US12016730B2
An ultrasound system produces maps of acoustic attenuation coefficients from pulse echo signals. Maps are produced using different attenuation coefficient or slope estimation methods, and a plurality of maps from different estimation methods are compounded to produce a final attenuation coefficient map. Confidence maps may also be produced for one or more attenuation coefficient maps, and the confidence map displayed or its measures used to determine weighting for the compounding process.
US12016726B2
A flexible ultrasound transducer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate having a central part and a plurality of extended parts extending from the central part; an ultrasound probe disposed at the central part of the substrate to acquire an ultrasound image of a region of interest; and a focused ultrasound output unit disposed at the extended parts of the substrate to output a focused ultrasound to the region of interest, wherein the focused ultrasound output unit disposed at the extended parts of the substrate has a flexible property and is deformable. According to the structure of an embodiment, it is possible to simultaneously achieve ultrasound imaging and ultrasonic therapy such as lesion stimulation or removal through focused ultrasound, and adjust the focal position of focused ultrasound or improve the focal sensitivity through flexible movement.
US12016725B2
The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for an improved ultrasound eye scanning device wherein the size of the scan head is reduced significantly and the entire instrument can be placed on a desktop. The improved ultrasound eye scanning device also utilizes imaging goggles to enable better coupling between the patient and the instrument. The imaging goggles also allow both eyes of the patient to be scanned without the patient moving. Another innovation of the ultrasound imaging system according to the present disclosure is the use of the contralateral (opposite) eye for fixation and focusing during scanning.
US12016722B2
According to one embodiment, a medical information processing system includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires an ultrasound image of a subject. The processing circuitry acquires a first modality image of the subject, the first modality image differing from the ultrasound image. The processing circuitry acquires an imaging position for the ultrasound image. The processing circuitry generates diagnosis support information for the subject based on the ultrasound image, the imaging position for the ultrasound image, and the first modality image.
US12016720B2
Embodiments provide a modular phantom that enables quantitative assessment of imaging performance (e.g., spatial resolution, image uniformity, image noise, contrast to noise ratio, cone-beam artifact) and dosimetry in cone-beam computed tomography (CT). The modular phantom includes one or more modules for various imaging performance tests that may be rearranged in the phantom to accommodate the design of various cone-beam CT imaging systems. The modular phantom includes one or more of a cone-beam module, an angled edge module, or a line spread module. The phantom may be inserted into a larger sleeve and be used to assess imaging performance and dosimetry in whole body CT imaging systems.
US12016718B2
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for controlling exposure/irradiation during a main three-dimensional X-ray imaging scan using at least one spatially-distributed characteristic of a pre-scan/scout scan preceding the main scan. The at least one spatially-distributed characteristic includes (1) a spatially-distributed noise characteristic of the pre-scan and/or (2) a spatially-distributed identification of exposure-sensitive tissue types. The at least one spatially-distributed characteristic can be calculated from images reconstructed from sinogram/projection data and/or from sinogram/projection directly using a neural network.
US12016714B2
Medical imaging devices, systems, and methods thereof. The medical imaging system may include a movable station and a gantry. The movable station includes a gantry mount rotatably attached to the gantry. The gantry includes an outer C-arm slidably mounted to and operable to slide relative to the gantry mount, an inner C-arm slidably coupled to the outer C-arm and, an imaging signal transmitter and sensor attached to the C-arms. The two C-arms work together to provide a full 360 degree rotation of the imaging signal transmitter. In embodiment, the imaging signal transmitter and imaging sensor are offset from a center axis of the medical imaging system such that the portable medical imaging system is operable to capture an enlarged field of view.
US12016702B2
A patch and sensor assembly has a biosensor housed in a reusable portion that connects to a mapping and localization system (MLS) via biosensor wires. A disposable portion has an electrode layer through which signals are transmitted to the MLS via ACL wires. The biosensor and ACL wires extend through a single cable exiting the reusable portion. The disposable portion includes an adhesive layer for adhering the electrode layer to a patient, on the electrode layer, and an engagement element for detachably receiving at least a portion of the housing of the reusable portion. The reusable portion includes a housing in which the biosensor has biosensor wires that exit the reusable portion. The housing is also adapted to carry and/or provide support to an ACL contact member responsive to the electrode layer of the disposable portion, and ACL wires that exit the reusable portion.
US12016700B2
Example systems, methods, and apparatus, including cognitive platforms, are provided for computing performance metrics of an individual based at least in part on user interaction(s) with computerized tasks and/or interference and at least one physiological measure of the individual, where the performance metric provides an indication of the cognitive abilities of the individual. The apparatus can be coupled to at least one physiological component to perform the physiological measurement of the individual. The apparatus also can be configured to adapt the tasks and/or interferences to enhance the individual's cognitive abilities.
US12016697B2
A method comprising: generating a parametrized three-dimensional (3D) body surface model on a training set comprising a plurality of 3D scans of subjects, wherein at least some of said 3D scans are of subjects having a skeletal deformity; receiving one or more target 3D scans of a target subject; optimizing said body surface model with respect to said one or more target 3D scans to calculate a target body surface model of said target subject; training a skeletal estimation model on a training set comprising: (i) body surface models of a plurality of subjects, and (ii) skeletal landmarks sets of said plurality of subjects; and applying said trained skeletal estimation model to said calculated target body surface model of said target subject, to estimate a skeletal shape of said target subject.
US12016692B2
A readout integrated circuit (IC) architecture for a tunnelling magnetoresistive (TMR) sensor which uses common mode feedback to achieve a performance level suitable for accurate detection of biomagnetic signals. The architecture uses a three-operational amplifier configuration with chopper stabilization. The architecture may form part of a fully integrated biomagnetic sensor electronics package that includes an array of TMR sensors together with modules for signal amplification and conditioning, data conversion and communication.
US12016689B2
An oximeter probe is user configurable for being in an absolute reporting mode and a relativey reporting mode for measured values. The measured values for the absolute and relative modes include absolute oxygen saturation, relative oxygen saturation, absolute hemoglobin content, relative hemoglobin content, absolute blood volume, relative blood volume. The relative modes and absolute modes for determining and reporting relative or absolute hemoglobin content or relative or absolute blood volume for individual patients are beneficial when determining the efficacy of administered medications, such as epinephrine, that effect blood flow, but not oxygen saturation, in tissue, such as skin. The oximeter probe in these relative modes displays the efficacy of the administered medication as reported values for relative hemoglobin content or relative blood volume fall or rise.
US12016686B2
A fully implantable sensor for detecting an analyte in a body fluid sample is disclosed. The sensor includes a chamber plate that receives the body fluid sample. The chamber plate has a biocompatible polymer membrane having a molecular weight cutoff of at least 15 kDa. The sensor also includes a quantum cascade laser illumination source that generates an illumination light beam in a spectral range and transmits the light beam to the chamber plate. In response to the illumination light beam at least partially illuminating the chamber plate, the chamber plate generates a reflection light beam that at least partially illuminates the body fluid sample within the chamber plate. The sensor has an optical detector that detects at least one property of the reflection light beam and generates a sensor signal that correlates to the presence of the analyte. The sensor includes a controller to evaluate the sensor signal.
US12016680B2
Acoustic immittance and other characteristics of ears may be determined by measuring eardrum displacements resulting from application of pressure to the eardrum. For example, optical coherence tomography may be applied to monitor eardrum displacements responsive to a sound. The pressure corresponding to the sound is measured by a suitable instrument such as a microphone. The measured displacements and pressures may be processed to obtain a measure of immitance.
US12016678B2
The present invention provides a method for the production of a metal halide adduct of S4N4, in particular a specific copper adduct of S4N4, for the visualisation of a print on an object, in particular a fingerprint on a metal object. The present invention also provides a method and apparatus for visualising a print on an object, using S2N2 obtained from a metal halide adduct of S4N4.
US12016673B2
Measurement of airway resistance and/or lung compliance during non forced exhalation is performed using initial occlusion of exhalation followed by removal of the occlusion or opening of a shutter. The measurement device can use a single sensor to measure both pressure and flow. A pressure monitor can detect that exhalation is improperly forced to signal an error or to reject a pressure and flow measurement from a forced exhalation trial.
US12016661B2
A non-invasive electronic patient monitor tracks one or more physiological parameters of a patient, such as intravascular volume index (IVI), extravascular volume index (EVI), total hemoglobin (SpHb), impedance, and/or weight. The patient monitor determines if one or more of the physiological parameters are within a predetermined range. The patient monitor activates an alarm if one or more of the physiological parameters are outside the predetermined range and indicates a patient can be experiencing edema and/or heart failure, or sepsis.
US12016653B2
An optical coherence tomography scanning system traverses its respective scan pattern quickly, typically completing an entire two-dimensional frame faster than a conventional raster scanner completes one raster line segment. To traverse the scan pattern quickly, the system takes fewer A-scans per length of scan pattern than a conventional OCT scanner. To compensate for the sparsity of the sample points along the respective scan line segments, and for gaps between respective line segments of the trajectory, the system acquires and combines several partially overlapping frames for each study.
US12016649B2
A system includes a biometric device, a biometric data collection device, and a spatial categorization system. The biometric device includes a biometric sensor to measure a biometric trait of a user. The biometric data collection device includes a positioning system and a biometric data storage system, and a third wireless transceiver. The positioning system is configured to provide spatial location values specifying a geographic location of the biometric data collection device. The biometric data storage system is configured to assign time stamp values to each of the spatial location values and biometric trait measurements. The spatial categorization system is configured to identify a biometric trait measurement indicating that a condition of the user has a value that exceeds a threshold, and to assign, based on the identified biometric trait measurement, a category identification value to a spatial region corresponding to the spatial location value.
US12016644B2
This invention is a system and method for utilizing artificial intelligence to operate a surgical robot (e.g., to perform a laminectomy), including a surgical robot, an artificial intelligence guidance system, an image recognition system, an image recognition database, and a database of past procedures with sensor data, electronic medical records, and imaging data. The image recognition system may identify the tissue type present in the patient and if it is the desired tissue type, the AI guidance system may remove a layer of that tissue with the end effector on the surgical robot, and have the surgeon define the tissue type if the image recognition system identified the tissue as anything other than the desired tissue type.
US12016627B2
A method, a device, and a computer program product for determining a refractive error of an eye of a user are disclosed, as well as a method for producing a spectacle lens. The method for determining includes: displaying an image with a spatial modulation to the user; optionally, recording a reaction of the user to a variation of the spatial modulation over time; detecting a point in time at which a perception threshold of the user is reached; and determining the refractive error of the user from the spatial modulation, wherein the image contains a source image with several picture elements, wherein values for an image parameter are assigned to the picture elements, and wherein the spatial modulation is generated such that the values of the image parameter determine the values of a modulation parameter of the spatial modulation in the image.
US12016626B2
Systems and methods of in situ unclogging a working channel in a medical device during a procedure are disclosed. An exemplary unclogging system comprises a flow sensor to sense a flow rate through a working channel, and a control module to detect a channel state indicating a presence or absence of clogging based on the flow rate. In the presence of channel clogging, the control module can control one or more of an irrigation source or a suction source to provide respectively irrigation fluid or suction pressure to unclog the obstructed channel. The control module can adjust one or more of an irrigation flow rate or a suction flow rate through the working channel to maintain a desired pressure of the anatomical environment at the anatomical site, or to maintain a desired flow condition in the working channel, during the procedure.
US12016623B2
A system for ablating bodily tissue of a patient includes a high-voltage electrical generator configured to provide electrical pulses of at least 500 volts, a fluid having an electrical conductivity of not more than 0.01 Siemens per meter, and an ablation catheter that includes a catheter shaft, an expandable membrane attached to the catheter shaft, and a plurality of electrodes, each electrically coupled to the high-voltage electrical generator. The fluid inflates the expandable membrane when provided to the interior space of the expandable membrane.
US12016621B2
Disclosed herein is an ablation catheter that includes an irrigation conduit, a force sensor, an electrode tip assembly, a seal, and a temperature sensor. The irrigation conduit defines an irrigation lumen configured to carry irrigation fluid to a distal end of the ablation catheter. The force sensors include a deformable body coupled to the irrigation conduit adjacent a distal end thereof. The electrode tip assembly is coupled to the deformable body and extends distally therefrom, and defines an interior cavity in fluid communication with the irrigation lumen and an exterior cavity in which a distal portion of the deformable body is received. The seal is disposed between the electrode tip assembly and the deformable body, and inhibits fluid flow between the interior cavity and the exterior cavity. The temperature sensor is coupled to the electrode tip assembly and extends from the electrode tip assembly through the irrigation lumen.
US12016617B2
An arthroscopic system includes a hand piece with a motor drive. an elongate shaft assembly is detachably secured to a distal end of the hand piece, and the elongate shaft assembly includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve rotatably mounted in the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve couples to the motor drive when the elongate shaft assembly is attached to the hand piece, and an inner distal cutting window on the inner sleeve moves in and out of alignment with an outer distal cutting window on the outer sleeve as the motor drive rotates the inner sleeve. A distal electrode is disposed on an outer surface of the outer sleeve at a location opposite to that of the outer distal cutting window, and the outer sleeve member is rotatable relative to the hand piece when the hub is secured to the hand piece such that a user can hold the hand piece in one hand and rotate the outer sleeve to selectively place the outer distal cutting window or the distal electrode in an upward orientation relative to the user while continuing to hold the hand piece in the one hand.
US12016616B2
An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for treating a plurality of tissues at a variety of tissue locations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end and an elongate shaft with a combination active electrode at the distal end. The combination active electrode includes with a blade and screen portion; the blade portion extending along and laterally from the wand longitudinal axis, forming a dissecting tip. The screen portion extends from the blade portion at an obtuse angle and has at least one aspiration aperture through it. The wand also includes a second and third electrode, proximally spaced from the combination active electrode. The second electrode spans a portion of an outside surface of the wand adjacent the blade portion, while the third electrode spans a portion of the outside surface of the wand opposite the second electrode.
US12016605B2
An inflatable bone tamp for performing a minimally invasive surgical procedure includes an outer shaft defining an internal lumen, an inflatable structure coupled to the outer shaft, and an inner shaft movably disposed within the internal lumen and coupled to a distal end region of the inflatable structure. The internal lumen is sized to receive the inflatable structure, such that by moving the inner shaft relative to the outer shaft, the inflatable structure can be retracted into the internal lumen (and likewise can be extended from within the internal lumen for deployment in bone). This retraction capability can beneficially protect the inflatable structure during positioning/removal, and can also enhance recovery from radial tears of the inflatable structure.
US12016604B2
An example method is provided for maintaining stability to an injury defined by a separation of two bones (e.g., the tibia and fibula), the separation being an injured distance greater than a pre-injury distance between the two bones in a first human patient. The method may include delivering a first apparatus for approximation of the two bones in the first human patient comprising the injury, the first apparatus including a flexible segment disposed between a first anchor and a second anchor. The method may further include maintaining, by the first apparatus, a restored distance between the two bones in the first human patient after a repetitive dynamic loading, the restored distance approximately equal to the pre-injury distance.
US12016602B2
A bunion correction device is disclosed which secures a plate to a metatarsal head before an osteotomy is performed to allow for control of the metatarsal head during the bunion correction procedure. The device comprises a body component having two opposing portions positioned orthogonally to one another with a plurality of screw apertures positioned on both portions of the implant. Bone screws or fasteners are driven laterally through the apertures of the first portion into the metatarsal head, securing the first portion or base to the metatarsal head. An osteotomy is performed just proximal to the plate and the metatarsal head is translated to correct the bunion. Bone screws are then placed in the second portion apertures to fix the correction and provide compression of the osteotomy.
US12016599B2
The present invention is a system or implant adapted for use in bone cavities. The current system is particularly useful in surgical procedures involving fractured bones.
US12016597B2
Systems, methods, and devices for securing a spinal rod are provided. A clamp assembly comprises a tulip comprising an opening comprising an inner surface, wherein the inner surface is threaded; and a threaded locking cap disposed in the opening, wherein threads of the locking cap and the inner surface include various geometries.
US12016594B2
A pivotal bone anchor assembly includes a receiver having a channel configured to receive an elongate rod and communicating with a bottom opening through a central bore, with the central bore having a lower portion configured to receive the capture portion of a bone anchor with the bone anchor being pivotal with respect to the receiver in a non-locked configuration. The assembly further includes a compression insert that is also receivable within the central bore with an upper surface configured for engagement with the elongate rod, a central opening, and upward-facing surfaces on tool engagement structures positioned radially outward from the central opening. The tool engagement structures are configured for direct engagement by tooling to receive a continuously-applied downwardly directed force that temporarily locks the position of the bone anchor with respect to the receiver prior to the elongate rod being secured within the channel in a locked arrangement.
US12016590B2
A flexible puncture needle device includes a puncture needle (10). The puncture needle (10) includes an outer tube (11) and a central tube (13). The outer tube (11) includes a puncture needle head (111) and a plurality of segments (112). The puncture needle head (111) includes a needle tip at front end and a pair of notches (1122) or a pair of protrusions (1121) at rear end, and a pair of protrusions (1121) and a pair of notches (1122) are formed at two ends of the segment (112), respectively. A pair of protrusions (1121) or a pair of notches (1122) at an end of the segment (112) are engaged with a pair of notches (1122) or a pair of protrusions (1121) at rear end of the puncture needle head (111) to form a needle head joint. Two adjacent segments (112) are engaged via the notches (1122) and the protrusions (1121) to form a joint, and the needle head joint and a plurality of joints are sequentially engaged with each other from head to tail to form an outer tube (11) with the puncture needle head (111) at tip end and a tube body capable of axially bending. Central tube (13) is inserted into the outer tube (11) from another end of the outer tube (11) away from the puncture needle head (111) to form a central tube vacant portion (114) and central tube insertion portion (115) of the outer tube (11). The central tube vacant portion (114) is capable of bending, and during the forward or backward movement of the central tube (13) in the outer tube (11) along an axis of the outer tube (11). A bendable angle of the central tube vacant portion (114) changes as a length of the central tube vacant portion (114) changes.
US12016588B2
A surgical incision apparatus and method for puncturing a cutaneous layer of a subject for providing guided access to a subcutaneous organ or subcutaneous cavity (or specified target region) of the subject. The apparatus may include a retention body configured for securing a cutting tool therein and a housing configured for receiving the retention body. The apparatus includes a guidewire holder member configured for receiving a guidewire therein and aligning with the guidewire to allow the cutting tool to travel along the guidewire. The retention body is configured to be movably attached relative to the housing to allow the retention body and cutting tool to advance toward the subject to a deployed position, and subsequently withdraw to a retracted position.
US12016579B2
Medical devices as well as methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a steerable crossing catheter system. The steerable crossing catheter system may include an elongate catheter shaft having a proximal end region, a steerable distal end region, and a lumen extending therethrough. A core may be disposed within the lumen. The core may have a distal end. A penetrating member may be coupled to the distal end. A sensing assembly may be disposed adjacent to the distal end. The sensing assembly may be configured to estimate the location of the core within a body lumen.
US12016573B2
The present application relates to systems, methods, and devices for performing drilling operations, such as in a surgical setting. The embodiments disclosed herein include handheld drill apparatus configured to be used with guides or robotics for completing a specific operation. The drill apparatus is capable of receiving instructions either through programming, from a memory device, or from scanning a device located on an external item, such as a guide.
US12016572B2
Milling device for prosthetic surgery comprising a milling tool and a handler body. The handler body is provided with a rotating drive shaft which develops along a longitudinal axis of rotation and is connected to the milling tool to rotate the milling tool around the longitudinal axis.
US12016559B2
A modular surgical instrument system that comprises modular components and a control circuit electrically couplable to the modular components. The modular components comprise a shaft and a handle assembly. The handle assembly comprises a disposable outer housing. The disposable outer housing is movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The handle assembly further comprises a control inner core receivable inside the disposable outer housing in the open configuration. The disposable outer housing is configured to isolate the control inner core in the closed configuration. The modular components further comprise a loading unit releasably couplable to the shaft and a staple cartridge releasably couplable to an end effector. The loading unit comprises the end effector. The control circuit is configured to generate an interrogation signal, detect a response signal, determine a modular configuration of the modular surgical instrument system, and assess authenticity of the modular configuration.
US12016532B2
The present application relates to an endoscope apparatus including a shaft component with a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft component is arranged in an outer shaft. The endoscopy apparatus includes an image capture device having an objective lens for generating a real image and an image sensor for capturing the image and generating an image signal. The endoscopy apparatus includes a pivot joint device which couples the image capture device to the shaft component in a manner pivotable about two orthogonal axes but rigid in respect of a rotation about the longitudinal axis of the shaft component. The endoscopy apparatus includes a pivot control device to set a pivot position of the image capture device relative to the shaft component which depends on the rotational position of the image capture device and the shaft component relative to the outer shaft.
US12016530B2
The present disclosure relates to a therapeutic endoscope. The therapeutic endoscope includes a main body, an image sensor unit connected to the main body, and a cover attached to the main body. The cover includes a first opening adjacent to the image sensor unit, a second opening opposite to the first opening, and a sidewall extending between the first opening and the second opening. The sidewall of the cover includes a third opening connecting the first opening and the second opening. The present disclosure also relates to a cover for a therapeutic endoscope.
US12016518B2
An accumulator-operated household appliance and a method for the operation thereof, in which the household appliance has at least two electrical systems, wherein a first electrical system is a first coil of an electrical drive motor. Switches of a switching unit can be switched in such a way by means of a controller that every electrical system is either operated by means of an accumulator assigned thereto or that a plurality of electrical systems are operated by a joint accumulator.
US12016515B2
The present invention relates to vacuum cleaner filter bags made of waste products of the textile industry. In addition, possibilities for use of waste products of the textile industry for vacuum cleaner filter bags are indicated.
US12016511B2
A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity, a door fastened to the dishwasher cavity and including a panel box, and an operating module provided on the door for operation of the household dishwasher and including a sealing element for sealing the operating module with respect to the panel box. The operating module is pivotable about an axis of rotation from a dismounted state, in which an engagement section of the panel box is not in positive-locking engagement with the operating module into a mounted state, in which the engagement section is in positive-locking engagement with the operating module and the sealing element is pressed between the operating module and the panel box.
US12016505B2
A dishwasher (1) includes a treatment zone (3) and a conveyor apparatus (4) for transporting washware items (2) from a placement area (5) through the treatment zone (3) to a removal area (6). A washing and/or rinsing system has at least one washing and/or rinsing pump (9) and washing and/or rinsing nozzles. The dishwasher (1) is spatially partitioned into an over table area (7), which, when the dishwasher (1) is used as intended, is positioned above a counter level (13), and an under table area (8), which, when the dishwasher (1) is used as intended, is positioned below the counter level (13), wherein the placement area (5), the removal area (6) and the treatment zone (3) are respectively part of the over table area (7), and wherein at least the washing and/or rinsing pump (9) of the washing and/or rinsing system is part of the under table area (8).
US12016497B2
The present disclosure relates to an appliance. In one embodiment, the appliance has an enclosed structure which includes a first portion configured to receive one or more meal cartridges, and store and preserve the meal cartridges at a selected temperature range; a second portion; and transfer mechanism configured to transfer at least one meal cartridge in the first portion to the second portion within the enclosed structure in response to a command input for cooking the at least one meal cartridge. The second portion is configured to accept the at least one meal cartridge, receive a cooking instruction command including a cooking duration and temperature determined for the at least one meal cartridge, and cook the at least one meal cartridge based upon the cooking duration and temperature.
US12016494B2
A blender includes a spindle support, a spindle motor secured to the spindle support, an inner spindle drive shaft permanently coupled to the spindle motor, and a spindle assembly removably coupled to the spindle support. The spindle assembly includes a quick release coupler, a tube, and a blending tool fixed to an end of the tube. The blending tool includes a plurality of blades. The inner spindle drive shaft extends into the tube and is drivably coupled to the tube to transmit rotational energy from the spindle motor to blending tool via the tube when the spindle assembly is coupled to the spindle support.
US12016493B2
A micro puree machine including a housing, a platform, a position motor and a drive motor. The platform is movably positioned in the housing between a first position and a second position. The position motor is mounted on housing and coupled to the platform such that the position motor is operable to move the platform between the first position and the second position. The drive motor is operable to rotate a power shaft relative to the platform. The drive motor is mounted on the platform such that the drive motor and the power shaft move with the platform between the first position and the second position in response to the position motor.
US12016492B2
Actuators and interchangeable cartridges that achieve a grinding or grating different substances without cross-contamination. The actuators and cartridges are disclosed are uniquely designed for ready push-on, push-off mounting in a manner that affords proper alignment of the cartridge in the actuator. The cartridges may include a container portion and a mount portion, each with a grinding element arranged at an output thereof. As the container and mount portions move relative to one another, their respective grinding elements move, achieving a grinding or grating of substances in the container. Various embodiments and variations are disclosed.
US12016491B2
A grinder assembly removably connectable to a container of a spice dispenser includes a stationary grinder component and a rotatable grinder component associated with said stationary grinder component to define a grinding chamber between a portion of said stationary grinder component and a portion of said rotatable grinder component. The rotatable grinder component is rotatable relative to said stationary grinder component about a grinding axis. The grinder assembly additionally includes a first feature for coupling the grinder assembly to said container and a second feature movable to selectively decouple the grinder assembly from the container.
US12016490B2
A system includes a smoker having a cooking chamber and a firebox in fluid communication with the cooking chamber. The system includes a cooking grate within the cooking chamber, a first exhaust opening in the cooking chamber proximate the firebox, and a plurality of generally horizontal baffles below the cooking grate. At least one of these is situated near the firebox to direct smoke away from the firebox before it rises above a level of the cooking grate.
US12016475B2
A system for adhering tableware or dishware to a table or other support surface, includes tableware or dishware pieces, a supported body having a first ferromagnetic component, and a support body having a second ferromagnetic component to be magnetically attracted to the first ferromagnetic component. The supported body also has a third ferromagnetic component, arranged on the supported body on an opposite side from the first ferromagnetic component, wherein at least one of the plurality of tableware or dishware pieces comprises a fourth ferromagnetic component to be magnetically attracted to the third magnetic component.
US12016472B2
A merchandiser for storing a product for purchase by a customer is disclosed. The merchandiser includes a housing that defines a cavity for storing the product and a controller for facilitating a transaction for the product at the merchandiser. The controller is configured to: receive an input to initiate a transaction for the product, the input including a type and an amount of product to be purchased; unlock a door of the merchandiser to enable a removal of the product based on receiving the input; determine a completion of the transaction based on the door being in a close position for more than a preset amount of time; and charge the customer for the type and amount of product based on the completion of the transaction.
US12016464B2
Proposed is a cushion for posture correction capable of obtaining a corrective effect of a turtle neck syndrome and a straight waist syndrome just by taking a prone position. The cushion for posture correction includes: a cushion body (A) formed to be upwardly inclined toward a front and configured to support a user's upper body, wherein the cushion body (A) is formed with a cervical vertebra support part (100) protruding upward at a front end thereof so that user's neck and chin are seated and with an area concavely formed between opposite side ends where user's armpits are seated.
US12016459B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage chamber, a drawer door, a motor assembly provided at the storage chamber and configured to provide a driving force that moves the drawer door relative to the storage chamber, and a rack gear assembly provided at the drawer door and having an extendable rack gear. The rack gear includes a fixed rack fixed to the drawer door and a moving rack slidably coupled to the fixed rack. The drawer door includes a drawer part that defines an upwardly open storage space, and a door part that is configured to, based on the drawer door being inserted into the storage chamber, close the storage chamber.
US12016457B2
A mobile device display stand structure includes: a shaft driven and rotated by applying a critical moment greater than a resistance of the shaft to overcome the resistance of the shaft; and a first lever and a second lever connected to the shaft separately. The first lever and the second lever use the shaft as a fulcrum and flip over relative to each other by the shaft to define an included angle, and the first lever and the second lever are plate-shaped bodies. When the included angle is 0-180 degrees, the gravity of the first lever generates a first moment relative to the shaft or the gravity of the second lever generates a second moment smaller than the critical moment relative to the shaft, such that the first lever or the second lever cannot be rotated relative to the shaft and the included angle is kept constant.
US12016456B2
The disclosure relates to an accessory support device, comprising a support structure that defines a flat base plane. And comprising an inclined portion that is supported on the support structure that extends in an inclined plane upward relative to the base plane from a front of the accessory support device to a rear of the accessory support device. The accessory support device further comprises an upright portion that is supported on the support structure or on the inclined portion that extends in a mainly upright plane relative to the base plane from the rear of the accessory support device, so as to form a privacy panel that shields the user from being seen from the rear of the accessory support device. The upright portion and the inclined portion are angularly adjustably connected via an angle compensation device to compensate the upright portion for angular adjustment of the inclined portion.
US12016445B2
The present invention relates to the field of nail grooming and generally describes a novel nail-grooming device whose purpose is to allow a user to groom his or her own fingernails in both hands in an accurate, symmetrical and uniform manner, with minimal effort and without being required to acquire any skills that might be required by other devices. The device comprises a finger placement wherein a user places his or her finger, and a nail grooming machine with a nail grooming head suitable for nail grooming tasks such as filing, wherein the nail grooming head is capable of performing a cyclic movement against a nail of the finger placed on the finger placement for filing or other nail-grooming task, and wherein the nail filing machine also comprises a mechanism capable of triggering a sideways movement of the nail grooming head on a curved horizontal axis around the nail to allow circumferential grooming of the fingernail while the finger is statically placed on the finger placement.
US12016444B1
A nail cutter is provided that includes a first member and a second member. A first end portion of the first member includes a blade. A first end portion of the second member does not include a blade. The first and second members are coupled such that the first member is movable relative to the second member between first and second positions and, when the first member moves from the first position to the second position, the blade moves toward the first end portion of the second member. A third member is coupled to the first member and is movable between third and fourth positions. Moving the third member from the third position to the fourth position moves the first member, relative to the second member, from the first position to the second position. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12016440B2
Various implementations and configurations of a user configurable modular storage apparatus are disclosed. In an example implementation, a storage apparatus comprises: a side wall and a back wall which form an interior portion of a cabinet and an opening through which the interior portion is accessible; and a pair of slotted walls comprising pairs of slots configured to receive a storage module comprising a left mounting rod and a right mounting rod, wherein the storage module is insertable into the interior portion through the opening thereby enabling a user mounting and unmounting of the storage module to a pair of slots of the pair of slotted walls.
US12016432B1
An article of footwear includes a sole structure, a heel assembly and an actuator assembly. The heel assembly includes a lower heel movable relative to the sole structure and an upper heel movable relative to the sole structure. One of the lower heel and upper heel defines a track and the other of the lower heel and the upper heel includes a protrusion slidably received in the track. The actuator assembly is coupled to the heel assembly and configured to move the upper heel relative to the lower heel between a closed position and an open position.
US12016430B2
The invention relates to a shoe (1), especially to a sports shoe, comprising a shoe upper (2), wherein the shoe upper (2) consists at least partially of a knitted fabric, wherein the shoe upper (2) has a plurality of loops (3) for threading a lace (4) to allow the tying of the shoe (1) at the foot of a wearer by means of the lace (4). To provide an easy and efficient possibility to adjust the lacing or tying of the shoe at the foot of the wearer individually, the invention is characterized in that at least a part of the loops (3) consist of a knitted fabric, wherein the loops (3) have the shape of a tubular body which forms a passage (8) for the lace (4).
US12016428B2
Various embodiments are directed to an adjustable insole for a footwear article. In various embodiments, the adjustable insole comprises an insole body comprising a heel bottom cavity defined by a cavity opening provided along an insole body bottom surface; and a removeable heel bottom insert configured to be disposed within the heel bottom cavity such that a first insert portion is disposed within the heel bottom cavity and a second insert portion defines a lowermost surface of the adjustable insole, the removeable heel bottom insert having a selectively adjustable configuration relative to the insole body that is defined by an arrangement of the removeable heel bottom insert within the heel bottom cavity in one of a nominal position and a rotated position defined relative to the nominal position by a rotation of the removeable heel bottom insert through an angle of rotation of at least approximately 90 degrees.
US12016426B2
An article of footwear having a sole structure including a chamber for receiving a pressurized fluid is described, along with a method of making the article. The chamber may include a tensile member extending between a first chamber barrier layer and a second chamber barrier layer. The tensile member may include a first tensile member layer bonded to the first chamber barrier layer, a second tensile member layer bonded to the second chamber barrier layer, and a plurality of tethers connecting the first tensile member layer to the second tensile member layer. The second tensile member layer may include a first section and a second section separate from the first section. In addition, a portion of the second chamber barrier layer may extend toward the first tensile member layer between the first section and the second section, the portion being joined to the first tensile member layer.
US12016417B2
Various embodiments are directed to a protective helmet comprising: a protective shell having a substantially dome-shaped configuration, the protective shell comprising: an outer shell surface; an inner shell surface; and at least one groove extending along at least a portion of the inner shell surface, wherein the at least one groove is embodied as a material recess within a wall thickness; wherein a ratio of the shell thickness at a first shell location adjacent the at least one groove to the groove depth of the at least one groove is at least a predetermined threshold value. In various embodiments, a protective helmet may further comprise an impact cap and/or an inner ring, one or both of which may comprise a respective groove configuration. In various embodiments, the one or more groove configurations may be configured to reduce the helmet weight of the invention by at least 15%.
US12016415B2
Hats including hair ports are disclosed herein. One hat includes a first portion, a second portion, and a set of bands coupling the first portion and the second portion. Here, the set of bands, the first portion, and the second portion create a set of ports located at a rear portion of the hat. Further, at least one port in the set of ports includes a size that allows the hair of a person wearing the hat to be placed there through.
US12016413B1
A body pad apparatus with high surface friction on the inward-facing and outward-facing surfaces, to prevent slipping or repositioning of a body harnesses or personal flotation device, made of a material of a desired thickness that that conforms to stretch and pressure, and that has low profile attachments to secure the pad apparatus on, around, or to the user's body or to the harness or personal flotation device.
US12016412B2
A garment and/or garment system with health-monitoring (e.g., cardiovascular monitoring) capability, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
US12016407B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a non-slip glove which is superior in workability owing to ease of grasping an object and enables maintaining an antislip property for a long period of time. The non-slip glove of the present invention includes: a knitted glove main body made of fibers which includes a main body portion formed into a bag shape so as to cover a wearer's palm and dorsal hand, bottomed cylindrical first to fifth finger portions extending from the main body portion so as to cover the wearer's first to fifth fingers, respectively, and a cylindrical cuff portion extending in a direction opposite to the first to fifth finger portions; a coating layer made of a rubber or a resin which is overlaid on a palm part of the knitted glove main body and a palm side of the first to fifth finger portions; and a reinforcing portion made of a rubber or a resin which is interposed between the knitted glove main body and the coating layer, wherein the reinforcing portion is disposed at a position on the palm side, the position corresponding to at least carpometacarpal joints of the third to fifth fingers, a navicular bone, a lunate bone, a hamate bone, and a pisiform bone at a time of wearing.
US12016406B2
A mask for covering a user's nose and mouth includes covering material and a band system. The covering material includes an upper section and a lower section and the band system includes a main band for attachment to upper side edges of the upper section, and a lower band for attachment to the lower section. The main band remains attached at all times to the upper side edges of the upper section to hold the upper section of the covering material against the user's face at all times when worn. The user maintains connection of the lower band when the lower section is to be closely held against the user's face while the mask is worn by the user, and releases connection of the lower band when the lower section of the covering material is to hang freely in front of the user's face while the mask is worn.
US12016384B2
The present invention describes articles, such as smoking articles, that can provide an inhalable substance in a form suitable for inhalation by a consumer. The article comprises a cartridge with an inhalable substance medium therein, control housing that includes an electrical energy source and an electrical power source, and a heating member that may be located in either the cartridge or the control housing. The control housing further may include puff-actuated current actuation components and current regulation components.
US12016381B2
A hookah device (202) which attaches to a hookah (246). The hookah device (202) comprises a plurality of ultrasonic mist generator devices (201) for generating a mist for inhalation by a user. The hookah device (202) comprises a driver device (202) which controls the mist generator devices (201) to maximize the efficiency of mist generation by the mist generator devices (201) and optimize mist output from the hookah device (202).
US12016374B2
A device for burning smoking material and inhaling the resulting smoke is disclosed. The device can include a tubular member formed from a dried leaf having an internal elongated cavity extending from an open end to a closed end. The elongated cavity can be configured to receive a smoking material. The smoking accessory can include a filter disposed within dried leaf and defining the closed end. The filter can have a recess formed in a surface of the cylindrical body along a curved face extending from the first end to the second end, the recess extending radially into the cylindrical body. The smoking accessory can include a capsule containing a flavoring agent disposed within the recess.
US12016373B2
The present invention is related to a casting apparatus (100) for the production of a cast web of a material containing alkaloids, said casting apparatus (100) including: •—a casting box (101) adapted to contain a slurry; •—a movable support (102) having a surface and moving along a casting direction; •—a casting blade (103), adapted to cast the slurry contained in the casting box (101) onto the surface of the movable support (102) along the casting direction so as to form the cast web of a material containing alkaloids; wherein the casting blade (103) includes a corrugated portion. The invention also relates to a casting method for producing a cast web of a material containing alkaloids and to cast a web of a material containing alkaloids from said method.
US12016371B2
The present invention relates to a casting apparatus (100) for the production of a cast sheet (10) of a material containing alkaloids, the casting apparatus comprising: ⋅a casting box (1) adapted to contain a slurry (11) of the material containing alkaloids, the casting box having an aperture (16); ⋅a movable support (7); ⋅a casting roller (3) positioned at least partly within the casting box adapted to cast the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast sheet; ⋅wherein said casting roller faces the movable support forming a gap (I) therebetween, and wherein the movable support is located at least partly above the casting roller. The present invention also relates to a method for the production of a cast sheet of a material containing alkaloids.
US12016367B2
A consumable product for use in an aerosol generating device is disclosed, the consumable product comprising a foam matrix (302); and a packaging element housing the foam matrix; wherein the packaging element is configured to hold the foam matrix in a first, compressed, configuration prior to use of the consumable product in an aerosol generating device, the packaging element having a first sacrificial seal, wherein upon opening the first sacrificial seal the packaging element holds the foam matrix in a second, less compressed, configuration.
US12016364B2
A bean roasting system includes a roasting subsystem, a cooling subsystem, an air exit subsystem that is fluidically coupled to the cooling subsystem, and a controller. The cooling subsystem includes an outer housing containing a holding chamber, a cooling platform defining a lower bound of the holding chamber, a vibration actuator coupled to the cooling platform, and a platform actuator coupled to the cooling platform. The controller is configured to operate the air exit subsystem to maintain a flow of air up through the holding chamber, operate the roasting subsystem to transfer a batch of beans from the roasting subsystem to the holding chamber, operate the vibration actuator to vibrate the cooling platform, operate the air exit subsystem and operate the vibration actuator accelerates cooling of the batch of beans, and operate the platform actuator to transport the batch of beans out of the cooling subsystem.
US12016361B2
A probiotic culture is prepared by cultivating a probiotic mixture in a collagen solution. The probiotic mixture includes Lactobacillus acidophilus TYCA06 deposited at the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (CGMCC) under an accession number CGMCC 15210, Lactobacillus salivarius subsp. salicinius AP-32 deposited at the China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC) under an accession number CCTCC M 2011127, and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis CP-9 deposited at the CCTCC under an accession number CCTCC M 2014588, in a ratio of colony forming units which ranges from 1:0.125:0.125 to 1:8:8. Use of the probiotic culture for improving skin condition and for inhibiting pathogenic infection is also provided.
US12016359B2
A gummy composition including a set emulsification of an oil phase and a water phase, and a water-soluble active ingredient. A method including administering a gummy composition including a set emulsification of an oil phase and a water phase, and a water-soluble active ingredient.
US12016338B2
The present invention provides both compositions comprising Methylobacterium and compositions comprising Methylobacterium that are depleted of substances that promote growth of resident microorganisms on a lettuce plant or seed. Also provided are methods for improving lettuce production, methods of making the compositions, and methods of treating a lettuce plant or seed with the compositions comprising Methylobacterium.
US12016335B2
Disclosed are a single liquid-phase herbicide composition comprising by weight of the composition: (a) from 0.1 to 1% of metsulfuron-methyl; (b) from 1 to 20% of thifensulfuron-methyl; (c) from 30 to 93% of one or more fatty acid esters of C1-C4 alkanols; and (d) from 5 to 25% of one or more surfactants having an emulsifier property, and a process for preparing the composition.
US12016323B1
A method and apparatus for a kit is provided for euthanizing animals. The kit makes use of an enclosure and a canister. The enclosure is configured to hold one or more animals. The canister holds the reactants that are combined to form the euthanizing agent and provides a mechanism for the reactants to be delivered to and mixed together in the enclosure. The canister is designed and configured to allow for the reactants to be added rapidly and nearly simultaneously into a chamber while preventing one or more animals held in the enclosure from direct contact with the reactants.
US12016313B2
The invention relates to transgenic animals useful for optimal production of functional immunoglobulins with human idiotypes.
US12016312B2
Provided herein are screening methods and animal models related to intraocular diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), for example, for identifying candidate therapeutics for treating or preventing eye diseases, such as AMD. Also provided herein are compounds/compositions that are useful for killing or inhibiting the growth of a microorganism, such as Bacillus megaterium. Further provided herein are methods of using the compounds/compositions for treating infections with a microorganism, such as Bacillus megaterium and for treating or preventing diseases or disorders associated with such infections, such as AMD.
US12016311B2
A distributor to distribute a treat among toys and food treats to a pet is described. The distributor comprises a base assembly; a carousel pivotably mounted to the base assembly, the carousel comprising partitions defining at least a first compartment; a cap configured to be mounted to the base and to cover the carousel, the cap comprising an opening that, when aligned with the first compartment, provides access to the first compartment; and driving means for driving the carousel to rotate between a first orientation wherein the first compartment is hidden and a second orientation wherein the first compartment is aligned with the opening, wherein a treat located in the compartment becomes accessible to the pet. The distributor may comprise a food dispenser releasably coupled to a feeder motor, and drivable only when the carousel is in a feeding orientation.
US12016293B2
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated BDAX4608, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line BDAX4608 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line BDAX4608, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line BDAX4608, and plants produced according to these methods.
US12016292B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011222. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011222, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011222 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011222.
US12016289B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011186. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011186, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011186 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011186.
US12016282B2
The invention provides a Tomato Leaf Curl New Dehli Virus (ToLCNDV) tolerance or resistant QTL in cucurbit plants and plants comprising the QTL. The invention also provides molecular markers linked to QTL. The invention further provides methods of breeding to produce plants that are resistant to ToLCNDV, and the resistant plants produced by such methods.
US12016269B2
A removable cover plate assembly may be quickly attached, detached and adjusted to the exterior of a concave grate of a combine harvester in order to adjust the flow characteristics of the concave or separator grate assemblies.
US12016259B2
An information providing device includes an information acquisition part configured to acquire environment information which indicates a growth environment of grass in a predetermined area and state information which indicates a growth state of the grass in the predetermined area, and an information generating part configured to determine a good area which indicates an area in which the growth state of the grass in the predetermined area is good and a bad area which indicates an area in which the growth state of the grass in the predetermined area is bad based on the state information, and configured to generate management information which indicates a content of treatments to be performed with respect to the good area and the bad area based on the environment information.
US12016258B2
A seed treatment system incorporates an incline conveyor to mix freshly treated seed. A metered seed flow is maintained. A treatment applicator positioned above a tail end of the incline conveyor applies a seed treatment to the metered seed flow to form a treated seed flow. The treated seed flow freefalls into a transition zone and pre-mixes before moving upward within the incline conveyor. An eddy may form within the treated seed flow due to a partial obstruction within the incline conveyor. A prescribed amount of the treated seed flow backflows into the eddy in a cascading manner. Backflow movement may be contrary to conveyance of a substantial amount of the treated seed up through the incline conveyor. The seed treatment distributes about the treated seed flow within the incline conveyor. The treated seed flow discharges with complete cleanout at a head end of the incline conveyor.
US12016256B2
An agricultural toolbar employs at least two wing assemblies for following the contour of the land in a working position and foldable to a transport position for transit on public roads. The principal use in working position benefits from having a wide range of movement to accommodate variations in land contours and soil types. The principal use in transport mode benefits from having a compact configuration to better meet road regulations. End-uses that condition cultivatable land at multiple locations will benefit from the toolbar.
US12022752B2
A method of forming a memory device includes the following operations. A first conductive plug is formed within a first dielectric layer over a substrate. A treating process is performed to transform a portion of the first conductive plug into a buffer layer, and the buffer layer caps the remaining portion of the first conductive plug. A phase change layer and a top electrode are sequentially formed over the buffer layer. A second dielectric layer is formed to encapsulate the top electrode and the underlying phase change layer. A second conductive plug is formed within the second dielectric layer and in physical contact with the top electrode. A filamentary bottom electrode is formed within the buffer layer.
US12022751B2
This method comprises the steps: a) provide a substrate (1); b) form a layer of a first block copolymer on the substrate (1), by a technique of self-assembly such that the first layer comprises a series of first lithographic patterns extending in a first direction; c) create a first mold comprising impressions formed from the series of first lithographic patterns; d) provide a structured layer comprising a series of patterns (30), conforming to the series of first lithographic patterns, and extending in the first direction; e) form a layer (4) of a second block copolymer (40, 41) on the structured layer by a technique of self-assembly such that the second layer (4) comprises a series of second lithographic patterns (40) extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; f) create a second mold comprising impressions formed from the series of second lithographic patterns (40).
US12022748B2
A superconducting composition of matter including overlapping first and second regions. The regions comprise unit cells of a solid, the first region comprises an electrical insulator or semiconductor, and the second region comprises a metallic electrical conductor. The second region extends through the solid and a subset of said second region comprise surface metal unit cells that are adjacent to at least one unit cell from the first region. The ratio of the number of said surface metal unit cells to the total number of unit cells in the second region being at least 20 percent.
US12022747B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include a resonator for use in quantum computing. The resonator can include a housing that is disposed along a resonator axis. The housing can have a first portion extending from a housing distal end to near a qubit location and a second portion extending from near the qubit location to a housing proximal end. The housing can define a cavity extending from a cavity proximal end to a cavity distal end along a portion of the resonator axis. The housing can include a protrusion extending axially from the housing distal end along the resonator axis to near the qubit location. A proximal portion of the protrusion can include a tapered portion. The resonator can include a qubit extending into the cavity at the qubit location.
US12022740B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate, where the substrate includes a conductive layer therein, and a surface of the substrate exposes a surface of the conductive layer; forming a groove adjacent to the conductive layer in the substrate, where the groove exposes a portion of a sidewall surface of the conductive layer; and forming a lower electrode layer in the groove and on a top surface of the conductive layer.
US12022737B2
A system includes a piezoelectric capacitor assembly and signal processing circuitry coupled to the piezoelectric capacitor assembly. The piezoelectric capacitor assembly includes a piezoelectric member and piezoelectric capacitors located at respective lateral positions along the piezoelectric member. Each piezoelectric capacitor includes: (1) a respective portion of the piezoelectric member, (2) a first electrode, and (3) a second electrode. The first and second electrodes are positioned on opposite side of the piezoelectric member. The piezoelectric capacitors include piezoelectric force-measuring elements (PFEs). The PFEs are configured to output voltage signals between the respective first electrode and the respective second electrode in accordance with a time-varying strain at the respective portion of the piezoelectric member between the respective first electrode and the respective second electrode resulting from a low-frequency mechanical deformation. The signal processing circuitry is configured to read at least some of the PFE voltage signals.
US12022722B2
A method for manufacturing a display device is provided. A process of forming an inspection pattern, in which a protective film unit is partially removed in a thickness direction, in a pad area portion of the protective film unit, which corresponds to a pad area of a display unit, may be performed, and then, a process of delaminating the pad area portion of the protective film unit may be performed. A process of checking whether the inspection pattern exists may be performed to check whether the delamination has succeeded, and, at the same time, a process of measuring distances from an alignment mark to each of a long side and a short side of the display unit may be performed.
US12022719B2
A display substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of photosensitive sensors disposed on a side of the substrate, and a first light guide layer disposed on a side of the plurality of photosensitive sensors away from the substrate. A material of the first light guide layer includes a light-shielding material. The first light guide layer is provided with a plurality of first through holes, and an orthographic projection of at least one first through hole on the substrate is located within a range of an orthographic projection of a photosensitive sensor of the plurality of first through holes on the substrate.
US12022717B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate, a first light-emitting element disposed over the substrate to emit light, a first dummy light-emitting element disposed over the substrate to emit light of a same color as a color of the light emitted from the first light-emitting element, an input sensing layer disposed on the first light-emitting element and the first dummy light-emitting element, and a light-blocking layer disposed on the input sensing layer, where an opening is defined through the light-blocking layer to overlap the first light-emitting element, and the input sensing layer includes a diffraction structure disposed to overlap the first dummy light-emitting element.
US12022713B2
An array substrate and a detection method thereof, and a display panel are disclosed. The array substrate includes a plurality of subpixels and a plurality of signal line structures. The plurality of subpixels are arranged in an array of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns along a first direction and a second direction. Each signal line structure of the plurality of signal line structures includes at least one first detection line extending along the first direction; adjacent (n)th row and (n+1)th row of subpixels in the array form a subpixel row group, and the signal line structure is configured to be connected to the (n)th row and (n+1)th row of subpixels and detect electrical characteristics of first transistors or light-emitting elements in the subpixels.
US12022712B2
A transparent display apparatus for preventing the occurrence of a sense of difference between a display panel and a cover substrate is provided. The transparent display apparatus includes a transparent display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a plurality of pixels provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, a display area including the plurality of pixels, and a non-display area surrounding the display area and a cover substrate including a first area overlapping the transparent display panel and a second area surrounding the first area and including a plurality of dummy patterns.
US12022707B2
Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes a base layer in which a display area where a plurality of pixels are disposed and a non-display area surrounding the display area are defined; a circuit element layer which is disposed on the base layer; an input sensing layer which is disposed on the circuit element layer; and one or more display signal pads and one or more sensing signal pads which are disposed on a sidewall of each of the base layer, the circuit element layer and the input sensing layer, wherein each of the display signal pads is electrically coupled to a display signal line disposed in the circuit element layer, and each of the sensing signal pads is electrically coupled to an input sensing line disposed in the input sensing layer.
US12022705B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a wiring substrate connected to the first substrate, a cover member located on an opposite side to the first substrate so as to interpose the second substrate therebetween and a conductive layer maintained at a predetermined potential, and the first substrate includes an extension portion extending further from the second substrate, the wiring substrate is connected to the extension portion, the cover member includes a first surface opposing the extension portion, and the conductive layer overlaps the extension portion in plan view.
US12022700B2
A display device includes a substrate; pad electrodes disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from one another; a driving member including bumps, which overlap the pad electrodes in a thickness direction of the substrate and are spaced apart from one another; conductive members disposed between the pad electrodes and the bumps to electrically connect the pad electrodes and the bumps; and non-conductive members disposed adjacent to the pad electrodes, the bumps, and the conductive members, wherein the conductive members and the non-conductive members include different materials, each of the conductive members includes a first side surface that faces a corresponding one of the non-conductive members, each of the non-conductive members include a second side surface that faces a corresponding one of the conductive members, and a part of the first side surface and a part of the second side surface directly contact one another.
US12022699B2
A display device includes: a substrate; sub-pixels on the substrate; data lines connected to the sub-pixels; a display driving circuit supplying data voltages to the data lines; and fan-out lines on the substrate and connecting the data lines and the display driving circuit. Each of the sub-pixels includes a first transistor including a first active layer on the substrate and including a silicon semiconductor and a first gate electrode on the first active layer, and a second transistor including a second active layer on the substrate and including an oxide semiconductor and a second gate electrode on the second active layer. The fan-out lines include first fan-out lines and second fan-out lines alternately arranged each other in one direction. The first fan-out lines are arranged on the same layer as the first gate electrode, and the second fan-out lines are arranged on the same layer as the second gate electrode.
US12022697B2
A method of fabricating a display panel includes forming a first conductive layer on a base substrate, wherein the first conductive layer is formed in an encapsulated area and a peripheral area of the display panel; forming an organic insulating layer on a side of the first conductive layer away from the base substrate, wherein the organic insulating layer is formed to be limited in the encapsulated area; forming a first inorganic insulating layer on a side of the organic insulating layer away from the base substrate; forming a second conductive layer on a side of the organic insulating layer and the first inorganic insulating layer away from the base substrate, wherein the second conductive layer is formed in the encapsulated area and the peripheral area; and forming a second inorganic insulating layer, the second inorganic insulating layer formed between the organic insulating layer and the first conductive layer.
US12022687B2
A display panel includes a first display substrate including first to third pixel areas and a light blocking area that is adjacent to the first to third pixel areas and a second display substrate including first to third display elements respectively overlapping the first to third pixel areas. The first display substrate includes a base substrate, a first color filter overlapping the first pixel area and having a first color, a second color filter overlapping the second pixel area and having a second color different from the first color, a third color filter disposed on the base substrate, having a third color different from the first and second colors, and including a filter portion overlapping the third pixel area and a light blocking portion overlapping the light blocking area, and a light blocking member disposed on the light blocking portion and containing a black organic pigment.
US12022678B2
A display device having an active region and a non-active region, includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a sealing layer. The first substrate includes a first substrate layer, a plurality of light-emitting units disposed on the first substrate layer in the active region, and a plurality of dams disposed on the first substrate layer in the non-active region. The second substrate includes a plurality of light conversion units in the active region. The sealing layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the sealing layer includes a first portion disposed in the non-active region and a second portion disposed in the active region, and the first portion and the second portion are continuous, wherein at least a part of the first portion of the sealing layer is disposed between at least two of the plurality of dams.
US12022675B2
A display device includes a substrate including an emission area and a non-emission area; a circuit element layer formed on the substrate and having circuit elements disposed thereon; an overcoat layer covering the circuit element layer; an auxiliary electrode formed on the overcoat layer in the non-emission area and composed of multiple layers with a reflective layer in between; an electron transport layer covering the auxiliary electrode; and a cathode electrode formed on the electron transport layer, wherein the auxiliary electrode includes an electrode hole passing through the multiple layers, and the reflective layer includes at least one protrusion protruding toward inside from a sidewall of the electrode hole and contacting the cathode electrode.
US12022657B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a conducting layer and an insulating layer that are disposed above a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of pillars that extend in a direction which crosses a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a plate that is disposed between the plurality of pillars and extends in the same direction as the pillars. A surface of the plate, which faces the pillars, has convex portions and non-convex portions.
US12022653B2
A semiconductor device may include a cell gate conductive pattern in a cell array area that extends to a step area, a cell vertical structure in the cell array area that extends through the cell gate conductive pattern, a cell gate contact structure on the cell gate conductive pattern in the step area, a cell gate contact region in the cell gate conductive pattern and aligned with the cell gate contact structure, a first peripheral contact structure spaced apart from the cell gate conductive pattern, a second peripheral contact structure spaced apart from the first peripheral contact structure, a first peripheral contact region under the first peripheral contact structure, and a second peripheral contact region under the second peripheral contact structure. The cell gate contact region may include a first element and a remainder of the cell gate conductive pattern may not substantially include the first element.
US12022647B2
Microelectronic devices including memory cell structures, and related methods and electronic systems
A microelectronic device comprises memory cell structures extending from a base material. At least one memory cell structure of the memory cell structures comprises a central portion in contact with a digit line, extending from the base material and comprising opposing arcuate surfaces, an end portion in contact with a storage node contact on a side of the central portion, and an additional end portion in contact with an additional storage node contact on an opposite side of the central portion. Related microelectronic devices, electronic systems, and methods are also described.
US12022646B2
A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of active layers stacked in a first direction perpendicular to a substrate and laterally oriented in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a plurality of bit lines each of which is coupled to one side of each of the active layers and laterally oriented in a direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction; a plurality of capacitors each of which is coupled to another side of each of the active layers; and a word line vertically oriented penetrating the active layers in the first direction.
US12022642B2
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of patterned electromagnetic interference (EMI) mitigation materials (e.g., EMI absorbers, thermally-conductive EMI absorbers, etc.) including carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes may comprise single-walled carbon nanotubes, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, and/or carbon nanostructures comprising a branched network of crosslinked carbon nanotube structures. For example, an EMI mitigation material may comprise a filled dielectric including a pattern of EMI absorbers. The filled dielectric comprises carbon nanotubes.
US12022641B2
An electromagnetic wave suppression sheet includes an electromagnetic wave transmitting layer having conductivity and transparency; a suppression layer having transparency; a conductive mesh having openings formed by woven lines; and an adhesive layer having transparency in this order from an outer side toward an inner side. The openings of the conductive mesh have a region in which the suppression layer and the adhesive layer are in contact with each other. A method of manufacturing an electromagnetic wave suppression sheet includes steps of preparing a laminate including the suppression layer, and the conductive mesh disposed to be in contact with the suppression layer; and applying a pressure to the conductive mesh in a direction of the suppression layer.
US12022633B2
A graphics subsystem includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a blower, and a heat sink. A graphics processing unit (GPU) is integrated into the PCB. The PCB is shortened to occupy a portion of the width of the graphics subsystem. The heat sink is coupled to the PCB and/or GPU similarly occupies just a portion of the width of the graphics subsystem. The blower is disposed adjacent to the PCB and heat sink and configured to occupy the full height of the graphics subsystem. The blower is further configured to intake air from both the top side of the graphics subsystem and the bottom side of the graphics subsystem. In this configuration, the blower provides an elevated air flow rate in order to facilitate cooling of the PCB and/or GPU.
US12022631B1
The present disclosure discloses a dual-screen display. The dual-screen display includes a first display screen, a second display screen and a hinge device. The first display screen is electrically connected to the second display screen; the first display screen is connected to the second display screen through the hinge device. The first display screen rotates until a front surface of the first display screen abuts against a front surface of the second display screen, and a back surface of the first display screen abuts against a back surface of the second display screen. By using the hinge device, the first display screen can rotate until the front surface of the first display screen abuts against the front surface of the second display screen, and the back surface of the first display screen abuts against the back surface of the second display screen.
US12022630B2
A modular, non-metallic enclosure with a first enclosure having an open end between first and second side panels and a second enclosure having an open end between third and fourth side panels. At the open end of the first enclosure, the first and second side panels each include a guide rail having a male guiderail member and a female guiderail channel. At the open end of the second enclosure, the third and fourth side panels each include a guide rail having a male guiderail member and a female guiderail channel. The male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the first sidewall are configured to engage with the opposite of the male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the third side wall. The male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the second sidewall are configured to engage with the opposite of the male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the fourth side panel.
US12022628B2
A display device includes a display screen, connection members and a driving apparatus. The display screen includes a flexible display panel and a plurality of supports. The plurality of supports include a first support and a second support that are adjacently arranged. The first support includes a connection portion. A connection member in the connection members is disposed on the second support. The driving apparatus is configured such that the driving apparatus drives the connection member to be connected to or disconnected from the connection portion.
US12022624B2
A display assembly with electric vehicle charging equipment includes one or more side assemblies, each connected to a structural frame and including an electronic display subassembly. An external portion of the electric vehicle charging equipment is connected to the structural frame and located rearward of the cover of each of the one or more side assemblies, where the cover is located forward of a display layer. An internal portion of the electric vehicle charging equipment is located at a cavity provided below or rearward of the cover of each of the one or more side assemblies.
US12022619B2
A semiconductor chip module includes a PCB including first and second faces; a buffer on the first face; a first chip on the first face, and including a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal, a first signal being provided to the first connection terminal, and a second signal being provided to the second connection terminal; a second chip on the second face, and including a third connection terminal to which the first signal is provided, and a fourth connection terminal to which the second signal is provided. The first connection terminal and the third connection terminal receive the first signal from the buffer at the same time. The first connection terminal is closer to the buffer as compared with the second connection terminal. The third connection terminal is closer to the buffer as compared with the fourth connection terminal.
US12022605B2
A stacking system is disclosed and includes a circuit board, an integrated circuit, a voltage regulation module and a heat dissipation module. The integrated circuit and the voltage regulation module are opposite disposed on a first side and a second side of the circuit board. The heat dissipation module includes a first heat dissipation component and a second heat dissipation component located at a top surface of the integrated circuit and the bottom surface of the voltage regulation module. The second heat dissipation component includes a base and an extended arm. The base is in thermal contact with bottom surface of the voltage regulation module. The extended arm is extended from the base to the first heat dissipation component and in thermal contact with the first heat dissipation component.
US12022599B2
A polarization-multiplexed radiator system, preferably including one or more electron splitters, undulator networks, electron combiners, and/or optics, and preferably integrated into a light source system that can include one or more accelerator modules and/or radiator modules. A method of operation, preferably including receiving high-energy electrons, separating electrons, and/or generating optical outputs S330, and optionally including separating outputs, providing the optical outputs, and/or outputting electrons.
US12022594B2
A wall-mounted assembly may include one or more host devices which receive line voltage and generate low voltage power on one or more contacts for powering one or more modular devices. The one or more modular devices may be installed adjacent to the host device and may share a faceplate with the host device, such as a standard decorator faceplate. The modular devices may receive power from the host device via a power bus between the host device and the one or more modular devices. Further, the power bus may include a communication bus for communication between the host device and the modular devices. The faceplate may be a smart faceplate, which may include circuitry, such as a battery backup, occupancy sensing, a charging dock for a mobile phone, etc.
US12022584B2
An apparatus, a method and a device for calibrating the apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises one or more light sources, at least one image acquisition device for acquiring images; and a device. The device comprises a processing unit, a memory coupled to the processing unit. The memory comprising a calibration module configured to obtain a value of current flowing through each of one or more light sources in real-time, compare the value of current flowing through each of the one or more light sources with a predefined threshold current value, and calibrate color gain value associated with at least one image acquisition device, if the determined value of current for each of the one or more light sources is above the predefined threshold current value.
US12022583B2
Portable devices, systems and methods with automated heat control assembly are provided. The portable devices and systems comprise a light source, a current source, a heat control circuit, a temperature sensor and a processor. The current source is electrically coupled to the light source. The heat control circuit adapted to allow changing the current supplied to the light source. The temperature sensor adapted to measure a temperature adjacent the light source and to output an associated temperature sensor data to the processor. The processor configured to automatically adjust the current supply in the heat control circuit based on the temperature sensor data relative to a predetermined temperature threshold. The method comprises measuring a temperature adjacent a light source using a temperature sensor and automatically adjusting, using a processor, the current suppled to the light source based on the temperature sensor data relative to a predetermined temperature threshold.
US12022582B2
A load control device for an electrical load is configured to operate in a normal mode and a burst mode to adjust the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The load control device comprises a control circuit that operates in the normal mode to regulate an average magnitude of a load current conducted through the load between a maximum rated current and a minimum rated current. During the normal mode, the control circuit controls the operating period of a load regulation circuit between a high-end operating period and a low-end operating period. The control circuit operates in the burst mode to regulate the average magnitude of the load current below the minimum rated current. During the burst mode, the control circuit adjusts the low-end operating period to be less than or equal to a minimum on time of the load regulation circuit.
US12022581B2
To improve display quality in a case where pixels are driven by using a ramp wave voltage. A display device includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in at least one direction, a plurality of signal lines that supplies the plurality of pixel circuits with signal voltage corresponding to gradation, a voltage output unit that generates ramp wave voltage having a voltage level that changes with time, a ramp wiring that supplies the ramp wave voltage generated in the voltage output unit, a plurality of voltage holding units that is connected between the ramp wiring and the plurality of signal lines, and holds the ramp wave voltage at a timing corresponding to luminance of the plurality of pixel circuits to generate the signal voltage, a plurality of correction current sources that supplies correction current to a plurality of connection paths of the ramp wiring and the plurality of voltage holding units, and a current adjustment unit that adjusts the correction current on the basis of a voltage difference, on a predetermined connection path, of when setting a predetermined luminance to a pixel circuit connected to the predetermined connection path, in a case where the correction current is passed from the plurality of correction current sources to the plurality of connection paths, and in a case where the correction current is not passed from the plurality of correction current sources to the plurality of connection paths.
US12022576B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a method for interconnecting a plurality of networks, including a first network, with a second network via an interworking gateway (IWG). The method may comprise receiving a request from the first network for a user in the first network to access at least one service or application available in the second network, determining at least one criteria associated with the second network to enforce for the user in the first network, and enforcing the at least one criteria for communications associated with the user between the first and second networks. The IWG may be a cloud-based service that is configured to perform the aforementioned steps. The IWG may also be configured to be dynamically scalable to support multiple networks in the plurality of networks requesting interconnection with the second network.
US12022575B2
A communication system includes a first inference server that obtains subset of information from a connectivity enhanced database of a central cloud server based on a geographical zone served by the first inference server. The first inference server receives a real-time or a near real-time request from a road-side unit (RSU) device within the geographical zone, where the request includes input features corresponding to sensing information from a vehicle. Based on the sensing information, the first inference server further causes a first edge device on the vehicle to connect to the RSU device to perform uplink and downlink communication with high throughput without any interruptions. Further, the first inference server obtains updated sensing information from the first edge device and communicates updated initial access information to the first edge device directly or via the RSU device to maintain a connectivity of the first edge device to a base station.
US12022573B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications using a split bearer. A user equipment device may perform a recovery operation for a lost uplink packet. The recovery operation may be in response to an indication from the network or may be initiated autonomously by the device.
US12022562B2
A method and apparatus enable sidelink resource management using a sidelink discovery signal. The method provides for determining a resource configuration for a sidelink discovery signal. The resource configuration provides one or more parameters for transmitting the sidelink discovery signal. The method also provides for measuring link quality between the UE and at least one candidate relay UE. Based on the measured link quality one of the candidate relay UEs is selected and serves as a relay UE.
US12022560B2
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Disclosed is a method of controlling timer T3440 or T3540 in a User Equipment, UE, the timer being operable to guard a time during which the UE maintains a certain type of connection to a telecommunication network, wherein the timer has a default first time period in the absence of a first condition and a second condition being met, wherein if both the first condition and the second condition are met, then the first default time period is extended to a second time period.
US12022558B2
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating multi-tasking and smart location selection during connected-mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) mode are disclosed herein. Example techniques disclosed herein enable a UE to perform multiple tasks during a same SSBS to reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. For example, disclosed techniques enable a UE to perform RLM tasks and loop tracking tasks during a first SSBS and thereby reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. In some examples, the UE may also perform the search task or the measurement task during the same first SSBS and, thereby, further reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. Example techniques disclosed herein may also enable the UE to select which SSBS occurrences to wake-up for during the OFF duration of the CDRX cycle.
US12022554B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method for providing state information regarding a user equipment, UE, performed by a radio access node, RAN, and an Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF, respectively. Embodiments here in relate also to a RAN and an AMF configured to perform a method for providing state information regarding a UE.
US12022547B2
The present invention provides communication control methods relating to control signal management, a user equipment (UE), and a network node. The method includes transmitting a first initial Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment request message containing a request type field to the network node to establish a first PDU session with a Data Network Name (DNN) and a Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI); receiving a PDU session establishment reject message; setting a request type field contained within a second initial PDU session establishment request message to initial request to establish a second PDU session based on a cause value of the PDU session establishment reject message indicating the first PDU session does not exist; and transmitting the second initial PDU session establishment request message to the network node to establish the second PDU session.
US12022544B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a signal measurement method for adding a secondary node in an electronic device and the electronic device thereof, and the electronic device may include a first communication circuit configured to provide first wireless communication using a first frequency range, a second communication circuit configured to provide second wireless communication using a second frequency range, a processor operatively connected with the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected with the processor, and configured to store at least one first measurement configuration information, and the memory may store instructions for, when executed, causing the processor to, using the first communication circuit, perform communication connection with a master node (MN) base station operating as an MN, while performing the communication connection with the MN base station, measure a state of a signal from at least one base station for operating as a secondary node (SN) using the at least one first measurement configuration information, using the second communication circuit, and transmit a first message including at least part of the measurement result, to the MN base station.
US12022524B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive first information indicating a first set of parameters associated with repetition of a second random access message (RAM) associated with a random access channel (RACH) procedure. The UE may transmit, using the first set of parameters, an initial RAM in association with the RACH procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12022519B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for beam refinement via physical random access channel (PRACH) repetition. A method that may be performed by a network entity includes determining resources to monitor for a PRACH transmission sent from a user equipment (UE) as part of a random access channel (RACH) procedure, performing receive beam sweeping when receiving PRACH repetitions sent using the determined resources, using results of the receive beam sweeping to refine one or more beams and to select a refined beam of the refined one or more beams, and using the selected refined beam for at least one of receiving a subsequent message from the UE as part of the RACH procedure or sending a subsequent message to the UE as part of the RACH procedure.
US12022513B2
A method and a device for random access are provided. The method may include that a base station transmits target indication information for indicating a ratio of target demodulation reference signals (DRSs) to a terminal. Further, the terminal determines a target listen before talk (LBT) mode corresponding to the ratio of target DRSs based on a correspondence between ratios of DRSs and LBT modes predefined in a protocol and transmits a physical random access channel (PRACH) for uplink random access to the base station through the target LBT mode.
US12022512B2
Systems, devices, and techniques for listen-before-talk (LBT) operations in unlicensed spectrum are described. A described technique includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a downlink control information (DCI) message, the DCI message including available bandwidth information and a channel occupancy time (COT) duration, the available bandwidth information being associated with one or more LBT bandwidths of a bandwidth part (BWP) in unlicensed spectrum; receiving, by the UE, one or more physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions in the BWP, during the COT duration; and processing the one or more PDSCH transmissions based on the available bandwidth information.
US12022503B2
Wireless devices may communicate with each other via a sidelink. At least two wireless devices may communicate via a sidelink using a resource allocation mode that may be determined with or without assistance from a base station. A wireless device may select, based on one or more conditions, from at least two resource allocation modes of operation for the sidelink.
US12022499B2
The present disclosure relates to a downlink control information sending method and receiving method, an apparatus, and a storage medium. The downlink control information sending method can be applied to a network side device, and the method can include, when determined that a terminal uses a preset type of service, sending information of PDCCH resources to the terminal such that the terminal receives DCI of the preset type of service on the PDCCH resources. The method can further include, by means of the PDCCH resources, sending the DCI of the preset type of service to the terminal. The present disclosure can reduce the complexity of acquiring DCI of a preset type of service, and decreases time delays in acquiring DCI of a preset type of service.
US12022495B2
A network node (12) schedules a wireless communications device (14) to utilize a subsection (54) of a previously configured active bandwidth part (46). The wireless communications device (14) utilizes the subsection (54) for operations such as monitoring for control signaling from the network node (12), channel measurements, and/or for communication between the wireless communications device (14) and the network node (12) (e.g. uplink and/or downlink traffic). Accordingly, the wireless communications device (14) may reduce power consumption by not monitoring and/or using a wider bandwidth.
US12022480B2
Provided are a transmission determination method, a transmission determination apparatus, a base station, a terminal, and a computer-readable storage medium. Whether to receive a first transmission is determined according to first information, and/or whether to send a second transmission is determined according to first information, so that the first transmission is received or the second transmission is sent at one time moment. It is ensured that a terminal and/or a base station transmit at most one transmission at one time moment, thus avoiding a time domain conflict caused by overlapping of time domain resources for a transmission scheduled by downlink control information (DCI) and a transmission configured by higher-layer signaling.
US12022475B2
An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may include receiving bandwidth part (BWP) change information from a base station in a BWP i; changing an operation BWP of the terminal from the BWP i to a BWP j even when a transmission and reception procedure of first data in the BWP i is not completed at a BWP changing point indicated by the BWP change information; and performing a data transmission and reception procedure of second data in the BWP j, wherein the BWP i and the BWP j are different BWPs, and i and j are different integers.
US12022466B2
In a terminal (200), a controller (209) dynamically determines one or more parameters relating to transmission of uplink data. A transmitter (216) transmits uplink control information indicating the determined one or more parameters to a base station.
US12022464B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide techniques for communicating in a wireless communications system. In particular, in an embodiment a base station receives a capability message from a user equipment (UE) indicating downlink scheduling delay. The base station transmits a downlink control frame to the UE in response to determining that transmitting a frame to the UE satisfies a scheduling delay condition. The downlink control frame indicates a scheduling delay of the frame equal to or greater than the downlink scheduling delay. The base station then transmits the frame to the UE in accordance with the downlink control frame.
US12022461B2
A user equipment (UE) and a method for small data transmission are provided. The method includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message from a base station (BS), the RRC release message including a small data transmission configuration indicating a radio bearer to be retained; suspending all established signaling radio bearers (SRBs) and data radio bearers (DRBs) except SRB0 and the indicated radio bearer; transitioning from an RRC_CONNECTED state to an RRC_INACTIVE or RRC_IDLE state; performing the small data transmission via a random access (RA) procedure by applying the small data transmission configuration; receiving, from the BS, a downlink (DL) response message including a specific uplink (UL) resource indication indicating a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) associated with a configured grant; and determining whether to perform subsequent data transmission after receiving a random access response (RAR) for the RA procedure according to the specific UL resource indication.
US12022449B2
A data transmission method includes that a first device sends a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) to a second device. A bandwidth of channels occupied by the PPDU is N×20 megahertz (MHz), the PPDU includes a preamble sequence having a backward compatibility function and a first extremely high throughput long training field (EHT-LTF), the first EHT-LTF is carried in a first subcarrier set, the first subcarrier set includes one or more subcarriers other than a subcarrier that carries the preamble sequence having the backward compatibility function and a direct current subcarrier in the N 20 MHz channels, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. The second device receives the PPDU sent by the first device.
US12022444B2
Provided is a power transmission and reception system and a power transmission and reception system method capable of simultaneously transmitting/receiving data and power and including an array antenna including a plurality of antennas, a radio frequency (RF) unit and a baseband unit provided for data transmission and reception, a slot allocation unit configured to allocate a channel for power transfer and a slot for data transmission in a Contention Access Period (CAP) section, and allocate a slot for power transfer in consideration of whether to perform cooperative charging with a nearby another Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (SWIPT) power transfer system, and a power supply and beamforming control unit configured to adjust the array antenna such that a power signal to be transmitted is beamformed according to a positioning beacon from a power receiving unit (PRU).
US12022437B2
The apparatus may be a UE. The UE may be configured to receive, from a second UE, an indication of a first DC location corresponding to a first subcarrier of multiple subcarriers. The UE may further be configured to decode at least one transmission from the second UE based on the received indication of the first DC location corresponding to the first subcarrier. The UE may also be configured to receive a request for a second DC location and to transmit, to the second UE, an indication of a second DC location corresponding to a second subcarrier of the multiple subcarriers. The UE may, in some aspects, further be configured to receive, from a base station, signaling relating to a transmission of a DC location between sidelink UEs.
US12022436B2
A 5G UE achieves flexible SL time resource granularity by determining which UL/Flexible symbols/slots belong to a symbol-based SL resource pool and a slot-based SL resource pool based on SFI in RRC/GC-PDCCH. The UE then determines which resources are available in each pool based on sensing and selects a resource pool to use so that QoS/latency requirements are met.
US12022428B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for remote user equipment direct to indirect path switching in sidelink relay are provided. For example, a method can include receiving, at a user equipment from a network element, a system information block message having an information element to configure monitoring of paging messages at a common paging occasion, which can be configured for user equipment that are in idle or inactive state and that are configured to act as a user-equipment-to-network relay user equipment. The method may also include monitoring a page at the common paging occasion based on the information element. The method may further include sending a random access preamble dedicated to the user equipment in response to the page. The method may additionally include performing a state transition to connected mode only after a response to the random access preamble is received.
US12022427B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit capability information indicating a first capability associated with a core network based UE subgrouping type and a second capability associated with a UE identifier based subgrouping type. The UE may receive, from a base station, an indication of whether the base station supports one or more UE subgrouping types, of the core network based UE subgrouping type and the UE identifier based subgrouping type. The UE may monitor a selected paging occasion based at least in part on the capability information and the indication. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12022422B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a location server that transmits a control signaling request to a NTS in a non-terrestrial network, the control signaling requesting an entity type of the NTS, and ephemeris data associated with the NTS. The location server may transmit a control signaling request to a non-terrestrial network configuration entity in the non-terrestrial network, the control signaling requesting an identifier of the NTS, an entity type of the non-terrestrial network configuration entity, and/or a number of non-terrestrial network nodes communicatively connected to the non-terrestrial network configuration entity. The location server receives a control signaling response from the NTS and/or the non-terrestrial network configuration entity, the control signaling response indicating configuration parameter values. The location server then configures positioning assistance data for positioning a UE based in part on the configuration parameter values received in the control signaling response.
US12022420B2
A method can include transmitting, by a wireless device to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a registration request message for the wireless device. The method can also include transmitting, by the wireless device to the AMF, a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to establish a PDU session associated with an aerial service, wherein the transmitting is after an authentication and/or authorization procedure for the aerial service of the wireless device is confirmed. The method can further include receiving, by the wireless device from by the AMF, an indication of acceptance or rejection of the PDU session establishment request, wherein the rejection or acceptance of the PDU session establishment request is based on an indication of whether the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized by an uncrewed aerial system service supplier (USS).
US12022419B2
The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing 5G services to at least one user device [302], The at least one user device [302] transmits a first connection request to the gNodeB [304], The gNodeB [304] attaches a first protocol message to the first connection request received from the at least one user device [302] and transmits the attached first connection request to an interworking unit [306], The interworking unit [306] generates a third request from the attached first connection request based on an application protocol and transmits the generated third request to an EPC [308], The EPC [308] establishes a connection with the at least one user device [302] and 5G services to the at least one user device [302] via the gNodeB [304].
US12022413B2
Aspects presented herein relate to methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a UE. In some aspects, the apparatus may determine a timing synchronization procedure with at least one sidelink UE. The apparatus may also configure a timing synchronization signal associated with the timing synchronization procedure, the timing synchronization signal including at least one of a signal bandwidth or a signal location. The apparatus may also transmit, to the at least one sidelink UE, the timing synchronization signal associated with the timing synchronization procedure.
US12022398B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for reducing radio resource management (RRM) measurements and user equipment (UE) power consumption in a wireless cellular network. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12022397B2
A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications network, the terminal device including a transceiver; and a controller configured to control the transceiver to exchange data with the wireless telecommunications network using one of a first communications service and a second communications service, the first communications service being associated with a first quality of service for exchanging data and the second communications service being associated with a second quality of service for exchanging data. The controller is configured to control the transceiver to establish one of a first set of radio connection states with the wireless telecommunications network and one of a second set of radio connection states with the wireless telecommunications network, and control the transceiver to establish the radio connection state of the first communications service independently of the radio connection state of the second communications service.
US12022389B2
Implementations of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting data, an access network device and a terminal device. The method includes the following steps: an access network device receives a first data packet sent by a core network device, and determines a state that the terminal device needs to be in for receiving the first data packet, the state that the terminal device needs to be in for receiving the first data packet is any of at least two states, and the at least two states are different states when the terminal device is in data transmission with a network side device; the access network device sends the data packet to the terminal device. The implementations of the invention can enable the terminal device to transmit the data packet in a state matched with the data packet.
US12022384B2
Disclosed as a method of controlling access to a network in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method of performing access to a network by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may include receiving first information on whether a specific access identity is valid in a specific public land mobile network (PLMN) from the network, when the UE selects a PLMN and attempts access, determining whether the specific access identity is valid in the PLMN selected by the UE based on the first information, selecting an access identity based on the determination, and performing an access control procedure based on the selected access identity.
US12022379B2
An example method can comprise receiving a first wireless signal from a first device at a boundary device. The boundary device can measure one or more properties of the first wireless signal and can transmit information regarding the one or more measured properties of the first wireless signal to the first device, the information regarding the one or more measured properties of the first wireless signal causing the first device to adjust one or more properties of wireless transmission based on the information.
US12022369B2
A system for content sharing and methods for making and using the same. The content sharing system enables a smooth and easy exchange of electronic data.
US12022368B2
Examples associated with Bluetooth device pairing are described. One example includes storing a set of device pairings. Device pairings may indicate Bluetooth devices that are authorized to connect. An authorization signal is received from a first Bluetooth device. The authorization signal may seek approval to connect with a second Bluetooth device over a Bluetooth connection. A control signal is provided to the first Bluetooth device when a device pairing indicates the first Bluetooth device is authorized to connect to the second Bluetooth device.
US12022365B2
A method of managing and sharing information based upon telematic information related to mobile devices includes one or more processors receiving telematic data from one or more mobile devices. The processors receive trigger criteria from at least one processing entity. The trigger criteria is based upon the telematic data and represents an event to initiate a request to share information relating to the mobile devices. The processors automatically initiate a notification representing a request to share the information with at least one external third party device based upon the telematic data corresponding to the trigger criteria. The processors then automatically share the information with the at least one external third party device based upon a response to the notification and facilitate display of the information on the at least one external third party device.
US12022363B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a processing system that analyses, without user intervention, content of a first message directed from equipment of a sending user to equipment of a receiving user, to identify a task. The processing system determines that the receiving user is unable to perform the task according to biometric data of the receiving user. The biometric data is selected from one of heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and combinations thereof. According to the content of the first message and the biometric data obtained from the receiving user, the processing system determines that the task should be delegated to another user, and responsive thereto, provides a second message associated with the task to equipment of the other user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12022353B2
A device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to select a vehicle attached to a base station; determine a speed and a vehicle type associated with the vehicle; and calculate an estimated braking distance for the vehicle based on the speed and the vehicle type. The processor may be further configured to generate a geofence for the vehicle based on the calculated estimated braking distance; use the generated geofence to identify at least one relevant Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) message to be forwarded to the vehicle; and forward the identified at least one relevant V2X message to the vehicle via the base station.
US12022349B2
Provided are a load balancing method and device. The load balancing method comprises: a first base station to which a first cell belongs receiving beam load information, which is sent by a second base station to which a second cell belongs, of the second cell.
US12022342B2
According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises: determining geographical location information of the wireless device with respect to each cell of a plurality of cells; adjusting a cell reselection ranking for the plurality of cells based on the geographical location information for the plurality of cells; selecting a cell from the plurality of cells based on the adjusted ranking; and camping on the selected cell.
US12022337B2
A method, system and apparatus for switching of a transmission between cell groups. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a network node is configured to provide a first cell on a first carrier and to communicate with a wireless device where the first cell is part of a first cell group is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: receive a transmission from a wireless device after a time period following a switching of a transmission from a second cell being part of a second cell group, the first cell group being different from the second cell group; and determine a timing value corresponding to the time period, the time value being associated at least in part with the second cell group.
US12022335B2
Techniques to configure a UE for a multi-connectivity handover with a source base station (SBS) and a target base station (TBS) include encoding UE capability information for transmission to the SBS, the UE capability information indicating tire UE supports multi-connectivity handover. A measurement report is encoded for transmission to the SBS, the measurement report triggered based on a measurement event configured by the SBS. RRC signaling is received from the SBS and includes a handover command for a multi-connectivity handover from the SBS to the TBS. The handover command is in response to the measurement report and the UE capability information. First UL data and second UL data are encoded for transmission during the multi-connectivity handover. The first UL data is encoded for transmission to the SBS and the second UL data is encoded for transmission to the TBS during the multi-connectivity handover.
US12022325B2
Disclosed herein is an architecture for an edge computing platform based on an underlying wireless mesh network. The architecture includes nodes installed with equipment for operating as part of a wireless mesh network, including (1) a first tier of one or more Point of Presence (PoP) node, (2) a second tier of one or more seed nodes that are each directly connected to at least one PoP node via a PoP-to-seed wireless link, and (3) a third tier of one or more anchor nodes that are each connected to at least one seed node either (i) directly via a seed-to-anchor wireless link or (ii) indirectly via one or more intermediate anchor nodes, one or more anchor-to-anchor wireless links, and one seed-to-anchor wireless link, where at least one node in each of these tiers is further installed with equipment for operating as part of an edge computing platform.
US12022313B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for receiving control information indicating a starting time and at least one of a duration or an end time associated with the interference measurements, wherein the duration is a difference between the end time and the starting time, measuring a plurality of reference signals associated with the interference measurements between the starting time and the end time at a period, generating a plurality of interference reports based on measuring the plurality of reference signals, and transmitting the plurality of interference reports to a base station (BS).
US12022308B2
In some implementations, a device may determine a signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) value associated with a communication channel between a user equipment and the device. The device may select, based on the SINR value, a channel quality indicator (CQI) value associated with the communication channel or a sounding reference signal (SRS) from the UE to determine a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) configuration for transmitting data to the UE. The device may determine the MIMO configuration according to the CQI value based on the SINR value being a first value. The device may determine the MIMO configuration according to the SRS based on the SINR value being a second value that is different than the first value. The device may transmit the data to the UE using the MIMO configuration.
US12022302B2
A method for performing spatial sharing between an existing SP and a candidate SP includes transmitting a first measurement request to an STA involved in the candidate SP carrying measurement configuration information for measurement over primary tier 1 channel of a tier 2 channel. The measurement configuration information includes the method that is to be used for the requested measurement, the measurement start time, the measurement duration, the number of time blocks within the measurement duration, the number of concurrent measurements to be performed using plural RX antenna configurations, and the method for reporting results of plural concurrent measurements, wherein the duration of each time block is the same.
US12022291B2
System and methods are disclosed that enable data sharing across networks, including peer-to-peer sharing of content over wireless networks using peer mobile devices. A database may store content associated with a first peer mobile device. A request from a requester peer mobile device for content associated with a user of the first peer mobile device may be received at a server. The encrypted request is transmitted by the server to the first peer mobile device which may decrypt the request. An authorization token may be transmitted by the first peer mobile device to the server which may then enable the requesting peer mobile device to access the requested content, which may be accessed from the first peer mobile device and/or a cloud storage system.
US12022286B2
A data transmission method includes each of a plurality of devices determining an IP address of each device based on a hash value calculated from a public key of each device according to a hash function. Each of the devices holds state information reflecting a connection relationship between the devices and transmits a notification message indicating content of the state information to another device. Each of the devices updates the state information held by each device based on the notification message received from the another device. In a group of devices logically defined based on the state information held by each device, a routing table is determined and held between the devices included in the group and is used to search for a device to be a destination of data transmission.
US12022283B2
An objective is to provide a communication system, a terminal, a communication method, and a program capable of improving the probability of successful authentication regardless of mobility of the terminal. The communication system according to the present invention includes a terminal 30 including: a sensor unit 36 that senses a state of the terminal and includes at least one of an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a position sensor, and a proximity sensor; an optical receiver 31 that receives an optical modulation signal and outputs an electrical signal; a correction circuit 34 that corrects the electrical signal on a basis of the state of the terminal sensed by the sensor unit 36 when one of the following is true: illuminance of light received from an optical transmitter 21 by the optical receiver 31 is equal to or lower than an illuminance threshold value; and a signal intensity of the electrical signal output by the optical receiver 31 is equal to or lower than an intensity threshold value; an authentication information checking circuit 32 that checks the authentication information contained in the electrical signal; and a terminal-side RF transmitter/receiver 33 that transmits the authentication information to a base station 20 via RF wireless communication.
US12022281B2
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for secure communication between computing devices. A mobile device may communicate with an untrusted device to cause the untrusted device to send information (e.g., encrypted information that the untrusted device is unable to decrypt) to a server using an Internet connection of the untrusted device. The mobile device may have limited or no access to the Internet. To prevent potential security risks associated with using a public or untrusted device, the mobile device may encrypt information stored on the mobile device (e.g., stored in a mobile application associated with the server), send it to the untrusted device (e.g., by displaying a QR code to a camera of the untrusted device), and the untrusted device may send the information to the server via a network connection of the untrusted device.
US12022278B2
A method and apparatus configured to create a zone of privacy within which tracking signals, transmitted by a tracking device located within the privacy zone, cannot be used to identify a location of the tracking device.
US12022271B2
Individual loudspeaker dynamics processing configuration data, for each of a plurality of loudspeakers of a listening environment, may be obtained. Listening environment dynamics processing configuration data may be determined, based on the individual loudspeaker dynamics processing configuration data. Dynamics processing may be performed on received audio data based on the listening environment dynamics processing configuration data, to generate processed audio data. The processed audio data may be rendered for reproduction via a set of loudspeakers that includes at least some of the plurality of loudspeakers, to produce rendered audio signals. The rendered audio signals may be provided to, and reproduced by, the set of loudspeakers.
US12022261B2
Implementations generally relate to hearing aids. In some implementations, a method includes receiving outside sound at a hearing aid. The method further includes amplifying the outside sound. The method further includes generating an in-ear announcement. The method further includes providing the in-ear announcement, wherein the in-ear announcement is at a higher volume level than the outside sound.
US12022259B2
A system, method and computer program are configured to interactively assist a user in evaluating and/or configuring a hearing aid. The system is equipped with a display element, with an input unit and with a processing unit. The environmental situations are shown on the display element. Based on a user input, a selected section of the environmental situation is determined and highlighted. A specific hearing situation is presented on the basis of the selection made by the user. An evaluation scale is displayed, allowing the user to enter a hearing value for a self-assessment of his hearing ability for the specific hearing situation, and the hearing value entered by the user is recorded. The above steps are repeated and hearing values are recorded for different specific hearing situations. Based on the hearing values entered by the user, setting values for the hearing aid are determined.
US12022255B2
According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing accommodating at least a portion of the first housing and configured to guide sliding movement of the first housing, a flexible display including a first display area disposed on the first housing and a second display area extending from the first display area, a speaker module including a speaker unit including at least one speaker disposed in the second housing and a speaker enclosure accommodating the speaker unit and including a vent hole, and a seal connected to the first housing and the speaker enclosure and configured to be variable based on the sliding movement of the first housing.
US12022252B2
A sound input-output control apparatus includes a posture calculation unit configured to calculate postures of a plurality of respective sound output apparatuses each independently mounted on a user, a synchronousness determination unit configured to determine whether changes in at least two postures among the postures of the plurality of sound output apparatuses are synchronized, and an operation control unit configured to control operation of each of the sound output apparatuses, the operation control unit controls each of the sound output apparatuses to perform first operation when changes in the postures are synchronized, and the operation control unit controls each of the sound output apparatuses to perform second operation when it is determined that changes in the postures are not synchronized.
US12022250B2
The application discloses a loudspeaker and an installation structure. The loudspeaker includes a front surface and a back surface. The loudspeaker includes an installation frame and a loudspeaker body installed on the installation frame. The installation frame is provided with a guiding hole passing through the front surface and the back surface. By opening a guiding hole passing through the front surface and the back surface on the installation frame, the sound generated by the back surface of the loudspeaker can be directed to the front surface of the loudspeaker through the conduction of the guiding hole. The sound of the front surface of loudspeaker is strengthened, which can greatly improve the loudness of the loudspeaker.
US12022244B2
An electronic apparatus includes: an image sensor for acquiring pixel values of first pixels sensed during a first exposure time and second pixels sensed during a second exposure time longer than the first exposure time; and a controller for outputting an output image acquired based on pixel values of the first pixels and a corrected saturated pixel value obtained by correcting a pixel value of a saturated pixel having a pixel value exceeding a threshold value among the second pixels, using a pixel value of at least one first pixel having a distance closest to a position of the saturated pixel among the first pixels.
US12022242B2
In a display system, an imaging apparatus takes a video by shifting pixels in units of frames by moving a solid state image sensing device or an optical member physically. A projection video display apparatus acquires a video taken by the imaging apparatus, optically performs pixel shift corresponding to pixel shift performed in the imaging apparatus at the time of imaging, and projects the video acquired.
US12022237B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a vehicle-mounted control unit, and a method and an apparatus for FPGA based automatic driving of a vehicle, which includes a MCU and a first SoC implemented by being integrated with an ARM through the FPGA, where the vehicle-mounted control unit is set on an automatic driving vehicle, the FPGA of the first SoC receives video data sent by a vehicle-mounted camera, performs visual perception on the video data by using a first neural network algorithm to obtain first perception information; and sends the first perception information to the ARM of the first SoC. The ARM of the first SoC processes the first perception information to obtain first decision information, and sends the first decision information to the MCU. Finally, the MCU generates a control command according to the first decision information and sends it to the corresponding execution mechanism.
US12022234B2
A video conferencing system includes a multi-user interaction slate for the execution of applications having a state that is responsive to inputs from multiple attendees of a video conference. The video conferencing system includes a graphical user interface having video slates provided for video streams and multi-user interaction slates for the execution of code that is responsive to inputs provided at multiple client devices. The video conferencing system can determine a current state of a multi-user interaction slate in response to inputs provided by users of the client devices in association with the multi-user interaction slate. The video conferencing system can provide data for rendering the graphical user interface, including video data associated with the video slates and data indicative of the current state of the multi-user interaction slate.
US12022233B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to web conference contact routing. An indication of a first participant device of a web conference attempting to contact a second participant device of the web conference can be received, where the second participant device is designated as a screen sharer within the web conference during a time of the contact and where the contact is configured to be received on a display shared in the web conference. Two or more candidate devices for routing the contact from the first participant device to can be identified. A candidate device of the two or more candidate devices for routing the contact from the first participant device to can be selected using a set of selection criteria. Contact from the first participant device can be routed to the selected candidate device instead of the display of the second participant device shared in the web conference.
US12022232B2
A signal processing method for processing a signal received by a receiver device includes: performing a first correlation calculation on the received signal to obtain a first calculation result; performing carrier frequency offset estimation and compensation on the received signal to obtain a first compensated signal; performing a second correlation calculation on the first compensated signal to obtain a second calculation result; performing carrier frequency offset compensation on the first compensated signal to obtain a second compensated signal; determining whether at least one phase of the second compensated signal is correct; and determining whether at least one decoding result of the second compensated signal is correct. The received signal is determined not a signal conforming to a predetermined standard when the at least one phase of the second compensated signal or the at least one decoding result of the second compensated signal is determined incorrect.
US12022231B2
A method includes: rendering a field of view of a virtual environment for a first user of a head mounted display, rendering a view of the virtual environment outside the field of view of the first user at a lower resolution, outputting the rendered field of view for display to the first user, and recording the combined render as a video for subsequent viewing by a second user. A corresponding method includes requesting to download or stream the video from a remote source, receiving the download or stream of the video from the remote source, and outputting at least part of the stream or video for display to a second user wearing a head mounted display.
US12022227B2
Apparatus and methods for stitching images, or re-stitching previously stitched images. Specifically, the disclosed systems in one implementation save stitching information and/or original overlap source data during an original stitching process. During subsequent retrieval, rendering, and/or display of the stitched images, the originally stitched image can be flexibly augmented, and/or re-stitched to improve the original stitch quality. Practical applications of the disclosed solutions enable, among other things, a user to create and stitch a wide field of view (FOV) panorama from multiple source images on a device with limited processing capability (such as a mobile phone or other capture device). Moreover, post-processing stitching allows for the user to convert from one image projection to another without fidelity loss (or with an acceptable level of loss).
US12022226B2
Systems and methods are described for enabling user-controlled extended reality (XR). The systems and methods may access one or more frames, depicting an environment surrounding a first user, of a video feed captured by a first user's device, and classify each portion of the frames as a physical background of the environment, as depicting the first user, or as depicting an additional entity. First and second masks may be generated for the depictions of the first and second users, respectively, and such masks may respectively define boundaries of the first user's depiction and the second user's depiction at which the XR portion should not be inserted. The frames may be modified by combining portions of the frames belonging to the physical background with the first mask and the second mask, and the video feed comprising the modified frames may be encoded and transmitted to the second user device.
US12022215B2
An imaging device including: a first imaging cell including a first photoelectric converter that generates a first signal; and a second imaging cell including: a second photoelectric converter that generates a second signal; and a capacitor having a first and second terminal, the first terminal electrically coupled to second photoelectric converter. An area of the first photoelectric converter is greater than an area of the second photoelectric converter in a plan view, the first imaging cell has a first number of saturation charges, and the second imaging cell has a second number of saturation charges, the first number of saturation charges is greater than the second number of saturation charges, and the capacitor has capacitance that causes the second number of saturation charges of the second imaging cell to become greater than the first number of saturation charges of the first imaging cell.
US12022194B2
Various embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to shift an image sensor along multiple axes. Some embodiments include a magnet and coil arrangement. Some embodiments include a position sensing arrangement. Some embodiments include a flexure arrangement. Some embodiments include a coil structure and coil carrier assembly.
US12022189B2
An operation method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating a first bokeh image by blurring a part of an image acquired using at least one of a first camera module or a second camera module, by using a distance value determined based on the first camera module and the second camera module, and identifying whether a designated subject is included in the acquired image by using at least one of the first camera module or the second camera module; and in response to identifying that the designated subject is included, deactivating the second camera module, performing image segmentation on the acquired image by using the first camera module, and generating a second bokeh image by blurring a part of the acquired image, based on a result of the image segmentation.
US12022186B2
A camera for a vehicle includes: an imaging unit configured to image an exterior of the vehicle; and a controller configured to enlarge a region of interest of the imaging unit in response to a driving speed of the vehicle being higher than a reference speed, and reduce the region of interest of the imaging unit in response to the driving speed being lower than the reference speed.
US12022179B2
An electronic device includes a first housing including a first surface and a second surface; a second housing including a third surface and a fourth surface; a hinge structure; a camera module disposed within the first housing; and a first magnet disposed within the second housing and facing the camera module. The camera module includes: a case including one surface facing the first surface and the another surface facing the second surface and spaced apart from the first surface; a lens assembly movable within the case; and an actuator accommodating a second magnet and including a carrier configured to move the lens assembly in a direction toward the one surface of the case or a direction toward the other surface of the case; and the first magnet limits the movement of the lens assembly by interaction with the second magnet when the electronic device is in the folding state.
US12022176B2
A vehicular exterior camera includes a housing having a first portion and a second portion. An imager printed circuit board (imager PCB) includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side and separated from the first side by a thickness of the imager PCB, with an imager disposed at the first side of the imager PCB. A lens barrel accommodates a lens and has an inner end. The first housing portion includes a passageway for receiving the lens barrel. The lens barrel is received through the passageway of the first housing portion. The inner end of the lens barrel is adhesively bonded to the first side of the imager PCB via an adhesive. The adhesive circumscribes the imager at the first side of the imager PCB to enclose an area between the imager PCB and the lens. The imager is disposed within the enclosed area.
US12022154B2
The system and methods described herein determine whether to override commands to modify content presentation in a multi-user content consumption environment. A media guidance application detects a first and second user consuming content. Upon receiving a command from the first user to modify the presentation of the content, the media guidance application retrieves a user profile of the second user and compares attributes in the user profile to metadata for the segment of the content. Based on the comparison, the media guidance application determines whether to override the command, for example based on a predicted interest level or importance level determined by the comparison. In response to determining to override the command, the media guidance application refrains from executing the command by canceling or delaying the command and generates a notification message to the user with a reason why the command was overridden.
US12022149B2
A method for processing sound information, the method including: obtaining, by a terminal with a graphical user interface, viewer position information of a viewer identifier in the graphical user interface and broadcaster position information of a broadcaster identifier in the graphical user interface; determining, by the terminal, orientation information of the broadcaster identifier relative to the viewer identifier according to the viewer position information and the broadcaster position information; and obtaining, by the terminal, broadcaster sound information corresponding to the broadcaster identifier, and obtaining stereo sound information by converting the broadcaster sound information based on the orientation information.
US12022145B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for searching for media content across multiple sources. A multi-source content system can connect various media content sources (e.g., internet streaming platforms, local or cloud storage, OTA networks, cable network, satellite network, public library databases, etc.) to a gateway. When a user searches for media content, the gateway can detect the search and perform a query across the various media content sources to locate the media content. The multi-source content system can prioritize the search results according to free content, local storage devices, gateway content services or bandwidth management metrics, and present the search results to the user. The multi-source content system can aggregate multiple media content sources and devices connected to a gateway to retrieve media content.
US12022138B2
Systems and methods for entity detection using artificial intelligence, including: a deep learning model service configured to: select and analyze a set of frames from a media item to determine a set of candidate brand-probability pairs; a voting engine configured to: determining that a first brand-probability pair of a set of candidate brand-probability pairs based on at least one obtained hyperparameter value does not meet a threshold for determining whether candidate brand-probability pairs are to be included in a result set; excluding the first brand-probability pair from the result set based on the determination; sorting the result set; and selecting at least one final brand-probability pair from the result set; and an offline transcoding service configured to: store the final brand-probability pair in a repository with a relation to an identifier of the media item.
US12022137B1
A content delivery service includes a management service for determining an anticipated window of time in which supplemental content can be inserted in the dynamic content stream. The management service will then pre-fetch supplemental content from the third party supplemental content service prior the identification or request for supplemental content to be included in the streaming content. During the streaming of content to individual users via an established channel, as markers for insertion opportunities are identified, the content delivery service will attempt to utilize the pool of pre-fetched supplemental content.
US12022132B2
A video signal processing method comprises: obtaining, from a bitstream, a skip parameter (cu_skip_flag) indicating whether a skip mode is applied to a current block; when the skip parameter indicates that a mode is not the skip mode, obtaining, from the bitstream, a merge parameter (merge_flag) indicating whether the current block is coded with a merge mode; and determining whether a coded block flag (CBF) parameter (cu_cbf), which indicates whether a syntax element related to transform is obtained from the bitstream, is obtained, according to a value of the merge parameter, wherein, when the value of the merge parameter indicates the merge mode, the CBF parameter is not obtained from the bitstream and is determined to be a preconfigured value.
US12022127B2
A video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus according to the present document comprises: parsing number information about the number of slices for which height is explicitly signaled in a tile of a current picture from a bitstream; parsing height information about the height of the slices for which height is explicitly signaled from the bitstream based on the number information; and decoding the current picture based on the number information and the height information.
US12022114B2
Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a first determination whether a luma video block of a video is coded using a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode; performing a second determination that the luma video block is applicable for determining a chroma intra mode for a current chroma video block of the video; performing, based on the first determination and the second determination, a third determination about the chroma intra mode to be used for the current chroma video block; and performing, based on the third determination, a conversion between the current chroma video block and a bitstream representation of the current chroma video block.
US12022112B2
This disclosure relates generally to video coding and particularly to methods and systems for derivation and scaling of motion vector difference (MVD) in joint MVD scaling for compound inter-prediction of video blocks, and the signaling therefor. In one example implementations, a method and video device for processing a video block of a video stream is disclosed. For example, the method may include scaling a jointly motion vector difference and quantize the scaled motion vector difference in order derive a predicted motion vector according to a pixel resolution of the predicted motion vector.
US12022111B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing a video signal, which can increase the accuracy of the motion vector prediction through motion vector scaling which takes a difference in the temporal distance between reference pictures into consideration. To this end, the present invention provides a video signal processing method and a video signal processing apparatus using the same, and the method comprises the steps of: scaling at least one neighboring partition motion vector for a motion vector prediction of the current partition; scaling the neighboring partition motion vector, which has been selected, when the reference picture of the neighboring partition motion vector is different from the reference picture of the current partition; acquiring a motion vector prediction value of the current partition using the scaled motion vector; and acquiring a motion vector of the current partition using the motion vector prediction value.
US12022106B2
This disclosure relates encoding and decoding of motion vector difference in for inter-predicting a video block. An example is disclosed for decoding an inter-predicted video block of a video stream. The method includes receiving a coded video bitstream; extracting, from the coded video bitstream, an inter-predication mode and a joint delta motion vector (MV) for a current block in a current frame; extracting, from the coded video bitstream, a flag indicating whether a first delta MV for a first reference frame and a second delta MV for a second reference frame are jointly signaled; in response to the flag indicating that the first delta MV and the second delta MV are jointly signaled, deriving the first delta MV and the second delta MV based on the joint delta MV; and decoding the current block in the current frame based on the first delta MV and the second delta MV.
US12022105B2
A moving picture coding apparatus includes a co-located block information determination unit which determines which one of a forward reference block and a backward reference block will be a co-located block and further determines whether only the unidirectional motion vector of the motion vectors of the co-located block is to be stored in a colPic memory; a temporal motion vector predictor calculation unit which derives a candidate motion vector predictor in temporal motion vector predictor mode using the colPic information stored in the colPic memory; and an inter prediction control unit which determines to code a motion vector using a candidate motion vector predictor having least error from the motion vector derived by motion estimation among candidate motion vector predictors.
US12022103B2
A transmission method for data comprising a bitstream for an image, the method including obtaining the bitstream for the image; and transmitting the data comprising the bitstream, wherein the bitstream is decoded by a decoding device, wherein the image decoding device is configured to derive, by a motion compensation predictor, motion information using effective spatial and temporal merge candidates of a current prediction unit; generate, by the motion compensation predictor, a prediction block of the current prediction unit using the motion information; entropy decode, by an entropy decoder, a bit stream to generate a quantized coefficient sequence, inversely scan, by an inverse quantizer/inverse transformer, the quantized coefficient sequence to generate a quantized block, inversely quantize, by the inverse quantizer/inverse transformer, the quantized block to generate a transformed block using a quantization parameter, and inversely transform, by the inverse quantizer/inverse transformer, the transformed block to generate a residual block; and generate, by an adder, a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block, wherein a motion vector of the temporal merge candidate is a motion vector of a temporal merge candidate block within a temporal merge candidate picture, and the quantization parameter is derived using an average of two effective quantization parameters among a left quantization parameter, an upper quantization parameter and a previous quantization parameter of a current coding unit, wherein when the quantized block is larger than a predetermined size, the quantized block is generated with plurality of subblocks, and a scan pattern of inversely scanning for the plurality of subblocks is the same as a scan pattern of inversely scanning for quantized coefficients of each subblock, and wherein a scanning scheme for inversely scanning the quantized coefficients is determined according to an intra-prediction mode and a size of a transform unit.
US12022101B2
Provided is an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method comprises obtaining subpicture information from a bitstream, deriving one or more subpictures in a current picture based on the subpicture information, and decoding a current subpicture in the current picture based on the subpicture information. The subpicture information may comprise a first flag specifying whether each of the one or more subpictures is treated as a picture, and, based on the bitstream including at least one first layer referring to a current layer including the current picture, the first flag for the first subpicture included in a first layer and corresponding to the current subpicture, and the first flag for the current subpicture have the same value.
US12022094B2
An image decoding method according to the present document may be characterized by including a step for deriving residual samples by applying at least one of an LFNST or MTS to a transform coefficient, wherein whether to parse an LFNST index indicating an LFNST kernel is determined on the basis of whether zeroing-out has been performed on the LFNST, whether to parse an MTS index indicating an MTS kernel is determined on the basis of whether zeroing-out has been performed on the MTS, the MTS index is parsed on the basis of a color index of the current block being a luma component, and the LFNST index is parsed regardless of the color index of the current block.
US12022090B2
A method includes receiving transform coefficients corresponding to a scaled video input signal, the scaled video input signal including a plurality of spatial layers that include a base layer. The method also includes determining a spatial rate factor based on a sample of frames from the scaled video input signal. The spatial rate factor defines a factor for bit rate allocation at each spatial layer of an encoded bit stream formed from the scaled video input signal. The spatial rate factor is represented by a difference between a rate of bits per transform coefficient of the base layer and an average rate of bits per transform coefficient. The method also includes reducing a distortion for the plurality of spatial layers by allocating a bit rate to each spatial layer based on the spatial rate factor and the sample of frames.
US12022074B2
An image encoding device (1) encodes a block-based target image. The image encoding device (1) comprises: a predictor (109) configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image by performing prediction using a plurality of reference images; an evaluator (111) configured to evaluate a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images on a pixel-by-pixel basis; a calculator (101) configured to calculate a prediction residual indicating a pixel-based difference between the target image and the prediction image; a determiner (112) configured to determine a partial area, to which an orthogonal transform and quantization are to be applied, of the prediction residual based on a result of the evaluation by the evaluator; and a transformer/quantizer (102) configured to perform an orthogonal transform and quantization only for the partial area in the prediction residual.
US12022073B2
A video decoding method includes: determining a largest size of a coding unit and a smallest size of the coding unit by using information about the largest size of the coding unit and information about the smallest size of the coding unit, the information being obtained from a bitstream; obtaining, from the bitstream, information about a largest size of a block allowed to be ternary split and information about a smallest size of the block allowed to be ternary split, determining the largest size of the block allowed to be ternary split, determining the smallest size of the block allowed to be ternary split, determining whether to ternary split a current block, and decoding blocks generated by ternary splitting the current block.
US12022069B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a video encoding and decoding method and devices relate to artificial intelligence technologies applied to video encoding and decoding, and are implemented to reduce decoding complexity and improve filtering efficiency when the video quality is not significantly affected by performing video filtering using machine learning technologies. The video encoding method may include obtaining a reconstructed video frame from encoded data of an encoded video frame, the encoded video frame comprising at least two encoding blocks; filtering the reconstructed video frame, to obtain filtering gains corresponding to the at least two encoding blocks; determining, according to a distribution of the filtering gains of the at least two encoding blocks, a target encoding block among the at least two encoding blocks that is to be filtered when being decoded at a decoder; and including into the encoded data of the encoded video frame, an indication information for indicating that the target encoding block is to be filtered.
US12022068B2
An example device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: generate an intra-prediction block for a current block of video data using an angular intra-prediction mode, the angular intra-prediction mode being an upper-right angular intra-prediction mode or a lower-left angular intra-prediction mode; determine a prediction direction of the angular intra-prediction mode; for at least one sample of the intra-prediction block for the current block: calculate a gradient term for the at least one sample along the prediction direction; and combine a value of an intra-predicted sample of the intra-prediction block at a position of the at least one sample of the intra-prediction block with the gradient term to produce a value of the at least one sample of the intra-prediction block; and decode the current block using the intra-prediction block.
US12022067B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction using a plurality of reference sample lines are provided. An image decoding method may comprise configuring a plurality of reference sample lines, reconstructing an intra prediction mode of a current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the plurality of reference sample lines.
US12022063B2
An image encoder includes: circuitry; and a memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation: calculates first values of a current block using intra prediction, the intra prediction being limited to planar mode, the planar mode using multiple reference pixels for each pixel location of the current block; calculates second values of the current block using inter prediction; calculates third values of the current block by weighting the first values and the second values; and encodes the current block using the third values, and in the calculating of the third values, a first weight is applied to the first values and a second weight is applied to the second values, the second weight being different from the first weight.
US12022062B2
A method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video unit of a video and a coded representation of the video using at least a video picture. Only one of a subpicture coding mode or a resolution-changing coding mode is enabled for the video unit. The subpicture coding mode is a mode in which the video picture is divided into multiple subpictures, and the resolution-changing coding mode is a mode in which a resolution of the video picture is adjusted during the conversion.
US12022056B2
In computer vision systems that need to decode machine-readable indicia from captured imagery, it is critical to select imaging parameters (e.g., exposure interval, exposure aperture, camera gain, intensity and duration of supplemental illumination) that best allow detection of subtle features from imagery. In illustrative embodiments, a Shannon entropy metric or a KL divergence metric is used to guide selection of an optimal set of imaging parameters. In accordance with other aspects of the technology, different strategies identify which spatial locations within captured imagery should be successively examined for machine readable indicia, in order to have a greatest likelihood of success, within a smallest interval of time. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US12022055B2
A three-dimensional display device includes a display panel, a shutter panel, an obtainer, and a controller. The display panel includes a plurality of subpixels that display a parallax image. The parallax image includes a first image and a second image having parallax between the images. The shutter panel defines a ray direction of image light from the parallax image. The image light is emitted from the display panel. The obtainer obtains an ambient illuminance level around an image viewed by a user. The controller determines a pupil diameter of the user based on the ambient illuminance level. The controller controls at least one of the display panel or the shutter panel based on the pupil diameter.
US12022050B2
Systems and methods manage information relating to paper media to enhance the quality of printing by printers. Systems and methods efficiently maintain color management profiles for different papers and ensure that the most appropriate (e.g., optimal) color management profile is employed for color conversion on a specific paper. In particular, embodiments may employ dynamic management of data stored in paper catalogs of printing systems. As such, a paper catalog of a printer device can effectively associate a paper with a color management profile that provides the best possible color reproduction on that paper.
US12022047B2
A communication apparatus capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus and an access point includes an establishment unit configured to establish connection between the access point and the communication apparatus, and a control unit configured to execute, based on a fact that an authentication method used for connection between the communication apparatus and the access point is a predetermined authentication method, predetermined processing to inhibit at least part of communication between the communication apparatus and the information processing apparatus without interposing the access point.
US12022045B2
An image processing device obtains input image data representing an input gradation value for each of multiple pixels, and generates output image data representing a dot formation state for each of the multiple pixels by executing a halftone process with respect to the input image data. The halftone process includes a state selecting process selecting, from among Q+1 dot states, the dot formation state of a pixel of interest among the multiple pixels, the Q being an integer of 2 or more. The Q+1 dot states include a non-dot state Q with-dot states. The state selecting process includes a threshold determining process of determining Q threshold values to be associated with the Q with-dot states. The threshold determining process determines the Q threshold values using multiple parameters including the input gradation values of the pixel of interest and Q reference gradation values to be associated with the Q with-dot states.
US12022043B2
An image processing device includes a storage device that previously stores a document image, a plurality of registered words, and a plurality of font characters, and a control device that functions as: a character region identifier that identifies a character region in the document image; an image acquirer that acquires an image of the character region; a text extractor that extracts a text from the image of the character region; a word identifier that identifies each of words in the text; a word determiner that determines whether each of the words is matched with one of the registered words; and a generator that generates a corrected text by replacing a target character of a non-matching word in the text with, among the font characters, a font character having a first degree of matching not lower than a first rate with the target character and a highest first degree of matching.
US12022026B2
A system and method for allowing a single live customer service agent to simultaneously serve multiple customers. According to various embodiments, a virtual agent operates at the front end to receive and attempt to handle customer issues. The virtual agent employs speech recognition and intent mapping in order to generate a proposed response that attempts to identify and resolve customer issues. In some scenarios, the proposed response includes both a response message and a response action to be taken. A chat history and the proposed response is then provided to the live agent. The live agent reviews the information provided, and determines whether the proposed response is appropriate. The live agent then approves the response or revises or replaces the response. The final response is sent back to the virtual agent for processing and providing to the customer.
US12022025B2
A process and system for managing incoming video emergency calls (VECs) at a command center relative to an incident includes receiving first and second VECs from respective first and second recording and transmitting devices reflecting a first incident. Identifying the second VEC as a preferred one of the first and second VECs based on one or both of a quality and a field-of-view between the first and second VECs, and responsively causing the identified second VEC to be forwarded to a first live call taker and the first VEC to a VEC monitoring bot configured to continue to monitor video content of the first VEC and refrain from forwarding the first VEC to the first live call taker. The first VEC may be forwarded to the first live call taker at a lower relative resolution.
US12022021B2
Systems and methods for performing damping analyses on a device are disclosed. The damping analyses may be used by a device in numerous ways. For example, in some embodiments, damping analyses are used to determine whether a device is being worn or held by a user. In some embodiments, damping analyses are used to determine which user of multiple users is wearing a device. In some embodiments, damping analyses are used to determine the body composition of a user who is holding or wearing the device. In some embodiments, damping analyses are used to determine how much force a user is applying to a device via a touch input. In some embodiments, damping analyses are used to determine whether and to what extent a sensor is in contact with a body of a user.
US12022009B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for performing access control by authenticating an electronic device and performing secure ranging. The method may include: receiving, from a server, a device certificate including a first scrambled timestamp sequence (STS) code encrypted by a public key of the electronic device and a second STS code encrypted by an STS key; transmitting the device certificate to a target device; obtaining the first STS code by decrypting the encrypted first STS code by using a secret key of the electronic device; and performing secure ranging with the target device by using the first STS code.
US12022001B1
A method and apparatus provides debug information and employs a central debug service in a management environment that issues, to a client debug agent in a client environment, a cryptographically secure signed request for access to debug information that is generated by code executing in the client environment. The request is signed using a private key of a public/private key pair associated with the central debug service. The central debug service receives from the client debug agent, a request that requests the public key of public/private key pair associated with the central debug service and provides the public key of the central debug service to the client debug agent, in response to the request, for verification of approval to access debug information in the client environment. The central debug service receives the requested debug information from the client debug agent, in response to a successful signature verification by the client debug agent.
US12021995B2
A system may comprise one or more processors, a memory in communication with the one or more processors, and storing instructions, that when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause the system to perform a method for decrypting an encrypted message. The method may include providing an encrypted code to a first user, receiving one or more first images comprising the encrypted code from a first user device associated with the first user. The method may include determining whether the first user device is a trusted device for the encrypted code. The method may include mapping the encrypted code to a first sequence of alphanumeric characters associated with the encrypted code. The method may include providing the first decrypted code comprising the first sequence of alphanumeric characters to the first user device for display in augmented reality proximate the encrypted code.
US12021992B2
Method and systems for maintaining a loyalty scheme or a royalty scheme are described. A method includes receiving a request pertaining to at least one of the loyalty scheme or the royalty scheme and targeted to an attribute of a user. It is then determined that a user profile includes the attribute of the request via a blockchain. In response to determining that the user profile includes the attribute of the request, the request for a product or a service is transmitted to a device associated with the user profile. A response to the request for the product or service is received from the device associated with the user profile. A commitment to the blockchain is then posted based on the response.
US12021982B2
This application discloses a method for performing secure boot based on a redundant cryptographic algorithm and a device. The method includes: obtaining first indication information and second indication information, and updating first baseline information based on the first indication information and the second indication information. The first indication information uniquely identifies a first cryptographic algorithm, the second indication information is used to instruct a network device to update the first cryptographic resource baseline information stored in a secure storage entity, and the first cryptographic resource baseline information is used to perform integrity verification on a first cryptographic resource used by the network device in a secure boot process.
US12021979B2
A biometric scanner apparatus comprising a biometric sensor configured to scan at least a biological sample and receive a unique biometric pattern, a secret data extractor configured to receive the unique biometric pattern from the biometric sensor and generate an output comprising a sample-specific secret, and a sample identifier circuit communicatively connected to the secret data extractor wherein the sample identifier circuit is configured to produce at least an output comprising a secure proof of the sample-specific secret.
US12021975B2
A method including encrypting, by a multiuser device, a first folder based on utilizing a first symmetric key and a second folder based on utilizing a second symmetric key, the first folder and the second folder being stored on the multiuser device; encrypting, by the multiuser device, the first symmetric key based on utilizing a first trusted key and the second symmetric key based on utilizing a second trusted key; and providing access, by the multiuser device, to the encrypted first folder by decrypting the encrypted first symmetric key based on verifying first biometric information and to the encrypted second folder by decrypting the encrypted second symmetric key based on verifying second biometric information, the first biometric information being different from the second biometric information. Various other aspects and techniques are contemplated.
US12021972B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including a method for determining network measurements. In some aspects, a method includes receiving, by a first aggregation server and from each of multiple client devices, encrypted impression data. A second aggregation server received from each of at least a portion of the multiple client devices, conversion data that includes, for each conversion recorded by the client device, encrypted conversion value data. The first aggregation server and the second aggregation server perform a multi-party computation process to decrypt the encrypted impression data and the encrypted conversion data.
US12021971B2
A method is presented for secure determination of a solution (S) to a computational task by a pooled resource or group having a plurality of participants (P), the group operating in a trust-less, or dealer-free, system or manner. Access to a resource or reward is offered in exchange for the solution. Individuals generate their own key pair and use their public key to establish with the group an initial shared public key that they can all use to find a solution to the task. The resource or reward can be secured by the verified shared public key. Because the private keys of each participant were used in the determination of the initial shared public key that lead to the solution then participants must then collaborate to unlock the resource or reward because the corresponding shared private key can only be generated by all participants or a pre-agreed threshold of participants.
US12021957B2
System, method, and circuitry for utilizing a synchronization message to create fixed transmission windows for multiple priority data in half-duplex communication systems. A first computing device includes a first master controller and a first slave radio, and a second computing device includes a second slave controller and a second master radio. The first controller and the second radio may share a transmit mode during a transmission window, and the first radio and the second controller radio may share a receive mode during that same transmission window, which are defined by the synchronization message. The first controller can transmit outbound data to the first radio, the second radio can transmit outbound data to the second controller, and the second radio can transmit inbound data to the first radio during this transmission window.
US12021951B2
An apparatus, system and method are disclosed for resolving bandwidth constriction using multiple bandwidths and/or multiple content delivery paths. The apparatus, system and method may include recording requested video content and/or delivering the recorded video content to resolve bandwidth constriction using alternate bandwidths or delivery paths.
US12021944B2
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
US12021941B2
A method for obtaining enrichment information and a controller are provided. The method includes: querying, by an enrichment information handling circuit, whether a database stores a first enrichment information corresponding to a user device in response to the enrichment information handling circuit receiving a first creation request associated with the user device from an application; triggering, by the enrichment information handling circuit, the application to subscribe to the database for enrichment information corresponding to the user device in response to determining that the database stores the first enrichment information corresponding to the user device; and pushing, by the database, second enrichment information to the application in response to presence of the second enrichment information corresponding to the user device in the database.
US12021934B1
Techniques for a Predictive Connection Manager Service (PCMS) to predict when client applications will send service requests to backend services, and proactively establishes connections, caches data, or takes other actions, to reduce latencies between receipt of and response to these service requests. The PCMS analyzes historical usage data for the client applications to identify usage patterns, and uses those usage patterns to proactively scale resources to handle service requests. The PCMS can be implemented as a pass-through proxy for client applications to reduce frictions for managing how users interact with backend services. For instance, the PCMS can install client-side drivers such that updates or patches for the drivers need only be installed on the PCMS rather than on each client device. Further, the PCMS provides interfaces through which users can develop custom drivers for backend services, and also manages software drivers for different service provider networks, thus offering multi-provider connectors.
US12021930B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for remote management of appliances. The appliance may be configured to periodically check in a predetermined online location for the presence of a trigger file identifying one or more appliances directed to contact a management server for maintenance. If the file is present at the predetermined location and the file includes the identifier of the appliance, the appliance may initiate a connection to the management server. If the file is not found, then the appliance may reset a call timer and attempt to retrieve the file at a later time. To avoid having to configure addresses on the appliance, link local IPv6 addresses may be configured for use over a virtual private network, allowing administration, regardless of the network configuration or local IP address of the appliance.
US12021928B2
Disclosed are system (100) and method (300) for optimizing data transmission in communication network. System comprises Internet of Thing (IoT) device node (102) having sensors for capturing sensor data and controller (106) configured at the IoT device node for constructing set of attributes from the sensor data, such that each set of attribute comprises sensor data based on correlation. Support Vector Regression (SVR) models for pruning the sensor data at IoT device node (102) is defined. Values for each attribute in set of attributes predicted based on predicting run-time errors in values according to the SVR models defined for each of base attribute and the non-base attribute. The run-time errors for each of base attributes and non-base attributes gets compared with threshold error values. The IoT device node (102) transmits either model parameters for attributes or training data along with the set of attributes by transceiver (108) to the data collector node (104).
US12021917B2
A method, computer program product and system are provided to enable communication between a browser on a user device, such as a mobile device or personal computer, and a local device, such as a printer. A host system may provide a host web application for generating data for display by a browser, and may also integrate with an application programming interface (API) to embed code into the host web application such that when executed by the browser, enables the communication between the browser and a local device communication application. The local device communication application may then control communication to the local device, such as causing the data to be printed on a printer. The provided methods may be implemented independently of the browser type and/or operating system type.
US12021912B2
One disclosed example method includes receiving, by a video conference provider, video frames from a plurality of existing participants in a video conference; receiving, by the video conference provider, a request from a new user to join the video conference, and in response: generating, by the video conference provider, an instantaneous decoder refresh (IDR) frame; determining, by the video conference provider, one or more prior video frames previously acknowledged by each existing participant of the plurality of existing participants; generating, by the video conference provider, a benchmark frame for each of the plurality of existing participants based on at least one of the determined one or more prior video frames and the IDR frame; transmitting, by the video conference provider, the IDR frame to the new user; and transmitting, by the video conference provider, a message comprising the benchmark frame to each of the plurality of existing participants.
US12021910B2
Disclosed herein are a point cloud data transmission method including encoding point cloud data, and transmitting point cloud data, and a point cloud data reception method including receiving point cloud data, decoding the point cloud data, and rendering the point cloud data.
US12021906B2
An electronic device incorporates, and a method and a computer program product provide automatic selection of an image capturing device during video communication session to encompass a local participant. A network interface(s) of the electronic device communicatively connects over a network second electronic device(s). A controller of the electronic device monitors a first image capturing device having a first field of view (FOV) and that produces first image content and a second image capturing device having a second FOV that differs from the first FOV and that produces second image content. In response to a trigger event to start providing image content to the video communication session, the controller determines which one of the first FOV and the second FOV encompasses the local participant in the video communication session and communicates a corresponding one of the first image content and the second image content to the video communication session.
US12021899B2
A principal successfully authenticates for a communication session with a target device. One or more Domain Specific Language (DSL) statements/records assigned to the principal are provided to the target device. The target device translates the DSL statements/records into code, which is executed on the target device to custom set security roles of the principal on the target device during the session. In an embodiment, the one or more DSL statements/records are provided to the target device as an optimized JavaScript® Object Notation (JSON) Web Token (JWT); a payload of the optimized JWT comprising the one or more DSL statements/records as a compressed and enhanced JSON object.
US12021896B2
A method for detecting spoofed webpages includes: accessing an email; and scanning the email for links. The method also includes, in response to detecting a link in the email: accessing web content contained in a target webpage at the link; extracting target visual features from the web content; accessing a set of verified webpage templates, each verified webpage template in the set of verified webpage templates containing a set of verified features present in a verified webpage associated with a verified resource locator; identifying a particular verified webpage template, in the set of verified webpage templates, containing a particular set of verified features approximating the target visual features; characterizing a difference between the link and a particular verified resource locator associated with the particular verified webpage template; and, in response to the difference exceeding a threshold difference, flagging the email as malicious.
US12021893B2
A method is provided for partitioning a plurality of devices in a communications system. The method includes providing the communications system with a central server that communicates with each of the plurality of devices. The communications system communicates in a plurality of time periods. The plurality of devices is partitioned into two or more groups of devices. Time periods of the plurality of time periods are assigned for communications of the two or more groups of devices. Time intervals between the time periods for the two or more groups are determined to be co-prime time intervals greater than one, and each of the two or more groups is assigned a different time interval of the co-prime time intervals. The two or more groups are active for communications only during the assigned time periods determined by the co-prime time intervals. A device is also provided for operating in the communications system.
US12021885B2
Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes receiving a list of objects with anomaly detection results associated therewith. The method further includes generating a resource graph, wherein the resource graph comprises at least two nodes, each of the at least two nodes being associated with one of the objects. The method further includes determining a relationship between the at least two nodes. The method further includes assigning an anomaly score to at least one of the objects. The method further includes calculating for at least one of the nodes, an overall anomaly score for the at least one of the nodes based on the anomaly score for the at least one of the objects and based on the anomaly score for another node related to the at least one of the nodes.
US12021882B2
A machine compromised by malicious activity is detected by identifying an anomalous port opened on an entity of a network. The anomalous port is detected through collaborative filtering using usage patterns derived from normal network traffic using open ports of entities on the network. The collaborative filtering employs single value decomposition with alternating least squares to generate a recommendation score identifying whether an entity having a newly-opened port is likely to be used for malicious activity.
US12021878B2
Arrangements for detecting unauthorized activity using spatially aware devices are provided. In some aspects, a computing device including a spatially aware chip may be detected at a location. An indication of device detection, as well as additional data may be captured and received. Upon a second detection of the computing device, additional data for that visit (e.g., a second visit, subsequent to a first visit to the location) may be captured and received. Earlier stored data associated with the device and/or spatially aware chip may be retrieved and compared to the additional for the second visit to detect one or more anomalies, determine a risk score for the device, and the like. Based on the detected anomalies and/or risk score, one or more mitigating actions may be identified and executed to mitigate the risk. Further, one or more alerts or notifications may be transmitted to one or more devices.
US12021874B2
The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, apparatuses, and processes that dynamically manage consent, permissioning, and trust between computing systems that maintain confidential data and unrelated third-party applications. By way of example, an apparatus may obtain interaction data that identifies an interaction between an application program executed at a first computing system and a programmatic interface of a second computing system. Based on the interaction data, the apparatus may generate outcome data characterizing a probability that the requested access to the data element is inconsistent with an access permission granted to the executed application program, and may modify the access permission in accordance with the outcome data. The apparatus may also perform that generate permissioning data indicative of the modified access permission and that store the permissioning data within a locally accessible or cloud-based repository.
US12021868B2
A digital wallet generates an identification value associated with a DID of a DID owner. The digital wallet generates a first request including the identification value for an authentication token from an identification provider. The first request is provided to the identification provider. The digital wallet receives, in response to the identification provider validating the first request, the authentication token that authenticates the digital wallet with a verifiable claim issuer including the identification value from the identification provider. The digital wallet generates a second request for one or more verifiable claims from the verifiable claim issuer. The second request includes the DID and authentication token including the identification value. In response to the verifiable claim issuer validating the authentication token and the identification value, one or more verifiable claims from the verifiable claim issuer are received by the digital wallet.
US12021864B2
Systems and methods for contactless authorization using voice recognition is disclosed. The system may include one or more memory units storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving user data comprising a user identifier, an audio data having a first data format, and a client device identifier. The operations may include generating a processed audio data based on the received audio data. The processed audio data may have a second data format. The operations may include transmitting, to a speech module, the processed audio data. The operations may include receiving from the speech module, a voice match result. In some embodiments, the operations include authenticating a user based on the voice match result and transmitting, to a client device associated with the client device identifier, a client notification comprising a result of the authentication.
US12021859B2
A technique and system protects documents at rest and in motion using declarative policies and encryption. Encryption in the system is provided transparently and can work in conjunction with policy enforcers installed at a system. A system can protect information or documents from: (i) insider theft; (ii) ensure confidentiality; and (iii) prevent data loss, while enabling collaboration both inside and outside of a company.
US12021844B2
The present invention is a computer-implemented method comprising: identifying, by one or more processors, an image of a user; generating, by the one or more processors, an altered image of the user; receiving, by the one or more processors, confirmation that the user has joined a game, and identifying the relationship between the user and the other participants in the game; altering, by the one or more processors, the other participants user interface where the user is shown with the altered image based on a known relationship with the user; and concealing, by the one or more processors, the user's identity from the participants which do not have a relationship with the user.
US12021839B1
A method including establishing parallel VPN connections including a first respective VPN connection with a first VPN server and a second respective VPN connection with a second VPN server; verifying connectivity of the first respective VPN connection with the first VPN server and of the second respective VPN connection with the second VPN server; determining that the first respective VPN connection is terminated; transmitting an initiation request to a third VPN server to establish a third respective VPN connection with the third VPN server; and establishing the third respective VPN connection with the third VPN server such that the parallel VPN connections include the second respective VPN connection with a second VPN server and the third respective VPN connection with the third VPN server is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12021838B2
A method including determining, by a first server, an encrypted authentication packet, the determining including, determining a crypted code field to indicate a type associated with the encryption authentication packet and that at least a portion of the encryption authentication packet is encrypted, and determining a crypted payload based at least in part on encrypting an initial authentication packet. The method may also include transmitting, by the first server to a second server, the encrypted authentication packet to enable the first server and the second server to conduct an authentication process. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12021836B2
Systems and methods for implementing filters within computer networks include obtaining blocklist data that includes blocklist entries for a network. Each of the blocklist entries includes one or more network traffic attributes for identifying traffic to be blocked. In response to receiving the blocklist data, a filter based on a common network traffic attribute shared between at least two of the plurality of blocklist entries is generated. The filter is then deployed to a network device within the network such that the filter may be implemented at the network device to block corresponding traffic.
US12021835B2
A packet gateway may protect TCP/IP networks by enforcing security policies on in-transit packets that are crossing network boundaries. The policies may include packet filtering rules derived from cyber threat intelligence (CTI). The rapid growth in the volume of CTI and in the size of associated CTI-derived policies, coupled with ever-increasing network link speeds and network traffic volume, may cause the costs of sufficient computational resources to be prohibitive. To efficiently process packets, a packet gateway may be provided with at least one probabilistic data structure, such as a Bloom filter, for testing packets to determine if packet data may match a packet filtering rule. Packet filtering rules may be grouped into subsets of rules, and a data structure may be provided for determining a matching subset of rules associated with a particular packet.
US12021834B2
In an example aspect, a method includes receiving a plurality of login attempts from a network address over a length of time, querying log data to determine, for the network address, an average number of login failures of the plurality of login attempts over the length of time, calculating a failure rate metric based on the average number of login failures, determining that, the failure rate metric exceeds a reference number of login failures for the length of time, the reference number of login failures based on a historical average number of login failures for the length of time, and based in part on the determining, adding the network address to a system deny list.
US12021821B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for programmatically managing email data integration between an external email resource associated with a group-based communication system user and a group-based communication system are provided herein.
US12021817B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to data loss prevention. A computing platform may detect input of a first target recipient domain into a first email message. The computing platform may identify, in real time and prior to sending the first email message, that the first target recipient domain comprises an unintended recipient domain instead of an intended recipient domain. The computing platform may send, based on the identification of the unintended recipient domain and to a user device, a notification that the first target recipient domain is flagged as an unintended recipient domain and one or more commands directing the user device to display the notification.
US12021812B2
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating time zone prediction using electronic communication data. Electronic message data associated with a message recipient of electronic communications is obtained. The electronic message data includes message delivery data associated with an electronic message and message response data associated with a response, by the message recipient, to a received electronic message. Using a machine learning model and based on the message delivery data and the message response data, a time-zone score is determined for a time zone. Such a time-zone score can indicate a probability the time zone corresponds with the message recipient. Based on the time-zone score, the time zone is identified as corresponding with the message recipient.
US12021805B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for collaboration in a group-based communication system via a third-party integration. A new collaboration instance controller is initialized which allows the third-party integration to request and receive group-based communication system objects from the group-based communication system.
US12021796B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. In certain configurations, the apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The apparatus may receive configuration information for UL and DL transmissions from another device such as a base station. The apparatus may determine a maximum duty cycle of the UL transmission based on the configuration information. Based on the determined UL maximum duty cycle, the apparatus may determine a transmit power limit for the UL transmission. In one aspect, the apparatus may determine the UL transmit power limit by dividing the power corresponding to a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limit by the determined maximum UL duty cycle. The apparatus may leverage the forward knowledge of the UL duty cycle to transmit at a power level that complies with the MPE limit while avoiding the poor uplink range associated with static power back-off.
US12021794B2
Embodiments of this application provide a communications method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to reduce power consumption of a terminal. The method includes: receiving information about one or more cell groups, where one cell group includes one first cell and at least one second cell; and for the cell group, determining carrier bandwidth part BWP switching or a deactivated state of the at least one second cell in the cell group based on BWP switching or a deactivated state of the first cell in the cell group. The method provided in the embodiments of this application may be applied to a carrier aggregation scenario.
US12021789B2
A method for interference coordination comprises receiving, from a first network node, a reference signal indicating that one or more second network nodes are experiencing interference. The reference signal indicates at least one identifier for the first network node and for the second network nodes. The method further comprises preparing a remote interference management (RIM) coordination message based on the reference signal, and sending, to the first network node, the RIM coordination message to be forwarded to the second network nodes. The method provides a communication between a central aggressor network node and a central victim network node to exchange reference signal and RIM coordination information. Furthermore, the central victim network node may pass the RIM coordination message to a group of victim network nodes indicated in the RIM coordination message.
US12021782B2
Some techniques and apparatuses described herein enable transmission of an uplink control channel in a cross-carrier fashion, where determination of a slot for the transmission is performed based at least in part on a reference component carrier (CC), of a plurality of CCs. For example, the reference CC may be indicated by scheduling information associated with a downlink channel, or may be determined by the UE (e.g., based at least in part on an order associated with the plurality of CCs and availability of a slot for an uplink control channel on the plurality of CCs). In this way, ambiguity with regard to determination of the slot for transmission of the uplink control channel is reduced, thereby providing improved control channel performance, improved resource utilization, and more robust implementation of cross-carrier uplink feedback.
US12021779B2
A method of transmitting an uplink transmission by a wireless device is disclosed. The method comprises a wireless device receiving signaling configuring the wireless device with a plurality of Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resources. The wireless device subsequently receives an indication, in a physical layer downlink control channel, of a selected plurality of SRS resources selected from among the plurality of configured SRS resources and transmits a plurality of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers of a PUSCH transmission. The selected plurality of SRS resources map to respective ones of the plurality of MIMO layers and the indication of the selected plurality of SRS resources includes SRS resource indexes with a fixed order that corresponds to an order in which the SRS resources of the selected plurality of SRS resources are mapped to the MIMO layers.
US12021775B2
A signal transmission method includes: a terminal device receives configuration information of a positioning reference signal and configuration information of a first reference signal that are from a first network device and that are sent by a serving base station, where the first reference signal and the positioning reference signal are quasi-co-located (QCLed); the terminal device determines, based on the configuration information of the positioning reference signal and the configuration information of the first reference signal, whether a second reference signal corresponding to the first reference signal exists; and if determining that the second reference signal exists, the terminal device receives the positioning reference signal sent by the first network device, where the positioning reference signal and the second reference signal are QCLed.
US12021774B2
The disclosure relates to a method and device for communication between a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE) in a millimeter wave wireless communication system. An operating method of a BS in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment may include: transmitting, via higher layer signaling, one or more reference signal configurations to a UE so as to transmit a reference signal by using a single carrier; transmitting, to the UE, information about a reference signal configuration to be used for the UE from among the one or more reference signal configurations, via at least one of the higher layer signaling, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), or a media access control control element (MAC CE); and transmitting, to the UE, the reference signal via a data channel, based on the information about the reference signal configuration to be used for the UE.
US12021771B2
Aspects described herein relate to a user equipment (UE) determining a reference signal port of multiple configured reference signal ports to use in transmitting a reference signal for a random access message. In one aspect, a configuration indicating multiple reference signal ports to use in transmitting reference signals for a random access message can be transmitted to the UE, as well as an indication of a reference signal port of the multiple reference signal ports to be used in transmitting a reference signal for the random access message.
US12021765B2
Channel information sending methods or channel information receiving methods are provided. One example method includes that a network device configures for a terminal device Q DMRS ports used for measurement, where the Q DMRS ports used for measurement include M DMRS ports that can carry downlink data, and Q is greater than M; and selects, based on channel information of P DMRS ports that is sent by the terminal device, an appropriate DMRS port to send the downlink data, where the P DMRS ports belong to the Q DMRS ports used for measurement.
US12021761B2
Dynamic packet routing based on fabric awareness information is presented. Networking nodes in a networking fabric observe environmental properties across the fabric. When differences in environment properties between portions of the fabric are detected, differences in power consumption costs for example, the fabric generates corresponding routing tables. The networking nodes can then route traffic in a manner that is sensitive to the environment properties, power consumption or the cost of power for example.
US12021760B2
A routing establishing method for constructing a routing of a chain network including communication routers, each including a wired communication module, a wireless communication module, and a device configuration file. In a wired exploration procedure, exploration is performed by the source communication router through the wired communication module to obtain a wired communication status between the source and the destination communication routers. In a wireless exploration procedure, exploration is performed by the source communication router through the wireless communication module to obtain a wireless communication status between the source and the destination communication routers. In a routing decision procedure, next hop of the source communication router and whether the transmission routing is through the wired or the wireless communication module are determined and set according to the wired and the wireless communication status. The device configuration file includes device numbers related to relative positions of the communication routers.
US12021758B2
A multisession remote game scheme in a distributed network architecture including a dedicated network slice for gaming. A remote game rendering application service deployed in a trusted edge data network includes a remote render system (RRS) manager operative to instantiate one or more remote game rendering engines coupled to respective game engines. RRS manager interfaces to a remote gaming back office disposed in an external network, wherein the RRS manager instantiates and manages a plurality of gaming sessions responsive to game session setup requests propagated from the back office on behalf of clients. An edge routing application is configured to provide edge network location information of the game engines to the remote game back office. A multisession game slice bandwidth manager is operative to allocate a respective bandwidth to each of the plurality of gaming sessions from a dedicated bandwidth of the network slice serving the plurality of gaming sessions.
US12021757B2
A smart network interface card (smartNIC) may receive first traffic for a first process configured with a first bandwidth limit. The smartNIC may receive second traffic for a second process configured with a second bandwidth limit, the second bandwidth limit corresponding to a larger value between a second transmit limit and a second receive limit associated with the second process. The smartNIC may queue the received traffic associated with the first process and the second process in a scheduler, the scheduler having a first set of queues configured to store traffic from the first process, and a second set of queues configured to store traffic from the second process. The smartNIC may forward queued traffic from the first set of queues or the second set of queues, a maximum amount of forwarded first process traffic corresponding to the first bandwidth limit minus an amount of forwarded second process traffic.
US12021753B2
A network device receives an IPv4-in-IPv6 packet. An IPv6 header is removed. A first DSCP value in a TC field and a second DSCP value in a ToS field is stored in a database. The IPv4 packet is forwarded upstream and a return IPv4 packet is received. The returned IPv4 packet is encapsulated to form an IPv6 packet. The first DSCP value and the second DSCP value are retrieved from the database. Based on the at least one policy, the second DSCP value is inserted into an IPv4 ToS field and into an IPv6 TC field, the retrieved second DSCP value is inserted into the IPv4 ToS field and the first DSCP value is inserted into the IPv6 TC field, or the first DSCP value is inserted into the IPv6 TC field and into the IPv4 ToS field. The network device then forwards the IPv6 packet downstream.
US12021752B2
A computer implemented method and associated apparatus, networked system, computer readable medium, and computer program element are presented. The computer-implemented method generates a message filter configuration based on a message priority indication received from a first analyzer network. The first analyzer network comprises at least one analytical device configured to generate a message. The method comprises receiving, at a data processing agent, a message priority indication indicating a priority assigned to the message in the first analyzer network, providing, at the data processing agent, at least one message filter configuration based on the message priority indication of the message, and communicating the message filter configuration, or a portion thereof, to a second analyzer network comprising a second analytical device.
US12021744B2
Systems and methods for routing traffic through a network along Label-Switched Paths (LSPs) that may extend across multiple autonomous systems include performing Internet Protocol (IP) routing lookups as a packet is transmitted along the LSP. In one implementation, a packet having a predetermined value (which may be inserted by an upstream network device) is received at a network device after travelling along a first segment of an LSP. In response to identifying the predetermined label value of the packet, the network device may perform an IP routing lookup using IP routing information included in the packet to identify a next hop for the packet. The network device may then update a label of the packet such that the packet is routed along a second segment of the LSP and transmit the communication packet to the next hop.
US12021740B2
A plurality of switches may be arranged according to a spine and leaf topology in which each spine switch is connected to all leaf switches. A leaf switch includes a memory configured to store a plurality of policies, each of the plurality of policies being associated with a respective source identifier value and a respective destination address; a network interface communicatively coupled to one of the spine switches; and a processor implemented in circuitry and configured to: receive a packet from the spine switch via the network interface, the packet being encapsulated with a Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) header; extract a source identifier value from the VXLAN header; determine a destination address for the packet; determine a policy of the plurality of policies to apply to the packet according to the source identifier value and the destination address; and apply the policy to the packet.
US12021731B1
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for evaluating compliance of transmitted object data via data efficiency mapping. The system determines a processing unit characteristic for each endpoint device, transmits the object to each endpoint device, measures a byte transfer efficiency of the transmission, and forms an array of at least one block, each block having the processing unit characteristic and the byte transfer efficiency. The system then assigns a compliance indicator to each block and determines a regulatory status for the array, where the regulatory status indicates adherence to a regulatory compliance metric. The system then and exports the regulatory status for the array as a regulatory status record.
US12021726B2
Automatic testing/analysis of local loops of telecommunications networks includes obtaining bits-per-tone data for a local loop of a telecommunications network and generating a bit value string from the bits-per-tone data. The bit value string is then analyzed to determine whether it includes a bit pattern indicative of an impairment of the local loop. Further approaches for automatically testing local loops of telecommunications networks include obtaining attenuation data for multiple tones carried by the local loop and determining whether the attenuation data falls below thresholds for providing a service using the local loop.
US12021714B2
A network device control method and a control apparatus. The control apparatus may collect first working data, where the first working data includes a first measurement value, a first performance value, and a first device running parameter. The control apparatus determines whether the collected first working data meets a trend of a first set, where the trend of the first set is that an increasing/decreasing trend of measurement values in a plurality of groups of working data in the first set is consistent with or contrary to an increasing/decreasing trend of performance values in the plurality of groups of working data.
US12021711B2
A network function virtualization (NFV) compute element installs an image supporting a virtualized network function (VNF) on the element. The image includes instructions/data to initiate a TCP connection between the element and a Software Defined Network (SDN) controller upon reboot of the element. Upon rebooting, the element establishes, as client in accordance with the instructions/data, a TCP connection with the controller. The element then accepts, as a cryptographic network protocol server, a connection via the TCP connection from the controller as a client in accordance with the instructions. Next, the element accepts, as a network management protocol server, a connection via the cryptographic network protocol connection from the controller as network management protocol client. The element receives, from the controller over the network management protocol connection, commands regarding the status of the rebooted element, and then transmits, to the controller over the network management protocol connection, responses to the commands.
US12021708B2
An identification of a connectivity template to be applied to a design of a computer network is received. The design of the network is automatically analyzed to identify eligible application points in the design of the network where the connectivity template is eligible to be applied. A specification of one or more specific ones of the identified eligible application points where the connectivity template is to be applied is received. The connectivity template is applied to the specified one or more specific ones of the identified eligible application points to configure the computer network.
US12021707B1
A method for testing a link allocation (LA) implementation, the method comprising: at a test system for testing a system under test (SUT): determining at least one LA implementation parameter usable for modifying an LA implementation of the SUT; generating a test session plan for testing the SUT, wherein generating the test session plan includes determining a first plurality of test values for the at least one LA implementation parameter; and initiating, using the test session plan, a test session involving the SUT, wherein, during the test session, the test system causes the SUT to modify the LA implementation using at least one of the first plurality of test values.
US12021693B1
In one example, a method includes obtaining, by a policy controller for a virtualization infrastructure, a first profile for a first group of one or more elements, the first profile comprising a first ruleset having one or more alarms; obtaining, by the policy controller, a second profile for a second group of one or more elements, the second profile comprising a second ruleset having one or more alarms; receiving, by the policy controller, configuration data configuring an element of the virtualization infrastructure as a member of the first group of one or more elements and as a member of the second group of one or more elements; generating, by the policy controller based on the configuration data, a profile for the element comprising the first ruleset and the second ruleset; and outputting, by the policy controller to a computing device, the profile for the element.
US12021689B1
Described herein are devices and methods for calculating a network sustainability index (NSI) and providing specific remediation/action plans to achieve better sustainability in network infrastructures. The NSI is calculated based on one or more of three main parameters: a reporting parameter, an optimization parameter, and/or a device energy efficiency rating. The reporting parameter may evaluate the capability of each device to report its power consumption, considering factors such as granularity, component-level reporting, and reporting frequency. The optimization parameter may assess whether a device participates in network energy optimization. The device energy efficiency rating may evaluate the energy efficiency of each device. A recommendation portal offers actionable insights and remediation plans based on the calculated NSI. The devices and methods allow administrators to list eligible devices for energy optimization, ensuring a comprehensive approach to network sustainability and facilitating targeted measures for improved energy efficiency.
US12021686B2
Some embodiments of a system comprise a plurality of sensor arrays, wherein each sensor array of the plurality of sensors arrays includes multiple sensors, includes a wireless transceiver, includes one or more processors, and is configured to generate sensed data, according to sensor settings, while moving along a path; while moving along the path, transmit data to, and receive data from, other sensor arrays of the plurality of sensor arrays that are also moving along the path; and, while moving along the path, change one or more of the sensor settings based on the received data.
US12021683B2
A device configured to or programmed to instantiate an isolated sub-fabric is presented. A network configuration device uses a virtual air gap policy to instantiate a sub-fabric from a fabric of networking nodes. The sub-fabric is configured with an internal routing policy that respects the nature of the defined isolation. Further, the fabric is provisioned with a virtual air gap that ensures the external networking nodes respect the isolation of the sub fabric.
US12021674B2
Methods and techniques are described for reducing PAPR in a system with multiple numerologies. The PAPR is reduced by means of minimization of a cost function including PAPR for some predefined parameters. For example, PAPR may be minimized for phase and/or amplitude and/or time/cyclic shift adjustment to adjust OFDM symbol phase and/or amplitude, or for number and/or type of numerologies to be combined for the transmission.
US12021671B2
An method of determining a symbol according to a phase difference between input signals input in order of time may include calculating a first phase difference between a phase of a first previous signal received prior to a target signal and a phase of a second previous signal received prior to the first previous signal; calculating a second phase difference between a phase of the target signal and the phase of the second previous signal; calculating target likelihoods based on the first phase difference and the second phase difference; and determining an expected phase difference between the target signal and the first previous signal or an expected symbol for the target signal, based on the target likelihoods.
US12021669B2
An input stage of a comparator includes a first transistor, wherein a gate of the first transistor is coupled to a first input of the input stage, a second transistor, wherein a gate of the second transistor is coupled to a second input of the input stage, a third transistor coupled in series with the first transistor, and a fourth transistor coupled in series with the second transistor. The input stage also includes a fifth transistor, wherein a gate of the fifth transistor is configured to receive a first decision feedback signal, and a drain of the fifth transistor is coupled to a gate of the third transistor. The input stage further includes a sixth transistor, wherein a gate of the sixth transistor is configured to receive a second decision feedback signal, and a drain of the sixth transistor is coupled to a gate of the fourth transistor.
US12021668B2
Described apparatuses and methods are directed to equalization with pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM) signaling. As bus frequencies have increased, the time for correctly transitioning between voltage levels has decreased, which can lead to errors. Symbol decoding reliability can be improved with equalization, like with decision-feedback equalization (DFE). DFE, however, can be expensive for chip area and power usage. Therefore, instead of applying DFE to all voltage level determination paths in a receiver, DFE can be applied to a subset of such determination paths. With PAM4 signaling, for example, a DFE circuit can be coupled between an output and an input of a middle slicer. In some cases, symbol detection reliability can be maintained even with fewer DFE circuits by compressing a middle eye of the PAM4 signal. The other two eyes thus have additional headroom for expansion. Encoding schemes, impedance terminations, or reference voltage levels can be tailored accordingly.
US12021666B2
Embodiments of this application provide a blind detection method. A terminal side device receives first indication information from a network side device, where the first indication information is used to determine at least one of N time units, a first time unit in the N time units corresponds to a type of terminal operation, the terminal operation is not performing a first operation, a second operation, and a third operation, the N time units belong to a same transmission time unit, and any one of the N time units includes at least one symbol, where N is an integer greater than 0. The terminal side device determines the N time units based on the first indication information, and performs the corresponding terminal operation in the first time unit in the N time units.
US12021663B2
Systems and methods for reducing cross-link interference in a wireless system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device in a wireless system comprises receiving, from a serving Access Point (AP), wireless device specific Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) or Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) configuration information for one or more potential aggressor wireless devices. The method further comprises performing one or more measurements on at least one of the one or more potential aggressor wireless devices using the wireless device specific SRS or DMRS configuration information for the at least one of the one or more potential aggressor wireless devices and reporting at least one of the one or more measurements to the serving AP. In this manner, cross-link interference measurement and reporting is enabled.
US12021658B2
A switch device includes: a plurality of communication ports; a switch unit configured to relay a frame, which has been transmitted from a function unit and to which information including an ID of a VLAN and priority information is added, to another function unit via a communication port, according to the priority information; and a duplication unit configured to, when the diagnosis device is connected to another switch device, duplicate the frame to be relayed via a designated communication port, thereby generating a duplicate frame for diagnosis. The duplication unit is able to set the priority information to be added to the duplicate frame for diagnosis, separately from the priority information to be added to the frame as an original. The switch unit outputs the duplicate frame for diagnosis, from a communication port corresponding to the other switch device, according to the priority information set by the duplication unit.
US12021651B2
An information processing device is connected via a communication network to a different information processing device. In the information processing device, a periodic message is received as a learning periodic message from the different information processing device. A reception interval is calculated between (i) a one message of the learning periodic message and (ii) a different message that is received immediately before the one message. A reference value of the reception interval of the periodic message is judged based on the calculated reception interval. The reference value is used as a judgment reference to judge whether or not a judgment target periodic message is normal. The judgment target periodic message is the periodic message transmitted by the different information processing device after the reference value is determined.
US12021650B2
A building system including one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate an event subscription for a consuming system, the event subscription defining events to be sent to the consuming system. The building system operates to receive an event from an event source, the event comprising data and a timestamp and identify contextual data describing the event in a digital twin, the digital twin comprising a virtual representation of a building. The building system operates to enrich the event with the contextual data and provide, based on the event subscription and the contextual data of the enriched event, the enriched event to the consuming system.
US12021647B2
The technology disclosed herein enables controlled access to portions of a communication session recording. In a particular embodiment, a method includes accessing a recording of user communications exchanged between participants over a communication session. The method further includes determining that a first participant subset of the participants is participating over the communication session during a first time and a second participant subset of the participants is participating over the communication session during a second time. A first user included the first participant subset is not included in the second participant subset. Upon receiving a request for the first user to access the recording, providing, to a first endpoint of the first user, a first portion of the recording corresponding to the first time and preventing access to a second portion of the recording corresponding to the second time.
US12021643B2
A presentation service generates an audience interface for an electronic presentation. The audience interface may simulate an in-person presentation, including features such as a central presenter and seat locations for audience members. The audience members may select emotes which may be displayed in the audience interface. The emotes may indicate the audience members' opinion of the content being presented. The presentation service may enable chats between multiple audience members, grouping of audience members private rooms, and other virtual simulations of functions corresponding to in-person presentations.
US12021637B2
A base station (BS) that includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable one or more instructions, and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media is provided. The at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the BS to transmit a dynamic grant to a user equipment (UE) for scheduling a first uplink (UL) resource and a second UL resource, and receive a first Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) from the UE via the second UL resource in a case that transmission of the first MAC PDU to the BS via the first UL resource has failed and the second UL resource is available for transmitting the first MAC PDU. The first UL resource starts before the second UL resource in time domain, and the second UL resource is indicated for a new transmission.
US12021636B2
Provided in implementations of the present invention are a method for determining a HARQ codebook, a terminal apparatus, and a network apparatus. The method for determining a HARQ codebook includes: a terminal apparatus determining a first channel group, wherein HARQ time sequence indication information corresponding to first channels in the first channel group indicates a first uplink resource; and the terminal apparatus determining, for the first uplink resource, a first HARQ codebook corresponding to the first channel group.
US12021632B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for inconsistency free pipelined hybrid automatic repeat request scheme for non-terrestrial network channels. A method may include reserving or receiving reservation of physical layer resources exclusively for redundant transmission; allocating the physical layer resources and a predetermined number of transmit blocks, wherein the predetermined number of transmit blocks are associated with a downlink control information (DCI); checking a number of hybrid automatic repeat request process identifiers that are eligible for redundant transmission; and splitting the physical layer resources based on the number of hybrid automatic repeat request process identifiers that are eligible for redundant transmission.
US12021629B2
The present disclosure provides a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback method and apparatus. The method includes: configuring target indication information for a terminal, wherein the target indication information is used to indicate frequency domain resource identification information corresponding to at least one first candidate frequency domain resources; sending the target indication information to the terminal; after a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is sent to the terminal, receiving an HARQ result for the PDSCH fed back by the terminal through the target frequency domain resource; wherein the target frequency domain resource is a frequency domain resource for carrying the HARQ result determined by the terminal from a preset frequency domain resource and at least one first candidate frequency domain resources.
US12021628B2
An electronic device (such as an access point) is described. This electronic device transmits an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) frame to a recipient electronic device (such as a client or a station). The OFDMA frame includes multiple predefined resource units (RUs) allocated to the recipient electronic device in a set of predefined RUs having associated frequency bandwidths. Moreover, the multiple predefined RUs include two or more first predefined RUs having a first number of tones less than a predefined amount, or two or more second predefined RUs having a second number of tones greater than or equal to the predefined amount. For example, the predefined amount may include 242 tones. Note that the multiple predefined RUs may have the same or different numbers of tones. Moreover, the electronic may receive an acknowledgment or a block acknowledgment from the recipient electronic device.
US12021626B2
A user equipment (UE) that communicates via mini-slot-based repetitions includes receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising first information for configuring a first number of repetitions for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions, second information for configuring a second number of repetitions for PUSCH transmissions, and third information for indicating a repetition type from a set of repetition types comprising a first repetition type and a second repetition type, the first repetition type indicating only one repetition to be transmitted within a slot, the second repetition type indicating repetitions to be transmitted within the slot. The UE includes transmitting circuitry configured to perform, based on the third information, the first number of repetitions or the second number of repetitions, wherein the transmitting circuitry performs the second number of repetitions in a case that the third information indicates the second repetition type.
US12021624B2
In a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, a transmission STA can transmit a PPDU via a 320 MHz channel, and a Medium Access Control (MAC) signal may be generated for the PPDU. The MAC signal may include puncturing pattern information and channel center frequency segment (CCFS) information for a 320 MHz band. The CCFS information may include a first CCFS field related to channel center frequency (CCF) information of a primary 160 MHz channel, and a second CCFS field related to CCF information of a 320 MHz channel.
US12021617B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for performing SL communication by a first device is provided. The method comprises the steps of: determining a plurality of first bits on which interleaving is to be performed from among a plurality of bits of a first encoded code block and a plurality of second bits except for the plurality of first bits from among the plurality of bits of the first encoded code block; performing interleaving on the plurality of first bits; transmitting, to a second device, the plurality of first bits on which the interleaving has been performed, on a plurality of first REs related to the plurality of first bits; and transmitting, to the second device, the plurality of second bits on a plurality of second REs related to the plurality of second bits.
US12021615B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a data processing method, an optical transmission device, and a digital processing chip, for improving service transmission performance. In the data processing method, an optical transmission device compresses a to-be-transmitted data stream to obtain a compressed data stream. The optical transmission device then obtains a size of a first payload area corresponding to the compressed data stream and maps the compressed data stream to a data frame, where the data frame includes an overhead area and a payload area. The payload area includes the first payload area and a second payload area. The second payload area carries the compressed data stream, and the first payload area carries a forward error correction (FEC) code. The data frame is then transmitted by the optical transmission device.
US12021614B2
Network throughput can be increased and the message failure rate can be reduced in 5G and 6G communications by use of AI-based fault mitigation: that ism detection, localization, and correction of faulted message elements in real-time. A receiver provides the demodulated message, along with amplitude and phase measurements of each message element, directly to a properly trained artificial intelligence model. The model determines the most-likely faulted message elements, and in some cases can indicate the most probable correct value of the faulted message elements. The AI model can also determine the fault probability of each message element. The expected message content (such as value ranges and predetermined format) can also be provided to the AI model, for further corruption sensitivity. By correcting faulted messages in less time than required for a retransmission, the system can save time, reduce backgrounds, and greatly reduce dropped messages.
US12021607B2
A wireless communication system (100) for communication between a truck (102) and a trailer (104), the system comprising: a connector assembly (106) coupled between the truck (102) and the trailer (104), the connector assembly comprising a connector assembly housing (108); a first wireless communication module (112) coupled to electronic circuitry (114) in the truck; and a second wireless communication module (120) coupled to electronic circuitry (122) in the trailer, wherein the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module are disposed within the connector assembly housing, wherein the connector assembly housing comprises electromagnetic shielding means arranged to reduce a transmission of electromagnetic radiation between the first and/or second wireless communication modules and an environment (138) outside the connector assembly housing, and wherein the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module are configured to establish a wireless communication link (134) therebetween.
US12021601B2
A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises in advance of transmitting the data by a child node to a donor node, configuring, by one of the donor node and a parent node, a Buffer Status Report, general BSR timer for the child node, the general BSR timer being common and synchronised among at least a subset of a plurality of infrastructure equipment, receiving, at the parent node, subsequent to expiry of the general BSR timer, a signal comprising a BSR from the child node indicating an amount of uplink data that the child node has ready to transmit to the parent node, and scheduling, by the parent node, in accordance with the BSR received from the child node, communications resources of the backhaul communications link to the child node in which the child node is to transmit the uplink data.
US12021597B2
A carrier aggregation circuit can include a mid-band path having a filter assembly and a phase shifting circuit, to support one or more frequency bands. The circuit can further include first and second high-band paths each being configured to support a frequency band and having a filter and a phase shifting circuit. Selected high-band filter and the mid-band filter assembly can be configured to provide impedances having the same sign for imaginary parts, and the phase shifting circuit of the mid-band path can be configured to provide a desired reflection coefficient phase at one of the first and second high-band frequency bands. The circuit can further include a common node coupled to outputs of the mid-band, first high-band and second high-band paths, and a tuning circuit implemented to remove the imaginary part of the impedance of the mid-band filter assembly at the frequency band of the selected high-band filter.
US12021591B2
The invention relates to a method performed by a combination of a radio network node, a network node, and a user equipment (device) for reducing s feedback overhead. The method performed by the user equipment (device) decomposes each entry corresponding to a (i,j)-th combining coefficient of a precoder matrix into at least two coefficients then quantizing, each of the at least two coefficients and reporting information related to at least one phase value or at least one amplitude value of the quantized coefficients.
US12021586B2
A method implemented by a first device operating in a communication system includes obtaining a channel representation of a set of channels between the first device and a second device, the set of channels being over a set of subcarriers, the first device having multiple antenna ports, and the second device having one or multiple antenna ports; determining, by the first device, one or multiple communication filters in accordance with at least the channel representation; and applying, by the first device, the one or multiple communication filters to a communication on at least one of the multiple antenna ports of the first device, the communication being over the set of subcarriers.
US12021559B2
An architecture for surveillance of hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) 5th generation (5G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) small cell devices using mobile edge computing techniques hosted by a HFC device is disclosed. A method can comprise receiving first data representing a quality of service value associated with a small cell device of a first group of 5G small cell devices; retrieving second data representing a historical quality of service value associated with a second group of 5G small cell devices; as a function of the first data and the second data, generating a change value for the small cell device; and based on the change value, facilitating an adjustment in an operation of the small cell device.
US12021557B2
A method of generating an impulse for impulse radio transmission signals and an impulse-radio ultra-wideband transmitter are provided. In one aspect, the method includes distributing input digital data according to time information data and amplitude information data along a first modulation path and a second modulation path, respectively. Pulse position modulation is performed based on the time information data along the first modulation path to define a timing position of the impulse. Pulse amplitude modulation is performed based on the amplitude information data along the second modulation path to define an envelope of the impulse. The input digital data can be distributed according to phase information data along a third modulation path, and phase shift keying modulation can be performed based on the phase information data along the third modulation path to define a phase of a carrier signal of the impulse.
US12021549B2
Provided is a technique for converting an integer value sequence for encoding/decoding which allows an integer value sequence having a distribution including small values other than a zero value and greatly biased to small values to be encoded with a small average bit number. Provided are: a unary coding unit which subjects an input sequence of non-negative integer values to unary coding to obtain a unary code sequence; a bit reversing unit which replaces a bit value ‘0’ with a bit value ‘1’ and a bit value ‘1’ with a bit value ‘0’ in the bits in the unary code sequence to obtain a replaced code sequence; and a unary decoding unit which subjects the replaced code sequence to unary decoding to obtain a sequence of non-negative integer values.
US12021543B2
A baseline wander and offset correction system having inputs configured to receive input signals to be transmitted. Also part of the system is a driver circuit configured to receive and amplify the input signals. The driver circuit is configured with one or more transistors having an optional back bias terminal. A replica circuit receives the input signals and responsive thereto, generates back bias signals which are provided to the back bias terminal of the one or more transistors to change the back bias in response to the input signals having consecutive one values or consecutive zero values. This reduces the size of the one or more AC coupling capacitors located between the driver circuit and a channel. An embodiment may store back bias values in a memory. The back bias values are processed by DAC to generate the back bias signals for offset correction.
US12021540B2
A high resolution analog to digital converter (ADC) with improved bandwidth senses an analog signal (e.g., a load current) to generate a digital signal. The ADC operates based on a load voltage produced based on charging of an element (e.g., a capacitor) by a load current and a digital to analog converter (DAC) output current (e.g., from a N-bit DAC). The ADC generates a digital output signal representative of a difference between the load voltage and a reference voltage. This digital output signal is used directly, or after digital signal processing, to operate an N-bit DAC to generate a DAC output current that tracks the load current. In addition, quantization noise is subtracted from the digital output signal thereby extending the operational bandwidth of the ADC. In certain examples, the operational bandwidth of the ADC extends up to 100s of kHz (e.g., 200-300 kHz), or even higher.
US12021534B2
A clock data recovery circuit of a display suitable for recovering a clock from a clock data signal. The clock data recovery circuit includes a clock recovery circuit configured to delay an input clock through delay units of multiple stages, and output delayed clocks from the delay units, respectively; and a data recovery circuit configured to recover data of a clock data signal using a recovered clock selected among the delayed clocks.
US12021533B2
Various embodiments may provide a circuit arrangement. The circuit arrangement may include an adjustable resistor bridge configured to receive a driving signal from an electronic device, and further configured to generate one or more intermediate signals based on the driving signal. The circuit arrangement may also include an amplifier stage configured to generate an amplified signal based on the one or more intermediate signals, and a scaler configured to generate an output signal based on the amplified signal. The adjustable resistor bridge may include at least one resistor of a first resistor type having a first coefficient of resistance with respect to an environmental condition, and at least one resistor of a second resistor type having a second coefficient of resistance with respect to the environmental condition different from the first coefficient. A resistance of the first resistor type may be adjustable by a resistor stage digital control signal.
US12021530B2
Provided is a semiconductor device including a sequential circuit including a first transistor and a capacitor. The first transistor includes a semiconductor layer including indium, zinc, and oxygen to form a channel formation region. A node electrically connected to a source or a drain of the first transistor and a capacitor becomes a floating state when the first transistor turns off, so that a potential of the node can be maintained for a long period. A power-gating control circuit may be provided to control supply of power supply potential to the sequential circuit. The potential of the node still can be maintained while supply of the power supply potential is stopped.
US12021519B1
Disclosed are a high-power repeat-frequency solid-state switch controlled by a combination of an optical amplification and an electrical amplification, and a method. The switch includes an optical pulse unit, an optical amplification device, an optical coupling device and a photoelectric semiconductor structure; the photoelectric semiconductor structure takes a photoelectric effect material as a base, and a multi-layer doping structure is manufactured on the photoelectric effect material; the optical pulse unit is configured to output an optical pulse signal to the optical amplification device; the optical amplification device is configured to amplify the optical pulse signal; the optical coupling device is configured to shape and diffuse the amplified optical pulse signal to form an array optical pulse signal; and irradiated by the optical pulse signal, the photoelectric effect material generates photo-induced carriers subjected to a photo-induced linear model amplification and/or a field-induced nonlinear model amplification in the multi-layer doping structure.
US12021511B2
There is provided a drive circuit of a switching element and an intelligent power module both capable of preventing deterioration of a switching loss of the switching element. A gate drive circuit includes a first current supply section which supplies a first current to a gate terminal provided in an IGBT when a gate voltage of the gate terminal is lower than a first voltage, a second current supply section which supplies a second current smaller than the first current to the gate terminal when the gate voltage of the gate terminal is higher than a second voltage which is the same as or higher than the first voltage, and a third current supply section which supplies a third current smaller than the first current and larger than the second current to the gate terminal when the gate voltage of the gate terminal is lower than a third voltage lower than the first voltage.
US12021504B2
Acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm, a conductor pattern on the front surface, the conductor pattern including an interdigital transducer (IDT), fingers of the IDT on the diaphragm, and a front-side dielectric layer on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate between the interleaved fingers. A resonant frequency is determined, in part, by a thickness of the front-side dielectric layer. A ratio of a mark of the interleaved fingers to a pitch of the interleaved fingers is greater than or equal to 0.12 and less than or equal to 0.3.
US12021500B2
An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, and an IDT electrode on the piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric substrate includes a high acoustic velocity layer, and a piezoelectric layer. The IDT electrode includes a first busbar and a second busbar, and first and second electrode fingers interdigitated with each other. A first envelope and a second envelope each extend in a slanted direction with respect to an acoustic wave propagation direction, the first envelope being an imaginary line formed by connecting tips of the first electrode fingers, the second envelope being an imaginary line formed by connecting tips of the second electrode fingers. The first dielectric film is located in at least one gap of first and second gaps, the first gaps being located between the first electrode fingers and the second busbar, the second gaps being located between the second electrode fingers and the first busbar. The first dielectric film has a density greater than a density of silicon oxide.
US12021494B2
An embodiment is a multiplexer including a first distributed amplifier with an impedance matched to 50Ω, the first distributed amplifier configured to receive a first signal and output a first amplified signal, a second distributed amplifier with an impedance matched to 50Ω, the second distributed amplifier configured to receive a second signal and output a second amplified signal, and a passive multiplexer configured to multiplex the first amplified signal and the second amplified signal, and output a multiplexed signal to a signal output terminal, the passive multiplexer including a first resistor having a first end to receive the first amplified signal, a second resistor having a first end to receive the second amplified signal, and a third resistor having a first end connected to second ends of the first and second resistors and a second end connected to the signal output terminal.
US12021490B2
A microphone system includes a microphone and a pre-amplification conditioning circuit configured within a housing and comprising a pair of matched JFETs configured in a differential pair with common-source configuration and, when biased, are operable to receive and amplify the differential microphone output signal. The microphone further includes a pair of BJTs configured as a complimentary feedback transistor pair with each of the pair of BJTs coupled in parallel to a corresponding one of the pair of matched JFETs, and a current sink coupled to the matched JFETs and corresponding emitter electrodes of the BJTs and operable to maintain a fixed total direct current through each of the matched JFETs and BJTs, which reduces the JFETs corresponding electrical load, reduces signal noise, and increases a maximum amplified microphone output signal level at the drains of the matched JFETs.
US12021487B2
A photovoltaic inverter is provided. The photovoltaic inverter includes a cabinet and a power module arranged in the cabinet. The power module includes an inverter power unit, a first ventilating passage and a second ventilating passage isolated from the first ventilating passage. The inverter power unit is arranged upstream of the first ventilating passage in a direction in which air is inputted. The first ventilating passage is provided with a first air inlet and a first air outlet. The second ventilating passage is provided with a second air inlet and a second air outlet. In the photovoltaic inverter according to the present disclosure, the inverter power unit that heats up severely is provided with an independent ventilating passage for heat dissipation. In addition, the inverter power unit is arranged the upstream of the first ventilating passage in the direction in which air flows.
US12021483B2
A truss foundation for single-axis trackers that are installed in climates that experience significant frost heave. Truss legs are oriented to be substantially plumb, to eliminate adfreeze moment on below-ground components in the frost zone. Different truss caps may be used depending on the type of single-axis tracker and/or tracker component is supported. In some cases, truss legs may curve just before entering the ground. In others, below-ground and above-ground components may extend along the same axis and remain plump with the truss cap providing additional elevation to for the tracker to clear the wider truss legs.
US12021481B2
A solar panel mounting assembly including a cap that includes a secure-side wing, a catch-side wing, and an integral vertical leg that protrudes downwardly from the catch-side wing. The vertical leg is integral with the catch-side wing and has a top end and a bottom end. A plurality of inwardly facing corrugations are disposed at the bottom end of the vertical leg. The solar panel mounting assembly further includes a base that includes a secure-side support surface, a tilted spring support ledge on a catch-side, and a plurality of outwardly-facing corrugations disposed on an upper horizontal portion of the base. An inwardly-facing corrugation of the vertical leg contacts and engages an outwardly-facing corrugation on the upper horizontal portion of the base, and the base is vertically adjustable with respect to the cap.
US12021479B1
The current invention proposes a novel form of container that requires no electricity and can produce and work on solar energy to provide various facilities to users including but not limited to solar charging stations, cellular connectivity, docking stations, related software and smart application, accessories rooms and automated lockers.
US12021474B2
An example apparatus as discussed herein includes a controller. The controller receives control input indicating how to control operation of a motor. In accordance with the control input, the controller controls a corresponding flow of current through each of multiple windings of the motor. According to one implementation, the controller balances positive demagnetization and negative demagnetization of each of the multiple windings in a respective control cycle.
US12021466B2
To provide a characteristic evaluation device that can properly evaluate a characteristic of a shaft coupling while considering a delay in a response of a motor, a characteristic evaluation device of a shaft coupling includes: a motor system including a drive motor, a rotation angle sensor configured to acquire a rotation angle of a drive shaft, and a motor control unit configured to control the drive motor based on a torque command; a rotational load connected to a driven shaft; and a processor configured to output the torque command and calculate a frequency response of a gain of an amplitude of an angular velocity ω of the rotation angle, wherein the processor is configured to calculate a characteristic of the shaft coupling based on a response characteristic of the motor system and the frequency response.
US12021455B2
A power supply device and a charging control method are provided. The power supply device includes a first-stage conversion circuit and a second-stage conversion circuit; the first-stage conversion circuit is used for converting a received alternating current voltage into a pulsating direct current voltage, the voltage value of the pulsating direct current voltage being greater than the voltage value of the alternating current voltage; the second-stage conversion circuit is connected to the first-stage conversion circuit, and used for converting the pulsating direct current voltage to output a constant direct current voltage.
US12021453B2
The power supply system includes a first voltage conversion unit, where the first voltage conversion unit is an isolated voltage conversion unit, and the first voltage conversion unit is connected to a power supply, and is configured to convert a voltage of the power supply into a power supply voltage of the service board, that is, a first voltage; and a second voltage conversion unit, where the second voltage conversion unit is a non-isolated voltage conversion unit, the second voltage conversion unit is deployed on the service board, and the second voltage conversion unit is configured to convert the first voltage into a power supply voltage of a first load module on the service board, that is, a second voltage.
US12021452B2
A switched-capacitor (SC) network in an SC converter is controlled to operate at varying resonant modes to achieve high conversion ratio efficiency, at a low circuit component count. These power converters are suited to numerous application areas including improving energy efficiency of data centers. A family of resonant switched capacitor (SC) converters with multiple operating phases are presented “Multi-Resonant SC Converters”. Described in detail are an 8-to-1 Multi-Resonant-Doubler (MRD) converter and a 6-to-1 Cascaded Series-Parallel (CaSP). The topology of these converters make them amenable to combining like units in parallel toward reaching higher power levels.
US12021451B2
A method for controlling a distributed power conversion system comprises: configuring N control units for controlling N power modules of the system respectively, wherein each of the control units is configured to execute: step S1, generating a first variable Q1 reflecting respective module serial numbers R according to a coordination variable; step S2, generating a second variable Q2 reflecting the optimal operating number M of the modules; and step S3, comparing the first variable Q1 and the second variable Q2, wherein, when the first variable Q1 is greater than the second variable Q2, the corresponding power module stops; and when the first variable Q1 is less than or equal to the second variable Q2, the corresponding power module runs.
US12021445B2
Disclosed are an overcurrent protection device and a power conversion device using same. A power conversion device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a control unit for providing a collector-emitter voltage to a switching element by means of a first output node; and an overcurrent protection circuit connected in a line between the first output node and the switching element and for limiting the overcurrent of the switching element.
US12021444B2
A compact motor control system for selectively controlling power from a power source to a load includes a motor switching assembly having a solid state contactor with a plurality of solid state switches. The motor switching assembly also includes at least one direct current (DC) link coupled to the solid state contactor and redundant first and second inverters coupled to the at least one DC link. The motor switching assembly further includes a first relay coupled between the solid state contactor and an input of the inverter and a second relay coupled between the solid state contactor and an input of the second inverter. In addition, the motor control system includes a control system programmed to control the motor switching assembly to selectively supply power to the load from the power source.
US12021432B2
The invention relates to an actuator device for use in a positioning system, wherein the actuator device is linearly movable within a plane with respect to a supporting structure of the positioning system as well as such a positioning system implementing such an actuator device. In an example of the actuator device according to the invention, it comprises a carrier having a longitudinal and a transversal dimension; and multiple groups of coil assemblies mounted in the carrier, each group of coil assemblies being structured to orientate the carrier in at least one degree of freedom. The single design actuator device according to the invention has limited constructional dimensions and allows high accuracy as to motion and position in multiple degrees of freedom.
US12021427B2
Provided is a motor which includes a stator that can be received in a limited housing space and is capable of providing an increased output without increasing an axial length of the stator; a vehicle power unit including the motor; a generator; as well as a vehicle wheel bearing assembly with the generator. The motor generator includes: a stator including a stator core having an annular shape and stator coils wound around the stator core; and a rotor located opposite to the stator in a radial direction. Each of the stator coils includes coil ends that protrude with respect to an axial width of the stator core in an axial direction. A bus bar is connected to a wiring connection part at the coil ends, and the bus bar is disposed within an axial width of the stator core.
US12021425B2
A lead frame for electrically coupling a plurality of inverter legs of an inverter to a set of coil windings of an electric motor or generator, the lead frame comprising a printed circuit board having a plurality of circuit board layers. Each circuit board layer includes an insulating substrate having an electrically conductive layer formed on the insulating substrate. First, second and third circuit board layers each include a respective electrically conductive layer arranged to be coupled to a corresponding coil winding of the first set of coil windings and a respective inverter leg. A fourth circuit board layer includes a respective electrically conductive layer arranged to be coupled to all of the third coil windings to form a neutral point therebetween.
US12021411B2
Auxiliary power management devices are disclosed. In some implementations, an auxiliary power management device may be coupled to an auxiliary power source that serves as a backup power supply for a primary power source to provide power to an electronic device and comprising a plurality of switches to control currents of a plurality of energy storage components, a plurality of channels coupled to the plurality of switches, respectively, a plurality of switch controllers to control the plurality of switches coupled to the plurality of channels and monitor a current or voltage of the plurality of channels, and a management logic to control the switches coupled to the plurality of channels upon detection, by the plurality of switch controllers, of a first current or voltage distribution across the channels that exceeds a predetermined threshold regarding the current or voltage distribution.
US12021410B2
A three-phase uninterruptible power system and an operation method thereof are provided. The three-phase uninterruptible power system comprises a DC bus, three power conversion circuits and a control circuit. When the three-phase uninterruptible power system enters a line mode from a battery mode, the control circuit performs a huge current suppression for each power conversion circuit according to a predetermined sequence. The huge current suppression performed for any of the power conversion circuits comprises the following steps: disabling the DC-DC conversion of the power conversion circuit, and having the other two power conversion circuits to additionally share the original load of the disabled power conversion circuit; and after the DC-DC conversion of the power conversion circuit is disabled, enabling the AC-DC conversion of the power conversion circuit, and having the power conversion circuits revert to their original load.
US12021405B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure are a direct current power distribution method, a direct current power distribution device and a direct current power distribution system. The method includes: determining working modes of a direct current power distribution system, correspondingly obtaining, under different working modes, working parameters of the direct current power distribution system, and regulating operation of the direct current power distribution system according to the working parameters to achieve an electric energy balance of a power consumption side, a power generation side of a power grid, and an energy storage side. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, by the regulating of the direct current power distribution system, an electric energy balance among the power consumption side, the power generation side of the power grid, and the energy storage side is achieved.
US12021398B2
This application discloses a wireless charging apparatus, a position detection method, and a system. The apparatus includes a transceiver end (100), and the transceiver end (100) includes a resonant network and a power conversion circuit. The apparatus further includes a controller (200), which is configured to determine a relative position between a transmit end (101) and a receive end (102) based on a self-inductance of a transmitting coil and at least one parameter, where the at least one parameter includes at least one of a coupling coefficient between the transmitting coil and a receiving coil and a coil mutual inductance between the transmitting coil and the receiving coil. The relative position between the transmit end (101) and the receive end (102) of wireless charging can be accurately detected by using the self-inductance of the transmitting coil and at least one of the coupling coefficient and the coil mutual inductance.
US12021393B2
An electronic device, a control method thereof, and a wireless power transceiving system are proposed. The electronic device, the control method thereof, and the wireless power transceiving system are provided with a battery and a converter configured to receive wireless power to output the wireless power to a load, and control the power to be supplied to the load through an output of any one of the battery and the converter in response to a power change of a load. Accordingly, stable power may be supplied to the electronic device even with small output wireless power.
US12021391B2
A bidirectional wireless power transfer system for transferring power comprises a power stage electrically connected to a transceiver element for an electric field and/or a magnetic field, and for extracting power from a generated electric field and/or a generated magnetic field. The power stage is for inverting an inputted power signal and for rectifying a received power signal. The system further comprises a trigger circuit for synchronizing wireless power transfer; and a clock generator for generating a clock signal. The system further comprises a switching element electrically connected to the power stage, and selectively electrically connected to the trigger circuit and the clock generator, such that: when the switching element electrically connects the clock generator to the power stage, the transceiver element is configured to transfer power by generating an electric field and/or a magnetic field, and when the switching element electrically connects the trigger circuit to the power stage, the transceiver element is configured to extract power from a generated electric field and/or a generated magnetic field.
US12021388B2
The present disclosure provides curtailing photovoltaic (PV) power output and autonomous load breaking in a backup mode of an electrical system. The electrical system includes a PV system, an energy storage system having a storage converter, and an energy control system. The energy control system is electrically coupled to the PV system, the energy storage system, and a plurality of backup loads. The electrical system includes an autonomous load breaker electrically coupled to a first backup load. When the energy control system switches from an on-grid mode to the backup mode, the storage converter adjusts the frequency of the power supplied to the backup side of the energy control system to a setpoint frequency that curtails PV power output, and the autonomous load breaker electrically disconnects the first backup load from the energy control system.
US12021384B2
Performance optimization of power plants is one of the major challenges. Several machine learning based techniques are available which are used for optimization of the power plants. Coal selection and blending is critical to ensuring optimum operation of thermal power plants. The present disclosure provides a system and method for optimum coal selection for the power plant and power plant optimization. The system mainly comprises two components. First, a coal usage advisory module providing coal usage and blending ratio advice to the operators based on the available coal. The optimization is with respect to the entire power plant operation including its components. And second, a performance optimization advisory module provides operation instruction for boiler, SCR, APH and other power plant equipment based on the implemented coal blend in real-time.
US12021381B2
A device for electrically connecting a direct current (DC) microgrid to a DC bus of an electrical power network, which is operating at a higher voltage than the microgrid, comprises a pair of electrical port each configured for connection with either the DC bus or the microgrid; a DC-DC power converter operatively interconnecting the electrical ports for power transmission therebetween from a first voltage at the port connected to the DC bus to a lower second voltage at the port connected to the DC microgrid; a DC circuit breaker connected between the DC-DC power converter and one of the electrical ports for selectively conducting current therebetween; and a controller which is configured to communicate with constituent devices in the DC microgrid as well as a control center representative of the electrical power network in order to exchange information about electrical energy consumption in the DC microgrid and the larger network.
US12021372B2
A power supply system includes a power supply circuit, a sensor of the current flowing through a terminal of the power supply circuit and a protection circuit. The protection circuit includes a differentiator adapted to measure a slope of a current measurement signal and comprises a driving stage. The power supply circuit is configured to receive a disconnection signal and, alternatively, to electrically connect the internal components thereof to its terminal or electrically disconnect the internal components thereof from its terminal, as a function of the value of the disconnection signal.
US12021361B2
Provided is an electrical connection box cover for covering a plurality of insertion ports for fuses of an insertion housing in which a plurality of rows of the insertion ports arranged side by side in one direction are provided in a stepped shape, the electrical connection box cover including a flat opposing wall that opposes the insertion ports when the electrical connection box cover is attached to the electrical connection box.
US12021357B2
An electrical connection box for installation in a vehicle includes a bus bar to electrically and thermally interconnect a plurality of electrical components electrically connected to a power storage device or in-vehicle load installed in the vehicle, a casing to house the plurality of electrical components and the bus bar, and an insulating heat dissipation member thermally connected to the bus bar and the casing, with at least two of the plurality of electrical components being disposed adjacent to each other, and the bus bar dissipating heat from the two electrical components via the heat dissipation member.
US12021356B2
A method ascertains the risk of condensation in an enclosure of a high-voltage device. The interior temperature in the enclosure is ascertained using an interior temperature sensor arranged in the enclosure, thereby obtaining interior temperature values TI. An exterior temperature of the enclosure is ascertained using an exterior temperature sensor arranged outside of the enclosure, thereby obtaining exterior temperature values TA. The interior temperature values TI and the exterior temperature TA values are transmitted to a data processing unit. The data processing unit ascertains a temperature difference value TD by calculating the difference between the interior temperature value TI and the exterior temperature values TA based on TD=TI−TA. The data processing unit generates a warning signal if the temperature difference value TD lies below 3° C.
US12021348B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods and structures including an integrated-optics-based externa-cavity laser configured for mode-hop-free wavelength tuning having an increased continuous tuning range with an ultra-narrow linewidth by increasing tuning sensitivity. Ultra-narrow linewidth is provided by extending cavity length with a multi-pass resonator based filter that may advantageously include tunable microring resonators that enable single-mode oscillation while contributing to the optical length of the laser with multiple passes of light through the ring(s) per roundtrip in the laser cavity. Further aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures exhibiting an enhanced “tuning sensitivity”—defined by a continuous wavelength shift per induced cavity phase shift by a phase section. Such tuning sensitivity is increased by approximately a factor of 3 for synchronous tuning of phase section and ring resonators as compared to tuning phase section only.
US12021345B1
Embodiments herein describe peak detection techniques for selecting an absorption line to lock a spectroscopy laser in a frequency reference (e.g., an atomic clock). In one embodiment, an atomic reference is used which has many absorption lines within a relatively small frequency range (e.g., within a gain profile of the spectroscopy laser). The peak detection techniques can evaluate which of these lines a laser can be locked to. For example, the peak detection algorithm can define a preferred absorption line. But if for some reason the spectroscopy laser cannot be locked to the preferred absorption line, the peak detection technique has at least one backup absorption line. By having a set of candidate absorption lines, the peak detection algorithm can identify a suitable absorption line for lasers with different gain regions, or as gain regions change.
US12021340B2
A contact apparatus having at least one conductive, elastic, structured contact unit that may assume a first state and a second state and may be brought by supplying energy, such as pressure, from the first state into the second state, is provided for a particularly rapid and simple electrical contacting with a ground potential of cable shields of electrical cables with different diameters. The contact unit is configured so that, in the first state, the contract unit has a preparation for detachably inserting a plurality of electrical cables, and that, in the second state, the contract unit fixes the cables and establishes an electrical contact with the cable shields of the cables.
US12021334B2
A cigarette lighter plug of an automobile tire repairing device, the tire repairing device contains: a box for receiving an air pump. The cigarette lighter plug is inserted into a power supply. The cigarette lighter plug includes a first housing, a second housing, and a power cord. The power cord includes a positive-electrode power part and a negative-electrode power part, the second housing includes a post, a first accommodation chamber, a column, a second accommodation chamber, a semi-arch flexible element. The second housing further includes a wing, a third accommodation chamber defined between the wing and the column, and a fourth accommodation chamber defined between a conductive foot of the semi-arch flexible element and the column so as to receive the power cord. The first housing is engaged with the second housing, and the power cord is not winded or is bent in an S shape.
US12021332B2
A connector terminating an end of an electrical cable includes an outer surface, and a radio frequency (RF) sensor tag is secured to the connector outer surface and includes a temperature sensor and an antenna. In response to the RF sensor tag receiving an interrogation signal from a remote RF reader, the temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the connector and generate a temperature data signal, and the antenna is configured to transmit the temperature data signal to the remote RF reader.
US12021330B2
A connector includes a housing receiving a mating connector in a mating direction, a slide movable with respect to the housing between a latched position and a released position, and a mating assistance assembly. The slide automatically moves from the latched position to the released position upon insertion of the mating connector to a partially mated position in the housing. The mating assistance assembly imparts a mating assistance force on the mating connector as the slide moves from the latched position to the released position. The mating assistance force moves the mating connector further into the housing along the mating direction from the partially mated position to a fully mated position.
US12021328B2
An F-male port includes a nut with internal threads that are configured to provide a mechanical fit and lock of the F-male port with an F-female port. The F-male port further includes a mating interface having an insert with an angled surface, wherein the mating interface is adaptable to differentials in surfaces of mated F-female ports. The F-male port also includes a nut retainer configured to hold the nut in place, wherein when the nut is torqued down, force is applied to the nut retainer and the nut retainer pulls the front of the insert with it to create a mechanical contact between the F-female port and the insert.
US12021326B2
It is aimed to reduce connection resistance between a female housing and a male housing without causing the settling of a resilient contact piece of a female terminal fitting. A female connector (F) includes a female housing (10) configured to accommodate female terminal fittings (20) and to be connected to a male housing (50), and a movable portion (31) displaceable between a terminal deforming position where resilient contact pieces (25) are resiliently deformed away from male terminal fittings (60) and a releasing position where the movable portion is disengaged from the resilient contact pieces (25). As the connection of the female housing (10) and the male housing (50) proceeds, a retainer-side slide-contact portion (32) slides in contact with male-side slide-contact portions (55) and the movable portion (31) is displaced from the releasing position to the terminal deforming position.
US12021319B2
The disclosed distributed monopole antenna may include a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate. The distributed monopole antenna may also include multiple different vias that electrically connect the first conductive plate to the second conductive plate. Still further, the distributed monopole antenna may include an antenna feed electrically connected to at least one of the vias. Various other systems, methods of manufacturing, and wearable electronic devices that implement distributed monopole antennas are also disclosed.
US12021315B2
An antenna includes a radiator that is electrically coupled to a feed stalk having a common-mode rejection (CMR) filter therein. The CMR filter is configured to suppress common mode radiation from the radiator by providing a frequency dependent impedance to a pair of common mode currents within the feed stalk, which is sufficient to increase a return loss associated with the pair of common mode currents to a level of greater than −6 dB across a frequency range including a frequency of the common mode radiation.
US12021314B2
A system includes a housing with one or more edge processors to handle processing on behalf of a mobile target or to provide local data to the mobile target or to provide artificial intelligence for the mobile target; one or more antennas coupled to the housing; and a processor to control a directionality of the antennas in communication with the mobile target using 5G or 6G protocols.
US12021311B2
electronica communication device includes a first array antenna module including first antenna elements, a second array antenna module including second antenna elements and disposed adjacent to the first array antenna module, and a controller which detects misalignment between the first array antenna module and the second array antenna module based on communication between a first test group of the first antenna elements and a second test group of the second antenna elements.
US12021298B2
A terminal device according to an embodiment of the present application includes a circuit board and a display module stacked on the front surface of the circuit board. A side surface of the display module facing the circuit board comprises a metal area covered with metal and a first radiation area without metal covering. The first radiation area is provided with an antenna electrically connected with an RF module of the circuit board. The circuit board is provided with a mounting opening corresponding to the antenna. A structure of the terminal device on the back surface of the circuit board is provided with a metal-free second radiation area corresponding to the antenna.
US12021297B2
An integrated circuit package is provided. The integrated circuit package comprises a transceiver radio-frequency integrated circuit, RFIC, and at least one antenna array formed in a redistribution metal layer of the integrated circuit package, and is arranged in a fan-out area of the RFIC. The at least one antenna array comprises at least one crossed dipole antenna. Each crossed dipole antenna comprises a first dipole comprising two first legs, and a second dipole comprising two second legs, and two leg pairs, each leg pair comprising one first leg of the first dipole and one second leg of the second dipole, and two feed lines. Each feed line is coupled to a respective leg pair at a center of the crossed dipole antenna. At least a part of each feed line is arranged between the two leg pairs.
US12021296B2
According to an embodiment, an electronic device may comprise: a first housing structure comprising a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first side surface and a second side surface facing opposite to each other and surrounding at least a part of the space between the first surface and the second surface, and a third side surface and a fourth side surface facing opposite to each other while being perpendicular to the first side surface; a second housing structure comprising a third surface facing in a third direction, a fourth surface facing in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, a fifth side surface and a sixth side surface facing opposite to each other and surrounding at least a part of the space between the third surface and the fourth surface, and a seventh side surface and an eighth side surface facing opposite to each other while being perpendicular to the fifth side surface; a hinge structure connecting between the first side surface and the fifth side surface; a display disposed along at least a part of the third surface; at least one antenna disposed near the first side surface inside the first housing structure; and at least one wireless communication module configured to transmit and/or receive a signal in a selected or designated frequency band through the at least one antenna. Various other embodiments may be possible.
US12021295B2
A glazing unit including a glass panel and an antenna unit. The antenna unit includes an antenna, a fixing portion for fixing the antenna to the glass panel at a distance d depending on the frequency so that a space S through which air can flow is formed between the glass panel and the antenna.
US12021290B2
An electronic device may include one or more radios and one or more antennas. Radio-frequency transmission lines may couple a radio to a corresponding antenna. To more efficiently form a radio-frequency transmission line, the radio-frequency transmission line may be formed from interconnected conductive traces distributed between a plurality of printed circuits. By integrating transmission line structures onto printed circuits that also serve other functions, the device can require less space to implement a radio-frequency transmission line. While one or more of these printed circuits may individually be unsuitable to implement a radio-frequency transmission line with a particular impedance, the composite impedance of these transmission line structures across the printed circuits, when properly configured, may provide a radio-frequency transmission line with the particular impedance.
US12021283B2
Disclosed are an electrode for a fuel cell, a method for manufacturing same, and a membrane-electrode assembly comprising same, the electrode having high durability by preventing catalyst degradation due to the agglomeration, deposition, elution, and/or migration of metal catalyst particles. The electrode for a fuel cell of the present invention comprises: a catalyst comprising a carrier and metal catalyst particles supported on the carrier; and an ionomer layer coated on at least a portion of the catalyst, wherein the ionomer layer comprises an ionomer and a chelating agent.
US12021281B2
A multi-fuel fuel cell system is based on the distributed hydrogen production and fuel cell technologies is presented. The system includes fuel supply unit, fuel processor, fuel cell, heat exchange and oxidizer supply units. The fuel processor is a plasma-catalytic reformer. The heat exchange unit is a multiflow heat exchanger which is of a cascading structure from bottom top or a concentric cylinder structure from inside to outside. The multiflow heat exchanger has the function of balancing the heat of fuel processor and fuel cell. The fuel storage is connected to the fuel processor by the pipeline and provides fuel for the fuel processor. The outlet of fuel processor is connected via the multiflow heat exchanger to the fuel cell anode, and provides reactant for the fuel cell.
US12021275B2
An undulating structure for use in a fuel cell includes a plurality of peaks and valleys. A method of making a structure for use in a fuel cell includes providing a mesh or screen sheet having one or more edges, forming the mesh or screen sheet into an undulating structure and treating one or more of the edges. A flow field for a fuel cell, comprising at least one metal mesh or screen, wherein the at least one metal mesh or screen includes a plurality of peaks and valleys. A fuel cell, comprising a first corrugated mesh or screen positioned within an anode of the fuel cell, a second corrugated mesh or screen positioned within a cathode of the fuel cell, and a membrane positioned between the first corrugated mesh or screen and the second corrugated mesh or screen.
US12021272B2
Systems for suppressing adverse exothermic reactions in an energy storage container. One energy storage system includes a container configured to support a plurality of battery cells; a plurality of battery cells disposed inside and supported by the container; an agent supply port attached to the container; and a tube disposed inside the container and having a closed end and an open end. The open end of the tube is in fluid communication with the agent supply port. The tube comprises fusible portions which are designed to melt or soften at a temperature which is lower than the melting or softening temperature of another portion of the tube. In response to melting or softening of the fusible portions of the tube, pressurized exothermic reaction-suppressing agent is distributed inside the container via the tube.
US12021247B2
There is provided a prismatic power storage device having a reduced weight and ensuring a space for an electrode body that expands during charging, while the rigidity of an insulating sheet is ensured. A prismatic power storage device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an electrode body (11) including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; an insulating holder (30) formed by shaping an insulating sheet (31) into a box shape and accommodating the electrode body (11); a prismatic outer case having an opening and accommodating the electrode body (11) and the insulating holder (30); and a sealing body sealing the opening of the outer case. The insulating sheet (31) includes a porous body.
US12021246B2
Materials for electrochemical cells are provided. BaZr0.4Ce0.4M0.2O3 compounds, where M represents one or more rare earth elements, are provided for use as electrolytes. PrBa0.5Sr0.5Co2−xFexO5+δ is provided for use as a cathode. Also provided are electrochemical cells, such as protonic ceramic fuel cells, incorporating the compounds as electrolytes and cathodes.
US12021240B2
A battery (10) includes a positive electrode (100) and a first insulating layer (322). The positive electrode (100) includes a current collector (110) and a first active material layer (122). The current collector (110) includes a first surface (112) and a second surface (114). The second surface (114) is opposite to the first surface (112). The first active material layer (122) is positioned over the first surface (112) of the current collector (110). The first insulating layer (322) faces the first active material layer (122) of the positive electrode (100). The first active material layer (122) contains at least one carbon. The first insulating layer (322) contains magnesium hydroxide particles. A product of an area density and a specific surface area of the magnesium hydroxide particles is equal to or greater than 0.20 times a sum of products of an area density and a specific surface area of each of the at least one carbon.
US12021236B2
A composition for coating a negative electrode active material, a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery, a negative electrode containing the same, and a lithium secondary battery containing the negative electrode. The composition for coating a negative electrode active material, includes tannic acid, a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery whose surface is coated with a tannic acid-based coating film, a negative electrode for a secondary battery, which includes the negative electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode may reduce volume expansion and prevent damage in charging/discharging of the negative electrode active material. Therefore, the secondary battery including the negative electrode ultimately improves resistance and life span characteristics.
US12021226B2
An active cathode material containing particles with a core containing a lithium transition metal oxide, each core at least partially encapsulated by a layer including the lithium transition metal oxide and dopant cation; and an outer layer containing metal oxide; wherein the dopant cation is selected from the group consisting of Al, Ti, Sn, Mg, Zr, Cu, Fe, Ca, W, Ga, Sc, Y, La, Hf, V, In, Nb, Ta, and any combination of two or more thereof; and the dopant cation is present in an amount of 10 wt. % or less of the particle.
US12021222B2
A battery 2 includes an outer can 10 and an electrode group 22 that is housed in the outer can 10 together with an alkaline electrolytic solution, in which a positive electrode 24 included in the electrode group 22 includes a positive electrode substrate and a positive electrode mixture supported on the positive electrode substrate, the positive electrode mixture includes nickel hydroxide, yttrium oxide serving as a first additive, and niobium oxide or titanium oxide serving as a second additive, a total amount of the first additive and the second additive is 0.1 parts by mass or more and 2.5 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the nickel hydroxide, a mass ratio of the first additive and the second additive is in a relationship of 1:0.2 to 5, and the positive electrode mixture after an activation treatment has a resistivity of 1 Ω·m or more and 10 Ω·m or less.
US12021221B2
An electrode for an electrochemical cell is provided. The electrode includes a carbon membrane having a first face and an opposing second face, wherein at least a portion of the carbon membrane is modified to include an elevated number of nucleation sites for lithium relative to the carbon membrane when unmodified.
US12021215B2
A conductive paste for an electrode mixed material layer has a water content of 1,000 ppm or less. The paste contains a conductive additive, not less than 3 parts by mass and not more than 200 parts by mass of a polymer per 100 parts by mass of the conductive additive, and not less than 12 parts by mass and not more than 350 parts by mass of expandable particles per 100 parts by mass of the conductive additive. The polymer includes at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an epoxy group, an oxazoline group, a sulfo group, a nitrile group, an ester group, and an amide group. The expandable particles have an initial thermal decomposition temperature of not lower than 120° C. and not higher than 400° C.
US12021201B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to Li-ion batteries. In one aspect an electrolyte structure for use in a battery comprises an electrolyte and an interconnected boron nitride structure disposed in the electrolyte.
US12021198B2
A method for forming electrodes assemblies, used for producing secondary lithium batteries, comprises the steps of feeding two separator strips with continuous feed motions, inserting between the two strips a succession of anodes at reciprocal distances that progressively increase, arranging a succession of cathodes, either all on an outer side of a strip, or alternating a cathode on an outer side of a strip and a cathode on an outer side of the other strip, such that on each single anode a single cathode is superimposed with the interposition of one of the two strips; strips, cathodes and anodes are then laminated together, the laminated product is wound in a single winding direction and the wound product is separated from the rest of the laminated product to enable a subsequent electrodes assembly to be formed.
US12021197B2
A method of fabricating an ion battery for a smart wearable device is proposed. The method includes the steps of: (a) continuously press-printing each of a positive electrode ink composition and a negative electrode ink composition in a coagulation bath and drying the same to manufacture one or more electrode fibers; (b) twisting the electrode fibers to manufacture an electrode assembly; (c) coating the electrode assembly with a separator composition; and (d) placing one or more electrode assemblies in a heat shrinkable tube and introducing a gel electrolyte.
US12021192B2
An electrolyte composition includes at least a sodium salt dissolved in at least one solvent and a combination of additives. The solvent is any of ethylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, propylene carbonate, ethyl acetate, ethyl propionate, methyl propionate, 4-fluorotoluene, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl ether, di-fluoro ethylene carbonate, ethyl difluoroacetate, or mixtures of the foregoing. The combination of additives includes at least sodium difluoro(oxalato)borate (NaODFB) and tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphite (TMSPi).
US12021190B2
A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same. Specifically, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery of the present disclosure may include a lithium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; and an oligomer including a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula 1, a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula 2, and a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by Formula 3. Also, the lithium secondary battery of the present disclosure may improve cycle characteristics and high-temperature storage characteristics by including the above non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery.
US12021187B2
Chemically treating ionically conductive sulfide glass solid electrolyte separators or separator layers can improve performance. In particular, treatment involving chemically etching a surface or surface region of the sulfide glass separator to blunt, lessen or remove edge defects or surface flaws, and/or to enhance surface smoothness is cost effective, reliable and well suited for high production environments compared to physical methods of removing scratches or smoothing surfaces, such as mechanical grinding and polishing.
US12021183B2
An electrochemical device includes a cathode, an anode and a separator, the separator being disposed between the cathode and the anode, the separator including a porous substrate and a porous layer, and the porous layer being disposed on a surface of the porous substrate and including inorganic particles and a binder, where a ratio of a puncture elongation of the porous substrate to a puncture force of the porous substrate is about 1.5 mm/N to about 25 mm/N. A lithium-ion battery including the separator, provided by the present application, improves the safety performance of the lithium-ion battery.
US12021177B2
A display device includes LEDs, a circuit board, an insulating layer, conductive posts, a control conductive plate, and a common conductive strip. The circuit board includes first pads and a second pad surrounding the first pads. The LEDs are on an insulating layer covering the first pads, each including a first and second electrode pad. The conductive posts are on and connected to a first portion of the first pads, and penetrate the insulation layer. The control conductive plate is electrically connected to one of the first electrode pads and the conductive posts. The common conductive strip is on the insulation layer and electrically connected to the second pad and a second electrode pad. Each first electrode pad is electrically connected to the first pads. A second portion of the first pads is completely covered by the insulation layer and overlapped with the common conductive strip and the insulation layer.
US12021176B2
A flip chip, a surface light source, and a display device using the surface light source are described. The flip chip comprises a metal grid layer having metal wire grid polarizers which are arranged in parallel; a wafer substrate arranged under the metal wire grid polarizer of the metal grid layer; a N-doped layer and a negative-electrode wire, wherein the N-doped layer and the negative-electrode wire are arranged under the wafer substrate; a quantum well layer arranged under the N-doped layer; a P-doped layer arranged under the quantum well layer; an optical activity material layer arranged under the P-doped layer; a reflecting layer arranged under the optical activity material layer; and a positive-electrode wire arranged under the reflecting layer. The present disclosure improves the light-emitting efficiency of the surface light source in large-angle direction and the visual angle range of the surface light source is expanded.
US12021173B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) chip includes a plurality of epitaxial structures, at least one first electrode, and a plurality of second electrodes. Any two adjacent epitaxial structures of the plurality of epitaxial structures have a gap therebetween. Each epitaxial structure includes a first semiconductor pattern, a light-emitting pattern and a second semiconductor pattern stacked in sequence. First semiconductor patterns in at least two of the plurality of epitaxial structures are connected to each other to form a first semiconductor layer. A first electrode is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer. Each second electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor pattern in at least one of the plurality of epitaxial structures.
US12021166B2
A light-emitting device includes a substrate, multiple light-emitting units that are disposed on the substrate, that are spaced apart by an isolation trench and that are and electrically interconnected by an interconnecting structure, and an insulating layer with thickness of 200 nm to 450 nm. A potential difference between adjacent two light-emitting units not in direct electrical connection is at least two times forward voltage of each of the light-emitting units. Each light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting stack and a light-transmissible current spreading layer. The insulating layer covers the light-transmissible current spreading layers and at least a part of the light-emitting stacks.
US12021164B2
A method is described that includes sputtering multiple layers on a back surface of the photovoltaic structure, the photovoltaic structure being made of at least one group III-V semiconductor material, and evaporating, over the multiple layers, one or more additional layers including a metal layer, the back metal structure being formed by the multiple layers and the additional layers. A photovoltaic device is also described that includes a back metal structure disposed over a back surface of a photovoltaic structure made of a group III-V semiconductor material, the back metal structure including one or more evaporated layers disposed over multiple sputtered layers, the one or more evaporated layers including a metal layer. By allowing evaporation along with sputtering, tool size and costs can be reduced, including minimizing a number of vacuum breaks. Moreover, good yield and reliability, such as reducing dark line defects (DLDs), can also be achieved.
US12021163B2
A photovoltaic device includes an electron blocking layer (EBL) and an absorber layer. The EBL is positioned between the absorber layer and a back contact layer. A material of the EBL is a cadmium zinc telluride Cd(1-y)Zn(y)Te, and a material of the absorber layer is a cadmium telluride selenide CdTe(1-x)Se(x) producing a lattice mismatch between the materials of the EBL and between the materials of the absorber of less than about two tenths of a percent when x˜y and has a value less than about 0.4.
US12021161B2
A solar cell of an embodiment includes a p-electrode; an n-electrode; a p-type light-absorbing layer located between the p-electrode and the n-electrode and mainly containing a cuprous oxide; and an n-type layer located between the first n-type layer and the n-electrode, the n-type layer including a first n-type layer and a second n-type layer or a first n-type region and a second n-type region; wherein the first n-type layer and the first n-type region is located on the p-type light-absorbing layer side, the second n-type layer and the second n-type region is located on the n-electrode side, the first n-type layer and the first n-type region mainly contain a compound represented by Gax1M1x2Ox3, the M1 is one or more selected from the group consisting of Hf, Zr, In, Zn, Ti, Al, B, Sn, Si, and Ge, the x1, the x2, and the x3 are more than 0, and the x3 when a sum of the x1 and the x2 is 2 is 3.0 or more and 3.8 or less, the second n-type layer and the second n-type region mainly contain a compound represented by Gay1Zny2M2y3M3y4Oy5, the M2 is one or more selected from the group consisting of Hf, Zr, In, Ti, Al, B, Si, and Ge, the M3 is Sn or/and Mg, the y1, the y2, the y3, and the y4 are 0 or more, a sum of the y3 and the y4 is more than 0, and the y5 when a sum of the y1, the y2, the y3, and the y4 is 2 is 2.2 or more and 3.6 or less.
US12021158B2
The present disclosure pertains to the field of back contact heterojunction cell technologies, and particularly relates to a mask-layer-free hybrid passivation back contact cell and a fabrication method thereof; the method includes: S101: providing a silicon wafer substrate; S102: sequentially forming a first semiconductor layer and a mask layer on a back surface of the silicon wafer substrate, wherein the first semiconductor layer includes a tunneling oxide layer and a first doped polycrystalline layer; S103: performing first etching on the first semiconductor layer on the obtained back surface to form first opening regions W1; S104: forming a textured surface in the first opening region W1 on the back surface by texturing and cleaning; S105: removing the mask layer; S106: forming a second semiconductor layer on the obtained back surface; and S107: performing second etching on a polished region of the obtained back surface.
US12021153B2
A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor fin. The semiconductor structure also includes a first nanowire vertically overlapping a top surface of the semiconductor fin, a second nanowire vertically overlapping the first nanowire, and a third nanowire vertically overlapping the second nanowire. The semiconductor structure further includes a gate wrapping around the first nanowire, the second nanowire, and the third nanowire. A first portion of the gate vertically sandwiched between the first nanowire and the second nanowire is greater than a second portion of the gate vertically sandwiched between the second nanowire and the third nanowire.
US12021145B2
A semiconductor device includes a first fin, a second fin, and a third fin protruding above a substrate, where the third fin is between the first fin and the second fin; a gate dielectric layer over the first fin, the second fin, and the third fin; a first work function layer over and contacting the gate dielectric layer, where the first work function layer extends along first sidewalls and a first upper surface of the first fin; a second work function layer over and contacting the gate dielectric layer, where the second work function layer extends along second sidewalls and a second upper surface of the second fin, where the first work function layer and the second work function layer comprise different materials; and a first gate electrode over the first fin, a second gate electrode over the second fin, and a third gate electrode over the third fin.
US12021140B2
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming a semiconductor structure are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate; a gate electrode disposed within the substrate; a gate dielectric layer disposed within the substrate and surrounding the gate electrode; a plurality of first protection structures disposed over the gate electrode; a second protection structure disposed over the gate dielectric layer and contacting the gate dielectric layer; and a pair of source/drain regions on opposing sides of the gate dielectric layer.
US12021137B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device may include depositing a NiAl layer on a substrate, oxidizing the NiAl layer to form a bilayer including a NiO semiconducting material layer and an AlOx layer on the NiO semiconducting material layer, forming a semiconductor layer including the NiO semiconducting material layer, the semiconductor layer also including a channel region, and forming a gate dielectric on the channel region of the semiconductor layer.
US12021127B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device comprises a substrate, a plurality of isolation regions in the substrate and an active region surrounded by the isolation regions. A p-type doped region is interposed between two n-type doped regions in the substrate. A buried gate structure is formed in the substrate and disposed between the p-type doped region and the n-type doped region. The buried gate structure comprises a gate conductive material, a gate insulating layer disposed over the gate conductive material and a gate liner surrounding the gate conductive material and the gate insulating layer. A plurality of contact plugs are formed on the p-type doped region and the plurality of n-type doped regions.
US12021117B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes following operations. A substrate including a silicon (Si) layer is received. An amorphous germanium (Ge) layer is formed on the Si layer. A barrier layer is formed over the amorphous Ge layer. The substrate is annealed to transform the Si layer and the Ge layer to form a single crystalline SiGe layer. A Ge concentration is in a positive correlation with a ratio of a thickness of the Ge layer and a thickness of the Si layer.
US12021114B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure with a single side capacitor. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a first landing pad therein, and a first capacitor disposed over the substrate. The first capacitor includes: a first electrode, disposed over and extending vertically away from the first landing pad; a first dielectric layer, at least partially surrounding the first electrode, wherein the first electrode is shorter than the first dielectric layer; and a second electrode, surrounding the first dielectric layer and the first electrode.
US12021108B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first and a second multilayer wiring layer. The first or the second multilayer wiring layer is provided with a first electrode supplied with a first voltage from an outside of the photoelectric conversion apparatus. The first electrode is not connected with a second semiconductor layer.
US12021105B2
A pixel array includes octagon-shaped pixel sensors and square-shaped pixel sensors. The octagon-shaped pixel sensors may be interspersed in the pixel array with square-shaped pixel sensors to increase the utilization of space in the pixel array, and to allow for pixel sensors in the pixel array to be sized differently. Moreover, the pixel array may include a combination of red, green, and blue pixel sensors to obtain color information from incident light; yellow pixel sensors for blue and green color enhancement and correction for the pixel array; near infrared (NIR) pixel sensors to increase contour sharpness and low light performance for the pixel array; and/or white pixel sensors to increase light sensitivity and brightness for the pixel array. The capability to configure different sizes and types of pixel sensors permits the pixel array to be formed and/or configured to satisfy various performance parameters.
US12021100B2
Each of a plurality of cells includes at least one avalanche photodiode. A light projecting unit is arranged to project light having a cross-sectional shape whose longitudinal direction corresponds to a first direction. The light projecting unit is arranged to scan the light along a second direction intersecting the first direction such that the reflected light is incident on, among N cell groups each of which includes M cells aligned in a row direction, each cell group or each plurality of cell groups. A controller is arranged to apply, in accordance with the incidence of the reflected light, a bias voltage that makes the avalanche photodiode operate in a Geiger mode to each cell group or each plurality of cell groups, and is arranged to read signals from cells included in the cell group or the plurality of cell groups to which the bias voltage has been applied.
US12021099B2
In some embodiments, an image sensor is provided. The image sensor comprises a first photodetector disposed within a front-side surface of a semiconductor substrate. A trench isolation structure is disposed over a back-side surface of the semiconductor substrate. The trench isolation structure includes a buffer layer and a dielectric liner. The buffer layer covers the back-side surface of the semiconductor substrate and fills trenches that extend downward into the back-side surface of the semiconductor substrate. The dielectric liner is disposed between the buffer layer and the semiconductor substrate. A composite grid structure has composite grid segments that are aligned over the trenches, respectively. The buffer layer separates the dielectric liner from the composite grid structure. A light shield structure is disposed within the buffer layer and directly overlies the first photodetector.
US12021084B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a dielectric fin that is formed over the substrate and extends along a first direction. The semiconductor device includes a gate isolation structure vertically disposed above the dielectric fin. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The gate structure includes a first portion and a second portion separated by the gate isolation structure and the dielectric fin. The first portion of the gate structure presents a first beak profile and the second portion of the gate structure presents a second beak profile. The first and second beak profiles point toward each other.
US12021080B2
Disclosed are semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device comprises a first transistor on a substrate, and a second transistor on the substrate. Each of the first and second transistors includes a plurality of semiconductor patterns vertically stacked on the substrate and vertically spaced apart from each other, and a gate dielectric pattern and a work function pattern filling a space between the semiconductor patterns. The work function pattern of the first transistor includes a first work function metal layer, the work function pattern of the second transistor includes the first work function metal layer and a second work function metal layer, the first work function metal layer of each of the first and second transistors has a work function greater than that of the second work function metal layer, and the first transistor has a threshold voltage less than that of the second transistor.
US12021076B2
Field effect transistors in an electronic switching device are provided with electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection elements electrically coupled to a first current terminal of each transistor (e.g., a source of each transistor or a drain of each transistor), allowing the electronic switching device to withstand ESD-induced currents without damage to the switching device.
US12021069B2
The semiconductor structure includes a die, a dielectric layer surrounding the die, a photoelectric device disposed adjacent to the die and surrounded by the dielectric layer, a first opening extending through the redistribution layer and configured to receive a light-conducting member, and a dielectric liner extending at least partially through the redistribution layer and surrounding the first opening. A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a dielectric layer to surround a die; and disposing a photoelectric device surrounded by the dielectric layer; forming a redistribution layer over the die, the dielectric layer and the photoelectric device; forming a recess over the photoelectric device; disposing a dielectric material into the recess; removing a portion of the dielectric material to form a dielectric liner and a first opening over the photoelectric device. The dielectric liner extends at least partially through the redistribution layer and surrounding the first opening.
US12021066B2
A structure includes first and second substrates, first and second stress buffer layers, and a post-passivation interconnect (PPI) structure. The first and second substrates include first and second semiconductor substrates and first and second interconnect structures on the first and second semiconductor substrates, respectively. The second interconnect structure is on a first side of the second semiconductor substrate. The first substrate is bonded to the second substrate at a bonding interface. A via extends at least through the second semiconductor substrate into the second interconnect structure. The first stress buffer layer is on a second side of the second semiconductor substrate opposite from the first side of the second semiconductor substrate. The PPI structure is on the first stress buffer layer and is electrically coupled to the via. The second stress buffer layer is on the PPI structure and the first stress buffer layer.
US12021063B2
Disclosed are examples of integrated circuit (IC) packages. Each IC package may include a flip-chip (FC) die on a substrate, a wire bond die above the FC die, a wire bond connected to the wire bond die, and a mold on the substrate and encapsulating the FC die, the wire bond die, and the wire bond. The substrate may include least a first metallization layer includes a first substrate layer, a trace on the first substrate layer and routed within the first metallization layer to electrically couple with one or more FC interconnects of the FC die, and a bond finger pad formed on the trace. The bond finger pad may be circular. The wire bond may electrically connect to the trace such that the wire bond die is electrically coupled with the FC die through the wire bond, the bond finger pad, and the trace.
US12021046B2
A method of manufacturing a redistribution layer includes: forming an insulating layer on a wafer, delimited by a top surface and a bottom surface in contact with the wafer; forming a conductive body above the top surface of the insulating layer; forming a first coating region extending around and above the conductive body, in contact with the conductive body, and in contact with the top surface of the insulating layer in correspondence of a bottom surface of the first coating region; applying a thermal treatment to the wafer in order to modify a residual stress of the first coating region, forming a gap between the bottom surface of the first coating region and the top surface of the insulating layer; forming, after applying the thermal treatment, a second coating region extending around and above the first coating region, filling said gap and completely sealing the first coating region.
US12021043B2
A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor chip having a metal layer on a top surface; a first wiring member arranged to face the metal layer; a sintered-metal layer arranged between the metal layer and the first wiring member, having a first region and a plurality of second regions provided inside the first region, the second regions having lower tensile strength than the first region; and a metallic member arranged inside the sintered-metal layer, wherein the second regions of the sintered-metal layer have lower tensile strength than the metal layer of the first semiconductor chip.
US12021039B2
Disclosed is a wiring substrate whose orientation can be easily recognized and which can prevent occurrence of a failure which would otherwise occur after a semiconductor device is mounted on the wiring substrate, or after an electronic component composed of the wiring substrate and the semiconductor device mounted thereon is mounted on a base substrate or the like. The wiring substrate includes a base substrate, and a metallic member disposed on a first face of the base substrate. The metallic member has a shape which is plane symmetric with respect to a plane which extends through a center of the first face and is perpendicular to the first face. A recess is formed, as a partial dent, on one of outer surfaces of the metallic member.
US12021035B2
Stitched die structures, and methods for interconnecting die are described. In an embodiment, a stitched die structure includes a semiconductor substrate that includes a first die area of a first die and a second die area of a second die separate from the first die area. A back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) build-up structure spans over the first die area and the second die area, and includes a first metallic seal directly over a first peripheral area of the first die area, a second metallic seal directly over a second peripheral area of the second die area, and a die-to-die routing extending through the first metallic seal and the second metallic seal to electrically connect the first die to the second die.
US12021027B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a first conductive line in a closed curve defining a local area on a substrate. The first conductive line has a first end portion and a second end portion. A second conductive line is outside the local area. The second conductive line has a linear line portion along the closed curve and a bulging end portion along the closed curve. The bulging end portion protrudes from the linear line portion toward the first end portion of the first conductive line in the second lateral direction and protrudes further than the first end portion to the outside of the local area. A method of manufacturing an IC device includes forming a first reference pattern having a mandrel hole. A reference spacer is formed inside the mandrel hole. A second reference pattern is formed. The second reference pattern has a shift hole.
US12021008B2
3D semiconductor packages and methods of forming 3D semiconductor package are described herein. The 3D semiconductor packages are formed by mounting a die stack on an interposer, dispensing a thermal interface material (TIM) layer over the die stack and placing a heat spreading element over and attached to the die stack by the TIM layer. The TIM layer provides a reliable adhesion layer and an efficient thermally conductive path between the die stack and interposer to the heat spreading element. As such, delamination of the TIM layer from the heat spreading element is prevented, efficient heat transfer from the die stack to the heat spreading element is provided, and a thermal resistance along thermal paths through the TIM layer between the interposer and heat spreading element are reduced. Thus, the TIM layer reduces overall operating temperatures and increases overall reliability of the 3D semiconductor packages.
US12021006B2
An apparatus for manufacturing packaged semiconductor devices includes a lower plate having package platforms and clamp guide pins to align an upper plate with the lower plate, and a boat tray having windows configured to receive package devices, and a plurality of upper plates configured to be aligned to respective windows and respective package platforms. Clamping force can be applied by fasteners configured to generate a downward force upon the upper plate. Package devices on the platforms are thus subjected to a clamping force. Load cells measure the clamping force so adjustments can be made.
US12021005B2
In one example, a semiconductor device includes a substrate having a top side and a conductor on the top side of the substrate, an electronic device on the top side of the substrate connected to the conductor on the top side of the substrate via an internal interconnect, a lid covering a top side of the electronic device, and a thermal material between the top side of the electronic device and the lid, wherein the lid has a through-hole. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US12021004B2
An electronic device includes a multilevel package substrate, a die, a lid, and a package structure that encloses the die, a portion of the lid, and a portion of the multilevel package substrate, where the package structure fills a gap between a side of another portion of the lid and a side of the die. A method includes attaching a die to a multilevel package substrate with a first side of the die facing the multilevel package substrate and a second side facing away from the multilevel package substrate; positioning a lid on the multilevel package substrate with a first portion of the lid spaced apart from the second side of the die; and forming a package structure that encloses the die and a portion of the multilevel package substrate and fills a gap between the first portion of the lid and the second side of the die.
US12021000B2
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die, an encapsulation encapsulating the semiconductor die, the encapsulation having a first side and an opposing second side, a plurality of contact pads for electrically contacting the semiconductor die, the contact pads being arranged on the first side of the encapsulation, and a plurality of inspection holes arranged in communication with the contact pads and extending from the first side to the second side, such that solder joints on the first side of the encapsulation are optically inspectable using the inspection holes viewed from the second side of the encapsulation.
US12020999B2
A cover lid for use with a semiconductor package is disclosed. First, a polyamide mask is applied to one surface of the lid plate. Next, the exposed areas of the surface, as well as the sides of the lid plate, are metallized. The polyamide mask can then be removed. This reduces pullback and shrinkage of the metallized layer, while lowering the manufacturing cost and process times.
US12020992B2
Methods and apparatus for processing a first substrate and a second substrate are provided herein. For example, a method of processing a substrate using extended spectroscopic ellipsometry (ESE) includes directing a beam from an extended spectroscopic ellipsometer toward a first surface of a first substrate and a second surface of a second substrate, which is different than the first substrate, determining in-situ ESE data from each of the first surface and the second surface during processing of the first substrate and the second substrate, measuring a change of phase and amplitude in determined in-situ ESE data, and determining one or more parameters of the first surface of the first substrate and the second surface of the second substrate using simultaneously complex dielectric function, optical conductivity, and electronic correlations from the measured change of phase and amplitude in the in-situ ESE data.
US12020985B2
Transferring large-area group III-nitride semiconductor material and devices to arbitrary substrates
Methods for obtaining a free-standing thick (>5 μm) epitaxial material layer or heterostructure stack and for transferring the thick epitaxial layer or stack to an arbitrary substrate. A thick epitaxial layer or heterostructure stack is formed on an engineered substrate, with a sacrificial layer disposed between the epitaxial layer and the engineered substrate. When the sacrificial layer is removed, the epitaxial layer becomes a thick freestanding layer that can be transferred to an arbitrary substrate, with the remaining engineered substrate being reusable for subsequent material layer growth. In an exemplary case, the material layer is a GaN layer and can be selectively bonded to an arbitrary substrate to selectively produce a Ga-polar or an N-polar GaN layer.
US12020969B2
An aligner includes a driving pulley connected to a motor, a toothed belt hung with respect to a driven pulley connected to a spindle, and a pulley detection sensor detecting the rotation position of the driven pulley. Each time the driving pulley rotates the driven pulley once, the misalignment in the direction of rotation of the driven pulley is detected and a correction value of the rotational misalignment of the driven pulley is calculated based on the driving and driven pulleys having a known rotation ratio. In a case where the rotation angle information of the driving motor is lost, detection data for calibration is created so that a correction value corresponding to the current phases of the driven pulley and the toothed belt after origin search is searched for.
US12020968B2
A method for adjusting a contact position of lift pins in a substrate placement mechanism is provided. The substrate placement mechanism includes a substrate placement table and a substrate lifting mechanism having lift pins and a driving mechanism, wherein the contact position of the lift pins is a height position where tip ends of the lift pins get in contact with the substrate. The method comprises creating torque waveforms, for a plurality of voltages, indicating temporal changes of a torque of the motor while moving the tip ends of the lift; obtaining from the plurality of torque waveforms a contact point when the lift pins get in contact with the substrate and calculating the contact position from the contact point and a speed of the motor; determining whether the contact position is within an appropriate range; and automatically adjusting the contact position when the contact position is not within the appropriate range.
US12020962B2
The present disclosure provides a measuring system. The measuring system includes an insulative tube, a capacitor and a static charge meter. The insulative tube is configured to allow a fluid to flow therethrough. The capacitor is disposed on a surface of a section of the insulative tube. The capacitor includes a first metallic layer, a second metallic layer opposite to the first metallic layer, and a dielectric layer sandwiched between the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer. The static charge meter is electrically coupled to the capacitor and configured to measure static charge accumulated inside the section of the insulative tube.
US12020961B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a wafer-handling system of a semiconductor-manufacturing system. The wafer-handling system is configured to hold one or more wafers for processing. The system also includes one or more processing components configured to physically treat the one or more wafers; a controller configured to operate the processing components; and a text bot in communication with the semiconductor-manufacturing system and configured to respond to a user inquiry.
US12020960B2
A temperature controller for substrate processing system includes memory that stores a temperature control model that correlates a heat transfer gas pressure and a first temperature of a substrate support to a second temperature of a substrate arranged on the substrate support, a temperature calculation module configured to calculate the second temperature of the substrate using the heat transfer gas pressure, the first temperature of the substrate support, and the temperature control model, and a heat transfer gas control module configured to adjust the heat transfer gas pressure based on the second temperature of the substrate calculated by the temperature calculation module and a desired third temperature of the substrate.
US12020955B2
A system for fabricating a semiconductor device structure includes a tool comprising a chamber and a platform within the chamber configured to receive a semiconductor device structure thereon. The tool further includes a heating and cooling system in operable communication with the platform and configured to control a temperature of the platform. The heating and cooling system comprises a cooling system including a cold tank for containing a cold thermal transfer fluid, the cold tank configured to be in fluid communication with the platform, thermal transfer fluid supply piping, and thermal transfer fluid return piping, a heating system including a hot tank for containing a hot thermal transfer fluid having a higher temperature than the cold thermal transfer fluid, the hot tank configured to be in fluid communication with the platform, the thermal transfer fluid supply piping, and the thermal transfer fluid return piping, and at least one temporary storage tank configured to receive at least some of the cold thermal transfer fluid or the hot thermal transfer fluid from at least the thermal transfer fluid return piping after switching a thermal load from the platform from one of the cooling system or the heating system to the other of the cooling system or the heating system. Related methods and tools are disclosed.
US12020952B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided, including providing a base substrate and a die stacking unit mounted on the base substrate. Conductive joints are connected between two adjacent dies of the die stacking unit. The method further includes providing dummy micro bumps and dummy pads between the two adjacent dies and between the conductive joints. The dummy micro bumps and the dummy pads are connected to one of the two adjacent dies but not to the other, and the dummy micro bumps are formed on some of the dummy pads but not on all of the dummy pads. In addition, the method includes filling the gaps between the base substrate, all dies of the die stacking unit, the conductive joints, the dummy micro bumps, and the dummy pads with an underfill material by capillary attraction.
US12020945B2
A semiconductor structure and its manufacturing method are provided. The method includes sequentially forming an insulating layer and a patterned mask layer on a substrate. The patterned cover curtain layer has an opening, and the opening includes a main body portion and two extension portions located at both ends of the main body portion. The method includes sequentially forming a first sacrificial layer, a second sacrificial layer, and a third sacrificial layer on the insulating layer. The first sacrificial layer fills the extension portions and defines a recess in the main body portion. The second sacrificial layer is formed in the recess defined by the first sacrificial layer. The third sacrificial layer is formed on the first sacrificial layer located in the extension portions.
US12020942B2
An etching method of the invention includes: a resist pattern-forming step of forming a resist layer on a target object, the resist layer being formed of a resin, the resist layer having a resist pattern; an etching step of etching the target object via the resist layer having the resist pattern; and a resist protective film-forming step of forming a resist protective film on the resist layer. The etching step is repetitively carried out multiple times. After the etching steps are repetitively carried out multiple times, the resist protective film-forming step is carried out.
US12020941B2
A method includes forming an oxide layer on a semiconductor region, and depositing a first high-k dielectric layer over the oxide layer. The first high-k dielectric layer is formed of a first high-k dielectric material. The method further includes depositing a second high-k dielectric layer over the first high-k dielectric layer, wherein the second high-k dielectric layer is formed of a second high-k dielectric material different from the first high-k dielectric material, depositing a dipole film over and contacting a layer selected from the first high-k dielectric layer and the second high-k dielectric layer, performing an annealing process to drive-in a dipole dopant in the dipole film into the layer, removing the dipole film, and forming a gate electrode over the second high-k dielectric layer.
US12020932B2
The invention provides a photoresist coating method, which comprises the following steps: providing a wafer with a pattern on the wafer, placing the wafer on a spinner, injecting a photoresist on a central region of the wafer from a nozzle, and carrying out a spin coating step, the spin coating step comprises: turning on the spinner to rotate the spinner to a first rotation speed, and raising the first rotation speed to a second rotation speed, and performing a plurality of brakes during the process of maintaining the second rotation speed, so that the second rotation speed instantly drops to a third rotation speed, and then rises to the second rotation speed again.
US12020928B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a SiC semiconductor substrate capable of reducing a density of basal plane dislocations (BPD) in a growth layer, a manufacturing method thereof, and a manufacturing device thereof. The method includes: a strained layer removal process S10 that removes a strained layer introduced on a surface of a SiC substrate; and an epitaxial growth process S20 that conducts growth under a condition that a terrace width W of the SiC substrate is increased. When a SiC semiconductor substrate is manufactured in such processes, the basal plane dislocations BPD in the growth layer can be reduced, and a yield of a SiC semiconductor device can be improved.
US12020925B2
A method for preparing an AlN based template having a Si substrate and a method for preparing a GaN based epitaxial structure having a Si substrate are provided. The method for preparing the AlN based template having the Si substrate, which includes: providing the Si substrate; growing an AlN nucleation layer on the Si substrate; and introducing an ion passing through the AlN nucleation layer and into the Si substrate. After the AlN nucleation layer is prepared on the Si substrate, the ions are introduced into the Si substrate and the AlN nucleation layer through the AlN nucleation layer. In this way, types of the introduced ions can be expanded. In addition, a carrier concentration at an interface between the Si substrate and the AlN nucleation layer and a carrier concentration in the AlN nucleation layer can also be reduced.
US12020921B2
An ultraviolet emitting device according to the present disclosure includes a lamp for mounting a discharge gas and an ultraviolet emission source therein, and a plurality of yarns formed by extending and aggregating carbon nanotubes in a first direction, and includes a first electrode at least partially exposed to the discharge gas within the lamp. Accordingly, electron emission efficiency of the first electrode is improved to achieve high efficiency, and durability is also improved to provide a long-life device.
US12020920B2
The disclosure features methods and systems that include directing an ion beam to a region of a sample to liberate charged particles from the region of the sample, where the directed ion beam is pulsed at a first repetition rate, deflecting a first subset of the liberated charged particles from a first path to a second path different from the first path in response to a gate signal synchronized with the repetition rate of the pulsed ion beam, and detecting the first subset of the liberated charged particles in a time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer to determine information about the sample, where the gate signal sets a common reference time for the TOF mass spectrometer for the first subset of charged particles liberated by each pulse of the ion beam.
US12020918B2
A method of self-calibrating a mass spectrometer or mass spectral data is disclosed. At least some first observed mass to charge ratios are matched with or against a comprehensive reference set of possible or predicted elemental compositions having known precise mass to charge ratios. One or more calibration parameters of a calibration routine are then adjusted so as to optimise the match between one or more of the first observed mass to charge ratios and the corresponding known precise mass to charge ratios of one or more possible or predicted elemental compositions contained within the reference set.
US12020917B2
A method for modifying magnetic field distribution in a deposition chamber is disclosed. The method includes the operations of providing a target magnetic field distribution, removing a first plurality of fixed magnets in the deposition chamber, replacing each of the first plurality of fixed magnets with respective ones of a second plurality of magnets, performing at least one of adjusting a position of at least one of the second plurality of the magnets, and adjusting a size of at least one of the second plurality of magnets, adjusting a magnetic flux of at least one of the second plurality of magnets, measuring the magnetic field distribution in the deposition chamber, and comparing the measured magnetic field distribution in the deposition chamber with the target magnetic field distribution.
US12020906B2
A grounding cap module includes a main body, a frame portion, and a cap portion. The main body includes a first opening penetrating the main body and a grounding portion disposed on a periphery of the main body and configured to be electrically grounded. The frame portion is disposed on the main body and includes a second opening aligned with the first opening. The cap portion is disposed on the frame portion and covers the second opening, wherein the first opening, the second opening and the cap portion define a receiving cavity. A gas injection device and an etching apparatus using the same are also provided.
US12020902B2
A plasma system includes a plasma apparatus including: a plasma chamber; a pedestal configured to hold a substrate in the chamber; and a radio frequency (RF) electrode configured to excite plasma in the chamber; an electromagnetic (EM) circuit block coupled to the RF electrode, the EM circuit block including: a function generator configured to output a broadband RF waveform, the waveform having EM power distributed over a range of frequencies; a broadband amplifier coupled to an output of the function generator, an operating frequency range of the amplifier including the range of frequencies; and a broadband impedance matching network having an input coupled to an output of the broadband amplifier and an output coupled to a terminal of the RF electrode, an operating frequency range of the broadband impedance matching network including the range of frequencies; and a controller configured to adjust an input parameter of the EM circuit block.
US12020899B2
A disclosed plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate support, a plasma generator, and first and second power sources. The first power source is configured to generate an electric bias and electrically connected to a lower electrode of the substrate support provided in the chamber. The second power source is configured to apply a positive voltage to a member in a first period that is a part of a whole period in which the electric bias output from the first power source to the lower electrode has a potential not less than an average potential of the electric bias within a cycle thereof. The member is disposed to be exposed to plasma generated in the chamber. The first power source is configured to output the electric bias having a positive potential to the lower electrode in a second period after the first period.
US12020894B2
A beam adjustment method includes: installing, on an irradiation surface to which an electron beam is radiated, a detection part having a Faraday cup catching electrical charges of the electron beam, and installing, on a side of an electron gun further than the detection part, a shielding plate having opening holes through which the electron beam is passable. The method includes causing, upon performing beam diameter measurement processing, the electron beam to pass through the opening holes, and radiating the electron beam to the Faraday cup. In addition, the method includes radiating, upon performing normal processing, the electron beam to the shielding plate.
US12020890B2
A field emission cathode device and formation method involves a rotating field emission cathode including a field emission material deposited on a surface thereof, the field emission cathode rotating about an axis and being electrically connected to ground, and a planar gate electrode extending parallel to the surface of the rotating field emission cathode and defining a gap therebetween. A gate voltage source is electrically connected to the gate electrode and is arranged to interact therewith to generate an electric field, with the electric field inducing a portion of the surface of the rotating field emission cathode adjacent to the gate electrode to emit electrons from the field emission material toward and through the gate electrode.
US12020887B2
Axis orientation compensation is provided in a system in which movement of a controlling device is used to control navigational functions of a target appliance by determining which one of plural sides of the controlling device is an active side of the controlling device and by causing navigational functions of the target appliance made relative to at least one of an X, Y, and Z axis of the target appliance to be dynamically aligned with movements of the controlling device made relative to at least one of an A, B, and C axis of the controlling device as a function of the one of the plural sides of the controlling device that is determined to be the active side of the controlling device.
US12020883B2
An electrical fuse assembly includes electrically conductive first and second electrodes, and a bimetallic fuse element. The bimetallic fuse element electrically connects the first and second electrodes. The bimetallic fuse element is configured to disintegrate, and thereby disconnect the first electrode from the second electrode, in response to a current exceeding a prescribed trigger current of the bimetallic fuse element for at least a prescribed duration.
US12020881B2
A DC relay having a function of extinguishing arc and resisting short-circuit current includes two stationary contact leading-out terminals, a push rod component, a straight sheet type movable spring mounted on the push rod component and two permanent magnets. Two permanent magnets are respectively arranged on two sides in the width direction of the movable spring. Two permanent magnets have opposite magnetic poles on sides facing to the movable and stationary, and have same magnetic poles on the same side in the width of the movable springs. A yoke clip is connected between two permanent magnets. Upper and lower magnetizers are respectively mounted above and under the position, and can approach or come into contact with each other through the through holes in the movable spring. At least two independent magnetically conductive loops are formed in the width direction of the movable spring by the upper and lower magnetizers.
US12020880B2
A DC relay having a function of extinguishing arc and resisting short-circuit current includes two stationary contact leading-out terminals, a straight sheet type movable spring, a push rod component, and four permanent magnets respectively arranged on the two sides in the width direction of the movable spring, and magnetic poles on a side facing to the movable and stationary contacts are opposite, and the two permanent magnets corresponding to a same side have opposite magnetic poles. A yoke clip is connected between the two permanent magnets. Upper and lower magnetizers arranged in a width direction at the position, and can approach one to another or come into contact with each other through the through hole provided in the movable spring; and at least two independent magnetically conductive loops are formed in the width direction of the movable spring by the upper magnetizers and the lower magnetizers.
US12020873B2
A sensing keyswitch including a key body, a key-sensing switch and an enabling switch is provided. The key body includes a key top, and a key driver and an enabler which can move with the key top in the same keystroke cycle. The key-sensing switch electrically connected to a key circuit is in a disabled mode to save power and cannot sense the change of the sensing intensity caused by the movement of the driver. The enabling switch is electrically connected to an enabling circuit, wherein when the enabling switch is triggered by the enabler, the enabling switch outputs an enabling signal through the enabling circuit for enabling the key-sensing switch to enter an enabled mode, so that the key-sensing switch can sense the change of the sensing intensity caused by the movement of the key driver to trigger a key signal.
US12020872B2
The present application discloses stilbene derivative compounds and phenylbenzofuran compositions, useful in the manufacture of dye-sensitized solar cells and other similar technology.
US12020867B2
An electronic component includes a laminate in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes are alternately laminated and external electrodes electrically connected to the internal electrodes. A side margin portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided when a section of the laminate having the length direction and the width direction is viewed from the laminating direction includes a plurality of side margin layers laminated in the width direction. An outer layer portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided except for the side margin portion when a section of the laminate including the laminating direction and the width direction is viewed from the length direction includes a plurality of layer-margin layers laminated in the laminating direction.
US12020861B2
The subject matter described herein relates to laminated magnetic cores, methods of fabricating laminated magnetic cores, and electric devices using laminated magnetic cores. In some examples, a method for fabricating a laminated magnetic core includes depositing a first magnetic layer and depositing an interlamination layer of over the first magnetic layer. The interlamination layer comprises a partially conducting material having a conductivity greater than or equal to 10−4 S/cm and less than or equal to 105 S/cm. The method includes depositing a second magnetic layer over the interlamination layer. The method can include sequentially depositing additional interlamination layers and additional magnetic layers in an alternating fashion to produce the laminated magnetic core.
US12020856B2
A device for reactive power compensation in a high-voltage network. A high-voltage connection is provided for each phase of the high-voltage network. Each high-voltage connection is connected to a first high-voltage winding surrounding a first core portion and to a second high-voltage winding surrounding a second core portion. The core portions are part of a closed magnetic circuit. Low-voltage ends of each high-voltage winding can be connected to at least one saturation switching branch which is configured to saturate the core portions and has actuatable power semiconductor switches, which are actuated by a control unit. Each saturation switching branch has at least one two-pole submodule with a bridge circuit having power semiconductor switches and a DC voltage source. Depending on the actuation of the power semiconductor switches, the DC voltage source can either be connected in series to at least one high-voltage winding or can be bridged.
US12020839B2
Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes first and second wires wound in the same direction around the winding core part. The first and second wires include first and second layer winding portions each including a plurality of blocks axially alternately arranged. A first block belonging to the first layer winding portion is disposed closest to the first flange part. A second block belonging to the second layer winding portion is disposed closest to the second flange part. The first and second wires cross each other in a region between axially adjacent blocks.
US12020838B2
An inductive device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The inductive device includes a magnetic base, a coil structure, and a package structure. The magnetic base has an assembling surface, and an arrangement region is defined thereon. The coil structure is assembled to the magnetic base and includes a coil body, a first extending section, and a second extending section. The coil body has a though hole corresponding in position to the arrangement region, and the first and second extending sections both extend from the coil body toward the magnetic base and are wound on the magnetic base. The package structure covers the magnetic base and the coil structure. The package structure includes a magnetic molding main body, and a portion of the magnetic molding main body fills into the through hole of the coil body and is connected to the magnetic base.
US12020825B2
Users indicate possible outcomes of a medical treatment of a medical condition, a population of patients (4) to be treated, and data sources (3) for providing related health data. A smart contract (81) on a blockchain (8) comprises code (82) and an assessment data structure (83). The assessment data structure (83) defines data related to the treatment and to be collected from the data sources (3) and an assessment block (84) to be generated and stored on the blockchain (8), using the data collected during an assessment period. The assessment block (84) indicates for the assessment period the outcomes actually achieved by the treatment. The smart contract code (82) controls processors (11) to determine the efficacy of the treatment, upon an assessment block (84) being stored on the blockchain (8), using the outcomes indicated in the assessment block (84).
US12020821B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods of predicting fracture risk, which improve fracture risk prediction by developing a bone radiomics score model based on machine learning. As an embodiment of the present invention, the method of predicting the fracture risk is configured to perform the steps of designing a development set, processing bone images for a plurality of subjects included in the development set, extracting texture features from the bone images, selecting optimal texture features required to predict the fracture risk from the extracted texture features, performing machine learning for the optimal texture features using a training set of the development set, and designing a bone radiomics score model to predict the fracture risk.
US12020818B1
Automating patient care by training an artificial intelligence using a data structure organized in a patient care matrix comprising levels of domain knowledge. The care matrix data structure is defined and populated with training data. The artificial intelligence includes a plurality of artificial intelligence nodes each trained using aspects of the care matrix data structure such that an entity AI node instance is trained using a data set comprising subset of training data utilized in training child entities node instances of the entity AI node being trained. A long form description of a patients behavior or disorder is obtained and a natural language processor is employed to generate input phrases to be supplied to the AI for analysis. The AI analyzes the obtained phrases using a plurality of the trained AI node instances to automatically generate a patient treatment profile including one or more therapies and associated measures.
US12020811B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing automated or semi-automated technical support for patients using medical devices, such as continuous glucose monitoring systems. Disclosed embodiments of automated tech support system include collection and storage of copies of streams of medical device data on multiple servers, analysis and comparison of data streams, remote tech support initiation and usage of the automated tech support system for providing improved products and services by storing and analyzing historical tech support data.
US12020805B2
An electronic healthcare system for delivering medical services is described. The electronic healthcare systems can includes modules for accessing patient electronic medical records and ordering medical services, which involve HL7 communications between disparate healthcare organizations. The communications can involve custom communication interfaces which are used to parse and translate HL7 messages. Methods and apparatus are described for generating the custom communications interfaces. In one embodiment, the custom communication interfaces can be generated using machine learning algorithms trained to recognize various data types in message segments contained in HL7 messages.
US12020802B2
Disclosed herein are techniques related to product consumption recommendations. In some embodiments, the techniques may involve receiving activity data from an activity monitoring device. The activity monitoring device may comprise an activity sensor for tracking movement of a user during an activity. The techniques may also involve receiving glucose data from a continuous glucose monitoring device. The techniques may further involve determining a product consumption recommendation based on the glucose data and the activity data. The product consumption recommendation may include a recommendation of when the user should consume a carbohydrate-containing product in order to maintain glucose levels with a specified target range during the activity. Additionally, the technique may involve causing display of the product consumption recommendation on a display device.
US12020800B2
A computer-implemented system includes one or more processing devices configured to receive comorbidity information that includes a plurality of comorbidities or comorbidity-related conditions associated with a user, generate a selected set of the comorbidity information, determine, based on the selected set of the comorbidity information, respective probabilities of a plurality of different outcomes related to the comorbidity information, and generate, based on the respective probabilities and the selected set of the comorbidity information, a treatment plan comprising one or more exercises directed to changing the respective probabilities. A treatment apparatus is configured to implement the treatment plan while the treatment apparatus is being manipulated by the user.
US12020793B1
An improved adherence monitoring and notification system notifies a healthcare provider of vaccination eligibility during a patient encounter, and improves the network of a healthcare provider and service provider by providing automated adherence monitoring. The improved adherence monitoring and notification system reduces network traffic with regards to the communication of patient adherence information. The improved adherence monitoring and notification system can increase patient adherence by notifying prescribers. The improved adherence monitoring and notification system may also increase the efficiency by which notification regarding vaccination eligibility, and patient adherence information is disbursed.
US12020780B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method of quantifying soil carbon in a unit of land. The method generally comprises the steps of (i) obtaining an estimated spatial distribution of carbon content in the unit of land, (ii) stratifying the unit of land into a plurality of strata based at least partly on the spatial distribution of carbon content, (iii) selecting one or more locations from each of one or more of the plurality of strata, the one or more locations being selected with randomness, (iv) determining sample carbon content associated with the one or more first locations and (v) determining total carbon content in the unit of land based at least partly on the sample carbon content. In another aspect, this method may be used to quantify soil carbon sequestered in a unit of land by repeating steps (iv) and (v) at a second time and thereafter determining the amount of carbon sequestered. Furthermore, in quantifying the soil carbon sequestered, steps (ii) and (iii) may also be repeated at the second time after re-stratification of the unit of land based on sample carbon determined at the first time.
US12020773B2
The present disclosure discloses a memory access interface device. A clock generation circuit generates a reference clock signal. A fake data strobe signal generation circuit receives the reference clock signal and delays a read enable signal from a memory access controller to enable an output of the reference clock signal to generate a fake data strobe signal. A real data strobe signal generation circuit receives a data strobe signal from a memory device and delays the read enable signal to enable an output of the data strobe signal to generate a real data strobe signal. A data reading circuit samples a data signal from the memory device according to a sampling signal to generate a read data signal to the memory access controller. A selection circuit selects the fake and the real data strobe signals as the sampling signal respectively under a single and a double data rate modes.
US12020766B2
One implementation includes a random access memory (RAM) that has a muted multiplexing functionality. For instance, a RAM may be implemented having a first outer bank, a first inner bank, a second outer bank, and a second inner bank, each coupled to a controller. Multiplexing circuits for the outer banks may be disposed adjacent the outer banks and away from the controller, whereas the multiplexing circuits for the inner banks may be disposed within or adjacent to the controller.
US12020764B2
A memory system includes a plurality of memory devices and a controller. Each of the memory devices includes a memory cell array, a sense amplifier for amplifying data stored in the memory cell array, a first memory cell sub-array included in the memory cell array directly coupled to the sense amplifier, a switch coupled to the first memory cell sub-array, and a second memory cell sub-array included in the memory cell array coupled to the sense amplifier through the first memory cell sub-array and the switch. When the switch is enabled, the memory device operates as a normal mode, and when the switch is disabled, the memory device operates as a fast mode faster than the normal mode. The controller dynamically sets a mode of each of the memory devices based on requests externally provided, by controlling the switch of each of the memory devices.
US12020759B2
An operation method of a nonvolatile memory device includes performing a 1-stage program step and a 1-stage verify step on a first word line, storing a first time stamp, performing the 1-stage program step and the 1-stage verify step on a second word line, storing a second time stamp, calculating a delay time based on the first time stamp and the second time stamp, determining whether the delay time is greater than a threshold value, adjusting at least one 2-stage verify voltage associated with the first word line from a first voltage level to a second voltage level based on the delay time, and performing a 2-stage program step and a 2-stage verify step on the first word line. A level of the at least one 1-stage verify voltage is lower than the second voltage level, and the second voltage level is lower than the first voltage level.
US12020746B2
A memory with reduced power consumption during a write assist period is provided that includes a series of inverters configured to delay a write assist signal to form a delayed write assist signal at a first terminal of a boost capacitor. A cutoff switch transistor couples between ground and a ground node of a final inverter in the series of inverters. A clock circuit switches off the cutoff switch transistor to isolate the first terminal of the boost capacitor before an end of a write assist period.
US12020741B2
Methods, devices, and systems for managing data refresh for semiconductor devices are provided. In one aspect, a semiconductor device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of blocks each including multiple pages and one or more integrated circuits coupled to the memory cell array. The one or more integrated circuits are configured to: read specific data from a page of a block in the memory cell array, perform a logic operation on the specific data in the page to obtain a logic operation result, count a number of bits having a specific value among the logic operation result, determine whether the number of bits is within a data refresh criterion for the page, and in response to determining that the number of bits is outside of the data refresh criterion, generate a data refresh warning message for the page in the block.
US12020739B2
A memory device includes a memory cell array connected to a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines; a row decoder configured to select a wordline, among the plurality of wordlines, in response to a row address; a column decoder configured to corresponding bitlines, among the plurality of bitlines, in response to a column address; a sense amplification circuit having a plurality of amplifiers connected to the selected corresponding bitlines; a row hammer detector configured to generate a refresh row address when the number of accesses to a row corresponding to the row address is a multiple of a predetermined value; and a refresh controller configured to perform a refresh operation on a row corresponding to the refresh row address. The row corresponding to the refresh row address is disposed adjacent to the row corresponding to the row address.
US12020733B2
Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device comprising data tracks N and N−1, and one or more processing devices, configured to identify, during a track write on the data track N, a write abort event based upon an expected risk for the data track N−1 exceeding a risk threshold, read one or more sectors of the data track N−1 and collect one or more corresponding sector metrics, verify the one or more sectors based upon the collected sector metrics, wherein the verifying comprises assigning each of the one or more sectors as one of a readable or a non-readable sector, and continue the track write on the data track N upon determining each of the one or more sectors is a readable sector, or recovering and relocating the data track N−1 based on determining at least one of the sectors is a non-readable sector.
US12020708B2
Methods and systems for enabling an efficient review of meeting content via a metadata-enriched, speaker-attributed transcript are disclosed. By incorporating speaker diarization and other metadata, the system can provide a structured and effective way to review and/or edit the transcript. One type of metadata can be image or video data to represent the meeting content. Furthermore, the present subject matter utilizes a multimodal diarization model to identify and label different speakers. The system can synchronize various sources of data, e.g., audio channel data, voice feature vectors, acoustic beamforming, image identification, and extrinsic data, to implement speaker diarization.
US12020703B2
As part of a dialog session between a user and an automated assistant, implementations can process, using a streaming ASR model, a stream of audio data that captures a portion of a spoken utterance to generate ASR output, process, using an NLU model, the ASR output to generate NLU output, and cause, based on the NLU output, a stream of fulfillment data to be generated. Further, implementations can further determine, based on processing the stream of audio data, audio-based characteristics associated with the portion of the spoken utterance captured in the stream of audio data. Based on the audio-based characteristics and/the stream of NLU output, implementations can determine whether the user has paused in providing the spoken utterance or has completed providing of the spoken utterance. If the user has paused, implementations can cause natural conversation output to be provided for presentation to the user.
US12020701B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for detecting a mission changes in a conversation. A user utterance from a user device is received. The user utterance is part of a conversation with an intelligent assistant. The conversation includes preceding user utterances in pursuit of a first mission. It is determined that the user utterance indicates a mission change from the first mission to a second mission based on an application of a machine-learned model to the user utterance and the preceding user utterances. The machine-learned model has been trained repeatedly with past utterances of other users over a time period, the determining based on a certainty of the indication satisfying a certainty threshold. Responsive to the determining that the user utterance indicates the mission change from the first mission to a second mission, a reply to the user utterance is generated to further the second mission rather than the first mission.
US12020700B2
A computer-implemented method for providing a voice interface system comprising: monitoring a first voice input during a training phase; monitoring manual inputs to a system during the monitoring the first voice input; storing training information associating the first voice input with the manual inputs; receiving a second voice input during an operational or runtime phase after the associating; identifying an instruction corresponding to the second voice input based on the training information; and executing the identified instruction.
