US12043358B2
A drive unit rotates a propeller shaft and is accommodated in a housing. A mount is provided on the housing. A light unit is attached to the mount and includes light sources. A controller is connected to the light unit, and is configured or programmed to turn on the light sources in a lighting pattern depending on an operating state of the outboard motor.
US12043356B2
Embodiments herein describe techniques for controlling both a vessel and a separate controllable steering element so that a towed device moves along a predefined path or course. A steering system can include a first controller for steering the vessel and a second controller for controlling the steering element, which is in the water and also being towed by the vessel. In one embodiment, the steering system controls the vessel to ensure the steering element does not exceed a control limit.
US12043355B1
A component that can be detachably fitted to a watercraft to shift the center of buoyancy of the watercraft and render the watercraft self-righting. The component uses quick release attachment and detachment fixtures so that a person can easily remove the component and thereby free-up space for passengers on the watercraft. The component includes a non-inflatable buoyant structure made of a buoyant material or materials arranged into a buoyant configuration. A watercraft with the detachable component is also disclosed, as is a method for converting a non-self-righting watercraft into a self-righting watercraft.
US12043349B2
The invention relates to a system (1) for transferring liquefied gas between a first facility and a second facility, said transfer system (1) including: an articulated arm (2) including a first proximal part (6) suitable for being mounted so that it can rotate on the first facility about a first vertical axis (A), a second median part (7) that is mounted pivoting on the first proximal part (6) and a third distal part (8) that is mounted pivoting on the second median part (7); and at least one transfer line (3, 4, 5), suitable for transferring liquefied gas between the first facility and the second facility, and including a flexible first proximal portion (15) suitable for being connected to a liquefied gas storage tank of the first facility; a rigid second median portion (16) that is fastened to the second median part (7) of the articulated arm (2) and a third distal portion (17) that is suspended on the third distal part (8) of the articulated arm (2) and has an end suitable for being connected to a manifold of the second facility, the second median portion (16) being provided with a valve (22).
US12043347B2
A boat protection system comprises a hub system and at least one auxiliary module. The hub system comprises a hub housing defining at least one hub guide portion, at least one hub electrical connector supported by the hub housing, and a DC bus operatively connected to the at least one hub electrical connector. The at least one auxiliary module comprises an auxiliary housing defining at least one auxiliary guide portion, at least one auxiliary electrical connector supported by the auxiliary housing, and at least one functional component. At least one hub guide portion engages at least one auxiliary guide portion to support at least auxiliary housing relative to the hub housing such that at least one hub electrical connector engages at least one auxiliary electrical connector. The at least one functional component of the at least one auxiliary module is operatively connected to the DC bus.
US12043333B2
A seat for a pedal-powered vehicle is described. The seat includes a support frame, a seat element and a nose. The seat element and the nose are implemented as separated components and are supported by the support frame. The seat element is configured to support at least part of a rider's weight. The seat element carries a pressure-relieving region that is configured to be located at a location corresponding to an ischial tuberosity (IT) of the rider, thereby relieving pressure exerted on the rider's IT's.
US12043326B2
A steering system for vehicles with independent axles is disclosed. The system may have a second circuit for control of a second cylinder. The second circuit may have a solenoid valve, with at least four ways and three positions. The solenoid valve may be interposed between a second hydraulic liquid inlet line, a second hydraulic liquid outlet line, and a third operating duct and a fourth operating duct for the passage of hydraulic liquid. The system moreover envisages an electronic unit for management and control of the directional-control solenoid valve, which is operatively connected to a device for detecting the steering angle imposed by the first cylinder and is designed to manage the directional-control solenoid valve as a function of the data detected by the device.
US12043320B2
An assembly for utility truck bodies having metal and/or composite reinforcement(s) and/or foam reinforcements and/or honeycomb reinforcement/and/or wood reinforcements encapsulated within a thermoformed thermoplastic, or thermoset or fiber-reinforced thermoset walking surface floor structure of the truck bed assembly or other composite floor structure with attachable components and junctions, e.g., sidepack(s), and methods of making the same are provided.
US12043318B2
In a vehicle body structure, an end portion of a first vehicle body member having a plate shape is coupled to a second vehicle body member having a plate shape. The first vehicle body member is made of a first metal and the second vehicle body member is made of a second metal. The vehicle body structure includes a third vehicle body member made of the first metal. The third vehicle body member includes an interposed portion having general portions and a convex portion. The convex portion has a weld-joint portion configured to be joined to the end portion of the first vehicle body member by welding. Each of the general portion has a swage-joint portion configured to be swaged and jointed to the second vehicle body member in a circular shape viewed from a thickness direction, and a cutout portion.
US12043316B2
A component of a motor vehicle, which is reinforced in at least one region subject to tensile loading by at least one stiffening tape having fibers embedded in plastic. This should make it possible to achieve local and weight-optimized stiffening.
US12043312B2
A subframe includes: a main body part; and a vehicle body support part that supports the main body part to a vehicle body. The vehicle body support part includes: a front end having a front wall portion that extends along a first surface perpendicular to a forward/rearward direction; a rear end having a rear wall portion that extends along a second surface perpendicular to the forward/rearward direction; and a center portion that connects the front wall portion to the rear wall portion and extends along a third surface which crosses with the first surface and the second surface. The center portion includes an upper rib that protrudes upward along a fourth surface perpendicular to the third surface; and a lower rib that protrudes downward along a fifth surface perpendicular to the third surface.
US12043310B2
Provided is a driver assistance system including: a camera provided in a vehicle to have an outside field of view of the vehicle and acquire image data; a radar provided in the vehicle to have an outside field of sensing of the vehicle and acquire radar data; and a controller comprising at least one processor configured to process the image data acquired by the camera and the radar data acquired by the radar, wherein the controller is configured to: transmit a steering signal to the vehicle for a lane following assist based on at least one of the image data or the radar data, detect a driver's operation of a steering device based on the steering signal and a steering angle of the steering device, transmit a warning signal to the vehicle to output a warning in stages with time when the driver's operation is not detected, and when determining as an unsuitable state for assistance based on at least one of the image data or the radar data, transmit the warning signal to output a higher level warning.
US12043308B2
A vehicle control system includes a central ECU configured to calculate target outputs of actuators, and relay devices each disposed in a communication path between the central ECU and a corresponding actuator among the actuators. The relay devices include a specific relay device capable of communicating with a specific actuator related to driving control, braking control, or steering control of a vehicle. The specific relay device among the relay devices includes a specific abnormality diagnosis unit configured to diagnose an abnormality in the specific relay device, and a backup calculation unit capable of calculating a control amount of the specific actuator coupled to the specific relay device. A relay device other than the specific relay device among the relay devices does not have a self-diagnosis function.
US12043298B2
A modular configurable mobile transport apparatus with adjustable folding legs. A modular configurable mobile transport apparatus. The apparatus includes a first roller tip handle facing backwards for grasping the apparatus from behind providing horizontal stability for the apparatus and allowing the apparatus to be rolled on the first roller tip handle, a configurable backwards facing securing and storing portion for securing and storing one or more objects of varying widths to the back surface of the apparatus, a configurable backwards facing securing and storing portion for securing and storing one or more objects of varying widths to the front surface of the apparatus and a second roller tip handle facing forward for providing vertical stability for the apparatus and allowing the apparatus to be rolled on the second roller tip handle. The apparatus can be loaded with objects that are secured and stored on both the front side and back side of the apparatus and the apparatus can be rolled on its wheels and either of the first or second tip handles to allow easy movement and transport and insertion and removal into and out of vehicles. The apparatus includes a set of attachable, removable and adjustable folding legs allowing the apparatus to be used as a work surface on even or uneven surfaces.
US12043295B2
The present disclosure provides for hyperloop vapor cycle environmental control systems (ECS) and related methods. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for hyperloop vapor cycle environmental control systems and methods, with the hyperloop vapor cycle environmental control systems and methods configured without a compressor needed to pump a refrigerant through the system and configured without a condenser heat exchanger needed to condense gas refrigerant to a liquid to reject the heat of compression of a compressor to the ambient atmosphere. Since there is no need for a compressor, the example hyperloop ECS of the present disclosure requires only a small fraction of the electrical power of a standard vapor cycle air conditioning system. Power is needed substantially only for the ECS controller and some various valves.
US12043294B2
A gap bridging system for a rail vehicle, for bridging the gap between the floor of a passenger compartment and a station platform, includes a component support and a step plate which is mounted with respect to the component carrier by a slide mounting such that it can slide, the slide mounting includes a rolling bearing linear guide and two sliding bearing linear guides.
US12043291B2
A method for assisting a driver in activating an automatic driving mode of a vehicle involves determining the conditions required for an autonomous driving mode and determining a condition not fulfilled in the current driving state which blocks an activation of the autonomous driving mode. An object in the vehicle environment that is in context with an unfulfilled condition is also determined. The object in context with the unfulfilled condition is identified in a representation of the vehicle environment or by projection onto a windscreen, such that a driving maneuver required for enabling an autonomous driving operation is conveyed.
US12043290B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for state identification for road actors with uncertain measurements based on compliant priors. The perception system of an autonomous vehicle (AV) may detect an object with an uncertain kinematic state based on sensor information received from a sensing device associated with the AV. A first, second, and third distribution of velocity values may be generated based on the sensor information, map information, and a kinematic state for each additional object of a plurality of additional objects in proximity to the detected object with the uncertain kinematic state, respectively. A velocity value for the detected object with the uncertain kinematic state may be generated based on a comparison of the first, second, and third distributions of velocity values. The AV may perform a driving maneuver based on the velocity value for the detected object.
US12043284B2
Object avoidance by an autonomous vehicle (AV) is disclosed. A method includes detecting a first object along a coarse driveline of a drivable area of the AV; receiving a predicted path of the first object; determining, based on the predicted path of the first object, an adjusted drivable area; and determining a trajectory of the AV through the adjusted drivable area. A system includes a trajectory planner configured to detect a first object along a coarse driveline of a drivable area of the AV; receive a predicted path of the first object; determine, based on the predicted path of the first object, an adjusted drivable area; and determine a trajectory of the AV through the adjusted drivable area.
US12043280B2
Graphs are powerful structures made of nodes and edges. Information can be encoded in the nodes and edges themselves, as well as the connections between them. Graphs can be used to create manifolds which in turn can be used to efficiently train more robust AI systems. Systems and methods for graph-based AI training in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. In one embodiment, a graph interface system including a processor, and a memory configured to store a graph interface application, where the graph interface application directs the processor to obtain a set of training data, where the set of training data describes a plurality of scenarios, encode the set of training data into a first knowledge graph, generate a manifold based on the first knowledge graph, and train an AI model by traversing the manifold.
US12043275B2
A method for operating a driver information system in an ego vehicle is provided wherein an additional road user is detected in a road area lying in front of the ego vehicle. A target trajectory for the ego vehicle is generated by a driver assistance system for at least partially automatic transverse control of the ego vehicle depending on the additional road user, and a driver information display is generated and output. The driver information display comprises a graphic road user object that represents the additional road user. The driver information display furthermore comprises a trajectory object which represents the target trajectory of the ego vehicle.
US12043269B2
Systems and methods for a vehicle are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving image data defining a plurality of images associated with an environment of the vehicle; receiving vehicle data indicating a velocity of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle data is associated with the image data; determining, by a processor, feature points within at least one image based on the vehicle data and a three dimensional projection method; selecting, by the processor, a subset of the feature points as ground points; determining, by the processor, a ground plane based on the subset of feature points; determining, by the processor, a ground normal vector from the ground plane; determining, by the processor, a camera to ground alignment value based on the ground normal vector; and generating, by the processor, second image data based on the camera to ground alignment value.
US12043268B2
Systems and methods for determining the performance of a driver of a vehicle based on changes, over time, in the context and environment in which the vehicle operates, and any resultant driver behavior are disclosed. A set of driver response data is created from based on an analysis of time-series data indicative of the driver's operation of the vehicle in conjunction with time-series data indicative of changes in the vehicle's context/environment. The driver response data indicates the types and magnitudes of the driver's responses to various changes in the vehicle's operating context/environment and the driver's time-to-respond for each of the responses. That is, the driver response data indicates how a driver compensated his or her behavior (if at all) in response to different changes in the vehicle's context and/or environment. The driver response data may be compared to one or more thresholds to determine the driver's performance.
US12043257B2
A device (16) for determining a discrete representation (30) of a road section ahead of a vehicle (12) includes an input interface (22) for receiving sensor data (20) of a sensor (14) with information about the road section ahead of the vehicle, a setting unit (24) for ascertaining a control distance at which a property of the road section ahead of the vehicle that is relevant for an open-loop control of the vehicle changes based on the sensor data and for setting a support point in a discrete representation of the road section corresponding to the control distance. The setting unit is configured for setting a lower predefined second number (n2) of support points based on a predefined first number (n1) of support points. The device also includes an output interface (26) for outputting the lower predefined second number of support points to an optimizer (52) in order to determine a profile of at least one control parameter for the open-loop control of an open-loop system, a vehicle function based on the second number (n2) of support points.
US12043256B2
Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle are provided. The systems and methods provide a vehicle dynamics model that relates at least one input vehicle dynamics variable to at least one output vehicle dynamics variable. The systems and methods detect a crosswind impacting the vehicle by detecting a disturbance associated with the vehicle dynamics model caused by the crosswind and adapt control of the vehicle based on the detecting the crosswind impacting the vehicle.
US12043252B2
An advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) and method for a vehicle include a light intensity detection system configured to detect a set of light density changes proximate to a face of a driver of the vehicle, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication system, a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) system, and a controller configured to detect a current glare condition based on the set of detected light density changes from the light intensity detection system, share, using the V2X communication system, the detected current glare condition and the corresponding GNSS location, based on the sharing and another set of parameters, determine whether the vehicle is likely to experience a future glare condition during a future period, and in response to determining that the vehicle is likely to experience the future glare condition during the future period, at least one remedial action.
US12043249B2
A remote parking apparatus executes a remote parking control to park the own vehicle in a designated parking space by controlling operations of the driving apparatus and the braking apparatus in response to commands from outside of the own vehicle. The remote parking apparatus executes a braking-drive process to apply the braking force to the own vehicle by the braking apparatus and apply the driving force to the own vehicle by the driving apparatus before starting to move the own vehicle by the remote parking control. The remote parking apparatus starts to move the own vehicle by the remote parking control on the condition that the own vehicle is maintained stopped until a predetermined time elapses from starting the braking-drive process.
US12043248B2
A method, a device, and a system for parking a truck accurately in a shore crane area are provided. A vehicle controller transmits a parking request for a truck to be parked. A main controller receives the parking request and acquires real-time point cloud data by scanning one or more lanes crossed by a shore crane using one or more LiDARs. The main controller clusters the real-time point cloud data to obtain a set of point clouds for the truck and applies an Iterative Closest Point algorithm to the set of point clouds and a vehicle point cloud model to obtain a real-time distance from the truck to a target parking space. The vehicle controller controls the truck to stop at the target parking space based on the real-time distance.
US12043247B2
Provided is an obstacle detecting unit that acquires a detection signal based on a distance between a vehicle and an obstacle around the vehicle; an image acquiring unit that acquires an image signal corresponding to an image around the vehicle; and a control unit that executes, based on the detection signal and the image signal, an automatic parking process detecting the parking space and parking the vehicle in the parking space. The control unit is configured to execute, when executing the automatic parking process, a fault handling process depending on a state of the automatic parking process in the case where a fault occurs in either the obstacle detecting unit or the image acquiring unit.
US12043246B2
While a vehicle is traveling in an automatic driving mode, an auto-driving oil pressure changing unit makes the engagement pressure of hydraulic oil supplied to a release-side engagement device to be released during a downshift of a stepwise shifting unit, higher than the engagement pressure set during traveling in a manual driving mode, so that retraction of the acceleration due to a drop of drive torque during the downshift is reduced. At this time, an auto-driving rotating machine controller makes drive-side MG2 torque generated from a second rotating machine, larger than that generated during traveling in the manual driving mode, so as to speed up the progress of the downshift, and prevent retraction of the acceleration from being prolonged.
US12043244B2
A propulsion system for a hybrid electric vehicle comprises a traction motor having first and second stator windings; a power source having a DC power output coupled to the first windings; a battery having a DC power output coupled to the second windings; and a controller to independently control: (i) a first power level output at the first DC power output, and (ii) a second power level of motive power output by the traction motor; wherein responsive to a signal to set the second power level less than full capacity of the traction motor, the controller provides a power difference between the first and second power levels from the second windings to the battery.
US12043243B1
The present disclosure relates to an electric vehicle and more particularly, to a system for reducing charging time of the electric vehicle when an occupant decides to wait in their vehicle while their vehicle is charging. In one illustrative embodiment, a vehicle system within the electric vehicle may determine whether the electric vehicle is charging. The vehicle system may then determine whether an occupant is within the electric vehicle. This may be performed through a number of systems such as an in-vehicle camera or seat sensor. At least one function may be reduced or removed when an occupant has been detected thus making their stay uncomfortable. Sound, for example, may be reduced while the occupant is detected in the vehicle and the vehicle is charging. Similarly, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning functions may be removed.
US12043222B2
A pneumatic windscreen wiper for a transparent element of a vehicle. The pneumatic windscreen wiper has: at least one nozzle, which is arranged at an edge of the transparent element, is oriented towards the transparent element and is capable of emitting a compressed air jet that hits the transparent element to skim the transparent element; a source of compressed air; and a control valve which is interposed between the nozzle and the source of compressed air and is suitable for regulating the flow of compressed air.
US12043221B2
A vehicle wiper blade adapter that includes a mechanical connection region receiving a tab of a wiper arm and a permanent magnet that interacts with the wiper arm, a magnetic connection region that receives the permanent magnet, the permanent magnet being rigidly secured to the adapter by a securing means at a receiving region and a magnetic shield placed between an adapter body and the permanent magnet, where the magnetic shield includes at least one loop that interacts with at least one respective adapter claw.
US12043217B2
A vehicle hitch mount having a variably deployable orientation for stowing and positioning cargo while retaining the cargo to a receiver hitch in a fixed and secure relation to the vehicle. The cargo may be attached to the vehicle hitch mount with a releasable receiving element, and may comprise a number of different deployable/receivable items (e.g. tent, workstation, miniature vehicle, etc.), particularly where orientation of such cargo item is needed, whether in a deployed or stowed state.
US12043215B2
A vehicle article storage structure includes an article storage box (13) provided with an opening (33a) on the upper side forgetting articles in and out, a housing unit (15) provided on the lower side of an instrument panel (3) to house the article storage box (13), and links (35, 37, and 39) configured to movably support the article storage box (13) along a range from a housed position at which the article storage box (13) is housed in the housing unit (15) to a drawn position at which the article storage box (13) is drawn in a vehicle compartment rearward direction from the housed position via an intermediate position at which the article storage box (13) is located between the housed position and the drawn position, the intermediate position being located below the housed position and the drawn position.
US12043214B1
A cargo box adapted for receipt inside a side panel of a pickup truck and the cargo box adapted for receipt inside a cargo box container received over a wheel well in a back of the pickup truck. The subject cargo box includes a horizontal tool shelf attached to a vertical back plate. A pair of spaced apart vertical slides are attached to the back plate and are received through slide openings in a slide frame. The slide frame is mounted on a pair of slide frame legs. The slide frame legs rest on top of a pickup bed floor. A Fob operated telescoping actuator is attached to a side of the back plate for raising the cargo box above the top of the side panel and lowering the cargo box inside the side panel.
US12043212B1
An articulating cargo rack is disclosed, and provides for easier loading, securing, and unloading of cargo, such as building supplies, ladders, and the like. The articulating cargo rack includes a lower, frame subassembly, connected to an upper, rack subassembly pivotably connected to the frame subassembly. The rack subassembly is configured to move between a horizontal position and a slanted position, after the back end of the rack subassembly is moved with a downward and rearward motion. The slanted position facilitates easier loading of cargo on to the rack subassembly, after which it is moved back up into a horizontal and locked position. The frame subassembly is configured to be secured to the frame to a vehicle by, for example, clamps or bolts.
US12043203B2
A vehicle front passenger seat airbag device comprises an airbag body is inflated and deployed by gas ejected from an inflator, a flow regulating cloth that is provided in a tubular shape including opening portions opening at left and right sides into an interior of the airbag body, that includes an inlet port at a peripheral surface of the flow regulating cloth for introducing the gas ejected from the inflator, and that is configured to distribute the gas introduced from the inlet port through the opening portions toward left and right sides of the interior of the airbag body, and a sewn portion configured by at least one portion of the flow regulating cloth of a portion further toward an upper portion side or a portion further toward a lower portion side than the inlet port, being sewn to the airbag body along a left-right direction.
US12043196B1
A vehicle includes a vehicle body defining a moonroof opening and a moonroof. The moonroof is moveably supported by the body and is moveable relative to the moonroof opening between an open position and a closed position. An airbag is mounted to the vehicle body. An inflator is in fluid communication with the airbag. A pyrotechnic device is operatively connected to the airbag to pull the airbag across the moonroof opening.
US12043195B2
An airbag device includes an airbag that is supplied with gas generated by an inflator during a vehicle collision, and that inflates and deploys from a rear side of a vehicle seat toward a front side via an upper side. In an inflated and deployed state, the airbag includes a pair of front-rear chambers extending in a seat front-rear direction via left and right sides of a head of a passenger, an airbag body that is communicated with the pair of front-rear chambers and that is disposed at a front side of the passenger between the pair of front-rear chambers, and an auxiliary chamber into which gas inside the airbag body flows indirectly at least during restraint of the passenger by the airbag body.
US12043190B2
A cable tie device, a cable tie connection structure, a battery, and an electrical apparatus are described. The cable tie device includes: a body part provided with a first through hole; a limiting part arranged on a first side of the body part in an extending direction of the first through hole; at least two deformable connecting bars having first ends connected to the limiting part and second ends connected to a side surface, towards the limiting part, of the body part, and distributed on the periphery of the first through hole at intervals; a first strap with a first end connected to the limiting part and a second end penetrating through the first through hole; and a second strap connected to the body part.
US12043185B2
A camera holding structure for holding a vehicle-mounted camera includes: a window separating a vehicle interior space from a vehicle exterior space; and a holding member fixed to an inner surface of the window and holding the vehicle-mounted camera. The holding member includes a fixing frame that is fixed to the inner surface of the window and a hood that protrudes from the fixing frame toward an inside of a vehicle and defines a field-of-view space of the vehicle-mounted camera on a vehicle inner side of the window. The fixing frame has an opposing surface that opposes the inner surface of the window and is attached to the inner surface of the window, the opposing surface being provided with at least one marking part that is visible from outside the vehicle.
US12043182B2
A display system for a vehicle that comprises at least two display units mounted within a vehicle so as to be positioned at both sides of a driver seat. The display units are adapted to display images captured by video cameras mounted outside the vehicle, wherein the orientation of each display unit relative to the driver seat is adjustable. The vehicle also includes a controller coupled to a display orientating device and a seat position sensor device and adapted to automatically control the display orientating device based on the seat position data received from the seat position sensor device.
US12043169B2
A cancellation device for an automotive feature on a vehicle includes a lever to be manually moved relative to the vehicle from a first, neutral position to a second, non-neutral position to actuate the motor vehicle feature. The cancellation device also includes at least one magnet to move the lever back to the first, neutral position.
US12043167B2
Proposed is an apparatus for a side projection lamp of a mobility device having a structure as described may secure rear lateral sight from opposite lateral sides of the mobility device and illuminate light of a specific image on a road surface or an outer surface of the mobility device, thereby being allowed to communicate with a driver. In addition, as an image transmitter configured to generate the specific image is installed on a vehicle body or a door side, a size of a side part configured to secure rear sight may be reduced.
US12043161B2
The hydrocleaner may include a carrier vehicle provided with a frame, as well as an operational assembly which may be removably fixed on the frame of the carrier vehicle. The operational assembly may include two operational modules which may have all the operational equipment, including a first operational module provided with at least one tank and a second operational module provided with at least one pumping system, as well as two subframes. Each of the operational modules may be capable of being fixed on one of these subframes. Each of these subframes may be adaptable to different carrier vehicle frames and may be adapted to the frame of the carrier vehicle on which it is intended to be mounted, which may allow a rapid fitting and a rapid removal of the operational assembly.
US12043159B2
A rack includes a casing and a plurality of pairs of supports that is provided inside the casing so as to extend in a depth direction and arrayed at regular intervals in an up-down direction. The rack can house all storage boxes of two or more prespecified sizes while supporting the storage boxes so as to be slidable along the respective pairs of supports. Sensors that detect objects are provided one between each two pairs of supports that are adjacent to each other in the up-down direction among the pairs of supports. When storage boxes of a smallest size are housed in the rack so as to be closest to one another in the up-down direction, the sensors are located in clearances between the storage boxes of the smallest size in the up-down direction.
US12043135B2
A vehicle includes a charging port for connection to a charging cable capable of delivering electricity to the vehicle, and an ultra-wide band (UWB) transceiver module. The UWB transceiver module includes a master node and at least three antenna nodes. The at least three antenna nodes are deployed at correspondingly diverse locations in the vehicle at fixed distances from the charging port. The master node is configured to determine a position of an UWB antenna or tag external to the vehicle relative to the locations of the at least three antenna nodes and the charging port.
US12043131B2
A high-current contact device includes a contact element and a cooling device. The cooling device has a coolant container thermally connected to the contact element, an absorber container arranged at a distance from the coolant container and the contact element, a fluid line extending between the coolant container and the absorber container, and a valve arranged in the fluid line. The coolant container has a coolant and the absorber container has an absorber material. The coolant container is fluidly connected to the absorber container in a valve open position and is fluidly separated from the absorber container in a valve closed position. The coolant changes to a gaseous phase in the coolant container to cool the contact element. The fluid line conveys the coolant in the gaseous phase from the coolant container to the absorber container, and the absorber material absorbs the coolant in the gaseous phase.
US12043130B2
A cooling structure is provided. The cooling structure includes a harness, a board electrically connected to the harness, a heat transfer member whose one end is connected between the harness and the board, the heat transfer member being a member to which heat of the harness is transmitted, and a heat sink connected to the other end of the heat transfer member and configured to radiate heat transmitted to the heat transfer member.
US12043128B2
An apparatus for conductive charging has a vehicle part fixed on a vehicle and a fixed robot part movable relative to the vehicle part the parts being fittable together for charging. Respective sets of vehicle and robot contacts are provided in housing the robot and vehicle parts. The robot contacts in the robot part are recessed in the housing of the robot part and the vehicle contacts are nonmovably mounted in the housing of the vehicle part. A robot base carries the robot contacts of the robot part. A contact tab extends from the robot base. A vehicle base carries the contacts of the vehicle part and is formed by a plurality of base sections surrounding a cylindrical sleeve. A contact spring extends from between two of the base sections of the vehicle base.
US12043122B2
A force measurement sensor includes a peripheral portion, a central portion, and a first frame connecting an upper section of the peripheral portion to an upper portion of the central portion. The central portion includes a seat intended to receive the outer ring of a bearing in order to mount a shaft in rotation about an axis Z. The frame includes a core enclosed by two arms which are substantially parallel to one another, such that the upper section of the peripheral portion, the upper portion of the central portion, and the two arms form a parallelogram.
US12043109B2
An electric drive axle in a vehicle is provided. The electric drive axle includes, in one example, an electric motor-generator, a gearbox, and a differential. The gearbox comprises a planetary gear set that includes a sun gear configured to rotate on a sun gear shaft directly coupled to a rotor of the electric motor-generator and an intermediate shaft that includes an idler gear rotationally coupled to a pinion gear that is rotationally coupled to the carrier.
US12043106B2
A mount structure of a cooling device for a vehicle includes first mounting units respectively provided at an upper part on left and right sides of the cooling device along a width direction of the vehicle and disposed toward a front-rear direction, the width direction, or a height direction of the vehicle, second mounting units respectively provided at a lower part on the left and right sides of the cooling device along the width direction of the vehicle and disposed toward the front-rear direction, the width direction, or the height direction of the vehicle, and a bush unit to which the first mounting units and the second mounting units are mounted to mount the cooling device to a vehicle body of the vehicle.
US12043103B2
A stored energy source for a motor vehicle has a bottom plate, by which battery modules in question are at least indirectly supported and by which the stored energy source is delimited at the bottom. In order to provide a stored energy source that is optimized with respect to its behavior during an accident and with respect to the vehicle package and does not require any installation space in the interior of the motor vehicle, the stored energy source has at least one line, which runs above the bottom plate and exits the stored energy source at a front and a rear end.
US12043098B2
A method for actuating an electric motor with a motor control signal with an application-specific frequency, which signal is provided by an electronic motor control unit, wherein the electric motor is used in a vehicle roof for activating a component of this roof while being connected to a region of the roof. Embodiments provide that the electric motor can be actuated by the motor control unit with an additional signal whose frequency and amplitude are suitable for causing the region of the vehicle roof to which said electric motor is connected to oscillate in order to generate sound.
US12043096B2
A multi-axis hinge mechanism for a vehicle door. The multi-axis hinge mechanism moves the vehicle door laterally and vertically by means of multiple axial rotations. An actuator pivots the door hinges attaching the door to the vehicle to move the door away from the vehicle while a set of gears translates the motion of the actuator into a vertical rotation of the door.
US12043087B2
An apparatus for cleaning air may include conditioning equipment; an input unit which receives an air cleaning command operating the conditioning equipment; and a controller which executes an air cleaning control regardless of a turn on/off of the conditioning equipment according to the air cleaning command to operate the conditioning equipment.
US12043086B2
An after-blow control method of a vehicle air conditioner includes: turning on after-blow function applied to the vehicle and turning off the vehicle start, determining, by the controller, whether a condition of the vehicle is satisfied, displaying an after-blower symbol after ignition is turned off if it is determined that the condition of the vehicle is satisfied, determining, by the controller, whether a preset first time has elapsed after the vehicle is turned off, operating the after-blow at a preset intensity for a second preset time and displaying the after-blower symbol if it is determined that the first preset time has elapsed after the vehicle is turned off, and terminating the after-blow function when the second preset time elapses or when the vehicle is turned on.
US12043070B2
A non-pneumatic tire includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a plurality of bent metal spokes. The non-pneumatic tire further includes a first overmolded foot at a first end of each bent metal spoke. Each first overmolded foot is attached to the inner ring. The non-pneumatic tire also includes a second overmolded foot at a second end of each bent metal spoke. Each first overmolded foot is attached to the outer ring.
US12043066B2
A tire for a motor vehicle comprising: two beads (20); two sidewalls (30) meeting at a crown (25); at least one carcass reinforcement (160) extending from the beads (20) through the sidewalls (30) as far as the crown (25), the carcass reinforcement (160) having a plurality of carcass reinforcing elements and anchored in the two beads (20) by a turn-up around the annular reinforcing structure (70), so as to form in each bead a main strand (162) and a turn-up strand (163); and a stiffening reinforcement (140) arranged in at least one sidewall of the tire, said stiffening reinforcement (140) having a radially inner end (141) and a radially outer end (142), the stiffening reinforcement being formed of a plurality of stiffening elements oriented at an angle less than or equal to 10° relative to a circumferential direction of the tire.
US12043060B2
A wheel rim for a vehicle including a first rim portion including a first wheel flange, a second rim portion threadedly connected to the first rim portion, and a second wheel flange held on the first rim portion.
US12043054B2
A display technique capable of displaying special images. A display includes a light shielding layer having a plurality of slits arranged at intervals in a width direction thereof, and an image recording layer that faces a first major surface of the light shielding layer at an interval and in which a latent image is recorded, the latent image being rendered visible by being partially concealed by the light shielding layer.
US12043052B2
An ink receptive substrate including an ink receptive layer configured to receive at least one inkjet ink. The ink receptive layer having a plurality of first silica particles and a plurality of second silica particles, wherein the average particle diameter of the first silica particles is different than the average particle diameter of the second silica particles. The ink receptive layer also having a first acrylic polymer and a second acrylic polymer, wherein the first acrylic polymer and second acrylic polymer are partially miscible. In one aspect, the includes ink receptive substrate includes a base layer configured to support the ink receptive layer and a high water capacity layer configured to reduce water accumulation in the ink receptive layer.
US12043051B2
The invention relates to a method for transferring colored markings or labels onto plastic surfaces by means of a laser beam, to a transfer medium for carrying out said method and to articles, the plastic surfaces of which are laser-marked or laser-labeled by way of such a method.
US12043049B2
A system arranged to transfer graphical images on objects (8) wrapped into transfer supports (2) by sublimation. The system comprises an oven (12) comprising an inlet mouth (21) and an outlet mouth (23), at least one suction unit (14) located along at least one side of the oven (12), a plurality of hooking/unhooking components (50) located along at least one side of the oven (12) and arranged to hook/unhook the objects (8) wrapped by the transfer supports (2), at least one catenary (18) located along at least one side of the oven (12) and arranged to transport the objects (8) wrapped into transfer supports (2) from the inlet mouth (21) to the outlet mouth (23) of the oven (12) by way of the hooking/unhooking components (50). The system further comprises at least one separation wall (71), configured to keep separate a hot zone, in which the oven (12) is active and the hooking/unhooking components (50) are provided, from a cold zone in which the oven (12) is not working and the at least one the catenary (18) and the at least one suction unit (14) are provided. Moreover, the system comprises a handling device (25) configured to move transversely to the inlet mouth (21) and to the outlet mouth (23) of the oven (12) the at least one suction unit (14), the at least one catenary (18) and the plurality of hooking/unhooking components (50) so that the separation wall (71) keeps separate the hot zone from the cold zone according to the dimensions of objects (8) wrapped by the transfer supports (2). The invention also concerns a method for realizing the system.
US12043048B2
A printable media including a carrier layer, a first envelope and a first adhesive. The carrier layer includes a first surface having a first area and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first envelope includes a third surface, a fourth surface opposite the third surface, and a second area less than the first area. The first envelope is secured to the carrier layer by the first adhesive bonding the fourth surface to the first surface.
US12043047B2
The present invention provides a process for manufacturing a security feature for securing a value document, wherein said security feature exhibits a blue color upon viewing in transmitted light and a metallic yellow color upon viewing in Incident light. The manufacturing process comprises the following steps: a) printing a specific UV-Vis radiation curable ink on a transparent or partially transparent region of a substrate of a value document; b) heating the ink layer obtained at step a) at a temperature of about 55° C. to about 100° C. for at least one second so that the ink layer exhibits a metallic yellow color upon viewing in incident light; and c) UV-Vis curing the ink layer obtained at step b) to form the security feature. The manufacturing process according to the present invention enables the expedient production of security features exhibiting a blue color upon viewing in transmitted light and a metallic yellow color upon viewing in incident light and is particularly useful for industrial printing of value documents.
US12043043B2
A recording system includes a printer, a post-processing apparatus, and a first support to be mounted on a floor outside a mounting area of the printer. The printer includes a manual feed tray and an opening/closing portion each configured to be moved outward from a body of the printer to enable a process. The post-processing apparatus is located, in a Z direction, above the manual feed tray and the opening/closing portion that were moved. The first support supports the post-processing apparatus and forms a space in which the manual feed tray and the opening/closing portion are moved.
US12043035B2
An aerosol-based printing apparatus is provided capable of producing an aerosol stream at a constant rate and constant material deposition to a substrate to provide high-definition, high-resolution traces. The aerosol-based printing apparatus provides production, transport, and delivery of an aerosol stream at a constant rate for a period of time of at least 8 hours and other instances more than 24 continuous hours of constant operation. By inhibiting bulging and necking of the deposited trace, superior line width tolerances are achieved, and such tolerances are maintained for extended periods of time, thereby allowing for both the deposition of complex traces as well as consistent manufacture of duplicate articles that maintain the tolerances across a production ran. The accumulation of fluids in the aerosol and gas transport conduits are eliminated, thereby eliminating the need for purge or cleaning cycles and allowing for uninterrupted operation for a minimum of 24 hours.
US12043024B2
A shift amount detecting chart is formed on web paper, and the shift amount detecting chart is photographed by an image pickup unit. An image processor calculates shift amounts smaller than a maximum shift amount in absolute values as correction values based on a variation trace of density peak positions from image data corresponding to the shift amount detecting chart photographed by the image pickup unit. A controller corrects printing timing with these correction values. Consequently, even when temporal variations occur to the shift amounts within a predetermined length, since the correction values are calculated based on the shift amounts smaller than the maximum shift amount in absolute values, an excessive correction can be prevented, thereby to improve printing quality.
US12043023B2
The present invention seeks to flatten a sheet when transferred onto an endless belt conveyor facing a print head assembly in a simple and/or low costs manner. Thereto a sheet conveyor is provided comprising an endless, air permeable belt and pressing means. The pressing means comprise a plurality of pressing members spaced apart from one another in a lateral direction of the belt, each pressing member comprising a body which body is moveable in a perpendicular direction with respect to the belt as well rotatable or pivotable around an axis in the perpendicular direction independent of the corresponding bodies of other pressing members. This provides a simple and passive sheet flattening means, resulting in low operational and material costs.
US12043006B2
A breather used for vacuum bag compaction of a composite laminate part is semi-permanently installed on a compaction tool. The breather is a channel member having an internal passageway that routes air and volatiles from the vacuum bag to a vacuum port in the tool.
US12043004B1
One embodiment of a method according to the present disclosure may use a fixture with one or more boot recesses formed therein. An embedded member may be engaged with a boot and placed in a boot recess. Substrate lay-up may be placed around all or a portion of the embedded member and an outer member may be positioned over the substrate lay-up. A cover may be positioned over the outer member and engaged with the fixture. The pressure within an interior portion of the fixture may be reduced to less than ambient pressure and resin may be introduced to interact with the substrate lay-up and allowed to cure.
US12043002B2
The disclosure relates to acoustic panels and methods for preparing them. The disclosure relates more particularly to panels having a nonwoven facing and to methods for making such panels. One aspect of the disclosure is a method for preparing an acoustic panel comprising providing a base structure. The base structure has one or more edges, an outward major surface having a total area, and an inward major surface opposing the outward major surface. The base structure has a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of at least about 0.3. The method includes disposing directly against the outward major surface of the base structure a sprayable mixture comprising a plurality of fibers, one or more binders, and a dispersive medium. The method includes drying the disposed mixture to provide a facing layer disposed on the outward major surface of the base structure, the facing layer having an exterior major surface opposing the outward major surface of the base structure.
US12042988B2
Additive manufacturing apparatuses, components of additive manufacturing apparatuses, and methods of using such manufacturing apparatuses and components are disclosed. An additive manufacturing apparatus may include a recoat head for distributing build material in a build area, a print head for depositing material in the build area, one or more actuators for moving the recoat head and the print head relative to the build area, and a cleaning station for cleaning the print head.
US12042984B2
A method for manufacturing includes applying patterned electromagnetic energy to each of a sequence of layers of a dry film comprising a photosensitive material so as to create in the photosensitive material in each of the layers a respective two-dimensional (2D) pattern corresponding to a slice of a predefined three-dimensional (3D) structure. The layers in the sequence in which the respective 2D pattern has been created are laminated together to produce a multi-layer stack. The multi-layer stack is developed so as to remove the photosensitive material in which the 2D pattern has not been created, thereby forming the 3D structure.
US12042981B1
A multifocal ophthalmic lens with multiple sub-optical elements along a same optical path and methods for generating the multifocal ophthalmic lens. The method includes intermittent pinning of deposited polymerizable mixture and final cure of the deposited polymerizable mixture. The intermittent pinning may form a sub-optical element. A pattern of multiple defined areas may be manufactured, with each area representing an amount of energy transmissibility associated with that area. Each area may have a light value based upon a scale, such as an 8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit, 64 bit scale or other scale. In some embodiments, each area may refer to a smallest single component of a digital image.
US12042976B2
A punch pin hole inspection apparatus and method uses a punch and a die capable of checking defects or damage, specifically pin holes or microcracks, due to shaping immediately after finishing shaping a laminate sheet into a battery case using the punch.
US12042960B2
A membrane for an electro-acoustic transducer comprised of at least one elastomer layer made using spray coating of a liquid elastomer solution is provided. The at least one layer of elastomer is made by spraying a liquid elastomer solution, which may comprise a silicone, onto a mold having the desired membrane geometry, allowing the solution to cure and remove the membrane from the mold. The mold can be configured to hold other components of an electro-acoustic transducer that will be attached to the membrane after the curing step.
US12042957B2
A mixing and extrusion machine (10) for the manufacture of rubber mixtures includes a mixer with a converging conical twin-screw (12) with a fixed frame (14) that supports sleeves (16). Two screws (18), being mounted at an angle, are mounted in the mixer (12) in such a way as to move in translational movement between an opening (22) arranged upstream and an outlet (25) arranged downstream of the sleeves. The screws are mounted in the sleeves with removable doors including sliding shutters (40) installed relative to the outlet (25). The sliding shutters move linearly between a closed position, in which the sliding shutters prevent the mixer from discharging the mixture, and an open position, in which the sliding shutters prevent discharge of the mixture through the sides of two counter-rotating rollers (32) of a roller nose type system located just downstream of the outlet.
US12042956B2
A self-cleaning dosing apparatus includes a material hopper for containing pellets of material, a feed screw, a first material outlet through which pellets of material fall by gravity onto a first end of the feed screw for the feeding of pellets to a process machine. A second material outlet is located beneath the first end of the feed screw, with a slide gate blocking the second material outlet. A pneumatic piston is provided for pulling the slide gate to unblock the second material outlet, and a Venturi pump is located under the second material outlet for pulling pellets through the second material outlet when the slide gate is opened.
US12042941B2
A robotic datacenter assembly includes a datacenter which stores a plurality of data storage units. A rail system is integrated into the datacenter and the rail system is positioned adjacent to the ceiling such that the rail system is spaced above the plurality of data storage units. An operational command unit is positioned in the datacenter and the operational command unit stores a database which includes robotic operational software. A plurality of drive units each movably engages the rail system such that each of the drive units can travel along the rail system. A plurality of robotic arms is each integrated into a respective one of the drive units having each of the robotic arms extending downwardly from the rail system. Each of the robotic arms is actuatable to manipulate any of the data storage units thereby facilitating hardware in any of the data storage units to be serviced or replaced by the robotic arms.
US12042927B2
A controller for controlling wireless command transmission to a robotic device is described. The controller is configured to obtain an action that is to be performed by a robotic device and to determine a quality of control, QoC, level that is associated with the action. The controller is further configured to trigger a setting of at least one transmission parameter for a wireless transmission of a command pertaining to the action. The transmission parameter setting is dependent on the QoC level determined for the action.
US12042924B2
The collapsible and portable table saw stand supports an electric table saw, while also providing an outfeed table for supporting a work piece at the same level as the top of the table saw. The table saw stand includes a front and a rear spaced apart sawhorse type structures with two lower and two upper longitudinal members extending between the legs of the sawhorses. The front sawhorse type structure is shorter than the rear, while a third shortened sawhorse type structure extends upwardly from the two upper longitudinal members between the front and rear sawhorses. Two longitudinal clamping jaws extend from the top of the third shortened sawhorse type structure to the top of the taller sawhorse type structure. The clamping jaws support the outfeed table by grasping a central keel of the outfeed table. The two upper longitudinal members support a table saw in front of the outfeed table.
US12042918B2
A portable, battery-powered hydraulic unit for hydraulic rescue tools, in particular for spreading or cutting tools, as well as a rescue tool equipped therewith, are disclosed. The hydraulic unit includes at least one hydraulic pump, a hydraulic tank, a compensation device for hydraulic fluid, a manually operated hydraulic control valve, an electromechanical interface for on-demand coupling and decoupling of at least one battery pack, a mechanical-hydraulic interface for connecting a hydraulic tool, and an electric motor operable by the electrical energy of the battery pack for driving the hydraulic pump. The electric motor is formed by a disc-shaped motor whose axial length extending in parallel to the longitudinal axis of its output shaft is shorter than its outer diameter.
US12042911B2
A tool storage assembly, including a container assembly, and at least a multi-tool assembly, removably connected to said container assembly, wherein said container assembly and said multi-tool assembly comprise respective sliding connection portions that engage each other.
US12042905B2
A bullet-carried rust removal mechanism and a rust removal device are provided. The bullet-carried rust removal mechanism includes bullets, the bullets can reciprocate linearly under the driving of an external driving mechanism to thereby repeatedly knock a surface to be derusted, and an end of each of the bullets away from the driving mechanism is a knocking portion for derusting conveniently. The bullet-carried rust removal mechanism has a relatively small volume and a position to be derusted can be accurately positioned during derusting.
US12042904B2
A slurry dispersion system is provided, and includes a slurry source system, an in-line analyzer and a controller. The slurry source system provides a slurry for a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process. The in-line analyzer measures at least one parameter of a sampled slurry sampled from the slurry dispersion system, and generates an indication signal based on the parameter, in which the indication signal indicates at lease one characteristic of the slurry. The controller receives the indication signal, and generates a control signal based on the indication signal for performing a real time control on the slurry dispersion system for controlling quality of the slurry.
US12042901B2
A cleaning liquid supply device for supplying a cleaning device with cleaning liquid includes a chemical liquid inlet portion and a dilution water inlet portion, a first chemical liquid control unit fluidically connected to the chemical liquid inlet portion and the dilution water inlet portion, and a second chemical liquid control unit fluidically connected to the chemical liquid inlet portion and the dilution water inlet portion. The first chemical liquid control unit includes a first chemical-liquid-flow-rate control unit, a first dilution-water-flow-rate control unit, and a first mixing portion. The second chemical liquid control unit includes a second chemical-liquid-flow-rate control unit, a second dilution-water-flow-rate control unit, and a second mixing portion.
US12042896B2
A boring-bar arrangement includes a boring bar, a securing device, and a clamping bolt. The securing device has a reduction sleeve, which is secured in a tool chuck, which has a front end that faces away from the tool chuck and a protruding hollow section which receives the boring bar. The hollow section has a hollow-section interior, a hollow-section outer wall, and a hollow-section wall which is arranged therebetween. The hollow-section wall has a first thickness in a side region where the cutting tool protrudes from the boring bar which is less than a second thickness in a rest of the hollow-section wall. The boring bar is releasably secured as a replaceable head, via its back end, at a front end of the protruding hollow section. A front end of the clamping bolt has a male thread which sits in the female thread of the boring bar.
US12042894B2
A universal plate system for mounting tool heads and/or components on manufacturing machines includes a fixed plate assembly on the x-carriage of the manufacturing machine. A mobile plate assembly is configured to removably attach to the fixed plate assembly, to provide mechanical support and electrical connectivity to a tool head assembly mounted to the mobile plate assembly. The mobile plate assembly can be easily detached from the fixed plate assembly and replaced with a different mobile plate assembly having a different tool head assembly mounted thereon. Mating of the mobile plate assembly to the fixed plate assembly provides the mechanical and electrical connection between the manufacturing machine and the newly mounted tool head assembly, thus permitting quick changes of the tool head assembly to be made.
US12042893B2
A lock and pin for the structural and fluid tight repair of cracks not amenable to high temperature repairs or synthetic material patches. Fluid tight pins and locks seal the crack while one or more locks prevent the crack from growing. These repairs need to endure the remaining life cycle of the machinery part while withstanding all the strain, pressure, heat and expansion and contraction of the part before the crack(s) were formed. Often these cracks evolved due to engineering design flaws that will require even greater strength from these areas than when new.
US12042880B2
Cutting a workpiece and producing workpiece parts are disclosed. The device has a cutting head with laser beam optics with a dynamic laser beam movement unit. A cutting head movement unit moves the laser beam over the workpiece. A control unit has a determination module to determine a movement trajectory of the laser beam, a memory unit from which at least one predetermined parameter selected from a movement parameter of the cutting head movement unit, a movement parameter of the laser beam movement unit and a parameter of a deviation of a cut contour from a predetermined contour is retrievable, and an optimization module for adjusting the movement trajectory by overlaying the movement of the laser beam via the cutting head with a high frequency beam-shaping movement of the laser beam via the laser beam movement unit based on the at least one predetermined parameter.
US12042877B2
Provided is a welding management system that appropriately manages welding. The welding management system (100) includes a plurality of local magnetic sensors (10a to 10f) provided around a target joining position (K) and a correction magnetic sensor (20) curved to surround the target joining position (K). A data processing unit (30) generates information of a joining state of the target joining position (K) based on a difference between a detection value of each of the plurality of the local magnetic sensors (10a to 10f) and a detection value of the correction magnetic sensor (20).
US12042874B2
According to the invention, the electrode wire (1) for electric discharge machining comprises a metal core (2), in one or more layers of metal or metal alloy. On the metal core (2), a coating (3) having an alloy different from that of the metal core (2) contains more than 50 wt % zinc. The coating (3) comprises copper-zinc alloy (3a) of fractured γ phase, and covers the majority of the metal core (2). The coating (3) contains covered pores (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5) larger than 2 μm.
US12042869B2
A method for producing material powder, comprising providing material and an atomization gas charged with an atomization gas pressure by means of an atomization gas compressor to an atomization device, melting the material and pulverizing the molten material into material powder by means of charging the molten material with the atomization gas using the atomization device, introducing the material powder from the atomization device into a pressurized container and providing a conveyor gas charged with a conveyer gas pressure by means of a conveyer gas compressor to the pressurized container, wherein the conveyor gas pressure is higher than the atmospheric pressure and lower than the atomization gas pressure, as well as a device for carrying out the method.
US12042859B2
An example of a composition includes a host metal present in an amount of at least about 90 wt % based on a total weight of the composition. A flow additive is also present in an amount of less than about 10 wt % based on the total weight of the composition. The flow additive consists of an organic particle having crosslinked polymer chains, a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least 90° C., and a primary particle diameter of 100 nm or less.
US12042853B2
A casting insert includes a casting insert wall formed substantially of a liquid-phase-sintered refractory metal alloy, a cavity formed by the casting insert wall, and at least one cooling duct, which is different from the cavity and which is formed at least partly within the cavity and/or which is formed at least partly within the casting insert wall. The casting insert wall has a wall thickness which can be defined as a normal distance between a point of the casting insert wall which faces the cavity and a point on an outer surface of the casting insert wall. The wall thickness is, at least in sections, less than 25% of a diameter of the casting insert.
US12042851B2
A method of casting a steel semi-product wherein a liquid steel is poured from a ladle to a tundish through a shroud including the steps of determining the light intensity emitted from the surface of the liquid steel in the tundish, detecting, based on said determined intensity, the presence of an open-eye at the surface of the liquid steel and emitting an alert towards an operator when an open-eye is detected.
US12042842B2
A tool and a method for processing plate-shaped workpieces, in particular metal sheets. An upper tool and a lower tool are movable toward one another for processing a workpiece arranged in between. The upper tool has a clamping shank and a main body arranged on a common position axis. A processing tool is arranged on a main body so as to be situated opposite the clamping shank. The lower tool has a main body with a bearing surface for the workpiece and an opening within the bearing surface. The processing tool of the upper tool has at least one bending edge and at least one cutting edge, and the main body of the lower tool has at least one counterpart bending edge and at least one counterpart cutting edge.
US12042837B2
A die block device in an extruder including a cooling mechanism of a simple structure reciprocable between an operation position and a changing position. A die block portion configured to reciprocate between an operation position for extrusion and a changing position for die changing; and a gas supply portion configured to supply a cooling gas toward the die block portion. The die block portion includes a block body having a support surface that supports the die, and a gas channel having a supply port for the cooling gas and an exhaust port that extends from the supply port through the block body and opens into the support surface.
US12042834B2
A loading device for loading a roll may be connected without play to a roll shaft and may be supported by at least one bearing in a roll stand for rolling metal rods, bars, wires, or pipes from a roll or stock material, and a roll stand comprising such a loading device. The loading device may be configured to exert a force for calibrating a position of the roll in the roll stand, which may simulate a load on the bearing during rolling by applying the force to the roll or roll shaft.
US12042831B2
The pelletizing facility (100) according to the present invention allows the manufacture of solid recovered fuel pellets from municipal solid waste without separating parts of the municipal solid waste before starting the pelletizing process. Thus, a higher amount of the municipal solid waste can actually be used to manufacture solid recovered fuel pellets. The pelletizing facility (100) as well as the method according to the invention can be used in particular to manufacture solid recovered fuel pellets that can be used in the production of hydrogen and/or carbon dioxide enriched syngas by a torrefaction of the solid recovered fuel pellets with a subsequent gas treatment.
US12042827B1
A cleaning device includes a tank configured to contain a cleaning liquid and one or more substrates in the cleaning liquid. A megasonic transducer array is coupled to the tank and configured to direct megasonic frequency waves to surfaces of the substrates. Multiple pairs of ultrasonic transducers are also coupled to the tank and configured to direct ultrasonic frequency waves to surfaces of the substrates. The megasonic transducer array includes a support plate with a plurality of megasonic transducers and a central plane that extends perpendicular to the support plate. The multiple pairs of ultrasonic transducers are arranged in a mirror symmetric manner on opposite sides of the central plane.
US12042823B2
An article sorting facility includes: a first floor including a plurality of first travel paths; a second floor installed at a different height from the first floor in a vertical direction, and including a plurality of second travel paths; a plurality of first elevation mechanisms connecting terminating ends of the first travel paths to starting ends of the second travel paths; a plurality of second elevation mechanisms connecting terminating ends of the second travel paths to starting ends of the first travel paths; a plurality of receiving sections configured to receive articles from the transport vehicles; and at least one supply section configured to supply the articles to the transport vehicles. The plurality of second travel paths overlap corresponding first travel paths or corresponding receiving sections as viewed in the vertical direction, at least in a partial segment.
US12042820B2
Methods of protecting a submerged surface include applying an adhesion-promoting layer onto a surface. An inner polymer layer is applied onto the adhesion-promoting layer. The inner polymer layer is impregnated with a biologically active chemical substance that inhibits biofouling-induced chemical, biological, and bio-proliferative damage. An outer polymer layer is applied onto the inner polymer layer. The outer polymer layer is impregnated with a biologically active chemical substance that inhibits biofouling-induced chemical, biological, and bio-proliferative damage and that repels biofouling organisms to prevent invasion of the inner polymer layer.
US12042814B2
A gravure coater test apparatus includes a gravure roll and a backup roll which are circumscribed to each other, a motor which drives the gravure roll partially submerged in a water-based pressure-sensitive adhesive for coating, a controller which adjusts the rotational speed of the motor, a doctor blade which is selected from a plurality of types to scrape the water-based pressure-sensitive adhesive from the surface of the gravure roll being rotated, and an infrared analyzer which allows at least one of the type of the water-based pressure-sensitive adhesive corresponding to the selected doctor blade, the uniformity of the coating surface, and the amount of the coated water-based pressure-sensitive adhesive to be confirmed.
US12042801B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for refractory recycling that result in refined individual refractory components from a network of aggregate refractory components based on a fragmentation process. In one embodiment, a network of refractory aggregates is crushed and deposited into a refiner machine. The refiner machine includes a blast chamber that houses a projecting mechanism. The deposited aggregate material is propelled from the projecting mechanism at a critical velocity. Upon impact with an inner lining of material within the blast chamber, contaminant particles can fracture apart from the deposited aggregate material, leaving a refined individual refractory component.
US12042800B2
Systems and methods for separating heavier from lighter materials in mixed auto shredder residue (ASR) from end-of-life vehicles. Vehicles are shredded and the resulting mixed ASR is fed into a system that efficiently segregates heavier (typically metal) from lighter (typically plastic) pieces. The system has an inlet feed chute angled downward to a lower end over a separator tank filled with water. One or more nozzles configured to introduce water at a velocity into the separator tank create a flow of water across the tank to push smaller and lighter particles over an exit weir. Heavier particles sink toward a heavy matter removal conveyor having a lower end positioned within the separator tank so that the heavier particles are transported upward out of the separator tank. The heavy matter removal conveyor may be one or more Archimedes screws, a flat, ribbed or cleated conveyor, or a drag chain.
US12042786B2
The present invention relates to a process for conveniently preparing a supported cobalt-containing Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst having improved activity and selectivity for C5+ hydrocarbons. In one aspect, the present invention provides a process for preparing a supported cobalt-containing Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst, said process comprising the steps of: (a) impregnating a support material with: i) a cobalt-containing compound and ii) acetic acid, or a manganese salt of acetic acid, in a single impregnation step to form an impregnated support material; and (b) drying and calcining the impregnated support material; wherein the support material impregnated in step (a) has not previously been modified with a source of metal other than cobalt; and wherein when the cobalt-containing compound is cobalt hydroxide, a manganese salt of acetic acid is not used in step (a) of the process.
US12042780B2
Monolithic composite photocatalysts for fluid purification are disclosed. The monolithic composite photocatalysts comprise a photoactive nanocrystal component and a non-photoactive porous support. Photocatalytic fluid purification systems that contact an impurity-containing fluid with the subject monolithic composite photocatalysts are also disclosed. The monolithic composite photocatalysts may be affixed to or embedded in scaffold structures to promote fluid flow through a fluid purification system and contact with the monolithic composite photocatalysts.
US12042771B2
The present disclosure relates to a nanobubble generation system using friction in which a frictional force is applied to bubbles included in a gas-liquid mixed fluid so that the atomization of the bubbles is induced and nanobubbles are generated. The nanobubble generation system includes: a chamber including an inlet, an outlet, and an internal space S configured to atomize bubbles included in a gas-liquid mixed fluid; one or more strikers each including a plurality of protrusions provided on a body thereof to simultaneously apply impact to the gas-liquid mixed fluid that flows into the chamber and swirl the fluid in order to cause the gas-liquid mixed fluid to rub against an inner wall of the chamber, the strikers being provided on the driving shaft; a plurality of friction elements provided on the driving shaft in order to apply frictional force to the gas-liquid mixed fluid; and a driving mechanism including the driving shaft and configured to rotate the striker and the friction elements, wherein the friction elements are arranged on the driving shaft to be spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval, and peripheral surfaces of bodies of the friction elements directly face the inner wall of the chamber with a predetermined distance therebetween.
US12042770B2
An exemplary method includes forming a sacrificial layer along sidewalls of an array of trenches that are indented into a substrate, depositing a fill layer over the sacrificial layer, and then creating an array of gaps between the fill layer and the substrate by removing the sacrificial layer along the sidewalls of the trenches, while maintaining a structural connection between the substrate and the fill layer at the floors of the trenches. The method further includes covering the substrate, the fill layer, and the gaps with a cap layer that seal fluid-tight against the substrate and the fill layer. The method further includes indenting a first reservoir and a second reservoir through the cap layer, and into the substrate and the fill layer, across the lengths of the array of gaps, so that the array of gaps connects the first reservoir in fluid communication with the second reservoir.
US12042769B2
Cation exchange membranes and materials including silica-based ceramics, and associated methods, are provided. In some aspects, cation exchange membranes that include a silica-based ceramic that forms a coating on and/or within a porous support membrane are described. The cation exchange membranes and materials may have certain structural or chemical attributes (e.g., pore size/distribution, chemical functionalization) that, alone or in combination, can result in advantageous performance characteristics in any of a variety of applications for which selective transport of positively charged ions through membranes/materials is desired. In some embodiments, the silica-based ceramic contains relatively small pores (e.g., substantially spherical nanopores) that may contribute to some such advantageous properties. In some embodiments, the cation exchange membrane or material includes sulfonate and/or sulfonic acid groups covalently bound to the silica-based ceramic.
US12042764B2
An air management system of a vehicle having a conditioned area includes at least one duct defining a flow path for delivering air to the conditioned area and a filter arranged within the at least one duct upstream from the conditioned area. The filter includes a filter media having at least one filter media layer including a plurality of fibers. A coating is applied to at least a portion of the plurality of fibers and the coating is operable to deactivate a microbe arranged in contact with the coating.
US12042763B2
The invention relates to a carbon-sequestering desalination brine waste processing system comprising a carbon sequestration system and a plurality of brine removal system for a desalinization plant. The carbon sequestration system is configured to receive brine from a brine source and inject at least one of CO2 or CO into the brine to provide carbon sequestrated brine. The plurality of brine removal systems are connected in series or parallel and sequentially extract brine and water vapor from the carbon sequestrated brine. Each brine removal system includes at least one atomizing unit for spray atomization and vacuum flashing the carbon sequestrated brine into atomized water vapor and concentrated brine. Further, each subsequent brine removal system includes at least one mineral extraction unit allowing sequential removal of minerals from the concentrated brine received from a previous brine removal system, and provide minerals and stable carbon products, till substantially zero brine discharge is achieved.
US12042757B2
The present disclosure relates to an air-permeable light guide plate and an air purifying filter including the same, wherein the air-permeable light guide plate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a light source located on at least one side surface, and a flat type plate through which light generated from the light source passes, wherein light is emitted in a direction perpendicular to a flat plate of the flat type plate, and the flat type plate has a plurality of openings.
US12042755B2
An air filter for an air conditioning system of a railway vehicle includes a first layer of a first filter medium with a first medium surface, a second layer of a second filter medium with a second medium surface, and a peripheral frame to hold the first layer and the second layer adjacent to each other, wherein the second surface medium area is non-flat and provides a larger filter surface area than the first layer.
US12042752B2
A filter assembly for fluid filtration having a push-activated lock and release mechanism. A push filter design activates a floating key lock upon insertion and extraction, where the filter key may be used simultaneously as a lock and as an identifier for particular filter attributes. The filter base may be situated inline, and in fluid communication, with influent and effluent piping, such as within a refrigerator. The filter housing assembly may be attached to, and removed from, the filter base by a push-actuated release. Upon insertion, the filter key shifts the filter lock longitudinally to receive interlocking segments. Upon extraction, the same axial push shifts the filter lock further to align the interlocking fingers within gaps that allow for easy extraction. The specific key lock design allows a user to identify and match certain filter configurations received by the mechanical support, and reject other filter configurations.
US12042738B2
A three dimensional chess game method and apparatus which features four levels, one square, non-playing surface baseboard and four square sub-levels, one quarter the size of the baseboard, adjacent and above the base board at various heights. Sub-levels are divided into sixteen squares, by combining the squares from all of the sub-levels there are sixty-four possible playing positions. The King, queen, bishop and knight acquire three dimensional movement by using the height difference between sub-levels, and using square placement on each sub-levels as equal, when the king, queen, or bishop land on a square on any sub-level, all sub-levels holds a virtual playing piece on that square location. Three dimensional movement is obtained through rotation around center point of the chess board as the piece moves from sub-level to sub-level and X, Y and Z, movements between sub-levels which is utilized by the knight.
US12042724B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for video transmission. According to one example, computer-readable instructions, cause a computer to: generate motion data; distribute, toward terminal devices of a plurality of viewers via a communication line, the motion data; receive a webpage; receive operation data from a user interface; generate a second video related to a computer-implemented game on the basis of the operation data by using the received web page; distribute the second video toward the terminal devices of the plurality of viewers via the communication line; receive at least one of distribution related data; extract a selected game object out of a plurality of game objects to be used in the game; calculate a control parameter related to the selected game object on the basis of the distribution related data; generate the second video including the selected game object; and distribute the second video toward the terminal devices of the plurality of viewers.
US12042723B2
An exemplary method of controlling a server that can provide a game can include associating a user with a group; determining, based on information related to activity of the user in at least one of the game and an event within the game, information related to activity of the group with which the user is associated; and providing a bonus to the group based on the information related to activity of the group.
US12042717B2
A system for control of a mobility device comprising a controller for analyzing data from at least one sensor on the mobility device, wherein the data is used to determine the gait trajectory of a user. The gait data is then used to provide motion command to an electric motor on the mobility device.
US12042714B1
A basketball training system includes a server computer and a basketball training machine. The server computer executes a workout module that manages operation of a graphical user interface that presents a graphical representation of a portion of a basketball court and receives user inputs that define a workout program that includes selected ball delivery locations relative to the visual representation. The basketball training machine receives the workout program and delivers basketballs to the selected ball delivery locations.
US12042703B2
A putter-type golf club head that, when oriented in a reference position, includes a blade portion having a striking face, a top line, and a sole, the striking face in turn including a face center. The club head further includes a rear portion in communication with, and rearward of, the blade portion, and it includes an alignment element rearward of, and recessed toward the sole from, the top line. The alignment element defines a virtual center line segment oriented in a substantially front-to-rear direction at a height between 19 mm and 24 mm from a lowermost point of the sole, the center line segment having a length no less than 34 mm and being not spaced more than 10 mm from a virtual vertical plane passing through the face center and extending generally perpendicular to the striking face. A width of the club head is no less than 3.0 in.
US12042689B2
An attachment handle for an exercise machine includes a flexible tension member, a first ring secured to a first end of the flexible tension member, a second ring secured to a second end of the flexible tension member, and a hand grip having a bore surrounding the flexible tension member. The hand grip is slideable along the flexible tension member between the first and second rings. The hand grip defines a first shoulder at a first end of the hand grip and a second shoulder at a second end of the hand grip.
US12042687B2
A stabilizing system for a modular structure is disclosed. The modular structure is intended to provide a framework for the storage of physical fitness training equipment and the support of items of exercise apparatus. Since such structures are prone to tipping, the prior art required that they be permanently fastened to either a wall or a floor. The present disclosure provides a system for obviating the need for permanent fastening by providing a foot element extending outward from the vertical support elements of the modular structure which moves the tipping point and by providing a base plate arrangement which can carry weight modules to act as a counterweight in opposition to any tipping forces.
US12042679B2
The air purification face mask structure of the present invention, which includes a body, a fan, a filter, an outer cover, an air deflector, an ultrasonic vibration device, a face mask body and a strap, in which external air is guided into the face mask by the fan and the air deflector, and a solution like an enzyme or essential oil in a container is converted into an atomized state by the ultrasonic vibration device for spraying towards the mouth and the nose of a user, thereby achieving anti-bacterial and anti-inflammation effects.
US12042672B2
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for treating a tumor of a patient, in a beam treatment center comprising a floor, with positively charged particles, comprising: (1) a synchrotron mounted to an elevated floor section above the floor of the beam treatment center; (2) a beam transport system, comprising: at least three fixed-position beam transport lines, where none of the synchrotron and the beam transport system penetrate through the floor of the beam treatment center; (3) the positively charged particles transported from the synchrotron, through the beam transport system, to a position above a patient positioning system during use; and (4) an optional repositionable nozzle system connected to a first, second, and third fixed-position beam transport line at a first, second, and third time, respectively, where the nozzle track forms an arc of a circle and the repositionable nozzle system moves along the nozzle track.
US12042665B2
Methods and apparatus for treating melasma and/or related hyperpigmentation disorders of a patient are disclosed. The treatment includes delivering laser pulses onto a body of the patient, wherein the delivering laser pulses includes two or more of the following steps: 1) delivering laser pulses p1 onto the body, wherein each pulse of the laser pulses p1 is configured to have a diameter of at least 100 μm and a duration of at most 1 μs; 2) delivering laser pulses p2 onto the body, wherein each pulse of the laser pulses p2 is configured to have a diameter of at least 100 μm and a duration of more than 1 μs; 3) delivering laser pulses p3 onto the body, wherein each pulse of the laser pulses p3 is configured to comprise a plurality of microbeams, each microbeam having a diameter below 1 mm.
US12042661B2
Certain aspects of this disclosure relate to uniquely constructed medical implants that incorporate an electronic or other medical device. Some illustrative pocket-like implants provide an interior space for receipt of an electronic medical device, and are implantable in a patient with the electronic medical device positioned in the interior space. In one form, an inventive construct includes a remodelable material component that is effective upon implantation to promote cellular invasion and ingrowth into the remodelable material so that it becomes replaced by new patient tissue and so that the electronic medical device becomes surrounded by a new pocket structure comprised of newly generated, functional patient tissue. The electronic medical device will be a pacing device or other cardiac rhythm management (CRM) device in select embodiments.
US12042660B2
An example of a system may include a processor subsystem; and a memory device comprising instructions, which when executed by the processor subsystem, cause the processor subsystem to: receive at an application executing on a user device, a request to modify the application; transmit the request to an administrative user device for approval; receive a response to the request from the administrative user device; and modify a functionality of the application in response to receiving the response.
US12042656B2
A method and external device for providing sub-perception stimulation to a patient via an implantable stimulator device is disclosed. Stimulation parameters for the patient are determined that provide sub-perception stimulation to address a symptom of the patient. A schedule is determined to provide scheduled boluses of stimulation, where each bolus comprises a duration during which stimulation is applied to the patient in accordance with the stimulation parameters, and where the scheduled boluses are separated by off times when no stimulation is provided to the patient. Preferably, the duration of each of the scheduled boluses is 3 minutes or longer, and the duration of each of the off times is 30 minutes or greater. Additional boluses can be provided on demand in addition to the scheduled boluses by selecting an option on the external device, although the provision of such additional boluses may be constrained by a lockout period.
US12042653B2
Applicators, systems, and methods for delivering electrical energy to a target treatment region with large area surface electrodes are disclosed. In one example, a system may include a housing, a pulse generator, and a treatment applicator coupled to the pulse generator and configured to deliver sub-microsecond high-voltage electric pulses from the pulse generator. The treatment applicator may include a first and second electrodes coupled to a substrate, where the first and second electrodes are configured to provide a uniform gap between edges of the first and second electrodes.
US12042652B2
A method for providing electrical current treatment by an apparatus having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a processor is provided. The method includes delivering an electric current through an object in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode; controlling, by the processor, the electric current delivered by the first electrode and the second electrode to have a specific waveform; and providing a notification at a predetermined time to notify a user to move the apparatus.
US12042651B2
A method of pacing a His bundle of a patient heart using a stimulation system including a memory, a pulse generator, a stimulating electrode and at least one sensing electrode includes applying a plurality of impulses through the stimulating electrode to induce a plurality of responses from the patient heart. Each impulse of the plurality of impulses is delivered at a different impulse energy corresponding to a respective output setting of the stimulation system. The response characteristics for each of the plurality of responses are measured and each impulse is assigned a classification based on whether the respective response characteristics indicate capture of one or both of the His bundle and a ventricle of the patient heart. The output setting and classification for each impulse is then stored in the memory.
US12042646B2
A method of determining a heart rate of a patient having an implanted blood pump including applying a voltage to a plurality of coils of a stator of the blood pump to produce an electromagnetic force to rotate a rotor in communication with the plurality of coils; displaying a waveform associated with a back electromotive force in the plurality of coils of the blood pump, the waveform being proportional to an axial position of the rotor relative to the stator; determining a time interval between a first alteration in the waveform relative to a baseline and a second alteration in the waveform relative to the baseline; and determining the heart rate of the patient based on the time interval.
US12042644B2
Exposed lengths of needles of needle assemblies are adjusted with a needle housing. Also, a cap assembly for use with a needle system selectively covers a tip portion of the needle system. The cap assembly includes a body made up of segments, where one or more of the segments retractably exposes a designated length of the tip portion. When exposed, the tip portion is insertable into a subject object or organism to a depth substantially that of the designated length. In one embodiment the segments are hingedly affixed to one another, and retraction involves pivoting one or more of the segments. In another embodiment, the body is shortened by axially moving a segment with respect to another segment. In an example, the needle system includes a needle assembly having a shaft, a lumen in the shaft, and a bevel on a free end of the shaft.
US12042639B2
A medical syringe having a forwardly projecting needle that is selectively retractable following use and also having a specially configured plunger handle and thumb cap that cooperate to form a concave pressure application surface (“CPAS”). The concave pressure application surface at the rear of the plunger handle enables the subject medical syringe to achieve functional advantages, each with an associated therapeutic benefit, that are not achieved with use of the prior art devices.
US12042638B2
The present disclosure relates to a safety mechanism for a medicament delivery device for mechanical shock absorption, which safety mechanism has a medicament delivery member sleeve, a housing having a proximal opening arranged to receive the medicament delivery member sleeve, wherein the medicament delivery member sleeve is axially displaceable inside the housing, between an extended position in which a proximal end portion of the medicament delivery member sleeve extends proximally from the housing and a retracted position in which the proximal end portion is received by the housing, wherein the proximal end portion has a resilient structure, enabling compression of the proximal end portion in the distal direction upon impact of an axial force greater than a threshold value.
US12042634B2
An automatic injection device is provided, where the device includes a syringe carrier and a retraction assembly. The syringe carrier may include two identical parts that are discrete from one another and interlock with one another. Carrier includes a cushion to support the syringe. Protrusions may be provided on cushion to further support syringe. The retraction assembly includes a shuttle and a follower, the follower having a moveable latch. The follower has a coupled configuration in which the latch is biasedly coupled to the shuttle, and a decoupled configuration in which the latch is in sliding engagement with a curvilinear surface of the shuttle.
US12042631B2
A system and method for monitoring and delivering medication to a patient. The system includes a controller that has a control algorithm and a closed loop control that monitors the control algorithm. A sensor is in communication with the controller and monitors a medical condition. A rule based application in the controller receives data from the sensor and the closed loop control and compares the data to predetermined medical information to determine the risk of automation of therapy to the patient. A system monitor is also in communication with the controller to monitor system, remote system, and network activity and conditions. The controller then provides a predetermined risk threshold where below the predetermined risk threshold automated closed loop medication therapy is provided. If the predetermined risk threshold is met or exceeded, automated therapy adjustments may not occur and user/clinician intervention is requested.
US12042626B2
The present disclosure relates to an indicator device which comprises one or several plungers inside an elongated cavity. Said indicator device, is intended to provide to the user at least one information related to the current status of a delivery system. The indicator device comprises at least one movable element configured to reach pre-determined positions in response to the status of the delivery system.
US12042617B2
A delivery system for delivering a drug depot to a site within a patient, the system comprising: a cannula; a delivery stylet configured and dimensioned to be receivable by and slidable forwardly and backwardly within the cannula including to a position wherein a distal portion of the stylet protrudes beyond the distal end of the cannula; a drug depot retainable by the stylet at the distal end of the stylet, the drug depot being visualizable by a diagnostic imaging beam or modality; and an actuator for ejecting the drug depot from the stylet to a site within the body using fluid pressure. Also disclosed are methods using, and uses of, the delivery system, including for treating scoliosis.
US12042606B2
Provided are systems, methods, and devices for biomarker shaping and sleep profile enhancement. Systems include a plurality of electrodes configured to be coupled to a brain of a user and configured to obtain a plurality of measurements from the brain of the user, and an interface configured to obtain the plurality of measurements from at least the plurality of electrodes. Systems also include a processing device comprising one or more processors configured to generate a first target sleep profile for the user based, at least in part, on the plurality of measurements and a plurality of biomarkers, the processing device being further configured to generate a plurality of stimulus parameters based, at least in part, on the target profile.
US12042605B2
A bedtime setting unit 13 setting a target bedtime, on the basis of a sleep efficiency of a user, and a compliance status index value calculation unit 14 calculating a compliance status index value representing a compliance status with the set target bedtime are provided, and in a case where the sleep efficiency is less than a first predetermined value and the compliance status index value is a threshold value or more, a time later than the previous set bedtime is set as the next bedtime, in a case where the sleep efficiency is less than the first predetermined value and the compliance status index value is less than the threshold value, a time identical to the previous set bedtime is set as the next bedtime such that even in a state where it is necessary to set the bedtime to be later than the previous set bedtime since the sleep efficiency is less than the first predetermined value, a time identical to the previous set bedtime is set as the next bedtime in a case where the compliance status index value is less than the threshold value, and thus, a bedtime that applies a large burden on a user without an excellent compliance status with the bedtime is not set.
US12042602B2
A nasal cannula arrangement for use as part of systems for delivery respiratory gases to a patient is disclosed. The nasal cannula arrangement includes a manifold part adapted to receive gases from a delivery conduit. The manifold includes one but preferably a pair of prongs extending upward and curving towards the rear of the manifold. The prongs are inserted into the nostrils of the patient and deliver gases to a patient. The prongs have a cut out on the rear side of the prongs. The cut out forms a gases outlet in the prongs and are shaped such that the area of the cut out area is greater than the cross sectional area of the prongs at the entry point to the prongs.
US12042599B2
A dry powder inhaler for at least two capsules containing dry powder is provided, the dry powder inhaler including: At least two capsule chambers, each capsule chamber for receiving one of the capsules; a mouth piece with a mouth portion comprising a distal opening; and a duct structure between the distal opening of the mouth piece and the at least two capsule chambers, wherein the duct structure comprises at least two primary ducts, wherein the distal opening of the mouth piece leads into the at least two primary ducts, and wherein each one of the at least two primary ducts leads into the corresponding one of the at least two capsule chambers.
US12042597B2
A fluid exchange system may include a control unit comprising a processor; a tube set attachment removably connected to the control unit, the tube set attachment comprising a tube set fluidly connected to a fluid source and a drainage receptacle; a catheter fluidly connected to the tube set; and at least one sensor positioned on at least one of the control unit and the tube set attachment, wherein the control unit may be configured to supply fluid to a patient through the tube set and drain fluid from the patient via the tube set, and wherein the control unit may be configured to receive measurements from the at least one sensor to adjust the supply of the fluid to the patient and the drainage of the fluid from the patient.
US12042595B2
A continuous flow centrifuge bowl includes a rotatable outer body, and a top and bottom core that are rotatable with the outer body. The bottom core has a wall extending proximally from a bottom wall. The proximally extending wall is radially outward from at least a portion of the top core and, together with the top core, defines a primary separation region in which initial separation of the whole blood occurs. The bowl may also have a secondary separation region located between the top core and the outer body, and a rotary seal that couples an inlet port and two outlet ports to the outer body. The inlet port may be connected to an inlet tube that extends distally into a whole blood introduction region. Additionally, one of the outlet ports may be connected to an extraction tube that extends into a region below the bottom core.
US12042591B2
A blood purification device includes a chamber, a liquid feed line, an air introduction unit, a liquid level adjustment unit, and a control unit. The chamber is provided on a blood circuit for extracorporeally circulating patient's blood and introduces purified plasma obtained by purifying plasma separated by a plasma separator provided on the blood circuit, or a replenishing liquid for replenishing the plasma separated by the plasma separator, into the blood circuit. The liquid feed line is capable of sending the purified plasma or the replenishing liquid to the chamber. The air introduction unit is capable of introducing air into the liquid feed line. The liquid level adjustment unit is capable of adjusting a liquid level height in the chamber. At the end of blood purification treatment, the control unit performs a liquid recovery process for sending the purified plasma or the replenishing liquid to the chamber via the liquid feed line while introducing air into the liquid feed line by the air introduction unit and maintains the liquid level height in the chamber at a predetermined liquid level height by the liquid level adjustment unit.
US12042589B2
A peritoneal dialysis system for detecting peritonitis is disclosed herein. In one example, an impedance measurement system includes an impedance monitor configured to sense an impedance of peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) fluid residing within a fluid line. The impedance monitor includes a first conductive lead disposed within a first port along the fluid line and a second conductive lead disposed within a second port along the fluid line. The impedance measurement system also includes a control unit electrically coupled to the impedance monitor. The control unit uses the sensed impedance from the impedance monitor to detect white blood cells to form a patient peritonitis determination. The control unit may communicate the peritonitis determination to alert a clinician.
US12042584B2
A breast pump arrangement having an expression kit with a milk flow sensor (200) is provided. The milk flow sensor (200) comprises a container (240) with a first end with a first opening (242) and a second end with a second opening (243). The second opening (243) allows an outflow of milk with a predefined outflow characteristics out of the container (241). The first opening (242) is larger than the second opening (243). A milk amount sensor (250) is provided to measure a height or volume of milk in the container. A calculating unit (260, 240) calculates a milk flow based on the height or volume measurements and the predefined outflow characteristic of the second opening (243).
US12042576B2
The invention relates to a cell sheet construct for neurovascular reconstruction. The cell sheet construct has a vascular endothelial cell layer and a neural stem cell layer, and the two layers are physically in direct contact with each other, where the vascular endothelial cell layer forms branching vasculatures, and the neural stem cell layer differentiates into neurons. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the cell sheet construct, having the following steps: culturing vascular endothelial cells on a substrate to form a vascular endothelial cell layer, seeding neural stem cells on the vascular endothelial cell layer to make the neural stem cells be physically in direct contact with the vascular endothelial cell layer, and culturing the neural stem cells and the vascular endothelial cell layer to differentiate into neurons and branching vasculatures to form a cell sheet construct.
US12042575B2
The present invention relates to a non-contact microplasma ozonized mist radical sterilizer. The present invention minimizes two discharge spaces to a micro size to lower a breakdown voltage, concentrates electromagnetic fields using micro-patterns to induce micro-discharge at a normal pressure, and generates plasma through glow discharge, to increase electron density and reduce power consumption according to generation of microplasma. When oxygen and air are injected as reaction gases using this principle, ozone is generated as active species, and the generated ozone is used for various purposes such as removing pests, reducing ethylene, and sterilizing harmful bacteria. Sterilization is improved by sterilizing air and generating mist using ozone generated from microplasma, and then decomposition and drying of ozone gas are performed using a heat generation device and a catalytic method.
US12042559B2
The present disclosure is directed to floating gastroretentive dosage forms with prolonged gastric residence time. The disclosure also provides rapidly expanding sustained release or combined immediate release and sustained release formulations comprising drugs that require targeted release in the proximal gastrointestinal tract for maximum therapeutic benefit. The rapidly expanding floating gastroretentive dosage forms comprise a permeable elastic membrane providing desired characteristics for drug release and mechanical strength to maintain tablet integrity.
US12042549B2
The present invention relates to photopolymerizable resin compositions suitable for producing durable dental prosthetic and restorative articles. In particular, the invention relates to photopolymerizable resin compositions comprised of a specific combination of multiple polymerizable components, one or more resin-modifying particle components, and one or more photopolymerization initiator components. Compositions of the invention are especially well-suited to producing durable, stain-and wear-resistant dental prosthetic and restorative articles, such as artificial teeth, crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, and veneers, in an efficient and reliable manner using additive manufacturing systems and methods (e.g., three-dimensional (3D) printing).
US12042548B2
Provided are photoacoustic imaging contrast agents that include at least one radiation-absorbing component comprising a bacteriochlorin, a metallobacteriochlorin, a derivative thereof, or a combination thereof. Also provided are methods for using the disclosed photoacoustic imaging contrast agents either singly or in combination for generating an image of a volume, optionally a subject or a body part, cell, tissue, or organ thereof. Further provided are compositions and methods for multiplex photoacoustic imaging of a volume, optionally a subject or a body part, cell, tissue, or organ thereof using photoacoustic imaging contrast agents that include a plurality of the presently disclosed bacteriochlorins, metallobacteriochlorins, and/or derivatives thereof simultaneously.
US12042540B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a formulation comprising ethyl cellulose, an active pharmaceutical ingredient, and a solvent, which is a stable formulation in which generation of impurities is suppressed even during the long-term storage. According to the present invention, provided is a formulation comprising (a) an active pharmaceutical ingredient, (b) ethyl cellulose, (c) 2-mercaptobenzimidazole, and (d) 0.1 part by weight or more of solvent with respect to 1 part by weight of the ethyl cellulose.
US12042527B2
The disclosure features methods for treating solid tumor malignancies and lymphomas by administering LNP encapsulated mRNAs encoding human OX40L, IL-23 and IL-36γ polypeptides alone or in combination with checkpoint blockade. The disclosure also features compositions for use in the methods.
US12042525B2
Loss of cardiomyocytes underlies most causes of heart failure, and normal repair processes are inadequate to deal with extensive myocardial damage. The inventors have identified mutations of the N-terminus of serum response factor (SRF)'s MADS box, termed STEMINs, that block cardiac differentiation, but also powerfully activate the stem cell marker genes Nanog and Octomer 4, as well as cyclins, which promotes adult myocyte replication. SRF Stemin mutations are not cardiac-specific, and also propel mammalian fibroblasts into a proliferative state. Thus, STEMINs may be useful for regeneration of all tissue and organ types, by activating partial pluripotency programs and enhancing repair by increased cell replication. Following withdrawal of STEMINs, the cells then return to normal cell identity.
US12042519B2
Provided are freeze-dried (FD) products of biological materials that have improved stability and reduced risk of collapse. The FD products include nanoparticles that are added to formulations including the biological materials prior to freeze-drying. Also described herein are methods of freeze-drying (FD).
US12042514B2
Method and composition for treating or preventing a respiratory illness. The method includes administering at least one dose of a pharmaceutically acceptable fluid having a pH less than 3.0 into contact with at least one region of the respiratory tract present in a patient in need thereof. Respiratory illness that can be treated include COVID-19.
US12042510B2
The present embodiments provide methods, compounds, and compositions useful for inhibiting IRF4 expression, which may be useful for treating, preventing, or ameliorating a cancer associated with IRF4.
US12042508B2
The present disclosure relates generally to compounds comprising oligonucleotides complementary to a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) RNA transcript. Certain such compounds are useful for hybridizing to a CFTR RNA transcript, including but not limited to a CFTR RNA transcript in a cell. In certain embodiments, such hybridization results in modulation of splicing of the CFTR transcript. In certain embodiments, such compounds are used to treat one or more symptoms associated with Cystic Fibrosis.
US12042503B2
Compositions and methods that can be used to treat or prevent a viral infection are described herein. Prostacyclin/prostaglandin analogs can be used to treat infection by viruses such as SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2. For example, pharmaceutical compositions containing beraprost or salts thereof can be used to treat infection by SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes the “COVID-19” disease).
US12042502B2
The present invention provides pharmaceutically acceptable and ophthalmologically suitable compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a bimatoprost compound, a therapeutically effective amount of a timolol compound, benzalkonium chloride, and a penetration enhancer component other than benzalkonium chloride. In specific embodiments, compositions are provided as aqueous solutions. Further, in aspects, the invention also provides a process of preparing such compositions and methods of their use in treating ocular conditions, such as methods of reducing elevated intraocular pressure and/or treating glaucoma, such as open-angle glaucoma.
US12042500B2
The present disclosure relates to ocular mucoadhesive pharmaceutical compositions comprising fluoroquinolone antibiotic, chitosan, polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinylpyrrolidone, their uses and methods of using such compositions.
US12042499B2
Disclosed are methods for the treatment of cancer in patients in need of such treatment. The methods comprise administering to such a patient an Aurora kinase inhibitor such as 4-{[9-chloro-7-(2-fluoro-6-methoxyphenyl)-5H-pyrimido[5,4-d][2]benzazepin-2-yl]amino}-2-methoxybenzoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt in combination with a platin. Also disclosed are medicaments for use in the treatment of cancer.
US12042484B2
A tizanidine liquid preparation and use of the tizanidine liquid preparation in the preparation of a medicament for treating muscle spasm, wherein the tizanidine liquid preparation comprises an active ingredient, disodium EDTA and other pharmaceutical excipients, wherein the active ingredient is one or more of tizanidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate and hydrate thereof.
US12042478B2
The present application includes an enantiomerically pure compound of Formula (R)-I or a salt and/or solvate thereof. Also included are compositions of the enantiomerically pure compound of Formula (R)-I as well as methods of using the compound of Formula (R)-I or composition thereof for treating, for example, disease, disorder or condition that benefits from psychotherapy. The present application also includes a composition comprising a non-racemic mixture a compound of Formula (R)-I, or a salt and/or solvate thereof, and (S)-I, or a salt and/or solvate thereof: wherein (R)-I, or a salt and/or solvate thereof, is present in the composition in a greater amount by enantiomeric equivalents, relative to (S)-I, or a salt and/or solvate thereof and uses thereof. Further included are process preparing a compound of Formula (R)-I or (S)-I.
US12042476B2
This application relates to the use of 4-phenylbutyric acid, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, co-crystals, polymorphs, solvates, analogs and/or pro-drugs thereof for the treatment of lysosomal storage disease, in particular gangliosidoses such as Tay Sachs disease (TSD) and Sandhoff disease (SD), alone, or in combination with other compounds and/or treatments.
US12042468B2
A tray for positioning, in a fixed positional relationship, a medical vial 7 together with a vial adapter 4 is disclosed. A tray member 10 includes a vial accommodation cavity 11 and a vial adapter accommodation cavity 12, each comprises retaining members 19, 37a, 37b, 35a, 35b, 36a, 36b configured to position the vial adapter 4 and the vial 7 spaced apart from each other and in axial alignment in an intermediate position. The retaining members 19, 37a, 37b, 35a, 35b, 36a, 36b are further configured to guide a relative axial movement of the vial 7 and vial adapter 4 from the intermediate position to a transfer position while maintaining the axial alignment of the vial 7 with the vial adapter 4. In the transfer position the vial adapter 4 is locked to the vial 7 and a piercing mandrel 57 pierces a vial stopper 76 for liquid transfer.
US12042450B2
A multifunctional bed, a multi-drive switch protection circuit and its control device, wherein in the multifunctional bed, when a switch group is not triggered to start by a user, all electric signal transmission paths are in a disconnected state, and after the switch group is operated to start by the user, an MOSFET unit is controlled to be conducted after delaying an arc extinguishing time period according to the arc extinguishing time preset by a micro control unit, so that the corresponding electric signal transmission paths are conducted, and a load driving device connected with the switch group runs after the switch group is triggered to start and the arc extinguishing time period is separated, so that a bed component of a bed main body is driven to adjust the corresponding posture.
US12042432B1
An ocular electrolysis device is described that may include a diverting tube configured for insertion into an eye. The ocular electrolysis device may include an electrolysis chamber mechanically attached to the diverting tube such that aqueous from the eye enters the electrolysis chamber through the diverting tube. The ocular electrolysis device may include a pressure sensor located in the electrolysis chamber. The ocular electrolysis device may include a pair of electrodes located in the electrolysis chamber. The ocular electrolysis device may include a controller electrically connected to the pair of the electrodes and the pressure sensor, where the controller regulates electrolysis of the aqueous in the electrolysis chamber based on input from the pressure sensor through power levels at the pair of the electrodes.
US12042415B2
An orthosis brace includes: a brace suitable for being worn on a patient's foot; a dedicated electronic device applied on the brace; a software platform on the Internet; a smart device held by the patient and provided with an app to access the software platform; and a smart device held by the therapist and provided with an app to access the software platform. The dedicated electronic device has a motion sensor array composed of an IMU suitable for detecting the motion of the brace, a control unit suitable for processing the data from said IMU to detect a removal of the brace, and a wireless telecommunication module suitable for sending the data processed by the dedicated electronic device to the software platform.
US12042413B2
A stent delivery system can include a core member having a distal portion, where the distal portion is configured to be positioned within a lumen of the stent; a cover having a first end portion coupled to the distal portion of the core member and a free second end portion, the cover having (a) a first position in which the second end portion of the cover is configured to at least partially surround a proximal end portion of the stent while the stent is positioned over the core member in a compressed state, and (b) a second position in which the second end portion of the cover is uncoupled from the stent; and a shoulder coupled to the distal portion of the core member at a location distal to the first end portion of the cover, the shoulder configured to abut the proximal end portion of the stent.
US12042410B2
A hemodynamic flow assist device includes a miniature pump, a basket-like cage enclosing and supporting the pump, and a motor to drive the pump. The device is implanted and retrieved in a minimally invasive manner via percutaneous access to a patient's artery. The device has a first, collapsed configuration to assist in implantation and a second, expanded configuration once deployed and active. The device is deployed within a patient's aorta and is secured in place via a self-expanding cage which engages the inner wall of the aorta. The device includes a helical screw pump with self-expanding blades, sensors, and anchoring structures. Also disclosed is a retrieval device to remove the hemodynamic flow assist device once it is no longer needed by the patient and an arterial closure device to close the artery access point after implantation and removal of the hemodynamic flow assist device. The hemodynamic flow assist device helps to increase blood flow in patients suffering from congestive heart failure and awaiting heart transplant.
US12042409B2
The invention is a method of designing and manufacturing a 3D printed prosthetic socket or a standard prosthetic socket with a 3D printed distal end, comprising a step of obtaining physical data about a patient with a residual limb and a step of creating a structural design of the 3D printed prosthetic socket or standard prosthetic socket with the 3D printed distal end. The step of creating the structural design of the 3D printed prosthetic socket (3) or standard prosthetic socket with the 3D printed distal end comprises a step of determining the bulk density of the structure of the prosthetic socket between a shaped area for positioning a linking part of the liner and a distal planar area for mounting a linking adapter of the socket directly proportional to at least one of the data from a set including at least weight, patient's degree of activity, length of the residual limb, length of the prosthesis, size of the prosthetic foot, and angle between the axis of the limb and the axis of the prosthesis.
US12042401B2
Spinal cage devices, systems, and methods of assembly and implanting the devices and systems are disclosed. The cage system includes a cage and at least one locking screw assembly configured to couple to the cage. The spinal cage system includes a cage with a body portion, an external plate, and a rod. The body portion includes at least one opening positioned between the first and second ends, a center opening in the first end, and at least one hole adjacent the center opening. The external plate includes an opening and at least two holes on opposite sides of the opening. The rod extends through the center opening in the cage, the first end configured to couple to the external plate, and the second end positioned in the at least one opening. Methods for assembling a spinal cage system and for implanting a cage system are also disclosed.
US12042400B2
A method of treating a spine includes implanting a spinal implant within a patient. The spinal implant includes a first member having a first wall defining an axial passageway and a first opening, the first opening being in communication with the axial passageway. A second member includes a second wall defining an axial channel having the first member disposed therein, the second wall defining a second opening in communication with the axial channel. Bone graft is injected through the first opening and into the axial passageway and through the second opening and into the axial channel after the spinal implant is implanted within the patient.
US12042398B2
Stand-alone interbody fusion devices and corpectomy devices suitable for use with an oblique implantation. The stand-alone interbody fusion devices may include a spacer having a substantially U-shaped body and a plate coupled to the spacer. The overall shape of the implant is asymmetrical such that a median plane, an oblique plane, or both planes divide the spacer and the plate into two asymmetrical halves. The implants are shaped and configured to allow for an oblique or anterolateral approach to the spine or an oblique corpectomy.
US12042391B2
An orthopaedic prosthesis includes a tibial tray, a tibial insert configured to be coupled to the tibial tray, a hinge component configured to be received in a passageway of the tibial tray, and a femoral component configured to articular with the tibial insert. The hinge component includes a pair of hinge arms, each of which includes an axle extending therefrom that is configured to be received in an aperture of a corresponding sidewall of an intercondylar compartment of the femoral component. The axles of the hinge arms may be coaxial or non-coaxial. Additionally, each axle may be coaxial with or offset from a center of a constant radius of curvature that defines an articular surface of a corresponding condyle of the femoral component. The axles may have an outer surface of various shapes depending on the embodiment.
US12042384B2
A bone implant holding and shaping tray is provided. The tray includes a first segment having a distal end and a first surface sized to hold and shape at least a portion of the bone implant with bone material. The tray includes a second segment having a second surface sized to hold and shape at least a portion of the bone implant with bone material, the second segment having a proximal end configured to be coupled to the distal end of the first segment so as to extend the first surface to hold and shape the bone implant. Methods of making and using the bone implant holding and shaping tray are also provided.
US12042383B2
The present specification discloses a method of augmenting or enhancing a chin of an individual comprising excising the left and right anterior mental fibrous condensation anteriorly and elevating the left and right medial mandibular and mandibulocutaneous ligaments to create an extended subperiosteal pocket as well as mandibular implants designed to be implanted using such methods.
US12042379B2
An assembly-type device for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation is proposed. The assembly-type device includes: a fixing member for the pulmonary artery, the fixing member installed in the pulmonary artery; a connecting tube provided with a connecting tube lumen formed therein to be movable along a connecting wire; an assembly part provided with a first assembly coupled to a lower end of the fixing member for the pulmonary artery and a second assembly coupled to an upper end of the connecting tube, wherein the fixing member for the pulmonary artery and the connecting tube are assembled together; a fixing member for inferior vena cava, the fixing member coupled to a lower end of the connecting tube and installed in the inferior vena cava; and a blocking part coupled to one side of the connecting tube and obliquely passing through a tricuspid valve to block an orifice of the tricuspid valve.
US12042372B2
Extra-urethral implants and methods of use are disclosed. Implants can treat disorders or diseases of the prostate by, for example, enlarging the lumen of the prostatic urethra.
US12042370B2
Vascular filtering devices and methods for their use are disclosed. In some embodiments, the vascular filtering devices include an elongate member having an unsupported membrane bag portion attached thereto. The membrane may be porous in some examples. Multiple elongate extensions may also extend from the membrane, and may extend along the elongate member, such as to a proximal region of the elongate member. The unsupported membrane bag portion may be configured to inflate or otherwise radially expand away from the elongate member as a result of blood flowing through the vessel within which the vascular filtering device is positioned.
US12042368B2
A medical sling for supporting an anatomical feature having ends that are tapered using a folding fixture and then thermoset. The thermoset ends hold the bunched or folded shape thus allowing the ends to be removed from the fixture and placed into a mold assembly where anchors are molded over the ends.
US12042367B2
The present disclosure relates to a sanitary article (1), such as a sanitary napkin or a pantiliner. The sanitary article (1) has a first fastening wing (9) extending at a first longitudinal side edge (5) and a second fastening wing (10) extending at a second longitudinal side edge (6), the first fastening wing (9) having a first wing maximum width (Wf1max) and the second fastening wing (10) having a second wing maximum width (Wf2max). The first fastening wing (9) comprises a first adhesive region (12) on a garment facing side thereof and the second fastening wing (10) comprises a second adhesive region (13) on a garment facing side thereof, the first and the second adhesive regions (12,13) having a respective adhesive region maximum width (wa1max, wa2max). The first and the second adhesive region (12,13) are covered with a common release paper (14,140), the common release paper (14,140) having a width (wt), as seen in the transverse direction. The first and the second fastening wings (9,10) are arranged in a folded configuration onto the topsheet (2) in a non-overlapping manner. The first and second fastening wings (9,10) are asymmetrical with respect to any transverse and longitudinal axis and the width of the release paper (wt) is not more than 7 mm greater than the sum of the first and the second adhesive region maximum widths, wa1max+wa2max.
US12042361B2
Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a wound treatment apparatus employing a fluidic connector for negative pressure wound therapy and methods of using the same. Some embodiments are directed to improved fluidic connectors for connecting to a wound site, for example a fluidic connector including a reinforcement, and methods of using the same.
US12042359B2
An orthopedic cast ventilator apparatus and related methods are provided. The cast ventilator includes an air pump disposed within a housing connected to an air delivery cuff via tubing. The air pump draws air into the air mover through a primary air filter and through an air intake aperture. The air pump also pumps air out through a discharge port in the housing, through a length of tubing, through a secondary air filter, and into an air delivery cuff. The cleaned air fills two arms of the air delivery cuff and is forced out through cuff discharge ports.
US12042354B2
An orthodontic indirect bonding tray that may transfer orthodontic brackets, bite turbo, and/or orthodontic auxiliaries is disclosed. The indirect bonding tray may be digitally designed and 3D printed or fabricated based on a bonding model. The indirect bonding tray may transfer the orthodontic brackets, bite turbos, and orthodontic auxiliaries to any tooth surface. The indirect bonding tray may be designed to transfer bite turbos that vary in size, shape, and the amount of bite opening or functional correction.
US12042348B2
An electrical appliance for personal care includes a handle with a longitudinal axis, and a plug-on part which can be attached to the handle, wherein a vibration unit having an electric motor and an eccentric element is arranged in the handle, wherein a plug-like coupling structure protrudes from the handle, which plug-like coupling structure forms an interface with a substantially mirror-inverted socket-like coupling structure of the plug-on part, wherein the interface has at least two stages with different circumferential geometry, wherein at least one of the stages has a rotation-preventing device between the handle and the plug-on part, and wherein a stop surface of the handle for the plug-on part extends obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle.
US12042341B2
Bone tracking during orthopedic surgical procedures is described herein. An anti-rotation base of a registration marker of a mixed reality surgery system includes a surface configured to rest on and bear against a surface of a glenoid of a patient. The anti-rotation base also includes a plurality of pin receptacles that each define a respective pin axis. The pin axis of a first pin receptacle of the plurality of pin receptacles is not parallel to the pin axis of a second pin receptacle of the plurality of pin receptacles. Additionally, the anti-rotation base includes a mounting receptacle configured to receive the registration marker.
US12042338B2
Systems for immobilizing a patient are disclosed. The system includes at least one preform formed from a low melting temperature thermoplastic, the preform being configured to be formed to the anatomy of the patient, at least one frame coupled to the at least one preform, and at least one support configured to support the anatomy of the patient. The system also includes at least one lock mechanism coupled to at least one of the frame and the support and configured to couple the at least one frame to the at least one support, and at least one adjuster mechanism coupled to at least one of the at least one frame and the at least one support and configured to selectively adjust a distance between the at least one frame and the at least one support while the at least one frame is coupled to the at least one support.
US12042332B2
Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and a control method thereof, the ultrasound imaging apparatus including: an input/output interface; a storage; and at least one processor configured to: display, via the input/output interface, at least one resulting value calculated based on a plurality of medical images when one of the at least one resulting value is selected by an input via the input/output interface, retrieve, from the storage, a plurality of measurement values and a plurality of medical images used to calculate the selected resulting value; and output, via the input/output interface, the retrieved plurality of measurement values and the retrieved plurality of medical images on a single display.
US12042331B2
Provided is a wireless ultrasound probe configured to detect a state in which the wireless ultrasound probe is detached from a charging terminal, causing supply of the charging power to the wireless ultrasound probe to be discontinued, and the wireless ultrasound probe is paired with the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus by using a wireless communication scheme when supply of the charging power is discontinued. Also provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and an operating method of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus configured to be automatically paired with a wireless ultrasound probe in a state in which the wireless ultrasound probe is detached from a charging terminal of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, causing supply of the charging power to the wireless ultrasound probe to be discontinued.
US12042328B2
Provided is an information processing device including: an inspection signal generation unit configured to generate an inspection signal for emitting an inspection sound toward an ear canal of a subject; a first acoustic information acquisition unit configured to acquire a first acoustic information including information about an echo sound of the inspection sound; and a heartbeat information acquisition unit configured to acquire a heartbeat information about a heartbeat of the subject based on the first acoustic information.
US12042327B2
An X-ray system comprises an assembly that is moveable to different scan coordinates to acquire X-ray projection images at the different scan coordinates in a dynamic mode while the assembly is moving. The assembly is also moveable to a predetermined reference coordinate to acquire an X-ray projection image at the predetermined reference coordinate in a static mode while the assembly is resting. The X-ray system also comprises a processor configured to obtain dynamic gain calibration parameters from the X-ray projection images acquired in the dynamic mode at one of the different scan coordinates; obtain a static gain calibration parameter from the X-ray projection image acquired in the static mode at the predetermined reference coordinate; and determine adjusted dynamic gain calibration parameters.
US12042317B2
Provided is a portable X-ray system is equipped with an X-ray tube mounted on one end portion of the photography stand with a structure extending to a predetermined height and changing a photographing direction and a photographing angle in a portable body moved by an operator to change an installation location, the portable X-ray system including a body mounted on one end portion of the photography stand and configured to change the photographing angle and form an exterior of the X-ray tube, a collimator mounted on one side surface of the body and configured to adjust an X-ray photographing area and an X-ray photographing direction, and a rotating connection part mounted between the body and the collimator and configured to couple the collimator to be rotated based on one side surface of the body and transmit power and an electrical signal transmitted from the body to the collimator.
US12042314B2
A processor detects a surgical tool from a radiographic image acquired by irradiating a subject with radiation emitted from a radiation source and detecting the radiation transmitted through the subject with a radiation detector. The processor measures a size of the detected surgical tool on the radiographic image. The processor derives a position of the surgical tool in a height direction in the subject on the basis of an actual size of the surgical tool, the measured size, and a geometrical positional relationship between a position of the radiation source and a position of a detection surface of the radiation detector.
US12042298B2
A wearable gear for holding a physiological sensor for monitoring a subject, such as a pulse oximeter. Said wearable gear being configured to automatically adjust the maximal length such that the predefined tension is obtained regardless of the size of the body part of the subject. The wearable gear comprises a tensioning element having a maximal length, a holding unit for holding the physiological sensor, the wearable gear further comprises a tension mechanism for tensioning the tensioning element to a predefined tension when at least partially around a body part of the subject, wherein the tension mechanism comprises i) a first part comprising a resilient material, and ii) a second part comprising a non-resilient material, and wherein the first part and the second part mechanically cooperate with each other to automatically adjust the maximal length such that the predefined tension is obtained regardless of the size of the body part.
US12042295B2
A method for diagnosis of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and related systems and apparatuses are disclosed. In the method, a visual evaluation of the patient in a standing position is first conducted. Condyle position in ear canals of the patient is palpated during jaw movement. A hip level of the patient is evaluated when back teeth of the patient are closed. If hips are unlevel, a first spacer is inserted between front teeth of the patient. The condyle position felt in the ear canals of the patient are re-palpated during jaw movements with the first spacer in place. The patient then raises and lowers his or her body by going up on their toes, and dropping to their heels. A reevaluation of the hip level of the patient is conducted and a positive or negative TMD diagnosis is indicated based on the reevaluation of the hip level of the patient.
US12042294B2
A system and/or method for diagnosing a neurologic condition. The system comprises a wearable head orientation sensor, a wearable eye imaging module, and a display with a visual target. The head orientation sensor is responsive to pitch or yaw head orientation information. The eye imaging module is configured for imaging a characteristic of the retina, sclera, cornea, limbus, or pupil to determine an eye position or eye movement. An electronic circuit in the system determines an ocular parameter measurement in response to the head orientation sensor and the eye imaging module. The neurologic condition is diagnosed in response to the ocular parameter measurement.
US12042289B2
A computerized system for recognizing the need for cognitive tests due to a physiological event and administering such tests includes a plurality of biometric monitoring devices and a pilot input device. When a physiological event is identified, the system selects an appropriate battery of tests and automatically administers those tests. The system offers the opportunity to automate pilot evaluation for single pilot operations, and to reduce the burden on a co-pilot. The cognitive tests may be specific to the physiological event, and may be compared to a pilot-specific profile when evaluating the results.
US12042285B1
The present disclosure provides a calibration system and method for calibrating a physiological measurement based on a variable that affects the measurement. The variable can be a related physiological measurement. The technique can be implemented to obtain robust calibrations with minimal test data and computational effort.
US12042284B2
Embodiments of the invention provide optimized polymeric surfaces adapted for use with implantable medical devices as well as methods for making and using such polymeric surfaces. These polymer surfaces have a constellation of features that function to inhibit or avoid an inflammatory immune response generated by implantable medical devices. Typical embodiments of the invention include an implantable glucose sensor used in the management of diabetes having a polymer surface with the disclosed constellation of features.
US12042281B2
Sensors can be used for the detection of an analyte concentration, such as an electrolyte and/or a blood gas. In some embodiments, such sensors can include a matrix material, a nanoparticle associated with the matrix material, and a signaling molecule associated with the nanoparticle. In particular embodiments, the signaling molecule can exhibit a fluorescence emission intensity as a function of the analyte concentration.
US12042271B2
The invention discloses a parametric system for testing a capability of auditory spatial positioning and a method of providing a parametric minimum audible angle. The system includes: an host computer system calculating spatial movement data and communicating with a slave computer; a spatial movement system realizing control of any spatial position through circumferential movement, radial movement and vertical movement; a real-time three-dimensional display system built into the host computer system; an audio system randomly generates a type of audio data of a sound source and a sound source with equal-difference decibels; and a test system for matching human spatial positioning results to sound source spatial data and providing an objective evaluation. The invention further provides a method of providing a parametric minimum audible angle for a capability of auditory spatial positioning, the invention improves the control accuracy.
US12042266B2
An apparatus and computerized method of classifying a patient that has been previously diagnosed to have autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) includes providing a computing device having an input/output interface, one or more processors and a memory; receiving a total kidney volume (TKV), a patient height, and a patient age for the patient via the input/output interface; determining a height adjusted TKV (HtTKV) based on the total kidney volume and the patient height using the one or more processors; determining an ADPKD classification for the patient based on the height adjusted TKV and the patient age using the one or more processors; and providing the ADPKD classification for the patient via the input/output interface.
US12042261B2
An imaging support apparatus according to one embodiment includes an input interface and processing circuitry. The input interface receives input of first information about a disease or a case of a subject. The processing circuitry specifies, on the basis of the first information received by the input interface and second information in which the first information and posture information that expresses a posture of the subject suitable to perform imaging of the disease or the case are associated with each other, the posture information corresponding to the first information. Moreover, the processing circuitry causes a display to display the specified posture information.
US12042259B2
An apparatus for sensing a heart rate of a subject, including an eyewear frame and a heart rate sensing circuit. The sensing circuit includes first and second piezoelectric sensors configured to be in communication with the subject's skin and to generate first and second voltage signals in response to a periodic vibration in at least one artery of the subject, a first voltage amplifier configured to receive the first voltage signal and output a first amplified voltage signal related to the heart rate of the subject, a second voltage amplifier configured to receive the second voltage signal and output a second amplified voltage signal related to the heart rate of the subject, and a device configured to output a differential signal that is a representation of a difference between the first amplified voltage signal and the second amplified voltage signal that relates to the heart rate.
US12042258B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring photoplethysmogram. The apparatus includes a ring structure with at least one photon source and at least one photon detector positioned on an inner surface of the ring structure. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to measure a preliminary photoplethysmogram during a first time period by taking a first number of samples, determine a form factor from said preliminary photoplethysmogram, determine an inter beat interval from said preliminary photoplethysmogram, and use the form factor and the inter beat interval to determine a second number of samples to be taken during a second time period of measurement of the photoplethysmogram and the distribution of the samples to be taken in function of time.
US12042254B2
Provided is a method for estimating a pulse rate with high accuracy in the case that short-term burst noise is mixed in an estimation interval. Included are a pulse wave signal generating step of generating a pulse wave signal from an image of a pulse rate estimation target; a peak component suppression step of limiting an amplitude value of the pulse wave signal that is larger than a first threshold value to the first threshold value, and outputting a pulse wave analysis signal; and a frequency analysis step of outputting a frequency spectrum of the pulse wave analysis signal.
US12042242B2
A robotic surgical assembly includes a slave manipulator connected to a surgical instrument. A jointed subassembly includes at least first, second and third links. The first and second links are associated in a first joint providing a degree of freedom between the first link and the second link. The second and third links are associated in a second joint providing a degree of freedom between the second link and the third link. The surgical instrument includes a tendon for moving a degree of freedom; the tendon including a tendon distal portion secured to the third link. The first link and/or the second link includes a tendon contact surface on which the tendon slides remaining in contact with the tendon contact surface, defining one or more sliding paths on the tendon contact surface. The sum of all sliding paths defines a total winding angle of at least 120°.
US12042240B2
A system augments a surgical procedure by providing information to the user about regions of a surgical site the user is viewing on a displayed endoscopic image. The system uses an eye tracker to determine the region of the displayed image being viewed by the user, and applies computer vision to the image data to identify structures, conditions or disease states within the region. The system provides information to the user, generates alerts, or modifies operational settings for surgical devices based on the identified structures, conditions or disease states.
US12042232B2
An ultrasound imager provides for LAA closure guidance. Using ultrasound imaging allows for modeling over time (e.g., throughout a heart cycle). An anatomy model of the LAA over time is used to create a biomechanical model personalized to the patient. The personalized models and a model of one or more closure devices are used to select a closure device for the patient appropriate for the entire heart cycle and to guide placement of the selected closure device during an implantation.
US12042230B2
Aspects of the disclosure may involve a method of generating resection plane data for use in planning an arthroplasty procedure on a patient bone. The method may include: obtaining patient data associated with at least a portion of the patient bone, the patient data captured using a medical imaging machine; generating a three-dimensional patient bone model from the patient data, the patient bone model including a polygonal surface mesh; identifying a location of a posterior point on the polygonal surface mesh; creating a three-dimensional shape centered at or near the location; identifying a most posterior vertex of all vertices of the polygonal surface mesh that may be enclosed by the three-dimensional shape; using the most posterior vertex as a factor for determining a posterior resection depth; and generating resection data using the posterior resection depth, the resection data configured to be utilized by a navigation system during the arthroplasty procedure.
US12042217B2
A distal-end assembly of a medical device, the distal-end assembly includes a flexible substrate and electrical conductors. The flexible substrate is configured to be coupled to a distal end of an insertion tube. The electrical conductors are disposed on the flexible substrate and are shaped to form: (i) one or more electrodes, configured to exchange electrical signals with a proximal end of the medical device, and (ii) one or more printed filters, which are disposed adjacently to at least one of the electrodes and are configured to filter signals in a predefined frequency range from the electrical signals exchanged between the at least one of the electrodes and the proximal end.
US12042214B2
Tissue is resected and extracted from an interior location in a patient's body using a probe or tool which both effects resection and causes vaporization of a liquid or other fluid to propel the resected tissue through an extraction lumen of the resecting device. Resection is achieved using an electrosurgical electrode assembly including a first electrode on a resecting member and a second electrode within a resection probe or tool. Over a first resecting portion, radio frequency current helps resect the tissue and over a second or over transition region, the RF current initiates vaporization of the fluid or other liquid to propel the tissue from the resection device. In one embodiment, an extending element extends from a housing and into a channel in a resecting member as the resecting member moves toward a distal position.
US12042211B2
Methods of manufacturing a medical device are provided, which include injection molding a substantially cylindrical monolithic outer shell having an inner lumen and a plurality of ribs spaced longitudinally and extending partially circumferentially around the substantially cylindrical monolithic outer shell with elongate slots separating each rib. At least one flexible divider can be injection molded and advanced into the inner lumen to separate the inner lumen into first and second elongate channels and can be freely slidable relative to the substantially cylindrical monolithic outer shell. Proximal and distal ends of the substantially cylindrical monolithic outer shell can be respectively mated to a distal end of the elongate shaft and a proximal end of an end effector. First and second articulation bands can be advanced through the elongate shaft and channels and mated to opposed sides of the end effector.
US12042208B2
Systems, devices, and methods for electroporation ablation therapy are disclosed, with the device including a first jaw including a plurality of first electrodes and a second jaw including a plurality of second electrodes. The first jaw and the second jaw may be substantially rigid, elongate, and collectively define a longitudinal axis. The first jaw and the second jaw may be configured to engage tissue therebetween during use.
US12042207B2
Various aspects of a generator, ultrasonic device, and method for estimating a state of an end effector of an ultrasonic device are disclosed. The ultrasonic device includes an electromechanical ultrasonic system defined by a predetermined resonant frequency, including an ultrasonic transducer coupled to an ultrasonic blade. A control circuit measures a complex impedance of an ultrasonic transducer, wherein the complex impedance is defined as Z g ( t ) = V g ( t ) I g ( t ) . The control circuit receives a complex impedance measurement data point and compares the complex impedance measurement data point to a data point in a reference complex impedance characteristic pattern. The control circuit then classifies the complex impedance measurement data point based on a result of the comparison analysis and assigns a state or condition of the end effector based on the result of the comparison analysis.
US12042205B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided surgical system is provided that includes one or more surgical tools having components configured to develop reactive effects when exposed to MR signals generated by the MRI system. The system includes a control system that can determine whether the MR system is generating MR signals, and if the control system determines that the MR system is generating MR signals, mitigates the reactive effects of MR signals on components of the surgical tools. The system can include a cryoablation system with a cryoprobe having a probe shaft being made of a metallic material. If the control system determines that the MR system is generating MR signals, the control system can electrically disconnect the cryoprobe and/or ignore electrical signals generated by the electric heater in response to exposure to MR signals, and/or initiate a cooling operation of the probe shaft, whereby the cooling operation.
US12042190B2
The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to bone fixation devices, including intramedullary fixation or fusion devices. The various devices disclosed include an intermedullary rod or device having a proximal and a distal portion. The proximal and distal portions having articulated ends that are coupled to form a joint. The joint may be actuated to reduce a fracture and realign the bone after insertion of the device into the bone.
US12042176B2
The present invention provide a puncture instrument capable of administering (supplying) a drug solution. The puncture instrument includes a puncture tip section (2); a first tubular body (3) connected to the puncture tip section (2) at the distal end; and an outer tubular body (5) at least partially covering the first tubular body (3). The first tubular body (3) is formed to be rotatable around an axis along the longitudinal direction. The first tubular body (3) has an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the outer tubular body (5). A drug solution supply path (5a) is provided on the outside of the first tubular body (3).
US12042170B2
A sheath assembly includes a first sheath, a second sheath, and an attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism secures the second sheath to the first sheath such that a first portion of a second sheath outer surface interfaces with a portion of a first sheath outer surface. The second sheath is configured to transition between an expanded state and a collapsed state such that the profile of the sheath assembly can be reduced when the second sheath is in the collapsed state. This can allow the sheath assembly to become more compact, for instance, during insertion, but yet expandable, for instance, once in place within a patient to suitably accommodate an instrument within the second sheath.
US12042165B2
A surgical instrument is provided having an actuator mechanism with an integrated extension element. The surgical instrument comprises a handle assembly, an elongate shaft, and an end effector. The end effector can comprise a jaw assembly having atraumatic pads positioned thereon to reduce force on grasped tissue. An actuator is movable within the elongate shaft to actuate jaws of the jaw assembly responsive to movement of a movable handle of the handle assembly. The actuator can have an integrated extension element that allows the actuator to translate within the elongate shaft upon application of a relatively low force and translate and extend upon application of a relatively higher force to the actuator to limit the force applied by the jaw assembly. The actuator is also able to utilize force stored with the integrated extension element to provide a dynamic amount of force used to grasp the tissue in scenarios where the tissue volume decreases while in the jaws.
US12042164B2
The embodiments described herein can be used in a variety of grasping, cutting, and manipulating operations. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first joint member, a second joint member, and a flexure. The first joint member includes a first connection portion and a contact surface. The second joint member including a second connection portion. A first end portion of the flexure is coupled to the first connection portion, and a second end portion of the flexure is coupled to the second connection portion. The flexure is configured to deform elastically when the first joint member and the second joint member move from a first configuration to a second configuration. When in the first configuration, the central portion of the flexure is spaced apart from the contact portion. When in the second configuration, the central portion of the flexure contacting the contact portion.
US12042160B2
A neurovascular catheter having an elongate flexible tubular body. The body can have a catheter distal face residing on a first plane being at a first nonorthogonal angle relative to the longitudinal axis. The body can have a radiopaque marker being positioned in a distal zone of the tubular body and being proximal to the catheter distal face. The marker can have a marker distal face at least partially residing on a second plane being at a second nonorthogonal angle relative to the longitudinal axis. The first plane can be approximately parallel to the second plane.
US12042159B1
Provided herein are 3D-printed patient-specific surgical guides and methods for making and using the same. In at least one embodiment, the guides include a first and second end, a first and second side, a conformal bone engaging surface, a front surface, one or more porous regions, one or more walls, and a plurality of openings. At least one of the plurality of openings extends through the guide between the conformal bone engaging surface and the front surface. The conformal bone engaging surface is contoured to a patient's anatomy. The first and second end, and the first and second side are contoured to avoid soft tissues of the patient.
US12042157B2
An aligning device and a fixing clamp for an aligning device for fixing and clamping a body extremity. The fixing clamp includes a first clamp arm, a second clamp arm, and a support fork or trough. The support fork or trough includes first and second support legs. The clamp also includes a section for mounting on or connecting to an adjusting rod, and first and second articulation joints on the support fork. The first clamp arm is rotatably articulated at one of the articulation joints about a first rotational axis, and the second clamp arm is rotatably articulated at the other of the articulation joints about a second rotational axis. The first articulation joint is displaceably mounted on the first support leg, and/or the second articulation joint is displaceably mounted on the second support leg of the support fork or trough.
US12042154B2
Present invention is directed to a tourniquet having a base including at least first and second sections and having a cap attached to one of the sections. A compression strap is attached to the base and extends across the base. A windlass handle is provided and includes a strap aperture through which the compression strap is threaded through and stitched to itself. A locking strap extends across and is attached to the cap. A handle stop engages the locking strap such that the handle stop freely slides along the handle strap. A strap connector assembly is provided and includes a buckle frame and a self-cinching sliding arm transversely extending from a first side of the buckle frame to a second opposing side of the buckle frame, a sliding arm configured to slide along the buckle frame. A buckle connector is attached to the compression strap to engage the buckle frame.
US12042151B2
Devices for occluding an aneurysm are provided. In particular, the device include an upper member that sits against the dome of the aneurysm, a lower member that sits in the neck of the aneurysm, and a means of adjusting the overall dimensions of the device. Also provided are methods of making and using these devices.
US12042150B2
The present invention relates to a complex surgical device for carrying out an anastomosis in the intestine including: a—a protective device (5) comprising an anchor element consisting of a stent (1) and a flexible outer sheath (2), and b—an introducer (10) comprising at least a first deformable guide tube (12), characterized in that the downstream end of said outer sheath is connected to said first guide tube (12) or to a first connecting piece (11), said outer sheath (2) being folded inside said first deformable guide tube (12), said stent being held in radial compression inside said first deformable guide tube.
US12042148B2
A surgical anchor device for being anchored on the mucous membrane of the inner wall of the intestine, the device having a temporary anchor element presenting anchoring that can be modified in a controlled manner and having a first substantially cylindrical multiply-perforated wall presenting properties of radial elasticity whereby the first wall presents an outer diameter that can be varied in controlled manner, wherein a portion of the inner surface of the first wall is lined with an independent leakproof inner sheath having only its longitudinal ends fastened to the anchor element to define a suction chamber between the inner sheath and the first wall, the temporary anchor element being coupled to a flexible or semi-rigid tube extending outside the anchor element, an open end of the injection-suction tube opening out into the suction chamber enabling air to be injected into or sucked out from the suction chamber.
US12042146B2
A surgical instrument comprising a firing drive and a bailout retraction system is disclosed.
US12042140B2
This invention relates to devices that join a pair of edges. Previously, suture assemblies used holes perpendicular to a vertical plane. Embodiments of the present invention use a first pad tunnel (130) between a first pad lower plane opening (126) and a first pad upper plane opening (122). A first pad tunnel major axis (132) passes through a first pad upper plane opening center (124) and a first pad lower plane opening center (128). For reference a first pad orthogonal axis (134) passes through the first pad upper plane opening center (124) orthogonal to the first pad upper plane (118) and the first pad lower plane (120). A first pad angle (θ1) is measured clockwise from the first pad orthogonal axis (134) to the first pad tunnel major axis (132). The first pad angle is at least five degrees but no more than 175 degrees.
US12042134B2
A breast biopsy lateral arm system includes a removable gun mount which attaches to a carriage that traverses along an X-axis defined by a lateral arm in order to position a biopsy needle relative to a patient. The carriage rides along the lateral arm on self-adjusting rollers which are loaded against the lateral arm by spring members. A cam-actuated carriage slide lock can be used to secure the carriage in a desired position relative to the lateral arm. A cam-actuated removable gun mount lock allows the gun mount to be quickly changed and offset orthogonally with respect to the X-axis. An X-axis stop can be used to establish a position to which the carriage can be returned with accuracy.
US12042129B2
A stopcock for a liquid channel of a medical endoscope, having a housing, a spring element and a plug rotatably mounted in the housing, wherein the plug in a working position lies with its conical surface against a seal surface of the housing and can be placed in a medium access position in which the conical and the seal surface have no contact and the housing and the plug remain connected, characterized in that the plug includes one or more transverse grooves, in the outer wall of a conical piece, running transversely to the longitudinal axis of the conical piece and having straight groove bottoms, and the spring element in the medium access position engages with one or more transverse grooves. A medical endoscope having at least one liquid channel, characterized in that it includes at least one stopcock, by which the liquid flow through the channel can be regulated.
US12042122B2
An endoscope head or endoscope head attachment for retrofitting a generally known endoscope having an existing internal endoscope head has at least one individual optical unit for image transmission; a lighting source; and a working channel for guiding tools and/or for media to flow through. In addition, the endoscope head or attachment has an internal pivoting device which is designed to pivot at least one section of the endoscope head or attachment from a prograde orientation into a lateral or a retrograde orientation. The optical unit and the working channel of the endoscope head or attachment are coupled directly or indirectly to the pivoting device, so that they can be pivoted together with the latter.
US12042117B2
The invention relates to a retainer plate for a vacuum cleaner filter bag, comprising a base plate in which a passage opening is formed, and a sealing element which is arranged at the edge of the passage opening, wherein the sealing element comprises at least one extruded film made of a thermoplastic elastomer, TPE.
US12042116B2
A nozzle for a cleaner includes a nozzle housing including a suction flow path through which air containing dust can flow and a driving unit cover including a plurality of protruding surfaces, a first rotation cleaning unit and a second rotation cleaning unit disposed on a bottom side of the nozzle housing, each of the first rotation cleaning unit and the second rotation cleaning unit including a rotation plate designed to be coupled to a mop, rotation centers of the first rotation cleaning unit and the second rotation cleaning unit are eccentric with respect to a center of the driving unit cover, a driving device for driving the first rotation cleaning unit and the second rotation cleaning unit; and a water tank provided on the nozzle housing and for storing water to be supplied to the mops.
US12042087B2
An espresso brewing system to dynamically control the flow rate of water during pre-infusion and extraction to improvement shot consistency. Simple user controls create a programmatic “brewing environment” which allows shots to be very repeatable and shared, allowing shots to be reproduced on other machines with this system.
US12042076B1
This disclosure is a combination structure of a decorative curtain rod and a track. A decorative rod (10) includes a rod body (11) and an L-shaped opening (12). Multiple locking sets (20) are arranged spacedly on the L-shaped opening (12). Each locking set (20) includes a locking plate (21) and a locking piece (22). The locking plate (21) includes a plate body (211) and multiple blocking pieces (212). The blocking pieces (212) are arranged on the plate body (211) to form an insertion space (210). The locking plate (21) is combined on the rod body (11) to be rotatable. The track (30) includes a column (31) and a sliding slot (32). The column (31) includes a fixing plate (311) and a pair of wings (312). The wings (312) penetrate into the insertion space (210) and are blocked by the blocking pieces (212) to be combined in the L-shaped opening (12).
US12042075B2
A massaging pillow assembly includes a pillow that has a plurality of pouches each extending into an interior of the pillow to be accessed by a user. A vibration unit is insertable into a respective one of the pouches such that the vibration unit is in mechanical communication with the pillow. The vibration unit generates a vibration when the vibration unit is turned on thereby communicating the vibration into the pillow to soothe the user with the vibration. A pair of pads is each of the pads is coupled to the pillow. Each of the pads is comprised of a friction producing material to inhibit the pillow from sliding. A pair of cup holders is each removably attachable to the pillow to hold a beverage container.
US12042064B1
A foldable diaper changing mat that includes a foldable base layer having a surface engaging side and an upward facing side and a top edge and a bottom edge; and an infant buttocks receiving pad portion having a top end facing the top edge of the foldable base layer and a bottom end facing the bottom edge of the foldable base layer, wherein the infant buttocks receiving pad portion is engaged with the upward facing side and proximate the bottom edge of the foldable base layer. The infant buttocks receiving pad portion has at least one intermediate layer and a top, adsorbent-containing layer. The infant buttocks receiving pad portion typically has a top edge facing pocket and a bottom edge facing pocket that are separated from one another.
US12042057B2
Devices, systems, and methods for use of a stowable seat topper are described. The stowable seat topper can include a seat portion, a back portion attached to the seat portion, arm portions attached to the back portion, and cushion portions attached to the back portion. The seat topper can include fasteners configured to secure the seat topper when in a stowed state. The seat portion, back portion, and arm portions can comprise molded foam and provide ergonomic support to a user. Furthermore, the seat topper can be configured to transition between a stowed state and a deployed state. In the stowed state, the seat portion, back portion, and arm portions can be rolled together and securing in placed by fasteners. In the deployed state, the seat portion, the back portion, the arm portions, and the cushion portions can be unrolled, aligned with a seat, and secured to the seat.
US12042056B2
A mattress cover includes a first, face layer, a second, back layer, and third, inlay layer between the face layer and the back layer. The inlay layer is composed of a flame-retardant material. The face layer is attached to the back layer. The inlay layer is not attached to the face layer and the back layer.
US12042050B2
An adjustable base is provided that includes a fixed frame and an articulating frame connected to the fixed frame. The articulating frame includes an upper body frame pivotally connected to the upper section of the fixed frame, a seat frame pivotally connected to the upper body frame and movable along a central section of the fixed frame, and a leg frame pivotally connected to the fixed frame. An actuator is further included and has a first end connected to the seat frame adjacent to the leg frame and a second end that is connected to a linkage attached to the articulating frame. Upon activation of the actuator, the upper body frame is articulated upward and the seat frame moves linearly along the central section of the fixed frame toward the upper section of the fixed frame. Systems and methods for controlling an adjustable base assembly are further provided.
US12042045B2
A slide rail assembly includes two components, a first rail, a third rail and a movable rail. The two components are movable longitudinally relative to each other. The first rail and the third rail are respectively arranged at one of the two components and the other one of the two components. A passage is defined between the first ail and the third rail. The movable rail is movably mounted in the passage.
US12042041B1
An extendable garment hanging apparatus including a housing assembly, a hanging assembly, and a deployable assembly. The housing assembly includes a housing to receive and store garment in a small space, wherein the housing includes vents and an atomizer to keep the garments fresh. The hanging assembly includes a bar configured to be deployed and retracted from the interior of the housing when the door is opened and closed by means of a pulley mechanism, where the bar is adapted to hold the garment. The bar is hingedly attached to a support, wherein the support is coupled to a rail track, allowing the support and the bar to be lifted when opening the door, allowing the user to reach the garments separated therebetween. The user may retract the bar by pressing a button that actuates an extendable mechanism, allowing the bar and the door to return in a closed configuration.
US12042037B2
A virtual wig display assembly includes a mirror and a display that is integrated into the mirror to display imagery. A first camera is integrated into the mirror to capture imagery of a user and a second camera is integrated into the mirror to capture imagery of the user. A plurality of light emitters is each attached to the mirror to emit light outwardly from the mirror. A transceiver is integrated into the mirror and the transceiver is in wireless communication with a personal electronic device for receiving a picture of a wig taken with the personal electronic device. The display superimposes the picture of the wig on a picture of the user thereby facilitating the user to view themselves with the wig.
US12042034B2
A heat-retaining clip assembly is provided. The heat-retaining clip assembly includes a convex surface nested in a concave surface in a closed position, wherein the convex and concave surfaces are pivotably connected to move between the closed position and an open position. The convex surface has a higher thermal conductivity than the concave surface. The present invention includes a system providing an arcuate heating element that can be sandwiched between the convex and concave surfaces in the closed position, while the convex surface conducts most of the heat. Then the heat-retaining clip assembly may be moved in the open position from the heating element to a user's hair so that the heat stored in the convex surface transfers to the hair to form textured waves in the hair after the clip is moved back to the closed position.
US12042027B2
A gemstone includes a crown, a pavilion, and a girdle disposed between the crown and the pavilion. The girdle has an elliptical cross-section with a major axis and a minor axis. The surface of the gemstone is generally divided into a number of groups of interlocking facets disposed at a variety of angles. The groups of facets comprising the surface of the crown generally include star facets, upper intermediate crown facets, lower intermediate crown facets, main crown facets, and upper girdle facets. The upper girdle facets generally abut an upper edge of the girdle. The groups of facets comprising the surface of the pavilion include culet-adjacent facets, candle facets, main pavilion facets, and lower girdle facets. The lower girdle facets generally abut a lower edge of the girdle.
US12042024B2
A buckle component (1, 2) having a main body (3) and a clamping web (4), the main body (3) having a belt-receiving opening (5), and the clamping web (4) being mounted displaceably on the main body (3) in the belt-receiving opening (5) for clamping a belt (6), which is guided around the clamping web (4), between the clamping web (4) and an edge (7) of the main body (3) bounding the belt-receiving opening (5). The buckle component (1, 2) additionally has a flap (8) which is mounted pivotably on the main body (3) by a pivot joint (9), and the flap (8) has a clamping surface (10) for clamping the belt (6) between the clamping surface (10) of the flap (8) and the clamping web (4) in a clamping position of the flap (8).
US12042008B2
A bladder includes a first polymeric film, a second polymeric film attached to the first polymeric film to form a chamber, and one or more grooves formed in an exterior surface of the chamber. In one configuration, the grooves are formed in the exterior surface of the chamber by subjecting the chamber to a laser-etching process.
US12042004B2
Foot support systems (and articles of footwear including them) include a midfoot flex component, such as a bi-stable spring element, that moves the article of footwear/sole structure/foot support component/midfoot flex component between an open position/foot insertion or removal configuration and a closed position/foot supporting configuration and vice versa.
US12042002B2
The invention relates to articles of footwear, and portions thereof, including convex and/or concave elements thereon, and related systems and methods for designing and manufacturing same. An example article of footwear including a midsole having a medial side, a lateral side, a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region, the midsole including a sidewall, wherein the sidewall includes a first wall portion having a plurality of convex structures extending out from the sidewall and a second wall portion having a plurality of concave structures extending into the sidewall.
US12041996B2
Systems and methods for selectively attaching an accessory mount to a helmet are disclosed. A carrier may be used to position the accessory mount on the helmet. The accessory mount may be positioned on the helmet without engaging the rim of the helmet. The carrier may be compatible with various accessory mounts to permit mounting of different accessories. The accessory mount may be a powered mount for attachment to a Night Vision Device (NVD) such as Enhanced Night Vision Goggles (ENVG), or the accessory mount may be a non-powered accessory mount.
US12041987B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for face mask with replaceable filter cartridges and components. A face mask includes a mask component, a replaceable filter component, and a closure component. The replaceable filter component is bonded to and as between the closure component and the mask component when the closure component is attached to the mask component.
US12041981B2
The present disclosure relates to a dynamic sock, pantyhose, athletic pants/leggings or similar clothing, designed to increase propulsion or restrict motion in human gait as would be advantageous in athletic, lifestyle, medical or similar applications. Similarly, the described invention would be advantageous in sedentary applications to restrict joint angle for various pathologies. The exemplary sock includes an integrated propulsion/tension band with increased elastic/compression/tension capability at specific parts of the foot, ankle and lower leg to increase the tension at the dorsiflexion, midstance or plantarflexion phase of the gait cycle or restrict joint excursion in medical applications to thereby increase the rate, amount and force of plantarflexion or dorsiflexion or restrict motion in the sagittal, transverse or horizontal planes.
US12041971B2
An electronic cigarette is provided. The electronic cigarette includes a main body and a cigarette cartridge. The main body includes an accommodating slot and a magnetic valve. The magnetic valve movably protrudes from a bottom surface of the accommodating slot. The cigarette cartridge includes a joint surface and a magnetic body that is disposed on the joint surface. The cigarette cartridge is configured to be disposed in the accommodating slot. The magnetic body attracts the magnetic valve to move and protrude from the bottom surface of the accommodating slot, so that the magnetic body is connected to the magnetic valve, and an interval is formed between the cigarette cartridge and the main body.
US12041968B2
An apparatus comprising a heater configured to heat smokeable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokeable material, wherein the heater is elongate and comprises a plurality of independently controllable heating regions arranged sequentially along a longitudinal axis of the heater.
US12041966B2
A monolithic electronic vaporizer is provided. The monolithic electronic vaporizer may include a single molded body. The single molded body may include a fluid reservoir within and formed as part of the single molded body, a top recess located above the reservoir, and a bottom recess located below the reservoir. The monolithic electronic vaporizer may further include a mouthpiece coupled within the top recess after the reservoir is filled with vape fluid. The atomizer with the heater and the wick, the airway, and the mouthpiece of the vaporizer are coupled within the top recess of the single molded body. The remaining components of the monolithic electronic vaporizer may be assembled and coupled within the bottom recess of the single molded body. The monolithic electronic vaporizer may be disposable, and the single molded body may be formed of a recyclable material or a material that can be sterilized and reused.
US12041964B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic cigarette atomizer, including an atomization assembly and a liquid reservoir engaging with the atomization assembly; the liquid reservoir includes a liquid storage cavity; wherein the atomization assembly includes a lower holder, an upper holder installed on the lower holder, and a heating assembly clamped between the lower and the upper holders; the heating assembly includes a porous body and at least one heater engaging with the porous body, and the porous body has an atomizing surface and a liquid-absorbing surface; and the liquid-absorbing surface communicates with the liquid storage cavity, and an atomization cavity is formed between the atomizing surface and the lower holder. In the present disclosure, the heating assembly is a porous body and is clamped by the upper holder and the lower holder, thus, the structure is stable and the assembly of the heating assembly is facilitated.
US12041948B2
An artificial fiber meat includes a plurality of fibers, and each of the fibers includes 45 to 95 parts by weight of a vegetable protein and 15 to 35 parts by weight of an alginate, in which a molecular weight distribution range of the vegetable protein is between 15 kDa and 165 kDa.
US12041936B2
An antiviral agent of the present invention includes an inorganic solid acid having an acid site concentration of more than 0.005 mmol/g. The inorganic solid acid preferably includes an inorganic phosphoric acid compound, an inorganic silicic acid compound, or an inorganic oxide. An acid strength (pKa) of an acid site in the inorganic solid acid is preferably 3.3 or less.
US12041935B2
The present invention relates to herbicidal mixture comprising L-glufosinate or its salt and at least one protoporphyrinogen-IX oxidase inhibitor. The invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling undesirable vegetation in burndown programs, in industrial vegetation management and forestry, in vegetable and perennial crops and in turf and lawn.
US12041932B2
Disclosed is a method for formulating an antimicrobial composition. The method comprises treating a quaternary ammonium salt (QAS) in a reaction mixture. The QAS is one or more of didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, dioctyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, ethyl benzyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, cetyl dimethyl ammonium bromide, and dioctyl dimethyl ammonium sulphate, octyl decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, pyridium QUAT, and a combination thereof. The method further comprises reacting the QAS with one or more binders in the reaction mixture. The binder is a reactive polymeric compound, an aqueous aliphatic polyurethane emulsion, an aqueous acrylic polymer, a modified acrylic polymer, a methacrylate polymer, a reactive polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB), an aqueous polydiallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (DADMAC) polymer, or a certain combination thereof. Finally, the method comprises stabilizing the reaction mixture with one or more stabilizing agent. The stabilizing agent is selected from a group of glycol.
US12041929B2
A ripple apparatus for a wing spinning waterfowl decoy is provided. The ripple apparatus includes a decoy attachment element having a pair of attachment members, a body member pivotably coupled to the pair of attachment members via a pin, and a lower attachment member hingedly attached to the body member, wherein a first attachment member of the pair of attachment members is configured to be removably attached to a rotating motor shaft and a second attachment member of the attachment members is configured to receive a spinning wing of the decoy. A motion transfer element coupled to the lower attachment member. A ripple producing element is removably secured to the motion transfer element, wherein the ripple producing element is configured to be positioned approximate to the water surface such that ripples are created when the decoy is in operation.
US12041927B2
The present set of embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for packing and transporting materials suitable for taxidermy. More specifically, the present disclosure includes embodiments of animal cape and skull transportation apparatuses including a hood adjoined to a cape receiver wherein the hood is adapted to receive the muzzle of an animal and cape receiver is adapted to receive an animal cape including hide harvested from near the shoulder region of the animal. Additional embodiments allow for the apparatus to partially enclose the cape and skull of an animal to preserve between initial harvest and a taxidermy professional.
US12041925B2
A procedure for collection and processing of weed seeds of the type which includes: a first step of collecting of a plant material; fourth step of threshing of the harvested material; a fifth step of separating of grains from material other than the grains; a sixth step of cleaning of the main material; a seventh step of transporting the main material to a discharge device; and an eighth step of storing the main material in an appropriate media. Also includes a second step of placing the material obtained by a thresher head assembly into at least one conveyor belt towards a trailer; a third step of transferring the plant material into a transport and hauling vehicle to a stationary processing plant; a ninth step of grinding the residues; a tenth step of introducing the MDG into densification device; and a tenth step of incorporating in a mixer the resulting grinding of the ninth step along with at least one supplement.
US12041917B2
An aquarium filter assembly includes a transfer tube to convey aquarium liquid and a pre-filter member secured to an end of the transfer tube. The pre-filter member may include a rigid porous media basket, or it may include a micron filter of pleated media.
US12041915B2
An apparatus for sorting aquatic organisms having different characteristics in accordance with the characteristics, the apparatus including a container configured to contain the aquatic organisms and water, a plurality of electrodes provided in the container, a controller for controlling electric pulses applied to one or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes, and a driving-out unit for driving out the aquatic organisms having been sorted, wherein the electric pulses controlled by the controller are applied to the one or more electrodes to form an electric field so as to selectively move the aquatic organisms in the container to different portions in the container according to the characteristics, and the driving-out unit drives out the aquatic organisms to an outside of the container from the portion according to the characteristics, after the aquatic organisms are moved.
US12041914B2
A submersible pen system (100) for aquaculture is described. The pen comprises a hub (4) for coupling the pen system (100) to an anchor and a collar (1) circumferentially arranged around the hub (4) and having a variable buoyancy. A first end of at least one net panel (6) is coupled to the collar (1) and at least one tensioning element (5) is coupled to a second end of the at least one net panel (6). A stabilising diaphragm (50) is coupled to each of the hub (4) and the collar (1) and is at least partially deformable, the at least one net panel (6) providing surfaces at least partially defining a pen having a containment volume. The stabilising diaphragm (50) is configured to operatively provide a stabilising force between the hub (4) and the collar (1) such that a deformation of the stabilising resilient diaphragm (50) effects a degree of movement in the collar (1) with respect to the hub (4) when exposed to external dynamic loading.
US12041905B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PPLF82 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PPLF82, cells from soybean variety 5PPLF82, plants of soybean 5PPLF82, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PPLF82. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PPLF82 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PPLF82, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PPLF82, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PPLF82. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PPLF82 are further provided.
US12041904B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PRAD49 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PRAD49, cells from soybean variety 5PRAD49, plants of soybean 5PRAD49, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PRAD49. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PRAD49 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PRAD49, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PRAD49, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PRAD49. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PRAD49 are further provided.
US12041903B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PLLA47 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PLLA47, cells from soybean variety 5PLLA47, plants of soybean 5PLLA47, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PLLA47. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PLLA47 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PLLA47, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PLLA47, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PLLA47. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germ plasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PLLA47 are further provided.
US12041901B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011208. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011208, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011208 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 CH011208.
US12041900B1
A novel maize variety designated X90R983 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90R983 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90R983 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X90R983, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90R983 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90R983 and methods of using maize variety X90R983 are disclosed.
US12041896B2
A method of potting a tree, wherein the method includes the steps of inserting the root system of the tree into the lumen of the pot, and supplying a particulate substrate to the pot to cover the root system using an apparatus including a supply system. To pot trees quicker, the supply system includes i) a buffer, and ii) at least one chute, wherein the method includes providing the buffer with a predetermined amount of particulate substrate, and batch-wise release of the particulate material in the buffer to provide the pot with the particulate material from the buffer via the at least one chute by gravity.
US12041886B2
A vehicle includes a frame, a tractive element coupled to the frame, a prime mover coupled to the frame and configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, and a silage compactor. The silage compactor includes a wheel rotatably coupled to the frame and positioned to engage silage positioned below the frame, a vibrator coupled to the wheel and configured to cause the wheel to vibrate, and a controller configured to control the vibrator to vibrate the wheel while the wheel is in contact with the silage to compress the silage.
US12041885B2
A mobile baling machine including a rotary input shaft connected by way of a driveline to a rotatable flywheel; and a drive converter that converts rotation of the flywheel to reciprocal rectilinear motion of a plunger, in a bale-forming chamber forming part of the baling machine, in manner forming plant matter in the bale-forming chamber into a compressed form; the driveline including one or more clutches for controlledly transferring rotary drive between the input shaft and the flywheel, wherein the driveline includes a transmission including driveline components defining at least first and second selectable transmission ratios between the input shaft and the flywheel; and wherein the baling machine includes or is operatively connected to one or more controllers that selectively engage a relatively lower, first said transmission ratio or a relatively higher, second said transmission ratio in dependence on conditions prevailing in the baling machine.
US12041874B2
A lawn mower includes a blade assembly configured to perform a cutting function. The blade assembly includes an upper blade mounted about a blade rotation axis and an upper blade proximal portion being substantially flat and including a first cutting edge. A lower blade is mounted in overlap with the upper blade about the blade rotation axis. The lower blade includes a lower blade proximal portion positioned outward from the lower blade mounting portion in a radial direction, a lower blade end portion positioned outward from the lower blade proximal portion and below the lower blade proximal portion, and a second cutting edge. A lower blade falling portion transitions from the lower blade proximal portion to the lower blade end portion.
US12041871B2
A system and method (1200) for monitoring operating performance of a seeder. A sensor is disposed in each distribution line (58) of the seeder to detect gaps in the product stream. If the duration of the gap exceeds a gap threshold, the gap is recorded. In one embodiment, GPS coordinates are associated with each recorded gap which is then displayed on a field map such that the operator has a real-time a visual representation of each recorded gap within the field as the seeder advances through the field. In another embodiment, a gap rate (1311) is calculated and displayed by determining the number of occurrences of the recorded gaps over a distance or area. In another embodiment, an economic loss value is calculated and displayed based on different ranges of the calculated gap rate (1311).
US12041867B2
A method including: recording a first image of a first field region; automatically treating a plant within the first region in-situ based on the first image; automatically verifying the plant treatment with a second image of the first region; and automatically treating a second region concurrently with treatment verification.
US12048248B2
A polymer composite exhibiting piezoelectric properties can be formed for flexible and/or thin film applications, in which the polymer composite includes a polymer matrix and a piezoelectric ceramic filler embedded in the polymer matrix. The polymer matrix may include at least two polymers: a first polymer and a second polymer. The first polymer may be a fluorinated polymer, and the second polymer may be compatible with the first polymer and have a dielectric constant of less than approximately 20. The piezoelectric ceramic filler can be lithium doped potassium sodium niobite (KNLN), and be approximately 40-70% by volume of the polymer composite. The remaining 30-60% by volume may be the polymer matrix, which may itself be approximately 5-20% by weight second polymer and 80-95% fluorinated polymer.
US12048242B2
Provided are a compound capable of more improving the performance of organic EL devices, an organic electroluminescent device having a more improved device performance, and an electronic device including such an organic electroluminescent device; precisely, a compound represented by the following formula (1) wherein X1, X2, X3, L, R1 to R3, R5 to R8, R11 to R13, R15 to R18, R21 to R24, and R25 to R28 are as defined in the description, an organic electroluminescent device containing the compound, and an electronic device including such an organic electroluminescent device.
US12048231B2
A display device includes a display panel including a first area, a second area disposed on the first area, and a bending area extending from the first area to the second area, where the first area includes a first flat area and a first curved area disposed between the bending area and the first flat area, a driver disposed on the first flat area, a cover panel disposed between the first area and the second area, and a space layer including a first adhesive layer disposed between the cover panel and the first curved area and a second adhesive layer disposed between the cover panel and the first flat area. Here, the first adhesive layer has an adhesive property different from an adhesive property of the second adhesive layer.
US12048230B2
To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size, a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed, or a display device that can display an image along a curved surface. The display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel each including a pair of substrates. The first display panel and the second display panel each include a first region which can transmit visible light, a second region which can block visible light, and a third region which can perform display. The third region of the first display panel and the first region of the second display panel overlap each other. The third region of the first display panel and the second region of the second display panel do not overlap each other.
US12048228B2
An image capture device including an image capture module and a display panel is provided. The display panel is disposed on the image capture module and includes multiple pixels. Each of the pixels includes a first light-emitting region and a second light-emitting region. The first light-emitting region emits a first light beam. The first light beam is transmitted to the image capture module through a region outside the first light-emitting region. In each of the pixels, a total area of the first light-emitting region is smaller than a total area of the second light-emitting region.
US12048224B2
A display device includes a display panel and an input sensor disposed on the display panel. The input sensor includes a plurality of first areas repeatedly arranged in a first direction, a plurality of second areas repeatedly arranged in the first direction, an inorganic insulating layer disposed in the first areas, an organic insulating layer disposed in the first areas and the second areas, and a sensing electrode disposed on the organic insulating layer. The first areas are alternately arranged in the first direction with the second areas, and the input sensor includes openings in the second areas that are formed by removing portions of the inorganic insulating layer from the second areas.
US12048218B2
An electroluminescent display device includes a substrate having a first subpixel and a second subpixel, which are adjacent to each other, a first electrode provided in each of the first subpixel and the second subpixel on the substrate, a trench including a first trench and a second trench, which are provided to be spaced apart from each other at a boundary between the first subpixel and the second subpixel on the substrate, a light emitting layer provided on the first electrode and provided in the first subpixel, the second subpixel and a boundary between the first subpixel and the second subpixel, and a second electrode provided on the light emitting layer, wherein a first portion of the light emitting layer is discontinuous in the first trench and the second trench, a second portion of the light emitting layer is discontinuous in the first trench and is continuous in an area overlapped with the second trench, and a third portion of the light emitting layer is continuous in an area overlapping with the first trench and the second trench.
US12048208B2
A display apparatus including a first thin-film transistor (TFT) including a first semiconductor layer including a silicon semiconductor; a second TFT including a second semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor; a first shielding layer configured to overlap the first TFT and positioned between a substrate and the first TFT; and a second shielding layer configured to overlap the second TFT and positioned between the substrate and the second TFT.
US12048204B2
A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a base substrate, the base substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region, the base substrate includes a first substrate layer, a third substrate layer and a second substrate layer which are sequentially stacked, a material of the second substrate layer includes amorphous silicon. The display region includes a transparent display region, the transparent display region includes a pixel region and a light transmission region, and a thickness of the second substrate layer located in the light transmission region is less than a thickness of at least part of the second substrate layer located outside the transparent display region.
US12048202B2
An array substrate includes a base substrate and a pixel defining layer on the base substrate. The pixel defining layer includes a plurality of thickness thinning regions. The thickness thinning regions have a smaller height than other areas of the pixel define layer on the base substrate. The plurality of the thickness thinning regions is configured to guide flow of fillers to form an encapsulating layer on the pixel defining layer.
US12048195B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a base substrate; a plurality of pixel units arranged on the base substrate in an array, wherein each pixel unit comprises a pixel driving circuit and a light-emitting element, and the pixel driving circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting element; a plurality of signal lines, electrically connected to the pixel driving circuit, respectively; and a light shielding portion on the base substrate. Orthographic projections of at least two of the signal lines on the base substrate are spaced apart by a gap, at least one of interference and diffraction is generated due to a plurality of gaps in response to that at least a part of light passes through the gaps, and an orthographic projection of the light shielding portion on the base substrate covers at least orthographic projections of the gaps on the base substrate.
US12048192B2
A display panel includes a display area and a non-display area disposed on at least one side of the display area, and further includes an array substrate, a first optical structure layer, and a second optical structure. The first optical structure layer is provided with a plurality of pixel openings, grooves, and dams. The dams and the grooves intersect with an edge of the non-display area at an included angle, and the included angle is 80° to 100°.
US12048188B2
A light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, a passivation layer disposed over the substrate, a light emitting device layer including a light emitting layer disposed over the passivation layer, a non-emission pattern portion including a light emitting material pattern disposed over the passivation layer at a periphery portion of the substrate and electrically isolated from the light emitting layer, and an encapsulation layer disposed over the light emitting device layer and the non-emission pattern portion. The encapsulation layer may wholly surround the non-emission pattern portion and seals an interface between the non-emission pattern portion and the passivation layer.
US12048186B2
A dam portion (200) includes a wall surface positioned along an edge of the organic film and faces the display area. The substantially rectangular shape is a rectangle including a side along a first direction and a side along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and including a chamfered portion (210) forming an outline inclined to the first and second directions. The wall surface (200w) includes first partial wall surfaces (200x) along the first direction and second partial wall surfaces (200y) along the second direction. The first partial wall surfaces (200x) have a length that is an integer multiple of a first unit length, and the second partial wall surfaces (200y) have a length that is an integer multiple of a second unit length. In the chamfered portion (210), the first partial wall surfaces (200x) and the second partial wall surfaces (200y) are connected in a zigzag manner.
US12048182B2
Provided is a display device. The display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixels, an adhesive layer on the substrate, a light emitting diode on the adhesive layer, a planarization layer surrounding the light emitting diode, a connection electrode on the planarization layer, and a transparent protective layer on the connection electrode. At least one layer of the adhesive layer, the planarization layer, and the transparent protective layer includes a plurality of multi-shell structured particles. The multi-shell structured particles are included in the display device so that the adhesion and the adhesion holding power between the light emitting diode and the driving panel are improved to increase the product yield and improve the luminance of the light emitting diode, thereby providing a display device with low power consumption.
US12048169B2
High efficiency, color neutral, semi-transparent organic photovoltaics for energy harvesting windows
An organic photovoltaic device comprises a first electrode, at least one organic heterojunction layer positioned over the first electrode, a second electrode positioned over the organic heterojunction layer, and a thin film stack positioned over the second electrode, comprising a plurality of sublayers of a first dielectric material alternating with a plurality of sublayers of a second dielectric material, wherein at least one of the plurality of sublayers of the first dielectric material has a thickness that is different from another of the plurality of sublayers of the first dielectric material, wherein the organic photovoltaic device has a mean transmittance of between 10% and 100% for light between 420 nm and 670 nm, with a variance of ±10%, and wherein an index contrast between the sublayers in the thin film stack is at least 0.1. A method of fabricating an organic photovoltaic device is also disclosed.
US12048161B2
A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes forming a first source layer including a trench, forming a first sacrificial layer in the trench, forming a first structure over the first source layer, wherein the first structure includes first material layers and second material layers which are alternately stacked over the each other, forming first openings passing through the first structure and extending to the first sacrificial layer, forming first channel layers in the first openings, forming a slit passing through the first structure and extending to the first sacrificial layer, forming a second opening by removing the first sacrificial layer through the slit, and forming a second source layer in the second opening, wherein the second source layer is coupled to the first channel layers.
US12048159B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a lower horizontal layer and an upper horizontal layer and having a cell array region and a connection region, an electrode structure including electrodes, which are stacked above the substrate, and which extend from the cell array region to the connection region, a vertical channel structure on the cell array region that penetrates the electrode structure and is connected to the substrate, and a separation structure on the connection region that penetrates the electrode structure. The lower horizontal layer has a first top surface in contact with a first portion of the separation structure, and a second top surface in contact with a second portion of the separation structure, and an inflection point at which a height of the lower horizontal layer is abruptly changed between the first top surface and the second top surface.
US12048158B2
A vertical memory device includes a channel extending in a vertical direction on a substrate, a charge storage structure on an outer sidewall of the channel and including a tunnel insulation pattern, a charge trapping pattern, and a first blocking pattern sequentially stacked in a horizontal direction, and gate electrodes spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction, each of which surrounds the charge storage structure. The charge storage structure includes charge trapping patterns, each of which faces one of the gate electrodes in the horizontal direction. A length in the vertical direction of an inner sidewall of each of the charge trapping patterns facing the tunnel insulation pattern is less than a length in the vertical direction of an outer sidewall thereof facing the first blocking pattern.
US12048153B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide semiconductor devices. For example, a semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region along a first direction that is parallel to a main surface of the substrate. Then, the semiconductor device includes a memory stack that includes a first stack of alternating gate layers and insulating layers and a second stack of alternating gate layers and insulating layers along a second direction that is perpendicular to the main surface of the substrate. Further, the semiconductor device includes a joint insulating layer in the second region and a third stack of alternating gate layers and insulating layers in the first region between the first stack of alternating gate layers and insulating layers and the second stack of alternating gate layers and insulating layers.
US12048149B2
A 3D memory device includes a memory stack having a memory block. The memory block includes a first memory array structure, a staircase structure, a second memory array structure in a first lateral direction, and a plurality of fingers in a second lateral. The staircase structure includes a staircase zone and a bridge structure adjacent to the staircase zone in the second lateral direction. The 3D memory device also includes a source-select-gate (SSG) cut structure extending in a SSG of the memory stack and between adjacent ones of the plurality of fingers of the memory block. The SSG cut structure is between a first finger and a second finger, the first finger includes a string. The staircase zone includes a staircase conductively connected to memory cells in the string in each of the first memory array structure and the second memory array structure through the bridge structure.
US12048148B2
Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a memory stack including interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers, a source contact structure extending vertically through the insulating layer from an opposite side of the insulating layer with respect to the semiconductor layer to be in contact with the semiconductor layer, and a channel structure extending vertically through the memory stack and the semiconductor layer into the insulating layer or the source contact structure.
US12048147B2
A structure includes first and second active areas, first and second gates and a data line. The first gate is continuous and crosses over the first active area and the second active area. The first gate corresponds to gate terminals of first and second transistors, and first source/drain regions of the first and the second active areas correspond to first source/drain terminals of the first and second transistors. The second gate includes first and second gate portions electrically isolated from each other. The first and second gate portions correspond to gate terminals of third and fourth transistors, respectively. The first gate portion crosses over the first active area, and the second gate portion crosses over the second active area. The first data line is coupled to the first source/drain regions of the first active area and the second active area.
US12048146B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a memory cell region, a peripheral region, and a dam region between the memory cell region and the peripheral region, the memory cell region having a rectangular shape according to a top view and having a plurality of active regions defined therein; a plurality of bit line structures extending on the substrate in the memory cell region to be parallel with each other in a first horizontal direction, each including a bit line; a plurality of buried contacts filling lower portions of spaces among the plurality of bit line structures on the substrate; a plurality of landing pads on the plurality of buried contacts; and a dam structure including a first dam structure and a second dam structure in the dam region and being at the same level as the plurality of landing pads.
US12048144B2
A semiconductor memory device includes: a conductive line stack including a plurality of first conductive lines that are stacked over a substrate in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate; conductive pads extending laterally from edge portions of the first conductive lines, respectively; and contact plugs coupled to the conductive pads, respectively.
US12048138B2
The present application provides a method for preparing a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor structure, relating to the technical field of semiconductors. The method for preparing a semiconductor structure includes: providing a base; forming a support layer having capacitor holes and electric contact structures; forming a first dielectric layer in the capacitor holes, the first dielectric layer surrounding first intermediate holes; forming a first electrode layer in the first intermediate holes, the first electrode layer filling the first intermediate holes; removing part of the support layer to form second intermediate holes; forming a second dielectric layer in the second intermediate holes, the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer forming a dielectric layer; and, forming a second electrode layer on the dielectric layer.
US12048135B2
A semiconductor structure includes an SRAM cell that includes first and second pull-up (PU) transistors, first and second pull-down (PD) transistors, and first and second pass-gate (PG) transistors. A source, a drain, and a channel of the first PU transistor and a source, a drain, and a channel of the second PU transistor are collinear. A source, a drain, and a channel of the first PD transistor, a source, a drain, and a channel of the second PD transistor, a source, a drain, and a channel of the first PG transistor, and a source, a drain, and a channel of the second PG transistor are collinear.
US12048129B2
The invention relates to an electrical assembly, in particular for a vehicle, comprising a casing (13), at least one electrical module (11) having at least one electrical component to be cooled, a cooling module (12) comprising at least two fluid orifices (122), at least one cooling duct provided in said cooling module (12), configured to form a portion of a cooling circuit and to provide a fluidic connection between said fluid orifices (122), said at least one electrical module (11) being connected to said cooling module (12) in order for the electrical module (11) to be cooled, said casing (13) being connected to said cooling module (12) so as to define a free volume, said free volume accommodating said at least one electrical module (11) so as to form an independent module configured to be connected to a frame of an item of electrical equipment.
US12048124B2
This invention provides a fan assembly including a mounting bracket, a fan and a circuit board assembly. The fan is disposed in the mounting bracket. The circuit board assembly includes a circuit board and a plurality of gold fingers. The plurality of gold fingers are disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit board. The circuit board is disposed on the mounting bracket and electrically connected to the fan.
US12048118B2
An immersion cooling assembly comprises at least one primary heat-generating electronic component and a flow-through cooling module mounted near the at least one primary heat-generating component. The flow-through cooling module comprises at least one inlet conduit to accept an inflow of pressurized dielectric coolant, a fluid chamber through which fluid flows to provide targeted, direct cooling to a heat-generating component, and exit passageways to facilitate flow-through of the dielectric coolant into a surrounding immersion bath for cooling of other components. As it flows out of the cooling module and over the heat-generating component, the coolant fluid absorbs heat from the heat-generating electronic component. In certain embodiments, the assembly may also comprise at least one periphery heat-generating electronic component, which may also be cooled by the dielectric coolant as it exits the vicinity of the flow-through cooling module. The cooling module may include impingement nozzles to accelerate and direct the flow of coolant fluid toward the high-heat-generating electronic component.
US12048116B2
A liquid cooling module includes a housing having first and second chambers filled with a working fluid and intercommunicating with each other via an intercommunicating port and a backflow port. A pump is received in the housing and is aligned with the intercommunicating port. The pump includes a stator driving an impeller to rotate, driving the working fluid to flow from the first chamber through the intercommunicating port, the stator, and the impeller. The working fluid flows through the second chamber back into the first chamber via the backflow port. An electronic device includes a casing, an electric module received in the casing and including a heat generating area, and the liquid cooling module. The liquid cooling module is disposed in the casing and is in thermal connection with the heat generating area via a heat absorbing zone of the housing aligned with the first chamber or the second chamber.
US12048115B2
A cooling system for cooling electronic equipment is disclosed herein. The cooling system includes geothermal wells including internal pumps. A cold plate thermal exchanger is in fluid communication with the geothermal wells. A fluid circuit is configured to direct cooling fluid from the geothermal wells to enclosures housing the electronic equipment. The system disclosed herein is environmentally responsible and utilizes renewable sources of energy. The system disclosed herein takes advantage of subterranean thermal recharging of cooling fluid, and is also configured to direct cooled fluid back into geothermal wells under certain conditions.
US12048109B2
A cabinet for electronic components, which is resistant to shocks resulting in deformation of a housing and unsteady leaning of a cabinet casing, includes a cabinet body, a plurality of supporting units, and a plurality of shock-proof units. The plurality of supporting units is disposed on a bottom portion of the cabinet body, and each of the plurality of shock-proof units includes a shock-proof member and a carrier. An end of the shock-proof member rests on the floor or ground, and the other end is connected to the cabinet body. The carrier is connected to the cabinet body and supports the cabinet body, inclination of the cabinet body following heavy jarring and impacts is prevented.
US12048108B1
A caster assembly for installation in an electronic equipment enclosure includes a top plate, a forked support member, and an axled wheel. The top plate is attachable to a frame structure of the electronic equipment enclosure and includes a plurality of countersunk recesses. The forked support member extends downward from the top plate, and the axled wheel is supported on the forked support member. The caster assembly is installable in an assembled electronic equipment enclosure by aligning the countersunk recesses of the top plate beneath mating features at an underside of the frame structure such that, once aligned, the weight of the assembled electronic equipment enclosure retains each mating feature of the frame structure within a respective one of the plurality of countersunk recesses in the top plate, thereby retaining the caster assembly in position to support the assembled electronic equipment enclosure.
US12048103B2
In order to overcome the problems that the existing arc-shaped lock has a complex structure and is difficult to accurately adjust angles, the application provides an arc-shaped lock, comprising an angle control mechanism and a locking mechanism; the angle control mechanism comprises a first mounting structure and a first sliding mechanism, a second sliding mechanism and a positioning mechanism, and the first mounting structure is used for installing a display module; the locking mechanism comprises a second mounting structure, and the second mounting structure is used for installing another display module; the first sliding mechanism and the second sliding mechanism telescopically extend out of the first mounting structure and abut against the second mounting structure, the positioning mechanism is used for positioning lengths of the first sliding mechanism and the second sliding mechanism extending out of the first mounting structure; and the first sliding mechanism and second sliding mechanism are positioned at two sides of the lock bar. According to the arc-shaped lock provided by the application, the angle of the first mounting structure and the second mounting structure can be adjusted by the length difference between the first sliding mechanism and the second sliding mechanism at two sides of the lock bar, so that the angle between display modules can be adjusted; and the arc-shaped lock has a simple structure and allows precise adjustment of the curvature.
US12048098B2
A component carrier includes a layer body with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, a component embedded in the layer body, and at least one galvanic connection stack at least partially on at least part of at least one main surface of the layer body. At least one of a bottom main surface and a top main surface of the embedded component is electrically connected to the at least one galvanic connection stack.
US12048092B2
A patterned conductive article 200 includes a substrate 210 including a unitary layer 210-1 and includes a micropattern of conductive traces 220 embedded at least partially in the unitary layer. Each conductive trace extends along a longitudinal direction (y-direction) of the conductive trace and includes a conductive seed layer 230 having a top major surface 232 and an opposite bottom major surface 234 in direct contact with the unitary layer; and a unitary conductive body 240 disposed on the top major surface of the conductive seed layer. The unitary conductive body and the conductive seed layer differ in at least one of composition or crystal morphology. The unitary conductive body has lateral sidewalls 242, 244 and at least a majority of a total area of the lateral sidewalls is in direct contact with the unitary layer.
US12048087B2
A wiring board according to the present disclosure includes a core insulating layer, a first laminated body located on an upper surface of the core insulating layer, and a second laminated body located on a lower surface of the core insulating layer. Each of the first laminated body and the second laminated body has a structure in which at least four electrical conductor layers and at least three build-up insulating layers are alternately located. The electrical conductor layers include two types, that are a first electrical conductor layer and a second electrical conductor layer. In the electrical conductor layers in the first laminated body, at least a first outermost layer and a first innermost layer are the first electrical conductor layers, and a first intermediate layer located farther from the core insulating layer than the first innermost layer includes at least two or more of the second electrical conductor layers.
US12048080B2
An optical system includes a plurality of laser light sources and an optical component. A first set of one or more laser light sources is configured to emit optical disinfection light at the optical component. A second set of one or more laser light sources is configured to emit optical communication light at the optical component. The optical component is configured to distribute the optical disinfection light in a first light distribution pattern, and to distribute the optical communication light in a second light distribution pattern. The optical component includes a first set of one or more metamaterial structures configured to distribute, in the first light distribution pattern, the optical disinfection light that is incident on the optical component, and a second set of one or more metamaterial structures configured to distribute, in the second light distribution pattern, the optical communication light that is incident on the optical component.
US12048075B2
A lighting driver includes a negative third harmonic generator configured to generate a negative third harmonic signal corresponding to a third harmonic of an AC input voltage shifted by 180 degrees. The lighting driver further includes an adder circuit configured to generate an adder output signal by adding the negative third harmonic signal to a voltage divider output signal generated from the AC input voltage. The lighting driver also includes a controller configured to control generation of a DC output voltage provided by the lighting driver based on a control signal generated from the adder output signal.
US12048068B2
Provided is a heating element having a fuse function. The heating element having a fuse function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of heat sources which generate heat when power is applied, a fuse member of which both end portions are physically connected to two heat sources disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a gap to connect the two heat sources in series and which is fused to electrically disconnect the two heat sources when a temperature is higher than or equal to a preset temperature, and an insulating member which surrounds the plurality of heat sources and the fuse member.
US12048057B2
A base station transmits configuration parameters indicating a first position and a second position. The first position may be in a first number of bit. The second position may be in a second number of bit. The first number of bit and the second number of bit may be based on a payload size. The base station may transmit cancellation indications comprising a first cancellation indication. The first cancellation indication may indicate cancellation of a scheduled transmission. The first cancelation indication may be based on the first position when the scheduled transmission is for a normal carrier and may be based on the second position when the scheduled transmission is for a supplementary carrier.
US12048056B2
A user equipment (UE) may receive an indicator that indicates cancellation of one or more scheduled transmissions on a group of resources. The indicator has a format that is configurable to indicate whether scheduled transmissions in a downlink direction, an uplink direction, or both are cancelled. The indicator may include an indication of the group of resources and zero or more flags indicating a direction of transmissions that are canceled, or the indicator may include two or more groups of resources that each apply to one or both of the downlink direction or the uplink direction. The UE may cancel one or more transmissions in response to the indicator.
US12048054B2
A network provides PDU sessions between wireless devices and data networks. UPFs in the network handle the user planes of these PDU sessions, while SMFs in the network manage the PDU sessions. The SMFs have dedicated interfaces for signaling sessions to the UPFs. In the occasion that managing of a PDU session has to be transferred from one SMF to another SMF, the first SMF has to release the signalling session with the UPF for the PDU session, and a second SMF has to re-establish the signaling session with the UPF for the same PDU session. To avoid that during the transfer of the management responsibility transfer the wireless device experiences a hick-up in the PDU session the first SMS includes a control element in the release message to the UPF, indicating to the UPF that the signaling session for the PDU session will be re-established by a second SMF, and that the UPF shall continue the handling of the PDU session till re-establishment.
US12048053B2
A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network is described. The wireless communication network including a plurality of user devices, UEs. The UE communicates with one or more further user devices, UEs, of the wireless communication network over a sidelink. Responsive to a trigger for a transmission, the UE performs a sensing process for determining resources to be used for the transmission. The sensing process includes a plurality of radio resource selection processes. The UE selects from the plurality of radio resource selection processes the radio resource selection process to be applied dependent on one or more of the following: a traffic density, a traffic density of different types of traffic, a user density within a predefined area around the UE.
US12048049B2
An improved discontinuous reception (DRX) mechanism is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving a request to attach to a cellular network from user equipment (UE). The method then identifies a group identifier associated with the UE and determines a DRX parameter based on the group identifier. Finally, the method transmits the DRX parameter to the UE.
US12048046B2
Provided are a data transmission method and apparatus, an information determination method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The data transmission method includes sending a paging message carrying first indication information to a second communication node, where the first indication information is used for indicating whether the second communication node is triggered to perform a mobile terminal-early data transmission (MT-EDT) procedure, and receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message carrying second indication information and sent by the second communication node.
US12048037B2
A network function configured for operation in a mobile telecommunications network is provided. The network function is configured to obtain from a User Equipment (UE), a Protocol Data Unit, PDU, session request for establishment of a redundant PDU session and to determine said redundant PDU session to be established based on at least one network condition. The network function is configured to provide the UE the outcome of the determination if said redundant PDU session is to be established. Hereby a network function that can consider Network conditions to determine (initiate/reject) the redundant user plane feature for the URLLC services can be provided. By allowing the network to determine establishment of redundant user plane resource exhaustion can be avoided in that the UE is no longer controlling the establishment of a redundant user plane.
US12048036B2
Mechanisms for uplink (UL) scheduling in dual connectivity scenarios are provided. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes: receiving, in an uplink (UL) buffer, first UL data for transmission to at least one base station (BS) via a first path and a second path, wherein the first path and the second path are associated with a dual connectivity communication mode; transmitting, to a first BS on the first path, a first scheduling request for the first UL data; and refraining, based on a time duration between the receiving the first UL data in the buffer and a tune-away gap on the second path, from transmitting a second scheduling request for the first UL data on the second path.
US12048030B2
A method and system for connecting a power tool with a mobile device. The mobile device receives a user request to connect to a power tool and transmits a short-range advertisement. The power tool receives the short-range advertisement and transmits a signal. The mobile device receives the signal from the power tool and determines a signal strength. The mobile device compares the signal strength to a predetermined signal strength value. When the signal strength value exceeds the predetermined signal strength value, the mobile device connects with the power tool.
US12048020B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support RACH message waveform indication. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes transmitting, by a wireless communication device, a random access control channel (RACH) request message; and receiving, by the wireless communication device, a RACH response message based on the RACH request message, wherein a waveform type of RACH response messages is dynamic, wherein the waveform type of the RACH response message is determined by the wireless communication device, and wherein transmitting the RACH request message and receiving the RACH response message comprise a two-step RACH procedure. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12047999B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a repeater may receive configuration information associated with configuring involvement of the repeater in an access procedure. The repeater may generate a signal associated with the access procedure based at least in part on the configuration information. The repeater may transmit the signal to a wireless communication device based at least in part on the configuration information and other information associated with the access procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12047992B2
A system described herein may monitor, via a Central Unit (“CU”) of a radio access network (“RAN”), radio frequency (“RF”) metrics associated with a User Equipment (“UE”). The monitored RF metrics may be based on communications between the UE and a Distributed Unit (“DU”) that is communicatively coupled to the CU. The system may identify a Multi-Access/Mobile Edge Computing (“MEC”) device that is communicatively coupled to the DU and that provides one or more services to the UE via the DU. The system may resource allocation parameters for the MEC based on the RF metrics between the UE and the DU. The system may instruct the MEC to implement the set of resource allocation parameters. The MEC may modify an allocation of MEC resources, allocated for providing the one or more services to the UE, based on the determined set of resource allocation parameters.
US12047990B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently performing measurements and other functions in preparation for communicating with a base station on a secondary cell (SCell). In particular, a user equipment (UE) may switch to a certain bandwidth part (BWP) (e.g., a dormant BWP) on an SCell when the SCell is deactivated, and the UE may perform the appropriate measurements and functions on this BWP (e.g., based on reference signals received on this BWP). In some cases, the UE may determine to switch to the BWP for performing the appropriate measurements and functions based on an inactivity timer expiring or based on an indication from a base station (e.g., on a primary cell (PCell)). Accordingly, once the UE activates the SCell for communications with a base station, the latency associated with preparing for communicating on the SCell may be reduced.
US12047987B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining an energy per resource element (EPRE) ratio for non-zero power (NZP) channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs) when a device is measuring a wireless channel. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining, based on an indication, an energy per resource element (EPRE) ratio for a non-zero power (NZP) channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource; and measuring a channel based on the determined EPRE ratio and CSI-RSs associated with the NZP CSI-RS resource.
US12047981B2
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) (110, 500, 800) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving (401), at the UE (110, 500, 800), an indication of a time domain resource allocation table to use for one or more Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmissions. The method comprises determining (402), based on the received indication, the time domain resource allocation table to use for the one or more PDSCH transmissions.
US12047980B2
An electronic device for wireless communication, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable medium. The electronic device includes a processing circuit for receiving indication information from a base station on a set of bandwidth parts, the set of bandwidth parts including one or more bandwidth parts, and for communicating with the base station by using at least one bandwidth part in the set of bandwidth parts.
US12047972B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive single downlink control information (DCI) that indicates resources for a plurality of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states for transmitting or receiving communications in a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs). The UE may transmit or receive the communications in the plurality of TTIs in accordance with the DCI. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12047967B2
A user equipment (UE) is configured to transmit physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions having repetitions. The UE receives a first downlink control information (DCI) transmission from a base station of the wireless network, wherein the first DCI transmission schedules a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission having repetitions, transmits the PUSCH transmission with the one or more repetitions, receives a second DCI transmission from the base station, wherein the second DCI transmission indicates that the UE should modify the repetitions of the first PUSCH transmission and modifies the repetitions of the first PUSCH transmission.
US12047963B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may transmit, and a user equipment (UE) may receive, downlink control information (DCI) that indicates a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state associated with a common beam for joint downlink and uplink communication, downlink communication only, or uplink communication only. The UE and the base station may communicate on one or more of a downlink or an uplink using the common beam associated with the TCI state indicated in the DCI. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12047962B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless forwarding node may receive, from a control node via a fronthaul control interface, semi-static configuration information indicating one or more parameters for forwarding a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The wireless node may receive, from a transmitter node, information associated with an RMSI PDCCH that schedules transmission of an RMSI physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) that carries RMSI associated with an access procedure. The wireless node may transmit an RMSI PDCCH to one or more receiver nodes based at least in part on the received information and the semi-static configuration information. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12047958B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device used in nodes for wireless communications. The node firstly receives K information blocks, K being a positive integer greater than 1, each of the K information blocks comprises a first-type index and at least one second-type index; and then receives a first signaling and a second signaling respectively in a first resource set and a second resource set; and transmits first UCI in a physical layer channel on a first cell, the first cell being capable of bearing a HARQ-ACK associated with the first signaling; the first UCI comprises a HARQ-ACK associated with a second signaling. The present disclosure improves the method and device for design of HARQ-ACK codebook grouping to optimize the system performance.
US12047955B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether a collision is to occur between a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission that includes a scheduling request (SR), and multiple physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions in a slot. The UE may transmit, to a base station (BS), the PUCCH transmission or the multiple PUSCH transmissions based at least in part on determining whether the collision is to occur in the slot. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12047954B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may transmit a first sidelink control information (SCI) message associated with a sidelink transmission from the first UE, the first SCI message including a first indication of a set of resources reserved for retransmissions of the sidelink transmission at one or more retransmission occasions. The first UE may identify a second SCI message associated with the first SCI message, the second SCI message including one or more time domain resource allocation (TDRA) field values indicative of at least a first subset of the set of resources and a release of the at least first subset of the set of resources reserved for the retransmissions of the sidelink transmission, the release pertaining to at least one retransmission occasion of the one or more retransmission occasions. The first UE may then transmit fewer retransmissions of the sidelink transmission in accordance with the release.
US12047946B2
In a method for transmitting and receiving a shared channel in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a terminal is characterized by comprising: a step for receiving, from a base station, first resource information for transmitting and receiving a shared channel; and a step for receiving, from the base station, the shared channel on a first resource determined on the basis of the first resource information or transmitting, to the base station, the shared channel on the first resource.
US12047940B2
Aspects relate to techniques for configuring intermittent time domain resources that are usable by a user equipment (UE) for communication with a base station. The base station may transmit a usable time domain resource (TDR) configuration to the UE that indicates the usable time resources that are available to the UE for communication with the base station. The UE may then communicate with the base station based on the usable TDR configuration.
US12047939B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) or a base station, or both, may determine a configuration for partitioning a set of sequences into multiple sequence pools associated with multiple UEs. The UE or the base station, or both, may determine a sequence pool associated with the UE based on the configuration, which may include parameters or instructions for determining the sequence pool associated with the UE. The UE or the base station, or both, may select a subset of sequences from the sequence pool associated with the UE and construct a codebook including the subset of sequences. The UE may select a sequence from the constructed codebook based on a quantity of bits of a payload and may transmit the payload to the base station using the selected sequence.
US12047933B2
A communication system includes remote units to exchange RF signals with mobile devices, at least some of the RF signals comprising information destined for, or originating from, a mobile device. The communication system also includes at least one controller or controller resource communicatively coupled to an external network and configured to assign airlink resources to the user equipment. The at least one controller or controller resource is separated from the remote units by an intermediate network comprising a switched Ethernet network over which data corresponding to the information is carried between the at least one controller or controller resource and the remote units. Two or more of the remote units are configured to belong to the same communication cell. The at least one controller or controller resource is configured to assign two or more of the user equipment in the same communication cell to simultaneously use a same airlink resource.
US12047932B2
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for sidelink resource selection with AD usage awareness. A UE may receive, from one or more ANs, one or more resource usage schedules associated with one or more ADs in communication with the one or more ANs. The UE may combine the one or more resource usage schedules associated with the one or more ADs into a combined resource usage schedule. The usages may be associated with the combined resource usage schedule, which may be indicative of excluded resources for a transmission of the UE. The UE may transmit, based on the combined resource usage schedule, the transmission of the UE on a resource other than the excluded resources.
US12047923B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a network node in a Radio Access Network. The method includes transmitting a downlink control information message, the downlink control information message having a slot allocation indication and a symbol allocation indication. The slot allocation indication indicates a slot aggregation having a plurality of slots being allocated for communication to at least one user equipment, wherein each slot com includes prises a plurality of symbols. The symbol allocation indication indicates allocation of symbols to at least one channel according to an allocation pattern for two or more of the plurality of slots. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
US12047922B2
The present invention relates to a transmission and reception method of a radio signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system. According to the present specification, disclosed is a method comprising the steps of: determining whether or not transmission of an uplink radio signal or reception of a downlink radio signal allocated to a terminal is possible on a slot configured to comprise at least one of one or more downlink symbols for downlink transmission, one or more flexible symbols and one or more uplink symbols for uplink transmission; and controlling the transmission of the uplink radio signal or the reception of the downlink radio signal on the basis of the determination. According to the present invention, the terminal can transmit the uplink radio signal even if the configuration of the slot is changed, and thus uplink radio signal transmission omission or unnecessary retransmission of the uplink radio signal can be prevented. And by means of defining valid timing of the uplink signal such as a physical random access channel, the frequency efficiency of the network can be increased and the energy consumption of the terminal can be reduced.
US12047918B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for transmitting data, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: a first terminal device receives indication information transmitted by a network device, where the indication information is for indicating a transmission band for transmitting the data; the first terminal device determines a numerology for transmitting the data according to the transmission band; the first terminal device transmits the data to the network device or receives the data transmitted by the network device on the transmission band according to the numerology. Therefore, the method, the terminal device, and the network device according to the present disclosure can achieve, with different numerologies, scheduling of data transmissions that are based on different transmission bands, thereby increasing flexibility of control signaling design. Furthermore, downlink signaling overhead can be saved.
US12047917B2
A wireless device receives one or more first radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising configuration parameters indicating: a first sensing window of a first sensing procedure; and a second sensing window of a second sensing procedure. The wireless device selects, based on the first sensing window, a first candidate resource set for one or more sidelink transmissions. The wireless device selects, based on the second sensing window and for the one or more sidelink transmissions, a second candidate resource set from the first selected candidate resource set. The wireless device transmit the one or more sidelink transmissions via one or more resources of the second candidate resource set.
US12047916B2
A method by which a first device performs wireless communication and an apparatus for supporting same are provided. The method comprises the steps of determining a selection window; selecting Y candidate slots within the selection window; determining at least one slot related to the Y candidate slots, on the basis of a resource reservation period value set for a resource pool; selecting at least one sidelink (SL) resource from among SL resources included in the Y candidate slots, on the basis of sensing the at least one slot; and performing SL communication on the basis of the at least one SL resource, wherein the value of Y may be a positive integer.
US12047899B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a UE. The instructions configure the UE for low latency NR positioning in a 5G NR network and cause the UE to perform operations comprising decoding configuration signaling received from a base station. The configuration signaling includes measurement gap information and scheduling information for a UE measurement report. A downlink (DL) positioning reference signal (PRS) received from the base station is decoded. Positioning measurements are performed using the DL PRS. The positioning measurements are performed based on a measurement gap corresponding to the measurement gap information. The UE measurement report is encoded for a UL transmission to the base station based on the scheduling information. The UE measurement report includes the positioning measurements.
US12047897B2
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for resolving multiple contexts for a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless network. In one embodiment a method includes maintaining, for a coordinating node hosting a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) controller and a second RAT controller simultaneously, a centrally maintained database; determining, based on the contents of the centrally maintained database, when the UE is registering with the second RAT controller while currently registered with the first RAT controller; and sending, by the second RAT controller, a deregistration command to the first RAT controller the UE was registered with, wherein context is freed and wherein resources held at both the coordinating node and at a base station are freed.
US12047895B2
An automation system has a master control unit, a first radio subscriber, a first radio device and a clock master. The first radio device has a first synchronization element, a first radio module and a first connection for the bus system. The first radio module can establish a radio connection to the first radio subscriber for data exchange with a bus system provided by the master control unit. The first radio connection has a first radio channel with a first frequency range. The first synchronization element is set up to output a synchronization signal to the first radio module, based on a signal received from the clock master via the first connection. The first radio module is set up to change a frequency of the first radio channel based on the synchronization signal, within the first frequency range, on the basis of a first hopping table.
US12047891B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by user equipment UE, first synchronization source configuration information on a first carrier; determining, a first synchronization source based on the first synchronization source configuration information; determining that synchronization with the first synchronization source fails; determining a second synchronization source and a transmission resource; and transmitting data on a second carrier using the determined transmission resource and based on the second synchronization source, where the first synchronization source is used to provide the UE with a synchronization clock required for transmitting the data on the second carrier, and a frequency of the first carrier is different from a frequency of the second carrier.
US12047884B2
According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: multiple antennas configured to support long-term evolution (LTE) communication and new radio (NR) communication; a memory configured to store association information between first multiple output powers used for the LTE communication and second multiple output powers used for the NR communication corresponding to the first multiple output powers respectively, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: configure an LTE transmission power to be used for data transmission in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of the LTE communication, identify a first NR output power maximum value corresponding to the LTE transmission power based on the association information, identify a sounding reference signal (SRS) output power to be used for SRS transmission through at least one of the multiple antennas, and at least temporarily reduce the LTE transmission power based on the SRS output power being greater than the first NR output power maximum value.
US12047883B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for restricting SRS power control configurations. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a wireless device, WD, is provided. The method includes obtaining at least a first sounding reference signal, SRS, resource set configuration for a first SRS resource set, the first SRS resource set configuration corresponding to a first SRS transmission power value; obtaining at least a second SRS resource set configuration for a second SRS resource set, the second SRS resource set configuration corresponding to a second SRS transmission power value; and determining a power level to transmit an SRS on at least one SRS resource associated with at least one of the first SRS resource set and the second SRS resource set.
US12047881B2
Disclosed is an HARQ feedback method, belonging to the technical field of wireless communications. The method is implemented by a base station. The method comprises: sending power-saving signals to at least two terminals, wherein the power-saving signals are used for indicating that the at least two terminals execute corresponding actions related to power saving; and receiving HARQ feedback respectively sent, with regard to the power-saving signals, by the at least two terminals, wherein HARQ feedback resources used when the at least two terminals respectively send the HARQ feedback with regard to the power-saving signals do not overlap. According to the present disclosure, the base station sends the power-saving signals to the at least two terminals and receives the HARQ feedback returned, with regard to the power-saving signals, by the at least two terminals by means of using different HARQ feedback resources, thereby reducing collisions when the at least two terminals use the same HARQ feedback resource and improving the feedback efficiency of the terminals with regard to the power-saving signals.
US12047880B2
The present disclosure relates to a user equipment (UE), which comprises a receiver, which in operation, receives power saving signals, PoSS, from a serving base station on which the UE is camping, processing circuitry, which, in operation, monitors the reception of PoSS to determine a UE behavior regarding processing of a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, wherein the PoSS comprises a behavior indication indicating for the UE to follow a first behavior or a second behavior, and wherein the PoSS further comprises a configuration indication indicating at least one configuration parameter associated with the first or second behavior, and wherein the processing circuitry, in operation, determines to perform PDCCH monitoring in case the first behavior is indicated and to skip PDCCH monitoring in case the second behavior is indicated, and accordingly applies the at least one configuration parameter.
US12047877B2
Provided are a method and device for sending and receiving a Wake Up Signal (WUS), and an electronic device. The sending method includes: negotiating, by a communication node, with a terminal about a service type of the terminal; and sending, by the communication node, a WUS according to the service type.
US12047875B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station on multiple component carriers (CCs) in a carrier aggregation (CA) configuration. The base station may transmit an indication to the UE that identifies a new power mode (e.g., a power mode adjustment) that the UE is to implement. The power mode may identify communication parameters that the UE is to adjust. The UE may determine a delay for applying the new power mode on the CCs. The delay may provide the UE time to activate or deactivate components or elements based on the new power mode. In some examples, the UE may determine the delay based on one or more selected CCs and then apply the delay across the CCs. The UE may implement the power mode on one or more (or all) of the CCs following the delay.
US12047870B2
An access control method, a base station and a terminal are provided. The method comprises: receiving a system message transmitted by a base station; determining whether to camp on a cell of the base station according to the system message to obtain a determination result; and performing, according to the determination result, a procedure of camping on the cell of the base station or a procedure of not camping on the cell of the base station.
US12047869B2
A wireless communication device for communicating across a wireless communication channel includes a memory storing instructions and one or more processors coupled to the memory to execute the instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are configured to determine a plurality of channel estimation measurements corresponding to a plurality of PPDUs received from an additional wireless communication device; determine a plurality of position measurements using information about the transmission of the plurality of PPDUs, wherein the position measurement is a position of the additional wireless communication device relative to the wireless communication device; select a subset of the plurality of channel estimation measurements based on the plurality of position measurements; and determine a change in a state of the wireless communication channel based on the selected subset of the plurality of channel estimation measurements.
US12047865B2
The present disclosure provides communications methods and apparatuses. One method includes: receiving, by a first communication node, first indication information from a second integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, wherein the first indication information indicates that a radio link failure (RLF) occurs on a backhaul (BH) link on a first communication path between the first communication node and a second communication node, wherein the first communication node is a terminal device or a first IAB node, and wherein the second IAB node is on the first communication path, and reporting, by the first communication node, second indication information through a second communication path between the first communication node and the second communication node, wherein the second indication information indicates that the RLF occurs on the BH link on the first communication path.
US12047863B2
Methods and apparatus relating to use of actual and/or virtual beacons are described. Virtual beacons are virtual in that an actual beacon need not be transmitted but a rather a virtual beacon transmitter at a desired location maybe considered to transmit virtual beacons. In some embodiments a set of beacon transmitter information for one or more beacons is supplied to devices in a communications system. The beacon transmitter information indicates transmission power and location of actual and virtual beacon transmitters as well as information to be communicated by virtual beacons. Devices with access to beacon information can determine based on the location of a wireless terminal whether the wireless terminal is within coverage area of a virtual beacon and report reception of the virtual beacon to the wireless terminal or a component of the wireless terminal which acts upon receiving an indication of beacon reception.
US12047853B2
A method for determining a position of a vehicle. The method has a step of carrying out self-locating of the vehicle using a locating device of the vehicle in order to generate a provisional position of the vehicle. The method also has a step of reading in a position signal, the position signal representing a position of another vehicle. Moreover, the method has a step of ascertaining a relative position of the vehicle relative to the other vehicle with the aid of the position signal in order to determine the position of the vehicle using the self-locating and the relative position.
US12047848B2
A relay device including: an information storage unit that stores conversion-target header information; a downlink signal dividing unit that divides a downlink signal received from the radio control device into a header and a payload; a signal replicating unit that makes the same number of copies of the payload of the downlink signal as the number of the plurality of destination radio devices; a downlink signal header information conversion unit that performs conversion on the header of the downlink signal for each destination radio device based on the header information stored in the information storage unit; and a signal addition assignment unit that adds the header converted by the downlink signal header information conversion unit to each of the payloads of the downlink signal replicated by the signal replicating unit, and transfers the payloads to the radio devices respectively corresponding thereto.
US12047840B2
An event processing method, a device, and a system are disclosed in embodiments of this disclosure, to facilitate an application program adjusting a parameter configuration policy according to a radio signal strength of a UE. The event processing method according to an embodiment includes: generating a location report request, the location report request being used for requesting a deferred location report based on a radio signal strength of a user equipment (UE) and indicating a triggering event for triggering the deferred location report; transmitting the location report request to the UE, the location report request triggering the UE to determine whether the triggering event occurs according to the radio signal strength of the UE; and obtaining event reporting information transmitted by the UE to the location application device in response to the triggering event occurring.
US12047831B2
Embodiments herein achieve a method for handling a RLF in a wireless communication system by a UE. The method includes detecting the RLF at the UE associated with a first cell that is associated with a first RAT. Further, the method includes selecting a second cell, associated with a second RAT, by performing a cell selection procedure. Further, the method includes detecting that a 5GC is connected. Further, the method includes determining whether a timer is running in the UE. Further, the method includes performing an IRAT RRC re-establishment procedure on the second cell when the RLF is occurred on the first cell associated with the first RAT in response to determining that the timer is running in the UE.
US12047820B1
A method and system for controlling whether a user equipment device (UE) that is not connected with an access node will connect with the access node. An example method includes making a determination of whether the access node has experienced a threshold high extent of secondary-node-addition failures, each secondary-node addition failure being an instance where the access node attempted secondary-node-addition for dual-connectivity service and the attempted secondary-node-addition failed. And the example method includes using the determination as a basis to control whether the UE that is not connected with the access node will connect with the access node. Without limitation, this example method could be carried out by the UE when the UE is seeking to acquire initial wireless connectivity or considering handover to the access node, or the method could be carried out by a source access node considering handover of the UE to the access node.
US12047819B2
Supplementary uplink (SUL) may be used in wireless systems. Cell suitability criteria may be provided for cells configured with SUL. A Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) may receive paging with an indication of a carrier (e.g., SUL or regular uplink (RUL)) in which to initiate part or all of an initial access. A WTRU that may be performing response-driven paging may provide (e.g. explicit) beam information for beamforming of a paging message on a non-beamformed SUL. A handover (HO) procedure (e.g., carrier selection, configuration handling, HO failure, etc.) may be provided for a WTRU with a configured SUL. A WTRU may request a change of a configured UL. A WTRU may (e.g., autonomously) perform a switch to a different (e.g., configured) uplink, for example, when one or more conditions may be met (e.g., conditional switch). Semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) resources/configuration may be relocated from a first UL to a second UL.
US12047812B2
A fronthaul multiplexer according to one aspect of the present invention combines uplink packets in a compressed state that is received from two or more radio units so that the uplink packets are accumulated and combined immediately when received or the uplink packets are recompressed using a compressing method with high compression efficiency when stored in a memory in order to reduce a use amount of memory.
US12047810B2
Techniques are provided for reducing the delay in accumulating positioning measurements and improving positioning latency. An example method for reducing positioning measurement latency in a wireless network includes receiving assistance data including configuration information for a plurality of positioning reference signals, determining measurement gap requirements, requesting measurement gaps based on the measurement gap requirements, receiving measurement gap configuration information, determining a mobility state, and measuring or transmitting one or more positioning reference signals based at least in part on the measurement gap configuration information and the mobility state.
US12047803B2
A measurement reporting method and device, the method including configuring, by a first network device, at least one of first information or second information for user equipment, the first information including a first or second threshold, the first threshold being associated with triggering a first type of measurement event and the second threshold associated with triggering a second type of measurement event, where the second information instructs the user equipment to report a first or second measurement result, the first measurement result being a cell measurement result, and the second measurement result a beam measurement result, delivering, by the first network device, the first or second information to the user equipment, the delivering causing the user equipment to report a measurement result to the first network device in response to a measurement event, and receiving the measurement result sent by the user equipment.
US12047798B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, such as a base station or another UE, one or more reference signals. The reference signals may be examples of sensing reference signals (SRSs) or positioning reference signals (PRSs). The UE may identify a time of arrival (TOA) parameter value associated with each of the one or more references signals, and the UE may prioritize each of the one or more reference signals based on the TOA parameter value associated with each of the one or more reference signals. In some cases, the UE may perform a channel measurement procedure, and may transmit a report including the results of the measurement, to the network node. The report may include TOA parameter values associated with each of the one or more reference signals received from the network node.
US12047787B2
A system for providing temporary, transportable cellular communications networks is disclosed. The system includes at least one mobile base station and a control system. The mobile base station can include an aerial vehicular base station with a frame and propellers mounted on the frame that enable flight of the aerial vehicular base station while the control system is configured to control the flight path and functioning of the aerial vehicular base station. The aerial vehicular base station includes hardware and software components for providing cellular network coverage for short ranges. The control system determines the safe flight path for the aerial vehicular base station to reach a service location to provide cellular network coverage. The aerial vehicular base station identifies the closest base stations and available spectrum at the service location to provide communication services for the user equipment at the service location.
US12047781B2
A method and apparatus are provided for delivering user equipment (UE) new radio (NR) security capabilities and mobility management entity interworking. In the embodiments, adding the UE NR security capabilities in a new information element over a non-access stratum (NAS) is compatible with a legacy mobility management entity and eliminate any potential of bidding-down attack and is more advantageous and serves the security solution better. As long as the UE is connected to the long term evolution (LTE) and all UE security capabilities including LTE security capabilities have been replayed correctly and successfully in the NAS security mode command (SMC) message, the UE may not consider the absence of the UE NR security capabilities in the NAS SMC as a security vulnerability.
US12047779B2
A communication apparatus receives a communication parameter for wireless communication with a first communication apparatus via a wireless network from a second communication apparatus, generates encryption key information to be shared with the first communication apparatus based on the received communication parameter, acquires an expiration date for connection to the wireless network from the received communication parameter, connects to the first communication apparatus via the wireless network using the generated encryption key information, and determines whether the acquired expiration date has passed and restricts connection to the first communication apparatus using the encryption key information in a case where the expiration date has passed.
US12047777B2
An authentication server enrolls a user's mobile device as a trusted device with a vendor software after verifying the network ID of the user's mobile device. The authentication server associates the network ID in an authentication entry with authentication information such as a push notification token and cryptographic key. Later, when the user attempts to log in to the vendor software, the authentication server may attempt to cryptographically authenticate the user. Otherwise, the authentication server may use the push notification token to transmit an OTP to the user's mobile device as a push notification.
US12047776B2
The present invention provides a method of how the serving base station notifies UE of the encryption information used in the re-establishment process, how the serving base station finds the UE context information and authenticates the UE, in the 5G architecture. By means of the method of the present invention, the message between the RRC message and the base station can be optimized, the UE is correctly authenticated, and the re-establishment failure is avoided.
US12047770B2
A communication apparatus connectable to a communication network notifies the presence of the communication apparatus using a communication channel assigned to the communication apparatus, then sets one communication channel different from the assigned communication channel of those available in the communication network, and searches for a communication partner apparatus which functions as a providing apparatus that provides communication parameters using the set communication channel. The communication apparatus repetitively executes the notification processing and the search processing, and changes a communication channel used in the search processing every time the repetition is executed one or a plurality of number of times.
US12047768B2
Improved tools for authoring and rendering audio reproduction data are provided. Some such authoring tools allow audio reproduction data to be generalized for a wide variety of reproduction environments. Audio reproduction data may be authored by creating metadata for audio objects. The metadata may be created with reference to speaker zones. During the rendering process, the audio reproduction data may be reproduced according to the reproduction speaker layout of a particular reproduction environment.
US12047766B2
An apparatus, method and computer program product for: receiving spatial audio information captured by a plurality of microphones, receiving a captured audio object from an audio device wirelessly connected to the apparatus, determining an audio audibility value relating to the audio device, determining whether the audio audibility value fulfils at least one criterion, and activating, in response to determining that the audio audibility value fulfils the at least one criterion, inclusion of the audio object captured by the audio device in the spatial audio information captured by the plurality of microphones.
US12047760B2
A BLUETOOTH communications system includes a true wireless stereo (TWS) BLUETOOTH headset and a terminal device, where the TWS Bluetooth headset includes a first earbud and a second earbud. The terminal device controls the first earbud to collect a sound signal and the second earbud to play a sound signal. When an audio application on the terminal device is started, the first earbud collects a first sound signal, performs sound effect processing on the first sound signal to obtain a second sound signal, and sends the second sound signal to the second earbud. The terminal device sends accompaniment audio to the second earbud, and the second earbud performs audio mixing processing on the accompaniment audio and the second sound signal for playing.
US12047754B2
A sound source localization apparatus 2 includes a sound signal vector generation part 21 that generates a sound signal vector based on a plurality of electrical signals outputted from a plurality of microphones 11 that receive a sound generated by a sound source, a subspace identification part 22 that identifies a signal subspace corresponding to a signal component included in the sound signal vector and a noise subspace corresponding to a noise component included in the sound signal vector, a candidate identification part 23 that identifies one or more candidate vectors indicating a plurality of candidates of a direction of the sound source, and a direction identification part 24 that identifies, as the direction of the sound source, a direction, on the basis of an optimization objective function including a sum of squares of an inner product of the signal subspace and the noise subspace.
US12047735B2
A loudspeaker system (700 or 800) and method for tuning ported loudspeakers and reducing unwanted acoustic resonances provides reduced port noise, eliminates undesired port resonances and improves the accuracy and fidelity of reproduced sound in a loudspeaker system of relatively high efficiency with an enclosure including an Eigen Tone Filter structure (“ETF”) comprising a pipe or set of pipes 720, 820 placed inside a loudspeaker vent to absorb the “open pipe” acoustic resonance of the vent. The open-pipe resonance is unwanted and interferes with the midrange performance of the loudspeaker, when in use, if not corrected.
US12047732B2
A tuned-frequency-spectrum earpiece for selectively tuning audio frequencies that enter an inner ear of a user wearing the earpiece, the earpiece including a base having an emitter end and receiver end, the base including a channel that passes through an entirety of the base; a sound-attenuation plug, wherein the sound-attenuation plug is configured to couple to the base such that the sound-attenuation plug surrounds at least a portion of the channel of the base; a first filter device configured to insert into the channel of the base and to selectively reject undesired frequencies of the audio frequencies that enter the earpiece; and a frequency-selective sound collector operatively coupled to the receiver end of the base and configured to increase an amount of desired frequencies of the audio frequencies that enter the first filter device. Some embodiments increase the amount of sound from some directions while reducing sound from other directions.
US12047729B2
Ear-fitting headphone attachment apparatus, systems that utilize the aforementioned attachment apparatus, and methods of its manufacture and use. In one aspect, an attachment apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the attachment apparatus includes a coiled wire having an interference dimension. The coiled wire includes an attachment point for the attachment of a decorative item. In another embodiment, the attachment apparatus includes an extruded or injection molded tube of material. A pair of wires wraps around the tube of material in opposite direction, the pair of wires residing around an outside perimeter of the tube of material and entering into the tube of material where it exits at a bottom portion of the tube of material. In yet another embodiment, the attachment apparatus includes a woven textile having a crosshatch pattern associated therewith. In yet another embodiment, the attachment apparatus includes thin metal strips that collectively have a crosshatch pattern associated therewith.
US12047717B2
A method for enhancing digital images during a microsurgery, e.g., an eye surgery, includes collecting digital images of target anatomy using a digital camera as the target anatomy is illuminated by warm white light. The method includes identifying, via a processor in communication with the digital camera, a predetermined stage of the microsurgery. Within the images, the processor digitally isolates a first pixel region, e.g., a pupil pixel region, from a second pixel region, e.g., an iris pixel region, and adjusts a characteristic of constituent pixels thereof. The method, possibly recorded as instructions in a computer-readable medium, may be used to enhance a red reflex at predetermined stages of an eye surgery. A system includes a lighting source for emitting warm white light having a color temperature of less than about 4000° K, the camera, and the processor.
US12047711B2
A method for surveilling with a vehicle includes receiving an area-of-interest data from a vehicle user. The area-of-interest data delineates a virtual fence around the vehicle. The virtual fence is boundary of an area of interest around the vehicle. The vehicle is parked adjacent to an infrastructure. The method further includes receiving sensor data from a sensor of the vehicle that is monitoring the area of interest. Further, the method includes detecting a predetermined activity by a predetermined object of interest within the area of interest based on the sensor data received from the sensor of the vehicle. Also, the method includes notifying the vehicle user of the predetermined activity sensed using the sensor of the vehicle.
US12047710B2
A remote operator that remotely assists in traveling the autonomous traveling vehicle refer to a remote monitoring terminal. A remote monitoring device acquires data of a plurality of sensors mounted on the autonomous traveling vehicle, executes an image generation processing for generating an around-view of the vehicle by processing the data, calculates the lane width of the lane traveled by the vehicle based on the map information, calculates the vehicle width ratio of the vehicle with respect to the lane width, and when the vehicle width ratio is greater than a predetermined determination threshold, provides the generated around-view by the image generation processing to the remote monitoring terminal.
US12047706B2
A display apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with another display apparatus, a display configured to display contents being shared with the other display apparatus and a video call user interface (UI) for a video call with a user of the other display apparatus, and a processor, in response to at least one of a gesture and a voice of the user included in video call data received from the other display apparatus satisfying a predetermined condition, configured to control the display to change a size of the video call UI displayed on the display.
US12047698B2
The memory control unit 12 causes a memory unit 13 to store input image data divided into a first block having pixel data of a predetermined number of pixels in a line direction for a plurality of lines, a second block having pixel data of a predetermined number of pixels following the first block in the line direction for a plurality of lines including a part of the lines of the first block, and a third block having pixel data of a predetermined number of pixels following in the line direction for a plurality of lines including a line different from the line included in the second block in the first block. The arithmetic processing unit 15 calculates an interpolation position that is a position before image conversion corresponding to a pixel position after image conversion, the memory control unit 12 reads the pixel data of the first to third blocks including the pixel data of the peripheral pixel of the interpolation position from the memory unit 13, and the interpolation processing unit 14 generates the pixel data of the interpolation position by the interpolation processing using the read peripheral pixel. The processing speed of the image processing can be improved.
US12047697B2
An image sensor may include an array of image pixels. The array of image pixel may be coupled to row control circuitry and column readout circuitry. An image pixel in the array may include a charge integration portion having a photodiode, a floating diffusion region, and a capacitor coupled to the floating diffusion region and may include a voltage-domain sampling portion having three capacitors. High light and low light image level and reset level signals may be sampled and stored at the voltage-domain sampling portion before being readout to the column readout circuitry during a readout operation. The high light reset level signal may be sampled and stored during the readout operation.
US12047694B2
A pixel array includes pixel circuits including a first pixel circuit having first and second split floating diffusions receiving charge from first and third photodiodes through first and third transfer transistors, and from second and fourth photodiodes through second and fourth transfer transistors, respectively. A first shared gate structure includes gates of first transfer transistors of first and second pixel circuits. A third shared gate structure includes gates of third transfer transistors of the first and second pixel circuits. A second shared gate structure includes gates of second transfer transistors of first and third pixel circuit. A fourth shared gate structure includes gates of fourth transfer transistors the first and third pixel circuits. A dual floating diffusion transistor is coupled between the first and second split floating diffusions and the third and fourth split floating diffusions to bin charges in the first, second, third, and fourth floating diffusions.
US12047688B2
A video camera system includes a video capture device and a camera controller. The video capture device includes a sensor that receives light, a shutter that selectively permits the light to be received at the sensor based on a shutter speed, and a frame processor that generates a plurality of video frames based on the light. The camera controller includes a frame parameter calculator that calculates a luminance parameter of the plurality of frames, a frequency domain analyzer that executes a frequency domain analysis based on the luminance parameter to generate a plurality of luminance amplitude values mapped to a plurality of frequencies, and a control signal generator that generates a target shutter speed based on the plurality of luminance amplitude values mapped to the plurality of frequencies, and transmits a control signal based on the target shutter speed to cause the shutter to operate at the target shutter speed.
US12047686B2
A high-dynamic-range (HDR) camera module with adaptive image data linearization includes (i) an HDR image sensor configured to generate tone-compressed HDR images as respective frames that include active pixel data and metadata, (ii) a processor outside the HDR image sensor, and (iii) a memory outside the HDR image sensor and storing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the processor to: (a) extract, from a frame of a first tone-compressed HDR image, tone-compressed pixel intensities from the active pixel data and a histogram of pre-tone-compression pixel intensities from the metadata, (b) derive, from the tone-compressed pixel intensities and the histogram, a correspondence between tone-compressed pixel intensities and pre-tone-compression pixel intensities, and (c) linearize at least a portion of the active pixel data of either the first tone-compressed HDR image or a subsequent tone-compressed HDR image, according to the correspondence, to produce a linearized HDR image.
US12047684B2
A CPU provided in an image display device of an image exposure device causes a display unit of the image display device to display a display image for divided exposure, which has a divided gradation value obtained by dividing a gradation value of a recorded image, and sequentially performs a plurality of exposures of the photosensitive recording medium by the display image for divided exposure to perform a divided exposure for recording the recorded image on the photosensitive recording medium.
US12047681B2
An image pickup apparatus includes a tilt driving unit configured to change a tilt so as to change an angle between an image pickup plane of an image sensor and a principal plane of an image pickup optical system, a focus driving unit configured to drive a focus lens, and at least one processor that functions as an area setting unit configured to set a plurality of areas in a captured image, a defocus information detection unit configured to detect defocus information for each of the plurality of areas, and a control unit configured to select one control mode from a plurality of control modes based on the defocus information on each of the plurality of areas, the plurality of control modes being used for performing focusing control using at least one of the tilt driving unit and the focus driving unit.
US12047679B2
A focus control device that is capable of preventing an object intended by a user from being excluded from a focusing target. The focus control device performs focus adjustment by using one of autofocus and manual focus. When focus control is switched from the autofocus to the manual focus, and then switched to the autofocus, whether to perform focus adjustment with settings of the autofocus set before being switched to the manual focus, or with settings of the autofocus to be set after being switched from the manual focus, is controlled according to whether or not there is an object focused by the manual focus.
US12047677B2
A radiation imaging apparatus includes a first module including a first detection unit configured to detect radiation that has passed through an object; a second module including a second detection unit configured to detect the radiation that has passed through the object and the first detection unit; and a control unit configured to control the first module and the second module in accordance with a mode selected from a plurality of modes including a first mode in which each of the first detection unit and the second detection unit captures a radiation image, and a second mode in which, of the first detection unit and the second detection unit, the first detection unit captures a radiation image.
US12047672B2
A display control apparatus includes a memory and at least one processor which function as a setting unit configured to make a superimposed recording setting for recording a first display element superimposed on a moving image captured by an image capturing unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to display the first display element superimposed on the moving image captured by the image capturing unit in the superimposed recording setting made by the setting unit, and to display the moving image captured by the image capturing unit without superimposing the first display element on the moving image after completion of the superimposed recording setting made by the setting unit.
US12047669B2
An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor generating original image data; an image processor performing image processing to generate image data; a storage storing a plurality of first parameter sets and at least one second parameter set; and a user interface receiving a user operation combining a first parameter set with a second parameter set. Each of the plurality of first parameter sets defines the effect in the image processing. Each of the at least one second parameter set defines a correspondence before and after color information in an image is converted. Based on the user operation, the image processor: adjusts an image indicated by the original image data, using the first parameter set included in the combination designated by the user operation; and converts color information included in the image adjusted by the first parameter set, using the second parameter set included in the designated combination.
US12047661B2
The invention relates to encapsulating tiled timed media data in a server and providing a timed media data bit-stream from encapsulated tiled timed media in a client device. The tiled timed media data comprises timed samples and each timed sample comprises a plurality of spatial subsamples. After having selected at least one spatial subsample from amongst the plurality of spatial subsamples of one of the timed samples, one tile track comprising the selected spatial subsample and one corresponding spatial subsample of each of the other timed samples is created for each selected spatial subsample. One composite track comprising at least one extractor identifying at least one of the created tile tracks is created. Each created track is independently encapsulated in at least one media segment file.
US12047659B2
A special network device and method for using the same are described. In one embodiment, the device is for use in a network arrangement comprising a plurality of access points that are part of one or more existing networks and operable to individually address and communicate with each other to form a local area network (LAN) to transfer data between two or more of the plurality of access points using point-to-point links independent of their function in the one or more first existing networks, and the client device comprises: a first communication interface; a second wireless communication interface; a cache to store content; and connection logic coupled to the first and second communication interfaces, and the cache, to initiate a wireless connection with one or more access points in the plurality of access points by itself using the second wireless communication interface to transfer desired content cached by individual access points of the plurality of access points, the wireless connection used to request at least one of the one or more of the plurality of access points to transfer the desired content via one or more direct point-to-point transfers with one or more access points in the plurality of access points.
US12047657B2
Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles in association with a composite video. The systems and methods include a facility for uploading a subtitle file having the full subtitles information for the entire composite video. The uploaded subtitle file is then split to generate video content item subtitles files that correspond to video content items in the composite video.
US12047656B2
Systems and methods are described for a media guidance application (e.g., implemented on a user device) that aggregates related media content, associated with media content selected by a user, by comparing keywords.
US12047655B2
Mechanisms are provided for character-based and image-based media content search and discovery. Character images or entity images are mapped to corresponding media content. Selection of an image or a portion of an image may trigger or search for corresponding media content or begin playback of relevant media content. Character images or entity images need not correspond to a primary program character or object but may correspond to minor characters or tangential entities depicted periodically on particular programs.
US12047653B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods for livestream engagement enhancement are disclosed and may be configured to retrieve a first set of texts; retrieve a second set of texts; transmit a plurality of texts including at least the first and second set of texts for display on one or more user interfaces associated with one or more user devices; receive user interaction data from at least one of the one or more user devices, wherein the user interaction data includes indication of user interaction by one or more users with at least one or more texts of the plurality of texts via at least one of the one or more user interfaces; and transmit each text of the one or more texts to a second user device for display on at least one of a first page or a second page of a second user interface.
US12047652B2
A method including acquiring to-be-processed information corresponding to a real-time video application, the to-be-processed information comprising at least one of the following: customer identity information and real-time video identification information; identifying a target object and an information intent corresponding to the to-be-processed information; determining, according to the target object and the information intent, at least one response corresponding to the to-be-processed information; and sending the at least one response to a send terminal corresponding to the customer identity information. The target object and the information intent are acquired from the to-be-processed information, at least one response is determined according to the target object and the information intent, the response is sent to the send terminal, inquiries related to live streaming sessions are effectively handled, and a client can quickly receive responses to the inquiries, thereby effectively reducing the waiting time for the inquiries and enhancing the user experiences.
US12047646B2
Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended media content items based on complementary media content item pairs are presented. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving an update to a display area within a user interface, wherein the update comprises a plurality of media content items and wherein the display area comprises (i) a first region that is displayed and that is navigable by a user of the user interface and (ii) a second region that is concealed from display and that is not navigable by the user of the user interface; determining, for each of the plurality of media content items, a complementary media content item, thereby obtaining a complementary pair of media content items that includes a first media content item and a second media content item; selecting a first subset of media content items from the plurality of media content items for the first region of the display area, wherein the first subset of media content items includes the first media content item in the complementary pair of media content items; selecting a second subset of media content items from the plurality of media content items for the second region of the display area, wherein the second subset of media content items includes the second media content item in the complementary pair of media content items; causing at least one media content item from the first subset of media content items to be presented in the first region of the display area; determining a user engagement signal from the at least one media content item being presented in the first region of the display area; replacing a third media content item queued for display in the first region of the display area with a fourth media content item from the second subset of media content items, wherein the third media content item is selected based on the user engagement signal and wherein the fourth media content item is the complementary pair corresponding to the third media content item, and causing the fourth media content item to be presented in the first region of the display area.
US12047644B2
Provided are a system and method for media content rights transferal based on protocol for management of media content rights using distributed media rights transaction ledger. One of first gateway node or first node of plurality of nodes, associated with one of first or second initiating participant, respectively, receives request or determine need for media content rights transferal of media content. Associated instance of distributed media rights transaction ledger is traversed, address of one of second node or second gateway node associated with identifier of one of a first or a second receiving participant is determined, initial media content rights transaction is issued, and new media content rights response transaction is received. Accordingly, media content rights transferal transaction is executed. Each instance of distributed media rights transaction ledger is appended with initial media content rights transaction, new media content rights response transaction, and media content rights transferal transaction.
US12047638B2
A method includes receiving, from a client device associated with a first user, a first request for content of one or more second users of a content platform. The content includes multiple content items and metadata associated with each of the content items. The method further includes providing, to the client device, a modified version of the metadata associated with each of the content items for presentation to the first user via the client device. The method further includes receiving, from the client device, a second request to access an unmodified version of the metadata. The method further includes providing the unmodified version of the metadata for presentation with the content items to the first user via the client device.
US12047635B2
A network device is configured to perform functions including (i) operating in a first playback-control mode including retrieving, via a first network interface, first media in a playback queue and streaming, via a second network interface to a headphone, the first media (ii) while streaming the first media to the headphone, displaying a representation of one or more playback devices in a media playback system, (iii) receiving input indicating a selection of a given playback device, (iv) based on the input, causing the given playback device to obtain data indicating the second media in the playback queue, use the obtained data to retrieve the second media, and play back the retrieved second media, and (v) after receiving the input, stopping streaming the retrieved first media and transitioning from operating in the first playback-control mode to operating in a second playback-control mode to control the given playback device's playback of the second media.
US12047634B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a device and method for displaying an electronic program guide. The device receives electronic program guide data and stores it in memory. The device also receives video content associated with a broadcast channel of a content provider over a network. The device combines the electronic program guide data and the video content, such that the electronic program guide content is overlaid onto the video content in a bullet screen format. The combined electronic program guide data and the video content are sent to a display device.
US12047630B2
A set top/back box and system and method for providing a remote control device are disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes television input/output, a processor, and memory. The set top/back box may establish a pairing with a programmable device, such as a proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device having a touch screen display, whereby formatted parallel audiovisual experience instructions, including virtual buttons, may be transmitted to the programmable device for display on the touch screen display to create an experience parallel to the experience on the television. The set top/back box receives and processes virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the programmable device to control amenities associated with the set top/back box.
US12047627B2
A coded data generation method of generating coded data of a plurality of bit rates in which an image is encoded includes the steps of: acquiring an evaluated value at distribution destinations of the generated coded data when the coded data is reproduced; and changing the bit rate of the coded data to be generated based on a distribution of the acquired evaluated value in all channels.
US12047624B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for generating new content segments based on object name identification. A content segment may be received from a device and a content structure is generated based on the content segment. The content structure includes objects each having attributes. The system may search a contact database associated with the device to identify a matching entry of the contact database with a particular object. The comparison matches metadata of the matching entry with an attribute of the particular object. Upon matching, the first object is modified to include a name attribute based on the matching metadata of the matching entry. In response to receiving a request using the name of the particular object to create a new content segment, the system inserts the particular object into a new content structure and a new content segment is generated for display from the new content structure.
US12047614B2
A method and apparatus for sample adaptive offset without sign coding. The method includes selecting an edge offset type for at least a portion of an image, classifying at least one pixel of at least the portion of the image into edge shape category, calculating an offset of the pixel, determining the offset is larger or smaller than a predetermined threshold, changing a sign of the offset based on the threshold determination; and performing entropy coding accounting for the sign of the offset and the value of the offset.
US12047613B2
The present disclosure relates to image modification such as an image enhancement. The image enhancement may be applied for any image modification and it may be applied during or after image encoding and/or decoding, e.g. as a loop filter or a post filter. In particular, the image modification includes a multi-channel processing in which a primary channel is processed separately and secondary channels are processed based on the processed primary channel. The processing is based on a neural network. In order to enhance the image modification performance, prior to applying the modification, the image channels are analyzed and a primary channel and the secondary channels are determined, which may vary for multiples of images, images or image areas.
US12047605B2
A three-dimensional data encoding method for encoding three-dimensional points having a hierarchical structure, the three-dimensional data encoding method including: setting one prediction mode out of two or more prediction modes each for calculating a predicted value of an item of first geometry information of a first three-dimensional point using one or more items of second geometry information of one or more second three-dimensional points surrounding the first three-dimensional point; calculating a predicted value of the one prediction mode set; calculating a prediction residual that is a difference between the item of first geometry information and the predicted value calculated; and generating a first bitstream including the one prediction mode set and the prediction residual. In the setting, the one prediction mode is set based on a depth of the first three-dimensional point in the hierarchical structure.
US12047604B2
There are disclosed a method and an apparatus for video encoding. A method can include projecting a 3D representation of at least one object onto at least one 2D patch (400); generating a geometry image, a texture image, an occupancy map and auxiliary patch information from the 2D patch, wherein the auxiliary patch information comprises metadata relating to properties of the patch and one or more indicators for configuring reconstruction of the 3D representation of the at least one object (402); and encoding the geometry image, the texture image, the occupancy map and the auxiliary patch information in or along a bitstream (404).
US12047599B2
A method for coding video data is disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining a center motion vector of a coding block; deriving a first motion vector range for the coding block based on the center motion vector and a motion vector spread, wherein the motion vector spread depends on a size of the coding block; if the first motion vector range is at least partially pointing outside a first area including a reference picture, updating the first motion vector range to point within the first area, such that a minimum value or a maximum value of the updated first motion vector range is pointing at a boundary of the first area.
US12047596B2
A method and apparatus of prediction for video coding are disclosed. According to one method, a block is partitioned into a first and second regions using a target partition selected from a partition set comprising triangle partition. A Merge candidate list is determined for a partitioned current block by including at least one HMVP (history-based motion vector prediction) candidate from an HMVP buffer, where the HMVP buffer stores motion information of previously coded blocks. The partitioned current block or current motion information associated with the partitioned current block are encoded or decoded using the Merge candidate list, where the Merge candidate list is used to derive a first candidate for the first region and a second candidate for the second region. In another method, whether to apply triangular CIIP (combined Inter/Intra prediction) to the current block is signaled at an encoder side or parsed at a decoder side.
US12047590B2
A video encoder receives a minimum number of bits (MIN) and a maximum number of bits (MAX) to be used to encode a segment of a sequence of image frames, the segment including a set of pictures contained in the sequence of image frames. The video encoder encodes the set of pictures using a total number of bits greater than the minimum number of bits (MIN), and not exceeding the maximum number of bits (MAX). Thus, the transmission bit-rate of the video encoder can be constrained to lie within a maximum and minimum rate. In an embodiment, the constraints are enforced over relatively short time intervals.
US12047586B2
A method performed by a video decoder includes receiving a coded video bitstream including a current picture, a first reference picture, a second reference picture, and a joint motion vector difference (JMVD) associated with at least one block in the current picture. The method includes determining whether one or more scaling factors are used for an adaptive motion vector difference resolution (AMVD) based JMVD based on a predetermined condition. The method includes, in response to determining the one or more scaling factors are used for the AMVD based JMVD, scaling the JMVD based on the one or more scaling factors. The method includes deriving a first MVD for the first reference picture based on the scaled JMVD. The method includes deriving a second MVD for the second reference picture based on the derived first MVD. The method includes reconstructing the at least one block based on the derived first MVD and the derived second MVD.
US12047580B2
Provided are a method and apparatus, which, during video encoding and decoding processes, obtain chroma intra prediction mode information about a current chroma block, when the chroma intra prediction mode information indicates a direct mode (DM), determine a luma block including a luma sample corresponding to a chroma sample at a lower-right location with respect to a center of the current chroma block, determine a chroma intra prediction mode of the current chroma block based on an intra prediction mode of the determined luma block, and perform intra prediction on the current chroma block, based on the determined chroma intra prediction mode.
US12047577B2
A video decoding method includes obtaining a to-be-entropy-decoded syntax element in a current block by parsing a received bitstream, where the to-be-entropy-decoded syntax element includes a syntax element 1 or a syntax element 2 in the current block, obtaining a context model corresponding to the to-be-entropy-decoded syntax element, where both of a context model corresponding to the syntax element 1 and a context model corresponding to the syntax element 2 are determined from the same preset context model set, entropy decoding the to-be-entropy-decoded syntax element based on the context model corresponding to the to-be-entropy-decoded syntax element, and obtaining a reconstructed image of the current block based on the syntax element obtained by entropy decoding.
US12047574B2
The present disclosure provides a method 1200 of decoding a transform block in an image frame from a bitstream. The method comprises decoding a single truncated unary binarisation from the bitstream, the single truncated unary binarisation being used for a horizontal transform and a vertical transform of a transform block of the image frame. The method then determines a type of the horizontal and vertical transform based on the decoded single truncated unary binarisation and decodes the transform block in the image frame by applying the determined type of horizontal and vertical transform to the transform block of the image.
US12047573B2
The present disclosure provides a method 1200 of decoding a transform block in an image frame from a bitstream. The method comprises decoding a single truncated unary binarisation from the bitstream, the single truncated unary binarisation being used for a horizontal transform and a vertical transform of a transform block of the image frame. The method then determines a type of the horizontal and vertical transform based on the decoded single truncated unary binarisation and decodes the transform block in the image frame by applying the determined type of horizontal and vertical transform to the transform block of the image.
US12047572B2
The present disclosure provides a method 1200 of decoding a transform block in an image frame from a bitstream. The method comprises decoding a single truncated unary binarisation from the bitstream, the single truncated unary binarisation being used for a horizontal transform and a vertical transform of a transform block of the image frame. The method then determines a type of the horizontal and vertical transform based on the decoded single truncated unary binarisation and decodes the transform block in the image frame by applying the determined type of horizontal and vertical transform to the transform block of the image.
US12047571B2
A system may identify a defined rectangular picture area and render video corresponding to the defined rectangular picture area. The system may receive a video bitstream comprising a picture having a header and may receive data specifying a structure of the picture. The system may parse the data specifying the structure of the picture for an identifier corresponding to a defined rectangular area in the first picture and for a tile index of a top left tile in the defined rectangular area. The system may determine one or more tiles comprised in the defined rectangular area based on the identifier corresponding to the defined rectangular area and the tile index of the top left tile. The system may reconstruct the picture including a sub-picture that comprises the defined rectangular area based upon the identifier corresponding to the defined rectangular area. The computing system may render the sub-picture in the defined rectangular area.
US12047568B2
According to one embodiment of the present document, an in-loop filtering procedure in an image/video coding procedure may include a cross-component adaptive loop filtering procedure. CCALF according to the present embodiment can increase the accuracy of in-loop filtering.
US12047566B2
A method and system for bit rate control during encoding of multimedia data are disclosed. A change in complexity of a multimedia picture relative to complexity associated with one or more multimedia pictures in a multimedia sequence is determined. A complexity associated with a multimedia picture is determined based on number of bits and an average quantization associated with the multimedia picture. A bit rate is adjusted for encoding the multimedia picture based on the change in complexity of the multimedia picture. The bit rate is increased on determining an increase in complexity of the multimedia picture and is decreased on determining a decrease in complexity of the multimedia picture. Utilization of additional bits during the increase in the bit rate and saving of bits during the decrease in the bit rate are compensated during adjusting of bit rates for encoding subsequent multimedia pictures in the multimedia sequence.
US12047549B2
A homodyne encoder encodes light sampled from an object with respective primary apertures for each spectral band. The multi-band homodyne encoder includes an optical spreader and a focusing optic. The optical spreader spreads apart the light from the respective primary apertures for each spectral band to respective secondary apertures for each spectral band. The optical spreader is arranged to spread, for each spectral band, the light from each one of the primary apertures for the spectral band to a respective one of the secondary apertures for the spectral band. The focusing optic focuses the light from the secondary apertures for all of the spectral bands into one or more composite images of the object. For each spectral band, every pairing of two of the primary apertures for the spectral band contributes distinct spatial frequencies to the composite image or images of the object.
US12047547B2
An apparatus for determining a measure for a distortion change of a first view synthesized from a second view, caused by a modification of a depth map of the second view from a first state to a second state, is configured—starting from a current synthesis state of the first view corresponding to a synthesis from the second view having the depth map modified to the second state in an already processed portion of the depth map and having the depth map unmodified at the first state in a yet to be processed portion of the depth map—to compute a possible successor synthesis state corresponding to a synthesis of the first view from the second view having the depth map modified to the second state in an already processed portion plus a currently processed portion and having the depth map unmodified at the first state in the yet to be processed portion without the currently processed portion; and to determine a distortion change of a distortion of the current synthesis state of the first view relative to an undistorted version of the first view to a distortion of the possible successor synthesis state of the first view relative to the undistorted version of the first view.
US12047541B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that is switchable between a normal mode and a silent mode; a mode setter that accepts a setting; a job-reservation registration acceptor that accepts reservation registration of the jobs; and a controller, wherein, when the job-reservation registration acceptor accepts a reservation of a job in the normal mode, the controller determines whether or not a job last accepted by the job-reservation registration acceptor is a job in the silent mode, and when the job last accepted is a job in the silent mode, the controller causes the image former to pause the job being executed by the image former, changes all jobs accepted by the job-reservation registration acceptor to jobs in the normal mode, and accepts registration of a job in the normal mode as a final job.
US12047535B1
Machine learning technology can analyze in real-time the data from a call between a person and a customer service representative. Based on this analysis, a server can determine a sentiment score that describes a sentiment expressed by the person or the customer service representative. If the server determines that the sentiment score is less than or equal to a pre-determined value, the server can inform the customer service representative's manager so that the manager can take further action to help the person and/or the customer service representative.
US12047527B2
A method and apparatus for reconfiguring the audio and video interfaces of mobile devices is described. A system for configuring various surfaces of a mobile device for performing additional functions such utilizing the front and reverse side of a mobile device with reconfigurable larger displays for enhancing the visual experience for various applications such as in video, TV and medical imaging is described. A system for command and control of a media center with a mobile device is disclosed. A method for multi-channel processing of audio and video information over mobile devices is described. A method for biometrically authorizing and delivering of copy right content to mobile devices is disclosed.
US12047525B2
A device holder includes a body portion, the body portion having a surface, a first gripping plate and a second gripping plate, each of the first and second gripping plates including a holding surface approximately perpendicular to the surface, a first lever and a second lever, each first and second lever coupled to the body portion at a pivot point via a spring and rotationally movable at the pivot points, and further includes a first sliding bracket coupled to the first gripping plate and a second sliding bracket coupled to the second gripping plate. The first lever is coupled to the first sliding bracket via a first aperture above the pivot point and a second aperture below the pivot point. The second lever is coupled to the second sliding bracket via a third aperture above the pivot point and a fourth aperture below the pivot point.
US12047522B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first mechanical element, a second mechanical element moving with respect to the first mechanical element, a frame including a first frame formed of a conductive material and coupled to the first mechanical element and a second frame formed of a conductive material and coupled to the second mechanical element, a segmentation part formed at the frame to segment each of the first frame and the second frame into a plurality of parts, and a first substrate member which includes a first part and a second part spaced apart from each other, and a first bending part for bendably connecting the first part and the second part and is disposed to move together with at least one of the first mechanical element and the second mechanical element, wherein a plurality of wires arranged at the first substrate member may be arranged not to pass through a first area which is an area of the first bending part of the first substrate member and is adjacent to the segmentation part.
US12047515B2
A system and method for digital petition management utilizing the establishment of a universal, secure identity for online communications, interactions, and exchanges that uniquely associates an image, sound, or other digital asset with a person's identity using non-fungible tokens (NFTs). A digital signature associated with an individual who wants to sign a digital petition is obtained and verified using one or more mechanisms to ensure that each digital signature is associated with only one individual and to maintain compliance with rules and regulations governing petitions. Links to the petition (also herein called “calls to action” or CTAs) can be customized via an online platform such that interaction with a given link or type of link initiates automated petition signature acquisition. In some implementations, the digital signature is a personal NFT (PNFT) which can be verified using a unique identifier to match with existing PNFTs stored in a distributed ledger.
US12047514B2
Embodiments are directed to a digital signature verification engine for reconfigurable circuit devices. An embodiment of an apparatus includes one or more processors; and a reconfigurable circuit device, the reconfigurable circuit device including digital signal processing (DSP) blocks and logic elements (LEs), wherein the one or more processors are to configure the reconfigurable circuit device to operate as a signature verification engine for a bit stream, the signature verification engine including a hybrid multiplication unit, the hybrid multiplication unit combining a set of LEs and a set of the DSPs to multiply operands for signature verification.
US12047512B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media of wrapping digital assets. One method includes receiving, from a central provider system, a digital asset signed by a central private key associated with a digital asset on a central ledger, and verifying the digital asset based on a central public key. The method further includes updating the digital asset including an assignee field, and receiving an attribute for a second assignee of the digital asset. The method further includes wrapping utilizing the private key of the public and private key pair, the digital asset with the attribute and receiving environmental data. The method further includes determining the at least one condition of the attribute is satisfied, and updating the assignee field.
US12047507B2
A node in a blockchain network may send an operation for geometrically fractionalizing an non-fungible token (NFT) into geometric shards to a blockchain network. The geometric fractionalization associates each geometric shard with a specific part of the NFT. The node may also record, on distributed ledger of the blockchain network, the fractionalization of the NFT and the association between each geometric shard with the specific part of the NFT.
US12047493B2
Techniques are provided for threshold-based override of data privacy. One method comprises creating, by a service provider, an agreement with a user employing a user device, wherein the agreement is maintained on a distributed ledger, wherein user data sent to the distributed ledger is encrypted using an inner key and an outer key (split into multiple outer key shares and distributed to the user, the service provider and/or voters), wherein a predefined number of multiple outer key shares is required to reconstruct the outer key. To access the encrypted data of the user in some embodiments, the service provider: obtains a reconstructed outer key if the number of outer key shares provided by the user, the service provider and/or the voters satisfies the predefined number of outer key shares key; and decrypts the encrypted user data using the reconstructed outer key and the inner key.
US12047487B2
A computerized process is described for improving a computer's asymmetric and symmetric encryption capabilities that results in ciphertext with higher data confidentiality, substantially greater security level, and increased data protection without encrypting any data bit more than one time. The process utilizes computing resources, eight asymmetric/symmetric encryption ciphers, eight different asymmetric/symmetric encryption keys; cipher parameters for each said cipher; and plaintext to be encrypted. A novel mechanism is described that copies bit values from common bit positions of plaintext bytes into eight partitions. Each partition of bytes is independently encrypted using a cipher with its own key and the resulting partitions of encrypted bytes are combined to form ciphertext. As the ciphertext requires eight ciphers and keys for decryption, the ciphertext security level is significantly enhanced over single cipher and key encryption. This process is reversed to decrypt ciphertext to plaintext.
US12047483B1
A method for recovering a clock from input data, in a deserializer that couples a transmission medium to receive circuitry of a data transceiver, includes operating, in a first clock recovery loop, on equalized input data from a data recovery loop to provide a first timing error signal, operating, in a second clock recovery loop, on unequalized input data to provide a second timing error signal, combining the first and second timing error signals, and deriving a recovered clock signal from the combined first and second timing error signals using an oscillator circuit. Combining the first and second timing error signals may include operating on the first and second timing error signals in a manner that filters the first timing error signal to remove low-frequency components including adaptation errors introduced by the data recovery loop, and that filters the second timing error signal to remove high frequency components including jitter.
US12047478B2
A system including a network interface layer, and a physical network connection configured to connect with a networking medium. The network interface layer is configured to: A) receive a plurality of user datagram protocol (UDP) message segments from the physical network connection; B) coalesce the plurality of UDP message segments into a coalesced UDP message; and C) send the coalesced UDP message to an application layer external to the system. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.
US12047475B2
Network architectures are interfaced with diverse inputs like a hub with multiple spokes. A portion of these input are further interfaced as limited outputs. The inputs can be from wholly different users streaming unrelated data in different protocols. HL7 ADTs in these inputs can control network configuration, culling or screening output to communications that match user parameters. Network architectures can aggregate and enhance information that matches from among these inputs, including information across protocols such as HL7. Such information can be provided and stored back to other sources so as to add to or correct wide area data stores. All communications can be provided in real-time and with manageable volumes that do not fatigue users and better manage network resources.
US12047474B1
A computer-implemented method for parallel downloading of content includes connecting to a server through which a content is available, starting to download the content from the server to a client computer, determining whether to split the downloading of the content based on a set of factors, the set of factors comprising a network latency metric and a remaining download time to download a remaining amount of the content and based on a determination to split the downloading of the content, and in parallel to downloading a first part of the content from the server to the client computer, connecting to the server and downloading an additional part of the content from the server to the client computer.
US12047468B1
Disclosed is a message broker customization system and method with user administered policy functions. The system uses user defined and controlled policy functions to programmatically customize the behaviors of a message broker's processing of messages and further allowing for that customization to take place on a per channel basis. This provides for greater functionality and flexibility to the users of a message system, especially when the users of the message system do not have administrative control over the message broker.
US12047467B2
A pull-based communication method for microservices-based real-time streaming video analytics pipelines is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of frames from a plurality of cameras, each camera including a camera sidecar, arranging a plurality of detectors in layers such that a first detector layer includes detectors with detector sidecars and detector business logic, and the second detector layer includes detectors with only sidecars, arranging a plurality of extractors in layers such that a first extractor layer includes extractors with extractor sidecars and extractor business logic, and the second extractor layer includes extractors with only sidecars, and enabling a mesh controller, during registration, to selectively assign inputs to one or more of the detector sidecars of the first detector layer and one or more of the extractor sidecars of the first extractor layer to pull data items for processing.
US12047464B1
The disclosed techniques provide controlled delivery of stimulus notifications for promotion of user engagement of select users in communication sessions. A system delivers stimulus notifications targeting less-engaged attendees who is already in an event, such as a meeting. The stimulus notifications can be regarding happenings from different corners of the event that match the attendee's profile. For example, if the attendee has a profile that indicates they are interested in viewing their team members in an event where they are participating in an activity related to a predetermined sentiment, e.g., a positive sentiment such as performing a cheering gesture or generating specific emojis, the system will send that attendee stimulus notifications when that attendee has a low engagement level.
US12047462B2
A service implemented at a first isolated virtual network of a provider network is added to a database of privately-accessible services. Configuration changes that enable network packets to flow between the first isolated virtual network and a second isolated virtual network without utilizing a network address accessible from the public Internet are implemented. Service requests originating at the second isolated virtual network are transmitted to the first isolated virtual network via private pathways of the provider network. Metrics corresponding to service requests directed from the second isolated network to the service are collected and provided to the respective owners of one or both isolated virtual networks.
US12047461B2
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which automatically initiate a connection to a network-based communication session using a second communication application responsive to the communication service detecting that the user is unable to join the network-based communication session using a first communication application. The first and second communication applications may be on a same or different computing device. For example, if a user's desktop device is unavailable or experiencing connection issues, then the communication server may automatically request that a communication application on a mobile phone of the user join the network-based communication session.
US12047456B2
A medical system, comprising: a medical machine; and a gateway device configured to communicate with the medical machine to allow access to a network, the gateway device comprising a data allowance and limitation unit that is configured to limit communication between the medical machine and the network when the data allowance and limitation unit is in an open state, wherein the data allowance and limitation unit is placed in the open state when a plannable system event occurs, and wherein, while in the open state, the data allowance and limitation unit is placed in a closed state when an unplanned event occurs, thereby providing less limited communication between the medical machine and the network compared to the open state.
US12047453B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, while in a virtual environment effectuated by a virtual reality device, an activation command to activate a digital assistant embodied on a disparate digital assistant device; establishing a connection with the disparate digital assistant device; receiving, subsequent to the establishing and at the virtual reality device, a user command directed toward the digital assistant; and performing, using the digital assistant while in the virtual environment, an action corresponding to the user command. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US12047452B2
A method for retrieving operational data from a wind farm via one or more data hubs is disclosed. Operational data is collected from at least one of the wind turbines of the wind farm at a first data hub at the wind farm. The first data hub initiates transfer of the collected operational data towards a data recipient arranged outside the wind farm, and the operational data is received at the data recipient. The first data hub adds transfer information to the operational data, prior to transferring the operational data towards the data recipient. The added transfer information is transferred along with the operational data, the data recipient thereby receiving the transfer information along with the operational data, thereby enabling the data recipient to back trace a transfer history of the received operational data.
US12047442B1
A replacement node replaces a failed node and a baseboard management controller (BMC) for the replacement node generates a nonce code that is accessible to an authenticated user. An edge management node receives the nonce code from the user and sends a maintenance token to a BMC of a peer node in an edge cluster, wherein the peer nodes BMCs within the cluster are in a BMC federation that included the failed node BMC and have access to a BMC configuration for the failed node. The management node sends the token and the nonce code to the replacement node BMC for authentication of the token. The peer node BMC sends the token received from the management node to the replacement node BMC for authentication of the peer node BMC. The authenticated peer node BMC may then deploy the BMC configuration to the replacement node BMC.
US12047439B1
Methods and systems for managing workloads are disclosed. The workloads may be supported by operation of workload components that are hosted by infrastructure. The hosted locations of the workload components by the infrastructure may impact the performance of the workloads. To manage performance of the workloads, an optimization process may be performed to identify a migration plan for migrating some of the workload components to other infrastructure such as shared edge infrastructure. Migration of the workload components may reduce the computing resource cost for performing various workloads.
US12047434B2
The computer networks provided herein may facilitate the delivery of interactive data units to selective client nodes. A client node may be associated with, and/or be accessible by, a user. The interactive data units received at a client node may be activated by the user associated with the client node. In some instances, a computer network may facilitate delivery of an interactive data unit to a client node based on the user, and/or user information, associated with the client node.
US12047428B2
A system comprising a first computing device operated by a first driver, a second computing device operated by a second driver, and a server is disclosed. The server may determine one or more characteristics of the first driver based on at least one of listening preferences or telematics data of the first driver. Based on the one or more characteristics of the first driver, the server may assign the first driver to a conference. The server may receive a request from the second computing device for the second driver to participate in conferencing. The server may determine that the second driver has at least one characteristic that matches one of the one or more characteristics of the first driver and may assign the second driver to the conference with the first driver. The server may bridge the first driver and the second driver in the conference.
US12047425B1
In one embodiment, a device makes a determination that user application experience is degraded for a client endpoint of an online application due to a current path in a network that conveys application traffic associated with the online application. A device identifies a bypass path in the network for the application traffic. The device provisions an optimization gateway along the bypass path to forward the application traffic from the client endpoint to the online application. The device causes an endpoint agent executed by the client endpoint to send the application traffic to the optimization gateway for forwarding to the online application via the bypass path.
US12047422B2
Examples herein describe systems and methods for application-specific compliance enforcement. An example method can include receiving, at a user device, profiles containing application-specific restrictions. When a first application is opened, a management agent compares the corresponding application-specific restrictions with current device settings. This can be done with a checksum comparison where the checksums are created based on a hash with an application- or profile-specific identifier. If they differ, the management agent stores the current device settings and prompts for, or automatically changes, the device settings to new compliant values before allowing the first application to operate in the foreground of the user device screen. If the first application is closed or minimized, the stored device settings can be restored. The management agent can compare those against application-specific restrictions of the second application before allowing the second application to run in the foreground.
US12047410B2
In some implementations, a security device may receive a traffic flow. The security device may determine an amount of a padding included in the traffic flow. The security device may determine whether the amount of the padding included in the traffic flow satisfies a padding threshold. The security device may perform, based on the amount of the padding satisfying the padding threshold, offloading for the traffic flow. The security device may inspect, based on the amount of the padding failing to satisfy the padding threshold, an entire portion of the traffic flow.
US12047387B2
A system to generate a web index includes a computing device having a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the memory. The computing device is configured to access a plurality of webpages through a network along a directed route. The computing device is also configured to generate an index corresponding to the plurality of webpages. The computing device is further configured to distribute a digest corresponding to the index to one or more additional computing devices in the network.
US12047386B2
A computer-implemented method for an augmented-reality system is provided. The computer-implemented method comprises obtaining sensed data, representing an environment in which the AR system is located, determining that the AR system is in a location associated with a first authority characteristic, and controlling access to the sensed data for one or more applications operating in the AR system. Each of the one or more applications is associated with a respective authority characteristic. Controlling access to the sensed data for a said application is performed in dependence on the first authority characteristic and a respective authority characteristic associated with the said application. An AR system comprising one or more sensors, storage for storing sensed data, one or more application modules, and one or more processors arranged to perform the computer-implemented method is provided. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions for performing the computer-implemented method is also provided.
US12047380B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for reducing access control lists (ACLs). The methods and systems combine multiple allowed internet protocol (IP) addresses from the ACLs to a single or small number of IP prefixes. The methods and systems calculate a minimum of the bit changes in transforming the IP addresses from one to another. Using the information for the minimum bit changes in transforming the IP addresses from one to another, the methods and systems build a graph of IP addresses, where the nodes are the IP addresses, and the edges denote that the IP addresses are transformed from one to another using the minimum number of bit changes. The methods and systems recursively merge the nodes to reduce the ACL rules into a compressed ACL rule graph. The methods and systems generate a reduced set of ACL rules using the compressed ACL rule graph.
US12047375B2
Systems and methods for network security are provided. Various embodiments of the present technology provide an integrated security platform that combines PAM, CASB, identity access management, and multi-factor authentication onto one platform. This integration allows for a frictionless deployment that can be utilized by companies that may not have large teams of system administrators. As such, some embodiments provide a gateway solution and a proxy solution that is easy to deploy. The user equipment (e.g., computer, phone, point of sale terminal, etc.) can be used as a gateway. An agent can be included on each endpoint that combines gateway functionality of PAM and web rewrite and proxy functionality of a CASB deployment into an endpoint solution.
US12047368B2
Methods, systems, and storage media for multi-cloud data connections for white-labeled platforms are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive an indication of a plurality of applications to be accessed; receive authentication information for the plurality of applications; establish a plurality of data connections to the plurality of applications, if authenticated with the authentication information; receive application data received from the plurality of data connections; normalize the application data to provide normalized data; generate a customizable feed with display parameters and displaying the normalized data according to the display parameters; and generate a visualization dashboard with visualization parameters and displaying the normalized data according to the visualization parameters.
US12047363B2
A method enabling recovery of a terminated client-to-cloud processing sessions includes writing at least some data of cloud-based processing session between a cloud based server and a client device to the client device. Responsive to satisfaction of a session termination condition, the stored data is encrypted such that it can be recovered using suitable decryption techniques when the client-to-cloud-connection is subsequently re-established.
US12047355B2
Systems and methods mitigate aggregate exposure of identifying information using machine learning. A privacy monitoring system identifies entities and corresponding entity types by applying a set of domain-specific neural networks, each trained to recognize a particular entity type, to media data extracted from two or more content items associated with a user. The privacy monitoring system computes a privacy score indicating a cumulative privacy risk for potential exposure of identifying information associated with the user from the two or more content items by identifying connections between the identified entities. The connections between the entities are weighted according to the entity types and contribute to the privacy score. A reporting subsystem outputs an indication of a recommended action for mitigating the cumulative privacy risk.
US12047350B2
Systems and techniques that facilitate centralized request validation are provided. In various embodiments, a central validation server can comprise an input component. In various cases, the input component can receive a validation instruction from a gateway service. In various aspects, the validation instruction can be based on a request received by the gateway service from a client. In various instances, the request can be handleable by an operational flow path through a plurality of domain services that are downstream of the gateway service. In various embodiments, the central validation server can comprise a central validation specification component. In various aspects, the central validation specification component can store a plurality of request validation specifications respectively corresponding to the plurality of domain services. In various embodiments, the central validation server can comprise an output component. In various instances, the output component can transmit, in response to the validation instruction, the plurality of request validation specifications to the gateway service. In various aspects, the gateway service can validate the request based on the plurality of request validation specifications. In various embodiments, the gateway service can determine that the request fails to satisfy at least one of the plurality of request validation specifications. In various cases, the gateway service can return an error to the client without invoking any of the plurality of domain services.
US12047349B2
Delivery destination designation information, pertaining to a multicast address to which per-multicast-address delivery is requested by a communication terminal connected to a receiving station, is transmitted from the receiving station to a transmitting station, the transmitting station generates a multicast delivery destination table, in which a multicast address to which the delivery is requested from the communication terminal is associated to the communication terminal, from the delivery destination designation information received from a plurality receiving stations, and the transmitting station refers to the multicast delivery destination table when performing multicast transmission via a satellite.
US12047346B2
A method can include receiving a string of characters. The method can include determining one or more possible word boundaries for words in the string of characters based at least partially on a segmentation process. The method can also include determining, for each character in the string of characters, an amount of time between entry of each character on an input device. The method can include determining, based at least partially on the amount of time and the one or more possible word boundaries, one or more actual word boundaries for the words in the string of characters. The method can also include outputting one or more determined words in the string of characters based at least partially on the one or more actual word boundaries.
US12047339B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for monitoring user activity on a messaging platform. The operations include receiving, from a first client device, a request to access a group portal associated with a group of users; in response to receiving the request, generating, for display in a first section of the group portal, a first identifier of a first user of the group of users; accessing activity information associated with the first user being descriptive of one or more messages sent by a second client device of the first user to a set of recipients; and generating, for display in a second section of the group portal, the activity information associated with the first user excluding contents of the one or more messages sent by the second client device.
US12047336B1
Systems and methods for dynamically customizing a virtual assistant are disclosed. The systems and methods can receive information associated with a conversation involving the virtual assistant; determine whether a channel switching condition for switching the conversation from a first channel to a second channel is satisfied, based on the information associated with the conversation; determine whether a language switching condition for switching the conversation from a first language to a second language is satisfied, based on the information associated with the conversation; determine whether a configuration switching condition for switching a first configuration of the virtual assistant to a second configuration of the virtual assistant is satisfied, based on the information associated with the conversation; and perform an action based on at least one of the determinations.
US12047321B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, receiving a plurality of sets of radio resource configurations for communicating data via a first logical channel, determining a configuration of duplication and activating, based on a criterion associated with the configuration of duplication, one set of radio resource configurations from the plurality of sets of radio resource configurations for communication of said data via the first logical channel.
US12047315B2
A method by which a terminal transmits a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present application comprises the steps of: receiving setting information related to transmission of the sounding reference signal (SRS); and transmitting the SRS.
US12047311B2
Device and techniques for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may switch from a first bandwidth part (BWP) configuration to a second BWP configuration based on a trigger for transitioning from a first activity state to a second activity state with respect to a cell group. The trigger may be an expiration of a timer at the UE, or the UE may receive control signaling indicating the transition. The second BWP configuration may be based on a mode configured at the UE associated with the second activity state. The configured mode may indicate one or more measurements the UE is to perform while in the second activity state. In some examples, the BWP configuration may include configured BWPs based on the indicated measurements of the configured mode.
US12047309B2
Methods and systems for sending and receiving an enhanced downlink control channel are disclosed. The method may include receiving control channel information via an enhanced control channel. The method may also include using the control channel information to receive a shared channel. The method may include detecting the presence of the enhanced control channel in a given subframe. The enhanced control channel may be transmitted over multiple antenna ports. For example, code divisional multiplexing and de-multiplexing and the use of common and UE-specific reference signals may be utilized. New control channel elements may be defined, and enhanced control channel state information (CSI) feedback may be utilized. The presence or absence of legacy control channels may affect the demodulation and or decoding methods. The method may be implemented at a WTRU.
US12047304B2
A method for coordinating distributed network address translation (NAT) in a network within which several logical networks are implemented. The logical networks include several tenant logical networks and at least one service logical network that include service virtual machines (VMs) that are accessed by VMs of the tenant logical networks. The method defines a group of replacement IP address and port number pairs. Each pair is used to uniquely identify a VM across all tenant logical networks. The method sends to at least one host that is hosting a VM of a particular tenant logical network, a set of replacement IP address and port number pairs. Each replacement IP address and port number pair can be used by the host to replace a source IP address and a source port number in a packet that is destined from the particular VM to a VM of the particular service logical network.
US12047298B2
A method of transmitting multicast traffic to workloads of tenants communicating over overlay networks provisioned on top of a physical network includes the steps of: detecting the multicast traffic; determining that the multicast traffic is bound for workloads of a first tenant and workloads of a second tenant; encapsulating one instance of the multicast traffic using a Layer 2 (L2) over Layer 3 (L3) encapsulation protocol to generate encapsulated traffic, wherein the encapsulated traffic includes an identifier of a first backplane network corresponding to the first tenant and an identifier of a second backplane network corresponding to the second tenant in a header portion of each packet of the encapsulated traffic; and transmitting, to a first host computing device, the encapsulated traffic with the identifiers of the first and second overlay networks.
US12047289B2
A method of and a node device for determining location addresses of node devices (21, 22 . . . 26) of a network (10). The node devices (21, 22 . . . 26) are arranged along an elongated track (12) and geographically distanced from each other by an inter-node distance “d”. Each node device (21, 22 . . . 26) comprises a short range communication interface (20). A node device (22) receives a message (27) from an immediate neighbouring node device (21) having a known location address comprised in the message (27). The receiving node device (21) determines its own location address based on the location address received in the message (27). The receiving node device (22) then may transmit a further message (28) comprising its determined location address to a further node device (23), allowing the further node device (23) to determine its location address as well.
US12047285B2
A method of routing an Internet Protocol (IP) packet from a routing device is provided. The method includes receiving a first IP packet having a first IP header and a first IP data field, the first IP packet having a final destination corresponding to a destination device communicatively coupled to the routing device via a network route including at least two hops between the routing device and the final destination. A second IP packet having a second IP header and a second IP data field is generated. The second IP data field is a copy of the first IP data field, and a destination IP address field in the second IP header includes an IP address of a next hop on the network route. The second IP packet does not include an IP address of the final destination in the second IP header.
US12047284B2
A network cloud software is provided which is configured to enable operation of multiple hardware network elements as a single routing or switching entity. The network cloud software is used in a distributed manner and provides layers of synchronization and management to allow creation of a network cloud cluster that can start with a single white-box that acts as a stand-alone network device and then scale it to a cluster of tens of hardware elements that would still appear to the external user as a single entity. The network cloud software may also implement mediation layer (HAL) that allows the use of a multi-vendor hardware types by the same network cloud software that is capable of running on a number of different hardware types, while to the external user they will all be seen as devices that have the same functionality and the same network behavior.
