US11986080B2
A replaceable aluminum alloy box for deodorant cream includes an upper cover, a middle case and a lower cover. The upper cover is threadedly connected with the middle case. The middle case is rotatably connected with the lower cover. The upper cover, the middle case and the lower cover form an accommodation cavity with a cup in the accommodation cavity. The lower cover is fixed with a nut. The nut is fixed with a threaded rod. The threaded rod is threadedly connected with an inner disk which is located in the cup. The threaded rod passes through a bottom of the cup. By rotating the lower cover, the cream is driven up and down by the inner disk.
US11986077B2
A cosmetic container has a container body, an upper casing, and a lower casing. The container body has an upper housing and a lower housing being rotatable relative to each other. The upper casing is detachably and orientationally sleeved on the upper housing to rotate the upper housing with the upper casing. The lower casing is detachably and orientationally sleeved on the lower housing to rotate the lower housing with the lower casing. Because the upper casing and the lower casing are orientationally mounted around the upper housing and the lower housing, respectively, variety and variability in appearance of the cosmetic container can be provided without affecting its functional operation. Marks, textures, and patterns on an external surface of the container body can be protected.
US11986073B2
An apparatus is provided for removably holding a first powerbank, the apparatus including a frame, a handle connectable to the frame, and a first holder connectable to the frame. The first powerbank is able to be removably held by the first holder. The disclosure is further directed handle mechanisms and to a suitcase or luggage including the apparatus or handle mechanisms.
US11986070B1
A necklace keeper or clasp for securing a jewelry item and for receiving one or more charms. The clasp includes a support member constructed of a support ring that extends less than a full circle so as to define a support ring gap, and a top head piece that extends upwardly from the support ring. A sliding lock pad engages with the top head piece and is normally biased to an extended position. A guide ring is providing having a channel for receiving a support ring and extending less than a full circle so as define a guide ring gap. The sliding lock pad has a lock position in which it engages the support ring to inhibit relative rotation between the support ring and the guide ring; and has a release position in which there is relative rotation between the support ring and the guide ring so that the respective supporting ring gap and guide ring gap each align.
US11986069B2
A pivot chain end for a jewelry is provided in the present embodiment. The pivot chain end has a 360 degree linking mechanism for chains having jewelry items which helps in arresting the improper fall issue of the necklace when worn by a wearer. The pivot chain end includes an eyelet which is circular in shape linked with a back chain having an abutted cylindrical portion with a through hole and a metal disc having three flat flanks and one curved ridged side, wherein the metal disc allows the screw to pass through within the disc and connect the eyelet, through a partially threaded body on the screw, thereby securing the metal disc with the eyelet and enabling the eyelet to freely rotate 360 degree axially as per movement of the back chain.
US11986068B2
A wearable device is disclosed. The wearable device includes one or more design members; at least one ornamental member having one or more grooves to move the one or more design members into or out of the at least one ornamental member through at least one guide path; and a latch associated with the at least one guide path and having at least one locking member for interlocking, at least partially, with a port of the at least one ornamental member.
US11986067B2
A strap for a wearable device configured to secure to a portion of a body of a user can include a base and a plurality of strap members secured to portions of the base. In some implementations, the base is made of a first material and each of the plurality of strap members are made of a second material, the first material being more pliable than the second material. In some implementations, the base includes a plurality of openings spaced from one another along a length of the base and a plurality of stems. In some implementations, each of the plurality of strap members is a channel secured to one of the stems. In some implementations, the first material includes at least one of rubber and silicone and the second material is a metallic material.
US11986063B2
A male touch fastener product with a resin surface and an array of spaced-apart male touch fastener elements carried on the surface. Each touch fastener element has a stem extending from the surface and a head disposed at a distal end of the stem and extending laterally from the stem to a distal edge overhanging the surface. The head, stem and surface form a contiguous mass of resin, the head. The distal edge has multiple toes extending laterally outward and varying in shape and size about the edge, with adjacent toes having facing, free-form resin surfaces defining crevices therebetween. The fastener element is particularly flexible and engages with very fine fibers.
US11986061B2
The present invention is an insert having a raised region that contacts an arch region of a wearer's foot, which may be selectively reinforced with a removable supplemental support. In exemplary embodiments, the insert includes a heel region adapted to receive at least a region of a heel of a wearer, and the raised region has a length situated along a width of the insert and adapted to underlie a calcaneus-midtarsal connection of a foot the wearer. The raised region is defined by a bottom semi-cylindrical surface that forms a cavity below the raised region so that an apex of the bottom semi-cylindrical surface lies above a bottom flat surface of the insert. Inside the cavity, the support is removably coupled to the cavity for selectively increasing or decreasing a rigidity of the raised region of the insert in order to apply a user-selected therapeutic pressure.
US11986059B2
A sole portion for an item of footwear having a plurality of cleat systems, cleats, or plate structures that dissipate force by deflecting, deforming, displacing or otherwise shifting under selected force, or by facilitating cleat movement around a radial line during ground engagement.
US11986058B2
A lace routing pattern for a lacing system for an article of footwear is described. The lacing system is moved between opened and closed positions by applying tension to segments of a lace connected to a tensioning assembly of a tensioning system. Each of the lace segments are arranged to extend between opposite sides of a lacing area according to a different lace routing pattern. The lace routing patterns have equal total closure distances for each of the lace segments so that tension applied by the tensioning system will be uniformly distributed through the lacing system and the article of footwear.
US11986055B2
A pair of separable shoe covers formed into a web of polymeric material having an outer and inner sheet portions is disclosed herein. The web may be spooled into a roll of separable shoe covers. First and second seals are formed widthwise across the outer and inner sheet portions and form forward and rearward portions of respective shoes of a pair. First and second perforations are formed widthwise across the outer and inner sheet portions can separate an individual shoe cover in part. A third perforation forms a separable boundary of respective shoe covers of the pair. The user may tear a shoe cover away from the web by tearing along the perforation lines. The user may then deploy the shoe cover by separating the outer and inner sheet portions.
US11986054B2
An article of footwear includes a textile component. The textile component of the upper includes a textile element and a tensile element. The tensile element defines a first segment disposed on a first side of the upper. The first segment of the tensile element is configured to attach the securement device to the textile element on the first side of the upper. The tensile element further includes a second segment that is disposed proximate the lower portion of the upper on the second side. The second segment is fixed relative to the lower portion of the upper on the second side. The tensile element further includes an intermediate segment that extends continuously from the first segment, across the heel region, to the second segment.
US11986050B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a particle foam part, in particular a cushioning element for sportswear, such as a shoe sole, or a cushioning element, which has been produced by such a method, in particular a shoe sole. The method for manufacturing a cushioning element for sportswear such as a shoe sole, may comprise the steps of feeding foam particles into a mold cavity of a mold tool, and welding of the foam particles in the mold cavity while applying a predetermined pressure, wherein the foam particles comprise a fraction of at least 10% by weight of recycled, shredded foam particles (regenerated material) and the welding of the foam particles is effected by means of electromagnetic waves.
US11986049B2
An article of footwear includes a midsole, an upper disposed above the midsole, and an outsole disposed below the midsole. The midsole includes a unitary lattice structure having an upper side and a lower side, wherein the upper side is a user-facing side and the lower side is a ground-facing side. The midsole further includes an upper rim integrally formed with the unitary lattice structure. The upper rim extends around an upper perimeter defined on the upper side of the lattice structure.
US11986028B2
Equestrian pants garments that include rider-specific body-mapped compression panels for muscle and joint support and/or stabilization while riding or performing other activities. Hip abductor support panels, knee stabilization panels, and a lumbar panel may be formed with layers of a mesh textile combined with a base textile. Each leg portion of the pants garment may include a respective hip abductor support panel and knee stabilization panel, while the lumbar panel may extend across both leg portions on the posterior side of the pants garment. Calf panels in each leg portion may be formed using just the mesh textile, for compression combined with increased breathability in the area of the equestrian's calves. Support panels of equestrian pants garments may be sized and positioned so as to avoid the equestrian's inner knee area, and instead may wrap around to the outer knee area.
US11986026B2
A garment for partially covering a baby, the garment including: a unitary front panel including shoulder flaps, a contoured neckline, and a bifurcated lower section, the front panel adapted to cover over at least part of upper and lower portions of an anterior surface of the baby's body when worn thereon; and stretchable retention bands coupling at least each of the shoulder flaps to a torso area of the front panel on a side opposite the respective shoulder flap such that at least two bands form a crisscross pattern behind the front panel.
US11986012B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a control body, an atomizer body including an atomizer, and a cartridge including a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The control body may be configured to releasably engage the atomizer body and the atomizer body may be configured to releasably engage the cartridge. The atomizer may be configured to receive an electrical current from the control body and the aerosol precursor composition from the cartridge to produce an aerosol.
US11986003B2
A synthetic nutritional composition comprising a phospholipid and/or a metabolic precursor and/or metabolite thereof for use to promote, support or optimise de novo myelination, in particular the de novo myelination trajectory, and/or brain structure, and/or brain connectivity, and/or intellectual potential and/or cognitive potential, and/or learning potential and/or cognitive functioning in a subject, in particular a formula fed subject.
US11986002B2
A directly compressible composition includes more than 30% by weight of allulose. The directly compressible composition can form tablets. A method for the manufacture of allulose granules includes: a step (a) of preparing a granulation liquid comprising allulose; a step (b) of granulating powdery allulose, by applying the granulation liquid obtained in step (a) onto moving powdery allulose; a step (c), simultaneous with step (b), of drying the granules obtained in step (b); a step (c′) of maturation of the granules obtained in step (c); and a step (d) of recovering the granules obtained in step (c) or (c′).
US11986001B2
Provided herein is a composition comprising a solid product of a co-culture of bacteria and fungi, comprising at least 5% protein by dry weight and at least 5% fiber by dry weight. Further provided is a food article formed from a pellicle comprising a solid product of a co-culture of bacteria and fungi, which comprises at least 5% fungal protein by dry weight and at least 5% fiber by dry weight, and which is formed into a shape by cutting or molding. Further provided is a method of making such products by co-culturing bacteria and fungi to form a pellicle, and harvesting and shaping the pellicle. Further provided is a system that optimizes growth and production of a co-culture of bacteria and fungi (co-culture of microorganism) that includes a housing unit that includes stacked trays.
US11986000B2
Use of an α-lactalbumin enriched whey protein extract as a source of sphingomyelin in a synthetic nutritional composition for an infant or child wherein, the α-lactalbumin enriched WPE is obtained by a process comprising: a. acidifying a whey protein product to pH 4 or below b. forming a low calcium whey protein product by concentrating the proteins in the acidified whey protein until the calcium to protein ratio is less than about 0.001 and, c. Precipitating α-lactalbumin from the low-calcium whey protein product, wherein said precipitating step includes the sub-steps of: I. diluting the low-calcium whey protein product, II. adjusting the pH of the diluted low-calcium whey protein product to between 4 and 5 to form a precipitate and soluble proteins, and III. Separating the precipitate proteins from the soluble proteins.
US11985991B2
The present disclosure relates to extruded protein products and methods for producing an extruded protein product. In particular, an extruded piece is disclosed having a high protein content and having a desirable texture and flavor. Methods for making an extruded piece include processing, under extrusion conditions, a combination of a powdered protein ingredient, a protein matrix disruptive ingredient, water, and an oil.
US11985985B2
Embodiments of an outdoor cooking station with a cooking chamber configured to be heated with smoke. The outdoor cooking station includes a pivoting hood to move the hood between closed and open positions. In one embodiment, upon the hood being in the closed position, the hood includes a vertically oriented surface with openings to vent the heated smoke.
US11985982B2
A cuttable leaven in solid form and to the use of this leaven in a bakery for preparing leaven bread and as a bread-making starter for the preparation of a liquid leaven. The leaven is based on flour of barley, buckwheat, lupine, millet, quinoa, einkorn, Kharagan wheat or mixtures thereof.
US11985981B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a comestible loader with flatteners that pivot and translate. One of the methods includes receiving, by a comestible loader, a comestible through an opening defined in a loader frame of the comestible loader and onto a surface; and pivoting and translating a first flattener and a second flattener to a pre-press position to permit the first flattener and the second flattener to position the comestible approximately at a target position on the surface.
US11985973B2
A composition and method for insect repellent is provided. The composition in one form has on a weight percentage basis 2-4% α-pinene; 2-4% borneol; 8-10% geraniol; 28-35% linalool; 25-38% linalyl acetate; 1-4% methyl salicylate; 2-4% myrcene; 2-4% para-cymene; 4-8% phellandrene; 1-4% thymol; and 2-4% vanillin. The composition has insect repellent properties.
US11985970B2
The present invention relates to an eco-friendly herbicide comprising 8 to 15% by weight of soft water, 1.5 to 5% by weight of canola oil, 0.2 to 1% by weight of potassium hydroxide, 78 to 88% by weight of pelargonic acid, 0.2 to 1% by weight of sodium alginate, 0.2 to 1% by weight of citric acid and 0.1 to 1% by weight of beet juice, and the herbicide provides the effects of being harmless to the human body and not causing soil contamination while exhibiting not only weed control but also bactericidal, insecticidal and harmful bird and animal repellent functions.
US11985964B2
A fishing rod holder for holding a fishing rod. A base for the rod holder has a mounting interface. At least one forward pivot arm is pivotally connected to the base. At least one rear pivot arm is pivotally connected to the base. A forward rod support is connected to each forward pivot arm and a rear rod securing device is connected to each rear pivot arm. In a preferred embodiment the forward rod support includes two vertical bent prongs with each bent prong having locking indentions. A fishing line travel slot is also included to allow for free travel of the fishing line. Also, in a preferred embodiment the rear rod securing device includes a lower stationary arm rigidly connected to the rear pivot arm, an upper pivot arm pivotally connected to the lower stationary arm and a handle receiving indention. When securing the fishing rod, the fishing rod is compressed between the upper pivot arm and lower stationary arm and rests in the handle receiving indention.
US11985959B2
An aquaculture pen includes an annular floatation assembly formed from a plurality of float platforms connected end to end. A weight ring is suspended from the floatation assembly by a first plurality of tension members at a central portion of the float platforms. A net support ring is suspended from the floatation assembly by a second plurality of tension members that are attached to the floatation assembly, for example, outboard of the first plurality of tension members. A mesh enclosure for the pen includes a main portion attached to the net support ring, a jump net portion that extends from the net support ring to engage the inboard side of the floatation assembly, and a top portion that closes an upper end of the mesh enclosure.
US11985947B2
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PAYW06 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PAYW06, cells from soybean variety 5PAYW06, plants of soybean 5PAYW06, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PAYW06. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PAYW06 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PAYW06, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PAYW06, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PAYW06. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PAYW06 are further provided.
US11985936B2
A wheat variety designated 6PWEN66B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PWEN66B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PWEN66B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PWEN66B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PWEN66B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PWEN66B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US11985935B1
A wheat variety designated 6PZUD06B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PZUD06B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PZUD06B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PZUD06B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PZUD06B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PZUD06B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US11985932B2
A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a non-natural plant in which expression of a gene of interest is induced and a method for producing the same. Particularly, the present invention relates to a non-natural plant in which the expression of the gene is stably induced even in the absence of a physical or chemical stimulus inducing the expression of the gene, and a method for producing the same. When the induction of the expression of the gene enhances a trait of a plant of interest, the present invention provides a non-natural plant in which the trait is enhanced and a method for producing the same. To solve the problem, a non-natural regenerated plant in which the expression of the gene is induced can be produced by forming a callus from a portion of the plant of interest and then subjecting the callus to a treatment by which the expression of the gene is induced.
US11985926B2
A flexible water dispensing reservoir is provided. The device includes a flexible reservoir having a first end wall, a second end wall, and a plurality of sidewalls, defining an interior volume. A ventilation aperture and an inlet aperture are disposed through one of the plurality of sidewalls. A plurality of nozzles are disposed on one of the plurality of sidewalls. The ventilation aperture, the inlet aperture, and the plurality of nozzles are in fluid communication with the interior volume. A pump is disposed within the interior volume, wherein the pump is operably connected to the plurality of nozzles. When the pump is actuated, fluid disposed within the interior volume is dispensed through at least one of the plurality of nozzles. In some embodiments, a controller housing is in communication with the plurality of nozzles via a wireless transceiver, wherein the plurality of nozzles dispense fluid according to a programmed schedule.
US11985922B2
An agronomic method for the production of vegetables and mushrooms, includes the steps of performing a preventive chemical, physical and pedologic analysis of the soils intended for cultivation, in order to identify their composition, hydrologic characteristics, and verify the absence of pathogens, infesting organisms and pollutants; selecting among natural seeds and mycelia, not genetically modified, the ones most suitable for the parameters of the soil identified previously; and performing iterated periodic checks on the vegetable, mushroom species, that grow after seeding, in order to detect biotic adversities and/or infestations thereof. The method further includes the steps of performing at least one plant protection treatment by using active ingredients selected among insecticides, herbicides, acaricides, limacides and fungicides; near the time of harvest, performing iterated periodic spot checks of the vegetables, mushrooms, in order to measure the residual concentration of active plant protection principles; and upon sampling to assess the residual concentration of active plant protection principles lower than 0.01 mg/kg, harvesting the cultivated vegetables, mushrooms.
US11985921B2
A baler twine tension measurement assembly including a displacement detector and elements defining a first twine path. The first twine path extends between a first location and a second location which is angularly displaceable with respect to the first location. The displacement detector operates to generate a signal indicative of the angular displacement of the second location with respect to the first location.
US11985914B2
Methods and systems are presented for making good use of recently obtained biometric data, for configuring propagule capsules (e.g. containing seeds or spores with growth media and other helpful materials) for deployment via drones so that each has an improved chance of survival, and for configuring drones or piloted craft for safe fleet deployment in remote locations.
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.
US11991268B2
A first example network security platform disclosed herein is to store a cryptographic session key from a server, the cryptographic session key associated with an encrypted network traffic flow between the server and a client different from the first network security platform. This disclosed first example network security platform is also to access a query from a second network security platform requesting the cryptographic session key, and generate a response including the cryptographic session key to send to the second network security platform.
US11991265B2
A wireless communication device for asymmetrical frequency spreading including a processor configured to receive a frequency band message comprising a maximum difference and a minimum difference, wherein the maximum difference is between a maximum frequency of a sub-band and a signal frequency, and wherein the minimum difference is between the minimum frequency of the sub-band and the signal frequency compare the maximum difference and the minimum difference with each other; and generate a frequency shift based on the comparison.
US11991264B2
A transmission method for transmitting measurements is taken by a fluid meter during successive measurement periods, each subdivided into successive time intervals. The measurements comprise first measurements, each representative of a quantity of fluid distributed during a respective one of the time intervals. The transmission method includes, for each measurement period, the step of producing and then transmitting at least one measurement frame such that: when the number of first measurements that are equal to zero is strictly less than a predetermined number during said measurement period, then the measurement frame is a normal measurement frame; otherwise the measurement frame is a compact measurement frame that, when there is at least one first measurement that is not equal to zero, comprises both preliminary data comprising identification data for identifying active time intervals and also compact first measurement data comprising only said non-zero first measurements ordered in a predefined order.
US11991250B2
A social network image pool system can capture one or more image data items (e.g., image, video) in a temporary persistent post pool. The post pool enables for efficient capture of multiple image data items for publishing in a manner that allows multiple images data items to be captured while preserving the editability of the multiple items before they are published to a social network site.
US11991249B2
A method for implementing information sharing includes receiving shared information of another user equipment and location information corresponding to the shared information, where the location information indicates a location for the shared information to be displayed on a desktop of another user equipment; and displaying the shared information according to the location information. Information or a desktop can be shared in real time between two or more user equipments, so that a user of a user equipment is capable of tracing the status of a user of another user equipment and acquiring information on the shared desktop in real time.
US11991239B2
Systems and methods for location-based online content sharing using unique identifiers are provided. A server and a plurality of clients may be connected to one or more networks. A first client may send a shared content to the server. The first client may also send a first location of the first client as well as a unique identifier for the shared content. The server may store the shared content. A second client may request the shared content, and the request may include the unique identifier and a second location of the second client. The server may determine that the second location is within a predefined distance from the first location. Upon such determination, the server may send the shared content to the second client.
US11991234B2
An apparatus for multi-bit rate content streaming includes a receiving module configured to capture media content, a streamlet module configured to segment the media content and generate a plurality of streamlets, and an encoding module configured to generate a set of streamlets. The system includes the apparatus, wherein the set of streamlets comprises a plurality of streamlets having identical time indices and durations, and each streamlet of the set of streamlets having a unique bit rate, and wherein the encoding module comprises a master module configured to assign an encoding job to one of a plurality of host computing modules in response to an encoding job completion bid. A method includes receiving media content, segmenting the media content and generating a plurality of streamlets, and generating a set of streamlets.
US11991233B2
An apparatus and system to provide QoE metrics reporting mechanisms for RTP-based 360-degree video delivery in live immersive streaming and real-time immersive conversational service applications are described for both in-camera and network-based stitching. Initial and desired parameters for viewports used in a teleconference are exchanged, and the teleconference established using 360° media. RTP FoV reports sent during the teleconference each contain viewport orientation information, as well as information for the QoE metrics.
US11991230B1
Methods and systems for provisioning content streaming service are provided. In one example, a method includes: receiving a user request for streaming a content item from a user equipment (UE) connected to a first network segment corresponding to a first zone of a multi-dwelling unit (MDU), the user request including a first network identifier assigned to the first network segment and a user identity associated with the user, identifying the first network segment based on the first network identifier assigned to the first network segment, determining accessibility of the content item to the user, based on a pre-established network policy, performing an authentication process to authenticate the user based on the user identity associated with the user, and transmitting the requested content item to the UE via a routed network traffic over the first network segment to allow the UE to stream the requested content.
US11991222B1
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to orchestrating calls with an “active call bar” for an artificial reality (XR) environment displayed on an XR device, with a control bar for voice calls that persists across XR experiences. From the active call bar, a user can create a voice call with other users on XR devices, end the call, manage participants of the call, adjust the volume of the call, etc. The user can further see which XR experiences the other users within the party are accessing, and can invite them to join their XR experience. As the user moves between experiences and applications, the active call bar can persist on the user interface. Further, the user can continue the voice call across different experiences regardless of where other users are, i.e., users do not have to be co-located in the same experience to participate in the voice call.
US11991219B2
Systems and methods of establishing service requests via a smart TV device are provided. A smart TV device can receive fault condition information. The smart TV device can establish a first communication session between the smart TV device and a server and can transmit a service request interaction, including the received fault condition information, to the server. The server can transmit the first service request interaction to a computing device in a contact center environment. The computing device can generate diagnostic information and can transmit the diagnostic information to the server, which can forward the diagnostic information to the smart TV device. The smart TV device can display a prompt to deflect the first service request interaction from the smart TV device to a mobile device of the user. The mobile device can establish a second communication session between the mobile device and the computing device in the contact center environment to complete the first service request interaction.
US11991218B2
Disclosed embodiments include systems and computer-implemented methods to provide media content from a media server associated with a vehicle servicing system to a media presentation device associated with a vehicle via a local network. In an illustrative embodiment, a system includes a media presentation device including: a processor; and computer-readable media configured to store computer-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to: responsive to detecting that the media presentation device is communicatively couplable to a vehicle servicing system, communicatively couple the media presentation device to a media server associated with the vehicle servicing system via a local network; provide the media presentation device with access to media content available via the media server; and retrieve the media content via the media server and the local network.
US11991213B2
The technology disclosed includes a system to group security alerts generated in a computer network and prioritize grouped security alerts for analysis, through graph-based clustering. The graph used to form clusters includes entities in the computer network represented as scored nodes, and relationships of entities as weighted edges. The technology disclosed includes traversing the graph starting at starting nodes and propagating native scores through and to neighboring nodes connected by the weighted edges. The propagated scores at visited nodes are normalized by attenuation based on contributing neighboring nodes of a respective visited node. An aggregate score for a visited node is calculated by accumulating propagated scores at visited nodes with their respective native scores. The technology disclosed forms clusters of connected nodes in the graph that have a respective aggregate score above a selected threshold. The clusters are ranked and prioritized for analysis, pursuant to the aggregate scores.
US11991200B2
An access analysis system obtains data about user requests to access particular applications, such as identifiers of the particular user and application involved, the time of the request, and (optionally) additional contextual data, and uses that data to generate user access distributions that quantify the distribution of a given user's requests to access applications over time. After one or more distributions have been generated for a particular user, when that user submits a new access request for an application, the access analysis system can compare the request to the previously-generated access distributions to determine whether (or to what degree) the request is anomalous. If the request is sufficiently non-anomalous, it can be granted with little or no additional actions required by the user or the user's device; if, however, the request is sufficiently anomalous, it can be denied, or additional information—such as additional user authentication factors—can be required.
US11991194B2
Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for generating a linguistic model of input data obtained from a data source (e.g., a video camera). According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a sequence of symbols is generated based on an ordered stream of normalized vectors generated from the input data. A dictionary of words is generated from combinations of the ordered sequence of symbols based on a frequency at which combinations of symbols appear in the ordered sequence of symbols. A plurality of phrases is generated based an ordered sequence of words from the dictionary observed in the ordered sequence of symbols based on a frequency by which combinations of words in ordered sequence of words appear relative to one another.
US11991183B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for optimizing resource utilization by generating resource initialization data that is customized to particular users. The initialization data is customized and optimized based on user evaluation data that includes information about user attributes, functions, and user computing devices. The systems and methods utilize artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems to process data received from user devices, such as Internet navigation data, device configuration data, and user account data associated with users that have been authenticated. The AI systems process the user evaluation data to classify users by determining the probabilities that the users match predefined classifications. For users that meet predefined classifications, the AI systems determine probabilities that users will accept customized resource initialization parameters. The user acceptance probabilities are used to determine optimized resource initialization data and to generate graphical user interfaces that display optimized resource initialization data on a user computing device.
US11991180B2
An authentication system, including at least one processor configured to: perform, based on a similarity between input authentication information that has been input and registered authentication information that has been registered, authentication of a user to be authenticated; determine whether there is a possibility that the user is authenticated as another user; acquire, when it is determined that there is the possibility that the user is authenticated as another user, for the input authentication information, a plurality of pieces of processed authentication information processed differently from each other; and determine, when it is determined that there is the possibility that the user is authenticated as another user, whether a predetermined number or more of pieces of processed authentication information are more similar to the registered authentication information than to the input authentication information and perform the authentication based on a result of the determination.
US11991178B2
In a secret computation system, each of the three or more secret computation servers is configured to transmit, to the auxiliary server, carry computation information for computing a carry indicating whether or not digit carry occurs when a share of arithmetic operation is added as a binary number. The auxiliary server is configured to compute the carry based on the carry computation information received and compute an adjustment value used for computing the share of the arithmetic operation from a share of logical operation by using the computed carry. The auxiliary server distributes the computed adjustment value to the three or more secret computation servers. Each of the three or more secret computation servers is configured to convert the share of the logical operation to the share of the arithmetic operation by using a distributed value of the adjustment value.
US11991165B2
The present disclosure relates to authentication methods supported by the User Equipment (UE) to the core network and authentication method (selected by the core network) to the UE. These can be used for negotiating any primary or secondary (or any) authentication method and are applicable when multiple authentication methods are supported at the UE and the network (authentication server). Further, the present disclosure also offers security solution to prevent modification or tampering of the parameters in the mechanisms in order to prevent attacks such as bidding-down, Denial of Service (DoS) and Man-In-The-Middle (MITM).
US11991164B2
A kiosk device is shared by many users of an organization in a sequential manner. The kiosk is provisioned so that each of the appropriate users of the organization may use it, and so that each such user may be provided with a federated identity by an external identity provider (IdP) system. The federated identity may be used to automatically provide the user with access to the user's different resources (e.g., the user's accounts on various third-party applications). An authenticator component of the kiosk device communicates with the external IdP system so as to securely and transparently provide the users with a federated identity. In order to provide additional security, the authenticator component and/or the IdP system may take into account organization-specific details when authenticating a user, such as whether a particular user is expected to be on duty with the organization at the current time.
US11991160B2
Systems and methods for providing one or more secure services are disclosed. One method can comprise authenticating and/or authorizing a user device to receive a security token. A request for information can be processed using the security token to facilitate the secure provision of services to the user device.
US11991146B2
Provided is a method for data transmission between at least one first network and at least one second network, wherein a) for at least one data transmission between the at least one first network and the at least one second network, at least one connection between the first network and the second network is established and a datum or data are directed by means of a resource allocation unit arranged between the networks, and b) for the establishment of the at least one connection, the resource allocation unit exclusively allocates at least one net access resource, e.g. network cards or network adapters, which can be coupled to the second net, and a one-way communication unit arranged upstream of the net access resource for establishing a feedback-free data transmission direction.
US11991145B2
The present disclosure relates to a device and method for providing a terminal with information of a server in a communication system and, more specifically, to a device and method for providing a terminal with information of an application server in a mobile communication system. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a terminal may receive, from a 5G system according to a location of the terminal, an address of a DNS server to access, and receive, from a 5GS, regional information or zone information (hereinafter, referred to as an edge computing service zone ID (ESZI)) which can be used when a query is transmitted to the DNS server. When transmitting a DNS query to the corresponding DNS server, the terminal may include the ESZI in the DNS query and transmit same, and the DNS server having received the DNS query may search for an edge application server operating in an edge computing environment suitable for (or close to) a current location of the terminal, determine an address of the edge application server, and respond to the terminal. Accordingly, the terminal may access an edge application server that is closest to or most suitable for the current location of the terminal, and use an edge computing service.
US11991135B2
Differentiated message presentation in a communication platform is described. In an example, a message to be posted to the communication platform can be received, wherein the communication platform is associated with a plurality of users that are permissioned to access content associated with the communication platform. In an example, a first user profile of a first user of the plurality of users can be associated with a first characteristic of the first user and a second user profile of a second user of the plurality of users can be associated with a second characteristic. Techniques described herein enable differentiated presentation of the message, in respective user interfaces of the communication platform, based at least in part on the first characteristic and the second characteristic.
US11991133B2
The present technology provides real-time message moderation that checks messages against a list of trigger checks and determines whether or not the message should be blocked before the message is sent to other members of the community. The real-time message moderation uses a rules system that enables administrators to generate a customized sets of rules, such as custom keyword filter that blocks a message if it contains a word that matches a keyword associated with the custom keyword filter rule, and wherein custom keywords may be added by a moderator of the server. Moderators can report issues with past blocked messages to train a machine-learning model about a bad flag.
US11991132B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for messaging in a wireless communications system using neural networks. An example method generally includes receiving a first message and a second message, wherein the second message comprises a secret message to be hidden in the first message. The first message and second message are combined into a combined message. An emulation message is generated through an encoder neural network based on the combined message. The emulation message generally comprises a message decodable by a receiving device into the first message. The emulation message is output emulation message for transmission to the receiving device.
US11991129B2
A message can be selectively provided to users of an online content management service based at least in part on a user relationship between the users and a shared content item. Users having the user relationship associated with the message can be shown the message, where users without the user relationship are not shown the message. For example, a message can be configured to be shown upon the first time a content item is opened by a user, but not on subsequent openings of the content item.
US11991124B2
Email has become commonplace as a means to communicate among parties non-synchronously by exchanging email messages. Some communications, however, may be more effective in real-time or in near real-time. For instance, service providers may offer a chat feature to accommodate real-time or near real-time help or service communications with customers. However, in this case, the user is likely required to enter credentials and/or context information to transition into a different communication type with the service provider. The present systems and methods provide a continuous conversation experience for the user whereby a message recipient of one message type (e.g., email, text, etc.) may continue a conversation in a different message type (e.g., a chat session, instant message, etc.) without manually providing message context for communicating via the second message type.
US11991116B2
Disclosed herein are a method for operating a relation server and a system using the method. The method for operating the relation server for managing relations between machines includes generating, by the relation server, a capability set required to execute a command by analyzing the command, and grouping, by the relation server, machines that are to execute the command, among the machines, based on the generated capability set, and capability parameters and status parameters of respective machines that have been previously registered in the relation server or that are extractable by the relation server.
US11991115B2
A terminal apparatus includes a processing circuitry configured to determine one or multiple first indexes of one or multiple physical resource blocks (PRBs) to which a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is mapped, and a transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the PUCCH in a bandwidth part (BWP). In a case that the PUCCH is transmitted using an interlace, the one or multiple first indexes are determined based on a resource block (RB) used for the interlace, the number of interlaces, and the number of the one or multiple PRBs from zero to a starting PRB of the BWP in a common resource block (CRB) index.
US11991109B2
In an aspect, an initiator transmits a positioning reference signal. The initiator receives a plurality of responder positioning reference signals sent from individual responders of a plurality of responders. The initiator transmits a measurement message comprising a first set of measurements that are determined based on the positioning reference signal and the plurality of responder positioning reference signals. The initiator receives responder measurement messages sent from the individual responders of the plurality of responders. The initiator receives updated map information from an anchor and updates pre-existing map information based on the updated map information.
US11991101B2
A system of wireless communication by an access point (AP) comprising: a receiver adapted to receive a plurality of messages each originated from one of a plurality of client devices and each indicative of a spectral mask capability thereof; a processor adapted to calculate a channel assignment scheme for allocating bandwidth and/or communication channels to the plurality of client devices based on the spectral mask capability of each of the plurality of client devices; and a transmitter adapted to transmit to each of the plurality of client devices instructions to set transmission frequency based on the calculated channel assignment scheme.
US11991100B2
The available transmission resources on a downlink-shared channel are divided into resource blocks, each resource block comprising a predetermined number of sub-carriers during a predetermined time period. The resource blocks are subdivided into localized resource blocks and distributed resource blocks. A user requiring sufficient resources can be allocated a plurality of said localized resource blocks. A user who would require only a small number of said localized resource blocks can instead be allocated subunits of a plurality of said distributed resource blocks.
US11991097B2
In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a hybrid data plane that can include a kernel-based data plane and a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)-based data plane. An example system includes a DPDK-based virtual router configured to send and receive packets via a physical network interface, and a kernel network stack configured to perform tunneling processing for packets destined to a containerized application and received by the DPDK-based virtual router via the physical interface.
US11991089B2
Methods and apparatus for proxying data access requests in a storage network are disclosed. In various embodiments, a computing device associated with a first storage location of the storage network performs a method that includes receiving a portion of data that is in the process of being replicated from a second storage location of the storage network. The computing device facilitates storage of the portion of data in the first storage location of the storage network. In response to receiving a read request for the portion of data during the data replication process, the computing device determines whether the portion of data is available from memory of the first storage location. In response to determining that the portion of data is available from memory of the first storage location, the computing device issues a read response that includes the portion of data.
US11991084B2
An example method includes receiving, by a software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) system having a first WAN link and a second WAN link for an SD-WAN service, WAN link characterization data for the first WAN link over a time period; determining, by the SD-WAN system based on processing the WAN link characterization data for the first WAN link using a machine learning model trained with historical WAN link characterization data for one or more WAN links, an indicator of a predicted performance metric of the first WAN link at a future time; and reassigning, by the SD-WAN system based on the indicator, an application from the first WAN link to the second WAN link.
US11991078B2
Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, devices, computer program products, and methods implementing aspects of a decentralized content fabric. In some implementations, one or more processors are configured to provide fabric nodes of an overlay network, including one or more fabric nodes that receive a client's request to access digital content on the overlay network. The request includes an authorization token digitally signed by or on behalf of a user of the client. The fabric node(s) extract a user identifier (ID) from the authorization token, then determine that one or more rules maintained on the overlay network are satisfied. The one or more rules condition access to the digital content upon the extracted user ID matching an ID associated with an owner of a digital instrument. The digital instrument, which can be a non-fungible token, is stored in a blockchain ledger as a unique representation of the digital content.
US11991066B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to the field of the multicast network. Disclosed by the embodiments of the present invention are a method of establishing a bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) session based on bit index explicit replication (BIER), a BFIR, a BFER, a system and a storage medium. A method includes: establishing, by a bit-forwarding ingress router (BFIR), the BFD session; flooding, by the BFIR, BFD information to a bit-forwarding egress router (BFER) group based on an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP); and transmitting, by the BFIR, a BFD control packet to a BFER, to trigger the BFER to establish the BFD session corresponding to the BFIR.
US11991065B2
Methods and systems are disclosed to identify network nodes/cells with performance seasonality based on time series of performance data and external reference data. A plurality of time series of data values is obtained, each time series comprising a series of data values corresponding to a performance indicator of one network node in a periodicity. A plurality of series of external reference data values in the first periodicity is also obtained. For a time series of data values, the method identifies a network node providing the time series of data values as having performance seasonality regarding the performance indicator of the network, when similarity between the time series of data values and a corresponding series of external reference data values meets a criterion based on dynamic time warping distance calculation and pair-wise distance calculation using the time series of data values and the series of external reference data values.
US11991062B2
In some implementations, a sensor may determine a delay latency value associated with an amount of time from completion of a set of sensor tasks to an actual time of reception of a trigger to selectively transmit or sample sensor data. The sensor may calculate a deviation of the delay latency value from a target delay latency. The sensor may transmit a data frame including an indication associated with the deviation of the delay latency value from the target delay latency.
US11991061B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for processing local area network diagnostic data obtained in respect of a local area network. The method includes calculating a value for each of a plurality of data units according to a predetermined function of one or more field-values stored in the data unit; identifying a first and second data unit as being similar in dependence on a comparison of their respective values, the second data unit having at least one field-value which differs from a corresponding field-value of the first data unit; in response to such an identification, creating a third data unit containing a field-value indicative of the first data unit and an indication of the at least one field-value which differs from the corresponding field-value in the first data unit; and sending the first and third data units for performance analysis at a remote network diagnostic device outside the LAN.
US11991060B2
A system and method for providing real-time router telemetry data to a customer. The system includes a response cache and a processor. The processor pulls, in response to a request from a management application, telemetry data from a device for all features identified for a customer starting an active session on the management application. The processor sends the telemetry data to the management application for display, stores the telemetry data in the response cache, and initiates a subscription process for each identified feature. Each subscription process listens for changes in telemetry data for an associated identified feature and pushes detected changes in the telemetry data to the response cache. The processor sends, in response to a request from the management application for a customer selected identified feature, real-time updates to telemetry data associated with the customer selected identified feature from the response cache to the management application.
US11991053B2
An embodiment includes a method of real-time, endpoint-specific SLA compliance evaluation in a managed network. The method includes receiving SLA definition input that indicates an SLA definition of the managed network. Responsive to detection of a trigger event, the method includes initiating a scan of endpoints including retrieval of endpoint-level state data. The method includes identifying a portion of the retrieved state data relevant to the SLA definition. The method includes aggregating the portions of the retrieved state data. The method includes determining whether the managed network is SLA compliant at an endpoint-level of granularity based on the aggregated portions. Responsive to the managed network being noncompliant, the method includes identifying a subset of endpoints failing to meet the SLA definition and implementing a product modification process to address a metric of the SLA definition and change a product to bring the first endpoint into compliance.
US11991050B2
One or more systems, devices, computer program products and/or computer-implemented methods provided herein relate to data drift detection in an edge device. A system can comprise a memory configured to store computer executable components; and a processor configured to execute the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components can comprise a verification component that can verify accuracy of a first model and accuracy of a second model to detect data drift associated with an edge device that is deployed without network connectivity; a computation component that can compute at least a first ratio based on the accuracy of the first model and the accuracy of the second model; and an analysis component that can use the at least the first ratio to determine whether performance degradation of at least one of the first model or the second model is a function of the data drift.
US11991047B2
Systems and methods for detecting access points proximate to a mobile computing device to facilitate wireless network troubleshooting and management of the access points are provided. According to an embodiment, a mobile application, running on a mobile device that is operating within a physical environment, discovers a subset of wireless access points (APs) of various managed APs of a private network that are proximate to the mobile device by receiving short-range beacons originated by the subset of APs. The mobile application presents a list of the subset of APs within a user interface of the mobile application and bridges the physical environment and a network environment containing information regarding the private network. The mobile application facilitates management of a particular AP of the subset of APs by presenting configuration information or operating information for the particular AP within the user interface.
US11991039B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for enabling a first user to set up an alert that will notify the first user when the first user has caught up to a second user's progress in consuming media. These systems and methods are used to ensure that the first user is informed, while they are consuming media, that they have caught up to the progress of a second user. By providing an alert while the first user is viewing media, the first user does not have to remember the progress of the second user while viewing the media, alleviating the first user from worrying they will pass the progress made by the second user without realizing they have done so.
US11991035B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a method and device for transmitting and detecting a synchronous signal, which is used to solve the problem that there is currently no clear solution as to how should a terminal detect a synchronous signal when multiple types of base-band numerology are defined in a new wireless communication system. The method comprises: a terminal determining a base-band numerology used to detect a synchronous signal; the terminal detecting the synchronous signal according to the determined base-band numerology. The terminal first determines a base-band numerology used to detect a synchronous signal before detecting said synchronous signal, and then detects the synchronous signal according to the determined base-band numerology, so as to identify the base-band numerology used in the synchronous signal transmission in future communication systems which support multiple types of base-band numerology, thereby correctly detecting the synchronous signal.
US11991034B1
A first wireless communication device may encode real samples of data to obtain encoded data based at least in part on adding one or more time domain complex samples to the real samples of the data. A function of the one or more time domain complex samples may be a known value, and the function may be a sum of exponentials of the one or more time domain complex samples. The first wireless communication device may transmit, to a second wireless communication device, the encoded data.
US11991020B2
A smart home device (e.g., a voice assistant device) includes an audio control system that determines a set of one or more audio devices to include nearby devices that are capable of providing audio streams that are audibly detected by a microphone of the smart home device. The audio control system initiates a voice-interaction mode for operating the smart home device to receive voice commands from a user and provide audio output in response to the voice commands. The audio control system transmits an audio control signal to nearby devices that configures each nearby device to implement one or more of: reducing a volume level associated with the audio streams generated by the nearby devices while the smart home device is operating in the voice-interaction mode; and transmitting, to the smart home device, audio stream data associated with a current audio stream generated for audible output by the nearby device.
US11991012B2
A packet forwarding method. The method includes: a first node configures a first identifier of a first VPN and a first IPv6 address on a control plane. The first node sends a first indication message to a second node, where the first indication message carries the first identifier and the first IPv6 address. The second node first determines, based on locally configured information about the first VPN and the first identifier in the first indication message, a second identifier that is of the second node and that satisfies a preset correspondence with the first identifier, and then establishes a correspondence between the first IPv6 address and the second identifier. The first node encapsulates, on a forwarding plane based on the first IPv6 address, a multicast data packet belonging to the first VPN, to obtain a to-be-forwarded BIER packet and sends the to-be-forwarded BIER packet.
US11991008B2
Methods, a remote unit and a base unit are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a remote unit comprising: a receiver that receives, from a base unit, one or multiple downlink transmissions within a channel occupancy time initiated by the base unit; a processor that determines a downlink association set for a HARQ-ACK codebook, excludes one or more downlink slots from the downlink association set based on a predefined rule, and generates the HARQ-ACK codebook corresponding to the downlink association set, wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook comprises HARQ-ACK information bits for the one or multiple downlink transmissions; and a transmitter that transmits the HARQ-ACK codebook to the base unit.
US11991006B2
Disclosed is a wireless communication base station apparatus whereby it is possible to prevent degradation of throughput of LTE terminals, even when LTE terminals and LTE+ terminals are present together. In this apparatus, a setting section (105) sets in each subframe a resource block in which is arranged a reference signal that is employed solely by LTE+ terminals, based on the pattern of arrangement of reference signals employed solely by LTE+ terminals. In the case of symbols that are mapped to antennas (110-1) to (110-4), an arrangement section (106) arranges the characteristic cell reference signals employed by both LTE terminals and LTE+ terminals in all of the resource blocks in a single frame. In contrast, in the case of the symbols that are mapped to the antennas (110-5) to (110-8), the arrangement section (106) arranges in some of the resource blocks, that are set in accordance with the setting results input from a setting section (105), the characteristic cell reference signals that are employed solely by the LTE+ terminals.
US11991004B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) using a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS). The method for transmitting the hybrid automatic repeat request using the semi-persistent scheduling, which is applied to a network-side network element of an access network, includes: determining an identifier offset of an HARQ process using an SPS radio resource, and determining an identifier of the HARQ process according to the identifier offset of the HARQ process; and performing a transmission of the HARQ process corresponding to the identifier of the HARQ process with a user equipment.
US11990990B2
A relay device includes a plurality of physical ports (111-1 to 111-N) that receive frames, and a layer-2 protocol processing unit (113) that transfers the frame received by one of the physical ports (111-1 to 111-N) from at least one of the physical ports (111-1 to 111-N). The layer-2 protocol processing unit (113) has a filtering function for blocking frames other than a clock-time synchronization frame during transfer involving a port selected from the plurality of physical ports (111-1 to 111-N) as a port that relays only the clock-time synchronization frame used for synchronizing clock time.
US11990985B2
A transmitter can include a laser operable to output an optical signal; a digital signal processor operable to receive user data and provide electrical signals based on the data; and a modulator operable to modulate the optical signal to provide optical subcarriers based on the electrical signals. A first one of the subcarriers carriers carries first TDMA encoded information and second TDMA encoded information, such that the first TDMA encoded information is indicative of a first portion of the data and is carried by the first one of the subcarriers during a first time slot, and the second TDMA encoded information is indicative of a second portion of the data and is carried by the first one of the subcarriers during a second time slot. The first TDMA encoded information is associated with a first node remote from the transmitter and the second TDMA encoded information is associated with a second node remote from the transmitter. A second one of the subcarriers carries third information that is not TDMA encoded, the third information being associated with a third node remote from the transmitter. A receiver and system also are described.
US11990978B2
An active repeater device includes a primary sector and at least a secondary sector communicatively coupled to the primary sector receives or transmits a first beam of input RF signals having a first beam pattern from or to a base station, respectively. The primary sector includes an baseband signal processor and a first radio head (RH) unit. The secondary sector comprises a second RH unit. Beamforming coefficients are generated to convert the first beam pattern of the first beam of input RF signals to a second beam pattern based on a location of each of a plurality of user equipment (UEs). A second beam of output RF signals in the second beam pattern is transmitted from or received by, respectively, the secondary sector to or from, respectively, the plurality of UEs based on the generated beamforming coefficients and the received first beam of input RF signals.
US11990966B2
A channel state information feedback method and an apparatus to flexibly feed back channel state information, to implement balance between feedback overheads and feedback precision of the channel state information. The method includes sending a media access control (MAC) frame, where the MAC frame includes a processing mode bitmap, every n bits in the processing mode bitmap correspond to one feedback unit, and a value of the n bits is used to indicate a processing mode of channel state information of the corresponding feedback unit; and receiving a beamforming report, where the beamforming report includes one or more feedback fields, each feedback field corresponds to one feedback unit, the feedback field includes channel state information of the corresponding feedback unit, and the channel state information included in the feedback field is processed in a processing mode indicated by the processing mode bitmap.
US11990957B2
To perform wireless communication scheduling, a network node (700) calculates a corresponding layer limit for each of a plurality of scheduling intervals of a cell (20) served to a plurality of user equipment via multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO). The network node (700) schedules time-frequency resource utilization such that, for each of the scheduling intervals, no time-frequency resource is scheduled for use by more of the UEs (200) than the layer limit corresponding to the scheduling interval.
US11990939B2
Disclosed are an optical module, an optical communication device and an optical transmission system. The optical module includes a housing; a main board where are arrange a first transmitting unit and a first receiving unit; a first optical circulator, a first port of which is connected to an output end of the first transmitting unit, and a third port of which is connected to an input end of the first receiving unit; and a first optical fiber adapter connected to a second port of the first optical circulator, wherein an optical signal from the output end of the first transmitting unit is transmitted to the second port along the first port of the first optical circulator; and the first optical fiber adapter receives an optical signal input from outside, and transmits it to the third port along the second port of the first optical circulator.
US11990932B2
A clock buffer or driver is gated pending reception of verifiable crypto keys. These clock buffer or divers remain gated, thus disabling a processor from any meaningful function, till crypto keys are decoded, verified, and applied to the clock buffer or driver. A low frequency pseudorandom frequency hopping time sequence is generated and used for randomizing spread-spectrum to modulate a reference clock (or output clock) of a frequency synthesizer. This hopping time sequence holds the key to unlocking the crypto keys. The PWM modulated crypto keys are carried by the hopping time sequence. To decode the PWM modulated crypto keys, the hopping time sequence is used. The reference clock which is modulated with crypto keys in the spread-spectrum is sent to a decoder (in a processor) along with the hopping time sequence. The crypto keys are decoded and then used to un-gate the clock buffer.
US11990930B2
Disclosed is a film pasting device for electronic terminals. The device includes: a fixing seat provided with a containing groove for containing an electronic terminal, the containing groove being provided with a first mounting seat and a second mounting seat respectively, and the first mounting seat and the second mounting seat being provided with magnetic positioning members; and an adhesive film provided with positioning parts. Mounting holes are provided at the fixing seat, and a protective film can be directly aligned with the electronic terminal during pasting; and the first mounting seat and the second mounting seat are arranged in a structure higher than the containing groove, so that the adhesive film can be prevented from being pasted to the electronic terminal when being placed, a defective rate of film pasting is reduced, film pasting is simple, production cost is low, and the device is convenient to use.
US11990926B2
Described are concepts, systems and techniques for detecting whether an antenna is connected to a transmit system to thereby protect a power amplifier lineup from damage.
US11990923B1
In various embodiments, the system and method described herein provide functionality for selecting an appropriate compression algorithm and settings given a cost model. Specifically, in selecting a compression method and configuration, the described system and method use a cost model to take into account the financial cost of a number of aspects of a particular compression scenario, including, but not limited to, the cost of performing the compression/decompression and the cost of storing the data. In this manner, intelligent trade-offs can be made between CPU/computing cost and data storage/transmission cost in an environment where a dollar amount can be associated with CPU processing time and storage/transmission volume. The described system and method can make such decisions dynamically, so that compression and/or decompression operations can respond to changing conditions on the fly, thus leading to better and more cost-effective management of resources.
US11990918B2
A DTC circuit, includes: a DAC connected to a first node; a first switch connected between a first power source and a second node, and to provide a charge current to the second node according to a first switching signal; and a second switch connected between the first node and the second node, and to electrically connect the DAC to the second node according to a second switching signal. The DAC is to be charged to generate a voltage ramp corresponding to the charge current during a first DTC operational phase when the first and second switching signals have an active level to turn on the first and second switches, and to generate an input control word dependent voltage according to an input control word during a second DTC operational phase when the first and second switching signals have an inactive level to turn off the first and second switches.
US11990913B2
To increase the operating frequency range of the DLL while decreasing varactor sizes, coarse tuning circuitry may be implemented in a delay-locked loop (DLL). The DLL may include a voltage-controlled delay line (VCDL) including multiple switched capacitors coupled in parallel to each other. An electrical ground may be coupled to the parallel switched capacitors at a first node and a buffer and variable capacitor may be coupled to the parallel switched capacitors at a second node. The coarse tuning circuitry may be electrically coupled to a phase detector and to the multiple switched capacitors of the VCDL, such that the coarse tuning circuitry may receive a signal (e.g., an indication of a phase) from the phase detector and may adjust switched capacitor loading based on the signal received from the phase detector. Such a DLL implementation may increase DLL tuning range and decrease phase noise, among other advantages.
US11990909B2
A retention flip-flop includes a master latch outputting a first signal which is generated based on a signal inputted through an input terminal based on first control signals; a slave latch outputting a second signal generated based on the first signal based on the first control signals and second control signals; and a control logic that generates the first control signals based on a clock signal and provides the first control signals to the master latch and the slave latch, and generates the second control signals based on a power down signal and provides the second control signals to the slave latch. The slave latch comprises a retention latch which transmits the first signal to an output terminal as the second signal by operating as an open loop based on the second control signals or maintains the second signal by forming a closed loop based on the second control signals.
US11990906B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including a tunable element, a first power supply circuit, and a second power supply circuit. The first power supply circuit and the second power supply circuit are electrically connected to the tunable element. The first power supply circuit drives the tunable element during a first time period. The second power supply circuit drives the tunable element during a second time period.
US11990904B1
A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) system includes a main FPGA and one or more sub-FPGAs connected to the main FPGA. The main FPGA is configured to detect a positive edge of a pulse included in a user clock using a sampling clock of the main FPGA, generate a flag using the detected positive edge, generate a clock packet indicating the generated flag, and provide the generated clock packet to any one of the one or more sub-FPGAs.
US11990902B2
A repeater for open-drain bus communication and a system including the same is provided. The repeater includes at least one repeating unit having an A-side terminal connected to an A-side open-drain bus, and a B-side terminal electrically connected to a B-side open-drain bus. The repeater has a first mode to receive a signal at the A-side and to produce a signal at the B-side. The repeating unit includes a B-side accelerator element connected to the B-side terminal. The repeating unit when in a first mode includes a first control unit to, control the B-side accelerator element to pull up a voltage at the B-side when the voltage at the A-side surpasses a first threshold voltage during a rising edge of the voltage, and to subsequently control the B-side accelerator element to stop pulling up the voltage at the B-side when the voltage at the B-side surpasses a second threshold voltage.
US11990901B2
A semiconductor circuit device includes a first clock gating circuit that outputs a first gated clock signal generated from a clock signal and a first enable signal, a non-volatile first flip-flop that operates in response to a clock pulse of the first gated clock signal, an acquisition circuit that acquires data inputted from the first flip-flop according to a second enable signal that enables or disables the acquisition of the data from the first flip-flop, and a power gating circuit that supplies electric power to the first flip-flop and receives the first and second enable signals as power source control signals. The power gating circuit includes a power switch, and supplies the electric power to the first flip-flop by turning ON the power switch when the power source control signals have logical values that enable the clock signal or the acquisition of the data in the acquisition circuit.
US11990894B2
A semiconductor device includes a first switch and a first driver. The first switch selects and outputs one of a power supply potential and a generated potential as a first switch output potential based on a synchronization signal from a transmission circuit and a delayed signal delayed from the synchronization signal. The first driver charges a gate of a bipolar transistor element based on the synchronization signal of the transmission circuit and the first switch output potential.
US11990871B2
Apparatus and methods for an inverted Doherty amplifier operating at gigahertz frequencies are described. RF fractional bandwidth and signal bandwidth may be increased over a conventional Doherty amplifier configuration when impedance-matching components and an impedance inverter in an output network of the inverted Doherty amplifier are designed based on characteristics of the main and peaking amplifier and asymmetry factor of the amplifier.
US11990864B2
Three-dimensional solar power generation systems have a plurality of solar panels configured to include pole and equator facing panels and, in various embodiments additional top and/or side panels that form a segmented and dome-shaped assembly. The systems have improved efficiencies particularly with respect to early morning and evening power generation that enable improved power densities on a given land area as compared to traditional solar panel arrays. Methods of deploying the systems are also described.
US11990863B2
A rail for a photovoltaic module arrangement, the rail including a body having at least a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion, the top portion including at least one upper edge in which at least one end of the upper edge defines an angle configured to receive a photovoltaic module on the body, the middle portion including at least one side edge, and the bottom portion including at least a bottom edge.
US11990861B2
A horizontal solar tracker (1) with a configuration that ensures the transmission of the turning movement generated by the drive element to the rotating beam and to the connecting rod-crank mechanism, prevents possible breaks and weaknesses in the joining areas, and is easy to transport. It comprises at least one front rotating beam (3) and at least one rear rotating beam (12) that can turn, joined by means of a connecting rod-crank mechanism (4). A drive assembly (2) generates the turning movement in a mobile element (22). The front rotating beam (3) has a first joining sector (31) that can be coupled to the mobile element (22) and the connecting rod-crank mechanism (4) comprises a tubular portion (42) that clasps the rotating beam (3) and a second joining sector (43) that can be coupled to the mobile element (22).
US11990855B2
A drive system establishes a normal state in which a first switch is ON and a gang switch is OFF, in the case where it is determined that there is no abnormality in the state of a first rotating body driven by a first motor. In this normal state, the first motor is driven by a first inverter, while a second motor is driven by a second inverter. It the case where it is determined that there is abnormality in the state of the first rotating body, a first countermeasure state is established in which the first switch is OFF and the gang switch is ON. In this first countermeasure state, the second motor is driven by both the first inverter and the second inverter.
US11990851B2
A method for manufacturing a piezoelectric element for generating electricity upon flexing of the element including the steps spin-coating a first substrate layer onto a support substrate; depositing a first electrode film onto the first substrate layer; spin coating polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) containing solution on the first electrode film to result in a PVDF film; annealing the PVDF film; depositing a second electrode film onto the PVDF film; spin-coating a second substrate layer on top of the second electrode film; forming a hole through the first and second substrate layers; filling the hole with silver paste to contact to the first and second electrode layers; peeling a resulting substrate/electrode/PVDF/electrode/substrate device from the support substrate; and placing a drop of silver paste in the hole formed in the first substrate layer.
US11990847B2
A circuit and methods describing a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) rectifier for use in radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting with body biasing by the RF input to control the threshold voltage of each transistor. The CMOS rectifier includes an energy harvesting antenna, and multiple rectifier stages. The antenna receives electromagnetic radiation from the environment and generates a DC current. The oscillating input current is an RF+ positive current during a first half cycle and is an RF− negative current during a second half cycle. A first rectifier stage includes a first capacitor connected to the RF+ positive current, a second capacitor connected to the RF− negative current and a cross coupled CMOS circuit connected to the antenna.
US11990843B2
A control circuit for an isolated power converter includes a first sensing circuit that senses a secondary side output voltage and produces a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal having a duty cycle that is proportional to a value of the secondary side output voltage. The PWM is transferred a cross the converter isolation barrier to the primary side, and a primary side circuit receives the PWM signal and outputs a control signal. A controller determines the value of the secondary side output voltage from the control signal and uses the value to control primary side power switching devices of the isolated power converter to regulate the secondary side output voltage at a selected value.
US11990840B2
A control method is disclosed to prevent false triggering of over-current protection. A power converter comprises high-side and low-side switches connected in series between an input power line and a ground line, for driving a resonant circuit to resonate. The power converter includes a detector detecting the resonant circuit to provide a detection signal representing a magnitude of resonance in the resonant circuit. A duty cycle of one of the high-side and low-side switches is detected, and a threshold is determined in response to the duty cycle. An over-current protection is triggered based on the threshold and the detection signal. When the over-current protection is triggered, at least one of the high-side and low-side switches stops providing power to the resonant circuit, and the resonance subsides.
US11990830B2
A power conversion system according to the present disclosure includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. A first internal terminal, a second internal terminal, and a third internal terminal are electrically connected to the same connection unit. The third circuit provides an output voltage across a secondary winding of a transformer via a switching element and the transformer. The secondary winding is electrically connected to the third internal terminal. The output voltage has a waveform including a rising range in which the output voltage changes from a first potential to a second potential, a falling range in which the output voltage changes from the second potential to the first potential, and a flat range in which the output voltage is maintained at either the first potential or the second potential.
US11990828B2
Disclosed is a switching power supply circuit and a control circuit and a control method thereof. The control circuit comprises a control unit and a driving unit. The control unit controls the driving unit to provide a driving signal with different driving strengths according to a comparison result between a switching voltage and a preset voltage, so as to adjust a speed of turning the power switch off. By controlling the driving strength of the driving signal, a rising rate of the switching voltage can be improved, a spike of the switching voltage can be reduced, various components in the circuit can be protected from being damaged by the spike, and service life and reliability of the circuit can be improved.
US11990822B2
Provided is a vehicle power unit as well as a vehicle wheel bearing assembly with a generator which allow a wheel bearing to be easily replaced and thereby can suppress the costs of replacement components. The vehicle power unit includes: a wheel bearing including an outer ring and a hub axle that includes a hub flange and is rotatably supported by the outer ring through a rolling element, the hub flange being configured to be attached with a wheel and a brake rotor of a vehicle; and a motor or a generator including a stator located on an outer periphery of the outer ring and a rotor located on an outer periphery of the stator and attached to the hub axle. The vehicle includes a knuckle provided with a wheel bearing fixing member. The outer ring or the stator is removably fixed to the wheel bearing fixing member.
US11990820B2
A motor unit includes a motor, a substrate, a motor case, a connector, and a restriction portion. In the motor, a rotor including a rotary shaft extending in an axial center direction rotates about an axial center of the rotary shaft as a rotation center. The substrate is provided with a circuit element constituting a drive circuit for driving the motor. The motor case houses the motor and holds the substrate. The connector includes a connection terminal directly connected to the substrate. The restriction portion restricts displacement of the connector with respect to the substrate by coming into contact with the connector.
US11990816B2
Described is a carriage (1) for moving on a cable and/or rail comprising: a wheel (2) equipped with its own rotation shaft (3) and configured to rotate on a cable (C) and/or rail; braking masses (4) positioned parallel to the wheel (2) and made of non-magnetic material; magnetic masses (5) configured to generate a magnetic field; and a self-adjusting device (6), connected to the braking masses (4) and positioned inside the rotation shaft (3) of the wheel (2), configured for moving the braking masses (4) close to the magnetic masses (5) along a direction (D) parallel to an axis of extension of the rotation shaft (3), as a function of an increase in a speed of rotation of a wheel (2), in such a way that the magnetic masses (5) generate eddy currents by electromagnetic induction defining a slowing force proportional to the feed speed of the carriage (1).
US11990815B2
A canned rotodynamic flow machine (1) configured for operating with a working fluid such as molten salt of a molten salt nuclear reactor. The stator windings are formed by one or more electrically conductive solid bars (12).
US11990811B2
The present invention relates to a coil arrangement and a moving field electromagnetic machine using same, the coil arrangement being characterized by comprising a first coil arrangement and a second coil arrangement that are formed spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other and have a mirror image in the spaced apart direction, wherein: the first coil arrangement includes at least one first half cycle and at least one second half cycle that are formed adjacent to each other; the first half cycle includes at least two coils having currents flowing in different directions; and the first half cycle and the second half cycle have a mirror image in the direction in which the first and second half cycles are adjacent, thereby maximizing efficiency and increasing power by minimizing the magnetic flux leakage and the core loss.
US11990795B2
An adhesively-laminated core for a stator capable of suppressing an iron loss of an electric motor and also having excellent productivity is provided. The adhesively-laminated core for a stator includes a plurality of electrical steel sheets which are stacked on one another and of which both surfaces are coated with insulation coatings, and adhesion parts which are disposed between the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in a stacking direction and cause the electrical steel sheets to be adhered to each other. All sets of the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in the stacking direction are adhered via the adhesion parts. An adhesive forming the adhesion parts is a two-agent type acrylic-based adhesive (SGA) which includes an acrylic-based compound, an oxidizer, and a reducer and in which a portion of the acrylic-based compound and the oxidizer are assigned to a first agent and the remaining portion of the acrylic-based compound and the reducer are assigned to a second agent. The adhesion parts are partially provided between the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in the stacking direction.
US11990787B2
A flexible charging pad and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method of the flexible charging pad includes: providing a double-sided tape to form an adhesion layer, one of two isolation papers is attached on the first adhesion surface, and another of the two isolation papers is attached on the second adhesion surface; removing the isolation paper attached on the first adhesion surface, and attaching a conductor on the first adhesion surface; attaching a first pad layer on the first adhesion surface to cover the conductor, the conductor is disposed between the first pad layer and the adhesion layer; disposing an adhesive to cover the conductor and the first pad layer, and to form a molded layer.
US11990780B2
An electronic device and charging foot seat thereof are provided, where the electronic device adapted to be charged by a charger pad, and the charging foot seat includes a foot pad configured to be partially embedded into a casing of the electronic device, and a plurality of metal pins disposed through and protruding from the foot pad and configured to be electrically connected to at least one circuit board of the electronic device and configured to contact the charger pad so as to form a charging path over the circuit board and the charger pad for charging the electronic device.
US11990772B2
A wireless power transfer system includes a wireless power transfer device. The wireless power transfer device includes a first transmitting coil oriented along a first axis; a second transmitting coil on the first transmitting coil and oriented along a second axis different from the first axis; and a nonmagnetic material magnetically decoupling the first transmitting coil from the second transmitting coil in an area of overlap between the first and second transmitting coils.
US11990763B2
The present invention refers to a resonance generator system (10) capable of being used in signal capturing systems. The resonance generator system (10) comprises a signal input, a signal output, an oscillation capture module (11), a signal amplifier module (12), a phase alignment module (13), an oscillation transmitter module (14), at least one receiving antenna (15) and a power source (16). The present invention also refers to a method for capturing oscillatory signals by way of a resonance generator system (10).
US11990762B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device may include an energy harvesting circuit configured to convert radio frequency energy associated with signals detected by the device to direct current (DC) energy for storage at the device. The device may additionally include a signal decoding circuit configured to decode the signals detected by the device to identify transmissions from other devices in the wireless communications system. The device may rely on power splitting or time switching to direct radio frequency energy to both the energy harvesting circuit and signal decoding circuit of the device. The device may employ various methods for channel estimation, channel reporting, and communications with another device based on utilizing power splitting or time switching to both perform energy harvesting and signal decoding.
US11990761B2
A power supply system with current sharing includes a current sharing bus, a plurality of power supply units, and a plurality of controllers. The power supply units are connected to each other through the current sharing bus. Each power supply unit provides a current sharing signal value to the current sharing bus, and provides an output current to a load. Each controller receives current sharing signal values provided from other power supply units and current signal values corresponding to the output currents. When determining that the current signal value is less than a reference current sharing signal value, the controller increases an output voltage of the power supply unit to increase the output current. Otherwise, the controller decreases the output voltage to decrease the output current so that so that the output currents of the power supply units are shared to supply power to the load.
US11990759B2
An electric power management system includes a solar radiation amount measurement device that measures a solar radiation amount received by the solar power generation device, and a control device that outputs a control command including a command for the load facility. The control device includes a pre-processing unit that outputs information used to generate the control command, and a command generation unit that outputs the control command, on the basis of the information output by the pre-processing unit. The pre-processing unit includes a prediction unit that outputs electric power expected to be output by the electric power generation facility as estimated generation electric power, on the basis of the solar radiation amount. The command generation unit includes a load command unit that outputs the control command including a command for increasing and decreasing the load electric power to the load facility, on the basis of the estimated generation electric power.
US11990758B2
The present application provides a control method, an auxiliary power supply of a photovoltaic inverter, and a photovoltaic power generation system. The auxiliary power supply includes a rectifier circuit and a conversion circuit with at least one output terminal. The conversion circuit includes a voltage determining unit and a power determining unit. The conversion circuit is coupled to an output terminal of the rectifier circuit, and is configured to convert direct current power into at least one auxiliary voltage. The power determining unit and the voltage determining unit are coupled to an input terminal of the inverter circuit or an input terminal of the photovoltaic inverter, which are configured to obtain output power and an output voltage of the solar panel, respectively. When the output voltage is greater than the start-up voltage and the output power is greater than the start-up power, the auxiliary power supply starts.
US11990754B2
The present invention provides a power-system stabilization system and a power-system stabilization method, which fundamentally solve the problems of insufficiency and fluctuation in the voltage maintenance capacity and the frequency maintenance capacity. A power-system stabilization system of the present invention comprises a synchronous machine to be field-regulated disposed in an electric power station connected to a power system, a magnetic field regulator for controlling the synchronous machine, and a compensation circuit for correcting a control constant of the magnetic field regulator in accordance with a power-system stability maintaining index that is an index reflecting a renewable energy amount in the power system.
US11990747B2
An electrostatic protection circuit includes first and second output terminals, a first diode circuit connected between the first output terminal and a common node, a second diode circuit connected between the second output terminal and the common node, an intermediate voltage circuit that is connected between the first output terminal and the second output terminal and that is configured to generate, at the common node, an intermediate voltage having an intermediate voltage value between a voltage value of the first output terminal and a voltage value of the second output terminal, and a clamp circuit configured to electrically connect the common node to a ground line in accordance with the intermediate voltage.
US11990746B2
An apparatus detects complex time-variant electromagnetic disturbances resulting from a high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) or solar storm. The device relies on a circuit (104, 1301) to monitor the input power lines (301, 401, 501) for sustained conducted electrical disturbances associated with the E3 phase of an EMP or solar storm. A separate circuit (105, 1302) monitors the power lines and the ambient environment (503) for transient electromagnetic pulse disturbances associated with the E1 and E2 phases of an EMP. When sustained electrical disturbances or transient electromagnetic pulse disturbances are detected, the apparatus provides a visual alarm (603. 609), audible alarm (608), and discrete indication signal (607) that can be used to disconnect (702) or redirect the flow of electrical power.
US11990740B2
Apparatus for electrically insulating a lateral connecting portion of a laminated multi-phase busbar
An apparatus for electrically insulating a lateral connecting portion of a laminated multi-phase busbar comprises an elongated housing having first second housing sections made of an electrically insulating material that are pivotally connected to each other along a hinge section extending in a longitudinal direction of said housing and an opening arranged opposite to said longitudinal hinge section for receiving a connecting portion of a laminated multi-phase busbar. The first housing section comprises a plurality of first engagement structures and said second housing section comprises a plurality of second complementary engagement structures adapted to engage with said first engagement means when pivoting said first and second housing section towards each other from a first assembling position to a second clamping position.
US11990734B2
A cable gland for an armored cable comprising at least an exposed portion of the armor, comprising a clamping ring and a compression ring intended to be tightened or rotatably engaged to each other, said cable gland comprises a current conducting circular member, intended to surround the exposed portion of the armor of said cable and being attached at one end to the compression ring and at another end to the clamping ring, so that when the clamping ring and a compression ring are tightened or rotatably engaged to each other, the circular member is collapsed against an exposed portion of the armor of the cable.
US11990729B2
An optical device may drive a compensation section of a multi-section optical load to emit a compensation optical pulse by providing, for a first time interval, a compensation electrical pulse to the compensation section. The optical device may drive a main section of the multi-section optical load to emit a main optical pulse by generating, for a second time interval, a main electrical pulse, wherein at least a portion of the first time interval overlaps with the second time interval. The optical device may emit a combined optical pulse, wherein the combined optical pulse includes the compensation optical pulse and the main optical pulse, and wherein the combined optical pulse has a shorter rise time than the main optical pulse.
US11990724B2
An apparatus for a coaxial transmission line is provided. The apparatus can include a first and a second section of a conductor of the coaxial transmission line and a connector for connecting the first and the second sections in end-to-end relation. Each of the first and the second sections of the conductor have an exterior lateral surface and an interior lateral surface. For inner conductors, the connector is connected to the interior lateral surfaces of the first and second sections of the conductor. For outer conductors, the connector is connected to the exterior lateral surfaces of the first and second sections of the conductor. The connector allows the inner and outer diameters of the annulus between the inner and outer conductors line to be substantially uniform along the length of the coaxial transmission line.
US11990704B2
Embodiments are provided that enable an implantable connector, along with related apparatuses, devices, systems, methods, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like to serve patients with neural interfaces requiring connectors with higher channel densities (>0.05 ch/mm3) or higher channel counts (>32) than is practical with conventional implant-connector technology.
US11990697B2
Power electronics arrangement including a printed circuit board and at least one power module fastened on the printed circuit board, which has one or more electronic components potted by a potting compound. At least one module connecting point of the power module is electrically contacted with at least one board connecting point of the printed circuit board by an electrically conductive pin. A base section of the pin is fastened on the module connecting point or on the board connecting point, and the end of the pin opposite to the base section is pressed in the installation position into a contacting opening assigned or assignable to the respective other connecting point.
US11990696B2
Aspects described herein may allow for a plug-in device including a base having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough. A first PCB has a first surface defining a first plane, and a plurality of pins connected to and extending outwardly from the first surface, with each pin being received in one of the apertures of the base. A bracket secures the first PCB to the base. A second PCB is secured to the bracket, extending outwardly from the first PCB and defining a second plane, with the second plane being at an acute angle with respect to the first plane. An antenna housing is secured to the bracket and the second PCB and includes at least a first antenna. A cover is releasably secured to the base.
US11990695B2
Electronic assemblies and methods of attaching retention structures are described. The electronic assemblies may include a receiving substrate and a retention structure bonded to the receiving substrate. The retention structure may be patterned to include openings such as slot openings or a fishbone pattern in order to receive a pair of solder joints to bond the retention structure to a top side of the receiving substrate.
US11990693B2
In an antenna configuration in which two omnidirectional antenna elements that are arranged on a printed board, a device GND plane connected to a ground potential is formed on the printed board so as to cover an area other than a part where an electronic circuit is formed on the printed board, and parasitic antenna elements that are a first parasitic antenna element and a second parasitic antenna element are arranged at positions adjacent to the respective two omnidirectional antenna elements, in a state of being parallel to the omnidirectional antenna elements, and the parasitic antenna elements are arranged in a state of being close to the device GND plane, and entire lengths of the parasitic antenna elements are each set to be a length that is (½) of a wavelength of radio waves handled by the omnidirectional antenna element.
US11990688B2
An antenna system mounted in a vehicle, according to the present invention, comprises: a radiator for transferring, through an upper opening, a signal which is applied through a lower opening; a coupling patch disposed on an upper substrate so as to be spaced apart from the upper opening by a predetermined interval so as to enable the coupling of the signal which has been transferred through the upper opening; and a first antenna connected to the coupling patch so as to make surface contact therewith, and comprising a shorting bar for connecting a ground layer of a lower substrate. The antenna system may further comprise, apart from the first antenna, a second antenna disposed in the antenna system.
US11990680B2
The array antenna system according to an embodiment includes an active radiation layer including a plurality of unit cells and a control circuit to control properties of each unit cell, a plurality of patch antennas placed on each unit cell, and a feed line to feed waves for excitation of the plurality of patch antennas through the active radiation layer, wherein each unit cell is controlled to have different radiation properties by the control circuit, and beam steering and impedance control of the array antenna system is enabled by control of the active radiation layer. According to the embodiment, power consumption is much lower than the existing beamforming circuit, and the using of the single feed line reduces the complexity of system design.
US11990677B2
A dual-polarized PCB array antenna includes one or more PCBs and a radiating antenna array. Each PCB has a PCB mounting surface that extends from a first PCB end to an opposing second PCB end. The radiating antenna array includes one or more radiator substrates. Each radiator substrate has a patch mounting surface that extends from a first substrate end to an opposing second substrate end. The dual-polarized PCB array antenna further includes one or more orthogonal interfaces configured to arrange the patch mounting surface of a given radiator substrates in an orthogonal position with respect to the PCB mounting surface of a given PCB.
US11990676B2
A deployable electromagnetic radiation antenna system is provided. The deployable electromagnetic radiation antenna system includes one or more support structures, an electromagnetic radiation directing lens adapted to pass a beam of electromagnetic radiation, and a satellite body including at least one deployment mechanism, wherein the electromagnetic radiation directing lens is deployable in a first direction away from the satellite body, the electromagnetic radiation directing lens being coupled to the satellite body by the one or more support structures, wherein the at least one deployment mechanism deploys the one or more support structures to deploy the electromagnetic radiation directing lens from an undeployed state to a deployed state by at least forming a substantially planar surface of the deployed electromagnetic radiation directing lens.
US11990674B2
A sensor probe with reduced coupling between the various antenna elements and suppression of radio frequency interference. In one embodiment the sensor probe comprises a first antenna and a second antenna. A first and a second decoupling loop is electrically connected to one of the first and second antennas with current flow in opposite directions in the first and second decoupling loops. A third decoupling loop is electrically connected to another one of the first and second antennas and physically disposed between the first and second decoupling loops. Coupling between the first and second antennas is responsive to a location of the third decoupling loop relative to the first and second decoupling loops.
US11990673B2
An electronic device comprises a housing, a display stack, a bezel, a solar cell, and a first antenna. The housing includes a bottom wall and a side wall coupled to the bottom wall, the side wall and the bottom wall define a portion of an internal cavity. The display stack includes a display cover and a solar cell configured to output an electric power having a power level corresponding to an intensity of light received by the solar cell. The bezel is coupled to an upper edge of the side wall of the housing, the bezel enclosing the display cover. The solar cell includes a substrate and a photovoltaic layer, the photovoltaic layer including a mesh of electrically conductive material positioned on the substrate and a first opening. The first antenna is formed by the first opening of the photovoltaic layer.
US11990671B2
A deployable electromagnetic radiation antenna system for extraterrestrial deployment of an electromagnetic radiation directing surface, the deployable electromagnetic radiation antenna system comprising is provided. The deployable electromagnetic radiation antenna system includes one or more deployable support structures, an electromagnetic radiation directing surface, a plurality of actuators, each coupled to one or more of the one or more deployable support structures and the electromagnetic radiation directing surface, and a satellite body, wherein the electromagnetic radiation directing surface is coupled to the satellite body by the one or more deployable support structures and the electromagnetic radiation directing surface is deployable from the satellite body by the one or more deployable support structures.
US11990666B2
An RFID reader/writer antenna device is provided that includes a first radiating element, a second radiating element, a third radiating element, baluns, a phase shifter, and a distributor. The radiating elements each comprise conductor patterns with extending directions that are parallel to each other, and used for reading or writing of RFID tags. The distributor connects the first radiating element, the second radiating element, and the third radiating element to a common input/output. The phase shifter causes a feeding phase of the second radiating element and feeding phases of the first radiating element and the third radiating element to have a phase difference of 90°. The baluns perform conversion between a balanced signal and an unbalanced signal.
US11990661B2
The present disclosure relates to transverse magnetic wave (TM) mode filters and methods for manufacturing a TM mode filter. One example TM mode filter includes a filter body, a dielectric, and a transition layer, the filter body including a filter cavity and a cover, and having hollow confined space, the dielectric located in the hollow confined space, and the transition layer configured to connect the dielectric and the filter body. A coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the transition layer is between a CTE of the filter body and a CTE of the dielectric.
US11990656B2
System and methods for determining a stack current request based on fuel cell operational conditions
A stack current controller may be configured to determine a stack current request based on a state of charge of a battery, an error based on a difference between an actual coolant temperature and a coolant temperature setpoint, or both. A plurality of stack current levels may be implemented corresponding to different battery state-of-charge thresholds. The determined stack current magnitude may be the lowest current magnitude that provides sufficient heat to maintain a coolant temperature at the coolant temperature setpoint or within the coolant temperature threshold. The determined stack current magnitude may be the highest current magnitude that provides sufficient power while maintaining a coolant temperature at the coolant temperature setpoint or within the coolant temperature threshold.
US11990652B2
A method of forming a fuel cell system heat exchanger includes flattening opposing ends of a corrugated heat exchange plate to form opposing flattened ends, and welding the flattened ends to structural components of the fuel cell system. The flattening may include using a hydraulic press or a bead roller.
US11990650B2
An assembly for an electrochemical system, which comprises a first separator plate, a second separator plate, and a membrane electrode assembly arranged between the separator plates for forming an electrochemical cell between the separator plates. A stack comprising a plurality of such assemblies, and an electrochemical system comprising a plurality of such assemblies and/or a stack. The electrochemical system may be a fuel cell system, an electrochemical compressor, an electrolyzer, a redox flow battery, or a humidifier for an electrochemical system.
US11990647B2
A modular battery system includes an array of battery modules arranged in at least one stack. Each battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a first side having positive and negative receptacles and a second side, that is opposite of the first side, having positive and negative plugs. The receptacles and plugs are configured such that adjacent battery modules in a side-by-side relationship are electrically coupled together via plug and receptacle connections and such that the battery modules are electrically coupled together in parallel. An interconnection electrically couples each stack of battery modules together via plug and receptacle connections with one of the battery modules in each stack such that the stacks of battery modules are electrically coupled together in parallel. Each of the battery modules includes a thermal conditioning system configured to thermally isolate the battery module from the other battery modules.
US11990626B2
Catalyst comprising an Ir layer having an outer layer with a layer comprising Pt directly thereon, wherein the Ir layer has an average thickness in a range from 0.04 to 30 nanometers, wherein the layer comprising Pt has an average thickness in a range from 0.04 to 50 nanometers, and wherein the Pt and Ir are present in an atomic ratio in a range from 0.01:1 to 10:1. Catalysts described herein are useful, for example, in fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies.
US11990619B2
A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a cathode active material capable of suppressing the reaction with a solid electrolyte. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a coated cathode active material comprising: a cathode active material, and a coating portion coating at least a part of a surface of the cathode active material, and the coating portion includes a scandium lithium phosphate based compound or a lithium borate based compound.
US11990615B2
A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle having a lattice strain (η) of 0.18 or less, which is calculated by applying Williamson-Hall method defined by Equation 1 to XRD peaks measured through XRD analysis, and having an XRD peak intensity ratio of 8.9% or less, which is defined by Equation 2. By controlling the lattice strain and XRD peak intensity ratio of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle, a lithium secondary battery with improved life-span characteristics as well as output characteristics is provided.
US11990613B2
The Li-ion paradigm of battery technology is fundamentally constrained by the monovalency of the Li-ion. A straightforward solution is to transition to multivalent ion chemistries, with Mg2+ the most obvious candidate due to considerations of size and mass. Despite early interest, the realization of Mg batteries has faced myriad obstacles, including a sparse selection of cathode materials demonstrating the ability to reversibly insert divalent ions. Disclosed herein is evidence of reversible topochemical and electrochemical insertion of Mg2+ into a metastable one-dimensional polymorph of V2O5. Not only does ζ-V2O5 represent a rare addition to the pantheon of functional Mg battery cathode materials, but is also distinctive in exhibiting a combination of high stability, high specific capacity due to ion insertion, and moderately high operating voltage.
US11990592B2
Embodiments of this application provide a battery, an apparatus using a battery, and a manufacturing method and a manufacturing device of battery. The battery includes a battery cell and a thermal management component. The battery cell has a side wall and a bottom wall that are connected to each other. The thermal management component is configured to accommodate fluid to regulate temperature of the battery cell, where an accommodating portion is provided on the thermal management component, and configured to accommodate the battery cell, and the accommodating portion is attached to the bottom wall and side wall of the battery cell, to enable heat transfer between the battery cell and the thermal management component. The battery cell in the battery provided in the embodiments of this application can dissipate heat efficiently.
US11990587B2
A method comprises obtaining a stack for an energy storage device, the stack comprising a substrate, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The method comprises laser ablating the stack to form a plurality of first grooves in the stack, each of the plurality of first grooves being through the first electrode layer and the electrolyte layer. The method comprises forming, in or on the stack, at least one registration feature, different from each of the plurality of first grooves. An apparatus and a stack for an energy storage device is also disclosed.
US11990567B2
Disclosed in an embodiment is a semiconductor device comprising: a substrate; a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer and a second conductive semiconductor layer, which are arranged on the substrate, an active layer arranged between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer, a concave part that is concave on the second conductive semiconductor layer toward the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a recess; a first electrode arranged on the concave part and electrically connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer; a second electrode arranged on the light emitting structure and electrically connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer; a first pad arranged on the first electrode; and a second pad arranged on the second electrode, wherein the recess separates the second conductive semiconductor layer and the active layer into an active region and an inactive region, and the first pad vertically overlaps the concave part, the second conductive semiconductor layer on the inactive region, and the recess.
US11990566B2
A display device includes a first electrode stem and a second electrode stem extended in a first direction and spaced from each other, a first electrode branch branching off from the first electrode stem and extended in a second direction, a second electrode branch branching off from the second electrode stem and extended in the second direction, a third electrode between the first electrode branch and the second electrode branch and one or more light-emitting elements between the first electrode branch and the third electrode and between the third electrode and the second electrode branch, wherein the third electrode is extended in the second direction, and both ends of the third electrode in the second direction are spaced from the first electrode stem and from the second electrode stem, respectively.
US11990552B2
A semiconductor device includes an active pattern which includes a lower pattern, and a sheet pattern that is spaced apart from the lower pattern in a first direction, a gate structure on the lower pattern that includes a gate electrode that surrounds the sheet pattern, the gate electrode extending in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and a source/drain pattern on the lower pattern and in contact with the sheet pattern. A contact surface between the sheet pattern and the source/drain pattern has a first width in the second direction, and the sheet pattern has a second width in the second direction that is greater than the first width.
US11990551B2
The stability of steps of processing a wiring formed using copper or the like is increased. The concentration of impurities in a semiconductor film is reduced. Electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device are improved. A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor film, a pair of first protective films in contact with the semiconductor film, a pair of conductive films containing copper or the like in contact with the pair of first protective films, a pair of second protective films in contact with the pair of conductive films on the side opposite the pair of first protective films, a gate insulating film in contact with the semiconductor film, and a gate electrode overlapping with the semiconductor film with the gate insulating film therebetween. In a cross section, side surfaces of the pair of second protective films are located on the outer side of side surfaces of the pair of conductive films.
US11990543B2
A semiconductor device includes a vertical transistor and a body diode. Various improvements to the semiconductor device allow for improved performance of the body diode, in particular to reduced snappiness and increased softness.
US11990539B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor channel layer, a semiconductor barrier layer, a gate capping layer, a dielectric layer, and a gate electrode. The semiconductor channel layer is disposed on the substrate, and the semiconductor barrier layer is disposed on the semiconductor channel layer. The gate capping layer is disposed on the semiconductor barrier layer, and the dielectric layer conformally covers the gate capping layer and surrounds the periphery of the gate capping layer. The gate electrode is disposed on the dielectric layer and covers at least one sidewall of the gate capping layer.
US11990537B2
A heterojunction bipolar transistor includes: a substrate; a base mesa disposed on the substrate, wherein the base mesa includes a collector layer and a base layer disposed on the collector layer, and wherein in a top view, the base layer includes a first edge and a second edge opposite to the first edge; an emitter layer disposed on the base layer; a base electrode disposed on the substrate and connected to the base layer; a dielectric layer disposed on the base electrode, wherein a first via hole is formed in the dielectric layer at the first edge of the base layer, and a second via hole is formed in the dielectric layer at the second edge of the base layer; and a conductive feature disposed on the dielectric layer, wherein the conductive feature is connected to the base electrode through the first via hole and the second via hole.
US11990534B2
A semiconductor device including a well region in a substrate, an impurity region in the well region, a first active fin on the impurity region, a second active fin on the well region, and a connection pattern penetrating the second active fin and connected to the well region may be provided. The substrate and the impurity region include impurities having a first conductivity type. The well region includes impurities having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type. The first active fin includes a plurality of first semiconductor patterns that are spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. The first semiconductor patterns and the impurity region include impurities having the first conductivity type.
US11990533B2
A TEFT includes a drain region on a substrate, a channel on the drain region, a dipole formation layer (DFL) on the channel, a dipole formation layer (DFL) on the channel, a source region on the DFL, a gate insulation pattern surrounding the channel, and a gate electrode surrounding the gate insulation pattern. The DFL contacts the channel and the source region and form dipoles between the channel and the source region.
US11990531B2
A tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET) device is disclosed. A protrusion structure is disposed over the substrate and protrudes out of the plane of substrate. Isolation features are formed on the substrate. A drain region is disposed over the substrate adjacent to the protrusion structure and extends to a bottom portion of the protrusion structure as a raised drain region. A drain contact is disposed over the drain region and overlap with the isolation feature.
US11990525B2
A first source/drain structure is disposed over a substrate. A second source/drain structure is disposed over the substrate. An isolation structure is disposed between the first source/drain structure and the second source/drain structure. The first source/drain structure and a first sidewall of the isolation structure form a first interface that is substantially linear. The second source/drain structure and a second sidewall of the isolation structure form a second interface that is substantially linear. A first source/drain contact surrounds the first source/drain structure in multiple directions. A second source/drain contact surrounds the second source/drain structure in multiple directions. The isolation structure is disposed between the first source/drain contact and the second source/drain contact.
US11990521B2
A laminate contains a crystal substrate; a middle layer formed on a main surface of the crystal substrate, the middle layer comprising a mixture of an amorphous region in an amorphous phase and a crystal region in a crystal phase having a corundum structure mainly made of a first metal oxide; and a crystal layer formed on the middle layer and having a corundum structure mainly made of a second metal oxide, wherein the crystal region is an epitaxially grown layer from a crystal plane of the crystal substrate.
US11990517B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a first electrode disposed on a substrate and extending in a first direction; a second electrode disposed above the first electrode and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and at least one switching particle disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and bonded to the first electrode and the second electrode via van der Waals bond, wherein the switching particle controls flow of current between the first electrode and the second electrode, based on a difference of voltages of the first electrode and the second electrode applied thereto.
US11990513B2
Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having embedded GeSnB source or drain structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having embedded GeSnB source or drain structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a fin, the fin including a defect modification layer on a first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the defect modification layer. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.
US11990504B2
A capacitor having a MIM structure includes a dielectric formed by laminating a plurality of times on an upper surface of a lower electrode, and an upper electrode on an upper surface of the dielectric. Forming of the dielectric includes forming the first dielectric layer on the upper surface of the lower electrode, cleaning an upper surface of the first dielectric layer by at least one of jet cleaning and dual fluid cleaning, and forming the second dielectric layer on an upper surface of the cleaned first dielectric layer.
US11990494B2
A package structure including a first die, a second die, an encapsulant, a dam structure, a light-transmitting sheet, a conductive connector, a circuit layer, and a conductive terminal is provided. The first die includes a first active surface. The first active surface has a sensing area. The second die is arranged such that a second back surface thereof faces the first die. The encapsulant covers the second die. The encapsulant has a first encapsulating surface and a second encapsulating surface. The dam structure is located on the first encapsulating surface and exposes the sensing area. The light-transmitting sheet is located on the dam structure. The conductive connector penetrates the encapsulant. The circuit layer is located on the second encapsulating surface. The first die is electrically connected to the second die through the conductive connector and the circuit layer. The conductive terminal is disposed on the circuit layer.
US11990487B2
A reflective member having transflective and substantially opaque regions is disclosed. The transflective region may serve as a sensor opening region. When viewing the member from a first direction, the difference between a total light reflectance of the member at the substantially opaque region and at the sensor opening region is less than five percent. Additionally, when viewing the member from the first direction, the difference between a color reflectance of the member at the substantially opaque region and at the sensor opening region is less than 5 delta C* units. A sensor disposed in a second direction of the sensor opening region of the member is operable to receive light through the member at the sensor opening region. The second direction is opposite the first direction.
US11990484B2
The present invention provides processes for manufacturing a plurality of discrete integrated circuits (ICs) on a carrier, the process comprising the steps of: providing a carrier for a flexible substrate; depositing a flexible substrate of uniform thickness on said carrier; removing at least a portion of the thickness of the flexible substrate from at least a portion of the IC connecting areas to form channels in the flexible substrate and a plurality of IC substrate units spaced apart from one another on the carrier by said channels; forming an integrated circuit on at least one of the IC substrate units.
US11990480B2
A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate, a light emitting element and a plurality of transistors provided to each of the pixels, a plurality of signal lines configured to supply a signal to the pixels, a power supply line configured to supply a drive potential to the pixels, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a third metal layer provided in different layers in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a first insulating film provided between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and a second insulating film provided between the second metal layer and the third metal layer.
US11990479B2
The present application discloses a pixel structure and a display device. The pixel structure includes a scan line having a branch structure; and a semiconductor pattern intersecting with the scan line and the branch structure. The semiconductor pattern includes: a first channel region disposed below the scan line; a second channel region disposed below the branch structure; and doping regions respectively disposed at two sides of the first channel region and at two sides of the second channel region. Wherein, the width of the second channel region is less than the width of the first channel region. The pixel structure may improve the display performance of the display screen.
US11990473B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes first and second fin-type semiconductor active regions on a substrate. A plurality of first semiconductor patterns are provided, which are stacked on the first fin-type active region as a first plurality of spaced-apart channel regions of a first FINFET. A plurality of second semiconductor patterns are provided, which are stacked on the second fin-type active region as a second plurality of spaced-apart channel regions of a second FINFET. A first gate structure is provided on the plurality of first semiconductor patterns. This first gate structure includes a first material region, which at least partially fills spaces between the first plurality of spaced-apart channel regions. A second gate structure is also provided on the plurality of second semiconductor patterns. The second gate structure includes second and third material regions, which at least partially fill spaces between the second plurality of spaced-apart channel regions.
US11990470B2
An apparatus includes a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, a ferroelectric dielectric, and a paraelectric dielectric. The ferroelectric dielectric is between the first plate and the second plate such that the first plate, the ferroelectric dielectric, and the second plate form a first capacitor. The paraelectric dielectric is between the second plate and the third plate such that the second plate, the paraelectric dielectric, and the third plate form a second capacitor.
US11990459B2
The present invention is a method for producing an electronic device having a drive circuit including a solar cell structure, the method including the steps of: obtaining a bonded wafer by bonding a first wafer having a plurality of independent solar cell structures including a compound semiconductor, the solar cell structures being formed on a starting substrate by epitaxial growth, and a second wafer having a plurality of independent drive circuits formed, so that the plurality of solar cell structures and the plurality of drive circuits are respectively superimposed; wiring the bonded wafer so that electric power can be supplied from the plurality of solar cell structures to the plurality of drive circuits respectively; and producing an electronic device having the drive circuit including the solar cell structure by dicing the bonded wafer. This provides a method for producing an electronic device including a drive circuit and a solar cell structure in one chip and having a suppressed production cost.
US11990458B2
The present disclosure relates to an LED display device, and more particularly, to an LED display device including a repair structure for a deteriorated pixel. In the present disclosure, a sub LED electrically coupled to first and second connecting electrodes for applying a voltage to a LED is disposed on a deteriorated LED. Thus, deterioration of a display quality due to a deteriorated pixel is prevented. Since it is not required to remove a deteriorated LED, a fabrication cost is reduced and a process efficiency is improved.
US11990456B2
A hybrid LED-OLED lighting device includes a waveguide layer, a light-emitting diode (LED) array optically coupled to the waveguide layer, and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) array. Light emitted from the LED array is provided to an edge of the waveguide layer and light emitted from the OLED array is provided to a first surface of the waveguide layer. Light emitted from the LED array and light emitted from the OLED array passes through a second surface of the waveguide layer opposite the first surface of the waveguide layer, and light emitted from the lighting device comprises the light emitted from the LED array and the light emitted from the OLED array.
US11990452B2
A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip comprising a semiconductor substrate and a redistribution pattern on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, the redistribution pattern having a hole exposing an inner sidewall of the redistribution pattern, a second semiconductor chip on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip, and a bump structure disposed between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. The bump structure is disposed in the hole and is in contact with the inner sidewall of the redistribution pattern.
US11990450B2
A device including a first structure and a second structure is provided. The device includes a substrate, a peripheral circuit and first junction pads on the substrate; a first insulating structure surrounding side surfaces of the first junction pads; second junction pads contacting the first junction pads; a second insulating structure on the first insulating structure; a passivation layer on the second insulating structure; an upper insulating structure between the passivation layer and the second insulating structure; a barrier capping layer between the upper insulating structure and the passivation layer; conductive patterns spaced apart from each other in the upper insulating structure; a first pattern structure between the upper insulating structure and the second insulating structure; a stack structure between the second insulating structure and the first pattern structure, and including gate layers; and a vertical structure passing through the stack structure and including a data storage structure and a channel layer.
US11990443B2
In an embodiment, an interposer has a first side, a first integrated circuit device attached to the first side of the interposer with a first set of conductive connectors, each of the first set of conductive connectors having a first height, a first die package attached to the first side of the interposer with a second set of conductive connectors, the second set of conductive connectors including a first conductive connector and a second conductive connector, the first conductive connector having a second height, the second conductive connector having a third height, the third height being different than the second height, a first dummy conductive connector being between the first side of the interposer and the first die package, an underfill disposed beneath the first integrated circuit device and the first die package, and an encapsulant disposed around the first integrated circuit device and the first die package.
US11990442B2
A semiconductor die is mounted at a die area of a ball grid array package that includes an array of electrically-conductive ball. A power channel conveys a power supply current to the semiconductor die. The power channel is formed by an electrically-conductive connection plane layers extending in a longitudinal direction between a distal end at a periphery of the package and a proximal end at the die area. A distribution of said electrically-conductive balls is made along the longitudinal direction. The electrically-conductive connection plane layer includes subsequent portions in the longitudinal direction between adjacent electrically-conductive balls of the distribution. Respective electrical resistance values of the subsequent portions monotonously decrease from the distal end to the proximal end. A uniform distribution of power supply current over the length of the power channel is thus facilitated.
US11990432B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor packaging method and a semiconductor package device. The method includes providing a chip, where the chip includes a chip substrate having a front surface and a back surface; soldering pads disposed at the front surface of a chip substrate surrounding the photosensitive region; a metal part formed on a side of each soldering pad facing away from the chip substrate; and a transparent protective layer formed on the front surface of the chip substrate. A first end of the metal part away from a corresponding soldering pad is in coplanar with the transparent protective layer; and the first end of the metal part is not covered by the transparent protective layer. The method further includes electrically connecting the first end of the metal part to a circuit board using a conductive connection part to electrically connect the chip with the circuit board.
US11990430B2
A method includes forming a conductive pad over an interconnect structure of a wafer, forming a capping layer over the conductive pad, forming a dielectric layer covering the capping layer, and etching the dielectric layer to form an opening in the dielectric layer. The capping layer is exposed to the opening. A wet-cleaning process is then performed on the wafer. During the wet-cleaning process, a top surface of the capping layer is exposed to a chemical solution used for performing the wet-cleaning process. The method further includes depositing a conductive diffusion barrier extending into the opening, and depositing a conductive material over the conductive diffusion barrier.
US11990413B2
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers. The electrically conductive layers include an intermetallic alloy of aluminum and at least one metal other than aluminum. Memory openings vertically extend through the alternating stack. Memory opening fill structures are located in a respective one of the memory openings and include a respective vertical semiconductor channel and a respective vertical stack of memory elements.
US11990408B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a redistribution layer (RDL) having a conductive layer in a first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer over the conductive and first dielectric layers. The RDL comprises an extended portion having a first thickness that vertically extends from a bottom surface of the first dielectric layer to a topmost surface of the second dielectric layer. The electronic package comprises a die on the RDL, where the die has sidewall surfaces, a top surface, and a bottom surface that is opposite from the top surface, and an active region on the bottom surface of the die. The first thickness is greater than a second thickness of the RDL that vertically extends from the bottom surface of the first dielectric layer to the bottom surface of the die. The extended portion is over and around the sidewall surfaces.
US11990406B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of one embodiment of the present invention includes: forming an insulation layer to be processed over a substrate; forming a first sacrificial layer in a first area over the substrate, the first sacrificial layer being patterned to form in the first area a functioning wiring connected to an element; forming a second sacrificial layer in a second area over the substrate, the second sacrificial layer being patterned to form in the second area a dummy wiring; forming a third sacrificial layer at a side wall of the first sacrificial layer and forming a fourth sacrificial layer at a side wall of the second sacrificial layer, the third sacrificial layer and the fourth sacrificial layer being separated; forming a concavity by etching the insulation layer to be processed using the third sacrificial layer and the fourth sacrificial layer as a mask; and filling a conductive material in the concavity.
US11990404B2
Semiconductor devices having improved heat dissipation and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a device includes a first transistor structure; a front-side interconnect structure on a front-side of the first transistor structure, the front-side interconnect structure including front-side conductive lines; a backside interconnect structure on a backside of the first transistor structure, the backside interconnect structure including backside conductive lines, the backside conductive lines having line widths greater than line widths of the front-side conductive lines; and a first heat dissipation substrate coupled to the backside interconnect structure.
US11990402B2
A semiconductor apparatus comprising a first substrate, a second substrate coupled with the first substrate via an insulating member, a third substrate coupled to the first substrate and disposed on the opposite side to the second substrate and a conductive layer including an electrode disposed between the first and second substrate is provided. A through via is disposed so as to pass through the second substrate and a part of the insulating member to reach the electrode. An opening is arranged overlapping the electrode in the first substrate and a part of the insulating member. First and second resin layers are disposed between the electrode and the third substrate, and the first resin layer is disposed within the opening, is disposed between the electrode and the second resin layer and has a different Young's modulus from the second resin layer.
US11990394B2
A semiconductor package including a lead frame, an Ag plated surface positioned on the lead frame, an adhesion promotion layer positioned on the top of the Ag plated surface, and mold body covering the top of the lead frame is provided. The Ag plated surface covers a significant part of an interconnection area of the lead frame surface, and the Ag plating surface does not exceed the area of the mold body.
US11990385B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an electronic component and a heat dissipation structure. The electronic component has a passive surface and a plurality of conductive vias exposed from the passive surface. The heat dissipation structure is disposed on the passive surface and configured to transmit a plurality of independent powers to the conductive vias through the passive surface.
US11990384B2
A power amplifier module includes a module substrate, a power transistor die, and a heat spreader. The module substrate has first, second, and third module pads exposed at a mounting surface. The power transistor die has an input/output surface that faces the mounting surface, an opposed ground surface, an input pad electrically coupled to the first module pad, an output pad electrically coupled to the second module pad, and an integrated power transistor. In an embodiment, the power transistor is a field effect transistor with a gate terminal coupled to the input pad, a drain terminal coupled to the output pad, and a source terminal coupled to the ground surface. The heat spreader has a thermal contact surface that is physically and electrically coupled to the ground surface of the power transistor die. An electrical ground contact structure is connected between the thermal contact surface and the third module pad.
US11990368B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to improved methods for forming an interconnect structure in a substrate. In one implementation, the method includes forming a barrier layer on exposed surfaces of a feature in a dielectric layer, forming a liner layer on the barrier layer, forming a seed layer on the liner layer, forming a metal fill on the seed layer by a metal fill process and overburdening the feature using an electroplating process, performing a planarization process to expose a top surface of the dielectric layer, and selectively forming a cobalt-aluminum alloy cap layer on the barrier layer, the liner layer, the seed layer, and the metal fill by exposing the substrate to a cobalt-containing precursor and an aluminum-containing precursor.
US11990366B2
Provided are a semiconductor device in which an air gap structure can be formed in any desired region regardless of the layout of metallic wiring lines, a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device, and an electronic apparatus. A first wiring layer and a second wiring layer including a metallic film are stacked via a diffusion preventing film that prevents diffusion of the metallic film. The diffusion preventing film is formed by burying a second film in a large number of holes formed in a first film. At least the first wiring layer includes the metallic film, an air gap, and a protective film formed with the second film on the inner peripheral surface of the air gap, and the opening width of the air gap is equal to the opening width of the holes formed in the first film or is greater than the opening width of the holes.
US11990365B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a metal layer in a substrate and sequentially forming a barrier layer and an insulating layer on the substrate. The method includes performing a first etching step to form an opening in the insulating layer, and the opening does not expose the barrier layer. After the first etching step, a gap-filling layer is formed on the insulating layer and fills the opening. The method includes performing a second etching step to form a first via communicating with the opening in the gap-filling layer, and an upper portion of the opening is widened to form a trench. The method includes performing a third etching step to remove the gap-filling layer in a bottom of the opening and to deepen both the trench and the opening. The method includes forming a second via communicating with the opening to expose the metal layer.
US11990364B2
Disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing IC components using bottom-up fill of openings with a dielectric material. In one aspect, an exemplary method includes, first, depositing a solid dielectric liner on the inner surfaces of the openings using a non-flowable process, and subsequently filling the remaining empty volume of the openings with a fill dielectric using a flowable process. Such a combination method may maximize the individual strengths of the non-flowable and flowable processes due to the synergetic effect achieved by their combined use, while reducing their respective drawbacks. Assemblies and devices manufactured using such methods are disclosed as well.
US11990361B2
The chuck for supporting a target substrate for a display device, the chuck includes: a base having a first surface to support an object and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface including a first area and a second area; and indentations formed in the second area and recessed from the first area in a thickness direction of the base. The indentations include a first indentation extending in a first direction and a second indentation extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
US11990358B2
A semiconductor processing system includes a first component forming a first chamber. A first sealed environment in the first chamber is at a first state prior to a door being opened. A load port structure is disposed between the first component and a second component. The load port structure includes walls disposed around an opening of the load port structure. The load port structure is separate from the first component and the second component. A third component is configured to change at least one of the first state of the first sealed environment within the first chamber or a second state of a second sealed environment within a second chamber formed by the second component to cause the first state and the second state to be substantially similar before the door between the first sealed environment and the second sealed environment is opened.
US11990350B2
Methods for manufacturing semiconductor devices having a flexible reinforcement structure, and associated systems and devices, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes electrically coupling at least one semiconductor die to a redistribution structure on a first carrier. The semiconductor die can include a first surface facing the redistribution structure and a second surface spaced apart from the redistribution structure. The method also includes reducing a thickness of the semiconductor die to no more than 10 μm. The method further includes coupling a flexible reinforcement structure to the second surface of the at least one semiconductor die.
US11990348B2
A wafer processing method includes supplying a first process gas into a wafer processing apparatus, lowering a temperature of the wafer, generating plasma using the first process gas, supplying a second process gas and mixing the second process gas with the plasma, performing a plasma process on the wafer using the plasma and the second process gas, and performing an annealing process on the wafer on which the plasma process has been performed. The lowering of the temperature of the wafer includes increasing an internal pressure of the wafer processing apparatus.
US11990334B2
The disclosure relates to a method for tuning stress transitions of films on a substrate. The method includes forming a stress-adjustment layer on the substrate, wherein the stress-adjustment layer includes first regions formed of a first material and second regions formed of a second material, wherein the first material includes a first internal stress and the second material includes a second internal stress, and wherein the first internal stress is different compared to the second internal stress; and forming transition regions between the first regions and the second regions, wherein the transition regions include an interface between the first material and the second material that has a predetermined slope that is greater than zero degrees and less than 90 degrees.
US11990323B2
A method performed by a processor of a plasma processing system including a transfer device and a plasma processing apparatus that includes a process chamber. The process chamber includes a mount table on a surface of which a first focus ring is placed. The method includes controlling the transfer device to transfer the first focus ring out of the process chamber without opening the process chamber to the atmosphere; after the first focus ring is transferred out of the process chamber, controlling the plasma processing apparatus to clean the surface of the mount table; and after the surface of the mount table is cleaned, controlling the transfer device to transfer a second focus ring into the process chamber and place the second focus ring on the surface of the mount table without opening the process chamber to the atmosphere.
US11990319B2
Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. For example, an RF power delivery compensation circuit comprises a first input configured to receive an RF forward power from an RF power source connected to a processing chamber and a second input configured to receive an RF delivered power from a matching network connected between the RF power source and the processing chamber. The RF power delivery compensation circuit calculates an RF forward power compensation factor based on the RF forward power and the RF delivered power for adjusting the RF forward power delivered to the processing chamber during operation.
US11990317B2
To simplify a process of suppressing an increase in a reflected wave power caused by IMD, provided is a high-frequency power supply system for providing a high-frequency power to a load, including: a first power supply for supplying a first high-frequency power to the load; a second power supply for supplying a second high-frequency power to the load; and a matching device. The matching device provides a system clock to each of the first power supply and the second power supply. The second power supply outputs a second high-frequency voltage at a control period determined based on the system clock provided from the matching device. The first power supply outputs a first high-frequency voltage obtained by frequency modulation of a fundamental wave signal having a first fundamental frequency and through amplification, in each control period determined based on the system clock provided from the matching device.
US11990312B2
A specimen machining device includes an ion source which irradiates a specimen with an ion beam, a first rotating body (specimen holder) that holds the specimen and is rotatable about a first axis serving as a rotation axis, and a second rotating body on which the first rotating body is disposed and which is rotatable about a second axis serving as a rotation axis different from the first axis. The specimen machining device irradiates the specimen with the ion beam while moving the specimen by the rotation of the first rotating body and the rotation of the second rotating body.
US11990311B2
A charged particle source is provided that exhibits small energy dispersion for charged particle beams emitted under a high angular current density condition and allows stable acquisition of large charged particle currents even for a small light source diameter. The charged particle source has a spherical virtual cathode surface from which charged particles are emitted, and the virtual cathode surface for charged particles emitted from a first position on a tip end surface of an emitter and the virtual cathode surface for charged particles emitted from a second position on the tip end surface of the emitter match each other.
US11990305B2
A fuse in form of breaking fusant by fusing breaking and mechanical breaking includes hollow shell; arc extinguishing medium filled in the shell; at least one piece of fusant arranged in the shell; and conductive terminals provided as penetrating through shell wall and capable to be connected to external circuit, two ends of the fusant are respectively connected with the conductive terminals, at least one breaking device that mechanically breaks the fusant is provided in the shell; driving device arranged outside the shell, after receiving external excitation signal, drives the breaking device to break the fusant in one of linear and rotational displacement modes or their combination; blocking structures are arranged between the breaking device and the shell wall; and the fusant located in the arc extinguishing medium is provided with weak positions where mechanical breaking strength of the fusant is reduced and fusing is easy to be achieved.
US11990298B2
A security switch for detecting an actuator comprises a magnetic field source, a magnetically susceptible object, and a circuit. The magnetic field source is configured to produce a magnetic field gradient. The magnetically susceptible object is suspended at a first position at least in part due to the magnetic field gradient and shiftable to a second position when the actuator affects the magnetic field gradient. The circuit is configured to detect when the object is in the second position.
US11990288B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems for providing a switching component are disclosed herein. An example switching component may comprise: A switching component comprising: a housing; a carrier body disposed within the housing; a first pair of contact pads disposed on a first surface of the carrier body; and a second pair of contact pads disposed on a second surface of the carrier body, wherein each pair of contact pads is configured to independently make contact with adjacent bridge contact pads in order to actuate an electrical bridge in response to movement of the carrier body.
US11990282B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate and an external electrode. The laminate includes a central layer portion in which first and second internal electrode layers are alternately laminated with a dielectric ceramic layer therebetween, a peripheral layer portion sandwiching the central layer portion in the lamination direction, and a side margin sandwiching the central layer portion and the peripheral layer portion in the width direction. When a point P indicates an end in the width direction of the internal electrode layer closest to a main surface of the laminate, and a point Q indicates a point where a boundary between the peripheral layer portion including the point P and the side margin including the point P intersects the main surface, and an imaginary line IL is drawn to pass through the point P and the point Q, the boundary is curved from the imaginary line IL.
US11990278B2
Provided herein are energy storage device electrode films comprising multiple active layers, and methods of forming such multiple active layer energy storage device electrode films. Each active layer may be a self-supporting active layer comprising a binder and an active material. The binder and/or active material may be the same or different as any other active layer. The active layers may be stacked to form an electrode film, and the electrode film may be laminated with a current collector to form an electrode.
US11990275B2
An electromagnetic actuator includes an armature (18) movable axially relative to a stationary core (14) as a reaction to energizing of a stationary coil (12) in an actuator housing (10). The armature (18) is gripped by an axially extended slide (20) guided in a core passage (50) of the core such that a movement of the armature in the direction of the core entrains the slide. An end section (26) of the slide, axially opposite the armature, cooperates with an adjusting partner, the slide having a long rod section (34) and a disk-type end section (30) with a widened diameter on the rod section, on the end in the direction of the armature (18), the axial extension (W) of the end section determining a minimum distance between the armature and the core in an abutment state of the armature on an end surface and/or front surface of the core, facing the armature.
US11990264B2
A chip inductor includes a sealing body having a mounting surface and a coil conductor sealed in an interior of the sealing body, wherein the coil conductor includes a first coil end exposed from the mounting surface of the sealing body, a second coil end exposed from the mounting surface of the sealing body, and a spiral portion of spiral form connected to the first coil end and the second coil end and routed along a normal direction of the mounting surface of the sealing body from the first coil end and the second coil end.
US11990260B2
The present invention is a method for producing a rare earth magnet, including preparing a magnetic powder and a modifier powder, mixing them to obtain a mixed powder, compression-molding the mixed powder in a magnetic field to obtain a magnetic-field molded body, and pressure-sintering the magnetic-field molded body to obtain a sintered body, wherein the magnetic powder includes a first particle group and a second particle group, the D50 values of the first particle group and the second particle group are denoted by d1 μm and d2 μm, respectively, d1 and d2 satisfy the relationship of 0.350≤d2/d1≤0.500, and the ratio between the total volume of the first particle group and the total volume of the second particle group is from 9:1 to 4:1; and a rare earth magnet obtained by the production method.
US11990257B2
A process is provided for forming an integrated thin film resistor (TFR) in an integrated circuit (IC) device including IC elements and IC element contacts. A TFR film layer and TFR dielectric layer are formed over the IC structure, and a wet etch is performed to define a dielectric cap with sloped lateral edges over the TFR film layer. Exposed portions of the TFR film layer are etched to define a TFR element. A TFR contact etch forms contact openings over the TFR element, and a metal layer is formed to form metal layer connections to the IC element contacts and the TFR element. The sloped edges of the dielectric cap may improve the removal of metal adjacent the TFR element to prevent electrical shorts in the completed device. A TFR anneal to reduce a TCR of the TFR is performed at any suitable time before forming the metal layer.
US11990251B2
A method for manufacturing a superconductor is described. A metal assembly precursor can be formed within a hollow copper support element. Forming the metal assembly precursor within a hollow copper support element by positioning a plurality of conductor elements about a core including Sn to provide a first plurality of inner interstitial spaces between the plurality of conductor elements between the core and conductor elements and a second plurality of outer interstitial spaces between the hollow copper support element and the core, the plurality of conductor elements including unreacted Nb. The metal assembly precursor can be reduced via cold drawing to produce a reduced metal assembly. The reduced metal assembly can be reaction heat treated so that the unreacted Nb undergoes a phase transformation to a reacted superconductor.
US11990247B1
A medical answering service, typically live and telephonically-based, integrated with a cloud-based telemedicine model using HIPPA compliant and encrypted communications technology to provide e-Visits between physician/providers and patients. The system provides the physician 20 or healthcare provider with a unique DID/phone number for their practice, as well as applicable software applications (and hardware, if required) for installation or integration with a phone dialer, texting/SMS applications, and/or email client for later contact and use. A patient calling the unique DID/phone number is received and triaged by the system, which coordinates an e-Visit in a virtual room. The e-Visit may include real time patient measurements taken from remote peripheral devices. System communications with the physician/provider and patient are conducted using up to 4 independent channels of communication.
US11990242B2
Methods, systems, and computer-storage media are provided for determining an individual's second event risk score where the second event risk score represents a likelihood that the individual will experience the second event within a predetermined time period after the occurrence of a first event. Upon occurrence of the first event, a sampling protocol is initiated where an electronic medical record store is accessed on a predetermined schedule to sample a pre-selected set of medical data elements for the individual. Logistic regression analysis is executed on the pre-selected set of medical data elements to generate a second event risk score for the individual. The second event risk score is communicated to a medical professional managing the medical care of the individual, and the individual's electronic medical record is modified to reflect the second event risk score.
US11990241B2
A computer readable storage medium is provided. When contents of the computer readable storage medium are executed by a processor, multi-photon imaging may be performed on a histopathological section containing tumor environment information, and pathological partitioning of a tumor microenvironment may be further performed through image processing. A value of each collagen feature parameters, such as a morphological feature parameter, an energy feature parameter and a texture feature parameter, may be extracted from a tumor tissue region, an invasive margin (IM) region and a normal tissue (N) region. An inter-region difference and a variation may be calculated according to feature parameters of regions. A collagen feature scoring model may be established. A collagen feature score may be calculated with the collagen feature parameters input to the model.
US11990237B2
A method and computer-readable recording media using a self-describing module for updating data in a medical monitoring device. The self-describing module includes a metadata block (MDB) that includes at least identification (ID) data and corresponding configuration data. The medical monitoring device includes a plurality of sub-systems. Associating ID data from the MDB with ID data of the plurality of sub-systems of the medical monitoring device, and then updating configuration data of at least one sub-system with the configuration data in the MDB based on the result of the association.
US11990225B2
There is provided a computer implemented method of reconstructing an image of a body cavity shape of a subject based on a plurality of location indications, indicating locations of at least one sensor disposed on an intrabody probe within the body cavity, the method comprising: receiving data indicative of the plurality of location indications, identifying based on the data at least a first group and a second group of location indications, and reconstructing the body cavity from the data, using a first reconstruction method for the first group of location indications, and a second reconstruction method for the second group of location indications.
US11990218B2
A system and associated method are provided for fulfillment of medication requisitions corresponding to contained medication units. Requisition fulfillment logic may be included to provide decision data to a patient care provider for use in selecting one of a plurality of different fulfillment sites to fill a given medication requisition. A requisition router may route the medication requisition to a selected one of the plurality of fulfillment sites. The fulfillment sites may provide medication requisition metadata (e.g., data relating to the preparation and handling of medication units) to a medication requisition database in corresponding relation to the corresponding medication requisitions fulfilled by the fulfillment sites. The medication requisition metadata may be stored in the medication requisition database and accessed to facilitate enhanced management functionalities in relation to medication units dispensed by patient care providers.
US11990209B2
The present application provides methods for the identification of somatic genome alterations with functional impact in the genome of a tumor. In several embodiments, the methods comprise generating a bipartite causal Bayesian network with maximal posterior probability including causal edges pointing from genes including somatic mutations and somatic copy number alterations in the genome of the tumor to genes having differential expression in the tumor. The methods can be used, for example, to identify driver somatic genome alterations in the genome of a tumor.
US11990201B2
A storage system includes: a memory, configured to write or read a plurality of pieces of data during a read-write operation, the plurality of pieces of data being divided into M bytes, and each byte having N pieces of data; and an encoding circuit, configured to in the encoding stage, generate X first check codes based on the two or more pieces of data in each byte, generate Y second check codes based on all data of two or more bytes of the M bytes in the encoding stage, and generate a third check code based on the plurality of pieces of data, the X first check codes and the Y second check codes. The first check codes, the second check codes and the third check code are used to determine an error state of the plurality of pieces of data.
US11990198B2
A memory system includes: an address scrambler suitable for scrambling an address based on a scrambling rule to generate a scrambled address; a memory core including a plurality of memory cells and suitable for storing data in memory cells designated by the scrambled address; and a scramble control circuit suitable for changing the scrambling rule in response to satisfaction of an attack condition.
US11990191B2
A memory device includes a cell group and a control circuit. The cell group includes plural non-volatile memory cells, each capable of storing multi-bit data corresponding to plural program states and an erased state. The control circuit performs at least two partial program operations for programming the multi-bit data in at least two non-volatile memory cells. The at least two partial program operations include an ISPP operation to increase a threshold voltage of the at least two non-volatile memory cells from the erased state to a first program state among the plural program states and a single pulse program operation to increase a threshold voltage of at least one non-volatile memory cell among the at least two non-volatile memory cells from the first program state to another program state which is higher than the first program state among the plural program states.
US11990190B2
A memory device includes first and second memory strings, first and second word lines and a controller. The first memory string includes first and second memory cells, a first select transistor, a second select transistor, and a third select transistor between the first and second memory cells. The second memory string includes third and fourth memory cells, a fourth select transistor above the third memory cell, a fifth select transistor below the fourth memory cell, and a sixth select transistor between the third and fourth memory cells. The first word line is electrically connected to gates of the first and third memory cells. The second word line is electrically connected to gates of the second and fourth memory cells. The controller is configured to execute a read operation on one of the memory cells, the read operation including a first phase and a second phase after the first phase.
US11990184B2
Methods of writing data to a DNA strand by inserting data-encoding oligos or symbols into a DNA backbone. One particular method of synthesizing a DNA strand encoding data includes cleaving a DNA backbone into multiple segments, and pasting a plurality of data-encoding oligo symbols between the multiple segments, with the terminal ends of the segments joining homologous terminal ends of the symbols, resulting in the DNA strand encoding data comprising alternating segments and symbols.
US11990162B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a tape head and a tape head drive including a tape head. The tape head comprises at least one same gap verify (SGV) module comprising a closure, a substrate, and a plurality of write transducer and read transducer pairs disposed between the substrate and the closure. The write transducer and the read transducer of each pair are aligned in a first direction and spaced a distance in the downtrack direction of about 5 μm to about 20 μm. A first overcoat is disposed over each write transducer at a media facing surface (MFS), and a second overcoat is disposed over each read transducer at the MFS. The first and second overcoats may comprise different materials, and are deposited during different processes.
US11990160B2
A sensor event detection system including a motion capture element and another sensor. The sensor captures values associated with an orientation, position, velocity and acceleration and recognizes an event within the data to determine event data. Uses other values associated with a temperature, humidity, wind and elevation, i.e., environmental and physiological sensors and correlates the data or event data with the other values to determine a type of event or true event or a false positive event, or a type of equipment the motion capture element is coupled with, or a type of activity indicated by the data or event data and transmits the data or event data associated with the event.
US11990157B2
A video player includes the user interface comprising: a video display; a texture strip visually representing a series of frames of a video, the texture strip comprising a sequence of textured frame representations, each textured frame representation in sequence of textured frame representations representing a corresponding frame from a series of frames; a control to allow a user to use the texture strip to seek frames in the series of frames in a random manner. An input is received via the control, the input including an indication of a selection of a location in the texture strip, the location in the texture strip having a corresponding temporal location in the series of frames. Based on the input, a frame selected from the series of frames is displayed in the video display, the selected frame located at the corresponding temporal location in the series of frames.
US11990154B1
The present disclosure generally relates to data storage devices, comprising: a magnetic tape; a tape head configured to write data to and read data from the magnetic tape; a first reel having a first interior surface; a second reel, wherein the first reel and the second reel are configured to wind and unwind the magnetic tape; one or more motors configured to actuate the first reel and the second reel; a first magnetic recording surface disposed on the first interior surface of the first reel; an actuating arm disposed between the first reel and the second reel; an actuator coupled to a distal end of the actuating arm; and a magnetic recording head disposed on the actuating arm. The magnetic recording head being situated a distance away from the actuator, wherein the actuating arm is configured to move about the actuator such that the magnetic recording head is able to contact the first magnetic recording surface to write data to and read data from the first magnetic recording surface.
US11990152B2
An audio processing device that determines a correlation between a location of a source of the audio signal associated with the audio command, and a human positioned at the location of the source of the audio signal associated with the audio command. The audio command is identified as originating from the human positioned at the location based on the position data and the location of the source of the audio signal associated with the audio command correlating. Based on identifying the audio command as originating from the human positioned at the location, the audio command is executed.
US11990143B2
Audio signal processing enhances audio watermark embedding and detecting processes. Audio signal processes include audio classification and adapting watermark embedding and detecting based on classification. Advances in audio watermark design include adaptive watermark signal structure data protocols, perceptual models, and insertion methods. Perceptual and robustness evaluation is integrated into audio watermark embedding to optimize audio quality relative the original signal, and to optimize robustness or data capacity. These methods are applied to audio segments in audio embedder and detector configurations to support real time operation. Feature extraction and matching are also used to adapt audio watermark embedding and detecting.
US11990142B2
There are disclosed several examples of encoding and decoding technique. In particular, an audio synthesizer for generating a synthesis signal from a downmix signal includes: an input interface for receiving the downmix signal, the downmix signal having a number of downmix channels and side information, the side information including channel level and correlation information of an original signal, the original signal having a number of original channels; and a synthesis processor for generating, according to at least one mixing rule, the synthesis signal using: channel level and correlation information of the original signal; and covariance information associated with the downmix signal.
US11990140B2
A method and apparatus for authenticating a user based on an utterance input includes obtaining an input audio signal based on the utterance input of the user; obtaining, from the input audio signal, at least one audio signal of an utterance section and at least one audio signal of a non-utterance section; generating environment information indicating an environment in which the utterance input is received, based on the at least one audio signal of the non-utterance section; obtaining a result of a comparison between the generated environment information and registration environment information indicating an environment in which a registration utterance input corresponding to a previously registered registration audio signal corresponding to the user is received; adjusting an authentication criterion for authenticating the user based on the result of the comparison; and authenticating the user based on the adjusted authentication criterion and the input audio signal.
US11990136B2
It is intended to acquire a highly accurate speech recognition result for a subject of a conversation, while inhibiting an increase in the amount of calculation. A speech recognition device (10) according to the present invention includes a first speech recognition unit (11) that performs speech recognition processing using a first method on speech data of a conversation made by a plurality of speakers and outputs a speech recognition result for each of respective uttered speech segments of the plurality of speakers, a determination unit (13) that determines a subject segment based on a result of the speech recognition processing by the first speech recognition unit 11, and a second speech recognition unit (14) that performs speech recognition processing using a second method higher in accuracy than the first method on the speech data in the segment determined to be the subject segment and outputs a speech recognition result as a subject text.
US11990135B2
Methods and apparatus for selectively performing speech processing in a hybrid speech processing system. The hybrid speech processing system includes at least one mobile electronic device and a network-connected server remotely located from the at least one mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device is configured to use an embedded speech recognizer to process at least a portion of input audio to produce recognized text. A controller on the mobile electronic device determines whether to send information from the mobile electronic device to the server for speech processing. The determination of whether to send the information is based, at least in part, on an analysis of the input audio, the recognized text, or a semantic category associated with the recognized text.
US11990132B2
A transcription of audio speech included in electronic content associated with a meeting is created by an ASR model trained on speech-to-text data. The transcription is post-processed by modifying text included in the transcription, for example, by modifying punctuation, grammar, or formatting introduced by the ASR model and by changing or omitting one or more words that were included in both the audio speech and the transcription. After the transcription is post-processed, output based on the post-processed transcription is generated in the form of a meeting summary and/or template.
US11990131B2
This invention relates to a computer implemented method (10) for processing a video file, said video file comprising audio content and visual content, the visual content comprising text content, wherein the method comprises: (S11) extracting the text content in the visual content; (S12) generating a context information for the audio content based on the text content extracted from said visual content; and (S13) converting the audio content into text by using the context information generated based on the text content extracted from the visual content of the video file.
US11990130B2
A method, apparatus, device and computer storage medium for processing voices, which relate to the technical field of voices, are disclosed. An implementation includes: recognizing a voice request received by a first voice assistant to obtain a text request; determining information of a second voice assistant which is able to process the text request; and calling the second voice assistant to respond to the text request.
US11990127B2
Systems, methods, and devices for recognizing a user are disclosed. A speech-controlled device captures a spoken utterance, and sends audio data corresponding thereto to a server. The server determines content sources storing or having access to content responsive to the spoken utterance. The server also determines multiple users associated with a profile of the speech-controlled device. Using the audio data, the server may determine user recognition data with respect to each user indicated in the speech-controlled device's profile. The server may also receive user recognition confidence threshold data from each of the content sources. The server may determine user recognition data associated that satisfies (i.e., meets or exceeds) a most stringent (i.e., highest) of the user recognition confidence threshold data. Thereafter, the server may send data indicating a user associated with the user recognition data to all of the content sources.
US11990125B2
An audio stream received from an audio transceiver. The audio stream is in an environment that includes audio of a first user. An acoustic communication of the first user is detected from the audio stream. An audio intent trigger of the first user is identified from the audio stream and based on the acoustic communication. An assistance action for the first user is initiated in response to the audio intent trigger and by a voice-based interface.
US11990121B2
A method includes receiving user queries directed toward a cloud-based assistant service. For each received user query directed toward the cloud-based assistant service, the method also includes extracting one or more attributes from the user query and logging the user query into one or more of a plurality of category buckets based on the one or more attributes extracted from the user query. The method also includes determining when at least one of the plurality of category buckets includes a threshold number of the user queries logged into the at least one category bucket, and when the at least one of the plurality of category buckets includes the threshold number of the user queries, generating a distilled model of the cloud-based assistant service. The distilled model of the cloud-based assistant service is configured to execute on one or more target client devices.
US11990116B1
Techniques for rendering notification and announcement content for read time are described. A notification system provides non-natural language notification content. Sometime thereafter, a user input to output the notification content is received. In response, template-based or natural language generation processing is performed to convert the non-natural language notification content into natural language notification content including updated time information. The natural language notification content is then output to the user. Alternatively, a notification system provides non-natural language announcement content. Sometime thereafter, the template-based or natural language generation processing is performed to convert the non-natural language announcement content into natural language announcement content including updated time information. The natural language announcement content is then proactively output to an intended recipient user or group of users.
US11990110B2
Methods and systems for estimating diffraction effects during sound propagation in a scene, which include generating, for each distance value from distance values, a subpath between a first point of the scene and a second point of the scene passing through a third point of the scene which is at a distance from a path between the first point and the second point equal to the distance value. Furthermore, for each generated subpath, a transmission value related to a degree of occlusion of the subpath by objects in the scene is determined. Also, a diffraction amplitude response is determined using a first transmission value determined for a first subpath generated for a first distance value from the distance values and a second transmission value determined for a second subpath generated for a second distance value from the distance values.
US11990108B2
An approach is provided for rendering items in a user interface. The approach may, for instance, include processing a current orientation mode of a device, a detected attitude change of the device, and an attitude change threshold to determine a new orientation mode for the device. In an instance when the attitude change threshold is satisfied, then switching to the new orientation mode and in an instance when the new orientation mode is a landscape orientation mode, then causing to present navigation information in an augmented reality display.
US11990100B2
An e-paper identification card system including an e-paper identification card and a data updating apparatus is provided. The e-paper identification card is configured to display first image information. The data updating apparatus is electrically connected to the e-paper identification card. The data updating apparatus is configured to update the e-paper identification card according to the first image information to drive the e-paper identification card to display second image information. In addition, an e-paper identification card is also provided.
US11990094B1
The pixel driving circuit includes a first switching transistor connected to a first control line, a reference power line, and a first node, a second switching transistor connected to a scan line, a data line, and the first node; a driving transistor connected to the first node, a driving power line, and a second node; a first capacitor connected to the first node and a third node; a second capacitor connected to the third node and a cathode of a organic light-emitting diode; a third switching transistor connected to the third node, the second node, and a second control line; and a fourth switching transistor connected to the second node, an anode of the organic light-emitting diode, and a third control line.
US11990090B2
A display substrate and an electronic device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, including a display region and a peripheral region on at least one side of the display region; and a shift register unit and a first clock signal line in the peripheral region of the base substrate, wherein the first clock signal line extends along a first direction on the base substrate, and is connected to a first clock signal terminal to be configured to provide a first clock signal to the shift register unit; the shift register unit includes an input circuit, an output circuit, a first control circuit, and an output control circuit; the output control circuit includes an output control transistor and a first capacitor, and the output circuit includes an output transistor and a second capacitor.
US11990087B2
A display panel includes a first display area, a second display area, and a transition display area there-between. The first display area includes a plurality of first sub-display areas, the second display area includes a plurality of second sub-display areas, and the transition display area includes at least one sub-transition area. A first sub-display area of the plurality of first sub-display areas, a second sub-display area of the plurality of second sub-display areas and a sub-transition area include a same number of light-emitting elements. Number of pixel circuits for driving each light-emitting element in one of the at least one sub-transition area is greater than number of pixel circuits for driving each light-emitting element in one of the plurality of first sub-display areas and is smaller than number of pixel circuits for driving each light-emitting element in one of the plurality of second sub-display areas.
US11990078B1
An electronic device includes a color module and a control module. The color module includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are adjacent and have different colors. The control module is configured to convert an input data to an output data. The input data includes a first grayscale value of a first color. The output data includes the first grayscale value of the first color and a second grayscale value of a second color, and the first color and the second color are different. The first grayscale value of the output data is provided to the first sub-pixel, and the second grayscale value of the output data is provided to the second sub-pixel.
US11990063B1
A modular frame for supporting one or more LED panels to form a video wall, a leveling system for the video wall, and a calibration and/or cleaning system for the LED panels of the video wall. The modular frame is a framework comprising at least two support columns, a primary support beam and at least one secondary support beam wherein the at least two support columns are spaced apart with the primary support beam extending substantially laterally thereacross, and a plurality of stiffening elements. The at least one secondary support beam is an articulated support beam for supporting a column of one or more LED panels therefrom and wherein the articulation point of each of the at least one secondary support beams as connected to the primary support beam is substantially centered over or below the center of mass of the one or more LED panels suspended therefrom. A plurality of modular frames can be secured together to form the video wall of a selected width and height with LED panels supported in one or more rows and one or more columns.
US11990062B2
A collapsible display apparatus comprises a plurality of ribs, each having a first portion with an opening therein, a second portion with an opening therein spaced-apart from the first portion, and an intermediate portion intermediate the first portion and the second portion, a first ring having a slot therein to receive the first portion of each rib to enable the first ring to be received into the opening of the first portion of each rib, and a second ring having a slot therein to receive the second portion of each rib to enable the second ring to be received into the opening of the second portion of each rib. The first ring is secured by a latch to the first portion of each rib and the second ring is secured by a latch to the second portion of each rib.
US11990061B2
The invention relates to the field of tensioning systems for tensionable cloths. In particular, the invention provides a tensioning system and a cloth-tensioning system. The invention also relates to the use of the tensioning system and the cloth-tensioning system. Furthermore, the invention also relates to a method of tensioning a cloth using the tensioning system.
US11990059B1
A system and associated methods facilitate administration of assessments within an extended reality learning environment. Assessment recordings captured during administration can be used for grading and professional development purposes, and can also serve to enable students to “enter” assessment recordings during future study sessions to aid in understanding of educational concepts. The system further facilitates collaborative learning through review sessions that can use the assessment recordings to provide and record feedback to further improve learning outcomes.
US11990050B2
A vertiport system dynamically updates configuration of a vertiport based on predicted usage of the vertiport during a given time frame. The vertiport system predicts vertiport usage using flight data and estimated passenger demands and determines a desired number of parking pads and a desired number of final approach and takeoff (FATO) pads for the vertiport during the time frame. Based on the desired number of parking pads and the desired number of FATO pads for the vertiport, the vertiport system determines an updated configuration of the vertiport. According to the updated configuration, the vertiport system updates the configuration of the vertiport for at least a portion of the time frame.
US11990045B2
A periphery recognition support system for a personal watercraft includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: receive position related data related to a positional relation between a personal watercraft and a peripheral object around the personal watercraft; determine based on the position related data whether or not a predetermined warning condition is satisfied; and output a predetermined warning signal when it is determined that the warning condition is satisfied.
US11990041B2
A moving body tracking system, comprising: a first camera that captures image(s) of moving body entering an intersection, a plurality of second cameras installed in a plurality of locations set as destinations of the moving body entering the intersection, a moving direction determining part that determines a moving direction of the moving body entering the intersection due to a change in direction of the moving body based on captured data by the first camera, and a path specifying part that selects the second camera based on the moving direction of the moving body, searches a frame in which the specified moving body was captured from captured data by the second camera, and specifies a path of the moving body.
US11990039B2
An emergency vehicle detection device, including a main body to be removably disposed on at least a portion of an interior of a vehicle, a plurality of microphones removably connected to at least a portion of the vehicle to detect at least one frequency emitted from an emergency vehicle, and a light unit connected to the main body to illuminate based on at least one of a type of the emergency vehicle and a direction of approach of the emergency vehicle.
US11990038B2
A control device is mounted on a moving body, and the control device is configured to display, on a display unit, a display of a traffic signal included in an image that has been captured by an imaging unit for imaging an external field of the moving body. The control device comprises a recognition unit configured to recognize the display of the traffic signal from the image; a communication unit configured to receive display information of the traffic signal through wireless communication; and a control portion configured to determine the display of the traffic signal, based on the display of the traffic signal that has been recognized by the recognition unit and the display information that has been received by the communication unit, and configured to display, on the display unit, the display of the traffic signal that has been determined.
US11990037B2
Implementations described and claimed herein address the foregoing by providing systems and methods for driving notification. In one implementation, a method may include the operations of receiving an indication of a speed of a trailer, determining whether a parameter associated with the speed of the trailer meets a threshold, and activating a notification device based on the determination.
US11990031B2
This disclosure describes techniques for a consumer application that integrates a model-controller-view (MCV) design pattern with an event streaming platform such as an Apache Kafka™ in a network operation center (NOC) server to support NOC workspace interoperability. The MCV design pattern may include a pattern that divides an application into three main logical components (e.g., model component, controller component, and view component) to handle specific aspects of the application. In one example, the model component decouples the telemetry data streams from an event stream platform, and the controller component filters a queried set of decoupled telemetry data streams to dynamically control views to be rendered in the view component.
US11990025B2
A system may be configured to implement a probability network for loss prevention sensors. In some aspects, the system may determine a location transition of a tag associated with an article, determine a first predictive value based at least in part on a first predictive structure and the location transition, the first predictive structure corresponding to a valid detection alarm, and determine a second predictive value based at least in part on a second predictive structure and the location transition, the second predictive structure corresponding to an invalid detection alarm. Further, the system may generate a notification based at least in on part on comparing the first predictive value to the second predictive value, the notification indicating unauthorized movement of the tag outside of a geographic area.
US11990018B2
A monitoring device, including an encasement having an upper part and a lower part; wherein the lower part is attached by a hinge at a first side of the encasement to the upper part; wherein at an opposite side the upper part can be lowered onto the lower part to close the encasement or lifted up to open the encasement; an elongated strap with a first end and a second end wherein the first end of the strap is attached to the first side of the encasement and configured to enable coupling the monitoring device to a person by wrapping the strap around a limb of a person, and inserting the second end of the strap into the opposite side of the encasement onto the lower part and covering it with the upper part.
US11990013B2
A signal-emitting retail display device that includes a wire having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion configured to support a label holder, the bottom portion configured to store one or more retail items. The signal-emitting retail display device also has an electronic unit that includes an emitter. The emitter is configured to emit a warning signal, and configured to transmit a wireless signal to an alarm box, where the wireless signal is indicative of the warning signal. The wire is electrically coupled to the electronic unit such that the wire functions as an antenna for the transmission of the wireless signal to the alarm box.
US11990009B2
A system for monitoring shopping carts uses cameras to generate images of the carts moving in a store. In some implementations, cameras may additionally or alternatively be mounted to the shopping carts and configured to image cart contents. The system may use the collected image data, and/or other types of sensor data (such as the store location at which an item was added to the basket), to classify items detected in the shopping carts. For example, a trained machine learning model may classify item in a cart as “non-merchandise,” “high theft risk merchandise,” “electronics merchandise,” etc. When a shopping cart approaches a store exit without any indication of an associated payment transaction, the system may use the associated item classification data, optionally in combination with other data such as cart path data, to determine whether to execute an anti-theft action, such as locking a cart wheel or activating a store alarm. The system may also compare the classifications of cart contents to payment transaction records (or summaries thereof) to, e.g., detect underpayment events.
US11990006B2
Table-based gaming actions are disclosed where additional prizes or other gains can be awarded after spinning of a first reward determining wheel of chance by spinning of one or more further wheels of chance where the further spinnings are enabled by a previous spin outcome landing on an outcome selecting segment that awards a partial reward and also awards the spinning of the next successive wheel of chance. Each of the successive wheels of chance is different from the others such that a variety of reward possibilities is provided. Different games, such as presented at different tables, may be linked, where the spinnings offer a jackpot and the odds of each player winning the jackpot is the same, regardless of the game being played.
US11990003B2
A system that tracks the funding source of an amount of funds as the funds are transferred between various accounts or balances of various components of the system.
US11989998B2
A gaming machine that provides an operation unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The operation unit receives an operation of a player. The display unit displays a rotating selector device including a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a column and a plurality of rows. A reel strip having a plurality of segments is associated with the column. Each segment has a plurality of segment symbol positions. Each segment symbol position having an associated symbol. During a game, the control unit displays and rotates the selector device and establishes a stop segment based on the timing of player input. The control unit select a symbol position of the stop segment to establish an outcome of the game.
US11989991B2
Automated food delivery methods and systems using computer-managed delivery to an array of food delivery enclosures and computer-enabled customer access to the food delivered to the enclosures. Customers using the methods and systems may utilize their personal communication device such as a cell phone or tablet to order food and subsequently open an enclosure containing their food order.
US11989986B2
It is provided a method for determining whether a portable key device is located inside or outside a metal door. The method is performed by a credential communication device and comprises the steps of: obtaining a first time-of-flight, ToF, measurement between a first antenna and the portable key device, wherein the first antenna is located on the outside of the metal door; obtaining a second ToF measurement between a second antenna and the portable key device, wherein the second antenna is located on the inside of the metal door; and determining the portable key device to be located on the outside of the metal door when the first ToF measurement is less than the second ToF measurement by an amount which is greater than a threshold value.
US11989968B2
A fingerprint sensing system comprising a plurality of conductive selection lines; a plurality of conductive read-out lines crossing the selection lines; selection circuitry controllable to provide a selection signal on at least one selected selection line in the plurality of selection lines; a plurality of pixel elements formed at intersections between the selection lines and the read-out lines; current providing circuitry coupled to the read-out lines and controllable to generate a current pulse in at least one of the read-out lines when reading out a sensing signal from each of the pixel elements.
US11989963B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform artificial-intelligence-based technical support operations. The operations may include receiving over at least one network first audio signals including speech data associated with a technical support session and first image signals including image data associated with a product for which support is sought from a mobile communications device, analyzing the first audio signals and the first image signals using artificial intelligence, aggregating the analysis thereof, accessing at least one data structure to identify an image capture instruction, presenting the image capture instruction including a direction to alter and capture second image signals of a structure identified in the first image signals to the mobile communications device, receiving from the mobile communications device second image signals, analyzing the same using artificial intelligence, and determining a technical support resolution status.
US11989953B1
A method may include: capturing, by a camera on a travelling vehicle, a plurality of road images of a road; selecting, by processor circuitry, a plurality of diagnostic images from the plurality of road images; determining, by the processor circuitry, a condition level of a diagnostic target feature in each of two or more of the plurality of selected diagnostic images; and visualizing. The visualizing may include one diagnostic image of the plurality of selected diagnostic images. The one diagnostic image may show one diagnostic target feature of the plurality of the diagnostic target features. The visualizing may include a map showing the road and showing the condition levels along the road.
US11989949B1
Systems, methods, models, and training data for models are discussed, for determining vehicle positioning, and in particular identifying tailgating. Simulated training images showing vehicles following other vehicles, under various conditions, are generated using a virtual environment. Models are trained to determine following distance between two vehicles. Trained models are used to in detection of tailgating, based on determined distance between two vehicles. Results of tailgating are output to warn a driver, or to provide a report on driver behavior.
US11989944B2
A method for selecting a detail for a surroundings detection by a sensor based on sensor data. The surroundings are detected by at least one additional sensor, and an object recognition is carried out based on the ascertained sensor data of the at least one additional sensor. Pieces of position information from at least one recognized object are transformed into a coordinate system of the sensor, based on the object recognition, and based on the transformed pieces of position information, the sensor uses a detail of a scanning area for the surroundings detection, or an image detail from already detected sensor data, for an evaluation. A control device is also described.
US11989927B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for detecting a keypoint based on deep learning robust to scale changes based on information change across receptive fields. The apparatus for detecting a keypoint based on deep learning robust to scale changes based on information change across receptive fields includes a feature extractor for extracting a feature from an input image based on a pre-trained deep learning neural network, an information accumulation pyramid module for outputting, from the feature, at least two filter responses corresponding to receptive fields having different scales, an information change detection module for calculating an information change between the at least two filter responses, a keypoint detection module for creating a score map having a keypoint probability of each pixel based on the information change, and a continuous scale estimation module for estimating a scale of a receptive field having a biggest information change for each pixel.
US11989926B1
In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided that include or utilize one or more automotive equipped cameras and a processor. The one or more automotive equipped cameras are configured to be onboard a vehicle and to obtain camera images during operation of the vehicle, the camera images including a view of one or more wheels of the vehicle. The processor is coupled to the one or more cameras, and is configured to at least facilitate: processing the camera images; and determining one or more states of the one or more wheels, including an alignment thereof, a health thereof, or both, based on the processing of the camera images.
US11989925B2
An image matching apparatus matching a first image against a second image includes an acquiring unit, a generating unit, and a determining unit. The acquiring unit acquires a frequency feature of the first image and a frequency feature of the second image. The generating unit synthesizes the frequency feature of the first image and the frequency feature of the second image, and generates a quantized synthesized frequency feature in which a value of an element is represented by a binary value or a ternary value. The determining unit calculates a score indicating a degree to which the quantized synthesized frequency feature is a square wave having a single period, and matches the first image against the second image based on the score.
US11989924B2
A system includes: a unit that input a series image sequence; a unit that selects a reference image; a unit that selects a proximity image; and an inference unit that recognizes the reference image and the proximity image by performing inference processing, including convolution processing and activation function processing, on the reference image and the proximity image. The inference unit generates results of performing the convolution processing and the activation function processing on the proximity image from the results of the convolution processing and the activation function processing performed on the reference image, and the results of the product of the results of the convolution processing performed on a difference image, which is an image of the difference between the reference image and the proximity image, and a derivative value of the results of the convolution processing and the activation function processing performed on the reference image.
US11989916B2
Embodiments provide an automated approach for generating unbiased synthesized image-label pairs for colorization training of retro photographs. Modern grayscale images with corresponding color images are translated to images with the characteristics of retro photographs, thereby producing training data that pairs images with the characteristics of retro paragraphs with corresponding color images. This training data can then be employed to train a deep learning model to colorize retro photographs more effectively.
US11989915B2
A method of determining a focal length of a camera and/or of adjusting a viewing direction in a graphical representation of a pre-operative image is provided. The method includes providing uncalibrated camera data of a camera, specifying an initial value of a focal length of the camera, specifying a working distance value of a distance between the camera and the at least part of the tracking system, calculating a distance value of the distance between the camera and the at least part of the tracking system based on the uncalibrated camera data and based on the specified initial value of the focal length of the camera, calculating a change factor based on the specified working distance value and the calculated distance value, and calculating an adapted value of the focal length of the camera based on the initial value of the focal length and based on the change factor.
US11989914B2
The present invention relates to a system and a method for calibration between coordinate systems of a 3D camera and a medical imaging apparatus. The calibration system includes a calibration tool having markers and a reference point that is aligned with a center of the medical imaging apparatus to serve as an origin of the coordinate system. Positions of the markers in the coordinate system of the medical imaging apparatus are calculated according to relative positions of the markers with respect to the reference point. A 3D camera captures images to determine positions of the markers in the coordinate system of the 3D camera. A calculation device calibrates the coordinate system of the 3D camera and the coordinate system of the medical imaging apparatus using the positions of the markers in the coordinate system of the 3D camera and the p in the coordinate system of the medical imaging apparatus.
US11989904B2
A liquid providing system of detecting a target container includes a main body, a holder, an optical sensor and an operational processor. The main body has a supporting platform. The holder is disposed on the supporting platform, and the holder is made by low reflectivity material and adapted to hold the target container. The optical sensor is disposed above the supporting platform and adapted to output a detection image containing the target container and the holder. The operational processor is electrically connected to the optical sensor, and adapted to analyze the detection image and then acquire an effective feature inside the detection image for distinguishing the target container from the holder.
US11989902B2
A vehicular trailer beam estimation system includes a camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle equipped with a trailer hitch. With a trailer hitched at the trailer hitch of the vehicle, the camera views at least a portion of the trailer hitched to the vehicle. The system, responsive at least in part to processing by an image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines a trailer angle of the trailer relative to the vehicle. During a driving maneuver, the system tracks trailering parameters, which include (i) the trailer angle, (ii) steering angle of the vehicle and (iii) speed of the vehicle. The system determines beam length of the trailer based at least in part on (i) the trailering parameters, (ii) the vehicle's wheelbase and (iii) hitch length of the trailer hitch of the vehicle.
US11989901B2
An object detection processing section 21 detects an object region, using at least one of multiple viewpoint images (e.g., left-viewpoint image) with different viewpoint positions on the basis of information learned through prior learning. A distance measuring section 23 performs ellipse fitting on the object region detected by the object detection processing section 21 to set a distance measurement point arrangement region, and sets multiple distance measurement points in the distance measurement point arrangement region. The distance measuring section 22 performs a stereo matching process using the multiple viewpoint images to calculate a parallax with sub-pixel accuracy for each of the distance measurement points corresponding to the object indicated by an image of the object region and, on the basis of the calculated parallaxes, generates distance measurement information regarding the object. Thus, the distance measurement information regarding the object can be generated without elongating a baseline distance between imaging sections that acquire the multiple viewpoint images with different viewpoint positions to such an extent that the object can be distinguished from the background.
US11989887B2
A processing system includes a machine tool including a measuring unit which outputs measurement information for calculating a shape of a processing object, a control unit which generates position information related to a position of the measuring unit at the time of measuring the processing object and outputs the generated position information and a generation time signal indicating a time at which the position information is generated, an acquisition unit which acquires the output position information and the generation time signal, an estimation unit which estimates the time at which the position information is generated on the basis of a time at which the acquisition unit acquires the generation time signal, and a shape calculation unit which calculates a shape of the processing object on the basis of the measurement information, the position information, and the time estimated by the estimation unit.
US11989886B2
Existing techniques in precision farming comprise supervised event detection and need labeled training data which is tedious considering the large number of crops, differences therein and even larger number of diseases and pests. The present disclosure provides an unsupervised method and uses images of any size captured in an uncontrolled environment. The methods and systems disclosed find application in automatically localizing and classifying events, including health state and growth stage and also estimating an extent of manifestation of the event. Information of spatial continuity in pixels and boundaries in a given image is used to update the feature representation and label assignment to every pixel using a fully convolutional network. Back propagation of the pixel labels modified according to the output of a graph based method helps the neural network to converge and provide a time efficient solution.
US11989885B2
A speckle detection method includes: obtaining a to-be-detected image; converting the to-be-detected image into Lab color space to obtain a Lab image; extracting a speckle feature from the Lab image to obtain a speckle feature image, where the speckle feature image includes a skin speckle feature and a subcutaneous speckle feature; and determining a skin speckle and a subcutaneous speckle in the speckle feature image.
US11989884B2
The present application discloses a method of adjusting a parameter, the parameter being used to derive a physiological characteristic of an individual from an image of the user, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining the parameter for the individual; obtaining a corresponding parameter for a plurality of other individuals within a cohort of the individual; comparing the parameter for the individual with a statistically significant parameter for the plurality of other individuals; and adjusting the parameter for the individual in accordance with the difference between the parameter for the individual and the statistically significant parameter for the plurality of other individuals.
US11989881B2
A method and system for acquiring scan data. The system includes a processing device and an imaging device. The processing device is configured to generate a target protocol group corresponding to a plurality of target bed positions by adjusting, based on a reference image, at least one parameter of an initial protocol group. The target protocol group includes a target general protocol for localizing the plurality of target bed positions and a plurality of target primary protocols for localizing each of the plurality of target bed positions. The imaging device is configured to acquire scan data by scanning the object based on the target protocol group.
US11989871B2
An apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to receive a first model and a second model; determine difference information that is representative of a difference between the first model and the second model and/or between the first task and the second task and/or between the first domain and the second domain; and generate a third model using the first model, the second model and the difference information, wherein the generating of the third model comprises training the third model to perform both of the first task and the second task and/or to operate on both the first domain and the second domain.
US11989861B2
Deep learning-based real-time detection and correction of compromised sensors in autonomous machines
A mechanism is described for facilitating deep learning-based real-time detection and correction of compromised sensors in autonomous machines according to one embodiment. An apparatus of embodiments, as described herein, includes detection and capturing logic to facilitate one or more sensors to capture one or more images of a scene, where an image of the one or more images is determined to be unclear, where the one or more sensors include one or more cameras. The apparatus further comprises classification and prediction logic to facilitate a deep learning model to identify, in real-time, a sensor associated with the image.
US11989854B2
An electronic device may include an electronic display to display an image based on processed image data. The electronic device may also include image processing circuitry to generate the processed image data. The image processing circuitry may receive input image data corresponding to an image in a first perspective and warp the input image data from the first perspective to a second perspective, generating warped image data. Additionally, the image processing circuitry may determine one or more occluded regions in the second perspective and determine fill-data corresponding to the occluded regions. The processed image data may be generated by combining the warped image data and the fill-data.
US11989850B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose method for calculating image highlight reflection separation. A specific implementation of the method includes: controlling a polarized color sensor to shoot a polarized color image, and calculating a polarized chromaticity image; clustering the pixels of diffuse reflection components whose chromaticity difference is within a preset range, to obtain a pixel sequence set; using a robust principal component analysis algorithm for each pixel, to obtain an initial separation result; further processing the polarized color image for highlight reflection separation, to obtain a highlight reflection separation result, and generating a diffuse reflection image. This implementation can achieve highlight reflection separation for images without being affected by the lighting information, and obtain a highlight reflection separation result with higher accuracy through the color and polarization information.
US11989849B2
A method for processing a 360-degree image includes determining a processing order of each of a plurality of segments constituting a 360-degree image, based on positions of the segments and parameters of a camera by which the 360-degree image is captured, obtaining distortion correction information according to distortion in the 360-degree image predicted based on parameters of an optical device via which at least a partial region of the 360-degree image is projected, and processing data of the at least a partial region of the 360-degree image according to the determined processing order and the obtained distortion correction information.
US11989845B2
The present disclosure describes techniques of implementing augmented reality. The techniques comprise obtaining a target object image in a real-time scene image captured by an image acquisition unit in response to an instruction from a user; generates a virtual image corresponding to a target object based on the target object image and an animation material; and displays the virtual image corresponding to the target object in the real-time scene.
US11989843B2
A method for programming a robotic system by demonstration is described. In one aspect, the method includes displaying a first virtual object in a display of an augmented reality (AR) device, the first virtual object corresponding to a first physical object in a physical environment of the AR device, tracking, using the AR device, a manipulation of the first virtual object by a user of the AR device, identifying an initial state and a final state of the first virtual object based on the tracking, the initial state corresponding to an initial pose of the first virtual object, the final state corresponding to a final pose of the first virtual object, and programming by demonstration a robotic system using the tracking of the manipulation of the first virtual object, the first initial state of the first virtual object, and the final state of the first virtual object.
US11989842B2
This application describes a head-mounted display (HMD) for use in virtual-reality (VR) environments. The systems and methods described herein may determine information about a real-world environment surrounding the user, a location of the user within the real-world environment, and/or a pose of the user within the real-world environment. Such information may allow the HMD to display images of the real-world environment in a pass-through manner and without detracting the user from the VR environment. In some instances, the HMD may pass-through images of the real-world environment based on one or more triggering events.
US11989840B2
Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for managing augmented reality (AR) effects on a blockchain, comprising receiving a request to convert an AR effect into a decentralized digital asset. The implementations further include uploading an AR effect package comprising execution files of the AR effect to a decentralized server connected to a peer-to-peer network. The implementations further include generating metadata associated with the AR effect package, wherein the metadata indicates attributes of the AR effect and a storage address of the AR effect package in the decentralized server. The implementations further include generating a token universal resource identifier (tokenURI) linked to the metadata and generating, using a smart contract, the decentralized digital asset corresponding to the AR effect package and the tokenURI for storage on the blockchain and subsequent access by a content creation application.
US11989838B2
The MR display device includes a controller and a display unit. The controller recognizes a reality object from a reality video imaged by a camera and links a predetermined virtual object to the reality object based on an operation of an experiencing person. The display unit displays a video of the linked virtual object. The controller acquires a recognition result of a reality object generated by the other MR display device and data of the linked virtual object, via a communication unit, synthesizes the acquired data and the own data, and displays a video obtained by the synthesis on the display unit. In addition, the controller allows an edit of the virtual object linked to the reality object on the video displayed on the display unit, based on an operation of the experiencing person.
US11989837B2
A method of spawning a digital island in a three-dimensional environment is disclosed. Data describing a three-dimensional environment is accessed. The data is partitioned into a plurality of contexts based on properties identified in the data, the properties corresponding to surfaces or objects in the three-dimensional environment. One or more values of one or more traits corresponding to a context of the plurality of context are identified. A digital island is matched to the context. The matching includes analyzing one or more conditions associated with the digital island with respect to the one or more values of the one or more traits corresponding to the context. Based on the matching, the spawning of the digital island is performed in the three-dimensional environment for the context.
US11989835B2
A computing device configured to display a virtual representation of an environment of a robot includes a display device, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to receive data from the one or more sensors of the robot with respect to an object within an environment of the robot. The processor is also configured to display a virtual representation of the object within a virtual mapping of the environment based on the data received from the one or more sensors. The processor is further configured to receive input data selecting the virtual representation of the object. The processor is also further configured to send instructions to the robot to act in response to the received input data.
US11989829B2
Neural network systems and related machine learning methods for geological modeling are provided that employ an improved generative adversarial network including a generator neural network and a discriminator neural network. The generator neural network is trained to map a combination of a noise vector and a category code vector as input to a simulated image of geological facies. The discriminator neural network is trained to map at least one image of geological facies provided as input to corresponding probability that the at least one image of geological facies provided as input is a training image of geological facies or a simulated image of geological facies produced by the generator neural network.
US11989826B2
Systems and methods are provided for navigating a three-dimensional model using deterministic movement of an electronic device. An electronic device can load and provide an initial display of a three dimensional model (e.g., of an environment or of an object). As the user moves the electronic device, motion sensing components can detect the device movement and adjust the displayed portion of the three-dimensional model to reflect the movement of the device. By walking with the device in the user's real environment, a user can virtually navigate a representation of a three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, a user can record an object or environment using an electronic device, and tag the recorded im and orientation of the programmable device relative to the three-dimensional object at the first time responsive to detection of movement ages or video with movement information describing the movement of the device during the recording. The recorded information can then be processed with the movement information to generate a three-dimensional model of the recorded environment or object.
US11989825B1
Disclosed is a system and associated methods that account for the change in coloring or tint that some wavelengths of light have on materials of an object, and that generate an object model with the accounted for change in coloring or tint removed from the pixels or constructs of that model. The system receives spectral data in different electromagnetic spectrum bands for a particular surface of the object. The system measures a first quality of the light that illuminates the object, and determines a reactivity of the particular surface to the first quality of the light based on the spectral data matching a spectral signature of a material having that reactivity. The system removes the light effects on the particular surface by adjusting the spectral data according to the reactivity to the first quality of the light and measuring the first quality in the light illuminating the object.
US11989816B2
A method of managing resources in a graphics processing pipeline includes, in response to selecting a task for execution within a texture/shading unit, allocating to the task both a static allocation of temporary registers for the entire task and a dynamic allocation of temporary registers. The dynamic allocation comprises temporary registers used by a first phase of the task only and the static allocation of temporary registers comprises any temporary registers that are used by the program and are live at a boundary between two phases. When the task subsequently reaches a boundary between two phases, the dynamic allocation of temporary registers are freed and a new dynamic allocation of temporary registers for a next phase of the task is allocated to the task.
US11989808B2
Aspects presented herein include systems and methods for editing images (still or video images). In embodiments, edit information is captures and associate with an edited image (e.g., a “remix” image). The remix image and its associated edit information may be readily shared with other users. In embodiments, users can see the creator's editing steps used to achieve the end result via interactive “cards” that may be displayed with the remix image. In embodiments, a player application uses the captured edit information to allow users to “replay” some or all of those edits on an image. The remix-replay embodiments provide: (1) unique ways for capturing edits and parameter adjustments for being applied onto a different image; (2) unique ways for observing how the image was edited for learning how to replicate edits; and (3) unique ways for applying some or all of those edits during editing.
US11989803B2
Presented herein are systems and methods for tomographic imaging of a region of interest in a subject using short-wave infrared light to provide for accurate reconstruction of absorption maps within the region of interest. The reconstructed absorption maps are representations of the spatial variation in tissue absorption within the region of interest. The reconstructed absorption maps can themselves be used to analyze anatomical properties and biological processes within the region of interest, and/or be used as input information about anatomical properties in order to facilitate data processing used to obtain images of the region of interest via other imaging modalities. For example, the reconstructed absorption maps may be incorporated into forward models that are used in tomographic reconstruction processing in fluorescence and other contrast-based tomographic imaging modalities. Incorporating reconstructed absorption maps into other tomographic reconstruction processing algorithms in this manner improves the accuracy of the resultant reconstructions.
US11989802B2
A system includes a unit for handling color assignment within a complex document and for maintaining a perceived brightness difference between elements on a discreet-pixel-depth-display. The unit includes a user interface to facilitate modification by a user of at least one first color to at least one second color within a previously chosen color scheme for a component of the document having principal colors and associated subordinate colors per principal color, a color handler to modify the chosen color scheme to produce an updated color scheme to match a perceived brightness of the at least one second color throughout at least a portion of the updated color scheme, a brightness handler to calculate the perceived brightness of said at least one second color and a subordinate color overrider configured to calculate an actual color to be assigned from the existing subordinate color and the new color requested by the user.
US11989799B2
A visualized image display device includes an acquisition means for acquiring time-series feature data in which time-series data of a feature of an object in a video and an object ID are associated with each other, and classification data in which the object ID and a class ID labeled to the object are associated with each other; a selection means for selecting a class ID to be visualized, and a display control means for acquiring the object ID associated with the selected class ID from the classification data, acquiring time-series data associated with the acquired object ID from the time-series feature data, and on the basis of the acquired time-series data, displaying a feature image representing a temporal change of the feature of the object having the selected class ID, on a display unit.
US11989798B2
A video processing system includes a system processor circuit and a video processor circuit. The system processor circuit includes a graphic buffer and an open media acceleration layer. The graphic buffer is configured to store video data from a camera. The open media acceleration interface is configured to extract at least one data parameter associated with the video data. The video processor circuit is configured to receive the at least one data parameter, receive the video data from the graphic buffer according to the at least one data parameter, encode the video data according to the at least one data parameter to generate encoded data, and transmit the encoded data to the system processor circuit.
US11989793B1
Computerized system and method of obtaining and analyzing data on how large numbers of real estate visitors view and interact with real estate property. The system, which optimally will operate during real-world real estate tours, may utilize data from either property associated sensors or user mobile device sensors (e.g., smartphone sensors) to obtain and aggregate visitor position and/or orientation data with respect to various designated locations of interest on the property. This can be used to produce statistics on visitor positions and/or orientations with respect to such locations. The resulting data can be used for various purposes, including as input to LLM AI systems for automated real estate recommendations and information about various real estate features associated with below or above-average visitor interest or approval. Various methods to encourage use, such as self-guided real-world tours, virtual staging, and virtual goods and services, are also discussed.
US11989790B2
A method for drilling includes receiving an initial drill plan for drilling a well, obtaining one or more offset well drilling activity logs generated based on drilling offset wells, and generating a modified drill plan for drilling the target well by adding one or more new drilling activities to the initial drill plan between first and second consecutive activities of the initial drill plan, based on a conditional probability of an occurrence of the one or more new drilling activities between the first and second consecutive activities.
US11989787B2
A user device includes a camera configured to capture a series of images of a vehicle and a processor configured to receive a first image of the vehicle from a first viewpoint, classify, for the first image, one or more parts of the vehicle captured in the first image, generate, for the first image, a first graphic indicating the parts of the vehicle being displayed in the first image and a display configured to receive the first image and the first graphic from the processor and display the first image of the vehicle with the first graphic indicating the parts of the vehicle being displayed in the first image.
US11989779B2
Methods, system and articles of manufacture are disclosed including configurable order entry, matching, coordination and market data intervals. An example method to decouple order entry and matching of contra-side orders includes receiving a trade order during an order entry interval, wherein the order entry interval defines a first period. The example method also includes starting a matching interval at the expiration of the order entry interval, wherein the matching interval includes a second period and wherein the first period is contiguous to the second period. The example method further includes matching the trade order, during the matching interval, with one or more opposing tradable object trade orders received during the order entry interval, the trade order having a same price or same quantity as the one or more opposing trade orders.
US11989777B2
A system and method for grouping data files into related groups using a combination of deterministic matching and machine learning based cosine similarity matching. The method includes loading the data files into hive tables, combining files in the hive tables into common structured files, and providing prior stored base data hive tables. The method also includes performing a deterministic matching process that matches the common structured files with each other and with the prior stored matched groups of files into related groups, and performing a machine learning based cosine similarity matching process that matches the common structured files with each other and with the prior stored matched groups of files into related groups, where the machine learning based cosine similarity matching process uses at least one neural network. The method combines the matched files from the deterministic matching process and the machine learning based cosine similarity matching process.
US11989776B1
A method for asset evaluation and funding includes receiving, in a server, a request from a client device to access a digital item associated with an asset. The method also includes collecting a personal information of a user associated with the asset, assessing a status of the user based on the personal information, and collecting a historical information associated with similar users and similar assets. The method includes searching for values of the asset in a network, determining attributes of the digital item based on the value of the asset, the status of the user, and the historical information, and generating documents for the user, wherein collecting a personal information associated with the user comprises searching for a first information from a third party database, and requesting a second information from the user. A system and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instruction to perform the above method are also provided.
US11989772B2
A system for extracting a product information of assets from the low resolution media contents taken in an environment 104 and updating a global product-master database 110 with the extracted product information is provided. An image capturing device 102 captures the media contents of assets. The product information extraction system 106 that (i) receives the media contents from the device 102, (ii) identifies the low resolution media contents based on size and dimensions of media contents, (iii) parses the low resolution media contents, using a system of cascading deep neural networks, to generate the product information at Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) level, (iv) transfers the product information obtained from the deep neural network system to the point of sale device 108 to update a local point-of-sale product-master, and (v) transmits the product information to the a global product-master server to update the global product-master database 110.
US11989768B2
There are provided systems and methods for dynamically rendered interface elements during online chat sessions. A user may engage in online communications with another user, such as a communication session between a customer and a customer representative or agent of a merchant. During this communication session, the agent may navigate to particular data on the agent's device, which may be desirable to provide to the customer. For example, the agent may view a particular item of interest to the customer. An application programming interface of the merchant may detect one or more actions or calls associated with this data and may dynamically provide an interface element to transmit data displayed on the agent's device to the customer's device during the communication session. The customer may view a dynamically rendered interface element that allows for processing data during the communication session with the agent.
US11989763B1
A self-checkout verification system may include a user device configured to collect user mobile checkout image data from products to be purchased in a store during a mobile checkout process, generate a mobile checkout list of the products to be purchased based upon the collected mobile checkout image data, and process payment based upon the mobile checkout list. The system may also include a self-checkout verification station in the store and configured to obtain the mobile checkout list from the user device, collect verification image data from a plurality of products presented for verification, and generate a verification list based upon the verification image data. The self-checkout verification station may also be configured to determine a discrepancy between the verification list and the mobile checkout list, and generate and communicate a notification based upon the discrepancy.
US11989762B2
Systems and methods for identity verification to provide access to restricted goods or services. A first device may receive, from a second device operated on behalf of a user, a first request to purchase a restricted good or service. The first device may transmit, to the second device responsive to the first request, a second request comprising an identification of information of the user, and an identification of validation system; and may receive the requested information of the user. The first device may generate an attestation key comprising a hash of the requested information of the user and the identification of the validation system; and may determine that a record in a centralized or distributed ledger at an address corresponding to the attestation key is associated with a non-zero transaction value. Responsive to the determination, the first device may provide the restricted good or service to the user.
US11989761B2
A vehicle usage fee determination system includes a reception unit that receives a usage application by a user who has an intention to drive a vehicle, a wakefulness level estimation unit that estimates a wakefulness level of the user, and a fee determination unit that sets a usage fee of the vehicle when a target wakefulness level that is the wakefulness level at a time a first predetermined time before a scheduled driving start time of the vehicle by the user is a predetermined value to be equal to or less than a usage fee of the vehicle when the target wakefulness level is lower than the predetermined value.
US11989751B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for providing instant rebates before a transaction is completed. This involves ingest of customer and rebate data from two or more utilities, where the data is parsed and normalized into a standard format across all of the utilities. The customer data is then stored in an accounts database, while the rebate data is further processed along with utility rebate rules to determine a set of rebate eligibilities for a variety of scenarios. The resulting rebate profiles can be stored in a rebates database and linked to corresponding customer account data in the accounts database. Third-party frontends can then request rebate eligibility based on a customer identifier and retail channel, and various services can work in tandem to query the rebated database and return a set of eligibilities with so little latency that the eligibility check appears instant from a customer's standpoint.
US11989749B2
A driver scoring (DS) computing device for scoring driving activity for a driver in real-time is provided. The DS computing device includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory, the at least one processor configured to: (i) receive sensor data about a driver in a vehicle; (ii) determine, from the sensor data, a driver activity including at least a duration for the activity; (iii) calculate a score for the determined activity, wherein the score depends on at least one of a type of activity and the duration of the activity; (iv) retrieve a driver profile associated with the driver from the at least one memory, the driver profile including at least one of user input preferences and a history of payment transactions; and (v) generate at least one merchant incentive based on the score and the driver profile.
US11989744B2
A computing system receives a plurality of payloads from a plurality of computing devices, each of the plurality of payloads comprising one or more events for a pageview corresponding to a respective website. For every predefined time period, the computing system collects a plurality of payloads received within the predefined time period, stores the collected plurality of payloads in a single file in a datastore, generates metadata associated with the single file, and stores the generated metadata in a database comprising metadata for a plurality of single files. When the computing system receives a request for a pageview of a website, the computing system accesses the database to determine a plurality of payloads within one or more single files comprising payloads for the pageview of the website. The computing system generates the pageview by assembling the plurality of payloads for the pageview of the website.
US11989742B2
A computerized enhanced discreet coupon (EDC) processing system processes shopper EDC(s) using a scanner and a processor. The scanner scans purchased items. The processor generates tickets corresponding to the purchased items, syntactically validates shopper EDC(s), semantically checks the EDC(s), and authenticates the EDC(s). If an EDC is authentic, then the processor compares the EDC against the ticket to determine if the EDC qualifies, and if so, then the EDC is redeemable. Authentication can be accomplished by, for example, comparing EDC rule(s) and/or rule identifier(s) against genuine rule/identifier sets. Genuine rule set includes a qualifying rule and a redemption rule.
