US11845748B2
The present invention is directed to bicyclic pyridine N-oxide derivatives, stereoisomers, isotopologues, isotopomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and the use of said compounds in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of thromboembolic disorders, inflammatory disorders and diseases or conditions in which plasma kallikrein activity is implicated.
US11845746B1
Compounds for treating tuberculosis and, particularly, anti-tubercular compounds that are ethyl 2-substituted-1-(substitutedbenzoyl)-7-methylpyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoline-3-carboxylate derivatives and their use as anti-tubercular agents are provided.
US11845744B2
Described herein are small molecule splicing modulator compounds that modulate splicing of mRNA, such as pre-mRNA, encoded by genes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of use of the small molecule splicing modulator compounds for modulating splicing and treating diseases and conditions.
US11845739B2
The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutically acceptable salts, cocrystals, and crystalline forms thereof, of a compound which is N—((S)-1-(3-(4-chloro-3-(methylsulfonamido)-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1H-indazol-7-yl)-6-(3-methyl-3-(methylsulfonyl)but-1-yn-1-yOpyridin-2-yl)-2-(3,5-difluorophenyl)ethyl)-2- ((3bS,4aR)-5,5-difluoro-3-(trifluoromethyl)-3b,4,4a,5-tetrahydro-1H-cyclopropa[3,4]cyclopenta[1,2-c]pyrazol-1-yl)acetamide, which is useful in the treatment of a Retroviridae viral infection including an infection caused by the HIV virus.
US11845730B2
Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating diseases or disorders mediated by the TRPV1 receptor. The present invention also provides methods for treating ocular diseases or disorders by administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutical composition described herein.
US11845727B2
Disclosed are novel aldehyde and ketone psilocybin derivative compounds and pharmaceutical and recreational drug formulations containing the same. The compounds may be produced by reacting a reactant psilocybin derivative with an aldehyde or ketone group containing compound.
US11845726B2
Disclosed are novel C4-carbonothioate-substituted tryptamine derivative compounds and pharmaceutical and recreational drug formulations containing the same. The pharmaceutical formulations may be used to treat brain neurological disorders.
US11845725B2
This invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and methods of treatment using the compounds. The compounds of the invention can be used in combination with antibacterial agents to treat bacterial infections. More specifically, the compounds of formula (I) can be used in combination with a class of antibacterial agents known as carbapenems. The novel compounds of the present invention are enzyme inhibitors and more particularly are metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors.
US11845723B2
The present disclosure provides diacylglycerol kinase modulating compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, for treating cancer, including solid tumors, and viral infections, such as HIV or hepatitis B virus infection. The compounds can be used alone or in combination with other agents.
US11845716B2
Processes for removing carbon disulfide from product streams containing a sulfide compound are performed by contacting the product stream with an alkanolamine and converting the carbon disulfide to a higher boiling point product, thereby reducing or eliminating carbon disulfide from the product stream. Subsequent removal of the higher boiling point product via distillation can lead to a purified sulfide stream with high purity.
US11845711B2
A method for preparing an acrylonitrile dimer according to the present disclosure makes it is possible to efficiently recover an acrylonitrile dimerization catalyst while reducing the process load.
US11845706B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing vinyl chloride by catalytic thermal cracking of 1,2-dichloroethane, in which method the heat required for the thermal cracking is supplied via a liquid or condensing heat transfer medium, wherein, the heat transfer medium is heated at least in part by means of waste heat from a plant for combusting liquid and/or gaseous residues of a chemical plant. The invention also relates to a plant for preparing vinyl chloride by catalytic thermal cracking of 1,2-dichloroethane. The heat required for thermal cracking can be obtained from cheaply available waste heat. For example, it is possible to temporarily heat the heat transfer medium exclusively by means of the second heating device operated by waste heat, wherein said waste heat can, for example, be waste heat from a plant for preparing vinyl chloride.
US11845704B2
The present invention pertains generally toward an easier and more efficient way to burn Palo Santo wood for aromatherapy, and more particularly toward a self-lighting match stick made of Palo Santo wood. In the present invention, the wood of Palo Santo is turned into match stick by covering the small sticks of Palo Santo with paraffin wax and match head solution. The present invention enables easy ignition of the Palo Santo wood by the user for aromatherapy and makes the process hassle free.
US11845701B2
The disclosure describes articles having coating systems configured to inhibit or prevent crystallization of TGO at the operating temperature of the article. An article includes a substrate defining a surface; a bond coat on the surface of the substrate; a coating layer that includes a boron dopant configured to inhibit crystallization of amorphous silicon dioxide thermally grown oxide on the bond coat at an operating temperature of the article. By inhibiting or preventing TGO crystallization, the described coating systems may increase a useable life of the component.
US11845681B2
A completely biological method for removing a first group of micropollutants of pharmaceutical origin and a second group of micropollutants of pharmaceutical origin from raw wastewater includes: providing a first buffer tank upstream of a bioreactor; providing a moving bed membrane bioreactor (MB-MBR) for developing biomass growth both on a fixed support and in suspension in a form of flocs, and on mobile supports, the bioreactor obtaining an effluent with a COD concentration of organic matter of less than 50 mg l−1 and a total nitrogen concentration of less than 15 mg l−1; providing a biofiltration tank, separate from the first buffer tank of the bioreactor, that includes one or more biologically activated carbon (BAC) columns containing activated carbon; supplying the first buffer tank upstream of the bioreactor with raw wastewater containing micropollutants of pharmaceutical origin; pretreating the wastewater by passing the wastewater through a fine mesh sieve.
US11845678B2
A system generating power is disclosed. The system generates power from brine discharged into a body of water, such as a sea or ocean. The system comprises a brine source and a pipe. The brine source located at a first elevation transfers brine into the pipe. Brine travels through the pipe and is discharged into the body of water through a discharge outlet located at a second elevation. The first elevation is a higher elevation than the second elevation. Power is generated due the gravitational hydrostatic pressure difference between the brine and the water at the discharge outlet due to the density difference between brine and water, and the elevation difference between the first elevation and the second elevation. In some embodiments, power may be extracted by a turbine, or pressure exchanger, or generator. In some embodiments, the brine source may comprise brine produced by a desalination system.
US11845673B2
A novel material and a transistor using a novel material are provided. A composite oxide includes at least two regions, one of which includes In, Zn and an element M1 (the element M1 is one or more of Al, Ga, Si, B, Y, Ti, Fe, Ni, Ge, Zr, Mo, La, Ce, Nd, Hf, Ta, W, Mg, V, Be, and Cu), and the other of which includes In, Zn, and an element M2 (the element M2 is one or more of Al, Ga, Si, B, Y, Ti, Fe, Ni, Ge, Zr, Mo, La, Ce, Nd, Hf, Ta, W, Mg, V, Be, and Cu). The proportion of the element M1 to In, Zn, and the element M1 in the region including the element M1 is less than that of the element M2 to In, Zn, and the element M2 in the region including the element M2. In an analysis of the composite oxide by X-ray diffraction, the diffraction pattern result in the X-ray diffraction is asymmetric with the angle at which the peak intensity of X-ray diffraction is detected as the symmetry axis.
US11845668B2
The present invention relates to recovery of lithium from liquid resources to produce lithium solutions while limiting impurity precipitation in the lithium solutions.
US11845658B2
A polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprising 99.5% by volume or more of cubic boron nitride, wherein the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride has a heat conductivity of 300 W/mK or more, the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride has a carbon content of 100 ppm or more and 1000 ppm or less in terms of mass, the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprises a plurality of crystal grains, and the plurality of crystal grains have a median diameter d50 of an equivalent circle diameter of 0.9 μm or more and 10 μm or less.
US11845657B2
A process for producing sulfuric acid and cement clinker may use calcium sulfate that is formed as a solid by-product and separated off in phosphoric acid production in a reaction of raw phosphate with sulfuric acid to form phosphoric acid. The process comprises treating calcium sulfate separated from the phosphoric acid with an acid to obtain a suspension comprising purified calcium sulfate, separating the purified calcium sulfate in solid form from the liquid phase of the suspension, mixing the purified calcium sulfate with admixtures and reducing agents to obtain a raw meal mixture for cement clinker production, burning the raw meal mixture to obtain the cement clinker, with formation of sulfur dioxide as offgas, and subjecting the sulfur dioxide formed to offgas purification and feeding the sulfur dioxide as raw material to sulfuric acid production to produce the sulfuric acid. The sulfuric acid produced may be used as starting material in phosphoric acid production.
US11845651B2
A spool (100) of a linear string (110, 210, 310, 410) of pocketed springs is disclosed. The linear string of pocketed springs comprises springs (212, 312, 412) each provided in a textile pocket (214, 314, 414). The springs (212, 312, 412) comprise helically coiled steel wire springs. The textile pockets (214, 314, 414) are assembled to each other in linear direction. The linear string (110, 210, 310, 410) has a width of one textile pocket (214, 314, 414). The string (110, 210, 310, 410) of pocketed springs is present in the spool (100) spirally wound and in a compressed state such that the pocketed springs (212, 312, 412) can expand upon unwinding the string (110, 210, 310, 410) of pocketed springs from the spool (100).
US11845649B2
A system and method for forming a foundation truss for a box spring or mattress foundation frame includes a first truss rail assembly station having a series of block feeders, a top rail hopper and a filler strip hopper that received stacks of truss components such as blocks, top rails and filler strips and feed such truss components into stacked registration. The stacked truss components are moved into engagement with a series of staplers that secure the filler strips, top rails and blocks together to form first truss rail portions, which are then fed to a second truss rail assembly station where a bottom rail is automatically applied thereto.
US11845646B2
Faucet assembly for a beverage server having a displaceable cup trip lever dispensing lever assembly
The apparatuses and methods disclosed herein, along with contemplated variants thereof, provide several advantages over known systems for actuating the faucet of a beverage server. In conventional designs, a faucet of a beverage server is provided in the lower portion of a reservoir, such that a beverage from the reservoir is distributed to the spigot through a gravity-driven process. In operation, many of these servers are utilized as service industry coffee servers for restaurants and banquet halls. Employees who are handling the brewing equipment will often place servers used with the brewing equipment directly in a sink for cleaning or filling, such that the base of that sink acts as a horizontal surface. Absent the ability of the lever assembly to fold into an up position, this operation would result in putting unnecessary force on the lever assembly. Accordingly, a multi-position, hands-free actuation system is disclosed herein.
US11845643B2
Among other things, beverages are dispensed from one or more beverage dispensers based on selections made by users. Information about the dispensing of the beverages is sent to a central server where it is used to manage a variety of functions including replacement of depleted supplies of components. Various features of the beverage dispensers enable the beverages that are dispensed to be uniform and appealing to users.
US11845642B2
In a method for operating a system, and a system, the system includes a mobile part drivable on a driving surface, and a load carrier. The mobile part includes a radar sensor connected to a control of the mobile part. The frequency spectrum of an intermediate frequency signal is determined, and, using pattern recognition, the frequency spectrum is compared with stored pattern samples, and the result of the comparison is conveyed to the control. The control actuates actuators such as a drive and/or steering unit of the mobile part as a function of the result of the comparison.
US11845638B2
A method for installing an elevator system in an elevator shaft of a building in its construction phase uses a machine platform displaceable in the shaft along car guide rails and having a drive machine for moving a suspended elevator car to adapt a usable lifting height of the elevator car to an increasing height of the building by lifting the machine platform to a higher level. The method includes lowering a pre-assembled elevator unit into the shaft by a lifting device, using guide devices that are either mounted on the elevator unit and cooperate with stationarily fixed alignment elements in the shaft, or are fixed in the shaft and cooperate with alignment elements on the elevator unit, to align the unit in a position suitable for fitting guide shoes on the elevator unit and the car guide rails into one another.
US11845636B2
A stair lift includes a movable user carrier, an authentication device comprising a signal receiver and at least two signal emitters, wherein each emitter is assigned to a different user of the stairlift, operation adjustment means, for generating a behavioral profile of the stair lift, and a control unit for controlling the stairlift. A method of operating a stair lift includes authenticating one of at least two signal emitters assigned to a first user, and adjusting the behavioral profile of the stair lift according to a stored operation profile associated with the authenticated signal emitter.
US11845630B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first feeding portion including a first cassette and a first feed roller; and a second feeding portion including a second cassette and a second feed roller and disposed below the first feeding portion. The sheet fed by the second feed roller is conveyed toward an image forming portion through an intermediate path provided in the first cassette. The image forming apparatus further includes a controller to operate a display unit to display information that inhibits drawing of the first cassette, in a case where a first detection portion detects that the first cassette is empty and where the second feeding portion is performing a sheet feeding operation, with the first cassette being drawable from the apparatus body whether the second feeding portion is performing a sheet operation or not.
US11845620B2
The problem of potentially damaging a pallet layer that is gripped by clamps of a depalletizing tool is solved i) by detecting the real position of the layer using a pad on the tool that is movable with the clamps towards the pallet layer and whose detected stopping position determines the real position of the layer, and ii) while the layer is gripped by the clamp, by inserting under the layer curtains; the pressure on the layer by the clamps being adapted to the ease to go underneath the layer.
US11845616B1
A device for manipulating items for facility operations is described. The device includes a first arm assembly that includes a first arm, a second arm parallel to the first arm, a first shaft disposed between the first arm and the second arm at a first location along the first arm and the second arm, and a first head attachment disposed between the first arm and the second arm at a second location along the first arm and the second arm. The device also includes a first driver coupled to the first shaft and configured to control movement of the first arm assembly about a first axis extending along a length of the first shaft. The device further includes a second driver coupled to first head attachment and configured to control movement of the first head attachment about a second axis extending along a length of the first head attachment.
US11845608B2
A suspended transport vehicle travels along a track supported by a ceiling and transfers an article to a shelf of a rack installed on a floor, the suspended transport vehicle has a driving part, a first traveling part and a second traveling part, a ceiling-side member that is suspended downwards from the first traveling part and the second traveling part and has a transferring part that transfers the article to the shelf of the rack, a floor-side member that is provided so as to be capable of relative movement with respect to the ceiling-side member and has travel rollers being contacting parts in contact with a first guide part installed on the floor, and a distance sensor that detects a relative distance between the ceiling-side member and the floor-side member.
US11845599B2
A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers, such as soft drink and other beverage containers, is formed from a polymer composition which provides the carrier with improved recovery, tensile strength and tear resistance. The polymer composition includes about 40-60% by weight of a low density ethylene polymer having a density of about 0.910-0.950 grams/cm3 and about 40-60% by weight of a post-consumer recycled product blend of low density polyethylene polymer and linear low density polyethylene polymer.
US11845598B2
There is illustrated and described a bundle (14) comprising packaging sleeves (10) and an outer packaging (15), comprising: a plurality of packaging sleeves (10) of a composite material, and an outer packaging (15) which surrounds the packaging sleeves (10), wherein each packaging sleeve (10) has a front side (12) and a rear side (13), wherein the front side (12) and the rear side (13) of each packaging sleeve (10) are separated from each other by means of folding edges (F), along which the packaging sleeve (10) is folded flat, wherein each packaging sleeve (10) has two openings which are arranged on opposite sides of the packaging sleeve (10), and wherein each packaging sleeve (10) has a longitudinal seam (11) which connects two edges of the composite material to form a circumferential packaging sleeve (10). In order to enable a space-saving, cost-effective and reliable transport of packaging sleeves (10), it is proposed that the outer packaging (15) be produced from a plastics material film (17).
US11845594B1
The invention relates to a packaging system including box and wrapping papers of conventional type having a square folded bottom and side folds providing a box shaped assembly where the proposed assembly can be used for packaging of various types of items. The assembly is easy to use and can be used for packaging of consumer goods, gifts, surprise or mystery items, in promotional schemes or brand activation and marketing activities.
US11845590B2
A preload mechanism for an actuator is disclosed that includes a rotating element configured to rotate about a pivot. The rotating element has a first contact point that is configured to couple to the actuator such that contraction of the actuator displaces the first contact point such that the rotating element rotates from a first position to a second position. The preload mechanism also includes a bias element with a first end that is coupled to a second contact point of the rotating element and a second end configured to be pinned relative to the pivot. The bias element has a line of action extending from the second end through the first end. The line of action has an offset distance that is the minimum distance between the line of action and the pivot. The offset distance has a first value when the rotating element is in the first position and a second value when the rotating element is the second position, the second value being smaller than the first value.
US11845586B2
One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a condition detection see-through storage box that stores objects, the condition detection see-through storage box including a storage box body configured to store the objects, a sensor configured to detect a specific condition inside the storage box, a door that is installed on the storage box body and has a transmission window, a light emitting module configured to increase an amount of emitted light according to a signal from the sensor, which has detected the specific condition inside the storage box, to increase an amount of light that is reflected from inside the storage box and heads toward the transmission window, and an optical film provided on the transmission window, thereby informing a user of the specific condition inside the storage box body, wherein the optical film has a light transmittance that prevents the storage box from being see-through from the outside before the sensor detects the specific condition and allows the storage box to be see-through from the outside due to light that is reflected from inside the storage box and transmitted through the transmission window and the optical film due to the light emitting module increasing the amount of emitted light according to the signal from the sensor that has detected the specific condition.
US11845584B2
A pallet reassembly system includes at least one block installation mechanism configured to install a block within a partially assembled pallet, at least one board installation mechanism configured to install a board within the partially assembled pallet, and at least one transport assembly for transporting the partially assembled pallet to each of the at least one block installation mechanisms and each of the at least one board installation mechanisms. The transport assemblies are arranged into a loop including at least two perpendicular arranged legs.
US11845574B2
A landing apparatus for a reusable launch vehicle is provided, including a landing leg pivotably mounted at one end to the reusable launch vehicle, for example, to a propellant tank part, and mounted at the other end to the propellant tank part by a detaching means such as a pyro bolt for example, a cover mounted to an outside of the landing leg along a longitudinal direction of the landing leg, and a leg landing plate mounted to a distal end of the landing leg and relatively pivotable with respect to the landing leg by its own weight when the other end of the landing leg is separated from the propellant tank part.
US11845573B2
Provided is a configuration construction and attitude control method for a pyramid deorbit sail. By taking into consideration environmental perturbation like atmospheric resistance perturbation and non-spherical earth perturbation, a dynamics model featuring three-dimensional orbit-and-attitude coupling based on position vectors and quaternion descriptions, the deorbit sail is taken as a rigid body, a spacecraft body is taken as a mass point, airflow obstruction is considered in the windward area, thereby improving the precision of the dynamics model; based on this model, the law of influence of the configuration parameters in the deorbit sail, such as a cone angle and a strut length, on the attitude stability and deorbiting efficiency of the spacecraft in different cases is analyzed, the configuration parameters of the pyramid deorbit sail system are analyzed and optimized according to the derived law, so as to obtain a pyramid deorbit sail achieving high attitude stability and high deorbiting efficiency.
US11845557B2
A springless lower closeout system for a passenger seat includes left-side and right-side seat spreaders defining a lower aft portion of the passenger seat between them. Each seat spreader includes a restrictive channel extending along the left and right sides of the seat spreader, oriented toward the lower aft portion of the passenger seat. A dress cover extends in a taut state between the left-side and right-side seat spreaders. The dress cover includes cord elements on its left and right edges, the cord elements insertable into the left-side restrictive channels to directly connect the dress cover to the seat spreaders, closing out the lower aft portion of the passenger seat. A zipper or fastener connecting the dress cover and either edge may be partially unfastened to adjust the tension of the dress cover and facilitate attachment or removal of the cord elements to or from the restrictive channels.
US11845554B2
A payload release assembly is disclosed. The payload release assembly includes a body defining a plurality of fingers each defining an opening. A plurality of payload retention pockets are defined between adjacent fingers of the plurality of fingers. A release pin is dimensioned to be received within the openings defined by the plurality of fingers. A motor is adapted to drive the release pin into engagement and out of engagement with the openings defined by the plurality of fingers, such that payloads secured within the payload retention pockets are released from the payload release assembly when the motor drives the release pin out of engagement with a respective opening defined by the plurality of fingers.
US11845552B2
A dispenser for storing and launching countermeasures, where the dispenser is adapted for storing the countermeasures in a magazine, where the dispenser is provided with at least one launch opening and where the dispenser is adapted to be mounted on an aircraft, where the dispenser includes a body, a bracket and a magazine housing, where the bracket is rotatable with respect to the body and where magazine housing is rotatable with respect to the bracket, where the magazine housing includes a storage space adapted to hold the magazine, and where the launch opening is arranged in the magazine housing. The invention also includes a method for rotating the magazine and launching a countermeasure. The advantage of the invention is that a countermeasure can be directed in a desired angle before it is launched.
US11845549B2
An aircraft wing including a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover, a forward spar and a rear spar. A leading edge of a trailing edge panel is attached to the wingbox. A support structure is attached to the wingbox and a connector is movably mounted to the trailing edge panel on a bearing. A first end of a link is attached to the connector, and a second end of the link is attached to the support structure. During assembly, the connector is moved on the bearing from a first position to a second position where the connector is aligned with the first end of the link, then the connector at the second position is attached to the first end of the link. The connector may be moved by a rack-and-pinion mechanism.
US11845547B1
Unmanned vehicles can be terrestrial, aerial, nautical, or multi-mode. Unmanned vehicles may be used to survey a property in response to or in anticipation of a security threat or damage to the property. For example, an unmanned vehicle may analyze information about the property and based on the information provide graphics and information associated with the surveying of the property.
US11845545B2
A self-propelled payload (SPP) for an aircraft, such as an unmanned aircraft. The SPP includes an independent propulsion unit which is configured to counter the effect of payloads of the aircraft. This improves operational effectiveness of the aircraft.
US11845542B2
An aircraft wing having a fixed wing and a wing tip device rotatable about a hinge at the tip of the fixed wing is disclosed. The wing further includes an actuation assembly for rotating the wing tip device about the hinge. The upper cover of the wing tip device includes an offset region extending inboard of the hinge axis, such that when the wing tip device is rotated to the ground configuration, the offset region extends into a space previously-occupied by the actuation assembly, but is outside the space occupied by the actuation assembly in the ground configuration.
US11845537B2
Systems and methods for controlling a fixed-wing aircraft during flight are disclosed. The aircraft comprises first and second flight control surfaces of different types. The method comprises determining that a pilot command of the first flight control surface will excite a structural flexible mode of the aircraft and then executing the pilot command of the first flight control surface in conjunction with a command of the second flight control surface to mitigate the effect of the excitation of the structural flexible mode of the aircraft.
US11845535B2
A propeller apparatus of an air mobility may include blades configured for being folded or unfolded in a response to flight situation of the air mobility, so that energy efficiency of the air mobility is improved and flight distance is increased by efficient use of the plurality of blades in each flight situation. Furthermore, as a pitching motion of the plurality of blades is performed in addition to a folding or unfolding motion of the plurality of blades, flight performance is improved.
US11845526B2
A raw water isolator for watercraft for providing treated fluid to loop of air conditioning units, freezers, ice makers, gyro stabilizers and the like systems. The raw water isolator provides a closed loop of treated fluid to prevent such systems from exposure to raw water known to contain biological material capable of fouling the units, and associated corrosion when salt water is used for the cooling mechanism. The apparatus employs a storage and expansion tank for holding a volume of fluid that is circulated through the marine units. A heat exchanger selected for ease of cleaning provides heat transfer between the cooling fluid and raw water.
US11845524B2
A system for controlling one or more propulsion devices of a marine vessel. The system includes circuitry configured to: receive a steering angle command for a propulsion device of the marine vessel; receive a trim position of the propulsion device; and generate a steering actuator position command for the propulsion device based on the steering angle command and the trim position of the propulsion device.
US11845523B2
A method for controlling a propulsion operation of a propulsion unit to reach a desired speed of a marine vessel. The method comprises obtaining a target speed configuration indicating the desired speed of the marine vessel, obtaining a current speed value associated with a current speed of the marine vessel, obtaining a fill level value associated with a fill level of one or more ballast tanks of the marine vessel, and controlling the propulsion operation of the propulsion unit to reach the desired speed based on the target speed configuration, the current speed value, and on the fill level value.
US11845522B2
A robotic fish comprises one or more torque reaction engines and a fish body, wherein the torque reaction engine cyclically oscillates and causes a wave to propagate across the fish body, including through a flexible wing, accelerating thrust fluid and propelling the robotic fish.
US11845520B2
The invention relates to a management module for a sailing boat, said sailing boat comprising a wind angle sensor configured to measure the wind angle value of the boat indicating the angle between the wind direction and the sailing direction of the sailing boat, said wind angle value being comprised between −180° and +180°, and an autopilot module configured to receive control commands and to control the trajectory of said sailing boat using said control commands, said management module being configured to receive the wind angle value from said wind angle sensor, generate a control command to control the wind angle of the boat between a first angle threshold and a second angle threshold wherein said first angle threshold and said second angle threshold are greater than or equal to 0° and smaller than or equal to +180° when the wind angle value is between 0° and +180° and greater than or equal to −180° and smaller than or equal to 0° when the wind angle value is between −180° and 0°, and send said generated control command to the autopilot module in order for said autopilot module to control the trajectory of the sailing boat using said control command.
US11845515B2
The invention relates to an electromechanical derailleur for mounting on a rear wheel axis. The derailleur has a stationary element, a pivoting mechanism, a movable element having a chain guide arrangement, and a gearing housing. The gearing housing receives an electromechanical drive for driving the pivoting mechanism. The stationary element defines a housing void in which the gearing housing is disposed, and has a fastener for a power source. The power source is fastened to the stationary element such that said power source is electrically connected to the electromechanical drive in the gearing housing.
US11845509B2
A bicycle has a frame with a rear suspension defining a suspension travel. The rear suspension includes a wheel link, a separate brake link, and a shock linkage. The wheel link is connected to the frame. The wheel link and the brake link are connected to each other via a floating pivot concentric with the rear wheel axis. The wheel link having an idler with a pivot axis below a projection line extending from the floating pivot to the main fixed pivot axis. The main fixed pivot axis is higher than the floating pivot when the rear suspension is at rest. The shock linkage is mounted to the frame via a fixed shock linkage pivot and interconnects the brake link and a shock absorber fixed on the frame.
US11845504B2
An invented all electric powered multi-modular vehicle system consists of a driving module and different types of non-driving vehicle modules, such as enhanced capacity module for more passengers, sports utility module, a truck-bed module, a recreational vehicle module, four-wheel-drive module and cargo truck module etc. When given a command the vehicle modules shall be automatically configured into one vehicle or detached back to individual vehicle modules as commanded. The entire coupling and configuration and decoupling and deconfiguration may be operated with a wireless user device. The modular vehicle system offers users with different options over capacities and functions, as well as cost-saving and more efficient vehicle utilization rate. Vehicle owners may buy a particular set of modules while rent or lease or exchange other non-driving modules via vehicle rental service or a media network connecting owners of the modular vehicles when needed.
US11845503B2
A motor vehicle has a steering axle, a drive axle and a lift axle having an actuator for lifting and lowering the same. The wheels of the drive axle can be electrically driven, at least in a supporting manner, via an electric machine operable as an electric motor and as a generator, and the wheels can be driven in a generating manner in a recuperation operation. The electric machine is connected to an accumulator and to a control and/or regulation device to control the operation of the lift axle. The device is connected to sensors for wheel slip detection at the drive axle. The device is configured such that, during a recuperation operation, it can send a command to the actuator to lift the lift axle and thereby unload the wheels thereof, if there is wheel slip at least at one wheel of the drive axle.
US11845502B2
A universal removable lateral track extension system includes an extension track assembly removably couplable outboard of an original lateral track at a selected displacement width, the assembly further including a track frame plate, first and second receiver hitches, a drive coupler removably couplable to the corresponding drive sprocket of the tracked equipment, the drive coupler including a drive bearing assembly and connected drive sprocket in line with the extension track track rollers, a drive sprocket coupler and extension axle removably couplable from the drive sprocket connector to the drive bearing assembly, and a continuous track extending around the extension track track rollers and drive coupler.
US11845500B2
A steering system includes a control unit. The control unit includes a manual steering angle command value setting unit, a first weighting unit, a reaction combined angle command value calculating unit, a turning combined angle command value calculating unit, a reaction force control unit configured to cause a rotation angle of a reaction motor to conform to a reaction combined angle command value, and a turning angle control unit configured to cause a rotation angle of a turning motor to conform to a turning combined angle command value.
US11845492B2
A vehicle body structure for safely protecting a high-voltage, the vehicle body structure including: a battery mounted on bottom portions of a center floor and a rear floor; and a protective structure having a bottom portion on which a peripheral portion of the battery is mounted and including panels fitted to each other into a shape covering a peripheral portion of the center floor.
US11845482B2
An obstacle detection device installed in a train includes: a sensor that monitors surroundings of the train and generates a range image that is a result of monitoring; a storage unit that stores map information including position information of structures installed along a railroad track on which the train travels; a correction unit that corrects, using the range image acquired from the sensor and the map information stored in the storage unit, first train position information that is information acquired from a train control device and indicates a position of the train, and outputs second train position information that is a result of correction; and a monitoring condition determination unit that determines a monitoring range of the sensor using the second train position information and the map information.
US11845479B2
A drainage device, in particular for a shaft window, contains a vertically movable valve part which has a valve head and an immovable valve part valve which has a drain which can be dosed by the valve head in a closed position. The vertically movable valve part is arranged on a counterweight.
US11845473B2
A system includes an acquisition unit that acquires an operation amount or a duration count, and a switching unit that switches a driving state. The switching unit switches the driving state to the cooperative driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than an intervention threshold and less than a start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold during the autonomous driving state, switches the driving state to the autonomous driving state when the operation amount is less than the intervention threshold or the duration count is less than the first threshold during the cooperative driving state, and switches the driving state to the manual driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than the start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than the second threshold.
US11845472B2
A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode can obtain sensor data from one or more sensors observing one or more aspects of an environment of the vehicle. At least one aspect of the environment of the vehicle that is not observed by the one or more sensors could be inferred based on the sensor data. The vehicle could be controlled in the autonomous mode based on the at least one inferred aspect of the environment of the vehicle.
US11845469B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode. For instance, a current state of a traffic light may be determined. One of a plurality of yellow light durations may be selected based on the current state of the traffic light. When the traffic light will turn red may be predicted based on the selected one. The prediction may be used to control the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode.
US11845458B2
A vehicle drive force control method according to the present invention includes calculating an estimated friction circle on the basis of longitudinal and lateral accelerations of a vehicle, limiting a drive force of the vehicle depending on a size of the estimated friction circle, and limiting a change rate of the size of the estimated friction circle during vehicle traveling on the basis of a tire generation force. The method further the change rate as the tire generation force increases.
US11845454B2
Embodiments for operational envelope detection (OED) with situational assessment are disclosed. Embodiments herein relate to an operational envelope detector that is configured to receive, as inputs, information related to sensors of the system and information related to operational design domain (ODD) requirements. The OED then compares the information related to sensors of the system to the information related to the ODD requirements, and identifies whether the system is operating within its ODD or whether a remedial action is appropriate to adjust the ODD requirements based on the current sensor information. Other embodiments are described and/or claimed.
US11845447B2
An approach is provided for detecting an on-boarding or off-boarding event based on mobile device sensor data. The approach, for example, involves retrieving sensor data collected from at least one sensor of a mobile device that is fixed in a stationary position relative to a vehicle. The approach also involves processing the sensor data to determine roll angle data for the vehicle over a time window. The approach further involves processing the roll angle data to determine one or more transitions of a roll angle value of the vehicle between one or more value levels. The approach further involves determining an on-boarding event, an off-boarding event, or a combination thereof based on the one or more transitions. The approach further involves providing the on-boarding event, the off-boarding event, or a combination thereof as an output.
US11845428B2
An apparatus includes at least one camera configured to capture at least one image of a traffic lane, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to detect motion characteristics, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to obtain a vehicle motion trajectory using the IMU and based on one or more vehicle path prediction parameters, obtain a vehicle vision trajectory based on the at least one image, wherein the vehicle vision trajectory includes at least one lane boundary, determine distances between one or more points on the vehicle and one or more intersection points of the at least one lane boundary based on the obtained vehicle motion trajectory, determine at least one time to line crossing (TTLC) based on the determined distances and a speed of the vehicle, and activate a lane departure warning indicator based on the determined at least one TTLC.
US11845427B2
A stability control method of a vehicle includes: determining possibility of broadside collision; as a result of the determining, when the possibility of broadside collision is present, applying a standby hydraulic pressure to a hydraulic brake device; when broadside collision is detected, performing evasion steering using the hydraulic brake device in consideration of a direction of the broadside collision; and performing stability control after the evasion steering is performed.
US11845418B2
A method of controlling an engine and a transmission of a vehicle, which is a hybrid vehicle, includes the following steps that are carried out by a controller: determining whether the vehicle is under NCC (Neutral Coasting Control), determining whether an engine RPM reaches an engine RPM control point if it is determined that the NCC is in effect, determining an RPM and a gear stage of a vehicle transmission if it is determined that the engine RPM has reached the engine RPM control point, determining an engine target RPM of the vehicle, determining whether the engine RPM has reached a mild hybrid starter & generator (MHSG) control point, and controlling the MHSG according to a condition if it is determined that the engine RPM has reached the MHSG control point.
US11845411B2
An active brake locking system has one or more valves in communication with an existing hydraulic vehicle system; one or more actuators controlling operation of the one or more valves; and a power source electrically connected to one or more processors and a media storage device, wherein the one or more actuators control a flow of fluids within the existing vehicle system.
US11845409B2
A method for inflating a tyre mounted on a corresponding wheel rim comprises the following steps in sequence; placing a tool at an operating position, where a first bead of the tyre is interposed between the tool and a second bead of the tyre, and one end of tool is positioned axially between a first flange of the rim and a first rib of the rim and positioned radially between an outside surface of the rim and a tread of the tyre; blowing a gas under pressure through an inflation valve of the tyre into a chamber delimited by the tyre and by the rim, with the tool at the operating position, so that the first sidewall of the tyre is pressed against the end of the tool; removing the tool from the operating position.
US11845404B2
The invention relates to an adapter intended to connect a wiper blade (7) to a drive arm (5) of a wiper system (800) for a vehicle, the adapter (IO0) comprising a head (I) and a body (2), the adapter (IO0) being formed by an upper wall (IO, 20) and two lateral flanks (I la, I lb, 2la, 2lb), the adapter (IO0) comprising a centring means (3) for centring in a vertical direction (Oz) perpendicular to the upper wall (IO, 20), characterised in that the centring means (3) is extended longitudinally by a guide member (9) configured to be engaged with the drive arm (5), the adapter (IO0) comprising a tab (4) configured to wedge the adapter (IO0) in the vertical direction (Oz). The invention is applicable to motor vehicles.
US11845389B2
A vehicle bumper structure to be applied to a vehicle includes an impact absorber to be disposed on a front end side or a rear end side of the vehicle so as to extends in a vehicle width direction. The impact absorber includes small reaction section and a large reaction section. The small reaction section is to be disposed on an outer end side in the vehicle width direction. The small reaction section is configured to generate a predetermined reaction against a colliding object. The large reaction section is to be disposed on an inner side of the small reaction section in the vehicle width direction. The large reaction section is adjacent to the small reaction section. The large reaction section is configured to generate a larger reaction against the colliding object than the predetermined reaction.
US11845381B2
Camera control systems and methods for providing a dynamic view of the environment outside of a vehicle are presented. One or more cameras are configured to capture at least one view of the environment outside of the vehicle. Control circuitry detects at least one of the speed of the vehicle and the pitch angle of the vehicle (e.g., by using a speedometer and inclinometer). The control circuitry selects a view angle based on the at least one of the speed of the vehicle and the pitch angle of the vehicle. The control circuitry then displays, based on an output of the at least one camera, a view of the environment outside of the vehicle from the selected view angle on a display of the vehicle.
US11845378B2
A method for producing an optical component for an illuminating device of a motor vehicle, the optical component having at least one structured surface, comprising the following method steps: generating a first virtual representation of the surface that is to be structured of the component, applying a grid of points to the virtual representation of the surface that is to be structured of the component, shifting all or a plurality of the points in a randomized manner in the positive or negative direction in parallel with the respective normals to the surface in order to structure the surface, creating a second virtual representation of the surface that reproduces the structuring achieved by the shifting of the points, and producing the component on the basis of the second virtual representation of the surface.
US11845376B2
Provided is a radar and light emission assembly for emitting light and radar radiation and for detecting at least reflected radar radiation including: a headlight including a light-transparent headlight cover, and a light source, and a light reflector; a radar module, which is arranged behind the headlight cover, integrated in the headlight and including a radar antenna unit. The radar and light emission assembly has at least one radar radiation-forming mechanism, in particular a frequency-selective radar radiation-forming mechanism, including a radar radiation-forming mechanism, which is integrated in the headlight cover. The application of the radar technology, integrated in the headlight, can be further optimized hereby. The invention further relates to a method and a use for a radar and light emission assembly of this type.
US11845375B1
A wheel grid includes a crossbar configured to be coupled to a boom of a tow vehicle and including a distal tip. The wheel grid further includes an L-arm rotatably coupled to the crossbar at a proximal end of the L-arm and configured to rotate from an engaged position to a stowed position. As the L-arm rotates from the engaged position to the stowed position, a distal portion of the L-arm intersects with a vertical line passing through the respective left or right distal tip of the crossbar. In the stowed position, the distal portion of the L-arm is positioned laterally inward relative to the distal tip of the crossbar.
US11845370B2
The invention relates to a vehicle seat, the vehicle seat having a seat part frame and a seat depth adjustment with a seat depth adjustment element, the seat depth adjustment element being displaceable relative to the seat part frame, wherein a first connecting element is provided and designed to connect the seat depth adjustment element to the seat part frame and to guide the seat depth adjustment element relative to the seat part frame.
US11845361B2
An electric vehicle including the Rankine cycle in which a circulation system of working fluid is formed is proposed. The Rankine cycle includes a pump configured to circulate the working fluid along the circulation system, a heat source comprising a battery unit, a motor unit, and a solar panel unit to transmit thermal energy to the working fluid circulated by the pump, a power generating unit provided on a path of the circulation system to generate electric energy through the thermal energy of the working fluid passing through the heat source, and a radiator configured to perform a heat exchange process between the working fluid passing through the power generating unit and outside air. The Rankine cycle further includes a flow distributor to distribute the working fluid circulated by the pump to at least any one of the battery unit, the motor unit, and the solar panel unit.
US11845358B2
A system including a vehicle having a motive electrical power path; a power distribution unit having a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path, the current protection circuit including: a first leg of the current protection circuit comprising a first pyro-fuse; a second leg of the current protection circuit comprising a thermal fuse in series arrangement with a second pyro-fuse; and where the first leg and the second leg are coupled in a parallel arrangement; a controller, including: a current detection circuit structured to determine a current flow through the motive electrical power path; and a pyro-fuse activation circuit structured to provide a pyro-fuse activation command in response to the current flow exceeding a threshold current flow value; and where at least one of the first pyro-fuse and the second pyro-fuse is responsive to the pyro-fuse activation command.
US11845356B2
Example embodiments of systems, devices, and methods are provided for intraphase and interphase balancing of modular energy systems. The embodiments can be used in a broad variety of mobile and stationary applications in a broad variety of modular cascaded topologies. The embodiments can include the generation of a module status value that is representative of status information collected or determined for the module. The module status value can be an intermediate quantitative representation of the status of each module as it pertains to one or more operating characteristics sought to be balanced by the system. This intermediate quantitative representation can then be used in the generation of a modulation index for the module, which can then be used as part of a larger control technique, such as pulse width modulation, for control and balancing of the system.
US11845351B2
Systems and methods are provided for displaying operating data for a re-chargeable battery for an electric vehicle. The system comprises a re-chargeable battery for powering components of an electrical vehicle, a sensor that detects a present level of charge in the battery and a display. The display receives the present level of charge of the battery from the monitor and displays the present level of charge in the battery, a required level of endurance for the battery that is based on a planned operational parameter for the vehicle, a minimum level of charge in the battery that meets the required level of endurance, and an amount of time needed to re-charge the battery to achieve the minimum level of charge.
US11845349B2
An on-board charger and a control method thereof are provided. The on-board charger includes a control pilot (CP) receiving module that detects a CP signal and a proximity detection (PD) receiving module that detects a PD signal. A processor repeatedly executes a low power run mode that supplies a voltage to the CP receiving module and the PD receiving module in a standby state for reservation charging and a completion state of reservation charging, and a low power stop mode that blocks a voltage supplied to the CP receiving module and the PD receiving module at predetermined periods.
US11845348B2
A charging plug for a motor vehicle, having a connection module and a load contact module, the connection module being connectable to supply lines for supplying power, the load contact module having a load contact for transmitting charging power, and the load contact module being detachably and replaceably secured to the connection module, the load contact module including a temperature sensor.
US11845346B2
A single powertrain carrier assembly is provided for mounting or removing multiple fuel cell assemblies in or from an engine bay compartment of a heavy duty truck at the same time. The powertrain carrier assembly can be mounted in new heavy duty trucks, or retrofit into preexisting heavy duty trucks, for example, replacing a diesel engine. The assembly may be provided with a three point mounting system for securing it to a chassis frame, including one front and two angled rear attachment points. In one aspect, the assembly includes a frame structure defining a carrier platform and with lower brackets to secure a first fuel cell assembly below the carrier platform, and upper brackets to secure a second fuel cell assembly above the carrier platform. In another aspect, the assembly includes a frame structure defining lower and upper cavity portions to retain the first and second fuel cell assemblies.
US11845339B2
A transmission for a hybrid drive assembly includes an input shaft, an output shaft, a first transmission shaft, a second transmission shaft, a third transmission shaft, first, second, and third shift elements, a first spur gear set, a second spur gear set, and a third spur gear set. The input shaft can be coupled to the first transmission shaft by the first shift element, the first transmission shaft is coupled to the first spur gear set, the first spur gear set can be coupled to the second transmission shaft by the second shift element, the second transmission shaft is coupled to the second spur gear set, and the second spur gear set is coupled to the third transmission shaft. The third transmission shaft is coupled to the third spur gear set and the third spur gear set can be coupled to the output shaft by the third shift element.
US11845338B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine. The method includes providing a piston engine. The piston engine includes a crankshaft and a torque sensor system. The torque sensor system includes at least one first rotary angle sensor and at least one second rotary angle sensor. The method further includes measuring a first and a second rotary angle in a spacing region and determining an angular offset between the first and the second rotary angle. The angular offset results from the torsion of the loaded crankshaft wherein the spacing region is limited along the crankshaft to an actual partial region of the spacing between the bearing journals. The partial region includes an actual subgroup of at least one of the number of offsets and the number of shaft journals, so that the angular offset is assigned to the actual subgroup.
US11845336B2
Disclosed is a powertrain for a hybrid vehicle including a first motor provided to be selectively connected to an engine, a second motor provided to be selectively connected to the first motor, and an output shaft provided to transfer the rotational force of the second motor to drive wheels of the vehicle.
US11845333B2
A container holding mechanism is applied to a fuel cell vehicle including a driving mechanism capable of driving rear wheels and disposed on a side of the rear wheels. The container holding mechanism includes a first hydrogen gas, a second hydrogen gas, a third hydrogen gas container, and a moving unit. The first hydrogen gas container is disposed behind a rear drive shaft. The second hydrogen gas container is disposed in front of the rear drive shaft. The third hydrogen gas container disposed in parallel with the second hydrogen gas container in front of the rear drive shaft. The moving unit is configured to move the driving mechanism pushed out by the first hydrogen gas container in collision in such a manner that the driving mechanism avoids the second hydrogen gas container and the third hydrogen gas container.
US11845332B2
There is provided a valve device, including: a housing; a float valve; and a seal member. An opening portion includes a first region, and a second region. The seal member includes a first cover portion, and a second cover portion. The second cover portion includes a support portion, a wide portion, and a narrow portion. In a state where the seal member is retained and supported by the support portion with respect to the float valve, a width of the wide portion is set such that a tip end of the second region is covered, and that the second region of the opening portion is not exposed out of the seal member even in a state where the seal member is maximally displaced in a radial direction and; or a peripheral direction of the housing with respect to the opening portion.
US11845324B2
In one aspect, a variable pressure weatherstrip assembly according to the present disclosure includes: a weatherstrip including a sealing portion having a closed cross-section therein and configured to seal a portion between a vehicle body and an opening/closing part of a vehicle, and a fixing portion integrated with the sealing portion and fixed to a panel of the vehicle; an air supply device configured to supply pressurized air to the sealing portion; an air line configured to allow the air supply device and the sealing portion to communicate with each other; and one or more control valves installed in the air line, disposed between the sealing portion and the air supply device, and configured to control the air to be supplied to the sealing portion from the air supply device.
US11845311B2
A hitch configured to selectively latch to a tow bar is provided. The hitch includes a housing, a frame defining a receiving cavity, a moveable arm, an actuator configured to move the arm between an unlatched position and a latched position, and a contact sensor mounted within the housing on a slotted mounting plate. The arm is configured to engage the tow bar when in the latched position. The slotted mounting plate is configured to enable a position of the contact sensor to be adjusted based on a geometry of the tow bar. The actuator is activated by the contact sensor sensing the presence of the tow bar within the receiving cavity.
US11845310B2
Methods and systems are provided for warming vehicle tires prior to a vehicle launch event. In one example, a method may include, in response to an initiation of a burn out event while locking non-driven wheel brakes, adjusting a spinning of driven wheels based on vehicle performance parameters measured during a previous vehicle launch. In this way, a vehicle controller may control the tire warming to increase tire traction while reducing tire wear.
US11845309B2
A tire includes: a skeleton portion including a rim member, a plurality of body springs latched on the rim member, and a plurality of interlink springs interlaced with the body springs; and a tread member disposed at least on the outer periphery of the skeleton portion.
US11845298B2
A writing instrument has a gripping tube rotatably fitted on a front portion of a barrel. At the front portion of the barrel, plural identifying marks having different identification characteristics, such as color, are disposed in parallel in a circumferential direction of the barrel. A window portion is provided in the gripping tube through which is visible an identifying mark selected by rotating the gripping tube relative to the barrel. When the user rotates the gripping tube to the position where the chosen color is visible through the window portion, a locking pawl on the barrel engages with a locking groove at the rear end of the gripping tube to lock the gripping tube in this position. Once locked in position, the gripping tube cannot accidentally rotate thereby preventing a change of colors appearing at the window portion even if the writing instrument is subjected to shock or vibration.
US11845295B2
A printable medium with a non-woven base composite supporting substrate; at least two coating layers, on the image side of the composite supporting substrate, that include an ink fixing layer, directly applied upon the supporting substrate, comprising a salt; and an image receiving layer, applied over the ink fixing layer, including pigment fillers and polymeric binders; and a barrier layer, containing a flame-retardant agent, applied on the backside of the composite supporting substrate. Also disclosed are the method for producing printed images using said media and the resulting printed material.
US11845283B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion configured to eject a liquid, a liquid collection device including a band-shaped member configured to come into contact with the liquid ejecting portion to wipe a liquid attached to the liquid ejecting portion, and a winding portion configured to wind up the band-shaped member, a temperature/humidity sensor configured to acquire temperature/humidity information related to a temperature and a humidity around the liquid collection device, and a control portion configured to cause the band-shaped member to come into contact with the liquid ejecting portion to wipe the liquid, and then cause the winding portion to wind up the band-shaped member. The control portion determines, based on the temperature/humidity information acquired by the temperature/humidity sensor, a winding length of the band-shaped member wound by the winding portion after the band-shaped member wipes the liquid.
US11845277B2
Provided is an inkjet head containing a nozzle plate having at least a substrate, wherein the nozzle plate has a liquid-repellent layer on an outermost surface of the substrate on an ink ejection surface side; a liquid-repellent layer base film is provided between the substrate and the liquid-repellent layer; and the liquid-repellent layer base film contains at least silicon (Si) and carbon (C), and having a maximum peak P of a binding energy of a Si2p orbital of a surface portion measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is in the range represented by the following Formula (1), Formula (1): 99.6 (eV)≤P≤101.9 (eV).
US11845274B2
A recording element substrate for a liquid ejection head is provided with a storage section including an antifuse element and a first resistor connected in parallel with the antifuse element, and a second resistor that is connected in parallel with the storage section and serves as a reference in rating information of the antifuse element, and a second switch connected to the second resistor.
US11845266B2
A control device includes a processor configured to: acquire information on a direction in which continuous paper is wound up, specify a viewable surface, which is a surface of the continuous paper viewable from a user in a state where the continuous paper has been wound up, on a basis of the direction in which the continuous paper is wound up, and control a printer to print print information, which is information on a job printed on the continuous paper, on the viewable surface.
US11845265B2
A printer includes a recording unit, a support portion, a negative pressure chamber, a first sectioned chamber, a second sectioned chamber, a first suction port, and a second suction port. The support portion includes a support face configured to support roller paper. The negative pressure chamber is disposed at an opposite side of the support portion from the recording unit side. The first and the second sectioned chamber include a first and a second bottom surface. The first and the second suction port cause an outside space and the negative pressure chamber to communicate with each other. An opening area of the second suction port is smaller than an opening area of a first suction portion. The second suction port disposed most upstream in the first sectioned chamber is disposed upstream, in the transport direction, of the first suction port disposed most upstream in the second sectioned chamber.
US11845263B2
Provided is a technique that enables proper sorting of discharged print media by suppressing curling of each of the print media sufficiently. A determining unit determines a curling suppressing operation to be executed such that in a case where sorting operation is executed, the suppressing operation having a higher effect of suppressing curling is executed than in a case where the sorting operation is executed. Then, a print control unit controls a print head to perform printing on print media while executing the suppressing operation determined by the determining unit.
US11845258B2
Described herein is a method of covering a surface using a surface covering system. The surface may be a floor, a wall, or a ceiling. In one embodiment, the surface covering system includes a plurality of panels and an adhesive tape that is configured to detachably couple the panels to the surface. The adhesive tape may include a substrate-side adhesive component, a panel-side adhesive component, and a release component between the substrate-side and panel-side adhesive components. The panels may be detachably coupled to the substrate by the adhesive tape such that at least one adhesive layer of the substrate-side adhesive component is adhered to the substrate, at least one adhesive layer of the panel-side adhesive component is adhered to the rear surfaces of the panels, and the release component is between the substrate-side adhesive component and the panel-side adhesive component.
US11845254B2
A sheet separation device is configured to separate a non-bonding portion of a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at one end as a bonding portion of the two-ply sheet. The sheet separation device includes a conveyance roller pair and circuitry. The conveyance roller pair is configured to convey the two-ply sheet while nipping the two-ply sheet, when separating the non-bonding portion of the two-ply sheet. The circuitry is configured to control sheet conveyance. The circuitry is configured to stop the conveyance roller pair, cause a leading end of the two-ply sheet conveyed toward the conveyance roller pair to contact a nip region of the conveyance roller pair while the conveyance roller pair is stopped, and start the conveyance roller pair to rotate to nip the two-ply sheet.
US11845249B2
A method of installing a stack of two or more lenses on a curved substrate includes placing a moldable covering on a curved substrate, the moldable covering including a stack of two or more lenses, an adhesive layer interposed between each pair of adjacent lenses from among the two or more lenses, and a sacrificial layer disposed on an outermost lens of the stack, the sacrificial layer including a sacrificial lens and a sacrificial adhesive interposed between the sacrificial lens and the outermost lens of the stack. The method may include applying heat and pressure to the sacrificial layer and peeling off the sacrificial layer to reveal the stack of two or more lenses.
US11845229B2
According to some aspects, a method of additive fabrication is provided wherein a plurality of layers are formed on a build platform, each layer contacting a container in addition to the build platform and/or a previously formed layer, the method comprising calculating, using at least one processor, one or more forces to be applied to a first layer of the plurality of layers subsequent to the first layer being formed, said calculating being based at least in part on a determined area of at least one portion of the first layer that overhangs a second layer of the plurality of layers, forming the first layer, the first layer being in contact with the container and in contact with a previously formed layer of the plurality of layers, and separating the first layer from the container by applying the calculated one or more forces to the first layer.
US11845226B2
An additive manufacturing nozzles includes a header (41) extending in a width direction of the chamber and which is configured to be supplied with inert gas from the outside, and a nozzle body (43) connecting with the header (41) in the width direction and is configured to horizontally blow out the inert gas, which is supplied from the header, to a molding area. The nozzle body has a honeycomb part (52) which defines an inside of the nozzle body into flow channels through which the inert gas flows, a blowout part (55) disposed downstream of the honeycomb part and which is connected with the honeycomb part in the width direction. The inert gas passed through the plurality of flow channels is led from the honeycomb part to the blowout part, and a porous part (54), which has openings, is disposed between the honeycomb part and the blowout part.
US11845221B2
Disclosed are selective deposition-based additive manufacturing systems (10) and methods for printing a 3D part (26). Layers of a powder material (22) are developed using one or more electrostatographic engines (12a-d). The layers (22) are transferred for deposition on a part build surface (88). For each of the layers (22), the part build surface (88) is pre-heated by impinging a first heat transfer liquid (74) toward the part build surface (88), for example using a solder fountain. The developed layer (22) is pressed into contact with the heated part build surface (88) to heat the developed layer (22) to a flowable state and form a new part build surface (88) which is fully consolidated. The new part build surface (88) is then rapidly cooled to remove the heat energy added during heating step before repeating the steps for the next developed layer (22).
US11845219B2
A 3-D printed device comprising one or more structures, the structures comprising a plurality of magnetically responsive particles and one or more diblock or triblock copolymers; the diblock or triblock copolymers having an A-B, A-B-A, or A-B-C block-type structure in which the A-blocks and C-blocks are an aromatic-based polymer or an acrylate-based polymer and the B-blocks are an aliphatic-based polymer. These 3-D printed devices may be formed using a method that comprises providing a magnetic ink composition; applying the magnetic ink composition to a substrate in a 3-D solvent cast printing process to form one or more structures; and drying the one or more structures formed from the magnetic ink composition. The dried structures can exhibit one or more regions of magnetic permeability greater than 1.3×10−6 H/m.
US11845217B2
The present disclosure is related to methods for forming 3D-printed articles and associated systems. In some embodiments, a method may comprise depositing a first liquid comprising first molecules having first functional groups onto a portion of a second liquid comprising second molecules having second functional groups such that the first functional groups react with the second functional groups to form a solid material or layer. The portion of the second liquid onto which the first liquid is deposited is positioned over a platform that is at least partially submerged within the second liquid. In some embodiments, a system may comprise a nozzle configured to expel a first liquid, a vessel configured to contain a second liquid, and a platform configured to be translated through at least a portion of the depth of the vessel when the vessel comprises the second liquid.
US11845214B2
A method for producing filled containers (16) from preforms (13). Each of the preforms is transferred to a circulating molding and filling element (14) of a molding and filling station and is shaped into the respective container in a subsequent molding and filling process in a mold under the effect of pressure from a supplied filler, wherein the mold is designed in multiple parts, including a base mold (21) and mold sides (19, 20), and each container is clamped between the base mold at the bottom and the molding and filling element at the top at least at the end of the molding and filling process. The container is separated from the respective molding and filling element and the respective mold after the molding and filling process. The mold sides are removed from each container before the molding and filling element and the base mold are separated from the container.
US11845209B2
A catheter has extruded length of tubing and an injection molded tip that facilitates insertion of the catheter into the body. The catheter is fabricated by the steps of providing the tubing, for example, by extruding the tubing from a thermoplastic resin cutting the tubing to the desired length, inserting a plug into the tubing, inserting one end of the tubing into an injection mold cavity, creating and forming a tip in an injection molding step, and demolding the tubing with the formed tip.
US11845208B2
A method of producing a compound material including at least one metal and at least one polymer includes: 3D-printing a 3D lattice of the at least one metal; and introducing the at least one polymer into the 3D-lattice.
US11845207B2
An injection device includes: a swivel base; and an injection unit mounted on the swivel base and configured to be rotatable, in which the injection unit is provided with a swivel mechanism including: a horizontal support shaft having a tip end portion fixed to the injection unit; an axle penetrated by the support shaft at a position eccentric from an axis and rotatably provided with respect to the support shaft; and a wheel penetrated by the axle at a position of an axis and is rotatably provided with respect to the axle, in which in a case where a rotation position is set to a stop position, the wheel is apart from the swivel base, and in which in a case where the rotation position is set to a swivel position, the wheel contacts with the swivel base and the injection unit is swivelable on the swivel base.
US11845206B2
A nasal impression assembly for use in prosthodontics and otolaryngology, wherein the assembly includes detachable components specifically designed for recording precise nasal impressions. The detachable components may include plurality of nasal cones, a pair of injection syringes, and an extra nasal mesh splint, assembled on a horizontal bar. Further a method is provided for measuring/imprinting the impression, by using the assembly, wherein an impression material is brought in contact with extra-nasal and/or intra-nasal structure to imprint its size and/or shape.
US11845205B2
Provided is a method for producing a gear including an intermediate product forming process of solidifying a fluid material to form a gear intermediate product, and a tooth forming process of cutting the gear intermediate product to form teeth.
US11845201B2
A method of configuring an additive-manufacturing machine comprises a chamber, a platform, movable inside the chamber and comprising a build-plane surface, and a laser, having a laser focal plane within the chamber. The method comprising steps of flowing a gas within the chamber in accordance with a first set of process parameters and identifying a value of a flow characteristic of the gas at a predetermined point in the laser focal plane while flowing the gas within the chamber in accordance with the first set of process parameters. The method also comprises additively manufacturing a test coupon using the laser while flowing the gas within the chamber in accordance with the first set of process parameters, wherein the test coupon has a test-coupon peripheral surface.
US11845197B2
It is the creation of a new material derived from a mixture of renewable natural raw materials, i.e. dried leaves (whole and/or broken—crushed and/or powdered (granulated)) olives (whole and/or part of it and/or specific varieties), as well as inorganic and/or organic and/or synthetic adhesives. The whole mixture that is created undergoes some kind of pressure—depending on its use. Not only can it be used throughout the process but it can also function as a substrate—of varied materials—in all dimensions and shapes. The invention is a new environmentally friendly-partially or fully biodegradable-material that boasts great mechanical strength and resistance to ultraviolet radiation and moisture. This invention has the potential to be used as a flat and/or a three-dimensional surface (substrate part and/or entirely) in goods, works, products and structures for interior and/or exterior use, as a decorative material, a fine art and aesthetic material as well as for the manufacture of objects (general and/or special use).
US11845194B2
To select a picking position of a workpiece in a simpler method. A robot system includes a three-dimensional measuring device for generating a range image of a plurality of workpieces, a robot having a hand for picking up at least one of the plurality of workpieces, a display part for displaying the range image generated by the three-dimensional measuring device, and a reception part for receiving a teaching of a picking position for picking-up by the hand on the displayed range image. The robot picks up at least one of the plurality of workpieces by the hand on the basis of the taught picking position.
US11845187B2
An integrated intelligent system includes a first intelligent electronic device, a second intelligent electronic device, a transferable intelligent control device (TICD) and a cross product bus. The first intelligent electronic device performs a first function and the second intelligent electronic device performs a second function. The cross product bus couples the first intelligent electronic device to the transferable intelligent control device. The TICD partially controls behaviors of the intelligent electronic device by sending commands over the cross product bus to the first intelligent electronic device and the TICD partially controls behaviors of the second intelligent electronic device to perform the second function. The TICD is first attached to the first intelligent electronic device to partially control the behaviors of the first electronic device, then detached from the first electronic device, and then attached to the second intelligent electronic device to perform the second function.
US11845186B2
An inverse kinematics solving method for redundant robot as well as a redundant robot using the same are provided. The method includes: obtaining an expression of a Jacobian matrix null space of a current configuration of each robotic arm of the redundant robot corresponding to a preset end pose of the robotic arm according to the preset end pose, and obtaining a relation between an angular velocity of the joints of the redundant robot in the Jacobian matrix null space of the current configuration based on the obtained expression; traversing the Jacobian matrix null space using the relation, and building an energy cost function of the redundant robot based on the relation; obtaining a target joint angle of each joint of the redundant robot based on the optimal inverse kinematics solution to transmit to the servo of the joint so as to control the joint.
US11845184B2
The method can include: optionally providing a set of grasp tools; determining an object model for a grasp; determining a grasp contact configuration; and facilitating grasp execution with the set of grasp tools. However, the method S100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable elements. The method functions to facilitate non-destructive and/or stable object grasping (and/or object manipulation) using a set of grasp tools.
US11845178B2
A modular work station includes a platform supporting a stem, a power tool coupled to the stem and supported for movement relative to the stem, and a table removably coupled to the platform. The table includes a first working surface and a second working surface opposite the first working surface. The table is further selectively coupled to the platform in a first orientation and a second orientation. The first working surface faces toward the power tool while the table is in the first orientation, and the second working surface faces toward the power tool while the table is in the second orientation.
US11845175B2
In accordance with embodiments of the invention a quick draining pool tool is provided. A base tube has a distal end opposite a proximal end and is operable to receive and secure a tool. A drain is defined by the base tube. A first stage tube has a distal end opposite a proximal end and is connected to the base tube. One or more secondary stage tubes are operable to be disposed within the first stage tube. The one or more said secondary stage tubes are operable to telescopically extend from the distal end of the first stage tube. A grip is disposed at the distal end of the secondary stage tubes and defines a vent operable to enable rapid draining of the pool tool. An interior flow path is defined by the base tube, the first stage tube, and the one or more secondary stage tubes.
US11845169B2
An impact tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, a tool body, an elastically-connected part elastically connected to the tool body to be movable at least in a front-rear direction relative to the tool body, a detecting mechanism configured to detect pressing of a tool accessory against a workpiece, and a control part configured to control driving of the motor based on a detection result of the detecting mechanism. The detecting mechanism includes a movable member that is provided in one of the tool body and the elastically-connected part and configured to be moved by relative movement of the other of the tool body and the elastically-connected part in the front-rear direction, and a detector that is provided in the one of the tool body and the elastically-connected part and configured to detect rearward pressing of the tool accessory by detecting movement of the movable member.
US11845168B2
A reciprocating tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, a body housing, a movable part, and a vibration control mechanism. The driving mechanism includes a reciprocating member configured to reciprocate in a first direction. The movable part is connected to the body housing via a first elastic member and a second elastic member to be relatively movable in the first direction. The vibration control mechanism includes at least one weight configured to move in a direction opposite to the reciprocating member. The center of gravity of the at least one weight is offset from the driving axis in a second direction. In the second direction, the first elastic member is closer to the center of gravity than the second elastic member. A load of the first elastic member when the movable part is placed in a closer position is smaller than a load of the second elastic member.
US11845167B2
A portable linear fastener driving tool is provided that drive staples, nails, or other linearly driven fasteners. The tool uses a gas spring principle, in which a cylinder filled with compressed gas is used to quickly force a piston through a driving stroke movement, while a driver also drives a fastener into a workpiece. The piston/driver is then moved back to its starting position by use of a rotary-to-linear lifter, and the piston again compresses the gas above the piston, thereby preparing the tool for another driving stroke. The driver has protrusions along its edges that contact the lifter, which lifts the driver during a return stroke. A pivotable latch is controlled to move into either an interfering position or a non-interfering position with respect to the driver protrusions, and acts as a safety device, by preventing the driver from making a full driving stroke at an improper time.
US11845166B2
A wrench guard includes a body portion defining a channel. The channel is configured to receive a handle of a wrench. A first sidewall extends from the body portion and defines a first side of the channel. A second sidewall extends from the body portion and defines a second side of the channel. A projection extends from the body portion. The projection is configured to be held between a user's fingers. A magnet is arranged in the channel. The magnet is configured to be magnetically secured to the handle of the wrench to secure the handle of the wrench in the channel.
US11845153B2
A power tool includes a housing, a motor positioned substantially within the housing, a drive mechanism supported by the housing and coupled to the motor, a battery pack electrically coupled to the motor, and an isolation system. The isolation system includes an interface member positioned substantially within the housing. The interface member receives a portion of the battery pack to electrically couple the battery pack to the motor. The isolation system also includes a plurality of isolators coupled between the housing and the interface member to isolate the battery pack from the housing during operation of the power tool.
US11845149B2
A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power that alternates between at least a hotter and a colder process is disclosed.
US11845146B2
A brazing wire includes a brazing tube having an inner cavity and a flux filled in the inner cavity. A trench is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the brazing tube, and the trench extends along an axis of the brazing tube or spirally extends around the axis. A forming mold of the brazing wire includes a mold body having a molding cavity therein. An inner wall of the molding cavity is provided with a protrusion. When the brazing wire passes through the forming mold, the protrusion is used to form the trench. The forming method of the brazing wire includes the following steps. The brazing tube passes through the forming mold, and the trench is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the brazing tube by the protrusion. The trench extends along the axis of the brazing tube or spirally extends around the axis.
US11845144B2
A nanofluid laser entrainment additive manufacturing apparatus, system and method including a substrate, a dilute nanofluid of inert gas suspended nanoparticles on the substrate, a focused energy beam that irradiates the nanoparticles to selectively melt the nanoparticles, and a raster system that raster scans the focused energy beam across the inert gas suspended nanoparticles to create predetermined shapes by additive manufacturing.
US11845138B2
A method for repairing a pocket of a case for a variable stator assembly may comprise: receiving, via a processor, a plurality of wear depths, each wear depth in the plurality of wear depths corresponding to a wear portion in a stator pocket in a plurality of stator pockets; determining, via the processor, a plurality of thicknesses of a coating to be deposited based on the plurality of wear depths, each thickness of the coating in the plurality of thicknesses corresponding to the wear portion for each stator pocket in the plurality of stator pockets; and commanding, via the processor, a coating spray torch to deposit the coating in the wear portion of each stator pocket in the plurality of stator pockets.
US11845137B2
A heating apparatus for induction heating is disclosed. The heating apparatus may comprise a bearing ring, at least one bearing element disposed in the bearing ring, and a braze material adjacent to the at least one bearing element and the bearing ring. The heating apparatus may additionally comprise an inductor positioned radially adjacent to at least a portion of the bearing ring. A current source may be electrically coupled to the inductor. A bearing orienting member may also abut a surface of the at least one bearing element. The bearing orienting member may orient a surface of the at least one bearing element. A heating method is also disclosed.
US11845133B2
Provided is a cutting tool that implements both high positioning accuracy and simple operation when the cutting tool is installed in a tool rest. The cutting has: a tool a main body which includes a fixing seat fixing a cutting insert or a cutting edge; and a position pin, which includes a cylindrical portion that is used for positioning the main body by being abutted to an abutting surface of a tool rest in a case of installing the main body in the tool rest, and which is detachable from the main body. The main body includes a female screw hole that is provided with a female screw portion and a tapered surface that is symmetric with respect to a center axis of the female screw portion and that widens toward an opening thereof. The positioning pin includes a male screw portion that engages with the female screw portion, and a contact portion located at a connecting portion that connects an end of the cylindrical portion and an end of the male screw portion. In a case where the male screw portion is engaged with the female screw portion and the positioning pin is installed in the main body, the contact portion contacts the tapered surface, and a center axis of the cylindrical portion and a center axis of the tapered portion match with each other.
US11845129B2
According to examples, a brown body has from about 0.02 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of a metal nanoparticle binder, in which the metal nanoparticle binder is selectively located within an area of the brown body to impart a strength greater than about 1 kPa to the area.
US11845127B2
A system to apply uniform layers of metal powder, the system includes: a conductive roller with a dielectric coating, the conductive roller biased at a first voltage; a powder supply to contain a metal powder biased at a second voltage, the powder supply to provide the metal powder to the conductive roller to form a uniform layer of metal powder on the dielectric coating of the conductive roller; a deposition area to receive the uniform layer of metal powder from the conductive roller, the deposition area biased at a third voltage, wherein the metal powder is transferred across an air gap from the conductive roller to the deposition area by electrostatic attraction of the metal powder.
US11845125B2
A method for manufacturing an austempered ductile cast iron and a product made from the austempered ductile cast iron manufactured by the method are disclosed. In the method for manufacturing an austempered ductile cast iron, spheroidizing agent and primary inoculant are added to a raw molten metal to create homogeneous spheroidal graphite creation in a deep part of a matrix and the raw molten metal to which the spheroidizing agent and the primary inoculant are added is injected into a mold to which secondary inoculant is locally applied, to micronize spheroidal graphite of a local structure coated with the secondary inoculant into fine graphite that is easy to machine, thereby enhancing workability as compared with a conventional austempered ductile cast iron.
US11845120B2
Bellows are devices used to compensate linear, thermal, or angular movement/expansion. In oil and gas industry bellows are used in gas lift valves as a slidable seal between two gases. Gas lift valves are used in process of oil artificial lift from wells. Bellows having very thin walls are not well suited for pressures higher than approximately 200 PSI. To withstand much higher pressures bellows are being crimped, process that compresses the bellow to shorter length which increases bellow mechanical toughness. This patent application refers to bellow crimping method that uses initially balanced internal and external pressure to crimp bellow to desired length and maintain perfect bellow elements-convolution Ω geometry using custom designed crimping device.
US11845115B2
A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas, comprising: at least one sensor configured to measure one or more characteristics of landfill gas; at least one flow control mechanism disposed in well piping and configured to control flow of the landfill gas through the well piping; and at least one processor configured to: obtain a measured concentration of a first gas in landfill gas; determine whether the measured concentration of the first gas is either less than a first threshold concentration or greater than a second threshold concentration; when it is determined that the measured concentration is less than the first threshold concentration, control the at least one flow control mechanism to reduce flow rate of landfill gas; and when it is determined that the concentration is greater than the second threshold concentration, control the at least one flow control mechanism to increase the flow rate of landfill gas.
US11845114B2
A defouling device for mechanically disrupting fouling material for removal from a pipe or other a tubular member. The defouling device has inflatable portions capable of expanding to mechanically disrupt fouling material within a pipe. The defouling device may be attached to an inner luminal surface of the pipe or formed with the pipe. The defouling device expands circumferentially and radially to mechanically disrupt fouling material. The defouling device may also controllably expand longitudinally to mechanically disrupt fouling material and peristaltically pump fouling material through and out of the pipe.
US11845105B2
A method for depositing a coating on a substrate is disclosed. A first precursor comprising fluoro-acrylate monomers, fluoro-alkyl acrylate monomers, fluoro-methacrylate monomers, fluoro-alkyl methacrylate monomers, fluoro-silane monomers, or a combination or derivates thereof is provided. A second precursor comprising linear siloxanes, silane monomers, cyclosiloxanes, cyclosilane monomers, or a combination or derivates thereof is provided. The first and second precursors are co-injected in a treatment region. An atmospheric or reduced pressure plasma discharge is created in said treatment region. The substrate coating comprises alternated multi-stacked nanostructures and is formed by copolymerization of the first and second precursors.
US11845100B2
The electrospray device comprises a sprayer comprising a sprayer body and nozzle, and a partition positioned vertically and coaxially with the sprayer. The sprayer body is provided with a swirl generator for generating a swirling air stream, and a power supply connected between the nozzle and the partition, to apply voltage to the nozzle and the partition. The electrospray device may be part of a fluidized bed apparatus comprising a product container, a lower plenum base, an air distribution plate resided therebetween. When the power supply applies voltage in opposite polarities to the nozzle and the partition, the fluidized bed apparatus is used for coating particles; and when the power supply applies voltage of the same, the fluidized bed apparatus is used for spray-drying a solution. The electrospray device uses an electromagnetic hydrodynamic method to improve the performance of the fluidized bed apparatus and optimize the process of product.
US11845097B2
A sprinkler guard includes at least one plate centered relative to a central axis of the sprinkler guard. A plurality of legs includes first and second legs that are attached to one plate, and third and fourth legs that are attached to another plate. A circular ring is attached to lower ends of the first to fourth legs, a center of the circular ring coinciding with the central axis, and the first to fourth legs being spaced apart about the circumference of the circular ring. First and second arms are attached to the first and second legs, respectively. In addition, a cross bar can be attached to the circular ring and extend across a diameter of the circular ring.
US11845094B2
Machine for the surface processing of products (L) under controlled pressure conditions different than the ambient pressure, comprising • at least one sealed chamber (12, 13), provided with at least one opening (15, 16), that can be closed, for inserting and removing a plurality of products (L) to be processed, • a device (30) for adjusting the pressure inside said at least one chamber (12, 13), • in said at least one chamber (12, 13), a moving device (20) for vertically moving said products (L), so as to accumulate at least two said products on levels arranged over one another, • a horizontal moving device (19) for moving said products (L) from and towards said at least one opening (15, 16) when the products (L) are arranged at the same level of said at least one opening (15, 16) wherein, from an operational viewpoint, a plurality of said products (L) are inserted into said at least one chamber (12, 13), and at least two products of said plurality of products (L) are over one another for a span of processing, and wherein, once all the products to be processed have been inserted into said at least one chamber, (12, 13) said chamber (12, 13) is closed and the pressure inside is adjusted up to an operational processing pressure, and then said at least one chamber (12, 13) is opened again and the products (L) are removed therefrom.
US11845090B2
An apparatus for performing liquid treatment for a substrate is provided. The apparatus for performing the liquid treatment for the substrate may include a housing having a treatment space, a substrate support unit to support and rotate the substrate in the treatment space, a liquid feeding unit including a nozzle device including a central exhaust port and multiple first outer exhaust ports, which are provided in a shape of a ring to form a concentric circle with the central exhaust port to feed mutually different treating liquids onto the substrate through respective exhaust ports, and a controller to control the liquid feeding unit.
US11845085B2
A feed system for feeding grinding bodies to a vertical mill includes a pumping unit for sucking a propulsion liquid from a source and for supplying the liquid under pressure into a discharge tube. The system includes an intake connection having an inlet for grinding bodies, an inlet for propulsion liquid, connected to the discharge tube, and an outlet for grinding bodies and propulsion liquid. A principal tube is connected to the outlet of the intake connection for receiving the propulsion liquid and grinding bodies from the tubular intake connection. A static screen is arranged in the feed of the vertical mill for separating grinding bodies from propulsion liquid, the static screen having an inlet for propulsion liquid and grinding bodies, connected to the principal tube, an outlet for grinding bodies to be fed to the vertical mill, and an outlet for propulsion liquid separated from the grinding bodies.
US11845079B2
A structure, apparatus, and method are disclosed. A silicon substrate with a microfluidic system that receives a sample fluid and prepares an analyte solution received by a reservoir containing a sensing surface is electrically connected to a semiconductor device. The structure includes a component for receiving a sample fluid, a component for preparing the sample fluid, a CRISPR system for cleaving a reporter species when the sample fluid contains a target sequence, a sorting component for separating the cleaved reporter species from the sample fluid and the CRISPR products, a cavity for receiving an analyte solution containing the cleaved reporter species, and a sensing surface in the cavity. The sensing surface detects electrical signals induced by reaction events in the analyte solution.
US11845075B2
A rotary feeder having a stationary, cylindrical housing having disposed therein a number of injection nozzles, and within which rotate a plurality of vanes about a central axis, wherein pairs of adjacent vanes of the plurality of vanes define wedge volumes, wherein the housing extends a width along the central axis, wherein each of the vanes has a length along the central axis, and wherein the injection nozzles are positioned across the width of the housing, such that a spray pattern of a gas injected via the number of injection nozzles spans substantially the entire length of the vanes.
US11845070B2
Plasmonically-enhanced catalytic surfaces and accompanying optics are described herein. These elements facilitate efficient coupling of light energy into a photocatalytic system by way of a surface plasmon. Various compatible optical configurations are presented, with an emphasis on the broadband coupling of light into a single plasmon mode. In an example embodiment, dispersive optics are used to direct polychromatic light onto a grating-embossed SPR-active surface. Dispersive optics allow resonance to be achieved at a wide range of incident wavelengths. Energy then transfers from the excited plasmon to an adjacent photocatalyst. The plasmon mode thus acts as a “funnel” of broadband light energy to the catalytic materials. High-efficiency incoupling and outcoupling from the plasmon mode suggest overall enhancement of catalytic activity, and broad applicability is anticipated due to the inherent flexibility of the system. The catalytic surfaces and optical components can be fabricated as sheets or 3D arrays, justifying industrial-scale manufacturing.
US11845067B2
Zeolite catalysts and systems and methods for preparing and using zeolite catalysts having the CHA crystal structure are disclosed. The catalysts can be used to remove nitrogen oxides from a gaseous medium across a broad temperature range and exhibit hydrothermal stable at high reaction temperatures. The zeolite catalysts include a zeolite carrier having a silica to alumina ratio from about 15:1 to about 256:1 and a copper to alumina ratio from about 0.25:1 to about 1:1.
US11845065B2
A method of manufacturing a catalyst article, the method comprising: providing a complex of a polyphenol and a PGM, the polyphenol comprising an ester functional group, the PGM comprising palladium; providing a support material; applying the complex to the support material to form a loaded support material; disposing the loaded support material on a substrate; and heating the loaded support material to form nanoparticles of the PGM on the support material.
US11845057B2
A diatomaceous earth product may include diatomaceous earth having a loose weight density of less than about 14 lbs/ft3, and a stoichiometric ratio of alkali metal to iron and/or aluminum ranging from about 100% to about 400%. A diatomaceous earth product may include diatomaceous earth having a loose weight density of less than about 14 lbs/ft3, and a silica specific volume of at least about 3.2. A method for making a low loose weight density diatomaceous earth product may include providing a feed material comprising diatomaceous earth having a silica specific volume of at least about 3.5. The method may further include adding alkali flux to the feed material to achieve a combination having a stoichiometric ratio of alkali metal to iron and/or aluminum that ranges from about 100% to about 400%, calcining the combination at a temperature ranging from about 1,600° F. to about 2,200° F.
US11845049B2
An apparatus for mixing a particulate material with a liquid in a container is adapted for tumble blending. The apparatus comprises a mixing device and a liquid injection nozzle. The mixing device includes mixer elements adapted to mix a particulate material by mechanical action. The nozzle is disposed to direct liquid in the direction of the mixer elements when mixing is taking place and ingress of material is prevented from entering into the nozzle.
US11845038B2
Methods of reducing acid gas from a stream, comprising contacting the stream with a solvent system comprising a glycerol derivative are described herein. Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a glycerol derivative and an acid gas. A method for sweetening a natural gas stream comprising contacting a solvent system comprising a glycerol derivative with a natural gas stream is described herein.
US11845037B2
The present technology is generally directed to systems and methods for removing mercury from emissions. More specifically, some embodiments are directed to systems and methods for removing mercury from exhaust gas in a flue gas desulfurization system. In one embodiment, a method of removing mercury from exhaust gas in a flue gas desulfurization system includes inletting the gas into a housing and conditioning an additive. In some embodiments, conditioning the additive comprises hydrating powder-activated carbon. The method further includes introducing the conditioned additive into the housing and capturing mercury from the gas.
US11845036B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for desubliming a target compound from a first gas mixture comprising the target compound, comprising: a desublimation means comprising a surface onto which desublimation of the target compound can occur, an inlet through which the first gas mixture can enter the apparatus such that it comes into contact with the surface of the desublimation means, a target compound recovery region, an outlet through which the target compound can leave the target compound recovery region and a cooling means that cools the desublimation means wherein the desublimation means comprises a continuous path that passes through the cooling means and the target compound recovery region and wherein the desublimation means is movable such that the surface continuously circulates between the cooling means and the target compound recovery region, along the path.
US11845033B2
An exhaust gas purification filter includes a cell assembly including cells each having a quadrangular cross-sectional shape and a partition wall, seal members, and a skin member. The partition wall has a porosity P1 of 50% to 70%, and the skin member has a porosity P2 of 50% to 70%, the porosity P1 and the porosity P2 satisfy a relationship P1
US11845032B2
An exhaust gas purification filter includes a cell assembly including cells and a partition wall, seal members, and a skin member. The partition wall has a porosity of 50% to 70%. The skin member has a thickness T of 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm. The partition wall includes crossing portions, each cell has at least one part of an outer periphery defined by a corresponding one of the crossing portions, the at least one part of the outer periphery is rounded to have a value of radius of curvature R being 0.02 mm to 0.6 mm A degree of distortion δ being a degree of change in the external dimensions of the filter in axial direction, is greater than 0 and is 1.5 mm or less. A value of a structural variable X, expressed by Equation 1 below, is 0.05 to 6, X=T×R/δ . . . Equation 1.
US11845028B2
A system for cleaning filter cartridges having a cylindrically configured filter media. The cleaning system includes a tank for containing a cleaning liquid, and an open-sided cage for removably receiving and containing one of the filter cartridges to be cleaned. The cage is supported on a drive shaft of a motorized drive that is positionable for disposing the open-sided cage and filter cartridge contained therein in cleaning liquid in the tank and is selectively operable for rotating the open-sided cage and filter cartridge contained therein during a cleaning cycle for cleaning the filter media of the contained filter cartridge.
US11845014B2
An interactive modular construction element (100) for a modular construction system (200), the interactive modular construction element (100) comprising a sensor (601) being responsive to a predetermined sensor input and adapted to output a sensor signal (610) corresponding to or representing the predetermined sensor input, a function element (602) adapted to perform at least one controllable function in response to a control signal (611), and a control circuit (603) connected to the sensor (601) to receive the sensor signal (610) and connected to the function element (602) to provide the control signal (611), wherein the control circuit (603) is adapted to provide the control signal (611) in response to the sensor signal (610) thereby controlling the function element (602) in response to the sensor signal (610), wherein the interactive modular construction element (100) comprises an input part (101) and an output part (102), where the input part (101) and the output part (102) are different from each other.
US11845012B2
Computer game metadata is used to select a video widget provided in a video template. The widget can be operable to present metadata in the video template, change an association between features of the video template and metadata generated during play of a computer game, search for clips similar to a video clip presented by the video template, vary a length of a video clip presented by the video template, or vary an intensity of action used to select a video clip presented by the video template.
US11845010B2
Systems and methods for recommending video game content based on video game performance are disclosed. A level is identified from among a sequence of playable levels of a currently active video game. A video game performance metric for the identified level is determined. Based on the determined video game performance metric, a video of a performance of the identified level of the video game is selected for recommendation from among a plurality of videos stored in a database in association with corresponding video game performance metrics. An option, which is selectable to cause playback of the selected video, is transmitted for display via a computing device.
US11845009B2
A game period is common among a plurality of users and includes a first period and a second period. An example information processing system advances a first game for each user in the first period. A rank of each user is determined based on a first individual parameter of the user for the first game from a past game period. A second individual parameter is determined for each user based on the rank of the user and the first individual parameter of the user for the first game from a current game period. In the second period, the information processing system determines a common parameter that is common among the plurality of users based on the second individual parameters for users who have performed a particular game input so as to advance a second game that is common among the plurality of users based on the common parameter.
US11845006B2
A skeleton model updating apparatus, a skeleton model updating method, and a program by which time and effort for changing the pose of a skeleton model to a known standard pose can be reduced. A target node identifying section identifies target nodes from among a plurality of nodes included in a skeleton model that is in a pose other than a standard pose. A reference node identifying section identifies a reference node that is positioned closest to the side of the target nodes, from among nodes that are connected to all of the target nodes via one or more bones. A position deciding section decides positions of the target nodes such that relative positions of the target nodes with respect to the position of the reference node are adjusted to predetermined positions.
US11845000B1
An automatic card handling apparatus for use in casino card games possesses a card deck intake portal and a card deck discharge portal which are both accessible by a dealer. The apparatus allows two fully-shuffled, but separated, card decks to be ready for play simultaneously. A first shuffled card deck is independently supported in the card deck discharge portal by a retractable support structure while a second shuffled card deck remains ready for play while independently supported by a slot-less elevator within the footprint of the first shuffled deck. Three separated decks can be automatically routed through the apparatus in order to sustain uninterrupted card play. Also disclosed is a method of randomizing a group of playing cards.
US11844992B2
The tennis ball supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication circuit configured to communicate with an external device; a launcher configured to launch a ball; a body unit configured to move the launcher; and a controller configured to: control the body unit to move to a first position, identify whether the body unit is disposed on the first position based on a signal received from the communication circuit, based on identifying that the body unit is disposed on the first position, control the launcher to launch the ball, control the body unit to move to a second position after the launcher has stopped launching the ball, and identify whether the body unit is disposed on the second position based on the signal received from the communication circuit.
US11844985B2
A touch-free solar powered golf ball washer (1) includes a housing (4) a conduit having an inlet (7), a porous conduit section (6) containing brushes (2) immersed in a cleaning fluid solution (9), an air blowing motor (3), the motor configured to blow air through an air flow tube (20) into the conduit porous section (6) and a non-porous conduit section (15) at through which a golf ball passes on its way to an outlet (8). The washer motor is preferably powered by a solar power circuit (10) in electrical communication with a solar panel (11). The motor can be activated by waiving one's hands proximate a touch-free activator panel (17) on the housing of the washer.
US11844984B2
A ball retrieving assembly for collecting balls on a surface includes a basket that has a pair of elastomeric openings integrated into the basket to pass a ball into the basket for transporting the ball. A plurality of rollers is each movably coupled to the basket each of the rollers is urgeable into a compressed condition to facilitate the basket to be lowered to the support surface. In this way balls lying on the support surface can pass through respective ones of the elastomeric openings for positioning the balls in the basket. A pair of handles is each removably attachable to the basket for urging the rollers into the compressed condition when handles are pressed downwardly.
US11844983B1
Compositions including a hardness agent and golf ball cores made from such compositions having a tailored hardness gradient are disclosed. The type and concentration of the components in the composition, including the hardness agent, affects the hardness, hardness gradient, and compression of cores made from the composition and, thus, can be used to produce a golf ball having desirable performance characteristics.
US11844976B2
A vertically oriented fitness apparatus utilizes a combination of upper and lower assemblies resistant to vertical motion when the user pushes and pulls against crossbar members of the assemblies vertically. In alternate embodiments of the apparatus, resistance is provided by a dual action dashpot such as an adjustable bidirectional hydraulic damping cylinder which may be used in combination with spring resistance elements. The user is thus able to perform strength training and fitness conditioning exercises for both upper and lower extremities, and their core simultaneously while using the apparatus.
US11844971B2
Fire protection systems and methods for ceiling-only high-piled storage protection. The systems include a plurality of fluid distribution devices disposed beneath a ceiling and above a high-piled storage commodity having a nominal storage height ranging from a nominal 20 ft. to a maximum nominal storage height of 55 ft. and means for quenching a fire in the storage commodity. The stored commodity to be protected may include exposed expanded plastics. The fluid distribution devices include a frame body having an inlet, an outlet, a sealing assembly, and an electronically operated releasing mechanism supporting the sealing assembly in the outlet.
US11844970B2
A system comprising a fire extinguisher, one or more indicator devices disposed on the fire extinguisher adapted to actuate in a series representing a series of operations to be performed by a user for extinguishing a fire with the fire extinguisher, and a controller for controlling the actuation series of the one or more indicator devices.
US11844969B2
Systems for improving fire safety in agricultural machinery are configured for detecting, at least partially controlling, and/or suppressing adverse fire-related conditions. The adverse fire-related conditions can include sparks, embers, and/or flames in the agricultural machinery.
US11844968B2
A system includes a pressure regulator including a housing, an inlet for connection to a pressurized gas comprising oxygen, and at least one energy transfer element. The system further includes a respiration facepiece including at least one seal system to form a sealing engagement with the face of a user to encompass the nose and mouth of the user, thereby creating a volume of sealing engagement between the respiration facepiece and the user, an opening into the volume of sealing engagement of the respiration facepiece in communicative connection with an interface for removable attachment of the pressure regulator to the respiration facepiece, and an inspiration port in fluid connection with the interface and in fluid connection with the volume of sealing engagement. The pressure regulator interface includes at least one cooperating energy transfer element such that energy can be transferred between the at least one energy transfer element and the at least one cooperating energy transfer element to transfer at least one of data or power into the volume of sealing engagement.
US11844953B2
A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) comprises a plurality of electrocardiography (ECG) electrodes, a right-leg drive (RLD) electrode, and a plurality of defibrillator electrodes to contact the patient's skin when the WCD is delivering therapy to the patient, a preamplifier coupled to the ECG electrodes and the RLD electrode to obtain ECG data from the patient as one or more ECG vectors, a processor to receive ECG data from the preamplifier and an abort signal from a user interface, an isolation barrier to isolate the preamplifier from the processor, and a high voltage subsystem to provide a defibrillation voltage to the patient through the defibrillator electrodes in response to a shock signal received from the processor. A shock is provided when an abort signal is not received within a predetermined time period of a shock criterion being met. Less than one false alarm occurs every ten patient-days.
US11844949B2
A cardiac defibrillation system that includes a pulse generator to generate therapeutic electrical pulses and at least one lead inserted through an intercostal space in the region of a cardiac notch of the left lung of a patient, the lead having a distal end configured to transmit the therapeutic electrical pulses generated by the pulse generator to defibrillate the heart of the patient.
US11844941B2
An electrode lead comprises an elongated lead body, at least one lead connector terminal affixed to the proximal end of the lead body, and an electrically insulative cuff body affixed to the distal end of the lead body. The cuff body is configured for being circumferentially disposed around a nerve. The cuff body comprises cutouts, slits, a wrinkled portion, a thin stretchable portion, and/or a serpentine strap, which increases that increase the expandability of the cuff body when disposed around the nerve. The electrode lead further comprises at least one electrode contact affixed to the cuff body, and at least one electrical conductor extending through the lead body between the at least one lead connector terminal and the electrode contact(s). If the cuff body comprises cutouts or slits, the electrode lead can further comprise a thin stretchable film affixed to the cuff body over cutouts or slits.
US11844934B2
Devices and methods for intraocular fluid injection are disclosed. A device can include a surgical instrument for an ophthalmic procedure. The surgical instrument can include a handle. A fluid compartment can be coupled to the handle and configured to hold a substance. A tool can be coupled to the distal end of the handle and have a lumen configured to convey the substance into an intraocular site of a patient. A piston can be in the handle and configured to reciprocate along the longitudinal axis of the handle to draw the substance from the fluid compartment and eject the substance through the lumen of the tool. A push button can be on the lateral side of the housing and configured to engage the piston via a sloped surface to actuate a forward stroke of the piston towards the distal end of the handle.
US11844929B2
A device, kit, and method for producing medically-deliverable intravenous solution may include supplying a water to a housing, pumping the water through the housing while purifying the water, metering concentrated intravenous solution into the water to create a medically-deliverable intravenous solution, and dispensing the medically-deliverable intravenous solution, such as immediate intravenous infusion to a patient.
US11844923B2
One or more embodiments relate, generally, to a reusable accessory for a medication injection pen. Such a reusable accessory may be adapted to be reversibly attached to a medication injection pen, and configured to detect an event associated with an injection of medication from the medication injection pen. It may also be configured to determine a percentage of medication that remains active for injection by the medication injection pen based on timing information and dosing event information.
US11844913B2
Devices and methods for performing a transseptal puncture procedure using a device which includes either an untapered or tapered blunt end cannula disposed in an introducer carrying a sharp guidewire disposed longitudinally through the lumen of the blunt cannula, and a blunt end dilator wherein the guidewire is flexible and has an atraumatic shape at its tip. The cannula gives the more flexible introducer a defined shape and steerabilty allowing an ordinarily skilled physician to easily access a selected location on the septal wall of the heart for transseptal puncture and introducer placement thereacross without employing an exposed sharp end needle during the procedure.
US11844901B2
A method of monitoring patient use of an endotracheal tube with a ventilator includes receiving in a controller, such as in a stand-alone monitoring device or in the ventilator itself, force data indicative of a biting force of the patient on the endotracheal tube, wherein the force data is based on force signals generated by a force sensor coupled to the endotracheal tube (e.g., either directly or by way of a bite block). The method further includes analyzing the force data in the controller, and determining in the controller from the analyzing of the force data that the force data is indicative of one or more of: (i) at least a predetermined threshold level of agitation or discomfort of the patient, and (ii) a current or likely attempt to self-extubate by the patient.
US11844899B2
A respiratory gas delivery system monitors gas flow over the course of a breath in real time and uses this parameter to simulate, in whole or part, the function of a reference respiratory gas delivery system, in particular structural features, particularly structural components of parts of the reference system, to overcome a structural limitation of the reference system.
US11844890B2
A direct sodium removal (“DSR”) infusate regimen and methods of use are provided for removing sodium and reducing fluid overload in patients with severe renal dysfunction and/or heart failure, in which a patient has at least a first DSR session with a first DSR infusate having no or low sodium that is instilled into a patient's peritoneal cavity for a first dwell period to cause sodium and excess fluid to migrate to the patient's peritoneal cavity, and thereafter, the patient may undergo conventional dialysis to rebalance the patient's fluid and sodium levels.
US11844889B2
An extracorporeal blood treatment device is provided that includes a hydraulic system having a plurality of flow paths. A control unit provides an operating mode for disinfecting the hydraulic system with a liquid supplied via one of the flow paths. A method for operating the extracorporeal blood treatment device is also provided. The hydraulic system has a valve device that provides several switching positions. The valve device has an inlet for a liquid for disinfecting the hydraulic system, and a plurality of outlets. In a first switching position, the inlet is connected to one of the outlets. In another switching position, the inlet is connected to a plurality of the outlets. The inlet of the valve device is in fluid communication with a first flow path and the outlets are in fluid communication with another flow path. Disinfecting liquid can simultaneously be supplied to the individual flow paths.
US11844878B2
Hydrogels comprising a macromolecular matrix and water may be used to augment soft tissue of a human being, promote or support cell or tissue viability or proliferation, create space in tissue, and for other purposes. A macromolecular matrix may comprise a hyaluronic acid component crosslinked to a collagen component.
US11844870B2
The present disclosure pertains to crosslinkable compositions and systems as well as methods for forming crosslinked compositions in situ, including the use of the same for embolizing vasculature including the neurovasculature within a patient, among many other uses.
US11844866B2
A novel orally administrable dosage form including a drug/active layer for loading a therapeutic agent and an extension layer for retaining the API or drug dosage form in the stomach of a subject in need thereof. Also disclosed is a method of treating diseases with the dosage form.
US11844860B2
A pharmaceutical formulation for intraduodenal administration comprising melevodopa and carbidopa as active ingredients and one or more excipients. Once dispersed in an aqueous medium, melevodopa is completely dissolved, and carbidopa is present as nanoparticles.
US11844849B2
Dental compositions and methods of formulating a dental composition are described. In one embodiment, the dental composition comprises a polymerizable resin comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers or oligomers and nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have a refractive index of at least 1.600 and an average discrete or aggregate particle size of no greater than 100 nm. The dental composition further comprises inorganic metal oxide filler having a discrete or aggregate average particle size of at least 200 nm. The nanoparticles are present at a concentration to provide a refractive index differential between the cured polymerizable resin and inorganic metal oxide filler such that the contrast ratio of the dental composition is at least 40.
US11844847B2
A compound (A) is represented by the formula (1): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom, R2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom, R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Z is a divalent or trivalent organic group, and the lines consisting of a solid line and a broken line bonded to Z represent a single bond or a double bond.
US11844837B2
Delivery systems and compositions comprised of a biodegradable polyorthoester polymer, an organic acid excipient, and a basic drug are described, along with related methods.
US11844835B2
Provided is a method of reducing a number of viable microbes, including contacting microbes with an antibiotic compound and applying pulses of electricity having a duration of between about 50 nanoseconds and about 900 nanoseconds. The pulses of electricity may have an intensity between about 20 kV/cm and about 40 kV/cm. The pulses of electricity may be applied at a frequency of between about 0.1 Hz and about 10 Hz. The microbes may be a gram-negative or a gram-positive strain of bacteria and the antibiotic may be applied at a concentration for a duration, wherein applying the antibiotic to the strain at the concentration for the duration does not reduce a viable number of bacteria of the strain as much, or at all, when the pulses of electricity are not also applied.
US11844832B2
Provided are methods for rapidly inactivating a pathogen, or for producing a vaccine composition containing an inactivated noninfectious pathogen having retained antigenicity and/or immunogenicity, comprising exposing the pathogen to a chemical inactivating agent (e.g., one or more chemical oxidizing, alkylating or crosslinking agents) in the presence of inorganic polyatomic oxyanions in an amount and for a time sufficient to render the pathogen noninfectious while enhancing retention of pathogen antigenicity and/or immunogenicity relative to that retained by contacting the pathogen with the chemical inactivating agent alone. The methods are broadly applicable to pathogens having RNA or DNA genomes (e.g., including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites). Also provided are vaccine compositions (medicaments) containing a pathogen inactivated by exposure to an inactivating agent in the presence of elevated concentrations of inorganic polyatomic oxyanions, and methods for eliciting an immune response in a subject by administering the vaccine compositions.
US11844831B2
The present invention describes immunogenic compositions containing immunogenic polypeptides of African Swine Fever (ASF) virus, including immunogenic compositions containing antigens other than ASF viral antigens, including antigens that may be used in immunization against pathogens that cause diarrheal diseases. Methods of eliciting an immune response with the immunogenic compositions as disclosed and methods of treating an ASF infection are also described.
US11844830B2
Improved anti-HPV immunogens and nucleic acid molecules that encode them are disclosed. Immunogens disclosed include those having consensus HPV39 E6E7 and HPV45 E6E7. Pharmaceutical composition, recombinant vaccines comprising DNA plasmid and live attenuated vaccines are disclosed as well methods of inducing an immune response in an individual against HPV are disclosed.
US11844829B2
An isolated Streptococcus pneumoniae membrane vesicle microparticle (MP), wherein said MP comprises: the protein Ply at the level of ≥0.070 μg/μg total protein in the MP; and/or the protein LytA at the level of ≥0.070 μg/μg total protein in the MP; and/or the protein PspC at the level of ≥0.130 μg/μg total protein in the MP; and/or the protein RrgB at the level of ≥0.020 μg/μg total protein in the MP. Compositions comprising such MPs. Uses thereof in particular in immunization, as well as methods of manufacture thereof.
US11844828B2
The present invention is in the field of pneumococcal capsular saccharide conjugate vaccines. Specifically, the present invention relates to sized Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6A capsular polysaccharides, in particular Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6A capsular polysaccharides having the average size (e.g. Mw) of the Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6A capsular polysaccharide is between 100-1000 kDa, suitably conjugated to a carrier protein.
US11844819B2
The present invention provides for a method for obtaining an oil extract of cannabis. The method includes: (a) contacting cannabis biomass and an edible oil; (b) pressing between a pair of plates to provide spent cannabis and an oil extract of cannabis; and (c) separating the spent cannabis biomass and the oil extract of cannabis.
US11844816B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method of reducing colonization of a subject's anterior nares and/or nasal cavity by a microorganism (e.g., Staphylococcus aureus). In some aspects, the method may include administering a pharmaceutical composition to the subject, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of at least one probiotic.
US11844814B2
The invention features methods of producing compositions enriched in Tregs and methods for treating immunological disorders using these compositions. The invention also features methods for producing compositions enriched in lymphocytes and depleted of Tregs and the use of these compositions in the treatment of proliferative disorders.
US11844811B2
Compositions, methods of manufacturing compositions, methods of protecting against respiratory problems including coronavirus and coronavirus-associated severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in humans and animals, are provided. Compositions comprising inorganic nitrate used for improving nitric oxide levels, improving health and/or reducing symptoms of SARS are provided. The compositions and methods are applicable for subjects experiencing SARS, and for protecting non-infected subjects against SARS. Compositions and methods for improving nitric oxide levels in a subject disclosed herein comprise administration of compositions comprising inorganic nitrate such as potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate optionally combined with ascorbate.
US11844799B2
This invention provides a method for treating a subject afflicted with cancer, comprising administering to the subject (i) a BCL-2 inhibitor in conjunction with (ii) an alpha-emitting isotope-labeled agent that targets cancer cells in the subject, wherein the amounts of the BCL-2 inhibitor and labeled agent, when administered in conjunction with one another, are therapeutically effective. This invention also provides a method for inducing the death of a cancer cell, comprising contacting the cell with (i) a BCL-2 inhibitor in conjunction with (ii) an alpha-emitting isotope-labeled agent that targets the cancer cell, wherein the amounts of BCL-2 inhibitor and labeled agent, when concurrently contacted with the cell, are effective to induce the cell's death.
US11844798B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for the induction of cell death, for example, cancer cell death. Combinations of compounds and related methods of use are disclosed, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells. The disclosed drug combinations can have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds and combinations of compounds.
US11844792B2
A method is provided for identifying a patient having a respiratory illness and administering to the patient a combination of an anti-inflammatory agent and a leukotriene inhibitor. The method may include treating respiratory illness associated with a coronavirus, and may it may further include reducing or preventing an inflammatory response or cytokine storm for those patients without impairing their immune response against the underlying pathogen.
US11844788B1
Provided herein are low impurity compositions comprising a compound represented by Formula (I): which are useful in the treatment of disorders related to the activity of the c-KIT and PDGFRα kinases, and oncogenic forms thereof.
US11844784B2
Stable, injectable pharmaceutical compositions are provided, which are useful as ready-to-dilute (RTD) or ready-to-use (RTU) liquid injectable compositions comprising bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and which are suitable for intravenous administration. Preferably, solution formulations comprise (a) bendamustine, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or hydrates thereof, (b) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable non-aqueous solvent; (c) optionally, at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and (d) optionally, a pH adjuster, where the pharmaceutical composition is antioxidant-free, and formulated as a ready-to-dilute or ready-to-use liquid composition suitable for parenteral administration. The invention further relates to methods for manufacturing stable, antioxidant-free injectable solutions of bendamustine.
US11844783B2
Long term storage stable bendamustine-containing compositions are disclosed. The compositions can include bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable fluid which can include in some embodiments PEG, PG or mixtures thereof and an antioxidant or chloride ion source. The bendamustine-containing compositions have less than about 5% total impurities, on a normalized peak area response (“PAR”) basis as determined by high performance liquid chromatography (“HPLC”) at a wavelength of 223 nm, after at least about 15 months of storage at a temperature of from about 5° C. to about 25° C.
US11844774B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a formulation with the effect of effectively suppressing or inhibiting amyloid fibril formation by the dissolution, elimination (discharge), etc. of amyloid fibril formation in vivo. If an agent for suppressing or inhibiting an amyloid fibril formation comprising tranilast or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient is administered by a method such as oral administration, amyloid fibril formation can be effectively suppressed or inhibited in vivo as a result of effects such as amyloid fibril dissolution or elimination (discharge). Therefore, it is possible to prevent or treat amyloid plaques, in which amyloid fibrils formed by the aggregation of amyloid protein have been deposited, and to prevent or treat diseases arising from amyloid fibril deposition, that is, diseases arising from the deposited amyloid fibrils themselves and diseases that cause dysfunction of organs or tissues as a result of amyloid fibril deposition.
US11844770B2
In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing nephrogenic diabetes insipidus comprising administering an effective amount of 1,1′-(dodecane-1,12-diyl)bis(cyclopropane-1-carboxamide), pharmaceutical salts or derivatives thereof, as described herein, to a subject in need thereof. in certain embodiments, the subject has been diagnosed with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
US11844767B2
The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for stimulating astroglial uptake and degradation of amyloid-β protein aggregates. One aspect of the invention provides a method of preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease including administrating a clinically effective amount of combination of vitamin A or a derivative thereof and an agonist of proliferator-activated receptor α (“PPARα”) to a human or veterinary subject in need of such treatment.
US11844764B2
The present disclosure includes a method of making an improved carbetocin drug product. The disclosed method for making an improved carbetocin drug product comprises agitating a carbetocin preparation containing an aqueous solution of carbetocin and one or more excipients for a period of time to initiate the formation of aggregate-forming solids and filtering off the aggregates that form before further processing the remaining carbetocin into a final drug product. The present disclosure also relates to an improved carbetocin drug product, wherein the drug product is substantially free of aggregate-forming solids. The disclosed carbetocin drug product can be used for the treatment of a neurodevelopmental disorder, such as Präder-Willi syndrome. Additionally, the disclosed carbetocin drug product shows content uniformity of carbetocin over long periods of time before and after one or more freeze/thaw cycles, provides enhanced convenience and patient compliance, and/or are highly concentrated.
US11844760B2
The invention relates to methods, uses, systems, arrays, engineered nucleotide sequences and vectors for inhibiting bacterial population growth or for altering the relative ratio of sub-populations of first and second bacteria in a mixed population of bacteria. The invention is particularly useful, for example, for treatment of microbes such as for environmental, medical, food and beverage use. The invention relates inter alia to methods of controlling microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) or biofouling of a substrate or fluid in an industrial or domestic system.
US11844755B2
A method of treating and/or preventing disease wherein retinal pigment epithelium, including administering compound of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, racemic mixture, corresponding enantiomer or, if applicable, corresponding diastereomer, wherein: X is either NH or O, R11, R12 and R13 are independently selected from consisting hydrogen group, fluoro, chloro, trifluoromethyl, methyl and difluoromethoxy, A is selected from consisting residue group of formula (II)-(VII) or (VIII) “*” denotes point of attachment to molecule remainder, and R2, R3, R4, R5, R2I, R3I, R4I, R5I, R2II, R3II, R4II, R5II, R2III, R3III, R4III, R5III, R2IV, R3IV, R4IV, R5IV, R2V, R3V, R4V, R5V, R2VI, R3VI, R4VI and R5VI are independently selected from hydrogen consisting group, linear or branched alkyl having 1-3 carbon atoms, fluoro, chloro, bromo, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, trifluoromethyl, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl and difluoromethoxy and R6 is selected from hydrogen consisting group, linear or branched alkyl having 1-3 carbon atoms, trifluoromethyl, and 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl.
US11844753B2
A system that transdermally delivers a drug to a patient can be used to reduce suffering from acute/chronical musculoskeletal pain. The system includes a backing layer, an adhesive layer, a topical applicator, a suitable quantity of drug, and a quantity of topical carrier. The topical applicator is connected across and against the backing layer by the adhesive layer. The suitable quantity of drug and the quantity of topical carrier are homogenously mixed together as a topical medication, which is retained and dispensed from the topical applicator. The topical applicator includes a flat applicator body, a plurality of blunted spikes, and a containment rim. The flat applicator body is the structural base of the topical applicator. The containment rim is used to perimetrically confine the topical medication. The blunted spikes are used to increase the surface area of the topical applicator in order to improve its retention of the topical medication.
US11844748B2
A syringe adapter is provided. The adapter includes a housing having a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end. The first end of the housing has a connector configured to be secured to a syringe barrel. The adapter also includes a cannula positioned within the housing and a seal arrangement including a membrane or septum positioned within the housing and movable within the housing, the seal arrangement comprising a membrane. The assembly can also include a protective cap having a first open end and a second closed end. The protective cap can be connected to the housing via a snap fit and can be configured to receive the second end of the housing.
US11844747B2
A save-and-draw capping system may be snapped or otherwise attached/connected to the top of a liquid medicine bottle having a rubber surface that may be punctured using a syringe to draw medicine. Using the save-and-draw capping system, the rubber surface may be sealed after it has been punctured. A secondary seal may be used to apply pressure to the cap of the liquid medicine bottle. A draw attachment, such as a draw needle, may be attached to the save-and-draw cap so that a hose may be connected to the liquid medicine bottle when multiple injections are needed. The save-and-draw capping system may be removed from one liquid medicine bottle to be used on another liquid medicine bottle.
US11844743B2
A CPR device having a base member configured to be placed underneath a patient, a chest compression mechanism configured to deliver CPR chest compressions to the patient, a support leg configured to support the chest compression mechanism at a distance from the base member, a clamp mechanism coupled to the support leg, and a release mechanism coupled to the support leg and the clamp mechanism. The clamp mechanism is configured to attach the support leg to a lock component of the base member in a latch-closed configuration and to release the support leg from the lock component in a latch-open configuration. The clamp mechanism is further configured to transition from the latch-closed configuration to the latch-open configuration when the lock component of the base member impacts an external portion of the clamp mechanism without the release mechanism being pulled away from the base member.
US11844738B2
A therapy device includes a frame, a motor, and a sling on which a neck of a supine user rests. The sling is movable by the motor relative to the frame to enable continuous passive motion rotation of a user's neck and cervical spine. Additionally, depending on where the user's head is placed relative to the sling, the user's spine can be placed in axial traction, and the user's neck can also be placed into extension. Movement of the sling may be achieved by an armature that is rotated by the motor. The armature may include a plurality of openings formed therein that are configured to receive a sling lead. Each of the openings results in a different amount of rotational movement of the user's head, such that a user can adjust to location of the sling pin to result in a desired amount of rotational movement.
US11844735B2
A wheelchair push handle assembly incorporating a chair back having right and left loops, and an upper end; right and left upwardly opening tubes respectively received within the right and left loops; right and left eyes opening the right and left tubes, wherein the eyes overlie the chair back's loops; right and left “L” members having hollow bored columns within the right and left tubes; right and left series of apertures opening the right and left columns' hollow bores; right and left series of latch pins received within the right and left series of apertures; and right and left series of springs mounted within the right and left columns' hollow bores, wherein each spring is connected to one of the latch pins, wherein one of the right latch pins engages the right eye, and wherein one of the left latch pins engages the left eye.
US11844733B1
A patient securing overlay includes a sheet of fabric configured to support a patient's torso on a surgical table. The sheet of fabric includes friction enhancing elements applied to at least a portion of an upper surface. The sheet of fabric is attached near its side edges to two or more side flaps that extend laterally outward from the side edges of the sheet of fabric. Each of the side flaps is attached to the surgical table at two or more attachment points. A distance between adjacent attachment points is greater than a distance between an attachment point and the sheet of fabric in order to naturally create a favorable retaining force vector angle of less than 45° between the attachment point and the sheet of fabric.
US11844730B2
A patient support apparatus supports a patient for movement assisted by first and second caregivers and includes a litter. The litter includes a patient support deck extending between first and second ends and defines at least one cavity. First and second evacuation interfaces are coupled to the litter. The first and second evacuation interfaces pivot between first and second unfolded positions and first and second upright positions, respectively, and move between first and second lengthened positions and first and second shortened positions, respectively. The first and second evacuation interfaces are disposed in the cavity when the first and second evacuation interfaces are in the first and second unfolded positions and the first and second shortened positions, respectively, and configured to be grasped and lifted by the first and second caregivers when the first and second evacuation interfaces are in the first and second upright positions, respectively.
US11844727B2
The present invention relates to an ophthalmic knife and methods of its use for treatment of various conditions including eye diseases, such as glaucoma, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. The device is configured for cutting the tissues within the eye, for example, a trabecular meshwork (TM).
US11844725B2
A vitrectomy probe with a light emitting, visibly discrete traceable probe cap. The light emitting, visibly discrete character of the probe cap may aid a surgeon in tracing the end of a needle of the vitrectomy during a vitrectomy procedure. The probe cap may be of a biocompatible polymer accommodating phosphorescent pigment or of another suitable light source.
US11844720B2
A method to facilitate the growth of desired bacteria in a human's mouth to reduce the likelihood of dental caries and halitosis and other oral diseases, and for inhibiting oral biofilm formation, gingivitis, periodontitis and halitosis via the employment of one or more probiotic bacterial, bioactive flavonoid, and zinc compound compositions effective in providing prevention and treatment options.
US11844716B2
An improved syndesmosis reduction device has a wrap of elastic material extending a length L from a first end to a second end with an open window or slot positioned in an intermediate portion of the wrap spaced from the ends. The wrap is configured to achieve a reduction of an injured ankle and is facilitated by the elastic nature of the ankle wrap. The reduction is facilitated by circumferentially wrapping the wrap from a leg to a foot or vice versa in a compressive fashion by securing the first end by wrapping and stretching the wrap to the second end. The window or slot is to permit an incision at the ankle for hardware placement without the need to remove the wrap and without loss of the reduction achieved.
US11844706B2
A system and method for positioning and orienting an orthopedic implant that includes an implant body; a sensor system integrated into the implant body, the sensor system comprising of at least a plurality of electrodes positioned within the implant body such there is at least one exposed region on the surface of the implant body for each electrode of the plurality of electrodes; a sensor processing control system communicatively coupled to the sensor system, the sensor processing control system configured with instructions that when executed cause the sensor processing control system to collect sensor data from the sensor system and generate adjacency data from the sensor data; and an implant feedback system, that updates state based in part on the adjacency data.
US11844693B2
The invention is a system and method for accurately positioning a prosthetic valve such as a prosthetic heart valve at a desired position for deployment. The invention includes extendable positioning elements which provide tactile feedback to a user to confirm proper positioning of the catheter with respect to the native valve annulus. During delivery, the extendable positioning elements may lie against or near the catheter, over the prosthetic valve and expandable balloon, providing a low profile for advancing the catheter to the desired treatment location via small passages such as body lumens. Prior to valve deployment, the positioning elements are extended and brought into contact with tissue of the native annulus to confirm the proper positioning of the delivery system and prosthetic valve.
US11844692B2
Pinch devices and access systems that can be used to secure a prosthetic heart valve to a heart valve annulus and to treat valvular insufficiency. A pinch device can be a separate expandable element from the prosthetic heart valve that is first advanced to the annulus and deployed, after which an expandable prosthetic heart valve can be advanced to within the annulus and deployed. The two elements can clamp/pinch the heart valve leaflets to hold the prosthetic heart valve in place. The pinch device can have a flexible, expandable annular frame. A combined delivery system can deliver the pinch device and prosthetic heart valve with just a single access point and aid more accurate coaxial deployment. The pinch device can be mounted near distal end of an access sheath, and a catheter for delivering the prosthetic heart valve can be passed through a lumen of the same access sheath.
US11844687B2
A method of making an implantable prosthesis includes applying a gelling enhancer layer over an inner surface of a wall of a silicone shell having anterior and posterior walls surrounding an interior volume. The method includes filling the interior volume of the shell with a silicone gel and curing the silicone gel. The cured silicone gel that is located within a zone that is in the vicinity of the gelling enhancer layer has a higher level of cohesiveness than the cured silicone gel that is located outside the zone. The zone of the silicone gel having the higher level of cohesiveness has a thickness of 2-10 mm. The silicone gel located outside the zone has a first concentration level of a gelling enhancer and the silicone gel located within the zone has a second concentration level of the gelling enhancer that is 5%-300% greater than the first concentration level.
US11844686B2
Tissue engineering devices and methods employing scaffolds made of absorbable material for use in the human body for tissue genesis and regenerative and cellular medicine including breast reconstruction and cosmetic and aesthetic procedures and supplementing organ function in vivo.
US11844685B2
Tissue engineering devices and methods employing scaffolds made of absorbable material for use in the human body for tissue genesis and regenerative and cellular medicine including breast reconstruction and cosmetic and aesthetic procedures and supplementing organ function in vivo.
US11844683B2
Tissue engineering devices and methods employing scaffolds made of absorbable material for use in the human body for tissue genesis and regenerative and cellular medicine including breast reconstruction and cosmetic and aesthetic procedures and supplementing organ function in vivo.
US11844680B2
The invention relates to an expandable vascular implant for implantation into vessels of a patient, the vascular implant being convertible from a compressed state to an expanded state, and the vascular implant comprising the following: a hollow cylindrical main body having a longitudinal direction and a proximal end and a distal end, and a main body lumen which extends from the proximal to the distal end. The hollow cylindrical main body is formed by a tubular lattice structure, the tubular lattice structure having at least one first and at least one second region, the first region being fixedly connected to the second region, the first region being designed to be self-expandable, and the second region is designed to be balloon-dilatable.
US11844675B1
An improved surgical sponge having a contrast agent, such as bismuth beads, secured to the sponge material in a unique pattern of a type not found in nature or in human anatomy. The unique pattern is preferably spaced dots or circles having various sizes and spacing, potentially arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. The desired unique pattern is arranged such that the dots or other non-natural shapes are large enough to remain visible, while small enough to avoid adversely affecting the pliability and absorption of the sponge.
US11844669B2
A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. The leg gasketing system may also include a leg gasketing system pocket with an opening on an inboard longitudinal edge of the pocket.
US11844668B2
A device comprising a heat-generating component that comprises an alkali metal is provided. The alkali metal in the presence of water at a point of contact of the device undergoes an exothermic reaction to generate heat in situ. The amount of heat generated is proportional to and/or limited by the amount (or moles) of water at the point of contact, and the heat generated is sufficient to achieve an increase in temperature at the point of contact to achieve a therapeutic or beneficial result. In one embodiment, the device is used for reducing sweat production in a subject suffering from excessive sweating or hyperhidrosis. In other embodiments, the device is used to substantially sterilize a surface or render a surface substantially aseptic.
US11844666B2
Methods, compositions, and systems are provided for characterization of modified nucleic acids. In certain preferred embodiments, single molecule sequencing methods are provided for identification of modified nucleotides within nucleic acid sequences. Modifications detectable by the methods provided herein include chemically modified bases, enzymatically modified bases, abasic sites, non-natural bases, secondary structures, and agents bound to a template nucleic acid.
US11844663B2
A light curing dental system comprising a light emitting tray that precisely distributes an optimal amount of curing light energy to internal, external and extra oral portions of the dental arch to cure a dental material. The light curing dental system generally includes a light source, a light emitting dental tray, an activation module and a photocurable dental material.
US11844658B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a dental network including a portable dental laser station controllable within a remote access system. The dental laser station can include a dental laser, and a dental handpiece assembly coupled to or including the at least one dental laser. Some embodiments include a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including a dental laser management process to exchange dentistry-related parameters between the dental laser station or components and a remote network. Some embodiments include a handpiece assembly structured so that any beam size on the output window or surface is greater than any beam size exiting at the input window or surface. Some embodiments include a laser power supply combination with at least one high voltage (HV) power supply, a coupled or integrated simmer supply, a direct current (DC) supply, and at least one laser configured with a power supply.
US11844649B2
An ultrasound probe includes: an ultrasound transducer including plural piezoelectric elements; an acoustic lens layer configured to radiate the ultrasound emitted from the plural piezoelectric elements to outside; a back layer that faces the acoustic lens layer with the ultrasound transducer interposed between the back layer and the acoustic lens layer; and a wiring member having at least a part that is arranged at a first position between the acoustic lens layer and the ultrasound transducer or at a second position that faces the ultrasound transducer with the back layer interposed between the second position and the ultrasound transducer. The wiring member includes: a resin layer having electrically insulating; and an electrically conducting layer that is provided on the resin layer and includes plural signal wirings.
US11844644B2
The present embodiments relate generally to systems, methods, and apparatus for determining a heart rate of an imaged heart in an ultrasound image feed. A plurality of ultrasound images can first be acquired. For each ultrasound image of the plurality of ultrasound images, the image can be divided into a plurality of regions; where each region is positioned so that the region corresponds to a substantially similar region location present across the plurality of ultrasound images. For each region location on each of the plurality of ultrasound images, a statistical calculation on image data of the region location can be performed. For each region location, a frequency of change in the statistical calculation over the plurality of ultrasound images can then be determined. The region location having a dominant determined frequency of change in the statistical calculation (over the plurality of ultrasound images) can be identified as a region of interest (ROI). The heart rate can be calculated based on the determined frequency of change of the ROI.
US11844640B2
Methods for quantitatively separating x-ray images of a subject having three or more component materials into component images using spectral imaging or multiple-energy imaging with 2D radiographic hardware implemented with scatter removal methods. The multiple-energy system may be extended by implementing DRC multiple energy decomposition and K-edge subtraction imaging methods.
US11844639B2
A method includes acquiring a first dataset of projection measurements at a first energy spectrum and a second dataset of projection measurements at a second energy spectrum different from the first energy spectrum by switching between acquiring the first dataset for a set number of consecutive views at different projection angles at the first energy spectrum and acquiring the second dataset for the set number of consecutive views at different projection angles at the second energy spectrum. The set number of consecutive views is greater than one. The method includes supplementing both the first dataset with estimated projection measurements at the first energy spectrum and the second dataset with estimated projection measurements at the second energy spectrum to provide missing projection measurements at different projection angles not acquired during the imaging scan for the first dataset and the second dataset.
US11844635B2
Methods and systems for navigating to a target through a patient's bronchial tree are disclosed including a bronchoscope, a probe insertable into a working channel of the bronchoscope including a location sensor, and a workstation in operative communication with the probe and the bronchoscope the workstation including a user interface that guides a user through a navigation plan and is configured to present a three-dimensional (3D) view for displaying a 3D rendering of the patient's airways and a corresponding navigation plan, a local view for assisting the user in navigating the probe through peripheral airways of the patient's bronchial tree to the target, and a target alignment view for assisting the user in aligning a distal tip of the probe with the target.
US11844629B2
A smart system and methods for coupling a medical transporter apparatus with an imaging apparatus, involving: a smart docking module comprising at least one coupler responsive to a controller operable by a set of executable instructions, the smart docking module comprising a non-magnetic material; and the smart docking module configured by the controller to automatically perform at least one of: position, dock, engage, latch, lock, interlock, release, emergency-release, quick-release, disengage, emergency-disengage, and quick-disengage the medical transporter apparatus in relation to the imaging apparatus.
US11844628B2
The present disclosure provides methods and techniques associated with a planar transformer for an apparatus. The planar transformers include a substrate carrying electronic components and a continuous core that is formed by distributing the encapsulant material uniformly around the substrate unit to define a consistent cross-sectional area for the magnetic path. The electronic components include primary windings and secondary windings associated with the transformer. In some embodiments, the encapsulant material is molded to seals air gaps to the substrate unit.
US11844626B2
The invention is directed to systems and methods that can determine a user's fitness based on a single factor such as oxygen lung volume (pmVO2). A heart rate measurement is conducted on the user after the user performs a physical test specified by a fitness application of the system. The heart rate measurement is converted into a pmVO2 value and compared to pmVO2 values of other individuals. The system assigns the user a fitness grade based on the comparison result. The system further includes an artificial intelligent system that helps the user to move from a grade to a higher grade.
US11844623B1
An apparatus for sleep tracking may include (i) a sensor that detects whether a wearable device is being worn by a user, (ii) a mode-switching module that switches the wearable device between an active mode when the sensor detects that the wearable device is being worn by the user and a sleep-tracking mode when the sensor detects that the wearable device is not being worn by the user, (iii) a detector that, when the wearable device is in the sleep-tracking mode, detects signals associated with sleep behavior of the user, and (iv) a sleep-tracking module that, when the wearable device is in the sleep-tracking mode, monitors the user's sleep based at least in part on an evaluation of the signals associated with the sleep behavior of the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11844617B2
A system includes signal acquisition circuitry and a processor. The signal acquisition circuitry is configured to receive multiple intra-cardiac signals acquired by multiple electrodes of an intra-cardiac probe in a heart of a patient. The processor is configured to perform a sequence of annotation-visualization operations at subsequent times, by performing, in each operation: extracting multiple annotation values from the intra-cardiac signals, selecting a group of the intra-cardiac signals, identifying in the group one or more annotation values that are statistically deviant by more than a predefined measure of deviation, and visualizing the annotation values to a user, while omitting and refraining from visualizing the statistically deviant annotation values. The processor is further configured to assess, over one or more of the annotation-visualization operations, a rate of omissions of annotation values, and to take a corrective action in response to detecting that the rate of omissions exceeds a predefined threshold.
US11844612B2
An oximetry device sealed in a sheath directs a user to allow the oximetry device to make oximetry measurements at a number of different tissue locations of a patient and average two or more of the oximetry measurements by directing the lifts and placements of the oximetry device and sheath to and from the different tissue locations and detecting the lift and placements. The averages are generated and displayed on a display of the device for the oximetry measurements if the lifts are made while use directions for the lifts are displayed on a display of the oximetry device. The averages are not generated if the lifts are not made while the user directions for the lifts are not displayed. The averages are simultaneously displayed with the oximetry measurements which are instantaneous measurement for patient tissue.
US11844608B2
Example posture analysis systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a computing system identifies a deviation of a user's posture from a predetermined posture based on visual data associated with the user. The user is informed of the deviation via a graphical image displayed on a display device. The user is then provided with instructions for correcting the deviation via the graphical image displayed on the display device.
US11844606B2
A system includes a control unit configured to be worn by a subject, and having a wireless transceiver configured to receive and transmit signals and a processor coupled to a memory, at least one respiratory volume sensor mountable to the chest or abdomen of the subject and at least one secondary sensor mountable relative to the subject. The respiratory volume sensor is configured to operably generate one or more volumetric signals representative of a respiratory volume of the subject and communicate the one or more volumetric signals to the wireless transceiver of the control unit. The at least one secondary sensor is configured to operably generate one or more secondary signals and representative of at least one of a physiological, a cardiopulmonary or a metabolic condition of the subject, and communicate the one or more secondary signals to the wireless transceiver of the control unit.
US11844600B2
A patient table adapted for use in association with an MR scanner for neonatal infants is provided. The patient table has an extendable patient bed attached to and extendable from the patient table. The patient bed may be at least partially inserted into an MR scanner without requiring the patient table to enter the MR scanner. A transport mechanism is on the underside of the patient table so that it may be readily moved over the floor on which it rests. The patient table includes a latching mechanism that may operate to releasably attach the patient table to a patient table docking assembly. The docking assembly is operative to selectively move the patient table towards, into and away from the MR scanner.
US11844599B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a scanning control system for a magnetic resonance imaging system, comprising: a first 3D camera, configured to capture a three-dimensional image of a scan subject located on a scanning table of the magnetic resonance imaging system; a processing device, configured to identify body position information of the scan subject based on the three-dimensional image; and a control device, configured to set scanning parameters related to a body position based on the body position information.
US11844593B2
The present disclosure pertains to a method and system for determining the blood pressure dip of a subject based on features extracted from information generated by an on-body sensor system. The on-body sensor system includes a photoplethysmographic (PPG) sensor and a motion sensor. Blood pressure variation is captured throughout the day and utilized along with determinations of whether a subject is asleep or awake. The blood pressure determinations collected throughout the day, along with determinations of sleep periods, are used to determine a blood pressure dip for the day the on-body sensor system is worn.
US11844588B2
Provided is an apparatus for detecting a characteristic point to non-invasively estimate bio-information by analyzing a pulse waveform. The apparatus for detecting a characteristic point may include a bio-signal sensor that may obtain a bio-signal from an object, and a processor configured to obtain a first envelope by removing a first baseline change from an oscillometric waveform envelope of the bio-signal; obtain a second envelope by removing a second baseline change from the oscillometric waveform envelope of the bio-signal; obtain a third envelope based on the first envelope and the second envelope; and detect the characteristic point from the oscillometric waveform envelope based on the third envelope.
US11844587B2
To provide an ultrasonic transmission instrument that can uniformly transmit ultrasonic waves in each direction around the instrument, even when the instrument is made of a material through which the ultrasonic waves cannot be transmitted. In an ultrasonic transmission instrument according to the invention, a light transmission member is disposed at an emission end of an optical waveguide, and an outer peripheral member covers an outer periphery of the light transmission member and is made of a light absorbing material.
US11844574B2
A preoperative surgical planning system uses a head-mounted device to execute a preoperative surgical simulation whereby a virtual tool and a virtual anatomical model are provided on the display of the head-mounted device. The virtual tool is tracked relative to the virtual anatomical model in the preoperative surgical simulation in which the virtual tool is moveable in response to receipt of a control input from the wearer of the head-mounted device and wherein the virtual tool is configured to remove a portion of the virtual anatomical model. A planning parameter is automatically generated based on tracking of the virtual tool relative to the virtual anatomical model in the preoperative surgical simulation. The generated planning parameter is stored for future retrieval by a surgical system to facilitate intraoperative surgery based on the generated planning parameter.
US11844573B2
The technology described herein is directed to a fundus camera and, more specifically, to a fundus camera having a display that projects active visual alignment stimuli onto an eye of an examinee via one or more components of an optimal assembly. The active visual alignment stimuli are dynamically adjusted to guide an examinee toward optical alignment for fundus imaging.
US11844570B2
Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for performing simulations using a multi-component Finite Element Model (FEM) of ocular structures involved in ocular accommodation.
US11844566B2
Described here are devices, systems, and methods for closing the left atrial appendage. The methods described here utilize a closure device for closing the left atrial appendage and guides or expandable elements with ablation or abrading elements to ablate or abrade the left atrial appendage. In general, these methods include positioning a balloon at least partially within the atrial appendage, positioning a closure assembly of a closure device around an exterior of the atrial appendage, inflating the balloon, partially closing the closure assembly, ablating the interior tissue of the atrial appendage with the inflated balloon, removing the balloon from the atrial appendage, and closing the atrial appendage with the closure assembly.
US11844560B2
The disclosure relates to a path planning device for multi-probe joint cryoablation, the device comprising a memory and a processor. The memory stores a computer program, and the processor, when executing the computer program, implements the following steps: acquiring a target region in a medical scanned image of a target object and corresponding to a target tissue to be cryoablated; selecting a single-probe ablation region from the target region; for the single-probe ablation region, obtaining a puncture path of single-probe cryoablation and a corresponding ice ball coverage region; and if the ice ball coverage region does not completely cover target region, then taking the remaining region of the target region from which the ice ball coverage region is excluded as a new target region, and returning to the step of selecting the selecting the single-probe ablation region from the target region.
US11844549B2
A surgical access device includes a cannula, an instrument housing coupled to the cannula, a port coupled to the instrument housing, and a valve disposed within the port. The cannula includes an elongated shaft defining an access lumen and an inflation lumen therethrough. The port includes an inflation channel and an insufflation channel defined therethrough. The inflation channel is in fluid communication with the inflation lumen of the cannula and the insufflation channel is in fluid communication with the access lumen of the cannula. The valve is movable within the port between an inflation position in which a passageway defined through the valve is aligned with the inflation channel of the port, and an insufflation position in which the passageway of the valve is aligned with the insufflation channel of the port.
US11844541B2
A cooling tower for evaporative cooling of water is contained within an ISO-compliant shipping container frame, permitting stacking of cooling towers for transport and for certain industrial applications. A volume of fill media is contained within the frame. Spaced apart troughs underlie the fill media, running substantially the length of the fill media and connecting to a basin. Baffles are connected to one upper edge of the troughs, while an air flow space is positioned over the other upper trough edge. A water distribution system, with variable flow nozzles positioned closely above the fill media, sprays water over the upper surface of the fill media, where it moves by gravity down into the troughs. Fans atop the fill media move air vertically upward through the fill media.
US11844532B2
A passive end effector of a surgical system includes a base connected to a rotational disk, and a saw attachment connected to the rotational disk. The base is attached to an end effector coupler of a robot arm positioned by a surgical robot, and includes a base arm extending away from the end effector coupler. The rotational disk is rotatably connected to the base arm and rotates about a first location on the rotational disk relative to the base arm. The saw attachment is rotatably connected to the rotational disk and rotates about a second location on the rotational disk. The first location on the rotational disk is spaced apart from the second location on the rotational disk. The saw attachment is configured to connect to a surgical saw including a saw blade configured to oscillate for cutting. The saw attachment rotates about the rotational disk and the rotational disk rotates about the base arm to constrain cutting of the saw blade to a range of movement along arcuate paths within a cutting plane.
US11844529B2
The present invention discloses a hemostatic clip, including an inner sleeve, a transitional inner sleeve, steel micro balls, a clip holder, a ball head pull rod, and clamps. The ball head pull rod is accommodated in the transitional inner sleeve, the transitional inner sleeve is accommodated in the inner sleeve, the inner sleeve is limited between the transitional inner sleeve and the clip holder, the steel micro balls are clamped between the clip holder and the transitional inner sleeve, and the steel micro balls are fixed to the clip holder. By pulling the ball head pull rod, the transitional inner sleeve is driven to move backward, so that a front end of the transitional inner sleeve is elastically deformed, to separate the transitional inner sleeve from the steel micro balls and the clip holder.
US11844527B2
An endovascular surgical tool may include a flexible, electrically-conductive delivery tube, a return conductor, a resistive heating element attached to the distal end of the delivery tube, and a therapeutic payload attached to a loop of the resistive heating element by a coil connecting member. The delivery tube may include at least one segment at its distal end which includes a plurality of transverse slots. Each slot of the plurality of slots includes an origin on the perimeter of the delivery tube, a terminus closer to a central axis of the delivery tube than the origin, and a depth between the origin and terminus. The origins of at least two slots of the plurality of slots may be located at different angular positions relative to the central axis. The return conductor may be electrically insulated from and positioned within the delivery tube.
US11844504B2
A self-supporting surgical retractor is provided for retracting soft tissue and anatomy at a spinal surgical site. The retractor includes a tubular base defining an upper rim and a lower rim and a working channel there between the upper and lower rims, in which the base and lower rim are sized and configured to be seated on adjacent vertebral bodies spanning an intervertebral space. At least two elongated legs are provided, each projecting from the upper rim and each including a fixation feature at a free end thereof. Each of the legs has a length sufficient for the fixation feature to be outside the body of a patient when the lower rim is seated on adjacent vertebral bodies of the patient. The retractor is formed of a radio-transparent or radio-lucent material.
US11844502B2
A multi-degree-of-freedom flexible surgical instrument that includes a flexible continuous body structure (10) and a driving unit (20) is disclosed. The flexible continuous body structure (10) includes a distal structural body (11), a proximal structural body (16) and a middle connecting body (15). The distal structural body (11) includes a first distal structural segment (12) and a second distal structural segment (13). The proximal structural body (16) includes a proximal structural segment. Second segment structural backbones (163) located on the proximal structural segment are securely connected in one-to-one correspondence to or are the same as second segment structural backbones (133) located on the second distal structural segment (13). The middle connecting body (15) includes channel fixing plates (152), channel fixing blocks (153), first structural backbone guide channels (151) and second structural backbone guide channels (154).
US11844496B2
In an imaging system, an image transmission circuit is configured to output image data to a signal line in a first mode. A signal reception circuit is configured to receive a clock control signal for adjusting a frequency of a camera clock from an image reception unit in a second mode. A signal output circuit is configured to output a first electric potential and the clock control signal to the signal line. The first electric potential corresponds to a signal level that is not included in a range of a signal level of the image data output to the signal line. A communication control circuit is configured to switch communication modes from the first mode to the second mode when the communication control circuit detects the first electric potential in the first mode.
US11844491B2
A handle assembly for a surgical stapler can comprise a rotatable actuation shaft. The actuation shaft can have a first rotational orientation in which it can actuate a jaw assembly in a repeatable open and close mode, a second rotational orientation in which it can actuate a jaw assembly in a staple firing mode, and a third rotational orientation in which it can actuate a jaw assembly in a reversing mode. The handle assembly can include a rotational mechanism arranged to discretely position the rotatable actuation shaft in one of the rotational orientations. The rotational mechanism can be arranged for single handed operation such as by including a slidable switch or selector to rotate the actuation shaft.
US11844476B2
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing having a base and a partition, a supply tank removably mounted on the housing, and a recovery tank removably mounted on the housing. The tanks can be mounted within voids defined by portions of the housing. Latches can secure the tanks to the housing.
US11844461B1
A roaster for roasting food over a campfire is disclosed. The roaster may include one or more prongs located at the roaster forward end, a knob located at the roaster rear end, a rod attached to the knob, a dispensing plate slideably mounted on the prong(s) and attached to the rod, a longitudinal tube attached to the prong(s), a forward handle, a rear handle, and a spring between the knob and the rear handle and surrounding the rod. The rod may pass fully through the forward and rear handles and the longitudinal tube. The longitudinal tube may pass fully through the forward handle and only partially through the rear handle. Moving the knob and attached rod forwardly may cause the dispensing plate to move along the prong(s). The rear handle, the longitudinal tube, the prong(s), and the dispensing plate rotate relative to the forward handle.
US11844447B2
The invention relates to a customizable frame system, which can be customized for both shape and size. In some embodiments only the corners are visible, and the structural rails are hidden. In other embodiments, the rails create a frame around the outside of the picture. The rails, and in some embodiments the corners, have a notch that allows the frame to be hung from various sides. The framing system can be supplied in standard sizes and custom sizes. Each corner can be a different shape and color or theme. They can be decorated or embellished with materials, objects or characters. The sides, rails and corners form reusable pieces to make different sizes for new frames.
US11844446B2
A bumper with integrated price tag holder and graphics holder configured to be affixed to a retail display fixture, retained in place by one or more fasteners, suitable for displaying price tags and product informational graphics.
US11844432B2
A furniture motion control system for controlling movement of one or more movable parts of a furniture member includes a panel including one or more buttons; an actuator configured to control movement of the one or more movable parts of the furniture member; an electric motor configured to drive the actuator; and control circuitry configured to control the electric motor, wherein the control circuitry is configured to, in response to detecting that a first button, from among the one or more buttons, has been pressed, select between controlling the motor to drive the actuator and the one or more movable parts to move automatically and controlling the motor to drive the actuator and the one or more movable parts to move manually, based on a length of time the first button is held.
US11844425B2
The present invention relates to an applicator for applying a cosmetic, makeup or care, product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, having an applicator member including a core that extends along a longitudinal axis (X), and, carried by the core, longitudinal rows of islets of spikes that are separated by areas free of spikes, wherein, in said applicator, the islets of spikes include a series of spikes in the longitudinal direction and a series of spikes in the circumferential direction.
US11844421B1
A cosmetic tool comprises a brush head, a material core, a movable sleeve, a fixed sleeve, and a transmission structure. The material core is mounted in the movable sleeve, the brush head is located at one end of the movable sleeve and is arranged opposite the material core, and a discharge port is formed in an end face of the material core facing the brush head. The fixed sleeve is sleeved outside the movable sleeve, and the movable sleeve can move along an axial direction. The fixed sleeve, the movable sleeve and the brush head are connected by means of a transmission structure, and when the movable sleeve moves along the axial direction, the movable sleeve drives the brush head) to turn over by means of the transmission structure, so as to dip in a cosmetic substance at the discharge port.
US11844416B2
The present disclosure provides an attachment device comprising a first subassembly, comprising a mounting component, a retainer component, coupled to a second subassembly comprising a first rotatable component, a second rotatable component, and a trigger assembly. The mounting component comprises an opening defining at least one slot. The retainer component is coupled to the mounting component defining a first cavity. The spring component, housed in the first cavity, is coupled to the retainer component. The first rotatable component is coupled to the second rotatable component to define a second cavity extending from a first surface of the first rotatable component to a second surface of the second rotatable component. A trigger actuator of the trigger assembly is housed in the second cavity. The first rotatable component defines at least one tab defined to be received within the at least one slot of the mounting component.
US11844415B2
A support for a hand-operated device is disclosed herein. The support comprises an arm band having an inner surface configured to surround and contact at least a portion of a user's forearm, and an opposite outer surface, and a cordholder attached to the arm band, the cordholder having a length extending diagonally relative to the length direction of the user's radius when the arm band is mounted on the user's forearm. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
US11844410B2
The invention relates to a cosmetic product refill (20) for a hair treatment device (1), comprising an applicator member that is saturated with liquid cosmetic product, with a degree of filling less than or equal to 90%, preferably less than or equal to 80%>, more preferably less than or equal to 70%, the degree of filling being defined as the ratio of the mass of cosmetic product in the applicator member divided by the maximum mass of cosmetic product with which the applicator member can be saturated.
US11844403B2
A method for locating critical control points on a part or combination of parts during a manufacturing process involves mating, directly or indirectly, a jig extension to the part or parts. A pattern on the jig extension defines an origin point that is used to track the position of the part or parts during manufacturing, such as during location-sensitive operations. The jig extension may be a shoe last extension which connects to a shoe or shoe component via a shoe last.
US11844398B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear is provided and includes a midsole having a first surface, a second surface formed on an opposite side of the midsole than the first surface, a first cavity formed in the first surface and tapering in a direction from the first surface toward the second surface, and a second cavity formed in the second surface and tapering in a direction from the second surface toward the first surface. A first quantity of particulate matter is disposed within the first cavity and a second quantity of particulate matter is disposed within the second cavity.
US11844392B2
A rapid-entry shoe allows the shoe to be rapidly entered and readied for wearing by the user. The shoe may be any of a wide variety of shoe types, including shoes of a wide variety of styles and functions. The rapid entry features of the shoes utilize various movable elements that are attached to a sole portion or other portion of the shoe and allow movement of a portion of the shoe under pressure to allow rapid entry of the user's foot into the shoe. The moveable elements may include flexible elements, elements having constructed to have a memory of a native position, magnetic elements, and/or elastic elements.
US11844379B2
The embarrassment of passing gas in public is ubiquitous. One solution is to wear a filter underwear that is generally constructed with a single ply of underwear side panels that are separated by an activated carbon center panel. The activated carbon center panel is attached to an elastic waistband at the underwear back and where the activated carbon center panel traverses between two leg openings to the waistband at the underwear front. The center panel is constructed with a five-ply activated carbon fabric that is sandwiched between cotton fabric, which is sandwiched between bamboo fabric. The five-ply center panel is greater than 1 mm thick to provide filtering capabilities to sufficiently reduce the odor of flatulence to an acceptable level that is not readily detected by a person close by.
US11844365B2
Glucosyl Stevia compositions are prepared from steviol glycosides of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. The glucosylation was performed by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase using the starch as source of glucose residues. The short-chain glucosyl Stevia compositions were purified to >95% content of total steviol glycosides. The compositions can be used as sweetness enhancers, flavor enhancers and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
US11844357B2
Method and system for optically assessing properties of a body on at least one sectional surface of at least one cut introduced in the body in question. The sectional surface is thereby optically recorded directly during the cutting operation by an image acquisition unit, namely, by means of optical sensors of a blade of a cutting tool that is designed for this purpose. The data resulting from a digitization of the sensor signals that have been converted into electrical signals are then processed in an image processing device to visualize the at least one sectional surface on at least one display or/and to create reports in regard to the characteristics of the body or/and in order to classify the body in accordance with a classification system, or/and to derive control signals for a subsequent further processing of the body or of parts produced by the execution of the at least one cut.
US11844353B2
The present application relates to recombinant microorganisms useful in the biosynthesis of unsaturated C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates which may be useful as insect pheromones, fragrances, flavors, and polymer intermediates. The C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates described herein may be used as substrates for metathesis reactions to expand the repertoire of target compounds and pheromones. The application further relates to recombinant microorganisms co-expressing a pheromone pathway and a pathway for the production of a toxic protein, peptide, oligonucleotide, or small molecule suitable for use in an attract-and-kill pest control approach. Also provided are methods of producing unsaturated C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates using the recombinant microorganisms, as well as compositions comprising the recombinant microorganisms and/or optionally one or more of the product alcohols, aldehydes, or acetates.
US11844352B2
A gene that controls epidermal bladder cell formation is isolated and identified. Specifically, a gene involved in an epidermal bladder cell formation control action is identified by: recognizing that a plant body with remarkably reduced epidermal bladder cells appears by performing EMS mutagenesis treatment on seeds; and comparing genomic DNA of the mutant and wild-type genomic DNA.
US11844337B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatus for sorting undesired marine species during trawling, provides a pliable grid when the trawl net is pulled from the water and wound tightly on the net reel, and when the trawl is deployed in the water, the apparatus is fixed into place inside the trawl and holding its shape with consistent grid spacing. Marine species sorting apparatus in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes grid, back straps, and lead ring. Grid includes a plurality of bars surrounded by grid frame. Grid frame is attached to lead ring at an angle using terminal couplers. Lead ring supports grid and secures marine species sorting apparatus in trawl webbing referred to as the extension.
US11844326B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011158. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011158, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011158 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011158.
US11844324B1
A novel maize variety designated X05R386 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05R386 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05R386 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05R386, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05R386 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05R386 and methods of using maize variety X05R386 are disclosed.
US11844319B1
A support clip for a potting container for plants and seedlings that is attachable to the side of the potting container. The support clip has attached thereto a receptacle for the placement therein of support stakes for a plant or seedling in the container. The receptacle remains on the outside of the potting container, thereby preserving space inside of the potting container for soil and amendments for the plant or seedling. The support clip and receptacle are connected by an angle adjustment knob that allows for the angle at which support stakes placed in the receptacle can be placed relative to the plant or seedling planted therein such that the support stakes are appropriate for the growth stage of the plant or seedling.
US11844315B2
A system may include a sensor disposed on a parcel of land, watering equipment comprising a watering pump and processing circuity, and a user terminal comprising a user interface. The sensor may be configured to detect moisture conditions. The processing circuitry may be configured to direct the watering pump to operate in accordance with an operational mode. The user terminal may be configured to output system information via the user interface based on sensor data provided by the sensor, control the watering pump to operate in accordance with the operational mode, and delegate operational control of the system to a second user in response to a delegation input provided by a first user via the user interface.
US11844314B1
Sod harvesters can be configured to stack rolls of sod in unique layers on a pallet. A sod harvester can include control circuitry that is configured to operate a stacking head and a stacking conveyor in a manner that enables the layers to be formed. The structure of the layers can facilitate harvesting wider rolls even when narrower pallets are used to transport the rolls.
US11844308B2
A lawn mower may include a cutter propulsion unit, a transmission axle that may have a longitudinal extension and may be adapted to be rotated by the cutter propulsion unit. The lawn mower may further include a cutting disc that may have a radial extension (R) that runs between a center and an outer edge, where the cutting disc may include one or more cutting edges that may be adapted to cut grass when the cutting disc may be brought into a rotational motion by means of the transmission axle. The cutting disc may further include a connection portion which may be adapted to receive a coupling member, which may be included in the transmission axle, in at least two different mounting positions that may be adapted to position the connection portion in mutually separated positions along the longitudinal extension (L, L′).
US11844303B2
A robotic work tool having a chassis, a cover and a controller for controlling the operation of the robotic work tool. The robotic work tool further has a lift/collision detection device (300) connected to the controller for providing sensor input, and which Hft/coUision detection device (300) includes a first sensor element (340) and a second sensor element (345). The controller (110) is configured to receive sensor input of a distance value indicating a distance between the first sensor element (340) and the second sensor element (345), determine that a lift has been detected, fay comparing the distance value with a lift detection threshold and/or determine that a collision has been detected, by comparing the distance value with a collision detection threshold, wherein the collision detection threshold is different from the lift detection threshold.
US11844299B2
A seed meter includes a meter housing having a first chamber for seeds and a second chamber. A seed disk is rotatably supported within the meter housing and has a first side and a second side. The first side is exposed to the first chamber and the second side is exposed to the second chamber. The seed disk includes a plurality of seed openings that extend between the first and second sides at a predetermined radial position. A singulator is positioned against the first side of the seed disk and has at least one structure for removing excess seeds from the seed openings as the seed meter disk rotates relative to the singulator. A radial position of the singulator is controlled at least in part by a hub portion of the seed meter. A biasing spring is positioned to exert an axially-oriented bias force pressing the singulator against the first side of the seed meter disk.
US11844296B2
Scarified seeds may be coated with a polymer or polymeric coating. The polymer or polymeric coated seeds may be stored for periods of time prior to use.
US11849653B2
A resistive random-access memory (ReRAM) device may include a thermally engineered layer that is positioned adjacent to an active layer and configured to act as a heat sink during filament formation in response to applied voltages. The thermally engineered layer may act as one of the electrodes on the ReRAM device and may be adjacent to any side of the active layer. The active layer may also include a plurality of individual active layers. Each of the active layers may be associated with a different dielectric constant, such that the middle active layer has a dielectric constant that is significantly higher than the other two surrounding active layers.
US11849650B2
A sensor device comprising: a lead frame; a first/second semiconductor die having a first/second sensor structure at a first/second sensor location, and a plurality of first/second bond pads electrically connected to the lead frame; the semiconductor dies having a square or rectangular shape with a geometric center; the sensor locations are offset from the geometrical centers; the second die is stacked on top of the first die, and is rotated by a non-zero angle and optionally also offset or shifted with respect to the first die, such that a perpendicular projection of the first and second sensor location coincide.
US11849649B2
A method for fabricating memory cell of magnetoresistive RAM includes forming a memory stack structure on a first electrode layer. The memory stack structure includes a SAF layer to serve as a pinned layer; a magnetic free layer and a barrier layer sandwiched between the SAF layer and the magnetic free layer. A second electrode layer is then formed on the memory stack structure. The SAF layer includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a spacer layer of a first metal element sandwiched between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first metal element is phase separated from a second metal element of the first and second magnetic layers, and the second metal element of the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer interfaces with the spacer layer.
US11849647B2
A semiconductor structure may include a magnetic tunnel junction layer on top and in electrical contact with a microstud, a hard mask layer on top of the magnetic tunnel junction layer, and a liner positioned along vertical sidewalls of the magnetic tunnel junction layer and vertical sidewalls of the hard mask layer. A top surface of the liner may be below a top surface of the hard mask layer. The semiconductor structure may include a spacer on top of the liner. The liner may separate the spacer from the magnetic tunnel junction layer and the hard mask layer. The semiconductor structure may include a first metal layer below and in electrical contact with the microstud and a second metal layer above the hard mask layer. A bottom portion of the second metal layer may surround a top portion of the hard mask layer.
US11849644B2
A method for fabricating magnetoresistive random-access memory cells (MRAM) on a substrate is provided. The substrate is formed with a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) layer thereon. When the MTJ layer is etched to form the MRAM cells, there may be metal components deposited on a surface of the MRAM cells and between the MRAM cells. The metal components are then removed by chemical reaction. However, the removal of the metal components may form extra substances on the substrate. A further etching process is then performed to remove the extra substances by physical etching.
US11849636B2
The present specification relates to a hetero-cyclic compound and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
US11849634B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I)-(V) as compounds capable of emitting delayed fluorescence and uses of these compounds in organic light-emitting diodes.
US11849627B2
An apparatus includes a plurality of head portions which supplies droplets on a processing substrate, and a controller which applies a signal to each of the head portions, where the controller controls each of the head portions to supply the droplets on the processing substrate, where the signal includes a difference between a preset location of a pixel and an actual location of a pixel.
US11849625B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a display apparatus more stable to penetration of moisture and oxygen, including a panel including a display area, a camera hole area, and a non-display area disposed between the display area and the camera hole area, a light emitting element and a plurality of transistors disposed in the display area on the panel, an encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting element and the transistors, and at least one camera hole, at least one connection prevention part, and at least one dam disposed in the camera hole area, in which a respective one of the at least one dam is disposed between a respective one of the at least one connection prevention part and a respective one of the at least one camera hole.
US11849623B1
The present application discloses a display panel and a display device, including a substrate; a light-emitting layer disposed on a side of the substrate, wherein the light-emitting layer includes a plurality of light-emitting units; an encapsulation layer disposed on a side of the light-emitting layer away from the substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on a side of the encapsulation layer away from the substrate, wherein the first insulating layer includes a plurality of protruding structures arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of light-emitting units; a second insulating layer covering the plurality of protruding structures, wherein a refractive index of the second insulating layer is smaller than a refractive index of the first insulating layer, and a surface of a side of the encapsulation layer close to the first insulating layer is provided with a first groove.
US11849620B2
A display device achieves a high resolution and a low power consumption through provision of subpixels each including a single light emitting layer and subpixels each including a plurality of overlapping light emitting layers. In the display device, it is also unnecessary to increase the number of expensive fine metal masks even for rendering of various grayscales. In addition, in the display device, different light emitting layers overlap with each other, and a charge generation layer is disposed between the overlapping light emitting layers, and, as such, emission of a secondary color can be achieved without necessity of a material for an additional light emitting layer of the secondary color.
US11849612B2
A display panel includes a first flat surface, a first side surface extending from a first side of the first flat surface, a second side surface extending from a second side of the first flat surface, a first extension surface extending from a first side of the first side surface, and a second extension surface extending from a first side of the second side surface. A first side of the first extension surface faces a third side of the first flat surface, and a first side of the second extension surface faces a fourth side of the first flat surface.
US11849609B2
According to one embodiment, a display device including, a substrate including a first area including a display area, a second area including a mount area, and a third area located between the first area and the second area, a first inorganic insulating layer provided on the substrate in the first area and the second area, a line provided on the first inorganic insulating layer and extending across the first area, the second area, and the third area, and, a second inorganic insulating layer provided on the line, the second inorganic insulating layer extending to an area overlaid on at least the first inorganic insulating layer.
US11849597B2
A sensor includes an anode and a cathode, and a near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer between the anode and the cathode. The near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer is configured to absorb light of at least a portion of a near-infrared wavelength spectrum and convert the absorbed light into an electrical signal. The near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer includes a first material having a maximum absorption wavelength in the near-infrared wavelength spectrum and a second material forming a pn junction with the first material and having a wider energy bandgap than an energy bandgap of the first material. The first material is included in the near-infrared photoelectric conversion layer in a smaller amount than the second material.
US11849591B2
Methods, systems, and devices for power gating in a memory device are described for using one or more memory cells as drivers for load circuits of a memory device. A group of memory cells of the memory device may represent memory cells that include a switching component and that omit a memory storage element. These memory cells may be coupled with respective plate lines that may be coupled with a voltage source having a first supply voltage. Each memory cell of the group may also be coupled with a respective digit line that may be coupled with the load circuits. Respective switching components of the group of memory cells may therefore act as drivers to apply the first supply voltage to one or more load circuits by coupling a digit line with a plate line having the first supply voltage.
US11849588B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming an inter-metal dielectric layer over a substrate; forming a first conductive line embedded in the inter-metal dielectric layer; forming a dielectric structure over the inter-metal dielectric layer and the first conductive line; etching the dielectric structure until the first conductive line is exposed; forming a bottom electrode layer on the exposed first conductive line such that the bottom electrode layer has an U-shaped when viewed in a cross section; forming a ferroelectric layer over the bottom electrode layer; forming a top electrode layer over the ferroelectric layer.
US11849570B2
A semiconductor memory device and associated methods, the device including first and second lower conductive lines extending in a first direction; a first middle conductive line on the first and second lower conductive lines and extending in a second direction; first and second memory cells between the first and second lower conductive lines and the first middle conductive line; an air gap support layer between the first and second memory cells; and a first air gap between the first and second memory cells and under the air gap support layer, wherein an upper surface of the air gap support layer lies in a same plane as the first and second memory cells, the first and second memory cells include first and second OTS layers and first and second phase-change layers, and the first air gap overlaps the first and second phase-change layers.
US11849564B2
An adopting core device including a main board, a server connector module, a leaking sensor, and an electromagnet device is proposed in the current application. In an embodiment, a main board including a fluid channel assembled by a manual mating connector through hoses and a blind mating connector fixed on the other side. In an embodiment, the manual mating connector is connected to a rack connector of a rack manifold of an electronic rack coupled to an external cooling fluid source to receive and to return cooling fluid from and to the external cooling fluid source. For example, the blind mating connector is capable of being engaged with or disengaged from a server fluid connector of a server chassis. In an embodiment, the server chassis comprises a leaking sensor configured to detect leakage of the cooling fluid within the server chassis.
US11849562B2
A computer equipment cooling device comprising: a temperature dependent thermal conduction member that includes a first major surface and a second major surface; a set of fins connected in thermal communication with the first major surface; and a cold plate connected in thermal communication with the second major surface.
US11849561B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems, devices, and methods for data centers. In one example, a lockable enclosure for a data drive. The lockable enclosure includes a housing configured to house data drive circuitry and a port coupled to the housing and configured to connect to an external data device for transferring data from or to the data drive circuitry. The lockable enclosure also includes a sliding mechanism movable relative to the housing and configured to move within the housing between a position whereby the port is accessible to a position whereby the port is inaccessible.
US11849555B2
A subsea enclosure arrangement for a subsea component, the enclosure includes walls of a fluid tight material, each wall terminating in a flange; a cover for closing the enclosure; an elastomeric seal between the flange and the cover; compressive members to apply a compressive force to the elastomeric seal, via the cover and the flange; a bracket connecting the flange to the cover; a weld seal between the bracket and the flange; and a weld seal between the bracket and the cover.
US11849549B2
The present application provides a flexible display device. A housing includes a first housing and a second housing, which are relatively slidably arranged. A first end of a flexible display screen is connected to the first support member of the first housing. A second end of the flexible display screen bypasses the second support member of the second housing and is connected to a stretching mechanism in the housing. A packaging member is disposed on at least one first side plate of the second housing and covers at least a portion of an edge of the flexible display screen. The present application prevents dust from intruding into a bottom of the flexible display.
US11849544B2
A method for milling flex foil includes providing a web of flex foil including a substrate; a first conductive layer arranged on one surface of the substrate; a second conductive layer arranged on an opposite surface of the substrate; a first insulating layer arranged adjacent to the first conductive layer; and a second insulating layer arranged adjacent to the second conductive layer. The method includes dry milling one side of the web using a first cliché pattern including raised portions and non-raised portions to selectively remove at least one of the first conductive layer and the first insulating layer. The method includes dry milling an opposite side of the web using a second cliché pattern including upper raised portions, lower raised portions and non-raised portions to selectively remove the second insulating layer.
US11849542B2
A mounting head is configured to be detachably attached to a mounting device main body. This mounting head includes a storage section having multiple storage areas, and a storage control section configured to acquire multiple operation data relating to an operation of the mounting head individually at different timings and store the multiple operation data individually in the multiple storage areas in such a state that the mounting head is attached to the mounting device main body.
US11849539B2
Embedded cooling systems and methods of forming the same are disclosed. An embedded cooling system includes a PCB having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and power device stacks embedded within the PCB between the first major surface and the second major surface. Each power device stack includes a first substrate and a second substrate, and an electrical insulation layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The embedded cooling system further includes a power device coupled to the first substrate of each power device stack and heat pipes having a first end and a second end spaced a distance apart from the first end. The first end is embedded within the PCB substrate and the second end extends outside of the PCB substrate. The second substrate of the one or more power device stacks is coupled to the one or more heat pipes.
US11849538B2
A terminal substrate includes a signal terminal disposed on a terminal surface of an insulation ceramic layer. An insulation resin layer of a flexible substrate includes a first surface facing the terminal surface, and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface. A first signal pad disposed on the first surface is joined to the signal terminal. A first penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the first signal pad. A first signal line is disposed on the second surface. A second penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the first signal line. A second signal line is disposed on the first surface. A third penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the second signal line. A second signal pad is disposed on the second surface.
US11849535B2
The disclosure provides a system, for designing and developing immersion cooling in data centers. The system includes multiple aisles that perform different functions. One of the aisles includes space for housing immersion tanks in which components of the data center may be positioned to be cooled. A second aisle allows the immersion tanks to be placed in the other aisle and for backside access. A third aisle transfers vapor from the aisle housing the immersion tanks to a vapor return unit to condense the vapor. A distribution unit distributes the coolant to cool the components of the data center is designed at the second aisle. The aisles and other units can be modularized to allow for deployment to meet different types of data center requirements.
US11849533B2
In a circular accelerator that applies a radiofrequency wave in a main magnetic field to accelerate charged particle beam while increasing an orbit radius, another radiofrequency wave with a frequency different from the radiofrequency wave used for acceleration is applied to the charged particle beam in order to extract the charged particle beam. Thereby, in the circular accelerator that accelerates charged particle beam while increasing an orbit radius by applying a radiofrequency wave in a main magnetic field, the high precision control on extraction of the charged particle beam from the circular accelerator is achieved.
US11849528B1
Disclosed are an impedance matching apparatus and method for a solid-state microwave source. The impedance matching apparatus is connected to a solid-state microwave source and includes a detection module and a control module. The control module includes a frequency control unit and a power determining unit. The frequency control unit is configured to adjust a current frequency of a phase-locked source of the solid-state microwave source according to a received frequency modulation (FM) instruction. The power determining unit is configured to perform following steps: controlling a driver module of the solid-state microwave source to gradually increase a total incident power, and determining a change trend of a total reflected power of the solid-state microwave source; controlling the driver module to reduce the incident power; setting the FM instruction, and sending the set FM instruction to the frequency control unit.
US11849519B2
A method for control of a light fixture, the method including energizing the light fixture to produce a first light output with a first chromaticity and a first spectral power distribution, receiving a user input representative of a desired adjustment of a lighting effect, generating a target spectrum based on the user input, and energizing the light fixture to produce a second light output with the first chromaticity and a second spectral power distribution. The second power distribution approximates the target spectrum.
US11849514B1
A circuit may be configured to deliver current to one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The circuit may comprise a first current path configured to deliver a first current to the one or more LEDs, and a second current path in parallel with the first current path, wherein the second current path is configured to deliver a second current through a voltage drop element and to the one or more LEDs. According to this disclosure, a sum of the first current and the second current is regulated based on a sensed current through the circuit.
US11849512B2
A lighting fixture having a light source, a light sensor, a communication interface, and circuitry is described. In addition to controlling the light source, the circuitry is adapted to monitor for a light signal provided from a handheld device via the light sensor; upon receiving the light signal, measure a signal level associated with the light signal; and effect transmission of the signal level to the handheld device via the communication interface. In one embodiment, the circuitry is further configured to receive an instruction to monitor for the light signal from the handheld device via the communication interface such that the circuitry begins monitoring for the light signal upon receiving the instruction.
US11849499B2
A method for acquiring system information (SI) performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes performing a first set of operations after determining that the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC)_CONNECTED state with an active bandwidth part (BWP) not configured with a common search space (CSS) with a field searchSpaceOtherSystemInformation; and performing a second set of operations after determining that the UE is in the RRC_CONNECTED state with the active BWP configured with the CSS with the field searchSpaceOtherSystemInformation. The first set of operations includes: transmitting a first RRC message to request a required system information block (SIB) and starting a timer; and receiving, from the cell, an RRCReconfiguration message including the required SIB. The second set of operations includes: transmitting the first RRC message to request the required SIB and starting the timer; and monitoring the CSS to acquire the required SIB.
US11849493B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods which increase the throughput of a TCP-based communication between a first network node and a second network node. First, the first network node sent a first plurality of TCP segments to the second network node. Second, when the second network node receives a second plurality of TCP segments, which is all or part of the first plurality of the TCP segments, the second network node responds by sending one or more TCP acknowledgements to the first network node with the last sequence number of a last segment among all TCP segment within the second plurality of TCP segments. The present disclosure are able to increase the throughput of a TCP connection while decreasing its reliability.
US11849489B2
The present disclosure discloses a random access transmission method and a terminal. The method includes: obtaining a data scrambling parameter of a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH; and sending a random access message based on the data scrambling parameter, where the random access message corresponds to the PUSCH and a physical random access channel PRACH. In a random access process of a terminal in embodiments of the present disclosure, a random access message is sent on a random access resource based on a data scrambling parameter of a PUSCH. Correspondingly, a network device decodes the PUSCH on the random access resource based on the data scrambling parameter, to obtain the corresponding random access message.
US11849485B2
Systems and methods for providing flexible time masks for transmission in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a node in a wireless communication system comprises providing, to a wireless device, an indication of a position of a transient period during a time mask, where the position of the transient period is adapted to a clear channel assessment period at the wireless device or the position of the transient period is such that the transient period occurs at least partially during a clear channel assessment period. The time mask defines an OFF period during which a transmitter of the wireless device is to be off, an ON period during which the transmitter of the wireless device is to be on, and the transient period. The transient period is a period during which the transmitter of the wireless device is to ramp-up or ramp-down.
US11849481B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications in unlicensed spectrum are described. In some wireless communications systems, a user equipment may identify a service parameter configured for the user equipment for a shared radio frequency channel, such as a subcarrier spacing or beam direction for a directional beam for communications with a base station. The base station may acquire a channel occupancy time for the shared radio frequency channel. The user equipment may monitor for and receive a control message for the channel occupancy time from the base station. The control message may include an indication of service associated with the service parameter and a remaining duration of the channel occupancy time. Based on the indications, the user equipment may adapt one or more receive parameters (e.g., a monitoring periodicity, monitoring time occasions, and whether to skip monitoring) for communicating with the base station during the channel occupancy time.
US11849480B2
Disclosed are wireless communication system base stations. Each wireless communication base station comprises a communication module and a processor. When the base stations carry out DRS- and nonunicast data-multiplexed transmission, the processors select one channel access type among two channel access types according to whether both of two conditions are satisfied, the two conditions being that the duration of the DRS- and nonunicast data-multiplexed transmission is 1 ms or less, and the duty cycle of DRS transmission is 1/20 or less. Among the two channel access types, the first type is channel access in which random backoff is carried out using a variable-size contention window (CW), the size of the CW being determined according to channel access priority class; and the second type is channel access in which only single time interval-based LBT is carried out.
US11849473B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a new beam ready time that indicates a time at which a beam is to be ready for use in communicating with a base station. The beam may be activated by a downlink control information based beam activation command received by the UE. The UE may communicate with the base station using the beam after the new beam ready time. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11849468B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations comprising periodically broadcasting, by a first wireless device, outgoing ranging packets on a measurement channel of a wireless network; receiving, by the first wireless device on the measurement channel and from a second wireless device, a plurality of incoming ranging data packets; and calculating, by the first wireless device and using a three ranging packet exchange with the second wireless device, a range to the second wireless device.
US11849465B2
Wireless communication techniques are described. An access node/device may transmit, to another access node/device, data corresponding to a wireless device. The access node/device may transmit the data along with downlink resource information indicating a radio resource. The other access node/device may use the radio resource to transmit the data to the wireless device. The access node/device may transmit one or more preemption indications to one or more other communication devices to preempt any other transmissions in the radio resource.
US11849463B2
A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The UE comprises at least one processor configured to determine a first subcarrier spacing and a transceiver configured to transmit, to a base station (BS), random access signals generated with the first subcarrier spacing and receive a downlink control signaling comprising a physical (PHY) resource configuration that includes a second subcarrier spacing. The UE further comprises at least one processor configured to set the PHY resource configuration for at least one of uplink transmission or downlink reception.
US11849462B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive one or more downlink control information (DCI) messages scheduling downlink transmissions associated with different groups, where feedback for the downlink transmissions may be transmitted during a same time period. The UE may index the received DCI messages based on a set of serving cell indices and monitoring occasion indices, and the UE may select a DCI message from the indexed DCI messages. The UE may identify, based on an index associated with the DCI messages, a first DCI message that has a format that includes a group index field. The UE may identify, from the group index field of the identified DCI message, a group index value that indicates a first group, and the UE may transmit a feedback message that includes at least a codebook that is based on the group index value.
US11849459B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of one or more bandwidth part (BWP)-specific access link parameters and one or more BWP-specific sidelink parameters. The UE may perform at least one of access link communication with a base station based at least in part on the one or more BWP-specific access link parameters, or sidelink communication with another UE based at least in part on the one or more BWP-specific sidelink parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11849455B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a UE determines a configuration of a common PUCCH resource set that is based on a frequency hopping pattern and includes a first set of resource blocks (RBs) of a bandwidth part (BWP) in a first group of symbols and a second set of RBs of the BWP in a second group of symbols. In some designs, the second set of RBs is offset in frequency from the first set of RBs by a fixed hopping distance. In other designs, the BWP is further associated with a second PUCCH resource set that includes a third set of RBs of the BWP that overlaps in part with the first set of RBs of the BWP in the first group of symbols, a fourth set of RBs of the BWP that overlaps in part with the second set of RBs of the BWP in the second group of symbols, or a combination thereof.
US11849448B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for indicating a preemption of resources impacting a joint transmission from multiple transmitting entities to a user equipment. The transmitting entities may be associated with a virtual cell ID or a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port group ID.
US11849446B2
A method for transmitting uplink data and a terminal device are provided. In the method: first downlink control information (DCI) used for scheduling transmission of first uplink data is received from a network device, the first DCI comprising indication information of first reference signal resource set and indication information of first reference signal resource; the first reference signal resource set is determined according to the indication information of the first reference signal resource set, the first reference signal resource set comprising at least one reference signal resource; at least one first reference signal resource is determined from the first reference signal resource set according to the indication information of the first reference signal resource; and a transmission parameter for transmission of the first uplink data is determined according to the at least one first reference signal resource.
US11849443B2
An electronic device, a radio communication method, and a computer readable storage medium. The electronic device comprises a processing circuit, and is configured to use a group common-physical downlink control channel (GC-PDCCH) to transmit control information relating to data in a time slot preceding a time slot of the GC-PDCCH. In the invention, a GC-PDCCH can be better designed according to characteristics of an NR communication system.
US11849438B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication that the UE supports multiple input multiple output (MIMO) tone reservation. The UE may receive a MIMO communication having tone reservation applied to tone reservation (TR) subcarriers of the MIMO communication. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11849437B1
Disclosed are methods and systems to facilitate management of carriers to help ensure QoS for single-carrier UEs. In particular, a base station may serve one or more first user equipment devices (UEs) on just a first carrier. While doing so, the base station may determine that each of the one or more first UEs being served on just the first carrier is receiving threshold low quality of service from the base station on the first carrier. Responsive to this determining, the base station may (i) select one or more second UEs based on the one or more second UEs being served by the base station on both the first carrier and one or more other carriers and (ii) discontinue serving each selected second UE on the first carrier while continuing to serve each selected second UE on one or more other carriers.
US11849431B2
A user apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive information indicating resources used for downlink or uplink from a base station apparatus and a transmission unit configured to transmit TDD configuration information used for determining an arrangement of resources used for sidelink.
US11849415B2
A device comprising: a wireless communication interface, the communication interface being capable of using an external signal processing device to support a transmission or reception communication event and being configured to provide a first output signal from the communication interface for disabling such a signal processing device after the communication event; a clock external to the communication interface; and a synchronisation circuit configured to receive the first output signal and to synchronise the clock in dependence on the timing of the first output signal.
US11849413B2
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The UE may attempt to decode sidelink synchronization signals (SLSSs) received on component carriers (CCs) of a carrier aggregation. In one configuration, synchronization resources for SLSS transmissions may be aligned across the CCs at subframe boundaries in time, restricted to a portion of the CCs, and restricted to a same sub-frame. The UE may, for multiple CCs, determine a priority level for the CC based on indicators in the SLSSs received on the CC. The UE may select, from the CCs on which one or more SLSSs are decoded, the CC for which the determined priority level is highest. The UE may determine a reference timing for sidelink communication based on the one or more SLSSs received on the selected CC.
US11849412B2
A synchronization signal block (SSB) transmission method includes: determining corresponding energy detection modes for a current SSB, the energy detection modes including a first or a second energy detection mode, the first energy detection mode configured to detect energy of a channel in respective beam directions of at least two SSBs in an SSB group where the current SSB is located before sending at least two SSBs in the SSB group where the current SSB is located, and the second energy detection mode configured to detect energy of a channel in the beam direction of the current SSB before sending the current SSB; and detecting the energy of the channel for the current SSB using the determined energy detection mode; if the channel is free, sending the current SSB. The needs of different frequency bands and different network distributions, etc. can be met in the case of NR-U independent networking.
US11849379B1
A system for monitoring a user and coordinating one or more alert response by one or more first responders and configured to connect to one or more monitoring devices. The system includes a mobile device configured to perform operations. The operations include obtain user data from a continuous user data stream from the one or more monitoring devices, determine, based on the user data stream and user historical records, a safe zone of the user, and determine, based on a user data stream and user historical records, whether a current state or a predicted state of the user is within the safe zone and/or a danger zone defined as being outside the safe zone.
US11849375B2
Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention can proactively determine if an individual is likely in need of roadside assistance. Information can be collected from the individual's phone, including the person's location, the type of road, ambient noise, and/or motion of nearby objects. If it is determined that the individual likely needs roadside assistance, the system can proactively contact the individual to see if roadside assistance is desired, and if so, initiates roadside assistance. The system also can provide helpful information, such as safety information, and/or automatically contact other individuals to alert them of the roadside event and the location of the individual.
US11849372B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to determining a mobile communication device's location, even if the mobile communication device does not have an active data connection. Embodiments of the invention also relate to achieving connectivity between a mobile communication device not having an active data connection and to another mobile communication device, server computer, or third-party computer.
US11849361B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to embodiments, a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprises: receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including conditional configuration information, wherein the conditional configuration information includes: identification information for a candidate cell; and a configuration of the candidate cell; and performing one or more operations for a conditional handover based on RRC reconfiguration message.
US11849360B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for management of conditional handover (CHO) configurations. A source base station may configure a user equipment (UE) with one or more CHO configurations for multiple target base stations. The CHO configurations may provide, for each target base station, one or more associated conditions that may trigger the UE to initiate a handover to the particular target base station, or to deconfigure a CHO configuration, such as based on a measurement threshold of one or more target base station measurements, one or more source base station measurements, or combinations thereof. The CHO configurations may also include failure handling information for initiating one or more subsequent handovers responsive to a failure of an initial handover attempt.
US11849352B2
A communication device includes a first communication unit and a second communication unit and is configured to wirelessly connect to an electronic apparatus. The first communication unit and the second communication unit operate in the same communication protocol. The first communication unit is configured to wait for a connection request from the electronic apparatus, and the second communication unit is configured to wirelessly connect to the electronic apparatus from which the first communication unit received a connection request. The first communication unit is configured to wait, where the first communication unit is not connected to the electronic apparatus, for a connection request in a first mode in which a waiting time period is relatively long, and the first communication unit is configured to wait, where the first communication unit is connected to the electronic apparatus, for a connection request in a second mode in which the waiting time period is relatively short.
US11849347B2
The disclosed invention uses computer-implemented algorithms, including machine learning algorithms, to detect radiofrequency (RF) transmissions within a congested RF environment. Some embodiments include a method for sampling an RF environment, mapping the sampled signals onto a spectrogram, extracting signal start times from the spectrogram and loading the start times into a bit array. The method continues by correlating a subset of start times with each other, each subset representing a potential pulsed signal. The subsets are selected for strength of correlation by threshold analysis, and then are subject to sine wave analysis to precisely identify start times within the selected subsets before selecting strongly matched subsets by another threshold analysis. In other embodiments, a system for detecting pulsed RF signals includes a RF receiver, a signal detector, a converter for creating a bit array, a correlator, a first threshold discriminator, a sine wave analyzer, and a second threshold discriminator.
US11849341B2
A system described herein may provide a technique for the simulation of User Equipment (“UEs”) and/or radio access network (“RANs”) over packet-based networks. Virtual UEs (“vUEs”) and virtual RANs (“vRANs”) may each include a virtual physical layer (“vPHY”) component that simulates the physical ingress and egress of radio frequency (“RF”) traffic to and/or from the vUE, and the vRAN may include a vPHY component that simulates the physical ingress and egress of RF traffic to and/or from the vRAN. Geographical locations of the vUEs and coverage areas of the vRANs may be further simulated, in order to properly route traffic between respective vUEs and vRANs.
US11849339B2
An example access point may comprise a processing resource; and a memory resource storing machine-readable instructions to cause the processing resource to: perform a management system search using a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP); determine, in view of the management system search, whether a management system discovered is a controller; and select one of a first role within a centralized local area network and a second role within a distributed local area network based on determining whether the management system is the controller, wherein the first role within the centralized local area network is selected when the management system is the controller.
US11849335B2
Techniques are provided for accurately determining actual and prospective location(s) of radio(s) located in a structure and controlled by a shared spectrum system. By more accurately knowing the location(s) of the radios, the shared spectrum system can more efficiently allocate maximum transmission power(s) to the radio(s), enhance corresponding radio coverage area(s), and/or diminish interference to other radio(s) and/or primary user(s).
US11849333B2
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.
US11849331B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An operating method of a policy control function (PCF) node in a wireless communication system, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: determining, on the basis of preset conditions, whether to transmit a user equipment (UE) policy; transmitting a message including the UE policy; and receiving information related to a result of a policy section (PS) operation performed by a UE on the basis of the UE policy.
US11849329B2
A vehicle authentication apparatus includes first and second communication devices, first and second area determination devices, and a control execution device. The first communication device specifies a first area as a communication area. The second communication device specifies a second area as the communication area. The first area determination device determines whether the mobile devices are present at the first area based on a communication status of the first communication device with the mobile devices. The second area determination device determines whether at least one of mobile devices is present at the second area based on a communication status of the second communication device with the mobile devices. The control execution device executes predetermined vehicle control in response to determining no mobile devices being present at the first area; and determining at least one of the mobile devices being present at the second area.
US11849327B2
Secure pairing of computing devices, such as a field tool and a battery-powered device (BPD), may include generating by the BPD a challenge message including a randomly-generated challenge, and receiving at the field tool a challenge message from the BPD via a Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) advertisement message. The challenge message can include a randomly-generated challenge and can be issued in a scannable undirected advertising message. The challenge key can be calculated via a secure hash algorithm (SHA) to obtain a response solution. The response solution can be sent by the field tool to the advertising device in response to the challenge message. The response solution can be verified by the BPD using a cryptographic message authentication code such as an HMAC, and the BPD sends a confirmation message to the field tool indicating that the response solution is verified as correct.
US11849317B2
A method of a local bundle assistant (LBA) negotiating a certificate with a secondary platform bundle manager (SPBM) in a wireless communication system including: transmitting a request message requesting information of certificates supported by a secondary secure platform (SSP) to a secondary platform bundle loader (SPBL) of the SSP; receiving the information of certificates supported by the SSP including information of certificate issuers corresponding to a family identifier from the SPBL; transmitting the information of certificates supported by the SSP to the SPBM; and receiving a certificate of the SPBM for key agreement, information of public key identifiers of certificate issuers to be used by the SSP, and information of the family identifier from the SPBM.
US11849315B2
A method for operating a User Equipment (UE) is disclosed, wherein the UE is served by a source first network function in a first network and requires to register with a target second network function in a second network. The method comprises generating a registration request with integrity protection for at least a part of the registration request, and sending an integrity protected part of the registration request to the source first network function via the target second network function.
US11849304B2
Security policies are made dependent on location of a device and the location of a device is determined and the appropriate security policy applied without providing the device's location to a server. A device determine its location and identifies a security policy identifier mapped to a zone including the location. The device requests the security policy corresponding to the identifier from a server and implements it. The device may also store a database of the security policies and implement them according to its location. Devices registered for a user evaluate whether locations detected for the devices correspond to impossible travel by the user. Objects encoding geolocation data of a device may be encrypted with a private key of the device and the public key of another to prevent access by an intermediary server.
US11849296B2
A vibration device includes a plate-like glass vibrator and a plurality of exciters that are attached to the glass vibrator and configured to generate vibration according to an input electrical signal. An aspect ratio La/Lb of a length La of a longer side to a length Lb of a shorter side of a rectangle in which the glass vibrator is inscribed is 1.2 to 50. Provided that the number of the exciters is n and a minimum value of distance between the exciters is Smin, a relational value α (α=Smin−1)/La) is 0.2 to 0.8. In the case where the number n of exciters is 3 or larger, a value β(β=Sσ/Save) obtained by dividing a standard deviation Sσ of distances by an average Save of the distances between the exciters is 0 to 0.5.
US11849279B2
Microphones are located between pixel display elements (e.g., micro-LEDs and OLEDs) in a display. Display-integrated microphones allow displays to have thinner bezels. Audio processing components can also be incorporated into the display and allow audio processing offloading from processors external to the display. Arrays of microphones allow for the beamforming of received audio signals to enhance the detection of sound from remote audio sources. Piezoelectric elements can also be integrated into a display to allow for localized haptic feedback. Integrated piezoelectric elements can act as speakers and beamforming techniques can be used to activate sets of piezoelectric elements in coordination to direct sound to a specific location external to the display. Piezoelectric elements can aid in display thermal management by creating acoustic waves to move heated air within a display to create a more uniform thermal profile within the display or to remove excess heat from the display.
US11849278B2
The present disclosure provides a speaker which includes a case component, a vibration plate, a driving component, a first adjustment unit, and a second adjustment unit. The case component has an accommodating space and a sound outlet channel. The accommodating space communicates with the sound outlet channel. The vibration plate is disposed in the accommodating space. The driving component is disposed in the accommodating space and configured to drive the vibration plate to vibrate. The first adjustment unit is disposed in the sound outlet channel, and the first adjustment unit is constituted of acoustic metamaterials. The second adjustment unit is disposed on one side of the vibration plate, and the second adjustment unit is constituted of acoustic metamaterials.
US11849275B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for reducing noise induced in one or more components in a hearing aid. The present disclosure provides methods for reducing noise induced in telecoils.
US11849270B2
An electronic device may include: a housing including a front plate oriented in a first direction, a rear plate oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a side member enclosing at least a part of a space between the front plate and the rear plate. The electronic device further including a display disposed to be visible through the front plate; a printed circuit board disposed between the display and the rear plate; a support structure having a first face oriented in the first direction and supporting the display and a second face oriented in the second direction and supporting the printed circuit board; a conductive member disposed between the support structure and the rear plate; and a sealing structure disposed between the conductive member and the rear plate, the sealing structure extending along a periphery of the conductive member and formed in a closed curve shape.
US11849268B2
Disclosed is a digital hearing device with a microphone in an ear band, the digital hearing device including a body; an ear band configured to extend from one side of the body and to surround at least a portion of auricle of a user; a plurality of microphones provided to the ear band at predetermined intervals; an ear head configured to protrude inward from the body and to fit into an ear of the user; and a speaker provided to the ear head and configured to amplify sound received from the plurality of microphones and to deliver the amplified sound to the user.
US11849267B2
An apparatus includes a vibration member, a housing at a rear surface of the vibration member, a connection member between the vibration member and the housing, and a vibration apparatus configured to vibrate the vibration member, the vibration member includes at least one flat portion and at least one flexural portion adjacent to the at least one flat portion.
US11849253B2
A transmitter device applied to a conference system is disclosed. The conference system further includes a receiver device. The receiver device wirelessly receives an image signal transmitted by the transmitter device, and a display coupled to the receiver device displays the image signal. The transmitter device includes a memory storing an identity information corresponding to an authority of the transmitter device. When the transmitter device is coupled to an information processing device, the transmitter device transmits the identity information to the information processing device. An application driver of the information processing device determines the authority of the transmitter device according to the identity information.
US11849252B2
This invention concerns a method of filming a subject to be projected as a Pepper's Ghost image. The method may comprise filming a subject under a lighting arrangement having one or more front lights for illuminating a front of a subject and one or more backlights. The lights may be controlled such that the total brightness of the one or more front lights, as measured of the subject, is less than or approximately the same as the total brightness of the one or more backlights, as measured at the subject. The subject may be located directly above one or more floor lights such the subject is illuminated from below by the one or more floor lights.
US11849248B2
Image capture devices and methods may be used to pre-buffer media storage. The pre-buffering method includes recording an image capture segment in a circular buffer. The circular buffer includes a number of recordable segments. The pre-buffering method includes determining whether a key moment command is received. If a key moment command is not received, the method includes recording a next image capture segment in a next adjacent recordable segment of the circular buffer if the next adjacent recordable segment of the predetermined number of recordable segments is available. If a key moment command is not received, the method includes overwriting an oldest recordable segment if the next adjacent recordable segment of the predetermined number of recordable segments is not available. If a key moment command is received, the pre-buffering method includes marking a wrap point in the circular buffer and switching from recording in the circular buffer to linear recording.
US11849242B2
A method of processing first video data of a region of interest from incoming video data includes receiving, by a computer processor, the first video data that is preprocessed according to preprocessing parameters defined within a runtime configuration file, the preprocessing includes formatting the incoming video data to create the first video data of the first region of interest and processing, by the computer processor, the first video data to determine at least one output that is indicative of a first inference dependent upon the first video data. The preprocessing parameters are dependent upon the processing to be performed on the first video data.
US11849241B2
A method of processing first video data from incoming video data includes receiving the incoming video data; preprocessing the incoming video data, by a first computer processor, according to preprocessing parameters, wherein the preprocessing parameters include formatting the incoming video data to create first video data; publishing the first video data to an endpoint; subscribing, by a second computer processor, to the endpoint; and processing, by a second computer processor, the first video data to determine at least one output that is indicative of a first inference dependent upon the first video data. The preprocessing parameters that format the incoming video data to create the first video data are dependent upon the processing to be performed on the first video data.
US11849229B2
An image capturing apparatus includes M detection elements, a readout circuit, and a control pulse providing circuit. Each of the M detection elements includes a detection pixel configured to detect incidence of a photon and a generation circuit configured to generate a readout request and data based on the detection of the photon in the detection pixel. The readout circuit is configured to receive the readout request and the data from each of the M detection elements. The control pulse providing circuit is configured to provide a control pulse to the M detection elements and the readout circuit. The readout circuit determines the generation circuit corresponding to the readout request and a generation timing at which the readout request is generated, based on a counter value of the time counter and the number of delay cycles included in the data corresponding to the received readout request.
US11849223B2
In one aspect the invention provides a time of flight camera data processing system incorporating a management processor structure capable of communicating configuration information to and/or from a waveform generator used by the time of flight camera. A depth circuit structure is also provided which is configured to receive raw image frame data supplied by a sensor of the time of flight camera, the raw image frame data defining an array of pixels. The depth circuit structure is configured to translate the raw image frame data of one or more pixels into complex components, and the management processor structure being configured to communicate configuration information and/or to issue operational instructions to the depth circuit structure. The depth circuit structure is arranged to output distance and amplitude information derived from at least one received raw image data frame.
US11849218B2
A lens apparatus is provided that includes: an optical member; a driving device configured to drive the optical member; and a controller configured to control the driving device based on a first learned model, wherein the first learned model is a learned model obtained by learning with respect to the lens apparatus using a second learned model as an initial learned model, the second learned model being obtained by learning with respect to an apparatus different from the lens apparatus.
US11849214B2
A mobile client device includes a photo controller to identify when a client device captures a picture. Photo filters are designated based upon attributes of the mobile client device. The picture with a selected photo filter is sent to a server for routing to other client devices.
US11849213B2
Embodiments of this application provide a callback stream processing method and a device, and relate to the field of electronic technologies. In a callback stream scenario, an electronic device may set a preview stream and a callback stream in parallel. After an application sets a callback function, the electronic device may directly return, by using the callback function, callback stream data to the application for processing. This can shorten a time consumed for creating a preview stream and a callback stream, shorten a time consumed for obtaining callback stream data, and shorten a user waiting time.
US11849211B2
Provided are a video processing method, a terminal device and a storage medium. The video processing method includes: adding a first video capturing window in a video capturing interface and adjusting a frame of the first video capturing window in response to a first user operation (S101); capturing a first original video (S102); cropping the first original video according to the frame of the first video capturing window to obtain a first target video corresponding to the first video capturing window (S103). The frame of the video capturing window can be freely adjusted according to requirements of a user, which is beneficial to a video in emotion rendering, atmosphere building and subject highlighting, thereby improving user experience.
US11849210B2
A method includes detecting a first operation from a user to start a camera of an electronic device, when a display of the electronic device is unfolded to a plane state, starting a camera application, displaying a preview interface in a first display area of the display, where the preview interface includes a viewfinder frame, and the viewfinder frame includes a first picture, detecting a second operation from the user to indicate photographing, controlling the camera to perform a photographing action to generate a first multimedia file, simultaneously displaying the preview interface and a gallery application interface in the first display area of the display, where the gallery application interface displays the first multimedia file, and the gallery application interface includes a deletion control, detecting a deletion operation from the user, deleting the first multimedia file, and displaying the preview interface in the first display area of the display.
US11849205B2
An image pickup apparatus capable of eliminating a manual change of an image pickup direction and of easily obtaining an image while focusing attention on experience. A detection unit is worn on a body part other than a head of a user and detects an observation direction of the user. An image pickup unit is worn on the body part and picks up an image. A determination unit determines a recording direction in accordance with the observation direction. An image recording unit records an image corresponding to the recording direction from among a picked-up image. The detection unit and the image pickup unit are located on a user's median plane and under a user's jaw in a worn state where the user wears the image pickup apparatus. The detection unit is located at a nearer position to the jaw than the image pickup unit in the worn state.
US11849203B2
A method for assembling an optical lens includes preparing a first lenses part including a first lens and a second lenses part including a second lens, capturing the first lenses part, and adjusting a posture of the first lenses part according to a distance measurement result, so that an included angle between a first end surface of the first lenses part and a second end surface of the second lenses part is less than a threshold of inclination angle. The method also includes adjusting the first lenses part at degree of freedom of linear movement to complete pre-positioning, performing an active alignment of a position of the first lenses part at the degree of freedom of linear movement according to an actual imaging result, and fixing the first and second lenses parts together, so that their relative positions are maintained at the relative positions determined by the active alignment.
US11849196B2
A method and system to automatically convert a presentation with slide materials to a digitized notetaking resource, by inputting a media stream from a presentation to a compute server, converting the media stream by segmenting the video into smaller segments, transcribing audio of the presenter's speech into text. Time stamp metadata is associated to elements of the segmented video (and, if available, slide data), audio, and transcribed text, and the elements are time ordered. A user interface is provided displaying elements of the segmented video/slide data and transcribed text. The user interface enables playback of the elements of the segmented video/slide data, audio of the presenter's speech, and transcribed text, wherein playback items are time-matched. Different times can be selected by a user, wherein the selected elements are made prominent in the display, with the audio of the presenter's speech also being time-matched to the selection.
US11849195B1
Methods and apparatuses for improving satellite broadcasting services by enhancing set-top box (STB) signal reception during weather conditions that obstruct the transmission of RF signals from one or more satellites to a receiving antenna (e.g., a dish antenna) are described. To prevent loss of satellite broadcasting services, an enhanced STB signal system may be arranged between the receiving antenna and an STB in order to provide an enhanced signal to the STB in the event that the RF signals received by the receiving antenna are not able to be decoded. The enhanced STB signal system may transmit an enhanced signal to the STB instead of a signal that was only derived from the receiving antenna. The enhanced signal may comprise a combination of signals that derive from other receiving antennas different from the receiving antenna, as well as the signal derived from the receiving antenna.
US11849187B2
Systems, devices, and processes are provided to facilitate the streaming of a playback of a recorded program in a video playback recording system. These systems, devices, and processes provide operating the cloud-based DVR in a recording mode for user selection of program content for recordation in a video playback file by the cloud-based DVR wherein the video playback file containing the program content is recorded by the user selection beginning with a start time associated with the DVR event file; and generating a manifest file that contains a program marker of a start time of the program content omitting any recorded commercial content at a beginning of the video playback file associated by beginning of the recording from the start time associated with the DVR event file.
US11849183B2
A system and method to tag portions of a video with an access-control-list (ACL) for those periods of time (e.g., video segments, series of video frames, etc.) within a video that require elevated permission to view or access is provided. At playback time, the access-control-list is dynamically enforced in real-time to ensure that a user viewing or editing the video has permissions to view upcoming portions of the video. When a user has insufficient permission to view a portion of the video, a filler frame, blurred content or blank frame is displayed in the place of the actual video content. Audio may also be muted or beeped out during the periods of the video for which there is insufficient permissions.
US11849180B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for behavioral modeling based on content genre and utilizing results for content recommendation and other network handling and storage of the content. Viewing events with respect to a content item are aggregated. An affinity is calculated based on the viewing events. Additional viewing events occurring during the delivery of the content item and associated with other content items are also selected. A sampling bonus is added to the affinity if these additional viewing events have a duration below a threshold and the other content items share a same genre as the content item.
US11849175B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for distributed DCP over internet. A client-side digital content delivery device receives a digital cinema package (DCP) for a digital movie from a remote digital content delivery system. The DCP includes a unique digital watermark applied by the content delivery system. In response to receiving an input to cause playback of the digital movie, the client-side digital content delivery device compares a unique device identifier for a display device paired to the client-side digital content delivery device to an authorized unique identifier. If the unique device identifier matches the authorized unique identifier, the client-side digital content delivery device uses the DCP to causes presentation of the digital movie by the display device paired to the client-side digital content delivery device.
US11849161B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media for allocating content elements addressed for a content opportunity in a transport stream within a household-addressable media network. A content opportunity may include an advertising slot in a programming stream. The content elements may include advertising content configured to be run during the advertising slot. The advertising slot may be transmitted in a programming stream providing television programming and the advertising content may be provided in a commercial feed. The media network may be configured to transmit various content formats, such as high definition (HD), standard definition (SD), and variations thereof. Systems may be configured to allocate the highest profile corresponding content elements if there is sufficient resources available. If sufficient resources are not available, the system may allocate lower profile versions of the content elements.
US11849158B2
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for adaptive content splicing with respect to content corresponding to a televised event are disclosed. First content may be received and may be determined to correspond to an event that is televised. One or more indicators of one or more state changes with respect to the event may be detected. A content composite may be created. An adaptable content item received from a first system may be processed. A content object re may be processed. The adaptable content item may be modified based at least in part on the content object to form the content composite. The creating the content composite may be a function of rules mapped to a current geolocation. Second content corresponding to the programming content may be received. The second content may be output for display in conjunction with the content composite.
US11849153B2
Described herein are methods and systems associated with viewing condition adaption of multimedia content. A method for receiving multimedia content with a device from a network may include determining a viewing parameter, transmitting a request for the multimedia content to the network, whereby the request may be based on the viewing parameter, and receiving the multimedia content from the network, whereby the multimedia content may be processed at a rate according to the viewing parameter. The viewing parameter may include at least one of: a user viewing parameter, a device viewing parameter, or a content viewing parameter. The method may further include receiving a multimedia presentation description (MPD) file from the network. The MPD file may include information relating to the rate of the multimedia content and information relating to the rate may include a descriptor relating to the viewing parameter, whereby the descriptor may be required or optional.
US11849145B2
An image encoding device 1 that encodes an encoding target block obtained by dividing an image, the image encoding device including: an intra predictor 172 configured to predict the encoding target block through intra prediction to generate a prediction block; and a transformer 121 configured to perform orthogonal transform processing on a prediction residual representing an error of the prediction block with respect to the encoding target block. The intra predictor includes: a weighted controller 172c configured to control the weighted combining processing dependent on positions of prediction pixels within the prediction block based on a type of transform to be applied in the orthogonal transform processing in the transformer; and a corrector 172b configured to correct the prediction pixels by performing the weighted combining processing on reference pixels adjacent to the encoding target block and the prediction pixels.
US11849137B2
A motion estimation technique finds first and second candidate bi-directional motion vectors for a first region of an interpolated frame of video content by performing double ended vector motion estimation on the first region. One of these candidate bi-directional motion vectors is selected, and used to identify a remote region of the interpolated frame. This remote region is located at an off-set location from the first region, and is found based on an endpoint of the selected candidate bi-directional motion vector. A remote motion vector for the remote region of the interpolated frame is obtained, and one or more properties of this remote motion vector are used to bias a selection between the first and second candidate vectors.
US11849131B2
A video encoder and/or video decoder may determine the size of subblocks of a block of video data, where the block of video data is to be encoded or decoded using subblock affine motion compensation mode. The video encoder and/or video decoder may receive a block of video data to be coded using a subblock affine motion compensation mode, determine a size of one or more subblocks of the block based on one or more of an inter prediction direction or affine motion parameters of the block, partition the block into the one or more subblocks based on the determined size, and code the one or more subblocks using the subblock affine motion compensation mode.
US11849130B2
Methods and devices for a parallel multi-processor encoder system for encoding video data. The video data comprises a sequence of frames, wherein each frame comprises a plurality of blocks of pixels in sequential rows. For each frame, the system divides the plurality of blocks into a plurality of subsets of blocks, wherein each subset of blocks is allocated to a respective processor of the parallel multi-processor system. Each respective processor of the parallel multi-processor system may sequentially encode rows of the subset of blocks allocated to the respective processor and sequentially transmit each encoded row of blocks as a bit stream to a decoder on a channel. For each row, the respective encoded row of blocks is transmitted to the decoder for each processor prior to transmission of the next sequential respective encoded row of blocks for any processor. Additionally, a similar parallel multi-processor decoder system is described.
US11849129B2
A device includes a decoder configured to identify, during an intra-block copy (IBC) decoding process on at least a portion of a coding unit of video data, a target virtual address for data access associated with a particular operation of the IBC decoding process. The target virtual address is generated according to an addressing scheme of a virtual memory used by the IBC decoding process. The decoder is configured to dynamically map the target virtual address to a particular memory address of a portion of an on-chip memory. The on-chip memory is configured to store reconstructed blocks of the video data and has a second size that is smaller than a first size of the virtual memory. The decoder is also configured to access the on-chip memory using the particular memory address to perform the particular operation of the IBC decoding process.
US11849123B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus of starting a picture display of a display device, and a display device. The display device includes a display panel. The method includes: receiving a first video data for an image display, in response to receiving a start signal; setting display parameters of the display panel by using a control data in the first video data; and transmitting a second video data to the display panel for a LOGO display.
US11849122B2
Disclosed are an inter-prediction method and an video decoding device. One embodiment of the present invention provides an inter-prediction method executed in an video decoding device, including deriving a motion vector of a current block based on motion information decoded from a bitstream; acquiring reference samples of a first reference block by using the motion vector, wherein reference samples of an external region located outside a reference picture among the first reference block are acquired from a corresponding region corresponding to the external region within the reference picture; and predicting the current block based on the acquired reference samples.
US11849105B2
In an arrangement where a physical phenomenon affects a digital video camera and is measured or sensed by a sensor, a delay of a digital video stream from the digital video camera is estimated. The digital video stream is processed by a video processor for producing a signal that represents the changing over time of the effect of the physical phenomenon on the digital video camera. The signal is then compared with the sensor output signal, such as by using cross-correlation or cross-convolution, for estimating the time delay between the compared signals. The estimated time delay may be used for synchronizing when combining additional varied data to the digital video stream for low-error time alignment. The physical phenomenon may be based on mechanical position or motion, such as pitch, yaw, or roll. The time delay estimating may be performed once, upon user control, periodically, or continuously.
US11849098B2
A method for controlling the video display of a virtual 3D object or scene on a 2D display device is provided. A virtual video camera, controlled by a virtual-video-camera state variable consisting of camera control and location parameters, generates the 2D video of the object or scene. A target virtual camera state, representing an optimal view of a given surface point, is generated for each model surface point. A 2D coordinate of the image display is received from a user, either by looking at a point or selecting it with a mouse click. A corresponding 3D designated object point on the surface of the object is calculated from the received 2D display coordinate. The virtual camera is controlled to move its view toward the 3D designated object point with dynamics that allow the user to easily follow the motion of the designated object point as he watches the video.
US11849096B2
A printing system includes: a scanner configured to scan a document to generate a document image; a determination section configured to automatically determine a first color in accordance with a situation; a specification section configured to cause a user to specify a color with recommendation of the first color; and a print section configured to perform two-color copying on a medium by using a color specified by the specification section.
US11849094B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a first acquisition processing portion, a second acquisition processing portion, and an adjustment processing portion. The image forming portion forms an image on a sheet. The first acquisition processing portion acquires a captured image of the sheet. The second acquisition processing portion acquires a specific value that indicates a difference between a gradation value of a pixel that, among pixels included in the captured image acquired by the first acquisition processing portion, corresponds to a higher part of an outer surface of the sheet, and a gradation value of a pixel that, among the pixels included in the captured image, corresponds to a lower part that is lower than the higher part. The adjustment processing portion adjusts an image forming condition of the image forming portion based on the specific value acquired by the second acquisition processing portion.
US11849083B2
A system comprising a multi-function device 112 configured to communicate with both a server 111 and a cloud service 121. The multi-function device 112 comprises: an output unit 407 configured to send S102, S401 identification information of the multi-function device 112 to the cloud service 121; an input unit 407 configured to receive S106, S403 controller information which identifies either the server 111 or the cloud service 121 as a controller of the multi-function device 112; and a login unit 406 configured to receive S201, S501 authentication information. The output unit 407 is further configured to send S202, S204 an authentication request including the authentication information to the controller 111, 121 identified by the controller information. The input unit 407 is further configured to receive S203, S205 an authentication response from the controller 111, 121 that indicates whether or not the authentication information is accepted.
US11849082B2
An image processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus sets a first security setting for the image processing apparatus as a security setting of the image processing apparatus, monitors packets transmitted and received by the image processing apparatus, and provides a notification relating to a need to change the security setting when a packet with a result from monitoring via the monitoring matching a predetermined condition is found, wherein the predetermined condition is associated with the first security setting.
US11849080B2
In one aspect of the present disclosure, a gimbal assembly is described for use with an image capturing device. The gimbal assembly includes a motor assembly, a first housing defining an internal compartment that is configured and dimensioned to receive the motor assembly, and a second housing that is mechanically connected to the motor assembly such that actuation of the motor assembly causes relative rotation between the first and second housings. The first housing includes a first guide that is configured and dimensioned to support transmission media adapted to communicate electrical and/or digital signals. The second housing defines a channel that is configured and dimensioned to receive the first guide such that the first guide extends into the second housing through the channel. The transmission media is supported on the first guide such that the first guide routes the transmission media from the first housing into the second housing.
US11849071B2
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to template-based management of telecommunications services. According to a specific example, a server is provided comprising one or more computer processor circuits configured to interface with a remotely-situated client entity using a first programming language. The server includes a call control engine that is configured to provide a private branch exchange (PBX) for the client entity, and identify a call control template written in a second programming language. The call control engine is further configured to control call routing by the PBX, by executing the call control template to identify at least one data source that corresponds to a call property for the VoIP telephone call, retrieve data from the data source, and implement one or more call processing functions specified by the call control template as being conditional upon the retrieved data.
US11849070B2
Method starts with a processor receiving configuration settings including an identified task, a relationship data, and a criticality value. Processor initializes a communication session with an agent client device. The communication session is between a virtual caller associated with the system and the agent client device. Processor then processes an audio signal of the communication session to generate an agent utterance and generates a transcribed agent utterance based on the agent utterance using a speech-to-text processor. Processor generates a virtual caller utterance using a task-specific virtual caller neural network associated with the identified task. The virtual caller utterance can be generated based on the transcribed agent utterance. Processor then causes the virtual caller utterance to be played back in the communication session to the agent client device. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US11849067B2
One example method for playing a multimedia customized ringing signal and customized alerting tone includes receiving, by an application server, an initial call request from a calling terminal, sending the initial call request to a called terminal, receiving a provisional response in response to the initial call request from the called terminal, determining customized ring signal media resource information based on the provisional response, sending a first media session update message that carries the customized ring signal media resource information to the called terminal; and receiving a first response from the called terminal, where the initial call request includes SDP information of the calling terminal, and the first response includes a result of a customized ringing signal media resource negotiation between the application server and the called terminal.
US11849061B2
The disclosure herein provides a mobile system including a mobile base station and a wireless earbud. The base station comprising a connection hole, a user input button, at least one processor, at least one memory, and circuitry. The wireless earbud is configured for plugging into the connection hole of the base station to form an integrated body with the base station. The system establishes a wireless Bluetooth pairing between a smartphone and the wireless earbud using two-way wireless communication to produce Bluetooth communication between the smartphone and the wireless earbud.
US11849045B2
Deferred verification of the integrity of data operations over a set of data that is hosted at an untrusted module (UM) is controlled. The controlling includes generating a request for a data operation on the set of data. The request includes an authentication portion. The request is sent to the UM. A response to the request is received from the UM. The response includes cryptographic verification information attesting the integrity of the data operation with respect to prior data operations on the set of data. The response includes results from deferred verification at a trusted module (TM).
US11849036B2
This document describes techniques for rotating keys used to tokenize data stored in a streaming data store where data is stored for a maximum time [W]. In some embodiments, a data layer of such a data store can encrypt arriving original data values twice. The original data value is first encrypted with a first key, producing a first token. The original data value is encrypted with a second key, producing a second token. Each encrypted token can be stored separately in the data store. A field may be associated with two database columns, one holding the value encrypted with the first key and the second holding the value encrypted with the second key. Keys are rotated after time [K], which is at least equal to and preferably longer than [W]. Rotation can involve discarding the older key and generating a new key so that two keys are still used.
US11849018B2
Disclosed is a card clock recovery system for use in an NFC card transceiver couplable to an NFC reader. The card clock recovery system has: a phase lock loop having: a phase/frequency detector, which is configured to receive a reference signal provided at an RX port of a matching network during a receiving mode of the NFC transceiver or to receive a reference signal provided at the RX port of the matching network during a transmission mode of the NFC transceiver, to receive a loop feedback signal, and to provide a phase error signal that represents a phase difference between the reference signal and the loop feedback signal; a loop filter configured to receive a corrected phase error signal that is derived from the phase error signal, and to provide a filtered corrected phase error signal; a controllable oscillator, which is configured to receive the filtered corrected phase error signal and to provide a controlled frequency output signal, which is provided as the card clock generation control signal to a card clock generation unit of an NFC card transceiver, and as the loop feedback signal, via the loop feedback line, to the phase/frequency detector. The card clock recovery system further has a phase offset correction unit, which is configured to receive the phase error signal provided by the phase/frequency detector and to provide the corrected phase error signal to the loop filter, and which has a phase error sampling unit, a phase offset computation unit, and a phase subtractor unit.
US11849017B2
A method and apparatus according to the present invention addresses and/or prevents lost protocol synchronization in HARQ systems caused by ACK/NACK errors. One embodiment detects lost synchronization errors for NDI-based retransmission protocols and restores synchronization by sending an explicit RESET message. In response to the RESET message, the transmitter aborts the transmission of a current PDU and transmits a new PDU and corresponding NDI. Another embodiment prevents protocol synchronization errors by sending scheduling grants on a packet by packet basis. The receiver sends a subsequent explicit scheduling grant to the transmitter based on an error evaluation of a received PDU. The transmitter will not send the next PDU unless it receives the subsequent explicit scheduling grant.
US11849006B2
A method for reporting asynchronous data and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: in response to satisfying a data reporting condition, calling a connection opening function for opening a Socket connection of a network resource, and generating a HypertextTransferProtocol (HTTP) request by the connection opening function, in which the HTTP request at least includes address information of a server and data to be reported; calling a writing function to write the HTTP request into an exclusive resource corresponding to the connection opening function, and sending the HTTP request to the server by the exclusive resource; and in response to that sending the HTTP request by the exclusive resource is completed, closing the exclusive resource by calling a close function, so as to stop receiving a feedback message of the HTTP request sent by the server, and terminate data reporting.
US11848997B1
Aspects of the present application correspond to processing of requests for user attribute information. One or more computing devices can transmit request for user attribute information that include at least one captured information associated with an identified user. A user attribute information request processing service processes the requests based on location profile according to verified attribute information associated with the captured information. The user attribute information request processing service then generates a processing result responsive to the request, such as identifying financial rate information based on the verified attribute information.
US11848989B2
Non-volatile memory express (NVMe) is a data transfer protocol used to enable high-speed data transfer between a host computer system and a solid-state drive (SSD). NVMe may be implemented over network fabrics and referred to as NVMe over fabrics (NVMe-oF). Access to SSD storage over network fabrics via NVMe-oF allows software defined storage to scale to allow access to a number of NVMe devices and extend distances between devices within a datacenter over which NVMe devices may be accessed. A network device is provided to automatically detect, prioritize, and route NVMe network packets in a network that includes multiple data communication protocols. For example, the network device may obtain network packets, analyze network packets to identify packet type and protocol, and redirect the network packets based on the analysis and detection. Thus, a processing priority may be provided for NVMe packets to assist in lossless communication implementations for storage across a network.
US11848984B1
The invention provides an alternative applications programming interface (API) for a software application to interface with and to control and coordinate the operation of a variety of specialty devices, including a barcode scanning device and a label printing device. In some embodiments, this alternative API is provided via a software application interface module (SAIM) that is remotely accessible to a software application module (SAM) via a computer network. The SAIM provides for interface and control of specialty devices that would otherwise be un-accessible to a software application module (SAM), via employment of a device specific interface module (DSIM), which functions like a device driver to specialty devices that can be geographically distributed away from the software application module (SAM) and sway from the software application interface module (SAIM), and also function in circumstances where the software application module (SAM) is mobile.
US11848983B2
Systems and methods are provided for implementing a new discovery and mapping micro-service. The discovery and mapping micro-service may be implemented to dynamically discover and map a cloud environment as the deployed resources change. The new micro-service can map the environment without prior knowledge (e.g., without a template or manual interaction) by initializing itself and tracking resource changes. Once a new message is received in relation to a resource change, the disclosed system may realign and/or update the map of the cloud environment.
US11848979B1
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes determining, by a first computing device, a set of remote applications hosted by a second computing device including file type associations for each remote application. The first computing device determines a set of local applications and their file type associations. The each file type associated with a remote application, the first computing device determines whether the file type is also associated with a local application. Responsive to determining that the file type is associated with both a remote and local application, the first computing device configures a proxy component with parameters specifying the remote application and the local application. The proxy component is configured to determine whether to open a requested file of the file type with the remote application or the local application based upon the current client/server environment.
US11848976B2
Example embodiments facilitate extending client-side software functionality to leverage server-side functionality, such as server-side business logic implementing custom actions and accessible to a specialized add-in to the client-side software, e.g., a client-side spreadsheet. An example method includes exposing one or more parameters of server-side logic in a client-side spreadsheet, wherein the server-side logic includes code for implementing one or more software actions; providing input to one or more spreadsheet fields corresponding to the one or more parameters, there by allocating one or more values to the one or more parameters; detecting user selection of a User Interface (UI) control for using the server-side logic to implement the one or more software actions; and sending the one or more values to the server-side logic via one or more web services, thereby providing the one or more values as input to the server-side logic.
US11848975B2
A source device provides, during a conference, shared data from the source device participating in the conference to one or more destination devices participating in the conference. The source device receives a representation of a download progress of the shared data at the one or more destination devices. A presenter device prompts a user of the presenter device to select a presentation time of the shared data based on the download progress. The presenter device is the source device or one of the one or more destination devices.
US11848971B2
A data sharing method includes logging in a first account through a communication interface by a first receiver for establishing a link between the first receiver and a server corresponding to the communication interface, logging in a second account through the communication interface by a second receiver for establishing a link between the second receiver and the server corresponding to the communication interface, and transmitting image data from a first transmitter to the second receiver through the first receiver and the server for sharing the image data. The first receiver is linked to a first display. The second receiver is linked to a second display. The image data is shared with the first display and the second display.
US11848968B2
A system includes a plurality of capturing devices and a plurality of displaying devices. The capturing devices and the displaying devices can be communicatively connected to a server. The server can receive captured data from the capturing devices and transform the data into a digitized format. At least one of the capturing devices can record a video during a meeting and the capturing device can transmit the captured video to the server as a video feed. The video feed can show an area that includes handwritten text, e.g., a whiteboard. The server can receive the video feed from the capturing device and perform various processes on the video. For example, the server can perform a voice recognition, text recognition, handwriting recognition, face recognition and/or object recognition technique on the captured video.
US11848962B2
Disclosed are various approaches for providing authentication of a user and a client device. A user's credentials can be authenticated by an identity provider. In addition, a device posture assessment that analyzes the device from which the authentication request originates is also performed. An authentication request can be authenticated based upon whether the device posture assessment reveals that device to be a managed device that is in compliance with compliance rules.
US11848952B2
In some instances, the disclosure provides a method for identifying access anomalies using network graphs. The method comprises obtaining access data for an entity, generating a network graph baseline profile based on the plurality of data elements, generating a network graph current profile based on the plurality of data elements, generating comparison data based on comparing the plurality of baseline network graphs with the one or more current network graphs and comparing the plurality of baseline nodes and the plurality of baseline edges with the plurality of current nodes and the plurality of current edges, determining, based on the comparison data, anomaly data comprising one or more flagged network accesses to the enterprise system, and providing the anomaly data indicating the flagged network accesses to an authentication system.
US11848951B2
A hybrid-fabric apparatus comprises a black box memory configured to store a plurality of behavior metrics and an anomaly agent coupled to the black box. The anomaly agent determines a baseline vector corresponding to nominal behavior of the fabric, wherein the baseline vector comprises at least two different behavior metrics that are correlated with each other. The anomaly agent disaggregates anomaly detection criteria into a plurality of anomaly criterion to be distributed among network nodes in the fabric, the anomaly detection criteria characterizing a variation from the baseline vector, and each of the plurality of anomaly criterion comprising a function of a measured vector of behavior metrics. The variation can be calculated based on a variation function applied to a vector of measured behavior metrics having elements corresponding to member elements of the baseline vector. Anomaly criterion statuses calculated by at least some of the network nodes are aggregated.
US11848948B2
Example methods and systems for correlation-based security threat analysis are described. In one example, a computer system may obtain event information that is generated by monitoring a virtualized computing instance supported by a host; and network alert information that is generated by monitoring network traffic associated with the virtualized computing instance. The network alert information may specify security threat signature(s) detected based on the network traffic. The computer system may map the network alert information to threat information that specifies indicator(s) of compromise associated with the signature(s) and perform a correlation analysis based on the event information, network alert information and threat information. Based on the correlation analysis, it is determined whether there is a potential security threat associated with the virtualized computing instance.
US11848947B2
A system and a method of providing security to an in-vehicle network are provided. The method efficiently operates multiple detection techniques to maintain robustness against malicious message detection while increasing overall detection efficiency.
US11848945B1
A method including calculating, by a user device, a hash of private data, the calculated hash to be utilized by an infrastructure device for comparison with a hash of breached data compromised due to a data breach; verifying, by the user device prior to transmitting the hash of the private data to the infrastructure device, that the user device is authorized to have access to a plaintext version of the private data; transmitting, by the user device based on verifying that the user device is authorized to have access to the plaintext version of the private data, the hash of the private data to the infrastructure device; and receiving, by the user device from the infrastructure device based on transmitting the hash of the private data, a notification indicating a result of a comparison of the hash of the private data with the hash of the breached data is disclosed.
US11848943B2
Systems and techniques for centralized threat intelligence are described herein. A connection may be established to a plurality of threat data sources. An anonymized set of threat data may be obtained by application of a set of privacy rules to the threat data from the plurality of threat data. A threat database may be populated with the anonymized set of threat data. A registration request may be received for a user of a device. A unique user identifier may be assigned for the user and a unique device identifier may be assigned for the device. A threat model may be generated based on a set of the characteristics from the threat database. A set of data access attributes may be received for a data access request. The data access request may be blocked based on an evaluation of the data access attributes using the threat model.
US11848940B2
This disclosure is directed to detecting cybersecurity attacks in data processing systems. Methods, systems, and computer program products perform operations including determining baseline event clusters using baseline event data obtained from deterministic target systems. The operations also include determining a baseline cumulative trajectory of an event over time based on the baseline event clusters. The operations further include determining operational event clusters using operational event data from the deterministic target systems. Additionally, the operations include determining an operational cumulative trajectory of the event over time based on the operational event clusters. Further, the operations include detecting a cyber-attack by comparing the baseline cumulative trajectory of the event with the operational cumulative trajectory of the event.
US11848937B2
Techniques for secure communication is provided. The techniques include requesting first smart contract execution by one or more nodes of the communication system to determine permissions for communication; performing communication based on the requested permissions; and requesting second smart contract execution by one or more nodes of the communication system to verify information associated with the communication.
US11848934B2
[Problem] It is possible to enable the centralized management of resource usage right and improve the reliability and tamper resistance of information related to the resource usage right. [Solution] A resource transaction management apparatus 20 of the resource management system 1000 includes a resource setting unit 22 configured to receive resource provision information 300 from a resource provision apparatus 30, and generate resource usage right information 500 having the resource provision information 300 transmitted to a resource usage right management apparatus 10, and a matching processing unit 23 configured to receive resource request information 400 from a resource usage apparatus 40, determine a resource that satisfies a request condition by referring to each resource provision information 300 registered in a blockchain, generate usage right management information including usage right owner information and a usage time of the determined resource, using the resource request information 400, and transmit the new resource usage right information 500 having the generated usage right management information to the resource usage right management apparatus 10.
US11848913B2
To perform pattern-based detection of malicious URLs, patterns are first generated from known URLs to build a pattern repository. A URL is first normalized and parsed, and keywords are extracted and stored in an additional repository of keywords. Tokens are then determined from the parsed URL and tags are associated with the parsed substrings. Substring text may also be replaced with general identifying information. Patterns generated from known malicious and benign URLs satisfying certain criteria are published to a pattern repository of which can be accessed during subsequent detection operations. During detection, upon identifying a request which indicates an unknown URL, the URL is parsed and tokenized to generate a pattern. The repository of malicious URL patterns is queried to determine if a matching malicious URL pattern can be identified. If a matching malicious URL pattern is identified, the URL is detected as malicious.
US11848910B1
Some embodiments provide a novel method for resiliently associating Internet Protocol (IP) addresses with pods that each have unique identifiers (IDs) in a managed cluster of worker nodes managed by a first set of one or more controllers of the managed cluster. The resilient association between IP addresses and pods is maintained even when pods are moved between worker nodes. At a second set of controllers, the method receives notification regarding deployment, on a first worker node, of a stateful pod associated with a particular ID. The method allocates an IP address to the stateful pod. The method creates a mapping between the IP address and the particular ID in order to maintain the allocation of the IP address to the stateful pod. The method provides the IP address to the first set of controllers to use for the stateful pod.
US11848908B2
The technology disclosed relates to resolution of conflicts between a requested internet service, requested by an internet service requesting server, and a package internet services. The method disclosed includes sending a conflict check result message to an internet service requesting server, indicating a presence of a conflict between a requested internet service requested by the requesting server and a package of internet services. The method includes receiving from the internet service requesting server a response including a selection from (i) an alternate internet service in the package of internet services to substitute for the requested internet service; (ii) a request to replace an existing connection with a service in the package of internet services with the requested internet service; and (iii) a request to initiate a custom resolution application. The method then responsively performs a respective conflict resolution step.
US11848903B2
A method of synchronizing the display of instant messages between multiple clients is performed at a computer system. Upon receipt of a first synchronization request from a client, the first synchronization request including a conversation identifier and a last message timestamp, the computer system identifies a conversation including a set of messages associated with the conversation identifier. The set of messages was generated after the last message timestamp and have not been received by the client. The computer system then assigns display parameters to the set of messages based on their read-or-not indicators, content, and their temporal relationship with other messages in the conversation. Next, the computer system sends the set of messages and their respective display parameters to the client in a reverse chronological order. The client then displays the set of messages in accordance with their respective display parameters.
US11848900B2
Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for contextual messaging in a conference. A method can include receiving, by a first user interface, data indicating content of a message, a recipient of the message, and a condition that, when satisfied during the conference, causes the message to be visually displayed during the audiovisual conference, while the conference is being held via an audiovisual conference application, monitoring user contextual data for whether the condition is satisfied, responsive to the condition being satisfied, augmenting audiovisual conference data from the audiovisual conference application to include the message resulting in augmented audiovisual data, and providing, to the recipient on a second user interface of the audiovisual conference application, a view of the augmented audiovisual data.
US11848882B2
Techniques are provide for calibrating device timelines for use in passive positioning of user equipment (UE). An example method for passive positioning of a user equipment includes receiving a first positioning reference signal from a first device at a first time, receiving a second positioning reference signal from a second device at a second time, receiving a timeline difference value associated with the first device and the second device, and determining a time difference of arrival between the first positioning reference signal and the second positioning reference signal based at least in part on the timeline difference value.
US11848879B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for providing signaling consideration for wireless positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments. For instance, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration can be transmitted by a user equipment. Based on the one or more indications, the user equipment can receive a positioning configuration that indicates disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration. In response, the user equipment can then determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.
US11848875B2
A communications device including a transmitter transmitting data signals to a network element of a wireless communications system using shared resources of an uplink of a first wireless access interface included in the network element, a receiver receiving data signals from the network element using shared resources of a downlink of the first wireless access interface, allocations of the shared resources being made by the network element and the uplink of the first wireless access interface is within a first set of resources, and a controller controlling the transmitter and receiver to transmit/receive signals representing data to/from another communications device using a second wireless access interface within a second set of resources formed from resources of the first set of resources for preferable allocation for device-to-device communications by the network element, resources of the second wireless access interface being time divided into at least a data and control regions.
US11848868B2
There is provided methods and devices for network management. A method includes receiving at least one data flow, transmitting in-band management packet periodically for each of the at least one data flow, receiving in-band acknowledgement packets for each of the at least one data flow, and producing network management data based on received in-band acknowledgement packets. A device includes a processor, and a non-transient computer readable memory having stored thereon machine executable instructions which when executed by the processor configure the device to execute the methods disclosed herein. A system includes a source node, a receiver and a data-plane device, the system configured to execute the methods disclosed herein.
US11848867B2
A regulation method intended to reduce congestion in a mesh powerline communication network that includes a plurality of node devices, a route discovery request being sent by a source node device and requests being relayed by intermediate node devices to a destination node device. The regulation method is implemented by an intermediate node device, which can receive a plurality of route discovery requests, and includes the steps of: detecting a congestion situation when a number of requests received over a time window of predefined duration is above a predefined first threshold; identifying requests as important when the number of any one request received over the time window of predefined duration is above a second predefined threshold; and relaying solely requests identified as important.
US11848864B2
The construction method of NALU (Network Abstraction Layer Unit) for IPv6 label switching and its using algorithms of video encoding, QoS control, and decoding are provided. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the NALU format is composed of the NALH (Network Abstraction Layer Header) including the label and the NAL (Network Ab¬straction Layer) payload. Here, the label is determined based on layer information which is combination of a spatial scalable level, a temporal scalable level, and a quality scalable level of the encoded data. The decoder uses the label to decide which one of multiple decoding modules is used to decode the current NAL payload. Moreover, the label can be included in the packet header so that the MANE (Media Aware Network Element) can use the label to decide whether to forward the packet or drop it. For example, the label in the packet header can be used for QoS control of video service by using the flow label field in IPv6 packet header. The IPv6 router can identify priority of the video packet by using the 20 bit long flow label, into which the label in NALH can be inserted. According to the embodiment, the MANE assumed in the MPEG and JVT (Joint Video Team) can be implemented effectively.
US11848863B2
A network node configured to transmit packets to a destination node in a packet network, includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network node to: assemble at least a first packet including a plurality of data units, each of the plurality of data units being grouped into one of a connection group, a network function group or an application group; and transmit the first packet to the destination node.
US11848855B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for providing multiple egress points from a telecommunications network for a client of the network. In particular, the process and system allows for multiple provider edges of the network to utilize a route reflector server to provide a border gateway protocol (BGP) route to other provider edges in the network. Further, the multiple provider edges may each announce similar interior gateway protocol (IGP) routes through the network such that a provider edge receiving a packet intended for the customer network may select from the multiple IGP routes to provide the intended packet to the customer network. In this manner, the receiving provider edge may load balance among the various connections of the customer network to the telecommunications network.
US11848853B2
A network node (N1) for handling IGP flooding topology (FT) inconsistency by obtaining a new FT and setting a FT flag field (FT field) in a data packet (DP) to indicate whether a link between N1 and a second node (N2) is on the new FT. N1 transmits the DP to N2. N1 receives a second DP from N2 that includes the FT field set by N2 to indicate whether the link between the network node and N2 is on the new FT as determined by N2. N1 sets a FT inconsistency field in a link state packet to indicate an inconsistency in the new FT when the FT field set by N2 and the FT field set by N1 are different for a given time. N1 distributes the LS to at least one node in the network.
US11848851B2
Transmission systems include a configurable antenna, that transmits according to a configured beam, a hardware processor, and a memory that stores a computer program product. When the computer program product is executed by the hardware processor, it causes the hardware processor to send a first probing packet on the antenna using a first scanning beam, selected from a set of scanning beams, to determine feedback about the first probing packet, to send a second probing packet on the antenna using a second scanning beam, selected from the set of scanning beams based on the determined feedback about the first probing packet, to determine feedback about the second probing packet, to determine a data transmission beam based on the set of scanning beams and the received feedback about the first probing packet and the second probing packet, and to transmit data using the antenna, configured according to the determined transmission beam.
US11848844B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media provide for the intelligent configuration of endpoint devices for video conferencing. First, the system identifies a plurality of endpoint devices within a room which are communicatively connected. The system then determines a quantity of the endpoint devices. For each of the endpoint devices, the system performs one or more diagnostic operations to receive diagnostic output from the endpoint device, determines a location and an orientation of the endpoint device within the room using the received diagnostic output, and determines whether the diagnostic output meets or exceeds a threshold for output quality. Finally, the system processes the diagnostic outputs of the endpoint devices to determine an optimal settings configuration for each of the endpoint devices. The optimal settings configuration is dependent on at least the quantity, location, orientation, and output quality of the endpoint devices.
US11848836B2
A data network analysis system includes a computer-executable set of instructions that obtain service account information associated with a route provided to a customer through a data communication network having network elements. Using the service account information, the instructions identify a termination port that terminates the route to a customer premises equipment of the customer, and at least one target port of the route and those network elements that are assigned to convey the route through one or more of the network elements. The instructions then obtain the routing information for the route from each of the network elements that are assigned to convey the route.
US11848835B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: identifying a data center infrastructure utilization unit associated with an information technology (IT) environment, the IT environment including a data center asset; analyzing the IT environment based upon the data center infrastructure utilization unit; and, presenting a data center infrastructure utilization quantification based upon the analyzing.
US11848823B2
The disclosure relates to recovering from a failure in a network. A flooding topology, represented by links between nodes in the network, is computed. Alternative connections for the links and the nodes on the flooding topology are also computed. A change in the flooding topology is detected, where the change indicates the failure in the network and results in a split of the flooding topology. A link state message is flooded to each of the nodes in a remaining part of the flooding topology and to the alternative connections, such that the link state message identifies the failure in the network. The failure in the network is resolved by connecting the split flooding topology using the remaining part of the flooding topology and the alternative connections as identified in the link state message.
US11848817B2
Techniques discussed herein relate to updating an edge device (e.g., a computing device distinct from and operating remotely with respect to a data center). The edge device can execute a first operating system (OS). A manifest specifying files of a second OS to be provisioned to the edge device may be obtained. The manifest may further specify a set of services to be provisioned at the edge device. One or more data files corresponding to a difference between a first set of data files associated with the first OS and a second set of data files associated with the second OS may be identified. A snapshot of the first OS may be generated, modified, and stored in memory of the edge device to configure the edge device with the second OS. The booting order of the edge device may be modified to boot utilizing the second OS.
US11848811B2
A method performed by a base station may include transmitting a configuration message including at least information indicating a subset of a plurality of transmit beams to be used for transmitting a set of synchronization signals. The set of synchronization signals including a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal may be transmitted. A random access channel (RACH) transmission may be received using a receive beam associated with one of the subset of the plurality of transmit beams used by the base station to transmit the set of synchronization signals. The transmitted set of synchronization signals transmitted may have a signal quality above a signal quality threshold. A reference signal may be transmitted along with a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) transmission. The reference signal may have a sequence derived from a beam index associated with the one of the subset of the plurality of transmit beams.
US11848810B2
Device, methods and systems for implementing aspects of orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation in wireless systems are described. In an aspect, the device may include a surface of an object for receiving an electromagnetic signal. The surface may be structured to perform a non-electrical function for the object. The surface may generate an electrical signal from an electromagnetic signal. The electromagnetic signal may be received from a transmitter. The transmitter may map digital data to a digital amplitude modulation constellation in a time-frequency space. The digital amplitude modulation constellation may be mapped to a delay-Doppler domain and the transmitter may transmit to the surface according to an orthogonal time frequency space modulation signal scheme. The apparatus may further include a demodulator to demodulate the electrical signal to determine digital data.
US11848807B2
Disclosed is a technique related to a method and apparatus for generating a preamble and a data frame for wireless communication, and to a synchronization estimation method using the preamble. According to the technique, a method for generating a frame for wireless communication is disclosed, wherein the method comprises: a step of generating a modified sequence using a first base sequence for synchronization estimation; and a step of allocating the first base sequence and the modified sequence to the frequency domain of a first timeslot to generate a preamble. The modified sequence includes a complex conjugated sequence of the first base sequence or a sequence having a code different from that of the first base sequence.
US11848802B2
The present invention discloses a receive data equalization apparatus. A delay-compensating calculation circuit retrieves training data groups of a training data signal to retrieve total delay amount, generate signed compensation amounts according to a relation among training data contents of training data in each of the training data groups to generate total compensation amount accordingly, and solve equations that correspond total delay amount of the training data groups to the total compensation amount to obtain each of the compensation amounts. A receive data equalization circuit receives the compensation amounts and retrieves a receive data group in a receive data signal, generate signed receive compensation amounts according to a relation among receive data contents of receive data in the receive data group to generate a total receive compensation amount accordingly to perform equalization on a terminal edge of the receive data group according to the total receive compensation amount.
US11848789B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to receive a signal. One or more data streams associated with one or more metrics associated with the signal can be determined. The one or more data streams can be sampled to generate data samples. A grade associated with the signal can be generated based on the data samples. The grade can indicate quality of the signal.
US11848787B2
A base station receives feedback for a first data transmission or an indication to retransmit a first data transmission, the first data transmission being transmitted to at least one wireless device from another wireless device. The base station transmits, in response to the feedback or the indication, a retransmission of the first data transmission in a downlink transmission to the at least one wireless device.
US11848784B2
A method and apparatus for performing a sidelink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) operation are provided. The method may include establishing a communication session through an upper layer signaling; receiving configuration information for a HARQ operation through the upper layer; receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a network; transmitting sidelink data through a sidelink channel based on the received DCI; and receiving a response to the sidelink data.
US11848780B2
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating a HARQ flush indicator for transmissions are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a first sidelink device includes transmitting a sidelink transmission of one or more CBs using code block groups, each code block group including one or more CBs of the sidelink transmission. The example method also includes receiving negative feedback for at least one CB of the sidelink transmission. Additionally, the example method includes retransmitting the at least one CB. The example method also includes transmitting an FI indicating to avoid combining a prior sidelink transmission of the at least one CB with a retransmission of the at least one CB.
US11848779B2
Provided is a method for a user equipment to duplicately receive an identical control messages. The method includes duplicately receiving identical control messages from a base station and processing the duplicately received identical control messages by mapping same to mutually different logical channels, by using identification information or an identification entity for identifying and processing the duplicately received identical control message.
US11848777B2
One embodiment according to the present specification relates to a method for constructing a preamble in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. According to various embodiments, a PPDU may comprise a first signal field and a second signal field. The first signal field may include first information about PHY version. The first information may be determined on the basis of whether the PPDU is an EHT PPDU. The second signal field may include second information about the transmission of the PPDU, which is set on the basis of the first information.
US11848775B2
Disclosed are a transmission device and a transmission method with which it is possible to prevent delays in data transmission and to minimize the increase in the number of bits necessary for the notification of a CC to be used, in cases where a CC to be used is added during communication employing carrier aggregation. When a component carrier is to be added to a component carrier set, a setting section provided in a base station: modifies a CIF table that defines the correspondence between code points, which are used as labels for the respective component carriers contained in the component carrier set, and the identification information of the respective component carriers; and assigns a vacant code point to the component carrier to be added, while keeping the correspondence between the code points and the component carrier identification information defined in the CIF table before modification.
US11848774B1
Message faults are expected to be an increasing problem in 5G and 6G, due to signal fading at high frequencies, heavy background interference, and high user densities. Retransmissions are expensive in time, power, and the additional background they generate. Prior art includes “soft-combining” among multiple copies, an especially ineffective fault mitigation procedure when SNR is low. Nevertheless, the waveform signals of even badly faulted message elements are rich with information about the correct value. Therefore, procedures are disclosed herein for determining which message elements of a corrupted message, or its associated error-detection code, are faulted, by measuring characteristic parameters of the signal waveform of each message element, and correlating those parameters with the associated error-detection code. In many cases, the corrupted message may be corrected without a retransmission, according to some embodiments.
US11848770B2
To extend the number of bits of an identifier without affecting the number of data bits to be transmitted. The present disclosure provides a receiving apparatus (1102) that identifies a transmitting apparatus (1101) based on a first identifier (10) having been individually given to each transmitting apparatus in order to identify the transmitting apparatus and a second identifier (20) which is for identifying the transmitting apparatus and which is shared among a plurality of transmitting apparatuses. According to this configuration, the number of bits of an identifier can be extended without affecting the number of data bits.
US11848765B2
Systems and methods for selecting tiering protocols based on data transmissions over mesh networks within defined spatial areas can be provided. A mesh network can be established within a defined spatial area. Each network device within the mesh network can be a user device or a supernode. Further, a wireless communication link can be established between the user devices and supernodes. A plurality of tiered protocols for tiering data transmissions can be accessed. Data to be transmitted over the mesh network can be analyzed to determine which tiered protocol to select. Path data that identifies a routing path from the a user device to a supernode can be generated, and the data can be transmitted according to the path data.
US11848757B2
Techniques for in-situ passive performance measurement are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a data packet at a first network element, determining whether measurement information is to be collected for the data packet, providing one or more measurement fields for the data packet based on a determination that measurement information is to be collected for the data packet in which at least one measurement field identifies a measurement type, and forwarding the data packet to a second network element. The method further includes determining, by the second network element, the measurement type for the data packet, and performing one or more actions based on the measurement type.
US11848753B2
Systems and methods include establishing a cryptographically secure communication between an application module and an audio module. The application module is configured to execute on an information-handling machine, and the audio module is coupled to the information-handling machine. The establishment of the cryptographically secure communication may be at least partially facilitated by a mutually trusted module.
US11848735B2
An apparatus for optimization of signal shaping for a multi user multiple input multiple output, MU-MIMO, communication system, including circuitry configured for receiving a bit vector; and for determining a constellation vector, wherein the circuitry for determining the constellation vector includes a Geometric Shaping and Labeling Block, GSLB, for modulating the bit vector, wherein the GSLB is configured to implement an algorithm with one or more trainable parameters.
US11848732B2
A method for wireless backhaul inter-node communication between a first backhaul node and a second backhaul node is provided. The method includes computing a beamforming weight matrix W; and the first backhaul node using the beamforming weight matrix W to transmit and/or receive data to and/or from the second backhaul node. The beamforming matrix W is computed as the inverse of a weighted channel estimate matrix (Formula I), such that W=(Formula II), where Ĥ is a channel estimate matrix and ρ is a weighting factor matrix such that (Formula III) where ρ has dimension Nrx by Ntx, where Nrx is the number of receive antennas and Ntx is the number of transmit antennas, where Ntx,=Nrx, and ρ is a scalar between 0 and 1, and where ∘ denotes a Hadamard matrix product.
US11848730B2
Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support mechanisms for signaling metrics associated with antenna modules of a UE in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) determines one or more metrics associated with at least one antenna module of the UE. The UE transmits a message including the one or more metrics associated with at least one antenna module of the UE (e.g., to a base station or to another sidelink UE). In certain aspects, the message including the one or more metrics is transmitted to the base station during an initial establishment of a communication session between the UE and the base station. In some aspects, the UE transmits the message including the one or more metrics as a broadcast message, in a radio resource control (RRC) message, and/or in a medium access control (MAC)-control element (CE) message.
US11848727B2
A plurality of transmit antennas of a radio transmission device and a plurality of receive antennas of a radio reception device are located under the sea that is a line-of-sight environment, wherein the radio transmission device selects a frequency channel to be used based on an index value per frequency channel indicating orthogonality between the transmit and receive antennas defined based on a distance between the transmit and receive antennas and an angle indicating a direction of arrival of a radio signal, an interval between the plurality of transmit antennas, an interval between the plurality of receive antennas, and a modulation scheme, the distance between the transmit and receive antennas and the angle indicating the direction of arrival of the radio signal estimated by the radio reception device, and a desired bit error rate to be predetermined, selects the modulation scheme for providing a maximum transmission capacity per the selected frequency channel, separates transmission data into a plurality of pieces of transmission data the number of which corresponds to the number of frequency channels, modulates each of the plurality of pieces of transmission data separated in accordance with the selected modulation scheme, and outputs a transmission signal obtained by multiplexing, with a multiplexing order, each of the plurality of pieces of transmission data, the multiplexing order indicating the number of transmit antennas of the plurality of transmit antennas to be used.
US11848726B2
The present disclosure provides a mode switching method for reducing training overheads in a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted communication system. The system includes one single-antenna base station, one single-antenna user terminal, and an RIS including N reflection elements, the single-antenna user terminal sends data to the single-antenna base station, however, when a direct link of a user-base station is blocked by a blockage, the data can be sent to the single-antenna base station only via the RIS; the RIS determines a proper reflection solution by using a controller, and dynamically adjusts a phase shift thereof to improve an achievable data rate of the system; and necessary information for phase shift adjustment can be obtained at the base station by uplink training, and transmitted to the RIS controller by using a control link.
US11848721B2
A physical layer transceiver for a wireline communications system includes a receive path for communicating signals received from the medium to a functional circuit, a transmit path for communicating signals received from the functional circuit onto the medium, and echo cancellation circuitry for cancelling from the receive path echoes of signals transmitted on the transmit path. The echo cancellation circuitry includes a plurality of high-dynamic-range filter segments, a plurality of low-dynamic-range filter segments, and control circuitry configured to detect on the receive path the echoes of the signals transmitted on the transmit path, classify each echo signal as having a low dynamic range or a high dynamic range, and deploy a high-dynamic-range segment to a location of an echo signal having a high dynamic range, and deploy a low-dynamic-range segment to a location of an echo signal having a low dynamic range.
US11848710B2
This application provides a receiver optical sub-assembly, a bi-directional optical sub-assembly, and an optical network device to improve anti-electromagnetic crosstalk performance of the receiver optical sub-assembly. The receiver optical sub-assembly includes: a photodiode, a trans-impedance amplifier, and a first filter component. The photodiode is configured to convert an optical signal into an electrical signal, a positive electrode of the photodiode is connected to an input terminal of the trans-impedance amplifier, and a negative electrode of the photodiode is configured to connect to a power supply. The trans-impedance amplifier is configured to amplify the electrical signal output by the photodiode, a power terminal of the trans-impedance amplifier is configured to connect to a power supply, and a first ground terminal of the trans-impedance amplifier is configured to connect to an external ground.
US11848707B2
An optical module includes a shell, a circuit board, a light source and a silicon optical chip. The light source is configured to emit light. The silicon optical chip includes a modulator, and the modulator is configured to receive the light emitted by the light source and modulate the light into an optical signal. The circuit board includes a first sampling circuit, a second sampling circuit and a processing circuit. The first sampling circuit is configured to generate a first sampling signal. The second sampling circuit is configured to generate a second sampling signal. The processing circuit is configured to receive the first sampling signal and the second sampling signal, and send a driving signal to the modulator according to a difference between an amplitude of the first sampling signal and an amplitude of the second sampling signal, so as to control an electric heating of the modulator.
US11848704B2
A battery system includes: a plurality of battery modules including a plurality of battery cells, wherein each battery module comprises a battery module monitor configured to monitor a state of the battery cells; a battery system monitor; and an optical communication system configured to connect the battery module monitors with the battery system monitor over at least two communication paths, wherein the optical communication system is configured to use at least two different wavelengths of light to differentiate between the communication paths.
US11848703B2
The present application relates to devices and components related to a direct detection and photonics receiver.
US11848698B2
A path protection method includes receiving, by a source node of a first path, a path event notify message from a first node on the first path. The path event notify message includes indication information that the first path is predicted to fail. The path protection method further includes obtaining, by the source node, information about a predicted protection path. The information about the predicted protection path includes resource information of a second path useable to protect a service on the first path. The first path and the second path include the source node and a same sink node. The path protection method further includes storing, by the source node, the resource information of the second path.
US11848697B2
A communication device capable of transmitting and receiving high-potential signals is provided. The communication device includes a duplexer including first to fourth transistors, a transmission terminal, a reception terminal, an antenna terminal, and first and second control terminals. The transmission terminal is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of each of the first and second transistors. The reception terminal is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of each of the third and fourth transistors. The antenna terminal is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of each of the second and fourth transistors. The first control terminal is electrically connected to gates of the second and third transistors. The second control terminal is electrically connected to gates of the first and fourth transistors. A semiconductor of each of the first to fourth transistors contains a metal oxide.
US11848692B2
A signal processing device includes a prediction and correction engine configured to receive a signal including a target signal, and to execute a single-moment filter, based on a current measurement sample of the signal and a model of the target signal, to obtain a single-moment state estimate and a single-moment state estimate error covariance for the target signal, a covariance renormalizer configured to determine a multi-moment state estimate error covariance for the target signal based on a prior single-moment state estimate error covariance, corresponding to a sample prior to the current measurement sample, and the single-moment state estimate error covariance, and a multi-moment prediction and correction engine configured to execute a multi-moment filtering extension based on the current measurement sample and the multi-moment state estimate error covariance to obtain a multi-moment state estimate, and further configured to determine an estimate for the target signal based on the multi-moment state estimate.
US11848690B2
A first mobile device including a connection terminal configured to electrically connect to a second mobile device, a variable impedance device connected to the connection terminal, the variable impedance device configured to vary an impedance, processing circuitry configured to determine a power line communication (PLC) mode between the first mobile device and the second mobile device to be one of a low-speed PLC mode or a high-speed PLC mode, and control the impedance of the variable impedance device according to the determined PLC mode, and a PLC modem configured to receive power from the second mobile device or communicate data with the second mobile device based on the determined PLC mode.
US11848676B2
The present disclosure relates to improved electronic structures for propagating logic states between superconducting digital logic gates using a three-junction interferometer in a receiver circuit to reduce reflecting signals that otherwise result in distortions in the signals being transmitted between the gates. Other improved electronic structures comprise passive transmission lines (PTLs) with transmission line matching circuitry that has previously been avoided. The matching circuitry minimizes generation and propagation of spurious pulses emitted by Josephson junctions used in the digital logic gates.
US11848675B2
An embodiment apparatus comprises a switching-type output power stage, a modulator circuit configured for carrying out a pulse-width modulation and converting an electrical input signal into an input signal pulsed between two electrical levels, having a mean value proportional to the amplitude of the input signal, and a circuit arrangement for controlling saturation of an output signal supplied by the switching-type output power stage. The circuit arrangement comprises a pulse-remodulator circuit, between the output of the modulator circuit and the input of the switching-type output power stage, that is configured for supplying, as a driving signal to the switching-type output power stage, a respective modulated signal pulsed between two electrical levels, measuring a pulse width as pulse time interval elapsing between two consecutive pulsed-signal edges of the pulsed input signal, and, if the measurement indicates that the latter is below a given minimum value, remodulating the pulsed input signal.
US11848670B2
An apparatus includes a data processing array having a plurality of array tiles. Each array tile can include a random-access memory (RAM) having a local memory interface accessible by circuitry within the array tile and an adjacent memory interface accessible by circuitry disposed within an adjacent array tile. Each adjacent memory interface of each array tile can include isolation logic that is programmable to allow the circuitry disposed within the adjacent array tile to access the RAM or prevent the circuitry disposed within the adjacent array tile from accessing the RAM. The data processing array can be subdivided into a plurality of partitions wherein the isolation logic of the adjacent memory interfaces is programmed to prevent array tiles from accessing RAMs across a boundary between the plurality of partitions.
US11848669B2
A wake-up circuit, a wake-up method and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The wake-up circuit includes a wake-up module (11) and a main control module (12). The wake-up module (11) is connected to a wake-up source and is configured to detect a wake-up signal sent by the wake-up source, and to forward the wake-up signal to the main control module (12), one or more wake-up sources being provided. The main control module (12) is connected to the wake-up module (11) and is configured to receive the forwarded wake-up signal, one main control modules (12) being provided.
