US11993333B2
A vehicle lamp includes: a light source; an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern by radiating light; and a controller configured to adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern so as to include a first non-irradiation range in which an object outside a vehicle is not irradiated with the light when the object is detected. The controller is configured to define the first non-irradiation range based on a case where a vehicle body is in a straight traveling state. When the vehicle body is in a cornering state, the controller is configured to acquire height information of the object in accordance with a tilting state of the vehicle body, define a second non-irradiation range narrower than the first non-irradiation range based on the height information, and adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern so as to include the second non-irradiation range instead of the first non-irradiation range.
US11993328B2
A lifting arrangement for lifting a wheel axle of a vehicle comprising a first elongated member extending along a first axis comprising a vehicle frame coupling portion for connecting the lifting arrangement to a vehicle frame of the vehicle during use, a second elongated member extending along a second axis comprising a wheel axle coupling portion for connecting the lifting arrangement to the wheel axle of the vehicle during use, wherein the vehicle frame coupling portion and the wheel axle coupling portion are offset from each other by a length and wherein the lifting arrangement is arranged to adjust the length between a maximum length and a minimum length by axially moving the second elongated member along the second axis relative the first elongated member, wherein the lifting arrangement further comprises an engaging device for axially moving the second elongated member along the second axis relative the first elongated member.
US11993326B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle steering system may involve generating a steering feel, with a steering force assistance or a countertorque that is introduced by a feedback actuator into a steering handle, in a manner that is dependent on a driver-side manual torque applied to the steering handle. The steering feel may be represented by way of a characteristic curve that is adapted in a manner that is dependent on steering speed in the case of steering speeds above 100°/s such that an adapted characteristic curve has a smaller maximum change of the gradient than the characteristic curve in the case of lower steering speeds.
US11993306B2
A steering system for a vehicle includes a steering gear, two knuckles of two steerable wheels, a steering actuator, a plurality of sensors, and a processing unit. The steering gear is connected to a first knuckle of the two knuckles and the steering gear is connected to a second knuckle of the two knuckles. The steering gear is connected to the steering actuator. The sensors are mounted at locations associated with the steering gear. Each of the plurality of sensors is configured to acquire steering system position information. Each of the plurality of sensors are configured to provide acquired steering system information to the processing unit.
US11993301B2
An unlocking device with a pause function comprises a first moving member having a first protruding portion, a second moving member having a second protruding portion, and a third moving member having a third end portion and a fourth end portion. The second moving member is disposed corresponding to the first moving member. The second protruding portion is disposed cooperated with the first protruding portion. The third end portion is connected to the second moving member. When the fourth end portion of the third moving member contacts a carry body, and a first end portion of a releasing member moves along a first direction towards the housing, the releasing member drives the first moving member to move in the first direction, so the second moving member holds the position of the releasing member by the second protruding portion and the first protruding portion.
US11993291B2
A system uses neural networks to determine intents of traffic entities (e.g., pedestrians, bicycles, vehicles) in an environment surrounding a vehicle (e.g., an autonomous vehicle) and generates commands to control the vehicle based on the determined intents. The system receives images of the environment captured by sensors on the vehicle, and processes the images using neural network models to determine overall intents or predicted actions of the one or more traffic entities within the images. The system generates commands to control the vehicle based on the determined overall intents of the traffic entities.
US11993290B2
A vehicle navigation system may comprise a memory including instructions and circuitry configured by the instructions to identify a target vehicle in an environment of a vehicle that includes the vehicle navigation system. The circuitry may receive image data of the target vehicle from an image capture device of the vehicle; identify, based on analysis of the image data, a situational characteristic of the target vehicle including an indication that the target vehicle is traveling behind an additional vehicle traveling slower than the target vehicle; and change a navigational state of the vehicle to allow an action of the target vehicle. The vehicle may be configured to cause the change in the navigational state based on a determination that the situational characteristic indicates that the target vehicle would benefit from the change in the navigational state.
US11993284B2
An autonomous vehicle can comprise winter servicing equipment, such as a snowplow, salt spreader, etc. A controller can be supported by the vehicle and can be operatively coupled thereto. The controller can be configured to control the vehicle to autonomously move through an area along a planned route to effect servicing (e.g., snow removal or remediation) of the area. For example, the controller can be configured to discretize the area into a plurality of cells and to determine a quantity of snow in each cell. The route through the area can be planned by the controller based at least in part on simulated movements of the snow quantities in the cells.
US11993258B2
A vehicle control apparatus executes a collision avoiding control of avoiding collision of an own vehicle with an object when a predetermined execution condition becomes satisfied. The collision avoiding control includes a steering control of changing a steering angle of the own vehicle and a braking force control of applying braking force to the own vehicle so as to realize a target deceleration. The vehicle control apparatus terminates the steering control and decreases the target deceleration at a first rate to terminate the braking force control when a predetermined steering termination condition that the collision has been avoided, becomes satisfied. The vehicle control apparatus terminates the steering control and decreases the target deceleration at a second rate to terminate the braking force control when a predetermined cancelation condition that a driver carries out a driving maneuver, becomes satisfied. The second rate is greater than the first rate.
US11993257B2
A method for operating a vehicle assistance system is described. In one embodiment, when the vehicle is in the autonomous driving mode, encountering an obstacle is prevented independent of the passage height, due to a control unit if is determined that the obstacle is a load supported by a working machine, where the load projects into a driving corridor of the vehicle or moves in the driving corridor. Also described is a device for carrying out the method and to a vehicle having such a device.
US11993255B2
An on-board system of a vehicle scans for target entities in at least one lane to a side of the vehicle and determines position and state of motion of detected target entities. From a state of the vehicle, an intention is inferred of a driver to move the vehicle into one of the at least one lane. If the on-board system detects a risk of collision between a target entity and the vehicle, then the motion of the vehicle is impeded by the system applying brakes of the vehicle and/or reducing a driving torque of the vehicle. A speed of the vehicle is monitored and a motion of the vehicle is not impeded if the speed of the vehicle is above a threshold speed.
US11993250B2
A drive force control system for a vehicle configured to accurately imitate a change in a drive force in a model vehicle. A drive torque simulator computes a virtual drive torque supposed to be delivered to drive wheels of the model vehicle in response to a manual operation to manipulate the vehicle, based on torque changing factors of a powertrain of the model vehicle. An actual torque calculator computes a target torque of a motor that is practically delivered to the drive wheels in the vehicle based on the virtual drive torque computed by the drive torque simulator, taking account of torque changing factors of the powertrain of the vehicle.
US11993237B2
A drive assistance device includes an automatic brake unit configured to perform automatic brake control, a brake hold unit configured to perform a brake hold control keeping the vehicle stopped, a brake hold cancel unit configured to cancel the brake hold control when it is determined that a predetermined cancel condition is satisfied, a surroundings information obtaining unit configured to obtain surroundings information indicating a situation around the vehicle, a maneuver information obtaining unit configured to obtain maneuver information about a driving maneuver performed by a driver of the vehicle, a maneuver determination unit configured to determine, based on the surroundings information and the maneuver information whether the driving maneuver performed during the brake hold control is appropriate for the situation around the vehicle, and a prohibition unit configured to prohibit cancelling the brake hold control as long as it is determined that the driving maneuver is inappropriate.
US11993236B2
An electronic brake system includes a caliper provided on each wheel configured to perform braking, a detector configured to measure a driver's step force or detect a braking pressure generated by the caliper and a controller controls a rotational speed of the motor based on a first rotation speed of the motor calculated based on a change in the magnitude of the braking pressure generated by the caliper, and a second rotation speed of the motor based on a change in the magnitude of the step force when the change in the magnitude of the step force satisfies a predetermined criterion.
US11993233B2
Provided is an electronic brake system. The electronic brake system includes: a reservoir in which a pressurized medium is stored; an integrated master cylinder including a master chamber and a simulation chamber; a reservoir flow path to communicate the integrated master cylinder and the reservoir; a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by operating a hydraulic piston according to an electrical signal output in response to a displacement of a brake pedal, and including a first pressure chamber provided on one side of the hydraulic piston accommodated to be movable in a cylinder block and connected to one or more wheel cylinders, and a second pressure chamber provided on another side of the hydraulic piston and connected to the one or more wheel cylinders; a hydraulic control unit having a first hydraulic circuit configured to control a hydraulic pressure transferred to two wheel cylinders and a second hydraulic circuit configured to control a hydraulic pressure transferred to other two wheel cylinders; and an electronic control unit configured to control valves based on hydraulic pressure information and displacement information of the brake pedal.
US11993227B2
The present disclosure relates to a controller (20) for controlling operation of an access control device (2) for a vehicle (3). The access control device (2) is selectively operable in a first operating mode (P1) and a second operating mode (P2). The access control device (2) is in a limited response mode when operating in the first operating mode (P1). The controller (20) includes a processor (24) and a memory means (23). The processor (24) is configured to determine a position of the access control device (2) and to generate a control signal for activating the first operating mode (P1). The control signal is generated in dependence on the determined position of the access control device (2). The controller (20) may be provided in the access control device (2). The present disclosure also relates to a method of controlling operation of an access control device (2).
US11993215B2
A drive device includes: a control storage unit of a current value of a control signal indicating a drive state of each of loads; a drive unit of the switches according to the current value; an acquisition unit of a current drive state of each load; a determination storage unit of a transition determination value; and a determination unit that compares a correlated drive state of each load correlated with the current value with the transition determination value, and determines that the current value is abnormal when the correlated drive state and the transition determination value satisfy a predetermined corresponding relationship.
US11993207B2
A steering wheel assembly for a vehicle, the steering wheel assembly including a steering wheel frame and a tactile notification device coupled to the steering wheel frame. The tactile notification device includes a mounting frame, a first set of disks arranged around and coupled to the first mounting frame, and an actuator operatively coupled to the first set of disks. The actuator is configured to rotate the set of disks.
US11993202B2
A vehicle light distribution control apparatus includes a first surrounding environment recognition device configured to recognize a surrounding environment around a vehicle and detect first object information in the recognized surrounding environment, and a second surrounding environment recognition device configured to acquire map information in a predetermined range based on the positional information of the vehicle, and second object information included in the acquired map information, and an illumination device configured to radiate illumination light. An illumination control unit is configured to compare the first object information and the second object information, identify objects that are detected in the second object information and are not detected in the first object information, set the objects as light distribution candidate objects respectively, set light distribution priority levels of the light distribution candidate objects respectively, and perform the light distribution control based on the light distribution priority levels.
US11993189B2
A grab bar mount is provided. The grab bar mount includes an upper member having a first channeled recess and a lower member having a second channeled recess. The first channeled recess has a size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of an upper portion of a grab bar post of an off road vehicle. The second channeled recess has a size and shape corresponding to a size and shape of a lower portion of the grab bar post of the off road vehicle. The upper member and the lower member are releasably coupled together around the grab bar post with the grab bar post extending through the first and second channeled recesses. The grab bar mount geometry of the channeled recesses operate to engage the outer surfaces of the grab bar post and inhibits movement of the grab bar mount with respect to the grab bar post.
US11993188B2
An adjustable bed assembly for a vehicle includes a contoured bed frame, a foundation disposed in the bed frame and coupled to an articulated frame having a support platform with a plurality of sectional support members. A linkage mechanism couples the support platform to the foundation and a drive mechanism operably coupled to the linkage assembly adjusts the position of at least one sectional support member. A mattress is disposed on the support platform and configured to conform with the plurality of sectional support members. A monitor mounted on the bed frame is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A control device has a first preset for concurrently adjusting the articulated frame and moving the monitor.
US11993183B2
A seat slide device includes a pair of sliders each including a fixed rail, a movable rail slidably guided by the fixed rail, a bracket on the movable rail configured so that front and rear sides swing opposite to each other in a vertical direction with a longitudinal-intermediate part as a fulcrum, a support bracket supported on the bracket via a hinge and configured to rotate in only one direction from a predetermined orientation about an lateral-direction axis relative to the bracket, a movement-restricting portion configured to restrict sliding of the movable rail while a rear part of the bracket is raised and to release the restriction while the rear part of the bracket is lowered; and a towel bar connecting each support bracket. The hinge part prohibits a rotation of the support bracket while the towel bar is lifted and permits the rotation while the towel bar is lowered.
US11993182B2
A management device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire setting information for onboard equipment used by a user in a vehicle, vehicle model information for the vehicle, and identification information for the user, convert the setting information that has been acquired into new setting information based on the vehicle model information, and provide the new setting information to onboard equipment used by the user corresponding to the identification information in a new vehicle.
US11993181B2
A vehicle seat assembly comprising: a seat with: a seating portion having a front edge and a rear edge, means for connecting the seating portion to the floor of the vehicle, a backrest, rotatable relative to the seating portion about a first transverse axis, a control device comprising a detection means, comprising a signal transmitter and a receiver, and wherein the signal transmitter is configured so that the transmitted signal passes through a determined area for detecting an obstacle near the seat, the transmitter and the receiver being positioned so as to be able to detect an obstacle in the path of the seating portion and/or of the backrest when changing the position of the seating portion and/or of the backrest.
US11993180B2
An in-vehicle solar charge control system includes a path switching unit provided in parallel with the first DC-to-DC converter on an electrical circuit that connects a solar DC-to-DC converter and a first battery and through which electricity having output power flows, and a switching unit controller which switches the path switching unit between a first state in which the output power is supplied to the first battery without being input to the first DC-to-DC converter, and a second state in which the output power is allowed to be input to the first DC-to-DC converter that is switched to the first operating state by a converter control unit.
US11993179B2
A vehicle control system may include a brake pedal position sensor, a braking torque module, an accelerator pedal position sensor, and a brake augmenter. The brake pedal position sensor is operably coupled to a brake pedal to determine a brake pedal position responsive to actuation of the brake pedal by an operator. The braking torque module is operably coupled to wheels of the vehicle to provide negative torque to the wheels based on the brake pedal position when an EBB system is in an operable state. The accelerator pedal position sensor is operably coupled to an accelerator pedal to determine accelerator pedal position for generation of positive torque to the wheels based on the accelerator pedal position when the EBB system is in the operable state. The brake augmenter is operably coupled to the accelerator pedal position sensor to provide a negative torque input to the wheels responsive to the accelerator pedal position sensor indicating a first range of pedal positions and a positive torque input to the wheels responsive to the accelerator pedal position sensor indicating a second range of pedal positions when the EBB system is in an inoperable state.
US11993167B2
A charge port cover, sized and shaped for selective concealment of a charge port recess of a vehicle during vehicle connection via a charging cable to an external charging source. The charge port cover includes a body plate member comprised of rigid or semi-rigid material. The body plate member includes a planar front face and a planar rear face juxtaposed in opposite orientations to one another. The body plate member also includes an outer edge surface joining and defining a perimeter of the front face and the rear face, the outer edge surface having a thin profile. The body plate member also includes a charging connector aperture, located at an interior spaced-apart location from the perimeter, defining a passageway between the planar front face and the planar rear face and configured to selectively receive a charging cable therethrough.
US11993157B2
Commercial vehicle comprising a chassis adjoining a cab along a longitudinal direction (X), the commercial vehicle being at least partly electrically powered, wherein the commercial vehicle has at least one battery structure (30) rigidly attached to the chassis to accommodate a battery, the battery structure (30) comprising first (31) and second (32) brackets extending in a transverse direction (Y) at a distance from each other along the longitudinal direction (X), wherein the battery structure (30) comprises at least one resiliently deformable arrangement (50) through which the battery (21) is mounted on the first bracket (31), and at least one fixation arrangement (60) through which the battery (21) is rigidly mounted on the second bracket (32).
US11993156B2
A temperature-control device of an energy store, e.g., in a motor vehicle, is disclosed. The temperature-control device includes a first circuit, in which a first heat transfer unit and the energy store to be temperature-controlled are arranged and connected to one another in a heat-transferring manner via a first heat transfer medium, and a second circuit, in which a second heat transfer unit and the first heat transfer unit are arranged and connected to one another in a heat-transferring manner via a second heat transfer medium. In at least one line of the first circuit and/or at least one line of the second circuit a predetermined breaking point and/or a predetermined bending point is arranged which upon a predefined force effect interrupts a flow of fluid therethrough.
US11993147B2
A head-up display apparatus projects a virtual image to be perceived by a user onto a virtual image display part provided in front of the user. The head-up display apparatus includes a display light emitting unit and a display light reflection unit. The display light emitting unit emits display light. The display light reflection unit reflects the display light and emits the reflected display light. The display light reflection unit includes a mirror part having a concave shape and a transmissive-type volume hologram part provided on a surface of the mirror part.
US11993130B2
A vehicle cooling system for a vehicle defining a cab comprises a heat source and an evaporative cooling system. The heat source is supported by the vehicle. The evaporative cooling system is configured to evaporate water using heat from the heat source to form a supply of cool air for cooling the cab.
US11993128B2
An apparatus is provided for absorbing shocks and a control method capable of protecting cargo from shocks without a separate additional system in a cargo hold of a moving object. The apparatus for absorbing shocks includes at least one inflatable member disposed in a moving object, an air conditioner module installed on the moving object, and a supply pipe connected between the air conditioner module and the inflatable member and providing a refrigerant of the air conditioner module to the inflatable member.
US11993120B2
A utility vehicle includes an electronically controlled vehicle behavior adjuster, an intention detector, and a controller. The electronically controlled vehicle behavior adjuster is capable of modifying response characteristics of behavior of the vehicle. The intention detector detects at least one of intentions of an operator of moving the vehicle. When an operator's intention of moving the vehicle is detected by the intention detector, the controller changes the response characteristics of the behavior of the vehicle compared to when an intention of the operator of moving the vehicle is not detected by the intention detector.
US11993095B2
Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material comprising an undercoat layer and a heat-sensitive recording layer formed in this order on a support, the undercoat layer containing hollow plastic particles and a binder, the heat-sensitive recording layer containing a leuco dye and a developer, and the heat-sensitive recording material having an elastic modulus of 200 N/mm2 or less as measured by a nanoindentation method.
US11993094B2
A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a recording layer including a leuco pigment as a coloring compound; and a first barrier film that is provided on one surface and a side surface of the recording layer and suppresses mixing of at least one of water or oxygen.
US11993085B2
A heater includes an irradiator configured to irradiate a heating object including a liquid attachment region, onto which a liquid is applied, with an active energy ray, and circuitry configured to control an output of the active energy ray emitted from the irradiator to an edge portion in the liquid attachment region of the heating object to be larger than an output of the active energy ray emitted from the irradiator to a non-edge portion in the liquid attachment region excluding the edge portion.
US11993083B2
An actuator includes a substrate, a diaphragm over the substrate, a lower electrode over the diaphragm, a lead titanate (PbTiO3) layer over the lower electrode, a piezoelectric body over the PbTiO3 layer, and an upper electrode over the piezoelectric body. The piezoelectric body comprises particles of lead zirconate titanate (PZT). An average diameter of the particles of the PZT is 40 nm or more. The average diameter is measured by capturing an electron backscatter diffraction image of the piezoelectric body in an image area of 20 μm×20 μm, fitting each of the particles in the image area, and determining an average value of diameters of the circles.
US11993079B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: an ejection section ejecting a liquid; a state detection section detecting a state of the ejection section; a determination section determining whether or not the ejection section has an abnormality; a recording section recording a determination result of the determination section; a temperature detection section detecting a temperature of the ejection section; and a maintenance section executing maintenance processing on the ejection section, in which when the recording section records abnormality information indicating the abnormality of the ejection section as the determination result by determining that the abnormality occurred in the ejection section by the determination section, and the temperature detection section detects a temperature that is out of an inspection temperature range in which the state detection section detects the state of the ejection section, the abnormality information recorded in the recording section is reset if the maintenance section executes the maintenance processing.
US11993068B2
Mycotextiles, methods of making them, methods of processing them, and compositions and apparatuses for making and/or processing them are described herein.
US11993064B2
The invention relates to a cover structure the SMC main body of which is simultaneously pressed and bonded with two additional layers in a bonding press.
US11993059B2
A multi-layer film for seal-peel applications, an article comprising said film and the use of said film a disclosed. The multi-layer film for seal-peel application comprising at least two layers, namely a cover layer and a seal layer, whereby the seal layer comprises between 25 and 80 wt. % of EVA and between 20 and 75 wt. % of LLDPE based on the total weight of the layer.
US11993043B2
An expandable belt and tread drum with magnetic deck fixing includes an assembly defining a portion of an arcuate outer circumferential working surface of a tire building drum. The assembly comprises a deck segment carrier and one or more magnetic members provided to the deck segment carrier and configured to attach a deck segment to the deck segment carrier by magnetic force.
US11993041B2
Provided is a tire vulcanizing bladder comprising fluororubber, wherein a plurality of grooves extending in a width direction are formed on a circumference of an outer surface of the tire vulcanizing bladder, and a plurality of recesses connecting the grooves to each other are formed between the grooves. Also provided is a pneumatic tire comprising one or more fluorine-containing particles having a maximum diameter of 1.0 μm or more per area of 100 μm2 of a tire inner surface, wherein a plurality of bladder ridges extending in a tire width direction are formed on a circumference of the tire inner surface, and a plurality of protrusions connecting the bladder ridges to each other are formed between the bladder ridges.
US11993040B2
A method of making a tire includes forming a first sheet of material having a circular shape. The first sheet of material includes an upper ring and a lower ring. The first sheet of material further includes a plurality of spoke portions extending from the upper ring to the lower ring. A reinforcement is placed on the first of polymeric material, which includes placing the reinforcement on at least a portion of the upper ring. A second sheet of material having a circular shape is formed. The second sheet of material is placed on the first sheet of material such that the reinforcement is sandwiched between the first and second sheets of material. The method further includes placing additional sheets of material and additional reinforcements on the second sheet of material until a tire is built.
US11993032B2
A mould for manufacturing a turbomachine fan casing made of a composite material with fibrous reinforcement that is densified by a matrix, includes an impregnation mandrel around which a fibrous preform is to be wound and angular counter-mould sectors assembled around the external contour of the impregnation mandrel, which are intended to close the mould. The impregnation mandrel includes a main body with an annular shape, and an annular barrel which is arranged around the main body and around which the fibrous preform is to be wound, the barrel and the angular sectors defining a moulding cavity intended to receive the fibrous preform. The main body and the angular sectors are made of a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient, the barrel being made of a second material that has a second thermal expansion coefficient, the second thermal expansion coefficient being greater than the first thermal expansion coefficient.
US11993022B2
In an example a tangible machine-readable medium stores instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to determine an object generation arrangement for additive manufacturing based on a separation distance between objects, wherein the separation distance varies based on an intended location of object generation.
US11993020B2
A powder-deposition apparatus for an additive manufacturing system includes a recoater, a mixer, and a powder feeder. The recoater is configured to discharge powder such that a powder layer is formed from the powder. The mixer is configured to mix a plurality of powder constituents to produce the powder and to dispense the powder to the recoater. The powder feeder is configured to selectively dispense a mass of each one of the plurality of powder constituents to the mixer such that a composition of the powder is selectively controlled.
US11993014B2
The invention provides a printer head (501) for a 3D printer, the printer head (501) comprising n distribution elements (510), wherein n≥2, a combination chamber (520), and a printer nozzle (502), wherein the combination chamber (520) is configured downstream of the distribution elements (510) and upstream of the printer nozzle (502), wherein each distribution element (510) comprise a flow-through chamber (511) with an inlet (512) and a plurality of k outlets (513) to the combination chamber (520), wherein k≥4, wherein the outlets (513) of the distribution elements (510) are configured such that a plurality of outlets (513) of a distribution element (510) have outlets (513) of another distribution element (510) as nearest neighbors.
US11993001B2
The present disclosure provides methods for freeform extrusion-based additive manufacturing via a robotic arm. In specific aspects, methods are particularly provided for minimally invasive, intracorporeal three-dimensional printing of biocompatible materials. An end effector of a robotic arm includes a sharp member and a reservoir filled with a printing material. The provided method may include piercing a substrate with the sharp member. A bulb or micro-bolus of material may be extruded beneath the substrate surface to act as an anchor. The end effector may be manipulated to extrude biomaterial along a printing path. Periodically along the printing path, the sharp member is used to pierce the substrate surface create additional respective anchors. In some instances, the method may terminate after extruding material to form a single layer construct. In other instances, the method includes forming one or more layers on top of the initial base layer anchored to the substrate.
US11992995B2
The invention generally relates to shape memory films that are tri-functionally crosslinked and that comprise multiple, non-terminal, phenylethynyl moieties. In addition, the present invention relates methods of fabricating such films. Due to the improved properties of such SMPS, the SMP designer can program in to the SMP mechanical property enhancements that make the SMP suitable, among other things, for advanced sensors, high temperature actuators, responder matrix materials and heat responsive packaging.
US11992991B2
A nozzle has a body having a face extending in a longitudinal direction and transversely thereto in a transverse direction. The nozzle plate is provided with an array of melt openings and compressed-air openings on the face in a plurality of longitudinally extending rows and a plurality of transversely extending rows. A polymer melt to the nozzle openings to extrude the polymer melt downstream from the melt openings as polymer filaments and compressed air to the compressed-air openings to form air jets issuing downstream from the compressed-air openings between the polymer filaments. Only the polymer melt and no air is supplied to the melt openings such that only the polymer melt issues from the melt openings. Only compressed air and no polymer melt is supplied to the compressed-air openings such that only the compressed air issues from the compressed-air openings.
US11992988B2
An injection molding apparatus includes a support that supports a molding die including an upper die and a lower die, and an injection unit that injects a molding material toward a cavity defined by the upper die and the lower die. In the state in which the molding die is supported by the support, the injection unit, the upper die, and the lower die are arranged sequentially from above in the vertical direction. The injection unit includes a rotating flat screw having a groove forming surface in which a groove is formed, a barrel having a flat screw facing surface facing the groove forming surface and having a communication hole into which the molding material flows, and a heater that heats a material supplied to the space between the groove forming surface and the flat screw facing surface, plasticizes at least part of the material through the rotation of the flat screw and the heat produced by the heater to produce the molding material, and delivers the molding material to the communication hole.
US11992985B2
A filter device for plasticized molding material includes a filter housing and a filter element arranged in the filter housing. The filter housing has at least two housing elements movable relative to each other. A drive is provided, via which the housing elements are movable between an open position and a closed position. The filter element is at least partially released in the open position of the housing elements and can preferably be taken out of the filter housing.
US11992979B2
In a the vacuum forming machine having a pre-blowing lower chamber, a lower space located at the lower side of a raw material which is thermally expanded in a heating process for vacuum forming is sealed and the preset amount of air is introduced into the lower space of the raw material by a blowing device installed to communicate with the sealed lower space of the raw material such that the sagging of the raw material is prevented, whereby the vacuum forming of the raw material whose entire portion is uniformly heated is performed, thereby securing even thickness of the raw material.
US11992977B2
A method for cleaning a vulcanization mold for tires in a curing press uses device having a collaborative mobile robot and incorporating a computer program. The robot includes an autonomous mobile platform mounted on drive wheels and having batteries supplying electricity, a dry ice dispenser, sensors for identifying the location of the mold to be cleaned, and motors ensuring its displacement between a storage location of the device and the mold to be cleaned and the displacement of an articulated mobile arm of the robot. The robot bears a nozzle for spraying dry ice from the dispenser. The device comprises means for communication with a control unit. The control unit sends a mission instruction to the device, which navigates between a storage location and the location of the mold and automatically cleans the vulcanization mold.
US11992974B2
Systems and methods for making and/or using a hybrid laminate composite tube structure. The methods comprise: wrapping a plurality of lamina layers around a male cylindrical tool (e.g., mandrel); treating the lamina layers with heat/pressure to form the hybrid laminate composite tube structure; and assembling a structure by adhesively bonding the hybrid laminate composite tube structure to a metallic fitting. The lamina layers comprise: at least one first lamina layer formed of a first material having a first CTE; and at least one second lamina layer formed of a second material different from the first material and having a second CTE different than the first CTE. The hybrid laminate composite tube structure has at least one property that is different in the axial direction than the hoop direction. An axial CTE of the hybrid laminate composite tube structure is tailored to provide a net zero CTE for the assembled structure.
US11992968B2
A method for manufacturing a tower structure of a wind turbine at a wind turbine site. The method includes determining an optimized shape of the tower structure based on one or more site parameters. Further, the optimized shape of the tower structure is non-symmetrical. In a further step, the method include printing, via an additive printing device, the optimized shape of the tower structure of the wind turbine at the wind turbine site, at least in part, of a cementitious material. In addition, the method includes allowing the cementitious material to cure so as to form the tower structure of the wind turbine.
US11992960B2
A robot system including a robot apparatus and an imaging apparatus includes a control apparatus configured to control the robot apparatus and the imaging apparatus, and the control apparatus controls, based on a path in which a predetermined part of the robot apparatus is moved, a movement of the imaging apparatus to image the predetermined part even if the robot apparatus is moved.
US11992959B1
A kinematics-free hand-eye calibration method comprises: controlling translation axes of a five-axis motion platform to perform a single-axis point location motion, using a camera to obtain a first spatial coordinate of a calibration plate, fitting all first spatial coordinates into a spatial straight line to obtain a unit direction vectors of the spatial straight line, carrying out Schmidt orthogonalization on the unit direction vectors of the spatial straight lines of an X direction, a Y direction and a Z direction to obtain a pose relationship matrix combined by the orthogonalized direction vectors; obtaining a second spatial coordinate of the calibration plate in a mode of rotating an X-axis and a C-axis, fitting all second spatial coordinates into a spatial spherical surface, calculating a spherical center coordinate to obtain a position relationship matrix, and obtaining a hand-eye relationship matrix combined by the pose relationship matrix and the position relationship matrix.
US11992958B2
A fixturing system for processing components includes a work surface, such as a table formed from a ferromagnetic material, a tool fixture having a magnet operable for securing the tool fixture to the work surface and having at least one alignment surface to hold and/or align a component to the tool fixture and to the work surface. The system further includes a storage location spaced from the work surface for storing the tool fixture when not in use on the work surface, a work piece, and optionally a robotic arm with a controller to move the work piece and robotic arm, and a computer having stored therein component location data. The computer is configured to control the work piece to retrieve the tool fixture from the storage location and to place the tool fixture on the work surface at a tool fixture location based on the component location data for aligning, and optionally holding the two components with the tool fixture while being processed.
US11992950B2
A mobile robot control apparatus includes an online 3D modeler and a path planner. The online 3D modeler is configured to receive an image sequence from a mobile robot and to generate a first map and a second map different from the first map based on the image sequence. The path planner is configured to generate a global path based on the first map, to extract a target surface based on the second map and to generate a local inspection path having a movement unit smaller than a movement unit of the global path based on the global path and the target surface.
US11992943B2
A method for optimizing a predefined policy for a robot, the policy being a Gaussian mixture model. The method begins with an initialization of a Gaussian process, the Gaussian process including at least one kernel k which, as an input parameter, obtains a distance that is ascertained between probability distributions, which are characterized in each case by the Gaussian mixture model and the Gaussian process, according to the probability product kernel. This is followed by an optimization of the Gaussian process in such a way that it predicts the costs as a function of the parameters of the Gaussian mixture model. This is followed by an ascertainment of optimal parameters of the Gaussian mixture model as a function of the Gaussian process, the parameters being selected, as a function of the Gaussian process, in such a way that the Gaussian process outputs the optimal cost function.
US11992935B2
Methods and apparatus for verifiable inspection operations are described. An example apparatus may have an inspection description circuit to interpret an inspection definition value and a payload status circuit to provide a payload identification value in response to at least one of a payload specific configuration or signals from a payload. The example apparatus may also have an inspection integrity circuit to determine an inspection description value in response to the inspection definition value and the payload identification value and an inspection reporting circuit to communicate the inspection description value to an external device.
US11992929B2
A hollow rod developable actuator tool including a first link comprising an outer cylinder, a deployment ring including second link comprising a first portion pivotably connected to the first link at a first joint mounted in a first cavity in the wall of the outer cylinder and a third link comprising a second tool portion pivotably connected to the first portion at a second link, and a fourth link comprising an inner cylinder to which the second portion of the deployment ring is also pivotably connected at a third link mounted in a second cavity in the wall of the inner cylinder. When the inner cylinder of the fourth link is rotated in relation to the outer cylinder of the first link the actuator tool transitions from a first state where the deployment ring is stowed within the tool to a second state where the deployment ring is deployed externally.
US11992927B2
A pneumatic chisel includes a housing having a double-acting pneumatic cylinder in which a piston including a chisel is movably arranged along a longitudinal axis. The cylinder has a work-side section and a return-side section. The return-side section includes a damping portion and a pressure-equalization opening. The work-side section includes an end-position damping member and a compressed air connection. A compressed air reservoir is connected to the return-side section of the cylinder. A chisel guide housing includes a sealing air chamber. The piston is constructed as one piece with the chisel.
US11992924B2
A setting tool for driving fastening elements into a substrate is provided, the setting tool comprising a holder, which is provided for holding a fastening element, a drive-in element, which is provided for transferring a fastening element held in the holder into the substrate along a setting axis, a drive, which is provided for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, wherein the drive comprises an electrical capacitor, which is arranged on the setting axis or around the setting axis.
US11992921B2
The present invention provides methods and systems an impact wrench having dynamically tuned drive components, such as an anvil/socket combination, and related methodology for dynamically tuning the drive components in view of inertia displacement, as well as stiffness between coupled components, and with regard to impact timing associated with clearance gaps between the component parts.
US11992917B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing eyeglass lens which determines the completion of the eyeglass lens processing by using a hall sensor. The eyeglass lens processing apparatus comprises: a grinding wheel mounted frame (22) mounted with a grinding wheel (20) for grinding a lens, and whose position is changed according to a predetermined grinding depth of the lens; a carriage (12) for moving the lens to contact with the grinding wheel (20), and which contacts with the grinding wheel mounted frame (22) when the lens which contacts with the grinding wheel (20) is grinded to the predetermined grinding depth; and a hall sensor detector (30) for detecting a contact of the grinding wheel mounted frame (22) and the carriage (12), wherein the hall sensor detector (30) includes a magnet (32) and a hall sensor (34) for detecting an intensity of a magnetic field generated by the magnet (32), the magnet (32) is equipped on either one of the carriage (12) and the grinding wheel mounted frame (22), and the hall sensor (34) is equipped on the other one of the carriage (12) and the grinding wheel mounted frame (22), in case an output signal of the hall sensor (34) is “A” when the grinding wheel mounted frame (22) and the carriage (12) are in contacts with each other, if the output signal of the hall sensor (34) is smaller or larger than “A” by a tolerance, it is determined that the grinding wheel mounted frame (22) and the carriage (12) are in a separated state.
US11992912B2
A part replacement system includes a part storage device configured to store an unused consumable part, and a replacement device that is connected to a processing device and the part storage device, the replacement device being configured to replace a used consumable part installed in the processing device with the unused consumable part stored in the part storage device. The replacement device is moved to a position of the processing device having the used consumable part that requires replacement, and the replacement device is connected to the processing device, and the part storage device is moved to a position of the replacement device connected to the processing device having the used consumable part that requires replacement, and the part storage device is connected to the replacement device.
US11992905B2
A method for ascertaining the wear of a contact tube during a robot-assisted welding method on a workpiece using a welding torch with a consumable welding wire includes the steps of measuring a welding current, measuring a welding voltage, dividing the welding current so measured by the welding voltage so measured to calculate a conductance value and comparing the conductance value with at least one defined conductance threshold value or dividing the welding voltage so measured by the welding current so measured to calculate a resistance value and comparing the resistance value with at least one defined resistance threshold value, and issuing a warning when at least one of the conductance value equals the at least one defined conductance threshold value and the resistance value equals the at least one defined resistance threshold value.
US11992902B2
Provided are a solder alloy and a solder joint, which have a narrow ΔT to suppress solder bridges and solder icicles, and a small amount of dross generated in a solder tank, suppress Cu leaching, and have higher strength. The solder alloy has an alloy composition of, by mass %, Cu: more than 2.0% and less than 3.0%; Ni: 0.010% or more and less than 0.30%; and Ge: 0.0010 to 0.20% with the balance being Sn. Preferably, by mass %, Cu is more than 2.5% and less than 3.0%, and the alloy composition satisfies the following relations (1) and (2): 2.400≤Cu+Ni+Ge≤3.190 (1), and 0.33≤Ge/Ni≤1.04 (2). Cu, Ni, and Ge in the relations (1) and (2) each represent the contents (mass %) in the alloy composition.
US11992894B2
A method of separating a portion of an object comprising: presenting an object having a thickness; using a laser emission at a wavelength to perforate at least a portion of the thickness of the object sequentially over a length to form a series of perforations between a first portion of the object on one side of the series of perforations and a second portion of the object on the other side of the series of perforations; and applying a stress to the object at the series of perforations to separate the first portion of the object from the second portion of the object, wherein the thickness of the object, at the series of perforations, is transparent to the wavelength of the laser emission.
US11992889B2
A method for preparing a cross-dimension micro-nano structure array includes: S1. providing a workpiece immersed in the electrolyte as the first electrode, providing a trimming wire electrode as the second electrode and setting it above the workpiece, providing an interference beam adjuster and outputting multi-beam laser interference to irradiate the surface of the workpiece; S2. The power supply between the first electrode and the second electrode forms a loop, and drives the trimming wire electrode to reciprocate relative to the workpiece, and the workpiece undergoes electrochemical dissolution or electrochemical deposition at the corresponding position of the trimming wire electrode, and form a micro-nano structure array without a mask, and solves the problem of low output power of the existing ultrashort pulse power supply, improves the processing accuracy of the micro-nano structure array, does not require electrolyte for high-speed flow, and improves system safety and reduce the cost.
US11992884B2
A cutting part of a cutting insert may include a first surface including a corner, a first side, a first region, a second region and a third region. The first region may be located along the corner and the first side. The second region may be located at a more inner part than the first region. The third region may be located at a more inner part than the second region. A boundary between the corner and the first side may be a first point. A boundary between the first region and the second region may be a second point in a cross section that passes through the first point and is orthogonal to the first side. An imaginary straight line passing through the first point and the second point may be a first imaginary straight line. The first imaginary straight line may intersect with the third region.
US11992879B2
A three-dimensional (3D) metal object manufacturing apparatus is equipped with a borate solution application system to apply a borate solution to a build platform surface prior to manufacture of a metal object. The borate solution is permitted to air dry before the platform is heated to its operational temperature range for formation of a metal object on the platform. The evaporation of the solvent from the borate solution causes the borate salt to form a glassy, brittle anhydrous borate layer on which the metal object is formed. This brittle layer is removed relatively easily with the object after the object is manufactured and the build platform is permitted to cool. The borate layer improves the wetting of the surfaces of build platforms made with non-wetting materials, such as oxidized steel, while also preventing metal-to-metal welds with wetting materials, such as tungsten or nickel.
US11992872B2
A tool-changing unit for a production plant for forming sheet metal using a bending operation. The tool-changing unit includes a tool-holding device having a carrier body and a number “n” of tool-holding modules arranged directly next to one another and held on the carrier body. Each one of the tool-holding modules includes a first coupler and a first actuating device cooperating therewith as a component of a coupling device, wherein the first coupler can be brought into coupling engagement and out of coupling engagement with an individual clamping jaw of a clamping jaw set. Moreover, a production plant has the tool-changing unit and the clamping jaw a method changes tools.
US11992863B2
A household appliance includes an outer casing, a water tank and an ice maker. The water tank may be attached to the outer casing. The ice maker is disposed within the outer casing. The ice maker is in fluid communication with the water tank. The household appliance may further include a pump disposed within the outer casing, at least one drain tube attached to the outer casing and a controller. The pump may be in fluid communication with the water tank and the ice maker to flow water from the water tank to the ice maker. The at least one drain tube may define an exit point, the exit point located vertically below the ice mater. The controller may initiate a cleaning cycle that includes pumping a volume of cleaning solution through the ice maker and directing the volume of cleaning solution through the at least one drain tube.
US11992862B1
A cleaning device and a cleaner are provided. The cleaner includes the cleaning device and at least one liquid storage device. The cleaning device includes an outer housing, at least one first connecting component, a liquid spraying structure, and a liquid driving structure. The outer housing includes a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet. First connecting components having different structures and liquid storage devices having different structures are provided, one of the first connecting components is matched with a corresponding one of the liquid storage devices, and the one of the first connecting components matched with the corresponding one of the liquid storage devices is connected to the outer housing. The outer housing is connected to the first connecting components having different structures to connect to the liquid storage devices having different structures.
US11992861B2
A screening assembly for a mobile bulk material processing apparatus is capable of adjustment of its position with respect to the base frame of the mobile bulk material processing apparatus in order to facilitate the transfer of material from the screen on to the processing unit, such as a crusher, by optimizing the height and the angle of operation of the screening assembly. The screening assembly is also capable of being folded into a compact arrangement, which is compliant to transport regulations, while also being convenient and safe for the operators. The screening assembly includes a base frame and at least two linking elements coupled at pivotable joints in such a way that when in operational position, the two linking elements are configured to adjust the height and the angle of inclination of the screen box to facilitate transfer of material from the screen to the crusher.
US11992860B2
A Transducer in a downhole environment with an increased amplitude of the transducer output at lower frequencies. A transducer may include a bender bar, wherein the bender bar may include a first piezoelectric layer disposed on one surface of the bender bar, a second piezoelectric layer disposed on the opposite surface of the bender bar, and a metallic substrate disposed between the first piezoelectric layer and the second piezoelectric layer. The transducer may further include a first fixed end is attached to the bender bar and connects the bender bar to a base, a second fixed end opposite the first fixed end that attaches the bender bar to the base, and a compartment disposed within the base.
US11992858B1
A dispenser system for applying multi-component adhesives or like substances to work surfaces in carpeting, roofing and like applications as well as a method of dispensing and applying multi-component adhesives to work surfaces.
US11992857B2
A dross removal device including: a dross robot that is configured to collect a bath surface dross present on a bath surface of a coating bath; a dross sensor that is configured to measure an intensity of infrared light from the bath surface of the coating bath; a dross sensor control device that is configured to specify a position of the bath surface dross according to a temporal change amount in the intensity of the infrared light; and a dross robot control device that is configured to cause the dross robot to collect the bath surface dross at the position specified by the dross sensor control device.
US11992854B2
Proposed is an air mixing nozzle tip structure which improves productivity while simplifying the structure by being configured so that air is introduced through an air mixing inlet and discharged together with wash water, improves cleaning power while realizing a massage effect because fine water droplets are formed in the process that wash water and air are combined and discharged, controls the inlet amount of air by forming the air mixing inlet on one side or each of opposite sides of a nozzle tip cover or by adjusting the cross-sectional size of the air mixing inlet, and promotes product stability by providing an air supply passage at the rear of the air mixing inlet so that the air introduced through the air mixing inlet is smoothly discharged to a wash water ejection hole through an air guide.
US11992843B2
A device for detecting an analyte in a sample is provided, which comprises: a collecting chamber containing an opening for collecting a liquid sample; a detecting element for detecting an analyte in the liquid sample; and a lid for covering the opening of the collecting chamber. The device further comprises an indicating device thereon to indicate whether or not the lid covers at an appointed position. The operation of the device is very simple.
US11992842B2
Air-matrix digital microfluidics (DMF) apparatuses and methods of using them. These methods and apparatuses may include the use of a liquid wax coating material and/or pinning the encapsulated reaction droplet within the air gap using pinning features. Any of these methods may also include separating the liquid wax from an encapsulated aqueous droplet, e.g., using an oil absorbent wick to selectively separate the liquid oil or wax from the aqueous droplet by adsorbing and/or absorbing the liquid wax into the absorbent wick while leaving the aqueous droplet behind.
US11992835B2
A distillation probe includes a conduit having a central axis. In addition, the distillation probe includes a baffle assembly disposed in the conduit. The baffle assembly includes a plurality of axially-spaced baffles positioned one-above-the-other in a stack within the conduit. Each baffle has a central axis and a radially outer surface. Each baffle includes a first recess disposed along the radially outer surface of the baffle and extending axially through the baffle. Further, each baffle includes a plurality of cooling conduits mounted to the conduit and positioned radially adjacent the conduit. The cooling conduits are configured to cool the conduit and the baffles.
US11992834B2
A chip for sample analysis is provided. The chip for sample analysis according to an embodiment of the present application includes a sample storage unit, a capture path configured to capture an analyte contained in a sample and communicating with the sample storage unit, a washing solution storage unit communicating with the capture path and a delay unit included between the capture path and the washing solution storage unit such that a washing solution flowing from the washing solution storage unit to the capture path passes through. When the chip is rotated for sample analysis, the delay unit may be configured to delay the passage of the washing solution introduced from the washing solution storage unit such that the washing solution reaches the capture path later than the sample.
US11992830B2
The present invention deals with activation and start-up procedures of catalysts for the deep HDS of middle distillates for producing ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD), consisting of two in situ activation stages: at stage 1, TGA is applied, and at stage 2, DMDS is used; kerosene is the transport means at these stages, which are carried out under given temperature and pressure conditions, and feedstock and hydrogen flows at established times. After the activation of the catalyst in situ, the stabilization stage takes place under selected temperature and pressure conditions, feedstock and hydrogen flow at established times, with which the stabilization of the highly dispersed metallic sulfides is achieved and, in this way, the activity of the catalysts removing contaminants for the production of ULSD is increased.
US11992829B2
Methods of solid catalyst manufacture using a peptization agent, and formed solid catalyst materials having improved structural properties are provided. The peptization agent includes one or more oxidized disulfide oil (“ODSO”) compounds. These ODSO compounds peptization agents serve to improve the adhesion characteristics of the binder material, and as a result increase the particle strength of the final catalyst particles.
US11992818B2
A reactor system includes at least one reactant provided to perform a reaction. The system includes one or more sensors configured to detect sensor data regarding the reaction. The system includes processing circuitry configured to receive the sensor data from the one or more sensors, apply one or more machine learning models to the sensor data to generate a measurement regarding at least one of the reaction or an activity of at least one catalyst used to perform the reaction, and control at least one of a temperature of the reactor, a flow rate of the at least one reactant, or a concentration of the at least one reactant responsive to the measurement.
US11992817B2
A portable mud mixing system for adding wet or dry components to oilfield drilling mud provides an enclosed mobile platform including at least one mud mixing hopper, at least one mud mixing tank, a suction piping assembly and a discharge piping assembly which blend the additives within the circulating drilling mud into a homogeneous mixture, circulate the mixture, and provide for introduction of the mixture into production, the system providing transfer of the drilling mud and mixture from pre-mix to production in one singular integrated system.
US11992810B2
Provided is a method for detecting defects of a separation membrane element, and an apparatus for detecting defects of a separation membrane element.
US11992809B2
A device for separating components of a gas mixture includes a hollow housing having a body portion at a first end, a separable end cap at a second end, and at least one side wall. The housing has an inlet port for the gas mixture, a permeate outlet port for gas mixture enriched with a first component of the mixture, and a retentate outlet port for gas mixture enriched with a second component of the mixture. An insert within the housing comprises a plurality of hollow fibres of a material which are more permeable to the first component than the second. The housing defines passageways for gas to flow between the inlet port and the permeate and retentate outlet ports. The insert is fastened to the end cap at least temporarily so that the insert is withdrawn from within the housing when the end cap is removed.
US11992807B2
Equipment, systems, processes and techniques for conducting processing of solutions are described. The techniques can be applied to provide diluted solution (i.e. purified solvent), concentrate solution or each. A variety of specific equipment, example systems and processes are depicted and described.
US11992796B2
Filter elements and methods of manufacturing filter elements are provided. Examples of filter elements include a media pack and a frame attached thereto. In one example, the frame includes a side panel that is or includes a foldable portion. The foldable portion is folded away from the media pack and an adhesive is located therebetween during assembly. In other examples, a media support member is provided that includes at least one side support panel that supports a side of the media pack. A portion of the side support member is positioned between adjacent pleat panels of the media pack.
US11992792B2
A coalescing filter element provides an integrated filter element with a three stage design with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic coalescing layer. A coalescing filter element comprises: a) At least one particulate filtration layer; b) A coalescing layer promoting coalescing of water particles, wherein the coalescing layer is downstream of the at least one particulate filtration layer relative to the flow of fluid through the element; c) An annular coalescing space downstream of the coalescing layer; d) A sump in a lower portion of the filter element in fluid communication with the annular coalescing space; and e) A hydrophobic layer downstream of the annular coalescing space, wherein fluid being cleaned by the element flows through the hydrophobic layer. The coalescing layer may be a hydrophobic or a hydrophilic coalescing layer. A filter assembly will include the coalescing filter element of the present invention.
US11992784B2
A toy set includes a first canister configured to hold a first amount of moldable material; a second canister configured to hold a second amount of moldable material; one or more pre-formed design elements; and a storage apparatus configured to hold the first canister and the second canister, the storage apparatus including: a first storage component including a structure that defines an opening that extends in a first direction, the structure being configured to hold one of the at least one pre-formed design elements or the first canister in the opening; and a second storage component including a base portion that extends along a second direction that is different from the first direction, the base portion including an interface configured to hold the second canister.
US11992782B1
A toy vehicle launcher is movable to a plurality of launching locations disposed along one or more pathways of a toy vehicle track set. The toy vehicle launcher is configured to impart a launching force to a toy vehicle when the toy vehicle launcher is disposed in one of the plurality of launching locations, and the toy vehicle launcher is configured to prevent the launching force from being imparted to the toy vehicle while the toy vehicle launcher is moving between the plurality of launching locations. Additionally or alternatively, the toy vehicle launcher may be configured to impart different launching forces of different magnitudes to the toy vehicle at different locations of the plurality of launching locations.
US11992781B2
A treaded traction device for model vehicles is provided. The treaded traction device includes a biasing assembly and a tensioning assembly. The biasing assembly includes a first bias support fixed relative to a vehicle hub and a second bias support fixed relative to a traction hub. The biasing assembly also includes a coil and a dampener attached to the first and second bias supports. The treaded traction device is biased to result in one end being lower than another end. The tensioning assembly includes an idler wheel and a first and second tension support. The tension supports may be rotated to move the idler wheel, releasing tension on a surrounding tread. When the tension is released, the surrounding tread may be removed or replaced.
US11992780B2
A roller coaster vehicle is disclosed with seats that are mounted to a circular frame, and where the seats and the frame swing about a central horizontal axis passing between the seats, while the vehicle moves along a standard roller coaster track. The swinging or rotating of the seats with respect to the reference frame of the vehicle leads to a more intense riding experience. In a first preferred embodiment, the seats rotate passively in response to various gravitational and centripetal forces caused by the movement of the car along the track, but the seats could also be actively rotated by motors or other mechanical elements.
US11992774B2
Data specifying a first segment of a set of clients and first configuration parameters can be received. The first configuration parameters can specify operation of a first interface. The first interface can be integrated into an application. The first segment, including a first subset of the set of clients, can be determined. A request for initiation of operation can be received from the first interface. The first segment can be determined to include a first client. The first configuration parameters can be transmitted. The first configuration parameters can cause the first client to modify operation of the first interface in response to receiving the transmitted configuration parameters. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11992771B2
Systems and methods to correlate user behavior patterns within an online game with psychological attributes of users exhibiting the user behavior patterns are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store user information associated with the individual users including assignments of the individual users to individual ones of different cohorts of users, wherein the different cohorts are associated with different psychological profiles, where a given psychological profile is defined by multiple psychological parameter values, and the users are assigned to the different cohorts based on the psychological parameter values; obtain performance information that characterizes performances of user behavior patterns by the individual users; and determine correlations between individual ones of the performances of the user behavior patterns and individual ones of the psychological parameters based on the obtained user behavior patterns, the assignments of the users to the cohorts, and commonalities in the psychological profiles of the users within the individual cohorts.
US11992770B2
Systems and methods to provide and use proof of in-game participation by unique digital articles are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players; record usage information pertaining to player-owned unique digital articles on a permanent registry; determine whether in-game player-controllable virtual items participated in in-game events; generate sets of video information depicting the in-game player-controllable virtual items participating in the in-game events; and record references to the sets of video information on the permanent registry such that the video information is accessible for viewing by users of the permanent registry.
US11992749B2
The present invention relates to a portable bowling system and method of use thereof. The portable bowling system may have a frame from which bowling pins are suspended above a playing surface. The playing surface may be an uneven playing surface. A ball catcher may also be configured on the playing surface whereby the frame is configured between the ball catcher and a player. A player may insert their thumb into a thumb hole of a bowling ball and two of their fingers into finger holes of the bowling ball. The player may roll the bowling ball towards the frame whereby the bowling ball contacts one or more of the bowling pins. The bowling pins may fall to the playing surface. The bowling ball may pass beyond the frame and be stopped within the ball catcher.
US11992745B2
Good health is one of the paramount essentials for any human being. A method and system for assessing and improving wellness of a person using body gestures have been provided. The system is configured to address fitness, wellness and physical movement related problems for both the abled and the differently abled society. The disclosure provides an intelligent and adaptive system that will comprehend the gestures and postures of the person to assess his capability of undertaking wellness activities. The person's movement capabilities and the environment are learnt by the system to track the gestures for the activities. Based on his gestures, the extent of activity achievement is calculated. The system also has the feature of provisioning dynamic activities to the person based on prior attempts and levels of achievements. Additionally, the system also providing the fitness routine in an AR environment by human-to-object mapping through object detection and augmentation.
US11992722B2
A storable exercise bench is provided. The exercise bench may include a frame including at least one beam operatively coupled to first and second floor supports and a member operatively coupled with the at least one beam. The exercise bench may be positioned into an operating position in which the first and second floor supports support the at least one beam and the member, and the at least one beam runs generally horizontally in reference to a support surface. The exercise bench may be positioned into a storage position in which the second floor support and the member support the at least one beam and the first floor support, and the at least one beam runs generally vertically in reference to the support surface.
US11992710B2
A filter mask for biological material has a mask body and a strap assembly having first and second connectors each having a flared rigid portion for receiving a top strap.
US11992703B2
A method used for planning radiation treatment accessing information that includes calculated doses and calculated dose rates for sub-volumes in a treatment target, and also accessing information that includes values of a measure of the sub-volumes as a function of the calculated doses and the calculated dose rates. A graphical user interface includes a rendering that is based on the calculated doses, the calculated doses rates, and the values of the measure.
US11992702B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating fluence maps for a radiotherapy treatment plan that uses machine learning prediction. The systems and methods include identifying image data that indicates treatment constraints for target dose areas and organs at risk areas in an anatomy of the subject, generating anatomy projection images that represent a view of the subject from respective beam angles, using a trained neural network model to generate the computer-simulated fluence map representations based on the anatomy projection images, where the fluence maps indicate a fluence distribution of the radiotherapy treatment at each of the beam angles.
US11992696B2
A device and method for treating sleep and awake bruxism includes an intraoral phototherapy device having a mouthpiece for delivering light radiation. Instructions are provided for waking using the intraoral phototherapy device by placing the mouthpiece at the treatment area and applying light radiation during a predetermined number of sessions throughout a predetermined treatment period wherein the incidence of awake and sleep bruxism is decreased compared to without light treatment.
US11992693B2
An external wearable defibrillator for monitoring a patient for cardiac-related events is provided. The defibrillator includes ECG sensors configured to be disposed about a torso of the patient, therapy electrodes, and at least one motion sensor. The ECG sensors, therapy electrodes, and at least one motion sensor are configured to be worn continuously for an extended period of time. The defibrillator includes a wearable medical device controller including at least one processor configured to receive ECG data, receive motion data, identify at least one of ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation, initiate a treatment protocol including a defibrillation shock, and, using at least one of the ECG data or the motion data, identify a predetermined pattern for syncope. The predetermined pattern includes bradycardia. The at least one processor is further configured to record the predetermined pattern in a memory and perform an intervening action to address the predetermined pattern.
US11992688B2
An intracardiac energy harvesting device includes a shell; a fixing mechanism arranged on the shell, and a fixing mechanism configured to fix the shell to an interior of a heart chamber to enable the shell to move along with beating of heart; wherein a nanogenerator module is packaged in the shell, which is configured to output electric energy in response to movement of the shell along with the heart beat; and a power management module is packaged in the shell for managing electric energy output by the nanogenerator module. According to the intracardiac energy collecting device disclosed by the present invention, the biological mechanical energy generated by heart beating can be collected in the heart through a minimally invasive interventional operation mode, surgical wounds are small, damage to the heart cannot be caused, and infection can be effectively avoided.
US11992687B2
Described herein are implantable medical systems, and methods for use therewith, that provide a temperature based rate response for a patient within which the implantable medical system is implanted. Such a method can include sensing a blood temperature signal indicative of a core body temperature of the patient, and producing a relative temperature signal based on the blood temperature signal. The method can further include producing a moving baseline temperature signal based on the relative temperature signal, producing a proportional response signal based on the relative temperature signal and the moving baseline temperature signal, and producing a sensor indicated rate response signal based on the proportional response signal and a base rate. The sensor indicated rate response signal can also be based on a dip response signal and/or a slope response signal. Additionally, a pacing rate is controlled based on the sensor indicated rate response signal.
US11992678B2
A system for individualizing neuromodulation includes a neurostimulation device having a set of electrodes, and an application executing on a user device. Additionally or alternatively, the system can include any or all of: a sensor system, a head-securing mechanism, a remote server, storage, an accessory device, and any other suitable component. A method for individualizing neuromodulation includes determining a task of interest to a user; determining a user skill level associated with the task; determining a set of goals; determining an individualized neuromodulation program comprising a neurostimulation pattern; and delivering the neurostimulation pattern to the user. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include any or all of: determining user progress; displaying user progress; receiving user feedback; determining and/or adapting neuromodulation program based on user progress and/or user feedback; and any other suitable process.
US11992670B2
The invention includes three flushing channels each having a flushing channel longitudinal axis oriented parallel to the rotary shaft, which are distributed evenly around a rotary shaft with each flushing channels including a flushing channel cross-section oriented orthogonally to the rotary shaft. The cross-sections are each kidney-shaped and surround the rotary shaft in sectors.
US11992661B2
An apparatus for a firing mechanism 102 for use in an injection device 100 and comprising: a rear cap 104 having an elongate member 110 extending axially forwards when installed within the injection device; a plunger 106 releasably connected, directly or indirectly, to the elongate member and, upon release of the connection to the elongate member, axially displaceable in a forward direction; and a plunger driver 112 to drive the plunger axially forwards upon release of the connection to the elongate member, wherein the plunger and the rear cap define an axial length of the assembly, which in turn determines a start position of a forward end of the plunger before release of the connection to the elongate member, and wherein, during construction of the assembly, the plunger is releasably connectable, directly or indirectly, to the elongate member at one of a plurality of positions for controlling the axial length of the assembly.
US11992658B2
An injection device for delivering equal doses of a fluid contained in a reservoir, the device having a housing, and an arming mechanism and a dose delivery mechanism arranged therein, the housing coupled to an enclosure for the reservoir. The arming mechanism includes an axially non-displaceable and rotatable setting sleeve. The setting sleeve is coupled with a spring strained by the rotation of the setting sleeve during arming of the device. The dose delivery mechanism includes a screw ring and a nonrotatable and axially displaceable piston rod within the setting sleeve. The piston rod cooperates with the screw ring so that during arming, the screw ring and the piston rod are immobilized, and during delivery of each dose the piston rod is displaced along the housing due to unwinding of the spring and rotation of the screw ring, the displacement of the piston rod causing the fluid to be discharged from the reservoir.
US11992657B2
A medical device may determine an occurrence of an alert condition. The medical device may transmit, to a separate device, data indicative of the occurrence of the alert condition. After transmitting the data indicative of the occurrence of the alert condition to the separate device, the medical device may determine, based on an audio signal generated by a microphone of the medical device, that the separate device has outputted an audible alert. The audio signal may correspond to audio captured by the microphone.
US11992656B2
Controlling medical infusion device operation and features based on detected patient sleeping status
A method of operating an insulin infusion device involves: operating the infusion device in an automatic mode to automatically control delivery of insulin to a user, in accordance with a first target glucose setpoint value; receiving user status data that indicates sleeping status of the user, the user status data generated by a sleep detection system; and determining, from the user status data, that the user is sleeping while the insulin infusion device is operating in the automatic mode. In response to the determining, the method transitions from the first target glucose setpoint value to a second (different) target glucose setpoint value for use during the automatic mode, the transitioning occurring without user input. The method continues to operate the infusion device in the automatic mode to automatically control delivery of insulin to the user, in accordance with the second target glucose setpoint value.
US11992651B2
The present disclosure provides a new and innovative method and system for flow rate compensation in devices, such as infusion pumps. In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes determining a location of a plurality of infusion pumps in a pump stack including the plurality of infusion pumps and a fluid supply connected to each of the plurality of infusion pumps. The computer-implemented method also includes determining a reference infusion pump, in the plurality of infusion pumps, and adjusting the flow rate for each infusion pump in the plurality of infusion pumps based on the distance between the infusion pump and the reference infusion pump.
US11992646B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a connector system for releasably connecting together tubes, for example medical tubing, and methods of making and using such a connector system, whereby the connector system includes a female coupler having a first passageway; a male coupler having a second passageway; and a catch assembly comprising a catch movably coupled to the female coupler, a catch-biasing member which biases the catch, and a follower responsive to a cam, whereby the catch is responsive to the follower and correspondingly, the cam.
US11992642B2
An intrathecal drug delivery system includes: an intrathecal drug delivery device configured to deliver a fluid containing one or more pharmaceutical agents intrathecally to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within a spinal canal of a patient and a deep brain catheter having an elongated body, extending from a distal end implanted within a deep brain structure of a patient and a proximal end positioned within the subarachnoid space directly adjacent to the brain to provide a passageway, via an inner lumen, between the subarachnoid space and the deep brain structure. The drug delivery system is configured to transport the pharmaceutical agent(s), using diffusion and the pulsatile flow of the CSF, through the deep brain catheter from the subarachnoid space to the deep brain structure.
US11992639B2
The dispensing device allows for application of nourishing compounds, such as microcapsules, during rest. The elements of the dispensing device that contain the nourishing compounds are separable from the body of the device. Thus, the body of the device is washable without risk of washing away the desirable compounds. The device can take one of multiple embodiments. In the first embodiment, a lower layer forms the body of the device. The body is preferably formed from a compressible material, such as memory foam or other types of polyurethane foam. The upper layer includes a multiplicity of internal reservoirs that contain the nourishing compounds and/or microcapsules. When a user places her head on the device, the downward force created against the relevant storage body pushes the compounds/microcapsules out of the internal reservoir, exiting through the orifices and into the user's skin.
US11992638B2
A system for irrigating a patient's skin. The system includes a fluid container that includes a first compartment and a second compartment, the first compartment being adapted to retain a first fluid on a first side of a divider and the second compartment being adapted to retain a second fluid on a second side of the divider. The system also includes an irrigation sleeve adapted cover a portion of the patient's skin. The system also includes a fluid charging portion adapted to receive a portion of the first fluid and a portion of the second fluid, wherein the portion of the first fluid reacts with the portion of the second fluid to form a charged compound in the fluid charging portion. The system also includes a compound delivery portion that extends at a first end of the compound delivery portion from the fluid charging portion, the compound delivery portion being adapted to deliver the charged compound from the fluid charging portion to the irrigation sleeve.
US11992629B2
A guide wire control device and methods of use are described herein. A novel method for optimizing a guide wire for a patient is described. The method includes steps of scanning a patient's anatomy and then fabricating, or selecting, a guide wire with optimal geometry for a particular patient and/or procedure. The guide wire may optionally be secured to a guide wire control device for improved control during transcatheter surgical procedures.
US11992618B2
A mask for delivering breathable gas to a patient at positive pressure to treat sleep disordered breathing, may comprise: a rigid mask frame having a bore and an interfacing structure, the interfacing structure being located on the rigid mask frame and along a peripheral edge of the bore, said mask frame having no built-in or integral headgear attachment points; a sealing cushion provided to the rigid mask frame and adapted to form a seal with the patient's face, the rigid mask frame and the sealing cushion together forming, at least partly, a breathing cavity; and a headgear connector adapted to engage the interfacing structure with a snap-fit, said headgear connector including a pair of lower headgear clip anchors adapted to be engaged with respective ones of a pair of lower headgear clips to attach a pair of lower side straps, said headgear connector including a fixed forehead support.
US11992616B2
A respiratory interface device is provided that includes a cushion and a faceplate. The cushion is structured to be coupled to the faceplate. The faceplate includes a peripheral end and a number of custom features. The cushion is coupled to the faceplate adjacent the faceplate peripheral end.
US11992615B2
A cleaning catheter (200) insertable into a tracheal ventilation tube (160) and an input module (156) are provided for use with a suction source (601), the input module (156) coupled to the cleaning catheter (200) and including (i) an inflation module (330), including an inflation chamber (335) separate from the suction source (601); (ii) a flow regulator (700), configured to assume first and second fluid-control states; and (iii) a mechanical user control element (320), which is configured (a) to mechanically and non-electrically set the fluid-control states, (b) to assume first and second configurations, and (c) to mechanically and non-electrically increase pressure in an interior of an inflation chamber (335) during a transition of the mechanical user control element (320) from the first configuration to the second configuration. The flow regulator (700), when in the first fluid-control state connects the suction source (601) and an interior of an inflatable element (588) of the cleaning catheter (200) in fluid communication to deflate the inflatable element (588).
US11992612B2
A CPAP device includes a housing. A suction port is provided in a top plate portion of a casing of the air blower. The air blower chamber has a facing wall portion facing the top plate portion with a distance therebetween. A wall portion defining the air blower chamber is provided with an introduction port for introducing external air. In a space between the facing wall portion and the top plate portion, a flow adjustment portion that partitions the space into flow paths arranged side by side around a rotation axis is provided. An outer end portion and an inner end portion of each of the flow paths in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis are respectively constituted of a first open end and a second open end, the first open end and the second open end being open along the direction orthogonal to the rotation axis.
US11992610B2
A patient interface mask for use with a breathing assistance apparatus includes a seal that, in use, circumscribes a nose, mouth, or nose and mouth of a patient and defines an interior space of the mask. The mask includes an inlet into the interior space and an outlet from the interior space. A sensor is positioned outside of the interior space and in the path of exit gases exiting the interior space through the outlet. The sensor detects a parameter of the exit gases, such as temperature, humidity or both.
US11992606B2
A device for determining delivery of an aerosol stream has a collector having a filter for collecting aerosol particles in the aerosol stream, a first fluid connection point connectable to an aerosol generator, and a second fluid connection point connectable to a breathing simulator for simulating tidal breathing, at least one measurement volume for an interaction of at least one light beam with the aerosol particles passing through the measurement volume, at least one optical measurement unit for generating at least one optical measurement signal depending on the interaction of the at least one light beam with the aerosol particles passing the measurement volume, and at least one evaluation unit for determining the aerosol delivery of the aerosol stream from the at least one optical measurement signal. A method determines an absorption and/or adsorption of a liquid on aerosol particles.
US11992605B2
A vapor cartridge for a non-combustible vaping device may be configured to receive a flavor cartridge, generate a vapor, and direct the generated vapor through the flavor cartridge to provide a flavored vapor. The flavor cartridge may include an instance of electrically conductive material extending at least partially around the flavor cartridge. The vapor cartridge may include an authentication assembly including a set of electrically conductive instruments may independently and directly contact the instance of electrically conductive material of the flavor cartridge inserted into the vapor cartridge, such that the electrically conductive instruments are electrically connected to each other through the instance of electrically conductive material of the flavor cartridge. The vapor cartridge may be coupled with a base that includes a control circuitry configured to control vapor generation by the vapor generator, based on the electrically conductive instruments being electrically connected to each other through the flavor cartridge.
US11992602B2
An apparatus for applying negative pressure to a wound is disclosed. The apparatus can include a housing, a pressure source, a canister, and a controller. The pressure source can be supported by the housing and provide negative pressure via a fluid flow path to a wound dressing positioned over a wound. The canister can collect exudate from the wound. The controller can monitor a parameter indicative of providing negative pressure to the wound dressing with the pressure source, determine from the parameter that the wound is treatable with a canisterless wound therapy apparatus, and output for presentation to a user a notification indicating that the wound is treatable with the canisterless wound therapy apparatus.
US11992595B2
An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, comprises: at least a pressure sensor (24, 25) located in a respective measurement site on an extracorporeal blood circuit (6, 7); an electronic control unit (23) operatively connected at least to the pressure sensor (24, 25). The electronic control unit (23) is configured to perform at least the following procedure: receiving from the pressure sensor (24, 25) a signal correlated to a measured blood pressure (P1measured, P2measured) in the measurement site; correcting the blood measured pressure (P1measured, P2measured) through a mathematical correction model to obtain a blood actual pressure (Pinlet, Poutlet) in a reference site other than the measurement site. Between the reference site and the measurement site, a circuit section and, optionally, at least one additional device (18, 27, 28) is/are positioned. The mathematical correction model is a model of a pressure drop in the circuit section and, optionally, in the additional device (18, 27, 28).
US11992590B2
The present disclosure includes systems and methods for hemodialysis, such as including a first dialysis module and an auxiliary module detachably connectable to the first dialysis module. The first dialysis module can include a dialyzer, a blood circuit, a dialysate circuit, and a sorbent. The auxiliary module can include an ultrafiltrate collector operably couplable to the dialysate circuit for removing excess fluid therefrom.
US11992583B2
Drug delivery devices are provided in which much of a drug payload within the device remains within an area proximal to a wall of the device through which the drug must pass for release of the drug from the device into a patient. In one case, the device may include a drug reservoir portion which has a drug reservoir lumen bounded by a reservoir wall having an inner surface; a drug located in the drug reservoir lumen; and a core region which does not comprise the drug, wherein the drug is disposed between the inner surface of the reservoir wall and the core region. The device may be elastically deformable between a first shape suited for insertion through a lumen into a body cavity of the patient and a second shape suited to retain the device within the body cavity.
US11992573B2
The present invention relates to methods and devices for providing microbial control and/or disinfection/remediation of an environment. The methods generally comprise: generating a Purified Hydrogen Peroxide Gas (PHPG) that is substantially free of, e.g., hydration, ozone, plasma species, and/or organic species; and directing the gas comprising primarily PHPG into the environment such that the PHPG acts to provide microbial control and/or disinfection/remediation in the environment, preferably both on surfaces and in the air.
US11992566B2
A delivery robot includes a cargo bin to carry cargo for delivery, and a door coupled to the cargo bin. The door to the cargo bin has an open state to allow access to an interior of the cargo bin, and a closed state to seal the interior of the cargo bin from an exterior environment. The delivery robot also includes a disinfecting light source operable to generate a disinfecting radiation to disinfect the interior of the cargo bin. The disinfecting light source is allowed to be activated when the door is in the closed state, and is prevented from being activated when the door is in the open state.
US11992563B2
A composite material for rapid blood clotting and its preparation method are provided. The composite material includes the following raw materials in parts by weight: 8˜20 parts of chitosan, 7˜14 parts of salicylaldehyde, 8˜16 parts of 2-aminoisonicotinic acid, 1.5˜3.5 parts of ferrous sulfate, 3˜5 parts of dopa, and 10˜15 parts of disodium hydrogen phosphate. The composite material for rapid blood clotting has good stability, high biological safety, significant effects on blood clotting, simple process, and easy industrial production.
US11992562B2
A percutaneous absorption preparation is disclosed. The percutaneous absorption preparation contains donepezil for treatment of dementia, wherein the preparation includes: (a) donepezil or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt as active component, (b) propylene glycol monocaprylate as solubilizer, and (c) styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer (“SIS”) as adhesive. The percutaneous absorption preparation has low skin irritation and high skin penetration.
US11992553B2
A method of preparing spray dried particles for inhalation comprising providing: (i) an aqueous liquid composition including the alginate oligomer and an aqueous liquid composition including an anti-adherent compound, or (ii) an aqueous liquid composition including the alginate oligomer and an anti-adherent compound; providing an organic liquid composition including a phospholipid; combining a volume of the organic liquid composition with a volume of the aqueous liquid composition, wherein the total volume of the organic liquid composition is smaller than the total volume of the aqueous liquid composition with which it is combined, and wherein the total volume of aqueous liquid composition and said total volume of organic liquid composition are sufficient to provide a combination; homogenizing the combination to form an organic-in-aqueous liquid emulsion for spray drying; and spray drying the organic-in-aqueous liquid emulsion to form the spray dried particles for inhalation.
US11992548B2
Hair treatment compositions, kits for producing such hair treatment compositions, and methods for using such kits and/or hair treatment compositions are provided for treating hair. Methods for treating hair typically include: obtaining a first composition comprising one or more polysaccharides with amine group(s) and water; adding ascorbic acid and one or more peroxides, peroxo compounds, or combinations thereof to the first composition to obtain a second composition; applying the second composition to hair; and heating the hair, which has the second composition applied thereto, to a temperature above 25° C. Kits for improving hair typically include a first composition comprising one or more polysaccharides with amine group(s) and water; a second composition comprising up to 100 wt. % of ascorbic acid; and a third composition comprising a peroxide, a peroxo compound, or a combination thereof, wherein the first composition, the second composition, and the third composition are separately contained.
US11992544B2
The present invention relates to topical compositions comprising at least one liquid UV-filter and a nano-sized 1,4-di(benzoxazol-2′-yl)benzene.
US11992542B2
Disclosed is a method for providing customized skin color matching sunscreen for a user. The method includes adding one or more basic sunscreen compounds, wherein the one or more sunscreen compounds includes at least one sun blocking active agent, adding a pigmented solution to the one or more basic sunscreen compounds, wherein the pigmented solution includes one or more pigments, determining a first amount of the one or more basic sunscreen compounds and a second amount of the pigmented solution for mixing, wherein the determining the first amount and the second amount is performed based on at least a skin tone of the user, and mechanically mixing the first amount and the second amount.
US11992529B2
Methods are provided for the adjuvant treatment of operable HER2-positive primary breast cancer in human patients by administration of pertuzumab in addition to chemotherapy and trastuzumab. The methods reduce the risk of recurrence of invasive breast cancer or death for a patient diagnosed with HER2-positive early breast cancer (eBC) compared to administration of trastuzumab and chemotherapy, without pertuzumab.
US11992528B2
The invention relates generally to compositions and methods for conjugating antibodies and activatable antibodies, and methods of partially reducing antibodies and/or activatable antibodies prior to conjugation, e.g., thiol-based conjugation, with an agent, e.g., a therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent.
US11992527B2
The present disclosure relates to extracellular vesicles (EVs), e.g., exosomes, comprising a payload (e.g., an antigen, adjuvant, and/or immune modulator) and/or a targeting moiety. Also provided herein are methods for producing the EVs (e.g., exosomes) and methods for using the EVs (e.g., exosomes) to treat and/or prevent diseases or disorders, e.g., cancer, graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), autoimmune disease, infectious diseases, or fibrotic diseases.
US11992526B2
The present invention provides a vaccine for rabies virus and methods of making and using the vaccine alone, or in combinations with other protective agents.
US11992522B2
The invention relates to bacterial infections, vaccines directed against those infections and bacterial vaccines. More particularly, the invention relates to vaccines directed against Streptococcus infections in pigs. The invention provides a ΔFolT mutant of a bacterium having reduced capacity to transport folate, wherein said capacity has been reduced by functionally deleting folate transporter (FolT) function. The invention also provides a method to reduce virulence of a bacterium comprising reducing the capacity of said bacterium to transport folate.
US11992520B2
The present disclosure is directed to antibodies binding to and inhibiting S. aureus and methods for use thereof.
US11992513B2
A traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating hand-foot syndrome after targeted drug treatment is mainly prepared from the following components by weight: 20-50 parts of Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, 20-50 parts of Herba Taraxaci, 20-50 parts of Flos Chrysanthemi Indici, and 20-50 parts of Herba Cum Radice Violae Yedoensitis, 20-50 parts of Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, 30-60 parts of Radix Astragali Seu Hedysari, 10-35 parts of Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad, 10-45 parts of Carthamus tinctorius L., 15-45 parts of Cortex Radicis Dictamni Dasycarpi, 5-15 parts of Herba Ephedrae, 5-25 parts of Angelica sinensis, 5-25 parts of Rhizoma Ligustici Chuangxiong, 10-30 parts of Radix Rehmanniae, 5-15 parts of Ramulus cinnamomi, 10-30 parts of Cynanchum otophyllum Schneid, 5-15 parts of Semen Sinapis Albae, 5-20 parts of Arisaema heterophyllum Blume, 5-20 parts of Typhonium blumei Nicolson & Sivadasan, and 10-40 parts of Radix Glycyrrhizae.
US11992499B2
A compound of Formula (I): or anyone of its metabolites or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use for treating and/or preventing an inflammatory disease, disorder or condition, wherein each R is independently hydrogen, halogen, —CN, hydroxyl, (C1-C3)fluoroalkyl, (C1-C3)fluoroalkoxy, (C3-C6)cycloalkyl, —NO2, —NR1R2, (C1-C4)alkoxy, phenoxy, —NR1—SO2—NR1R2, —NR1—SO2—R1, —NR1—C(═O)—R1, —NR1—C(═O)—NR1R2, —SO2—NR1R2, —SO3H, —O—SO2—OR3, —O—P(═O)—(OR3)(OR4), —O—CH2—COOR3, (C1-C3)alkyl; each R′ is independently hydrogen, (C1-C3)alkyl, hydroxyl, halogen, —NO2, —NR1R2, morpholinyl, morpholino, N-methylpiperazinyl, (C1-C3)fluoroalkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy, —O—P(═O)—(OR3)(OR4), —CN, a —NH—SO2—N(CH3)2 group, or other groups and further relates to A compound of formula (IV): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use for treating and/or preventing an inflammatory disease, disorder or condition, wherein V, Z, R, R′, n, and n′ are as described above.
US11992496B1
Disclosed are methods and compositions for testosterone replacement therapy, especially for use in administration to hypogonadal males. The methods and compositions employ an untitrated dose dosing regimen that does not require titration or dose adjustments and that can provide a therapeutically effective amount of a testosterone ester, such as a non-undecanoate testosterone ester, while avoiding unacceptably high testosterone levels.
US11992495B2
Embodiments methods of reducing an inflammatory immune response (e.g., inhibiting a Th1 response) and/or promoting a regulatory immune response (e.g., enhancing Treg(s)) in a mammal are provided where the method methods involve administering to the mammal a GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulator (PAM) in an amount sufficient to reduce an inflammatory immune response and/or to promote a regulatory immune response said mammal. In certain embodiments the PAM is administered in conjunction with a GABA receptor activating ligand (e.g., GABA).
US11992493B1
A use of a compound or a medicinal derivative thereof in inhibiting calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II gamma (CaMK2γ) protein activity is provided, and belongs to the technical field of protein inhibitors. Compared with traditional broad-spectrum immunomodulators, the compound has a strong targeting effect, and is more accurate, rapid, effective, safe, and stable. Moreover, the compound has a strong binding force with human-derived CaMK2γ protein and mouse-derived CaMK2γ protein, and binding constants are KD=2.54×10−5M and KD=6.84×10−5M respectively. Compared with traditional biological inhibitors, the compound has advantages of easy storage, stable activity, small molecular weight, lower production cost and easy absorption.
US11992477B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination, comprising a glucokinase activator or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, isotopic label, crystal form, hydrate, solvate, diastereomer, or enantiomer thereof and an SGLT-2 inhibitor. The present invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition, a fixed-dose combination preparation, and preparation methods and uses thereof.
US11992465B2
An automated medication dispenser system is disclosed. The system includes a dispenser device comprising a medication dispensing and storage module, a dispensing drive and control mechanism, and a communications interface. A third party communications host is in communication with the dispenser device, and has administration software with executable instructions for control of the dispensing drive and control mechanism to dispense medication from the medication dispensing and storage module. The communications interface is in communication with the third party communications host.
US11992451B2
Systems and methods for promoting sexual well-being in males and in some cases for treating erectile dysfunction and, more particularly, to such systems that use shock waves delivered to tissue.
US11992450B2
A system and method for generating a drive signal for an electronic device provides a drive signal that causes the electronic device to be actuated in synchronization with action in a video feed. A drive signal generator predicts actions that are likely to occur next in the video feed based on an action model for the video feed and based on information about action that recently occurred in the video feed. The predicted future actions are then used to generate the drive signal that is used to actuate the electronic device.
US11992448B2
The disclosure is related to a system and method for operating a traction device to detect blood flow patterns in a subject for managing neuropathy related conditions through intraneural facilitation (INF). According to an embodiment, the INF system and method rely on the traction device for positioning the subject in one or more positions, and a processing device for processing intervening signals obtained by a probe positioned on the subject. The signals received from the probe may be used to determine a two dimensional (2D) plane blood flow pattern. Detected changes in the measured blood flow may be used to determine if further traction device positions are required to ensure that the intervening signals demonstrate normal blood flow patterns with improvements to the neuropathy condition. The 2D flow pattern may calculate at least one of Volume Flow (VF) and Pulsatility Index (PI) for each set of signals received.
US11992447B2
A rehabilitation exercise device is provided for upper and lower limbs. The rehabilitation exercise device includes: a first support supporting a user's hand or foot; a second support supporting a user's forearm or calf; a pair of first hinges rotatably connecting the first support and the second support to each other; a third support supporting a user's upper arm or thigh; a pair of second hinges rotatably connecting the second support and the third support to each other; and a drive module selectively mounted on any one of the pair of first hinges and the pair of second hinges, and configured to pivot the first support or the second support.
US11992445B2
A wheelchair including a transparent frame including a first side panel, a second side panel, a back section between the first and second side panels, and a seat section between the first and second side panels, a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the frame, and at least one handle coupled to the frame, wherein the wheelchair is entirely nonmetallic.
US11992436B2
Methods, devices, and systems are presented for inserting an implant in the cornea of the eye, where the implant is a microshunt; a microshunt delivery device for delivering the microshunt into the cornea may comprise the microshunt, an actuator, and a suction stabilizer; a vacuum device may be inserted in the stabilizer such that the cornea may be sucked onto a concave bottom side of the stabilizer; the microshunt may then be inserted into a hole in the suction stabilizer with the actuator; the actuator may be turned to screw the microshunt into a hole in the cornea; and the actuator may be removed from the suction stabilizer, breaking the vacuum seal and leaving the microshunt inserted in the cornea.
US11992427B2
A tool for removing non-visually, urinary tract stents placed within the urinary tract of a patient, comprising a distal end, a longitudinally-extending stem, and a handle. The distal end has a conical head with a groove for hooking a stent, stent string or similar stent configuration. The snare head may have a channel for advancing the tool through a urethra over a guide wire. The snare head has a narrow conical front end for dilating urethral strictures. The stem connects the snare head to the snare handle and is made to be flexible or bend on encountering resistance.
US11992416B2
A multicomponent implant system includes a multicomponent implant comprising a base plate and a load plate. The base plate includes a bone facing surface and a base plate interface surface. The load plate includes a load plate interface surface and a load bearing surface, the load bearing surface being substantially parallel to the load plate interface surface and having a contour substantially corresponding to a contour of a removed portion of the articular surface. Both the load plate interface surface and base plate interface surface have a contour substantially corresponding to the contour of the load bearing surface. The load plate is configured to be advanced in an arcuate direction to slidably couple the load plate to the base plate after the base plate has been secured within the first excision site by an anchor.
US11992409B2
A bone screw implant is provided for immobilizing the articular surfaces of two bone segments by securing, fusing, or compression the two segments. The implant may be fabricated from a porous biocompatible metal and have a cylindrical shape and fully or partially threaded and may have variable pitch threads and a variable diameter of the shaft. The implant may include a blunt tip or a fluted self-drilling tip and a headless screwdriver socket. Large pitch cancellous threads may be in the leading-end portion of the cylinder shaft, and smaller pitch cortical threads may be at the trailing edge portion of the shaft. The implant may be fenestrated, it may have a roughened surface, and it may be coated with an osteoconductive material. The implant may be cannulated. In a specific embodiment, the implant is used for immobilizing the articular surfaces of a sacroiliac joint. The implant may be coated with hydroxyapatite or tricalcium phosphate at thickness of 100 nm to 100 μm thick.
US11992406B2
A delivery device is configured for aligning and stabilizing a prosthetic heart valve for deployment in a native heart valve annulus. The device includes a catheter assembly having an inner shaft around which a valve compartment is defined, an outer shaft assembled over the inner shaft and adapted to slide relative to the inner shaft, a distal sheath connected to a distal end of the outer shaft and slidable therewith, an outer tube assembled over the outer shaft, and an alignment and stabilization device having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The outer tube is adapted to slide relative to the outer shaft to selectively cover and uncover the alignment and stabilization device.
US11992405B2
An implant system and method of delivery includes a catheter system including a sling catheter having a plurality of distal openings and a delivery catheter, disposed within the sling catheter and having a distal port. Suture coupled anchors may be sequentially delivered by the delivery catheter to a cardiac treatment site by aligning the port of the delivery catheter with different openings of the sling catheter and pushing the anchor through the port and the sling catheter to embed the anchor into cardiac tissue such as tissue of a papillary muscle. Each anchor may have a linear configuration for translation within the delivery catheter and a biased configuration that inhibits its reentry into the sling catheter once deployed. Once all anchors are deployed, the suture may be tightened, the anchored portion of the sling catheter may be detached, and the catheter system withdrawn.
US11992404B2
A fluid diversion device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a housing including channels configured to receive respective tubes, and a bore that extends laterally across the plurality of channels. The device can include an occlusion member disposed in the bore, where rotation of the occlusion member selectively occludes either a first subset of tubes or a second subset of tubes. The device can include an actuator that enables rotation of the occlusion member to a first position and a second position such that the first subset of tubes and the second subset of tubes are alternatively occluded in the first position or the second position for fluid communication in different directions relative to chambers of a delivery device operable to deploy and recapture the medical device.
US11992401B2
A prosthetic capsular device configured to be inserted in an eye after removal of a lens, in some embodiments, can comprise a housing structure comprising capable of containing one or more intraocular devices. The housing structure can comprise an anterior portion comprising an anterior opening, a posterior portion comprising a posterior opening, and a continuous lateral portion between the anterior portion and the posterior portion.
US11992395B2
An absorbent article comprising a top-surface sheet, a second sheet, and an absorber interposed between the top-surface sheet and the second sheet. The absorbent article allows a body fluid absorbed by the top-surface sheet to move to a non-skin side without deteriorating a soft touch feeling of cotton. The top-surface sheet 3 has a multi-layer structure including a non-heat fusible layer 10 made of a cellulose fiber and arranged on a skin side and a heat-fusible layer 11 made of a heat-fusible fiber and arranged on the non-skin side. The second sheet 6 made of a heat-fusible fiber is arranged on the non-skin side of the top-surface sheet 3. A large number of compressed parts 15 are formed on the non-skin side of the second sheet 6 by integrally recessing the second sheet 6 and the top-surface sheet 3 toward the skin side.
US11992391B2
An improved adhesive bandage is disclosed. The adhesive bandage includes a rectangular portion of backing sheet material defining a forward and a rear side, pressure-sensitive adhesive on the forward side, separated by a rectangular portion of dressing material attached to a central area, and two rectangular portions of release paper each removably attached to either the forward or rear side of the adhesive bandage. The adhesive bandage also includes four tabs for the removal of the release paper, placed at the midpoints on either side of the adhesive bandage.
US11992383B2
Systems for force measurement upon orthodontic appliances are described. Generally, a system for measuring a force or moment imparted by an orthodontic appliance may comprise a dentition mold having one or more target teeth each formed upon a fixture and which is movable independently of the dentition mold, a measurement sensor coupled to the fixture, and a processor in communication with the measurement sensor. An orthodontic appliance may be configured for placement upon the dentition mold where the orthodontic appliance imparts a force or moment upon the one or more target teeth such that the force or moment is transmitted to the measurement sensor via the fixture for measurement of the force or moment.
US11992382B2
A virtual filler is inserted in a virtual model of a dental site between a first tooth and a second tooth in the virtual model. One or more of the first tooth or the second tooth represent a natural tooth of a patient. Points of the first tooth, the second tooth and the virtual filler are transformed into a voxel volume. A geometry of an updated virtual filler is determined by transforming a surface of the voxel volume into a polygonal mesh.
US11992372B2
A surgical hub may have cooperative interactions with one of more means of displaying the image from the laparoscopic scope and information from one of more other smart devices. The surgical hub may have the capacity of interacting with these multiple displays using an algorithm or control program that enables the combined display and control of the data distributed across the number of displays in communication with the surgical hub. The hub can obtain display control parameter(s) associated with a surgical procedure. The hub may determine, based on the display control parameter, different contents for different displays. The hub may generate and send the display contents to their respective displays. For example, the visualization control parameter may be a progression of the surgical procedure. The surgical hub may determine different display contents for the primary and the secondary displays based on the progression of the surgical procedure.
US11992367B2
Provided are a resin material that provides a resin shaped article (such as a resin sheet) having an acoustic impedance close to that of a living body, a reduced acoustic wave attenuation even at high frequencies (such as 10 MHz), and high hardness and high tear strength, and that is suitable as a lens material for acoustic wave probes; an acoustic lens, an acoustic wave probe, an acoustic wave determination device, an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, a photo-acoustic wave determination device, and an ultrasonic endoscope that employ the above-described resin material as a constituent material; and a method for producing the above-described acoustic lens.
US11992363B2
Disclosed herein are dynamically adjusting ultrasound-imaging systems and methods thereof. For example, an ultrasound-imaging system can include an ultrasound probe, a console, and a display screen. The ultrasound probe includes an array of ultrasonic transducers that, when activated, emit generated ultrasound signals into a patient, receive reflected ultrasound signals from the patient, and convert the reflected ultrasound signals into corresponding electrical signals for processing into ultrasound images. The console is configured to execute instructions for dynamically adjusting a distance of activated ultrasonic transducers from a predefined target or area, an orientation of the activated ultrasonic transducers to the predefined target or area, or both the distance and the orientation of the activated ultrasonic transducers with respect to the predefined target or area. The display screen is configured to display a graphical user interface including the ultrasound images processed by the console from the corresponding electrical signals of the ultrasound signals.
US11992362B2
A device and method for directing a cannula toward a target location under a patient's skin. The device is handheld and the device operations may be automated. The device includes an imaging probe for imaging the target location, a positioning unit for manipulating a cannula towards the target location, and a processor. The processor receives imaging data from the imaging probe, cannula pose data from at least one cannula position sensor, and device pose data from at least one device position sensor. The target location is identified from the imaging data, and a trajectory for manipulating the cannula towards the target location is determined based on the imaging data, the cannula pose data, and the device pose data. The processor may determine that the trajectory becomes misaligned with the target position, and may update to a corrected trajectory based on the imaging data, cannula pose data, and the device pose data.
US11992352B2
A curved compression element, such as a breast compression paddle, and imaging systems and methods for use with curved compression elements. A system may include a radiation source, a detector, and a curved compression element. Operations are performed that include receiving image data from the detector; accessing a correction map for the at least one compression paddle; correcting the image data based on the correction map to generate a corrected image data; and generating an image of the breast based on the corrected image data. The breast compression element generally has no sharp edges, but rather has smooth edges and transitions between surfaces. The breast compression paddle also includes a flexible material that spans a portion of a curved bottom surface of the breast compression paddle to define a gap. The flexible material may be a thin-film material such as a shrink wrap.
US11992347B2
A medical cart apparatus includes at least one component and at least one holster that is tilted with respect to a horizontal plane and is configured to hold or store the at least one component. The medical cart apparatus is ergonomic and conveniently and securely stores elements in the cart. The holster is configured as a storage area, holder, or receptacle, and the holster has a back wall, at least one side, at least one side cut-out, a lip at an entrance of the holster, and a bottom surface that is tilted at the angle with respect to the horizontal plane. The side cut-outs of the holster provide visibility by showing whether a component is in the holster or not, and provide accessibility by facilitating or allowing easy insertion and easy takeout of the at least one component from the holster.
US11992345B2
A system measures performance activity of a user using a motion capture device, such as one or more knee sleeves each a plurality of inertial-measurement unit. Captured motion characteristic data is classified against previously captured data and then mapped to particular audio effects, which are then altered in different ways depending on the classification and provided the user. The audio feedback works to improve the user's performance of the activity by changing between negative and positive feedback depending on the user's performance. The system regularly measures the motion capture data, altering audio effects provided to the user, until the user reaches an improvement goal.
US11992341B2
The present invention relates to a sensor applicator assembly for a continuous glucose monitoring system and provides a sensor applicator assembly for a continuous glucose monitoring system, which is manufactured with a sensor module assembled inside an applicator, thereby minimizing additional work by a user for attaching the sensor module to the body and allowing the sensor module to be attached to the body simply by operating the applicator, and thus can be used more conveniently. A battery is built in the sensor module and a separate transmitter is connected to the sensor module so as to receive power supply from the sensor module and be continuously used semi-permanently, thereby making the assembly economical. The sensor module and the applicator are used disposables, thereby allowing accurate and safe use and convenient maintenance.
US11992337B2
A wearable electronic device including a housing that is worn by a user and a SMI sensor contained within the housing. The SMI sensor may include an emitter that outputs coherent light toward the skin of a user when the housing is worn by the user. The SMI sensor may also include a detector that detects a portion of the coherent light reflected towards the sensor and generates electrical signals that indicate displacements of the skin based on the portion of coherent light received at the detector. The housing may include a transmitter that is operatively coupled with the SMI sensor and is configured to transmit physiological data to a receiving device based on electrical signals output from the SMI sensor.
US11992332B2
A fluid replacement method including: determining the amount of urine expelled by a patient; infusing via a pump fluid from a first fluid source into a patient; determining an amount of fluid infused into the patient from the first fluid source; adjusting the operating of the pump based on the determined amount of urine expelled and the amount of fluid infused into the patient; setting a desired fluid balance for the patient; setting an amount of at least one additional fluid delivered to the patient; calculating an actual fluid balance based on the determined urine output, the determined amount of fluid infused from the first fluid source, and the set amount of said at least one additional fluid delivered; and automatically controlling the pump based on the actual fluid balance and the set desired fluid balance so the actual fluid balance conforms to the desired fluid balance.
US11992327B2
The present disclosure provides a method for sweat volume detection based on sweat print imaging, comprising: obtaining a raw data set, the raw data set including at least one sweat print image formed by dropping different volumes of sweat on a test paper under different environmental parameters; obtaining a color value extreme of the sweat print image and dividing the sweat print image into at least one region; calculating a sweat error based on a total sweat collection volume and a real sweat volume; obtaining a trained error prediction model; obtaining a to-be-tested sweat print image and current environmental parameters; inputting the current environmental parameters and a count of regions of the to-be tested sweat print image into the trained error prediction model to determine a sweat error of the to-be-tested sweat print image; calculating a sweat volume and a sweat rate based on the sweat error.
US11992325B2
Devices, methods and systems related to the assessment and therapy of neurological conditions and dexterous hand function in particular. For example, some embodiments can relate to devices comprising a first portion of flexible material and forming a cavity; a second portion non-flexible material; a PCB coupled to the second portion; and wherein a portion of an edge of the first portion is configured to create a semi-hermetic seal with at least a portion of an edge of the second portion and the PCB has connected thereto a pressure sensor, a wireless transceiver, and a power storage unit.
US11992319B2
Neural interfaces with the peripheral nervous system have been developed to provide a direct communication pathway between peripheral nerves and prosthetic limbs. Described herein is a method of making a microchannel integrated neural interface device comprising a plurality of hollow cylindrical electrodes in a PDMS scaffold, which can control the reinnervated muscles and interpret neurological signals. The acquired bioelectrical signals can be used for the interpretation of mind and create a neural map.
US11992317B2
Alertness estimation apparatus, alertness estimation method, and computer- readable recording medium
An alertness estimation apparatus 10, includes: an image extraction unit 11 that extracts an image of a portion including eyes from an image data of a face image of a human; a first alertness estimation unit 12 that estimates a first alertness based on the extracted image; a pulse wave detection unit 13 that determines whether or not the estimated first alertness satisfies a set condition, and detect a pulse wave of the human from the face image, when the first alertness satisfies the set condition; and a second alertness estimation unit 14 that estimates a second alertness of the human based on the detected pulse wave.
US11992312B2
Sensor systems can be used to measure an analyte concentration. Sensor systems can include a base having a distal side configured to face towards a person's skin. An adhesive can couple the base to the skin. A transcutaneous analyte measurement sensor can be coupled to the base and can be located at least partially in the host. A transmitter can be coupled to the base and can transmit analyte measurement data to a remote device.
US11992305B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus captures a morphology image and a function image that are captured with respect to an equal imaging region of an object under examination. Processing for deforming the morphology image is performed using a deformation parameter and moving positions of structural objects included in the morphology image to respective positions of structural objects of a previously determined standard morphology. Then, the function image is deformed using a value of the deformation parameter used in deforming the morphology image to cause a position of a region included in the function image to coincide with a position of a corresponding region of the standard morphology or by using the standard morphology in an opposite direction using the value of the deformation parameter to cause a position of a region of the structural object thereof to coincide with a position of a corresponding region included in the function image.
US11992301B2
A plurality of modules are simultaneously positioned at locations that correspond to different angiosomes. Each of these modules has a front surface shaped and dimensioned for contacting a person's skin, a plurality of different-wavelength light sources aimed in a forward direction, and a plurality of light detectors aimed to detect light arriving from in front of the front surface. Each module is supported by a support structure (e.g., a strap or a clip) that is shaped and dimensioned to hold the front surface adjacent to the person's skin at a respective position. Perfusion in each of the angiosomes is monitored using these modules, and the surgeon can rely on this information to guide his or her intervention.
US11992298B2
Systems and methods for predicting and treating relapses for neurological conditions in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for predicting and treating a clinical neurological condition relapse. The method includes steps for selecting a threshold heart rate variability value for a patient suffering from a clinical neurological condition, monitoring, using a cardiac monitor, the heart rate variability of the patient over time, providing an indicator that a relapse is imminent when the heart rate variability of the patient falls below the threshold heart rate variability value, and treating the patient using a transcranial magnetic stimulation device by applying an accelerated theta burst stimulation protocol where the transcranial magnetic stimulation target is the left prefrontal dorsolateral cortex.
US11992290B2
A method of controlling an intraoral scanner includes upon completion of lighting a first projection device, triggering a second projection device to initiate lighting, upon initiation of lighting the first projection device, transmitting a first camera trigger signal, a first delay circuit delaying the first camera trigger signal until completion of lighting the second projection device, and upon receiving the first camera trigger signal, a first camera and a second camera starting exposing images.
US11992286B2
A low-friction medical device is provided having roller-assisted tension members and a friction-reducing curved guide path. The device includes a first link, a second link, and a tension member. A proximal end portion of the first link is coupled to an instrument shaft. A proximal end portion of the second link is rotatably coupled to a distal end portion of first link about a first axis. The second link defines a curved guide path and a cable extends from the first link through the curved guide path to a distal end of the second link and couples with a tool member. A roller having a roller surface is coupled to the second link such that the roller surface is aligned with a portion of the curved path and contacts the cable therein. The curved guide surface has a small fleet angle.
US11992283B2
A system comprises a medical tool including a shaft having proximal and distal ends and an articulatable distal portion coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The system also comprises a processing unit including one or more processors. The processing unit is configured to determine a target in a medical environment. The articulatable distal portion is directed toward the target. The processing unit is also configured to determine a motion of at least a portion of the shaft, and in response to the determined motion, control a pose of the articulatable distal portion so that the articulatable distal portion remains directed toward the target.
US11992278B2
Provided is a robot for vascular intervention. The robot for vascular intervention comprises: a catheter driving unit for rotating and translating a catheter extending in a longitudinal direction while having the longitudinal direction as an axis; a guide wire driving unit provided at a side of the catheter driving unit, drawing a guide wire into the catheter by translating the guide wire, and rotating the guide wire coaxially with the catheter; a micro-catheter driving unit provided at a rear of the catheter driving unit and translating the micro-catheter in a path coaxial with the catheter that is different from draw-in and draw-out paths of the guide wire when the guide wire is drawn out from an inside of the catheter; and a micro-guide wire driving unit provided at a rear of the micro-catheter driving unit, and drawing a micro-guide wire into the micro-catheter by translating the micro-guide wire, and rotating the micro-guide wire coaxially with the micro-catheter.
US11992276B2
A system (IPS) for supporting image-based navigation, comprising: an input interface (IN) for reviving one or more input images acquired by an X-ray imager (IA) whilst two or more medical devices (GW1, GW2) are present in a field of view (FoV) of the X-ray imaging apparatus. An image identifier (ID) identifies the two or more medical devices based on image information in the one or more images. A tagger (TGG) associates a respective, unique, tag with each of at least two of the two or more medical devices (GW1, GW2) so identified. A graphics display generator (GDG) effects displaying on a display device (DD) the one or more input images in a video feed, with the tags included.
US11992272B2
An optical tracking device, a surgical navigation system and a surgical navigation method are disclosed. The optical tracking device comprises a body having at least two optically distinguishable lines, wherein at least one of the lines is an edge of the body. The lines are configured to be detected by an optical detection system simultaneously. They have a fixed spatial relationship between each other. The method comprises providing the optical tracking device, acquiring data describing the fixed spatial relationship, detecting the lines and determining the spatial position and/or orientation of the optical tracking device based on the detected lines and the fixed spatial relationship.
US11992265B2
There are provided an ophthalmologic information analysis apparatus and an ophthalmologic information analysis program capable of efficiently performing follow-up observation of a subject eye. There is provided: a central processing unit configured to: acquire first analysis data obtained by analyzing an analysis region of the subject eye in first OCT data including the analysis region; acquire second OCT data captured on a day different from that of the first OCT data; perform an analysis comprising: specifying the analysis region corresponding to the first analysis data from the second OCT data; and acquiring second analysis data obtained by analyzing the analysis region in the second OCT data; and control a display to display the first analysis data and the second analysis data in a comparable manner.
US11992229B2
A method of diagnosing, minimizing symptoms and/or treating the pathology of intervertebral disc degeneration includes introducing a first cannula through a vertebra along an axis of at least one pedicle of the vertebra from a generally posterior to a generally anterior direction and inserting a second cannula within a lumen of the first cannula, the second cannula constrained to a relatively straight configuration within at least a portion of the first cannula and assumes a nonlinear or curvilinear geometry external to the first cannula within at least a portion of a vertebral body of the vertebra and away from a longitudinal axis of the first cannula. The method includes forming a channel with the second cannula, the channel extending to or adjacent to a vertebral endplate of the vertebral body in order to create a defect through the vertebral endplate of the vertebra. Related systems, devices, and methods are described.
US11992222B2
A surgical clip may include a first leg member having a first inner surface with a curvature, the first leg member having a first thickness in a vertical direction, a first width in a lateral direction, and a first length in a longitudinal direction, where the first width is greater than the first thickness along at least half of the first length. The surgical clip may also include a second leg member having a second inner surface with a curvature, the second leg member having a plurality of teeth. The first width may be defined by first and second lateral protrusion extending from opposing side surfaces of the first leg member. The first width may be greater than a second width of an inner portion of the first leg member and a third width of an outer portion of the first leg member.
US11992217B2
A device includes a capsule extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and including a channel extending therethrough. The capsule is releasably coupled to a proximal portion of the device. Device also includes a first arm rigidly fixed to the distal end of the capsule to extend distally therefrom. In addition, Device includes a second arm, a proximal end of which is slidably received within the capsule so that the second arm is movable between an open configuration, in which the second arm is moved laterally away from the first arm and a distal end of the second arm is moved distally past the distal end of the first arm, and a closed configuration, in which the second arm is moved toward the first arm and the distal end of the second arm is moved proximally toward the distal end of the first arm.
US11992196B2
A device having a sheath, a medical device, a stylet, a handle and a plunger device. The handle includes portions connected proximal ends of the sheath, the medical device and the stylet and a chamber portion connected to the actuator. The chamber portion includes a volume of space configured to volumetrically connect to at a lumen of the medical device, the sheath or the stylet and a plunger device configured to be slidably received within the chamber portion. The plunger device is able to pneumatically isolate a proximal portion of the volume of space from a distal portion of the volume of space. Proximal movement of the stylet and the plunger device cause a suction effect (i.e., reduced pressure) at the distal end of the sheath, the medical device and/or the stylet.
US11992190B2
A flexible endoscope for insertion into the human body includes a flexible section arranged in a distal end region of the endoscope. The endoscope further includes a tip segment distally adjoining the flexible section, the tip segment being controllable by at least one tension cord. The flexible section is formed by means of an investment composition that is mechanically anchored to the tip segment and/or a proximal counter bearing, and the investment compound is elastically deformable.
US11992188B2
A medical system includes a flexible elongate instrument and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine a force exerted by the flexible elongate instrument on tissue of a patient, determine a driving state of the flexible elongate instrument, set a force threshold based on the driving state, and provide feedback to an operator in response to the determined force being higher than the force threshold. Different driving states are associated with different force thresholds.
US11992186B2
An endoscope including: an optical filter arrangement having: a holder; and an optical filter having one of different filter properties in different directions or multiple optical filters with different filter properties, the optical filter being arranged in the holder to rotate about an axis of rotation in at least one beam path of the endoscope in a direction of light incidence in or behind an objective of the endoscope and in front of an image capturing unit or an eyepiece; wherein the optical filter arrangement is configured to change from a first filter property to a second filter property when the optical filter is rotated by 90° about the axis of rotation from a first target rotational position to a second target rotational position.
US11992178B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing device, an endoscope system, and an image processing method capable of efficiently saving a moving image in which a lesion is shown. An image processing device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a moving image acquisition unit that acquires an examination moving image by an endoscope, a report information acquisition unit that acquires report information on an examination corresponding to the examination moving image, the report information including at least one of subject information of a still image acquired in the examination or acquisition time information of the still image, a report information analysis unit that extracts at least one of subject information of a lesion image or acquisition time information of the lesion image from the report information, and a moving image saving unit that saves a lesion moving image, which is a moving image for a time range in which the lesion image is included in the examination moving image, on the basis of a result of the extraction.
US11992176B2
Disclosed is a cleaner. The cleaner according to an embodiment includes a main body, a suction device configured to suck dust outside the cleaner, a dust detection sensor including a light emitting element and a light receiving element disposed adjacent to the suction device, a dust container configured to store sucked dust through the suction device, and a processor configured to identify a dust inflow state and a dust amount of the dust container based on a voltage value output from the light receiving element, and control an operation of the cleaner based on the identified dust inflow state and dust amount, wherein the light emitting element and the light receiving element are disposed at an outside of the dust container in a direction toward an inlet of the dust container.
US11992163B1
A toilet seat elevator assembly including a seat assembly. The seat assembly includes a seat that is placed on top of a toilet seat. The seat assembly is capable of being adjusted in height by adding a preferred amount of seat inserts between the toilet seat and the seat. The seat inserts have a toilet seat shape. The toilet seat elevator assembly further includes backup assembly, wherein is perpendicularly attached to an edge of the seat. The backup assembly is hollow, wherein the backup assembly can be clamped to the seat cover when it is in a vertical position allowing to secure the toilet seat elevator assembly to the toilet.
US11992158B2
Embodiments of improved systems including and methods for dosing or processing a desired quantity or dose of particles from a storage container by determining the weight of the storage container and processing mechanism as particles are processed. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11992157B2
A deep fryer tank made of a deep-drawn metal material includes a bottom and several sides connected to the bottom by curves, at least one of the sides having at least one rigidifying lateral indentation forming a lateral recess extending in one direction. At least one side has at least one other rigidifying lateral indentation forming another lateral recess extending in another direction, and the at least one rigidifying lateral indentation intersects the at least one other rigidifying lateral indentation. An electric deep fryer comprises a deep fryer tank of the aforementioned type.
US11992142B2
A mailbox assembly that may be provided on a surface and freely movable by an end user from one location to another without digging a hole for the post. The mailbox assembly includes a post, a mail receptacle on an upper poste end, and a base on a lower base end. The base includes one or more hollow cavities for retaining ballast material to thereby move a center of gravity of the mailbox assembly towards the bottom surface, such that the mailbox can withstand 100 N of force applied perpendicular to the post without toppling. The post may also have one or more cavities for holding ballast material.
US11992132B2
A portable booster seat for supporting a child on a chair having a retractable clamping arm that is extendable to an underside surface of a chair seat and selectively moveable to clamp the booster seat to the chair.
US11992129B2
A magnetic coupler for attaching a mattress to a bed foundation includes a magnet assembly, a target assembly, and a shunt. The magnet assembly includes a housing and a magnet, wherein the housing is configured to couple the magnet to the mattress. The target assembly is configured to couple a target to the foundation. The shunt is disposed within the housing of the magnet assembly or in the mattress. The magnet assembly and the target assembly are releasably attached when the magnet is magnetically coupled to the target.
US11992123B2
A device for guiding a movable furniture part on a furniture carcass. The device includes a carcass rail arranged on the furniture carcass and a movable rail movable in the opening and closing direction relative to the carcass rail. The carcass rail and the movable rail each have a flat running web and load-transmitting rolling elements are each arranged between a running web of the carcass rail and a running web of the movable rail. During relative movement between the rails, the rolling elements move along the running webs. The running webs are uninterrupted, and the rolling elements between the rails are configured such that, in the mounted state, the running web of the movable rail is always oriented obliquely relative to the running web of the carcass rail.
US11992108B2
Device for packaging, dispensing and applying a solid or pasty block of cosmetic product The present application relates to a device for packaging, dispensing and applying a block of solid or pasty cosmetic product, comprising a longitudinal tubular case having an open first end, intended for dispensing the cosmetic product, and an opposite second end that is closed by a base accommodating a mechanism for driving a support for holding said cosmetic product in translation along the case, characterized in that the device has, at the open first end of the case, an external envelope with a longitudinal central axis offset radially with respect to a longitudinal central axis of an external envelope of the device at the opposite end of the case that is closed by the base.
US11992104B2
A container device with an outer shell that has an opening that is sealed by a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism may include resealable closure elements that are configured to partially or wholly seal the opening. In some examples, the closure elements may be magnetic strips. In addition, the closure mechanism may include curved members to prevent the opening from closing when the closure mechanism is in an open configuration.
US11992092B2
A rapid-entry and rebounding fit shoe having one or both of a rapid-entry heel element and a rapid-entry tongue element and both snap back for fit. The rapid-entry shoe directs a user's foot into or otherwise accommodates a user's foot with respect to, a shoe opening, and thereafter secures a rear portion of rapid-entry shoe about a user's heel as well as forefoot.
US11992086B2
A strobel for an article of footwear includes a polymeric bladder defining an interior cavity and configured to retain a fluid in the interior cavity. The polymeric bladder has a peripheral flange extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the interior cavity. A first bond secures opposing inner surfaces of the polymeric bladder to one another and extends transversely inward from a medial side of the peripheral flange only partway transversely across the interior cavity. A second bond is rearward of the first bond. The second bond extends transversely inward from a lateral side of the peripheral flange only partway transversely across the interior cavity. A tensile component is disposed in the interior cavity. An outer edge of the tensile component extends transversely inward at and borders a perimeter of the first bond and a perimeter of the second bond.
US11992070B2
An example face shield includes a face shield lens comprising a locking channel, a face shield shell configured to receive the face shield lens when the face shield is inserted into the face shield shell, and a lens lock configured to move between: a locked position in which the lens lock is configured to engage the locking channel of the face shield to secure the face shield lens to the face shield shell; and an unlocked position in which the lens lock is configured to disengage the locking channel of the face shield to permit insertion of the face shield to the face shield shell and removal of the face shield from the face shield shell.
US11992065B2
A reminding method in an electronic vaporizing-device and an electronic vaporizing-device are disclosed. The method includes detecting an electrical parameter of the vaporizer, determining whether the vaporizer is detached from the battery based on the electrical parameter of the vaporizer, and generating a reminder in response to the vaporizer being detached from the battery.
US11992063B2
An embodiment of the present invention discloses an aerosol-generating device, the device including a heater for heating an aerosol-generating substrate, and a controller for controlling power supplied to the heater through a proportional integral differential (PID) method, based on an integral control weight determined according to an initial temperature of the heater.
US11992062B2
An inhaler device configured to consume an accumulated capacity to contribute to generation of aerosol or aerosol imparted with flavor, a sensor configured to detect a predefined variable, an interface configured to make a notification to an inhaler of the aerosol, and a controller configured to cause the interface to function in a first mode when a detected or estimated capacity is smaller than a threshold and the variable satisfies a predefined condition for requesting the generation of the aerosol.
US11992060B2
An atomizer includes: a liquid storage assembly, including an inner barrel, wherein the inner barrel defines a slide cavity, the slide cavity is defined for receiving the atomization core assembly; and a mouthpiece assembly, disposed at an end of the inner barrel for pushing against the atomization core assembly, such that the atomization core assembly slides relative to the inner barrel, and an end of the atomization core assembly is exposed to an outside of the atomizer. By configuring the mouthpiece assembly to push against the atomization core assembly, the atomization core assembly slides along the slide cavity of the inner barrel, and one end of the atomization core assembly is exposed to the outside. Therefore, it may be difficult for children to disassemble the atomizer core assembly, a risk of children removing the atomization core assembly and causing hazards to themselves may be reduced effectively.
US11992042B2
A portable vaporizer for the delivery of inhalable substances is presented that has the capability of combining multiple different cartridges to provide the user with a variety of inhalable substances for inhalation. Each cartridge may comprise a heating element, a chimney contact connector located at a first end of the cartridge, a distal contact connector located at a second end of the cartridge, and one or more electrical connections between the heating element, the chimney contact connector, and the distal contact connector.
US11992033B2
An edible pet food, wherein the pet food has a moisture content of 15 to 50 wt % and the pet food comprises a core and a coating disposed on the core, wherein the core comprises animal protein and the pet food has an animal protein content of at least 30 wt %, and at least one of the core and the coating comprises a glucose-containing carbohydrate selected from a dextrin and an esterified starch.
US11992031B2
The presently disclosed subject matter provides a hypoallergenic palatable composition. The composition includes at least about 25% of at least partially hydrolysed proteins and at least about 10% of crude fibers by weight, based on the total weight of dry matter of the composition. The composition can be used to achieve weight loss and/or weight management of pet animals affected with adverse food reactions (AFR), particularly cutaneous adverse food reactions (CAFR).
US11992025B2
The present invention provides a method for the preparation of a myceliated cacao bean or other agricultural product. This method includes providing cacao beans or other agricultural substrate, optionally hydrating the cacao beans or other agricultural product, and optionally pasteurizing or sterilizing the cacao beans or other agricultural substrate to provide prepared cacao beans or other agricultural substrate, and a step of inoculating the prepared cacao beans or other agricultural substrate with a prepared fungal component and culturing the inoculated cacao beans or other agricultural substrate to prepare the myceliated product. The methods of the instant invention result in prepared cacao beans or other agricultural substrate having reduced levels of undesirable taste components, such as theobromine, catechin, epicatechin, gallic acid equivalents, and/or 2-methoxy-3-isopropylpyrazine, and increased levels of myceliation products, such as fungal β-glucans, chitin, proteins, glycoproteins, pyrazines and polysaccharides, relative to starting cacao beans or other agricultural substrate.
US11992024B2
A method of producing a low-lactose milk protein concentrate comprising the steps of providing a starting liquid milk protein concentrate, pre-treating the milk protein concentration by ultra-sonication, and treating the pre-treated milk protein concentration by diafiltration to provide a calcium depleted low-lactose milk protein concentrate. The process of the invention provides a milk protein concentrate with high levels of protein, less than 1% lactose, and a calcium level that is depleted by at least 20% compared with an untreated milk protein concentrate.
US11992021B2
The present invention relates to creamers for food products such as coffee and tea. In particular, the invention relates to a liquid creamer including casein based protein, pea protein, gellan gum, bicarbonate, citrate and oil. Further aspects of the invention are a beverage including a liquid creamer and a process for preparing a liquid creamer.
US11992018B2
A food material processing mechanism, a food material processing method and a food manufacturing method which enable highly accurate bending of a sheet-shaped flexible food material such as a skin are provided. A food material processing mechanism includes a conveyance unit and a processing unit. A conveyance unit conveys a sheet-shaped flexible food material in a conveyance direction. A processing unit forms a bending reference portion being a reference portion for bending, in the flexible food material being conveyed by the conveyance unit. The processing unit includes a reference formation unit and a pressing unit. The reference formation unit locally applies a force to the flexible food material to form the bending reference portion. The pressing unit presses the flexible food material against the conveyance unit at least temporarily while the reference formation unit forms the bending reference portion in the flexible food material.
US11992013B2
A composition and method for killing feral hogs: a bait that is attractive to hogs is mixed with a lethal amount of sodium nitrite, along with sufficient base to inhibit decomposition of the sodium nitrite. At sufficiently high pH, encapsulation of the sodium nitrite is not required to inhibit decomposition. In the absence of substantial decomposition, the sodium nitrite itself is not aversive to the pigs, and may even enhance acceptance of the baits by the pigs. Optionally, an anti-emetic compound is added to the mixture to reduce the likelihood the bait will be vomited. Optionally, an additional toxicant such as luteolin is added to the mixture.
US11992012B2
The present invention relates to diaminotriazine compounds and to their use as herbicides. It also relates to agrochemical compositions for crop protection and to a method for controlling unwanted vegetation.
US11992011B2
The present invention is in the field of agricultural pathogen control. More specifically the invention relates to compounds capable of inhibiting cinnamate-4-hydroxylase and their use for protecting plants against plant pathogens, in particular against nematodes, fungi and/or bacteria. The invention also provides for compositions comprising the same, methods of making the same, and methods of controlling plant disease.
US11991999B2
A pedestal for mounting a downrigger fishing device to the deck of a watercraft, with the pedestal having a support post, a base plate, a mounting plate, one or more reinforcing members, and one or more securing plates.
US11991996B2
A fishing reel includes: a reel body; a spool supported by the reel body so as to be rotatable; a handle attached to the reel body so as to be rotatable; a first rotation transmission mechanism that transmits, to the spool, a driving force due to rotation of the handle; a motor power unit that generates a driving force that rotates the spool; a second rotation transmission mechanism that transmits the driving force of the motor power unit to the spool; and an operation unit that is disposed outside the reel body and changes the driving force of the motor power unit, wherein the operation unit is configured to be set at a position desired by a user so as to be usable.
US11991991B2
A bee shelter has a base and a collapsible structure. The base has a bottom surface that engages a ground surface and defines a substantially impermeable barrier above the ground surface. The collapsible structure is positioned on the base and has sidewall panels, a roof panel, and living hinges that connect the sidewall panels and the roof panel. The collapsible structure is foldable between a collapsed state and an erected state. In the collapsed state the sidewall panels and the roof panel are in a stack, and in an erected state the sidewall panels and the roof panel define an inner cavity that has an opening defined by the sidewall panels and the roof panel. The inner cavity is sheltered by the roof panel. Each of the base, the side walls, and the roof panel are water impermeable.
US11991989B2
A leash attachment and method for using the leash attachment are provided. The leash attachment has a built-in flip open cup that allows an animal to drink from the flip open cup once liquid is expelled to the distal end of the cup via a nozzle. Unused liquid form the flip open cup drains back via a funnel into the leash attachment by way of a fill hole. The leash attachment attaches to a leash via a rolling cam with ridges on the cam's outer surface.
US11991975B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011221. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011221, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011221 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011221.
US11991971B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010984. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010984, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010984 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH010984.
US11991947B2
A treatment system for spraying treatment fluid onto plants in a field is described. The treatment system includes a highly configurable treatment mechanism including an array of nozzles and valve assemblies coupled into manifolds, and manifold assemblies. The manifolds of the manifold assemblies can be oriented in an open state or a nested state, the open state with no overlap between nozzles of adjacent manifolds and the nested state with overlap between nozzles of adjacent manifolds. The manifolds can have multiple configurations, examples of which include a tube manifold and an offset manifold. The nozzles of the system can have multiple configurations, examples of which include a tri-spray nozzle, a bar nozzle, a fan nozzle, and a deflected fan nozzle. The system can be controlled by a system controller which detects plant material and instructs a nozzle or combination of nozzles to spray treatment fluid.
US11991942B2
An automatic implement attachment and detachment system having a ground utility robot with at least one sensor; a computer processor; and a computer memory whereby the system also includes a quick hitch attachment apparatus having a body securable to the ground utility robot; at least one mateable connection part; and an implement having at least one connection member where the implement attachment system is configured to automatically attach and detach the implement to and from the ground utility robot.
US11997937B2
Methods, systems, and devices for chalcogenide memory device compositions are described. A memory cell may use a chalcogenide material having a composition as described herein as a storage materials, a selector materials, or as a self-selecting storage material. A chalcogenide material as described herein may include a sulfurous component, which may be completely sulfur (S) or may be a combination of sulfur and one or more other elements, such as selenium (Se). In addition to the sulfurous component, the chalcogenide material may further include one or more other elements, such as germanium (Ge), at least one Group-III element, or arsenic (As).
US11997936B2
A device may include a first electrode, a barrier layer, and a tunneling layer having a first dielectric constant. The barrier layer may be between the first electrode and the tunneling layer. The device may also include an active layer having a second dielectric constant. The tunneling layer may be between the first electrode and the active layer. The device may further include a second electrode. The active layer may be between the tunneling layer and the second electrode.
US11997935B2
A resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device, including a bottom electrode, a high work function layer, a resistive material layer and a top electrode sequentially stacked on a substrate, wherein the resistive material layer includes a bottom part and a top part, first spacers covering sidewalls of the top part and the top electrode, and second spacers covering sidewalls of the bottom part, thereby constituting a RRAM cell.
US11997933B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: a first metallization layer over a substrate, the substrate including active devices; a first bit line over the first metallization layer, the first bit line connected to first interconnects of the first metallization layer, the first bit line extending in a first direction, the first direction parallel to gates of the active devices; a first phase-change random access memory (PCRAM) cell over the first bit line; a word line over the first PCRAM cell, the word line extending in a second direction, the second direction perpendicular to the gates of the active devices; and a second metallization layer over the word line, the word line connected to second interconnects of the second metallization layer.
US11997932B2
Resistive switching memory cells having filament-based switching mechanisms are provided. By way of example, resistive switching memory cells having resistive filaments constrained to a core of the cell are disclosed. In other examples, methods for fabricating resistive switching memory cells to constrain a conductive filament formed in the resistive switching memory cell to a central portion of core of the cell are disclosed.
US11997931B2
A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) cell includes a bar-type magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ), where the antiferromagnetic layer, the free layer, the barrier layer, and the reference layer have substantially aligned sidewalls. A spacer is against the sidewall of each of the antiferromagnetic layer, the free layer, the barrier layer, and the reference layer. A bar-type MTJ is manufactured from a single element of a pattern for isolated MTJs for MRAM cells. A barrier layer of a bar-type MTJ has a larger area than column-type MTJs, leading to extended MRAM cell lifetime because the barrier layer has a lower tunneling current density across the barrier layer.
US11997925B2
A cyclic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device comprising the same, and the compound used as a material of an organic material layer in the organic light emitting device and providing improved efficiency, low driving voltage and improved lifetime characteristics of the organic light emitting device.
US11997924B2
Disclosed are a novel organic compound, and an organic electroluminescent element having improved characteristics, such as luminous efficiency, driving voltage, and lifespan, by containing the novel organic compound in one or more organic material layers.
US11997922B2
The present invention relates to certain fluorenes, to the use of the compounds in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising at least one of these compounds. The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds and to a formulation and composition comprising one or more of the compounds.
US11997919B2
Provided are an organic electric element, a display panel and a display device including the organic electric element which include a charge generating layer including a first layer comprising a first compound and a second compound and a second layer comprising a third compound so that they can have excellent efficiency or lifespan.
US11997912B2
A display apparatus includes a flexible substrate, a thin-film transistor unit, and a light-emitting unit. The flexible substrate includes a display area has a first area, a peripheral area which is adjacent to the display area, and a first penetrating portion corresponding to the first area. The thin-film transistor unit is in the display area and at least a portion of the peripheral area. The thin-film transistor unit includes a thin-film transistor and an insulation layer and has a second penetrating portion at a location corresponding to the first penetrating portion. The light-emitting unit is on the thin-film transistor unit and includes a pixel electrode, an intermediate layer including an emission layer, and a counter electrode.
US11997895B2
A display device includes a substrate, a first lower pattern disposed on the substrate, a second lower pattern disposed in a same layer as the first lower pattern and integrally formed with the first lower pattern, an etch stopper disposed on the second lower pattern, a power voltage line disposed on the first lower pattern, and a transfer pattern disposed on the etch stopper, connected to the power voltage line, and contacting the second lower pattern through a contact hole defined through the etch stopper.
US11997894B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, signal lines located on the substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting elements each located on a side of one of the signal lines facing away from the substrate. Each light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode that are stacked sequentially. Each signal line includes at least one overlapping portion overlapping the light-emitting layer of one of the light-emitting elements in a direction perpendicular to the display panel. An angle θ between an extending direction of a part of the at least one overlapping portion and a pixel column direction in a display region that satisfies: 0°<θ<90°, or an angle θ between an extending direction of a tangent of a part of the at least one overlapping portion and a pixel column direction in a display area that satisfies: 0°<θ<90°.
US11997891B2
Provided is display substrate, including driving circuit board, and first electrode layer, insulating layer, second electrode layer, isolation layer, transparent conductive layer sequentially stacked thereon. Driving circuit board includes pixel and bonding regions. First electrode layer includes first sub-portion in bonding region and second sub-portion in pixel region. Insulating and isolation layers are partially cover bonding and pixel regions. Insulating layer has first via hole in area corresponding to first sub-portion. Isolation layer has second via hole in the area. Axes of first and second via holes coincide, first sub-portion is exposed at first and second via holes. Second electrode layer is in pixel region, coupled to second sub-portion through third via hole in area corresponding to second sub-portion. Isolation layer has fourth via hole in area corresponding to second electrode layer. Transparent conductive layer is in pixel region, coupled to second electrode layer through fourth via hole.
US11997889B2
Frame wiring lines are provided in a frame region, a flattening film in which a frame-shaped slit is formed in the frame region is provided in the display region and the frame region, a plurality of first electrodes constituting light-emitting elements are provided on the flattening film, and conductive layer made of the same material and formed in the same layer as those of each of the plurality of first electrodes are provided covering at least end faces of the frame wiring lines exposed from the slit.
US11997886B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes at least one opening, and further includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor structure layer; a first inorganic passivation layer; an organic planarization layer on a side of the first inorganic passivation layer distal to the thin film transistor structure layer; and a second inorganic passivation layer on a side of the organic planarization layer distal to the first inorganic passivation layer. The second inorganic passivation layer extends toward the first inorganic passivation layer alone a side of the organic planarization layer proximal to the at least one opening and covers an exposed portion of the organic planarization layer on a side of the organic planarization layer proximal to the at least one opening.
US11997885B2
A display device includes a metal layer between a pixel-defining layer and an opposite electrode, the metal layer contacting the opposite electrode. The display device includes subpixels disposed on a substrate. The sub-pixels each include a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode, an emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, a pixel-defining layer surrounding the emission layer. The display device includes a metal layer disposed between the pixel-defining layer and the opposite electrode, the metal layer contacting the opposite electrode.
US11997883B2
An organic light emitting diode display device are provided. The organic light emitting diode display device includes: a substrate; a barrier layer, located on a side of the substrate; a first buffer layer, located on a side of the barrier layer; a first semiconductor layer, located on a side of the first buffer layer; a first gate insulating layer, located on a side of the first semiconductor layer; a first gate electrode, located on a side of the first gate insulating layer; a second buffer layer, located on a side of the first gate electrode; a second semiconductor layer, located on a side of the second buffer layer; a second gate insulating layer, located on a side of the second semiconductor layer; a second gate electrode, located on a side of the second gate insulating layer.
US11997879B2
An array substrate is provided. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel drive circuits. The plurality of pixel drive circuits include a first pixel drive circuit and a second pixel drive circuit that are adjacent to each other. The first electrode plate of the first pixel drive circuit and the pixel electrode of the second pixel drive circuit are laminated in an overlapping region and isolated by the insulating layer.
US11997876B2
A display device includes a flexible substrate, a display layer disposed on the flexible substrate and including a first light emitting unit, a first conductive layer disposed on the display layer, and a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer, comprising a plurality of second conductive lines, wherein one of the second conductive lines comprises an opening. The first light emitting unit has a round shape and is disposed in a position corresponding to the opening.
US11997874B2
The present invention provides a phase difference film in which reflection of external light is suppressed, tinting of reflected light is suppressed, and tinting at the time of white display is suppressed in a case where the phase difference film is applied to a display device; a circularly polarizing plate; and an organic electroluminescent display device. The phase difference film of an embodiment of the present invention has an in-plane retardation of 100 to 200 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm and satisfies Requirement 1: Δxy<0.010 and Requirement 6: 0.10
US11997873B2
A light emission element of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least: a base; a recessed portion provided at a surface of the base; a first electrode layer formed at least partially along a shape of a top surface of the recessed portion; an organic layer formed on the first electrode layer at least partially along a shape of a top surface of the first electrode layer; a second electrode layer formed on the organic layer along a shape of a top surface of the organic layer; and a planarization layer formed on the second electrode layer, in which light from the organic layer is emitted to an outside via the second electrode layer and the planarization layer.
US11997869B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. A first organic layer of the display panel forms a first barrier portion in a transition area. A first metal layer forms a second barrier portion in the transition area. The second barrier portion covers an upper surface and a first side surface of the first barrier portion, and extends away from the first side surface and beyond a boundary of the upper surface of the first barrier portion, so as to form an undercut structure. Therefore, the problem that in conventional OLED products, water and oxygen gas are easily transmitted from outside of the display panel to inside using the emission layer is alleviated.
US11997852B2
A semiconductor device includes a stacked body including stacked insulating layers and stacked conductive layers; a cell plug; a connection contact structure; and a source layer coupled to the cell plug. The cell plug includes upper and lower portions, the connection contact structure includes a first connection contact disposed at substantially the same level as the lower portion of the cell plug, and a second connection contact disposed at substantially the same level as the upper portion thereof, a level at which the first and second connection contacts contact each other is substantially the same as a level at which the upper and lower portions of the cell plug contact each other, and a level of an uppermost portion of the second connection contact is higher than a level of a bottom surface of the source layer, and is lower than a level of a top surface thereof.
US11997849B2
A memory device comprises: a stack of alternating silicon oxide layers and wordline layers; each of the wordline layers comprising dipole regions adjacent to the silicon oxide layers, the dipole regions comprising a nitride, a carbide, an oxide, a carbonitride, or combinations thereof of a dipole metal. The dipole regions are formed by driving a dipole film into a gate oxide layer of the wordline layers, and any residual dipole film is removed.
US11997846B2
A semiconductor device that can be miniaturized or highly integrated is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide; a first conductor and a second conductor provided apart from each other over the oxide; a third conductor including a region that is over the oxide and overlaps with a region between the first conductor and the second conductor; a first insulator over the third conductor; a fourth conductor that is electrically connected to the first conductor through a first opening provided in the first insulator; a second insulator that is provided over the first insulator and that is provided over the fourth conductor in the first opening; a fifth conductor overlapping with the fourth conductor with the second insulator positioned therebetween in the first opening; and a sixth conductor electrically connected to the second conductor in a second opening provided in the first insulator and the second insulator. The fifth conductor and the sixth conductor are in contact with a top surface of the second insulator over the first insulator.
US11997841B2
Presented herein is an air vent including a plate, and a non-uniform array of openings extending through a thickness of the plate. The non-uniform array of openings arranged to admit a flow of cooling air through the plate. The plate and the non-uniform array of openings are arranged to attenuate electromagnetic interference (EMI) emitted through the plate.
US11997839B2
Heat dissipation system, a power converter using such a heat dissipation system, and an associated method of thermal management of the power converter are disclosed. The heat dissipation system includes a condenser, a first cooling loop, and a second cooling loop. The first cooling loop is coupled to the condenser and includes a first two-phase heat transfer device. The second cooling loop is coupled to the condenser and includes a second two-phase heat transfer device. The condenser is disposed above the first and second two-phase heat transfer devices.
US11997834B2
A control apparatus for operating an electric drive for a vehicle may include one or more of the following: a plurality of power module, which has one or more power semiconductors; an intermediate circuit capacitor, which is connected in parallel to the power module; a cooler for dissipating heat generated by the power module; an interconnect device for obtaining electrical contact to the power module, where the interconnect device has a first section and a second section at an angle to the first section, and where the first section and the second section are each perpendicular to a main plane of the power module.
US11997832B2
A cooling system, for cooling a plurality of server boards, includes at least one main two-phase fluid circuit, with a descending pipe, an ascending pipe, a loop bottom connector and an upper portion thermally coupled with at least one heat rendering exchanger. The cooling system also includes at least one evaporator coupled to a hot source to be cooled down in the server boards, a plurality of local circuits respectively serving one of the server boards and operating in bypass with respect to the main circuit. Each local circuit includes, on the one hand, a first branch, forming a feed-in on the descending pipe and, on the other hand, a second branch forming a fluid return in the ascending pipe of the main circuit, as well as an auxiliary circuit internal to the server board connected to one or several evaporator(s).
US11997828B2
A vapor chamber and an assembly method thereof are provided. The vapor chamber includes a mesh structure including a main body and an extension part. The main body and the extension part have a capillary-wick structure, respectively. The extension part is extended outwardly from a side of the main body and folded along an intersection between the extension part and the main body. The extension part is stacked on the main body. An overlapping area is formed by stacking the extension part on the main body, and the overlapping area fails to contact with a support structure. The main body is disposed on a first concave of the lower case. The upper case covers the lower case and is assembled with the lower case. A second concave of the upper case and the first concave collaboratively form a space. The mesh structure is accommodated within the space.
US11997827B2
An immersion cooling system includes an immersion tank that is configured to retain dielectric working fluid and to hold a plurality of computing devices submerged in the dielectric working fluid. The immersion cooling system also includes a condenser that is configured to cause condensation of vaporized working fluid. The immersion cooling system also includes a subcooling heat exchanger that is in fluid communication with a coolant source. The coolant source provides coolant having a coolant temperature that is lower than a boiling point of the dielectric working fluid. The subcooling heat exchanger is positioned so that heat transfer can occur between the dielectric working fluid and the subcooling heat exchanger. The immersion cooling system also includes a control system that controls how much of the coolant flows into the subcooling heat exchanger based at least in part on a temperature of the dielectric working fluid.
US11997817B2
A sprung frame assembly that can accommodate varying tolerance device heights while still exerting sufficient pressure/force required to a heatsink to contact and cool a bare die device, or other device of the like. Adapted for space constrained modules where placement of mounting holes is limited, and module density is high. Sprung frames are secured to mounting points at available locations on support structures as to eliminate any mounting holes in the PCB. The required force/pressure can be evenly achieved by methodically tightening a plurality of screws with springs at the corners of the sprung frames in sequence, pressure is applied evenly without damaging the device, while also taking up any tolerances in the device height.
US11997813B2
A waterproof electronic device including a body, a one-way valve, and a cover is provided. The body has a first hole, which penetrates the body and communicates with an external environment, and a chamber. The one-way valve disposed on an inner surface of the body communicates with the first hole. The one-way valve has a main runner, multiple shunt runners, and multiple stopper blocks. Each stopper block is located between the main runner and a corresponding shunt runner. The cover disposed on the one-way valve has a second hole communicated with the one-way valve and the chamber. When a fluid enters the one-way valve from the second hole, the fluid is discharged from the body through the first hole. When the fluid enters the one-way valve from the first hole, the fluid generates a resistance in the one-way valve.
US11997810B2
A display device including: a display panel; a polarizing member overlapping the display panel; a cover window overlapping the polarizing member; and a window bonding member disposed between the polarizing member and the cover window, wherein a penetration depth of the window bonding member that is measured by an indentation tester is equal to or less than approximately 13 μm.
US11997809B2
This is directed to systems and methods for coupling sections of an electronic device together. Sections of an electronic device can be coupled together via “knuckles.” The particular shape and structure of the knuckles can be based on various design considerations. For example, in some embodiments each section can function as an individual antenna. In this case, the knuckles can be designed in order to provide electrical isolation between the sections, thus allowing proper operation of the antennas. For example, the knuckles can be formed from a dielectric material, etc. As another design example, the knuckles can be designed in order to provide increased strength in areas of high strain, and/or to counteract torsional twisting in areas of high impact. As yet another design example, the knuckle can be designed in a manner that is aesthetically pleasing or which otherwise meets cosmetic requirements.
US11997806B2
A sensor assembly for sensing a physiological characteristic includes a power source configured to deliver power to one or more components of an electrical subsystem upon deployment of the sensor assembly to a user. A power latch is configured to latch an output of a power control switch for delivery to one or more components of the electrical subsystem upon deployment of the sensor assembly to a user. The power control switch is configured to inhibit delivery of power to the electrical subsystem prior to deployment of the sensor assembly to a user and to deliver the latched output to one or more components of the electrical subsystem in response to deployment of the sensor assembly to a user.
US11997804B2
A display device includes a display module and a module supporter below the display module. The module supporter includes a support layer, and a plurality of support bars in the support layer and arranged in a first direction. The plurality of support bars extend in a second direction that intersects the first direction. At least one groove having a predetermined shape is formed on lateral surfaces of at least one of the plurality of support bars. The lateral surfaces are opposite to each other in the first direction.
US11997803B2
The disclosure relates to an electronic device including a rollable display is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface oriented in a first direction, a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first side member slidable in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, and a second side member facing away from the first side member, a flexible display including a first region oriented in the first direction and a second region extending from the first region and oriented in the second direction opposite to the first direction, a plate configured to support at least a portion of the flexible display and to perform a sliding movement to cause at least a portion of the second region to be oriented in the first direction so as to substantially enable expansion of the first region, at least one member configured to enable the sliding movement of the plate through a rotational motion, and a rotation detection sensor configured to detect a degree of rotation while the at least one member rotates about a rotating axis.
US11997783B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a first insulating layer, a first antenna pattern, a second insulating layer, and a second antenna pattern. The first antenna pattern is configured to operate at a first frequency and at least partially disposed over the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is disposed over the first insulating layer. The second antenna pattern is configured to operate at a second frequency different from the first frequency and at least partially disposed over the second insulating layer. A dielectric constant of the first insulating layer is different from a dielectric constant of the second insulating layer.
US11997780B2
A vacuum cell provides for electric field control within an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) for cold-neutral-atom quantum computing and other quantum applications. Electrode assemblies extend through vacuum cell walls. Prior to cell assembly, contacts are bonded to respective locations on the ambient-facing surfaces of the walls. Trenches are formed in the vacuum-facing surfaces of walls and via holes are formed, extending from trenches through the wall and into the contacts. Plating conductive material into the trenches and via holes forms the electrodes and vias. The electrodes are contained by the trenches and do not extend beyond the trenches so as to avoid interfering with the bonding of components to the vacuum-facing surfaces of the walls. The vias extend into the contacts to ensure good electrical contact. An electric-field controller applies electric potentials to the electrodes (via the contacts) to control electric fields within the vacuum.
US11997779B2
A plasma arc torch includes a cathode extending along an axis of the torch, a pilot arc conductor, and a nozzle body. A first fluid conduit and second fluid conduit extend parallel to the axis of the torch. A first offset fitting includes a first duct coupled to and in fluid communication with the first fluid conduit, and a second duct in fluid communication with the first duct and outwardly radially offset from the first duct and extending away from the first duct in a proximal direction. A second offset fitting includes a third duct coupled to and in fluid communication with the second fluid conduit, and a fourth duct in fluid communication with the third duct and outwardly radially offset from the third duct and extending away from the third duct in the proximal direction. A spring compression plug electrically connects the pilot arc conductor to the nozzle body.
US11997769B2
A method of increasing the color gamut of a multi-emitter light emitting device when dimming includes the steps of independently driving each emitter in the device, and increasing the lumen output of at least one emitter while simultaneously decreasing the lumen output of at least one other emitter, such that total color gamut increases while total lumen output of the light emitting device decreases. A light emitting device is also disclosed.
US11997767B2
A sanitization apparatus may include an excimer lamp and a power supply. The power supply includes a power converter including a capacitor, a wide band gap device configured to receive an electric current from the capacitor, and an inductor configured to receive the electric current from the wide band gap device. The power converter is configured to supply a nano second pulse output voltage signal to the excimer lamp.
US11997763B2
The present disclosure provides a distributed computing network system and a method. The distributed computing network may include: a plurality of nodes, where the plurality of nodes is connected through an n-layer network connection. When the distributed computing network receives a data processing task, a node in an ith layer is configured to: receive a data processing task that is corresponding to the ith layer and that is transmitted from a node in a lower layer; complete a data processing task Ti; transmit, to the node in the lower layer, a data processing result; and transmit, to a node in an upper layer, a remaining data processing task, a process of the data processing task meets a preset condition. The overall feedback time of the data processing task is reduced by distributing calculation tasks among multiple layers of nodes. The technology may be applied in both 4G and 5G network.
US11997751B2
A method for supporting UE association which is applied to a first communications device includes: determining first information, where the first information includes at least one of the following: device identification information, related information of second UE, information of a core network CN network element of second UE; and the second UE is in an association relationship with first UE; and executing a first related operation according to the first information.
US11997750B2
Information for an access and mobility management function is received at a network repository function. At least part of the information for the access and mobility management function is stored at a domain name server, caused by the network repository function.
US11997741B1
A connectivity monitor of a vehicle determines current and/or future states of antennas. A workload monitor of the vehicle receives execution criteria for different workloads to be executed. An intelligent connectivity engine at the vehicle receives the current and/or future states of the antennas and the execution criteria for the respective workloads. Based on the current and/or future states of the antennas and the execution criteria for the respective workloads, the intelligent connectivity engine assigns at least one of the respective workloads for current execution and at least another of the respective workloads for future execution. A client may use an intelligent connectivity service to configure various aspects of the vehicle connectivity. For example, the client can provide workload recommendation code for the intelligent connectivity engine to assign workloads for current or future execution.
US11997737B2
A computer implemented method and system are disclosed for dynamically enabling a first user device operated by a first user to provide wireless hotspot capability for a wireless hotspot session to a second user device operated by a second user. The wireless hotspot session is accepted based at least on urgency and bandwidth requirement of the second user device. When the first user device accepts a connection to the second user device to provision a wireless hotspot for the wireless hotspot session, the first user restricts use of the second user device in the wireless hotspot session, based on bandwidth and context of use of the second user device. The first user device may refuse a connection by rejecting the wireless hotspot session request. wireless hotspot session transactions information is provided as blockchain ledgers.
US11997736B2
A connection establishment method includes a terminal device obtaining historical data of a multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) connection established between the terminal device and an application server. The historical data includes a data transmission delay of a transmission control protocol (TCP) connection corresponding to a Wi-Fi network and a data transmission delay of a TCP connection corresponding to a cellular network. The terminal device determines, based on the historical data, that the data transmission delay of the TCP connection corresponding to the cellular network is less than or equal to the data transmission delay of the TCP connection corresponding to the Wi-Fi network, and establishes a first TCP connection to the application server through an interface of the cellular network; and after the first TCP connection is successfully established, the terminal device establishes a second TCP connection to the application server through an interface of the Wi-Fi network.
US11997727B2
The present invention provides an access control method in user equipment and user equipment that can efficiently and reliably establish a radio bearer for data transmission. The access control method comprises: determining a layer-2 destination ID according to information acquired from an upper layer; and establishing a radio bearer (RB) associated with the determined layer-2 destination ID.
US11997718B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable mediums for random access procedure. The method comprises transmitting, at a terminal device, a random access request in a random access procedure to a network device; in response to receiving, in the random access procedure, from the network device an uplink grant for the terminal device, determining whether a first size of a first data unit indicated by the uplink grant matches a second size of a second data unit stored in a buffer of the terminal device; in response to determining that the first size mismatches the second size, determining a first part of the second data unit for subsequent transmissions.
US11997714B2
A method for transmitting data by a device having a cell, called a second cell, conforming to a first protocol of a cellular access network and capable of transmitting in a frequency band shared with a network conforming to a second protocol and capable of implementing a listening-before-transmission (LBT) access mechanism. The method includes: using the LBT access mechanism by a first cell, and transmitting by the first cell an identification of a first sharing group, first channel sharing information and a transmission duration; using the LBT access mechanism with adaptation by the second cell to determine an interfering power separately from a received power of a transmission from the first cell; and enabling channel sharing with the first cell if the second cell belongs to the same first sharing group, the first channel sharing information authorizes the sharing and the interfering power does not exceed a given threshold.
US11997710B2
This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for reselection or redirection among cells of different geographic coverage. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication device includes: receiving configuration information from a first communication node, wherein the first communication node is part of a first cell or a first carrier; determining a second communication node based on the configuration information, wherein the second communication node is part of a second cell or a second carrier; and initializing a random access procedure or continuing with the random access procedure on the second communication node.
US11997704B2
A method of scheduling and transmitting a wireless transmission over an air-interface in a composite network is provided. The composite network comprises a time-sensitive network comprising at least one time-sensitive network entity and a wireless network comprising at least one base station and the air-interface, wherein the air-interface comprises a plurality of slots, wherein each slot has a primary control channel defined at the beginning of the slot, and a number of secondary control channels defined in each slot after the primary control channel, and a plurality of data channels, each primary control channel defining a slot, each secondary channel defining a mini-slot. The method includes if a first air-interface window associated with a first entity in the time-sensitive network arrives at the air-interface before a primary control channel in a first slot of the plurality of slots, scheduling, by the base station via the primary control channel, a frame from the first entity for data transmission over data channels of the air-interface.
US11997700B2
The present disclosure provides a resource pool configuration method, including obtaining first configuration information by a terminal device, where the first configuration information is used for indicating that a first resource pool and a second resource pool are configured for the terminal device, the first resource pool is used for sending data and receiving feedback data, and the second resource pool is used for receiving data and sending feedback data.
US11997696B2
Transmit and/or receive beamforming may be applied to the control channel transmission/reception, e.g., in mmW access link system design. Techniques to identify candidate control channel beams and/or their location in the subframe structure may provide for efficient WTRU operation. A framework for beam formed control channel design may support varying capabilities of mBs and/or WTRUs, and/or may support time and/or spatial domain multiplexing of control channel beams. For a multi-beam system, modifications to reference signal design may discover, identify, measure, and/or decode a control channel beam. Techniques may mitigate inter-beam interference. WTRU monitoring may consider beam search space, perhaps in addition to time and/or frequency search space. Enhancements to downlink control channel may support scheduling narrow data beams. Scheduling techniques may achieve high resource utilization, e.g., perhaps when large bandwidths are available and/or WTRUs may be spatially distributed.
US11997692B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, radio resource control (RRC) signaling indicating a number of padding bits in multicast downlink control information (DCI). The UE may receive, from the base station, a multicast DCI message that includes a set of fields to indicate a set of communication parameters. The UE may interpret the multicast DCI message that indicates the set of communication parameters based at least in part on the number of padding bits indicated by the RRC signaling. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11997681B2
Aspects described herein relate to encoding uplink communications based on a coding table including determining to avoid certain portions of a coding table that may result decoding errors, or using a modified coding table, to improve decoding results. In one aspect, a network can transmit, to a device, a configuration indicating whether to use a modified coding table for encoding uplink communications.
US11997672B2
A communication control method includes: receiving, by a relay apparatus, a first scheduling request of requesting allocation of an uplink radio resource to a lower apparatus from the lower apparatus; and after the relay apparatus receives the first scheduling request from the lower apparatus, transmitting, by the relay apparatus, a second scheduling request of requesting allocation of uplink radio resource to the relay apparatus to an upper apparatus before receiving the uplink data from the lower apparatus.
US11997671B2
A communication method, an apparatus, and a system for determining, by a first terminal device, a reference time domain position based on a preconfigured uplink time-frequency resource, where the reference time domain position is the same as a reference time domain position determined by another terminal device in a plurality of terminal devices, and the reference time domain position is used to initialize a first sequence; generating, by the first terminal device, a first reference signal based on the first sequence and a time interval, where the time interval is an interval between the reference time domain position and a start time domain position of transmission of the first reference signal; and sending, by the first terminal device, the first reference signal to a network device.
US11997670B2
This application relates to the wireless communication field, and is applied to a wireless local area network that supports the 802.11be standard. In particular, this application relates to a method including: An access point AP sends a trigger frame, where the trigger frame is used for triggering a station to send an extremely high throughput trigger based physical layer protocol data unit EHT TB PPDU. The station determines, based on one or two of a value indicated by an uplink EHT spatial reuse parameter UL EHT SRP and a value indicated by one or more uplink spatial reuse parameter UL SRP fields in a common information field of the trigger frame, a value indicated by a spatial reuse parameter SRP in a universal signal field U-SIG of the EHT TB PPDU. The STA sends the EHT TB PPDU to the AP.
US11997668B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may monitor for sidelink messages among multiple UEs using transmission-side sensing. The first UE may monitor for sidelink messages over a transmit beam selected for transmitting data from the first UE. The first UE may receive, from a second UE, a sidelink message including an indication of resources reserved for sidelink transmissions to the second UE. Based on the indication, the first UE may select available resources over which to transmit data. The first UE may receive the sidelink message over a sidelink feedback channel.
US11997667B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support control of feedback reporting associated with broadcast or multicast transmissions based on indications of non-numerical K1 (NNK1) in associated transmission grants. In aspects, a base station transmits multicast transmission grants that include NNK1s to a set of UEs. The UEs in the set of UEs generate feedback codebooks, for the multicast transmissions, and holds transmission of the codebooks, based on the NNK1 received in the transmission grants until a report triggering event occurs. In aspects, the report triggering event includes receiving a subsequent multicast transmission grant with a valid K1, receiving a subsequent unicast transmission grant with valid K1, or receiving a UE-specific multicast retransmission grant. In aspects, the UEs use the valid K1 in the triggering event to determine a feedback resource to transmit the held feedback codebooks. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11997661B2
In one example aspect, a method of transmitting signals is provided, the method comprising transmitting signals using one or more first subcarriers only from a first antenna, wherein the signals transmitted from the first antenna comprise first signals based on data, and transmitting signals using one or more second subcarriers different from the one or more first subcarriers only from a second antenna, wherein the signals transmitted from the second antenna comprise second signals based on the data.
US11997660B2
Methods and apparatuses for signal transmission and reception are provided for a wireless communication system. A configuration for a plurality of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is transmitted to a terminal. Configurations for a plurality of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources are transmitted to the terminal. Downlink control information (DCI) resources is transmitted to a terminal. Downlink control information (DCI) is transmitted to the terminal based on the configuration for the PDCCH. A physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is transmitted to the terminal. Uplink control information (UCI) including a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) information for the PDSCH is received from the terminal on the PUCCH resource based on the DCI.
US11997655B2
A resource indication method and apparatus and communication system. The resource indication method includes: receiving by a terminal equipment third indication information used for dynamically indicating time domain resources in a resource pool transmitted by a network device, and/or receiving by a terminal equipment first indication information used for indicating first time domain resources belonging to a resource pool and transmitted by a network device. By indicating by the indication information which time-domain resources in the semi-persistently configured and/or dynamically configured time-domain resources may be contained in the resource pool, the V2X terminal equipment may perform data transceiving by using the resources in the resource pool, thereby supporting V2X communication in a future communication system.
US11997648B2
In a communication system, a plurality of base stations includes an MeNB being a first base station, and a plurality of SeNBs to be connected to the MeNB. At least one of control plane data about control of communication and user plane data about a user is transmitted to and received from a user equipment (UE) via the first base station being the MeNB. The control plane data and the user plane data are contained in information provided by a core network about communication with the UE. The communication system can simplify processing of at least one of control plane data and user plane data when a communication terminal device communicates with a plurality of base station devices.
US11997646B2
A configuration to enable a base station to adjust an error rate for paging and to advertise such error rate to UEs, in order to optimize or reduce network paging resources. The apparatus determines a target miss rate for paging on a downlink narrowband control channel. The apparatus transmits an indication of the target miss rate to one or more UEs. The indication is transmitted in system information or a dedicated downlink channel.
US11997645B2
A method, apparatus and system for transmitting paging information. The method includes: calculating, by a first communication node, a time domain position of a paging occasion (PO) of a second communication node; and transmitting, by the first communication node, paging information to the second communication node within the PO corresponding to the time domain position, where the paging information includes at least one of: paging downlink control information and a paging message, and the PO includes a group of paging resources for transmitting paging information on one or more preset beams or ports.
US11997644B2
There are provided measures for handling of paging messages in communication endpoint to network relaying scenarios. Such measures exemplarily comprise, at a relay terminal connected to a mobile access entity of a cellular network systems, selecting, for a terminal to be relayed, a sidelink communication group of a set of configured sidelink communication groups, monitoring network-served paging indicator resources corresponding to said terminal to be relayed for a network-served paging related identifier indicative of transmission of a network-served paging message and information on network-served paging message resources for said transmission of said network-served paging message, transmitting, if said network-served paging related identifier indicative of transmission of said network-served paging message is detected in said network-served paging indicator resources corresponding to said terminal to be relayed and information indicative of paging of said terminal to be relayed is identified in said network-served paging message transmitted in said network-sewed paging message resources as a result of said monitoring, in inter-terminal paging indicator resources configured for said sidelink communication group and next to said network-served paging message resources including said information indicative of paging of said terminal to be relayed, an inter-terminal paging related identifier indicative of transmission of an inter-terminal paging message and information on inter-terminal paging message resources for said transmission of an said inter-terminal paging message, and transmitting said inter-terminal paging message in said inter-terminal paging message resources for said transmission of said inter-terminal paging message.
US11997635B2
Methods and apparatus that registers a plurality of mesh node devices to operate as part of a wireless mesh network after a user device scans encoded information that is unique to each mesh node of a plurality of different mesh nodes. After codes associated with different respective mesh nodes are scanned by a user device, that user device may communicate with these different mesh nodes via a low power communication interface and the user device may send registration information to a registration computer via a secure communication channel. Apparatus may also receive a validation code from the registration computer via a communication channel that is different from the secure communication channel and these apparatus may then send the validation code to the registration computer via the secure communication channel when the user device is validated by the registration computer.
US11997634B2
A method of a network function (NF) entity performing communication in a wireless communication system includes: in case that a first registration request of a user equipment (UE) for a slice is received at an access and mobility function (AMF) entity through a first network, receiving a first slice availability request message for the slice from the AMF entity; determining whether the slice is available for the UE, based on a network slice policy; and transmitting, to the AMF entity, a response message including information regarding slice availability of the UE according to the first registration request, wherein in case that a second registration request of the UE for the slice is received at the AMF entity through a second network, slice availability of the UE according to the second registration request is determined based on at least one of the network slice policy or the information regarding the slice availability of the UE according to the first registration request.
US11997633B2
Methods, systems, and devices for timing adjustments for data transmissions in mobile communication technology are described. An exemplary method for wireless communication includes determining, by the first device, a distance between the first device and the second device, and performing a transmission based on a timing adjustment that is determined using the distance. Another exemplary method for wireless communication includes broadcasting, by the second device, a location information of the second device, and receiving, from the first device, a transmission, where the first device is configured to communicate the transmission based on a timing adjustment that is determined using the distance, and where the distance is based on a location information of the first device and the location information of the second device.
US11997630B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication from a satellite that an offset between an uplink radio frame timing and a corresponding downlink radio frame timing at the UE is to be used. The UE may communicate with the satellite using the offset based at least in part on receiving the indication. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11997629B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a non-terrestrial network (NTN) entity, a message that is associated with an uplink grant. The UE may select, based at least in part on the message, either a cell-specific offset or an updated offset that is indicated after initial access, as a timing offset that accounts for a propagation delay between a base station of the NTN and the UE. The UE may transmit, to the NTN entity, an uplink communication using the timing offset. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11997626B1
This disclosure provides a method of dynamically adjusting timing between adjacent networks in a synchronous network and an electronic shelf label system. The method includes: determining, by a server, a timing adjustment direction and a timing adjustment value of a current network based on an interference timing relationship diagram; generating, by the server, a corresponding adjustment task form the timing adjustment direction and the timing adjustment value of the current network, and sending the adjustment task to a master base station in the current network in the processing of each of the current networks, such that the master base station and a secondary base station dynamically adjust timing based on the adjustment task.
US11997618B2
A user equipment (UE) is configured to provide a power headroom report (PHR) to a network. The UE receives a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration from a base station of the wireless network, wherein the PUSCH configuration includes a plurality of beams over which PUSCH repetitions should be transmitted, determines at least one power headroom report (PHR) based on a power control parameter set corresponding to at least one of the plurality of beams or PUSCH repetitions and transmits the at least one PHR to the base station.
US11997616B2
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating managing multi-SIM concurrent mode for TDD co-banded or spectrum overlap carriers are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes estimating a maximum transmit power for a first subscriber based on a low-noise amplifier (LNA) input power threshold associated with an active receive chain of a second subscriber, where the UE comprises the first subscriber and the second subscriber. The example method also includes transmitting, via an active transmit chain of the first subscriber, an uplink transmission at the first subscriber maximum transmit power based on the first subscriber and the second subscriber operating concurrently, and a transmit power associated with the uplink transmission being greater than the first subscriber maximum transmit power.
US11997614B2
Techniques are provided for more efficiently determining frequency spectrum to allocate to General Authorized Access (GAA) citizens broadband radio service device(s) (CBSD(s)). Efficiency is enhanced by forming interference groups. Each of interference group may be analyzed in parallel and substantially contemporaneously, e.g., using parallel processing.
US11997608B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for selecting a low power measurement mode (LPM mode). A wireless device may enter an idle mode, determine that it is stationary, and enter an LPM mode. In the LPM mode, the wireless device may perform cell measurements at a reduced frequency.
US11997606B2
A wireless device receives radio resource control message(s) comprising configuration parameters of a cell. The configuration parameters comprise a first configuration of a first sounding reference signal of the cell in a first power state, and a second configuration of a second sounding reference signal of the cell in a second power state. A first command indicating transition of the cell into the first power state is received. In response to the first command, the first sounding reference signal is transmitted via the cell. A second command indicating transition of the cell into the second power state is received. In response to the second command, the second sounding reference signal is transmitting via the cell.
US11997604B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising determining, by a network device of a communication network, a time period for monitoring a random access response; identifying that a wake-up signal occasion for a wakeup signal is overlapping a predetermined time period for the random access response, wherein the predetermined time period comprises the determined time period; and based on the identifying, controlling monitoring of the wake-up signal occasion for a wake-up signal, is disclosed.
US11997599B2
In response to a first communication device determining that a specific wireless local area network (WLAN) communication link has been negotiated with a second communication device for traffic corresponding to a first traffic identifier (TID), the first communication device transmits packets corresponding to the first TID to the second communication device only via the specific WLAN communication link. In response to the first communication device determining that no WLAN communication link has been negotiated with the second communication device for traffic corresponding to a second TID, transmitting, by the first communication device, packets corresponding to the second TID to the second communication device via multiple WLAN communication links.
US11997598B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for notification support in extended discontinuous reception mode. A base station and UE may configure eDRX communication. An indication may be received during the eDRX communication. The network may cache the indication. The network may modify the DRX configuration. The network may use a wake up signal. In response, the UE may receive the indication while achieving power savings from the eDRX configuration.
US11997597B2
A method for a user equipment (UE) monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for power saving signaling is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration from a base station (BS) to configure the UE to monitor a scheduling signal on the PDCCH within a DRX active time, and receiving a configuration from the BS to configure the UE to monitor the power saving signaling on the PDCCH and instructing the UE to wake up for monitoring the scheduling signal in the DRX active time, wherein the configuration includes a time in milliseconds prior to a start of a DRX on-duration time, and instructs the UE to start monitoring the PDCCH for the power saving signaling.
US11997595B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for performing application context aware cell selection in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may determine a current location of the wireless device. The wireless device may determine cells associated with the current location of the wireless device. Application context based metric information may be determined for the cells associated with the current location of the wireless device. The wireless device may determine a cell with which to associate from the cells associated with the current location of the wireless device based at least in part on the application context based metric information.
US11997591B2
Disclosed are techniques for differentiating between licensed and unlicensed bands in a common portion of frequency spectrum to facilitate initial access in a fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) wireless communication system having an NR node. The techniques include an NR generating and UE processing frequency configuration information indicating whether the common portion of frequency spectrum is allocated as a licensed band or an unlicensed band to enable a determination that the frequency spectrum is configured as the licensed band or unlicensed band and thereby facilitate initial access.
US11997588B2
Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for facilitating Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) services over evolved packet systems. Some embodiments are directed to a method, the method including receiving a registration request from each of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a UAV controller to establish an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). Additionally, the method includes initiating a UAS Operation Service Request Procedure via a network exposure function (NEF) and associating the UAV and the UAV controller to operate as the UAS in response to obtaining the results of the UAS operation service authorization from each of the UAV and the UAV controller. Moreover, the method also includes transmitting a UAS operation status update procedure to the UAV and the UAV controller, the update procedure including UAS association information, a UAS policy update, and initiation of a UAS operation.
US11997584B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a single platform that provides controller functionality for each of security, monitoring and automation, as well as providing a capacity to function as a bidirectional internet gateway. Embodiments of the present invention provide such functionality by virtue of a configurable architecture that enables a user to adapt the system for the user's specific needs. Embodiments of the present invention further provide for a software-based installation workflow to activate and provision the controller and associated sensors and network. Embodiments of the present invention also provide for downloading of previously-stored configuration data to the controller from a remote server, and for activation and provisioning of the controller from the previously-stored configuration data.
US11997577B2
Described is an open communication system. The system includes a server having a memory storing user data and a first user computing device coupled to the server. The server may be programmed to allow multiple user computing devices to connect to the server and the server determines if the user computing devices are within a predetermined proximity to each other and whether the same communication channel is selected. All of the user computing devices that have selected the same communication channel and are within the predetermined proximity to each may be connected in an open communication link that allows the connected user to communicate. The system may include the option of establishing and invite particular users to a private or less used channel.
US11997573B2
The present disclosure relates to a control apparatus, a control method, and a vehicle that realize highly reliable communication. Communication with another terminal is controlled by controlling a communication target, a communication method, and communication parameters on the basis of geographic information around an own terminal. The present disclosure can be applied to in-vehicle communication.
US11997565B2
Masking a route by determining a first location of a first user, receiving destination data for the first user, generating a plurality of map segments according to the first location and the destination data, presenting a first map segment to a second user, determining a second location of the first user, and presenting a second map segment to the second user according to the second location.
US11997558B2
It is common for device coupled to a primary network to have preferential access to network resources compared to a device coupled to a guest network. However, the quality of experience (QoE) is enhanced by providing automatic switching of a client device on a guest network to a primary network. The dynamic approach switches the network connection of a client device used by a guest user/client device from a guest network to a primary network based on one or more network conditions that are associated with the guest network, the primary network, or both. Seamlessly switching the client device to the primary network, when such does not impact existing users of the primary network, enhances the network experience of the client devices initially associated with the guest network.
US11997542B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for message transmission. The method comprises: when buffer overflow is found out, generating a request message, the request message carrying information related to a transmission rate; and sending the request message to a base station. The present invention solves a problem of buffer overflow by reducing the transmission rate and is particularly suitable for the buffer overflow condition caused by the unmatched transmission rate.
US11997539B2
There is disclosed example techniques to include obtaining a filtering rule via a control plane message that includes information to identify a source of a general packet radio service (GPRS) tunneling protocol (GTP) user-plane (GTP-U) packet. The example techniques also include configuring, based on the information to identify the source, a virtual switch to identify the source of the GTP-U packet to use in the filtering rule to cause a received GTP-U packet to be sent to a local edge server or a mobile core network for processing based on at least a portion of a first extension header included in the GTP-U packet.
US11997535B2
A method for delivering a network slice to a user is disclosed. The method includes receiving communication from a network slice artifact comprising a multi-segment filename that includes a first segment comprising instructions for executing the network slice artifact, and a second segment comprising an identity of a network slice instantiable by the network slice artifact. The method also includes retrieving a set of executable instructions associated with the network slice from a data store of the network in response to receiving the communication from the network slice artifact, and communicating the set of executable instructions to the network slice artifact whereby the network slice artifact instantiates the network slice transforming the computer system into an endpoint node of the network slice. The method further includes completing the instantiation of the network slice in response to receiving the communication from the network slice artifact.
US11997532B2
A method for congestion management on a network including: determining whether a cell on the network is congested; identifying at least one heavy user on the cell; determine traffic flow criteria of the at least one heavy user; and shape network traffic of the at least one heavy user based on the traffic flow criteria of the heavy user. A system for congestion management on a network including: a QoE module configured to determine whether a cell on the network is congested; an analysis module configured to identify at least one heavy user on the cell and determine traffic flow criteria of the at least one heavy user; and at least one shaper configured to shape network traffic of the at least one heavy user based on the traffic flow criteria of the heavy user.
US11997524B2
The disclosure provides a base station side device and method for wireless communication, and a UE side device and method for wireless communication. The base station side device for wireless communication includes: a determination unit configured to dynamically determine, on the basis of a transmission characteristic relevant to a user equipment, a reference signal to be used by the user equipment from a reference signal set available for a base station; and a generation unit configured to generate reference signal configuration information for the user equipment, wherein the configuration information includes an indication for indicating the sequence number of the reference signal to be used by the user equipment, and the sequence number of the reference signal is relevant to the sequence number of an antenna port.
US11997502B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing optimization of network resources. The system is operable to monitor the electromagnetic environment, analyze the electromagnetic environment, and extract environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment. The system extracts the environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment by including customer goals. The system is operable to use the environmental awareness with the customer goals and/or user defined policies and rules to extract actionable information to help the customer optimize the network resources.
US11997491B2
A data transmission method includes calculating, by a user equipment (UE), a first message authentication code of first location privacy setting data, sending, by the UE, the first message authentication code and the first location privacy setting data to a data management network element, receiving, by the UE, a second message authentication code from the data management network element, calculating, by the UE, a third message authentication code of the first location privacy setting data, determining, by the UE, that the first location privacy setting data is not tampered with when the second message authentication code is the same as the third message authentication code.
US11997486B2
Computer implemented methods, systems, and computer program products are provided including identifying a new reservation from an electronic device for automatic access to a network; conveying the credentials to the electronic device prior to arriving at a structure associated with the network; and granting access to a network once the electronic device is detected by the network.
US11997485B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for determining whether an incident radio-frequency (RF) signal is from a known transmission source based on a match between a signature of the incident RF signal and at least one stored signature. One or more antennas can generate a plurality of electrical signals corresponding to a portion of a pulse of the incident RF signal. At least one of amplitude or phase values of a first electrical signal and phase coherent second electrical signal can be determined in the frequency domain. The signature of the incident RF signal based on at least one of amplitude or phase values of the first and the second electrical signals can be determined. This signature can be compared with stored signatures to determine whether the incident RF signal is from a known transmission source.
US11997471B2
A method includes providing, for each respective audio channel of a plurality of audio channels provided by an operating system of a computing device, a set of successive audio processing stages to apply to the respective audio channel. The method also includes providing, by the operating system, an application programming interface (API) configured to set a plurality of parameters for adjusting the set of successive audio processing stages for each respective audio channel. The method additionally includes receiving, via the API and from an application running on the computing device, one or more values for one or more parameters of the plurality of parameters. The method further includes adjusting, by the operating system, the plurality of audio channels based on the received one or more values for the one or more parameters.
US11997466B2
Acoustic transducer systems and methods of operating acoustic transducer systems are provided. The methods can involve: receiving an input audio signal; determining a position of a diaphragm; determining a correction factor, a motor force factor, a spring error factor, and a system spring factor based at least on the position of the diaphragm; determining a corrected voice coil current based at least on the input audio signal, the correction factor, the spring error factor, and a velocity of the diaphragm; and applying a corrected audio signal to a voice coil fixed to the diaphragm based at least on the corrected voice coil current, wherein the corrected audio signal corrects the input audio signal to compensate for non-linear characteristics of the acoustic transducer system.
US11997460B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes an internal microphone, a communication module, and at least one processor. The processor implements the method, including: receiving, through the communication module, a first audio signal input through an external microphone included in an external electronic device communicatively connected to the electronic device, activating the internal microphone in response to detecting a device switch event switching from the external microphone to the internal microphone while receiving the first audio signal, receiving a second audio signal input through the internal microphone, synchronizing and mixing the first audio signal and the second audio signal during a designated first time period, and deactivating the external microphone upon detecting lapse of the designated first time period.
US11997457B2
A hearing device configured to be worn at an ear of a user may include a sensor unit configured to provide sensor data, the sensor unit comprising a sound detector configured to provide sound data included in the sensor data; and a processor configured to determine a physiological parameter from the sensor data, the physiological parameter indicative of a physiological property of the user. The processor is configured to determine whether the physiological parameter fulfills a condition, and provide, depending on whether the physiological parameter fulfills the condition, output data based on the sensor data.
US11997454B1
A method of tracking sound sources in an environment by monitoring the local area with a primary sensor system comprising a microphone array. The location of sound sources in the local area are tracked using the monitored sound. If an ambiguity is determined in the tracked location of the sound source, a secondary sensor system is activated. The secondary sensor system has a larger power draw than the primary sensor system. The secondary sensor system determines the updated location of the sound source. The tracked location of the sound sources is updated to be the updated location. Once the location is updated, the secondary sensor system is deactivated.
US11997453B2
Electronic equipment includes a cover including a first hole, a printed circuit having at least one microphone mounted thereon and including a second hole, a heatsink including a third hole, a thermal pad including a fourth hole, and a compression element, the electronic equipment being arranged in such a manner that the first hole, the second hole, the third hole, and the fourth hole together define an acoustic duct that is arranged to enable the microphone to pick up sound signals coming from outside the electronic equipment, and in such a manner that the compression element compresses the thermal pad around the acoustic duct in order to ensure sound-proofing of the acoustic duct.
US11997446B2
An earphone includes an earphone body, a first eartip, a sensing module and a controller. The earphone has an in-ear earphone structure when the first eartip is mounted on the earphone body. The sensing module is arranged on an inner cavity wall of the earphone body, and configured to sense an assembly state between the first eartip and the earphone body. The controller is coupled to the sensing module, and configured to obtain the assembly state output by the sensing module, identify a current earphone mode of the earphone according to the assembly state, and adjust an acoustic parameter of the earphone according to the current earphone mode.
US11997437B1
The techniques described herein are directed to an in-line diagnostic tool of a PON that optically couples a first component of the PON and a second component of the PON. The tool detects incoming optical signals (e.g., of different services) received from the first PON component and passes the optical signals through the tool to the second PON component. The in-line diagnostic tool is configured to detect one or more conditions of the incoming optical signals, the PON, and/or sub-components of the tool, perform one or more diagnostic and/or analytics routines, and generate and transmit a diagnostic signal including information indicative of the detected conditions and/or the results of the diagnostic and/or analytics routines to be transmitted via one or more output interfaces of the in-line diagnostic tool to recipient devices and/or applications.
US11997434B2
A projector includes a first acquisition unit, a detection unit, a second acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a captured image of a range containing a display surface by a camera. The detection unit detects a first bright point and a second bright point corresponding to reflected lights of a first light and a second light radiated substantially parallel to the display surface by a pointer from the captured image. When a distance between a position of the first bright point and a position of the second bright point is less than a first threshold, the second acquisition unit acquires a third position determined based on the first bright point and the second bright point. The display control unit displays a display image containing a drawn image by the pointer in the third position.
US11997432B2
A display apparatus for displaying video made by laser light includes at least one laser of which the light output varies in accordance with current, a storage unit configured to store at least one conversion table for correcting current-light output characteristics of the laser so as to approximate to desired characteristics, and a control unit configured to retrieve the conversion table from the storage unit to cause the at least one laser to emit light based on data converted using the conversion table.
US11997429B2
Media, systems, and methods for reducing latency in a head-mounted display for the remote operation of machinery. A remote camera sends raw video to a graphics processing unit which processes the video and transmits the updated video to a head-mounted display with limited latency such that the control of remote devices may be improved. The image may be spherically rendered and projected onto the head-mounted display with a rectangular view. The graphics processing unit may determine a rotation matrix based on a pose of the remote camera and a pose of the head-mounted display, and the image may be projected based on the rotation matrix.
US11997427B2
A system and method for extracting uncoupled information from a user interface output that includes collecting image data; processing the image data associated with the device interface source; and exposing the result to the extracted interface representation.
US11997423B1
This disclosure describes techniques implemented partly by a communications service for identifying and altering undesirable portions of communication data, such as audio data and video data, from a communication session between computing devices. For example, the communications service may monitor the communications session to alter or remove undesirable audio data, such as a dog barking, a doorbell ringing, etc., and/or video data, such as rude gestures, inappropriate facial expressions, etc. The communications service may stream the communication data for the communication session partly through managed servers and analyze the communication data to detect undesirable portions. The communications service may alter or remove the portions of communication data received from a first user device, such as by filtering, refraining from transmitting, or modifying the undesirable portions. The communications service may send the modified communication data to a second user device engaged in the communication session after removing the undesirable portions.
US11997422B2
Method for generating haptic feedback responses starts with processor causing communication interface for communication session to be displayed on first user interface and on a second user interface. Processor detects first touch input on first user interface and second touch input on second user interface. Processor monitors location of the first touch input on the first user interface and location of the second touch input on the second user interface. Processor determines distance between location of first touch input on first user interface and location on first user interface corresponding to location of second touch input on second user interface. Processor causes the first user interface and the second user interface to generate a haptic feedback response based on the distance. The haptic feedback response increases in intensity or speed as the distance decreases and decreases in intensity or speed as the distance increases. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11997419B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for determining a power state of a device. Identification data may be received, e.g., in a media device hub, from one or more devices coupled to the device hub. In some example implementations, the devices coupled to the device hub may comprise an intermediate device coupled to the hub via a first multimedia cable and a sink media device coupled to the intermediate device via a second multimedia cable. Attributes may be identified in the received identification data, such as attributes relating to one or more of the coupled devices. The attributes may be associated with one or more of the devices that are coupled to the device hub. Based on an association of attributes, a power state of one or more of the devices coupled to the hub may be determined.
US11997409B2
The embodiments of the disclosure provide a video processing method and apparatus, and terminal and storage medium. The method includes: turning on a first camera on a first side and a second camera on a second side of a terminal in response to a first preset operation, wherein the first side and the second side are opposite or have different directions; and using the first camera and the second camera for simultaneous video recording. According to the method of the disclosure, a video recording method is improved by using the cameras on two sides of the terminal for simultaneous video recording, so that more flexible choices may be provided for video presentation and editing.
US11997401B2
Provided is an image sensor using photon counting, the image sensor including a pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of counters which are respectively connected to the plurality of sub-pixels and configured to count and output a plurality of pulse signals generated based on photons incident on each of the plurality of sub-pixels, and an operator configured to perform an operation on an output value output from each of the plurality of counters.
US11997400B2
An imaging device includes a first pixel group including first photoelectric conversion regions, and at least one first color filter on the first photoelectric conversion regions. The imaging device includes a second pixel group including second photoelectric conversion regions, and at least one second color filter on the second photoelectric conversion regions. The imaging device includes a dummy region between the first pixel group and the second pixel group in a first direction so that a first side of the dummy region is adjacent to the first pixel group and a second side of the dummy region is adjacent to the second pixel group.
US11997395B2
Embodiments relate to systems, devices, and methods for managing image capturing illumination. The system includes a main housing assembly and illumination assembly securable to the main housing assembly. The illumination assembly includes an illumination securing assembly. The illumination securing assembly is configured to secure the illumination assembly to the main housing assembly. The illumination securing assembly is configured to enable the illumination assembly to move relative to the main housing assembly. The illumination assembly includes front and rear side illumination sources. The illumination assembly includes an illumination controller. The illumination controller is configured to control the rear and/or front side illumination sources to provide image capturing illumination and not provide image capturing illumination.
US11997390B2
This disclosure is related to positioning one or more glass plates between an image sensor and lens of a camera in a scanning camera system; determining plate rotation rates and plate rotation angles based on one of characteristics of the camera, characteristics and positioning of the one or more glass plates, and relative dynamics of the camera and the object area; and rotating the one or more glass plates about one or more predetermined axes based on corresponding plate rotation rates and plate rotation angles.
US11997385B2
A tiltless OIS circuit includes a first signal processing unit generating a first direction-position detection signal and a tilt detection signal based on a first direction-first sensing signal and a first direction-second sensing signal, a control unit generating a first direction position control signal, a tilt control signal, and a second direction position control signal, based on the first direction-position detection signal, the tilt detection signal, and a second direction sensing signal, respectively, a second signal processing unit generating a first direction-first position control signal and a first direction-second position control signal based on the first direction position control signal and the tilt control signal, and a driving unit generating a first direction-first driving signal, a first direction-second driving signal, and a second direction driving signal, based on the first direction-first position control signal, the first direction-second position control signal, and the second direction position control signal, respectively.
US11997384B2
A method of determining a focus setting for an image capture device. The method comprises, for each of a plurality of image zones: obtaining a first value of a focus metric for the respective image zone using a first image captured with a first focus setting for the image capture device; obtaining a second value of the focus metric for the respective image zone using a second image captured with a second focus setting for the image capture device; and processing the first value and the second value to obtain an estimated focus setting for the respective image zone. The focus setting is determined by performing a weighted sum of the estimated focus setting for at least two of the plurality of image zones.
US11997378B2
A device and method are provided for providing a function related to a camera in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a display device; a first camera; a processor; and a memory configured to store instructions, which when executed, instruct the processor to acquire a plurality of first images having a first attribute and one or more second images having a second attribute through the first camera for a predetermined time, when an input associated with image acquisition is received, generate one or more image content based on the plurality of first images or the one or more second images, and store instructions that cause the one or more image content to be output through the display device.
US11997374B2
The present invention discloses a camera module with liquid lens and an image plane correction method thereof, wherein the camera module with liquid lens includes a photosensitive assembly, a lens assembly and a correction lens, and the lens assembly includes a liquid lens with adjustable focal power, the liquid lens is held in a photosensitive path of the photosensitive assembly, and the correction lens is held in the photosensitive path of the photosensitive assembly, and the correction lens is located between the liquid lens and the photosensitive assembly, the correction lens and the liquid lens of the lens assembly cooperate with each other to compensate for aberrations, so as to correct the aberration of the optical system of the camera module with liquid lens.
US11997373B2
A camera module (1) for a vehicle (2). A printed circuit board (11) of the camera module (1) has a carrier (10) for at least one camera (14, 141, 142, . . . , 14N). The carrier (10) is mounted directly to the printed circuit board (11). The printed circuit board (11) carries as well electronic components (18) and a connector (19).
US11997368B2
One embodiment of the invention includes one or more computer processors executing computer-readable instructions to: distribute a co-performing video including a first character object generated based on motions of a first user and a second character object generated based on motions of a second user; in response to reception of a first display request for a first gift from a viewer user viewing the co-performing video, display a display instruction object on at least one of a first user device used by the first user and a second user device used by the second user; and in response to an operation on the display instruction object, display the first gift in association with at least one of the first character object and the second character object in the co-performing video.
US11997363B2
A mapping engine is configured to rearrange a configuration of data on a plurality of data channels. Each of a set of upstream filters is configured to pass one or more selected input radio frequency signals. An input of each of a set of upstream demodulators is configurable to be coupled to a selected one of the upstream filters and an output of each upstream demodulator is coupled to the mapping engine. An input of each of a set of upstream modulators is coupled to the mapping engine. An upstream aggregator comprises one or more inputs and is configured to aggregate a plurality of upstream-bound radio frequency signals, each input being configurable to be coupled to at least one selected upstream filter of the set of upstream filters and a selected upstream modulator.
US11997361B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for recommending a pause position during a binge-watching session. A series containing multiple sequential episodes is provided to a user device. Then it is determined whether the user is engaged in binge-watching the series. If the user is binge-watching the series, a binge compulsion score is determined for each episode of the plurality of sequential episodes, where the binge compulsion score is based on how many additional sequential episodes an average user has watched after watching that episode. Then, in response to determining that the binge compulsion score of the next episode corresponds to a threshold, a prompt is generated for display, where the prompt includes a recommendation to the user to pause the series before the next episode begins.
US11997360B2
A data analyzer engine can be configured to receive feedback indicating different content currently consumed by subscribers in a cable network environment. The data analyzer engine analyzes the feedback to identify most popular consumed content amongst the different content and produces a content guide to include multiple selectable channels from which content is available for retrieval over a shared communication link in the cable network environment. The content guide can include one or more selectable viewing options to view a rendition of content being identified as more or most popular. Each of one or more playback devices or other suitable resources retrieves and initiates display of the content guide on a display screen. Accordingly, a subscriber can view different available content options as well as an identification of content that is currently the most popular consumed content amongst viewers.
US11997350B1
A cable provider could offer a promotional feature, such as live pause of video, above and beyond a tier of service to which the customer subscribes, limiting the feature to being activated only upon occurrence of one or more events. In a network video delivery context, a set-top box plays live video, including an ability to pause live video upon the occurrence of an event. The system can detect an event, including an event unrelated to video, and prompt a user to pause. The system can include configuration settings enabling, for example, detection of various events, prompting the user to pause live video, and/or automatically pausing the live video. The system enables the user to play a time-shifted video corresponding to resuming the paused video playback. The system can include a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) local to the user, to facilitate the time-shifted video. The system is also compatible with a RS-DVR, where DVR functionality and time-shifted video is provided remotely from a head-end of a network video system. Additionally, the system is compatible with non-DVR network video delivery systems configured to provide live pause.
US11997340B2
Self-learning systems process incoming data from sources such broadcast, cable, or IP-driven television and can discover topics that broadly describe the incoming data in real-time. These topics can be used to gather and store metadata from various metadata sources such as social networks. Using the metadata, content delivery systems working in parallel with the self-learning systems can deliver highly contextualized supplementary content to client applications, such as mobile devices used as “second screen” devices.
US11997334B1
Techniques for dynamically determining a configuration file are described. In an example, a system receives, from a device, a request for first content to be presented by the device. The system determines metadata of the first content and a cue point indicating a start of a segment in which second content can be presented by the device. Based on the metadata and subsequent to the request, the system determines a configuration of the segment. The configuration includes: a duration of the segment, a sequence of slots in the segment, and/or a content duration usable in a slot of the segment. The system generates a configuration file that includes the metadata and the configuration, determines the second content based at least in part on the configuration file, and sends data about the first content and the second content to the device.
US11997333B2
A processing device receives set-top box data, sales data, and advertising data. The processing device associates set-top boxes from the set-top box data with viewers and calculates advertising exposure events for advertisements. The processing device further calculates, for each viewer, an advertising weight as a function of number of exposures of the advertisement as applied to the viewer based on the advertising exposure events. The processing device further calculates, for each viewer, a score representing a degree-of-targetedness between an advertisement campaign and the viewer. The processing device manages the advertisement campaign based on the advertising weight and the degree-of-targetedness.
US11997331B2
In some embodiments, a method receives a plurality of viewing policies for a media program. The plurality of viewing policies include an action to perform for the media program and an audience. The action for at least a portion of the plurality of viewing policies is reviewed to determine a first viewing policy that includes the action of sending a base content stream for the media program. The method selects a first audience associated with the base content stream in the first viewing policy and one or more second audiences associated with actions in one or more second viewing policies. An audience definition for the media program defining one or more restrictions on viewing the media program is generated. The one or more restrictions are based on the first audience and the one or more second audiences. Then, the method stores the audience definition for the media program.
US11997321B2
A computer-implemented is disclosed. The method includes: receiving media data of a live media stream; obtaining audience reaction data associated with the live media stream; identifying an event-of-interest in the live media stream based on the audience reaction data, wherein a time of the event-of-interest is prior to a time of the audience reaction data; obtaining a segment of at least one of audio data or video data of the live media stream that is associated with the time of the event-of-interest; generating a digital asset incorporating the segment; and providing the digital asset to at least one viewer of the live media stream.
US11997308B2
In at least one embodiment, a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a picture comprising predicting at least one block, wherein the predicting comprises performing motion compensation and local illumination compensation based on a reference block, the local illumination compensation including applying a linear model based on sums of absolute differences of neighboring reconstructed samples and corresponding reference samples of the reference block, wherein the neighboring reconstructed samples and corresponding reference samples of the reference block are co-located according to an L-shape substantially adjacent to the block to be predicted, the L-shape comprising a row of pixels located to the top side of the predicted block and a column of pixels located to the left side of the predicted block, the co-location being determined according a motion vector of the predicted block.
US11997306B2
A method dynamically selects one of a first sampling order and a second sampling order for a ray trace of pixels in a tile where the selection is based on a motion vector for the tile. The sampling order may be a bowtie pattern or an hourglass pattern.
US11997294B2
A method of video data processing includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video. The bitstream comprises multiple layers comprising one or more subpictures according to a rule which specifies that, during a subpicture sub-bitstream extraction process by which an output bitstream is extracted from the bitstream, a supplemental enhancement information network abstraction layer unit, SEI NAL unit, that includes a scalable nested SEI message that is not applicable to the output bitstream is omitted in the output bitstream.
US11997293B2
A mechanism for processing video data is disclosed. One or more level indicators for a set of subpictures included in one or more subpicture tracks are determined. The subpicture tracks are included in a subpicture entity group. The level indicators are included in at least one of one or more sample groups carrying information for the set of subpictures, or in a data structure specifying the subpicture entity group. A conversion is performed between a visual media data and a media data file based on the level indicator.
US11997290B2
A method of decoding JVET video, comprising receiving a bitstream indicating how a coding tree unit was partitioned into coding units according to a partitioning structure that allows nodes to be split according to a partitioning technique. An intra direction mode for a coding unit may be selected, as well as one or more of the plurality of reference lines to generate at least one predictor for the intra direction mode. A predictor may be generated from reference samples within each selected reference line by combining predicted pixel values based on a projected position on a main reference line in combination with predicted pixel values based on a projected position on a side reference line. The predicted pixel values are weighted according to a weight parameter, wherein the weight parameter is determined based on a shift conversion factor.
US11997282B2
An image processing method and apparatus for a mobile platform, a mobile platform, and a medium. The image processing method may include acquiring a current image to be encoded; acquiring an encoding quality evaluation parameter of an encoded historical image and a network state evaluation parameter of a wireless communication link, wherein the encoded historical image may be sent to a receiving end through the wireless communication link; and based on the encoding quality evaluation parameter and the network state evaluation parameter, determining whether to execute a target area image processing algorithm on the current image.
US11997275B2
A multimedia system allocates, during encoding of a multimedia stream, bits to portions of frames based on quality metrics and bit usages for different quantization parameters (QPs). An encoder of the multimedia system encodes a frame in a first pass with a first QP and in a second pass with a second QP. A comparator of the multimedia system measures and compares quality metrics, such as mean squared error, for each portion of the frame encoded with the first QP and the second QP. The comparator compares the difference between the quality metrics for each portion encoded with each QP to a threshold. If the difference in quality metrics for a portion exceeds the threshold, the comparator selects the portion for inclusion in a subset of portions to be encoded with the second QP.
US11997274B2
An image encoding/decoding method and device are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding device according to the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: determining a prediction mode of the current block on the basis of prediction information obtained from a bitstream; on the basis of the prediction mode of the current block, obtaining a flag indicating whether a color space transform is applied to a residual sample of the current block; determining a quantization parameter of the current block on the basis of the flag; and determining a transform coefficient of the current block on the basis of the quantization parameter.
US11997270B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for video processing are described. The video processing may include video encoding, video decoding or video transcoding. One example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies that selection of a context for coding a syntax element specifying whether the block is split horizontally or vertically is based on a number of allowed vertical splits and a number of allowed horizontal splits. The number of allowed vertical splits includes a number of allowed binary vertical splits and a number of allowed ternary vertical splits, and the number of allowed horizontal splits includes a number of allowed binary horizontal splits and a number of allowed ternary horizontal splits.
US11997262B2
An intra prediction device performing intra prediction on a luminance block and a chrominance block includes: a chrominance candidate specifier configured to specify a mode number of an intra prediction mode applied to the luminance block corresponding to the chrominance block as one of candidates for an intra prediction mode to be applied to the chrominance block; and a chrominance prediction mode converter configured to convert the mode number before conversion specified by the chrominance candidate specifier using a conversion table and output a mode number after conversion. In the conversion table, for directional prediction, a given number of mode numbers in ascending order of the mode number among the mode numbers before conversion are associated with a given number of mode numbers in descending order of the mode number among the mode numbers after conversion.
US11997259B2
A method for decoding a picture, a method for encoding a picture, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The method for encoding a picture includes (i) determining a width and a height of a coding block in the picture; (ii) if the width and the height are equal to N, where N is a positive integer power of 2, determining a matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) size identifier indicating that an MIP prediction size equal to N; (iii) deriving a group of reference samples of the coding block; and (iv) deriving an MIP prediction of the coding block based on the group of reference samples and an MIP matrix corresponding to the MIP size identifier.
US11997252B2
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for testing and validation of a cleaning system for a sensor such as a camera. A device may capture a first image of a target using the sensor, wherein the sensor is in a clean state, and wherein the target is in a line of sight of the sensor. The device may apply an obstruction to a portion of a lens of the sensor. The device may apply a cleaning system to the lens. The device may capture a post-clean image after applying the cleaning system. The device may determine a post-clean image quality score based on comparing the post clean image to the first image. The device may compare the post-clean image quality score to a validation threshold. The device may determine a validation state of the cleaning system based on the comparison.
US11997243B2
A multifunction peripheral includes a control unit that, when a registered user is using the multifunction peripheral, causes an operation panel to display information concerning an optional function that can be added to the multifunction peripheral, receives, with the operation panel, an evaluation of the user for the optional function, when receiving, with a communication I/F, an acquisition request for an evaluation for the optional function, generates an evaluation result obtained by aggregating evaluations of a plurality of registered users, and transmits the generated evaluation result to a transmission source of the acquisition request.
US11997236B2
A server of a printing system includes a print instruction acquisition unit acquiring a print instruction of a content contained in a content group by a voice from a voice mediation device, a selection unit selecting the content to be printed from the content group according to the print instruction, and a transmission unit transmitting print data for printing of the selected content to a printing apparatus of the printing system, wherein the content group contains a plurality of time-dependent contents having different probabilities for selection according to a time when the print instruction is acquired, the selection unit selects the content to be printed from the content group so that each of the plurality of time-dependent contents is selected with the probability according to the time when the print instruction is acquired. The printing apparatus receives the print data and executes printing according to the print data.
US11997233B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing call center-based automated interface with voice switches for voice service diagnostics and provisioning. In various embodiments, in response to receiving a request by a call center user to access a voice service customer account, a computing system may access information regarding the voice service customer account that is stored in a database, may identify a switch that is configured to control voice service to a customer premises associated with the customer, based at least in part on the accessed information, and may autonomously access, from other databases, information associated with the voice service customer account. The computing system may integrate the accessed information, may generate and present a user interface (“UI”) displaying the accessed information, and may generate and present one or more options within the UI for the call center user to select to change features of the voice service.
US11997226B2
The present disclosure relates to a cover plate, a display panel and a display terminal. The cover plate includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The second region includes a plurality of side cover plate regions and at least one corner opening region located between two adjacent side cover plate regions. The cover plate includes at least one buffer portion which is filled in the corner opening region.
US11997225B2
A portable communication device in an embodiment may include a housing which forms an exterior of the portable communication device; a flexible display at least partially received in the housing and bendable with respect to a bending axis, the flexible display including at least one layer, an opening formed in the at least one layer; and an image sensor module at least partially positioned in a space formed by the opening, wherein the at least one layer may include a first inner side surface positioned in a first direction based on the image sensor module and a second inner side surface positioned in a second direction opposite to the first direction based on the image sensor module, as the flexible display is at least partially bent, the first inner side surface may be moved in the second direction, and if the flexible display is substantially flat, a first separation distance between a first side surface of the image sensor module facing the first inner side surface of the at least one layer and the first inner side surface of the at least one layer may be greater than a second separation distance between a second side surface of the image sensor module facing the second inner side surface of the at least one layer and the second inner side surface of the at least one layer.
US11997222B1
A computing resource service provider provides a certificate management service that allows customers of the computing resource service provider to create, distribute, manage, and revoke digital certificates issued by private certificate authorities. A private certificate authority hosted by the computing resource service provider is able to issue signed certificates to network entities within the customer enterprise. The certificate management service provides a network-accessible application programming interface to the private certificate authority that allows applications to create and deploy private certificates programmatically. The system provides the flexibility to create private certificates for applications that require custom certificate lifetimes or resource names.
US11997221B2
Securely transmitting a public key “PK” of a certificate holder within a public key infrastructure includes transferring a digital certificate signed with a digital certificate signature and having certificate holder and certificate key information from a sender “A” to a recipient “B”. The recipient “B” establishes a data-transferring connection to a digitally contactable resource “R” on the basis of resource identification information contained in the digital certificate and retrieves the public key “PK” of the certificate holder via the resource “R”. The recipient “B” compares a key hash value determined from the public key “PK” using a specified hash function with a certificate key hash value contained in the digital certificate and signed with a digital certificate signature. The public key “PK” assigned to the certificate holder is accepted and used by the recipient “B” if the determined key hash value matches the signed certificate key hash value.
US11997215B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to the protection of secrets within a software development lifecycle. Developers can use an encryption service to encrypt a secret to be used by an application within a package. The secret can be associated with the application, and then encrypted and included in a package that is signed and passed through a software automation pipeline to a data center that hosts the production server for the application. The application executing on the production server can request that the secret be decrypted by a decryption service after package verification. A developer can also specify, in a manifest file, a set of secrets needed for applications executing in the same data center. The manifest file may be passed from the software development environment to the data center, where the specified secrets are created and used by the applications without ever residing or being accessible outside the data center.
US11997206B2
A system and method for identity-based access admission are provided. The method includes generating in a browser of a client device a unique identity key for the browser, wherein the identity key is generated in an internal frame (iFrame) thread, is executed in a main thread of the browser, and wherein the identity key includes a fingerprint characterizing in part the browser and the client device, an internet protocol address of the client device, and a public-encryption key; and registering the identity key with an admission controller, wherein access to a protected entity by the client device is enforced using the identity key.
US11997204B2
Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for facilitating the authentication of computing system requests across tenants of at least one multi-tenant database system. Authentication is facilitated using a central registry that is accessible by and independent from the tenants of the multi-tenant database system.
US11997201B2
Systems and methods for securely sharing and authenticating a last secret can include generating, by a cryptographic module on a first network node, a seed configured for deriving or recovering a last secret, the last secret providing access to a secure entity and being a last cryptographic element controlling access to the secure entity, creating, by the cryptographic module, an envelope for the seed, enveloping the seed by the envelope, and transmitting, by the cryptographic module, the seed to a computing system on a second node different than the first node, the computing system being configured to decrypt the envelope of the enveloped seed to recover the seed, and obtain the last secret based on the seed, where the cryptographic module is prevented from deriving the last secret.
US11997198B2
A wireless communication network generates and transfers qubits to a wireless user device. The wireless communication network and the wireless user device determine polarization states for the qubits. The wireless communication network and the wireless user device exchange cryptography information. The wireless communication network and the wireless user device generate cryptography keys based on the polarization states and the cryptography information. The wireless communication network and the wireless user device encrypt and decrypt data that they exchange with one another based on the cryptography keys.
US11997196B2
In one set of embodiments, each server executing a secure multi-party computation (MPC) protocol can receive shares of inputs to the MPC protocol from a plurality of clients, where each input is private to each client and where each share is generated from its corresponding input using a threshold secret sharing scheme. Each server can then verify whether the shares of the plurality of inputs are valid/invalid and, for each invalid share, determine whether a client that submitted the invalid share or a server that holds the invalid share is corrupted. If the client that submitted the invalid share is corrupted, each server can ignore the input of that corrupted client during a computation phase of the MPC protocol. Alternatively, if the server that holds the invalid share is corrupted, each server can prevent that corrupted server from participating in the computation phase.
US11997186B1
A computer-implemented method of constructing a minimal perfect hash function includes selecting a set H of k hash functions over a set Y of n keys and building a bipartite graph from keys to hash values using the set Y of keys and the set H of hash functions. Each edge of the bipartite graph has a weight equal to an index of a hash function associated with that edge. The method also includes determining a minimal weight perfect matching of the bipartite graph and generating an XORSAT filter using the minimal weight perfect matching of the bipartite graph, such that a minimal perfect hash function can be performed on an element by querying the XORSAT filter for a result associated with the element.
US11997185B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit an indication of a demodulator configuration to a user equipment (UE) for the UE to use that demodulator configuration for demodulating a multi-layer transmission from the base station. The base station may determine the demodulator configuration for the UE to use based on one or more uplink signals transmitted from the UE. Additionally, the UE may transmit an indication of demodulator capabilities that the UE supports to the base station, where the base station determines the demodulator configuration based on the indication of the demodulator capabilities. In some examples, the demodulator configuration may indicate a demodulation search space corresponding to a number of layers included per layer group of the multi-layer transmission, may correspond to an amount of cross correlation determined between respective layers of the multi-layer transmission, or a combination thereof.
US11997182B1
Disclosed herein is a system and method for dynamically adapting message rates through a transport. The system and method continually operate a transport and analyze trend data using a moving average of a production rate and a consumption rate. Keeping message flow at an optimal rate as system conditions vary throughout time enables efficient delivery of messages through multiple subsystems and intermediary transports to the messages' manifold endpoints.
US11997177B1
Clusters of users of networked services are defined based on tasks performed by such users during such networked services. Activities of the users during sessions of the networked services are tracked, and representations of such users or such activities are used to train a model to predict activities of users in the future, including but not limited to services utilized by such users, or pages visited by such users. Subsequently, when a user accesses a networked service during a session, activities of the user may be determined, and a representation of the session is provided as an input to the model, along with contextual information such as an identifier of the persona of the user. A next action, e.g., a service or a page utilized by the user, may be predicted based on outputs received from the model.
US11997175B2
A system obtains a use condition for restricting use of an application in a first client device of a first user. The system obtains a use status of the application in the first client device. Responsive to the use status not satisfying the use condition, the system sends a notification to a second client device of a second user different from the first user, and/or restricts the use of the application in the first client device.
US11997172B2
An apparatus for decoding and rendering or otherwise processing, manipulating, or outputting a variety of digital data is provided. The apparatus may include a browser engine configured to receive first encoded digital data. The apparatus may include a browser extension configured to intercept the first encoded digital data transmitted in response to a first request from the browser engine. The browser extension may be configured to intercept a first decoder written in a platform-independent syntax for decoding at least a portion of the first encoded digital data. The browser extension may be configured to point the browser engine to one or more local storage locations of the first encoded digital data and the first decoder.
US11997159B2
Techniques are disclosed for configuring network device resources and determining locality of virtual machines in a virtual network of a cloud computing environment. Usage data for computing resources in the computing network is collected. Based on the collected usage data, a time-based usage profile for the computing resources in the computing network is determined. A periodic component in the time-based usage profile is determined. Based on the periodic component, distribution of VMs is determined or the buffer size of network devices is configured.
US11997154B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for visualizing digital content of a web-based application. The method comprises: (a) injecting a user interface component and a backend component into the web-based application; (b) rendering the web-based application with the user interface component, and the user interface component comprises a plurality of graphical elements and each of the plurality of graphical elements corresponds to a parameter of property of the digital content; (c) receiving an input from a user via at least one of the plurality of graphical elements to alter a state of the corresponding parameter in the backend component, and each of the plurality of graphical elements corresponds to multiple states of said corresponding parameter; and (d) updating a display of the digital content within the web-based application according to the state and the parameter.
US11997152B2
Example embodiments provide a method, a user terminal, a network node in a data network, and a network node in a core network for controlling transmission of a media stream service. The method includes: receiving, from a network node in a data network, policy template information including a continuity feature of at least one media stream service; determining, based on a media stream service and the policy template information, a continuity feature of the media stream service; determining whether a protocol data unit (PDU) session capable of carrying the media stream service exists; binding the media stream service to a PDU session including the continuity feature of the media stream service, based on determining that the PDU session exists; and establishing a PDU session including the continuity feature of the media stream service, based on determining that the PDU session does not exist.
US11997151B2
A multimedia data processing method includes: acquiring a first predicted bit rate predicted by a bit rate prediction neural network based on first network data; performing classification and regression learning on the first network data and the first predicted bit rate to obtain a first bit rate prediction model; acquiring second network data and a second predicted bit rate predicted by the first bit rate prediction model, and the second network data being collected during playback of multimedia data using the second predicted bit rate; and performing classification and regression learning on the first bit rate prediction model based on a difference between the first network data and the second network data and a difference between the first predicted bit rate and the second predicted bit rate, to obtain a second bit rate prediction model configured to perform bit rate prediction in a terminal that plays the multimedia data.
US11997150B2
Streaming of a media asset from a cloud server computer to a media playback device is disclosed. In an embodiment, a list of media assets stored in the cloud server computer is sent over network from the cloud server computer to a portable device. In another embodiment, the list is transferred via close-range communication to the portable device from the media playback device which received the list from the cloud server computer over network. In the embodiments, a media asset is started streaming over network from the cloud server computer to the media playback device responsive to selection of one of the listed media assets at the portable device. In some embodiments, streaming is redirected from the portable device to the media playback device responsive to a user's operation or in case of disconnection.
US11997143B2
Techniques are described for managing communications between multiple intercommunicating computing nodes, such as multiple virtual machine nodes hosted on one or more physical computing machines or systems. In some situations, users may specify groups of computing nodes and optionally associated access policies for use in the managing of the communications for those groups, such as by specifying which source nodes are allowed to transmit data to particular destinations nodes. In addition, determinations of whether initiated data transmissions from source nodes to destination nodes are authorized may be dynamically negotiated for and recorded for later use in automatically authorizing future such data transmissions without negotiation. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US11997138B1
Detection of phishing messages in network communications is performed by receiving a transmitted message and detecting characteristics of the message. A determination is made if the message matches a pattern of a phishing message in a database, and classifies the message as a phishing or spam message accordingly. If the message does not match a known phishing message pattern, the message is checked for common signs of phishing or spam by determining the severity of a threat embodied by the message, and the message is categorized as having phishing characteristics and according to the severity of threat. In response the user responses to determinations of threats, criteria for detection of phishing characteristics is adjusted, thereby automatically revising criteria for future decisions as to whether the message represents suspected phishing.
US11997137B2
Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for improving phishing webpage content detection. A method can include identifying first webpage content comprises phishing content, determining, using a reinforcement learning (RL) agent, at least one action, generating, based on the determined at least one action and the identified first webpage content, altered first webpage content, identifying that the altered first webpage content is benign, generating, based on the determined at least one action and second webpage content, altered second webpage content, and training, based on the altered second webpage content and a corresponding label of phishing, a phishing detector.
US11997132B2
The present disclosure includes methods and systems for protecting network resources. A method may start, by a processor, copy-on-write snapshotting for modifications to a plurality of files stored on electronic storage. A method may monitor, by the processor, access to objects within a file system associated with the electronic storage for a set of operations. A method may intercept, by the processor, one or more operation of the set of operations for modifying a region of a file in the file system. A method may capture, by the processor, one or more of original contents, modified contents and written contents of the region. A method may end, by the processor, copy-on-write snapshotting. A method may perform malware and/or ransomware analysis on a process performing the modification to the region of the file in the file system.
US11997130B2
An inline malicious traffic detector captures handshake messages in a session with a security protocol. The inline malicious traffic detector comprises a classifier that generates a verdict for the session indicating malicious or benign. The classifier is trained on labelled sessions using custom features generated from handshake messages. Based on determining that the session is malicious using features of the handshake messages, the inline malicious traffic detector blocks the session.
US11997129B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprise an analytic server, which provides a SilverlineRT system that prioritizes and analyzes security alerts and events. The server builds an attack tree based on attack detection rules. The server monitors large-scale distributed systems and receives alerts from various devices. The server determines attacks using the attack tree while excluding false alarms. The server determines impact and risk metrics for attacks in real-time, and calculates an impact score for each attack. The server ranks and prioritizes the attacks based on the impact scores. The server also generates real-time reports. By consider the mission and system specific context in the analysis alert information, the server gives insight into the overall context of problems and potential solutions, improving decision-making. By showing the impacts of alters, the server allows security personnel to prioritize responses and focus on highest value defense activities.
US11997127B2
A method and system for policy driven vulnerability management of a network equipment of an enterprise. A plurality of routes delivers services to a plurality of end user devices through the system. A plurality of vulnerabilities associated with the end user device, and a plurality of policies associated with the plurality of vulnerabilities is identified. Remediation for the plurality of vulnerabilities is determined based on the plurality of policies. The plurality of policies is based on a cloud service selected from the end user device, a tenant, and a role associated with the end user device. A route corresponding to the plurality of policies and the cloud service is identified. The remediation of the vulnerabilities is performed by upgrading the plurality of vulnerabilities based on the plurality of policies and the cloud service is provided to the end user device via the route based on the plurality of policies.
US11997120B2
Some embodiments provide a method for detecting a threat to a datacenter. The method receives a set of connections between a set of DCNs in the datacenter over a particular time period. The set of DCNs includes at least a first DCN at which a first anomalous event was detected. The method analyzes a set of detected anomalous events to identify additional anomalous events detected at other DCNs in the set of DCNs during the particular time period. Based on the first anomalous event and identified additional anomalous events, the method determines whether the anomalous events indicate a threat to the datacenter.
US11997104B2
Various example embodiments for supporting security in a communication system are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting security in a communication system may be configured to support stateful security redundancy in the communication system. Various example embodiments for supporting stateful security redundancy in a communication system may be configured to support stateful security redundancy for a set of client devices based on a set of security nodes arranged in a security redundancy architecture. Various example embodiments for supporting stateful security redundancy for a set of client devices based on a set of security nodes arranged in a security redundancy architecture may be configured to support stateful security redundancy for a client device based on a security redundancy domain including an active security node and one or more standby security nodes.
US11997097B2
A method comprises monitoring, by a processing device, usage activity of one or more resource categories of a computing environment by a user of the computing environment in view of a security profile associated with the user, determining a first probability of selecting a particular resource from a resource category of the one or more resource categories in view of the usage activity of the resource category by the user, determining a second probability that the particular resource is associated with a security exploit in view of historical data for the computing environment, determining a resource vulnerability value for the resource category in view of the first probability and the second probability, and determining a security vulnerability value for the user in view of the resource vulnerability value.
US11997095B2
Methods and systems for managing permission controls are disclosed. A method can comprise receiving a request to perform one or more restricted activities. The request can include at least an identifier of a first user associated with the request and an identification of the one or more restricted activities. The identifier of the first user associated with the request and/or the identification of the one or more restricted activities can be presented to a second user, such as an administrator. A response to the request can be provided by the second user and transmitted comprising information relating to one or more of a grant, denial, or modification of the performance of the one or more restricted activities. The transmitted response can be configured to be processed by the source to effect grant, denial, or modification of the performance of the one or more restricted activities.
US11997087B2
A system performs mobile biometric identification system enrollment using a known biometric. The system receives a digital representation of a first biometric for a person. Prior to using the digital representation of the first biometric to identify the person, the system compares a received digital representation of a second biometric for the person to known biometric data for the person. When the digital representation of the first biometric has been thus verified, the system is operative to identify the person using the digital representation of the first biometric.
US11997086B1
Systems and methods for facilitating identity verification and authentication for users are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive items of personal information pertaining to a particular user, through an online platform associated with a particular organization; perform verification actions based on the received items; create a user data vault to securely store the received items; create a user token and transfer it to the online platform; receive an identity verification request on behalf of the particular user; initiate challenge protocols; responsive to the one or more challenge protocols completing satisfactorily, transfer the user token to the online platform; receive a validation request from a backend server of the particular organization, wherein the validation request includes the user token; access the user data vault based on the validation request; transfer a response to the backend server; and/or other steps.
US11997081B2
A variable-step authentication system and a method for operating for performing variable-step authentication for communications in a controlled environment is disclosed. The variable-step authentication system may include a communication device and a server. The variable-step method includes steps for determining an authentication process that involves a number of authentication steps. The number of authentication steps is variable and dependent on a trust level associated with each participant in the communication.
US11997078B2
Secure, authenticated communication is enabled between an initiator (12) (e.g., a user equipment) and a responder (14) (e.g., an authentication server function, AUSF, or a subscription de-concealing function, SIDF). The initiator (12) transmits a message (20) to the responder (14) over a secure communication channel (16). The message (20) may include information indicating a third party (18) whose signing of data (e.g., bound to the secure communication channel (16)) will authenticate the responder (14) to the initiator (12). The responder (14) correspondingly retrieves from the third party (18) data that is signed by the third party (18) and transmits a response (24) to the initiator (12) that includes the retrieved data. The initiator (12) receives this response (24) and determines whether or not the responder (14) is authenticated by determining whether or not the response (24) includes data that is signed by the third party (18).
US11997077B2
Methods for composable user journeys for user authentication via an identity experience framework are performed by systems and apparatuses. Initiating a user authentication process for an application triggers application calls for dynamic invocation of a specific identity policy, required by the application, of a number of identity policies managed by a host of the identity experience framework. User interfaces defined by the identity policies are provided from the host to the application for interaction by the user and entry of identity information needed to authenticate the user according to specified verification providers. Identity claims and token requests are provided from the application to the host which then authenticates the identity claims via the verification providers and mints a token that includes the claims required by the application, according to the identity policy. The application consumes the token to complete the token request and allow the user access to the application.
US11997066B2
A data transmission system and method thereof for edge computing are provided. A terminal mobile station international subscriber directory number (MSISDN) and a terminal IP of a target terminal are obtained with a domain name system (DNS) by a device providing communication services from the data transmission system. After data packets are sent to the data transmission system, if the target terminal is in an idle mode, a paging message is sent by a terminal wake-up module to enable the target terminal to return to a connected mode for communication. Before a connection is established between the data transmission system and the target terminal, downlink data packets can be temporarily stored, and the packets can be sent after the target terminal is in the connected mode. A computer readable medium for executing the data transmission method is also provided.
US11997062B2
Methods, systems, and media for identifying video objects linked to a source video are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying demographic attributes corresponding to a first user participating in an online conversation; determining at least one keyword associated with the online conversation, wherein the keyword indicates a topic of the online conversation; identifying a video object based at least on the demographic attributes and the at least one keyword, wherein the video object comprises a portion of a video; causing the identified video object to be presented in a group of video objects on a first user device associated with the first user; receiving an indication that the identified video object has been selected on the first user device for inclusion in a message in the online conversation; and causing the identified video object to be presented on a second user device associated with the second user.
US11997055B2
A system receives a chat query based on a user interaction on a computing device of user. The system parses the chat query to identify one or more word patterns in the chat query, and determines a matching plug-in from the plug-in library based at least in part on the one or more word patterns in the chat query. The system utilizes the matching plug-in to access one or more resources and determine a chat response for the chat query, and transmit, over the one or more networks, the chat response to the computing device of the user.
US11997054B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for resource allocation in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network. A relay node in an IAB network may be assigned a first resource partition that is different from a second resource partition for the child and parent nodes. Based on a resource configuration (e.g., for a slot) of the second resource partition, the relay node may opportunistically utilize the second resource partition for communications. For instance, the relay node may determine a direction table based on the resource configurations of the child and parent nodes, which may be used to perform uplink or downlink communications in one or more symbols of the second resource partition. The relay node may also identify flexible symbols as free or non-free when determining the direction table.
US11997051B2
Resource configuration method, first communications device, second communications device, and system
The method includes: determining, by a first communications device, a first BWP for each second communications device in a second communications device group, where the second communications device group includes two or more second communications devices, and the first BWPs of all the second communications devices in the second communications device group are the same; sending, by the first communications device, configuration information of the first BWP to each second communications device in the second communications device group; and sending, by the first communications device, control signaling to all the second communications devices in the second communications device group, where the control signaling is used to indicate all the second communications devices in the second communications device group to activate the first BWP.
US11997046B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to feedback of a HARQ acknowledgement. A network device transmits, to a terminal device, a first trigger indicating a feedback mode of a HARQ acknowledgement. The feedback mode is selected from at least one of: a trigger mode, a timing mode, and a mixed mode. In response to successful access to an unsilenced band allocated to the HARQ acknowledgement, the network device transmits, to the terminal device, a second trigger indicating at least one target terminal device that is to feedback the HARQ acknowledgement based on the feedback mode indicated by the first trigger.
US11997037B2
An embodiment is a method for a user equipment (UE) to transmit a phase-tracking reference signal (PTRS) related to sidelink in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: generating demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) related to a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); generating a PTRS related to the PSSCH; and transmitting the PTRS and at least a portion of the DMRSs, wherein a DMRS sequence mapped to a prescribed position in a first PSSCH symbol in which the DMRSs are transmitted is used for generating the PTRS, and the prescribed position corresponds to a frequency location at which the PTRS is transmitted and includes a frequency location at which the generated DMRSs are not transmitted.
US11997034B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A transmitting device may select a scrambling sequence to use per symbol to reduce variance in a non-linearity parameter for a power amplifier (PA) output between a data symbol and a pilot symbol based on a PA model for at least one pilot symbol or one or more parameters of the model. The receiving device may indicate a capability to blindly estimate the scrambling sequence the transmitting device selected to the transmitting device. If the transmitting device does not receive the capability message from the receiving device or if the capability message indicates the receiving device is not capable of blind estimation, the transmitting device may indicate the selected scrambling sequence to the receiving device. Otherwise, the transmitting device may not indicate the selected scrambling sequence to the receiving device, and the receiving device may blindly estimate the scrambling sequence.
US11997033B2
This application provides a control channel detection method, apparatus, and device. The method includes: A terminal device determines that resources of at least two candidate control channels overlap, where any two of the at least two candidate control channels are located in different search spaces; and the terminal device detects only at least one first candidate control channel in the at least two candidate control channels. This improves control channel detection reliability.
US11997029B2
Methods and apparatus for supporting communication, discovery, and use of time division duplex (TDD) configuration information between nearby cells are described. A first base station requests a UE to collect and report back TDD configuration information about another base station, e.g., a neighboring base station, from which the UE receives signals, e.g., broadcast signals above a predetermined signal strength threshold. In some embodiments, the requests are qualified based on one of more of: i) inter or intra operator network, ii) radio access technology (RAT) in use, or iii) frequency band. The first base station utilizes reports, communicating TDD configuration information pertaining to nearby base stations, obtained from one or more UEs, to manage interference, e.g., changing the first base station's current TDD configuration settings, generating a new first base station TDD configuration, and/or deciding whether or not to use a frequency band of shared and/or unlicensed spectrum or licensed spectrum.
US11997026B2
Various example embodiments for supporting safe port removal are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting safe port removal may be configured to support safe port removal for a port of a virtual switch. Various example embodiments for supporting safe port removal for a port of a virtual switch may be configured to support safe removal of the port of the virtual switch such that the port is no longer available for use on the virtual switch. Various example embodiments for supporting safe port removal for a port of a virtual switch may be configured to support safe removal of the port of the virtual switch by performing separate logical and physical shutdowns of the port and performing one or more functions for the port (e.g., rejecting link discovery packets, continuing to handle data packets, and so forth) between the logical and physical shutdowns of the port.
US11997023B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to admission control of a communication session in a network. The admission control can be implemented by a network node at the boundary of the network or a subsystem thereof. In one aspect, the admission control can be implemented during a predetermined period and can be based at least on an admission criterion, which can be specific to an end-point device, e.g., a target device or an origination device. The admission criterion can be configurable and, in certain implementations, it can be obtained from historical performance associated with establishment of communication session. Such historical performance can be assessed within a period of a configurable span.
US11997008B1
A system and method for non-disruptive route change. The method includes receiving a first data transmission frame associated with a first exchange at a switch, transmitting the first data transmission frame through a first route based on a route lookup, determining, by a traffic optimization circuit, an improved second route, determining if the first exchange includes any other data transmission frames, and transmitting a first data transmission frame associated with a second exchange through the second route in response to determining that the first exchange does not include any other data transmission frames.
US11997005B2
A method comprises, at a first router configured to perform Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) for forwarding of multicast packets in a network, storing configuration information that indicates that the first router belongs to multiple subdomains of a BIER domain, and is able to forward the multicast packets for a virtual private network on the multiple subdomains. The method further comprises, during an auto-discovery procedure, generating an auto-discovery message to include an auto-discovery route and route attributes that indicate the multiple subdomains, and sending the auto-discovery message to a second router of the virtual private network the network.
US11997003B1
Various example implementations are directed to circuits, apparatuses and methods for providing Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a first network node configured to communicate VoIP packets between upstream and downstream network nodes in a network and to communicate metadata with at least one of the VoIP packets downstream in the network. A network pathway assessment module is configured to derive, from the response packet one or more transmission characteristics (e.g., latency) corresponding to the VoIP packets communicated along a pathway between the first network node and the second network node and VoIP packets may be routed in response thereto.
US11997001B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that enhance multivariate testing of interface variants by intelligently allocating network traffic to increase the speed at which samples sizes reach statistical significance. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods that intelligently select interface variants to test against a control interface in a manner that efficiently reduces the uncertainty of sample sizes (e.g., the variance of the sample mean), thereby reaching statistical significance quicker.
US11996998B2
A method is proposed for monitoring a connection between end devices via a communications network. A set of modes having at least two monitoring modes and a ranking order associated with the set of modes, are agreed upon between the end devices and a network device present on a path between the end devices. The method includes an activation of the set of modes, corresponding to an activation of the first mode according to the ranking order; then an activation, according to the ranking order, of each other mode of the set of modes. Each monitoring mode includes at least one mechanism implemented by at least one of the end devices and enabling the network device to perform at least one function of monitoring the connection.
US11996985B2
Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing a broadband data analytics object for a geographical region using a broadband data analytics engine in a data analytics system. The broadband data analytics object can be a computational object that is a representation of broadband service data for a geographical region, the broadband service data is associated with features of broadband availability and broadband expansion targeting constraints (e.g., geocoding, structure type, unit counts, and speed). The broadband data analytics engine is configured to generate the broadband analytics object for the geographical region based on a combination of broadband data analytics operations, data structures (e.g. targeted-building information model), and datasets (e.g., geospatial datasets, parcel data). The broadband data analytics operations can be associated with a broadband availability ruleset algorithm that supports implementing a waterfall analytics model for generating the broadband data analytics object that can be used for interpreting broadband service data.
US11996980B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for network configuration management systems and methods. In some embodiments, the discloses systems and methods may involve receiving data from one or more nodes within a particular network. The data may include, for example, topology, telemetry, geographical, and other data relating to the nodes, the network, and/or the functionality of the nodes or network. Once received, such data may be cleaned and processing may be performed on the data. Such processing may involve clustering the data into groups based on various parameters and performing forecasting on the data to determine future usage rates and capacity information, for example. The clustering and forecasting results may be fed to a rules engine and/or an optimization engine, which may then determine appropriate actions to take on the network (e.g., changes to various nodes in terms of technology and/or number of nodes).
US11996979B2
One example method includes connecting to a server component, transmitting, to the server component, information concerning a hardware configuration associated with an asset having a capability that is fully utilized during a first time period and the capability is idle during a second time period, receiving, from the server component, cluster connection information, and using the cluster connection information to temporarily connect the asset to the cluster as a node of the cluster so that the capability is available during idle time to perform a workload of the cluster.
US11996974B2
An alarm analysis method, including determining M alarm pairs in a first alarm set, where each alarm pair of the M alarm pairs includes a first alarm and a second alarm having an association, generating, according to an association rule, a first feature set of N alarm pairs, the first alarm of each alarm pair of the N alarm pairs being an alarm pair root in the first feature set, the first feature set including a first probability that a first subsystem to which each first alarm belongs is a subsystem root and a first alarm object is an alarm object root and a second probability that a second subsystem to which each second alarm belongs is a subsystem root and a second alarm object is an alarm object root, and determining root information of the first alarm set based on the first probability and the second probability.
US11996973B2
5G and especially 6G are susceptible to phase faults due to rapid phase fluctuations, usually in the local oscillator of the user device. Low-cost IoT applications that 6G is intended to serve may be impractical unless phase noise mitigation can be applied on each uplink and downlink message. Accordingly, a single-branch phase-tracking reference is disclosed occupying just a single resource element, in which one quadrature branch is transmitted with a predetermined maximum modulation amplitude, and the other branch has zero amplitude. The receiver can then quantify the phase noise (or the phase rotation angle) according to a ratio of the as-received branch amplitudes, and mitigate a concurrent message by de-rotating each message element by the same phase angle, thereby restoring high reliability at high frequencies at negligible cost.
US11996966B2
Proposed are a method and an apparatus for receiving a PPDU in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception STA receives a PPDU from a transmission STA through a broadband and decodes the PPDU. The broadband is a 320 MHz band or a 160+160 MHz band. The PPDU includes a first field and a second field. The first field includes an L-STF and an L-LTF. The first field is generated on the basis of a first phase rotation value. The first phase rotation value is generated on the basis of a second phase rotation value and a third phase rotation value. The second phase rotation value is obtained by repeating a phase rotation value for a 160 MHz band, defined in an 802.11ax wireless LAN system.
US11996964B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for reducing control signaling in uplink transmissions. A device, such as a wireless transmit/receive unit, may determine to use a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) transmission schedule out of a plurality of DM-RS transmission schedules. The DM-RS transmission schedule may be characterized by a DM-RS transmission being mapped to a single orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol per subframe of a data stream. The DM-RS transmission schedule may be characterized by a DM-RS transmission being mapped to a first subset of subcarriers of an OFDM symbol of a subframe of a data stream and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission or Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) control information being mapped to a second set of subcarriers of the OFDM symbol. The first set of subcarriers may be different than the second set of subcarriers. The data stream may be transmitted according to the DM-RS transmission schedule.
US11996963B2
Provided is a base wireless communication terminal. The base wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit a mixed Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including both data for a Long Range (LR) wireless communication terminal and data for a non-LR wireless communication terminal to the LR wireless communication terminal and the non-LR wireless communication terminal using the transceiver. The LR PPDU including only the data for the LR wireless communication terminal has a narrower bandwidth than a bandwidth of the non-LR PPDU including only the data for the non-LR wireless communication terminal.
US11996949B2
Presented herein are techniques to conserve power by network devices in a software define wide area network (SDWAN). A method includes monitoring operations of a software defined wide area network including a network device in the software defined wide area network, based on results of the monitoring, generating a usage model for the network device, determining, based on the usage model, an interface selection scheme for the network device, and causing the network device to execute the interface selection scheme.
US11996948B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. One method may include a user equipment (UE) receiving, in a first transmission time interval, a code block group including a set of code blocks associated with a set of codewords, each codeword being associated with one of a set of decoding levels introduced in communication scheme that uses multi-level coded modulation and multi-level sequential decoding. The UE may determine that a decoding procedure is unsuccessful, and transmit a feedback message including a first indicator that the decoding procedure was unsuccessful and a second indicator of a lowest decoding level for which the decoding procedure was unsuccessful. The UE may then receive, from the base station in a second transmission time interval, a retransmission of code blocks of the lowest failed decoding level coupled to a new data transmission for code blocks associated with all other decoding levels.
US11996941B2
Aspects described herein relate to providing demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmissions for channel transmission repetitions. This can include defining DMRS patterns for channel transmission repetitions having a symbol length that is less than a threshold, dropping or deferring channel transmission repetitions that are mapped to a set of uplink symbols that are less than a threshold symbol length, and/or the like.
US11996938B2
Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for selecting an encoder for network coding are provided. An example method may include transmitting a report request for reporting one or more conditions to one or more network coding devices, the one or more conditions being associated with the one or more network coding devices. The example method may further include receiving a condition report reporting the one or more conditions from the one or more network coding devices based on the report request. The example method may further include transmitting a selection indication to a selected network coding device of the one or more network coding devices, the selection indication indicating a selection of the selected network coding device as an encoder for encoding a transport block (TB).
US11996935B2
Disclosed is a transmitter which includes an encoder and a transmission interface circuit. The encoder receives data bits and generates conversion bits, a number of is the conversion bits being more than a number of the data bits, based on the number of the data bits. The encoder detects a risk pattern of the conversion bits to generate detection data and converts the risk pattern into a replacement pattern based on the detection data to generate code bits, a number of is the code bits being equal to the number of the conversion bits.
US11996923B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a capability message indicating at least one of parameters associated with one or more beam management features or whether the UE supports the one or more beam management features, the one or more beam management features including a unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state, inter-cell beam measurements, antenna-panel-specific uplink transmissions, or multiple transmission reception point (TRP) beam failure recovery. The UE may receive configuration information for at least one beam management feature based at least in part on transmitting the capability message. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11996920B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device (e.g., station (STA), access point (AP)) may transmit to a second wireless device during a service period, an initiating frame using a transmit beam that is based on a first beam training procedure performed between the devices prior to the service period. The first wireless device may perform a second beam training procedure during the service period based on an absence of a response frame from the second wireless device, based on an indication within the response frame received from the second wireless device, or based on identification of a change in a wireless channel relative to a previous beam training interval or previous service period. The first wireless device may then communicate one or more messages with the second wireless device using one or more beams that are based on the second beam training procedure.
US11996919B2
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable media for a composite beam generation using machine learning. A method includes identifying a narrow beam for a transmission, identifying a composite beam including the narrow beam based on an association between one or more composite beams and one or more narrow beams, identifying one or more beamforming weights for transmitting the composite beam, and transmitting the composite beam using the one or more beamforming weights. The one or more beamforming weights are determined based on machine learning. In some embodiments, the method includes generating a composite beam codebook including information indicating sets of one or more beamforming weights corresponding to composite beam indexes, respectively. The sets of one or more beamforming weights are determined using respective parameters of a machine learning algorithm that are separately updated for coverage regions of composite beams corresponding to the composite beam indexes, respectively.
US11996918B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for a selection of one or more transmission and reception points (TRPs) within a multi-TRP system. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may transmit an indication of the selected TRPs and an indication of one or more beams that the selected TRPs may use to communicate with the UE based on a mismatch between a default operating frequency (DOF) of each TRP within the multi-TRP system and a DOF of the UE. For example, the UE may receive an indication of a DOF of each antenna port of the TRPs within the multi-TRP system and the UE may compare the indicated DOFs with a DOF of each antenna module of the UE. The UE may select to communicate with TRPs and select one or more ports that the selected TRPs may use to communicate with the UE based on the comparison.
US11996912B2
Disclosed is an electronic device for communicating using beamforming, and an operating method therefor, the electronic device including a plurality of antenna modules which are disposed at different locations and which support beamforming, a communication module which transmits and receives a signal through the plurality of antenna modules, at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The memory may store instructions, when executed, causing the processor to perform a beam search on the plurality of antenna modules, select at least two antenna modules allowing a beam satisfying a specified condition to be formed among the plurality of antenna modules, based on a result of the beam search, and communicate by alternately using the selected at least two antenna modules.
US11996908B2
A wireless power system includes a control system configured to output radio waves to an environment and a wearable device having an energy harvesting device configured to receive the radio waves and to harvest energy from the received radio waves. The wearable device also includes a processor and a sensor configured to detect a state of the wearable device and output a state signal to the processor. The processor is configured to output a device control signal based on the detected state signal. The wearable device further includes a communicator configured to receive the device control signal from the processor and to provide an output to the control system based on the state of the wearable device. At least the processor, the sensor, or the communicator receive power via the energy harvested by the energy harvesting device.
US11996907B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus including means configured to perform: obtaining a measured channel frequency response, and a measured noise power spectral density for a line of a wired network susceptible to an impairment; deriving, in case of an indication of an impairment present on the line, from the measured channel frequency response and the measured noise power spectral density, a first theoretical noise representation for the line with the impairment and a second theoretical noise representation for the line without the impairment; and determining information indicative of a location of the impairment in the line, by processing the measured noise power spectral density, the first theoretical noise representation, and the second theoretical noise representation with a neural network.
US11996905B2
The disclosure provides a communication and interaction method and a communication and interaction system using the communication interaction method. The communication and interaction method for communicating and interacting between an electric unit and a power supply unit, including: providing a communication module between the power supply unit and the electric unit; the power supply unit sends a first identification information to the electric unit through the communication module; the electric unit parses the first identification information through the communication module; and the communication module, on the basis of its own communication structure, matches a communication mode and a communication protocol which are applicable to the power supply unit and the electric unit at the same time, such that the communication between the electric unit and the power supply unit is established.
US11996904B2
A signal compensation line includes at least one of: a first signal compensation line including a first end connected to a main line (3) on a side closer to a first communication device (1) with respect to a first connection point (8-1) counted from the first communication device (1) among connection points (8-1) to (8-3) between the main line (3) and respective first ends of branch lines (5-1) to (5-3), and a second end grounded; or a second signal compensation line including a first end connected to the main line (3) on a side closer to a second communication device (2) with respect to the first connection point (8-3) counted from the second communication device (2) among the respective connection points (8-1) to (8-3), and a second end grounded.
US11996902B2
A vehicle remote instruction system 100 transmits a remote instruction request from an autonomous driving vehicle 2 to a remote instruction apparatus 1, and controls travel of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 based on a remote instruction transmitted from the remote instruction apparatus 1 in response to the remote instruction request. The vehicle remote instruction system 100 includes a delay determination unit 39 configured to determine whether or not a communication delay occurs between the remote instruction apparatus 1 and the autonomous driving vehicle 2, and a rejection unit 40 configured to reject the remote instruction transmitted in response to the remote instruction request if it is determined by the delay determination unit 39 that the communication delay occurs.
US11996901B2
An information handling system may include a processor; a memory; a power management unit (PMU); a wireless interface adapter to communicate via an antenna to a wireless network; an antenna controller to: receive, via a sideband wireless communication link, network telemetry data descriptive of network operating frequency bands and network frequency channels from a remote optimizing information handling system management system for a wireless protocol; receive operating characteristics associated with the operation of the information handling system indicating at least one detuning trigger for a network operating frequency band for a wireless protocol link for the wireless network; execute instructions of an antenna tuning algorithm to determine a tune state of the antenna, and issue instructions to a radio frequency switch including a resistor, inductor, and capacitor (RLC) circuit tuner at the antenna to tune the antenna to transceive data at the network operating frequency band to a target frequency commensurate with the network telemetry data descriptive of the wireless link according to the tune state.
US11996900B2
Systems and methods for processing data collected in an industrial environment using neural networks
Methods and an expert system for processing a plurality of inputs collected from sensors in an industrial environment are disclosed. A modular neural network, where the expert system uses one type of neural network for recognizing a pattern relating to at least one of: the sensors, components of the industrial environment and a different neural network for self-organizing a data collection activity in the industrial environment is disclosed. A data communication network configured to communicate at least a portion of the plurality of inputs collected from the sensors to storage device is also disclosed.
US11996897B2
A sound field generation apparatus includes: a first modulation unit modulating an ultrasonic wave signal according to a prescribed modulation system; a second modulation unit modulating the ultrasonic wave signal according to a modulation system different from the modulation system of the first modulation unit; a filter unit changing frequency characteristics of an audible range signal used in modulation of the second modulation unit; a first ultrasonic wave output unit outputting a first ultrasonic wave signal modulated by the first modulation unit; and a second ultrasonic wave output unit outputting a second ultrasonic wave signal modulated by the second modulation unit, wherein the filter unit is set to have filter characteristics to cancel a first audible sound reproduced by the first ultrasonic wave signal with a second audible sound reproduced by the second ultrasonic wave signal at a control point provided outside the sound field.
US11996896B2
A method and structure for equalization in coherent optical receivers. Block-based LMS (BLMS) algorithm is one of the many efficient adaptive equalization algorithms used to (i) increase convergence speed and (ii) reduce implementation complexity. Since the computation of the equalizer output and the gradient of the error are obtained using a linear convolution, BLMS can be efficiently implemented in the frequency domain with the constrained frequency-domain BLMS (FBLMS) adaptive algorithm. The present invention introduces a novel reduced complexity constrained FBLMS algorithm. This new approach replaces the two discrete Fourier transform (DFT) stages required to evaluate the DFT of the gradient error, by a simple frequency domain filtering. Implementation complexity can be drastically reduced in comparison to the standard constrained FBLMS. Furthermore, the new approach achieves better performance than that obtained with the unconstrained FBLMS in ultra-high speed coherent optical receivers.
US11996883B2
A computer-implemented method for recovering one or more active sub-signals from a composite signal of a blind source is provided. The method includes: performing an offline preparing process to generate a lookup table of Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT)-basic elements (WBEs); when receiving raw data of the composite signal of the blind source, performing a real-time process to recover the one or more active sub-signals of the composite signal according to the lookup table of WBEs by formulating the composite signal by a Realistic Adaptive Harmonic Model (RAHM); and generating analysis data comprising one or more attributes of the active sub-signals.
US11996880B2
A radio communication device switches a frequency channel to be used by using a predetermined hopping pattern during communication with a counterpart radio communication device, and includes a null determination unit that determines a position of a null symbol included in a received packet from the counterpart radio communication device and an interference measuring unit that measures an interference amount by using the null symbol included in the received packet.
US11996876B2
A rechargeable carrying case for a portable cellular communication system which protects and provides power to a mobile device is provided. The case includes a housing with a first side and second side which provides protection to the mobile device. The carrying case provides aesthetic benefits to the consumer as a sliding system allows for the mobile device to engage the carrying case. The carrying case provides extended battery charging capabilities and is adapted to use with a phone that has two distinct displays.
US11996864B2
A data processing device includes an average correction processor that corrects input data based on an average value of the input data and outputs average correction data, and reversibly encodes and decodes the average value to generate a decoded average value, an irreversible encoder/decoder that encodes and decodes the average correction data and outputs first and second decoded data, a binary predictor that predicts a magnitude of a restoration error included in the second decoded data based on the first decoded data and the decoded average value and outputs a prediction result as binary data, an error estimator that outputs an estimation error based on the first decoded data, the second decoded data, and the decoded average value, and an operation circuit that outputs output data based on the second decoded data, the binary data, the estimation error, and the decoded average value.
US11996859B1
A decoder is disclosed with error correction for memory data. The decoder's error correction is extended to additional faulty bits by integrating a memory test into the error correction to identify faulty bits in the memory data. A method for correction can include writing a known pattern to the failing address (and possibly to neighboring addresses), reading the known pattern back and comparing the read data to the written pattern to identify the failing bits. The failing bits are then used together with the error correction data to correct memory data having multiple incorrect bits or to alert other components about the failing bit locations.
US11996850B2
A device includes a first transistor (M1) having a control terminal that is a first comparator input, a first terminal that can be coupled to a voltage source, and a second terminal that provides a first comparator output; a second transistor (M2) having a control terminal that is a second comparator input, a first terminal that can be coupled to the voltage source, and a second terminal that provides a second comparator output; a third transistor (M3) having a control terminal coupled to M1, and a first terminal coupled to ground; a fourth transistor (M4) having a control terminal coupled to M2, and a first terminal coupled to ground; first switches that couple M3 second terminal to M3 control terminal, and M4 second terminal to M4 control terminal; and second switches that couple M3 second terminal to the M2 second terminal, and M4 second terminal to the M1 second terminal.
US11996849B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a timing sequence generation circuit includes: a ring oscillator having a plurality of clock signal outputs configured to provide clock signals delayed in time with respect to one another; a first shift register comprising a flip-flop having a clock input coupled to a clock signal input of the first shift register and an output coupled to an output of the first shift register; and a first circuit configured to: select a clock signal from among the clock signals; and deliver the selected clock signal to the clock signal input of the first shift register
US11996845B2
A switching circuit comprises a main switch element having a gate as a control input; and a ring oscillator connected as a driver circuit to the gate to drive the main switch via the gate. The basic circuit is used to build various components which have the property that they can work at very high frequencies.
US11996842B2
An integrated circuit includes a flip-flop circuit and a gating circuit. The flip-flop circuit is arranged to receive an input data for generating a master signal during a writing mode according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and to output an output data according to the first clock signal and the second clock signal during a storing mode. The gating circuit is arranged for generating the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the master signal and an input clock signal. When the input clock signal is at a signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at different logic levels. When the input clock signal is at another signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at a same logic level determined according to a signal level of the master signal.
US11996840B1
Light controlled switching modules are provide. In embodiments, a light controlled switching module includes: a housing; a light controlled semiconductor switch mounted to the housing, the light controlled semiconductor switch including a semiconductor body; at least one light source mounted to the housing in a spaced relationship from the light controlled semiconductor switch and positioned to direct light emitted from the at least one light source toward the semiconductor body; and first and second electrodes mounted to the housing and connected to the light controlled semiconductor switch, wherein the first and second electrodes are configured to have variable resistance between the first and the second electrode.
US11996839B2
An RF transmitter having one or more common-gate, CG, or common-base, CB, configured output stages, and a digitally controlled current source having a plurality of unit cells connected to the output stages, each of the plurality of unit cells comprising a current source. The digitally controlled current source is configured for driving the output stages with respective driving currents originating from the associated current source in each of the plurality of unit cells, in dependence of one or more input signals. The digitally controlled current source further comprises a current diversion path in each of the plurality of unit cells for providing a diversion current to a voltage source having a voltage lower than drain/collector terminals of transistors provided in the CG/CB configured output stages.
US11996831B2
Provided is a solid state power controller (SSPC). The SSPC comprises a power supply line configured to be connected between a power source and a load. Further, the solid state power controller comprises a semiconductor switching unit provided on the power supply line and configured to switch between at least two states according to a command signal. The at least two states include a conducting state and a non-conducting state. Further the solid state power controller comprises a state machine, which is configured to exhibit at least two states, including an ON state and an OFF state. The state machine is further configured to output the command signal according to a current state of the state machine.
US11996824B2
A resonator, a filter and a duplexer, which relate to the technical field of resonators. The resonator includes: a substrate, and a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer and an upper electrode layer, which are sequentially formed on the substrate, wherein an acoustic reflection structure is formed on a surface of the substrate that is close to the lower electrode layer, and an overlapping region of the acoustic reflection structure, the lower electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer and the upper electrode layer along a stacking direction forms a resonant region; and in the resonant region, the surface, which is away from the substrate, of at least one of the lower electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer and the upper electrode layer is etched to form an etched region, the depth of the etched region is less than the thickness of an etched layer, and the area of the etched region is less than the area of the resonant region. By means of controlling an etching area ratio of the resonant region to the etched region, the resonator can obtain a plurality of different resonant frequencies on the same wafer without increasing processes.
US11996813B2
An electronic circuit includes a microcontroller and a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), where the differential of the electronic circuit now proposed, is to transfer the output power to one of the different channels in a free and individual way, from one side to the other, being able to equalize and amplify each channel (speaker), permitting the power division not necessarily equal to said channels.
US11996794B2
A motor control device controls a drive of a motor having a coil, and includes a drive circuit and a control unit. The drive circuit has a plurality of switching elements, and switches the energization of the coil. The control unit includes an energization control part and a current limit part. The energization control part accelerates and then decelerates the motor, and controls energization of the coil so that a rotation position of the motor stops at a target rotation position. The current limit part limits the current during a deceleration control.
US11996786B2
A resonance control method for differentiated phase correction under asymmetric positive and negative bilateral frequency domains includes a differentiated phase correction resonance control link with an independent phase correction angle at each resonance point, a decoupling link and a delay compensation link. As a high power converter has the characteristic of asymmetric positive and negative bilateral frequency domains under resonance control with decoupling, stability margin of a control link is enhanced while a negative-sequence current suppression capability is realized by means of differentiated phase correction at positive and negative resonance poles.
US11996785B1
A method of optimizing the efficiency of an AC-DC converter, wherein the energy extraction time from the AC line is increased and as result the size of the bulk capacitor can be decreased and in applications wherein the size of the bulk capacitor is maintained constant the ripple across the bulk capacitor is decreased. The methods presented also increase the power factor in AC-DC converters. Extending the energy extraction from the AC line also lowers the RMS current through the input bridge and the input bulk capacitor. The reduction of the ripple across the bulk capacitor also increases the efficiency of the DC-DC converter, increasing in this way the overall efficiency of the AC-DC converter.
US11996781B2
An energy conversion apparatus, a power system, and a vehicle are provided. The energy conversion apparatus includes a motor coil (11) and a bridge arm converter (12). The bridge arm converter (12) is connected to an external battery (200) and an external charging port (10). The motor coil (11) is connected to the external charging port (10), and the motor coil (11) includes a plurality of phase windings, each phase winding includes N coil units, first ends of the N coil units of each phase winding are connected together and then connected to a corresponding phase bridge arm of the plurality of phase bridge arms, and second ends of coil units in each phase winding are connected to second ends of corresponding coil units in other phase windings and then selectively connected to the charging port (10).
US11996775B2
A DC transformer circuit is provided. A first end of an energy storage inductor in the DC transformer circuit is connected with a module output pin in a DC transformer module, and a second end of the energy storage inductor is connected to a grounded terminal. Using the DC transformer circuit can thus generate a negative voltage for a display device. Compared to a DC buck-boost circuit adopted in the existing arts, the DC transformer circuit has an advantage of low cost.
US11996774B2
A driver circuit for driving a single conductor line that is coupled to a series of individually controlled circuit units each including a capacitor includes a power supply circuit for supplying a constant current to the single conductor line and a line driver supply circuit configured to modulate a digital information signal onto the constant current on the single conductor line. The line driver further includes a signaling transistor structured to operate in a zero voltage switched mode at least part of the time, and a signaling inductor coupled between the single conductor line and the signaling transistor.
US11996771B2
A power semiconductor system includes: a power stage module having one or more power transistor dies attached to or embedded in a first printed circuit board; and an inductor module attached to the power stage module and having an inductor electrically connected to an output node of the power stage module. The inductor includes windings patterned into a second printed circuit board of the inductor module.
US11996770B2
A direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter can include a chip embedded integrated circuit (IC), one or more switches, and an inductor. The IC can be embedded in a PCB. The IC can include driver, switches, and PWM controller. The IC and/or switches can include eGaN. The inductor can be stacked above the IC and/or switches, reducing an overall footprint. One or more capacitors can also be stacked above the IC and/or switches. Vias can couple the inductor and/or capacitors to the IC (e.g., to the switches). The DC-DC converter can offer better transient performance, have lower ripples, or use fewer capacitors. Parasitic effects that prevent efficient, higher switching speeds are reduced. The inductor size and overall footprint can be reduced. Multiple inductor arrangements can improve performance. Various feedback systems can be used, such as a ripple generator in a constant on or off time modulation circuit.
US11996767B1
A method of adaptively controlling dead time between turn off of a first switching device of an inverter and turn on of a second switching device of the inverter that is a counterpart of the first switching device can include: monitoring a plurality of switching events of at least one of the first and second switching devices, storing for each monitored switching event an indication whether a dead time associated therewith permitted optimal switching, and adaptively controlling the dead time responsive to the stored indications. Monitoring a plurality of switching events of at least one of the first and second switching devices can further include sampling an output voltage of the inverter and comparing the sampled output voltage to one of a high reference voltage corresponding to a high inverter rail voltage and a low reference voltage corresponding to a low inverter rail voltage.
US11996765B2
A current limit control circuit and a switched-mode power supply chip incorporating the current limit control circuit are disclosed. The current limit control circuit includes an output current sampling module, a first voltage comparator module, a hysteresis comparator module, a logic control module, a capacitor charging/discharging module and a current limit control module. The capacitor charging/discharging module is configured to charge/discharge a capacitor and thus change its output voltage, and the hysteresis comparator module is configured to produce a current limit control signal which allows the switched-mode power supply to output a high current for a specified period of time. Upon elapse of the period, the power transistor is controlled to cause a low current to be output. This ensures that the demand of a load for a transient current is satisfied while ensuring safe and stable operation of the chip for a long time.
