US11987609B2
Provided are proteinaceous heterodimers, pharmaceutical compositions, medicaments and/or kits comprising the proteinaceous heterodimers, methods for producing the proteinaceous heterodimers, and uses thereof.
US11987602B2
The methods and systems disclose enzymes that function to import malonic acid or malonates into a cell. The enzymes increase the output of precursor molecules by enriching certain pathways in the cell. The precursor molecules can be converted to cannabinoids. The enzymes are a family of proteins which have a majority of common alignments.
US11987600B2
Disclosed are systemic and intravaginal non-hormonal contraceptives comprising a spermicidal triterpenoid. The contraceptive may be in the form of a foam, cream or gel, or in unit form of a pill, vaginal contraceptive film (VCF), suppository, sponge, transdermal or hypodermal patches or a slow release intravaginal device or intrauterine device such as a drug-impregnated silicone elastomer vaginal ring or polymeric IUD.
US11987597B2
Provided herein are inhibitors of TNF-α, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitory compounds, and methods for using the TNF-α inhibitory compounds for the treatment of diseases or disorders.
US11987594B1
A composition having the structure of formula I: [R—Ar—(COOH)2]x[Ar—(COOH)3]2-xM32+ (I) is provided where M is Mn, Cu, Co, Fe, Zn, Cd, Ni, or Pt; R is a bromine, nitro, a primary amine, C1-C4 alkyl secondary amine, C1-C4 alkyl oxy, Br—(C1-C4 alkyl), NO2—(C1-C4 alkyl), a mercaptan, and reaction products of any of the aforementioned with acyl chlorides of the formulas: CH3(CH2)mC(O)Cl, or CH3(CH(C1-C4 alkyl)CH2)mC(O)Cl, or CH3(CH2)m-Ph-(CH2)pC(O)Cl, where Ph is a C6 phenyl or C6 phenyl with one or more hydrogens replaced with F, C1-C4 fluoroalkyl, or C1-C4 perfluoroalkyl; m is independently in each occurrence an integer of 0 to 12 inclusive; p is an integer of 0 to 36 inclusive, to form an amide, a thioamide, or an ester; Ar is a 1,3,5-modified phenyl, and 1.4>x>0. A process of synthesis thereof and the use to chemically modify a gaseous reactant are also provided.
US11987583B2
A compound and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has the following formula A: These compounds can be PIKfyve kinase inhibitors.
US11987579B2
Described are niclosamide analogue compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and method of using the corner pounds and compositions for treating a disease associated with dysregulation of the Wnt/Frizzled signaling pathway, such as cancer, fatty liver, antibiotic resistance, and viral infection. The disclosed compounds and compositions may also be used for modulating mitochondrial function and for treating certain non-cancer diseases and/or diorders, such as diabetes, fibrotic disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis.
US11987576B2
The present invention includes compounds, compositions comprising the same, and methods using the compounds and/or compositions therein, for modulating skin pigmentation in a mammalian subject. In certain embodiments, the compounds of the invention treat or prevent skin disorders or diseases associated with hyperpigmentation in the subject. In other embodiments, the compounds of the invention act as antagonist to the non-canonical sex steroid hormone receptor GPRE1 and do not bind to a canonical nuclear estrogen receptor (ER). In yet other embodiments, the compounds of the invention comprise acts as agonists to the non-canonical sex steroid hormone receptor PAQR7 and do not bind to a canonical nuclear progesterone receptor (PR).
US11987557B2
Phenalene-1-one-containing photosensitizer composition, phenalene-1-one compound and the use thereof
A phenalene-1-one compound, a photosensitizer composition including the phenalene-1-one compound, an article including the phenalene-1-one compound and/or photosensitizer composition and the use thereof.
US11987534B1
Trona-accelerated composition for backfilling trenches are described. The compositions consist of aggregate (e.g., sand), Portland cement, Trona, water and sometimes air. The compositions may have a compressive strength of between 10 psi and 100 psi after 4 hours, a compressive strength of between 75 psi and 500 psi after 28 days, and a penetration resistance of between 4.5 tsf and 200 tsf after 4 hours. Also disclosed are methods of filling a trench with fast-setting flowable fill.
US11987533B2
A ceramic matrix composite component includes a first substrate and a second substrate each formed of a silicide-containing ceramic matrix composite, silicon carbide layers respectively coating a bonding surface of the first substrate and a bonding surface of the second substrate, and a bonding layer formed of a silicon-containing alloy and provided between the silicon carbide layer coating the bonding surface of the first substrate and the silicon carbide layer coating the bonding surface of the second substrate.
US11987530B1
The present disclosure provides a phase inversion pore-forming agent and a pore-forming method for a fly ash-based ceramic flat membrane support. The phase inversion pore-forming agent includes poly(oxyphenylene sulfone) and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), and is used in a preparation process of the fly ash-based ceramic flat membrane support. Pores can be formed through phase inversion, forming straight-through pores with gradient distribution inside the ceramic flat membrane support, thus avoiding a low porosity, a poor water flux, and uneven pore formation of the existing fly ash-based ceramic flat membrane support.
US11987529B2
The light shielding member of the present disclosure includes an aluminum oxide ceramics including an oxide of titanium whose composition formula is shown as TiO2-x (1≤x<2), and a total content of Fe, Ni, Co, Mn and Cr is 260 mass ppm or less.
US11987519B2
Glass ceramic material of a spinel type for the production of fashion jewellery and jewellery stones
Glass ceramic material for the production of synthetic stones in fashion jewellery and jewellery, having excellent mechanical properties, chemical and heat resistance, harmless due to absence of lead, arsenic and cadmium compounds, available in a broad scale of colour designs, imitating faithfully natural precious stones thanks to high content of spinel crystalline phase and lowered content of SiO2, consisting of (in weight %): 20-40% SiO2, 1.5-10% B2O3, 20-35% Al2O3, 0.1-20% MgO, 0.1-20% ZnO, the content of MgO+ZnO being at least 10%, preferably also 0-15% TiO2, 0.1-15% ZrO2, the content of TiO2+ZrO2 being at least 5%, more preferably also 0-20% of colouring additives in the form of CoO, NiO, CuO, Fe2O3, MnO2, Cr2O3, V2O5, Pr2O3, CeO2, Nd2O3, Er2O3, AgO and Au.
US11987518B2
A cooling device system for cooling optical fiber includes a plurality of bodies (202), each body having a top surface (210) and an opposing bottom surface (212); an opening (204) within each of the plurality of bodies extending from the top surface through the body to the bottom surface, wherein the opening is configured to pass an optical fiber (10) through the body; and one or more air outlets (208) within the body configured to direct air to contact the optical fiber as it passes through the opening, wherein the air flowing out of the one or more openings has an average velocity of about 20 m/s to about 350 m/s.
US11987492B2
This disclosure describes a micromechanical device comprising a first device part and a second device part. One of the first and second device parts is a mobile rotor and the other of the first and second device parts is a fixed stator. The micromechanical device further comprises a motion limiter which extends from the first device part to the second device part. The motion limiter comprises an elongated lever, and the motion limiter is configured to bring a stopper into contact with a counter-structure by rotating the elongated lever.
US11987489B2
Methods and systems for the production and delivery of lithium metal of high purity are provided herein. In one or more embodiments, method for flowing liquid lithium to a processing chamber is provided and includes flowing liquid lithium from a lithium refill container to a liquid lithium delivery module, where the liquid lithium delivery module is fluidly coupled to the lithium refill container, and flowing the liquid lithium from the liquid lithium delivery module to the processing chamber. The liquid lithium delivery module contains a lithium storage region operable to store liquid lithium and containing a fluid supply line fluidly coupling an outlet port of a liquid lithium storage tank, and a flow meter positioned downstream from the lithium storage region along the fluid supply line and operable to monitor the flow of the liquid lithium through the fluid supply line.
US11987482B2
A cargo handling system that utilizes a distributed antenna system for a cargo bay or compartment is disclosed. A cargo deck within the cargo bay may incorporate a plurality of power drive units. A mobile cargo controller may wirelessly communicate with the distributed antenna system to control movement of a ULD into/out of/within the cargo bay. A base station may be operatively interconnected with both the distributed antenna system and the plurality of power drive units (e.g., directly or indirectly via a control system, such as a control panel).
US11987477B2
The present disclosure provides a system for controlling a mobile hoisting apparatus, a method for controlling a mobile hoisting apparatus, a server, and a mobile hoisting apparatus, capable of improving efficiency and reducing cost of hoisting operations. The system for controlling a mobile hoisting apparatus includes: an environment sensing module configured to detect environment information, and transmit the environment information to a server; a positioning module configured to determine a location of the mobile hoisting apparatus to obtain location information of the mobile hoisting apparatus, and transmit the location information to the server; and the server configured to plan a travel route from a current location of the mobile hoisting apparatus to a hoisting operation location of the mobile hoisting apparatus, determine a perception result based on the environment information, determine travel decision information based on the perception result and the travel route, control the mobile hoisting apparatus to move to the hoisting operation location along the travel route based on the travel decision information, and control, at the hoisting operation location, a hoisting arm of the mobile hoisting apparatus to place goods to be transported to a corresponding target location.
US11987467B2
The present invention is a rolled paper cutting device and method which safely and easily cuts a variable length sheet of paper from rolled paper, including an adjustable holder for controlling the rolled paper, and a paper cutting blade embedded within a safety slot, the safety slot protecting a user from a blade related injury.
US11987465B2
A tiltenator of a media separator module (integrated within a valuable media depository) adaptively controls pressure maintained against a bunch of media as individual items from the bunch are fed through the media separator module.
US11987464B2
A front end conveyor include a lower deck having a plurality of lower sheet supports, an upstream upper deck having an upstream end at the upstream end of the front end conveyor, a downstream end and a plurality of first upper sheet guides and a downstream upper deck having an upstream end, a downstream end at the downstream end of the front end conveyor, and a plurality of second upper sheet guides. The lower sheet supports and the upper sheet guides define a sheet transport path for moving sheets of material though the conveyor. The downstream end of the upstream upper deck and the upstream end of the downstream upper deck are independently pivotably mounted to the frame such that the upstream end of the upstream upper deck and the downstream end of the downstream upper deck shiftable toward and away from the lower deck.
US11987463B2
A medium storage device includes a safe having at a front portion a first entrance for replenishment and recovery to which a first transit cassette is selectively connected and at a rear portion a second entrance for replenishment and recovery to which a second transit cassette is selectively connected; an identification unit serving to identify whether the medium is a normal medium or a rejection medium; a recycle cassette configured to accommodate the medium recognized as the normal medium; a conveyance path configured to convey the medium between the first entrance, the second entrance, the identification unit, and the recycle cassette; and a control unit is configured to control the conveyance path such that the medium accommodated in the first transit cassette is conveyed to the identification unit, and the medium identified as the normal medium in the identification unit is conveyed to the recycle cassette.
US11987458B2
A dock leveler apparatus includes a curtain assembly that includes an upper curtain section and a lower curtain section. The curtain assembly is movable between a folded configuration and a pendant configuration. The curtain assembly extends a greater distance in the pendant configuration than in the folded configuration. A connector couples to the upper curtain section to a deck pivotally coupled to a base frame of a dock leveler. A releasable coupling is provided between the upper curtain section and the lower curtain section. The releasable coupling is to removably couple the lower curtain section and the upper curtain section.
US11987452B2
A plurality of workpieces include a plurality of first workpieces of a first workpiece group to be loaded onto a first loaded member according to a first loading sequence and a plurality of second workpieces of a second workpiece group to be loaded onto a second loaded member according to a second loading sequence. On a conveying device, workpieces are arranged at ransom with respect to respective arrangement sequences of the first workpiece group and the second workpiece group and the classifications of the first workpiece group and the second workpiece group. On a conveying device, workpieces of the first workpiece group are sequentially arranged based on the first loading sequence and workpieces of the second workpiece group are sequentially arranged based on the second loading sequence. At the same time, the workpieces of the first workpiece group and the second workpiece group are arranged together.
US11987448B2
A vehicle body frame includes a first rib protruding from a bottom surface portion toward an upper side and extending along a first direction. A vehicle body cover includes a second rib protruding from a top surface portion toward a lower side and extending along a second direction. A lower frame portion of a holding member that holds a power storage body includes a first recessed groove portion recessed from a lower end surface toward the upper side and extending along the first direction. An upper frame portion of the holding member includes a second recessed groove portion recessed from an upper end surface toward the lower side and extending along the second direction. A power storage unit is sandwiched between the bottom surface portion of the vehicle body frame and the top surface portion of the vehicle body cover.
US11987443B2
A modular subsea fluid storage unit comprises a variable-volume inner tank having a rigid top panel and a peripheral wall that is flexible by virtue of concertina formations. The peripheral wall is extensible and retractable vertically while the horizontal width of the tank remains substantially unchanged. A side wall of a lower housing part surrounds and is spaced horizontally from the peripheral wall of the inner tank to define a floodable gap between the peripheral wall and the side wall that surrounds the tank. An upper housing part extends over and is vertically spaced from the top panel of the inner tank and overlaps the side wall to enclose the inner tank. The floodable gap and the upper housing part enhance thermal insulation and trap any fluids that may leak from the inner tank.
US11987440B2
A storage container for shipping fan blades includes blade compartments each housing one or more fan blades, where each compartment includes an upper foam retention holder that maintains a fan blade tip end in place and a lower foam retention holder that maintains a blade root in place, both holders configured and positioned to prevent twisting or lateral movement of the blades when in the compartment. The compartments form container rows, such that a housing of the storage container has one or more retainer walls that are movable between an access position allowing user access to insert and remove fan blades from compartments and retaining position blocking user access to insert and remove fan blades from compartments.
US11987433B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article carrier for packaging a plurality of articles, a blank for forming the article carrier. The article carrier comprises a plurality of primary panels for forming a tubular structure and defining an interior thereof. The plurality of primary panels includes a first panel and a second panel opposing the first panel. The article carrier further comprises a partition structure for dividing the interior into two or more article-receiving cells. The partition structure is formed from the first panel and comprises a lateral partition panel. The lateral partition panel is hingedly connected at a proximal end to the first panel by a proximal end fold line and is hingedly connected at a distal end to a glue panel by a distal end joint.
US11987425B2
A closure (10) of the flip-top type, and a closure combined with a bottle or other container The closure comprises a cap base (12) which can be releasably fastened to a package (74), the cap base including an opening. A closing flap (16) is movably attached to the cap base and is suitable, when it is in a closed position, for preventing egress of a liquid from the package through the cap base opening. The closing flap has a locking flap extending therefrom, and movably attached to the closing flap. A locking flap fastener (70) is provided for releasably securing the locking flap to the cap base or to the package to prevent inadvertent opening of the closure during transport and use by the consumer. The locking flap (38) may be tucked within the closing flap during normal use and used to lock the closing flap during transport. The locking flap may be disposed in a recess (20) in the cap base.
US11987424B2
An oxygen-shielding container lid according to the present invention comprises a high density polyethylene cap shell 1 having a skirt section 7 and a top plate section 5 provided with an inner ring 9 for intimate contact with an inner surface of a container mouth; and an in-shell molded body 3 provided in a portion of an inner surface of the top plate section which is surrounded with the inner ring 9. The in-shell molded body 3 is composed of a primary molded body 3a which has been formed by in-shell molding on the inner surface of the top plate section and which has an oxygen shielding function; and a secondary molded body 3b which has been formed on the primary molded body 3a by in-shell molding so as to cover the primary molded body 3a and to be fused and fixed to the inner surface of the top plate section at the peripheral edge of the primary molded body. A resin composition used for formation of the secondary molded body 3b contains linear low density polyethylene, and has a melt flow rate at 190° C. of 1 to 10 g/10 minutes, a density of 0.900 to 0.920 g/cm3, and a nominal tensile strain at break, as defined by JIS K-6922-2, of 400% or more.
US11987423B2
There is disclosed a bag having a tubular body with a top open end and a bottom closed end. The tubular body has a larger open diameter at the top open end. The tubular body narrows into a narrower open diameter adjacent to a bottom closed end. The tubular body in a flattened two-fold condition has a pair of side edges extending from a top edge to a bottom edge. The top edge delimits the top open end. The bottom edge delimits the bottom closed end. The pair of side edges are generally parallel to one another in a first portion adjacent to the top edge.
US11987417B2
A plastic container (1) with a base (2) and mutually opposite side walls (3, 4) has reinforced corner portions (5) at each of its corners on the outside. The corner portions (5) are of double-walled design, an outer wall (6) extending upwards on the outside in each case from the level of the base (2) over part of the height of the side walls (3, 4). The double-walled corner portions (5) have cavities (7), which extend continuously from top to bottom and are subdivided by one or more ribs (8, 8′). The corner portions (5) formed with the continuous cavities (7) provide advantages in production by injection moulding, the core tools achieving a longer service life thanks to better heat dissipation. When the plastic containers (1) according to the invention are being cleaned with water, the continuous cavities (7) allow more hygienic cleaning, the water being able to drain out without any residues being left behind.
US11987413B2
The invention relates to a cartoning apparatus (1) of items comprising: a die-cut magazine (125), in which a plurality of die-cuts (5) are stored for packaging the items, and a die-cut (170) pick-up and manipulating machine, configured to pick up the die-cuts (5) from the die-cut (125) magazine and manipulate them so as to open each die-cut (5). Where the die-cut (170) pick-up and manipulating machine comprises a robotic arm (180) on which a die-cut (175) gripping and manipulating module is installed, configured to grip one die-cut (5) at a time directly from the pick-up area (135) of the die-cut (125) magazine and manipulate it in order to open it.
US11987409B2
Packaged viscoelastic polymer substances and methods for the production of the packaged viscoelastic polymer substances are provided. The packaged viscoelastic polymer substances are further processable under the influence of heat and shear.
US11987407B2
A strapping system and method for automatically applying strapping to at least one associated object, such as a roll of coiled material having a void. The system includes a first end effector and second end effector, each end effector mountable to a robotic arm and including at least a portion of a chute, the end effectors movable relative to each other when mounted to a robotic arm such that the chute portions of each end effector can be selectively brought together in a plurality of orientations to define a generally continuous chute loop through which a strapping material can be advanced to surround the at least one associated object located at least partially within the chute loop.
US11987402B2
Vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (VTOLs) of the type used for the point-to-point delivery and transport of payloads (e.g., packages, equipment, etc.) and personnel, are significantly stabilized at least during takeoff and landing with present aspects significantly ameliorating or significantly eliminating destabilizing effects, including ground effect, during VTOL takeoff and/or landing.
US11987401B2
An unmanned vehicle (UV) is provided. The UV comprises an aircraft component, an interposer component electrically and mechanically coupled to the aircraft component, and a payload component electrically and mechanically coupled to the interposer component. The interposer component comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor configured the processor to receive a communication from one of the aircraft component or the payload component, and sent the communication to the other of the aircraft component or the payload component.
US11987397B2
The system is configured to generate a display of a tagging interface. The tagging interface may include a stitching selector. In response to a user selection of (1) a destination element that includes a first name identifier, (2) a source element that includes at least one of the plurality of pixels such that at least one of the plurality of pixels corresponding to longitude-time points comprising a second name identifier, and (3) the stitching selector, the system can be configured to indicate that the source element comprises the first name identifier.
US11987384B2
The present application provides a timing apparatus mounted in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The timing apparatus includes: a timing unit configured to generate a current reference time and to send the current reference time to at least one system in the UAV; and a power supply unit connected to the timing unit and configured to supply power to the timing unit. According to the timing apparatus provided in the present application, the current reference time is generated through the timing unit in the technical apparatus, and is provided to the system in the UAV, thereby synchronizing a system time of the UAV with the current reference time.
US11987371B2
An actuator assembly for a cowl door is provided. The actuator assembly includes a housing, an actuator configured to drive cowl door extension and cowl door retraction and to support the cowl door during the cowl door extension and the cowl door retraction and a clutch assembly interposed between the actuator and the housing. The clutch assembly is configured to engage a capability of the actuator to drive the cowl door retraction when the cowl door loads the actuator.
US11987370B2
An aircraft propulsion assembly including a front engine mount including a transverse beam which is connected to the engine via first and second convergent connection rods. This transverse beam includes an upper extension which is at least partially positioned opposite a front transverse reinforcement of the primary structure and which is connected thereto via at least one first connection element and right and left lateral extensions which are positioned at one side and another of the upper extension, each of them being connected via a least one second fixing element to a first wing of a right or left bracket, a second wing of the right or left bracket being connected via at least one third connection element to the primary structure.
US11987364B2
A seat rail assembly for fastening a seat assembly in a vehicle and a method for making such a seat rail assembly are described. The seat rail assembly includes a seat rail configured to fasten the seat assembly, the seat rail including a metal material. A fastening profile element of the seat rail assembly is configured to receive the seat rail, the fastening profile element being formed of a plastic material. The fastening profile element forms a receiving region, which is configured to receive the seat rail, and the seat rail includes a seat rail crown which is arranged in the receiving region of the fastening profile element such that a wall portion of the fastening profile element at least partly extends around the seat rail crown. The seat rail assembly may be used in an aircraft.
US11987360B2
A super first-class cabin includes a monitor disposed in the ceiling structure, a controller to render images on the monitor, and cameras to capture real-time streaming environmental images and renders them on the monitor. At the passenger's request, or when the passenger reclines, the controller may render a selection of mood affective images, for example to promote sleep if desired. Such mood affective images may be organized into a schedule associated with phases of flight to gently wake the passenger and prepare them for the end of the flight. The monitor may be employed to reduce the effects of flight-base time-disassociation by varying a daylight color scheme over the course of long flights, simulating a day/night routine to align the time of day at the origin of the flight with the time of day at the destination.
US11987359B2
Delivery systems for aerial vehicles may provide a passive automatic delivery system that is automatically triggered during landing of the aerial vehicle. One or more arm assemblies of the delivery system may include a respective landing arm, resilient member, and package guide. The landing arm is configured to rotate in response to an applied external force, with the resilient member being operatively coupled to the landing arm and configured to bias the landing arm towards a resting position. The package delivery system automatically releases the package when a delivery condition is met, such as the landing arms of the delivery system being rotated past a threshold position. Delivery systems can thus passively and automatically ensure that all landing arms are on a landing surface before the package is released. Related methods include approaching and contacting a landing surface, and releasing the package at the landing surface of the delivery location.
US11987354B2
A flow deflector for an aerial vehicle system has a flow deflector body, a clip arranged in an interior of the flow deflector body, and a spring within the clip. The flow deflector body includes a first portion at a forward end shaped to engage a surface of an aerial vehicle body and a second portion at an aft end shaped to engage a surface of a booster engine. The flow deflector body can include a plurality of body segments arranged to form the flow deflector body. The clip may be configured to fit around and engage a portion of an aft flange of the aerial vehicle body. The spring can be preloaded and arranged to press on the aft flange when the clip engages the portion of the aft flange.
US11987353B2
Stiffened skin panels comprise alternating truss core portions and solid laminate portions sandwiched between inner and outer facesheets, all formed from a fiber reinforced thermoplastic. The components of the panels are co-consolidated using induction heating. The panels are stiffened with spars fastened to the solid laminate portions.
US11987347B2
A rotor for a rotary wing aircraft having a single blade with a longitudinal pitch axis and that is hinge mounted on the rotary shaft for rotating the rotor, the hinge being about an axis that is transversal relative to the rotary shaft, said rotary wing describing a cone when its pitch angle is not zero, the rotor possessing a balancing flyweight device for balancing the resultant of the horizontal component of the lift force and of the rotary drag force of the blade, the device being mounted to rotate with the rotary wing about its rotary shaft and, under the effect of the centrifugal force to which it is subjected while the rotary wing is rotating, generating a horizontal force that is applied to the rotary shaft of the motor and that opposes the above-mentioned resultant with a magnitude of that is a function of the position of the flyweight(s) of the balancing device relative to the rotary shaft of the rotor.
US11987344B2
An electromechanical rudder system control using electromagnetic actuators provides dual redundancy to comply with safety demands. Diversity of possible interconnection distribution allows the manufacturer to choose the proper configuration to satisfy aircraft safety design, hardware savings and overall system quality improvements. A dual channel rudder system architecture includes reconfigurable electronic controllers used to control plural electromechanical primary actuators for rudder control, and a distribution of aircraft and cockpit sensors through the electronic controllers to guarantee minimum required safety standards in case of loss of input data. The plural electromechanical actuators driving a rudder surface are arranged in independent and redundant load paths.
US11987342B2
Crew egress pathways and crew egress pathway exits in aircraft, with the crew egress pathway exits comprising apparatuses, systems, and methods for reliable deployment and stowage of support straps within crew egress pathway exit hatches positioned, with crew egress pathway exit hatches configured to deploy within aircraft passenger compartments in aircraft.
US11987340B2
A hull behavior control system for controlling behavior of a hull of a marine vessel includes a memory and at least one controller coupled to the memory. The at least one controller is configured or programmed to control a steering that changes the traveling direction of the marine vessel, obtain a water surface shape around the marine vessel, estimate movement of a wave based on the water surface shape, and when it is determined that the hull rides the wave whose movement has been estimated, control the steering so as to reduce an influence of the wave on the hull.
US11987337B2
The embodiment of the invention provides a marine diesel power system comprising a diesel engine, a conformal heat exchanger with a first inlet and a first outlet thereof connected to the diesel engine and upper and lower sealing heads thereof as well as a second inlet and a second outlet for inflowing and discharging seawater, and a jet device at a second outlet of the conformal heat exchanger, wherein a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet of the jet device are separately used for sucking seawater discharged from the second outlet, connecting to a diesel engine exhaust tube and discharging seawater and waste gas discharged from the diesel engine exhaust tube. By arranging the jet device at the second outlet, the heat exchange form of the conformal heat exchanger is changed into forced convection heat exchange, so that the heat exchange efficiency of the conformal heat exchanger is improved.
US11987334B2
An outboard motor support device includes a transom connection mechanism, a pivot joint, and a motor support. The transom connection mechanism engages directly with a transom bracket to maximize stability and is configured to provide a consistently correct angular orientation of the motor support relative to the motor during use. In particular, the pivot joint adjustably aligns to the motor is a desired orientation during assembly to ensure a firm and “nested” engagement with the lower unit of the motor in the motor support. The motor support can be designed to fit specific motors, allowing for maximum stability and maximum surface area contact when properly aligned and engaged with the motor. The present outboard motor support device is formed as a single unit that provides vertical support as well as horizontal stabilization to the motor during transit, thereby also preserving the transom brackets and tilt/trim mechanism of the motor.
US11987332B2
A boat lift controller may include a digital switch, a power-isolation relay, and a motor-direction-select relay, together which control a motor. The digital switch may provide power to the power-isolation relay. The power-isolation relay may provide power to the motor-direction-select relay and to the motor. The motor-direction-select relay may control the direction in which the shaft of the motor turns.
US11987330B2
A method of controlling a robot configured to clean a hull of a vessel whilst travelling over said hull, the method comprising: receiving at least one signal indicative of a speed of the vessel; during cleaning being performed by the robot, detecting that cleaning being performed by the robot is to be paused based on (i) determining, from said at least one signal, that the speed of the vessel exceeds a predetermined speed threshold, or (ii) predicting, using said at least one signal, that the speed of the vessel will exceed the predetermined speed threshold within a predetermined time period; in response to said detecting that cleaning being performed by the robot is to be paused, outputting a pause cleaning signal indicating that said cleaning is to be paused; whilst said cleaning is paused, detecting that cleaning performed by the robot is to be restarted based on the determining that the speed of the vessel has dropped below the predetermined threshold, and in response, outputting a restart cleaning signal indicating that cleaning by the robot is to be restarted.
US11987311B2
A lock system for securing a battery of a vehicle operable by muscle power and/or motor power, in particular an electric bicycle. The lock system includes: a deadbolt which is pivotable about a bolt axis, a lock cylinder which is configured to actuate the deadbolt, and a lifting element which is coupled to the lock cylinder, the lock cylinder being movable into a holding position and into a release position, the lock cylinder in the holding position preventing a removal of the battery in a removal direction, and in the release position allowing the removal of the battery. The lifting element is configured to move the battery in the removal direction when the deadbolt is moved from the holding position into the release position.
US11987308B2
A damper unit for use in a vibration-reducing assembly for a steering wheel is disclosed. An elastomeric damper element is molded on an inner sleeve and includes a plurality of elastomeric ribs forming a radially outer engagement surface, and a plurality of elastomeric support studs, which are mutually spaced in a circumferential direction are flexible in all directions transverse to said axis. Methods for making a damper unit and a damper assembly are also disclosed.
US11987290B2
A suspension connection weldment may include a cross member having a first end and a second end and a pair of substantially parallel flank walls spaced apart from one another and arranged at respective first and second ends of the cross member. The flank walls may extend upward and forward from the respective first and second ends of the cross member and generally orthogonal to the cross member. The flank walls may include a plurality of vertically extending rib elements spaced horizontally along respective flank walls from a rear side of the flank wall to a front side of the flank wall. Each rib element may include an upper bore in an upper end and a lower bore in a lower end. The upper and lower bores may be configured to receive a suspension connecting pin.
US11987283B2
A vehicle trailer assist system is configured to display a plurality of target areas to a vehicle operator for the vehicle operator to select. The vehicle operator selects a target area on a trailer for tracking and using in determining a relative orientation with the vehicle. The system records selected target area and determines a relative orientation between a trailer and a tow vehicle based on a relative position between the features in the selected target area on the trailer and the tow vehicle.
US11987281B2
A wheeled carrying apparatus includes a handle frame rotatable relative to a standing frame between a first and a second position, a wheel mount pivotally connected with the standing frame, a wheel mount latch adapted to lock and unlock the wheel mount with respect to the standing frame, an actuating assembly coupling the wheel mount latch to the handle frame so that the wheel mount latch is movable to engage and disengage the wheel mount in response to a rotation of the handle frame, and a release mechanism including an operating part that is coupled to the actuating assembly via a cable assembly. The cable assembly includes a flexible part configured to stretch or loosen as the handle frame rotates between the two positions, the operating part being operable to cause the wheel mount latch to disengage from the wheel mount when the handle frame is in the first position.
US11987279B2
Embodiments for a single user truck loader. A platform is configured to receive placement of a load. Wheels are disposed at locations of the platform. A dolly mechanism is disposed in a cavity formed in the platform. Sidewalls of the platform house the cavity. The cavity of the platform is configured to receive a lift deck of a lifting mechanism.
US11987275B2
A train control system includes: an image information conversion device that is mounted on a train and outputs first image information obtained by adding train information to image information imaged by an imaging device capable of capturing an area in front of the train; and an obstacle detection device that is installed on the ground and includes: an image information storage unit that records the first image information output from the image information conversion device; an image information comparison unit that compares the first image information with second image information recorded in the image information storage unit; and an image information result output unit that outputs a result from the image information comparison unit.
US11987274B2
Purpose is to enable communication with a vehicle installation installed in a vehicle in a manner that facilitates implementation of a security measure and with high sensitivity and at low cost. An in-vehicle communication system includes an interior light with communication function, a seat and a display device, the interior light with communication function including a LED configured to transmit information to the seat and the display device via visible light communication, and the seat and the display device including light receiving units configured to receive information transmitted from the interior light with communication function and control units configured to control themselves based on the information received by the light receiving units.
US11987273B2
The present invention relates to the field of coal mine underground auxiliary transportation equipment, and particularly relates to an overhead monorail driving unit group realizing mechanical fast power distribution. The overhead monorail driving unit group realizing mechanical fast power distribution includes a rail, wherein the rail is connected with driving portions, carrying trolleys and a hoisting beam, the hoisting beam is disposed in a middle position of the driving portions and the carrying trolleys, and the driving portions, the carrying trolleys and the hoisting beam are connected through driving portion short pull rods, frame-shaped pull rods and driving portion long pull rods. Overhead monorail driving portions have four paths for transmitting a driving force to the hoisting beam, the frame-shaped pull rods directly transmit the driving force of the driving portions in positions far away from the hoisting beam to the hoisting beam, the objective is to reduce an accumulated peak value of the driving force of the driving portion in a mode of serial-parallel arrangement of the overhead monorail driving portions, the problem of horizontal direction bending failure of the rail caused by the driving portions in an operation process of an overhead monorail is solved, and the reliability and adaptability of overhead monorail transportation equipment are improved.
US11987269B2
Techniques for safe non-conservative planning include: obtaining a risk budget constraining a plan for an autonomous vehicle to satisfy an objective; based at least on the risk budget and the objective, planning a trajectory of the autonomous vehicle toward the objective, at least by: (a) determining a risk cost associated with an initial planned action of the trajectory, (b) based at least on the risk cost, determining whether the trajectory is feasible or infeasible within the risk budget, and (c) responsive to determining that the trajectory is feasible within the risk budget, executing the initial planned action; decreasing the risk budget by the risk cost, to obtain a remaining risk budget; obtaining state data corresponding to a state of the autonomous vehicle after executing the initial planned action; and based at least on the state data, the remaining risk budget, and the objective, planning another trajectory toward the objective.
US11987264B2
A method and activity recognition system for recognising activities in surrounding environment for controlling navigation of an autonomous vehicle is disclosed. The activity recognition system receives first data feed from neuromorphic event-based camera and second data feed from frame-based RGB video camera. The first data feed comprises high-speed temporal information encoding motion associated with change in surrounding environment at each spatial location, and second data feed comprises spatio-temporal data providing scene-level contextual information associated with surrounding environment. An adaptive sampling of second data feed is performed with respect to foreground activity rate based on amount of foreground motion encoded in first data feed. Further, the activity recognition system recognizes activities associated with at least one object in surrounding environment by identifying correlation between both data feed by using two-stream neural network model. Thereafter, based on the determined activities, the activity recognition system controls the navigation of the autonomous vehicle.
US11987256B1
A method disclosed comprises receiving sensor data indicating probable damage to the autonomous vehicle from a sensor aboard the autonomous vehicle. The method analyzing the sensor data using a decision engine to determine a confidence factor associated with the probable damage to the autonomous vehicle, and, based on the confidence factor meeting a threshold value, determining an occurrence of a condition causing damage. The method includes sending a command to a vehicle actuation manager to move the autonomous vehicle to a safe location in response to the condition and sending an alert. Systems implementing similar aspects are also disclosed.
US11987251B2
A system includes a computing device. The computing device includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions such that the processor is configured to: transform vehicle dynamics data to corresponding roadway geometry data, calculate a rationalization value based on a difference between the roadway geometry data and map-based roadway geometry data, and determine whether to modify a vehicle state based on the rationalization value.
US11987246B2
An electronic control unit that is installed on a vehicle connected to a trailer and capable of towing the trailer changes travel control of the vehicle according to a type of the trailer when the trailer is connected to the vehicle.
US11987242B2
A lane departure prevention device includes a control unit that executes lane keeping control (automatic steering of a steering wheel and/or issuing of a warning) when it is determined that a vehicle may move out of a lane. The control unit withholds execution of the lane keeping control until it is determined that a return-to-control condition is satisfied when it is determined that a driver has gone from showing no intention to move out of the lane to showing an intention to move out of the lane to cross a first lane boundary. The control unit continues, when it is determined that the vehicle is approaching a second white line present in a traveling direction with a speed equal to or faster than a reference value, continues withholding the execution of the lane keeping control even when it is determined that the return-to-control condition is satisfied.
US11987236B2
A method provided for 3D object localization predicts pairs of 2D bounding boxes. Each pair corresponds to a detected object in each of the two consecutive input monocular images. The method generates, for each detected object, a relative motion estimation specifying a relative motion between the two images. The method constructs an object cost volume by aggregating temporal features from the two images using the pairs of 2D bounding boxes and the relative motion estimation to predict a range of object depth candidates and a confidence score for each object depth candidate and an object depth from the object depth candidates. The method updates the relative motion estimation based on the object cost volume and the object depth to provide a refined object motion and a refined object depth. The method reconstructs a 3D bounding box for each detected object based on the refined object motion and refined object depth.
US11987235B1
Event-based and subscription-based connected vehicle control and response systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving first data acquired by a first plurality of vehicle operation sensors of a first vehicle from a first computing device associated with a first subscriber, identifying an occurrence of an event involving a second vehicle and a third vehicle based on the first data, receiving second data acquired by a second plurality of vehicle operation sensors of the second vehicle, identifying which vehicle of the second vehicle or the third vehicle is at-fault based on the first data and the second data, determining, for the first subscriber and responsive to determining that the first data was used in determining which of the first vehicle or the second vehicle is at-fault, one or more objects, and transmitting the one or more objects to the first computing device.
US11987226B2
A method for operating an at least semi-automated mobile platform which includes wheels, a braking system, and an acceleration sensor that generates acceleration values. The braking system, using a holding force, cooperates with the wheels in such a way that the platform is selectively fixed in a position. Each wheel includes a rotation angle sensor that generates a signal pulse based on a rotational position of the wheel. The method includes: reducing an initial holding force of the wheels, corresponding to an initial value of a control gradient; controlling the control gradient based on the acceleration values when the rotation angle sensor of a wheel has generated a first signal pulse; increasing the holding force of at least one of the wheels corresponding to a fixation gradient when the rotation angle sensor of a set of further wheels of the wheels has generated a signal pulse, to fix the platform.
US11987222B2
A method for operating a hydraulic braking system, which includes at least one actuatable actuator for generating a hydraulic brake pressure using brake fluid. A first leakage loss of the brake fluid in the braking system is ascertained as a function of a volume of a pressure chamber of the actuator at a starting pressure at the beginning of a braking process and the volume of the pressure chamber when the starting pressure is reached at the conclusion of the braking process. A second leakage loss of the braking fluid is continuously calculated while the braking process is carried out. The first leakage loss is compared to the second leakage loss for the plausibility check after a braking process was carried out.
US11987220B2
Gear box (1) comprising a gearbox body (2) defining a cavity (3) and, housed inside the cavity (3), an output shaft, and a braking device mounted on a rotating shaft (9), this braking device comprising two activatable brakes (61, 62), two stops (71, 72) mechanically coupled to one another and surrounding the brakes (61, 62), and a control member (8) for moving the brakes (61, 62), common to the two brakes (61, 62), and mounted to move between an inactive braking position and an active braking position, at least one of the stops (71, 72) forming an end-of-travel stop limiting the movement of the brakes (61, 62) in the active braking position of the control member (8). The shaft (9) equipped with the braking device is formed from two coaxial shaft sections (91, 92), mounted to freely rotate in relation to one another, and each equipped with one of the brakes (61, 62) of the braking device, the brakes (61, 62) are cone brakes and the stops (71, 72) form an assembly mounted to be able to move axially along the shaft (9), this assembly being separated in rotation from the shaft (9) or at least one of the sections of the shaft (9).
US11987210B2
Disclosed are a connecting rod structure, a footboard device, and a vehicle including same. A first connecting rod includes a first end pivotally connected with a second seat through a first pivot shaft, and a second end hinged with a first end of a second connecting rod; a spring includes a first end pivotally connected with the second seat through a second pivot shaft, and a second end pivotally connected with the first connecting rod or the second connecting rod through a third pivot shaft; a distance between an axis of the first pivot shaft and an axis of the third pivot shaft is a first distance, and a distance between the axis of the first pivot shaft and an axis of the second pivot shaft is a second distance; and a sum of the first distance and a free length of the spring is greater than the second distance.
US11987206B2
The present invention relates to a safety belt retractor, including a bracket, a spool, a locking device, a vehicle sensing device with an adaptive vehicle sensing function and a vehicle sensing adaptivity suppression device. The vehicle sensing adaptivity suppression device includes a driven part (8) and a suppression part (7) that can be held on the driven part by an adhesive force. The driven part has a sliding track, and the suppression part has a sliding portion which can slide on the sliding track against the adhesive force. The suppression part has a retainer, and a sensing seat has a counter retainer that cooperates with the retainer. A retaining connection isn't formed when the suppression part is in the first end position, and is formed when the suppression part leaves away from the first end position to a predetermined extent. Here, the mechanism for achieving the vehicle sensing adaptivity suppression function is simple in structure and low in cost, and can effectively suppress the adaptivity of the vehicle sensing function. The present invention further relates to a safety belt assembly comprising such a safety belt assembly.
US11987192B2
A bumper crossmember for a motor vehicle having a crossmember extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and two crashboxes connected thereto. Each crashbox is connected with its end facing away from the vehicle to the crossmember in a respective end section thereof, and with its end facing the vehicle is connectable to a structural component of the vehicle, e.g., a longitudinal member. The crossmember has a corrugated structure in the area where a crashbox is connected. A tow sleeve is integrated into the bumper crossmember in the connection area of the crashbox. The tow sleeve is held in a vertex structure of the corrugated structure in a form-fitting manner in the z and y directions, the vertex area of this vertex structure facing away from the crashbox, with the lateral surface of the tow sleeve on the flanks facing one another and forming the vertex structure.
US11987187B2
Work vehicle systems include multilayer wiring panels (MWPs), which provide electrical interconnections to various electronic devices integrated into the work vehicle system. A work vehicle system includes a work vehicle component having a component housing which a first MWP is mounted. The first MWP includes a multilayer panel body having a non-planar cross-sectional shape generally conformal with a topology of a non-planar mounting surface of the component housing, preplaced wires embedded in the multilayer panel body, and panel input/output (I/O) interfaces electrically connected by the preplaced wires. The panel I/O interfaces contain first and second panel I/O interfaces electrically coupled to the controller and to the first integrated electronic device, respectively, such that the controller is placed in signal communication with the first integrated electronic device through the first MWP during operation of the work vehicle system.
US11987186B2
A system and method for installing a badge on a vehicle seat may include placing a trim cover on a badge, and placing a tensioning strip over the trim cover. A retaining plate may be placed over the tensioning strip, and the badge and retaining plate pressed together to capture the trim cover and the tensioning strip therebetween to form an assembly. This assembly may be positioned over a support structure of the vehicle seat such that an A-side of the badge faces toward a front of the vehicle seat. A tensile force may be applied to the tensioning strip in a direction toward a back of the vehicle seat, and the tensioning strip may then be fastened to the support structure of the vehicle seat.
US11987176B1
A vehicle electronic display that includes a frame with a center opening, a top wall, and a center portion, a camera attached to the top wall, a rear panel fully covering the rear opening of the frame, and a “U”-shaped stand attached to the rear panel. The frame has a slim profile and a rectangular overall shape that does not impede an operator's view of the vehicle. The camera is integrated with the top wall or the center portion of the frame and is in electrical communication with the on-board power supply of the vehicle, which may be a cigarette lighter adapter, a USB-style plug, or a battery. The rear panel has a “U”-shaped recess that stores the stand when not in use. The frame, rear panel, and stand are made of a resilient and lightweight material capable of being cleaned.
US11987167B2
The invention relates to a vehicle lighting system based on infrared light sources, the vehicle lighting system comprising: an infrared matrix lamp, which comprises a plurality of infrared light sources arranged in a matrix and which is configured to be mounted on a vehicle to provide an illumination range with respect to the vehicle, wherein each of the plurality of infrared light sources corresponds to an illumination region in the illumination range; and a matrix lamp controller configured to turn on, when a target region needs to be illuminated, an infrared light source in the infrared matrix lamp corresponding to the target region on the basis of relative position information between the target region and the vehicle, wherein the relative position information comprises an angular position of the target region relative to a vehicle reference. The invention further relates to a vehicle comprising the vehicle lighting system.
US11987166B1
A remotely controlled twistlock assembly includes a T-shaped twistlock locking pin and a twistlock housing within which the T-shaped twistlock locking pin is mounted. A motion converter is mounted within the twistlock housing and is connected to the T-shaped twistlock locking pin. A remotely controlled pin actuator is linked to the motion converter in a manner such that extension and retraction of the pin actuator causes rotation of the motion converter and the T-shaped twistlock locking pin. A latch is mounted within the twistlock housing and is engageable with the motion converter such that the latch locks the motion converter when the latch is engaged with the motion converter and unlocks the motion converter when the latch is disengaged from the motion converter. A remotely controlled latch actuator is linked to the latch in a manner such that retraction and extension of the latch actuator controls engagement and disengagement of the latch with the motion converter. At least one feedback device is mounted within the twistlock housing and is positioned to provide remote reporting of a position of at least one of the motion converter and the latch.
US11987159B2
Provided is a connection member that is to be bridged between a seat back and a luggage room floor, and stretches and contracts as at least one of the seat back and the luggage room floor moves. The connection member has a main body portion formed into the shape of a thin plate or a sheet; and a plurality of long convex portions provided on the main body portion in a parallel manner. The long convex portions are extendedly provided in a direction orthogonal to a direction along which the connection member stretches and contracts. As the seat back and the luggage room floor approach each other, a first bending portion and second bending portion having the plurality of the long convex portions will be bended in a manner such that the plurality of the long convex portions will be positioned inward.
US11987157B2
A vehicle seat according to the present invention includes: a seat back frame constituting a framework of a seat back; a blower disposed in the seat back; a bracket to which the blower is fixed; and a cover member provided on the rear side of the seat back frame. Herein, the bracket is fixed to the cover member with the seat back frame being held between the bracket and the cover member.
US11987156B2
A device for level regulation and level stabilization of a vehicle seat upper part. The device includes an air spring that spring loads a movement of the vehicle seat lower part and of the vehicle seat upper part relative to one another, the vehicle seat lower part and the vehicle seat upper part are arranged in a non-deflected state at a predeterminable distance from one another. The air spring is fluidically connected to a working volume of an additional volume module. A control unit decreases the volume of the working volume in the event of an increase in the distance and increases the volume of the working volume in the event of a decrease in the distance such that the pressure in the air spring can be changed such that the distance between the vehicle seat upper part and a reference surface is substantially unchanged.
US11987152B2
A slide for a vehicle seat, comprising a female rail having at least one vertical side wall, a male rail also having at least one vertical side wall, mounted to slide relative to the female rail, the female rail surrounding the male rail with the vertical side wall of the female rail facing the vertical side wall of the male rail, a position sensor comprising a means for measuring the surrounding magnetic field fixed to the vertical side wall of the male rail by means of a spring member, and arranged between the substantially planar wall of the male rail and the substantially planar wall of the female rail and oriented towards the substantially planar wall of the female rail.
US11987144B2
An example operation includes one or more of receiving, at a charging station, a first amount of energy from a transport at a first level and at a time and providing, at the charging station, a second amount of energy to the transport at a level less than the first level at another time.
US11987132B2
A system for torque control of an electric motor in a motor vehicle includes a power inverter that delivers a current to the electric motor to regulate the torque of the electric motor and a model predictive control module that sends a three-phase voltage to the power inverter to control the operation of the power inverter.
US11987128B2
A military vehicle include a driveline. The driveline includes a first driver including an engine, an energy storage system, an accessory drive coupled to the engine, a transmission coupled to at least one of the front axle or the rear axle, and a second driver coupled to the engine and the transmission. The accessory drive includes a plurality of accessories and a first motor. The first motor is electrically coupled to the energy storage system. The first motor is positioned to facilitate selectively driving the plurality of accessories. The second driver includes a second motor electrically coupled to the energy storage system.
US11987125B2
A vehicle pane for a head-up display having an outer face that faces external surroundings in the installed state and an inner face that faces a vehicle interior, includes at least one transparent pane; at least one masking strip in an edge region of the pane, and at least one reflection layer for reflecting light which is applied by printing, which is arranged in the region of the masking strip, on the vehicle-interior side of the masking strip.
US11987124B2
To provide a capacitive input device that enables the user to feel that the input operation has been done. A capacitive input device includes a surface sheet, a soft member, and a sensor sheet configured to detect a change in capacitance. The surface sheet includes an operation area on which a touching operation is to be performed. The soft member is provided between the operation area and the sensor sheet. The sensor sheet includes a sensor electrode located at a position corresponding to the operation area. When the operation area is pressed in a touching operation, the surface sheet and the soft member are displaced toward the sensor sheet and the sensor electrode detects the capacitance.
US11987115B2
Provided is a technique for improving the cooling efficiency of a vehicle heat exchange system configured to cool a cooling liquid discharged from each of a plurality of heat sources. The vehicle heat exchange system comprises a high-temperature side radiator unit and a low-temperature side radiator unit, the high-temperature side radiator including: a first high-temperature side radiator that faces a first fan and is connected to a high-temperature side discharge pipe; a second high-temperature side radiator that faces a second fan and is connected to a high-temperature side supply pipe; and a high-temperature side connection pipe for supplying the cooling liquid from the first high-temperature side radiator to the second high-temperature side radiator, and the low-temperature side radiator unit including: a first low-temperature side radiator that is arranged to face the second high-temperature side radiator on the upstream side of the cooling air flow, and is connected to a low-temperature side discharge pipe; a second low-temperature side radiator that is arranged to face the first high-temperature side radiator on the upstream side of the cooling air flow, and is connected to a low-temperature side supply pipe; and a low-temperature side connection pipe for supplying the cooling liquid from the first low-temperature side radiator to the second low-temperature side radiator.
US11987106B2
A vehicle door check mechanism includes a strap body mounted on a portion of a vehicle door adjacent to a rotation axis of the vehicle door, and configured to move with the vehicle door as the vehicle door swings around the rotation axis, and a hold unit configured to allow the strap body to be held at regular intervals, wherein the strap body is curved to have a predetermined curvature radius. A center of the curvature radius is located on the rotation axis of the vehicle door, and the strap body has a fixed end which is fixed to the vehicle door, and a free end which is spaced apart from the vehicle door.
US11987104B2
In an upper side sealing portion, an upper side water guide groove is formed between an outer sealing lip and an inner sealing lip. In a vertical side sealing portion, a vertical side water guide groove extending to a position below a door opening/closing device is formed between a vertical side attachment portion and a vertical side sealing lip. The upper side water guide groove is disposed at a cabin inner side of an outer panel of a frame. An upper end of the vertical side water guide groove is disposed at the cabin inner side of the outer panel. A portion of the vertical side water guide groove located above the door opening/closing device extends downward from an upper end, and extends to a cabin outer side relative to an inner panel of a frame.
US11987102B2
To realize a device and method that outputs scents according to an advertisement. A scent output control unit that executes scent output control and a scent output unit that executes a scent output under control of the scent output control unit are included, and the scent output control unit selects a scent to be output on the basis of an advertisement and outputs the selected scent via the scent output unit. The scent output control unit selects a scent to be output on the basis of an advertisement detected from an image captured by a vehicle exterior camera that captures the outside of the vehicle or an advertisement output to the information output terminal, and outputs the selected scent via the scent output unit. Furthermore, an occupant profile is analyzed on the basis of an image of an occupant, and a scent corresponding to the occupant is output.
US11987098B2
A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a first heat exchanger, a first region of a second heat exchanger, a third heat exchanger, a fourth heat exchanger, a compressor, a vapor generator, an accumulator, a first expansion valve, and a first three-way valve. The compressor includes a low-pressure inlet, a mid-pressure inlet, and an outlet. The vapor generator is positioned downstream of the outlet of the compressor and upstream of both the low-pressure inlet and the mid-pressure inlet. The accumulator is positioned immediately upstream of the compressor. The accumulator includes an inlet and an outlet. The first expansion valve is positioned upstream of the accumulator. The first expansion valve includes an inlet and an outlet. The first three-way valve is positioned immediately downstream of the first expansion valve and immediately upstream of the accumulator.
US11987094B2
A method for servicing a heater core installed in a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) assembly for a motor vehicle includes removing a sealing attachment from an interfacing connection interfacing with the heater core. The method includes sliding the heater core in a direction of insertion. The method includes disconnecting, from the heater core, the interfacing connection. The method includes removing the heater core in a direction of extraction, the direction of extraction being orthogonal to the direction of insertion.
US11987093B2
The present embodiments relate to an HVAC system which is externally mounted on a vertical surface of an RV, truck or bus. The desire is to eliminate, or at least substantially reduce, a potential leakage path wherein water may sit on an upper surface of a vehicle and due to seal degradation over long periods of time, may find a pathway in through the roof of the vehicle and to an interior thereof. By positioning the HVAC on a vertical surface, gravity works to move water downward and away from the HVAC system rather than allowing it to stagnate in an area around potential apertures through the outer skin or outer surface of the vehicle.
US11987082B2
The present invention relates generally to a tire pressure and temperature measuring system. More specifically, the system is comprised of an ergonomic and durable tire pressure and temperature gauge that does not require any external buttons, displays, or indicia, and that is capable of measuring the internal pressure and air temperature of a tire. The system is further comprised of an accompanying mobile application or computer-based software program that allows the collected pressure and/or temperature data to be wirelessly transmitted and formatted into a report that is accessible via a user interface on a remote device. The system is also capable of making recommendations to the user based on the collected pressure and/or temperature data.
US11987080B2
A portable electronic device and method therein for locating tire sensors on a vehicle is provided. The portable electronic device comprises a camera and RFID circuitry. The portable electronic device determines the tire location of each tire on the vehicle using image recognition on image data from the camera. The portable electronic device also detects one or more tire sensors of each tire via the RFID circuitry as the portable electronic device sequentially guides a user of the portable electronic device via a user interface to motion the portable electronic device in proximity of each tire at each determined tire location. Further, the portable electronic device also identifies each of the one or more detected tire sensors on the vehicle.
US11987076B1
The present invention relates to a caster, and particularly, to a caster which more smoothly rotates when reversely rotating 180° and effectively supports a weight of an object disposed on the caster to smoothly rotate in reverse without any shaking, wherein the caster has a structure in which a central portion, a connecting part, and a lower body part are sequentially provided under a support plate formed in an upper end portion of the caster, and in particular, a rotating part is mounted between the connecting part and the central portion.
US11987072B2
An artistic presentation in the form of a shadow box is disclosed where the shadow box has been augmented with various dynamic visual effects. One such dynamic visual effect is the movement of water across the shadow box, simulating rain droplets, waterfall, sheets of water, or aerosolized water such as fog or mist. When combined with various lighting effects, the combined dynamic visual presentation permits a constantly changing visual appearance that can recycle and go on indefinitely.
US11987069B2
A carpenter square includes a body including a first, second, and third edges. A fence is pivoted to the first edge for movement among first, second, and third positions. In the first and second positions, the fence is normal to the body. In the third position, the fence is coplanar to the body. A hinge assembly pivots the fence to the body and includes a notch in the body, a recess in the notch, and a tab projecting from the fence and fit over the pin for reciprocating and swinging movement. The tab moves between a neutral stance, in which the tab is mis-registered with the recess and disables movement of the fence among the first, second, and third positions, and an advanced stance, in which the tab is registered with the recess and enables movement of the fence among the first, second, and third positions.
US11987065B1
A dual function tooling tray having a movable center section includes a perimeter frame having four sides, a first frame member spaced from a first side of the perimeter frame, and a second frame member spaced from a second side of the perimeter frame. The first side and the second side of the perimeter frame are parallel with one another. The tooling tray further includes a third frame member extending between and secured to the first frame member and the second frame member. The third frame member is configured to support at least one squeegee blade. The third frame member is configured be to be moved from a first position from the first frame member and the second frame member and installed in a second position on the first frame member and the second frame member, with the second position being spaced from the first position.
US11987057B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing; a supply cartridge attachable to the main casing; a printing mechanism; a display; and a controller configured to perform: determining, based on information inputted into the controller, whether an agreement is made for the image forming apparatus; setting, when an agreement is made for the image forming apparatus, an operation mode for the image forming apparatus to a pre-contract mode; determining under the pre-contract mode whether a type of the supply cartridge attached to the main casing is a normal type or a subscription type; displaying, when the type of the supply cartridge attached to the main casing is the normal type, information related to the pre-contract mode on the display; and setting, when the type of the supply cartridge attached to the main casing is the subscription type, the operation mode from the pre-contract mode to a formal contract mode.
US11987055B2
A fluidic die may include a fluid channel layer defining a number of fluid channels therein, a slot layer disposed on a side of the fluid channel layer, and a first fluid slot and a second fluid slot defined in the slot layer. At least one of the fluid channels fluidically couples the first fluid slot to the second fluid slot. The first fluid slot and the second fluid slot are defined in the slot layer along a length of the fluidic die.
US11987051B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid discharge head includes a pressure chamber and a nozzle. The pressure chamber extends in a first direction from a first end to a second end and forms a flow path for a fluid to be ejected from the nozzle. The nozzle is for ejecting liquid from the pressure chamber in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The nozzle is at a position offset from a midpoint of the pressure chamber in the first direction towards one of the first or second ends of the pressure chamber.
US11987044B2
Panels having a decorative surface may include a plate shaped substrate and a top layer, and the top layer may include a paper layer having a printed pattern. A method for manufacturing such panels may involve providing the paper layer with a treatment, including providing the paper layer with an ink receiving substance. The treated paper layer may be provided with at least a portion of the printed pattern by depositing pigment containing inks using a digital inkjet printer. The pigment containing inks may be water-based. The digital inkjet printer may include print heads with nozzles for firing droplets of pigment containing inks onto the treated paper layer. The paper layer may be fed from a roll, printed upon, and rolled back up again. The paper layer, while printing, may be flexible and may be attached to the plate shaped substrate after printing. A layer of thermosetting resin may be applied above the paper layer and the printed pattern. Providing the layer of thermosetting resin may involve a press treatment. The paper layer may be a colored base paper, a pigmented base paper, and/or a dyed base paper.
US11987043B2
A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path, a printing unit configured to print an image by discharging ink to the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit, a heating unit configured to, in a heating section on the conveyance path, heat the sheet on which the image has been printed by the printing unit, and a control unit configured to control the heating unit so that the heating section is changed in accordance with a print condition.
US11987038B2
An acoustic attenuation panel including: a main layer made of a porous material and having two opposite faces; a coating layer arranged on one of the two faces of the main layer; an adhesive film, arranged at the interface between the main layer and the coating layer to assemble same. The main layer is a body made of melamine resin foam having a density between 6 and 6.8 kg/m3 and a porosity rate between 0.978 and 0.984; the coating layer is a fabric with a density between 484 and 526 kg/m3 and a porosity rate between 0.771 and 0.817; the adhesive film is a film made of a thermoplastic material provided with holes passing through and having a surface density between 40 g/m2 and 56 g/m2.
US11987037B2
A system for preparing a solar module assembly for recycling includes a vessel configured to control a temperature and a humidity therewithin and to receive a solar module of the solar module assembly, the solar module including a plurality of solar cells, a front layer coupled to the plurality of solar cells by a first encapsulant layer, and a back sheet coupled to the plurality of solar cells by a second encapsulant layer. The system further includes an emitter positioned within the vessel and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation toward the solar module to debond at least one of the first encapsulant layer or the second encapsulant layer and a peel block configured to separate at least one of the front layer or the back sheet from the plurality of solar cells. The system is configured to be transported in one or more standard shipping containers.
US11987027B2
The present disclosure relates to an innovative leather and a manufacturing method thereof. The innovative leather includes a TPU substrate, a TPU adhering layer, and a TPU surface layer. The TPU adhering layer is disposed on the TPU substrate. The TPU surface layer is disposed on the TPU adhering layer. All materials of the innovative leather of the present disclosure are the same TPU materials, thus the innovative leather of the present disclosure can be recycled after the innovative leather of the present disclosure is used. The innovative leather of the present disclosure has recycling benefit.
US11987026B2
A recyclable, laminated polyolefin-based film structure comprises two or more film plies laminated to each other. Each of the laminated film plies comprises one or more polyolefin-based films. The film structure has an energy cured coating layer or a two-part coating layer disposed on the outermost outward facing surface of the film structure and a printed ink layer on an interior surface of one of the polyolefin-based polyolefin layers. In certain embodiments, the outermost surface of the laminated polyolefin-based film structure has a melting temperature which is at least 100 degrees Celsius, and more preferably 150 or 180 degrees Celsius, higher than a melting temperature of the innermost surface of the laminated polyolefin-based film structure.
US11987024B2
Tubing, such as medical tubing for administration of intravenous fluid, can include an inner layer, an outer layer concentrically disposed about and surrounding the inner layer, and an intermediate layer interposed between the inner and outer layers. The intermediate layer may include a light protection additive therein.
US11987017B2
In one embodiment, a catheter manufacturing method includes forming flexible circuit strips with respective different symbols marked thereon, each strip including at least one respective electrode, attaching one end of each of the flexible circuit strips to a catheter coupler with the flexible circuit strips being ordered around a circumference of the catheter coupler responsively to the respective symbols of respective ones of the flexible circuit strips, and forming a distal end assembly of a catheter, the distal end assembly comprising the flexible circuit strips attached to the catheter coupler.
US11987014B2
This invention disclosed a resin-based composite material has a three-layer structure and the application thereof. According to the invention, an oriented carbon nanotube bundle/epoxy resin composite material (denoted as layer B) is prepared with the microwave curing method, a barium titanate nanofiber/epoxy resin composite material (denoted as layer E) is prepared by means of a blade coating-heat curing method, and a composite material of a B-E-B three layer structural is formed by means of a layer-by-layer curing technology. Compared to the composite material of the conductor-insulating layer/polymer layer structural prepared in the prior art, the resin-based composite material has a three-layer structure provided by the invention has with high energy storage density, and low dielectric loss and high permittivity; and the preparation process therefor is controllable and easy to operate, short in production cycle, and suitable for large-scale application.
US11987009B2
A disclosed heater for a sealing process of a secondary battery includes: a sealing bar heating and pressing a pouch foil to be sealed; a plurality of sub-heating unit longitudinally disposed inside the sealing bar to respectively independently supply heat to a plurality of sections separated in the longitudinal direction of the sealing bar; temperature sensing units disposed inside the sealing bar and sensing temperature at positions on the surfaces being in contact with the pouch foil; and a control unit controlling heating temperature of the plurality of sub-heating units on the basis of the temperature sensed by the temperature sensing units.
US11987005B2
An additive manufacturing machine includes an energy beam system situated in a fixed position relative to a reference plane coinciding with an expected location of a build plane, an energy beam system with an irradiation device configured to generate an energy beam and to direct the energy beam upon the build plane, and a position measurement system configured to determine a position of the build plane. A position measurement assembly includes one or more position sensors, and one or more mounting brackets configured to attach the one or more position sensors to an energy beam system of an additive manufacturing machine. The position measurement assembly is configured to determine a position of a build plane with the energy beam system situated in a fixed position relative to a reference plane coinciding with an expected location of the build plane.
US11986988B1
A non-crosslinked polymeric heat shrink tubing including poly(ether-block-amide) (PEBA) and methods for making such non-crosslinked polymeric heat shrink tubing is provided. The non-crosslinked PEBA heat shrink tubing disclosed herein finds application, e.g., as a processing aid and final component in the manufacture of catheters and other medical devices.
US11986977B2
In a method for reprocessing film waste material, the film waste material is comminuted into recycling material by means of a comminuting device. The recycling material is fed by means of a feeding device in a multi-shaft screw machine. In the multi-shaft screw machine, the recycling material is plasticized into a material melt and processed into raw material. The raw material may again be fed to a production installation for the production of films.
US11986972B2
The present invention relates to a system for repairing a plywood panel. The system comprises an input section and an output section wherein at least one of these comprises a support structure for a stack of the plywood panels. The system may further comprise a detection device for scanning a plywood panel and a repairing device for performing a repair operation for the plywood panel. Moreover, the system may comprise a transport device for transporting a plywood panel from the input section to the output section and a control device for generating a control signal to the repairing device in response to a detection of a defect in the plywood panel on the basis of information obtained with the detection device. The invention also relates to a method implementable by the system.
US11986969B2
A robot device ensuring an automatic guiding of a robotic arm, including a frame holding a robotic arm articulated along axes of freedom, the robotic arm including a distal operator device for generating a human-machine interaction, the robot device further including an image acquisition system including at least two optical devices integral with the frame and arranged in at least two distinct positions of the frame, each optical device configured to acquire a 3D image, the image acquisition system being configured to acquire a plurality of 3D images of a human body of a patient from at least two optical devices, the robot device including a calculation unit for generating in real time a human body model of the patient from the acquired 3D images and a guiding trajectory referenced to the surface of the human body model, wherein movements of the robotic arm are enslaved to the guiding trajectory.
US11986962B2
There is provided a method for programming an industrial robot, where distributors and integrators can present accessories that run successfully at end users. Also the developer can define customized installation screens and program nodes for the end user. There is provided a software platform, where the developer can define customized installation screens and program nodes for the end user thereby extending an existing robot system with customized functionalities by still using the software platform available in the robot system. Hereby a robot developer can define customized installation screens and program nodes for the end user. These can, for example, encapsulate complex new robot programming concepts, or provide friendly hardware configuration interfaces.
US11986961B2
A machine learning model operation management system includes a model building server and an operation server. The model building server builds a trained machine learning model based on received training data. When the trained machine learning model stored in a robot controller operates for determining the operation of a robot, the operation server receives operation information generated by the robot controller. Data of the trained machine learning model built by the model building server is assigned with model identification information that uniquely identifies the trained machine learning model. The robot controller makes an external inquiry as to whether or not it has permission to use the trained machine learning model stored in itself, and if it has the permission to use, it makes the trained machine learning model available for use. The operation server stores the operation information in association with the model identification information.
US11986958B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using skill templates for robotic demonstration learning. One of the methods includes receiving a skill template for a task to be performed by a robot, wherein the skill template defines a state machine having a plurality of subtasks and one or more respective transition conditions between one or more of the subtasks. Local demonstration data for a demonstration subtask of the skill template is received, where the local demonstration data is generated from a user demonstrating how to perform the demonstration subtask with the robot. A machine learning model is refined for the demonstration subtask and the skill template is executed on the robot, causing the robot to transition through the state machine defined by the skill template to perform the task.
US11986955B2
A method of tracking a pose of an object includes determining an initial pose of the object at a first position, receiving position data and velocity data corresponding to movement of the object to a second position by a moving device, determining an expected pose of the object at the second position based on the position and velocity data and the initial pose, receiving second image data corresponding to the object at the second position from a camera, and determining a refined pose of the object at the second position based on the second image data and the expected pose.
US11986952B2
A vertical articulated robot includes a plurality of joint axis portion units configured to rotationally drive a plurality of arms, and a wiring unit configured to allow wiring portions of the plurality of joint axis portion units to be arranged therein. A joint axis portion unit integrally includes a first motor including a solid first motor shaft and a first speed reducer directly connected to the first motor shaft.
US11986943B2
The present invention relates to the field of tool belts. More specifically, the present invention relates to a modular tool bag pouch device and tool bag system that is comprised of at least one tool pouch further comprised of at least one clip and at least one fastener on the rear surface of the pouch. In a differing embodiment, the invention is comprised of a system, wherein the system is comprised of a tool bag, a belt further comprised of at least one fastener, and at least one tool pouch. The tool pouch is generally rectangular and made of a material that is wear- and water-resistant. The device may also easily attach to a tool bag and a belt such that tools may be carried on the waist of an individual. In this manner, the device can be applied to any job such that the tools are within reach.
US11986942B2
Power tool devices described herein include a motor, an actuator configured to be actuated by a user, a plurality of power switching elements configured to drive the motor, a gate driver coupled to the plurality of power switching elements and configured to control the plurality of power switching elements, a first printed circuit board (PCB), an antenna, and a combined chip. The combined chip is located on the first PCB and is coupled to the actuator, the antenna, and the gate driver. The combined chip includes a memory and an electronic processor configured to determine that the actuator has been actuated, and provide, in response to determining that the actuator has been actuated, a signal to the gate driver, control the signal based on the motor position information, wirelessly transmit power tool device information to an external device, and wirelessly receive configuration information from the external device via the antenna.
US11986936B2
A magnetic nipper is provided. The magnetic nipper has a pair of elongate arms with opposed first and second surfaces. The pair of elongate arms are hingedly connected to allow the pair of elongate arms to rotate about an axle. The first and second surfaces each contain at least one magnet have a polarity such that the magnets repel.
US11986930B2
A high-torque impact wrench is disclosed. The impact wrench comprises a case. The case comprises an engine body and a handhold. A base is provided on the bottom of the handhold. A battery pack is provided inside the base. The rear end of the engine body is configured with a motor, and the front end of the engine body is configured with an output shaft. The front end of the output shaft extends out of the engine body. A spindle is configured between the motor and the output shaft. The rear end of the spindle is provided with a spindle seat. The spindle is sheathed by an impact block. The spindle outer wall is configured with a steel ball track. Inside the steel ball track, there are steel balls matching the impact block.
US11986929B2
A handheld machine tool, in particular an impact driver, having a drive train for driving a tool receptacle, provided for receiving a tool, in particular a screwdriver tool, about a rotation axis, wherein the drive train has a drive motor, an output shaft element, on which the tool receptacle is arranged, and a drive shaft, which is drivable by the drive motor, for driving the output shaft element, wherein the output shaft element is rotatably mounted by means of an output pivot bearing and the drive shaft is rotatably mounted by means of a drive pivot bearing about the rotation axis in respect of a machine housing, and wherein the output shaft element is rotatably mounted by means of a shaft bearing arrangement on the drive shaft about the rotation axis. The shaft bearing arrangement has at least two shaft bearings, which are arranged adjacent to each other in relation to the rotation axis and differ by at least one mechanical property.
US11986928B2
The present invention relates broadly to pawl mechanism for a tool, such as a ratchet wrench. The pawl mechanism includes first and second pawls that are selectively engageable with a drive gear to provide first and second rotational drive directions. Each of the first and second pawls includes an outwardly protruding hook type projections that engage respective recesses or grooves in a pawl carrier to operably couple the pawl carrier to the first and second pawls. The pawl carrier includes first and second pawl pockets that receive the respective first and second pawls. The pawl carrier also includes first and second recesses or grooves proximate to the respective first and second pawl pockets, and that receive the hook type projections.
US11986925B2
Chemically impregnated applicators used to provide hydrophobic surfaces on chemical mechanical polishing system components and related application methods are shown. A method of forming a hydrophobic coating on a surface of a polishing system component includes cleaning the surface of the polishing system component to remove a polishing fluid residue therefrom and applying a hydrophobicity causing chemical solution to the surface of the polishing system component.
US11986922B2
Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) apparatus and methods for manufacturing CMP apparatus are provided herein. CMP apparatus may include polishing pads, polishing head retaining rings, and polishing head membranes, among others, and the CMP apparatus may be manufactured via additive manufacturing processes, such as three dimensional (3D) printing processes. The CMP apparatus may include wireless communication apparatus components integrated therein. Methods of manufacturing CMP apparatus include 3D printing wireless communication apparatus into a polishing pad and printing a polishing pad with a recess configured to receive a preformed wireless communication apparatus.
US11986919B2
The present disclosure is directed toward a tooling assembly for a machine having an automatic tool changing system. The tooling assembly includes a holder, a tool body, and an internal passage defined within and extending through the holder and the tool body. The holder includes a machine interface configured to engage with a spindle of the machine. The internal passage is operable to have a coolant fluid flow within, and has a stem channel and a curved channel extending from the stem channel.
US11986916B2
A high-precision, low false alarm rate detection apparatus, system, and method for rapid reaction to sudden kinetic impulses caused by abnormal motion, such as kickback, of a power tool. The apparatus, system and method includes local measurement of sensing modalities with local real-time processing and advanced digital signal processing to measure the total kinematic motion of any power tool. A machine learning model pre-trained for the power tool to predict an occurrence of an abnormal motion such as a kickback event of the power tool, the machine learning model using data received from sensing modalities to predict an occurrence of the kickback event, and a reactive device of the power tool is activated upon prediction of the kickback event.
US11986912B1
A system for depositing a material on a workpiece may include a tool unit to support an electrode and having an electrode supporting element and movement structure configured to move the electrode via the supporting element. The system may include electrical circuitry to produce a voltage potential between the electrode and the surface. The electrical circuitry may have a power source to provide power to elements of the circuitry, and a bank of capacitors configured to be selectively charged by the power source and discharged via an electrode engaged by the electrode supporting element to the surface. In embodiments, the power source may comprise a rechargeable battery. In embodiments, the electrical circuitry may include a processor to control discharge of the bank of capacitors via the electrode to the surface when the electrode is engaged by the electrode supporting element.
US11986907B2
In the automatic welding method and device for prestressed tubular piles provided in the present application, which is applied in welding equipment, a detection is conducted around a connection position between prestressed tubular piles and a position of a target welding seam is obtained. Then the target welding seam is welded around the prestressed tubular piles according to the position of the target welding seam.
US11986905B2
A diamond smoothing method of irradiating a laser light onto a raised and recessed surface of a diamond, so as to smooth the raised and recessed surface, by ablation that is caused to occur in the diamond by irradiation of the laser light onto the raised and recessed surface. The method includes: a threshold-energy-density detecting step of irradiating the laser light onto the raised and recessed surface, and changing an irradiation energy density of the laser light, so as to detect a threshold energy density as a lower threshold value of the irradiation energy density that causes the ablation to occur; and a smoothing processing step of executing a smoothing processing by irradiating the laser light onto the raised and recessed surface with a smoothing irradiation energy density that is set to be within a range from 1 to 15 times as large as the threshold energy density.
US11986901B2
A friction stir welding tool (1) has a shoulder portion (2) and a probe portion (6) provided on a bottom surface of the shoulder portion (2). The probe portion (6) has a length of 5.5 mm or more. In the friction stir welding tool (1), a ceramic material whose main phase is silicon nitride or sialon is used as a base material.
US11986898B2
A process for joining first and second metal workpieces by laser brazing for forming a vehicle structure includes providing the workpieces in contacting relationship so as to form an elongated contact region, wherein at least one of the workpieces is made of hot-dip galvanized steel material, supplying a laser beam having a beam parameter product lower than 10 mm·mrad from a laser source, guiding the laser beam through a laser focus head having a total optical magnification in the range of 1:0.5-1:1.5, directing the laser beam along the elongated contact region, wherein a beam spot formed where the laser beam hits the contact region has a size in the range of 2-6 mm, and supplying a consumable wire of filler material to the beam spot to melt the consumable wire and braze the workpieces together, wherein the consumable wire comprises at least 95% copper.
US11986893B2
A hardware fastener with a movable threaded element suspended within a cavity formed in a body. The movable threaded element has an internal surface with threads for cooperating with a threaded fastener. The movable threaded element is suspended in the cavity by the one or more spring-like members such that an area, A, of reduced stiffness is created in the cavity proximate the movable threaded element, thereby allowing the movable threaded element to move a predetermined distance within the cavity when torque is applied to the threaded fastener. The one or more spring-like members store elastic potential energy to prevent the loss of pretension of the threaded fastener that can be caused by heat or vibration. The invention also eliminates the need for a torque wrench when tightening the threaded fastener to a specified torque value.
US11986888B2
A robotic drilling apparatus is described which has been adapted for drilling holes in ceilings and walls on a construction site. The apparatus (100) comprises a robotic arm (110) mounted to a substructure (112), the substructure comprising a lifting mechanism arranged to lift the robotic arm to a working position, wherein the robotic arm has a base end (110a) and a movable end (110b), the base end being mounted to an upper surface (114) of the lifting mechanism and the movable end being capable of movement with respect to the base end in a three dimensional space, wherein the robotic drilling apparatus further comprises a mount (120) provided on the movable end for holding a drilling device (122) and a control unit (134) for controlling the operation of the robotic arm. The lifting mechanism preferably comprises a scissor-jack lifting platform. The robotic arm (110) and any support structure (134) for the robotic arm weighs less than 43 kg, and preferably individually weigh less than 23 kg.
US11986886B2
Described herein is a method of making a reduced metal nanoparticle, the method including mixing a reactive reducing agent with a metal salt in a solution at a temperature of 4-100° C., and forming the reduced metal nanoparticles in the solution. Also described is a kit including a reactive reducing agent that is sensitive to ßgalactosidase, a metal salt, and optionally a modifying agent/functionalizing agent for reduced metal nanoparticles. A 3,4-cyclohexeneoesculetin-B-D-galacto pyranoside (SGNP) gold nanoparticle and its use for measuring ßgalactosidase enzyme activity, comprising by detecting a structural change in the SGNPs caused by the ßgalactosidase are described. Further described are a point of care device, a chip, a biosensor, a laboratory animal, a gene delivery agent, a drug delivery agent, a diagnostic agent, or a disease targeting agent including SGNPs.
US11986885B2
Provided are a fine particle production apparatus and a fine particle production method that can control the particle sizes of fine particles, and efficiently produce a large amount of fine particles having good particle size uniformity. The present invention comprises: a raw material supply unit which supplies raw materials for fine particle production into thermal plasma flame; a plasma torch in which the thermal plasma flame is generated, and which evaporates the raw material supplied by the raw material supply unit by means of the thermal plasma flame to form a mixture in a gas phase state; and a plasma generation unit which generates thermal plasma flame inside the plasma torch. The plasma generation unit includes: a first coil which surrounds the plasma torch, a second coil which is installed below the first coil in the longitudinal direction of the plasma torch and surrounds the circumference of the plasma torch; a first power supply unit which supplies an amplitude-modulated first high-frequency current to the first coil; and a second power supply unit which supplies an amplitude-modulated second high-frequency current to the second coil. The degree of modulation of the first high-frequency current is smaller than the degree of modulation of the second high-frequency current.
US11986883B2
A high-resolution additive manufacturing system and method using a Digital Mirror Device and having image segments that make up an image of an entire object and are projected to the target area to deliver a working laser beam in the image of the entirety of the object to be built. A method and system for additive manufacturing using a DMD in the laser beam path. The use of a pre-heat laser beam in combination with a build laser beam having a DMD along the build laser beam path.
US11986882B2
An apparatus and method for fabricating a three-dimensional object from a representation of the object stored in memory. The apparatus includes a build platform having a build gap defined therein. A base plate is initially supported along a lower surface of the build platform such that an edge of the base plate extends along and closes off the build gap. A powder delivery assembly is configured to supply powder to the build gap. At least one directed energy source is configured to apply directed energy to at least a portion of the build gap to form a layer of the three-dimensional structure. An advancement assembly configured to selectively engage with the base plate and/or the three-dimensional structure to hold the base plate and the three-dimensional structure in a fixed position during forming of a layer and to advance the base plate and the three-dimensional structure once the layer is formed.
US11986879B2
A low-pressure sand-casting system includes a sand-casting mold receiving a molten casting material to cast an automobile vehicle cylinder head. A port is created in the automobile vehicle cylinder head. A manifold port metal core assembly includes a metal core. A compressible material coating is applied on the manifold port core metal core.
US11986878B2
When molding surfaces (50A) of a pair of dies (50) are to be cleaned by air-blowing, air is blown towards the molding surfaces (50A) from blowing nozzles (22A) of a cleaning blowing function portion (22) while a moving body (16) is reciprocatingly moved by driving force of a driving mechanism (18). When a parting agent is to be applied to the molding surfaces (50A) of the pair of dies (50), the mold release agent is jetted out towards the molding surfaces (50A) from spraying nozzles (24A) of a parting agent application function portion (24) while the moving body (16) is reciprocatingly moved by the driving force of the driving mechanism (18). In both of these situations, at the same time as the treatment of the molding surfaces (50A), a cleaning brush (32) reciprocatingly moves together with the moving body (16) and sweeps a device floor surface (12).
US11986873B2
In one embodiment, the method includes providing a double sheet metal element including the two sheet metal end sections; and creating a connecting section along the connecting line. The creation of the connecting section includes introducing a first depression into the double sheet metal element, and creating a first folded section of the double sheet metal element. The method further includes orienting the connecting section relative to an extension plane of the double sheet metal element so that the connecting section extends perpendicularly to the extension plane.
US11986867B2
A liquid film of a processing liquid containing at least one of sulfuric acid, a sulfate, peroxosulfuric acid, and a peroxosulfate, or a processing liquid containing hydrogen peroxide is formed on a substrate. A plasma is radiated to the liquid film. Thereby, a substrate processing method in which substrate processing using an oxidizing power of the processing liquid can be efficiently performed is provided.
US11986864B2
A cleaning apparatus includes a spinner table for holding a workpiece thereon, a cleaning nozzle for supplying cleaning water to the workpiece held on the spinner table, an ultrasonic vibrator for applying ultrasonic vibrations to the cleaning water supplied from the cleaning nozzle to the workpiece, a water layer forming unit for forming a layer of the cleaning water in a clearance between the cleaning nozzle and the workpiece, the water layer forming unit having a cover surrounding the cleaning nozzle, and a drain unit for draining the cleaning water out of the cleaning apparatus, the drain unit having a flow channel for allowing the cleaning water supplied from the cleaning nozzle to the workpiece to flow therethrough.
US11986863B2
Embodiments of the present invention are related to a fluid control device for cleaning elevated channels including a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, and a pair of angled exterior upper surfaces. The top includes a top aperture structured to receive tubing therein and the first side and second side include a spout respectively. The fluid control device is structured to receive fluid into the device top and direct that fluid out the first side and second side at downward side angles.
US11986862B2
A system for optimizing a cleaning process of a food processing machine having at least one sensor and a computing device having at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that is communicatively coupled to the food processing machine and a data store and computer-executable instructions stored thereon including executing instructions by the at least one processor to cause the computing device to perform actions including: receiving, by the computing device, data from the at least one sensor; processing, by the computing device, the data from the at least one sensor; and displaying, by the computing device, processed sensor data as a first metric relating to at least one cleaning step of a selected cleaning session of the food processing machine compared to an average first metric of the at least one cleaning step of a plurality of past cleaning sessions of the food processing machine.
US11986861B2
Provided for herein is an apparatus that includes a machine-side connection housing. The machine-side connection housing includes a machine-side connection configured to provide a welding consumable or an electrical connection to a welding/cutting torch head. The apparatus also includes a fume extraction connection housing that includes a fume extraction connection to a fume extraction device. A flexible connection is arranged between the machine-side connection housing and the fume extraction connection housing. A seal that includes a first orifice is arranged between the fume extraction connection and the machine-side connection. Finally, a conduit, configured to connect the machine-side connection to the welding/cutting torch head, is arranged to pass through the first orifice, through the flexible connection and through the fume extraction connection housing to the welding/cutting torch head.
US11986854B2
The object of the present disclosure is to provide an automobile part capable of improving fuel consumption by weight reduction of the part because the impact resistance that can be sufficiently used even in cold regions can be given to a part made of a thinner plastic. An automobile part obtained by forming a coating film layer on a plastic material comprising a polypropylene resin composition modified with an elastomer component having a thickness of 1.5 to 2.5 mm, wherein said coating film layer is a multilayer coating film obtained by coating and baking the following coating compositions in this order; (a) a primer coating composition having a single film tensile elongation of 5 to 35% at −20° C., (b) a base coating composition containing a coloring agent and, (c) a clear coating composition containing at least a linear acrylic polyol (c-1) with a hydroxyl value of 80 to 220 mgKOH/g, a crosslinked acrylic resin (c-2) containing 2 to 30 parts by weight of polyfunctional monomer (c-2-1) with 2 to 4 radically polymerizable unsaturated groups per a molecule and 98 to 70 parts by weight of monofunctional monomer (c-2-2) with one polymerizable unsaturated group as a constituent unit, and having a glass transition point of 70 to 120° C., and a curing agent (c-3), and wherein the coating film layer has a Dupont impact strength of 4.9 J or more at −30° C.
US11986853B2
A coating liquid containing metal as a metal-containing coating liquid is supplied to a surface to be processed of a substrate by a coating processing unit, whereby a metal-containing coating film is formed on the surface to be processed. The substrate on which the metal-containing coating film has been formed is transported to a metal removal unit by a transport mechanism. A removal liquid for dissolving the metal is supplied to a peripheral portion of the substrate by the metal removal unit such that the metal-containing coating film remains in a region except for the peripheral portion of the surface to be processed of the substrate.
US11986845B2
A method for controlling gas dynamic cold spraying, the method including providing a particle jet by using an accelerating nozzle, according to a first set of operating parameters, illuminating the particle jet with illuminating light pulses, capturing one or more images of the particle jet by using an imaging unit, and determining one or more velocity values by analyzing the captured images, wherein the method includes providing two or more sequences of illuminating light pulses during an exposure time period of a single captured image.
US11986833B2
A hemp flower, bud, and leaf material stripping machine having a housing, a motor and gearbox that drive a pair of rollers inside the housing, an adjustable locking shaft that adjusts and maintains a space and pressure between the rollers, and a series of feed holes of different diameters on a front side of the housing. Each feed hole is constructed to strip flowers, buds, and leaves from a hemp stem as the stem is inserted into a feed hole and is pulled through the feed hole by the rollers. The flowers, buds, and leaves are severed from the stem at an exterior of the front side of the housing, without damage to the flowers, buds, and leaves. The feed hole is constructed with close tolerance so that the stem can pass through the feed hole but the flowers, buds, and leaves cannot. Hemp stems are stripped in seconds. The flowers, buds, and leaves are not crushed, cut, torn, or compressed as they are severed and fall into a container.
US11986826B2
Systems and methods are provided for high-efficiency transport of single particles for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Single particles may be delivered to the mass spectrometer for quantification of trace elements. The systems may include droplet generation, conveyance module, capillary tubing, and/or an integrated inductively coupled plasma (ICP) torch, which may allow for the sequential transportation of single particles.
US11986824B2
A system and method for determining a trajectory parameter of particles, comprising receiving a plurality of particles at a microfluidic channel, applying a force to each particle of the microfluidic channel, acquiring a dataset of each particle, measuring a trajectory of the particle, and determining a trajectory parameter of the particles.
US11986817B2
A stretch blow molding method may include fabricating a preform (e.g., by molding, optionally while a core pin rotates within a mold cavity), heating the preform to a softening temperature, stretching and thereby elongating at least a portion of the heated preform, blowing the elongated preform with pressurized fluid within a mold cavity, and cooling the resulting pipette. A system for fabricating a stretch blow molded pipette includes a first mold defining a mold cavity for producing a preform. A stretch rod drive unit is configured to move a stretch rod within an interior of the preform to form an elongated preform, and a second mold defines blow molding cavity and a molding surface to contain expansion of the elongated perform when subjected to blowing by supplying pressurized fluid to an interior thereof.
US11986813B2
A catalyst having at least one Group VIB metal component, at least one Group VIII metal component, a phosphorus component, and a boron-containing carrier component. The amount of the phosphorus component is at least 1 wt %, expressed as an oxide (P2O5) and based on the total weight of the catalyst, and the amount of boron content is in the range of about 1 to about 13 wt %, expressed as an oxide (B2O3) and based on the total weight of the catalyst. In one embodiment of the invention, the boron-containing carrier component is a product of a co-extrusion of at least a carrier and a boron source. A method for producing the catalyst and its use for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feed are also described.
US11986812B2
A honeycomb structure according to at least one embodiment of the present invention includes: partition walls defining cells each extending from a first end surface of the honeycomb structure to a second end surface thereof to form a fluid flow path; and an outer peripheral wall. The partition walls and the outer peripheral wall are each formed of ceramics containing silicon carbide and silicon. A surface of the silicon has formed thereon an oxide film having a thickness of from 0.1 μm to 5.0 μm.
US11986811B2
A device for the aftertreatment of exhaust gases from an exhaust-gas source, having a spatially delimited flow path through which flow may pass proceeding from the exhaust-gas source, having a heating catalytic converter which is arranged in the flow path and which, as viewed in a flow direction, firstly has a catalytically active catalytic converter through which flow may pass and, following this in the flow direction, has an electrically heatable heating disk, wherein at least one outlet of a secondary air supply is arranged in the region of the heating catalytic converter such that a gas flow referred to as secondary air is fed into the flow path in the region of the heating catalytic converter.
US11986810B1
A 4,4′-divinylazoarylene-bridged diruthenium complex with a general formula [{Ru(CO)(L-κ2[N,S]−)(PiPr3)2}2(μ—{CH═CH—C6H2—(iPr)2-2,6}2—N═N-4,4′)], its synthesis, and its use as an catalyst in inorganic processes.
US11986800B2
The invention relates to a composition containing a catalyst having high catalytic stability for conducting oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) at high carbon efficiency, while improving both methane and oxygen conversion. Particularly, the inventive catalyst is a metal oxide supported catalyst, which contains an alkali metal promoter and a mixed metal oxide component having at least one alkali earth metal and at least one rare earth metal. The metal oxide support is selected in a manner, such that at least a portion of the metal oxide support is capable of reacting with at least a part or whole of the alkali metal promoter under conditions of calcination during catalyst preparation. The invention further provides a method for preparing such a metal oxide supported catalyst composition, using a calcination process. Additionally, the invention further describes a process for producing C2+ hydrocarbons, using such a catalyst composition.
US11986798B2
A highly permeable superabsorbent is prepared by a process comprising polymerizing an aqueous monomer solution comprising a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer which bears acid groups and is optionally at least partly in salt form, b) at least one crosslinker, c) at least one initiator, d) optionally one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers copolymerizable with the monomers mentioned under a), and e) optionally one or more water-soluble polymers; drying the resulting polymer, optionally grinding the dried polymer and sieving the ground polymer, optionally surface postcrosslinking the dried and optionally ground and sieved polymer, wherein, after drying, grinding or sieving, and, if surface postcrosslinking is conducted, during or after this surface postcrosslinking, x-ray-amorphous aluminum hydroxide powder is added.
US11986793B2
A method for forming poly(dimethoxymethane) includes a step of separating a formaldehyde-containing blend into a first bottom stream and a first top stream. The first formaldehyde-containing blend includes methanol, formaldehyde, and water while the first bottom stream includes water. The first top stream includes dimethoxymethane that is produced from the reaction between methanol and formaldehyde. The first top stream is separated into a second bottom stream and a second top stream. The second bottom stream includes poly(dimethoxymethane) while the second top stream includes dimethoxymethane, methanol, and ethanol. The second top stream is separated into a third bottom stream and a third top stream. Third bottom stream includes methanol and ethanol while the third top stream includes dimethoxymethane. The third top steam can be recycled to form additional poly(dimethoxymethane). A system that implements the method is also provided.
US11986775B2
Methods and apparatus for forming apertures in a solid state membrane using dielectric breakdown are provided. In one disclosed arrangement a plurality of apertures are formed. The membrane comprises a first surface area portion on one side of the membrane and a second surface area portion on the other side of the membrane. Each of a plurality of target regions comprises a recess or a fluidic passage opening out into the first or second surface area portion. The method comprises contacting all of the first surface area portion of the membrane with a first bath comprising ionic solution and all of the second surface area portion with a second bath comprising ionic solution. A voltage is applied across the membrane via first and second electrodes in respective contact with the first and second baths comprising ionic solutions to form an aperture at each of a plurality of the target regions in the membrane.
US11986774B1
Disclosed are methods of preparing a porous ceramic support for an ultra-thin enzyme-assisted membrane, and a new membrane that can be used for gas filtration purposes to remove/separate carbon dioxide or other gases from a gas mixture such as those from power production or enhanced oil recovery or fuel production or air, and recycle/collect/utilize carbon dioxide. In some embodiments, a method may include blocking the pores of a porous substrate with a removable medium, and polishing the surface, coating a silica sol-gel solution onto the support, and removing the blocking medium and sol-gel surfactant to leave a well-confined porous structure.
US11986770B2
A method for recovering a helium product or intermediate product, wherein a first natural gas stream containing helium is supplied to a first natural gas processing unit and at least one second natural gas stream containing helium is supplied to at least one second natural gas processing unit, at least the first natural gas processing unit comprising helium recovery means via which the helium product is formed from at least a part of the first natural gas stream. At least temporarily a helium transfer from the at least one second natural gas stream to the first natural gas stream by means of a helium transfer arrangement comprising a membrane unit is performed before the first natural gas stream is provided to the first natural gas processing unit and before the at least one second natural gas stream is provided to the at least one second natural gas processing unit.
US11986762B2
In the description and drawings a fiberglass product is disclosed. The fiberglass product may have one or more fiber curl layers. The fiber curl layers may have a plurality of generally sinusoidal fiber bundles therein.
US11986752B2
A water purification system utilizes an ionomer membrane and mild vacuum to draw water from source water through the membrane. A water source may be salt water or a contaminated water source. The water drawn through the membrane passes across the condenser chamber to a condenser surface where it is condensed into purified water. The condenser surface may be metal or any other suitable surface and may be flat or pleated. In addition, the condenser surface may be maintained at a lower temperature than the water on the water source side of the membrane. The ionomer membrane may be configured in a cartridge, a pleated or flat plate configuration. A latent heat loop may be configured to carry the latent heat of vaporization from the condenser back to the water source side of the ionomer membrane. The source water may be heated by a solar water heater.
US11986751B2
Described are apparatuses, devices, and systems implementing seals for separation devices. An apparatus for a separation device may include an end nut shaped to be positioned on one of an inlet side and an outlet side of the separation device. The end nut may be further shaped to mate with a connecting fitting. The apparatus may further include a face seal having a device side and a fitting side. The face seal may be positioned, at least in part, in the end nut on the device side of the face seal. The face seal may be positioned to interface with the connecting fitting on the fitting side of the face seal upon the end nut being mated with the connecting fitting. The apparatus may also include a face seal bore of the face seal being axially alignable with at least one of an inlet and an outlet of the separation device.
US11986747B2
A modular wing, adapted to be used on a flying device such as a toy airplane, drone, or other small fixed wing flying device, or form a part of a wind turbine or any other apparatus that requires a wing or blade, that is compatible with all block-based toy systems such as LEGO®, DECOOL® or KAZI®. The modular wing is comprised of a series of modular aerodynamic surfaces that may be suitable for manufacture by a low-cost method such as molding or additive manufacturing such as 3D printing, typically but not necessarily from plastic, to form wing sub elements which, when assembled together, form a wing or blade such as an airplane wing or turbine blade. The modular wing may comprise cambered or symmetric wing shapes. The modular wing may be used in a static display model fully flying aerodynamic aircraft, sailing hydrodynamic boat, or aerodynamic functioning turbine.
US11986746B2
An information processing device includes: a joint detection unit that detects a joint of a person striking a pose to imitate a pose of a robot device including a joint; a human body joint angle estimation unit that estimates an angle of the joint of the person; and a mapping learning unit that learns mapping between the angle of the joint of the person and an angle of the joint of the robot device in the pose.
US11986741B1
A game apparatus including a plurality of first and second player game pieces, each having a first portion that is a chess piece, such that the plurality of first and second player game pieces include all the pieces for a first and second player, respectively for a game of chess. Each of the plurality of first and second player game pieces has a second portion fixed to a corresponding first portion. Each second portion has a recess so that a cube can be inserted into the recess so the cube cannot be seen from a front of the second portion. The game apparatus may further include a base; a grid; and a first and/or second plurality of insert pieces. The grid and the base form a chessboard pattern of a plurality of grid spaces. Each of the insert pieces fits within a space of the plurality of grid spaces.
US11986735B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a video game processing program for causing a server to perform functions to control progress of a video game according to an operation of a player is provided. The functions comprise: ejecting an object from a position corresponding to the player in a virtual space based on the operation of the player; determining whether to update a degree of uplift of a predetermined region based on a positional relation between the ejected object and the predetermined region in the virtual space referring to storage storing uplift information related to the degree of uplift of the predetermined region and updating the uplift information according to a first update rule related to the object and the predetermined region.
US11986734B2
The present specification describes a system and method for aggregating user results, rankings and statistical data associated with playing video games across two or more games, normalizing the aggregated data to unified values and presenting the aggregated and unified data via an interface, such that data from one game may be fairly combined and/or compared to data from another game. The present system allows a user to obtain a unified ranking across multiple games, especially when the games are of a similar genre.
US11986727B2
An information handling system includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to detect, during execution of a video game application, a gameplay event associated with the video game application. The processor is further configured to determine a mechanical resistance setting associated with an input device of a game controller and to determine one or more positions of the input device at which the mechanical resistance setting is to be applied. The mechanical resistance setting is associated with the gameplay event. The processor is further configured to send, to the game controller, a control signal indicating a configuration of the input device. The configuration is associated with the mechanical resistance setting and the one or more positions.
US11986724B2
A system, configuration, and method for converting a pair of skis to perform as an emulation snowboard is provided. The system includes a pair of skis, and a coupling device including a platform having an upper planar surface with a plurality of mounting locations with mounting system therein. The mounting system couples the skis together and provides a surface on which a pair of bindings may be affixed. The steps for conversion include providing a pair of skis, removing a ski binding from each ski in the pair of skis, if a binding is installed on either ski in the pair of skis, providing a platform with a mounting system, utilizing the mounting system to affix the platform to each ski in the pair of skis, and attaching a pair of snowboard bindings to the platform.
US11986718B2
The article is a tubular construct of knitted or woven yarns irreversibly attached thereto a play caller. The play caller comprises a polymeric base sheet having a length and a width, the polymeric base sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface, and a plurality of second polymeric sheets having a length and a width less than or equal to the length and width of the polymeric base sheet. The plurality of second polymeric sheets are separated from each other by a distance and coupled to the second major surface of the polymeric base sheet along at least one of their widths or lengths defining a plurality of pockets, the pockets having openings and at least a portion of the play caller is irreversibly coupled to the tubular construct. Methods of constructing the article are also described.
US11986705B2
A racquet including a frame including a head portion, a handle portion, and a throat portion. The head portion forms a hoop that defines a string bed plane. The head portion of the racquet being formed of a fiber composite material. When the racquet is tested under a racquet forward/rearward bending test, the racquet has a forward/rearward deflection with respect to the longitudinal axis of at least 8.5 mm when measured in a direction that is perpendicular to the string bed plane and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. When the racquet is tested under a racquet torsional stability test, the racquet has an angular deflection of less than 5.5 degrees about a longitudinal axis.
US11986702B1
A golf ball with a cover layer composed of a blend of non- or partially neutralized copolymeric or terpolymeric ionomer(s), hydroxyl-functionalized styrenic block copolymer and silane coupling agent (SCA). The amount of SCA is preferably between 0.01 and 2.0 weight percent based on the total weight of the polymer composition. The cover layer preferably has a Shore A hardness less than 90.
US11986697B1
Various devices, systems, methods, and apparatuses utilize mechanical assemblies to prevent, detect, and/or mitigate objects from entering or moving close to or under a treadmill or exercise machine. In some embodiments, a guard, or guard assembly, is attached or otherwise fixed to a rear area of a treadmill. The guard assembly may include an end cap and pivoting guard configured to be retrofit to existing treadmills, such as to a rear end or area of a deck or frame of a treadmill.
US11986696B2
A pedal of an exerciser contains: a body and a fitting sleeve. The body includes multiple slots parallelly defined on the body, and the body includes a first slide rail and a second slide rail symmetrically formed on two sides of the body. The fitting sleeve includes a connection portion received in the multiple slots, a first rotatable seat and a second rotatable seat symmetrically fixed on two sides of the fitting sleeve. The first rotatable seat has a first receiving orifice, and the second rotatable seat has a second receiving orifice, such that a coupling bolt is inserted through the first receiving orifice of the first rotatable seat, the first slide rail of the body, the second slide rail of the body, and the second receiving orifice of the second rotatable seat. Thereafter, the coupling bolt is locked by two first defining elements and two second defining elements.
US11986695B2
An exercise handle, comprising: a housing having a slot extending from a first end to a second end and an internal cavity; a sleeve having a slot extending from a first end to a second end; and a retainer having a slot extending from a first end to a second end; wherein the retainer is secured to the sleeve wherein the slots align and an internal cavity is formed and the retainer and sleeve assembly is inserted into the internal cavity of the housing and the sleeve retainer assembly is able to rotate within the housing so that the housing slot is able to align with the sleeve retainer assembly slot.
US11986687B2
Provided is a fire extinguisher which reduces a risk of a discharge accident caused when a stopper is unintentionally separated at a normal time and from which a handle is easily pulled out when fire occurs. According to the fire extinguisher, a force pressing an upper handle is not transmitted to a valve stem as a gap between the upper handle and a plug is maintained by a gap support part when the stopper is installed on the handle, and the force pressing an upper handle is transmitted to the valve stem through a valve pressing part as the gap support part horizontally moves by an elastic member so as not to overlap the plug when the stopper is separated from the handle.
US11986684B2
Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a full body harness that includes a connector. The connector includes a first plate and a second plate, where the first plate is identical to the second plate. The first plate and the second plate includes a plurality of slits to facilitate passage of a first harness and a second harness there through. The first plate is rotatably coupled to the second plate such that they are rotatable with respect to each other. Such a connector automatically enables easy adjustment of the harness based on an activity of a user who is wearing the harness.
US11986679B2
A neutron capture therapy system includes a neutron generation device for generating a neutron beam, an irradiation room for irradiating an irradiated body with the neutron beam and a placement table that is accommodated in the irradiation room and is adapted to support the irradiated body. The placement table includes a placement member for supporting a patient, an adjustment device for adjusting a spatial position of the placement member, a driving rod connected between the adjustment device and the placement member and a first shielding member covering the adjustment device. The first shielding member prevents the adjustment device from being radiated by radioactive rays. The adjustment device is disposed in the first shielding member that is basically sealed, thereby greatly reducing radiation damage to the adjustment device by neutrons and gamma rays and prolonging the service life of the adjustment device.
US11986676B2
The present invention relates to a low energy radiation therapy system for superficial lesion treatment and an operation method thereof, the low energy radiation therapy system comprising: an optical scanner for acquiring 3D scanning data of a treatment region including a superficial lesion site; an irradiation unit configured to apply radiation to the treatment region; a calculation unit for calculating, on the basis of the 3D scanning data, a skin dose, energy of radiation, and a part-specific radiation amount adjustment value, and producing, according to the part-specific radiation amount adjustment value, shape data of a compensation unit to be provided at the end of the irradiation unit; and a 3D printer configured to three-dimensionally print and produce the compensation unit according to the shape data.
US11986673B2
A method for generating a radiation treatment plan is provided. The method may include determining a set of one or more optimization goals for radiation delivery by a therapeutic radiation delivery apparatus. The method may also include determining a plan for radiation delivery from a radiation source of the therapeutic radiation delivery apparatus. The radiation source may be capable of continuously rotating around a subject. The plan may include a plurality of radiation segments. Each radiation segment may be characterized by at least one parameter selected from a start angle, a stop angle, a two-dimensional segment shape, or a segment MU value such that the plurality of radiation segments satisfy the set of one or more optimization goals by superimposing at least two radiation segments from at least two different rotations into a target volume of the subject.
US11986660B2
A method is provided for optimization of a stimulation specificity and an energy consumption of implanted electrodes in excitable tissue of a patient. The method may involve electrically stimulating excitable tissue between one or more combinations of electrode pairs in a cluster of electrodes, or electrically stimulating excitable tissue between one or more combinations of electrode pairs in two or more clusters of electrodes. The two electrodes of the electrode pairs may not belong to a same cluster. Each of the electrodes may be located on a physically separated entity, such that the tissue surrounds and separates each electrode from all other electrodes, thereby allowing tissue between the electrodes to be stimulated. An electrode pair or pairs which give rise to a lowest energy consumption while still giving a therapeutic effect may be chosen. Alternatively, each electrode pair may be assigned a value related to the information provided by the patient and the energy consumption, and the electrode pair or pairs which give(s) rise to a most favorable assigned value may be chosen.
US11986652B1
Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) devices, methods, and systems for providing stimulating waveforms and stimulating electrical pulses to specific muscle groups and nerve areas of the body are provided. The EMS system includes at least one EMS device, at least one EMS control unit, at least one computing device, at least one server, at least one body sensor, and/or at least one environmental sensor.
US11986635B2
A medicament delivery device is disclosed having a housing, an actuation mechanism capable of delivering doses of medicament from a medicament container and arranged with a delivery member, a shield, a guard movable within the housing, wherein the guard is operably connected to the actuation mechanism. A protective cap is releasably arranged on the housing and having a shield remover. A blocking element on the guard is movable between a blocking position and a release position and has an engagement surface to engage a proximal area of the housing. The blocking element engages with a surface of the shield remover to retain the blocking element in the blocking position. The engagement surface causes a blocking of the guard from movement and removal of the protective cap enables a movement of the blocking element to a release position when the engagement surface engages the proximal area allowing the member guard to move.
US11986628B2
Methods and systems for configuring a plurality of infusion pumps according to a functional set. A method includes implementing a plurality of infusion pumps, each of the infusion pumps configured to administer medication to a patient, implementing a drug library, the drug library including at least one functional set defining a set of medications, receiving input data related to one of the at least one functional sets, obtaining a particular set of medications from the drug library corresponding to the input data, programming the plurality of infusion pumps according to the set of medications, and infusing the patient with the plurality of infusion pumps.
US11986626B2
A two-stage infusion set inserter system is disclosed. The inserter system includes an inserter assembly including a housing including a rotatable button assembly comprising ramps and and tab indents and a non-rotatable portion of housing, a sliding component comprising sliding component tabs, a needle carrier connected to an introduction needle, the needle carrier slidably movable from a starting position to an injection position and then to a second ending position, a sliding component spring, and a needle spring, wherein the rotatable button assembly rotates from a locked to an unlocked position, wherein when force is applied onto the rotatable button assembly, the sliding component and needle carrier are forced downward by the sliding component spring, and wherein when the needle carrier reaches the injection position, the needle spring forces the needle carrier upward towards the second ending position.
US11986625B2
In some aspects, systems, devices, and techniques for programming a medical fluid delivery device are described. In one example, the disclosure relates to a system including a medical fluid delivery device configured to deliver a therapeutic agent to a patient, and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a proposed therapy dosing program that defines a fluid therapy for delivery to a patient via a medical fluid delivery device for a first period of time, determine a total dosage over a second period of time, where the second period of time at least partially overlaps the first period of time, and compare the total dosage over the second period of time to a reference dosage.
US11986613B2
The present invention relates generally to devices comprising one or more microstructures that are used to relieve, treat or prevent pain. The devices are designed such that they are inserted into the superficial layers of the skin to achieve pain relief. The devices are designed such that the microstructures are able to grasp and secure to the skin. The devices may consist of microstructures in arrays that are attached to a backing to enable the devices to adhere to the skin. Also provided are wound closure systems that comprise one or more microstructure devices along with other components, such as protective covers and therapeutics. A variety of packaging specifications are disclosed, as is a dispenser apparatus configured to enable simple one-handed application of the devices. Methods described herein provide for treatment of pain.
US11986607B2
Certain embodiments herein relate to an extension catheter for positioning through a conventional guiding catheter into the vasculature of a patient, the extension catheter having a distal tubular member and a proximal elongated shaft coupled to the distal tubular member, wherein the proximal shaft has a length or section containing at least one discontinuous or segmented structure, and further wherein such structures that can be modified or varied to modify the torsional compliance characteristics of the device. Further embodiments relate to a multi-layer catheter having a protective wrap at or near the distal end of the catheter.
US11986588B2
Electronic system including an inhaler device for dispensing a medicament formulation in aerosol or dry powder form and an external device which is configured to receive data communicated from the inhaler device. The inhaler device includes a mouthpiece and a flow rate sensor for sensing a flow rate of an inhalation flow which is caused by a patient upon inhalation through the mouthpiece and in which the medicament formulation is entrained or dispensed. The inhaler device further comprises an actuation sensing device having at least one actuation sensor which is configured to sense preparatory steps of the inhaler device in order to prepare a use of the inhaler device and/or to sense the actuation of the inhaler device in order to dispense the medicament formulation. The actuation sensor and the flow rate sensor are configured to generate sensor signals.
US11986585B2
A hemofilter system. In one embodiment, the hemofilter system includes a container having a first surface, a second surface, and one or more wall surfaces, the first surface, the second surface and the one or more wall surfaces defining a volume; an input port in fluid communication with the first surface; an output port in fluid communication with the second surface; a filter bed comprising a plurality of planar magnetic meshes stacked in close juxtaposition and positioned within the container volume and coplanar with the first and second surfaces; a first magnet positioned on a first surface of the container; a second magnet positioned on the second surface of the container; a first input conduit in fluid communication with the input port; and a first output conduit in fluid communication with the output port. In another embodiment, the hemofilter system includes a pump in the input conduit.
US11986577B2
A device for the release, in particular for evaporation, of volatile substances such as fragrances or active substances, has a container for a substance to be released. At least one wick as a capillary element is in contact with the substance to be released and at least partially in the receptacle and has a substance release region. The wick, preferably its substance release region, is assigned a heating element, preferably an electrical heating element. The wick is assigned a squeezing device with a squeezing element, by which a squeezing region of the wick can be subjected to a squeezing force and/or can be compressed, in particular for a defined short period of time and/or temporarily. A defined amount of substance, in particular at least the substance collected in the squeezing region, can be conveyed with a boost in the direction of the substance release region.
US11986575B2
A preparation method of drug-loaded micelles of an absorbable vascular stent coating for angiostenosis in an infant is provided, including the following steps: S1: dissolving a drug to be encapsulated in an appropriate amount of an emulsifying agent, adding a chitosan-poly(p-dioxohone) amphiphilic block copolymer (chitosan-b-PPDO copolymer), and thoroughly mixing to obtain a drug-copolymer solution; S2: adding the drug-copolymer solution obtained in S1 dropwise to an emulsifying agent aqueous solution prepared in advance, and continuously stirring to obtain a stable drug-loaded micellar solution; and S3: removing the emulsifying agent from the micellar solution obtained in S2 through vacuum evaporation, stirring a resulting concentrate, and centrifuging the concentrate to obtain a supernatant; and filtering the supernatant to obtain a filtrate, and subjecting the filtrate to dialysis to obtain the drug-loaded micelles.
US11986571B2
The invention relates to radiopaque liquid embolic composition comprising tetra iodo compound, 4,4-bis (4-hydroxy-3,5 diiodo phenyl) valeric acid (IBHV) of Formula I, covalently linked to ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) and dissolved in a water miscible organic liquid.
US11986567B2
The use of plasma to clean or sterilize items can be particularly advantageous for items that cannot be readily washed or cleaned by standard methods. The toxicity and complications generating sufficient plasma makes it hard to use for such purposes. The subject invention addresses the problem by generating a minimal amount of highly reactive plasma to sterilize an item. This is achieved by reducing the amount of space and ambient air around and within the item. In this way, the plasma generated fills only the required volume of the item to be cleaned and the plasm is directed at the object, not directed at or released into non-target areas.
US11986557B2
Provided is a method for preparing a drug loaded nanoparticle comprising: dissolving a macromonomer, a stabilizer and a crosslinker in a solvent to create a mixture; adding an initiator system to the mixture; dissolving a drug or combination of drugs in an organic phase containing the mixture; and recovering the drug loaded nanoparticle, a composition comprising the drug loaded nanoparticle prepared by the above method, and a method for treating cancer comprising administering the above composition to a subject in need thereof.
US11986553B2
The invention relates to the technical field of medicines, and particularly relates to a multi-component injection and preparation processes and applications thereof. In the present invention, the effective ingredients of safflower Carthamus, Red Paeony Root, Ligusticum wallichii, Radix salvia miltiorrhizae and Angelica sinensis are analyzed and a multi-component injection is prepared via the modem pharmaceutical preparation technology. The study proves that the multi-component injection of the invention has therapeutic effects on Sepsis.
US11986549B2
A method for treating human keratin fibers such as the hair is described and comprises the application to the keratin fibers of a dye composition comprising at least one silicone acrylic copolymer and at least one pigment, optionally the application of heat to the dyed keratin fibers using a heating tool and the application to the dyed keratin fibers of a makeup-removing composition comprising at least one hydrocarbon oil.
US11986546B2
A dextrin fatty acid ester is provided in which the dextrin has an average degree of glycopolymerization of 3 or more and 100 or less. The fatty acid comprises one or more linear saturated fatty acids having 14 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms, and one or more branched saturated fatty acids having 14 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms. The molar fraction of the linear saturated fatty acid in the fatty acid is 0.75 or more and 0.95 or less. The average degree of substitution of the fatty acid per glucose unit is 1.5 or more and 2.0 or less.
US11986544B2
The present invention is directed to previously identified inhibitors of cAMP efflux (ICE) and their use in treating/masking body odor, inhibiting, reducing and/or eliminating hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating), tanning skin or protecting skin before and/or after exposure to the sun as well as for treating certain skin conditions, in one embodiment, the invention provides a method for inhibiting body odor, a condition that is characterized by an unpleasant odor from the products of the microbial sweat degradation. By inhibiting the efflux of the precursor compounds that are degraded, novel compounds are capable of preventing unwanted odors. Deodorant compositions that employ this new approach for the control of bodily odor are provided, ICE compounds can also be used as components, of cosmetic formulations including tanning and after-sun formulations, formulations for skin conditions as described herein and other cosmetic formulations.
US11986541B2
A method for treating melanoma or preventing the development of melanoma comprising administration of a composition comprising 64Zne(Asp)2 in a therapeutically effective amount. Such administration may be via injection such as intratumoral and/or intravenous injection and may be once a day or more than once a day. A composition for the treatment of or prevention of melanoma comprising 64Zne(Asp)2 in a therapeutically effective amount. The composition may be a liquid suitable for injection.
US11986538B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to immunoswitch particles that switch off immunosuppressive pathways on tumor cells or immunosuppressive molecules induced by tumor cells in the tumor microenvironment, or virus infected cells or immunosuppressive molecules induced by virus infected cells in the microenvironment surrounding the virus infected cells, while simultaneously switching on co-stimulatory or co-inhibitory pathways on T cells, as well as method for converting immunosuppressive signals in cells, tissues, and subjects into stimulatory signals, and immunotherapy-based methods for treating cancer and chronic viral infections.
US11986536B2
The present invention provides a compound for the sequestration of undesirable antibodies (e.g. related to an autoimmune disease) in a patient. The compound comprises an inert biopolymer scaffold and at least a first peptide n-mer of the general formula P(—S—P)(n-1) and a second peptide n-mer of the general formula P(—S—P)(n-1); wherein, independently for each occurrence, P is a peptide with a sequence length of 2-13 amino acids and S is a non-peptide spacer, wherein, independently for each of the peptide n-mers, n is an integer of at least 1, wherein each of the peptide n-mers is bound to the biopolymer scaffold. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound, as well as a method of sequestering one or more antibodies present in an individual and a method of inhibiting an immune reaction to a treatment with an active agent.
US11986528B2
The invention concerns the use, as a pharmaceutical or cosmetic excipient, of a composition which is solid at ambient temperature and in the form of individualized particles, said composition comprising: lauroyl macrogolglyceride, polyethylene glycol.
US11986527B2
Pharmaceutical compositions for topical application to skin are provided. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions comprise a corticosteroid and further comprise a liquid oil component comprising one or more dicarboxylic acid esters and/or monocarboxylic acid esters.
US11986520B2
The present disclosure provides a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of coronavirus infection, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an immunomodulator to a subject in need thereof or at risk of coronavirus infection. A vaccine composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of an immunomodulator is also provided.
US11986519B2
Provided herein are Haemophilus influenzae saccharide-carrier conjugates and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods of making and using the conjugates and compositions thereof, and kits containing the conjugates. Haemophilus influenzae saccharide-lipid conjugates, Haemophilus influenzae saccharide-glycosphingolipid conjugates, compositions containing these, methods of making and using the conjugates and compositions, and kits containing these, are also disclosed. Saccharide-lipid conjugates, and saccharide-glycosphingolipid conjugates comprising saccharides from Haemophilus influenzae serotype a, as well as compositions containing these, methods of making and using the conjugates and compositions, and kits containing these, are also disclosed.
US11986516B2
Disclosed herein are formulations comprising recombinant human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (rhACE-2) and a cellulose derivative for the prevention and treatment of a coronavirus infection. Methods and kits are also provided herein.
US11986515B2
Compositions and methods are described for the delivery of recombinant human iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS) produced by human neuronal or glial cells to the cerebrospinal fluid of the central nervous system (CNS) of a human subject diagnosed with mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II).
US11986509B2
The invention provides formulations for oral delivery of a therapeutic agent wherein the formulation comprises a kappa opioid receptor agonist, an oligosaccharide stabilizing agent and an optional absorption enhancer. The kappa opioid receptor agonist may be coated with, embedded in or mixed with an oligosaccharide, such as trehalose. Also provided are capsules containing the oral formulations of the kappa opioid receptor agonists, the oligosaccharide and the absorption enhancer of the invention. The invention further provides methods of manufacture of the formulations and methods of their use for the prophylaxis, inhibition and treatment of variety of kappa opioid receptor-associated diseases and conditions such as pain, pruritus and inflammation. The methods of use include administering to the mammal the formulation of the kappa opioid receptor agonist, oligosaccharide and optional absorption enhancers.
US11986505B2
A method for treating a noncancerous gynecological disorder comprising: administering to a patient and effective amount of composition comprising a cannabis extract comprising cannabidiol (CBD) wherein the composition is preferably administered in a mucosal form, such as intravaginally.
US11986502B2
Compositions for affecting the intestinal microbiome of a mammalian subject can include a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier and greater than or equal to 1×104 PFU/mL or PFU/mg of bacteriophage having a tropism that includes an obesogenic and/or inflammatory bacterium associated with an intestinal microbiome of a mammal. Processes for preparing the disclosed compositions can include isolating the bacteriophage from an environmental source, characterizing the bacteriophage, and combining the bacteriophage with the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier at greater than or equal to 1×104 PFU/mL or PFU/mg. Methods can include administering the disclosed compositions to a mammalian subject with or without co-administration of the disclosed probiotics. Administering the disclosed compositions can reduce a concentration of obesogenic and/or inflammatory bacteria in the intestinal microbiome of the mammalian subject, promote or induce weight loss, reduce inflammation, support metabolic health, and/or support a healthy balance/diversity within the intestinal microbiome of the mammalian subject.
US11986493B2
Disclosed herein are methods for treating acute or chronic heart failure using inorganic nitrite, such as sodium nitrite. The method includes administering to a subject in need of treatment a therapeutically effective amount of inorganic nitrite. The nitrite may be administered by inhalation and may be nebulized. The nitrite may be administered at an emitted dose or in an escalated titrated dose. The nitrite may be a liquid formulation or a dry powder formulation.
US11986474B1
Methods for treating heart failure are described herein. Treatment methods include administering a cardiac sarcomere activator (e.g., omecamtiv mecarbil, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate thereof) to a subject in need thereof. Treatment methods also include adjusting a dose level of the CSA, for example, to increase, decrease, or maintain a dose level, based on the subject's plasma concentration of the CSA determined after administration of the first dose level of the CSA has started. Provided herein are also treatment methods effective to achieve a target concentration range of the CSA and dose in a single step following a single plasma concentration determination.
US11986471B2
Compounds are provided according to Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof; wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, Y, A, L1, L2, R1, R2, R5, m and n are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions.
US11986469B2
Disclosed are methods of treating prostate cancer by administering niraparib to a human in need thereof.
US11986466B2
The present disclosure provides, inter alia, methods of treating a solid-tumor by administering an effective amount of a Chemokine Receptor 2 (CCR2) antagonist. Also provided herein are methods of reducing the number of macrophages in a solid tumor microenvironment, said method comprising administering effective amount of a Chemokine Receptor 2 (CCR2) antagonist. In an additional aspect, the current disclosure further provides methods of increasing the number CD8+ T cells in a solid tumor microenvironment, said method comprising administering effective amount of a Chemokine Receptor 2 (CCR2) antagonist. In some embodiments, the CCR2 antagonist has the formula I or Formula III:
US11986453B2
A stable pharmaceutical composition containing a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug derivative, at least comprising a separated solid part and liquid part, the solid part comprising a therapeutically effective dose of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug derivative and the liquid part being a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent.
US11986449B2
The invention provides oral dosing regimens of controlled release levodopa compositions for use in treating patients with Parkinson's disease, primary parkinsonism/idiopathic parkinsonism, post-encephalitic parkinsonism, parkinsonism that may follow carbon monoxide intoxication, or parkinsonism that may follow manganese intoxication.
US11986442B2
The present invention provides methods for inhibiting respiratory complex III in a cell. The present invention also provides methods for treating cancer in a subject.
US11986431B2
A standing assistance device can help a user in need of standing assistance to use their upper body weight to push down on a plunger portion of the device to provide upward lifting force to a platform. Therefore, when a user kneels on the platform and leans down on the plunger, the downward leaning force is converted into upward lifting force to help a user rise to a standing position. The plunger can take the form of a horizontal crossbar. The platform can be linked to the plunger with a gearing mechanism to transfer the downward force on the plunger to upward lifting force on the platform. The device does not need electric motors and should be easy to carry around.
US11986430B2
A lift and position device and methods of use therewith designed to aid attendants in moving and propping the various selected body parts of a patient from atop a support surface, for example, a mattress. The device utilizes a base for stability, a separately powered screw jack, radial adjustment head, a cushion cradle and a single or plurality of fitted cushion(s) configured to optimally raise and lower a particular body part of a patient such as his or her arms, torso, legs, back and the like. All elements of the device are ultralight and ultra-strong, some or all of the components of the device being composed of Carbon Fiber, Aluminum, injection molded plastic, and Titanium. The device utilizes advantageous mechanics of jack technology modified to suit the specific needs of an attendant wishing to the lift, position or prop and secure a particular body part of a patient, for example, an immobile, obese or otherwise incapacitated patient. In addition, the device will aid in daily turning of patients, pulmonary relief via leg elevation and enhanced healing by securely holding appendages still and securely at various angles and heights for an unlimited amount of time.
US11986429B2
A patient transport apparatus is provided with a lift mechanism to move a litter relative to a base between lift configurations, a user interface with an input control and an indicator, a height sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to compare signals generated by the height sensor against a value associated with a transport configuration, operate the indicator in a first state when the signal corresponds to the value to communicate to a user that the litter is arranged in the transport configuration, to operate the indicator in a second state when the signal differs from the value to communicate to the user that the litter is arranged in a lift configuration other than the transport configuration, and to drive the lift mechanism to move to the transport configuration in response to the signal being within a predetermined threshold of value upon user disengagement of the input control.
US11986418B2
An ostomy system and a monitor device is disclosed, the monitor device being for an ostomy system comprising an ostomy appliance with a base plate and/or a sensor assembly part having a first adhesive layer with (a proximal side configured for attachment of the base plate and/or the sensor assembly part to the skin surface of a user, the first adhesive layer having a stomal opening with a center point, the monitor device comprising: a processor configured to: transmit a leakage monitor signal comprising monitor data indicative of presence of fluid in a sensing zone via the second interface.
US11986401B2
An impactor system is for impacting a base of a shoulder implant into a humerus. The system may include a housing having distal stabilizer configured to contact a proximal resected surface of the humerus. The distal stabilizer may define an open space. An impaction member may be slidably received within the housing. The impaction member may have a proximal surface and a distal connection mechanism adapted to connect to the base of the shoulder implant. The impaction member may be movable from a first proximal position in which the base of the shoulder implant, when connected to the impaction member, is positioned within the open space defined by the distal stabilizer, to a second distal position in which the base of the shoulder implant, when connected to the impaction member, is positioned at least partially distal to the open space defined by the distal stabilizer.
US11986396B2
An implant for restoring height of a vertebral body. The implant includes upper and lower plates configured to be moved away from one another in the craniocaudal direction. A first support and a second support are arranged to crisscross in a proximal-to-distal direction to facilitate increased expansion of the implant, and a third support and a fourth support may be arranged to crisscross in the proximal-to-distal direction. Certain supports may be laterally spaced from one another to define a void space for receiving a retaining element. An upper support fork may include a first pair of supports arranged in a V-shaped configuration and converge at an apex that is coupled to an underside of the upper plate. A lower support fork may include a second pair of supports arranged in a V-shaped configuration and converge at another apex that is coupled to an upper side of the lower plate.
US11986387B2
Described embodiments are directed toward centrally-opening leaflet prosthetic valve devices having a leaflet frame and a mechanically coupled leaflet. The described leaflet frames have projections that are configured to couple with a leaflet attachment region of a leaflet. Some embodiments include a leaflet retention feature that engages the leaflet frame projections and operates to secure the leaflet to the leaflet frame. Methods of making and using such prosthetic valve devices are also described.
US11986383B1
Systems and methods to prevent leakage of an intestine and/or provide support to an intestine. The systems can carry the leakage protection device on an external surface for delivery or carry the leakage protection device internally within a lumen. The device is delivered into the intestine portions to protect a site where a defect is repaired such as at an anastomotic site.
US11986374B2
Personalised calibration methods and devices adapted to identify acoustical corrections to be applied for in-ear dosimetry. The acoustical corrections allow to convert a measured acoustic pressure within the ear-canal of a user to an equivalent acoustic pressure at the ear-drum and/or in free-field. The methods and devices also allow to distinguish noises originating from the user from noises of the environment in the ear occluded by an earplug. Such a distinction is done using two microphones to simultaneously measure the acoustic pressure within the ear-canal and outside the ear-canal. The device may be used to determine a cumulative sound pressure level dosage for which a user being exposed to surrounding sounds over a predetermined period of time.
US11986363B2
The invention comprises an improved method and system for building a denture. The invention further comprises a technique for building teeth and a denture base in a digital space. The invention even further comprises a method for adapting a digital denture base contemporaneously with changes made to digital teeth on the same model.
US11986356B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide ultrasound systems and devices that provide for reduction of reverberation artifacts in ultrasound images by automatically changing imaging settings such as PRI or transmit/receive configuration based on detected amounts of reverberation in ultrasound images. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor circuit in communication with an ultrasound probe. The processor circuit obtains a plurality of ultrasound images obtained using a plurality of different PRIs and/or pulse sequences, calculates an amount of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images, selects a pulse repetition interval and/or pulse sequence based on the amounts of reverberation artifacts in each of the plurality of ultrasound images, and controls the ultrasound transducer to obtain a reduced-reverberation ultrasound image using the selected pulse repetition interval or pulse sequence. The reduced-reverberation ultrasound image is then output to a display.
US11986346B2
A gel pad for facilitating ultrasound scanning between an ultrasound transducer and a skin surface is provided. The gel pad has a first surface being bendable with a small degree and maintained locally flat, and a second surface being more bendable than the first surface for contacting the skin surface. A coupling media is arranged between the first and second surface with a stiffness gradient increasing from the second surface to the first surface. The first surface is capable of facilitating the ultrasound transducer to move swiftly on the gel pad. The second surface is capable of conforming to a non-uniform shape of the skin surface. On the first or second surface, position markers are provided for determining coordinates of the ultrasound transducer, by blocking ultrasound signals from transmitting through the gel pad to generate dark strips or marks in the ultrasound images.
US11986344B2
The present invention relates to a portable probe for photoacoustic tomography, capable of performing line-by-line scanning or area-by-area scanning by using a small number of light inputs; and a real-time photoacoustic tomography device. The probe for photoacoustic tomography includes: a lens receiving light inputs from an optical fiber so as to make the same proceed as small diameter parallel light; a Powell lens receiving the small diameter parallel light and generating a line beam of a predetermined thickness, and allowing energy dispersed on a line to be uniform on the entire line; a lens making the line beam pass therethrough such that the line beam has a predetermined width and a reduced thickness so as to be line-focused at a target area; an acoustic reflection glass for separating, from a light path, an acoustic wave outputted from the target area; and an acoustic measurement unit for measuring acoustic strength.
US11986341B1
Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for use in contexts such as minimally invasive surgery (MIS). A device having an ultrasound transducer and methods for using the device are disclosed. A patient's anatomy may be scanned by use of the device and various target anatomy located. Trajectory information which corresponds to a path free of the various target anatomy may be presented to an operator of the device. By scanning the tissue, identifying the anatomy, and presenting the results to the operator, unnecessary damage to elements of the patient's anatomy may be avoided or lessened.
US11986337B2
Methods, devices, and systems for computed tomography (CT) imaging technologies that are tailored to specific regions of interest and provide a reduced radiation dose. An imaging system for cardiac CT comprises a beam-shaping filtration and exposure control technologies specifically tailored to imaging of the heart.
US11986328B2
Described herein are paddles for breast biopsies. A reverse paddle and a compression paddle may be used in a breast biopsy. Both paddles may each have an aperture. When pressed against the breast, the reverse paddle and the compression paddle may allow the breast to bulge out of the aperture of both paddles during the biopsy. As the breast tissue bulges out of both paddles, the breast tissue to be examined via biopsy may be enlarged, thereby lessening the use of excisional biopsies on subjects with thin breasts.
US11986326B2
Apparatus and methods for imaging a region of a subject comprising an artifact. In certain embodiments, the apparatus and methods utilize computed tomography (CT) scans obtained at two different angles to image a region posterior to an artifact.
US11986324B2
Disclosed herein is a frailty diagnosis apparatus. The frailty diagnosis apparatus includes a physical performance meter and a processor for determining a frailty index of a target person based on physical performance of the target person obtained by the physical performance meter. The physical performance meter includes at least one among a gait speed meter for measuring a gait speed of the target person, a body balance meter for measuring a body balance maintenance time of the target person, and a muscle strength meter for measuring a muscle exercise time.
US11986314B2
A device that may include, or communicate with, sensors such as an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, an accelerometer, and/or a photoplethysmograph (PPG) detects sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) events of a patient based on signals from the sensors. The device may have a processor configured to make the detection(s). In an example, the processor may access a memory with processor control instructions. The instructions may be adapted to configure the processor to carry out the detection methodology. The method may include analysing an ECG data of the patient from a signal generated by the ECG sensor, pulse oximetry data of the patient from a signal generated by the PPG, and a three-dimensional (3D) accelerometry data of the patient from a signal generated by the accelerometer to detect the SDB events. The device and methods may be used for screening, diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory disorders.
US11986304B2
A sensor array includes a base for providing a probe signal and a plurality of modular recording sites. Each modular recording site of the plurality of modular recording sites is configured for receiving a signal, for converting the signal into a digital sensor signal and to provide the digital sensor signal to the base. The base is configured for receiving a plurality of digital sensor signals from the plurality of modular recording sites and to process the plurality of digital sensor signals so as to provide the probe signal.
US11986303B2
A biological information measurement device includes a heart rate counting unit for measuring an HR value indicating a heart rate on a basis of heart-rate data obtained by capturing heartbeats when a subject to be measured exercises, an analysis unit for performing power spectrum analysis on a heart rate variability frequency of the heart-rate data to calculate an LF value which is an integral value of low frequency components, and a detection unit for obtaining an HR/LF value by dividing the HR value by the LF value with respect to exercise intensity of the subject to be measured.
US11986296B2
The present disclosure discloses a novel omniphobic, paper-based, smart bandage (OPSB) devices, and the methods to make and use the omniphobic, paper-based, smart bandage devices. The OPSB device of the present disclosure provides a simple, low-cost, and non-invasive strategy to monitor open wound status wirelessly. This disclosure also provides the demonstration of in-vivo early detection and monitoring of pressure ulcers using wireless smart bandages.
US11986294B2
An aspect of an embodiment or partial embodiment of the present invention (or combinations of various embodiments in whole or in part of the present invention) comprises, but not limited thereto, a method and system (and related computer program product) for continually assessing the risk of hypoglycemia for a patient and then determining what action to take based on that risk assessment. A further embodiment results in two outputs: (1) an attenuation factor to be applied to the insulin rate command sent to the pump (either via conventional therapy or via open or closed loop control) and/or (2) a red/yellow/green light hypoglycemia alarm providing to the patient an indication of the risk of hypoglycemia. The two outputs of the CPHS can be used in combination or individually.
US11986287B2
Various embodiments of access control systems and fingerprint sensing systems are disclosed. One or more fingerprints of an authorized person are recorded in a fingerprint database together with a sequence of angular positions. The authorized person may subsequently gain access to a secured item by scanning the authorized person's finger or fingers in accordance with the sequence of angular positions. Various embodiments of fingerprint sensors for determining the angular position of a finger on the sensor are also disclosed.
US11986284B2
We describe a capnometer for detecting a concentration of a component in a gas, wherein said gas is inhaled and/or exhaled by a patient, said capnometer comprising: an air flow region through which said gas passes to and/or from said patient's lung; a mid-IR semiconductor emitter configured to provide IR light at a wavelength in the range 3-5 μm; a mid-IR semiconductor detector to detect said IR light; a reflector to reflect said IR light emitted by said emitter; wherein said emitter, said detector and said reflector are arranged such that said IR light emitted by said emitter passes through said air flow region via said reflector to said detector. The reflector is selected from a Fresnel reflector and a reflective diffractive optical element, such as a Fresnel zone plate.
US11986271B2
An apparatus for measuring a bio-signal includes: a light source configured to emit light; an ultrasonic transducer configured to obtain a photoacoustic signal generated from an object; a photoacoustic coupler disposed in contact with the ultrasonic transducer and configured to direct the light transmitted from the light source to a scanner and to direct the photoacoustic signal generated from the object to the ultrasonic transducer; the scanner configured to reflect the light incident from the photoacoustic coupler to the object, and reflect the photoacoustic signal generated from the object to the photoacoustic coupler; a scanner controller configured to adjust a light incident position on the object by controlling the angle of the scanner; a light detector configured to obtain a light signal by detecting the light scattered or reflected from the object; and a processor configured to obtain bio-information based on the light signal and the photoacoustic signal.
US11986265B2
A surgical robotic arm drape, the drape comprising: a sheet defining a cavity for housing a robotic arm; and a set of guiding elements attached to the sheet configured to retain a supply line threaded there through for use in a surgical procedure.
US11986254B2
The disclosed apparatus comprises an intravascular sheath and dilator that can be placed over a guidewire after percutaneous vascular access. One or more electrodes are positioned axially at or near the distal end of the dilator, facilitating guidance of the sheath to the heart without fluoroscopy (i.e., by using electrical and/or magnetic guidance). The electrodes are in electrical conductance with leads via wires that extending proximally from the electrodes on or through the wall of the dilator or sheath.
US11986253B2
A movable tracking assembly for use with a navigated surgical system has a marked pin and a tracking sleeve that enables detection of axial and rotational movement. The tracking sleeve has a sensor that can detect movement relative to the marked pin and communicate that information to the surgical system. The tracking sleeve also has external trackers for use with an optical tracking camera.
US11986252B2
A method, including receiving a computerized tomography (CT) image of voxels of a subject's head, and analyzing the image to identify respective locations of the subject's eyes in the image, so defining a first line segment joining the respective locations. The method includes identifying a voxel subset overlaying bony sections of the head, lying on a second line segment parallel to the first line segment and on a third line segment orthogonal to the first line segment. A magnetic tracking system configured to measure positions on the subject's head is activated, and a probe, operative in the system, is positioned in proximity to the bony sections to measure positions of a surface of the head overlaying the bony sections. A correspondence between the positions and the voxel subset is formed, and a registration between the CT image and the magnetic tracking system is generated in response to the correspondence.
US11986247B2
Systems and methods for prosthetic implant revision surgery may include a robot having a robotic arm for attaching multiple surgical tools. The robot may generate a surgical plan for attaching the surgical tools to the robotic arm (e.g., a large diameter wheel, an in-line cutting tip, a posterior curved cradle, a reciprocal saw, a long burr, a trephine reamer, an osteotome, a keel remover, etc.) and performing the steps to remove an anterior flange/cap of a prosthetic knee and debond cement from bone within the intramedullary canal of a tibia or femur. The robot may include cameras and/or tracking devices for mapping/generating a three-dimensional model of an operating space and the implant, and determine precise planes and angles for approaching the implant with the surgical tools. Accordingly, the systems and methods may perform revision surgery with less bone loss than previous techniques and may result in more reproducible outcomes.
US11986246B2
A method and system are provided to determine an optimal placement with respect to position and orientation for one or more bones in a workspace of a robot to improve robotic cutting and maximize the robot workspace during a robotic surgical procedure. The method is additionally useful to aid a user in positioning and orienting the bones in the operating room at the determined position and orientation.
US11986244B2
A wide field fundus camera is disclosed to implement multiple illumination beam projectors and to capture multiple retinal images at various viewing angles to facilitate wide field retinal examination. The wide field fundus camera contemplates an ultra-wide field lens that can provide edge to edge imaging of the entire retina at a single alignment. The wide field fundus camera contemplates configuration of said multiple illumination beam projectors to provide visualization of retina and Purkinje reflections simultaneously to facilitate determination of proper camera alignment with the eye. The wide field fundus camera further contemplates control of multiple illumination beam projectors in a programmable manner to further assess alignment of each illumination beam projector with the eye and to capture said multiple retinal images. The wide field fundus camera further contemplates a consumer image recording device with fast auto focusing and fast continuous image capture to make the device easy to use and quick to respond. The wide field fundus camera further contemplates narrow and broad slit beam illuminations to enhance autofocusing, imaging through less transparent crystalline lens, and reduction of haze due to reflected and scattered light from camera and ocular surfaces other than the retina. The wide field camera contemplates a real-time algorithm to reduce said reflected and scattered light haze in said retinal images. The wide field camera further contemplates automated montage of said multiple retinal images into a single wide field FOV retinal montage and automated removal reflected and scattered light haze from said retinal montage. The wide field camera further contemplates to automatically identify camera alignment with the eye and standardize an alignment procedure to simplify reflected and scattered light haze to facilitate dehaze and auto montage of said retinal images.
US11986243B2
Disclosed is a fundus camera, which relates to the technical field of medical devices and includes: an illumination module, a main optical assembly, a focusing module, and an image sensing acquisition module; the illumination module includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light of different wavelengths, illumination light emitted by the plurality of light sources is conducted to enter an eye of a patient through the main optical assembly, and light reflected by a retina of the patient is conducted to pass through the main optical assembly and the focusing module to enter the image sensing acquisition module. The fundus camera provided by the present application improves the technical problem that the fundus camera in the prior art cannot image different layers of the retina, thereby providing valuable medical and diagnostic data.
US11986234B2
A surgical system comprising a surgical hub, a surgical instrument, a generator configured to energize an end effector; and a smoke evacuation system configured to remove smoke from a surgical site is disclosed. The surgical instrument comprises the end effector. A control command is passed directly from the surgical hub to the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument is configured to pass the control command received from the surgical hub to the generator and the smoke evacuation system in a daisy-chain manner.
US11986224B2
A fastener, for example a bone screw, is sized to pass into an aperture of an implant, for example, a bone plate, the fastener having an anchor portion engageable with body tissue, and a head portion formed by an assembly of an insert and an anchor extension. The insert and anchor extension cooperate to form a reduced dimension passable into the aperture, and an expanded dimension not passable out of the aperture. The size of the assembly may be configurable, for example, by tabs, ramped surfaces, or an expanding diameter of a threadable insert.
US11986221B2
An implantable spacer for placement between adjacent spinous processes in a spinal motion segment is provided. The spacer includes a body defining a longitudinal axis and passageway. A first arm and a second arm are connected to the body. Each arm has a pair of extensions and a saddle defining a U-shaped configuration for seating a spinous process therein. Each arm has a proximal earning surface and is capable of rotation with respect to the body. An actuator assembly is disposed inside the passageway and connected to the body. When advanced, a threaded shaft of the actuator assembly contacts the earning surfaces of arms to rotate them from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, the distracted adjacent spinous processes are seated in the U-shaped portion of the arms.
US11986220B2
Embodiments are directed to an apparatus for aligning vertebrae of a curved spine that may include a coupler having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end, wherein the proximal end comprises first threads, wherein the distal end comprises a mating surface for disposition around a rod attached to a spinal column, and wherein the coupler applies a compressive clamping force to the rod. The apparatus further may include a nut having second threads corresponding to the first threads, wherein the nut is attachable to the coupler proximal end. The apparatus further may include a driver disposable at least partially around the coupler, wherein the driver applies a clamping force to the coupler, and wherein the nut applies a linear force to the driver when tightened.
US11986216B2
A uterine manipulator includes a cervical cup assembly having a cervical cup with an adjustable diameter to facilitate use of the uterine manipulator with patients having a wide range of cervical sizes. In embodiments, the cervical cup is formed from a plurality of slats that are connected to a base member by a living hinge. An actuator is positioned in relation to the cervical cup to move the slats towards or away from adjacent slats to vary the diameter of the cervical cup.
US11986213B2
In some examples, a system includes a medical device comprising an elongate body configured to advance through layers of tissue of a patient, a lumen extending through the elongate body, a fluid line configured to supply fluid to the lumen, and a pressure sensor positioned within the lumen or the fluid line. The system may further include processing circuitry configured to receive, from the pressure sensor, a signal corresponding to the pressure of the fluid at each of a plurality of time points, determine, for each time point: a corresponding amplitude value of the signal, a difference between two amplitude values of the signal, an amplitude oscillation status of the signal, a position of the elongate body based on the difference and the amplitude oscillation status; and provide an indication of the position of the elongate body relative to the layers of tissue.
US11986209B2
Methods and devices are disclosed for the formation of a communication between the aorta and left atrium. The method includes introducing a puncturing device, positioning the device at a location along the aorta, and advancing the puncturing device to create a pathway. The method may include: a. via an inferior artery, advancing a perforating tip of the puncturing device towards the aorta; b. positioning the perforating tip adjacent a wall of the aorta, proximate the left atrium; and c. advancing the perforating tip to perforate through the wall of the aorta and then through a wall of the left atrium, to create a pathway between the aorta and the left atrium, wherein the creation of the pathway can be confirmed with at least one of fluoroscopy, electro-anatomical mapping, pressure measurement, contrast injection, and echocardiograph.
US11986198B2
A forceps having an outer tube extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion and defining a longitudinal axis. A reciprocating inner tube can be located within the outer tube and extend along the longitudinal axis. A stationary jaw can be coupled to the distal portion of the outer tube and a moving jaw can be pivotably moveable relative to the stationary jaw. The moving jaw can be engaged with a portion of the reciprocating inner tube such that translation of the reciprocating inner tube pivots the moving jaw relative to the stationary jaw between an open and closed position.
US11986189B2
An apparatus for treating an aneurysm in a blood vessel includes an occlusion element configured to be releasably coupled to an elongate delivery shaft and configured to be delivered in a collapsed configuration through an inner lumen of a delivery catheter, the occlusion element including an inverted mesh tube having an outer layer and an inner layer, the outer layer transitioning to the inner layer at an inversion fold, wherein at least the outer layer is formed into a first expanded shape including: a smooth outer cylinder configured to engage a wall of an aneurysm throughout a 360° circumference; and a substantially distal-facing surface including one or more heat-formed undulations, the one or more undulations configured to apply a radial force on the wall of the aneurysm.
US11986184B2
Surgical clamping and cutting instruments are disclosed. In one aspect, a surgical instrument comprises an elongate shaft with an end effector having first and second jaws, a release member movably coupled to the end effector and a drive member configured to translate relative to the end effector. The instrument further includes a locking member movable from a first position permitting distal translation of the drive member, to a second position preventing distal translation of the drive member. The locking member moves into the second position after the drive member has been driven distally. This inhibits or prevents hazardous actuation of a knife or drive beam when, for example, there is a spent or previously fired cartridge in place.
US11986181B2
A fastener delivery tool is disclosed. An example fastener delivery tool comprises a sheath assembly including a sheath and a position retention member and a retraction assembly including a cover and a retractor member. The cover includes a lumen extending therein. The fastener delivery tool also includes and a handle assembly coupled to a proximal end of the sheath assembly, the handle assembly including a housing and an actuation member. Further, the sheath assembly extends through the lumen of the cover and the retractor member is configured to move relative to the handle between a first position in which the sheath assembly is disposed within a distal portion of the cover and a second position in which the sheath assembly extends out of the distal portion of the cover. Additionally, actuation of the actuation member moves the retractor member from the first position to the second position.
US11986174B2
A medical instrument grip device consisting of an open tubular element of elastic material for an elongated medical instrument comprises an elongated element having a gripping area and a head element being attached to one of the ends of the elongated element. The tubular element is open in both longitudinal ends and is configured to switch between a rolled up state and a fully unrolled state. Further, the tubular element is configured such that the head element may be forced through the inner opening of the stretched tubular element being in its rolled up state and to create a tight fit around the gripping area when being in its unrolled state.
US11986164B2
An endoscopic system and method for its operation are disclosed. The system comprises a light source, an endoscope with a distal light entrance surface, an image sensor capturing images through the light entrance surface and a rinsing device for providing a rinsing fluid flow for rinsing the light entrance surface, the method including the steps of receiving a sensor signal from a sensor detecting a user input starting a rinsing operation of the rinsing device, and, upon receipt of the sensor signal, changing an illumination mode of the light source from a first illumination mode to a second illumination mode and/or changing the video capture from a first video capture mode to a second video capture mode. The second illumination and/or video capture mask undesirable visual artifacts which can occur when collecting images with a rolling shutter sensors while performing a liquid flush of the light entrance surface.
US11986157B2
A steering system for a medical device may include a first drive member having a central longitudinal axis; a central shaft extending through the first drive member; a control knob coupled to the first drive member; a braking knob coupled to the central shaft and including a first protrusion; and a brake shoe member coupled to the central shaft between the control knob and the braking knob. The first protrusion may be positioned within a first channel of the brake shoe member; the first protrusion may be configured to engage the brake shoe member to move a first arm of the brake shoe member radially outward towards a wall of the control knob when the braking knob is rotated in a first direction; and the first arm may be configured to move away from the wall when the braking knob is rotated in a second direction.
US11986156B2
A system includes an endoscope including a scope and an image sensor. The image sensor is configured to capture medical image data that includes effective image portion data and a mechanical vignetting portion data, the mechanical vignetting portion data of the medical image data being generated due to mechanical vignetting caused by a difference in the image sensor which generates the medical image data and the scope. There is also circuitry configured to determine evaluation information from image data which is from the effective image portion data, and execute a control process to at least partially control at least one of an autofocus processing, and an auto white balance processing on the endoscope on the basis of the evaluation information.
US11986155B2
There is provided herein a tip section of a multi-viewing element endoscope, the tip section comprising: two or more side-pointing viewing elements positioned at or in proximity to a distal end of said tip section, wherein each of said two or more side-pointing viewing elements having a discrete illuminator associated therewith, wherein the field of view provided by the two or more side-pointing viewing elements covers a front and side views; a working channel configured for insertion of a surgical tool; and a pathway fluid injector for inflating and/or cleaning a body cavity into which the endoscope is inserted.
US11986154B2
An optical transducer for endoscope includes an optical device, a ferrule including an opaque first holding member including a first principal surface, a second principal surface, and a through-hole, and a transparent second holding member including a third principal surface and a fourth principal surface, the third principal surface of the second holding member abutting on the second principal surface, the optical device being bonded to the fourth principal surface, the third principal surface including a recess including an opening and having a bottom, the recess having the bottom communicating with the through-hole, and an optical fiber provided in the recess through the through-hole.
US11986138B2
A robot cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body including a suction motor for generating a suction force; a traveling part for moving the body; and a control part for, in response to sensing of a preconfigured input signal, recognizing a position of the body in a cleaning area and determining a start position on the basis of the recognized position. The control part sets an imaginary boundary having a predetermined size with reference to the determined start position, and when a travel route having a preconfigured pattern is set in the boundary, controls the travelling part and the suction motor to perform a cleaning operation while travelling along the travel route in a first direction and then perform a cleaning operation while travelling along the travel route in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US11986135B2
The present invention is a washing device with a handle, tensioning member, and loofah. The tensioning member is rotatably attached to the handle by means of a pivot. A plurality of capture features extend from the tensioning member, around which a rope of the loofah is configured to removably attach the loofah to the handle. The tensioning member is rotated away from the handle to expose the capture features, and is rotated towards the handle to create tension is the rope, which secures the loofah to the handle. The loofah further comprises a sponge portion which is configured against a loofah plate at a washing end of the handle. The washing device is used to wash oneself by grasping a handle portion of the handle and using the washing end of the handle with the loofah attached to wash oneself.
US11986134B2
To dispense a predetermined length of a sheet hygienically. In a sheet dispensing device, a sheet feeding mechanism feeds out a predetermined length for use of a sheet from a sheet dispensing port, and at this time, a part, of the sheet, located upstream of the sheet dispensing port in terms of a feeding direction of the sheet is held by a driving roller and a driven roller. The driven roller is biased by leaf springs to be pressed toward the driving roller. Consequently, the sheet is dispensed while hanging down from the sheet dispensing port. When a user pulls down the hanging sheet while holding it, the sheet is cut from the vicinity of a held part, so that the user can take the predetermined length for use of the sheet hygienically.
US11986130B2
An adjustable sifting assembly for sifting granular food material includes a sleeve that is tapered thereby facilitating the sleeve to receive a granular food material such that the granular food material is urged toward a center of the sleeve. A plurality of screens is provided and a respective one of the screens is positionable in the sleeve. Each of the screens has a plurality of openings that is integrated into the screens thereby facilitating the screen that is positioned in the sleeve to sift the granular food material. In this way the screen that is positioned in the sleeve can remove dust and debris from the granular food material. The openings in each of the screens has a unique size with respect to a respective one of the screens thereby facilitating each of the screens to sift granular food items of varying sizes.
US11986129B1
An egg cracker and yolk separator preferably include an egg dish and a dish lid. The egg dish preferably includes a dish member, a handle member and a separator wall. The dish member preferably includes a dish base and a dish peripheral wall. The dish peripheral wall extends upward from the dish base. The dish peripheral wall includes a pouring portion wall, opposing side walls and a rear wall. The handle member extends from the rear wall. The separator wall is located in substantially a middle of the egg dish. An egg white opening is formed between a top of the dish base and a bottom of the separator wall. The dish lid preferably includes a lid base, a lid peripheral wall and a lift tab. The lid peripheral wall extends downward from a bottom of the lid base. A second embodiment includes a removable separator wall.
US11986125B2
A method of heating and mixing contents is disclosed that combines heating and agitating of a bottle and its contents in order to achieve even warming, as well as, mixing the contents of the bottle.
US11986120B2
A process for making a portable beverage product may include the steps of: providing a portable container with an aperture; providing a separation device previously equipped with sealing means including at least one removable barrier; inserting an amount of a drinkable liquid into the container; inserting the separation device into the container to form a first chamber containing the liquid, a second chamber, and a connecting path from the first chamber into the second chamber, the connecting path being closed by the removable barrier; inserting at least one second ingredient into the second chamber; closing the aperture of the container with a cover; wherein the separation device is also positioned in such a way that the removable barrier can be removed in response to a user action on the portable beverage product, thus opening the above mentioned connecting path.
US11986119B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for heating materials, including heating materials for cooking and soldering. A representative system and method for cooking food includes passing electric current through the food, sensing a characteristic of the food, and modulating the electric current in response to the characteristic of the food to achieve a selected internal temperature of the food. The system and method can include searing the food with hot oil or photons directed at the surface of the food. A representative system and method for heating a material includes modulating a plurality of semiconductor light sources to emit photons toward the material, measuring a temperature of the material, and modulating the plurality of semiconductor light sources in response to the temperature of the material. The material can include solder and the method can include heating solder in a reflow soldering process.
US11986118B2
A bracket structure and a method of using the bracket structure are provided. The bracket structure includes a bracket body and a locking plate. The top plate and the rear plate of the bracket body respectively form an upper hook portion and a lower hook portion. The locking plate is movably disposed on the top plate of the bracket body. The locking plate has a locking plate body and a control part, and the locking plate body has a first and a second pressing abutting portion. The upper track is placed between the top plate and the rear plate, so that the bottom of the upper track is placed on the lower hook portion, and the first hook portion of the upper track and the upper hook portion of the bracket body are hooked to each other to temporarily fix the upper track on the bracket structure.
US11986117B1
A throw blanket having specially configured hand and feet pockets that insulate the hands and feet while allowing virtually full use of the user's hands comprises a generally flat blanket having upper left and right corners configured with hand pockets and a central lower edge configured with a pocket for the feet. Hand pockets are uniquely structured with a thumb slit and finger opening which allow for certain of the user's fingers and thumb to project from the pocket thereby enabling the user to continue to grasp, hold, and manipulate beverage glasses, books, TV and entertainment center remote control devices, and the like. The foot pockets are formed with specially configured fold which allows for easy insertion of the user's feet while allowing the pocket material to conform around the user's feet and ankles.
US11986114B2
A delivery system S performs authenticating process of authenticating at least any one of an UGV 1 and an article delivered by the UGV 1 in a case where the UGV 1 arrives at a delivery destination, and performs opening/closing control of a first carry-in port from which the article is carried in at the delivery destination on the basis of the authentication result of the UGV 1 or the article delivered by the UGV 1.
US11986112B2
An apparatus can be used for assisting a user in donning a shoe, the shoe having a heel collar and a tongue, wherein the tongue has an underside. The apparatus can comprise a body that is partially receivable into the shoe. The body can have a top portion that is configured to extend above the heel collar when the body is partially received into the shoe. An inner portion can extend downwardly from the top portion. First and second projections that extend forwardly from the body and can be configured to bias against the underside of the tongue on opposing sides of the tongue.
US11986106B2
The present invention relates to an adaptable product storage and extraction tray, intended for being installed in a vending machine having several compartments. The widths of the compartments can be modified in a short time, in a very simple manner and eliminating the need to take out all the products stored in the different compartments to make these adjustments. The tray comprises a base, a front profile, dividing partitions which limit compartments, extractor assemblies, support plates which support the product, where the extractor assemblies, the dividing partitions and the support plates have the possibility of transverse displacement and where the support plates can be transversely coupled to one another and can be separately removed to constantly adjust the width of the compartments.
US11986101B2
A lumbar support device for an item of seating furniture, in particular an armchair, includes an electromotive linear drive including a guide profile and two sliding blocks movable on the guide profile in synchronism towards one another and away from one another. Each sliding block includes a spindle nut coupled by a spindle. The linear drive is coupled to an extendable support element via a lever mechanism which includes levers connecting the sliding blocks to the support element, respectively.
US11986087B1
A tray capable of being frictionally engaged to a support structure comprises a horizontally oriented planar base having an edge. A right-angle bracket has a horizontally oriented side. An edge of the horizontally oriented side of the right-angle bracket is coupled adjacent the edge of the base and extends in a direction parallel to a plane of the base. The right-angle bracket has a vertically oriented side coupled to the horizontally oriented side at a corner of the right-angle bracket and extending downward. A bracket is coupled to a bottom surface of the base and extends downward in the direction substantially normal to the base. This bracket is positioned opposite the right-angle bracket a horizontal distance sufficient to receive the support structure positioned therebetween. A screw comprising a handle at a first end of the screw and a shoe at a second end of the screw passes through a threaded hole in the bracket and extends toward the right-angle bracket. Moving the handle causes the shoe and the right-angle bracket to frictionally engage the support structure positioned therebetween.
US11986079B2
A lipstick case is proposed, such that it is advantageous in that not only is outer air prevented from infiltrating into the lipstick case when the lipstick is not used, but any contact between the lipstick and air is also suppressed, thereby preventing degradation of the lipstick.
US11986078B1
A cosmetics applicator and method of using the applicator are provided. The applicator has a body formed from a resilient material and is covered with a flexible, non-porous exterior coating that conforms to the shape of the body and is adhered to the material forming the body. The resilient body provides an applicator that is suitable for applying cosmetics to a user's skin, and the non-porous coating prevents cosmetics from being absorbed by the material forming the body.
US11986076B2
Disclosed is a system for a combination bag, mat, and flotation device. The system includes an elongated mat having an external surface, internal surface, a mat section first side and second side, and a mat section first side and second side. A pair of flotation devices are attached to the mat section first side and second side. Each flotation device has an internal air compartment, inflation nozzle, and attachment element, and when inflated, allow the mat to be used as a flotation device. A first fastener being in attachment proximate to the mat section first side and a second fastener being in attachment proximate to the mat section second side. The first fastener and second fastener are configured to removably mate with each other. When the mat is folded so that the first fastener and second fastener are mated and the zipper is sealed, the mat forms a bag configuration.
US11986075B2
A wheeled luggage case comprises (a) a storage chamber, (b) a cover defining an opening on at least one side of the storage chamber for providing ready access therein and at least two labyrinth axle-free wheels operatively connected to the chamber for towing the case along a ground surface. The labyrinth axle-free wheel comprises an internal rim, an external rim provided with a ground interface, rollers being rotatably disposed within a roller spacer between the internal and external rims in a uniform circumferential manner by means of a spacer and external covers. A labyrinth type dust passage in the wheel is defined by the rims and the external plates mechanically connected to the internal rim.
US11986072B2
An article includes a zipper cover (14, 114) configured to conceal a zipper tape (18, 118) that is secured at a mouth of a zippered opening in a surface of the article and to longitudinally extend substantially parallel to the zipper tape. The zipper cover (14, 114) is attached to the surface of the article (10, 110) and is rotatable between a first orientation in which the zipper cover (14, 114) conceals the zipper tape (18, 118) and a second orientation in which the zipper cover exposes the zipper tape (18, 118) and allows a user to access the zippered opening. The zipper cover (14, 114) is magnetically securable to a surface (32, 132) of the zippered opening in the first orientation, and the zipper cover (14, 114) is magnetically securable against the surface (20, 120) of the article in the second orientation.
US11986064B2
A conductive hook-and-loop fastener that has a high engagement force, undergoes less decrease in conductivity even after repeated engagement and release, and is significantly flexible. The conductive hook-and-loop fastener includes a base cloth containing a woven fabric, having existing on one surface thereof plural loop engagement elements including a multifilament yarn including as at least a part thereof a conductive filament, and the multifilament yarn constituting the loop engagement elements is inwoven in a warp direction of the woven fabric.
US11986057B2
The invention relates to a functional footwear unit, in particular in the form of knit-of-parts, which has preferably a particularly modular protective function against chemical and/or biological toxic and/or harmful substances, especially warfare agents. The invention also relates to the uses thereof.
US11986047B2
Improved soles for shoes, in particular for sports shoes, are described. A sole for a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, is provided, said sole having a cushioning element that includes randomly arranged particles of an expanded material and a control element. The control element is free from expanded material and reduces the shearing motions in a first region of the cushioning element compared to shearing motions in a second region of the cushioning element.
US11986046B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear may include a sole component having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending upward from the bottom wall and partially surrounding a space above the bottom wall. The sole structure may have a midsole that includes a foam core nested in the space. The peripheral wall of the sole component may be disposed outward of a side surface of the foam core. The sole component may be attached to a first portion of the side surface and detached from a second portion of the side surface. The second portion of the side surface may be disposed between the first portion and the bottom wall.
US11986044B2
Components for articles of footwear and athletic equipment are provided including a high energy return foam having improved abrasion resistance. A variety of foams and foam components and compositions for forming the foams are provided. In some aspects, the foams and components including the foams can have exceptionally high energy return while also having improved durability and softness and an improved abrasion resistance. In particular, midsoles including the foams are provided for use in an article of footwear. Methods of making the compositions and foams are provided, as well as methods of making an article of footwear including one of the foam components. In some aspects, the foams and foam components can be made by injection molding or injection molding followed by compression molding.
US11986038B2
Program modules for works such as making garment flat sketches, patterns and work orders, and performing 3D drape simulations, etc. are implemented as one integrated software package and can be made into one executable file. With the software package, garment patterns can be created in a parametric design manner. Parametric garment patterns can be imported to be performed 3D drape simulation on a 3D human model, and the size and shape of the patterns can be modified. The modification history of the patterns is stored separately, and even if the size of the pattern is changed, a pattern in which the modification history is reflected can be automatically generated. By using this integrated software package, all tasks necessary for 2D flat sketch drawing, patterning, 3D drape simulation, and work order production can be performed in an integrated manner with interconnection with each other.
US11986035B2
A swimwear garment configured to be worn by a wearer having buttocks, the swimwear garment comprising an outer rear layer and a rear compression layer. The outer rear layer defines rear portions of two leg openings and extends upwardly toward a waist of the swimwear garment in a manner configured to at least partially cover the buttocks of the wearer. The rear compression layer is coupled to the outer rear layer along an inside surface of the outer rear layer and defines a bottom periphery and opposing side edges. The rear compression layer extends upwardly from the bottom periphery to at least to the waist of the swimwear garment. Each of the opposing side edges of the rear compression layer are sewn to the outer rear layer. The bottom periphery of compression fabric layer is entirely positioned above the at least rear portions of the leg openings.
US11986032B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates generally to a treatment garment for use in clothed radiation treatment and diagnosis procedures, and methods of using the garment.
US11986024B2
The electronic cigarette assembly includes a cigarette case, a cigarette rod, a disinfection device, and a plurality of cartridges. The cigarette case is provided with an electronic cigarette accommodation groove and a plurality of cartridge accommodation grooves. One cartridge of the plurality of cartridges is capable of being selected to be detachably connected to the cigarette rod to form an electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette is capable of being accommodated in the electronic cigarette accommodation groove, and remaining cartridges of the plurality of cartridges are accommodated in the plurality of cartridge accommodation grooves in one-to-one correspondence. The disinfection device is disposed in the electronic cigarette accommodation groove and configured to disinfect the one cartridge on the electronic cigarette.
US11986014B2
An atomizer includes a first glass tube, a second glass tube, a heating element, and a base. The first glass tube includes a first hollow column and the second glass tube is partially disposed in the first hollow column and is integrated with the first glass tube. The heating element is in the shape of a disc. The heating element includes a central hole. The base includes a top portion and the heating element is disposed on the top portion. The first glass tube further includes a first opening configured to receive the base. The heating element is disposed in the first opening. The second glass tube is disposed above the central hole; a space between the first glass tube and the second glass tube is configured to store e-liquid; and the second glass tube further includes a second hollow column functioning as a smoke or vapor passage.
US11986005B2
Methods to produce cannabis-related products derived from a cannabis oil extract subjected to a two-step supercritical carbon dioxide separation process are described. Cannabis terpenes are separated from cannabis plant material at a relatively lower temperature and pressure than the cannabis oil which may then be distilled and/or mixed with an ingredient to produce a multifunctional composition. Methods to produce medicinal and recreational cannabis and insect-related products are described.
US11985994B2
Sweetener and flavor compositions with improved taste profiles are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making and methods of using such sweetener and flavor compositions.
US11985992B2
Provided is vegetarian kimchi including 1 to 4 weight % sweet pumpkin and 0.1 to 0.5 weight % red ginseng extract.
US11985989B2
A machine for the production of ice cream includes a support body defining a housing compartment, a tub configured to contain the ingredients for the preparation of the ice cream which can be removably inserted in said housing compartment, a cooling circuit, a mixing device configured to mix the ingredients during the ice cream preparation process, a lid and clamping devices.
US11985988B2
A stick insertion device (1) for inserting a stick (11) into an ice cream product (3) extruded from an extrusion jet (7) and having a height seen in the extrusion direction (9) of the extrusion jet (7), and at least one end surface (5) which is substantially parallel to the extrusion direction (9) and into which the stick (11) is inserted with orientation substantially perpendicular to the extrusion direction (9), wherein the stick insertion device (1) comprises: a stick pusher (15), capable of making a linear and reciprocating movement, an actuator (17) with a first and a secondary outer position, used to activate the stick pusher (15), a servo mechanism (19) for controlling the actuator's (17) movement, a control unit (21), connected to the servo mechanism (19), characterised in that the stick insertion device (1) comprises at least one sensor (23) for measurement of the stick's (11) position in relation to the ice cream product's (3) height, horizontal position in relation to the ice cream product's (3) end surface (5) and angle (65) in relation to the ice cream product's (3) end surface (5), that the control unit (21) is connected to the at least one sensor (23) and the servo mechanism (19), that the control unit (21) is configured to control the servo mechanism's (19) stroke length based on signals from the at least one sensor (23), and that the control unit (21) is configured to control the servo mechanism's (19) start time and end time for the insertion of the stick (11) based on signals from the aforementioned at least one sensor (23).
US11985983B2
The invention provides a fish processing device for cleaning blood and blood vessels from the spine of a fish, e.g. a salmon, after the visceral has been removed. A jet nozzle for spraying pressurized liquid and a movable suction device with a vacuum nozzle for entering the abdominal cavity of the fish serve in combination to clean the spine of the fish for blood and blood vessels. A controller controls an actuator for moving the vacuum nozzle to enter the abdominal cavity of the fish, and it is then moved in a first direction relative to the transport direction, until the first vacuum nozzle reaches an end of the abdominal cavity of said fish while sucking blood and blood vessels from the abdominal cavity along the spine of said fish. This is repeated by moving the vacuum nozzle in the opposite direction until reaching an opposite end of the abdominal cavity of said fish, where the vacuum nozzle exits the abdominal cavity. Preferably, the fish is continuously transported along with this cleaning process. Some embodiments comprise a second set of jet nozzle and suction device mounted downstream of the fish transport direction to allow even further cleaning of blood and blood vessels along the spine of the fish.
US11985979B2
The invention relates to methods for controlling mycotoxin production in field populations of heterothallic and homothallic filamentous fungi through application of biocontrol compositions comprising selected strains of the heterothallic and homothallic filamentous fungi, the selected strains having a lineage of low mycotoxin production or no mycotoxin production and having opposite mating types (heterothallic) or both mating types (homothallic) (e.g., MAT1-1, MATT-2).
US11985974B2
Antimicrobial diferulates, compositions containing same, and uses of same for inhibiting growth of microorganisms. The antimicrobial diferulates can be used alone or in combination with other antimicrobial agents to inhibit growth of microorganisms such as fungi, oomycetes, and other microorganisms having a glucan-containing cell wall. The antimicrobial diferulates can be included in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of animals or included in agricultural compositions for treatment of plants, crops, and soils.
US11985972B2
Biocidal coatings include flake shaped particles that are deposed with a vertical orientation to form a coating which is biocidal to pathogens including viruses, bacteria, biofilms, fungi, microbes, algae, and other pathogens. In some embodiments, the pathogen membrane becomes lacerated when contacting the blade shaped flake particle. In other embodiments, a flake shaped particle which is a semiconductor generates radicals, or hydroxyls, or oxidizers, which transit to pathogens, and stress or deactivate the pathogens. In still more embodiments, this generation of radicals, hydroxyls, or oxidizers by the semiconductive flake shaped particle is increased with light irradiation.
US11985971B2
This antiviral and antibacterial composition includes: at least one of VOSO4, K11H[(VO)3(SbW9O33)2] and Na9[SbW9O33], and polyhexamethylene biguanide or a salt thereof.
US11985969B2
This disclosure describes a cryopreservative composition and methods for storing cells. Generally, the cryopreservative composition includes a sugar component and a sugar alcohol component, and is effective for storing and recovering cells without requiring dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO).
US11985968B2
Compositions for maintaining cellular integrity especially in cases of cryopreservation and multiple freeze/thawing cycles are provided. In addition, the compositions can be used in various media for a variety of applications.
US11985965B2
A fishing information management system has a fishing rod to which a fishing reel with a spool capable of winding a fishing line is attached, and is configured to include an operation/environment information detector that detects information on operation and environment of operation of fishing tools when in use including the fishing reel and the fishing rod, a calculator that calculates the skill levels in operating the fishing tools from information on the operation of the fishing tools, a storage that stores the detection values and the skill levels, and an indicator that displays at least either of the detection values or the skill levels.
US11985958B1
A bird feeding system is provided having a body and a removable insert. The insert can be removed and refilled without removing the body from its support. The body has a receiver that can be a cage, collar, roof or other structure that has a guide that receives the insert. A plate is attached to the top of the receiver. The plate has at least two hooks, each with a channel. The hooks are opposite facing. The insert has a cylindrical wall with feed opening therethrough. A top bar is used as a handle and also as a securing element that is selectably engaged with the hooks. A bottom bar is used to grip the insert for insertion, locking, unlocking and removal.
US11985957B1
The present utility model discloses a bird feeding monitoring house. The bird feeding monitoring house comprises a main body and a feeding portion arranged under the main body, wherein a liquid storage area in communication with the feeding portion is formed in the main body, the main body is provided with a cavity having a shape adapted to a camera, the camera is detachably arranged in the cavity of the main body in a penetrating manner, and a photographing area of the camera comprises at least a part of the feeding portion. According to the present utility model, the camera is detachably arranged in the cavity of the main body in a penetrating manner. When the camera needs to be cleaned or the battery of the camera needs to be replaced, the camera only needs to be pulled out of the cavity without removing the main body from the hanging or installation position; and after camera cleaning or battery replacement is completed, the camera is inserted into the cavity again, so that the operation is simple, and the detachment is convenient.
US11985951B2
A composite orange tree having a fruiting cultivar scion grafted to a citrus-greening resistant, or a salinity-resistant rootstock, or a rootstock having both citrus-greening and salinity resistance, is described herein, as are methods of growing such a composite orange tree.
US11985949B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091555. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091555. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091555 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091555 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11985941B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011191. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011191, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011191 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 CH011191.
US11985928B2
An air distribution conduit (1) for use in a greenhouse defined by an elongated lower end (2) of an elongated cultivation gutter (3) and by an elongated flexible sheet (4) having two elongated side ends (5,6) which elongated side ends (5,6) are connected to the elongated cultivation gutter (3) and wherein the conduit (1) is provided with multiple openings (12,19) along its length fluidly connecting the interior (13) of the conduit (1) with the exterior (14) of the conduit (1).
US11985925B2
Crops for human and animal consumption of many types are well known by their respective growers. Years of experience in the field provide the grower knowledge about a range of conditions that lead to the full spectrum of crop yields and crop quality, and each grower creates a store of knowledge which they can combine with the available measures of those conditions. This disclosure provides a method for indicating the onset of water stress in one or more plants located in a soil the roots of which are within the measurement zone of a soil moisture sensor located in the soil, by determining from representative data of the daily soil water usage and the evapotranspiration value in the region of the crop each day for a predetermined number of 24 hour periods consecutively prior to a stress determination day d by calculating the line of best fit for the daily crop water usage and recorded ETo for the predetermined number of consecutive 24 hour periods. Calculating the difference of each daily crop water usage from the line of best fit. Determining the statistical standard deviation of the differences of each daily crop water usage value from the line of best fit. Determine a predicted crop water usage for day d using the ETo for day d and the line-of-best fit. Determining whether the difference between the daily crop water usage for day d and the predicted crop water usage for day d, and if the difference is equal to or more than the value V, where the value V is an amount of deviation from the mean where V in an example is the standard deviation. Indicating that a period of water stress of the one or more plants has been entered as of day d to thereby control elements of a crop management arrangement to irrigate or not to irrigate automatically with no human intervention.
US11985924B2
An emitter outlet defining an ingress channel having a first volume and area, and having a first portion that is substantially perpendicular to a second portion located downstream of the first portion which causes fluid flowing through the ingress channel to make a first fluid velocity reducing turn, and a first opening located off of the second portion that causes at least a portion of the fluid flowing through the ingress channel to make a second fluid velocity reducing turn, and an outlet bath with a second volume and area that is larger than the first volume and area of the ingress channel so as to cause further pressure and/or velocity reduction of the fluid entering into the outlet bath. In addition, emitters, drip lines and various methods relating to such an emitter outlet configuration are also disclosed.
US11985919B2
An adjustment apparatus for a forage harvester including a shear bar which is adjustably mounted on a housing which supports a chopper drum mounted for rotation about an axis and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced knife supports holding adjustably secured chopper knifes. The chopper knives act with the shear bar to chop incoming crop. The adjustment apparatus includes a lateral element, at least one location element and at least one radially inwardly directed guide surface, which follows a desired outer path of an unworn chopper knife.
US11985917B1
A sowing device changes a depth of wheat sowing includes an external skeleton, where one side of the external skeleton is fixedly connected with a connection part for articulated with a tractor; a main board slidably connected to an interior of the external skeleton and a seeding unit below the main board; a support frame fixedly connected to the main board; a plow blade for slotting land rotatably connected to a bottom of the support frame; a rotary roller below the external skeleton and rotationally connected thereto. The main board is moved downwards to drive a straight toothed plate fixedly connected to the main board to move downwards; the straight toothed plate is moved upwards through a meshing effect of a gear to cause L-shaped toothed plate to move upwards to squeeze a horizontal plate to move upwards.
US11985916B2
Disclosed is a variable-size and variable-amount topdressing device. The device includes a main frame; an image recognition unit; a variable-amount fertilizer applying portion; two electric push rods which are vertically and fixedly connected to inner opposite surfaces of the main frame respectively; and a variable-size fertilizer applying portion arranged at an output end of the variable-amount fertilizer applying portion, where a height of the variable-size fertilizer applying portion is adjusted by the two electric push rods, an output end of the variable-size fertilizer applying portion is arranged corresponding to the output end of the variable-amount fertilizer applying portion, and the variable-size fertilizer applying portion is used for adjusting a fertilizer applying range. The variable-amount fertilizer applying portion, the variable-size fertilizer applying portion and the two electric push rods are electrically connected to the image recognition unit.
US11985912B2
A weeding device for crops having a seedling avoidance function includes a rack connected to a weeding machine. A hydraulic pump and two hydraulic cylinders are mounted to the rack. Bottom ends of each of the two hydraulic cylinders are provided with a vertically arranged support rod. An inter-row weeder is mounted to a bottom end of each of the two support rods. A slider configured to reciprocate in a horizontal direction is positioned on two slide rails that are mounted to the rack. An inter-plant weeder is mounted to a bottom side of the slider. A plurality of weeder blades are arranged side by side on the inter-plant weeder. At the weeding position, an arrangement direction of weeder blades is perpendicular to an advancing direction, and at the weed avoidance position, the arrangement direction of the weeder blades is parallel to the advancing direction, thereby avoiding crops.
US11991936B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes patterning a mask layer and a semiconductor material to form a first fin and a second fin with a trench interposing the first fin and the second fin. A first liner layer is formed over the first fin, the second fin, and the trench. An insulation material is formed over the first liner layer. A first anneal is performed, followed by a first planarization of the insulation material to form a first planarized insulation material. After which, a top surface of the first planarized insulation material is over a top surface of the mask layer. A second anneal is performed, followed by a second planarization of the first planarized insulation material to form a second planarized insulation material. The insulation material is etched to form shallow trench isolation (STI) regions, and a gate structure is formed over the semiconductor material.
US11991934B1
A quantum processor includes: a first chip comprising a qubit array, in which a plurality of qubits within the qubit array define an enclosed region on the first chip, in which each qubit of the plurality of qubits that define the enclosed region is arranged to directly electromagnetically couple to an adjacent qubit of the plurality of qubits that define the enclosed region, and in which each qubit of the qubit array comprises at least two superconductor islands, and a second chip bonded to the first chip, the second chip including one or more qubit control elements, in which the qubit control elements are positioned directly over the enclosed region of the first chip.
US11991933B2
The present disclosure provides a magnetic random-access memory, comprising: an antiferromagnetic layer; a magnetic tunnel junction disposed on the antiferromagnetic layer and comprising a ferromagnetic layer disposed corresponding to the antiferromagnetic layer; wherein the ferromagnetic layer of the magnetic tunnel junction has in-plane magnetic anisotropy, and an exchange bias field is formed between the antiferromagnetic layer and the ferromagnetic layer by an annealing process. A direction of the exchange bias field is changed by a spin orbit torque, thereby changing a direction of a magnetic moment of the ferromagnetic layer and realizing data writing. The present disclosure can improve a thermal stability of the i-MTJ and reduce a lateral dimension of the i-MTJ, thereby improving a storage density of the magnetic memory.
US11991926B2
Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device including a first electrode, one or more organic material layers, and a second electrode, wherein the organic material layer includes a light emitting layer, wherein one or more layers of the organic material layer contain a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein the light emitting layer contains a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2. The organic electroluminescent device has lowered drive voltage, and improved efficiency and lifespan characteristics.
US11991921B2
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: M(L1)n1(L2)n2 Formula 1 wherein groups M, L1, L2, n1, and n2 are the same as they are defined in the specification.
US11991920B2
An organic-inorganic perovskite satisfying ET
US11991911B2
A display device includes a substrate having a first region in which an image is displayed, a second region in which an image is not displayed, and a bending region connecting the first region and the second region. The bending region is configured to bend along a bending axis which extends in a first direction. A plurality of pad terminals is disposed within the second region. A first width of the bending region, measured along the first direction, is narrower than a second width of the second region, measured along the first direction.
US11991904B2
A display device includes a substrate including a first display area and a second display area, a first sub-pixel in the first display area, a second sub-pixel in the second display area, and a light-shielding layer having a first hole overlapping the first sub-pixel and a second hole overlapping the second sub-pixel, where a ratio of a width of the first hole to a width of the first sub-pixel is greater than a ratio of a width of the second hole to a width of the second sub-pixel.
US11991897B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first area, and a second area adjacent to the first area; first to third light-emitting diodes that are arranged in the first area and include a color emission layer; an encapsulation layer overlapping the first to third light-emitting diodes, and including an inorganic layer and an organic layer; a first light shielding wall portion disposed on the encapsulation layer, the first light shielding wall portion including a 1-1-th opening portion, a 1-2-th opening portion, and a 1-3-th opening portion corresponding to the first to third light-emitting diodes, respectively; and a second light shielding wall portion disposed on the encapsulation layer and overlapping the second area. The first light shielding wall portion and the second light shielding wall portion are spaced apart from each other in a plan view.
US11991892B2
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a device having a substrate, at least one organic light-emitting layer disposed over the substrate, and at least one down-conversion layer. The at least one down-conversion layer may generate the NIR emission by absorbing at least a portion of the light emitted by the at least one organic light emitting layer, and re-emitting light at a longer NIR wavelength or range of wavelengths having a peak NIR emission that may be greater than 700 nm, greater than 750 nm, or greater than 800 nm. An out-of-plane optical density of the at least one down-conversion layer may be less than 0.1 for all wavelengths of light in a range from 400 nm to 600 nm.
US11991891B2
Disclosed are a display substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device, belonging to the technical field of display. The display substrate includes: a base substrate, an electroluminescent device layer on the base substrate, and a light-absorbing layer on a light-emitting side of the electroluminescent device layer, wherein the electroluminescent device layer is configured to emit initial light of a first color, wherein the initial light forms target light after passing through the light-absorbing layer, and a full width at half maximum of an emission spectrum of the initial light is greater than a full width at half maximum of an emission spectrum of the target light. According to the present disclosure, the display device is provided with a wider color gamut.
US11991887B2
Three-dimensional memories are provided. A three-dimensional memory includes a memory cell array, a first interconnect structure, a bit line decoder and a second interconnect structure. The bit line decoder is formed under the memory cell array and the first interconnect structure. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells formed in a plurality of levels stacked in a first direction. The first interconnect structure includes at least one bit line extending in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The bit line includes a plurality of sub-bit lines stacked in the first direction. Each of the sub-bit lines is coupled to the memory cells that are arranged in a line in the corresponding level of the memory cell array. The second interconnect structure is configured to connect the bit line to the bit line decoder passing through the first interconnect structure.
US11991882B2
A method for fabricating a memory device includes: providing a substrate; forming a first dielectric layer over the substrate; forming a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers alternately and horizontally disposed on the substrate; forming a channel column structure on the substrate and in the plurality of conductive layers and the plurality of dielectric layers, where a side wall of the channel column structure is in contact with the plurality of conductive layers; forming a second dielectric layer covering the first dielectric layer; and forming, in the first and second dielectric layers, a conductive column structure adjacent to the channel column structure and in contact with one of the plurality of conductive layers, where the conductive column structure includes a liner insulating layer as a shell layer.
US11991881B2
A three-dimensional memory device includes alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers, and memory stack structures vertically extending through a respective one of the alternating stacks and located within the first memory array region and the second memory array region. An inter-array region containing lower and upper staircases is located between the first and the second memory array regions. The first memory array region may have a greater length than the second memory array region, or the lower staircase may generally ascend in an opposite direction from the upper staircase.
US11991879B2
A semiconductor device includes a peripheral circuit region on a substrate, a polysilicon layer on the peripheral circuit region, a memory cell array region on the polysilicon layer and overlapping the peripheral circuit region, the peripheral circuit region being under the memory cell array region, an upper interconnection layer on the memory cell array region, and a vertical contact through the memory cell array region and the polysilicon layer, the vertical contact connecting the upper interconnection layer to the peripheral circuit region.
US11991873B2
Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a substrate, a first inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer above the substrate, and a second ILD layer above the first ILD layer. A first capacitor and a second capacitor are formed within the first ILD layer and the second ILD layer. A first top plate of the first capacitor and a second top plate of the second capacitor are formed at a boundary between the first ILD layer and the second ILD layer. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are separated by a dielectric area in the first ILD layer. The dielectric area includes a first dielectric area that is coplanar with the first top plate or the second top plate, and a second dielectric area above the first dielectric area and to separate the first top plate and the second top plate. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11991869B2
A system is including: an overmolded layer that is placed above a top surface and below a bottom surface of a circuit board, wherein the overmolded layer exposes at least communication interfaces on the circuit board and surrounds a heat generating component on the circuit board; a conductive layer that is placed over the overmolded layer on the top surface of the circuit board, wherein the conductive layer exposes the communication interfaces of the circuit board and covers the heat generating component on the circuit board; and wherein heat from the heat generating component is transferred into the conductive layer.
US11991865B2
Systems and methods for cooling a computer environment are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a cooling assembly can be used to monitor and control fluid quality associated with one or more servers.
US11991863B2
A disclosed apparatus may include (1) a heat-emitting component, (2) a heatsink that includes a designated area thermally coupled to the heat-emitting component, (3) a plurality of springs that apply forces that support the thermal coupling between the designated area of the heatsink and the heat-emitting component, and (4) a pressure plate that concentrates the forces applied by the springs toward the designated area of the heatsink. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11991862B2
The present invention provides a microchannel heat sink with plural microchannels, each having a respective inlet and outlet to permit flow, in particular two-phase flow, of a working fluid. The plural microchannels are arranged such that adjacent microchannels accommodate flow of working fluid in opposite directions and are thermally coupled to each other to enable heat exchange between the corresponding adjacent microchannels. In one aspect, a microchannel inlet is positioned at an angle (e.g., 90 degrees) with respect to its outlet. The plural microchannels define parallel longitudinal axes that are optionally arranged on the same plane and/or side-by-side in a single layer. Further, in one aspect, each microchannel cross-sectional area increases as the channel length progresses from an upstream end (e.g., adjacent to the inlet) to a downstream end (e.g., adjacent to the outlet) of the corresponding microchannel.
US11991854B2
A wireless charging base is provided, and is mainly applied to electronic devices such as a mobile phone and a tablet computer. The wireless charging base includes a charging panel, configured to charge the electronic device. The charging panel includes a first air vent and a second air vent. A first base plate is disposed on an upper surface of the charging panel, is located at an end of the charging panel, and is configured to support the electronic device when the electronic device is being charged. The first base plate includes a third air vent. A second base plate is disposed on the lower surface of the charging panel, is located at the same end as the first base plate, and is configured to support the charging panel. The second base plate includes a fourth air vent.
US11991852B2
A tray is provided for an electronic device, and the tray includes: a base, a connecting rod, a bracket, and a linkage member. The base has a bottom surface and a sidewall that is connected to the bottom surface. The connecting rod is rotatably disposed on the sidewall of the base. The bracket is disposed adjacent to the base. The linkage member is disposed on the connecting rod and movably connected to the bracket. The tray is moved relatively to the electronic device by the linking member through the connecting rod selectively. Accordingly, the base can move between different positions, thereby helping to install or remove the tray.
US11991849B2
To create a housing cover for fixing to a housing, in particular to a power inverter housing, wherein the housing cover is provided with a plurality of fastening means through openings and with a sealing bead that includes an elastomeric material, and wherein the sealing bead is arranged on a seal bearing surface of the housing cover, in which housing cover the course of the sealing bead can be more freely designed and, in particular, laid closer to the fastening means through openings of the housing cover, it is provided that the housing cover includes at least one deformation limiting element, which projects over the seal bearing surface in the same direction as the sealing bead and limits a deformation of the sealing bead in the assembled state of the housing cover.
US11991839B2
A bezel connection structure and a display. The bezel connection structure comprises a first bezel (10) and a second bezel (30). A first connection portion (20) is provided on the first bezel (10). A second connection portion (40) is provided on the second bezel (30), and the first connection portion (20) is in lap joint with the second connection portion (40). The first bezel (10) abuts against one end of the second connection portion (40). The cooperation of the bezel connection structure is simple, and production and manufacturing are easy, thereby improving a production efficiency of products, and further reducing the production and manufacturing cost of products.
US11991835B2
The present invention relates to a method for increasing adhesion strength between a surface of a metal, a metal alloy or a metal oxide and a surface of an organic material comprising as a main step contacting of at least one section of said metal, metal alloy or metal oxide with a specific azole silane compound, a specific azole silane oligomer, or a mixture comprising said compound and/or said oligomer. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a use of said specific azole silane compound, said specific azole silane oligomer, or said mixture in a method for increasing adhesion strength between a surface of a metal, a metal alloy or a metal oxide and a surface of an organic material.
US11991834B2
A pressing method operatively associated with a press apparatus includes: providing a first substrate connected with a flexible printed circuit board onto a stage; providing a second substrate onto the stage; arranging the flexible printed circuit board on the second substrate; pressing a pad electrode-free area of the flexible printed circuit board; and pressing first pad electrodes of the flexible printed circuit board and second pad electrodes of the second substrate.
US11991832B2
A unit exchanging device for automatically exchanging a component supply unit between multiple component mounting devices in which multiple component supply units for supplying components are detachably installed includes: a gripping portion for gripping the component supply unit; a moving section for moving the gripping portion along a predetermined direction between a position for attaching/detaching the component supply unit to and from a component mounting machine; and a control section for controlling the gripping and release of the gripping of the component supply unit by the gripping portion and controlling the moving section so as to change the standby position in accordance with the gripping state of the component supply unit in the gripping portion.
US11991831B2
A component mounting device is configured to mount, on a substrate, an electronic component having a functional unit. The component mounting device includes a component supply mechanism, a recognition unit, a component mounting mechanism, and a holding position determination unit. The component supply mechanism supplies the electronic component. The recognition unit recognizes a position of the functional unit. The component mounting mechanism holds the electronic component supplied from the component supply mechanism and mounts the electronic component on the substrate. The holding position determination unit determines a holding position of the electronic component by the component mounting mechanism based on the position of the functional unit recognized by the recognition unit.
US11991826B2
A flexible printed circuit board includes a power wiring layer transmitting power and a signal wiring layer insulated and stacked over or under the power wiring layer. The flexible printed circuit board may also include an upper wiring layer and a lower wiring layer insulated and stacked each other, and the power wiring layer and the signal wiring layer are provided between the upper wiring layer and the lower wiring layer.
US11991821B2
First and second conductors extend on and along a first surface of a substrate. The first conductor includes first and second parts extending in first and second directions and a third part connected to the first and second parts. The second conductor includes fourth and fifth parts extending in the first and second directions and a sixth part connected to the fourth and fifth parts. A first insulator partly covers the first surface, covers the first to fifth parts, and is partly opened in a first region extending along the sixth part above the sixth part in a third direction.
US11991816B2
According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing, a non-conductive supporting member disposed in the housing and including a first area, a second area spaced apart from the first area, and a third area connecting the first area and the second area, a conductive pattern portion disposed over the first area of the supporting member, a heat dissipation member disposed to at least partially overlap the conductive pattern portion, and an antenna including a circuit board, a conductive portion, and a ground portion. The conductive portion of the antenna may be disposed over the second area. The heat dissipation member may extend from the first area to the third area, and the ground portion of the antenna may extend from the second area to the third area to contact at least a portion of the heat dissipation member.
US11991814B1
Systems and methods of charge-neutralizing charged particle beams are contemplated, wherein an originating beam is transited through a sequence of slow wave recombination chambers and exposed to neutralizing beams while transit therethrough in order to produce a neutral particle beam. These systems and methods may be seen to be especially suitable for use in spacecraft or other ungrounded environments where the removal of excess charge buildup represents a substantial barrier, and when utilized in a directed energy weapon, may greatly increase the rate at which successive beam pulses may be directed against a target or against multiple targets.
US11991810B2
An apparatus and method for electromagnetic heating of a hydrocarbon formation. The apparatus includes an electrical power source; at least one electromagnetic wave generator for generating alternating current; at least two transmission line conductors positioned in the hydrocarbon formation; at least one waveguide for carrying the alternating current from the at least one electromagnetic wave generator to the at least two transmission line conductors; and a producer well to receive heated hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon formation. The transmission line conductors are excitable by the alternating current to propagate a travelling wave within the hydrocarbon formation. At least one of the transmission line conductors include a primary arm and at least one secondary arm extending laterally from the primary arm. The at least one secondary arm includes at least one electrically isolatable connection for electrically isolating at least a portion of the secondary arm.
US11991809B2
A method for controlling an electronic device with a remote control includes detecting a motion of the remote control and determining a command associated with the detected motion. The determined command is sent from the remote control to the electronic device. A corresponding remote control includes a motion detector for detecting a motion of the remote control, a device for determining a command associated with the detected motion, and a transmitter for sending the determined command to the electronic device.
US11991796B2
A two-wire load control device (such as, a dimmer switch) for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load (such as, a high-efficiency lighting load) includes a thyristor coupled between the source and the load, a gate coupling circuit coupled between a first main load terminal and the gate of the thyristor, and a control circuit coupled to a control input of the gate coupling circuit. The control circuit generates a drive voltage for causing the gate coupling circuit to conduct a gate current to thus render the thyristor conductive at a firing time during a half cycle of the AC power source, and to allow the gate coupling circuit to conduct the gate current at any time from the firing time through approximately the remainder of the half cycle, where the gate coupling circuit conducts approximately no net average current to render and maintain the thyristor conductive.
US11991794B2
A ceramic heating element is disclosed, including: a flat or needle-shaped ceramic housing, a support bracket sleeved in the ceramic housing, and a heating wire evenly wound on the support bracket. An interior of the support bracket is a hollow structure. An electronic cigarette is further disclosed, including the ceramic heating element.
US11991791B2
The present disclosure discloses an electric heating blanket. The electric heating blanket includes a rectangular electric heating blanket body with an electric heating layer laid inside. A connector which is electrically connected to the electric heating layer and a silicon key is fixed to the central position on the electric heating blanket body. The silicon key is sewn on the electric heating blanket body to facilitate operation and avoid a solution of directly operating by a controller, so that the electric heating blanket is more convenient and fast to use. The electric heating layer and the silicon key are electrically connected to the connector. The connector is connected to a plug through the controller. The controller is used for controlling heating output of the electric heating layer, and exchanging electric heating blanket state information and user control information with the silicon key through the connector.
US11991779B2
A method and an apparatus, a computer device and a storage medium for processing subscription message are disclosed. The method comprises: a subscription device first receives a subscription message comprising a sending address of a notification message, and a subscription resource identifier, then monitors a target resource corresponding to the subscription resource identifier in the subscription message, and sends the notification message to an NS device when the target resource changes, so that an RCD corresponding to the NS device forwards the notification message.
US11991775B2
The claimed subject matter relates to systems and methods for processing messages in a wireless communications environment. In an aspect, a communications method is provided. The method includes initiating a registration with a network domain node and generating sequence information with respect to the registration. The sequence information is then employed to facilitate further communications with the network domain node.
US11991773B2
A communication apparatus includes a transition unit and a control unit. In a case where a wireless communication path to each of a first base station and a second base station is established, the transition unit transitions from an RRC_CONNECTED state to an RRC_INACTIVE state compliant with a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard. In a case where the transition unit transitions to the RRC_INACTIVE state, the control unit performs control to selectively execute operating in a first mode for waiting for a notification signal from each of the first and second base stations or operating in a second mode for waiting for a notification signal from either the first base station or the second base station, based on a state of the communication apparatus.
US11991768B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether an uplink communication for a first radio access technology (RAT) has been dynamically scheduled or semi-statically configured, wherein the UE is in a dual connectivity mode using the first RAT and a second RAT. The UE may identify an uplink subframe for transmission of the uplink communication based at least in part on whether the uplink communication has been dynamically scheduled or semi-statically configured, and based at least in part on a downlink-reference uplink-downlink configuration. The UE may transmit the uplink communication in the identified uplink subframe. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11991766B2
A user equipment (UE) may determine that a condition associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) is satisfied. The UE may select a cell, from a list of anchor cells associated with a second RAT and configured for dual-connectivity, for a connection based at least in part on the determination that the condition associated with the first RAT is satisfied. The UE may establish the connection with the selected cell. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11991751B2
A user equipment (UE) may be configured to generate a preamble of a first message associated with a random access channel (RACH) procedure, such as a two-step RACH procedure. The UE may be further configured to determine an identifier (ID) associated with the UE based on at least one of an ID associated with the preamble or a port index associated with a demodulation reference signal (DMRS). The UE may generate a payload of the first message that indicates the ID associated with the UE. The UE may then transmit the first message to a base station to initiate the RACH procedure. Potentially, the UE may receive a second message from the base station responsive to the first message, and the second message may confirm the ID associated with the UE.
US11991749B2
A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE). The method includes the UE receiving a configuration, from a network node, indicating that Random Access Channel (RACH) occasion(s) of a first Random Access (RA) type are not configured. The method further includes the UE determining if RACH occasion(s) of the first RA type are shared with a second RA type or a third RA type, and/or includes the UE determining the starting point of preambles for the first RA type based on at least RA parameter(s) for more than one RA type.
US11991738B2
Methods, devices, and systems for communication techniques that use the quasi-static properties of wireless channels are described. One example method to improve communication performance includes receiving a set of pilots over a transmission channel between the wireless communication apparatus and a far-end communication apparatus, the transmission channel comprising a first portion that is time-invariant and a second portion that is time-variant, processing the received set of pilots to generate an estimate of the first portion, processing the received set of pilots to generate an estimate of the second portion, and performing a communication based on a channel state information that is a weighted combination of a first term based on the estimate of the first portion and a second term based on the estimate of the second portion.
US11991735B2
Provided are a measurement control method, a terminal device and a network device, the method comprising that: the terminal device determines a first secondary cell entering a first state, the first state being a state in which the terminal is able to implement measurement but is not able to execute data reception and transmission, and the first secondary cell being one amongst at least one secondary cell; determines a target bandwidth part BWP of the first secondary cell in the first state; and performs measurement on the target BWP.
US11991734B2
A method and a radio access device for performing the method for positioning of a target station (STA) by a radio access device. The method receives sounding feedback, from a target station (STA), for each of a plurality of subbands in response to sending a sounding signal, the sounding feedback comprising channel quality information for each subband of the plurality of subbands. The method calculates an angle-of-arrival (AoA) characteristic from the sounding feedback for at least a subset of the plurality of subbands and maps the AoA characteristics of the at least the subset of the plurality of subbands to a fingerprint in a fingerprint reference map. The method then determines the location of the target STA based on at least the fingerprint.
US11991713B2
The present disclosure relates to data scheduling methods, apparatus, and systems. In one example method, a network device sends, to a terminal device, downlink control information (DCI) used to schedule N transport blocks (TBs). After determining that a downlink channel that carries first M TBs in the N TBs is transmitted in consecutive first downlink time units, the network device sends the downlink channel to the terminal device. The terminal device receives the downlink channel. After determining that ACKs/NACKs corresponding to the M TBs are transmitted in consecutive first uplink time units, the terminal device sends the ACKs/NACKs corresponding to the M TBs to the network device. N is a positive integer greater than 1, and M is a positive integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to N.
US11991712B2
A method for DCI receiving and transmitting includes: a terminal monitoring, on n activated BWPs configured by a base station, DCI transmitted by the base station, wherein n is an integer greater than one; after the terminal finds, on a first activated BWP in the n activated BWPs, the first DCI transmitted by the base station, the terminal determining a second activated BWP required to continue monitoring from the n activated BWPs; and the terminal continuing to monitor, on the second activated BWP, the DCI transmitted by the base station, and stopping monitoring, on activated BWPs other than the second activated BWP, the DCI transmitted by the base station.
US11991711B2
A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that monitors a common search space to receive downlink control information for scheduling a downlink shared channel; and a processor that controls a maximum number of resource blocks assignable by the downlink control information based on whether a control resource set is configured by a parameter that is in a master information block (MIB). In other aspects, a radio communication method, a base station, and a system are also disclosed.
US11991706B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the communication processes in a wireless communication system based on short TTIs. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there provide a method for communication by a base station. The method comprise: receiving, from a user equipment, an uplink demodulation reference signal, DMRS, in an uplink transmission time interval, TTI, of an uplink subframe, which supports two or more uplink TTIs. At least one uplink TTI supported by the uplink subframe is configured to only transmit uplink control information and/or uplink data without any uplink DMRS. In the other aspects of the present disclosure, there also provides methods for communication by a user equipment and corresponding apparatuses.
US11991705B2
In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to identify, by a user equipment of a communication network, downlink control information (DCI) indicating that at least one hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) codebook scheduled earlier for transmission needs to be re-transmitted in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) occasion indicated by the DCI and identifying which at least one HARQ-ACK codebook scheduled earlier for transmission needs to be re-transmitted in the PUCCH occasion. And based on the DCI, prepare the PUCCH for re-transmitting the identified at least one HARQ-ACK codebook in the PUCCH occasion. Further, to determine and transmit, by a network equipment of a communication network, the DCI to the user equipment of the communication network and to receive the PUCCH for re-transmitting the at least one HARQ-ACK codebook in the PUCCH occasion from the user equipment.
US11991701B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a base station may use a downlink control information (DCI) message to indicate timing resources to a user equipment (UE) for multiple downlink data repetitions in a slot. In a first implementation, the base station may indicate an explicit time domain resource allocation (TDRA) for one repetition in the TDRA field of the DCI, and the UE may determine implicit TDRAs for the other repetitions based on the explicit TDRA. In a second implementation, the base station may indicate a total TDRA for the full set of repetitions in the TDRA field, and the UE may divide the total TDRA into individual TDRAs for the repetitions. The UE may receive the downlink data repetitions based on determining the TDRAs and may transmit a feedback message in response based on a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) codebook.
US11991695B2
A method and apparatus of a device that handles time-varying packet size in the downlink. In some embodiments, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) comprises: receiving a first signaling comprising configuration of downlink (DL) Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS), wherein the DL SPS configuration comprises a periodicity of the DL SPS and a first indication for a first physical layer resource, and wherein the first physical layer resource is used to dynamically modify size of a second physical layer resource for SPS DL data transmission; receiving a second signaling that activates reception based on the DL SPS, wherein the second signaling comprises information to specify a boundary of the second physical layer resource; monitoring the first physical layer resource on each SPS occasion based on the periodicity to decode a second indication; determining the size of the second physical layer resource for SPS DL data transmission, based on the second indication; and receiving data on the second physical layer resource determined for each SPS occasion based on the determined size.
US11991693B2
Methods, systems, and devices for group-specific resource indications in mobile communication systems are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes determining, by a network node, an association among one set of one or more reference signals (RSs) and one or more groups, where each of the one or more RSs is associated with a usage or a time-domain behavior, and transmitting, to the terminal, a signaling message comprising the association. Another exemplary method for wireless communication includes determining, by the network node, a reference signal (RS) configuration, wherein the RS configuration comprises an association between one or more target RSs and a spatial granularity, and transmitting, to a terminal, a message comprising the RS configuration.
US11991690B2
The present application relates to method and apparatus for flexible uplink transmission on unlicensed spectrum. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus comprising: a receiver that receives an uplink grant for scheduling uplink transmission; a processor that: determines, based on the uplink grant, at least one candidate starting position in a scheduled time slot for the uplink transmission, wherein a candidate starting position, among the at least one candidate starting position, is determined based on a location of a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbol; and determines a starting position for the uplink transmission from the at least one candidate starting position based on a result of performing a listen before talk (LBT) procedure on the scheduled time slot; and a transmitter that starts the uplink transmission in the scheduled time slot from the determined starting position.
US11991685B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique and a system for integrating IoT technology with a 5G communication system which supports a higher data transfer rate than does a 4G system. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. According to the present disclosure, a method and a UE for performing same, a base station communicating with the UE, and a method performed by the base station can be provided, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting sidelink UE information including information related to new radio (NR) sidelink communication to the base station; receiving an RRC message including configuration information related to the NR sidelink communication from the base station; and performing the sidelink communication on the basis of the configuration information related to the sidelink communication, wherein the configuration information includes a list of sidelink grant configuration information for each bandwidth part (BWP), the list of the sidelink grant configuration information includes at least one sidelink grant information, and the sidelink grant information includes a sidelink grant information identifier, the number of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes, sidelink time resource information, or sidelink frequency resource information.
US11991680B2
Proposed herein is a method and device for setting limited RUs and MRUs in a WLAN system. More specifically, a receiving STA receives a PPDU from a transmitting STA through a preset frequency band, and decodes the PPDU. The receiving STA is an STA operating only in a 20 MHz band. The PPDU includes a preamble and a data field. The data field is received through resources other than the first RU and the first MRU among the preset frequency band.
US11991675B2
Disclosed are a frame transmission method using a selective beamforming and a communication apparatus to perform the frame transmission method. The communication apparatus may determine a beamforming matrix based on classification information in which a plurality of subcarriers used for communication is classified into a plurality of frequency units, may map a long training field (LTF) sequence to the beamforming matrix, and transmit a beamforming training (BF-T) frame including the mapped LTF sequence to a plurality of stations, may receive, from the plurality of stations having receiving the BF-T frame, feedback information generated based on a reception strength of the BF-T frame, and may allocate frequency units to data frames to be transmitted to the plurality of stations based on the feedback information, and transmit the data frames using the allocated frequency units. The reception strength of the BF-T frame may be determined at each station for each frequency unit.
US11991672B2
To properly control half-duplex communication in future radio communication systems, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure has a receiving section that receives slot format information for designating a slot format of a cell, and a control section that determines a slot format in each cell based on at least one of content designated by each slot format information and a signal type used in transmission of each slot format information, in the case of receiving a plurality of pieces of slot format information.
US11991671B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a first user equipment (UE) may operate in accordance with a multi-user (MU) multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) communication mode and may communicate with multiple other UEs over a same physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resource. In some implementations, the first UE may transmit an indication of an MU-unicast mode for multiple sidelink transmissions to the multiple other UEs and may transmit the multiple sidelink transmissions to the multiple other UEs over the same PSSCH resource. In such implementations, the multiple other UEs may select physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resources to transmit feedback associated with the multiple sidelink transmissions in accordance with a PSFCH resource selection procedure associated with the MU-unicast mode. In accordance with the PSFCH resource selection procedure, the multiple other UEs may each select different PSFCH resources for their respective feedback transmissions.
US11991669B2
Embodiments of this application provide a feedback control channel configuration method and a device, and relate to the field of wireless communication. A candidate time-frequency resource may be configured for a physical sidelink feedback control channel (PSFCH) that carries feedback control information, so that the required feedback control information can be fed back on the PSFCH. The method includes: determining, by first user equipment, configuration information of a PSFCH, where the configuration information of the PSFCH is to indicate or configure a candidate time-frequency resource of the PSFCH, and the candidate time-frequency resource of the PSFCH is to the carry feedback control information of first information; and sending, by the first user equipment, the configuration information of the PSFCH to second user equipment.
US11991666B2
A method of operating a communications device to transmit data to a wireless communications network comprises processing uplink data for transmission on grant free resources of a physical uplink shared channel of a wireless access interface provided by the wireless communications network to form one or more transport blocks of the uplink data for transmission. The method comprises selecting one of a plurality of configurations for transmitting the uplink data in the grant free resources, and transmitting the uplink data in the grant free resources according to the selected configuration.
US11991664B2
New radio channel designs incorporate a synchronization signal burst series frame structure, with higher layer channels mapped to physical channels transmitted during a synchronization signal, allowing user equipment to select beams during which to listen for paging information. A physical common control channel configuration information element may be used to signal the paging configuration as part of the System Information. Paging may occur with or without user equipment assistance.
US11991662B2
Multiple user equipments (UEs) may initiate independent ranging sessions at nearly the same time and location and which may interfere with each other. A UE that receives multiple initial messages for ranging determines if there is temporal separation between the ranging sessions. The UE may further determine if there is geographic separation between the ranging sessions, e.g., the initiating UEs are separated. If separation is lacking, the UE separates available ranging signal properties, such as frequency bandwidth, timing instances, and identifiers, and communicates different sets of ranging signal properties to each initiating UE. The multiple ranging sessions may be performed using the different sets of ranging signal properties with less risk of interference.
US11991654B2
In order to provide a communication system and the like which are capable of updating a correction value of a time synchronization packet, and to which a traffic bonding scheme is applied, a set of primary devices of the communication system determines presence or absence of communication in a first transmission path, adds an actual measurement value of a first delay amount to an information value when a determination result according to the determination is that the communication is present, or adds, to the information value, a design value of a second delay amount being the delay amount inside the wireless transmission device and the wireless reception device when the determination result is that the communication is absent.
US11991643B2
Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently transmitting uplink signals to a base station using shared antennas associated with different power classes. A first device may be in communications with a base station using local antennas and may identify a second device having auxiliary antennas available for transmitting uplink signals to the base station. The local and auxiliary antennas may be associated with different power classes, and the first device may transmit a message to a base station indicating that the first device is capable of transmitting using antennas associated with different power classes. The first device may then receive configurations from a base station of different transmit powers to transmit on the antennas associated with the different power classes, and the first device may transmit uplink signals to the base station in accordance with the different transmit power configurations.
US11991637B2
In accordance with the example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method an apparatus to perform determining signaling comprising at least one wake-up signal to indicate an occurrence or a non-occurrence of a paging request associated with a next paging occasion of a network device; and sending the signaling comprising the at least one wake-up signal toward a network device in a communication network, wherein the at least one wake-up signal is to cause the network device to determine whether to leave at the next paging occasion an energy saving sleep mode to receive the paging request. Further, there is performing receiving by a network device in a communication network at least one wake-up signal to indicate an occurrence or a non-occurrence of a paging request, wherein the at least one wake-up signal is for use by the network device to determine whether to leave at its next paging occasion an energy saving sleep mode to receive the paging request.
US11991636B2
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). The embodiment of the application provides a method for determining the activation state of a secondary cell and a UE. The method is applied to the technical field of wireless communication and comprises the following steps: acquiring secondary cell activation state indicator information, and then determining respective corresponding states of at least one secondary cell configured or reconfigured by a UE based on the secondary cell activation state indicator information, wherein the states include: an activation state and an inactivation state. The embodiment of the application realizes the reduction of the time delay for the user equipment to receive or send data and the reduction of the time required for deactivating a secondary cell, thereby reducing the power consumption of the UE.
US11991628B2
The present invention discloses a Bluetooth mesh network system having wake-up management mechanism that includes a control node and low power nodes. The control node broadcasts a wake-up parameter setting packet at broadcast time spots based on a broadcast period. Each of the low power nodes receives the wake-up parameter setting packet to be operated in a wake-up management mode to configure a start time spot, a time length and a period interval length of a wake-up period that is synchronous among the low power nodes accordingly. The control node further transmits data corresponding to the low power nodes in the wake-up period and the low power nodes is operated in a wake-up state within the wake-up period to receive the data from the control node and is operated in a sleep state outside of the wake-up period.
US11991627B2
A method for controlling discontinuous reception in a wireless transmit/receive unit includes defining a plurality of DRX levels, wherein each DRX level includes a respective DRX cycle length and transitioning between DRX levels based on a set of criteria. The transitioning may be triggered by implicit rules.
US11991620B2
There are provided mechanisms for monitoring search spaces. A first method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in a downlink slot. At least part of the OFDM symbol is included in a device-specific search space and in a common search space. The first method comprises monitoring the device-specific search space for at least one device-specific reference signal (RS) and monitoring the common search space for at least one non-device-specific RS. In a second method, a radio access network node transmits an OFDM symbol included in a device-specific search space and in a common search space. The device-specific search space contains a device-specific RS, or the non-device specific search space contains a non-device-specific RS, or both of these apply.
US11991613B2
An information processing apparatus executes, by a predetermined program, an instruction to an OS for connecting with a communication apparatus that has enabled a predetermined access point which includes identification information including both a specific character string and a character string other than the specific character string, and communicates, in a case in which a connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus that has enabled the predetermined access point is established by the instruction executed by designating a specific character string on the OS, by the predetermined program, information related to a different access point from the predetermined access point and is positioned outside the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus. The information related to the different access point is communicated via the connection between the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus that has enabled the predetermined access point.
US11991612B2
Provided are a Bluetooth data transmission method and apparatus, a terminal and a storage medium. The Bluetooth data transmission method includes: detecting the number of connected Bluetooth devices and types of connected Bluetooth devices; determining, according to the number of connected Bluetooth devices and types of the connected Bluetooth devices, attribute states of the connected Bluetooth devices; and transmitting, according to the attribute states, to-be-outputted Bluetooth data to one of the connected Bluetooth devices.
US11991606B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for warning pedestrians, for example, of potential collisions with vehicles. The techniques may be considered a hybrid approach to reaching a pedestrian, in that it may employ a combination of interfaces (e.g., the radio interface between the pedestrian UE and the radio access network as well as a sidelink interface between the pedestrian UE and vehicle UE).
US11991594B2
A terminal interaction method includes establishing, by a first terminal, a connection to at least one second terminal using a BLUETOOTH component, and obtaining location information of the second terminal; when the first terminal points to a direction of a second terminal, identifying, by the first terminal, the second terminal based on the location information and the direction to which the first terminal currently points; and when the first terminal performs a first action, sending, by the first terminal, a first message to the second terminal based on the first action, where the first message indicates the second terminal to perform a first function, and the first function is in a one-to-one correspondence with the first action.
US11991593B2
In some implementations, geolocation polling can include actions of receiving a location update from a user device of a user, determining an earliest time of arrival of the user to a home, determining, based on the earliest time of arrival, a time interval for a next location update, and providing instructions to the user device of the time interval for a next location update.
US11991589B2
A system and method are provided for determining location information of a vehicle keyfob relative to an object. The system and method may include communicating with a primary device (e.g., a smartphone) having primary device authentication information with respect to the object, and receiving parameter information, such as keyfob authentication information, from the primary device.
US11991585B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for correlating one or more service areas of a network with one or more geolocation coordinates to determine available services for customers to the network. A service polygon may be generated that define an area in which a particular service offered by a communications network is available. The boundaries of the service polygons may be adjusted based on information corresponding to physical features of the initial area. The service polygons may aid a communications network in providing a list of available services to potential customers or devices connected to the network by determining one or more geolocation coordinate values of a potential connection site and comparing the values to the service polygons. A network management system may determine the available services, current or in the future, to offer such services to a customer to the network.
US11991582B2
This application provides a terminal identification method and an apparatus, and relates to the communications field. The terminal identification method includes: a communications device generates and sends a data packet; and after receiving the data packet, a network device determines, based on terminal information included in an internet protocol (IP) packet header of the data packet, a terminal type of a terminal corresponding to the terminal information.
US11991580B2
A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
US11991564B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that transmission of one or more first messages, to a wireless device and via a first radio access technology (RAT), does not meet a transmission quality threshold associated with the one or more first messages, wherein the one or more first messages are time domain multiplexed with one or more second messages that are to be transmitted to the wireless device via a second RAT. The UE may adjust a prioritization of the one or more first messages or the one or more second messages to prioritize the transmission of the one or more first messages over the one or more second messages. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11991563B2
A wireless communication device executes a low-latency application in a source wireless communication network based on application context that comprises an application user identifier, an application session identifier, and an application session pointer. A target wireless communication network detects a hand-in of the wireless communication device, and in response, obtains the application context for the wireless communication device from the source wireless communication network. The target wireless communication network wirelessly exchanges low-latency data with the wireless communication device for the low-latency application based on the application context that comprises the application user identifier, the application session identifier, and the application session pointer.
US11991561B2
The methods and systems discussed herein describe a first wireless communication device forwarding a first reservation signal, which identifies one or more time-slots that have been reserved by a second wireless communication device, to avoid “merging collisions.” In some examples, the first wireless communication device also receives a second reservation signal from a third wireless communication device, which identifies at least one time-slot that is the same as a time-slot that was identified in the first reservation signal. The first wireless communication device transmits a forwarded reservation signal that identifies the time-slots reserved by whichever of the second wireless communication device and the third wireless communication device has higher priority data to transmit. In other examples, the first wireless communication device transmits the forwarded reservation signal if a received power value of the first reservation signal is within a pre-defined received power range.
US11991559B2
The present application provides a congestion processing method and device. The method includes: an access network device receives a first message transmitted by a source core network device, where the first message is used for indicating that the source core network device is overloaded; and the access network device, according to the first message, performs an operation of migrating the terminal device from the source core network device to a target core network device, where the target core network device and the source core network device support different communication systems. The congestion processing method according to the present application can solve the congestion problem of a core network device, realize load balancing between core network devices, and thereby improving user experience.
US11991555B2
A method may include determining, by the network node for a flow, a plurality of reliability targets, wherein each reliability target of the plurality of reliability targets is associated with a different number of consecutive packet transmission errors for the flow and/or associated with a different value or range of values of a remaining survival time for the flow; determining, by the network node for a flow, a number of consecutive packet transmission errors or a remaining survival time for the flow; and determining, by the network node, a reliability target of the plurality of reliability targets, for a next packet transmission for the flow based on at least one of the number of consecutive packet transmission errors or the remaining survival time for the flow.
US11991543B2
A method and apparatus for a Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) for delay-critical services is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for performing a Minimization of Driver Test (MDT) by a first wireless communication node, includes: receiving a first message from a second wireless communication node; and determining at least one of the following: a data packet discard rate and a packet discard delay according to the first message, wherein the first message comprises a MDT configuration, wherein the MDT configuration indicates a measurement of at least one of the following: the data packet discard rate and the packet discard delay, wherein the MDT configuration comprises at least one of the following: a measurement period and a first Packet Delay Budget (PDB).
US11991539B2
The present disclosure relates to a base station that supports self-configuration and self-optimization and a method thereof. A method performed by a target base station in a mobile communication system includes: receiving a radio link failure (RLF) report of a user equipment (UE) from a source base station or a third base station; detecting a reason for an occurrence of a failure based on the RLF report of the UE; and transmitting a message to the source base station based on the detected reason for the occurrence of the failure.
US11991537B2
A method at a connector device, the method including receiving a first message from a peripheral device, the first message being received over a short range communications protocol connection utilizing a generic reading and writing service attribute profile; repackaging data within the first message into a second message at the connector device; and transmitting the second message to a network element, the transmitting utilizing a second communications connection, wherein the repackaging data populates a field within the second message with information about an attribute profile operation.
US11991531B2
A method is provided. The method includes receiving a first dimension set, extracting a first latent feature set from the first dimension set, training a first base predictor based on the first feature set, generating a second dimension set based on the first dimension set, the second dimension set having fewer dimensions than the first dimension set, extracting a second latent feature set from the second dimension set, training a second base predictor based on the second feature set, and generating a traffic prediction based on the first base predictor and the second base predictor.
US11991526B2
A user equipment (UE) establishes a unicast link with a second UE, including establishing an authentication and security establishment procedure between the first UE and the second UE. The UE establishes a security context with the second UE during the authentication and security establishment procedure. The UE starts a timer based on a status of the unicast link. The UE reestablishes the unicast link with the second UE using the security context when the unicast link is reestablished prior to expiration of the timer.
US11991520B2
A plurality of computing devices are provisioned configured to communicate on a mobile communications network operated, in part, by an edge computing network. The edge computing network is associated with a customer of a computing service provider. The edge computing network comprises computing and storage devices configured to extend computing resources of the computing service provider to the customer of the computing service provider. A selection is received of a SIM provider and a quantity of SIM profiles for enabling the plurality of computing devices to access the mobile communications network. SIM data corresponding to the quantity of SIM profiles is received. The SIM data is encrypted and received over an encrypted channel.
US11991519B2
A communication method performed by a communication system including an authentication device and a subscriber line system includes: determining by the authentication device, in response to a request for communicative connection from a user terminal that establishes a communicative connection via the subscriber line system, whether the user terminal is allowed to establish the communicative connection; and controlling, by the subscriber line system, the communicative connection established by the user terminal, by dynamically allocating a bandwidth in accordance with a request from the user terminal based on a result of the determining.
US11991515B2
An example implementation may involve a group of wearable playback devices including a first wearable playback device and a second wearable playback device. The wearable playback devices render multi-channel audio content according to particular playback responsibilities in the group. When a failure or other issue with the second wearable playback device occurs, the first playback device assumes at least part of the playback responsibility of the second playback device.
US11991514B2
A controlling method including controlling signal processing of the channel assigned to each of the plurality of first physical controllers, based on a parameter indicated by each of the plurality of first physical controllers, enabling a parameter change operation by the plurality of first physical controllers when a channel group set to be enabled by the third physical controller is designated, and disabling the parameter change operation by the plurality of first physical controllers when a channel group set to be disabled by the third physical controller is designated.
US11991509B2
An audio processing device includes an input terminal to input an audio signal and a peak shift filter. The peak shift filter increases sound pressure with a first center frequency in the input audio signal as a first peak, and shifts the first center frequency between a preset lowest frequency and a preset highest frequency.
US11991501B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for audio synchronization for hearing devices. An audio packet is received from a host device at a first hearing device configured to be worn in a first ear of a wearer, the audio packet compatible with a wireless low energy digital communication protocol, and the audio packet is received from the host device at a second hearing device configured to be worn in a second ear of the wearer. Upon one or more programmable conditions, a synchronization packet is sent from the first hearing device to the second hearing device. An acknowledgment packet is sent from the second hearing device to the first hearing device upon receipt of the synchronization packet, and a first transducer at the first hearing device and a second transducer at the second hearing device are unmuted to deliver synchronized audio to the first ear and to the second ear.
US11991497B1
An acoustic device includes a first sound producing component and a back cavity structure. The first sound producing component has a first front side and a first back side, wherein the first sound producing component is a high frequency sound unit, and the first front side faces a sound propagating opening of the acoustic device. The back cavity structure is connected to the first back side of the first sound producing component. The first sound producing component produces a first acoustic wave from the first front side towards the sound propagating opening, and the first sound producing component produces a second acoustic wave from the first back side towards a back cavity of the back cavity structure. The back cavity structure is configured to flatten a peak or a dip of a frequency response of the first sound producing component.
US11991496B2
A display panel, a fabricating method and a control method thereof and a display device are provided. Display panel includes a display assembly and sound generation assemblies. Display assembly includes a display assembly substrate and pixel components disposed on a side of display assembly substrate. Each sound generation assembly includes a vibrating membrane, an exciter, and a support structure. Support structure is disposed on a side of vibrating membrane and has a cavity. Exciter includes a motion part in contact with vibrating membrane and a drive part disposed in cavity. Drive part drives motion part to vibrate, and motion part vibrates to drive vibrating membrane to vibrate. Display assembly substrate and vibrating membrane are the same structure, and pixel components are disposed on a side of vibrating membrane facing away from support structure. Display device includes the display panel above.
US11991494B2
A keyless control device is provided, wherein the first infrared sensor module generates an infrared trigger signal when the earphone is in a wearing state; the Bluetooth controller generates enable signals according to the infrared trigger signal, and the left-ear infrared sensor module generates a first detection signal according to a first enable signal; the right-ear infrared sensor module generates a second detection signal according to the second enable signal; the left-ear acceleration sensor module generates a third detection signal according to the third enable signal when detecting that the left-ear component is knocked; the right-ear acceleration sensor module generates a fourth detection signal according to the fourth enable signal when detecting that the right-ear component is knocked; and finally, the Bluetooth controller performs the functions according to the detection signals.
US11991489B2
A method including: detecting a request for a first part of a video; detecting a request for a second part of the video, wherein the video has a video timeline and the second part of the video immediately follows the first part of the video in the video timeline; after detecting the request for the first part of the video and prior to detecting the request for the second part of the video, transmitting a request for a third part of the video, wherein the third part of the video follows the second part of the video in the video timeline; receiving the requested third part of the video; and storing the received third part of the video.
US11991486B2
Disclosed is a color transform method performed by an electronic device that includes generating an initial color transformed image by performing color transform on a raw image, determine noise amplification degrees indicating degrees to which noise included in the raw image is amplified by the color transform, processing the determined noise amplification degrees, and generating a final color transformed image by filtering the generated initial color transformed image using the processed noise amplification degrees and at least one of the raw image or luminance information of the raw image.
US11991485B2
A projection apparatus including a projection device, a reflecting component, and an image capturing device is provided. The projection device is adapted to project an image light beam to form a projection image. The reflecting component is disposed on the projection device and has a reflecting surface. The image capturing device is disposed on the projection device and has an image capturing end. The image capturing end faces the reflecting surface. The reflecting surface is adapted to reflect the projection image to the image capturing end.
US11991483B2
A background display device for a virtual image recording studio that is configured to display, behind a real subject, a representation of a virtual background for a camera recording comprises at least one panel having a plurality of actively illuminating picture elements. The picture elements form a two-dimensional arrangement that extends along a first direction of extent and a second direction of extent oriented perpendicular thereto, wherein a respective spacing, measured along the second direction of extent, of the picture elements from a first reference line that extends rectilinearly along the first direction of extent varies irregularly along the first direction of extent.
US11991482B2
An illumination system, a projection device, and a projection control method are provided. The illumination system includes a first light-emitting unit, a second light-emitting unit, a third light-emitting unit, a first dichroic element, a second dichroic element, and a control unit. The first light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. The control unit is electrically connected to the first light-emitting unit and configured to switch the illumination system between a high-performance mode and a high-chroma mode, wherein when the illumination system is in the high-performance mode, the control unit controls a current ratio of the second light-emitting element to be greater than a current ratio of the first light-emitting element, and when the illumination system is in the high-chroma mode, the control unit controls the current ratio of the second light-emitting element to be less than the current ratio of the first light-emitting element.
US11991474B2
A content sharing device for use in controlling content replicated from a video source device on a large common display screen, the content sharing device comprising a housing, a processor supported by the housing, at least first and second control buttons supported by the housing and linked to the processor, a cable linked to the processor and having a distal end opposite the processor, the cable including a connector at the distal end for linking to the video source device, wherein, the processor is programmed to enable content from the video source device linked to the connector to be replicated in a first field on the common display screen upon selection of the first control button and to enable content from the video source device linked to the connector to be replicated in a second field adjacent to and separate from the first field upon selection of the second control button.
US11991473B2
Tactile vibration signals are transferred favorably in synchronization with audio signals. Transfer signals for respective blocks each including a plurality of frames are sequentially transmitted to a receiver side via a predetermined transfer line. The transfer signals include a predetermined number of channels of audio signals and a predetermined number of channels of tactile vibration signals. For example, the tactile vibration signals are generated on the basis of media signals associated with the audio signals. For example, configuration information of the predetermined number of channels of audio signals and the predetermined number of channels of tactile vibration signals is added to the transfer signals.
US11991462B2
An imaging device including a pixel that includes: a photoelectric converter that converts light into a charge; a charge accumulation region to which the charge is input; and an amplifier transistor that includes a gate electrically connected to the charge accumulation region. The amplifier transistor being configured to output a signal that corresponds to a potential of the charge accumulation region. The imaging device further including a detection circuit that is configured to detect a level of the signal from the amplifier transistor, wherein a sensitivity of the pixel is caused to be increased, in a case where the level detected by the detection circuit is greater than a first threshold value.
US11991458B2
An arithmetic logic unit (ALU) includes a front end latch stage coupled to a signal latch stage coupled to a Gray code (GC) to binary stage. First inputs of an adder stage are coupled to receive outputs of the GC to binary stage. Outputs of the adder stage are generated in response to the first inputs and second inputs of the adder stage. A pre-latch stage is coupled to latch outputs of the adder stage. A feedback latch stage is coupled to latch outputs of the pre-latch stage. The second inputs of the adder stage are coupled to receive outputs of the feedback latch stage. The feedback stage includes first conversion gain feedback latches configured to latch outputs of the pre-latch stage having a first conversion gain and second conversion gain feedback latches configured to latch outputs of the pre-latch stage having a second conversion gain.
US11991457B2
An inspection apparatus includes an illumination device capable of emitting first light in a first wavelength band and reference light in a reference wavelength band overlapping with the first wavelength band, an imaging device that images an inspection body and outputs a pixel signal, and an image processing device. The illumination device emits the first light and the reference light to the inspection body at different timings in one imaging time. The image processing device calculates a first reflectance that is a reflectance in the first wavelength band of the object based on the pixel signal, and determines physical properties of the object based on the first reflectance.
US11991455B2
There is provided an image processing device including a light sensor and a processor. The light sensor is used to detect light and output an image frame. The processor identifies intensity of ambient light according to an image parameter associated with the image frame. When the ambient light is identified to be strong enough, the processor performs an object identification directly using the image frame. When the ambient light is identified to be not enough, the processor firstly converts the image frame to a converted image using a machine learning model, and then performs the object identification using the converted image.
US11991449B2
Provided is an imaging apparatus that obtains a video with a resolution of satisfactory quality and a small angle of view from a video with a large angle of view through real-time image processing. An imaging apparatus has an imaging element that captures an optical image of a standard video with a first angle of view, and a control unit that includes a first mode and a second mode as a video imaging mode and records video data of a video based on the optical image. The control unit executes first recording processing of recording video data of the standard video using the imaging element in the first mode. The control unit executes setting processing of setting a recording region with a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view in the standard video and second recording processing of recording a video data of a recorded video of the recording region in the second mode. In the first recording processing and the second recording processing, thinning-out drive to thin out a part of readout of a plurality of pixels in the optical image is executed. A second thinning-out rate of the thinning-out drive of the second recording processing is set to be lower than a first thinning-out rate of the thinning-out drive of the first recording processing.
US11991448B2
An apparatus including circuitry configured for obtaining a sequence of first images captured by an image sensor; circuitry configured for obtaining image metadata dependent upon a sequence of zoom levels, wherein the sequence of zoom levels is a sequence corresponding to the sequence of first images; circuitry configured for enhancing zoom including circuitry configured for: using the image metadata to obtain the sequence of zoom levels; smoothing the sequence of zoom levels to produce a smoothed sequence of zoom levels; creating a sequence of new images from the sequence of first images based on the smoothed sequence of zoom levels, wherein the smoothed sequence of zoom levels vary a size of a crop used on the sequence of first images to produce the sequence of new images; and circuitry configured for storing, displaying or transmitting the created sequence of new images.
US11991446B2
A method for operating an electronic device includes: obtaining an image using at least one of a first camera having a first FOV or a second camera comprising a reflective member and having a second FOV narrower than the first FOV; obtaining, from a motion sensor, first movement information of the electronic device, which is shaken to correspond to the obtaining of the image; obtaining information on movement of the reflective member of the second camera according to at least one of an optical image stabilizer (OIS) correction operation or an object tracking operation during at least a portion of a period in which the image is obtained; obtaining output information by performing an image stabilization operation with respect to the image based on at least one of the first movement information or the information on the movement of the reflective member; and outputting an image corrected by correcting distortion of the image based on a distortion variation resulting from the movement of the reflective member and the output information.
US11991436B2
A driving mechanism is provided, including a base, a movable unit, and a movable part. The movable unit is movably disposed on the base and connected to an optical element. The movable part is movably disposed on the base and forms a passage. When the movable part moves from the first position to the second position relative to the base, the movable unit can slide relative to the base from its initial position through the passage to a closed position.
US11991435B2
An optical member driving mechanism is provided, including a movable portion, a fixed portion, and a first driving assembly. The movable portion is configured to connect an optical member, and is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly is configured to drive the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion in a first dimension.
US11991429B2
A camera module is provided. A camera module according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: a substrate comprising a window; an image sensor coupled to the lower surface of the substrate; and a filter coupled to the upper surface of the image sensor and arranged on the window.
US11991423B2
The application provides a virtual video live streaming processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium, and relates to the field of virtual video live streaming technologies. The virtual video live streaming processing method includes: obtaining text data and determining to-be-synthesized video data corresponding to the text data; synthesizing a live video stream in real time according to the to-be-synthesized video data and pushing the live video stream to a live streaming client; determining target video data from the to-be-synthesized video data that has not been synthesized into a live video stream in response to a live streaming interruption request during receiving a live streaming interruption request; and synthesizing an interruption transition video stream according to the target video data and pushing the interruption transition video stream to the live streaming client. When a live video is interrupted during a virtual video live streaming process, this application may implement a smooth transition process between a current video action and a next video action without affecting real-time performance of the live video.
US11991422B2
An acoustic device includes: a first display unit; a second display unit; an operation unit configured to receive a user's operation; a judging unit configured to judge a type of the operation performed on the operation unit; and a display controller configured to, in response to the type of the operation determined by the judging unit, change display contents of the first display unit to display contents corresponding to the type of the operation and display on the second display unit at least a part of the display contents having been displayed on the first display unit.
US11991418B1
Methods and apparatus for implementing a playback system capable of operating as a virtual or augmented reality device are described. In various embodiment one or more environmental triggers are detected and an action is taken based on the detected trigger, user input and/or other environmental conditions. The methods allow a user who is subject to an immersive experience to smoothly transition in/or out of the virtual environment and respond to environmental triggers which may require a user to take an action.
US11991415B2
The present disclosure is directed to counseling a user with respect to supervised content. In particular, the methods and systems of the present disclosure may: determine, based at least in part on one or more machine learning (ML) models, that one or more interfaces displayed to a user include content of a content type designated by a content supervisor of the user for identification; and, responsive to determining that the interface(s) include content of the content type, generate data representing a graphical user interface (GUI) for presentation to the user, the GUI indicating detection of the content of the content type and comprising educational material counseling the user with respect to the content type.
US11991405B2
System and methods for finding and analyzing targeted content from audio and video content sources, including means and methods for extracting captions from audio and video content sources; searching the captions for a mention of at least one target; extracting audio and video segments relating to the at least one target; delivering extracted audio and video segments to a user device; harvesting social media data relevant to the at least one target; analyzing the search results in correlation with the social media data for target content.
US11991402B2
An example method in accordance with some embodiments may include: receiving a media manifest file identifying a plurality of representations of a multi-view video, at least a first representation of the plurality of representations comprising a first sub-sampling of views and at least a second representation of the plurality of representations comprising a second sub-sampling of views different from the first sub-sampling of views; selecting a selected representation from the plurality of representations; retrieving the selected representation; and rendering the selected representation.
US11991401B2
A method for searching an AD insertion position includes following steps: S1. identifying a human body area in a video image; S2. identifying a blank wall area in the video image; and S3. determining the AD insertion position in the blank wall area in the video image, so that the AD insertion position intersects the human body area. A method for automatically inserting an advertisement AD in a video includes following steps: determining an AD insertion position in the video by searching a product AD insertion position based on deep learning, and inserting the AD on the position. Through the method, an appropriate position for an AD can be automatically searched on a blank wall part in the video. In addition, the inserted AD can be presented in the video in a natural way, and thereby avoiding or reducing the impact of AD insertion on impression of the video.
US11991394B2
A video coding system uses a value of a chroma quantization parameter table to quantize or de-quantize chroma values of a block of the video, the chroma quantization parameter table being directly coded in a set of parameters at the picture level or at the sequence level of the coded video stream. A corresponding encoding method, encoding device, decoding method, decoding device, video signal, computer program and non-transitory readable medium are proposed.
US11991392B2
A transform type is obtained for decoding the transform block of transform coefficients. A template for entropy-decoding values related to the transform coefficients is selected based on the transform type. The template indicates, for a to-be-coded value, positions of already coded values. A context for selecting a probability distribution for entropy decoding a current value of the values is determined using the template. The current value is entropy decoded from a compressed bitstream using the probability distribution.
US11991387B2
An example method includes encoding, in a video bitstream, a first syntax element specifying whether affine model based motion compensation is enabled; based on affine model based motion compensation being enabled, encoding, in the video bitstream, a second syntax element specifying a maximum number of subblock-based merging motion vector prediction candidates, wherein a value of the second syntax element is constrained based on a value other than a value of the first syntax element; and encoding a picture of the video data based on the maximum number of subblock-based merging motion vector prediction candidates.
US11991382B2
Motion Vector Management for Decoder Side Motion Vector Refinement is disclosed. A method of video processing including: determining, for a conversion between a first block of video and a bitstream representation of the first block of video, whether and/or how to apply decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) based on a signaled information; and performing the conversion based on the determination.
US11991378B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device for decoding an image, which improve encoding and decoding efficiency by performing various forms of transform and inverse transform during transform and inverse transform processes of a video coding technique.
US11991376B2
Techniques related to immersive video coding are discussed. Such techniques include encoding an immersive video bitstream by applying scalable video coding to some portions of the immersive video and multiple description coding to other portions of the immersive video and decoding and/or rendering the immersive video bitstream using selective scalable video coding and multiple description coding responsive to indicators in the bitstream.
US11991373B2
A cross-component dependent tool to be used for a chroma block of a picture is enabled responsive to a size of said chroma block and to a size of at least one luma block co-located with the chroma block. Then, the chroma block is decoded responsive to said enablement of said cross-component dependent tool. A encoding and decoding methods are presented as well as encoding and decoding devices.
US11991372B2
A video decoding method for decoding an input bitstream in which each of pictures has been encoded with being split into a plurality of tiles, the method includes decoding partial decoding information included in the input bitstream and determining one or more target tiles to be decoded among the plurality of tiles according to the partial decoding information; and decoding video data corresponding to the one or more target tiles, wherein the partial decoding information includes at least one of first information indicating whether to perform partial decoding and second information indicating an area on which partial decoding is to be performed.
US11991371B2
An apparatus for remote processing of raw image data receives the raw image data from a camera, such as a security camera. The apparatus includes a detection module to detect portions of the image data that contain possible regions of interest. Information indicating the portions that contain the possible regions of interest is then used during a compression process so that the portions that contain the possible regions of interest are compressed using one or more compression algorithms to facilitate further analysis and the remainder are treated differently. The compressed image data is then transmitted to a central system for decompression and further analysis. In some cases, the detection system may detect possible regions of interest which appear to be faces, but without performing full facial recognition. These parts of the image data are then compressed in such a way as to maintain as much facial detail as possible, so as to facilitate the facial recognition when it is carried out at the central server. The detection may be performed on the raw image data or may be performed as part of the compression process after a transformation of the raw image data has been carried out.
US11991370B2
An intra predictor (181) for performing intra prediction on each of blocks obtained by dividing an original image in the form of a frame, the intra predictor (181) includes; a linear model calculator (1811a) configured to calculate a linear model of the luminance component and the chroma component of the target block using decoded pixel values of the luminance component and decoded pixel values of the chroma component around the target block on which the intra prediction is performed; a chroma component predictor (1811b) configured to predict pixel values of the chroma component of the target block by applying the linear model calculated by the linear model calculator (1811a) to decoded pixel values of a luminance component of the target block; and a chroma component corrector (1812) configured to correct predicted pixel values of the chroma component obtained by the chroma component predictor (1811b) using decoded pixel values that were not used to calculate a linear model by the linear model calculator (1811a) of decoded pixel values around the target block.
US11991367B2
An image encoding device (1) according to a first feature encodes blocks obtained by dividing an original image of a frame included in a video. The image encoding device (1) includes a code amount allocator (180) configured to allocate a code amount to each of a plurality of intra prediction modes defined in advance, a mode selector (171) configured to select an intra prediction mode to be applied to a target block of intra prediction from among the plurality of intra prediction modes, and an encoder (130) configured to encode identification information indicating the selected intra prediction mode in accordance with the allocated code amount. The code amount allocator (180) calculates a feature amount of a plurality of reference pixels adjacent to the target block and changes a manner of allocation of code amounts to the plurality of intra prediction modes based on the calculated feature amount.
US11991363B2
Devices, systems, and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream representation of the current video block using a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode in which a prediction block of the current video block is determined by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and followed by an upsampling operation, where the upsampling operation is performed, in both a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in a fixed order, on samples obtained from the matrix vector multiplication operation.
US11991359B2
There are provided mechanisms for methods and apparatuses for transform selection in encoding and decoding of video blocks.
US11991353B2
A method of controlling an Adaptive Loop Filter comprises obtaining for a slice containing one or more coding tree blocks, data indicating a number of available alternative chroma filters, obtaining for a coding tree block in the slice, an alternative filter index identifying one of the available alternative chroma filters, and selecting the alternative chroma filter identified by the index to filter chroma image data in the coding tree block.
US11991352B2
Methods, apparatus, systems for video processing, including video encoding or video decoding are described. One example method includes performing a conversion between a video including a video picture that includes one or more subpictures and a bitstream of the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying that a first syntax element indicating whether an operation is performed across a boundary of a subpicture in the coded layer video sequence is selectively included responsive to a number of subpictures in the video picture.
US11991345B2
A virtual image display device has a function of projecting a prescribed virtual image video within a visual field of a user and detects an actual visual recognition distance from the user to an object relating to a visually recognized object at which the user is gazing. A virtual image light generating unit has a function of generating a plurality of virtual image lights independent of each other and a virtual-image-light transmitting and projecting unit that has a function of transmitting and projecting the virtual image light to left and right eyes of the user through substantially the same optical path to allow a prescribed virtual image video to be visually recognized at a prescribed position within the visual field of the user. Additionally, a virtual-image visual recognition distance control unit that has a function of performing variable control of a visual recognition distance of a virtual image.
US11991340B2
Methods, apparatuses, and software are disclosed for sending only a first video component (e.g., data comprising one of a left or right component) of content to a plurality of client devices. Further aspects provide for sending, responsive to a request from one of the plurality of client devices, both the first video component and a second video component (e.g., data comprising both of the left and right components) to one or more of the plurality of client devices.
US11991338B2
A terminal adapted to receive an immersive video spatially tiled with a set of tiles is configured to request tiles depending on their intersection with a volume of vision associated with a user.
US11991336B2
An information processing apparatus capable of preventing damage and loss of an audit log when an attack due to an unauthorized access is detected is provided. The information processing apparatus having one or multiple functions includes a controller configured or programmed to function as a recording unit that records an audit log for each type corresponding to the one or multiple functions, a judging unit that, when an access request to the audit log is received, judges whether or not the access request is an unauthorized access, and a control unit that, in a case that a judgement result of the judging unit indicates that the access request is the unauthorized access, performs a stopping control to stop a function related to the type of the audit log that has received the access request, among the one or multiple functions.
US11991334B2
An image forming apparatus that cooperates with a management service and a blockchain service generates, in printing a document stored in the management service, one or more embedded images based on existence proof information and tampering detection information, registers the existence proof information and the tampering detection information with the blockchain service, performs printing of the document with the one or more embedded images embedded therein, and, when verifying a printed product obtained by the printing, performs two verifications indicating that information about the printed product exists in the blockchain service and that there is no tampering in the printed product, by decoding the one or more embedded images included in the printed product to acquire the existence proof information and the tampering detection information and making an inquiry about the existence proof information and the tampering detection information registered in blocks of the blockchain service.
US11991328B2
A reading apparatus, having a document placement table, a cover, a reader, and a controller, is provided. The cover has, on a facing surface thereof that faces the reader, a reference section having a first edge extending in a sub-scanning direction and a second edge extending in a main scanning direction, and a colored part on peripheries of the reference section. The colored part is colored along the first edge and along the second edge. The controller is configured to operate the reader to read the colored part and the peripheries of the colored part, detect a first position being a position of the first edge in the main scanning direction and a second position being a position of the second edge in the sub-scanning direction in an outcome of reading, and determine a reading range based on the first position and the second position.
US11991327B2
An image reading device includes first glass, an adjacent portion adjacent to the first glass, a reading unit, and a position reference portion. The first glass enables an document to be placed on a front surface side of the document. The reading unit is capable of being in contact with at least one of the adjacent portion and the first glass and reads, from a back surface side of the first glass, the document placed on the first glass by using a sensor while moving from the adjacent portion side in a movement direction. The position reference portion is disposed on the front surface side of the first glass and serves as a reference of a position of the reading unit in the movement direction. When the position reference portion is read by the reading unit, the reading unit is in contact with the adjacent portion and the first glass.
US11991326B2
There is provided a flat head type image reading device configured to scan a standard size document including an A4 size, the image reading device including: a document pressing section pressing the standard size document and made of an elastic member, in which the document pressing section has fixing members, and the fixing members are arranged at positions corresponding to end portions of the standard size document.
US11991324B2
A document reading apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a plurality of documents are stacked, a feeding unit configured to feed the plurality of documents in a feeding direction, a reading unit configured to read the documents, a drive source configured to drive the feeding unit, and a control unit configured to execute a mode in which the plurality of documents having different sizes are fed by the feeding unit and read by the reading unit. The control unit is configured to control the drive source in the mode such that the feeding unit feeds a first document at a first feeding speed, and the feeding unit feeds a second document following the first document at a second feeding speed higher than the first feeding speed in a case where the width of the first document is larger than a predetermined width.
US11991318B1
A system may include one or more of a called device, a calling device, configured to call the called device, and a network module. The network module is configured to process incoming call information of a call placed to the called device and configured to route the call to a destination based on preferences of the called device.
US11991317B2
According to some embodiments, a method performed by a software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) controller communicably coupled to a voice gateway comprises determining a user profile from one or more stored user profiles is to be associated with an analog telephone and transmitting the user profile to the voice gateway. In particular embodiments, the SD-WAN controller may receive a request to associate the analog telephone with a user from the voice gateway.
US11991316B2
There is provided a mechanism that allows automated calls made from a set of one or more numbers to be detected and routed in an appropriate manner. The calls are classified based, at least in part, on one or more features of a call frequency time series that is generated from data representing a plurality of calls previously made from a set of one or more numbers by determining a respective number of calls made by the set of numbers during each of a plurality of time intervals. The classification indicates whether the calls include automated calls. Further calls from the set of numbers are routed in accordance with the classification.
US11991315B2
Described is a method of hosting a teleconference among a plurality of client devices arranged in two or more acoustic spaces, each client device having an audio capturing capability and/or an audio rendering capability, the method comprising: grouping the plurality of client devices into two or more groups based on their belonging to respective acoustic spaces, receiving first audio streams from the plurality of client devices, generating second audio streams from the first audio streams for rendering by respective client devices among the plurality of client devices, based on the grouping of the plurality of client devices into the two or more groups, and outputting the generated second audio streams to respective client devices. Further described are corresponding computation devise, computer programs, and computer-readable storage media.
US11991307B2
A communication method for at least one mobile terminal of a user, suitable for setting up data connections or call connections via at least one mobile communication network to a data terminal or to a voice terminal and suitable for the wireless communication with a host server. Thereby a) a wireless communication link is established between the host server and the mobile terminal; b) a voucher is created by the host server; c) the voucher is transmitted to the operator of the mobile communication network or to a service provider; and d) the operator of the mobile communication network or the service provider, on the basis of the voucher, debits communication costs for data connections or call connections of the mobile terminal that were registered during the time period indicated in the voucher, at least in part to an account assigned to the identifier of the host server.
US11991300B2
A photographing method and apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium are provided. The method is applied to a terminal including a camera and a display screen, and the camera is disposed under the display screen, and the method includes: determining a first optical signal value acquired by the camera at the time of photographing; determining a screen influence value of the display screen based on at least a second optical signal value acquired by a light sensor; and generating an image based on the first optical signal value and the screen influence value.
US11991291B1
System and methods are provided for encoding and encrypting DNS labels with content metadata and client metadata. A client computing device transmits a DNS query for the encoded domain name. A DNS server receives the encoded domain name and decrypts and decodes the domain name label. The DNS server uses the decrypted and decoded client and content metadata to make a routing decision to select a particular point of presence (PoP). The DNS server sends, to the client computing device, a DNS reply with the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the selected PoP. The client computing device requests content from the PoP identified by the provided IP address.
US11991289B2
Methods are provided for minting and distributing quantities of cryptographically generated data based on the quality of received biological datasets. Computer readable media, computing apparatuses, and systems are also provided.
US11991283B2
A method of executing a program segment operating on homomorphically encrypted data, the method comprising: providing a processing and memory circuitry (PMC) configured to execute, responsive to a respective program instruction, at least: i) a move operation, and ii) an operation of comparing two homomorphically encrypted input bits; executing, on the PMC, responsive to instructions of the program segment: i) a first operation of comparing two homomorphically encrypted bits to store a comparison result to a first memory location, and ii) a second operation that is configured to access the first memory location; thereby giving rise to branch-free execution of a program segment in accordance with the comparison result of homomorphically encrypted bits.
US11991281B1
A device and method manage digital data. The device and method may receive a trusted-phrase text string at a client device. The device and method may receive an application pin number (APN) associated with a user. The device and method may process the APN to determine a selector value. The device and method may extract a portion of the trusted-phrase text string based on the selector value to yield a sub-trusted-phrase text string, generating a storage access ID (SAID), the SAID including the APN and the sub-trusted-phrase-text string encrypted using the trusted-phrase text string as an encryption phrase; and, outputting the SAID to an external device, for creation of a data storage location at a storage server, the data storage location having a name based on the SAID. The device and method may include ability to recover the trusted-phrase text string.
US11991276B2
A secure element device that is configured to be cryptographically bound to a host device includes a secure element host key slot configured to store host key information that allows only the host device to control the secure element, a secure memory storing binding information, and limited functionality allowing the binding information to be read from the secure memory by the host device during a binding process. The binding information is cryptographically correlated with the host key information. The host key information is generated by the host device using the binding information read from the secure element and a secret key. The secure element device further includes general functionality only accessible to the host device using the host key information that is generated by the host device. The secure memory includes prevention measures impeding unauthorized entities from obtaining information from the secure memory.
US11991271B2
A system, method, computer program product, and service for encrypting a message. A plaintext message to be encrypted is received as input data into a computer. A processor on the computer encrypts the plaintext message, using a public key having two components, each component having degree 4. The encrypted version of the input plaintext message is output as a ciphertext having two components, each component having degree 4.
