industrial IoT model based on the similarity analysis; generating a first industrial IoT model comprising a type or an example; performing data mapping on the first industrial IoT model; and operating the field device as part of the IoT.
US11838363B2
Techniques are provided for offloading the management of sensor data and generating custom views of sensor data. Sensor data received from a data network through a message is stored within storage managed by a computing device. A handle is generated to identify the sensor data. The sensor data within the message is replaced with the handle, and the message is transmitted to a device within the data network. The device may use handles of sensor data to request custom views of sensor data.
US11838354B1
Described are examples for overriding a library used by a workload in a cloud-computing environment including initializing a container for a workload that includes an entry point that points to a binary to be executed by the container, causing the workload to load, based on initializing the container, an override library into the container before executing the binary, where the override library includes an override function having a function signature of a function provided by the library, and instructing the workload to execute the binary in the container, where the binary calls the function using the function signature causing the override function in the override library to be called in place of the function.
US11838347B2
Techniques for signaling audio mixing gain in teleconferencing and telepresence for remote terminals
A method and system for audio mixing in a teleconference using a Session Description Protocol (SDP) and Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) signaling of audio mixing gain is provided. The method includes receiving an input audio stream from a 360-degree video/audio stream that includes an audio mixing gain which includes audio gain from the input audio stream and audio gain from overlay audio streams, declaring a RTP header extension for the input audio stream using the SDP, the RTP header extension, and signaling the audio mixing gain based on a single attribute of the SDP using the RTP header extension. An element of the RTP header extension may include an element identifier, a length of an extension element, and a magnitude of the audio mixing gain of the RTP header extension. The RTP header extension may use a one-byte or two-byte header extension format which is declared using the SDP.
US11838340B2
In an approach to dynamic mute control for web conferencing, one or more computer processors detect a start of a collaborative meeting. One or more computer processors receive a request to enable a dynamic mute feature for a microphone associated with a device of a user. One or more computer processors mute the microphone. One or more computer processors monitor the collaborative meeting to derive context. One or more computer processors determine a request for the user to participate in the collaborative meeting. One or more computer processors calculate an unmute confidence score based on the derived context.
US11838338B2
A method and device for conference control and conference participation, server, terminal, and storage medium are disclosed. The conference control method may include: acquiring conference bitstream of a current conference; performing, in response to extracting three-dimensional resource identification information from the conference bitstream, a three-dimensional resource matching in a preset three-dimensional resource repository based on the three-dimensional resource identification information; and transmitting, in response to matching a target three-dimensional resource corresponding to the three-dimensional resource identification information in the three-dimensional resource repository, the target three-dimensional resource to a three-dimensional resource processing terminal of a conference participating terminal.
US11838333B2
Systems and methods for providing continuity of audio and/or video (A/V) presets across different contexts are described. In an embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS), may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: identify a first audio or video setting used by a first audio or video device in a first context; normalize the first audio or video setting into a normalized setting; in response to a determination that the IHS is in a second context, translate the normalized setting into a second audio or video setting; and apply the second audio or video setting to a second audio or video device.
US11838323B2
Methods, systems, and devices for server-initiated secure sessions are described. A browser application may connect to a portal, where the portal may transmit a command to a server agent to initiate a secure session with an endpoint device. The server agent may be housed in a destination server, and may establish a secure connection with an intermediary server using a secure communication protocol. The secure connection may be made by directing the destination server to open an out-bound connection through a firewall of the destination server. A browser session may be redirected to the intermediary server from the browser application, and the intermediary server may route the browser session traffic to the secure connection.
US11838317B2
A method of providing at least one communications service provider a connection to an Internet Protocol, IP, server in a perimeter network, the IP server providing a service over a public IP network, the method comprising the steps of detecting, in the perimeter network, an irregularity in IP traffic arriving at the perimeter network over the public IP network, disregarding, in the perimeter network, IP traffic arriving at the perimeter network over the public IP network, and enabling, in the perimeter network, a connection between the IP server and the at least one communications service provider for the service provided by the IP server over at least one private IP network.
US11838316B1
Computer systems and methods are provided for storing a first path profile. A computing device receives a first request to access a first location of a website, transmits the first request to a server, and receives a first cookie that includes identifying information for the first location. In response to receiving the first cookie, the device stores the identifying information. The device receives a second request to access a second location of the website that is distinct from the first location. The second request includes the identifying information for the first location. The device transmits the second request to the server and receives a second cookie that includes the identifying information for the first location and for the second location. In response to receiving the second cookie, the device stores the first path profile that includes the identifying information for the first location and the second location.
US11838312B2
An embodiment may involve a plurality of configuration items and an unmatched configuration item, wherein the unmatched configuration item is associated with a first set of attribute values and a first vulnerability, wherein the first vulnerability is associated with a first set of field values. The embodiment may further involve one or more processors configured to: (i) determine that the unmatched configuration item and a particular configuration item both represent a specific component, wherein the particular configuration item is associated with a second set of attribute values and a second vulnerability, wherein the second vulnerability is associated with a second set of field values; (ii) merge the unmatched configuration item into the particular configuration item; (iii) determine that the first vulnerability and the second vulnerability both represent a specific vulnerability; (iv) merge the first vulnerability into the second vulnerability; and (v) delete the unmatched configuration item and the first vulnerability.
US11838308B2
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method and an apparatus for classifying anomalies of one or more feature-associated anomalies in network data traffic between devices in a first part of a network and devices in a second part of the network. The method comprises retrieving at least one network data traffic sample and determining one or more feature-associated anomaly scores for the retrieved at least one network data traffic sample. The method further comprises determining feature importance of each feature of a feature-associated anomaly score and classifying one or more anomalies based on the determined one or more feature-associated anomaly scores and the determined feature importance.
US11838307B2
Implementations include evaluating a first sub-set of rules based on a first sub-set of facts to provide a first set of impacts, evaluating including applying the first sub-set of facts to each rule using a hash join operation to determine whether a rule results in an impact, indexes of arguments of facts being used in a probe phase of the hash join operation, evaluating a second sub-set of rules using impacts of the first set of impacts to provide a second set of impacts, determining whether each goal in a set of goals has been achieved using the first set of impacts and the second set of impacts, each goal being provided as an impact, in response to determining that each goal in the set of goals has been achieved, removing paths of the AAG, each of the paths resulting in an impact that is not a goal.
US11838305B2
Various embodiments described herein disclose an endpoint modeling and grouping management system that can collect data from endpoint computer devices in a network. In some embodiments, agents installed on the endpoints can collect real-time information at the kernel level providing the system with deep visibility. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system can identify similarities in behavior in response to assessing the data collected by the agents. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system can dynamically model groups such as logical groups, and cluster endpoints based on the similarities and/or differences in behavior of the endpoints. In some embodiments, the endpoint modeling and grouping management system transmits the behavioral models to the agents to allow the agents to identify anomalies and/or security threats autonomously.
US11838303B2
A log generation method for generating a log of communication on an in-vehicle network includes: performing a plurality of determination processes for determining, by using different methods, whether or not a message sent to the in-vehicle network is anomalous; generating a log in accordance with results of the plurality of determination processes; and transmitting the generated log. In the generating, information items to be included in the log are determined in accordance with a combination of the results of the plurality of determination processes so that the log does not include identical information items.
US11838301B2
The disclosure herein describes a system and method for predictive identification of breached entities. Identification number and expiration date pairs associated with compromised records in a source file are analyzed to identify a set of candidate entities having records at least partially matching the source file data pairs having events occurring during a selected time period. Probability vectors are calculated for records associated with each identified entity. A divergence value is calculated which represents a distance between probability distribution vectors for each entity and probability distribution vectors for the source file. A predicted breached entity is identified based on the divergence values. The predicted breached entity is notified of the predicted breach. The notification can include an identification of the breached entity, identification of breached records, predicted time of breach, and/or a recommendation to take action to mitigate the predicted breach.
US11838297B2
A method including transmitting, by a transmitting device, verification information including a current fingerprint associated with a first instance of a source application stored on the transmitting device; receiving, by the transmitting device, a determination result determined based at least in part on a comparison of the current fingerprint with a verification fingerprint associated with a second instance of the source application stored on another device; and selectively transmitting, by the transmitting device, transmission data utilizing the first instance of the source application based at least in part on the determination result. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11838295B2
Representative embodiments of operating a secured device requiring user authentication include receiving a request from a user for operating the device without prior authentication; granting the user temporary access to the device in accordance with a security policy that specifies a predetermined time interval and/or a predetermined number of device operations within which authentication must occur to continue at least some operations of the device; computationally storing an audit trail identifying the temporary access and actions performed during the temporary access; and upon determining that authentication has not been provided within the predetermined time interval or number of device operations, preventing at least some operations of the device and updating the audit trail to specify expiration of the temporary access.
US11838288B2
In the provided platform framework, participants issue requests for registration as members of namespaces supported by the platform framework, where the namespace is a capability of an IHS (Information Handling System) that will be provided by the participant using hardware of the IHS. The platform framework generates an entry in a manifest in response to a participant's registration, wherein the manifest entry identifies a participant as registered within a particular namespace. The platform framework receives, from an operating system application of the IHS, a request for participants registered within one or more namespaces. The platform framework provides the requesting operating system application with an identity of one or more participants that are registered within the first namespace. The requesting operating system application may then choose from registered participants that provide access to platform framework resources that are available for use within a particular namespace.
US11838286B2
A method is disclosed, comprising: configuring, based on hardware characteristics of a radio access device, a first security certificate; setting up a first encrypted tunnel with a first security server using the first security certificate, the first security server configured to grant permission via the first security certificate for obtaining a second security certificate providing access to an operator core network; tearing down the first encrypted tunnel; and setting up a second encrypted tunnel to a second security server within the operator core network using the second security certificate, the second encrypted tunnel configured to allow the radio access device to securely communicate with the operator core network for providing connectivity for user devices to the operator core network, wherein the first encrypted tunnel and the second encrypted tunnel to use a single transport port to obtain the second security certificate via the first encrypted tunnel.
US11838270B1
A client device generates an artificial data packet that specifies, in the header, an artificial network address usable to indicate that the artificial data packet includes out-of-band data. The client device transmits the artificial data packet with other data packets over an encrypted data stream to a virtual private network server. The virtual private network server determines, based on the artificial network address, that the artificial data packet includes out-of-band data. The virtual private network server processes the out-of-band data from the artificial data packet while transmitting the other data packets to servers corresponding to destination network addresses specified in the headers of these other data packets.
US11838249B2
Systems and methods provide real-time communication between website operators and website visitors including monitoring, gathering, managing and sharing of information. The features include: simultaneous chatting with system's website visitor while responding/submitting tickets/emails and searching through company knowledge base; operator communicating message to another operator directly in active chat session, while message remains hidden to visitors/customers; displaying advertising messages to visitors/customers within chat window during active chat sessions; growing knowledge base by adding information into knowledge base during chat session; providing real-time access to system's website visitor information by seeing the content of visitor's shopping cart or by passing information from system's server into visitor's information located in operator's panel; creating and branding multiple chat windows and selectively linking all or some to the account; tagging and grouping each chat sessions; parent-child ticketing for project management; lead scoring; and mobile live chatting.
US11838248B2
A serverless function execution system enables fast, efficient and flexible deployment and execution of serverless functions. User commands are received from external messaging systems that cause functions to be executed. A serverless function associated with the user command is determined and the serverless function is executed in an isolation container at a function computation server. A response from the execution of the serverless function is sent to the external messaging system.
US11838242B2
The invention relates methods for triggering channel quality feedback for at least one of plural component carriers of a communication system available for downlink transmission. The invention suggests a mechanism for triggering channel quality feedback from a terminal where the downlink control signaling overhead for the selection of component carrier(s) to be reported on is minimized. One aspect of the invention is a new interpretation of a predetermined format for dedicated control information comprising a CQI request flag, which is depending on the status of the CQI request flag. In case the CQI request flag is set at least one further bit of the dedicated control information is interpreted as information indicative of the one or more component carriers available for downlink transmission to the terminal and the terminal is providing channel quality feedback on the channel quality experienced on the indicated component carrier or component carriers.
US11838233B2
A method for performing wireless communication by a first device and a device for supporting same. The method includes: mapping first sidelink control information (SCI) onto a resource related to a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH); mapping a phase tracking-reference signal (PT-RS) onto a resource related to a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), on the basis of a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) on the PSCCH; mapping second SCI onto a resource onto which the PT-RS is not mapped, among resources related to the PSSCH; and transmitting the first SCI, the second SCI, and the PT-RS to a second device, wherein the second SCI is not mapped onto a resource onto which the PT-RS is mapped.
US11838232B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that support configuration of aperiodic sounding reference signal transmission and triggering. A base station may transmit, within a first transmission time interval (TTI), a grant triggering a user equipment (UE) to transmit an aperiodic sounding reference signal (A-SRS), and may identify offset information indicating a TTI offset relative to the grant. The base station may determine a second TTI for the A-SRS based on the TTI offset. A UE may detect, within a first TTI, the grant triggering the UE to transmit the A-SRS, identify the offset information indicating the TTI offset relative to the grant, and determine the second TTI for transmitting the A-SRS based on the TTI offset. The UE may transmit the A-SRS in an SRS resource of the second TTI, and the base station may monitor the SRS resource of the second TTI for the A-SRS.
US11838226B2
A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
US11838216B2
An egress access request processing method includes Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) in an enterprise Intranet of an enterprise receiving an egress access request of the enterprise, forwarding the egress access request to an acceleration network or sending the egress access request to the acceleration network in response to the egress access request complying with a preset rule, receiving, from the acceleration network, response data obtained by performing back-to-origin processing on the egress access request, and sending the response data to a sender of the egress access request.
US11838215B2
A data stream classification method includes obtaining, based on a packet feature of a current data stream and a behavior classification model, at least one first confidence that is of the current data stream and that corresponds to at least one data stream class, where the behavior classification model is based on a plurality of data stream samples; obtaining, based on feature information of the current data stream and a content classification model, at least one second confidence that is of the current data stream and that corresponds to the at least one data stream class, where the content classification model is based on one or more historical data streams; and determining a data stream class of the current data stream based on the at least one first confidence and the at least one second confidence.
US11838199B1
Grouping virtualized computing instances in cloud environments can be achieved utilizing groups of network endpoints, such as hardware devices, virtualized computing instances, etc. The network endpoint group (NEG) provides a logical grouping for providers of backend services that may be arranged on the network endpoints, and may be organized based on the backend service to be provided by the computing environments that operate as network endpoints. For example, the NEGs may be implemented for load balancing applications. The network endpoint groups, and the network endpoints included therein, may be managed using a framework of tools, libraries and application programming interfaces.
US11838198B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises identifying, by a path computation element, essential parent devices from a nonstoring destination oriented directed acyclic graph (DODAG) topology as dominating set members belonging to a dominating set; receiving, by the path computation element, an advertisement message specifying a first dominating set member having reachability to a second dominating set member, the reachability distinct from the nonstoring DODAG topology; and generating, by the path computation element based on the advertisement message, an optimized path for reaching a destination network device in the nonstoring DODAG topology via a selected sequence of dominating set members, the optimized path providing cut-through optimization across the nonstoring DODAG topology.
US11838196B2
A high performance packet stream storage method. Original packet data from data traffic transmitted over a network is collected. Collected original packet data is written in a memory. Metadata from the collected original package data is extracted and metadata is written in the memory. The original packet data and the metadata is stored in a storage unit.
US11838193B1
A first node can be selected as a target node, and a second node can be selected as a control to determine a performance limit associated with providing a service. A request for the service can be determined to be routed to the first node. A first indication of a first performance measurement associated with processing a first load by the first node can be received. A second indication of a second performance measurement associated with processing a second load by the second node can be received. A performance error of the first node can be determined based on the first performance measurement and the second performance measurement. The performance limit can be determined based on the performance error, and an action can be triggered based on the performance limit.
US11838192B2
A network monitoring apparatus includes a memory configured to store a performance management data sample of a network; and at least one processor configured to input the performance management data sample and an abnormality probability value to an auto-encoder of an abnormality detection model that is trained based on performance management data of the network, wherein the abnormality probability value is a default value, obtain, from the auto-encoder of the abnormality detection model, a reconstructed performance management data sample and an abnormality score value, and detect an abnormal sample based on the abnormality score value, wherein the auto-encoder is configured to receive the performance management data sample and the abnormality probability value, and output the reconstructed performance management data sample and the abnormality score value.
US11838188B1
A device may receive network data identifying a topology of network devices of a network, quality of service (QoS) rules for user equipment (UEs) and application flows associated with the network, QoS profiles for a radio access network (RAN) of the network, and service data flow (SDF) templates. The device may process the network data, with a model, to calculate a network device service level agreement (SLA) score, for each of the network devices on a sliding window, to generate network device SLA scores, and may aggregate the network device SLA scores to generate an end-to-end SLA score on the sliding window. The device may generate QoS configuration data based on the end-to-end SLA score, and may implement the QoS configuration data.
US11838187B2
A communication management system includes a display calculation unit configured to calculate, for each of a plurality of communication devices on a network, a display position of an icon that identifies the communication device in a display unit, based on positional information about the communication device. Further, the communication management system includes a complexity calculation unit configured to calculate complexity of a topology between a plurality of the icons, based on a display position of the plurality of icons. The display calculation unit corrects a display position of at least one of the icons when the complexity is equal to or more than a predetermined complexity threshold value.
US11838177B2
The present disclosure is directed to consolidation of STP pairs without deploying new STP pairs and without making changes at a Service Switching Point to reflect the consolidation. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a first pair of signal transfer point devices to be decommissioned from a telecommunication network; identifying a second pair of signal transfer point devices to assume, in part, functionalities of the first pair of signal transfer point devices, each signal transfer point device of the first pair and the second pair having at least one primary point code and at least one secondary point code assigning a temporary secondary point code to each signal transfer point device of the first pair; and modifying at least one secondary point code of each signal transfer point device of the second pair with a primary point code of at least one signal transfer point device of the first pair.
US11838174B2
Devices, systems, methods, and techniques for multicast failover handling in a computer communication network are disclosed. The methods herein described are particularly suited to software-defined networks (SDNs), and comply with requirements for assuring delivery of network traffic to each destination from a source engaged in multicast network traffic dissemination, assured delivery of each data packet as introduced into the network by the source device and avoidance of duplicate delivery of data. The methods herein are agile and respond rapidly to changes in a network while traffic is on the network.
US11838173B2
The present invention relates a system and a method of recognizing and addressing network alarms in a computer network. A network adapter is configured to receive network alarms related to operating condition of network devices present in the computer network, wherein the network devices are managed by different vendors. Information present in the network alarms is analyzed to determine elements indicating the operating condition of the network devices. The elements may comprise at least one of keywords, object identifiers, and values of the object identifiers. A trained data model is finally used for mapping the network alarms with standard attributes. Based on such mappings, the network alarms are then addressed.
US11838163B2
For Type-II codebook compression, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One apparatus includes a transceiver and a processor coupled to the transceiver, the processor being configured to cause the apparatus to: receive a reference signal, identify a set of taps over a layer based on the reference signal, where the set of taps correspond to a set of sub-band indices. The processor is configured to cause the apparatus to generate a combinatorial codeword representing the set of taps and transmit a CSI report indicating the combinatorial codeword.
US11838159B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) and a base station may communicate according to a combined cyclic prefix and guard interval-based waveform format. The base station may transmit control signaling to the UE. The control signaling may indicate a slot configuration. The UE may identify a format of a slot including a set of symbols based on the slot configuration. The format may indicate that a first portion of a first symbol of the set of symbols includes at least two cyclic prefixes and a second portion of the first symbol includes a guard interval. The UE and the base station may perform wireless communications during the first symbol in accordance with the format.
US11838158B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes identifying a slot type of a terminal from a first slot type and a second slot type, determining a position of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) based on the slot type, and receiving the DMRS based on the position from a base station.
US11838157B2
A signal processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire signal waveform data corresponding to a frequency signal, a generation unit configured to generate a sine wave and a cosine wave of demodulation waveform data having a demodulation frequency between the first frequency and the second frequency, a first phase calculation unit configured to calculate a first phase based on a multiplication result of the sine wave and the signal waveform data at a first time and a multiplication result of the cosine wave and the signal waveform data at the first time, a second phase calculation unit configured to calculate a second phase based on a multiplication result of the sine wave and the signal waveform data at a second time advanced from the first time by a specified time interval less than one cycle of the demodulation frequency.
US11838156B2
Methods and systems are described for generating a time-varying information signal at an output of a continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE), asynchronously sampling a data signal according to a sampling clock having a frequency less than a data rate of the data signal; generating corresponding pattern-verified samples for at least two data patterns, each of the at least two data patterns having a respective frequency content; determining corresponding frequency-specific voltage measurements associated with each of the at least two data patterns based on the corresponding pattern-verified samples of the at least two data patterns; and adjusting an equalization of the data signal based on a comparison of the corresponding frequency-specific voltage measurements.
US11838154B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of open space in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the open space based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real-time.
US11838148B2
A method associated with a split-configuration virtual private network (VPN), the method including receiving, by a VPN server from a user device prior to establishment of a VPN connection between the VPN server and the user device, an initiation request to establish the VPN connection, the initiation request including remote content information indicating remote content that is to be requested by the user device after the VPN connection is established, the remote content being unavailable in a geographic location of the user device; and configuring, by the VPN server based at least in part on the remote content information, domain name services (DNS) settings associated with the VPN connection to associate the VPN connection with a remote DNS server that is capable of enabling the VPN server to obtain the remote content after establishment of the VPN connection is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11838147B2
Techniques are disclosed for disseminating network service-specific mapping information across administrative domains. In one example, a network device receives an indication of a route target and one or more underlay tunnels configured to support a service route. The service route is configured to transport network traffic associated with a first network service of a plurality of network services. The network device defines, based on the indication, a first transport class of a plurality of transport classes. The network device receives a service route for the first network service and stores a correspondence between the service route and the first transport class. The network device receives network traffic associated with the first network service and forwards, based on the correspondence, the network traffic along the underlay tunnels specified by the first transport class.
US11838138B2
An architecture to allow Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) billing and charge tracking, is disclosed. In an example, a tracking process, such as is performed by an edge computing apparatus, includes: receiving a computational processing request for a service operated with computing resources of the edge computing apparatus from a connected edge device within the first access network, wherein the computational processing request includes an identification of the connected edge device; identifying a processing device, within the first access network, for performing the computational processing request; and storing the identification of the connected edge device, a processing device identification, and data describing the computational processes completed by the processing device in association with the computational processing request.
US11838133B2
A method for transmitting and receiving HARQ-ACK information in a wireless communication system and a device therefor are disclosed. Specifically, a method of transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), HARQ-ACK information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving first downlink control information (DCI) based on a first control resource set group and second DCI based on a second control resource set group; determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for a transmission of the HARQ-ACK information; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK information based on the determined PUCCH resource, wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are indexed based on (i) an index of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) related monitoring occasion, (ii) a cell index, and (iii) an index associated with each control resource set group, and wherein the PUCCH resource is determined based on a last DCI among the first DCI and the second DCI.
US11838123B2
A polar encoder comprises an input, an output and a processor operatively connected to the input and to the output. The input either receives first, second and third codewords, or receives information bits used by the processor for generating first, second and third probabilistic constellation shaping codewords. The processor combines the first and second codewords, to produce a first modulation symbol bit, combines the first and third codewords to produce a second modulation symbol bit, and combines the first, second and third codewords to produce a third modulation symbol bit. The output forwards the modulation symbol bits to a bit to symbol mapper. The polar encoder may be included in a transmitter that further comprises the bit to symbol mapper receiving the modulation symbol bits and generating modulation symbols, and a modulator modulating a carrier using the modulation symbols.
US11838122B2
A method for performing code block segmentation for wireless transmission using concatenated forward error correction encoding includes receiving a transport block of data for transmission having a transport block size, along with one or more parameters that define a target code rate. A number N of inner code blocks needed to transmit the transport block is determined. A number M—outer code blocks may be calculated based on the number of inner code blocks and on encoding parameters for the outer code blocks. The transport block may then be segmented and encoded according to the calculated encoding parameters.
US11838118B2
Devices, systems, and methods of detecting a vishing attack, in which an attacker provides to a victim step-by-step over-the-phone instructions that command the victim to log-in to his bank account and to perform a dictated banking transaction. The system monitors transactions, online operations, user interactions, gestures performed via input units, speed and timing of data entry, and user engagement with User Interface elements. The system detects that the operations performed by the victim, follow a pre-defined playbook of a vishing attack. The system detects that the victim operates under duress or under dictated instructions, as exhibited in irregular doodling activity, data entry rhythm, typographical error introduction rhythm, unique posture of the user, alternating pattern of listening to phone instructions and performing online operations via a computer, and device orientation changes or spatial changes that characterize a device being used to perform an online transaction while also talking on the phone.
US11838107B2
A system can, in response to determining to capture bio telemetry data associated with client devices, synchronize respective second clock times of respective client devices with a first clock time maintained by a network time protocol server, wherein the respective client devices are configured to capture the bio telemetry data of respective users associated with the client devices, wherein the respective users are associated with respective user accounts. The system can synchronize the bio telemetry data of the respective users based the respective second clock times.
US11838099B2
A reception apparatus includes a demodulation circuit configured to demodulate packets obtained with respect to each of multiple PLPs included in a broadcast signal; and a processing circuit configured to process the packets demodulated by the demodulation circuit. The demodulation circuit and the processing circuit are connected with each other via a single interface or interfaces fewer than the number of the PLPs. The demodulation circuit adds identification information to a specific packet among the packets obtained with respect to each of the PLP, the identification information identifying the PLP to which each of the packets belongs. The processing circuit identifies the PLP to which belongs each of the packets input from the demodulation circuit via the single interface or the interfaces fewer than the number of the PLPs, based on the identification information obtained from the specific packet.
US11838096B2
A system and method for regenerative satellite communications between a gateway of a terrestrial communication network and a user terminal via a communications satellite are described. The system includes a distributed regenerative modulator having a first portion of modulator components arranged at the gateway, and a second portion of modulator components arranged at the communications satellite. The first portion of the modulator components applies a first part of modulation functions to the information data carried by an uplink signal at the gateway, while the second portion of the modulator components applies a second part of modulation functions to the information data at the satellite to generate a down-link signal for transmitting it to the user terminal. The first portion of the components performs specific signal processing operations, which are only suitable for processing a waveform of a specific type. The second portion of the components performs only general signal processing operations which do not depend on the waveform used for modulation.
US11838069B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system including a transmitter and receivers, each receiver being connected to the transmitter via a communication channel, the method including: precoding the data for transmission on the channels to provide first precoded data; using the first precoded data, for each channel, computing a number of bits to be allocated to that channel; determining that the bit allocation does not satisfy one or more criteria; ranking the channels in an order based on channel properties; discarding for use as a direct channel, one or more channels based on the ranking; precoding the data for transmission on the channels accounting for the discarded channels to provide second precoded data; and transmitting, by the transmitter, the second precoded data on the channels.
US11838066B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for radio link monitoring reference signal (RLM-RS) determination using communications systems operating according to new radio (NR) technologies. For example, a method for wireless communications from a UE generally includes determining resources to monitor for radio link monitoring (RLM) prior to being configured with resources to monitor for RLM after establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a network, and performing RLM based on the determined resources.
US11838065B2
A method is implemented in a digital unit connected with a plurality of distributed antennas including a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna. The method comprises: causing transmitting a first signal from the first antenna, a second signal from the second antenna, and a third signal from the third antenna in a same frequency resource; obtaining a receiver and transmitter side loop-back phase difference between the first antenna and the second antenna based on the first signal received at the third antenna, the second signal received at the third antenna, the third signal received at the first antenna, and the third signal received at the second antenna; and obtaining estimations of a time delay difference and an initial phase difference between the first and second antennas based on the obtained loop-back phase difference.
US11838061B2
Described is a method of setting up a plurality of quantum communications links, forming a quantum network providing provably secure communications and internet services over intercontinental distances without requiring direct line of sight communication or the intermediate use of the entanglement resource of satellites. Also described is a quantum communicator device for use in this method. Two or more quantum memory units are disposed at a first location, an entangled link is set up between at least two of the quantum memory units, at least one of the quantum memory units sharing in the entangled link is physically transported to a second location. The quantum communicator device comprises communications nodes, an optical interface to set up entanglement to other devices and storage nodes, each node in the form of a quantum memory unit capable of storing quantum information for a desired length of time, i.e. weeks or longer.
US11838055B2
An optical data transmitter having M serially optically connected electro-absorption modulators (EAMs) individually driven using ON-OFF-keying (OOK) electronics, where M is an integer greater than one. In an example embodiment, the optical data transmitter can be used to generate an intensity-modulated optical signal carrying symbols of a 2M-level unipolar pulse-amplitude-modulation constellation. The OOK electronics enables the DC bias voltages and/or AC amplitudes of the two-level drive signals applied to different EAMs to be individually controllable to achieve desired uniform or non-uniform separation between the constellation levels. In at least some embodiments, temperatures of different EAMs may also be individually controllable. In various embodiments, the EAMs may operate in reflection or in transmission.
US11838052B2
An example system includes a hub transceiver and a plurality of edge transceivers. The hub transceiver is operable to transmit, over a first communications channel, a first message to each of the edge transceivers concurrently, including an indication of available network resources on an optical communications network. Each of the edge transceiver is operable to transmit, transmit, over a second communications channel, a respective second message to the hub transceiver including an indication of a respective subset of the available network resources selected by the edge transceiver for use in communicating over the optical communications network. Further, the edge transceiver is operable to receive, from the hub transceiver, a third message acknowledging receipt of a selection and a fourth message confirming an assignment of the selected subset of the available network resources to the edge transceiver.
US11838051B2
A fiber optic distribution terminal includes a cable spool rotatably disposed within an enclosure; an optical power splitter and a termination region carried by the cable spool; an optical cable deployable from the enclosure by rotating the cable spool by pulling on a connectorized end of the optical cable; and splitter pigtails extending between the optical power splitter and the termination region. One fiber of the optical cable extending between the connectorized end and the splitter input. The other fibers of the optical cable extend to a multi-fiber adapter.
US11838047B2
Infrastructure electronics equipment incorporates infrastructure Local-Site Transports (LSTs). LSTs convey payload sampled signals over imperfect electromagnetic (EM) pathways whose physical properties are usually unknown when the equipment (e.g., Cameras, Displays, Set-Top Boxes) is manufactured. Prior LSTs hedge against EM pathway degradation in several ways: requiring high-quality cables (e.g., HDMI); restricting transmission distance, (e.g., HDMI); and/or reducing quality, via compression, to extend transmission distance somewhat (e.g., Ethernet). The subject of this disclosure is an infrastructure LST for sampled signals that causes the physical errors inevitably arising from propagation of sensory payloads over imperfect EM pathways to manifest in a perceptually benign manner, leveraging legacy infrastructure and reducing costs to achieve a favorable ratio of fidelity to transmission distance.
US11838042B2
The present application discloses a protective film of electronic terminal configured to be attached to an electronic terminal mounted with a camera and protect a screen of the electronic terminal. The protective film of electronic terminal includes a protective film body and a shielding member. The protective film body is defined with an avoidance hole and an accommodating cavity. The avoidance hole is for avoiding the camera when the protective film body is attached to the electronic terminal and in communication with the accommodating cavity. The shielding member is movably arranged in the accommodating cavity for shielding or not shielding the camera.
US11838039B2
A method and apparatus for intermodulation product (IMP) cancellation. In one embodiment, the method comprises: acquiring copies of source signals that create IMPs in a passband of interest; creating copies of the IMPs for use as IMP cancellation signals by either multiplying the source signals together as a series of digital samples such that the multiplied signals create a near real and continuous time copy of the IMPs or creating a sum of the source signals in near real and continuous time and convolving the sum of the source signals with a mathematical model to effectively multiply the signals together to create a copy of the IMPs; adjusting one or both of phase and amplitude of the copies; and using the copies to cancel the IMPs inband of the passband of interest.
US11838037B2
A signal processing device is provided. The signal processing device includes a proximal end device, a connection unit, and a distal end device. The proximal end device generates a first radio frequency signal. The connection unit is coupled to the proximal end device and receives and transmits the first radio frequency signal. The distal end device is coupled to the connection unit, receives the first radio frequency signal, performs a power detection on the first radio frequency signal to generate a detection signal, generates a control signal according to a comparison result of the detection signal and a predetermined reference value, and transmits the control signal to the connection unit. The proximal end device further receives the control signal through the connection unit, and adjusts the first radio frequency signal according to the control signal so as to generate a second radio frequency signal.
US11838029B2
This invention relates to multichannel signal processing systems using synchronous protocols I2S (Inter-IC Sound Bus) and SPI (Serial Peripheral Bus) for sequenced data exchange, and providing unified synchronization of processed data. The system and method for synchronously multiplexing data streams in the I2S or SPI formats involves transformation of a standard Left/Right Clock (LRCK) sampled pulse signal of the I2S format or a Chip Select (CS) pulse signal of the SPI format into a LRCLt signal comprising a time stamp code and start and end marker codes of the synchronization clock signal, LRCK or CS, respectively. The presence of the marker codes and the time stamp code enables to restore the pulse signal, LRCK or CS, respectively, in the process of data stream program processing and link each discrete sample to the time stamp. The digital stream multiplexing system includes m channel groups for collection of synchronous data in the I2S or SPI synchronous protocol, a clock generator, a host processor and a means of transforming the LRCK or CS signal into the LRCKt signal. The technical effect consists in removal of limitations on a number of fully synchronized data streams in the I2S or SPI formats and, at the same time, simplification of the synchronization system and method and reduction in requirements to hardware resources.
US11838028B2
The present disclosure discloses a band-pass analog-to-digital converter (ADC) using a bidirectional voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) including a first converter configured to receive an analog input signal and quantize the analog input signal according to a first clock signal to output a first digital signal, a second converter configured to receive the analog input signal and quantize the analog input signal in a time-interleaving manner according to a second clock signal, which has a phase opposite to that of the first clock signal, to output a second digital signal, and a multiplexer configured to receive the first and second digital signals and select one of the two signals in response to the first clock signal to finally output a digital output signal.
US11838009B2
A power converter having a mechanism of dynamically controlling a minimum off time is provided. A high-side overcurrent protecting circuit determines whether or not a current flows from a high-side switch through a node between a second terminal of the high-side switch and a first terminal of a low-side switch toward an inductor, and determines whether or not the current is larger than a threshold to output a high-side overcurrent detected signal and a high-side overcurrent protecting signal. An off time adjusting circuit outputs a minimum off time signal to a driver circuit according to the high-side overcurrent protecting signal. The driver circuit determines that an overcurrent event occurs when the high-side switch is turned on according to the high-side overcurrent detected signal, and accordingly the driver circuit at least continually turns on the low-side switch during a longer minimum off time of the minimum off time signal.
US11837999B2
An audio amplifier employs an idle mode to reduce power consumption and improve efficiency of the amplifier. The audio amplifier comprises a modulator configured to receive an analog input signal. The modulator is operable to convert the analog input signal to differential first and second quantized signals, each having a common mode duty cycle. The modulator causes the common mode duty cycle of each of the first and second quantized signals to be shifted when the level of the analog input signal is below a threshold level so that the common mode duty cycle is one of greater than or less than fifty percent (50%). The amplifier further includes a power stage that receives the first and second quantized signals and generates corresponding first and second output signals configured to drive a load, wherein the first and second output signals switched between a supply voltage and a second voltage based on the respective first and second quantized signals.
US11837994B2
The invention relates to a module for the diagnosis of a single photovoltaic panel, which comprises a first connection for input wiring coming from a photovoltaic solar panel, a second connection for output wiring through which at least the energy from the photovoltaic panel exits, a measurement means for measuring the voltage and current coming from the photovoltaic solar panel, through input wiring coming from a photovoltaic panel, a control logic and communication means. Thanks to this module associated with each of the panels, it is possible to avoid manual supervision of each and every one of the panels, to eliminate the impossibility of detecting malfunctioning or operation outside the maximum power point of the panels, to overcome the difficulty in evacuating the direct current and to avoid production and efficiency losses of the photovoltaic solar installations.
US11837986B2
Systems and methods for operating a motorized system. The methods comprise by a circuit: receiving a first position signal generated by a gimbal resolver coupled to a load, a second position signal generated by a first motor encoder coupled to a shaft of a first motor, and a third position signal generated by a second motor encoder coupled to a shaft of a second motor; converting the second and third position signals into a velocity signal specifying a scaled velocity of the load; converting the velocity signal into a fourth position signal specifying a position of the load; combining the first position signal and the fourth position signal to generate a fifth position signal representing a stable position of the load; and using the fifth position signal to control operations of the first and second motors.
US11837985B2
An N-phase electric machine, N being an integer ≥3, includes a housing; i×N stator windings arranged in a fixed manner in the housing, i being an integer ≥2; and a rotatable rotor surrounded by the i×N stator windings in the housing. The stator windings are consecutively divided into i subgroups in a circumferential direction, each subgroup having N stator windings. The electric machine further comprises i current control modules and i temperature measurement devices, each current control module being correspondingly electrically connected to the N stator windings in one corresponding subgroup, so that when the stator windings in the i subgroups are supplied with power by the i current control modules, a rotating magnetic field is generated around the rotor. Each temperature measurement device is configured to measure the temperature of one corresponding subgroup in the i subgroups during operation of the electric machine.
US11837982B2
A rotary machine control device includes: a flux estimator that estimates a rotary machine flux; a command amplitude specifier that generates a command amplitude that is an amplitude of a command flux, by executing feedback control using a product of an estimated flux or an estimated magnet flux and a detected current; a command flux specifier that generates the command flux using the command amplitude; and a switcher that controls switching from a current synchronous operation to a flux control operation. When the switcher controls switching to the flux control operation, the flux estimator gives, to the feedback control, an amplitude of the estimated flux estimated before switching to the flux control operation, as an initial value of the command amplitude immediately after switching to the flux control operation.
US11837980B2
A motor flux weakening control method with data map creation is provided. The method estimates a phase angle between a dq electric current vector and a d-axis based on a speed of the motor; estimates an input direct current; repeats the estimating of the phase angle and the direct current while decreasing a magnitude of the dq electric current vector based on a difference between the estimated direct current and a preset direct current limitation value; and interrupts the repeating of the estimating of the phase angle and the estimating of the direct current when the direct current and the preset direct current limitation value are equal, and stores a relationship between the speed of the motor, the direct current voltage, the phase angle, and the magnitude of the dq electric current vector, when the estimated direct current and the preset direct current limitation value are equal.
US11837972B2
The present invention relates to a soft robot using diamagnetic levitation. Such a soft robot using diamagnetic levitation is formed of a diamagnetic material to levitate on the ground on which a magnetic field is formed, and moves in a direction toward a predetermined point of a head part when the predetermined point of the head part is heated, and may thus move and change its direction in a state in which it is not in contact with the ground.
US11837945B2
An integrated circuit for a power supply circuit that includes a state-indicating circuit, which is a first or second circuit when the power supply circuit is of a non-isolated or isolated type, as the case may be. The integrated circuit including a voltage generation circuit that generates, at a first terminal, a voltage that is (1) lower than a first level, when the first circuit is coupled to the first terminal, (2) higher than a second level, when the second circuit is coupled to the first terminal, and (3) higher than the first level and lower than the second level, when no state-indicating circuit is coupled to the first terminal, and a determination circuit that determines that the power supply circuit is of the non-isolated or isolated type, when the voltage at the first terminal is lower or higher than the second level, as the case may be.
US11837943B2
A rotor air cooling system including an outer housing and an inner housing configured to be inserted into the outer housing, the inner housing including an open backend. The system further includes a stator attached to an interior side of the inner housing, a main rotor body included in the inner housing, the main rotor body being arranged around a rotor shaft arranged to extend through the inner housing and the outer housing, wherein cooling air axially enters the main rotor body in an inlet end, passes through cavities of the main rotor body, and exits the main rotor body in an outlet end, and a water jacket arranged between the inner housing and the outer housing. Moreover, the system includes a heat exchanger for dissipating heat from the cooling air exiting the main rotor body.
US11837936B2
A vibrator includes a frame, a swing unit, and an elastic member. The swing unit is disposed within the frame and holds a magnet. The elastic member connects the swing unit and the frame. The swing unit is movable with respect to the frame while deforming the elastic member. The frame, the swing unit, and the elastic member are integrally molded with each other.
US11837933B2
A process is described, for making an electric conductor for a winding of an electric machine comprising the following steps: providing an external shell (20} with a tubular shape made of electrically conducting material; inserting at least two wires (215 made of electrically conducting material in the external shell (20); heating the external shell (20) and the wires (21) inserted therein; laminating wherein the external shell (205 and the wires (215 are formed to modify the profile of their cross section; optionally repeating at least one of the two previous steps; an electric conductor made with such process and an electric machine comprising a winding made with such electric conductor are further described.
US11837932B2
A stator includes a stator core having a plurality of teeth, an insulator, a plurality of coils, a first region in which distal ends of feeder lines are connected to each other, and a second region in which distal ends of neutral lines are connected to each other. The insulator has inner and outer walls spaced from each other in a radial direction. In a cross section at a gap between two adjacent coils, along a plane including an axis of the stator core, a center of gravity of the first region is positioned above a center of gravity of the second region in an axial direction. B
US11837922B2
An electric machine has a stator and a rotor arranged on a hollow shaft and able to turn relative to the stator about an axis of rotation, wherein the hollow shaft comprises, in a shaft casing, at least one shaft exit opening for coolant supplied to a shaft interior space of the hollow shaft. A cover element is arranged next to the rotor on the hollow shaft, in which is formed a fluid duct comprising a fluid duct inlet and a fluid duct outlet, wherein the fluid duct inlet overlaps with the shaft exit opening and the fluid duct outlet overlaps with a coolant duct inlet of a coolant duct reaching through the rotor in the axial direction relative to the axis of rotation, having a coolant duct outlet on its side opposite the coolant duct inlet, through which the coolant emerges from the rotor.
US11837917B2
A rotor assembly for an electric machine is disclosed. The rotor core has a cylindrical body defining an outwardly facing peripheral surface comprising a slotted portion including a set of slots defined by a set of rotor teeth projecting outwardly from the peripheral surface. Each rotor tooth comprises a respective first distal tip and a respective first radial length extending radially from a center point of the rotor core to the first distal tip. The peripheral surface further comprises a non-slotted portion defining a respective second radial length, extending radially from the center point of the rotor core to the outwardly facing peripheral surface. The first radial length is less than the second radial length.
US11837916B2
An object of the present invention is to reduce stress caused by press-fitting of a shaft on an outer edge portion side of a rotor. A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a shaft and a rotor iron core, the shaft coupled to the rotor iron core. The rotor iron core includes: an outer edge portion housing a magnet; an inner edge portion coupled to the shaft; and a rib portion having a lightening portion that is formed inside between the outer edge portion and the inner edge portion. The rib portion includes: a through-hole forming portion connected to the outer edge portion and having a through-hole inside; and a bridge portion connecting the through-hole forming portion and the inner edge portion. The bridge portion includes: a second bridge portion connected to the through-hole forming portion and protruding outward; and a first bridge portion having one end connected to the inner edge portion and another end connected to the second bridge portion. A bent portion is provided at a position connecting the first bridge portion and the second bridge portion.
US11837915B2
The R-T-B-based magnet contains one or more kinds of rare earth elements (R), a transition metal element (T) including iron or iron and Co as an essential element, B, an element M that is Ga or Ga and Al, and C. When ratios of the number of atoms of R, T, B, M, and C are set as a, b, c, d, and e, respectively, relationships of 14%≤a≤20%, 70%≤b≤82%, 4%≤c≤7%, 0.009≤d/b≤0.035, and 0.025≤e/b≤0.055 are satisfied. The R-T-B-based magnet includes main phase crystal grains having an R2T14B-type tetragonal structure, and a grain boundary phase including an R-T-M-C phase. When ratios of R, T, M, and C in the main phase crystal grains are set as RMP, TMP, MMP, and CMP, and ratios of R, T, M, and C in the R-T-M-C phase are set as RRC, TRC, MRC, and CRC, relationships of RRC>RMP, TRC
US11837911B2
A power supply control apparatus includes: a first system configured to supply electric power of a first power supply to a first load; a second system configured to supply electric power of a second power supply to a second load; an inter-system switch provided in a connection path that connects the first system to the second system, and capable of connecting the first system to the second system and disconnecting the first system from the second system; a primary ground fault detection unit configured to cut off the inter-system switch when a ground fault of the first system or the second system is detected by the primary ground fault detection unit; a secondary ground fault detection unit as defined herein; and a mask processing unit as defined herein.
US11837909B2
An intelligent stable power supply system includes a first power input module, a first non-return valve module, an active pulse wave generation unit, a DC power processing unit, and a control unit. When the control unit determines that a first voltage value is less than a first predetermined value or greater than a second predetermined value, and a second voltage value is between the first predetermined value and the second predetermined value, the control unit firstly controls the first non-return valve module being from an on state to an off state, and then controls the second non-return valve module being from an off state to an on state so that a power signal of the second power input module flows into the active pulse wave generation unit and the DC power processing unit to output a DC power signal.
US11837907B2
An energy management system of a Remotely Operated Vehicle (“ROV”) has a generating unit located in a remote station on a water body and configured to generate a generated electrical power with a first maximum value); a ROV configured to operate in the water body and configured to absorb a second maximum value of an absorbed electrical power greater than the first maximum value; an electrical energy transmission line connected to the generating unit and to the ROV; and an electrical energy storage device located along the transmission line and/or on board the ROV.
US11837903B2
The present invention provides a control apparatus configured to control a power unit, wherein the power unit comprises a battery, and a temperature adjuster configured to adjust a temperature of the battery to a target temperature at the time of charge or discharge of the battery, and the control apparatus calculates, based on information concerning a demand response plan used to adjust a power demand and supply, an incentive obtained by charge or discharge of the battery by the demand response plan and a power cost needed to adjust the temperature of the battery to the target temperature by the temperature adjuster at the time of charge or discharge of the battery, and controls, in a case where the incentive is larger than the power cost, the power unit to execute charge or discharge of the battery by the demand response plan.
US11837899B2
A storage and charging station for storing and charging a plurality of mobile electronic devices communicable with a remote electronic device. The station comprises a storage assembly and an electrical system coupled to the storage assembly. The storage assembly comprises a frame and a plurality of storage bays supported by the frame. The plurality of storage bays is to receive the plurality of mobile electronic devices. The electrical system comprises a power component, a communication component, a logic component, a memory component, and a plurality of ports electrically coupled to the power component and the communication component. When a first mobile electronic device connects with a first port, the power component powers the first mobile electronic device via the first port, and the station communicates with the remote electronic device via the first port and the first mobile electronic device.
US11837896B2
A wall-mounted wireless battery charger for a wireless remote lighting controller includes: a wall plate configured to removably retain the wireless remote lighting controller; and an inductive charging transmitter circuit coupled to the wall plate, the inductive charging transmitter circuit being configured to wirelessly interface with an inductive charging receiver circuit of the wireless remote lighting controller when the wireless remote lighting controller is retained by the wall plate. The inductive charging receiver circuit is configured to wirelessly receive power from the inductive charging transmitter circuit and generate a direct current (DC) voltage to charge a battery of the wireless remote lighting controller.
US11837890B2
A charging pile includes a plurality of charging guns and a single heat dissipation module. The plurality of charging guns is connected to the heat dissipation module for heat dissipation via heat exchange. A power distribution system for the charging pile includes: a power module for supplying power to the plurality of charging guns; a control unit connected to the power module and the heat dissipation module for determining an output current of each charging gun depending on the maximum heat dissipation power PlossMax of the heat dissipation module and the maximum heat loss PchargerMax of each charging gun when the plurality of charging guns charge simultaneously; and a power distribution unit connected to the power module and the control unit for distributing the power supplied by the power module to a device through a charging gun connected thereto depending on the output current of that charging gun.
US11837889B2
A power receiving apparatus 200 wirelessly receives power from a power transmitting apparatus 100, mutually performs device authentications with the power transmitting apparatus 100, and determines content related to power reception on the basis of a result of a performed device authentication. The apparatus 200 is capable of performing control such that in response to success in an earlier performed device authentication among the authentications, another device authentication among the authentications is performed, and performing control such that in response to failure in the earlier performed device authentication, said another device authentication is not performed.
US11837877B2
This application discloses a coil module, which includes: an insulation layer, a first planar coil winding, and a second planar coil winding, one turn of coil of the first planar coil winding includes a first portion, a second portion, and a first connection part, and one turn of coil of the second planar coil winding includes a third portion, a fourth portion, and a second connection part. The first connection portion connects an outer side part of the first portion and an inner side part of the second portion, the second connection portion connects an inner side part of the third portion and an outer side part of the fourth portion, and there is an overlap between a projection of the first connection portion on a plane of the insulation layer and a projection of the second connection portion on the plane of the insulation layer.
US11837871B2
A method for dispatching a power grid is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a whole power generation interval scheduled for a cluster of renewable energy stations from a power grid dispatching center; establishing a decomposition model that includes an objection function and constraint conditions; decomposing the whole power generation interval with the decomposition model to obtain each power generation interval of each renewable energy station; and controlling each renewable energy station to generate powers based on each power generation interval. The objection function minimizes a total operating cost in the power grid and includes a renewable energy randomness indicating an actual power generation amount of each renewable energy station. The constraint conditions include a constraint from an installed capacity of each renewable energy station to each power generation interval and a constraint from the whole power generation interval to a sum of power generation intervals of renewable energy stations.
US11837863B2
A method and apparatus provide an improved way to monitor a circuit for deterioration and obtain an advance warning of the deterioration so that action can be taken before the circuit breaker may trip for the circuit. The method establishes a baseline for the circuit, including monitoring the zero crossing point for the voltage and current for the circuit. In operation, the circuit is monitored using the zero crossing point and this information is compared to the baseline to determine if a change has occurred. The baseline information establishes thresholds that signify that the circuit is deteriorating so that the appropriate signal can be provided so that an appropriate action can be taken, interrupt the circuit, take remedial action, etc.
US11837854B2
A sleeve protector for wires, includes: a hollow cover which has a slit formed along the center line of the bottom thereof in order to cover a wire with the cover by opening the cover in the opposite directions and then placing the cover on the wire; a pair of hook-shaped jaws which protrude longitudinally from the lower inner circumferential surface of the cover along the opposite sides of the slit, respectively; a fastener which is formed to fasten the cover by being fitted onto the pair of jaws in order to maintain the slit in a closed state after the wire is covered with the cover, and has a tab integrated therewith, the tab being formed along the center line of the fastener and exposed out of the cover through the slit; and a pair of guards which are integrated with the cover.
US11837851B2
A laser structure, including: a dielectric matrix formed of a first material; a laser source formed within the dielectric matrix and formed of a semiconductor material; and a plurality of side confining features formed within the dielectric matrix and extending parallel to and along a length of the laser source. The plurality of side confining features are formed of the semiconductor material.
US11837832B2
A composite material structure that prevents occurrence of galvanic corrosion while exposing a part of a conductor embedded in a conductive resin portion as a connecting portion, is provided. The composite material structure includes a conductive resin portion formed of an electrically conductive reinforced resin in which conductive fibers are contained in a base material, a conductor formed of a conductive material and embedded in the conductive resin portion with a part of the conductor exposed as a connecting portion for electrical connection with another component, and an insulator that is formed of an insulating material and that is at least partially embedded in the conductive resin portion so as to be interposed between the conductive reinforced resin and the conductor so as to prevent the connecting portion of the conductor from contacting the conductive reinforced resin.
US11837830B2
A hinged busbar assembly includes a first mounting busbar configured to be electrically and mechanically connected to the first component at a fixed connection, a second mounting busbar configured to be electrically and mechanically connected to the second component at a fixed connection, and at least two extension busbars extending between the first and second mounting busbars. Adjacent extension busbars are electrically and mechanically connected to each other at a pivotal connection. One of the at least two extension busbars is electrically and mechanically connected to the first mounting busbar at a pivotal connection, and another one of the at least two extension busbars is electrically and mechanically connected to the second mounting busbar at a pivotal connection. Each pivotal connection includes at least one extension extending from each adjacent busbar and at least one electrical contact mounted in each extension, and a pin inserted through the electrical contacts.
US11837825B2
A connector includes a first terminal assembly having a longitudinally extending first plate-shaped fixing portion, a longitudinally extending first terminal portion, and a substantially laterally extending first connection portion to connect the first plate-shaped fixing portion and the first terminal portion. A second terminal assembly is arranged opposite to and spaced apart from the first terminal assembly and includes a longitudinally extending second plate-shaped fixing portion, a longitudinally extending second terminal portion, and a substantially laterally extending second connection portion to connect the second plate-shaped fixing portion and the second terminal portion. A spacing between the first plate-shaped fixing portion and the second plate-shaped fixing portion is greater than a spacing between the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion.
US11837824B2
A tap-off box includes an enclosure defining a plurality of stab slots and defining a wire access opening, and a thermocouple disposed therein. The tap-off box is configured for remote control and monitoring.
US11837823B2
A switch includes an insulating barrier that blocks an electrical conductivity path between a plug prong and a contact of an electrical receptacle. It further includes a switched alternative conductivity path between the plug prong and the contact of the electrical receptacle. A portion of the switch is inserted into the electrical receptacle. The switch receives the plug prong, and the switch is substantially flush with a wall that includes the electrical receptacle.
US11837819B2
A power extension cord comprises a body, a cavity extending completely through the body, and a gap disposed along a perimeter of the body that extends through to the cavity, such that the cavity is accessible from the exterior of the receptacle head through the gap. One or more receptacles are disposed along the exterior of the body. Preferably, a gate may be provided, the gate having an open position in which the cavity is accessible through the gap and a closed position in which the gate blocks the gap and restricts access to cavity.
US11837817B2
Apparatus for opposed terminals of an electrical device includes magnetic material carried by a cover formed of an electrically insulative material and concurrently covering the terminals, and a magnetic attraction between the magnetic material and the terminals magnetically coupling the cover to the terminals. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes covers formed of an electrically insulative material and connected by hinges to the electrical device for movement between open positions away from the terminals and closed positions covering the respective terminals.
US11837806B2
A grounding electrical connector assembly may have a connector subassembly and a terminal subassembly. The connector subassembly may include a connector housing having a body defining a terminal cavity therein and a ground bar, secured to the connector housing, having electrical contacts extending into the terminal cavity and a portion that secures to grounding structure. The terminal subassembly may include a terminal housing having a main body defining terminal cavities extending therethrough that each receive one of a plurality of terminals, the main body telescopically slidable into and releasably secured to the terminal cavity.
US11837804B2
A protective cover for the connector of a power cord is provided. The protective cover has a body that defines an enclosure for protectively housing the connector and any associated built-up portion, as well as the portion of the power cord that interfaces with the connector and/or built-up portion. The protective cover may have a filament extending therefrom to a cord ring that attaches to the power cord itself to act as a lanyard toggle. The protective cover may move between an open position and a closed position for receiving and protecting, respectively, the connector. The protective cover may also have elastic properties enabling it to elastically deform sufficiently to slide onto the connector, wherein a tapered hood of the protective cover shrouds the portion of the power cord that interfaces with the connector and/or built-up portion.
US11837801B2
An antenna module includes a radiation electrode in which a radio frequency signal is supplied to a first feed point and a second feed point. The antenna module further includes a feed wire configured to supply a radio frequency signal to the first feed point of the radiation electrode and a feed wire branching from the feed wire and configured to supply a radio frequency signal to the second feed point. The feed wire includes two paths connected in parallel between the first feed point and the second feed point and having the same length. The paths are disposed so as to be mutually line-symmetric in plan view of the antenna module with respect to a straight line connecting the first feed point to the second feed point.
US11837789B2
According to one aspect, an integrated antenna and filter unit, IAFU, is provided. The IAFU includes a filter portion including at least one filter configured to filter RF signals to generate filtered RF signals and a plurality of filter pins configured to output filtered RF signals, and an antenna portion securable to the filter portion where the antenna portion includes a PCB including a plurality of conductor traces each mateable with a corresponding one of the plurality of filter pins to electrically couple the plurality of filter pins directly to corresponding ones of the plurality of conductor traces on the PCB, and a plurality of antennas securable to the PCB where the plurality of antennas are electrically coupled to the plurality of conductor traces.
US11837782B2
A nozzle cap assembly can include a nozzle cap body defining a top end and a bottom end, the nozzle cap body defining a base positioned at the top end and a curved side wall extend from the base down to the bottom end; an enclosure coupled to the top end, the enclosure rotationally fixed relative to the nozzle cap body, the enclosure at least partially defining an enclosure cavity; and a nut base positioned opposite from the nozzle cap body, the enclosure positioned between the nut base and the base.
US11837777B2
A antenna assembly includes: a first antenna disposed on the first support provided with a first through hole, wherein the first antenna includes a first part disposed on an upper surface of the first support, a second part disposed inside the first through hole, and a third part disposed on a lower surface of the first support; a first connecting plate, an upper surface of which abuts against the third part, and lower surface is attached to an upper surface of the circuit board; a second connecting plate, an upper surface of which is attached to a lower surface of the circuit board; and a second antenna disposed on a middle frame of the terminal and connected to a lower surface of the second connecting plate, the first antenna being connected to a feed point of the second antenna through the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate.
US11837776B2
An electronic device includes a display layer including an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area. An antenna layer is disposed on the display layer and includes an antenna, an antenna line connected to one side of the antenna, and an antenna pad connected to one side of the antenna line. A cover layer is spaced apart from the antenna layer with the display layer disposed therebetween. The cover layer may at least partially overlap each of the antenna, the antenna line, and the antenna pad.
US11837774B2
RFID tag RFIC modules are provided with each module including an RFIC, an antenna connection first electrode, an antenna connection second electrode, an RFIC connection first electrode, an RFIC connection second electrode, an impedance matching circuit that matches impedance between the RFIC and an antenna, and a rectangular substrate. A first coil and a second coil of the impedance matching circuit are juxtaposed in/on the substrate, and a straight line passing through center of gravity of the coil opening of the first coil and center of gravity of the coil opening of the second coil is inclined with respect to one side of the substrate, and directions of this inclination are different between the first RFIC module and the second RFIC module.
US11837773B2
A resilient antenna securing device that includes a frame structure and a plurality of fin components projecting outwardly from the frame structure. The fin components are configured to receive and hold one or more RF antenna portions. Each fin of a first pair of the plurality of fins components includes a tab that extends toward the other fin of the first pair of fins. At least one first intermediate fin of the plurality of fins is disposed between the first pair of fins. The tabs from the first pair of fins together trap a first RF antenna portion between the tabs and the at least one first intermediate fin.
US11837767B2
Stable and high performance positive and negative electrolytes compositions to be used in redox flow battery systems are described. The redox flow battery system, comprises: at least one rechargeable cell comprising a positive electrolyte, a negative electrolyte, and an ionically conductive membrane positioned between the positive electrolyte and the negative electrolyte, the positive electrolyte in contact with a positive electrode, and the negative electrolyte in contact with a negative electrode. The positive electrolyte consists essentially of water, a first amino acid, an inorganic acid, an iron precursor, a supporting electrolyte, and optionally a boric acid. The negative electrolyte consists essentially of water, the iron precursor, the supporting electrolyte, and a negative electrolyte additive. The iron precursor is FeCl2, FeCl3, FeSO4, Fe2(SO4)3, FeO, Fe, Fe2O3, or combinations thereof. The supporting electrolyte is LiCl, NaCl, Na2SO4, KCl, NH4Cl, or combinations thereof. The negative electrolyte additive is boric acid or a combination of the boric acid and a second amino acid.
US11837763B2
A system and method for predictive fuel cell management system for an integrated hydrogen-electric engine is disclosed. The system includes a fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells and a computer having a memory and one or more processors. The one or more processors configured to predict, during a first phase of energy demand on the integrated hydrogen-electric engine, an impending occurrence of a second phase of energy demand on the integrated hydrogen-electric engine, wherein the second phase of energy demand includes a predetermined energy demand; and generate a predetermined amount of energy from the plurality of fuel cells based on the predicted second phase of energy demand prior to starting the second phase of energy demand to improve energy efficiency and performance of the integrated hydrogen-electric engine.
US11837762B2
Provided is a fuel cell system configured to accurately control the gas flow rate and pressure ratio of a turbo-type air compressor. The fuel cell system is a fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell, an air compressor, an oxidant gas supply flow path, an oxidant gas discharge flow path, an oxidant gas outlet valve, a bypass flow path, a bypass valve, an atmospheric pressure sensor, an outside temperature sensor, a flow rate sensor, a rotational frequency sensor, an angle sensor, a controller, and a calculator configured to estimate the flow resistance Zd, total pressure, partial pressure and energy of each of members that are the air compressor, the oxidant gas outlet valve and the bypass valve.
US11837760B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell that generates electricity using a fuel gas and air, an air supply that supplies air to the fuel cell, a temperature meter that measures a temperature of the fuel cell, and a controller. The controller controls the air supply to increase an amount of air to be supplied to the fuel cell in response to the temperature of the fuel cell exceeding one of a plurality of predetermined temperatures.
US11837755B2
A method for producing a battery, the method includes a liquid injecting process. In this liquid injecting process includes: a first liquid-injecting step of injecting an electrolytic solution of a first injection amount (V1) determined so that a liquid-level height of the electrolytic solution falls within an intermediate liquid-level range in which the liquid-level height is equal to or higher than a first reference height but is lower than a second reference height while an air pressure in a metal battery case is regulated to a first air pressure; and a second liquid-injecting step of injecting the electrolytic solution in a remaining second injection amount up to a specified amount while increasing the air pressure in the metal battery case to a second air pressure higher than the first air pressure and maintaining the liquid-level height of the electrolytic solution within the intermediate liquid-level range.
US11837750B2
A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.
US11837746B2
A battery case unlocking apparatus, a battery case, and a quick battery case replacement system. The battery case unlocking apparatus comprises: a mount (1), an extensible/retractable mechanism (2), a transmission mechanism (3), and a locking mechanism (4). The locking mechanism (4) is used for locking and fixing a body (6) of a battery case to a battery holder (7) of an electric vehicle. The extensible/retractable mechanism (2) passes through the mount (1) and carries out extension/retraction movement in the mount (1) relative to the transmission mechanism (3) to drive the transmission mechanism (3) to move between the extensible/retractable mechanism (2) and the locking mechanism (4), thereby controlling the locking or unlocking of the locking mechanism (4). The battery case comprises the body (6) and the battery case unlocking apparatus. The quick battery case replacement system comprises: the battery holder (7), a replacement device (8), and the battery case.
US11837734B2
The invention pertains to the field of catalysts. Disclosed is a method for preparing an oxygen reduction catalyst employing graphite of a negative electrode of a waste battery. The method comprises the following steps: (1) recovering graphite slag from a waste battery, then performing heat treatment on the graphite slag; (2) performing ball-milling and mixing on the treated graphite slag, an iron salt, and a nitrogenous organic compound to acquire a catalyst precursor; (3) performing carbonization treatment on the catalyst precursor in an inert gas atmosphere to acquire a carbon-based mixture comprising iron and nitrogen; and (4) dissolving the carbon-based mixture comprising iron and nitrogen in an acid solution, performing filtration and drying, performing carbonization treatment again in an inert gas atmosphere, so as to acquire an oxygen reduction catalyst employing graphite of a negative electrode of a waste battery. The invention uses graphite slag generated in a recovery process of a waste lithium ion battery as a raw material. The graphite slag is widely available, and has low costs. The invention reduces environmental pollution, and has economic benefits.
US11837733B2
The present disclosure relates to a sub-nanometric particles-metal organic framework complex including a multi-shell hollow metal organic framework (MOF) and sub-nanometric particles (SNPs), and a method of preparing the same.
US11837731B2
A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, including a sulfur-carbon composite and a coating layer located on a surface of the sulfur-carbon composite and including a carbon nanostructure and iron oxyhydroxynitrate.
US11837724B2
Provided are a nickel-based active material precursor for a lithium secondary battery including a porous core and a shell on the porous core, the shell having a radial arrangement structure with a higher density than that of the porous core, wherein the nickel-based active material precursor have a size of 9 μm to 14 μm, and the porous core has a volume of about 5% by volume to about 20% by volume based on the total volume of the nickel-based active material precursor; a method of preparing the nickel-based active material precursor; a nickel-based active material produced from the nickel-based active material; and a lithium secondary battery including a cathode containing the nickel-based active material.
US11837704B2
An electrochemical device according to various aspects of the present disclosure includes an electrochemical cell and an inductor coil. The electrochemical cell includes a current collector. The current collector includes an electrically-conductive material. The inductor coil is configured to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic field is configured to induce an eddy current in the current collector to generate heat in the current collector. In various aspects, the present disclosure also provides a method of internally heating an electrochemical cell. In various aspects, the present disclosure also provides a method of controlling heating of an electrochemical cell.
US11837701B2
A bipolar lead acid battery with increased energy density is provided. The battery includes a number of lead acid wafer cell that each comprise a negative electrode having a negative electrode plate and a negative active material positioned on the negative electrode plate, as well as a positive electrode having a positive electrode plate and a positive active material positioned on the positive electrode plate. The positive electrode plate comprises a metal foil with a conductive film thereon, such as a titanium foil or substrate with a titanium silicide coating thereon. The lead acid wafer cell also includes a separator between the negative and positive electrodes, wherein the separator includes an electrolyte for transferring charge between the negative and positive electrodes.
US11837698B2
An electrochemical device, including a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte. The anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material disposed on the anode current collector, the electrolyte includes fluoroethylene carbonate, and the electrochemical device meets the following relationship: 17.55≤K1−K2−1.63K32+11.27K3≤20.80, where K1 represents a specific surface area value of the unit mass of the anode active material (in m2/g), and 1.0≤K1≤2.0; K2 represents a content value of the fluoroethylene carbonate required by per Ah capacity (in g/Ah), and 0.05≤K2≤0.25; and K3 represents a weight value of the anode active material required by per Ah capacity (in g/Ah). The electrochemical device of the present application has improved kinetic performance and cycle performance.
US11837697B2
In an aspect, a solid-state Li-ion battery (SSLB) cell, may comprise an anode electrode comprising an anode electrode surface and an anode active material, a cathode electrode comprising a cathode electrode surface and an cathode active material, and an inorganic, melt-infiltrated, solid state electrolyte (SSE) ionically coupling the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, wherein at least a portion of at least one of the electrode surfaces comprises an interphase layer separating the respective electrode active material from direct contact with the SSE, and wherein the interphase layer comprises two or more metals from the list of: Zr, Al, K, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, La or non-La lanthanoids, Ta, Zr, Hf, and Nb.
US11837693B2
A polyolefin microporous membrane has a puncture elongation of not more than 2.30 mm. The temperature of the stress inflection point is not less than 80.0° C., and the stress peak value is not more than 1.8 gin thermomechanical analysis (TMA) measurement of the transverse direction of the polyolefin microporous membrane.
US11837692B2
A battery pack (1) includes a housing (2) and an array of electrochemical cells (80) disposed in the housing (2). The housing (2) includes a container (3) and a lid (30) that closes an open end of the container (3). The container (3) has a base (4), a sidewall (8) that surrounds the base (4), and a spring plate (110) disposed inside the sidewall (8) between the cells (80) and the sidewall (8). The spring plate (110) is free standing within the container (3) and applies a spring force to the cell array that restrains the cells (80) along an axis normal to the surface of the spring plates (110). The lid (30) includes inwardly-protruding pins (50, 60) that further restrain the cells (80) within the housing (2).
US11837682B2
A semiconductor device is provided, which includes a first semiconductor structure, a second semiconductor structure and a light-emitting structure. The light-emitting structure is located between the first semiconductor structure and the second semiconductor structure. The light-emitting structure includes a first multiple quantum well structure containing aluminum and a plurality of semiconductor stacks. Each of the semiconductor stacks is stacked by a well layer and a barrier layer. The light-emitting structure emits an incoherent light. The well layer and the barrier layer in each of the semiconductor stacks include the same quaternary semiconductor material which includes indium (In). The well layer has a first In content percentage larger than 0.53, and the barrier layer has a second In content percentage less than 0.53.
US11837678B2
A photodiode includes an active area formed by intrinsic germanium. The active area is located within a cavity formed in a silicon layer. The cavity is defined by opposed side walls which are angled relative to a direction perpendicular to a bottom surface of the silicon layer. The angled side walls support epitaxial growth of the intrinsic germanium with minimal lattice defects.
US11837675B2
A thin-film solar module with a substrate and a layer structure applied thereon that comprises a rear electrode layer, a front electrode layer, and an absorber layer arranged between the back electrode layer and the front electrode layer. Serially connected solar cells are formed in the layer structure by patterning zones, wherein each patterning zone comprises a first patterning line for subdividing at least the rear electrode layer, a second patterning line for subdividing at least the absorber layer, and at least one third patterning line for subdividing at least the front electrode layer. At least one patterning zone has one or more optically transparent zones in a zone region reduced by the first patterning line, which are in each case rear-electrode-layer-free, wherein the one or more optically transparent zones are implemented such that the rear electrode layer is continuous in the zone region.
US11837673B1
A photovoltaic cell is provided, including a substrate having a front surface with metal and non-metal pattern regions, first and second pyramid structures in each metal pattern region, third and fourth pyramid structures in each non-metal pattern region, a first tunneling layer and a first doped conductive layer on a portion of the front surface in a respective metal pattern region, and a second tunneling layer and a second doped conductive layer on a rear surface of the substrate. A dimension of a bottom portion of each first pyramid structure is greater than that of each second pyramid structure. A dimension of a bottom portion of each third pyramid structure is greater than that of each fourth pyramid structure. An area proportion of the first pyramid structures in the metal pattern region is greater than that of the third pyramid structures in a respective non-metal pattern region.
US11837668B2
The capacity of a MOS capacitor is increased. A semiconductor element includes a first semiconductor region, an insulation film, a gate electrode, and a second semiconductor region. The first semiconductor region is arranged on a semiconductor substrate and has a recess on the surface. The insulation film is arranged adjacent to the surface of the first semiconductor region. The gate electrode is arranged adjacent to the insulation film and constitutes a MOS capacitor with the first semiconductor region. The second semiconductor region is arranged adjacent to the first semiconductor region on the semiconductor substrate, formed in the same conductive type as the first semiconductor region, and supplies a carrier to the first semiconductor region when the MOS capacitor is charged and discharged.
US11837653B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor structure with a lateral bipolar junction transistor (BJT). This semiconductor structure can be readily integrated into advanced silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology platforms. Furthermore, to maintain or improve upon performance characteristics (e.g., cut-off frequency (fT)/maximum oscillation frequency (fmax) and beta cut-off frequency) that would otherwise be negatively impacted due to changing of the orientation of the BJT from vertical to lateral, the semiconductor structure can further include a dielectric stress layer (e.g., a tensilely strained layer in the case of an NPN-type transistor or a compressively strained layer in the case of a PNP-type transistor) partially covering the lateral BJT for charge carrier mobility enhancement and the lateral BJT can be configured as a lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT). Also disclosed is a method for forming the semiconductor structure.
US11837651B2
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture which utilize isolation structures between semiconductor regions is provided. In embodiments different isolation structures are formed between different fins in different regions with different spacings. Some of the isolation structures are formed using flowable processes. The use of such isolation structures helps to prevent damage while also allowing for a reduction in spacing between different fins of the devices.
US11837649B2
A method includes forming an active channel region, forming a dummy channel region, forming a first gate dielectric layer over the active channel region, forming a second gate dielectric layer over the dummy channel region, removing the second gate dielectric layer from the dummy channel region, forming a gate isolation region over and contacting the dummy channel region, and forming a first gate stack and a second gate stack. The first gate stack is on the active channel region. The gate isolation region separates the first gate stack from the second gate stack.
US11837645B2
A semiconductor device including a substrate; a fin active region on the substrate and extending in a first direction; a gate structure extending across the fin active region and extending in a second direction; a source/drain region in the fin active region on a side of the gate structure; an insulating structure covering the gate structure and the source/drain region; and contact structures penetrating through the insulating structure and respectively connected to the source/drain region and the gate structure, wherein one of the contact structures includes a seed layer on the gate structure or the source/drain regions and including lower and upper regions, the lower region having a first grain size and the upper region being amorphous or having a grain size different from the first grain size, and a contact plug on an upper region of the seed layer and having a second grain size.
US11837637B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, first and second conductive members, a semiconductor member, and a first insulating member. The first conductive member is electrically connected with the second electrode or is electrically connectable with the second electrode. The semiconductor member includes first to third semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region includes first to fourth partial regions. The third partial region is between the first and second partial regions. The second semiconductor region is between the third partial region and the third semiconductor region. The fourth partial region is between the third partial region and the second semiconductor region. At least a portion of the second semiconductor region is between the second conductive member and the third electrode. The second conductive member is electrically insulated from the second and third electrodes. The first insulating member includes first to third insulating regions.
US11837636B2
An embodiment semiconductor module includes a substrate, a heterogeneous thin film including a first semiconductor layer disposed on a first region of the substrate and a second semiconductor layer disposed on a second region of the substrate, a first semiconductor device disposed on the first semiconductor layer of the heterogeneous thin film, and a second semiconductor device disposed on the second semiconductor layer of the heterogeneous thin film, wherein one of the first semiconductor layer or the second semiconductor layer comprises gallium oxide (Ga2O3) and the other includes silicon (Si).
US11837633B2
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 barrier layer comprises a doped semiconductor region extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the barrier layer and located between the drain and the gate conductor.
US11837630B1
A semiconductor device for reducing a switching loss includes a drain metal. A silicon substrate of a first conductive type is provided on the drain metal. An epitaxial layer of the first conductive type is provided on the silicon substrate of the first conductive type. A pillar of the first conductive type and a pillar of a second conductive type are arranged in the epitaxial layer of the first conductive type. A body region of the second conductive type is provided on a surface of each pillar. A heavily doped source region of the first conductive type and a heavily doped source region of the second conductive type are arranged in the body region of the second conductive type. A gate trench is formed in the pillar of the first conductive type. Discrete gate polycrystalline silicon is provided in the gate trench.
US11837628B2
A display array including a semiconductor stacked layer, an insulating layer, a plurality of electrode pads, and a driving backplane is provided. The semiconductor stacked layer has a plurality of light emitting regions arranged along a reference plane. The insulating layer is disposed to an outer surface of the semiconductor stacked layer and contacts the semiconductor stacked layer. The insulating layer has a plurality of openings respectively corresponding to the plurality of light emitting regions. The electrode pads are disposed to the insulating layer and are respectively electrically connect the plurality of light emitting regions through the plurality of openings. The driving backplane is disposed to the semiconductor stacked layer and electrically connected to the plurality of electrode pads, wherein a light emitting material layer of the semiconductor stacked layer has consistency along an extension direction of the reference plane.
US11837626B2
A transparent display apparatus includes a first transparent substrate, light emitting units arranged for respective pixels on the first transparent substrate, and a strip unit connected to the light emitting units, wherein each of the light emitting units includes at least one light emitting diode having a size of area of 10,000 μm2 or less, and a size of area having a transmittance of 20% or less accounts for 30% or less of a display area.
US11837622B2
An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric layer, a gate electrode, a protection oxide film, and a nitride hard mask. The gate dielectric layer is over the semiconductor substrate. The gate electrode is over the gate dielectric layer. An entirety of a first portion of the gate dielectric layer directly under the gate electrode is of uniform thickness. The protection oxide film is in contact with a top surface of the gate electrode. The gate dielectric layer extends beyond a sidewall of the protection oxide film. The nitride hard mask is in contact with a top surface of the protection oxide film.
US11837595B2
A semiconductor device structure includes a first chip, second chip, a first metal structure, a second metal structure, a first via structure and a second via structure. The first chip includes n inter metal dielectric (IMD) layer, which includes different materials adjacent to generate a number of staggered portions having a zigzag configuration. The second chip bonded to the first chip generates a bonding interface. The first metal structure is disposed in the first chip and between the staggered portions and the bonding interface. The first via structure in the first chip stops at the first metal structure. The first via structure includes a first via metal and a first via dielectric layer. A surface roughness of the staggered portions is substantially greater than a surface roughness of the first via dielectric layer. The second via structure extends from the first via structure to the second metal structure.
US11837582B2
Dies and/or wafers are stacked and bonded in various arrangements including stacks, and may be covered with a molding to facilitate handling, packaging, and the like. In various examples, the molding may cover more or less of a stack, to facilitate connectivity with the devices of the stack, to enhance thermal management, and so forth.
US11837577B2
A system-in-package module includes a substrate, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip on the substrate, first wafer level package (WLP) memories on the substrate spaced apart from the ASIC chip in a first direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, and second WLP memories on the substrate spaced apart from the ASIC chip in a direction opposite to the first direction.
US11837571B2
A semiconductor module includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip arranged on the substrate, and a first connecting element for electrically connecting the semiconductor chip to a conductor track and/or to a further component of the semiconductor module. At least part of the first connecting element lies in surface contact with the semiconductor chip and the substrate and also the conductor track and/or the further component. The semiconductor module includes a second connecting element for electrically connecting the semiconductor chip to the conductor track and/or to the further component. The second connecting element is configured in the form of a wire or a strip.
US11837568B2
A bonding structure is provided, wherein the bonding structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, and a silver feature. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The first adhesive layer is disposed on the first substrate. The second adhesive layer is disposed on the second substrate and opposite the first adhesive layer. The silver feature is disposed between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer. The silver feature includes a silver nano-twinned structure that includes twin boundaries that are arranged in parallel. The parallel-arranged twin boundaries include 90% or more [111] crystal orientation.
US11837567B2
A semiconductor device includes a redistribution structure, an integrated circuit package attached to a first side of the redistribution structure and a core substrate coupled to a second side of the redistribution structure with a first conductive connector and a second conductive connector. The second side is opposite the first side. The semiconductor device further includes a top layer of the core substrate including a dielectric material and a chip disposed between the redistribution structure and the core substrate. The chip is interposed between sidewalls of the dielectric material.
US11837566B2
An electronic device package includes a circuit layer, a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, a plurality of first conductive structures and a second conductive structure. The first semiconductor die is disposed on the circuit layer. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the first semiconductor die, and has an active surface toward the circuit layer. The first conductive structures are disposed between a first region of the second semiconductor die and the first semiconductor die, and electrically connecting the first semiconductor die to the second semiconductor die. The second conductive structure is disposed between a second region of the second semiconductor die and the circuit layer, and electrically connecting the circuit layer to the second semiconductor die.
US11837549B2
Methods/structures of joining package structures are described. Those methods/structures may include a die disposed on a surface of a substrate, an interconnect bridge embedded in the substrate, and at least one vertical interconnect structure disposed through a portion of the interconnect bridge, wherein the at least one vertical interconnect structure is electrically and physically coupled to the die.
US11837538B2
The present disclosure describes a semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same. The semiconductor structure can include a substrate, a first vertical structure and a second vertical structure formed over the substrate, and a conductive rail structure between the first and second vertical structures. A top surface of the conductive rail structure can be substantially coplanar with top surfaces of the first and the second vertical structures.
US11837537B2
A fan-out semiconductor package includes a first connection structure having first and second surfaces, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the first surface, a first encapsulant disposed on the first surface and covering at least a portion of the first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the second surface, one or more first metal members disposed on the second surface, one or more second metal members disposed on the second surface, a second encapsulant disposed on the second surface and respectively covering at least portions of the second semiconductor chip and the first and second metal members, and a second connection structure disposed on an opposite side of a side of the second encapsulant, on which the first connection structure is disposed.
US11837534B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with package substrate design with variable height conductive elements within a single layer are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a substrate may include a first layer, wherein a trench is located in the first layer, and a second layer located on a surface of the first layer. The substrate may further include a first conductive element located in a first portion of the second layer adjacent to the trench, wherein the first conductive element extends to fill the trench, and a second conductive element located in a second portion of the second layer, wherein the second conductive element is located on the surface of the first layer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11837529B2
A packaged integrated circuit (IC) includes a leadframe including a die pad and leads around the die pad, an analog IC die having first bond pads on its active top side, and a second circuit including second circuit bond pads attached to the analog IC die by an attachment layer configured as a ring with a hollow center that provides an inner gap. A bottom side of the analog IC or the second circuit is attached to the die pad. Bond wires couple at least some of the first bond pads or some of the second circuit bond pads to the leads, and there is a second coupling between others of the second circuit bond pads and others of the first bond pads. A mold compound is for encapsulating the second circuit and the analog IC.
US11837525B1
A module and a power semiconductor device wherein a module is configured with a molded plastic body and load terminal elements of the power semiconductor device, wherein respective load terminal elements are configured as a flat shaped metal body having a first main face and an opposite second main face, and having a first secondary face and an opposite second secondary face. The secondary faces connect the main faces, and have a terminal section, wherein the molded plastic body forms channels and comprises a bottom body part, a first and a second edge body and a partition body. The load terminal elements are arranged with a section in an associated channel, and an edge body of the channel has an indentation directed towards the one main face of the directly neighboring terminal element.
US11837516B2
In a semiconductor device, on a heat dissipation portion of a lead frame opposite to a mounting portion on which a semiconductor element is mounted, a thin molding portion having a thickness of about 0.02 mm to 0.3 mm is formed by a second molding resin which is a high-heat-dissipation resin. A scale-like portion on which scale-shaped projections are consecutively formed is provided over both sides across a resin boundary portion of the heat dissipation portion. The scale-like portion reaches abutting surfaces of an upper die and a lower die of a mold used in a molding process. Thus, the same void inhibition effect as with an air vent is obtained.
US11837508B2
The present application relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The method includes: obtaining a substrate, a first device region, a second device region and a high-k gate dielectric layer film being formed on the substrate; forming, on the substrate, a barrier layer structure covering the high-k gate dielectric layer film at the second device region; forming a covering layer film including a first metal element on the substrate; and diffusing the first metal element in the covering layer film towards the high-k gate dielectric layer film at the first device region using an annealing process, the barrier layer structure preventing the first metal element from being diffused towards the high-k gate dielectric layer film at the second device region; wherein the first device region and the second device region have opposite conduction types.
US11837500B2
A method of forming an integrated circuit structure includes forming an etch stop layer over a conductive feature, forming a dielectric layer over the etch stop layer, forming an opening in the dielectric layer to reveal the etch stop layer, and etching the etch stop layer through the opening using an etchant comprising an inhibitor. An inhibitor film comprising the inhibitor is formed on the conductive feature. The method further includes depositing a conductive barrier layer extending into the opening, performing a treatment to remove the inhibitor film after the conductive barrier layer is deposited, and depositing a conductive material to fill a remaining portion of the opening.
US11837494B2
An adjustable joint for insertion into a linkage of a substrate handler utilized for substrate processing. The adjustable joint allows for adjusting the pitch and roll of an attached link. Such adjustment may permit aligning a pickup surface of an end effector to a desired plane. Once adjusted, the joint may be fixed to maintain the desired orientation of the attached link. The adjustable joint allows for correcting deflection of a pickup surface of an end effector relative to a desired pickup plane due to, for example, drooping caused by high temperature usage, mechanical tolerances and/or installation errors.
US11837486B2
A transportation container is provided with a container body constructed of a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall, and two sidewalls forming a front opening for loading or unloading a reticle pod into or out of the container body; a lid for opening and closing the front opening; and a lift plate above the container body configured to connect to a carrier of an overhead hoist transfer (OHT) system.
US11837482B2
A substrate holding and rotation mechanism includes: a substrate holding roller that holds a peripheral portion of the substrate and rotates the substrate, the substrate holding roller including, a lower portion of the roller facing the lower surface of the peripheral portion of the substrate, an upper portion of the roller facing the upper surface of the peripheral portion of the substrate, and a clamping groove which is provided between the lower portion of the roller and the upper portion of the roller and into which the peripheral portion of the substrate is inserted; and a roller washing nozzle that injects a fluid from diagonally above the substrate holding roller to an area including the clamp groove and an upper surface of the upper portion of the roller.
US11837479B2
An advanced temperature control system and method are described for a wafer carrier in a plasma processing chamber. In one example a heat exchanger provides a temperature controlled thermal fluid to a fluid channel of a workpiece carrier and receives the thermal fluid from the fluid channel. A proportional valve is between the heat exchanger and the fluid channel to control the rate of flow of thermal fluid from the heat exchanger to the fluid channel. A pneumatic valve is also between the heat exchanger and the fluid channel also to control the rate of flow of thermal fluid from the heat exchanger and the fluid channel. A temperature controller receives a measured temperature from a thermal sensor of the carrier and controls the proportional valve and the pneumatic valve in response to the measured temperature to adjust the rate of flow of the thermal fluid.
US11837477B2
A substrate washing device includes a roll washing member, a single tube nozzle and spray nozzle. The roll washing member linearly extends over the entire length of the diameter of the substrate and comes into slide-contact with the surface of the substrate. The single tube nozzle discharges washing liquid onto a roll winding side of the roll washing member so that the first washing liquid lands in the front center of the substrate. The spray nozzle sprays a second washing liquid in a fan shape toward a second area when the roll winding side area is divided into two areas.
US11837475B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including forming an insulating structure, forming a hard mask layer on the insulating structure, performing a first etching process to form a first opening at the hard mask layer, forming a first sacrificial pattern in the first opening, forming, on the hard mask layer, a first photoresist pattern including a second opening and a third opening, the second opening exposing a top surface of the first sacrificial pattern, the third opening exposing a top surface of the hard mask layer, and performing a second etching process using the first photoresist pattern as an etch mask may be provided.
US11837473B2
Methods for adjusting a work function of a structure in a substrate leverage near surface doping. In some embodiments, a method for adjusting a work function of a structure in a substrate may include growing an epitaxial layer on surfaces of the structure to form a homogeneous passivation region as part of a substrate material of the substrate and performing a dopant diffusion process to further embed the dopants into surfaces of the structure to adjust a work function of the structure, wherein the dopant diffusion process is performed at less than approximately 450 degrees Celsius.
US11837459B2
A method includes providing a first semiconductor layer at a frontside of a structure; implanting first dopants of a first conductivity-type into the first semiconductor layer, resulting in a doped layer in the first semiconductor layer; forming a stack of semiconductor layers over the first semiconductor layer; patterning the stack of semiconductor layers and the first semiconductor layer into fins; forming an isolation structure adjacent to a lower portion of the fins; etching the stack of semiconductor layers to form a source/drain trench over the first semiconductor layer; forming a source/drain feature in the source/drain trench, wherein the source/drain feature is doped with second dopants of a second conductivity-type opposite to the first conductivity-type; forming a contact hole at a backside of the structure, wherein the contact hole exposes the doped layer in the first semiconductor layer; and forming a first contact structure in the contact hole.
US11837455B2
The invention generally relates to sample analysis systems and methods of use thereof. In certain aspects, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes an ion generator configured to generate ions from a sample. The system additionally includes an ion separator configured to separate at or above atmospheric pressure the ions received from the ion generator without use of laminar flowing gas, and a detector that receives and detects the separated ions.
US11837454B2
In an embodiment, a laser ablation system can include a laser ablation cell and at least a pair of particle-collection-to-transport-tubing interfaces. The laser ablation cell can be configured for ablating a sample or another material, and the laser ablation cell can include a laser unit. The at least a pair of particle-collection-to-transport-tubing interfaces can be configured to gather an ablated sample and direct the ablated sample to an analysis unit. A selected particle-collection-to-transport-tubing interface can be received by the laser ablation cell directly above the laser unit. The at least a pair of particle-collection-to-transport-tubing interfaces can be configured to be interchangeable with one another.
US11837433B2
A method of measuring a relative rotational angle includes: shifting an electron beam on a specimen plane by using a deflector; tilting the electron beam with respect to the specimen plane by using the deflector; acquiring a first STEM image including information of a scattering azimuth angle and a second STEM image not including the information of the scattering azimuth angle, before the shifting and the tilting; acquiring a third STEM image including the information of the scattering azimuth angle and a fourth STEM image not including the information of the scattering azimuth angle, after the shifting and the tilting; and obtaining the relative rotational angle based on the first STEM image, the second STEM image, the third STEM image and the fourth STEM image.
US11837432B1
A portable, compact gas delivery system can support an environmental transmission electron microscope. Environment transmission electron microscopy provides researchers a unique capability of assessing a material's surface conditions at atomic resolution in a variety of reactive and oxidizing environments. The ability to precisely control the analysis chamber's environmental conditions over time is key to the success of a typical surface analysis. The gas delivery system provides the correct balance or pressure delivery precision, contamination control, and gas isolation.
US11837431B2
The device includes a beam source for generating an electron beam, a beam guiding tube passed through an objective lens, an objective lens for generating a magnetic field in the vicinity of the specimen to focus the particles of the particle beam on the specimen, a control electrode having a potential for providing a retarding field to the particle beam near the specimen to reduce the energy of the particle beam when the beam collides with the specimen, a deflection system including a plurality of deflection units situated along the optical axis for deflecting the particle beam to allow scanning on the specimen with large area, at least one of the deflection units located in the retarding field of the beam, the remainder of the deflection units located within the central bore of the objective lens, and a detection unit to capture secondary electron (SE) and backscattered electrons (BSE).
US11837428B2
A system for melting, sintering, or heat treating a material is provided. The system includes a cathode, an anode, and a focus coil assembly having a quadrupole magnet. The quadrupole magnet includes four poles and a yoke. The four poles are spaced apart and surround a beam cavity. Each of the four poles includes a pole face proximate the beam cavity and an end opposite the pole face. The first and third poles are aligned along an x-axis and configured to have a first magnetic polarity at their respective pole faces and a second magnetic polarity opposite the first magnetic polarity at their respective ends. The second and fourth poles are aligned along a y-axis and configured to have the second magnetic polarity at their respective pole faces and the first magnetic polarity at their respective ends. The yoke surrounds the poles and is coupled to the poles.
US11837426B2
Switches with integrated overcurrent protection elements are described. The overcurrent protection elements can include a bimetallic structure which is configured to move between a first shape and a second shape in response to heating. The overcurrent protection element can be rotationally coupled to a rotary knob in some embodiments. In other embodiments, the overcurrent protection element can be fixed, and the rotary knob can be connected to one or more rotatable conductive structures within the rotary switch.
US11837423B2
An electrical contactor module includes a pair of contactor assemblies each having an input contact, an output contact spaced apart from the input contact, and a linear solenoid disposed proximate the input and output contacts. Each linear solenoid has a housing, a plunger disposed within the housing so as to permit axial displacement of the plunger between an open position in which an end of the plunger is spaced apart from the input and output contacts and a closed position in which the end mechanically contacts and electrically couples the input and output contacts, a spring for biasing the plunger in the open position, and a coil within the housing for urging the plunger from the open position to the closed position along a linear direction. The contactor assemblies are fastened and arranged within an enclosure, with the linear directions for the contactor assemblies pointing in generally opposite directions.
US11837421B2
A switch assembly for adapting a non-contact switch into a contact triggered switch, such that the internal electrical state of the non-contact switch can be triggered by mechanical contact with an object or surface. The switch assembly can include an adapter body coupled to the non-contact switch and an actuation body coupled to the adapter body. The actuation body can be movable relative to the adapter body to selectively position a target supported by the actuation body within a sensing region of the non-contact switch. The actuation body can be moved by an external object making contact with a portion of the actuation body.
US11837420B2
A system for short-circuiting or grounding low-voltage and/or medium-voltage installations. The system includes at least one fault detection unit for detecting an arc and at least one signal-processing unit for processing signals from the at least one fault detection unit. The signal-processing unit is or can be connected to the fault detection unit for signal transmission. The system further includes at least one control unit which is or can be connected to the signal-processing unit for signal transmission, an electrical energy storage device in or on the control unit, and at least one fast-switching switching element having a mechanical energy store.
US11837418B2
A remote control device may be configured to be mounted over the toggle actuator of a light switch and to control a load control device via wireless communication. The remote control device may include a base portion and a rotating portion supported by the base portion so as to be rotatable about the base portion. The remote control device may include a control circuit and a wireless communication circuit. The control circuit may be operably coupled to the rotating portion and to the wireless communication circuit. The control circuit may be configured to translate a force applied to the rotating portion of the remote control device into a control signal and to cause the communication circuit to transmit the control signal to the load control device.
US11837414B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor package accommodating multilayer ceramic capacitors includes a carrier tape that is elongated and includes recess pockets at equal or substantially equal intervals in a longitudinal direction, a cover tape that is elongated and attached to the carrier tape to cover an opening of each of the pockets, and the multilayer ceramic capacitors respectively accommodated in the pockets. In the multilayer ceramic capacitor package, in adjacent multilayer ceramic capacitors, a difference in densities of surfaces on an opening side of the pockets is about 0% or more and about 4% or less.
US11837407B2
A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including first to sixth surfaces, dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween in a first direction; and first and second external electrodes; wherein the first and second internal electrodes are disposed to be offset in the first direction, wherein a first plurality of the first and second internal electrodes is disposed to be adjacent to the fifth surface in the third direction, a second plurality is disposed to be adjacent to the sixth surface in the third direction, and a third plurality is disposed in a central region in the third direction, and wherein internal electrodes among the first and second internal electrodes, disposed to be adjacent to the surface in the same direction, include an even number of two or more of internal electrodes disposed to be offset therebetween.
US11837403B2
Systems and methods involving nanomaterial-based electrodes, such as supercapacitor and battery electrodes that can be flexible, are described.
US11837402B2
A switchable permanent magnetic unit is disclosed. The unit comprises: a housing, first and second permanent magnets, and a conductive coil. The first magnet is mounted within the housing and the second magnet is rotatable between first and second positions and mounted within the housing in a stacked relationship with the first magnet. The unit generates a first level of magnetic flux at a workpiece contact interface when the second magnet is in the first position and a second level of magnetic flux at the interface when the second magnet is in the second position, the second level being greater than the first level. The conductive coil is arranged about the second magnet and generates a magnetic field. A component of the conductive coil's magnetic field is directed from S to N along the second magnet's N-S pole pair when the second magnet is in the first position.
US11837396B2
A coil component includes a drum core that includes a winding core portion and a pair of flange portions formed at the ends of the winding core portion, electrodes that are included in the pair of flange portions, and first and second wires that are wound around the winding core portion and that include extended portions electrically connected to the electrodes. The flange portions are continuous with the winding core portion and have slopes that guide the extended portions to the electrodes.
US11837391B2
A sintered R2M17 magnet is provided that comprises at least 70 Vol % of a Sm2M17 phase, wherein R is at least one of the group consisting of Ce, La, Nd, Pr, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yt, Lu and Y, and M comprises Co, Fe, Cu and Zr. In an area of the R2M17 sintered magnet of 200 by 200 μm viewed in a Kerr micrograph, an areal proportion of demagnetised regions after application of an internal opposing field of 1200 kA/m is less than 5% or less than 2%.
US11837384B2
A corona-resistant enameled round wire and preparation method of making such which is suitable for electric vehicle motors and has a copper conductor and an insulating layer. The insulating layer clads the copper conductor and has in sequence from inside to outside, a corona- resistant polyamideimide coating, a corona-resistant special resin coating, a corona-resistant polyimide coating, a corona-resistant modified silicone resin coating, and a corona-resistant polyamideimide coating.
US11837378B2
A communication cable includes a coating layer that contains a powdery magnetic material and that can suppress the occurrence of a powdery substance containing the magnetic material when processing the coating layer. The communication cable further includes a conductor, an insulating coating that covers an outer circumstance of the conductor, and a magnetic sheath layer that covers an outer side of the insulating coating, and the magnetic sheath layer contains the magnetic material and the magnetic material has a particle shape with an average particle diameter of not more than 50 μm and an aspect ratio of not greater than 4.
US11837363B2
A computing device for remotely engaging and managing a patient environment displays a video feed of a patient environment, and provides user inputs that, when selected, allow a caregiver to remotely change a condition in the patient environment. Access to the user inputs is restricted based on at least one of a distance between the computing device and the patient environment, credentials of the caregiver, and a condition of a patient in the patient environment.
US11837361B2
Methods and systems for analyzing care data are described. The method includes building a virtual model of a physical medical device. Training is provided to a patient associated with the physical medical device to properly use the physical medical device by manipulating the virtual model. First care data associated with a first sensor associated with the physical medical device and second care data associated with a second sensor is received by a cloud service. The cloud service analyzes the first care data to obtain a first care data score and analyzes the second care data to obtain a second care data score. The cloud service scores, using a machine learning algorithm, the first care data score and the second care data score to obtain a combined care score. The cloud service determines whether the combined care score is greater than a threshold. The cloud service triggers an emergency procedure when it is determined that the combined care score is greater than the threshold.
US11837360B2
A head-mounted display device for interface with a blood processing machine using a disposable component having tubing and a blood component receptacle includes a frame configured to be mounted on a person's head and configured to hold a lens in front of an eye of the person. The display device includes a display, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a network, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is coupled to the frame, the display and the wireless transceiver and receives instructions for training the person how to use the blood processing machine. The processing circuit overlays indicators, text, highlighting and/or icons on the blood processing machine as seen from a field of view of the person based on the instructions to train the person in using the blood processing machine.
US11837359B2
A method of centralized monitoring management at a centralized monitoring unit (CMU) includes receiving patient monitoring data from multiple patient monitoring devices, each providing patient monitoring data for one of multiple patients, and assigning each of the multiple patients to one of at least two monitoring technician stations. Each monitoring technician station is configured to receive and display patient monitoring data the patients assigned thereto and to present alarms for each patient to a CMU technician. A load index is calculated for each monitoring technician station based on the alarms for each patient in the group of patients assigned to that monitoring technician station. At least one patient is removed from the group of patients assigned to a first monitoring technician station of the at least two monitoring technician stations based on the load index for the first monitoring technician station. The patient removed from the first monitoring technician station is then reassigned to a different one of the at least two monitoring technician stations so as to distribute an overall alarm load for the CMU across all of the at least two monitoring technician stations.
US11837356B1
A method for remotely updating the behavior and state of a medical device or the firmware itself of a medical device, not requiring physical access to the device, that occurs through an encrypted and authenticated communication channel. The behavior and state of the device may be modified from a healthcare provider interface through a transmission method. The firmware of the medical device may be modified by the use of over the air device firmware updates, created from a designated secure machine called a build machine described herein. Both actions are transmitted to a server and then forwarded to a companion device and are particularly designed so that the server never stores sensitive cryptographic material in the event of server compromise. The companion device forwards the update to the medical device, which decrypts and validates the update or command before performing the change.
US11837354B2
Described herein is medical imaging technology for concurrent and simultaneous synthesis of a medical CA-free-AI-enhanced image and medical diagnostic image analysis comprising: receiving a medical image acquired by a medical scanner in absence of contrast agent enhancement; providing the medical image to a computer-implemented machine learning model; concurrently performing a medical CA-free-AI-enhanced image synthesis task and a medical diagnostic image analysis task with the machine learning model; reciprocally communicating between the image synthesis task and the image analysis task for mutually dependent training of both tasks. Methods and systems and non-transitory computer readable media are described for execution of concurrent and simultaneous synthesis of a medical CA-free-AI-enhanced image and medical diagnostic image analysis.
US11837351B2
A system for ordered food preferences accompanying symptomatic inputs, the system including a computing device, the computing device designed and configured to retrieve a food profile pertaining to a user; select a first food element as a function of the food profile; select a second food element as a function of the first food element; create a food preference menu wherein the food preference menu contains the first food element and the second food element; and modify the food preference menu as a function of an entry contained within a symptomatic database.
US11837348B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that provide smart alerts to users, e.g., alerts to users about diabetic states that are only provided when it makes sense to do so, e.g., when the system can predict or estimate that the user is not already cognitively aware of their current condition, e.g., particularly where the current condition is a diabetic state warranting attention. In this way, the alert or alarm is personalized and made particularly effective for that user. Such systems and methods still alert the user when action is necessary, e.g., a bolus or temporary basal rate change, or provide a response to a missed bolus or a need for correction, but do not alert when action is unnecessary, e.g., if the user is already estimated or predicted to be cognitively aware of the diabetic state warranting attention, or if corrective action was already taken.
US11837339B2
A portable data-management system based on an analyte testing device which communicates wirelessly with a mobile device. The mobile device runs an application to manage and analyze data obtained by the analyte testing device. The mobile device may assist the user in displaying testing data, identifying patterns to assist healthy behavior or issue warnings based on the collected data. The mobile device may be connected to a network to store user health data for use by other parties.
US11837338B2
To efficiently assess, prioritize, and re-assess individuals respectively for intervention OR for ongoing programs/activities OR for personalized rehabilitation or training activities: A Computerized Interactive Psychological Assessment Protocol including the steps of: using a predetermined interactive media, interfacing with a client, (A) accepting some predetermined goal-relevant self-assessment responses from the client, regarding the client's respective motivation, belief, know-how, state-of-mind, activity, etc.; (B) accepting self-characterization responses from the client, regarding the client's respective personality; (C) preferably electronically characterizing the responses according to at least one metric from the list: client's response time, client's preference, among interactive task/query modes, and client's respective response physiology; and (D) electronically storing a data representation of the responses and characterizations, along with a time stamping, for use in a longitudinal analysis of the client psychological development.
US11837334B2
Some embodiments include a system and computer-implemented method for aggregating and tracking medical delivery to a patient including a non-transitory computer-readable medium in data communication with at least one processor, where the non-transitory computer-readable medium includes software instructions for a medical services tracking system and method. Upon execution of the software instructions, information from a patient database or server can be received and displayed a medical record dashboard. A user can view and edit access to the information, and a user selectable link can display medical record information. The system and method enable auto-population of medical data entry fields based at least one part on at least one claim made or billing signed off by a physician for at least one medical service or procedure previously provided to or performed on at least one patient.
US11837330B2
Methods and systems for processing a plurality of sample reads for genome sequencing include, for each sample read of the plurality of sample reads, comparing substring sequences from the sample read to reference sequences representing different portions of a reference genome. One or more reference sequences are identified that match one or more of the compared substring sequences, and a probabilistic location within the reference genome is determined for the sample read based on the one or more identified reference sequences. The reference genome is partitioned for reference-aligned genome sequencing based on the determined probabilistic locations of the respective sample reads.
US11837321B2
In an apparatus, a memory controller, a memory device, and a method for switching frequencies of clock signals to reduce power consumption, when the memory device performs an internal operation according to a command of the memory controller, a frequency of a clock signal of the memory controller is changed. The memory controller switches the frequency of the clock signal to a low frequency according to assertion of a status signal that indicates a busy operation status of the memory device according to the command, and switches the frequency of the clock signal to a high frequency according to de-assertion of the status signal that indicates a ready operation status of the memory device.
US11837319B2
A multi-port memory device in communication with a controller includes a memory array for storing data provided by the controller, a first port coupled to the controller via a first controller channel, a second port coupled to the controller via a second controller channel, a processor, and a processor memory local to the processor, wherein the processor memory has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: enable data transfer through the first port and/or the second port in response to a first control signal received from the first controller channel and/or a second control signal received from second controller channel, decode at least one of the received first and second control signals to identify a data operation to perform, the identified data operation including a read or write operation from or to the memory array, and execute the identified data operation.
US11837316B1
An exemplary semiconductor device includes circuitry to implement data mask operations by sending bit-specific, write enable signals (WREN) to control connection of a main or global data line to local data lines during a write operation. For example, a plurality of even sense amplifier stripes each receive a first set of WREN signals to control a corresponding passgate responsible for coupling one global data line to one local data line and a plurality of odd sense amplifier stripes each receive a second set of WREN signals to control a corresponding passgate responsible for coupling one global data line to one local data line.
US11837309B2
A processing method of chip probing data includes: determining a new fail bit generated in an already completed chip probing process; acquiring repair record of the new fail bit, and repair records of bits adjacent to the new fail bit; analyzing the repair records to determine attribute information of the new fail bit and the adjacent bits, the attribute information including at least one of address information, redundant circuit information, element pattern of the new fail bit and chip probing flow; performing classification learning according to the attribute information to acquire a fail bit prediction model; and predicting fail bits to be chip-probed through the fail bit prediction model.
US11837303B2
A predefined data pattern is written using a plurality of values of a memory access parameter. A corresponding value of a data state metric associated with each value of a plurality of values of the memory access operation parameter is measured. An optimal value of the memory access operation parameter is selected from the plurality of values of the memory access operation parameter.
US11837297B2
A method for dynamically adjusting an erase voltage level to be applied in a subsequent erase cycle, comprising: in a current erase cycle, initiating a current erase/verify loop by applying an initial stored erase voltage level according to an erase sequence in which each successive erase/verify loop is incremented by a pre-determined voltage amount, storing an erase/verify loop count, and determining whether the current erase cycle is complete according to a pass criterion. If the erase cycle is complete, a determination is made as to whether the stored erase/verify loop count equals a pre-defined threshold count. Further, if the stored count does not equal the pre-defined threshold count, the initial stored erase voltage level is adjusted such that, upon applying the adjusted erase voltage level in a subsequent erase cycle, an erase/verify loop count will now equal the pre-defined threshold count.
US11837285B2
A method of correcting bias temperature instability in memory arrays may include applying a first bias to a memory cell, where the memory cell may include a memory element and a select element, and the first bias may causes a value to be stored in the memory element. The first bias causes a bias temperature instability (BTI) associated with the memory cell to increase. The method may also include applying a second bias to the memory cell, where the second bias may have a polarity that is opposite of the first bias, and the value stored in the memory element remains in the memory element after the second bias is applied. The second bias may also cause the BTI associated with the memory cell to decrease while maintaining any value stored in the memory cell.
US11837271B2
A memory control apparatus controls access to a DRAM having a plurality of banks. The apparatus comprises a first generating unit configured to generate an access command in accordance with an access request for the DRAM and store the access command in a buffer; a second generating unit configured to generate a bank-designated refresh request for the DRAM; and an issuing unit configured to issue a DRAM command to the DRAM based on an access command stored in the buffer and a refresh request generated by the second generating unit. The second generating unit determines a bank for which the refresh request is generated, based on an access time for each bank of the DRAM by not less than one access command stored in the buffer.
US11837269B2
Methods, systems, and devices for deck-level signal development cascodes are described. A memory device may include transistors that support both a signal development and decoding functionality. In a first operating condition (e.g., an open-circuit condition), a transistor may be operable to isolate first and second portions of an access line based on a first voltage applied to a gate of the transistor. In a second operating condition (e.g., a signal development condition), the transistor may be operable to couple the first and second portions of the access line and generate an access signal based on a second voltage applied to the gate of the transistor. In a third operating condition (e.g., a closed-circuit condition), the transistor may be operable to couple the first and second portions of the access line based on applying a third voltage greater than the second voltage to the gate of the transistor.
US11837268B1
A configuration for efficiently placing a group of capacitors with one terminal connected to a common node is described. The capacitors are stacked and folded along the common node. In a stack and fold configuration, devices are stacked vertically (directly or with a horizontal offset) with one terminal of the devices being shared to a common node, and further the capacitors are placed along both sides of the common node. The common node is a point of fold. In one example, the devices are capacitors. N number of capacitors can be divided in L number of stack layers such that there are N/L capacitors in each stacked layer. The N/L capacitors are shorted together with an electrode (e.g., bottom electrode). The electrode can be metal, a conducting oxide, or a combination of a conducting oxide and a barrier material. The capacitors can be planar, non-planar or replaced by memory elements.
US11837261B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include accessing a pre-rendered multimedia item. The pre-rendered multimedia item may have branching logic associated with it, where the branching logic includes branching points that direct non-sequential playback of the pre-rendered multimedia item. The method may also include initializing playback of the pre-rendered multimedia item and accessing, at the branching points, various trigger conditions that direct playback order of different segments of the pre-rendered multimedia item. The method may then include updating, based on the trigger conditions, at least some portion of custom state data. The method may further include playing back the segments of the pre-rendered multimedia item according to the updated state data. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11837253B2
A device, system, and method whereby a speech-driven system can distinguish speech obtained from users of the system from other speech spoken by background persons, as well as from background speech from public address systems. In one aspect, the present system and method prepares, in advance of field-use, a voice-data file which is created in a training environment. The training environment exhibits both desired user speech and unwanted background speech, including unwanted speech from persons other than a user and also speech from a PA system. The speech recognition system is trained or otherwise programmed to identify wanted user speech which may be spoken concurrently with the background sounds. In an embodiment, during the pre-field-use phase the training or programming may be accomplished by having persons who are training listeners audit the pre-recorded sounds to identify the desired user speech. A processor-based learning system is trained to duplicate the assessments made by the human listeners.
US11837251B2
The present disclosure relates to a virtual counseling system in which a user can virtually receive counseling by inputting query information into a system. A virtual counseling system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an input unit obtaining audio information from a user and generating audio data; a determination unit receiving the audio data through the input unit, determining a type of the audio data, and generating type information on the audio data; and a text data generation unit generating object data by receiving the type information from the determination unit, converting content of the audio data into first text data, and combining the object data and the first text data to generate second text data.
US11837244B2
An analysis filter bank corresponding to multiple sub-bands, which performs frequency-division filtering on an input signal to generate multiple sub-band signals, the analysis filter bank comprising: a sub-band response pre-compensator which performs a linear filtering on the input signal to generate a response pre-compensated signal, multiple sub-filters with different central frequencies, which perform complex-type first-order infinite impulse response filtering respectively on the response pre-compensated signal to generate multiple sub-filter signals, and multiple binomially-combining and rotating devices based on a set of binomial weights, each of which performs a weighted summation on at least two of the sub-filter signals with the set of binomial weights, and rotates a weighted-summation result with a rotating phase according to a corresponding sub-band central frequency to generate one of the sub-band signals, wherein the at least two of the sub-filter signals are generated by at least two of the sub-filters adjacent in central frequency.
US11837232B2
This relates to an intelligent automated assistant in a video communication session environment. An example method includes, during a video communication session between at least two user devices, and at a first user device: receiving a first user voice input; in accordance with a determination that the first user voice input represents a communal digital assistant request, transmitting a request to provide context information associated with the first user voice input to the first user device; receiving context information associated with the first user voice input; obtaining a first digital assistant response based at least on a portion of the context information received from the second user device and at least a portion of context information associated with the first user voice input that is stored on the first user device; providing the first digital assistant response to the second user device; and outputting the first digital assistant response.
US11837229B1
Techniques for determining and using interaction affinity data are described. Interaction affinity data may indicate a latent affinity between information corresponding to an interaction, such as, intents, entities, device type from which a user input is received, domain, etc. A system may use the interaction affinity data to determine an alternative input representation for a spoken input to cause output of a desired response to the spoken input. The system may also use the interaction affinity data to recommend an action to a user.
US11837224B1
Systems and methods for real-time patient record transcriptions and medical form population via mobile devices are described. A user (e.g., a medical professional) may speak into or near a mobile device operable to detect or record spoken language, and furthermore the mobile device may initiate real-time transcription of the spoken language to generate unstructured transcription text data corresponding to the spoken language. The unstructured transcription text data may be parsed for words or phrases indicative of medical information for generating structured data, where the structured data includes terms, phrases, and values identified via delineators and/or natural language processing techniques. Discrete data from the structured data may be directly inserted into corresponding locations (e.g., appropriate medical form text fields) in electronic medical records via APIs and service bus relays.
US11837215B1
Technologies are disclosed for interacting with a virtual assistant to request updates associated with one or more events and/or perform actions. According to some examples, a user may use their voice to interact with a virtual assistant to receive updates relating to events occurring during a certain period of time. For example, a user may request an update associated with one or more events occurring that day. The system may access data sources (e.g., calendar services, email services, etc.) to obtain data associated with the events, tag the events according to one or more conditions indicated by the data, and/or rank the events according to the tags. In addition, to resolve conditions associated with the events, the virtual assistant may also include options in the update to perform certain actions and/or to provide response data. The virtual assistant may generate the update and audibly provide the update to the user.
US11837209B2
Sound-isolating device for preventing a spoken command-controlled device from detecting spoken words
Devices, assemblies, and methods for isolating a spoken command-controlled device from sound are disclosed herein. A sound-isolating device is provided to achieve this end. The sound-isolating device includes a base that supports the spoken command-controlled device and an enclosure that rests on the base and covers the spoken command device, in use. The base and enclosure are formed from sound-attenuating materials and, together, define a substantially sound-isolated volume.
US11837205B2
A music analysis method realized by a computer includes calculating an evaluation index of each of a plurality of structure candidates formed of N analysis points selected in different combinations from K analysis points in an audio signal of a musical piece, and selecting one of the plurality of structure candidates as a boundary of a structure section of the musical piece in accordance with the evaluation index of each of the plurality of structure candidates. N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2 and less than K, and K is a natural number greater than or equal to 2.
US11837196B2
An image display method includes: displaying a first image having a first image surface on a display surface in a three-dimensional fashion; in response to a reception of an instruction of rotating the first image around an axis different from any axis in the display surface, rotating the first image around a first imaginary axis, the first imaginary axis being vertical to the first image surface and different from an axis vertical to the display surface; and displaying the rotated first image.
US11837191B2
A display device includes: a host which transmits a first signal through a first interface, and transmits a second signal through a second interface different from the first interface; a display driver integrated circuit including a first interface unit which receives the first signal through the first interface, and a second interface unit which receives the second signal through the second interface; and a display panel which receives a data signal corresponding to the first signal and the second signal from the display driver integrated circuit, and displays an image.
US11837179B2
A light emitting assembly is described. In one embodiment, one or more light emitting diode (LED) devices and one or more microcontrollers are bonded to a same side of a substrate, with the one or more microcontrollers to switch and drive the one or more LED devices.
US11837176B2
A display device can include a display panel including a plurality of subpixels configured to display an image; a data driving circuit configured to supply a data signal to the plurality of subpixels; a gate driving circuit configured to supply a gate signal to the plurality of subpixels; and a timing controller configured to receive image data of a subsequent frame of an image of a current frame being displayed on the display panel, and differently control the data driving circuit during a blank period between the current frame and the subsequent frame based on a gray value of at least one edge subpixel among a plurality of edge subpixels in the image data of the subsequent frame. the plurality of edge subpixels are subpixels among the plurality of subpixels that are located adjacent to the gate driving circuit or at an edge of the display panel.
US11837172B2
A gate driving circuit and a display device are provided. The gate driving circuit includes electrically connected multi-stage driving units. The driving unit of each stage includes an input module, an output module electrically connected with the input module, a pull-down module electrically connected with the output module, and a pull-down control module electrically connected with the pull-down module. The output module is electrically connected to a stage transmission signal output terminal, and the pull-down module is electrically connected to a first control signal terminal.
US11837169B2
The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit including: a driving transistor and a voltage control circuit; wherein in the voltage control circuit, at least one transistor directly coupled to a gate of the driving transistor is an oxide thin film transistor. The disclosure also provides a display substrate and a display apparatus.
US11837166B2
Various examples are provided related to compensating brightness of a display using a vertical organic light emitting transistor that suppresses variations in brightness over a long period of time and a display. In one example, a method includes applying a voltage for brightness inspection to a gate electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor to be corrected, measuring a current flowing through a current supply line through which the current is supplied to a source electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor by the application of the voltage for brightness inspection to the gate electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor to be corrected, and determining a corrected value of the voltage to be applied to the gate electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor based on a value of the current and characteristic information of the vertical organic light emitting transistor stored in the memory.
US11837159B2
A display device including a display panel, and a method of driving the display device are provided. The display panel can operate in a first mode for displaying an image including a plurality of frames based on a first driving frequency, or in a second mode for displaying the image including the plurality of frames based on a second driving frequency different from the first driving frequency. The image displayed on the display panel operating in the first mode is changed from a first image in which the number of pixels representing a low gray level among the plurality of pixels is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, to a second image in which the number of pixels representing a high gray level among the plurality of pixels is equal to or greater than a second threshold value.
US11837158B2
A display panel includes a pixel including sub pixels. The pixel includes a sub pixel area in which the sub pixels are disposed and a common area. The pixel includes a light emitting diode including an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, and the anode electrode is electrically connected to a first power line to which a high potential voltage is supplied. Each of the sub pixels includes a driving element in which a source is connected to a N1 node, a gate is connected to a N2 node, and a drain is connected to a N3 node, a capacitor connected to the N2 node and a N4 node; a N1 switching circuit connected to the N1 node; a N2 switching circuit connected to the N2 node; a N3 switching circuit connected to the N3 node; and a N4 switching circuit connected to the N4 node.
US11837152B2
The present disclosure discloses a driving circuit and a display panel. The driving circuit includes: a first wire; a second wire; and a plurality of third wires, spaced apart from each other, wherein one end of each third wire is electrically connected to the first wire, and an other end of the each third wire is electrically connected to the second wire. A current adjustment unit and at least one light-emitting unit are disposed on the each third wire. Each current adjustment unit has a different resistance value. The current adjustment unit on the each third wire that is farther away from a first signal input terminal of the first wire has a smaller resistance value.
US11837150B2
Disclosed is a display device including a display panel having a plurality of pixels, the display panel comprising a first display area having first resolution and a second display area having second resolution, the second resolution being lower than the first resolution, and a controller configured to generate display area information of each of the plurality of pixels, to blur an image that is displayed in the second display area based on the display area information, and to perform control such that the blurred image is displayed on the display panel.
US11837140B2
Methods and systems for chromatic ambient-light support are provided. Given an input surround correlated color temperature (CCT), its normalized value is mapped to a preferred gray CCT value using a sigmoid-like function model generated based on viewer experimental data. The preferred gray CCT value is then mapped to an adjusted CCT value so that viewing conditions on a display with the input surround CCT value match a D65 surround CCT value.
US11837138B2
A control circuit for a low-temperature poly-silicon array controls the low-temperature poly-silicon array including M rows×N columns of pixel units. The control circuit includes N operational amplifiers, a comparison unit, and a pixel input switch control unit. The comparison unit determines pixel values of N red subpixels, N green subpixels, and N blue subpixels in at least one row of pixel units of the M rows of pixel units are the same as each other. The pixel input switch control unit controls, when the pixel values of the N red subpixels, the N green subpixels, and the N blue subpixels in the at least one row of pixel units of the M rows of pixel units are the same as each other, the N red pixel input switches, the N green pixel input switches, and the N blue pixel input switches to be all turned on.
US11837126B2
An example display system includes a load engine and a calibration engine. The load engine causes an inquiry for current calibration measurement data and retrieves factory calibration measurement data when the current calibration measurement data is unavailable. The calibration engine receives a target set of display characteristics, generates a color profile from a native panel performance representation to operate a display according to the target set of display characteristics, and causes adjustment of a display according to a difference between the target set of display characteristics and the native panel performance representation using the generated color profile.
US11837125B2
A display panel, a method for detecting a display panel and an electronic device are provided. a display panel are provided, including a display area and a peripheral region surrounding the display area; a plurality of bonding pads in the peripheral region; a lighting pad in the peripheral region; a plurality of source signal lines at least in the display region; a plurality of source signal line leads in the peripheral region and electrically connected to the plurality of source signal lines and electrically connected to the plurality of bonding pads; a plurality of sub-pixel columns in the display region and electrically connected to the plurality of source signal lines; and a detection circuit, arranged in the peripheral region and between the plurality of binding pads and the display area.
US11837114B1
Multi-part label systems, and methods for their assembly. A carrier material with a first label and a second label removably adhered thereto is provided. The first label and second label are dispensed from the carrier material and applied to a surface simultaneously.
US11837112B2
A display device or a driving support system which enables a driver to obtain information easily is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is unlikely to impose a burden on a driver is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is suitable for space saving is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is capable of large-area display is provided. A display device or a driving support system which does not impair the aesthetic appearance of the car interior is provided. The display device includes a display panel which has flexibility and can be transformed between a first form and a second form, and a driving means having a function of reversibly changing the display panel between the first form and the second form. The first form is a form in which a display surface of the display panel is suspended, and the second form is a form in which the display panel is stored upward.
US11837111B1
There is provided a sign assembly comprising: an illumination panel; a decorative panel mounted to the illumination panel and comprising informational graphics; and one or more light sources positioned such that the illumination panel is illuminated by the one or more light sources to provide a light band about the decorative panel.
US11837108B2
This invention relates to a computer-implemented simulation system comprising a needle device having a retractable needle shaft comprising a resistance mechanism which can be activated to vary the resistance of the needle shaft. A processing module is configured to: receive ultrasound image data representative of a subject being scanned, receive position and orientation data representative of an ultrasound probe and a needle device, calculate a projected path for the needle device and generate a simulation needle from the projected path. When the simulation needle is determined to intersect with an identified tissue type, it modulates a signal and sends the modulated signal to the resistance mechanism, thereby to cause a change in the resistive force acting on the retractable needle shaft. The invention also relates to a computer-implemented method for simulating ultrasound guided needling using this system.
US11837102B2
An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station; and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation.
US11837101B2
A system may include a display and a processor. The processor may be configured to: obtain aircraft data associated with an aircraft; obtain or generate storm top data, the storm top data including information associated with storm top altitudes and storm top locations; generate aircraft relative storm top data; generate an aircraft relative storm top image based at least on the aircraft relative storm top data, wherein the aircraft relative storm top image depicts a view of weather in front of the aircraft, wherein the aircraft relative storm top image conveys information associated with a difference between at least some of the storm top altitudes and an altitude of the aircraft; and output the aircraft relative storm top image as graphical data.
US11837099B2
An apparatus and method for an aircraft flight management system configured to analyze a takeoff sequence for an aircraft, the aircraft slight management system comprising a memory storing runway information associated with the runway from which the aircraft will depart, one or more inputs configured to receive variables comprising real-time aircraft variables and real-time condition variables that influence an actual velocity of the aircraft, sensors for sensing the actual velocity of the aircraft; and a processor configured to compare a real-time takeoff value to a takeoff requirement value.
US11837097B2
A flight route control method of an unmanned aerial vehicle includes: accepting, by a touch panel, an input of a departure point and a waypoint that the unmanned aerial vehicle will pass; receiving a predetermined time, indicating an end of a time period in which the unmanned aerial vehicle is permitted to fly; generating a flight route passing through the departure point and the waypoint; determining whether or not an arrival time to the waypoint is later than the predetermined time; not accepting the waypoint for the generated flight route when the arrival time is later than the predetermined time; accepting the waypoint for the generated flight route when the arrival time is not later than the predetermined time; and transmitting a control command to the unmanned aerial vehicle, the control command controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly according to the generated flight route.
US11837088B2
A driving assistance apparatus including a notification part including a display portion and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform deriving a recommended driving recommended to a driver based on traffic light information and position information, controlling the notification part so as to notify the driver of information on the recommended driving, and determining whether the driver performs a driving operation according to the information on the recommended driving after the information on the recommended driving is notified. The microprocessor is configured to perform the controlling including controlling the notification part so that the information on a remaining time for switching of the traffic light included in the traffic light information is displayed on the display portion, when it is determined that the driver performs the driving operation according to the information on the recommended driving.
US11837087B2
Systems and methods for situational modification of autonomous vehicle operation are disclosed. According to aspects, a computing device may detect the occurrence of an emergency event and may determine a current operation of an autonomous vehicle that may be associated with the emergency event. The computing device may determine a modification to operation of the autonomous vehicle, where the modification may represent a violation of a roadway regulation that may enable effective handling of the emergency event. The computing device may generate a set of instructions for the autonomous vehicle to execute to cause the autonomous vehicle to undertake the operation modification.
US11837080B2
An object is to estimate the course of a movable terminal device. An information processing system (S) includes a plurality of transmission devices (1a, 1b) capable of transmitting predetermined radio waves, a terminal device (2) capable of receiving the predetermined radio waves, and a management device (3) communicably connected to the terminal device. The terminal device (2) measures intensities of radio waves received from the transmission devices (1a, 1b) at predetermined times, and transmits measurement results to the management device (3). The management device (3) calculates distances between the terminal device (2) and each of the transmission devices (1a, 1b) at the predetermined times from the measurement results, and calculates positions of the terminal device (2) at the predetermined times from the calculated distances.
US11837079B2
An infrasound drive system and method are disclosed. An infrasound drive system includes a control circuit for transmitting a data signal and a power signal, and one or more infrasound drive that includes an input terminal, an amplifier and a tactile transducer, in one or more infrasound drives, the amplifier receives a power signal from the power channel and a data signal from the data channel. The amplifier outputs an amplified signal to the tactile transducer. The tactile transducer generates a tactile vibration based on the data signal and the power signal. An infrasound drive can be disposed in a housing and transmit a haptic force to a user in contact with the housing. A user can limit the haptic force transmitted by the infrasound drive. The power channel and the data channel can be provided by a power over Ethernet (PoE) cable.
US11837078B2
An ambulatory medical device for attachment to a person's body includes a housing having a wall and a vibrator coupler. A convex outer surface of the vibrator coupler projects from the wall towards the outside of the housing. The vibrator coupler is coupled to the wall via a connector arranged along the circumference of the vibrator coupler. A vibrator mechanically vibrates upon activation. The vibrator is arranged at least partially inside a volume defined by the vibrator coupler and is mounted to the vibrator coupler. A skin attachment device is also disclosed. It has a substantially planar body having a skin attachment side and an opposing medical device mounting side. The skin attachment side includes a skin attachment structure for releasably attaching the skin attachment device to a person's skin and the medical device mounting side includes a medical device mount for releasably engaging with the ambulatory medical device.
US11837071B2
A system includes a bed zone boundary module and a user interface device (UID) control module. The bed zone boundary module is configured to detect when at least one of a first wearable dispenser assembly and an identification badge is within a boundary of a zone around a bed, and generate a sanitize reminder signal when at least one of the first wearable dispenser assembly and the identification badge is within the zone boundary. The UID control module is configured to, in response to the sanitize reminder signal, control a user interface device to generate a message reminding a person wearing at least one of the first wearable dispenser assembly and the identification badge to use hand sanitizer before approaching a patient in the bed.
US11837068B2
The present invention relates to a computer-implemented system and method for preventing users from bending their necks too far forward or past thirty degrees away from vertical during viewing of a handheld electronic device. The system uses a computer-implemented application installed in the device that determines flexion of the user's neck and compares with a threshold to determine a ‘tech neck’ condition. The application generates an alert displayed on the screen of the device to indicate the ‘tech neck’ condition and further, can pause or hang the display when the ‘tech neck’ condition is continued to be determined. The system and method assist in preventing injuries, strains and disabilities to both children and adults that use electronic devices for extended periods of time.
US11837066B2
According to an aspect, there is provided a fall detection apparatus, the fall detection apparatus comprising one or more processing units configured to obtain a first input indicating which one or ones of a plurality of fall detection algorithms have detected a potential fall by the subject, wherein each fall detection algorithm of the plurality of fall detection algorithms is associated with a respective type of fall and detects a potential fall of the associated type by analysing a set of movement measurements for the subject, wherein each respective type of fall has an associated initial state of the subject; obtain a second input indicating the status of the subject prior to the potential fall, wherein the status of the subject is determined by analysing a set of measurements from one or more sensors in the environment of the subject; compare the determined status of the subject prior to the potential fall to the initial state for each type of fall associated with any potential fall indicated in the first input; and output an indication that the subject has fallen if the determined status of the subject matches the initial state of any of the respective types of fall associated with any potential fall indicated in the first input.
US11837058B1
A card with an embedded location tracker that can assist with locating a misplaced, lost, or stolen card is described. The location tracking device is embedded into the material forming the card. Other devices can form a crowdsourced network covering a wide geographic area that may be used to detect signals from the location tracking device of the card using a short-range wireless communication technology. When the card becomes misplaced, lost, or stolen, the card holder or the card issuer may use the embedded location tracking device to determine the current location of the card. In one embodiment, a tamper mechanism may also be provided to disable a chip of the card in response to an attempt to deactivate, destroy, or remove the embedded location tracking device from the card.
US11837055B2
A system comprises a client operable to communicate a bet regarding a baccarat game. The s stem further comprises a controller communicably coupled to the client and operable to determine a result of the baccarat game, the result based at least in part upon one or more digits of at least one financial market indicator at a configurable point in time. The controller is further operable to determine an outcome of the bet based at least in part on the determined result.
US11837052B2
Gaming systems and methods that replicate a symbol driven event obtained at one gaming device at one or more other gaming devices.
US11837050B2
The present disclosure provides a method of in-play wagering for pooled or contest prizes by points in which users are placed in various cohorts based on skill and then allowed to compete against one another in a contest for a prize that is won by the user with the total amount of points earned during a contest. This method provides grouping the users of a wagering network into cohorts and allowing the users to join a contest based on the cohort to compete for a prize that the user with the most points wins during the length of the contest.
US11837040B2
A door lock system can comprise a door lock movable between a locked state and an unlocked state. The door lock system can detect a first indication suggestive of a presence of a mobile computing device of a visitor. The door lock system can also detect a second indication suggestive of an identity of the visitor. Further, the door lock system can validate that the first indication and the second indication are associated with a known identity of the visitor.
US11837039B2
Access control electronics for wireless locks comprise one or more battery operated radios that receive access control codes. The wireless accessed locks locate the electronic components, circuits, sensors and antennas and many of the lock components away from the container being secured and closer to the operator/user. The disclosed access control electronics combine a proximity detection circuit comprising sensor pads and a capacitive sensing circuit and one or more short-range radio frequency antennas for reading RFID devices. The proximity sensor pads are in close proximity with the antennas, without the antennas interfering with the proximity sensing process, and the sensor pads to not attenuate the signals between the RFID devices and the antennas after the RFID devices are detected.
US11837030B2
The disclosure is detecting an authentication target who is moving in a predetermined direction in a video; inputting a first image in which an entire body of the target; calculating characteristic information from an image of the entire body in the first image, comparing the calculated characteristic information with characteristic information of the entire body stored in first memory that stores characteristic information of entire bodies of targets, and extracting candidate information of the targets from the first memory based on a first authentication result; inputting a second image in which an iris of the target; and comparing characteristic information of irises stored in second memory that stores the characteristic information of the irises of targets with characteristic information of an iris from the second image, calculating a verification score, executing second authentication on the target in the second image based on the verification score, and outputting an authentication result.
US11837020B2
Provided are an expression realization method and device for virtual character, and a storage medium, the method comprising: acquiring sequence frames of respective parts of a face of the virtual character, wherein the sequence frames of respective parts contain part sequences corresponding to respective expressions; acquiring a first part sequence corresponding to a first expression and a second part sequence corresponding to a second expression from the sequence frames of respective parts, wherein the first part sequence comprises a first transition part sequence, and the second part sequence comprises a second transition part sequence; and successively playing the first part sequence and the second part sequence according to a first preset instruction, wherein a playing of the first transition part sequence is located at a tail of the playing of the first part sequence, and a playing of the second transition part sequence is located at a head of the playing of the second part sequence.
US11837017B2
Disclosed is a system for face recognition based on dynamic updating of facial features, comprising an image acquisition unit, a face image standardization unit, a facial feature comparison unit, and a facial feature update unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an original image which is processed by the face image standardization unit, and then the facial feature comparison unit completes extraction and comparison of a facial feature vector to determine whether the original image belongs to a user ID or a stranger, or to complete entry of the facial feature vector. Each user ID corresponds to one or more facial feature vectors. The facial feature update unit automatically updates the facial feature vector in a normal workflow to improve reliability and accuracy of face recognition. Also disclosed is a method for face recognition using the system. The disclosure has the advantages of simple deployment and simple to use, improving the accuracy of face recognition without increasing the size of a face recognition network, and may quickly and effectively adapt to changes in environment or user's appearance.
US11837014B2
A detection device includes: a sensor in which detection elements each including a photoelectric conversion element are arranged in a detection region; a drive circuit configured to supply drive signals to the detection elements; and a detection circuit configured to process a detection signal output from each detection element. Each detection element includes: a source follower transistor configured to output a signal corresponding to an electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element; and a read transistor configured to read an output signal of the source follower transistor and output the detection signal. A potential obtained by superimposing a threshold voltage of the source follower transistor and a voltage drop caused by on-resistance of the read transistor on a reset potential serving as a reference value for a voltage variation amount of the detection signal is set as an initial value of a potential applied to the photoelectric conversion element.
US11837003B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems to generate a modified feature map specific to a client. A template feature map may be modified based on usage data associated with a client. The template feature map may represent a visual representation of a plurality of features provided by an operator, each feature associated with a plurality of instructions to be processed for the client. The usage data may be compared with each feature to determine whether any feature is associated and/or utilized by the client. Based on determining whether the usage data indicates that any feature is associated and/or utilized by the client, the template feature map may be modified to perform an action to the template feature map indicating that a feature is associated and/or utilized by the client. A modified template feature map may be generated that is specific for a client.
US11837001B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for stroke attribute matrices. User input strokes may be converted into attributes encoded in one or more stroke attribute matrices (SAMs), such as bitmaps, for image or other multidimensional analysis. One or more convolutional neural networks (CNNs) may recognize letters, symbols, shapes and gestures in SAMs. A selector may select output classifications from among multiple CNNs. A sequence analyzer may select a sequence of selected CNN outputs. Stroke information may comprise, for example, velocity (e.g. direction and speed), tilt, pressure, line width, pen up/down events, hover height, etc. Stroke information may be stored, for example, in bitmap color channels (e.g. to facilitate human review). For example, an x, y velocity vector and x, y tilt may be encoded, respectively, as RGBA components of pixel data. Stroke crossings may be encoded, for example, by combining attribute values at pixels where strokes intersect.
US11837000B1
To perform 3-dimensional interpolation, a 3-dimensional model of an input text character is generated. For example, a 2-dimensional character may be given depth using an extrusion transformation. The 3-dimensional model of the input text character is compared to 3-dimensional models of candidate characters and the results of the 3-dimensional comparisons are used to select the optical character recognition (OCR) output for the input text character. The 3-dimensional comparison may be performed directly on the 3-dimensional models. Alternatively, a set of 2-dimensional images may be generated for each 3-dimensional model and 2-dimensional comparisons performed. By use of the additional information gathered from the comparisons of the 3-dimensional models, the correct OCR output character can be identified with greater confidence. As a result, the quality of the OCR output is improved, improving the functioning of a computer performing OCR tasks and reducing the expenditure of time and processing power in correcting OCR errors.
US11836999B1
A method implemented on an augmented reality (AR) device includes receiving an image of a document on the AR device. The image of the document includes one or more areas of obfuscated text. A marker on the document is identified. The marker is associated with an area of obfuscated text on the document. The marker is scanned using the AR device. When the user of the AR device is authenticated, a non-obfuscated image of the text associated with the marker is displayed on the AR device.
US11836996B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for recognizing a text. The method comprises: acquiring images of a text area of an input image, the acquired images including a text centerline graph, a text direction offset graph, a text boundary offset graph, and a text character classification graph; extracting coordinates of feature points of a character center from the text centerline graph; sorting the extracted coordinates of the feature points based on the text direction offset graph to obtain a coordinate sequence of the feature points; determining a polygonal bounding box of the text area based on the coordinate sequence of the feature points of the character center and the text boundary offset graph; and determining a classification result of the feature points of the character center, based on the coordinate sequence of the feature points of the character center and the text character classification graph.
US11836991B2
An image processing apparatus includes a detector, a grouping processor, a management unit, and a determination unit. The detector detects traffic signals on the basis of a captured image. The grouping processor performs a grouping process of causing each of the detected traffic signals to belong to any one of groups. The management unit manages a location and display information of the each of the detected traffic signals in association with the group to which the each of the traffic signals belongs, and thereby manages the traffic signals. The determination unit determines, for each of the groups, a representative location and representative display information of one or more traffic signals belonging to relevant one of the groups, among the traffic signals, on the basis of the location and display information of each of the one or more traffic signals belonging to the relevant one of the groups.
US11836990B2
Systems and methods for generating alignment parameters for processing data associated with a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving image data associated with an environment of the vehicle; receiving lidar data associated with the environment of the vehicle; processing, by a processor, the image data to determine data points associated with at least one vehicle identified within image data; processing, by the processor, the lidar data to determine data points associated with at least one vehicle identified within the lidar data; selectively storing the data points in a data buffer based on at least one condition associated with a quality of the data points; processing, by the processor, the data points in the data buffer with a joint analysis method to generate alignment parameters between the lidar and the camera; and processing future data based on the alignment parameters.
US11836987B2
A fusion system for a motor vehicle includes at least two environment sensors, a neural network coupled to the environment sensors for fusing environment information from the environment sensors, a fusion apparatus for fusing environment information from the environment sensors, and a control device coupled to the neural network and the fusion apparatus. The control device is set up to adapt the environment information fused via the neural network, depending on the environment information fused by the fusion apparatus, and to provide the adapted environment information to a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle.
US11836982B2
A monitored area including a plurality of video cameras is monitored for possible events. A video camera captures a video stream showing a portion of the monitored area and performs video analysis on the captured video stream. When the video camera identifies an event of interest within the captured video stream, the video camera generates event information associated with the identified event of interest. The video camera uses the relative location information to determine which video camera of the plurality of video cameras is positioned to capture the event of interest now and/or in the future and instructs that video camera to track the event.
US11836977B2
A search processing system receives a search query having information indicative of an object of interest, such as an image. The search processing system uses the received search query to locate data for use in creating a computer-generated model of a product determined to be a match for the object of interest. A display generating device uses the data to create the computer-generated model of the product and causes the computer-generated model of the product to be displayed a display associated with the display generating device and/or to be projected onto a surface whereby the computer-generated model of the product can be accurately compared with an image of the object of interest or the object of interest itself.
US11836974B2
A method for detecting boxes includes receiving a plurality of image frame pairs for an area of interest including at least one target box. Each image frame pair includes a monocular image frame and a respective depth image frame. For each image frame pair, the method includes determining corners for a rectangle associated with the at least one target box within the respective monocular image frame. Based on the determined corners, the method includes the following: performing edge detection and determining faces within the respective monocular image frame; and extracting planes corresponding to the at least one target box from the respective depth image frame. The method includes matching the determined faces to the extracted planes and generating a box estimation based on the determined corners, the performed edge detection, and the matched faces of the at least one target box.
US11836971B2
A processor-implemented method implementing a convolution neural network includes: determining a plurality of differential groups by grouping a plurality of raw windows of an input feature map into the plurality of differential groups; determining differential windows by performing, for each respective differential group of the differential groups, a differential operation between the raw windows of the respective differential group; determining a reference element of an output feature map corresponding to a reference raw window among the raw windows by performing a convolution operation between a kernel and the reference raw window; and determining remaining elements of the output feature map by performing a reference element summation operation based on the reference element and each of a plurality of convolution operation results determined by performing respective convolution operations between the kernel and each of the differential windows.
US11836968B1
A system, method, and computer-program product includes detecting, via a localization machine learning model, a target object within a scene based on downsampled image data of the scene, identifying a likely position of the target object within original image data of the scene, extracting, from the original image data of the scene, a target sub-image containing the target object, classifying, via an object classification machine learning model, the target object to a probable object class of a plurality of distinct object classes, routing the target image resolution of the target sub-image to a target object-condition machine learning classification model of a plurality of distinct object-condition machine learning classification models, classifying, via the target object-condition machine learning classification model, the target object to a probable object-condition class, and displaying, via a graphical user interface, a representation of the target object in association with the probable object-condition class.
US11836967B2
A method and device for small sample defect classification and a computing equipment are disclosed. The method comprises: separating a target to be tested into parts, and segmenting an original image of the target to be tested into at least two sub-images containing different parts according to the separated parts; establishing small sample classification models with respect to each sub-image and the original image respectively, and obtaining a classification result of each sub-image and a classification result of the original image by using corresponding classification models, wherein the classification result includes a defect category and a corresponding category probability; and determining and outputting a defect category of the target to be tested according to classification results of all the sub-images and the original image.
US11836962B2
The present application relates to an image processing method and system. The method includes: determining an enhanced image of a target object of an input image based on a segmentation algorithm, where the enhanced image of the target object comprises an image in which each pixel classified as the target object is displayed in an enhanced manner; and determining a positioning image of the target object by applying an integral image algorithm to the enhanced image of the target object.
US11836961B2
An information processing apparatus includes a map creation unit configured to create a defocus map corresponding to a captured image of a subject, an object setting unit configured to set a recognition target, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the defocus map, whether the recognition target is recognizable in the image.
US11836958B2
Systems and methods for automatically detecting and isolating objects in images. An image containing at least one object of interest is segmented by a segmentation module, based on the class of object each pixel of the image depicts. A bounding module then determines coordinates of a predetermined shape that covers at least a portion of the at least one object of interest. An application module then applies a bounding box having those coordinates and having the predetermined shape to the original image. In some embodiments, the coordinates are determined based on a mask layer that is based on the object classes in the image. In other embodiments, the coordinates are determined based on the mask layer and on an edge mask layer. Some embodiments comprise at least one neural network. In some embodiments, the objects of interest are text objects.
US11836956B2
A control method for an electronic device and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes an infrared emitter, an infrared sensor, and a visible light sensor. The control method includes: acquiring an original pixel position of a zero-level region on the infrared sensor; acquiring a human eye pixel position of a human eye region on the visible light sensor; determining whether a human eye enters the zero-level region according to the original pixel position and the human eye pixel position; and triggering a protection mechanism of the infrared emitter when the human eye enters the zero-level region.
US11836945B2
An accurate subject distance can be calculated on the basis of a camera captured image even in a case where the attachment angle of a camera is deviated. An image captured with a camera having a wide-angle lens is input to perform distortion correction and generate a corrected image. Moreover, the inclination of a vertical object in the real world in the corrected image is calculated. The deviation angle of the camera depression angle of the camera is calculated on the basis of the inclination of the vertical object. An object distance calculation image is generated in consideration of the camera depression angle deviation angle. The distance of an object included in the camera captured image is calculated from the object distance calculation image. In a case where the camera depression angle deviation angle is not equal to or less than a prespecified threshold, the object distance calculation image is generated by using overhead image generation mapping data in consideration of the camera depression angle deviation.
US11836944B2
An apparatus that estimates a position of each object in image data in which a plurality of objects is imaged, the apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire position information indicating positions of joints of the plurality of objects in the image data, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a score map in which a feature for identifying each object is converted into a numerical value, the score map being output by a pre-trained model in response to input of the image data, and an identification unit configured to identify positions of joints belonging to each of the plurality of objects, based on the position information and the score map.
US11836939B2
A control apparatus includes a first information acquiring section that acquires three-dimensional information of a first region of surfaces of a plurality of objects, the information being obtained by imaging or scanning the plurality of objects from a first location; a second information acquiring section that acquires three-dimensional information of a second region of surfaces of the plurality of objects, the information being obtained by imaging or scanning the plurality of objects from a second location; and a combining section that generates information indicating three-dimensional shapes of at least a portion of the surfaces of the plurality of objects, based on the three-dimensional information of the first region acquired by the first information acquiring section and the three-dimensional information of the second region acquired by the second information acquiring section.
US11836938B2
The present disclosure generally pertains to a time-of-flight imaging apparatus having circuitry configured to: demodulate, in a normal operation mode for determining a distance to a scene, at a predetermined number of phase locations a modulated light sensing signal representing modulated light reflected from the scene, thereby generating imaging frames for determining the distance to the scene, and apply, during the normal operation mode, a phase sweep by shifting the predetermined number of phase locations, thereby generating phase sweep frames for determining a cyclic error.
US11836936B2
The present application provides a computer-implemented method for generating a digital data set representing a target tooth arrangement, comprising: obtaining a first and a second 3D digital models respectively representing upper jaw teeth and lower jaw teeth under an initial tooth arrangement, where the first and the second 3D digital models are in a predetermined relative positional relationship; extracting a tooth level feature vector from each tooth of the first and second 3D digital models; preliminarily aligning the first and second 3D digital models based on the tooth level feature vectors using a trained first deep neural network; extracting a jaw level feature vector for each tooth of the preliminarily aligned first and second 3D digital models; and further aligning the preliminarily aligned first and second 3D digital models to obtain a target tooth arrangement based on the jaw level feature vectors using a trained second deep neural network.
US11836933B2
A method includes calculating a stereo-disparity map between the initial image and the final image, for each column of the stereo-disparity map, calculating an average value of the stereo-disparities of the pixels of the column, calculating the slope and/or constant factor of a linear function approximating variations of said average values; and calculating said information relative to the relative speed between the object and the camera, based on the slope and/or the constant factor.
US11836927B2
An apparatus includes a processor and a machine-readable medium having program code executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to obtain a scan result based on a core sample, generate a set of contours of the scan result, and generate a set of object associations, wherein the set of object associations includes a first object association that is associated with a first contour from the set of contours and a second contour from the set of contours. The program code also generates a set of contour connections, wherein the set of contour connections includes a first contour connection that is based on the first object association. The program code also generates a reconstructed core having a three-dimensional space based on the set of contour connections, wherein the three-dimensional space includes a volume greater than the core sample.
US11836919B2
A method for capturing digital data for fabricating a dental splint involves displaying a GUI on a display of a smartphone that provides an alignment feature for a user to align a camera of the smartphone to a first position that captures teeth of a person, receiving digital video of the teeth, overlaying the alignment feature on the digital video of the teeth on the display, moving the alignment feature on the screen in a manner that causes the user to move the smartphone relative to the teeth to maintain alignment with the alignment feature, capturing digital image information of the teeth as the alignment feature is moved, the captured digital image information including depth information, and transmitting the captured digital image information, including the depth information, from the smartphone for use in fabricating a dental splint.
US11836913B2
A neural network is trained for use in a substrate thickness measurement system by obtaining ground truth thickness measurements of a top layer of a calibration substrate at a plurality of locations, each location at a defined position for a die being fabricated on the substrate. A plurality of color images of the calibration substrate are obtained, each color image corresponding to a region for a die being fabricated on the substrate. A neural network is trained to convert color images of die regions from an in-line substrate imager to thickness measurements for the top layer in the die region. The training is performed using training data that includes the plurality of color images and ground truth thickness measurements with each respective color image paired with a ground truth thickness measurement for the die region associated with the respective color image.
US11836904B2
A device may receive complex data from a user device and may provide multiple images to the user device based on receiving the complex data. The device may receive, from the user device, a selection of two or more images from the multiple images, and may determine whether a combination of the two or more images is stored in a data structure. The device may determine a mapping of information identifying the two or more images with the complex data, based on the combination of the two or more images not being stored in the data structure, and may store the information identifying the two or more images, the complex data, and the mapping in the data structure. The device may process the two or more images to generate a reference image that satisfies a memorability score threshold and may provide the reference image to another user device.
US11836898B2
An method and an apparatus for generating an image, and an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: performing a plurality of types of image enhancement processing on an image to be processed respectively to obtain a plurality of pre-enhanced images; performing image quality classification on a first image block in the image to be processed to obtain a first quality classification result for the first image block; determining a target pre-enhanced image from the plurality of pre-enhanced images based on the first quality classification result for the first image block; determining a second image block in the target pre-enhanced image; and generating a target image based on the second image block. Since quality classification is performed on the first image block, the influencing factors which affect the image quality of the first image block can be determined, and in conjunction with that the second image block is determined through the pre-enhanced images to generate a target image, thereby the image enhancement effect is improved.
US11836891B2
A method and apparatus, device, and storage medium for generating an image processing model and processing images based on the generated image processing model. The method includes generating an initial model for an image resolution processing, the initial model comprising an input layer, an output layer, and an intermediate layer; obtaining a training image comprising a first image and a second image, the first image being obtained by performing a resolution reduction processing on the second image; inputting image data of the first image into the intermediate layer from the input layer for a convolution calculation, and obtaining result data based on the convolution calculation, the result data comprising channel output data of N*N channels; and performing a parameter update on convolution kernel parameters in the intermediate layer based on the result data and the second image, and generating the image processing model according to the initial model.
US11836888B2
A method for processing RGB-Infrared (RGB-IR) sensor data is provided that includes receiving a raw RGB-IR image, determining whether to process the raw RGB-IR image in day mode or night mode, generating, when day mode is determined, an infrared (IR) subtracted raw Bayer image from the raw RGB-IR image and processing the IR subtracted raw Bayer image in an image signal processor (ISP), and generating, when night mode is determined, an IR image from the raw RGB-IR image.
US11836881B2
An intra-oral scanning device and system are augmented to provide an active delete (or filter) tool. The tool automatically detects and deletes unwanted items and artifacts capturing as the scan is being done. The technique provides a better user experience by automatically removing items the deletion of which that may otherwise be time-consuming, frustrating, or impossible for the user to delete any other way.
US11836873B2
There is provided a computer implemented method comprising: displaying, via a display of an augmented reality, AR, device, a view of image data obtained by a camera of the AR device; tracking a position of a target object within the displayed view; determining a visibility of the tracked target object and/or a virtual object to be superimposed on the tracked target object on the display, wherein the position of the virtual object is dependent on the position of the target object; and generating a trigger signal depending on the visibility.
US11836860B2
Methods and systems for performing facial retargeting using a patch-based technique are disclosed. One or more three-dimensional (3D) representations of a source character's (e.g., a human actor's) face can be transferred onto one or more corresponding representations of a target character's (e.g., a cartoon character's) face, enabling filmmakers to transfer a performance by a source character to a target character. The source character's 3D facial shape can separated into patches. For each patch, a patch combination (representing that patch as a combination of source reference patches) can be determined. The patch combinations and target reference patches can then be used to create target patches corresponding to the target character. The target patches can be combined using an anatomical local model solver to produce a 3D facial shape corresponding to the target character, effectively transferring a facial performance by the source character to the target character.
US11836857B2
Systems, methods and instructions for creating building models of physical structures is disclosed. The building model may be a collection of floors defined by outlines containing regions that may be offset relative to a main region, and a collection of connectors. Connectors may have connection points for tracking, routing and sizing. Connectors may indicate elevation changes through georeferenced structural features. Signal elements may also be features that provide corrections when tracking. Feature descriptors are data that describes the structural configuration and signal elements enabling them to be matched to previously collected data in a database. User interface elements assist a user of a tracking device in collecting floor information, structural features and signal features and validating certain collected information based on previously known information. The height of floors may also be inferred based on sensor data from the tracking device.
US11836854B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, first and second models for a structure of an object, based respectively on ground-level and aerial observations of the object. Model parameters are determined for a three-dimensional (3D) third model of the object based on the first and second models; the determining comprises a transfer learning procedure. Data representing observations of the object is captured at an airborne unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operating at an altitude between that of the ground-level observations and the aerial observations. The method also comprises dynamically adjusting the third model in accordance with the operating altitude of the UAS; updating the adjusted third model in accordance with the data; and determining a 3D representation of the structure of the object, based on the updated adjusted third model. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11836850B2
Certain embodiments involve visually augmenting images of three-dimensional containers with virtual elements that fill one or more empty regions of the three-dimensional containers. For instance, a computing system receives a first image that depicts a storage container and identify sub-containers within the storage container. The computing system selects, from a virtual object library, a plurality of virtual objects that are semantically related to the sub-container. The computing system determines an arrangement of the virtual objects within the sub-container based on semantics associated with the sub-container and the plurality of virtual objects. The computing system generates a second image that depicts the arrangement of the plurality of virtual objects within the storage container and sub-containers. The computing system generates, for display, the second image depicting the storage container and the arrangement of the virtual objects.
US11836849B2
Methods and primitive block generators for generating primitive blocks in a graphics processing system. The methods comprise: receiving transformed position data for a current primitive, the transformed position data indicating a position of the current primitive in rendering space; determining a distance between the position of the current primitive and a position of a current primitive block based on the transformed position data for the current primitive; determining whether to add the current primitive to the current primitive block based on the distance and a fullness of the current primitive block; in response to determining that the current primitive is to be added to the current primitive block, adding the current primitive to the current primitive block; and in response to determining that the current primitive is not to be added to the current primitive block, flushing the current primitive block and adding the current primitive to a new current primitive block.
US11836848B2
A system for real-time updates to a display based upon the location of a camera or a detected location of a human viewing the display or both is disclosed. The system enables real-time filming of an augmented reality display that reflects realistic perspective shifts. The display may be used for filming, or may be used as a “game” or informational screen in a physical location, or other applications. The system also enables the use of real-time special effects that are centered upon an actor or other human to be visualized on a display, with appropriate perspective shift for the location of the human relative to the display and the location of the camera relative to the display.
US11836845B2
A texture filtering unit includes a datapath block and a control block. The datapath block includes one or more parallel computation pipelines, each containing at least one hardware logic component configured to receive a plurality of inputs and generate an output value as part of a texture filtering operation. The control block includes a plurality of sequencers and an arbiter. Each sequencer executes a micro-program that defines a sequence of operations to be performed by the one or more pipelines in the datapath block as part of a texture filtering operation and the arbiter controls access, by the sequencers, to the one or more pipelines in the datapath based on predefined prioritization rules.
US11836840B2
Various examples of cross-application systems and methods for authoring, transferring, and evaluating rigging control systems for virtual characters are disclosed. A first application, which implements a first rigging control protocol, can provide an input associated with a request for a behavior from the rig for the virtual character. The input can be converted to be compatible with a second rigging control protocol that is different from the first rigging control protocol. One or more control systems can be evaluated based on the input to determine an output to provide the requested behavior from the virtual character rig. The one or more control systems can be defined according to the second rigging control protocol. The output can be converted to be compatible with the first rigging control protocol and provided to the first application to manipulate the virtual character according to the requested behavior.
US11836839B2
The present disclosure provides a method for generating an animation figure, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring an image including at least one target object; acquiring position information about key points of the target object in the image; determining target angle information about lines connecting the key points in accordance with the position information about the key points; and adjusting a predetermined animation figure in accordance with the target angle information. A pose of a target animation figure acquired through adjustment is identical to a pose of the target object in the image, and the target animation figure corresponds to the target object.
US11836833B2
A technique for displaying a “sense of length” in each case where users having different heights and/or body shapes wear clothing of various designs and/or sizes is presented. An image creation apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a clothing image data having size information of clothing that is superimposed on a human body image data having height information and body shape information of a human body; a modifying unit configured to modify the human body image data or the clothing image data based on a result of comparing height information or body shape information of a user with the height information or body shape information of the human body image data; and a creating unit configured to superimpose the clothing image data on the human body image data, on an object-by-object basis, based on a reference position dependent on type information of the clothing image data, and create a virtual fitting image data.
US11836832B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to adaptable drawing guides. In implementations, a guide mode is identified. Generally, a guide mode indicates a manner in which to use a drawing guide to confine strokes corresponding with input paths. Upon detecting an input path, a stroke is drawn in accordance with the guide mode. For example, when an edge mode is employed, the drawn stroke is confined to align with at least one edge of the drawing guide, when an inside mode is employed, the drawn stroke is confined inside of the set of edges of the drawing guide, and when the outside mode is employed, the drawn stroke is confined outside of the set of edges of the drawing guide.
US11836831B2
A method for training of a process for generating an image of an object from measurement data modified by scatter radiation. Individual sets of measured data are each made up of matrix elements. Each matrix element corresponds to an individual detector element that detects ionizing radiation. Signals measured by the individual detector elements in an energy bin are assigned as values for each matrix element. The individual sets of measured data and a template image are used as input for a procedure for determining a correction image for correcting a modification of the measured data by the scatter radiation. The preliminary image obtained using the individual sets of measured data is adjusted to the template. These steps are repeated until the deviation between the preliminary image and the template image is below a threshold. The procedure is used to generate the image of the object from the measurement data.
US11836829B2
In a display control method for displaying a first image and a second image each indicating a page constituting a document side by side on a virtual axis of a display face, the method includes adding, to the first image, an object extending outside an image face of the first image when a first operation is received from a user on the first image; and moving the second image in a predetermined direction when a second operation is received from the use on the second image.
US11836824B2
The present disclosure relates generally to signal encoding. Digital files representing artwork for printed objects, e.g., product packaging, labels and hangtags, can be encoded to carry information. One implementation obtains a color image representing CMY color channels, and alters the color image to include an encoded signal by altering values representing CIELAB a* and b*, all the while keeping L* on or within a predetermined tolerance of a contour representing a constant value. Other implementations are provided.
US11836823B2
A tactile sensor includes a transmitting unit including a first surface that is capable of coming into contact with a gripping target object and a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface, an imaging unit that is capable of imaging an image of an object present on a first surface side of the transmitting unit from a second surface side, and a reflecting unit arranged on the second surface side of the transmitting unit and configured to reflect light from at least a part of a region of the transmitting unit and guide the light into an imaging view angle of the imaging unit.
US11836813B2
Garments are produced from patterns with a size grid that provides custom-like fit for ready-to-wear garments. The patterns are generated from a size chart of groups, sub groups and sub sub groups of anchor measures and priority measures. The size grid for various garments (men, women, children) includes a large number of sizes, anywhere from a few dozen to over two hundred. Given measures of a customer, these measures are screened against the groups, sub groups and sub sub groups to determine a correct size.
US11836812B2
Establishing online social communications for enterprises whilst beneficial to them in terms of revenue, customer retention etc. require skills and time, both of which the enterprises personnel do not possess. The inventors have established an inventive turn-key software application that allows an enterprise to create invitation only private groups on mobile device platforms and monetize aspects of this online private group through direct payments to the club owner. An individual, a group, a society, a business or enterprise irrespective of whether they are active on other social networks can exploit the inventive turn-key software application augmenting their business with clear visibility of the return on investment. As such the inventive turn-key software application provides an effective “one-stop shop” for those looking to establish and build their brand on mobile technology.
US11836810B2
A clinical data processing system comprising a processor; a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing executable instructions providing a user interface module configured to receive participant data and store it as participant data in the memory; a schema management module configured to receive input via the user interface module, the schema management module comprising rules for determining withholding amounts for payments due to a participant in view of applicable schema data and participant data stored in the memory; and a participation aggregation module configured to receive input via the user interface module, the participation aggregation module comprising rules for determining whether to permit or defer payments due to the participant in view of aggregated payments due to a participant as reflected in participant data stored in the memory.
US11836809B2
An income analysis platform may receive information associated with employment-related activity of a user, wherein the employment-related activity is associated with an employment status of the user. The income analysis platform may analyze, using an employment analysis model, the information to determine the employment status of the user. The income analysis platform may determine, based on the information and using the employment analysis model, that there is a change in the employment status of the user. The income analysis platform may identify, based on the determined change in the employment status of the user, a service associated with a transaction account of the user. The income analysis platform may determine, based on the change in the employment status, that one or more terms of the service are to be adjusted. The income analysis platform may perform an action associated with adjusting the one or more terms of the service.
US11836808B2
A system and method of tracking sales tax. The present invention separates and logs each sales tax for each purchase, which eliminates the need for keeping physical receipts on a yearly basis and having to tally sales tax when preparing tax returns.
US11836800B1
A method for adjusting a hardware performance for high frequency trading is provided, which is performed by one or more processors, and includes receiving context information including at least one of a traffic of market data for one or more target items or a computational complexity of using a machine learning model performed based on the market data, determining whether or not to change a processing performance of the hardware based on the received context information, and changing a resource supplied to the hardware based on the determination result for changing the processing performance.
US11836799B2
A method for high frequency trading is provided, which is performed by one or more processors, and includes calculating a latency for a market order for each of a plurality of candidate batch sizes, selecting a batch size from among the plurality of candidate batch sizes based on the calculated latency, generating input data corresponding to the selected batch size using market data for a target item, using a machine learning model, generating prediction data for the target item at a future time point associated with the selected batch size, based on the generated input data, and generating order data for the target item based on the generated prediction data.
US11836796B1
The system and methods for securities claims identification, optimization and recovery are disclosed herein. The disclosed system can maximizes returns on assets that are the securities claims arising from alleged fraud in the purchase or sale of securities in a securities portfolio. In one embodiment, the disclosed system monitors portfolio using analytics tools to identify asynchronous activity or movements in portfolio securities, performs loss and damages valuation analysis, open arms-length communications with securities litigation plaintiffs' bar and/or litigation funders, publishes relevant information to investors, provides analysis and information for merit analysis, counsel selection and/or litigation monitoring and performs risk mitigation analysis to identify securities claims and optimize recovery of revenue associated with the securities claims.
US11836791B2
Various implementations directed to securitization of transportation units are provided. In one implementation, a method may include receiving origin location data and destination location data from a first user. The method may also include determining virtual hubs based on the origin location data and the destination location data. The method may further include determining virtual hub routes based on the virtual hubs. The method may additionally include receiving term specification data from the first user. The method may also include receiving attribute data for the virtual hub routes from the first user. The method may further include providing a transportation capacity exchange for transportation capacity units based on the virtual hub routes, the term specification data, and the attribute data. The method may additionally include transmitting a subset of the market depth data for the transportation capacity exchange to the first user.
US11836777B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying a relevant candidate product in an electronic marketplace. Embodiments perform a visual similarity comparison between candidate product image visual content and input query image visual content, process formal and informal natural language user inputs, and coordinate aggregated past user interactions with the marketplace stored in a knowledge graph. Visually similar items and their corresponding product categories, aspects, and aspect values can determine suggested candidate products without discernible delay during a multi-turn user dialog. The user can then refine the search for the most relevant items available for purchase by providing responses to machine-generated prompts that are based on the initial search results from visual, voice, and/or text inputs. An intelligent online personal assistant can thus guide a user to the most relevant candidate product more efficiently than existing search tools.
US11836773B2
A trophy and card printing kiosk apparatus for creating secure and customizable cards and trophies associated with digital games and other databases includes a kiosk body with a CPU coupled within the kiosk body. A touch screen, a display screen, a payment card reader, and a card printer are coupled to a body front side of the kiosk body and are in operational communication with the CPU. A data transceiver and a memory card are coupled within the kiosk body and are in operational communication with the CPU. The data transceiver sends and receives data with a data base and a smartphone app. A power source is coupled to the kiosk body and is in operational communication with the CPU.
US11836765B2
Systems and methods for providing improved recommendations are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may be used for vehicle recommendations. The system may include a server system configured to receive user historical vehicle preferences, user vehicle preferences, generate weighted feature data sets, and apply a similarity model to the generated weighted feature data set in order to determine a vehicle recommendation data set. A visual representation of the vehicle recommendation data set may then be provided to an interface associated with a user.
US11836755B2
A device may receive, from a client device of a customer, item data identifying a price of an item and customer data identifying the customer, where the item data may be received by a transaction card from a price tag of the item. The device may receive price data identifying prices associated with multiple items and other data identifying locations, availabilities, and terms of the multiple items, and may process the item data, the price data, and the other data, with a machine learning model, to identify an optimal price for the item. The device may provide, to the client device, data identifying the optimal price and data identifying a merchant associated with the optimal price, and may receive transaction data identifying the item, the optimal price, and the merchant when the customer purchases the item. The device may perform actions based on the transaction data.
US11836754B2
Methods and systems are provided for electronically managing coupons. The user no longer has to clip and organize coupons. The need for hand processing of coupons is substantially reduced. Rebates or payments for coupons can be substantially hastened and can be deposited directly into a user's bank, credit card, or payment provider account. Merchants and manufactures no longer have to be concerned with receiving bad (e.g., invalid, expired, or counterfeit) coupons. Thus, the electronic coupon management system benefits the users, merchants, and manufactures.
US11836751B2
A method for measuring relatedness between prediction tasks includes receiving data for a first prediction task. The method further includes measuring the relatedness of the first prediction task to at least one previous prediction task as a difference between divergence of conditional probabilities of the tasks. The method can be advantageously applied in artificial intelligence or continual learning systems.
US11836748B2
Embodiments described herein generate a first set of prompts, the first set of prompts configured to prompt a vehicle owner for a first set of answers used to learn preferred vehicle renter characteristics; receive the first set of answers; generate, based upon the first set of answers, a second set of prompts, the second set of prompts configured to prompt the owner for a second set of answers used to learn additional preferred vehicle renter characteristics; receive the second set of answers; predict user preference value(s) of a profile of the owner based upon the second set of answers, wherein the user preference value(s) define criteria for sharing a vehicle associated with the profile with vehicle renters who satisfy the criteria; apply the criteria to potential vehicle renters; and cause an indication of the vehicle to be displayed only to the potential vehicle renters who satisfy the criteria.
US11836745B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for providing content associated with an information item on a distribution item using a computing device. In one aspect a method includes identifying an image of an information item on a distribution item. The method further includes processing, in a processor the image, to generate a data item determined by the information item. The method further includes decoding the data item to determine a set of attributes of the distribution item. The method further includes retrieving content associated with the distribution item using at least one of the attributes in the set of attributes. The method further includes delivering content associated with the distribution item.
US11836743B2
Blockchain-based systems and methods are used to control access to property. One system includes a mobile device, a key fob, and a server. The mobile device generates an encrypted code and transmits it to the key fob. The key fob transmits the encrypted code to the property and the server updates a log of the key fob in a hyper ledger. The property includes a computing device that validates the encrypted code and grants a key fob user access to the property. Another system includes a server that validates an access key and a first station that transmits an access key to a second station via the server and a satellite. The second station transmits data to the first station via the server and the satellite. The server saves a transmission log in a hyper ledger and transmits the access key in response to a request by the first station.
US11836739B2
Systems and techniques are described for applying machine learning techniques to dynamically identify potentially anomalous activity of entities. In some implementations, peer group data is obtained. The peer group data indicates multiple entities classified as belonging to a particular peer group, and a set of attributes associated with the multiple entities. Transaction data for the multiple entities is obtained from one or more data sources. One or more transaction models are selected. The transaction models that are each trained to apply a particular set of evidence factors corresponding to the set of attributes associated with the multiple entities, and identify transaction patterns representing potentially anomalous activity. The transaction data is processed using the one or more transaction models to identify potentially anomalous activity within the transaction data for the multiple entities. A prioritization indicator is computed for each entity included in the multiple entities.
US11836731B2
The present disclosure provides techniques to selectively provide user interventions. A transaction is initiated for a user device, and data describing a user of the user device during the transaction is collected. A preferred level of intervention for the transaction is determined based on the collected data. Interventions are selectively provided to the user device during the transaction based on the preferred level of intervention.
US11836721B2
In some examples, an apparatus uses a blockchain to agree on a time in an information exchange network. A first node includes a processor communicatively coupled to a storage device including instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to verify a time estimate from each of one or more other node, to determine a time match of a time estimate of the first node with the time estimates from the one or more other node, and if the time match is determined, to commit to the blockchain a transaction that includes a time stamp.
US11836719B2
An authentication server computing device is provided. The authentication server computing device is configured to receive a transaction request from an audio interface device, generate a first audio file including a first audio transmission, wherein the first audio transmission includes a primary security artifact and at least one secondary security artifact and the primary security artifact is an encoding of a one-time password, store a reference data file including the first audio transmission, transmit the first audio file to a verified user computing device associated with the account identifier, receive a second audio file from the audio interface device, wherein the second audio file includes a second audio transmission, verify the second audio transmission by comparing the second audio transmission to the reference data file including the primary security artifact and the at least one secondary security artifact, and authorize the transaction based on verifying the second audio transmission.
US11836711B2
Systems and methods for space-based transactions are disclosed. A method for conducting a space-based transaction may include: (1) a first space-based device determining that it is incapable or will be incapable of providing the service; (2) the first space-based device identifying a second space-based device; (3) the first space-based device requesting capability information for the second space-based device; (4) the first space-based device that the second space-based device is capable of providing the service based on the capability information; and (5) the first space-based device executing a transaction with the second space-based device, wherein the first space-based device pays the second space-based device for the service by transferring payment from an electronic wallet for the first space-based device to an electronic wallet for the second space-based device on the distributed ledger network, and the second space-based device provides the service to the user.
US11836674B2
Examples of the disclosure provide for an automated inspection system. The system includes an inspection component implemented on at least one computing device with at least one sensor configured to capture data about a good; and a communication component communicatively coupled to the computing device and configured to receive information regarding regulations and quality control standards associated with the good, and transmit the information regarding the acceptability of a good to an inventory system.
US11836670B2
Systems and methods are directed to supply chain management. In particular, the tracking, tracing, authenticating, and reporting of supply chain events for products, is disclosed. Various embodiments can store, analyze, and track supply chain events and help to coordinate and maintain trading partner connections. Various embodiments also help to enhance patient safety, secure the supply chains for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other healthcare products, and help users to follow regulatory requirements.
US11836664B2
In a threat management platform, a number of endpoints log events in an event data recorder. A local agent filters this data and feeds a filtered data stream to a central threat management facility. The central threat management facility can locally or globally tune filtering by local agents based on the current data stream, and can query local event data recorders for additional information where necessary or helpful in threat detection or forensic analysis. The central threat management facility also stores and deploys a number of security tools such as a web-based user interface supported by machine learning models to identify potential threats requiring human intervention and other models to provide human-readable context for evaluating potential threats.
US11836662B2
According to one aspect, a computer-implemented method of discovering processes for robotic process automation (RPA) includes: recording a plurality of event streams, each event stream corresponding to a human user interacting with a computing device to perform one or more tasks; concatenating the event streams; segmenting some or all of the concatenated event streams to generate one or more individual traces performed by the user interacting with the computing device, each trace corresponding to a particular task; clustering the traces according to a task type; identifying, from among some or all of the clustered traces, one or more candidate processes for robotic automation; prioritizing the candidate processes; and selecting at least one of the prioritized candidate processes for robotic automation. Further aspects building upon the above include generating RPA models to perform tasks determined to be processes for RPA. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also described.
US11836661B2
Described are systems and methods to parameterize assets to improve predictions related to allocation of assets in a virtual synthesis, tracking allocated assets, or historical review of asset allocation and/or virtual synthesis. Techniques described in this paper facilitate measurement of effectiveness of a synthesis instance, such as a meeting, that includes assets by considering factors such as utilization cost, in both time and money, for historical review or prediction of workflow.
