US12011506B2
Methods are provided for treating or preventing human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) or human immunodeficiency virus-2 (HIV-2) in a virologically suppressed patient in need thereof comprising switching the patient from an antiretroviral treatment regimen comprising at least three antiretroviral agents to a treatment regimen comprising only two antiretroviral agents. In one aspect the two treatment regimen consists of dolutegravir, rilpivirine and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, diluent or carrier. In another aspect of the invention, there is provided a multilayer tablet comprising dolutegravir or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and rilpivirine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12011498B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods preventing or reversing the symptoms of aging in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject an amount of a composition comprising pterostilbene, nicotinamide, and optionally vitamin A (retinol), and one or more retinoids effective to prevent or reverse the symptoms of aging.
US12011496B2
The present invention provides a topical formulation and method of use where the formulation comprises macqui berry or a macqui berry extract containing anthocyanins having a very high oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC). The formulation provides the macqui berry in a stabilized form which includes a glucuronide or glycuronide, a photostabilizing agent, encapsulation, or light- and/or air-blocking packaging.
US12011492B2
Water-soluble refill dose article enclosing a concentrated cleanser composition and kits having same
Water-soluble refill dose articles for forming a cleanser have a water-soluble film defining a first compartment enclosing a first composition and a second compartment enclosing a second composition, which are individual separate articles or are part of an integral article. The first composition has a rheology modifier, a first surfactant, 10% or less by weight water, 20% or less by weight glycol, and the first surfactant does not activate the rheology modifier. The second compartment has an alkaline substance that when mixed with the first composition and water activates the rheology modifier to increase the viscosity of a resulting cleanser and 10% or less by weight water. When the article is diluted in water at a 1:1 to 1:20 ratio, it produces a cleanser having a viscosity within a range of 2000 cps to 50,000 cps.
US12011491B2
One aspect of the present disclosure is a sheet type mask gel composition including a polyol, a water-soluble thickener, and water, wherein adhesive strength is maintained for a long time, a mask sheet including the same, and a method of manufacturing the mask sheet.
US12011481B2
The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to TIM 3 and antagonize TIM-3 function. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
US12011480B2
This disclosure provides compositions and methods for promoting the formation, expansion and recruitment of TR1 cells and/or B cells in an antigen-specific manner and treating diseases and disorders in a subject in need thereof.
US12011475B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a polypeptide fragment, a derivative of the polypeptide fragment, and applications of the derivative of the polypeptide in the preparation of drugs for preventing and treating fibrosis diseases.
US12011474B2
A composition comprising at least a mixture of molecules extracted from Chrysanthellum indicum, Cynara scolymus and Lycium barbarum. This composition is in particular useful as a nutritional product or health product to prevent and/or combat fat and/or carbohydrate metabolism disorders in Humans or animals.
US12011468B2
A method of improving microbiome within an animal can include administering to the animal a composition containing a probiotic and psyllium. The probiotic has at least one of any suitable strain or subspecies of Enterococcus. Compositions containing a probiotic and psyllium are also provided herein.
US12011466B2
The invention relates to the field of modified Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 (EcN) and its use for treating gastro-intestinal disorders. The invention is based on the study of the mechanisms implicated in the probiotic properties of the Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 (EcN). This study has allowed the inventors to decouple the probiotic activity of EcN from its genotoxic activity by demonstrating that EcN ClbP protein, the enzyme that activates the genotoxin colibactin, is also required for the siderophore-microcins activity of probiotic EcN, but interestingly, not its enzymatic domain that cleaves precolibactin to form active colibactin. Furthermore, inventors demonstrate in an in vivo animal model infected by a bacterial pathogen that administration of an EcN modified strain with clbP gene encoding ClbP protein inactive for the peptidase domain, is non-genotoxic (do not produce colibactin) but keeps the bacterial antagonist activity, and reduces colonization and virulence of the pathogen by maintaining the siderophore-microcin production. Thus this study opens the way to safe use of EcN and accordingly the present invention provides an Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 (EcN) bacterium carrying a gene encoding ClbP protein which is inactive for the peptidase domain, and its use as a drug and more particularly for use in the treatment of gastro-intestinal disease.
US12011460B2
It is provided a method of expanding dendritic (DC) cells and/or natural killer (NK) cells in vivo in a patient comprising the steps of producing a graft of stem and progenitor cells cultured with UM171 or analogues therefrom and expanded before being administered to the patient. The expansion or increase in dendritic (DC) cells and/or natural killer (NK) cells population in the patient results in an increase immune response reducing transplant related mortality (TRM), severe graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), relapse, and/or severe viral infections.
US12011458B2
A pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is used for improving health, cure abnormalities and degenerative disease; achieve anti-aging effect of therapy and therapeutic effect on mammals. The pharmaceutical composition includes a pharmaceutical carrier and an isotope selective ingredient including at least one of a chemical element and a chemical compound containing the chemical element whereby isotope distribution in the at least one of the chemical element and the chemical compound containing the chemical element is different from natural distribution of at least one of isotopes wherein the part of selected isotope of the chemical element ranges from 0 to 100%. A method of the present invention uses the inventive pharmaceutical composition to improve health, cure abnormalities and degenerative disease and achieve therapeutic effect on mammals.
US12011457B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction. Said methods are performed by administering said composition comprising a selenium disulfide and an anhydrous semi-solid base. The stable anhydrous composition are substantially free of selenium disulfide agglomerates.
US12011437B1
An improved method is provided for treating a patient having a disorder responsive to PDE-4 inhibition by administering roflumilast. The improvement involves administering the roflumilast topically in a composition having a roflumilast release profile that produces in the patient a flattened plasma concentration time curve and a reduced Cmax relative to oral administration of a PDE4-inhibiting amount of roflumilast. Such disorders include inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory dermatoses, including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and seborrheic dermatitis. Such disorders also include inflammatory diseases in a variety of organs, especially the lungs (asthma, COPD). Because of reduced side effects with topical administration due to the improved pharmacokinetics (PK) characteristics, it may be possible to provide higher systemic exposures (AUCs) with topical administration, resulting in greater therapeutic efficacy than with the oral route of administration.
US12011431B2
A pharmaceutical composition containing forskolin and retinoic acid as active ingredients which is suitable for preventing or treating sensorineural hearing loss is disclosed. A pharmaceutical composition containing forskolin and retinoic acid as active ingredients has an excellent effect of preventing, alleviating or treating hearing loss caused by ototoxic drugs during anticancer treatment, and thus is useful as a pharmaceutical composite preparation capable of reducing side effects of anticancer drugs and, additionally, as an agent for preventing or treating sensorineural hearing loss.
US12011428B2
A method of stimulating ventilatory and/or respiratory drive in a subject in need thereof includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising an glutathione alkyl ester, adduct thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, or solvate thereof.
US12011424B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for treating plexiform neurofibromas associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1-PN), comprising administering to a pediatric patient (e.g., 2 to 15 years of age) in need thereof mirdametinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12011417B2
Disclosed is a septum holder for use in a connector section of a fluid transfer apparatus for the transfer of a drug from one container to another. The septum holder comprises a body part and a septum support that are moveable in relation to each other. A septum is attached to the septum support. The body part and septum support are configured to be locked to each other at the end of a movement that brings them to their closest positions to each other.
US12011416B2
A blood flow stimulator may help encourage blood flow in a limb of a patient. The blood flow stimulator may include a housing configured for sealing about the limb of the patient. The housing may include a sealable volume, and the sealable volume may receive the limb of the patient. The blood flow stimulator may include a seal, and the seal may be coupled with the housing. The seal may engage with at least a portion of the limb, for instance to segregate the sealable volume from a surrounding environment of the blood flow stimulator. The blood flow stimulator may include a conduit extending through the housing. The conduit mat help provide access to the sealable volume, for instance from the surrounding environment. In some examples, an adjustable stent is utilized to enhance blood flow within vasculature of a patient. A stent operator may change a size of the stent.
US12011409B1
A stimulation device includes a rotary member, a fixing member, a sliding member and a swinging unit. The rotary member defines a first groove therein, wherein the first groove is annular and non-circular. The fixing member defines a second groove therein, wherein the second groove is linear-shaped. The sliding member includes a first sliding portion being slidably engaged into the first groove and a second sliding portion being slidably engaged into the second groove. The swinging unit includes at least one swinging bar being rotatably connected to the sliding member.
US12011401B1
A wheelchair lift apparatus includes a vertical lift rail attached to a front frame of the wheelchair, a support plate slidably engaged with the lift rail and extending horizontally forward, and an actuator for moving the support plate along the lift rail. The wheelchair lift apparatus enables a person to move from sitting on the ground to sitting on the wheelchair, and vice versa, without using his/her legs and without assistance from another person. With the support plate lowered onto or near the ground, a person can maneuver, without using his/her legs, between sitting on the ground or on the support plate. With the support plate raised to flush with the wheelchair seat, the person can maneuver, without using his/her legs, between sitting on the wheelchair seat or on the support plate. The support plate can be positioned along the lift rail to act as a footrest.
US12011393B2
In certain embodiments, a system for sensing occlusions in an optical system includes a first laser source configured to generate optical signals and a set of optical elements arranged to receive the optical signals from the first laser source and to direct the optical signals along a beam path. The system also includes a detector arranged to receive reflections of the optical signals traveling along at least a portion of the beam path and a control system communicably coupled to the detector. The control system is configured to detect, based on signals generated by the detector, reflection signals associated with the reflections of the optical signals, and disable a second laser source based on detection of the reflection signals.
US12011392B2
A treatment device for the surgical correction of hyperopia in the eye comprising a laser device controlled by a control device. The laser device separating corneal tissue by applying laser radiation. The control device controls the laser device for emitting the laser radiation into the cornea such that a lenticule-shaped volume is isolated. Removal thereof effects the desired correction. The control device predefines the volume such that a posterior surface and an anterior surface are connected via an edge surface that has a width in projection along the visual axis that is wider than the one which a straight line in the same projection, that is perpendicular at the edge of the posterior or the anterior surface would have relative to the associated surface and connects the anterior surface to the posterior surface or to the perceived extension thereof.
US12011376B2
Embodiments include a prosthetic thumb device that includes a track configured to attach to a prosthetic socket, a carriage, and a locking mechanism. The carriage can include a first component that couples to the track such that the carriage is operable to move along the track, and a second component that is configured to couple with a prosthetic digit and operable to rotate with respect to the first component. The locking mechanism can be coupled to the carriage and configured such that, in a first state, it prevents the carriage from moving along the track in a first direction and, in a second state, it allows the carriage to move along the track in the first direction. Embodiments can also include the track having a curved profile, and the carriage is operable to move along the curved profile of the track.
US12011373B2
A mounting bracket for a prosthetic foot configured to attach to a residual limb, comprising an upper member, a lower member and compression torsion joint. The upper member comprises an upper flange, a mating post, and mounting portion configured to attach to the residual limb. The lower member comprises a mating portion, a lower flange, and a mounting portion configured to attach to the prosthetic foot. The compression torsion joint couples the upper member to the lower member and is configured to limit the vertical movement and torsional movement of the upper member with respect to the lower member.
US12011372B2
A prosthetic knee can include a variable-torque magnetorheological (MR) actuator assembly or braking system, a frame and an electronics assembly or system that also serves as a mount for the knee actuator and facilitates in monitoring and controlling the operation of the knee actuator. The prosthetic knee system advantageously provides resistive forces to substantially simulate the position and motion of a natural knee joint during ambulation and/or other locomotory activities performed by the amputee. The prosthetic knee can have a series of internal blades for providing resistive forces. A locking ratchet can be used to lock knee position. A dynamic seal with a protective shim can be disposed in the knee actuator. A coil with a non-circular cross-section can be used.
US12011371B2
An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A method or technique for using the surgical instruments to prepare the bones is also disclosed.
US12011362B2
An interbody spinal cage comprising: a body portion comprising a superior side, an inferior side and at least one lateral side connecting the superior side and the inferior side; and at least one endplate portion coupled to the superior side or the inferior side of the body portion, the at least one endplate portion comprising a unibody structure and operable to be fixedly coupled to an anatomical structure of a patient and decoupled from the superior side or the inferior side of the body portion.
US12011351B2
A valve catheter is advanced through a patient's vasculature while a prosthetic heart valve is attached to flexible extensions along a distal end thereof. The valve catheter is advanced through a tubular sleeve for exposing the prosthetic heart valve and allowing the prosthetic heart valve to self-expand while the extensions remain attached to the prosthetic heart valve. A release mechanism on a handle portion is actuated for releasing the prosthetic heart valve from the extensions, thereby implanting the prosthetic heart in a native heart valve. If the operator is not satisfied with the initial expansion, the prosthetic heart valve may be reoriented before release from the extensions by retracting the prosthetic heart valve back into the tubular sleeve, adjusting the orientation of the prosthetic heart valve and then re-advancing the valve catheter from the tubular sleeve for allowing the prosthetic heart valve to re-self-expand at a more desirable location.
US12011346B2
A device and method for repair of a patient's aorta is disclosed. The device includes a first component including an outer diameter equal to a first diameter, a second component attached to a distal end of the first component, and a plurality of third components positioned in a chamber defined in the second component. The second component includes a proximal surface extending outwardly from the distal end of the first component, and a plurality of openings defined in the proximal surface. Each third component includes a passageway extending inwardly from an opening of the plurality of openings defined in the proximal surface. Each passageway is sized to receive a tubular conduit, and the proximal surface has an outer edge that defines a second diameter greater than the first diameter.
US12011344B1
A drool guard (1) that is worn in the mouth to capture excess saliva and prevent drool from escaping a user's mouth while sleeping and when in public.
US12011337B2
In embodiments set forth herein, an intraoral scanner comprises a body, a probe at one end of the body, the probe comprising a scanner head, a wireless communication module disposed within the body, one or more optical sensor, and a touchscreen disposed on the body. The one or more optical sensor is to receive light that enters the scanner head and generate intraoral scan data based on the light, wherein the wireless communication module is to wirelessly send the intraoral scan data to a first computing device. The touchscreen is configured to output a plurality of virtual buttons, detect a touch input associated with a virtual button of the plurality of virtual buttons, and provide a signal associated with the touch input of the virtual button to the first computing device.
US12011324B2
An insert assembly has an insert having an insert metal tang, and a radiofrequency identifier having a ferromagnetic layer in contact with the insert metal tang and including ferromagnetic material, a dielectric layer in contact with the ferromagnetic layer, an insert antenna in contact with the dielectric layer and having an insert antenna metal element extending along a planar profile for receiving and transmitting electromagnetic fields, and an identification chip operatively connected to the insert antenna for transmitting and receiving information about the insert assembly. The ferromagnetic layer reduces or cancels attenuation and/or distortion phenomena of electromagnetic fields. A transceiver device puts the identification chip in wireless communication with a handpiece antenna. The identification chip avoids protruding from a first or outer side of the planar profile. A part of the identification chip protrudes with a chip portion from a second or inner side of the insert antenna metal element. The chip portion is received in a chip seat.
US12011323B1
A multi-layer fiducial marker includes a graphic pattern layer having an upper surface including a registration pattern and a lower surface coated with a radiopaque material and a hard coat film layer disposed over the radiopaque material. A ballistic gel layer is stacked underneath the graphic pattern layer and a first adhesive layer is disposed between the ballistic gel layer and the hard coat film layer. A second adhesive layer affixed to a lower surface of the ballistic gel to facilitate attachment of the marker to an imaging subject.
US12011314B2
A modular stethoscope system has multiple ear pieces and chest pieces. The modular stethoscope system allows multiple peoples' heartbeat and breathing sounds to be shared. The apparatus can have multiple heart modules that are placed on users' chests that can each receive circulatory and/or respiratory audio signals from the users. The heart modules can be coupled to each other and/or coupled to multiple audio output devices so that some or all of the users can hear the combined heartbeats. The heart modules' inputs and outputs can be shared through direct physical links and/or converted into electrical or wireless signals that can be received by other electrical audio output devices so that multiple users can listen to multiple heartbeat outputs.
US12011311B2
The present disclosure relates to an automatic organ program selection method, a storage medium, and an X-ray medical device. According to an implementation, an automatic organ program selection method for X-ray imaging comprises: acquiring an image of a person to be detected; performing organ detection based on the image of the person to be detected, so as to determine an organ to be detected; providing organ programs to be selected that correspond to the organ to be detected; and determining an organ program for the organ to be detected so as to perform X-ray imaging. The present disclosure can greatly reduce the time for setting a system, and reduce the impact of patient movement on determination of an organ program, thereby improving examination efficiency.
US12011305B2
A tube arm assembly is rotatably connected to the floor mounted gantry of a breast imaging system. A support arm connected to the tube arm assembly can be independently rotated and positioned in a first angle, second angle, and a level position. A compression arm is configured to support a breast compression paddle and is linearly positionable on the support arm. Display screens and a sensor are disposed on an upper surface of the compression arm. Based on a signal received from the sensor, a controller is configured to change the read-ready orientation of each arm display.
US12011303B2
The present invention provides a system for real-time pain detection, which comprises a means for acquiring biomedical signals relating to pain in a subject in need thereof, a computing means for transforming the acquired biomedical signals during a given period of time into the signal data for measurement of pain, analyzing the data to divide into two or more models, including at least a pain model which is defined by the data showing a peak-shaped profile and a non-pain model which is defined by the data showing a flat profile, whereby the pain status of the subject is measured based on the results of the analysis, a process means for generating an index of pain using the results of the analysis depending on the subject's demands or sensation, and a display showing the pain status of the subject.
US12011299B2
At least one sound generator operatively coupleable to a corresponding at least one auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor provides for generating a corresponding at least one sound signal that is applied to the corresponding at least one auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor. For each sound generator and corresponding auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor operatively coupled thereto, a communications interface provides for receiving a corresponding auscultatory sound signal from the corresponding auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor, and at least one computer processor operatively coupled to the communications interface provides for either generating, or causing to be generated, an electronic audio signal that drives the sound generator, causing a corresponding at least one sound signal to be generated thereby, and at least one computer processor provides for analyzing the auscultatory sound signal from the corresponding auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor responsive thereto for determining whether or not the corresponding at least one auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor is functioning properly.
US12011294B2
Described herein are variations of an analyte monitoring system, including an analyte monitoring device. For example, an analyte monitoring device may include an implantable microneedle array for use in measuring one or more analytes (e.g., glucose), such as in a continuous manner. The microneedle array may include, for example, at least one microneedle including a tapered distal portion having an insulated distal apex, and an electrode on a surface of the tapered distal portion located proximal to the insulated distal apex. At least some of the microneedles may be electrically isolated such that one or more electrodes is individually addressable.
US12011287B2
A system for providing stimulation to a patient includes one or more processors implemented in circuitry and one or more accelerometers configured to generate one or more accelerometer signals. The one or more processors are configured to determine accelerometer information for a medical device associated with the patient based on the one or more accelerometer signals and convert the accelerometer information into frequency domain coefficients. The one or more processors are further configured to determine an activity level for the patient based on the frequency domain coefficients and determine one or more stimulation parameters based on the activity level. The one or more processors are further configured to output electrical stimulation to the patient based on the one or more stimulation parameters.
US12011285B2
A knee examination method includes situating a patient on a patient support adjacent a robotic knee testing apparatus, the apparatus having a motion tracking system. The robotic knee testing apparatus is set up including defining a world coordinate system based on a fixed location of a transmitter of the motion tracking system. The patient is set up including determining one or more local coordinate systems each based on setting up the patient and on one or more robot based points. The robotic knee testing apparatus is operable to manipulate a leg of the patient.
US12011281B2
A motor control score is automatically generated for a subject based on electroencephalography (EEG) data represented as a plurality of EEG waveforms obtained from a plurality of EEG electrodes. Each waveform is separated into at least one window, containing a portion of the EEG waveform representative of neural activity corresponding to a movement performed by the subject. At least one or more frequency components and/or signal components are determined from the EEG data in the window, and a motor control score is determined based on these components. The frequency components may correspond to event-related desynchronization (ERD) response frequency band and event-related synchronization (ERS) response frequency band. In other embodiments, the frequency components correspond to a phase response and the signal components correspond to a signal power spectrum density of the window, which are provided to a primary neural network model to determine the motor control score.
US12011278B2
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) performs a method that includes determining whether first criteria for detecting a ventricular tachyarrhythmia are met by a cardiac electrical signal. The ICD determines features from cardiac signal segment of a group of cardiac signal segments and determines whether a first portion of the features satisfy monomorphic waveform criteria and determines whether a second portion of the features satisfy supraventricular beat criteria. The ICD determines whether second criteria for detecting the ventricular tachyarrhythmia are met and withholds detecting of the ventricular tachyarrhythmia in response to the monomorphic waveform criteria and the supraventricular beat criteria being met.
US12011274B2
A biopotential measurement device including a plurality of sensing electrodes and a controller is described. The plurality of sensing electrodes is adapted to measure one or more biopotential signals when the plurality of sensing electrodes is worn. The controller is coupled to the plurality of sensing electrodes and memory that stores instructions that when executed by the controller cause the biopotential measurement device to perform operations. The operations include collecting electrical signals over a first time period, each of the electrical signals associated with at least one of the plurality of sensing electrodes, mixing the electrical signals to generate a biopotential dataset that includes permutations of the electrical signals, and identifying a target biopotential signal included in the one or more biopotential signals based, at least in part, on the biopotential dataset.
US12011271B2
There is provided an electrode catheter for measuring an electric potential inside a heart of a subject. The electrode catheter includes: a shaft that is inserted into the heart, wherein the shaft includes a distal end portion, and a guide portion that is connected to the distal end portion; a non-contact electrode that is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the distal end portion or the guide portion; and at least one contact electrode that is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the distal end portion and that is configured to make contact with an endocardium of the heart. The non-contact electrode is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the distal end portion or the guide portion so as not to make contact with the endocardium in a state where the contact electrode is in contact with the endocardium.
US12011267B2
A medical device for detecting at least one analyte in a body fluid, a method for assembling the medical device and a method of using the medical device are disclosed. The medical device comprises: an analyte sensor having an insertable portion; an insertion cannula receiving the insertable portion of the analyte sensor; an electronics unit connected with the analyte sensor; and a housing comprising an electronics compartment receiving the electronics unit and a sensor compartment receiving the analyte sensor, the sensor compartment forming a sealed compartment receiving the insertable portion of the analyte sensor, the sealed compartment comprising detachable upper and lower caps, the lower cap configured for detachment before insertion, the insertion cannula being attached to the upper cap, wherein detaching the upper cap after insertion removes the insertion cannula, wherein the electronics compartment at least partially surrounds the sensor compartment.
US12011261B2
A fully autonomous system is used to diagnose an ear infection in a patient. For example, a processor receives patient data about a patient, the patient data comprising at least one of: patient history from medical records for the patient, one or more vitals measurements of the patient, and answers from the patient about the patient's condition. The processor receives a set of biomarker features extracted from measurement data taken from an ear of the patient. The processor synthesizes the patient data and the biomarker features into input data, and applies the synthesized input data to a trained diagnostic model, the diagnostic model comprising a machine learning model configured to output a probability-based diagnosis of an ear infection from the synthesized input data. The processor outputs the determined diagnosis from the diagnostic model. A service may then determine a therapy for the patient based on the determined diagnosis.
US12011253B2
A method for generating a respiratory datum for a user includes generating a multimedia instruction that is timestamped via software of an electronic terminal and transmitting this multimedia instruction to the user via a transmission system; measuring the air pressure in a fluid exhalation chamber of a respiration unit for receiving the air exhaled and/or inhaled by a user; and generating a respiratory datum quantifying the respiratory performance of the user.
US12011241B2
A minimally invasive medical instrument comprises an elongate flexible body comprising a proximal portion, a distal portion, a transition portion between the proximal portion and the distal portion, and an inner sheath extending at least within the proximal portion. The inner sheath comprises a plurality of conduits extending through a wall of the inner sheath. A distal end of each conduit terminates at the transition portion. The flexible body further comprises a steerable tube extending within the distal portion. The steerable tube comprises a plurality of grooves in a wall of the steerable tube. The medical instrument further comprises at least one tendon extending from the proximal portion into the distal portion of the flexible body. In the proximal portion, the tendon extends through at least one conduit of the plurality of conduits. In the distal portion, the tendon extends within at least one groove of the plurality of grooves.
US12011240B2
A surgical robotic arm control system and a surgical robotic arm control method are provided. The surgical robotic arm control system includes a surgical robotic arm, a first image capturing unit, a second image capturing unit, and a processor. The first image capturing unit is used for obtaining a field image. The field image includes a first target image of a target object. The second image capturing unit is disposed at an end position of the surgical robotic arm and is used to obtain a second target image of the target object. The processor analyzes the field image to obtain robotic arm movement information, and controls the surgical robotic arm to move to approach the target object. The processor analyzes the target image to obtain robotic arm rotation information, and controls an angle and a posture of the surgical robotic arm.
US12011236B2
A method comprises displaying a surgical environment image. The surgical environment image includes a field of view image obtained by a first imaging system. The method also includes receiving alert information and providing an alert indication, based upon the alert information, within the surgical environment image by altering a portion of the surgical environment image.
US12011235B1
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods to perform a surgical procedure. The systems and methods utilize MRI-compatible fiducial markers including a body having at least one feature configured to receive an MRI-compatible and MRI-visible material and to allow registration of a navigational tool. The MRI-compatible fiducial markers can be affixed to a bone of a patient. The registered navigational tool can be used to advance a surgical tool along a navigational path to perform a surgical procedure.
US12011228B2
A medical device position notification system including a medical device and at least one sensor associated with the medical device, a processor, and a display device. The medical device is configured to be inserted into an orifice of the patient. The sensor measures information related to the position of the medical device in the patient's body, and communicates the information with the processor in real-time. The display device is coupled to the processor and is configured to display a tracing path of the position of the medical device in real-time. The display device is further configured to display a notification of the position of the medical device within the patient's body, such as a notification alert that the medical device has deviated from a predetermined path.
US12011223B2
The present invention relates to an eye phantom for evaluating a retinal angiography image, and a manufacturing method therefor. A purpose of the present invention is to provide an eye phantom for evaluating a retinal angiography image, capable of simulating even the vascular structure and blood flow of a retina so as to be more similar to an actual retinal structure than a conventional eye phantom; and a manufacturing method therefor. More specifically, a purpose of the present invention is to provide an eye phantom for evaluating a retinal angiography image, including various shapes of fine fluid channel structures corresponding to the vascular structure formed in an actual retina; and a manufacturing method therefor.
US12011218B2
Described herein are methods, devices, and support structures for assembling optical fibers in catheter tips and facilitating alignment and structural support. A method for assembling a plurality of optical fibers and lenses in a support structure for an ablation catheter includes providing a support structure with a proximal end, a body, and a distal end, the distal end including a plurality of alignment orifices or slits. A plurality of optical fibers are threaded through the alignment orifices or slits, such that each optical fiber is threaded through a corresponding alignment orifice or slit. An adhesive material is applied at each alignment orifice or slit to secure the optical fibers, and the plurality of optical fibers are then cleaved at the distal end to remove portions of the fibers extending out of the distal end. Finally, a lens is attached to each of the ends of the plurality of optical fibers.
US12011214B2
A system for controlled sympathectomy procedures is disclosed. A system for controlled micro ablation procedures is disclosed. Methods for performing a controlled surgical procedure are disclosed. A system for performing controlled surgical procedures in a minimally invasive manner is disclosed. Systems and methods for accessing target tissues as part of a neuromodulation procedure from within a lumen are disclosed.
US12011211B2
A pump includes a cylinder, a piston and a controller. The cylinder has first and second ends and includes first and second inlet-outlet ports, each of the first and second inlet-outlet ports is configured to alternately intake a fluid to the cylinder and output the fluid from the cylinder. The piston is configured to be moved within the cylinder between the first and second ends by alternately reversing a direction of movement of the piston, so as to pump the fluid through the first and second inlet-outlet ports. The controller is configured to control the movement of the piston within the cylinder, including: (a) choosing between first and second operational modes, (b) in the first operational mode, controlling the piston to oscillate over a predefined interval that does not exceed a predefined distance from the first end or from the second end, and (c) in the second operational mode, controlling the piston to move at a selected speed between the first end and the second end.
US12011207B2
A method for operating an electrosurgical system including an ultrasound generator and an ultrasonic instrument, includes the steps: determining an initial resonant frequency of the ultrasonic instrument by the ultrasound generator, energizing the ultrasonic instrument by the ultrasound generator with an operating amplitude and an operating frequency which correspond to the initial resonant frequency, tracking the operating frequency of the ultrasound generator with changes in the resonant frequency of the ultrasonic instrument, and terminating the energizing of the ultrasonic instrument by the ultrasound generator. A method terminates the energizing of the ultrasonic instrument by the ultrasound generator, in a decay phase the operating amplitude of the ultrasound generator is reduced to zero with a predefined or predefinable rate of change. An ultrasound generator is also presented.
US12011206B2
In one example, a medical device may be adapted for use with a delivery device, and the medical device may include a handle including at least one actuator; a body adapted to releasably mount to a distal portion of the delivery device, the body supporting a pair of jaws rotatably coupled to the body; and a control wire coupled to the pair of jaws and the actuator. The actuator may be configured to open and close the pair of jaws.
US12011193B2
A polyaxial pedicle screw has a screw shaft and a screw head with a substantially spherical base shape. The polyaxial pedicle screw is mounted in a receiving sleeve or area. An insertion sleeve can be pressed against the screw head to determine a relative pivot position between the receiving sleeve or area and the screw shaft. Two pivot guide or pivot restriction units each have at least one extension projecting radially and in the longitudinal direction of the screw beyond the spherical base shape of the screw head. The extensions form stops on their radial outer surfaces and are positioned to permit relative pivoting of the screw shaft and the area or receiving sleeve only in one pivoting plane, and to abut in a supporting manner against a radially inner circumferential side of the area or receiving sleeve during relative pivoting in another pivoting plane.
US12011189B2
A fluid flow metal sleeve includes a sleeve main body and an elongation portion, which are of a hollow structure as a whole. The sleeve main body is connected to the elongation portion in a threaded manner, and a terminal end of the sleeve main body is connected to an ultrasound scalpel handle and enables an ultrasound scalpel to pass therethrough. The fluid flow metal sleeve can control the direction of fluid flow during incision with the ultrasound scalpel so as to achieve the lubricating and cooling effects on a scalpel head. In addition, due to the use of a metal structure, a user can extend an original holding part from an outer portion of the ultrasound scalpel handle to an outer wall of the metal sleeve as required. The fluid flow metal sleeve also has an adjustable telescopic function so as to be adapted to different application scenarios, and limits the length of extension of the scalpel head so as to limit the depth during incision to improve the safety of surgery.
US12011184B2
Balloon catheters, sleeves, cages, and endoluminal prostheses are provided with stress-applying and spacing features coupled to expandable surfaces thereof. The stress-applying features may have blunt and/or rounded contact regions which contact tissue or calcified regions in the vasculature. The contact regions dent or fracture occlusive material on the wall of a vascular lumen and/or patient valve leaflets when expanded. The spacing features permit blood, drug, and contrast perfusion past structures expanded in the vasculature, particularly balloon catheters.
US12011183B2
Drill guides are disclosed herein that include a tapered projection that hooks under a bone to position the drill guide relative to the bone. The drill guide is used to drill a hole that receives a suture anchor.
US12011180B2
Disclosed are tools and devices for use in repairing an intervertebral disc. The devices include an anchor configured to be secured in a vertebra adjacent the intervertebral disc and a prosthesis having an active part that is configured for placement inside the nucleus of the disc. The tools include an anchor placement tool that includes a chisel for carving the vertebra and a rotatable part that is used for engaging with and screwing the anchor into the vertebra. The tools also include a prosthesis placement tool that is configured to support and facilitate an attachment of the prosthesis to the anchor and to deploy the active part of the prosthesis in the nucleus of the disc. According to one embodiment the prosthesis placement tool is equipped with electronics for the purpose of verifying a corrected attachment of the prosthesis to the anchor. According to other embodiments, the electronics are included in a separate checker tool.
US12011174B2
An occlusion device with particular utility in occlusion of left atrial appendages is described. The occlusion device utilizes an inflatable balloon comprising a proximal portion to inflate with an inflation fluid delivered by an outer catheter body and conform to a shape of the left atrial appendage and a distal portion to fill with an adhesive delivered by an inner catheter body. The distal portion of the inflatable balloon sticks to the tissue wall of the left atrial appendage. The outer catheter body is configured to position the inner catheter body inside the outer catheter body.
US12011161B2
A needle camera adaptor includes a tube-shaped body having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis, and a lumen that extends along the longitudinal axis. A centrally-located lateral access opening is formed in an outer wall of the tube-shaped body. A needle securing channel is formed in the outer wall and extends between the lateral access opening and the distal end of the tube-shaped body. A curved suture needle is disposed within the needle securing channel. The needle securing channel and the curved suture needle extend along an axis that defines an oblique angle with the longitudinal axis of the needle camera adaptor. A visualization device, facing distally, is positioned within the lumen at the proximal end of the tube-shaped body. The lateral access opening, the needle securing channel, and the curved suture needle are located within a field of view of the visualization device.
US12011158B2
A surgical stitching device is configured for single hand operation that enables passage of a suture needle through tissue with minimal operational requirement. The surgical needle is selectively securable to first and second jaws that are pivotably coupled to each other. When the first and second jaws are in an open configuration, in which, the first and second jaws are spaced apart, the suture needle is detachably secured to the first and second jaws. When the first and second jaws are in a closed configuration, in which, the first and second jaws are approximated, the suture needle is detachably secured to one of the first and second jaws and is detached from the other one of the first and second jaws. Such single hand operation facilitates procedures such as, e.g., extraterritorial loop suture closure.
US12011149B2
Co-manipulation robotic systems are described herein that may be used for assisting with laparoscopic surgical procedures. The co-manipulation robotic systems allow a surgeon to use commercially-available surgical tools while providing benefits associated with surgical robotics. Advantageously, the surgical tools may be seamlessly coupled to the robot arms using a disposable coupler while the reusable portions of the robot arm remain in a sterile drape. Further, the co-manipulation robotic system may operate in multiple modes to enhance usability and safety, while allowing the surgeon to position the instrument directly with the instrument handle and further maintain the desired position of the instrument using the robot arm.
US12011147B2
The present disclosure provides an actuation device that comprises: (a) a device body that comprises a first fixation mechanism configured to affix a proximal end of a first elongate member of an accessory device to the device body, (b) an actuator that comprises an operable mechanism and a second fixation mechanism configured to affix a proximal end of a second elongate member of the accessory device to the actuator, wherein the operable mechanism is configured to move the second elongate member relative to the first elongate member, and (c) a fastener configured to attach the device body to an endoscope. The present disclosure further provides endoscopic systems comprising an actuation device of this type in an assembly with an endoscope and an accessory device, and also provides kits that comprise an actuation device of this type and one or more accessory devices.
US12011142B2
This electronic endoscope system includes an evaluation unit that evaluates an extent of a lesion by processing an image inside an organ image-captured by an electronic endoscope. The evaluation unit includes: an image evaluation value calculation unit that calculates an image evaluation value for the captured image; a lesion evaluation unit that calculates a representative evaluation value of image evaluation values from the image evaluation value for each of a plurality of spaces to evaluate the spread of the lesion; and a lesion evaluation adjustment unit that sets, for an empty section for which a representative evaluation value is not generated, as an estimated representative evaluation value, one image evaluation value for a non-empty section, or a representative evaluation value obtained on the basis of the image evaluation value, and that assigns the estimated representative evaluation value to the empty section.
US12011141B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: a dust suction part; a body part including a motor for generating suction force of the electronic device and a battery module operable by a power source of the motor; and an extension pipe combined between the dust suction part and the body part and providing a passage for moving foreign substances absorbed through the dust suction part to the body part, wherein the extension pipe may include a pipe-type external case, a supercapacitor module disposed in an inner space of the pipe-type external case and including a hollow space used as the passage, and a first docking connector for transmitting electrical energy of the supercapacitor module to the motor when the body part is combined to the extension pipe.
US12011138B2
A connection device for the fluidic connection of a suction tube to a function unit. The connection device includes a first hollow-cylindrical connection section and a second hollow-cylindrical connection section. One of the connection sections is connectable or connected to the suction tube and the other connection section is connectable or connected to the function unit. One of the connection sections is located at least partly within the other connection section and with its outer periphery bears on the inner periphery of the other connection section, where the two connection sections are rotatably mounted, in order to provide a rotation compensation for the suction tube, and where an electrical connection for providing an antistatic function exists between the two connection sections. The first connection section includes a spring section which is deformable in the radial direction and with which the bearing contact on the second connection element takes place.
US12011137B2
Applicant has created vacuum apparatuses with improved stability and methods for improving the stability of a wet/dry vacuum. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a motor, a removable drum adapted to store debris collected by the apparatus, and a base that can be adapted to receive the removable drum. The motor can be adapted to be interposed between the removable drum and the base. The methods can include the step of providing a base, the step of providing a removable drum adapted to be coupled to the base, and the step of coupling a vacuum motor to the base such that the vacuum motor is adapted to be disposed beneath the removable drum when the drum is coupled to the base. By relocating the motor of vacuum apparatus beneath the drum, the vacuum's center of gravity can be lowered significantly and, thus, its propensity to tip over is minimized.
US12011133B2
A console base for an appliance holding a circuit board includes a clip for holding an edge connector in place during operation of the appliance. The console base includes a connector support structure including a resilient tab allowing selective connection and release of the connector without disassembly of the appliance.
US12011132B2
A beverage container washing system may be used for rapid washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, among other applications. Separate entrance and exit openings may be provided in some instances to minimize employee interaction with unwashed customer beverage containers. A spray assembly may be used to spray wash fluid heated to a sanitizing temperature onto beverage containers and an ultraviolet sanitizing assembly may be used to emit ultraviolet light toward beverage containers. The spray assembly may also include a tank with first and second chambers and a cross-over with an inverted conduit fluidly coupling the first and second chambers.
US12011129B1
An extraction cleaner may include a base, an upright body pivotally coupled to the base, a supply tank removably coupled to the upright body and a recovery tank removably coupled to the upright body. The base may include a non-removable door and a removable suction nozzle. At least one fluid dispensing nozzle may be provided on the door. The door may be pivotally coupled to the base for providing access to an agitator. The cleaner may include and auto-spray configuration. The cleaner may include a support on the upright portion for the recovery tank. The cleaner may include an additive tank received in a receptacle of the supply tank. The recovery tank may include a float and/or an airflow management configuration. The cleaner may include a cleaning tool and a suction changeover valve and/or a fluid changeover valve. The cleaner may include a mixing valve for supplying fluid to a fluid changeover valve. A cleaning composition including an aqueous based cleaning solution mixed, on demand, with an aqueous based oxidizing solution is also provided.
US12011121B2
Embodiments provide for a consolidated towel holder or rack. An example consolidated towel holder includes a base, a first support member extending upward from the base, a second support member extending upward from the base and configured for supporting a paper towel roll, a cap in slidable contact with the first support member via an extension member such that the cap gravitationally rests atop the paper towel roll, and a third support member extending perpendicularly from the first support member and configured for supporting a fabric towel or cleaning apparatus.
US12011113B2
A toaster includes an activation element, a power circuit, a heating device and a control device. When the activation element is moved to turn on the power circuit, the control device is powered such that an electromagnet is activated to attract a retaining element to hold the activation element and to actuate a two-state switch, which allows passage of electrical power to the heating device. After a time interval has elapsed, the control device stops the electromagnet from attracting the retaining element such that the retaining element no longer actuates the two-state switch, which cuts off electric power provided to the heating device.
US12011106B2
An environment-friendly carry device is provided, including: a main body, including at least one through hole, the at least one through hole being configured for receiving and holding at least one object; at least one handle portion, connected with the main body and configured for gripping; and at least two wing portions, connected with the main body.
US12011101B2
A display container for botanical samples includes: (a) an enclosure including a container body having an open top and a lid detachably mounted to the container body and covering the open top. The container body and the lid enclose an interior chamber for storing a botanical sample. The lid has a transparent viewing section extending over the interior chamber for viewing the botanical sample. The display container further includes (b) one or more scent ports extending through the lid between the chamber and environment. The one or more scent ports are spaced apart from the transparent viewing section. The display container further includes (c) a plug mounted to the lid and sealing the one or more scent ports. At least a portion of the plug is movable away from the lid to expose the one or more scent ports for sampling an aroma of the botanical sample.
US12011100B1
An Outdoor chair comprising a chair body, said chair body having front support leg on both sides, said front support leg having rear support leg extended laterally on the sides of said front support leg, said front support leg being connected to said rear support leg by means of a pivot axis, said front support leg being rotate and fold around the pivot axis, a recess and an arcuate mounting path being provided at the connection between said front support leg and said rear support leg, and said front support leg being provided with a large spacer corresponding to said recess, a small spacer sliding on said arcuate mounting path, the spacer being able to share the pressure borne by the bolt and reduce the friction between the bolt and the threaded hole.
US12011096B1
An air mattress relates to the field of air mattresses. The air mattress includes a mattress main body, an inflation and deflation device. The mattress main body is provided with an inflation chamber and a first airflow channel. The inflation chamber is communicated to the first airflow channel. The inflation and deflation device includes a driving device, a first air inlet and a first air outlet. When the first air outlet is communicated to the first airflow channel, the inflation and deflation device is in an inflation state, and the driving device is configured to drive external air to pass through the first air inlet and the first air outlet in sequence to form an inflation airflow discharged from the first air outlet; and the inflation airflow discharged from the first air outlet fills the inflation chamber through the first airflow channel to inflate the mattress main body.
US12011090B2
A multi-layered lighted painting and etching easel assembly includes an easel portion having length-adjustable frame legs extending and being wedged between a floor and ceiling. The easel portion includes lower support blocks for receiving an edge of a transparent easel workpiece. The easel portion includes lower retaining blocks configured to receive an edge of the easel workpiece and is slidably and lockingly movable in and out of the lower notch. The assembly includes a holder portion displaced from the easel portion that includes a holding plate that defines a window. The holding plate may include a bottom face having support rods extending forwardly for supporting the workpiece(s). The easel assembly includes a display portion situated rearwardly of the holder portion, and that includes a light panel mounted to a rear of the holding plate that is operable to direct light toward the window and through the workpieces when energized.
US12011087B1
A shelf unit includes four leg rods and two assembly mechanisms. The leg rods extend in an up-down direction, are spaced apart from each other, and are equally divided into two leg pairs. Each of the assembly mechanisms includes a first connecting subunit that is mounted to a top end of a respective one of the leg pairs, and a second connecting subunit that is mounted to a bottom end of the respective one of the leg pairs. One of the first and second connecting subunits of each of the assembly mechanisms has two engaging holes each of which is configured to be non-circular. The other one of the first and second connecting subunits of each of the assembly mechanisms has two through holes each of which corresponds in position to a respective one of the engaging holes of the assembly mechanism in the up-down direction.
US12011075B2
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a false nail, comprising the following steps: a) producing by additive manufacture, from 3D digital data originating from the acquisition of a relief, especially that of the finger intended to receive the false nail, a mold using a first material, b) depositing onto the mold a layer formed from at least one adhesive composition, c) depositing onto the mold at least one layer of a coating of a second material, different from the first, so as to form the false nail.
US12011074B2
An air heating device for a hairdryer includes an inner tubular body with an outer surface from which a plurality of angularly spaced, radial baffles extend to define a plurality of angular sectors, a corrugated resistive coil extending around the inner tubular body, a safety device in electrical connection with said corrugated resistive coil, a thermostat in electrical connection with the corrugated resistive coil, and an outer tubular body arranged coaxially with the inner tubular body around the corrugated resistive coil. The safety device and the thermostat are respectively housed in a first and a second angular sector, which are adjacent to each other and separated by a shared radial baffle. The corrugated resistive coil two rectilinear portions positioned at the first and the second angular sector, respectively, At least one anchoring wave is interposed between the rectilinear portions and overlies said shared radial baffle.
US12011069B2
An ornamental article includes a single piece of metal wire. The ornamental article includes a single piece of organic fiber twine knotted around the metal wire to produce an elongate member with first and second ends. The ornamental article further include at least one crimp connector located on at least one of the first and second ends. The ornamental article further includes a clasp located on one of the first and second ends for connecting to the other of the first and second ends.
US12011065B2
The disclosure is directed to shoe accoutrements and methods of making and using the same. A shoe assembly for a shoe, can include an inner layer of first material; a support layer of second material, and the support layer including a slit, and a pocket being provided between the inner layer and the support layer. The shoe assembly can further include a first attachment plate attached to the inner layer; a second attachment plate, and the second attachment plate being magnetically attracted to the first attachment plate and positioned on the first attachment plate, and the second attachment plate being slidably removable out a top of the pocket, and the slit running along a back side of the pocket; a connection assembly attached to the second attachment plate; and an accoutrement, and the accoutrement supported by the connection assembly.
US12011060B2
Foot support systems include a fluid flow control system that facilitates movement of fluid into, out of, and/or within a sole structure and/or article of footwear, e.g., to change and/or control pressure in fluid filled bladder(s). Aspects of this technology may relate to one or more of: (a) footwear structures in which such systems are incorporated; (b) valve stem based fluid flow transfer systems; (c) solenoid based fluid flow transfer systems; (d) user input button features; (e) air filter features; (f) fluid tube to fluid distributor connection features; (g) fluid distributor to footwear connection features; (h) valve position sensor features; (i) valve transmission features; (j) pressure control algorithm features; (k) electronic communication features; (l) system sealing features; and/or (m) pressure sensor mounting features.
US12011058B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a unitary midsole having a first portion and a second portion rearward of the first portion. A bottom surface of the unitary midsole defines a groove extending from a medial side to a lateral side of the unitary midsole, and a top surface of the unitary midsole defines a slit disposed over the groove and extending from the medial side to the lateral side. The unitary midsole forms a living hinge at the groove and the slit, with the living hinge connecting the first portion to the second portion so that the first portion and the second portion are selectively pivotable relative to one another at the living hinge between a first orientation and a second orientation. The groove is wider in the first orientation than in the second orientation, and the slit is wider in the second orientation.
US12011054B2
A baffled insulating garment/blanket panel may include a first layer, a second layer, an insulating particle layer and a third layer. The second layer may have folds forming trough-shaped walls comprising a first wall, a second wall and a third wall, each of which is secured to the first wall. The insulating particle layer may include a first portion between the first wall and the second wall and sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer and a second portion between the second wall and the third wall and sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer. The third layer may include folds forming consecutive trough-shaped walls comprising a fourth wall secured within the first wall and a fifth wall secured within the third wall, wherein portions of the third layer between the fourth wall and the fifth wall span across a top of the second wall.
US12011050B2
Provided is a brassiere allowing for selecting a plurality of types of pads. A brassiere (1) includes a first pocket (70) that holds a pad (90 to 95) inside a cup portion (2), and further includes a second pocket (80) inside the cup portion (2). The first pocket (70) includes a first pocket opening (72) through which the pad (90 to 95) is taken in and out, and a first opening portion (73) communicating with the first pocket opening (72). The first pocket opening (72) is covered with the second pocket (80). The second pocket (80) includes a second pocket opening (82) through which the pad (90 to 95) is taken in and out, and a second opening portion (83) communicating with the first pocket opening (72).
US12011048B2
The present invention provides an aerosol generation system comprising: a controller for an inhalation device, the controller including a first power supply, a first connector, and a first processor configured to perform energization control of a heater which is used to heat an aerosol source, and a power supply device including a second power supply, a second connector which is connected to the first connector at the time of charging of the first power supply, and a second processor configured to perform control of power supply from the second power supply to the controller via the second connector, wherein a first voltage applied to a power supply terminal of the first processor and a second voltage applied to a power supply terminal of the second processor are different from each other.
US12011044B2
The present disclosure relates to a power supply assembly and an electronic atomizing device. The power supply assembly includes a battery, an electrode post electrically connected to the battery, a sealing member, and a support. The battery supplies power to the atomizer through the electrode post. The sealing member is provided with a through hole, and the electrode post extends through the through hole. The support has a first abutting surface. The battery and the sealing member are disposed in the support. When a difference between a pressure of one end of the sealing member adjacent to the battery and a pressure of the other end of the sealing member away from the battery is greater than a threshold pressure, the sealing member presses against the first abutting surface, and is deformed to seal a clearance between the electrode post and the sealing member in the through hole.
US12011039B2
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion including a housing with a first opening, to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly including an electrically insulating support having a second opening, an electrical heating element supported by the insulating support and to heat the substrate to form an aerosol, and first and second electrically conductive contact portions disposed at opposite sides of the second opening and to connect to electrical connectors of a battery to supply power to the heater assembly, and a capillary material having first and second faces, the first face being in physical contact with the heating element and the second face being opposite the first face, the capillary material to convey the substrate to the heating element by capillary action, the heater assembly being connected to the housing of the liquid storage portion.
US12011035B2
Provided is an aerosol generating device comprising: a heater for heating a first material a solid phase and a second material in a liquid phase; and a controller for controlling power supplied to the heater, wherein as the heater is powered, a first aerosol generated from the first material and a second aerosol generated from the second material are released.
US12011032B2
A smoking cartridge configured to removably engage with the bowl of a smoking apparatus comprises a receptacle, a sealing member, and an opening that comprises inwardly projecting flaps. The receptacle is configured to contain a smoking material. The sealing member is disposed along the periphery of the receptacle proximal to a lower portion of the receptacle. The sealing member is configured to removably engage and seal with the bowl of the smoking apparatus. The opening is disposed at a bottom of the receptacle, which is defined by inwardly projecting adjustable flaps. The flaps are configured to be adjustably bent to vary the size of the opening.
US12011027B2
An aerosol generating material is disclosed containing a reconstituted cocoa bean husk material. The reconstituted material can contain extracted cocoa husk fibers in combination with web building fibers, such as softwood fibers. The reconstituted cocoa husk material is capable of generating an aerosol, such as a smoke, that has a very mild and neutral taste without any harsh components. The reconstituted cocoa husk material contains no nicotine and produces lower tar than conventional tobacco materials. The material can be used as a carrier for delivering various active agents in an aerosol generated by the material in a controlled, consistent and uniform manner.
US12011019B2
A method and a device for treating food and/or containers for holding food treats the food and/or containers in at least one treatment zone by a process liquid, wherein the process liquid is at least partially recirculated into the treatment zone or the treatment zones after completed treatment of the food and/or the containers. During continuous treatment at least some or all of the process liquid is used per time unit to form at least one stream of the process liquid, the formed stream is filtered by at least one membrane filtration system, and a filtered stream is at least partially fed back into an element holding and/or conducting the process liquid and/or into a treatment zone.
US12011015B2
The present invention relates to a low-sugar or sugar-free type pectin soft candy and a preparation method thereof. The soft candy comprises sugar alcohol, glycerin and pectin, wherein the sugar alcohol comprises maltitol, a soluble sugar alcohol selected from erythritol, isomalt, xylitol, lactitol and mannitol, as well as sorbitol, which is characterized in that the weight ratio of the maltitol, the soluble sugar alcohol and the sorbitol is 1:(0.10-0.65):(0.03-0.26), and the weight ratio of the maltitol to the glycerol is 1:(0.04-0.52).
US12011012B2
Directly heating a protein-enriched milk product occurs by introducing steam, the direct heating taking the form of an infusion or injection method. The described technique significantly extends service time, ensuring a content of non-denatured whey proteins in the treated protein-enriched milk product greater than that obtained in the prior art. The milk product, which is preheated and kept at temperature is indirectly cooled before direct heating by a recuperative cooling step from the preheating temperature to a cool-down temperature with a temperature difference ranging from 5 K to 10 K. The direct heating from the cool-down temperature to the high pasteurization temperature is controlled by direct heating setting parameters which are known per se. Finally, the milk product is cooled by flash cooling from the high pasteurization temperature to a necessarily required exit temperature.
US12011008B2
The present invention is a method and system for making smoke beverages and foods using multiple condensation stages.
US12010998B2
In one aspect, a system for generating and monitoring an antimicrobial is provided, the system including: a microprocessor and/or a microcontroller; an external communications device; a computational system; an antimicrobial sensor and/or an environmental sensor; and an antimicrobial generator, wherein the external communications device, the computational system, the antimicrobial generator, and the antimicrobial sensor and/or the environmental sensor are operatively connected to the microprocessor and/or the microcontroller. The system may further include a separate sensor sub-system comprising: a sensor sub-system microprocessor and/or a sensor sub-system microcontroller; a sensor sub-system external communications device; a sensor sub-system antimicrobial sensor and/or a sensor sub-system environmental sensor; and a sensor sub-system computational system. The system may further include a separate generation sub-system comprising: a generation sub-system microprocessor and/or a generation sub-system microcontroller; a generation sub-system external communications device; and a generation sub-system antimicrobial generator.
US12010996B2
Novel tris-substituted biguanide compounds are made by reaction of sodium dicyanamide with a trifunctional primary amine followed by reaction with anilines. The tris-substituted biguanide compounds are potent biocide and useful as a disinfectant. The novel compounds have biocidal activity comparable to those of widely used chlorhexidine with respect to width of antibacterial spectrum and in immediate effectiveness. The novel tris-substituted biguanide compounds can also be used for cleaning wounds, preventing dental plaque, treating yeast infections of the mouth, and to keep urinary catheters from blocking, These novel compounds have superior aqueous solubility and bioavailability and have potent antibacterial activity especially against A. baumanni and K. pneumonia.
US12010994B2
Compositions and methods for reducing microbial loads on agricultural products are disclosed. The compositions include at least one acidulant and at least one surfactant, each present in an effective amount to reduce a microbial load on an agricultural product. The methods include applying compositions of at least one acidulant and at least one surfactant to agricultural products to reduce microbial loads and cross contamination of agricultural processing equipment.
US12010993B2
Granular agricultural compositions formed of a micronutrient, a granular carrier, and a nitrogen source including plant readily available nitrogen are disclosed. The granular agricultural compositions can be a granular herbicidal composition when the micronutrient is a metal chelate. The granular agricultural compositions can reduce metal chelate phytotoxicity and exhibit beneficial greening. Methods of making and using the granular agricultural compositions are further disclosed.
US12010984B2
The present disclosure provides a smart animal capture device and system capable of determining whether an animal that has triggered a motion sensor is a desired target animal by taking a photograph and performing image recognition against an image database with images of the target animal species. The device is in wireless communication with a server and can thus be monitored and controlled remotely via a user device such as a mobile phone.
US12010983B2
An improved underground fumigation method and system including a plurality of elongated pipes placed underground adjacent to a building structure, each having a series of apertures therethrough adapted to allow fumigation liquids and gases to pass along a length thereof and outwardly through the apertures. Each elongated pipe includes an external blockage preventing half-pipe attached along a substantial portion of the length of the elongated pipe and includes a series of apertures therethrough adapted to align with the apertures of the elongated pipe. A main control box is included and attached to each elongated pipe and controls the flow of fumigation liquids and gases therethrough. Furthermore, a fumigation liquid and/or gas supply tank is provided and connected to the main control box and adapted to provide fumigation liquids and/or gas to the underground fumigation system.
US12010980B2
A lure includes a body provided with a cavity inside, an oscillating portion disposed in the cavity which is visible from outside and configured to emit light, and a connecting member made of a polymer elastomer and configured to attach the oscillating portion to the body oscillatably. The polymer elastomer is rubber or thermoplastic elastomer. The connecting member is rod-shaped and the cross-sectional shape of the connecting member is circular, oval or polygonal.
US12010976B2
Apparatus for rearing livestock comprising a livestock enclosure, a plurality of sensors, and a plurality of output devices, and methods of operating the same. Methods of determining measurements of animal welfare by processing vocalisations by chicks, especially by detecting the spectral entropy of animal vocalisations. The relationship between chick distress calling in early life and outcome.
US12010974B2
A machine or apparatus to capture dog urine and solid waste for generally indoor use by a dog owner that automatically or manually advances fresh pads on a predetermined programming of the machine by the control module or by using markings or shadings on a roll of pet waste material.
US12010953B2
An agricultural trellis system is provided and generally includes an anchor stake configured to extend at least partially into the ground, a mounting plate coupled to the anchor stake, and at least one trellis arm pivotably coupled to the mounting plate. The mounting plate can have a pivot aperture, a first plate aperture, and a second plate aperture configured to position the trellis arm at different angles relative to a plane orthogonal to a major axis of the anchor stake. The trellis arm is pivotable between alignment with the first plate aperture and disposed at a first angle, and alignment with the second plate aperture and disposed at a second angle different than the first angle. A pin can couple the trellis arm to the mounting plate via the first or second plate apertures. In use, the system can have two trellis arms disposed at the same or different angles.
US12010951B2
An agricultural baler including a chassis, an axle system, a main bale chamber carried by the chassis, and a tying assembly configured for tying a twine around a bale within the main bale chamber. The tying assembly includes a plurality of knotters supported by the chassis, a needle yoke having a plurality of needles coupled thereto, an upper tensioner device, and a lower tensioner device located underneath the upper tensioner device. The axle system includes a first axle, and the lower tensioner device is attached to the first axle and correspondingly moves with the first axle.
US12010947B2
One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.
US12010946B2
A residue management system of a combine harvester includes a tailboard with a guide surface and guide fins for spreading of the residue to the sides. At least one of the fins includes a leading portion which is smoothly concavely curved up to a trailing portion which intersects with the leading portion at a change in direction or defined bend in the sheet metal. The trailing portion thus extends across and intersects with a path of the residue as it passes along the concave side surface at the leading portion and leaves the end of the leading portion to apply increased pressure on the stream and thus increase the spreading action. The trailing edge of the trailing portion is also inclined to a line across the trailing portion at right angles to the tailboard surface which causes the residue to leave the trailing edge at different angles.
US12010938B2
An autonomous agricultural system comprising an implement configured to perform an agricultural operation. The system additionally comprises an autonomous power unit for autonomously propelling the implement. The system further comprises a coupling assembly configured to connect the implement to the power unit. The coupling assembly provides at least six degrees of freedom of movement between the implement and the power unit.
US12010936B2
A tractor includes a link mechanism and a power extractor. The link mechanism includes a top link, a right lower link, and a left lower link. A work apparatus is connectable to the link mechanism to move the work apparatus upward and downward. The power extractor is connectable to a power input of the work apparatus to take power from a power source and supply the power to the work apparatus. The power extractor is located at a position lower than a lowest position of the right lower link and a lowest position of the left lower link.
US12016248B2
A vibration device includes a tubular body with a cavity, a first opening end surface, and a second opening end surface, a piezoelectric device joined to the first opening end surface, and a translucent cover joined to the second opening end surface. The tubular body and the piezoelectric device are joined to each other with a first adhesive layer, and the tubular body and the translucent cover are joined to each other with a second adhesive layer.
US12016246B2
An ultrasonic transducer and a method for producing an ultrasonic transducer are disclosed wherein the ultrasonic transducer has outstanding media resistance and a simpler construction by reducing the number of individual parts, so that the ultrasonic transducer can be produced in a fully-automated production process. The ultrasonic transducer, particularly for measurement of fluid volumes, can include a housing in which a contact element and a piezoceramic are arranged, wherein the piezoceramic includes two electrodes of differing polarity which are attached to different sides of the piezoceramic, wherein contact areas of the two electrodes for making electrical contact are disposed on a same side of the piezoceramic and the contact element includes at least two contact sections of differing polarity which are in electrically conducting contact with the contact areas of the two electrodes of corresponding polarity.
US12016240B2
A display device includes a reinforced substrate; and a display layer disposed on the reinforced substrate and configured to display an image, wherein the reinforced substrate includes a first reinforced layer including a flexible region including a plurality of patterns spaced apart from one another; and a first substrate disposed on the first reinforced layer and has flexibility. A modulus of elasticity of the first reinforced layer is greater than a modulus of elasticity of the first substrate.
US12016238B2
The present invention discloses a display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The display panel includes a thin film transistor array layer, a light-emitting device layer, and a thermal thin film layer. By means of connecting in series at least one thermistor in a light-emitting loop constituted by a driving transistor and a light-emitting device, the display panel can reduce or eliminate an influence of temperature on an attenuation of luminous brightness, and can meet the industry-recognized life evaluation standards.
US12016234B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a method of manufacturing a display substrate, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a color filter layer arranged on the base substrate, wherein the color filter layer includes a plurality of sub-color filters; and a monochromatic filter layer arranged on a side of the color filter layer away from the base substrate, wherein the monochromatic filter layer is formed as a filter layer with a fourth primary color, one of the first primary color, the second primary color and the third primary color is the same as the fourth primary color, or the first primary color, the second primary color, the third primary color and the fourth primary color are different from each other.
US12016232B2
Provided is a display substrate, including: a base substrate, a light emitting structure layer disposed on the base substrate, and a color filter layer disposed on the light emitting structure layer; the base substrate having a display area and a peripheral area located at a periphery of the display area, the display area including multiple pixel driving circuits connected with the light emitting structure layer in the display area, the pixel driving circuit including a transistor which includes an active layer located in an interior of the base substrate; the color filter layer including a transition structure, the transition structure of the color filter layer being located between the display area and the peripheral area of the base substrate.
US12016228B2
A display device including: a plurality of display bodies, wherein each of the plurality of display bodies includes a display region, a frame region surrounding the display region, and a terminal region in the frame region, a surface formed with the terminal region is a first face, the plurality of display bodies include a first display body and a second display body, either one of a first notched frame region provided with a first notched portion in the frame region of the first display body and a second notched frame region provided with a second notched portion in the frame region of the second display body is folded back to form a bonding portion by the first face of the first notched frame region and the first face of the second notched frame region, and the first notched portion and the second notched portion form a through-hole.
US12016226B2
A display device having a display region and a peripheral region in contact with the display region above a substrate is provided. The display region has a plurality of pixels each including a transistor, an insulating film above the transistor, a pixel electrode arranged above the insulating film and electrically connected to the transistor, and a common electrode above the insulating film, a video signal line and a gate signal line electrically connected to the transistor, and liquid crystal layer above the plurality of pixels. The peripheral region has a terminal electrically connected to the video signal line, a wiring arranged parallel to the gate wiring between the display region and the terminal, and a plurality of first electrodes above the wiring. The insulating film covers the wiring, and the wiring is electrically connected to the plurality of first electrodes via an opening in the insulating film.
US12016220B2
A stretchable display panel and a display device are provided. The stretchable display panel includes a center display area, a transition display area, and a wiring area, and in a direction from the center display area to the wiring area, a width of bridge structures in the transition display area gradually increases. Island structures located at a peripheral area include an edge bridge structure, and through meeting of adjacent edge bridge structures, a width of the edge bridge structures is increased to increase tensile strength of the edge bridge structures, decreasing risk of wires breaking in the transition display area.
US12016212B2
A display device includes signal lines and pixels connected thereto. A first pixel includes a first transistor including a first gate electrode, a first channel region overlapping the first gate electrode, a first source region, and a second drain region facing the first source region, with the first channel region interposed between the first source region and the second drain region. A third transistor includes a third gate electrode, a third channel region overlapping the third gate electrode, a third drain region connected to the first gate electrode, and a third source region facing the third drain region with the third channel region interposed between the third source region and the third drain region. A shielding part overlaps a boundary between the third source region and the third channel region and does not overlap a boundary between the third drain region and the third channel region.
US12016203B2
A display device having a thin-film transistor with increased mobility of electrons or holes includes a first semiconductor layer arranged on a substrate and including a first channel region, a first source region, and a first drain region; a first stressor arranged between the substrate and the first semiconductor layer and which overlaps the first source region in a plan view; a second stressor arranged between the substrate and the first semiconductor layer and which overlaps the first drain region in the plan view, where the second stressor is spaced apart from the first stressor; a gate insulating layer arranged on the first semiconductor layer; and a first gate electrode arranged on the gate insulating layer and which overlaps the first semiconductor layer in the plan view.
US12016194B2
A display device includes a first base on which a display area and a non-display area are defined; a first support member disposed on the first base and located in the non-display area; a light emitting element disposed on the first base and located in the display area; an encapsulation layer which disposed on the light emitting element; a second base disposed on the encapsulation layer; a color filter disposed between the second base and the encapsulation layer, where the color filter overlaps the light emitting element; a wavelength conversion pattern disposed on the color filter; and a sealing member disposed between the first base and the second base and located in the non-display area, where the sealing member is located between the display area and the first support member and overlaps the encapsulation layer.
US12016192B2
The present disclosure provides a conductive film, an organic electroluminescence device, a display device and a method. The conductive film includes a matrix and conductive metal nano-ions distributed in the matrix the matrix is selected from at least one of an organic network polymer, an organic porous polymer, and an inorganic porous material.
US12016191B2
An electronic device includes a base layer, a first electrode disposed on the base layer, a pixel defining layer disposed on the base layer and having an opening that exposes an upper surface of the first electrode, a hole transport region disposed in the opening and having a thickness that gradually decreases from a center of the opening toward a side surface of the pixel defining layer, an emission layer disposed on the hole transport region and having a thickness that gradually increases from the center of the opening toward the side surface of the pixel defining layer, an electron transport region disposed on the emission layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport region. This electronic device may increase a light-emitting area exhibiting uniform (or substantially uniform) light-emitting characteristics and exhibit high light-emitting efficiency.
US12016190B2
An electroluminescent device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other; an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a plurality of quantum dots and a first hole transporting material having a substituted or unsubstituted C4 to C20 alkyl group attached to a backbone structure; a hole transport layer disposed between the emission layer and the first electrode and including a second hole transporting material; and an electron transport layer disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode.
US12016184B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body, memory pillars, first and second insulation layers and an isolation region. The stacked body above a substrate includes conductive layers isolated from each other and stacked along a first direction crossing the substrate surface. The memory pillars extend through the stacked body along the first direction. The first insulation layer is provided above the memory pillars. The isolation region is provided higher than upper surfaces of the memory pillars in the stacked body along the first direction, and isolates the stacked body in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second insulation layer is provided on the first insulation layer and a side wall of the isolation region.
US12016173B2
A semiconductor device including a substrate, a capacitor, a stop layer, a first contact, and a second contact is provided. The substrate includes a memory array region and a peripheral circuit region. The capacitor is located in the memory array region. The capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulating layer. The second electrode is located on the first electrode. The insulating layer is located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The stop layer is located on the second electrode in the memory array region and extends into the peripheral circuit region. A material of the stop layer is not a conductive material. The first contact is located in the memory array region, passes through the stop layer, and is electrically connected to the second electrode. The second contact is located in the peripheral circuit region and passes through the stop layer.
US12016168B2
An electromagnetic wave-absorbing web for controlling interference by electromagnetic wave at a low frequency band generated from various electric and electronic parts and for securing strength without added material and achieving lightweight is provided. The web is manufactured of a mixture solution in the form of a fabric having a mesh structure, wherein the mixture solution is made by mixing a conductive nanomaterial, a magnetic nanofiller, a binder, and a solvent.
US12016167B2
A carrier assembly for mounting equipment into a carrier slot includes an electro-magnetic interference (EMI) shield and an EMI finger. The EMI shield protects the mounted equipment from EMI. The EMI shield is formed in a first plane of the carrier assembly. The EMI finger protrudes from the EMI shield and is coupled to the EMI shield. The EMI finger is formed in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. The EMI finger operates, when the carrier assembly is installed into the carrier slot, to couple the EMI shield to the carrier slot. The EMI finger, when viewed from a first direction that is perpendicular to both the first plane and the second plane, is formed in a tear-drop shape.
US12016165B2
The present invention aims to provide a shield package having a highly distinctive patterned portion formed on a surface of a shield layer. The shield package of the present invention includes a package in which an electronic component is sealed with a sealing material, and a shield layer covering the package, wherein a surface of the shield layer includes a patterned portion and a non-patterned portion other than the patterned portion, and a ratio of Sal (autocorrelation length) of the non-patterned portion to Sal of the patterned portion is as follows: (Sal of non-patterned portion)/(Sal of patterned portion)>4.0.
US12016162B2
An electric power converter device includes a first power semiconductor module and a frame for a closed cooler. The first power semiconductor module includes a first base plate having a first main side, a second main side opposite the first main side and a lateral side surface extending along a circumferential edge of the first base plate and connecting the first and the second main side. The frame is attached to the second main side of the first base plate. The first base plate has a first step on the second main side along the circumferential edge of the first base plate to form a first recess along the circumferential edge of the first base plate, in which first recess a first portion of the frame is received.
US12016160B2
A diversion system and a cooling system, the diversion system comprising a storage tank and a pumping apparatus, the storage tank is used for storing a cooling medium, and the pumping apparatus comprises an inlet and an outlet. First pipeline is connected between a cooling device and the outlet of the pumping apparatus, second pipeline is connected between the storage tank and the outlet of the pumping apparatus, third pipeline is connected between the cooling device and the inlet of the pumping apparatus, fourth pipeline is connected between the storage tank and the inlet of the pumping apparatus, and first pipeline, second pipeline, third pipeline, and fourth pipeline selectively conducting or closed. When the diversion system is operating, first or second pipelines is conducting, and third or fourth pipelines is conducting; and the pumping apparatus extracts the cooling medium by one of third or fourth pipelines that is conducting, and conveys the cooling medium externally by first or second pipelines that is conducting.
US12016158B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing including a front plate, a rear plate oriented in a direction opposite to the front plate, and a side member for surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate; a display exposed to the outside through the front plate, wherein the side member includes at least one through hole; a middle plate disposed between the display and the rear plate and including a surface oriented toward the rear plate; and a speaker structure disposed in the space which is adjacent to the through hole and is disposed between the middle plate and the rear plate, wherein the speaker structure includes: a metal plate attached to the surface of the middle plate; a yoke disposed apart from the metal plate toward the rear plate; a heat conducting member (TIM) disposed between and in contact with the metal plate and the yoke; and a vibration plate disposed apart from the yoke toward the rear plate; and a magnet disposed between the yoke and the vibration plate. Various other embodiments may also be possible.
US12016153B2
An apparatus cools electronic circuitry. A housing has surfaces configured to enclose the electronic circuitry and are mountable inside a cavity in a back box. At least one of the surfaces has a vent holes therein facing an exhaust opening in the back box when the housing is mounted inside the cavity. Another surface has a fan hole that faces an intake opening in the back box when the housing is mounted inside the cavity. A cooling fan is mounted onto the another surface and disposed over the fan hole. The cooling fan is configured to draw cooling air through the intake opening in the back box and the fan hole into the housing and over the electronic circuitry. The cooling air then exits the housing through the vent holes and thereafter exits the back box through the exhaust opening.
US12016152B2
Various embodiments of an adapted cooling system for a printer are disclosed herein. The adapted cooling system includes a panel for installment along a housing of the printer and further includes a manifold that couples a more powerful fan to the printer.
US12016151B2
Compact electronic devices, such as Access Points (APs), having airflow and cooling features are provided. According to one implementation, a compact electronic device includes an outer plastic housing and an inner casing arranged inside the outer plastic housing. The inner casing has a high-voltage section configured to support one or more high-voltage electrical components and a low-voltage section configured to support one or more low-voltage electrical components. The compact electronic device further includes a single fan that is configured to draw air from outside the outer plastic housing, move the air through the high-voltage and low-voltage sections, and exhaust the air through one or more exhaust vents in the outer plastic housing. Also, the inner casing is configured to isolate the one or more high-voltage electrical components from metal portions of the low-voltage section by at least a certain separation to meet clearance and creepage safety standards.
US12016148B2
A swivel bracket assembly and a method for installing an electrical component to a riser bracket assembly are disclosed. The swivel bracket assembly includes a baseplate; a swivel bracket rotatably attached to the baseplate, the swivel bracket being rotatable between an open position and a closed position; and pads attached to the swivel bracket, at least one of the pads being configured to contact and support the electrical component attached to the riser bracket assembly when the swivel bracket is in the closed position. A method for installing an electrical component to a riser bracket assembly includes receiving the electrical component into a slot of a riser circuit board and pivoting a swivel bracket rotatable coupled to a baseplate from an open position to a closed position to support the electrical component secured to the riser bracket assembly.
US12016146B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a cable connection structure, including: a bearing member, the bearing member being provided with at least one cable connector, and each cable connector having a first port connected to a cable and a second port electrically connected to the first port; and a sliding structure connected to the bearing member, the bearing member being configured to be connected to a single board through the sliding structure, the bearing member enabling the single board connected to the bearing member to slide in a first direction which is a direction close to or away from the second port. Embodiments of the disclosure also provide a single-board assembly and a single-board assembly connection structure.
US12016137B2
An electronic component includes a circuit carrier unit and a housing at least partly encompassing the circuit carrier unit. The circuit carrier unit has an electronic element assembled on the circuit carrier unit. The circuit carrier unit has a first section and a second section arranged at a distance from the first section and opposing the first section. The housing has a first receiving portion receiving the first section and a second receiving portion receiving the second section. The first receiving portion and the second receiving portion are separated from each other by a cooling clearance.
US12016136B2
Described herein is an irrigation controller having a rotating user interface where the front side of the user interface can be rotated 180 degrees so that it faces the inside of the controller housing. This functionality allows the user to install or modify the irrigation wiring while also programming the irrigation settings and/or schedule.
US12016134B2
An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have layers such as polarizer layers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. Display layers such as color filter layers and thin-film-transistor layers may have glass substrates. Notches or other openings may be formed in the layers of a display. For example, a notch with a curved chamfered edge may be formed in a lower end of a thin-film-transistor layer. A component such as a button may overlap the notch. Structures such as sensors, cameras, acoustic components, and other electronic components, buttons, communications path structures such as flexible printed circuit cables and wire bonding wires, and housing structures may be received within a display layer notch.
US12016132B2
A base material for a printed circuit board includes a base film having an insulating property, and a sintered body layer including metal particles and layered on at least one surface of the base film. The sintered body layer includes sintered particles that are derived from the metal particles and partially embedded into the surface of the base film. The embedment ratio of the sintered particles is greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 90%.
US12016127B2
Provided is a method for removing an electronic component from a printed wiring board. The method comprises applying an embrittlement agent to a lead of an electronic component that is soldered to the printed wiring board. The electronic component is removed from the printed wiring board by breaking the embrittled lead.
US12016126B2
The current disclosure describes carrier tape systems, which include a cover tape having adhesion areas and non-adhesion areas which are substantially free of adhesive. Methods for supplying semiconductor devices to an apparatus, which in operation, places the semiconductor devices at desired locations are also described. Methods of forming a semiconductor device carrier system are also described.
US12016114B2
A circuit board has an edge connector with signal traces. The signal traces are formed on a dielectric layer of the circuit board. A reference trace is formed within the dielectric layer or on another surface of the dielectric layer. Parameters of the reference trace are adjusted to set an impedance of a single-ended signal trace or a differential impedance of two adjacent signal traces.
US12016113B2
In some implementations, an electronics system includes a voltage regulator circuit of a PDN configured to generate a power signal, a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a power rail to deliver the power signal to a digital circuit generating an interfering signal. The PDN radiating the interfering signal or its harmonics impacting the functionality of destination antenna and circuits (such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular, etc.). The system includes a filtering element configured to filter an interfering signal generated by the digital circuit. The filtering element includes a first set of low impedance (low-Z) segments and a second set of high impedance (high-Z) segments. The low-Z and high-Z segments are formed using a copper trace of the power rail and are serially connected to each other. The filtering element forms a low pass filter and filters out high frequency interfering signal going to the destination antenna and circuits by radiated means.
US12016104B2
An induction heat cooking apparatus includes a rectifier configured to convert an AC voltage supplied from a power source into a DC voltage, a battery configured to store power, a switch configured to connect to at least one of the rectifier or the battery, an inverter connected to the switch and configured to receive a first voltage from at least one of the rectifier or the battery and convert the first voltage to a second voltage, and a heating coil configured to receive the second voltage from the inverter and generate magnetic fields in which the heating coil is configured to heat a cooking device based on the generated magnetic fields.
US12016102B2
Disclosed herein is an induction heating device capable of reducing interference noise. The induction heating device includes a first power module supplying power for driving to at least one of a first working coil and an inner coil, a second power module supplying power for driving to at least one of a second working coil and an outer coil, and a control unit controlling supply of power by the first power module and the second power module. In an embodiment, the control unit may cut off supply of power to the outer coil when an instruction for heating to at least one of a first heating area and a second heating area, and an instruction for heating to a third heating area are input.
US12016095B2
System and method for regulating one or more currents. The system includes a system controller, an inductor, a first resistor, a switch and a first diode. The system controller includes a first controller terminal and a ground terminal, the system controller being configured to output a drive signal at the first controller terminal. The inductor includes a first inductor terminal and a second inductor terminal, the first inductor terminal being coupled to the ground terminal, the second inductor terminal being coupled to one or more light emitting diodes. The first resistor includes a first resistor terminal and a second resistor terminal, the first resistor terminal being coupled to the ground terminal. The switch is configured to receive the drive signal and coupled to the second resistor terminal. The first diode includes a first diode terminal and a second diode terminal and coupled to the first resistor.
US12016094B2
A load control device may include a semiconductor switch, a control circuit, and first and second terminals adapted to be coupled to a remote device. The load control device may include a first switching circuit coupled to the second terminal, and a second switching circuit coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal. The control circuit may be configured to render the first switching circuit conductive to conduct a charging current from an AC power source to a power supply of the remote device during a first time period of a half-cycle of the AC power source, and further configured to render the first and second switching circuits conductive and non-conductive to communicate with the remote device via the second terminal during a second time period of the half-cycle of the AC power source.
US12016079B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may establish, using a first frequency band, a first communication connection on a first subscriber identity module (SIM). The UE may establish, using a second frequency band, a second communication connection on a second SIM in a multi-SIM dual receive mode that includes the first SIM and the second SIM having concurrent activity. The UE may switch from a first antenna to a second antenna for the first SIM in accordance with an antenna switching capability that is based at least in part on whether the first communication connection and the second communication connection are time division duplex (TDD) synchronized. The UE may transmit one or more communications associated with the first SIM using the second antenna. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12016070B2
Systems, devices, and techniques described herein relate to efficient Evolved Packet System (EPS) fallback. A method may include receiving a rejection message that indicates a rejection to set up a call through a 5th Generation (5G) network by a 5G Radio Access Network (RAN). In response to receiving the rejection message, the method may include transmitting a request to establish a dedicated bearer through a 4th Generation (4G) network. A confirmation that the second dedicated bearer has been established through the 4G network may be received within a predetermined time after transmitting the request.
US12016059B2
Provided are a method for early data transmission. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) connection resume request message to a control plane (CP) of central unit (CU) of the network node, receiving information informing that downlink (DL) data exists from the CP, receiving DL data from a user plane (UP) of the CU, transmitting the DL data to a wireless device in response to the information, upon receiving the DL data, and releasing transmission resources after transmitting the DL data.
US12016056B2
A random access processing method, an apparatus, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium are provided. The random access processing method includes: reporting random access process information corresponding to a type of a random access process to a network side.
US12016051B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Examples may include receiving, at a user equipment (UE) a random access channel (RACH) configuration message from a base station, where the message indicates a channel metric (e.g., received signal strength indicator (RSSI), reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality (RSRQ), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), or the like) and a threshold associated with the channel metric. The, UE may measure a reference signal (e.g., synchronization signal block (SSB), channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), or the like) and select a RACH procedure based on comparing the measured channel metric to the threshold. For example, the UE may select a two-step RACH procedure if the measured channel metric satisfies the threshold specified in the configuration. In some cases, the UE may select a RACH procedure or a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure based on a QoS parameter.
US12016042B2
Techniques for dynamically switching between uplink waveforms are discussed herein. For example, data received at a base station may provide the base station with information associated with a user equipment (UE). The base station may select a waveform for the UE to utilize during uplink transmissions in order to maximize performance of the UE. In some examples, the base station may select a DFT-s-OFDM or a CP-OFDM for the UE to utilize during the uplink transmission. The base station may determine which waveform to utilize based on data received from the UE, such as location data, signal data, and/or UE state data.
US12016040B2
A radio station (1) transmits, to a radio terminal (3) on a licensed frequency (Cell #1), control signaling (S102) associated with at least one of a measurement timing and a measurement period of terminal measurement on an unlicensed frequency (Cell #2) and receives, from the radio terminal (3) on the licensed frequency (Cell #1), a result of the terminal measurement that is executed in response to the control signaling (S102) and in accordance with at least one of the measurement timing and the measurement period (S105). This contributes, for example, to acquisition of information useful for the radio station to determine whether to allow the radio terminal to perform communication on the unlicensed frequency.
US12016037B2
A method and a user equipment for beam indication for UL transmission are provided. The method includes: receiving a first configuration for configuring a plurality of first TCI states, each of the plurality of first TCI states applied for a PUCCH and a PUSCH; receiving a MAC-CE for activating one or more first TCI states from the plurality of first TCI states; receiving first DCI indicating one of the one or more first TCI states activated by the MAC-CE, the first DCI comprising one field for indicating scheduling information for a PDSCH, the indicated scheduling information being invalid for the PDSCH; transmitting a HARQ-ACK on a PUCCH resource determined by another one field in the first DCI when receiving the first DCI; and transmitting the PUCCH and the PUSCH based on a spatial TX parameter derived according to the indicated first TCI state after transmitting the HARQ-ACK.
US12016024B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station and a user equipment (UE) may communicate in a high reliability and low latency communications system (e.g., ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC)). The base station may signal a UE-specific scheduling request (SR) repetition configuration that the UE may utilize to transmit an instantaneous SR when a buffer status report (BSR) is triggered by a new data packet. The UE may repeatedly transmit the SR until a number of repetitions or a time period of repetitions is met or an uplink grant is received from the base station. The SR repetition configuration may include a number of parameters including a repetition setting, power settings, a resource allocation, and an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) procedure.
US12016017B2
The present specification relates to a method, a device, and a system for transmitting a physical uplink control channel in a wireless communication system. The present specification discloses a terminal comprising: a communication module for receiving, from a base station, information on a PUCCH serving cell corresponding to a serving cell on which a PUCCH is to be transmitted, generating the PUCCH, and transmitting the generated PUCCH on the PUCCH serving cell; and a processor for configuring the PUCCH serving cell on the basis of the information on the PUCCH serving cell. The terminal can effectively transmit uplink control information.
US12016016B2
A method for uplink control multiplexing of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) repetition may include receiving, by a wireless device, a first message indicating PUCCHs for repetitions of uplink control information (UCI). The method may include receiving a second message indicating a number of repetitions of a transport block via physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) and indicating a beta offset for multiplexing the UCI via a PUSCH of the PUSCHs. The method may include determining a coding rate based on the beta offset and the number of repetitions. The method may include transmitting, based on the coding rate and in response to the PUCCHs overlapping with the PUSCHs in at least one symbol, the UCI and the transport block multiplexed in the PUSCHs.
US12015995B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for selecting and indicating a quasi colocation (QCL) source signal for sidelink (SL) communications. For example, a scheduling node may select from multiple candidates a signal for a first user equipment (UE) to use as a spatial QCL source for a receive (RX) or transmit (TX) beam to use for communicating with a second UE on a SL interface. The scheduling node may then signal the first UE an indication of the selection of the signal.
US12015993B2
A user equipment (UE) may use multiple subscriber identification modules (SIMs) in dual-SIM dual-active (DSDA) communications. The A DSDA UE may support identification of a set of available radio frequency (RF) resources for communications, where the set of available RF resources include multiple RF components (e.g., transmit/receive antennas), RF baseband resources (e.g., processing resources that support processing and decoding of transmissions), or combinations thereof. The set of available resources may be shared between multiple SIMS, and the UE may identify different resource partitions of the set of available resources, with different resource partitions used to provide concurrent communications of both the first SIM and the second SIM based on parameters of each SIM.
US12015992B2
Systems and methods for clock synchronization are disclosed. A client synchronization system (CSS) may transmit RF pulses to a server CSS over micrometeorite ionization trail (MMIT) channels, and may receive RF pulses from the server CSS over MMIT channels, each received RF pulse following transmitted RF pulse. The client CSS may receive from the server CSS over MMIT channels measurement data including pulse arrival times at the server CSS. The measurement and transmission data may be correlated to identify RF-pulse pairs, each pairing a transmitted RF pulse received by the server CSS with a received RF pulse received from the server CSS, both over the same MMIT. TWTT analysis may be applied to timing data the pairs to compute time offsets between a client clock and a server clock. An analytical model of clock drift may be applied to the offsets to synchronize the client clock to the server clock.
US12015987B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications. An example method generally includes calculating a first power headroom report (PHR) for a half duplex (HD) operating mode, calculating a second PHR for a full duplex (FD) operating mode during which maximum uplink transmit power is subject to one or more self-interference constraints, determining whether to report the first PHR, the second PHR, or both, and reporting at least one of the first PHR or the second PHR to a network entity, in accordance with the determination.
US12015984B2
A terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications network, the terminal device comprising receiver circuitry and processor circuitry, wherein the processor circuitry is configured: to measure a value of a parameter of a first radio signal received by the receiver circuitry; to determine, based on the value of the parameter of the first radio signal, a measurement constraint of a second radio signal received by the receiver circuitry; and to measure a value of a parameter of one or more second radio signals received by the receiver circuitry in accordance with the measurement constraint.
US12015972B2
A communication system is disclosed in which a base station communicates with machine-type-communication (MTC) devices by dividing the base station's cell bandwidth into (non-overlapping) narrowbands and subframes in each narrowband. The base station generates and transmits control information (DCI) for allocating a set of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a plurality of subframes for an MTC device. After the base station transmits the data, the MTC device generates and transmits an HARQ feedback indicating that i) the data has been successfully received in each one of the plurality of subframes (e.g. a single ‘ACK’) or ii) the data has not been received in at least one of the plurality of subframes (e.g. a single ‘NACK’).
US12015967B2
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: receive a message from at least one user equipment requesting to join a multicasting/broadcasting group; receive data for multicasting/broadcasting from a data network; generate multicasting/broadcasting session information for the data; route the data based on the multicasting/broadcasting session to at least one access point, wherein the access point wirelessly communicates the data to user equipment based on the multicasting/broadcasting session information.
US12015965B2
In an example positioning method, a first network device receives first measurement information of at least one first access network device and first assistance information, where the first measurement information is obtained by a terminal device by measuring a signal sent from the at least one first access network device. The first network device determines position information of the terminal device based on the first assistance information and the first measurement information.
US12015957B2
Aspects of the present disclosure propose solutions to a problem of mobility interruption during handover between base stations by providing a UE with mechanisms to report the UE capability for simultaneous connectivity based handover, or so-called Dual Active Protocol Stack Handover (DAPS-HO). A UE reports the DAPS-HO capability of the UE to the network and then the base station initiates physical layer procedures to carry out DAPS-HO in accordance with the DAPS-HO capability reported by the UE. Aspects of the present disclosure also provide examples of signaling that may be used by the UE for reporting DAPS-HO capability to the network and the physical layer procedures that the UE may follow in accordance with the configuration that the network provides to the UE, which should be in accordance with the UE's capability.
US12015954B2
Systems and methods for causing control information to be sent from a source base station to a target base station via a user plane is provided. In a network that uses control plane and user plane separation, the systems and methods provided herein reduce time delays between handovers in the control plane and handovers in the user plane. The time delays are reduced by minimizing a duration of the handover preparation phase by sending control information with payload packets between network functions via in-band signaling in the user plane.
US12015950B2
Provided is a Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) parameter negotiation method, apparatus and chip. The method includes that: a first apparatus sends a BFD negotiation packet to a second apparatus, the BFD negotiation packet carrying a first verification value; the first apparatus receives a BFD negotiation response packet returned by the second apparatus, the BFD negotiation response packet carrying a second verification value; the first apparatus checks whether the first verification value and the second verification value match each other, and determines whether negotiation of BFD parameters is an erroneous negotiation according to a checking result.
US12015936B2
In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for proactively adjusting the infrastructure of a communications network in response to reporting of real-time network performance. For instance, in one example, a method includes obtaining real-time network performance metrics directly from a user endpoint device operated by a customer of a telecommunication service provider network, correlating the real-time network performance metrics with data from another data source, wherein the data includes data other than network performance metrics, and adjusting an infrastructure of the telecommunication service provider network in response to an insight gleaned through the correlating.
US12015931B2
Provided are an electronic device and a method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium, the electronic device comprising: a processing circuit, configured to: perform periodic channel detection for a plurality of unlicensed channels in an unlicensed band according to a first period; and respectively send master system information blocks MIB having the same content to user devices over at least some of the available unlicensed channels in the unlicensed band indicated by the channel detection results, the MIBs comprising part of the minimum system information.
US12015929B2
A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system or networks beyond 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT) are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services. A method of performing minimisation of drive tests (MDT), in a mobile telecommunication network is provided. The method includes providing an MDT measurement relating to a result of an early measurement, wherein the early measurement is a measurement performed in an idle state or an inactive state, and wherein the mobile telecommunication network configures a user equipment (UE) to report to the mobile telecommunication network upon transition to a connected state.
US12015922B2
Techniques and systems are described for monitoring remote identifiers transmitted by aerial devices and for detecting whether an aerial device is engaging in suspicious activities. A described technique can include determining, based on information collected from one or mom network components associated with a cellular network, that an aerial device is communicating via the cellular network and is operating in a geographical area; determining whether the aerial device corresponds to a remote identifier which is transmitted within the geographical area or reported for the geographical area; and providing an alarm notification based on the aerial device lacking a correspondence to a remote identifier which is transmitted within the geographical area or reported for the geographical area.
US12015915B2
This application provides a communication method and apparatus, and relates to the field of communication technologies. The method may include: A network device performs integrity protection on system information by using a first private key, and sends the system information, where the system information includes a first public key corresponding to the first private key and/or an index of the first public key. Correspondingly, a terminal device receives the system information from the network device, and if determining that the first public key is valid, the terminal device verifies integrity of the system information by using the first public key. According to this method, on one hand, the terminal device can effectively identify validity of the system information. On the other hand, because the system information includes the first public key and/or the index of the first public key, flexible update of an asymmetric key can be implemented.
US12015909B2
The disclosure provides a method and a system for head-related transfer function (HRTF) adaptation. The method includes performing a system identification. The system identification includes a pinna identification and a shadowing identification.
US12015908B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for recognizing a sound source. According to the sound source recognition method of the present invention, acoustic signals are detected from four acoustic sensors arranged in a rectangular shape when viewed in a horizontal direction, sound arrival times are measured, six Interactive Time Differences (ITDs) are generated based on differences in sound arrival time between the respective acoustic sensors, and the location of a sound source is estimated based on the six ITDs. In addition, the type of sound source is determined by extracting and classifying features of the sound source by using a sum signal from the four acoustic sensors.
US12015903B2
A headphone and a headphone status detection method are provided. A signal processor of the headphone transmits a plurality of code messages to a first audio playback unit, so that the first audio playback unit plays a plurality of first audio signals with different frequencies corresponding to the code messages according to a playback sequence. The signal processor obtains a plurality of first time points at which a first audio receiving unit receives the first audio signals that are reflected for the first time. The signal processor determines a wear status of the headphone according to the plurality of first time points.
US12015901B2
An information processing device includes a sound signal acquisition unit that acquires sound signals outputted from a mic array, an analysis unit that analyzes frequencies of the sound signals, an information acquisition unit that acquires predetermined information indicating a steering vector in a first direction as a direction from the mic array to a target sound source, and a calculation unit that calculates a filter for formation in a second direction as a direction different from the first direction based on the frequencies and the information indicating the steering vector in the first direction and calculates a steering vector in the second direction by using an expression indicating a relationship between the calculated filter and the steering vector in the second direction.
US12015898B2
A transducer includes: a piezoelectric element; and a film body including a film support portion having a hollow portion, and a vibration film connected to the film support portion and displaceable in a film thickness direction, the film body having the piezoelectric element stacked over the vibration film. The piezoelectric element includes: a first stacked body having a first pair of electrodes and a first piezoelectric film sandwiched between the first pair of electrodes; and a second stacked body having a second pair of electrodes and a second piezoelectric film sandwiched between the second pair of electrodes, the second stacked body being separated from the first stacked body.
US12015891B1
An adjustable over-ear headphone cushion for comfortably accommodating eyewear frames without losing sound quality may include an upper cushion and a lower cushion attached to the upper cushion with a ratcheting system. The upper cushion and the lower cushion may be vertically adjusted with respect to one another from a mated configuration to a spaced apart configuration, and the upper cushion and the lower cushion together form a substantially O-shaped headphone cushion configured to be removably attached to a headphone.
US12015888B2
An acoustic device includes a speaker unit, a support body, and a vibration damping member. The support body has lower mobility than a member on which the speaker unit is mounted. The vibration damping member is provided between the speaker unit and the support body or between the member on which the speaker unit is mounted and the support body.
US12015875B2
A real time audio multi-point videoconferencing system comprising at least two videoconferencing endpoints in communication with a multipoint control unit, and a method of providing the real time audio. The method comprising capturing input lossless digital audio streams on each of the at least two videoconferencing endpoints, transmitting the input lossless digital audio streams from each of the at least two videoconferencing endpoints to the MCU using a frame size in the range 0.25 ms-3 ms, mixing, using the MCU, the input lossless digital audio streams into a plurality of output lossless digital audio streams, transmitting a different one of the plurality of output lossless digital audio streams to each of the at least two videoconferencing endpoints using a frame size in the range 0.25 ms-3 ms, and playback the plurality of output lossless digital audio streams on each of the at least two videoconferencing endpoints.
US12015860B2
An active pixel circuit includes a photosensitive device, a source follower transistor, and a compensation circuit. The photosensitive device is configured to generate a photocurrent under an irradiation of light rays, and transmit the photocurrent to a first node. A control electrode of the source follower transistor is coupled to a floating diffusion node. The compensation circuit is configured to: transmit a target threshold voltage to the first node, a voltage of the first node being associated with a voltage generated by the photocurrent and the target threshold voltage; store the voltage of the first node; and obtain a compensation voltage according to the voltage of the first node, and output the compensation voltage to the floating diffusion node. The target threshold voltage is the same as a threshold voltage of the source follower transistor.
US12015851B2
A system. The system includes an image display system, a display device, a camera system, one or more control devices and a control system. The display device is configured to display an image received from the image display system. The camera system is configured to capture the image displayed by the display device during a capture of a scene. The control system is communicably coupled to the image display system, the display device, the camera system and the one or more control devices. The control system comprises a processing circuit and is configured to automatically adjust settings of the image display system, the display device and the camera system. The control system is also configured to determine which of the adjustments results in the least destruction to the image, and apply the adjustment which results in the least destruction to the image.
US12015850B1
A system includes a vehicle image capture system having a support structure, a telescoping hollow support beam, a second hollow support beam, a securing device, a support beam mount, a memory device storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute instructions to perform the steps of a method to position the vehicle image capture device and capture an image of a vehicle interior. The telescoping hollow support beam may include an outer telescoping component and an inner telescoping component attached by the securing device, and the second hollow support beam may be attached to the telescoping hollow support beam by the support beam mount. The system may further include a battery component, one or more positional sensors, and one or more electromechanical motors to adjust the position of one or more components of the system to capture a centered image of a vehicle interior.
US12015845B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for operating a multiple camera system. In some embodiments, a primary camera may be selected from a plurality of cameras using object distance estimates, distance error information, and minimum object distances for some or all of the plurality of cameras. In other embodiments, a camera may be configured to use defocus information to obtain an object distance estimate to a target object closer than a minimum object distance of the camera. This object distance estimate may be used to assist in focusing another camera of the multi-camera system.
US12015837B2
A method of assembling an image capture device that includes: positioning a first sealing member between a front housing portion and a mounting structure; connecting the mounting structure to the front housing portion such that the first sealing member forms a watertight seal therebetween; positioning a second sealing member between the mounting structure and an integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA); orienting the second sealing member such that a locating feature extending rearwardly from the mounting structure is aligned with a notch defined by the second sealing member to facilitate proper relative orientation of the mounting structure and the second sealing member; connecting the ISLA to the mounting structure such that the locating feature is positioned within the notch and the second sealing member forms a watertight seal between the ISLA and the mounting structure; and connecting a rear housing portion to the front housing portion.
US12015832B2
The present invention provides a media player configurable to provide the user with a seamless way of conducting transactions from within a window of the media player itself. All intermediate steps relating to the required transaction are carried out by calling up relevant modules/applications from within the application libraries from within an e-commerce platform. In preferred embodiments, the media player is configured to retrieve an encoded media file from a server or other content delivery network (CDN). The media player is further configured to display predefined overlays to the user during playback of the media file in response to identifying cues encoded into the media file by the content owner. The content owner can upload the media files to a server or other CDN via a dashboard/user interface. The cues can be encoded with a plurality of fields to enable the desired functionality to be achieved.
US12015829B2
A system and method for presenting video asset information to a viewer to assist the view in selecting a video asset for viewing. The video assets can be available from a plurality of different video asset sources, such as VOD (video on demand), PVR (personal video recorders) and broadcast (including over the air, cable, and satellite). Images from the video assets are displayed in a uniform manner, along with information about the video assets. The information includes data in a metadata category. The view can select one of the video assets for viewing, but also can navigate using metadata categories such as genre, actors, director etc. This allows a much easier and natural navigating and selection process for viewers.
US12015827B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting a first reaction by a user when consuming a media asset at a first time, where a first magnitude of the first reaction exceeds a first threshold. The systems and methods may determine whether a second reaction by the user occurred when the user consumed the media asset at a second time that is prior to the first time, where a second magnitude of the second reaction exceeds a second threshold, and may recommend the second media asset to the user.
US12015826B2
An example system comprising at least one memory, programmable circuitry, and instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to obtain first time information corresponding to one or more first times that a panelist accessed first media via a television, obtain second time information corresponding to one or more second times that a household accessed second media via an over-the-top device, the second time information matching the first time information and associated with corrected demographic information of members of the household, determine that a first genre of the first media matches a second genre of the second media, determine that a member of the household accessed the second media via the over-the-top device based on historical media access events of the panelist, and attribute the access of the second media to the member of the household to create a corrected demographic impression record.
US12015813B2
Methods, systems, and media for indicating viewership of a video are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying a video; identifying a first group of users; determining an affinity score for each user with the identified video; receiving a request to present a page that includes a representation of the video; identifying a second group of users connected to the first user associated with the user device; determining a viewership status of each user in the second group of users corresponding to the video; identifying a subset of users in the second group of users based at least in part on the viewership status; and causing groups of indicators to be presented on the user device, wherein each indicator in the groups of indicators represents the viewership status of the user, and wherein the indicators are presented on the requested page in connection with the representation of the video.
US12015811B1
The Transmission Method discloses how a service provider who is licensed to transmit a copyrighted video/audio, pre-selects segments, or parts, of a copyrighted video/audio, based on their running time, or numerical order of film frames, in a video/audio, and transmits only the pre-selected segments, thereby shortening a copyrighted video/audio without infringing on copyright.
US12015803B2
A camera module includes a compressor configured to divide a plurality of pixels included in image data, into a plurality of pixel groups, with respect to each of the plurality of pixel groups into which the plurality of pixels is divided, calculate a representative pixel value of a corresponding pixel group, based on pixel values of multiple pixels included in the corresponding pixel group, generate first compressed data, based on the calculated representative pixel value of each of the plurality of pixel groups, with respect to each of the plurality of pixel groups into which the plurality of pixels is divided, calculate residual values representing differences between the pixel values of the multiple pixels included in the corresponding pixel group and the representative pixel value of the corresponding pixel group, and generate second compressed data, based on the calculated residual values of each of the plurality of pixel groups.
US12015799B2
This disclosure is directed to systems and methods of data partitioning in image encoding. A video encoder may receive a single stream of video data that includes multiple layers. The video encoder may encode the one or more layers utilizing multiple counters for each component within the layers. The multiple counters may correspond to the header bits, luma bits, and chroma bits within each slice layer. The encoded layers may then be assembled into a single slice before it is sent to a decoder for decoding of image frame.
US12015793B1
Methods and systems for frame rate scalability are described. Support is provided for input and output video sequences with variable frame rate and variable shutter angle across scenes, or for input video sequences with fixed input frame rate and input shutter angle, but allowing a decoder to generate a video output at a different output frame rate and shutter angle than the corresponding input values. Techniques allowing a decoder to decode more computationally-efficiently a specific backward compatible target frame rate and shutter angle among those allowed are also presented.
US12015784B2
A method for video processing is provided. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and a coded representation of the video, a final prediction P(x, y) of a chroma sample at a position (x, y) in the current video block as a combination of prediction results of multiple cross-component linear models (MCCLMs), wherein the MCCLMs are selected based on the position (x, y) of the chroma sample; and performing the conversion based on the final prediction.
US12015781B2
Provided is an image decoding method including determining a current chroma block having a rectangular shape corresponding to a current luma block included in one of a plurality of luma blocks, determining a piece of motion information for the current chroma block and a chroma block adjacent to the current chroma block by using motion information of the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block, and performing inter prediction on the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block by using the piece of motion information for the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block to generate prediction blocks of the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block.
US12015778B2
There is provided an video encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The video decoding method comprises acquiring a bitstream including a predetermined context element, performing at least one of a context model determination, a probability update, and a probability interval determination on the predetermined syntax element, and arithmetically decoding the predetermined syntax element on the basis of a result of the performance.
US12015772B2
A method includes determining, for a conversion between a video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a size of prediction block corresponding to the video block according to a rule. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining. The rule specifies that a first size of the prediction block is determined responsive to whether a prediction refinement using optical flow technique is used for coding the video block. The video block has a second size and is coded using an affine merge mode or an affine advanced motion vector prediction mode.
US12015763B2
A video decoding method, a video encoding method, and related apparatuses. The method includes: determining a current video frame; determining a reference frame corresponding to the current video frame from video frames that have been decoded, and obtaining a target quantity of blocks that are decoded in a skip mode in the reference frame and a total block quantity of blocks in the reference frame; determining, according to a relationship between the target quantity and the total block quantity, a target resolution used for decoding the current video frame; and decoding the current video frame by using the target resolution. For different current video frames, different resolutions used for decoding can be adaptively selected, to simplify operations of determining the target resolution for decoding the current video frame, thereby resolving the technical problem of relatively low video encoding and decoding efficiency caused by complex processing operations in the related art.
US12015759B2
An information processing system includes a drawing portion that draws a display image for a terminal including one or more display media positioned in a virtual space; an acquisition portion that acquires input from a user; a state switching portion that switches, between a plurality of states, a state of the display medium; a position changing portion that changes the position of the display medium associated with one user in the virtual space, based on a first input from the one user acquired by the acquisition portion when the state of the display medium is a first state; and a viewpoint switching portion that switches a viewpoint of when the drawing portion draws the display image from a first viewpoint to a second viewpoint when the state of the display medium is switched from the first state to a second state by the state switching portion.
US12015750B2
An image reading device (1) includes a board (24) including a plurality of imaging elements (23) arranged along a scanning direction, and a housing (13) including (i) a plurality of optical components that are arranged along the scanning direction and (ii) a plurality of housing components (13a, 13b) that are arranged along the scanning direction. Each of the plurality of optical components focuses light reflected by a reading target onto a corresponding imaging element (23), and each of the plurality of housing components holds at least one optical component. The plurality of housing components (13a, 13b) are arranged to have a clearance therebetween and each of the plurality of housing components (13a, 13b) is fixed to the board (24) at a position to transmit light through the optical components to focus onto the corresponding imaging element (23).
US12015745B2
An image processing apparatus includes: a first hardware processor that sets cooperative processing including first processing and second processing that cooperate with each other in a server that provides a service that determines the cooperative processing; a second hardware processor that receives a command to execute the first processing; a third hardware processor that generates alternative processing in place of the first processing in a case where it is detected that the command cannot be received after the cooperative processing has been set; and a fourth hardware processor that executes the alternative processing.
US12015740B2
A shared device voicemail box can be accessed from a device that is an unauthenticated device without a user-specific security credential. The device obtains an image via a camera of the device and transmits a request to a server. The request includes a unique code based on the image. The device accesses the voicemail box based on an access grant received from the server. Using the obtained image, a non-registered user of a telephony system can access a secured voicemail box.
US12015739B2
Methods and systems for providing a centralized customer graphical user interface (GUI) include receiving an indication that a user has initiated an interaction with a cloud platform for support. In response, an interaction record is created for the interaction. A context is also determined for the interaction. The GUI displays information based on the context. An indication that an ending of the interaction has occurred may cause the GUI to present a wrap-up with confirmation indicators for one or more records interacted with via the GUI. The GUI may also receive an indication that one or more of the confirmation indicators is correct, and in response to receiving the indication that the one or more of the confirmation indicators is correct, one or more corresponding records are edited.
US12015729B2
A mobile device holder is disclosed. The mobile device holder includes: a base plate having a support surface and a rear surface opposite to the support surface; a first holder element arranged on the support surface at a first end of the base plate; a second holder element arranged in spaced relation to the first holder element, the second holder element being movable to a securing position to fixedly secure a mobile device between the first and second holder elements; and a magnet chamber extending from the rear surface of the base plate, the magnet chamber containing at least one magnet.
US12015727B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member, a support member disposed in the space between the first plate and the second plate, a first conductive area included in the side member, a protruding area included in the first conductive area protruding from the first conductive area toward an interior of the housing, and electrically connected to the first conductive area, a first circuit board disposed on one surface of the support member, a reinforcement member protruding from the one surface of the support member toward the second direction, a second circuit board extending further than the first circuit board toward the protruding area, and disposed on the reinforcement member, and a connection member electrically connecting the protruding area and the second circuit board, and disposed on the second circuit board.
US12015718B2
A system and method for signing and authenticating electronic documents using public key cryptography applied by one or more server computer clusters operated in a trustworthy manner, which may act in cooperation with trusted components controlled and operated by the signer. The system employs a presentation authority for presenting an unsigned copy of an electronic document to a signing party and a signature authority for controlling a process for affixing an electronic signature to the unsigned document to create a signed electronic document. The system provides an applet for a signing party's computer that communicates with the signature authority.
US12015715B2
A processor may commit, anonymously, an identity and associated data of a resource producer on a blockchain by an independent gateway. The processor may generate a Merkle tree hash commitment to the blockchain of all resources handled by an aggregator. The processor may execute individual commitments of a resource to a user. The processor may provide a zero-knowledge-proof that proves that the commitment of the identity and associated data of the resource producer and the Merkle tree hash commitment match.
US12015705B1
Systems and methods for quantum random number generation are provided. In some implementations, a method can include obtaining data indicative of a quantum circuit used by the quantum random number generation system to generate a quantum entropy source for determining a random number. The quantum entropy source can include a plurality of output samples. Each output sample can be obtained by measuring an output of the quantum circuit. The method can include performing one or more simulations of the quantum circuit to obtain a simulated output distribution of the quantum circuit without access to data associated with the random number. The method can include providing data indicative of the simulated output distribution for use in a verification process for the quantum random number generation system. The verification process can determine the use of the quantum computing system in generation of the quantum entropy source.
US12015703B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The device may comprise: a storage unit in which tag information is stored; a communication unit; and a processor which: acquires a biometric code string from biometric data sensed by a sensor; transmits a first cryptogram obtained by encrypting the biometric code string and the tag information, a first masking code, and a first masking encryption code obtained by encrypting the first masking code to the server through the communication unit; when tag information contained in a second cryptogram received from the server is identified as a value acquired on the basis of the stored tag information, decrypts the second cryptogram so as to acquire a value obtained by adding a distance value and a second masking code derived from the second cryptogram; and transmits the acquired value to the server through the communication unit, wherein the distance value includes a distance value between the biometric code string and a biometric code string already stored in the server, and the second masking code includes a code acquired by the server on the basis of the first masking code.
US12015702B2
This disclosure describes techniques for exchanging keys associated with encrypted media sessions using blockchains. In an example method, one or more encrypted frames are generated by encrypting one or more media frames based on an encryption key. Data indicating a ledger in a blockchain is transmitted to one or more computing devices. The ledger includes a decryption key configured to decrypt the one or more encrypted frames. Data packets are generated by packetizing the one or more encrypted frames. The data packets are transmitted to the one or more computing devices.
US12015699B2
Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for encryption key management within a group-based communication platform.
US12015688B1
A fast-locking phase-locked loop comprises a phase frequency detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator, a frequency divider, and a fast-locking control unit which receives a reference clock signal at its first input terminal and a phase-locking enable signal at its second input terminal and outputs a reset signal at a high level in response to a rising edge of the reference clock signal when receiving the phase-locking enable signal, wherein the frequency divider is connected to an output terminal of the fast-locking control unit and configured to trigger generation of a feedback signal in response to the reset signal at the high level, and the phase frequency detector is connected to the output terminal of the fast-locking control unit and configured to output a phase error between the reference clock signal and the feedback signal in response to the reset signal at the high level.
US12015687B2
A method of electronic communication via a virtual network function (NFV) implementation of a core network. The method comprises receiving a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) content request from a user equipment (UE), wherein the HTTP content request comprises an identification of a content source and determining by an orchestrator service that insufficient NFV processing capacity is available to perform the HTTP content request, where the orchestrator service is an application that executes on a first physical host. The method further comprises dynamically increasing the NFV processing capacity by the orchestrator service, performing the HTTP content request using the increased NFV processing capacity, and returning a HTTP content response to the UE, wherein the HTTP content response does not comprise identification of the content source.
US12015672B2
Virtual private network (VPN) service provider infrastructure (SPI) receives a request to access a VPN from a client device. The VPN SPI selects an Internet Protocol (IP) address for access to the VPN by the client device from a pool of IP addresses. The VPN SPI provides access to the VPN for the client device via the IP address. The VPN SPI receives one or more handshake notifications from the client device. The VPN SPI determines that a threshold time period has passed since a latest-in-time handshake notification of the one or more handshake notifications. The VPN SPI disconnects the client device from the VPN in response to determining that the threshold time period has passed. The VPN SPI adds the IP address to the pool of IP addresses in response to disconnecting the client device from the VPN.
US12015671B2
In one or more implementations, user interfaces may be generated that include user interface elements that enable the tracking or monitoring of interactions with augmented reality content by users of a client application. Usage metrics for augmented reality content may be collected and analyzed. In addition, information about client application users that interact with augmented reality content may be generated. In one or more examples, characteristics of users of the client application that interact with one or more augmented reality content items may be analyzed to determine a user characterization for one or more augmented reality content items. The usage metrics and user characterizations for augmented reality content items may be presented via a dashboard that is accessible to creators of augmented reality content.
US12015670B2
Techniques for suggesting accessory devices controlled by an application executing on a mobile device are disclosed. A method includes measuring one or more sensor values using one or more sensors of a mobile device and the one or more sensor values are determined from one or more signals emitted by a first one or more accessory devices. An area of a physical space for the first one or more accessory devices can be determined based on the one or more sensor values. A second one or more accessory devices associated with the same area as the first one or more accessory devices can be suggested to a user.
US12015663B1
A method may receive a first audio signal data at a first device, the first audio signal data decoded using a microphone array. A method may determine that the first audio signal data includes an audio sequence relating to an information sharing request. A method may send a first signal. A method may receive a second signal via the microphone array responsive to the first signal. A method may verify that the second signal was sent from a direction of a voice associated with the audio sequence, the second signal including a second device identifier associated with a second device. A method may establish a wireless connection with the second device using the second device identifier.
US12015661B2
A method and system for implementing domain name services (DNS) is described. In one aspect a query from a user device for access to a particular resource record may be received and forwarded to an authoritative DNS device. A reply to the query may be received from the authoritative DNS device. Information of the reply also may be distributed to other DNS devices.
US12015647B2
The embodiment herein provides a system for securing computer infrastructure and one or more devices that depend on one or more cloud platforms. The system includes a memory, and a processor that stores and executes a set of instructions. The processor is configured to (i) extract one or more information data from at least one of the cloud platforms or the devices that depends on the one or more cloud platforms, (ii) execute compliance tests to identify compliance and non-compliance in the one or more information data, (iii) generate a network topology map by querying the one or more information data, (iv) classify a connectivity between the one or more devices and their nature, (v) compute risk metrics, (vi) re-execute the compliance tests to detect changes, and (vii) implement security compliances without impacting a production or operational environment of the one or more cloud platforms.
US12015640B2
Apparatus and methods for using deepfakes defensively to detect fake, spoofed, and hoax accounts and posts on social media and elsewhere are provided. A program may gather verified images or writings of a target individual. The program may analyze the verified images and writings to create a baseline. The program may use deepfake algorithms to create exemplar deepfake images or writings. The program may store the data in a database. The program may search a network for social media accounts or posts that may meet the baseline and determine whether they are legitimate or illegitimate by comparing the contents of the accounts or posts with the exemplar deepfakes. When the program determines the accounts or posts are illegitimate, the program may initiate a takedown of those accounts or posts. The program may use machine learning algorithms to refine itself and become more accurate.
US12015638B1
A server agent application receives a uniform resource locator (URL) from a client agent application, the URL including an identifier for a graphical resource. The server agent application determines, based upon the URL, that a third-party application is to provide the graphical resource. The server agent application causes an intermediate application to be launched. The intermediate application requests a webpage from the third-party application, the webpage including a security token for a user session between the client agent application and the third-party application. The intermediate application receives the webpage and constructs a modified URL based upon the URL and the security token included in the webpage. The intermediate application transmits the modified URL to the third-party application, wherein the third-party application causes the client agent application to receive the graphical resource based upon the modified URL.
US12015634B2
A system and method for mitigating cyber security threats by devices using risk factors. The method includes determining a plurality of risk factors for a device based on a plurality of risk behaviors indicated by network activity and information of the device, wherein the plurality of risk behaviors includes observed risk behaviors and assumed risk behaviors, wherein the observed risk behaviors are indicated by data related to network activity by the device, wherein the assumed risk behaviors are extrapolated based on known contextual information related to the device; determining a risk score for the device based on the plurality of risk factors and a plurality of weights, wherein each of the plurality of weights is applied to one of the plurality of risk factors; and performing at least one mitigation action based on the risk score.
US12015627B2
A method to monitor integrity of webpages. The method may include obtaining a destination of outgoing network traffic resulting from rendered code of a webpage. The rendered code may be generated using source code of the webpage that is obtained in response to a request to a webserver that hosts the webpage. The method may also include obtaining a previous destination of previous outgoing network traffic resulting from previous rendered code of the webpage. The previous rendered code may be generated before the request is sent to the webserver for the source code used to generate the rendered code. The method may also include comparing the destination and the previous destination to determine a change in integrity of security of the webpage. In response to the change in the integrity of security of the webpage, an alert regarding the integrity of security of the webpage may be generated.
US12015613B2
An edge device may be configured to generate a secure container to perform a software application on the edge device. A security daemon operating on a processor of the edge device may receive a security policy for the software application from a secure container platform, retrieve a license associated with the software application, and determine permissions of the software application based on the retrieved license. The edge device may create a user or group account and updating a system service access-control list (ACL) based on the received security policy and the determined permissions, and generate and send a policy ready message to the secure container platform in response to creating the user or group account and updating the system service ACL.
US12015609B2
A native application on a client computing device enables secure user authentication via an identity provider (IdP) for accessing services of a web service provider. The native application forwards a redirect request generated by a main gateway of the service provider and including an IdP uniform resource locator (URL) to a system browser of the client computing device. The redirect request directs the system browser to a broker gateway of the service provider that registers an authentication response handler and redirects the system browser to the IdP URL to enable a user of the native client computing device to authenticate. After the broker gateway receives an IdP authentication response from the IdP following authentication by the user, the broker gateway provides the IdP authentication response to the native application for providing back to the main gateway. The main gateway finally processes the authentication response to complete the authentication request.
US12015606B2
A computer implemented method includes granting a tenant administrator client machine access to a cloud hosted tenant service joined to a directory service. A bulk token for the tenant is obtained in response to a request received from the tenant administrator client machine. An identifier of an authorized tenant client to the cloud hosted tenant service is received and results in the provisioning of a tenant client virtual machine in a cloud service for the authorized tenant client in accordance with a specified provisioning package associated with the bulk token. The tenant client virtual machine is then joined to the directory service. On receipt of an authorized client token at the cloud hosted tenant service from a tenant client machine, the tenant client machine is provided a connection to the tenant client virtual machine.
US12015603B2
Systems and methods are described for a multi-tenant mode of a serverless code execution system. For instance, a method may include maintaining a set of execution environments, wherein each execution environment is associated with a serverless function, wherein the serverless function is associated with a software as a service (SaaS) provider that is a tenant of a cloud services provider, wherein the SaaS provider provides services to sub-tenants, wherein the set of execution environments are partitioned based on sub-tenants of the SaaS provider; receiving a call to execute a serverless function, wherein the call includes a serverless function identifier and a sub-tenant identifier; identifying a sub-tenant-specific execution environment of the set of execution environments that is associated with the sub-tenant; and in response to identifying the tenant-specific execution environment, invoking the serverless function on the sub-tenant-specific execution environment.
US12015602B2
A system for transmitting data objects among user profiles receives a request to transmit a particular number of a first type of data object to a receiver profile. The system determines whether a sender profile is associated with the particular number of the first type of data object. In response to determining that the sender profile is not associated with the particular number of the first type of data object, the system identifies one or more other types of data objects that correspond to the particular number of the first type of data object. The system initiates a user interaction session. The system generates a block within a blockchain network to store user interaction session metadata. The system transmits the identified one or more other types of data objects to the receiver profile. The system stores, in the block, a completion token that indicates the user interaction session is completed.
US12015601B2
Systems, methods, and use-cases of multi-modal authentications and content distribution are presented. A content consumer can capture a multi-modal digital representation of multiple objects where a juxtaposition of features derived from the digital representation can be used to recognize that at least some of the objects are a valid authentication object. Upon authentication, an authentication agent determines a content access level for content associated with the corresponding to the juxtaposition. The content can then be presented on an electronic device, possibly within a secure virtual machine, according to the content access level.
US12015600B2
A device may receive a request to establish a virtualized environment to support a session for a client device in communication with the computing device over a network. The device may instantiate the virtualized environment in a trusted execution environment of the device, wherein the trusted execution environment may include one or more hardware resources that isolate the virtualized environment from a rich execution environment associated with the device. The device may cause a hardware security module associated with the device to obtain one or more cryptographic keys by communicating with a secure element of the client device, and the device may secure communication between a local operating system executing on the client device and the virtualized environment instantiated in the trusted execution environment using the one or more cryptographic keys.
US12015597B1
An example method performed by one or more processing devices includes: generating encrypted content at a sender device using one or more first keys that are available from a key provider; and outputting the encrypted content to a recipient device over one or more channels; where the key provider enables access, following authorization, by the recipient device to one or more second keys for decrypting the encrypted content; and where an entity that enables the channel is unaffiliated with the key provider.
US12015596B2
A system for risk analysis using port scanning for multi-factor authentication having a multi-dimensional time series data server configured to monitor and record a network's traffic data and to serve the traffic data to other modules and a directed computational graph module configured to scan open ports on connection destinations, analyze the scan results, and determine a verification score needed before granting access based at least in part on the analysis of the received responses. A plurality of verification methods build up a user's verification score to required level to gain access.
US12015594B2
A system for processing data that includes a first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide a proxy for each of a plurality of external network communications segments and internal network communications segments associated with a specific use, the first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide a firewall agent that performs firewall processing for each of the plurality of external network communications segments and the internal network communications segments and wherein the explicit proxy is installed using a proxy auto configuration file that is associated with the firewall agent.
US12015588B2
Systems and methods described herein use a variable 2MSL timer (also referred to herein as a “port reuse timer”) for a core network/gateway. A network device in a core network detects closing of a session that uses a port designated for Network Address Translation (NAT), monitors an overall NAT port utilization level, and manages release timing for the port based on the overall port utilization level.
US12015587B2
Provided are methods and apparatuses for updating a route. In the present disclosure, when an access device receives a first host route and a first sequence number sent by a BGP peer of the access device, regardless of the value of the first sequence number, the first host route is used as a route used by the access device to forward data to a target host, and a recorded first ARP entry corresponding to the target host is deleted, so as to trigger the BGP peer of the access device, for example, a convergence device, to withdraw host routes associated with the first ARP entry based on the existing route withdrawal mechanism.
US12015578B2
A communication apparatus operable to act as a master-AP in a multi-AP (access point) coordination configuration that supports an IEEE802.11 series standard, selects a sounding method which is a method for transmitting a sounding packet for receiving a CSI report as feedback from a terminal apparatus in accordance with a CSI (channel state information) calculation capability in the terminal apparatus that is connected to the communication apparatus.
US12015576B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a serving cell (e.g., serving base station), an indication to update a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state of a first component carrier associated with a neighboring cell (e.g., neighboring base station). In some cases, the UE may be configured with a serving cell update rule and a neighboring cell update rule. The UE may determine, in accordance with a neighboring cell update rule, whether to update the TCI state across multiple component carriers (e.g., in a component carrier list) associated with the first component carrier based on the first component carrier being associated with the neighboring cell. The UE may update the TCI state of at least the first component carrier in accordance with the neighboring cell update rule.
US12015575B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing aperiodic Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) triggering in a wireless system. Embodiments of a method performed by a wireless device and corresponding embodiments of a wireless device are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method in a wireless device for triggering aperiodic SRS comprises receiving a first SRS configuration for a first type of aperiodic SRS transmission and a second SRS configuration for a second type of aperiodic SRS transmission. The method further comprises receiving downlink control information comprising a parameter for triggering an aperiodic SRS transmission and determining whether to use the first SRS configuration or the second SRS configuration. The method further comprises transmitting an aperiodic SRS transmission in accordance with the determined SRS configuration. Embodiments of a method performed by a base station and corresponding embodiments of a base station are also disclosed.
US12015573B2
A cellular base station (BS) which determines an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) triggering offset configuration specifying an offset between an aperiodic SRS trigger received by a user equipment (UE) and transmission of the SRS by the UE. The cellular base station may determine that the SRS triggering offset should be adjusted. In response, the cellular base station may transmit signaling to the UE specifying a new value for the aperiodic SRS triggering offset. The new SRS triggering offset value may be partly based on a minimum timing offset for the UE and may be contained in a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) or in downlink control information (DCI). Additionally, the new triggering offset value may be applicable for a plurality of component carriers or bandwidth parts. The cellular base station may also determine a new triggering offset value due to conflicts regarding the AP-SRS transmission.
US12015568B2
In order to improve communication in a radio access network, a base station 100 includes: a first communication processing unit 141 configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus 400A; and a second communication processing unit 143 configured to receive, from base stations 200 and 300 respectively communicating with terminal apparatuses 400B and 400C, radio resource time length information for specifying a time length of a radio resource for the terminal apparatuses 400B and 400C, and hopping pattern information for specifying a frequency hopping pattern for the terminal apparatuses 400B and 400C. The first communication processing unit 141 is configured to determine the frequency hopping pattern for the terminal apparatus 400A, based on the radio resource time length information and the hopping pattern information, and communicate with the terminal apparatus 400A in accordance with the determined frequency hopping pattern.
US12015558B2
An electronic device in a network capable of enhancing classification of packets received by the electronic device is provided that includes a network interface, a non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor executes the instructions to receive a packet in at least one packet flow to be processed using a first service flow or a second service flow, determine whether a packet to be processed using the second service flow is incorrectly classified for processing using the first service flow, and move the incorrectly classified packet to the second service flow. A notification including data is transmitted for the incorrectly classified packet to a machine learning algorithm (MLA). The MLA is trained using the data and the trained MLA categorizes at least one new packet to be processed using the first or second service flow.
US12015548B2
A method and a device for identification management and optimized forwarding in a large-scale polymorphic network, the method comprising the follow steps: S1, constructing a polymorphic backbone network; S2, modality identification management; S3, determining a modality to be forwarded; S4, configuring a flow table for a switching node; S5, receiving a packet by a balanced distributor, and preliminarily parsing the type of the packet; S6, parsing key field information in the packet, determining the switching nodes to be allocated according to the key field information, and transmitting the key field information to the corresponding switching node; S7, the switching node matching the stored flow table according to the key field information to determine a correct forwarding action.
US12015540B2
A cloud-native architecture for containerized systems using consistent hashing routing is described. A reverse proxy server executing on a container-based cluster of compute nodes managed using a container orchestration service may determine a current data grid topology. The reverse proxy server may receive a first request from a first client device to retrieve first data from the container-based cluster of compute nodes. The request may be parsed to determine a key of a key-value pair and a hash value may be computed using the key. A consistent hashing algorithm may be executed to determine a node associated with the hash value. The first data may be retrieved from the node using the hash value. The first data may be sent to the first client device.
US12015539B2
An example method of mitigating oversubscription of traffic to edge services gateways in a data center includes: receiving, by a host of the data center, traffic metrics corresponding to the ESGs; determining traffic congestion at a first active edge of the ESGs in response to the traffic metrics; dividing, in response to the traffic congestion, a classless inter-domain routing (CIDR) block assigned to the first active edge into a first CIDR block and a second CIDR block; and creating, in a routing table of a router, a first route between an internet protocol (IP) address of the first active edge and the first CIDR block, and a second route between an IP address of a second active edge of the ESGs and the second CIDR block.
US12015527B1
Maintaining an organizational hierarchy by receiving data indicative of computing resource consumption by one or more leaf nodes, wherein the leaf nodes are part of a hierarchy including the leaf nodes and higher level nodes; and generating one or more modifications for the hierarchy based on the data indicative of computing resource consumption.
US12015524B2
An example system includes a vehicle having a first network and a second network of a different type than the first network; and a communication device interposed between the first network and the second network and structured to: generate network status data by monitoring communications of one or more devices on the first and/or the second networks; and transmit the network status data to a sensor device external to the vehicle.
US12015523B2
There is provided a communication apparatus that enables acquisition of data to be sent after a Secure Shell (SSH) connection between a wireless unit and a baseband unit is established. A communication apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes a communication unit (11) that establishes a first Secure Shell (SSH) connection with a wireless apparatus (20) that performs wireless communication with a communication terminal (40), and establishes a second SSH connection with a control apparatus (30) that performs a baseband process related to a signal used in the wireless communication, and a data recording unit (12) that records data of a management plane received from the wireless apparatus (20) through the first SSH connection or the data of the management plane received from the control apparatus (30) through the second SSH connection.
US12015505B2
The uplink transmission instruction method, applied to a network side device, comprises: sending a configuration message to a terminal, and the configuration message is used for configuring at least two sounding reference signal (SRS) resource sets for the terminal, and the SRS resource set is used for acquiring channel state information (CSI) of a first uplink transmission mode; receiving an SRS under the configuration message sent by the terminal, and determining, according to the received SRS, an uplink transmission parameter of a first uplink signal; and sending the determined uplink transmission parameter to the terminal to instruct the terminal to transmit the first uplink signal according to the uplink transmission parameter.
US12015503B2
Embodiments of this application provide a device and a system of a virtual network service across session management network elements. A group session management network element obtains tunnel information of a first user plane network element serving a first terminal device belonging to a first virtual network group, sends a first message to a second session management network element, where the first message includes an identifier of the first terminal device, an identifier of the first virtual network group, and the tunnel information of the first user plane network element for configuring a first forwarding rule on a second user plane network element, and the first forwarding rule is used by the second user plane network element to send a first data packet to the first user plane network element when one terminal device belonging to the first virtual network group sends the first data packet to the first terminal device.
US12015502B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to using artificial intelligence (“AI”) to control integration of software developed by a third-party into an enterprise computing environment subject to more rigorous regulatory and security testing than typically provided by the third-party. AI software development automation tools will deploy third-party scripts to edge servers. Deploying to edge servers allows for integration of the third-party tags into testing environment pipelines. Local storage associated with third-party tags will be at a top-level domain, allowing third-party software tags to be treated as first party without the reputational and technical risks of cross-site storage.
US12015494B2
Systems and methods for providing sidebars during virtual meetings are provided herein. In an aspect, a system including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a communications interface, and a processor is provided. The processor may be configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to: establish a video conference having a plurality of participants, receive, from a first client device, a first audio stream and a first video stream, and receive, from the first client device, a request for a sidebar meeting with a second client device. The processor may be configured to establish the sidebar meeting, and responsive to establishing the sidebar meeting: terminate transmission of the first audio stream, and transmit to the first client device: a first set of audio and video streams corresponding to a main meeting, and a second set of audio and video streams corresponding to the sidebar meeting.
US12015492B2
A first wireless device receives, from a base station, configuration parameters of feedback resources. The first wireless device receives, from a second wireless device, a transport block via a sidelink. The first wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device, an acknowledgment for the transport block via a feedback resource, of the feedback resources. The feedback resources is determined based on an identity of the first wireless device and a modulo operation performed on a quantity of the feedback resources.
US12015490B2
A method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) feedback indication includes: determining to send current downlink data to a terminal; generating uplink HARQ feedback indication information for the current downlink data, wherein a timing relationship between a time domain unit of downlink data for the terminal and a time domain unit of an uplink HARQ feedback of the downlink data includes a set of first timing relationships and a set of second timing relationships, and the set of first timing relationships is a subset of the set of second timing relationships; and sending to the terminal the current downlink data and downlink control information (DCI) carrying the uplink HARQ feedback indication information. A terminal to realize dynamic HARQ feedback can be realized by a terminal.
US12015489B2
A communication transmitter retransmits a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data unit (MPDU) to a communication receiver over a communication channel using a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) retransmission scheme. The MPDU includes a plurality of information bits. The communication transmitter includes a processor configured to determine the MPDU to be retransmitted based on a Block ACK frame received from the communication receiver, the Block ACK frame indicating previously correctly decoded MPDUs at the communication receiver, and to generate a bit sequence to be transmitted to the communication receiver, wherein the bit sequence comprises the plurality of information bits. The communication transmitter further comprises a communication interface configured to transmit the bit sequence to the communication receiver for retransmitting the MPDU to the communication receiver.
US12015474B2
A method of a communication device arranged to operate in a cellular communication system is presented. The method comprises determining interference mitigation capabilities for control symbols, transmitting information about the determined interference mitigation capabilities to a network node of the cellular communication system. Also a method of a network node arranged to operate in a cellular communication system. The method comprises receiving from a communication device operating in the cellular communication system information about determined interference mitigation capabilities of the communication device for control symbols, and adapting a performing of one or more radio operation tasks based on the received information. Communication device, network node, and computer programs for the communication device and network node are also presented.
US12015471B2
Disclosed is a relay method including: receiving, as input, respective reception signals by two receive antennas, the reception signals each including a reception signal resulting from multiplexing respective transmission signals transmitted by two transmission antennas in a first frequency band; performing frequency conversion on the reception signal received by one of the receive antennas so as to obtain a signal of a third frequency band; and performing frequency multiplexing on the signal having the third frequency band and the reception signal received by the other of the receive antennas.
US12015469B2
A method performed by a beam management system that obtains spatial and temporal measurements of a mobile terminal and geolocation information of an associated base station on a wireless communication network. The system determines a phase compensation value for the mobile terminal based on the obtained information, which is used to calculate or select coefficients for antenna elements that form an optimal antenna beam. Thus, the system can perform beam switching quickly and efficiently based on predicted spatial or temporal characteristics of the mobile terminal without needing to wait for actual beam measurements.
US12015468B2
Techniques and devices for wireless communication are described. A communication device may identify a set of beam level selection parameters. The set of beam level selection parameters may include traffic information, channel information, application information, or any combination thereof. The communication device may select, based on the identified set of beam level selection parameters, a beam level, from a set of beam levels, different from a baseline beam level associated with the wireless communication. The selected beam level may be associated with a number of antenna elements different from a number of antenna elements associated with the baseline beam level. The communication device may perform the wireless communication based on the selected beam level.
US12015462B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electric device, a method for adjusting beamforming profiles and computer readable medium. The electric device comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the electric device to: obtain performance measurement information for a broadcast area where an initial beamforming profile is currently used, the initial beamforming profile being determined from a set of candidate beamforming profiles; determine, based on the performance measurement information, the initial beamforming profile, each candidate beamforming profile in the set and a learning model, a respective beamforming performance estimation in case where a respective candidate beamforming profile is used in the broadcast area, wherein the learning model specifies an association between historical measurement information for the broadcast area and beamforming performance; and select one candidate beamforming profile from the set for the broadcast area based on the beamforming performance estimation and the performance measurement information such that an optimal beamforming performance can be obtained by using the selected candidate beamforming profile.
US12015458B2
A technique for transmitting on a multiple-input channel from a transmitting device to at least one receiving device is described. As to a method of the technique, a quality of a channel estimate of the multiple-input channel from the transmitting device to the at least one receiving device is determined. A transmission on the multiple-input channel from the transmitting device to the at least one receiving device is performed. The transmission is spatially precoded using at least one precoder determined out of a set of precoders. A size of the set of precoders is an increasing or non-decreasing function of the determined quality of the channel estimate.
US12015447B2
A microcontroller includes a setting unit, an encoder, a modulation circuit, and a digital-to-analog converter. The setting unit outputs a control signal. The encoder outputs a digital signal that is encoded. The modulation circuit loads at least one carrier signal on the digital signal at the logic high level and/or the logic low level according to the control signal to generate a modulated digital signal. The digital-to-analog converter converts the modulated digital signal into an analog signal, and outputs the analog signal for transmission.
US12015445B2
An optical transmitter chip based on OTN transmission technology, which solves the high bit error rate in existing OTN technology for data transmission below 100 m in the data center, includes a transmitter TX, a digital control unit DIGIITAL, and a power module POWER. The transmitter TX first uses the optical modulation amplitude signal loss module to complete a judgment of an optical modulation amplitude for an attenuated electrical signal transmitted through metal traces on a PCB board. Only if the signal is greater than the preset threshold, an enable signal is output to control a linear equalizer and a laser driver to start, and open a signal transmission path for the chip-driven laser to emit an optical signal. The linear equalizer and the bypass ByPass process signal optimization in two-stage, then the signal is sent to the laser driver to drive the laser to emit an optical signal.
US12015436B2
A device is provided that includes a persistent memory, a microcontroller and a power source configured to generate power in response to energy harvesting. The power is transferred to a power storage of the device such that when the power storage has an amount of power the microcontroller performs processing of a part of a task resulting in state data related to the task stored to the persistent memory in response to a first cycle of energy harvesting. In response to one or more additional cycles of energy harvesting, the device continues performance of the task by retrieving the state data for the part of the task from the persistent memory and resulting in assembly of a payload that comprises an update to software running on the device.
US12015432B2
A radio-frequency signal preconditioning method includes: receiving, at a radio-frequency signal preconditioning apparatus from an antenna, a radio-frequency signal; selectively providing, at the radio-frequency signal preconditioning apparatus, any of a plurality of gains to the radio-frequency signal to produce an output signal, the plurality of gains spanning a first range; and providing, from the radio-frequency signal preconditioning apparatus, the output signal to a conversion circuit configured to convert the output signal from an analog signal at a radio frequency to a digital signal at a baseband frequency, the conversion circuit having a dynamic range spanning a second range that is smaller than the first range.
US12015429B2
A multichannel data packer includes a plurality of two-input multiplexers and a controller. The plurality of two-input multiplexers is arranged in 2N rows and N columns in which N is an integer greater than 1. Each input of a multiplexer in a first column receives a respective bit stream of 2N channels of bit streams. Each respective bit stream includes a bit-stream length based on data in the bit stream. The multiplexers in a last column output 2N channels of packed bit streams each having a same bit-stream length. The controller controls the plurality of multiplexers so that the multiplexers in the last column output the 2N channels of bit streams that each has the same bit-stream length.
US12015422B1
An apparatus has a communication bus, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The first circuit is operational to generate a package, calculate a check value of payload data in the package with a particular cyclic redundance check variant and an obfuscation type, store an encrypted check value in a footer of the package, store an encrypted obfuscation code in a header of the package, and transmit the package on the communication bus. The second circuit is operational to receive the package from the communication bus, decrypt the encrypted check value to determine the check value calculated by the first circuit, determine an obfuscation type from the encrypted obfuscation code, perform a payload verification of the payload data with the particular cyclic redundancy check variant with the obfuscation type applied and the check value, and signal that the payload data is valid in response to passage of the payload verification.
US12015421B2
Disclosed are a training method for a learning model for recognizing an acoustic signal, a method of recognizing an acoustic signal using the learning model, and devices for performing the methods. The method of recognizing an acoustic signal using a learning model includes identifying an acoustic signal including an acoustic event or acoustic scene, determining an acoustic feature of the acoustic signal, dividing the determined acoustic feature for each of a plurality of frequency band intervals, and determining the acoustic event or acoustic scene included in the acoustic signal by inputting the divided acoustic features to a trained learning model.
US12015411B2
A delay selector includes a first multiplexer, a first inverter, a second multiplexer, and a second inverter. The first multiplexer has a first input coupled to an input of the delay selector. The first inverter is coupled between the input of the delay selector and a second input of the first multiplexer. The second multiplexer has a first input coupled to an output of the first multiplexer. The second inverter is coupled between the output of the first multiplexer and a second input of the second multiplexer.
US12015410B2
A semiconductor device includes a first dummy group having a first set of dummy transistors; a first delay cell having a first set of active transistors; a second delay cell having a second set of active transistors; a second dummy group having a second set of dummy transistors; and relative to a first direction the first and second dummy groups and the first and second delay cells being arranged in a first sequence arranged as the first dummy group, the first delay cell, the second delay cell, and the second dummy group; and the first and second delay cells being free from having another dummy group therebetween.
US12015404B2
A logic process-based level conversion circuit of a flash flash field programmable gate array (FPGA) performs three-stage level conversion by using three conversion modules. A first-stage conversion module is configured to convert an input first signal of a VDD-GND voltage domain into a second signal of a VP1-GND voltage domain, an intermediate-stage conversion module is configured to convert the input second signal of the VP1-GND voltage domain into a third signal of a VP1-VN voltage domain, and a drive-stage conversion module is configured to convert the input third signal of the VP1-VN voltage domain into a drive signal of a VP2-VN voltage domain and output a drive word line. The logic process-based level conversion circuit reduces the pressure of conversion at each stage, ensures a capability of driving the next stage, increases the conversion speed, and provides a large driving capability at the last stage.
US12015402B1
Asynchronous circuit elements are described. Asynchronous circuit elements include a consensus element (c-element), completion tree, and validity tree. The c-element is implemented using adjustable threshold based multi-input capacitive circuitries. The completion tree comprises a plurality of c-elements organized in a tree formation. The validity tree comprises OR gates followed by c-elements. The multi-input capacitive circuitries include capacitive structures that may comprise linear dielectric, paraelectric dielectric, or ferroelectric dielectric. The capacitors can be planar or non-planar. The capacitors may be stacked vertically to reduce footprint of the various asynchronous circuitries.
US12015399B2
A multi-value selection switch that includes an engagement surface with an integrated touch sensor. The integrated touch sensor includes a plurality of detectable positions that correspond to, for instance, a range of absolute or relative target input values between a predefined minimum and maximum. The engagement surface further defines a switch that actuates/activates based on detecting a user-supplied force and/or based on a user momentarily holding a finger/pointer position. A user can select a target input value by bringing a finger or other pointer within operable proximity of an associated detectable position and actuating the switch and/or momentarily pausing. In response, the selection switch outputs a control signal to an associated device to cause the same to adjust operation.
US12015393B2
Acoustic resonator devices and methods are disclosed. An acoustic resonator device includes a substrate having a surface and a piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface of the piezoelectric plate is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. One or more diaphragm support pedestals extend between the substrate and the diaphragm within the cavity.
US12015391B2
A filter device has a substrate with a first cavity and a second cavity on a single die; and a bonding layer formed on the substrate but not spanning the first cavity or the second cavity. A piezoelectric plate is bonded to the bonding layer and spans the first and the second cavity. However, excess portions of piezoelectric plate are removed that extend a certain length past the perimeter of the first cavity and of the second cavity. Excess portions may be piezoelectric material that extends in the length and width direction past the perimeter of a cavity by more than between 2 and 25 percent of the cavity perimeter. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is on a front surface of the piezoelectric plate and having interleaved fingers over the first cavity.
US12015378B2
A hybrid receiver for a concentrator photovoltaic-thermal power system combines a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) module and a thermal module that converts concentrated sunlight into electrical energy and thermal heat. Heat transfer fluid flowing through a cooling block removes waste heat generated by photovoltaic cells in the CPV module. The heat transfer fluid then flows through a helical tube illuminated by sunlight that misses the CPV module. Only one fluid system is used to both remove the photovoltaic-cell waste heat and capture high-temperature thermal energy from sunlight. Fluid leaving the hybrid receiver can have a temperature greater than 200° C., and therefore may be used as a source of process heat for a variety of commercial and industrial applications. The hybrid receiver can maintain the photovoltaic cells at temperatures below 110° C. while achieving overall energy conversion efficiencies exceeding 80%.
US12015365B2
An electric motor assembly comprising a housing containing a secondary power source, a motor driver, an electric motor, power sensors to sense faults in a primary power supply and the secondary power source, primary and secondary winding sensors configured to sense faults in a primary winding and a secondary winding of the electric motor, the motor driver comprising a primary controller to control the primary winding in a normal operation mode and a secondary motor controller operatively configured to control at least one of the primary winding and/or the secondary winding in a secondary operation mode, the secondary motor controller configured to drive the motor to a safe position using the secondary winding in the event of a sensed fault in the primary winding and to drive the motor to the safe position using the secondary power source in the event of a sensed fault in the primary power source.
US12015359B2
A current command value deriving unit of a motor control device derives a d-axis current command value and a q-axis current command value based on a torque current map and a torque command value. A voltage command value deriving unit executes a first process of deriving a d-axis voltage command value based on the d-axis current command value and deriving a q-axis voltage command value based on q-axis current command value, and a second process of deriving the d-axis voltage command value based on the q-axis current command value and deriving the q-axis voltage command value based on a limit voltage and the d-axis voltage command value. When a motor is driven by field-weakening control, the voltage command value deriving unit switches from the second process to the first process when it is determined that the voltage command value satisfying the torque command value is derivable by the first process.
US12015358B2
The disclosure provides a portable charging device with kinetic energy recovery comprising a machine body, a kinetic energy recovery component, an AC-DC electric energy conversion component, and an energy storage component. The kinetic energy recovery component is embedded in the machine body by a locking assembly, and comprises a ring body, two springs, a conductor coil, a permanent magnet sphere, a guide rod, two sealing covers, and two bumps. The two sealing covers are symmetrically and fixedly attached to both sides of the ring body, and the middle part of the ring body and the two sealing covers form a vacuum cavity. The energy storage component is arranged at the right side of the machine body. The AC-DC electric energy conversion component is arranged at the bottom side of the machine body, and two first conductive blocks are electrically connected to the AC-DC electric energy conversion component.
US12015349B2
Disclosed is a switching circuit including an input terminal, a switching terminal, a grounding terminal, a bootstrap terminal, a high-side transistor connected between the input terminal and the switching terminal, a low-side transistor connected between the switching terminal and the grounding terminal, a bootstrap capacitor connected between the switching terminal and the bootstrap terminal, a bootstrap switch connected between a constant voltage line and the bootstrap terminal, and a driver circuit configured to turn on the bootstrap switch in a period of time in which the low-side transistor is on and to turn off the bootstrap switch in a period of time in which the low-side transistor is off. The bootstrap switch includes two P-channel metal oxide semiconductor transistors connected in anti-series with each other between the constant voltage line and the bootstrap terminal.
US12015346B2
A DC-DC boost converter includes an inductor coupled between an input voltage and an input node, a diode coupled between the input node and an output node, and an output capacitor coupled between the output node and ground such that an output voltage is formed across the output capacitor. A switch selectively couples the input node to ground in response to a drive signal. Control loop circuitry includes an error amplifier to generate an analog error voltage based upon a comparison of a feedback voltage to a reference voltage, the feedback voltage being indicative of the output voltage, a quantizer to quantize the analog error voltage to produce a digital error signal, and a drive voltage generation circuit to generate the drive signal as having a duty cycle based upon the digital error signal.
US12015345B2
In an example, a method includes storing a pending PWM pulse for a switching voltage regulator. The method also includes determining a switching voltage regulator is operating in a current limit mode, where an inductor current is above a current limit threshold. The method includes providing a predetermined number of PWM pulses in the current limit mode. The method also includes, responsive to providing the predetermined number of PWM pulses, ceasing storage of pending PWM pulses for the switching voltage regulator.
US12015339B2
A linear regulator adjusts an intermediate voltage VREGOUT at an output node such that an output voltage VOUT at an output terminal approaches a first target voltage VOUT(REF1). A Dixon-type charge pump circuit enters a disable state when the output voltage VOUT is higher than a threshold voltage VTH(CP) determined to be lower than the first target voltage VOUT(REF1), outputs the intermediate voltage VREGOUT at a first input node to the output node in the disable state, enters an enable state when the output voltage VOUT is lower than the threshold voltage VTH(CP), and stabilizes the output voltage VOUT at the output terminal to a second target voltage VOUT(REF2) determined to be lower than the first target voltage VOUT(REF1) in the enable state.
US12015336B2
A power semiconductor package comprises a lead frame, a semiconductor chip, and a molding encapsulation. The lead frame comprises an elevated section comprising a source section; a drain section; and a plurality of leads. The semiconductor chip includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) disposed over the lead frame. The semiconductor chip comprises a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode. The source electrode of the semiconductor chip is electrically and mechanically connected to the source section of the elevated section of the lead frame. The semiconductor chip is served as a low side field-effect transistor as a flipped-chip connected to a heat sink by a first thermal interface material. A high side field-effect transistor is connected to the heat sink by a second thermal interface material. The low side field-effect transistor and the high side field-effect transistor are mounted on a printed circuit board.
US12015332B2
A power supply and a power saving method thereof are provided. The power saving method includes: utilizing a monitoring circuit within the power supply to generate a monitoring signal according to operating loading of the power supply; and utilizing a control signal generating circuit within the power supply to generate a control signal according to the monitoring signal, to drive at least two switch transistors within a circuitry within the power supply, wherein the switch transistors are connected in parallel.
US12015327B2
In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicle apparatuses are provided. A system provides a gravity drive to distribute coolant oil flow including a nozzle for directing a flow of coolant oil over a surface of an electric motor wherein the flow of the coolant oil is caused by a gravity drive; a connector that is coupled to the nozzle that enables the nozzle to sway in response to external forces encountered by a vehicle operation and to distribute coolant oil over the exterior surface of the electric motor; and a counterweight that is coupled to the nozzle that provides a countermeasure to the external forces encountered by the vehicle operation to cause the nozzle to sway in a manner that enables the coolant oil distributed evenly across the exterior surface of the electric motor.
US12015324B2
An electronics assembly including a motor controller electronics arrangement includes a housing enclosing a solid-state switch array, a cold plate arranged within the housing and in thermal communication with the solid-state switch array, and a feeder cable. The feeder cable is electrically connected to the solid-state switch array, has a coolant jacket extending thereabout, is separated from the switch arrangement by the housing, and is in liquid communication with the cold plate to limit heat communicated by the feeder cable into the housing. Electrical systems and methods of cooling feeder cables are also described.
US12015317B2
A stator includes: a stator core including teeth; pins including a working portion extending in an axial direction in a slot between the teeth; and bus bars electrically connected to the pins. In each slot, the working portions are disposed over stages in a radial direction. The pins include the two working portions across the teeth, first and second pins each including a connection portion connecting the working portion in a circumferential direction, and a third pin connected to the bus bar. The working portion of the second pin is disposed on one of the outermost and innermost stages of the slot, and the working portion of the third pin is disposed on one or the other of the outermost and innermost stages of the slot. A number of teeth straddled by the second pin is larger by two than a number of teeth straddled by the first pin.
US12015316B2
An axial flux motor may include a motor housing, a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, and a stator mounted in the motor housing, and having a stator ring and a through-hole through which the shaft extends. Two rotors may be mounted on the shaft within the motor housing on opposing sides of the stator, each rotor having a plurality of magnets arranged radially on a stator-facing surface thereof. In addition, magnet wire may be wound on portions of the stator, the magnet wire comprising an inner coolant passage disposed within a copper tube, and a green glass coating on an outer surface of the copper tube, the green glass coating comprising glass solids, one or more of surfactants, solvents, and polymers.
US12015310B2
An electric machine includes a stator having a winding, and at least one temperature sensor for detecting the temperature in the region of the winding. The temperature sensor is arranged on an elongate support that is elastic at least in the region of the temperature sensor. The support is placed in an elongate recess which is open to at least one of the sides of the windings and the temperature sensor is pressed into thermal contact with the winding by the support.
US12015306B2
A plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles have an average thickness of 10 nm to 100 μm, each of the particles having a flat surface; a magnetic metal phase containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni; and a difference in coercivity on the basis of direction within the surface, the average value of the ratio of the average length within the surface with respect to the thickness being from 5-10,000. The particles include a particle having at least one of a crack in a thickness direction having a depth equivalent to 10% or more of the thickness of the particle and a width shorter than the depth, and a crack in a direction parallel to the surface having a length equivalent to 10% or more of the thickness of the particle and a width shorter than the length.
US12015284B2
A method for measuring a position, is performed by a vehicle assembly (VA) for alignment between a ground assembly (GA) and the VA. The method includes transmitting low frequency (LF) signals to initiate alignment with the GA and estimating a position of a vehicle using at least one sensor mounted on the vehicle. Information regarding the estimated position of the vehicle is provided to the GA and information regarding a position of the vehicle measured by LF receive antennas of the GA and an acceleration flag calculated by the GA is received. Accordingly, a transmission strength of the LF signals transmitted by the VA is adjusted based on the information regarding the position of the vehicle measured by the LF receive antennas and the acceleration flag.
US12015283B2
A wireless receiver system, configured to receive both electrical data signals and electrical energy, includes a first receiver antenna, configured to receive one or both of the electrical data signals and the electrical energy, and a power conditioning system in electrical connection with the first receiver antenna, configured to receive electrical energy from the first receiver antenna. The wireless receiver system further includes a second receiver antenna configured to receive the electrical data signals and a receiver controller operatively associated with the first receiver antenna and the second receiver antenna and configured to determine switching instructions. The wireless receiver system further includes a switch operatively associated with the receiver controller and configured to switch receiving operations between the first and second receiver antennas based, at least in part, on the switching instructions.
US12015278B2
An electronic device and a method thereof, which supports fast wireless charging, are provided. The electronic device includes a wireless power circuit, and one or more processors which are functionally connected with the wireless power circuit, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute detecting an external electronic device through the wireless power circuit, determining wireless power information corresponding to the external electronic device, determining whether the external electronic device supports a first charging power or a second charging power, at least partially based on the wireless power information, providing the first charging power to the external electronic device through the wireless power circuit, at least partially based on the determination that the external electronic device supports the first charging power, and providing the second charging power to the external electronic device through the wireless power circuit, at least partially based on the determination that the external electronic device supports the second charging power.
US12015277B2
A sensor node is provided having a radio frequency (RF) circuit and a sensor interface circuit. The RF circuit wirelessly harvests energy from an external device such as a smart phone to produce a voltage at an output to charge a storage capacitor. The sensor interface circuit is configured to communicate with a sensor. In response to a request from the external device, the sensor node provides a voltage level of the capacitive element to the external device. The external device uses the voltage level to determine capabilities of the sensor node and to control sensing functions of the sensor node. In another embodiment, a method is provided to operate the sensor node.
US12015272B2
Systems and methods comprising a metering device located on an electricity distribution grid, the metering device comprising one or more processors and memory. The metering device can detect a drop in characteristic of electricity below a threshold indicating a fault on the electricity distribution grid. The metering device can generate, responsive to the drop in the characteristic of electricity below the threshold, a time series of a rate of change of the characteristic of electricity for a predetermined number of cycles subsequent to the detection of the drop. The metering device can determine, based on a comparison of the time series of the rate of change with a predetermined pattern, a location of the metering device on the electricity distribution grid relative to a location of the fault on the electricity distribution grid.
US12015271B2
The disclosure provides power distribution network reliability index calculation method based on mixed integer linear programming. The method includes: establishing a model for optimizing reliability indexes of a power distribution network based on a mixed integer linear programming model, wherein the model comprises an objective function and constraint conditions, the objective function is for minimizing a system average interruption duration index (SAIDI); solving the model based on the objective function and the constraint conditions to obtain reliability indexes of the power distribution network; and controlling operation of the power distribution network based on the reliability indexes.
US12015251B1
A system, method, and apparatus lubricating a wire or cable during manufacturing, wherein the wire is aligned with an entry to a spraying enclosure and passes through a first seal of the spraying enclosure. Lubricant is sprayed onto the wire inside of the spraying enclosure while the unapplied, but sprayed, lubricant is collected at the bottom of the spraying enclosure. The wire passes through a second seal of the spraying enclosure, is aligned, and exits from the spraying enclosure.
US12015248B2
Disclosed are a current excitation type organic semiconductor laser containing a pair of electrodes, an organic laser active layer and an optical resonator structure between the pair of electrodes and a laser having an organic layer on a distributed feedback grating structure. The lasers include a continuous-wave laser, a quasi-continuous-wave laser and an electrically driven semiconductor laser diode.
US12015245B2
Modification of the topology of selected regions of individual VCSEL devices during fabrication is utilized to provide an array output beam with specific characteristics (e.g., “uniform” output power across the array). These physical features include at least the width of the metal aperture, the width of the oxide aperture, and/or the geometry of the contact ring structure on the top of the VCSEL device. The modifications may also function to adjust the numerical apertures (NAs) of the devices, the beam waist, wallplug efficiency, and the like.
US12015228B2
A power receptacle assembly includes a base unit which includes a housing. The housing includes a bottom housing, a housing cover coupled to the bottom housing and first and second end caps coupled to the bottom housing and the housing cover. The bottom housing, the housing cover, and the first and second end caps define a housing interior. The base unit also includes a constant voltage driver disposed within the housing interior. Additionally, the power receptacle assembly includes a plurality of power receptacles electronically coupled to the constant voltage driver though the housing. The power receptacle assembly also a secondary unit including a housing defining an interior, a sled coupled to another power receptacle configured to be disposed within the housing interior and a clamp.
US12015221B2
An electrical connector having a main support with a front and back, top and bottom, and left and right opposite the left. Fingers extend forwardly from the front of the main support to a tip. The fingers each have a top and bottom and are arranged from left to right of the main support with gaps defined between them. A flexible circuit board has inner and outer surfaces with electrical leads on the outer surface. Openings are defined through the flexible circuit board between the electrical leads. The flexible circuit board is wrapped around the fingers such that the outer surface of the flexible circuit board is supported on both the top and the bottom of the fingers and the openings in the flexible circuit board are aligned with the gaps between the fingers.
US12015218B2
A cable locking device includes a first part and a second part. The first part includes a first cavity for receiving a first electrical wire and a second cavity. The second part includes a first cavity for receiving a second electrical wire and a projection. The projection is configured to be inserted into the second cavity of the first part. A first channel is formed within the second cavity of the first part and extends from an opening of the second cavity. A second channel is formed within the second cavity of the first part and is connected to the first channel and extends in a transverse direction of the first channel. A pin is formed on the projection of the second part and is configured to fit within the first channel and the second channel of the first part. The pin is configured to engage sidewalls of the second channel so as to frictionally hold into place the pin with respect to the second channel to connect the first part to the second part.
US12015203B2
A transparent stealth structure includes: a first transparent film structure stacked on a front surface of a transparent base, the first transparent film structure causing energy loss of incident electromagnetic waves having a target frequency to change a phase of transmitted electromagnetic waves propagating toward the transparent base; and a second transparent film structure stacked on a back surface of a transparent base, the second transparent film structure reflecting the transmitted electromagnetic waves having passed through the transparent base while adjusting a phase of reflected waves propagating toward the first transparent film structure, wherein the first transparent film structure includes a first front transparent conductive pattern having a first sheet resistance and a second front transparent conductive pattern filling a region, and the second transparent film structure includes a first rear transparent conductive pattern having a third sheet resistance and a second rear transparent conductive pattern filling a region.
US12015200B2
A wireless communication system may include an electronic device having an antenna element. The antenna element may convey radio-frequency signals greater than 10 GHz across a dielectric housing wall. A dielectric matching structure may be interposed between the antenna element and the dielectric housing wall. The wireless communication system may include external equipment having an antenna element communicatively coupled to the electronic device antenna element to convey firmware testing, debugging, restore, and/or other data via a near-field wireless communication link. The external equipment may be configured to receive the electronic device at an opening. A dielectric matching structure may be provided at the external equipment between the dielectric housing wall and the external equipment antenna element. The interior surface of the dielectric housing wall may have planar, convex, or concave portions.
US12015191B2
An integrated circuit package is provided. In some examples, the integrated circuit package is an antenna-on-package package that includes an integrated circuit die and an antenna substrate coupled to the integrated circuit die. The antenna substrate includes a conductor layer and a first dielectric layer disposed between the conductor layer and the integrated circuit die. The conductor layer includes antennas electrically coupled to the integrated circuit die. The integrated circuit package further includes an I/O substrate coupled to the integrated circuit die opposite the antenna substrate. In some such examples, the I/O substrate includes interconnect connectors and a second dielectric layer disposed between the interconnect connectors and the integrated circuit die. In some such examples, the integrated circuit package includes interconnect connectors extending between the antenna substrate and the I/O substrate.
US12015190B2
Disclosed are a multiplexing structure for a wireless antenna and a touch pad of a touch sensor, and a wireless wearable device. The multiplexing structure includes a radiating touch pad, a first conductor, a first circuit, a second circuit, and a frequency dividing circuit. The radiating touch pad is configured to receive and transmit an RF signal and receive a touch signal. The first conductor is electrically connected to the radiating touch pad. The first circuit is electrically connected to the radiating touch pad through the first conductor. The frequency dividing circuit is electrically connected to the second circuit and the first conductor, and is located between the second circuit and the first conductor. The multiplexing structure can separate the touch signal and the RF signal, and can solve the problem of mutual signal interference in the wireless wearable device caused by space limitation.
US12015180B2
An illustrative example method of controlling operation of a fuel cell power plant includes opening a pneumatic valve using pneumatic pressure of pressurized fuel cell reactant, allowing the pressurized fuel cell reactant to flow through the pneumatic valve to a cell stack assembly, determining that shutdown of the cell stack assembly is desired, and control a rate that the pneumatic valve closes by controlling a rate of release of the pneumatic pressure.
US12015178B2
A battery cell includes an inner plastic layer, an outer plastic layer, and a middle metal layer. The inner and outer plastic layers extends along at least three of sides of the battery cell. The middle metal layer is disposed between the inner and outer plastic layers. The middle metal layer extends along the at least three sides of the battery cell and projects from at least a fourth side of the battery cell to form at least one heat dissipation tab. The at least one heat dissipation tab is configured to transfer heat to at least one cooling plate through thermal conduction. The fourth side of the battery cell connects two of the at least three sides to one another.
US12015177B2
An electrode assembly with improved connection between current collectors and electrode tabs, and a method for manufacturing the same, for assuring safety with respect to overcharge, and battery capacity by improving a connection structure between the electrode tab and the current collector are provided. The electrode assembly for a rechargeable battery includes: an electrode current collector; an uncoated region in which an electrode active material layer is not formed, and provided on one side of the electrode current collector; an electrode tab disposed in the uncoated region; and a conductive adhesion portion that is disposed between the uncoated region and the electrode tab. The conductive adhesion portion comprises a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material.
US12015171B2
This application relates to a battery module and a battery pack. The battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells, configured to be connected in series, where after the battery module fails, the plurality of battery cells include a failed battery cell and at least one non-failed battery cell adjacent to the failed battery cell; and a first connecting piece, configured to connect the failed battery cell to the at least one non-failed battery cell, where the first connecting piece includes a first connecting portion and a conductive portion connected to the first connecting portion, the first connecting portion is configured to be electrically connected to an enclosure of the failed battery cell, and the conductive portion is configured to be electrically connected to the at least one non-failed battery cell, so as to restore the battery module to work.
US12015169B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, it is provided a method of manufacturing a separator comprising: preparing expansion graphite; pulverizing the expansion graphite; mixing the expansion graphite and polymer; and forming a separator by molding the mixture.
US12015144B2
Core-shell particles may be based on red lead coated with pyrogenically produced titanium dioxide and/or a pyrogenically produced aluminum oxide, and a process may prepare such core-shell particles which may be used in lead-acid batteries. The red lead may include PbO2 in a range of from 25 to 32 wt. %.
US12015139B2
The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent low-temperature properties. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a negative electrode having: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material layer contains graphite particles A and graphite particles B as a negative electrode active material. The internal porosity of graphite particles A is 8-20%, and the internal porosity of graphite particles B is 5% or less. When the negative electrode active material layer is bisected in the thickness direction into a negative electrode current collector-side first half region and an outer surface-side second half region, the amount of graphite particles A in the second half region is greater than in the first half region.
US12015134B2
A battery unit disclosed herein includes a cell stack, bus bars, a cooler, and a heat transfer member. The cell stack includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The cooler includes a cooling surface that faces the second surface of the cell stack to cool the cell stack. The heat transfer member is arranged between the second surface of the cell stack and the cooling surface of the cooler to transfer heat of the cell stack to the cooler. The cooling surface of the cooler has a flat shape. The heat transfer member includes a plurality of bands extending along a stacking direction. The bands are located away from each other. At least one of the bands at least partially overlaps each of electrodes of a plurality of battery cells when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the cooling surface.
US12015133B2
A flexible display device is described, including: a flexible display panel; a flexible battery arranged at a side of the flexible display panel away from a light emitting surface; and a heat dissipation assembly including a first heat dissipation sheet, the first heat dissipation sheet being arranged at a side of the flexible battery facing or away from the flexible display panel, and the first heat dissipation sheet having a bendable area.
US12015130B2
A charger includes a housing with an interface positioned in a front wall and configured to engage a battery pack. The interface includes charging terminals positioned between a first rail and a second rail, a first groove positioned between the first rail and a wall of the housing, and a second groove positioned between the second rail and the wall of the housing. The interface is in communication with an interior of the housing. A fan is coupled within the housing adjacent the interface, and an air passage member includes a hollow body that has a first end coupled to the fan and a second end spaced apart from the first end extending through another wall of the housing. The fan is operable to suck an air flow into the housing from outside the housing and guide the air flow through the air passage member to the interface.
US12015126B2
The present invention provides a lithium-ion battery, including: a housing and a separator located inside the housing, where the separator separates internal space of the housing into a plurality of accommodation cavities, battery core sets are disposed inside the accommodation cavities, the battery core sets each include at least one pole shank, and the battery core sets are connected in series; and at least one separator is provided with a liquid injection hole, and the liquid injection hole is used to connect two adjacent accommodation cavities on two sides of the separator; and a block mechanism, where the block mechanism is located inside the housing, the block mechanism enables the liquid injection hole to be in a predetermined state, and the predetermined state includes an open state and a closed state. The battery provided in the present invention ensures isolation and safety of each battery core set while facilitating liquid injection.
US12015113B2
The application discloses a bonding method, a display backplane and a system for manufacturing the display backplane. The method includes: providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of first metal bumps on the substrate; providing a transfer device to transfer the plurality of the first metal bumps to a TFT substrate to form a plurality of pairs of metal pads on the TFT substrate, wherein each pair of the metal pads include two of the first metal bumps; and providing a plurality of LED flip chips, and transferring the plurality of LED flip chips to the TFT substrate by using the transfer device to bond electrodes of each of the LED flip chips to one pair of the metal pads respectively.
US12015111B2
A light emitting device package according to an embodiment comprises: first and second frames disposed spaced apart from each other; a body disposed surrounding the first and second frames and having first and second openings spaced apart from each other; a light emitting device disposed on the body and including first and second bonding parts; and first and second conductive parts disposed in the first and second openings respectively, wherein the first and second openings perpendicularly overlap the first and second frames respectively, the first and second conductive parts are electrically connected to the first and second frames respectively, the first and second bonding parts are disposed in the first and second openings respectively, and are electrically connected to the first and second conductive parts, and the light emitting device includes a support region disposed on the body outside the first and second openings. In addition, a light source module, according to an embodiment, comprises a circuit board and at least one light emitting device package disposed on the circuit board.
US12015109B2
A display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate, at least three different light-emitting units disposed on the substrate, and at least three different buffer encapsulation layers disposed on the side of the at least three different light-emitting units facing away from the substrate. The at least three different light-emitting units emit at least three different colors. The thickness of at least one buffer encapsulation layer corresponding to at least one light-emitting unit among the at least three different light-emitting units is different from the respective thicknesses of the other buffer encapsulation layers corresponding to the other light-emitting units among the at least three different light-emitting units.
US12015104B2
A composite reflective structure includes at least one dielectric multilayer element which includes a first dielectric layer having a first refractive index, a second dielectric layer having a second refractive index, and a stress buffer layer interposed therebetween. The first refractive index is greater than the second refractive index. Also disclosed herein is a light-emitting diode chip including the abovementioned composite reflective structure and a light-emitting diode device including the light-emitting diode chip.
US12015103B2
A micro light emitting diode display panel includes a backplane and a plurality of micro light emitting diode chips. The backplane includes a plurality first electrode lines and a plurality of second electrode lines. The first electrode lines and the second electrode lines define a plurality of sub-pixel regions arranged in an array form. The micro light emitting diode chips are disposed on the backplane and respectively located in the sub-pixel regions. Each of the micro light emitting diode chips has a first electrode, a plurality of second electrodes and a plurality of light-emitting regions. The first electrode is boned to one of the first electrode lines, and the second electrodes are boned to one of the second met lines. In a defect sub-pixel region, the electrical connection between one of the second electrodes and the corresponding one of the second electrode lines is cut to isolate.
US12015102B2
A top emitting quantum dot light emitting diode (QLED) apparatus for an emissive display device sub-pixel, with at least one bank defining an emissive region of the emissive display device sub-pixel, includes an emissive layer deposited in the emissive region between a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode comprising a reflective metal, and the second electrode has a transparent conductive electrode and an auxiliary electrode. The bank has a sloped portion adjacent the emissive region. The auxiliary electrode includes a reflective conductive metal and is configured to cover the sloped portion, and the sloped portion is configured at an angle, such that the auxiliary electrode reflects internally reflected light out of the sub-pixel in a viewing direction and a first area of the transparent conductive electrode covering the sloped portion is thinner than a second area of the transparent conductive electrode in the emissive region.
US12015098B2
Provided is a photodetection apparatus which includes a mounting board, and an optical sensor device that includes a first surface on the mounting board side and a second surface on a side opposite to the mounting board, and is mounted on the mounting board. The optical sensor device includes an optical sensor that includes a light receiving surface on the second surface side, a signal processing circuit that is electrically connected to the optical sensor, and a lead frame that is provided on the second surface side with respect to the signal processing circuit, and shields a surface of the signal processing circuit on the second surface side. The mounting board has a conductive pattern that faces the signal processing circuit and shields a surface of the signal processing circuit on the first surface side.
US12015076B2
A high electron mobility transistor includes a first III-V compound layer. A second III-V compound layer is disposed on the first III-V compound layer. The composition of the first III-V compound layer is different from that of the second III-V compound layer. A trench is disposed within the first III-V compound layer and the second III-V compound layer. The trench has a first corner and a second corner. The first corner and the second corner are disposed in the first III-V compound layer. A first dielectric layer contacts a sidewall of the first corner. A second dielectric layer contacts a sidewall of the second corner. The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer are outside of the trench. A gate is disposed in the trench. A source electrode and a drain electrode are respectively disposed at two sides of the gate. A gate electrode is disposed on the gate.
US12015072B2
There is provided a semiconductor device including a channel portion, and a gate electrode provided on a side opposite to the channel portion with a gate insulating film interposed between the gate electrode and the channel portion, in which the gate insulating film incudes a first portion having a first transition metal oxide, and a second portion having a second transition metal oxide and cation species and having a concentration of the cation species different from the first portion.
US12015064B2
A semiconductor device includes lower electrodes, a first supporter structure including first supporter patterns interconnecting the lower electrodes, wherein side surfaces of the first supporter patterns and side surfaces of the lower electrodes that are exposed by the first supporter patterns at least partially define a first open region, the first supporter patterns being spaced apart from one another, the first open region extending among the first supporter patterns in a horizontal direction, a dielectric layer covering the first supporter structure and the lower electrodes, and an upper electrode on the dielectric layer. A distance between adjacent ones of the first supporter patterns is smaller than or equal to a pitch of the lower electrodes.
US12015056B2
A method and resulting structures for a semiconductor device includes forming a source terminal of a semiconductor fin on a substrate. An energy barrier is formed on a surface of the source terminal. A channel is formed on a surface of the energy barrier, and a drain terminal is formed on a surface of the channel. The drain terminal and the channel are recessed on either sides of the channel, and the energy barrier is etched in recesses formed by the recessing. The source terminal is recessed using timed etching to remove a portion of the source terminal in the recesses formed by etching the energy barrier. A first bottom spacer is formed on a surface of the source terminal and a sidewall of the semiconductor fin, and a gate stack is formed on the surface of the first bottom spacer.
US12015055B2
The present disclosure relates generally to doping for conductive features in a semiconductor device. In an example, a structure includes an active region of a transistor. The active region includes a source/drain region, and the source/drain region is defined at least in part by a first dopant having a first dopant concentration. The source/drain region further includes a second dopant with a concentration profile having a consistent concentration from a surface of the source/drain region into a depth of the source/drain region. The consistent concentration is greater than the first dopant concentration. The structure further includes a conductive feature contacting the source/drain region at the surface of the source/drain region.
US12015053B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed on the gate dielectric film, a field plate portion which is integrally formed with the gate electrode, a step insulating film in contact with the field plate portion, a high dielectric constant film in contact with the step insulating film and having a higher dielectric constant than silicon.
US12015048B2
A display device includes a first substrate including a display area, a non-display area, and a plurality of pixel circuit units in the display area and the non-display area, a plurality of light emitting elements on the first substrate in the display area, the plurality of light emitting elements being electrically connected to the pixel circuit units, a hole mask layer on the first substrate and including a plurality of holes corresponding to the light emitting elements, a second substrate on the hole mask layer and including a plurality of open holes corresponding to the plurality of holes, and a plurality of light exit patterns in the plurality of the open holes of the second substrate corresponding to the plurality of holes, wherein each of the light exit patterns includes a first part in one of the plurality of open holes.
US12015039B2
The present technology relates to an image pickup device and an electronic apparatus that are configured to enhance characteristics. A solid-state image pickup device includes a photoelectric conversion section that is arranged on a semiconductor substrate and configured to photoelectrically convert an incident light, a moth-eye section that includes recesses and projections formed on a surface on a light incident side in the semiconductor substrate and has, when a cross section approximately parallel to a direction toward the photoelectric conversion section from the light incident side is viewed, a recessed portion protruding toward the side of the photoelectric conversion section, the recessed portion having a curvature or a polygonal shape, and a region that is arranged adjacent to and opposite to the photoelectric conversion section of the moth-eye section and has a refractive index different from a refractive index of the semiconductor substrate.
US12015038B2
The present disclosure relates to a solid state imaging element and an electronic device that make it possible to improve sensitivity to light on a long wavelength side. A solid state imaging element according to a first aspect of the present disclosure has a solid state imaging element in which a large number of pixels are arranged vertically and horizontally, the solid state imaging element includes a periodic concave-convex pattern on a light receiving surface and an opposite surface to the light receiving surface of a light absorbing layer as a light detecting element. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a CMOS and the like installed in a sensor that needs a high sensitivity to light belonging to a region on the long wavelength side, such as light in the infrared region.
US12015033B2
An array substrate includes a base, a first conductive layer disposed at a side of the base, an insulating layer disposed at a side of the first conductive layer away from the base, and a second conductive layer disposed at a side of the insulating layer away from the first conductive layer. The insulating layer is provided with a first via hole exposing the first electrode of the first transistor and a second via hole exposing the first electrode of the second transistor. The second conductive layer includes a first conductive connection portion, and the first conductive connection portion connects the first electrode of the first transistor and the first electrode of the second transistor through the first via hole and the second via hole.
US12015025B2
A transient voltage suppression device includes: a substrate; a first conductive type well region including a first well and a second well; a second conductive type well region including a third well and a fourth well, the third well being disposed between the first well and the second well so as to isolate the first well and the second well, and the second well being disposed between the third well and the fourth well; a zener diode active region; a first doped region, provided in the first well; a second doped region, provided in the first well; a third doped region, provided in the second well; a fourth doped region, provided in the second well; a fifth doped region, provided in the zener diode active region; and a sixth doped region, provided in the zener diode active region.
US12015023B2
An integrated circuit package and a method of forming the same are provided. The method includes attaching an integrated circuit die to a first substrate. A dummy die is formed. The dummy die is attached to the first substrate adjacent the integrated circuit die. An encapsulant is formed over the first substrate and surrounding the dummy die and the integrated circuit die. The encapsulant, the dummy die and the integrated circuit die are planarized, a topmost surface of the encapsulant being substantially level with a topmost surface of the dummy die and a topmost surface of the integrated circuit die. An interior portion of the dummy die is removed. A remaining portion of the dummy die forms an annular structure.
US12015021B2
A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate, a light emitting element and a plurality of transistors provided to each of the pixels, signal lines configured to supply a signal to the pixels, a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer provided in different layers in a direction perpendicular to the substrate and overlap at least partially in planar view, first gate electrodes each of which is provided in a region overlapping a part of the first semiconductor layer, a first insulating film provided between the first gate electrodes and the first semiconductor layer, and a second insulating film provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer.
US12015008B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: a first wafer including a first substrate and a first interconnect structure, a sidewall of the first interconnect structure forming an obtuse angle with a sidewall of the first substrate; and a second wafer bonded to the first wafer, the second wafer including a second substrate and a second interconnect structure, the sidewall of the first substrate being laterally offset from a sidewall of the second substrate and a sidewall of the second interconnect structure.
US12015005B2
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip on a substrate. The semiconductor chip includes an active region, and a scribe lane in continuity with an edge of the active region. A non-conductive film (NCF) is between the substrate and the semiconductor chip, the non-conductive film (NCF) at least partially defines a recess region overlapping with the scribe lane in plan view and extending on the active region.
US12014996B2
Moisture hermetic guard ring structures for semiconductor devices, related systems, and methods of fabrication are disclosed. Such devices systems, and methods include a guard ring structure laterally surrounding semiconductor devices of a device layer and metal interconnects of an interconnect layer, the guard ring structure extending through the interconnect layer, the device layer, and a bonding layer adjacent one of the interconnect layer or the device layer the bonding layer, and contacting a support substrate coupled to the bonding layer. Such devices systems, and methods may further include via structures having the same material system as the guard ring structure and also extending through the interconnect, the device, and bonding layers and contacting a support substrate.
US12014995B2
A warpage-reducing semiconductor structure includes a wafer. The wafer includes a front side and a back side. Numerous semiconductor elements are disposed at the front side. A silicon oxide layer is disposed at the back side. A UV-transparent silicon nitride layer covers and contacts the silicon oxide layer. The refractive index of the UV-transparent silicon nitride layer is between 1.55 and 2.10.
US12014992B2
A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die, a stack of polymer layers, redistribution elements and a passive filter. The polymer layers cover a front surface of the semiconductor die. The redistribution elements and the passive filter are disposed in the stack of polymer layers. The passive filter includes a ground plane and conductive patches. The ground plane is overlapped with the conductive patches, and the conductive patches are laterally separated from one another. The ground plane is electrically coupled to a reference voltage. The conductive patches are electrically connected to the ground plane, electrically floated, or electrically coupled to a direct current (DC) voltage.
US12014991B2
An interconnect structure may include a graphene-metal barrier on a substrate and a conductive layer on the graphene-metal barrier. The graphene-metal barrier may include a plurality of graphene layers and metal particles on grain boundaries of each graphene layer between the plurality of graphene layers. The metal particles may be formed at a ratio of 1 atom % to 10 atom % with respect to carbon of the plurality of graphene layers.
US12014989B2
A device and method for providing enhanced bridge structures is disclosed. A set of conducting and insulating layers are deposited and lithographically processed. The conducting layers have uFLS routing. A bridge with uFLS contacts and die disposed on the underlying structure such that the die are connected with the uFLS contacts and uFLS routing. For core-based structures, the layers are formed after the bridge is placed on the underlying structure and the die connected to the bridge through intervening conductive layers. For coreless structures, the layers are formed over the bridge and carrier, which is removed prior to bonding the die to the bridge, and the die bonded directly to the bridge.
US12014980B2
A semiconductor device includes transistors on a substrate, a first interlayer insulating layer on the transistors, a lower interconnection line in an upper portion of the first interlayer insulating layer, an etch stop layer on the first interlayer insulating layer and the lower interconnection line, a second interlayer insulating layer on the etch stop layer, an upper interconnection line in the second interlayer insulating layer, the upper interconnection line including a via portion penetrating the etch stop layer to contact the lower interconnection line, and an etch stop pattern on the etch stop layer and in contact with a first sidewall of the via portion. The second interlayer insulating layer extends on the etch stop pattern and a top surface of the etch stop layer free of the etch stop pattern. A dielectric constant of the etch stop pattern is higher than a dielectric constant of the etch stop layer.
US12014978B2
A semiconductor device includes a line; a source structure on the line; a stack structure on the source structure; a first slit structure penetrating the stack structure; a second slit structure penetrating the stack structure; and a contact plug adjacent to the first slit structure in a first direction. The first slit structure and the second slit structure may be spaced apart from each other by a first distance in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The contact plug penetrates the source structure, the contact plug being electrically connected to the lower line. The first slit structure and the contact plug may be spaced apart from each other by a second distance in the first direction, and the second distance may be longer than the first distance.
US12014972B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a preliminary via structure through a portion of a substrate; partially removing the substrate to expose a portion of the preliminary via structure; forming a protection layer structure on the substrate to cover the portion of the preliminary via structure that is exposed; partially etching the protection layer structure to form a protection layer pattern structure and to partially expose the preliminary via structure; wet etching the preliminary via structure to form a via structure; and forming a pad structure on the via structure to have a flat top surface.
US12014967B2
An electronic package is provided, in which an electronic component with a conductive layer on an outer surface thereof is embedded in an encapsulant, where at least one electrode pad is disposed on an active surface of the electronic component, and at least one wire electrically connected to the electrode pad is arranged inside the electronic component, so that the conductive layer is electrically connected to the wire, such that the electrode pad, the wire and the conductive layer are used as a power transmission structure which serves as a current path to reduce DC resistance and improve an impedance issue associated with the supply of power.
US12014955B2
The present application discloses a method for fabricating a conductive layer stack. The method includes forming an intervening layer on an under-layer; and forming a filler layer on the intervening layer, wherein the filler layer comprises tungsten. The intervening layer comprises tungsten silicide and a thickness of the intervening layer is greater than 4.1 nm. The under-layer comprises titanium nitride and comprises a columnar grain structure.
US12014951B2
A method of manufacturing a semi-damascene structure of a semiconductor device includes: forming a 1st intermetal dielectric layer; forming a 1st hardmask layer and at least one 1st photoresist pattern on the 1st intermetal dielectric layer; patterning at least one via hole penetrating through the 1st hardmask layer and the 1st intermetal dielectric using the 1st photoresist pattern; removing the 1st photoresist pattern among the 1st photoresist pattern and the 1st hardmask layer; forming a metal structure in the via hole such that the metal structure fills in the vial hole and extends on the 1st hardmask layer; patterning the metal structure to form at least one 1st trench penetrating at least the metal structure at a portion where the metal structure extends on the 1st hardmask layer; and filling the 1st trench with a 2nd inter-metal layer.
US12014946B2
[Object] To provide an electrostatic chuck that stably supports a substrate while suppressing a rapid increase in the volume of a gas, a vacuum processing apparatus, and a substrate processing method. [Solving Means] An electrostatic chuck according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a chuck plate that has a first surface supporting a substrate and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The chuck plate includes an exhaust passage that exhausts a gas from between the substrate and the first surface, the gas being emitted from the substrate between the substrate and the first surface when the substrate is supported by the first surface.
US12014945B2
An overhead transport vehicle includes a lift stage to transfer an article, a winding drum to overlap and wind a suspension attached to the lift stage, and a controller to control a rotation amount of the winding drum to control a lifting/lowering amount of the lift stage. The controller is configured or programmed to execute a first processing including calculating, as individual values of the overhead transport vehicle, an individual value of an entire length of the suspension, an individual value of a diameter of the winding drum, and an individual value of a thickness of the suspension, and a second processing including calculating a rotation amount of the winding drum with respect to a lifting/lowering amount of the lift stage.
US12014938B2
Disclosed is a method for processing a substrate, comprising a liquid processing step of performing liquid processing on the substrate by supplying a processing liquid onto the substrate in a liquid processing chamber, a transfer step of transferring the substrate from the liquid processing chamber to a drying chamber, and a drying step of drying the substrate in the drying chamber. In the drying step, the substrate is dried while an edge region of the substrate other than a central region of the substrate is supported by a support unit, and in the liquid processing step, the liquid processing is performed on the substrate such that a height of the processing liquid remaining on the edge region of the substrate is greater than a height of the processing liquid remaining on the central region of the substrate when the liquid processing is completed in the liquid processing chamber.
US12014937B2
Provided is an exhaust system of a wafer treatment device, and the main purpose thereof is to prevent secondary contamination of a wafer by not allowing foreign substances such as process gases and fumes and the like floating in the wafer treatment device to make contact with the wafer in a side storage. The wafer treatment device comprises: a cleaning device for removing foreign substances remaining on a wafer; and an exhaust device comprising first and second main bodies at the lower side of a main body of the wafer treatment device. By not allowing foreign substances such as process gases and fumes and the like floating in the wafer treatment device to make contact with a wafer in a side storage, secondary contamination of the wafer is prevented.
US12014935B2
The method of manufacturing an interposer includes providing a substrate including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, forming a first mold structure on the substrate, forming a photoresist layer on the first mold structure, forming a first transfer pattern over the photoresist layer on the first region, using a first photomask, forming a second transfer pattern over the photoresist layer on the second region, using the first photomask, forming a mask pattern on the first mold structure, using the first transfer pattern and the second transfer pattern and forming a first trench and a second trench in the first mold structure, using the mask pattern, the first trench being formed in the first region, and the second trench being formed in the second region.
US12014933B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a first metal layer over a semiconductor substrate, and forming a first layer over the first metal layer. The first layer and first metal layer are etched to expose a sidewall of the first layer and a sidewall of the first metal layer, wherein the etching disburses a portion of the first metal layer to create an accumulation of material on at least one of the sidewall of the first layer or the sidewall of the first metal layer. At least some of the accumulation is etched away using an etchant comprising fluorine.
US12014920B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for processing workpieces are provided. In one example implementation, a hydrogen gas mixed with an inert gas can be reacted with an oxygen gas to oxidize a workpiece at atmospheric pressure. A chemical reaction of a hydrogen gas with an oxygen gas facilitated by a hot workpiece surface can positively affect an oxidation process. A reaction speed of the chemical reaction can be slowed down by mixing the hydrogen gas with an inert gas. Such mixture can effectively reduce a partial pressure of the hydrogen gas. As such, the oxidation process can be carried out at atmospheric pressure, thereby, in an atmospheric thermal processing chamber.
US12014914B2
A first peak list is generated based on a mass spectrum of a first polymer sample, and a second peak list is generated based on a mass spectrum of a second polymer sample. Based on the first peak list and the second peak list, a numerical value array (a differential value array, a ratio array) showing a difference between the peak lists is calculated. Based on the numerical value array and a correlated m/z array corresponding to the numerical value array, a KMD plot and an RKM plot are generated as a difference plot.
US12014912B2
An apparatus and method for physical vapor deposition includes a magnetron having a plurality of electromagnets disposed between a base and a magnetic conductive plate. The magnetron includes a plurality of individually controlled electromagnets between a base and an electromagnetic plate. The magnetron controls the polarity and strength of current supplied to the respective electromagnets to generate magnetic fields that confine electrons to areas near a target material within the deposition chamber.
US12014909B2
The plasma processing apparatus includes a plasma processing unit that performs plasma processing of a sample and a control unit that controls the plasma processing. The control unit selects one of a plurality of the prediction models for predicting a result of the plasma processing based on a state of the plasma processing unit, and predicts the result of the plasma processing by using a selected prediction model.
US12014907B2
A method of forming a graphene structure, includes: providing a substrate; performing a preprocessing by supplying a first processing gas including a carbon-containing gas to the substrate while heating the substrate, without using plasma; and after the preprocessing, forming the graphene structure on a surface of the substrate through a plasma CVD using plasma of a second processing gas including a carbon-containing gas.
US12014906B2
Embodiments of substrate supports for use in substrate processing chambers are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support includes: an upper assembly having a base plate assembly coupled to a lower surface of a cooling plate, wherein the base plate assembly includes a plurality of electrical feedthroughs, and wherein the cooling plate includes a plurality of openings aligned with the plurality of electrical feedthroughs; an electrostatic chuck disposed on the upper assembly and removably coupled to the cooling plate, wherein the electrostatic chuck has a chucking electrode disposed therein that is electrically coupled to a first pair of electrical feedthroughs of the plurality of electrical feedthroughs; and an inner tube coupled to the cooling plate and configured to provide an RF delivery path to the electrostatic chuck.
US12014900B2
The present invention provides a plasma generating system that includes: a waveguide; a plasma cavity coupled to the waveguide and configured to generate a plasma therewithin by use of microwave energy; a hollow cylinder protruding from a wall of the waveguide and having a bottom cap that has an aperture; a detection unit for receiving the light emitted by the plasma through the aperture and configured to measure intensities of the light in an ultraviolet (UV) range and an infrared (IR) range; and a controller for controlling the detection unit.
US12014896B2
A wafer having μLEDs is inspected using cathodoluminescence microscopes. A fast scan is enabled by splitting the CL beam into several beams and sensing the beams with point detectors. Optical filters are inserted in the optical path upstream of the detectors, such that each detector senses a different frequency band. The signals are ratioed and the ratios are compared to expected reference. Regions of extreme value are identified and, if desired, a high resolution scan is performed on the regions or a sample of the regions. Viability score is calculated for each identified region.
US12014888B2
Provided is a circuit assembly including: a main relay that is to be electrically connected between a load and a battery; a pre-charge circuit connected in parallel with the main relay; and a heat transfer member, wherein the pre-charge circuit includes current-carrying portions that are to be connected to the main relay, and the heat transfer member and the current-carrying portions are in contact with each other.
US12014878B2
A conductive paste includes a core including a first metal and a shell including a second metal having a melting point higher than that of the first metal and enclosing a surface of the core. A multilayer ceramic component includes an external electrode having a sintered electrode layer made of the conductive paste.
US12014875B2
A miniaturization process of passive electronic components is revealed. The miniaturization process mainly includes the steps of reforming, reacting at high temperature, preparing paste, dipping in the paste, light curing, packaging, heat curing, cutting pins, coating silver paste, heating and drying, and engraving by laser. The miniaturization process makes production of the passive components with thinner, smaller, and lightweight deign easier and the more convenient. The service life of the passive components is also extended and applications of the passive components are broader.
US12014872B2
Hybrid electrochemical cells and modules include an anode two-sided current collector a coated with host material in anode region(s) and a cathode two-sided current collector coated with active material in cathode region(s), and one or more of the anode current collector and the cathode current collector is coated with capacitor material in one or more distinct, non-overlapping capacitor regions. A hybrid anode and/or cathode can include gaps between capacitor regions and anode regions and cathode regions. The capacitor material applied to an electrode is different from the host or active material thereof. Active material includes lithium metal oxides and lithium metal phosphates such as LiFePO4, Li(NixMnyCoz)O2, and/or LiMn2O4; host material includes graphite, silicon, silicon-Li/Sn/Cu alloys, Si/Co/Fe/TiSn oxides, and low-surface area carbon; and capacitor material includes activated carbon, metal oxides, and metal sulfides.
US12014871B2
A single solenoid based double actuator device 100 is disclosed having a first actuator 106 configured for linear movement between actuated and dropped positions along an axis of a winding 102 and biased towards dropped position, and a second actuator 120 arranged spaced apart from the first actuator 106 for linear movement between actuated and dropped positions and biased towards dropped position. A pair of magnetic paths, an upper magnetic path 130, and a lower magnetic path 132, is provided at two ends of the actuators such that first actuator, upper plate 130, second actuator 120 and lower plate 132 provide a magnetic path for a magnetic field generated on passing a current through the winding 102. On passing a current exceeding a first current value, through the winding, one of the actuators is actuated, and on the current exceeding a second current value, other actuator is also actuated.
US12014870B2
Air-core reactors for use with power transmission systems are disclosed. An example air-core reactor may include a main coil and an auxiliary coil. The main coil may include a first solenoid having a first diameter and a second solenoid having a second diameter, wherein the first diameter and the second diameter are different. The auxiliary coil may include a third solenoid. The first solenoid and the second solenoid may be arranged concentrically. The auxiliary coil may also be magnetically coupled to the main coil, and the auxiliary coil may be arranged concentric to the main coil.
US12014868B2
An electrode structure on a circuit board, the electrode structure comprising a metal structure disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein the metal structure and a surface of the circuit board forms a space therebetween, wherein at least one first electrical component is disposed in the space and an outer surface of the metal structure forms an electrode for electrically connecting with an external component.
US12014863B2
A coil-forming apparatus for forming a bare coil wire into a U-shape, the apparatus including: one bare coil-wire holding unit that winds and holds a bare coil wire; a take-up drum that includes one or a plurality of housing units that house the bare coil wire supplied from the one bare coil wire holding unit at a circumference; a cutting member that cuts the bare coil wire housed in housing units and wound around the take-up drum, at a portion of the circumference of the take-up drum; a drawing member for drawing the bare coil wire outward in a radial direction of the take-up drum after being cut by the cutting member, from a position separated from the cutting member; and a forming unit that forms the bare coil wire drawn by the drawing member into a U-shape.
US12014858B2
A reactor includes a coil, a magnetic core, and a resin molded portion. The coil includes two winding portions and a linking portion connecting the two winding portions to each other. The magnetic core includes inner core portions disposed inside the winding portions, and outer core portions disposed outside the winding portions. At least one of the two outer core portions includes a composite core. The composite core has a portion protruding upward in the height direction relative to a virtual surface obtained by extending an outer circumferential surface of the inner core portions, and includes a first composite core in which the compact made of the composite material is disposed on an upper side in the height direction, and the powder compact is stacked on a lower side in the height direction. The resin molded portion includes a first outer resin portion covering the first composite core.
US12014846B2
A wiring member includes: a wire-like transmission member including a transmission wire body and a covering for covering the transmission wire body; a sheet material to which the wire-like transmission member is fixed; and a cover formed of a material different from a material of the covering, covering the wire-like transmission member from a side opposite to the sheet material, and fixed to the sheet material, wherein the sheet material includes a first fixing part to which the covering is directly fixed and a second fixing part which is directly fixed to the cover more easily than the first fixing part and to which the cover is directly fixed.
US12014842B2
Proposed is a high temperature superconducting wire manufacturing method and a high temperature superconducting wire having multiple superconducting layers formed by applying the method. The method includes a stacking process in which a pair of protective layers of superconducting wires including a substrate, a superconducting layer, and the protective layer are stacked such that the protective layers face each other, a joining process in which the protective layers facing each other are diffusion joining together by thermal treatment and become a joining protective layer, an exfoliating process in which a layered structure of an upper portion of the corresponding superconducting layer is removed such that one side of the superconducting layer is exposed to the outside, and an outermost protective layer forming process in which an outer protective layer formed of the same material as the joining protective layer is formed on the upper portion of the exposed superconducting layer.
US12014840B2
Provided is an anisotropic conductive film manufacturing method capable of reducing manufacturing costs. Also provided is an anisotropic conductive film capable of suppressing the occurrence of conduction defects. The anisotropic conductive film manufacturing method includes: a holding step of supplying conductive particles having a plurality of particle diameters on a member having a plurality of opening parts, and holding the conductive particles in the opening parts; and a transfer step of transferring the conductive particles held in the opening parts to an adhesive film. In the particle diameter distribution graph (X-axis: particle diameter (μm), Y-axis: number of particles) of the conductive particles held in the opening parts, the shape of the graph is such that the slope is substantially infinite in a range at or above a maximum peak particle diameter.
US12014838B2
A system for producing and harvesting radioisotopes is provided, the system having a converter housing defining a first beam window; a converter carrier and cartridge in slidable communication with the converter housing; a target housing positioned downstream from the converter housing, the target housing defining a second beam window; and a target carrier in slidable communication with the target housing.
US12014831B2
Introduced here is an approach to further refining a set of locations that can serve as inputs to a machine learning algorithm. These locations may refer to unique molecular positions in a reference human genome and/or unique mutations thereof that are relevant in diagnosing cancer. A computing system can determine the diagnostic relevance of each location and then discard some of the less diagnostically relevant locations.
US12014827B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods link time-stamped OCT scan data of a patient's retina in a database to a biometric identifier for the patient. An appropriately trained artificial intelligence (AI) computer system determines whether the patient has an eye disease based on the differences between time-stamped OCT scan data for the patient from different time scans.
US12014824B1
An interactive guide that guides a user (e.g., a patient, family member, caregiver, or anyone else with the permission of the patient) from an initial diagnosis (e.g., back pain), prognosis, surgery (if elected), rehabilitation, to long-term care after treatment. The guide can provide personalized guidance and information to the user based on information provided by the user, either through surveys or one or more sensors, to provide personalized predictive information to the user. The guide also allows a collaborative effort between the patient and the caregiver to make the best decisions regarding treatment for the patient.
US12014822B2
A machine learning device that includes a training section configured perform training based on plural training data each configured from oral cavity information detected from a specimen and at least one determination value selected from the group consisting of a probability of periodontal disease contraction of a provider of the specimen or a state of periodontal disease, so as to train the function to decide the determination value. The training section includes a reward calculation section, a function updating section, and a convergence determination section. The reward calculation section calculates a reward for a defined result of the probability of periodontal disease contraction or the state of periodontal disease based on the training data. The function updating section updates the function so as to increase the reward calculated by the reward calculation section. The convergence determination section causes repeated calculations and updates until a predetermined convergence condition is satisfied.
US12014810B2
A system for improving cognitive ability includes a content providing module configured to provide a cognitive ability improving content; an input module configured to receive learning data of the user for the cognitive ability improving content; an analyzing module configured to calculate performance information of each of a plurality of cognitive areas based on the learning data; and a machine learning module configured to store a learning result by machine learning using a preset training data set and determine a characteristic of a cognitive ability improving content to be provided to a user by using the performance information of each of the plurality of cognitive areas and the learning result. According to the system for improving cognitive ability, it is possible to provide a content in the form of a comprehensive program including multi-area intervention important for dementia prevention and perform a customized dementia prevention function by reflecting individual characteristics.
US12014808B2
A system, method, and a computer program product for generating a clinical summary of a patient using artificial intelligence is provided. A patient data that includes unstructured data and structured data is collected from multiple computing devices. Natural language processing models determine clinical issues from the unstructured data. Active clinical issues are determined from the clinical issues. A knowledge graph generated using a relational language model determines treatments associated with the active clinical issues. Active diagnostic and treatment orders are determined from the structured data. Multiple summaries summarizing the active clinical issues, treatments, active diagnostic orders, and active treatment orders are determined using natural language generation models trained to summarize multiple tasks. The multiple summaries are aggregated into a single summary. The language of the summary is modified using a hyperparameter in a smoothing natural language model to direct the summary toward an audience having a particular type.
US12014800B2
Systems and methods for driving a non-volatile memory device in a standby operating condition are disclosed. A standby detection circuit detects whether the non-volatile memory system is in a standby condition. In response to determining that the non-volatile memory system is in a standby condition, a bias control circuit provides bias currents to drivers of the non-volatile memory system in a standby mode.
US12014799B2
The disclosure provides a semiconductor storage device that realizes high integration and improves reliability. A bit line selection circuit (100) of a flash memory includes transistors (BLSeO, BLSeE, BLSoO, BLSoE) in the column direction of bit lines (BL0-BL3), selecting a bit line pair composed of an even-numbered bit line (BL0) and an odd-numbered bit line (BL3) is selected by the transistors, in which a bit line pair (BL1, BL2) adjacent to the selected bit line pair is set as a non-selected bit line pair, and the selected bit line pair (BL0, BL3) is connected to page buffer/sensing circuit through an output node (BLS0, BLS1).
US12014793B2
A method for screening memory cells includes erasing the memory cells, weakly programming the memory cells to a modified erased state, performing a first read operation on the memory cells after the erasing and the weakly programming, screening any of the memory cells that exhibit a read current during the first read operation below a margin read current threshold M1, baking the memory cells after the first read operation, performing a second read operation on the memory cells after the baking, and screening any of the memory cells that exhibit a read current during the second read operation below the margin read current threshold M1.
US12014788B2
A memory array detection circuit includes: a memory array including multiple memory cells; a write circuit, connected to the memory array and configured to write same initial data into each memory cell of the memory array; a read circuit, connected to the memory array and configured read the data stored in each memory cell of the memory array; and a data compression circuit, connected to the read circuit and configured to: compare the data read from the multiple memory cells, and detect whether the memory array is defective according to whether the read data are identical.
US12014786B2
A shift register, a display panel, and a display drive method are provided in the present disclosure. The shift register includes an input module, configured to output a first control signal according to an input signal; a pull-down control module, configured to control a potential of a first node according to a first clock signal, a high-level signal, a low-level signal, and the first control signal; a pull-up control module, configured to control a potential of a second node according to the first clock signal, a second clock signal, the high-level signal, and the first control signal; a maintaining module, configured to pull down the potential of the first node; a pull-down output module, configured to control an output terminal of the shift register to output the low-level signal; and a pull-up output module, configured to control the output terminal of the shift register to output the high-level signal.
US12014784B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus related to memory devices. In one approach, a memory device has a memory array including memory cells. A controller of the memory device evaluates background leakage in order to select a write voltage to apply to a memory cell when performing a programming operation. The write voltage is dynamically selected from two or more write voltages. These write voltages include a first write voltage that is a normal or default voltage, and a second write voltage that is a boosted write voltage. The controller applies a pre-sensing voltage and pre-read voltage to the memory cell, and determines first and second respective currents that result from applying these voltages. In response to determining that the first current exceeds a first threshold (indicating background leakage), and the second current is below a second threshold that is greater than the first threshold (indicating that the memory cell does not snap), the controller selects the second (boosted) write voltage.
US12014772B2
A storage controller for writing first data to a first memory cell by performing programming of the first memory cell N-times, where N is a positive integer greater than 1, includes a write amplification manager and a central processing unit. The write amplification manager checks whether the first data is invalid data before an Nth programming of the first memory cell is performed, and the central processing unit does not perform the N-th programming of the first memory cell when the first data is the invalid data.
US12014769B2
A volatile memory device may include; a first sense amplifier, a second sense amplifier spaced apart from the first sense amplifier in a first direction, a first mat disposed between the first sense amplifier and the second sense amplifier and including a first bit line connected to the first sense amplifier and a second bit line connected to the second sense amplifier, a third sense amplifier spaced apart from the second sense amplifier in a second direction, a fourth sense amplifier spaced apart from the third sense amplifier in the first direction, and a second mat disposed between the third sense amplifier and the fourth sense amplifier and including a first complementary bit line connected to the first sense amplifier.
US12014768B2
A memory circuit includes first and second circuits. The first circuit includes a DRAM array including a plurality of bit lines, and the second circuit includes a computation circuit including a sense amplifier circuit. A boundary layer is positioned between the first and second circuits, and the boundary layer includes a plurality of via structures configured to electrically connect the plurality of bit lines to the sense amplifier circuit.
US12014763B2
Magnetic junction memory devices and methods for writing data to memory devices are provided. The magnetic junction memory device includes a first memory bank including first magnetic junction memory cells, a first local write driver adjacent to the first memory bank, connected to global data lines, the first local write driver configured to write data to the first magnetic junction memory cells via local data lines, a second memory bank adjacent to the first memory bank and including second magnetic junction memory cells, a second local write driver adjacent to the second memory bank, connected to the global data lines, the second local write driver configured to write data to the second magnetic junction memory cells via local data lines, and a global write driver configured to provide first and second write data to the first and second local write driver, respectively, via the global data lines.
US12014760B2
A method, according to one approach, includes forming an underlayer of a magnetic recording medium. The underlayer includes first encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a first magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by a first aromatic polymer, and a first polymeric binder binding the first encapsulated nanoparticles. A magnetic recording layer is formed above the underlayer. The magnetic recording layer includes second encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a second magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an encapsulating layer, and a second polymeric binder binding the second encapsulated nanoparticles.
US12014756B2
A tape reel includes a hub that has a cylindrical shape and around which a tape is wound, and a reinforcing member provided on an inner peripheral side of the hub, in which the reinforcing member includes a shaft member having a longitudinal direction along a central axis direction of the hub, and a plurality of ribs that are provided along the longitudinal direction and have an annular shape that extends from an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member toward an inner peripheral surface of the hub, and the plurality of ribs include a first rib provided in a central region in the longitudinal direction.
US12014755B1
In one aspect of the present disclosure, the degree of side erasure occurring in neighboring tracks is controlled by controlling the skew angle of the tape head, relative to the longitudinal direction of motion of the tape past the head as a track is written. In one embodiment, the tape head is rotated relative to the longitudinal direction of tape travel, and the trailing edge of the tape head which forms an acute angle with the edge of a track being written, is used for writing tracks at a desired track pitch. Other aspects and advantages may be provided, depending upon the particular application.
US12014751B2
Disclosed herein are computer-implemented devices, systems, and methods for sanitizing an audio recording of a conversation. In an example, such a computer-implemented method can include selecting a transcript of the conversation. The transcript can include a plurality of redaction markers within the audio recording. The plurality of redaction markers can be identifiable via one or more redaction marker start and/or end points. The computer-implemented method can include identifying a first redaction marker and a second redaction marker of the one or more redaction markers. The first redaction marker can be different from the second redaction marker. In this regard, a redaction segment is formable between the first and second redaction markers. The computer-implemented method can include selecting the audio recording. The computer-implemented method can include redacting the audio recording between the first redaction marker and the second redaction marker.
US12014750B2
Machine natural language processing to analyze language in apparatus, systems, and methods of using are provided. Audio from camera footage can be transcribed in one exemplary method includes extracting at least one audio segment from a body camera video track, detecting voice activity to identify starting and ending timestamps of voice, transcribing the at least one audio segment to identify and separate audio of at least a first speaker, and scoring the audio of the first speaker to identify interactions of interest. Audio could be analyzed and scored to record verbal performance, respectfulness, wellness, etc. and speakers from the audio can be detected.
US12014748B1
Techniques for training and using a machine learning model for estimation of reverberation in a multi-task learning framework are described. According to some embodiments, the multi-task learning framework improves the performance of the machine learning model by estimating the amount of reverberation present in an input audio recording as a secondary task to the primary task of generating a clean speech portion of the input audio recording. In one embodiment, a model architecture is selected that takes a noisy reverberant recording as an input and outputs an estimate of a clean (e.g., de-reverberated) signal, an estimate of noise (e.g., background noise), and an estimate of the reverb only portion, with the secondary task of estimating the reverb only portion acting as a regularizer that improves the machine learning model's performance in enhancing the reverberant (e.g., and noisy) input speech.
US12014741B2
An electronic device including a microphone; an output interface; and a processor configured to: based on a word registered on the electronic device by a user, detect a voice of a talker who utters the registered word from an audio signal received through the microphone; based on voice information of a registered talker who is registered on the electronic device, determine whether the detected voice is a voice of the registered talker; and based on the detected voice being determined as the voice of the registered talker, control the output interface to output a voice notification, wherein the registered word refers to the user.
US12014733B2
A vehicle occupant aid system is disclosed. The system may comprise a rearview assembly. Further, the rearview assembly may comprise a button. The system may further comprise one or more data capturing element. Each element may be a microphone, an imager, a location device, and/or a sensor. In some embodiments, a controller may record the data for a predetermined period of time. Further, the controller may transmit information to a remote device based upon initiation of a trigger. The information being based, at least in part, on the data. In other embodiments, the controller may operability record the data in response to a first operation of the button. Further, the controller may transmit information to a remote device based upon a second operation of the button. The information being based, at least in part, on the data recorded between the first and second operations of the button.
US12014729B2
A method for an automated speech recognition (ASR) model for unifying streaming and non-streaming speech recognition including receiving a sequence of acoustic frames. The method includes generating, using an audio encoder of an automatic speech recognition (ASR) model, a higher order feature representation for a corresponding acoustic frame in the sequence of acoustic frames. The method further includes generating, using a joint encoder of the ASR model, a probability distribution over possible speech recognition hypothesis at the corresponding time step based on the higher order feature representation generated by the audio encoder at the corresponding time step. The audio encoder comprises a neural network that applies mixture model (MiMo) attention to compute an attention probability distribution function (PDF) using a set of mixture components of softmaxes over a context window.
US12014723B2
An information processing method is realized by a computer and includes generating a first characteristic transition which is a transition of acoustic characteristics, in accordance with an instruction from a user, generating a second characteristic transition which is a transition of acoustic characteristics of voice that is pronounced in a specific pronunciation style selected from a plurality of pronunciation styles, and generating a combined characteristic transition which is a transition of the acoustic characteristics of synthesized voice by combining the first characteristic transition and the second characteristic transition.
US12014714B2
A cellular sound insulation structure and associated aircraft, a cell of which is provided with a diaphragm which includes a membrane having at least one orifice passing through a thickness of the membrane, and at least one tube surmounting the orifice and extending from a face of the membrane into one compartment of the cell, the tube comprising a free end, forming an acoustic outlet, which is positioned at a distance (p) from the base cross section of the cell. Also, a method for manufacturing such a cellular sound insulation structure, as well as to a tool for inserting a diaphragm into a cell. Such a cellular structure makes it possible to treat a wider acoustic frequency spectrum, and its acoustic dimensioning as well as its manufacture are simplified.
US12014713B2
The present disclosure relates to an acoustic absorption system. The acoustic absorption system can include a curtain that includes one or more acoustic absorption panels. The curtain can be cleanable and/or sanitizable, and can be flame resistant. The curtain can also be coupled to an extension member.
US12014712B2
A method for forming a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic acoustic panel may comprise: stacking plies of thermoplastic composite sheets to a first thickness to form a top sheet; stacking plies of thermoplastic composite sheets to a second thickness to form a backskin; staking plies of thermoplastic composite sheets to a third thickness to form a stiffening member; forming the top sheet in a first contour; forming the backskin in a second contour, the second contour being different from the first contour; forming the stiffening member comprising a shape having a plurality of peaks and troughs; bonding the stiffening member to the top sheet and the backskin; and perforating the top sheet.
US12014708B2
Systems, devices, and methods for encoding the harmonic structure of a musical composition in a digital data structure are described. Tonal and rhythmic commonalities are identified across the musical bars that make up a musical composition. Individual bars of the musical composition are each analyzed to characterize their respective harmonic fingerprints in various forms, and the respective harmonic fingerprints are compared to sort the musical bars into harmonic equivalence categories. Isomorphic mappings between hierarchical data structures that encode the musical composition based on musicality and harmony, respectively, are also described. The systems, devices, and methods for encoding the harmonic structure of a musical composition in a digital data structure have broad applicability in computer-based composition and variation of music.
US12014705B2
An audio analysis method is realized by a computer and includes generating key information which represents a key, by inputting a time series of a feature amount of an audio signal into a learned model that has learned a relationship between keys and time series of feature amounts of audio signals.
US12014700B2
A graphics processing unit (GPU) of a processing system transmits pixel data for a frame to a display in a compressed burst, so that the pixel data is communicated at a rate that is higher than the rate at which the display scans out the pixel data to refresh the frame at a display panel. By transmitting pixel data for the frame in a compressed burst, the GPU shortens the time spent transmitting the pixel data and extends the time before the next frame of pixel data is to be transmitted. During the extended time before the next frame of pixel data is to be transmitted, the GPU saves power by placing portions of the processing system in a reduced power mode.
US12014699B2
The present application discloses a display panel, a display panel driving method, and a display device. Each row of pixels includes a plurality of pixel groups, and each pixel group includes a first column of pixels and a second column of pixels which are adjacent; the first column of pixels and the second column of pixels are connected to a same data line; the first column of pixels is connected with a 2n−1th row of scanning lines, and the second column of pixels is connected with a 2nth row of scanning lines; a source driver outputs a driving voltage to each column of pixels, where for a same gray scale value, a driving voltage corresponding to the first column of pixels of at least one column is smaller than a driving voltage corresponding to the second column of pixels.
US12014698B2
A dot-matrix display device includes a display, a converter circuit, and a control circuit. The display includes multiple gate signal lines, multiple source signal lines, and multiple pixel circuits arranged at intersections of the multiple gate signal lines and source signal lines. The converter circuit obtains a serial signal SI in synchronization with a first clock signal SCK input from outside and converts the obtained serial signal to a parallel signal. The serial signal is input from outside serially. The serial signal includes address data for specifying, of the multiple pixel circuits, a pixel circuit to undergo a refresh of image data, and the image data to be provided to the specified pixel circuit. The control circuit generates, based on a second clock signal ENB_V having a lower frequency than the first clock signal, a control signal for controlling timing of serial-to-parallel conversion performed by the converter circuit.
US12014690B2
A display device can include a display panel having plurality of pixels, each including sub pixels having different colors; a data driver to supply a data voltage to the pixels by using a plurality of data lines; and a gate driver to supply a gate signal to the pixels using a plurality of gate lines. Also, each of the data lines is divided into a plurality of sub data lines, and each of the sub data lines is connected to sub pixels having the same color, sub pixels having the same color are disposed in a same column, and the sub pixels in the same column are connected to each of the sub data lines, and the number of sub data lines branching from one of a data line has the same number of gate lines which is connected to the plurality of pixels in a same row.
US12014685B2
A pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit, a first light-emitting control sub-circuit, a second light-emitting control sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit, and a first reset sub-circuit, and is configured to generate a driving current to control a light-emitting element to emit light, the first reset sub-circuit comprises a first transistor, the compensation sub-circuit comprises a second transistor, the first transistor and the second transistor are both polysilicon oxide thin film transistors, and an active layer type of the first transistor and an active layer type of the second transistor are different from an active layer type of a transistor comprised in at least one selected from a group consisting of the driving sub-circuit, the data writing sub-circuit, the first light-emitting control sub-circuit, and the second light-emitting control sub-circuit.
US12014660B2
What is disclosed are structures and methods for testing and repairing emissive display systems. Systems are tested with use of temporary electrodes which allow operation of the system during testing and are removed afterward. Systems are repaired after identification of defective devices with use of redundant switching from defective devices to functional devices provided on repair contact pads.
US12014659B2
A display device includes a display panel and a repair panel overlapping a region of the display panel. The display panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of transistors on the substrate; and a first electrode connected to the transistors. The repair panel includes: a repair substrate; a plurality of connection electrodes extending through the repair substrate and on opposite surfaces of the repair substrate; a first repair electrode connected to the connection electrodes; a first repair emission layer on the first repair electrode; and a repair common electrode on the first repair emission layer. In a region where the display panel and the repair panel overlap each other, the first electrode and the first repair electrode are electrically connected to each other through the connection electrode.
US12014656B2
Sign frame system and components of sign frame systems for bag signs and fold-over signs are described. The sign frame system can comprise a plurality of frame sections with at least one frame section connected to at least one other frame section by a sleeve connector having a connector outer sleeve and a connector inner sleeve axially aligned with the connector outer sleeve and a connector dimple formed therein. The sign frame system also can comprise a first frame section connected to a second frame section with each of the first and second frame sections comprising a tenon projecting from an end shoulder aligned at an end of the respective frame section, wherein the first and second frame sections mate by the alignment of the tenons.
US12014647B2
A beauty product device is disclosed which includes a variety of sensors for sensing the way in which a user is operating the device. The sensor data can be processed and compared with pre-stored data representative of a desired style and feedback messages generated and provided back to the user to help them achieve the style they wish to achieve based on the comparison.
US12014646B2
A system, device, and method for discouraging a user from making hand-to-face contact. The system and device includes at least one hand component and at least one head/face component. The system and device monitor to determine if the hand component is within a selected distance of the head/face component. When the hand component is brought with a selected warning distance of the head/face element, indicating that the user is bringing his/her hand toward the user's face, a warning alarm is activated which cautions the user to cease moving the hand toward the face.
US12014645B2
Systems, devices, media, and methods are described for presenting a tutorial in augmented reality on the display of a smart eyewear device. The system includes a marker registration utility for setting a marker on a musical instrument, a localization utility, a virtual object rendering utility for presenting virtual tutorial objects on the display near the instrument, and a hand tracking utility for tracking the performer's finger locations in real time. The virtual tutorial objects, in one example, includes graphical elements presented on a virtual scroll that appears to move toward the instrument at a speed correlated with the song tempo. The hand tracking utility calculates a set of expected fingertip coordinates based on a detected hand shape.
US12014643B2
Methods are described for generating encrypted messages and unicast/multicast transmitting the encrypted messages to one or more aircraft using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) transmission. Corresponding system for communicating messages to an aircraft using ADS-B link is also provided.
US12014641B2
A drone (an aerial vehicle), able to maintain improved safety for operation by non-specialists, is provided. A farm field data stored in a cloud at take-off is compared to an environment data read by a sensor, and a control to prohibit take-off is performed if any danger is considered. In particular, it is desirable to prohibit if there is a traffic, where people and cars may pass, between the farm field and a current location, and if a direction of the drone, installed, does not point to a direction of an intrusion pathway to the target farm field. Furthermore, it is desirable to prohibit take-off if a predetermined maintenance is not performed by referring to a maintenance history.
US12014639B2
A process for pairing two aircraft together to save fuel. After evaluating whether two aircraft may possibly be paired together in a formation for fuel savings, the process determines new flight plans for both aircraft, allowing the second aircraft to save fuel by flying behind the first aircraft so that the second aircraft utilizes the energy of the wake vortices generated by the first aircraft. Based on the new flight plan, the process determines if there is a net trip fuel savings for the pair.
US12014636B2
A delivery approval apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring a position information of a user who has requested the predetermined service; acquiring a position information of the vehicle parked at a delivery place; receiving an agreement signal agreeing on a service result of the predetermined service and transmitted from a user terminal used by the user; and when the agreement signal is received, detecting a relative position of the user with respect to the vehicle, based on the position information of the user and a most previous position information of the vehicle, and when the user is located within a predetermined range from the vehicle, determining that the vehicle is delivered to the user to approve a completion of the predetermined service.
US12014632B2
The invention relates to a method for detecting beacons (4) in the surroundings of an ego vehicle (5), comprising the steps of: capturing (S1) a sequence of camera images (1) of a section of the surroundings by means of a-camera system (6) of the ego vehicle (5), detecting (S2) bright light spots in the recorded camera image (1), cutting out (S3) regions (3) containing the detected bright light spots in the camera image (1), classifying (S4) the cut-out regions (3), classing (S5) the bright light spots as beacons (4) if the classified bright light spots are detected repeatedly and therefore a threshold value of a counter is exceeded.
US12014630B2
A system for assisting a maneuver of a moving object is provided. The system includes a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, and a computing device comprising a controller configured to: identify a maneuver location of the moving object based on location information associated with the moving object, determine one or more unmanned aerial vehicles among the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles based on a proximity of the maneuver location and the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, dispatch the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to the maneuver location, and transmit an instruction signal to the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, wherein the instruction signal causes the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles to generate an indication configured to assist one or more vehicles approaching the maneuver location.
US12014621B2
A system and a method are disclosed for on-device storage at a mobile bug of data of a one-way communications session where quality deteriorates. In an embodiment, a mobile bug receives a request to establish a one-way communications session, and responsively transmits data to a database for storage while refraining from storing the transmitted data subsequent to the transmission of the data. The mobile bug detects a deterioration in the one-way communications session that prevents, at least in part, the transmission of the data. Responsive to detecting the deterioration, while the deterioration is detected, the mobile bug stores the data in an encrypted format. The mobile bug detects a request for the data stored at the mobile bug, and responsively transmits the data to the database and deletes the data from the mobile bug.
US12014609B2
A cashdrawer exoskeleton system is disclosed. The system includes a modular base piece with an integrated fastener configured to facilitate a coupling to a cash drawer. An aperture is formed through the top surface of the modular base piece and leads to an area where the cash drawer is positioned when the modular base piece is coupled to the cash drawer utilizing the integrated fastener. At least one spacer is then configured to facilitate creation of a gap between the modular base piece and the cash drawer when the modular base piece is coupled to the cash drawer utilizing the integrated fastener.
US12014603B2
A gaming device comprises a display, a processor, and a memory storing (a) reel strip data defining a set of reel strips, each reel of the set of reel strips comprising special symbols and regular symbols; and (b) instructions. The reel strips are used to select symbols to populate positions of a playing field shown on the display. When two or more of the same special symbols occupy adjacent positions of the playing field, they may merge into a single position occupied by one of the special symbols in question. If three or more special symbols are adjacent, all merge into a single position and a higher-value special symbol. This merge may be signaled by a graphic such as an animation or image, a sound, a light, a vibration, or other audiovisual or haptic indicator. The higher-value special symbol thus replaces one of the adjacent special symbols while the rest are removed or disappear. Further, values of the special symbols (prior to any merge) may be added to an eventual payout amount to be provided at an end of a series of related games.
US12014592B2
A food management system includes a cabinet having a chamber, a lift, and an ejector. The chamber is defined, in part, by a front wall including a chute defining a first end of a dispensing region along the cabinet. At least one lift is disposed within the chamber, and is configured to receive a plurality of containers therein. The lift is operable to sequentially present at least one of the containers to the dispensing region of the cabinet. The ejector includes a bumper disposed within the dispensing region. The bumper is operable to translate through the dispensing region from a retracted position on an opposite side of the at least one lift from the chute, to an extended position between the retracted position and the chute to bias the at least one of the containers from the at least one lift through the chute.
US12014588B2
A fleet management server includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to: receive past event data associated with at least one vehicle and at least one driver, the past event data representing at least one respective past vehicle event that occurred when one of the drivers was driving one of the vehicles; receive respective predetermined classifications of the past vehicle events that were previously manually assigned based on respective contemporaneous videos of the past vehicle events; receive novel event data representing at least one respective novel vehicle event; automatically assign respective ones of the predetermined classifications to the novel vehicle events based on the previous manually assigned classifications to the past vehicle events; and output, to a user of the fleet management server, the respective automatically assigned predetermined classifications of the novel vehicle events.
US12014583B2
A vehicle operational diagnostics and condition response system includes at least an axle supporting a cargo transport unit frame, a suspension disposed between and secured to each the cargo transport unit frame and the axle, a load detection device interacting with the suspension and communicating with a system controller, wherein the system controller is supported by the cargo transport unit frame, and a cargo transport unit health status system supported by the cargo transport unit and configured to communicate with the system controller. The cargo transport unit health status system provides state status information for monitored operational elements of the cargo transport unit.
US12014570B2
A face authentication apparatus includes a face image acquisition unit that acquires a face image of an authentication target, a collation unit that performs face authentication by calculating similarity between face information of the face image of the authentication target and reference face image of each registered user and comparing the similarity with a threshold, a prediction unit that predicts a change in the similarity on the basis of similarity history on authentication success, and a threshold change unit that changes the threshold on the basis of the prediction result.
US12014566B2
Provided is a fingerprint authentication device comprising a biometric sensor that senses biometric information to generate a sensing signal; an image processor that extracts a calibration function based on calibration data and generates a fingerprint image based on the calibration function and the sensing signal; and an authenticator that performs fingerprint authentication by comparing the fingerprint image and registered fingerprint information. The calibration data includes information on a calibration coefficient of the calibration function.
US12014565B2
A method of manufacturing a detection sensor is disclosed. The method includes forming a biometric information sensing layer including a transistor on a base layer, forming an initial optical pattern layer on the biometric information sensing layer, patterning the initial optical pattern layer to form a plurality of transmissive portions spaced apart from each other and having a first zeta potential, coating a light blocking material to form an initial light blocking portion that covers a side surface and an upper surface of the transmissive portions and has a second zeta potential different from the first zeta potential, and polishing the initial light blocking portion such that the upper surface of the transmissive portions is exposed to form a light blocking portion. The initial light blocking portion is polished by the abrasive, which has the first zeta potential, using a pad.
US12014558B2
In some embodiments, an image sensor is provided. A signal processing unit of the image sensor is configured with executable instructions that cause the signal processing unit to perform actions comprising: reading a captured scene from a pixel array; reading a value from a test initiation register; in response to determining that the value indicates a test mode: processing the captured scene to detect a region of interest associated with the value; and providing the region of interest to a first interface for transmission to a host device; and in response to determining that the value does not indicate the test mode: analyzing the captured scene using a computer vision technique to selectively generate a signal based on the analysis of the captured scene; and selectively providing the signal to a second interface for transmission to the host device.
US12014556B2
An image recognition method includes acquiring a target image, the target image being an image of a certificate to be recognized; text area recognition is performed on the target image to obtain a text area image of a target text corresponding to the certificate to be recognized; a text direction of the target text is determined according to the text area image; direction adjustment is performed on the text area image according to the text direction to obtain an adjusted text area image; and text recognition is performed on the adjusted text area image to obtain a text content of the target text.
US12014554B2
A method and system for estimating road lane geometry includes a camera-estimated lane segment, for estimating lane geometry based on camera detection of road markings and a leading-vehicle-estimated lane segment, for estimating lane geometry based on traces of at least one leading vehicle. Estimated road geometry is obtained from a combination of the camera-estimated lane segment and the leading-vehicle-estimated lane segment.
US12014548B2
Embodiments are directed to segmentation and hierarchical clustering of video. In an example implementation, a video is ingested to generate a multi-level hierarchical segmentation of the video. In some embodiments, the finest level identifies a smallest interaction unit of the video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms. Clip atom boundaries are detected in various ways. For example, speech boundaries are detected from audio of the video, and scene boundaries are detected from video frames of the video. The detected boundaries are used to define the clip atoms, which are hierarchically clustered to form a multi-level hierarchical representation of the video. In some cases, the hierarchical segmentation identifies a static, pre-computed, hierarchical set of video segments, where each level of the hierarchical segmentation identifies a complete set (i.e., covering the entire range of the video) of disjoint (i.e., non-overlapping) video segments with a corresponding level of granularity.
US12014539B2
A second processing unit (40), which receives a first count value N1 transmitted in a predetermined reference cycle Δt1 from the first processing unit (30), has a second counter (41) which outputs a second count value N2 in a cycle Δt2 shorter than the reference cycle Δt1. The second count value N2 is initialized in response to reception of the first count value N1. The second processing unit (40) associates time determined according to the first count value N1 and the second count value N2 with generated or acquired second data (external measurement data).
US12014535B2
A system is a system including: a cloud server configured to perform a machine learning process; and a client apparatus configured to communicate with the cloud server. The client apparatus includes: a generating unit that generates one or a plurality of reference data from a plurality of data used for the machine learning and that generates a plurality of difference data, wherein the reference data is a reference for at least a part of the plurality of data, and each difference data indicates a difference between each of the plurality of data and corresponding reference data out of the one or the plurality of reference data; and a storage unit that stores the plurality of difference data in a storage apparatus of the cloud server.
US12014528B2
An optical device includes an optical sensor, one or more diffusive optical elements disposed on a surface of a display screen and configured to diffuse and to distribute a first portion of light associated with a subject across an array of sensor elements of the optical sensor, and one or more processors. The display screen includes one or more transmissive components that allow the first portion of light to pass through the display screen via the surface of the display screen, and one or more blocking components that prevent a second portion of light associated with the subject from passing through the display screen. The one or more processors are configured to obtain, from the optical sensor, sensor data associated with the first portion of light, process the sensor data to determine an image of the subject, and perform one or more actions based on the image of the subject.
US12014527B2
Methods, devices, and systems for compressing and decompressing a stream of indices associated with graphics primitives. A group of delta values is determined based on a group of indices of the stream of indices. The group of delta values is compared to delta values in a lookup table. The group of indices is compressed based on an entry in the lookup table if the group of delta values matches all delta values in the entry, otherwise, the group of indices is compressed based on variable-length encoding.
US12014524B2
The technology relates to determining whether a camera is occluded. For instance, an image may be captured using a camera having red, green, and blue pixels each including a photosensor. Output values for the photosensors of each of the red pixels, green pixels, and blue pixels may be determined for the images. The output values of the green pixels may be compared to one or more of the output values of the red pixels or the output values of the blue pixels. That the camera is occluded is determined based on the comparison.
US12014520B2
System, methods, and other embodiments detecting and localizing objects within an image in a wide-view format using a synthetic representation. The method includes converting a real image in a wide-view format to a synthetic representation using a style model, wherein the synthetic representation depicts a distorted view of an object. The method also includes identifying features of the object using an extraction model that distinguishes different scales of the synthetic representation and a simulated scene to define structures associated with the distorted view. The method also includes detecting the object using a decoder model that identifies an attribute and a bounding box of the object from the features. The method also includes executing a task using the attribute and the bounding box to localize the object in the simulated scene.
US12014511B2
Methods and systems for sample imaging via two-pass light-field reconstruction. In an exemplary method, a light-field image of a sample may be captured in a light-field plane. The light-field image may be forward-projected computationally to each of a plurality of z-planes in object space to generate a set of forward-projected z-plane images. Backward-projections computationally to the light-field plane of the same xy-region in object space from each z-plane image may be compared with the light-field image, to determine a respective degree of correspondence between the backward-projected xy-region from each of the z-plane images and the light-field image. For each different xy-region, at least one of the forward-projected z-plane images may be selected to contribute data for the different xy-region in a 2D or 3D object-space image of the sample.
US12014504B2
A method for accelerating hyperspectral video reconstruction includes steps of: acquiring, according to a spectral video and an RGB video captured by a hyperspectral video camera, a calibration matrix of the spectral video and the RGB video; sorting the calibration matrix to generate an ordered calibration matrix; converting, according to the ordered calibration matrix, the spectral video and the RGB video into a data matrix in a parallel manner; acquiring all related calibration points of a reconstruction region according to the ordered calibration matrix; and, reconstructing a hyperspectral video in a parallel manner according to the related calibration points and the data matrix. The related calibration points are acquired by sorting the calibration matrix, such that the number of times the calibration matrix is traverse is reduced, and the computation amount of hyperspectral video reconstruction is decreased.
US12014501B2
According to embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprising a specifying unit and a display controller. The specifying unit that specifies an acquisition position of an indicator relating to blood flow on a blood vessel-containing image collected by a medical image diagnostic apparatus. The display controller that displays the acquisition position on the blood vessel-containing image and displays the indicator on a display unit in association with the acquisition position.
US12014500B2
A method for remote medical imaging involves displaying augmented reality (AR) images on a remote patient's smart phone or smart eyewear. The augmented reality images guide the patient concerning how to move their mobile and/or wearable device relative to a wound, injury, lesion, or abnormality on their body in order to capture images of the wound, injury, lesion, and/or abnormality from different distances and angles. These images are then integrated into a 3D digital image for medical diagnosis or treatment.
US12014493B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of assessing bone age by using a neural network performed by a computing device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an analysis image which is a target of bone age assessment; and assessing bone age of the target by inputting the analysis image into a bone age analysis model comprising one or more neural networks. The bone age analysis model, which is trained by supervised learning based on an attention guide label, includes at least one attention module for intensively analyzing a main region of the analysis image.
US12014483B2
Analysis of edge closures of metal surface particles based on a graph structure.
US12014475B2
The embodiments of this disclosure disclose an unsupervised image-to-image translation method. A specific implementation of this method comprises: obtaining an initial image, and zooming the initial image to a specific size; performing spatial feature extraction on the initial image to obtain feature information; inputting the feature information to a style-content separation module to obtain content feature information and style feature information; generating reference style feature information of a reference image in response to obtaining the reference image, and setting the reference style feature information as a Gaussian noise in response to not obtaining the reference image; inputting the content feature information and the reference style feature information into a generator to obtain a target image; and zooming the target image to obtain a final target image. This implementation can be applied to a variety of different high-level visual tasks, and improve the expandability of the whole system.
US12014473B2
An intelligent zooming method and an electronic device using the same are provided. The intelligent zooming method includes the following steps. A text paragraph corresponding to the text is merged. The text paragraph is automatically arranged according to the text paragraph and a text magnification box. The text paragraph in the text magnification box is enlarged according to a text magnification ratio. A block group containing the block and other blocks connected thereto is merged. A block magnification ratio is adjusted according to the block group and a block magnification box. The block group in the block magnification box is enlarged according to the block magnification ratio. The picture is cropped to obtain an object. A picture magnification ratio is adjusted according to the object and a picture magnification box. The object in the picture magnification box is enlarged according to the picture magnification ratio.
US12014469B2
The Invention presents a system and a method for digitizing a human body shape from anthropometrical measurements. The proposed system and method allow reconstructing the 3D human body quickly and accurately, improving disadvantages of costly and timely traditional methods, which not only requires digitized persons to be naked or wear tight clothes but also could use hazardous lights to their health. The system in the invention includes two main modules and two supplementary blocks to reconstruct the 3D human body from anthropometric measurements, which are: (1) Input Block, (2) Pre-Processing Module, (3) Optimization Module, (4) Output Block. The method in the invention includes four steps: (1) Step 1a: collecting human body measurements, (2) Steps 1b: Initial Population; (3) Step 2: Optimizing; (4) Step 3: Displaying digitized human body shape.
US12014460B2
Robust temporal gradients, representing differences in shading results, can be computed between current and previous frames in a temporal denoiser for ray-traced renderers. Backward projection can be used to locate matching surfaces, with the relevant parameters of those surfaces being carried forward and used for patching. Backward projection can be performed for each stratum in a current frame, a stratum representing a set of adjacent pixels. A pixel from each stratum is selected that has a matching surface in the previous frame, using motion vectors generated during the rendering process. A comparison of the depth of the normals, or the visibility buffer data, can be used to determine whether a given surface is the same in the current frame and the previous frame, and if so then parameters of the surface from the previous frame G-buffer is used to patch the G-buffer for the current frame.
US12014444B2
A GPU generates a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of applications executed in parallel and stores the plurality of images in a frame buffer. A compression coder reads out the images stored in the frame buffer and codes the images. The compression coder reads out the plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of applications from the frame buffer at different timings for each application.
US12014441B2
Signal processing devices and methods estimate a geometric transform of an image. One method measures correlation between a transformed reference signal component and an image, updates, based on the measured correlation that is below a threshold, coordinates of the reference signal component to a location within a neighborhood around the coordinates of the transformed reference signal component; determines a new geometric transform that transforms the reference signal components to updated coordinates; and applies the new geometric transform to extract encoded digital data from the image.
US12014438B2
A publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex is disclosed, with a man-made tropical, pristine-clear lagoon as the centerpiece of the complex, with surrounding entertainment, educational, sports, and commercial facilities, the complex having controlled public access and providing the look and feel of a tropical beach with clear waters and sandy beaches. In addition a method for efficiently utilizing facilities and land that are vacant, underutilized, have limited uses, or that are contiguous to or nearby recreational, educational, sports, or commercial venues is disclosed. The method providing a publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex with a centerpiece man-made tropical-style pristine-clear lagoon. The method allows for generating revenue and increasing efficiency by pairing vacant sites, underutilized sites, limited use land, or sites that are contiguous to entertainment, educational, sports, and/or commercial venues with urban beach entertainment complexes. The complex preferably has a controlled public access, thereby allowing entrance upon payment of a fee.
US12014422B1
Systems and methods are provided for automatically changing or updating insurance coverage using a computer device. An insurance analyzer may receive data associated with an insurance user. The insurance analyzer may determine types of insurance coverage available and coverage amounts associated with the received user data. Based on the received data the insurance analyzer may automatically activate insurance coverage based on determined types of insurance available and coverage amounts. The insurance analyzer may also deactivate insurance coverage or change insurance coverage amounts based on determined user activity.
US12014413B2
A method of providing information in an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include obtaining an order request from a customer, displaying item list information, order progress information and order money amount information on a first page based on the order request, obtaining information on a partial cancellation of the order request, and updating and displaying the item list information and the order money amount information on the first page based on the information on the partial cancellation.
US12014390B2
A method of shopping within an electronic commerce environment includes enabling a first user of a plurality of users to add one or more items to a virtual shopping cart of the first user that is maintained by a server computer system, generating, by the server computer system, statistical data related to the one or more items, and providing the statistical data to the first user in a web page that is generated by the server computer system. The statistical data includes a total quantity of at least one of the one or more items that are contained in the virtual shopping carts of all of the plurality of users.
US12014385B2
A computer system measures trust of an entity in electronic documents from electronic media sources is described. A communication network is linked to one or more of the sources. A computer server is in communication with the communication network and is configured to receive electronic documents via the communication network. The computer server having a memory and a processor accessing a database. The memory includes processor executable instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The computer executable instructions comprise preliminary term vector instructions, calculating instructions for determining the preliminary term vectors in the received electronic documents, and refined term vector instructions for defining a plurality of industry-specific term vectors.
US12014382B2
A machine learning model supported trend detection engine can be available via an application programming interface to business or community planners to evaluate the potential for new plans or ventures. The model can be based upon transaction trends and available merchant data from transactions such as location, time, merchant type, and transactions history longevity from particular retailers. The model can generate a dashboard that shows past performance, predicted future performance, trends, similarity between businesses, and profitability. The new plan or venture can be correlated with other retailers that have been established and successful under a similar model and located near another retailer similar to the new plan or venture.
US12014381B2
Disclosed herein is a shipping container that includes numerous multi-factor authentication (MFA) tie ins to provide added security to the container. In some embodiments, the shipping container is associated with a mobile user profiles within a mobile application. A retailer makes a sale, then, using a mobile application, associates the container with the destination address and the MFA details associated with the buyer's mobile application account. Once the container is loaded up, the container will not open again except for the buyer using the buyer's MFA authentication credentials.
US12014380B2
Examples provide customized authorization of item self-returns. A customized returns manager component calculates a customized return-trust score and a per-item return value based on analysis of item data and transaction history data. If a per-user return-trust score is within an unacceptable threshold range or an item value is within an unacceptable threshold value range, a second user is assigned to assist a first user with completion of the proposed return of the selected item. If the per-user return-trust score and the item value is within an acceptable threshold range, a return authorization component authorizes unassisted self-return of the selected item. An item disposition component determines in real-time whether to permit the first user to keep the selected item or instruct the first user to return the selected item to a designated item return area prior to completion of the item return based on a set of item disposition criteria.
US12014362B2
A method for cryptocurrency exchange between multiple parties using threshold signature cryptocurrency wallets includes steps for creating threshold signature cryptocurrency wallets shared between a set of parties and a mediator for trading cryptocurrencies. The method may include steps for dividing a threshold private key, corresponding to each of the threshold signature cryptocurrency wallets, into n shares based on (t, n)-threshold signature scheme and sharing masked shares, corresponding to the threshold private key for each of the threshold signature cryptocurrency wallets, by the set of parties and the mediator. The method may include steps for validating correctness of all masked shares of the threshold private keys by the set of parties and the mediator. The method may include steps for signing a withdrawal cryptocurrency transaction jointly by the set of parties or signing a withdraw deposit transaction jointly by the at least one party and the mediator.
US12014361B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing cryptocurrency transactions. A computing platform may receive a transaction request. The computing platform may request SEKs from operator devices, and may receive requests to download encrypted SEKs accordingly. The computing platform may send the encrypted SEKs, and may receive corresponding decrypted SEKs from the operator devices in response. The computing platform may decrypt encrypted shares using the SEKs, and may use the decrypted shares to reconstruct a cryptographic signing key. The computing platform may validate the cryptographic signing key, and based on successful validation of the cryptographic signing key, may transfer authorize the requested transaction.
US12014358B2
There are provided systems and methods for automatic data pull requests using a secure communication link between online resources. An account may be used to electronically process transactions by a user, which may include use of a digital wallet that may store payment instruments used for transaction processing. The user may access an online platform for a service provider that provides a service to the user and bills the user for the service. The online platform may provide transaction processing services for the user's bills. The user may request a secure communication link be established between the service provider's billing platform and the user's digital wallet so that when billing data is available on the billing platform, the data may be pulled by the digital wallet from the platform and loaded to the user's digital wallet for processing.
US12014354B1
A method of accessing an account includes receiving randomly generated seed information and an encrypted cryptographic key or token generated by a contactless card using the seed information via a contactless communication between the contactless card and the customer device; determining whether the randomly generated seed information matches previously received seed information; decrypting the encrypted cryptographic key or token using a decryption process that includes the seed information and the encrypted cryptographic key or token as inputs in response to determining that the randomly generated seed information does not match previously received seed information; identifying the customer associated with the contactless card based on the decrypted cryptographic key or token; and providing, to the customer device, access to the account in response to identifying the customer.
US12014348B2
Transactions between entities may be validated using LoRaWAN communications to more quickly process those transactions. In the example of check depositing, a first entity associated with a check payee may transmit a check clearance request to a second entity associated with a check payor using LoRaWAN communications. The LoRaWAN signaling and communications may be performed between devices within LoRaWAN range. For example, a check depositing device may receive a check deposit where the payor is associated with a different financial institution or entity. Accordingly, the check depositing device may communicate with another device associated with the payor institution or entity using LoRaWAN signals to confirm check clearance.
US12014338B2
A device for directly transmitting electronic coin data records to another device includes accessing data storage, such that an electronic coin data record is stored in the data storage; an interface at least for outputting the at least one electronic coin data record to the other device; and a computing unit configured to mask the electronic coin data record in the device by applying a homomorphic encryption function to the electronic coin data record to obtain a masked electronic coin data record for registering the masked electronic coin data record at a monitoring entity; and to output the electronic coin data record using the interface. A payment system has a monitoring layer including a database in which masked electronic coin data records are stored; and a direct transaction layer including at least two devices in which the method can be carried out.
US12014329B2
This disclosure relates to a system and method implemented to facilitate real-time medical coverage for veterinary hospitals. More specifically, the disclosure as a pet medical insurance system pet medical insurance claims system comprising: a backend component implemented on a computer, the backend component comprising a services component; a plug-and-play data integration system connected to a first practice management system in a veterinary practice and the backend component. The plug-and-play data integration system receives data from the first practice management system and maps the data according to the backend system, thereby limiting the data traffic between the backend component and the first practice management system. The plug-and-play data integration system is integratable with a second or more different practice management systems for receiving data that is different from the data from the first practice management system.
US12014323B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a platform for controlling production and distribution of consumable items based on machine learning processes derived from chemical profiles of the consumable items.
US12014319B1
Systems and methods are provided for conducting inventories using an electronic device. For example, the systems and methods herein may facilitate conducting inventories, e.g., for inventorying food products and/or other supplies for a restaurant. Such systems and methods may involve using an electronic device, such as a wireless and/or mobile devices, e.g., a smart cellular telephone, a tablet computer, and the like. In addition, the electronic device may be included in a system that records inventories, deliveries, and the like, and compares them to previous inventories, sales, and the like, e.g. to project future orders for supplies, to identify losses, such as waste or theft, and the like.
US12014315B2
A method, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium. A request is received to display a calendar identifying incoming physical item deliveries regarding a user's delivery point. User-associated shipment information is accessed identifying at least one first item scheduled for physical delivery and at least one second item scheduled for electronic delivery, and includes a record of physical delivery items and electronic delivery items. A sender's address is automatically populated to a recipient's address book, when a notification is received regarding the physical delivery item being in transit. Tracking data associated with the at least one first item from an integrated mail database and an integrated mail processing equipment is acquired and includes at least an expected delivery date. A notification regarding the at least one first item is displayed within a portion of an interface representative of the expected delivery date on the calendar.
US12014311B2
An abnormal path analysis method and apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: obtaining data of an actual fulfillment path of a logistics object, wherein the actual fulfillment path comprises one or more routes connecting a plurality of fulfillment centers on the actual fulfillment path; obtaining data of a standard planned path corresponding to the logistics object, wherein the standard planned path comprises one or more routes connecting a plurality of fulfillment centers on the standard planned path; comparing the data of the actual fulfillment path with the data of the standard planned path to generate route comparison results; and obtaining detailed mis-distribution data of the logistics object according to the route comparison results.
US12014304B2
A computer-implemented method for monitoring productivity, health and safety risks posed by activities and objects, and other signals present at industrial sites comprises: receiving data inputs from input devices at an industrial site; selecting a data model that is programmed to detect activities or objects associated with workers or equipment present at the industrial sites; applying the data inputs to the data model to receive output data specifying whether the activities or objects associated with workers or equipment are present at the industrial site; and if they are present: based the output data, determining characteristics of the activities or objects; based on the characteristics, determining whether that the activities or objects cause any productivity, health or safety risks at the industrial site; and if so, generating notifications indicating the health or safety risks at the industrial site.
US12014301B2
Systems and methods for verifying and monitoring employees are provided. Employees call-in to the system at scheduled times. If an employee misses a scheduled call-in, an alert can be generated. An employer notification process can generate the alert, notifying a supervisor of the employee's missed call. The alert can include the employee's name, the location of the employee, and the time he/she was supposed to call. Such systems and methods can be used to verify that a worker is at the proper location at the proper time and awake and alert during the entire time period that he/she is supposed to be working.
US12014300B2
Generating a maintenance route in a process control system includes creating an initial ordered list of all wireless nodes in direct communication with a wireless gateway, where the nodes are ordered by signal strength with the wireless gateway device. A subsequent ordered list is created of all nodes in direct communication with first node of the initial ordered list, where the nodes are ordered by signal strength with the first node. The subsequent ordered list is then appended to the initial ordered list after the first node. This process of creating a subsequent list and appending the initial list is iteratively repeated thereafter, each time accounting for the next node in the appended ordered list following the previous iteration until all nodes are accounted for. In the last iteration, the nodes correspond to stop points along the route and the order corresponds to the route to be taken among the stop points.
US12014296B2
A method, apparatus and computer-readable instructions are described including obtaining a plurality of sets of training and test data packages (wherein: each of the plurality of sets comprises test data and training data, wherein the test data comprises a subset of a first plurality of data items and the training data comprises a remainder of the first plurality of data items; each data item of the first plurality of data items is allocated as test data for only one of the plurality of sets of training and test data packages; and each data item comprises a classification identifier); receiving a new data item having a classification identifier; and adding the new data item to one of the plurality of sets of training and test data packages as test data and adding the new data item to the other of the plurality of sets of training and test data packages as training data, wherein the one of the plurality of sets of training and test data packages to which the new data item is added as test data is selected depending on the classification identifier of the new data item and the classification identifiers of the first plurality of data items.
US12014294B2
The disclosure generally relates to a system and method for randomly generating unlock codes and identifiers for locks, and creating unlock code and identifier pairs. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is integrated with, or part of, a distributed management system that controls access to various locations, such as, for example, self-storage units, hotel rooms, apartment buildings, storage containers, short-term housing rentals, lockers, equipment rooms, vaults, hospitals, airports, government facilities, nuclear power facilities, water treatment facilities, weapon storage facilities, aircraft cockpits, and any other setting that requires restricted, selective, or monitored access that can be remotely, controlled, whereby users can receive unlock codes electronically on their mobile device.
US12014290B2
Systems and methods for projecting one or more trends in electronic data and generating enhanced data. A system includes a data forecasting system is in electronic communication with one or more electronic data sources via an electronic network. The data forecasting system is configured to: monitor the electronic data source(s) for data that meet one or more predetermined criteria; obtain at least a portion of the monitored data from electronic data source(s) based on the predetermined criteria; create a data set from the obtained data; derive one or more data values associated with the data set over a predetermined period according to a forward-looking term methodology; and utilize the data set and the derived value(s) over the predetermined period to derive at least one data forecast metric associated with the data set.
US12014288B1
There is provided a method and a system for evaluating a relevance score of a given subset of nodes in a knowledge graph (KG) for purpose of link prediction. An ontology used to generate the KG is obtained and clustered to obtain a set of ontology clusters. A set of vectors having been generated by using an embedding model on the KG is obtained and clustered to obtain a set of vector clusters. Training subgraphs are generated based on the set of ontology clusters and the set of vector clusters by removing subsets of nodes from the KG. Respective prediction models are trained on each training subgraph and ranked based on their link predictions. The relevance score of each removed subset of nodes is determined based on the ranked models. A given subset of nodes is provided as a potential explanation based on the relevance score.
US12014286B2
Herein are approaches for self-optimization of a database management system (DBMS) such as in real time. Adaptive just-in-time sampling techniques herein estimate database content statistics that a machine learning (ML) model may use to predict configuration settings that conserve computer resources such as execution time and storage space. In an embodiment, a computer repeatedly samples database content until a dynamic convergence criterion is satisfied. In each iteration of a series of sampling iterations, a subset of rows of a database table are sampled, and estimates of content statistics of the database table are adjusted based on the sampled subset of rows. Immediately or eventually after detecting dynamic convergence, a machine learning (ML) model predicts, based on the content statistic estimates, an optimal value for a configuration setting of the DBMS.
US12014285B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining one or more appropriate treatment facilities for patient placement. A machine learning system may perform operations. The operations may receive a patient data set including patient attributes and patient location metrics; access a plurality of data sets for a plurality of medical facilities, the plurality of data sets include facility capacity, location, and capability metrics for each of the plurality of medical facilities; apply a model to match the patient data set with at least one of the plurality of medical facility data sets based on at least one of the patient attributes and patient location metrics and at least one of the facility capacity, location, and capability metrics; determine, based on the application of the model, one or more likelihoods of acceptance associated with each match.
US12014282B2
Embodiments of this disclosure include a data processing method. In the method, a training sample set that includes a plurality of graph computing task training samples is obtained. At least one performance indicator feature of each of the graph computing task training samples is extracted. The at least one performance indicator feature includes one or more of a graph data feature, a graph processing platform feature, a graph algorithm feature, and a machine hardware feature. A target performance prediction model is generated based on a mapping relationship between actual execution times of the graph computing task training samples and the performance indicator features. According to at least one performance indicator feature of an inputted graph computing task test sample, a predicted execution time of the graph computing task test sample is output based on the target performance prediction model.
